Dorchester up for auction

[Mike Kelly]

https://www.pickles.com.au/trucks/it...cle/1090030092

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Cool, someone should pick this up. Wonder how it came in the hands of such a large auctioneer.

Description No C/P, Armoured Command Vehicle Dorchester, Armoured Vehicle
Body Armoured Vehicle
Log Books No
Colour Brown
Engine Capacity Diesel Turbo
Registration No Registration
Fitted With Steel Plate, No Batteries, Please Note - Will Need A Crane To Remove From Site, The odometer (or hubometer) or Log Book on this vehicle may not indicate the actual distance this vehicle has travelled; they may have been replaced by Defence. Therefore, the displayed kilometres or record in log book should not be solely relied upon when assessing the condition and value of this vehicle., Steel Body, No Batteries, Please Note - Will Need Crane To Lift For Removal.
GST Status GST Included in Sale Price
Location 23 Hoffman Rd, Thurgoona, NSW

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https://www.pickles.com.au/trucks/it...cle/1090030092

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Wonder how it came in the hands of such a large auctioneer.

Pickles are the Auctioneers handling the current Army vehicle fleet disposals. The location "Thurgoona" is the closest to the Bandiana stores complex. Recent auctions have seen a few "Non-Current fleet" vehicles trickle through, I suspect being non-required vehicles from Bandiana Museum.

[Mike Cecil]

I wonder why it is not headed to the Army Tank Museum, if it is surplus from AMB. Both are part of the Army Museum Network (AMN).

Mike

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Mike Cecil

I wonder why it is not headed to the Army Tank Museum, if it is surplus from AMB. Both are part of the Army Museum Network (AMN).

Mike

The Dorchester was photographed on a low loader on the road somewhere a few months ago. I saw it on a website. Have a feeling it must have come from further away than Bandiana. Wondered if it had come off a range maybe.

[Mike Cecil]

Thanks Richard - I'm a little puzzled as the chassis looks a lot like the one I organised for Bob Dimer in WA many years ago (the paint matches) - does anyone in WA know what happened to his rolling chassis (ex-Matador) and Dorchester hull?

It is not like there are many around: Australia had, from memory, only seven. The ATM have the remains of a hull.

Mike

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Also see this thread:

http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1058

[Mike Kelly]

ARN 139891 was another