Project Patina 1964 FJ45 (Australia)

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I figure with enough hassling, one day you're going to fold and bequeath the entire collection to me. The squeakiest birfield gets the oil - or so I'm told.

Tell you what though, there's something so dang awesome about stock 30" or 31" road tyres on an early girl, even when she's off the tarmac. The drive flanges help too. Free-wheeling hubs for part-timers :grinpimp:
 
a day in the life of patina. muster pilot refuel ute. 1000 litres of avgas to give her springs a little stretch!

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Life of a sheep farmer, almost taste the money to be made with that sheep conditioning rain.
might not need the airplane if you fill the old girl up with some avgas really give the f135 some wings. For a few hunderd feet anyway ;)

Nice looking rig
 
the rains a good thing! been bloody dry here. if there any leftover avgas will run it through the old girl; dont like leaving plane fuel sitting around. bit of old school leaded fuel; she'll love it!
 
a day in the life of patina. 'f motor engine stand'. still poking around on that tank of avgas; its gotta run dry soon!

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There's that three speed bolt pattern. You wouldn't believe it til you went to do an engine or gearbox swap. Hang onto the bolts west! Hen's teeth!
 
Hey old son. A bloke on Facebook posted these rigs that are up near the Murch. I pressed him for some more details for ya - figured if it was within cooee you could take the crane truck up there and save some iron. Can PM some closer co-ords if ya keen.
 
Good split hood there! Doors too I reckon.

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A few more early girls.

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Archie 1962 FJ25 said:
WOW What a sight, I am seriously tempted again to move to OZ land. Need to figure out a fun job to do though. May be something like managing a farm will go hand in hand with cruiser hobby.
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I know a bloke with a farm too. But he's all the way over in WA. Doesn't do much farming though.
 
Lots of jobs in Esperance for farming, and the northern part of Perth in the wheat lands,

West, I must travel to your area sometime soon!! With a car trailer of course
 
Chooks me mate, of course you will pick up some old sun beatin relic along the track so ya don't show up to west's camp with a empty trailer hey hahaha I hear a few boxes of emu's don't go astray in that part of sheep country ether
 
We don't need to go to the west coast when west is coming to the east coast ;)
 
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