Some great pics and History @JohhnyC., You've obviously got some history with Thiess Bros. A couple of inaccuracies though...I was born On Tooma Dam site in 1959. My father worked for Stan and Les Thiess over the course of 30 years starting on the Snowy Mountains Scheme and through many other jobs. The first Landcruiser that was brought into Australia was a loner and it was assigned to my father on Tooma Dam site by Les and Stan Thiess in 1958. My father was a Dirt Foreman and Stan and Les wanted first hand feedback on the Toyota and comparisons to the Dodge Power Wagon's and the Landrover series 1's that were being used as work vehicles to decide whether the Toyota would be a better option. Dad said could drive the Toyota to most places in and around the dam site where as he would have to park the Dodge and Landrover and get and walk as they couldn't handle the terrain. It was about 3 weeks after he started driving the Toyota that he made the mistake of bragging about how good it was at the Wet Mess and the Project Manager decided to assign the Toyota to himself.
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So I have buried in my archives somewhere a picture of no.1 when it was restored and on display in the mid 80's in the Power House Museum in Sydney.That’s a fantastic story!! Please tell me you have a picture of the land cruiser
Or any other vintage thiess toyota pictures
I also saw one of it's sisters for sale at Tarren Point in Sydney (which is where Thiess' NSW Head Office was) for sale a couple of years ago. It was also a 1958 model and was unrestored but in solid condition with little or no rust. Asking price was $25k AUD. I didn't have the cash at the time......
47coeman
Love those 45's
Hi Johnny
Was wondering if you had any idea of the size of the logo above as I am going to try and repo it along with the mountain scene, your help would be appreciated.
Best Skip
47coeman
Love those 45's
TNX for the response that gives me a good starting point. BestThe mountain one from post 150?
Idk
It’s the size of the door approx... that’s all I know ... sorry
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Came across this in another thread: a 1984 Toyota Australia brochure, tried following the link to the pdf but it didn't work. Anyone have high quality for me? I own a HJ47RV-KCQ which is featured in the brochure ...
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Nice work Gary, it reminds me i really need to look inside my doors and check the drain holes at the bottom. I've had a set of new aftermarket front door and rear barn door seals sitting under my bench since the end of 2010! :doh: I bought them from "All Four x 4 Spares" on ebay for around...
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batthewmrown
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Just stumbled upon this little documentary about Toyota in Oz. Hope you all enjoy!
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Toyota Celebrates 60 years of Helping Build Australia - Torque Toyota
Toyota is celebrating 60 years of operations in Australia with 2019 marking the 60th anniversary of the first official imports of Toyota vehicles into the country by Thiess Toyota. In 1959, Thiess, a subsidiary of construction company Thiess Holdings, became the official Queensland distributor...
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Does anyone know if Thiess Toyota Australia had sold the Tercel Wagon from 1982-83 before AMI Toyota Limited took over with sales? I'm trying to find a THIESS TOYOTA AUSTRALIA brochure(s) to the Tercel from 1982-83. And if there was a PAPUA NEW GUINEA Thiess Toyota Tercel brochure(s) also? Lastly if I could find more NEW ZEALAND Tercel brochure(s) from 1982-83 and also 1984-86, etc. That would be awesome. The car was also sold in Brunei by NBT Brunei Sdn Bdn in Muara and in The Caribbean too, especially the Bahamas. But yeah, if anyone could locate one/some for me, I would be eternally grateful! Btw, here's a Thiess Toyota Australia HILUX brochure from 1981
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