Other old vehicles

I don't know if a topic like this has been started before, if it has I couldn't find it. Anyway, even though most of us have old commercial vehicles of one sort and another a few must have old cars as well. So I will kick it off with a couple that I have at home.
First up is our 1958 Nissan Patrol. It was one of 6 to be imported for army trials, but due to complaints about using Japanese vehicles so soon after the war they were sold off and Landrover got the contract. It has a 4 litre 6cyl side valve engine, 4 speed box but no low range, instead it has a creeper first gear.

Next is a 1924 Amilcar (French) which is a replica of the Amilcar that set the speed record between Melbourne and Sydney in 1924. The time was 14hrs 52mins. 4cyl 1100cc side valve, 3 speed box, mechanical brakes on rear wheel only (interesting in the wet!).

We also have a diesel Royal Enfield motorbike and another Amilcar which belongs to the Bro-in-law plus a 1958 Austin Gipsy and a 1977 Range Rover.

I have the last of the 60 series patrols ... the G61. 4 speed box, high and low range 4x4, and 4 litre OHV engine.

http://www.rmp-o.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=14079&g2_serialNumber=2
As it sits now ...

ray have never seen one of those nissans before and diesel motor bike I will be waiting to see a picture of that regards Paul

Our G 60 Nissan was used to pull a 40 ft boomspray, served us well. David

G'day mrsmackpaul, here is a picture of the diesel Enfield. It is a factory job and not after market. It was built by Royal Enfield in India in 1986 and then sent to the Sooraj factory (who make Tuk-Tuks) where the 325cc Lombadini engine was fitted. It is reputed to get 200mpg!

OK, here's mine. (Apart from a yeard full of vehicles which mostly don't go.)
This is my daily drive; a 1951 Studebaker Champion. On full rego and driven all the time (OK, not commuting - have OTISmobile for that)
6 cyl side-valve, 3-speed with overdrive. Drove it home from Proserpine to Ipswich.


Jarrod.

Hokay ... one from me. This is our 1935 Series 1 Morris 8 side-valve when it was for sale over on the left side. I had to re-do the charging circuit as it was not working - somebody at some stage had bastardised the voltage regulator by chopping out bits from it. > > It now runs a 6V 22A electronic voltage regulator which is hidden in the old Lucas regulator bakelite casing. The headlights as you would imagine at 6V 24W were pretty poor, but I have changed them over to Halogen bulbs ... what a difference!! The park lights are now running 6V LED bulbs, which draw diddly squat current.

I have spent the last couple of weekends going through the braking system and tuning the engine for maximum horsepower, so now it is almost ready to take it in for a rego inspection and stick it on NT Club rego.

How big is your shed Bugly?
The collection keeps growing. LOL

How big is your shed Bugly?
The collection keeps growing. LOL

The daily drivers rest in the carport at the house. The man-cave (the main fixit workshop) is a 15m x 9m 5-bay shed, and I had to build a 12m x 12m truck-port to stick the rest in. Got to stop now or I'll run out of birthdays to restore them all.

Have a look at the van on this link: This was Bugly the Morris JB van I sold which became the Cadbury Joyville promotional van. And this one:

thanks for that Ray have never seen or heard of anything like that 200mpg that would have to give a Toyota Prisis a run for it's money and you would look a whole lot cooler doing it just like a diesel powered Fonzzy Nice looking Studebaker there Jarrod bet you enjoyed every mile of the drive home to.Bugly as my dad always says a man can never have to many sheds .Paul