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Doug,
Give her a coat of green with yellow wheels and put her to work on the farm. She should still be able to pull a couple of 26 run seed drills. LOL.

Good to see she is still on the hop.

Doug! It's got a chassis so everything is replaceable around it. Parts are cheap, just keep it going! My Patrol looks low on kilometers compared to yours at 410,000.
The only thing that has failed on mine is the alternator at 350,000ks, it still has its original clutch! New and shiny is nice but reliability is KING!! Regards, Michael

Just shows what good maintenance and "mechanical sympathy" can do for a vehicle, Doug. Good on you, and Trevor Troopy too. :-)

Ha ha, got a laugh out of the names too. On Brighton Downs, we had Garry Grader, Alfie the loader and Bozo the skid-steer. My work 79 series, a turbo, was the Fast Car, which I ended buying off the lease company.

This also reminds me of the days of HF radios, RFDS base at the Isa and telegrams. To save on telegram costs, think it used to be so much per word(?), they named all the vehicles on the station after senior members within the Company. The ute was Gordon, Bedford truck was Trevor and so on. So a 'gram would read: "Require on mail, fan belt for Trevor" or "Oil filter for Gordon per mail". Old Norm Lenton at Central Motors in Winton, had all the necessary engine numbers recorded for each vehicle, and their nicknames. Used to work pretty well, and I'd say many got a laugh out of these telegrams.

At home now, we have Fiesty the Ford Fiesta, Casper, a white XR6 and the new V8 'cruiser is Animal. Our Honda mower is Mr L. Mower.......gives it a bit of distinction, for such a lowly job. Names for some of the other household tools might not be permitted, on this a family website!

Even if you do buy something else, don't sell the old Girl. It needs to spend its later years, at peace with the world. Not getting thrashed by some clown who doesn't know or appreciates it's history.

Bob

Leave him out there in the long yard.