Rosie is for sale

There would be too much drama involved in that sale...

Hello Brian

Go to the Trader Ad and click on View where I have described all the details.

The truck is still being used and I am driving up Mt Gill in the Flinders Ranges this Thursday. The motor runs well, the gearbox is noisy at high speed (100plus) but has been like that for past six years. The doors and windows rattle, I have cleaned up all the rusty bits and fibre glassed them. The paint job is a 5 metre one( if you stand 5 metres away it looks good). The engine runs well and burns 1 ltre per 1000km. It has a leaky transfer output shaft seal. Leaks about a litre every 10,000km. Springs are reset and have greaseable bushes. Whole drive train is strong. Has 5 speed box. Dual batteries.

The trailer is a 1994 Modern Trailer Heavy Duty with 16inch wheels and converted to a bike carrier and I have converted it to a sleeping compartment. Has Treg hitch. Slipper springs.

Hi Colin,

Rosie is only 26 years of age this month...so not quite Classic yet. It is actually in quite good condition and would be a fantastic project for someone to restore. I just don't have the time or inclination for it.

The next vehicle will be number 100 !!!!

What the hell you gettin a breadbox for willem!? Keep Rosie, at least she has some character, and style!

Eric is looking out for a...............not telling you...hahahah. Will send you an email soon

Underselling? You only offered two slabs or was in one? :-)

I still say your askin too cheap. I'd go that price for car alone, then another similar amount for trailer.

You wont find ANYTHING close to that well setup for that amount of $..

Truckster,
Unlike some who just go up to the hills behind their back yard I need a truck with a large fuel capacity to go in to remore country and therefor I am looking for a truck with long range tanks already fitted. It has to be diesel and the other stuff is for convenience. Need something a tad more economical as well. Hope that nswers you question

goodday folks
well i suppose if eric is looking its gunna be a yota ???lol
steve

Hey Ruth, maybe you should buy her and park her at the front of the CP :-)

It's where she deserves to "come to rest". Besides, you could probably hire her out to all the nancy-boys that drive their their 100 series to Birdsville but are afraid to take them out to Big Red LOL

Hi Ruth

Yeah well....can't keep them all. Maybe Rohans idea is a good one :-)
Have to find the right newbie first tho.

:)

Hi Willem. Are you going to give the new truck the signature orange 5 metre paint job?

Rohan
I would love for someone to paint the deserts, the waterfalls, the billabongs, the rivers, the mountains, the beaches etc all around the vehicle. I know there is a bloke in Sydney who does this sort of thing with cars. Maybe I should get a 'graffitti artist' to spraycan the truck.

What do you think???

LOL Willem. Sounds like you still haven't gotten over the '60s (1960s that is).

Actually, I reckon a mural of Birdsville and Big Red on Rosie, parked out front of the Gallery, or Ruth's place .... :-)

Rohan, brilliant idea. Have been thinking of buying her myself, because I'm getting too old to walk the entire park all races and I could put a flashing light on top of her and use her for a parking car - you know show the people to their spot etc. (especially when coming home from the Pub and can't remember where their swag is.) Wouldn't let a nancy boy anywhere near the old darling!!
Beware what you say about the 60's Rohan - it was a very good time (I was very young but had a ball whilst being a surfie chick - even in Hawaii - I rode the waves not the beach). Music was fantastic and I still get sick in the pit of my stomach every time I see those monster waves in hawaii, Tahiti etc - we didn't have waveriders then either.

LOL Ruth. I was very young too (not quite a teenager) so missed most of the fun. Mind you, I made up for it in the seventies but it was a very different decade.

For a surfie chick, you couldn't have put yourself much further from the surf, could you?

Hey Rohan - the scuba diving in the Billabong isn't much good either - not much visibility. Have to find the yabbies by feel. LOL.

Ruth, does that make you a Platypus?