nice one

Do you think someone had a wreck and pulled the motor and trans out and walked home with it???

Back in the 20s, our government realised they had a booming industry opportunity - to build the latest & greatest cars locally in Australia. Nothing new there, other countries were already doing it, so too Australia, but they saw the risk to local manufacturing (in an era when many cars had bodies made by external companies who had pivoted from carriage building into car bodies). So they imposed hefty import tariffs on complete cars that were imported. The tariffs were much lower (to non existent) on chassis & driveline components, as we didn’t have that capacity locally (yet). The idea was, to protect what could be manufactured locally (like bodies and interiors), This forced the big car companies to either set up shop locally (like Ford did) or partner with local companies. As Holden were already building bodies locally for lots of car brands, GM saw the opportunity to partner with them - to the point they did a deal that saw Holden exclusively making GM bodies locally and assembling them from around 1927, and in 1931 bought Holden outright. Apart from imported specialty vehicles from Fisher body (like cabriolets) the vast majority of Chevs sold in Australia from the mid/late 20s until the later 60s were assembled by Holden, although they didn’t locally press US bodies after 1948 when the local Holden was introduced - the 50s & 60s Chevs (and Pontiacs) assembled locally came as CKD, but still had lots of other local content in them.

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Grant! you may have uncovered something here. The 1939 Chevrolet Sedan was used as Staff Cars by both the Australian Army and the RAAF during WW2. (Google "RAAF Chevy Staff Car") The army cars were notable in that they didn't have chrome fender grilles like the US domestic models had, rather the grill was bare steel and pressed into the fender like the one you have found. (So they could be painted military green not chrome). So maybe you've found an ex-military vehicle? There were hundreds of them and they were sold off pretty cheap after the war.

Great Video Grant. I'm going out this week to take a look! There is another really old wreck near "The Darkside" trail on Bunya Rd, opposite Dugandan. It's upside down in a ravine and pretty rusted out.

Some guy out there wants that door handle . lol

Cool find, looks realy dry there , up heer in the Northwest USA you could hide an elephant 10 feet of the road , brush so thick some places impossible to get off the road .

Was there a fire in that park? Seems to be charring on some of the trees.

- if old cars could talk.

Canyons and River bottoms are littered with as yet undiscovered wrecked cars. Smallest yawn possible.

Statistically speaking, there is a 77% chance that was alcohol related accident.

If it's a 1939 Chevy, it isn't 90 years old....yet! Give it 5 more years!

It's a 1939 Chevrolet 4 door sedan.

That's amazing. Wouldn't it be incredible to know who purchased the car, who owned it when it found its ultimate resting place, how it got there, why it was there, who stripped it, who actually used it over its life? Their stories? Fascinating. Thank you!

There is one just like it at the Morongo Valley Conservation Park.

wow, and no bullet holes, I used the cloud from that fire in a recent short,

over 8 mins of walking.

If it has an engine try to start it

Bring it home and restore it Grant lol..

Where about at the park did you see the platypus?

Beautiful!

Milestone hoodie. Must be Tassie! 😂

Stunning footage

I lived in Rosebery for a short time. some days I could only hear birds singing nothing else. The rain forest areas are magic.

Interesting adits in this area. Fortunately we were able to work with QPWS to remove some of the artifacts for display (tools, track etc) before they were removed by trophy hunters. Again why I don't advertise the locations of these sorts of things.

There are a lot of mines in the Camp Mtn area but many are now on private property. That first mine is actually on private property owned by one of my customers. Keeping these locations from general knowledge will ensure that people are not trespassing on or trashing the areas like has happened before.

It sure is a beautiful state mate! 👍👍

...I'll consider going over there again...in Summer! 🤣😁👍

Nice

very nice mate

CHILLY!! 😊

Lovely!

I have been there about 5 times, It's always cold. That Point to Pinnacle run sounds like a gruelling grind.

Yep need to do this one! Nice vid mate👌

Baron falls in NQ are pretty impressive, when there is any water going over..

PS, I've been there: it's f$&$ FREEZING alright!

OMG...Just what I need to see on this cold morning! 🤣😁👀

it's ok, the best .. I don't think so =)..

definitely on the bucket list =)..

Nice! I really want to head back to Tassie, probably this year 👍

What great Idea, Nice and cool, Great stills at the beginning, Nice to see you on screen (again)..T-rocks

Love the adventure

Nice... That's the one near Enoggera Dam, right? Reckon the mine goes in any deeper?

What was the rusty old thing?

Great Advrnture, I have been up there twice, I got close, found a tramway bed down near the creek, but the lantana was vicious, I figured Id wait until after a bushfire to go again..

Not sure I would have tried to crawl any further in there 🦇

Great stuff! 👍

I was hoping you'll crawl into the gold mine lol.. getting lost is always fun =).. nothing beats the feeling of seeing the damn trail again =)..

Hi, how did you find the grass? Saw a few of my Redland Plodders friends in the video. There was one of Bunyaville's ladies running here at Cleveland pr today. Likely no rain there.