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Hi roland ,Ireckon you made the wrong decision. You should have took the job,sent the wife by ship so you would have every thing setup and right, waiting for when she arrived. No more cold wet english weather, Beautifull australian weather .No Stop WRONG,True enough if you got to come to beautifull sunny queensland.Not the case in melbourne,but i guess the weather would have stopped you getting homesick. I should ask swishy so he can explain to me what keeps people in melbourne. Mate i hope you really enjoy your vist .ian.

G'day Roland, Just in regard to your item about the Austin 1800, myself and others were always under the impression that they were built at the Leyland plant which was located in Zetland, a suburb of Sydney. This plant also built the P76.
Maybe others can clarify as well?

thats what i always thought they were made in zetland .. i remember my old man saying he worked for ami (im guessing very early 60s) in melbourne he can remember the old ramblers,truimph spitfires etc on the assembly line ..maybe they assembled other cars there as well(such as the early toyotas?)

G'Day
I was obviously wrong about the 1800 being a Melbourne product.
In 1971 I did some work on the Tasman ute, which never went into production.
I definitely had paperwork with the name 'Fishermans Bend' on .
Maybe the Kimberley and Tasman were built there ?

Cheers

i reken the kimberley & tasmans might of sold well in europe with the tasman/kimberly styling my humble opinion is they didnt look half bad

Hi Kenny

Yes I clearly remember the Tasman Ute, with its 6 cylinder engine was quite a beast. It had a bed about 2.5m long.
Went like the clappers, and built like a Brick Dunny.
I dont know why it did not go into production.
It may have worked in Europe, although a bit heavy for UK.
In the early '70s there were NO real 'utes available in the UK...
and then there was Toyota !

Cheers

Oh there was the Morris Marina pickup, but that was best forgotten !

Eeeee n Oz
GuddayM8
U bunch of Quinslunders R mostle whingin Victorians anyway
go nth n too much sun u're skin witherz up like leather
Mostly wear thongs as they dunno how to tie shoe leaces
Can't spell a simple werd like Beer Your V: XXXX
LOL
Quinslund is 10 years Bhind the rest of Australia as far as rules n laws go
But u're ol Premier Jo did a good job of sellin the land to the Japsthe best thing in Quinsland is the Rd Sth
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Where By Victoria iz the inter lekshul State of Australia
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ButEyeDoSt&2BCorrected!
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Cya

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roland ..the marinas esp in 6 cyl form were renowned for their handling ... or should i say lack of it ! they did make a 6cyl manual version that actually went like poo of a shovel . . . i remember them in the day i thought they had a nice interior

Ours only had a 1.8 4cyl donk. The rear springs were cart springs and the handling when empty was lethal.
When loaded the steering was so light , every corner you needed brown underwear