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11 months 2 weeks ago #245927 by cobbadog
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At Sydney Tram Museum Loftus. Found these toys. Off to Thirlemere Steam Museum tomorrow tgen heading to Lithgow n the zig zag railway
Cheers Cobba & Cobbarette
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11 months 2 weeks ago #245949 by cobbadog
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Have a look at this beauty. Thirlmere rail museum has this beautiful display. Almost a truck. Runs Ford V8, manual box, headlights n bumper bars.
Cheers Cobba & Cobbarette
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11 months 2 weeks ago #245950 by Gryphon
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Hi,

the Grille looks like they borrowed it off a Ford too.

Terry

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11 months 2 weeks ago #245951 by V8Ian
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Hi,

the Grille looks like they borrowed it off a Ford too.

Terry
Probably started as a chassis and cowl, as was common in the day.

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11 months 2 weeks ago #245952 by V8Ian
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A bit more on the brazen, but ill-planned robbery.

trms.org.au/rm/rm_rbus.htm
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11 months 1 week ago #245955 by Gryphon
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..and even more.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_Paybus_FP1

Terry
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11 months 1 week ago #245961 by overnite
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The article says the V8 Mercury engines were replaced with Ford Thames V8. I wasn’t aware of a Ford Thames V8, maybe before my time.
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11 months 1 week ago #245962 by hayseed
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Overnite, I've seen a couple of Ford Thames Trucks with V8's in them. They looked a bit like a Parrot nosed Dodge..!!
I just assumed they were ordinary Ford Side valve Motors.. Weren't Mercury's just Badge Engineered Canadian Built Fords..??
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11 months 1 week ago #245964 by LN700
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Overnite,
This is a Thames with a V8 motor, part of the family fleet back in the fiftys.



LN700 B) :cheer:
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11 months 1 week ago #245966 by wee-allis
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I think the same engine as fitted to the Ford Pilot and later the Simca Vedette. Smaller than the regular Ford and Mercury V8s. ( Maybe classed as the 60hp engine)
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