Austin Truck

Just pulled my first truck out of the bush and am thinking about restoration for the first time. where do i start?? I'm not even sure what type of truck it is? year? ect.i know its an old Austin, 50's?

Welcome to the forum and the hobby. Post a picture (there are instructions on the forum somewhere) and we will tell you all about it and more you didn't really want to hear

G'day TRV19, Welcome to the forum. There's plenty of info and advice to be gained here. If you put a picture up I'm sure it won't take long to identify your truck.
Look at that, Mammoth beat me by 26 seconds!!

Thanks fellas, i'm trying to put up pic but camera phone is stupid, i'll have to take some on real camera tomorrow

Where do you start when the truck is just a big rust bucket?

You start looking for one that isn`t rusted out and work out what you want to keep off the rusty one before it goes to China.

Sounds like the Austin I have

Hi TRY19, I find myself agreeing with the comment about using it as a spare & getting a solid truck of the same model to restore. It is possible to restore anything but I try to know my limits. There are lots old Austins from the 50s but less from the late 60s. If you can post a pic of the truck, someone on the forum might point you to one easier to restore.
If it's like this 50s green restored Austin from UK, I know of restorable one near Goulburn & there was one at Thirlmere,

This Carnation Red with twin lights is my 460N from late 60s


& the yellow wrecks are my spares,

flat fronted (Cab Over) one is restorable 560F near Goulburn. During restorations you come across spares so we may be able to help. Post a pic when you can & note the engine type, wheel size & number of studs. Best of Luck,