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champ Page
Brief History
Rod Diery's two Champs as he found them in the vehicle impound yard at the
Police Station at Dumbleyung, WA at Easter 1992. The green vehicle in front
is 3531 and is the vehicle that he is currently restoring. The grey one
at the back was 5927. It had been heavily modified and had a lot of parts
missing. It was eventually scrapped after robbing it of as many parts as
it was thought would be useful in 3531"s restoration. He purchased
the pair for from a school teacher in Newman in the north of WA who had
previously been posted to Dumbleyung. As with most WA Champs, they were
ex British Army purchased under 6/VEH/5531. They probably came to WA in
about 1967 as part of a large batch (I wish we could find how many) obtained
by a Perth car dealer named Archie Marshall. |