Chassis Number WN1 6011

Chassis: WN1-6011

Condition: 4

WO Reg: 60 BE 11

Engine: 54309 from WN1-6084 according to the Ledger it was 54308

DiS: 10.03.54

RV: ASC/R/5036

Struck Off: 24.11.65

Sold: Ruddington 19/4/66 lot 426 B [others were 7695 and 1165 and 4915]

Civ Reg:

Location: Perth Western Australia

Owner: Steven Marshall

History: This one was sitting in Byford, just out of Perth. you could see it from the highway going through town, but it was obscured, and the grass was long. I called 5 yrs ago, but the owner didn't want to sell... so, having a relapse of this affliction I again tried recently. This time I spoke to the wife... who said she'd "talk to him". a week later I got the phone call, "come and have a look". This was the most rusted Champ I've ever seen. the floor, the seats, the seams around the back, the steering wheel was solid in the bushing, the (original) screen rusted away. The remains of the canopy hung in tatters, the (original W.D arrow) 100% tires were flat & perished. and the miles read 14,000. It turns out the owner, Charlie Drake bought it from my Dad about 1966, on a whim. He had been a prisoner of war (WW2) and just bought it as a "toy' or keepsake. (which I haven't quite figured, it being a post war unit). Charlie, it appears, only used it a couple of times. I had it dropped at my block, and had it going in about an hour. I drove it, (flat tires and all) into a better position, and now I'll think about it. I was thankfull to the dear old lady who talked her old fellow into it. So, I promised I'd never sell it (which I won't) but I'd call it CHAMP CHARLIE, after the owner. So now I'm looking for a good body.

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This page was created by Malcolm on 23.6.1998

Chassis:	WN1-6011
Condition:	4
WO Reg:	60 BE 11
Engine:	54309 from WN1-6084 according to the Ledger it was 54308
DiS:	10.03.54
RV:	ASC/R/5036
Struck Off:	24.11.65
Sold:	Ruddington 19/4/66 lot 426 B [others were 7695 and 1165 and 4915]
Civ Reg:
Location:	Perth Western Australia
Owner:	Steven Marshall
History:	This one was sitting in Byford, just out of Perth. you could see it from the highway going through town, but it was obscured, and the grass was long. I called 5 yrs ago, but the owner didn't want to sell... so, having a relapse of this affliction I again tried recently. This time I spoke to the wife... who said she'd "talk to him". a week later I got the phone call, "come and have a look". This was the most rusted Champ I've ever seen. the floor, the seats, the seams around the back, the steering wheel was solid in the bushing, the (original) screen rusted away. The remains of the canopy hung in tatters, the (original W.D arrow) 100% tires were flat & perished. and the miles read 14,000. It turns out the owner, Charlie Drake bought it from my Dad about 1966, on a whim. He had been a prisoner of war (WW2) and just bought it as a "toy' or keepsake. (which I haven't quite figured, it being a post war unit). Charlie, it appears, only used it a couple of times. I had it dropped at my block, and had it going in about an hour. I drove it, (flat tires and all) into a better position, and now I'll think about it. I was thankfull to the dear old lady who talked her old fellow into it. So, I promised I'd never sell it (which I won't) but I'd call it CHAMP CHARLIE, after the owner. So now I'm looking for a good body.