Originally purchased under Australian Army contract No.50039
and Manufactured on 11th May 1955 16090 was assigned ARN Number
104534 by the Australian Army.
Purchased by Malcolm Hayes in 1983 from a farm near Warnambool
in Western Victoria.
ORIGINAL ENG58148
In the Shed at Phillip Island where it sat for almost 3 years.
Rebuilding the battery box/seat assembly 1990 in Blackburn.
The big move from Blackburn to Glenburn 1991
Painting 1997
When
the engine in WN1 2696 died I fitted 58148 to it ... just for
a while--- well that was in 1998 its now 2001!! and it still runs
well...
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