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#Vintagecar

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So, here’s the 1925 British Leyland Trojan, now the last #VintageCar left in my family. My Dad pulled the first parts of it out of an irrigation canal in Griffith, NSW; and rebuilt it, starting before I was born - maybe in about 1966 or so. It’s a chain drive, with an epicyclic gearbox, 2 spark plugs, 7 moving parts in the engine. There are probably only 5 in Australia (1 in the Powerhouse museum, apparently) and according to the Trojan Owners Club, less than 100 Trojan cars, vans, and trucks left in the world - most in the UK. Dad’s is in now in #Adelaide. (One day soon it will need to be rehoused but not yet.) Coincidentally - today is my brother’s birthday. He’s now 52. #WeirdCarMastodon

A green vintage car with bright red wheels is parked on a street in front of some trees. It is a 1925 Trojan ute.
A newspaper clipping of a man and his son sitting in the front seat of a vintage car. The man is my Dad, and the boy is about 8 years old, perhaps, they are both wearing flat caps and smiling, the boy has his eyes closed.
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