Fj ute barn find

**davegmh** · 14-04-2014, 09:38 PM

Attachment 10711 Attachment 10710 Attachment 10710 Attachment 10709 Attachment 10708 Attachment 10707 Attachment 10706 Attachment 10705 Attachment 10704 Attachment 10703I live in Toowoomba and I can't believe what unfolded directly across the road from me today. I have lived at this address for five years. A little old lady lived in the house over the road when I moved here. She died about two years ago and the property has been vacant since then. The property is a walk back in time with overgrown trees hiding the house. House is a 70 yr old fibro one with no paint left on it. Anyway about six months ago the old ladies nephews came and chopped down all these trees and huge shrubs about 30 m down the side of the house to expose an old fibro garage. I thought hummm didn't know that was there. Then today a tilt tray truck pulls up and drags out an FJ UTE. The nephew is the heir and he told me it will be sold, it's a one owner, been in the shed for 27 years, and there wasn't a speck of rust to be seen. Anyway thought i'd share some pics.Attachment 10702

**Valencia** · 14-04-2014, 09:43 PM

Thats a barn find alright

**HK1837** · 14-04-2014, 10:15 PM

You should have mowed her lawn and fed her cat!

**davegmh** · 14-04-2014, 10:20 PM

Originally Posted by HK1837

You should have mowed her lawn and fed her cat!

I wish I knew it was there be fore she died and the nephew turned up. Apparently her husband died at 97yrs and was a plumber hence the ladder racks.

**Valencia** · 14-04-2014, 10:28 PM

Prime example for an original resto

**wbute** · 14-04-2014, 10:32 PM

Looks good. How did it end up in a barn in America?

**Valencia** · 14-04-2014, 10:42 PM

Originally Posted by wbute

Looks good. How did it end up in a barn in America?

Arh its in toowoomba last time i checked thats in QLD

**Big Rob** · 15-04-2014, 12:43 AM

Wow! They just keep showing up when you think there's none left undiscovered. What a find.

**Robbo** · 15-04-2014, 01:21 AM

There's plenty around, there will be for year's to come. These time capsule's are being unearthed fairly regularly.

Flamenco_not_Flamingo · 15-04-2014, 07:22 AM

Originally Posted by wbute

Looks good. How did it end up in a barn in America?

Originally Posted by Glacier 73

Arh its in toowoomba last time i checked thats in QLD

Well, I hope it was in Toowoomba because it took me 5 minutes to get to Dave's house and check it out , lol .

It was a lovely old thing as Dave has said and funny how you know some one for over 20 years but you don't know the stuff that matters ie - that your friends aunt has a fj ute that has been sitting in a shed doing nothing for 27 years