48-010

[Carzee]

Do we have some stickers ready to go? Landy Expo is a fortnight away - I could use some.

[Phoenix]

dozens sitting in a box at my place for the last 5 years plus I think.

[Hot Rover]

Over the weekend I got busy on a few jobs getting the Perentie for the LR Expo coming up. First up was respraying the grille surround so I could put the Land Rover 110 sticker on, so it has become the first OD panel. I decided to try paint stripper for the first time, but it turned out to be a mistake. The stripper removes layers in a binary fashion - either they're all there or not all there at all - which made getting a good level surface impossible without digging all the way through the layers. So it went back to bare metal.

Hi Dervish
When you use paint stripper it is all or nothing, once you have put it on to paint you have to remove the paint back to bare metal as the stripper destroys the paint. Most over the counter paint strippers only remove one layer at a time you can get stronger industrial stripper from specialist paint suppliers hardware stores don't stock it.
Cheers
Rod

[Dervish]

Oh yeah I see you have a real authentic mid - late 80's picnic chair ready for when you take the perentie out bush!

I had a bit of a chuckle at this  We had a stack of these, but most of them have long since turned brittle and fallen apart - this one has sat in the sun for decades and still looks new... I really don't understand. Camp chairs of choice though are a pair of canvas covered fishing stools - must be mid 70's and still look fantastic.

Hi Dervish
When you use paint stripper it is all or nothing, once you have put it on to paint you have to remove the paint back to bare metal as the stripper destroys the paint. Most over the counter paint strippers only remove one layer at a time you can get stronger industrial stripper from specialist paint suppliers hardware stores don't stock it.
Cheers
Rod

Cheers Rod, I'll have to find some of that industrial strength stuff; the one I had struggled to even get through one layer at a time. Something that will get rid of the whole lot with one application would be a godsend; do you have a brand that you use? I've heard good things about "Aircraft" paint remover.

In the current round of auctions I have found something I have been looking for; a Perentie with similar markings to what mine appeared to have under the Auscam. Unsurprisingly it is an early ARN; most of the 48-0##s seem to have reasonably similar markings. The reason why this one is most like mine is that the 1RAR TAC is on the passenger side, which I thought was the wrong side but seems common enough, and has a number on the opposite TAC. I can't quite make mine out, but 11 seems a good fit.







Other things of interest on this Perentie: original hasp and latches on the lockers and one bumperette compatible jerry holder.

Does anyone know what unit the 11 represented or the significance of the palm tree? I'm not interested in The "A" Team marking 

[aussiegregmac]

The Tac Sign 1  is the Formation Designator.  (1st Div.)
Don't know the 11 or Palm Tree.

Looks like someones thrown on a damaged FFR Canopy going by the
grey internal lining and the cable hole near the filler cap.

[Phoenix]

Croc under a palm tree is the old 1 Armed Bde CMF (ww2 from memory)

11 Div (WW2) has a palm tree)

Lion under a palm was used in singapore as well.

[Dervish]

I see a lot of people are adding 12V accessory sockets to their Perenties, so I thought I'd share what I've done on mine.



It's a Narva pair of sockets, Merit and cig lighter, from Supercheap or somewhere similar (can't remember). They fit perfectly on the edge of the centre plastic bit and are virtually invisible. With a harness made up like you can see the bullet connectors just plug into the points where the red and black not-quite-banana-plugs that used to be there hooked up. There's a cig lighter/dual USB one available too. Hope this post is helpful to someone 

[Carzee]

Great work, neat use of the fuse cover. I was looking at this yesterday...
http://caravansplus.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=14585

..but I like your solution much better. And saves doubling up on fuses. Assuming the red&black Lucas power pins are fused somewhere.

[Dervish]

With the help of guru Mike C, I now know some of the history of 48-010. 48-010 was first posted with the Army School of Transport, spent time in storage at Bandiana Logistics Group in the early 90s and then sent to DNSDC Moorebank where it... sat in storage. Hardly a life showered in glory, but now I know.

I'm still trying to return 48-010 to it's '87 guise, so now I know the TAC plates it will need. I found a picture of what my Perentie probably looked like during it's time at the Army School of Transport.



So it looks like the Training Command TAC (very helpfully posted by Diana on another thread) on one side:



The other TAC appears to be blue with a red diagonal stripe, and a three digit number. Glen mentioned in that same thread:

...
And the RA Sigs school Tac sign would have been red 941 on a white/blue background. 9 signifying "school" and 41 for Sigs.

So the first digit is 9. That's where my research has run out. Question is, does anyone out there know what the last two digits for the School of Transport are?

[Minikeg]

any holes where the orange beacon mightve been mounted on 48-010?

[Phoenix]

I have a copy of the brochure for those driver training units.  didn't realise that there were 2 though, only had the ARN of one. I'll dredge it up as it is a closer photo that that one I think.

[Dervish]

any holes where the orange beacon mightve been mounted on 48-010?

No, nothing - but it was an awful long time ago. I'm guessing it's roof cage has been swapped around a few times and the canvas was basically new when I bought it, so the evidence is probably long gone.

I've answered my own question about the TAC plates, I found these:





Now to wait for a quiet weekend so I can make them up.

I have a copy of the brochure for those driver training units.  didn't realise that there were 2 though, only had the ARN of one. I'll dredge it up as it is a closer photo that that one I think.

Thanks Richard, I think the brochure is on the REMLR Perentie brochures page, they are using Personnel Carriers in the photos. Some of the photos are closer, but unfortunately not at good angles.

[Minikeg]

I have a copy of the brochure for those driver training units.  didn't realise that there were 2 though, only had the ARN of one. I'll dredge it up as it is a closer photo that that one I think.

that photo shows 3 (one behind the staff)

another pic

[mudmouse]

I had a look over 48-059 at Minto and noted a small paper sticker with 'PNG quarantine' details on the tail gate. Perhaps it, or just the tail gate spent some time in the Solomans/PNG??

Matt.   

[Dervish]

Here's a photo from today, not a bad likeness