Looking at the vehicles currently for Auction in Brisbane there are a number stripped down with lots of loose bits to bolt back up. I believe that this like mine is a quarantine clean and these vehicles have been returned fro an Overseas deployment. My log book contained all the shipping paper work, for the historical minded these may be worth a closer look.
Thanks good info good to know,
also the vehicles with very low KM's ie there is one with only 828km's (look closely at the photo of the engine, new components, hoses, belts, master cylinder, new stuff everywhere) have most likely been through Tenix full rebuilds, that is chassis up rebuild, they should have the XZL tyres, fresh paint, but more importantly rebuilt motor and gear box etc - should be basically a brand new 25 year old vehicle
Cheers
Scott
Last Friday, I had a close look at the Brisbane units. Some of the partly assembled units are obviously missing parts like air cleaner assemblies etc which are not in the back. It's unclear how many other parts might be missing. Some log books were water damaged also and could not be read. The other thing which stood out was firewall and door frame rust - while there are signs some have may been rebuilt not that long ago, I suspect some have had a salt bath in the recent past, probably post rebuild
All the vehicles with log books had a recent technical inspection report included in the book. Very comprehensive - similar to an RACQ report. This lists all defects and a total cost for rectifying the defects. Even down to checking wiring of the NATO sockets. The repair costs for each vehicle ranged from $6,000 to $15,000, based on the army costing methodology. This included things like minor dents, loose rivets etc which the average owner probably wouldn't notice or care about. The more significanct issues were very noisy transmisisons, inoperative winches, rotten canopies, leaking rear main seals, transmission seals, brake issues, footwell rust etc. To keep it in perspective, many of the issues would not be a roadworthy fail point.
I am of the opinion that the army has prioritised the disposal of these units based on cost to bring up to A grade standards, the vehicles which are costed below a certain threshold will remain in service for longer. It was also clear that most of the vehicles have been in storage for 12 months or more, based on km readings and dates of inspection reports. Grays staff advised that the majority have had new batteries fitted for sale purposes, with the exception of the incomplete/inoperational vehicles which they move using a forklift.
I would strongly recommend inspecting the vehicles, the photos and descriptions do not tell the real story.
