Mike, The guy was pushing the facts towards hyperbole. Twenty years ago was the mid '80s at which time a '36 Chev was a 50 year old vehicle, give or take a year.
When I was a small boy in the '60s it was common to see 30 or more year old cars and trucks still in use in remote rural communities, but by the '70s most had become derelicts, and by the '80s they were either rotting in paddocks or had been rescued by restorers. Add to that the fact that as primary producers, farmers (and miners) could buy new vehicles free of tax, the idea of anybody but the most wilfully eccentric or nostalgic person still flogging around a 50 year old vehicle as a daily worker is ludicrous, and there would have been no economic benefit in it. regards, Anthony Farr > -----Original Message----- > From: mike wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 21 April 2005 7:05 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor > > Anthony Farr wrote: > > > Good bullsh*t is when the listener buys it. > > > > regards, > > Anthony Farr > > ???? What he meant was that it was virtually an everlasting car. No > rust, just weld up the odd split every now and then and keep on keeping > on. Because it was/had been so ubiquitous, there was a large pool of > spares to use up. The rural mindset was to not buy anything new if the > old one could be fixed. He thought there were many vehicles in the area > that were into seven figures on the odometer. > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >>About 20 years ago, I was at a presentation by an Aussie working here. It > > > > was > > > >>about his collection of old vehicles. One or two of the slides showed, > > > > from the air, > > > >>the rural part of Australia he came from. I always remember the quote: > > > > "'36 > > > >>Chevvie is car of the year down there." > >> > >>He was serious. > >> > >>mike > >> > > > > > > > > > >
