Quote Originally Posted by adam perth View Post
southern Cross?, r u still there? have you seen all the old holdens at Bullfinch 40 km north?, that place is littered with them everywhere, FJ's upwards.

looks like only 20- 30 people live there and they all have 5 holdens each.
Hi [MENTION=17]adam perth[/MENTION]. I moved out of Southern Cross about 61/2 years ago but still go u[p there as I have a mate that is a Southern Crosser. When I was living out there I would go out scouring the countryside for cars (good fun) there is not much left out there now especailly after the scrap metal guys went through. The most interesting thing I saw out there and it was by invite only was a private collection only 200 metres of Great Eastern Hwy. It was the and probably and still is the biggest collection of AMCs in the Southern Hemisphere. The collection was an evolution so he had one of each model as the car company changed name but still produced cars eg nash changed to chrysler etc. The open front undercover shed they were in faces away from the highway. I took my camera but out of respect for being shown the cars and a story for each I didn't take any photos or tell anyone were it is ( I dont know if he cared or not but I thought it was the right thing to do). There were ex army staff cars Nashes. He also has a soft spot for holdens and had some FJs a HT ute he ordered new with a 307 chev (I think) there was so much to take in. He also had a vast collection of enamel signage, model cars, radios one of a kind circular fridges, original wooden moulds for the Perth to Kalgoorlie pipeline. It was mindboggling what he had but still took the time out to tell a story about most of the things in his collection. Some days I miss living out in the sticks we would just jump on our trail bikes and ride for hrs checking old campsites and the like out.

Cheers Dave