Five Reasons Why This is Australia's Coolest EH Ute

 

Reason # 1:  The bodywork would appear to be entirely original.  And even if it's not, whenever it last saw a tin of paint likely predates the build dates of many, many so-called classic cars by a couple of decades or more.

Reason # 2:  Everything points to it being straight as a die, with no evidence of it ever having been seriously bingled.  There's no penetrating rust, either.  Not even a hint of it.

Reason # 3:  As you can see, it's still a working vehicle, 60-ish years after it was built.  Doing manly, utey things: carting stuff - classic Aussie car parts, by the looks of it - just like it was intended to do.

Reason # 4:  Other than a set of old school widened steelies and a roof-top antenna, it's bog standard.  It might've originally been ordered with a full set of mud flaps, some fancy door handle trims and a set of Venetians, but that's about it.  No multi-post bull bar.  Nothing in the way of spot lights, either.  There isn't so much as an R M Williams decal to blight its purity.    

Reason # 5 (and this is my favourite):  All that crazed, faded duco and surface rust is genuine patina.  No one "did it" to the car; the stinking hot days and freezing cold nights of Tasmania's rural countryside are what's given it its lived-in skin.  That's something that can't be faked!


Could it be that this isn't just Australia's coolest EH ute but a contender as this nation's very best load-lugger of any make or model?  Please let me know what you think.  And please also enjoy the photos that follow.







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