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Very nice. My 53 Fargo dosn't have that red hose from top of water pump.thermostat to fire wall. The plug is there to attach a hose on mine though. Is it a heater hose?

Also a good read by Neville Shute is "On the Beach" that was made into a movie starring Greg Peck and Ava Gardiner. Very chilling as it describes (as best I can remeber) post nuclear world war where Australia (my place) is the only continent left with people alive, but the nuclear storm is drifting their way. War started over land grab between Chinese and Russians. A "middle eastern" terrorist group decided they would take advantage of this by sending bombers with Russian insignia to bomb both London and Washington. Resulting in US & UK returning by nuclear fire to Russia .....and the rest is history. Excellent read. Average movie. Chilling concept though thought of in 1957!!!!

Hey David, where did you find this film? Evenas an aussie I loved watching Roy Rodgers as a kid on TV. This would have been in the early 60's as we always received shows years after they were launched in the states...still the case is some aspects. I assume you didn't hire it from your local corner video store! I would love to watch it. Is it on the internet some where?????

Hi Davin.Sounds like you are moving ahead well with the body. To what extent do you have to recon the motor. I think I read it was going but been sitting for a year. Will get my Fargo home in the next couple of weeks and start work....just spent 2 weeks in Broome WA.

We don't have skunks in Aus but in my yard I have 3 ferrets (pets and for catching rabbits). An entire male buck ferret can release a "bomb" too but i don't believe it is as terminal as a skunk "bomb". BTW...what environmental purpose do skunks serve??

Hi Teemu. Looks like you and I are on the same path. I am yet to find out if mine will "blow smoke" as well but wll know soon. Good luck.

Great looking Fargo. I am about to start on my 1953 Fargo Panel Van.

Oops, sorry hadn't read to end of post and see it is running (aside from the fire). Great recovery.

Love those pics of restored motor......so that's what mine is supposed to look like. Is it going yet?

He was previously buried at Pentridge jail in Melbourne were he was hanged. The jail has been demolished and turned into a housing estate. Strangely most of his skull had been removed before initial burial for "medical" study. Australia is probably split 50/50 on whether he was a victim of police harassment or just a thief and police murderer.

All i wanted was a starter motor!! My sisters husband, Peter, who saved the Fargo, and "offered" it to me (he only restores old Fords) has contacts everywhere abd it wasn't long before he was told about this ute. Same model and same starter motor. So now the whole ute is mine too! Lucky Peter has space on his farm to store it. I am not sure yet whether I also purchased the auger and barbed wire in the back of the ute? I can see how this restoring "hobby" takes off....and before you know it......you have two!! For Aussie history buffs this ute was in Greta (about 1 hours drive from me) where our infamous oulaw Ned Kelly operated (stealing horses, robbing banks etc) in the 1860/70's, until he was eventually hanged in 1880. Glenrowan, where he was captured, is about 10 km (7 mile) away. Greta is now just the name of the area with no town, just a church left and a cemetary. He body was laid to rest just down the road at the Greta cemetary last year. There actually were 5 non descript graves dug and he placed in one. Only direct family know where.

My first project. The van was "parked" on a farm next to my sister's farm for over 30 years. That farmer drove it there with intentions to restore it but that never happened. Now it's mine. It is complete with only one hubcap and the starter motor missing. The van was oringinally owned by Arthur Dykes who I am told was a professional fisherman of the Murray River in this area, netting Murray Cod etc.