The place has been sold but work goes on !

Well after much anxiety, the house and shed etc were sold last weekend. Over 120 people turned up and it turned into a bid slugfest with seven developers. Price was 71% above reserve...staggering.

So sadly it won't be a renovators dream, it will all be demolished and turned into apartments or othersuch.  But at least my aunts will now be financially OK for the rest of their days...

As these goodies have been sold on eBay it has been astounding to hear from people who had either been to the shed as a kid or had had dealings with Grandpa in the past - in fact its been nothing short of stunning to realise the impact he had on so many people!

Anyways onto the stuff !

Had quite a few restorers in over the last week too - they have been identifying stuff which is of great help.

This bit is aircraft and based on info that has been supplied, most of the aircraft stuff in the shed was either Beaufort or the legendary Woomera (only 2 ever made, rest were cancelled) 

fAgain aircraft, these are cables/bungees. There is a bit of confusion as to whether they were for the undercarriage or not. But I have loads of them and in very good condition too !

Off the aircraft stuff for a moment - how good is this unit - a very vintage Mordey Meter. Thats all I know at this point !

These are Teleflex Gear Drives and are for aircraft. And of course I have found over 100 !

I put up a pic earlier of just one of the light covers but now I have found more and also a blue cover (and as of today a green cover)

Some sort of relays maybe? Unsure of the aircraft but according to the restorers given the base colour its probably Beaufort.

Still keep finding these tobacco tins - he wasnt a smoker at all !

More unusual one here - these are Pidomasts for a Tiger Moth of all things !

Why there are so many of these is a mystery - they are blowdown valves for the undercarriage of the aircraft.

I did put a pic up of one of these a while ago but now have two and the second, while not as pretty, is far more complete. And no, that doesn't mean I know what it is yet !

This is pretty self explanatory, but its a fantastic looking thing, fully working too. It is missing the panel to the right though.

Now I nearly ignored these (about 40) until someone pointed out they are Aircraft Fuel Pumps. And upon closer inspection they have the RAAF Stores part number on them.

Again, didnt pay too much attention at first but picked one up and lo and behold it has the A.M part number on it. Its a Filter Valve and again I now have about 100 !

And last but not least - I took this on instinct during one of my early visits and then tried to work it out. Gave up and popped it on eBay and then all of a sudden someone solves it - its Railway Yard from Melbourne - see below :

This appears to be the radio controlled locomotive cab
signalling
panel for the old Melbourne hump yard. It was probably located
in
WestTower or in the hump office on top of the hump at North
Melbourne. It controlled the cab signalling equipment in the
Hump
locomotives to tell the crew to begin and stop humping vehicles
over the hump.

Thats rather cool if I may say so myself !

OK, thats it for today. I know I havent posted as much over the last week or so, but I have school holidays to deal with at the moment so its a whole lot harder to take young kids into a place like the shed!!!!