I just clicked on the "black in schooners" comment.
Unfortunately due to the I'll taste of the stuff (being a bi product of STP oil!) bar 470 does not stock such a liquid as being a mechanic there is a 44 gal drum of sump oil that can be used in it's place...
:-D
Regards
Damien

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On 08/09/2010, at 7:22 PM, "Mick Duncan" <kitbuny@...> wrote:

> Gday Mal / All
>
> 470 should be brought to Melb forthwith, and a good 600V Temprite fitted and
> Black served in Schooners.
>
> In July 1967, 470 ,then a Camberwell car,was fitted with NACO resilient 28"
> wheels and Ferodo blocks. The truck rigging was also altered, and according
> to Ken Hall,the then Preston Workshops Manager, it was an expensive
> unsucessful experiment. Sad. If it had been successful we might have had
> super Bombs, probably more SW2s with RC2 control.
>
> Cheers, Mick.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mal Rowe" <brill21e@...>
> To: <TramsDownUnder@...>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 12:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] Bendigo W2 470 in LaTrobe St .
>
> >> greg dixon <organ412@...> wrote:
> >
> >> Sometime in the nineties a visit was made by Bendigo W2 470
> >> Be great if it could happen again if the vail of BS could be
> >> lifted .
> >
> > Especially now that the tram is fitted with a bar!
> >
> > See: http://tdu.to/113758.msg
> >
> > Mal Rowe in AU
>
>