Does anybody remember the Moyston rattle-trap? This wonderful contraption actually drove down Swanston Street during the Melbourne Moomba procession around 1961 or 62.
Moyston (population 600) is a speck on the map about 240 km north west of Melbourne. Its two claims to fame have been lending its name to a very acceptable red wine and, as the cognoscenti all know, Moyston was the home of the Annual National Rabbit Skinning Championships for many years.
This old bomb was an absolute crowd-winner as it clattered along in the Moomba parade with its propellors whirling, smoke billowing, silliness.
One for the contraptionistas!
PS: It’s fate?  It quietly rusted away in a Moyston paddock.

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