Thread: Old Huts Gone from the Land

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Greetings All,
Below is a very bad photo of Ellis or Murderers Hut. It still exists and has been restored since this late 1970's photo. I have posted it because it was constructed the same way as Black Whare aka Happy (or Hapi) Valley Hut previously mentioned. Both wer constructed using timber from trees felled on site and pit sawn. Ellis Hut is larger and gable ended with two rooms. It was also lined with hand dressed t&g boarding interior wall lining. Papered with newspam=pers from the early 1900's. Black Whare was smaller with a hip roof and unlined. From memory both had timber floors and were built in the 1880 1900 period.
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Regards Grandpamac.

Thats a Land Crab if I'm not mistaken

Originally Posted by XR500

Thats a Land Crab if I'm not mistaken

Close. It's an Austin Maxi. They used some Land Crab (Austin 1800) components but the engine and transmision were diferent. Mine was a 74. All Maxi's had a 5 speed gearbox, pretty unusual at the time. I swapped it for a 69 Landrover. Some in my wider family thought I was nuts. The Landrover was still running over 20 years later.
GPM