D4 in Australia

Blown head gasket? If the engine can be turned over, all to the good but if it's frozen up by water/rust in a cylinder it's gonna take some work. By the looks, it's probably a J or T model so how hard are parts going to be to find?

I'd start at scrap price and maybe work up a bit from there. Til you've checked it out, you won't know what all needs fixed and that's where the problems could start.

Sorry to seem so negative but that's how I generally approach buying these old critters. I'll start with making a list of good and bad features and go from there. .

In the third picture the sprocket looks to be worn out to where she'll jump on the chain. If they are that bad, I'd look very closely at everything else down there. That can get expensive real fast. Definately close to scrap price.-Jan

below scrap, u gotta move it. ur time and effort is worth sumthing. its still going to cost a fortune to get it shipshape. good luck.

$500 to $1,000 max. is what that D4 is worth, and assume everything is worn out until the owner fires her up and successfully drives her onto your trailer, if he can.😖mokin:😆

My Mum used to say, "Michael, believe nothing you hear, little you read, all that you see", and I think that is good advice when buying old Cats that have been parked for a long time, and all too often I hear someone trying to flog off a old wreck with the soothing words, "oh, she won't take much to get going again".😆 I'm rebuilding a similar copy of this one right now, a 1939 built D4 7J, so can speak from experience on the topic, and most these old D4's have done 50,000 hours with no one ever lubing the bottom truck wheels, or changing the oil in the finals or gearbox!😆
regards
Mike