Also, I just remembered there is a bloke in Syd writing a book on Caldwell-Vale/Purcell Engineering. Looking for relatives and ex-staff [they must be 100 by now].
He put an ad in the paper.
I wasn't aware of a book being written, that would be interesting. A story they could have in there would be about the Caldwell Vale that was restored in Queensland, it was missing the radiator, or wasn't repairable, I can't remember which. The owner heard a rumour that in the original factory (which was still there), there were a heap of unused parts that had been there ever since the company folded. I think story goes that the factory was now a timber yard. The Caldwell Vale owner went to the factory, and started looking around, after moving however many tons of lumber to get to the area where the parts were thought to be, he found a new old stock radiator, still in a wooden crate.
The Caldwell Vale above was from a photo set from Western Queensland at Warbreccan and Currawilla Stations.
Where do I google to see the one in Cape York?
Sorry, I didn't mean that you could see the wreck on the Cape York on Google. I was trying to describe how remote and inaccessible some of that part of the country is, for people who aren't familiar with that area. I do think I have, or can find photos of the wreck, just have to find them.