The WW1 GS Wagon

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If this wagon could talk! What a story it could tell hey!?

Made in Birmingham England in 1915 in the World War 1 era, to now have ended up in the Porter and Wood farm workshop.

While not street legal, this wagon is now in full working condition, with the horses awaiting on the owners property!

These wagons carried anything from ammunition, food and water, and of course soldiers (both the living and dead so I’m told).

Here’s A few quick punchy details:

-The owners were a father and son combination, who love WW history

The original timber was English Oak, which was mostly rotted out

-Timber used to replace was reclaimed hardwood from barns, except for the walls which were ‘Poplar’.

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-Having the original plans helped alot! (complete with measurements and was to scale) pictured below

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-There is currently another GS wagon sitting in the Cobb & Co Museum (pictured below) in Toowoomba, which I revisited a number of times to get a closer look on how they did things in 1915

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-I’ve used flat had screws everywhere which was what they used before and are hard to come by. Luckily they could be still sourced from a blacksmithing company in Washington State, USA

-I’ve also used rivets in the places they had previously. Not the type you buy from Bunnings either, these were made here on the farm from mild steel, and heated up with the oxy before rounding them over when pushed through the material

-The owners plan on keeping it undercover, to show it off to visitors, and use for special occasions

This project was a privilege, a big thank you to the customers who trusted me to hand me their wagon project!