Coromandel Valley man selling former ABC recording truck used by Elton John, The Rolling Stones and John Farnham Sandy Mathewson is selling his done-up ex-ABC outside broadcast truck. IT MAY not be much to look at, but some of music's biggest names have brought their sounds to life inside Sandy Matthewson's mobile recording studio. The Rolling Stones, Elton John, James Morrison and John Farnham have recorded on the equipment inside the former ABC radio truck painstakingly refurbished by Mr Matthewson. "If you've got an album of a live performance in Melbourne, chances are it's been recorded on this sound board," Mr Matthewson of Coromandel Valley says. Anyone who is anyone has recorded on it and anything the ABC broadcasted in Melbourne was done through this truck. The former ABC employee is selling the outside broadcast truck, affectionately dubbed Obi-Wan (OB1) in a nod to the Star Wars character of the same name. "I'm 65 this year so I'm looking to retire," he says. I've had fun with Obi-Wan, but it's time to move on. Mr Matthewson bought the 1985-built truck in Melbourne four years ago. "I was a sound engineer for years so I've always been interested in recording," he says. I was in the market for a truck and was at a car yard on South Rd when the sales guy said he'd seen the truck for sale online. I rang up about it that day and drove over to Melbourne straight away to get it. It took him about a year to repair the truck's equipment with the help of fellow Coromandel Valley resident Graham Dicker, also an ex-ABC employee. "When I got the truck the sounding board didn't work and it needed a microphone," he says. I called up about a microphone I wanted to buy and it turns out the guy selling it was Graham who I used to work with and he lived just down the road. Everything fell in to place. The truck, which weighs nine tonnes, is for sale on Gumtree for an undisclosed price.