34 trip

[Kube]

Lawrie, thanks for taking the time to share with us mortals. I am so in awe of what you are doing. Safe travels!

[pistonbroke]

I totaly get it. And if thats the only issue on this or other trips your doing great. You gotta dance with the one that brought you. Tim

[Lawrie]

We went from the dearest fuel yesterday,to the cheapest so far today,yesterday $2.54 at injune today $1.96 at Roma.
Left Roma this morning around 7-30, fueled up and hit the road, first stop was Mungallala for a toilet stop, then a side track to a small historic cemetey called Dulbydilla historic cemetry, only about 20 graves, most from the 1880,s,some quite sad,like children 2 hrs old and some 3 4 and 6 yrs,one mane kicked in the face by a horse.
We then stopped at a small place called Morven for smoko.
there were a few road works where they were resealing the road,so drove real slow on the new tar and stones.
Later stopping in Charliville for our lunch.
Charliville has a unique place in the 2nd world war, as there was a huge US air base here .
You can still see where the airfield buildings were.
The road from Charliville to Cunamulla was nice and enjoyable as very little traffic.
Took another side trip down to whats called Wyandra beach,on the river.
My new speed control for the hand throttle needs more adjustment as it only gets to 50mph.still nice to give the foot a rest.
Left hand door has a rattle ,but i think the part the door lock grips on may have come loose,tommorow will see.(rest day)
Looks like the engine used a bit of oil as its about 1/4 in down on the stick.
Immstill impressed with the engine,original from the 33 ,babbit mains std bore with flat top pistons,starts first push of the starter, hums along as sweet as,
Quite as a mouse,
The 34 is getting a bit dirty with dust ect from exploring
Lawrie

[glennpm]

Great trip!

[pistonbroke]

The car thats not perfectly clean will never called a trailer queen, and thats a good thing. This is definetly my kind of road trip.Tim

[Als48]

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Great pictures, Lawrie! Did the Model A get parked somewhere?

[Lawrie]

the model A is back at mackay,it belongs to Cheryl,my travel companion,
The model A,s from one of our previous trips,
Lawrie

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by Lawrie

the model A is back at mackay,it belongs to Cheryl,my travel companion,
The model A,s from one of our previous trips,
Lawrie

[Lawrie]

Anzac day here tomorrow, couple of veterans next door to us ,they were heading out to the local school ,then the dawn service tomorrow morning.
Lawrie

[mercman from oz]

[mfirth]

Thanks for sharing Lawrie, it is a blessing to be "along for the ride". Safe travels !

[Lawrie]

Nice easy drive today (420klms)
From Cunamulla to Cobar,at the most we saw maybe 12 vehicles all day.
Maybe as it was Anzac day.
Lots of wildlife,emu,s goats, and kangeroos that looked in bad condition, right beside the road and never moved,they were obviously starving.
We stopped at Bourke for our lunch at the local cenataph,and got acostered by the local paper ,(western star)who took pics of the 34 and wanted to know where we were from and going.
We stopped at a delaplilated farm ,there was this old ute there,plus a pile burs that ended up in our thongs ,that needed removing with pliers before getting back in the car.
One thing we found today is, if we have both side windows open and the rear one,plus the cowl vent , as we go over 50mph the wind will blow anything on the parcel shelf behind the seat out the windows,we had to stop twice and retrieve our hats and trip route stuff😄
Once again the little engine amazes me,smooth as ,50-55 mph, these cars must have been a revelation in the day.
When checking into the motel this arvo, the indian at the checkin asked if it was a cadallic.
told him it was just an old Ford, just a dirty one.
Broken Hill tomorrow
Lawrie

[glennpm]

Originally Posted by Lawrie

Nice easy drive today (420klms)

[pistonbroke]

What make was the ute? I like to know stuff. Fun Times, Tim

[Lawrie]

i thnk a dodge

[glennpm]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Australia

[cas3]

I think Dodge 6's were flatheads quite late, like mid 50's. The ute looks more of a GM product to me.

[mercman from oz]

Vehicle is an International AS-110 Half Tonne Ute - possibly a 1957 model.
Earlier models had a two piece windscreen.

[Ray in La Mesa]

had a '50 International at one time & the fenders look the same.

[Bored&Stroked]

Love this trip journal! Just fun to ride along with you . . .