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Old 01-06-2018, 07:50 PM   #1
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Yesterday we took the 33 out with the family for a trip down to a small town (Monto) about 250 miles round trip.
we stopped off at a disused railway town on the way back and drove up the access track for the old railway about 5 miles,it was rough,daughter inlaw was amazed at the rough terrain and how the 33 got along ,one spot we drove over was a big washout ,she said that she wouldn,t take her new Ford ranger through but I took it easy (I thought ) and drove through,well the left rear back wheel dropped into this BIG hole,Wife Carol in the back seat nearly got catapulted out, all the stuff in the back,( eskies and kettles etc) got thrown around, and she got sconed by the kettle.Lol
We had a walk down through some old railway tunnels,these were full of bats ,and had sleepers that were not the usual square ones but just round logs with a flat chiselled in for the rail to sit on,
We came back to the 33,what do you know it wouldn,t start,no drama,soon found out it was a loose wire on the IGN resistor,(from the rough driving maybe)easy fix. we drove another few miles to a camping area for lunch and while having lunch a big thunder storm came through,it poured down and we had to cross a small creek,again daughter inlaw was impressed.
The 33 is now sitting in the shed.covered in mud and crud,but it is too hot out to wash it yet.
As Old Henry says,these old cars are great time machines and good for exploring.
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Old 01-06-2018, 07:57 PM   #2
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Is that bat guano in the tunnel?
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Old 01-06-2018, 09:38 PM   #3
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No Brian ,its just aussie dirt,
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Old 01-06-2018, 10:26 PM   #4
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Sounds like a really nice adventure, glad to hear you aren't afraid to use your car!

I watched a Wyoming Public Broadcasting Service piece on the logging for ties for the Transcontinental Railroad here in the states (1800's). They didn't waste much effort on making the ties flat either. They needed something like 20 million ties, they didn't care too much what they looked like.
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Old 01-07-2018, 09:08 AM   #5
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Nice journey. Thanks for posting.
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Old 01-07-2018, 11:45 AM   #6
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Nice trip!!...glad to see you use it for what it was meant for... “eskies and kettles”...I know what kettles are..... what are eskies?... and what does it mean to be “sconed” by a kettle?..... Mark
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Old 01-07-2018, 12:10 PM   #7
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Thanks for sharing - as I understand it - that's the kind of terrain those cars were built to handle - more common than one would think as the roads in 1933 were a far cry from those today outside the city limits! The ride height and suspension flex was made for that torture! Unfortunately the passengers were not so lucky as you noted!
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Hey. You be nice to Carol. Don't make me come down there.
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Old 01-07-2018, 06:10 PM   #9
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It looks like Carol is holding onto the steering wheel from the open rear door? Is this one of those Youtube mystery photos?
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Another great country trip in the 33 Ford by Lawrie. Thanks for sharing. Mercman <><
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Great trip, sounds like it was a true adventure.
I think it looks like a railway spike she’s holding.
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Great story Lawrie. I've been through old tunnels near home on the old Rimutaka incline which is part of a cycle trail now. Thought of downloading a train whistle, and next I'd go and hide in one of the recesses of the longest one and let it off through one of those mini boom box things.... that would put the sh*ts up the others I usually bike with!

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Old 01-08-2018, 04:41 AM   #13
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GB, we used to live in Mungaroa at the start of the tunnels and spent many hour burning around there in our home made buggy, we had a 36 nsh engine in it,
Ralf, that was a dog spike ,the young lady is my daughter inlaw Kirra,wife carol was in the back seat,
On a side note Kirra make the best old ford shirts,will post a pic tomorrow.
Wayno ,maybe you should come on down ,no cold weather here. you can use one of our old rockets and have a driving holiday,
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Nice trip!!...glad to see you use it for what it was meant for... “eskies and kettles”...I know what kettles are..... what are eskies?... and what does it mean to be “sconed” by a kettle?..... Mark
Was waiting for Lawrie to answer this, but he may have missed it.

An ESKY is a brand name of a portable ice chest.

Originally they were steel.
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They even race them down here.
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And a scone is your head, So to be sconed by a kettle is to have it hit you on the head.
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Was waiting for Lawrie to answer this, but he may have missed it.

An ESKY is a brand name of a portable ice chest.

Originally they were steel.
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They even race them down here.
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And a scone is your head, So to be sconed by a kettle is to have it hit you on the head.
Thanks!!!!......Mark
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" Esky" is a "chilly bin" across the ditch here in New Zealand. I don'tknow what you call them in North America i would imagine "Esky" could be percieved as a little un- PC up there. Talking about "sconed" ..that happended to me the other day when the "boot lid".. sorry "trunk lid" fell down on my head.......here we go again!
PS: after a few years on the Barn we could all end up with a degree in International Linguistics

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great to see the old cars used for family picnic type fun , better than car club fun no politics , when you coming south again Lawrie
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We were hoping for the V8 nationals ,but I doubt if we can make it.
But later in the year we plan on going to the A nationals in Murray bridge,But taking the model A means motels etc,but if we go in the 33 we will have the caravan and thats makes it easy.
We will have a brand new A engine for sale so maybe the A pickup will be the go.
Dont know when we will be back in tassie, but will be in the later year or next.
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My slide on is custom made for a 28 pickup.
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You going to the A or V8 nationals.
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