Clay's Fabulous Big Exciting Kooky adventure

[Brett027]

Geez Clay, swag may be ok in QLD but in southern NSW you'll be a bit cool. Better stay with us when you're down my way

[Errol62]

Thanks Brett yes it’s a backstop, and I can lay it out under the dining table. Nothing but the finest blankets from the Onkaparinga Wool company. Think I may have been conceived on one of them.


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[Errol62]

It's for a bloke in Brissy Tim. Bought from me via Gumtree.

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[Errol62]

We have a route plan for the morning to avoid all the roadworks on the barrier highway and Main North Road. Truckie mate said he spent an hour scraping mud off his bogey after all the watered unsealed sections. No thanks! Balaclava, Jamestown, Peterborough, terowie, broken hill. Ann Marie is dissapoibtsd about missing Tarlee bakery.

Finally packed bar jocks and socks, and put these on. Baked enamel. Too much?

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[Fex]

We have a route plan for the morning to avoid all the roadworks on the barrier highway and Main North Road. Trickle mate said he spent an hour scraping mud off his bogey after all the watered unsealed sections. No thanks! Balaclava, Jamestown, Peterborough, terowie, broken hill. Ann Marie is dissapoibtsd about missing Tarlee bakery.

Finally packed bar jocks and socks, and put these on. Baked enamel. Too much?

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Rear wing should help when you get round to opening her upon the middle of nowhere.

[Errol62]

My Maroochydore friend is a retired BoM observer. Rang me very excited. Apparrently we will be riding an all time storm event Adelaide to Toowoomba. May well be snow. Tail wind after tomorrow at least.

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[Errol62]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM7njioWWWo


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[Errol62]

Drought broken at the Summers place. 21mm over night to start the journey.

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[Brett027]

Can't remember, have you got a heater and demister fitted Clay? All the best for your travels.

[Errol62]

Poor mans heater thankfully. Roger has none.


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[Errol62]

Cruise control

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[In the Shed]

Safe trouble free cruise Clay. Not sure GMH ever offered a cruise control on the utes but hey if it works.

Oh btw .......... I don’t see the “running in” sign on the back window to let following drivers know why you are cruising at 40 mph.

Regards
Stephen

[Harv]

Crooooze control, heater and bonnet lock on a ute? This thing is optioned to the hilt Next thing you'll tell me it has a Nasco bonnet support stick too.

Good luck on the run - safe travels and look forward to a beer on the way back.

Cheers,
Harv

[Errol62]

Cheers fellas. Cruise just happens to work perfect at 100kmh.

Lunch in Jamestown and 5C. Poor man heater working fine. Roger and Lennys cars both shivering and windscreen leaking.

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[Errol62]

Roger and Lennys both had failed wiper switches today. Not the ute ha ha...

But the fancy pants chrome dipstick went and decided to have a little dance around the ignition system, and short the coil feed, causing some very hot wires and resultant toasted loom. Unperturbed we resorted to hot wire and spanner start. My tools were all optimistically burried 'neath the floor and several cartons of what have you. Fortunately Roger was forthcoming with his impressive selection of random metric tools. Got his 13mm spanner at the ready. It handles the 1/2" battery life and solenoid arcing duty stoically.

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