View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15704 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
gelandangan Super Member
Joined: May 07, 2006 Posts: 6396 Location: Sydney Australia
|
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 9:11 pm Post subject: Re: So I bought myself a "new" car |
|
Thats near Oberon mate.
yeah great spot.
Weber BBQ? cmon man, what?
next you would need to bring a bath tub and kitchen sink too?
nah mate, we are using an fleabay special butane gas stove.
_________________ A straight line is the shortest distance between two points.
A smile is the shortest distance between two people.
Do - Not try!
gelandangan.weebly.com/ |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15704 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Pumpkinslinger Super Member
Joined: Sep 22, 2007 Posts: 5001 Location: NC foothills
|
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 9:51 pm Post subject: Re: So I bought myself a "new" car |
|
That Cobb looks like a neat device! Wonder if we have those over here in the US?
_________________ Mike
"I ain't no better than anybody else, and there ain't nobody better than me!" Ma Kettle |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15704 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
gelandangan Super Member
Joined: May 07, 2006 Posts: 6396 Location: Sydney Australia
|
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 2:46 pm Post subject: Re: So I bought myself a "new" car |
|
Uh Vince, I am not sure about that..
I have an "Eco Billy" that I am afraid to use whenever there is "No solid fuel fire" warning.
Them BBQ are using solid fuel, I know the fire is fully contained,
but I believe the idea of no solid fuel is so that there wont be any smouldering ember
in the ashes that my light up things.
I actually got one of the small BBQ (even smaller than the weber in the pic above)
good enough for a couple of steak.
I am not taking it because it use "solid" fuel.
_________________ A straight line is the shortest distance between two points.
A smile is the shortest distance between two people.
Do - Not try!
gelandangan.weebly.com/ |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Pumpkinslinger Super Member
Joined: Sep 22, 2007 Posts: 5001 Location: NC foothills
|
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 3:13 pm Post subject: Re: So I bought myself a "new" car |
|
After posting the above I found the Cobbs online for about $100. That's going on the wish list!
_________________ Mike
"I ain't no better than anybody else, and there ain't nobody better than me!" Ma Kettle |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15704 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15704 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
|
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 11:34 pm Post subject: Re: So I bought myself a "new" car |
|
stovepipe wrote: |
Ozzy bush-trucks have the coolest gear, wrap-gaurds, snorkles.
Most of the "off-roader's" here have 10' of ground clearance, chrome up the wazzoo, amrol-all'd tires and never see the dirt.
We call 'em "bro-dozer's". |
Here ya go Stovey....a couple of pics of some aussie utes mate.
The white ute has a 350 cu in Chevy moving it along. The others are diesel rigs. The cage on the back of the hunting rig is the norm mainly for pig hunters to carry their dogs. The poly pipe on the front of the cage has a tap fitted on the end and is for hand washing water. This is a cool idea that is seen regularly on bush vehicles...sometimes under the tray, other times around the top of the frame or roof racks...you can carry a heap of water this way, and its needed out here.
Cheers, Vince
_________________ Cheers, Vince
Illegitimi non carborundum
(Never let the bastards grind you down)
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
"Nulla Si Fa Senza Volonta."
(Without Commitment, Nothing Gets Done) |
|
Back to top |
|
|
slimjim Super Member
Joined: May 16, 2009 Posts: 8314 Location: Fort Worth TX
|
Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 5:11 am Post subject: Re: So I bought myself a "new" car |
|
That white GM ute is a beauty. GM Pontiac was going to inport it into the use but the Federalies but an end to that. At least I have a GTO (Monaro) - you guys in Oz build a great car. Great balls of fire, what's that hanging from the trailer hitch? I thought only trucks from Texas grew those!?!
_________________ "To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth." - Theodore Roosevelt
"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein |
|
Back to top |
|
|
stovepipe Super Member
Joined: Sep 25, 2008 Posts: 4877 Location: Pine, Az.
|
Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 9:29 am Post subject: Re: So I bought myself a "new" car |
|
OK- you guys are making me hungry!!!
Love the flat bed. Loose the chrome noogies though.
That Ute is cute. Girls truck! Bet it moves out good with the mouse motor in it.
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15704 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
|
Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 6:36 pm Post subject: Re: So I bought myself a "new" car |
|
Stovey wrote: |
That Ute is cute. Girls truck! Bet it moves out good with the mouse motor in it. |
The ute, or Utility vehicle, was originally designed as a workman's carryall, but like all cars, the young fellas got hold of it and turned it into a custom car. There are some very fine Utes rumbling around the roads out here...both Ford and Holden (GM).
They sure do step out mate...being light in the tail end it is not uncommon to find that the rear suspension is modified to overcome this. They come standard with either a 3800 cc V6, a 304 cu in or 308 cu in V8...and then you start playing with options, up to and including a 427 cu in RAT.
Cheers, Vince
_________________ Cheers, Vince
Illegitimi non carborundum
(Never let the bastards grind you down)
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
"Nulla Si Fa Senza Volonta."
(Without Commitment, Nothing Gets Done) |
|
Back to top |
|
|
stovepipe Super Member
Joined: Sep 25, 2008 Posts: 4877 Location: Pine, Az.
|
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 6:35 am Post subject: Re: So I bought myself a "new" car |
|
Oooo, rat motor in a tail-lite car. Now yer talkin'.
Never happen out here. Bunny-huggers get all bent unless everything is made outta bamboo, hemp or recycled paper.
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Erny Member
Joined: May 13, 2010 Posts: 130 Location: Brisbane
|
Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 7:51 am Post subject: Re: So I bought myself a "new" car |
|
Nice score mate, it looks superclean & in really good nick!
For you ute lovers, Here is my son Marks ute. Holden ute with a 350 cu with 450hp manual box. Haven't got the latest pics with updated rimms & tyers!
Cheers erny.
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
wiersy111 Super Member
Joined: May 13, 2009 Posts: 2376 Location: Central Minnesota
|
Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 8:07 am Post subject: Re: So I bought myself a "new" car |
|
Those ute's are cool looking. But it wouldn't do well in the winter here in the frozen north. If they had more clearance they would do better. It's funny how a utility vehicle can become so popular when some one dresses one up and the right people like it. A 427 in one of them would be either fun or suicide.
_________________ A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America " for an amount of "up to and including my life."
US ARMY RETIRED
The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson.
Being "Over the Hill" is much better then being under it! |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|