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Wombats are known to take your sump out when you hit them. Tough little critters, they can bulldoze their way through fences. At night they just look like a black shadow on the road, so are difficult to see. The guy that photographed this one lives locally. Note his story about the wombat...

Without giving too much away, four seater fabric body sports look great. Like 1930 Bentley's, and are realatively easy to build, and are light. Add some Winfield bits and you are laughing. Here in Oz, the Ford factory built some fabric bodied fordor sedans.

Sunday night here in the east and that same rain is now dumping on us.

Have a look at the facebook group "Speedsters Downunder". Speedsters here weren't much of a thing. However, because chassis only were imported, sports were popular, even new Model A sports, one of which still holds a road speed record to this day. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1530498137244108

>>"Shocks that are not refillable have a shorter life and are much more prone to failure." Machining and seals being equal. How does "much more prone to failure" work? Yes, refillable, you can top them up if they leak.

The possum would be a Western Ringtail https://rewildperth.com.au/resource/western-ringtail-possum/ The black cockatoos in the last photo https://www.acf.org.au/our-work/nature/missing-wildlife/black-cockatoos Where I grew up a ringtail possum (the tip of its tail is in a curved ring) died on...

With Rotoshim, it uses a shim stack instead of a hole for the oil to be forced thru, which gives the resistance. A shim stack can be tuned for different conditions like low and high speed etc. If you buy Fox shocks, for example, and spend heaps, they can be tuned to what you want and use them...

You need to tell us how old you are? If you are ten years old, i would get the ones where you can add fluid as they will leak at some point in your lifetime.

Rotoshim seem to use a shim stack rather than forcing the oil through a hole. A bit of an explanation here. https://tech.dvosuspension.com/shim-stack-technology/

Working on the Ford production line https://youtu.be/UNDomv9NKlA?si=8DMM6pJyTa6ir1xs

Do the Rotoshim's use a shim stack? Are they user adjustable or set at the factory?

PS. I always like to know how people made their money. https://www.perthnow.com.au/wa/multimillion-dollar-car-collection-of-wa-mining-entrepreneur-and-racing-icon-peter-briggs-hits-auction-c-23028085

Winning bid 238K. I think the prices have dropped a lot...

This is the main roll a shock absorber: "Shock absorbers are pump-like devices which keep your vehicle’s tyres in contact with the road surface by controlling the reboundof its suspension springs. As long as your vehicle’s tyres remain in contact with the road, steering, road handling and...

She was probably eaten by a giant coconut crab. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/10/15/amelia-earhart-expedition-underway-updates/92247604007/