Trip away in the33

[Ol' Ron]

Lawrie, always enjoy your o[post. Have two grandsons that make Australia home. Take care.
Gramps

 

[Lawrie]

Ron, we take our country for granted, you can hop in your old rocket and drive all over ,no drama, stop anywhere, people are friendly, whether is great,we are very lucky.
Pics from this morning
Lawrie

 

[34fordy]

Thanx Pete!!!!!!For bucktruck too, whomever that is, LOL

 

[38 coupe]

That kangaroo radiator cap is fun, I don't remember seeing one of those before. Seems appropriate for an Aussie 34.
Thanks for the pictures.

 

[petehoovie]

Ron, we take our country for granted, you can hop in your old rocket and drive all over ,no drama, stop anywhere, people are friendly, whether is great,we are very lucky.
Pics from this morning
Lawrie

 

[highbeams]

Beauty Coach Maroon with Tacoma Cream!

 

[Lawrie]

Well, I made a real blue yesterday,half way along a 320 k leg, I stopped and took a dirt side track down to an old disused bridge, and stalled doing a U turn in the scrub, went to start and it wouldn’t start,so thinking I was out of gas I put the jerrycan in,then promptly flooded it trying to start,then like a dunce wound the battery down,Damm.
35C, dirt track, 50mtrs from the road,
I waited for a while then tried again,but as most know,once the engine is flooded it will take a good wind over to get started.
So, I walked up to the road,and along comes a farmer,in his 2 week old Landcruiser,I tell him my problem, he Tells me ,no worries,he will give me a jump start,but I will have to open the bonnet(hood), as he was caught in the tractor PTO the other day and was too beat up and sore,
I throw my trusty old blanket under the 33 to put the 12v jumper lead direct to the starter and one crank and the engine spluttered into life in a cloud of black smoke.
The farmer then produces a cold beer from the esky in the back of his Ute,
We both have a laugh, and cure the problems of the world with a good chat.
He stays until I get back onto the road before he heads off,
The only sad thing,I took no photos.
One thing, I had to heave my blanket into the scrub as it was full of burs, the real big ones the will go through a thong(Jandal, flip flop.)
I sure didn’t want any of them in the car.
I had planned to free camp but decided to stop in the next caravan pack and went into town for dinner.
I put the battery on charge over night
Lawrie

 

[petehoovie]

Well, I made a real blue yesterday,half way along a 320 k leg, I stopped and took a dirt side track down to an old disused bridge, and stalled doing a U turn in the scrub, went to start and it wouldn’t start,so thinking I was out of gas I put the jerrycan in,then promptly flooded it trying to start,then like a dunce wound the battery down,Damm.
35C, dirt track, 50mtrs from the road,
I waited for a while then tried again,but as most know,once the engine is flooded it will take a good wind over to get started.
So, I walked up to the road,and along comes a farmer,in his 2 week old Landcruiser,I tell him my problem, he Tells me ,no worries,he will give me a jump start,but I will have to open the bonnet(hood), as he was caught in the tractor PTO the other day and was too beat up and sore,
I throw my trusty old blanket under the 33 to put the 12v jumper lead direct to the starter and one crank and the engine spluttered into life in a cloud of black smoke.
The farmer then produces a cold beer from the esky in the back of his Ute,
We both have a laugh, and cure the problems of the world with a good chat.
He stays until I get back onto the road before he heads off,
The only sad thing,I took no photos.
One thing, I had to heave my blanket into the scrub as it was full of burs, the real big ones the will go through a thong(Jandal, flip flop.)
I sure didn’t want any of them in the car.
I had planned to free camp but decided to stop in the next caravan pack and went into town for dinner.
I put the battery on charge over night
Lawrie

 

[Elmo Rodge]

Lawrie, our second favorite breakfast, (right after having breakfast with you and Carol) was about 100 km south of Cowra at the Long Track Pantry in Jugiong. That was 6 years ago. We've gotta get back down there.
Wayno

 

[petehoovie]

Lawrie, our second favorite breakfast, (right after having breakfast with you and Carol) was about 100 km south of Cowra at the Long Track Pantry in Jugiong. That was 6 years ago. We've gotta get back down there.
Wayno

 

[Elmo Rodge]

That's the place, Pete. Off to the right in the picture was an outdoor place to eat which was quite pleasant.
Wayno

 

[petehoovie]

That's the place, Pete. Off to the right in the picture was an outdoor place to eat which was quite pleasant.
Wayno

 

[Elmo Rodge]

Yep. That's it. Thanks Pete.
Wayno

 

[JK1934]

Lawrie, it was good to catch up with you at Cowra, hope you have a good trip home, will see you at Echuca in May for the V8 meet, John

 

[Lawrie]

Some pics from yesterday and this morning.
I stopped half way between Bourke and Cunnamulla, a really nice spot, off the road and in the scrub,I had company at about 11 when a road train pulled in for the night.
The other pic is a camp out in the sticks. And cruise control engaged
Lawrie

 

[petehoovie]

Some pics from yesterday and this morning.
I stopped half way between Bourke and Cunnamulla, a really nice spot, off the road and in the scrub,I had company at about 11 when a road train pulled in for the night.
The other pic is a camp out in the sticks. And cruise control engaged
Lawrie

 

[sugarmaker]

Lawrie,
Great pictures! Have a cold one for me too! Thanks for taking us with you on your trip in the 33! Just awesome! Will we see you in Auburn for the Early V8 show in June?
Regards,
Chris and Cheryl

 

[ScubaChief60]

Hey Lawrie... thanks for the "Cooling system stock, t/stats in the top hoses" ...

Take care brother!

 

[Lawrie]

Chris andCheryl,
Thanks, I had a cold one tonight,
Sorry, but I won’t be at Auburn, I have so much going on this year and will only be home for a total of about 5 weeks up to mid September.
But one thing is I must do more travel in the 33, it is so enjoyable,a few small things need a bit of attention,one was my steering felt like it was seizing up on right hand turns and got so bad that I was going to adjust my steering box, but on investigation,I found it was the Teflon easy steer sockets on the drag link,even though I had greased them before leaving home,the actual sockets was dry,I smeared them with grease and problem solved,but I will look out why the grease never got to them.
There were lots of wild goats in my travels today, and some looked like they were farmed.
Also saw lots of wild Emu,s, strange to see a wild native animal in such numbers.
Sorry, no pics as when ever I stopped to get a pic , they took off,and as the song says,they can’t fly,but they can run the legs off a kangaroo.
Lawrie

 

[petehoovie]

Chris andCheryl,
Thanks, I had a cold one tonight,
Sorry, but I won’t be at Auburn, I have so much going on this year and will only be home for a total of about 5 weeks up to mid September.
But one thing is I must do more travel in the 33, it is so enjoyable,a few small things need a bit of attention,one was my steering felt like it was seizing up on right hand turns and got so bad that I was going to adjust my steering box, but on investigation,I found it was the Teflon easy steer sockets on the drag link,even though I had greased them before leaving home,the actual sockets was dry,I smeared them with grease and problem solved,but I will look out why the grease never got to them.
There were lots of wild goats in my travels today, and some looked like they were farmed.
Also saw lots of wild Emu,s, strange to see a wild native animal in such numbers.
Sorry, no pics as when ever I stopped to get a pic , they took off,and as the song says,they can’t fly,but they can run the legs off a kangaroo.
Lawrie