Sure don't make them like that today,no need to carry any tools/ spare parts/ no need for a panel beater and the best part no need to holler for O'Brians Glass .
Remember the day when they used to have what was called The Red X Trial.
Apart from the oil rig that could be the Hume highway back in the 50's 60's Couldn't do that with today's rigs
Delta18 said
05:52 AM Oct 11, 2013
herbie wrote:
Sure don't make them like that today,no need to carry any tools/ spare parts/ no need for a panel beater and the best part no need to holler for O'Brians Glass .
Remember the day when they used to have what was called The Red X Trial.
In case someone wants to Google it the correct name it was Redex Trial. What characters there were in those events. I recall 'Gelignite' Jack Murray, so named for his penchant to lighting the fuse on a stick of Gelly & tossing it out of the car when belting down the main street of any small town in the middle of the night! Try that nowdays.
I noticed this post on another forum and thought that some may be interested. Interesting in just what some of the very old vehicles would put up with
https://www.youtube.com/embed/nq2jY1trxqg?rel=0
Sure don't make them like that today,no need to carry any tools/ spare parts/ no need for a panel beater and the best part no need to holler for O'Brians Glass .
Remember the day when they used to have what was called The Red X Trial.
Gday...
That video was put up by Vic a couple of weeks ago in I Digress - http://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/t55116276/who-needs-4wd/\
Cheers - John
In case someone wants to Google it the correct name it was Redex Trial. What characters there were in those events. I recall 'Gelignite' Jack Murray, so named for his penchant to lighting the fuse on a stick of Gelly & tossing it out of the car when belting down the main street of any small town in the middle of the night! Try that nowdays.