Harri crosses the Nullabour

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It was said on the forum said last week that I'd made a
goose of myself, by flying to Mt Gambier, and chickening out on the drive accross the Nullabour with a vintage caravan .

So, I thought, I may as well make a real goose of myself ;D, and take the Cadbury P U R R R P L E Commoditzydore to South Australia to pick up Harri, the Harris Van.

The Commoditzydore was freighted to Adelaide by train (cheap as chips going West / East) ......and I travelled across in a way that ....... I'm very familiar with:











Harri's home was in Coffin Bay (near Port Lincoln), its a beautiful little spot, (this pic doesn't do it justice) ......the bay is a great boating spot .....if I lived there, my hobby would be vintage boats ;D ;D








An Inter ute at Cowell SA .......would I luv to get my hands on that





An ugly homemade ali spotted bout 100 kms west of Coffin Bay








Harri leaves Coffin Bay





A stop at Ceduna waiting for "Autopro" to open on Sat morn, I had no adaptor plug to suit Harri, and with night driving pending ......











More of the same





And here I am at the wheel of the Cadbury P U R R R P L E Commoditzydore ........and after driving so many K's ....I was seeing stars ;D ;D ;D






A popular way to travel the Nullabour these days by motor bike, can't blame 'em with the cost of fuel .....the bikers congregate outside the fuel stops / roadhouses .....the most embarrising thing about driving the Commoditzydore was the looks I got when climbing out of the thing ......they must have thought "whata goose that bloke is" ;D ;D





Harri nearly home .....a stop about 300kms east of Beverley





Home sweet home





Harri tucked safely away in the Beverley shed next to the






WHATA GOOSE ;D ;D

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Howdy Goose the frequent flyer... or should i say "honk, honk, honk" in goosanese.

is that a 186 red motor i see strapped under the wing out through the porthole .

.....Dont mind the look of Harri van.

But....... Would just like to say that the little ali van 100k west of coffin bay would be a great little fixerupper for someone.
It is a unique shape and i imagine would be fairly easy to tow.
Someone has used their imagination to come up with something just that little bit different to the run of the mill vans...... I like it.
If it was all flat alloy i recon she would polish up like grannys toaster.

You sure it aint galvanised sheet tin?

To massage a phrase from the movie "The worlds fastest Indian"
where "Burt Munro " states" Even dirty old men need loving too"

well i say.."Even dirty old vans need lovin too"

Mate ya gotta ditch that ditzymobile ..... A well respected high flying goose such as yourself should be flapping about in something a bit more inconspicuos. ;D
One of these days ya gunna pull up at a roadhouse and.. well .. if the bikies dont "have thier wicked way with you" :-[the truckies will. ;D... Your a braver man than me Gungadin !!!


Reddo

[neilncheryl]

Hi Mark
Nice lines to your new van. Is the interior as tidy as the outside?
Your Chev Ute should tow this nicely
Do like that Inter ute too - hope the owners are going to do something with it & not let it deteriorate in the shed - could even find space in my shed for it.
Neil

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thanks Neil, I'll do a seperate post on "Harri" soon with interior shots, details etc.

Reddo, the lil ali van I pictured 100 kms west of Port Lincoln is kinda sweet, it'd look allright on a VV run after "happy hour" ;D
......I think what made me think its ugly is the height of it off the ground, about 18 inches .......easily fixed
If anyone wants to know its exact whereabouts, PM me.

Col, what can I say a goose like me could never win an arguement with a man of your calibre .....your comments re the Dunnydore have been taken on board ;D ;D ;D

[firefighter]

Mark ......alias the goose

in your signature you wrote


a duck goes "quack quack quack", a turkey goes "gobble gobble gobble" what does a GOOSE do?

the answer from an old country boy who once worked on a farm

honk honk honking sound ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

mark when you fly do you fly by SPROUCE GOOSE

the biggest plane made

F/F ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[firefighter]

buy the way mark

looks like you had a nice trip there and back..........no wild goose chase........to pick up your new vintage van
looks good
f/f ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[firefighter]

Hey Mark.......alias the goose

goose calls on line

www.gundogsonline.com/goose-hunting-equipment/goose-calls/

sorry mark I did not wont to do it...... my wife made me ;D ;D ;D
f/f ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Don Ricardo]

Hey Mark,

Another nice van. Well done on a good find and nice pictures of the trip home.

You may have said - and I may have forgotten - but what year is the Harris? (Yes you have said - 1964. I found it in a previous thread.)

By the way - good to see your sense of humour is unimpaired. Which leads me to say - I'm looking forward to having a "gander" at the inside of the Harris. Sorry, it was just crying out to be said. ;D ;D ;D

Don Ricardo

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yeah Don R ......sure ......I'll give you a gander at Harri's internals .....what good goose wouldn't ;D ......it'll be possibly a week though before I can organise some good shots ......and you're right, 1964 build, and he's a 12 footer .

Firefighter ....thanks for enlighting me on goose calls ......HONK HONK HONK .....I luv it .......my ol' 39 Chev goes .....HONK HONK HONK ......poor ol' bugga would squeal though if those bloody choppers gotta hold of it ;D ;D ;D ;D

Oh .......whata goose I am

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More "webfooted" puns.....

Mark wrote:
"my ol' 39 Chev goes .....HONK HONK HONK ......poor bloody thing would squeal though if those bloody choppers gotta hold of it "

Chop, chop, choppity , chop ........ yep.. certainly gives me goosebumps just thinking about it.. .. groooooooooaaaannnn

"KNOH, KNOH. KNOH".. a goose flying backwards .. groooaaannnn

Flip, clunk, flip, clunk, flip, clunk.. a goose with a wooden leg ;D
gggrrrrrooooooaaaannnnn..

Just goes to show .. ya dont have to be an adminstrator , or have a long neck to be a goose around here ;D ;D ;D ;D

I will finish with a proven fact: "A ducks quack does not echo"

Reddonk, onk, onk... minister for mindless dribble and useless information.