Planning for East Coast Tour 2007- input invited

[Deleted]

Hi East Coast Vint Vanners.

Ok, Ok , Ok i know its a bloody long way off but.......

While the highs and lows of the recent E.C.S.T is still fresh in our minds i thought i would ask all that attended this year , and those that have intentions of coming next year for some feedback on what to add in and what to take out of the 2007 tour.
I want to make sure that the tour doesnt get tagged "reddos tour " again. Consultation is the name of the game here folks.

Would be great if everyone feels as though they have had some sort of contribution to the trip. Here is a chance for those that live down the south coast to have some input with thier local knowledge. Kingy where are you.....we can deputize you as local super snoop

Here is what has been filtered through the "Reddo Melon Grey Matter" so far.

Seeing as though 2006 took us west and north i propose
Heading south this time to Goulburn for the Sunday and making Monday a rest day and a tow free first day "muster - meet and greet/ scratch around the shops" .

Day 2: Down through Cooma . Have a look around Braidwood.(lunch). old gold mining town then on to Nellingen near batemans bay- from my web searches it looks like a pretty little riverside town. Gotta check if there is a van park there. We might end up at Batemans Bay or Durras.....around 144ks @ 2 hours driving.

Day 3 Nellingen/batemans bay or Durras to Sussex inlet. via Burrill Lake, lunch in Uladulla then up through Milton ( old shops there from memory Kris) hang a right off the hwy and out to sussex inlet
Roughly 100k @ 1.5hours drive.


Day 4 - A day off the steering wheel to do some sight seeing around the local national parks and of course those junk shops will need a good going over. Have an afternoon "Vint Vanners fishin' comp" off the bank somewhere with prizes for the biggest catch , heavyiest fish and biggest lies... most stubbies consumed in a 5 minute period ..

Day 5 - Sussex inlet to Coledale (spelt- Mecca).. roughly 140K

Total miles from Goulburn to Coledale a mere 235 = 379k or there abouts. A lot less driving , Later outta bed times, a lot less cows and sheep , a chance to relax and have a bit of fun along the way.
Also should be greener scenery, less flys ( special request for less flys from JBJ "Boots") and "flasher" van parks.

So its over to you folks. Get the maps out and have a look at what i have proposed... Add and subtract as YOU see fit.

I envisage that this may become a long thread and i suggest that we dont worry too much about starting a "whos comin" list until the middle of next year. Having said that i dont think i would be "crystal balling" by saying we would have at least the same number ( if not the same people ) as the 2006 tour.

Reddo unofficial 2007 tour dogs body.

[chippydave01]

Ok Reddo,I know its a long time away but Ulladulla is my adopted town....i have a nice little 1973 model holiday house within 5mins walking distance to all the great locations....Marlin pub ex-servos club and off course the beach.I keep the 1970s Haines Hunter there and fish Burill Lake and Lake Conjola but my boat can only hold 5 and is only good to fish with 3....The biggest problem is you cant enjoy a beer and be the skipper at the same time.I would like to put foward an idea that we hire a boat and skipper out of Ulladulla and fish ofshore.Its only 5 mile to the shelf and many reefs.The boat might hold 10 and should be under $100 each.... who knows we could get a boat bigger boat and take more... maybe cheaper...it would be a great day and a good laugh just dont stay at the Marlin pub to late the night before like my mates did .......we had plenty of berly over the side the next day Cheers Dave

[groovy]

Reddo et al.
Sorry that this is a negative input, but I think these points are to important not to be brought up.
I would think twice or three times about towing a vintage van with a vintage car down Clyde mountain as it is bloody steep, I know having run out of brakes there on a previous occasion, towing a vintage van with a vintage car, and that was before they were vintage. Jamberoo Mountain road is definitely a NO NO if your driving a drum braked car and towing a van with drum brakes or no brakes (tear drop). There are sections on that road that are straight and long and at an angle of close to 30 degrees and in some short stretches even steeper. I for one would never consider towing a van down that road unless I had disc brakes on all wheels. So if going down beware and if going up, make sure you complete a cooling system check before leaving home.
I will have a think and post some positive ideas, not sure if they'll be appreciated though, as my ex used to say I have a weird taste in destinations. ;D
Greg

[Deleted]

Hi youall

Great stuff in such a short time. As i said , i am relying on local knowledge to set us on a safe course.
Sorry i stuffed up and mentioned Cooma that was in one of my other drafts which would have taken us down browns mountain to Bega and then up the coast... too long with not enough breaks/brakes .My thoughts are to go from Goulburn down past Lake Bathurst, Doughboy then pick up the Kings hwy to Braidwood . Not sure of the name of the pass that takes you over to Nellingen or whether it is suitable for vans or not. Sorta hoping the term "highway" hasnt been used too loosely.


JBJ i realise some people will have to travel a long way to the start point of the tour but we need to negate that out of the equation. People can take as long as they like to get to the start point but i feel a tour wont be a tour if we dont spend a bit of time on the road soaking up the attractions.
All up the trip would be no more than around 380ks -260miles and it isnt a big drive when you consider that distance could easily be covered in one days drive.. .
Spread that over 3 days (remembering day one and day 4 off) of travelling which includes the last 140K - 2hour stint to Coledale We would be in Coledale by mid Friday morning.
Bear in mind that anyone can pick up on the tour any day they like at any point they like. People can drop in at batemans bay or sussex Inlet and have a few days there before the tour catches up with them on the Wednesday.
Chippys idea of an outside fishin trip could be easily rolled into the itenary as well as a visit to the marlin pub afterwards to wash down the sea salt . Ulladulla is only 1/2hr back down the road.
Those that aint got fish breath and sea legs can hang back at sussex and relax or dangle a line at the van park.

Groovy
No such thing as "negative input". thanks for the tips on unsuitable roads. Unfortunatley we have to get down off the mountain somewhere. No different to having to come down Bulli or stanwall tops roads. We just need to find the best option. I went up through Kangaroo Valley in february this year. steep and windy. with not too many places to pull over. i blew a tyre on the way up. had to sit on the road to change it. I am relying on the locals to get us over to the coast on a good road. Might get hold of the NRMA and talk to them or do a bit more research on the braidwood to Nelligen stretch of road.
No matter what happens most of us still have to contend with a climb out of Coledale on the sunday. at least there is three options there. Mt ously, Bulli Pass and Stanwall

Keep it coming fellas.
Reddo , Matilda and Eddy EK ... hopefully with 186.. 5 speed and disc brakes by October next year.... bloody smart arses in E.H will better show some respect then aye???

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May have to shorten Day3 back to Ulladulla... Chippydave has just weighed in a good arguement for his favourite holiday town.
In his PM he has wrote:

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hey reddo i know it will be hard to keep everybody happy but try and pencil in a night or 2 at ulladulla.ive holidayed that whole area 4 the last 6 years and know that the holiday haven ulladulla headland tourist park is a 2 min walk to shops and ulladulla has the most shops in the area ,great spot to leave all the girls while we go fishing .its a 3 min walk to the pub ,club ,harbour and sea pool.no driving at all.the whole spot is beautiful and will suit everyone, also u can get a great lunch at mollymook golf club with an ocean beach view table for $10

Pretty hard to argue with this ChippyDave bloke sounds like a speil from a tourist beuaro...umm.. beoaur.... a tourist information centre.
This is what i mean about local knowledge. I had chosen sussex Inlet based on old fishing mags i have read about the place. Sounds like Ulladulla has something for everyone. groovy has also weighed in with...

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Reddo
I have some brochures here for the Booderee National park, it is on Jervis Bay not far from Huskisson and alongside Jervis Bay village. There is camping at Green Patch for vans, hot showers in the facilities etc in the park, so if your interested would you pm me your snail mail address and I will post them to you.
Greg
PS: The only downside no pets allowed, doesn't worry me, but it may some others

Booderee nat park is within spitting distance of "UD" so maybe it can be included in a day trip for those that havent got a talking parrot on thier shoulder and a patch on thier eye.

now if ya will excuse me i have got to go get a bucket of water to pour over the keyboard.

Reddo.

[chippydave01]

good on ya reddo .......yes girls you can come to on our fishing trip...........I should have known you were a giveup.........By the way has anyone seen earlee.........I HEARD HE HAS A NEW JOB CARRYING DRINKS

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I bet it aint on trays at coledale.

[Tickos]

I just gave a great reply and i got logged off and lost the lot so I will try again.

Reddo

Why not include Cooma in your Itinerary. Cooma is about 5 hours from Sydney. I have not driven the Road to the coast for many years but it may be a better option. It is 115 klm from Cooma to the coast.
A lot of the Chevies went that way to the Festival in November. Merimbula, Pambula, Eden and Bega is a nice area to look at.

The total driving time from Merimbula to Coledale is about 6 hours , but i know you won't be doing it in one go.
Another nice place near Ulladulla is Lake Conjola, we visit there in January for R & R. River 20 metres, fish, swim,etc Bowlo up the road and about 14 klm to Ulladulla.

This may be too much driving but would be a good round trip, depending on the Cooma to coast road.

Chippydave, in relation to Earlee, We have seen him still in the northern suburbs of Wollongong on Monday (2 days ago) but his van is not at Coledale. Mabe his is living up to his name and running late again!!!!


Ticko's

[Geoff & Jude]

Hi all, when we left on Tuesday Earlee was going to stay till Thursday or Friday cause he wanted to check the wheel bearings & brakes on the van, then he was heading home via the western part of NSW - somewhere like Mudgee & a couple of other towns - that's the last I know of the " Tray Man".

Reddo - at this point of time we will probably join you guys for the tour - and wherever we go suonds good to us. Ulludulla is an old stomping ground - know the pub TOO WELL, so for the time being count us in - can't wait.

I know this isn't anything to do with the ECT 2007 - maybe should start a Coledale 2007 thread, but Andy the caterer enjoyed himself & is on offer for next year if he is wanted. Lots of time to think about that & it is no problem for me to organise it again . Jude

[Deleted]

Wobble, wobble, wobble

Well thats the end of day one consultation. i have enough info here to start a lucrative business taking vintage vanners zig zagging all over the southern highlands and up from the south coast for a fortnight.

Might start the tour two weeks early.... from Oodnadatta
Sorta make the tour like a vintage van congo line. People getting on the end of the chain whenever, and dropping off wherever they like. Personally i could sit in a car all day until the wheels fell off it. As John Williamson once said " The windscreen is just a travelling picture show" and there is always something to see .

I have travelled the Princes hwy stacks of times and never get sick of the scenery anywhere south of Sydney right the way down to Lakes Entrance in Victoria. its all great touring/ holiday country. Sure beats the crap outta "sesame street" alias the "Hume Highway".
We have just got to strike the right balance of travelling and arvo camp/partying each day with the occasional lay day in between set aside to go hunting great white..... ....................... heads on schooners .

As the mayor of Uladulla .. the right Honourable ChippyDave said " we probably wont please everyone but....."

At least by advertising the planned route well before the tour people can decide if they are going the "Whole nine yards" or catching hold of the tours tail somewhere along the way.

Me? ... i dont give a bugger if i look up in the mirror on tour and there is no one there... I 'm going even if the tour starts at "Norm Coledales" front gate. ;D ;D ;D

Its aaaaaaallllll good brudders.

Reddofftoseethewizard... follow it, follow it... follow the yellow brick road

[will and Lyn]

: :oD
Reddo
wherever you go
Count Lyn and I in
we still have about 8 days driving before we get home from this trip
it has been fantastic for us so as soon as you get time pencil us in for next years spectacular
I saw you Earlee and your right my van wasnt on the back we stored it in Hervey bay(paradise)
one van in WA one in Queensland
hows that
saw Cobbers(Roy Rogers) great little 36 ply van today fantastic little unit and he is doing a great job on it
might not even go home havin fun and seeing some great country
if your in Goulburn do yourself a favour and eat at the Paragon
cafe opposite the town hall
great food nice people

Will and Lyn

[fcdriver]

Hi All
After 10 years driving buses in and around the Southern Highlands I can tell you all that Jambaroo is a No No.
Clyde Mountain is possible with care taken & you all would be rewarded with a great stopover at Nellingen ( Pub opposite on the river good little general store) & Batemans Bay close by.
Down the pass from Robertson to Albian Park although steep & narrow at the top does have a few rest points ( enough room to pull over ).
Via Kangaroo Valley once down you have to climb back up the top again (Cambewarra) only to go down hill towards Nowra.
As much as possible I believe the best way down the Coast is via Wilton to Wollongong via Mt Keria
Don,t forget the Bradman Museam at Bowral, plenty of parking with vans also travel via Berrima as its very popular.
But the biggest thing is the trip down one of the passes.
I can help to take a couple of vans down with our Falcon if that would help anyone. So maybe if there were a couple of modern cars in the group that may help. Just a thought.
A lot to think about for all.
Bruce

[Nowra man]

Hello, Im an avid watcher of this site but have nothing to offer so havent ever made comment. But I will tell this. Fc Driver is very correct. I got myself and my wife into serious trouble on Jambaroo towing a camper trailer behind a VW fastback. Nearly became a statistic and scared the living life out me and my wife wouldnt even get in the car if I was towing for a long time. From that I am perhaps over cautious but I wouldnt consider clyde either. Sorry dont mean to intrude on your thread but I couldnt let this go.
Nowra Man

[scootman]

Hello W and L glad to hear your having a great time. You should have mentioned you were going to strore the van in Hervey bay you could have left it at my parents for nothing. Im sure they would have only been too happy to do this. If your going to Airlie Beach why dont you drive for another 8 hours and come to Cairns, theres a half built bondwood there that needs some attention.

[Deleted]

Hi All ...day 2 consultation begins
Fc driver wrote:
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"Clyde Mountain is possible with care taken & you all would be rewarded with a great stopover at Nellingen ( Pub opposite on the river good little general store) & Batemans Bay close by."

I take it that Clyde mountain is between braidwood and nellingen .

I have been thinking about all this paranoia about towing Vinnies down mountains. I reckon our dads /grandads and our driving mums and grannies would be shaking thier heads in disbelief .
I mean to say these mountains where there when they drove the same old cars we are driving on the tours. They would have driven over and down the same roads towing thier vans just the same as what we have been doing and are proposing to do again next year.
Given that the roads would have been a lot narrower ,and possibly gravel, i think they faced a bigger challenge on cable operated drum brakes than we do today and i take my hat off to them as well as salute thier pioneering spirit.
Add to that the fact that most of our towcars have had upgrades of some sorts to the brakes as well as tricks and upgrades on our vans braking systems. So why the hysteria
So what are we breeding nowadays ... a bunch of nancy girls that run and hide under the bed every time someone mentions a steep downhill run... i mean rrrreeeeaaaallllyyy. Any road can negotiated providing a bit of commonsense is applied to the task at hand.
The routine is simple.
strategically mount your "St Christopher the Patron Saint of Travellers" statue on the dash and give him a rub for good luck.
Pull bowlers hat low down over your brow and slink down in the seat.
Wipe the sweating palms.
Grasp the steering wheel firmly with both hands.
Select low gear.
Launch yourself off the cliff "hanglider style".
Dont ride the brakes .
Apply them to wash a bit of speed off when things get a bit of a run on .
Keep scanning ahead for an "escape route" or the back of a good solid truck to run up the back of
Ignore all the late model 4 wheel disc braked stuff behind you bipping the horns and giving you the finger out of the window... for christ sakes its your holiday aint it You worked long and hard for your time off so why let some yobbo give ya the bloody hurryups down the mountain???.
Ya pay rego dontcha???.
You are entitled to use as much of the road as you like and take as long as you like to get from the top of the mountain to the bottom and vice versa.
Once .. or should that read " if " you make it to the bottom . Pullover to the side of the road.
Hose out your Levis.
Get down on all fours and kiss the earth.
Wait for the brake smoke to clear to a point where ya can see the car again.
Resume your holiday.
EEEEEEEKKKKKKKK.... i am starting to sound like the bloody old blokes i use to hang out the window and abuse as an adolescent.
Thought for today:
It sounds like a perfect tour would be 300 laps of the local footy oval. Not a bloody hill in site.

Crash , Bang, splatt, crunch ... ooooooooooo.... somebody ring an ambulance i just fell off my soapbox ;D

Footnote: Would like to thank everyone for their input so far. have taken onboard all warnings about treacherous roads and will investigate thoroughly before the "wagons Ho" is given.

Reddoveridebrakes adjusted!!!!

[kingy]

Howdy All,
Good to see plans are underway for next years tour which i'm sure will be bigger and better than this years event which is sadly over , anyway for our bit on the next tour, i feel a tour down south is a great idea again Reddo having endless attractions to cater for all of us i'm sure.
Living in Moruya which is 30 mins south of Batemans Bay and having lived in the area for 20 years i will post any ideas as they come to mind. The first of which is Batemans Bay, which as Jailbar has mentioned has BOOMED with a now pop. of around 17000.
One of the main attractions being having both beaches and the great Clyde river which leads to Nelligen, you can also travel to Nelligen by road in around 20 mins. its a great spot as i said right on the river with a very popular caravan park, a small village, pub with a HUGE carpark out the front. Nelligen is also near the base of the Clyde mtn. which i personly don't reccomend decending with vintage material, only a few years ago i travelled Canberra/coast daily being 40+ tonne all up down the Clyde, it has two steep sections over a 6-7 klm.decline and it took 30 mins to get to the bottom, and it was common to smell brakes and sometimes see smoke from passing LATE model cars/vans.
We could possibly do a day trip up the mtn. to Braidwood & Bungendore without van in tow from either Nelligen/BatemansBay.That would be a good day out, they are both old townships with plenty to see, Bungendore is around 30 mins outa Canberra.
Like i said i'll report any new idea's as they come to mind, and lets know how far sth. we should go and i'll see what i can muster

Your roving southern reporter
kingy

[fcdriver]

Hi All
I echo Kingy's remarks.
For the record Clyde Mountain is the main road between Canberra & the Coast. Yes it is a very busy road but as Reddo said our forfathers travelled this road with their vans in the 50s & 60s etc.
True reddo driven carefully, very carefully all should be well.
Two or three stops on the way down should be enough to cool down brakes.
There is one section where I used to stop just to check all was well when towing a van which I think is a must (even though I had dick brakes on the ford). Whilst checking the smell of hot breaks of passing cars was present.
So with a little planing (planed stoping points) and possible a modern car on hand to take a couple of vans down for those who don't trust their drum breaks all should be OK.
Not much to see between Goulburn & Braidwood so Goulburn to Nelligen with a walk around Braidwood on the way through would be a great day. If I went on the trip seeing as I live close by I would start at Nelligen, after delivering my van from Bargo via Clyde Mountain with the Ford Falcon. I could have the Falcon on hand to bring a couple of others down if needed, go home pick up either the FC or EH return to Nelligan later that evening.
Taking vans down Clyde Mountain (with respect to the grade) in a modern car is done over & over again every day.
On Boxing Day each year its caravan ally from Canberra.
So, a couple of pre planed stopping spots, care, no rushing on the way all should be well.
Keeping in mind that we all have to get down there at one point this may be the one. I would be prepared to travel the road well befor hand (taking notes) & supply a mud map so everone knows exactley where and when to expect to be able to pull over.
So if all are happy plan away Reddo.......Via Clyde Mountain.
Bruce

[Deleted]

Hi all.

i think the biggest problem with a south coast tour is that no matter which way we tackle it we have to get down from the east side of the Hume to sea level.
Once we get to places like goulburn there is no other choice but drop down one of the roads from highlands to bottom.
Sure we could run the tour and start at coledale .....drive south for a few days and retrace our same tracks back, but that would be a bit silly. The idea of heading along the high country and then dropping down and heading north means that we wont see the same cows, sheep and antique shops twice.

Everyone that goes to coledale fears Bulli pass and stanwall tops but by some stroke of luck we all manage to make it down and back up in one piece every year:.
Maybe it will mean heading further south through Cooma and down browns mountain . i have been down it about 6 times in the last 10 years. clear memories of timber jinkers with smoking brakes that could be smelt 10k before i caught up with them on the bike. Seems a bit pointless to travel for an extra 4 hours to be confronted with the same sort of descent .
So the object of the game, if ya can call it that, is to find the shortest gradual slope down.

At the moment my money is on the Clyde
In the weeks leading up to the tour.
Spend a bit of time checking your brakes on the van. Book the car in for one of those free brake check and adjustments everyone seems to be offering lately. Pack wisely. check tyre condition and pressure ... attend church regularly and pray.

Most importantly dont do what i done this year at Coledale. Flicked the brake lockout plate over on the overide coupling while reversing onto my site... then forgot to open it back up when we left on Sunday. Made it down moonee moonee bridge and Ourimbah hill on the utes 4 drums.

Bloody tough cars those early Holdens .

Oh bye the way. We dont have to spend tues arvo through to friday morn at Uladulla. maybe we can head up to Kiama on Thursday arvo???
Geez we could be having breakfast with norm on friday if we did that.

Can someone look into booking some decent weather as well.

Reddo

[chippydave01]

Reddo i always knew you were a trouble maker ....I wish you never started talking so 'earlee' about trips to the south coast Ulladulla, beer and fishing also shopping all my vans got a whiff thru the vv grapevine and are lining up in the driveway all ready and raring to go at this earlee stage take me, take me, take me



the only problem the two properts dont know that their gunna be sold (because they dont have a fridge cant carry enough grog and you cant bring home and carve up a big enough fish in them)Cheers Dave im gunna have to break it slowly to them

[Deleted]

Properts??? is that what they are i just thought that your front yard had an infestation of giant mushrooms...

Dont hold enough grog ... WHAT!!! and they where invented by an Aussie

Listen.... can you hear that???.. I am sure i can hear swords being drawn and muscats being fired from The blue mountains ( bigdidda) and Kingaroy ( ray ).

Reddo

[kingy]

I'M NOT SCARED, i'll tackle the imfamous CLYDE , like ya say our forefathers did it (in 1st gear) and i know where all the off ramps are ;D ;D
As fcdriver says, Nelligen is a good starting point once you've conquered the mount. i for one would vote for that.
Mogo is also a very popular township with the tourists(10mins sth. of Batemans Bay), with it's zoo and main street shops,and a replica of the of the old gold mining town it once was.
Kiama, you say Reddo,top spot as is Gerringong the two are close to each other, and right on the coast. After leaving Coldale we only got as far as Gerringong (1 hour drive ) and booked in to a van park for the night......we just did'nt want the tour to finish
Kingy

[bigdidda]

Hallo kiddies,
I refuse to get upset about those derogatary comments being thrown about regarding the lack of suitable alcoholic refridgeration that is provided in that most superior of travelling vans-the Propert.
I like to believe that when originally manufactured by young Thomas the idea was to travel until one came to a satisfactory establishment that provided refreshments of the alcoholic kind, where one stayed and imbibed until one fell down and then slept happily in their little folding house.
Therefore no need for a fridge.
The fact that mine is fitted with a most satisfactory ice box means either 1) the original owner did not frequent licensed establishments or 2) needed a nearby top up during the night. ;D
On the subject of Clyde mountain, i travelled down it as a passenger a few years ago in a automatic Humber Hawk with a gearbox that didnt have a second gear for downshifting and i will admit that by the time we got to the bottom i had probably breathed in more than enough brake dust and smoke than was conductive to good health.
This could explain a lot of things but we wont go there.
But as you all have stated our parents and grandparents did it and i always thought that is what first gear was for.
However in saying this imagine what fun i might have in the Austin. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
At least going down we shouldnt get a vapour lock eh Geoff.
Well anyway the ideas sound great and i know whereever we go it will be fun.
Now i think i will have a restorative as this thinking has confused me even more than usual.
don

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And as the sun sets in the west on day 2 of consultation.

We have those that walk bow legged and still have their genatailia and are willing to tackle "the all mighty Clyde" ( alias The widowmaker") and those that feel down the front of their pants and say " They could do with being slightly bigger ... Perhaps i will tackle the mountain. If the brakes give up and i end up in the nellingen river well at least i will have died proving i am a man and not a mouse"

Here is an incentive to put steep down hills / slopes/cliffs outta ya mind. I will shout the first round of drinks for the drivers on the tour at Nellingen pub . Ahem... non alcoholic beverages if you insist.

Gotta be carefull making promises like that . Don will be out and around everybody in the Austin with the collapsable plywood port- a- loo ... ooops fold-a-van swerving along behind him. ;D" Insert here a Joeseph lucas type "Beep, beep" and the screeching of 4.50 X 18 cross ply tread 50 year old michelin cheese cutters as well as a banshee like...........".You'll never catch me allllllliiiiiivvvvvveeeee.... aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh . yooooouuuurrrr sssshhhhhoooouuuuutttt Rrrrreeeeddddoooooo.

Dunno about you lot but i am dang near convinced that this is the way to go. If we all end up in a screaming heap at the bottom we can open "The East Coast Vintage Van and Classic Car Scrap Metal Museum" ... waddya reckon Poo Bah ... am i on another winner here or wot ;D
We could run the tour down the same mountain each year and be assured of a few new exhibits after day 2.... yuk, yuk, yuk

I,m tired .. i need to rest.... class dismissed.

Reddontleanouthewindow

[veedubnut]

Hello all,

Well I better make sure I get my act together and ensure I get along to the next East Coast Tour 2007.

I'll be the only Volkswagen in the camp again> What's going on here I'm not scared of hills I have fond mem.... ummm flashbacks Of that nightmarish trip down Clyde Mountain on a freezing cold May night with Don and another aquaintance (who shall remain nameless to protect the guilty) in a 1956 Humber Hawk, that lacked weather strips and a manual gearbox... If anyone here owns a bloody Humber Hawk I'm sorry but, you need SHOOTING

Cheers

Greg

[will and Lyn]

;D
Hi all of you dare devils
I mean all of you daredevil
Hey Bigdidda
If your taking the Austin on this next reddo run
I will donate some of my fully patented Brake boots
simple enough much like platform soles except 1metre thick
just cut the appropriate holes in the floor a hole in the roof (thats right you already have a sunroof )recruit a couple of dare devil vintage vanners like Jailbar and fc driver to sit on your shoulders
and go for it
I bags the filming rights!!!!!!
kingy is an earthmoving man he can dig the runoff and fill it with peagravel in case my fully patented stopping invention doesnt work
weeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
You mean SSSHHHIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!
dont you Don

Will
mortician brake expert and documentary maker