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Offline Dr Goggles

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3405 on: February 08, 2013, 06:09:37 AM »
Went and got some wheels to mount some transport tyres on, the borrowed ones we had were collected by the owner, honestly, some people.. I got sixteens which will have tyres hopefully in the 30-32 inch range that'll give us a little more clearance for trailering..... I got them from Bill my friendly wrecker, never schedule a short visit to a wrecker, there is no such thing........"yeah, come down I've got plenty of them..." means , if you've got an hour to spend following me round and through my post apocalyptic scrap heap then come down for a chat, I might have one......

I picked up the extinguishers from the John Nightingale at Wormald in Mount Waverley....as per the tip from Stainless I had them filled to 5kgs of Coldfire, that way we have the new reg 11lbs for 200+ vehicles....I have to add though that when I was talking to Wayne Mumford last week he something like " if you were knocked out in our car and that thing went off in the cab you might drown.."....we wouldn't be far off either I'd think. If the engine compartment system is fired it'll be squeezing out every crack in the bodywork, like piping on a cake....

I put the tail bodywork on and I have to say it ain't great, I'm going to have a bit more of a tweak on the push bar and in the end I'll be taping the body join because it sits proud. Fuel system is done, water tank is on, extinguishers in, gear shift is done I never did make the second vac-u-pan so the bung is blanked off.....

Tomorrow I'm driving up to Trentham to pick up a canopy for the F100.

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3406 on: February 08, 2013, 08:05:50 AM »
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Miss LIBERTY,  changing T.K.I.  to noise, dust, rust, BLUE HATS & hopefully not scrap!!

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3407 on: February 08, 2013, 10:07:41 AM »
"Problems are almost always a sign of progress."  Harold Bettes
Well, I guess we're making a LOT of progress . . .  :roll:

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3408 on: February 09, 2013, 07:30:49 PM »
It's all go here at the Spirit of Sunshine landspeed laboratory, possum park, cactarium, stickertorium and idiot wonderland.

Picked up a canopy for the Effie, quick trip to Trentham, came back through the Lerderderg state forest....confirmed to me that the F truck will be better with a load on it when it does dirtside, I spent a little bit of time looking out the  side window on the loose stuff.Hey, check out the sticker....




today we do the last few top ups, and then sort spares , tools, tent, table, tools, chilly-bins, shade , tarps.....you know the gig...

Speaking of gigs I was part of the Pure Pop Record shop "Summer Classic Album series" where we played Lucinda William's "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road"....it had been occupying a fair bit of thinking space, now it's full steam ahead.....Gairdner he we come.....oh yeah, and there's a BBQ here at the SOS LSLPPSCIW this evening....
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3409 on: February 09, 2013, 08:13:58 PM »
 :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: that's 3
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3410 on: February 09, 2013, 08:26:51 PM »
22222  :cheers:
Miss LIBERTY,  changing T.K.I.  to noise, dust, rust, BLUE HATS & hopefully not scrap!!

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."   Helen Keller

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3411 on: February 09, 2013, 11:05:30 PM »
hi Stewie,
that effie is starting to look like you need to put a
WE LIKE BOTH KINDS OF MUSIC sticker on it. :-D
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3412 on: February 09, 2013, 11:09:15 PM »
That is Elmo Rodge looking out of the camper window?

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3413 on: February 10, 2013, 12:28:45 AM »
I can't wait to see the F-100 in yellow.

Don't forget to paint under the hood, no masking needed. :-D

Good luck to the Spirit of Sunshine and her faithful servants, may speed be with you. :cheers:

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3414 on: February 10, 2013, 02:13:19 AM »
I can't wait to see the F-100 in yellow.

Don't forget to paint under the hood, no masking needed. :

  Don

 
alright, i'll bring me new spray gun over,
crack the lid on that yella paint can :-D
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3415 on: February 10, 2013, 06:27:49 AM »
You wait til I catch up with you yellow belly wackers, then you won't be laughin'..................... :roll:

mid-stream BBQ madness here, got a lot of stuff done today, put a taxi bar in the F truck to mount the spares and cover the LPG tank, keeps the rear of the tray clear. We fitted the body and the Colonel finalized most of the wiring........we're getting there..... :cheers:
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3416 on: February 10, 2013, 11:58:54 AM »
When I first looked at that truck, I was thinking, yeah, Charles Bronson, Chuck Norris, Steve McQueen - big, tough guy truck, wagon wheels - perfect.

But then the topper went on, and it got me to thinking Carmen Miranda.

"Problems are almost always a sign of progress."  Harold Bettes
Well, I guess we're making a LOT of progress . . .  :roll:

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3417 on: February 10, 2013, 12:05:36 PM »
Maybe its " Estathia, Steve McQueen of the desert", or Effie for short. ( I was thinking of calling the Traveller Chuck Morris but it seems someone bet me to it already on their car.)

Truck looks great.

Go you good things.

And speaking of good things, for goodness sake this time don't forget the
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3418 on: February 10, 2013, 12:07:08 PM »
lol
Miss LIBERTY,  changing T.K.I.  to noise, dust, rust, BLUE HATS & hopefully not scrap!!

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."   Helen Keller

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3419 on: February 10, 2013, 12:11:40 PM »
Getting close now Goggs! Luv the F1, pretty close to the one I had in Sydney in the 80's .

Hurt's to not be there doesn't it Dik?
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