ps: ive seen the towd.....and i doubt u are getting that thing registered anywhere in QLD mate
62/60 model bug eye baja bug, (Full Build in Progress)
1974 Chevrolet Luv
1970 MK2 Ford Cortina GT
1979 Yamaha RX125 Two Stroke tracker project.
2004 Harley Davidson Sportster XL Custom
why not bring it down to nsw, get it rego'd, take me for a blast at port stephens, and use my sydney address for paperwork
u need proof of residence though dont you?.......thats why i suggested putting it in a rellies name
62/60 model bug eye baja bug, (Full Build in Progress)
1974 Chevrolet Luv
1970 MK2 Ford Cortina GT
1979 Yamaha RX125 Two Stroke tracker project.
2004 Harley Davidson Sportster XL Custom
Country inspectors are far more relaxed than the city ones.
Try taking it out into the country somewhere and get it done.
Jasmine the 75 L Bug
56 oval, 2000 New Beetle
No offence, but I don't want one- however growing up as a child at Echo Valley in Tmba a Towd held the hillclimb (dirt track) record for a few years, this was some 20 years ago... The bloke who owned it is still active in the racing scene and was looking for it- said the last he heard it was on some farm out behind Goondiwindi, though had been rolled years back and was in a shed somewhere out there..and yes it was a Towd, cant recall it being registered though.
he did say.....the only registered one so i think he would know there are others out there but not on the road apparently.....would be cool to find one....i reckon they look great
62/60 model bug eye baja bug, (Full Build in Progress)
1974 Chevrolet Luv
1970 MK2 Ford Cortina GT
1979 Yamaha RX125 Two Stroke tracker project.
2004 Harley Davidson Sportster XL Custom
Buggyboy wrote:No offence, but I don't want one- however growing up as a child at Echo Valley in Tmba a Towd held the hillclimb (dirt track) record for a few years, this was some 20 years ago... The bloke who owned it is still active in the racing scene and was looking for it- said the last he heard it was on some farm out behind Goondiwindi, though had been rolled years back and was in a shed somewhere out there..and yes it was a Towd, cant recall it being registered though.
Was it a black one at all
I was only talking to a guy the other day and he gave me a similar storie about a black one out that way.
It was only pub talk. We where talking about sandrails and he told me about the tow'd.
I wondered if it was true or not because he said he hated vw's but yet he new what a tow'd was.
Jasmine the 75 L Bug
56 oval, 2000 New Beetle
As a few people have suggested, transfer the rego to a relly in NSW and keep it in Qld. You'll have to pay Stamp Duty but you'll keep the car.
[Edited on 3-5-2004 by Oasis]
"Tell him 'We've already got one'"
I tell ya just sell it to me and I will go and register it in my name and let you drive it sometimes when it is cold. It will look good with a set of QLD Manx Club plates on .
Brad
Why copy when you can own an original ?
Meyers Manx Australiahey andrew. talk more to brad... not about the selling idea, but the rego stuff. he is part of it and has all the right info.:sandrine
Simply Cruzin'...
There's a guy who lives near me with one registered and regularly driving...
OvalGlen is a friend of his.
I'm sure his has some kind of belly pan tho.
Got any more info on thsi other Tow'd ??? I have heard about it but no one has yet been able to confirm its existance....
I hear the rego issue is progressing well so all should be fine :>
Brad
Why copy when you can own an original ?
Meyers Manx AustraliaIt came on a Krispy Kreme cruise last year. The owner's name is Paul. He is a friend of OvalGlen maybe he can get us a snap...
Yes that is serious shit, but hey the car was built for it, NOT to be some show pony and yes every body it looks like the QLD T/Port dep,t is going to FULLY register it as a B.F.Meyers & Co Towdster which will be what i really wanted all along as aposed to being regoed as a modifided VW of which it is NOT,so fingers crossed after an inspection is done by the T/Port Dep't soon.🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂
Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel
Ok so I am curious to know if it goes through as that does that in turn meen that if I just happened to find a Tow`d and it had never been regoed in AUS I would be able to get it through the same way??????????????????
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Sorry Andy it must have current rego to get threw and trust me it is'nt easy (boy my nee's and suck are sore )
Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel
The one that I knew was a yellow- guess it was popular a popular colour. I have a few leads as to what happened to it, so will chase it down and let ya's know. I will also get onto the original owner and see if he has any old photos.
11CAB wrote:jump
I took those last two pics of the tow'd. They aren't actually pics they are screen grabs from my video camera. Although I was the first one up that dune, I wasn't about to try and out-jump Kevin or Mike. I didn't feel like walking the 1000kms home.
🙂
hmmm, gotta get to Stockton again...
Mike's Jump;
One of my jumps;
And yes they are big dunes;
[Edited on 5-5-2004 by Baja Wes]
Wes -
www.offroadvw.net - 200HP Quad Cam V6 in a VW Baja - with climate control...
🙂
www.taylorcycles.com.au - My DH MTB racing brothers shop.
NOVEMBER :bounce:bounce:bounce
Brad
Why copy when you can own an original ?
Meyers Manx Australia:cry seeing stuff like that makes me realise how puss my engine really is!
someone build me a bigger one so I can fly in nov too..... (ahh well as usual I will have to do it myself!)... I wanna fly too damn it!!!!
hmmm
step 1: Take stupid 1600 and swear at it profusely
step 2: pray to the buggy god for a bumper harvest this year
step 3: buy lotto ticket
step 4: realise I will probably be just sitting at bottom of dune watching everyone else have all the fun!
:thumb :bounce
i am sure if you ask nicely someone will let you go passenger as long as you do not get to the end and go:puke
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😀 pwomis not 2 spew.. could take the passenger option (which is not the same)...orrrrrrr.........take the 1600 and do some modifications b4 then:thumb:P
[Edited on 5-5-2004 by $2.63 homebrand baja]
Great pic Heather from an even greater Australian Cult movie ,Mad Max 2 The Road Warrior.
Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel
:thumb sorry bout the hijack.lol
First time I saw the Mad Max movies (as a whippersnapper), and was told about the maurauders hooning round in vw's????,,,,, that aint like nanna's beetle,, hehehe, I developed a strange fascination for the offroadie side.
now at age 30 I am ready to let those hidden desires surface.....muhwahahaha... from tow'dsters to megamanx's... this is just giving me ideas.... mmmm, just waiting on cash.lol.
"we now return you to our regular thread"..... Tow'd gets legal!
😎
It's always been legal we are just registering it QLD for the first time.
Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel
A Westwood wrote:It's always been legal we are just registering it QLD for the first time.
:o sowwy, tow'd moves to sunshine state......... did not mean to sound like it's illegal or bad in any way, just poor choice of wording!
($2 now dissapears back into cyberspace b4 more bad posts come back to haunt me!.."it wasn't me-ee just some hackers.....)
🙂let us know the end result andrew
Baby Loves to Mumbo
Someone say MAD MAX?
I'm a Queenslander - I remember growing up there and we would ogle at what the roaches could get away with on their roads! Blowers, 17 inch lifts on 4x4's, 4 spot lights across the roof top frying roos at 1.268 kilometers in an instant.
Now I live here I have to greep slip my ride every year and once its defective I have to take it off the road. Up in queensland at least you can rego a car and only take it off the road when it snaps, bends or has killed someone!
Licencing would be far easier if it was federal. Then again thats a whole new bag of worms.
I was relieved to hear that DOT was going to come to the party. I can put ways my blueprints and fuses :duh
I can understand why they are strict - i wouldn't want my signature on a potentially dangerious car - especially if it's health was not going to be checked yearly like in NSW's. Fortunately it seems DOT are adding a level of reasoning to their rules and regulations. Unlike the forum they don't have 'guidelines'.
Bronze.
Bronze.
Rathmines, Lake Macquarie, NSW.
