just by luck I had Hols at right time to come up from Sydney to Dubs by the pub, only realised about a week before, checked oil & tightened wheel nuts on Peach, left 0530 Friday Morning, met up with Byron Bug & Dub74L at 2.30 PM at Byron Bay & went throuigh absolutely horrific traffic in Brissie, to arrive at Dicky Beach (Caloundra) at 6pm , lots of wind and rain, but everybodies tents stayed up. Sat was spent further north at the Eumundi markets,where I could not find anything to buy except food, I rode up WITH DUB74L in his really nice L bug, first time I had been in one, makes earlier beetles seem really agricultural.
That night at the surf club I managed a huge win of $18 on 1c pokie, I would not normally gamble, but was under huge pressure from a large group of Dubbers.
More winds rain all night, but verything dried out enough OK for people to pack up early Sunday morning, we got to the Pub about 9.30 by which time most bargains & goodies seemed to have already disappeared from the Swap, - twas very exciting to see such a huge amount of cars , that I had never set eyes on before, & meet lots of people from Forum,
Lots of ladies were getting their photo taken with my car, I should have charged for it to subsidise petrol money-
Stayed at a friends in Brisbane Sunday night, & LEFT 6.40 Monday morning for home, again battling traffic & heaps of roadworks on Pacific Hwy, but still made it home 7pm Sydney time (6pm QLD time) moving average speed was 88.5kmh & including stops 82 kmh, that was acheived cruising at 102 kmh
34.5 mpg total cost for fuel was about $205 which wasn't bad
had a really great time thanks to all the people involved, both new friends & old, bonus was also meeting Brad Sinclair, who originally had the car restored
Please, I need drivers side window regulator (winder mechanism) for my '54
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Please, I need drivers side window regulator (winder mechanism) for my '54
Great stuff Kim :thumb
Futue te ipsum!!!
wish u wuz there Barry - wonder if anybody took photos of the trophies, they were spectacular,
the huge variety of buggies on display was a plus too
Please, I need drivers side window regulator (winder mechanism) for my '54
Wow, that's a big trip for the pub run. There was actually not many buggies there compared to normal. I think the rain scared them away.
PS - the traffic is always really bad on Friday arvo heading up the coast from Brizzy.
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.
I have never seen so many in one place - yours is stunning by the way.........
oh yeah, some people may not know you can click on the photos which will open larger image in another window
[ Edited on 20-2-2007 by kombikim ]
Please, I need drivers side window regulator (winder mechanism) for my '54
kombikim wrote:just by luck I had Hols at right time to come up from Sydney to Dubs by the pub, only realised about a week before, checked oil & tightened wheel nuts on Peach, left 0530 Friday Morning, met up with Byron Bug & Dub74L at 2.30 PM at Byron Bay & went throuigh absolutely horrific traffic in Brissie, to arrive at Dicky Beach (Caloundra) at 6pm , lots of wind and rain, but everybodies tents stayed up. Sat was spent further north at the Eumundi markets,where I could not find anything to buy except food, I rode up WITH DUB74L in his really nice L bug, first time I had been in one, makes earlier beetles seem really agricultural.
That night at the surf club I managed a huge win of $18 on 1c pokie, I would not normally gamble, but was under huge pressure from a large group of Dubbers.
More winds rain all night, but verything dried out enough OK for people to pack up early Sunday morning, we got to the Pub about 9.30 by which time most bargains & goodies seemed to have already disappeared from the Swap, - twas very exciting to see such a huge amount of cars , that I had never set eyes on before, & meet lots of people from Forum,
Lots of ladies were getting their photo taken with my car, I should have charged for it to subsidise petrol money-
Stayed at a friends in Brisbane Sunday night, & LEFT 6.40 Monday morning for home, again battling traffic & heaps of roadworks on Pacific Hwy, but still made it home 7pm Sydney time (6pm QLD time) moving average speed was 88.5kmh & including stops 82 kmh, that was acheived cruising at 102 kmh
34.5 mpg total cost for fuel was about $205 which wasn't bad
had a really great time thanks to all the people involved, both new friends & old, bonus was also meeting Brad Sinclair, who originally had the car restored
12 hours! I did it in 1.5 and it only cost me $79
🙂 ... though you would have had more leg and shoulder room than me
🙁 .. but I had beer
🙂... though I had a screaming kid in front
🙁... but I had aircon
🙂.
Hell of a lot of offroaders compared to down this way. Probably due to us mostly not being allowed to go offroad. Sweet splittie kombis but not enough nice original ovals but very nice pies from Beefy's.
your my hero kim, no one does roadtrips like you 🙂
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One man's junk...
Well done that man,
and too think that I was feeling wussy from too much beer with Amazeer the night before and almost didn't do the one hour drive to the Pub. Well done, thats dedication!!
'Ah, whatever................'
hey, dont go blaming me
I don't have much leg room, coulda been drinking beer , could also have had a kid in front, but probably dangerous.
all up including $ 5 worth of fudge (queue was too long at beefies) & subtracting $18 win on pokies the whole four days cost me about $360 - I just like driving the car, that is what they are for, seeing how fast, versus how much fuel what I can overtake or hold off etc, it is all fun, this time I decided to wave at every kombi on the highway, only 2 waved back & another waved first, alll the others just stared. max speed reached was 122kmh tryiing to hold off a P-plater that was severely pissed off at the fact I had just overtaken him, I think his mates in the car must have had a go at him
Please, I need drivers side window regulator (winder mechanism) for my '54
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Great to finally meet you Kim.
Thanks for coming along on our weekend & hope we all kept you amused.
Don't forget to get some therapy for your BIG gambling addiction...hehehe
Catch up again soon
Judy
59 Microbus Kombi (MERCY)
64 Microbus Kombi (CHANNON)
a TRUE enthustist! Driving his beetle just as the maker intended. All those trailer queens and sunny days specials should take note. Great effort hope you enjoyed yourself.
A wise man once said "It is not the destination that is important..... but the Journey"
Customer service is not dead in Australia.
Always after HAZET & MATRA & VW factory tools
Wow, what a trip! Peach would have loved every mile no doubt.
Was great to catch up again Kim, your welcome to stop in any time!
