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Melbourne Cruise to Mt Dandenong - Pics

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helbus ·

View from back of car

helbus ·

View from front of car

helbus ·

View from side of car

helbus ·

View from out of car

helbus ·

Look at all the dubs

helbus ·

We talked a lot in between taking pics

[ Edited on 30-12-2005 by Helbus ]

[ Edited on 30-12-2005 by Helbus ]

helbus ·

And another beetle.

helbus ·

Beautiful aren't they?

helbus ·

it was all good fun

helbus ·

yet another classic

helbus ·

Line them up

helbus ·

Closeup shot1

helbus ·

Closeup shot2

helbus ·

View from above car!

helbus ·

Another top photo.

helbus ·

This is what we all came to see.

helbus ·

I will apologise now for no pic of the 79 GTI Golf. Fleur took the pics and she is a total sucker for Beetles. Like a cat with tinsel really 🙂

oval TOFU ·

Great pics Fleur - you can tell her for me Peto..

Seeing those shots got me thinking I should get a move-on with getting my oval tailights on and get a correct nose badge and get my emaphores working and installed and.....

Peter_Jones ·

Here's a few more!

(If you'd like a higher res version of any shots,Just let me know)

PJ


HTML seems to have been disabled on this forum so I can't link to offsite photos directly. (Despite many attempts! I can't even insert a hyperlink!)

The photos are here

www.trekplanet.com/vw





[ Edited on 30-12-2005 by Peter_Jones ]

*did* ·

Nice pics 🙂 Go the radio car!

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PrettyBlueBug ·

I wish I had of gone on this! 🥲

Funny how all the cars were shades of pale.... my PBB would have stood out like dogs balls! 😂

Next one I'm there for sure.... so when will it be? 😉

killakornkobb ·

well i got this week off

so im up fer it 🙂

hipichic ·

The PBB and the TinkerBeetle would have been the odd ones out...hehehehe
I neeed my brake fixeded before cruisin' the hills ........ (no, it did't get fixed yet..*cries*) 🙁

Peter_Jones ·

*did* wrote:Nice pics 🙂 Go the radio car!

just use BB code
see here: http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/faq.php?page=misc#1
I tried!
The BB code didn't work. HTML wouldn't work. Even the auto insert BB keys weren't working properly. Couldn't even get the bb code to post a hyperlink to work.
PJ

baybuscamperkid ·

i see you took the new toy helbus, i hope fleur got to drive it this time, last time i saw you you were driving and she was along for the ride!

mscabrio ·

Awesome pics !!!! We had slight technical difficulties with our camera (flat batteries!!! and dodgey camera person) so our pics didn't come out !

Can't wait till the next cruise, need some updated shots of the cabrio now that she has her new shoes on.

helbus ·

Couldn't have been me driving the new beetle. I haven't driven it yet due to my back problems. 😉
baybuscamperkid wrote:i see you took the new toy helbus, i hope fleur got to drive it this time, last time i saw you you were driving and she was along for the ride!

baybuscamperkid ·

uh oh

helbus ·

Hmmm unless she has another boyfriend that is 6ft tall, slim, blonde hair, blue eyes.

Oh well, as long as she was having fun.😂

baybuscamperkid ·

ah, only caught you guys out of the corner of my eye, must have gotten confused.

bugeyedbabe ·

Sure sure...confused....(how much is she paying u to deny it all??)

Nice to see the new Koc out and about. All those vw looked great. I'm looking forward to this years dubs now.....its only a month(ish) away...wooohoooo

PrettyBlueBug ·

So when's the next Sunset cruise gonna be? This Saturday night? :P

killakornkobb ·

i got the night off this saturday.. girlfriend is taking one of her friends out for her b'day so im up for a cruise 🙂

PrettyBlueBug ·

Awesome! Any other takers?

jenz58 ·

Yep......but I have to have Eddie drive cos I can't till April....so it would be the Type 3...Dr L cos Eddie isn't game to drive Bel

Hmmmm....maybe I can talk him into a practice run in Bel :sandrine

killakornkobb ·

awesome! i havnt met Dr L yet!

jenz58 ·

I'd better give him a wash .... he misses cruising so it would be a real treat

PrettyBlueBug ·

Yay! Bring MR L!! It would be good to see you.

jenz58 ·

Ditto 👍

splittychick ·

Hmmmm maybe i can swap the rego plates from my bay & bring the splitty!!😀
Damn that thing called money,if it wasn't for that she'd be on the road!!:kiss

PrettyBlueBug ·

OMG!! Bring the Splitty Mandie!! I'm dying to see it all finished and shmicker than shmick! 😂

killakornkobb ·

yay that makes 8 of us 🙂

PrettyBlueBug ·

How'd you get 8....? :P

killakornkobb ·

PBB, you, Adolf, Me, Dr L, Jen, Mandie, and her Splitty🙂

PrettyBlueBug ·

Eden will be along too, but probably not in his Bug.... it needs medicine to make it better.

blutopless2 ·

keep us informed of a potential cruise time and place... always keen to cruise and chat!
👍

PrettyBlueBug ·

🙂 Somewhere to see the sun as it sets....?

Not sure where.... Damien? You're the ideas man! :P

killakornkobb ·

sky high was good... if it wasnt for the clouds we coulda seen a sun set 🙂

helbus ·

If it wasn't for the clouds it wouldn't have been so cold.🙂

time and place for eats?

If it is this Sat though, we might not be able to make it, our calendar is loaded, being the social butterflies we are 😂

killakornkobb ·

whats the matter with orange boy? (edens car)

PrettyBlueBug ·

Sky High sounds good.... it's supposed to be 28 and fine on Saturday anyways, so hopefully there'll be good sunset-ness! Unless there's somewhere different to go....

Orange Boy has a temperature (running too hot), and a rattly throat (clunky rattle around gearbox) 😢

killakornkobb ·

Pretty_Blue_Bug wrote:Orange Boy has a temperature (running too hot), and a rattly throat (clunky rattle around gearbox) 😢
youre a tripper 🙂

PrettyBlueBug ·

:P

oval TOFU ·

Doh! I got friends over for dinner this sat night! Hey Damo, you should take everyone along Sheffield Rd for some giggles...

Edithvale beach is good for sunsets - it sets pretty much directly perpendicular to the beach into the water....

killakornkobb ·

i'll crap myself if i go down sheffield Rd again i reckon 🙂

mscabrio ·

Pretty_Blue_Bug wrote:Orange Boy has a temperature (running too hot), and a rattly throat (clunky rattle around gearbox) 😢

Pour some asprin into the petrol tank ...... that'll fix its flu symptoms ..... (or kill it)

PrettyBlueBug ·

😂 I think I'd get in trouble if I played Nurse with Orange Boy.....

kirk ·

you guys should cruzzzz down to mordiollic beach, carpark by the pier, fish and chips on the wall over looking the beach and nice sunset, yum sounds so good i might go down there now:thumb:thumb and of course i can come and see you guys😉😉

PrettyBlueBug ·

Ooooh, that sounds nice! :P

blutopless2 ·

well its friday.... so what is planned??? where are we meeting?? where are we cruising??

hipichic ·

put us down as a maybe.......

jenz58 ·

We can't make it now, but have fun . We'll catch you all another time.

Let's have one around the 23rd April when I get my license back 👍

jnr356 ·

jenz58 wrote:We can't make it now, but have fun . We'll catch you all another time.

Let's have one around the 23rd April when I get my license back 👍
bummer jen i know how that feels(only 69 days to go!)

zac_smits ·

well at least theres a good number in there :P

(i'm too childish 😀)

killakornkobb ·

so whats the good word laura?

PrettyBlueBug ·

Seems a lot of people can't make it, so maybe we should cruise another night? I haven't washed my Bug anyways... :P

Definitely want to do the fish and chips thing somewhere and see the sun set..... any ideas of a where and another when?

blutopless2 ·

looks like we are gonna do the fish and chip thing at williamstown then probably cruise over to stkilda

oval TOFU ·

A cruise to Willie town sounds good.... I'd be up for that..

Maybe I should suss out a spot on Mt Dandy that we can go where we can have a decent view to without paying the tourist tax of $4 just to park at Sky High... Then we'll do Sheffield Rd ay Damo?! 😉

What happened to ya licence Jen and jr356?!!

[ Edited on 7-1-06 by oval TOFU ]

hipichic ·

there is a spot, before sky high, its a short walk along a walking track to a spot under the channel 7 tower, ace view and all free!! (we were there on monday night with family from the usa).... I guess we'll have to show you all sometime!

oval TOFU ·

sounds good! Where can we stash the cars though?

PrettyBlueBug ·

Yeah, sounds like a good spot hipichic! :P

oval TOFU ·

Those who are game can go for a climb too.. I've heard of ppl doing that.. the view is pretty spectacular!

PrettyBlueBug ·

I'm up for a climb anyday! 😂

hipichic ·

there is a gravel parking area right beside a big power substation, it is in view of the road though. But there is plenty of parking area there.

PrettyBlueBug ·

I think this spot might be a goer.... who'd like to meet up and cruise there sometime real soon...?

hipichic ·

I still needs me brake fixed 🙁 but I'm keen otherwise!!

PrettyBlueBug ·

Get that handy man of yours to snap to it and fix your poor Bug!

hipichic ·

we tried, it's stuck 🙁 gotta get another pair of hands or a 3/4inch drive thingy......... so, when a friend is free, we are getting onto it again 🙂
Then the next job will be getting that motor and gearbox out of the other buggedy bug! 🙂

PrettyBlueBug ·

Lots of work ahead of you by the looks of it. Poor Tinkerbeetle. 🥲

oval TOFU ·

Whats wrong with the hand brake exactly?

hipichic ·

it's not really working anymore 🙁
the left hand brake adjuster is completely and utterly jammed, can't adjust it at all, alex (mr_hip) is a an undercar mechanic by trade, and he can't get it undone on his own even......soooooo jammed.

oval TOFU ·

That sux... hope you rectify it soon - you need to come on a cruise!

hipichic ·

yeah, I do, I need to get outta here...!! LOL

PrettyBlueBug ·

Not sure how big muscles you need to help you with your Bug, but I'm happy to help if needed! I'm stronger than I look... 😉

hipichic ·

teeheehee, fanks....I think he was thinking he needed to get two friends to help....well, duh! I have arms and legs that work perfectly well!
we have a friend that I am sure would be willing to help, I just have to get the two of them motivated to do it, it is now written in our family diary for this saturday, and its written in big BIG letters!!!

PrettyBlueBug ·

Awesome, hope all goes well! :sandrine

hipichic ·

me too *fingers crossed*!!!

helbus ·

I finks you should muscle in on the repair action. Fleur never whinges when I get her to help with anything on the bus or beetle. In fact she was there helping me most nights with the Suby conversion on the bus. Unwrapping wiring looms, holding wires to solder, wrapping them again, holding things to get marked, drilling holes, getting me beers 🙂

hipichic ·

oh I will be, trust me. the theory is that I will be cleaning the new motor and gearbox up in preparation for the transplant, trouble is that currently there is nowhere to put it, the garage and carport are both full of junk! *sigh* so for the moment they are still in the other bug.

oval TOFU ·

...appropriate an abandonded shopping trolley, cut the cart off the 'chassis', plonk a span of wood across it, and there you have a 'free' engine trolley! -with room for the gearbox too! Makes it heaps easier to move around too...

helbus ·

Have seen that done and it woks well, including V8s even.

hipichic ·

I spotted a lonely looking shopping trolley up the road earlier, maybe i should go for another walk....LOL

mscabrio ·

I'll send blutopless out to give you a hand hipichic if that means being able to come out for a cruise.

Veronica (the cabrio) and I are iching to go cruising ....... Will have to be after next Monday night though as she is going into hospital for some minor cosmetic surgery

hipichic ·

awww, you all rock so much. I really appreciate all the offers of help. keep your fingers crossed that it gets done on saturday! Then we'll be all set for a cruise 🙂

PrettyBlueBug ·

Yay! 😂

blutopless2 ·

mscabrio wrote:I'll send blutopless out to give you a hand hipichic

ahhhh.. so nice of you to offer MY help!
what about you?