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 bajachris88
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| posted on May 22nd, 2006 at 08:43 PM |
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Bajaing / vw offroading in the snow, done it before?
Give us a run down on ur experiences with it, or what u rekon it would be like, haha.
Winters coming up, and its getting cold, don't think its gonna snow in brissy this yr, although it seems to get colder each yr, and 10 yrs ago, i
never used to see frozen mildrew on my dad's commodore, but now do see the ice on the roof.
so what u think of it, besides being cold and 'slick' Hehe.
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| posted on May 22nd, 2006 at 09:03 PM |
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this is about as close as i have been
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1961 swb buggy
1960 karmann ghia
1963 Single Cab: "El Concreto"
1963 bent 23 window " Frieda Samba "
1963 Eriba Faun camper " Cara Van daCamp"
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shaihulud
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| posted on May 23rd, 2006 at 06:06 PM |
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I went up the gravel Alpine Way over the Snowy Mountains, in the 60s in a splitty when there was a bit of snow and mush on the roads. It never looked
like we had wished that we had chains, but with snow you never know what's around the next corner. We had no problems. The heater only just kept us
warm.
Interestingly enough that reminds me that on that trip we camped near the beach at Mallacoota and it was there that for the first and only time in my
life I heard, while half asleep in a waking dream, the Music of the Spheres. It was fabulous and as I listened to it I knew that I had never heard
that piece of music before. Had I been able to write music I may probably have composed one of the worlds great melodies, but alas and alack it was
not to be.
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| posted on May 23rd, 2006 at 06:25 PM |
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Here's Richard Holzl's old yellow beetle in the snow....
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"Tell him 'We've already got one'"
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MickH
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| posted on May 23rd, 2006 at 07:42 PM |
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posted by shaihulud
Interestingly enough that reminds me that on that trip we camped near the beach at Mallacoota and it was there that for the first and only time in my
life I heard, while half asleep in a waking dream, the Music of the Spheres. It was fabulous and as I listened to it I knew that I had never heard
that piece of music before. Had I been able to write music I may probably have composed one of the worlds great melodies, but alas and alack it was
not to be.
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Nah.....twas tha drugs man.....:jesus:alien beer
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shaihulud
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| posted on May 23rd, 2006 at 10:50 PM |
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Drugs!! Who?? Me?? Never!!
Supergrass. Zombiegrass. Lebanese Blonde. Durban Poison. Brogo Blue. Accapulco Gold. Afghani Black. What're they?? Never heard of them.
Actually we had tied a few on the previous night, but that happened as I was waking in the morning. Be that as it may. I have heard the Music of the
Spheres. Once.
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ancientbugger
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| posted on May 24th, 2006 at 09:15 AM |
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I know this isn't strictly off-road but my dad only passed his driving test in England back in the Fifties as it was so cold one winter most water
cooled cars wouldn't work so he managed his test in a beetle! Also I only ever got my buggy out over there in the snow and it was great fun (mind you
I only had it for about a year and half all up before I wrecked it!) when I got to Oz I thought driving on sand would be pretty similar-WRONG! On snow
good traction but no steering.
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11CAB
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| posted on May 26th, 2006 at 07:47 PM |
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Hey KombiBob, I see you've grown quite a bit since that photo was taken in the snow.......your head only came up the the side mirror.....now its
higher than the roof in your avatar....:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P
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kombibob
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| posted on May 26th, 2006 at 07:59 PM |
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ha ha. yep been on the rack:P
1961 swb buggy
1960 karmann ghia
1963 Single Cab: "El Concreto"
1963 bent 23 window " Frieda Samba "
1963 Eriba Faun camper " Cara Van daCamp"
2012 Skoda Octavia scout
Get down low and go,go,go
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