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Clarence Town GPA Swim in 2019 NSW Australia
By: DennisM Date: November 3, 2019, 4:07 pm
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G'day All,
Well we made it through the 2 day event with just a few drama's
LOL well the club's motto is "what could go seriously wrong".
Through the week I had bought 100 litres of fuel (petrol 91) for
use in the 3 petrol powered S2A's that were going to the event,
the other Land Rover (1988 110 FFR Isuzu diesel)everything was
in place for 2 Land Rovers to make the 40 mile trip to Clarence
town, meet n greet friends etc, then at 0930hrs the convoy was
formed up to go on the run to the Lostock dam some 90k's away,
the temp was climbing it was in the low 30's and quite warm in
the 'sports car' aka Gunbuggy shown here being driven by my son
Kyle
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the convoy left on time and we motored along the back roads at
around 35/40mph mark,
HTML https://i.imgur.com/bjtYaiil.jpg
I got sunburn on my legs and ears LOL (ouch), we did get held
up a few times to allow the stragglers to catch up in Gresford,
note it's a bustling metropolis LOL, if we were not there nobody
would have been outside LOL
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we continued along a little slower now as we were on really
narrow roads and some with bridge repairs happening, we caught
the crew at this worksite by surprise, they had never seen so
many ex mil machines
HTML https://i.imgur.com/QV6jJQCl.jpg
the Studebaker was having a fuel issue and needed to be pushed
up the next big hill, it was pushed by a 100" Chev Blitz
HTML https://i.imgur.com/kmxmFa0l.jpg
and my wife Dianne with our toy poodle as a passenger in the 110
HTML https://i.imgur.com/mRuJ0rbl.jpg
we rolled along until the dam came in sight, where they formed
up for a photo shoot
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and another angle with all on the bridge, if you look closely
I'm on the wall with a white dot that is our toy poodle (roughly
middle of the image)
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this was where my trouble started "what could go wrong" LOL,
well my son had been driving it was hot 36c, and on trying to
restart the engine, I wasn't paying attention and he flooded it,
that combined with ?? possible fuel vaporisation, we swapped
places quickly but it was too late he had flooded it, how
embarrassing we had tried to push start it to no avail so it was
towed off the bridge, even towing it with another vehicle made
little difference,
HTML https://i.imgur.com/pxIw7Hdl.jpg
at least I was towed by another gunbuggy LOL n not a jeep that
would have been a bitter pill, anyway it was eventually towed to
the area where the BBQ was well n truly underway, after parking
the vehicle in the shade with the bonnet up and approx. 90
minutes had passed, I decided that instead of driving back to
C/town (as I had intended to leave it over night and come back
Saturday morning with 3 others) anyway I decided best it went
home just in case.
It fired up but was running rough n rich, we headed home some 55
miles away, it was basically uneventful except for the traffic
etc around Maitland, we had used 11 gallons of fuel for just
over 100 miles that was bad++, it was parked in the back shed.
Saturday morning dawned, my eldest daughter Fiona arrived
overnight from Sydney, we set off for C/town at 0715hrs, here's
Fiona driving the M/P vehicle
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and Kyle driving 112-501, with the good wife following in the
110
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the parade kicked off @ 0900hrs, we had a fly past of 5 Tiger
Moth aircraft, sorry about the poor image but there are 5 planes
in it LOL
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all up there were 82 vehicles, this is only the 4th time the
event has been staged so that's not a bad effort from all
involved, there was a real mixture of vehicles from a Stuart
tank
HTML https://i.imgur.com/51xWPDTl.jpg
to a Saracen, the owner had a long beard and he looked like
Donald S aka 'Oddball' LOL
HTML https://i.imgur.com/QjSJ1y9l.jpg
to a GMC DUKW along with 5 amphib/jeeps
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quite a few Land Rovers my 2 closest to camera
HTML https://i.imgur.com/4Wfq2IPl.jpg
HTML https://i.imgur.com/POj5ln7l.jpg
our 110
HTML https://i.imgur.com/BcyC37xl.jpg
and on the streets low flying LOL a Carrier
HTML https://i.imgur.com/5KaulB4l.jpg
the DUKW and her ducklings on the water
HTML https://i.imgur.com/7xYTGl2l.jpg
I think that here in Oz there is nothing so more beautiful than
2 88" GS standing next to each other LOL
HTML https://i.imgur.com/7n6gTiml.jpg
HTML https://i.imgur.com/sUiFDO3l.jpg
we headed home around 1400hrs as I wanted to make a start on
finding the issues with the gunbuggy.
Sunday morning dawned to be another warm day, but I was able to
work in the shade of the shed, I got the good wife to help me
off with bonnet, then I started the engine just to fill the
carby with fuel as I needed to know whether the float level was
too high
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I didn't think that the float level was high so I removed the
carby from the manifold and stripped it down checking things as
I went, I used the freeze spray to remove this item as I thought
the ball may have been stuck but if it was it wasn't after being
sprayed LOL
HTML https://i.imgur.com/TAvxmgDl.jpg
anyway after a good blow out with comp/air I re-assembled it put
it back on the manifold and primed the system and it fired up, I
suppose the best test is a drive, so that will happen soon as I
now have to prep vehicles for the next event at Greta NSW next
weekend 9/10 Nov, LOL wish me luck 'what could seriously go
wrong' cheers Dennis dgs ps if you think I have written way too
much plz say so and I will cut it down,,.
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Re: Clarence Town GPA Swim in 2019 NSW Australia
By: Big-chris Date: November 3, 2019, 5:23 pm
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yrck
Read every word and enjoyed all the pictures Cllpcs you are the
man Dennis wdesmle
Alway a pleasure reading about your adventures and seeing your
wonderful collection of machines..
Keep em coming, the longer the post the better when it has
quality content wdesmle Chhrs
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Re: Clarence Town GPA Swim in 2019 NSW Australia
By: Puddlejumper Date: November 4, 2019, 2:16 am
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Most excellent and bodacious Dennis, top quality leafering
bdcing
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Re: Clarence Town GPA Swim in 2019 NSW Australia
By: Gossamer Date: November 4, 2019, 6:13 am
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That looks to be great event, Dennis.
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Re: Clarence Town GPA Swim in 2019 NSW Australia
By: Lo-Fi Date: November 4, 2019, 7:44 pm
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Please ramble on to your hearts content, Dennis. I think many of
us live vicariously through your wonderful adventures! Certainly
makes my day when I see one of your updates appear.
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Re: Clarence Town GPA Swim in 2019 NSW Australia
By: Viamphie Date: June 11, 2020, 1:13 am
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I can’t believe I didn’t see this until now. As always Dennis a
great post. What a fantastic turn out.
It must be wonderful to be able to travel out in such a
fantastic convoy without the hassle of city traffic getting in
the way. I’m hoping to read more of your amazing adventures when
we give you back the sunshine. Take care.
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Re: Clarence Town GPA Swim in 2019 NSW Australia
By: Fluffle-Valve Date: July 11, 2020, 4:56 am
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Nearly missed this thread altogether.
Looks like a great time was had by all.
Do you reckon you will be out this year or has this virus thing
put a stop to it?
November is a long way off just yet, so may be good to go ahead
with it?
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Re: Clarence Town GPA Swim in 2019 NSW Australia
By: Horace109 Date: August 2, 2020, 2:42 pm
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Very late reply to this - but fantastic thread Denis, much
appreciated.
Always find the photos fascinating, scenery is amazing!
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