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Tomorrow morning we're off to Brisbane for about a week. See ya when I get back. Rick. :devious: :devious:

Well now, The P.O. fitted a towbar to my "Precious". Just hitching a trailer to her brought her nose up a little. I did one load to the dump and that was it. the next day I removed the towbar and gave it to a mate for use as scrap. Having a trailer DID have a detrimental effect on the car's handling. I would advise AGAINST fitting a towbar. If you don't know anything about "Towball Download", do a google search on the subject. ANYONE who does ANY towing should have a good knowledge of "Towball Download". About the only thing a Zed should tow is a kid's pedal car. Rick. :devious: :devious:

Austen, The snaps come in different sizes, colours and styles and all with short or long shanks. If you're using the snaps in carpet, you'd probably be better using the long shanks. Might be an idea to take the boot with you to ensure you get the correct size. They come in kits, complete with punches. As Enrique said, make certain you use the correct parts. You'll pick them up in hobby shops, hardware stores, shops that sell leatherworking tools and shops that sell dress making material are likely to have the best variety. Rick. :devious: :devious:

Well Tommo, I always said that I was 63 going on 25. Rick.

HEY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHERE"S FUNNYBONE GONE ?????????????????????? Rick. :devious: :devious: OOPS, .... found it. It wasn't there a minute ago. Rick.

G'Day Austin, Nice Xmas presents mate. With the removal of the plastic panels in the rear of the car, don't just remove the hatch struts, remove the brackets as well. You'll find it easier to remove the panels without stressing them too much. After 30 odd years, the plastic can be rather brittle. Of course you'll have to use a length of timber or something to prop the hatch open. Rick. :devious: :devious:

Flying cars ???? Check out the winner of this years Darwin Awards. At least he's no longer part of the gene pool. Rick.

Hmmmm, My "Precious" is a 8/74 260Z with the Vin RS30 000940. And being an Oz car, it's R/H drive. Could it be that the "G" denotes it as a Japanese car ????? Alright, ... alright, ... ALRIGHT JASON, .... you KNOW what I mean mate. Rick. :devious: :devious:

Window channel???. The wrecking yards are full of it. And it's a lot cheaper. You'll also find the little spring clips that hold the door handles on, gear stick knobs, screws, washers, nuts, bolts, ........... all sorts of good gear that'll fit in your pocket for use at some time in the future. Rick. :devious: :devious:

HUH, what's that Jason?????? You say there's an equasion??????????? WHAT EQUASION???????????????? (Good grief, .......my eyeballs are STILL bouncing). Rick. :devious: :devious:

Carl, GREAT story mate, makes you think there's hope for the human race. In general terms, country people ARE friendlier than city types. Your story brought to mind one of our camping trips.(BEFORE I saw the light and bought a caravan). At the time we had a type 3 V.W. (Sedan, not fastback). Back in those days it was reasonably safe to pull off the road and set up camp. It was getting late in the afternoon and Barb suggested we turn onto a dirt road and find a spot to camp. As we drove along I'd say, "How about there?". Barb would say "No, keep going, we'll find a better spot". Now, ... this went on for quite some time. "How about there?". "No, keep going". The night was pitch black, not even a glimmer of moonlight when, in the car's headlights, we saw a cleared area beside the road. "This'll HAVE to do", she said. (Ever noticed how a woman can make it seem as though it's all your fault, just by the tone of voice?). So, with the car's engine running to keep the charge up to the battery, we set up the tent by the car's headlights, had a quick sandwich and a luke warm coffee, crawled into the tent and went off to sleep. Now, it was only an orange, nylon, 2 man tent, (that's because there was only two of us Bill), so there wasn't a lot of room to move around in. According to my old memory, it was around 2 in the morning when we were rudely awakened by a loud, roaring noise and a VERY bright light which gave everything in the tent a horrible orange tint. The light was so bright I couldn't look at it. Through closed eyelids, I could see the light was getting brighter and the roaring was getting louder. Close encounters of the third kind ???????????????????????????????? Barb was scrabbling at the zipper to the tent flap while I was struggling to get out of my sleeping bag while entangled in Barb's 'cause she'd chucked it over me in her rush to get out of the tent. Just when I thought the light couldn't get any brighter or the roaring any louder, the driver of the coal train gave a long blast on the whistle as the train roared past. With the coming of the dawn, we discovered that our campsite was about ten feet from the train line. That was the LAST TIME we went camping in a (ugghhh) tent. It was also the last time Barb suggested "There might be a better spot just around the corner". Well, ......... for that trip anyway. Rick. :devious: :devious:

Camping, CAMPING ?????????????? When you've spent as much time "CAMPING" (YUK) as I have, you'll never pitch a (uggghh) tent again. When we head off into the never never, following along behind my Prado is a 18 foot caravan with ALL the comforts of home. If the weather is hot, I'm cool under the awning; if it's cold and/or raining, I'm warm and dry inside the van. None of this lighting a fire (especially if everything's WET), to cook a meal, Barb can choose between a four burner gas stove, the gas oven, an electric fan forced cooker and a microwave. Have you ever noticed how, regardless of WHERE you sit around a camp fire, the smoke will always zero in on you??. If you have the sense to pack a gas mask, you can at least sit in the smoke to keep the blood sucking mosquitoes and other anoying insects away. I just close the van's screen door, safe and sound behind the screened windows. There's no crawling into a cramped sleeping bag, all tired out from setting up a (ARGGHH) camp and looking forward to a nice, comfortable sleep only to find that under the sleeping bag is the tent floor and under THAT is a double damned rock or stick directly under your backbone. I can sleep in a nice, comfortable bed with clean sheets after watching my favorite shows on the T.V. There's no climbing out of your tent, all bleary eyed from a sleepless night trying to find a comfortable spot without a rock under you and finding the larder you hung in the tree so it's out of reach of ground bound beasties has fallen prey to tree climbing beasties who have made such a mess of your tucker bag that what the tree climbing beasties haven't devoured wound up on the ground anyway for the ground bound beasties to feast on and you count yourself lucky to find the coffey and sugar hasn't been scattered. (You soon learn to completely disregard the added flavour of the ants that DID find the sugar). Have you ever woken up at two in the morning with a bladder at bursting point due to all the tinnies you consumed the previous night and tried to unzip the sleeping bag then unzip the tent flap while listening to the rat a tat tat of the rain falling on the tent and in the full knowledge of the fact that you are going to get soaking wet before you can get back in the tent ?. (That's why I learned to keep an empty screw top WIDE necked bottle or jar in the tent with me). I simply open the compartment under my nice, comfortable bed and slide out the porta potty. Anyway, to answer Tommo's question; Why would ANYONE in complete control of their faculties even CONSIDER deliberately sleeping in a car that doesn't have much more luggage space than a pushbike ??????? Well, ....... that is,.....anyone other than Tommo that is. As the theme music for the old T.V. show DRAGNET went,; Dum, De Dum Dummmmmmmmmmm. Rick. :devious: :devious:

This Blunderer from Down Underer, Wishes ALL his Yank, Oz, Kiwi and Pom mates all the best for the festive season, a merry Xmas and a happy, prosperous and most of all, a SAFE 2007. Rick. Not:devious: this time.

Hey Neil, When, (not IF), you sort out the problem, come back and let us know HOW you fixed it please. All too often help is requested and advice given, then we hear no more about it, leaving us in the dark It REALLY would be appreciated mate. Rick. :devious: :devious:

THAT'S what I like about this club. Good on ya fellas. Rick. :devious: :devious:

Hey Jason, As everything's new, you'd expect everything would work as it should. This might sound stupid, but do you think Neil's problem could be the Condenser (capacitor) breaking down under load ??. It's about the only thing Neil hasn't replaced. Rick. :devious: :devious:

Send a prayer of thanks to all the Gods that mankind has ever worshipped since the beginning of time that we have members like Gary,(Beandip), and Escanlon, who KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT !!!!!! That could have been disasterous !!!. Rick. :devious: :devious:

Thanks for that one Mat. I certainly wouldn't consider going THAT far though. Rick. :devious: :devious:

Mat's idea of marbles in the hubcaps is a good one. Another is a resealable can with a few nuts and bolts in it taped unferneath either the front or rear bumper. Obviously, I'm not the only :devious: bloke here but we must remember to keep the pranks SAFE. Rick.

It's a damn shame your co worker is a bloke because I've got the PERFECT joke to play on females. I pulled this one when I was driving staff cars in the Army. I was on the midnight to 0800 shift one night and went into the WRAAC's toilet, lifted the lid on all the toilets, put plastic wrap over the bowls and put the seats back down. LOL I'll leave the results of that prank to your imaginations. Needless to say, I wasn't exactly popular with the ladies. Since your co worker IS a bloke, simply jack up the rear of his car until the wheels are JUST clear of the ground then sit back and take note of the facial expressions when he starts the car, puts it in gear and tries to drive away. Rick. :devious: :devious:

A few of you blokes have mentioned a word I'm not familiar with; RAIN !!!!!!! What is it ???????????????? Rick. :devious: :devious:

Use the bent wire mate, Put a small screwdriver between the crank and the round plastic thingy that protects the vinyl door upholstery and slowly turn the crank until you see the retaining spring, then simply hook it out slooooowly to avoid it springing out and going who knows where. Works EVERY time for me. Rick. :devious: :devious:

I wonder which one of David's thumbnails was clicked on the most ???? Hey Tommo, just get some old kid's clothes, stuff 'em with rags and shove 'em face first into a corner. On the other hand, you could make an adult sized one, strap it into the passenger seat and go for a spin. Should get a few curious looks. A mate of mine did that with a blow up doll ..... you know the type I mean .... the one with a surprised "O" look on it's face. Rick. :devious: :devious:

When I get one of those nuisance calls I say, "Yair, .... O.K, .... hang on a sec mate and I'll go get him". then I put the phone down, go do something for half an hour or so, then pick up the 'phone and hang up. Meanwhile, ... with any luck, ..... the damn pest has been hanging on, racking up the charges. Then there's the nuisance mail. You know, ... those that come with the reply paid envelope, offering you the world at bargain basement prices. I take letter "A" and put it in letter "B's" reply paid envelope, letter "B" into "A's" envelope and so on and post them off. With a reply paid envelope, the company that sends them out doesn't pay for the postage until the envelope is actually posted. Serves them right. Now you all know why I use the :devious: smiley. Rick. :devious: :devious:

Chris, Can you give us more info on the song ????????? Who knows how many songs there are that have the words "She's my woman and I aint gonna let her go". Hundreds maybe. It's the sort of line you could expect to find in a Country song. Rick. :devious: :devious: