KIWI Road trip.

Airstream · Nov 10, 2012

commando1 said:
You freakin hit a freakin tractor trailer freakin head on???????

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I did and walk away without a mark. bloody lucky i say.

commando1 · Nov 10, 2012

Airstream said:
... bloody lucky i say.

Interesting choice of adjective.
Crap, dude. That was a silly thing to do.
I forbid you from trying it again. DAMN...

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Airstream · Nov 10, 2012

Im in no hurry to do it again.
we think the back spring broke went coming off the brigde.
i must say it made the road trip more fun with the farmly and to be alive.
lucky for me the truck drive sore what was going to happen and turn the truck to hit right behind the cab and the front of the trailer.
now it just a waiting game to see what the cop are going to do with charges or not.

1978 NYB · Nov 11, 2012

I'm glad you survived unscathed.

Airstream · Nov 11, 2012

Hi. Guys.
After our trip around the south island. one week later the north island have our casual get together. this is no show, just meet and talking (drinking, eating) for the weekend, it so casual you don't have to bring your Mopar, as some poeple who come are still working on there cars.
This year was one of the smallest meeting. most are around 25-30 cars.
Well as the Newport brakes need redoing. we load up the miss PT. and set off, rain most of the way they.

Airstream · Nov 12, 2012

We normal stay at a hotel, But this year Colin aka THE COP (owns the cop car) had moved the get together to Turangi for the frist time. as it was cheaper and it was a camping ground with cabins. Also Colin said to bring $20 per person for food and he get it all sorted.
some poeple turned up on Friday night as Colin was going to be there. we didn't go until saturday as i had to work late friday.
Colin and team. had cooked meal for friday night, all 3 saturday meals and sunday morning. and noone went without. all done on a BBQ.
And what a BBQ it was.

Airstream · Nov 12, 2012

O.K. after lunch we all drove to Horopito Motor its a car yard that i have only seen like you guys have in the U.S. cars and parts everywhere form 20s-today.
The guy start a workshop in the 30s fixing car and odd and end in the area. this yards been in many N.Z. flims and is more a museum but there still sell the parts. there about 6 big brans full of bits.

Airstream · Nov 12, 2012

Here some photos of the car that came.
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Airstream · Nov 12, 2012

more.

there was 1 or 2 more. NO photos of the PT lol.

Airstream · Nov 12, 2012

The Cop Car. Colin hold us about the cop car a few years back. If i remember right the story goes:
The car was asigned to i cop that had only afew months to go befor retireing. He some how got to keep the car and put it away in a shed. years down the track a private collector (museum) got ahold of the car another few years and the collector need money or space and put the car up for sale. At this time colin was in the U.S. on a car shopping trip sore the car and payed what was asking and took it home. can't remember the mileage but i do know it was every low. had everything with the car hat, uniform, etc. the only thing that wasn't with the car was the shotgun.
Colin has had many guys form the U.S. trying to buy the car back. one guy almost got colin the sell with a blank check and told him to full it out. if he agreed he be on the next plane.

Here some photo of the Cop Car.

Airstream · Nov 12, 2012

Last lot trip home.
Desert road. I said befor its the only desert road to close because of show. this it because of the 2 mountains.
frist one- Mount Ruapehu scond one-Mount Ngauruhoe