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Dusty, the picture of all the buses and trucks heading into town shows what appears to be a trailer, maby being towed by a truck? It is wood sided with what appears to be shingles the top third of the way up? Was that a large trailer pulled by a semi-truck? I sure like your pictures, I had no idea that NZ was such a hotbed of hippy-type truck and bus activity! DB
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Post by Dusty »

Jeez DB , you expect me to remember that sorta detail ......... :oops:

OK, here's what they all are;

1 - Leyland 1/2 Cab

2- Ford Bus

3- J2 Bedford with trailer

4- Mercedes House Truck

5- Mercedes 1418 Truck and trailer

6- J5 Bedford House truck

7- jappa

8- My Bus

The Merc 1418 was a popular unit for pulling a big trailer , looked good and very strong. Of course , as an old tractor unit they had gotten pretty low cost to buy too :)
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For an old geezer you did pretty well with the recall thing there Dusty! :D

At least you did take pictures, unlike some of us that were photographically challenged in those days. I actually did take alot of pictures, but I was into super 8 movies. They don't translate well into still photos however, and the film has deteriorated quite a bit over the years. I did take some old family gathering movies and convert them to video years ago, and my son has been converting some of the videos into DVDs.

Still, I wish I had taken more still photos of interesting stuff, not just some long lost obscure cousin that you don't even remember his name anymore.
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bonjour , jolie roman photo.
it makes you want to follow you
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So you all know the joys of dumpster diving .....

Well I now have a digital camera ,, ok ,, so the zoom drive is a little noisy ,, who cares , it was free :D

Here I am parked behind the old historic quarter in Oamaru, there is a foot bridge over the rail to a pier , popular with fishermen.

Oh , yes the train is a little err ..... little. :lol:

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That train looks like the Thomas the Tank Engine toy train set for kids. Just need to paint some eyes and a mouth on the engine, and little kids could go wild for it!
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Today I went on a trip with the local Vintage Car Club. We went to Loburn Domain.

Rather than give you 120 individual pics of the cars , here are a few general views ,

ps, look at the sunny day ..... 8)

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The sun was pretty harsh, 30deg C but no cloud cover .... and it seems ... no ozone. Really get burned quick on a day like this.
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Post by Granny »

Nice pics, I learned to drive in a 1926 Model T touring. I didn't even have a license the first time I drove it in a parade.
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Dusty- you must have gotten your picture negatives reversed somehow, the steering wheels on the cars are all on the "wrong" side! :lol:
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Post by Dusty »

Thanks for noticing that dburt, dunno how I missed that detail ..... :)

So it was birthday time for one of the lads this week (60th) so the call went out for a gathering.

We went to Balmoral Forest Park.

I forgot to count who all was there , so here are some random pics for you ..

On the Road.... smoko stop.
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Trucks and buses under the trees........
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Fordson ute with Fordson H/T on the A frame.
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The white ute has a 3litre V6 repower , the H/T has the original 10hp sidevalve 4. :)
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The birthday boys truck..

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and friend :)

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This family had a couple of (shetland?) ponies with them. Did rides for the children at the gypsy fairs.

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The park covers about 35 acres , so we were able to spread out as we liked.

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It was a stinkin' hot day , so those who wanted shade had plenty of options .

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Birthday boys kids family

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fun tail lights

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