Year of the Tracked Vehicle (Corowa 08)

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Lang

Corowa or Bust!

Lang, with your permission, that pic is going on the Corowa site!! Sir, you are magnificent...

[Sydneymver]

Well my jeep is on the trailer, and lubed up, my mate has his Nissan patrol (tow vehicle) in for service today, and WHAM his gearbox has lost 5th and reverse, advised better not risk it.

Bg guilt trip put on my wife, and the permission was granted to take as my 2 1/2 year old son says ( Mummys car) our 8 month old Diesel Pajero.

She saved the day, now the question is on, who drives and who sits in the back watching Band Of Brothers on the ceiling mounted DVD player, we will have to toss a coin for that one.

Back on Track
Bruce McCann

(who owes his wife big time)

[Lang]

Originally Posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball

Lang, with your permission, that pic is going on the Corowa site!! Sir, you are magnificent...

Geoff,

Do what you wish with the photo. I am sure there will be many more interesting ones over the next week.

lang

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Lang

Geoff,

Do what you wish with the photo. I am sure there will be many more interesting ones over the next week.

lang

You're a gentleman, sir... and I'm counting on those yet-to-be-taken pics - the more embarrassing the better! Start with Salesman Bob....

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

Just a teaser below, I guess you will have to wait for Keith video for better ones...
2 Stuarts, 2 half tracks, 2 Ferrets, a Greyhound a mess of gun Carriers and assorted green stuff went down to the river to play. Quote of the day (from one of the hitchikers in the carrier that suffered from boiling, wet dissy, fuel vaporisation, then got towed home for the last km)..." A bad day in a Bren Gun Carrier, is better than a good day at work"
Can't disagree with that.
Rich.

[zemsi]

... excellent pics Desperately waiting for more to come. Can anyone upload some videos on youtube?

I 2nd my good friend Zemsi's words!!! Waiting patiently .... well, a tad impatiently

[Rusty]

Well of course you get a sticky wet and somewhat stinky Keefy

Oh but look at that grin!!! (nice legs in the background too )

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Rusty

Well of course you get a sticky wet and somewhat stinky Keefy

It must've been at least 60 degrees in there and after some time there was a STRONG smell of fuel too!

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball

You're a gentleman, sir... and I'm counting on those yet-to-be-taken pics - the more embarrassing the better! Start with Salesman Bob....

Unfortunately Salesman Bob was nowhere to be found at Corowa - apparently he had some visitors at home this year.

Will post some pics later as I've just returned.

[Keith Webb]

Here's a pic taken Thursday when we had a run to a beautiful farm on the Murray not far from the airport. A very hot day indeed and many of the vehicles were feeling the heat on the return trip - we may have to subtitle the DVD "Year of the vapour lock".

In front is Tod Vaille's Stuart with Tim Scriven's Stuart behind. Tod's Stuart had a loading mishap and wound up falling off the trailer, doing a 360 rollover, winding up on it's side against a fence.

Tod tells the story in the next DVD of course!

[alexmacca30]

What a few months!! The event is now over and I think all appeared to go pretty well for our first major tracked vehicle event. The parade went off really well and we were able to get quite a pace up on the way to the airport after leaving the main part of town.

The idea of having the arena worked very well. I think more crews would have probably played a bit more if the heat was not so intense.

My thanks to the AFV crews for their co-operation.

[Keith Webb]

This picture was taken by my writer friend Roger Clarke showing how a T34 can have the same effect... as can a hot Stuart as seen by Rusty's pic too.