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[Pop's-SS]

G'day All

 

My club, the Cootamundra Antique Motor Club was invited for a run out to Ariah Park by the Temora Antique Motor Club for a shed crawl

 

OK, so you may be thinking Antique Motor cars, boring 

 

Not really as I do like to look over interesting machinery of all types and yes, I am a dedicated Torana Nutter

 

So last Saturday we drove out to Temora, met up with that club and motored on to Ariah Park, a small town west of Temora and had a yummy morning tea at one of the Temora's club members house

 

  

 

AND at this place we perused over Ray's Austin A40 ute that was nearing completion

 

Our club member, on the left, Ted, Austin A40 man, gave Ray a good bit of advice on various parts and offered some of his spares to Ray

 

 

Also out in front were 2 Fords with restored caravans behind and a very neat Ford roadster

 

 

So we pressed on to another interesting shed    

 

Now when you hear the name of Alldays & Onions, you might be thinking that is the name of a Grocer

 

 

BUT, you'd be wrong 

 

This is an Alldays & Onions car 

 

 

1914 to be precise and so proud of their machinery, they even have their name on the side valve cover 

 

 

An add for it

 

 

195 pounds back in 1914 was a lot of money

 

Onward to another shed    and more interesting machinery, a Lanz Bulldog tractor

 

AND yes, you have have to heat up the head with a gas torch before you can start it

 

 

A 1928 Studebaker Dictator had this interesting radiator ornament

 

 

Onward to Rob's farm    where he has his own hangar and of course his own plane and tucked under one wing was an MGTF AND there we also a BMW R1000 bike and some Jaguar cars

 

 

AND just over to the left and tucked away in the corner was this very nice Norton model 88 motor bike

 

 

Rob has a barn as a workshop and who, who, I say who do you find in farm barn 

 

A bloody barn owl of course   
 

 

Great day out and he morning "T" and lunch was supplied by the Temora Club 

 

RegardSS   ...................... Barry

 

 

 

 

[Zook]

Nice write up Barry. I like interesting machinery as well...and whales and trees too apparently.
Given the title of this thread I thought you were going to tell us about how you bought that old Torana that's sitting out there...

Edited by Zook, 21 June 2017 - 06:54 PM.

[Pop's-SS]

Nice write up Barry. I like interesting machinery as well...and whales and trees too apparently.
Given the title of this thread I thought you were going to tell us about how you bought that old Torana that's sitting out there...

 

Funny you should mention that old Torana sitting  out there

 

Some years ago I found a Hatchback in a backyard at Ariah Park and basically the shell was sitting on the ground and bits were everywhere including in his bedroom

 

BUT he did want to sell BUT I was told he was a bit dodgy and he wanted 10g's for it so I gave it a miss

10g's and a full rotisserie resto was needed and that did not suit me

 

At one of the sheds we were looking at, that house was only about 200 metres away but we were on a strict schedule to go through all of the sheds

 

RegardSS ............... Barry 

[Zook]

That sounds like it. It's condition has not improved during the intervening years. But $10k for an LX hatch? Sounds fair to me, where do you find them?

[Pop's-SS]

Not sure if I remember if it had tags but for me if it was an SL, I would not be interested as the work and money spent would not justify doing a full resto and as said, it would have to be a full rotisserie job

 

When I got my SS some 9 years ago, I only had to get a new clutch and overhaul the box and I then had a rolling resto ie : can get it registered, drive and enjoy while being able to drive it around to get some jobs done to finish it off

 

Was told of another Torana further out west by my son so will have to investigate that a bit more 

 

RegardSS ............ Barry

[grumpy xu1]

Good to see you out having a great time Baz, i really like your little adventures & the photography & commentary. Gary.

[Pop's-SS]

Good to see you out having a great time Baz, i really like your little adventures & the photography & commentary. Gary.

 

Thanks Gary, I like to add a bit of commentary to my pics as just saying "this is a veteran car" is a bit dull

 

AND as far as the photography goes, I've had a camera in my hand ever since I could hold a "Box Brownie"

BUGGA, that shows my age 

 

Glad you liked it   

 

RegardSS ............... Barry

[IMORAL]

Ok. I'll bite. WTF is a box brownie lol


Cool pics as usual Barry

[Pop's-SS]

Ok. I'll bite. WTF is a box brownie lol


Cool pics as usual Barry

 

Like I said, I'm showing my age about using a Box Brownie and this is one

 

 

I used one about circa 1959

You had to cup your left hand around the view finder on the top to be able to see your subject clearly as any sunlight made that tiny image in the view finder hard to see

 

Normally they are Black but the travellers (sales agents) selling to shops had Blue, Brown and Red as "sample" cameras

The Red one being the most rarest

 

Take only black & white photos and you had to be very steady of hand as they were not the quickest shutters in those days

 

RegardSS ............ Barry

[Redzone]

One of our friends has a slightly older Alldays & Onions, there were some great names of makes back in the day!