Willem and his 'Low Cost Luchbox'
Submitted: Sunday, Jun 17, 2007 at 19:07
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V8Diesel
Just reading an old 4x4 Australia mag, issue 43 from August 1987 to be exact, and stumbled on an article on page 23 titled 'El Cheapo - Suzi's low cost lunchbox'. It was written by some bloke who's owned 7 of the flamin' things including a little 539cc two-stroke LJ50 which is reported to have outrun the
ranger on the
Gold Coast's main beach, then towed a 1,500kg tandem trailer to
Darwin with it.
Who is this this gonzo journo you may ask.........???
Some joker called .......ahhh let me see..mmmmm.....here it is....'Willie Kempen'.
Never heard of him.
Sounds like a bloody trouble maker if you ask me.
Reply By: Member - Roachie (SA) - Sunday, Jun 17, 2007 at 19:16
Sunday, Jun 17, 2007 at 19:16
Quote: "Sounds like a bloody trouble maker if you ask me".
Hey, just be VERY careful. He's had 20+ years to learn his "trade" (ie: being a trouble-maker), so watch ya step. I would never dare have a battle of wits with Willie; I'd run out of ammo very early in the tussle!!! hahaha
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Follow Up By: V8Diesel - Sunday, Jun 17, 2007 at 19:25
Sunday, Jun 17, 2007 at 19:25
I think you're right on the mark there Roachie.
A wise old reprobate once told me......."old age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill". Never forgot it either.
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Follow Up By: V8Diesel - Sunday, Jun 17, 2007 at 19:30
Sunday, Jun 17, 2007 at 19:30
In fact now you mention it, I vaguely remember reading about some other miscreant in a later issue of the mag (the cover shot no less) who drove a white Patrol with all kinds of gizmo's in it.
Now, what was his name?????? Have to find out - he sounded like a trouble maker too;-)
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Reply By: Willem - Sunday, Jun 17, 2007 at 19:30
Sunday, Jun 17, 2007 at 19:30
Hmmmm..Just like the Internet, these things come back to bite one.
That was NOT my heading but the one the editor before Ron Moon decided upon. He got 'moved on' to another job for that debacle and other transgressions and not to mention the numerous typos and incorrect statements That was actually my very first full 4x4 article having written some other newsy 4x4 stuff previously for 4x4 Australia Mag.
That little Suzi also completed a trip to the
Kimberley in 1986 and a North-South Simpson Crossing in 1987 via the Geographical Centre opf the Simpson.
Yep, Troublemaker indeed, but a fair one.
Cheers
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Follow Up By: V8Diesel - Sunday, Jun 17, 2007 at 19:31
Sunday, Jun 17, 2007 at 19:31
Hahaha...you should go back to it Willem - you run rings around the current crop!
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Sunday, Jun 17, 2007 at 22:15
Sunday, Jun 17, 2007 at 22:15
Oh I dunno he has a beard like Roothie, THAT woul dbe an interesting meeting to say the least, bit Like Mr Kempen meeting the local Liberal member one night at a fellow EO mans house....
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Reply By: Blaze - Sunday, Jun 17, 2007 at 21:13
Sunday, Jun 17, 2007 at 21:13
Gidday V8,
Geeez that copy would be that old, that the new model 4X4 test would have been a short wheel based camel wouldn't it? LOL
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Follow Up By: Geoff (Newcastle, NSW) - Sunday, Jun 17, 2007 at 23:08
Sunday, Jun 17, 2007 at 23:08
Blaze,
I should send you the bill for the cleanup after I spat a glass of red.
Geoff
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Follow Up By: V8Diesel - Monday, Jun 18, 2007 at 07:41
Monday, Jun 18, 2007 at 07:41
Yeah, that'd be the one - the last of the 'pre hump' models. Humps didn't come in until December from memory;-)))
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Reply By: Muzzgit [WA] - Monday, Jun 18, 2007 at 00:07
Monday, Jun 18, 2007 at 00:07
Now hang on a minute !!!!
Was that low cost lunch box or legend in his own lunch box hahahahah!
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