The old Kingswood ??????

Deb,
Secret men's business. Trust your man he knows what he is doing.

Cheers

Pretty hard finding a good Kingswood these days :-))

Deb,

They're playing with your mind :)))

hi, my parents did the big trip around the block lasting about 18 months in an old HR towing a pop top, certainly no bells and whistles. i also hasten to add they towed a bogged 4x4 out of a bog with it. and the only trouble they had in the whole time was 1 flat tyre. (sorry fellas).

Hi Debbie,
Well first of all what are you doing peeking into a mans mag??? LOL
Secondly send me a MM about the 80 you have for sale, son is looking to buy one.
And thirdly, we have a HJ 202 kingswood 3 on the tree in pretty good nik for sale if you wont to trade up!

Cheers Pesty

First time I saw the Rock, Birdsville, etc was in my fathers 8 yr old EH sedan.

We did some more serious trekking after that so Dad upgraded to a 2nd hand HQ Kingswood. Strzelecki track, Roper River etc, etc. As a kid I couldn't pronounce have the places they went.

Neither of them missed a beat.

Hi Debbie,

I too learnt to drive in a HQ Kingswood, 3 on the tree and a 202 under the bonnet. This was a work car that was shared with a group of 6.
My own car was a 1975 HJ Kingswood, 202 engine with a 186 head and went from a column shift auto to a 4 on the floor. I installed a limited slip diff in and raised the rear by welding the top and bottom rings of an old set of springs and another piece of 5/8 solid steel round bar, bent into a circle and welded that on too. Raised the rear end up like you would not believe and we took it out to Tomahawk Creek, out from Clermont (Qld), for a bit of 4wding. Never got stuck once and had a bloody great time.
I sometimes wish I still had my trusty old car as it did everything I wanted of it, and had reasonable fuel economy for a Sherman tank. Ahhhhhh.....the good ole days....

Greg

I know what you mean Debbie. My other half is always telling me (after reading in a magazine or worse still a forum) that we need another toy on, in or under the car.

I used to dig in the heels, but every time I did that we did actually need what ever it was he had found out about - just after we bought a 1990 Patrol (back in 94) he read that we should have a bigger transmission cooler, I smiled and nodded and then within a week we had our auto transmission completly die on us - it cost over $3000 to rebuild. This sort of thing has happened again and again.

Now, if he wants it, I ask why and then say yes! I think he plays the system, but I am no longer prepared to risk it! LOL Now our car resembles a 4WD shop, but at least it isn't my fault if something goes wrong or we get hopelessly lost or.........

Jo