Legal ??? Nah.
Submitted: Saturday, Nov 26, 2011 at 16:21
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Reading an earlier thread about,"Old cars and trucks, how did we drive them ", makes me wonder about how dangerous and how legal was it back then towing huge caravans with the cars of the day, drum brakes on the tow and usually just over-ride brakes on the van which was often loaded to the hilt.
Up the Pacific Highway boiling on every
hill and blowing tyres or seizing wheel bearings that hadn't been roaded in twelve months, kids screaming, mum swearing never to come
camping again...oh what fun lol.
rr
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Reply By: skulldug - Saturday, Nov 26, 2011 at 18:31
Saturday, Nov 26, 2011 at 18:31
Racinrob,
I used to tow a Conquest ski boat with an in-board 350 Chevvy behind a mini moke. Needed two blokes sitting on the front of the moke to get some traction to pull it out at the ramp. Didn't even know what trailer brakes were and had never thought about rear vision mirrors.
Lucky, rather than smart I guess.
Skull
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Reply By: Brian Purdue - Saturday, Nov 26, 2011 at 20:28
Saturday, Nov 26, 2011 at 20:28
Perhaps we were a little more cautious in those day? Did not drive as fast? Knew the limitations of our units and ourselves?
Well may be just a little bit more careful but we did have our moments.
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Follow Up By: Member - Toyocrusa (NSW) - Saturday, Nov 26, 2011 at 20:58
Saturday, Nov 26, 2011 at 20:58
Hi Brian. I'm glad our cars were not as powerful as the modern day one. I think there would be a lot less of us oldies on this
forum now, myself included. Cheers,Bob
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Reply By: new boy - Saturday, Nov 26, 2011 at 23:42
Saturday, Nov 26, 2011 at 23:42
loved the *
old car* thread brought back some memories we,ve all done the things spoken of and survived but as I have told my kids (34 and 32) much less traffic and idiot's on the road back then . 1970/71 GTR torana 70 mph at 5am Monday morning through
Perth down
Albany highway only saw the milkmen today police and traffic would be everywhere.
Oh
well time have changed we have got OLDER
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Reply By: Member - Joe n Mel n kids (FNQ - Saturday, Nov 26, 2011 at 23:44
Saturday, Nov 26, 2011 at 23:44
And was that a good thread or what eh....
i guess it actually was legal, in the day or year, and today it is not, then again there are shat loads more people on the roads and better/faster roads and cars..
I guess in ten years time what we do today will NOT be legal so lets have fun while we can, with all the "green" stuff happining we will all be on pushbikes soon so have NOT legal fun while you can peoples, it will be "exploreozonabike" soon hahaha
:-)
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Follow Up By: menace- Sunday, Nov 27, 2011 at 09:33
Sunday, Nov 27, 2011 at 09:33
you could be right...that is already happening a lot now..genre of questions will change to how to mount solar panel on rear saddle bag rack...changing spokes...what can i do to get the missus to come with me..what size dynamo to charge the lap-top...
water storage in the frame ?..around Oz in 80 years..extendable straight bars for the dog to stop him getting too far ahead...what breed of dog for pulling grunt ......I can see it !
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