A Little Birdie Told Me...

[Fulvio]

The 14th is the 2nd Thursday of the month so should be this week. I hope so or im going to be disappointed when I get there and have to turn around and drive home straight away.

Well, I shall bow to your calculations, and also turn up then. Possibly on two wheels, if the gods of precipitation smile favourably.

you could claim to be going on a watermelon cleanse and charge to share the how to's of it all!!

Watermelon cleanse? Is that even a thing? I like the charge bit though... fund the new banknotes coming in Sep.

a lot of vegans don't know how to cook or how to plant a seed so they serve up crap

Y'got THAT right, f'sure. Oh well, I don't need to deal with them for quite a while now... until next year probly.

I'm lost.

That's pretty standard for Chin Wag posts, innit? It started with me spitting the dummy and walking away, then people noticing I was gone. When I was told that, I poked my nose back in for a minute, and the crowd went wild, with the usual persiflage, badinage and diversionary banter we are reknown for.

[JeffH]

persiflage

What a lovely word. The Germans have "schadenfreude" (which implies some slight nastiness) but we have "persiflage" (which implies just good natured mockery).

P.S. I have been away for some days and just arrived back home late last night -all the way to Beechworth, via Wagga, to assist in relocating a frail, elderly parent.

[Pedro]

A very pretty part of the world around Beechworth Jeff.

Pedro

[Nevol]

P.S. I have been away for some days and just arrived back home late last night -all the way to Beechworth, via Wagga, to assist in relocating a frail, elderly parent.

I hope the search was successful and that the elderly person is now OK. :give_rose:

[Robster]

Best bakery in Victoria!

[JeffH]

Mum is settled in but still rather confused about it all. She has joined in with some activities (with polite but firm encouragement from staff) which is a rather promising sign.

Living also in an historic gold mining town I found Beechworth rather interesting -quite different in some regards but also many similarities. One noticeable Similarity is the number of buildings that were obviously once pubs. Gold mining must be thirsty work. And, no argument with the bakery declaration.

I love the latest, modern (NOT) RACV road service vehicles.



Oh memories, punched cards for input. Those were the days. My first computing experience was with Fortran 4 and undergraduates were only allowed to submit programmes on punched cards for overnight batching. Cards were hand punched with a stylus or sharp pencil. One mispunch and it was all over, red rover for that day. We, of course, soon learnt how to sneak access to card punch consoles and slip cards in with a priority run when nobody was looking.
Output was on fanfold paper.

[Pedro]

And the chads were a bonus if you were looking to cause a little mayhem :mocking:

Pedro

[Unicorn]

Great pics Jeff ....... FB or EK van? (I''ll go FB) ..... and then there's the EH (or perhaps EJ) one in the second photo. Can't see what the one in front of it is.

How super cool regardless.

The truck reminds me of a WWII International (complete with 303 spent shell soldered onto the dash) that we used to load spuds onto when I was a kid.

Also, a nice HJ-HZ wagon in the foreground. (RTS so I'll guess HZ)

Car heaven it seems!!!

[Robster]

Hope Mum thrives, great pics!

[ausjack]

I'd lean toward EJ as they has the round lights where the EH had the long lights like the HR Uni :good:
WWII I didn't think you were that young :blush2: :mocking:
Oh and the old blue wagon could also be a HQ but who knows :scratch_one-s_head:
and I'd lean toward EK for the old yellow beast as the FB had slightly more of a peak to the headlights.

persiflage

What a lovely word. The Germans have "schadenfreude" (which implies some slight nastiness) but we have "persiflage" (which implies just good natured mockery).

P.S. I have been away for some days and just arrived back home late last night -all the way to Beechworth, via Wagga, to assist in relocating a frail, elderly parent.

:dodgy: Syphilis is also a good word and so are gonorrhea chlamydia and herpes if he's gonna keep hangin out with hippies :angel:

[JeffH]

Sorry AJ; you're wrong. EH utes and vans retained the EJ rear quarter panels with the rounded tail light. Easiest way to tell them apart is the EJ had a rectangular fuel filler flap and EH was a round cap. Of course a look under the bonnet is a dead give away -EJ grey motor and EH red motor.
Very little difference in appearance otherwise. The front cowl air vents are a little different too.
I have seen one EH ute with EH sedan tail lights but that modification required replacing a fair amount of rear panel.

Uni is spot on. Your repaired eye must be working well to pick the RTS badge (only HZ on).The van in the first photo is an FB. Easiest way to tell is front parking lights are not incorporated in the grille (EK parkers are part of the grille which surrounds them). Lots of minor differences but only small cosmetic things. That is how Holdens brought out a new model each year without soending much money (and we fell for it).

Here is a nice restored van RACV EJ van

[ausjack]

No worries Jeff we live and learn and you all have a few years on me so please forgive my naivety :beg:
Most of these car were well before my time but I like'em

[JeffH]

Well my first ever car was an FC Holden and then, a few years later an EH Holden so models of that vintage are well known by me.
Of course a lot of parts are interchangeable between similar Holden models so it can be hard to tell if someone has swapped bits around or just used spares from a wreck.
For example, I have an FC ute to restore (retirement project) and have the following parts, that are basically just bolt in replacements, to use on it;
•EK steering column (shorter so wheel is in a more comfortable position and has a blinker switch.
•EH diff/axle assembly (identical except for more friendly diff ratio for just cruising around).
•HR front subframe (ball joint suspension superior to king pins). Need to use an EH front strut (it fits that subframe and matches FC rubber mounts).
•149 red motor (bolts straight into the HR subframe).
•HQ front disk brakes (bolt in with HR suspension but need to be mounted upside down on opposite side for steering arms to line up).
•Torana dual brake cylinder/ Booster (necessary with disk brakes).
•HQ wheels front and HZ wheels rear (14 inch, better tyre selection available and HZ wheels are fractionally wider). I will need to get the rear flanges redrilled to suit the HQ (chev.) stud pattern which is different to earlier models. Can't afford SLR Torana assembly whch has HQ stud pattern,
•3.3 VK Calais black motor head (needs two holes drilled to fit and gives 12 port efficiency -virtually same as late model Torana XU1 head).
I could also use the VK fuel injection (I do have that) but would prefer twin or triple downdraft strombergs (I have plenty of those) for a period look.
Will also adapt an electric wiper motor from a later model (The vacuum wipers are hopeless).

I also have some other parts that are not nearly so kosher;
•Nissan Skyline bucket seats.
•Nissan Skyline instrument cluster.
•Toyota Celica 5 speed, steel case gearbox.
I am keeping all the original parts so it could always be reverted to standard specification at a later date.
Now see what you have started Fulvio.

[ausjack]

Wow what a project, sound nice Yes bloody Fulvio, he certainly is a trouble maker, unlike me :angel:

[JeffH]

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