nearchoclatetown Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 You guys are being too quiet the last few days, some kind of plot? Are you all building new cars now that the old ones are almost finished? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenendcindyc Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Ya, too quiet. There definitely up to something 😬. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 Sneaky people! They probably each bought a field car and will show pictures of them finished by Friday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenendcindyc Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 No doubt ,without all the pictures and posting they should easily be done by Friday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyAus Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 You may not be aware that Australia's two most populous States (and the Australian Capital Territory) are currently locked down due to Covid. Rising case numbers do not indicate that this situation will end in the foreseeable future. While this may mean a lot more time to work at home it does restrict expeditions to drag in candidates ripe for restoration (if they still exist). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maok Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 I'm in QLD and relatively COVID free. And a pic or two for attention, 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 We’ve been searching for a new home. The council is compulsory acquiring ours so we have been spending every spare minute looking. Spent Sunday driving to some spots that looked great on the internet but you wouldn’t leave your dog in some of them. we are not supposed to travel more than 5km from home but we just didn’t get out of the car. Still not allowed to do that but we need to search for a house or land to build. ( A big shed and garage to fit more dodges in.). Ive been making a few sets of wooden spoke wheels and refurbished some 24 dodge Ute ones. Made a car trailer for a friend of mine. Poor bugger asked me to do it 12 months ago but a roadster got in the way. And my 7 year old grandson and I made a train for them all. We have 8 grandkids. So that’s all I’ve been up to. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minibago Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Well, I have 14 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren but no train, we do however live in South Australia which is pretty much covid free and we are allowed out so we are hurrying off to a Dodge Brothers car week. The roads are dirt, the scenery breathtaking and it looks like good weather coming. Come to SA Matt and buy an acreage. Nice wheels by the way. 👍 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 12 minutes ago, Minibago said: Well, I have 14 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren but no train, we do however live in South Australia which is pretty much covid free and we are allowed out so we are hurrying off to a Dodge Brothers car week. The roads are dirt, the scenery breathtaking and it looks like good weather coming. Come to SA Matt and buy an acreage. Nice wheels by the way. 👍 So jealous!! The Roadster looks like it’s doing 120mph. 😂 That looks like so much fun I’m just dying to take the roadster out for a day. I sat in it on Sunday and just started it for a bit of Therapy. Don’t laugh Nigal the way property is here in Melbourne we might just do that. You’ll need more than 2 carriages to cart your mob by the sounds of it. 😂🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minibago Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Doesn’t it look great with the blurred spokes. A 1917 “Fast Four” 😂😂😂 The grandchildren are the reward for having children but every one is getting a TV for Christmas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 (edited) 8 grandchildren? SO you guys are busy in other places besides the shop? We have 5. At some point this year they will be 16,15,14,13 and 12. The one that will be 16 is the car nut, but I can't talk to him anymore. I started him off with car books having him count the blue cars and red cars. He has now progressed? to Lambos, Aston Martins, Bugatiis. All the stuff with the butterfly doors and 1000hp. The '17 roadster looks great at speed, Minibago. I sure wouldn't mind seeing your countryside but you have too many things that bite and sting. All I have hear is 17 wild turkeys that come for breakfast every morning and about 15 deer that trim the bushes. Matt, the wheels are a work of art. The only way I work on wood is with a chain saw. Edited September 7, 2021 by nearchoclatetown (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Lawson Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Gee I envy you guys We don't have any Grandies as my beautiful wife had fertility problems However I have some fantastic nieces and nephews that are very close and their little one treat us like grand parents 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jari12 Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Mattml430 said: We’ve been searching for a new home. The council is compulsory acquiring ours so we have been spending every spare minute looking. Spent Sunday driving to some spots that looked great on the internet but you wouldn’t leave your dog in some of them. we are not supposed to travel more than 5km from home but we just didn’t get out of the car. Still not allowed to do that but we need to search for a house or land to build. ( A big shed and garage to fit more dodges in.). Ive been making a few sets of wooden spoke wheels and refurbished some 24 dodge Ute ones. Made a car trailer for a friend of mine. Poor bugger asked me to do it 12 months ago but a roadster got in the way. And my 7 year old grandson and I made a train for them all. We have 8 grandkids. So that’s all I’ve been up to. What a bummer being forced to move and facing the relocation of home, hobbies, and business. But you still keep knocking the projects out of the park. Cute train and beautiful trailer. Edited September 7, 2021 by jari12 typo (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichBad Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Yup lockdown in Melbourne sucks! But I got my dodge fired up and drove around the block on the weekend - had to do some “essential” shopping. Work on Docs Dodge also stalled as no one can get there to work on it - only needs a few more things done and then off to the trimmer but we can’t even do that. Probably be the end of Sep before we can get out to play again if not longer:( 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 Being locked down does Suck bigtime. We are about to have the biggest car show in the world, hope it happens safely. What the politicians don't explain when they are passing out rules to live by is how about inner city folks. We have hundreds of thousands of homeless living in large groups in all cities and they haven't been vaccinated. By the threats all of them should have the flu or have died. I read the other day that an idiot stabbed a bunch of people down under. So the powers have removed all knives from stores. When will the stupidity stop? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 3 hours ago, nearchoclatetown said: So the powers have removed all knives from stores. When will the stupidity stop? Every time a politician speaks about it I can't help but think of a recent quote I came across... “No. No. I’m listening. It just takes me a minute to process that much stupid all at once.” Great photos from our Aussie brothers as always, especially the blurry 24" spinners on the roadster doing 120 I'm sure some kids today are jealous too... Looks like you are all making the best of it. Kudos! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 So, not knowing I have to ask. Were trucks bodied in Australia or shipped complete? If so, were they TJRichards bodies? I don't know that I have seen any Aussie trucks except Utes. I still say the Aussie are up to something. They've been too quiet. Are you still locked down? Hope no one is getting sick. I just had another friend that was vaccinated test positive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 We are still caged up Doug. I’m hoping to start working on the 1918 soon so I’m going to need help with that one from my good friends on here. I think even once we get vaccinated you can still catch Covid but you don’t get quite as sick as if you weren’t vaccinated. Our premier here in Victoria is a control freak and loves keeping us under the thumb. We are getting about 400 cases a day here at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 (edited) Wait a second. I was just in the shop 20 minutes ago and the '18 is still there. I'm sure it would take you long to reassemble, maybe a few Weeks but the boat ride might take a while. Here's a picture of it. Edited September 14, 2021 by nearchoclatetown (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minibago Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Another day in South Australian Paradise. We had a good rollup for our first day of driving. 95% dirt roads. Nice weather, good company. Come to SA Matt. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 That's a nice flock of DBs there, and no roos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 10 hours ago, nearchoclatetown said: Wait a second. I was just in the shop 20 minutes ago and the '18 is still there. I'm sure it would take you long to reassemble, maybe a few Weeks but the boat ride might take a while. Here's a picture of it. Nice old girl there Doug. Little bit to do on it. I see you’ve worked out to post pics now so we should expect a few pics from Hershey hey!! Give us a glimpse of what we are missing out on. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 10 hours ago, Minibago said: Another day in South Australian Paradise. We had a good rollup for our first day of driving. 95% dirt roads. Nice weather, good company. Come to SA Matt. That’s just rubbing it in Nigal 😂 looks like great fun I can’t wait until we can use our cars again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Lawson Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 9 hours ago, nearchoclatetown said: That's a nice flock of DBs there, and no roos. No Doug they are all in my yard Had 7 this morning happily grazing near my shed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 (edited) We have white tailed deer to trim all the bushes. The other night there were 20 behind my house on the hill. Two were fairly big buck sporting nice racks. At least they don't kick us in the face. Here is our vicious venison about 20 feet away from me sitting on my porch and she knew I was there. Edited September 15, 2021 by nearchoclatetown picture (see edit history) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Well this afternoon we thought bugger it we’re going for a little drive in the Roadster. So I pulled it out of the garage and put the top down. Our premier Dopey Dan has let us out to 10km’s from home now, lucky us. 😩 Jude and I didn’t go far or for very long but shit it was good fun. I actually forgotten how much fun these old cars are. It was a perfect spring day for a drive in the roadster. It ran just beautifully. We were greeted by our beautiful boy Dukey when we got home. He loves the running boards because he can get right up close to us. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 Excellent!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jari12 Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 How can you beat that? A ride in a beautiful car with a beautiful woman beside you on a beautiful day with a handsome dog to welcome you home. I'm envious, I am almost there except for the car part. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Lawson Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Glad you got out for a shot jaunt in the Roadster The little satisfied smile on your dial is proof that you are having a grouse time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trini Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Well the guys down below has some pretty good cars. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 (edited) Matt, I have heard you can tell whether your dog or wife loves you more by putting both in the trunk of your car for an hour and drive around. When you open it up will will know because one will lick your face. Edited September 16, 2021 by nearchoclatetown (see edit history) 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 Didn't know where else to post this so I'll put it here. I made this little 2 cylinder struggle all last week. I was on a 1 and 2 cylinder tour in Strasburg, Pa. riding shotgun. Notice the steering wheel is on the wrong side. It did pretty good for only having 24 horses. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 9 hours ago, nearchoclatetown said: Didn't know where else to post this so I'll put it here. I made this little 2 cylinder struggle all last week. I was on a 1 and 2 cylinder tour in Strasburg, Pa. riding shotgun. Notice the steering wheel is on the wrong side. It did pretty good for only having 24 horses. Sounded like a lot of fun, it would of struggled with all the ice cream you ate along the way. 😂🤣 we were hoping for some pictures along the way. 😢 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted September 28, 2021 Author Share Posted September 28, 2021 Pictures are posted by Tracy on the Horseless Carriage fakebook page. There's even a video of the guy installing that crazy spare tire. We did eat a lot of ice cream, twice the one day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 I’m not on Facebook Doug I’m not allowed. My lovely wife has barred me from joining. 🤷🏽 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 You don't have to be registered, I am not and hope I never will be. You can look at most everything but can't respond. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 47 minutes ago, nearchoclatetown said: You don't have to be registered, I am not and hope I never will be. You can look at most everything but can't respond. Ok I’ll jump on and see if I can check it out. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattml430 Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Wow!! they are some beautiful old cars there Doug that must of been good fun. The rainy day must of been a bit of a pain. It was good to see you were always eating or had a bag of food ready to go. 😂🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 It was good fun. These guys know how to act on a tour, one day we had ice cream in the morning AND afternoon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 Ron, two of my deer have been sparring the last few days like kids in a bar. Do your roos do that? They are getting ready for the ladies. Had at least 20 eating on the hill last night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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