HCVC

Meet at Brookton

ON THE ROAD

AGAIN GOIN’

PLACES, I’VE

NEVER BEEN By Kevin Toovey

Iwas not the only one that had been waiting for the opportunity to hit the road. The plan was for an early meet at Brookton and then together from there. The alternative option was to come on Friday night and stay the night in Brookton to avoid the early start and make the trip easier. Not sure how well this second option worked as the participants looked a bit worse for wear when the rest of us rolled up Saturday morning.

Then it was off to one of our member's farm a few kilometres out of town. Andrew Mosely has a property aptly named ‘Andyland’ which is planted in oil mallees.

We had a good look around the old wrecks and other vehicles in the sheds, held a meeting, enjoyed a campfire, socialised, and then headed home on Sunday after a hearty camp breakfast. Thanks, Andrew for a great weekend.

Above, below & right: Members vehicles parked up, it was beautiful weather. The night was cold but we had a good fire. Delivery of more parts

Above & below: Old trucks, cars, buses, and other people's scrap heaps always have fascinating things in them. It can get the mind racing and make you wonder where it came from and what the future possibilities could be. Our destination, the property of Andrew Moseley one of our members. The farm is planted to oil Mallees in rows. Guy bus talk

We have been following the “new quick easy and cheap” project of Mel Taylor (WA Transport Magazine August 2020 edition). We have seen the different bodies arriving at Mel's place. Bodies that were thought of as needing slight work and modification but has turned out to be more like hard work and major modification. Well, this weekend he has actually rehomed one of them. You can see him give it a real push to get it off his back.

Early Sunday morning getting

warmed up.

The veranda needed some adjusting and it is always handy when you have a 307C on standby for the job. Lift it up, shake it out and drag it into position. Then it was not long before everyone had their chairs in position.

Above: How much truck do you need to tow that trailer? Well, that is the question we all asked ourselves and we were all a bit worried we were going to get stuck behind Eddy in case there were no passing lanes. He also had all the wood for the BBQ on the back adding extra weight.

Left: Robert's truck did object to the sudden work after so many weeks of inactivity. Something was wrong with the fuel supply. It did “slow-go” on the way to Brookton. After the stop, the truck resorted to “no go”. There was just not enough fuel getting through. However, with so many helping hands I don’t think it was ever a real drama. The fuel filter got poked, prodded, and cleaned and it sprang back to life. A new fuel pump was sourced but in the end, it was not even required and the new fuel pump got a ride in the glove box as a nice backup.

We had a good turnout for the event. Some came for just the day, some stayed the night. Members brought their campers and swags. With so many people there a decision was made to hold an impromptu meeting. We haven't had a meeting for a long time, it was a good opportunity to let everyone know what is happening.