Was it Ron 101 in the crash? [emoji22]
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Was it Ron 101 in the crash? [emoji22]
No is not Ron's - I dont think his is permanently on the road as yet but does drive around a but.
Not Rons, but Grahams. His was the only swimming Stolly in the Country. Rons is now the only registered driving example left, hopefully to be swimming one day.
Here is Graham swimming his at Corowa 2 years ago. Appologies for the quality of video.
https://youtu.be/BNkF-BJOTCU
Was Graham's the Stalwart that had been converted to 2wd and had a diff ratio change so that it could cruise on the highway at Landrover speeds. The owner used it to go touring and needed better speed and 6wd onroad was not needed - not sure it could swim though - it was at Corowa 2011 .
Garry
Grahams had disconnects on the drive shafts for road work, can’t recall other details - Ron would know all about it.
Ok, probably the one and the same - no matter this is such a shame and I hope Graham recovers well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Homestar
Thanks for posting the vid............. looks like something straight out of the 'Thunderbirds'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Homestar
DL
Yeah, they are awesome machines!
Here’s another quick vid
https://youtu.be/DSSFwarmYeg
On a serious note, Jan received an updated report on Monday from the wife of our KVE member KVE Graham Arkle from Geelong who underwent life-saving surgery at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne after being hit from behind by a B-double on the Hume Freeway near Glenrowan whilst driving to Corowa last Thursday night.
Mr Arkle was driving a 1964 Alvis Stalwart amphibious carrier. The accident happened at about 11.15pm. “He has undergone further surgery and it will be a very long recovery. He is in a stable condition,” Jan said. “We certainly wish Graham all the very best in his recovery.”
copied from here: KVE’s 40th another success
And a picture from Border Mail, where the text was behind a paywall.
Don.
I hope Graham gets back to normal.
The accident appears to have been a another heavy vehicle running into the rear of Grahams Stalwart.
I hope there is no feed back to the historic rego on my Stalwart.
I have strict conditions I must keep to for use of my Stalwart on public roads.
Ron