Thread: Made it to Cooma & back

Originally Posted by DiscoDave

.......Unfortunately I lost the use of the clutch in Penrith which made the last hour "interesting" - by chance I had been discussing 'clutchless' driving technique with people at the awards dinner so I knew what to do!
The clutch problem was due to a sheered pin (actually a bolt that someone had used in place of the proper pin) and I was able to fix that. ...

That pin is a hardened pin, and using anything else is likely to result in a similar occurrence in the not too distant future.

John

Overall other drivers were OK with a few exceptions.
We tried where possible to pull over if the convoy got too large behind us and spent a lot of time driving on the hard shoulder to give people enough room to overtake.
It was amazing to see some cars approaching behind at speed then suddenly braking as though they couldn't judge that we were traveling much slower than them. The truck drivers were all great and sat back till there was room to overtake.
When traveling on the hard shoulder we had P Platers tooting and waving thanks as they went past along with a lot of older drivers, others completely ignored us.
Had a Post Office Contractor overtake 6 cars to get in behind us and then followed about 2 feet off our tail for a few Km's till he could get past, must have been in a hurry delivering the mail (?!).
This is a generalisation but both the father-in-law & I felt that people towing boats had the least respect for other road users.

Anyway, an interesting experience........


Colin

Any old Series is an old dear, 40 years plus and still plodding, just thinking about getting an old vehicle from one state to another under its own steam and with little problems in the heat of summer is a job well done, says alot for the technology, try getting a Willys jeep to do the same thing