Thread: SLOw's Event no 1 trip

The first official outing of SLO started differently for different people and for us it began pretty early as we were at the servo taking on fuel for the day. A young bloke asked could he takes some photos of Daisy and Onslow and as we agreed he began to talk and it came out that he also owns a series vehicle, one that he originally purchased to renovate but it turned out that the metal worm in the chassis and firewall became too overpowering so he decided to take it to the wreckers. Needless to say those plans have since been altered and we should be able to scrounge a few spare parts before getting rid of the rusty bits.
After fueling and cementing this particular contact, we headed off back homewards and joined up with the Ho Hars, Carolyn in Numpty's S 1 and Harry in the 101, Harry J and his son in the Ho Hars "Zara", and Outlaw driving his Defender so off we set.
Round about 1030 or so we pulled up at Bullocky's Rest where there were already a few even earlier arrivals from points further afield than us, from Gympie and other northern climes as well as from far distant Ipswich.
As the day progressed others turned up and some of the later attendees traveling down from Bundaberg were Nan and Pop in the "black one" (their magnificent Rover 75 sedan) and Incisor in "Johnny", Nan and Pop's workshop.







Of course this outing had been organised as not only a celebration of a couple of birthdays but also as a means to welcome and introduce our new Patron, Arthur Goddard to the club and vice versa.
Our President Col. Coleman made a welcoming speech, announced the fact that officially SLO was up and running and also called Arthur forward to make a presentation on behalf of the club to recognise the fact that he had graciously accepted the invitation to be the Patron of the club.


Arthur accepted this gift graciously and returned to his seat after a few kind words only to be called forward once again to cut the "birthday cake".

As per previous trips that have been done by the "leafer" community, this BBQ was very similar in that the ladies supplied a beautiful array of sweets etc.
The day progressed very smoothly with a mass of little huddles gathering around different vehicles all day and slowly rotating around the car park, talking, looking, and admiring, and also one or two outsiders were attracted to the great collection of elderly vehicles and a couple of potential new members who already have Series vehicles were unearthed.
Later after the lunch that had been generously donated by a major "sponsor" (Col Coleman) had been consumed and settled, most of the group saddled up for a short local run around a small dirt road circuit in the vicinity.
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Not all went, Daisy and Onslow stayed behind (to protect the car parking spots) as did Paul and Ronnie's "Black one. (watch for the "Royal wave" from the back window!)
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One last shot that I cannot resist posting is of two of our members, Tim J and Anne, discussing the finer points on the difference between a "130" and an "80".

A great initial day out. Thanks to all who organised and also to all who participated.
Regards
Glen

Originally Posted by The ho har's

I would have thought some one would have posted before now

Some of us just got home

CC

A few more shots covering most of the attending Series vehicles. My apologies if one or two are missing.







More to come

Gotta go as the boss is waiting for me. Hope yours is in there and I haven't doubled up!
Regards
Glen

Well folks,
The workload in our shed is such that we were unable to get our S2A to the event.
However, the Ho Har's kindly lent us Zara for the day. (Thanks guys).

So we arrived at the Ho Hars place at about 8.30am and left half an hour later. We soon met up with Josh (Outlaw) in his 110, and Glenn & Patsy in their two Series.
So we had a convoy of no less than six Landys holding up the traffic enroute to our desination.
We finally arrived at Bullocky's Rest at Lake Samsonvale where there were already some arrivals.

The Birthday boy and patron of SLOw soon arrived and we all chatted with him about his days at Rover, while Col. Coleman and Cheryl flipped the snags on the BBQ.

Many photos were taken (I took 72 ).

After lunch, Arthur was presented with a plaque honouring his key role in the early days of Landrover, and of his gracious acceptance as Patron of SLOw. He was then asked to cut the cake, which we then proceeded to make smaller and smaller. . . .

After tea and cake, many of us went on short scenic drive and photo shoot. It was a great route - thanks Michael.

Time was getting on, and it was soon time to head back home again. The trip was relatively smooth, although we lost Glenn .
Back at the Ho Har's, we had a cold drink to finish off the day and HH welded the handle back on our frypan.

Thanks to all, it was a great day,
Harry Jnr

More pictures

Yet more pictures

Hey hey hey! It's Arthur's Birthday!....I think he had some fun ...darned well drank most of me Scrumpy!



I'll never wash this enamel mug again....



As usual, lots of nice vehicles....Keith's Tickford....



And a few of the Series 1's - after all, Arthur had absolutely nothing to do with the 2's, 3's or anything else.....



Numpty's (where ARE you, mate?) spot on 88"....



Jason's lovely 107 on debut....





Arthur spent a good deal of time talking about those halcyon days...I learnt a great deal about Maurice Wilks' tea drinking habits and the fact that the commute to the Minerva factory in Antwerp was quicker that driving to Birmingham.......



Eventually lunch was taken - and many thanks again to the General and CC for providing another tasty BBQ lunch. Arthur found yet another friend in Lamington...



We, the SLOW committee, had taken steps to organise a formal presentation to Arthur to affirm his status as the Patron of the Series Landy Owners Inc. I think he was well pleased and humbled to receive the shield honouring him....



The shield is a grand item indeed....



The smile says it all....



All in all, a lovely day out. It was inspiring to meet such a fine gentleman and I look forward to many more such encounters.

With so many lovely vehicles to look over, we spent some time taking picks of a few of them...

Keith's Tickford again...



Ho Hars 101 in all it's camo glory....



And last but not least, SEQld's only mobile aviary....



Many thanks to all who contributed to such a happy occasion.