G’day Erik Yesterday I did something that I’ve dreamt about for a long, long time. Something I thought would have to wait until retirement. I bought a motorhome for a road trip around Australia. It’s a 2003 Ford Transit Six-Berth Winnebago Freeway. It’s got a 2.4 litre 125 horsepower turbo diesel engine that’s only done 103,000kms. [...]
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Our Cars – 2003 Winnebago Freeway
Posted in Favourite Cars on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Day 52 – The Viking Connection
Posted in Favourite Cars on August 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
G’day Erik Welcome to Day 52. We woke up this morning, knowing that today was the day we would buy a Winnebago. We had breakfast with your Mum’s cousins, weighed up some options and headed down to the Sydney RV Centre. After comparing the two models, we realised that there simply was no comparison. The [...]
Day 51 – Biting the Bullet Winnebago Style
Posted in Favourite Cars on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
G’day Erik Welcome to Day 51. Last night, I couldn’t sleep as I kept dreaming about our Central Australia trip with Kate & Jake & Peter. The more I thought about it, the more I decided that a three week return trip is just too rushed. Our family would spend two thirds of the time [...]
Day 26 – Farewell Multi-Award-Winning-Cherry-Bomb
Posted in Favourite Cars on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
G’day Erik Welcome to Day 26. Last night we won an award for attending the most club events in our HD wagon – which the club has nick-named ‘Cherry Bomb’. It only cost us $200 and was quite cleary a bomb. Also, it was painted pink by some previous owners (two girls), but everyone insisted that it was faded [...]
Cruising Home in 1950s Style
Posted in Family, Favourite Cars on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
G’day Erik Today was the day I’ve been waiting for, to take my wife and my son home from the hospital in our 1959 Holden FC Special Station Sedan. Lotsa Love Dad
Our Cars – 1959 Holden FC Station Wagon
Posted in Favourite Cars on June 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
G’day Erik Today I finally registered our white and grey 1959 Holden FC Station Wagon. It’s been a nine month race against time to have the wagon back on the road before your are born. The wagon has been off the road, unregistered and in storage in your Grandma Kerrie’s garage in Queanbeyan NSW for [...]
Our Cars – 1959 Holden FC Utility
Posted in Favourite Cars on May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
G’day Erik & Josie Our current daily driver is our Monza Red 1959 Holden FC utility. We bought it from our friend Ray Hammer in Labrador QLD. I first saw it at the 10th FE-FC Holden Nationals that my car club hosted in Jindabyne NSW in 2005. I remember being stopped in my tracks as it [...]
Our Cars – 1975 Leyland Mini S ‘Chester’
Posted in Favourite Cars, Retro Flashbacks on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
G’day Erik & Josie When your Mum and I first met, I had just bought my second car, a 1959 FC Holden station wagon. Your Mum was driving around in her first car, a 1975 Leyland Mini S. She named it Chester and paid for it with the money she’d earnt whilst working at McDonalds. [...]
Our Cars – 1972 Volkswagen Kombi Campervan ‘Vicki’
Posted in Family Holidays, Favourite Cars, Retro Flashbacks on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
G’day Erik & Josie During 1997-1999, your Mum and I went overseas to see some of the world. In July 1998, we returned from a two month tour of Alaska, Yukon Territory and the Canadian Rocky Mountains. We had a year before we were due home and weren’t looking forward to living out of backpacks, booking hostels and relying on public [...]
Our Cars – 1959 Holden FC Special Sedan
Posted in Favourite Cars on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
G’day Erik & Josie My very first car was a two tone green 1959 Holden FC Special Sedan. I bought it on 24 October 1993 at age 17, for $3400 from a Pizza Shop owner named Joe in Thornleigh NSW. I drove it everyday for 4 years, until I bought my 1959 Holden FC Special Station [...]
