Our Touring Past

Gday Leigh.

I wanted something different in a ute. The Velox was local, pretty much all there and minimum of rust for its age .


At the moment i would like to get it up to rego stage and looking clean and tidy and then see if it gets modified.


Cheers mate

Dave

With all the vehicles I have owned George, Vauxhall isn't one of them. So it will be a learning curve. Its pretty near all there, missing the logo off the front of the bonnet and the chrome flashes down the side of the front guards/doors is about all that I can see so far. I am told an FJ/FX tail ga...

Bought my self a new tug yesterday, 55 Vauxhall Velox ute

A safe and Merry Christmas to every one

My Crissy present will be arriving in about 4 hours after too many hours in an aircraft.


My little girl is on her way home (My little girl is 32 mind you !!)




Dave

G'day Richard. It was a pretty long haul home, I had an hours sleep then 5 hours behind the wheel again to get to a dear friends funeral. The old girl wont be going any where for a year or two at least, until I have finished the other vans and respray the Hillman Husky tug. The Husky has a Trumpy tw...

Just to keep folks up to speed regarding the 28 Eugowra van. But firstly a hearty thank you to Reddo in getting the little van ready for its long trip back to Mount Gambier from Newcastle. I had a pretty uneventful trip, got pulled up by the Hiway Patrol somewhere in country Victoria, after a licens...

I was taken home from hospital when I was born in Dads MGY.

Me in that car in about 1959-1960.

It sure is a shame mate

History down the drain, I wished I could have at least bought the side of the van, look great hanging on the wall of the Man Cave, well, its better than heading to China.

As a young chap growing up in Perth in the 60s and 70s, I have fond memories of Burnie's caravan. Sadly, I was sent photo's of Burnie's van recently, I will post the photos as soon as I can find them.. Burnie's was the longest in one spot food caravan in Australia, beating Harrys Café De Wheels by m...