| Gmc Arrives [message #235907] |
Sat, 11 January 2014 23:37  |
cadelec
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Here is a link to the first drive on Australian soil
i had some temporary dealer license plates to pick it up from the wharf. but next time it hits the roads here it will have to have a door on the left hand side and will most probably be right hand drive
link to video
Trevor
Brisbane Australia
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58 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Project
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| Re: [GMCnet] Gmc Arrives [message #235922 is a reply to message #235908] |
Sun, 12 January 2014 06:43  |
Ken Burton
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| dwayne jacobson[1 |
wrote on Sat, 11 January 2014 23:48]Congratulations. I, ve never driven that much on the wrong side of the road.
dwayne j
On 2014-01-11 9:37 PM, "Trevor Pordage" <trevor@cadelec.com.au> wrote:
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> Here is a link to the first drive on Australian soil
> i had some temporary dealer license plates to pick it up from the wharf.
> but next time it hits the roads here it will have to have a door on the
> left hand side and will most probably be right hand drive
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> http://youtu.be/569qwUeWZ0g
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> Trevor
> Brisbane Australia
> Siesta Koala 76 Edgemont (old Bobby Moores)
> 71 Cadillac Eldo Convert
> 58 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Project
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You get use to it after a few days. Busy multi-lane traffic circles in places like Sydney are fun. On less busy circles you have time to think about and they are no big deal.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: [GMCnet] Gmc Arrives [message #235941 is a reply to message #235932] |
Sun, 12 January 2014 11:45 |
dwayne jacobson[1]
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I remember picking up our first coach and driving between La Connor and
Ferndale - so excited and thinking everyone that passed me were just about
as excited to see this classic going down the road. It hadn't been driven
much for several years but my lack of knowledge about the coach didn't
deter me.
It was after I got it home and had the late Denny Allen go over the coach -
replacing belts, rubber, and taking the loose parts out of the carb then
tuning it plus replacing one front bearing that I realized I might not
have made it home that day.
I still have an excitement rise every time I get behind it's wheel
(steering).
A day is coming when we will tour Australia and look forward to meeting our
GMC brother there.
Best regards as you venture in your Classic coach.
Dwayne and Sharon Jacobson
White Rock, BC
77 Eleganza (2005) now being used by my youngest daughter and her family
77 Kingsley (2011) (plans under way for Rolling Rally Route 66 (end of May
and most of June)
> Thanks for sharing, I bet I had a grin that big on my face on my first
> drive....
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| Re: [GMCnet] Gmc Arrives [message #235952 is a reply to message #235932] |
Sun, 12 January 2014 14:13 |
cadelec
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yes very exciting after the 2 month wait
it arrived here with both batteries flat so i had to take a spare battery down and jump start it
it fired up first go
i was lucky to get home.
latter that afternoon some friends come over and i wanted to take them for a little ride and on driving out of the driveway it started to run out of fuel. i put in 20 Litres (5 gallons) but some crap or water must of been picked up and the engine struggled all the way to the servo (gas Station) put in 100 litres and it ran fin from then
| SeanKidd wrote on Sun, 12 January 2014 09:52 |
Thanks for sharing, I bet I had a grin that big on my face on my first drive....
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Trevor
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| Re: [GMCnet] Gmc Arrives [message #235954 is a reply to message #235941] |
Sun, 12 January 2014 14:15 |
cadelec
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| dwayne jacobson[1 |
wrote on Sun, 12 January 2014 11:45]
A day is coming when we will tour Australia and look forward to meeting our
GMC brother there.
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It would be good to see you
or any other GMC'er all are welcome to visit if coming this way
Trevor
Brisbane Australia
Siesta Koala 76 Edgemont (old Bobby Moores)
71 Cadillac Eldo Convert
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| Re: [GMCnet] Gmc Arrives [message #235973 is a reply to message #235971] |
Sun, 12 January 2014 16:14 |
Ken Burton
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| Harry wrote on Sun, 12 January 2014 16:10 |
Which lane is the passing lane?
The right hand lane?
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Just like the expressways in Chicago where they drive on the left and pass on the right.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: [GMCnet] Gmc Arrives [message #235996 is a reply to message #235971] |
Sun, 12 January 2014 18:31 |
cadelec
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| Harry wrote on Sun, 12 January 2014 16:10 |
Which lane is the passing lane?
The right hand lane?
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its like when we go over there
all you have to remember is the driver stays closest to the centre of the road
works no matter where you are unlees you are driving a LHD in a RHD country or vice versa
Trevor
Brisbane Australia
Siesta Koala 76 Edgemont (old Bobby Moores)
71 Cadillac Eldo Convert
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| Re: [GMCnet] Gmc Arrives [message #236003 is a reply to message #235996] |
Sun, 12 January 2014 19:19 |
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Glad to see it made it all the way to Australia without any transmission problems. LOL! I'm sure Bobby is looking down and smiling.
John Sharpe
Humble,TX
'78 Eleganza TBI
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| Re: [GMCnet] Gmc Arrives [message #236010 is a reply to message #235996] |
Sun, 12 January 2014 19:35 |
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Trevor,
There is a great scene in "The Worlds Fastest Indian" where Anthony Hopkins (Burt Monro) is driving on the wrong side of the road in
a car he's test driving in LA with the lot owner in the car, the lot owner tells him the same thing.
It's not too bad to remember when you're on city streets, I find even now-a-days I pull out of parking lots and turn into the wrong
lane, scares the crap out of Helen (starts screaming) and anyone that sees a GMC heading right at them!
Regards,
Rob M.
Sydney, Australia
-----Original Message-----
From: Trevor Pordage
its like when we go over there
all you have to remember is the driver stays closest to the centre of the road
works no matter where you are unlees you are driving a LHD in a RHD country or vice versa
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| Re: [GMCnet] Gmc Arrives [message #236028 is a reply to message #236014] |
Sun, 12 January 2014 20:42 |
Ken Burton
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After driving a couple of weeks in New Zealand and then Australia, I pulled into a gas station in Cairns and filled up. Upon leaving the station I made it about a block down a 4 lane street before my daughter started yelling at me that I was on the wrong side of the road.
What shocks me is driving on the correct side of the road at night with no one around. Then a car appears coming at me on the wrong side of the road. It take me a few seconds to realize that I'm also on the wrong side so everything is OK.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: [GMCnet] Gmc Arrives [message #236044 is a reply to message #236028] |
Sun, 12 January 2014 22:18 |
cadelec
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first time in the states
i drove the wrong way in new york 1 block between 5th and 6th avenue from 38th street to 37th street
lucky it was 5:30 in the morning
| Ken Burton wrote on Sun, 12 January 2014 20:42 |
After driving a couple of weeks in New Zealand and then Australia, I pulled into a gas station in Cairns and filled up. Upon leaving the station I made it about a block down a 4 lane street before my daughter started yelling at me that I was on the wrong side of the road.
What shocks me is driving on the correct side of the road at night with no one around. Then a car appears coming at me on the wrong side of the road. It take me a few seconds to realize that I'm also on the wrong side so everything is OK.
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Trevor
Brisbane Australia
Siesta Koala 76 Edgemont (old Bobby Moores)
71 Cadillac Eldo Convert
58 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Project
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