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  • Islander, in reply to Jean Hughes,

    Ooo, my uncle Bill had a green one of them!
    It was the car he lent his beloved sister, not long after she was widowed, to take the kids to Otepoti.
    On a notorious one-way bridge, close to Millers Crossing, she was halfway across when another car came on. At speed.
    There were 4 of Mary’s kids in the car, and her mother, my Nanna.
    They were left unconsious. I was in the back seat with Diane & John.
    I leaned over to the front, and noticed my mother had lost teeth on the steering wheel. Worse, my Nanna had a head wound (that’s when I learned human fat is yellow.)
    Worst – I couldnt see my baby brother Andrew.

    Because the one-way was on the main highway, traffic was piling up both ways.
    A person on the southward-bound bus was an off-duty nurse – she quickly ascertained that my mother’s injuries were slight; my Nanna’s head injury was slight (but that she seemed to have major bones broken) – and that my brother was down on the floor, sound asleep.

    He’s always been a tinbum…

    We were all taken back in the same ambulance that took my Nanna to Oamaru hospital.

    My uncle Bill, next morning, went down and borrowed the car of his best mate.
    He drove it back to the family house, and sat my mother in it, and cajoled her to start driving right now-

    “You’ve got to get back on the horse.” is how she remembers his cajoling.

    I remember, while the med. assessment etc was going on, walking in a drizzle and saying to myself, Dont panic, dont panic.

    It had been the title of a Reader’s Digest article I’d read at Purakaunui.

    See?
    Reader’s Digest is really good for something-

    PS: Nanna, already crippled by arthritis, and tripping over and breaking a hip previously, shortly after became bed-bound. She had 2 broken hips, and 3 bones in her pelvis. Thank you, that -name unknown – off-duty nurse…

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report

  • Islander, in reply to Islander,

    Uncle Bill made with squatty cars for a while, but he bought a new Chrysler Valiant in 1965 (not bad, on a roadie's wages.) It earned me huge kudos among my tobaccco -picking mates when he picked us up from the Oamaru train station. Even more, when he loaned it to me, to drive us all back to CHCH-

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report

  • JacksonP, in reply to Islander,

    Thank you, that -name unknown – off-duty nurse…

    Wow, Islander! Thanks for sharing that story. Glad you all came through it.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report

  • Islander, in reply to JacksonP,

    Somewhere around I have a photo of Uncle Bill & the Vauxhall (and about 3 of his pig-dog pack tongue-waving out the windows)...I definitely have at least 2 of the Chrysler (scanner? scanner? I know you are here somewhere - dont keep hiding under...stuff...)

    What really impressed me, then and now, was the Vauxhall could take a really hefty hit - and, nobody died (no seat-belts then.) The people in the other vehicle were injured (and removed south by ambulance to Dunedin.) They sued - and lost heavily.
    My Nanna got her extension, glassed in, to the front room from the court case.

    No ACC then either.

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report

  • Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to Islander,

    Uncle Bill made with squatty cars for a while,

    Squatty cars. :))

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report

  • Joe Wylie,

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    Jeep dog Rhoda, Christchurch.
    Pic by Gudrun Gisela.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report

  • Ian Dalziel,

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    Bark Life
    Rhoda, parked up...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Ian Dalziel,

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    The side kick...
    Waiting patiently in the 'barking space'
    at the supermarket, Richmond, Chchch.
    (both mobile dog photos by my partner, Sally)

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Joe Wylie, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    Rhoda, parked up…

    Hey! The first time I saw Rhoda I thought the goggles were a stunt, like putting shades on Fido for a cheap laugh. Turns out that they're her goggles, that's how she rolls.

    That's one lucky sidecar dog. What's life come to now I'm envying other people's dogs?

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report

  • JacksonP, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

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    My old Sportique, now in new hands. As per this graphic.

    The side kick...

    Careful, if we start posting Vespa photos, I'll get myself in trouble...

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report

  • Joe Wylie,

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    Banks Peninsula scooter run, 2008. Vespa-free pic.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report

  • JacksonP, in reply to Joe Wylie,

    Vespa-free pic.

    Not quite. One hiding behind the metal cage thingy right of middle. I can spot them a mile away. :-0

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report

  • Joe Wylie, in reply to JacksonP,

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    Sorry. Definitely not Vespas from said scooter run.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report

  • JacksonP, in reply to Joe Wylie,

    Definitely not Vespas from said scooter run.

    Wow! I've never seen the like before. Like a segue only steampunk. What are they called? Apart from extremely dangerous, at least in appearance.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report

  • Bart Janssen,

    Retreating from less friendly threads to see the steampunk Segway is such a relief.

    It does look as though it uses the same gyroscopic principle, all the weight within the wheel.

    Gotta admire the garage genius who built it.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 4461 posts Report

  • Joe Wylie, in reply to JacksonP,

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    What are they called?

    No idea. The green model didn't look very promising in the car park, but some time later he was tootling up Gebbies Pass. He must have ridden it through the Lyttelton tunnel. It was only later, on closer examination of the pics, that it became apparent that there was more than one of them.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report

  • Rebecca Leathem, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    Nah very little Herbie but they are appreciative of the shape of the original model VW. Also helps we have one parked in situ in our street. Daily Beetle car appreciation.

    Devonport • Since Nov 2011 • 19 posts Report

  • Rebecca Leathem, in reply to JacksonP,

    I would probably NOT describe my three as sensible but certainly appreciative of good design. They're LEGO fanatics too.

    Devonport • Since Nov 2011 • 19 posts Report

  • Rebecca Leathem,

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    I have no idea what kind of vehicle this is. I shot this a couple of years ago locally.

    Devonport • Since Nov 2011 • 19 posts Report

  • JacksonP, in reply to Bart Janssen,

    Retreating from less friendly threads to see the steampunk Segway is such a relief.

    A nice segue to Segway. ;-)

    Hey, we're all friendly folk at Capture. We like to get along...

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report

  • Sacha, in reply to Joe Wylie,

    Wow. Though I find it hard to believe that thing is street-legal.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Joe Wylie, in reply to Rebecca Leathem,

    I have no idea what kind of vehicle this is.

    Austin A35 (or just possibly the earlier A30). A ute is rare as. Cheaper in its day than a Morrie Minor. There are some shots of a local one here, but your pic is much nicer IMHO.

    Sacha:

    I find it hard to believe that thing is street-legal.

    In a large enough group, with a smattering of off-duty scooter-fetishist police, who wants to know?

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report

  • JacksonP, in reply to Joe Wylie,

    Austin A35 (or just possibly the earlier A30).

    Joe just got in before me. This one says A30 Ute or Pickup, but may be A35. What a little ripper!

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report

  • JacksonP, in reply to Joe Wylie,

    street-legal.

    In a large enough group, with a smattering of off-duty scooter-fetishist police, who wants to know?

    Pfft. We're all anarchists at heart.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report

  • Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to JacksonP,

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    Pfft.

    I must away again. This time I think I'll take this beauty. Nice bikes guys , I'll get back to that later. :)

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report

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