Quote Originally Posted by Q set View Post
My cousin from Forbes (yep, with a good mow and a paisley wardrobe) had a nice nice nice HZ burgundy van with a fully decked and shagged interior and a spade shaped partition entrance. It was the first car I heard that had was stolen and I don't think he ever got it back. .:(:(:(:(
Dean who was that maybe I knew him, Forbes is where I lived from 74-83, and BTW Rodney bought our original Sandman from Tony Caroll motors in Grenfell in 1981 2nd owner....(holden dealer on corner Jims trim is behind it)

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Quote Originally Posted by 0488TINTER View Post

those of you that never got to experience a packed single screen drive-in with the back 2 rows filled with vans - well, i just pity you. It was the best times i ever had
Totally agree we all used sit on bean bags on on the tailgate etc. it was the norm in all towns especially the country towns where there was nothing else to do....