G'day Goat,

Thanks for taking the photos of the old girl. I was thinking about significant trips and times in the ute before and after you drove it on the Murray :

1985; sleeping in the tray when camping out at Victor Harbour
1987; the trip to the beach on the good old poo brown vinyl - always good to have a spare towel laid down
1995; learning to drive with Grandpa. Nothing like starting with 202 cubic inches.
2000; driving to Sydney in a night, then back a day later, and watching the speedo click over 144,444km on the Hay Plain at 3am.
2001; reclining with selected special ladies on the bench seat out the back of the pub on any given Saturday night (well at least twice anyway!)
2001; surfing on the back of a log towed behind the old girl
2005; lots and lots of circle work
2010; driving my sister to her wedding in it and walking her up the aisle.

This is more than a vehicle - it's been part of my whole family's life for thirty years! I am saving up the million bucks to restore her so the next generation can enjoy it too!

Cheers,
Hum.