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Perkolilli 2022
jawapro
Tue 03/01/2023 11:29 PM


 
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Back in September, my folks and I loaded up into Grandpa's old cruiser and headed to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. Drove across the country to meet up with my Uncle Matt and join him at the Lake Perkolilli Red Dust Revival event.

Lake Perkolilli is a dry lakebed just north of Kalgoorlie, that used to be used a race circuit back in the day until WWII interupted things.

After the war, it was kinda forgotten but in recent years they've started a revival event. Only vehicles pre 1939 are elligable. 

Dad saw a story about it on Desert Collectors (a TV show apparently) and let Uncle Matthew know. He was hooked on the idea and managed to source a 1933 Vauxhall. A quick border hop to collect it as Covid started making that sort of thing difficult - and then a couple of years getting it going again. So with a caravan in tow, Uncle Matt and Aunty Liz began the long trek from Queensland to Perko.

 
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We headed that way from Tassie and met them in South Australia.

Across the Nulabour Plains, Matt's truck could only do about 70kph into the headwind, but we made it without major issue (our camper trailer did a wheel bearing that was almost disasterous but we survived) and arrived at Lake Perkolilli.

There was a huge collection of old cars there - and they weren't afraid to get dusty.

Because the event is technically a recreation, not a race - they handicap each car. The idea is to try and catch the car ahead of you - but you aren't allowed to pass them. The Vauxhall (or perhaps it has more to do with the driver) was one of the faster cars - so Matt normally ended up the last car in his group. Sometimes the slower cars were given almost a full lap headstart in a 2 lap race before Matt was released. 

The downside of being last is that he was always in a dust cloud. Made photos and videos difficult too.


It was a week long event - but the first couple of days were just practice - so Matt was able to give Dad and I a couple of laps (hence the video). 

I used my phone's GPS as a speedo. We were only doing 118kph but  certainly felt a lot faster than that in the almost 90 year old car with no glass.

The whole event was fantastic. The atmosphere was great (excluding the dust in the actual air) and I'd be keen to head back. Might need to find a pre-1939 vehicle...

 
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Subaru Shuffle
jawapro
Tue 09/08/2022 08:04 AM


 
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Yeah, I make silly decisions. 

I found a 1976 Subaru 1600 wagon on Facebook Marketplace. It's very similar to the Sedan I used to have, except a wagon and has a true 4WD (not all wheel drive) engageable system. 

These are very rare to find, so I rounded up a mate and a cruiser and headed to the far south coast of NSW to pick it up.

Hired a trailer in Melbourne to drag it back - but got an unregistered vehicle permit to allow it to drive onto the Spirit and from there back to my place. 

Now I need to decide what to do with it :)




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Project Dacey 9 - The Chassis Returns
jawapro
Wed 30/09/2020 10:59 PM


 
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Well the good news is that I am back at work full time now. The business is still suffering but it's good to be back at it.

The bad news is that between work and being able to catch up with my family and friends again, I haven't done as much on the project recently.

The chassis finally got cleaned up and sent away for blasting and powdercoating. It's back now. I've also got my springs restored at a local springwork and started collecting bits and pieces ready to start reassembling.

 


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Project Dacey 8 - Below the Body
jawapro
Fri 05/06/2020 05:01 PM


 
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I'm still on partial stand-down at work (working 5 days a fortnight) which means I've still had time to play in the shed.

Since removing the body from Dacey a couple of weeks ago, I have gotten stuck into the remaining elements. By the end of this (surprisingly long) video I have her stripped down to a bare chassis ready for painting.

  


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Project Dacey - Saucer Separation
jawapro
Wed 27/05/2020 11:46 AM



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBI_Fza5s0g

As Australia comes out of lockdown and we are able to gather in small groups again - my family gathered at my place and we lifted the body from Dacey and stuck it on an old trailer that I can use as a dolly.

The term "Saucer Separation" is a Star Trek reference.



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