Re: A rainy day in Northern Germany

Posted by Peter Packard On 2018/5/15 4:02:04

G'day all, The only car that I have ever purchased new was a RHD Honey Brown VW 1500 in 1970, for $A2150 cash. I ordered the racing stripe extra and the roof rack ( which I soon took off as it was a 5 mpg drag). It was a hoot and went as well as my 1949 Testosterone fuelled right foot could drive it..... but at 80,000 km I had stretched the head bolts and it overheated as I drove it like I stole it. Swapped it as a three year old car in 1973 for a 1934 PE Plymouth Deluxe. What a car. I pulled a trailer with a 533 Packard approx 1200 miles without much grief. The only real problem was that I entered a town which had a severe table drain ( water across road drainage rather than under). snapped the bolts holding towbar to the Frame. Didn't know about it until a few clicks from home when I leaned on the trailer and it waved around the towbar area. Thanks for the memories Guscha.... Peter Toet