Prawnhead said..

thedrip said..
This was my dream car for the formative surf years.






With a 253 up the front.

my brother had one with the 4.2L six, reliable and would go anywhere except past a petrol station.... and the worst piece of ** to drive !

I had one a with a 253 init and it was on Gas. I'll see if I can dig out a pic. The thing as unstoppable

Only rich kids had cars like that.

This was my second surf car. Well, not this one, but it was identical. The mighty HK Kingswood. I wish I had kept it. The 186 was awesome as was the three on the tree without synchro in first - a two speed for all intents and purposes. It made cruising effortless. The ground clearance meant it was surprisingly good down a lot of tracks and the leaf springs had a pleasant floaty ride.

I tend to forget about the lack of a heater, the lack of a temperature gauge that caused me to cook a motor, the romance of the front bench was not met with corresponding comfort, and drum brakes all round certainly didn't help when the master cylinder failed and I ran up the back of a one year old Statesman on the freeway. I also wish I had snapped that photo of my future wife (at 20) leaning into the boot on a gravel road. She knew she was hot and suggested the pic; I was just impatient to get to the surf and grumpily told her to hurry up and get in the car.





I wont post the brown Ford Escort I had with a vinyl roof. A man with any dignity would never have owned it.

laceys lane said..
they did the job . but yeah plenty of things weren't good too.

autos were the go.

accidently put mine in reverse one day- doh.


was still able to drive it to the garage and cost about a $180 to fix. cheap as chips even then.


just imagine if you did that to a car today

Your wagon would have been nice. Surfed for 27 years with a licence and still haven't ever owned a wagon or van. Somethings wrong there. Next one.

Liked those bikes with boards on so much I almost hesitate to post pic of my old scooter with longboard on bike wheel trailer.....but it did the trick for a while so I will. Dog sitting in helmet box was always a favoured option

No worries......early morning winter chill though meant I usually wore my wetsuit on the way there though.....and very thick gloves :)

That looks like a very hairy sheep.

towball said..

Cobra said..
That looks like a very hairy sheep.

Spec savers GO THERE

have they always been that hairy, or is that one groomed that way

Speaking of classic cars, the builder of the bat mobile and the Munster car, In addition to one of the surf buggies I posted, and many many others, George Barris has just died, I think he was 86

Al G said..

Cobra said..

hahaha,very very early surfwagon

I'm pretty sure that Lacey the driver.

GizzieNZ said..






Liked those bikes with boards on so much I almost hesitate to post pic of my old scooter with longboard on bike wheel trailer.....but it did the trick for a while so I will. Dog sitting in helmet box was always a favoured option

Coool,The puppy loves it?,,,

thedrip said..
This was my second surf car. Well, not this one, but it was identical. The mighty HK Kingswood. I wish I had kept it. The 186 was awesome as was the three on the tree without synchro in first - a two speed for all intents and purposes. It made cruising effortless. The ground clearance meant it was surprisingly good down a lot of tracks and the leaf springs had a pleasant floaty ride.

I tend to forget about the lack of a heater, the lack of a temperature gauge that caused me to cook a motor, the romance of the front bench was not met with corresponding comfort, and drum brakes all round certainly didn't help when the master cylinder failed and I ran up the back of a one year old Statesman on the freeway. I also wish I had snapped that photo of my future wife (at 20) leaning into the boot on a gravel road. She knew she was hot and suggested the pic; I was just impatient to get to the surf and grumpily told her to hurry up and get in the car.





I wont post the brown Ford Escort I had with a vinyl roof. A man with any dignity would never have owned it.

Ah love a good HK Very nice.Yeah Flick the Escort,haha.Dont worry everyone has had a car they wouldn't admit to owning,
I had a old Sigma with the vinyl roof,funny thing is nothing went wrong with it and I got it cheap as!...

Macaha said..

Al G said..

Macaha said..
Only rich kids had cars like that.

Nah Mac,rich kids had Premiers,Belmonts & Kingswood we could just afford

Oh I see I must have been VERY poor then.

Haha,You weren't the only one

my dog Angel has been and gone.....but she was happy to wear goggles while riding around at higher speeds.....she thought they were really cool motorcycle goggles....but they were just children's swim goggles really