Military Jeep Club of QLD. Canungra 2012, Queensland, Aust.

[Mike K]

Hi

Nice pics

Reminds me of the trip my friend and myself took in 1980. We drove up to the MJCQ swap meet in his 1946 Dodge sedan , the car ran well all the way up and back . It was the fluid drive model with the torque converter . We sat on 100 kmh all the way , what a comfortable trip it was too . We slept in the car .

The event was held at the Cooparoo Aussie rules footy ground , we had a difficult time finding where it was located in Brisbane . We spotted a army Jeep and followed it , after a wnadering tour around the suburbs they realized we were following them , they stopped and said they were also lost as they were from Rockhampton .

At the swap meet a guy was selling NOS Ford and Chev speedo units for $10 each . I bought 2 sets of Dodge big end bearings for $5 a set .

They had a slide show on the Saturday evening . Ian Grieve showed his pics of Corowa from memory .

[Private_collector]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

Reminds me of the trip my friend and myself took in 1980.....

The event was held at the Cooparoo Aussie rules footy ground , we had a difficult time finding where it was located in Brisbane . We spotted a army Jeep and followed it , after a wnadering tour around the suburbs they realized we were following them , they stopped and said they were also lost as they were from Rockhampton.

Canungra is a real good location for the meeting. None of the city 'frustration' and plenty of space to hold the event. One thing that I thought about today was the number of fairly steep hills I would need to go over, if or when I take my truck there, finished.

No-one does slides anymore! I think that's a bit of a shame too. Fond memories of family slide nights, with the projector sometimes skipping past slides because the remote was accidentally pushed twice, or the inevitable slide put in upside down or even sideways.

'You tell the kids that these days, and they wouldn't believe ya!'