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your probably wondering what this pic is??
well>>>
basketcase was getting sick of foam matresses, and how they get soaked, and dirty, and good quality ones cost the earth.
so he invented le solution,,,,
light weight, only costs about $50 smackaroonies, hose off if it get grotty. and very comfy.
buy one pump up air mattress, and 3 and a half bean bag refills, and put beans in mattress,
brilliant! basketcasebear, heeeyyyyeee boo boo, you have done it again!!
[ for hints on how to get beans in bag, ask.
cheers
bcb.
boat launch tommorow.
it took virtually 4 refills, and is now soo comfy!! just thinking back on all those years spent at the drivein, on those horrible foam mattresses,, took me till my fifties to find the solution!! highly recomended for all vans,camperers,etc, well done basketcase! doh!!! cheers it was but yesterday, i thought myself a fragment, quivering without rythum in the sphere of life. now i know i am the sphere, and all of life quivers in rythmic fragments, within me! kg. Edited by user Saturday, 8 January 2011 7:22:06 AM(UTC)
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hey yall.
thought i would throw somethang in to get me back up tha top of the page!!
i now have captains bucket seats in the tardis, and they are absolutely brilliant! turns the front into a lounge room.
brilliant! only cost 70$ each as well.
building a fold down bench as a pooter table and dining table, for when the chairs are captained,,
heading towards cairns after easter, cause i am a woos with the cold winters around the tweed gcast, i mean it gets down to the low 20,s here in winter, almost like antartica, i end up having to wear socks and shoes,,and and jeans, bloody freezing,
we will see what adventures befall the basketcase on this trip!
keep ya all informed,
by the by, if you are thinkin of going camping and or bush, anywhere in australia, forget it, the greenies have locked up everything, there is now no where to camp, anywhere, except caravan parks! and if you where going to do that, you may as well stay at home in comfort!! try canada, you can go camping there, and even have a camp fire.
cheers
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Ah..Still alive :-)
Just checkin' and good to find an update waiting.
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Basket case bear, been sighted in Miami Gold coast, trying to catch up with him, watch this space.
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ahoy there ye landlubbers!
still here. have found a secluded valley, called crystal creek, to work on the latest creation,,,
wait for it>>>> turn a second hand 5mtr taipan class racing catamaran, into a basketcase class trimaran!!!
well underway, catching up on my incredible honeycombe and fibreglassing prowess.
spent winter up in nth qld, got this sudden urge too build a ruel boat, whoa!!
will make this all electric drive, king size bed, full galley/shower etc, will end up 6.5 mtrs,
by the by, there are a bucketload of old wrecks on the property, hx statesman,[no motor/box] 70,s valiant, couple of dodge trucks with 318,s in them, anyone need anything let me know,
will try to post a before and after pic of the yaght.
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well here is before, the taipan!  progress pic to come. cheers bcb |
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well here is the progress from a week ago! trying to decide where to put the 2.5kw drive motor? decisions decisions, it is not easy being an ace yaght designerer  cheers bcb |
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welll..!!
tell ya, this fibreglassing has got hairs on it.
to set up for fibreglassing is so different to normal building practices, have done the underneath of the hull, needs tidying up somewhat, but it is done.
learning learning,
next week onto the superstructure, then interior,
big job.
cheers
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Just reading your posts basketcase and its bloody funny mate. Keep up the great work. Keep your pecker hard and your powder dry!!.
Looking forward to your book!!! LOL
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thanks molo,
i try to make it interesting, humorous, intriguing, informative, unobtrusive, brilliantly written, "a virtual bard", of the rev head world?
makes it easy when one has ridiculous projects to attempt.
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after fibreglassing with cloth, and then matting, i never want to see matting ever again!!!
it is just a nightmare matting, cloth one dose not even need to get any bubbles out,
will post pic off progress re superstructure later this week.
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hey yall.
where i am at the minute, the bloke has a hr ute sitting there rusting away.
it apparently has a 192 in it, and i would suggest is not to badly rusted?
seems to be all there as well.
let me know if anyone is interested.
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hey yall, here is de progress of the queen mary cheers bcb  |
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this is from the front, with from opening roof down cheers bcb  |
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thisaone is with the front roof partly open. what time did you say they get underway on boxing day? cheers bcb  |
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latest pic on the boat, bit of paint, starting to put the portholes in. new aluminium trailer being made. should finish her by 2020. cheers bcb  |
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Well shiver me timber me hearties
Have travelled back down the east coast of aus, and am now landlocked in ballina.
The basketcase mobeel has finally been given the heave,ho. And will be wrecked and given a decent burial at sea.
Actually she is still a goer, except for the electronic ignition module, and or the electronic sender in the dizzy. She kept burning out coils, and along with cracked screen, new brake discs, new tyres etc etc etc, it is not worth the funds to keep her on ze road.
So will be selling good , 308t400,-and au1tun3.35diff, with 15inch 225x175x15wheels and impco gas system, with in date tank. The converter is cactus though.
Let me know if anyone wants all this. Will put it on gumtree. See what happens.
Apart from that the yaught is very comfy, for the average daily bear, and attracts french backpackers like honey to a bee.
Amazing!
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Good to hear from you BCB.
Have you relocated to NSW permanently? or just stuck in Ballina due to a broken vehicle?
Happly new year all.....Jim.. |
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Thanks jim.
I will be in nsw for a month or two. I have residences in vic, nsw,qld, so dont know where i am from? Egad!!!
Next car will be nsw reg, licence vic, boat qld,, the conversations with the plod are always entertaining. All i need to do is move to sa, and register an aeroplane, that will fix them all right up!
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Nah register a trailer there as they are about $2 per year or something equally ridiculous hence why a lot of semis have or used to have SA registered trailers.
I once spoke to a Mr Plod who was a bit vexed by me towing an SA registered (hire) trailer with a QLD registerd car on an ACT licence & we wre picking up an abandoned car for a mate of mine off the side of the road.
Back then you could pay the ACT motor registry $5 and find out who owned any car so he rang the registered owner of the car asking about it but got "no speaka da English" as soon as he mentioned the abandoned Valiant LOL he was trying to offer them money for it. |
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