3. The only problem is some silly bugger has put the steering wheel on the wrong side. Plus, due to the that fact attempting to start the Escort before the sun had warmed her bonnet was a trying experience (thank you 05:00am starts at the Abalone farm for making that apparent) shipping her to Canada was not an option as …
5. It’s an obvious downgrade as you can plainly see. And its time to say goodbye to character, goodbye having to open and close the hood to get the front right headlight to work, goodbye the feeling that when it stalls at the traffic lights will it start again (oh the joys of old 4 cylinder weber carburettor cars), goodbye the 17 different places to tap the dashboard in order to get a variety of different squeaks to stop, goodbye radio that chooses it’s own volume, goodbye blowing all your oil onto the road in one massive blast, goodbye having a car that requires patting the dash to encourage forward momentum/successful gear changes (towards the end)/the ability to idle, goodbye good good times. But hello being able to run more than one electrical component of the car at once, hello not feeling anxious when you are not adjacent to a pull over lane should you require yet another ‘initiate hazard lights and phone roadside assistance’ moment, hello 4WDing with 4 wheels, hello starting first time and hello sun roof (more appropriately called ‘snow viewing window’ in Canada).
6. So let us remember the Escort, aka Green Beast, aka Jelly Bean, aka Kermit Mobile with some moments of her in her full glory: ** make sure you have sound on**
7. She was the adventurous type, always looking for new places and seeing what was over the horizon
17. And who could forget that whales are no longer measured in metres but in escort lengths. eg. “Wow, that whale must be at least 7.3 escorts long”.
18. When the boat mast needed transportation there was only car up to the challenge. There was some excuse about mast-trailer overhang and needing a low car but I didn’t buy it for a second, raw power was what was on order:
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20. That’s a 12m long mast on a 10m long trailer, that’ll show dad’s big 4WD’s whose the boss of the garage!!!!
21. If the Hulk made love with Herbie the Love Bug then the Escort is what their children would be.
22. As well as masts, entire boats were towed around Yorke Peninsula and through sandhills
24. And who could forget the trip up to Port Headland, and every where in between …
25. …. Where two Swedish ambassadors donned the aussie wife beater uniform for a 2 week road trippin / swimming with whale sharks / sleeping on the beach / diving / no showering extravaganza?!
34. What, cyclone flooded roads? No Problem!!! (Well 1 x problem but nothing some bush mechanic Spinifex grass de-bogging training from a passing 4WD of locals couldn't fix)
49. When it was time for Danz to box up his life and head to Canada the mechanic said that she only had about 2000km left before a complete top engine overhaul was required …
50. So we took the train from Perth to Adelaide and then drove from Adelaide to Port Lincoln
