Tagorama

[dangerous]

Ford prefect 10hp saloon
1948 Fordson truck

yip... what is a 'Fordson"
and no need to tell you to turn onto a track off the main south rd (SH1) that once hauled coal... ride to the end and turn left is there now?

Pretty sure it's the old homebush shearing shed, built out of the same locally made bricks that the old homestead was.

would not have been cheap in its day thats for real

[FJRider]

yip... what is a 'Fordson"
and no need to tell you to turn onto a track off the main south rd (SH1) that once hauled coal... ride to the end and turn left is there now?


would not have been cheap in its day thats for real

You should be old enough to have heard of Fordson's ...

And the bricks were made locally. There wasn't that much timber available at the time. Bricks were usually the cheaper option ... (in Canterbury)

[Subike]

[QUOTE=dangerous;1130410521]yip... what is a 'Fordson"
/QUOTE]

E83w Ford 10 truck, Based upon the E93A ford 10 saloon chassis (prefect = 4 door anglia = 2 door). Built as a small delivery vehicle for town deliveries. offset ford 10 motor, 6volt electrics, crank handle start built from after the war till 1957. I owned one of these as a teenager, max speed 40mph, or 55mph running with a nor-wester.

[dangerous]

Ford prefect 10hp saloon
1948 Fordson truck

so ya know were they are then?

[Jackal]

Old tag snapped. Glentunnel Garage. And for those who have been searching Google maps to locate, the street view was taken before the trucks turned up there! There is no substitute for getting out and riding until you find them!!!!

[Jackal]

New tag. This is 43.8 kms by the shortest sealed road from the last tag.

[neels]

New tag. This is 43.8 kms by the shortest sealed road from the last tag.

You beat me to it again, tomorrow's plan was a ride out to Glentunnel, and was actually thinking about the moas as the next tag.

Just hadn't checked if they were within the 100km of christchurch as per the first post, answer being from the square no (by 3km) but from the city boundary yes, so does that make the next one I had in mind at 98km from yaldhurst ok?

[dangerous]

Just hadn't checked if they were within the 100km of christchurch as per the first post, answer being from the square no (by 3km) but from the city boundary yes, so does that make the next one I had in mind at 98km from yaldhurst ok?

I don't give a fuk, if its in canty its fine by me, the bigger the ride the better, just finding the time is the thing...

[Jackal]

I did think about the distance thing and took another pic in another location as back up. After going into google maps and finding it was only 2ks outside the 100k rule if taken from the Christchurch Hospital I thought what the hell, I have always been one to bend the rules a bit.

But if you look outside the square some would say the centre of Christchurch is no longer the CBD and is more out Riccarton way which would then bring the tag inside 100k. As the crow flies it is certinly inside 100k. What ever way you look at it, it is still a great wee ride with various options for a round trip.

[neels]

But if you look outside the square some would say the centre of Christchurch is no longer the CBD and is more out Riccarton way which would then bring the tag inside 100k. As the crow flies it is certinly inside 100k. What ever way you look at it, it is still a great wee ride with various options for a round trip.

I thought the same thing, given that the centre of christchurch pretty much doesn't exist any more, if it's a nice ride just do it. Looks like I've got some company for a ride tomorrow anyway, if it's a nice day the next tag might end up in Hokitika.

[dangerous]

After going into google maps and finding it was only 2ks outside the 100k rule

how the hell do ya do that? even tho I havent seen those two birds I do have an idea were it might be, but knowing me proberly wrong anyway... so how ya do the distance thing on google?

But if you look outside the square some would say the centre of Christchurch is no longer the CBD

nice pun...

Looks like I've got some company for a ride tomorrow anyway

picking us up on the way through... ta man

[neels]

how the hell do ya do that? even tho I havent seen those two birds I do have an idea were it might be, but knowing me proberly wrong anyway... so how ya do the distance thing on google

Hit the Get Directions button, stick in your start point and end point, tells you how far.

picking us up on the way through... ta man

If you read this before I'm back it means I couldn't get hold of you

[neels]

What a most lovely day for a ride, and a successful moa hunting expedition to Alford Forest...



In my travels passed a neat little building, nobody lives there anymore but I guess it makes sense that if the gates are gone there's not much point in them staying...

[dangerous]

What a most lovely day for a ride, and a successful moa hunting expedition to Alford Forest...

In my travels passed a neat little building, nobody lives there anymore but I guess it makes sense that if the gates are gone there's not much point in them staying...

where is alfred forest and is the house or tree the older?

[Jackal]

where is alfred forest and is the house or tree the older?

Alford Forest is 43.8 ks south of your last tag on the same road. As for 'what came first, the tree or the house', looking at the size of the trunk I would suggest the tree wins the race.