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The Robinson - Wainui Tie Up (Having the Willys over the Mangaroa Hills)

Date unknown (c. 1953)

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TL RODINSON - WAJHAM TIE UP= AVING THEWILIMS OVR TIE MANGAROA HILIS. Party Dyan Anus, Hikor Fontocth ( fit typos hoading for Alpha oponing aftorwards) Bunken Doswoll and Wob Billums loft one Satunlay morning for Mastorton. Tho car ( 4 nan-powor Willys) renoggod on tho wrong sido of tho Mangaroa Hill - wO pushec it up and oxchanged some spondulicks for 3 boor bottlos of gas. Wo wont down hill vury voll aftorwards and stoppod outside a cow cocky's hang out SO that Bunkom could have a. look-soc. Whilo he was doing that Prank Gumont and some good typos cano elong. Tho whatisit had gono in the pctrol punp. Piunk offorod onu gallon of gas and some sound (?) advice a a longth of hose about four fuot lonm was acquired E evoryone lad thoir Own say so : We jackod things up. Prank likos siphoning and placod tho gallon tin on tho oponod door of the dash board vhilst Bunkon took tho air filtor off the carb. and Byen hold the tube now going fron the tin through tho side o window anc undor tho bonnet into the cerburettor, and controllod the flow of juico by bonding a sharp olbow in the tubo. Byan Anus was Tony's bost man and had to got to Mastorton so Prank, Byan and tho ro t of tho gonl types loft us. Scone - Hikur in the back sucts Bunkom in the drivor's seats Wob holding the baby on the dash boord and controlling (?) tho flow of potrol by bonding the tubeo Bunkon says give it noro gas : stop - just a trickle = stop a it's floodod. Wo porformod onco r twice moro an! wont 400 yards on onc third of 2. gallon. Mastorton was 33 nilos away so we would have noodod 44 gallons to to got thore, We loft tho Willys on the roadside and sono good typos gave us a lift. A good tino was hac by all.

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1953-03-journal p17
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