ABC Tonight - Wide open road' features VANS!

7.30 Tonight - ABC - wide open road - 'here come the petrol heads'

Features some panelvans!

Turn on your TV's!

Vans may not feature this week as it is a three part series, but should be worth a look anyway!

A couple of vans at the start, looks like next week might be the go. They might just be using panel van teasers for advertising.

Encore presentation tomorrow night at 8.30pm I think.......

Thanks for the heads up.

I don't watch much TV... well, not on TV anyway... I watch most everything on line. I work shift work and miss most shows... but catch up on the shows I like eventually.

The upside... watch what i want, when i want and no ads!

The downside... no ads to let me know when a good special or doco is on

So I read this thread after it had aired and found a link for anyone who wants to watch online...
http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/view/839823

(should ad this) I will be at work when the 'encore' showing is aired... so I have to watch online or miss out.

Saw the first few mins... and looks interesting. (Paused it to drop the link here)

Im a shift worker too mate, so I missed the first screening and Im on night shift tonight so I'm getting the wife to record it for me.

ABC 2 is repeating the second show of this series in 5 mins (8.30) tonight!

Check it out if you missed it last night...

damn it damn it, missed em both

I have watched both episodes so far and I have really enjoyed them,I would like to know if the sandman that Steve Bisley is sitting on thr back of the tailgate is his though,also I liked it when they were showing the early days of Bathurst and black eyed bruiser playing in the back ground by Stevie Wright that is a great song.

Regards Tony.

RAT BAG wrote:damn it damn it, missed em both

not too late if still interested.

Ep1... Here Come the petrol heads...
http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/view/839823
NOTE:That link EXPIRES IN 5 DAYS

Ep2... Dream Machine...
http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/view/841949
NOTE: This link EXPIRES IN 12 DAYS


Loving this series... I'll probably make the effort to go to an ABC Shop to buy it on DVD if they sell it.

Heres the soundtrack for the series
Track Listing:

1. Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs - Most People I Know Think That I'm Crazy
2. Cold Chisel - Flame Trees
3. Dan Rumour & The Drift - Playtime
4. Jet - Get What You Need
5. The Hollies - The Air That I Breathe
6. Spectrum - I'll Be Gone
7. Died Pretty - Everybody Moves
8. Ed Kuepper - Honey Steel’s Gold
9. The Cruel Sea - This Is Not The Way Home
10. The Saints - Know Your Product
11. The Seekers - I'll Never Find Another You
12. The Stranglers - Peaches
13. Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
14. The Angels - Comin’ Down
15. Rose Tattoo - Bad Boy For Love
16. Dick Dale And His Del-Tones - Surfing Drums
17. Ed Kuepper - Also Sprach The King Of Euro-Disco
18. Stevie Wright - Black Eyed Bruiser
19. The Triffids - Wide Open Road

And the DVD is available 3 November at ABC shop


THE STORY OF CARS IN AUSTRALIA

This is the 3 part TV history of Australia via the cars we drove - how we became a car nation.

Featuring interviews with Sir Jack Brabham, Allan Moffat, Colin Bond, Bev Brock, Vince Sorrenti, Jean Kittson, Steve Bisley, Reg Mombassa and Paul Keating.

Featuring music by John Barry, Ennio Morricone, The Saints, The Seekers, The Stranglers, David Bowie, Ed Kuepper and Lobby Loyde.

All the heroes and villains that emerged from the intoxicating fumes. Let's face it - Australians are just a bunch of revheads.

Bowtie383 wrote:I have watched both episodes so far and I have really enjoyed them,I would like to know if the sandman that Steve Bisley is sitting on thr back of the tailgate is his though,also I liked it when they were showing the early days of Bathurst and black eyed bruiser playing in the back ground by Stevie Wright that is a great song.

Regards Tony.

Hey tony,
The sandman is owned by Rod and Jennie Barnes. They are on mysandman.com forum. I met them at the nationals, and are friends on Facebook. That is how I found out about the series. Their sandman has been immaculately restored with no expense spared, it is a real credit to them.
Cheers,
Karl.

Cheers Karl and thanks for the information mate

Regards Tony.

This is a bloody great doco, thoroughly enjoying it!

Awesome series!

But when reality hits... there probably will be a day when the petrol bowsers run dry and stay dry...

Years ago I built a basic 'electrolysis' unit... turning water into gas... even hooked it up to my HZ at the time... but still needed petrol and there is also the risk of rusting the motor from the inside out.

I'll have to finish my Van quick and get as many years of ROAR as I can before we are completely chased off the roads by laws and taxes... sure I want safe roads and clean air... but I want my V8 also...

Long live the dream
Jason(VanGoes)

VanGoes wrote:I'll have to finish my Van quick and get as many years of ROAR as I can before we are completely chased off the roads by laws and taxes... sure I want safe roads and clean air... but I want my V8 also...

Long live the dream
Jason(VanGoes)

Most modified cars are safer and contribute less pollution than other types of vehicles, we dont do as many km's as an everyday car and after spending so many dollars, we're not going to risk destroying it.
I'm giving my vans to my boys but by the time they're old enough to drive them, there probably wont be fuel as you said.

Cheers Rob

I just watched the last episode, bloody awesome. Brocky sure left an impression on the people who new him, good and bad. It was interesting to hear Bev say he had told her he had stopped dreaming his races and lost his timing. Must have just been too hard to walk away.

Al.