“I only just arrived at the last minute to enter the Anzac Parade in Taree, the Model T refused to start this morning, I was wrestling with it for about an hour, even using Zoe’s ute to try an tow-start the Model T proved unsuccessful. The problem turned out to be the carburettor had frosted up and was too cold to start. Zoe came to the rescue with her hair-dryer, and we were able to warm up the carburettor and intake manifold just enough, and finally got the Model T started 🙂
I arrived in Taree just in time to catch the back of the parade, and found a lone serviceman outside Service NSW, and asked him if he’d like to be a part of the parade. Darcy Elbourne, President of the Taree RSL sub-branch was very understanding of my mechanical mishap, and said he’s pencilled me in for next year too! All turned out well in the end, even if it did rain a little bit! — Lest we forget.”
Written by Mitch Taylor
