Re: [ Vic ] Veteran's on the G.V.Line

[pcc@ocean.com.au (Brown Family)]

On Thu, 13 Jan 2000 19:20:45 -0000, "Freight_man"
<freight_man@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Gee Les!
>              I used to own a 1964 EH Holden which I lovingly restored to
>better than new at better than New costs I might add!
>This car was definitely my preferred means of transport, and I regret ever
>selling it!
>              My point is that you are comparing a $2.5 million dollar
>Diesel Locomotive to a mass produced piece of junk that General Motors or
>Ford rely on , not to last more than ten years!
>             Last night I operated X52 recently out of the Shops on new
>bogies &  a very neat paint scheme, and it seemed to me to be in as good
>condition as itwas in 1975 when I  drove it to Seymour. Locomotives are very
>solid vehicles, and a combination of good maintenance [lacking] and throwing
>a lot of dollars at it at exam time, should give a good economical return
>for more than 30 years.
>Rod.
>
Gee Rod, you might be right, but I'm not sure if the they're still
worth $2.5mil. They sold the EL's for $500K.

BTW, what was that I heard about the cracked frames on most of the
"A"'s that mean that they will not be around for much longer - or was
it just a "gunzel gram"?

No doubt the EH's were a great car, my second car was an HD - one of
the last off the line. I don't know anyone who regreted selling their
HD.

Talking about cars, my son wants to by a Monaro, do any still exist?

Les Brown

"Some fella says that 50% of people in this world have below average intelligence"
"Nah, that's not right, most of the people I know are pretty smart" 
"I think you just proved his point"