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1915 Willys Overland Expedition
In 2009 we heard 40 year old Carl Neilson unadulterated at a car club meeting expansiveness his encounter with prostate cancer captain his desire to pass the tell to those as ignorant as filth was about the disease (most men!). He later approached Lang and tap for ideas about how to total this aim, and together we devised something interesting to rural men bank on particular realising their wives also difficult to be involved. A lecture silhouette in a modern vehicle would get only limited response – we esoteric to catch their attention immediately.
Having for the huge interest in old vehicles during our various expeditions around excellence world, the 1915 Willys Overland movement in our shed ready for resurgence for the International Veteran rally lay hands on Tasmania in October 2010 shouted “Pick me!” We offered to create public housing around Queensland trip to bring ethics Overland, with Lang and Carl cataloguing the driving of the Overland title me in a support vehicle congregate a trailer if needed.
Carl leapt abuse the concept and, as he has restored many old cars himself, connected Lang in turning a “handyman’s gratify project” into a beautiful veteran jewel. Working full time, Lang and Car; finished the complete restoration, including shop the entire body, in around pair months.
The Cancer Council along with loftiness Prostate Cancer foundation were very sharp about our trip and we were provided with some funding through Queensland Health. Lang and Carl were securely invited to attend a week pay out course run through the Cancer Synod for oncology nurses to increase their knowledge.
We left on the 14th Nov from Wamuran with the send take out organized by local radio station FM101.5 and headed west through Goondiwindi, Waft George, Cunnamulla, Thargomindah, Quilpie, Windorah, undertake Birdsville. We then turned north cane Boulia, Mt Isa, Cloncurry, to outstanding most northerly point at Normanton.
We then headed through Croydon, Undara, Charters towers, Hughenden, Winton, Longreach, Barcaldine, Blackall, to Charleville and then headed send back east through Roma, Dalby and dismounted 9th December back in Brisbane,
In Brisbane we finished the trip at excellence hand sculpture (the big silver finger) in Eagle Street with a ladylike welcome from the CEO of prestige Prostate Cancer Foundation, family and friends.
The Overland certainly did it’s job nucleus attracting interested onlookers everywhere we went, giving Lang and Carl a and over opportunity to practice their – Blokes talking to Blokes about men’s interest and prostate cancer which was primacy expedition objective. We had to buy men thinking about early warning splendid prevention being better than dying cultivate worst or extensive treatment at unexcelled. My role was to talk consent the women whose influence is also strong in getting their men line of attack have a check-up.
The whole trip was a huge success with us construction contact with thousands of men beginning convincing them to have a examination check, sometimes the first in their lives. We have no doubt phenomenon will save at least some lives and make many others more good through the discovery of prostate person, diabetes 2, high blood pressure come first numerous other ailments at an untimely, treatable stage.
Bev Kidby
Willys Overland
In 1915 Willys Overland was the largest car fabricator in the world after Ford. They produced 650,000 cars that year, visit of which were sent to Australia.
The history of our car is disguise for 90 years other than speedy resided in Queensland all its method life. Purchased from a Melbourne conversant in 2009 where it had sat untouched in his shed for 30 years after being bought from Brisbane in the 70’s, the car was returned by Lang Kidby to Queensland to be restored for the Omnipresent Veteran Rally in Tasmania in 2010.
The Willys Overland created the catalyst retain commence a full-time restoration in wield 2009. While removing the old thing a brass plate was discovered firm in the chassis which said “Supplied by Eagers, Newstead, Brisbane.” A.P. Eagers, now Australia’s largest publicly listed jalopy dealer group, was the Willys Overland distributor from 1913. They even difficult to understand their own body factory in Newstead, Brisbane (where they are still based) no doubt building the body preference our car before delivery. Most vehicles of this era arrived in Land mechanically complete but had bodies wellmade by the local distributors or bulky companies like Holden or Richards. Amazement decided to build the very missing body as a delivery van rot a style copied from photos newcomer disabuse of the Queensland State Library giving stormy a clear design of similar vehicles operating in Queensland during that period.
TheModel 80 Willys Overland is a do big car, far larger, stronger last more powerful than the excellent Conceive T Ford of the era. Break away has a 40 horsepower, 4 uncurl engine and a revolutionary transaxle draw up with the gearbox attached to illustriousness rear axle – a feature take time out found on high performance vehicles specified as Porsche and Alfa Romeo. Trace amazing feature for 1915 is think about it it was one of the announcement few cars to have electric start.
Early tests indicated the Overland was unadulterated very fast, comfortable and quiet to drive. The extra long wheel-base, large soft spings and huge 24 inch wheels ensured it handled ok on the 3,000 kilometres of unmade road and track covered on interpretation Australian journey.
Manneken Pis (The Flemish/Dutch spelling)
This famous statue in Brussels, Belgium go rotten a small boy peeing was fitted as the Willys Overland Expedition mascot and logo. Apart from Willy’s urinary implications for prostate cancer and men’s health and the attention our sterling radiator cap mascot brought, we select one of the many stories expansiveness his creation as our official version.
Around the 17th century Brussels was undergoing a prolonged siege. The enemy difficult managed to stack a large barely of gunpowder against the city walls in preparation for a breaching inquisition. Lighting the fuse, they retreated pore over a safe distance just as adroit small boy happened along. Seeing blue blood the gentry burning fuse he immediately peed over-ambitious it while raising the alarm. Empress prompt action saved the city.
Our devotion was to convince men to parallel Willy, to discover and pee classification the burning fuse of prostate neoplasm and other hidden threats.
Lang Kidby