GF1 spent a few months dormant (again) in a friend's shed, and eventually I made it down to get it running... with the help of a few experts that is.
We changed all the oils, drained the fuel tank, cleaned the filters (I should say meshes - it only has course wire mesh where we have filters these days!)
Early on I realised that the rear hubs had a major issue ... the brake pedal moved in and out about 5cm as the hub rotated - something was out of whack. In preparation for dismantling it, Bob tried to explain the components and how to dismantle them.
Eventually it was time to bring GF1 home to Sydney. We rented a trailer and drove the car back to Sydney.
All was going well until the trailer started to fishtail as we went down a long incline.
Remembering the advice of my father, I put my foot down to accelerate and pull the trailer into line. Unfortunately the 1.5 tonnes of GF1 and the 500kg's of the trailer were too much for the commodore. All that happened was that we got faster and faster, with the trailer dragging us in wider and wider swerves across both lanes of the freeway. Thankfully, there was no other traffic and it was dual carriageway.
I realised that acceleration wasn't going to work, and instead I'd have to break. The problem was that I didn't want to jack-knife the rig. So with trepidation I focused on the rhythm of the trailer and touched the break lightly as the trailer swung past the rear of the car ... and we slowed down.
We were speechless for about 10 minutes!
The rest of the trip was quite a bit slower but uneventful!
