Spotted an Oka
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Posts: 199 Hi all, been busy working on 112 every chance i can.. With n 1 - 2 weekends away from paint.. We're in alice this week for the fink race and spotted 2 OKAs already. One i think was tony lee? Will post some more pics of 112 tebuild soon (ish). Tony if your in alice and want to say hi let me know.
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June 7, 2012 at 10:21 PM Flag Quote & Reply
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There are four Oka's in or around Alice at the moment, might be out of town while it is busy over the weekend though.
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June 8, 2012 at 6:15 PM Flag Quote & Reply
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Yeah, I caught up with Tony this morning as he was leaving van park. We are at same one . If i see any of you I'll give you a yell.. Have a great CSR trip.
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June 8, 2012 at 11:07 PM
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By the way, it's this vehicle in the sunset shot that is (currently at least) at the top of this page; recognisable in part because this very early NT had the round tanks like XTs and LTs, whereas later ones had the squarish tanks.
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I know this is a poor effort without a pic, but the photo I took with my phone last night didn't work - sorry.
Not an OKA but I was amused to see a small white bus, like a HiAce or similar, at a Carnarvon fuel stop yesterday. It was built to the hilt with snorkel, spare on the bullbar, all the campervan accoutrements, but the thing that particularly grabbed me was the stickers on both front doors, just below the wing mirrors where we have ours - his said "MiniOKA".
Then today I found the photo... somehow...
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That's an intercooler pipe over on the left under there - he has it working well - even accelerates up hills...
Fuel tanks were interesting - I'll post about them in the Fuel Tanks topic later on.
021 is still a working farm truck, but Dave does plan to keep it and re-skin it when the rust demands it.
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Intercooler is one thing I would like to add, seems a few have done it, but no real write up, apart from Tim`s.
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but can't remember if OKA put the inter cooler on as well.
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After a long day at work today, I was sitting in a chair on the beach reading a book, in front of my van. You know, I got the customary looks, and then a couple approached me.
They told me that 2 weeks ago at the Mammoth Cave (near Margaret River) they met a couple that were from Brisbane and were traveling in their OKA around Australia. That OKA was called "his and hers" or something like it. They could not remember the OKA owners' names either. The OKA had a high roof, and big tyres. For the rest their memory failed. Sorry, the couple were short on the kind of details OKA owners are renowned for. They were driving one of those Alpine Winnebago vans. I suppose that is a redeeming factor.
PS they had their Winnebago parked on the road.
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I'll encourage David with 021 to share intercooler details - I might not catch him again before he leaves.
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Hi Len & Rina, nice spot on the Belvedere peninsula, except for the mozzies that frequent that area. Good beach fishing for taylor this time of the year.
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While I was in a waiting room today I was flicking through a 4WD Action magazine collector series and spotted this picture if I can upload it. The photo was taken in the Flinders Ranges.
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looks like one of his nt's going buy the rims.
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We camped with these guys for a night on their property near New Norfolk just north of Hobart in the Derwent valley. We then stayed for 3 more while we day-tripped into Hobart. Great hospitality.
141 is a very neat motorhome with a surprising amount of room inside easily enough for 2 people to pass each other.
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Several days ago I saw a QLD registered Oka passing through our home town of Bega. I had just parked mine around the corner, and my first thought was " Some bas%$#@ has pinched my Oka"
The I saw the label "Alsoka" and felt comforted! Al, are you on this site?
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Paul
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