Tweed Heads Cont...

Bit of a boys day out, Paul & I went to find an old wrecking yard we saw from the M1 the other day on our southbound return from Mt Tambourine. Trouble is we were travelling north and there's a big bit of the eastern side of the road you just can't see. Not to worry, we found ourselves at Exit 66 which happily can be taken to get to the Gold Coast Highway where Rare Spares and Route 66 Spares is located. This is a treat for both of us as it's owned and operated by two old mates, Reg & Sandi Vine. Judy and I found them last year and promised to come back and bring my brother Paul. We all first met in the early days of the computer industry in about 1970. Reg worked for Control Data Corporation, stationed at the Bureau of Census and Statistics in George Street Sydney, where I had my first computer job and its where I met Judy who was a Public Servant and was the Magnetic Tape Librarian and later a Computer Operator.

Judy and I joined the Renault Car Club where we met Reg's wife Sandi. We all went our own ways eventually, and I met Reg again many years later when I worked for Wang in Canberra and he worked for them in Bathurst. We kept up a very sporadic contact over the years,visiting them at Runaway Bay and of course last year at Rare Spares at Labrador. Anyhow we had a really nice time chatting and drinking coffee before Paul and I took our leave, this time with instructions on how to find that elusive wrecking yard.

This time we drove right past it again, doubled back, got boxed in just behind it, asked directions and finally pulled up out the front of it. The attraction was an FJ Holden parked on the first floor verandah but the rest of the yard was just an overgrown jumble of not very interesting dead cars of the 80s. The only life form there was a fearless guard dog, so a few snaps was our lot and we were of again.

We all finshed up the day by having a pizza feast with our kids who had spent the day at Movie World.

Snap of the Day

Reg & Sandi Vine and Paul Black. Old mates meet again!