Holden Report - January 2001
  • We started the year with a Holden 'working bee'. After spending hours at home over the xmas break sanding the '2nd hand doors' they were taken out to Paraparaumu to Dave Wilton's (friendly Holden repairman) workshop for a spray. Starting at 10am in the morning and 15 hours later the Holden's doors had been succesfully replaced. Not without the odd hiccup though! After the 4th coat of yellow spray with 1 coat left to do both Dave and Carl thought that 'the other person' was holding the door up. 2 brand new freshly sprayed doors fell over on one another creating a scratch mark the size of the grand canyon down one of the doors. Many swear words (and beers) later the doors were restored.

  • Holden Fact No.36: Holden doors are not designed to stand up on their own.

  • Holden Fact No.37: It takes 3 people to succesfully get a Holden door back on.

  • Interior of Holden becomes 'music to the ears'. On the return journey to Wellington from Paraparaumu the band was able to experience the new sound of the Holden. The replaced seals/doors have made the Holden very quiet at high speeds of 50 and 60mph.

  • Holden begins Botanical Garden's concert. As part of the Wellington concert series in the botanical gardens Uncle Monkey performed to a capacity crowd on a balmy Tuesday evening. To begin the show (and with the help of Travis Wood - stand in driver) the band made their entry in their Holden Kingswood.

  • Carl get's 'Driver of the Month' for attracting $92 worth of parking tickets...and nearly leaving the petrol cap on the roof (again).

  • Dean Webley gets runner up 'Driver of the Month' for jamming the Holden in 1st gear twice.

  • Parking fiasco. The lads have been busy rehearsing and recording in Wellington central during January and there is just nowhere to park without spending lots of cash. So, the boys have been taking turns moving the vehicle around every couple of hours between the 1 hour parking spots.

  • The Holden was featured in Uncle Monkey's World Tour calendar this month.

  • The Holden turned 29 years old this month. Next January we are going to throw the Holden a 30th birthday party where all guests must bring 'something for the vehicle'. Start putting your thinking caps on now. Some ideas might be...polish, fluffy dice, spare petrol can (preferably full), a new dipstick, cellphone holder, CD player, a voucher for a 'wheel alignment', new front bench seat, interior carpets, yellow spray paint, rear door handle, new horn, oil, rear speakers, new hubcaps, alternater, motor, body and new chassis...
Holden Report
(previous editions) 		- December 2k
- November 2k
- October 2k
- September 2k (No issue - Holden parked up.)
- August 2k
- May 2k (Special Edition - while overseas.)
- April 2k
- March 2k
- February 2k
- January 2k
- December '99
- November '99
- July '99 (Special Edition - while overseas.)
- March '99
- February '99
- January '99 (No issue - Holden parked up.)
- December '98
- November '98
- October '98
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