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Australia's Number One Auto Legend Found in Coober Pedy Outback Communities Newspaper Est 1982 ISSN 1833-1831 Tel: 08 86725 920 http://cooberpedyregionaltimes.wordpress.com Thursday 26 April 2012 AUSTRALIA’S NUMBER ONE AUTO LEGEND FOUND IN COOBER PEDY The Grand Prize winner of a newly launched competition JUST AUTO LEGENDS is local Coober Pedy resident, Dave Sawyers or Swampy as he is fondly known by his mates. Swampy, a self-employed electrician, entered into the competition online with video evidence of his life’s passion for automobiles, their parts and associated uses. As a consequence he takes home a $6,000 Sidchrome tool kit, and he will appear on the cover of JUST Cars – May 2012 edition. Living underground in Coober Pedy, Swampys auto lair takes the term “man cave” to a whole new level. Above ground, his property looks like a scene from Mad Max - a post-apocolyptic car yard with around 30 unique vehicles from old racing cars, vans converted to workshops, scooters, demolition derby cars, Fords from previous decades and a caravan. There’s a BBQ that’s tucked away in the boot of an old Kingswood, a hose reel fashioned from a Ford mag, and a Ford branded doorbell. Yes, the number one JUST AUTO LEGEND is a Ford man. Inside Swampy’s man cave is realised the full extent of this auto nut’s obsession. Everything is made from car parts. The banister on the stair case is made from prop shafts, the heater in the lounge made from an old engine block, the ambient lighting is courtesy of a traffic light, and there’s a car being rebuilt in the centre of the living room. Local Electrician Dave “Swampy” Sawyers after winning Australia’s No 1 Just Auto Legend and being presented with a $6,000 Sidchrome tool kit. Photo: Les Pullen There are only two things in Swampy’s house that aren’t connected to auto – his beloved dog and his patient wife. with their “other loves”, and there’s three kids named industry peers including Russell White, who runs the after cars, one who had a car themed wedding cake and Australian Ford Forums; the boys who started the now “If I need more room in my workshop, I just dig out the even a dog name Axle. The search might have even world No. 1 online car show, Mighty Car Mods; Andrew walls a bit further,” Swampy explained of his ever- answered the great Aussie divide over Ford vs Holden – Byrnes who has spent over $2 million on his car collection; increasing man cave. with one member having invested $3.5 million into his creator of the popular motorcycle blog Bike Exif, Chris lifelong passion for Fords. Hunter; and Scotty from Scotty’s Garage, who gets over The cumulative figure that the Top 20 auto enthusiasts 17 million views on his YouTube Channel. have spent on their auto passions exceeds $5.5 million. Dave “Swampy” Sawyers has enjoyed a strong Between them they have owned in excess of 1000 vehicles. involvement with the local Speedway in Coober Pedy and Just Auto will be starting their search for 2013’s JUST his. absolute automotive obsession has seen him named AUTO LEGENDS soon! They’ve clocked up a sum total of 200,000 hours tinkering the country’s number one auto enthusiast, ahead of cult SERVING THE OPAL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD SINCE 1982 The COOBER PEDY REGIONAL TIMES available ‘WORLD WIDE’ READ Newspaper FREE online at: http://cooberpedyregionaltimes.wordpress.com PO Box 275 Coober Pedy SA 5723 Ph: (08) 8672 5920 Email: MARGARET MACKAY has been INVITATION [email protected] the Editor of CPRT since 2005 and covers general news stories, photography, advertising and Next Newspapers coordinates community Farewell drinks with contributions. Thursday 10 May Thursday 24 May Trevor & Kate McLeod Thursday 7 June Thursday 21 June Dear Everyone, Space booked by Wed (week prior) SUE BRITT has contributed Kate and I are having a few farewell drinks from 6.30 pm onwards articles and photographs of local this Saturday night (28th) at the RSL. Pizza Bar is supplying a few Material must be in Fri prior interest since 1993. Sue works as a volunteer in the local nibbles. Advertising Rates commmunity and has a strong We’d love to see you there before we head off on Monday. I don’t Black & White interest in crafts and history. have email addresses for a number of people so please feel free Display $6.50 per cm/col to pass on the invite those whose company we’ve enjoyed during Classified $8.00 per cm/col our time here in Coober Pedy. Many thanks. Colour on Application All the best Inserts on Application TANYA LAUDER commenced at Trevor and Kate DCCP as Child Community Links ___________________ DISTRIBUTING 4,500 + to Officer in 2005. Tanya’s roundup of children & family events, The new Chief Executive Officer at the District Council of Coober SA : ADELAIDE CENTRAL activities and playgroups are a Pedy is Mr Phil Cameron who officially commenced work on . Also Cavan, Bute, Pt. Pirie, Dublin, Minlaton, Pt. huge bonus for remote families Broughton, PT. AUGUSTA, Snowtown, Pt. Wakefield, as well as helpful parenting tips. Monday 23rd April 2012. * Bute IGA 9 High St, Bute, SA * Snowtown IGA 36 Railway Tce, * Port Broughton IGA 27 Harvey St CPRT CONTRIBUTOR INFO * Dublin BP Lot 7 Port Wakefield Rd, The Coober Pedy Regional Times became a FREE * Port Wakefield BP Truckstop Newspaper in 2006, increasing its distribution to 4,500 22 Snowtown Rd Port Wakefield CHARLIE-PARIS is Coober Pedy hard copies + digital online download, promoting news, and the Outback’s, one and only events and distributing to our regional towns. Groups Ceduna/Thevenard, Pt. Lincoln, Penong, Fowlers Bay, Dog Reporter. Charlie sniffs out wishing to promote their events will find the following Coorabie, Nundroo, Yalata, Jacinth Ambrosia, Nullabor, the canine’s perspective, thus points helpful Eucla and Border Village lifting the profile of the average Woomera, Roxby Downs, Hawker, Leigh Creek, Arkaroola, Important points for Marree, Copley, Parachilna, Nepabunna, Lyndhurst Quorn street dog. Charlie’s views draw and Stations, Innamincka, Andamooka, Pimba, Glendambo, a wide audience. submitting articles Kingoonya, Tarcoola, Cook, Prominent Hill Village, 1.) Aim for a 300 word story, if you are sending a COOBER PEDY, Cadney Park and Stations, Marla, KEVIN WOON has been News Article. Mintabie, Oodnadatta, William Creek and Stations, Witjira - associated with CPRT 2. If wanting an “Advertorial”, please enquire about the both in a committee Dalhousie All Communities: APY Lands, cost first. capacity and as a 3.) )Names and Captions need to accompany your NT : Kulgera, Erldunda, Yulara Stuart Well, ALICE supporter over many JOHN DI DONNA’s coverage of photos + DO NOT REDUCE PHOTOS SPRINGS, Aileron, Kings Canyon, Tennant Creek, the shooter’s club activity years. Kevin’s knowlege of the town and it’s 4.) DO NOT attach photos to MICROSOFT WORD reaches out to the community, http://cooberpedyregionaltimes.wordpress.com issues makes him a documents. the region and interstate. The valuable contributor 5.) DO NOT send information on MICROSOFT Copyright Notice Shooters event is a great PUBLISHER All of the content published by CPRT, including ambassador for the town. 6) WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY is the LATEST material articles, photos, images, graphics, advertising, can be accepted layout, printing plate content and related material, 7.) Deadline dates are on the LHS of this page (check is owned by CPRT, or by other information b4 sending) providers who have licensed their content for use Other CPRT contributors include: in this publication. Additionally, the entire content 8.) Advertisers may be entitled to editorials of the Coober Pedy Regional Times past and 9.) Sponsorship or media coverage for clubs is by present is copyrighted as a collective work under Veronica Hartnett Mintabie District arrangement Australian copyright laws and may not be Email: [email protected] reproduced without written authorisation. The Helen Williams William Creek owner of the collective work is the Coober Pedy Lynnie Plate Oodnadatta SUBMISSIONS not received by Friday, prior Regional Times Newspaper. to printing may or may not appear CROSSWORD 7 DAY WEATHER at a GLANCE from 10/4/2012 Coober Pedy Oodnadatta Tarcoola Andamooka Wind Rain Hum Min Max 22 km/h WED Most ly Sunny. Cool. - 32% 12 21 SSE 16 km/h THU Most ly Sunny. Cool. - 35% 14 22 SSE 17 km/h FRI Mostly Sunny. Mild. - 35% 15 23 SSE 17 km/h SAT Mostly Sunny. Mild. Dry. - 29% 14 24 E 9 km/h SUN High Level Clouds. Mild. Dry. - 29% 15 24 NE 9 km/h MON Mostly Sunny. Mild. Dry. - 27% 16 25 N TUE Sunny. Warm. Dry. 4 km/h - 21% 16 26 N Disclaimer: Opinions and letters published in The Coober Pedy Regional Times are not necessarily the views of the Editor, or Publisher. The Coober Pedy Regional Times reserves the right to edit or omit copy, in accordance with newspaper policies. Letters to the Editor must be attributed with a name, address and contact phone number - names and town of origin will be printed, or may be withheld at the Editor’s discretion. During the course of any election campaign, letters to the editor dealing with election issues or similar material must contain the author’s name and street address (not PO Box) for publication.” Page 2 Coober Pedy Regional Times Thursday 26 April 2012 FARINA TOWNSHIP THROW - Coober Pedy - DOWN CRICKET CHALLENGE! An underground city, built After their debut on the 1 April as a brand new from the profits of opal team, the Coober Pedy Cricket Team is shaping up to make the Far North proud of its sportmen after the town successfully pulled together a winning team in April to play Prominent Hill.
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