Australian Amusement Fanatics

I know we have around 4-5 Ali baba's.I know of the supanova, veruth's, marshall's and that's all. Also, that alibaba bought from the uk, was bought by John Phelan. He is currently fixin it up and should b out soon. I'll also get sum pics of it soon

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Top Gunner14

Would really appreciate photo's once its done.

If its the one I worked on (which at that time was the only one traveling in the England), it was a smart machine. I did hear it had a few problems a few years later.

I could never work out why more of the rides didn't travel in England, its a relatively easy ride to move, gives good height on a midway, and seems to be rather succesful.

Not saying it compares to a Rainbow at all of course.

Yeh, i'll have sum pics soon. It is compact, takes bout 2 hrs to set up and take down

get rid of them all I say HAHAHA

phelan's was at RYE this summer..... to be honest it just didnt fit in with Zipper, and Pirate and Taipan....

O'NEILLS Pleaseeeee get Rainbow out more! I wish you guys would do rye HAHA, god what a dream

That was Marshall's at rye. Phelan's isn't out yet. And dreams come true u no huss. There r talks of another rainbow coming. Its possible that it mite b coming. I no who the showmen is that mite b buyin it

Top Gunner14 wrote:That was Marshall's at rye. Phelan's isn't out yet. And dreams come true u no huss. There r talks of another rainbow coming. Its possible that it mite b coming. I no who the showmen is that mite b buyin it

Really? I'm guessing it won't be brand new but I'm not too choosy, so long as it works! Can you give us a hint as to when it might be arriving?

Its already here. Its 2nd hand. I think john's fixin it up and will b out soon

A RAINBOW IS HERE? UMMMM more info please!!!

Wow! Surely we'll see this awesome ride return to all the capital shows now there are two in the country.

Top Gunner, I presume we are talking about John Phelan here? Could you please give us more information on this Rainbow.

Ali Baba's are silly excuses for a ride... I dunno... they just don't do much... and Verfurths is in need of a service BAD

These r just talks. The owner is still thinking about buyin it. Hopefully it does come. If it does hopefully it'll go to ore than just sydney royal Lol. It is possible but i'm not sure yet. It's a park model that's for sale and he'll convert it if he buys it. Just about John Phelan's Ali baba, he is giving the it a couple of repairs, a coat of paint and will b going soon. If he does buy it i'll tell u the mystery buyer. Hope it does come

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Top Gunner14

mmmmm a couple of repairs I have heard it has needed about a 50,000 dollar refurbishment.

top gunner, sounds good... would be good seeing another rainbow on the circuit

I was told that it would almost be impossible to convert a fixed park Rainbow to a mobile Rainbow, have you any thoughts Zamperla

I wouldn't say impossible, but one would need to ask whether the money spent on conversion would be viable to travel one. Even park model Rainbows are still built on the same basic chassis that travelling ones are as far as I know.

HUSS rides are generally built to strict spec's, as far as park vs travelling - e.g Wittingslow's Ranger from Expo 88, originally a park model, but converted to a road model by an Australian company - wheels added to the base, hydraulic ram added to raise the centre section and a trailer made to transport the gondola.

Ok, thanks, this will be interesting to see how it goes.

Yes the Huss Ranger currently at Luna Park has had a lot of work done on it over the years; some would say too much. It runs a lot slower than it used to, probably because of the noise and it was completely pulled apart and refurbished before the most recent reopening in 2004. Actually, it's the Ranger that is causing the most controversy with local residents. Dad told me recently he could see right into someone's lounge room from the top of it. I've always been of the oppinion the houses shouldn't've been built there in the first place; a debate for another forum I expect. Sorry for going a bit off topic.

That's what i think ben. They knew the park was there and the rides were there, why build the apartments and move in when u know, that there will b noise. Really it's there own fault. Anyway, back 2 the rainbow, the showmen looking at it said that there r already the trailers for it to b converted. It would b great to c it travel. He said when he was younger, he worked for wittingslow and hes put it up and taken down alot. So hes very familiar in using it. Hopefully he does travel it to some local shows (like hawkesbury) and take it to melbourne, brissie and even adelaide.

As for the Ali baba, i was talkin to John the other day and he was talking about what repairs it needed. He said that his had to buy a couple of new parts, the bearing that holds the seat on needed to b fixed, and a couple of other things. He has set it up and operated it at his yard but it has had a couple of probs. He said that they just operated it very differently in Ireland compared to what they do over here. When his finished fixin it, he'll give it a coat of paint and it will b on the road.

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Top Gunner14

oh this guy sounds awesome! hopefully he does buy it, would be awesome to see it travel...

lol id love to work on it... haha and id have to buy another rainbow model, to model it after haha

Its a bloke everyone knows. I was talking to my mate yesterday who is good friends with the bloke and he said its a 50/50 chance he'll buy it. Nxt time i c him or talk to him huss, i could put in a word for u if u want thats if he does buy it

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Top Gunner14

Lol you are so easily please Huss, all anyone has to do is buy a Rainbow and you will be their friend for life. lol.

ur right Lol!

Huss, I bags the first ride on the Rainbow when you get to operate it. Make sure it's a really long ride!

Thats if he does et a job Lol. Hope it does come. That showmen , u know who i am and i know who u r, u've got to buy it. PLEASE!!!