Manx Buggy Club - Fraser Island Trip - Pictures and info !!

Pete · 2008-09-15T09:28:09+00:00

Whats going on with the fraser trip and who is going? How many buggies are going?

LIFE IN THE LOW LANE All people have the right to stupidity but some abuse the pr

2,534 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 26 Oct 2008, 7:19 pm

#676744

The " I know boats" syndrome is something that has amused me for years. I have a 4WD so I wont get stuck LOL.

Personally Hire Troopies are the vein of my existence. not knowing which way they are heading on the beach is drama in a big bus. Beach has a slope, you indicate which way you are going and all you see if the drivers arms crossing up and the car lurching every way. I simply stop and wait for them to go past cause a bus can be pretty top heavy and she can lean pretty hard and end up on it's side if you do something stupid.

Best way to avoid them in a buggy is drop the tyres real low and stay up in the soft stuff LOL. the hard sand bandits are the ones who cause you the most drama and they stay near (or in) the water LOL.

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MUD BASHING ANYONE ?? Wolfsburg Wizard

591 posts · joined May 2004 · 26 Oct 2008, 8:00 pm

#676752

I only stayed for a few days but had to go home on monday my co pilot who at the last minute found out that i didnt have anyone coming with me decided to invite himself and he is a strange person at the best of times and i thought it best to go home before he did something stupid and made a good week a bad one the people who met him know what i mean,
but in my short stay i did manage to have a heap of fun the best was pete smoking the chuppa chup he came outside coughing and spitting and saying somthing about smoking a chuppa chup so i found out later that laura or someone bought along a smoking thing (bong) used for smoking indian/ arabic tabaco that was flavered with apple/grape and another with berry or somthing and they were all giving it a go pete thought he would be brave and i beleave he was not impressed

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11CAB If ya got it....Baja it

4,674 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 26 Oct 2008, 8:08 pm

#676755

This is the Porsche that Barry was talking about.... It was taken at the Freshwater track. We happily idled around through the soft sand in our 2wd Kombi, but the guy driving the 4wd Porsche wouldnt let his tyre pressures down. We offered to help, but with that attitude we left them to themselves and just took pics.

I'm happy to help anyone on the beach or bush, but when they wont listen and they know better, well then we'll just drive on.

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Brad Wolfsburg Elder

3,764 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 26 Oct 2008, 8:30 pm

#676762

For all those who are chassing mor buggy fix's than they can find I am currently putting togeather a DVD of the trip. Although I am a You Tube newby I think I have managed to upload a quick snipit showing the EG 33 powered Baja bus built by Custom Vee Dub. Luckily for me I write code much better than I edit Video's and as this is one of my first and it took about 5 mins to do the product shows this.

I have about 5 hrs of footage to flog through in search of stuff worth editing, so much crap .. we really need to invest in some tripods.

Oh well I hope you enjoy it, if I get a chance I will post a short one of Buggy Boat .....

Brad
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4,674 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 26 Oct 2008, 8:42 pm

#676768

whats the address?

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2,672 posts · joined Jun 2008 · 26 Oct 2008, 8:50 pm

#676770

In my earlier years we flooded and bogged a couple of buggies on Manning Point beach but not quite to this extent. You guys look to be having as much fun as we did back then. Les

izac Wolfsburg Wizard

508 posts · joined Jun 2008 · 26 Oct 2008, 8:55 pm

#676772

Buggy Brad wrote:...I think I have managed to upload a quick snipit showing the EG 33 powered Baja bus built by Custom Vee Dub.

hey brad are you sure its on there, just did a quick search and couldnt find it 😁

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2,220 posts · joined May 2007 · 26 Oct 2008, 9:08 pm

#676774

Link : http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyT2zq00GTU

Looks like a ton of fun !!!

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Brad Wolfsburg Elder

3,764 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 26 Oct 2008, 9:09 pm

#676776

oops yeah there it is.

Damn the quality SUX .... oh well more to learn

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4,674 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 26 Oct 2008, 9:15 pm

#676779

Looks like you guys had fun

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izac Wolfsburg Wizard

508 posts · joined Jun 2008 · 26 Oct 2008, 9:23 pm

#676780

thats awesome well done brad 👍

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783 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 26 Oct 2008, 9:26 pm

#676782

I spotted the buggy with TOY numberplate and a COR sticker on the front at the eurong beach resort parked in front of the bakery on friday night! I went over last thursday for a few days, came back today! I was hoping I would see a buggy or a baja, it made my day 😀

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Brad Wolfsburg Elder

3,764 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 26 Oct 2008, 10:26 pm

#676792

well there was plenty of us there all week.

The Toy numbers belong to Troy and it is a Manx style with a Mazda V6 in it .... nice buggy, goes very well

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bond Veteran Volks Folk

2,456 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 27 Oct 2008, 6:31 am

#676810

so does custom vee dub do subaru conversions???

nick

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3,764 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 27 Oct 2008, 7:31 am

#676817

bond wrote:so does custom vee dub do subaru conversions???

nick

hmm I think so, I would say that was what the sticker said but Andrew forgot to put one on his bus.

That being said out of the 4 Subaru powered VW's there Custom Vee Dub had either done it drive in / drive out or supplied the parts and advice for the owners to do it themselves.

If you want to know more about it then contact them direct or visit their website www.customveedub.com.au

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Brad Wolfsburg Elder

3,764 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 27 Oct 2008, 9:29 am

#676825

11CAB wrote:Looks like you guys had fun

Yep we did, it was great wether, great people. We did learn a lot about things and have already booked for the 2010 Fraser Island Trip which will be bookings in advance only and have the following rules:

- Payment must be made in FULL prior to 1 Jan 09.
- Offroad VW's only ie Buggies / Baja's (No 4WD's)
- All vehicles MUST HAVE the Vehicle mounted UHF.
- All vehicles MUST HAVE Approved front and rear tow points.
- All vehicles MUST HAVE an "Approved Snatch Strap".

It just looses some of the appeal when you have 4WD's in the group and people without good UHF comms are a PITA. Recovery points you would think where obvious along with a snatch strap, but not obvious enough for some people.

2010 will also be the year of the Buggy and with effect 1 Jan 10 these rules will apply to all Manx Club events to ensure a higher level of safety and fun for all.

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2,534 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 27 Oct 2008, 1:09 pm

#676840

So can Kombi's come or what??

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3,764 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 27 Oct 2008, 9:14 pm

#676920

LIFE IN THE LOW LANE wrote:So can Kombi's come or what??

If you have a Baja Kombi then yes as it would be a Baja. If you had a stock kombi then No and I don't wat to spend all day pulling you out or watching you dig

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LIFE IN THE LOW LANE All people have the right to stupidity but some abuse the pr

2,534 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 27 Oct 2008, 11:10 pm

#676938

mmm Might have to get my cousin to revive the split panel van for another beach session......

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Brad Wolfsburg Elder

3,764 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 28 Oct 2008, 9:45 am

#676983

LIFE IN THE LOW LANE wrote:mmm Might have to get my cousin to revive the split panel van for another beach session......

Yes Please ... that bus was one very cool split, never seen another one like it.

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Pauld Officially Full-On Dubber

204 posts · joined Sep 2008 · 28 Oct 2008, 10:49 am

#676991

could i superglue my vdub badge to the sierra and promise to leave it in 2wd, that looks like heaps of fun. cool vid

Brad Wolfsburg Elder

3,764 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 28 Oct 2008, 11:08 am

#676993

Pauld wrote:could i superglue my vdub badge to the sierra and promise to leave it in 2wd, that looks like heaps of fun. cool vid

Ahh nope.... cause a Sierra in 2WD would get bogged more than a kombi.

It was gr8 fun, wait to you see Water Boy and Buggy Boat.

Brad
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Pauld Officially Full-On Dubber

204 posts · joined Sep 2008 · 28 Oct 2008, 1:39 pm

#677005

not with 31's aired down with the lockright in the rear havent found any sand that it does get stuck in provided you keep the revs up

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3,764 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 28 Oct 2008, 1:47 pm

#677007

Pauld wrote:not with 31's aired down with the lockright in the rear havent found any sand that it does get stuck in provided you keep the revs up

So if you badge it as a buggy, drive it as a buggy then you think it with proform as a buggy ?

I have driven a few Sierra's over the years and I found them damn scary on teh beach trying to drive at speed. I have never seen a Sierra doi 80 kmph at high tide :>

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Pauld Officially Full-On Dubber

204 posts · joined Sep 2008 · 28 Oct 2008, 4:51 pm

#677035

no that is true, 30-40 on the soft stuff, 60-70 closer to the water

Brad Wolfsburg Elder

3,764 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 28 Oct 2008, 5:42 pm

#677052

I tried doing 60 in my 80 series along the top and Jen was hanging on for dear life. Blew shock as the cruiser sure ain't no buggy ..

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HEL-70Y Officially Full-On Dubber

247 posts · joined May 2005 · 18 Nov 2008, 8:09 am

#680157

phantom wrote:The buggy in the water, how did it fare after that shot? Ingested water and unable to keep going?

Great shots, thanks for posting....starting to wonder why I sold my buggy. Oh, thats right...Canberra winter....

MY buggy is still going 😀 tow'd it back to the house after the creek inicident and drained the oil, pulled the plugs and stuff, wacked her back together and she fired up no no worries ready for another action packed day. Few drama's after i got her back to syd but alll in all she's pretty much back to square 1 now, running well and prepared for summer and stockton!

& i swear it wasnt my fault getting stuck in there, i was driving in the shallow part until a wave crashed over the sand bank (and me) and drifted my buggy to the middle of the lake.

Hows the DVD going Brad? cant wait to see !!

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1,429 posts · joined Aug 2003 · 18 Nov 2008, 9:50 am

#680175

HEL-70Y wrote:& i swear it wasnt my fault getting stuck in there, i was driving in the shallow part until a wave crashed over the sand bank (and me) and drifted my buggy to the middle of the lake.

Dude, I'm pretty sure you were driving, that makes it your fault 😂

The tide had been coming in for hours, it was only a matter of time until the waves came over the sand bank.

What is it with Gen Y and not taking responsibility for their own actions. 🤪

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subisupa Seriously Crusin Dubber

135 posts · joined Aug 2007 · 18 Nov 2008, 12:24 pm

#680198

Well as far as 2010 goes I should have my buggy done by then and maybe mat will have a new front end. They type that won't fall off.

Brad Wolfsburg Elder

3,764 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 18 Nov 2008, 3:43 pm

#680220

subisupa wrote:Well as far as 2010 goes I should have my buggy done by then and maybe mat will have a new front end. They type that won't fall off.

Hopefully you will also give it some TLC, an Air Cleaner, and some better tyres :>

Brad
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