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Westfalia paddock restoration - Shitbox Rally 2013
JayBone - March 27th, 2013 at 01:17 PM

Some of you may be aware that myself and a colleague will be taking part in the 2013 Shitbox rally.

The Rally is a charity event for the Cancer Council.

The rally involves us buying a vehicle for under $1000 (roadworthy and registered) and driving this vehicle cross country from Adelaide to Freemantle (via Uluru) in 7 days.

I had a dream about doing the rally in an old VW. A friend found a Kombi in a paddock in NSW for $500 and told me about it. I thought it would be a good idea to spend a weekend trying to rescue it and to do that I assembled a crack team of Dubbers (Julian, Ken, Lewis, Mitch, Curtis and myself), and we did it! and these are the pics (in no particular order).....enjoy

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We have to raise $4000 for the charity to qualify, so if you are feeling charitable and would like to help this rescued kombi fulfil its destiny you can donate to the cause at the following link:


http://fundraise.shitboxrally.com.au/wolf_creek_taxi_co 


Hope you enjoyed the pics, and thanks for your support :)


BargeArse - March 27th, 2013 at 06:03 PM

And what a lot of fun it was helping out too. Thanks for letting us be a part of it Jon. :)


Super1302 - April 21st, 2013 at 08:54 AM

Interesting, hope you get there


Doug Sweetman - April 21st, 2013 at 11:13 AM

Epic. Love it !


Scottkombi - April 25th, 2013 at 04:49 PM

Jon is about to leave now and has progressed the shitbox with some minor welding the odd urgent repair where things have died and has organised both a fantastic set of artwork down the sides plus transport to the start line in Adelaide.

The shibox kombi looks great now and worth sponsoring.


Hefner - April 30th, 2013 at 09:23 PM

That looks like out near UKI, Good luck with the Rally!