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 Brad
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| posted on December 1st, 2003 at 09:56 PM |
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Were Back !!!
Wow what a great weekend. Weather was awesome and the people who came where all very cool. A lot was learnt buy many and the final vehicle count was
15....
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MickH
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| posted on December 1st, 2003 at 09:59 PM |
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Only 15????Wot happened to all the udder ppl???:cry
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Brad
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| posted on December 1st, 2003 at 10:06 PM |
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mm
I think Jon pretty much said it all !!!:thumb:thumb
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Brad
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| posted on December 1st, 2003 at 10:08 PM |
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mmm
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Only 15????Wot happened to all the udder ppl???:cry
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WHO CARES ?? we had a ball with what we had and that is the aim of the game. Got heaps of cool video and pics and a DVD will be burnt once it is
edited.
You will all be happy to know the first person to get bogged on Fraser was ME :cry Boozer came close but I think I beat him.
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Brad
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| posted on December 1st, 2003 at 10:10 PM |
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mmmm
Soft Sand :o:o
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wibble
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| posted on December 1st, 2003 at 10:51 PM |
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good to see John got bogged too
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| posted on December 1st, 2003 at 10:58 PM |
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oh yeah before you bag me out for not being there, I bought another house on the weekend (well the bank did hopefully) with plenty of room to bring
the max home and finish it and give the manx a birthday with room to spare:thumb:thumb
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| posted on December 2nd, 2003 at 05:54 AM |
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Glad yous had a good time. Hopefully my buggy will be ready next time and
then we can see how it goes against the mega manx Hey?????
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| posted on December 2nd, 2003 at 09:29 AM |
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hmmm it was pretty close Brad but I think you did get bogged first
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| posted on December 2nd, 2003 at 10:20 AM |
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Well here's my weekend...
got back from Townsville friday night and madly prepared and packed the car, so got to bed late.
woke up very early saturday ate some breakfast and headed off to the meeting place. Felt very ill and had to keep stopping at servo's on the way
Eventually got to the meeting place a little late and felt like sh*t. Told
Brad I didn't know if I'd make it, so tranferred the group esky to his car. I took some medication then parked beside a truck in the shade
to rest for 1 hour and see if I felt up to going.
An hour after the others left I figured I would soldier on. I managed to catch up about 1/2 an hour on the highway, and a bit more getting permits and
fuel so they didn't end up waiting very long for me.
We went over on the barge and brad got stuck being silly, but it was funny so I got a pic. Darryl gave Brad whiplash pulling him out.
We continued down the rough inland track til we found a cutting which turned out to be very very soft. I hit it about 4000rpm in first and started to
slow, I figured I would stick it in 2nd and flatten it, but unfortunately I bogged down and stopped. 2nd attempt, I figured if I hit it in 4,500 in
first again and don't grab second, I will be fine. wrong. 3rd attempt, I figured I needed to swing wide at the start and keep speed like brad
did, and this time I hit it at 7,500rpm, made it at last. That cutting claimed a lot of bogged buggies and baja's. It was the one place where the
hilux had an advantage over us :cussing
Finally out on the open beach I was having fun, gassing it in 2nd gear allowed gentle powerslides up to and over 100kph! It was fun for sure.
Eventually made it to our campsite site and set-up for the night. Late afternoon me and Brad got up to our usually antics of stirring each other and
challenged each other to a sand drag race. We decided to race about 100m, so that we didn't exceed the 80kph speedlimit, or not by much anyway.
I went out and lined up at the start line, brad pulled up beside me. The crowd of onlookers had gathered on the dune to watch the action. Terry felt
brave and stood between us to wave us off for a start. I reversed back a little, gassed it, and lined up again (warming my tyres of course  )
Terry's arms dropped and so did the clutches. First gear was all wheelspin for both of us, but I was edging ahead. Brad grabbed second and I
continued to slowly pull away. Then I grabbed second, my go-fast in the sand gear. The back end squatted and it started to hook up, I started pulling
away really really fast making Brad look like he was standing still. It was fun :thumb Terry got the best view, and my 100m long dual tyre tracks were
cool too!
We had dinner and told stories, tried to plan events etc. My stomach was still feeling weak. We woke up the next morning and I had breakfast but still
felt seedy. We started our journey north to the lighthouse. Just before happy valley my clutch stopped working. It felt like a broken clutch cable
(lucky I carry a spare). I managed to go down the gears clutchless and park up happy valley. I crawled underneath and the cable was fine. weird. after
some tinkering we decided it was terminal, something like broken throw-out release forks or something. I left the baja and went with brad up to Eli
creek.
A couple of other guys were heading home sunday, so I opted to head off now with them so I could fix my car. We had a few dramas with the tides but
eventually I drove from happy valley on fraser island to brisbane with no clutch. Thanks to Tom for staying with me the whole way to ensure I made it.
Then monday morning I washed the car and parked it in the shed. That's when I noticed the radiator dripping. overnight it had somehow gotten two
holes in it. very weird. very lucky I hadn't stayed on fraser the extra night, I would've been stuffed :o
Still not sure why it holed, maybe alloy corrosion on the beach? who knows.
So last year I was the only one to have no dramas, and this year I had all the dramas. Ironic isn't it.
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Brad
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| posted on December 2nd, 2003 at 12:43 PM |
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Fraser ....
it was fun what else can be said.
Waiting for the Barge to come
Darren got to try out his new towbar and tow the club trailer off the beach
All aboard teh Manta Ray Barge
Yippy we have hit Fraser, off the barge and onto the Worlds largest Sand Island
Hanging out in the shade waiting for the rest of the group.
mmm the inland trck wasn't real nice on tyres, Jon got to try out the front tyre on the rear theory and it worked just fine.
Setting up camp
Quick Picture at the Wreck .
Darryl and Brad checking out the view
What a cool Buggy ...
A few of the VW who came
Oops
Few more
Darren Baja and tent
On the way to the Lake for a swim
Hanging out in the car park after a swim
More cool buggies
mmm so Country Buggies can't go everywhere :o
Tom out enjoying his 2mth old Buggy
mmm I wonder if he wants to race
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| posted on December 2nd, 2003 at 01:02 PM |
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Talking bout racin planes, on the way home Sunday, we did just that. A plane had landed and was driving up the beach, andwe were close behind. Would
have been a good photo shot if the camera was working.
Great trip Brad!!!:thumb:thumb
Once you go flat, you never go back!!!!!!
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| posted on December 2nd, 2003 at 01:33 PM |
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well I pulled my engine out, and the throw-out bearing forks looked fine.
So then I looked at the pressure plate. hmm, something not quite right here, the fingers aren't even.
Better pull it off and have a look. hmm, something not quite right with that clutch plate.
hmm, how much HP can a 228mm kombi clutch handle? not 200HP obviously.
All I can say is I was lucky the broken bit got wedged part way around and the entire lining didn't strip off. Otherwise I would've needed a
tow the whole way home. Now, if I can just find a higher quality stronger clutch plate...
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| posted on December 2nd, 2003 at 01:48 PM |
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mmm
Just goes to show it took every bit of HP your V6 had to beat my little 52.4 HP rocket
Better sort that out before I put my V6 in
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| posted on December 3rd, 2003 at 09:47 PM |
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Video and Food
We will be having a Video and Slide night on the Fraser trip on Sat 7 Dec starting at 4..00pm at Brads place. After we will go and do a Christams
Lights cruise for anyone who wanst to come. We have about 2 hrs of video and a couple of hundred slides.
Anyone who wants to come is welcome and dinner is a BYO BBQ or Pizza order.
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Riaan
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| posted on December 3rd, 2003 at 10:23 PM |
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Can i come, even though i dident come? and then with boozer the christmas lights run after?
A lways
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| posted on December 4th, 2003 at 08:20 AM |
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yep
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Can i come, even though i dident come? well with boozer the run?
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yes
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Riaan
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| posted on December 4th, 2003 at 08:22 AM |
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good i heard it kicked absoloute ass
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| posted on December 4th, 2003 at 11:52 AM |
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i better get in2 my buggy 4 next year :thumb will ther b more pics on here or manx website
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| posted on December 5th, 2003 at 08:10 PM |
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Just arrived home(Friday Night).
You guys left at the right time, the weather turned to Shit afterwards, we left a day early to come home as it had not stopped raining.
Brad Bogged..
16th Buggy on the Beach
Informal Chat on Beach
Lots of VW's on the Beach
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| posted on December 7th, 2003 at 08:09 PM |
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:cry
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daz67
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| posted on December 7th, 2003 at 08:10 PM |
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I have been editing this post over and over trying to get the Pic Larger!!!!
Then I went and read about the new updated image system!!!!
Would have saved me about 30 minutes of cursing and swearing!!!:cry
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Brad
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| posted on December 9th, 2003 at 01:28 PM |
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Pics
I am currently uploading 147 Pics to the Club Website in the Events area if anyone wanst to see more of the trip.
Manx Club > Events > 2003 > Fraser
2003
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MickH
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| posted on December 9th, 2003 at 01:47 PM |
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Pictures will not enlarge...cannot find page error thingy:cussing
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Brad
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| posted on December 9th, 2003 at 01:52 PM |
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mmm
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Currently Uploading
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there is like 10 MB to upload the first 20 or so are now working .... Give it some time I am on Dial up ......
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| posted on December 9th, 2003 at 02:06 PM |
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Just curious did any one make it the whole weekend and not get bogged as it looks like the sand was very dry. All looks like a lot of fun though.
Are there any runs planned for around the new year??
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Brad
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| posted on December 9th, 2003 at 02:33 PM |
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mmmm
Dazcat and Jon J didn't get stuck at all.
The BLBVW beach trip is on 3/4 jan 2004
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