Posted on July 8th, 2009 by nev | 2 Comments »
There is a lot I have put into Elvira, by the way that is her name, a lot of time, blood and sweat has gone into this fourby. I have also spent a lot of money, my wife is not very happy.
Well enough of the bullshit.
My mate Dan had told me there was a car for sale and it would suit me down to the ground, so we organised to go see it. My first thought when I saw it, was that it needed a lot of work.
Peter, the owner of the XB 4×4, was the one who built her up. Peter did not want to sell her to just anyone, he did not want to see her stripped down for her parts; I said there was no way! She is one of a kind!
Queensland Roads and Transport were the ones that had engineered her in the first place, I do have a photocopy of the paperwork. Well, when I went to get her registered, they had “misplaced” the originals. So I had to go and find an engineer to fix my problems, she ended up with a blue plate on her firewall (now I have a blue plate and full engineers report). Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on April 3rd, 2008 by Spock | 176 Comments »
Little while back, the dear light of my life decided the old ‘lux (2003 model? OLD?) had to go as it just couldn’t be modified for play and she wanted more seating capacity. After a bit of looking around and a little bit of pressure from myself, she picked up a Suzuki XL7, the stretch limo of the Vitara range.
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Posted on February 19th, 2008 by Spock | 120 Comments »
Tough Tracks kicked off the year with a blast out at Janowen Hills on the weekend. Everyone had a ball, there were roll overs and tough competition, ribbing and help on tap, by all accounts.
See, I wasn’t there.
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Posted on November 23rd, 2007 by Spock | No Comments »
The ride home in Pinball from Tough Tracks 3 at Janowen Hills was slow and interesting. Apart from a minor rescue from the top of the Gap of a gentleman who had an alternator bolt shear (blind hole) stranding he and his young lass, poor old Pinball had a hellish case of the death wobbles.
After dropping our polo mate (who had been caught up in the horse flu outbreak) home, we limped the old girl back to my place, swapped out the tires and found the problem.
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Posted on September 13th, 2007 by Spock | No Comments »
We’re getting closer to a full complement of rigs!
Banshee is plated, painted, registered and rolling!! Way to go Nev!
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