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 »