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Good on ya Guys, I am pretty happy with it, dont drive it any where near enough but very happy with how it came up.
I have the Himount stripped down on the bench still and need to get my crap together and get it going again, just had other stuff take up my time.
Excellent thred mate. thanks for sharing. You sure have put a lot of hard work into youre rig and it shows.
Wow. What a weapon. Thanks for all the pics and info. Most appreciated.
hows it look with that F.A.T bar on it. always liked the look of them
In a blizzard on top of Mt Skene found an igloo
http://nissanpatrol.com.au/images/IM...g?t=1343630152
Nice and warm inside
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You can see the BLAZE from my LED Light bar to the Left of the pic! Damn! IT is AWESOME!
your crazy Darren!
Just got home from an extreme high country trip in the Mighty GQ! Damn I love this car!!
INSANE TRIP!
5 GQs and a well sorted hilux (solid axle front)
Shot some wicked windscreen footage that I will try and get on here in the next couple of days. This trip is the reason I have not got a Madigan Line report up yet. Got home and had a week to get the GQ ready for this trip.
We drove all night Friday and pitched camp at 6am, rolled out again at 11:30am and did the summit of Skenes around 9pm last night where I took that pic. Rolled back into camp around 1am for dinner and beer. Lmao
Man we have just done some Wild tracks! Awesome!
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So this is the camp I set up after driving all night. Me and my 6 year old son Zach slept in a double swag whenever we got near it. Lol
http://nissanpatrol.com.au/images/IM...g?t=1343629187
Here is the little fella having a great week end with his dad
http://nissanpatrol.com.au/images/IM...g?t=1343632113
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Another couple of pics of these amazing Igloos. Apparently members of the Bendigo club built these and they were amazing. We could get 5 or 6 adults standing up inside them! Awesome
http://nissanpatrol.com.au/images/IM...g?t=1343630103
http://nissanpatrol.com.au/images/IM...g?t=1343630132
http://nissanpatrol.com.au/images/IM...g?t=1343630172
http://nissanpatrol.com.au/images/IM...g?t=1343630219
http://nissanpatrol.com.au/images/IM...g?t=1343630194
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How cool is that ^, i mean very good but it does also look cold.
That sounds like a ripper trip mate, can't belive you have so many people happy to travel those sort of hours, great fun for sure !
Sounds like a pretty chilled out trip lol. Looking forward to seeing some more pics.(and the Madigan line pics too). Thanks for sharing
Got any inside the igloo??
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Originally Posted by growlers71gq
Nah mate, i should have taken one but not really much to see, not sure i would have got a shot that would have given any perspective of it internally, the walls where smooth and flat and made of Ice! ;) You could just make out the "Bricks"
There was a big patch of ground where they had harvested the snow from about 10m away. They basically cut the blocks of snow "Shovel by Shovel" and carried them over and stacked them up. Very Very Cool!
So the weekend before last i rebuilt the HiMount and fitted the Cheezy Bar that i bought a while ago ready for this Extreme trip last weekend. Really really pleased with the look of it. Man! i had to do some cutting of the Grille to fit in the winch with this new bar. Wow what a difference in approach angle now!
Love it!
http://nissanpatrol.com.au/images/IM...g?t=1343632610
That is a very cool and practical lookin bar Daz
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I am Stoked with it Growls, been wanting a Tube bar for a few years and could not be happier with this one.
I got $670 on ebay for my ARB bar and paid $850 for this one and the guy delivered it to me an hour after the other guy picked up my ARB job so it was a Winner on all counts.
Tuff as Guts too!
LOL
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He's frokkin with ya mind plassy
Missed this... Where's our invite dazz..lmao. Looks like a hard trip mate, love it!!
I've made igloos before from survival training. We also got taught how to have fires inside them too except mine caved in. Absolute nightmare if it collapses...lmao
Mate thought about ya as I drove past the end of your street!! Thought a out beeping the horn, I reckon you would have heard me too.Quote:
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It was huge mate but such a slog hey! Bloody hard core. Had I auve known how tough and long it was going to be I probaly not taken the young fella but he had a blast so bugger it. Lol.
Awesome mate. All cars were fully sorted and self recoverable. Tough trip
Got an itch!!
Heading back up into the snow country for some more extreme stuff. Gunna go run a mock in the GQ! Damn I love this car. It just gets it done.
Been on restricted Internet till the 8th so will upload a heap of video footage from the last trip in the next couple of days and try and grab some more vid this weekend
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Dont eat the yellow snow :p
It's a shame we won't get to see it in action up here in October. :pQuote:
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Yeah Spew'n guys! Next time though damn it had a massive year this year and just cant do it.
Hey check out this first vid of the weekend just gone! Spent the day loading up a heap of vid, got a heap moire to get uploaded onto my channel too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sboUCdAnaWc&feature=plcp
Taster!
There is some AWESOME footage to embed here maybe tonight
Looks like good tracks. Are those humpty doos there to slow ya down or for air time
Lol nay for drainage and corrosion control but they definitely helped with some air time too. On a big climb they are the difference between holding 3rd low in the mighty TD42T and having to slow down for 2nd damn itQuote:
Originally Posted by growlers71gq
here is another vid guys. Getting pretty Rugged
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPKaK0hnrz4&feature=channel&list=UL
Hi mate
love the truck been following the build on other forums got a couple
of questions as i want to make a fairlead like yours.
How thick is the stuff you used for your fairlead?
Where did you get it from?
what was it meant to be and how much was it?
How did you cut it?
Thanks,
Brando4x4
Well out with the Dung Beetle in Gippsland. On an extreme trip with some of the boys.
Sheared a short axle on the first track last night and replaced it in camp at midnight.
Then bugger me smashed a long side CV at 10am this morning. Lucky I had one of each strapped to the cargo barrier. 1 hour flat per side.
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Not a bad bloke that Dung Beetle
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Dung beetle has the pics to prove I did the axle
Last night in camp by torch light. He puts in though for a Navi!
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Bugger alright... Hahaha
I like how you get someone else to do the dirty work ;) on ya Danny
........... On the move
Pics to prove that you sheared the axle, yes. None to prove that you changed it. Is that 4 that I have changed now on your GQ?
Lying bastard!
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You can walk home choppa!!
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We might both be walking home if you smash another CV or break another axle.
I think he's already running GU CV's Plassy...... Hmmmm I know..... It is scarey to think he's smashing GU axles & CV's isn't it?????Quote:
Originally Posted by Plasnart
You have one hell of a monster in that GQ of yours MR & I think its operator is a little addicted to adrenaline as well......
Some food for thought...... If your able to break Patrol axles which are none for there inherent strength, what would you have done to a Toymotor???????
Walked out the bush with nothing left but a steering wheel in your hands im tipping..............LOL
Go the mighty Patrols.............
Bugger mr. Looks like the dung beetle is enjoying himself though which is the main thing...lol
He wants to watch himself AB, Rogue Dung Beetles might eat sh!t & drive sh!t but they're still only a bug to me..... whether it be an environmentally friendly or not....................hahahahahahQuote:
Originally Posted by AB
Dung beetle Danny comes through again!