My tyres arrive tomorrow so next weekend?
My tyres arrive tomorrow so next weekend?
Whoever appeals to the law against his fellow man is either a fool or a coward.
Whoever cannot take care of themselves without that law is both.
For a wounded man shall say to his assailant,
'If I live, I will kill you. If I die, You are forgiven.'
Such is the rule of honour.
I bought a slide hammer tonight to start on my scils and yet to book in for transfer so don't let me hold you all back
Holy crap, does that mean you'll get the sliders on?? Jokes mate, Rome wasn't built in a day, or month. Or like 3 for that matterOriginally Posted by megatexture
1999 GU DUAL FUEL 4.5 - 2" OME - 33's KM2s - SNORKEL - CUSTOM DINTS.... Goes by the name Candy (the car not me
macca86 (4th July 2014), megatexture (1st February 2015)
Well, as the car is pretty much officially finished now (well we all know you are never really ever finished,lol) ive decided I should take the car back to Moreton for the first time since its little sleep over there.
The Mrs made it clear she does not want to return to Moreton, and while im a bit emotional about returning, its too awesome a place to never go back, im gonna go for a week, as it almost costs the same to go for 7 days as it does for a 3 day long weekend, and as you can imagine, it has not been too hard to find 3 mates who want to come over for a holiday, this is great as costs are split 4 ways.
We will be visiting in Jan 2015, this will be exactly 3 years (almost to the day) to my last visit , and as it turns out, we will be staying just a few doors away from where we stayed at last time, needless to say, i booked to travel over on the Micat Car Ferry this time (lol)
Ive organised to get some 8X10 inch framed pictures made to take over and give to a couple of people who helped us in our time of need, Tony, a Moreton local from the rural fire brigade, and Steve who has a house on Moreton at Kooringal.
This is the pic I had framed to give them......
Someone suggested I should have included a pic of it "all fixed" as well, but anyway,
I will also be organising to take Tony and Steve some beverage of their choice, or at least a voucher for the Gutter Bar at Kooringal or something along those lines, ive still got to track the guys down, but ive been in contact with the Gutter Bar at Kooringal, and they should be able to help me with that ,ill probly take them a framed pic for the bar as well if they want one, its a good excuse to go there anyway (haha)
Id have liked to drive the car back to the same spot as the pic above, but the track never again opened, so I guess im "officially" the last car to drive the original Mirapool Bypass Track, but ill be sure to get the car as close as I can (safely) for a pic or two.
Just read back over your thread mate. From start to end, what would you summerise as lessons learnt?
1999 GU 4500 dual fuel
Il dado è tratto
Lesson 1....
If you roll your car, DON'T bother trying to fix it !
Lesson 2.....
Re-Read lesson one again until it sinks in.
Yeah, but she's the best looking whitey in the world now...Lesson 1....
If you roll your car, DON'T bother trying to fix it !
Lesson 2.....
Re-Read lesson one again until it sinks in.
KATROL- The 2nd
GU TD42TGi
Not as pretty, but a whole lot tougher
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Yes Michael, I bought a JEE.....60.
Thanks Kat, i am very happy with how the car has turned out, but apart from the car itself, nothing good i can really think of has come from it all, my family has not returned to the way it was before all this, its all cool n all, but in some ways im still paying a cost, and it has certainly left a scar on my life that has still yet to heal.
Thats why, even though i dont want to hurt it, its important i still "use and abuse" the car, doing what i bought it for in the first place, Moreton is the only place left ive not yet returned to since the rebuild, a boys trip will be awesome, but id still rather be taking my family
Bob (1st October 2014), cgm (1st October 2014), katwoman (1st October 2014), NissanGQ4.2 (1st February 2015)
Well, its time to get a bit of closure for this thread, yesterday we arrived back on Moreton Island for the first time since the roll over, 3 years almost to the day, I visited Kooringal, and got to have a beer with Tony, one of the guys who helped us in our time of need, I got to thank him again, and pass on some framed pics (rolled pics as above), one for the fire station, one for Steve (the other guy who helped) and one for the Gutter Bar.
On our way back, I drove the old Mirapool Bypass Track (there is a whole new one now) it took us pretty close to the exact spot the car had its little sleep......
The crash was actually slightly further rearward of where the car is in the pic.
Alitis007 (1st February 2015), growler2058 (1st February 2015), NissanGQ4.2 (1st February 2015)
Good to see you get back out onto Moreton Island Steve
Time is never wasted when your wasted all the time
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