OBC 2008 Truck Pics

Joined: 26 Sep 2003 Location: Sydney,Narrabeen

Well this is mine looks pretty similar just a few more dents Wink

So here is the thread

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Joined: 05 Jul 2004 Location: East Kurrajong Sydney

A couple of mine, it's a stock 80 series ute.
this one shows the colour better, but not the lines Laughing

Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Location: melbourne

this is my jeep wrangler with a 6ltr LS2

Joined: 26 Sep 2003 Location: Sydney,Narrabeen

WWWhooo sussed it out armsup

Joined: 26 Sep 2003 Location: Sydney,Narrabeen

Got a another car finally as all my doors & door locks etc have seen better days & also replacing the damaged rear lower tailgate.

And the roll cage needs updating with another cross brace to be added during the week.

Let the fun begin Laughing

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Cutting the rear doors

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The donar car

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Joined: 03 Sep 2004 Location: Manly nsw

http://s251.photobucket.com/albums/gg302/feral_camou/

check it out as a slide show and reverse the order.....cos it's suppose to start with a pic of the 4 SA Teams trucks, which have just left Cape Town in Containers bound for Melbourne and the OBC so I wanted to share the pic Terence sent me......

Then there are pix of the transformation of Ugly Betty into Feral Camou... Wink

All Eugene's hard work tackled alone yet again......busy @ present on the side rails the internal roll cage and then hope to have time/funds to change the bullbar when mounting the High Mount.

I hope it works otherwise I've been talking to myself....AGAIN!
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Joined: 05 Jul 2004 Location: East Kurrajong Sydney

Hey Celia, Trucks looking good, are you planning on running LPG out there
or is that a really big air tank. Very Happy

Joined: 03 Sep 2004 Location: Manly nsw

he he....both Coighty....in transport and driving up to BH, cos it's used daily and run locally on gas with economy in mind, it's too much trouble to remove....
of course he's regretting ever starting now....cos it never seems to end.....but I'm proud of his effort so far, cos it's not half bad......for an old pensoner Wink

remember too.....old people have gas!!!! Laughing

Joined: 26 Sep 2003 Location: Sydney,Narrabeen

Nice Celia he sure does work hard on your cars

Looking forward to catching up

Ive been busy on mine all day putting the doors back on etc

Mal

Joined: 26 Sep 2003 Location: Sydney,Narrabeen

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Joined: 03 Sep 2004 Location: Manly nsw

Hey Mal your gladiator is looking good, almost like new Wink

Joined: 26 Sep 2003 Location: Sydney,Narrabeen

cebarry wrote:

Hey Mal your gladiator is looking good, almost like new Wink

Wait till ya see the new color scheme Wink

Joined: 03 Sep 2004 Location: Manly nsw

I thought u'd keep it Blue & White....and b a true blue Bulldogs fan! Rolling Eyes

Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Location: Adelaide

Celia your truck is looking good, I noticed the gas bottle as well. When you are vertical up the cliffhanger wall turn it on gas and the car won't stop. Hubby is working hard on your rig, should send him to SA to help Tim's and I finish the Rangies to be ready for the OBC. Good luck with the rest of the work. Gary

Joined: 03 Sep 2004 Location: Manly nsw

Hey Gazza g8 to hear u guys will be back ....how's your fitness routine going?...remember how steep that winch hill is..... Wink

he he re the big tank, i'd prefer to have laughing gas myself.....

Looking 4ward to catching up soon.
We might be heading to the Amazing Race ova Easter and then have Drive4Life in April to the Vic High Country...almost full house of 100 vehicles which means we'll reach our target of $100,000 for Northcott Cripple kiddies and their motorized wheelchairs...woo hooo!
Cheers,
C & E

Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Location: Adelaide

Celia that is fantastic news on the money raised for an excellent cause. You and Eugene are very busy travelling around, it is amazing he gets time to work on the truck.

After doing the Alpine challenge have decided that navi work is for the young ones and this year will be doing most of the driving myself. Tim is putting his truck in OBC and Cliffhanger with his son Tom as navi. I have a new navi in Paul for the OBC and my son Trent for the Cliffhanger.

Still struggling to lose the weight but having been doing some walking. Hoping sitting the drivers seat not to be too physcially challenged.

Thinking this will be my last year as Robyn (partner) and I are planning on doing some normal 4 wheel driving touring around.

Looking forward to catching up with you and Eugene and Sue and Barry Packer at the OBC

Gary

Joined: 03 Sep 2004 Location: Manly nsw

Cool ......exo that u will be back driving this year also, will u be in your Rangie???...leave all the hard yakka to the navie's , good idea....that's why I can never understand why the other women entries choose to navie....when driving is far less energetic & so much fun! (well sometimes) Wink

how cool that u guys can also include your son's ......experience something unique together.....yet so challenging to any relationship.

Thankfully the major work on E's truck makeova is almost done...the I roll cage is being installed at present by
MITCHELL BROS OF 4X4 & MORE in Brookvale nsw

Aaron & Ben have been a huge help with all things mechanical and all the other stuff like swopping ova the tanks....replacing bushes etc. on the SWB as well.

Happy prep,g and then retiring to as u say, more normal 4 wheeling......that's our plan also.....apart from finally having money again to do it.
Cheers,
C & E

Joined: 23 Apr 2004 Location: Mornington, Vic

This thread is useless without pics Laughing

Joined: 26 Sep 2003 Location: Sydney,Narrabeen

MYTTUF wrote:

This thread is useless without pics Laughing

nothing more to report at this stage Wink

Will be in Vic high country all of next week relaxing armsup

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:24 pm

any word weather the organisers will open the tracks up marginally so our asian freinds dont drive around you ladies and gents on the tight stuff?

anyone got any photos of bru21 s old truck ....under new management?

cheers

Joined: 05 May 2005 Location: North Yorkshire, UK

UK vehicles loaded up yesterday... some pics:

My Land Rover

Neil Redpath's Ibex

Gary and James' Rangie (loaded before the camera was out !)

Lastly myself and Pam, we'd been working on the Landy for 30 hours straight with no sleep - don't know about the event being 7 days of sheer hell, the last 7 days have been much harder than the event !

There are a load of pics of my motor and the preparation for the 2008 OBC in this gallery -

http://forum.yorkshireoffroadclub.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=85&page=1&sort=da

Joined: 03 Sep 2004 Location: Manly nsw

hey guys, the Trucks are looking good!!! exo to see them being loaded and under way armsup

.... can imagine the leadup was frantic....... always is.....remember it's a challenge to get to the challenge. Wink

.....yet each year we plan it to be different, but it never is.....t/g this is the last time for us!
Hope you sorted accomo ok on the nrth. beaches and look forward to welcoming you here in Sydney.
Cheers,
C & E

Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Location: Adelaide

Rangie Racing congratulates the Brits on their fine effort to getting the cars shipped to Australia. Great see more Land Rovers entering the OBC. Good luck in your final preparations. Gary

Joined: 26 Sep 2003 Location: Sydney,Narrabeen

Looks like i have some work coming my way now which one will i drive Very Happy

davew wrote:

UK vehicles loaded up yesterday... some pics:

My Land Rover

Neil Redpath's Ibex

Gary and James' Rangie (loaded before the camera was out !)

Lastly myself and Pam, we'd been working on the Landy for 30 hours straight with no sleep - don't know about the event being 7 days of sheer hell, the last 7 days have been much harder than the event !

There are a load of pics of my motor and the preparation for the 2008 OBC in this gallery -

http://forum.yorkshireoffroadclub.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=85&page=1&sort=da

Joined: 05 Jul 2004 Location: East Kurrajong Sydney

Well there seems to be only you can take parts off. Laughing

Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:43 pm

davew
u got any build up pics of the suzuki???

Joined: 22 Oct 2006 Location: yallourn north,victoria

the one you call a zook is a car based on land drover if i remember. but a different name Wink

Joined: 05 May 2005 Location: North Yorkshire, England

The pic doesn't show the size very well but it is huge compared to a Suzuki !

It has a 100" wheelbase and as the caption above the pic says that it is an Ibex. Full title a Foers Ibex - http://www.ibexvehicles.com/

Apart from the bodywork it doesn't have much of the original Ibex in it though. As well as having a non-Land Rover engine (a supercharged GM 6.3 diesel V8) Neil's Ibex has also had the suspension heavily modified away from the original Land Rover derivative design. It now has dynatrac axles and king coil over shocks....

Hope that helps !

Joined: 26 Sep 2003 Location: Sydney,Narrabeen

The roll cage is now finished & now she is Black to meet the new sponsor armsup

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Joined: 05 May 2005 Location: North Yorkshire, UK

That's very.... black, Mal !

I've chilled out a bit now having caught up on sleep and forgotten the feeling of sheer blind panic of the week before it went in the container.

If you choose to play with my "little red corvette" hold on tight to the steering wheel when she kicks down - spinning Simex are a bit unpredictable on tarmac and I only packed one set of spare shafts and CVs Smile

Looking forward to meeting up with everyone again, can't wait to get there now.