so our plans for getting on the 8pm ferry went out the window so rebooked for 625pm on Saturday so sent Jerry a txt that we were not going to make the pub and that we needed a bed so the call went out. Mark and the Handbrake responded (BIG THANKS GUYS 
) so we finally got to Roroura after a 4 hour bus trip to finally find the truck then fueled up and headed to wellington, so we turned up at Marks
to a crowd of Wellington guys and girls had a few drinks till 3am and hit the sack
got up at 8am so started to decide how to get Rockhounds 4 37" tyres to Picton so DaveM could pick them up and get them to christchurch in a couple of weeks but in the end didnt need them
had a look around Wellington went to TePapa then got on the ferry and headed south
On a brighter note it ran very well
the whole journey from Rotoura to Christchurch was 908km and the total fuel consumption was 57.8 litres 
there were a couple of niggles The clutch and brakes will need replacing, we have a leaky seel on the transfercase but apart from that its a real good runner.Oh and the stereo with only one speaker and would only get hillbilly music has gone now it has as of today a new JVC CD headunit 130w front and 350w rear speakers should be loud enough
its stoped her naging at me to get her a wrangler and it was a cheap buy and it is cheap to run 
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