West Coast Easter 2009 (10-13 April) WESTPORT

[nuts]

well almost here the rain has finnished with us and the hail has left , snow on the mountains ans sun in the sky ..... the weather gods are smiling so hopefully we will have great weather again ... oh and got some wild vennison and whiebait for the saturday night bbq so see u all wen ya get here

[Armz]

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well almost here the rain has finnished with us and the hail has left , snow on the mountains ans sun in the sky ..... the weather gods are smiling so hopefully we will have great weather again ... oh and got some wild vennison and whiebait for the saturday night bbq so see u all wen ya get here

Sounds good to me - just loading the last few things it the the truck then we'll be settin over on the 10 hr drive yayayaay

[Sadam_Husain]

Have fun on the coast boys

[BrentC]

here in christchurch 28 st martins rd my cell works for those who want a chat

hey - I used to live at no 1 St martins Rd

[hillfilly]

Time to head back down ..........


First day nearly over ...........

[nuts]

coxsy here on nuts pc, first day long hard rock crawing , today tailings winched twice but got throught , bennets farm to morrow after we clean the beads out

[nuts]

well today we went to bennets farm managed to get every1 stuck that tried clints hole
i mannaged to have my bullbars and winch wrenched off my chassis ...... vid to come .....and have 2 splits on my chassis to go with it hill filly blew a cv in her terrano annother blew a manual hub and jason blew his rear diff so welded it then blew it again and the defender bent a lower trailing arm so lots of carnage to post

in the end im glad to say everyone who came wants to come back

[Bulletproof]

well today we went to bennets farm managed to get every1 stuck that tried clints hole
i mannaged to have my bullbars and winch wrenched off my chassis ...... vid to come .....and have 2 splits on my chassis to go with it hill filly blew a cv in her terrano annother blew a manual hub and jason blew his rear diff so welded it then blew it again and the defender bent a lower trailing arm so lots of carnage to post

in the end im glad to say everyone who came wants to come back

Met Jase and 3 others heading back to CHCH about 3.30pm on the straight before Reefton. Talked to Jase for a couple of minutes ,Sounds like they enjoyed the weekend Nuts . Liked Tailings and Bennetts , Didn't say he blew a diff.

Sounds like you may have to get Skilly to do a bit of welding to the Whale. I told you to get in with Bob for the weekend.

Cheers Richard

[nuts]

well today we went to bennets farm managed to get every1 stuck that tried clints hole
i mannaged to have my bullbars and winch wrenched off my chassis ...... vid to come .....and have 2 splits on my chassis to go with it hill filly blew a cv in her terrano annother blew a manual hub and jason blew his rear diff so welded it then blew it again and the defender bent a lower trailing arm so lots of carnage to post

in the end im glad to say everyone who came wants to come back

Met Jase and 3 others heading back to CHCH about 3.30pm on the straight before Reefton. Talked to Jase for a couple of minutes ,Sounds like they enjoyed the weekend Nuts . Liked Tailings and Bennetts , Didn't say he blew a diff.

Sounds like you may have to get Skilly to do a bit of welding to the Whale. I told you to get in with Bob for the weekend.

Cheers Richard

was a gr8 weekend and bob did more dammage than me lol

[hillfilly]

DAY 1 Denniston

Checking scenery




Tad sticky Coxsy



Welding??



Chilling

[hillfilly]

DAY 2 Tailings


Donut Damage ???????????


ready , set, go,.......... well nearly


This is how to ..........


Smile


Around here.......


At the top


Going down.........Cheese


Nearly down


Turn left at the bottom


Not hard left


Mind the ........... tree


Up here.........


Catch our breath


And home for tea ...........

[hillfilly]

DAY 3 Bennetts


Sunday Drive........ho hum



Lets have a look....



Over the pebbly brook



Through here ............



Lets have a go




and me



me too



Tad stuck



Armz coming through



I'll help you little Terrano.......... when I get myself out





Then it was time for me to 2wd out of there and leave the others to it
Many thanks to Nuts, Coxsy and family , and all the others for all their help . ... and for putting up with me ,
I do try not to get stuck,
I do tend to attempt just about everything though

It was great to meet you all and hopefully I get to make it again next year

As I think next year there is talk of a caravan or porta loo , a gimp suit or was it a sumo thong ???.......

[Ged]

A bloody good weekend, My family and I had a great weekend and I got to put a few faces to the names. Thanks to Nuts for leading us around (I think), Bob for taking over the organizing and PR for starting the whole thing.
On the way out of Bennets Farm, Nuts recommended we washed the trucks off in the ford. I did and now I am back home but the Defender is still in Westport at Nuts place, managed to suck a wee bit of water through the air filter which the engine management system didn't like and shut down motor. Sh*t happens, now just need to get it sorted.
I hope to be back next year. If I do, the truck will have a snorkel and I might have even put my winch in (still thinking about it) but don't know about lifting it - everyone seemed to enjoy getting me unstuck.
Cheers,
Gerald.

[1rugger]

was a great weekend, had a blast. sorry about the bull bar nuts toyota - 1 nissan - 0
look fwd to next year or sooner

[nuts]

glad you made it home ok ged i put your boys bike in the shed and started repairing me truck turned out to be quite allot of carnage but so far everyone wants to come back next year im sure i can find something to do anyways i better get to sorting vid im sure everyone will laugh at my bars getting yanked off the front of me truck

[QUADRACER]

The trip home was another adventure on its own, my zuk broken at Tailings, on trailer
Jases truck with a broken pinion in the rear, making it the first fwd cruiser.
Then to add some excitment Riks beast decided to stop 20kms from Hamner,
after trying to fix, some electrical problem ,we decided to tow it,
with the fwd crusier not a very fast trip[ home, OOHH forgot to mention
Jases truck also blew a turbo hose so it would not built up pressure.3b non turbo what a rocket

all in all a great weekend, expected nothing less from Nuts and his crew.
thanks Nuts every one had a great time and appricate all that you have done.
hope to see all plus more next year.
now to business, I will do the trip report for the first day,
Coxsy`s Boy can do the second day, as i had to get him out of bed, tipical Teenager,
and the most converted and commited 4wder Armz can do the last day.

Thanks again Nuts always a great time

[Jafa]

No one drove the Tailings hill on the way back????

[nuts]

The trip home was another adventure on its own, my zuk broken at Tailings, on trailer
Jases truck with a broken pinion in the rear, mading it the first fwd cruiser.
Then to add some excitment Riks beast decided to stop 20kms from Hamner,
after trying to fix, some electrical problem ,we decided to tow it,
with the fwd crusier not a very fast trip[ home, OOHH forgot to mention
Jases truck also blew a turbo hose so it would not built up pressure.3b non turbo what a rocket

all in all a great weekend, expected nothing less for Nuts and his crew.
thanks Nuts every one had a great time and appricate all that you have done.
hope to see all plus more next year.
now to business, I will do the trip report for the first day,
Coxsy`s Boy can do the second day, as i had to get him out of bed, tipical Teenager,
and the most converted and commited 4wder Armz can do the last day.

Thanks again Nuts always a grat time

was just talking to ged on the ph he has to traier the defender home ... so looks like a ful on breakdown trip

[nuts]

No one drove the Tailings hill on the way back????

due to repairs and dragging me whale thru we didnt end up doing the return trip

next time we will start at the other end

[H2OLOVA]

Yeehaahhh Had a great time. Certainly was an eventful Sunday thats for sure and the trip home well thats a story on its own. Must say its sure fun driving the truck in front wheel drive with the lockrite doing its thing, everytime i had to change gear the old girl would try and jump off the road which made it real interesting and then with Riks beast on the back and the turbo hose split i think we reached a top speed of about 60kmh (but only on the downhills lol). Big thanks to Nuts and Mrs Nuts for their outstanding hospitality sure know how to put on a feed for the lads. We had leftovers from Sat night for lunch on Sunday and there was still leftover leftovers Also a big thanks to Bob for taking over the organisation of this trip at the last minute and pulling it off nicely (the trip you dirty minded buggers ) Its a pity the tape on the video ran out on the trip through Tailings cause all the fun started just after that. Was good to meet some more of the ORE community and look forward to the trip back again.

[coxsy]

back in to CHCH , a few more dent on the bodywork , two trys to fix the flat lefthand front wheel ,can do that on the track now, know what I,m doing with puntured tubes,
big thanks to nuts, Karen , bob and co for the weekend great fun if we do tailing the other way going to have to lift the saf, got hung up on rocks to much,
coxsy

[coxsy]

no return on tailings, james slepted in, bob broke something before we started

[nuts]

well me chassis is all welded up now making some new barwork ( so it doesnt take 4 ppl to put it on a highlux to carry it home )poor lux ass end droped about 2.5 inches with the weight so thanks to 1rugga for carrying it home for me

[Pajmad]

Broken tierod end welded back on with jumperleads and a welding rod up mount fred

Nuts shouldve used this method on his bull bar Datsun Datsun

[hillfilly]

back in to CHCH , a few more dent on the bodywork , two trys to fix the flat lefthand front wheel ,can do that on the track now, know what I,m doing with puntured tubes,
big thanks to nuts, Karen , bob and co for the weekend great fun if we do tailing the other way going to have to lift the saf, got hung up on rocks to much,
coxsy

They are only ever flat on the bottom Coxsy......
Thanks again for all your help ........
Safe cruisin back home

no return on tailings, james slepted in, bob broke something before we started

We all know the donut did the damage

[nuts]

HERE ARE SOME OF MY PICS

[hiriklux]

well i gotta say i had a ball and am looking forward to coming back thanks to mr and mrs nuts for the spread on saturday and for clearing all the emptys that bob left and a thanks to all the rest of the locals and cheers to jase for the tow (still havent found out whats wrong with the ute)

cheers rik

[albundy]

Obvisiously it has something to do with the brand

[hillfilly]

Looking at this pic It's no wonder I kept getting stuck
Sorry for all the hold ups guys,
time I looked at lifting and bigger tyres

HERE ARE SOME OF MY PICS


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[kiwipete]

Looking at this pic It's no wonder I kept getting stuck
Sorry for all the hold ups guys,
time I looked at lifting and bigger tyres

what have you got/done on the Terrano?
Mine just had a suspension lift when I first went to the coast on a club trip and surprised most of the members at how far it went, esp with a novice behind the wheel.
I am looking at 33 or32's at some stage, but have done a body lift all the same now.