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Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:22 pm**

One more sleep.

We're ready.

Everyone else ready?

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:32 pm**

I won't be coming to watch this year, (my truck is sick and I don't want to push it too much till I get it in to be looked at), so I hope to see lots of photos and hear all the goss of what went on please. :wink:

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2008 8:38 pm**

where exactly in shefield is it, what road it on?
cheers mike

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2008 8:48 pm**

albundy wrote: Clearly signposted into Sheffield, farm gate on left just before township right opposite turnoff to Oxford/Waimak gorge.

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2008 8:51 pm**

mikesj413 wrote:where exactly in shefield is it, what road it on?
cheers mike

Check google earth out if you're not sure.

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2008 8:54 pm**

petefj40 wrote: Rick tells me that all you wanna do this time is beat me in my 40 again and beat Al cause I will never hear the end of it from Bubbles

Fixed it for you :wink:

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2008 9:01 pm**

PR wrote:
petefj40 wrote: Rick tells me that all you wanna do this time is beat me in my 40 again and beat Al cause I will never hear the end of it from Bubbles

Fixed it for you

Al has a handicap, he has your better half as co driver.

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2008 9:02 pm**

Anyone know if they have got that old landie of Mikes is running yet :?:

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2008 10:50 pm**

I was at a workshop in CHCH at 4pm today, there where four people working on a 4WD that sort of looked like it could end up looking like a Landrover , but it's going to take an allnighter, :roll:

.

HOW MANY PARTS ARE LEFT OVER,

FITZY.

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2008 11:10 pm**

SMOKEY wrote:I was at a workshop in CHCH at 4pm today, there where four people working on a 4WD that sort of looked like it could end up looking like a Landrover , but it's going to take an allnighter, .

so they might be rolling it out of the workshop at 6am for a shakedown at the sheffield tomorrow :lol:

Posted: **Sat Sep 06, 2008 11:34 pm**

Sadam_Husain wrote:
SMOKEY wrote:I was at a workshop in CHCH at 4pm today, there where four people working on a 4WD that sort of looked like it could end up looking like a Landrover , but it's going to take an allnighter, .

so they might be rolling it out of the workshop at 6am for a shakedown at the sheffield tomorrow

Was down there not long ago, was looking better but still a bit to be done

Posted: **Sun Sep 07, 2008 3:10 am**

was talking to chopper before...still not running right (2am)

Posted: **Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:12 am**

finished at 4am, they are currently on their way there now

Posted: **Sun Sep 07, 2008 3:00 pm**

just got back an looki at some of the pics. will post up once we all know were we wont them. lili was hapy ou there but mike your a litte loud for her she was not happy whe you were waitin for the time trail.

jono

Posted: **Sun Sep 07, 2008 3:20 pm**

The afternoon rounds are under way here at the moment, first to break were the toyota's, but the nissan's are starting to faultre, go the land rovers I say!

Just decided to test the BlackBerry, this report comes to you live from the mudplug

Posted: **Sun Sep 07, 2008 3:54 pm**

billyvanboheman is "AL" up and running again, i shaw him with a broken right front hub. How is smoky doing i hope is head is ok. i have a sad looking shot of wheels up.

jono

Posted: **Sun Sep 07, 2008 4:02 pm**

We're on the way home now. Both smokey & Al got going again but Smokey was back in the carpark when we left.

Posted: **Sun Sep 07, 2008 4:09 pm**

were about should i put my pics as i left at 1 due to having lili with me.

Posted: **Sun Sep 07, 2008 4:19 pm**

just start a new thread called sheffield pics and chuck em in there :wink:

Posted: **Sun Sep 07, 2008 5:19 pm**

My favourite couple of Pics, that my wife took today.

I will put all the ones we took into an album, with a link soon.

Posted: **Sun Sep 07, 2008 5:25 pm**

red-devil has started a photo thread here

viewtopic.php?f=26&t=13067

Posted: **Sun Sep 07, 2008 5:26 pm**

cheers i was about to say that

i like this one pete :twisted:

Posted: **Sun Sep 07, 2008 6:25 pm**

red-devil wrote:cheers i was about to say that

i like this one pete

Cheers Jono.
Even tho I didn't finish. It was still a great day.

I love that first pic your wife took billyvanboheman!! Bloody awesome. :shock:

Posted: **Sun Sep 07, 2008 6:40 pm**

Awsome day

made it through the mornig ok apart from only having 3 whell drive for the first 4 stages due to a hub not ingauging got that soughted pretty quick and completed the morning then on the 3rd stage in the avro blew both front hubs :shock:

at the same time :shock:

so that was it for me

Posted: **Sun Sep 07, 2008 6:50 pm**

petefj40 wrote:Even tho I didn't finish.

What happened?

Posted: **Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:02 pm**

was a good day great conditions and some really cool sections and trucks. I haven't seen a picture of a nice red cruiser on its roof yet...

Posted: **Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:09 pm**

NJV6 wrote:
petefj40 wrote:Even tho I didn't finish.

What happened?

Burnt the clutch out in hazard 2. :oops:

But hey. Corey and I had a great time all the same. I'm hoping I did better than last year. I'm sure PR did better than me.

Cheers for the toe rope. I'll get it back to ya this week PR.

Posted: **Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:15 pm**

I came 23rd in the open with 2388.47 points just beind Al in 22nd with 2388.37 points

bugger Bubbles is giving me stick :oops:

Posted: **Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:24 pm**

pete next time your in at ricks at 4wdacc tell him there are a few good shots of his jeep. as i think you'll see him before me

Posted: **Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:32 pm**

you guys had some fun by the sounds of it ,i had whale probs water in my trans computer, so never made it was planing to be there at 11 but had to sort the saf out ready for my new project to be done on the old tart
cu soon
Vince

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