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Have spent the last long weekend up at Merrijig, near Mansfield.
This looks to be quite a big event shaping up. A lot of drivers where already there for the following weekend, driving courses etc.. If you can make it go....
Will see you there[:p]
Owning an English car is like looking after a small child. They require constant attention, leak everywhere and as soon as your back is turned your wallet gets flushed down the toilet.
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Sorry Muzz but I am already back home in Adelaide! (now Saturday night).
We <i>were </i> there, but had an axle/diff problem in Prologue which proved to be terminal - so technically we never even started the event as that run was just a 'Spectator' stage and not counting towards anything.
Were taking things relatively steady being just the Prologue, took a right turn, small dip on entry, big clunk at the rear then a horrible noise from back there.
Had the car checked out by a local mechanic hoping to get going again but to no avail, found the axle splines on the drivers side were stuffed. The mechanic was all set to phone around his mates to track one down but even though we use an HSV axle assembly the axles have been cut down/custom made for the car so even if he'd gotten one it would have been no use. [:(]
So two 9 hour drives, 2.5 days of hard recee, and a <u><i>few </i> </u> dollars for not a lot really - motorsport can really suck at times! [V] [:(]
Neil.
Have included the only pics I got around to taking, these upon arrival:-
Our mates in the little Cortina are still out there taking part.
Note:- If it looks cold in the pics, that's because it was! At the top of the mountain the cars had ice on them in the mornings, -3* rising to around 3* in the afternoon - not been that cold since I left the UK.
