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Offline grumm441

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #1020 on: March 02, 2010, 12:12:58 AM »
We were wondering if you were going to remember the beer. :cheers:

give me a BIT of credit........ :roll:........

So you heard about last years effort then
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #1021 on: March 02, 2010, 12:27:52 AM »
Give me a lot of credit... I'm broke.

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #1022 on: March 02, 2010, 12:31:38 AM »
Give me a lot of credit... I'm broke.d

Hey Colonel!

we've got a servant!
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #1023 on: March 02, 2010, 08:51:50 AM »
Hey, get back to work on the car...  :-o  we need to see production

How about a picture of the car on the trailer ready to go  :cheers:
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #1024 on: March 02, 2010, 08:18:28 PM »
Trailer delivery show tonight, one night only!

It’s a cringe scene from an old Seinfeld episode getting the big box squished between Docs brick gate posts and down the drive. He lives on a busy road so we block traffic for ages during two dozen reversing attempts (box trailer width 2.5 metres, leaning gate post gap 2.6 metres)…

- the Rev yelling “…not that Left the other one.”
- Goggs yelling “shut the F@#k up, I can’t hear Pete”
- Some bloke in a hot Commadore squeals tyres, leans on air horns, yells “Bunch of F@#kin Wankers”
- PJQ jack-knifes truck for the third time, yelling “I can’t F@#kin’ see the fence”
- Neighbour kids gethered for the show think it’s hilarious.

Oi-vey, here we go again.
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #1025 on: March 02, 2010, 09:41:09 PM »

Hey Colonel!

we've got a servant!


Savant?
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Offline Reverend Hedgash

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #1026 on: March 02, 2010, 11:05:30 PM »
I'm a very good driver.

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #1027 on: March 04, 2010, 02:22:41 AM »
Do you think you can buy a 3.2a/15 race
suit in Melbourne on a Thursday
 
If it wasn't for the last minute............. :mrgreen:
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #1028 on: March 04, 2010, 03:38:46 AM »
Grumm,

How tall and how heavy are you?

Cheers,
Rob

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #1029 on: March 04, 2010, 06:30:19 AM »
The trailer is loaded, the car tied down. I have the trailer with parts, tools and camping gear packed....it's been a long day. I think I gave the neighbors a fright give it a bit of a rev in the drive, it sounds mad........We leave early tomorrow for the two day trip,eight hours a day.

I might have access tomorrow night, otherwise it's ten days from now.adios :wink:
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #1030 on: March 04, 2010, 09:21:55 AM »
Vios con dios!   8-)

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #1031 on: March 04, 2010, 10:44:20 AM »
Looking forward to hearing big numbers from use guys...

Good Luck... :cheers:

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #1032 on: March 04, 2010, 11:59:08 AM »
A great event with fast times for our down under friends. Be waiting to hear the results. Go fast and be safe.
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #1033 on: March 04, 2010, 12:39:36 PM »
Good luck to everyone.  Stay safe on your journey.  Can't wait for you to come back with a fantastic meet under your belts and records all over the place!!

Stay safe, Go fast, Stay upright!

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #1034 on: March 12, 2010, 02:32:22 AM »
Reverend Hedgash reporting on the road with Grumms iPod doohickey. Heavy rain on Sunday filled the lake and we weren't able to get started until Tuesday afternoon. Weather good from then on. Lots of cars going over 200 mph but poor old Norm Hardinge had troubles again with his engine. Worse still his one good run the timing light didn't work and he thought he had the right revs for 200 so he will have to do it when he goes back to Bonneville this year.

Our story is both Goggles and I had ordinary first runs getting back into the drivers seat, with mine particularly bad upset by going into the wrong gear (!)

We had a few issues that Grumm sorted out and at the end of the day our best run was 193mph which was as fast as it would go before blowing a seagull report when we get back. 

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