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Hello guys, I have started a new project with my good mate Kelvin who helped me a lot on the M20 McLaren. This is a Nissan 300ZX with a twin turbo 3.0L V6. One of the rules Kelvin laid down was this is not a 12year project and we hope to have it ready for the next summer season which is 6 months...

Hi Udo, Car looks and sounds fantastic, I'm sure with time in the car it will get faster and more fun to drive. Don't know where in NZ you are going but if you are near New Plymouth give me a call if time permits 0274229493. if you are in Wellington give the new museum "Cars Inc" a visit some...

Hi Andy, The hoop looks great and that finish is awesome. I see you got your homologation did they say anything about a front hoop over the dashboard?? If not it just shows how inconsistent they can be and I find that so frustrating. Do your remember who you delt with at MSNZ. My car is now in...

Hi Andy, Just reading this again and have to agree with Howard, also you make reference to the M8F having front end grip problems. Keep in mind they are very different cars. and the reason for Dennys back flip wasn't completely the cars fault but a product of circumstance with pulling out from...

Hi Andy, I had my suspension arms "Electric-less Nickel" plated and it looks great. "Auckland Industrial Hard-Chrome" are the people to do it. Looking good !! Cheers Leon

Hi Andy, good to see more progress and as always beautiful workmanship. Interesting to see the research you did on wings, I just drew up what i thought was a nice profile and blow me down with a feather it looks exactly like that NACA 4412 profile, so I fluked that one. Cheers Leon.

Hi Andy, watching your progress with this is fascinating. But it makes me remember when you picked up your body and stuff off me what seems like just yesterday ??? do you remember our chat about how long this would take. At the time I was 8 years in and you said, I,m thinking a couple or 3 years...

Hi Rob, Long time since we last checked in and I have to say nothing but in awe of your car. That is a beast and the wheel fans will set it apart from any other SLC and really just any other super car. I would straight swap the M20. If you know anyone who wants an M20. its available. I love that...

Hi Rod, happy New year mate, hope you and the family are well and had a good Christmas. I will see if i have one at home, if so I will send it to you. Cheers Leon

Hello forum members hope you all had a great Christmas and are planning a good welcome for the new year tonight. As you probably know I have my car for sale on a few sites, one of the things I mention is trading a good GT40 replica so thought I would ask on here as this forum has the best cars...

The Old "Butter Box" ACCOs they were very popular over here, the Australian Army had 4x4 and 6x6 versions in the 60s that were built in Australia especially for them and they also sold them to the RNZArmy. They did service in Vietnam and out performed the American trucks of the time. I read a...

For todays instalment, I have talked about STD Quads, Super and Ultra Quads so I want to put up some photos so you can see the difference between them, they say a pictures worth a thousand words. The first pic is Cambells brand new Ultra Quad, note the 3 rear trailers have 4 axles on the back...

Unfortunately I'm old enough to remember when those rigs were King Of the road. SAR KW are rare in NZ only a few collecters have them now and the DCF 400 International was the mainstay of big rigs in the early 70s on NZ roads. I'm guessing that both those trucks had 71 Detroits in them, the DCF...

Hi Bill, 140,000 lbs (63.5 ton) is similar loading to NZ we can go 60 ton on 9 Axles that is our max weight. Larry, that is a SatNav antenna, we don't carry Sat phones in our trucks as the normal Cell phone coverage is pretty good but the guys that Go Bush do carry them. "Going Bush" in...

Morning guys, As you see I have no life, I'm a FIFO worker. I work 8 weeks on and 2 weeks off, the company supplies everything, a house a car and food they fly me home to NZ for my 2 weeks off, I'm doing 10weeks this trip and 3 weeks at home then back for 12 weeks but that gets me Christmas at...

Hi Larry Yes you are right there is no overhead obstacles on the entire Great Northern Highway for that very reason. the Great Northern stretches from Perth in the South right up to Darwin and is a round 5000km long. Randy, you would be surprised how quick they pull up, lots of wheels and...

Lets start with some photos. Its not just mobile plant that has to be moved but also the processing Plant the big load in the Photos is on its way to a new Mine some 300km from Port Hedland, Thats me standing in front of a 600HP MACK and a Quinn trailer Train.

Hello Guys, For those of you who Love anything truck or Machinery related and the bigger the better I'm starting a thread about the huge trucks and Machines I see everyday as part of my job as a Road Train driver in Western Australia. I little bit about me, those of you who have followed my...

For those who are interested I could start a section about these monsters I have heaps of photos and some of the oversize loads I see on the highway every day are amazing. The standard for Aussie is the "Tripple" Road train, the Quads are only seen in the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

Yeah Udo your Kinda right. We call the first Trailer the "lead" then the 2nd is the "A" and the last Is the "Dog" Its all about Axle combos If you look at that Last Cattle truck set up thats a 53mtr std "Quad" and has 7 axle groups we run "Super Quads" which Have 8 Axle groups and 60mtrs Long we...