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Our first trip to a Nationals 2012

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:36 pm
by element5au
Started out friday morning met up at Williamstown
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our first stop @ Talembend
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Next stop @ Keith
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Next stop @ Naracoorte

Re: Our first trip to a Nationals 2012

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:39 pm
by element5au
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BANG! Blowout near Penola

Re: Our first trip to a Nationals 2012

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:41 pm
by element5au

Re: Our first trip to a Nationals 2012

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:44 pm
by element5au
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Cool van
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cool NASCO item....very rare.
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Pimp my ride....lol

Re: Our first trip to a Nationals 2012

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:46 pm
by element5au
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Re: Our first trip to a Nationals 2012

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:48 pm
by element5au
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All the Rats lined up....:-)
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Re: Our first trip to a Nationals 2012

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:49 pm
by element5au
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sprung a leak....
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on the way back @ Kingston.

Re: Our first trip to a Nationals 2012

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:54 pm
by element5au
Came around a bend on the way through to Talembend......and Bang!!! again.
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looking a little worse for wear.......finally we got home. Thank god......

Re: Our first trip to a Nationals 2012

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:01 pm
by element5au
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Panoramic shot of the sign-in day

Re: Our first trip to a Nationals 2012

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:04 pm
by bumper
Glad to hear you got home! Was great meeting you guys! Great pics there! Go the rats! Lol

Re: Our first trip to a Nationals 2012

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:15 pm
by element5au
bumper wrote:Glad to hear you got home! Was great meeting you guys! Great pics there! Go the rats! Lol
Was great to meet all you guys and see your cars, we had a ball. Just getting there and home was a challenge....lol
GO THE RATS!!!....LOL

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:52 pm
by Devilrod
Looks like a bit of a rough trip home! Thanks for the pics and good to see you had fun even with all the bumps.

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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:57 pm
by element5au
Devilrod wrote:Looks like a bit of a rough trip home! Thanks for the pics and good to see you had fun even with all the bumps.
Cheers all part of the stories we tell.....just glad we survived.... :D

Re: Our first trip to a Nationals 2012

Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:48 pm
by Thommo
What was it that went bang on the return trip?
That looks as it could have been a scary moment :o

Great to see you and the gang enjoy your first nats,
I hope its the start of attending many more.

Cheers
Jeff

Re: Our first trip to a Nationals 2012

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 12:42 am
by element5au
Thommo wrote:What was it that went bang on the return trip?
That looks as it could have been a scary moment :o

Great to see you and the gang enjoy your first nats,
I hope its the start of attending many more.

Cheers
Jeff
Cheers Thommo, It was the bumpy roads through the coorong....vibrated all the wheel nuts off.
I know I put them on tight....when I rebuilt the front end. We managed to fix it with some parts from Pete and Trish's blue EK.

We are booked in for the next Nats....we couldn't get into the Gateway....got a cabin in a local caravan park.
Not sure if I am game to drive the wagon or tow it....lol