Bathurst Cruise - July 1 2012

[Matt]

Hey Guys,

I thought you guys might be interested in this cruise, it is a great drive and a hassle free day.. I'll be attending and hope people from here will be interested as well.


It's that time of the year again, the annual twincam.org.au Bathurst Cruise.

Date: Sunday, July 1st 2012
Meet Time: 8.30am for 9:30am depart
Meeting Point: McDonalds McGraths Hill - Corner of Windsor Rd and Groves Av. (refer map)
Destination: Mt Panorama, Bathurst
Bring: Yourself, Travelling companion/s, Tunes of choice, jumper or jacket (it will be cool/cold), full tank of fuel (there are petrol stations in the vicinity of the meet point), money for lunch, anything else you think you need.

NEWSCASTLE/CENTRAL COAST SUB-MEETS:
If anyone else is planning to arrange a sub-meet point before the cruise, please PM me with details and I will add it to this post.

DAY PLAN:
Upon arrival we will do some laps of the track, take photos, shoot some video, and hang around to enjoy the scenery. At some point during the afternoon we will head back down the hill and into the town to grab some food from one of the fast food places or cafes in the town. From there it is up to individuals to choose whether they want to hang around or start the journey home.

OTHER NOTES:
The cruise date has been chosen so far off so that attendees can make arrangements to be able to attend. The date will not be changed. If you can't arrange leave from work, etc, then I'm sorry, but there's always next year.

Once again, I'd also like to extend the invitation to other forums and car clubs to join us on our trip.
Should you feel that another forum is worthy of coming along, feel free flick me a PM and let me know who it is you intend on inviting. Most people should be ok, but in select cases I will ask that you do not invite certain forums due to their bad reputations for cruises.

MAP
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Hope to see you all there!

[Sprinter Freak]

will probs be down for this

[lildavo]

Im from Bathurst. To bad I don't have a car for it...

Can't wait to see some forum members making their way here :)

[Rice86]

actually dont mind as its a Sunday

now to make sure nothing goes wrong until the 1st of July

[wanted_ae86]

im from bathurst nd i just got my car goin again bring on all the ae86s i wont feel so alone in mine then

[blake.]

Fuck yeah im down, just hope I don't break it out there :)

[lolwat]

just a warning(not trying to bring a negative "vibe") the local area around mcgraths hill, has had alot of "publicity" on the news about hooning/burnouts etcetc, so i dont recommend screaming through windsor or richmond, both green highwaypatrols (unmarked and marked) both know there corolla's and playing Nah that engine comes from factory wont work, and they are on the hunt lately

should be making this though

[Matt]

Most of the time they will only hassle you if you are "hanging" in the one spot for ages and causing trouble...

BTW - Lunch is a BBQ at the top of the mountain..

[Matt]

OK, it is now 1 month to go, please let me know if you are coming so i can ensure the numbers for the BBQ are right... At this stage around 15 people have confirmed.

If anyone has any special requests for the bbq please let me know..

But you don't make friends with salad because no one likes eating grass.

Also i've been advised that a couple of professional photographers will be joining us on the cruise and are happy to put the pics up.

[blake.]

I'm deffs keen, my brother might be coming in a r32,

I also have a ae71 bigport and ke70 small port turbo in mind that may come, I'll let em know now.

Just bring the snags bro, can't go wrong then :)

[Matt]

Yep sweet, anyone is welcome as it is a great drive and about getting the community together though ae86 divers get fed first

[4AGENT]

I will try and make this with mates I can gather.

[meadan]

I should be able to make this in either the sprinter or the hilux.

Its always a good day out, but it looks like it will be a decent turnout this year. The last few years have been a bit quiet...

[lolwat]

Yep sweet, anyone is welcome as it is a great drive and about getting the community together though ae86 divers get fed first

first in best dressed :P

[Matt]

I wouldn't be surprised if a few pics from the day end up in a magazine....

[Deceiver]

Yep sweet, anyone is welcome as it is a great drive and about getting the community together though ae86 divers get fed first
I'll be there

[lolwat]

I wouldn't be surprised if a few pics from the day end up in a magazine....

windsor's paper for hooning????

will be a good day, going to behave

[Matt]

Haha I said magazine not on ACA. I do know a few of the nine guys though.

Numbers are starting to build up so it will be a great day.

[Deceiver]

2 weeks to go

[Matt]

Ok everyone... Just a quick reminder that cruise is for Sunday weeek.

Date: Sunday, July 1st 2012
Meet Time: 8.30am for 9:30am depart
Meeting Point: McDonalds McGraths Hill - Corner of Windsor Rd and Groves Av. (refer map)
Destination: Mt Panorama, Bathurst

This will be the start of many more events / drive days coming up with the end goal being Track days in each of the main states at least 4x a year.

So come along , have a feed and enjoy the day.

NB: For the guys who live in bathurst make sure you come to the BBQ. PM me your number and we will organise to meet on the way through.

[Matt]

Next Sunday guys...

I'm looking forward to it.

[Gunner]

Hey matt, can you pick up a pair of gaurds for me while youre up there? If you can ill pm ou some details.

[Matt]

Yeah no worries...

PM me the details

[Gunner]

Thanks dude :)

[lolwat]

might MIGHT make it, need 8mmslipons for front and seat rail and a wheel alignment and im set, hope this knocking wreck called a 4age makes it

[meadan]

I might have some spacers for you, I found a set in the garage yesterday. Not sure if theyre 5mm or 8mm though...

[meadan]

yep theyre 8mm, PM me if you want them...

[Casey-G]

Im coming friday!!!


Really really want to trade rear wheels/+cash-cash something

adan i lost your number again, throw us a text would ya!


keen, new rear shoes this weekend, whoever is going and would be willing to swap or sell with tread, let us know



anyone else my number is 0400933779

[Rice86]

see you boys on Sunday!

[4AGENT]

Cant make it now, going away for work :(

[lolwat]

im out, pretty sure this 4a has head issues

anyone got a 4 bottom end laying around???(any 4ac big port smallport) not going to do a head on a bottom end with a knock

[Matt]

No Dramas, always next year... there is around 20 confirmed and i'm sure there will be a few blow ins on the day...

[Deceiver]

This time tomorrow we will be departing on the trip to Bathurst. Can't wait to see everyone there :)

[wanted_ae86]

dont get to excited its only bathurst nd only 9 degrees so bring your jumpers, but im lookin forward to it and so is my boy just look for for the busted lookin ae86 thats me lol hope everyone has a good drive here

[Matt]

see you guys all there, leaving in a min

[Gunner]

Have fun guys and dont forget my gaurds. Soo jelly, i still have 6hrs driving before i get to KI :(

[Rice86]

failed so hard..hope you boys having a good time =[

[Matt]

Awesome day with around 20 in attendence, though the bbq's at the top of the mountain suck a little, but at least they cooked the food ok.

Pics will be up later

[meadan]

indeed it was a decent day.

It was a bit of a pity on the lack of support from here, but still a fun drive and good to hang out in the freezing cold :P

Having the front bar covered in ice when I got into lithgow was interesting lol

[Gunner]

Howd the.car.perform on such a long drive adan?

[Casey-G]

Yeah dropped the ball guys...

[Matt]

I'm keen to get peoples feedback as to why they didn't come. Best excuse wins a tshirt pack...

[Gunner]

Im keen to see pics.

[meadan]

haha, casey made it in his car, so i dont think any excuse would win :P

I do think this is a bad time of the year for anything at bathurst though, its guaranteed to always be cold

[Matt]

Will put the pics up tonight... Would have last night but camera cable is at the parents.

[wanted_ae86]

it was a good day thanks again to matt for puttin it together ,hopefuly the its not as cold next year lol

[Rice86]

Saturday - installed new clutch for the cruise, in the process i forgot to disconnect the battery and short circuit the starter motor onto the exhaust which then poured steam out of my battery water holes like a BBQ!, clutch change finished in 3-4hours, spent the next 2-3hours trying to figure out why the car wouldn't start anymore, checked all fuses, nothing blown, even opened up the stock ECU to check for blown resisters or circuit board and nothing..

jump starting the car and letting the battery charge for over 1 hour and still it wouldn't start, every component was getting electric though, figured it was a dead battery not holding charge, went to bed as it was late already

Sunday - bought a brand new battery, installed and started first go, was already 10:30-11 by then, the rest of the day was wasted on nothing =[

what started off as such a good idea turned out to be a stupid mistake which cost my whole weekend...that's my excuse

[lolwat]

my fuel tank is dripping in engine oil, enough said

[ae86 drifter]

I'm keen to get peoples feedback as to why they didn't come. Best excuse wins a tshirt pack...

Recovered a mate triumph 675 road bike from out woop woop,hoping he wasnt dead after hitting a kangaroo. def more important

[s13 james]

rego is over rated

[Matt]

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I'll add some more later....

[Gunner]

Thats a great shot matt.

[Casey-G]

Friday morning i split my fuel cell on my way to work, i knocked off at 12 n headed home, had the tank out, flushed and purged by 1:30, ground out n welded up by 2.. quickly packed my bags, checked the engines vitals n headed north to Matts place at 3:30pm, 7hours and 542km later i arrived. Engine off, earplugs out, shook hands with Matt (champion) n casually chatted in the driveway at like 10pm for about 45mins... headed inside, murdered 3 beers with him and his older bro, n tucked off too sleep.

Morning came n i shot around to Bens place up near Blacktown, another 50km sunk, Couldn't see in plain sight Bens house number which was the one i was staring at, felt pretty stupid when he walked out the door :P Shook hands, talked shit, n then headed off to vito's workshop, fiddled with a few bits n bobs, supplied o-ring grease n helped shim the flash hydro throwout bearing, met Laurence (another top bloke) talked more shit, n then went gokarting with Ben Matt n his little one (absolute little legend! does cut sick in a kart and is now corolla obsessed ;) )



After that, threw a few ae86dc stickers on the rig, ended up getting to bed around 3am lol..



Up at 6:30 or some stupid hour (thanks ben) n before i knew it we were on the road to the meet point, shortly after turned into one of the best days i've had (car related respectively).



Snow

Skids

BBQ

&

Pics



great day



Would like to put out a massive thanks to everyone who made my weekend what it was, especially to Matt, and Ben who put me in a bed for Friday and Saturday night, and shared beers n food n such!!... just honestly.. coming from the middle of nowhere to something like that (even though fucking cold) it was great.. would happily do it again (with the boot cladded and maybe a strip of carpet or two to keep what was at times snow chilled air out!)

Will harp on the vic boys to head up from melbs next time (get on it lads!)



stoked, put as many names to faces as i could, sorry i didnt get to speak to everybody, knocked over the best part of 2000km's in 3 days (plus 20mins in the gokarts... cheers ben n matt ;) )





nah dont care, loved it..

heres what i captured on my phone, downloading the torrent as i write this:


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Too lazy to write two different versions for ae86dc&tc.au

[Sprinter Freak]

fark this looked like a good cruise, spewing i missed it :(

[lolwat]

Same :(

[Casey-G]

yeahhhhh... thats right, feel bad! :P




* looks like i cant put more than one pic up?

[shift_rook]

That looks ace. DIsappointing about the turnout.

[lildavo]

Really would of loved to take part in this... Shit go I don't even own a car at the moment. There will be another one next year?

[meadan]

sure will :)