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wonder whatever happened to this car? This build will be old enough to vote by the time it's finished

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Duncan I have been told PP is on at oran park south on the 26th (australia day)

If this is the case (can get on the circuit that day ;) ) you bringing the production car out for a burn??

Will be the first outing for my car and I've decided it wont be coming home till its laid down something in the 45's

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Just spoke to Marky,,,the whole family is 1/2 an hour out of their new home and all is well.

The Surf towing the new Targa/Combined Tourer car suffered some over heating probs early on but all is good now.

The soon to be finished LPG Skyline cruised down there with the air-con on.

Ryan,,,it fitted in the container sweetly.

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Just spoke to Marky,,,the whole family is 1/2 an hour out of their new home and all is well.

The Surf towing the new Targa/Combined Tourer car suffered some over heating probs early on but all is good now.

The soon to be finished LPG Skyline cruised down there with the air-con on.

Ryan,,,it fitted in the container sweetly.

Neil.

Missing the Hawkins fambily already ;)

Duncan Grand Master

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no can't make 26th unfortunately - Mark had to pay for a holiday for Kel that weekend ;)

but it goes good now I am pretty happy. am just about to pull the wiring apart to put the data logger in

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Sorry for the lack of posts int he last while, been a bit busy and the computers have been packed away.

Few more picks to show the crazyness brought on by 40 degree heat.

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A very special thanks to Duncan, Neil and Kel for going beyond the call of duty and helping me get the car together and the crap cleaned out of the garage and into the container. it was a hell of a job in blistering heat and I hope not to repeat it for another 10 years.

The trip was eventful as per raceworx usual. Morning went fine but as the temperature rose to 37 degrees in the afternoon the smurf overheated going up a long hill. Merin didn't notice it until it boiled and poped out the resevoir, so we ended up with a dry radiator. I found some farm on the side of the road and borrowed a hose and brush to clean the dust out the radiator fins and fill it up. After that, we were relegated to about 80km/hr with the heat on full blast to stop it from getting too hot, so we took 30 min stints switching between the gtr with aircon and the smurf towing the race car with a cabin temperature of about 45 degrees.

In the end we made it in a record 17 hours. Not a lot of fun, but we're here. I don't think there is any permanent damage to the smurf, but I'll check it out to make sure as they are prone to head warping under a decent temperature. Hopefully a radiator flush and aircon regas and we'll be back in business.

A white GTST with an SAU sticker drove past us on the tullamarine fwy on the way in, so we've had a bit of a welcome. Once we get settled in I'll finish the car off and bring it back for a few laps. Thinking about taking a bit of time off towards the middle of the year and finishing off the RWB car. Probably take a hard week to get it all done if everything is organised properly.

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hey enjoy the hot weather. now you live in melbourne you'll never see it again.

Actually you might want to have a look at the weather in melb. They are melting!!!.

Marky my weekends are now boring,,,working on my car all alone. I have resorted to talking to myself.

Neil.

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Actually you might want to have a look at the weather in melb. They are melting!!!.

Marky my weekends are now boring,,,working on my car all alone. I have resorted to talking to myself.

Neil.

Well that shouldn't really change anything, we were never listening when you were talking anyway ;)

As soon as I get the car finished, I'll spend more time on the road and catch up with you guys in Sydney one the track.

It's a billion degrees here and the new house doesn't have air con. The family moved into the warehouse last night so that we could get a night of sleep with the air con on!

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Its sitting in a container in USA waiting for Mr Ward to organise a ship to bring it over that doesn't cost him more than I paid him 5mths ago ;)

Your kidding right!? Weren't you suppose to get it just after INDY last year? ;)

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