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SAU 3rd Annual Putty Road Cruise and Lunchon, Sunday 4/7/04


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yeah that was me.. damn dude.. the run up was more fun...  

especially chasing motor bikes :( hehe

LOL!!! thats cause the bikies on the way down wanted to play! the ones on the way back were just being rude and blocking traffic!! grumpy men!

Who was the other 33 that bumped into us on the way back - MT 311! Sorry for holding you up on the initial stages of putty rd! i wasn't sure if you were going to stick with us or not ;)

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Here's ours.

Hey guys, wish i could have been there but i had my 3rd year anniversary with the gf. Never would have gotten away with a putty road cruise as a romantic weekend away.

Abo Bob, u have some cool pics there but whats with the ghost car about 5 spots infront in this picture

Ewen, didn't catch you out there, didn't realise another TT person was there!!

Mona- i know, how annoying were those bikes on the way back!!

sooo irritating!!! and they knew we were there!!! all they had to do was move to the side, so we could overtake while only using a little of the oncoming lane... but noo!!! lets just putter along! :

and ewwwwwwwww at Auroras car!! thats disgusting!!! poor car!! looks like a bit of damage!!! and the wombat was already dead on the road? poor wombat :( Run over, not once, but twice!!! ;)

Anyone get any pics of my black 32 and my mates green one before i was sent back home with clutch problems.

Spewing i missed it. Sounded like fun

yeah i did!! sorry you missed the cruise :(

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but despite hitting the wildlife...was a great day!! :(;)

there was only about 8?? of us that did the Putty Rd back to Windsor in the dark (after tagging along to a few wineries) which was a good sized group actually, cos we could set our own pace and keep together.

Made it a VERY long day, driving back to Canberra after that!!

as slo200 said, good to see "most" ppl were well behaved, and any comments on those that weren't are best put in the members forum :)

thanks to all you guys who joined up as members on the day too, you will have a shiny new membership card and sticker in the next couple of weeks :headspin:

the rest of my pics are here

i didn't realise the wombat thing was on this cruise.. nasty!!!!

what was up with the silver 32 getting repairs?

they both copped the wombat, Craved :(

the guy under the silver 32 had to clean the wombat bits off his car with a tshirt eeeeewwww!

http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/users/2rismo/putty/

hook in guys'n'gals :cheers:

Adrian

P.S. The images result1 and result2 are what Taryn and I ended up with after a day and a half in the Hunter SHOPPING!!  ;)

funny that, after you gave me a hard time for not having a wing, you ended up making an effort to take a photo, just so you can look at it all day :cheers:

The silver 32's damage was limited to the lower lip coming off on the drivers side (as in picture), it managed to just clip it, but wasnt so lucky for ewens car :cheers: id say the intercooler is an instant write off... :cheers:

nice pics guys :cheers:

great cruise and I can't wait to get back to the hunter valley again!!!!

Shonen: no worries, I expected you'll be pulling in soon

if anyone has any feedback about the day, please PM or email me with it so I know for next year :cheers:

Hey guys, wish i could have been there but i had my 3rd year anniversary with the gf. Never would have gotten away with a putty road cruise as a romantic weekend away.

Abo Bob, u have some cool pics there but whats with the ghost car about 5 spots infront in this picture

I took another car out because it wasn't a Skyline and didn't deserve to be there.

P.S. The images result1 and result2 are what Taryn and I ended up with after a day and a half in the Hunter SHOPPING!! ;)

Dude, you guys will have to come up with us again so that Jody and I can show you how it is really done... we collected that much in about 2 hours... which is why we had to go home and not stay the night :cheers:... didn't bring a big enough car! :cheers:

http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/users/2rismo/putty/

hook in guys'n'gals :cheers:

Adrian

P.S. The images result1 and result2 are what Taryn and I ended up with after a day and a half in the Hunter SHOPPING!!  :cheers:

Got a bit of vignetting there Adrian, what camera / lens were you using?




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