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Ok I am at hospital waiting for the GP to stitch up me arm! :P Elbow actually!

It’s about 7cm long, big gash! :loll:

All started with bloody half eaten pancake!

when I got out of the car I slipped my foot on red gravels, so I instinctive twisted my bottom half of my body to balance myself (old AKIDO& TAE KUN DO skill) and also saving my half eaten fan cake!

So I landed flat on my right elbow!

Funny thing is I was still holding FAN CAKE in my had! :lol:

I got up more embarrassed than hurt!. (it did not hurt at all)

Then Micko's Mrs stop laughed and also my dad was kicking him self laughing! :lol:

But then again blood starts to come out bad! :eek: :eek:

Thanks for Micko & his Mrs.(sorry I should know your name):wave: 1st Aid kit! I wrapped my self up went to YORK HOSPITAL!

Also would like to thanks for Michael and Jo? Jane? Joanne?(sorry if I get name wrong) who drives silver R33 GTS-T IMPUL! Thanks for driving me to the Hospital! Actually that was 1st time ever in 4 door skylines! They ROCKS!! :) I will get them when I get kids! ;)

So I got bandaged up and had tetanus shot! (With massive big pink needle) we have it on Video!!! :lol:

On the way back Hick’s FMIC pipe cam off so Thanks to Paul (aka GTS-tVspec) and my dad. It fixed: D

BTW I have to day HICKS you own me dad for Cleaning his nice Black leather shoes!) :)

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and then we about to leave the place...

My car would not start, damm I left my aircon and light on! :lol:

so had to use HICK's car for Jump start the car!

ohhh Yeah Paul (GTS-tVSPEC) he carries all the tools even jumper cables THANKS MATE!!!!

***Note to yourself Invite GTS-tVSPEC) for all curuise for tools).

anything else you wanna add in?

The things you see when you dont have a camera:uh-huh:

It seemed to happen in slow-motion but imagine Joe falling with a look of terror on his face because he thought he was gonna lose the old flapjack:lol:

Then he gets up, laughing his ass off (so was his Dad & my wife) with a gob fulla pancake:lol:

Sorry you had to get injured buddy because it was a classic!

Very very keen to go on more cruises like that.

Well done all.

Cheers,

Mike.

Hehe did he fall from a bigfoot or a low skyline?

Well my camera says the cut is about 1cm not 7cm aaaaahhhhh i just got home, could of driven from here to busso and back in shorter amount of time....

Joe-Hospital

Hicks-1 hour Intercooler pipe fix

Joe-Battery flat!

hhhhmmm.....

Was good to see all the regulars there...

Damn i could fry eggs on any part of my car it was dat hot up there!

Originally posted by Micko

The things you see when you dont have a camera:uh-huh:  

Sorry you had to get injured buddy because it was a classic!

Very very keen to go on more cruises like that.

Well done all.

Cheers,

Mike.

Kinda makes it all worthwhile doesnt it! :lol:

Yeah, that was the best cruise I've ever been on, much better than the local stuff we do. Thanks Joe for organising it, and providing the entertainment, pity the nurses weren't better looking.

Nice to catch-up with everyone, including some new faces.

Thanks to Memphis for the stickers, I have all the rest, and will drop them to Works Auto on Monday. As Memphis has managed to cover the costs of producing the stickers, it is my idea to sell the remaining stickers and donate proceeds to the running of SAU, let me know if you agree.

Hicks, your a tool, and just when you though Joe had stolen your position as village idiot, you go an blow you intercooler pipe off. At least it wasn't your turbo again:lol:

Joe, If your dad is getting his shoes cleaned then Hicks can pay to clean my racing gloves, came in handy on those hot pipes.

See'ya:burnout:

good stuff always happens when u ain't around dammit

i wish i was there to enjoy it

ah well always next time!

lets have a field trip to japan for the next tokyo auto salon!

hehehehehee

adrian_perth stops dreaming now! :wave:

Q. will Hicks ever manage to keep his car in one piece long enough to complete a cruise? -- I been to 3 events now 1 x drags, 2 x cruises with him and he has had a problem each time.

Just when Joe had the story of the cruise with his double back twisting 2 1/2 pike exit on to the pea gravel, Hick steals the lime light again. lol

It was really good going through the windy bits with a whole string of Skylines/Sylvia/180SX/Supra within a few meters of each other. I bet York didn't know what hit them, probably thought we were some gang come to wreck town:lol:

It was also ice that people brought friends, girl-friends, wives, kids etc, was a nice friendly enviroment, I think there should be more of it.

See'ya:burnout:

Originally posted by GTS-t VSPEC

It was really good going through the windy bits with a whole string of Skylines/Sylvia/180SX/Supra within a few meters of each other. I bet York didn't know what hit them, probably thought we were some gang come to wreck town:lol:

It was also ice that people brought friends, girl-friends, wives, kids etc, was a nice friendly enviroment, I think there should be more of it.

See'ya:burnout:

I agree it was good to see the families etc involved it made a nice day out --- it was also nice to watch the line of cars on the country roads certainly got some attention . There eyes were popping out there heads at Mudaring KFC we were in the car park as u guys drove past

Yeah, but it was embarassing fixing Hick's car at the side of the road, could just imagine what all the Trev's would have said:lol:

It did look a pretty awesome sight, and if everyone has a "www.skylinesaustralia.com" sticker on the back then it would be a good avertisement for the site and a potential WA club.

I think all of you guys should invest in some cheap tools, you would have been screwed if any of you guys had broken down, not many tools between you.

See'ya:burnout:

Hehe, I was heading to my GF's palce afterwards so I didnt drop in at KFC, but everyone followed me past!, but I saw you guys heading down the hill a few minutes later (i was heading up to her street on the other side of the hwy)

Hey, atlest I know my radar works!

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