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thanks mate, i will pm everyone involved the details tonight.

I'll have some white ribbon for everyone to put on your cars :)

Attending:

Stan and Eric (2 White R34's)

Me and Lenno (2 Dark Grey R33's)

Dave and Josh (2 Blue R33's)

Sorry to everyone else who said they could make it, but i can only have this many cars involved, and i wanted to colour co-ordinate :D

Should make for some great photos. :D

Thanks again Guys

LOL - whatever stan!!

The girls know where a good things at, so of course they'll be riding shotgun with me :PBJ:

Re Eric: How kind of him!! :D

Im really looking forward to it.

Your lucky u finally got in on this too Josh!! Thought i was gonna be the lone blue ranger haha.

On a slightly different topic, do any of you guys have any mesh grill stuff to put in where the GTR grill should sit? Im struggling to find the friggin stuff!!

Haha; I have insider information.... and sif the bridesmaids want to travel in a boat :D The whole idea of this cruise is to DRIVE them to the church :P

EDIT: Yes, Eric does swing both ways... ain't that right Eric :(

Oh, for that grille... pop down to your local autoshop... there is some "full sik" grilles you can buy

Otherwise, go to your hardware/gardening place... black mesh can be purchased for cheap!

Roger that.

I shall check this 'fully sick' mesh out.

I dont want friggin ricer excel shit though. So ill probably go to the hardware store or even a security screen door place so - to get that hard fly mesh they sometimes put on security doors this days.

Back on topic now,

What do you want us to wear Chris? I think i speak on behave on all of the chauffeur's (I friggin spent about 10 mins trying to figure out how you spell that word!!) when i say that im unsure of the appropriate attire for this occasion and also the reception too.

-Dayyyyyyvvvveeeeee.

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LOL - whatever stan!! 

The girls know where a good things at, so of course they'll be riding shotgun with me  :PBJ:

Re Eric: How kind of him!! :P

Im really looking forward to it.

Your lucky u finally got in on this too Josh!! Thought i was gonna be the lone blue ranger haha.

On a slightly different topic, do any of you guys have any mesh grill stuff to put in where the GTR grill should sit? Im struggling to find the friggin stuff!!

try rampage or autobaun at maitland :(

Just dress neat....nice pants collar shirt etc....tie optional. up to you.

dress is smart casual/semi formal

One week!!

*yay* :P

ANyone keen on meeting up in Newcastle and driving down to Chris's house at the scheduled time. That way we'll all arrive at his place at once rather then in dribs and drabs.

It also means we get there on time and not late!!

Any meeting time suggestions?

up to you guys but may as well just meet at my place....if you have a prior meeting place, someone could be late, making everyone late.

ribbons need to be put on the cars, so they could be done while waiting for others.

Hey Chris, we from Sydney are GOOD TO GO! Big story to tell once we're there... my number is 0415 263 309 please give me a call when you read this to see where we are and if there are any delays.

If any of the other guys could pass this onto Chris if you know him that would be good, I know he must be busy this morning!

Yeah today went really really well... except for the ribbon on my car (damn mechanic, should never let them try staying clean)

Congratulations Chris, hope you and your lovely wife have many many many fruitful memories and years to come :rolleyes:

It was really really nice to have a whole procession talking about cars after the ceremony ;)

I thoroughly enjoyed that, and as Dave said... thanks to Chris for letting us join on his special day!




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