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Congrats on the engagement, great to hear things are going well down there.

Driveway looks much tidier, can imagine that feels good. Though there's some hours in that doing the fill and compacting by hand! Fingers cross it holds up and there's no further damage from trucks.

Ugh, how frustrating. But your builder being enthusiastic for you to engage with the door installers is telling in a few different ways. Good luck with the move!

Thanks Mike! The weekend just been was the Aussie Taildragger Kustom Invitational, held on the Central Coast (couple of hours north of Sydney). I put a bunch of pics here: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/aussie-custom-car-show-pics-taildragger-kustom-invitational.555872/ The show...

We got rego on the new ute. There were a few hiccups, like the GVM not being entered (and then the system automatically entering 1000kgs not 4500kgs!), and then discovering that some of the paperwork had a typo in the VIN :rolleyes: All sorted now, but was less straightforward than we'd...

Cheers @kitdoctor @Geoff289 the Super Duty isn't quite on the road yet. It had a blue slip (unregistered vehicle inspection) done yesterday, now that's done we can organise CTP (compulsory third party insurance), and when that's done we can finally pay the rego (explanations for our non Aussie...

Good to hear your health is on the mend Bob! A few weeks I was seeing a bunch of frozen Iguana videos on social media and couldnt help but think of you and your lizard catching dogs.

Friday night we headed out to Sydney Motor Sport Park (I still call it Eastern Creek if I'm honest) for the opening round of the V8 Supercars. I hadn't been along since the late 90s when some bloke called Peter Brock was still racing, and we went to Oran Park, which is now housing - so a fair...

The weathertex stuff is a great product. I've looked into it for re-cladding our shed. Lots of options for traditional cottages through to sleek modern builds, and great sustainability cred. The cladding in your shed really starts to pull that space together and makes it feel finished.

Certainly did, as always @DFB researched it thoroughly and then did a great detailed run down on it, he'd know it better than I would. The comparison of the suspension arms to a stock Ranger really stood out. There's also some other interesting threads where some of the Americans can't cope with...

Thanks everyone! The best thing I'd ever won was a pair of sunglasses, so this was certainly a step up. And I've lost all rights to ever complain about my wife buying tickets in draws we've got 'no chance of winning' :ROFLMAO: Look we'll be using it for towing our mini, and doing some...

Well, I've been keeping something VERY exciting under wraps for a month now, which I can now reveal. Many of you'd be familiar with those online mobs who give away cars under a 'membership' model, where you buy membership levels and then go into draws to win cars. And heaps of people reckon...

Yeh I agree that heat shield is far too thin. I think the concept is good, but maybe it needs something more like 5mm rod?

That workshop is looking neat. Once you have everything in there you won't notice those tiny imperfections. I've only ever had unlined sheds/garages with the walls and ceiling exposed in its full ugliness, so that looks great in comparison.

That is a stunning car. Those RX7s absolutely nailed the styling, and my wife's previous Mazda 3 gave me nothing but admiration for the brand. Great car to drive, even in the lowly 3 model. But 1700kms a year is almost criminally low. For me the joy of having a beautiful car is in the driving...

When we owned it, it was running a stock red motor and trimatic box. Ran beautifully, including multiple faultless trips to Canberra. All you needed for a cruiser like an EK wagon. There was no indication either way if it was kept or swapped from the new owner's post. Wouldn't be the first...

@Geoff289 I dont think many Aussie Ford fans would disagree. My XY wagon is the car I regret selling most - even over the EK wagon we used for my wedding. Speaking of, I recently visited the old EK forums for a poke around and found my old wagon has been properly done up. It was a cool car, but...

So not a huge update, but a few things to share. After a terrible Christmas we've been making an effort to get out and have some nice days. Which has been hard as the weather seems to alternate between stinking hot or heaps of rain :ROFLMAO: . One of those said wet days we went out and did...

Looks like you're keeping busy. Backyard refinements are coming up great as are the home renos.

They look like some big paws! Glad to hear he's settling in okay.