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Help needed for scout troop, Brisbane.

Post by VooDoo »

Post Help needed for scout troop, Brisbane.
Im currently a leader of a scout troop in Brisbane and have donated 2 jeeps to the Scouts and Ventura's to rebuild into a working car and a jeep trailer. These guys are 15-18yrs old and keen as hell but skills are lacking in some. They are also the next generation of 4x4 lovers.

Ive donated my shop to their use for 4hrs on Tuesday nights (twice a month) for this project and have tools, hoists, welding gear etc.

If anyone that has some skills in sheetmetal, engine building, panelbeating, Auto electric's etc would like to come down and help out once a fortnight for a few hours the scouts would love to hear from you. I have someone that can do the painting (and has a booth) but everything else is upto us. Will also be chasing some parts from time to time.

The car, trailer and parts etc will become the property of the scouts and not me personally.
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Post by Yom »

at the end of it will they receive any badges in the shape of various Dana diffs?

would make logical sense that levels of achievement go up from a 30 to a 35 and then to a 44 and then a 60. :lol:
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Post by rockcrawler31 »

VooDoo wrote:Post Help needed for scout troop, Brisbane.
Im currently a leader of a scout troop in Brisbane and have donated 2 jeeps to the Scouts and Ventura's to rebuild into a working car and a jeep trailer. These guys are 15-18yrs old and keen as hell but skills are lacking in some. They are also the next generation of 4x4 lovers.

Ive donated my shop to their use for 4hrs on Tuesday nights (twice a month) for this project and have tools, hoists, welding gear etc.

If anyone that has some skills in sheetmetal, engine building, panelbeating, Auto electric's etc would like to come down and help out once a fortnight for a few hours the scouts would love to hear from you. I have someone that can do the painting (and has a booth) but everything else is upto us. Will also be chasing some parts from time to time.

The car, trailer and parts etc will become the property of the scouts and not me personally.
This is well cool and something i'd give my time to. Almost makes me wish i was living in brisbane still. Almost. Actually no, not a chance.
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Re: Help needed for scout troop, Brisbane.

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rockcrawler31 wrote:
VooDoo wrote:Post Help needed for scout troop, Brisbane.
Im currently a leader of a scout troop in Brisbane and have donated 2 jeeps to the Scouts and Ventura's to rebuild into a working car and a jeep trailer. These guys are 15-18yrs old and keen as hell but skills are lacking in some. They are also the next generation of 4x4 lovers.

Ive donated my shop to their use for 4hrs on Tuesday nights (twice a month) for this project and have tools, hoists, welding gear etc.

If anyone that has some skills in sheetmetal, engine building, panelbeating, Auto electric's etc would like to come down and help out once a fortnight for a few hours the scouts would love to hear from you. I have someone that can do the painting (and has a booth) but everything else is upto us. Will also be chasing some parts from time to time.

The car, trailer and parts etc will become the property of the scouts and not me personally.
This is well cool and something i'd give my time to. Almost makes me wish i was living in brisbane still. Almost. Actually no, not a chance.

lol, its coz they are jeeps isnt it :D

(both CJ5's btw)
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Re: Help needed for scout troop, Brisbane.

Post by rockcrawler31 »

VooDoo wrote:
lol, its coz they are jeeps isnt it :D

(both CJ5's btw)
No, it's because it's queensland. :finger:

Actually a pair of old CJ's would be fun to work on
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rockcrawler31 wrote:
VooDoo wrote:
lol, its coz they are jeeps isnt it :D

(both CJ5's btw)
No, it's because it's queensland. :finger:

Actually a pair of old CJ's would be fun to work on

Apart from the flooding, cyclones and Capt Anna Bligh its perfect up here :D

Chasing some trailer springs and axles first up. Have wheels and the steel for the trailer at this point. Ill start a build thread once its underway.
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Post by NICK »

i dont have time to offer, but have access to a heap of car parts and could supply you with a nice set of commodore/falcon seats, radiators fans etc.

I dont have any Jeep parts, but keep me in mind if there is other stuff you need.


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NICK wrote:i dont have time to offer, but have access to a heap of car parts and could supply you with a nice set of commodore/falcon seats, radiators fans etc.

I dont have any Jeep parts, but keep me in mind if there is other stuff you need.


NICK

Thanks for the offer Nick. Can you PM me your number and ill have a chat about some options.
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Post by rockcrawler31 »

actually if you wanted to make a coily trailer i have a set of coils here that you can have for postage costs.

they are off a commodore or something, about 14 inches high and about 250in/lbs i believe. so you could run a smallish camper or trailer with them. I won't be able to get home for three months but i can get the missus to take a pic of them as well as the part number so you can ring the supplier to find out exactly what rate they are.
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Post by JrZook »

VooDoo wrote:Post Help needed for scout troop, Brisbane.
Im currently a leader of a scout troop in Brisbane and have donated 2 jeeps to the Scouts and Ventura's to rebuild into a working car and a jeep trailer. These guys are 15-18yrs old and keen as hell but skills are lacking in some. They are also the next generation of 4x4 lovers.

Ive donated my shop to their use for 4hrs on Tuesday nights (twice a month) for this project and have tools, hoists, welding gear etc.

If anyone that has some skills in sheetmetal, engine building, panelbeating, Auto electric's etc would like to come down and help out once a fortnight for a few hours the scouts would love to hear from you. I have someone that can do the painting (and has a booth) but everything else is upto us. Will also be chasing some parts from time to time.

The car, trailer and parts etc will become the property of the scouts and not me personally.
Hi mate which group are you involved with and where abouts are you situated? Im with the sunnybank rovers and we are currently rebuilding our bashcar. We have some skills but lack tooling (as well as tracking down parts). Maybe we can help each other out?

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Post by chimpboy »

I can't help from down here... but :armsup: that's awesome fellas.
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Re: Help needed for scout troop, Brisbane.

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JrZook wrote:
VooDoo wrote:Post Help needed for scout troop, Brisbane.
Im currently a leader of a scout troop in Brisbane and have donated 2 jeeps to the Scouts and Ventura's to rebuild into a working car and a jeep trailer. These guys are 15-18yrs old and keen as hell but skills are lacking in some. They are also the next generation of 4x4 lovers.

Ive donated my shop to their use for 4hrs on Tuesday nights (twice a month) for this project and have tools, hoists, welding gear etc.

If anyone that has some skills in sheetmetal, engine building, panelbeating, Auto electric's etc would like to come down and help out once a fortnight for a few hours the scouts would love to hear from you. I have someone that can do the painting (and has a booth) but everything else is upto us. Will also be chasing some parts from time to time.

The car, trailer and parts etc will become the property of the scouts and not me personally.
Hi mate which group are you involved with and where abouts are you situated? Im with the sunnybank rovers and we are currently rebuilding our bashcar. We have some skills but lack tooling (as well as tracking down parts). Maybe we can help each other out?

Dan
PM sent.

Looks like we will be setting up the jeep for the Banana Bash 2011 (if we get it done in time) then building the other for rego
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VooDoo wrote:
JrZook wrote:
VooDoo wrote:Post Help needed for scout troop, Brisbane.
Im currently a leader of a scout troop in Brisbane and have donated 2 jeeps to the Scouts and Ventura's to rebuild into a working car and a jeep trailer. These guys are 15-18yrs old and keen as hell but skills are lacking in some. They are also the next generation of 4x4 lovers.

Ive donated my shop to their use for 4hrs on Tuesday nights (twice a month) for this project and have tools, hoists, welding gear etc.

If anyone that has some skills in sheetmetal, engine building, panelbeating, Auto electric's etc would like to come down and help out once a fortnight for a few hours the scouts would love to hear from you. I have someone that can do the painting (and has a booth) but everything else is upto us. Will also be chasing some parts from time to time.

The car, trailer and parts etc will become the property of the scouts and not me personally.
Hi mate which group are you involved with and where abouts are you situated? Im with the sunnybank rovers and we are currently rebuilding our bashcar. We have some skills but lack tooling (as well as tracking down parts). Maybe we can help each other out?

Dan
Looks like we will be setting up the jeep for the Banana Bash 2011 (if we get it done in time) then building the other for rego
Sweet got your PM, will give you a burl sometime soon. Yea we are frantically trying to get ours back together for BB2011 as well!

PM sent.
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Post by NICK »

JrZook, what type of car are you guys building?
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I cant remember what the car was (he told me but i forget) but its got a 318 in it, a GQ chassis (if it shows up) and the panels are corrugated iron
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NICK wrote:JrZook, what type of car are you guys building?
Hi ours it a bit of a bitsa are we are rebuilding it after a dis agreement with a tree. Its a GQ front end with an MQ/MK rear end running a 318 valiant, all tin/corriguated iron custom body. We have finally found another GQ front and hopefully will have it very shortly.

Still in need of a few things like descent shocks for a GQ and possibly some swaybars at the moment also some scrap steel RHS, flat, angle anything we could use to make some new mounts for the engine/gearbox etc. List will grow as we start putting back together. We will also be looking for some spotties they will help us thru the night run as ours have also died.

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Here is the Donor car. The guys have started on it already, mostly dismantling.

Image

We need

new CJ5 suspension (Springs and shocks.)
Body mounts
60 series landcruiser power steering kit
Fuel cell
Brakes fixed (Currently drum all round on D44 rear, D30 front)
LOTS of rust repairs (Panelbeater, sheetmetal workers wiling to teach, help, advise etc)

We have
Painter
Exhaust shop sponsor
Tyres and Rims (35")
Pipe bender for roll cage
Welder
Enthusiasm.
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That thing is sooo nice and wholey! Ours looks like a jungle gym with a diff and only two tyres stuck to it :P
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Jeep working Bee toomorow at 18 Dexter St Moorooka if anyone wants to come lend a hand and work on the Jeep. Ill be here from 8am. The Scouts are doing a money raising car wash (any car wash and Vac for $30) plus a BBQ etc.

Note: NO money is going to me, its all 100% for the Scouts.

My Number if required is 0410641481
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Whens it on till bud? Ill try and make it down for a squizz tomza
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Post by DIRTY ROCK STAR »

thats a good cause.
lets hope grimace doesnt show up and try to cop a feel!
are you worried that boy scouts... jeeps... you could be promoting a generations of man lovers?

but all jokes aside the gesture and idea is awesome.
very cool stuff and i wish this all the best! im sure you can get alot of stuff from local outers people!
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JrZook wrote:Whens it on till bud? Ill try and make it down for a squizz tomza

Last tuesday they got stuck in and again yesterday (i gave up my shop for them to run a car wash to raise money)

Should be some again next week but feel free to drop in anytime.

(oh and i now own 4 jeeps, they are breeding!!)
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If anyone is bored we have the local ventura (scout) group at my shed tonight working on the Jeep. Still looking for mechanic's and welders to help out. Trying to find a Sandblaster to hire/beg/borrow etc. Call me if you want to pop over for a few hrs 0410641481
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VooDoo wrote:If anyone is bored we have the local ventura (scout) group at my shed tonight working on the Jeep. Still looking for mechanic's and welders to help out. Trying to find a Sandblaster to hire/beg/borrow etc. Call me if you want to pop over for a few hrs 0410641481
What part of Brissie are you in?

I am an engineer not a tradie (so completely useless ;) ), but can weld, panel beat and do mech stuff. Have rebuilt a few cars... (and shown a few people how to do it themselves)

Can't help tonight, but let me know when you will be working on it next.
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ISUZUROVER wrote:
VooDoo wrote:If anyone is bored we have the local ventura (scout) group at my shed tonight working on the Jeep. Still looking for mechanic's and welders to help out. Trying to find a Sandblaster to hire/beg/borrow etc. Call me if you want to pop over for a few hrs 0410641481
What part of Brissie are you in?

I am an engineer not a tradie (so completely useless ;) ), but can weld, panel beat and do mech stuff. Have rebuilt a few cars... (and shown a few people how to do it themselves)

Can't help tonight, but let me know when you will be working on it next.
Hi Mate, you still keen to help out with some stuff? IM in Moorooka. We have a few forum guys around on friday nights for a rum and chinwag if your keen and ill fill you in on the Jeeps, Scouts stuff etc. Gimme a call

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