Bought a new comp buggy.

Post by **Strange Rover** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 5:16 pm

spazbot wrote:how much for the mog rover

Ive got a guy thats really keen ATM and if he doesent buy it Ill put an add in the for sale section.

Sam

Post by **twinnie** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 5:56 pm

does this mean you've gone pro mate? leaving our small leauge for the yanks. do ya think you will make money out of this or just cover costs?

Matt

Post by **MissDrew** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 6:48 pm

He will have fun :bad-words:

Post by **Midget** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 7:00 pm

Sam
If i can afford it at the time and you need a spotter,I'm keen as to go over and yell at you...

I'VE GOT YOU.... :twisted:

Jamie

Post by **Aza** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 7:57 pm

paint it blue red and white

Post by **ausyota** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 8:14 pm

Aza wrote:paint it blue red and white

Naaa go the green and gold!!! :cool:

Post by **Strange Rover** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 8:38 pm

twinnie wrote:does this mean you've gone pro mate? leaving our small leauge for the yanks. do ya think you will make money out of this or just cover costs?

Matt

Nope - its just going to cost but its something i have been wanting to do for a while now. I wouldnt think that I will be competitive at all really. I mean in the top competitions (UROC pros) some of the teams have 1/2 million $ sponsorship deals.

Sam

Post by **Strange Rover** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 8:41 pm

ausyota wrote:
Aza wrote:paint it blue red and white

Naaa go the green and gold!!!

Yea - probably something like that but not until next year.

Sam

Post by **twinnie** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 8:45 pm

wow, surely you can get arb sposership they would jump at the chance to suport an ozzy over there i'm sure. the buggie already has airlockers but mavey money. c'mon some one will sponser you mabey you need to compeat for a while first 2 or 3 rounds to show you are there for a good while.

Matt

Post by **Strange Rover** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 8:49 pm

twinnie wrote: leaving our small leauge for the yanks.
Matt

Not at all. I think the comp scene in Aust is really going to take off next year. Hopefully we will have a series here that is part of a US series and our series will qualify an Australian to compete in a true "world championship" Now Im fairly certain that we will have a WEROC series (this is something new and is being run by the Calrocs dude) and hopefully we should be able to get a UROC sportmans series going here as well which will qualify an Australian for Supercrawl. Now eventually there should be sponsorship $$ to send the qualifiers to the US to compete but Im sure next year it will be just whoever can afford to go will go (to get two rigs there and back is about $7000AUS for the shipping costs)

Believe me - Rockcrawling is really going to take off here in the next few years.

Sam

Post by **Strange Rover** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 9:00 pm

twinnie wrote:wow, surely you can get arb sposership they would jump at the chance to suport an ozzy over there i'm sure. the buggie already has airlockers but mavey money. c'mon some one will sponser you mabey you need to compeat for a while first 2 or 3 rounds to show you are there for a good while.

Matt

Thats OK - I already got a sponsor - Haultech Engineering.

In reality the cost for me to do one competition in the US is probably comparable to the costs that the NSW guys have when they compete up here. Id imagine that to compete in Qld from NSW you will easily have direct costs of over $1000 (transport cost plus entry). Ive even heard of bigger numbers getting thrown around (like $2000). Now basically for me to compete over there all I got to cover is the plane fare (say $2000) and a hire car ($??) and just show up at the event. I would guess that my costs will be less than twice what if costs the NSW guys to compete up here.

Sam

Post by **twinnie** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 9:16 pm

well good luck mate and take lots of piccys for us lot

Matt

Post by **Bush65** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 9:37 am

Good luck and lots of success Sam.

Post by **XFACTOR** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 10:37 am

awesome

good luck

hope you win :armsup:

Post by **NICK** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 12:36 pm

Aza wrote:paint it blue red and white

why?

thats american colours :finger:

NICK

Post by **antt** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 1:30 pm

totally badass sam, i wish ya the best of luck......i'm jealous as hell

will you be the only international competitor in calrocs? or are their guys from other countries outside the US?

Post by **Aza** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 3:32 pm

NICK wrote:
Aza wrote:paint it blue red and white

why?

thats american colours

NICK

ohh i didnt even think of that :oops:

how bout hot pink, i no tony likes that colour :finger:

but best of luck with it, u doing what im sure hundreds of us can only dream of

Post by **Strange Rover** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 3:42 pm

antt wrote:totally badass sam, i wish ya the best of luck......i'm jealous as hell

will you be the only international competitor in calrocs? or are their guys from other countries outside the US?

Only non US that i know. In supercrawl there have been some OS teams in borrowed rigs before though.

Sam

Post by **Eddywelder** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 7:05 pm

Strange Rover wrote:Believe me - Rockcrawling is really going to take off here in the next few years.

Sam

I certainly hope thats the way it will go in the near future as I am very much interested in fabricating and building a tube style buggy....

Eddy :lol:

Post by **GRIMACE** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 9:52 pm

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ! ! !

DONT SELL THE MOG :cry:

Good luck and the rig is orsum :armsup:

Post by **grimbo** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:54 am

Excellent news. this will certainly be an interesting experience. Be interested to see how much of change in driving stlye is required to be competitive. Good luck with it. I hope you'll have your notepad ready so you can take down as much info as possible about how they are doing their events compared to what you guys are doing with PUOSU etc

Post by **Midget** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 10:49 am

Hey Sam
By the looks of the pic,it's a manaul.
Are you sure your going to be able to cope with that extra pedal on the floor,Especially since your used to driving a pansy auto.... :lol:

Post by **jimmyb** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 11:56 am

I am thinking into the future for myself of doing the same, but bringing the rig back to OZ. There are always half a dozen rock crawlers on Ebay going for 6-15 k US, and whats in half of these you couldnt even come close to building in OZ.

Get one for 8k Us, ship to aus and end of the day your under $15 grand AUS and for that its a bargin!

Good lusk OS dood!

Post by **XFACTOR** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 7:03 pm

sam...are you selling lock less?

Post by **RUFF** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:23 pm

Fourwheelin wrote:Hey Sam
By the looks of the pic,it's a manaul.
Are you sure your going to be able to cope with that extra pedal on the floor,Especially since your used to driving a pansy auto....

lt1wrangler wrote:Cottman Trans. 700r-4 with 5 pinion planets, manual valve body, 13-vane pump, all ALTO clutches, O.D. stacked nine clutches, and H.D. Reaction Shell.

Post by **redzook** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:32 pm

RUFF wrote:
Fourwheelin wrote:Hey Sam
By the looks of the pic,it's a manaul.
Are you sure your going to be able to cope with that extra pedal on the floor,Especially since your used to driving a pansy auto....

lt1wrangler wrote:Cottman Trans. 700r-4 with 5 pinion planets, manual valve body, 13-vane pump, all ALTO clutches, O.D. stacked nine clutches, and H.D. Reaction Shell.

im assuming that means auto?

Post by **Daisy** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:40 pm

redzook wrote:
RUFF wrote:
Fourwheelin wrote:Hey Sam
By the looks of the pic,it's a manaul.
Are you sure your going to be able to cope with that extra pedal on the floor,Especially since your used to driving a pansy auto....

lt1wrangler wrote:Cottman Trans. 700r-4 with 5 pinion planets, manual valve body, 13-vane pump, all ALTO clutches, O.D. stacked nine clutches, and H.D. Reaction Shell.

im assuming that means auto?

turbo 700 auto??? i think :?:

Post by **MissDrew** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:43 pm

Just for interest Sam, for me to compete in either Nissan Trials or Woodpecker costs me close to $1000.00, if I tow the lux there and back, most of that cost is fuel. If I was to go to Queensland it would be up around $2000.00 to $2500.00.

Post by **Strange Rover** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 10:30 pm

XFACTOR wrote:sam...are you selling lock less?

Yea - probably should and probably will.

Sam

Post by **Midget** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 11:13 pm

GQ wrote:
redzook wrote:
RUFF wrote:
Fourwheelin wrote:Hey Sam
By the looks of the pic,it's a manaul.
Are you sure your going to be able to cope with that extra pedal on the floor,Especially since your used to driving a pansy auto....

lt1wrangler wrote:Cottman Trans. 700r-4 with 5 pinion planets, manual valve body, 13-vane pump, all ALTO clutches, O.D. stacked nine clutches, and H.D. Reaction Shell.

im assuming that means auto?

turbo 700 auto??? i think

Who knows,ANYONE????

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