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Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 5:16 pm
by Strange Rover
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
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 5:56 pm
by twinnie
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
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 6:48 pm
by MissDrew
He will have fun
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 7:00 pm
by Midget
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....
Jamie
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 7:57 pm
by Aza
paint it blue red and white
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 8:14 pm
by ausyota
Aza wrote:paint it blue red and white
Naaa go the green and gold!!!
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 8:38 pm
by Strange Rover
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
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 8:41 pm
by Strange Rover
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
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 8:45 pm
by twinnie
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
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 8:49 pm
by Strange Rover
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
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 9:00 pm
by Strange Rover
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
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 9:16 pm
by twinnie
well good luck mate and take lots of piccys for us lot
Matt
Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 9:37 am
by Bush65
Good luck and lots of success Sam.
Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 10:37 am
by XFACTOR
awesome
good luck
hope you win
Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 12:36 pm
by NICK
Aza wrote:paint it blue red and white
why?
thats american colours
NICK
Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 1:30 pm
by antt
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?
Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 3:32 pm
by Aza
NICK wrote:Aza wrote:paint it blue red and white
why?
thats american colours
NICK
ohh i didnt even think of that
how bout hot pink, i no tony likes that colour
but best of luck with it, u doing what im sure hundreds of us can only dream of
Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 3:42 pm
by Strange Rover
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
Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 7:05 pm
by Eddywelder
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
Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 9:52 pm
by GRIMACE
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ! ! !
DONT SELL THE MOG
Good luck and the rig is orsum
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:54 am
by grimbo
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
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 10:49 am
by Midget
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 11:56 am
by jimmyb
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!
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 7:03 pm
by XFACTOR
sam...are you selling lock less?
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:23 pm
by RUFF
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.
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:32 pm
by redzook
RUFF wrote: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?
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:40 pm
by Daisy
redzook wrote:RUFF wrote: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
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:43 pm
by MissDrew
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.
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 10:30 pm
by Strange Rover
XFACTOR wrote:sam...are you selling lock less?
Yea - probably should and probably will.
Sam
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 11:13 pm
by Midget
GQ wrote:redzook wrote:RUFF wrote: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????