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Hello Oldschoolers!

Lately I have been fortunate to make a few bucks from my classic vehicles by renting them for use as prop cars on a variety of music video shoots. Unfortunately for me i do not own a vehicle matching every brief that i've been passed and so i am here to offer this same opportunity to others. Aside from the money a neat byproduct of it is getting your hands on really cool stills and film of your pride and joy, and the requirements aren't what you might think; worn out character filled cars are as often fitting as something polished and restored to perfection.

Enough rambling! The latest brief is for a "vintage" (anything 1980's or older) wellside or flat deck 4x4 ute. They sent me an RN46 Hilux as an example but i believe something later 80's would be just as fitting.

heck even an early 90's truck with character and cool decals. 

The payment is $500 cash. The shoot will be on SUNDAY 11TH FEBURARY 2024 on a WEST AUCKLAND beach.

you are welcome to accompany the vehicle for the day or leave the keys in the capable hands of myself or a designated member of the film crew and come back to collect it later. It will only be driven slowly, not in the tide obviously, and no risky manoeuvres will be performed. Cameras will be attached to the vehicle in non destructive ways with suction cups and tie down straps, mainly in the tray in this case.

If you're interested please post a picture of your vehicle and ill send you a DM.

Thanks kindly for your time! more briefs to come, keep your eyes on this space.

Another thing to mention is that the Cabin is now available for rent. The driveway is somewhat Awd access only in the winter or after a rain but even a toyota carib or honda crv would be more than enough. If this cant work for you there is a short walking track up a hill from a car friendly parking spot on the town boundary. Rental rates arent decided entirely yet but have currently been going with $400 per week or $80 per night and my guests seem happy. Can do a smidge cheaper for oldschoolers of course. At these prices its the cheapest off grid cabin style accommodation in the region . The power is solar, the water is rain, the kitchen is gas and the toilet is composting. Off da grid as they say. Live Laugh Log Cabin

More photos etc

had to go for a hoon up the Wairau on the bro Vaughans classic jetboat after all the hard work

Trips down since then have seen a full rewire of the 12v system with new deep cycle lead acid batteries, a total overhaul of all the lighting, lighting installed in the toilet and shower areas, new stereo with bluetooth, 12v low power fridge, 12v TV for watching Cars 2 on a rainy night.

Just a tidy up and rewire of the existing 12v solar setup. Better controllers (these are as shit as they come) would improve it vastly but i think im going to go to LiFePo4 and fancy hybrid inverter straight away instead of bothering to spend more on these campervan systems. But eventually they will be installed on other satellite buildings so worth keeping em nice(toilets showers etc) 

Putting the fridge in the bath is actually awesome cause these 12v fridges build up quite a bit on condensation and this makes it easy to drain. Plus theres a good shower on a gas califont a short walk from the cabin so the bath mostly goes unused.

These hilarious Sharp mini system speakers are a nice impedance to run out of a car stereo and sounds surprisingly punchy actually. The 12v tv i got for $50 from noel lemmings clearance center cause the dvd player dont work (they sell for $500 at burnsco). Most of my lighting is "pond lighting" i bought online, they come in nice aluminium housings and are really low power consumption.

Ay time for a wee post about this fun project.

so about a year ago I was lucky enough to purchase some land pretty cheap as the owner was retiring. She was looking for someone to pass it to who shared her vision about the place and wouldn't just chop it up and sell it to developers. 

So now i pretty unexpectedly own 23 acres just outside of my hometown of Picton. My plans are to move to live on it (hopefully by 2026) and develop it slowly and carefully, as its pretty easy to make a lot of non reversable changes these days with a 3.5t excavator at my roadside. Ginormous pole shed is a must of course.

Right now its mostly Wattle and Kanuka with a spattering of other natives trying to fight with the gorse and younger wattle. Goats, pigs, possums, weka etc.

Oh and a log cabin.

So the story with the cabin is that it was built from about 1998-2000 by the woman who sold me the land. It was built mostly with hand tools, no electricity, from half rounds and poles she got from a local sawmill and dragged up the hill with her Subaru Leonie. She lived in it for about a decade and gradually improved the water catchment and storage, put some basic solar on the place and built a nice, but now pretty rotten, composting toilet down the hill.

Since she moved out ten plus years ago there were a string of tenants that lived there and unfortunately when i took possession the place had become pretty run down. Fortunately my first trip was with a few friends and we spend most nights getting sauced up and deep cleaning every surface of the place.