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This week is one year being on the road, so tidy up was required after making the milestone of its first ever Leadfoot Festival. Started off parked alone, but then I found some friends. Semi related, this was Dad's other white sedan RX3 project- Rod Millen's tribute RX3. So yeah last week we had to say goodbye to our Mk5 Cortina Ghia, which allowed for extra garage space... so why not park diagonally and become garage king? Also that wall features many hundreds of layered posters of 70's rally cars- all have been subject to stray darts. Firstly: my windscreen cracked in two places- one reaching 29cm and one 17cm. Many thanks to Jeremy at Bespoke Auto Glass- not only does he do a great job, he also has incredible life stories and history of rallying, and travels to you to work out of his Imp! Secondly: the door handle decided it wanted to not work as a door handle anymore, thanks bud. This was all sorted by bribing Stephen with beers. Shout out to Mexico for Corona payments. Finally here is RX wedged between its two Ford brothers

We're needed at Leadfoot now for set up so not even at own event, such a trooper

How much more is needed for this?

still waiting on snoozin photos pleaseandthankyou, need more to send through on behalf of us

I'm all for this idea Olive, does the factory movie pass come with buckets of popcorn and complimentary burnouts?

This looks sofa king rad imo tbh

Inspired by the movie night idea, thought this could be a pretty rad deal if any Aucklanders were keen in attending: Friday 23rd January Silo Park (Wynyard/Viaduct/downtown Aucks city) 9pm or 2100 hours There are also other ones playing this was most relevant to our interests. http://www.silopark.co.nz/silo-park/cinema/

Thanks I was really inspired by seeing the police turn up before Stephen could

Jesus must love rotors as things I received on his birthday included car clean things (thanks parents), extra long rear vision mirror because bullets are effectively useless (thanks Karl) aaaand a smiley grill chrome which is something I've dreamed of owning since the beginning (many thanks to the surprise king Stephen) One heck of a bling queen and also amazing to drive on motorway now as the driveshaft is super shhhhh. Smug Buck and peeping Max Smiley times two

Potentially yes, may also have another members car to babysit so will let ya know

I'm a big fan of the Coca Cola crate/scissor jack stand

Man these comments make me incredibly delighted hard work paid off full credit to everyone else involved Firstly, I have the door triangle chrome guard Jonny but not the lower piece so it looks incomplete, that's why I'm keeping it to the strip for now. Yeap these are 175/60s only have a pair currently so starting a new trend of the backwards drag car look I've only ever had the one offer sadly/gladly haha

I'm impatient, want update plz

Driveshaft balanced and painted up real good courtesy of rad people at ADL Sunnybrae Rd It's important to try NOT drop driveshaft on your head when fitting, as even the biggest amount of expletives can't do it justice Have a wee problem with rear left rubbing through the body which has seemingly weakened it by touch, so attempting to save this with new tyres courtesy of Stephen big vs small Finally, under all circumstances it is important to purchase a limited edition rotor xmas sweater and wear it as a work top (rated 5 stars and parent approved) and there you have it, back brapping in no time

Driveshaft is out I also managed to score the lucky last Mazda original sill clips so the chrome finally went on. Not without a struggle though, previous owner had drilled out the holes in the body meaning the clips had to be drilled too and special screws bought and cut from Hi Q (photos ded) It's been on the road 37 years today

Today I flushed out the radiator for the new cap as the old one didn't seal properly and this mixed with warm temps, packed car, and slow ride over Coromandel hills meant a messy situation at Leadfoot petrol station (sorry Rodney) also getting driveshaft balanced, checking rear shock and various nic nac knocking arounds. This RE12 badge came courtesy of Christchurch's 427carguy Hogan at the 2012 Leadfoot cruise so I gave it a permanent home

For those who attended the cruise, the quiz is below. Apologies for not completing this on the day but we allowed for maximum time looking around instead. The first person to complete the quiz with all/most answers correct will win a signed copy of Rod Millen's new book. Get your answers in on here or via PM to myself or BDA780 by the end of the week (7th November). 1. What are the dates for the 2015 event? 2. How long is the track from the start line to the underpass? 3. How many truck loads of gravel and rock were bought in to make the road? 4. Which barn was built first, black or brown? 5. How many cars are at a Leadfoot event? 6. How many years has the event been held? 7. How many years did Rod win the NZ rally championship? 8. Which years did he win the championship? 9. What was the main change Rod made to his USA rally RX7s? 10. What brand is the traction engine? 11. What year is the traction engine? 12. What entertainment is planned for the Saturday night of Leadfoot Festival? 13. What brand is the fire engine? 14. What is the current record for Leadfoot hillclimb? 15. Who holds the record? 16. What car holds the record? 17. How many hay bales are used during the festival? 18. Where do the bales come from? 19. How deep is the cabin's lake? 20. What is the name given to the type of toilets used at Leadfoot? 21. Which car did Rod use to break the outright record at Pikes Peak? 22. How long did that record stand for? 23. What was the record time? 24. How many square meters of tarmac were laid for Leadfoot race track?

Thanks to all for coming along we all enjoyed the appreciation you guys have for the property and all it's goodies. Special thank you to everyone who had help etc for me, they weren't joking about rotary life. My favourite part (apart from all of it) was when you lovely bunch hung around to see if my car would be ok before making tracks 10/10 would trade again

nextweekendnextweekendnextweekend!!11! If you haven't filled form or sent a PM please do so to Karl or myself this week so we can keep track of strays and let you all in Look forward to seeing you all doing shots of espresso to stay awake and bright smiles that scream why do I sacrifice weekend sleep for classic cars

I didn't look at any center consoles ain't even know what you drive tbh

Wait a second, the mysterious rustisize was at caffeine and classics?

Si señorita

Should cruise to the Matakana Oktoberfest

Disclaimer: this could be the most amazing night of your life! Or it could be filled with jukebox repeat tunes and awkward conversations about abandoning three children (Peter) See you all there, please wear only your finest Nike sweatpants

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD WILL BE THERE, WORLD FAMOU$