Christchurch Air Force Museum Tour & Cruise

BRONZEE · Post by **BRONZEE** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:24 am

Don't forget that this is Kirihi's workplace that he has kindly sort special permission to have this meet & this is NZ Defence Force land, so I'm sure everyone will be on their very best behaviour at this club outing, so we're invited back again in the future.

djz · Post by **djz** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 7:10 pm

Managed to break the Z at the NZ Datsun trackday on Friday so I won't be bringing that anymore, I'll have to come along in the Skyline.

BRONZEE · Post by **BRONZEE** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:49 am

djz wrote:Managed to break the Z at the NZ Datsun trackday on Friday so I won't be bringing that anymore, I'll have to come along in the Skyline.

Not literally? Mechanically?

djz · Post by **djz** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 9:14 am

Mechanically, managed to smash both the oil pump gears into about 20 pieces, hopefully there's no other damage to the motor - will hopefully have it out later today and stripped down.

wld350 · Post by **wld350** » Wed Oct 24, 2012 9:08 am

djz wrote:Managed to break the Z at the NZ Datsun trackday on Friday so I won't be bringing that anymore, I'll have to come along in the Skyline.

oh sh!t man! that blows!

Swwnz · Post by **Swwnz** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:12 pm

Hi Guys,
Got two more cars coming up from Alexandra,Grant Ward 300zx,and Owen Burgess 300zx.so that's a total of six people from down south.
Cheers.
Steve.

kirihi · Post by **kirihi** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:41 pm

Swwnz wrote:Hi Guys,
Got two more cars coming up from Alexandra,Grant Ward 300zx,and Owen Burgess 300zx.so that's a total of six people from down south.
Cheers.
Steve.

Great work Steve! It'll be great to see/meet you all, and looking forward to checking out the 370. Let's hope for some good weather...

Cheers,
Chris

kirihi · Post by **kirihi** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 8:38 am

Hi All,

just thinking through some logistics...

If we meet at 10am, drool over and talk about cars, do a Behind the Scenes Tour and have time to look around the museum itself, we will easily kill a couple of hours. For this reason I would suggest that we have lunch in the museum cafe and then cruise off to Akaroa for a coffee/beverage so that we don't feel rushed.

Does this sound OK to y'all? Any suggestions of a good place to go to in Akaroa?

Cheers,
Chris

us2 · Post by **us2** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:40 am

You lucky b's. The drive to Akaroa is superb, and i would love to be there. A cool place.

B101 · Post by **B101** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 2:28 pm

How long does it take to go there and back? With a decent rest inbetween?
Cheers
Brian.

kirihi · Post by **kirihi** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 3:33 pm

B101 wrote:How long does it take to go there and back? With a decent rest inbetween?
Cheers
Brian.

Hi Brian - it takes about an hour to get from Wigram (the museum) to Akaroa, so I'd imagine we'd get to Akaroa by around 2-3pm, have a break/coffee, and then people can head back to Chch as they like. Open to suggestions/modifications though.

Are you going to make it from up north?

Cheers,
Chris

B101 · Post by **B101** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 10:06 pm

Hi Brian - it takes about an hour to get from Wigram (the museum) to Akaroa, so I'd imagine we'd get to Akaroa by around 2-3pm, have a break/coffee, and then people can head back to Chch as they like. Open to suggestions/modifications though.

Are you going to make it from up north?

Cheers,
Chris[/quote]

Cheers chris
Im all booked in for the ferry from wellington to picton on sat morning. (After the drive from Hamilton to wellington) Will get to picton by 11am then trip from there to christchurch. So i will deffinatly be there on sunday unless my partner has got something else planned for me.

Swwnz · Post by **Swwnz** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 7:33 am

Looking good,I make that 10 Zs a great start,look forward to seeing you all,
Steve

netrover · Post by **netrover** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 9:07 am

kirihi wrote:Hi All,

just thinking through some logistics...

If we meet at 10am, drool over and talk about cars, do a Behind the Scenes Tour and have time to look around the museum itself, we will easily kill a couple of hours. For this reason I would suggest that we have lunch in the museum cafe and then cruise off to Akaroa for a coffee/beverage so that we don't feel rushed.

Does this sound OK to y'all? Any suggestions of a good place to go to in Akaroa?

Cheers,
Chris

Good suggestion. An alternative is to have lunch at Little River - 20 minutes from Wigram? There is a great cafe and art gallery there. Should also be enough space to park up the Zeds together. After Little River we can head over the hill to Akaroa for a coffee. The Hilltop Tavern at the top of the hill has great views out over Akaroa Harbour, so we could stop there for a look see.

netrover · Post by **netrover** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 9:16 am

Swwnz wrote:Hi Guys,
Got two more cars coming up from Alexandra,Grant Ward 300zx,and Owen Burgess 300zx.so that's a total of six people from down south.
Cheers.
Steve.

Good effort Steve.

See you all next Sunday.

Had a close call in the Zed this week - some dreamer in a beamer reversed out of a carpark at great speed without looking my way. Stood on the brakes and leaned on the horn - there was millimeters in it!