Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB

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Grizz1963
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Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB

Post by Grizz1963 » Sat 15 Jul 2017, 09:25

Well, it looks like this fund raiser has ground to a halt.

At £1370.00 we have all done extremely well.

If anyone still wants to make a named donation in my. Are, the Just Giving site has not been shut yet, so I could still see it rounded up to £1400.00 that looks good.

CLICK LINK: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ ... athlon2017

A rounded up number would have been cool, but I am thankful and proud of the whole effort by all who supported me on the ride.

A couple more pics from the corporate photographer (surprised they took photos to the end) at the end of the ride/race.


This is an example of corporate Health and Safety gone bloody mad.


We were not allowed to ride the first 400 or more meters due to it being dirt, in case someone fell off.......


SERIOUSLY !!!


So had to run with our bikes, pushing them.


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Freecycle bike did good.


Headed back to park it up and drop off my timing tag.


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I was surprised at how little knackered I actually felt, maybe drinking enough liquids before the ride and a bit more at halfway worked.

Braai later..

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Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB

Post by Grizz1963 » Tue 18 Jul 2017, 22:12

Thought I was done with this fund raiser.

Well, seems not quite.

Firstly, MiataMark saw this awesome little key ring and got it for me.

Reminder of the ride in the TuTu

Thanks mate !!

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Secondly.

THIS ONE IS FOR EVERY ONE OF YOU....!!

My Boss' Boss' Boss is Dan, who was the primary driving force in getting this fund raiser going for the kids.

Today he sent me a personal email. (At this point he has no clue who exactly I am, would not recognise me if I walked into a room)

So the thanks goes to everybody who helped get this number up there, despite it grinding to a halt at 93% meaning they still have a ways to go to get to the £25.000.00 target.


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It has been a good day.

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Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB

Post by Grizz1963 » Wed 19 Jul 2017, 10:37

Bit like a Medusa.....

Chop off a head and another two grows......


Thanks Tim.

It did indeed make me smile.

Boosted my morale for sure.

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This makes the "Internet donations" move up to £1521.00 in traceable donations.

Let's see what today brings.

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Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB

Post by Grizz1963 » Fri 21 Jul 2017, 09:22

2017 has been a hard year so far, with no let up in sight from a work point of view.
After being made redundant last year in January from possibly the nicest job I had had in 10 years, along with the rest of the UK and Europe, I was fortunate enough to walk straight into another job...... but is has been the toughest and most challenging job I have had in 25 years, seriously.

The market I work continues to become more challenging daily for all of us, and the expectations just grow and grow.

However, my manager and his team saw fit to bring us to an exotic (not somewhere I would ever go to, except to do a photo shoot of a car or such) venue for a two day "work hard, then relax" business meeting. The business side has been tough with hard words spoken yesterday, no more expected today.

HOWEVER.......

After work at 4.00pm yesterday this was what I saw coming out of the meeting room.

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And of course the start and end of days can look like this.

Making you feel appreciated for at least a short while.

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After the meeting we were all ferried over to a field and some woods in two groups for some not so competitive team building (That was a lie, we are always competitive, individually and as sub teams)
This was followed by dinner and not a lot of alcohol as I suspect most of us knew we would be digging deep again today.

Our "sub-team" who did very well, coming in with the highest scores, the teams were randomly selected, so I just got lucky being with them.

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Archery

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Followed by some clay pidgeon shooting.

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Happy to report that I did well in both events.

Not winning in either but in the top scorers group.

Back to reality now., but it is almost weekend, and hopefully the 75 miles home do not take me the almost 5 hours it did yesterday after a lorry full of chocolate caught fire, reducing Kent roads to chaos for most of the day.



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Later guys.

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Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB

Post by Mavrick » Fri 21 Jul 2017, 21:37

XXX!!!
Really........this is about car building,restoration............come on .......

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ters
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Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB

Post by ters » Sun 23 Jul 2017, 07:41

Mavrick wrote:
Fri 21 Jul 2017, 21:37
XXX!!!
Really........this is about car building,restoration............come on .......
Again? We've been through this before...scroll past Mav.

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Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB

Post by Grizz1963 » Sun 23 Jul 2017, 11:39

Mavrick wrote:
Fri 21 Jul 2017, 21:37
XXX!!!
Really........this is about car building,restoration............come on .......
Listen R-Sole.

Why do you not donate R10000.00 to the children's charity....? Be of some value.

All you do is take on here.

As Ters said above, we have been here before.

You Have posted ten times in 5 years and 20% of it on my thread.

Post up some pics of the restoration you are doing on the cars you are clearly building.

Or else, move on and go look for kak somewhere else.

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Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB

Post by mikeson » Mon 24 Jul 2017, 07:52

What a Richard Cranium!!
Grizz please dont let comments like this put you off - even though I am a bit of a lurker I really enjoy your snipits of life on mud island :D !!

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Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB

Post by Shaughn » Mon 24 Jul 2017, 09:29

Grizz1963 wrote:
Sun 23 Jul 2017, 11:39
Mavrick wrote:
Fri 21 Jul 2017, 21:37
XXX!!!
Really........this is about car building,restoration............come on .......
Listen R-Sole.

Why do you not donate R10000.00 to the children's charity....? Be of some value.

All you do is take on here.

As Ters said above, we have been here before.

You Have posted ten times in 5 years and 20% of it on my thread.

Post up some pics of the restoration you are doing on the cars you are clearly building.

Or else, move on and go look for kak somewhere else.

This Forum can go a long way to learn what it takes to encourage new members and not be an elitist club.

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ters
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Re: Grizz's Redneck Express 1966 Chevy Short Fleetside BILLYBOB

Post by ters » Tue 25 Jul 2017, 08:18

Shaughn wrote:
Mon 24 Jul 2017, 09:29
Grizz1963 wrote:
Sun 23 Jul 2017, 11:39
Mavrick wrote:
Fri 21 Jul 2017, 21:37
XXX!!!
Really........this is about car building,restoration............come on .......
Listen R-Sole.

Why do you not donate R10000.00 to the children's charity....? Be of some value.

All you do is take on here.

As Ters said above, we have been here before.

You Have posted ten times in 5 years and 20% of it on my thread.

Post up some pics of the restoration you are doing on the cars you are clearly building.

Or else, move on and go look for kak somewhere else.

This Forum can go a long way to learn what it takes to encourage new members and not be an elitist club.
No member is considered superior, nor ranked as elite. Mavrick voiced his disapproval of the content in this thread 7 pages ago, yet still reads the updates?! He is not a new member... Joined:Thu 05 Apr 2012, 12:49.

Numerous members commented in this thread (and in private) on how they enjoy reading the updates, be it personal or classic car related by Grizz. This Forum thrives on participation by it's members, not all to everyone's liking or interests. If a thread does not interest you, scroll past...start a new one which does! Be considerate...

Personal threats in private is NOT acceptable on this Forum!

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