Cro Flower Power Lifetime Members 6,114 Member For: 22y 4m 13d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 21/02/04 09:19 AM Share Posted 21/02/04 09:19 AM Moving to Canberra, driving down following my mate in the 15 tonner (I don't have a MR license) unload all my stuff, drop the truck off at the airport, Drive my mate back to Sydney, Drive myself back to my new home in Canberra.20km's from home at 1:45 in the morning, 5 mins before the Caltex on the Federal Hwy, a truck comes the other way so I dip from High Beams, then all of a sudden I see a Kangaroo Head pop up just infront of my passenger side bonnet.Smack, %$#@^%#%#%%@#%#%#%^%^*#&!@#$%^!@ (Insert a million obsenities here)Cooling - OkSteering -OkDrivability - OkI kept going till Caltex where I first saw the damage. The entire front bumper is buggered, passenger headlight is stuffed, both foggies poped out and were dragging along the ground, and a small head print in the bonnet.Go home, still spewing, wake up in the morning to tape him back together again, notice a million and one stone chips and scrapes under the front bumper... Damn this thing might of been a blessing in disguise :DIt's at Gregory's Ford Smash in Mithcell, been without him since Tuesday and it is hell!!I'll get him back sometime this week, hopefully on Thursday so I can still do a couple of drives before I go back to work.I'm investing in a Nudge Bar, simply for the little bit of protection it offers, and gives me a perfect mounting spot for the Shu-Roo system, and some driving lights.I think this is a wise investment considering I'll be doing a lot of night time driving through Roo infested area's..Anyways, here are some pics of Gadan all taped up.Front View Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cro Flower Power Lifetime Members 6,114 Member For: 22y 4m 13d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 21/02/04 09:20 AM Author Share Posted 21/02/04 09:20 AM Foglight Missing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cro Flower Power Lifetime Members 6,114 Member For: 22y 4m 13d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 21/02/04 09:21 AM Author Share Posted 21/02/04 09:21 AM HeadlightsThe smaller light is the Highbeam, and it doesn't work anymore, hence me not caring about putting tape over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cro Flower Power Lifetime Members 6,114 Member For: 22y 4m 13d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 21/02/04 09:22 AM Author Share Posted 21/02/04 09:22 AM Side bumper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cro Flower Power Lifetime Members 6,114 Member For: 22y 4m 13d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 21/02/04 09:23 AM Author Share Posted 21/02/04 09:23 AM Passenger headlightsNotice how the chrome rings around the headlights have come off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronmihe Upstanding Member Member 759 Member For: 21y 5m 19d Location: Canberra - ACT Posted 21/02/04 09:24 AM Share Posted 21/02/04 09:24 AM If you can scam it I'd be interested in a headlight housing to 'experiment' with a crackpot idea I have..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cro Flower Power Lifetime Members 6,114 Member For: 22y 4m 13d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 21/02/04 09:24 AM Author Share Posted 21/02/04 09:24 AM Drivers side foglightJust popped out when the bonnet flexed in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cro Flower Power Lifetime Members 6,114 Member For: 22y 4m 13d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 21/02/04 09:25 AM Author Share Posted 21/02/04 09:25 AM Proof that I did hit a Kangaroo, or an Arab, but that's another story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cro Flower Power Lifetime Members 6,114 Member For: 22y 4m 13d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 21/02/04 09:26 AM Author Share Posted 21/02/04 09:26 AM Front Grille Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongueboy Member 457 Member For: 21y 10m 23d Gender: Male Location: Tamworth, Armidale NSW Posted 21/02/04 09:27 AM Share Posted 21/02/04 09:27 AM ........nothing like a bit of native fauna to bring the smiles on! You were lucky Cro. Roos,wombats and emus,all a huge pain in the buttocks when driving in the bush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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