Ex Army Land Rover to CAPE YORK, Our wildest Camera Car Build Yet + Huge BMW GU News

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Right now on Beers in the Shed, Jesse and I are sitting down with a cold one and look where we are.
Loyalty Beach in Cape York have just completed the tally track with not two new cars but three,
one of them you can't even see and it's going to be a good one. Make sure you grab a beer,
sit down in the shed, sit down on the couch and give it a watch. This your fridge mate?
It is my fridge mate.
I might have myself, you want a beer?
Oh yeah, New Graham. Thanks mate, I'd love a beer.
Cheers mate.
Cheers.
Cape York beer, how good. Oh don't you dare, I thought you were going to blow that on me.
Welcome to a very special episode of Beers in the Shed. Mate, well we're not in the shed,
we are at Loyalty Beach. And this is going to be a very special episode of Beers in the Shed
because we want to go through those two vehicles behind us. The big Perenti and of course Jesse's
BMW GU, which has been amazing mate.
Touch wood.
Touch wood. I mean considering, I mean we'll get into all this, we'll get into all this,
but the fact you only just finished the conversion and now you're up here in a beautiful part of the
world. Plus of course we've got to go through the camera car. The new camera car that we're
going to be showing you guys as well as your favourites, rigs, fails and all the rest. So
mate, we've got a couple of questions here from a couple of people who want to know a little bit
more about the GU since it's been finished. Get that BMW car done. Well, it's done.
It's done. It's not completely done. There's another question they're asking about the paint.
That is one thing I did not have time for and you guys are probably going to notice the left
hand side hole in the guard is still there. I've got a silver guard as you guys know,
I just didn't have time to paint the car, but I'm kind of glad I didn't get that time
to do it before Cape York because the flares on the back of Copter beating is some scratches
everywhere. So I probably wouldn't have driven it as hard if it was freshly painted. So when I,
when I get back, I'm going to have to fully clean the inside and maybe get the outside ready for
some paint. Good idea. Good idea. Tell us about the GU because that thing has been epic on this
trip. Yeah. Let's go through it. Well, it was an effort and a half to even get it ready. Probably
the last three to four weeks before Cape. I don't think I went to bed before 2am. Like I was just
flat out and my job list kept getting smaller and I had a couple on smaller, had a couple on. And
it's always so much fun when you got that list and you're like want to tick stuff off and then
you add stuff and you're like, Oh, and it's the last five, 10% that you don't want to rush. You
want to try and do it right, but you're trying to rush it and you just, you can't cut any corners.
So it just takes time. But, um, to be honest, I probably only had 300 Ks on it before I left
Cairns at all. Yeah. I was super nervous. Um, yeah, I, I didn't know anything about the car
really. And I was still learning about it, but, um, touch wood. It's done the tele-track. A couple
of dramas. I had a charging issue and I had to change one sensor on the engine. Other than that,
super happy with it. Heaps of power. It's turning real good fuel figures, all that sort of thing. So
couldn't be, couldn't be happy with it really. Touch wood. I hope I'm not jinxing myself.
Mate, I don't reckon you will be jinxing yourself as a testament to you. Um, and the way you built
that vehicle, the fact that you pretty much just finished a conversion, did probably less than a
week's worth of driving and away you went up to the Cape. We've done thousands of Ks through some
pretty rough stuff. The water up here, there's been a lot of it. It's been deep, gnarly, muddy.
Everything. Yeah. And it's been loving it. Yeah. And absolutely loving it. Definitely. One thing
I've been super happy with is the RZR front bar, especially on a Series 4 GU. It's really hard to
get a good approach angle. That's tucked up nice and tight. It is tucked up quite close. Yeah. I've
you'll see it on the videos coming. I'm wedging down steep things and it just sort of,
it's got a big ramp in the bottom. It just skids its way out. I have noticed that because a lot of
GU front bars, they sit out a fair way. They kind of got like a bottom chin sticking out. Whereas
that, that sits up nice. It's just tucked in and it works. I like it. Yeah. Well mate, it really is
a testament to you and how you build vehicles. The fact that you put that thing together and
you've done not that much testing and you've sent it up the Cape and it's been loving it. But
obviously it's one thing to have an engine that goes broom to get up here, but it's another thing
to, to live out of the vehicle. So what are some of the mods and things you've done to get it Cape
ready? Yeah, well pretty much the last time you would have seen or anyone else has watched the
videos, it was bare bones. I just got it started. I hadn't even driven it. So it was, it was started
and driving, but it was a fully bare car. So obviously at the tail end of a project, most
people know this, the budget gets super tight. So I was pinching other bits off me cars and stuff.
So I've got, I bought one drawer for the bottom and it's a modular system. So I took the other
one out of my GQ, stuck on top, got a clear view slide in there, kept the fridge nice and low.
Um, I took the fridge cage out of my GQ, sat that in there. Um, yeah, just, just a real simple
12 volt system. Like, you know, everyone goes hectic with lithium and solar and stuff these
days. I knew we're going to do a lot of driving. So I just got a lead acid battery in the back
and a voltage sensitive relay. Yeah, didn't you steal that out of your missus' car or something?
Yeah, so the, the voltage sensitive relay is out of my missus' car and the battery is out of my
caravan. That's how, that's how tight things are getting towards the end. But it just goes to show,
like it hasn't gone below. I think we've had lights in the fridge running on, I think 12.4
in the morning. Like, you don't have to spend three grand on a battery setup. If you're driving
a bit, happy days. Yep. Um, I've got the roof rack on and the big, uh, EFS awning that makes
it so easy. I've never had an awning that flashed. 270 degrees, easy to set up, easy to pack down.
I like that it folds back onto the rack too though.
Yeah, so it was, they're quite a big thing, any 270 degree awning, and it hung out a bit and I
was a bit worried about that. It hung out nearly more than the tyre. So I've got these crock hinge
brackets and actually folds down flat on the rack. So yeah, as you can see, it's just,
you can rub your roof rack along a tree and not damage the awning. Because I've seen
plenty of awnings get ripped off. I've always seen our mate Sean rip a couple off, so
I didn't want to be the new Sean and rip an awning off. Got the, got the snorkel and air box on.
Don't tell Sean this, or you even this. Oh, you're a Land Rover guy, it's all right. It's got a 200
series filter in it, so that's been super handy to have that. Had to do breathers, put a compressor
in for the lockers. Just heaps of little fiddly jobs, but um, I'm super happy with how it's
working. I've got two tables on the back from Horizon Touring, and the organiser in the back
window, that thing. Yeah, I saw that. Yeah, I wasn't sure if that was for me. I've never really
been a tourer, but on this trip, everything in the back is so easy to get to. And you fold down
them tables, there's salt and pepper sauces, all the utensils up there. It's just, it's just easy
to live out of when you're on the road, pretty much. Is it a sign of your age, Jess, that you're
uh, you're liking your touring mods a little bit more? Maybe you're getting a little bit older.
Yeah, yeah. Gone are the days where we had like Eskies with up and goes in them, and you just go
wheeling for a weekend, that'd be you. Yeah. Well, it is, but then also you did see me in one of those
challenges, probably one of the early challenges, and I, you gave me a nod, I gave myself a nod, and I
had another go and smashed my mirror, so. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think the silly Jesse is still there as well. Oh, you can't, we'll never go
out of that, mate. As soon as we uh, see something, we just need to drive up. It's like a red rag to a
bull, so I'm hearing you. Oh, most definitely, I'm hearing you. Oh, another thing I didn't get done in time was my aircon.
So the inside of the car, unfortunately, is near red. Aircon? Never heard of her. What do you mean?
All you need is some little flaps under your windscreen that go plop, and then you're good.
But that dust can go in the front of yours and out the back. It doesn't go out the back. Yeah, don't worry about it, mate.
Just roll your sides up like me, and you're sweet. See, what you need in your life is a Parenti, I think,
and, and, and I need one too after this. Possibly, possibly, maybe. And of course, the big Parenti. Yes.
Which has been so much fun up here in Cape George. It's been a weapon, and I haven't seen you not smiling
any of this trip. No, I've absolutely loved it. I reckon when all is said and done, I'm going to have
to get myself one after all this, because as a lot of you guys at home know, and as you know as well, mate,
we are auctioning that vehicle off with all the proceeds going to young veterans at the end of all
these Cape York episodes. So once that all comes out. Very cool. Put it up for auction with 100%
of the proceeds going to help out a 100% volunteer-run charity. Safe to say, if people are bidding on it,
they'll be bidding against you, I reckon, mate. Yeah, I reckon. You've fallen in love with this thing.
I really, really have. That thing has been amazing. Hasn't let us down. It's a Cape Yorker. Oh, definitely.
It's, it's been so cool plodding along behind that thing. Like, it looks like you're in safari,
but the thing's rolled up, and I'm just bouncing around. Oh, mate. And it got the full Land Rover
treatment from some, I guess, Land Rover specialists. That, those being KLR Automotive
in South Windsor, and Rick from Kingpid Fabrications up in Queensland there. He sent
down a bunch of parts. Now, being a charity build, they were more than keen to, uh, to jump on board,
which is really cool. Awesome. Good on them. Yeah, really, really cool. And so we took the vehicle,
uh, to KLR Automotive, and it had, um, originally had the standard PTO winch in the front. Um, they're
a fantastic winch, but I've used the Ultra all around the country, and I wanted to chuck an
Ultra winch in the front. So that plate is a KLR winch plate, and it actually just unbolts, so you
could unbolt the old winch off with a plate and all, undo the, um, driveshaft to the gearbox for
the PTO winch, and then you can just chuck on an electric winch plate, bolts straight up to the chassis.
And good to go. On the front end as well, we also chucked on those Steady spotlights. Steady jumped
on board and sent a whole bunch of lights for camp lights and spotlights and that roof light bar.
And then moving into the engine bay, of course, KLR did the full treatment. They serviced the
engine and the driveline and bearings and things like that. Got it all squared away, as well as,
uh, MaxiDrive axles, which, uh, were a combination of ones that KLR had, and Rick sent some down as
well. They're also made in Australia. New shiny turbo under there. New shiny turbo. So it did have
turbo originally, but, uh, we weren't sure on the condition of it, so we decided just for the cape,
we'd, uh, swap it out with one of KLR's turbo kits. They've turbocharged, like, over 600 of
these vehicles, so they know what's going on, and I have to say, it has been mint. Like, it goes hard
too, like, big puff of smoke, and it just takes off. As you say, mate, it gets up and it goes, um, but,
uh, it also, you know, uh, you'll see soon, it may have towed one of the vehicles up from the
teletrack, and it absolutely loved it. Oh, power steering. They chucked the power steering kit in,
as well, KLR did, which has been fantastic, and I am so glad it was in there. Oh, yeah.
Because some of the rivers we drove into up here have been so deep, and I needed to, uh, be Johnny
on the spot on the steering wheel, so it's good to actually have power steering. You can see that
nice four-inch snorkel. That was done by in-house fabrication. Uh, they sent that down again, jumping
on board with the build, and then all the plumbing for it and the roof light bar brackets were done
by my mate Carl, who you know. Oh, Carl, yeah. Boosted Built Garage. He's the bloke who built the
exhaust on the Pony. Yeah. He's an absolute wizard. He did some TIG work under the bonnet,
plumbing the snorkel up. It is a good thing he did, because I have had water well over the
bonnet of that vehicle. That bonnet has been underwater more times than it hasn't this last
week, I reckon. Big time. Now, of course, with all those reliability upgrades and maintenance upgrades,
we couldn't come up here without sorting out the suspension, and Tough Dog threw in some new
coils and shocks for it. It's a bit of a flex machine, too. There's some big washouts in the
teletrack, and this thing with no lockers got done no worries. It drives so good, man. It's comfy,
it's nice. I think if you're coming up here, you should get your suspension looked at anyway as
part of your maintenance. Like, you know, you do your bearings, your oils, your filters, your
fluids. Just get your suspension looked at before you come up here, and I'm glad we did on the
Perentie. Carl put a new exhaust on it as well. Had a bunch of 12-volt work done just to run,
you know, a fridge and some camp lights and just a bit more comfort at camp, but it has been
such an awesome vehicle. It's been a weapon, dude. It's been, well, it has been the leader of the
Yeah, you know, the funny thing is, because it doesn't really seal that well, it's actually
worked to its advantage a little bit up here because some of the crossings are so deep. When
I drive in, it fills up with water so quick that it kind of weighs down. It's almost like it's...
Definitely doesn't float.
No, it does not float. It just gets down and gets into it, and of course,
with those Kuma MT-71s on there too, mate, they're, you know, the same tyres that you've
got on your GU.
They're grippy, those things.
They are. I've got them on the N70 and the Pones, and they've been worth their
weight in gold up here as well.
Most definitely, mate.
I mean, that's a lot of stuff I've just rattled off, but, mate, that Parenti
really has been fantastic. As we mentioned earlier, we are going to be auctioning this
vehicle off for young veterans through Graze.com a little bit later in the year.
It's going to be sad to see it go.
It will be. You might even cry, I reckon, if you don't win the bid.
I reckon so, but I think what will make it a little bit easier to swallow will be the
fact that all that money will go to such an amazing cause.
That's awesome. That's all happening.
Big time. Big time.
Now, mate, that's the Parenti.
I could sit here and talk about Land Rovers all afternoon until that sun goes down over
there.
He's a full Land Rover guy now.
I am. I'm loving him.
Forget the Hilux, Jock.
You should hear Justin, just chatting about Land Rovers the whole time.
But it's time to go through the new camera car.
It's pretty much a twin to the other one.
This one could possibly be a bit cooler, maybe.
We'll have a look.
Righto, you lot are always handing us more content, so more content means different
crews out on the road, so we had to build another camera car.
This one behind us, it's not the old one.
It hasn't had a revamp.
This is a brand new one.
Now, why did we pick a leaf sprung ZD30 Patrol again?
GVM.
You can get a mad GVM upgrade on them.
They're reliable and they're tough and harder.
They just get the job done.
So let's have a little walk through and show you guys what I've done.
Up the front, we've gone the exact same as my GEU.
Our mates at Razzlar, they probably make the best in the business for GEU bar work.
We've got the big new style Azza bar.
Tell you what, for a Series 4, this has got a mad approach angle.
We've used it in Cape plenty of times.
This has been buried in the mud and we've popped out either side every time.
Down the top, we've got these super staunch brush rails.
Now, these are so strong compared to the other camera car in proper sliders,
with a tread plate in the top, so you can't fall through and hurt your ankle.
So we've tried to make this thing as bush-proof as we possibly can.
Now, Matt Taylor from Auto House has gone through and refreshed the fuel system.
New injectors, new injector out, all that sort of stuff.
He's gone and put a G-Turbo on.
Big 4-inch snorkel, big custom intake, retains the factory mouth and everything.
I tell you what, this thing has got a little bit of get up and go,
so it's even hard to keep up with the camera boys.
After all these power upgrades,
you guys saw what happened to the other camera car in the high country.
The clutch went.
So we didn't want to have any reliability issues in the bush,
so we threw a uni-clutch in the new camera car
and the boys are absolutely loving the feel of it.
It's holding the power quite well.
But it's all good to have power, but you've got to get it to the ground
and that is where these Kumho MT71s come in.
These are the exact same ones I've got on the GEU and I'll tell you what,
they're grippy in the mud, in the sand, even on the bitumen.
These things are unreal.
The camera boys are loving it.
They never normally have full muddies, so they're a bit sport here.
Now on the back of this camera car,
I've gone for something a little bit different and a little bit shorter.
I've gone for a TC Boxers tray and canopy.
This TC Boxers canopy we've got in the new GEU is super strong.
It had everything we needed to make it through the cape.
Under tray toolboxes, dual jerry can holders,
a spare wheel carrier and even a trundle tray drawer.
Now it's a little bit shorter.
The boys are worried about fitting everything in there,
but our mates at Pinnacle have done a fit out on the inside,
full custom to suit their needs.
We've got a little pigeon hole for each camera here.
Two little drawers, one for each cameraman.
Up here, we've got all the little GoPros, batteries and stuff
and underneath the table to do just some work on,
to put the laptop up there, do data logging at night.
Of course, there's spot for a carton of 4X in here.
Cheeky little 4X, everyone loves some of them.
Now all the charging stations, all that sort of stuff here,
there is plenty of room and the boys are worried about the smaller canopy,
but they're actually loving it.
They've left heaps of stuff at home that they don't even use anyway.
Now the boys are quite spoiled in the new camera car.
They've probably got the biggest RedArc setup you can get.
They've got a 3000 watt inverter, heaps of lithium power.
They've got the RedVision setup here to select all the things.
You can see your charging rate.
You see your solar input, all that sort of stuff.
They can charge the camera beer.
They can keep their food and beers cold.
It's just a great setup.
Now that's just a little bit of what we need
to make this show happen for you guys on YouTube.
So quick little run around.
Hope you guys enjoyed it.
I'm going to get back in my chair and sit down and have a beer with Jocko.
Well, Jesse, mate, some epic, epic builds.
The Perenti, your GU, and of course the new camera car.
It's been pretty amazing having all three new rigs up in Cape York for the first time.
It's been pretty special.
Of course, we've got one of our favourite new segments here, mate,
where we look at some top buyers from our mates at Graze.com on the auctions there.
We've picked a couple to go through.
Here's my first pick.
It's a 2017 Mitsubishi Triton.
I picked one of these because my mate has one
and I've driven it a fair bit.
It's a rig.
I really like it.
You can't frighten a Triton.
No, you really can't.
You really can't, mate.
And this one's got around 180,000 k's, which...
Just running.
Yeah, just running.
And they're good cars.
They're good value for money.
They drive well.
They drive nice.
Perfect for, you know, like your Monday to Friday.
My mate's one, he drives it to work Monday to Friday and goes camping in it.
It will be a perfect rig for that.
Oh yeah, mint for that.
Definitely.
And then finally, mate, I picked this one now, to be honest.
I picked this one because I really liked it.
It's an F350, mate.
That is a big dog.
It's done 145,000 k's.
Now, look, to be honest, this one would probably not be cheap at auctions,
but it was a rig and I like it.
Could be cheaper than a classified ad, though.
It would be. It would be.
It's already been converted and good to go.
It's got a 6.7 litre diesel, mate.
Big boy!
Big dog.
That's for hauling.
And if any of my American mates, you know, they love their F trucks over there,
Dimitri and Justin, if they're watching, will probably be frothing on this one.
I appreciate that.
Yeah, definitely, mate.
Yeah, it's an absolute rig.
Yeah.
Here's one I picked, you know.
It could be a surprise.
Even a 2001 Toyota Land Cruiser and it's a GXL.
It's a flash one, mate.
Yeah, so I reckon you've made a good choice here because this is a 1FZ
and I reckon 1FZ 105 series are some of the best value for money four-wheel drives you can get.
Mate, a lot of people are scared by buying a petrol four-wheel drive,
but what you save in your purchase price,
that's going to buy you a lot of fuel for adventures and spare money for mods.
This one has got high k's.
It's got 390,000 on it, but it's a petrol.
So there's less things to worry about,
like injectors and injector pump and stuff like on a diesel.
And those 1FZs, mate, they are 1FZs, mate, I should say.
They are bulletproof.
Oh, they're like a TB, but the Toyota version.
But better.
Impossible to kill.
Yeah.
I probably wouldn't go that far.
Better than a TB42.
Mate, everything is better than a TB42.
We're not getting out of this.
Next one, next one.
I thought I'd pick a new modern car.
This is 2017 model.
It's only just ticked over, just over 100,000.
Perfect, as we said, blank canvas.
Got a tray.
If you're a trader, it's got a bull bar.
It's got a few little things, but blank canvas, low k's.
Good, reliable work car slash weekender.
Well, mate, there's some pretty good picks from Graze.com.
And of course, this is a new segment in Beers in the Shed.
And we'll have some more picks for next time.
But if you're keen to check out some absolute bargains,
jump onto Graze.com.
I usually do that when I wake up in the morning.
I just have a little scroll through the auctions
and see what I can find.
Yeah.
I'm yet to find any Perentis there.
But if I do...
There'll be one there soon, though.
There will be one there soon.
That one in particular.
So keep an eye out on Graze.com for that.
All right, mate.
So now is the time for our RSEA Tradies Ute of the Month giveaway,
where three lucky winners will get themselves
a $500 gift voucher to RSEA.
It's not a bad prize.
Yeah.
Very useful.
Big time.
And of course, these are our three winners.
We've picked these guys because we reckon they have
the most customized tradie utes from everyone that's entered.
Multi-purpose indeed.
We've got Jamie's big GU42.
Now, of course, there's just something to be said
about a big GU TD42 set up as a tough tourer.
There's a fair bit of travel in the front end
and a comp-style tray on the back.
And it's running a lot of power through that TD42,
which means it's going to be a weapon no matter what you throw at it.
Plus, it's the little things,
like that rooftop tent being recessed behind the cab,
that really make this a well-thought-out,
heavily-modified rig for either the day-to-day or worksite
or the weekend tracks.
Well done, Jamie.
We've got Ben Malcolm in his NP300.
This is a super-tidy rig,
set up to go just about anywhere
with that small single hoop to mount his lights on,
a colour-matched style and a full canopy set up on the back
that will store all the gears and tools you'd ever need.
Plus, with that coil-sprung rear end from a factory,
it's good to see a modern dual cab getting put to good use like this one.
Nice work, Ben.
And, of course, we've got Jake Keys in a sassed N70, mate.
That is cool. That's very cool.
Yeah, I really like it.
Solid axle swapping N70 Hilux has become very popular,
mainly due to their reliability
and the good amount of power you can get out of them.
Not to mention that swapping the factory suspension
over to something bigger and stronger
can modify them into unstoppable off-road weapons.
Looks like Jake has taken his modified N70 on some pretty wild tracks,
but I'm sure those coilovers in the front
also get him anywhere he needs to go on the jobsite,
and having that tray set up gives him plenty of flexibility
with whatever he needs to carry.
Killer rig, mate.
Now, of course, these three lucky winners have got themselves
a $500 gift voucher from RSEA Safety, mate.
Pretty epic prize.
Not a bad prize, yeah.
And if you're watching this and you would like to enter,
we're going to be looking for the next month for our Best Budget Trader Ute.
We're going to pick three lucky winners for the Best Budget Trader Ute.
Now, to enter, all you've got to do is chuck up a picture
on your Facebook or Instagram of your Budget Trader Ute tag, RSEA Safety,
and you'll go in the draw to win a $500 gift voucher.
They could be in the shed next month.
Good luck.
Mate, now is my favourite part of the shed,
where we go from our shed into yours,
and we have a look at some rigs, some fails,
and, of course, the kids segment, mate,
where some, you know, drawings.
They sent in some cool stuff.
Really, really cool stuff.
Lego cars, all that sort of junk.
Really cool. Let's get into it, mate.
Straight away.
Here's one we got sent in from a fellow patrol driver, mate.
His IG is TheRealOvie, and I'll tell you what,
he's probably super lucky this didn't turn into a complete fail.
He's done the same Shawano trick on the Columbies Waterfall track,
reared it up, and I'll tell you what,
if you guys can't see this, I'm going to paint a picture.
It's probably, what, 100 metres, 150 metres drop?
Yeah, it is rude. Proper rude.
Into waves, crashing on rocks.
If you roll off there, you're DED.
You're not with us any longer.
So, TheRealOvie there, I reckon he might have had to back out of that
and change his pants.
It says here he backed down, realigned, and got up.
So, good on him for having another go, but...
Big time.
That is a scary spot to do that at.
Yeah, I would not want to be that lucky.
It looks pretty gnarly.
And, of course, mate, we're going straight into a rig here,
and I know this vehicle well.
This is from Hayden Camp.
106 Flex, mate.
That is an LN106, and look at this thing.
I've seen that thing out at Genoa before, mate.
It is a tidy rig for an old truck.
Very tidy. Very tidy indeed.
It flexes well. It's nice and clean.
He looks after it. He's built it well.
Hayden, mate, good on you.
This is an absolute weapon.
And an LN106 single cab.
There's just something about them.
They're just cool, dude.
Yep.
Here we go here, mate.
One from the kids.
Remy sent this in, and his son, Max,
he's actually made an off-road track there for his hot wheel cars.
That's so cool.
All the way from the UK, mate.
And he said, congrats on wishing them well, mate.
Thanks, mate.
We couldn't have done it without him, could we?
Yeah, I mean, it's not just Australian 4WDers
who watch 4WD 24-7 now.
You know, we've got over a million subscribers,
and from all over the world.
It's pretty epic.
We wouldn't have been able to do it without you guys.
From little legends like Max and, of course, Remy.
Thanks for watching.
He is cheering. Look at him.
Yeah, he's loving it.
A fail, mate.
Here is a fail.
What do we got here?
This is from Brooks Offroad Photography.
Looks like they're doing a bit of mud bogging in the waddos.
I know the exact bog hole that they're about to drive in, mate.
I think it's a bit of a deep one.
But I think you've driven Darrell into this one as well.
Oh, true. There you go.
He's about to drop down.
Ready?
Down he goes.
Plop.
Stuck.
That's it.
Oh, no.
Spewing.
So there's no snorkel on there.
Obviously, it's not super deep.
But if you do stall in mud like that, it's not ideal.
It looks like it was pretty clean at 80 too.
Yeah, very clean at 80.
From Brooks Offroad Photography, you know, that sort of stuff happens.
Sometimes you've got to walk those bog holes.
And you just send the mate in you like the least to walk the bog hole,
which is why I always get sent in.
What?
He's worked it out.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
It's because you're normally at the front.
You've got to walk it.
Oh, is that why?
Okay.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Fair.
Anyway, mate, have a look at this rig of a Jimny.
Sent it from Taylor Patton.
Love it.
Look at the bar work.
It's two-tone, white and black.
Got some pretty big tyres in it too.
That is...
It's out there getting used, which is the best part.
Yeah, looks like Taylor can take a pretty good photo of it too.
It's out there getting after it.
Look at that flex too.
What a rig.
Mate, another one from the kids.
This is from Mum Sally and Gus, who's 11, who's drawn the Dirty 30.
The best car in the world.
I don't know about that.
Gus has been sort of led astray.
Led astray.
But Gus, mate, that's an awesome drawing.
Look at the suspension he's nailed there too.
It's got twin shocks front and rear.
That's what you want.
It's got the canopy.
It's got everything you need.
That is a pretty good drawing of the Dirty 30.
Gus, well done, mate.
I love it.
Well, mate, as always, there's been some pretty epic fails.
Some beautiful rigs.
And the kids have sent in some really cool stuff, mate.
Really cool stuff.
Now, we're going to pick a couple of lucky winners, mate.
I'm going to go first with a rig.
My rig of choice has got to be Hayden Camp with that 106.
I want to try that too, mate.
That thing is immaculate.
And it gets used, which is even cooler.
Yeah, good to see.
Good to see an old Luxie out there on the tracks.
Hayden, you got yourself a Forex merch pack.
Now, mate, what about fails?
What should we choose for fails?
I reckon the real Obi has earned himself a Forex merch pack.
He really has.
If people haven't been there, it is very scary.
You might look like a big wheeler,
but the consequence, if that went any bigger,
he's earned it in my eyes.
Yeah, big time. Big time.
Mate, Forex merch pack coming your way.
And of course, mate, with the kids,
they get themselves a snatch voucher.
And for me, it's got to go to young Max over in the UK.
Max is frothing that four-wheel drive setup he's made.
And the best part is he's got us on the background.
He does.
Max, I hope you get yourself a nice Land Rover over in the UK one day, mate.
And get out wheeling in it.
Now, of course, if you've seen this segment,
you would love to get one of your rigs, one of your fails,
or you've got a young future four-wheel driver
who has built something cool, drawn something cool, you name it.
To get it into the show,
you just need to upload it onto your Facebook or Instagram.
Use the hashtag 4WD247FAILS, 4WD247RIGS, or 4WD247KIDS.
That's on the official Facebook group, TikTok, or Instagram.
Now, mate, as we mentioned before,
coming up, we've got some pretty epic stuff.
Cool stuff coming.
And the best way for people to see that
is like and subscribe to all of our content.
Like YouTube, subscribe to that.
Hit the notification bell.
Instagram.
I think we've got a TikTok now.
We've got a Facebook.
Like it all.
And just so you can be notified when we've got stuff coming out,
you can sit down and make sure you've got time to watch it.
Yeah, mate, exactly.
I'm just going to quick fire off a couple of things we've got coming up.
We've got the Kimberley.
We've got Cape York.
We've got Graham getting stuck in floods in Off Grid.
We've got your first time to America.
We bought a new rig over in America, too, that you're going to see very soon.
So make sure you keep an eye on all our social medias for that.
Mate, I reckon that will just about do us.
We're just about due for another beer.
We are.
Cheers to that.
And we are not done up in Cape York yet.
Once we finish this and pack up,
we're heading back into the bush to do some more exploring.
So, mate, I reckon a couple more of these, set up camp,
and then we'll get back into the bush.
Sounds good, mate.
Oh, I nearly dropped my beer.
Thanks for watching.
Cheers, mate.
Catch you next time.
