Khanafari is the first funkhana event that the club has competed in for over a year. It was good to get back out amongst the poles and bunting. Another great thing was that this would be the first trip that there would be four LJ50s. It must be the late 80’s since it last occurred.
Matt, Grant and I all did the hard yards and drove the 2 strokes out to peel and back while Hammo decided to tow his newly registered LJ50. Probably a wise decision seeing that has not seen any lengthy trips and many years.
Saturday was turning out to be a great day weather wise although I did have to resort to wearing a jumper and using the heater on the way which was much easier then fitting the roof and doors.
Grant and I turned up around 10am thinking we were going to be late, but the 9am start time didn’t occur till almost 11am. This gave me time to have a stretch after the long drive and set up camp. On arrival my LJ decided it didn’t want to idle, which meant that I may need to use the spare carby which I brought along for Matt who had idle problems on Friday.
The events were similar to the ones which we run at Zukana, but different as they didn’t time any of the events. All the events were designed to be tight for a Land Rover proved to be a walk in the park for a Suzuki and even easier for an LJ50. There were the normal clover, blind fold and water bowl events as well as some more challenging events driving through wash outs and over the side of hills. These were good fun. The more challenging events offered some harder options for the more adventurous. Hammo took his LJ50 over the bridge in one of the events only to loose some of the paint from the freshly painted bumper (don’t tell David) and ending up being pushed back up by a few of us.
After a warm day in the sun competing we got the all clear for a fire as there was a total fire ban.
Saturday afternoon after a morning of engine trouble Matt decided to try and fix his carby. Several blow outs with the compressor later and it was running like a clock. I cleaned out my carby on Sunday morning finding the same piece or rubbish blocking the same jet as Matt’s, look out Hammo and Grant.
On the way home we stopped at Lithgow only to find that Grants fan was a little loose. On an LJ50 when the fan is loose it means that the main crankshaft nut is loose. Out came the radiator in the car park to find the nut finger tight. That was a very timely find.
We took home all the Historic vehicle trophies and a few others. In all it was a great relaxing event and we are all looking forward to next years event where we want to take home all the trophies! Thanks to LROC for inviting us.
