Kustoms @ the Island pix

Went down with James, met up with plenty. We gave the Van Nats a good push, so with luck there will be even more people and hopefully some more vans coming to Geelong. Saw Vans I hadn't seen, so that is good, and got to ride shot gun with James around the track. HEAPS of Kool rods and customs, with just about the same amount of 1970+ cars aswell. If you are a VW van i am tipping you would have gone away a very happy camper. Must admit the dust was a pain, but luckily a quick tub and it all comes off (on the grass too).
Enjoy the Pix. See you at the Rod show or Tug in NSW or Currarong in NSW.
Group shot

Look out HQ racing the vans are taking over

Sandmans on a race track, now there is some fun

Vandil heads through the corner and sets up for the straight

Everyone likes smiling promo chix


general pix




Oldskool









Not my cup of tea (or mug of bourbon) but I am sure someone likes it


Anthony from NSW with his yellow 33 roadster took out top hot rod and Justin also from NSW took out top custom with his 49 buick, for those that are interested.
cheers mex

Great pic's Mex.
Gee your a chic magnet, everytime you or your van is in a pic, there is ALWAYS promo girls.
You have learnt well of Daz.

Great Pics Alex, i have some too which i'm finally getting around to post up. Took these yesterday (i worked today so didn't get to go).
A couple of shots around the track, if you look closely you can see a van



There were more vehicles, but some were out on the track, hence the empty spaces



Sorry, can't help myself, it's an EH. There was also a very nice EH wagon which i forgot to photograph... EHPREM was the number plate, in case anybody saw it.



This was is called SPARE - ask Colwyn, he'll tell you



This last one was name PINUPS. It looked really cool, something that would go well on a windowless van....?? Anybody??


Overall an ok show. Don't know whether i'd go again, seems the rules changed and the rules were basically, it's not what you know or what you have, but who you know.... lots of modern stuff on the saturday, however, strict rules were pre-76, chrome bumpers. Hmmm, makes you wonder what the rules really were... 88 chev (straight off showroom floor), modern Vito (the white one), an Alfa Romeo, an AVIS rental bus along with other stuff parked in the show... VanDad's van wasn't allowed in.... neither was mine, fair enough on mine, does have chrome bumper but is '83. However, I would have expected VanDad's to have been allowed in... oh and a stock Malloo ute, but M&M and MP couldn't bring their modifed vans in...go figure. Entry price was up on last year too.

top stuff Alex & Marion,, good to see Andrew & Ian there aswell.. hope some of them other vans come to the nats..
well i went to Port Fairy and may have snagged 2 more vans and 3 past vanners, 2 or 3 more sponsors..

PS: great pics.

Well done Daz, hopefully they'll come through and live up to their word. Do you have any pics of Port Fairy?? (of vehicles i mean, of course!)

Maz I got a pic of the EH wagon, will put up when I remember.
Your hard woman to please... There was something there for everyone, rods, customs, stockers and street machines, plently of traders and some great bands. A fair few of the later than 76 in the main area were band/pit crew/race track crew/show helpers cars. John puts his shows on for Rods and Customs and the rockabilly lifestyle, with his main target being customs (that he calls 50-60's styled chopped/channeled/shaved/pancaked/sleded), and we need to respect his thoughts on what he thinks fits the spirit of his runs(does not mean we have to agree to it). My A model Pickup Hot Rod doesn't really fit the bill as it is more of an ealry 90's pro stocker american look, not a true custom. The show exists because of his wife Tina had a vision before she died, and the runs are held in her memory and vision. It is to stop what happened to a day show I go to called Tug in The Park in NSW, late model Low riders and the like starting turning up and sort of took over (had 20+ there one year), I feel out of place with the van there, but thankfully the organisers like chrome bumpers. When people organise runs some choose to specify what they want in. In saying this I was surprised to see a green XF ford sneek in, sure had some mods hardly what I call custom but, didn't spoil the day though.
Sure it can be anoying to some of us, but they are the ones putting on, so they get to allow what they want in. I had some of the organisers comment to me how great it was we had vans there and how well behaved and how much interest was being generated by us, so with a little help we might be able to chip away and get all kinds of vans there next time. parking together and with Cliffs and crew adding in the hand out the leaflet drive, we had a heap of interest. Even the track people loved us.
I was glad to go caught up with not only vanners but many others I know so I had some fun.
I guess we can keep chipping away and embrace as many as we can to the Van nats.
cheers
mex

Great pix by the way Maz. Really show off the area well. Ahh The island, wouldn't be dead for quids.

Agro wrote:Great pic's Mex.
Gee your a chic magnet, everytime you or your van is in a pic, there is ALWAYS promo girls.
You have learnt well of Daz.

Mate I'd love to saw its me attracting the chix, but alas it must be van Gotta love em!!

no probs mex, don't have a problem with John's vision at all, don't have a problem with organisers calling the shots on what they want in and what not.... it's just it seemed to me that rules were bent when they felt like it and that just peeved me, i guess i wanted my van in as part of the van nats display, but they wouldn't let it.... just didn't seem right when i walked around and saw what WAS let in. and VanDad's wasn't allowed in either even though it was modified... more than some, that's all. just me. voicing my opinion... not having a go at anyone. i had a good time too.

sorry got there Tracey said dhe forgot the cameras,, BUT she just got them out of the van,,, go figure..

wa there biggrst run so far.. great cars & 3 Vans, great people and great music, Too much sun again got a bit
burnt.

Looks like here was a good turnout and lots of nice rides.And you got to play on the track,always fun

highwaymenace wrote:sorry got there Tracey said dhe forgot the cameras,, BUT she just got them out of the van,,, go figure..

wa there biggrst run so far.. great cars & 3 Vans, great people and great music, Too much sun again got a bit
burnt.

Had a mate come home from portland on friday and he said he saw a lot of "rod hots" as he says.... so where are the pix, start a new thread man give us a peek.... please

i hear you Maz, believe me I do. I can see your van with some scollops or flames and some lace work on the tailgate, now that'd be KOOL.

BLAME TRACEY, NOT ME. sorry for yelling..

highwaymenace wrote:BLAME TRACEY, NOT ME. sorry for yelling..

ah I see, oh well you tell us about it then.
Whats the official number on das nats man... is it the biggest yet??

Great photo's people looks like it was a killer weekend Love the XB GS"s brings a tear to my eye every time I see one Thanks again

What a great day . Kruised down with Mex, and kruised back with Ian and Jo. Great to see so many ford vans there. Lots of vans, who said vanning was dying. Never seen so many vehicles want to go out on the track and do laps. Huge turn out, enjoy the pics.

was the blue holden van on bags looks nice and low thanx wizard

Awesome shots Mex and Maz!!

I'm spewing that I am missing all these shows lately!!!

you can always come down for weekends you're bringing you're own bed so what's the problem???

Here's a few more pics. Heaps of cars there on Sunday. Best I have seen it. There were so many cars that there were rods and customs out in the paddock with us later model cars. Picked a very dusty spot too. Loved the spin on the track although being overtaken by 3 or 4 volkswagons and being told off by my wife for letting it happen was bad for the ego

I have added a few more of the event as all the vans have been captured already.




























OK it's a ute but a bloody nice one

What this ????? letting VW's pass ya.... how could ya.

Very good pics, well done. Seems it was huge on the sunday. Usually the best day to go anyway.

some great pics there Ian, good crowd shots

Not sure about the smiling bloke in the Ford