Nationals Update

[Cat]

Hi Torch,
Don't forget to dress up on Saturday night in your Gold, Silver, or Bronze for our Olympic Theme dinner - top hat and tails is optional, but I must say you do look quite fetching dressed up like that....very HOT indeed!  :-*
Cat

[NascoHunter]

The time draws near 3 sleeps to go and who's counting  ???
  Hope you all have a safe trip down to the Island.
   Let get that NASCO SOCIAL CLUB ROCKING ! ;D ;D
  Cheers
   Tony  ;)

[smithy]

unfortunately due to financial shortages and a still incomplete car i wont be attending this years nationals :'(
but i want to take this opportunity to wish all those attending a safe trip to and from phillip island and a great time while there.
cheers
dean
ps. i wanna see heaps of photos, please ;D

[colt]

Sorry you can't make it, Smithy. A great time is guaranteed from all accounts. 2 SLEEPS TO GO!
BTW, many photos are guaranteed!

[surferboy]

Wish we could be there enjoying all the fun with you at philip island ,but that would take a miracle.(or two).would love to see all those cars together and catch up with some of the great people we met at jindabyne.
Hope the West Aussies uphold the tradition and bring the club challenge trophy home.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYBODY

 8) 8) 8) and Cathy
(just sitting waiting for a miracle or two)

[NascoHunter]

Hi all,
   To all that are leaving today and tomorrow for the Nats. Have a safe trip and catch you at the Island.
 No more sleeps
    Tony  :o :o :o

[fccool59]

I should be on my way soon, just trying to work out how to fit evrything in the LTD.

[Martin]

 You need a wagon, Leon!!   ;D  ;D

[surferboy]

IT'S A MIRACLE   !!!

(but I don't have any photos to prove it)

 8) 8) 8)
( It's not really...... it's my panelbeating savings.
 Now they're back to $0.00)

[fe hotrod]

 ;)just got home from the nats,the commitee needs to be congratulated for putting on such a great show!!!it was good to meet up with people from the forum and to put faces to names!!had a absulute ball!!will post some pics later....bring on Mt gambier in 2 years....... ;)cheers jamie

[FC0058]

Ladies and gents
Photo's Photo's Photo's ??????

Stuck in Perth and missed the Nats  :'(

[fccool59]

You need a wagon, Leon!!   ;D  ;D

I have two, both FC's, I just wish they were on the road.
we just squeezed into the LTD but there was some luggage damage due to tight packing.
I didn't really think a $600 ford could make the trip there and back but it didnt skip a beat the whole way.
I am still finding it tricky to adapt to driving cars other than FC wagons as my wagon has been my only transport 95 % of the time since my teenage years.
hmmm, should I now try and do 2 FC wagons before the next natoinals or would the neighbours shoot me if I started doing the other car.

[Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius]

Just got back, pheww, bit of a hike

As for the Nats themselves......

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I had a ball, the kids didn't want to leave even Nadia thought it was great. The only bad thing was not having enough time to catch up with everyone I meant to.
Got a few photos, about 150 I think, I will post some as soon as I catch my breath.

[fccool59]

Hey Stinky my kids didnt want to leave either and have been asking me to take them back. my wife was pretty exited about the high speed laps at Lang Lang in the Grand champion car, I had a ball but regretted not having my car there.
 There was one minor issue [ EDIT: if it was minor maybe it's not worth putting in print? There's two sides and all that ]  ... one thing about the FE FC natoinals is most people there are great to have a chat with.
The bar/tv with holden adds/ and bon fire out the door from the bar was ideal and I reckon will be hard to beat for  future natoinals.

[FC-V8]

Come on guys spill the beans who got what in regards to awards? Who go grand champion?

Glenn
                  

[fccool59]

GOA 350, my wife is going on about this car at the moment on the phone as she had a high speed lap on the lang lang high speed circuit in it.

[Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius]

Hey Stinky my kids didnt want to leave either and have been asking me to take them back. my wife was pretty exited about the high speed laps at Lang Lang in the Grand champion car, I had a ball but regretted not having my car there.
 There was one minor issue ***COMMENTS REMOVED*** but one thing about the FE FC natoinals is most people there are great to have a chat with.
The bar/tv with holden adds/ and bon fire out the door from the bar was ideal and I reckon will be hard to beat for  future natoinals.

We had trouble getting a seat for all 6 of us, but got lucky in the end. I meant to catch up with you at the "Social Club" to discuss customs as I want to do one for the Mt G Nats. Not sure, but I think it was your son that was playing with my lot a while, he was stirring my son at the whirlygig saying he was going to throw up everywhere, RATFLMAO.

We have to congratulate Tony, Dina, Cat, Brett, Paul, Mahogany and anyone else involved (Sorry about names or anyone I missed). They all did a fantastic job.

BTW, we only got stopped three times by the cops, 2 in Vic and one in SA. The buggers in SA gave Nadia a nice new windscreen sticker (too low)  :'(

[fccool59]

yeah stinkyI meant to catch up with you to talk diy sewing and upholstery but you were in the wrong place at the wrong time (or I was)
I was surprised at all the people from other states watching my slow ever going build up of my car and at the interest they had in it.
as for building a custom I think since you can weld, sew and paint already the first thing to do would be to buy some magazines like this-
http://books.search.ebay.com/car-craft_W0QQa23712Z31796QQalistZa23712QQcatrefZC12QQfromZR8QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQgcsZ1131QQpfidZ1403QQpfmodeZ2QQreqtypeZ1QQsacatZQ2d100
 Look for magazines from the era you want it to be and get some ideas going, these old magazines used to have lots of how to articles as well.
dont worry about new magazines for styling ideas if you want a period custom becuase its like getting all your advice through chinese wispers.
$80 worth of magazines would be easily worth the difference it could make to your car in the end.

Any way I wreckon again that was a pretty good natoinals well set up for socailising, bench racing and having a good time, also fun for the whole family apart from the tables thing and not much could have been done better.
Ohh and next time we are at phillip Island we will have to get unlimited speed on the track.

[fccool59]

BTW, we only got stopped three times by the cops, 2 in Vic and one in SA. The buggers in SA gave Nadia a nice new windscreen sticker (too low)  :'(

I always thought canary's add character. hope you can temporarily borrow some springs, That is pretty rare to happen these days with early holdens.
I was only pulled over once and it was at the begining of the trip for rbt
Did they pull the 2 cars over together, maybe you just got a bad one who was dissapointed when he found you had a unreg permit and wanted to find something to write a ticket for.

[collecta]

Have to agree with all the other comments made.
The VIC committee did a fantastic job after all, making 300+ people welcome and fed was a task in itself.
The olympics on sunday produced a lot of laughs and passed the time easily.They certainly have made a hard act to follow in Mt Gambier.
 Putting a face to a name certainly was a well worn cliche on the weekend, but so true.

Hey Stinky had a mate sms me from tintinara this arvo thinking it was my FE and wondering about the canary.
looks like you have two for regency pk. now.

cheers
Scott