Sydney AFD - 31 May 09

[XRSIKS]

@ Calwell
Glenn
Kim & Craig
Scott + 1

@ Shell Epic
1 passanger for Kim & Craig
Troy + 2 (ED XR8)

Tis gonna be a cold morning.... : crank the heater!

[data_mine]

Us overnighters have arrived, and checked in. It's raining up here, so no cleaning going on. Watching qual at Tassie instead.

[XRSIKS]

Originally Posted by data_mine

Us overnighters have arrived, and checked in. It's raining up here, so no cleaning going on. Watching qual at Tassie instead.

So what's the go if its raining tomorrow? We all get wet? :sm_drool:

[data_mine]

Glenn is bringing the marquee hopefully.

[XRSIKS]

Originally Posted by data_mine

Glenn is bringing the marquee hopefully.

how many cars we got showing?

[lemon]

How cold is it there ?

[data_mine]

Got 4 cars up here already. Jim dropped out for family matters.

Bring jacket/long pants. Forecast is for 17c and possible rain.

[lemon]

ok we will see you all in the morning ,have a drink for us down here

[Thunderbird]

.. with the weather up the creek.. .. has anybody got an update on the AFD - Eastern Creek Ford Day tomorrow.. 1 June...?????

[BOSSGT302]

Originally Posted by Thunderbird

.. with the weather up the creek.. .. has anybody got an update on the AFD - Eastern Creek Ford Day tomorrow.. 1 June...?????

Thunderbolt, mate I'm camped with outlaws at North Syd, had a chance to wash and do a little detailing between showers, car is under cover but all the good work will be undone at 7.30 in morn when i head to The Creek. Looking around other threads it seems the AFD will be on rain or shine. Had 12mm of rain out here, but only about 4 at Penrith. So heres hoping the rain buggers off overnight.

Cheers Barnesy

[data_mine]

The BOM forecast has improved for today.

[XRSIKS]

Weather held off while I was there, was only there till about 12:00 then headed out, was a great day, got over 200 photo's in 4 hours, 3:30am wake up time is what killed me :P had to get home befor i fell asleep behind the wheel!

Was great to meet you guys, i look forward to catching up with you all again soon, and i will bring my car around to your place for a detail Lemon

I will sort thru some pics and resize them (they too big for forum posting) and link up some of the good ones.

Cheers.

Scott.

P.S my mate who came along is Almost convinced that he should buy a XR6T and get away from his Asian made cars.... Almost..

[Bucknaked]

Originally Posted by SNBXR

Weather held off while I was there, was only there till about 12:00 then headed out, was a great day, got over 200 photo's in 4 hours, 3:30am wake up time is what killed me :P had to get home befor i fell asleep behind the wheel!

Was great to meet you guys, i look forward to catching up with you all again soon, and i will bring my car around to your place for a detail Lemon

I will sort thru some pics and resize them (they too big for forum posting) and link up some of the good ones.

Cheers.

Scott.

P.S my mate who came along is Almost convinced that he should buy a XR6T and get away from his Asian made cars.... Almost..

Nice to meet you for the first time.

I had a bit of a laugh returning after that long walk to retrieve my car to see your car parked a suburb away from the gutter. Nice job. I have a photo :dr_Evil:

We left at 10.30, stopped at Campbelltown for some lunch. Back out on the road about 12. We got back about an hour ago.

You can pick up some good BA XR6T's mid low teens. Slightly flogged but a good base for mods.

[XRSIKS]

Originally Posted by Bucknaked

Nice to meet you for the first time.

I had a bit of a laugh returning after that long walk to retrieve my car to see your car parked a suburb away from the gutter. Nice job. I have a photo :dr_Evil:

We left at 10.30, stopped at Campbelltown for some lunch. Back out on the road about 12. We got back about an hour ago.

You can pick up some good BA XR6T's mid low teens. Slightly flogged but a good base for mods.

Yeah, after 3 laps of the cars, then walking back to my car... you know where it was parked..... I had a Nanna-Nap when i got home lol!

Just Photobucketing some pics now

[XRSIKS]

Ok heres just a few pics, i have heaps of pics from most areas at the event.. but heres just a handfull.


Some Familiar Cars...





An old favorite of mine




I Told you this pic would make it online!!!



Gorgeous....



A Pile of Stangs...



This next one speaks for itself :P



Mmmmmmm...



A Very Nice Ride!



And finally, how my XR8 should look....



Enjoy!

[XRSIKS]

Hey Buckie, did you see the holden in the middle of the freeway on your way back?

He was in the middle... stuck in a tree, looks like he went a bit sideways, and lost it, and the end result was one lane closed and a pretty messed up car...

[data_mine]

Well I've just made it home. Probably last of everyone, as I had an extended stop at Marulan, waiting for another friend to catch up.

What a weekend. Rain on the way up, rain overnight, dry for long enough to dry the cars, and then rain again. But that was the only dampener of the weekend.

New people to meet, existing club members, and dozens of people from the Sydney based clubs as well. No idea how many hands I shook.

I liked EC as a venue, although having cars on the main straight was a PITA, once out there, you've got the length of the pit to walk before you can get back. Parking on concrete was a godsend today.

Congrats to our GT(-P) owner who took home a trophy. There was some confusion amongst us, as we all heard them announce the winner as a GT-P, but none of us heard the plates properly, but the parts heard didn't match mine (and it wasn't wearing plates all day).

Our new club shirts need to be waterproof.

Pics to come...

[BOSSGT302]

[QUOTE=data_mine]
What a weekend. Rain on the way up, rain overnight, dry for long enough to dry the cars, and then rain again. But that was the only dampener of the weekend.

A fair few cleaning cloths got damped!!! Cheers Craig
[QUOTE=data_mine]

New people to meet, existing club members, and dozens of people from the Sydney based clubs as well. No idea how many hands I shook.

I liked EC as a venue, although having cars on the main straight was a PITA, once out there, you've got the length of the pit to walk before you can get back. Parking on concrete was a godsend today.

With a bit of fluid on the knee yes a PITA and knee. Cheers Craig

Originally Posted by data_mine

Congrats to our GT(-P) owner who took home a trophy. There was some confusion amongst us, as we all heard them announce the winner as a GT-P, but none of us heard the plates properly, but the parts heard didn't match mine (and it wasn't wearing plates all day).

Thanks it was a bit of a shock, we were sort of walking by the presentation and Billy asked to watch. That boy has ESP. Cheers Craig
Our new club shirts need to be waterproof. Ditto. Plus can we get zip up vests?
Pics to come...

A Few Pics from phone cam.
It's raining again

Different but cool

1 of many nice Stangs

[XRSIKS]

Your phone goes alright :P

[Bucknaked]

Originally Posted by SNBXR

Hey Buckie, did you see the holden in the middle of the freeway on your way back?

He was in the middle... stuck in a tree, looks like he went a bit sideways, and lost it, and the end result was one lane closed and a pretty messed up car...

I did. Looked pretty bad. It must have just happened before we got there because their was only a firetruck in attendance. Rural fire service truck.

Hope no-one was killed.

Congrats Craig on your win. Your car is definitely a worthy of a trophy. Well done.

[data_mine]

Pics...















And the rest (over 100) here: http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q...D09/?start=all

(for some reason ChrisH's car kept coming out red, will have to work on that).

[BOSSGT302]

Thanks to all involved with the AFD. Got to praise the bloke with the ute or we all would have been running for cover not sitting under the club marque nice and dry,Cheers BG, Don't even think sedan. And once again great photos of all the clubs cars plus a bucket full of beaut cars at the event, someone should think about giving up their day job, Cheers DM.
And again good company as at every event, Cheers to you all, looking forward to the next one.
We had chat to nice old guy, just just picked up his 14th thophy(dust collector as he jokingly called it)k long way to go but looks like it should be fun trying.
And Bucky thanks for your comments.

Cheers Barnesy

[lemon]

Congrats Craig you did well,also the photos look great.Thanks to all for a great day. From Kim

[data_mine]

Originally Posted by BOSSGT302

And once again great photos of all the clubs cars plus a bucket full of beaut cars at the event, someone should think about giving up their day job, Cheers DM.

Day job pays too good.

As always, hi-res shots of your cars are available, just ask me (and have an email account that can take ~4MB sized attachments).

[big.glenn]

Here are a few of my pics...

Turbo 4.0 L in a Capri


Turbo 5.8 L Clevo in an Escort


Team ACT just before the heavy rain


GT Club Grid Girls