[MYGOAT]

G'day Guys,

What a weekend we have had here Down Under. Yesterday was the car show and cruise (see my other post) and today was a visit to the Victorian Hot Rod Show.
The main show is held inside the old building you can see in the background of some of my shots. Most of these cars are trailer queens (not that there is anything wrong with that). Personally I enjoy the cars that the organisers allow to park just outside the main entrance, these are all street driven. I scored a perfect spot in front of this grand old building. Actually this was Aust first parliament house.
Hope you enjoy the select few pics.

[OZZIEVILLE 67 2 door]

Love the black hawk and the GTO..
Thanks for posting..

How do you get the big photo's to come up like you do.. ???


John L.

[2002Z4CSS]

Thanks for the pictures! Great weather I wished we had.

[Marv]

There were some cracking Aussie Day car cruises on. Can't wait to get out among them next year in my Poncho

[66bonne]

I say this everytime...you Aussies sure put on good car shows. Love the eclectic mix of vehicles.

Jim

[NBF823]

Thanks for sharing.

Is that Checker cab in the show, or is that being used?

Also I notice those people have shorts on. It's currently 6F here, which I think is about -15c

[HK7794]

I was wondering. where was the location for the car show??

[Heybuck]

The old Melbourne Exhibition Buildings

Interesting history (for those that like historic buildings). You can read about it here:

http://museumvictoria.com.au/reb/

[Heybuck]

Good to see that red '62 Parisienne Wagon. I'm fairly sure that it was the same car which was used in several Variety Club Bashes. My neighbor was a team member in a car (not the wagon) and he told me about a big red Pontiac Wagon in the same event.

Those cars suffer pretty badly on the bashes and a lot of them don't survive. I saw a red '62 wagon being offered for sale after it had completed a bash. It was all set up ready to go again but maybe someone has "saved" it. It still looks like its jacked up high and its still got Sunraysia wheels fitted.

Ian

[MYGOAT]

Originally Posted by OZZIEVILLE 67 2 door

How do you get the big photo's to come up like you do.. ???


John L.

To tell you the honest truth I just use a point and shoot compact digital camera set on auto. it's a Panasonic Lumix TZ20. just hold the camera steady. Try and get the sun behind me or if I can't use forced flash to fill in the shadows.

[MYGOAT]

Originally Posted by Heybuck

Good to see that red '62 Parisienne Wagon. I'm fairly sure that it was the same car which was used in several Variety Club Bashes. My neighbor was a team member in a car (not the wagon) and he told me about a big red Pontiac Wagon in the same event.

Those cars suffer pretty badly on the bashes and a lot of them don't survive. I saw a red '62 wagon being offered for sale after it had completed a bash. It was all set up ready to go again but maybe someone has "saved" it. It still looks like its jacked up high and its still got Sunraysia wheels fitted.

Ian

It did look pretty rough in the flesh. Definitely was a bash car.

[MYGOAT]

Originally Posted by NBF823

Thanks for sharing.

Is that Checker cab in the show, or is that being used?

Also I notice those people have shorts on. It's currently 6F here, which I think is about -15c

Yep, that was a checker cab that was on display. It is used as a wedding car according to some of the signage.

We had a very warm 36°C (97°F) that day. I definitely would rather this than your -15°C, you can keep that.