Bug In '09 Bendigo VIC (Easter)

[WEDEL.1]

No, somehow I missed that one???

There were alot of people looking at the cars, making it hard to get pics.

Maris

[mscabrio]

Whats with the blue new beetle cabrio? Looks like something my 18 month old daughter would play with ........

[Water Boy]

Finally found my SD Card.

Our camp for the weekend



Maris' Mk5 and a Mk1 Cabby



Some of the cars:





Saturday arvo at the motokharna:

This Dato 1200 ute could smoke ém all day long



Here is the Mk3 GTI import from SA that runs as a rally car

[Water Boy]

Pics from the Motorsport taken by our friend Kim

Timing crew: Thats me on the chair getting very dusty and sun burnt



None other than the master John Rosengrave 3x Australain Motokharna Champion:



This Mk1 had 4 drivers and did every test and all kharnacross runs:

[Water Boy]

John Pinkerton by far this best sounding rally bug of all time





All weekend 3 old blokes from SA drove this bug and lived by the motto "Hold it wide n let it slide" Funny guys who drove really well...

[Water Boy]

More pics tomorrow:

[Jarred]

i want to do that.

looks likes heapsa fun.

[Water Boy]

i want to do that.

looks likes heapsa fun.

Get a Cams licence and we can go do it.

As soon as I get my Drivers licence I plans for some VIC motorpsort days

(Iv had a motorpsort licence since the age of 12 but im too lazy to get a drivers licence go figure )

[OvaltoJetta]

Easter Nats are not on at Easter any more

im going easternats...

cant make this one.

[OvaltoJetta]

It wouldn't be a sole aircooled event if more watercoolers like you were in a club and turned up. You should have been there. Don't be shy Join a club and head for Qld next year

This kinda event usually turns out to be a aircooled vw event, it's been around for years, my dads gone up in his brown type 3, he jus spent the last year restoring it. I would of gone up in my kombi ute but it's full of crap ready to go to the tip haha.

[OvaltoJetta]

Don't forget the Jetta from WA ....

What a weekend! Just got home... Think of a Europena VW Show in the town of Bendigo there was so many VW's there it was crazy...

Im so tired, dusty and burnt but will give a full report tomorrow. Maris and I hung out a bit.

But there would have been about 30 watercooled cars many of which just came for the weekend or to compete in motorsport events.

Mk3 16v Rally car driven by a young girl.
New Polo's.
About 5 Mk1 Rally/Autocross cars
2 Raod going Mk3 being hill climbed plus a swag of Seats and old Audi's.

Also lots and lots of drinking, push starting cars, partying and Police. Iv nenver seen so many patrols cars on the streets which was good to keep people in line!

[OvaltoJetta]

The Jetta got a Show n shine trophy .... Ray got the trophy for the furthest distance travelled. 15 klm more than me.

There were no catagories;

Cars were judged on their look (& cleanliness) and the distance travelled from home.

3 aircooled & 3 watercooled.

1. Cory's T4 ex NSW Ambo Transporter.

2. Keith's 2009 Passat CC.

3. Ray's yellow 2000 New Beetle (from WA).

I don't remember the air cooled winners.

Maris

[OvaltoJetta]

WA report later

Pretty shattered I totally missed this and could have had my car on show (hehe). Apologies. Obviously the meets aren't something I pay much attention to. I was on night shift so would have been delirious as well. Good to see those dedicated..from WA and QLD.... holly moley!

[OvaltoJetta]

The 3 old blokes were from WA, SA & Qld. The SA "old bloke" who trailered it there has been to most of the 40 BUG-INs sine 1970.
PS ... He totalled it over a jump at the state event this weekend in SA. Fortunately, he is ok.

John Pinkerton by far this best sounding rally bug of all time





All weekend 3 old blokes from SA drove this bug and lived by the motto "Hold it wide n let it slide" Funny guys who drove really well...

[phaeton]

That looks like fun