VIC: Kustom nationals 2010 (phillip island)

[WABIT]

8/01/2010 to 10/01/2010



A fun filled 3 day party from Friday afternoon to Sunday!


This cracker of a Kustom Kulture Weekend highlights the largest assembly of Hot Rods, Kustoms, Musclecars and Lowrides.


A Friday night beach party with great displays of kustom cars and listen to some rockabilly music, followed by the Rockabilly Festival on the Saturday and cruising at the Grand Prix Track on Sunday.


Special features including customising operations, 50`s and hot rod oriented lifestyle trading displays and over a dozen rockabilly bands playing.


Don`t miss this cracker of a Kustom Kulture Weekend of the largest assembly of Hot Rods, Kustoms, Musclecars and Lowrides. Strictly no BYO alcohol or glass.

The Kustom Nationals has a strict 1976 year cut off.

so who's going..... hopefully ill be able to make it this year, unless my air ride comes prematurely lol

dom

[Jarred]

I missed out last year, hopefully I'll be able to make it this year!

[Preen59]

Ugh, wish i could go. Not very likely!

[Water Boy]

I am a maybe...

[Jarred]

anyone else going down? I'm thinking either saturday afternoon/night, or sunday morning?

[WABIT]

bump for today and tomorrow!

dom

[Oneofthegreats]

Well after a very long weekend down in the sun, to say it was awesome is an understatement!

I hadn't been down to this event for a couple of years & it has grown HUGE!

My friends were there for 3 days & 2 nights & I stayed for 2 days & 1 night & wish I had of gone down with them for the extra day & night.
They had a hotel room right on the main drag & just kicking back drinking jack stubbies watching the cars & people roll past was relaxing as hell!

The night life went off & was crazy as, incl. the late night pier nude jumping (which I missed out on! DOH!) haha More of that for another time.

There were heaps of cars & even more people & I'm pretty confident there would of been something there for everyone!

My highlight was Dom talking me into entering my car to get some track time.

& it was awesome fun!

So with Nick (Dom's dad) as my co-pilot after helping hotwiring a hotrod & Josh & then Dom as passengers it was time for some fun! LEGALLY! haha

At first I copped all the usual heckling like "they'll let anything in here with chrome bumpers!" or "You've got to be kidding me! A VW!" & a few more!

But after a couple of pitlane exit powerskids, the crowd turned around & started pointing & grabbing there mates as we came around again! haha

The car performed faultlessly through out the entire weekend (except for a crappy thermofan earth connection which caused alittle bit of overheating! Damn 76er's earth connections!) incl. the 8 hour round trip to & from home.
I still have the ignition would up to aggressively, & pings when hot & in 3rd, but it can still crack on & turn you into a giggle fit.

I only went out for some fun & a bit of a **** stir with some fast muscle car's. Not many people had a bite, but it wasn't long before people were all turning there heads & giving a few thumb's up to us out on the track!

I tried it on with a friends 12 sec turbo'd falcon & he didn't take the chance. In all honesty, he would have flogged me, but he was still alittle weary about it!

I think it was the rolling 50+km/h powerskids! haha

Now all I need is another power upgrade. I'm thinking more than double the output of whats its got!

Anyway. On with the pic's

I got alittle bit artistic with my camera. I got it for xmas. Its only a point & shoot 12megapixel Olympus Optio S12

some pics are alittle average, cause of people walking around everywhere & you just had to get in & take the pic & move on.

[Oneofthegreats]

[Oneofthegreats]

Enjoy

[velly_16v_cab]

wicked pics...any full pics of the roadrunner??? i love them

[Oneofthegreats]

wicked pics...any full pics of the roadrunner??? i love them

Just for you Velly!

But its the later version Road Runner. The ugly duckling. I like the earlier versions

Still can't complain about the 440 though! haha



There were hemi powered cars & hotrods everywhere! I've never seen so many Hemi engines all in one place!

Only Preeny would have seen more! haha

[Jarred]

defiantly a cool show, and a great atmoshpere. highlight was being able to see these real muscle cars out there on the track and driving around it was great.

& a whole bunch of really cool cars. I took a few pics, dont know if they turned out any good though. :S

Tim, your mates homemade rod is really cool. all the small details are amazing!

[rayray086]

Very cool

[GoLfMan]

awesome day, awesome show, too bad we had to leave before the pin up girl show and the open full track!

Thanks Tim, had a real giggle in the 76er, DAM quick car those bob jane all rounders never stand a chance! haha

[velly_16v_cab]

cheers tim, yes the earlier ones are nicer