2011 Autofest Canberra Sept 18th

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2011 Autofest Canberra Sept 18th

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I'm thinking about heading up from Melbourne for this one. Anyone else keen to attend?
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I'll probably check it out seeing as it's happening down the road from me. Matt & I attended last year and many of the cars are very impressive, but overall after 2-3 hours I'm done. The VWs are usually the most impressive by sheer numbers and the SL Mercs are true stunners, but the rest is pretty ordinary.

I've been much more impressed with the Shannons British car show held in December, just the opulence, quality, range and varying ages of E-Types, Astons, Bentleys, Rolls Royces and antique MGs is incredible, and the attention to detail in their build quality and their owner's restoration & maintenance is always amazing.

On top of that, the Shannons World of Wheels held in March is better again as it displays every marque you can think of, usually more than 1100 vehicles on display from Mercs to Monaros, Corvettes, Mustangs, Jensens, Buicks, Tatras, Edsels, Toranas, BMWs, Astons, antique fire trucks, ambulances, motorbikes, rotaries, on and on and on. Its worth a long drive from interstate to check out.

-Ellis.
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Would you guys put your cars in the show or just come down and check it out?
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Yeah, mine & Matt's cars were on display, mainly so we could park right there!

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Here are some pics of the rest...

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Looks pretty good, few familiar cars there.

Pretty keen to head up, would be great to meet you guys face to face too.
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Yeah, that's cool, I just reckon I'd be a little cut having done an 8 hour drive to check out this show, with another 8 hours to get back home.

But if you do make it here, I'd be happy to take us for a cruise on some of the local backroads if time permits.

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Haha sounds good, I'd be happy with just the show though. If nothing else it's a weekend away from bob the builder and Dora the explorer....
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nice pics! The classic lines of the MBZ w124 coupe fit nicely with that of the E24 in this pic. Such a good looking car!

BTW~ I finally fitted some rare Carlsson 1/6 wheels on my 95 coupe and very happy with the looks, handling and set up. 8)
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Ellis is this the show Rosie and I attended one year with you? From memory 2hrs was all that was needed to see everything. Rosie and I then spent the rest of the day at the war museum. Now that was worth travelling to see.

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Shipper 01 wrote:Ellis is this the show Rosie and I attended one year with you? From memory 2hrs was all that was needed to see everything. Rosie and I then spent the rest of the day at the war museum. Now that was worth travelling to see.

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Hi Josh,

No, your visit coincided with the Electric Car Festival. Nothing so flash as the historic Porsches and Mercs above, the Electric Car Festival was all retrofitted Mazdas, Datsuns and VeeDubs with silent running zero emission powerplants. "Engage the silent drive," you may have heard me say more than once.

There was one brand new, bright red Tesla Roadster in the mix, but apart from that it was all pretty much clapped-out old jalopies that had been reborn Doc Brown style by electric conversion gurus in their backyard sheds.

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privileged6 wrote: nice pics! The classic lines of the MBZ w124 coupe fit nicely with that of the E24 in this pic. Such a good looking car!

BTW~ I finally fitted some rare Carlsson 1/6 wheels on my 95 coupe and very happy with the looks, handling and set up. 8)
Yep, they're a very good looking car, and noticeably more luxurious inside than our Sixers. Our mate Nathan doesn't own this black car anymore, but it was great to have it along for a couple of our cruises to compare the two styles of German coupe.

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Here's a pic of Jason Statham driving it when he still had front teeth!
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Slightly out of sequence, here's another. Bit wallowy, isn't it
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BTW, here's Cotter Dam (I think). I understand it's now at 100% capacity. Pretty impressive considering this was taken in 2007.
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Ahhh memories..

I only saw this guy a couple of times in the flesh
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and I only saw this once. Didn't he sell it because he was having a family or something?
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hoadie wrote:BTW, here's Cotter Dam (I think). I understand it's now at 100% capacity. Pretty impressive considering this was taken in 2007.
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Actually that's Corin Dam, which is fed by the Cotter River, but check out this current pic as a comparison of how the drought has broken.

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Cotter Dam is currently undergoing a major reconstruction to increase is capacity by 20 times (4GL up to 78GL). Our most recent heavy rains though (about 3 weeks ago) caused extensive damage to some parts of the construction site.

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And keeping on topic, here's old Moneybags at Corin...

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And yep, I think the bloke with the clown shoe breadvan upgraded to an X5.
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