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Toranafest 2011

Started by rodomo , Sep 19 2010 10:08 PM

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#226 _slr253_

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Posted 19 September 2011 - 09:56 PM

To Mick, Pete and all the gang at the HVTC,

Thanks for a great weekend... I had a great time, once again. See you next year...

Regards,
Brett

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#227 _rob350hatch_

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Posted 19 September 2011 - 09:57 PM

lx 5008 we all appreciate your time and enthusiasm to take all these great pics and publish them so quickly :clap:

and thanks to hvtc it just keeps getting better. :rockon:

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#228 Litre8

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Posted 19 September 2011 - 10:00 PM

Another brilliant weekend of socialising and Toranas. It just keeps getting better. Congrats to all involved.

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#229 _Lexi_

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Posted 19 September 2011 - 10:17 PM

Some of my favorite cars, an awesome weekend and thanks to everyone involved in organising. Def want to do the cruise next year !!!!!!!!!!

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#230 _Lexi_

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Posted 19 September 2011 - 10:20 PM

Had to add Big T with his awesome posing skills for me, just jumped in the photo. Great to meet you, such a funny funny man !!!!!!!!!!

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#231 _LXSS350_

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Posted 19 September 2011 - 10:30 PM

here we go,

Love that photo real cars not a taxi amongst them ...... LOL :lol:

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#232 _GTR571_

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Posted 20 September 2011 - 01:19 AM

Hi all, Just arrived home from my first session of Torana Fest, and I think I will make it every year from now.

But for now I want to post a few pic's of our Queensland Torana Car Club President Big T, as Tod Martin said "he had a legionary weekend" (not that he can remember it).

And Big T, Bev Brock will never forgive you and your Big T Bone remark.......

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#233 Ice

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Posted 20 September 2011 - 01:50 AM

Well just got back from the 4hour plus plane ride back home from the fest what a weekend had a blast from day one up to wots bbq what a turn out guys never seen so many toranas in one place like to thank keith [whiteknight] for picking me up and taking me back to the airport your a legend and wayne [2elcs] for getting my lazy arse over there in the first place met heaps of forum members had a good chat to a few of them.
Congrats to the hvtc for putting on a good show i will be returning next year for sure

Ps hey waldorf thanks for the tshirt to and all the shit you gave me all weekend i will return the favour next year.
Oh thanks for the bbq craig spewn i couldn't stay longer.
cheers gene.

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#234 _sprintmaster_

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Posted 20 September 2011 - 04:59 AM

Yes i have footage ,but it doesn,t show any movement from Big T in his Comatosed state!We realy should have checked for a pulse at that point

don't you think LOL.

Nah, Just a big dollop of butter, cant remember who put it in there.

sprintmaster, you have footage dont you, you need to figure out how to post it :buttrock:

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#235 GML-31

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Posted 20 September 2011 - 05:23 AM

Poor old Tony hits it hard every year....but it makes great photo opportunities lol

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#236 unclefestal34s

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Posted 20 September 2011 - 06:53 AM

What a fantastic day put on by the HVTC club,a massive effort to get some people the likes of Bev&James Brock,Colin Bond,John Shepherd,Ian Tate to name a few and many others i can't remember,these people i mentioned and the others were so approachable and genuine in there interest and only to happy to chat and signed our cars with a real smile..
Also te get a beautiful array of cars in the one spot and so well organized.. great people and weather and i can honestly say i had a most enjoyable and pleasant day..I would also like to thank Matt&Belinda (MRS&SLR3300) for arranging my day and convincing me to come up..
Again got a chance to meet some forum members and put a face them guys like waldorf,statler,romomdo,litres8 and so on,.(craig wot179 thanks for invite to your barbie yesterday only sorry i couldn't make i know your a very genuine man)..i guess one of the things that really impressed was how well behaved everyone was..
lx5008 you do a great job every year photographing all the cars so most people around australia get to see such a great event..to mick marcdle and his crew a brilliant job well done..

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#237 _sunburst73-xu1_

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Posted 20 September 2011 - 09:12 AM

WOW what a weekend,I'm still getting over it.Another great turn out of cars for both days.Again it was great to meet some forum members and put faces to names.
And thanks to all that came up and commented on my car.
cheers Dane

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#238 _RTS Guy_

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Posted 20 September 2011 - 10:09 AM

As usual a great run event.
I think this is my 6th Toranafest but 1st time I have been with a torana. I had a different perspective as an entrant to my first show.

To all the HVTC guys you raise the bar every year, CONGRATULATIONS! Cant wait for next year.

PS. thanks to Lexi for including a picture of my car.

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#239 notna

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Posted 20 September 2011 - 10:18 AM

1st time for me and a great day all round. Big thanks to all involved in running such an event. Being able to jump in a car, drive up, walk in and check it all out can easily be taken for granted. You all did a top job!!

How nice is the Newcastle foreshore now?

I'm hoping to drive my SL/R resto up in 2012!

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#240 meanmachine72

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Posted 20 September 2011 - 10:19 AM

the torana gods once again smiled on the foreshore of newcastle..
had a top time and meet some great people from the forum....
is that a bit of dribble on big Ts bottom lip???(last pic)
you boys were so nasty to him...lol lol lol

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#241 _Big T_

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Posted 20 September 2011 - 11:10 AM

Well I guess I best give my take on ToranaFest 2011. I cant remember a frOcking thing.

Nah, I do recall most of it and what I dont recall the photos and comments suggest I had an over indulgent weekend.

To anyone I offended (and I dont think there were too many, except of course maybe Bev but Im still not so sure I actually did say anything), I sincerely apologise. I had a bad case of Pistcontitis most weekend which seemed to go away when I stopped drinking.

To all those I met again or for the first time it was pleasure to say g'day in person. I was genuinely surprised by who turned up and it was great to be able to shake your hand and thank you in person for the help given to me on the forum over the years.

To those who had a laugh at my expense, you're welcome

Im certainly having a good chuckle this morning reading the comments and looking at the photos.

All in all, yet another fantastic event and an absolute credit to HVTC. Well done !!!

My shitter made the journey with no problems at all although I think the rear springs and shocks need looking at. All those late nights paid off and Im pretty stoked with the little beast.

Anyway, enough of my rambling as I'm sure youse have heard enough of that for another 12 months.

Here are a couple of photos of forum members from my camera. I have a heap more I need to sanitise before I post up.

Stay Cool,

T

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#242 _Lexi_

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Posted 20 September 2011 - 12:58 PM

As usual a great run event.
I think this is my 6th Toranafest but 1st time I have been with a torana. I had a different perspective as an entrant to my first show.

To all the HVTC guys you raise the bar every year, CONGRATULATIONS! Cant wait for next year.

PS. thanks to Lexi for including a picture of my car.

Your welcome :-) Which car is yours ????

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#243 _RTS Guy_

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Posted 20 September 2011 - 02:06 PM

Your welcome :-) Which car is yours ????

Lexi, that's my car.

Big T, it's guys like you that make Toranafest full of fun, it was good to see you "let your hair down". I was one of many who gave you a standing ovation.

Cheers Darren

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#244 _Lexi_

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Posted 20 September 2011 - 03:07 PM

Your welcome :-) Which car is yours ????

Lexi, that's my car.

Big T, it's guys like you that make Toranafest full of fun, it was good to see you "let your hair down". I was one of many who gave you a standing ovation.

Cheers Darren

Really ????? Your one is one of my really favorites and is also similar colour to what we want to paint ours :-) So I was checking it out even more, was good to see the colour on the car properly and not just test paints on panels :-)

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#245 Pop's-SS

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Posted 20 September 2011 - 03:12 PM

G'day All Festites

Well I'm still a bit Wallaby ROO's brother TED today so I will post up some pics later and also give my weird spiel on Toranafest 2011

Once again the HVTC Toranafest Team lead by Mick McCardle have done a brilliant job of putting together a top weekend :spoton:

and congratulations :clap:

To get such a line-up of celeb guests is almost beyond belief :blink:

I said to Bev "Isn't this fantastic to have such great line-up of celeb guests?"

Bev just replied "We are not celebs, just normal people"

Sorry Bev but 276 Torana drivers and their passengers would probably disagree on that

After the Satureday night dinner, my friend Gary and I had the pleasure of sitting down with James Brock, Bruce Nowacki and Ned Nowacki outside the Nowacki's motel room chatting about the old HDT days and it wasn't till just after midnight that I called it a night.

The stories were absolutely brilliant, funny and informative on how HDT operated especially when Bruce and Ned talked about the Repco 1979 Around Australia Reliability Trial

I certainly hope the Nowacki brothers get their memoirs down on paper and perhaps published into a small book and if Gary has anything to do with it, it will happen. Here's hoping :spoton:

Regards ... Barry