December - Cyber Hot Rodders

December 2009
No. 190
Above left - right: Mark Franks promoting the Sandgroper Nationals at
the Armadale Auto Parts Open Day. Mark’s unique grey-motored T bucket.
HEAD LINES
Sandgroper Hot Rod Nationals Hotting Up
The next big Hot Rod Nationals event will be held at
Busselton in WA over Easter in 2010.
The type of excitement that only a large interstate rodding event can
produce, is mounting in WA hot rodding, for our own big event. It was last
held in WA at Bunbury in 2004.
Evidence of the anticipation can be seen with an increasing number of
nearly finished rods appearing at TAC checks. The number of interstate
hot rod entries is now more than fifty. Other functions and runs are now
being organized to entertain the interstate rodders before and after the big
event.
Wannabe entrants are reminded that to be guaranteed of receiving all
entrant entitlements like goodie bags and T shirts, entries must be received
before Christmas 2009. Have you entered yet? (Mark Franks 0409 611 335). You
don’t need a hot rod to enjoy the fun and encouragement of a Nationals.
Perth, December 2009.
Please contact us using the details below.
Address: Unit 1, 12 Cusack Rd, MALAGA. WA. Ph (08)9249 9632
General meetings: 3rd Sunday of each month at 7.30pm. Visitors welcome.
President: Kevan Best Ph. 9571 0025..
Vice Presidents: Brian French 9377 7837 Alan Barton 9448 0110 .
Secretary: Mel Broun 9447 1975
Treasurer: Brian French
ASRF Delegate: Jeff Ewence 9339 4337
TAC Delegate: Ken Myers
WAHRP Delegate: vacant
Management Committee: Executive committee (above) and
Ian Swinbourne, Dave Krause. All members welcome to meetings. Get
involved or get left behind. 2nd Sundays of month @ 7.00pm
Social Committee: D. Krause, A.Lawrence , Ian Swinbourne, Jim Candido
Strata Committee: Neil Gibb, Jeff Ewence, Eric Warren
Klaxon Editor: Eric Warren mob: 0400-1939-09 or email on
[email protected] Deadline is 7 days before the monthly meeting.
Klaxon Distribution: Peter Hunter 9445 2493.
Contributors: Mel Broun, Jeff Pringle
Cover: Mark Franks and his T Bucket.
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Hello again eager readers. It’s been 30 days, but well worth the wait.
This Klaxon is fully super charged with recent events, and features two
and a half thousand photos.
Unfortunately its size is limited to the handling and printing cost of the
printed edition. With the great turnout to recent events, it could have gone
to many more pages, with all of the photographs included that will form
part of our history in time to come.. This month’s eye boggling edition
includes the Goodie Goodies rod run to Yanchep, the Sphinksters open
day at Armadale Auto Parts, a busy bee report, the Vic Park Street Festival
report and more.. Off you go then…
But first, no steak knives. Just some more intellectual claptrap….
As I have commented in one the articles, the larger hot rod events are
being gobbled up by large quantities of classics and late model street
machines.
Big Al’s Poker Run is a classic example and the Armadale Auto Parts
Open Day is coming a close second. The Yanchep run has held the lid on
it to date, but the number of post 48s is no doubt growing. Is this a good
or bad thing?
The answer obviously lies in the individual’s perspective and preference..
For the promoter it is a balance between his ideal event and the financial
ramifications of sticking rigidly to a set niche of vehicles. Operate the
event within the confines of pre 48, or up to mid 60’s ASRF classes or
have it open to later model street machines (occasionally owned by pre 48
rodders too)
Big Al’s Poker Run is a hugely expensive event to put on. It’s what you
don’t see that costs big time. Insurance costs are huge. It takes a lot entries
to pay for the use of the venue alone, portable loos, a live band and dance
floor, great prizes and the list goes on and on.
To cover these expenses, the Poker Run has grown in its own spiral and
requires about 600 entries to cover costs. Hot rodders alone do not support
the event sufficiently to cover the costs. So as it has grown. The post 1948
numbers have swollen to a point where some rodders will no longer attend
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the event and so the cycle
continues. Should Big Al keep the same format after it’s 30th birthday
event next February? It was a rodders’ event, initially with about 20 pre
48 rods in attendance. We could fit in the car park at the old Bernie’s drive
in hamburger joint. Life was simple then and the run could be organized
from a caravan in Dandenong in one hour with about three phone calls..
Now even the Police department are involve in the planning.
The AAP open day is a different kettle of fish. As long as reasonable
sales are made in the shop during the day or stemming from it, the added
features of promotion girls and bands would eventually be covered or
regarded as advertising. The more attendees, the better the chances of
covering costs without adding more expense at the same time. Come one,
come all, rods, machines and odd balls. My guess is that because the AAP
day is free and not rigid in format, rodders will continue to attend just for
a chat, a look or a pose, for a few years to come.
This has not been the same for the Poker Run. Albeit being a very mature
event when compared with the AAP day. Is it the large number of late
model post ’64 stuff or the price that have quelled the number of rods at
this event? Has it run its days for the guys who have been around for years
and attended the first ten and half of the the remaining runs, with no change
in format over the last dozen years. Does its excellent format now need a
change? So many questions and alternatives. What do you reckon?
Is the annual Mandurah RCC event of about 100 vehicles, with the
vast majority being pre 48, the correct blend for you? The growing
success of the event indicates that what they are doing is still working fine.
Are there enough licensed rods around now, willing to attend a good event,
so that the rod run promoters can stipulate pre 48 only or ASRF class cars
only? Questions, questions, I have got myself in a tizz. Better sit down for
a moment and take a Bex. So what do you think? Email your thoughts to
[email protected] and I will put them “out there” It will help
event promoters plan events to best suit hot rodders..
Enough brain strain for now.
Have a merry and safe Christmas. Seeya in 2010. (already! I can’t believe
it! Did the lack of daylight saving in WA cause this?)
Extreme E .
SandGroper Nationals.
As you should be aware, the major ASRF National Rod Runs, now known as “the
numbered nationals” are held every two years over Easter on the eastern side of
Oz. These are held bi-annually on the odd numbered years, as they started in
1973, in Narrandera NSW.
These events are important fund raisers for the ASRF. That’s the main reason they
are kept in the more populated states of Vic, NSW and QLD. More rodders, more
rods and more spectators = more money.
Since the late 1980’s, dedicated rodders have established “mini” nationals in other
states on “non-numbered” Nationals years. At these they can enjoy the excitement
of a large gathering of local rodders and also host interstate rodders wanting to go
on a hot rodding holiday.
These events are allocated to one state at a time for obvious reasons, as they are
also fund raising opportunities for local ASRF divisional councils.
WA hosted their first mini nats, “The Sandgroper Run” organized by a team headed
by AB and Ute Barton, in 1994 at the Noalimba Complex near Murdoch.
We have since had two more Sandgroper Nats, both located in Bunbury.
The obvious benefit to local rodders, is the enjoyment of a large rodding event
with an in flux of different rods and rodders, without having to drive 2000 miles for
the experience.
Nationals trips cost a lot of spare money and time and some local rodders may
never get to attend such an event. So when a mini nationals comes to your own
town or state, the opportunity to enjoy such a great rodding event, especially for
new rodders, should not be passed up.
The money and time saved in comparison to driving to QLD, NSW or VIC is
plentyfold. Paying for some accommodation in a place like Busselton is peanuts
compared to an eastern states trip. I’d also prefer a mechanical failure at Busselton
rather than Geelong or Goulburn or Surfer’s Paradise!
With that said, if you are a hot rodder, with a rod or still working on the project, or
between rods, you should enter now for the event next Easter at Busselton.
For heavens sake, if you don’t have a hot rod, don’t use that as an excuse. Get your
backside and your family’s backsides down there. There are plenty of half empty
rods at these events and you will always get a lift to the day time events.
When rodding was in its infancy in WA, there were always more street hacks than
rods at rod runs. Street hacks are still a means of getting to and enjoying an event.
I had my coupe and 34 Plymouth sedan at the first Sandgroper Run, nothing at the
second, a Volvo at the third and my coupe is entered for the this coming event.
At the last run, I used the Volvo to get to Bunbury, to sleep in and to drive home. I
bummed a lift in a hot rod to all of the day events and had a ball of a time during
the day and at night. In fact, it was more relaxing not having a rod to drive. I could
have a drink with meals and didn’t have a rod to prepare every morning for the
show’n’shines etc.etc. No hot rod... No matter.
Grab your entry form now and send it off. This opportunity only comes around every
6 years or so… What if circumstances won’t allow you to attend the next one! It will
be the wheel chair nats for you, before you know it!!!!
Ask yourself why so many rodders DO attend these events!
No entry form?? Call Mark Franks .Ph 0409 611335
Weird Things happening in Mandurah!
I remember when the Mandurah club was new, young and
vibrant……about 10 years ago. How time flies. They are
still very active, as their growing membership, rod list and
huge annual cruise and Dwellingup rod run can attest to.
However, behind closed doors at one of their
wiz bang knees up parties, it looks more like pay day
at an over 85’s retirement village. The Klaxon spy
photographer infiltrated one of their parties disguised
as a walking stick, to take in some of the autumn
centre action and return a few photos . Check out
these latest mince pie
and humbug party
photos. “Let’s be real
wags and have a stiff
shandy old boy!!”
Busy Bee Report
With a maintenance list for the clubrooms, as long as a short arm, a busy bee
was arranged.
Attended by Brian and Jan French, Rob Sanders, Kevin Ireland, Eric, Mike Flett,
Dave Krause, Doug Brassington and Peter Hunter as Quality Scrutineer, we set to
the tasks with much vigour and enthusiasm. Even Big Al, if
he had been there reading the Sunday Times, would have
broken into a sweat.
Mike and Jan launched into cleaning out the kitchen cupboards. They even found an old stove and microwave in the
kitchen that were duly chucked out.
The old Maylands security gates on the workshop received
two coats of colour to match the other doors and security bars.
The pile of crap that has gathered in the workshop over the
years was also sorted through, with
the real rubbish being chucked out.
This made room for 3 sets of shelving to be assembled and placed
against the wall, so that we can collect and store more crap later on.
The bench in the workshop can now
be used, not just seen from a long
distance.
The walls and doors of the toilet
cubicles were destined to receive a
fresh coat of gloss paint over the old
satin finish coating, to make them
easier to clean. Time only permitted
the outer surfaces to be completed.
The inners will be tackled at a later
date.
By lunch time, the end of the working day, you could see where we had
been. Things are cleaner and the
workshop now almost resembles
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one. All it needs now is an active
project to make use of it.
We finished off with a Jan French
prepared sausages and salad lunch. Top: Kevin Ireland painting the workshop
gates. Middle: Brian, Rob and Dougie doing
Thanks Jan.
Any takers for a hot rod project in the same, under close scrutiny from Peter
Hunter. Bottom: Peter Hunter’s immaculate
EW
the workshop?
32 coupe came out for the day.
Time
is closing in on the Sandgroper Run being held next Easter.
Traditionally, the months leading up
to the Mini Nats, shows and major
National runs are fever pitch with hot
rod building activity by rodders trying to meet the deadlines. Such major events are great target dates for
the completion of hot rod projects.
The repetitive signs of these times is beginning to appear again just like
clockwork .
At the November TAC check, there were five or six rods there on their third
pre-licence inspection, so our ranks of licensed hot rods could swell by
another half dozen before Christmas. I hope so.
When I was a boy first building the coupe, six
new rods would have been a 50% increase in
the total number of WA hot rods!
I can’t spin too many more words here about
the check, except to say that these are exciting
times. If your rod project has half a chance of
making the Easter run, give it a crack. Plenty of
other rodders are. If you don’t make it, at least
you have put
a hell of a
dent in the
project and it
will
done
sooner than
later. EW
Left: another new
pickup cab
project.
Top: From the rear, looking
like an F-freighter mated to
an Austin A40 at the front,
this pickup is different
again, using a Toyota 4banger for power.
James Chalmer’s 32 hiboy coupe is
very near completion .
Above: Jason Mill’s 34 Chevy
having its 2nd inspection.
A stack of guys having a Jimbo’s soup
kitchen breakfast before the inspection
Vince
Carbone’s AModel Coupe
.
Above: Lloyd Collier’s 32 was
in for inspection. Above right:
Another A coupe nearing completion. Right: A roadster in for
an annual check. Below: Frank
Paolo’s roadster nearing
registration.
Top left: John Falconer’s Deuce Customs bodied 34 Tudor’s 3rd check..
Above left: John Pavicich’s classy 32 coupe project. RHS Column: TAC
committee rods: Mike Zidlicky’s 37 sedan, Vince Berriman’s 34year old
32 tourer, Chris Maxwell’s A roadster and Paul Walsh’s A coupe.
Life as a TAC inspector is not all
beer and skittles.
They donate their
time and expertise
so that every other
rodder has an opportunity
to own a licensed hot rod. Every now and
then, their efforts are rewarded by something beautiful and unexpected. November
21st 2009 was one of these rewarding TAC
days.
They had the pleasure of inspecting a 1939
Willys. The second one in just three
months. The heavens are smiling upon
their treasured little hearts.
. Right: The Editor is losing his strangle-hold on the Most Beautiful Ugly
Rod in WA title with the near completion of Paul Sheridan’s 1939
Willys sedan. The sedan runs IFS and
hiboy style front end and ford engine.
This is a rare photo indeed. Rodding
individuality Willyfied.. Love it.
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More of John Pavicich’s deuce coupe., from prev. Page.
Sticky Beaks Page
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Mel’s
mega-marvellous
Minutes
West Coast Street Rod Club
General Meeting 15/11/2009
Meeting opened - 7.35pm
Apologies – Kim Broun, Steve Coleman, Vince Digiovanni, Joe Galipo, Bob
Mulder, Mike Kinney.
Visitors – Robert B
Gibb
Previous Minutes–Read and accepted by Jim Longman, seconded Neil
Correspondence In – Cruise News from American Car Club of WA.
Invoice for $125.00 from Sandgroper Nationals Committee re- club
sponsorship of the trophies.
Flyer for the Sandgroper Nationals.
Correspondence Out- Klaxon
Treasurer’s Report – Read by Brian French. There was a brief discussion about the
proposed donation to the Sensis Foundation from the proceeds of the
Father’s Day Show. It was decided that an amount of $500 – $600
was suitable.
ASRF Report - Neil Gibb reported that there had been a sanction
granted for the Saturday after the Nationals for a City Cruise to be organized by Vince Berriman and the Early Wheels Club.
Trevor Breese was organizing a Redneck Camp out on the Saturday
before Easter.
A vote to decide if the State Division of the ASRF will support the
licensing of left hand drive hot rods was taken – and the majority of
clubs voted yes. Therefore the ASRF will begin negotiations with the
DPI at a future date.
The subject of the ban on District Councils granting sanctions that
coincide with a major or numbered Nationals was discussed. The
was very unfair, especially for the hot
members felt that this
unable to attend
rodders in WA and Queensland. Those who were
a Nationals held in the eastern states would be greatly affected as
there could be no sanctioned event over Easter, an ideal time to
get together. It was decided that the secretary would email Steve
Johnson to lodge our objection which he could pass on to the
National Council. It was also suggested that the club offer two alternatives to the complete ban1) that the ban be in place only in the state in which the Nationals
are being held, or
2) the ban be in place within a given radius of the city hosting the Nats.
These alternatives to be included with the club’s objections.
Moved by Eric Warren, seconded by Jim longman
TAC Report - Four build applications have been rec’d under the new fee structure.
Social Report - Club Christmas Dinner will be on Sunday 20th December.
There will be the general meeting commencing at 4.00 pm followed by a
BBQ. Let Dave know numbers attending.
Xmas Lights Cruise – There will be plenty of parking at
Brandi’s Pizzas. Rods will get an opportunity to regroup at
Laker’s Tavern.
Unfinished Business – City of Swan – the club is not a suitable recipient for small
grants.
RCD’s quotes have been received but these vary greatly.
Still waiting for one more quotation..
Events - Yanchep Run – Reported by Eric Warren. 235 cars attended and there
were many prizes for the raffle. A very enjoyable day with children’s
entertainment and a variety of food for lunch. West Coast members
were scattered around and Eric noted that it would have been more
enjoyable if we had assembled in one area. A point also for the 2010.
Information also given by AB and Gibby.
Bright Rod Run- 600 cars. An excellent event with streets blocked off
and street entertainment spread over the town. There was a Poker Run
onSaturday night- won by Miss Stickshift. Reporter–Dave Krause.
New Business - The club patron’s jacket has been finished and will be
presented to him ASAP – possibly on the evening of our Xmas Dinner.
Busy Bee to be on 22nd November beginning at 8.00am.The painting of
the gate posts and tidying of the workshop have priority.
Kevin Ireland’s probationary period has passed and the members
voted him in as a full member. Congratulations and welcome
back.
Rodder of the Year nomination – Brian French for his continued
support of rodding in Western Australia.
Neil Gibb raised the possibility of the club helping former member John
Richardson finish his streetrod. John has suffered a number of strokes
and is finding it difficult to work on the car. This matter was discussed
and it was decided the club would help. Brian French offered to contact
John to see what needs to be done.
The Retro Drags will be on November 21st.
Sandgroper Nationals Report - 158 entries to date, 55 from the eastern
states. Entries received after Xmas will not get the bag of goodies.
Accommodation needs to be booked now. Lindsay Ewen has some
available.
Buy, Sell and Swap- Mike Flett has 1959 Cadillac tail lights for sale.
Meeting closed at 8.50 pm
Victoria Park Street Festival
. Hot Rods block off Albany Highway for four hours.
On Sunday 29th November, a section of Albany Highway through
East Victoria Park was closed off to traffic for a street festival,
between 4:00 and 8:00 pm.
Gibby had been asked if he could organize a few rods as part of
the visual attractions at the festival.
After being at the Armadale Auto Parts open day, we managed to
put on a display with Gibby’s bucket and Pontiac, Jim
Longman’s 48 Mercury sedan, Lindsay
Ewen’s 47 Anglia and the Editor’s ‘39 Willys.
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To kill four hours, it took a few strolls up and
down the street, taking in the stalls, displays
and live events, buying some books and CDs,
some sushi and coffee etc, before being lured
like a steel bodied coupe to a fridge magnet, to
the Balmoral Hotel for a great meal and a
refreshing drink or two.
Dinner was enjoyed with Neil and Barb, Jim
and Zeni, Denise and Joe & Jan Evans.
Joe and Jan Evans are QLD rodders cruising
around OZ indefinitely (not in a rod) and are
currently parked up at Gibbys Stay-A-While
front lawn caravan park. Jan is possibly
better known to many rodders as Jan Dawson
from when she was the long term secretary
of the ASRF , based in Brisbane. Nice people. We are now trying to stall their departure from WA until after the Sandgroper Nats
next Easter.
After the meal, we hit the street
again and took in some South
American live music for a while.
Not long afterwards it was
8:oopm and time to pack up.
Mission completed. Just a little
bit more exposure of our hobby
to the greater population, that
may just be the seed of a another
hot rodder and hot rod in time to
come.
EW.
Rodders Give To Food Bank
What started as a suggestion for a pre-Christmas get together coffee,
became a collection for the needy through a food donation to Food Bank.
It started as a get together organised by Watto. Panhead Pete suggested
that the occasion be used to collect
canned food for the needy for the
Christmas period. A number of rods
met at Macca’s Cafe in Myaree on a
warm evening for a chat and the collection of the donations of food.. It
was more of a schamozzle than an
organized event. It was a social gathering on the large lawned nature strip
outside McDonalds, from which
Food Bank will be the beneficiary.
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Armadale
Auto
Parts Open Day…
A
Skanksters
R&KC event.
The Sunday morning of the AAP open
day almost commenced like any
other.
Get up, eat, wash the
hot rod, clean the
thick rubber soled
shoes, have a shower, pick up my Mum
in the hot rod and go
to church.
I did say almost….
After the baptism
ceremony of Babe
Ruth it was a matter
of dropping Mum
home and then high
tailing it south of the
border to AAP in
Kelmscott. I once
looked for Armadale Auto Parts in Armadale..
That was a waste of time!
Left, top to bottom: Doug Harry’s show buster 32
sedan, Allan Smart’s unfinished 32 Tudor, Allan’s
Buick in the new AAP hot rod workshop, Ben
Forster’s 2-week-build stocker and Peter Robin’s
(ex Klaxon Editor) Chevvy Pick up came from Albany just for the day.
Arriving
at
about noon, I
passed several
rods already
leaving. This
made parking
closer to the
AAP
shop
easier than it
would have
been earlier,
when
400
rods, customs
and yankee
cars were in
attendance.
That is about
twice
the
number
of
last
year’s
turnout.
When numbers are this
big, you get to see some rods that are not
normally spotted at other regular events. There was a lot to see and many
old rodding buddies to catch up with.
This year’s event featured additional entertainment by way of two
rockabilly bands
and some eye-popping, hot pants
wearing,
Grand
Prix grid promoLeft: Allan Rossi
peeling out..
tional gals. The bands
and the girls added to
the atmosphere and
good karma of the day.
One of the girls had an
extraordinary talent of
making boring old car
washing look much
more interesting. The
sound of clicking cameras as she showed her
technique was deafening. Many photographers and onlookers
getting caught in each
others crossfire. (not to
be used in later evidence. What happens in
Kelmscott, stays in
Kelmscott………..)
There was an ice cream
van and the Westside
drag club, situated near
the car wash, serving
up heaps of saliva absorbing sausage sizzles.
The event was well
supported from far and
wide. Peter Robbins in
his chevy pickup, with and another car made the
return day trip up from Albany. There was at least one car from Toodyay ,
several from The Mandurah club and more than likely some from Bunbury.
Fouldsie, the silver fox was there, looking well and fully recovered
from last year’s leg operation. He reports that his recording-breaking 34
coupe ute is still progressing. I reminded
him that life expectancy
after 100 years was
pretty rare.
Being a hot day, one of
the best places to hang
out was in the AAP
shop in the air conditioning. It’s a great
place to chill out. I
made a couple of purchases to cover my air
conditioning absorbing
motive. I bought the
Cranksters
Weekend
Madness video at
which I was there for a
lot of the event as a
spectator. It was good
to review it again and
get another perspective
of the unique occasion
.
The AAP shop has recently been extended
to now feature a hot
rodding parts section
and display area.
There is also a hot rod
workshop at the rear
that currently houses
Alan Smarts
57
Buick. Alan’s new 32
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hi-boy tudor sedan project
was also on show in the car
park and it looks great.. For
a start, it’s not painted red!
Red hot rods do not go faster,
they get swallowed up in a
sea of the same…
Eventually, it was time to
head off, in preparation for
another hot rod promotion to
attend later that afternoon at
Top Right clockwise: Paul
Walsh’s A coupe, Lindsay
Ewen’s 47 Anglia, Steve
Houlahan’s 32 coupe,
Mick Simmond’s A pickup,
Peter Simmond’s 34 coupe,
Boris Viscovic’s Rambler;
Greg Tuck’s tip toe past me
I’m sleeping Plymouth and
van, Graeme Bell’s (past
Klaxon Editor) 32 Chev
roadster, Editor’s Willys,
Jim Longman’s 48 Mercury, Joe Carbone’s 48 pickup, Des Thomas’s T Tudor
and Big Al Erman’s A tourer.
the Victoria Park street festival.
The AAP event was a great success, but
like other large events that originated primarily with hot rods, it is being swallowed up by
street machines. I suppose it is a good promotional event for AAP, but walking past
dozens of late model street machines, I suspect is a bit ho-hum for most hot rodders.
Regardless, I will be there again next year. It
is still a huge
day on the
hot rodding
calendar and
shouldn’t be
missed.
EW.
For additional photos, go to these websites.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=423050
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v245/Brootal/AAP2k9/ (I hope they are still there!)
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Above: A Stick Shift Garage’s project.
Left: Morris Cowley
stocker. Above: Batman’s
Tumbler is looking almost
complete. It’s a great Engineering achievement.
Left: lovely promotions girl getting
some pastoral advice about washing
cars. Paunchy farmer dude to the right
is Peter Robins up
from Albany for the
day in his Chev PU.
Jeff Hitchins and the members of goody goody gum drops Good Sheilas
Fellas HRC planned and executed another great day out with their annual
Yanchep Rod Run.
Their endeavours were assisted by near perfect weather with a sea breeze that stopped
temperatures getting uncomfortable. Even
the bush flies were thin on the day.
The run started at a civilized hour of 10:30
Sunday morning from a large shopping centre car park in
some
northern
suburb, on the
corner of Hepburn Ave and
Wanneroo Road.
A water bag trip
from the CBD.
After entering the
run by paying a
value packed $5,
which included
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Top Left anti clockwise, with pike: Keith
Wilson’s 40 Coupe, BJ’s 36 Chev, Lindsay
Ewen’s 34 coupe, Terry Snelgar’s A Model
roadster , Graeme John’s Caddy, AB’s A Model roadster and Paul Walsh’s A Model coupe.
entry to Yanchep National Park, a raffle ticket in the monster raffle and a
window sticker that has since turned to papier-mache when it rained, I
wandered off and took photos of about half the pre 48s in the car park,
before the starting marshal sent everyone on their way. The hear-say
numbers were 197 entrants and about another 20 rods at the beginning that
just came for visual stimulation, but did not enter the run. The number of
pre 48 hot rods at the event was about 90 which makes it one of the largest
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Great weather brought
out the buckets in larger than norm quantities.
pre-48 attended annual events in WA.
As in previous years, two routes were
given on the entrant data sheet. One was
the no pain, no glory, direct route up
Wanneroo road that barely requires that
your rod needs a steering wheel. Most
rodders seemed to take this direction. The
other was a drive towards the coast then
a cruise up Marmion Ave, negotiating
enough roundabouts to wear out an old
steering box, then a turn eastwards and
entry into the park via the back door. I
took this route as I hadn’t been this way
before. It was interesting to see where the
recently advertised new northern suburbs
are going to be. I am sure the Tilden Hall
ranch and Spankys Hot Rod Shop at Gidgegannup are closer to the city than these new housing estates.
For lunch most entrants get a meal from the
Yanchep Inn. The
Inn is aware of
the event and do
cater for it very
well, however to
avoid the rush,
Denise and I
joined
the
Frenches for an
early meal. The
food was excellent and very worthy of the traded
shekels.
After lunch there
is a couple hours
to loiter, chat,
sleep, drink or
check out the other displays and
stalls at the venue, before the
monster
raffle
begins.
I grabbed my
phone and continued my quest
to photograph all
of the pre 48 rods
present. Along the way Denise and I
checked out the jewellery, art and wood
worker stalls. There was also an awesome display of model boats arranged
by the North Coast Marine Modellers
club.
This year we didn’t bother looking at
the koalas. We figured that they probably had not moved since last year, sitting around getting drunk on eucalyptus
leaves….what a life!
We did see a few fish and long necked
tortoises in the lake while covering the
nature component of our trip to a national park.
Yanchep National Park has been the venue of many rodding events over
the last 40 years.
From stories about a
beer keg in one of the
old hired row boats on
the lake, Nev and Judith
Anderson’s first night
of their honeymoon
when locked out of the
Inn and sleeping in the
Customline at the
beach (I think), a couple of Early Wheels Vs
WCSRC
cricket
matches, other rod runs
with kick to kick footy,
and of course the
“Gatsby”themed
wedding of Greg and
Jo Potts in one of the
limestone
caves.
Ahhhhh
memories...
Back to 2009......
After strolling around
and taking afternoon
coffee in the biscuit shop
it was time for the huge
raffle draw. I’m sure the
Goodies wouldn’t mind
me
thanking
WCSRC
their
run
WCSRC
WCSRC sponsors
again. The donated stuff for the raffle
was fantastic again this
year. Unfortunately the
Goodies didn’t have a PA
WCSRC system to address the
Top left down: Willys of Tony Mattioli, Les Smith and Eric Warren
(WCSRC), WCSRC members Mel Broun’s 39 and Brian French’s 35 Chev
coupes. Centre top: Joe Italiano’s 34 Chev, Centre: WCSRC’s Jeff
Ewence’s 37 Packard.
Right colunn: MOPARs.. Dodges, Plymouths
and a Desoto. OOPS! Not a ford to be seen......
crowd or enunciate each drawn raffle ticket
number and Jeff’s voice wasn’t carrying in all
directions, so another big mouthed rodder had
to relay the drawn numbers to crowds in the
westerly direction..
This year with Jimbo’s luck running low
(including getting “tail-ended” on the way
home) and only winning two or three items and
with Barb Gibb not present, the prizes were
more evenly spread amongst the gathering.
Even one of my two dollar coins won a prize,
but only because Denise put her name on it. All
she wanted was an M&M hot rod and the chocolates within but the poor soul only won a
garage air compressor
(Thanks to the
sponsor, Joe Italiano’s (34 Chev) Premium Developments.) Then she made me carry it to the
car.. The coupe’s
rumble seat accommodated it easily.
Now I have to explain to her what it
is used for and buy
her some air tools
for Xmas.
..
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The raffle draw had enough prizes to
last about 45 minutes.
At its conclusion, it was pack up time
and everyone made their own ways
home, thereby creating a lot of mini
runs down Wanneroo road and on the
freeway. Thanks for another goodie,
Goodies.
EW
WCSRC
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February 13, Big Al’s Poker Run Big Al 0414 551 928
February 17, Twilight Cruise Big Al Big Al 0414 551 928
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March 7, Iggy Memorial Run. Conrodders, Dean Hollwarth
Cruise to Jarrahdale Cemetery, then to lunch venue
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