Our Nationals Experience

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Our Nationals Experience

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G'day all,
Well the national were such a great event... Thanks to all the lovely people we met. We had such a great time, meeting you all was definitely the highlight of our trip.. OH! & that little award we WON was pretty good too... That was a very proud moment.. so thanks to all that voted for our ute... & thanks to all for your positive feed back.

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We started our trip leaving Liverpool Thursday arvo & stopping over at the in-laws in Canberra on Thursday night... As you can see we did tow our Ute down. We have only done 200 odd klms, since we've owned her, so we were unsure of the reliability, so we took the safer option. :oops: :oops:

As we pulled into Canberra a little later than expected & it was dark, we thought it better to leave her on trailer ready for the morning. Yep it was pretty cold that night as u can see with the nice frost.
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We convoyed with Canberra locals Graeme, Raeleen their son Louis & their lovely mate Michael from Brisee. Thanks guys. It was really lovely too met you all, traveled with you & to get to know you all a little better over the weekend.
Here we r ready for departure
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There are plenty better photos from other people, of the rest of the weekend. So I'll stop here.

Once again thanks to the organisers & thanks to every one for making us feel welcome & for sharing our 1st nationals with us... Looking forward to next years & seeing you all again soon.


Ciao ciao
Sam & D

ops! forgot to mention this was our fav car of weekend.. Sorry i forgot the names of the very lovely owners. Its a real credit to you both that this FB bagged so many awards, this car is truly amazing. Still talking about it. might even have to talk to you about hiring it for our wedding... :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Hi Sam,

It was good to dinally meet up with you and Dee. Your ute is awesome and well done on the special mention - a great effort considering the huge number of FB originals.

The green FB you mention is owned to Darren and Julie Pender and are members of the NSW Club.

All the best mate.

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Hey Stewart, thanks for that mate. Was a real honer to win that award, considering the quality of those original FB's. It was a pleasure to meet u & ur family & I love that story of your Dad driving your FB out after Sundi show n shine.

Looking forward to catching up on next club run. c u mate
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samprinci wrote:... & I love that story of your Dad driving your FB out after Sundi show n shine.
Sam
That's only 'cause Stew had to go for a spin in another certain FB :wink:

The Penders' FB is something else - a really gorgeous car. Well done on getting the special mention.

See you on a club run soon, Sam.

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4 sure Andrew.... c u then
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Cheers and thanks for the praise... Muriel was ordered new as a '"Special " Special and
does stand out in the crowd...a striking colour that changes depending on the light.
We may be able to help with the wedding...you never know ..
See you at the NSW All Holden Day if your going........Darren.
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Hey Darren,
Like I said, we love that colour.. Whats is it called?

Yep! we r going to the All Holden Day, So We'll c u then...

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samprinci wrote:Hey Darren,
Like I said, we love that colour.. Whats is it called?
I'm going to go out on a limb and say Castille Green... :shock: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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DOH!!! thanks man.
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Hey Sam, well done on the trophy. Love the ute. It was my fave. :D
Great to finally meet you, hopefully see ya at the next nats.

Darren, that FB of yours is FU&KIN AWESOME. It stood out like dogs nuts on the oval. Beautiful car. 8)

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Hey Dave, thanks mate... good to meet you too. yer winning that trophy was awesome... considering there were some really nice FB out there.. But thanks for your kind words.... Yep well b there 4 the next Nats. Hope to c u before that?????

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