*** National 2009 Pics - The winners !

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:48 pm

my thoughts aswell thommo, NOT TRYING TO TAKE ANYTHING FROM THE CAR THAT WON AND CAN FULLY UNDERSTAND THE REASONS IN TOWING, but there were plenty there that are proven daily drivers and were driven to and from the nats

Trev · Post by **Trev** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 6:01 pm

I know were you are coming from RB but at least it is fully registered as compared to mine which I drive all the way to and from every nationals for the last 6 nationals but it is on street rod rego because it has not been engineered for full rego and it is as rough as hessian undies compared to Garys

, Trev

.

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 6:04 pm

as everyone has said thanks for posting Steve and well done all that won and everyone who attended
wish I was there

Sputzwagon · Post by **Sputzwagon** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:10 pm

...& not forgetting Fiona's Persian Lilac EK sedan that is driven every day and to more Nationals than I can remember, Timbo.

I also think some folk got confused with that category..must have thought STREET MACHINE !!
Scotty.

Sputzwagon · Post by **Sputzwagon** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:14 pm

Shhh don't say the "F" word too loud!

oldnek · Post by **oldnek** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:28 pm

THOMMO wrote:
ratbox wrote:FIRST PLEASE NOBODY TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY, what is the critearior for real street
I think is was meant to be for best daily driver.
thats the way I voted.
My choice didn't get up

Well done Steve for posting all this
I knew which cars belonged to most of the winners,
but not all of them.

I thought that exactly as well Thommo.

Regards John

V8EK4us · Post by **V8EK4us** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:30 am

If it's any consulation I also thought along those lines and was probably more surprised than all of you on the award for Real Street and could only figure that I had it wrong and it was more of a "Street Machine" orientated award. I also voted for a car that was a daily driver (by feedback from people). I have already put over 300klm on The Beast and never intend to leave it locked away, it will be driven regularly and was only towed to Bendigo because "Murphy" is still alive and so are alot of the Kangaroos he puts on the road!! When we arrived in Bendigo the EK was unloaded that night and driven until we had to make the wildlife infested journey back to Darwin.

Cal · Post by **Cal** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:53 am

Hey Gary, who did that lovely drawing in your avatar?

As for the prize, it's not your problem if people didn't know what the hell they were voting for

oldnek · Post by **oldnek** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:31 am

Maybe the wording on the voting forms should be clarified a lot better, then there would be no confusion.
It's not the fault of the owner, he or she is the lucky one to scoop the prize.
Everyone who enters votes ( the peers) so all entrants should be clearly informed of the class catogries and what it is there actually voting for.
Thats my opinion anyway..

Regards John

jack_fc · Post by **jack_fc** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:56 am

My thanks to the owners of every car at the nats - I liked them all!
Congrats to all winners, specially Gary (yeah, alright, I'm biased - used to live in Darwin, and know only too well the effort/time/cost of getting that beautiful black beast down here...)
We all have different preferences, but for what it's worth, my favourites were the ratty old grey/grey FB sedan (out of the 'stockies') and the VERY tasty EK owned by oldnek - bloody impressive; love the look!
Thanks again to all concerned.

cheers jack

V8EK4us · Post by **V8EK4us** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 12:05 pm

Cal wrote:Hey Gary, who did that lovely drawing in your avatar?

As for the prize, it's not your problem if people didn't know what the hell they were voting for

Thanks Cal, the avatar was done by none other than the infamous "Sputzwagon" (Scotty), bloody awesome hey!! I have the large version printed and being framed!!

Lolly · Post by **Lolly** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 12:33 pm

oldnek wrote:Maybe the wording on the voting forms should be clarified a lot better, then there would be no confusion.

NSW Club to take notice of this point for next year!

(AND congrats to all the winners!!

)

(Great pics as usual, Steve, thanks for sharing!

)

Trev · Post by **Trev** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:35 pm

jack_fc wrote: my favourites were the ratty old grey/grey FB sedan (out of the 'stockies')
cheers jack

That would be Terrys highly modified (149 red

) FB sedan, I voted as Grand champ (there were no instructions on the voting form

) , Trev

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Cal · Post by **Cal** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 2:29 pm

Lolly wrote:
oldnek wrote:Maybe the wording on the voting forms should be clarified a lot better, then there would be no confusion.
NSW Club to take notice of this point for next year!

(AND congrats to all the winners!! )

(Great pics as usual, Steve, thanks for sharing! )

Probably opening up a hornets nest here, but the organizers of Grey Pride should do the same.

Last year there was a non Grey powered car winning the top prize, so this year they created 2 prizes - one Grey and one non Grey.

The car that won the Grey prize was a modified FC, which bore no resemblance to anything that rolled out of GMH. Nice car, but how this won over the Grima owned Cameo EK I'll never know. Maybe I mistook the category. I presumed it was for best original grey powered car

On the other hand, it's the entrants that vote, so ultimately one can't really whinge to the organizers.............though in hindsight some clarity is needed as to what the category actually is

FBeing · Post by **FBeing** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:06 pm

I wish that was my FB!

Having said that I am totally happy with my car.

Thanks for posting all the pics Steve and well done to all the winners (and participants too)

Stu