Show And Shine Wrap Up Thread

[GTR32G]

Your red r32 gtr was pure horn!

so clean!!!

so jealous!

The other highlight that deserves its own post is the winner of "BEST R32 GT-R - 20TH ANNIVERSARY 1989 - 2009"

A well deserved 1st place in no uncertain terms.

A lot of projects of the magnitude that you've undertaken can easily suffer from the build taking on a life of its own with well thought out plans somehow shooting off in all manner of directions which will create all sorts of headaches as the continuity of the overall "aesthetic" if not continually addressed and brought back into line will suffer and hence so will the ultimate product. The ability to recognise that this is happening is fairly straightforward - the ability to address it "correctly" as its happening and to "bridge" it each time it happens adopting a "linear" mind set is not. You have clearly "addressed correctly" every component of the build of the project because it all works and looks right. So much so sometimes that the untrained eye will not appreciate all the work because the finished project looks so good and works so well that a sense of "no effort" often is mistakenly adopted. As i myself know only too well it can take dozens of hours to get a particular part or pairing of parts to look like hardly any time at all was spent. You mentioned above that you "have put a lot of work into the car." That is the understatement of the century !! - along with that work you put in you put in "ability, talent & reason" which are the attributes required to adopt and stay true to that ever important linear mind set. Not everyone can do that or should i say not everyone can do that to the level that you have expressed.

Its a talent that youve been fortunate enough to be able to recognise, adopt, use & refine that benefits us all !! - something to be very very proud of indeed !

CONGRATULATIONS on an inspired build - it is 1st class in every category - truly remarkable - & as far as having something to show for it its not the trophy on your mantle piece the trophy is parked in your garage

Cheers Malcolm

Thankyou for the kind words, Malcolm it’s nice to see how much you and others appreciate the effort that has gone into this car.

I need to say a big thank you to my partner Bianca it’s really her car. She has played a big role in how the car looks today and done a great job polishing it for the show.

Cheers Brian

[Sl!m]

it was pure awesomeness I wish I had a little more time to check it out during the day though

[Whoneedstherapy]

Hmmmm..

This looks somewhat similar to my wedding photo lol:

That 33 there is mint! i loved it. Whoever owns it has got a beauty!

It's like the cleaner, nicer, more standard version of mine.

[GT-R LM]

That 33 Is Terry's sons very nice car, spoke to him for a bit and spoke to Terry for a bit they both had very nice cars and were very good blokes, Caught Terry recording the show a few times aswell

Also spoke to Malcolm, Mate Very nice car you have and can appreciate the effort that goes to getting some of those bits and pieces, also had some top ideas

A lot of nice cars that had a lot of effort and time and not to mention money put into them, was the best $10 i spent and a couple of my relatives came all the way from Orange and came to the show before they left to go back they thought it was Awesome

[God_speed]

That 33 there is mint! i loved it. Whoever owns it has got a beauty!

It's like the cleaner, nicer, more standard version of mine.

Thanks Luke! Yes she is practically standard except for suspension, exhaust, rims and a few other minor things. It was good to see some quality R33 GTRs there and UWISSH was a deserving winner. A lot of $$ and hard work obviously has gone into the engine and mechanicals as well as exterior there.

That 33 Is Terry's sons very nice car, spoke to him for a bit and spoke to Terry for a bit they both had very nice cars and were very good blokes, Caught Terry recording the show a few times aswell

It was good to meet you mate, and see a genuine LM in the flesh. Likewise I thought it was magic to see all of the quality machines there under one roof and so many people who are passionate and united by the same hobby. Gibson R32 GT-R was definitely a highlight for me, as was GTR32G's red R32 GT-R - its spot in the sunlight definitely helped to show off that brilliant paintjob. Nice rims on Bakes' car too; I didn't think he could top the Gold GT-Cs but the new ones look amazing.

Great effort by the mods and organisers / volunteers, thanks for all your hard work.

-Matt

[Sean W]

An awesome day, my first SAU event and i was thoroughly impressed

Thanks to all the people i met and chatted with on the day, was fantastic to know the club i've joined is full of such inviting and friendly people. Special thanks to Shell for putting up with my pestering and Malcolm for putting the three, i mean two, stickers on my car

Congratulations to all the winners, they're an inspiration for the future of my car; some truly exquisite machinery.

[Black Widow]

That 33 there is mint! i loved it. Whoever owns it has got a beauty!

It's like the cleaner, nicer, more standard version of mine.

Thought i should throw up a comparison pic

I've got a better one at home with the 2 cars on either side of a walkway

[DaveO74]

Some more pics, the first one has to be my favourite (Unbiased of course )

Seriously though too many breathtaking examples to pick a favourite for the day, the judges really had some tough decisions to make. Thanks to all the organisers for a great day

I have to like this one cause its mine....right?

This car is simply stunning, a credit to the owners

Even though some of the pictures dont do them justice these are my favourites of the day.

[benm]

Well done to Duncan and Neil + partners on organising an awesome day. The venue was great, the lack of loud music was great, going home not sunburnt was great, many very nice cars and apart from a couple of carpark burnouts everyone got along well together.

Days like this are the only time I miss not having a gtr or 2 in the garage

Got plenty of ideas for the next event from an organisers p.o.v

[Abo Bob]

Great work all of you volunteers. Well done and a very well put together show.

Also well done to all the entrants for all the polishing and cleaning. The cars were a real credit to you all.

[StageIan]

One awesome day guys, many thanks to the organisers & sponsers. Helen & I had a great day.

Some outstanding cars on show, cant wait for the next meet.

[Neil]

Great work all of you volunteers. Well done and a very well put together show.

Also well done to all the entrants for all the polishing and cleaning. The cars were a real credit to you all.

Thanks Abo,,,I'm really bloody happy you liked it!!!. As I've said a zillion times YOU were the best Pres we have ever had and If you liked it I'm stoked.

What can I say about everybody that attended,,,words don't really describe it. BLOODY FANTASTIC. I was gob smacked at the HUGE number of quality cars shown. It made me feel really proud to be the President of our Club and pulling off the largest show on record. After reading this whole thread I now have another massive smile on my face again. I spent all day talking,,,working,,,smiling,,,repeat,,,repeat,,,repeat,,,by the end of the day I was stuffed and I mean stuffed.

Which brings me to everybody that helped organize the day,,,you ALL should give yourselves the BIGGEST PAT/SLAP on your back you are capable of. To pull this shit off in the time frame we had was insane,,,wives,husbands,girlfriends,boyfriends,family & friends,club members,non club members EVERYBODY,,,I thank you all. Behind the scenes was rather stressful but we got through it.

Thats enough for now,,,our household needs a real dinner.

Neil.

[dori34]

fantastic pics guys, such a shame i missed out on this massive event.

will there be one next year?

[Sean W]

God i hope it was a coincidence that it happened after i came home from the show, but my car got broken into and attempted stolen last night

Just wanted to say anyone that is putting together DVDs of the day please PM and ill happily buy copies. I was taking photos on my cheap digi camera then decided it would be best to get copies of your guys DSLR photos instead. And my camera got stolen from the car anyway...

Can't wait for the next show See you guys at christmas cruise or texikhana!

[malcolm]

how the hell did an Audi get Best Exterior ????

Must admit i dont understand how a non Skyline car can be eligable to enter competition against anything other than non Skyline cars ? ... I believe that BEST INT. / EXT. / ENGINE BAY / ENGINEERING etc can only be won by a Skyline ... not taking away from how fantastic the Audi was but for it to win BEST EXTERIOR i believe there had to be a BEST NON SKYLINE EXTERIOR category ... i was under the impression that all the non Skylines were all up against each other in the BEST NON SKYLINE CATEGORY & only SKYLINES unless specified by model ie: CLASSIC/31/32/33/34/35 were up agianst other Skylines for the BEST INT/EXT/ENGINE BAY/etc ... surely this fair as it is a Skylines Show & Shine ... great to have other cars attend & enter but not great to have them compete in a category that they do not belong in ... if youre a non Skyline youre only competing against other non skylines in a category that has "non Skyline" in its title ... surely only BEST NON SKYLINE is more than sufficient for this. With all the model specific & other specific categories competed for by only Skylines ... ...

[Neil]

What about that idiot periodically starting and revving his Skyline,,,I was standing waiting for food (I only got chips) if thats what you would call it and the young guy next to me say's what the hell is that,,,I said oh just a crazy bloke that thought a LS1 in a Skyline would be a good idea. We both loved it....Stuart.

Neil.

[Duncan]

goddamn noisey dino-line!

re classes - only 6 of the 19 were open to non-skylines, and in the end only 2 or 3 of them were won by non-liners. I saw the audi and thought the exterior was excellent.

i guess we could have different rules next time, but while it is a skyline focussed show it's not skylines only - just like we are a skylines enthusiast club not a skyline owners club.

to be honest, the bitching about winners (and it happens every single time) makes me prefer a show with no awards at all. immediately stops all the unhappiness as well as saving the judges running around all day on a hiding to nothing.

[BezerkR32]

i can honestly say that this was one car i went back and had a couple of looks at.......stunning

seeing the cars that you all daily drive made me a little jealous. but was still happy to get my line out of the garage even if i only drove it 20 meters. still got to make some noise lol. put the commonhore to shame.

big thanks to Charles & Clinton for helping me load up. Also excellent to meet some members in the flesh.

Great effort by everyone involved.

Car of the day for me (besides Winfield GTR) was the black R32 gtr...Fat 32. just a special car, and a real nice bloke who was the rightfully proud owner.

thought i might be a chance on best engineering until i saw the work that went into the rear end of the r31. really well done and definately different.

anyway, 3 return trips to Westmead in 2 days has caught up with me. Thanks to all those who wished my daughter well, we are now home and resting up and all looks good.

hope to see you all on the track soon....

Stuart

it was pure awesomeness I wish I had a little more time to check it out during the day though

[Liz]

Stu, did you have ANY idea how much attention you got when you were putting your car on the trailer??? I was at the opposite end of the parking lot and all i could see was a sea of heads turn and just watch!

ps. glad she's doing well!

[Sl!m]

God i hope it was a coincidence that it happened after i came home from the show, but my car got broken into and attempted stolen last night

Just wanted to say anyone that is putting together DVDs of the day please PM and ill happily buy copies. I was taking photos on my cheap digi camera then decided it would be best to get copies of your guys DSLR photos instead. And my camera got stolen from the car anyway...

Can't wait for the next show See you guys at christmas cruise or texikhana!

that sucks! sorry to hear