went down with my dad, with the sole intention of going to the motor show....
but as we were walking along i spotted the top of a splitty, then another etc.
it was a display celebrating 50 years of cool ass dubs 馃槑
there was a very nice selection of dubs there too, a bit of everything, from ancient restos to full custom.
so, who organised it?
kai
p.s. unfortunately i didn't have my camera with me, so no pics 馃檨
jenz58 路
Hope someone posts some pics:bounce:bounce
Dubbs at Darling Harbour would look very cool on display馃槑
Kai.A. 路
i really should have taken my camera with me, but i was going to the motor show, i didn't think i'd need it.....
kai
silver 路
It was a really cool Day, starting with the motorcade across the Harbour Bridge, I think at one stage we spaned the whole Bridge! The police stopped traffic waved us through red lights and the lineup of 60 Dubs arrived at Darling Harbour to the forecourt area where the Motor show heads got a look at some really cool Dubs. It was different to VW shows as the people there were not Dub fans but I bet there will be a few converts! the Day was organised by the Volkswagen Group of Australia and the VW Classic Car Club. The run across the Bridge was covered by Channel 9 and although the report was brief I saw my Splitty on the news at 6.00 It may be repeated at 10.30 but I am not sure. We were given this really cool participation Medallion as a token of VGA's appreciation.............
jenz58 路
That sounds so good馃槑
Someone musta had a camera:sandrine
Kai.A. 路
well, you can imagine my surprise when i saw that little lot parked up anyway!!!!
great display!
i'll watch the news later incase they show it again.
kai
ronster 路
Hi all,
I was there this arvo, awesome day! took like 60 odd fotos, will post them after I have shrunk them all to the right size :P
Ron
ronster 路
one of my favourites 馃榾
jenz58 路
Mmmmm, nice ride:kiss
byronbus 路
:thumb that is beautiful...i miss sydney
ronster 路
super cool wheels with wolfsburg emblem 馃槑
ronster 路
please excuse my ignorance, but what is this? it's being displayed with all the dubs... pretty sweet tho
ronster 路
another one...
SKEWtYpe3 路
its a coachbuilt peice of absoloute history, i think only aussie and only a handfull left
i may have it in a Mag someowhere but someone will know for sure
its nuts anyway !
i have always thought this is what would happen if an oval and 356 shagged !
Cam 路
They're called a Romestch or something like that. Banana's as a nickname. Very cool rides 馃槑
Kai.A. 路
ronster wrote:please excuse my ignorance, but what is this? it's being displayed with all the dubs... pretty sweet tho
it's a coachbuilt, e.g custom vehicle made in small numbers, based on a beetle, looks very 356 in a way.....
i can't remember the name of the company who built it tho.
kai
Kai.A. 路
ha ha ha....3 replies in four minutes....馃榾
kai
busnut 路
Did anyone get pics of the kombis?馃榾
Starbug 路
Wow!! that thing is extra schmik! could imagine myself driving around in one of those with the big jackie-o glasses and a scarf around my neck...
SWISH!!!
SKEWtYpe3 路
That aint a Rommie Cam
looks like one but it aint
too late to look thru my mags.......
way rarer than a rom but less known.
Menangler 路
That green car is a 1953 Dannenhauer & Stauss.
There is only 9 of these cars known to exist. This one came from Switzerland and emigrated to Australia with its owner.
I think Keith Poole in SA had one that was sold a couple of years ago too.
Cool day, I wish I could have stayed longer.
silver 路
It was a Danhauser Stauss Or Something like that and If i remember right when I chatted to the Owner last year sometime he told me that there are about 20 left Worldwide
busnut 路
I think it might be a D & S. (Danhauer and stauss, or v.similar,memory is foggy?!):P
busnut 路
There it goes again! 3 replies in 5mins.
heheheheheheheheheheh!!!!!
Kai.A. 路
crayzeeeeeee:bounce:
anyone get a pic of the cool hot rod bug, with that wild gear lever:o
kai
busnut 路
Its just like waiting for a bus in london.
Nothing for ages then 3 come along at the same time
SKEWtYpe3 路
Danhauer and stauss rings a bell !
must have got the aussie bit mixed up, it came here with its woner, not made here
busnut 路
What the hell is a woner????? sounds painful!:o
ronster 路
hot rod bug!!:o
ronster 路
another one
ronster 路
it has a really looooong shifter, anyone know why???
Kai.A. 路
that's the one! 馃榾
what a nuts ride!
kai
Kai.A. 路
ronster wrote:it has a really looooong shifter, anyone know why???
some kind of hot rod tradition...... can't figure it out myself but it's still cool!!!馃槑
ronster 路
moooo..........
ronster 路
had to leave early, didn't have time to take more photos of the buses... 馃檨
I think this one is called the silver surfer :thumb
ronster 路
another one
ronster 路
where do people find these things?!?!
very nice :thumb
Kai.A. 路
did you see the other bay crew-cab?
done 1,160,000 odd k's!!!!!!
3 engine re-builds and 2 gearbox re-builds......
awesome!
kai
Kai.A. 路
ronster wrote:where do people find these things?!?!
they're still fairly easy to get hold of in the uk, i think i even heard they were gonna make some new ones or summat....
kai
jenz58 路
Jeff's Cool56 is even more colourful this time with the bra thing happening
It is wild:party
(I had to add to the colour)
Haven't seen the Cow before, that's pretty mad
ronster 路
saw this bus on epping road once and it blew my mind! saw it again this arvo, had to take pictures of it, also realised i forgot to take fotos of silver's awesome splittie :cry
ronster 路
another shot
ronster 路
this is getting a bit silly shrinking fotos and posting them one by one cos' i don't have any web space myself...
if you want any of the fotos that i have posted in this thread/ or others if you know what you are looking for, i can email them to ya...
ron
vw54 路
Yeah its a DHS and lives in Canberra
the other one now belongs to Barry Lord in Adelaide, undergoing resto.
Yes it was a great day heaps of people
vw_addict 路
Cool 56 is one awesome dub!!! ive had a good look at it before and he has done some nice work to it!!
I just wish i had of been there but thanx to all the guys for posting some pics. They were great!
silver 路
ronster wrote:it has a really looooong shifter, anyone know why???
The Hotrodders Have always had this obsession! I remember as a kid having a T Shirt with a Cartoon of an overgrown bloodshot Monster driving a Hot Rod with his head out the roof with an really long gearshift
I found these pic's which are, kind of like the 60's ones(without the monster)
silver 路
And this one
Stealth 路
I rode up front in Dave Birchalls Sea Blue Rag top, it was great. To be a part of the cruise along the Sydney Harbour Bridge was just mind blowing. Thanks Dave your da man! Was worth the plane fair and accomodation to be a part of it. Were where all the Victorians???
Jay_1965vw 路
I was being part of a wedding 馃檪
vw54 路
JAY u should have been there
:beer:beer:beer
Jay_1965vw 路
I don't think my friend would have been too happy about me pulling out of being a bridesmaid because I had a VW event on in Sydney... I reckon every time I am going to a wedding there is some cruise or something on. I couldn't drive up to the Nationals cos of my step sisters wedding :jesus
Oh well, next year! She can't get married again :P
Sorry I couldn't be there Dave, sounds great.