seeing the enthusiasm onsites like retrorides.com and Melburg Luft, and the lack of support in australia for young (anyone under 55 seems to be young at alot of classic car shows) enthusiasts driving UNIQUE cars, i am putting foward an idea.

at the end of January/ start of Febuary next year I plan on organising an all-makes car show focused on pre 1980 rides, whether stock/near stock, old school custom or rat ride. I want to showcase unique custom work, cars like what you guys own on here, or the likes of Volkommens sweet rides, i want to see Vdubs sitting next to Commers sitting next to Volvo Amazons, ground scraping FE Holdens adn lowrider Lada Niva's.

I want to create a show environment where there are no boundairies, basically i want to make the sort of show that I would like to go to.

I am looking now for support for the idea and help along the way, people to spread the word and help out with the technical side of things, currently i am considering Lilydale Fairgrounds as a venue, i have a fair few connections with the local music industry, so i am thinking of having a stage playing punk/rock/rockabilly/beats all day, maybe having the show running from 10 til 5 so no-body has to get out of bed early adn everyone has a chance to see the show, displays by pinstripers, artists etc, basically a fun community vibe emphasising all that is cool in the car culture and the cultures it links into, with prizes for originallity, quality, mechanics and aesthetics, not necessarily for shinyness of paint and least dust on the dash.

any support with this greatly appreciated, especially in regards to advertising and potentially fundraising, and any ideas for a namefor the show also much appreciated.

Ryan

[ Edited on 20-5-2007 by baybuscamperkid ]

Count me in, and good luck with all the organisation. I think this will create a lot of interest. Well done, good ideas.

Utopia Car Festival?

[ Edited on 20-5-2007 by BenettonVW ]

Definately a great idea.:thumb

Early Daze Oldskool Festival?

thanks guys for the support, at the moment i am looking for cars to show (obviously) also anyone who would be interested in putting on some sort of display (pinstriping, lowering, airbrushing, graf, anything interesting), possibly catering (kombicoffee?), any businesses that would be interested in doing a display (speed parts shops, custom/resto shops, Delux and Volkommen, if you boys are up for it?) and any helpful suggestions. once i have got a confirmed venue and date I will be lookign for everyone to spread the word as far as possible about this to make this show as big as it can be. Also, anyone interested in sponsoring (VW club vic?) once the ball is rolling any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Grey57 may be a good contact for the VWCV as he is the assnt. president. I think it would be great for the VW community to get right behind something like this and lead the charge rather than just be considered a novelty act at hot rod shows etc. I think it would be great to show the wider old school community how cool a lowered dub really is and the fantastic work produced by Volkommen and Delux crews. I think the Melbourne scene has really kicked up a few notches (pardon the pun) in recent times and it can only be considered a good thing for the broader VW community in promoting dubs and generating interest in them.
- Adam

does Slorida's sound like a good name? sorta makes it the antithesis of certain other car cultures.

Delux would be happy to help in any way possible. I have an extremely wide set of contacts in the auto performance industry, not just VW. Send me (SASHA) a u2u and I will forward you my number.

Delux would be happy to help in any way possible. I have an extremely wide set of contacts in the auto performance industry, not just VW. Send me (SASHA) a u2u and I will forward you my number.

sounds great ill get my arse down to VIC for that for sure and i can help with a couple of live tiki carving displays and small gallery set up for TIKI STUFF

thanks fuch, you have u2u, and kroozzn63, that'd be awesome, just what Im looking for. sweet as.

Ok, Lilydale showgrounds, my first choice of venue has fallen through, can anyone recommend a another venue for me to take a look at?

i would be keen to help out too.

cheers Dr Pepper, I've now sent off applications for a dozen different venues, just waiting for a positive responce so i can lock in a venue and date and get the ball rolling.

To anyone who is watching this thread, the date is now fairly close to being locked down as Saturday 2nd Febuary 2008, and I am currently in negotiation with 3 venues, so hopefully the day and venue will be locked in by the end of next week.

Sounds great Ryan A great sort of alternative to the usual shows.

If this goes ahead I'm there, sounds like a great idea.

just awaiting paperwork from the venue

Sounds great.
We are coming over on holiday but not until later in the year, otherwise this would be on our list of things to do

Ryan,I am organising the 2007 Day of the VW in Vic.
Happy to help you out with advise ect, cause I know how big the task is.

Give me a call on 0412 500 588 after hours and we can have a chat if you like.

Cheers

Dean

just letting you all know all is going well for the show, now have a name, Melburg Or Bust, a date 2/2/08 and a venue Monash Uni Carpark Clayton. website is up and running http://www.melburgorbust.com  and early registration forms are now uploaded.