HI Guys



Hoping you can help us, could you please put the word out to your members/users about an exciting new online TV show Heavy is producing to find “Australia’s fastest Kombi”.



We’re looking for one team to represent their state and build a Kombi van from scratch, source parts and get it to Sydney mid September to take the time trial at Sydney Dragway. The fastest van and winning team will receive $10,000 in cash and get to keep the van. So if you’re keen to enter you club, think “Top Gear meets “American Chopper” where State vs state, man vs machine, kombi vs the clock !!



The competition starts at the end of July, in which teams have 6 weeks to tinker with the vans and participate in the Sydney time trial on week Seven. Each team will be allocated video camera’s, phones, internet cards and laptops to film the restoration, and the journey spent in coming to Sydney right up to the race day.



Some competition rules are;



· Heavy will provide each team a $10,000 budget to purchase a van, source parts and travel

· All vans must not be newer than 1975 model, have 2.0L engines and teams can only use traditional and standard parts.

· Each team must have a minimum of 5 team members in which at least one must be female

· Each team must provide a secure workshop/garage to work and store the van throughout the competition

· Teams must provide 30 minutes of footage each week to Heavy to produce a weekly show on http://www.Heavy.com.  Footage will include teams sourcing the vans and parts, working on the vans, testing it, dealing with issues etc.. using a team member that has some filming and camera experience is a plus.

· The vans must be presented dent free and painted for the time trial at Sydney Dragway. Teams must display their team names and logo on the side of the van

· Each team must appoint a team captain who is responsible for that team adhering to all the competition rules.



Please contact Nathan Ruff on Nathan.ruff@heavy.com or 0410 608 329 with any interested participants. Heavy.com will be meeting and casting next week, so there is not time to lose!



Call me any questions



Regards

Nathan

hey man theres already a thread on this..

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=70211 

I think I'll leave this thread, and clean up all the others that have been created.

Nathan - Whilst I think we all appreciate the initiative, you hit the VW scene at maybe the wrong time. We've got a big show at Valla Park coming up next month, and most people are working on their own rides, or workshops are getting other peoples cars ready. That's my generalisation - but perhaps one reason why the teams haven't quite come together at this stage.

Plus....it's winter....and bloody cold at night - when most people would be taking part in this (after their day jobs).

Anyhow - my 20c. Fully support the idea - just think the timing is a bit off.

The filming/competition starts on the day of the festival so hopefully it wont clash at all.

please post all the rules, or at least a link to them.

AUSTRALIA’S FASTEST KOMBI (draft 4)

COMPETITION RULES

• Heavy will appoint all four teams and the decision of Heavy is final. There will be one team for each of for VIC, QLD, SA and two teams for NSW. Each team is only allowed a maximum of 5 people (with at least one female member), and only these 4 team members are allowed to work on the van.
• Each team must come up with a team name and logo (e.g. Kombi Carnage NSW)
• Each team will appoint a captain at the beginning of the competition whom is responsible for their team adhering to the competition rules. All team members must provide Heavy with their contact details including mobile phone. Each team will also have an appointed driver of the Kombi during the time trial and also the person.
• Each team is allocated a $10k budget to source and overhaul a Kombi van. This includes but is not limited to parts, services, insurance, registration and travel.
Mechanical rules

• Kombi vans can only be sourced from the state which the team represents and all purchased Kombi vans must be older than 1979 models.
• Each van must be dent free and painted blue (specific PMS blue) before leaving their respective states to travel to NSW for the time trial. Each team must have their team name and logo displayed on the rear door panel. Colours swabs will be provided by Heavy.
• Each van must be roadworthy and comply with the relevant state road rules and regulations. Van’s do not need to be registered but must be in roadworthy condition to be registered at a later date.
• No Kombi vans body work cannot be structurally altered (e.g. Roofs cannot be lowered, roll cages not required) and must use standard parts and be loyal to the original vans appearance. No Kombi pick ups or double cabs are to be used.
• The engine capacity can be no more that 2.0 litres. Only VW aircooled engines can be modified but must not exceed 2.0 litres in size.
• A swept volume test of cylinders will be conducted at the beginning of the time trial race.
• No turbo or supercharging to the VW engines are permitted.
• Teams can only run regular run pump fuel. No nitrous oxide injection or specialised racing fuel is permitted.

• Engines are free to modify, stroke and bore size unlimited but must not exceed 2.0 litres exhaust type is unlimited carburettor type and quantity is unlimited, fuel injection is permitted and not limited

• Teams are allowed to leverage local businesses and contacts for free product or services in return for in shot placements on the show. Products and services include paint supplies, painting and panel beating services, mechanical workshop space, mechanical parts and equipment and any clubs or organisations offering support. The aforementioned businesses cannot leverage any future marketing initiatives or promotion with reference to Heavy on completion of the campaign. Teams must make Heavy aware of all products or services received, and details of businesses that provided them.
• Teams can use existing parts that they already have in their procession.
Competition Rules

• Each team has 7 weeks from 1st August 2008 to purchase and overhaul the Kombi van. If Heavy believes a team will not finish within the allotted time, at Heavy’s sole discretion it may expel the team from the competition and appoint another team to finish the Kombi van.
• During the 7 weeks all teams must film their progress (as per rules outlined below.)
• At the end of the 7 weeks there will be a time trial in NSW between all Kombi vans.
• Each team is responsible for getting the Kombi to Sydney for the time trial, and is responsible for returning to their home state after the time trial. Trailer-hire, Travel expenses to and from NSW are included in the $10k budget.
• The team winner of the time trial will receive a prize of $10,000 for the entire team and their Kombi van. A representative of Heavy will judge the time trial and their decision is final.
• Heavy will supply the teams with the relevant Heavy branding, colour specifications and merchandise (caps. etc) to be worn and used in the filming of the series.
• At any time during the 7 weeks Heavy is entitled to add elements to the competition.
• At the end of the time trial, the Kombi vans (with the exception of the winning Kombi) must be returned to Heavy.
• At all times the Kombi vans remain the property of Heavy (with the exception of the winning Kombi after the time trial) and in the event of an occurrence that renders a Kombi van of no use to Heavy, at the sole discretion of Heavy, the relevant team participants will be equally liable to reimburse Heavy the $10,000 or part thereof.
• Each participant has a duty to take care of all equipment and is liable for any damage to any equipment in their care. All equipment must be returned to Heavy prior to the time trial.
• Each team member must sign a contract agreeing to the campaign rules, their competencies, responsibilities, safety guidelines as provided and updated from time to time, confidentiality , financial compliance and relinquishing all their rights in relation to the competition footage.
• Teams must only use supplied Telstra Next G cards, laptops, mobile and teleconferencing equipment supplied by OMD throughout the campaign and no other equipment will be filmed in use. Teams must return all the equipment to Heavy on race day.
• Teams must provide a weekly breakdown of past 7 days spending, a running tally of overall spending and supply Heavy with how much monies they still have in their budget. Any un-spent monies will be returned to Heavy at the end of the campaign.
• The teams must provide Heavy with a weekly detailed report of all parts they have used and from where they purchased them. These reports will be used to quantify Heavy auditing checks. Heavy has the authority to audit teams at any time on parts and spending.
• Heavy has the right to penalise any teams or individual team members for breaches of the rules, or for any other reasonable matter. Penalties may include reducing team budgets, issuing time handicaps or expulsion.
• Heavy can reward any team at any stage. Rewards may include bonus money allocated to the team’s budget.
• The teams are responsible for and must provide a secure storage facility (garage/work shop/shed etc.) for all purchased parts and van throughout the duration of the campaign. Each team must have all the relevant insurances to cover any accidents or hazards in the team’s workshop.
Video footage

• Each team camera person must be available for a 20 minute briefing phone call with the Heavy producer at the start of each week. The camera person must provide Heavy with an email address and mobile phone number.
• Each work shop must be well lit to offer quality footage of contestants working on the van.
• Each team must provide Heavy with a minimum of 30 minutes footage each week for editing. The footage must show the teams working on vans, some landscape workshop footage, some background information and include all members of the team.
• The footage must be provided on HDV tape, and each week’s footage must be couriered to Heavy at 8 Kenneth Street, Bondi, NSW, 2026 by midday the following Monday.
• In addition to the weekly footage, the team captain must provide a 1 minute ‘video diary’ entry outlining the events of the week and any issues they are facing. This must be provided to Heavy via FTP by midnight Tuesday each week.
• If less than 30 minutes footage is provided, or Heavy considers the footage insufficiently interesting, Heavy is entitled to expel that team from the competition. Alternatively, Heavy is entitled to take over filming or penalise the team.
• Teams must always adhere to Heavy’s directions in relation to filming, ‘plot set-ups’ and other.
• Each team must have a My Space and Facebook profile to upload their weekly diary entries. The teams will be required to keep these profiles up to date and promote their website to get as many hits as possible.
• The team with the most viewed total video diary entries across all sites will receive a “Most popular Team $1000 reward” at the end of the campaign.
• Teams will face time penalties for using non approved parts, not producing enough weekly footage or missing key deadlines.
• Teams must commit and abide to stringent safety guidelines in testing and working on Kombi vans.
Misc
• All team members must treat all participants of the competition with respect.

WA are excluded from playing with the other boys, heavy know we would be the outright winners!
with our super cheap, rust free, kombi's a plenty littering our pastures!!!

such is life!

Read the rules carefully

"At all times the Kombi vans remain the property of Heavy (with the exception of the winning Kombi after the time trial) and in the event of an occurrence that renders a Kombi van of no use to Heavy, at the sole discretion of Heavy, the relevant team participants will be equally liable to reimburse Heavy the $10,000 or part thereof."

"If less than 30 minutes footage is provided, or Heavy considers the footage insufficiently interesting, Heavy is entitled to expel that team from the competition. Alternatively, Heavy is entitled to take over filming or penalise the team."

"Teams must always adhere to Heavy’s directions in relation to filming, ‘plot set-ups’ and other."

interesting....hard to accomplish though given the tight timing

Heavy sounds like a bunch of wankers ...... I don’t know what others are thinking but if you read those rules as they are written, ie by a Corporate Entity who has no interest in anything apart from making money off suckers you will clearly see they are setting up the VW community for a big fall.

What sort of an idiot hands a mechanic a video camera and notebook and then says you will be panelised if your footage isn’t up to scratch ... WTF ?? and that is just scratching the surface.

Then they want you to bust your but, you have a $10k budget but you can use anything you already have without cost and give it to them for free at the end … man that is crazy …

They can change the rules throughout and kick you out without justification …

This is close on being the biggest scam I have seen in VW world since some Nigerian asked me to buy his split oval ragtop for $1000 ….

I want to know what contract Heavy is going to sign with participants so that the businesses that participate don’t get slagged, bad publicity, or cut just cause heavy don’t like something … and that if Heavy isn’t up to scratch the teams can fine them and get paid hourly rate for their time to date….

You can have 5 team members, one female and only 4 can work on the bus …..

I can see how this is going to pan out, Heavy changing rules at will and people getting pissed ……

The funniest thing is this..."in the event of an occurrence that renders a Kombi van of no use to Heavy, at the sole discretion of Heavy, the relevant team participants will be equally liable to reimburse Heavy the $10,000 or part thereof."

Pigs arse...what kind of "rule" is that....."Oh sorry guys (and gal) that Kombi is of no use to us,you owe us $10000"???????

I wouldn't normally slag off but thats a phucked idea.....seriously.....

Where do I sign up??

Send me some cash and I'll tell you all about it!! You would be good at this Alan...but you would loose a lot of money with copyright infringements with the amount of pictures you normally post of your build ups!!!

So whats happening with this?
Anyone know or heard anything?

sounds great but some of the rules and regulations just don't sit right with me.