VIC Goldfields Fundraiser Cruise

Awesome pics and write up Mark

 

hahahahaha thats mad

 

If I come into excess money, and it isn't on the same day I may drive down and come with you guys next time to meet some new zedders

 

I was thinking the same thing! National convoy anyone?

 

I was thinking of a drive to Sydney mid year... Not sure if ill organise a cruise or just go myself long way around along the coast!

 

I'd be happy to meet up with you part way along

 

Ill meet fellow zedders along the way!

 

First of all Id like to thank Mick for organising a fantastic Z cruise for us vic members. I thoroughly enjoyed this cruise and will definately do it again next year.

Another big thank you to Ross and his partner for hosting lunch at their beautiful home. The food was cooked to perfection and I really enjoyed catching up with some old friends and also new friends.

So here is how the day panned out for me.

First we all gathered at the usual Todd Rd Shell Station where Mark became the new BigCol (LOL), he did a great job keeping everyone together during the trip up to gisborne, so thank you Mark for leading the convoy for us.

It was a great turnout for the vic crew at todd rd with I think about 15 cars before we headed off.

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As you can see we had the whole 4 lane freeway to ourselves

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We arrived in gisborne where we were to meet up with the rest of the Z's attending today's cruise. Everyone quickly started socialising while we waited for the other group to arrive and I think the blue 200SX catch the eye of most of the group.

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Alex's new spoiler and Twin Z rear diffuser made a hugh visual difference to the BADXTC mobile. Loved the new look Alex

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Highly Modified 200SX.

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With Mark's job done Mick took over and lead everyone to the next point which was Mount Macedon.

The road leading to the carpark at Mt Macedon

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As we arrived into the carpark, it became clear we werent the only car club coming to Mt Macedon. An exotic super sports car club had also gathered in the car park featuring a couple of posches, a 350Z vert, a Masarati and 2 Lamborghini's. I waited till everyone left to go to the summit of Mt Macedon and then wondered over to the beautiful exotic cars and took some photos. But no matter how good these cars look I still find the Z32 my dream car.

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Time to head off

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From Mt Macedon we jumped onto the Freeway heading for Castlemaine.

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I think this is when Dean (black car, new member) had car trouble, and after making it to Castlemaine the group stopped while Mick was informed of the breakdown. I took a few quick pix before we continued to Ross's place for Lunch.

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Here we are all parked in Ross's massive backyard. as you can imagine everyone was very hungry and though Ross had already started cooking on the BBQ the food was being eating up so fast Ross couldn't keep up with demand. But he did an expect job and this has to have been the best BBQ I have ever had in my life.

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Ross hard at work on the BBQZ.

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The best place to eat and socialise was the garage. The sun by this time of the day was burning the skin.

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The Food Bar. By the time I had taken this photo Ross had already done 3 servings of food. great effort Ross.

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Back to the Zed's

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I missed the mini tech day to help new member dean get his car running enough for him to drive it.

After a good feed and heaps of soicalising with eachother we jumped back in our Zeds and headed to the next destination.

Rod Hadfield's Hot Rod Museum

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After a few group shots of all the Zeds we headed into the museum to wonder around and check out some amazing cars Rod had on display.

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1950 Firebird

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Rod had a huge collection of Root Bear dating back to the early 1900's

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Here is one half of Rod's Museum/workshop

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He had alot of vintage parts for sale on tables like this.

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Work in Progress Im guessing lol

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This is a tank engine. Might fit in the Zed.

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Hot Rod Lincoln

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Homage To Henry

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The Silver Bullet

This is one very impressive machine. 27 Litre Tank engine Rolls Royce limousine. Apparently Rod stated it has a fuel milage of 0.5 of a mile to the gallon:O. He also said he wouldn't sell it for less then 1.2 Million but we all saw it as priceless.

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The other half of the museum was the Display section with a huge showcase of awards Rod's has earned over the years.

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V8 chev Motor built in 1955

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Lightweight billy cart

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Rod's first salt lake racing car.

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This was by far the most popular muscle car Rod had on the day. twin super charger Ford Motor which rod started building when he was 16 years old.

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Various vehicles on display

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Australia's first ever imported Low Rider with original hydralic lifting supension.

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More various Hot Rod's on display

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I wonder whats inside here

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Wholy Batman lol

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This RAC Ford Rod had still had the original paint on the body with a very rare Ford logo on the doors. See if you can spot the differences on each door's logo

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Super charged Holden with a Supra transmission?

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Spirit of Castlemaine

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This old hearse had a very amusing licence plate (TIMESUP) lol

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Something for the kids lol

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Australia's best restoration car 2 years in a row.

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one of only 7 soft top Ford utes still in Australia.

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and to finish the tour was a very long discussion with rod on his high speed Holden sedan salt lake racer. To date he has Australia's fastest car with an impressive 259.9 miles per hour atm. The car is currently in a bad shape after blowing up his clutch at a recent slat lake race. He is aiming for 300 mph but he has alot of fine tuning still to work out but he is confident he can make that mark.

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Alex just couldn't resist lol

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After a long day we all decided to finish up a big day on a high.

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I think it's a thunderbird isn't it? It sounded good when he started it up though

 

shit probably right their Cam my bad

 

Meh small details

 

Hi all,
Me and my mate were new to this group, but we were made very welcome... It was a trully great day seeing all the Z's running around, specially in the convoy all the Z's one after another..We just wanted to say thank you and hope to see you guys next time....Josh

 

Thunderbird pics

Yep, 1965 Thunderbird. Belongs to a friend / co-worker of mine. Looks a million bucks now but that was not always so...










The upholstery is a reproduction kit. Bought from the USA and fitted locally -




Original look vinyl lining in the boot, another reproduction kit from the USA -




Powered by a 390, mostly stock. He's changed the cam & valve springs, put a Holley 750 carby
on it and fittted a very loud exhaust. Sounds wicked

 

Wow! It's a credit to him!

 

Hey Guys,

Finally got around to putting up some pics after having some issues finding a half decent hosting site. But first and foremost, a huge thanks to Mick and Ross for another awesome Goldfields cruise. A great turnout with beautiful weather and sweet cars = awesome day!

Also thank you Ross and Kristy for hosting such a loud and hungry bunch Your backyard was somehow just right to perfectly park the whole fleet as well, looked like it was meant to be.

Mick, ROFL at your Alex captions (sorry Alex ). Mark, you've done an absolute kickarse job with the photos and write up. You really captured the vibe and success of the day with your member shots and sweet shots of the Zs.

Anyway without further adieu, here are my selection of shots for the day:



















Some random clown standing on the side of the road up to Mt Macedon LOL (likely for the M.A.D. bike ride on in the area)














These guys were all "oohhhh...aaaahhhh" when the porsche owner opened his sunroof that just looked like the roof until it slid open.


My pick of the exotic bunch






Some noses...


and bums


Memorial cross..












Ross and Kristy's Zed parking lot




At first glance, Renzed appears to have whitewalls..




Mini tech day in progress..










Abraham moon walking in front of the Zs
































Rod's display for all his USA trophies..


Then there's the rest




















A few more details on this car - it's all either custom made in stainless steel or replaced with stainless parts and the gold you see is REAL gold plating...this thing is a piece of art with tons and gobbs of grunt to boot!






















The NOS tank that blew after Rods salt racer caught fire at over 200mph. He activated both engine bay and in cabin fire extinguishing systems, causing him to pass out while still doing over 100mph after his parachute failed and brakes all burnt out. Once he stopped, the fire wardens pulled him free and continued to try and put out the inivisible methanol fire after which the NOS tank exploded, luckily not killing anyone. Suffice to say, regulations about NOS tanks in the engine bay were changed after this incident..






And with this last lovely photo :biggrin:, that wraps up another Goldfields cruise for the year.



Cheers,

Craig

 

BEST! Great photos Craig!

 

Great Job craig

Its the one thing I cant do, and that is take driving shots, since I have no passenger with me But yeah, you reminded me of the fun awesome day it was

 

Mark, Adam, Craig - Awsome photography - thankyou for sharing, as Mark says it makes the day vivid!

 

Craig i loved you being behind me so there is a lot of nice pics of my phat ass (I'm taking about my zed )

Great pics as always from Craig, Mark, Adam & Martin

Abraham

 

And to think I was dreading moving to Melbourne cause of the weather, its beating NSW, most fine days I've remembered in a LONG time, just pure blue sky and sunshine is hard to beat, we just need their beaches and we'd be set lol