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The night's
activities kicked off well with VW's showing well in the heats.
Kurt Janda pulled out in his wife's Subaru WRX engined Transporter
and showed just how fast you can make a box on wheels. Pitched against
a V8 Falcon, he ran a 16.1 with the strong head wind giving him
an obvious handicap. Tom Laube and Adam DeBiasi ran their fastest
times to date: 11.6 for Tom in the Frog and 12.2 for Adam's turbo
beetle. Keith Poole and Barry Lord battled it out for the Karmann
Ghia prize - both running times of around 20 seconds. Michael Clark
came out in his Blue Baja and David Gluyas gave a great display
in his cherry red beetle.
Just as things
started to get heated, down came the rain, forcing an early cancellation
to the programme.
Sunday morning
the skies had cleared and there was no sign of rain. While the grounds
were being prepared, the Club Kombi was delivered and put on display
by the tireless Kombi crew. The day was a resounding success: the
band kept the crowd rocking, the VolksCafe kept everyone fed and
watered, club merchandise sold like the proverbial hot cakes.
There were plenty
of new cars and old favourites on display. Roy McDonald impressed
with his blue single cab ute, as did Brendan Staples with his beetle.
After troubles getting his beetle started - and later getting it
to stop - Jon Kruger picked up the Roy Williams trophy and Best
Modified Concourse trophy for his retro look charcoal beetle. DeBiasi
Auto Repairs showed their single cab split window Kombi ute. Although
meant to be Dove Blue, a mis-tint gave this car a real stand out
colour. Ian Poynter received plenty of enquiries from people interested
in the new buggies he has started building. Paul Robert's beetle
also proved a head turner.
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