Toddy415

We will be there but not sure when we are heading up there yet probs sat morning as its also the wifes birthday lol. As of right now motor is almost ready to be pulled from wagon one torque convertor bolt wont budge and has rounded off the head once thats sorted ill go get the engine crane. Hmmm i have a fair bit to get done by then

If we have a display it would mean we would need to be there about 8am (thats when gates open) to get in the szme spot? Means we would have to leave here about 6 lol might wanna check how they set groups up. Be good if we could arrive a bit later

Ill put at least one car in the show

So keen for this!!!

We always come up for a look at that show so would work in well. Might have a motor swap done in wagon before then to.

You think we should hang back till after christmas? Maybe a new years meets or something Give everyone time to rest after eating all the fruit pies and turkey over christmas. This years running out very quick

Bump

BBS RS on the list I hope

Doesnt worry me just checking haha i have a big collection if there is any old cans people would like to see. If i bring wagon i should load it up for lol's

Keen as mayte. This on the 10th or 11th

Depending how much money I have at the time will depend on which car i bring, might bring my fxgt wont be that out of place with the golf this might be the newest oldschool meet ever haha

11th should work for me

I am going to the drifting in Dunedin that weekend but dont let that stop yous haha

Wanaka sounds perfect to me

Anyone keen on another meet before christmas?

Nice work motor looks good in there

I also built this parcel tray for my mates hq

I built a sound bar for under the tv now just have to mount it to the wall. Made out of old rimu came up alright.

Sadly ill have to miss this as i have other commitments but would have been keen

Didnt look smokey is it burning quite a bit?

Saw this out this morning looking good

If there is enough support they are hoping to run this on the 20th of November. Will see what happens.

We would like to thank everyone for their interest and feedback about the cancellation of Thunder Sunday. Given the huge amount of feedback and questions we have decided to reply with one post rather than respond individually. We have partnered with Terrace Kindergarten for a number of years to create the Thunder Sunday drag racing event at the Alex Airport. Both Southern Dragways Inc. and Terrace Kindy are not for profit organisations who run with a volunteer base. To run an event like Thunder Sunday, the time, manpower and cost is significant and we rely heavily on our volunteer base to ensure this is well run and meets the needs of racers and spectators. This year the organisers of this event were advised by the Council that the event must be licensed. Terrace Kindy and Southern Dragways had many discussions to plan how to proceed with this given that this is not the business of either organisation nor something our clubs would normally be involved in. We appreciate that the Council is saying that they have not said this event cannot occur, which is true, and that they are willing to work with us to allow this to happen. We would have appreciated this attitude during the process but instead have had difficulty being able to make contact with the council to discuss what has been required and how best to go about this. At the time of deciding to cancel, three weeks from the event, both organisations needed to make a decision to cut already existing losses and cancel the event. The Council has also advised that the cost of licensing is minimal but for the organisers, this cost has increased exponentially with the resourcing of the liquor plan. This entails the original licensing cost, the cost of fencing of the booth which we understand is significant and security both inside and outside the licensed booth. We understand security would need to be paid staff and if this is not correct, and could be volunteers, we would never be able to man this from our small volunteer pool. We canvassed our members during this journey to see if a dry event would be acceptable which they agreed would work if this was a necessary step. What has been advised to the organisers is that the Police would not allow the event to be dry, which we can only assume is about their inability to Police this. All in all, this has been a disappointing journey for the organisers as this event has been a profitable and enjoyable venture for all involved for a number of years. The fact that no further racing at Alex will be permitted by the Council going forward is a sad one for Southern Dragways. We would have loved to have one last event to celebrate the passing of Thunder Sunday.

One of the best parts of this meet was standing in a dead quiet town sharning when kyteler decides its far to quiet and the meet would have been perfect if someone had a rotabongovan. He then took it upon himself to fill the town with rotabongo noises which I must say were superbly reinacted and had us all pining for flat peaks, chrome rims and camo door cards. We got a few waves from locals too which I believe were out looking for the source of this amazing rota sound.

Was good to meet some more OS members hope to see some more of you at the next one