Beachfest 2017

[varelse]

Got up to Beachfest at Caloundra a couple of weekends ago. Will probably go to Cooly on the Rocks next year, I think.
Took a fair few pics so will post them up in batches.























There was even a bit more British rep this time.
































More later.

Cheers,
  Matt

[vulgalour]

Neat stuff, as always, and useful too because I've needed a reference for the bonnet being open on an old GMC truck (the black and red one with the white bike in front of it) and you've now provided me one.

Big fan of the crochet blanket on the back seat of the Morris MO too, matches the one in my Princess.

[varelse]

Heh, that truck had a bar built in to it, with posts to hold a hammock mounted over the side.



Still one of the best finished customs I've seen.










































More later.

Cheers,  
  Matt

[qwerty]

That delivery van on Truck wheels looks ace!

Tom

[pistonpopper]

That Gold Commodore wagon looks great... Reminds me I must head out to the garage at some point and do a bit more on my own wagon! Great pics, thanks for posting!

[varelse]

Still more to come, had to go to work.
Ok, here's some more.





Healthy looking wiring. It almost seemed like they'd had to suddenly pull the wings off for some reason, and hadn't had time to do anything else.

Can kinda see it in the background of this pic. I think it would have looked better with them on still.







I love fins. I love wagons. I love big ol American boats. What could go wrong?
















Even some of the more enterprising Variety people showed up. I hope they at least made their $50 back, or got it waived!


Frankenhealey teeth work quite well with this shape, too.
Kinda looks like it has two faces though with the grill.










Stacks!
I overheard the owner talking to someone about this truck and the one beside it. He wanted $38k for one of them!






Such a cool grill.



More later.
Cheers, 
  Matt

[Frankenhealey]

Jun 22, 2017 10:39:38 GMT varelse said:

Still more to come, had to go to work.

Frankenhealey teeth work quite well with this shape, too.

Kinda looks like it has two face though with the grill.

Cheers, 

  Matt

Don't care about two faced, love the teeth, love utes

[pedalcarjoe]

great pics

I'll keep checking back and thanks for sharing them with us

[varelse]

Right, time for another batch. The weather was a bit all over the place with sunshine, cloud and occasional showers and I was kind of just walking around without paying much attention apart from adjusting to get the right DOF, so some of these are a bit off. I probably could adjust them in Lightroom, but I'm lazy.













Sleddy.












A good example of why I need my wide fixed. Apparently I failed to notice it this time when it misfocused. Which is a pity as I rather like the simple style of this.




Reminds me of an angler fish.
















Those wheels. 






That'll do for now. Probably two more batches to go.
Cheers, 
 Matt

[varelse]

Started to make my way down to the 'beach'.














Not sure if fake exhaust, or old one is still poking out and they didn't bother to remove it...


So pretty. Just missing a board on the roof.


Proof that there is in fact, beach.


The largest of sunroofs. Still not sure about the transparent bonnet.




Mmm, lacy.






Another one for you, @automatik


This is a Rambler Javelin. I like it.


Lots of go crammed in a small space.






A minor!




Cool combo.






Check out that pram handle!


This... was perfect.












Cool bit of lace work.


One large turbo... I had a look underneath, and it does in fact feed the intake.
Via lots of large tube.



One more batch should do it.
Cheers,  
  Matt

[grizz]

You guys have some great cars.

Of course the number plates fascinate me too.

[varelse]

Right, home stretch.





Sadly, no pies were available for purchase.












































And then I spotted these two while I was hunting for a new location.




And at the location.



Hope you enjoy it all.
Cheers,  
  Matt

[varelse]

You may find a bunch of them in a thread titled Beachfest 2016
The taxi is definitely there. Those are all I took this year, sorry. There's a lot of cars to wade through.

You know, I looked at that sign three times and read pie every time. Maybe I was just hungry.

[grandsport]

Great material! Cheers for sharing.