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Mooresville HotRods

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Saturday afternoon, downtown Mooresville, a slew of local hotrods turned out for a little parade and show – quite the assortment of vehicles, our Dragbus made a visit along with a few Karmann beetles. They closed off two streets of donwtown Mooresville to allow all the hotrods to park up, all in a row. Most were american muscle but in amongst there were some German engineered cars and the odd British car from the day. About the only rules they had for who could show up and shine was the car had ot be older than 30 years. hmm.

060620092814This was an interesting vehicle, quite the piece, open exhaust, inlets all proud, some custom welded steering components and suspension. Fantastic seating arrangement – looked like some sort of tractor seat, barbed wire roofing, amazing.

060620092836And here is our very own Dragbus nestled inbetween some american muscle

Charlotte Transporter Show

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

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IMG_7512A really cool VW bus show that is held every year in downtown Charlotte, just outside the Panthers stadium. Approximately 50 buses turned up this year which was down from last year – we all blamed the forecast rain. The weather held off for a few hours but then.. well.. we all got wet.

IMG_7477The Irish bar / pub was open this year, however with a rather poor selection of draft beers – Guiness and Bass – and the indignity of drinking it from a plastic cup it was sort of – average.

IMG_7489As always some really cool buses turned up – from early barndoors, a Binz doublecab, singlecabs, bay windows, all with happy proud owners. I think the earliest bus we saw was a barndoor panel and the latest was a 77 westy. It all got started at about 8am, a warm welcome by the hosts Monkeynut, Brian and Jake making everyone welcome and pointing them to their spots.

IMG_7483Check out the trophies Monkeynut had – all set out in an armchair – yeah. Go to the gallery for the big pictures of this and all the buses in all their glory.

VW bus at the drag strip

Friday, April 10th, 2009

Family outing to Farmington ‘fast times’ VW show, we took the drag bus and made 3 passses – fun fun fun. All smiles (mostly), it was cold during the night but the sun eventually came out and warmed us up.

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