the best feeling ever!

v8falconsrule · 14-08-2007, 09:00 PM

Just wanted to share an experience i had on the weekend with you all.

i attended the Biggenden Auto Spectacular on sat 11th and had an absolute ball, saw some fine cars, meet some good people and enjoyed showing my car with the Maryborough Ford car club Inc. which i am a member of.

Anyways, we had people coming up to look at the car all day, but by far the best part of the day for my was as my car sat in the line up for the dyno. this young fella came along..woulda been 12 or 13 (sorry if you read this and i guessed wrong). he was busy taking pics on his phone when i asked if he wanted to hop in for some better photos of my dash and stereo. his eyes lit up at the thought that he would be able to sit in my car. to me it was a fairly simple thing...it's only a falcon after all. but to him it meant a lot, he procceded to tell me that his dad had one similar and that my car "looked awesome".

Well, all went well until after my dyno run (i pulled 151.9 HP nearly beat my mates 302 xc

: ) when young fella came along again.

"what'd she run?" asked he...so i told him...."oh, my dads VCT pulled 156HP"

well what could i say? at least he was polite and pointed out it was a VCT. hehe anyway he gets my vote for the best ever car show fan, purely for being a polite, friendly young man.....who also has great taste in cars.

dave351cid · 14-08-2007, 09:52 PM

good to see their are some polite kids about , probably somehing to do with being a FORD fan .

i went over to Biggenden on satdy too. just as a spectator.
they had a good rollup of quality cars there. was a good day.

ummm.... did you see the local news tonight on "7" ?
i only saw the end of a story but looked like the gold Centurer from the dyno shoot out in a bit of bother.

fiery · 14-08-2007, 09:58 PM

That is a fantastic story and thanks for sharing it.
It is awesome when the younger kids come up and are excited about cars but I think the best part is how you have said about him being so polite. That is a massive credit to his family as some kids just don't have a clue about how to behave out in public (or at home).

I hope we have some good things happen like that at the next show we are all at as I can honestly say some of the things I saw some young kids get up to at the Cleveland Show were horrific (the adults weren't much better).

Well done on sharing and congrats to the family and the young lad for being such a great person

andrewts · 14-08-2007, 09:58 PM

Lucky bloke, I'd love to have a sit in some people's cars! Good on him!

herbs · 14-08-2007, 10:41 PM

Polite kids? Do they still exist?

v8falconsrule · 14-08-2007, 10:54 PM

ummm.... did you see the local news tonight on "7" ?
i only saw the end of a story but looked like the gold Centurer from the dyno shoot out in a bit of bother.[/QUOTE]

i missed the news story but my mate told me its was somehow confiscated in relation to raids on bikers properties?

which reminds me of the only low point of the day- while i was in the dyno line up a 'heavily intoxicated individual" decided to take it upon himself to roar onto the burnout pad and drop a few skids- totally uninvited...... as he left he nearly cleaned up the side of my falcon

: ....i dunno what i woulda done if he hit it...he was too big a lad for me to take on. worst part was the officials did nothing to get him off, would have been interesting if he hurt himself or someone else

dave351cid · 15-08-2007, 07:29 PM

.[/QUOTE]
which reminds me of the only low point of the day- while i was in the dyno line up a 'heavily intoxicated individual" decided to take it upon himself to roar onto the burnout pad and drop a few skids- totally uninvited...... as he left he nearly cleaned up the side of my falcon

: ....i dunno what i woulda done if he hit it...he was too big a lad for me to take on. worst part was the officials did nothing to get him off, would have been interesting if he hurt himself or someone else[/QUOTE]

yeah, i was watching the dynos when that guy on the bike came onto the burnout pad. (twice).

i could not believe that nobody stopped him . the dyno guys and the guy on the PA stopped to have a look and just shook their heads. i know that the guys running the dyno were not running the show but their must have been some officials there somewhere.

i have had a lot of experience with organising car shows simillar to that one at Kandos in NSW and it is that kind of stupidity that can close a good show down for good. if that happened at Kandos he would have been escorted from the grounds and if there was any trouble the boys in blue would be there in a flash to take care of him .

another thing that made me wonder was the small size of the burnout pad and lack of safety barriers. just a wire rope up 2 sides.
i dont know how they get insurance with a set up like that ? after what Kandos club had to go through .

v8falconsrule · 15-08-2007, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by dave351cid

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another thing that made me wonder was the small size of the burnout pad and lack of safety barriers. just a wire rope up 2 sides.
i dont know how they get insurance with a set up like that ? after what Kandos club had to go through .[/QUOTE]

yep we almost got hit by some flying rubber..when the old paddock basher vc commo was doing a burnout later.

we were sitting between my mates cars xe and xc and a stray bit of rubber hit the ground, bounced up hit the xe, flew across hit the xc then landed on the ground between them. it was about 2 inches square and moving pretty quick, luckily no damage to the cars or us.

i don't mean to detract from an other-wise excellant day out, but as the event grows each year maybe they need a slight re-think on a few things.

v8falconsrule · 15-08-2007, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by andrewts

Lucky bloke, I'd love to have a sit in some people's cars! Good on him!

thats exactly what i thought. i remember when i was a younger fella looking at hot local cars and wishing i could get a better look at 'em. so i figured i'd try and cultivate a young ford fan.

besides i'm always partial to someone who tells me how good looking my car is.

dave351cid · 15-08-2007, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by v8falconsrule

i don't mean to detract from an other-wise excellant day out, but as the event grows each year maybe they need a slight re-think on a few things.

exactly..

other then that i thought it was a great event, it was the first time i have been and i was very impressed with the quality of cars there and its a good location with plenty of room and facillities.

would be good if they built a full size burnout strip down behind the tractor pull area. would only cost about $$$ ???????

: but it would be worth it in the long run as it take the show to a new level and pull the spectator crowds as well as a lot more entrants .

back to your original topic for the thread....

to both you and the young bloke for showing the better side of the sport. :eclipsee_

v8falconsrule · 15-08-2007, 08:44 PM

thanks although i don't think bowing down is necessary hehehe.

can't wait for next years event, just gotta got my car a little more finished (like all good cars it'll never be totally finished) before then.

Envi XR8 · 15-08-2007, 08:48 PM

It is good to hear these types of stories. Good to hear the young bloke was polite, before and after. Good on you too for letting him sit in your car. Many would not, so if I ever wore hats, i'd tip mine to you. To you it may have been no big deal, but to that young bloke, it'll be an awesome memory that will stay with him. And he will probably always remember how awesome your car was...

I remember when I was younger about '82 or '83, and I watched a very tuff (it had one of those old school prostock bonnet scoops and the exhaust was awesome) LS HQ Monaro come up behind the Datsun 120Y I was travelling in. As the HQ passed us, the 2 guys in the car gave me a thumbs up. They must have seen me grinning from ear to ear, as I watched them come past.

that helped to sell me on tough home-grown muscle. Never forgotten it.

good on you mate.
Cheers Envi

v8falconsrule · 15-08-2007, 09:31 PM

yep i figure the kids are the future and we are is some ways representitives of the cars we love and the way of life we all enjoy. if we can all do some small thing to promote the better side of the hobby, maybe teens won't be so quick to go out and do the yobbo things like we all hear about so often.