Maidenwell Run 6-8 July

[neilncheryl]

A few of us are going to the Maidenwell Rod Run which is on between 6th & 8th July. It is open to rods, custom & classic cars pre 1975 and vintage vans. If you want to come camping is available and contact is Terry on 0409 496 167 or Rhonda on 07 4163 1999

[John and Lynne]

Well neil ,it looks like there is only a few of us going this year . We will see you on Saturday morning

[Jellybean]

I think you might find there are heaps of us going.
We were talking at Coolyrocks and there was a lot of interest.
Seeya there.

[neilncheryl]

I phoned Terry last night and he said no need to book, just rock on up. Plenty of room

[Jellybean]

Lets start a who's going list. Correct me if I'm wrong. Please add to it.
Neil and Cheryl
John and Lynn
John and Dianne
Geoff and Liz
Stan and Debbie
Troy and Nicole and kids
Clyde and Barb ... What tow car this time I wonder ?

[1954homemade]

Hi All,

Would have loved to have come to this, but have too many work deadlines to meet in early July.

Perhaps next year.

Luv Di

[trub73]

troy, nicole and the kids will definately be there again this year, its such a great weekend, cant wait, see you all soon

[humpty2]

Ummmmmm...Where is this Maidenwell?

[neilncheryl]

Maidenwell is in Queensland approx 2 1/2 hours north west of Brisbane. Go to Nanango then head towards Bunya Mountains

[Jellybean]

Its a one pub, one shop town but we have a good time there sitting around fires, out on a cruise, pig on a spit, games etc. Freezing cold though ! Thats part of it.
We just hope we can still make it. I have to pull the trans out of the 55 for a checkup and the ute motor might not handle the trip either.

[Jellybean]

Well the trans in the 55 is all good now and it was fixed without pulling it out .( Sticky valve )
So we are all go again for the trip. Yay ! Looking forward to a relaxing weekend.

[sutcac]

What a top weekend!! ....just got home from the Maidenwell Hot rod run.......one pub/store town out near Nanango/Yarraman / Kingaroy Qld ...........
.....not as cold as past years apparently ....but the small band of organisers/workers did a top job.......$15 entry/camping fee for the whole weekend ....................$5 all you could eat brekkys.....$15 pig on a spit giant roast meal Sat night .........plenty of big 44 gal fire troughs with unlimited supply of ironbark hardwood.........novelty driving events.....car blow up events......'chook shit' lotto........rock n roll bands......heaps of prizes/give aways.........great company!!!!!.......vintage vans encouraged.....with special awards and trophies.........what more could one ask for? ;D ;D ;D

.....some pics....................
burnt fires all day/night














.....a few of the vans.................


















Neil n Cheryl(ma n pa).....






....some of the cars...........














.........my "pic of the show"......beautiful,recently completed XP hardtop....

[Jellybean]

Disappointed Clyde - you forgot to mention the "Pogo stick" competition. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Apparently it works way better with a few drinks under the belt

Thanks again to you and Barb for the beautiful camp oven dinner on Friday night. We had the best weekend we've had for ages, so much fun to be had amongst great friends.

[sutcac]

............................















....engine blow up guessing game....had to estimate how long each car would run at wide open throttle without oil or water.........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?














.....results EL Ford 6......2 mins
...................Holden red......7 mins
,..................Magna V6......8 mins


....only pic of the grass driving events.....a 56 F truck had a disagreement with a largish ant hill!!!
....Ford nil ...anthill 1...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





....our power supply for the weekend







Sunday morning went for an 80km cruise around the district....including this swinging bridge at Cooyar....






.........and you wouldn't believe the result in the 'chook shit lotto'...........no result.......fed it sawdust instead of grain..............WOODEN SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!









.........in the words of our absent friend Dosse............"...how good was THIS??"

[John and Lynne]

Well, thanks everybody for a great weekend we had a great lot of fun with you all ,looking forward to Kin Kin if we can make it cheers John.

[JBJ]

Hi All,


Looks like a great run, & pretty laid back like a lot of the bush rod runs can be.

Would have loved to catch up, but alas it wasnt meant to happen for us.

Since the big trip to Cowra I,ve had to cut back on travel costs until I catch up a bit.

We intended to spend last weekend at Fishing Haven at Yamba, but the cold & wet weather stopped us doing that as well. Not a lot of fun travelling mid winter in an open hot rod.

Still theres always warmer weather coming up.

Good to see everyone enjoying themselves

JBJ

[retro64]

Hi all,

We'd like to thank everybody who had a hand in organising, running, sponsoring and participating in this event.

I't has been ages since we went to an outing with a vv group, and Maidenwell was certainly worth the effort. We thoroughly enjoyed it ;D

Yes it was cold at times, but those fire drums were well stocked with timber. Afew extra layers of clothes and blankets and all was toasty warm.

Thanks to sutcat for posting the pics.

Cheers Elona and Lionel,
retro64

[smiles]

Hi all

Looks like a cracking good time was had by all! Chook lotto, pogo poker, cars on fire, swinging bridges...we're cumin next time!

Hi Clyde, did you realise Fugly must have bred up with a teardrop when you were burning up those cars & now there's little Fuglies? Congrats to you & Barb for being the grandparents of that little Fugly in the photo!! Not as pretty as big Fugly tho..

See all you SEQers shortly.

smiles

[Jellybean]

I found a cool site with heaps of photos from Maidenwell and also Cowra Nationals.
Search for Hotrodhotline.com then go to 2012 car shows and click on New Zealand with Noddy Watts
He has taken heaps of excellent pics at both events. Check it out !
Cheers . John