FPV & XR Owners Club of ACT 2008 Show 'n' Shine

FASTXR · 02-04-2008, 09:20 PM

INVITATION

FPV & XR Owners Club Show n' Shine: Open to all Fords only
Date: Sunday 23rd November 2008
Venue: John Knight Memorial Park, Belconnen ACT

Fellow Ford Owners & Enthusiasts,

The FPV & XR Owners Club of ACT would like to personally invite you to the club's 2008 Show n' Shine.

Once again, this years show will be run in conjunction with "Marques in the Park", an event open to all makes and models including motorbikes, drag cars and hot-rods. The combined show in previous years has displayed in excess of 500 vehicles.

The FPV & XR Owners Club of ACT welcomes all Ford motor vehicles from all classes to our annual Show n' Shine, all vying for the numerous awards on offer. Also on the day there will be vendor's stands, competitions, and food stalls, all to help keep the day action packed. Additionally, the venue is walking distance from Westfield Shopping centre and various food outlets.

Cost: $15 per car, or $10 for ACT Club members
Times: 8.30am - 3.00pm approx

The cost of the show will register your car to be in the running for various trophies and prizes. Trophy categories will be available on the day of the show.

Entry forms will be available soon.

For details on accommodation options in Canberra check; www.canberrahotels.com.au or use their toll free number 1800 626 822

For any other queries or questions email events@fpvxrclubact.com

BOSSGT302 · 28-07-2008, 07:46 PM

Hi Club,

What do i need to do to join club. Am in process of buying BF11 GT. Have previously owned a coulpe of XA coupes, 1st was a 250 which run of the clock at 125mph and handled the curves easily, as i grew up the next was Fairmont 351 brown mica with Tbar 9in LSD. Sold to finance ailling wife. Wife thankfully is well, god love her, and GT here we come. Sue (wife) is now a keen Ford girl.
So let me know the deal and we would love to join.

Cheers Barnsey

FASTXR · 28-07-2008, 07:54 PM

Hi Craig,

To be a member of our club you need to own a post-1992 XR6, XR8, Tickford T-series or any FPV vehicle.

We meet on the first Thursday of every month at the Kaleen Sports Club, beginning at 7.30pm. You're more than welcome to drop in and see what we're all about.

For a bit more info, check out our club website - CLICK HERE.

Cheers,

Richard

FASTXR · 08-10-2008, 10:26 PM

Hi everyone,

Just a reminder that this event is now only 6 ½ weeks away and we’d love to see you all there!

This event is open to Fords of any age, model or body shape – as long as it has a blue oval, its welcome!

Entry forms can be downloaded from our club website here:

http://www.fpvxrclubact.com/fordshow...ntform2008.pdf

Entry cost is $10 per car for members and $15 per car for non-members and entries close on November 7, 2008.

There will be a wide variety of trophies to be won covering a number of vehicle models and types, as well as prize giveaways during the day.

For those people travelling from outside Canberra, this is a good site for accommodation:

http://www.canberrahotels.com.au/

We will also be looking to organise a small sight-seeing cruise and a drink for interstaters on the Saturday afternoon.

It should be a great weekend and we look forward to seeing you all there!

Please feel free to PM me with any questions.

Richard

Nargee · 31-10-2008, 09:17 PM

Hi Guys, is the judging Peer Judging or are you having a panel of judges.

Regards

James

Nargee · 01-11-2008, 07:11 PM

Have placed a Banner for your show on my Show N Shine website -

On the ACT & NSW Listings.

NSW - http://www.shownshine.info/nswnov.htm

Regards - James

FASTXR · 02-11-2008, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nargee

Hi Guys, is the judging Peer Judging or are you having a panel of judges.

Regards

James

Hi James,

All model-specific awards (best X/E/AU etc, ute, FPV, Euro etc) are voted on by those showing on the day.

In addition, we have a number of sponsor's awards that are decided by the sponsors themselves (John McGrath Ford, Shannons etc) and we also have a People's Choice Award where we take votes from any member of the public that is there on the day.

Cheers,

Richard

FASTXR · 02-11-2008, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nargee

Have placed a Banner for your show on my Show N Shine website -

On the ACT & NSW Listings.

NSW - http://www.shownshine.info/nswnov.htm

Regards - James

Many thanks for that James, much appreciated

Nargee · 02-11-2008, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FASTXR

Hi James,

All model-specific awards (best X/E/AU etc, ute, FPV, Euro etc) are voted on by those showing on the day.

In addition, we have a number of sponsor's awards that are decided by the sponsors themselves (John McGrath Ford, Shannons etc) and we also have a People's Choice Award where we take votes from any member of the public that is there on the day.

Cheers,

Richard

Hi Richard, thanks for the info.

Regards

James

FASTXR · 17-11-2008, 08:13 PM

Hi everyone,

The full list of awards for the 2008 Ford Show & Shine has now been finalised.

Trophies will be awarded for the following categories:

Best X Series
Best E Series
Best AU Series
Best B or F Series 6
Best B or F Series 8
Best Euro
Best American
Best FPV
Best Ute
Best Pre-FPV GT
Meguiars Best Paint

All of these awards will be voted for by those people who are exhibiting on the day.

In addition to this, there will be a number of sponsor awards, and these will be judged by representatives from each sponsoring company. These awards are:

John McGrath Ford Choice
Shannons Insurance Choice
Enhanced Auto Image Choice
Gentech Automotive Best Engine Bay
People's Choice Award (based on votes submitted by the public throughout the day)

Last but not least is our club perpetual award. This is voted for and can be won by FPV & XR Owners Club of ACT members only.

I'm sure you'll agree we have a great range of awards up for grabs on the day and if you want to win one (or more!) you need to be there! If you haven't sent your entry form in yet, do so in the 24 to 48 hours.

Feel free to PM me with any questions.

Richard

FASTXR · 24-11-2008, 08:13 PM

A big thank you to everyone who came out on a not-so-perfect day to take part in the Show & Shine. There were some awesome vehicles on display and everyone had a great time.

Our award winners were:

Best X Series: Anthony Whittington with an immaculate red XD Falcon
Best E Series: Grant Howitt - White EL GLi with XR front and other goodies
Best AU Series: Jim Doyle - as usual, his Venom TE50 looked fantastic
Best B or F Series 6: Glenn Wallis - BF Breeze F6 Typhoon
Best B or F Series 8: Chris Vidler - BF Ego GT-P
Best FPV: Chris Vidler - BF Ego GT-P
Best Ute: Glenn Tinham - Blueprint XR8 now with added bedroom in the tray!
Best American: Noel McKay with a beautiful 1968 Thunderbird
Best Euro: Rob O'Donnell with a Focus XR5 Turbo
Meguiars Best Paint: - Anthony Whittington with the XD (the paint was 10 years old and looked about 10 days old!)

John McGrath Choice Award: Erik Johnson - a beautifully turned-out AU2 Fairmont
Shannon's Choice Award: Anthony Whittington - XD
Enhanced Auto Image Award: Glenn Wallis - BF Breeze F6 Typhoon
Gentech Automotive Best Engine Bay: Anthony Whittington - another one for the mighty XD
People's Choice Award - Anthony Whittington - XD. Anthony was last seen looking for a wheelbarrow for all his trophies - congratulations!

FPV & XR Owners Club of ACT Perpetual Trophy: Dave Hansen - BA Blueprint XR6 Turbo
FPV & XR Owners Club of ACT President's Award: Jim Doyle

Congratulations to all our winners and thanks once again to everyone who took part. I'd also like to acknowledge the support of several sponsors who made the day possible:

John McGrath Ford
Shannons Insurance
Kaleen Sports Club
Gentech Automotive (who not only provided the Best Engine Bay award but also supplied the club with a custom tuning prize to raffle off)
Meguiar's Car Care products

And last but not least, a huge thanks to all those club members who helped get the whole day organised - your efforts were greatly appreciated.

Richard

**data_mine** · 25-11-2008, 11:57 PM

Some pics of the winning cars...

Winners from the All Ford section

Best X Series, Meguires Best Paint, GenTech Best Engine Bay and some others (I forget)

Best Ute

Best E Series

Best Euro Ford

Enhanced Auto Image Sponsors Choice

Best B Series V8, and Best FPV

FPV/XR Club of ACT Perpetual Award

(any corrections please?)

**data_mine** · 26-11-2008, 12:01 AM

And the winners

**data_mine** · 26-11-2008, 12:04 AM

Other cars

I know the black AU won something?

big.glenn · 26-11-2008, 12:54 AM

Chris... Once again some excellent pictures... Thanks for taking them on the day it was much apreciated

Cheers

Glenn

ratman · 26-11-2008, 11:09 PM

Good pics as usual, shame I missed this 1 but the email from 1 of the organising members at 7:30 that morning informing me that the event had been cancelled due to bad weather wasn't appreciated. Oh well, next time.

Bucknaked · 27-11-2008, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ratman

Good pics as usual, shame I missed this 1 but the email from 1 of the organising members at 7:30 that morning informing me that the event had been cancelled due to bad weather wasn't appreciated. Oh well, next time.

Come on Ratman, like you'd get out of bed on cold wet windy Sunday morning. Your most likely to still be in bed, or at best sitting on the lounge in your robe, slippers on ya feet, smoking your pipe while reading the Sunday paper.

genebaby · 27-11-2008, 11:23 PM

Did it rain on Sunday? It was like that but with rain in Sydney, nasty weather all over the east coast. One thing about it though, it made for some great pics of the cars. The lighting is awesome and with the sky above, it looks tops.

Anybody got anymore general shots for the website? I'll see most of you at dinner on Saturday for a catch up.

**data_mine** · 28-11-2008, 12:00 AM

Yeah it rained on and off all morning, cleared up from about 11:00 but was still overcast/dark.

Here's two more.