Klaxon March 2009.pdf - Cyber Hot Rodders

The
Busselton Drive-In Rod Run
The Radiators Hot Rod Club held the 12th Busselton Drive-in
Run on the March long weekend. They are to be congratulated on designing,
preparing and running a first class event, that in my experience is the closest
thing in WA to the Valla Park run in NSW, which is one of Australia’s
premiere hot rodding events. Simply fantastic.
This year the centre of the run was
again the Peppermint Park holiday village,
with most entrants opting to make it their
base for the weekend. This year some rodders
opted to try other venues in the name of
research, looking for possible alternatives
for the 2010 Mini Nats that will also be
based in Busselton.
The format of the event starts with a
pizza pig-out on the Friday night for those
who get there early. Lots got there early and
there was a mountain of pizzas to hoe
through and no one made it to the bottom of
the pile. This is a great night to settled down
with rodding buddies for a yarn and a few
beverages.
Saturday morning was the the Show n
Shine in a park near the city centre, between
10.00am and 1.00pm. This was used as a
fundraiser for charity. We left Peppermint
Park en masse with the local constabulary
Above: Bob has put wires and
a new new gearbox in Steve
Hicklings old 35 Chev. Below:
Barry Batten’s pickup
blocking the traffic to allow us all to drive out onto the main drag as a single
group. That was pretty neat.
During the show n shine, entrants were left to their imagination, so
most dumped their rods and walked to the local sites or shops. Important
activities included morning tea and eventually lunch. Denise and I managed
to walk to the end of the famous Busselton Jetty that is 1.7 Kms long... And