Wheels on the Waterfront

January 23, 2009

Another event just passed, held in Wellington over the same weekend as the Kumeu Hotrod & Classic Show, is as the title of this post would suggest; ‘Wheels on the Waterfront’ (put on by the Capital City Rodders) the turnout of cars is not on a scale the likes Kumeu can offer but it certainly provides a nice view for those who can’t make Kumeu that weekend.

The turnout for it provided a nice selection for the car enthusiast and it’s location makes for some splendid photographs as you can see in the gallery…

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To bring you, epic wallpapers!  As well as some photographic coverage of Wellington based events.

In collaboration with ElPieso (elpieso.co.nz), retro-classics offer you the first of what shall be many different Wallpapers over the coming months/years/however long.

The image is in 1600×1200, to download it;

Firefox;

Right Click -> Save Link As…

Internet Explorer;

Right Click -> Save Target As…

In this instance, elpieso sent me the original image and I messed around with it a bit on Adobe Photoshop to give it that slightly aged look.  I like it, I hope you do too, and no, you can’t have the original.  Not this time.

-Michael

Kumeu Hotrod Show

January 23, 2009

Ah yes, that time of year has rolled around again, whilst still in the throws of summer it is car show time and these first few months of the year are especially busy, the first important one is of course the Kumeu show.

Though this year it’s weekend conflicted with a newly organised Japanese Classic Car Meet in Auckland which is only in it’s second year.  (We will have coverage of this posted sometime later in the week)

With much thanks to be given, spread, endured or otherwise to Mr. Lee Boe of the oldschool.co.nz forums, we here at retro-classics have for you a selection of photos of the fine machinery that was on offer at the show.  It is most definitely an event I plan on attending at some point, however, this time it was not to be and so I requested the assistance of Mr. Lee in order to have something to show you peeps who read retro-classics, what you also may have been unfortunate enough to miss out on.

The Kumeu Hotrod & Classic Show is an annual event and it runs over the course of a few days and unless you were entirely sad (like me) then it would be hard to get pictures of the whole range of cars that attend, Lee has however done a fantastic job of showcasing the variety.

So without further delay (other than having to click the “More” link) here’s a sample of the 15th National Kumeu Classic Car & Hot Rod Show;

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Euro Flavour

January 22, 2009

One of the best websites for checking out shows and happenings of a european nature, is the www.cleaned.be website.

They incorporate event galleries as well as forums into their site and are well known for having a fantastic selection of European cars. Though a lot are more modern there’ s a healthy mix of older steel in there too.

VW Golf

VW Golf

As they domain name suggests, they’re Belgium based website but the forum is open to all and there’s coverage from shows across Europe including the UK.

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Japanese Retro Drift

January 19, 2009

I’m not sure whether it’s the done thing to mention directly somoene elses particular blog entry on your own blog?  Regardless, I was stumbling about SpeedHunters.com this morning and found their entry with a downloadable and/or online viewable drift video from the Ebisu drift circuit(s) in Japan.  I waited the required several years for it to download on my ISPs excuse for “Broadband” and not soon enough but eventually, I was watching a spectacularly edited video with simple use of music and slow motion to add drama.  I think the large appeal of it was the majority of the cars are just street vehicles.

Those familiar with the Japanese drift scene will know of Ebisu as part of the D1GP, though I believe D1GP only uses the main circuit and Ebisu has several different circuits in it’s confines.  They are seemingly available to be used at whatever time, though I imagine it’s a matter of booking, etc. like it is at most NZ circuits.

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