Castlereagh Hot Rod Reunion 2012 (pics)

[hewey]

Tonight was the 4th bi-annual Castlereagh Reunion. Organised by Corrine Falzon, it's an awesome event for old timers to swap stories about how fast they were back in the day, and for young guys like me to meet some of the pioneers of this sport and to get an idea of how things used to be.

The Reunion is held at Castlereagh Hall which is a couple of kilometres from the original dragstrip, which is now under rural acreage. It kicked off mid afternoon, with a casual show and shine in the grounds of the Hall, with plenty of rods, customs, and classics to check out. Of course the focus is dragcars, and there's always a nice selection of historic and nostalgic drag cars on dsiplay - with the highlight being when they're fired up and they do a cackle

Tickets are numbered and some people missed out this year. If you missed out kick yourself, how many shows do you go to where you basically get unlimited food and drink supplied, awesome cars on display, and historic Aussie drag footage on show too? Definitely one to keep an eye out for in coming years if you missed it.

Here's some pics, more on bookface http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... 697&type=1

[Mick]

that was quick, top night, shame you couldn't pick up the flake to well on the torana, thanks for the pics

[Trev]

Great pics from you as usual Hewey

[Devilrod]

Good stuff Hewey. Looks like it was a good night.

[Mick]

couple of shots that highlight the flake on the torana


how do you get a blown big block chev in a HB torana



yeah tim lots of old stuff there
warren armour's original rail saved from scrap and restored by warren with a bit of help from his son and my mate that owns the HB torana, they actually flew the original sign writer down from brisbane to sign write the car again and after all these years the paint on the car warren still had in a tin at home

warren and his son john

[my70wg]

cool picks hewey and mick... but i have always wondered.. is bi-annually twice a year or once every two years??

aidan...

[Mick]

i can probly find out anything but don't see warren often but see his son john fairly regularly
there's probly many things that aren't out there for instance the triple carbs on the rail are 94s or 97s on 3 individual manifolds not normal triple stromies on a 1 piece manifold
if there's anything you want me to try to find out let us know and i'll see what i can do

[parisian62]

Just found this thread. Top class pics Hewey and Mick.

Stewart

[Mick]

NSW it was made by warren he is/was a pattern maker and used to make manifold patterns as foreign orders/in his spare time and then get the manifolds cast as far as i know he allways lived in southerland shire now retired he lives down the south coast