With 40 degree Celsius weather forecast for the first day of the 11th Kustom Nationals, fans of this event could be excused for deciding to keep their rides tucked away while chilling out in the comfort of an air conditioned room somewhere, preferably with a drink in hand, but anyone who attended Friday nights opening event held along the picturesque foreshore of San Remo will testify that this did not happen! We arrived late afternoon and were amazed to see the huge number of cars and bikes parked up ready to take in all that the Nats could offer. Read More →
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Buninyong car and bike show 2011
The Crown Hotel at Buninyong was the setting for the 2 annual car show held today with a good turn-out considering the skies looked threatening all day with the sun making a brief appearance to through some much needed warmth over the show. The variety of rides on show, which included cars and bikes, varied widely from the latest Sandman panelvan to a rare Barnes Special 3 wheeler. A live 3 piece band kept the tunes rolling throughout the day and a great lunch could be had at the pub. As usual, see you all there next year!
Wild Queens St Customs’ BMW
This BMW M3 is the creation of Queen St Customs inAdelaide,Australia. The power plant of this beast is a Mazda four rotary engine. As you can see, this is no stock rotary and it has an impressive aria of internal and external hardware built into it, which consists of a custombridgeportusing a billet eccentric shaft and lightened Series IV rotors. There are twenty 1600cc injectors to work with the giant GT 60 turbo, giving this show/drag car a tire smoking 1600HP at the rear wheels. The spent gases exit via a 75mm wastegate and 5 inch dump pipe. To give this donk some bling, nickel plating and 23 carrat gold plating has been used extensively on the motor and through-out the car. The whole lot sits atop a chomoly full tube chassis, while a large percentage of the interior is taken up by two carbon rear tubs and a five speed Lenco transmission. To give the Beamer its finishing touch, lashings of House Of Kolor black with gold pearl has been layed over the body.
While the car is currently been shown at the moment, we have been informed that it will see track time later on and that will be a sight to see!
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