Victoria (Aust) Early Ford V8 Nationals - 2016 - photos
 

The Early Ford V8 Club of Victoria (Regional Group 151) hosted the Australian Early Ford V8 Nationals in Echuca, on the Murray River, Victoria in April 2016. The links below are to the photos from the fantastic weekend. You do not need to be registered on facebook to view the photos.


Display Edition EFV8 Nationals 2016:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...5629454&type=3

Day Out Edition EFV8 Nationals 2016:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...5629454&type=3

The Town of Echuca:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...5629454&type=3

The Club:
http://www.earlyfordv8vic.org/
regards

Roger

Re: Victoria (Aust) Early Ford V8 Nationals - 2016 - photos
 

Great job on the pictures, a lot of nice looking cars and trucks.

Re: Victoria (Aust) Early Ford V8 Nationals - 2016 - photos
 

Thanks for posting, great pics. Man you have a lot of Pommy Pilots in Oz.

GB

Re: Victoria (Aust) Early Ford V8 Nationals - 2016 - photos
 

I'll have to get over there for the next Nationals! 2 years time? Any idea where? cheers

Re: Victoria (Aust) Early Ford V8 Nationals - 2016 - photos
 

The next Nationals are in 2018 in Renmark, South Australia. About three hours drive east of Adelaide along the Murray river. The area is known as known as The Riverland .
Cheers, Gary

Re: Victoria (Aust) Early Ford V8 Nationals - 2016 - photos
 

Hey Graeme,
Now,now have some respect for the mother country. There was even a Pilot ute there it's on the RHS side of row 15 in the "Display" post. Do you blokes have utes in NZ ?
Cheers, Gary

Re: Victoria (Aust) Early Ford V8 Nationals - 2016 - photos
 

I am glad you are enjoying the photos. They were taken by my son, a keen car photographer. We have the 1935 Roadster Ute (row 4, photo #15 of the Display Edition of the photos). Note the different rear tray design compared to the green 1936 Ute which is in photo #1. There were a number of Australian designed utes at the Nationals that would not be familiar to everyone. There were about 150 vehicles at the event.

As mentioned earlier, the 2018 Nationals will be held in Renmark, hosted by the South Australian Early Ford V8 Club. The main display day will be Saturday 5 May 2018, with events on either side of the main day. The South Australian club website is:

http://www.earlyfordv8clubsa.org/

regards

Roger

Re: Victoria (Aust) Early Ford V8 Nationals - 2016 - photos
 

Good stuff!

Re: Victoria (Aust) Early Ford V8 Nationals - 2016 - photos
 

Gary . I have seen one back in the 70s'. The owner was a mechanic at the local garage. It had an exhaust stack behind the cab like a Kenworth truck and "lay rubber" sign written above the back window. Other than that it was stock. My father said something about the P&T (Postal and telegraph) using them in their day. I've just looked at that Pilot truck again. We got trucks but not like that like that with the little coupe side windows.

As for the respect thing...."rule Britannia, marmalade and jam, 5 Chinese crackers up your a**hole, bang bang bang bang bang."

GB

Re: Victoria (Aust) Early Ford V8 Nationals - 2016 - photos
 

Hi Everyone, RogerM, thanks very much to your son for taking the photos and to you for letting us know where we can see them.

Wow there are a lot of '36's over there! Very nicely presented cars and trucks. Looks like it was a successful meet!

Re: Victoria (Aust) Early Ford V8 Nationals - 2016 - photos
 

Great Photos Jack, Thanks for Posting. Regards Mercman <><