Event Coverage Australia: Black Forest Drive 3.

Today, three of us hosted the third Black Forest Drive. I won't give away much of the details except to say we had over 30 genuine hot rods and close to 60 ace people circulating some of Victoria's finest (and crappiest) back roads on a pretty awesome Autumn day. We started, we drove, we stopped, we ate, we broke stuff and then went home.

Thanks to all the guys and girls that came and made it another ace day.

Here's some pics.

 

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Just as a side note, this drive is never advertised, it's not sponsored, it's not "sanctioned" and it doesn't cost anyone any more than they need it to.

It's strictly an invitational and that's the way it will stay. Only 3 people know when it will be run each year (and it's not strictly a once a year thing) or where it will be run and finish. It's all about the right people and the right cars.

For me, I hope everyone on the run had a great time and went away confident that this is the way hotrodding needs to be to survive....away from the clueless poodle-skirt rockabilly pin-up bullshit circus it's become.

 

Thank you Wayne. What a great day. Do the cars around here just keep getting better? I had to marvel at the line up more than once. Great work by Corey, Dave and yourself


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Greta stuff, bummed I missed this one as I had to hi tail it over to the land of the Sandgroper on biz.

Looks like it was a great turnout once again !!

Nice work fellas !

Rat

 

Nice cars - looks like a fun day.

Just had to look up 'sandgroper' - that's an ugly mofo! Where is the 'Land of the Sandgroper'?

 

Thank you for posting the pics mate, looks like it was fun.
Classy cars there
Cheers
Rod

 

and some of us really broke stuff

 

Thanks to all,Fantastic Rods,company,food and drive Cheers

 

man that looks fantastic...

 

Looks like you Aussies know how to build great looking hot rod and enjoy using them ,,Appears you had a great day,thanks for the photos. HRP

 

That looks like a fun time to me.

Thanks for sharing the photos.

-W

 

Big thanks to all.

Peddro outdid himself on the poster this year, I really liked last years too, but this years really had the feel of the run. The other side is the map and written directions for the run.

Big thanks to Katie, Dave's wife who went and got the sausages and I take it got the rest of the condiments together too, and Jimmy for cutting up the Onions he was still suffering when I saw him.

I think traditional hot rodders in Victoria can be pretty happy that there are a few good events on the calander now for us to attend.

great people , great cars, great food , great day.

I had a blast.

here are a few photos. Peddro took most of them, we took turns driving my roadster which I also really enjoyed. Sometimes its nice to be a passenger and take it all in.

my old regret is that I decided not to take my SLR camera but the point and shoot, which doesn't focus as quick as I would like, I wanted to enjoy this run as I reckon the route was a great driving route so I sat back and took in the countryside that changed quite a few times and cars both in front and behind.

Also pretty special that I my dad 'swifty' was also on the run in his coupe and he bought his T bucket down to the finish spot which was cool.

 

Cars parked at the finish.

 

You guys are havin way too much fun good on ya,s

QQ

 

Dirt roads you Rebels! Sorry I couldnt make it looks like fun.

 

Thanks for the coverage Lads, looks like You had A Great Turnout.

Too bad the photos got "flipped"...............
Everyone is driving on the Wrong Side of the road !

 

Great pics Peddro. Thanks for all the effort in posting them. That way we all can enjoy the cars, and they were really cool.

 

Hey Corey were the blurry pics going through the forest due to speed or the corrugations?

Many thanks to you Dave and Wayne for putting on a great hot rod day, couldn't get any better.

 

Hey Rhys wish I'd known of your situation as we could have stored your car in my mother-in-laws backyard- it's just over the rail line from where we had lunch. She's blind so she wouldn't even see it there LOL.

 

Really enjoy the "on the road" photos . Looks like you guys had a great time. Beautiful cars.

 

A big thanks to everyone that came along, we appreciate your efforts. We think we've got a good run going with all the right ingredients and we're already looking forward to seeing you there next year...so cheers!

Corey and Wayne thanks so much too!

 

Hey Corey,Thanks for the invite,next year for sure.You Boys look like you put on a great little run.
Bails

 

I'd also like to thank Dave, Wayne and Corey for putting this run on.
The boys from Ballarat always have a good time and look forward to every run even if it's just to prove that Flattys are more than just beautiful engines.

Here's a couple of my pics.
Some of the cars at the start and its good to see fuel has gone down in price.





This was fun driving and trying to take pics.



The first stop

 

A bit of roadside repair at the second stop



More of the second stop

 

I didn't get any pics of the third stop because some how we got lost and managed to take a short cut.
So here are the pics from the finish.











Corey hard at work on the Barby





Once again thanks boys for an awesome day out.

 

Great pics guys. Looks like it was a fantastic day.

 

Looks like the perfect day trip.....great looking cars fellas, not one mongrel amongst them.It looks good to see rhd cars with overcast skies.....kind of reminds me of somewhere lol.

Thanks for posting up......any more shots greatly appreciated.

 

Man, there is nothing but killer rides in these pix. Very good motion and still shots. This is a text book display!