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Allpar.com Torqueback is not a commercial publication and is only published in good faith as a newsletter for a not-for-profit organisation. Enquiries The mention of companies, products or services, and the inclusion of advertisements in this magazine does not immediately imply any automatic endorsement by the Chrysler Car Club of South Australia or its editorial team. The CCCSA accepts no liability Club Mobile 0412 426 360 for any misfortune or dissatisfaction resulting from any sponsor’s disservice, or any misleading information, errors or omissions herein. www.cccsa.net.au The opinions expressed in Torqueback are not necessarily the views of the CCCSA, only of the individual volunteer contributors. facebook/ chryslercarclubofsa 55 bear metal 12 edItors report G’day. a recent holiday I enjoyed in Bali, to look at custom culture there – and the Bali Classic Motor Show, Welcome to Torqueback 31 – the Showbiz issue. with my Indonesian mates Kia and Buddy. If there’s one thing that can bring people from all I love car shows. When I was a kid, my father around the world together, it’s a love of cars. Car used to take me to the SA Motor Show every year shows are traditionally the biggest events in the for my birthday. And I can still vividly remember automotive industry, and they attract millions from all Shane O’Hara’s black CH hardtop (with crushed over the globe every year. Not only do auto makers blue velour interior) on display at Hot Adelaide, use auto shows as a platform to promote their latest with my mate Chris White when I was about products, but also to test out ideas and concept seventeen. That car totally blew our minds and vehicles in order to get a gauge on consumer ignited my imagination – reinforcing a predilection I enthusiasm. Essentially, the biggest car shows in the had for hippos from an early age. world act as a press conference of sorts for the latest cars. Car companies and industry insiders get a Paul Cronin warned me when I told him how I chance to rub shoulders with their customers directly wanted to do a ‘bucket list’ of all the best car shows at these sorts of events, and often can develop new (and in particular Mopar shows) nationally and ideas based on the feedback they receive. internationally, that I was gonna end up with a list a mile long. He was absolutely right! So I just had to assume if I couldn’t immediately find Of course, there are other, more organic car shows lots of info about the show, then maybe it wasn’t quite Shine by Wheels by that happen around the world too. These events It’s hard to be subjective too. During my research as popular as you’d expect – and hence wouldn’t are more gatherings of enthusiasts and restorers – I quickly realised that I would have to choose – make the cut. I just didn’t have enough time to find usually of older cars and typically in car clubs, like limit my selections at some point, to simply fit it all out more, or enough room to include everything! ours. These shows might be a dedicated show n’ in the magazine. You’ll notice I haven’t included shine or perhaps even an exclusive (competition any CCCSA events, as we report on them all the So my apologies if I’ve missed something that should or not) meet at a dragstrip or racetrack. Events time in every issue. Nor have I mentioned the SA be in here. But please, let me know and maybe we like the Woodward Dream Cruise have their roots Motorsport Festival held by the Sporting Car Club can do a Part Two issue, another time... deep in the past, and have evolved to include of SA, we regularly attend as a club. Likewise, Jaf’s Last Cruise we cover here every year anyway, and It’s probably quite poetic that this Torqueback looks Visit meguiars.com.au Visit americanlegendwheels.com tens of thousands of vehicles, and attract millions at shows – on the eve of our own Adelaide Chrysler of spectators. we’d only be biased about it! And of course Mopar Mania out at AIR would fall into this category too. Festival weekend back at Tonsley. This year is going I’m buzzed about the international flavor in some to be epic. It’s a pretty radical experiment to hold an So I was forced to leave a few out, sorry. The of the stories in this issue. We have a couple of open day rather than a traditional car show. But it Chrysler Owners Club of Queensland hold members now living in Sweden and Norway – and works elsewhere, like at Geelong. And the club is the much respected Chrysler Expo usually in I recently discovered a bloke I know from growing gambling that there will be enough room for our cars September/October every year. I understand up in Gawler (actually one of my high school art that Sunday (given the rate of tenants’ occupying it’s been dropping a bit in recent years, but they teachers’ sons) is now almost like Finland’s answer space continually increasing) but it’s a one-off regularly get 150-200 cars. GazzaNats is another to Chip Foose. Zoran Kanti-Paul has set up a opportunity of a lifetime – a chance we had to take. one I could’ve covered, as Garry Meyers has top custom studio there with his daughter Saana – “It’s what’s on the inside that counts” probably done just as much as anyone to advance Hey, what a great gig it must be, to be an automotive called Kokonut Kustoms & Klassix, and recently the custom and street machine scene in Oz. journalist or photographer and travel around the took out a heap of trophies at some major shows CHRYSLER SpeCIALISTS Apparently there’s a great All Chrysler Day in world to visit car shows and auto salons. Or even in Europe, which he’ll be telling us about. Zoran Sydney too, and of course I’m certain there’d be just in Australia. That would be a dream job. also contributes pix and words to such illustrious heaps of great shows in Tassie, Canberra and NZ. Imagine writing a book about this? 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