The 1st Car Show in the World Jan 1st 2015 Whangamata New Zealand

[Bob T]

Howdy Folks,

A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to go to a carshow down where I was on holiday about 2 hours drive down the coast from home to a seaside town. Because of the International Dateline it is promoted as First Car Show in the World, pretty cool day out, 183 cars and bikes inside as well. Got up at 06.30 on NY Day to wash the old car, been starved of car events for months so it was a neat day out 

Had a few mates turn up for a few cold ones along the way ...

[Bob T]

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Its the close to height of summer with temperatures around 25C'+

[Bob T]

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As Whangamata is known as Beach Hop town, there are lots of local Hot Rods and all sorts of cool vehicles lurking around the area

[Bob T]

Lots of Hot Rods in attendance

[Bob T]

Rosie the Mini Schnauzer just like to head out for the walk, she's not really keen on the cars...

[Bob T]

The blue 50 Mercury with triple carbs is the giveaway car this year in March at Beach Hop, sure hope it end up in my garage!

[Bob T]

And my cool cactus was flowering when I got back , super cool.

And one of my mates had been out fishing and caught a couple of little Mako sharks.

Had some Snapper toasted sandwiches off the bbq later on .

[68X426]

Great, great stuff.  Thank you for sharing.

As always Kelvin, your Charger looks awesome. 

[TUFCAT]

Those sharks give me the creeps! 

[JB400]

It's not the mako's that you need to worry about.

[Bob T]

Yeah it is.
They tail walk and will jump right into the boat and then thrash around trying to smash and kill anything in the way, its quite common actually.
The only way to kill them is to drag them behind the boat for a while before you take them onboard, an angle of 45' backwards works best roped across them , just gets them disorientated and gills filled I guess. Have heard of them coming back to life after being towed for two hours and then been taken aboard.

Not something I'd like to dance with 

Cheers Dan, it was one of the best holidays I've had in recent years, probably just mainly for the fact of being back to do all that stuff, had a ball 

[moparnation74]

Awesome Pics!!  Thanks for sharing!  Charger looks great!

67 gittick, cool ride

[69rtse4spd]

 , thanks.

[el dub]

Is it illegal to club or shoot sharks in NZ. They look like they're built for speed. How far do they run when you hook em.

[tan top]

  good pictures  , thanks for posting 

[Bob T]

Is it illegal to club or shoot sharks in NZ. They look like they're built for speed. How far do they run when you hook em.

I suppose it is, I don't really know for sure, none of the guys I know would club or shoot em, just use a steel trace and play them if the gear is up for it.
Mako's are speed killing machines, Great Whites are top of the food chain though, I wouldn't be too ken to get near anything like that.
When you hook even a nurse shark or bronze whaler, its like hooking a train heading for Australia, again, whether the reel can hold together is key.
Hammerheads are amazing, so alien and magnificient

good pictures  , thanks for posting 

No worries Tan, I always like to see car show pics from all around the world, have a cold one on me 

[hemi68charger]

great pictures 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

great pictures

Thanks

Carsten