All States Pics & Discussions From Nat XMas Toy Criuse 2008

[Sourbastard]

congrats to the winners! big thanks to phil, lori, paul, mel, stu and kathy for making the day complete!

[351clevoxd]

hey who was the blonde chick that was there she wasnt bad sorry if its yours gf anybody just she caught my eye

[superpursuit83]

What a fantastic turnout with such short notice. I think 55 cars at one stage. Thank you to everyone who came along and brought a toy with them.
Unfortunately the Salvos had a big day yesterday with 1500 bikies and did not have anyone available today. But I have HALF my office filled with toys and they are coming to get them on Wednesday.
We also raised $312.25c to be added to the National amount raised today.
I could not beleive the turnout, and as is normally the case we ran out of hotdogs and drinks pretty quick.
I cant wait for next year when we have a lot more planning time and can make it big!

Thank you again everybody for making this a successfull day

PS How was the cruise?

[XRQTR]

Originally Posted by EXR8ED

That Turkey in the Kia mini van had me worried big time.

Was it a black one by any chance, coz I had one sitting in the right lane doing 90 for about 5-6 k's finally "convinced" him to move after about 4 other cars had to pass him on the left.


Ye thanks Whoosh the bangers weren't too bad at all, and to everyone that attended and donated a very big pat on the back for you all, it's not how much you give but the gift itself that counts most to these kids, well done to all.

[SpoolMan]

Today's posts from all States merged so we can share pics and discussions from this National event.

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It was a good day that went well because of the great community support we have here at AFF.
We have so many people to thank, I will start with the 3 guy’s that organized there State event all on there own and done a great job in making this a successful National day.
MontyV8 (S.A), Fiery (QLD) & Superpursuit83 (W.A) Thanks guys.
We have many sponsors and individuals that dug deep and we raised $1850 to buy toys.

Laminge
XRQTR
www.kitchensubuild.com.au
www.autotechengineering.com.au/
www.stingraycar.com.au/
www.ftgautosalvage.com.au/
www.kpmauto.com/
www.waxit.com.au
www.performanceford.com.au/
JGB Cranes Pty Ltd
www.racebrakessydney.com.au/

The fun show and shine raised well over $120 the donations were very good.
Winners:
Best Overall: XR ENVI
Best under Bonnet: tt6g72
Best interior: XR STRIDER GUY
Best exterior: TZENU

More thanks go to our Admin and mods who help keep this place going.
Whoosha the snag man as always Gold man, Laminge who stored and carted the toys to Geelong and to all our members that turned up and supported this day because of your efforts there will be many happy kids at Christmas this year.
All today’s toys will go towards being handed out to over 500 needy families from the Geelong district; this will take place next week distributed by the salvos from the Geelong Catholic Church.
Next year we plan to go to another district, we look forward to your support.
Thank-you to everyone.

I have 52 images photobucket link
http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...s%20toy%20run/


Ps: Drag day 27th February check Vic State event Forum.

[cob115]

good one phill paull n co : the family n i had a great day ,santa rocks : thanks for a great day cheers pat n family

[Riksta]

Great day, although I'll probably feel the sunburn for the next few days! That cannon being fired in the fort was fantastic, I don't think anyone was expecting it to be that loud!

Next time hopefully my car will be in better condition, was just unfortunate timing that it was Friday morning I got sandwiched but hey, at least my car was still drivable for the event!

As I kick back on Christmas day I'll have a smile on my face knowing I helped a poor kid somewhere get a smile on his/her face...as should everyone else Australia wide who participated. Great effort on the part of AFF, each state organiser(s), the sponsors, and of course everyone who came along. WELL DONE!

[XRchic]

Hi all

Thanks to Phil and the gang for organising and putting it all on! It was a fantastic day for many reasons. Great weather, loads of toys and money donated, and it was awesome to catch up with all of the usual crowd and just cruising with some awesome cars! I have to say, the SA boys have the most awesome vehicles!

I took about 200 pics, I have reduced and uploaded 100 of them and I will choose the best ones to post up here. I did actually get every single car (often from more than one angle) so if i dont post your car, please PM me and I will post it. I can burn all of the high res ones onto CDs if anyone wants the full set. Anyway, here they are in completely random order:

[XRchic]

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[Biggav]

was good day out on the WA day i think we started out with 15 cars on the north leg which then randomly picked up a genuine 08 shelby stang who saw us all cruising the coast.

met up with the east and southern legs and cruised to the show shine part of the day, some nice cars out bit burnt atm but it was all worth it.

cheers john for putting on a good day with not much notice to had should run smoother next time round.

[XRchic]

And more again:

[bigfeller]

looks like our southern cousins had a great turn out, good on you all for doing it for the kids. the ford forums members had a great turn out up in the not so sunny south east qld also, it was a great day, met some good people with an obvious likewise interest, and got to show my car, was a great day had by all, we even had a guy slip in through a crack, in a skyline, hahah. : hope the smith family can use the toys to put a smile on a few kids faces, i look forward to the next one, thanks for having us, the hall family :evil3:

[Poidevin]

The WA cruise was awesome, really sorry to anyone who got lost by following me. Had a great day, wish I stayed longer.

[fiery]

Hey guys
Just wanted to say a huge huge thankyou to all the QLDer's that turned up and made the effort to be so generous for the children.

The day started cloudy, rained for a short time, then was typical QLD humid hot. Awesome day with awesome people for an awesome reason.
Thanks to the Smith Family representative (Laurie) for coming to collect the toys, he said to pass on many thanks to members for being so generous.
Two utes full of toys = lots and lots of happy excited children for Christmas :
We also raised $100 between the show entry fee, bbq and drink sales

Thanks also to Geoff aka goof for organising the ice cream truck.. the guy came just in time for us to all enjoy the yummy treats (he hadn't even parked properly before people were milling around him : )

Last but not least, thank you to (Brendan) the guy in the skyline that joined in the cruise, donated a toy but didn't feel right about parking his car amongst the fords. He was asked to bring the car in considering he was good enough to join in with it all

EDIT: A big thank you to the people that helped me on the day - couldn't have done it all without you guys: Zee, Roy, Lynton, Tibbo, the guy from xfalcon that I have forgotten your name (did judging), Daryl & Liz and Tori for taking care of my little princess for so long throughout the day. Amy thanks for helping take care of her first thing this morning whilst trying to get things started.
You are all fantastic
The show results are:

Best Exterior: Matt (FTR15)
Runner Up: Brendan (el_venom)

Best Interior: Garry (fordxdc)
Runner Up: Geoff (GSN03)

Best Under Bonnet: Chris (Black Mummba)
Runner Up: Brett (bigfeller)

Best Overall: Lynton & Tori (geckoGT & Penelope Pitstop)
Runner Up: Liz (Purple Flash)

Have to give a special mention to a member for going above and beyond and ensuring that there will be even more excited children Christmas day. Zee (zeepac) & his lovely wife went shopping with separate trolleys, in separate directions and met at the checkout. They bought enough toys to not only fill the back of his ute but the inside was pretty crammed too. Well done and a huge thank you Zee

Well done to all the other States, looks like everyone had a brilliant day

We had a video taken of the day and am fiddling with it a bit to be able to upload it for all to see...
Come on QLDers put your photo's up :

[Auslandau]

To all the organisers to all the states that participated .... well done! Had a great day and good to do some good for charity at christmas.

Great to see all the pics from the other states as well! Least it does prove how much sexier the Vic's are compared to the rest of the states

Also my favorite pic ............ :( Great to see it out and about Dave!





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[46302ute]

(from the BBQ crew!) on the breif wander








sorry no effie pics......
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congrats Phil on the turn out and everyone else for the support the Salvos should be stoked.
( Hi to Paul and Mel and Lori for the great bbq team wok it worked well !!)
regs Stu.(and Cathy)

[WASP]

Originally Posted by montyv8

g'day all..
gotta say a huge thanks to you all for coming out today, and making it happen
A massive thanks too to our sponsors, Burgess & Bird, CDAA,Tryinhere, and Container Reconditioning services. Without the assistance from you guys we couldn't have done this.

Great to see you all had a great day Phil. Very proud and pleased to help out.

Colville

[Penelope Pitstop]

Wow what a day.

Whoever thought up this wonderful event - Thank You - it was a brilliant idea.

To Kerri - your hardworking expertise at planning events on the hop and now with a 5 month bubba in tow is second to none. You did a great job (as always) and deserve a huge thank you from all of us that attended. So ... Thanks mate – you done good.

To AFF - thank you for donating the trophies - they just put an added little shine on the day and to my bookshelf too - cause we won one

To all the Brissy AFF Gang - well done guys - was a good turn out and a great day even if a little stinky hot! But hey it wouldn't be Chrissy in BrisVegas without the humidity!

To Zee - you are a wonderfully big hearted generous man and an inspiration to all. I know you are exceptionally modest and wouldn't want to be pointed out but honestly darl, you deserve a special mention. :

Merry Christmas to all the little kiddies out there that aren't as lucky as some - I hope these gifts can help give you a nice Christmas day and put a smile on your precious faces.

Cheers, Tori

[DOC]

Originally Posted by montyv8

g'day all..
Congratulations to those that won trophies, they were well earned. I was supposed to do the judging with Pete (doc), but i looked at the first two cars (red peppers Escort and cherie and family's XY GT) and realised i had no hope of picking the better car from the two, let alone the other 32+ cars there lol..
I checked out Petes points tally and there was not much at all between most of the cars.

I think you set me up and handed me the hot seat

Yes there were many impressive cars all so close, but in the spirit of the day the real winners will be the smiles on a few more children / families this year.

In that FFAU forums, the sponsors and every person who attended with their families / cars can feel good about the day, without the massive SA support from everyone this could not have happened.

Phil you done a great job, in what i thought was a polished low key day and I'd bet your voted in again next year and that we will see an even bigger turnout for this great day.

[Racecraft]

well Qld was a blast with a ute or two full of toys for the kiddies

And Zee you are the man, what a charitable heart you and your wife have. Hats off to you two especially.







THe winners

[huggiebear]

looks like alot of fun guys. its a shame i couldnt make it. the i should have blown my family off for this one. but will definately make it next year.

[Walkinshaw]

I'm callin the cops

[montyv8]

Apologies if i get these mixed up, its been a reeeal long day.. but our trophies went to:
Best interior, Daves Wild violet XY panelvan,


Best exterior, Seans XB GT Coupe,


Best underbonnet, Garys XR GT


and Best overall, Kerrys XB GT coupe.


As I said earlier, there's no way I could have picked winners out of all the cars, there were so many outstanding examples. Thanks Pete (DOC) for doing the judging

Thanks too to all those that are sharing their top quality pics.

And well done to all interstate comrades..

Originally Posted by auslandau

Least it does prove how much sexier the Vic's are compared to the rest of the states

but, did you guys have guys in period uniform firing a canon?? :hihi:

[fiery]

Some pics that were supplied from xfalcon members - thanks for letting me share the ones you took

No Christmas cruise should be without a Christmas car


1 of the utes with toys






Trophy Winners

[fiery]

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[montyv8]

[fiery]

These two certainly received lots of attention

[Kev_BLNXR8_Ute]

Some great Pics there people..

Looks like a pretty good turn out.

[cob115]

3 cheers to the local redneck Phill for organising it in Adelaide we love you mate(in a non gay way) ,opps and to lorri,paul n mell bell