Ausrotary Meet

Several members of the popular Internet forum Ausrotary descended on the spacious picnic grounds at Cordeaux Dam just north of Wollongong.

I though i would take a quick break from moving house to head down and check it out. With about 40-50 cars it was a decent turnout although unfortunately by the time i arrived a few had left or where leaving. Never the less i grabbed my camera and had a walk around.

Was good to see a few original restored cars in attendance, although a few were sporting some decent upgrades under the bonnet if you know what I'm sayin ;) There was even an neat original RX5 cruising on Historic rego.

RX2's and Capella's made up[ a big part of the crowd, some original, and others far from it.

These two were super neat, the green sedan was in great original condition and one would assume still has the 12A twin dissy buzzing away under the hood. Where as the Coupe, while it was very well restored on the outside to original specs you will see further down that the old 12A is long gone...

Immaculate and original, just how i like my rotors!

This epic 1000 ute really stood out from the other with it's eye watering orange paint.

Obviously running a turbo donk, the wastegate positioning was awesome, venting to atmosphere with not even a pipe off the gate flange. The cooler is also very neatly mounted behind the R100 grille.

The tray has been crafted from alloy with nice big rolled tubs, cool strip tail lights and polished checker-plate top.

I told you there were a lot of RX2's. This Coupe was clean-as. Gold FR's are a perfect match for the white duco and the lower pin-strip helps to break it up a bit. the interior was also trimmed up neatly.

This blue sedan was also very neat and had some nice dish on the OM's but i think it needed a set of lower springs as it was a tad high. Never the less a gorgeous car.

These two RX4 coupes well presented. I am a big fan of the 4's as i have owned a few of them myself, although all were sedans.

One thing i have never been keen on is the later model Mercedes style front end, however the owner of this particular car has done a good job of overcoming the not-so-nice front end by ensuring the rest of the car is well put together. hat's off to him or her...

How can you not love the old 323 hatches. I still have trouble understanding why these are not more popular than they are. Cool unique looks, light weight and sooo easy to convert to rotor-power.

Check out the cool REAPS style exhaust tip on this RX2/Capella

This R1/1200 was stunning. Beautifull paintwork, awesome billet wheels, huge brakes and super-neat trim it had it all, except.....

It was missing two tail light.... I'm not sure what happened here, maybe he ran out of money or something? Definitely a unique rear end that's for sure.

Now one of the most sort-after Mazda's in the country and for good reason, the 1300 wagon's are just plain cool. These two examples were two of my favorite cars at the meet. Both tastefully modded and put together.

Another great part was the engine setup in the yellow wagz. Ported rotors are getting scarce on the roads today due to increased pressure from the plod.

The lack of rear seat means there is plenty of room for the shopping and of course a bit of NOS...

Judging by the plates this RX3 dips into the 11's down the quarter

Rotor air-fresheners, that's something i haven't seen before

No wonder these guys love the dam as a cruise destination, the sign say's it all... Where else would you get designated rotary parking ??

just like a nice warm winter stew, this RX2 was BEFDUP

RX3's, the most popular rotor of all time. Classic shape, timeless styling, you just can't fault them

When it came time to hit the road the engine fired into life and the rotors began to roll-out

While most of the guys were more than happy to cruise out of the park... 

there were, as always a few that felt the need to let loose the wrath of their rota. Remember this stock-looking coupe i mentioned earlier on? Ain't no twin dizzy under that hood that's for sure!

The little wagz lets it rip

Not bad for a piston-powered 808

I got a bit worried when this RX3 lined me up...

No need for smoke shows when your rota is this perfect.

Tough!

For some reason there is always at least one VL at an AusRota cruise, don't know why but there just is.....

Super-clean RX3 coupe. Looks like the driver needs some glasses with all that white interior though

It was great to get out and enjoy the smell and sound of a big bunch or rotors in the park and good to see there are a few cars out there that you don't see or hear about every day on the forums.

There are some more images up on my website http://www.jngimages.com/ in the event gallery if you want to check them out.

For those not familiar with the forum, you must be living under a rock or something but hey, why not check it out at http://www.ausrotary.com/ . If you are a rotor nut like i am then you will fit right in.

Jason