mr_460bigblock

for years now ive wanted to organise a show here in my town but i dunno where to start.

i dont want a typical car show where cars are parked i want to organise a show with cruising included.

anyone have any tips or has anyone organised a show like this before?? be great to get some info

tuff308

public liabilty insurance will be your biggest drama mate

mr_460bigblock

yeh i figured that would be the bitch of the whole thing... but hey these things dont happen over night right??

any other suggestions??

tuff308

First big hurdle is advertising.
We've recently organised a 2nd annual car show without the cruising part and the major factor was getting entrants there.
The best part of the whole thing was having a reputable charity on board and some great sponsors, that makes it a little easier.
And $$$$, got to be willing to cop a loss if let's say the weather doesn't hold up it's end of the bargain, could change an entire day and 6 months worth of planning........so rain date.....is a GREAT thing lol

mr_460bigblock

the "cruise" strip i wanna use is actually a street in the town where all the mechanic shops are, there are car yards, repco, auto pro etc so its the street where the majority of automotive is located so i cant imagine to many hassells getting sponsers by them.

I always wanted to organise it for a charity from day dot, and where the cruise strip is there are 2 charitys at the end of the strip so will be doing it for both of them.

it just seems like a really good spot to have the show, i might even be able to organise the show and shine on the showgrounds 100m from the cruise strip so that leaves the strip of stationary cars.

in the new year im going to talk to council and local rag and see if the ball starts rolling that way.

I remember the original Kandos show in the main street and the burnouts in the main street was just tops! dunno if i will be allowed to arrange that but.... be cool if i could!

v8capri8

i'm guessing that you are talking about tudor street i dont think that you will get council approval to shut that down but you never know. i'm also in newcastle and pretty keen to set up a show as well .Being in a car club helps and having contacts around different places helps 2 . Another good place to have a cruise would be on the foreshore they shut that down for triathalons and stuff like that so surely they could do it for a charity cruise show aswell are you involved in any car clubs at all because that would increase your chances aswell

mark

I'd say before you worry about insurance (most of the time you can get away with a very good disclaimer, and get all participants to sign their lives away), and everything like that, is to first talk to some of the charities out there.. You'll find most have event organisers that can help.

Take Variety Queensland. They organise around Australia bashes all the way to short half day drive and bbq's...

Get all your ideas down on paper so when you talk to them you don't miss anything. Set up a time to meet and discuss your ideas, more often than not they'll be very happy to lend any support they can.

mr_460bigblock

actually V8CAPRI im thinking of trying to hold it in port stephens st in raymond terrace. close down the street there and possibly use the grass area near the counsil chambers for the show n shine and "maybe" some grass driving events

they just put a new aldi supermarket in tho so thinking any chance i might of had will be minimal now with that there, but still never know, if anything it might mean the "cruise" strip be shortened by a couple of hundred meters cause they made a new roundabout to access the new supermarket.

who would be the best insurance company to talk to??

im waiting to get my car finished before i personally rejoin a club, but if anyone is in a club maybe some expression of interest??

i was thinking with advertising i can have a website made easily enough and branch it off from there.

also a matter of pulling my finger out and getting some time to organise arrangements

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v8capri8

ah ok i'm in hunter valley street machines and are always taking on new members one of the guys in our club is the local shannons rep and he handles all our promo stuff but i'm not to sure about the insurance i think that the club has its own insurance company it uses which cover all of the stuff we do but i'm not 2 sure if it covers cruises and stuff or if it is just for static shows if you are interested i can find out all that info for you

mr_460bigblock

hey V8CAPRI

any info you can find out for me would be great!!

bloke from shannons in your club, is that mike said? i know mike altho havent caught up with him for quite some time.

HVSM is one club i was looking at joining once the XA is back on the road and ive been to a couple of static show n shines organised by the club and were done very well.

thanks for the help

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v8capri8

yeah mate mick is the bloke i will find out that info for you but it might be a few weeks as most of the club is going to queensland for wintersun (i cant go due to work )but once there back i'll find out all that stuff for you

leprkorn

hey capri, how difficult is it to join ur club? any restrictions etc? i'm not far from newy and where i'm from, there's nothing like that at all!

cheers, brett

also, bigblock, it'd b good 2 have a show like that within coo-ee. i'd definitely try and get down to check it out! good luck with it!

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mr_460bigblock

mike should remember me, tell him dave with the green XA, he gave me the tri y's for my 460 which came from his 429 XA ute.... not a bad score if i do say so myself, im not complaining!

anyone know what part of counsel would i need to talk to ??

brett... yeh little out of the way out where you are, but good run on the buckets you can be here in around an hr... i dont mind heading out there when i get the time, very nice spot...

im currently just trying to sort out some personal shit, but once thats out of the way im gunna start door knocking.
I also have a contact within the counsil in regards to rubbish bins and porta loo's so that will be easy to organise, and in a way knowing someone in the counsil might be handy in more ways than one im hoping....

i have connection with scouts too so im sure a few groups can look after BBQ's etc and just another association id like to include along with the charities

just gotta start it all off

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leprkorn

keep us posted. sounds like u mite b onto something

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bhp350

let me know how you go id be keen to go down