San Remo Cruise
Throttlers Rod & Custom Club - Victoria
Feburary 1997Australian Street Rod Federation - Street Rodder News Issue No. 10 - July 1997
(1) San Remo '97. A small section of the cars down for the day. A large number were parked to the left of the photo.
(2) A Model Tudor from Gippsland district.
No Sunday sleep-in today, for it's back the Rod out onto the front lawn, and with bucket, sponge and a very excited 4 year old, dust and grime are attacked, and the Rod is ready to be seen in polite company again. After one wet 4 year old has been made presentable again, and he, wife and picnic hamper are on board, it was over to the Settlement Hotel in Cranbourne where my job was to get everything ready for the early arrivals, and to rush around looking as though I knew what I was doing.
In previous years we have had 10-20 cars already there waiting by 9am, so I was getting a little worried when by 9.30 we only had 50 or so cars, and 10am (departure time) was getting closer. Then, before we knew it, from about 9.50 onwards, Hot Rods and Customs started streaming in, so many in fact that it held up our Cruize departure time till 10.15, and yet still cars were rolling in.
(3) Tony Ryan's '50 Cadillac custom (4)Simon Mauger's '57 Chevy. Runs on a gas research setup. In his younger days his mates would scoff (and say he was dribbling) when Simo when said he would get a '57 Chev before he was 21. He did, and drove it around in red paint, but now it's in mid blue, and with the 350Chev & 6/71 GM blower, who's dribbling now?
Our first 'Cruize' in '94 attracted approx. 140 entrants, and we thought "Yes, the rodding community also believe San Remo to be a nice little place to Cruize down to and spend the day picnicking". Then at our '95 Cruize we had about 175 entrants. In '96 we had around 160 entrants, but we discovered that there were many who come along for the day, but once parked and settled forget all about registering.
Throttlers are ever mindful of the "Keep It Simple Stupid" (KISS) method of running a low key Sunday Cruize and picnic day, and the need to keep the kids happy, thereby keeping mum happy, therefore allowing dad to kick back and soak up bright paint schemes, new ideas, drool over old cars and not have to worry about anything other than should he have a third snag in bread or not.
We have been very fortunate in finding a location that is an easy drive from Cranbourne, and with Philip Island just across the bridge, in fact, there are many Rodders who stay down at San Remo and Philip Island for the whole weekend.
With a huge amount of support from the San Remo community the 200 Hot Rods and Customs and their owners and families who attended our San Remo Cruize this year were able to enjoy a relaxed day of music and driving their pride and joys. Rest assured we are now looking forward to next year's Cruize, and thank all those who attended this year, and helped make the day so successful.
Terry Crosbie/Secretary
