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As many of you might know we are planning an entry into Perth AutoSalon(PAS) under the banner of SAUWA. We have been able to secure a small location within the Belmont Racecourse facility, we believe enough for about 5 cars, and have been told

that there is as much room for other entries outside as we'd like.

We had a meeting at Brett's(EVL R33) just recently and decided that we'd ask all of SAUWA whether they would like to enter there cars now so that it will give people time to organise themselves. The idea being that people with Show Cars would be given the inside positions so as to make an impressive display.

If we have more than 5 people wishing to enter Show Cars then it would go to a vote of SAUWA to decide who would be allocated those positions.

PAS has a number of events which entrants can participate in, Show and Shine, Dyno Shootout, SPL, Driving Events etc. So even if your car isn't show quality then we'd still encourage people to enter and participate in these other events.

I believe that the cost to enter the cars is $50 and this includes entry and all events. There will be other costs associated with making a decent SAUWA display, and as such those people who enter will be expect to contribute, but we are trying to borrow as much stuff as possible so as to keep costs down. If anyone has anything they would like to lend us for the show it would be much appreciated.

The theme we are trying to go for is a Racing theme, so if anyone has ideas as what we can do then they will be appreciated. We are also trying to get as many of the Skyline models as possible together, from the old Skylines through to the R34GTR. We have been in contact with the SAU guys who entered the MAS(Melbourne Autosalon) and have been given a number of

useful ideas.

Anybody interested in entering please nominate yourselves here.

Thanks Paul

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Hey Paul, good to see this has been started.

I'll put my car in the display, either inside or outside depending on what everyone else thinks.. I'll have it tuned by then with the new parts in it so it should be over the 500hp mark. I'm going to try and get the engine painted and polished before then too hopefully..

Brett

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We are hoping to have t-shirts made up for all the entrants, similar to what the guys in MAS did. Except change the Melbourne to Perth obviously:D

If there are any companies willing to sponsor us then we'd have there names written on the back.

We will also require some nice looking girls to hand out flyers, have photo's taken etc. They will have a t-shirt with the same logo, just less material:D

If any girls would like to volunteer that would be great, and guys please beg your gf's/Mrs etc to participate:D

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