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Snowman- Thats an awesome idea, video footage would be great. I have a good friend who is waaaay into video editing, has a $12,000 set up at his place. We could make a kick ass dvdvideo as long as we had the footage ready. Let me know

Al - What is the footage on? VHS or Hi-8 MiniDV etc?

James - I think a meeting is definatly best to nut out ideas and get them on paper.

I also have a PS2 that can be used for the day.

I also have a projector I could get hold of, would need to keep it way safe though!

As for the cd of images to play a pc would be the best option, I can borrow as many as we need for the day including monitors etc for th weekend. Won't be a hassel.

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James mentioned the idea of a racing theme - theme's are good in my opinion. As a slight variance to a racing theme could be a general motorsport theme including circuit, drag and drift. Show the versitility of the skyline as the ultimate motor sports car.

:werd: (saves me having to think of an idea)

I'll just jump on a bandwagon!

But i like that better than defects.

Versatility of the Skyline, nice idea. Im sure Drag/Drift/Circuit would be AWESOME!

It's sorta like the BMT 'catch phrase' thingy

Drag/Drift/Street/Circuit... or whatever it is.

Pity they thought of it first... we could have used that as out T-Shirt theme.

Maybe have home made banners over the cars, couple of cars for each area.

We could use a name of... SAU - Vic Motorsports Divison ???

or something stupid like that :P

Yeah Racing idea is a kick ass one.

How about a little phrase like out of the dictioanry. You know how they have the name then the meaning. We could fudge somethinglike "Skyline - Power, versatility, syle, unbeatable" or sumthing like that? Or a Godzilla one. Wonder what the meaning is there? Just an idea.

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if you need a bnr32 i can get mine in there. i can get it really shiny :P i also have a ps2 to donate for the day... remember gran turismo 4 comes out soon... would be good for multiplayer :)

hmmm you can oil yourself up if you really want to...

I was talking to a mate of mine who's a food artist... he reckon's he can make up some chunks of meat with other car maker's insignia burnt into em, like honda, subaru etc...

chuck the fake meat in a plate in front of each car, get some hired fences (so ppl can't lean on your shit), dress up the models in loincloths and hang a big f**koff sign that says "do not feed the animals" and do it full zoo/safari style...

Just an idea.

Mine won't be done by april so I can't give noof a running for "riciest car in autosalon"... however I will help out, as I did last year (and took 3 days off work too :P as sickies)

ORRRR we can do it so its full Jap autosalon style. with the asian chicks with the transparent umbrellas n all. Where's horus n his bevvy of international students?

I recon we bring the video of mr hung and play it over and over again. He could be the skyline mascot? What you recon?

mr hung would be gold

we could have him sing she bangs with different skyline orientated lyrics

"she fangs she fangs, baby when she boosts she boosts"

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