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Sunday May 3rd - Cruise to Kinglake’s ‘Amongst the Ashes’ We’ll be leading a cruise to The Phoenix Rod & Custom Club’s first ever event, ‘Amongst the Ashes’ at Kinglake. We’ll be departing the Sober Mule Café at Lifestyle Centre in Mornington at 9am. A breakfast deal is available at the café for cruisers. Route will be via Eastlink to Ringwood [estimate cruisin’ thru around 9:45am], then along the Maroondah Hwy to Lilydale [est around 10:00am], then up the Yarra Glen-Yea Rd turning off at Castella for Kinglake. All ‘chrome bumpers’ are invited to join in the cruise as we roll by. A good run will see us arrive around 10:30 am. There is no charge for this cruise, just come along and enjoy the day. Contact Alan on #0417389114.

New Car Show CHROME Debuts Saturday 25 April in Australia. The best-looking cars on the road today are the OLD ones!

Apart from style, durability and an uncanny ability to draw the eye, they have one thing in common - chrome!

Chrome is a new Channel 7 series dedicated to the classic cars of the chrome era (1940s-1980s) and the equally fascinating range of people who drive, restore, collect or just salivate over them.

Presented by female auto pioneer Juliet Potter of www.autochic.com.au and backed by a team of Shannons experts, each week Chrome follows the story of a car and its owner going to auction, spliced with visits to unique Australian car events, and peeks at some incredible private collections.

Giving Top Gear a run for its money, Chrome drives some of the world's most coveted cars, think a spectacular 1959 Chevrolet Impala and a 1934 Ford Victoria as seen in the classic movie Bonnie and Clyde; explores the diversity of tastes at car meets such as Cruisin Main Street in Mornington, VIC, and covers one of the world's most popular car events - the Phillip Island Classic.

Along the way, the viewer gets an inkling of why so many people spend most of their spare time and money tinkering away in the garage for the chance to turn heads on their 'special Sunday drive'.

The first series of Chrome begins Saturday 25 April at 1.30pm and ongoing episodes will air each Saturday afternoon on Channel 7 for six weeks.

Congratulations to LGC Cruisers Greg & Jenny Jones on taking out Australia's Top Street Rod award at the recent ASRF Nationals held over Easter in Goulburn NSW. Let's Go Cruisin' had great pleasure in awarding Greg & Jenny recently with our Real Car Guy award and this recognition by the entrants at this national event is further evidence that Greg & Jenny are great ambassadors of our favourite hobby

To All Car Owners attending Let’s Go Cruisin’ events.
The jungle drums have been busy spreading the message that the TMU/TOG section of the police have targeted our cruise night and issued notices and summons to a number entrants who attended. The message being drummed is that our events are now ‘off limits’ to any one with a modified or SR plated car.

Why did the police attend our recent cruise nights?
The scrutiny our cruise came under was initiated as a result of the investigation the police are conducting into the fatal accident involving a SR plated street rod back in December. It has nothing to do with any issue concerning Let’s Go Cruisin’ activities, past or present, including the recent change of cruise night venue. This investigation has also resulted in the same police officer meeting with members of the ASRF’s TAC.

What did they identify?
When the officers attended the January and February Cruise nights they detected a number of cars that were unregistered, including: • SR plates being swapped between cars • Plates off cars that had been deregistered • Custom plates fitted without the car being registered • Cars on 25 day unregistered vehicle permits We are very disappointed that this irresponsible behaviour by a few car owners attracted what we would claim to be unwarranted attention from the police. It has the potential to undermine the enjoyment our cruise night provides for the vast majority of entrants.

What have we done?
Members of LGC met with officers from the Police TMU based at Frankston & Hastings on February 10th. The concerns they discussed with us centered on the number of unregistered cars at the event and some cars, in their judgment, to be ‘obviously unroadworthy’. Examples provided of ‘clearly unroadworthy’ included: • Open/Excessive exhaust noise • Slicks • Excessively protruding Superchargers

What we’re doing.
We have amended our event advertising, code of conduct and web site to reflect the legal obligations of car enthusiasts when they participate in any LGC event. If you have believe that you have been treated unreasonably by the police at our events, please contact us and advise us of your situation. We will provide what ever support and assistance we can.

The Bottom Line!
The Police stated in our meeting with them, if a car is legally registered, this includes SR & H plates, and devoid of anything that might cause ‘obvious’ concerns over its roadworthiness, there is no issue in driving it to and enjoying our events. If it’s not, then please leave it home and come along in one that is.
Alan Newton – President Let’s Go Cruisin’