POWER BIG MEET 2016 VASTERAS SWEDEN (photos)

Motorama · Post by **Motorama** » Wed Jul 13, 16 5:42 pm

Charger wrote:
Motorama wrote:this was the first year since I've been going, which is every year since 99, that they closed off the cruise route going the other around, you always used to be able to go the other way as well which flowed better and you could get a good look at the cars which were queued the other way rather than just sitting in the line
righto, seems weird, in doing that they've reduced the road capacity by half

We thought the same but I think they tried to contain the craziness. We nicknamed the gas station you mentioned Armageddon many years and it's stuck, the Swedes have started calling it that now, you just can't believe what goes on there

Charger · Post by **Charger** » Wed Jul 13, 16 5:46 pm

Motorama wrote:
Charger wrote:
Motorama wrote:this was the first year since I've been going, which is every year since 99, that they closed off the cruise route going the other around, you always used to be able to go the other way as well which flowed better and you could get a good look at the cars which were queued the other way rather than just sitting in the line
righto, seems weird, in doing that they've reduced the road capacity by half
We thought the same but I think they tried to contain the craziness. We nicknamed the gas station you mentioned Armageddon many years and it's stuck, the Swedes have started calling it that now, you just can't believe what goes on there

Armageddon; yes i heard that

very apt

Charger · Post by **Charger** » Wed Jul 13, 16 5:47 pm

we covered less than half the field over the 2 days at the show!
I only photographed a fraction of the cars we saw!!
I’ve only posted a fraction of the photos I took!!!

Grab a brew, more great Mopars and other marques in the full set, can be seen here …

http://s826.photobucket.com/user/charge ... werbigmeet

click ‘slideshow’ top right and sit back (about an hour ;-))
or scroll through the pages bottom right

Motorama · Post by **Motorama** » Wed Jul 13, 16 5:55 pm

press release today from Vasteras business man and car guy Klas Brinks saying he will put on a show next year that weekend, he has helped Kjell Gustavson the last few years so knows the score.

This guy has an amazing car collection, he has an old supermarket not far from the airport converted into the ultimate man cave, we were lucky enough to get an invite there a couple of years ago. I think his main business is in telecoms but recently he bought Autocraft one of the biggest and best restoration shops in Sweden as well

http://www.brinkensgarage.se/

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Wed Jul 13, 16 5:57 pm

And then there's the out of town street racing, some seriously fast cars there. A few of the local guys know the right guys to take that in.

Charger · Post by **Charger** » Wed Jul 13, 16 8:22 pm

Motorama wrote:press release today from Vasteras business man and car guy Klas Brinks saying he will put on a show next year that weekend, he has helped Kjell Gustavson the last few years so knows the score.

This guy has an amazing car collection, he has an old supermarket not far from the airport converted into the ultimate man cave, we were lucky enough to get an invite there a couple of years ago. I think his main business is in telecoms but recently he bought Autocraft one of the biggest and best restoration shops in Sweden as well

http://www.brinkensgarage.se/

better news

Motorama · Post by **Motorama** » Wed Jul 13, 16 8:33 pm

Charger wrote:
Motorama wrote:press release today from Vasteras business man and car guy Klas Brinks saying he will put on a show next year that weekend, he has helped Kjell Gustavson the last few years so knows the score.

This guy has an amazing car collection, he has an old supermarket not far from the airport converted into the ultimate man cave, we were lucky enough to get an invite there a couple of years ago. I think his main business is in telecoms but recently he bought Autocraft one of the biggest and best restoration shops in Sweden as well

http://www.brinkensgarage.se/
better news

And now Kjell Gustacson has thrown his toys out the pram because he wasn't consulted first and might still want to put an event on. Might end up with 2 events lol.

Another good event in Sweden is Classic Car Week in Ratvik about 2 hours north of Vasteras, much more laid back, different things on everyday and a beautiful area to stay in, 6 of us rented a house there in 2011 over looking the lake, we left one of our cars, an old 63 Caddy Fleetwood in Vasteras after the PBM and flew back out for it. Sold the car to dealer out there afterwards and made a little to cover the cost.

There's also a really good indoor show in Elmia near Jonkoping around Easter, Custom Motor Show or something like that

Motorama · Post by **Motorama** » Wed Jul 13, 16 8:45 pm

Looking through your pics, you papped us in our loaner 65 Impala

Dave81 · Post by **Dave81** » Wed Jul 13, 16 8:54 pm

Great photos Si!

Another event to put on the list!

Charger · Post by **Charger** » Wed Jul 13, 16 11:04 pm

Motorama wrote:Looking through your pics, you papped us in our loaner 65 Impala

fantastic, nice car, obviously caught my eye, didn't realise i'd snapped it twice

Charger · Post by **Charger** » Wed Jul 13, 16 11:06 pm

Dave81 wrote:Great photos Si!

Another event to put on the list!

R.RUNNER · Post by **R.RUNNER** » Fri Jul 15, 16 4:41 pm

Is that a "HEMI" in the 300 HURST

Corky · Post by **Corky** » Sat Jul 16, 16 2:46 pm

My first year here also . Edinburgh - Stockholm direct . with Norwegian air Tuesday - Sunday . Great pictures and thanks for sharing . great experience and hope we can do it again , BTW it,s a hell of a walk to the showground from the railway station ..

Charger · Post by **Charger** » Sat Jul 16, 16 8:43 pm

R.RUNNER wrote:Is that a "HEMI" in the 300 HURST

yup

Charger · Post by **Charger** » Sat Jul 16, 16 8:56 pm

IanC wrote:My first year here also . Edinburgh - Stockholm direct . with Norwegian air Tuesday - Sunday . Great pictures and thanks for sharing . great experience and hope we can do it again , BTW it,s a hell of a walk to the showground from the railway station ..

indeed fantastic experience, yeah was a bit of a trek, we reckoned we walked 10 mile Thursday and 12 mile Friday