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Nov 29, 2011 17:57:38 GMT
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Okay folks and folkettes, it is that time of year again. For those that are new round these parts, every year we do a little awards thing to celebrate the year just gone, first we gather nominations, then we vote on them, then we all gather at Ace Cafe in London early in the new year, eat chips, stand in the cold and then hand out awards (hopefully with a fully functioning stage and mic again this year ) .. For nominations please use the following list : Car Of The Year 2011 New Thread Of The Year 2011 RR Build Of the Year 2011 Website/Blog Of The Year 2011 Most Anticipated car 2012 Best Photo 2011 RR Photographer of The Year 2011 Show Of The Year 2011 Forum Contributor Of the Year 2011 Community Contributor Of the Year 2011 Best Magazine 2011 Readers Other Modification 2011 Ideally we'd like a nomination in as many categories as you can, but if you saw a thread in April (for example) and thought "that is an awesome thread" and it is the only think you nominate, then that is cool too. Some of the old hands at this will know what to do, so hopefully will lead in showing some of the new folk. There are a couple of subtle changes, blog/website has been merged. We are looking for nominations for "new thread" of the year (so something started in 2011 please) otherwise over time it'll just be the same 3-4 threads getting nominated every time. Please note : RR Gathering isn't eligible for the Show Of the Year, because we're all a bit biased on here (even if it was definitely the best show of the year ). I'll initially run this for a week of nominations and see where we are at the end of the week. Don't forget this is all about recognising the great work people have done on their cars, the forum and around our little scene in general, nomination is almost as good as getting an award (but not quite ). PLEASE NOTE : I've added Community Contributor as well as Forum Contributor, please update your om-nom-nominations if you need to
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Last Edit: Nov 29, 2011 19:14:41 GMT by HoTWire
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The Doctor
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 3,441
Club RR Member Number: 48
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Nov 29, 2011 18:17:01 GMT
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Car Of The Year 2011 Nightmares Escort New Thread Of The Year 2011 MonzaPhil's roadtrip threadRR Build Of the Year 2011 Website/Blog Of The Year 2011 Most Anticipated car 2012 Best Photo 2011 RR Photographer of The Year 2011 Show Of The Year 2011 Forum Contributor Of the Year 2011 Best Magazine 2011 Readers Other Modification 2011 Stigians 6 wheel'd mowerwill come back and edit the rest, as i can't think of some nominees for most categories atm Really hard, as always!
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Nov 29, 2011 18:17:14 GMT
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Wow, is it that time of the year already? Just goes to show I have nothing to show from 2011. I promise I'll try harder in 2012 and, er, I'm sure I never said that last year as well I'd like to nominate the 'Retro Rides xxxxxxx Week' series of threads from way earlier in the year as thread of the year. I never got time to look through all of them as much as I wanted to, but there was some really good content and community going on there.
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Garry
East Midlands
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Nov 29, 2011 18:26:47 GMT
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Last Edit: Dec 14, 2011 15:01:50 GMT by Garry
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Nov 29, 2011 18:57:21 GMT
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Just a couple from me.. Car Of The Year 2011 Mysterymachine's Teenage DirtbagNew Thread Of The Year 2011 RR Build Of the Year 2011 Dez's how to build a budget hotrodWebsite/Blog Of The Year 2011 Most Anticipated car 2012 Best Photo 2011 RR Photographer of The Year 2011 Show Of The Year 2011 Forum Contributor of the Year 2011-DbizzleCommunity Contributor Of the Year 2011 Brian Damaged for his continued RR community organising. The beach party has gone from strength to strength and I'm convinced the BrummyDawnDrive is the start of something special for sure Best Magazine 2011 OctaneReaders Other Modification 2011 EDIT: Fixed my community and forum mixup. Damaged for community. Bizzle for forum
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Last Edit: Nov 29, 2011 21:18:07 GMT by ben711200
...proper medallion man chest wig motoring.
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Nov 29, 2011 19:24:33 GMT
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Car Of The Year 2011: The Count Panda/Dez Lada RivaNew Thread Of The Year 2011: RR Build Of the Year 2011: swiftmini's MicraWebsite/Blog Of The Year 2011 Most Anticipated car 2012: Project WTFBest Photo 2011: RR Photographer of The Year 2011: Show Of The Year 2011: Forum Contributor Of the Year 2011: dbizzle Community Contributor Of the Year 2011: Bruce Best Magazine 2011: Performance VW Readers Other Modification 2011:
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Last Edit: Nov 30, 2011 23:11:02 GMT by WillCarter
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Nov 29, 2011 19:47:08 GMT
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Suspect to future editing: Car Of The Year 2011 Mysterymachine's Teenage DirtbagNew Thread Of The Year 2011 RR Build Of the Year 2011 Dez's how to build a budget hotrodWebsite/Blog Of The Year 2011 Build ThreadsMost Anticipated car 2012 CD500Dom's Kadett Best Photo 2011 RR Photographer of The Year 2011 Show Of The Year 2011 Forum Contributor Of the Year 2011 Best Magazine 2011 Intersection Readers Other Modification 2011 *n
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Top grammar tips! Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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ThePollitt
Posted a lot
Fix up, look... at that car on eBay!
Posts: 4,696
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Nov 29, 2011 20:02:30 GMT
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Car Of The Year 2011 - Bryn's MGB-GT. Okay, so not the most outlandish build, but it certainly managed to float my boat. Mainly because I hate MGBs, but after that I looked at them in a new light.New Thread Of The Year 2011 RR Build Of the Year 2011 Website/Blog Of The Year 2011 Most Anticipated car 2012 Best Photo 2011 This! If that doesn't sum up what we're all about I don't know what does!RR Photographer of The Year 2011 - Ratters. I know we've got some great guys on here, but the style and tone of Lee's pics are always great. Plus, he improves with every shot he takes. It's just really good stuff to see.Show Of The Year 2011 - Can't vote, only went to the Gathering this year. Forum Contributor Of the Year 2011 Community Contributor Of the Year 2011 - DBizzle. I know to a great many of you he's the rarely seen man of London, but this year he's been a great help to me, and as we're both part of this community I guess I can vote for him! Plus, as we're both into our motors there has always been an underling automotive tone to boot! He lives and breathes this stuff and he's a damn nice bloke as well. Gets my vote all day long. Best Magazine 2011 - Retro Cars. I know I used to work for that company, but I had nothing to do with the mag. I still 'buy' it and I continue to love the style and features. Readers Other Modification 2011 I'll fill the rest in when I've had a proper think about it. Chris
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Last Edit: Dec 17, 2011 18:09:55 GMT by ThePollitt
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Nov 29, 2011 21:29:58 GMT
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Crikey, this gets harder every year. Car Of The Year 2011 - The Saxon Cortina.New Thread Of The Year 2011 Brian Damaged's The boys are back in town Beach Party thread.RR Build Of the Year 2011 - joe76's Aixam... another level of awesome. So much detail and thought put into something truly unique.Website/Blog Of The Year 2011 - The Pollitt's Not £2 Grand - the man knows funny; always a thoroughly entertaining read, and big things on the horizon for N2G in 2012 too.Most Anticipated car 2012 - (I don't spend enough time in Readers Rides, so I'll leave this to the others...) Best Photo 2011 - is this from 2011? Dunno, but it's the best pic I saw on RR in 2011 (from here) RR Photographer of The Year 2011 - g40jon - always enjoy his show reports, he's great at capturing detail and atmosphere.Show Of The Year 2011 - Goodwood Festival of Speed. Nothing compares.Forum Contributor Of the Year 2011 - markbognor, my arch-nemesis in picture hunting Community Contributor Of the Year 2011 - Mystery Machine. Area 52 FTW. (Even though I still haven't been, sorry Bruce!) Best Magazine 2011 - Retro Cars. It's an excellent snapshot of our scene, pure and simple.Readers Other Modification 2011 - diff's spectacular 'Cars'-themed nursery
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Last Edit: Dec 14, 2011 17:56:09 GMT by dbizzle
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Nov 29, 2011 21:33:00 GMT
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I'd like to nominate the 'Retro Rides xxxxxxx Week' series of threads from way earlier in the year as thread of the year. I never got time to look through all of them as much as I wanted to, but there was some really good content and community going on there. *dusts off trumpet*That'd be these: Supercar Week Rally Week Touring Car Week
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Brian Damaged
West Midlands
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 9,555
Club RR Member Number: 33
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Nov 29, 2011 21:36:07 GMT
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All nominations now filled in. I'd like to thank those people who've nominated me for an award this year. I couldn't care less about winning, just being nominated is more than enough recognition for me. Besides which....we're all members of Retro-Rides and that makes us ALL winners. Best wishes for a happy, healthy, safe and most importantly BETTER 2012 from me to everyone on here. Car Of The Year 2011 Seth's Hillman Minx Estate. A deserved trophy at RRG this year for a car that captures the very essence of what Retro-Rides is all about. New Thread Of The Year 2011 PandaSelecta's Under a Grand with MOT Ebay thread. The skinflint in me loves this. We used to have an Ebay thread pinned to the top of the General page, remember? retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=112163RR Build Of the Year 2011 Akku's Caddy. Not because it breaks any new ground. Just because it's the build thread I've enjoyed reading the most. retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=readersrides&action=display&thread=95542&page=1Website/Blog Of The Year 2011Dbizzle's 'sucksqueezebangblow' sucksqueezebangblow-juice.blogspot.com/Most Anticipated car 2012 kevbarlas' Thames camper. A quite INCREDIBLE amount of work going into this. retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=readersrides&action=display&thread=89224Best Photo 2011Lawsy, for THIS. If a picture captured the essence of this place for me this year, then it's this one. RR Photographer of The Year 2011 Lee 'Ratters' Ratcliffe. Absolute quality. www.flickr.com/photos/ratters445/with/6253079565/Show Of The Year 2011 I'm nominating RallyDay at Castle Combe because with the exception of RRG (which I can't nominate, even though it RULED) and the two Beach Parties and Dawn Drive (obviously I can't vote for those....), I'm ashamed to say I hardly bothered with anything else. Forum Contributor Of the Year 2011 DieselWeasel: For his quality entertaining theads and for sharing some cool cars. Community Contributor Of the Year 2011 Grunty, for being an all-round good egg, and a great guy. Especially this year, as he's been battling in the face of adversity and STILL come through smiling and ever-helpful. Best Magazine 2011 Octane. Top quality articles, stunning photography. Readers Other Modification 2011 Grizz's 'BBQ-Bun In The Oven Industries' backyard BBQ. Just AWESOME. retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=othrmod&action=display&thread=102679
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MiataMark
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 2,969
Club RR Member Number: 29
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Nov 29, 2011 22:12:31 GMT
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Still fairly new here but I'll put a few nominations in;
Car Of The Year 2011
New Thread Of The Year 2011 The discovery wheel collection, road trip thread (Monzaphil?)
RR Build Of the Year 2011
Website/Blog Of The Year 2011
Most Anticipated car 2012
Best Photo 2011
RR Photographer of The Year 2011 Mystery Machine
Show Of The Year 2011
Forum Contributor Of the Year 2011 Grizz
Community Contributor Of the Year 2011
Best Magazine 2011 PPC
Readers Other Modification 2011 Grizz, wood turning (it's made me want one!)
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1990 Mazda MX-52012 BMW 118i (170bhp) - white appliance 2011 Land Rover Freelander 2 TD4 2003 Land Rover Discovery II TD52007 Alfa Romeo 159 Sportwagon JTDm
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Nov 29, 2011 22:32:14 GMT
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Car Of The Year 2011 New Thread Of The Year 2011: The Devil's in the DetailRR Build Of the Year 2011: I'm nominating two. Because I'm a badass and I just don't care... Reg Cheeseman's Golf MkI diesel. It's a little unusual, it has some really interesting ideas and touches and the quality of work and finish looks great. AND
Diabolu's Mitsubishi Galant GTOI love the excitement, the learning curve and the attention to detail that are all evident in the thread. And it looks mint. Most Anticipated car 2012: VWDan's Jetta: This is a proper proper build, ongoing since 2005 but the end is in sight; the attention to detail and quality is great. And just look at those arches ;D Best Photo 2011:It just really grabbed me. I love the colours and the nearly abstract nature. And it's shiny lights and there are some cars in it so it's on-topic ;D RR Photographer of The Year 2011: Mk14dr. His Leeds cruise photos have just got better and better this year. Have a sample pic (from Cholmondeley Castle, not Leeds, but never mind...) Forum Contributor Of the Year 2011: Dbizzle. I'm pretty sure he's actually now read The Internet.[/s] It's nothing personal Bizzle, but as you've been nominated by a few people I would like to change my nomination to Scary Old Cortina, for his endlessly patient, in-depth and mostly non-snarky replies to people's tech and MOT queries. And he makes musical instruments and does things with computers that make my brain itch trying to understand them... Best Magazine 2011: Street Rodder. Readers Other Modification 2011: Seth's Diddy Engineering thread. Just... wow. A fascinating insight into a world I never even knew existed. (Yes I know the thread started in 2009 but the bulk is this year)
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Last Edit: Dec 16, 2011 23:22:19 GMT by Rich606
1989 Peugeot 205. You know, the one that was parked in a ditch on the campsite at RRG'17... the glass is always full. but the ratio of air to water may vary.
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abacus
Part of things
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Nov 29, 2011 23:57:05 GMT
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RR Build Of the Year 2011 Dez's how to build a budget hotrod
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jbeenz
Part of things
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Ok, i don't post much, but i do read!
Car Of The Year 2011 - Teenage dirtbag New Thread Of The Year 201 - Monzaphil's roadtrip RR Build Of the Year 2011 - Dez' budget hotrod Website/Blog Of The Year 2011 - Most Anticipated car 2012 - tattoosdtudio's BMW/escort Best Photo 2011 RR Photographer of The Year 2011 - Show Of The Year 2011 Forum Contributor Of the Year 2011 - Community Contributor Of the Year 2011 - MysteryMachine Best Magazine 2011 Readers Other Modification 2011
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Nov 30, 2011 11:49:27 GMT
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Right then, here we go. Car Of The Year 2011 - amilady's Lupo stands out as a surprising but memorable car for me this year. New Thread Of The Year 2011 - Car Nutter threadRR Build Of the Year 2011 - tough one this, there's a few I want to put up, but if I had to pick one it'd be Kevbarlas' Thames restorationWebsite/Blog Of The Year 2011 - N/A Most Anticipated car 2012 - In a sudden change of heart, I'm going for Mystery Machine's recent Lotus purchase. Best Photo 2011 - is it bad form to vote for one of my own? If so I'll look for something else to nominate. This is the picture that comes to mind when I think of this year's car related stuff. RR Photographer of The Year 2011 - DarrenW Show Of The Year 2011 - N/A Forum Contributor Of the Year 2011 - another for dbizzle, he's just been full of win with the stuff he's been finding. Community Contributor Of the Year 2011 - Mk2polobloke for being generous and an all round good egg to me, and I'm sure to some others here too. Best Magazine 2011 - N/A Readers Other Modification 2011 - That six-wheeled horseIt's tough picking just one for some of these things, so many people are worthy of a mention. The RR community as a whole is an excellent place with a lot of wheat and very little chaff.
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Last Edit: Dec 16, 2011 21:49:38 GMT by Deleted
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skinnylew
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 5,614
Club RR Member Number: 11
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Nov 30, 2011 14:26:10 GMT
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Ooo awards time already Car Of The Year 2011 - this:blew me away with it's sound and speed up the hill, phenomenalNew Thread Of The Year 2011 - I loved contributing to and reading the "xxxxx week" threads but this one blew me away even as a non J-Tin fan - Once in a lifetimeRR Build Of the Year 2011 - gotta be Joe76's Aixam Website/Blog Of The Year 2011 - Most Anticipated car 2012 - Franken Healeys Green goddess Best Photo 2011 - too hard to choose so I'll throw one in that makes me laugh everytime ;D RR Photographer of The Year 2011 - Leigh - his gathering photo set was pure awesome!! Show Of The Year 2011 - Didn't get to many but I've got to be bias and say the Ax Owners club 25th Anniversary trip to Paris and Citroen ConservatoireForum Contributor Of the Year 2011 - DBizzle - one man awesome posting machine!Community Contributor Of the Year 2011 - Area 52 collective, although it's still down to Bruce's vision and generosity Best Magazine 2011 - Retro CarsReaders Other Modification 2011 - Grizz - Woodturning lathe/new grizz pod/house and garden works and anything else he turned his hand to this year lolSee you at the awards
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BenKH
Part of things
Praise the lowered
Posts: 421
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Nov 30, 2011 16:51:45 GMT
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Car Of The Year 2011: Ditch's Corsa, for somehow pulling off an old American style on a mid-90s Corsa New Thread Of The Year 2011: "Once in a lifetime", the barn find thread with loads of sweet old school JDM cars. RR Build Of the Year 2011: Joe76's Aixam, for being completely out of the box, awesome, wild and having the best ending to a build ever. Website/Blog Of The Year 2011: Speedhunters, 2011 definitely seems to have been their year, and they're constantly publishing a wide variety of awesome features Most Anticipated car 2012: N/A, haven't spent enough time in Readers' Rides Best Photo 2011: N/A, can't pick one... RR Photographer of The Year 2011: Bruce/Mystery Machine Show Of The Year 2011: Beach Party 5! Forum Contributor Of the Year 2011: Dbizzle, for his awesome and consistent "[Pics]" threads Community Contributor Of the Year 2011: Brian Damaged, for organizing the events which bring us all together Best Magazine 2011: Retro Cars Readers Other Modification 2011: N/A
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EmDee
Club Retro Rides Member
Committer of Autrocities.
Posts: 5,932
Club RR Member Number: 108
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Nov 30, 2011 18:06:22 GMT
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My are: Car Of The Year 2011: between Dez's Lada or BiAS' Shuttle for me New Thread Of The Year 2011: Mozaphil's roadtrip RR Build Of the Year 2011: Joe76s Axiam Website/Blog Of The Year 2011: N2G Most Anticipated car 2012, 2013 and 2014: HairyMel's Sunbeam Best Photo 2011: errr dunno but i love that one of Dan and Robin up there (is that Dan?) RR Photographer of The Year 2011: TonyLanciaBeta Show Of The Year 2011: If I can't have RRG I'll take the Beach Party! Forum Contributor Of the Year 2011: Dbizzle innit Community Contributor Of the Year 2011: Mystery Machine Best Magazine 2011: Octane Readers Other Modification 2011: TLDR
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Last Edit: Dec 2, 2011 17:03:20 GMT by EmDee
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Nov 30, 2011 19:36:11 GMT
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