Sunday, February 14 2010 - We are back.

A very busy last couple of months has kept me away from as many car shows as I would have liked, however I did get to Summernats. You can check out our gallery with as many VN / VPs captured as I could. Of particular interest was MPRSSV which made the elite hall and showed off a package that while not to everyone's taste, was of a very high quality. Check out the pics and take a look at the clever placement of the fuel filler among other things.

Later this month the Corowa Autofest kicks off and I'm looking forward to taking a look and seeing how it compares to the Murray Bridge effort. I can't wait to see what regional NSW delivers!

With not a lot on TV and still a little while to go until the V8s kick off again, I have taken a look how the site is run and made a couple of tweaks that should kick things along nicely. The plan is to get your submissions up at the site a lot quicker rather than rotting away in my inbox.

Speaking of submissions, we now feature the details of the New Zealand specific VP GTS on our VP model range pages. We're always on the lookout for these kind of funnies so if you've got any details on a limited or short run VN / VP I'd love to hear from you.

It's been a long time coming, but we are now pleased to feature FANTA, the old TNGO5L which some of you may remember from Street Commodores many moons ago or from Nathan's thread on our forum. If you aren't familiar with it, ht the link at the top of the page to go right there and take a look.

Look out next month for a new gallery from the Corowa Autofest! Until then,

Mick

Monday, December 14 2009 - It's hard to believe that the last site update was all the way back in August.

I'm sure some of you would be thinking that maybe I had gotten tired of the site but I can assure you that's not the case! While it would no doubt be more interesting to blame the GFC, climate change or the Taliban the truth is that work has made it impossible to get on with what needs doing around the site. Thankfully that is all behind us and I can turn my attention back to SquaredArches!

As is slowly becoming tradition I would like to take this opportunity to look back on the last twelve months. There was no massive site redesign this year which I think speaks volumes of the layout and graphic package put together by Luke and Jamie. At this stage I think we will be staying with it throughout next year as well but continuing to refine it. My next big project is to run the whole thing through spell check and taking a bit more time to make sure the content is as solid as the look. We're going to try and be a little more professional.

The forum is still running on phpBB software which will- as always- come under review next year. Overall, I am still relatively happy with it and the modifications we have made to it but with over 350 members I'm starting to think an upgrade may be justified.

But most importantly, it's all about the cars. As most of you would know TOTAL took out our Car of The Year competition and looking at the quality of cars finding their way onto the forum, next years field promises to be higher quality again. After missing out last year, I will be heading to Summernats so once again we will have a gallery of the best VN / VPs to show up at the event. Obviously I'm very excited about getting back to the event and can't wait to add something new to the gallery.

2010 will also see a return of the regular feature cars beginning with the orange, Aero kitted and stroked FANTA. I've also been doing a whole lot of reading concerning technical articles and have a few projects in the pipeline starting from the most basic.

After a very disjointed 2009 where work often got in the way of my work on the site I am looking forward to a huge 2010 and really getting the very most from the website to bring you one of the best VN / VP resources on the net. As always I will be calling on you all to help me out with such a mammoth task.

Thank all of you for your support throughout 2009- and your patience with us during testing times. I wish you all a very merry and safe Christmas and New Year. Drive safe and keep out of trouble.

Mick

Thursday, August 20 2009 - Forum regulars would have already noticed we have two new site updates this month.

Firstly, I have finally compiled the how to for polished your VN's window trims. Thankfully, the dull factory grey can be stripped and replaced with a nice- as Nath would probably say- bling bling shiny finish. By reading our how to you'll see just how easily it can be done.

We also take a look at a heavily customised VN Belina dubbed BumbleBee which features a host of subtle body mods that I am a big fan of. I know some people will argue that the bright yellow paint, black stripes and kit are no where near subtle- and that would be right- but its the small shaved and smoothed mods that make all the difference and make it a truly unique car. Check it out- personally I'm expecting it to figure into next year's Car Of The Year.

Being almost into September means the weather is really starting to turn and the show season can't be far away. Unfortunately for me I will be away on work for the vast majority of the remainder of the year so I'll leave it up to you guys to get out and post your photos up.

Mick

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