1976-2004 The Castlemaine Rod Shop was created in 1976 by Carol and Rod Hadfield which began in William Street in Castlemaine, where it operated for many years.
In the 1980s it was relocated to a 20 acre site on the Pyrenees Highway, just out of Chewton and 8km from Castlemaine.
Rod and Carol successfully ran the operation up until 2004 when they made the decision to sell the business.
2004-2009 Business owned by Hugh Taylor of NSW.
August 2009 to present Douglas Cormick purchased the business from Hugh Taylor in August 2009 operating as CRS Conversions Pty Ltd and has brought about a breath of fresh air to the business. He has worked for several vehicle restoration firms in the past and has a passion for restoring older vehicles with an impressive photo resume of vehicles that he has restored on both a professional and personal level.
His true passion is for Oldsmobile's (we won't hold that against him) but his interests are wide, having Aussie icons like XY Falcons amongst many others.
He also makes 1934 Ford Coupe fiberglass bodies in his “spare time” with attention to detail being paramount.
Despite the rumors, we are business as usual with all of the existing staff continuing on working with Doug towards soaring to new heights and building the business to a whole new level.
The Future PRODUCTS - We are working on further improving existing products as well as introducing some new ones due to popular demand. We are staying in tune with changing legalities and engineer requirements to ensure that our products meet the demands and needs of both customers and authorities. We are also refining internal processes to improve delivery time and to maximize stock holding on our most popular products.
WEBSITE - Our website is going to see some big changes soon with all Holden models having pictures of the most popular products along with more detailed information on other conversions that we offer. Due to the huge and diverse range of products we offer this has been a time consuming process but we are endeavoring to continuously improve the site to provide as much information as possible.
CRS Conversions photo competition
Do you have a picture you have taken of your car with CRS products fitted or a car you are extremely proud of?
As part of developing our website we are seeking pictures of a wide range of vehicles for use on our website and any pictures of CRS components fitted to vehicles.
Any photo selected by our panel of judges for use on our website will reward the person who submitted the photo with a 10% discount voucher valid for 12 months.
The models that we require pics for are:
HOLDEN FX FJ FE FB FC EK EH EJ HD HR HK HT HG HQ HJ HX HZ WB HOLDEN COMMODORE VB VC VK VK VN VP VR VS HOLDEN LC LJ LX LH UC HOLDEN GEMINI TX TC TD TE TF TG HOLDEN RODEO AND JACKAROO pre 2002
FORD XK XL XM XP XR XT XW XY XA XB XC XD XE XF FORD CORTINA TC TD TE TF FORD CAPRI, MUSTANG and TRANSIT VANS
CHEV 1955 1956 1957
TOYOTA HILUX, 4 RUNNER, LANDCRUISER, DYNA and COASTER
NISSAN MQ PATROL - GQ PATROL
DATSUN 1600 + 240-260Z
MAZDA RX4 - 929
The fine print - Please read before submitting any photographs.
The larger the image the better so that we can resize the image for web use and maintain quality. By entering a photograph you are acknowledging that the photograph was taken by yourself, and is not from copyrighted sources. You also hand over rights to use the photograph in any future publicity by CRS Conversions, such as use on the CRS Conversions website and The Castlemaine Rod Shop website.
All images submitted remain the property of CRS Conversions Pty Ltd who claims no rights other than the ability to display the images throughout the CRS Conversions and The Castlemaine Rod Shop web site.
No fee is offered for publication; however the photographer/person submitting will be sent a 10% discount voucher for each winning image. Vouchers will be valid for a period of 12 months and must be verified by CRS Conversions for authenticity.
Doug and the Team at CRS Conversions would like to thank our trade and retail customers as well as our many suppliers for their ongoing support in the past and look forward to dealing with you all in the future.
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