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Brisbane Hot Rod & Street Machine Show, '09. The Brisbane show has been running for more than 40 years, longer than some of the exhibitors have been on the planet. Spread out over many of the buildings that are part of the Royal National Association's inner city complex, there was a huge range of vehicles, though the numbers of hot rods continues to be less than expected. However, those that were there were of a high standard - some are displayed below.
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Stephen & Kathy Rich's '33 Tudor has a Deuce Customs body, 350 c.i. SBC, and an elderly Hilborn mechanically injected manifold that was converted to EFI by Stephen.

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Pater Jenkins has been working away quietly for years, and his 350 powered, ET wheels equipped, '28 roadster pickup is almost ready for the road. Note the 'correct' commercial running boards.

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Warren Baker's very classy '34 3-window uses a red hot LS1 alloy motor and trans, with injector stacks poking up into the breeze. The owner also did the panel & paint work.

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Greg Thomsen's original bodied, EFI 350 powered '32 Tudor is almost ready for the road, after heaps of work by all involved. Look for a feature on Greg & Anita's Tudor in the near future.

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Ray Clayton's 23 T-bucket is seen all over the place, at regional runs. The small block Ford assist with the reliability of the bucket, on such runs.

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Darryl Kuhnemann, a well respected hot rod builder for decades, owns a couple of original Ford bodies '32s. This flathead powered gem is one of them, and is driven to even the longest of runs.

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Wayne McGregor's '39 Chevy coupe has been built in the Gasser style that so well suits this body style.

 

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This '34 Ford roadster features an immaculate chassis, as the mirrors on the floor help us to see, and a perfectly presented body. The choice of colour is hard to fault - Hot Rod Red.

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Evan Isaacs, one of the foundation members of the Cheetahs Hot Rod Club imported this 400 SBC powered chopped '28 coupe from the US last year.

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The Cheetahs Hot Rod club had a great display of 8 Model A's of all persuasions - coupes, roadsters, sedans & pickups; just the type of display that every good hot rod show should have.

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Both the body and the chassis were produced by C & W Components. The blown 350 Chevy was the work of others - and it all makes one delicious deuce Deluxe coupe.

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Mick Elcoate and Lloyd Ross have similarly styled T-buckets, sharing such features as the early style brass radiators, headlamps and cowl lamps, as well as gold plated components. Lloyd's bucket runs a big block - Mick's is a mouse motor.

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Matt McKlaren owns this tidy Model T coupe, which is powered by the venerable 289 Windsor. Model T bodies are still amongst the more economical steel bodies.

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Mal Clonan owns this Deuce Customs bodied '34 Tudor, which is powered by an alloy LS1 and Tremec 6 speed manual box.

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In 1937, Chevrolet Australia offered this classy 3-window styled Utility, or pickup, as it is known elsewhere. This example uses a blown 350 SBC with all the good bits.

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Pete's Hot Rod Shop had a range of their goodies on display - take a look at the provocative I-beam styled engine cross member in this deuce frame. The kid's ice cream looks yummy too.

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Dave Hemsworth has once again picked a body style that is rarely used, and created a stunning hot rod. The hiboy '32 roadster pickup uses a blown 350 Chevy, Turbo Hydro 350 trans, and all the best bits.

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The contrast between the pale yellow, and the stark background makes this nicely styled '32 3-window hiboy stand out.

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Peter Saunders, from Fine Iron Rod & Custom Club, has used a very classy track nose to the front of his '28 A hiboy. The external headers and Amos fuel injection also make this pert little roadster unique.

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Tony Webb's silver deuce hiboy also uses a blown Chevy for motor-vation, and a Turbo 400 transmission to house the gears.

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