One of the new cars in the rookie corral, this
tourer is populated with some happy campers from Rods Inc, in
Brisbane.
There isn't much unusual about this picture - but
the one that shows the Ford small block in this Confederate
Chevy coupe is noteworthy.
Here is another body style that is unique to
Australia - the heavily chopped coupe utility, or 'ute'; in this
case a Chevy.
Russell Streeter's '32 Tudor sure is a streeter;
we see it many of the runs up & down the Eastern seaboard.
Bill "Cusso" Noach brought along his latest
addition to his Ford fleet, a Y block powered '31 a coupe, on deuce
rails.
Karen and her cousin are clearly not concerned
with the effect of the 'wind in the hair' ride - its all part of the
fun of open car touring.
The '38 Chevy coupe of Allan & Kerry Scott
appeared to be everywhere, and it is a shame that there aren't more
like it.
The red paint on Ian Hickey's '35 5-window really
is a stand-out colour, but there is a great deal of interesting
stuff in this street rod.
How could you make a '35 pickup stand out from
the crowd? By restoring the body and adding silver paint.
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The all Australian 'sloper' body style is quite
removed from the 2 door sedans and coupes that came out of Detroit,
but Detroit adopted the style in some models in later years.
This was the only time we saw Sandy Horne's new
roadster standing still.
One of the original Drag-ens members, Terry
O'Neill left the hobby in the same way many of us did, then he came
back, with this sparkling '32 3- window Deluxe coupe.
The bright colour of this '37\'39 coupe makes it
extremely difficult to photograph, but Kyren O'Loan got this snap.
Bill Noach's delightful '31 coupe uses a great
selection of rare and desirable parts to great effect.
Michael Noble brought his sparkling T coupe up
from nearby Port Macquarie for the run.
Sandy Horne drove to & from Bacchus Marsh in her
brand new roadster, won a Top Ten award, then threw up 40' rooster
tails in the rain on the way home.
Gary Hudson beats a path from Nambucca Heads to
Valla park in his Australian conceived and built '36 ute
...or you could chop the top, and add a period
correct sun visor to add to the effect.
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Another of the well presented mid-30's cars that
frequent Valla - Jenny Petrie's '35 5 window
has it all.
Russell Wright built this pristine '32 sedan in
the early '90s. The current owner obviously cares for it a great
deal, and looks after it.
Steve Davies of Newcastle owns this trendy
full-fendered deuce roadster, with chequered flag scallops and
steelies.
Jared Davies, the son of Steve in the yellow
deuce above, appeared to be very happy tooling down the Pacific
Highway in his blue '34.
Dick Tracey - at highway speed. The BBC ticks
over like a watch, and the soft purr tells us that the car can go
quickly.
Part of the entourage, heading down the Pacific
Highway towards Valla Park.
Clinton Horne (Sandy's brother-in-law?), also from the Marsh Rodders, built
this chopped ute over 8 years.
Another of the projects from the shop of Ian
Cameron - this rookie T-bucket exuded quality workmanship.
Traditional rods only need traditional styling,
even if the base vehicle is non-traditional; as is the case with
this Chevy roadster pickup, replete with traditional black paint &
red steelies.
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