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Yamba, '07. The weather was great, the sand flies were less noticeable because the recent rain produced hordes of mosquitoes and flies, which diverted ones attention. There were dolphins frolicking in the surf and the fish were biting, and the local traders again catered well,  feeding and providing for the huge crowds. Roll on next year, this is a great run.
 

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Brett Bowley owns this '27 Chev tourer, quite a popular model for modern rodders due to their wide popularity in 1927.

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Chad & Nicole Lackey are from the Gold Coast Rodders, and their new '34 Tudor again wowed everyone who saw it.

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Another Gold Coast car, Ian Mills' super glossy black '28 tourer uses chromed wires to great advantage.

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Bob Vassalo's Aussie bodied '34 5-window coupes hails from Valla Beach - a handy spot for at least one run a year.

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A popular choice for a low buck rod - the '28 RP on deuce rails can be built for a song.

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Mick Dillon from the Cheetahs in Brisbane, is a legend, having built more rods than some people have ridden in. His '32 roadster is also unique, with the removable steel roof.

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Doug Clark comes from Pimlico, near Ballina, and is working on a '32 3-window to keep this '28 RP company.

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Mick Kelly's '37 pickup, Dave Winter's deuce hiboy, Dave Warren's deuce 3-window - all from the Top Ten lineup.

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A low slung all steel '27 roadster is a great base for a street rod, as John McEwan's Cambooya based Model T demonstrates.

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Nick Kelvin bought this '30 closed cab pickup some time back - it uses a Mitsubishi  L300 chassis.

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Warren Wilkie & his young son cruise by in one of Warren's favourite rods; his 'steel '32 5-window.

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Another Aussie bodied '34 coupe. Geelong used styling that borrows some elements from Mopar, unlike Dearborn.

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Pete Townsend is still trying to sell this ex-Tasmanian '32 tourer - there are getting rarer.

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This shot might help a little to illustrate the differences between the US body, which this is, and the Aussie bodied '34s on this page.

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Australian Fords & Chevs were available with 'sloper' bodies, but did you know Plymouth 'slopers' were also available?

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John Cook's '56 Continental uses subtle customising to make a point. There were 400 air conditioned Continentals made in '56, and John's is one of them.

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Lou Falzon and family (there are Falzons of them) tool along in the family '32 hiboy roadster.

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Nick Kelvin also owns this ''glass '32 tourer, formerly the property of Brian Boyd, amongst others.

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Rod Cahill & son not so young son, Darren, out for a drive in Dad's '32 Chevy roadster, which is powered by an unlikely flattie.

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Stephen Kent's orange '28 Tudor was a rooky car at Yamba, and to cap that off, he took out a paint award.

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Graham Latham, of Glen Innes, bought this ex-Townsend '28 Tudor, then had it painted in glossy paint, added lots of bling, and the result is a great little sedan.

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John Mollenhausen had Darryl Kuhnemann install LS2 power in his '36 Oldsmobile. The new car features all mod cons.

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Ross Fullalove's '54 F1 is low in the extreme - when it is parked.

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John Thorley & son, followed by Shane & Brad Dillon, as they lap the park in late afternoon cruising time.

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