April 9, 2018
Organisers of the third annual Power Up Car Show & Shine And Swap Meet are “rapt” with the results – with 50 cars and 17 motorbikes taking part in the display.
The event is a fundraiser for the Nanango Sporting Association, which oversees the sporting grounds in Burnett Street, and was held on Sunday.
Secretary Val Tebble said she was “rapt with the weather, rapt with the number of swap stalls and rapt with people’s enthusiasm”.
Stallholders and entrants started turning up at the grounds early on Sunday morning.
“It was still dark when they started arriving,” Val said.
She said a highlight for many visitors on the day was a 1966 red Ford Thunderbird which arrived in Australia from the United States in 2009 but has only been on Australian roads twice since then (including Sunday).
The T-Bird has been “mechanically revitalised” but is in otherwise original condition.
“I feel we are getting a bigger following with more people turning up every year, especially people who have not been here before,” Val said.
“And it’s not the same cars each year, which is great for the visitors.”
Prizes were distributed in a number of categories:
- Best Car – 1975 Torana SLR5000 (red) – Mick Baker
- Best Ute – 1975 Holden HJ 1 tonne (black) – Robert Strachan
- Best Paint – 1969 Holden Monaro – Steven Wyvill
- Best Interior – 1932 Ford Tudor – Mark Muller
- Best Engine Bay – 1971 HQ Holden Monaro – Fiona Butler
- Best Vintage – 1949 Ford Custom – Barry Fleming
- Best Classic Bike – 1972 Norton – Joe Thorp
- Best Modern Bike – 2009 Ural sidecar – Russ Byron
- Best Bike Mural – 2008 Harley-Davidson – Andrew Crowhurst
