March 19 2024
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Sunshine on chrome in Dargaville u by Andy Bryenton
The Dargaville Rod and Custom Club’s inaugural event at the Northland Field Days site attracted acres of classic cars and motorcycles last weekend for a whole day of west coast hospitality and fun.
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From the extremely vintage to the freshly built, the field at Hot Rods and Harleys 2024 was packed with examples of automotive art. Immaculately restored classics from up to a century ago shared paddock space with modern muscle cars, customised street machines and drag-strip dominating monster cars. They had come from all over the north to attend. Hot barbecue, live rock and roll music, face painting for the children and a huge swap meet of classic car parts and accessories added to the fun of browsing through the ranks of cars and talking to proud owners about their projects, their passions and their reminiscences. Hundreds of patrons turned out to attend this inaugural event, an expansion of the Hot Rods and Harleys gatherings, which have, until this year, been hosted at the premises of Greg Smith Engineering. Mr Smith and his colleagues provided the centrepiece to this year’s new and bigger venue, with a freshly constructed Ford jailbar ute, converted into a supremely powerful hot rod with hydraulic suspension, a thunderous V8 motor and a boost of nitrous oxide. ¢
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p The automobile as art: hot rod and custom car builders transform practical vehicles into unique statements, combining engineering and creativity
p The crowds came out in their hundreds to appreciate this newest event on Northland’s car culture calendar, enjoying some early autumn sunshine
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