
An event that perfectly captures cool car culture has transformed heaps in four decades – as has the sport of hot rodding – but its popularity remains solid.
Next Saturday’s (August 6) gathering at Manfeild stadium is the 40th swapmeet and hot rod display run by the Palmerston North Hot Rod Club and is a world away from the first.
“There were just six sellers in The Square in Palmerston North that first year,” recounted club president Tony Denzel.
And last year’s not only was the stadium packed out, but so too the extensive carparks, while the crowd was simply too big to count.
The 2011 meet, sponsored by Chuck Restoration Supplies of Auckland, will be equally mega, attracting thousands of enthusiasts flocking from throughout the country.
A hundred display cars with 40-plus trade stalls are indoors. Outside in the carpark area a whole lot more sales tables with new and secondhand automotive parts, plus more hot rods on show in the arena area.
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