Sunny California welcomed the 57th running of the L.A Roadster show and Swapmeet to Fairplex, Pomona once again. This two day annual event takes place on America’s Father’s Day weekend befitting to all dads who embrace the hot rod, street rod and custom car scene.
Based around early model, American built roadsters, this long running event boasts the largest gathering of pre-1936 roadsters in the world! The club run show has seen numerous venue changes throughout its prestigious life but has comfortably settled into the Pomono based complex since 1980 and holds high acclaim amongst rodders the world over.
One of the most rewarding aspects of our favourite hobby of hot rodding is the ability to exercise our wealth of time induced knowledge and artistic ability and the older we get, the more creative our mechanical entertainment becomes.
The borough of Queenscliff once again came alive with the roar of hot rods and customs as they converged on the quiet seaside town for the annual Geelong Street Rodders Queenscliff Rod Run. Over 450 entrants participated in this well-established event seeing them entertained throughout the three days from winery tours, theme park activities as well as cruising the historic town and the massive show n shine on Sunday. 
Pick-ups are all the rage among hot rodders these days and the older they look, the cooler they are. The pick-up truck was never designed to be pretty as they are predominately workhorses and need to be tough to handle the daily grind of knocks and scrapes. Having said that, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and when modified, make great rods giving the builder many options as to how they want the finished vehicle to look. 
It’s a cool look seeing a rod or classic cruising down the highway and it’s even cooler when the fairer sex of our species is behind the wheel, wind in the hair and a pair of cool shades on! To add to the coolness, Tara has just turned 18 and, while most of her friends are hunting down the plastic fantastic for their choice of ride, it’s refreshing to see some Gen Yers still have an appreciation for the old school rides. Tara is the owner of this super cool 54 Chevy pickup built and customized by her Dad, Lindsay Trevaskis and, as she is studying journalism, I thought who better to tell the story of this ex workhorse come hot rod but the proud owner herself. Take it away Tara. 
Last weekend saw the annual Camperdown Cruise fire up once again bringing rockabilly fans from all over the country for the four day festival held at Camperdown in south west Victoria. This historic town opens its doors every year as rockabilly bands from around the world converge on the little town ready to bring a taste of the fifties back to its tree laden streets. 
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