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  Issue 7 - Garterbelts & Gasoline 2010

  The Garter Belts & Gasoline Nostalgia Festival is a celebration of cars, music, fashion, art and culture inspired by the nineteen forties and fifties and held each Labour Day weekend on the beautiful Tamborine Mountain in the Gold Coast hinterland. This year the event was held over four days with non-stop music, displays and even a downhill soapbox derby. Sunday was the best day to be there though for the massive car show on the showground. Turning up first thing in the morning and seeing hundreds of people and cars there already I knew it was going to be a good day. Including a heap of old school bobbers and choppers, there were plenty of motorbikes on display, all shining and polished. The cool dragster and cruiser bicycles in brand new and rat styled themes added a neat touch to the day; a wheelie bin and wheelbarrow made into two cool bikes was something different and very creative. Moving into the centre of the showground there were hundreds of the finest hot rods, cruisers, classics and retro cars ever built. Amongst all of the single entrants there was also many car clubs with a great number of their members; definitely no shortage of cool clubs and supporters in this era of lifestyle and cars. Rat rod styling is definitely becoming more and more popular now with over fifteen cars there that all fell into this category, everything from a matt black XP Falcon wagon with red scallops to a cool 38 Ford pickup, it was open slather for any make or model in this theme. The amount of cars that had the most amazing detail in paint, interior and engine work was outstanding. Candy paint that looked so deep you could put your hand through it. The work that had gone into some of the interiors on show would make you scared to even sit in them! Looking into the engine bays of the beautiful V6s and V8s with chrome so perfect and polished you would have seen your own reflection. All this making these cars some of the highest quality built cars in the country. by Adam Bilsborough.

   
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  Issue 6 - Rick Farnell HK Holden Drag ute

  Rick Farnell HK Holden Drag ute - Sometimes it takes vision to see the potential of a car. In the case of the ’68 HK Holden ute you see here, it’s doubtful that even the owner, Rick Farnell, would have completely envisioned the eventual product. In fact, when Rick first bought the car, powered by a 186 red motor, for just $700 in 1999, his plan was to build a tough streeter for the dual purpose of cruising and drag racing.

   
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  Issue 8 - Sean Wielding's LX Torana

  People might think we car enthusiasts are nuts and truth be told, some of us are. Sean Wilding is one of the some. This LX Torana has been through countless hours of rebuilding ... TWICE. All the hassle with dodgy contractors and last minute jobs pays off though when you have a car as nice as this. The first rebuild began when he picked up a mate to go for a drive. Hitting a gutter at sixty kmph and bending the sub-frame is a perfect excuse for a rebuild. Sean stripped it and found lots of problems inherited from the previous owner and after many hours or work, a few tantrums and the thought of selling, the car ended up in the shop where Sean worked. He did massive amounts of work to the car here fixing just about every part on the car. He even painted it himself in custom blue. Fast forward a few years to when it was almost complete, Sean found some repairs showing in the paint so took it back to a bare shell again.

   
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  Issue 10 - Luke Curd VR Holden Wagon

  We all know show cars are a lot of work. Luke Curd can confirm this fact as he’s owned a couple in his time, including this fine piece of artwork you see here. His first show car was a completed project of the same model that he had bought from a friend. It was nice and all but Luke wanted a show car that was packed full of his own influences. It had to be another wagon because Luke liked the size of the automotive canvas and to him; nothing looks tougher than a modified wagon. He browsed the internet for a few weeks before finding this one which had a good body and was running right. Happy as can be, Luke traded his dollars and began planning.

   

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