Car lovers came together at Mount Maunganui's Coronation Park at the weekend to look at vehicles old and new, classic and custom, at this year's Wheels on Mainstreet event. Photo/Andrew Warner
Car lovers came together at Mount Maunganui's Coronation Park at the weekend to look at vehicles old and new, classic and custom, at this year's Wheels on Mainstreet event. Photo/Andrew Warner
When it comes to events of the year, they don't get much better than Wheels of Mainstreet for organiser Straw Lye.
The president of the End of the Road Rods and Classics Mount Maunganui club said Saturday's street vehicle showcase has been one of the best in five years theevent had been running.
The car-lovers event was held at Coronation Park at Mount Maunganui.
''We had probably 2000 spectators through,'' he said.
''It was good. We had about 216 vehicles. We've had up to 300 in the past but that was better than we expected,'' Mr Lye said.
Cars consisted of American classics, through to trucks, bikes, custom cars and even a T-Bucket or two.
The variety is reflected in the five competition categories with entrants up to win top motorcycle, top car, top truck, people's choice and top Japanese car.
Vehicles were judged by Rob Brewer, a fellow End of Road member from Australia.
