Queensland Hot Rod Show 2019 – gallery

The 2019 Queensland Hot Rod Show returned to its long-time home of the RNA Showgrounds

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Photographers: Steve Kelly

THE Queensland Hot Rod Show is one of the longest-running indoor shows in the country, and notched up its 48th event in early July. The event went into hiatus last year – after shows at the Brisbane Convention Centre in 2015-2017 – but was back this year at its traditional home of the RNA Showgrounds.

MINTVL Valiant coupeThe event saw some killer cars debut, including Jason Behan’s MINTVAL VG Valiant coupe, which we featured in bare metal back in the June 2016 issue of SM. Ben Jack’s crazy Viper V10-powered ’68 Dodge Coronet also made its first show appearance and jagged the prized People’s Choice Award. Both Mopars scored invites to the Meguiar’s Superstars competition at MotorEx 2020, along with Russell Weaver’s killer ’69 Camaro and Michael Groves’s ’55 Chev.

The top prize at the Queensland Hot Rod Show is the Milty Award, which is given to the most outstanding vehicle of the show, named in honour of the late Milton Adey, who was a drag racer, senior ANDRA official, legendary commentator and mainstay of the hot car scene in Queensland. This year’s winner was Gary Coates’s ’34 tudor, which also scooped up a ton of other trophies, including Best Custom Paint, Best Interior, Best Engine Compartment, Best Undercarriage and Best Displayed Vehicle.

Holden HK MonaroTop Street Machine went to Niko Prommnitz’s HK Monaro. Another super-sanitary build by Pat’s Pro Restos, the HK also landed Best Standard Paint, Top Two-Door (’49-70) and a spot in the Top 10

1934 TudorGary Coates’s ’34 tudor was up against some stiff competition in the Street Rod class – including Dean Wilson’s MYDADS Plymouth and Rick Werner’s Summernats Grant Champ ’32, but he took out just about everything there was to win, including the Milty Award

Dodge CoronetBen Jack’s 1968 Dodge Coronet is a full pro touring-style build, complete with twin-turbo, 510-cube Dodge Viper V10, T56 Magnum ’box and a completely revised suspension set-up

Mk 10 JaguarDave Williams’s WILDCAT1962 Mk10 Jaguar is a stand-out custom, proving you don’t need to start with an American car to build a bitching lead sled

1939 Chev pick-upChris Williams’s Mr Meaner III is a ’39 Chev pick-up, built gasser-style. Power is provided with by an old-school small-block, topped with fuellie heads and a cross-ram intake, backed by a four-speed Muncie rock crusher

Ford XR FalconThe famous Bad Apple XR Falcon has a new owner – Andrew Wagstaff – and was looking killer on its new Weld rims

TOP TEN

Todd Sorensen1967 Chevrolet coupe
Michael Connors1934 Ford coupe
Kevin Couper1970 Valiant coupe
Rick Werner1932 Ford pick-up
Peter Hinz1951 Chevrolet 3100 pick-up
Lloyd & Brenda Johnston1928 Ford tudor
Niko Prommnitz1968 Holden HK Monaro
Gary Coates1934 Ford C400
Nathan Walters1976 Holden Torana
Dean Wilson1937 Plymouth coupe

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