MY VOTE

1. Dicken's Charger

I ‘restored’ (more like bodged-up!) my first car, a Valiant-badged 1974 Mitsubishi Lancer, in my parents’ backyard while at high school so I applaud anyone who has the guts to take on a rebuild or a resto with few skills and a tight budget. Of these all-awesome restos, Jacqui Dicken’s Valiant pushes the buttons. Women are underrepresented in the car scene so what Jacqui has achieved with her Charger, acquiring the skills along the way and then doing the work in the back shed – at the mercy of Victorian weather – is awesome.

2. Bogaart's Fiat A stout thumbs-up to Ross Bogaart for his 1960 Fiat. Rightio, so it’s not restored to stock specs, but what he has done with this car – screaming Suzuki powerplant and upgraded brakes – is enchanting!