GUYS AND GIRLS ARE WELCOME IN THEIR $500 DUNGERS RIGHT THROUGH TO THE CARS WITH $100,000 PAINT

1: Leeann Moore from Glengarry has spent the past 13 years restoring this superb HJ ute. The powerplant is a tasty blown 350, and the WB front end works a treat. “I can never imagine selling it,” Leann declared. “It’s like one of my children”

2: This sweet-looking 1969 Mk1 Mustang fastback belongs to Adam Smith. It runs a 351 4V Windsor, backed by an EA Falcon five-speed and 2.75:1 9in

3: Benny Burk made the trip up from Tassie with his Barra-powered VK Berlina, TREASON. A previous Tassie Nats champion, Benny told us there is a 4/71 blower waiting in the wings for the Barra. He took out the Four- and Six-cylinder class at Motorfest

Steve Edsall topped the V8 Blown class and finished second overall in his blown Windsorengined XC ute. “The adrenaline gland is wide open from the moment I hit the loud pedal,” he said. “Once out of the car, I enjoy seeing everyone as pumped as I am”

2 3 With most old chrome-bumper vehicles too valuable to consider for bone-rattling burnout duties, competitors like Geelong’s David Alford are turning their attention to ‘something different’. Sporting a methanol-drinking LS1 and 6/71 blower with straight pipes, his 1954 Hillman Minx was the loudest car of the day 4