Community
3 November, 2023
Car show on Sunday, Nov. 12
A FREE car meet organised by the All-American Car Club is on Sunday, November 12 at the northern car park of DFO Cairns from 9am-1pm.
The date of this Sunday (November 5) in the Cairns Local News print version of Friday, November 3, is incorrect and we apologise for the error.
Event organiser Rob Healey said the meets always revealed something new. “We never know what’s going to turn up,” he said.
“There’s so many cars in this town being restored at the moment.
“The All-American Car Club is running the event, but you’ll see lots of cars from other clubs as well.
“The day that we hold the event could be the day that somebody brings along a rare car they’ve just finished restoring. A couple of times in the meetings, we’ve had people turn up with cars we’ve never seen before.”
Mr Healey said there were benefits of hosting the meet at the DFO carpark, and how it benefited the car meet as well as local businesses and DFO.
“DFO gives us free access to their top-level carpark, while in return we provide great support for the shopping centre,” he said.
“On the days that we hold the car meet, the shopping centre might see around four or five hundred extra people.”
“Some of the shops will do better than they have in months.”
“It supports the local businesses in DFO while they support us. It’s a win-win situation.”
Along with this, Mr Healey said there was a variety of different cars that were usually seen in the meets, and how there was always something new to see.
“We get a big variety of cars,” he said. “On a good day with good weather, we’ll usually see up to 400 cars.”
“We get a lot of Japanese cars, American muscle cars, hot rods, pretty much you name it.
“We’ve also got a lot of interest from the younger generation with their cars.
“A lot of young people have a car that they don’t think is show-worthy, so we see young people with old Datsuns as well as all sorts of cars. It really is just a great day for everyone.”
The All-American Car Club is a not-for-profit community organisation with almost 80 volunteers who all share an interest in all-American cars and have been volunteering in community events such as swap meets and the Cairns Show since 1997.
