Motorheads had plenty to keep them happy last weekend when a wide range of interesting vehicles pulled into Coonamble Golf Club for the town's annual car show.

Sixty-six exhibits - from bikes, cars and trucks, to a tractor and even a beach buggy - were on show on 7 September.

Some looked in critical need of some love, others had been on the road almost 70 years but were in showroom condition.

Around 400 votes cast by spectators and entrants on the day decided the winners from 14 categories, including Grand Champion and best American, European and Japanese vehicles, with Coonamble Auto Club member Margaret Lane also awarding the Gerry’s Pick prize. 

Winners from each section each received a $50 fuel voucher and $150, with Grand Champion Jamie Smith winning $250 plus a trophy.

“There was some good cars, I thought,” Jamie said

Narromine boiler maker Bob McKinnon won the 'other' section for his modified Supa Sport beach buggy. PHOTO: River McCrossen

His 1977 Holden SL Torana wooed the crowd to take home the top prize.

He bought it semi-restored off the old owner in Singleton, around 75 kilometres northwest of Newcastle.

“It had no interior, “ he said.

“No carpet or good lining or seats.

“We changed the gearbox.

“I’m going to send a picture of it to the bloke I bought it off to show him the Grand Champion.”

The show began in 2019 and this year it was accompanied by a car boot sale which included clothes, jams, children’s toys and - of all items to appear in the bush - a pair of skis.

Organisers said around 300 people passed the ticket table on the day, including spectators from Walgett, Narromine, Dubbo and the Blue Mountains.

Erica Baigert’s family came from Geurie, just south of Dubbo, in their 1973 Volkswagon Kombi and won the prize for being the furthest travelling entrant to the show.

“We thought it’d be a nice trip out and a few of our Dubbo antique automobile club were coming up.

“These small gatherings are some of the nicest. They have a good feel to them.” 

Coonamble's Leon Jackson with his 1956 FJ Holden. PHOTO: River McCrossen

There was another entrant from Geurie, so organisers drew randomly between the two entrants to award the prize.

 Auto Club president Stephen Lane said there was a “good variety” of vehicles.

“There was a couple of newcomers, including a couple from Dubbo and also around the Baradine and Coona area, and from Narromine too.

“There’s usually other events which, if they’re closer to them, they’ll tend to go to.

“But obviously we’ve had luck our way that they were able to turn up.”