Big Al’s Poker Run 2010
Mar 19th, 2010 by Jeff
Big Al’s Poker Run celebrated its 30th anniversary this year, with around 1000 cars attending at the Charles Paterson Park, Burswood on Saturday 13th February 2010. As usual, the theme was classic American and Aussie muscle cars, hotrods, streetrods, custom classics and anything with a cast iron V8 engine and a big gun exhaust. Weather was fine although a little hot, there were plenty of shady trees to park under. Most cars on display were nearly all pre 1978 vintage, this rule was in place due to the limited space of the venue, hence there was a distinct lack of modern vehicles, such as Commodores, modern Falcons and Japanese whiz cars. Fine by me.
And now… just some of the cars that appeared at Big Al’s Poker Run 2010:
Ford Galaxie 500 named Pablo
1956 Chevrolet sedan
Pink and black 1956 Chevrolet sedan
Corvette Stingray 427 turbojet
1972 Dodge Challenger
Chevrolet Impala SS Coupe
Plymouth RoadRunner
Oldsmobile Dynamic 88
1969 Pontiac GTO
1957 Chevrolet Belair “On Empty” Black and chrome.
1969 Red Pontiac Firebird
1966 Pontiac Bonneville Coupe. Equipped with 389 big block V8 and 4bbl carb.
Vintage Studebaker
1936 Ford Coupe “GoForIt”
1928 Plymouth towing a caravan.
Ford Model A custom hotrod coupe. Interesting to see the supercharged flathead V8 on this, complete with twin SU’s carbies.
An early model Corvette
1956 Cadillac Coupe Deville “Memphis”
Bonneville Special v8
1969 Camaro 350 V8
1957 Cadillac. This Caddy was a real huge monster, and ironically carried Small Charter Vehicle number plates..anything but, I’d say.
Alfa Romeo Montreal. This was possibly the only European car at the event, but still interesting given that it’s powered by a 2.6 litre V8.
1948(?) DeSoto Custom Fluid Drive.
1955 FJ Holden
Holden HK Monaro GTS with 327 V8
Another Holden HK Monaro GTS
Holden HG Brougham
Holden HK Premier. This car has the most amazing paint job and interior. Attention to detail is incredible.
Holden LC Torana GTR
Holden LC Torana GTR XU1
Holden Torana A9X
Holden HX LE or “Limited Edition” Coupe
Holden HK 350 Ute
Ford Falcon XR V8
This Ford Falcon XY ute was excellent, but wait till you see what’s in the back…
Oh my god! This is Stunning. This is an art gallery on wheels!
Something not seen too often in Australia is this American Ford Falcon 2 door coupe, similar to XR and XT Australian models.
1955 Chevrolet
Buick Le Sabre
Cadillac Sixty Special Fleetwood
1976 Cadillac Convertable
1957 Cadillac Coupe
Buick Centurion
Ford Custom HotRod
The Black Beast with a huge V8 engine
1939 Dodge
Buick Riveria
Boris Viskovic’s 1967 Rambler American featuring a Typhoon 290ci V8 and T400 transmission.
1955 Chevrolet captured in the car park
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