Allan Limbrick is bringing Cruise Nights to Corowa, parading classic cars between roundabouts on Sanger St and getting people into the main street to enjoy a party-like atmosphere.
Photo by
Ian Johnson
For Allan Limbrick there’s nothing quite like the sound of a throaty V8 rumbling on the bitumen, and he loves bringing his 1973 Ford Gran Torino out of the shed on occasion to cruise the main street.
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Allan and the Corowa District Car Club are inviting car lovers from around the Federation region to join them in Corowa’s first street cruise this Saturday evening as they bring the sights and sounds of their classic cars to Sanger St.
“We used to do this in the 70s, cruise Sanger Street,” Allan said.
“I was living in Shepparton, but I'd come over and we'd cruise over here.
“It was the best place because there’s no traffic lights, you can go straight through.”
Allan said Corowa was following in the footsteps of Wangaratta, Wodonga and Albury, which have all started their own monthly Cruise Nights events in recent years to great success.
With each hosting their night on a different weekend each month, there are no clashes and they sometimes attract more than 400 cruisers.
After the successes in the other three towns, Allan and Roy Taylor decided to kick one off in Corowa and take up the last available weekend on the cruising calendar.
Ray’s passing in June earlier this year, however, left Allan to continue their work and bring their idea to fruition.
Starting Saturday, and continuing monthly through to April, the four-hour evening street cruise and classic car show will fill Sanger St with an event that Allan hopes will bring a vibrance back to Corowa’s main street.
Allan Limbrick with his pride and joy, a 1973 Ford Gran Torino, that he will cruise up and down Sanger St from October 3.
Photo by
Ian Johnson
Allan is expecting cruisers from Myrtleford, Wangaratta, Yarrawonga, Cobram, Finley, Albury and Wodonga to come across to cruise up and down Sanger St, from roundabout to roundabout; locals are also invited to join in the parade.
“They're coming from everywhere,” he said.
“The original idea was to cruise between the roundabouts in Sanger St, but if that fills up, we’ll take it out to the saleyards roundabout and back again.
“We want to get the mums and dads and their kids in Corowa to get into the main street, out in the atmosphere, and support the businesses.”
Sponsoring businesses will pick a cruiser of the night, which will win a voucher for that business.
Food outlets will open outside their normal trading hours for the occasion, with street seating available and music filling the air waves.
Visitors and locals who want to come down to Sanger St to watch are asked to park in the available carparks around town; this will allow the cruisers to park their cars in the main street when they’re not driving and show them off to spectators.
It is a family friendly event with strictly no hooning tolerated.
