![Classy Car: Maureen and Robin Trudgeon, of George Town, brought their 1948 Buick to the show. Picture: Phillip Biggs The Examiner. Classy Car: Maureen and Robin Trudgeon, of George Town, brought their 1948 Buick to the show. Picture: Phillip Biggs The Examiner.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/yPcJzUChAgmyJeKjBR5CRn/1e702919-89e3-4bfb-96a6-fdfda5b8bc11.jpg/r0_0_4200_2800_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A sunny spring Sunday was the perfect platform for the Rotary club of Westbury's annual car show, and the locals loved it.
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After a COVID compromised calendar, the car show was the perfect way to get the wheels back in motion after public gathering restrictions were relaxed earlier in the week.
Event organiser and Rotary member David Lee said he was impressed by the cars themselves, but more so the sheer number of vehicles and people that came along.
"I think it was the best one we've had," Mr Lee said.
Mr Lee said the event was attended by between 800 and 900 people, and those in attendance were privileged to cast their eyes over about 400 cars.
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Although the club was not surprised by the amount of people that showed up after a sponsor had alerted them that a number of enthusiasts had been asking when the next car show was going to be.
"We get a big collection of everything," Mr Lee said.
The event raised money for charity and Mr Lee said the high attendance would offset Rotary fundraiser Agfest which had to be cancelled earlier in the year.
Mr Lee was thankful to all of the people who viewed or participated in the car show and helped raise the funds.
One of the greatest draw cards of the show was Burnie man Paul Anderson's 1973 Holden two-tonner.
Mr Anderson said he is a bit of a show stopper at all the car shows he participates in and people often refer to him as "the coffin man" and ask him "where's your hearse?"
That's because Mr Anderson's two-tonner is death black and looks a bit like a coffin with its rear side steps and angular body.
Mr Anderson said he built the car and people started commenting that it looked like a coffin, so he went one step further and equipped with it's very own casket.
![Grim Reaper: Burnie boy Paul Anderson has a 1973 Holden two-tonner with accompanying coffin. Picture: Phillip Biggs The Examiner. Grim Reaper: Burnie boy Paul Anderson has a 1973 Holden two-tonner with accompanying coffin. Picture: Phillip Biggs The Examiner.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/yPcJzUChAgmyJeKjBR5CRn/1b97c606-df60-4fc4-9c36-4d331f828f79.jpg/r0_0_4200_2800_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
The grim reaper theme has pervaded other elements of his life and he sports a number of skull tattoos and drives around with a tall black top hat.
Of the Westbury car show the coffin man could not have been more impressed.
He said he had attended the show in the past but this year, with the sun shining and COVID restrictions clearing, it was as good as any he had been to.
"There is stuff there for everybody," Mr Anderson said.
In terms of dusting the cobwebs from the corners of his coffin car, Mr Anderson said he could not get the engine going sooner as signs started popping up around town and the show was announced as going ahead.
Oh you bloody beauty! We can finally take the cars out for a decent drive.
- Paul Anderson, owner of a death themed 1973 Holden two-tonner.
"All of a sudden there's a show," he said.
Also in the show was George Town couple Maureen and Robin Trudgeon's sleek cream 1948 Buick.
Another star of the show was a 1980 Chrysler Valiant which turned heads with a bright yellow paint job.
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