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Classics on show in Shepparton

Shepparton Motor Museum

AN idea tossed around at get-togethers of motoring enthusiasts in northern Victoria for the past 25 years has finally taken shape.

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King of island's treasures

CHRISTIAN Robertson has built a reputation among locals as the great comber of King Island.

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Ploughing through history

Ian Reid has more than 100 pieces in his collection of vintage farming machinery.

JUDITH Reid never has to wonder where her husband Ian is.

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Boyle's models make history

David Boyle with a scale models of farm machinery.

DAVID Boyle has been offered big cash for his collection of model farm machinery.

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Jindera Pops the Top

Jindera Pop the Top festival

SOFT top car enthusiasts converged on Jindera at the weekend for the first Pop the Top festival.

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Pictures: Pop the Top

Brian Wright's Triumph

Brian Wright's Triumph Thunderbird

BRIAN Wright has seen more of Australia's green valleys and baked deserts in his two years here than most us will in our lifetimes.

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Gawne overboard with Fergy

Noel Gawne has given his Ferguson tractor a power boost.

A TRACTOR restorer has used a charter boat engine to cram his little Fergy with horsepower, writes TOM McKENNY

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Ken triumphs in Midwest mission

Car enthusiast Ken Hall.

NEBRASKA is a long way for a veteran car enthusiast from Hobart, but in Ken Hall's case, it was a trip well worth making.

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The Pilgrims's Watlinton Museum

Hayden Pilgrim. Watlington Museum

HAYDEN and Margaret Pilgrim are thoroughly modern enthusiasts.

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Restoring Echuca's paddlesteamers

Boat builder Kevin Hutchinson is helping keep Echuca's legendary paddlesteamers afloat.

A MAN who has helped keep Echuca's legendary paddlesteamers afloat is about to embark on one of his most challenging projects.

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Colville's love of restoration

A serious illness was no barrier for a vintage machinery enthusiast.

NOT even a near-fatal illness could keep Hume Colville from repairing the engine of his dreams, writes JOHANNA LEGGATT

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Scherek's Wolseley revival

Bill Scherek and his Wolseley car collection.

BILL Scherek spent hours searching for the Wolseley limousine used to transport a US wartime general.

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Pictures: General Motor fits Bill

Truck fire sale looking red hot

Jeff Harper of the Tasmania Fire Service with a selection of fire trucks set for auction

JUST because they are red it doesn't mean they go faster.

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Fishing and Boating and 4x4 Expo

Fishing and Boating Expo

THIS year's Fishing and Boating Expo is definitely one for the dads.

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Ross has passion for wooden boats

Roscoe Barnett has passion for wooden boats

ROSS Barnett, wooden boat restorer, is unequivocal: aluminium tinnies do not compare with the clinkers of yesteryear.

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Preserving history in Nar Nar Goon

Light Horse and Field Artillery Museum, in Nar Nar Goon, Gippsland

BERNIE Dingle is a master of many trades, but his real passion is preserving history, writes JOHANNA LEGGATT.

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Johnson brother's whistle haul

Chris and Andrew  Johnson with some of their whistles.

COLLECTORS Chris and Andrew Johnson go to extraordinary lengths to acquire old steam whistles.

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Fergies rally to save Wentworth

Great Wentworth Trctor Rally

THIS month's Wentworth Tractor Rally pays tribute to the role the farm tractor played in keeping the town from destruction.

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Bentley ute tops $40,000

The custom-built 1956 Bentley S1 utility.

WESTERN Victoria's distinctive Bentley ute is going home after it was sold over the phone on Monday to a UK collector.

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Gippsland's motor museum

The Gippsland Vehicle Collection Motor Museum is putting Maffra on the map.

AN EVER-evolving car museum has helped revitalise a Gippsland town, writes JOHANNA LEGGATT

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