Some 250 classic Holden fans have motored into Canberra this Easter weekend for the biennial FE-FC Holden Nationals.
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It has been more than 30 years since the first Nationals meet; and Canberra enthusiast Graham Pryce has been to every one since 1995, the year he bought his own 1959 FC Holden.
The states and territory clubs take turns hosting the Nationals. This time it was Canberra's go, and Mr Pryce took on the role of Nationals director. He will keep the title until this weekend's meet is over and he passes it on to a member of the next hosting state.
This Nationals weekend, which has not been hosted by Canberra since 2005, has been five years in the making, Mr Pryce said, planned in between his day job at Commonwealth Motors.
There will be a fish and chip dinner for Good Friday, games at Queanbeyan park to compete for a trophy and a dress-up dinner on Saturday (come as something that represents where you're from - with instructions to be creative).
Saturday is the show and shine at Hall Showground. Mr Pryce encouraged members of the public to visit the showground on Saturday to see the vintage cars, saying the best time would be between 10am and 2pm.
The Holden FE came out in 1956 and continued production until 1958, when the FC series came in, though the new series kept the same general shape.
For Mr Pryce, who was the founding president of the FE-HR Holden Owners' Club ACT, the vintage models represent the days when cars had style.
"Cars today are like whitegoods, aren't they?" he said. "All they do is get you from A to B, there's no emotion."
That's not to say the much-loved cars don't get these enthusiasts places. The biennial meets have been hosted in Perth, Hobart, Toowoomba and Jindabyne in recent decades.
Some of the 250 people bringing some 115 cars to the meet in Canberra this weekend came all the way from Perth, some driving, and some on the train.
Mr Pryce is one of four generations of his family enjoying the Nationals this year, bringing his parents, his son and three grandchildren along for the ride. "My grandson he's such a car nut. He's only five but he's such a car nut," he said.
Mr Pryce bought his Holden FC in 1995 when it was traded in at Commonwealth Motors. He later restored it, and bought another about four years ago.
His will be one of many examples of the classic car on Canberra roads this weekend.
"There's a couple of people here who actually bought these new and still have them who are coming," Mr Pryce said, "which is pretty special."
He said the meet every two years felt like a big family reunion and the people he had met were fantastic.
"We just enjoy the cars, but the cars are a secondary thing to the social side of it," he said.
The FE-FC Holden Nationals show and shine will be open to the public at Hall Showground between 10am and 2pm on Saturday.
