1st Street Rod Nationals - 1973 - Narrandera, New South Wales.
When Mal Christie, a Narrandera rodder first spoke vaguely of holding a "National Street Rod Function" - one that would gather together all of Australia's hot rod and custom enthusiasts for a weekend of fun and good, old fashioned street rodding - he had little inkling of what he was starting.
His audience for that remark was John English, a Victorian who was a veteran drag racing and street rod enthusiast, passing through the small Riverina township of Narranderra on his way to Surfers Paradise for a drag meeting.
The idea appealed to John who had seen what a little organisation could do for drag racing, and saw also the possibilities for street rodding - if run properly on a national basis.
He suggested that Mal contact Trevor Rdmunds, then the boss of the Australian Hot Rod Federation, the governing body of hot rodding and drag racing in this country.
Trevor was anxious to hear any suggestions about how to promote street rodding - and especially looking for a project his naional body could get their teeth into and demonstrate that it had an interest in the guys who helped get the whole hot rodding/drag racing thing off the ground in the first place.
Taken from the souvenir magazine "STREET ROD NATIONALS", text : Robert Riggs, photos : David Cook, Keith Burgan, Geoff Paradise (original cost 70c)
