Near the skatepark at Caroline Bay, car enthusiasts can once again expect to see several hundred Australian-made Fords, Holdens,Valiants and maybe even the odd Austin Kimberley on display.
Organising committee member Bruce Todd said the money raised through the car show would once again be going to the Westpac Helicopter Trust.
"Absolutely all the money we make goes to them.
"We have a guy who comes from Twizel, who a couple years ago was involved in a major accident and Westpac [Rescue Helicopter] turned up, so he always comes every year to put money in the jar."
He said they had run the event for the last six or so years.
"We tend to get a lot of public walk through and it’s a great day for a lot of the people from the car clubs around.
"It’s just been growing and growing each year."
The idea for the car show originally came from organising committee member Craig Timmings.
"I just had an idea, so I talked to Dave [Kelly] and a couple others and dragged Bruce into it. It’s all really just about raising money for Westpac," he said.
"There were American car days and other ones about so we just thought let’s have an Aussie day."
The event had historically always been held on Father’s Day but Mr Timmings said they had decided to move it a week earlier this year so it would align with other car-centric events in the calendar.
"Dave is in the Ford club and we’re in the Holden club, we do a few things together and those boys have always tried to talk us into moving it because they have a performance track day on the Saturday.
"A lot of Ford people come from Dunedin and other places for that, so if they come for that weekend they probably wouldn’t for the next, so we’ve pushed it to fit in and sort of combine the two."
The date change also meant the car show no longer clashed with another held in North Canterbury.
The performance track day will take place on Saturday at Levels Motor Raceway and feature events like the standing quarter-mile, go-to-whoa and hot laps.
Gates open at 8am.
The All Australian Car Show opens at 9am on Sunday and there will be a prizegiving at noon. It costs $10 per display car and a gold coin donation to view the displays.
