IN PICTURES: Great Southern Street Machine take 30th edition of the Albany Show and Shine inside

The sound of humming engines could be heard drifting from the Centennial pavilions over the pounding rain on Sunday as dozens of motor enthusiasts displayed their vehicles for the 30th iteration of Albany Show and Shine.

Vintage Fords, colourful Dodge Chargers, and motorbikes were among the vehicles polished to perfection at the Great Southern Street Machine’s Show and Shine event.

Festivities began on Friday with a cars and cocktails event for sponsors and entrants before the participating cars met at the club rooms for a super cruise and photoshoot on Saturday.

Attendees braving the poor weather were grateful Sunday’s flagship event was held inside, with many sheltering from the wind and rain to look over the variety of cars and bikes on display.

Event co-ordinator Christine Sargent said the event had evolved across its three decades in both location and scale, with 70 cars and six motorbikes entering this year.

“This year’s event went off really well,” she said.

“Numbers were probably down a little bit to what we’ve had in previous years but there were a lot of other events happening on the weekend and the weather is the weather.

“It still generated a lot of interest and lots of different people coming in from all sorts of places, and we had a huge variety of cars this year.”

Taking out the title of best of show in the car category was Ian Steinent’s Ford 1959 Mainline, with the people’s choice awarded to Mick Jury for his Bedford Truck.

For the bikes, George Corke’s Harley-Davidson WALA was the judge’s favourite for best of show, while the Kawasaki Vulcan brought by Cameron Crane was the people’s choice award winner.

Oliver Sargent was named Rockercover grand champion, with Will Carter named runner-up and Joe Carter best presented.

Also in attendance were crews from Albany Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service who, alongside displaying their shiny red and yellow engine, demonstrated road crash rescue skills on a Toyota Yaris — a demonstration that earned them the surprising mantle of top display.