Taranaki Daily News visual journalists Vanessa Laurie and Andy MacDonald have been keeping their lens on the Americarna festival as it makes its way around the region.
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Graeme Banks drives a Mustang and when he gets out of that he drives his Travel Scoot.
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Tracy Hazelwood (centre) demonstrates the appropriate Americarna fashion at Opunake on Wednesday.
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You don’t need an American car to get involved with fans of the festival lining up along parts of State Highway 45 as the Americarna convoy made its way to Opunake on Wednesday.
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While cars and trucks dominate entries, there’s no rule against entering with smaller vehicles.
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The Opunake event showed the rainbow of colours the American cars come in.
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Stacey Riddick with her kids Payten and Zavier stood out in Inglewood on Thursday with their matching family Americarna outfits.
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It was an Americarna takeoever in Inglewood on Thursday.
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There was only room for walking on the main street through Inglewood on Thursday when Americarna parked up in the town.
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It’s a two lane road but in some places American cars were four abreast in Waitara on Thursday.
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Samantha and Colin Denize travel with their cosy caravan.
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Gillian Hazelwood of Otaki has a different American style outfit for each day, or so it seems.
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There ain’t no horses at Americarna but you can still safely get away with wearing a cowboy hat.
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Fergus Abbott made sure he got into the Americana spirit in Waitara.
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Margaret and Bill Ramsay drove down from Hamilton to be part of Americarna.