About 5000 heads will peer under 100-plus bonnets put up under the cherry blossoms in Greerton next month, when Tauranga Street Machines & Customs 39th Anniversary Bash parks up on Chadwick Rd.

And just like the trees, the club's hotrods, streetrods and classic cars – plus those displayed by visiting car-lovers – will shine in all their glory for the public to admire.

Tauranga Street Machines & Customs car show 1633 MF 001-002: Bonnets will be up under Greerton's cherry blossoms again this year for the Tauranga Street Machines & Customs car show.

The car show on Saturday, September 24, is part of the Greerton Cherry Blossom Festival.

'It's our club's 39th anniversary and we've probably held this event 20 times – but this is our third year staging it in Greerton,” says Tauranga Street Machines & Customs club president Tim Wood.

He predicts this year's show will draw another huge crowd keen to see unique and beautiful ladies of a different kind.

'We are one of the only clubs affiliated to the New Zealand Hot Rod Association that has hybrid cars – now I don't mean ‘hybrid electric' cars.

'I'm talking early English cars with American V8s fitted and that sort of stuff,” says Tim.

'Typically, most hotrod clubs don't allow owners with vehicles other than those with American origins.

'Whereas we have Australian cars and English cars provided they are what we consider special interest, powered with all sorts of things other than the usual American engines.

'When the club was founded 39 years ago, this was one of things that was stipulated.”

So on September 24 in Greerton, there will be rare gems aplenty to drool over.

'Last year there was huge variation in the cars on show – this year will be no different,” says Tim.

What sort people want to look at shiny beauties among cherry blossom trees you may ask?

'Everybody,” says Tim. 'Because the event is free to attend – whether you're entering a car or just want to snoop around – you get people from all walks of life.”

All the local car clubbers and project-goers cruise in – but so do families and those enjoying all Greerton's Blossom Festival has to offer.

It's match made in Greerton, says Tim. 'On Chadwick Rd – Greerton's main street – there is a great variety of cafes, bars and retail shops – so attendance to the festival and the car show has gone up.”

Greerton Village School is hosting a gala day fundraiser again this year on the same day, letting car show-goers manoeuvre between the two attractions.

And the car show's Famous Mystery Auction is set for 1pm, followed by a prizegiving.

'The non-reserve auction is mainly automotive goods donated by our sponsors. We auction them off at fairly reasonable prices, usually half of what they're worth.”

All of the ‘show cars' park up on Chadwick Rd – with the road closed between Cameron and Greerton.

A spot for Tauranga Street Machines & Customs members is reserved near the new library – but the rest of Chadwick Rd is free game for ‘show cars'.

Tauranga Street Machines & Customs 39th Anniversary Bash car show is on September 24 from 10am-2pm along Chadwick Rd, Greerton. Car and public entry is free.