The sound of roaring engines filled the air at this year’s annual Dreams on Wheels car show at Hoërskool Waterkloof on Thursday.
Young and old gathered to spend their Freedom day, admiring motor vehicles of yesteryear as well as the newest models. The car show was held to raise funds for the Turke Club.
André Gernandt has been a member of Turke for 21 years, which makes him the longest standing member. He explained that Turke was started in 1989 when a group of young men from the military decided that they wanted to give back to the community. Turke aims to enable disabled sports, and support disabled sportsmen and women to further their careers.
Initially only young people within the army could be part of Turke, but in 1997 it was expanded to admit anybody.
Member and organiser, Deon Greeff said that about 200 vehicles were on show.
And many people were attracted to Heyn Prinsloo’s yellow 1938 replica of an Alfa Romeo. “I built it up myself. I started in October of 2010 and it ran for the first time in April of 2015. I am retired so I had plenty of time to put a lot of work into this car.”
Greeff said that his sister was disabled and this washis reason for joining the effort to raise funds for Turke.
He also said he had 25 years of experience in the motor vehicle industry, which made his the prime candidate for organising a car show.
“It is so wonderful that Deon would raise money for Turke. He could’ve raised this money for himself,” said chairman of Turke, Marius Bezuidenhout.
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