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Organisors of the 2024 George Old Car Show have reported a record crowd at the evet in the Garden Route city.
The event at the Eden Technical High School over the weekend saw just over 13 000 visitors passing through the gates, out-stripping the figures from the 2023 event.
"It was a great show," said Waldo Scribante, chairperson of the SCOCC.
"The new layout for the various displays we had this year worked very well, and we had a record number of visitors. It was a joy to see all four fields packed with enthusiasts.
"The parking was much improved for this year and the iTickets sales worked very well in minimising queues at the new entrance gates we established for 2024," he said.
Scribante said the "undoubted highlight" of this year's event was the 'extraordinary presence' of eight Mercedes-Benz 300 SL sports cars, launched in 1954 to world acclaim.
"This was a remarkable gathering, as only nine of these cars reside in South Africa and this machine was named the Sports Car of the Century in 1999," he added.
"Seven of the eight 300SLs, built from 1954 to 1962, were in the elegant Roadster or convertible configuration, while for the first time at a car show in South Africa, a dramatic 1954 Gullwing example was seen".
The chairperson of the George Old Car Show, Alewijn Dippenaar, said it "takes passion to discover these old cars, to buy them, restore them, and then to keep them running as they should, sometimes even making parts for them which are unavailable".
"You can see this passion extends through all corners of the show, and this is passed on to our visitors," he said.
