The event was due to be held in August, but because of inclement weather was rescheduled to the weekend.

Organiser Lee Pearce said the event was were down about 50 entrants on the usual number due to having to postpone from August, but of those, 30 will be back next year.

“We had about 235 entrants,” he said.

However, he said that the quality of the cars, bikes and trucks on show was anything but down.

“The quality was through the roof,” he said.

Spectators numbers were also down compared to previous years, but they were still good. 

“There were about 600 paying adults,” he said.

Children accompanied by adults were admitted free, and with the amount of families who came through, there could have been as many as 1500 people there. 

The postponement and its effect on promotion was likely the factor that kept the numbers down.

“We had used up our advertising budget in August, and we had nothing left,” he said.

The event is likely to be held on the last weekend of  November from now on.

“The weather has been too unreliable in August,” Mr Pearce said.

Mr Pearce said that he had had offers from car clubs to take over the running of the the event, but that he and wife Debbie will remain in charge.

“We do it to honour the memory of a mate,” he said.

Canberra’s Peter Roberson helped run the event with the Pearces when it started in 1994.

“He help run it while we helped him with a toy run he did with the Smith Family in Canberra,” Mr Pearce said.

“Before he passed away in 1997 we promised to keep it going as long as we could.”    

A family which had lost a father and son in an accident won a memorial award for their semi-trailer, and money from raffles and auctions went to Moruya High School.