Maroubra Beach Hop rolls out classic, muscle cars for sick kids
The Maroubra Beach Hop Charity Car Show is back on Sunday with a big line-up of cars from Ford hot rods, to Mustangs, Corvettes and Cadillacs.
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The roar of a car engine and the sound of the waves crashing on the shore at Maroubra provides the soundtrack to much of Richard Gutteridge’s life.
And he has found a way to combine these two passions with the Maroubra Beach Hop Charity Car Show.
In 2018 the first Beach Hop attracted 2,000 car enthusiasts to the Maroubra beach precinct, where 250 cars — including muscle cars, hot rods, custom, sports and vintage cars — were on show.
The event raised more than $15,000 for the Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation.
“I have been a car enthusiast all my life,” Gutteridge said.
“My father built, modified and restored cars until he was too sick to do it any more but he would come outside and watch me work on the cars and give me advice.”
He said when his father, Richard Gutteridge Snr, passed away three years ago he felt the need to give back.
“I’m a passionate car guy and I thought I could use that passion for cars in a positive way,” he said.
This year’s Beach Hop at Broadarrow Reserve, opposite Maroubra beach, is on Sunday from 9.30am to 3pm.
It will be opened by former Wallaby Gary Ella.
He said the cars on show run the gamut from Toranas to 1932 Ford hot rods, a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air, Mustangs, and Corvettes to Jaguars, Cadillacs, trucks and custom cars.
There will also be a live band, jumping castle, DJ, plenty of food offerings and Sydney Children’s Hospital’s Foundation volunteers will be offering face painting and raffles.