The excitement around this year’s Repco Beach Hop has reached fever pitch.
The Go Waihi Warm-Up Party yesterday got the engines running for participants and fans of the annual event, which celebrates classic cars, rock ‘n’ roll and all things ‘50s and ‘60s.
The best-dressed competition brought out a colourful array of dresses that harnessed the zeitgeist of the rock ‘n’ roll era, while the “Undie 500″ continued the day’s fun theme.
![T-Birds and Pink Ladies strutted their stuff at the Beach Hop's best-dressed competition at Waihi.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/DGBK7SD6ZFGVFFRPAQABDKAZQI.jpg?auth=14cf22cdf30309a727fbe2ee85acd2a022461eaf945bd2744814a2bb22e97950&width=16&height=12&quality=70&smart=true)
After kicking off in Waihi, drivers and fans returned to Thames today, for the Repco Power Cruise which had prizegiving at 2pm.