1972 – the year of bellbottoms, polyester, The Godfather, The Poseidon Adventure, Don McLean’s American Pie, bright colours and the start of The Reef Street Rod Club.
It all started when a couple of car enthusiasts decided it would be great to get guys together that shared their interest in cars and particularly “hot rods”, as it they were called in the day. Friends Chris Saunders, Peter Jackson and Harry and Dave Corbett (second generation rodders) came together and founded the Club.
The idea behind a club being the pooling of enthusiasts with knowledge pertaining to body work - chopping/ channeling/spray painting as well as the technical side - chassis/suspension set ups, engine and diffinstallations
The “Reef” part of the name was derived from the area, The Witwatersrand, which included the towns from Nigel in the east to Randfontein in the west, Vereeniging in the south and Pretoria in the north.
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