Frankton Thunder

OPENING SOON *
REPCO FRANKTON THUNDER HOT 20*

Registrations open this October for next year's Frankton Thunder 2025 🔥🔥🔥

It's back for another year next year and most of you will be aware of what this is about. If not, then check it out as this is open to everyone!

Do you think your vehicle has what it takes to be in our REPCO Frankton Thunder HOT 20?

REPCO Frankton Thunder HOT 20 is a competition sponsored by Repco New Zealand and as a committee we choose the BEST 20 vehicles to put forward to REPCO and they have the fun part of selecting the very best of the BEST.

Whether it be - new or old - two wheels, three, four or eight - shiny or matt - European or American - Or none or all of the above!
It could be Military, Steampunk, Classic, Hotrod, Motorcycle, Wagon or even a Drag car.

Free Entry
HOT prizes for all finalists, and $1500 Tool box prize for the overall winning vehicle - proudly sponsored by REPCO
Designated parking in the center of Frankton Thunder 2025

Register your vehicle soon!








📷 2024 Entrants, Please feel free to tag.

We hope you have locked our event into your calendars as we have had a MASSIVE response to those joining us at Frankton Thunder 2025 .

We are thrilled to announce that our vendor applications have been open a month and our first lot have been approved - please check your emails and reach out if you haven't received a response to your application.

We have got a wide array of food and craft vendors waiting to join us & cater to you, some local and some who will be joining us from afar - we will start sharing who will be attending over the upcoming months!

🔥9th March 2025
🔥9am till 3pm
🔥Commerce Street, Lake Road, Kent Street, Keddell Street - All in the heart of Frankton, Hamilton.

📸 by Tony McKay Studios of the beautiful Miss Gizzy Galore, winner of Miss Frankton Thunder 2023

Here are some photos from this year's pin-up competition ✨️

📷 GWCphotography

Market and Food Stall Registrations are LIVE!

Thanks for everyone's patience, if you or anyone you know would be keen to come and join us give them a tag please!

Frankton Thunder 2025 is set for Sunday 9th of March.

This event attracts thousands of people, car + bike enthusiasts, Pin-up + tattoo contestants, market + food lovers and we can't forget the kids! They will be highly entertained.

Please find our registration forms here:

Thunder Market
https://forms.gle/o8Ffcmi4CZ7pyk8d7

Thunder Food Market
https://forms.gle/JwPBemo6B2DJ2U5LA

Any other questions please feel free to reach out at [email protected]

Check out these photos of some of those who made it down to this year's event, it was a beauty!

We can't wait to see who joins us for the next one.

Show up comfy as it's an all day event running from 9am till 3pm.

📷 Alan Murphy photography

Do you have some muscle.. some style.. maybe something hidden in the garage ?

Its your time to shine!!

Be sure to enter next year's Frankton Thunder Repco New Zealand Hot 20!

Come down and enjoy an amazing day 🔥

📸 Mark 3 Cortina Evan Rockliffe 2024 Entrant

Just saying 🤷🤔

Save the date! We are back next year on Sunday March 9th for another epic event!

🎶 Music
🏍 Motorbikes
🚘 Cars
🪖 Military displays
💪Tattoo Competition
💅 Pin-up Competition
🌟 Steampunk
🍔 Food Trucks & Stalls
🎪 Market Stalls
🎈 Kids Entertainment

Our current Miss Frankton Thunder is off to Miss Australasia!

From an old bed spread to Miss Australasia Jo Tweedie, who goes by performer name Stella Moon, is the only Kiwi finalist for Miss Australasia 2024. Her first outfit: a recycled vintage bedspread.

She's a car enthusiast, who admires some old school muscle, you know the old school rough and raw type. She has grown up around cars, racetracks and fixing her own cars under the guidance of her Dad.

She is extremely nervous but excited to take on the challenge of keeping this event alive, thriving and evolving! She loves to see people enjoy themselves, loves seeing the community connect and just watching the people who surround you absorb nothing but love and joy!

An experienced market goer, traveler and attendee whos looking forward to stepping up and serving our community and connecting us all!

Tui is taking on Thunder Markets, and man she's going to rock it. If you want a stall at our 2025 event, PM her or email [email protected]

She has more ink than the Waikato Times and the Herald put together!
She is a huge advocate for body positivity as that's about loving the skin you are wearing and not about size, shape or colours!

She is our third new face to introduce, she is Miss Jessy Junebug aka Jessica!
Jessy is going to be taking over our cool as tattoo comp. So she will be working alongside the guys and gals at Tiger Tattoo. She has ideas people and is not afraid to use them! I can't wait to see what she does.
If you want to know more, have ideas of your own or just want to say a huge hi and welcome.
PM us or email at [email protected]

Introducing our second new face of Frankton Thunder... Jeremy Irons!
Jeremy is a self proclaimed car nutter and has been since birth.
He's co-owner of Frankton Tyre & Alignment Ltd - Goodyear Autocare Frankton. He is your go-to-man for anything tyre related!
A proud Frankton business owner and huge backer of Frankton Thunder.
We are stoked to have Jeremy on board and can't wait to see what cool ideas he comes up with to make Frankton Thunder bigger and better!

He also told me I could pic a photo, so I did :) hehe.

Introducing the first of our new faces of Frankton Thunder!

Hollie, aka Miss Polly Rose! She is colourful, creative, fun and quirky, with red hair to boot! A lover of all things vintage she is no stranger to the Pinup Scene.

She shares this passion for Pinup as a member of the vibrant Beauty School Dropouts team, making other women feel glamorous and beautiful!
She is a lover of makeup, glitter and all things in between, she's excited to join The Frankton Thunder Team!

Hollie will be making sure Miss Frankton Thunder is as epic as ever and has some fantastic ideas to make it even better than ever before! If you need to know anything, flick us a message or email Hollie at [email protected]

We will remember them

For those of you who don't know me, my name is Kat and I have been part of Frankton Thunder from when it was just a cool idea.
I sort the fun stuff, you know; the girls, the tattoos, the markets, the food, the kids area and the Facebook etc.
But now I have given it the best part of the last ten years, I am ready to hand it onto others. Others who are very keen to continue to make Frankton Thunder the coolest event in The Tron!
So I will over the next couple of days introduce to you all the new faces of Frankton Thunder...and then I will sign off and say my last see ya laters.
Kat

Pic: David Rowe Photography

Huge Congratulations to our friend Hans Hockey for his achievement, such an awesome shot! GWCphotography

Happy Easter! Hope you are all having a safe and fun long weekend, filled with love, laughter and chocolate! 🐰

Bigger, better and heaps more fun next year. We need some man power (not the stripper kind unfortunately 😕) so if you are keen to help out, or have a group that would like to be involved in next year's event, PM us!

Selling my Triumph Victoria 2 piece leather suit if anyone is keen.
Med Jacket and Small pants.
Pants professionally leather hemmed. Small scrape on R) knee but never touch the tar.
Very loved but my riding days are over for now 😭
$500 for the set.
PM me for more details. Genuine buyers only. I don't have time for time wasters.
Kat

Did you get a Frankton Thunder tee at the show?
If you didn't get one and want one PM us.
$30 each or 2 for $50.
Collect Melville or postage at buyers expense.

BTW how cool is this logo, huge thanks to my sister Michele for the design. And then I even made her pay for a tee...haha it's all for a great cause!

Some epic cars out there! Pics thanks to Alan Murphy photography 📸