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Avis Vintage Cars is a vintage car ride at the Dreamworld theme park on the Gold Coast, Australia. The ride, which opened with Dreamworld in 1981, allows guests to drive around in replicas of 1911 Model T Fords.HistoryOn 15 December 1981, Dreamworld officially opened to the public with Avis Vintage Cars as one of the original attractions. John Longhurst had purchased fourteen replicas of Model T Fords at a price of $12,000 each, to create the ride. The Avis Vintage Cars were originally part of Rivertown until early 2007 when they were relocated to their current location in Dreamworld Corroboree.RideThe ride consists of 4 people boarding one of fourteen replicas of 1911 Ford Model T cars. The acceleration of the car is controlled by a driver in the front while the steering is controlled by a single, steel guide rail on the cement roadway below. The steering wheel has no effect on the direction of the vehicle. In the early 2000s roofs were added to the fleet of vintage cars.Layouts1981–1997The original layout was a simple figure 8. The track began with a right hand turn out of the station before going underneath a bridge. It then turned left and travelled alongside the Murrissippi River before crossing back over that bridge and returning to the station. This layout was utilised from 1981 until 1997.