'56 Chevrolet Classic Car Day Tour Melbourne

d'Luxe Classic Car Tours offer private personalised day tour experiences in America's favourite cars from the fifties for a unique look around Melbourne and its surrounds.

Select from a listed itinerary or allow us to configure a customised day trip – you decide.

The perfect option for a comprehensive, no-rush drive in any direction (north-south-east-west, including hills or bay) with spread out multiple destinations along a loop or there-and-back route.

Think day spas, wineries and craft breweries, country restaurants, cafés and pubs, art galleries and sculpture parks, botanical gardens, coastal areas and beaches, the races, picnics, historic towns, hills as well as walks.

Also think locations: The Dandenongs, Yarra Valley, Port Phillip Bay, goldfields, the peninsulas, Phillip Island, Surf Coast. There is also the option of a shorter city loop if staying close to town is preferred.

Options exist for tours in either a '56 or '57 Chevrolet, or even both. Please see website for options.

Listed pricing is for up to four passengers.

d'Luxe Classic Car Tours offer private personalised day tour experiences in America's favourite cars from the fifties for a unique look around Melbourne and its surrounds.

Select from a listed itinerary or allow us to configure a customised day trip – you decide.

The perfect option for a comprehensive, no-rush drive in any direction (north-south-east-west, including hills or bay) with spread out multiple destinations along a loop or there-and-back route.

Options exist for tours in either a '56 or '57 Chevrolet, or even both. Please see website for options.

Listed pricing is for up to four passengers.

Mornington Peninsula (South) – '56 Chevrolet Classic Car Private Tour

A classic car tour for the senses: food, art, drink, views, and maybe a little sea air. The Mornington Peninsula is home to boutique agriculture and hobby farms, beach-side holiday nooks and get-away locations, family recreation and culinary experience. It is the ultimate tree or sea change location from Melbourne, all to be enjoyed inside a day-trip from the city cruising in a classic mid-fifties Chevrolet coupe. Your party can be collected from city hotels or a Carlton café for a private tour driven by d’Luxe host, John Frostell – local Chevrolet enthusiast and drive-to location expert. A typical ‘South’ tour can include: CBD/Carlton departure coffee, EastLink roadside sculptures; McClelland Gallery seeing sculpture park, gallery and café; Montalto Vineyard and Red Hill Brewery including a barbecue; Red Hill or Pt. Leo Beach; Merricks General Store and then returning back to Melbourne. For this tour a six hour (full day) or eight or more hour (maxi day) booking is recommended, otherwise a three hour (half day) at a pinch. As always, stops can be added and changed to suit passenger interests and available time. Tours out of Melbourne available across half, full or maxi day duration.

'56 Chevrolet Three-Hour Classic Car Private Tour

d'Luxe Classic Car Tours offer private personalised day tour experiences in America's favourite cars from the fifties for a unique look around Melbourne and its surrounds. Select from a listed itinerary or allow us to configure a customised day trip – you decide. Choose this fabulous shorter time frame option for a drive in any compass direction out of Melbourne (north-south-east-west, including hills or bay) with a single or close-by multiple destinations. Think: day spas, wineries and craft breweries, country restaurants, cafés and pubs, art galleries and sculpture parks, botanical gardens, coastal areas and beaches, the races, picnics, historic towns, hills as well as walks. Also think locations: The Dandenongs, Yarra Valley, Port Phillip Bay, goldfields, the peninsulas, Phillip Island, Surf Coast. There is also the option of a shorter city loop if staying close to town is preferred. Options exist for tours in either a '56 or '57 Chevrolet, or even both. Please see website for options. Listed pricing is for up to four passengers.

'56 Chevrolet Maxi-Day Classic Car Private Tour

d'Luxe Classic Car Tours offer private personalised day tour experiences in America's favourite cars from the fifties for a unique look around Melbourne and its surrounds. Select from a listed itinerary or allow them to configure a customised day trip – you decide. This is a big one. The perfect option for an indulgent drive in any direction (north-south-east-west, including hills or bay) with spread out multiple destinations along a loop, a there-and-back route or even cross-cross navigation. There's not much space for anything else in a day like this – start early and return late. The only catch to this is an extra fuel stop. Think day spas, wineries and craft breweries, country restaurants, cafés and pubs, art galleries and sculpture parks, botanical gardens, coastal areas and beaches, the races, picnics, historic towns, hills as well as walks. Also think locations: The Dandenongs, Yarra Valley, Port Phillip Bay, goldfields, the peninsulas, Phillip Island, Surf Coast. There is also the option of a shorter city loop if staying close to town is preferred. Options exist for tours in either a '56 or '57 Chevrolet, or even both. Please see website for options. Listed pricing is for up to four passengers.

Yarra Valley (East) – '56 Chevrolet Classic Car Private Tour

In the Yarra Valley, ‘east’ means ‘feast’ with indulgences including wine, dairy, lunch, chocolate, ales, gin and much more. The picturesque Yarra Valley is a short drive east of Melbourne and is probably the most popular getaway destination from the city and suburbs. It is known as wine territory, with more than 50 vineyards and wineries listed in the area, but there is plenty else to enjoy, all from the comfort, coolness and curiosity factor of a classic car. Your party of four can be collected from city hotels or a Carlton café for a private tour with your d’Luxe host, John Frostell – local Chevrolet enthusiast and drive-to location expert. A typical ‘East’ tour heads: CBD/Carlton, Eastern Freeway, Maroondah Highway (or Wonga Park rural back roads, even better), TarraWarra Estate (winery and gallery), Healesville Hotel, various wine, brewery and distillery tastings, Yarra Valley Dairy, CBD/Carlton. (Seriously, the options are endless). For this tour a six hour (full day) or eight hour (maxi day) booking is recommended, otherwise a three hour (half-day) at a pinch. As always, stops can be added and changed to suit passenger interests and available time.

Cruise The Bay '56 Chevrolet 3 Hour Classic Car Private Tour

This one is close to home and can be a great way to see Melbourne from the water’s edge, especially if time is tight. This tour hits the sights immediately upon departing central Melbourne with a lap around Melbourne’s F1 Grand Prix Circuit, Albert Park Lake. From there it is all vision as we head down the famous Beach Road around Port Phillip Bay for stops at bathing boxes, headlands, and a lovely ice cream and coffee stand at Half Moon Bay before a visit to iconic St. Kilda Pier. Return can be to the CBD or even the Royal Botanic Gardens. And yes, this one can be booked for sunset and all the photo ops that provides! As always, stops can be added and changed to suit passenger interests and available time. Your party of four can be collected from city hotels or a Carlton café for a private tour driven by your d’Luxe host, John Frostell – local Chevrolet enthusiast and drive-to location expert. These tours are the perfect choice for international and interstate visitors wanting a unique look at Melbourne and environs, otherwise for locals looking at special gift ideas or simply just a bit of fun!

Discover the Hills – '56 Chevrolet Classic Car Private Tour

The perfect classic car tour in a mid-50s Chevrolet coupe to experience: winding mountain roads; luscious rainforest; café stop hosted by Shannon Bennett at Burnham Beeches; freeway cruising; roadside artworks; jazz jazz (cool) jazz, glimpses of an abandoned Art Deco mansion; stroll to a garden lake house; and a scenic lookout rest and photo stop ... available for bookings seven days a week. The Dandenong Ranges (Dandenongs) are Melbourne’s essential near-to-city tourist experience – and the best way to enjoy them, from one end to another, is from an old-school Chevrolet, America’s all-time favourite automobile. Your party can be collected from city hotels or a Carlton café for a private tour driven by d’Luxe host, John Frostell – local Chevrolet enthusiast and drive-to location expert. A typical ‘Hills’ tour heads: CBD/Carlton to Ferntree Gully via East Link, to Sherbrooke, Kalorama and back to CBD/Carlton via Ringwood. It should take three hours (half day) or can be expanded to make a six hours (full day) tour. Stops can be added and changed to suit passenger interests and available time. Tours out of Melbourne available across half, full or maxi day durations. Prices from $450.00 for four passengers.

Sunset Special '56 Chevrolet 2.5 Hour Classic Car Private Tour

When the clocks have been pushed forward, Melbourne's bayside is treated to extra evening light to soak up the balmy seasonal air and luscious sunset displays across the water from the west. And it goes even better when being moved around in their 1956 Chevrolet, cruising the beach roads with windows down, breeze in the hair and some cool jazz tracks from back-in-the-day, setting a fun and relaxing scene. You can take this tour as it comes, leaving from Melbourne's city centre and heading south via Albert Park Lake and Fitzroy Street. to the waterfront and then south. Maybe an ice cream stop at Half Moon Bay and a quick stroll by the shore? Or hold that thought for a wine, beer or cocktail back up the road in Port Melbourne – you can mix it up with a quick photo stop at Brighton Beach or St. Kilda Pier too. There are so many ways to do this. Return to the city centre, perhaps out front of a cheeky little roof-top bar or restaurant to stretch the evening even further. This tour is great for travellers wanting a quintessential Melbourne experience.