Whanganui Classic Car Show 14th March

[fotorabia]

I spent 15mins cleaning Viva yesterday for todays bi-annual classic car show.There was the normal top end snobbery..which I dutifully ignored..but we were the start of the line of a great collection of Vauxhalls..and some really nice friendly owners that we met..the Mercedes club showed up in all their brand new scheiber..and I happen to be friends with old Adrian and Joyce whose spent $100k restoring their 1955 220S Ponton..the Capri Club guys were cool..and i had a good talk with them..and I thought i had cheapest car of the show..$875..until i met the owner of the Marina ute..which only cost $100!Stinking hot day..the Viva being white meant it stayed cool!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Missus is in love with SMs..so she got pally with the owner of this..so we re invited out to Taranaki to go for a rural blast in it!

 

 

P76 Force 7..one of 12 in existence...

 

 

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This is a recent acquisition of my friend Tom..

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And i love this Monaro..no V8 and no mags!

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This Blower Bentley has been owned by an old boy locally for 40 yrs and has just finished restoring it..this was its 1st outing.

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[VWPowered]

 

ohhhh thats smart

 

great pics as always rab

[STUNO]

Of course I will mis that lot by a day. going there tomorrow and will probably pass them all going home !!

[fotorabia]

 

ohhhh thats smart

 

great pics as always rab

yeah it is...got told of two Mk3s sitting in a paddock in Waitotara Valley we can probably have John!

[VWPowered]

ummm hot rods p.s. your viva's shining like a star bro

[whitevanman]

Zephyr 8)

P76 Force

Valiant coupe (Charger)

P76 saloon

 

 

Oh I SO wanna move there

[Hudsonpie]

Top pics, it's hard to pick a favorite they are all lovely but credit to matey with the three wheeler on the trailer for putting Savage 500 wheeltrims on said trailer

[shite_meister]

 

OMG thats nice, I would like that very much

 

Great pics of some great cars, nice one.

[seth]

I so love the variety you get down under. That Mk3 Ford is pretty damn cool!How come so many of the Vauxhalls are not Holdens?

[Station]

 

Unfortunately, Leyland Australia collapsed before the P76 could reach fruition and the axe fell on the rest of the range. As it was, fifty-eight cars were built in late 1973 for the planned launch in February 1974, before the plug was pulled. This run of now extinct models were ordered to the crusher - and in doing so they were driven from Zetland (The Leyland-Enfield plant in Sydney) to the Enfield Transport Terminal, where they were loaded onto trucks to take them to the Simsmetal scrap metal dealers.

 

Of these, 10 cars were auctioned off on the understanding that they were "Uncompliant" for road useage (they had been complianced for use in Australia, but had their plates removed), but most were subsequently registered anyway! One of these was shipped to the UK for evaluation, and was apparently used during the development of the SD1 (the Rover Sports Register reportedly accepts it as an SD1 prototype!). The car was later used by Lord Stokes as his personal transport, before being sold via auction to an enthusiast.

 

John Mackesy, who was at the auction, recalled, "I attended the auction where the 10 survivors were sold, and was also present when the prototypes and (pre?) production vehicles were destroyed. This was accomplished by dropping body dies on them from a large forklift, as I recall. They certainly weren't driven anywhere outside the plant. As to the vehicle at Birdwood Mill (Adelaide) I drove this on a number of occasions, and in fact tuned and detailed it prior to its being sent away. I'm glad to see it still survives."

 

According to Warrewyk Williams, all ten of these Force 7s survive to this day.

[fotorabia]

Station..the Force 7 above is the ex-Lord Stokes example...the guy that owns it paid 100000squid for it..he lives in a local town..Hawera..and owns a Toyota dealership..

[Gompo]

Cool pics!Always surprised by the amount of 'European' cars there. I really need to get out there oneday.Cheers.

[Mr H Sceptre]

That CX is a lovely thing.

[Captain Mainwaring]

Never seen an SM with that nose...

[michiel]

Great pics, great variety. My favourite might be this TA...