Thread: NZ's Americana On Car Crazy

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Fortunately I was watching the powerblock on Spike this morning and Car Crazy with Barry Mequiar was on featuring Americana one of the many events that they have down under in New Zealand.If any of you got to see it did you happen to notice how many US flags they were flying and the quality and variety of cars they have.For a small population of 4 mill they definitely have a huge car culture and Barry showed it of well.Me being a little prejudice to my home country hope that a lot of you find the time and money to explore NZ at some stage as I can assure you you will not be disappointed.

I saw that show and you are right, the cars and country are beautiful. It always amazes me how car lovers in other parts of the world can put these things together.......getting parts must be tough. The quality of the cars was first rate too.

Don

Thanks guys for the compliments of our little country and yes even though I havn't attended an Americana Event yet,they are really popular and the organiser now does one in the north island and one in the south island on the same theme. We may of banned your nuclear ships and weapons from our shores but we still look upon the USA as one of our close allies.

I saw it twice it was on last Sunday night (8/8) and I watch it again today. It was a great show indeed. I was amazed at how many American cars were there. not a bad looking ride as far as you could see. It was awesome to see them flying to American flag and enjoying the our on going love of cars. I know it has to be expensive to get the cars there. I hate to order a small item and wait for delivery can't imagine waiting on a street rod to come across from another country.
Nice looking home land you have there Whiplash23T.

Thanks but I believe all rodders down here, me included,would like nothing better than to ship our car up to the States,or buy a rod up there, and tour the States for year or so. we have a few NZers up at the speed week at the moment. Our exchange rate is or was flavourable to us for inporting cars from USA and we are lucky enough to have some excellent Hot Rod Shops down here that carry alot of stuff in store for quick delivery.

i enjoyed the episode very much ,, i just wish america would return to a country i could love as much myself ..

Ive been to all the AmeriCARna festivals as they started out in my hometown. The first year was all run by volunteers and our hot rod club did its bit. We had a ball.

And this year, we went to the first one at the bottom of our south island, which unfortunately clashed with the Beach Hop up north.

The 2 best things about the event -
1) No car show judging
2) You get to drive your car to a new town each day.

The only requirements are that your car is American - you can rock up in a 2010 Chevvy pickup, or a 1923 T bucket. Everyones welcome. And one dude turned up in his Mack truck - because he could.

Glad you guys enjoyed it,we also have done the three in the North Island,but couldnt afford to do the South Island event..We always have a few out of town folk stay here so they can do it too..
As whiplash says,we have good access to spare parts,new and used,so its no problem to build,import,whatever you want..Exchange rate varies,obviously,but we have to pay about $1.42 NZ for an American dollar at the moment..has been better,but also a whole lot worse too...
Good onya Roger...didja feel homesick mate??Specially seein all that Taranaki grass....yay..
And yeah,,definitely on the bucket list...get up there to America and cruise as much as we can in the available time we have...

Robin I always feel homesick,but fortunately we get to go home a lot and I must say that I do live in a beautiful part of the USA.We would welcome any rodders coming through this part of the country so put it on your list.

That show would have been sooooo much better if Meguiare had done more showing of cars instead putting his face in front of the camera and babbling on and on and on and on about inane subjects. It was a good show as far as it went and did at least give us here in the US an idea as to how far others can and do go with American cars.

That was good,thanks Roger..IC2,I know what ya mean,but I still got a kick out of it,and I found him very approachable,,hence the pics earlier this year hamming it up with him at AmeriCARna..[thanks for putting the link on NZHRM forum Roger]even did a few minutes in my little town...mate,when several hundred American cars and hot rods come to Inglewood,it fills up quick...
Thanks for the offer,Roger,always appreciated.When Jim Shelton came down a few years back,I think he only spent one night in three weeks in a hotel,the rest of the time he found hot rodders were inviting him back home for a day or three..Kool way to see the country side..
Barry did say some very nice things about our little province,,very kool..