Thread: From down here!!

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Every month there is a burger run,or breakfast run,etc so we try to combine a visit to some one with an out of town event,doesnt work out that we get out of town regularly,but last Friday,I took my brother in law back to Auckland,[4 1/2 hour drive],so he could fly back to Brisbane Australia,to his family,so I hung around Auckland for the weekend,and went to the breakfast meet north of the city,,werent a lot of cars there,as a lot of the regulars were south of the city at another run..But..heres some shots of what did turn up..
A friend owns this Vicky,rumour has it,that it sat for a number of years [about 16]before Des bought it into the country,his brother in law now owns it,runs very sweet.

Some more

This 32 5w was rebuilt over a number of years by the owner from a hulk,parts came from all over the country.

The tourer was built in 1968,same guy still owns it,and it hasnt changed a whole lot,unfortunately,his daughters 34 pickup wasnt there this time..

A glass car with steel hood.

Refugee from the dragstrip.




Brand new Camaro in for RHD conversion..

The COE is built on a 60s International chassis with V8.

Sweet Pic's! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for posting. I really like that blue deuce coupe.

Originally Posted by rumrumm

Thanks for posting. I really like that blue deuce coupe.

Thanks for the comments,the blue deuces owner is a fairly quiet sort of a guy with a lot of talent and patience.He is a member of a group of guys called the Scroungers,who live in the 50s/60s era,the main man being a guy called Chris Piaggi,who spent some time up in US working for an older guy who taught him truck loads about flatheads..All of the Scroungers cars are based on the same era,all just about period perfect,Colins 32 5w is the shiniest of the bunch,but the rest of their cars are as well built,they have to be to pass our stringent certification laws.

As a point of interest,a bunch of cars from those pics went south to catch the other run,and I saw the pics on the NZ hotrod site last night,about 130 cars,I couldnt do both runs,so the pics will have to do..

Really nice pictures .......... and some really interesting (and gorgeous) vehicles ........... interesting the mix of left hand and right hand drive ........ thanks for posting these

Originally Posted by Old Coyote

Really nice pictures .......... and some really interesting (and gorgeous) vehicles ........... interesting the mix of left hand and right hand drive ........ thanks for posting these

It is an interesting mix,as you can see,we have had a big surge in vehicles imported from your fair land,a variety of different models,sizes and shapes...We are lucky to have a ruling that lets us drive an older American car/truck LHD without having to convert them to RHD,a move which most of us wouldnt do anyway.We prefer them left hook..There are a lot of rules on later models,but it is complex,wont go there..