Thread: Stragglers Picnic..Cambridge,NZ..

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We went north on Saturday morning to see my mother.An annual event happens an hours drive away,,so it ties in well for visits.. ,in fact,if mum was as active as she used to be,she probably would have wanted to come to..
The Stragglers Picnic has been happening for several years now,and this year,close to 1000 cars turned uo for the day,or part thereof..Heres a link..

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Stragglers Charity car show in Cambridge

Pix from a couple of guys here..plus....on Saturday afternoon,there was another display in Tauranga(where mum lives) but I cant seem to find them..Will look and put them up tonight..

Great cars, fantastic site for a show!!!!!

Thanks for sharing Robin!

Beautiful country ......... an amazing site for some outstanding vehicles

I think we need to plan a trip to NZ one day before we're too old & feeble! A truly great bunch of cars, with lots of variety. Thanks for posting the links.

Hey Robin that looks like a great venue,Some shade and a little water to boot.

Looks like it was one heck of a good show, some really great looking cars and a really nice area to boot!!! Thanks for putting up the pics!

There's definately some nice cars there. I was surprised to see newer GTO seats in the Charger then remembered they all started life on that side of the world

Guys,,that is one of the nicest spots for a car show/display,that we have been to in ages..Its no surprise that the reason they get several hundred cars,is,I would think,the fact that its only a couple of hours from Auckland,very central location,and the shade,,in fact,the whole feeling in the domain is relaxing..And it was a hot day too..And as you can see,it brings the whole spectrum of classics,rods,kustoms,,etc,out for the day..

Roger(Spears),,what you guys need to do is find an enterprising dude to organise a rodding tour,(we have several guys doing this here,for trips to USA)cos you guys could spend four weeks here and cover quite a bit of territory..
Coyote,thanks for the compliment,,we like it,,its a kool little country..
35fordcoupe,,a very large percentage of the later model cars you can see here,are in fact imports,that have started life in America..And we are only now beginning to have the privelige of importing new/near new cars,,but there are a few strings attached..
Roger(blowby),you need to come home in November for a look,,This has been going for a few years now,,and not getting any smaller..Every year,another 100 cars turn up..Estimated 850-900 this year..Ohh,and did I mention that it is a CHARITY event??Usually gold coin entry$1,$2 coin,,last year,about $3000 donated to charity..

Originally Posted by rspears

I think we need to plan a trip to NZ one day before we're too old & feeble! A truly great bunch of cars, with lots of variety. Thanks for posting the links.

Bingo!!! best idea of the day!

Robin,

It is indeed a beautiful country, what little of it I have seen. Went to Christchurch back in the '80's when I worked for Unisys (Burroughs Corporation). Only saw some of the south island, and it was gorgeous ........ absolutely stunning

John

OK guys next time I can't find a part I'm calling Robin looks like they have all our cars over there... They try hiding them by putting the steering wheel on the wrong side but I bet the fenders and doors will fit....Robin Thanks for the pictures.

Originally Posted by cffisher

OK guys next time I can't find a part I'm calling Robin looks like they have all our cars over there... They try hiding them by putting the steering wheel on the wrong side but I bet the fenders and doors will fit....Robin Thanks for the pictures.

Charlie,,funny thing is,,the LHD American imports must nearly outnumber the NZ new American cars..With the 50s/60s/70s stuff,at least..We got very little later model stuff,until the import restrictions were eased,then the flood gates opened..Parts??yup,,we have it all,,we might have done you a favor,cos I bet a lot of cars were boxed up and shipped down here,instead of being junked..What do ya need,fellas??

John...the South Island is like a different country to the North Island..We have some awesome scenery in both islands,,but they have better earthquakes than us... oops,,did I say that?? They are also very strong rodding wise down there,and have a lot of American cars that came into the south with the American servicemen who were at the Operation Deep Freeze base in Christchurch..They found they could bring their cars down here,and usually there were newowners waiting for them to sell at the end of their service down here..

Thanks for sharing the pics Robin. Looked like a great turnout, with some really nice Rods and Bikes, liked the custom trailers too. Didn't see one shrimp on the barby though!