It was a grey morning with the promise of rain later however this was better for the car show as it meant you didn’t get so burnt. Last year the sun burned down and people did not want to walk around for fear of getting sunburnt, so today was much better.
There was a very good selection of cars from all over North Island combined with a jumble sale and also old bits of car for sale.
Most of the cars were in absolutely excellent condition and the owners must have worked very hard and spent quite a bit of money getting their cars up to standard.
From Rolls Royce to Cadillac and from Austin A40 to a plethora of Ford Zodiacs, Zephyr’s and the like it was great.
There was also a line up of Chevrolet cars as well as some motor cycles including a Californian Kawasaki Police Patrol bike with the owner togged out in the full gear.
The BBQ sausages and onions on bread were excellent and there was a reasonable choice of food including the national dish of Chips.
On the back of a large 40foot truck a mother and her unwilling daughter were doing a series of dances from country and western to Hill Billy through to Maori. We understand the mother is an outgoing individual who likes this type of event and her daughter is the opposite and she did not smile at any time. There was a large trampoline for the kids to play on and the complete show was well organised.
Noel took lots of photos, most of which are on the Photo Blog, if you are interested in historic or vintage cars.
We just about made it back to the house around two pm when it started to rain and we were so lucky to not get caught. In the evening Lamb chops plus multiple vegetables was the ‘daily special’ and enjoyed by both of us.
We did a fair amount of walking today and Noel’s knee is certainly much better and almost back to normal, wow let’s hope this continues.
We think the weather will improve tomorrow with some cloud and sunny patches.
All the photos can be seen on following link
http://albums.phanfare.com/5194780/2944783_3547345#imageID=57994763
