Last weekend was the last Teretonga session of the year though obviously only one of the first of the summer racing season. I skipped out there for an hour or so to catch up with some people as well as take a few snaps. The results of which are as follows;
Pre-65 Anglia
You can view the full flickr gallery here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/retro-classics/sets/72157622825649105/
-Michael
By the time this entry gets published I should be well on my way to Taupo for Leg 1 of my North Island roadtrip.
Just me, a TX3, and a bunch of camera gear…
The aim is to get to Wellington by Tuesday, spend a few days down there, then head back to the land of orcs. However for every meticulously detailed plan there exists an equally large spanner to throw in the works; namely, Leg 2 of the journey was meant to include a stop in the Hawkes Bay but the two people I’ve been planning to catch up with from that area are seemingly out of touch right now. So I may have to fall back to the alternative – which is to hoof it down the Desert Road directly to Palmy, instead of going over the range from Taupo and following SH2 down.
Anyway, I shall (hopefully) update from wherever there exists adequate 3G and/or a proper ‘internerd’ connection!
Western Access (Kihikihi - Mangakino)
On Saturday just past (the 28th of November to be precise) there was what I would call a “typical” Car Show, held in Invercargill. Gone are the days where people bring out there well looked after cars that they’ve owned forever. It seems in the US car scenes side of things that the majority of the show ponies are recent imports, bought from the US for relatively cheap and then flicked to some poor sap who doesn’t have the ability to import the car themselves and as such is willing to pay an horrific premium because of it.
I pulled up to the gates in my recently acquired Japanese Classic. It received exactly the reception I had anticipated. Contempt. However being that this is a small backwards, hick town in the middle of buttfuck nowhere, I would have been surprised at anything else. The man at the gates looked down his nose and pointed me toward the car park. I parked amongst a mix of modern Aussie plastic fodder as would be expected at such a gig and dragged my partner along with me into the “show” area, where she then had to endure me attempting to take at least two photos of each car worth photographing that was there as well as my usual mix of detail photos. A select few of the results are as such;
Impala vs. Mustang
I’m busy trying to sort out the photos that I took on Saturday. In the meantime here’s a few that I’ve uploaded to give a vague idea;
Stay tuned for the other 200 odd photos ASAP.
-Michael
Alright, step right up and Register for the National Oldschool Car Event that will leave your socks and feet scarred with explosives detritus from being blown the hell off! This magical amazing weekend of glory shall be rival to none other in terms of automotive rarity and exclusion or neglect being cast off to allow all who attend to share in the fabulousness of variation that is the collective of oldschool.co.nz member’s cars. Events in the past have seen the small in stature Suzuki Fronte share track time with a repowered Vauxhall Chevette Wagon amongst many others!
Still you wonder… are such things for you? Are you on the fence in regards to attending the weekend? Perhaps the following images will change your mind;
Ooohhh, variation. Can you taste it? For more information (including the dates and plans for the day) and required form to fill visit this thread on the oldschool.co.nz forums.
http://www.oldschool.co.nz/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=20664
Bang. Do it.
-Michael
