Tuesday, 5 November 2019

More Classic Cars

Every so often, the farmers' markets held on Armidale's creeklands are accompanied by a show of classic cars. This was the case last Sunday and I'm showing some of the great exhibits. I guess I'm taken by these classic and even vintage cars because prior to coming to Australia I worked in the British motor industry at the British Leyland Oxford factory where Austin and Morris and vehicles were produced. Believe it or not, the works where I was located also produce the steel bodies for Rolls-Royce! The fittings were inserted elsewhere.

It's amazing to me that our thinly populated district can bring together so many excellent vehicles. Since Australia did not produce cars until after the second world war, all older than that would have been imported. I seem to recall that the vehicle on the left in the first picture is a Porsche.


Can anyone tell me the manufacturer of this vehicle? I should have made a note!


This is a typical American vehicle of the 1960s with boots and bonnets big enough to land a helicopter!



If I'm right the vehicle below is an MG, made at a factory I visited as part of my work. On one trip in an MG we motored down a main road reaching 160 kph (100 mph). Fortunately for my driver there were no police around.


Definitely American



I once owned a mini, but not this up-market mini-cooper.



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