Vintage shots from days gone by!

Queen Street, in car starved Auckland, New Zealand, just post WW2. Not a post war car to be seen.

 

This is the showroom of the New Zealand importer, Todd Motors. probably quite a percentage of their annual assembly quota there.

 

Alright , move along, nothing to see here, move along.


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Road/rail bridge over the Oreti River, between Lumsden and Mossburn in Southland, New Zealand 1968.

 

The Opua-Russell car ferry still operates regularly in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Journey time is about 15 minutes. The first photo is from 1960 and the next one a few years later when they look to have replaced the vessel.

 

Another one from car starved New Zealand. Greymouth on the west coast of South Island in 1950.

 

Somewhere in NZ. Going by the plate the date is 1940/41. Probably Home Guard training.

 

Hey Bruce, check this one out!

 

this car was cool! now it's just a shadow of it's former self. anyone have pictures of it as it is now?

 

Vintage Vancouver BC. That poor car after a bomb tore it apart, Jan.1932.

 

A couple of third series Twin Six Packards in Murchison, New Zealand around 1920.

 

Franz Josef Hotel, South Westland, New Zealand 1950.

 

Christchurch, New Zealand on a wet afternoon in 1960. The corner of Cashel and Colombo Streets. Pre war Morris M series 10 hp on the right. A Mk7 Jag with a Standard Vanguard ute just visible behind it, and unusually, two fifties Chevs further down the street. Not common to see two of those on the same place in those days as there were never many around. The yellow truck is an English Ford Thames. All of those buildings are now gone - demolished due to earthquake damage in 2011. Murrays Unichem Chemist was still on that corner until the 2011 earthquake.

 

Kaeo, Northland, New Zealand circa 1960.

 

Kaitaia, Northland, New Zealand, circa 1960.

 

Kawakawa, Northland, New Zealand in the 1950s. The railway still runs down the main street but nowadays it is only a tourist line.

 

Levin raceway, North Island, New Zealand, 1964.

 

A Packard Clipper in New Zealand circa 1950.

 

Ruapuna race circuit, Christchurch, New Zealand. The start of a race for New Zealand built specials, probably 1964. many of the cars in this picture are still in existence with some still regular runners in historic events. Car #14, a V8 special, has its builder, Neil Stuart, at the wheel. He went on to build several more race cars. The red car is the 260M Zephyr and the black car #13 is the ACE III, also Zephyr (English Ford) powered.