my new zealand and australia trip pics

well my nephew asks us to attend his wedding in new zealand,so we book some flights(via dubai,bangkok,sydney)and were of to christchurch on the south isle,we have a 6/7 hour drive down to gore which is surprisingly pleasant as theres hardly any traffic,and what i thought would be a freeway was just a 2 lane road that went though every town,,now apart from a meet with russtee later in the week this was not ment to be a car/hotrod trip,,the first old motor i spotted was this devon pickup.


when i got to gore i found all this rusty stuff on the other side of the fence from my motel








pop/anglia rollin ch***is



vauxhall

 

so then we go off for a drive around the town and my wife spots this down a side street

38 chev which the guy uses most days.next we are in the pub when she says a 3 window coupe has just drivern p***ed,so im off out the door but missed it,as i did the next few times it went p***ed,well the next morning i spot it in a side street and its this 34 chevy

so i knock on the door and get invited into the garage,,this is his wifes 32 fordor,and his other 34 sedans,1 ford 1 chevy






so that afternoon were outside the church for the wedding when the bride turns up in these cool wedding cars,there mark3 ford zodiacs

so they tie the knot and its off to the reception 15 miles up the road to an airfield,on the other side off the road is this prefect

 

Very cool pics, do you have anymore of the Zodiacs

 

the airfield has a resturant/bar and is called the moth because next door is a hanger full of gypsy moths






if these are not hamb friendly i will delete them

well the next few days are tourist days,went to ****ord sound in a storm,spectacular!
and then we back track to dunedin

 

went into the settlers museum










then onto the cadburys chocolate factory

 

so then it was back up to christchurch and my meet with rusty(russtee on here)what a great guy, he came and got me and took me back to his garage to see his stuff






his rutherford head



then it was off to grameme collins garage nite which has been on every thursday for 17 yrs,,these guys know how to drink!!!!


thanks again rusty

 

next stop was sydney,after a few days sightseeing i got on a train and went out to the aussie street rod nats in goulborn 120 miles away

 

Wow nice shots.

So is Crime a problem down in NZ
Or are those Hurricane ties on them Trucks
Front and back.

Looks like you had fun.
God bless NZ I hope to get there someday.

 

then on to melbourne to meet up with jason(63 compact)who took me to visit a couple of garages(sheds)









thanks jason,

 

went out to mirboo north,scene of the first fires from 2 months back

and found these in the woods



this was the golf clubs truck


another zodiac



some more from the nats


gmc truck motor

the lower body of a aussie 34






well thats it,carnt wait to go back for a car holiday!!!!!!

 

great shots Bob, quite the adventure

 

yes it was great and we had a day in dubai on the way home,,now thats a little differant to nz,,i will see you in june

 

Some great looking cars there -- Thanks for posting, Bob!



Malcolm

 

to forgot to post these pics of an aussie bodied willys

 

glad to see you had a good time. That Holley shop is over the road from my work. Also see you got a photo of JIMBOB's Booick which was OUTSIDE the nationals

 

hi flatoz,,also went past an engine shop on mt alexander with a flattie in the window but the tram was going to fast for me to get the pic,great city you live in apart from all the no right turns in the morning rush hour!!!!

 

I grew up a few miles north of where that first Austin truck is - it's been there for years.
Looks like you had a good time.

 

there was an identical one on the otherside of the road

 

Hey Bob glad you had a good trip, and not all garages in Australia are that nice.

 

Nice pics and thanks for posting. Looks like a good trip.

this one makes my pants fit funny in the front

 

Met the Christchurch guys at breakfast a few years ago! Great people.
Lots of cool **** in those pic's. Looks like you had a great time,Bob!

 

Hell no! Adrian's been shopping again...

Looks like a real good trip Bob, was unable to tag along with Jason, but looks like you saw some good sights. I've got the same photo's from our trip to NZ Cadbury's!

 

Nobody told me that! I've been away a few years now.

 

hi bob i will come up and say hi at breakfast before the roadster show in june,,bob

 

It's so strange to see all that American iron with the steering wheel on the wrong side! If you import a car with the steering wheel on the left do they make you convert it or is it ok to drive it "American style" ?

 

Without opening a can of worms,
Here's the abridged version. If your toy is over 20years old, it does not need to be converted. Schweet!
If it is newer, you do need to convert it, unless it is your own personal transportation for more than 6 mths whilst you were in the states. Then you cannot sell it for 5 years without having it converted.

However, If the vehicle has been modified "significantly' (Some one else may be able to define the appropriate modifications) then it must be converted to RHD. It always has been illegal to build a car LHD for NZ.
So that '55 chebbie with the Art Morrison ch***is? Get's converted to RHD. That Trad model A on a Custom deuce ch***is? Convert it bucko!

I'll leave it there, because there are some changes happening, and some people who have , hmm, fallen outside of the legislation that have been caught up in a mess, and must convert cars they believe they shouldn't have too.

(Kiwi's feel free to correct me if you know better)

 

In Australia 25 years and older are O.K. left hook.

 

Cool. I think I need to take a trip south of the equator.