Classic motoring events, vehicle restorations, news, museum visits and other bits and pieces from Perth, Western Australia
Monday, December 31, 2018
DKW Drive 30 December 2018
It's been a couple of years since I last did a video drive, so if you'd to go for a little drive in my 1959 DKW F94, come along while I ramble on about the pleasure of driving a DKW.
And here's a link to my original drive video.
Tatraplan T600 drive 2 December 2018
After the two year restoration journey the Tatra was finally back on the road in July 2018. I did a video drive a couple of months ago but I had the wrong settings on the GoPro and the video was unusable. I had another chance to do a video on 2 December 2018 when I took the Tatra to the Day of the Volkswagen.
Here's a copy of my first Tatra drive video. Terrible sound on that video I'm afraid (or maybe it's just the background noise from the rear engine?).
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Bay to Birdwood 30 September 2018

I was invited to the AGM of the Australian Historic Motoring Federation (AHMF) in Adelaide at the end of September. By good fortune the date coincided with the Bay to Birdwood so I went along and enjoyed the show. Last year's run, when we attended with the Special Interest Vehicle Association, was for cars from 1954 onwards. It was a good experience but there were too many 'modern' classics for my liking. This year's show was cars up to 1959, which I found more appealing.

Exhibitors begin setting up in the upper lawn.
Amilcar in the concourse
MG sedan in the concourse
The judging panel inspects the Amilcar. My friend Paul Blank (far right) was invited to be a judge.
REO Flying Cloud
Vauxhall
Riley cabriolet
Austin Sevens in racing trim
A real rarity in Australia - a French Le Zebre.
There was a large contingent of Model A Fords celebrating the 90th anniversary of the model.
Humber
1931 Packard Super 8 Roadster with a Lalique radiator mascot
1929 Packard Super 8 Limousine
1929 Marmon-Roosevelt
Rows of vintage cars
1929 Buick
More Americans
Queues of cars entering the show
Essex
Some of the rarer Edwardian veterans - De Dion Bouton (front) and 1912 Renault CB.
1912 Renault CB
Another very rare French Edwardian - Gregoire
Gregoire
1913 Vauxhall Prince Henry
Essex
Alfa-Romeo
Amilcar
Motorcycle row
BMW motorcycle with sidecar in German military spec.
I have way more photos to post but I've been running way behind schedule on the blog this year. I've got a dozen other car shows to post! I'll come back to this post and add more photos when I get time.
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