Classic Cars and Coffee Sunday 3 November 2024

Classic Cars and Coffee featured French Car Day

I took my DKW along. She needed a good run and ran very well there.

Rolls-Royce Phantom III

A Morris 8 custom racer and the Ogilvy Speed Special (more below)

1924 Hispano Suiza with Australian body by Martin & King

"Martin and King were among the leading Australian coachbuilders, built for all the prestige brands, and were Rolls-Royce's own preference for Australian bodies. Martin and King bodies were more robust and had better dustproofing that British bodies, quite important for Australian road conditions. Over the years they built for Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Delage, Hispano-Suiza, Bugatti, Jaguar and many others." https://www.coachbuild.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1069

1920s Citroen Type D

Citroen 2CV with Hoffman cabriolet body

Citroen SM

Panhard 24CT. A real rarity and there are two here

Renault 750s

The trusty Patron Citroen H van. It does the best coffee http://thepatron.com.au/things_we_do.html

1974 Citroen DS

1980 Citroen CX

Citroen Traction Avant

1960 IWL Berlin scooter from East Germany

Fiat 500

Polish-built FSM 126

Mercury

The Ogilvy Speed Special. https://www.ogilvyspeedspecial.com.au/

Classic Cars and Coffee Sunday 20th October 2024

Rotary Club of Como Classic Car Show - Sunday 29th September 2024

The Como Rotary Car Show is held annually in October at Wesley College and attracts over 200 cars of all makes and ages. It's a pleasant and relaxing show and one of my favorites on the motoring calendar.

Six members of our KBG club attended the show covering a wide variety of unusual vehicles. Attending were a 1965 Saab Monte Carlo, 1959 DKW F94, 1964 Panhard 24CT, 1965 Skoda Octavia and 1944 KdF Kubelwagen.

And the sixth vehicle - a 1969 BMW R69

The Saab 96 Monte Carlo was a sports tuned version of the Saab 96. It is powered by a three cylinder 850cc two-stroke with triple carburetors. Saab enjoyed a particularly successful rallying history.

Saab and DKW continued with two-stroke powerplants long after it was dropped by other European manufacturers. The advantage of two-strokes was their simplicity of construction and maintenance (no need for tuning, valve timing, oil changes, less things to go wrong) and with excellent power to weight ratios, but by the mid-1960s they were definitely seen as a 'poor man's motor'. Emission control legislation in Europe spelt the death knell for the engine.

My DKW F94 is powered by an 886cc three-cylinder two-stroke

Another small-engine, high-performance motor car is this 1965 Panhard 24CT from France. Powered by a 750cc air-cooled boxer engine, highly tuned to squeeze every last horsepower out of its small engine. Like the Saab and DKW, Panhards performed well in rallying.

1965 Skoda Octavia was powered by a sturdy four-cylinder four-stroke motor of 1200cc.

The military version of the KdF Volkswagen served in all European theatres, from the deserts of North Afrika (as this example is painted) to the frozen Russian front. Ferdinand Porsche's incredibly robust low-compression four-cylinder air-cooled boxer was able to perform in all conditions. 

A magnificently restored BMW R69.

Jaguar Kougar

Renault 4CVs

Fiat 500C Topolina

Ferrari

Ford Thunderbird

Replica 1936 Mercedes-Benz 500

Austin Healey Sprite

Porsche 356 Roadster

Morgan Plus Eights

Aston Martin DB5

1930 Ford A

Chevrolet Blitz

Studebaker Lark



Bedford van

Vauxhall Club

Holden FX

For more information check out the website: https://comorotary.org/como-rotary-car-show/

Classic Cars and Coffee 1 September 2024

It's almost here......Spring has almost sprung! The team at CC and C are very much looking forward to this Sunday's event with a great array of new classics and rare modern cars expected. Remember that from this Sunday and through all of Spring, Summer and Autumn we are reverting back to our normal hours of 8:30 - 10:30am.

After the incredibly busy August Classic Cars and Coffee (I couldn't even get in), September proved a quiet event. It was nice to be able to enter without queuing and get a parking spot. It was the Karmann Ghia's turn to attend.

A rather spectacular Bentley

A true rarity in Perth - Danny E's ZAZ

And another Soviet masterpiece - Lada Niva

1929 Hupmobile

Messerschmitt KR201

HDR Vincent

A Czechoslovakian masterpiece - Czeta "Iron Pig." This example was assembled in New Zealand as the NZeta.

Malvern Star moped

Ford



Volvo jeep

Big Jim rocking the NZeta

Renault 4CV