German Car Day 2021

Everybody in the classic motoring community has their own particular interests. I am interested in German vehicles - if you didn't know. Sadly for me, there is a notable shortage of interesting German vehicles from the periods I am interested in. There are a lot of more modern German vehicles in Australia. Perth's German Car Day is organised by the Mercedes-Benz Club of WA and is a very popular event for modern German vehicles. I had occasionally attended the German Car Day in the past but had not attended for several years, so I decided I would swing by the start of this year's show on Sunday 31 October 2021.

German Car Day starts with a display at the WACA carpark in East Perth and then followed in this instance with a drive to Gin Gin. Photo by Aslam Moosa.

Photo Aslam Moosa.

I drove my 1959 DKW F94. As soon as I arrived I noted I was somewhat out of place.

It should come as a surprise to no one that there would be a lot of Mercedes. There was a pretty good turn out of classics.

But I only saw two that interested me. This Mercedes-Benz 600 Grosser. Photo by Classic and Modern Show Cars https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063467711026.

And this 1960 Mercedes-Benz 300D limousine. Photo by Classic and Modern Show Cars.

This Opel is rare in Australia. Opels were never really sold her as GM products were covered by GM Holden. Photo by Aslam Moosa.

The only really interesting vehicle of the day was my friend Richard's Fuldamobil.

The Fuldamobil enjoys a reputation as being one of the worst motor cars ever made. There is so much wrong with the vehicle it's hard to know where to start.

But they do look quite space age.

Like my DKW, the Fuldamobil was completely out of place among the moderns. Perhaps it recognized the disdain with which it was regarded when it set off, trailing a huge cloud of two-stroke smoke behind it.

Hilarious!

German Car Day isn't really a classic event, but it certainly is successful for the modern enthusiasts who want to get out on the road and put their German engineering through its paces.

Classic Cars and Coffee Sunday 11th October 2020

The weather was spectacular for the September Classic Cars and Coffee and the event was extremely well attended. It was actually struggle finding somewhere to park!

Best of British - Mini and Bentley

A very fine pair.

Another English legend - Jensen

And more - 1960 Daimler and Alvis

Alvis

A real English rarity - Bristol 411. Apparently this car was owned by the Sultan of Selangor.

Cadillac

Cadillac and Mustang

Ferrari

BMW 1800

Alfa-Romeo Montreale

Facel Vega

Volkswagen Type 3 and Beetle

Renault 4CVs

Renault Alpine GTA

Lovely pair - Mercedes-Benz 190SLR and Austin-Healey

Morgan club

Alfa-Romeo Gulietta Spider

Ford Thunderbird

1949 Morgan Plus 4

Morgan 8

Rolls-Royce Phantom III - spectacular!

Citroen CX

Porsche 356 coupe

Bentley

The Mercedes-Benz 190SLR slips out

Austin Seven

Iconic 1955 Ford Thunderbird

Holden EK

Fiat OTR

1943 VW Kubelwagen

Another fine Austin Seven

Citroen H van

Daisy had squeeze onto the footpath

Next event is on Sunday 15th November 2020

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.