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Thursday, January 16, 2020

Classic Cars and Coffee 29 December 2019

The end of year Classic Cars and Coffee is always a huge affair and the end of 2019 was no different. Some 700 cars attended and were spread over three car parks.

You had to be early to get a spot. I arrived in the DKW about 7.45am. Here I am parked next to Dusan's 1965 Skoda Octavia.

Valiant Charger. My father in law owned a four door model exactly the same colour. I drove it for many years until an inattentive Hyundai driver drove straight into it. The Hyundai was completely destroyed and went flying off the road. I was amazed the driver managed to step out of the car unhurt. The Valiant's driver door and front wing was badly dented but I was able to drive away without a problem.

Jensen built Volvo P1800

Porsche 356

Volvo Amazons

Citroen 2CV

Ford Tudor

Citroen CX

Ford Cortina Mk II and Ford Anglia

Holden 48-215

Citroen SM and Corvette Stingray

Ferrari

1961 MG A

Honda Civic. You don't see many of these anymore.

MG YT

A rare car in Australia - 1925 Flint

Stark contrasts - where do you see a Renault 4 and a Bentley parked together?

1949 Vauxhall

Car park three

Lovely Porsche 356 and Lotus

Ford Mustangs

Lamborghini

Another rarely seen vehicle on the road - Steyr-Puch Haflinger. The Haflinger was designed by Erich Ledwinka, son of Hans Ledwinka, chief designer of Tatra. The Haflinger follows the 'Tatra design principle' of central tube chassis and independently sprung half axles.