Classic motoring events, vehicle restorations, news, museum visits and other bits and pieces from Perth, Western Australia
Sunday, December 4, 2016
Day of the Volkswagen 2016
This year's Day of the Volkswagen was held at Wilson Park, South Beach, South Fremantle, and it was a triumph. The last couple of years DoVs had seen a bit of a decline in attendance and despite the anniversaries of the Karmann Ghia and the Golf, the days were increasingly dominated by the Kombi to the exclusion of other models (not that there is anything wrong with Kombi's).
The Wilson Park location, beside South Beach, Fremantle was a great location. It was appropriately sized for the size of the display and there was a lovely cool breeze blowing in from the sea.
There was a wide variety of machines attending, which made it a much more interesting show.
Kombi's of course were well represented
Little Creatures brewery truck
A very interesting, bare metal Porsche 356 racer. It's been a few years since I've seen any Porsches at the Day of the Volkswagen
Lots of beetles, varying from original spec to slammed and custom
Steffen's VW collection - Country Buggy, immaculate Kombi and low-light Karmann Ghia
Paul Blank's NSU Ro80 (which is for sale).
Seffen's beautiful Karmann Ghia and the modern 'Karmann Ghia' - the Audi TT coupe
This year there was a great turnout of Karmann Ghia's.
These two immaculate low-lights were restored by Jerry Heldt's Karmann Ghia Company of Australia.
More of Jerry's work
Vintage paraphenalia
A very nice Type 3 Notchback. A very under rated car
Camper vans
VW Type 2 ute
More beetles
This early model Oval has been with the same owners since the 1960s
It's had a hard life but has now been restored to excellent condition.
Purvis Eureka
Purvis Eureka
Type 3 Fastback. Some might say a 'poor mans Karmann Ghia.' Quite lovely.
A very fine day for a car show
Manz Buggy and Passat
The car park was filled with VWs that did not make it to the show - including ours. The Volkswagen Club of WA did a great job!
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Celebration of the Motorcar 2016
The 2016 show expanded to include an additional display area within the beautiful grounds of the Cottesloe Civic Centre. The Vintage Sports Car Club presented a special feature display of historic racing cars dating back 100 years to celebrate their club’s 30th Anniversary. A 100 Years of BMW display was another feature this year.
A record 170 cars, including very rare cars such as Lamborghini, Bentley, Porsche, Rolls-Royce, Jaguar, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz, Aston Martin, Ferrari and more… In excess of $35 million worth, with several cars coming from the eastern states this year.
Plymouth Roadrunner
Renault row led by the very first Renault Type A
Renault Grand Prix replica
1899 Renault Type A. This revolutionary car from the dawn of the motoring era introduced the concept of the differential and gearbox. This car one of only 150 Type A's built and has just completed a two year restoration.
Alpine Renault
Modern and classic Ford Mustang
View down on the Renault row
Two British Marcos sports cars. Marcos used the a fibreglass body mounted over a traditional ash wood frame. http://www.marcos-eng.com/
TVR is another small British sportscar maker. http://tvr.co.uk/
1936 Alvis 4.3 Charlesworth coupe
50th anniversary limited edition McLaren. This car was the people's choice winner last year/
What's better than a Fiat Multipla? Two Fiat Multiplas!!
Robert Wagner and Natalie Woods' Corvette
Packard Hawk, which is pretty much a rebadged Studebaker Hawk.
1934 Rolls-Royce Phantom II with a coach-built body by Roger Fry. This car was debuted at the show and received the people's choice award.
Celebrating 100 years of BMW.
BMW Australia had intended to display a pre-war BMW 327 at the show but it wasn't running on the day. The display instead featured BMWs post-war range. This is a 1973 BMW 200Z wagon.
1972 BMW 3.0 CSL
The star of the BMW show in my opinion is this 1959 BMW 300 Isetta. After the war BMW found there was no market for their big cars and the whole automobile division was basically shut down. BMW rebuilt its fortune on its motorcycle range before moving into microcars. The Isetta was originally built by the Italian refrigerator company, Iso, but they struggled with capacity issues. BMW built the Isetta under license and turned it into a success.
1922 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost limousine
A duo of MGs
Rolls Royce section
1938 Rolls Royce 25/30 Sedanca de Ville
1942 Cadillac
1959 Cadillac
1953 Cadillac
Cadillac row
The Vintage Sports Car Club display www.vsccwa.com.au
Morgan
1935 'Bartlett Special.' Based on a 1927 Salmson
Ford based custom
MG racer
Ferrari
Ferrari Dino
Jaguar XJ section
Jaguar XK120
1929 Bentley
1929 Bentley
This is THE Le Mans winning Bentley of 1923. After winning the race it returned to England, was eventually sold and its record breaking history forgotten. The car was turned into station wagon and then left as a derelict in a shed in the UK. It was eventually purchased by Peter Briggs in 1989, restored and is now on display at the York Motor Museum.
Citroen SM
Citroen DS and Facel Vega
1953 Porsche 356 and Porsche 911s
Delorean
NSU Ro80
For more details, check the website: https://celebration.org.au/wa-next-show/
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