The Gracehill Christmas Party
As I wrote this report, I took the opportunity to reflect on the past years’ club activities and what makes an event truly special. Behind the scenes the club committee [...]
Cement a Drive to the Cement Works – November 2020
A picnic at the cement works near Warkworth gave Daryl and I an excuse to take a break from packing up the house so we were hoping for sunshine and [...]
The Great South-eastern Fish & Chip run Oct 2020
The BP at Drury, our meeting place, was Car Club Central that Sunday morning. Jaguar, noisy Holdens, Porsche, motor bikes and us, filled the carpark. Chris, our Club Captain, gave [...]
Scavenger Hunt Sept 2020
Celebrating the first day of Daylight Savings with a Scavenger Hunt in the picturesque Waitakere Ranges in the West of Auckland seemed like a perfect idea. The weather had other [...]
Ham for a Hamburger
The flowering daffodils & freesias in our front garden suggest spring so we start up the SL and take off the hard top. Going to be a wind in the [...]
Top Down Tour – Sunday 28 June
In the distant past before lockdown, Janine and I created this year’s Top Down Tour and we were all set to go when we all had to stay home. It [...]
Intense competition at the Grass Gymkhana
Sunday 15 March at North Shore Vintage Car Club. The club's annual gymkhana has been well attended in recent years as ladies and gentlemen have produced a variety of vehicles [...]
Auckland Brit & Euro Classic Car Show
Brit & Euro Classic Car Show It was a hot day with a warm breeze. Perfect conditions for a car show. But not just any car show: it’s the British [...]
Ellerslie Classic Car Show
Almost as much as every exhibitor, I was pleased as punch to wake to a fine Sunday morning for all the Concours cars. Of course, we’d had the informal Tours [...]
Motorhomes, Misty beaches and Mighty Icecreams – a Pokeno run
The briefing made it sound simple There's life beyond the Bombay Hills - who would have thought?? It was a day out of the most stunning picture book [...]
