Country's biggest classic car show this weekend

February 10, 2017

A ‘CLASSIC’ DAY AT THE RACES FOR CAR LOVERS

Hundreds of classic car enthusiasts from around the country are gearing up for New Zealand’s biggest car event happening in Auckland this weekend.

The Ellerslie Classic Car Show will stage its forty-fourth annual event at Ellerslie Race Course on Sunday February 12th.

The show started in 1972, when a handful of Auckland car clubs gathered at Cornwall Park to stage the country’s first Intermarque competition to find the best classic cars.

By 1982, the event had become so big, organisers moved it to Ellerslie Race Course.

On show are not only “hobby cars” and “survivors” but some of the world’s best restorations valued at millions of dollars.

Displays cover virtually every marque seen in New Zealand over a hundred yeears including this year, the NZ-produced Trekka celebrating its 50th anniversary.

A notable display vehicle will be a rare Alfa Romeo – the 1938 London Motor Show exhibit – which arrived in the country last year.

Children’s charity GoBabyGo returns to display electric ride-in toy BMW cars that it donates to children with impaired mobility.

It takes almost a year to put a show like this together – with those involved working voluntarily. But the resulting weekend of nostalgia revisiting cars you grew up with, courted in or drooled over makes it a classic day in every sense.

Ellerslie Intermarque Concours and Classic Car Show

Sun Feb 12, 2017 10 am – 4 pm. Ellerslie Race Course

Sponsored by NZ Classic Car magazine, Meguiar’s and Classic Cover Insurance

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