It is May again and time for the local Vintage Machinery Society's annual Steam Rally and Tractor Pull (+ cars and trucks). There must have been some sort of incident at a show (not this one) because this year there were far fewer stationary engines and they were all behind proper steel fences with "Insurance Holders Only" signs on them, not just roped off like previous years. And the road roller, which in the past has been running up and down the road in the middle of the showground was roped off and not in steam. The creeping influence of the fun police perhaps?
Anyway, here is a selection of random things that caught my eye.
One tonne (or Tonner) which could be anything from an HQ to an HZ thanks to the grafted on Statesman nose it is impossible to tell.
The Thorneycroft thing - I take a pic of this every year.
Fowler road roller (with dead Perry tank engine in the background)
Falcon GT
Triumph and a Valiant estate
F100 with the lot
I’m not sure about this – a bit overdone for my liking
V12 Lincoln
Loco 55 – a 1955 Chevy with patina, and rather wide rear wheels. And the bonnet is open. I wonder why? We’ll come back to this later on
A rat look Chevy pick up
A 1956 Continental Mark II (not a Lincoln because Continental was a standalone brand). According to the blurb in front of the car they only made 3014 in 1956 and 1957, it cost $10,000 (most expensive US produced car on the market at the time – twice the price of a Cadillac), and Ford lost $1,000 on every car sold. Only 65 were built in this colour, and only 7 of them had this colour interior.
Funnily enough I’ve now seen 2 of these, a white one was at a show I went to last year. Must be someone local who collects them
This Dodge was filthy – looked like it has just been pulled out of a shed.
Chrysler AP2 Royal. AP stands for Australian Production - this was a localised version of the US car. The extra fins are separate bits grafted on to the AP1 body.
GMC (maybe) truck – I think it was a bomb carrier going by the thing on the back
Two ex Army Unimogs. Available reasonably cheaply though surplus auction and eligible for club plates. Fortunately I have no room for one.
Nice SL
Lightweight. I only snapped this because my brother has one that he used to use as a daily driver.
A really nice rod
HQ Monaro
Anyway, here is a selection of random things that caught my eye.
One tonne (or Tonner) which could be anything from an HQ to an HZ thanks to the grafted on Statesman nose it is impossible to tell.
The Thorneycroft thing - I take a pic of this every year.
Fowler road roller (with dead Perry tank engine in the background)
Falcon GT
Triumph and a Valiant estate
F100 with the lot
I’m not sure about this – a bit overdone for my liking
V12 Lincoln
Loco 55 – a 1955 Chevy with patina, and rather wide rear wheels. And the bonnet is open. I wonder why? We’ll come back to this later on
A rat look Chevy pick up
A 1956 Continental Mark II (not a Lincoln because Continental was a standalone brand). According to the blurb in front of the car they only made 3014 in 1956 and 1957, it cost $10,000 (most expensive US produced car on the market at the time – twice the price of a Cadillac), and Ford lost $1,000 on every car sold. Only 65 were built in this colour, and only 7 of them had this colour interior.
Funnily enough I’ve now seen 2 of these, a white one was at a show I went to last year. Must be someone local who collects them
This Dodge was filthy – looked like it has just been pulled out of a shed.
Chrysler AP2 Royal. AP stands for Australian Production - this was a localised version of the US car. The extra fins are separate bits grafted on to the AP1 body.
GMC (maybe) truck – I think it was a bomb carrier going by the thing on the back
Two ex Army Unimogs. Available reasonably cheaply though surplus auction and eligible for club plates. Fortunately I have no room for one.
Nice SL
Lightweight. I only snapped this because my brother has one that he used to use as a daily driver.
A really nice rod
HQ Monaro
