Waikato Rover Car Club, New Zealand monthly outing

rovering · Post by **rovering** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:35 am

We held our monthly outing on Sunday. This was the first fine weekend we had had for over a month.....so was good to see some of the older cars out. our club currently seems to have a few P5/B models in service at the moment, a few years back it was P6/B's that seemed to dominate!!
We visited a gentleman who has a 1951 Bentley and home built airplanes. The next stop was a gentleman who has a Bugatti that is worth a s**t load of money!! Sorry forgot to take pics of both those cars....was too busy trying to get pics of our club cars!!
The MG Montego is a turbo model that is our club presidents daily driver.
Our Waikato Club has around 25/30 members at present. The club is one of I think 8 or 9 regional clubs in New Zealand.
Graeme

CHR15E · Post by **CHR15E** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 3:18 pm

A bit of variety there.

What makes Rovers appeal over there?

Manalishi · Post by **Manalishi** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:26 pm

Nice. I'd really like a P5B coupe on my driveway aswell.

schuwolf · Post by **schuwolf** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:50 pm

Manalishi wrote:Nice. I'd really like a P5B coupe on my driveway aswell.

Oh yes

Lord Sterling · Post by **Lord Sterling** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:53 pm

Hey look! Theres a Montego there, Great!

rovering wrote:

Now I know what to buy if ever I find myself in New Zealand.

Lord Sterling

rovering · Post by **rovering** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:33 am

CHR15E wrote:A bit of variety there.

What makes Rovers appeal over there?

I think it is because NZ is still a fairly 'loyal to ole blighty 'country, at least most people that came here from England/Scotland/Ireland in the colonisation days did so by choice, not like a larger country next to us where they were sent there by Sentencing!!!!!
For many years here British and then American cars were all that were available/affordable, untill the flood of used Jap imports that started in the mid 80's. Euopean cars were not overly represented for a while, though that has certainly changed now.
I grew remember us having an Austin A105, Morris 1100, Series 2 Morris Oxford, Wolseley 6/99 and then 6/110, Morris Marina 1750, Austin Maxi 1750 Dad had a a youngster a couple of Morris 8's, and when he and Mum married he had a Jowett Javelin. Which Mum always hated!!
I myself have owned the 1750 Marina (Australian example) which I bought off Mum, a Morris 1300, also Dad's Wolseley 6/110, and soooo many Triumph cars. Mainly 2000/2500 examples, though I did have a 13/60 Herald saloon and coupe for a while. One of my favourites was an 1854cc Dolomite, and I had a RWD 1500 Toledo for a while also.
My 2 fav 2000/2500 cars were my 1967 triumph 2000 Mk1 and a 1975 Triumph 2500 PI.
British cars are still around quite a bit and up till 10 years ago you would often see things like Humber 80's , and Morris/Austin 1100/1300's running around.
New rust laws have seen alot of cars disappear now, often due to uneconomic repair costs.
Graeme

CHR15E · Post by **CHR15E** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:55 pm

rovering wrote:New rust laws have seen alot of cars disappear now, often due to uneconomic repair costs.

That's a new one, how does that work?

rich1988 · Post by **rich1988** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:58 pm

rust laws ??? That would see 90% of the UK's rovers off the road !

rovering · Post by **rovering** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:06 am

CHR15E wrote:
rovering wrote:New rust laws have seen alot of cars disappear now, often due to uneconomic repair costs.
That's a new one, how does that work?

Over here they have got quite tough on rust, and with the cost of cars being comparatively cheap, especially due to the flood of used Jap imports we had, people often find that unless they really are attached to or are car enthusiasts etc, the cost of repair often outweighs the value of the cars, so they get scrapped.
A prime example is my 1971 Rover P6B, which i recently sold to a fellow club member. He pulled the panels off the car and found alot of rust, especially in the roof and roof supprt area. He has decided that it is not economically viable to repair. so the car is now going to be stripped for parts. Admittedly the car had done over 400,000 miles and was on its second engine. But mechanically was very very good.
From some photos i have seen of cars being fixed in the UK, you guys would cry at the 'wanton destruction' of a classic car!!!
Graeme

metelmickey · Post by **metelmickey** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 5:14 am

i've always had a soft spot ( oher misses ) for the p5b, i'd have one next to the sd1 3500.

Yam · Post by **Yam** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:34 pm

Could not beleive how many old / classic cars we spotted when we was in NZ back in Feb / Mar.
Must have spotted at least 6 P6`s during our stay.

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