breakfast parkup-tauranga- new zealand

one of our nz magazines (petrolhead)sponsors a breakfast on the first sunday of each month at locations all around new zealand both north an south island.this is my first time to one and i chose tauranga as our closest plus my wife wanted to go shopping over there so i never really had any choice:rolleyes::rolleyes:
great trip over and got there as it started, had a great breakfast ($15 and all you can eat buffet) and catchup with people and then left as others were still arriving.
it was always going to be fairly quiet as most rodders from this neck of the woods were at the nostalgia drags up auckland way which is very popular and also run by a local tauranga club

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this old chev pickumup was my pick of what i saw!

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and a young fella rocked up in this late 70's falcon panel van. these were made in australia and most of them rusted away as the surfies got hold of them
and they didn't handle the sea air too well as well as the fact that most australian cars of that era were suscepable to rust ie the holdens and valiants

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Some nice cars there,Mark.. That F100 is purty.. Yep,,does look a little thin on iron this time.. Good to see young Milner there with his r/p,though.. ;)

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Originally Posted by lamin8r

Some nice cars there,Mark.. That F100 is purty.. Yep,,does look a little thin on iron this time.. Good to see young Milner there with his r/p,though.. ;)

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there were two ladies driving that roadster pickup!!!!

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Originally Posted by sharpmark

there were two ladies driving that roadster pickup!!!!

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True?? Greg's wife,,Heather,,and a friend,probably.. Th boys must have been at the drags.. Hmm,,Heather cruising in her son's R/P.... kool..

Thanks Again Mark. The Falcon panel is certainly different for us on this side of the pond. And that was an excellent example.

I am always amazed at the quantity (and quality) of american vehicles "over there"....

Good selection of cars there, had to of been a good time. I would sure like to find one of those Falcon panels over here that I could own!!!

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Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Good selection of cars there, had to of been a good time. I would sure like to find one of those Falcon panels over here that I could own!!!

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Dave,,I wouldn't mind finding one myself..Most of them are either rebuilt with a ridiculous price tag on it,,or a real doomer,,and hardly fit for rebuild.. :) There are a few out there still cruising,,a born natural for a 351C conversion,,as the Falcon GT's had it anyway.. Still lots of them in Aussie though..

I agree with you Mark, the old Chevy truck has that certain aged look and the right profile that looks so right. Thanks for posting the photo's too. Hope your good lady shouted you a nice lunch after all the shopping too....

Nice pics and thanks for sharing them!