The odd downpour failed to discourage individuals of all ages from turning out for the eighth annual Auckland Brit and Euro Traditional Automobile Present.
Staged at Lloyd Elsmore Park in Pakuranga on Sunday, March 3, the occasion drew greater than 1300 traditional vehicles in addition to classic bikes and navy automobiles.
On show had been British and European vehicles starting from the very previous to the very new and every little thing in between.
Amongst these available to absorb the spectacular show had been Prime Minister and Botany MP Christopher Luxon, Transport Minister and Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown, and Howick Native Board chairperson Damian Gentle.
East FM’s PJ (Phil) Taylor did his ordinary stellar job as MC, finishing up on-air radio interviews all through the day with individuals together with the occasion’s organisers and Luxon.
Among the many rarest vehicles on present was a 1932 Sunbeam 20 (23.8) Drophead, powered by a 3435cc engine making 125 brake horsepower.
It was imported to New Zealand from England when new and is the one mannequin of its type to succeed in these shores.
The automotive’s current proprietor purchased the automotive in 1978 and has slowly restored it over the previous 16 years.
Impressively it’s certainly one of solely two 23.8 Sunbeams with that physique model on the earth.
The automotive present’s organising committee chairman Steve Broadbent says regardless of the climate the suggestions from automotive house owners and the general public was improbable.
“It felt like one of the best one we’ve created. The tales that join individuals are actually attention-grabbing.
“Like they used to personal a kind of as their first automotive, or their grandparents had one and so they travelled someplace at the back of it.
“It was beautiful listening to these tales and it was simply all day lengthy.”
See extra pictures from the Auckland Brit and Euro Traditional Automobile Present right here.