Every year, on the Valentine’s Day weekend, the Macedon Ranges & District Motor Club hosts the ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ car show. It’s a great event with thousands of interesting cars in a unique venue and really is a giant picnic. Here’s this year’s selection, starting (above) with a Yank Tank in front of the Rock.
While there’s a fair amount of repetition of popular classics, there’s enough rare and odd stuff if you keep looking. There’s a French bias in this list, just because the French built so much neat machinery. After all what car show would be complete without a DS Goddess?
The Nash above is the first of many contenders of why the American machines are bigger than the British; although a Mini on the wing’s hardly fair!
Good to see an old friend from London.
That famous signature logo pops up all over.
Australian icon, the early Holden.
And of course a good representation from Germany. Beetles (or Bugs) are still popular worldwide, but Australia has a good representation of the other 60s types on the road as well.
However you don’t see many of these here, however common they are in Europe.
I’m not sure, but I think that may be Thunderbird 59.
Neat logo, and an English reminder. Not so exotic in the local lingo, sadly.
Winner of Best Commercial and oldest driver (at 88, for the owner) this magnificent Thornycroft, with solid tyres.
And if your parents are dedicated, no need for the young ones to miss out. However the green machines ‘off-driveway’ capability seemed as limited as you’d expect. Think the motor got a bit grumpy.
Just in from the Sudan, or possibly a Victorian barn…
The locals were very patient with all the visitors. This guy seemed a lot more sensible than his many admirers (they are wild animals and they can kick hard, folks). The Moggies seemed almost as rare this year.
One of the overall views. It’s a great venue.
And to finish for the moment, Austin corner. Didn’t Noddy drive one of these?
More pictures to come.
James
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February 13, 2012 at 1:53 am