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motorsportnerd
01-26-2005, 03:22 AM
Every Australia Day, the NRMA (one of the biggest insurance companies in Australia) puts on a massive classic car display in the centre of Sydney which is open free to the public.
No prizes for guessing where I spent my holiday afternoon then.

I took along a camera this time, and managed to take plenty of photos.
There were big crowds which made it a little difficult, plus the sun. However, there are plenty of good shots, and I thought I'd share some of them with the UCP community. Enjoy.

To start with, two shots of a Ferrari 365GT 2+2.


WARNING TO DIAL UP USERS: the shots of the Ferrari, Lamborghini and Citroen SM are in a higer resolution. I have lowered the resolution on the rest.

motorsportnerd
01-26-2005, 03:34 AM
Next, three shots of a neat looking Lamborghini Muira. This one attracted a substantial crowd.

drakkie
01-26-2005, 03:40 AM
nice...

motorsportnerd
01-26-2005, 03:45 AM
Next, two photos of the fantastic Citroen SM Maserati.

motorsportnerd
01-26-2005, 03:56 AM
I'll be lowering the resolution for the remaining photos. Otherwise they will take too long to upload.

Next up: an unusual 1957 Buckle Coupe - unique to Australia (the yellow car on the left) and a 1963 Ford Consul Capri (the red car on the right).

Spastik_Roach
01-26-2005, 03:59 AM
Mmmmmmmmn loving those SM's... good pics...

motorsportnerd
01-26-2005, 04:07 AM
Next up a Lancia Fulvia Fanalone 1600HF(on the left) and a 1948 Lancia Convertable (on the right). Unfortunately I didn't get the model name of the 1948 Lancia. I can tell you that apparantly there are only two left in the world. Anyone know for sure what it is?

motorsportnerd
01-26-2005, 04:54 AM
Next up, three photos of the Datsun 240Z. The early 240Z and 260Zs are personal favourites of mine.

motorsportnerd
01-26-2005, 05:01 AM
Datsun 260Z (left) and Datsun 2000 Sport (right).

motorsportnerd
01-26-2005, 05:05 AM
Mustangs.

motorsportnerd
01-26-2005, 05:12 AM
Henk - you'll probably appreciate these.
Unique Citroen 2CV ute
Citroen 2CV
Citroen DS
Citroen DS Estate

McReis
01-26-2005, 05:16 AM
Henk - you'll probably appreciate these.
Unique Citroen 2CV ute
Citroen 2CV
Citroen DS
Citroen DS Estate


Henk is out for one week more or so, but I think he'll love the whole thread.
You can ad two things to your posts to make them more accurate:
The red Ford is in fact a Consul Capri. Previous than the Capri. The Fulvia is a Fulvia Fanalone 1600HF. The Fanalone version is distinguished by the bigger inside headlights, wich make that car a lot more rare than you could think at first. ;) Keep those ppics comming if you have more.

motorsportnerd
01-26-2005, 05:18 AM
Two photos of the Austin 1800. This car is known in Australia as the "Landcrab". This particular car is apparantly the only car to finish both the 1968 and 1970 Round the World Rally Marathons.

motorsportnerd
01-26-2005, 05:24 AM
Henk is out for one week more or so, but I think he'll love the whole thread.
You can had two things to your posts to make them more accurate:
The red Ford is in fact a Consul Capri. Previous than the Capri. The Fulvia is a Fulvia Fanalone 1600HF. The Fanalone version is distinguished by the bigger inside headlights, wich make's that car a lot more rare than you could think at first. ;) Keep those ppics comming if you have more.


Thanks.
There will be more. Lots of Aussie cars in particular to come.

motorsportnerd
01-26-2005, 05:34 AM
Mixed bag here.
1957 Chevrolet 210 4-door sedan (top left).
1978 Chrysler Charger - ex NSW Highway Patrol (top centre).
Gogomobile Dart (top right).
Hillman California (bottom left).

motorsportnerd
01-26-2005, 05:40 AM
1980 Fiat X1/9 (left).
Harry Potter car - Ford Anglia (centre).
1973 Ford Cortina Mk 3 4.1 6-cly (right) - a unique to Australia Cortina.

McReis
01-26-2005, 05:44 AM
Those Goggomobiles are so great... My father had one like that yellow one for a day, but the semi-auto was bad so he took it back to the dealer and brought a DKW Junior instead. It was his first car.

motorsportnerd
01-26-2005, 05:47 AM
They are certainly interesting - not that I can fit into one - I'm much too tall and broad across the shoulders.
The Goggomobile has a bit of a profile in Australia thanks to being the main feature car used by Shannons insurance to promote their classic car insurance in TV ads. Pity the guy they use in the ads in such a prat...

motorsportnerd
01-29-2005, 05:06 AM
Time to add a few more pictures. I'll probably add them bit by bit over next week or so.

1974 Ford Falcon XB GT (left).
1971 Ford Falcon XY GT (centre).
Ford Cortina Lotus Mark 1 (right).

motorsportnerd
01-29-2005, 05:21 AM
Three classic Holdens here.
An example of the first Holden - the 48-215 (left). I believe this one is a circa 1950 model.
1962 Holden EJ (centre).
1957 Holden FE (right).

motorsportnerd
01-29-2005, 05:34 AM
More Holdens.
This time, two photos of a 1971 Holden HQ (top row, left and centre photos) - one of the most loved of all the Holdens. Also, the biggest selling Holden ever with 485,650 cars (all variants) built. Until only a few years ago there were still plenty on the road, and it was hardly a classic. Time is catching up, fewer are left and it was such a popular car in its day that even the basic models are starting to become desirable to collectors.

Also, Holden Monaro GTS 350 HG (top row, right)
Holden Monaro HJ GTS (bottom row).

jimi_knopfler
10-24-2005, 05:30 AM
My Dad had one of those buckle coupes, was his favourite car. He always said it was the fastest car he ever owned. apparently there were only 24 built and there's still about 15/20 still around.

henk4
10-24-2005, 06:25 AM
Welcome to UCP, and thanks for reviving this thread, which I never saw before (I think I was on a two week skiing holiday at the time is was posted).

Any more to be told about the Buckles?

jimi_knopfler
10-26-2005, 05:17 AM
The buckle Coupe was built by Bill Buckle of North Sydney in the late 50's early 60's i believe. All fibreglass body, Balanced Zephyr 6 cylinder motor running twin or triple Carbs.

Apparently they had an extremely well balanced chassis and due to the fibreglass bodywork the power to weight ratio was excellent. I think my Dad paid $2000.00 Aus for his one in 1969-70 and sold it a year or two later to help pay for his first house. From what i remember he found out a few years ago that they were worth something in the range of $100,000 - 150,000 Aus.

I have seen a few pictures of his one from the race days and sprint days he used to attend. Theres some great shots of him with it quite sideways at the old liverpool speedway in Sydney.

Dino Scuderia
10-26-2005, 06:02 AM
Very eclectic assortment of autos, nice show!