| New Zealand has hosted more International old car rallies than you can
shake a stick at, since the first one in 1965. Some half-dozen in fact, with the 1996
event at Christchurch, which celebrated the Vintage Car Club's 50th Birthday, which
attracted about 1600 entrants. "Royal & SunAlliance" actually find old and classic cars a good insurance bet in NZ. So they foster their use, and came up with generous sponsorship, so that we drivers could celebrate the new millennium by getting together at Hamilton, about 100kms south of Auckland, from 6 - 14 Feb. The original rather optimistic hope was for 2000 entrants, but in the final washup the figure was nearer 1000, with the oldest being an 1891 Panhard & Lavassor. I lent both our vintage Fiats to friends from Australia with similar interests, but I did visit the public "Open Day"... We motored over in the 124 Spider, and through all the dust and heat took a few general interest photos to give you an idea of what a smorgasbord of vehicles there was to suit every appetite.
Yes there really is an AJCAR. It's actually an Arrol Johnston made in Scotland
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