Queanbeyan Swap Meet 2014 - General Motors and Holden's

The Queanbeyan Swap Meet is held in conjunction with two car shows - the Ford, GM, Chrysler Day and the American Car Day. This post is mainly about the Holden's that were on display on the Saturday. I will post about GM cars that appeared on the Sunday, in the near future. The focus of this post is mainly on Aussie GM cars.

Very nice two door convertible 48-215 conversion

 

 This Pontiac sounded great, rumbling around the oval

 Classic 56 Buick

Queanbeyan Swap Meet 2014 - Fords

 Only Falcon XABC Coupe on the day - but it was a ripper

The Queanbeyan Swap Meet is held in conjunction with two car shows - the Ford, GM, Chrysler Day and the American Car Day. This post is about the Ford's that were on display on the Saturday. I will post about Ford cars that appeared on the Sunday, in the near future. The focus of this post is Aussie and English fords (OK, a few US cars as well).

Interesting profiles. Only the front panels and floorpan are interchangeable between the sedan and coupe. Even the windscreen glass is different. 

Queanbeyan Swap Meet 2014 - the crap people sell and that some people buy!

The Queanbeyan Swap Meet is a Canberra car show fixture, and now it has been moved so it doesn't clash with the AFL Grand Final, it is increasing in size - more vendors and more buyers. They hold it in conjunction with two car shows - on the Saturday a Ford, GM and Chrysler show and on the Sunday an American Car Show. This post is all about the crap that people cart to the Swap Meet to sell, with only a few car photos. They are coming in separate posts.

German Autofest 2014 - Mercedes Benz

The last of a series of posts from the German Autofest 2014. Mercedes Benz was by far the largest marque represented, maybe just slightly more Mercs than Volkswagens. There was a strong mix of modern and historic vehicles, although the nature of time and the way people relate to their cars, always favours modern cars over antique vehicles in volume. It is pretty obvious that the two door Mercedes tend to live longer than their four door brethren. Zero station wagens on display also. 

A most intriguing car. The most highly modified Mercedes I have ever seen I would like to know more about this car. 

This might not buff out

You know a car is too far gone when the parts UNDER the bonnet are rusted away. here is a Ford inline six in an XY. No amount of 'Start Ya Bastard' will work on this. 

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Audi, Smart and Karmann Ghia at German Autofest

The German Autofest was a big car show, but there are always a few orphans. here are a few of them A nice gold Karmann Ghia.

Classic 1980's kit car VW convertible porsche replica Volkswagen. This was a thing at the time. You don't see too many still on the road.

NSU Ro80 at German Autofest

The NSU Ro80 is an iconic car. The first commercially available rotary engined car made, well before Mazda, it was sadly not a sales success. It is powered by a 995cc rotary engine driving the front wheels. The Wankel design was not robust enough for everyday driving and mechanical failures blighted the cars reputation. This was the last design built by NSU from 1967 to 1977. 

Cars of Canberra in the early 70's

This is a postcard from the John Sands company, dated from the early 70's based on the cars featured. The photo was taken from the corner of Northbourne Avenue and London Circuit, facing east.

The cars! From left to right - EH wagon, Chrysler Charger, HQ Holden wagon, BMC Mini, BMC Mini, a Volvo (I reckon) HT Holden and an FB Holden. In the background is a bus that I cant quite identify.

Did I get them right? Are your eyes better than mine? Can you ID the tiny cars in the background? Leave a comment.

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