Classic car clubs from across the Mid Coast held events in Taree and Tuncurry to celebrate National Motoring Heritage Day.
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On Sunday May 16 Taree Antique and Classic Car Club held a display in the car park near Fotheringham Park while Taree Historic Motor Club teamed with the Great Lakes Historic Automobile Club and De Olde Nabiac Klub for an event at John Wright Park in Tuncurry.
All classic and historic motor clubs in NSW, affiliated with Council of Heritage Motor Clubs, stage event on the third Sunday in May each year to give owners the opportunity to take their vintage vehicles for a spin and mingle with other drivers.
Dozens of vehicles lined the Manning foreshore including car club president Trevor Hudson's famed 1929 Stutz Blackhawk, Arthur Broadley's 1971 Triumph 2000, Gary Cox's 1936 Auburn Boat Tail Speedstar, Jerry Wynter-Vincent's 1958 FX3 London Taxi and Jumbo Pereira's 1953 Wolseley 444.
The Tuncurry display provided a snapshot of vehicles that predated 1910 to the 1980s.
'High Wheeler' cars, which predate 1910, were chain driven with two cylinder engines. The sounds of these cars were heard for the first time by most of the visitors at the meet.
Several Nabiac based members displayed privately restored engines, known as 'Putt Putt' engines.
The engines were an integral part of country homes, dating back to the mid 1800s to before World War I.
Fire and Rescue NSW Forster, Manning Great Lakes Police District, NSW Ambulance and Great Lakes Graffiti Buster Ted Bickford also displayed vehicles.
Riding for the Disabled Manning Great Lakes manned the barbecue and raised funds.
