FebruaryMid-weekRun.

It’s Thursday night and we are back from the mid-week run to the Wedderburn Tavern. We were keen. We arrived a day early at the car club for the start, something about mid-week and being retired and not paying too much attention to the calendar.

We really enjoyed the outing and the company. About nine cars and 20 people so a good turnout for the first of these runs.

I have a soft spot for the Holdens, I presume given the spec it was a 179, and possibly it is a twin carb model given the sound when it started. I didn’t get a chance to talk to the owner. I have started planning a refresh of the motor on my own XU1 and that will happen over the next few months, but it might not be seen on many club trips because I suspect I can’t drive it anymore, given my leg issues.

The v3000 is an example of what I believe the VCC should be encouraging. It is part of our motoring heritage. Certainly, I recall being stopped a few times by the black and white version of these. There are few examples left but they are part of the NZ history. If we are not going to restore them, we should find the best and look after then. They are only original once!

I have been reflecting on comments from Noel and Graham about how few cars are being restored these days, and I think there maybe two contributing issues, one the cost of VCC cars and the cost of restoration. Maybe one of our roles is preservation of survivor cars like the V3000.