Back in Aprl this year we took Harry to a show only he was able to enter out of all our cars; Australian Built or Assembled Vehicles. This covers kit cars and CKD kits and also when vehicles were sent out here and local bodies put on them. We used to make and assemble a lot of cars, trucks and buses in Australia.
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Sadly Harry was the only Haflinger there, next time Erik will come too.
Once upon a time we had Ford, Holden, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Nissan, VW assembly lines pumping out cars.
We also had lots of niche assembly going on with cars sent out in parts and rebuilt here. Many European manufacturers did this to avoid expensive tariffs.
People always gather to read about Harry, I have some laminates in his tray to explain all about him and about Haflingers.
I was hoping we'd see more of the eclectic kit builds at this event but it was very Holden/Ford heavy.
Leyland and Chysler also had production lines here once, and made a lot of different models here.
Now this is an old Holden
The mighty Leyland P76!
You really need to read this
https://www.tradeuniquecars.com.au/87-year-old-aussie-wins-peking-to-paris-rally-in-leyland-p76/
Frank
