FrankOnce 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/
An amazing amount of Leyland P76's turned up
This MG had also been locally assembled
Once upon a time Mitsubishi made many cars in South Australia.
These tiny Austins came out as a running chassis, and had bodies that were made by Holden in Port Melbourne for them.
This is a Ford Model Y, from 1934! No suspension to speak of, the whole body just rocks side to side. It's owner is over 6 foot 4 and fits though. Was so small and adorable. Meet Stanley!
The Bolwell club turned up. These were made in Dandenong.
The green one is a recent build, you can still buy new Bolwells!
More Holdens and Fords kept on arriving
A Leyland Moke appeared, another Australian built car.
And this very weird Holden. Usually seen as a sedan, this is a wagon that was factory built, super rare.
This Leyland P76 is a Shitbox Rally champion
The Dodge I wonder if it was assembled here or not...it is RHD.
The owner of this Mini Moke said it was the oldest registered in the state. This was used to move F1 drivers around at Albert Park during the Grand Prix
There's that one off Holden EH library wagon again
I think this Rolls was a bit confused.
The orange car is an Elfin! They made excellent track cars as well as street cars.
I don't know if this Ford Consul was built here, maybe assembled?
Mitsubishi Sigma, born in South Australia.
I do wonder if this Studebaker Gran Turismo was possibly assembled here? It is RHD.
The ultimate Australian VW arrived, the Country Buggy! All Australian design and built.
I followed the Country Buggy because yay Country Buggy!
poetaster@vwdasher those were fun in winter, in Canada. Exhaust piped through the car. Vile and tasty.
@poetaster It's not a Thing.
@vwdasher my friend Noel had one with a flex pipe through the middle. Now, presumably it wasn't venting exhaust directly, but it might as well have. His was yellow.
@poetaster he had a Thing I take it? These are Country Buggies, built in Australia in very limited numbers.