Post 60-80 Run held October 29th Sunday dawned bright and sunny – I think Owen and Lorraine pre-ordered it. Cars left Ashburton around 9am heading north, gathering up more participants at Rakaia, to make a total of twenty-seven cars to take part. After crossing the Rakaia Bridge and the Overhead bridge, we took a sharp left hand turn and travelled up the Mead TePirita road on to Hororata before wandering along a number of back roads to Burnham and then on to Rolleston to 714A East Maddison road for our morning cuppa . The Douglas’s were our hosts and opened their sheds which was a treasure trove of cars and motorbikes, including an E-Type, A Bentley, Indian and AJS motorbikes to name a few. A V8 Pickup single spinner Truck and in another shed rested a 1925 Rolls Royce which had started its life as a Hearse but now has a much better saloon body strapped to it now. The engine was a 6 cylinder and is over 6 litres with a carb like a small water pump. I thought our old Morris loved petrol but I am sure it’s nothing compared to that. From East Maddison’s Road we travelled to the I Zone Restaurant where preordered meals and identifications of each meal from Owen and Lorraine made lunch go amazingly well. After being well fed and watered we travelled back through Rolleston and down roads to hook on to the Leeston Highway ending up at 20 Station road in Leeston. Isn’t it amazing that you can travel down a road a thousand times and not realize what an innocent looking building would open up into a larger shed revealing all sorts of items that our host Paul French has been collecting all his life. Things like Coke memorabilia, Oil containers just to name a few. The shed also housed Hot Rods, a school bus, mags, parts, a Holden double cab Ute and even musical instruments. What wasn’t there would have been easier to name. I am sure we all left Paul’s place pleasantly tired and completely over consumed. A truly wonderful day with wonderful people, talking cars and all sorts of other things. A big thank you to our organisers Owen and Lorraine for such an interesting day’s outing. John McKimmie
Oldies enjoying a break on P60-80 Run 21