New Zealand Orange

Photo was taken in Christchurch, NZ by Stephen Trinder.

Beautiful New Zealand

Photo by: Annihilator1111

Green Wall

Photo taken in Christchurch, NZ by: Stephen Trinder

Red Pillars

A 1972 Hillman Hunter, photographed by Jan taken in New Zealand.

...This Beautiful Car

Billboard artwork adverts for New Zealand, image provided by Ian Morton. 

Christchurch Pink

Photo taken in Christchurch, New Zealand by: Stephen Trinder

NZ Greenery

Photos of Rowan's Singer Vogue in Invercargill, New Zealand.  

Smash Palace

Revisiting Horopito Motors in New Zealand once again, this place is truly amazing! Check out my previous post about this place also. Photo by: JIM123FLICKR

Black Sheep

This is Harry's 1975 Hillman Hunter in New Zealand. Harry gave me this write up: "It has an engine transplant with an early 80s Toyota 1S, with its 4 speed gearbox. No mods to firewall or tunnel just gearbox cross-member, other than that fits like a glove!! It will up the steepest hill with four men in fourth gear doing 90kmh all the way, its a tractor!!!! Its no race car but you just cant help but fall in love with it, owned it for 3 years, and this is my sixth Hunter and my favorite so far. It has the standard rear axle, rides like a dream !!"

Thanks Harry for the photos! Toyota should learn a thing or two from Rootes shouldn't they? ;)

Christchurch Revisited

 

From top to bottom: 1975 Hunter Wagon, 1972 Hunter & a 1976 Hunter all spotted in Christchurch, New Zealand by stephen trinder

Abandoned Arrow#4

Another great shot by NZ Car Freak.

Abandoned Arrow#2

Spotted by NZ Car Freak.

Somewhere in Auckland

From NZ Car Freak:

"Somewhere in Auckland From I presume this photo, scanned from a 1986 (this photo is older) issue of NZ Car, was taken somewhere on Auckland's vast motorway network, in maybe say 1979 or 1980? Plenty to see here! Early Chrysler Alpine, Daihatsu 360X, Mitsubishi Galant Colt, Morris Marina TC Coupe and various Commer PB/Dodge Spacevans are of particular note, but apart from that, I think this sums up late 1970s NZ motoring quite well!"

Forgetting Things Revisited

A 1977 Hillman Hunter spotted by stephen trinder taken in Christchurch, New Zealand. Had another post about this car here.

200,000

Photo from Humber Hillman Car Club of New Zealand. The 200,000th car to be built at the Todd Motors assembly plant at Petone, New Zealand. Driving the Hillman Hunter is Norman Thompson, an employee of Todd Motors for 46 years when this photo was taken in 1973.

Also check out my other post regarding Todd Motors assembly line in Porirua, NZ.

Oh Dear...

Taken in New Zealand by NZ Car Freak 

Christchurch

A 1975 Hillman Hunter photographed by stephen trinder at Christchurch, NZ.

Med Green

What a surprise! MetropolisC5, whom I just posted about his Singer Vogue, spotted this Hillman Hunter about a week ago in New Zealand. His Vogue was also the same Med-Green color. Thanks for the photos!  

Palmerston North Revisited

Found some more photos of that Palmerston North Singer Vogue post back in April. I absolutely love these photos and want send a Special Thank to MetropolisC5 for uploading them along with other photos of his many cars he used to own!

Update:

MetropolisC5 has kindly provided answers to my questions, so here are more details about the car:

Running In Sticker: "The sticker on the back was common-place in NZ at the time to warn other drivers that, as the car was new it shouldn't be driven at the limit until several thousand miles had been covered. Sometimes those words were followed by "Please Pass".

Blacked-Out Grille: "I was impressed by mid-sixties Chrysler products blackened grilles and as I saw some design cues with this car I found it fitting to do this. I didn't want to paint it as it would have made it too permanent and may have damaged the anodizing on removal. Electricians black insulation tape completed the shoddy job. This lasted just a few months, before I decided that it was very naff after all."

Door-Trims Lower Area: "The bottoms of the doors were finished in the same carpet as the flooring."

White-Wall Tires: "These white-walls were a 'clip-on' type which fitted between the tyre and wheel rim. The tyres of course were cross-plies, all that was ever fitted on NZ assembled cars at the time."

Also, "The back-up lights fitted, were not connected, and a payment had to be made for this."

General Lee Hunter

A 1976 Hillman Hunter Super in General Lee outfit! Photo was taken by Mini.Mad at National Transport & Toy Museum Lake Wanaka, New Zealand.