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Event Map Cars and Culture Flyer - Saturday 18th April 2026 Event map Event website: https://classiccarshow.com.au/ Due to extreme weather caused by Tropic Cyclone Narelle in the WA North-west, the Classic Car Show and associated events have been postponed until 19 April 2026.

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Photos from the 1949 and 1950 Leipzig Messe 1950 saw the true introduction of the IFA F9 BMW / EMW IFA F9s and some BMW 321s IFA F8 Export Luxus and Kombiwagens IFA F9s The IFA F9 convertible IFA F9 IFA F9 IFA F9 IFA F8 Convertibles IFA range IFA F8s This is a later photo featuring the unique IFA F9 convertible IFA F8 Kombiwagen among the Framo and Phaenomen section IFA display BMW / EMW

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Hofherr Schrantz was an Austria steam engine and agricultural vehicle company originally founded in Vienna in 1869 by Matthias Hofherr. In 1881, Hofherr joined forces with Hungarian tractor company, Hutter and Schrantz. In 1911, they merged with the Austrian subsidiary of the British Clayton and Shuttleworth company. Clayton and Shuttleworth were known for the their steam traction engines, as

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Check out the wonderful pre-war auto blog of Michael Schlenger. It's always a great read: https://vorkriegs-klassiker-rundschau.blog/2026/02/24/wenn-das-das-pferd-erfaehrt-fiat-1500-c/Also check the NSU/Fiat archive here: https://www.zuckerfabrik24.de/fiat/fiat_index.php

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The necessity of war required vehicles to have blacked out headlights. In Germany, the Notek company manufactured a wide variety of blackout headlights that could be retrofitted to vehicles. The original headlights were left in place but under a leather, canvas or vinyl cover. A single Notek headlamp directed a beam of light downwards immediately ahead of the left front wheel. Motorcycles

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Motorworld is a German classic motoring organization with a number of facilities in Germany and elsewhere. The group has established a new facility on the Spanish island of Majorca (Mallorca) in a former Coca-Cola bottling plant on highway MA-19, halfway between the international airport and the capital city, Palma. Motorworld is a multi-use events facility, containing a motoring themed

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The Mediterranean island of Malta was granted independence from Britain on 21 September 1964. We happened to be on the island in 2025 for the celebration. Celebrations were held throughout the island but we happened to be in Mdina-Rabat, the former capital of the island prior to the Knights of St John of Rhodes arrived in 1530. The Knights established their capital on a peninsula in the Grand

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The New Year's Eve Classic Cars and Coffee is always the biggest event in the CC & C calendar and this year was no exception. The organizers made allowance by opening up an additional car park, which did allow the crush to be dispersed somewhat. Given the inevitable congestion I decided to ride. It was the right decision. The Ariel ran really well and I was able to slip right in and park

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Celebration of the Motorcar is an invitation only display of prestige and classic vehicles in Perth. The first Celebration was held in 1993; the show fell into abeyance for several years before returning in 2012. Since its restart it was held in the stately grounds of the Cottesloe Civic Centre, except last year when the show wasn't held. This year the show moved to a new location, JH Abrahams

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Ferdinand Porsche's life story has come to be totally dominated by the Volkswagen, the rear-engined German people's car. The Volkswagen is rightly a legendary vehicle, but the controversies that attach to that project and the car itself, do Porsche a great disservice. The Volkswagen was simply one of a series of vehicles he designed. It's not even the most interesting! Porsche's pre-Volkswagen

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I have not attended Classic Cars and Coffee since March 2025. Partly this is due to poor weather, being overseas for three months and generally because the event has become less appealing to me these days. There are simply too many modern and boring cars attending, which is frustrating as the event is already oversubscribed, resulting in long queues to enter and difficulty finding parking.

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Siegfried Bettmann founded the Triumph bicycle company in Coventry, England in 1886 and opened a second factory in his home town of Nuremberg, ten years later. The companies operated as one until the First World War when they were forced to definitively split. To avoid confusion, Triumph Nuremberg renamed itself TWN (Triumph Werke Nuremberg). Unlike the British Triumph, the German company

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A friend of mine has a family farm in Bridgetown and suggested that we should venture down there for the second annual Warren-Blackwood Heritage Rally. The rally is organized by a southern chapter of the Veteran Car Club. This sounded like a great opportunity so we prepped up the DKW and headed south. The drive was excellent and the DKW performed wonderfully - up to Donnybrook. From Perth to

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Scooter magnificence! Well, the Ariel is not a scooter but you know.... The Three Amigos, Dusan, Jim and myself enjoying a coffee beforehand I was captured by 9 News as we rode into the starting point at Elizabeth Quay We had a prime spot near the sculpture. Jim's 1958 NZeta, a New Zealand license-built Czeta scooter. It's a great, unique piece of machinery. Moto Guzzi Californian

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On the 1st October 1924, Arthur Grady, war veteran and bicycle shop owner, departed from the Fremantle Town Hall on the first ever circumnavigation of Australia by motor vehicle. His choice of transport was a Douglas motorcycle. On 15 March 1925, after a grueling journey through trackless wastes, he arrived back in Fremantle to a heroes welcome. In 2011 Arthur Grady's achievement were

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