Ford Capri Car Club AGM Taupo Queens Birthday Weekend 2016.
Wow it has been such a long time since I have posted any updates
Two weeks before the AGM we were informed that we would that we would be doing some "Rocker Racing". After the events at the summer camp with the motorised chilly bins, I thought they must have come up with some powered rocking chairs. After a quick Google search I found out what it was all about. The club sent through the rules and regulations, such as max length, max width, max height, max wheel diameter and max weight. I went to just under the limits on everything.
With our members spread all over the country, I was unable to try it out against any of the others, so had no idea if it would be fast or a flop
We arrived on Friday afternoon, the weather forcast for over night was for cold We felt sorry for the dogs with the thought of them sleeping in the car overnight, so threw their cussions to the foot of our bed so they could sleep in the teardrop with us. After all they are not accustomed to that much cold. We live in the north of the country (southern hemisphere remember) and we very seldom get a frost and the dogs always sleep inside. They have never slept with us before, so we had doubts about how much sleep we would get as we expected them to be fidgeting and that every time we moved they would be climbing all over us to see what we were doing. Surprise surprise, they were perfect little angles and didn't move all night.
Saturday morning we were off down to the Lake Front to meet up with the Capri Club for a display and concourse and also catch up with the friends that we only see at best twice a year.
After the display we headed off on a mystery tour. It was a real mystery for a few of us as there were no directions given, it was a case of of follow the leader. Unfortunately getting a convoy of cars out of Taupo on a long weekend Saturday morning without getting broken up at x roads and roundabouts, wasn't going to happen. A group of us got lead off down the wrong road but soon realised, got back on track and caught up to the rest, waiting just up the road. We headed along the western side of the Waikato River to the Whakamaru Ski club for a lunch stop. This area is where they did the filming of the Yogi Bear Movie. Apparently it had to be done at a time that was not suitable for filming it in the USA and this place had the right look about it.
We headed on beside the river to cross the Whakamaru hydro electric dam and then to a couple of collections of cars and memorabilia, before returning to Taupo for the AGM meeting and evening get together.
This is an old streamline Texico petrol tanker that was recently imported from the USA to be restored.
Some of our Capri Club Cars.