Call for interesting vehicles for annual Rotorua show

Rotorua Vintage Car Club's David Tomlinson with his 1929 Essex Super 6 and 1968 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow. Photo/Andrew Warner.

Owners of interesting old and new vehicles, two and four-wheeled, are being invited to display them to the public at an annual car show.

The Rotorua Vintage and Veteran Car Club is holding its sixth Rotorua Annual Lakefront Car Show this weekend, which in previous years has attracted more than 200 vehicles.

Club chairman David Tomlinson said it would be a fun day out and was open to all owners, as well as the public.

"Anybody that's got an interesting vehicle of any type at all can bring it along," Tomlinson said.

"It could be a truck or a motorbike, it doesn't have to be old or new."

Vehicle owners, whether individuals or clubs, are asked for a gold coin donation if they bring a vehicle along and proceeds will be donated to the St John Ambulance Rotorua.

Tomlinson said St John would also bring a 1970s ambulance and the club generally donated about $1000.

Rotorua St John area committee chairman Ross Burns said this year the money raised would help fund the Rotorua St John Health Shuttle.

The shuttle is run by volunteers and transports patients to appointments they can't reach alone.

Tomlinson encouraged those who hadn't previously been interested in cars to attend.

"They'll see local cars they would generally not see driving around often. These are kept in garages. Also it's an automotive history of New Zealand and it's free."

The event will be held at the Village Green between 10am-2pm on January 21.

The Soundshell Market will be running at the same time as the car show.