Nestled at 211 Troup Road, Woodville, is a vintage hobby museum called the Tractor Shed run by Glen Lett.
On display are lots of old trucks, tractors, bulldozers and stationary engines, even a John Deere combine harvester.
Each year an open day is held the day of the Woodville Christmas Parade from 2pm - enter at your own risk. The rest of the year admission is by prior arrangement - phone 06 376 5876 and leave a message.
"I've been collecting for 22 years. It started when I owned an E27NP6 Fordson tractor and decided to restore it. It carried on from there and it grew and grew," said Glen.
A mechanic by trade, he always liked mechanical things. He lived in Hastings till 10 years ago when he met his wife Sally and they moved to Troup Road in Woodville.
"The collection has grown quite a lot since then, we started with five acres of bare land and now we have three large sheds to house the collection.
"Its a large, varied collection, you have to be able to do it yourself, as its only a hobby, to be able to afford it," Glen said.
He likes his collection of Bedford trucks most - he can remember riding with his father in a 1958 Bedford S quite a few times, which sparked the interest. The oldest is a 1931 W and the newest a 1980 TK.
Two Lister stationary engines run on petrol while a couple of others run off steam from a boiler in the middle of one of the sheds. It powered a pile driver on a barge which helped build the Mount Maunganui wharf at Tauranga.