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[photos] New Zealand: Miscellaneous Vehicles, Ducks and Flowers
One last tranche of photos from New Zealand before I push off to the Australia photos.
A house-hauler. Literally a tow truck for houses. Not mobile homes. Used house lots are a fixture of New Zealand life, due to the island economy.
An old survivor on the house lot.
A very well-preserved Borgward at a garage in Otaki, NZ. I’d never seen one of these before.
The previously-shown classic Holden ute. One of my regrets was never getting a shot of the Holden ute police cars.
Another view of the funky old truck in Ngawi, NZ.
The State Limo, official ride of Our Gracious Hosts.
The bald eagle duck.
And some bonus flowers.
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Posted: 5:38 am Thu September 30 2010 |
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Ruthanne Reid
September 30th, 2010 at 7:35 amWow. These are GORGEOUS.
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Cora
September 30th, 2010 at 3:51 pmOh, it’s a Borgward a very long way from home.
Since they were built in my hometown, I have seen several Borgwards in my life, though the factory closed before I was born. My parents’ first car was a Lloyd, built by Borgward. I’m pretty sure someone in the extended family had a Hansa as well.
You’d like our local history museum, they have a perfectly preserved Borgward Isabella (it belonged to a former Borgward employee, an elderly gentleman who kept it in the garage for almost 50 years and then drove it straight into the museum), a full size wooden model of a Borgward Arabella, a Goliath truck and other Borgward mementos.
Jay
September 30th, 2010 at 4:06 pmWow, that sounds like an awesome museum. I’d love to visit that.
Cora
October 1st, 2010 at 4:27 pmThe Bremen museum of local history used to be the sort of ecclectic grab bag of antique objects that many regional museums are. The antique objects are still there, but there is more of a narrative thread running through the museum now. They also added a section on industrial history and heritage during the remodelling, focussing on the shipyard, car and silverware industries, including Borgward, Goliath and Lloyd cars.
My Dad was quite happy to hear of a Borgward Hansa surviving in New Zealand BTW.