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DescriptionAs you arrive into Dobson from the north you can not help but see the collection of older model cars and the occasional truck parked up along the side of the road.
In the second to last photo there is showing a hole through the middle of the bumper bar which was where a cranking handle was inserted to connect onto the motor in order to start the engine should the battery be flat.
In the last photo you can see the little indicator arm that had a bulb in it that lit up when the arm raised up and out of the door pillar when turning, which was prior to indicators.PhotographerBrian McIntyreDate of PhotoMarch 2015Map[1] Contributor Brian McIntyre
In the second to last photo there is showing a hole through the middle of the bumper bar which was where a cranking handle was inserted to connect onto the motor in order to start the engine should the battery be flat.
In the last photo you can see the little indicator arm that had a bulb in it that lit up when the arm raised up and out of the door pillar when turning, which was prior to indicators.PhotographerBrian McIntyreDate of PhotoMarch 2015Map[1] Contributor Brian McIntyre
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CommentsHeather Newby I learnt to drive in an olive green Austin A70.. leather upholstery..thats was in 1970.Dad bought that car in the 1960`s.. Us kids called it the "Fatty Car."
Phyllis Aberhart I think you will find most are Austins
Martin Burt None of my old ones.. Think they rusted away..
Sharon Kearns They are an eye sore!
Les Lindbom Sharon Kearns Very true
George Brown Only your opinions .
Tony Bakes At least when you get to that spot, you know its not far to home...lol
Jenny Marshall Are they at the side of the pub? If so ,old cars have been there for years..
Mark Thomas They have thinned out since that photo was taken , lots gone
Sarah Stuart My old home town and I have to say you know your home when you drive past these. An icon of the town.
Margaret McBride cunninghams garage .Dobson.
Chris Moriarty I bought an Austin Somerset in Nelson in 1968, and took it to the coast in 1969. Sold it in early 1972 and looked exactly like the one 4th and/or 6th from the right. Its No plate was black and started with the letters AT.......I can't make out the letters on the front of the vehicle........owned by Tommy Aranga after me.....
Murray Brown That Wolseley 6/99 or 6/110 looks tidy still
Alan Messenger Saw the cars there when i passed through Dobson two years ago but didn’t have time to take much notice
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Charlie Blanchett A Rolls Royce still has a crank handle
Rick Giles This is beside the old post office which is currently for sale.
Rick Giles Actually, the old post office next door has been for sale since Feb but just sold this week.
Jill Kearns My parents had an Austin back in the 50’s. Are they A35 or A40’s?
Chris Moriarty Mainly A40 Somersets.......
Gavin Davy No, they are bigger than A40. Maybe A60 I think.
Simon Dale Sheehan We had an a70 Hereford
Christina Minamizawa Looks like my grand dad’s back yard
Pat Dooley Some of those cars were there in the late 1960s
Heather Newby I learnt to drive in an olive green Austin A70.. leather upholstery..thats was in 1970.Dad bought that car in the 1960`s.. Us kids called it the "Fatty Car."
Tony Bakes At least when you get to that spot, you know its not far to home...lol
Jenny Marshall Are they at the side of the pub? If so ,old cars have been there for years..
Mark Thomas They have thinned out since that photo was taken , lots gone
Sarah Stuart My old home town and I have to say you know your home when you drive past these. An icon of the town.
Margaret McBride cunninghams garage .Dobson.
Chris Moriarty I bought an Austin Somerset in Nelson in 1968, and took it to the coast in 1969. Sold it in early 1972 and looked exactly like the one 4th and/or 6th from the right. Its No plate was black and started with the letters AT.......I can't make out the letters on the front of the vehicle........owned by Tommy Aranga after me.....
Murray Brown That Wolseley 6/99 or 6/110 looks tidy still
Alan Messenger Saw the cars there when i passed through Dobson two years ago but didn’t have time to take much notice
Charlie Blanchett A Rolls Royce still has a crank handle
Rick Giles This is beside the old post office which is currently for sale.
Rick Giles Actually, the old post office next door has been for sale since Feb but just sold this week.
Jill Kearns My parents had an Austin back in the 50’s. Are they A35 or A40’s?
Chris Moriarty Mainly A40 Somersets.......
Gavin Davy No, they are bigger than A40. Maybe A60 I think.
Simon Dale Sheehan We had an a70 Hereford
Christina Minamizawa Looks like my grand dad’s back yard
Pat Dooley Some of those cars were there in the late 1960s
Peter Creagh There is a yard of old mostly XJ6 Jaguars in Temuka in a similar state.
Anne Honey Had an a70 in the 70s was written of by a drunken traffic cop new yrs eve 1973.
Miles Reay Good description Brian.
Stephen Foster
Was this John Phiphers collection he was a nice guy
Bruce Lightfoot
Stephen Foster no that name doesn't ring a bell
That collection was owned by the folks who owned the service station. Until it shut the lived in the building for a while
Robert Browning
James Coomber
Frances Stephen
I think all the cars have gone
From there
Janice Wickes
Kay Wickes isn’t this our cuzzies collection?
Robyn Coomber
Janice Wickes yes it is.
Janice Wickes
Robyn Coomber
Wayne Coulston
Kiaora this was my first car austin a 40 Summer set
Bazza Morland
Wayne Coulston 'Somerset'
Kath Merv Moreton
Cunningham's garage in the 50's, 60's.
Helen-Eileen Pilcher
Robyn Coomber
Colleen Buchanan
Think the cars were collected by the late Lionel Huffam.
Margaret Milne
Colleen Buchanan yes Colleen they were.
David Stewart
Big paint job steve.
Kay Wickes
Chris Coomber. Robyn Coomber.
Peter Clarke
All gone now
Brian McIntyre
Last time I went past there it was almost cleared of them all. All departed but a memory that will remain
Gabrelle Hart
My Mum had one of those we called her Annie austin.she was pink.
Wayne Coulston
Kiaora are they still there or if not where are they kapai a
Shirley Barrow
Wayne Coulston all gone.
Wayne Coulston
Shirley Barrow do you know where they all went to kapai
Shirley Barrow
No,, but owner got ill and couldn't keep up with restoring them. Just know that next time I went to Greymouth, they were gone.
Ross McFarlane
Brian McIntyre the little arms are called trafficators
Pat Dooley
Most of them have been there or a few years now. I worked over there in 1968 and they were there then
Geoff Roberts
Pat Dooley That in your TNC days old chap...I see that one owner Austin truck out at Four river plain has been pulled out of shed....deck taken off so guess it's been sold... hope not scrape dealer
Pat Dooley
Geoff Roberts Yes TNC days based at Kaiata with Molloys Transport
Kevin Arnesen
They have all but one has gone
Brian Case
Brought a lot of them for scrap
Murray Brown
Cars all gone now
Paddy Robinson
Often stopped to look and photograph these beauties on our many trips South
Erin Dense
Wonder where the cars are now? 3 of my cars from my late teens were there, 2x fiat bambino’s and a Morris minor
Elaine Lawson Stone
Just up the road from where I grew up
John Paget
Austin Powers may have them.
Stephen John Young
John Paget Wolseley about that
Gayle Wright
All gone now!
Mark Thomas
Hardly any there nowadays
John Flattery-donohoe
if its where im thinking on the main rd thru no they arent there anymore
Sally King
Alan King
Phyllis Aberhart I think you will find most are Austins
Martin Burt None of my old ones.. Think they rusted away..
Sharon Kearns They are an eye sore!
Les Lindbom Sharon Kearns Very true
George Brown Only your opinions .
Tony Bakes At least when you get to that spot, you know its not far to home...lol
Jenny Marshall Are they at the side of the pub? If so ,old cars have been there for years..
Mark Thomas They have thinned out since that photo was taken , lots gone
Sarah Stuart My old home town and I have to say you know your home when you drive past these. An icon of the town.
Margaret McBride cunninghams garage .Dobson.
Chris Moriarty I bought an Austin Somerset in Nelson in 1968, and took it to the coast in 1969. Sold it in early 1972 and looked exactly like the one 4th and/or 6th from the right. Its No plate was black and started with the letters AT.......I can't make out the letters on the front of the vehicle........owned by Tommy Aranga after me.....
Murray Brown That Wolseley 6/99 or 6/110 looks tidy still
Alan Messenger Saw the cars there when i passed through Dobson two years ago but didn’t have time to take much notice
Manage
Image may contain: one or more people and bicycle
Charlie Blanchett A Rolls Royce still has a crank handle
Rick Giles This is beside the old post office which is currently for sale.
Rick Giles Actually, the old post office next door has been for sale since Feb but just sold this week.
Jill Kearns My parents had an Austin back in the 50’s. Are they A35 or A40’s?
Chris Moriarty Mainly A40 Somersets.......
Gavin Davy No, they are bigger than A40. Maybe A60 I think.
Simon Dale Sheehan We had an a70 Hereford
Christina Minamizawa Looks like my grand dad’s back yard
Pat Dooley Some of those cars were there in the late 1960s
Heather Newby I learnt to drive in an olive green Austin A70.. leather upholstery..thats was in 1970.Dad bought that car in the 1960`s.. Us kids called it the "Fatty Car."
Tony Bakes At least when you get to that spot, you know its not far to home...lol
Jenny Marshall Are they at the side of the pub? If so ,old cars have been there for years..
Mark Thomas They have thinned out since that photo was taken , lots gone
Sarah Stuart My old home town and I have to say you know your home when you drive past these. An icon of the town.
Margaret McBride cunninghams garage .Dobson.
Chris Moriarty I bought an Austin Somerset in Nelson in 1968, and took it to the coast in 1969. Sold it in early 1972 and looked exactly like the one 4th and/or 6th from the right. Its No plate was black and started with the letters AT.......I can't make out the letters on the front of the vehicle........owned by Tommy Aranga after me.....
Murray Brown That Wolseley 6/99 or 6/110 looks tidy still
Alan Messenger Saw the cars there when i passed through Dobson two years ago but didn’t have time to take much notice
Charlie Blanchett A Rolls Royce still has a crank handle
Rick Giles This is beside the old post office which is currently for sale.
Rick Giles Actually, the old post office next door has been for sale since Feb but just sold this week.
Jill Kearns My parents had an Austin back in the 50’s. Are they A35 or A40’s?
Chris Moriarty Mainly A40 Somersets.......
Gavin Davy No, they are bigger than A40. Maybe A60 I think.
Simon Dale Sheehan We had an a70 Hereford
Christina Minamizawa Looks like my grand dad’s back yard
Pat Dooley Some of those cars were there in the late 1960s
Peter Creagh There is a yard of old mostly XJ6 Jaguars in Temuka in a similar state.
Anne Honey Had an a70 in the 70s was written of by a drunken traffic cop new yrs eve 1973.
Miles Reay Good description Brian.
Stephen Foster
Was this John Phiphers collection he was a nice guy
Bruce Lightfoot
Stephen Foster no that name doesn't ring a bell
That collection was owned by the folks who owned the service station. Until it shut the lived in the building for a while
Robert Browning
James Coomber
Frances Stephen
I think all the cars have gone
From there
Janice Wickes
Kay Wickes isn’t this our cuzzies collection?
Robyn Coomber
Janice Wickes yes it is.
Janice Wickes
Robyn Coomber
Wayne Coulston
Kiaora this was my first car austin a 40 Summer set
Bazza Morland
Wayne Coulston 'Somerset'
Kath Merv Moreton
Cunningham's garage in the 50's, 60's.
Helen-Eileen Pilcher
Robyn Coomber
Colleen Buchanan
Think the cars were collected by the late Lionel Huffam.
Margaret Milne
Colleen Buchanan yes Colleen they were.
David Stewart
Big paint job steve.
Kay Wickes
Chris Coomber. Robyn Coomber.
Peter Clarke
All gone now
Brian McIntyre
Last time I went past there it was almost cleared of them all. All departed but a memory that will remain
Gabrelle Hart
My Mum had one of those we called her Annie austin.she was pink.
Wayne Coulston
Kiaora are they still there or if not where are they kapai a
Shirley Barrow
Wayne Coulston all gone.
Wayne Coulston
Shirley Barrow do you know where they all went to kapai
Shirley Barrow
No,, but owner got ill and couldn't keep up with restoring them. Just know that next time I went to Greymouth, they were gone.
Ross McFarlane
Brian McIntyre the little arms are called trafficators
Pat Dooley
Most of them have been there or a few years now. I worked over there in 1968 and they were there then
Geoff Roberts
Pat Dooley That in your TNC days old chap...I see that one owner Austin truck out at Four river plain has been pulled out of shed....deck taken off so guess it's been sold... hope not scrape dealer
Pat Dooley
Geoff Roberts Yes TNC days based at Kaiata with Molloys Transport
Kevin Arnesen
They have all but one has gone
Brian Case
Brought a lot of them for scrap
Murray Brown
Cars all gone now
Paddy Robinson
Often stopped to look and photograph these beauties on our many trips South
Erin Dense
Wonder where the cars are now? 3 of my cars from my late teens were there, 2x fiat bambino’s and a Morris minor
Elaine Lawson Stone
Just up the road from where I grew up
John Paget
Austin Powers may have them.
Stephen John Young
John Paget Wolseley about that
Gayle Wright
All gone now!
Mark Thomas
Hardly any there nowadays
John Flattery-donohoe
if its where im thinking on the main rd thru no they arent there anymore
Sally King
Alan King
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