A Fun Photo Friday last look of beautiful Napier before we head out next week to our next circumnavigation destination — Rotorua geothermal parks, Maori Culture Centre, and various places near our destination port of Tauranga, New Zealand.
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Fun Photo Friday — Circumnavigating New Zealand; Napier Favorites 3
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Circumnavigating New Zealand — Napier; Enjoying Random Sights
I’ve already described for you in this series the various areas Ursula and I walked in Napier. So, today, we’re just going to look at random photos from this trip:
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Circumnavigating New Zealand — Napier Classic Cars
We lucked out on this visit to Napier, as we had on a previous trip to Curaçao (see: Cruising for Classic Cars in Curaçao) and stumbled upon some real automotive beauties. But unlike our classic run-in in Curaçao, these examples for the most part predated Ursula and I by a few decades.
As such, I won’t even hazard a guess as to the years and models of the cars you’ll see today, except to say that most appear to date back to the 1920s and 1930s.
Remember when I said that Napier is considered by some the Art Deco Capital of the world? Well, apparently that extends right on down to at least one vehicle:
How about of couple of Model A Fords, starting with a typical example and winding up with a bus version?
Now, I’m an English roadster fan from way back, so let’s take a closer look at an Austin roadster I fell in love with that day:
Finally, we have today a Buick and a Packard Six:
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