The day started out great, the area we had designated for us soon filled to capacity which meant we had two display areas of Capri’s. By late morning we had 55 Capri’s at Manfield – yes that is right fifty-five plus we had at least another 3 in the carpark. According to Cameron Lamont that is the most Capri’s seen in NZ in one place since 1972! It was a phenomenal sight and when we did the lunchtime charity rides it was an awesome vision to see the long track with a constant stream of Capri – although we have photos they will never really do the sight the justice that it deserves.
I think we more than impressed spectators and organisers alike with the number of cars that were there and also the wonderful condition. There were so many cars and the people all over the place that unfortunately I didn’t get a photo of every person and their car – but let’s hope we can sort that one out before we finalise the time capsule.
The lunchtime charity rides saw most of the Capri’s out on the track and I do believe that Graeme and Murray (our still on the tour South Islanders(not like some who piked out at Christchurch)) were over the moon that they both got a chance to put the car around the track. I think all up everyone got at least 8 laps and there were heaps of grins on faces from both drivers and their thrill seeking passengers. Marilyn Campbell even played host and took her MKII out on the track – she was tricked into believing the first part was just a parade but she looked great out there so I’m glad that Ed knew exactly what to say to get her out there.
Unfortunately the day was marred by the theft of one of our member’s cars from the carpark. Please be on the lookout for a red Mk 3 licence plate 004RAE and keep your ears to the ground of anyone that you don’t recognise who is looking to sell one or parts from the central region. Let’s hope that we can track the car down and it is found in one piece. And once again thank you to Lyndsay and Adele for lending their 2nd car to this member in order that he get back to Cambridge.
Tonight will probably be a reasonably quiet one as some of us have now finished our part of the tour – for me it’s been a very long week (two weeks if you count the holiday to get down to Invercargill), but one I would have been very sad to have missed – we have made some awesome new friends, solidified old friendships and laughed so hard we’ve cried – if this tour or anything like it is every repeated then my name is first on the list of tourers!
David Scadden will now be taking over adding to the blog although I will log in from time to time as I need to upload photos and update the who’s been/on tour stuff over the next few days. The blog has been well received and thanks for all the wonderful comments – make sure you hassle David if you do not see any updates over the next day or two (or perhaps I'll just make up some rumours of what's going on!). While in Feilding I did not have good internet connection which is why I’m a bit behind.
I wish I was on the rest of the tour but alas even I have work commitments too!!
Karen
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