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Established in 1996, we are a group of passionate car enthusiasts who live and breathe American classic cars, and are based in Auckland, New Zealand.
Our mission in life is to provide an environment for other like minded car aficionados to savour and enjoy their American classics, without the rules and restrictions that seem to dog other areas of everyday lives. If you are an American classic car owner who feels the same as we do, we invite you to take a small journey through our site to see if this sounds like you. If you like what you see, and want to be involved, then click on the membership application words as follows to open an application form, complete and email this to the address on the form. ACCCA membership application. The only hard and fast condition of membership is that prospective members must own an American classic car that is pre-2000 model year of historical interest. |
UPCOMING ACCCA EVENTS
SUNDAY 17 MAY 2026: Visit to Mortimer Motorsports museum in Matakana. Meet at BP Motorway Dairy Flat from 9.30am to depart at 10am. Lunch afterwards at the Crimson Coast Cafe, Snells Beach. SUNDAY 14 JUNE 2026: ACCCA 30th Anniversary Mid-Winter Xmas Lunch Gulf Harbour Yacht Club Whangaparaoa Meet at BP Motorway Silverdale to depart at 11.15am sharp. *** DON'T MISS THIS ONE - it's going to be a huge celebration! *** American Classic Car Club members are unable to provide classic vehicles for events such as weddings, birthdays, family outings etc, as they are not licensed to undertake these activities.
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Keith M shed raid - Sunday 3 May 2026
Coffee at Starbucks, a sunny day, 30 or 40 of Us and it looked like a great
day coming. And it was. A short drive to a long driveway and we are there and a Cessna aeroplane suspended in the air over a barn. This looks good! Keith has an amazing collection, mostly Ford of course, but I did notice one ‘Hot Rod’ with a C3 Chev motor in it. I just love the car collections when there is some history in story boards alongside the cars but I didn’t need any story when looking at a great Coca Cola 1940 Pick-up truck because it was all there. The truck itself is just gorgeous and it had the trailer with the bicycle on the back, the Coca Cola umbrella, the ‘cool chest’, the barbecue, the bar stool, just all set off with the scarlet red truck on its white wall tyres. Lots of really good antique stuff as well with a Lister winch, a few petrol station showings, and then we find a fully stocked bar, complete with a cabinet of collectables and a pot belly burner to keep you warm. Oh and , of course the 65 inch TV screen with the Miami Formula One showing that day. Where else do you want to be if you can’t be in amongst your car collection watching the number one car races running on the other side of the world. Keith has started his car collection and it has obviously grown. You can see the expansions as the sheds get bigger and better and his cars get better as you go from one shed (and i use the word shed conservatively) to another and as I first said there is mostly Fords but here we have a 1934 Chev Coupe. This car looks so good it would not look bad at an Ellerslie Concours. Beautiful. And what about “Mr Old School”, now there is another one. WOW. Particularly elegant looking is the 1931 Ford Traveler, with its acres of wood paneling, built from a 1931 ‘Woody’ but I don’t remember a ‘Woody’ like this. The chassis extended 30 inches and with a 10ft 7inch awning, windows lockable for touring in South America, it looked like a comfortable way to tour in those days. The engine is a Model ‘B’ producing all 55 Brake Horse Power. Probably just fine in those days. Life is good. Even the dog kept us entertained with his chasing the ‘stick’. Loves children, cars, adults but don’t let another dog come near or there is hell to pay! A great collection, I have to say, and one I would happily look after in my back yard. And if you didn’t have enough shed, well you just build another one and the floor is poured out the back ready for the new build. Thank You Keith and Dave for a marvelous days outing to a fabulous cars shed visit and your hospitality. Thanks by Rodger Anderson. Check out the photos from the day here.... NHHRC Swap Meet Car Show - 14 March 2026
When approaching the Greenlane intersection on a very pleasant and fine weather Saturday morning it appeared we were going to have a record turnout of cars for our run. But alas, I had forgotten it was also Meguiars Coffee & Cars at the Showgrounds that day so the carpark was well patronised with all those who were going to Meguiars, so by the time they all left all that remained were the dedicated small group of 6 cars for the North Harbour Hot Rod Club's inaugural automotive swap meet and classic car show at the Rosebank Speedway grounds. This is the Hot Rod club that Neil and Dave R belong to so they couldn't meet us at Woolworth's as they were busy at the gate collecting the entry fee! Would have been 7, but Mrs Bond is at Doctor Paul's at present so someone had to hitch a ride.....
But what a great little casual day out at the Rosebank Speedway it was. Convoying in thru the gate together meant that we were all able to park together, and the Hot Rod Club did an excellent job of directing all the cars around the paved track to park nose out facing the track on both sides - made for no queues, easy drive in parking without reversing, and made for an impressive sight walking around the track. As Rob commented we were the only club other than the host club that had a flag or banner that we could see - stands out from miles away in some of the photos! The grounds were certainly much larger than I was expecting, as you only get to see a small part of it form the Motorway as you go whizzing (or crawling, depending on the time of day) by. Certainly plenty of room for expansion of a much bigger meet and show next year! As we were driving around the track we did see another 3 or 4 other Club members there who made there way there directly but which meant they were unable to park with our Club group. As far as events go, I could describe it as low key, casual, relaxing and with a surprising number of cars that many of us have not necessarily seen before, probably more due to the hot rod connection. Some very cool machinery was on display, for sure. And the swap meet itself was small but dedicated to automotive related and parts rather than the plethora of household junk that adorns most swap meets these days. And there was at least several food vendors present and doing a reasonable amount of business, and the Speedway Club opened their bar for those that wanted an afternoon tipple with a good selection of cheap beverages - apart from the Supermarket where else can you get a beer over the bar for $5 these days! Check out the photos from the day here.... Franklin Hop - 1 March 2026
This year’s Franklin Pa Hop (previously Waiau Pa Hop, not sure why they don’t call it the Clarks Beach Hop) was attended by the club after we skipped last year because of the high asking car admission price, but as it was back down to a more reasonable $10 per car we thought it was worth a look as it has been a good event previously and a perennial favorite for us due to the goldilocks aspect of the run being neither too long nor too short, and it’s a pleasant spot to spend a few hours, with plenty of food and entertainment. This year we didn’t bother with pre-registration and just paid the $10 at the gate, with some trepidation of that slowing things down at the gate.
It was quite a pleasant morning in the sun at the usual Beststart Childcare Karaka, with a rather small turnout of 6 classics for the short run, including a guest of Neil and Dave in her rare and original condition 55 Ford Crown Victoria Fairlane – hopefully they will join the club so we get to see them again! We were ably escorted by Ian F. from Beststart in his immaculately restored Chev just for the run out to Clarks Beach and back again as he was unable to stay. We departed at 8.30am and arrived more or less right on 9am, to find no queues at all at the gate! After parking at our usual spot on the grassy knoll in front of the yacht club and setting up the swooper flags, the fire department arrived and decided they would rather have that spot, so we mover further up the hill alongside the yacht club, which was a more elevated position for us anyway. Not long after that it turned a bit overcast and then light rain arrived mid-morning for about 40 minutes, then cleared to a fine and very hot afternoon. Liquid refreshment in the yacht club were called for! This year all the vendor stalls were well arranged in the large field below the yacht club in a much more user-friendly layout, with a central gazebo area for sitting down in front of the truck/bandstand with a great 5 piece band playing excellent covers. Overall I thought it was very well arranged and laid out with many interesting vendors and products and a plentiful variety of food vendors of good quality. This year I thought the number of cars present was quite a bit down, there was suggestion of it being about 150 odd, the weather forecast and several other car shows around Auckland and Hamilton probably kept the numbers down. Well worth going though for only $10 entry, looking forward to next year again. Phil Officer |
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