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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 which must be of historical interest. |
UPCOMING ACCCA EVENTS
Saturday 17 January 2026: Kumeu Classic Car & Hot Rod Festival Weekend The Club will have our usual reserved display area on the upper field. Look for the Red Club Marquees and flags. The Club BBQ will be available for use, with some sausages and bread and soft drinks provided. Gates open at 7.30am. Car and driver free, passengers $20 ea. Sunday 8 February 2026: MORRINSVILLE MOTORAMA: Meet at Beststart Childcare, 71 Hingaia Rd, Karaka at 7am for a 7.30am sharp departure. We need to convoy through the gates at the park in NMorrinsville to be able to park together. Sunday 8 February 2026: ELLERSLIE CONCOURS CAR SHOW: The Club has 8 tickets for the reserved space in the non-judged car club display section. RSVP's essential if you want to secure one of the 7 tickets left, so first up best dressed! No Entry fee. Run details TBC. 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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Xmas Lunch - Sat 6 December 2025
Preparations for our end of year Christmas started months ago, with among other things, the search for a suitable venue to host us – and I thought I had one too, and it was a good-un! However, as the weeks went by, I started getting the feeling the venue was not really on the same page with us, regarding what we wanted/expected and then, almost at the 11th hour, they suggested, admitted even, that to cater for as many people as we anticipated was beyond their present capabilities! Back to square one…
As it turned out, perhaps that was not a bad thing after all, as a few phone calls between members and we were back with a new venue, the Club Rooms of the NSVCC, secured thanks in the main to our members Dave Lane and Jim Hefkey as well as the executive of the North Shore Vintage Car Club. Phew! Crisis averted! And what a fantastic place to hold our end of year Christmas it was too, with ample room to park the 42 classic cars together (with a few daily drivers parked out of the way too), plenty of grass for pitching the Club and private gazebo’s and even just enough shade for most, which was a blessing as by crikey was it hot! Members began arriving – early, what happened to “don’t arrive before 11.30am”, lol – and by about 12.15am everyone was settled in for the day. After a brief introduction, it was time to draw the first batch of ticket prizes, with six bottles of wine from sponsor Anchorage Estate going to six lucky recipients. Anchorage Estate heavily subsidize their wines for us, as it’s Rhonda’s cousins Winery… bloody handy I reckon… ((hick)). If you are looking for a quality wine, for exceptional value, check out Anchorage Estate products at a liquor store near you! Lunch, compliments of the Spit Roast Company, was served at 12.30pm from within the Club House itself, and was its usual excellence that we have come to expect in recent years, and such good value too. A few more prizes were drawn after lunch for the remaining wines, and/or $30 gift vouches and then it was time to draw the two main ticket prizes; a pair of beautifully presented gift boxes – absolutely loaded with goodies too – from Giftbox Deluxe, and generously donated by Marshall Batteries/Ramcar, combined worth around $ 300! Tony & Diane Cobb took out the smaller of the two gift boxes, and the canny Kerry Bramley taking out the major prize on the day. Well done to everyone who came away with something, just for being there. After the completion of the prize draw, t’was time for desserts. These were generously provided by members, with something sweet for most tastes on offer, and plenty of it too! And then for those that wanting to, the NSVCC volunteers opened up their Shed’s for guided tours in small groups, from about 2.30pm onwards, to see some of the projects that are on the go at the present moment, as well as some of the NSVCC members own cars, and then wander down the racks (and racks… and racks) of spare parts in the well stocked Parts Department shed. Awesome stuff! By around 3.30pm most were starting to think about tackling the North Shore traffic home and the last of us departed by 4pm. A HUGE thank you to the NSVCC for allowing us the use of their frankly exceptional facilities and also for their assistance on the day, and of course, an even BIGGER thank you to the nearly 100 members/friends of members that attended to make the day as special as it was. And of course, one can’t finish off their story without a big thank you to the committee for their organization before and during the event itself. A fantastic effort from all concerned. And just like that, another year for the ACCCA comes to a close – and next year marks the Clubs 30th in existence so you just never know what might be on the cards for that one! Thanks for all the members support – long may that continue. Wishing you all a safe and Merry Christmas! All the best! Checkout the photos from the day here…. Kaiaua Fish & Chips run - 16 November 2025
Greetings to you all. As the warmer Spring weather sets in with the finer weather and longer daylight hours it was great to have an excellent turnout for our club run to Bay View Hotel in Kaiaua. On this beautiful morning we had very good turnout of 24 classics meeting at our usual Beststart childcare centre at Karaka for a 10am departure. We mingled and caught up with each other whilst enjoying the fine weather and warm sunshine. After we were warmly greeted by club President Rob welcoming new member Peter Maclean, and conducting 3 prize draws for $30 gift cards, it was over to Phil O who had plotted out the road trip, and gave out the route directions verbally this time after forgetting to print out the route instructions. But having done previous trips down it made sense that he was the lead car of our convoy and Rob opted to be tail-end Charlie to catch the stragglers. The decision to take an alternative route through the backroads of Mercer on a road we've never done before, coming out on the old Mangatawhiri road and then onto the road out to the seabird coast. The road trip down was a decent 1 hour run for the old classics and as usual they drew a lot of attention from keen admirers. We arrived at our destination at the Seabird Museum and spend a pleasant half hour looking through all the interesting and informative storyboards about the migratory habits of various seabirds and other marine life. Leaving again just before midday for a short 10 minute run up ot the Bay View establishment (and yes Rodger we all heard you trying to set a new record for the shortest time to get to the Hotel) where we were greeted by 3 long tables that were setup and reserved for us, however since it was such a nice day most members took advantage of this and opted to sit outside under the sun-umbrellas in the very pleasant garden area out back. Liquid refreshments and meals were then ordered form the bar with most opting for the now famous Kaiaua fish and chip lunch. Now, if you haven’t had the pleasure of having a meal at the hotel, or for that matter calling into the local chippy next door, pencil it onto your calendar and stop in. Believe me, you will not be disappointed as the fish is fresh and the batter is light and tasty. Definitely good value for money. Club members left in their own time and different routes were taken, with a small dedicated group taking the road North up the very scenic coast, over the hills and thru native bush to the Kawakawa Bay ice cream stop for the traditional ice-cream dessert. For sure it was a great day out and many who attended agreed. We look forward to another run down to Kaiaua again which really is now an annual event to be looked forward to again next year. Click here to see photos from the day..... 10 Pin Bowling - 14 September 2025
Trying something new for Club runs, keeping things ‘fresh’ so to speak, has been, and will likely remain, one of the biggest challenges for a Club like ours, as there is nothing worse than going to the same old places or doing the same old shows… variety, as the saying goes, is the spice of life!
So, when the committee met to plan our third quarter events for the year, I put it to them that I would like to take us 10 Pin Bowling at Rhonda and my local Cosmopolitan Club in Pukekohe. The consensus was whey the heck not, we’ve been lawn bowls before in the summer, so why not indoor Ten Pin in the winter? The seed was sowed, and after a few phone calls to to the Club we had the plans locked in place for a simple ‘off the menu’ lunch, followed by a few frames of bowls. Even the date we set was fortuitous, as the Cossie Club Caterers had recently changed and the ‘new’ ones were keen as to have us arrive in numbers to their little restaurant within the Cossie Club itself. Oddly, the uptake to this new initiative seemed lack-luster at best and come end of RSVP’s we had barely 25 confirmed – well down on recent runs – and after the usual no shows on the day, I think we ended up with about 22 members and less than 10 Classic cars at the now usual Beststart Karaka meeting point. No matter at all – as those of us that did commit were treated to a very enjoyable 35 minute rural cruise out the back of Ramarama, Bombay and Pukekohe itself, and even the slightly inclement weather did not detract from the real beauty of rural South Auckland. The roads out this way are seriously good for scenic cruising, you should try them! Once at the frankly huge Pukekohe Cosmopolitan Club facilities, parking was never going to be an issue with such a massive carpark, Jordan, our caterer informed us that owing to “staff shortages” they would prefer to do us all a set menu of good ole' kiwiana Fush N chups with salad, for the special price of $20 per head, rather than off the menu. No problem we said! And it wasn’t too bad either, it must be said. After maybe an hour or so for lunch, it was that time, time to wander across the carpark to the events stadium where, inside, it’s just unreal. Besides ten lanes for ten-pin, there were snooker tables, pool tables, airhockey, a massive indoor lawn bowls area, several bars, and out the back outside was the outdoor lawn bowls! Bloody hell, who’d have known! I didn’t and Rhonda and I have been coming to the Cossie Club itself almost from when we moved down here, some 18 months ago! Owing to the reduced numbers of ACCCA members actually bowling, we were allocated four lanes and we split up into three teams of four and one of three. I was on the team of three, with Janice Cullen and Rhonda. Last time Rhonda and I played, she beat me convincingly, but that was a couple of years ago now… I was determined not to see a repeat, lol! And so it was, within the first few balls bowled you could immediately tell some had played this game before (not looking at anyone in particular, Sue and Natalie Baker…) and some clearly hadn’t! Mostly the latter… and to say folk had their own ‘techniques’ was stretching the definition of ‘technique’ some… 😊. But just like the Trivia quiz’s at the Club Mid-Winters… we are sure a competitive lot! And even those vying for last place were determined it wasn’t going to be them! Great fun, and lots of laughs ensued. If we were handing out prizes for the most unorthodox technique, that would have been taken out easily by Ray Smiths wife Susan. She sure had an umm…. ‘style’… of her own! Taking out the individual Top Scores for the day were the mother/daughter pairing of Natalie and Sue Baker… (see the scores in the gallery) cleverly not letting on they both play in bowling leagues and Natalie has in fact, represented NZ! We smelled a rat when they both came prepared with their own bowling balls, special gloves and even their own proper bowling shoes, in neat carry cases with little wheels on the back… damn fancy if you ask me. And who came third on points… in hire shoes and using a ball that had probably been fingered by more people than you’d care to imagine? Why me, your humble President, of course! After only one full game each, more than enough for most to be fair, is was back into the Club for post match analysis and a few celebratory, or commiseratory, drinks – socially responsibly of course. To summarise, everyone that attended had a thoroughly good time and a big thumbs up to those that gave it their very best despite never having bowled before, or at least, not recently. You still all struck the pins, even if it wasn’t as frequently, or as many, as some of the others. No shame in that, good on you all for trying I reckon! And for being such good sports when it mattered. Would we bother again? Ask any of those that went – that’s where you will find the answer to that. Would we like more to attend if we did, too bloody right we would… so yeah, great venue, good value and a great late-winters social day out in our Classics. As for the next one, bring it on! Rob Milligan |
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