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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
Special thanks to all those members who made it to the 30th Anniversary Mid-Winter lunch and made it such a huge success! SUNDAY 19 JULY 2026: Indoor lawn bowls at the Pukekohe Cosmopolitan Club. We have booked the entire venue to ourselves for 3 hours! Mark the date - more details to follow soon... 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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Mortimer Motorsport - 17 May 2026
By Rodger Anderson.
I don’t pray much but I was thankful that a fabulous sunny May day on 17th turned up as the ACCCA club met at BP Dairy Flat for this Club run. The usual coffees and get together and a reminder from Rodger about the donation needed for the Mortimer charity fund. A rush to the station cash machine sorted and we were off on our fabulous new motorway North. Parking at Mortimer’s is always pretty good and with everyone lined up the cameras clicked. (Well cameras used to click didn’t they, eh?) Tony Gould runs the ‘show’ and if you want to stop him talking- good luck. Always interesting and of all the times I have been there he always has a different explanation of the cars and, of course the Mortimer Racing race meetings. Of all the collectables I think the McLaren’s and the famous Mazda Rotary-engined Le Mans cars are certainly up there. This Mazda is quite famous as this was the company’s first try at Le Mans. That car was in private hands of the Driver (Mr Katayama I believe) before Mr Mortimer bought it. Mazda tried again two years later in 1991 with the Mazda March 84G and pulled it off being the first (and only) Rotary-engined sports racing car to win the famous event. The McLaren 1971 M8FP Can Am car looking resplendent in McLaren orange which Tony pointed out is not a recognised colour and has many copies. With a capacity 6 or so times more than most road cars and exhausts large enough for your cat to sleep in, it rattles windows and petrol heads hearts when it fires up. Not today though. The McLaren single seater in white sits almost dwarfed beside its Orange giant, but a reminder of the non-computer, uncomplicated, understandable racers of yesterday. The ‘historics’ are becoming more popular at race meetings these days. Warwick turned up looking healthy after his holiday and our new member Robert Evans was seen to be having a serious ‘chat.’ What was that about Robert? Great to see you and Rosemary and looking forward to seeing the new ’66 Mustang out and around. Our visit had to end sometime I suppose and it was a short drive to Snells Beach Crimson Cafe for lunch. I had been in touch with Mr Algie and we were all booked in with a nice parking for the cars. Low and behold another car club turned up unannounced. Difficult for the staff but it all went well with only minor hold-ups and the coffee was great. Check out the photos from the day here..... 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.... |
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