Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Trending
  • Cleaning Kowie River and Fairview Spring for World Water Day
  • Local soccer teams avoid SAB Regional League relegation!
  • Bongani Fule: new Eastern Cape Junior Lightweight champion!
  • In the words of Nelson Mandela, “To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity”
  • Avbob 2023 Poetry Competition Winner: Sithembele Isaac Xhegwana of Makhanda
  • Flooding at the James Kleynhans Water Treatment Works
  • Avbob 2023 Poetry Competition Second Place: Jeannie Wallace McKeown of Makhanda
  • Residents of Extensions Nine, 10, Transit Camp, Phumlani and Enkanini voice discontent!
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Grocott's Mail
You are at:Home»Uncategorized»Cars wow Classic fans
Uncategorized

Cars wow Classic fans

Grocott's MailBy Grocott's MailSeptember 13, 2016No Comments2 Mins Read
Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email

A convoy of 17 Classic cars making its way through the streets of Grahamstown drew stares earlier today.

A convoy of 17 Classic cars making its way through the streets of Grahamstown drew stares earlier today.

The cars and their drivers, most from Gauteng, were participating in the Lap of the Eastern Cape.

An annual Classic cars touring event, last year organiser Roger Pearce hosted the Lap of KwaZulu-Natal. 

The tours combine a bit of history and sightseeing with some fine dining and fun with like-minded car-loving people.

In past years it has taken car owners to Namibia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia and as far as Cairo.

"Some people have been on all those trips," Pearce told Grocott's Mail. Today the group ends the coastal leg of their Eastern Cape tour.

Starting off in Aliwal North, their two-week journey went down to Coffee Bay, making their way down the coast to Port Alfred, from where the set off this morning.

After Grahamstown their tour takes them inland to Addo Elephant National Park, New Bethesda and the Mountain Zebra National Park, among other stops.

"It's a very diverse group of people," Pearce said. "These cars lie around in people's garages and no one does anything with them."
To be eligible for the Classic cars tour, a vehicle must be at least 25 years old.

"One of the cars on this tour is a 30-year-old Daihatsu Charade," Pearce said, explaining that the driver managed despite the vehicle's relatively small engine capacity.

Other models that caught connoisseurs' eye this morning were two MGBs, a Porsche 911, a Porsche 993, a very rare Rolls Royce Corniche drop-head coupe, an old Volvo station wagon, a Jaguar XJS and several Mercedes Benz SLSes.

There's only one exception to the 25 years or older rule, Pearce said.

"There's an elderly couple who drive an MG that's definitely modern – but they just love travelling with he group, so we broke the rules for them."

* Photos and a focus on two very special cars in this Friday's Grocott's Mail.

Previous ArticleKenton veteran’s annual tennis tournament
Next Article Basic education key to better economy
Grocott's Mail

Comments are closed.

Tweets by Grocotts
Newsletter



Listen

The Rhodes University Community Engagement Division has launched Engagement in Action, a new podcast which aims to bring to life some of the many ways in which the University interacts with communities around it. Check it out below.

Humans of Makhanda

Humans of Makhanda

Weather    |     About     |     Advertise     |     Subscribe     |     Contact     |     Support Grocott’s Mail

© 2023 Maintained by School of Journalism & Media Studies.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.