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
  • Understanding the Psychology of Domestic Violence
  • GADRA and Mobile Science Lab launch new science project
  • Beading through the generations
  • Almost 50 GADRA alumni graduate from Rhodes this week!
  • How it feels to go without water for seven days
  • 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!
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»OUTSIDE»Motoring»Vintage cars tour Eastern Cape
Motoring

Vintage cars tour Eastern Cape

Steven LangBy Steven LangOctober 5, 2017No Comments3 Mins Read
Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
Chevrolet pick up Circa 1953 model was spotted at the Addo Elephant Park, during the Liquorland Heritage Tour. Photo: Steven Lang

The Southern Cape Old Car Club’s (SCOCC) sixth Liquorland Heritage Tour, left George on 23 September and travelled through the Eastern Cape over five days.

The Heritage Tour, supported by Liquorland for the fifth time,and enthusiastic supporters of vintage and classic cars had the opportunity to meet the owners and admire the vehicles along the route.

Over 20 vehicles registered to participate. One of the prerequisites for participation is that the vehicle must have been manufactured before 1975. The two oldest vehicles which participated included a 1926 Ford Model T and a 1929 Chev Phaeton.

Day 1: 23 September – George to Jeffreys Bay (about 287 km)

The Heritage Tour departed from the PreCap centre in Courtenay Street, George, on Day 1. Following the R62, they travelled through the Eastern Cape towns of Joubertina, Kareedouw and Humansdorp to Jeffrey’s Bay. About midway along the route, they spent a while at the Kliphotel Country Shop near Misgund, before proceeding to the seaside town, where they stayed overnight at the Sea Shells Holiday Resort.

Ford Phaeton 1926. Photos: Steven Lang

Day 2: 24 September – Jeffreys Bay to Addo (about 143 km)

On Heritage Day, the group travelled along the R102, R334 and R335 to the village of Addo, from where they drove to the Addo Elephant National Park. At the park, they celebrated National Braai Day and the Southern African Veteran and Vintage Association’s (SAVVA) National Drive It day. They stayed at The Kraal in Addo that evening.

Day 3: 25 September – Addo to Graaff Reinet (about 231 km)

After breakfast at The Kraal, they travelled along the R336 to Graaff Reinet. They travelled through Kirkwood and stopped at the Kleinpoort Farm Stall for refreshments, before proceeding along the R75 via Jansenville to Graaff Reinet, where they stayed overnight at the Profcon Resort.

Day 4: 26 September – Graaff Reinet to Willowmore (about 175 km)

After breakfast, they visited the Valley of Desolation, and some of the town’s interesting historical landmarks, before proceeding along the N9 to Willowmore. They stopped for tea at Oppi-Vlak farm stall about 40 km from Willowmore. They stayed overnight at The Willow Guesthouse in Willowmore.

Mercedes 300sl.

Day 5: 27 September – Willowmore to George (about 199 km)

After breakfast, they travelled to George via De Rust, where they enjoy refreshments at the church hall of the NG Kerk, before proceeding to George via Oudtshoorn.

The Heritage Tour celebrates National Heritage Day and September as Tourism Month. It also serves to promote the SCOCC’s annual George Old Car Show, which will take place on 10 and 11 February 2018. The Heritage Tour also serves to stimulate a love and interest in this unique heritage on wheels.

Studebaker Lark circa 1963
Previous ArticleGraça Machel to speak in Grahamstown
Next Article Hyundai’s i30 N built for fun
Steven Lang
  • Website

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.