Vintage tour
DUBBO Antique Automobile Club will be hosting the 2021 Autumn Tour for vehicles manufactured prior to 1931 and according to rally coordinator Matt Lack, the event will create the opportunity for local residents to see an amazing array of vintage iron as these mechanical masterpieces trundle past.
“This event first started in Orange in 2005 and is now an annual event that is shared between Orange, Cowra, Parkes and Dubbo,” Mr Lack told Dubbo Photo News, adding that the local club last hosted the event in 2016.
“It’s strictly for vehicles manufactured prior to 1931 and this year’s event will see more than 100 vehicles tour our district.
“Some vehicles will date back to 1910, and include such makes as Buick, Hillman, Hupmobile, Oakland, Stutz and Sunbeam.”
If you would like to see these beauties out and about, the best chance will be Saturday, May 1.
The Tour will depart Dubbo’s Dawson Park on Wheelers Lane at 9am travelling south on Wheelers Lane, then along Hennessy Road, Macquarie Street (South Dubbo) then Bligh street before exiting Dubbo on Bunglegumbie Road.
Because of the still-current Covid-19 restrictions, there won’t be a static display or car show.
The rally will commence on Thursday, April 19 and the vintage and veteran vehicles will be seen around Dubbo until Sunday, May 2.
Mr Lack says there’s one favour to ask of Dubbo motorists with so many slower vintage and classic cars sharing the roads.
“We ask motorists to please be patient and respectful as our rolling heritage tours Dubbo and the surrounds,” he said.