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Attractions in Maungatapere, Northland.

This comprehensive automotive and engineering museum also houses what is reportedly the World’s Largest Packard collection, assembled by a single collector. Housed in the old Dairy Factory on State Highway 14 at Maungatapere, 12km from Whangarei CBD. This Charitable Trust encompasses a vast collection of vintage cars and vehicles, including the following; 52 Packards Other classic cars of interest (some owned by important historical figures) 65 rest...

SH 14
Maungatapere
Northland
0179

64-274435060

This comprehensive automotive and engineering museum also houses what is reportedly the World’s Largest Packard collection, assembled by a single collector.
Housed in the old Dairy Factory on State Highway 14 at Maungatapere, 12km from Whangarei CBD.
This Charitable Trust encompasses a vast collection of vintage cars and vehicles, including the following;
52 Packards
Other classic cars of interest (some owned by important historical figures)
65 restored classic motorbikes (1904 -1976)
Military vehicles
Fire-engines
Early steam tractors and traction engines
Significant aero engines dating back to the 1930s
Horse drawn vehicles (including buggies and a Royal Mail coach)
Allis-Chalmers and Caterpillar bulldozers
Buses and commercial vehicles
Early NZ earthmoving machines and tractors
Stationary engines
Early motorized lawn mowers
Vintage telephones and typewriters
Sewing machines
A collection of saws, and early agricultural implements
Cast iron stoves
Vintage toys and working steam models
Military uniforms going back to the 1850's
and a fabulous range of early colonial domestic items and paraphernalia.
This museum is a haven for all of you who ever had fond memories of adventures in vehicles of any sort, and who love to see and experience the nuts and bolts engineering.
We aim to get as many machines of all sorts going as possible, document them, and let them teach the current generation the secrets and elegance of a finely tuned motor. This museum is a collective memory, our heritage, and one from which we can draw endless inspiration for creativity in the present. It represents a connection with the past, items that have survived the test of time and are taken care of for future generations.