New Zealand chicken farmer reveals huge British classic collection
A dusty collection of more than 200 cars – many of them British – has been found in a New Zealand barn.
Journalist Gordon Campbell visited the collection, and says that Peter Markham started this collection in 2004 at a former chicken farm in Waikato, North Island. ‘He’s no stranger to collecting cars and in 1991 he owned a total of 75 PA Vauxhalls, earning him the nickname of "Captain Vauxhall". Vauxhall PAs are dominant in the current collection although Morris Minors and BMC 1100/1300s come a close second,’ says Gordon.
Other British marques found in the collection include Ford, Hillman, Humber, MG, Riley, Singer, Sunbeam,Vanden Plas and Wolseley. There’s also a few Japanese cars and a single American example. While Peter doesn’t want to part with some of the cars, he has sold a few of them – with the new owner’s name written in the dust.
