The 2016 show coincides with the 50th anniversary of the organising club, the Pretoria Old Motor Club, which will be hosting a special club display in the Zwartkops pit area to commemorate its first half-century. Its members will be displaying the best vehicles in their collections to mark the occasion and also be on hand to discuss any manner of car related topics with the public.
Each year the club also hosts its Special Vehicles display featuring the best cars from all around the country. This year the theme is Pick Up Trucks from the early 1900s to the late 1960s, owing to the vehicle category's popularity with collectors in the fields of veteran, post-war classic and modified street machines.
Over 100 car clubs have booked space on the areas surrounding the track itself, including the likes of Buicks, Cadillacs, Alfa Romeos, MGs, Triumphs, Lotuses, Volkswagens, Datsuns, Mazdas, Cortinas, Muscle cars and Jeeps. In celebration of Jeep's 75th anniversary this year visitors can also expect to see a special display from the Jeep club.
Some time ago the POMC decided that it would admit not only vintage, veteran and classic cars, but all manner of special-interest cars to Cars in the Park. So visitors can expect to see a range of models passing through the gates from 6.30am including Chevrolet Corvettes, DKWs, Rolls-Royces, Bentleys, Jaguar XKs, VW Kombis, Ford Capris Chevrolet Can Ams, Lotus 7s, Cobras, Opels, Vauxhalls, Rileys, Mercedes-Benzes, Porsche 356s and 911s, Cadillac Eldorados, Oldsmobiles.
