I thought that might jog a few of the older members into life, so while I was mucking around thinking about it someone else has started the thread....thanks. Unfortunately I dont have any photos to go with the stories so words will have to do. Christchurch where I grew up had a number of interesting yards and I have mentioned Des Wild as one, but in the late 50's and early 60's there were a lot of, what are now, very collectable cars for sale on display in crummy little yards. As I said there was no Ebay or Trademe then so a car yard was the only place where a car could be seen. The amazing thing is how long it took to shift some of these cars....lots of MG's, D type Jaguar, SS90, 3 litre Bentleys, etc etc and as Bob said they just sat for months out in the weather. Salisbury motors in Colombo St seemed to specialise in sports cars and I spent many hours 'checking them out' I think the salesman knew that I had no money so he pretty much left me alone, writing me off as some dopey kid with nothing better to do......should have been doing a paper round!! I also had dealings with Wally Darrell, the ACE tyre distributor in ChCh and single seater special builder. My Dad had bought a number of Jaguars from Archibolds and they always had some interesting stuff, and I got to sit in the C type and SS100. So thats a start. I will expand on these and other tales soon as Im sure others will want to get in on the act.