Vulgalour wrote:The closest I can come to anything similar that I know about would be the AC/Thundersley Invacar. Not the later ubiquitous models but the earlier ones that are just as distinctively styled. Unless there's a model I'm missing in the line-up, I think it'll be an invacar type thing but by a different company.
Top marks there, it is an Invacar! It's a Harper MkVI (-ish) from the very late 1950s. Probably the best looking conveyance of the lot in my 'umble 'pinion. Looks unusual in red, they were all blue & white as standard. Like many of the various Invacar models, I don't think there are any of these left, so it would be interesting to know what happened to the Antipodean example.
I'm VERY jealous of the little Bambina, a comparative steal with all that was included. Having spent a bit of time travelling in an uprated example recently, I can only imagine long-distance cross NZ travel in a standard car would be absolutely spirit-crushing and unpleasant on every level, therefore I strongly advise you undertake the trip without a trailer or any kind of support vehicle, preferably with as many people on board as possible. Bon chance!