2018 Knysna Motor Show promises 400 classic cars, motorcycles

The event's categories will include sports classics, modern classics, veteran and vintage machines built up to 1945, and collectable road and racing motorcycles in both on and off-road guise.

This is an invitation-only event, organised by the Garden Route Motor Club. Part of the event's success can be attributed to the fact that some of the country’s finest classic and vintage and veteran machines now reside in lockups and barns located along the Garden Route.

Says Peter Pretorius, chairman of the Garden Route Motor Club: “Last year, shortly after our wonderful show, fires devastated the Garden Route, affecting areas from Knysna, Sedgefield, and surrounding areas even as far as Plettenberg Bay. Some 8,000 people were left homeless, leaving families from formal and informal suburbs seeking urgent relief, supplies and support.

“With the huge success of the Knysna Motor Show last year, and with the support of our sponsor Sanlam Private Wealth, we were able to donate an amount of R150,000 to charities, as well as to car and motorcycle enthusiasts who lost everything in the fire.

“This year, we aim to raise more than that amount, to donate to needy charities still suffering, as Knysna gets rebuilt. To achieve that, we need the support of participants to enter cars and motorcycles in even greater numbers and for the public to visit what we believe is one of the best car shows in the country,” says Pretorius.

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