Matthews Vintage Cars and machinery collection is a locally and privately owned museum http://mustdonewzealand.co.nz/cape-reinga-90-mile-beach-tours-far-north/mathews-vintage-cars-machinery-collection/ with a unique and comprehensive collection of vintage cars, tractors, fire trucks, stationary working engines of all types and uses in their day and all lovingly restored, Accumulated and restored by an avid vintage enthusiast over the last 40 years, the under cover display area covers over 1100 sq.ms. As you trip down memory lane there is large collection of historical artifacts that offers an insight into New Zealand history that showcases the best in vintage memorabilia offering an insight into New Zealand history, some of which have been used and owned by the Mathews family over the past century. Matthews Vintage Collection holds everything from traditional farming, household and pioneering appliances to a stunning collection of vintage cars and machinery used within New Zealand dating back to the early 1900′s and includes an extensive range of ‘Farmall Tractors’ as well as a range of other makes and models that covers a period from 1920′s to 1950′s Mathews vintage collection displays a large selection of vintage cars that includes Nashs, Chevrolets and a Singer Roadster amongst others, the collection also includes a wide range of stationary engines all in working order including Tangyes, Wolseleys, Andersons, Listers, Bamford etc