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Yes Keith and Big Hammer, I suspect it's somewhere in UK. Definitely Bobbies helmets in background and it looks like the rear of a British Ford Consul Mk II (1956-62) on the left . The A's oil track seems to indicate it coming over from the L to impact the VW. The VW's reg plate is not UK - I wonder if it was someone over for a visit - sorry end of a holiday maybe

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New Zealand I'd say, the land of the Morris Minor till recently ...

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After that crash, they repaired the Beetle with whatever parts they could scrape up, but the Model A was a total loss.

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...1&d=1704091582

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Brad in Maryland

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The photo was taken in Hastings New Zealand, and the cop in the background is my late Uncle, Geoff Rutter.

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Fascinating , Thank you!

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Looks like the "A" did well against the VW. The picture with a VW sporting a 31 radiator and radiator shield are comical. I wonder if they converted it to a rear wheel drive with an "A" engine in the front.

Regards
Bill

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Why do the New Zealanders erect utility poles on both sides of the street?

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Lots of places do that too throughout the US, NZ isn't unique to that.

Looks like a late 50's or early 60's era picture with the oval window VW.

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Can't say I can recall utility poles on both sides of the street in my America. Street lights in the city for obvious reasons, but not utility power poles. Maybe it is a regional thing. How about one of you guys from down there, is this common? Guess It's not that important, just curious as to what might justify it. We all know the cost of anything is usually the first and last consideration given to anything.....

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New Zealand is a very advanced country.

They foresaw the need for EV poles and wires long before the rest of us had considered it to be a thing.
It has resulted in less displacement of cows and sheep.

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One side of the road is power lines ( high voltage) , the other side is phone lines. You don’t want the phone line powered by high voltage

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Interesting, makes sense....But in my area they run the high voltage lines on the top of the pole and the phone and cable below them.

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Wow, that's a recipe for disaster but putting the telephone cable on top wouldn't be any better. If the top cable comes down say, in a storm everybody who is on the phone will talking real fast!

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Ironically , those old beetles are selling for more than Model A s.

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So you don't have to climb over the hv to work on the phone lines

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https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...p;d=1704039972

Looks to be a daily driver in the late 50's, early 60's in New Zealand.
Notice that both cars are Right Hand Drive
Sad end for a decent Model A Roadster.