After breakfast we went to the McFeeters Motor Museum just up the road, where we were greeted at the entrance by a little Czechoslovakian 3 wheel 1962 Velorex, with a canvas body! Most unusual. Mr McFeeter had been a sheep farmer, now retired, whose hobby was collecting old cars. He had quite a few that were on loan and 40, which were his own cars. They included vintage and veteran cars, some Rolls Royces, a Kia Elan prototype with a plastic body and even a brightly painted car called “Barbie” with $5,000 worth of 24 carat gold plate on its fittings! The cars were displayed in a large carpeted purpose-designed building with windows and a strong inside balcony but, smart man for thinking ahead, he told us it was actually the fully insulated shell for a
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