A vintage car auction will include automobiles and parts.
The auction will be at Waimumu, 12km west of Gore, and will sell off the last of the late Robin Dixon’s collection.
Family friend Paul Herron helped to organise the collection and the auction.
He said although it was a lot of work, it was worth it.
"He had a big enough shed but it was so crammed in there that you couldn’t get from one side to the other without climbing over cars.
"For this auction, it’s taken two years of weekend work, holidays and long weekends to palletise it.
"I knew it was going to be a big job, but I had to do it justice, I had to do it right."
Mr Herron said his friend had been collecting since he was 16, and the auction today would have all the oldest models.
"There’s 27 of his cars, which under the New Zealand vintage car club classifications, 18 of them are veteran, which means they’re manufactured before the 31st of December 1918, and the rest are vintage, which is before 1931," he said.
The cars were all American, from a wide variety of brands, and a couple with ties to Hollywood.
"There’s Buicks, Chevys, Hudsons, Dodge of course, REO. Two Models Ts and Chevrolet 490 featured in The Power of the Dog film too."
Interest had come from all around the world.
Mr Herron said it was a rare occasion to see such cars together, and it was worth a visit to see, if not to bid on them.
"It’s a once-in-a-lifetime occasion. It’s hard to ever find them for sale, let alone grouped together in such numbers as we’ve got here.
Mr Herron said he was happy to spend the time to help honour his late friend’s legacy, and help out Mr Dixon’s wife.
Mr Herron said it was important to honour his friend’s legacy.
"I had the interest and I wanted to do it justice, remove all the vultures circling after his death thinking they had the right to this and that," he said.
Even if someone had no interest in buying any of the collection, Mr Herron said they should come down and have a look as it might be the only opportunity to see such an event inside New Zealand.
"To be honest, it’s just an entertaining day, even just to watch it proceed.
"You could be an old or a young car enthusiast — I mean, how many chances will you have to see this?"
