Transport Museum at Rotorua Airport

That Mr Giltrap was the father of the well-known Colin Giltrap, and owned a car dealership in Rotorua.
I never saw the Rotorua museum (which would have been at the old airfield to the south of the town), and strangely I cannot recollect any mention of it in the Rotorua aviation history book "Flying the Thermal Skies". I suspect it was mostly bits and possibly cars, with the Waco being the only complete airframe.
According to my records, the Waco went to Australia when Giltrap moved there (so it was not actually sold at that time), went on to a Mr McLeod of Brisbane in 1970 then to Keith Hatfield, Berwick, Melbourne for restoration to airworthy. Have not heard any completion of that project.
I cannot imagine any fuss about the Waco leaving the country in 1959, just a heap of worn-out junk. Don't forget that Model A Fords were a common second family car at that time!