The weather forecast had originally not promised anything good, but September 21, 2025 finally showed its sunniest and driest side, at least until the evening. The best conditions for a double meeting at the adventure airfield in Zihlschlacht-Sitterdorf.
Invitations were extended to the "Swiss Triumph Day", a meeting of Triumph brand cars supported by the brand clubs, and to "Fantastic Plastic", the meeting of cars with plastic bodywork that has been held since 2013, when it was launched in Lucerne .
The fact that the two meetings were merged was partly due to Markus Tanner and his team working together in the organization and partly due to the generous amount of space available in the Sittertal. Although the small adventure airfield is not necessarily centrally located in Switzerland, it offers varied and scenically impressive access routes.
For guests from southern Germany, the Sittertal is particularly easy to reach, which made the two meetings much more international. Admission was free, but a donation was gratefully received.
Variety of plastic cars
Cars and/or bodies from Albar, Alpine, Apal, Burton, Chevrolet, Chrysler/Dodge, Daimler, Jensen, Land-Rover, Lotus, Marcos, Matra-Simca, Pilgrim, Puma, Reliant, Spatz, Trabant, Trident, TVR and many more were brought to the Zihlschlacht/Sitterdorf airfield by the drivers of cars with plastic bodies.
And yes, for some of them plastic was rather one of several body materials, but as always the variety of shapes and colors was surprising.
There must have been around 100 cars, the French plastic car classics were somewhat less represented than in other years and German plastic sports cars, of which there were also some with DKW Monza, Melkus, BMW Z1/M1 and others, were also not on site.
Instead, there were rarities such as the Trident V8 or the Brazilian Puma sports cars, and a Lotus Esprit Sport 350 was also rarely seen.
Completeness at Triumph
The separately organized Triumph parking lots were more down-to-earth. Virtually all Triumph model series from 1960 onwards were on site, with clusters of Spitfire, TR6 and Stag models. Here, too, there was plenty to see and discuss.
There were probably well over 100 Triumph vehicles with two and four doors, and there was a constant coming and going throughout the day.
With supporting program
In addition to the cars, the hobby model airplanes, which attracted attention with all kinds of aircraft, and the RC cars on the small race track, where the youngsters battled it out with electrically powered and remote-controlled model racing cars, provided variety.
And of course there was no shortage of food and drink stands, so that no stomach had to remain empty before the presumably longer drive home.
The extensive picture gallery provides an impression of the Kombi meeting.
