september.2012 - Sporting Car Club of SA

SEPTEMBER.2012
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
All Members are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting of
the Club to be held on Wednesday, 5th September beginning at
8.00pm. The September General Meeting will follow. Please note
that there will be no meal prior to the AGM, however a supper will
be served following the meeting.
On the stage for the AGM will be Neil Francis' amazing Napier
shown at right!
Below are two of the Mitchell family’s Amilcars. See page 5
for the full story.
The October General Meeting will be held on
Wednesday 3rd October beginning at 8.00pm.
There will be a meal prior to the meeting from 6.30pm
consisting of chicken and salads. Bookings prior to Friday
28th September are essential for the meal.
Contact Events Office
Office Hours 8271 5689
Greetings Members and Friends,
By the time this reaches you, the Annual General Meeting will
be about to occur, on 5 September.
Don’t the years fly!
It is an important occasion, and I encourage all Members to
attend who are able—particularly those of you who we don’t
frequently see at the Club, perhaps due to your busy lifestyles.
The AGM will precede the September General Meeting. The
election for Management Committee positions will be conducted,
reports will be given, awards presented, acknowledgements
made, a magnificent car will be displayed, supper will be served
and friends will be there!
Not long after the Meeting will be several significant Club events
where requests for your participation are now happening. The
60th Collingrove Hillclimb celebrations, the Vintage Hillclimb,
the S.A. H/C Championship, the 101 Years of Motoring event
at the Parade Ground and the final round of the State Motor
Racing Championship at Mallala Motor Sport Park are all
approaching. Please participate in all or some of these great
activities.
Thank you again to all organisers, supporters and sponsors of
our big calendar of activities.
The evening before the AGM, at 6pm at the Club, will be another
of the regular Club Forum meetings. This is when there is
opportunity for all Section Representatives, and any Member
of the Club, to raise and discuss any point or idea.
A concept further discussed at the last one, in July, was the
introduction of a Club Register, of Members, vehicles and
Member services. There will be more published on this issue.
At the last Management Committee meeting, $ 25000 of
expenditure for further upgrade of the Clubhouse building at
Collingrove was approved, so the many improvements, including
the new entrance, will be apparent by the 60th Celebrations.
A Grant Application submitted by the Club Secretary for $5000
has been successful, and another Corporate Member, Cornes
Toyota, has joined us.
Some members of the Management Committee will be standing
down, and we must all thank them for their valuable contributions
to the Club. Whilst the last year has been very busy, so is each!
This is a big Club with many ongoing and future issues.
I wish particularly to thank Sean Whelan, who has been Club
Treasurer for six years through these busy times. Well done
Sean!
Wishing you all safe motoring and racing.
Cheers,
Ken
101 YEARS OF MOTORING
Richard and Annie Porter
George Krinas
Brett Vincent
Mick West
Jack Paisley
Garry Parker
Jordan Graham
Edward Lawrie
Harry Comley
Oscar Matthews
Matt Fairweather
Michael Grage
Michael Flood
David Purdey
Anthony Alcock
Basil Mondello
Dan Anderson
Ben Lumbers
Nick Taddeo
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September 2012
1
Drive your old Vehicle Day
Veteran Vintage
5
Annual General Meeting
Clubrooms
7
Section Meeting
Classic
8
Come and Try Hillclimb
Collingrove
9
Multiclub 3
Collingrove
19
Section Meeting
HQ
21
Section Meeting
Veteran/Vintage
23
Mid-Morning Run
Fleurieu
29-30
60th Anniversary Collingrove
Collingrove
October 2012
SUNDAY 21st OCTOBER 2012
TORRENS PARADE GROUND
ADELAIDE
3
General Meeting
Clubrooms
5
Section Meeting
Classic
7
Vintage Collingrove
Collingrove
13-14
Burra to Morgan Run
Veteran/Vintage
A truly enjoyable day for you,
your family and friends.
13-14
SA Hillclimb Championships
Collingrove
17
Section Meeting
HQ
19
Section Meeting
Veteran/Vintage
A great showcase for our Club.
21
101 Years of Motoring
Torrens Parade
Ground
VETERAN and
VINTAGE SECTIONS
NATIONAL RALLIES
National veteran rallies in Australia are co-ordinated by the
Association of Veteran car Clubs in Australia, which has allocated
South Australia the National Veteran 1 & 2 Cylinder Rally for
2014 and the National Veteran Rally in 2016.
The Veteran Section of the Sporting Car Club, as the South
Australian member of the Association (each state and the ACT
have one member club) has the responsibility for organising
these events.
Julian McNeil has undertaken to chair the Rally Committee
(thanks Julian) for the 2014 event, and work has commenced
to identify exact dates and a suitable location for this event. It
is anticipated an announcement will be made by the time this
appears in print.
If SCC Members have ideas or suggestions regarding the event
please make them known in the first instance to either Julian or
myself. It should also be noted that offers to assist with the
organisation of this event have been received from members of
other clubs.
We wish SA entrants in the National Veteran Tour being held
in Ipswich in September a successful event.
COMING MEETINGS
21 September
Monthly meeting featuring film footage of past
Bay to Birdwood events.
19 October
Noggin ’n natter
16 November
National Veteran Tour (Ipswich, Qld.) in review
7 December
Monthly meeting joining the Classic Section
COMING EVENTS
1 September
Drive your old car day. Join us for an informal
lunch at the Tower Hotel, Magill Rd, Magill at
12:30 pm for an informal lunch. Contact Peter
Templer or Diane Pyle.
2 October
“Homestead to Hillclimb” A Motorfest event
organised by the Veteran and Vintage
Sections, based around Collingrove. Entry
forms on FHMCSA web site. Further details
Diane Pyle. Note: entries close 7 September.
7 October
Run to Vintage Collingrove. Meet at the
National Motor Museum, Birdwood at 11:00
am. Dedicated parking arrangements will be
in place at Collingrove for Veteran, Vintage
and Classic cars. BYO lunch.
13 - 14 October Burra to Morgan Run. Details on club notice
board
21 October
101 Years of Motoring. Entry forms available
from Club website or clubrooms.
18 November
RAA Trophy Day
NATIONAL EVENTS
September 12 -19
2012
National Veteran Tour, Ipswich, Qld.
Refer: www.vccaq.org/
March 10 -15
2013
National 1 & 2 Cylinder Tour, Canberra, ACT.
Enquiries: [email protected]
September 15 -20
2013
National Veteran Tour, Shepparton, Victoria.
May 2014
National 1 & 2 Cylinder Rally, South Australia
October 2014
National Veteran Rally, Western Australia
Refer: www.veterancarclubofwa.asn.au/
Chairman Veteran & Vintage Sections Committee
CLASSIC NEWS
First, as incoming Section coordinator, I sincerely thank the ‘semiretiring’ Andy Morgan for his leadership over the last three years,
and all the committee who are continuing their great work and
enthusiasm. They run a great calendar each year and you may
look forward to ‘living in interesting times’.
COMING MEETINGS
Friday 7th September
To get us all into the Collingrove 60th Anniversary spirit, we will
feature Classic and Historic Hillclimbers (and their cars) on stage,
all with great history to tell. I encourage all Members and guests
to join us, from 6pm in the Gosse Bar for a pre-meeting lemonade,
or the meeting proper from 8pm in the Reg Sparkes Room.
Supper could be something sustaining after our exertions to the
top of the Hill !
Friday 5th October
Early October evokes for me two special events and to celebrate
the Bathurst 1000 in particular, we plan to display Historic Touring
cars on stage. No doubt while they may be a little slower, they
are more recognisable than the generic modern template V8s!
Racy pre-meeting re-fuelling from 6pm, served by the Gosse Pit
Crew, great raffle prizes and supper served with a spray of bubbly
from the podium. All welcome, come along and be a winner !
COMING EVENTS
Sunday 30th September
Classic Section will be planning a ‘combined’ run to Collingrove
Hillclimb to help the whole Club celebrate the 60th Anniversary
of the venue. All and their interesting vehicles are welcome, don't
miss this event, please diary this date. Meet at the Club 9:00am
for an early-ish start. BYO Morning tea at Lyndoch (or buy at the
bakery across the road) and picnic lunch track-side. Catering
will be available. No throwing banana peel on the track thanks!
Sunday 21st October
The biggest event the SCC has planned in recent years is the
"101 Years of Motoring" and should involve every single Member
of the club and every vehicle you can lay your hands on. Pinch
your neighbour’s car if necessary, we need a display of all vehicles
at least 400 strong to truly represent our Club's long history and
involvement in motoring and motorsport in SA. Held at the Torrens
Parade Ground, Food outlets on site, or bring your own picnic
and be part of the spectacle. Entries closed 17th August to meet
printer's deadlines, if you haven’t entered do still come and have
a look on the day.
Friday 4th January 2013
Advance notice for Meeting on the Move !
Jason Rowley
Classic Section Chair, SCCSA
Conditional Registration
The Club has most recently received an offer from John Whittaker
to join the current team of Members authorised to inspect historic
vehicles for eligibility to the Conditional Registration scheme.
As John lives in the Hahndorf area, he will be able to inspect
vehicles within the near Adelaide Hills area. This area was
covered until recently by Rex Howard who has since retired from
the role.
Our application to appoint John, has been forwarded to the
Department of Planning, Transport and Environment and once
they have replied with the appropriate documentation the Club
will publish his contact details.
John will be a most welcome addition to the current inspection
team and will provide much expertise and knowledge, particularly
with Mercedes Benz vehicles. For this the Club is most grateful.
Thank you John!
Colin Bourner
Club Manager
2012 Tour De Fleurieu
Greetings to fellow vintage car owners. Firstly I would like to
introduce myself. My name is Angus Mitchell and I am the
grandson of the late Murray Mitchell (and son of Andrew) who
was heavily involved in the Sporting Car Club for most of his life.
Murray's passion was Amilcar's (a small French voiturette which
was sold heavily in Australia from 1921-1929). Over the years
he restored many cars, including a 1914 Humber, a 1954 MG
TD and a 1925 Star (England) and raced at Mallala in the early
60's in his aluminium bodied Grand Sport (still owned by the
family today). His jewel in the crown was his 1927 Amilcar CGSs
(surbaisse). This car was imported with its original French body
to Australia from new.
I have been planning an event for French Vintage cars for some
time. I was inspired by the events I used to attend when I was
in my early years as a child. I remember large fields of vintage
cars lining up for various runs around Adelaide. The atmosphere
was fantastic.
We have not had many of these events in recent years and when
they are held, usually the rules are relaxed and more modern
vehicles are allowed to enter. Don't get me wrong, I am not
having a go at anyone but I believe we need to encourage more
of the vintage style events that we held in the 1980's.
Australia has a rich history for vintage motoring, some of the
best in the world. This needs to be preserved and encouraged
for younger generations. If you are getting old and you have a
car sitting around, let your sons, daughters, grandchildren, nieces
or nephews have a go. It is the only future vintage cars have in
this country. This is what my grandfather, Murray did.
The Tour De Fleurieu is being held from November 1-4, 2012.
So far the response has been excellent. Here is a list of the cars
which will be attending below. The event is 4 days which has
enabled interstate entrants to make a week of it and more of a
holiday. The towns which will be visited include Goolwa, Victor
Harbor, Milang, Clayton, Currency Creek, Strathalbyn, Myponga,
Normanville, Yankalilla and more.
We have over 35 entries for this event, a selection of the vehicles
and owners are Richard Creasy (SA) - 1925 Amilcar E/G
Colin Magginity (NSW) - 1928 Amilcar C4
Don Harrington (NSW) - 1925 Hotchkiss AM
Graham Thwaites (VIC) - 1925 Amilcar C4
Rowan Murray (VIC) - 1925 Salmson
Andrew Mitchell (SA) - 1925 Amilcar CGS
Angus Mitchell (SA) - 1927 Amilcar CGSs
Steen Pederson (NSW) - 1926 Salmson
Wayne Smith (ACT) - 1926 Salmson San Sebastian
Doug Gordon (SA) - 1925 Amilcar CGS
Richard Stanley (VIC) - Bugatti Brescia
Richard Thwaites (SA) - 1925 Amilcar E Tourer
Andrew Little (SA) - 1929 Amilcar CGSs
Max Foale (SA) - 1925 Amilcar E/G special
Len Jenkins (VIC) - 1927 Amilcar E/G Special
Ian Loader (SA) - 1926 Le Zebre Tourer
Adrian Denman (SA) - 1922 Le Zebre
Stuart Anderson (VIC) - 1926 Bugatti type 44
John Fitzpatrick (VIC) - 1915 Bedilia cyclecar
Fergus Anderson (VIC) - 1928 Delage DISS
David Robinson (VIC) - Delage
Don Onley (NSW) - 1926 Lorraine - Deitrich
Kerry Duke (VIC) - 1922 Lorraine - Dietrich B3-6
Bruce Smeaton (NSW) - 1924 Amilcar C4
John Lawson (VIC) - Delage DM
Geoff Chennells (SA) - 1913 Sizaire Naudin
For those who don't have a French car and feel that they are
missing out - please don't feel this way, because I would like to
invite you to join in on the Sunday and meet us at the lunch stop
at Penny's Hill winery. The only condition is you must turn up in
a pre-war vehicle.
If you are interested in this event, please call me on 0421 358
110 or drop me an email at [email protected]
HQ HOLDEN
RACING
HQRR of SA Chairman’s Report 2011/2012
(prepared for AGM 18th July)
As Chairman of the HQRR of SA I would like to take this
opportunity to acknowledge and thank firstly, Graham Boulter
(now our Competition Secretary) for all his help and guidance in
my role as Chairman in my first year. Thanks also to Cheryl
Matthews: Secretary, Gav Porteous: State Delegate, Ryan
Crosbie: Social Director, Greg Goding: Assistant Secretary,
committee members and everyone else who has provided support
this year as we continue the task of running our small group of
racers.
There still continues to be a good sense of camaraderie in our
group and we welcome all new competitors.
In 2011 we hosted the Shannons HQ Nationals. It was a very
successful event made possible with the support of Shannons
Insurance, Penrite Oils, U PULL IT, Brits/Mau Motorhome Rentals,
Tenafeate Creek Wines, Southern Bay Brewing Co…Ranga Beer
(Premium Red Ale) and the hard work of Graham Boulter who
successfully managed to put this together.
We congratulate one of our own Bruce Heinrich, for taking out
the 2011 National Championship after Spud Wood was ruled out
when post race scrutiny found his car to be ineligible.
There was a major change in tyre supplier this year with our new
supplier being Kenda Tyres, we acknowledge their great support
for our category Nationally.
The Nationals this year were held at Sandown in Melbourne,
with a contingent of nine SA drivers attending. Three of them
finished in the top ten, the best of them being Gav Porteous and
the remainder doing SA proud.
Locally we welcomed the Young Guns being Scott and Klyde
Goding and Joel Heinrich and we also congratulate once again
Graham Mason who took out the Driver of the Year award for
2011 (three in a row) and the CAMS State Championship.
We look forward to the future with great optimism.
Dean Nicolo
HQ Committee for 2012 / 2013:
Chairman ……...Dean Nicolo
Secretary……….Cheryl Matthews
Assist. Sec….......Greg Goding
Comp. Sec……..Ryan Crosbie
State Delegate….Gav. Porteous
Committee: Colin Matthews, Darren Jenkins, Denny Couprie,
Graham Boulter
FACEBOOK
For Members not aware of the fact, the Club has
it's own Facebook page. This was actually initiated
by Daryl Warman as he saw the benefits of
Facebook to communicate information about
hillclimb activity. The Club has since set up an
account to cover all Club activities.
The Club now uses the medium to provide general
information, notice of meetings and entry forms etc.
All Members can access the page to read, but need
to be invited to allow posting comments on the
“wall”.
Because the Club is the sponsor of our Facebook
page we are, under the current laws, deemed to
be the publisher of all material appearing on the
site which in turn makes the Club legally responsible
for all comments that appear.
For that reason we monitor all material on a daily
basis. We will therefore remove any comments that
are inappropriate and if we find we have a persistent
user that continues to make inappropriate comment
they will be denied further access. For Members
who have access to our Facebook page, the
message is quite simple, please think before you
post a comment!
Members may recall that the Club had a forum
attached to our website a few years ago. That forum
was closed down because there were comments
made by Member(s) that were potentially
defamatory, a risk this Club will not take.
The reason this matter has been raised at this time
was in response to reading a column "Points of
Law" in the local press on 6th August written by
Ralph Bonig, President of the SA Law Society.
Should any member wish to read that column which
discusses legal issues with all electronic media, I
have a copy that I can pass on.
Colin Bourner
Club Manager
HILLCLIMB NEWS
From President Ken………………………….
Greetings Competitors and Enthusiasts,
This will be special, and you are invited!
The 29th and 30th of September 2012 approaches, when we will
celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Collingrove Hillclimb, and I
invite you personally to participate in the unique celebrations.
• It will be a great celebration, a Sporting Car Club Premium
Event, with a one-off programme of competition and features
over the two days, arranged to commemorate each of the six
decades of competition and activity at the Club’s important historic
motor sport venue in the beautiful Barossa.
• Firstly, we are looking for strong support from all owners of
suitable hillclimb or collectors’ vehicles —either to race, parade
or display on the weekend. We are also seeking any Collingrove
memorabilia, for display.
• The Hillclimb Committee has been working hard to upgrade
our property there, with the Clubhouse facility currently being
decked, the new Percy Wien-Smith entrance built, the additional
38 acres shortly secured and pegged, and many other
improvements in progress. Come and see it, and be part of
making it happen!
• Martin Stow, the 60th Celebration Co-ordinator, has recently
circulated an ‘expression of interest’ form to potential entrants,
now with a steady flow of registrations—and he needs more,
particularly of historic nature, in any condition. What do you
have, and what is required to get it there?
• We also invite expressions of interest from volunteers who wish
to assist in helping in any way, e.g. sell tickets, circulate posters,
buy trophies, arrange displays, etc. Please advise Abbie on
2715689 to register. You will be rewarded.
• An Entry Fee is required to cover the usual event costs, plus
there will be significant publicity and promotion activity to showcase
the Club, our Collingrove property, our Sponsors-- and to promote
Hillclimbing as a popular sport.
• Now, here is additional information. The base entry fee for the
2-days for early Competitors is the special price of $110 [Min. 80
needed], and $15 for display/parade participators [100 limit]-- with
all receiving Commemorative items as a memento of the historic
occasion.
• There are other benefits available when entrants complete the
official Entry Form, i.e. a Saturday BBQ inc. band and merchandise.
• Please ring the SCC Events Office on 2715689 to register your
interest now. Then the initial deadline for formal entries at $110
is 7/9/12, and this will ensure acknowledgement in the Programme
for accepted entrants. A $25 late fee then applies to the final
entry deadline.
This deserves the strong support of all participants, from all
Sections, to justify the work and commitment for this unique
event—and to show the Club to the expected crowd of spectators.
Please now commit to joining us to make the 60th Anniversary
event memorable, successful and fun--and please bring your
friends!
See you there….
Ken Messenger
FLEURIEU NEWS
The Fleurieu program for the balance of 2012 is as follows:
September 23rd. An early morning run to Breakfast from the
Goolwa Regatta Yacht Club, Barrage Rd. Goolwa with a 7.15
for 7.30am start. Please advise numbers for catering to John
Amos on 0412 716 282 or Cintra on 0400 202 014 or
[email protected] or Ali Roscrow 85552029 or
[email protected]
October 21st. The Sunday midmorning run and BYO lunch at
Rick and Christine's on Hindmarsh Island. A 10.00am start from
the Goolwa Regatta Yacht Club. Barbecues provided but bring
your food, drinks and glasses. Let Rick know numbers on
85552217 or [email protected].
November 16/18 This year's Weekend Away will be "The 3
Stooges Rally" to the Barossa. No, it's not the "Sunseeker" so
come along and enjoy the surprises the Barossa has to offer on
Friday November 16th to Sunday 18th For registration details
contact Brian Horewood 0488372816 or [email protected]
Rick Medlyn & Christine Burgess
P.O. Box 622, Goolwa, South Australia 5214
97 Batson Parade, Hindmarsh Island.
(08)8555 2217 0414 271 246
SCCSA MEMBER &
VEHICLE REGISTER
There is some support from Members to have the Club publish a
register of Members and their vehicles. The idea being, that
Members wishing to contact other Members, or to seek Members
with similar cars will have access to that information from the
register.
Currently all that information, or at least the information provided
by Members is held in the Club’s database where it is deemed
confidential and inaccessible except upon a valid request only
from Members.
Ideally the Club would wish to have such a register, if we proceed,
only available on line through the Club website accessed by name
and password, this would to a significant extent protect the
confidentiality of the information. This does, however, ignore those
Members who do not have internet access, so we will look at a
published version as well.
If we proceed with this proposal, we will be seeking permission
from each Member to have their name, contact and vehicles
included. Those Members not wishing to provide this consent will
of course not be included on the proposed register.
Before we seek Member support, we would welcome opinion and
comments to indicate a general acceptance or otherwise of the
proposal.
Colin Bourner
Club Manager
Team Kirrihill Wines
Celebrating Scouts Rally
SA Result
The Team Kirrihill Wines rally crew of Sandy Nott and David
Langfield put in a strong performance in the recent Scouts Rally
SA held in and around the Mt Crawford and Kuipto Forests.
The pair guided their Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV to 4th outright
4WD in the Australian Rally Championship section behind three
series regulars in more modern machinery. The full time ARC
crews run full spec ARC cars which do not have to run turbo
charger restrictors like those also entered in the SA Rally
Championship class. The result backs up the team’s strong
performances in 2011 at Scouts Rally SA and the Coffs Coast
Forest Rally, both events yielding top 10 ARC finishes. Sandy
and David also won the SA Rally Championship section by a
narrow event points margin over new SARC championship leader
Declan Dwyer, also in a Mitsubishi Evo.
The team made a somewhat cautious start on the opening stages
in Mt Crawford Forest following a major overhaul on the car just
prior to the event by fellow rally competitor Mike Dale (of Mike
Dale Automotive).
“It was hard to judge the conditions at first, especially with the
extra power the car is now delivering,” enthused Sandy. “The
forest roads were quite slippery and demanded a lot of respect
but we soon had great confidence in the car and our notes so
we could push hard, especially on the fast council road stages.”
The pair recorded 4th fastest ARC stage time on Sunday morning
on the Manthree stage which includes the infamous
railway crossing jump that demands care and respect to negotiate.
The team now looks forward to the final round of the SA Rally
Championship to be held at the end of October where they will be
aiming for a top 5 result in the series.
Team Kirrihill Wines would like to thank event director Ivar Stanelis
and his hard working team of organisers and volunteer officials
for their dedication to putting on the event.
They would also like to thank Kirrihill Wines, Bridgestone Victor
Harbor, McIlroy Auto Group – Victor Harbor Mitsubishi, FPAG,
Mike Dale Automotive, Spitwater and Hart Signs and their dedicated
service crew who made this result possible.
David Langfield
1937 Delahaye 145
Put this on your bucket list
– A mouth watering display
Our roving Photo-journalist, George Dostal, came home with a
glowing report of Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2012 held
on the shores of Lake Como in Italy, and over 600 photographs,
with the comment that it is an event not to be missed. This is
one of the top annual Luxury Car Events in the world and attracts
cars from all corners of the globe.
He has given us a full report from which these comments have
been extracted. (We haven’t the space to give you his full
report but it is available for your perusal and salivation in
the Library, and you should see some of the photos!)
The Concorso took place in two venues. There is the luxurious
Villa Este Hotel where the entrants, invited guests and media
meet to exchange ideas and admire the superb range of 52
entered cars and several others of interest. In addition to the
eight new concept cars on display, there were 30 historic bubble
cars and a collection of 30 equally fascinating rare motor bikes.
All these could be viewed while sipping Pol Roger Champagne
at A$42 per glass, and that was enough to make our correspondent
‘take the pledge’. The public venue was in the gardens of the
historic Villa d’Erba Conference Centre. This part of the Show
was a bargain for A$14 (seniors A$9).
Messerschmitt Bubble car
The Best of the Show was the 1933 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Series
6 Coupe with Coachwork by Figoni and owned by Californian,
David Cohen.
There were nine categories of cars including, ‘The Graceful Open
Air’, ‘The Elegant’, ‘Streamlining’, ‘Little Jewels’, ‘The La Dolce
Vita’, Gentleman’s Sports Cars’, ‘The Heroes of Le Mans’ and
‘Prancing Horse Forever’.
Humour was even evident as the beautiful 1969 917K Porsche
cheekily had the banner, FERRARI’S EYE VIEW on its rear end.
George has offered some advice about ‘why you should go’,
‘travel tips’, ‘a budget plan’, how you can attend as a ‘Friend of
the Concorso’ and strong advice: “It’s better to burn out than
rust out”
The library has a book on previous Concorsos entitled, Villa
D’Este, the Italian Concours, it has some beautiful pictures of
some very exotic cars.
1947 Volkart Sagitta Fuchs
HOW ARE VALUES STANDING UP?
The cover of August 2012 JUST CARS magazine lists the famous Ausca for sale for
a staggering $190 000. This made us think about older vehicle values, and how they
are holding up. So for an exercise we picked out a selection of cars in the magazine
listed at over $50 000. You make your own conclusions.
$70,000
1973 Morgan Plus 8
1974 Ford Fairmont XB
$50,000
1955 Bristol 405 Arnolt (R) $60,000
1982 Excalibur Series IV $100,000
1969 Ford Mustang F/B
$95,000
1965 Chev Camaro
$65,000
1957 Chev Bel Air
$56,000
1968 Chev Impala
$55,000
1914 Hotchkiss AG
$65,000
1967 Mustang GT390
$75,000
1986 Commodore VL
$54,000
1972 Jaguar E 5.3
$92000
1968 Dodge Coronet
$50,000
1958 Alfa Spyder Veloce $75,000
Our most popular magazine features a story on the famous Ausca
and has it listed for sale at $195000! It was built by Repco Engineers
in the same facility that spawned the Maybach and some other
Specials. It was campaigned internationally by builder/owner driver,
Paul England, one of our unsung Aussie Heroes.
Read about it in the JUST CARS August 2012 Issue in
the Library.
1955 Ford Thunderbird
1968 Chev Camaro SS
1970 Maserati Indy
1970 Ford XC Cobra
1967 Ford Mustang
1955 Cadillac Eldorado
1949 Buick Super 56S
1931 Alvis 12/50
1973 Morgan 4-4
1956 Ford Thunderbird
1951 Jaguar XK120
1970 Dodge Charger RT
1961 Austin Healey BJ7
+ heaps of ‘rodded’ cars
$65,000
$52,000
$55,500
$114,000
$54,000
$115,000
$52,000
$65,000
$50,000
$70,000
$90,000
$59000
$62500
DIANA (DAVISON)
GAZE PASSES
Diana, the much loved and respected matriarch of the
Davison family died in early August in Victoria. She was
the widow of four time Australian Grand Prix winner,
Lex, and current wife of former racing driver and
decorated World War 11 Fighter Pilot, Tony Gaze. The
mother of seven children, some of whom were involved
in motor sport, and grandmother of Will, Alex and James
who are present generation racers, she was also a
founder of ‘Women for Wheels’
She was an active and successful competitor for many
years and you can read about some of her exploits
in her ’little Alfa’, and how Lex wrecked her beloved TC
in Graham Howard’s book on Lex called Larger than
Life, one of the most popular books in our Library and
available for loan or for a re-read.
On a personal note: I was there on the day Lex was killed at
Sandown in February 1965, and having had a bit to do with
him and his FPF Climax it was a real blow to me as also I think
that his exploits in the 1953 Redex Trial was a catalyst for my
interest in motor sport, and he became my hero. I had been to
his house in Toorak, his farm in Lilydale, and listened to many
stories.
Automobile Elegance
The father of automobile elegance is what the
late Sergio Pininfarina, who passed away
recently, was sometimes called. His design house
had stated aims of producing ‘the finest quality
and fabulous dreams’. The Italian company,
which lives on, is famous for its awe-inspiring
Ferraris and many other makes, and also designs
items as varied as high speed trains, boats,
furniture and even watches.
The story of the man and his work is well told in
these books, and others on body design and
stylists.
Pininfarina: 1930 - 1980 Prestige and Tradition,
(available for borrowing)
Pininfarina: 1930 - 2000 Art and Industry,
(available for borrowing)
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Or even an old Flat Screen TV
The Library has a need
for this equipment
to run our extensive range
of DVDs and Videos for ‘in-house’
and demonstration viewing.
If you can help, it will be
very much appreciated.
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….PLEASE
MORE ABOUT THE
ROTARY MOTOR
Dear Editor
Having had my little piece published on the last rotary-engined
vehicle I feel that I should explain a bit about it. The article came
from a Hemmings Motor News Blog and is therefore not my own
work.
Rolls – Royce. Mercedes – Benz, Citroen and GM have all tried
Wankel engines, but all abandoned the concept mainly for fuel
consumption reasons. Only Mazda soldiered on and solved the
rotor tip seal problems.
The following facts explain a little about Felix Wankel and his life
and development of his engine.
FELIX HEINRICH WANKEL
Wankel was born in 1902 in Lahr Baden and he died in 1988.
He was employed in the purchasing department of a scientific
publishing house in Heidelburg from 1921 to 1926.
In 1924, he set up a workshop in Heidelburg where he made his
first models of a rotary piston engine. Realising that the principal
problem with such designs was gas tightness, he spent
considerable time attempting to resolve the problem. By 1927,
the problems were largely solved.
During World War II, he worked for the German
Luftfahrtministerium (Air Ministry).
His engine design was first licenced to Curtis – Wright in New
Jersey USA.
In 1951, Wankel and NSU signed a contract establishing a
partnership to develop the rotary piston engine. The first running
prototype was built in 1957; this differed from production engines
in that the housing rotated with the rotor. Wankel’s engine is the
only rotary to be put into production.
In 1960 the Wankel engine was first discussed in public at the
congress of the German Engineers’ Association.
In 1963, NSU launched the Wankel-powered Spider at the
Frankfurt Motor Show.
Felix Wankel was not the only person to think along the lines of
trying to develop an alternative engine to the usual piston, con’
rod, crankshaft variety. Some designs go back to the 1800’s.
Nearly all of these engines would have had problems with gas
sealing which is the major bugbear of rotary engines, and some
of them are overly complicated. The Wankel was also very thirsty
and this does not go down very well with modern emissions
technology.
I will list just a few of the rotary engine designs I have come
across in my searches over the last 10 years or so; they are in
alphabetical order. Some of these are described a little and
searches on the internet will come up with descriptions of some
of them. If for instance you look up Huttlin Kugelmotor or
Gombmotor you will see just how complicated some of these
clap hands designs can be:
Bradshaw toroidal engine
Catia Kugelmotor a clap hands design using ball pistons ( Kugel
means ball )
Cooley a rotary piston engine with an internal epicycloid and
enveloping outer chamber 1901
Deville – Negre vane type rotary 1964
Fritz rotary 1961
Gilbert rotary
Gombmotor another clap hands design
Gray – Drummond rotary like a Wankel 1909
Heydrich a vane type rotary
Hüttlin – Kugelmotor another clap hands design
ICE a quasiturbine has similarities to the Wankel ( Ice! because
it resembles an ice skating rink in shape )
James opposed piston clap hands with curved Pistons connected
to con rods and a crankshaft all enclosed in a cylindrical housing
Janoil – Sherman a kind of rotary weight 5lb x 5 hp a throw
away engine after 500 Hours
Kauertz a scissors or pursuing - piston type of rotary
Knott
eccentric type rotary designed 1842
Leclerc – Edmond – Benstead vane type rotary
Mallory another rotary vane engine
Mercer rotating block cam engine
Morgado similar to the Bradshaw toroid engine q.v.
Rajakaruna rotary
Renault – Rambler rotary, combustion in a 5- lobe housing
Rodrigues another clap hands design
Sanchez hybrid rotary
Sanchez another clap hands design
Sarich rotary 1972 an orbital design not successful
Scheffel multi rotor
Selwood – Hughes orbital engine
Sensaud and Lavaud rotary piston engine with internally
meshing gears in a Hypocycloid housing. Some test engines
were built but they did not live up to expectations 1938
Tschudi another clap hands engine using 4 curved pistons
Umpleby often quoted as first rotary. Has a three sided chamber
with elliptical rotor
Unsin rotary has twin rotor chambers
Virmel rotary is very similar to the Kauertz q.v.
Vincent ( of Vincent motorcycle fame ) multi cylinder rotary
Walker supercharged rotary with elliptical rotor and two C
shaped rocking heads
Walley multi rotor engine employing four elliptical rotors
Wallinder and Skoog a true rotary piston with toothed meshing
interior hypocycloid and internal five pointed rotor in six pointed
housing 1923
Walter another multi rotor design
Webb engine of 1853 it has a three cornered housing with rocking
valves in the corners and a curved rotating piston going around
in a clockwise direction
Wolfhart another clap hands design
Denis Basson
Here #353 sits in front of Goodwood house
with the Lotus sculpture in the background.
Representing a looping road, the sculpture
had six Lotus F1 cars attached. On the day
before the public opening I watched heart in
mouth as these six cars were attached with a
battery of cranes and cherry pickers. Sir
Stirling Moss seemed eager to have a go in
the Lotus 12. “What’s she like to drive? I never
got to drive one of those.”
Lotus 12 to
Goodwood
Festival of Speed
2012
Early in 2012 the news broke that the Goodwood Festival of
Speed 2012 would celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding
of the Lotus car company. The objective was to collect together
a dazzling array of cars that covered the whole spectrum of Lotus
production with an emphasis on the racing cars. Clive Chapman
suggested that they really would like to have our Lotus 12 chassis
# 353 represent the front engine era of F1 cars. Our car being
the one driven by Graham Hill in his and Lotus’ first Grand Prix
(Monaco 1958) would be an extra attraction since it had not been
in the UK since 1960.
Plans were formulated to be there at the end of June with #353,
her first contact with English soil for 52 years. The whole process
proved to be painless, Gordon Palmer of the UK who specialises
in shipping racing cars around the globe made the arrangements.
With its own 20’ container #353 left Adelaide on May 4th. In
conjunction with local company JAS Forwarding the car was
sitting ready in the Goodwood pits when we arrived.
Prior to sending the car a complete check over was undertaken,
a full rebuild of the 5 speed sequential gearbox and braking
system took place. Adrian DiGiusto made up some new parts for
the gearbox and I installed two new gears from Crosthwaite and
Gardiner to ensure that it would all work properly in front of a
crowd that exceeds 160,000 over the three days of the FOS.
The array of cars at the FOS was stunning, even a BRM V16
which creates the most amazing sound at speed. We found
ourselves in a huge covered pit area alongside rows and rows
of Lotus F1 cars. We were the only front engine car, next to us
was a F1 Lotus 18 to be driven by John Surtees and next to him
another Lotus 18 to be driven by Sir Stirling Moss.
Our team was small, just myself and David Head from Geelong
who came along as ‘Team Manager’ and to start the car using
its remote battery trolley.
The event was a wonderful opportunity to talk to the myriads of
people who stopped by. There seemed to a steady stream of
Australians buoyed we guessed by the strong dollar. However
the highlight for us was that Merv Therriault from Vancouver was
with us. Now 82 Merv was a mechanic at Team Lotus in 1957/8
working on this very car. This was his first sighting of the car
since 1958. This car was provided by Colin Chapman to Denis
Jenkinson for his Christmas Day drive on public roads in 1957.
This obviously illegal activity took place starting from The Phoenix
Hotel in Hartley Wintney Hampshire. Merv being at a loose end
that Christmas, volunteered to be present to start and warm up
the car in readiness for Denis’ drive. So this reunion was an
extra special occasion for Merv and us.
This photograph obtained from the LAT library in London shows
the car being delivered to the Phoenix Hotel by Colin Chapman
mid day on December 25th 1957. The state of the trailer probably
reflects the tight economic circumstances at Lotus in its early
days. We have established that these photographs were taken
by Bill Boddy of Motor Sport magazine who lived nearby. The
secretive nature of this event meant that only four people “in the
know” were present. Colin Chapman, Merv Therriault, Bill Boddy
and Denis Jenkinson.
Imagine Colin Chapman, on the verge of being a F1 Team owner,
giving up half his Christmas Day to participate in this adventure.
The Goodwood Festival of Speed was attended by guests and
celebrities from all walks of motorsport. The highlight for me was
to meet Mrs Hazel Chapman who had come along to join in the
Lotus celebration. She was clearly moved and justifiably proud
of the world class display of Lotus cars and the pride shown by
those who owned and maintained them. I was also able to meet
both Bette and Damon Hill both very pleased to see the car.
I managed to chat to Hazel as she surveyed the vast array of
Lotus competition cars set in a circle in front of Goodwood house.
She was clearly quite emotional seeing the enthusiasm and
the competitors. The array of cars was so large it was quite a
challenge just to get around the various paddocks to see them
all. Likewise there were major displays by car manufacturers and
a whole array of trade stands.
dedication that had been invested in these cars on display. They
could all trace their heritage to the first two Lotus cars built in lock
up garages behind her home at 244 Alexandra Park Road Wood
Green N London back in 1948/9. The formal incorporation of the
Lotus Company did not occur until 1952 giving rise to the 60 year
celebration in 2012.
Clive Chapman, Hazel’s son, who runs Classic Team Lotus had
no fewer than nine Lotus racing cars entered for the event and
owned a number of the cars adorning the sculpture.
I suggested to Hazel that she might be very proud of the day’s
events “Yes I am” she said. She was somewhat taken aback
when she heard we had brought the car on a round journey of
24000 miles just to participate for four days. To us of course it
was an honour to have been invited to participate.
I rounded off the Goodwood weekend with a visit to Classic Team
Lotus in Norfolk. This is the business run by Clive Chapman that
restores and runs Lotus racing cars at historic motor races around
the world.
I spent some time with Bob Dance, Jim Clark’s mechanic from
the 1960’s who is assembling two gearboxes similar to the one
in the Lotus 12. What better way to finish a fabulous trip to the
UK?
101 YEARS OF MOTORING
SUNDAY 21st OCTOBER 2012
TORRENS PARADE GROUND
ADELAIDE
Bonhams held a major car auction at the FOS on Friday 29th
June. It was held in a marquee that must have been 80 metres
long. The mammoth auction lasted close on 7 hours. There was
a vast array of the world’s best collector cars on sale. We watched
amazed as a ‘Birkin Bentley’ made 5 million pounds followed by
1912 Rolls Royce at 4.7 million pounds. An 8C Alfa followed up
with a sale price of 2.7 million pounds. In all the entire sale grossed
22 million pounds. Here, Doug Nye, a consultant to both the FOS
and Bonhams seems to be coaching Merv Therriault on his bidding
technique! Merv proudly wears his BRDC jacket. Colin Chapman
signed Merv in as a BRDC member way back in 1957/8.
A truly enjoyable day for you,
your family and friends.
A great showcase for our Club.
The Goodwood events are most lavish, the entrants are treated
to full daily catering in a private marquee, a lavish black tie party
with floorshow, and of course a wonderful camaraderie among
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SUNSEEKER CLASSIC 2012
This was the first Sunseeker Classic Car Run entered by my
lovely wife and myself, and what a fantastic trip it was.
The flag fell at 9.00 am Saturday morning at the Sporting Car
Club King William Road, and the parade of 45 modern, classic
and vintage cars rolled along the usual route to the South Eastern
Freeway to Talunga Park in Mount Pleasant for our first morning
tea break
The first to arrive had the choice selection of hundreds of mouthwatering cookies and cakes baked by Marion Patrick, Jean
Taylor, Kay Pope, Judy White, and Diane Lewis.
Having satisfied our thirst and appetites we headed off towards
Tungkillo and then along the Palmer-Murray Bridge Road onto
Mannum for lunch at the Mannum Community Club, where we
neatly parked our cars on the lush green lawns alongside the
River Murray. The timing was perfect, as we arrived the Historic
River Murray paddle steamer chugged its way up the river as
if to say, look at me, I’m a classic as well.
After our meal and a hearty dose of social chatter we sunk into
our vehicles and drove along the Mannum Sedan road to Cambrai,
through Keyneton, and on to the club’s Collingrove Hillclimb
property. As we were all driving along the roads in a nice orderly
file we now found ourselves driving up the hillclimb in a nice
orderly file and down again.
Our next driving test was to see how close you could stop to a
parking stick without touching it, then before we were allowed
to leave we had to see how accurately we could move forward
one full wheel length, it was a surprise and delight to hear this
competition was won by Jean Taylor. She must have spent
weeks practicing this formidable task.
As the sun was setting, we also set off, to Tanunda, and our
accommodation at the Weintal Motel.
Saturday night meal was accompanied by raffles, amusements,
an outlandish neck tie competition, won by Ross Pope, the most
ostentatious jewellery competition won by Sue Grant. A table
quiz, matching cars with makes and models, was won most
convincingly by the enthusiasts on table 4.
The following day, Sunday, was met with a very misty morning
of fog and drizzle, with the occasional enthusiast cleaning and
wiping the mist off their vehicles to win points for the best
presented clean vehicle. I did my best while standing under cover
of the verandah watching and assessing the activity of the Motel
carpark.
After breakfast the cavalcade headed for Burra via Nuriootpa,
Dutton, and Robertstown. We then had time to mingle with the
locals and put in a good half hour of tourist shopping, café sipping
and strolling around before positioning our behinds on seats and
devouring a nice lunch in the Burra Hotel.
On reading the next route directions (TR) with my wife, we turned
right onto the Barrier Highway A32, and proceeded to drive back
to Tanunda. While happily driving along, discussing the scenery
and observing the roadside signs we came to the conclusion we
had made a mistake, and had spent the last half hour heading
towards Broken Hill. I then made an executive decision to make
a U turn and join the rest of the Sunseeker group.
Sunday night dinner was a formal occasion with the glitz and
glamour of an Oscar night with our MC host Gordon Taylor. To
our surprise and excitement we were entertained most delightfully
by special guest Marion Patrick, performing her unique repertoire
of how she was able to wear different styles of bathers over the
last 40 years, although she did have some difficulty getting into
them while on stage
Monday was the last day of our Sunseeker run and this turned
out to be even more exciting than the previous days. Our first
port of call was Carl Lindner’s car collection. Carl’s collection was
magnificently presented with a collection of E Types, a rare early
1934 Jaguar 2 door tourer, other Jag saloons, and the spectacular
unveiling of Carl’s new enterprise, his Jag. replica business,
specialising in building C and D model Jaguars.
If that wasn’t enough, off we drove to the “Hermann Thumms”
fine Antique Collection in the Chateau Barossa building in Lyndoch.
Hermann Thumm and his wife arrived in Australia in 1947 and
founded Chateau Yaldara. Over the next 35 years they amassed
a large collection of fine antiques and porcelain from Australia,
England, France and Europe. This is recognised as the best
collection of 19th century porcelain in Australia and a must to
see when you are in the Barossa Valley.
This was our first time on the Sunseeker run, and we thoroughly
enjoyed the scenery, the towns we visited, some old small towns
we had visited for the first time, and especially the companionship
and chatter with a very friendly group of cheerful motoring
enthusiasts.
I would highly recommend this exciting motoring weekend to
everyone in the Club
Mark and Gerry Bloustien
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SUNSEEKER CLASSIC 2012
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BACK WORDS
By Paul Murrell
Wasted road space.
It constantly puzzles me why some perfectly good parts of
public roads are declared “no go” zones. I am referring to those
areas, often on the inside of corners or to the left of freeway
exit roads, that are painted with white stripes or, even worse,
covered in menacing lumps of concrete. If they weren’t meant
to be used by traffic, why were they built that way in the first
place? If anyone knows the answer, maybe they could enlighten
me.
Reliability issues.
We have come to take reliability for granted in modern cars,
but issues still arise. A worrying trend of late appears to be
manufacturers not ‘fessing up to the problems but dealing with
owners on a problem-by-problem basis, but only after they have
been presented with the problem. Just because a car is out of
warranty does not necessarily absolve the manufacturer of the
responsibility for making good. A case in point came to my
attention recently. The owner of a four-year-old 60,000km
Volkswagen Golf diesel experienced a problem on the freeway.
The car restarted and he was able to limp it home, but next
morning, it wouldn’t fire up and had to be towed to a repairer.
The repairer (a VW specialist but not an authorised Volkswagen
dealer) quoted $3400 to replace the injectors. The problem is
not an isolated incident – there have been numerous reports
of similar problems with 125kW TDI Golfs and Passats.
Fortunately, at my suggestion the owner phoned VW head
office, explained the situation and was advised that the Siemens
injectors have had a history of problems and carry a sevenyear warranty. To VW’s credit, he was told to get the car to an
authorised VW dealer where they would be replaced with VW
injectors (which have a two-year warranty) at no cost to him.
All well and good, but if the owner hadn’t phoned VW, he would
have been up for the total replacement cost for a problem that
is well known to VW and, presumably, its dealers. So why
haven’t owners been notified? Or a recall instituted to replace
the injectors? The owner was left with the towing bill but it could
have been much worse. If you have a problem with a not-veryold car, go online and see if it is common to your make and
model. If it is, talk to the manufacturer and see what can be
done.
Fixed servicing costs.
One of the unexpected consequences of European car prices
dropping to levels we used to think were only available on
Japanese cars is that owners are often unprepared for the
higher servicing costs and spare parts costs. Some companies
are addressing the problem by offering fixed price or capped
service deals and these can be well worth while. Of course, it
isn’t limited to European cars; Kia had just introduced a scheme
that covers annual servicing for five years with no mileage limit
and roadside assist on all models. Even better, the scheme,
called Kia Connect, applies retrospectively to all current-model
vehicles still under Kia’s five-year unlimited kilometre warranty.
Hyundai has also introduced three-year capped-price servicing
to all vehicles sold after August 1, 2012. Although not as groundbreaking as Kia’s offering, it matches similar deals from Subaru,
Holden, Ford and Toyota.
I just want one!
Holden was somewhat embarrassed to discover 140 V8 engines
and 175 heavy-duty transmissions missing from their inventory.
SA Police have arrested seven people, including a Holden
employee, in connection with the $2 million heist from Holden’s
Elizabeth assembly plant. To date, police have identified and
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BACK WORDS
By Paul Murrell
Barina, in contrast, would have cost $2574 in repairs and the
Nissan Micra, the cheapest car on test, came in second at $6056
(35.6 percent of purchase price). On those numbers, a light car
(especially one that’s a few years old) involved in any sort of
crash carries a real chance of being written off, even if the
damage appears minor or superficial.
recovered 30 of the missing engines and 103 transmissions.
The police investigation began in January of this year following
a police search of premises in Salisbury East that uncovered
two Holden V8 engines still in their shipping crates. Police
allege the engines and transmissions have been sold on eBay,
through word-of-mouth and that some purchasers were solicited
directly via email. If you’ve recently purchased a 6.0-litre or
6.2-litre Holden V8 for a too-good-to-be-true price, keep your
receipt handy.
Infiniti’s SA snub.
Are you one of the 3000-odd people who have expressed interest
in the new Infiniti? You may want to wait until the dealer network
is extended beyond the eastern States. According to Infiniti
general manager Kevin Snell, Infiniti’s two new models will go
on sale in August, but plans to extend the dealer network to
Perth and Adelaide are planned for “late next year”. For most
people, I suspect, Melbourne is rather a long way to travel for
scheduled servicing, and by the time the company decides to
grace us with a local dealer, the initial enthusiasm may have
waned somewhat. The official launch is in Queensland in
September; I’ll be asking some pointed questions about why SA
and WA customers are being ignored.
False economy?
Nobody is thinking of a car crash when they buy a new car, but
perhaps we should be. The NRMA’s latest round of low-speed
crash test results on light cars highlights some worrying variation
in the cost of repairs, and that, in turn, will have an effect on
insurance premiums. A Toyota Yaris or Honda Jazz, for example,
is more than $10,000 more expensive to repair than Holden’s
Barina. The tests assess both the front and rear bumper of a
car in a typical rear-ender crash at 10km/h and investigate not
only the cost of replacement parts but also ease of repair. Most
of the cars in the test (Barina, Yaris, Jazz, Nissan Micra, Ford
Fiesta, Suzuki Swift, Mazda2, Hyundai i20 and VW Polo) cost
more than 50 percent of their purchase price to repair. The
Yaris, despite crashing at a mere 10km/h was found to cost up
to $13,440, or 70 percent of its purchase price to repair. The
To all entrants In
“101 Years of Motoring”
Thank You
For your entry in this very special Club event
We trust that it will be a truly enjoyable day for you and your family,
and a great showcase for our club
You will receive your car number and further details by post in the
first week of October 2012
The souvenir catalogue is now being created and the description
of your car(s) will of course be included. The catalogue will be free
to the public on the day.
WANTED
Volunteers who can assist periodically on the day for marshalling
and/or club PR activities
For further enquiries contact
the “101” Organising Committee Members
0419 036402
Sunday 21st October 2012
Torrens Parade Ground
Adelaide
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MARKET
FOR SALE or WANTED
FOR SALE
Delage chassis no 16T01. Type D.I series 3 Engine no
3540 circa 1924. Martin and King body, straight, tidy and
close to original. Seen at numerous SCC events in the
1980’s. Much work done on engine, clutch and brakes.
Close to running again! Needs new enthusiasm! $35,000
neg. Discuss with Peter Bradey on 08 8326 1915.
1980 Nissan Pop-Top Campervan with annex (new
canvas), 3 way fridge, 2 burner stove, auxillary battery
etc. Optional solar panel and 30 cuft fridge/freezer.Fully
equipped. Phone Ross Brown 0419842220.
4 of Goodrich Classic Tyres 15x7.10 white wall tyres
and tubes (hardly used) $100.00 each. 4 of Vintage Tyres
21x5.50 and tubes (hardly used) $75.00 each. These tyres
are 15-20 years old but have had little use. Phone John
Whittaker on 8388 7418 or sms mob 0438 848 874.
Classic Vintage Ski Boat
Clinker fibreglass, Era 1960's, Holden 186 Dog Clutch,
Detailed rosewood rear inner deck area, Period windscreen
and gauges, Trailer, custom made tautline cover, Very
good condition, $11,500 ono, Mobile: 0413184664
WANTED
Beg, borrow, rent or purchase MIG welder for small rust
job on project car. With or without gas cylinder.
Phone Ross Brown 0419842220.
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