australia day 26th january 2011 - Noosa Beach Classic Car Club

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There will be a selection of food outlets on site, but you are welcome to byo your morning tea and lunch. The club tent will provide shade, so bring your picnic table and chairs. Some of the highlights of the day include two separate concourse, field judging of pre registered cars, a restoration theatre, a classic car auction and a raffle of a restored Triumph TR7. At the end of the day, those who choose can use the track for some “happy laps” at sensible speeds and for no extra charge. For any interested in the competition side of the weekend, Saturday the 19 th will see a number of our club members competing in an Interclub Team Championship, to be run under competition rules. If you have any questions about this weekend, you can contact Daryl Shaw on 54711148, or download an ebrochure from the website.www.macleansbridge.com In the words of the organisers “Queenslands largest and most colourful sports and classic car event.” ======================================================== St Agnes' Home for the Aged Claude, the hypnotist, declared, "I'm here to put you into a trance. I intend to hypnotize each and every member of the audience." The excitement was palpable as Claude withdrew a beautiful, antique watch from his coat pocket. "I want you each to keep your eye on this antique watch. It's a very special watch. It's been in my family for six generations." He began to swing the watch gently back and forth while quietly chanting, "Watch the watch, watch the watch, watch the watch..." The crowd became mesmerized as the watch swayed back and forth, back and forth, light gleaming off its polished surface. Hundreds of pairs of eyes followed the swaying watch until, suddenly, it slipped from the hypnotist's fingers and fell to the floor, breaking into a hundred pieces. "Crap!" said the hypnotist. It took three days to clean up the Old Peoples' Home. Claude was never invited back.
Front Cover Story by Ron Mills (Editor - Précised version) I arrived in Australia in 1979 with my wife Denise and two young daughters via a number of countries. Originally, I intended to start my own consultancy in Sydney, but decided on Melbourne due to the proximity of the greater number of businesses that would require my particular expertise. Bought an acre in Park Orchards on the outskirts and built a Spanish style house complete with pool and a four car garage. What to put in the garage besides a new Rover SD1 and my wife's Mini Clubman? This was not too difficult to decide as I was then approaching what might be termed as the age of male menopause. I wanted an exotic European sports car with a soft top and one with a classic pedigree and probably with four seats with our two young daughters in mind; also, one that would not cost an arm and a leg.. My thoughts immediately turned to an E Type Jaguar Roadster, but they were around $100,000, only had two seats and I could not fit my six foot-odd frame behind the early models. Aston Martin DB5 and DB6 models were twice the price and out of my league. I then looked at nearly every other make of sports car from AC's to TVR's including German and Italian makes. Only two cars seemed to fit the bill – the 450SL Mercedes Convertible and Triumph Stag. The Triumph had proper upholstered seats that could easily take two growing children. But what did I know about the Triumph Stag? The styling was Italian by Giovanni Michelotti, it had a small V8 engine, came with a detachable hard top and... and...what? I had never really looked at one, but had heard they were famous for overheating in the UK and probably were a damn sight worse in Australian conditions. On inspecting one or two I discovered they were a luxury two door sports car with many good features and Triumphs looked as though they had tried to include as many features as possible into it, or in other words had crammed a pint into a half-pint pot; the vehicle had a monocoque construction with fully independent suspension with MacPherson front struts, semi-trailing arms at the rear and De Dion double wishbones, coil springs and Koni shocks, four speed OHC 2997 cc V8 three speed automatic or four speed manual with overdrive in third and fourth gear, twin Zenith Stromberg carburetters and with power steering, front disc brakes and drum rear, a soft top that could be folded down under a tonneau cover, roll bar, detachable hard top, electric windows and a top speed of around 200 kph, or 120 mph. I started to look for one to buy with the thoughts of stripping down the engine in an attempt to cure the overheating that I was certain I would encounter. I looked for nearly one year throughout all states for a manual model. They were very difficult to find and as rare as hen's teeth and so I spoke to Kellow Faulkner who had been the main importer in Victoria and they told me they had imported 98 in total, but only two of them were manual – 96 were automatic! I accepted what they told me, but I doubted most people who want a true sports car with 'grunt' would order an automatic one. Each time one was
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