Club Cruise to
Shepparton Motor Museum
"Bathurst Legends" Display
22nd May, 2016.
Shepparton Motor Museum
"Bathurst Legends" Display
22nd May, 2016.
On a cold and cloudy Sunday morning (yes, the convertible does have a heater) around thirty members and their families rolled up to our Clubrooms for a cruise to the Shepparton Motor Museum to take a look at the "Bathurst Legends" display which is running over April, May and June. In attendance were the usual suspects plus a couple of new guys who turned up in their classics. Several members (pussy's) chose to drive their daily's.
The sun was just poking out from behind the clouds and it was an impressive sight of classic vehicles as we left Strickland road to hit the highway towards Heathcote. We traveled out though Axedale and Knowsley, then into Heathcote where we startled a few old-timers as they bought their morning papers and milk. It would have been Shane in his SS Hatch that scared them the most....
From Heathcote - and with a keen eye for kangaroos - we followed the road through the forest towards Nagambie. We kicked back and listened to the V8's purr. The miles rolled by. In Nagambie we broke up for lunch, with some members hitting the Bakery Cafe and others choosing a big parma and a pot in the local pub. The Parma was good.
From Nagambie it was a leisurely twenty minute drive up the freeway to the Motor Museum - although our beloved leader in the lead missed a gigantic "Shepparton Exit Here" sign and we had to all turn around and do a little detour. He might have been concentrating a bit too hard on keeping the Brougham in a straight line at the speeds we were doing.
As with our previous visit to the Motor Museum last year to see the "American Muscle Car" display, this Bathurst display did not disappoint. It was every bit as good as the advertisements and write-ups. The Manager Graeme has done a wonderful job to attract these rare and mostly privately owned cars into his venue. Us oldies still have vivid memories of these cars racing at Bathurst and I bet more than a few of us were there. To see them in person again after all these years was amazing. And who had the foresight back in the 80's to snap up a bargain Bathurst racer - advertised in the Trading Post for $25000 - and now worth a cool two million? Not me unfortunately. On the mezzanine floor were the motorcycles and bicycles that we'd seen before, but none-the-less still impressive. Did anyone else notice Deano checking out the 3000 different beer cans in the display up there? He picked up quite a few before he realised they had been emptied through a hole in the bottom of the can.......
Checkout the photos of the vehicles below, you won't see these cars again in one location anytime soon. You might, however, see some of them at full throttle if you are going to the Winton Festival of Speed which is coming up on the weekend of 6th & 7th August this year. I think I'll go.
A few members got itchy feet waiting for us stragglers to finish up and they hit the road back to Bendigo early. Rather than risk driving though the forest of the Rushworth road, some of us went up to Shepparton and then home through Corop and Elmore. A bit late for a de-brief at the Huntly pub, we all just headed home.
There is another write-up done by the Museum after the photo's below.
So another successful Club cruise has been run and won - and I reckon easily the winners were Kim and me and the boys who were smart enough not to leave early and accepted Graham's offer for him to start up the Murray Carter GTHO. Wow.
If you want to hear more about that experience, just ask us after our ears stop ringing - 351 race engine, open exhausts, tin shed.
The sun was just poking out from behind the clouds and it was an impressive sight of classic vehicles as we left Strickland road to hit the highway towards Heathcote. We traveled out though Axedale and Knowsley, then into Heathcote where we startled a few old-timers as they bought their morning papers and milk. It would have been Shane in his SS Hatch that scared them the most....
From Heathcote - and with a keen eye for kangaroos - we followed the road through the forest towards Nagambie. We kicked back and listened to the V8's purr. The miles rolled by. In Nagambie we broke up for lunch, with some members hitting the Bakery Cafe and others choosing a big parma and a pot in the local pub. The Parma was good.
From Nagambie it was a leisurely twenty minute drive up the freeway to the Motor Museum - although our beloved leader in the lead missed a gigantic "Shepparton Exit Here" sign and we had to all turn around and do a little detour. He might have been concentrating a bit too hard on keeping the Brougham in a straight line at the speeds we were doing.
As with our previous visit to the Motor Museum last year to see the "American Muscle Car" display, this Bathurst display did not disappoint. It was every bit as good as the advertisements and write-ups. The Manager Graeme has done a wonderful job to attract these rare and mostly privately owned cars into his venue. Us oldies still have vivid memories of these cars racing at Bathurst and I bet more than a few of us were there. To see them in person again after all these years was amazing. And who had the foresight back in the 80's to snap up a bargain Bathurst racer - advertised in the Trading Post for $25000 - and now worth a cool two million? Not me unfortunately. On the mezzanine floor were the motorcycles and bicycles that we'd seen before, but none-the-less still impressive. Did anyone else notice Deano checking out the 3000 different beer cans in the display up there? He picked up quite a few before he realised they had been emptied through a hole in the bottom of the can.......
Checkout the photos of the vehicles below, you won't see these cars again in one location anytime soon. You might, however, see some of them at full throttle if you are going to the Winton Festival of Speed which is coming up on the weekend of 6th & 7th August this year. I think I'll go.
A few members got itchy feet waiting for us stragglers to finish up and they hit the road back to Bendigo early. Rather than risk driving though the forest of the Rushworth road, some of us went up to Shepparton and then home through Corop and Elmore. A bit late for a de-brief at the Huntly pub, we all just headed home.
There is another write-up done by the Museum after the photo's below.
So another successful Club cruise has been run and won - and I reckon easily the winners were Kim and me and the boys who were smart enough not to leave early and accepted Graham's offer for him to start up the Murray Carter GTHO. Wow.
If you want to hear more about that experience, just ask us after our ears stop ringing - 351 race engine, open exhausts, tin shed.
If you click on the picture above with the bonnet open, you can listen to an "illegal recording" of the start up.
Must have accidentally pushed record on the camera.....
Must have accidentally pushed record on the camera.....
BATHURST LEGENDS GATHER IN SHEPPARTON
Inspired by a work of motoring art, Shepparton Motor Museum curator Graeme Balfour has managed to draw together one of the finest collections of legendary Bathurst race cars ever seen in one location.
For years Graeme has been adding driver signatures to a print of Panorama of Legends – a work by Classic Lines Artist Mike Harbar. Every time Graeme walked past the print he also dreamed a little more about a future exhibition for the Museum. “We've always thought that we'd love to put that collection together and then 18 months ago I had a visitor who owns the George Fury Bluebird and he offered the vehicle to us if we ever wanted to do a display,” Graeme said. “Then another visitor came through and while he said nothing at the time he wrote a nice email and attached a photo of his vehicle with an offer to loan it and that was the start.”
When word got out that Graeme was going ahead with a Bathurst Legends exhibition the phone started ringing as current owners of the historic race cars and their famous drivers rallied to the cause. “I was completely overwhelmed by the enthusiasm,” he said. “We normally aim for 12 vehicles in a theme but I had offers of up to 30 cars within a matter of days and many of the original drivers have contacted me and want to come down and be a part of it. "John Goss rang from Queensland and he has either the Tom Walkinshaw Jaguar or the Falcon coupe which are in the Bathurst Museum and he either wanted to send them down or come down himself. Amongst the 25 cars featured in the exhibition we have the 1983 Dick Johnson & Kevin Bartlett Greens Tuf Falcon. This is the actual car secured from Andrew Harris after that disastrous crash in the top 10 shoot out. We also have what is undoubtedly Holden Dealer Teams most famous XU1 Torana. First appearing in the 1970 Hardie Ferodo 500 driven by Colin Bond. It then appeared as a rally car for 1971/72, then a rally cross car and sports sedan. From the Gibson Motorsport camp we have Jim Richards 1990 ATCC (Australian Touring Car Championship) winning Nissan Skyline HR31.”
Graeme isn't one for grandiose statements but he's been told by plenty of people that the exhibition is one of the most historically important gatherings of racing metal ever put together in Australia. What he is certain of is that the collection resonates with visitors.
“Visitors always talk about Bathurst, whether they are five year old kids or up to 80 year olds, they all know about the great eras through the 60s, 70s and 80s when the car’s racing on Sunday you could see in the showroom on Monday, it just resonates with a lot of people. They all know about Jane, Brock, Richards and Moffat.”
Don't miss your chance to see the Bathurst Legends at the Shepparton Motor Museum, Emerald Bank, Shepparton, Victoria.
The three month exhibition will run until the end of June.
Inspired by a work of motoring art, Shepparton Motor Museum curator Graeme Balfour has managed to draw together one of the finest collections of legendary Bathurst race cars ever seen in one location.
For years Graeme has been adding driver signatures to a print of Panorama of Legends – a work by Classic Lines Artist Mike Harbar. Every time Graeme walked past the print he also dreamed a little more about a future exhibition for the Museum. “We've always thought that we'd love to put that collection together and then 18 months ago I had a visitor who owns the George Fury Bluebird and he offered the vehicle to us if we ever wanted to do a display,” Graeme said. “Then another visitor came through and while he said nothing at the time he wrote a nice email and attached a photo of his vehicle with an offer to loan it and that was the start.”
When word got out that Graeme was going ahead with a Bathurst Legends exhibition the phone started ringing as current owners of the historic race cars and their famous drivers rallied to the cause. “I was completely overwhelmed by the enthusiasm,” he said. “We normally aim for 12 vehicles in a theme but I had offers of up to 30 cars within a matter of days and many of the original drivers have contacted me and want to come down and be a part of it. "John Goss rang from Queensland and he has either the Tom Walkinshaw Jaguar or the Falcon coupe which are in the Bathurst Museum and he either wanted to send them down or come down himself. Amongst the 25 cars featured in the exhibition we have the 1983 Dick Johnson & Kevin Bartlett Greens Tuf Falcon. This is the actual car secured from Andrew Harris after that disastrous crash in the top 10 shoot out. We also have what is undoubtedly Holden Dealer Teams most famous XU1 Torana. First appearing in the 1970 Hardie Ferodo 500 driven by Colin Bond. It then appeared as a rally car for 1971/72, then a rally cross car and sports sedan. From the Gibson Motorsport camp we have Jim Richards 1990 ATCC (Australian Touring Car Championship) winning Nissan Skyline HR31.”
Graeme isn't one for grandiose statements but he's been told by plenty of people that the exhibition is one of the most historically important gatherings of racing metal ever put together in Australia. What he is certain of is that the collection resonates with visitors.
“Visitors always talk about Bathurst, whether they are five year old kids or up to 80 year olds, they all know about the great eras through the 60s, 70s and 80s when the car’s racing on Sunday you could see in the showroom on Monday, it just resonates with a lot of people. They all know about Jane, Brock, Richards and Moffat.”
Don't miss your chance to see the Bathurst Legends at the Shepparton Motor Museum, Emerald Bank, Shepparton, Victoria.
The three month exhibition will run until the end of June.
Club Run to Mt Alexander, Newstead for Lunch
Sunday 17th April
Meet at our Clubrooms between 9.00 and 9.30 am for a 10.00 am departure. We will travel out of Bendigo, through Sedgwick and up to the top of Mt Alexander for a half hour stop to let your tyres cool down. From the top of the mountain we will head towards Newstead - travelling through Faraday, Golden Point Reservoir, Chewton, Castlemaine before arriving at Newstead for lunch. Pack a picnic, or there is a bakery/cafe in town.
The return trip will go through Maldon, Happy Jack, and back to the Clubhouse - or home if you prefer. Looking forward to another quiet, peacefull cruise through the countryside.
Photos here
Club Run and BBQ at Lake Laanecoorie
7th February, 2016
7th February, 2016
The first official Custom Addictions run of 2016 will be a cruise to Lake Laanecoorie for a BBQ lunch and swim. We will be meeting in the Harvey Norman carpark in Kangaroo Flat at 9.30am. Departing at 10.30 and travelling along Crusoe Rd out to Happy Jack, then on to Maldon and Lake Laanecoorie. A BBQ lunch will be supplied - meat, bread, salads, cutlery. You just need to bring your own drinks, chairs - and bathers in case you happen to get thrown in the lake by accident.......
Leaving the lake we will return through Newbridge then on to the Marong Hotel for a de-brief or continue home if you wish.
Will be a great day to get the classics out for a run and to catch up with mates. Don't miss out on this one.
Photos here
Leaving the lake we will return through Newbridge then on to the Marong Hotel for a de-brief or continue home if you wish.
Will be a great day to get the classics out for a run and to catch up with mates. Don't miss out on this one.
Photos here
Ravo #1 at Ravenswood, "Chrome Bars on Calder"
30th Jan, 2016 - 6pm till late
"Chrome Bars on Calder" have organised an on-going event at the Caltex Service Centre on the Calder Freeway at Ravenswood. Apart from an impromptu meeting there on Saturday 16th Jan (about 30 cars), this will be the first one. A couple of us went to the meeting on the 16th and were impressed by the turnout. Some pics here. Styled along the lines of Saturday Night Live on the Eastlink in Melbourne, this event has the potential to be massive. The Melbourne event is on every Saturday night and attracts several hundred vehicles.
The Bendigo event may be held every month, or even every two weeks depending on demand. It will be open to all types of motor vehicles, motor cycles, trucks, buses as long as the vehicle is older than 1985. Spectators are welcome to bring their daily driver but are asked to park away from the display vehicles.
Custom Addictions members are invited to come along from 6pm with their classic on the night, or just come for a look.
Photos here: www.facebook.com/skmphotography/
or
www.facebook.com/PowerPix-by-TLS-Photographics-1547282805595559/
The Bendigo event may be held every month, or even every two weeks depending on demand. It will be open to all types of motor vehicles, motor cycles, trucks, buses as long as the vehicle is older than 1985. Spectators are welcome to bring their daily driver but are asked to park away from the display vehicles.
Custom Addictions members are invited to come along from 6pm with their classic on the night, or just come for a look.
Photos here: www.facebook.com/skmphotography/
or
www.facebook.com/PowerPix-by-TLS-Photographics-1547282805595559/
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