Saturday 12 July saw 65 cars line up for the Jaguar Club Lukey Mountain Rally. An assorted field of cars with some outstanding ones including 1973 Convertible V12 E-Type. A heavily modified 6.0 litre V12 FHC E-type with quad side exhausts. This car belted out flames up to 300 mm long as it down shifted. A compulsorily red 1960's Ferrari 250. The most immaculate 68 Mustang I have ever seen. An assortment of Mercedes and other Jaguars, Minis, a perfectly presented Black with Green Connelly leather interior Austin 1800 ute, Sunbeam Tiger V8, A late 60s Prince Skyline, the first of the Nissan Muscle cars, a 260 Z a Fluorescent yellow BMW 3.0 litre CSL, 3 Alfa Romeo 105 GTV 2000 and other classics. The new car field was well represented with the yet to be released 400 horsepower Supercharged V8 Jaguar XJ/R being spiritedly driven by a Jaguar executive and a Purple Porsche Carrera 4s being the two stand outs.
Our 200B powered Stanza certainly looked a poor cousin to the exotic vehicles that surrounded it An icy morning in Lithgow and the competitors receive their instructions. Departing for Wallerawang, Tarana and other towns on a 240 kilometre run to Orange. The instructions were well thought out being the right amount of cryptic clues to cause pain to the navigator and yet not enough to cause cardiac arrest. Lunch was at the lovely Lake Canoblas where we had ample time to plot our route to take us the 230 kilometres to Young. The countryside was much greener than on our last visit to these areas last November and livestock and grass was more prevalent. Why take a direct straight route when there was a perfectly good winding road with 7 rail crossings, a good amount of recently levelled gravel and corners that required heel and toe braking the selection of a lower gear and the opportunity to see flames emerge if you were luck enough to catch a glimpse of the 6.0 litre E type. Roads we had never seen took us to towns we had never heard of until we finally arrived at Young. Cherry Capital Of Australia.. BUT unfortunately 5 months too early for the cherries. A great three course meal at the local club and then to a much needed sleep. (Thank goodness there was an air conditioner in the room) An icy below 0 degree start with most cars having a considerable layer of ice blanketing them. The hose was ice so could not be used to wash away the ice. Breakfast for 160 at the famous JD Jam factory where our breakfast consisted of fresh fruit, Corn Flakes, Nutri Grain, hot chips, sausages, bacon, eggs, grilled tomato BUT NO JAM. The final instructions are taken and its is a 300 kilometre puzzle of a tour to Goulburn where lunch will await us at the Old Goulburn Brewery. A most enjoyable weekend, well worth the $395.00 per car including all meals, accommodation and entry. And a big thank you to the Jaguar club for the most exciting classic rally of the 7 I have entered yet. Oh and we tied first in our Novice category with 30 entrants. Dominic Votano www.premierstrata.com.au www.unitliving.info Premier Strata Ph 9630 7500 Fx 9630 1915 --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
