Dominic Another good read!! Keep em coming. Well done for finishing first and flying the Datto flag!!! Sounds like u had a great time as well. Cheers Mick PS Will u take your own jam next time? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dominic Votano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Datsun Club" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "GtiR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 12:41 PM Subject: Lukey Mountain Classic Rally
> > 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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
