Being a big James Bond fan, I was sorry to hear of the fate of the Aston!
(I'm still upset that they've gone German...at least they don't have 007
drive an SUV!)
Sounds like an awesome Rally!
"No other man-made device since the shields and lances of the ancient
knights fufills a man's ego like an automobile."
- (Sir William Rootes)
Steve Conley
Marysville, WA USA
'76 MGB Roadster
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Eric
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 3:38 PM
To: MGs@autox.team.net
Subject: Classic Adelaide (too long)
(Pardon the length of this... the adrenalin is still running)
Well I have just spent the past four days touching, smelling, hearing
and watching some beautiful cars rallying through some beautiful
scenery... what a blast! Last year I chased the Classic Adelaide (South
Australia) Rally around the countryside as a spectator but this year I
got up close and personal as an official.
When was the last time *you* got to wave down (to a stop) cars of the
likes of...
A 1960 Aston Martin DB4 (driven by Jack Brabham) ... ooops we lost that
into a tree on the last day - driver and navigator OK... the car could
not finish. Or a 1936 LeMans Delage ... ooops we lost that one over the
edge, down a slope and onto its roof... sorry, no roof!. Driver and
navigator OK (I wish they hadn't done that on *my* stage). Still, in
both these cases they had lasted long enough (over two days) for most
people to see them in action.
How about a 64 AC Cobra or an 1968 SR2 Healey or a 1969 Aston Martin DB6
MkII or a 1961 Lotus Elite Super95 or a 1949 S1 Special Bentley or a
1961 PV544 Volvo....
OK, you should be able to see the total list on the website at
http://www.classicadelaide.com.au ... this was bloody hard work but so
much fun that I have already booked myself in to do the same thing next
time.
Oh yeah... of course there was ONE MG actually racing (there were two
BGTs running last year)... a lovely black MGA 1600 from Western
Australia which came in 55th overall out of a starting field of 95 (I
believe) and 6th in their class (Post Historic '62-65) behind the likes
of a VERY fast Healy 3000 MkII; the powerful and lovely '49 Bentley
Special; an XK140 Jaguar; the Lotus Elite95; an Austin Healy 100/6
Hmmmm, I might sleep well tonight but I will certainly dream of old
cars!
Eric
'68MGB MkII
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