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June Midweek Run
Midweekers, 30 June by Dennis Brown & Jen Cole A bit cool last night!!! A lovely crisp morning and great to see Les & Thelma making the trip from Whakatane in their immaculate Morris 1000. Eighteen of us left the clubrooms at 9.30am headed for C&R Developments in Cambridge.
Those in the group: Terry in the beautiful BMW, David & Jill in stunning Ford Falcon. Geoff & Christine in a modern, Evan & Wynn in a modern, Paul in his topless MGB…Brrrr, Shona and Pat in their lovely Mercedes, John & Jo in a modern, Roger & Diana in the mighty Stag, Bob & Pat met us at the venue in their modern and Jen & I in the Landy. Apologies from Michael & Ros. They are swanning around the country in their motor home.
On display, an impressive array of different types of cars and machinery. The Ross Brothers are deeply into motorsport and some of their cars were on display such as a couple of 1970 Dodge Chargers. One recently raced at Bathurst. An array of Ford Falcons, a Fairlane, Mustangs, two Aston Martins, Holdens, Valiants, a Kenny Smith race car and Nissan Skyline R muscle car. Various motor bikes, including a jet turbine propelled beast.
In an adjacent shed, the heavy equipment. A behemoth Komatsu Super Dozer. One of two operating at the Stockton coal mine. The largest bulldozer made, costing $5.5m when purchased and gifted to the Ross’ for display. What else would you do with such a monster once its useful life has ended? It took 5 trucks to transport it to their premises.
Nelson, our host, gave us an interesting talk on the Ross family history and activities.
Just after 1pm we headed to the Columbus Cafe in Mitre 10 Mega.
Thanks team for joining us in what was a most enjoyable outing.
