Chairman’s Report
- February 2021 by David Tomlinson
February’s club night, our first for 2021, had Jim Maud’s 1993 Mercedes-Benz 500SL roadster on display. After a good talk on the car we went through the various branch and other events over the next few months hoping 2021 would be less disrupted than the year just past. The Ellerslie Concour d’Elegance did take place as planned, with a fairly good turnout, including a large number of Japanese cars not seen in years gone by. While this did manage to go ahead, Auckland entered lockdown by the end of the day, so people like me had to scarper fast. I took my 1993 Bentley Turbo R, and the Judd’s displayed their 1967 Jaguar E Type. As this was the event’s 50th anniversary, many clubs displaying concentrated on models celebrating anniversaries this year. Jaguar had the E Type, celebrating 60 years, and Mercedes-Benz focussed on the R107 series roadsters (like our December car in the room) celebrating 50 years. There were a few surprises, including a Bugatti Veyron on display (there were many Bugattis there), and other notable vehicles were a new Aston Martin DBX SUV, a Jensen 541, several Volvo P1800s and many of the past winners of the Master Class event. This year the winning car was a left hand drive Mercedes-Benz “pagoda” roadster. Other cars in the Master Class included a Jaguar XK-120 and a Holden HQ Premier. The new 50/50/50 event aimed at younger people only attracted 14 entries. Our BBQ Run was held the following week, and attendance was down a little as many club members were involved in other activities (including the truncated and ultimately cancelled Art Deco weekend), and others travelling our own country far and 2
Side Curtains March 2021
