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June 2018 Chunky’s Chatter A light hearted and sometime irrever- ent monthly look at the world of Lotus Inside this issue • Anne Blackwood’s fabulous Monaco trip • Who remembers Paul Hawkins? Myths and Legends recollects his career. • Great day out for the NSW club to the Gosford Motor Museum. • All the news from SA and WA. P a g e 2 Chunky’s Chatter Club Lotus Australia J u n e 2 0 1 8 NSW General meetings are normally held on the Third Wednesday of each month. This month there will be no meeting but don’t forget Tyre Kick & Coffee on Sunday 15th May CLA Canberra contact: David Leaney [email protected], 0402 411 888. CLA Tasmania Contact: John Barrass [email protected] CLA WA Contact: Steve Pretzel 0412 921 221, [email protected]. CLA South Australian meets at The Colonial Car Park (Corner Cross Rd & Glen Osmond/Port Rush Rds. on the 1st Sunday of each month for a 2 hour run with coffee. Contact Michael Bennett: 16 Woorabinda Drive, Stirling SA 5152. Home: (08) 8339 2605, Email: [email protected] Lotus Club Queensland meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. Mailing address is: 16 Julia St, Fortitude Valley 4006 . This document is an official publica- Lotus Club Victoria meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. Mailing tion of Club Lotus Australia (NSW) Inc. address is: PO Box 79, Hawthorn BC Vic 3122. and is published monthly. The Club is Club Lotus Australia Committee affiliated with the Confederation of President: Ashton Roskill 0408 202 208, [email protected] Australian Motor Sport . Vice-President: Anne Blackwood 0413 22 11 23 , Contributions from members are most [email protected] welcome however the club accepts no Treasurer : Greg Cliffe, [email protected] responsibility for the accuracy, relia- bility or opinion of any article or cor- Secretary and Public Officer : Elliott Nicholls 0448 070 077 , respondence within the publication. [email protected] The Club’s financial year begins on 1st Competition Secretary &CAMS Delegate: Mike Basquil (02) 9533 2140 January each year. [email protected] , [email protected] Emails to : Newsletter Editor: Tom Devitt 0417 295 549, [email protected] [email protected] General Committee Rob Costa (02) 9597 1470, rob- [email protected] James Chan. Website : Point score: Michael Donnan (02) 9389 0461, [email protected] www.clublotus.com.au Webmaster: Seth Reinhardt [email protected] Postal Address Club Plates: Alan Pate: [email protected] 0409 914 455 Club Lotus Australia PO Box 220, Keith Edwards: [email protected] 0417 286 976 STRATHFIELD NSW 2135 CMC Delegate: Evan Jones: [email protected], [email protected] , 0411103043. Registrars Historic, Early Elites & Early Elans: Marc Schagen (02) 9456 4265, mscha- [email protected] Elites, Éclat's & Excels: Peter Semler (02) 4636 6306, [email protected] Sevens & Sedans: Europa's. Bob Jarman (02) 6559 3695, [email protected] Esprits & M100 Elan’s Geoff Winder 0416 866 644, [email protected] COVER PHOTO: A line up od Lotus 16’s Elise’s Mike Basquil (02) 9533 2140, [email protected] at this years Monaco Historique (Grand Prix). Photo courtesy of Anne Blackwood who just happened to be there!! P a g e 3 Chunky’s Chatter Presidents prattle With Ashton Roskill shop/1010-lotus-only-track-day ello! gust will also see We are fast approaching the Winter Giles and me in Alice Springs with busy time of the year so I hope seemed to Gidget for her inaugural rally - all your plans to fettle and finish arrive a cou- the Central Outback Trial - I’ll be off projects are well underway. I ple of weeks interested to see how we go. H just dropped the sump off the ago, and with it a general reluc- Elite to freshen up the big end Then September we’ll have the tance to go into the garage to face bearings - there’s a bit of wear AGM and (hopefully!) Eggs B. the music - in my case the need to there but nothing untoward. As replace the starter motor on the On a different note, it’s good to mentioned, the Elan needs some Elan. This situation is aggravated see a significant increase in the love in the electrics department. by the need to spend a few week- number of transactions in Lotus And the Eleven is due back from ends up on the Gold Coast finish- cars, whether old or newer, and Suspension Concepts soon hav- ing Gidget, the Austin Healey whether through Simply Sports ing had the ruler run over all the 100/4 we are preparing for the Cars, our website, Carsales or suspension components. I’m Peking to Paris rally - which Aussie Elise's. All the signs point starts in 363 days as I write this - to something of a resurgence in GULP! the brand’s fortunes here which is most encouraging - and in no We are preparing for our next small part due to SSC’s unstinting Club Night (well, strictly speak- efforts. BTW if you are in Mel- ing our first of the year!) on 25th bourne pop into the new show- July, when we are visiting Car- rooms in Southbank - very smart! bonix, an innovative carbon fibre production facility run by one of Right, better get this to Tom, so our members, Dario Valenza. The keep safe, upright and on the eagle eyes will recognise the ad- looking forward to getting her black stuff and I hope to see you dress as it is where Simply Sports back to the track soon. soon Cars were located prior to their current home. Looking out a bit further August will see us at SMSP for both the Pip pip Speaking of whom, the next SSC Morgan round of the CSCA and LOTD is taking place next month the following day the Shannons on 14th July and if you’ve never Day - 10 places are available - Ashton been to one of their events you first in best dressed - drop a line should! Have a look here https:// to Evan Jones (contact details on www.simplysportscars.com/ the second page) for yours! Au- P a g e 4 Chunky’s Chatter From the Editor T o m D e v i t t the race. Afterwards a couple old Park trotting circuit and of drivers complained that this was the depot for the multi- was "one of the most boring tude of trams that serviced the ell, I suppose eve- races ever", since all of the inner west of Sydney until the Wryone was glued to their telly drivers were lapping several early 60’s. It somehow sur- on the 19th May to see the lat- seconds a lap slower than they vived and was acquired in est Royal Wedding and the un- could have been to conserve 2010 by the developers of the usual Episcopalian Bishop’s tires and so avoid making a nearby apartment estate and speech. However, in this case second pit-stop. Oh, and by the converted into a foodie’s para- it was “as the bishop said to way the Grid Girls (and boys) dise. The Butcher and the the actress”! Elsewhere in the were back at Monaco! Farmer is the restaurant eve- world, about a week later, For Sydney based members we ryone is talking about so we Australian Daniel Ricciardo now have a few interesting have organised for a Lotus continued on his winning events coming soon, so make Lunch there on Saturday 28th streak taking the Formula 1 sure to mark them in your dia- July. Monaco grand Prix after set- ries. As Ashton mentioned in Later in the year on Sunday the ting a new qualifying lap rec- his column we have been invit- 7th October we are reinstating ord to take pole position for ed by Carbonix founder (and the Lotus Sunday drive with a the race. He led going into the CLA member) Dario Valenza to leisurely run to the Blue Moun- first corner with the leading 6 his absolutely ‘leading-edge’ tains and lunch in the sur- drivers staying in the same business which develops rounds of the Blue Mountains positions throughout the race. among other things, unmanned Botanical Gardens at Mount On lap 18, Ricciardo, suffered aerospace craft. 6.30 on the Tomah. a serious loss of power and 25th July. (see page 10) Details for both of these events managed a sick-puppy of a car The Rozelle Tram Depot was on Page 11. But please remem- for the remaining 60 laps of built on land adjacent to Har- ber, booking is essential. Also, don’t forget the Shan- nons all British day on the 12th August. Still some spots left, contact Evan Jones at [email protected] for a free ticket to this great day. Tom The Grid Girls and boys return to the Monaco GP P a g e 5 Chunky’s Chatter The Competition Report: CSCA Round 2 hosted by the Jaguar Club. hat a magnificent Autumnal Day greeted us at the Jaguar Round of the CSCA Competi- tion held at Sydney Motorsport Park (Nth / Druitt) on Saturday 26th May. W 24 Lotii Members (out of a total of 107 runners), 15 Lotii vehicles and their steeds passed scrutineering and the day started with the usual banter regarding excuses for slow times, how much horsepower is Leigh’s beast putting out, how much will Liam beat his Dad by today and will the Kawasaki Green Cup 430 Exige make a guest appearance.