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21/9 OCTOBER 2015 [ $8 ] LOTUS & Clubman Notes THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE COMBINED LOTUS CLUBS OF AUSTRALIA FEATURES The Barn & Scotty’s Garage – Social Run The Cootha Classic The Royal Concours at the Palace of Holyrood House, Edinburgh, Scotland Sandown photos from the 1960s Print Post Approved 100001716 CLUB LOTUS AUSTRALIA (NSW) October 2015 VOLUME 21 ISSUE 9 COMMITTEE Club Lotus Australia PO Box 220, STRATHFIELD NSW 2135 President Ashton Roskill 0408 202 208 [email protected] FEATURES Vice-President Anne Blackwood 0413 22 11 23 [email protected] Treasurer Kristine Bennett 0414 781 524 [email protected] 06 South Australian Lotus Talk Secretary Elliott Nicholls H (02) 9484 3749 [email protected] 08 Quokka Talk: WA’s Lotus scene Competition Secretary Mike Basquil (02) 9533 2140 [email protected] & CAMS Delegate 10 Ruffy in Spring EMR General Committee Keith Edwards 0417286976 [email protected] 12 Performance Exhausts James Chan 14 2015 CSCA September Report Rob Costa Point score Michael Donnan (02) 9389 0461 [email protected] 16 The Barn & Scotty’s Garage – Social Run Webmaster Seth Reinhardt Public Officer & Maurice Blackwood 0417 218 462 mozzieb@ ispdr.net.au 18 The Cootha Classic Club Plates 20 MSCA Round Seven CMC Delegates Evan Jones 0411103043 [email protected] [email protected] 22 Shed Shenanigans Part Two Magazine coordinator Tom Devitt 61 417 295 549 [email protected] 24 The Royal Concours at the Palace CLA State Delegates Eddie Lankhorst for WA [email protected] of Holyrood House, Edinburgh, John Barrass for Tas [email protected] Scotland David Leaney for ACT [email protected] 27 Sandown photos from the 1960s Andrew Stevens for SA [email protected] 30 Lotus Elites No 10 32 The Best Car LOTUS CLUB VICTORIA COMMITTEE PO Box 79, Hawthorn Business Centre, VIC 3122 REGULARS LCV Website: www.lotusclubvic.asn.au President Chris O’Connor [email protected] 02 President’s Message Vice President Cris Johansen [email protected] 03 President’s Prattle Treasurer Kevin Neville [email protected] Secretary John King [email protected] 04 President’s Waffle Other Members David Buntin [email protected] 33 Classifieds Mike Byrne [email protected] Alec Spyrou [email protected] LOTUS CLUB QUEENSLAND COMMITTEE 16 Julia Street, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006 LCQ Website: www.lotusclubqueensland.com President Clive Wade [email protected] 0418 196 570 Vice President Geoff Noble [email protected] 0419 643 365 Secretary Jon Young [email protected] 0417 745 790 Treasurer Daryl Wilson [email protected] 0418 711 227 Social Coordinator John Barram [email protected] 0458 321 458 Magazine Shane Murphy [email protected] 0413 616 169 Coordinator Webmaster Vyvyan Black [email protected] 0417 646 202 CAMS Delegate Greg Bray [email protected] 07 3206 1395 For any last minute updates check your state’s website! Mike Moore (LCQ) in his 340R at the Mt Cotton Driver Training Centre skid pan. www.clublotus.com.au Photo by Gloria Wade. www.lotusclubvic.asn.au www.lotusclubqueensland.com LOTUS & CLUBMAN NOTES OCTOBER 2015 [ 1 ] President’s Message By CHRIS O’CONNOR, President LCV Membership Number Auction on sixty years. They are now an authorised If you are interested in participating in one of After our recent membership number auction dealer of Simply Sports Cars, the Sydney Lotus these events, head over to the SSC website we have two members who were delighted Dealer. When I met General Manager Heath (http://www.simplysportscars.com/) to register to acquire their cherished numbers. Peter Moore I was able to tell him that as a boy I had your interest. We are planning to have a display Rebbechi picked up number “11” to go with his a poster of Ron Harrop’s five litre EH Holden of Lotus vehicles to add to the atmosphere period built Lotus 11 replica. The car has a very sports sedan on my bedroom wall. The Harrop of the event, so watch the website or your interesting history which Peter described in an team has a busy schedule next month and I inbox for details closer to the event, but keep article in the July issue of Lotus & Clubman am very grateful to Heath and his team for November 21st free. Let me assure you that Notes. Guy Stevens acquired number “79” to taking the time to host us. I hope to see large seeing in excess of sixty Lotus in the one place complement his Lotus 79 liveried Elise 111R, numbers of our members present to hear about is quite a spectacle and it would be great to his number plate and his racing number. Guy is the company’s history and their expansion have a display of Lotus cars through the ages to a past president of LCV, a regular competitor into Lotus related fields. They are also running add to the event. at MSCA and he and his wife Kerri often turn the Harrop Ultimate Street Car Invitational on As the end of the year approaches can I ask up at the monthly early morning runs. The October 25–26th. Details of the event can be you to consider becoming an LCV Committee response to the auction was disappointing, but found at www.husci.com.au. member? The duties are not onerous, especially try telling that to Peter and Guy as they are both Simply Sports Cars Lotus Only for the “apprentices”. We all need to consider delighted with their new membership numbers. Track Day, Winton, November 21st the future of the club and having an active committee will ensure that our club continues Harrop Engineering Visit After the success of last year’s event, SSC are to thrive. If you would like to have an influence October’s monthly meeting will be held holding their second Victorian LOTD. Last year on the future direction of the club, or if you at Harrop Engineering. Harrop is a home there were in excess of sixty Lotus cars on would just like to help out, then stick your grown engineering business that has spread and around the track. The events are Racing, hand up. Nomination forms will be sent with its influence across the globe. Harrop Sprinting and Drive. The Race and Sprint November’s email of coming events. superchargers are fitted as original equipment sections are competitive, timed events while by Lotus in the UK. They did much development the Drive section is a more relaxed, non-timed work on Mark O’Connor’s race car and have event where Lotus owners can drive their car been involved in the car scene here for nigh around the track in a very gentle atmosphere. Club Night at Harrop Engineering October 13 commencing 7.00pm October’s monthly meeting will be held at Harrop Engineering at 96 Bell Street, Preston. Melways 31 B2 Harrop are a family owned world class engineering company that supply OE Annual Christmas superchargers to Lotus. Harrop Performance Centre have recently Function & Concours become the Victorian authorised dealer Mark this date in your Calendar – of Simply Sports Cars (Sydney) and Sunday 29th November are able to do servicing in general on This year’s celebration of the end of the year will be all models of Lotus cars as well as held at The Keilor Hotel, 670 Old Calder Highway, Keilor. modifications and enhancements. More details next month [ 2 ] LOTUS & CLUBMAN NOTES OCTOBER 2015 President’s Prattle By ASHTON ROSKILL, CLA President Hello! For those unable to make the Barossa, we are Speaking of annual events, Syd Reinhardt and I lucky enough to have Richard Parramint (who attended the Cootamundra Sprints a couple of And thank you, to all the members who came is MC at L2015) coming over to Sydney and weeks ago, and it was a hilarious weekend. We along to the AGM and voted to continue with joining us for our October General Meeting (the Club) have been invited back again next the current Committee and club direction. at Simply Sports Cars, so if you haven’t put year, and I would encourage anyone who enjoys A huge, heartfelt and public thank you from me Tuesday 13th October in your diary, now is a grass roots motorsport to attend – it was both to all the CLA Committee too, for without their good time to do so. relaxed and hugely enjoyable, and book-ended continued and relentless support, none of this by a couple of drives which will forever remain would be possible. Also coming up in October is a whole host of in my memory. Have a look at the website for fun: the HSRCA Driver Training Day at Marulan Minutes of the AGM will be published as soon the write up and photos. (18th); for those of a more social nature, there’s as we can (and once Elliott gets back from a CLA’s Tyre Kick and Coffee on the third Sunday I think that’s it from me for this month. I very well earned holiday) but in the meantime, if you (also 18th!) of the month in Tempe; and for the much look forward to seeing lots of you in the have any questions, please don’t hesitate to motorsport tragics, there’s more fun with the Barossa Valley, and in the meantime, keep it drop any of us a line. Triumph round of the CSCA sprints (including safe, upright and on the blackstuff, Many of you will be reading this either en route their Driver Training Day the day before) on 24th Pip pip to, or in, the Barossa Valley for Lotus 2015, and and 25th.