RoverNET #41/2020 current as at 9 Oct 2020

In RoverNET we aim to provide you with updates on the Club calendar, and bring you information on items for sale or wanted. Refer to the Club website for full details. Items for inclusion must be received by Tuesday each week and can be emailed to: [email protected] Editor: Chris Forsey

Bathurst Edition For many years the October long weekend was significant for car enthusiasts as it coincided with the annual car race. In an era dominated by the GM vs Ford contest, the advent of racing in the 1980s brought in teams such as Racing (TWR) from the UK who competed in a fleet of Jaguar XJS and Rover Vitesse cars.

Driver Tim Slako in the Alf Barbagallo Rover Vitesse (c.1986/87)

Drivers Jeff Allam and Armin Hahne drove car 61 at Bathurst in 1984

Missing a past copy of RoverNET? Check out the Club website and click the tab for ‘ROVERNET’ (no password) https://www.roverownersclub.com.au/

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Use of vehicles on Club plates – your responsibilities… Through the ROC, members are able to access ‘club’ plates for the registration of eligible vehicles in NSW and the ACT. Each scheme is different and members should familiarise themselves with the requirements for participation. Links to the schemes are provided below, and information is also available on the Club website.

A reminder for users of the NSW 60 day log book: (1) – if the vehicle is for personal use, complete the log book before commencing your journey; (2) – if attending a Club event, carry with you printed evidence of the event; and (3) – ensure that your Certificate of Approved Operations and evidence of current Club membership is with you in your car. https://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/roads/registration/get-nsw-registration/historic-vehicles/log- book.html https://www.accesscanberra.act.gov.au/app/answers/detail/a_id/1801/~/veteran%2C-vintage-and- historic-motor-vehicle-registration

2020 EVENTS If you have suggestions for Club activities, or where bookings are required, refer to your Club Captain [email protected]

All ROC activity aims to keep everyone COVID safe and is subject to public health rules for gatherings that apply at the time and within each jurisdiction. Links to current NSW and ACT government health advice and changes to restrictions are provided below. https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/what-you-can-and-cant-do-under-rules https://www.covid19.act.gov.au/faqs/faqs-changes-to-restrictions

October 2020 15 October 2020 Sydney Region Mid week disc brake Cobweb run. THURSDAY Narellan McDonalds to Wallacia Hotel for a pub lunch. Should be very 10.30 (11am depart) pleasant sitting out in their courtyard. Meet at Narellan Speed limits are mostly 80kph, and there is some 100kph. As we'll be McDonalds, junction driving past the Warragamba Dam Viewing Platform, we'll stop there for a of Camden Valley few minutes on the way (subject to late changes). Way and Narellan Everyone and everything welcome, but bookings essential until Covid Road. restrictions are eased. Limit 20 people. Contact: Max Pegler 0417 212 220 [email protected]

CF019 2 RoverNET #41/2020 current as at 9 Oct 2020 18 October ROC display day Sunday This year we’re heading to the Australiana Pioneer Village, Rose St Judging from 11am Wilberforce NSW. A dedicated ROC display area will be provided. $5 gate entry to BYO picnic lunch or use their BBQs. (2x cafes also onsite). village Contact: Andrew Holland 0414 625 236. https://www.theapv.org.au/ 25 October 2020 Canberra Region – in association with the French Car Club of Canberra Sunday Lunchtime run to Yass, NSW. Opportunity to catch up with folk in the Yass 12.30pm lunch region at The Roses Cafe. https://www.therosescafe.com.au/ 87 Comur St, Yass Bookings by 18/10. Contact: Chris Forsey 0413 996 481 or [email protected] 28 Oct 2020 General Meeting Wednesday 8pm Veteran Car Club Hall, 134 Queens Road, Five Dock. November 2020 13 November 2020 Canberra Café Conversation Friday Another weekday coffee at Plumb in Fyshwick. Hopefully folk can make it! 10am Where: Plumb on Tennant cafe, Unit 1/5 Tennant St, Fyshwick ACT (near Bunnings). No booking required. Just turn up! Contact: Chris Forsey 0413 996 481 [email protected] 19 November 2020 Sydney region mid week "Himalayas" run. The last one for 2020. Thursday Mt Colah to Berowra Creek, via Berowra Ferry & Galston Gorge. 42 kms, about 1.25 hrs. It's another pretty drive, but it is steep and windy in places. Power steering and synchro on second gear would be ideal. 4 wheel drum brake cars might struggle on the steep descents. BYO everything for a picnic lunch. More details to follow and subject to late change. Everyone and everything welcome, but bookings essential until Covid restrictions are eased. Limit 20 people. Contact: Max Pegler 0417 212 220 [email protected]

VEHICLES AND ITEMS FOR SALE and WANTED Advertisements in RoverNET are free and will be published for a maximum of two weeks only, and thereafter on the Club website. https://www.roverownersclub.com.au/classifieds/ Please let us know when your vehicle or items are sold, or if you wish to cancel the advertisement.

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Online this week…..

Hold onto your seat……!

A little bit of fun and excitement with the movie ‘trailer’ for the next James Bond movie ‘No Time to Die’. (Thanks to Rob Turner). https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=154&v=vw2FOYjCz38&fe ature=emb_title

A query this week concerning halogen inserts for older style 7 inch headlamps took us to this supplier of Halogen and LED products in Adelaide.

http://www.classicandvintagebulbs.com/

Some folk are keen on Special Saloon racing – which appears to be a breed of modified race vehicles. In one article I read that ‘Super saloons were Special Saloons on steroids: Frankenstein monsters bearing little relationship to their original donors’. This Vauxhall Magnum perhaps fits into the Super Saloon category and is running AiResearch turbos on an Aston Martin

DBS V8 engine. http://www.modbase.info/

This video is for the Legend enthusiasts (myself included!). ‘The Astute Choice’ is a short Australian market TV advertisement for the 1989 Legend – which shares its engine and gearbox with the Rover 827. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUHnjrbaT_s&feature=yout u.be

A big thank you from John Gannon to folk who responded to his request for information on where to get a windscreen fitted.

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From the archive…..1984 Bathurst 1000

Rover Vitesse on the Bathurst racetrack Rover Vitesse car 61 at rest.

Tailboard

The NSW registration (APL 849) would have The Mount Panorama race circuit was opened been issued 1953/4 so I’m guessing this P4 is a in 1938 in an area known as the Bald Hills. In 1953 ‘75’. The gentlemen are the Edgell 1934 Bathurst City Council conducted a brothers of Edgell’s cannery at Bathurst. competion to find a better name, and ‘Mount Panorama’ was chosen.

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RoverNET is a weekly publication of the Rover Owners’ Club Inc. The Club has in excess of 200 members, with the majority of folk based within NSW and the ACT. Mailing address for correspondence: PO Box 503, Pennant Hills NSW 1715. RoverNET is produced by the Rover Owners' Club (ROC) and acts as a route for advertisers to list cars and parts for sale. The ROC is not involved in any transaction between buyers and sellers. The ROC has no control over the quality or safety of the items advertised, the accuracy of the advertisements, the ability of owners to sell items or the ability of buyers to buy items. The advertisement details in RoverNET are based on information supplied by the advertiser and are presented in good faith. While every effort is made to be accurate, we give no undertaking that the details are correct. All advertisements for vehicles must include the registration number and/or if unregistered, the VIN/chassis number of the vehicle. Advertisements not following these guidelines may not be published.

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