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BROCK 9PORT EEqgEnrls I HAr rA COMMODOREOWNERS ASSOC. 0\,,0,J OF \eFS- CALANDAROF EVENTS1996 June 8 -f0 JervisBar'. WeekendEscape

16 Svdnev. OranPark Group A Racing

29130 CanberraWeekend.Go Kart Racingand Cryptic Rally

July 20/21 Cowra Weekend. JapaneseGardens, Dinner Evening, Winerys and Wyangla Dam

August 24125 Albury Weekend. EtamoogahPub - othersto be announced

September 8 Melbourne. Sandown500

23 Sydney/Bathurst. Muscle car run to Bathurst

October 5-7 Bathurst. Group A 1000Race

19-20 Goulbourne. Wakefield Park and PelicanSheep Farm Car and Motorcycle Show and swap meet

November 17 Canberra All HoldenDay - Club Display 23 Tumut FamilyFun Day - Club Display

Dec 14/15 to be advised Xmas Parfy

other BallaratWeekend 1 NOTE: Any membir wishing to organiseany other event or has any suggestionsfor an event pleasenotiff me as soonas possible.

All eventswill incorporatea club meeting.

Pleasebe promptwith your reply anddeposit (if required)if you areattending any event.it makesthe organisersjob thatmuch easier, particulary if thereare bookings . to be madeand confirmed.

4 BROCK SPORT ldiosyncrqsies by Peter Brock

The underlying reason . Aggression

oo often in this great sport of I et'snot confuseaggression ours. we receiveonlv limited I withaggravation, although to views of what has or is occur- hmanv oneleads to theother. ring.The viewsof the observer,the Aggressionis a veryimportant commentator,the scribe or that of partof people'smake-up. lt is often the driver,the one who has been the onlymeans by whichwe can thrust- or, in some cases,clawed - their way into the learnto understandfrustration, anger and thoseassociat- limelight. ed emotions. Sparea thoughtfor thatother vital element, which to a Controlled,it assistsin achievingmany targets deemed largedegree remains invisible and mute.Those that are by many to be too difficult,if not quite impossible.So in responsiblefor allthe areasof preparation. the sporbofmotor racing it is evidentin variousqualities. Preparinga modernrace car entailsan enormous Manymistake totally focusing on achievinga particular amountof detailplanning and, as the complexityof motor outcomewith aggression. racinghas increased,so hasthis facet. is not aggression.Determination is an Too often,when thesethings go wrong,it is put down l-\etermination 'lhose lJunwavering, unrelentingand unchangeabledirection to poorpreparation. Comments such as, guyssim- thatsomeone pursues. ply haven'tgot theiract togethed',or perhaps,'\ruith their In the complexworld of motorsportthe great difficultyis budgetwhat else would you expect". in achievingthese desires. Be it to pass,to win or simply Whilethe aforementionedare very reasonableand put up the best effortthat you believeis possibleand not quite commoncauses, they don't necessarilyaccurately to allow an unduelevel of aggressionto affectyour sense revealthe true picture.lt can be quitedemoralising for a of judgementand fair play. crewto go throughthe experienceof seeingall theirhard Aggressionis oftenapplauded by the mediaand other workgo downthe drainin a singlerace incident or maybe onlookers,however it would probablybe a healthier the failureof an unrelateditem such as a tyrefailure or an approachto recognisethe true motivatingforce. In many englnecomponenl. casesit maywell be pureunmasked aggression. Much of the dedicationand focus of a team is over- To achieveat anycost is an intimidatingmanner. While lookedas the mediazero in on somesingle issue deemed in othersthe generalfeeling may wellbe simplyoperaling to be significant.Things such as a practicelap time or a on a mindset that is to do the bestjob at the time,to pass driverindiscretion. the slowercar so that you can proceedto operateyour Sure,these are usuallyitems worthy of comment,but own machineryto the bestof yourability. do theyallow the overallpicture to be understood? There is a significantdifference. One is not wishing Beingpart of it all and tryingto takeernotion, egos ano harm or inflictingharm on anyoneelse, just simplyto the hiddenagendas (politics!) out of the equationusually moveon to be as proficientat the craft as possible. revealssomething a littledifferent. For instance,when The otherhas a darkermotivation, one that I suppose thingsgo wrong,it's not uncommonfor the hierarchyto go goes back to earlierdays of joustingand conflictwhere on a witchhunt. "Heads must roll"or "We needa sacrifi- aggressionand forceare seenas the meansto personal cial lambto feed to the mediaand the sponsor'scon- power. cerns." The teamthen develops a fearof failureand so morale fo race in toughconditions requires a levelof commit- slipsand mistakescreep i4. lt's the same in any endeav- I mentfrom the drivers,one wheretaking control of the our,be it sport,business or familylife. machineryand achievingmastery of the track environ- Fear of retribution,or of being unfairlycastigated by ment needsconfidence and a genuinelove of the job at the media,fuels many responsesby managementwhich, hand. naturallyenough, have a tlow-oneffect to those directly Aggressionin thiscase may well be the necessaryfirst responsiblefor the preparationand deploymentof the step to discoverthe limitsthat exist, howeverthe next machineryand itsancillary back-up equipment. stepinvariably is realisingthat control is neededto remain l've said it beforeand I believeit's worth repeating;committedto an outcomethat is fairand rewarding. many of theseresponses can be extremelydismissive I thoughtMichael Schumacher demonstrated this very and destructive,which only causes more aggravation and clearlyin the recentSpanish Grand Prix. drama. A quitebrilliant display when one considersthe condi- On the other hand, a calm, balancedacceptance, tions,his startingposition, his subsequentdrive through learningf rom the experienceand then positivelythe traffic,his sawy in beingopen mindedand resilient approachingthe next challenge,is the sure way to both enoughto changelines and tactics as the raceflowed. personaland team successes. It was commitmentand determination,not unlikethat We'all have our dramas;that's life - it's how we of a greatconcert pianist. A virtuosoperformance. resoondthat makes it a lifeof easeor stress. Life doesn't always work out the way that we believe It'syour choice. we deserveit to be but the approachto achievethose ooalsnever varies.

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As we had not met many of Paul's got itlUI've got a bit tum up for the meeting was the club to date,Karen and of a collectionmyse[ but Bob Hayden, who, for an I, togetherwith Deanneand Paul'sgot about 200 times ALP Member, was not a bad Marc Sicura, decided to morethan me! An absolute bloke - he's doing a greatjob travel to Canberrafor the "Mecca". Marc and I were on apparel - congratulations weekend,so that we could tremendously impressed. Bob! Some 35-40 people attendour club'smeeting of Needlessto say,a few beers turned up for the meeting, the 19 May. CarmenDillon and a few ports were and it was greatto see all the kindly arrangedour airline consumed in the garage Brockmobilesparked outside tickets, at the right price, at overthe weekend! - they alwayslook fantastic. very short notice. Despite having been offered Saturday night we all Just prior to coming to accommodation at the enjoyeda visit to one of the Canberra, I had the Dillon mansion,Deanne and local clubs,where we had a opportunity to speak with Marc insisted on stayingat greatmeal - I had to watch Bev and Peter Brock, who are the Hyatt, and Carmenonce Karenclosely - shebecomes right behind this club, and again came to the rescue, uncontrollablewhen she's most appreciative of Paul's andsecured them a room. nearany Pockie machines. work in setting it up. I have

We had heard about Paul's On Sunday morning we were been involved to a small collection of Brock/HRT up early to prepare for the extent, and can tell all memorabilia, but nothing meeting, and we had an early members,that our President, could have preparedus for drive into Canberra to pick PaulDillon, had donea'huge' what we were aboutto see. up Marc and Deanne. amount of n'ork to get the Every square inch of the Consequently, we had the club to its present stage. Dillon garage is covered opportunity to check out a Without him. the club rvould with Brock/FIDT posters, few of the sights including not exist. stickers etc and there are the new Parliament House, several filing cabinets and and severalof the Embassies, I had heard that a few cupboards filled with some of which are members had not been magazines, cuttings and magnificent. happy u,ith certain matters memorabilia, in fact pertainingto the running of anythingto do with Brock - One of the first members to the club. perhaps

BROCK SPORT I particularly a lack of a brilliant job, but they need enthusiasticmembers of that ; oreanised events. These more input from members, club,and will continueto be. members were invited, so come on members, However.we seethe Brock although un-financial, to submit an article about Commodore Owners anend, and some did, and yourself, and your cat) Association as something aired their grievances, modifications you've done different, and through Paul s'hich centred on mainly etc, it will make interesting Dillon's unique association around the lack of an reading. I can't wait for the with Bev and Peter Brock, organised progrnm of next magazine! who treat him as almostpart events. Some of this of their family, as something criticism was probably During the meeting, several very different, and certainly s-arranted, but Paul and matters were discussed, assomething very special. Carmen cannot do including some great new everything themselves, apparel, but Paul will The focus of this club is s'hich is, to a large extent, probably write about that. unashamedlyon PeterBrock, u'hat had happenedto date. his achievements,and of .A,n5vay,I believe that one After the meeting, members course thp cars he built, member had now took the opportunity to view which are part of Australia's nominatedhimself to be the each other's cars, and some motoring heritage. HDT Social Co-ordinator, which of us travelledinto Canberra, Special Vehicles, under should be of benefit to where we parked the cars, Peter'sguidance, built only members,particularly those took some photos, and just over 4,000 vehicles, in the ACT area. If any grabbeda bit of lunch. The consequentlythey are very members have any ideas for weather was perfect, and we exclusive,"quite rare, and as social events, they should displayed the cars on a there will probably be no contact Paul, or the Social grassed atea fronting the morebuilt, will becomeeven Co-ordinator when his lake. morecollectable in thefuture. nomination becomes Whilst you are readingthis official. Some of you would be aware article I would like you to that Karen and I, Marc and think about that, and how The magazine was also Deanne, are members of the specialPeter Brock really is. mentioned, and once again, HDT and HSV Owners Club Have you ever thoughtabout Carmen and Paul have done of Victoria. We are what he has achievedin over :;.:iri;;

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25 years of motor sport? Those are my thoughts 9 Bathursts, 9 Sandown anyway, and what I believe Enduros, 3 Australian this club is all about. Touring Car Championships,Hopefully, through this winner of Round Australia club's activities, some of -1979, Rally Australia Rally you, who have not already CrossChampion 3 times,and done so, will have the NB LateNews! also Australian Sports Car opportunity to meet Bev Champion. What a record! - and Peter, it will be an Club memberPeter Merkel No one else even_comes experience you will not has purchaseda VH Group close! Of coursemotor sport forget. n from HDT/HSV Vic is only one of Peter's Owners Club Member Ron interests,he is an incredible Unfortunately, we had to Varnas. This car is simply person, and obviously the refurn to Melbourne on sensational, being a most popular motor sport Sunday evening, after an multiple concoursewinner, personality in Australia. absolutely magnificent and will be a worthy 'club Without him, you wduld not weekend. Thanks very addition to our be driving the car yop drive, much to Carmenand Paul, CongratulationsPeter. and I certainly like tb think on behalf of Deanne,Marc, "there'sa liftle bit of Brocky" Karen and Myself for in my cffi, and iI am looking after us, and it was immensely proud of the greatto meetnew members. Brock signaturesadorning the ing!!! sides of my GroupA. Hopefullyall of you members feel the same way. Think (_ aboutthat, and don't forget it. Ilnyden

BROCK SPORT "l rememberdriving doun to Chapman, announcedthat able for sale only through SpencerStreet Station to pick GMH had decidedto w'ith- those Holden dealersu,ho up this blue253 ManualSL", draw their support from mo- sponsoredthe Race Team. Brock recalls."When we got tor sport. The HoldenDealer With this incentive.thel'reck- it home. I told the blokesto Team's Manager. John onedthat the smarterHolden get an air compressor.a few Sheppard resigned with dealerswould be climbing pairsof overalls,and to bring GMH's announcement.leav- over each other to fund their spanners.It wasas sim- ing PeterBrock with no team, Brock's race program, and ple as that". Thus was born no sponsorand a half sorted they were to be proven cor- HDT Specialvehicles. The CommodoreTouring Car. rect. Vin Keanehimself pro- Blue SL Commodorewas to which he and Sheppardhad videdthe CommodoreSL V8 becomethe prototype of a beendeveloping. The impli- Prototype.Out of desperation long line of Holden"Special cations of the situation were camethe Classic Aussie mus- Vehicles". seriousnot only for Brock, but cle cars of the modern era. alsofor theother Holden com- carswhich rivalled eventhose 1979Had beena goodyear for petitors.for the Dealer Team of the Golden Years,the Holden and Brock. The had traditionally been the Monaro's and the Falcon A9X's final yearof front line source of developmenton GTHO's. competitionhad broughtthe new carsand their competitive Australian Touring Car evolution,with the introduc- HDT SpecialVehicles' first Championshipfor Bob Mor- tion of new bits, and new "Home" was a "hole in the ris, and a comprehensive ideas,to maintain their com- wall" workshop in Stanley Bathurstwin for Brock andhis petitivenessover a period of Street, north Melbourne, Co-driver. Jim Richards. time. which could comfortably ac- HoldenDealer Team Commo- commodate no more than 6 doreshad finishedFirst. Sec- Subsequently,Peter Brock cars! After severalmonths ond, and Third againsta mas- purchasedthe assetsof the largerpremises were found at sive field in the 20 000 km teamfrom Sheppard,at which 79 Leveson Street,North 'owe RepcoReiiability Trial, Brock stage,in Brock's words Melbourne,then later at 36 being the winning driver. So had a Race - Team with no Leveson Street. The Race as Brock broke the lap record racecars and no sponsorship". teamwas housedin the former on the final lap of the 1979 So a hard core of enthusiast Sheppard premises in BathurstClassic. finishing 6 Holden dealersincluding Chetwynd Street. laps in front of the field, the Warren Smith from Mel- future of the mighty Holden bourne,and Vin Keane from Dealerreaction to the proto- DealerTeam looked secure. Adelaide. suggestedBrock type Blue Commodorewas build a seriesof "Brock Spe- very good. but they insisted However, at the end of the cial" Commodoresfor the that the production car be 1979season, GMH's Manag- road. i.l'iththe magic touch of basedon and SL/E. More ing Director "Chuck" the man himself, to be avail- profit marginand a betterim- 20 BROCK SPORT age,you see! Consequently, dualexhausts. Power out-put the VH Model HDT Commo- "the first ofthebreed", the VC was 160kw. Themanual cars doresand a greatly increased modelHDT HoldenCommo- werefitted with a 3.36final range. Therewere four Brock doreSLIE V8 madeits debut driveratio. The500 examples modelsplanned - HDT Com- in the last quarterof 1980. were completedby June, modore SS Group One 4.2 Therewere only 3 colours, 1981. In 1980the Holden V8, Group Two V8, Group White,Red or Black.The en- DealerTeam, with Brock at Three4.2 V8, and the Group gineswere not "balancedand the wheel,won Bathurst,the Three5.0 V8. Most ofthe VH blue printed" as some Touring Car Championship, models built were the 5 litre "scribes"have written, but andthe SandownEnduro. V8's with the full works. theydid havemodified cylin- Some higher performance der heads,larger valves, and saw the introductionof versionswere built to special

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order. Power of the 5 litre TouringCar Championshipin nisedof all HDT models.Un- versionwas l84kw, and top 1984 so that he could run a fornrnatelythese cars were not speedwas 210 kph. Brock Bob JaneSponsored Porsche completedin time for the race '82 drove05 to victory in the 956 at Le Mans. It u'as also versionto run at Bathurst,and SandownEnduro. i983 sarv during the early part of this theHolden Dealer Team were the continuationof the VH year that the one and only to pay the price, when Brock. seriesand the introductionof HDT Opel Monza Coupewas afterone ofhis bestdrives, re- the Holden StatesmanMag- completed. This was a great tired near the end of the race num of which probably only car - EuropeanStyling with with a broken timing chain, 50/60were built. The Holden Aussie V8 muscle,unfortu- whilst in secondplace minus Dealer Team won Bathurst nately the huge cost of hav- front and rear windscreens. againin 1982and 1983,rvith ing such a car comply with Production of VK SS and Brock at the helm. ADR's made production im- Groupl I1 modelscontinued. possible. 1984was a yearof and the Calais Director was The following year was a big high nostalgia in Australian introduced. 50 Group A onefor both HDT SpecialVe- Touring Car Racing,as it was Groupll1's were also pro- hicles,and the Holden Dealer the final year of Group C duced. Team. 1984sawthe introduc- Class. The Holden Dealer tion of the VK Commodore Team Commodoresfinished 1986 saw the introduction of and an expandedrange of first and second at Bathurst, the VL model Commodores, HDT vehicles,production of Brock won Sandownand also and of course,unleaded pet- which was enhancedby the the last Australian Group C rol. As the unleadedHolden move to 35 Bertie Street,Port race, and the SurfersParadise V8 did not makeits debutun- Melbourne. Although the 300 in November. til Septembei,only 6 cylinder model range centred around models were available until the SS,the Group I I 1,and the The VK range continued then,butthe CalaisTurbo LE HDT Calais,it was possible through 1985 which saw the was a very quick motor car. to obtain HDT improved completionof the 500 "Blue The VL Group A was intro- packson othermodels. Brock GroupA" Commodores,Per- ducedlate in the year, and was missed two rounds of the haps the most easily recog- a more sophisticated and

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' ', -,-. smoother car than its VK HDT SpecialVehicles had for ter Brock and the HDT Or- predecessor.Whilst it would sometime beenexperiment- ganisationduring February of be fair to say that this was not ing with IndependentRear that year, after which Brock one of the Holden Dealer Suspension(IRS) and their producedthe Group1l I Sig- Team's better years, Peter model rangefor 1987 in- nature Series, and won Brock's Commodorewas the cludedthis option on some Bathurstfor the 9th time. only non-Turbovehicleto win models.The futunstic Direc- Sothere you haveit. Theevo- a round of the Touring Car tor was releasedcomplete lution of a greatAustralian Championship, and it was with IRS. Othernew models Marqueeby a greatAustral- alsothe yearthat Allan Moffat basedon theVL, includedthe ianicon. A genuinecollectors joined the Team, Brock and Sandown(6 cyl) the Mt Pano- item forming part of Austral- Moffat sharing a first up vic- rama,the Bathurst,Bathurst ia's motoringheritage. tory in the Wellington 500. 560(stroker) and the Bathurst Keepon king!!! The Holden Dealer Team,and Aero. A rangeof "Sport other drivers, including Alan . Packs"was also available. Grice competedoverseas. Holden'sMotor company, endedits associationwith Pe- n'G llnyden

BROCK SPORT What a great way to begin a The children were all instant u'ith scenicviervs across the three day weekend escape. friends and arrangingsleep bav to the heads.Life was The weatherforecast was for overs in the various vintase wonderful. Breakfastbecame fine weatherand asI left work shackswe were in. lunch and after wards we to pick Carmen up from the headedoffin convoyfor a sce- Airport to headstraight to the Saturdaydawned without a nic cruise.Brock Style. We coast.I was behindthe wheel cloud in the sky but plenty in headedto HMAS Creswellto of the Brock and on top of the a few heads.As we beganthe Carmen'ssister for afternoon world. That's until I met Car- early morning traditional tea and an escortedtour menand Daryl's two children, wash the cars, more of the aroundthe baseb-t" our brother Michelle andDaniel, who had club membersbegan arriving. inlaw'David(the HMAS Mel- flown in from Albury to travel David andLyn Gallowaywho bourneDavid. lastmag). to the coast with us to meet had organisedthe weekend theirDad and his latestacqui- werefrrst there.They won the We endedup down on the sition, a VK Group A. weekendprize for the longest wharf wherethe duty Captain distancetravelled, just around finally caughtup with us in her Five minutes down the road the corner. What an area to Tarago and informed us that and our first stop. live in. Then the other local theBase Commander was tak- McDonald's at Queanbeyan club members Norm and ing afternoontea on his terrace andyou guessedit, I'm hot to Margaret Mogg arrived and and could we pleaserefrain trot and they want dine in. not long after two more from our "enthusiasm"(just aswell Half an hour later we are on Sydney, Bob "the Bear" there were speed humps in the road againand the fun re- Haydenand Les andDeborah front of his residence).While ally began.It waseither throt- McCleland. the childrenwatched with fas- tle the pair of them or enjoy cinationthe swarmingschools the enter-tainment.Due to After some idle chat we of various fish and Dolphins Daryl being a good friend,we headedoff to Huskinson for from the wharf and David tried chosethe latter. Three hours breakfastat an out door cafe his best Navy manners and of non stop continuoushilar- ity and singing later we ar- rived at Bream Beach Cara- van Park. The first long trip i have been on and Carmen didn't go to sleep. EN Trevor,Donna and family had alreadyarrived from Edenon the south coast along with '- 1=:a Daryl from Sydneyand it wasn't long beforewe were into full swing and enjoying the fiiendly chat and banter. Thatssome awsome fleet suooort 24 BROCK SPORT I skilisro niacatetire cir,rtr Cal'- iesssunrise. the u oncierful onir n'ar to safeir pari: thc tain-n'e tool; ti-reopponunit'' colourfulchatterinc bird life Biocksu'as in theshor', irsrli 1r) f2i-P cnnr- nlrarTnc ever\ u'irereand thc brors so i setout to find theorsan- uashingtire Broci.s ri'itir out isei.a ioveif iadl in hei earir Afiol nrrierlr ienvinq tir: \avr a nturmur as the\ nurturecl o0's stressedto thc nrar anci base u'e l-readedtc : \ er\ somethinga kin to harins oneu'ito had the total acinriru,- nonuiar .ierr is Bar ttar:n. ireerrorr fnst snin irr tjte drr et' tionand obedience of hei irus. Green Patcii. A beautiiui sce- attire local laundrontat for half band. nic campin!:. su'in-rmirt,'anci an irour. cliving area. The u-ater biu'.- Onnosint' rhe arrestiotr r'nout anci ciear. the sanc on titc Theagenda ibr Sundal'\\'asto displaring our nrucirior ed beach u'irite;' than u'irit: aucl visit the Mogo car museum. Brockstire return replr canre A fto- -..-,. ^L^-- tir: bilci and animal life sunerb. i rrr!r rrrqrr.\ ytrvrrL calls dur._ iike a shotout of a cannonon iriore pirotos anci idie ciratter ing the lveek and no ans\\'er the Bountl'."Brocks. Brocks- []!-ior. ireaciingbaci, to Breant llrc crn,rn AonlAoA t.o q]\e lt I uhatare thel'lII We u'anrcias- Rrr arrr:,nrenrrirr,' fol trtr Sri- missand head to AlbionPark sic cars.Brocks- ne\rei ireard luiclavni,'iri barb-b-qu:. .iustsoutir of Wollonsongfor of thenr."Denrurelr I rspiied a ClassicCar Shor.r'atthe io- "The1 areCommodores built Fric the Park manager had cal air strip. for nrotorcar racinc..linrited irindir consentedfor us to use edition" The renlv canre like his barn b que area anci saici Davidand L1'n (Sigttctturc Se- the crrck o[ *a u'in"'v froni the ne q ili.ioin us ior a quietcirini: ricsBrocktand their chiidren Snour. \4or.rntainiriqhiands. irtci-.Betbr: he irad a ciratrcl and friends in a modified "\\Ihi' didn't vou sa\ the\' to.ioin us. the Kangaroosand Commodoreled us on another w,ereracing cars in the first Dossumshad aireaci) gate scenictrip through the St place.The Appendix some- crashedoroceedings and b1' GeorgesBasin areaand then thing or other iet me do*'n t1"o D^^;f;^ LiiCh11ar uP rrr! l q!rlM tne time Eric arrivedthe parrr _ badli'. Put them in that big r'.'asin iuli su'ing onlv to go tirroughNou,ra and the his- marqueeup the roadthere''. uD severalmore octa\ es u'itir toric tou'n of Beri to the car Fric and mates.Glad he rias shou. HUGE. No feeto gerin. cars tire manager.His hospitaiitr in a husemarquee rvith some \\'as qreai and iittle ciid ri'e On arril'ai I decidedthat the of Australia'smost famous iinon'that it u'asonll a sam- pie oI ri'hatto \\'aserupt Sun- ciavnigirt.

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BROCK SPORT Appendix J andHistoric Race cars.One vehicle was a Paige which was built in the USA in 1908 for land speedrecords. A one off, at one stageor an- other it held every land speed record in America and Aus- tralia at onestage knocking 14 hours 30 minutes off the Ad- sss elaide to Brisbane challenge. It came to Australiain 1928 :--- and has beenhere ever since.

Other carsin the marqueein- cluded Jaguar's, Lotus Paul Galloway.The angle must be right.Who tookthis shot? Cortina's, Mini's, a Wayne Gardnermock Group A Com- craft show. There we"re240 l*py camsand guessingthe modore and much more. We classicvehicles on showfrom spec's.All you getnow is the put Les McCleland'simmacu- the 1940to 1970period plus thump of the bassand guess lateVH Groupl11 Commo- us alongwith variousfire bri- the watts.In a few shortyears doreandNorm Mog's equally gades,ambulances etc. when their hearingis gone immaculate VL Group A in they will be wondering for the marqueeand the rest lined We pulled out of the motor what. up outsidewith the club ban- show at 3.30 and headedfor ner. Most impressiveand a Wollongong to take in some We parked line asternalon_e hugehit with the thousandsof sights.Once again David and the kerb which must have spectatorsthere. Lyn led the way and took us beenthe Wollongongmating to the Light House lookout call for all the rev heads.in The show is put on eachyear park. The area is the local no time flat. if you listened by the lllawana Historic car hangout for the place to be hardenough over the mobile museum. This year was for seenand all the local hoon's disco's.you couid herehigh ClassicCars and every second were struttingthere stuff i.e. revs and the tyres screaching year is for vintage cars. So $3,000.00 car with a and the bo1'sand girls flat chat there is somethingfor every- S15,000.00mega stereo sys- aroundthe block. More free one.they alsohave an arts and tem. Gone are the days of entenainment. t t rlls:

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As the night progressedand with Peter for a number of the hilarity increased,our years at Bertie Street. At the "pommy gent" was getting race meetingsit was Lewis braver and braver,coming out and I who looked after all the andsinging more andmore of apparelwhich at Bathursttime his Ford songs.Punda Bob the was huge with any thing up to Bear decided it was time to four outlets around th9 track. "visit" their party and off we went to sort out the lyrical It was a quiet and relaxed pommy gent who seeingour group that gathered next approachwas in full flight. morning for the clean-up of the historic shacks and The "pommy gent" who was repackingofthe cars,after the introduced by Eric as Frank morning car wash of course. Donielond newfriend was celebratinghis 50 th wed- Afterpaying Eric andthe chil- After a while we headedsouth ding anniversaryand having a dren saying farewell to their to Nowra for a restock of sup- ball. It didn't take us long to animal friends we startedpart- plies for that nights barb-b- convince Frank (who owned ing company for home every- que. Apart from a few of us a Nissen Cedric) that being a one agreeingon what a great all but running out of petrol Holden supporterwas a defi- weekendithad beenand look- inite the run south was a lot of fun way of enjoying fuither ing forward to the Cowra (back roads).One thing I no- marriedbliss. weekend. ticed on the south coast was On our sc0nic drive home the lack of Premium The party continued on, eve- later that day up through the Unleaded,none to be had any ryone having a greattime in- Kangaroo Valley, Carmen where. cluding the roo's and pos- andI were discussingthe vir- sum's and then a surprisevisit tuesof being in the club. We It was after dark when we ar- from Lewis Brock who was both agreed what a wonder- rived back and fired the barb- staying with Carmens sister. ful group of people we were b-queup. We had all just gath- Punda Bob the Bear with his associatedwith and how ered when from the balcony ALP shirt on was in full stride lucky we were to be making above we were greeted by a after just having a win with so many greatfriendships that roly poly elderly "pommy Frank and precededto "ex- we know will endure for a gent" who immediately burst plain" to Lewis the virtues of long time to come. into song about that four let- why one should vote ALP. ter swearword starting with F We have a lot to thank Peter and ending in D. As the Lewis has been a great sup- Brock for. howe's of protest began he porter of the Brock car clubs quickly dartedback inside. overthe years.Lewis worked Paul Dillon

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