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Bulletin Number 32 Austin 7 Club of S.A. Inc. CLUBROOMS: 262 Tapleys Hill Road, SEATON S.A. 5023 Bulletin Number 32 4.12.20 What’s on and What’s not Subs and Rego Day Sunday 6th Dec is ON 10am-1 pm Christmas Dinner 6th Dec Cancelled 5.12.20 Historic Track Day at Tailem Bend Contact Eric Cossich 0478 515 310 6.12.20 Subs and Rego Day 10am-1pm is ON 6.12.20 Austin 7 Club Christmas Dinner CANCELLED 14.12.20 Austin 7 Club of SA Annual General Meeting is ON 7.30 p.m. at Clubrooms 19.12.20 Austin 7 Club Spares Saturday open 9am-12 noon 15.1.21 Valley Rodders Cruise on Tanunda Cancelled 17.1.21 All Holden Day ON at Glenelg Feb Victor Harbor Swap Meet Cancelled 14.2.21 All British Day Cancelled 21.2.21 All American Day ON 27.2.21 Classics on the Park ON 13-14.3.21 Sellick’s Beach Motor Cycle races ON 11.4.21 Gawler –Barossa Vintage & Veteran run ON 17-18 April Mallala All Historic 2.5.21 British Classics Tour Victor Harbor ON 7-9 May V8 Races at Tailem Bend 22-23 May 2021 Historic Winton ON Note change of Date All events are subject to change please check with the organisers. Page 3 Girl Sillier than a Seven Coming Events th Austins Over Australia 24 – 29th August 2021 Is being held at Port Stephens in N.S.W. We also need to be thinking about what else we are going to be doing in th 2022 to celebrate the 100 Anniversary of the Austin 7. National rally in Warrnambool Victoria. April 2022. I have already booked 20 rooms in a suitable Motel in Warrnambool for us to stay in. Technical tips Water Pump for those cold days to keep the heater water circulating. This one is a little simpler to install Bored at home why not make your own paper Chummy Or Christmas Cards. Past events Port Wakefield Circuit was a motor racing circuit located approximately 1 kilometre (0.62 miles) east of the town of Port Wakefield in South Australia. It was the first purpose built motor racing facility built in Australia after World War II, and only the second in Australian history. The circuit was created out of necessity in 1953 when two years prior the South Australian state government banned motor racing on public roads, a ban that would stay in place until 1985 when it was rescinded to create the Adelaide Street Circuit for use in the Australian Grand Prix which had become a round of the Formula One World Championship.[1] Port Wakefield was a small circuit for its time, in an era of three to four mile circuits, the limitations imposed created a circuit of just 1.3 miles (2.092 kilometres). In 1955[2] the circuit played host to the Australian Grand Prix where Jack Brabham won his first AGP. Brabham's win in his Cooper T40 Bristol was also the first AGP won by a rear-engined car. When it came to be South Australia's turn to again host the AGP in 1961, the Port Wakefield Circuit was declared inadequate and the 3.38 km (2.1 mi) Mallala Race Circuit was created. With part of Port Wakefield's facilities used to create Mallala, the circuit faded very quickly back into the scrub, though the outline of the circuit is still visible via Google Maps.[1] The circuit ran clockwise, and started on the Repco Straight. This was followed by a right hand kink before a sharp left turn leading into the right hand TyreSoles Hairpin, the slowest turn on the circuit. A short run south to the right hand Kallin corner led onto the longest (600 metre) straight on the circuit, Thompson Motors Straight. Dunlop corner (turn 5), and Stonyfell (turn 6), led back onto the Repco Straight.[3] Lap times for the circuit were around the 1 minute mark, with Brabham and Reg Hunt (Maserati A6GCM) sharing the fastest lap of the 1955 AGP at 1:03.0. The last race meeting, organised by the Austin 7 Club of South Australia, was [4] held on 14 May 1961. Port Wakefield Circuit Location Phillips Street, Port Wakefield, South Australia Coordinates 34°10′59″S 138°10′55″ECoordinates: 34°10′59″S 138°10′55″E Opened 1953 Closed 1961 Major Australian Grand Prix events Australian Drivers' Championship Length 2.092 km (1.300 mi) Turns 6 The 1955 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Port Wakefield Circuit in South Australia on 10 October 1955. The race, which had 22 starters, was held over 80 laps of the 2.09 km (1.3 mi) circuit. It was open to Formula Libre cars[1] of unlimited capacity.[2] The race was promoted by Brooklyn Speedway (SA) Ltd. and was organised by the Sporting Car Club of SA Inc.[3] It was the twentieth Australian Grand Prix and the first to be held on a purpose built motor racing circuit after the previous 19 were held on closed streets or country roads, or on airfields modified for the purpose. Future World Champion Jack Brabham won his first Australian Grand Prix in a streamlined Cooper-Bristol that Brabham, having recently joined the Cooper team, had assembled himself and sent to Australia. It was the first time a rear- engined car had won the AGP, although this was seen as an upset win and a rear-engined car would not win again until 1960. Reg Hunt #5 Maserati A6GCM 1955 - Reg Hunt #5 Maserati A6GCM, Stan Jones #4 Maybach Special, Jack Brabham #6 Cooper T40 Bristol, Doug Whiteford #3 Talbot-Lago T26C, Greg McEwin #17 Austin Healey 100/4. 1959 - Dud Dansie's BBM Special in action at the Port Wakefield circuit. The Dunstan rotary-valve engine first ran in Murray Trenberth’s ex-F2 Alta at Port Wakefield, SA, in 1958. The car retired with clutch trouble early on, and I don’t think Trenberth raced it in this form again. In 1959 Bakewell Bridge Motors built a new special for TR2 driver Dansie, which first appeared at the 10 October Wakefield meeting that year, with a supercharged version of the Dunstan rotary-valve engine. Dansie raced the BBM at Wakefield meetings throughout 1960, blowing up the engine at the Easter meeting but taking fourth place in the feature race (against other SA entries) in June. By December however he had given up and replaced the engine with a super- charged non-rotary Holden. 1955 Australian Grand Prix Formula Libre race Race details Date 10 October 1955 Location Port Wakefield, South Australia Course Permanent racing facility Course 2.09 km (1.3 mi) length Distance 80 laps, 167.3 km (104 mi) Weather Sunny Pole position Maserati Driver Reg Hunt Fastest lap Driver Jack Brabham Cooper-Bristol Reg Hunt Maserati Time 1'03 Podium First Jack Brabham Cooper-Bristol Second Reg Hunt Maserati Third Doug Whiteford Talbot-Lago Possum Kipling at Port Wakefield. He owned the Shell Roadhouse at Port Wakefield and drove a Holden and a De Soto in the Redex Trials. When a then unknown driver Les ”Possum” Kipling from Leigh Creek and his navigator John Hughes from Quorn in their brand new Holden, were among 192 vehicle crews that departed Sydney to drive on the then extremely rugged outback tracks around Australia. Possum, together with 4 other crews arrived in Melbourne for the final stage, having travelled a rough and dusty 6,000 miles (9,600 k) without losing a solitary penalty point. In the last leg to Sydney, in an especially arranged off-road stage, Possum’s Holden broke a U bolt, forcing him to finish a credible tenth. Austin 7 Sports & Specials. The Good The Bad and the Ugly. Buy Sell & Exchange th For Auction in Adelaide 8 December 2020 The World’s Longest Motorcycle For Sale 1936 Austin 7 Doctors Coupe Maroon colour, 4 speed box Runs well, good condition, club rego. $22,000 Robert Davis 0447017432 (Victoria 1930 Austin 7 Sports Special. Engine No M107279, Ground up remake 1977/78. Very Good Condition. 4 speed gearbox Morrow Sump, hi pressure oil pump, Very Good Motor 16" wheels good tyres, Many Spares Books and tools. This is a great little car, gets swamped by onlookers where ever it goes, Deniliquin Victoria. $20,000 ONO Austin 7 1930 Sports Special | Cars, Vans & Utes | Gumtree Australia Murray Area - Deniliquin | 1262678182 Friday Funnies .
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