DIYSportsCar.com - Social Activities

Undertaking a project like this would be nearly impossible without the support of like-minded individuals.  On this page I'll chronicle some of the events that help keep my enthusiasm alive.

Macleans Bridge 2004

For many years, the Triumph Sports Owners Club has been gathering in a park at North Maclean, south-west of Brisbane, on Mothers Day, the second Sunday in May.  Over time other sports car owners have come along and the event is now a major show for all kinds of sporting machinery.  Here's a few photos that give some flavour of this years event.  As always, click for bigger images.

Clubmans of various flavours inclusing some real Lotii in the last photo.  The orange car in the first two shots is Phil Rowe's beautifully presented Locost.
       
3 June 2004 Update
I got to Macleans just after Peter Bezett left in his twin to Phil's car (in fact one of the P3-7 triplets although Paul's is not quite finished yet).  Peter was good enough to send me these three photos of his car and the twins together.
       
 
Some Italian machinery, including a reminder that not all Lamborghinis are small!
     

For some Australo-Italian flavour, how about a Giocattolo?  Take an Alfa Sprint body, gut it and replace half the panels with Kevlar or Fibreglass, then mount a 5 litre V8 in the back with a ZF transaxle.  Yummy!
   
To end our whirlwind tour, two contrasting machines.  First, an S600 roadster.  I once owned a rare Coupe version of this car (as well as some roadsters and a small mountain of parts).  Second, an immaculate Jaguar E-Type lightweight race replica (please, someone tell me it was a replica and not one of the impossibly valuable originals!).
 


Locost Builders BBQ - 30 May 2004

The Brisbane Locost Builders BBQ was held here on the Sunday 30th and was a roaring success (by my measure at least).  Over thirty people attended and four comleted cars were on show.  Unfortunately, our digital camera disappeared sometime in the afternoon so I don't have any of our photos to show.  Thankfully, others attendees have been good enough to send me some of theirs.  Thanks to Neil Davissen and Iain Hall for these images.

   
 

   

The maroon car was built by students at St Peters Lutheran College (from memory - I'm sure Padraic will correct me if I'm wrong).  The bright orange Locost is John O'Reillys and shows the chips and scratches of a car that gets serious amounts of use - more than 20,000 kilometres in the 18 months or so it's been on the road (correct John?).  Also above, Peter Bezett takes Nina Kenny for a ride in his blue rocket - I suspect this photo was taken as they were leaving because Nina was quiet and pale when they got back!

Thanks again to everyone who came, particularly John, Padraic, Peter, and Phil for bringing and showing cars.  Anyone who has photos they'd like shown here just email me.

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