Gabriel Gaté will once again entertain us with his cooking, but is also planning what will be some challenging and amusing changes to more actively engage Club members.
Further details to follow…
Author Archives: Geoff Rasmussen
Special Vehicles – Go Undercover
Clubs are invited to nominate up to 10 ‘special’ vehicles that will be given pride of place and be parked in the main Seaworks shed area, thereby gaining protection whatever the weather.
If you think your car is worthy, contact your club committee who have been asked to prepare a list.
May 2016 Drive Day
Classic Winton Races on May 29th
The Club is having a run to Winton for the Classic Winton race meeting on Sunday May 29th. There will be a couple of options depending upon when you want to travel. Some are leaving Saturday morning and travelling via Mansfield and Whitfield to Beechworth for the night (probably having lunch in Mansfield), going to Winton Sunday morning. Others will leave after lunch and also proceed to Beechworth meeting up with the first group. Some may prefer to drive direct to Winton on Sunday morning but this would require an early start.
If you would like to join us in Beechworth on Saturday night, you will need to make your own accommodation arrangements. We will find a restaurant and make a group booking once we know numbers.
The George Kerford Hotel in Beechworth has rooms available and also controls a couple of motels. Price is $110 per night. Their phone number is (03) 5728 2618.
We originally planned to stay in Wangaratta but little affordable accommodation is available.
The drive routes and timing will be finalised once we know how many want to be involved in each group.
Entry to Winton on Sunday is $35.00. The membership secretary has a couple of passes for classic cars only. First come first served.
So, if you are coming, please make your accommodation arrangements (if necessary) and let the membership secretary know by email () when you want to travel.
Guest Speaker – May 2016 General Meeting
We have Senior Leading Constable Craig Mc Kenzie from Vic Police Traffic Operations coming to speak to us at this month’s meeting in Glen Iris.
This is an opportunity to ask questions about any confusing road rules etc.
We are hoping Craig will cover:-
- Any new road rules
- Number plate recognition of full registered cars
- Highway patrol info
- Road safety of older cars
- Club plate system of club rego cars.
- And anything else that can be of benefit to our members.
New members and friends are also invited to come and get to know the committee and others
Renault Parts Manuals
Basil Van Dongen, former Renault Australia Parts Manager, has a large number of Parts Manuals available for a modest price. Some are unused while others are barely used.
If you know these manuals, you’ll already know how invaluable they are in identifying the part you need. The exploded diagrams are also often more useful that the diagrams in the workshop manual for working out how to put that pile of pieces back together again.
Basil’s busy making a list of exactly what he’s got on offer, and he’s scheduled to give a talk at the AGM in July on Renault parts – including a primer on how to interpret those parts manual codes. But in the meantime, if you’re interested, or needy, give Basil a call on and see if he’s got what you need.
Engine Parts Washing
One of our sponsors, Revolution Advanced Metals and Materials, will demonstrate their engine parts washing equipment.
We will pull down an old engine and wash the parts as part of the presentation.
They have also asked people to bring along any other ‘really dirty old parts’ that they want washed so they can use them as part of the demo. Get hunting!
April 2016 Drive Day
April 24th – 10am start.
The April drive day will be a run to Flowerdale for lunch at the Pub on the 14th.
We’ll take a different route to last year’s run to Flowerdale for a bit of variety.
Meet at Manningham Hotel in Bulleen – near the bistro at the north end – for a 10am start.
We’ll head out through Warrandyte, Kangaroo Ground and past Rob Roy at Christmas Hills to coffee at St Andrews.
Then via Kinglake, Melba Hwy and Glenburn to Flowerdale.
Contact for event is Geoff Rasmussen,
RENAULT ROUND-UP 2016
The Round-Up is on again – 14th February
The Renault Round-Up car display is open to all Renaults old and new. You don’t have to be a RCCV member to display your car at the Round-Up.
The Round-Up is supported this year by Barry Burke Renault, Alpine Affaire, Auto Paris, French Connection and Renault Australia.
It’s a new location this year – the Caribbean Gardens in Scoresby. There are two entrances; one off Ferntree Gully Road less than one Km from the Eastlink Tollway exit and another off Stud Road. Below the flyer is a map showing in more detail where the display area is in the Gardens.
The Caribbean Gardens is having their 50th anniversary in February and there’s even more to see and do than usual. The night before the Round-Up is the big event with holographic light display and water skiing exhibitions on the lake. More details on their website here.
Cars can arrive from from 8:30am and the show formally starts at 9:30.
Sporting Championship Progress Points to 1 November
Following is the point standings up to and including Round 3 of the Rob Roy Interclub Hillclimb Challenge on 25th October 2015.
| Graeme Edwards | 27 Points | (10 events) | |
| John Elliott | 17 Points | (7 events) | |
| Colin Stark | 15 Points | (5 events) | |
| John Hardy | 9 Points | (3 events) | |
| Glenn Armstrong | 7 Points | (7 events) | |
| Russell Armstrong | 5 Points | (5 events) | |
| Geoff Rasmussen | 3 Points | (2 events) | |
| Dave Cavanagh | 2 Points | (2 events) | |
| Paul Stewart | 1 Point | (1 event) | |
| David Bertuch | 1 Point | (1 event) |
To ensure inclusion in the sporting award, members need to email details of events entered, including results to the Sporting Coordinator, Graeme Edwards at
Details about the Club Championship are here
Amazing LAOS Car.e Journey
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