G'day also from me Glyn,
For Leura in Feb, and dependent on date, I will try to get down for that.

All this talk of the Blue Mountains takes me back to my Lithgow days in late 60s thru to early/mid 70s. The 40 Bends Hillclimb course was in it's heyday, and in conjunction with local rev-heads there was no shortage of race cars, specials and many of them were Jaguars or Jag based.

Gotta be careful not to mention names (coz some, like me, are still alive) but our "test circuit" in those long ago days started about 9 or 10pm from the Donnybrook Pub opposite the start of the Rydal Road out via Hartley and up Victoria Pass to turn sharp left at Mt Victoria for the exciting 10/10ths push towards Bell, then left again back past Clarence and back down into Lithgow via Scenic Hill. Back in those days, and especially during winter (which seemed to last 6 months) traffic might amount to a single car.

And yes, some of those tearaway rev-heads were the local coppers. How well I recall that they wrote off 2 of the then new Mini Cooper S unmarked pursuit cars, just trying to get them to Lithgow. Sensibly, the 3rd arrived on the back of a flat-top truck. Even so, the Dunlop Super Sport tyres on these little S's lasted no more than 1000-1200Km at front and only some 2000 at rear.

So . . . a much gentler, enjoyable, grand tour of Leura . . . yes please!
Cheers,

Ken

 

was looking forward to catching up and meeting everyone but have to have cateract removed feb 1 st then second in march hopefully every one enjoys them and there will be more later

 

Hunter Valley would let the Sydney siders scuff their tires up on Putty Road and the Northerners could have their fun on Buckets way and the nice drive back from Gloucester. Cap it off with a nice drive around the Vine Yards.

 

Hello Darrell . . . Happy New Year mate . . . and best wishes for your upgrades on the peepers! We all wish you a speedy recovery and ask you to keep us posted on your recovery. Jaguars are so damned difficult to park by Braille !!! So here's the deal . . . "There will be more later" and we look forward to meeting up with you then.

Best wishes,

Ken

 

Hi all
I've been offline for a while but it's good to be back.
Although we have spoken via pm I must thank Jim and Nina publicly for lunch in Goulburn. It was good to meet everyone.
Great video Glyn and David!

 

Has a date been set for the Leura run? If not could it be later in Feb? We'd like to attend but this weekend is upon us and next week we'll be in Jim's neck of the woods (more west than north though) for a concert.

 

Good to hear from you Paul, no one has chimed in for Leura so let me know when it suits.

 

We are free to do a run/meetup pretty much any Sunday. Looking forward to catching up again.

 

Sounds great.......I'll get in touch with Paul for a suitable Sunday.

 

Hi every one, i have been out of action for awhile , any plans for that day or overnight for february, or have i missed it
Darrell

 

Darrell, there are 2 meets happening at the moment....
1....a drive to Leura one Sunday...Glyn has indicated any Sunday will do and Paul from Canberra has yet to get back to us....let's just pick a Sunday.
2....an overnight stay in Tenterfield on March 18th where I will be driving from Sydney. Ken and family will be the only other ones from NSW and some 6 others from QLD.....Should be a great meet and I would like to have company on the long drive up. All details are on QLD Aus. threads.
"Adventures on the New England Highway".

 

jim, hope one of my messages gets through, any sunday or saturday other than current would love to be there
Darrell

 

Darrell, I'll contact the others...set a date, and let you know. Be great to catch up.

 

Okay guys I've PM'd Paul (Zook) and asked him to pick a Sunday over the next 5 weeks.....when he gets back to us we'll lock in as the date does not worry
myself, Glyn or Darrell (not this Sunday).

 

Jim, Sorry wont be able to attend Leura, eye op sheduled for 8 weeks away was bought forward to next tuesday this afternoon, i wont be able to drive for at least 4 weeks , if they sort problem this time, was looking forward to meeting other jag trajics in the next couple of weeks.
Darrell

 

Darrell, we have no time set for Leura, how about we wait till your ok....I'm happy to make it in 5 weeks or so.....I'd like to meet up!
The weather might settle a little by then...I've had days of 44 deg and last Sat got pelted with hailstones and am waiting for assessors for the house and wife's car.

 

Haven't forgotten our Leura drive, just waiting until the Tenterfield meet on the 18-19 is over......not too late for anyone to join us.
There are currently 10 members and family/partners going of which 3 are from NSW and 7 are Queenslanders.

 

Sounds a bit like Rugby League State of Origin Jim.

 

Ha Ha!.......trust you for That comparison.......see you Sunday 19th.

 

Hi Jim, Darrell and others,

I'll be down in Sydney just prior to Easter and this may fit with Darrell's time frame but, regrettably, I am tied up with family commitment on Sunday 9th April. Any other day, I'd love to join you for a tour to my old Blue Mountains stomping ground. Jim, we can discuss next weekend in Tenterfield. Great to introduce you & Nina to Dave & Deb from Armidale also.

However, if not possible for me to join you for Leura, I just want to extend Darrell best wishes for his cataract op . . . a lot of us are here to wish you well, mate.

Cheers,

Ken