This month's DLCV run was to Little River and the You Yangs, south of Melbourne down somewhere between Geelong and Bacchus Marsh. We shan't mention 70s soft-rock legends the Little River Band, but we will mention that Marilyn attended in her early SP250, a car I've heard of for the last few months but never before seen in its striking yellow fibreglass self. We followed 'DART 60' for quite a way, and she sounded grand!
Our host for the run was Trevor, whose intriguing beast is a sort of reverse Special Sports - I think it began its life as a sedate DB18 saloon, but in a mysterious transformation in Trev's shed it became The Beast - with a handmade aluminium sports body, a wicker picnic basket for the boot and a stonking 4.2 litre Jaguar XJ engine with triple 2" SU carbs under the bonnet.
Oh, hang on 'Help was on its way' when the Lanchester of newly elected club prez Tony Dixon failed to proceed on top of a hill at the You Yangs - had to fit a Little River Band reference in there somewhere. Everyone stopped and peered under the bonnet while he churned and churned and eventually we just all got out of the way and let him coast down the hill for a hill-start.
(Speaking of high office, one is slightly humbled to admit that one has been elected to the committee of the DLCV as some sort of Minister without Portfolio ... that's what happens if you turn up to two AGMs in a row!)
We enjoyed a surprisingly good lunch at Trev's local - a sure contender for Ugliest Pub in Victoria (from the outside) - and Mizz Kathy took the big 17" wheel for the ride back up the freeway and home again (and, no, one didn't imbibe more than a single light beverage at lunch - Kathy is a certified Daimler Dame and is more than happy to be in charge).
Pictures will follow when the InterWebThingy is being more cooperative!
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