| Ed's
Ramblings
 It has been a long time since the last issue, so a
lot to catch up with.
A great time
for catching up and enjoying the company of fellow members and
classic car enthusiasts is our annual High Tea. Click on the link and
let me know you want a seat or more. Menus will be sent out soon.
 End of year means what can we
expect in 2018. Sneak
Peek gives you what we have been working on. Have a look and
see.
If you have a great idea for an event that you
would like your club to run, please let us know. Members are encouraged
to organise events that support the club, for the benefit of
all the members. As an MSA  registered club all our events enjoy the benefit of
full MSA permits. Remember it's your club and needs your
support to flourish, be it organising or entering events.
Not only has your committee been organising the 2018
calendar, they have also found time to support Drive it Day, and the
Perth Classic Car Festival, along with other classic enthusiast groups.
 The Argyll Festival of
Performance has a new format for 2018, and again your club has been
asked to organise some of the new for 2018 activities.
We
also report on what has happened since our last newsletter, with the
story of our Dolomiti Sfida (Dolomite Challenge) continental tour story
unfolding as I find some time to publish the next episode. Was it a
carefree tour across Europe?
Like all major events it had its moments. Nothing
that we could not handle. Being prepared (old boy scout coming
out now) is what its all about.
 Your club also helped out Herman Zapp and family on
their world tour in a 1928 Graham Paige car. Richard Dover to the
rescue. no stranger to old cars. His is a 1911 Alldays and Onions,
often seen on the RSAC
Three Lochs Classic
Looking
for a classic car to take part in these events?
Look
no futher than your club For Sale pages.
Hope to see you soon for the High Tea, and next year
as we start our year with a brand new event, venturing into new areas
as yet unexplored by your club.
| | Forthcoming
Events |  | Classic
High
Tea
- 3 December
Our
annual end of the year get together for members to
enjoy a traditional Scottish high tea and chat about their year of
classic motoring, and what is happening next year. Meets at the Royal
George Hotel in
Perth from 3.00pm onwards, for high tea from 4.30pm. Let Jim Paterson jim.paterson@btinternet.com
know and a place will be reserved for you and your friends. |  | Sneak
Peek
- 2018 Club Events
Your
Club Committee has been working hard at planning events for 2018,
starting in March. We plan to run 3 one-day tours covering some brand
new territory, another grass gymkhana and, new for 2018, a fully
competitive Targa Rally, as well as our highly popular High Tea. More
details nearer the time. Details of events run by other Clubs and
organisations will also appear throughout the year | Past Events |  | Clyde
Valley
Rally
- 22 October
We had
concerns that storms
Ophelia and Brian would be a problem, but the worst had passed, though
they had left their mark with standing water and debris on
many of the rural roads across the Clyde valley and beyond. Organiser
Ralph Forbes put together a great route on roads some of our new
entrants did not even know existed. Full
Story |  | Dolomiti
Sfida
- Continental Tour
The story
continues. Secondo and Terzo Stadio, crossing France, Germany,through
Switzerland to Italy, on our 3500 mile driving tour across
Europe. Visiting 10 countries, climbing countless cols pushing cars and
crews to the limit. With plenty of warm sunshine the soft tops were
always down.
| Lots
of excitment on the Crofterra | HCC
Crofterra Pandemonia
- 9 & 10 Sept
Members
of your committee headed north to take part in this firm
favourite in the classic car calendar. Fantastic
weekend over many roads not driven on this event before. Almost 400
miles centred around the Moness Resort at Aberfeldy. A wide selection
of classic and sporting cars, coupled with more than a few challenging
events, made this one to remember.
| | Grass
Gymkhana - 6 August
With
a collection of cars spanning almost a 100 years, members of the club
met
in a grass field at Rumbling Bridge near Kinross. Member George Shand
had put together a series of fun Gymkhana activities to test our
driving and navigational skills. From judging a gap to drive through,
climbing a twisting hill track, to driving a complex course blindfold,
and more. There was fun under the sun for everyone. Full
Story |  |
CCHMSC
help World Travellers on their trip
Call and
email arrived on the evening Sunday 3rd September from Herman Zapp,
traveling in a 1928 Graham Paige car.
We have been
17 years on the road. Needing to replace a flat window glass
from the car and do a bit of welding. Could our club help them out?
What a challenge for a Sunday evening.
Did we manage
to help? Find out Full
Story | | Features | Perthshire Classic Car Festival and Drive it
Day - 21 & 22 April 2018
 Your club is pleased to announce support for
the 2018 Perthshire Classic Car Festival in The City of Perth and at
Scone Palace
on the 21st, and Drive it Day on the 22nd. Organised by Blairgowrie
Rotary, the events will be raising funds for Cancer Research UK,
Alzheimer Scotland, and Rotary Foundation charities. The event builds
on the successful inaugural 2017 Drive it Day, and your club is
delighted to be asked to join the organising committee.Download the full flyer and enter your car
using the online entry | Argyll Festival of Performance - 2 &
3 June 2018
 His
Grace, The Duke of Argyll was joined by car clubs and trade guests from
across Scotland at his ancestral home of Inveraray Castle
on Thursday 26 October, to launch a brand new motorsport
festival.
Designed to celebrate Scotland’s
rich heritage in motorsport, over the next three years, the Argyll
Festival of Performance will bring together significant cars and
drivers from F1, Le Mans, Indy Cars, Touring Cars and International
Stage Rallying. The theme for the inaugural festival is Formula 1, and
there will be no shortage of drivers and cars to celebrate as Scotland
is the fifth most successful nation in the world for producing Formula
One World Champions.
| Jim
Clark Trust receive £1500 Cheque - 20 October
Highland
Car Club's Crofterra Pandemonia event in early September raised
£1500 from the raffles run on the Saturday and Sunday
evenings.
Members Dave Spence and Roddie Main presented the cheque to Ben Smith
on Friday 20 October at the Jim Clark Rooms in Duns.
Joining
Roddie and Dave was Hugh McGouran, from Teeside ,who is a regular on
the Crofterra in his yellow Lotus Elise. Like Jim Clark, a real Lotus
fanatic.
Photo from L to R - Roddie Main, Hugh
McGouran, Ben Smith, Dave Spence. | 
 | Time for a new
Classic for the New Year?
Looking
for a classic car to take part in the 2018 events?
Look
no futher than your club For Sale pages. A variety of great classics
ready to go for the new season.
Like
this Capri
Mk1 with 5 litre "small block" V8. Intended
as re-creation of the South African “Perana” Capri
by Basil
Green, this Mk1 was commissioned by current owner in 2009 and
built professionally
to his own specification. Car is in
Inverness, Scotland -
viewing essential. Only 2800 miles since car
was built. Build files and photos available. Transportation can be
arranged anywhere on mainland UK or ferry port.
Or this fully
ovehauled 1966
Volvo 122S 04/66 RHD, with a great specification. Ready
to go rallying or pleasure, any distance.
This
is the time to secure your next
set of wheels. | |
