BRASS MONKEY & MX5 RETURN RUN - 3 JUNE 2012

kazman · Postby **kazman** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:17 pm

Yeah it was my mate who lost it in the BMW, thankfully no-one was hurt however the car is a write off. Apologies to the club for any inconvenience caused, glad to see you stopped in time Michael. And thanks very much to Regie and Dean who stopped to help out, we managed to get the car driveable and back to Sydney. Hope everyone had a great run

MiGoreng · Postby **MiGoreng** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:33 pm

Awesome day, first time ever and will def love to do this more often. Thanks to organiser and Peter from Canberra for lending me fuel to continue the run. Much appreciated

Guy_Coles · Postby **Guy_Coles** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:00 am

[quote="of blondish corners and crests was worth every minute. ![/quote]

Sorry, using the other technology atm.... Blondish should have read Blind.....

Midori · Postby **Midori** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:48 am

MiGoreng wrote:Awesome day, first time ever and will def love to do this more often. Thanks to organiser and Peter from Canberra for lending me fuel to continue the run. Much appreciated

Bite the bullet. :idea:

You drive an MX-5 so why not support and join the MX-5 Club of NSW that organises this type of event by logging on to http://www.mx5.com.au/nsw/membership.htm :roll:

Annual membership is less than a full tank of fuel :wink:

RED93 · Postby **RED93** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:20 pm

Hey Micheal , I was about 2 mins behind you at Bathurst thanks to a red light just outside of town , I enjoyed mixing it with the MX5's for the drive and I worked out this is my 30th year on this run !!!

Midori · Postby **Midori** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:39 pm

RED93 wrote:Hey Micheal , I was about 2 mins behind you at Bathurst thanks to a red light just outside of town , I enjoyed mixing it with the MX5's for the drive and I worked out this is my 30th year on this run !!!

You and Bangers can now apply for the role of Brass Monkeys Patrons :idea:

Did you notice that after 30 years there are very few Austin Healeys still running the Brass Monkey :!:

On the Iceberg Run in August, drive your :NA8:

with a hard top attached to really mix it up front instead of struggling in our wake a few minutes behind in your classic Mini :wink:

Zohxoco · Postby **Zohxoco** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:43 pm

Some pics

Rounding up the usual suspects?

Here's my tyres just before I led a section of the run :shock:

more pics and slideshow on flickr

PaulF · Postby **PaulF** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:12 am

What's with all the fixed-roof cars? Isn't that kind of cheating?

RED93 · Postby **RED93** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:23 pm

Yes a lot of the old british stuff has gone first time I had seen a Sunbeam in years on this run good thing the MX5s have replaced them.

LuckyCat · Postby **LuckyCat** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:22 pm

I helped my uncle when he was restoring a Sunbeam Alpine ! What an experience to ride in that car with the top down ! 1750cc engine, twin carbs and 4 speed with electric ? overdrive.

And the laps of the Mount were nostalgic for me, I used to live in the house off Forest Elbow. I rode a home made billy cart down Conrod until I came off at the bottom before the first hump. I also used to ride my dragster bike to and from school sometimes.

We used to go up to Skyline after the races (Hardie Ferodo 500) and scab for soft drink cans and stickers. Bonus if you found any car bits.

Just after the race we used to sit on the bank at the Elbow and watch the pretenders come off the top of the mountain and lose it around the corner. Used to be just a guard rail with a gully behind it. Tow trucks guaranteed business on race weekends and Saturday nights.

The drive-in is long gone but you can still see traces of it.
Plenty traces of old cars too ! A red Triumph GTS-6. a trio of Austin Healys and some Minis that were going really well. And did I see a two door Dodge Phoenix? Rare.
And the drive going home was interesting, I'd never seen a blondish corner before :lol:

What a day.

Chris

A nostalgic and enjoyable day

wassup · Postby **wassup** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:02 pm

Video footage taken at Mount Panorama. Includes some drifting by Reggie although its clearly because of the cold damp conditions! :lol:

Enjoy

Zohxoco · Postby **Zohxoco** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:12 am

Nice! Where's the camera mounted?

Midori · Postby **Midori** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:40 am

Adam, Very cool images

was the camera mounted on the front number plate :?:

wassup · Postby **wassup** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:33 am

Zohxoco wrote:Nice! Where's the camera mounted?

Midori wrote:Adam, Very cool images was the camera mounted on the front number plate

Thanks Michael. Camera was mounted on the nose cone.

Only made it half way up the mountain before it started to fog up from the cold! Buying anti fog inserts this weekend.