Some more cars… Firstly cheating a bit because this vehicle was inside the pits, and actually took to the track for some demonstration laps, arguably the most famous tractor in Australia – “Tail-end Charlie” a Chamberlain Champion tractor. Yes a tractor on the race track! This isn’t an ordinary tractor though, it was built to be the sweep car for the round-Australia Redex Trials, in one event it did 11,140 mi (17,824 km) in 19 days. It has a top speed of 65 mph – more info
here
A Peugeot 203 van. This car is actually owned by a friend of mine, and lay in a shed for over 25 years prior to a mechanical restoration for it to participate in the recent
Ampol Trial re-run organised by the Peugeot Car Club. I said “mechanical” restoration because apart from some rust removal at the lower edges the body was largely untouched. The damage you see on the mudguards was caused when it was rolled on a go-kart track in Tamworth at one of the timed events. At the time it had its original roof rack fitted, which escaped unscathed because when the car was upside down it was at least a foot in the air!
An nicely restored early F-truck
MGA roadster
A Willys Jeep station wagon – one of the precursors to the SUV trend today. From the alloy wheels this one appears to have had some mechanical updates.
Jaguar Mark VII sedan
