Star Torque Issue 244 Winter 2016
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<strong>Star</strong> <strong>Torque</strong>:<br />
Our <strong>Star</strong> <strong>Torque</strong> magazine is being<br />
well received as a perfect bound<br />
publication from our audience and<br />
advertisers, whom we thank for their<br />
continued support for the Club.<br />
However, Dennis Dinse and A. King<br />
are overstretched to produce this<br />
magazine every quarter and it will<br />
not continue without help from other<br />
members.<br />
We urge Club members to step up<br />
and provide content for the magazine.<br />
Stories about your car/s, experiences<br />
(good or bad) with pictures at decent<br />
resolution are needed – see <strong>Star</strong><br />
<strong>Torque</strong> Magazine section in this<br />
issue for how to do this.<br />
We URGENTLY need Club members<br />
who are able to edit and produce<br />
the magazine, with the necessary<br />
computer skills, to come forward<br />
now, as Dennis and A. King can<br />
no longer afford the time to do this<br />
due to their other heavy workload<br />
commitments.<br />
Please make contact with Dennis at<br />
editor@mbcnsw.org.au.<br />
National Clubs Rally:<br />
The National Rally <strong>2016</strong>, held<br />
recently, was one of the best National<br />
Rally’s held to date. Special thanks<br />
go to Simon Strauss and his team<br />
for their huge effort and to a job<br />
well done, as this was a world class<br />
event. I had many interstate entrants<br />
contact me about the classy and<br />
professional way it was all organised.<br />
Pebble Beach Tour August <strong>2016</strong>:<br />
Attend the world famous and world<br />
class event Pebble Beach Concours<br />
d’Elegance tour with the MBCNSW.<br />
Departing in August, this is a selfselect<br />
tour, so you can book any or all<br />
of the events with us:<br />
Vince Thompson has the trip to<br />
Pebble Beach well in hand and this is<br />
the trip of a lifetime, so if anyone else<br />
wishes to go, talk to Vince as he may<br />
still be able to fit you in.<br />
Vince Thompson - 0411 773 440, for<br />
further information.<br />
Canada Bay Club:<br />
General meetings are in the<br />
auditorium, on the first Wednesday<br />
of every month, with Tea, Coffee<br />
and food available for purchase,<br />
downstairs.<br />
The Canada Bay Club is our regular<br />
general meeting venue now, where<br />
we recently, had ex Australian F1<br />
champion Spencer Martin, give us<br />
an entertaining talk on his racing<br />
history, so please come along.<br />
Our other guest speaker last month<br />
was Ken Grindrod from the Gosford<br />
Classic Car Museum. Ken gave a<br />
detailed talk on the museum, which<br />
now has over 700 cars. They are<br />
members of our Club and I ask all<br />
Members to support this new facility.<br />
The Club has booked a Car day<br />
later this year and we are told that<br />
they will change the displays and<br />
cars regularly, which is good for the<br />
Australian Classic Car movement, as<br />
Concours and large displays can be<br />
held there<br />
Historic plate registration:<br />
We have over 180 cars on historic<br />
plate registration and we must handle<br />
the system correctly. I stress that all<br />
owners make sure they renew their<br />
Club Membership in June, otherwise<br />
the registration and insurance<br />
becomes void.<br />
Be sure to adhere to the RMS rules<br />
and I suggest you join the 60 day trail<br />
logbook scheme, which saves logging<br />
longer trips.<br />
Bill Daws will join the Registrar’s<br />
team, so we now have a total<br />
of 4 registrars with Bill Dawes,<br />
Greg Drakopoulos, Grant Karsten<br />
and myself. This will enable<br />
Club Members to have Historic<br />
Registration needs better catered for.<br />
<strong>2016</strong> – Upcoming Events:<br />
The SGA will take place at Gough<br />
Whitlam Park at the same time as<br />
we hold our annual Mercedes-Benz<br />
Club <strong>2016</strong> Concours in September, so<br />
what a great day this will be! By now<br />
you are all preparing your beautiful<br />
Mercedes-Benz’s for this year’s<br />
Concours in September, we want this<br />
one to be the best ever.<br />
This year we are combining with the<br />
Sydney German Auto Fest under the<br />
direction of Nick Harris, so we need<br />
every Mercedes-Benz in the Cub to be<br />
there especially historic plate cars,<br />
all 600’s, 300abcd, 190SL’s, 113SL’s,<br />
W111’s, Coupes and Finnies,<br />
W114/5, W108’s, R107’s, all pre-war<br />
and early 1950’s cars, plus all other<br />
Mercedes-Benz and Mercedes-AMG<br />
cars, old or new,<br />
I am bringing all of my cars this<br />
year and need help with drivers, so<br />
if you can help, please contact me.<br />
Concours Director Luke Vrettos says<br />
there is going to be a big interstate<br />
attendance this year as well. The<br />
events committee is planning events<br />
for with new drives and tech days to<br />
be enjoyed by members and guests.<br />
I ask all Members to support the<br />
Club and volunteer for duties and<br />
attend as many events and Club<br />
Meetings as you can.<br />
Ben de Boer<br />
Club President<br />
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