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February Car Run
another super day out last weekend and my thanks go to Steve Robinson for ably organising everything for our enjoyment. A superb route with some amazing views and scenery followed by an excellent lunch at Venta Los Conejitos near Alora.
We were delighted to boast two marvellous Morris Minor Convertibles with us, one in green the other in pale blue. Both cars well modified with, basically, 1275cc MG Midget engines and much more. One very well prepared version driven by well known endurance rally specialists Paul and Sandra Merryweather which was remarkably agile around the lanes of Andalucia. Very sadly, the green Minor of Chris and Zena Ring suffered a clutch hydraulics failure at the Cava stop in the middle of nowhere! Thankfully, a rescue truck (grua) came within about 30 minutes and carried the car and crew back to Nerja, but it did mean they missed an excellent lunch!
Nice too to see two Mazda MX5s out enjoying themselves in the hands of Willy and Anne Kempeneer in a red version and Tarik Wildman, navigated by the delightful Louise McSorley, in a blue version.
The event started from Venta La Victoria, just off the Malaga ring road in the direction of Granada and, within about three kilometres had ventured well off the beaten track on mountain roads that the Club has never used before.
A coffee stop was arranged at Co co’s Bar in Almogia where the MGB V8 of ian Giles had a problem with blown fuses. Actually, a single blown fuse but that caused by a fatfinger problem as another fuse was knocked out and parked itself under a very hot exhaust manifold. Glass fuses for a 1970s MG are difficult to find but local man, Simon, came to the rescue with a modified, modern, plastic version attached to two small wires which neatly fitted to the fuse holder! Electric fans now working, the car ran beautifully for the rest of the day.
Around 40 people sat down for lunch at Los Conejitos in Alora and many locals came out to view some very special cars. A rare Peugeot 205 Gti Griffe was driven by event organiser Steve Robinson. A beautiful red Alfa Spyder S4 was enjoyed by Gunnar and Marie Gardemyer and Graham and Liz Ross brought out a stunning Spanish built ‘Hurtan’ a rare beast indeed!
Jan Alvemark and David Geddes came from Nerja in Jan’s stunning low mileage Jaguar XJ and, keeping up the luxury car entries, Ian Ashworth and Claudia Langer brought out their Lexus 430SC convertible.
Martin Hall and Gwen Howe had fun in their Chevvy Camaro as did Chris Needham driven by Henrietta Duffy in a very nice BMW Z4. ‘Henri’ was on her first ever event and did very well, navigating faultlessly!
Jaguars are always popular on CSCCA runs and along with the Alvemark XJ were a brace of very pretty FType models and a lovely red XK8 Cabrio in the hands of Willy and Helen Burns. Porsches too are always in demand for these events and Peter and Pauline Bull brought their bright red 911 variant.
Another superb CSCCA run, the next one is on Saturday March 11 which will finish at the fabulous Nueva La Reina restaurante near San Pedro. Next Club lunch is at La Sierra Restaurant in Cerros del Aguila on Tuesday, March 7.
Next major event for the Club is a fourday Tour de Sierras Filabres starting in Nerja on Tuesday, February 21. Some places still available.
