Club Torque - President’s Column

President’s Report July 2023

I don’t know about you but I have to say that I am definitely over this winter spell. It just seems to be coming in continual waves of cold and wet. Living on the Hills Face Zone I am allowed to have what the Council classify: Controlled Burn to reduce the hazard of bushfire in the Hills Face Zone. Restrictions significantly reduce the time period when the burn is allowed to be conducted. This year I applied in the middle of May for a two months permit and due to the wet, finally managed to burn some of the build-up in mid July, just before the permit expired. Another down-side due to weather has been with projects, that is car projects in particular. In discussion with club members, I have noticed a definite decline in progressing projects over the last few months, the cold being sighted as a contributing reason.

Listening to a radio interview with a commercial pilot I picked-up on a comment made about the amount of jet fuel consumed by the current fleet of aircraft. Apparently, it takes 98 ton of A1 Jet fuel to fly from Sydney to Denver a distance of 14,100Km which equates to 673.7 Ltr/100Km. This makes the modern internal combustion car engine averaging around 6 -7 Lt/100Km on a long-distance trip, pretty darn efficient wouldn’t you think? Considering the number of aircraft in the air at any given period, I would think that this was a major contributor to air pollution. Our Event calendar remains busy with much happening between now and the end of this year. This is a good sign our club is functioning well with good attendance at each event. Since I last wrote I have attended the XJ Mk 10, 420g Register meeting at the Bartley Hotel and SS, MkIV & MkV Register meeting held at the Caledonian Hotel Nth Adelaide. Planning for the SS, MkIV & MkV Border Run to Mt Gambier is well advanced.

If you are planning to travel by car to the National Jaguar Rally to be held in Tasmania next year, I believe Car Ferry bookings for the period are filling fast. This is to be expected as the timing for the Rally clashes with the East Coast Autumn school holidays.

By the time you receive this edition of Classic Marque we will be in full recovery mode following a fantastic evening at our Club’s 50th Anniversary Dinner. The next big event on the Marque Calendar will be Jag Day at Civic Park Modbury on Sunday 29th October. It is therefore time to start thinking about the Clubs “Annual Charity Event”. This year we will repeat the very successful format of our “CATS and CANS” day from previous years where we were able to gather together approximately 2000 non-perishable food and other essential items for distribution by the Salvation Army through their food distribution program.

And that’s my lot for now.

Safe Motoring

Fred Butcher

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