WESTERN CAPE REGION Anniversary Lunch By Brendan Moran
As you are all aware some legendary models in the MercedesBenz range have celebrated their anniversaries this year. The R107 SL and C107 SLC turned 50 years old, the W111 coupe and convertible turned 60 years old, and the 300 Adenauer celebrated its 70th birthday. In celebration of this we arranged an anniversary lunch for our members, hosted by the Botany Lounge at D’Aria Wine Estate on Sunday 23 May 2021. Despite Covid we were very grateful for the enthusiastic
support of 48 of our members for this event. We were also honoured to have our Club President Waldo Scribante and his wife Rene drive down from George in their lovely early model 350SL to join us for the event. Aldo Van Zyl from the South Cape Region had also driven down in an SLC to join us. Our venue had a semioutdoor seating arrangement which was a gamble for us with the unpredictable Cape Town winter weather, but once again we were blessed with an uncharacteristically warm and
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