VETERAN REPORT The key event for March was the Rear Wheel Brake rally held on Sunday 13th March, which attracted 17 enthusiastic participants on what turned out to be a calm, sunny and warm day. One couple (Gilbert and Andrea Dallow) were so enthusiastic they turned up one week early, sending me into a temporary spin when they rang to see why I hadn’t turned up. I was busy in my workshop and immediately thought there was a group waiting for instructions at Cutler Park!
On the correct day, morning tea was efficiently and neatly dispensed by Tony and Leigh Craythorne, served on tables under the clubrooms’ veranda, complete with table-clothes and real tea from a teapot!! The instructions were then handed out, along with some playing cards which were to be the start of a hand of 5 cards (6 for those on the longer route) which would make up a poker hand at the end. There were two routes planned – one a short, fairly direct route of around 20km, and another longer one of about 40km for the faster cars. They were to take everyone out through the Weedons area, then to the home of George and Jorden Kear in West Melton Road. One-third of the cars took the short route (mostly single and twincylinder veterans), and the rest took the longer route, which carried on 10
