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BILL'S CORNER - AUSTRALIAN RACING
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 Bill's
Corner represents a whole continent on the Motorsnippets' Map of
the World - an exciting area where everything is judged by New World
standards. The Editor is Bill
Hunter, pictured here demonstrating that life in Australia is
not all about motorsport, but there are other things as well. Bill’s
father was a speedway rider at the old Maroubra Speedway in Sydney.
As a schoolboy in Bathurst - ‘Home of the Australian Grand Prix’,
he felt the call of car racing, but after crashing a 500 cc motorbike,
a Singer 4A, a Sunbeam Talbot 90, and an Abarth Fiat, he concluded
that he had mistaken the gesture given him by fate’s finger. At
university he trained as a teacher. He worked in Melbourne and Sydney,
the London County Council, and an American school in France. He
served in the Victorian Railways as Training and Development Manager,
and then took a permanent teaching position at the Royal Melbourne
Institute of Technology University. Ladies and Gentlemen - Bill's
Corner!
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Editorial:
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Musique des classiques
(10 Feb 2005)
J'ai recu ce matin (heure australienne) un courriel de Vianney Frain plein de sons
de voitures de toute espece - classiques et modernes.
Ca vaut la peine de faire une visite.
http://vianney-frain.com/patrimoine_sonore_vianney_frain/voitures.php ....to
see the rest click here!
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News:
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Mark Webber Moves On After TwoSuccessful Years With Jaguar Racing (28 Jul 2004)
JAGUAR RACING announces today that after two mutually successful and rewarding years with the team, Mark Webber (27) the much liked Australian driver, has chosen to contend the 2005 F1 season with opposing team, BMW-WilliamsF1. Mark Webber will continue to race for Jaguar until the end of the 2004 season and will remain integral to the development of the Jaguar R5 until close of season.
Having first joined the team at the end of 2002, after a year with what was at the time, the KL Min ....to
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Latest:
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VCCA Icicle Run - Melbourne to Seymour
- 31 Jul 2004
The Veteran Car Club of Australia (Victoria) held its annual midwinter "Icicle Tour" on the weekend of July 17 -- 18, 2004. The tour went From Bumdoora (Outer Melbourne) to the country town of Seymour, travelling via Broadford and Wandong.
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Historic Racing at Winton Raceway. 29th and 30th May, 2004.
- 07 Jun 2004
The 28th Running of Historic Winton.attracted drivers and riders from all states of Australia, South Africa, Europe and America. 43 events were run over the last weekend in May 2004.
Stars of the show were a pristine 1925 Bugatti Brescia, and such exotics as an Offenhauser Special, ERA, Lola and an Indianapolis car of the 1950s. Cooper, Lola, Lotus Le Mans, and Elfin added to the spectacle.
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Classic Rover Cars in Australia
- 30 Apr 2004
HIGH VOLUME sales of Rover cars took off in Australia just after World War
II. Their handsome appearance and reliability were highly prized, and their
reputation was already well established. A much-publicised pioneering
journey from London to Constantinople, and an Isle of Man Trophy victory in
the early 1900s gave them a legendary status, which was sought after by new
car buyers. Some 700 6 cylinder P3s were registered in 1948. (Total
production was 7837). The new-look P4 of 1950, with its American-style
'wash fenders' and a driving light mounted between the two main headlamps,
took sales figures to over 1800.
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American Cars in Australia
- 09 Apr 2004
Because of the vast distances between our capital cities, we tend to like big roomy automobiles with big under-stressed engines. But whilst our national highways are straight and wide, our city streets and parking areas are not. American cars are fine, but they can be awkward, and their initial price, running costs and registration charges make them impractical for the
average Australian motorist.
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