Melbourne and Australian forumites may be interested to know the Australian National Aviation Museum is holding its annual Wings and Wheels exhibition on Sat/Sun 13th/14th May at the Moorabbin site.
A feature of this year will be demonstrations throughout Sunday of a ground running Rolls Royce Merlin and Liberty V-12.
An line-up of exotic machinery in store
● Two very rare French veteran cars: a 1903 Peugeot and a 1906 Clement Tourer.
● Three Bugattis from the classic era.
● Vintage racers: a T-model Ford Racer and three examples of the Alta, a highly advanced British design of the late 1920s.
● Famous Italian touring cars: a Maserati 3500 Spyder and two fabulous Ferrari 365s.
● Classic British sports cars: an Alvis, a Bentley Speed Six, and an MG TC (probably one of the best in existence).
● A very rare (only 50 made) competition variant of the Austin-Healey, the 100S.
● An unorthodox racing car in its day, the Morris-Climax.
● The Jaguar Car Club will be showing a superb range of members’ cars representing various eras of the make’s history.
more details at Museum -Special Events Website
regards
Mark Pilkington
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May 5, 2006 at 3:09 pm