Lotus Club Queensland
Dedicated to the promotion and enhancement of the Lotus experience
Login
Register
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Membership
    • Member Login
  • Events
    • Calendar
  • Motorsport
    • Lakeside DTC Timed Laps
    • LAKESIDE DTC RESULTS
  • Magazine
  • For Sale
    • Merchandise
    • Classifieds
  • Posts
  • Galleries
  • Directory
    • Suppliers & Parts
    • Advertisers
  • Archives
abd-banner

All British Day 2018

Our Concours at the All British Day.

Story and pictures by Vyvyan Black.

Come Sunday the 23rd of September, I wanted to have my car looking it’s best for our annual Concours d’Elegance at the All British Day. But I had a lot to of work to do.

Unlike the wonderful Lotus examples listed below as class winners, in my ownership the Plus 2, though in very good condition, has never actually been the pinnacle of perfection. And truthfully, I’m okay with that – if it was perfect I’d be afraid to use it!

Anyway, I needed to repair the damage that was done when I last took the beast to Morgan Park Raceway for a fun dash around in the B-Series comp. On the first run the engine bay suddenly became a Weber barbeque, flames licking into the cabin, and I wasn’t cooking snags!

Thanks to the wonderful team at the track who saved the day and avoided the horrible spectacle of my car becoming a sticky lump of metal and fibreglass beside the track. Needless to say though that the manic use of fire extinguishers and the ripping of panels to get to the heart of the fire didn’t do wonders for my interior.

So, eventually, and after a long and expensive job of replacing all the under bonnet burnable bits, there I was at 11.30pm the night before the concours swearing at the last bolt on the passenger seat to make its whereabouts known immediately, hands blackened with carpet and glue, and back aching with the ups and downs of my new career as a motor trimmer.

All worth it in the morning though, as ‘Zsa-Zsa’ flickered with life and we happily burbled off – me admiring the newness of it all – ready to check out all the other British mechanical perfection on display.

I promise I’ll do my best to keep it all shiny and clean. Next job, all those bloody stone chips!

Winners:
Tony Galletly (Lotus Eleven) Class 1: Lotus Cars 1950–1962
Bill Blackmore (Lotus Elan +2) Class 2: Lotus Cars 1963–1974
Russell Carter (Lotus Carlton) Class 3: Lotus Cars 1975–1995
Steve Lennox (Lotus Europa S) Class 4: Lotus Cars 1996–2017
Daryl Wilson (Caterham) Class 5: Lotus 7 & Caterham
Craig Wilson (Lotus Elan S1) Outright Winner

winner-tony-galletly-eleven
award-tony-galletly
winner-craig-wilson-elan
award-craig-wilson
winner-steve-lennox-europa
award-steve-lennox
winner-daryl-wilson-caterham
award-daryl-wilson
winner-russell-carter-carlton
lotus-carlton
award-russell-carter
winner-bill-blackmore-plus2
award-bill-blackmore
the-blingster
barrys-new-exige
pretty-red-elise
esprit-1
esprit-2
esprit-3
vyvs-plus2-2

[Show slideshow]
1 2 3 ►
Porsche Club Sprints & ICC Round 6 Targa Great Barrier Reef

Related Posts

mp-banner

Events, Gallery 2022, Homepage, Racing

Morgan Park Sprints R4

gold-rush-banner

Events, Gallery 2022, Homepage, Racing

Gold Rush Hill Sprint – 2022

marburg-banner

EMRs, Gallery 2022, Homepage, News

Marburg Pub Run – 4 Sept 2022

Random images

Aug_F02_2379 McL_15 121_2126_IMG IMG_7132 IMG_7050 IMG_6737 image_093 lot_019 lot_014 IMG_8799 group1 119_1955_IMG IMG_7414 IMG_3651 DSC_1547 16_IMG_9590 P1060568 btiu-08 Shane-Murphy Chalmers family Camp Lotus IMG-0999 _MG_5047 as Smart Object-1 Receiving-last-minute-instructions 4-Setting-up-camp-sunset Gathering-at-Earthly-Delights-Cafe IMG_0310 IMGP1164 IBT5 P1020657 P1020649 IMG_0016 IMG_6244 118_1810_IMG IMG_0466 IMG_9136 Ploughman's Lunch 090131_JSS_Zwartkops P1060097 Anita_Dean_in_340R 2006_08_27_Gympie_Skid_Pan0039 IMG_0007 P1010415 IMG_3743 IMG_3767a More-mountain-views-before-lunch-at-Canungra Jan-main-9 Just-relaxing IMG_9131 IMG_2611 122_2243_IMG image_045 image_081 image_134 IMG_5072 IMG_5111 P9190096c2 IMG_8029 P8310153 And_they_re_off 020_20 021_21 1948_MGTC lotus-contingent P9270542-2 IMG_20210925_095015 DSC_0214 3-Drew-Dundas Jon-heading-for-a-run Alan-Telfers-1971-Brabham-BT36-2 Daryl-manning-the-timing Barista-in-the-Mist-Milla-Milla unnamed-3 tony-galletly's-eleven MG_3933 Country-fare_gw Zaid-Latif Jan-2022 main-8 Shane-Murpys-7 main-6 silver-elise-and-plus2 Ouch IMAG6113 IMG_1426 Ready-for-Action Touring-the-Sunshine-Coast-gw vyv-photo-8 img_2018 Phil and Gail Gayle Out the back main-23 Whats this looming behind me mk1-lotus-cortina-3 Vyvyan Cool cats Jason IMAG5966 main-53

Recent Articles

  • Morgan Park Sprints R4
  • Kev’s Big Day Out
  • Duratec Elise – better late than never
  • Gold Rush Hill Sprint – 2022
  • Marburg Pub Run – 4 Sept 2022
  • Unique +2 Road Trip to Brisbane
  • Leyburn 2022
  • August 2022 DTC

Latest Gallery Images

20220220_093834 20220220_093818 20220220_093827 20220220_093743 20220220_093812 20220220_093730

Search articles by category

Archived articles

Lotus Club Queensland
© Lotus Club Queensland   |   Site by Black Eye Studios