Ferragosto 2023

Sunday the 20th August, 19 club cars assembled and created a wonderful display as a contribution to Ferragosto 2023, held in Five Dock.

The day was full of "most things" Italian, from cool ice cream to hot gnocchi, along with many  international cuisine stalls and products from all over the globe. 

It was wonderful to see so many members come by and share in the spirit of the day. I counted 60 IMSMC blue shirts everywhere.

It's wonderful to be part of this festa - hints that it is the biggest in Sydney! We even made the Channel 9 NEWS!!! Peter Overton reporting thousands of visitors, but the official count is over 150,000 people attended the Festa!!!

 Ferragosto is a permanent fixture on our social calendar - great day - very relaxing - sharing in the spirit of the day!

2023 Shannon's CMC Classic

 Sydney turned-on a spectacular winter's day for the 2023 Shannon's CMC Classic held on Sunday at Sydney Motorsport Park.  This was perfect weather for our classic cars with warm sunshine and crystal clear skies.    

We had a great turn-out and as usual the club displayed a varied and interesting selection of cars.  As with all of our events, it provides the opportunity to catch-up with members we see regularly, meet new members and also welcome back a returning member or two!

One of the great things about the event is that with over 1,800 cars on display from over 100 clubs you see many cars that you've either never seen before or were once relatively common and have simply disappeared off our roads.  I've already bought a lotto ticket so I can make the owner of the silver Lancia Flaminia convertible from the Lancia Club an offer he can't refuse...

The highlight of the event however is the parade lap of the race track.  When it came to our time, we followed the Jowett Club (all of two cars) out onto the track for our lap of honour.  The Jowett Javelin saloon was an extremely innovative and attractive English family car by 1950s standards, but traffic in post-war England mustn't have been particularly quick as even our leading 500s had to hold back!  But still a great experience and to look in the rear vision mirror to see the line-up of some spectacular cars from the club weaving their way around the track including Alfa 75, Duetto, GTV, Lancia Beta HPE, Maserati Merak, Fiat 1100 and 124s (amongst others) was amazing.  

 Equally impressive, Gerardo Mediati's magnificent Fiat 600 Multipla was on display along Pit Straight as part of the concours display.  It more than held it's own amongst the concours entrants and Gerardo should be immensely proud of his extremely rare and very special little car.  

 A fantastic day out, and I'm looking forward to next year's event already! 

Corey

 

Corey

Luddenham Lunch Date

Sunday the 30th of July, close to 50 participants attended the Luddenham Village Cafe!

 On what is deemed to be the warmest winters day of 2023... our members & friends enjoyed alfresco dining in the gardens of The Luddenham Village Cafe.

 Our cars were assembled adjacent to our dining area, in full view! Many Visitors that were simply filling up in the nearby petrol station, took the opportunity to park their  cars and visit our display! Our cars attracting attention, as always.

 A huge thank you to member Daniel Barbardinelli (member) and staff for catering to every need of our large group!

 A great day, on what is deemed to be the "mildest" day of Winter 2023... reaching 25C.

 


A great day was had by all.