SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5th 2006
Postponed to 2007
PERRY LAKES - With the date already set last year, the Town of Cambridge requested in May that we put in the application along with detailed Risk Management, Traffic Management and Safety Management plans for this year (80 pages of documentation), which was done within the timeframe they requested. In August they sent a letter advising that we will not be able to use Perry Lakes "due to the inconvenience it causes the general public." While there has been a complaint each year about the playground being inaccessible for the day of the show, it is hard to understand how anyone is inconvenienced by such a small area of the huge park closed-off. Interestingly, the Town of Cambridge advises that the week-long Flower Show will still be allowed to take place there...
We expect to announce an excellent new venue for the event in 2007 which will allow us to make some upgrades to the event.
Watch this space for details
Below is a report on previous Classics in the Park
Following the great success that the first Classics in the Park event was, the event was again along similar lines on Sunday, December 4th.
The event incorporated the two events of Celebration of the Motorcar exhibition and the Charity Rides Day providing a chance to see some of the rarest and most desirable cars in the state - on display and in action.
The excellent venue was the same as used last time - Perry Lakes, in Floreat, providing a shady, comfortable setting to enjoy the cars and the relaxed atmosphere and was acclaimed by exhibitors and spectators alike. However, shade wasn't in demand much as almost the whole day was overcast with a brief, very light shower at one point. The threat of rain had also kept several cars away. Nevertheless an excellent array of cars was on show as the photographs illustrate. The weather was to blame for smaller than usual visitor attendances too.
Celebration of the Motorcar featured the finest classic, exotic and prestige cars in Western Australia, with marques such as Ferrari, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Maserati, TVR, BMW, Jaguar, Corvette, Aston Martin and Lamborghini among those displayed.
A special display celebrated the 50th anniversary of the iconic Citroen DS, with a number of these amazing cars on display.
On show for the first time was the latest model Ferrari F430 Spider. The stunning new Chrysler 300C premiered at the show too on the Chellingworth Motors' display. Also on display was the the exclusive Bentley Continental GT.
Other cars of interest includes a 1959 Cadillac Coupe De Ville (the tallest tailfins ever), a new Smart microcar (decked out in a rather special colour scheme), a rare Jensen CV8, some lovely TVR sports cars and an unusual Borgward Isabella Cabriolet.
Among the performance cars are a 12-cylinder Ferrari Testarossa, Jaguar E-Type endurance rally car, Porsche Turbo and a very rare French Alpine GTA Turbo.
If you have an exceptional car, of an up-market make, which you would like to display next year, please contact the organizer, Paul Blank - paulb@classicrally.com.au
The Charity Rides Day offered the public the rare chance to ride in some very special cars. For a small donation to the event's beneficiary, Telethon Speech & Hearing centre people took a ride in vehicles as diverse as a Ferrari, Porsche, a vintage Rolls-Royce, a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz convertible, and other rare vehicles available on the day. Rides cost as little as $5 to $10.
Rides cars included:
Lotus Elise
Ferrari 328GTSi
Reliant Rialto 3-wheeler
Porsche Boxster
Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
Rolls-Royce Phantom Limousine
Nissan S-cargo
Renault 4CV '750'
1924 Fiat Tourer
1929 Fiat
1958 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz convertible
Cadillac and Rolls Royce among the Charity Rides cars.
See below for details of the previous Classics in the Park event.
AUTOMOTIVE EVENTS MANAGEMENT
PO Box 1222, Subiaco, Western Australia, 6008
(08) 6389 0300 info@classicrally.com.au_____________________________________________________________________
