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Clockwise, from left: wildHolden Hurricane got itspost-restoration debut;Best in Show Bentley onthe Tour Classica; classicsand visitors packed RoyalExhibition Hall, Melbourne

Holdenconcept steals Aussie showThe second RACV Motorclassica

drew 16,000 visitors to Melbourne'sRoyal Exhibition Hall from 2l-23October. Star exhibits included thepost-restorarion debut of the 1969Holden Hurricane concept, its firstpublic outing for nearly 4}years.

Best in Show from the hotlycontested concours was awarded toGrry McMillan's Bentley SpeedSix, first delivered to Oswald JSyme rn'27 with a Mulliner saloonbody, but now sporting VandenPlas

Le Mans-sryle coachwork.The show got off ro a thunder-ous start, as the historic building

reverberated to the sound of the1987 Le i\[ans Porsche 962, onloan from the factory museum andsteered into the r-enue br- uinningdriver and Stuttgarr hero Deref,Bell. He rn.as joined br- fellov'2lHours victor and Aussie racinggreat Vern Schuppan.

There \ -ere plenn- of standoutcars among the 1 10 enrries for theAustralian International C oncoursd'Elegance & Classic -\Iotor Shou,- with a combined value of morethan AU$ 1 0Omillion (86 -; m). Therzranged from the oldest Benz inAustralt\ an 1896 \-elo. ro an drts

TB21 RoadsteE a Porsch egllRSRand a 1973 Citrodn DS23 PallasPrestige, one of seven Chapron-built cars and winner of theModernEuropean & British caregory.

But it was more than just a staticdisplay: some 78 cars took parr inthe Tour Classica from the Austral-ian GP pitlane at Nbert Park intocentral Melbourne, along a 6.9l,rrtroute to the Exhibition Flall. Thesights of cars such as a LamborghiniMiura SV Mercedes-Benz 300SL

Gullwing and Facel Vega goingtoe-to-toe u,ith traffic \Mas a treatfor spectators and drivers alike.

Goodwood drew a varied set ofcars to Sussex on 6 November tomark flve years of its BreakfastCtub meetlngs. Classics on showspanned everythlng from a superbFerrari Daytona (above) to a pairof Mercedes Unimogs, on hand aspart of the a[[-whee[-drive theme.

R6tromobite, the premier Parls[anshow, w[[tfocus on amphibiouscars from 1-5 February. Stars willinctude a 1932 Combte, a 7942Hydromobile and a 7937 TrippetSG6, along with more familiarmachines such as the Amphlcar(above). See www.retromobite.fr

Top honours at the 1Oth HittonHead lsland Motorlng Festivat erConcours d'Elegance went to anex-Le Mans 1937 BMW 328.People's Choice at the 28 October-6 November event in S Carollna,

USA went to Chartes Mistele's1 936 Auburn Bs2Speedster.

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Richard Graves (above, on right)passed away in October. Gravesgave his fina[ lnterview to CbSC'sJon Pressne[[ shortly before hedied; read it in fu[[ next month.

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ICrassrcs maylose the MoTA consultation has begun or,erwhether to scrap -\IoG for pre-'60cars. Greg Knieht. chair of the AIIP

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cles Group, has ri-elcomed themove: "Ffaving an annual test for acar that may onlv trar-e-l 500 miles ayear is an unnecessan- bureaucratichurdle." The Government is seek-ingviews on whether rhe eremptiondate should be earlier, and the testfrequency is being reviewed for allages - a move opposed bymotoringorganisations. Flave your say at wuur.cl as si c an d sp orts car. com/fo rum s

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NOVEMBER'S COMPETITI ONPlenty of sexlsm for this shot of aspecial Lotus road car, but a fairnumber were politlca[[y correct. Weliked Dave Massey's: "My first day ofvalet parking, and what do I get?"and Jim Hepburn's:"This is whathappens when I rub my Seven'sbonnetl'We don't ncrmatly rewardsmutty answers [n this section, buton this occasion we couldn't resist so our winner [s Angus Roper, for: "Thanksfor the lift, Mr chapman. Now I know why you catt it a Lotus ct[max!"