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Oates
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First Name: Ian
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* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1911 tourer,1912 Duncan Fraser body tourer 1923 propert body roadster 1923 buckboard (unrestored)
Location: South Australia Australia

Bay to Birdwood

Post by Oates » Wed Sep 30, 2020 8:10 pm

Last weekend was the 40th anniversary of the Bay to Birdwood vintage and classic car rally in Adelaide South Australia,it is a 55 mile run from the beach around the city and some steep climbs into the Adelaide hills and is a challenging drive for all participants particularly veterans and this year they added classics as well to expand the entries locally due to border restrictions stopping interstate entries over covid concerns . My son wanted to take our 19-12 Duncan+Fraser tourer as it was made and sold in Adelaide body wise with running gear from Canada of course and as the T has never had a formal restoration ever it was decided to enter it into a preservation class designed to encourage owners to keep original cars trucks and motorbikes in near condition to when they left the factory. Other entries in our class were a 1923 AJS and a Matchless m bike as well as a 1925 Chev Buckboard and !927 Chev truck and 1936 Morris all largely untouched apart from mechanical upkeep to make them safe , The run was challenging with 1255 entries on the same stretch of road but the T and driver were up to it and we were rewarded with winning the class ,with a formal presentation by the SA Governor at Government house in the city next day as well as a studio photo shoot for the four winning categories to be included in a documentary to celebrate 40 years of the event . A fun but tiring day .
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Re: Bay to Birdwood

Post by FreighTer Jim » Wed Sep 30, 2020 8:17 pm

Now How Cool Is That 😎


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Michael Peternell
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Re: Bay to Birdwood

Post by Michael Peternell » Wed Sep 30, 2020 8:38 pm

1255 entries!!! Has to be an awesome event! Any pics of the 1240 some other cars? Obviously not one at a time.lol!


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Oates
Posts: 35
Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2019 5:42 pm
First Name: Ian
Last Name: Oates
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1911 tourer,1912 Duncan Fraser body tourer 1923 propert body roadster 1923 buckboard (unrestored)
Location: South Australia Australia

Re: Bay to Birdwood

Post by Oates » Thu Oct 01, 2020 4:22 am

Look up Bay to Birdwood on Facebook page for various posted videos Michael
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perry kete
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* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1922 Coupe 1927 Touring
Location: Jefferson Ohio

Re: Bay to Birdwood

Post by perry kete » Thu Oct 01, 2020 8:21 am

Congratulations on winning your class
1922 Coupe & 1927 Touring


talbotman
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Re: Bay to Birdwood

Post by talbotman » Thu Oct 01, 2020 11:06 pm

Congratulations Ian, WELL DONE !

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Re: Bay to Birdwood

Post by doodlebugt » Fri Oct 02, 2020 12:20 am

Well done Ian.
"Truly Fair" is a wonderful car, and along with Bob’s car, probably my two favorite Model T's.
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