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The first of 9 video’s from Rally Retro Festival featuring Colin Clark is now up on YOUTUBE
The rest will be Premiered at 8.00 pm each Monday night. We’ll post the YOUTUBE links on the HRA website as well as on our Facebook pages as they become available.
See https://youtu.be/cOhaXxfo09Q
Title photo by Bruce Keys, Danny Murphy Triumph TR7 at 2021 Rally Retro Festival #3
James Nixon caught up with Doug Fernie who, along with Hilary Evans, managed to bring 5 rally cars to Rally Retro Festival in 2020.
Doug talks about presenting 2 Datsun 1600’s in the livery of the Datsun 1-2 victory in the 1970 East African Safari. There is also a SAAB from the 60’s, a Quattro from the 80’s and going right back to the days of the REDeX Round Australia Trials of the 1950’s with a Peugeot 203, number 48 as a tribute to the winning car of Ken Tubman in 1953.
Continue reading The five cars of Fernie
Rally Retro’s James Nixon gets Australian Rally Champions Ed Ordynski and Ross Dunkerton talking about the ground breaking Mitsubishi Galant VR4.
The car’s owner, motorsport photographer extraordinaire Stuart Bowes introduces the car – the first one built by Ralliart for Rally Australia.
Continue reading Video: Galant VR4 at Rally Retro Festival
James Nixon found Neil Taylor with his highly authentic Datsun 710 SSS rally car and drags Multiple Australian champion and rally retro judge Jeff Beaumont in for his thoughts on the winning the Southern Cross Rally in one.
Continue reading Datsun 710SSS at Rally Retro
Talking about the Renault Alpine A110. James Nixon gets Colin Stark and Bob Watson to give us the benefit of their “Alpine Experience” at Rally Retro Festival.
Ross Dunkerton and Graham Alexander discuss rallying Datsun 240 & 260Zs with James Nixon at Rally Retro 2020.
Matt Philip and Lindsay Siebler talk with James Nixon about rallying a Mitsubishi Colt at the 2020 Rally Retro Festival. watch the video here
Automotive Historian, Professor Harriet Edquist, was guest speaker at the HRA meeting in June 2019.
Harriet’s presentation covered the Australian Motor Industry from birth to the present day – and included the stories and the world-class creative thinking that fueled generations of globally influential Australian car design.
Continue reading Shifting Gear… Prof Harriet Edquist at the HRA meeting June 2019Jeremy Brown was in town, displaying his fabulous Lancia at Rally Retro Day, and we were fortunate he was able to stay and speak at our club meeting on 10 April, 2019. Here is a video of his very entertaining presentation. Thanks Jeremy!
Continue reading Jeremy Brown at the April HRA meeting…We were thrilled to have Barry Ferguson speak to us at our December HRA Meeting.
Continue reading Barry Ferguson’s talk at the HRA meeting, December 2019.