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Great Lakes Historic Automobile Club members are invited to attend a Club sponsored barbecue.
Members are asked to bring their own plates, cutlery and drinks.
Come and spend some time with your fellow Club members, share some stories and enjoy a snag or three!

When: From 5pm, Friday 24th November, 2023
Where: The Bullring, Main Beach, Forster.

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THIS WEEKEND: The Great Eastland Hub Rally 21-22 October 2023

It’s that time of year again! The Great Eastland Hub Rally is back, following it’s successful re-launch in 2022, after Covid.

The inaugural Hub Rally was created and hosted by Taree Historic Motor Club on the October long weekend in 1972.

Clubs attending were Taree, Tamworth & Coffs Harbour. The rally was at that stage a bi-annual event based in Taree up until 1978 when the Hub was formed.

The rally then became The Great Eastland Rally when it was hosted by Tamworth in 1980 and sponsored by Great Eastland Television which was based in Tamworth.

The Hub Rally hosting clubs include:
Taree Historic Motor Club Inc. (Taree)
Great Lakes Historic Automobile Club Inc. (Forster/Tuncurry)
Coffs Harbour Veteran & Vintage Car Club (Coffs Harbour)
Hastings Auto Restorers Society Inc. (Port Macquarie)
Tamworth & District Antique Motor Club (Tamworth)
The Classic and Specialist Car Club of Northern NSW (Armidale)

…all of which host the rally on a rotation system each year.

This year’s event received promotion on 7 News on October 18th, here’s the video…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXin2_74kVA

For more information, contact Val Grout 0427 656 149, Tamworth

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Now you can personalise your device with a unique Club-themed wallpaper!
Check out our new ready-to-use FREE club wallpapers, for your desktop PC, laptop, tablet or smartphone.

Click here to visit the download page, scroll down to “GLHAC Wallpapers”.

Low resolution sample

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An extremely rare classic car went up for auction at Lloyds Auctions and was once owned by Tony Lockett “Plugger” the highest goal scorer in the history of AFL, and it is going under the hammer this Saturday alongside the AFL Grand Final.

The Aussie classic is a 1985 HDT VK Group A Blue Meanie made famous by Peter Brock, and the most famous of all the Brock Commodores, with only 500 being made. The Blue Meanie is so respected today, enthusiasts will pay very high prices for top quality examples of these cars.

“It is quite rare to see these cars at auction in condition such as this one, and also owned by an Australian icon and Australian Football Hall of Fame member such as Tony Lockett,” said Mr. Lee Hames, Chief Operations Officer for Lloyds Auctions.

Once retailing for $21,950 brand new, these cars are now achieving prices over $1 million for vehicles in pristine condition.

With the strength of passion investing continuing strong and driving up prices over the years, according to the Knight Frank Wealth Report Series for Luxury Investments, “the buyers of classic and collectable cars are changing in age as Generation Xers reach peak earning potential.”

Other passion investments on offer this weekend include over $10 million worth of assets going under the including over 250 Classic Cars to Pink Diamonds, mancave memorabilia and an UNRESERVED 2011 Luxury Princess Sports Yacht and UNRESERVED 1988 Ferrari 328 GTS.

“It is going to be a massive weekend of auctions, highlighting the completely unreserved princess V62 luxury yacht and the 328 GTS Ferrari, we have never seen passion investments in this price bracket go unreserved at auction anywhere,” continued Mr. Hames.

Over 250 Classic Cars went under the hammer LIVE on Saturday 30th September.

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