Report of Christmas event and AGM 2020
On Saturday December 12th, a good turn-out of some 40 members and friends attended the South Australian AMOC run and lunch with the AGM thrown in as a ‘bonus’. Richard Dyson Harvey organised the whole event including the morning coffee & cakes at Woodstock Winery in McLaren Flat, a run and finally lunch at the […]
Report of AMOC run to Saltram winery, October 18th 2020
It was a cool and overcast morning when 19 AMOC members and guests assembled at Hazelwood Park in preparation for our October run and lunch. Area Rep Terry Jones apologised for not organising a run in September that was in part due to the late August meeting, the very popular Bay to Birdwood classic car […]
Run and lunch at Bremerton winery, August 2020
The weather gods were not completely ‘on side’ as 18 members and guests of the AMOC SA branch assembled at the Mylor Oval in the Adelaide Hills at 10.30am on Sunday 23rd August. There had been a lot of rain in the previous days that had made the track around the oval muddy and certainly […]
AMOC & BDC special 70th anniversary celebration
Purpose: To celebrate the historical similarities between WO Bentley, Lagonda & Aston Martin, their connections with each other and with the City of Adelaide. On Sunday morning, October 29th, 30 cars and approximately 60 members of the BDC and/or AMOC gathered in Rundle Mall, the premier shopping precinct in the City of Adelaide, to celebrate […]
Report of AMOC run & lunch Sunday July 26th
At 10am on a cool winter’s morning, some 30 AMOC members and guests assembled in the carpark of the Crafers Primary school in the Adelaide Hills. A variety of Aston Martins that spanned 60 years of Aston Martin production were present including two new DB11s and two not-so-new DB4s. Three other members (including Area Rep […]
Report of ‘virtual run’ held on April 26th
In these ‘physically distancing’ times, ‘proper’ runs have not been possible and therefore Area Rep Terry Jones decided we should try a ‘virtual’ run, following a run sheet much as we would for ‘proper’ runs but seated at a computer rather than in our lovely cars. Terry emailed the run sheets to members the day […]
Aston, Bentley, Lagonda & Armstrong Siddeley event
In November 2018, a combined event between four of the car marques that WO Bentley was associated with during the course of his highly successful career took place. Starting at Prince Alfred College, we passed the home of WO’s grandfather and finished with lunch at the Yalumba Winery in the iconic Barossa Valley. The connections […]
Joint Aston Martin Club and Bentley Club
Eleven cars met at Mylor oval. They were stunning! They included two E Type Jaguars, an early Porsche, and a variety of Bentleys from vintage to brand spanking new. Chat with Conrad at Solitaire Motors for a close look. Jan forced me to follow a white 1960s Jag which she was immediately attracted to. The […]