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Class Winners Doune 1997 - car of the show judging
Logan Morrison re-united with Rover P6 Rally Car - Doune "Washout" 1998
1998 Scottish All
Rover Rally.
by John Burnett & Trevor Colebrook
This year saw a record 122 entries for the fourth
Scottish All Rover Rally at the Doune Motor Museum. An
excellent selection of Rover products was represented,
from pre-war 14 models to late Discoveries with examples
of most Rovers and Land Rovers in between.
The weekend began in earnest on a dry but overcast
Saturday morning with a green road run to Loch Lomond for
the four wheel drive entrants and a scenic observation
run for the cars. A devious set of clues led the car
participants via some spectacular scenery to a finish at
the Drymen Show, the largest one day event of its kind in
Scotland. A special area had been set aside for the cars,
where they provided an interesting alternative to the
livestock and agricultural stands.
A social evening with buffet and quiz was held on the
Saturday evening back at Doune, both helped(?) along with
liberal applications of the delightful, and aptly named,
"Bitter & Twisted" Harviestoun Ale!
As more cars arrived on the Sunday morning so did the
rain, and the weather did not improve until late in the
aftemoon, as most people were leaving to dry out! The
downpour put paid to the planned driving test events, but
boosted interest in the autojumble stands inside the
scrutineering shed beyond expectations. The self judging
concours produced the results listed below :-
Pre 1950 Bill McCreath 1939 14 Sports Saloon
P4 Jim Nicoll 1960 Rover 80
P5 Nicholas Terry 1964 3 Litre Coupe
P6 T Cotteril 1973 3500S
SD1 R Menzies 1985 3500 VDP Efi
Land Rover Chris Stearn 1948 80 inch
Range Rover/Discovery M Klimek 1972 Range Rover
Morrison Shield (Overall concours winner) Nicholas Terry
1964 P5 3 litre Coupé
Class Winners Crossford 1999
The 1999 Scottish
All Rover Rally
by
Trevor Colebrook
The
1999 Scottish All Rover Rally, was held over the weekend
of 29 /30 May, at The Clyde Valley Country Estate at
Crossford, Lanarkshire.
Due to poor weather during the previous two days the site
of the proposed 4x4 fun trial was unusable, so all
Saturday entrants took part in the Scenic Tour to Biggar
instead. The narrow, potholed roads of rural Lanarkshire
made it seem like an off road event anyway! The tour had
a break in Biggar, to give entrants time to visit the
many museums, shops, and ice cream parlours of this
delightful small town.
During Saturday evening entrants crammed into the
Coachhouse Restaurant back at Clyde Valley Estate for a
meal and the usual quiz. This part of the event was so
popular this year that the catering staff was overrun,
but in the end nearly everyone got fed. Next year we go
for 5 loaves & 2 fish!
Sunday dawned bright and dry, fortunately. The promised
marquee had failed to arrive, despite the repeated
assurances from "the management", but the
autojumblers set up anyway and everyone prayed that the
weather would stay dry. It did; quite a relief after the
1998 drenching.
Around 140 entrants participated this year, making this
the biggest entry so far. This reinforced our view that
the venue was right, it was a shame that the poor
standard of management of the site rules it out of
contention for future events.
Taggarts, the local dealer in Motherwell for both Rover
and Land Rover products, were the main sponsor of the
event and they put on a display of both a Freelander and
a new Rover 75. These created a lot of interest, and many
visitors took the opportunity to have a test run during
the afternoon. Entrants had the opportunity to have a
ride in cars drawn from all the models represented at the
rally, from Tim Moore's 1947 Export 16, via a P4 105, a P5B
coupé, a P6 3500S, an SD1 Vitesse to a Land Rover and a
Range Rover.
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