MG Car Club of South Australia
MGC NEWS
From Ian Hobbs, December 2017
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The Torsion Bar Run
Or MGC Spring Run
lier that morning there were many. Do
you call them a pack of bike riders or a
peloton of cyclists? It’s amazing to think
that some of these cyclists probably
don’t take much longer to get to the
Cafe, than we did driving our ‘C’s.
awoke to a lovely spring day for our
Torsion Bar Run. My CGT needed a
good wash which I did in the morning
and was ready to meet the boys and girl
at Beaumont Road at 1:30 pm.
We sat outside and discussed many
things such as our health, of which mine
was excellent and our finances which
we all decided we could do with an extra
million or two more. Lyn then decided
we had to adjourn to Tupelo Grove
Nursery, just three minutes away, so
she could buy some plants for her new
garden bed. At the nursery, Lynton and
I continued to talk about MGCs and
other cars until she was happy and ran
out of hands to carry all the plants
(Lynton’s hand included). It’s amazing
what you can fit into the boot of an MGC
roadster.
The sun was low so we
headed for home.
Before the Run my email inbox was
awash with apologies. First there was
one from Jim who was back of Bourke
trying to hold on to his caravan in high
winds, then there was Ron who was
paddling up Katarapko Creek with his
son and grandson, then Robin, who had
the weakest excuse of all, was painting
his wheels (it’s a bit like arranging your
bottles of nail polish isn’t it?).
So how many turned up? Two MGCs
and one MGB. Lynton arrived in his
primrose roadster with the passenger
seat graced by his lovely wife Lyn and of
course I arrived in my red CGT. Driving
his blue MGB roadster was MGC Regis-
trar, John Craven, with all the latest gos-
sip on MGCs.
The Kimber Run
Talking about MG runs, I thought the
Kimber Run was another successful
event for our Club with over 120 MGs
driving along those well worn sports car
roads of the Adelaide Hills. Unfortu-
nately my MGC disgraced itself by emp-
tying the contents of its cooling system
onto the pavement when I arrived at Ed-
wards Park to start the run. It was the
first hot day of the summer season and I
now know that the ‘C’s viscous clutch
fan (a modification) is not working. Any
speed above 60 kph and the tempera-
ture was fine but I decided to follow a
slow MGB to Edwards Park which was a
mistake. Why are MGB drivers so slow?
They didn’t use to be.
We set off up Greenhill Road leading us
into the Adelaide Hills. It’s about a 475
meter climb up over the range then
down through Summertown and Urailda
and turning off at Rangeview Road. We
wiggled our way into Bridgewater and
headed toward Verdun, Hahndorf and
finally arriving at the quaint little village
of Mylor. The Harvest Cafe was our
destination for coffee and an almond
croissant.
Lynton had some other
chocolaty thing that looked equally as
delicious.
Out front of the cafe hanging high on a
post is a bicycle to encourage packs of
bike riders to call in for a coffee and ear-
I’ve had over 15 years and 60,000 miles
of pretty much trouble free motoring in
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