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HELP NEEDED ON SUN 6TH MAY AT METEC DRIVER TRAINING COMPLEX, COLCHESTER ROAD, KILSYTH. Club Peugeot Victoria is staging our most important event for the year on Sunday 6th May. French and European car clubs are participating along with local Melbourne clubs. With 30+ entrants, we need officials as observers, general hands and timers, to … Read more

Help needed on Sunday 6 May at METEC Driver Training Complex, Colchester Road, Kilsyth for the PCCV Khanacross. This means you! The Peugeot Car Club pf Victoria is staging our most important event for the year on Sunday 6 May. Members of French and European car clubs are participating along with local Melbourne clubs. With … Read more

THIS KHANACROSS WILL BE HELD AT THE METEC DRIVER TRAINING COMPLEX ON COLCHESTER ROAD, KILSYTH. THE GROUND LAYOUT WILL PROVIDE US WITH SEVERAL TESTING COURSES ON BITUMEN OR CONCRETE. MOST OF THE TESTS WILL REQUIRE SOME 2ND GEAR DRIVING, THROUGH CHICANES OR SHARP TURNS EVERY 150 METRES. THERE IS A SKID PAN WE COULD ADD … Read more

For all those planning to join us at Romsey on Saturday, do not be put off by the weather forecast. There is plenty of shelter if it rains. Remember to bring your lunch and chairs. See you there.

ON SUNDAY JULY 15, Victoria’s French Car Clubs are getting together for the first time to celebrate this important day in the French calendar. This is a momentous occasion and should mark a new era of friendship and co-operation among the clubs. After much research and discussion, the organisers, Ian Downie and Brian James (Citroen … Read more

Don’t forget that Saturday 14 April is the day of the relaxed Romsey BYO picnic at Nacooma Farm, where there is plenty to see and enjoy. All 203s are particularly welcome, but so are all other Pug models. Meet at either Romsey or Wallan, bring your lunch (but not for barbecue), and chairs or a … Read more

Don’t forget that the April meeting is on tomorrow, 5.04.18, but the times are listed in Torque 418 as being Daylight Saving Time. Please ignore that tiny error. The sausage sizzle starts at 6.30 Eastern Standard Time and the meeting 90 minutes later, when we will hear from Dennis Edwards and Robert Cherry and the … Read more

CLUB MEMBERS, WE ARE BEING ASKED TO HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROJECT BELOW: “HI, I’M MAKING A COOL 3 STRING CIGAR BOX GUITAR FOR MY DAD, DON MCCANN, A PAST LONG-TIME MEMBER WHO IS TURNING 81.  AS HE LOVED 404S I’M TRYING TO GET SOME BITS TO DECORATE THE BOX WITH SUCH AS A METAL … Read more

To the relief of many, notably Inchcape, the 5008 Allure has come out on top in a four-way road test published in the Saturday Age. Its competitors were the Nissan X-trail ST-L, the Honda CRV VTi-V and the Skoda Kodiak 132TSI. All four are seven seaters, and the Pug is powered by the 1.6 turbo … Read more

The grand opening of the French-inspired St Claire Country House at 439 Pearsons Road, Trentham East will be held on 22 April, 10.30-4pm. THIS IS NOT A PCCV EVENT BUT IT LOOKS LIKE BEING A SPLENDID ONE. Free champagne, coffee and biscuits provided to car owners. Enquiries/notification to Anne-Marie Pedeau: Phone 0417 081 611 / … Read more