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Automotive Instruments, their maintenance and calibration will be the topic of conversation at the club monthly meeting. Rodger Howard of Howard Instruments, West Heidelberg, will share with us the experience of their business of maintaining and repairing the instruments and clusters for a wide range of vehicles including Peugeots. He will talk about imperial to … Read more

The RACV-AOMC Classic Showcase is on Sunday 30 March. This is a marquee event for the PCCV and you are urged to be part of it. The club concours is again being held in conjunction with the RACV-AOMC Classic Showcase, at Flemington racecourse. As this is our 60th anniversary the club has requested extra space … Read more

The PCCV’s 60th anniversary lunch and display of cars will be held at the Dominique Portet Winery, Maroondah Highway, Coldstream (Melway 277 A9) on Sunday 23 March. Entrance to the winery will be via Madden’s Lane (which is well signposted), and the gate is 400 metres from the Maroondah Highway. There will be Peugeot signs … Read more

Once again the club is supporting the Hobsons Bay Men’s Shed car show at Apex Park, Queens Street, Altona from 10am to 4pm on Sunday 16 March. Melway 209, C1. Food and drink will be available and the site is on the edge of the bay, so it’s a great spot. The cost for show … Read more

A reminder that the highlight of the club meeting on 7 March will be a chance to see and hear about Zac Edwards’ prize-winning high-performance car. It will be outside the clubrooms from 7pm and there will be plenty of time to admire it and ask Zac about how it was built.

Message from Tim Farmilo: Those members who are bringing their vehicles on Club Plates to the Club meeting on Friday should remember to fill out your log books before you start your journey. We heard the other night of another Melbourne car club who had a visit from the local constabulary recently on the night … Read more

Click on this link to watch the Classic Restos show coverage of the 2013 French Car Festival [1] with several PCCV cars and members featuring. You can also find it on the Shannons website. Links: —— [1] http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go|+|amp|+|jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13937636868387|+|amp|+|key=cba098b5b837bc8106d8d03145017221|+|amp|+|loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aussiefrogs.com%2Fforum%2Ffroggy-chat%2F109855-classic-restos-french-car-festival-2013-a.html|+|amp|+|v=1|+|amp|+|libId=d4bb029c-ea4d-478e-8351-1d9b5b0c8859|+|amp|+|out=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shannons.com.au%2Fclub%2Fvideo%2Fclassic-restos-2013-french-car-festival-series-21%2F|+|amp|+|ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aussiefrogs.com%2Fforum%2Ffroggy-chat%2F|+|amp|+|title=Classic%20Restos%20French%20Car%20Festival%202013|+|amp|+|txt=Classic%20Restos%3A%202013%20French%20Car%20Festival%20Series%2021%20-%20Shannons%20Club

FOR THE SWAN HILL VCAS AUTOCROSS ROUND ON SATURDAY THE 8TH OF MARCH. This is a brilliant venue, twin tracks with one car on each, side by side for parts of the run and with a crossover bridge like Rally Australia used to have. I have entered the 205 and it would be great to … Read more

SYDNEY TO LONDON RALLY Graham Wallis is going to be helping out on the Sydney to London Rally [1], starting from Renmark on the 15th April and coming home to Melbourne from Port Augusta 3 days later. Some famous names such as Hannu Mikkola will be entering and more than one Tuthill prepared Porsche. Dates … Read more

The 60th Anniversary Lunch of the PCCV is being held on Sunday 23 March 2014 at the Yarra Valley Winery of Dominique Portet, Maroondah Highway, Coldstream. We have selected this very French venue because Dominique himself is a 9th generation winemaker from France. In keeping with all things French, we have also organised a French … Read more