Monthly Archive: November 2022

MBCNSW November 2022 night drive to Bilpin 2

MBCNSW November 2022 night drive to Bilpin

Last night was the now annual night drive to Bilpin.    On this drive, we start in Windsor and then up Bells Line of road to the Bilpin Apple Pie Cottage.    The owner is a club member with a R107 and he opens up for us and serves apple pies and coffees. The night drives are always more popular as we head into...

MBCNSW 60’s models photoshoot 0

MBCNSW 60’s models photoshoot

The Mercedes club is planning a feature in the magazine for models of the late 60s and early 70s.   They have previously done features on the 107 series and 124 series.   To accompany the article, the club organised a 60’s models photoshoot for some nice examples of various models this morning.   I was asked to attend, as my W111 Cabriolet is one of the...

Auto Brunch St Ives November 2022 1

Auto Brunch St Ives November 2022

Yesterday I attended the Auto Brunch event at St Ives Showground again.   It’s still far and away the best cars and coffee event in Sydney.   This month was no exception.   After about 10 months of horrible weather, we’ve finally had some lovely spring days here in Sydney. It was a perfect day for a car show, the only slight downside was the rural fire...

MBCNSW November 2022 twilight drive to Ettalong 0

MBCNSW November 2022 twilight drive to Ettalong

Last night I attended the MBCNSW twilight drive to Ettalong.  This is a concept that the club used to do in prior years but had dropped off the event calendar.   Back then, it used to be called the topless drive, with the assumption that twilight in summer is a great time to drive a cabriolet.    I attended that drive in 2014 and 2018....

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