A Chequered Past @ Wakefield Park Raceway in Goulburn

A Chequered Past @ Wakefield Park Raceway in Goulburn

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Posted 2019-07-30 by Nadine Cresswell-Myattfollow

Sat 17 Aug 2019



A number of iconic vehicles from the National Museum of Australia's collection will not longer simply be displayed. Instead they will do a lap of honour at Wakefield Park Raceway in Goulburn on 17 August, 2019.

A Chequered Past will feature 12 amazing vehicles, including the 1967 Brabham Repco BT23A-1 V8 racing car, built and raced by Sir Jack Brabham, a Royal Daimler, Aeroplane and a Jelly T-Model Ford truck.

The selected cars represent a hundred years of automotive history .

This is an unprecedented opportunity for the public to see these vintage beauties being driven around the track.


The vehicles will also be on display at Wakefield Park from 10am until 3pm and will do laps individually and in groups.

Among the cars, some of which will be on public display for the first time, are the carefully conserved 1948 Daimler DE 36hp landaulette used by Queen Elizabeth II during her historic Royal Tour of Australia in 1954, the 1964 Bentley S3 saloon assigned to Sir Robert Menzies in 1966, and the 1918 Australian Six prototype.



This motorised cavalcade is an intrinsic part of Australia's story as some of these vehicles are examples of those that opened up Australia's vast spaces for recreational activities, farming and industry.

This is also the first time some of these cars have been on public display.



The fact that the 12 vehicles will be driven around the racetrack shows just how diligent the museum has been in keeping these vehicles in working order.

As curator Laina Hall says, 'Each were collected, not as an example of type, but for the range of stories they have to tell about industry, adventure, advertising, technology, passion and Australia's connections to the world.'

This is a unique and a much slower event than usual for the Wakefield Park Raceway.

Car clubs are invited to take part in a "Show 'n Shine" and members of the public are welcome to bring their own car treasures.

The vehicles on display and in action will include a:1918 Australian Six demonstration model1923 5CV 'Type C' torpedo Citroen motor car, driven around Australia by Nevill Westwood in 1925Sundowner Bean 14hp car, 1925, driven by Francis Birtles on his record-breaking journey from London to Melbourne in 1927Model-T Ford truck, 1924–26, used to promote Aeroplane Jelly from 1978 to 19881926 Crossley Landaulette used for the Duke and Duchess of York 1927 Royal Tour of Australia

1948 Daimler DE 36hp landaulette used by Queen Elizabeth II during her 1954 Royal Tour of Australia
1958 Ceremonial Land Rover 'Special 88', used on Vice Regal occasions in Queensland during the 1960s and 1970sModel 48/215 Holden sedan, 1949, delivered the day before these Holdens were released for sale to the general publicAn immaculately maintained black 1959 Wolseley 1500 saloon sedan1964 Bentley 'S' Series 3 black saloon motor car used by Sir Robert MenziesBrabham BT23A-1 Repco V8, 1967, built and raced by Formula One legend, Jack BrabhamHolden Calais 2017 V sedan and accessories - manufactured at the GM Holden factory in Elizabeth, South Australia on 13 October 2017, a week prior to the plant's closure on 20 October 2017

If you are intending to show your own car then this must be organised before August 14.

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!date 17/08/2019 -- 17/08/2019
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