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Earlsdon Kid
Argyll & Bute, Scotland
31 of 37  Sun 26th Jun 2022 9:35pm  

I came across this article pinned up on the wall of “Stuart’s Well Roadhouse”, Northern Territory, Australia in October 2006. I don’t know when this was published but it tells a good story of a remarkable Jaguar XK120 trip in 1951. “Stuart’s Well Roadhouse” was the home of “Dinky, the singing Dingo” at the time I visited the roadhouse. For ease of reading look at the second and third images.
Coventry Cars and Motoring - Motor Racing history of Daimler, Jaguar, Triumph, etc.
Mick Strong
Coventry
32 of 37  Sun 26th Jun 2022 9:50pm  

"They nearly came to grief when they ran into a mob of brumbies" What is a "brumbie"?
Mick Strong

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Earlsdon Kid
33 of 37  Sun 26th Jun 2022 10:05pm  
Off-topic / chat  

Mick Strong
Coventry
34 of 37  Mon 27th Jun 2022 8:50am  

Big grin This is great, thanks Earlsdon Kid. I found this report and pictures here. Edited by Midland Red, 27th Jun 2022 9:18 am (Weblink clarified.)
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Coventry Cars and Motoring - Motor Racing history of Daimler, Jaguar, Triumph, etc.
Earlsdon Kid
Argyll & Bute, Scotland
35 of 37  Mon 27th Jun 2022 8:29pm  

That's quite an article, thanks for the link MIck! While living in Queensland I joined the "JDCQ" Jaguar Drivers Club of Queensland. The were members with some great Jaguars and some who raced them. I won this picture in a JDCQ raffle signed by three of the "Jaguar Historic Racing Team" members.
Coventry Cars and Motoring - Motor Racing history of Daimler, Jaguar, Triumph, etc.
Mick Strong
Coventry
36 of 37  Tue 28th Jun 2022 4:32pm  

Great poster, Earlsdon Kid. Do you know if the green XJS was ran by Tom Walkinshaw's team at that time? They normally had a TWR sticker on the windscreen and he ran numbers 1 & 2. Cannot find a picture with 27 on, but they are the colours he ran.
Mick Strong

Coventry Cars and Motoring - Motor Racing history of Daimler, Jaguar, Triumph, etc.
Earlsdon Kid
Argyll & Bute, Scotland
37 of 37  Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:21am  

Good point, Mick! I can't confirm it is, but I know there were some very serious collectors in the JDCQ. The poster does specify the Tom Walkinshaw's XJS's placed 1st and 3rd in the 1985 Bathurst 1000 race (hard to see on the picture I posted). From what I can make out two of the XJS's were "8" and "10" and I suspect the third was "2". It would be interesting if the "27" had some significant meaning?
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