Club President:

Brett Warren

Vice President:

Adam Pohl

Treasurer:

Nicole Coverdale

Secretary:

Ross Ardiri

Run Coordinator:

Gabrielle Roberts

Club Permits:

Adam Pohl

Web Co-ordinator & Newsletter Editor: Clive Roberts

Club Caretaker:

Brett Warren

Club Phone:

0414 856 967

Club Email.

fxhzholdencarclubgeelong@gmail.com

Newsletter Email: fxhzclubeditor@gmail.com

www.fx-hzcarclub.com

P.O.Box 81, Geelong Vic 3220

All Holden Day 2017 Raffle Tickets Now Available.

Other Club’s Regular Runs:

2nd Monday:GeelongStreetRoddersCruizin @ Geelong Museum of Motoring & Industry

Mackey St North Geelong 6pm, Chrome Bumpers welcome, $5 entry—all makes

More info: Ray 0400 932 444 or www.geelongstreetrodders.com.au

during daylight savings, October thru to March

1stTuesday:Peninsula Cruise Night, Peninsula Homemaker Centre

Cnr Nepean Hwy&BungowerRds, Mornington 5:30pm - 9 ish between October & May

Alan Newton 0417 389 114 or Bill 03 5975 7665

Friday or Saturday:Weather permitting CalderPark Legal Off Street Drags& Burnout Competition.

Check www.calderpark.com.au for the next session.

2nd Friday:Johns Rod & Custom Cruise Night – Berwick from 6pm Meet at John’s –

74 Beaumont Road, Berwick.Ph: 9796 2251

General Meeting:

1st Monday of each month 7:30pm (exc. Jan)

“Bay Room” Cnr Boundary Rd & Bellarine Hwy.

East Geelong 3219.

Members, The Holden day is fast approaching, don’t forget as a member of the Club if you have Club Plates you must help out on the day this is part of your obligation, so if you haven’t got a job as yet please call the club phone or make sure you see one of the committee staff on the day, we do need all the help we can get on the day, this will make it a great day for everyone. Judges – Adam Hearsum still needs a few volunteers for judging on the day if anyone can assist. Please contact the club phone if you can help for a couple of hours there. Holden Day Raffle tickets – Now being distributed.... SELL, SELL, SELL! All members present at our FEB meeting have received their books and we ask all remaining members to please text or call Gabrielle on the club phone to arrange getting your Raffle Books to start selling. We will be having an extra committee meeting prior to Holden day we will set a time and date and notify all the relevant people with a club text very soon. Club Run to Portarlington Australia Day, we had a brunch BBQ of Egg, Bacon & Hash Browns, then setup to watch the cars from Cotton On cruise past. We had a great spot on the foreshore, with an uninterrupted view of the road, UNTIL we were invaded by about 30+ MG’s and assorted vehicles, who said that we were in there spot, which we found out they use the spot we were in every 4th Thursday of the month as a meeting spot, they weren’t there for long and moved on to have their lunch. We had about 10 cars with around 20 members attend, all in all a great Australia Day.

Items in red are Geelong FX-HZ Holden Club organised club runs or events.

For more information, call the Club Phone on 0414 856 967

…Thanks to Tasman Market Fresh Meats Newcomb…

…Official Supplier for Geelong FX-HZ Holden Club Runs…

February 2017

12th Feb Torquay Rotary MotorShow: Torquay Foreshore - Elephant Walk 10-3pm

12th Feb 30th Annual Picnic at Hanging Rock Car Show

18th Feb Newstead Swap Meet @ Newstead Racecourse 7-5pm Also Show N Shine

19th Feb WDCVC 19th Annual Vintage Classic Car & Bike Show: Wyndham Civic Centre

26th Feb 3rd Annual Car, Truck & Bike Show: Central Park Ave Craigieburn 10-3pm

26th Feb 6th Annual Showcars Melbourne: @ Moonee Valley Racecourse

26th Feb Shelford Duck Race & Family Day 11-5pm

March 2017

4th Mar 13th Annual Geelong All Holden Day

6th Mar Club Meeting 7:30

12th Mar N.C.C on the Bay Car Show: Seaworks Williamstown

12th Mar All GM Show N Shine Day Apex Park, Wangaratta also hosting FE/FC State Titles

19th Mar Werribee Swap Meet: Werribee Racecourse

26th Mar 11th Annual Koroit Swap Meet + Show n Shine Victoria Park. Koroit

26th Mar Nathalia Show n Shine + Swap Meet Nathalia Rec Reserve Park St

April 2017

2nd April E.J Whitten Foundation Car Show: Hogans Rd Oval Hoppers Crossing 9-2pm

3rd April Club Meeting 7:30

9th April Merideth Mancave Madness + Swap Meet + Car/Bike Show : Meredith Golf Club

23rd April Melton Swap Meet: Tabcorp Park

New house plan.

2016 Motorsport Season Wrap Up 9. January 2017 11:41 by Rare Spares in General, Rare Spares // Tags: Rare Spares, Motorsport, Supercar series, Touring Car Masters, TCM, automotive world, automotive, Bathurst, John Bowe, Aussie Motorsports, Australia driving roads, Australian cars, Australian classic cars, Automotive Enthusiasts, Automotive industry, classic cars, Festival of Motorsport, 2016 Racing, Racing, Car Racing // Comments (0)

When it comes to the automotive world, it definitely goes without saying that we at Rare Spares are suckers for Motorsport. Whether it be the iconic Supercars (formally V8 Supercars) or the Touring Car Masters, we can’t get enough of fast and furious four wheeled action. Here we will take a look back at some of the series my exciting moments and how they finished up. Last year the Supercar series went through, some big changes, one of which was dropping the V8 name from the series to make way for turbo charged vehicles. However, the year was not without incident. Who could forgot the Red Bull poster boys Jamie Whincup and Shane van Gisbergen fighting at the front throughout the season, until the second last round in New Zealand where one punted the other, sending Van Gisbergen sliding off the road. This Supercars season also saw the first full-time female racer in decades enter the series. Simona De Silvestro was a former Indy Car racer and with her impressive wild card entry in the 2015 Bathurst, she was locked into a three year deal in the Australian category. Some other big moments saw HRT move to Triple Eight with Holden choosing the team over Walkinshaw Racing, ahead of the development of their new 2nd generation Supercar. The biggest story would have to go to the events that took place at the Bathurst 1000. Will Davison and Jonathon Webb were named the Bathurst champions after a dramatic end to the race in October. Whincup was stripped of his first place result due to a 15 second time penalty that was applied post-race. The series ended up being taken out by Van Gisbergen after an extraordinary display of skill and ability throughout the year. The Touring Car Masters also provided nothing short of a thrilling series once again, with high horse power and classic metal never failing to impress. One of the most memorable moments would go to the man Glenn Seton taking out the title for the first Trans-Tasman challenge. The Touring Car Masters and Central Muscle Cars went head to head at Mount Panorama for an incredibly exciting race which saw the Thunder Road Racing Team Australia driver claim his third TCM race win at Bathurst and fourth of the season. The series also provided some valiant efforts with Eddie Abelnica ending a 64 race streak without a Touring Car Masters race victory, thanks to a brilliant performance at the stunning Phillip Island GP Circuit. Abelnica powered his Melbourne’s Cheapest Cars XB Falcon hardtop to the win from fourth on the grid, passing Glenn Seton, Jason Gomersall and John Bowe in an outstanding display of steering. The Touring Car Master season title went to none other than Rare Spares ambassador, John Bowe, after he recorded his eighth race win of the year with an 80 point lead ahead of second place winner, Eddie Abelnica. With such an exciting season of Motorsport behind us, we are lucky to have such a vibrant and passionate automotive scene and with 2017 in full swing, we cannot wait to see what this year will bring!

JUST HOLDENS MAGAZINE

Issue 27 - HX LE MONARO Anniversary Edition. Learn the whole story from within Holden how the most luxurious Monaro all was designed and built. PLUS... - Special HOLDEN MANUFACTURING EDITION with 20 pages of stories and old photos from inside Holden's factories of the 1940s, '50s and '60s - The best XU-1 Torana ever built by the mighty HDT - GM-H secrets of the HQ ONE TONNER design - Poster of genuine HT GTS 350 MONARO ...and so much more! http://www.cargoodies.com.au/

We are now updating our Database to make sure we are in line with all the prerequisites for Vic Roads.

With photos of the 1. Front, 2. Driver’s side, 3. Rear, 4. Driving position (side on with the driver’s door open) 5. And where possible, any identifiers such as chassis number & engine number. Motorcycles. 1. Left side, 2. Right side, 3. Rear 4. And any identifiers such as engine number and frame numbers.

Could all members with club plates please send in photos of their cars or bikes to the newsletter

editor. fxhzclubeditor@gmail.com or bring them to the next CLUB meeting. In electronic

form i.e. A USB stick, or CD.

413 Moorabool St Geelong

5229 3884

(03) 5229 2083

Moolap

Geelong Differential Services

(03) 5278 1132

Malop st Geelong

(03) 5224 277

BELLARINE AUTO

GLASS

TLC Motor Trimmer 0407 440815

South Pacific Pools and Spas

(03) 5277 0222

Moolap Mufflers Geelong

0459 352858

Classic Chrome (03) 52212881

Leading Edge

Plastering

(03) 9748 0791

Spud’s Automotive

1/80-84 Tucker st Breakwater

(03) 5221 0351

GEELONG

FASTENERS (03) 5278 9888

Clutch & Brake

Specialists 7-13 Little Ryrie St Geelong

(03) 5229 5077

Geelong Carburettors (03) 5248 0666

Aberdeen Plumbing

(03) 5222 6883

Reidy’s Automotive

(03) 5221 4711

J & D Price Automotive

(03) 5275 2529

Menzel Glass-Geelong

(03) 5229 7598

Ultra Tech Motors

(03) 5221 8477

Demango Graphics &

Signs 0400 336108

Don Witham

Cylinder Head Service Nth Geelong (03) 5278 8631

Oxford Motor Spares

(03) 52419552

B&R Windscreens

(03) 5221 6926

Avalon Raceway

(03) 5229 8778

Leopold Bobcat Hire

0409 399 486

Fyans St Panels (03) 5221 6366

Better Auto Rubber

1800 674 483

Jax Tyres

(03) 5222 6255

DTM Auto Transmissions

(03) 5222 1833

Showrom Paint & Panels

Wayne's Wheel Alignment

(03) 5244 3742

Repco Geelong

(03) 5221 4655

Dave Theirry 0419 036810

Victory Trophies

(03) 52785595

Club Sponsors

For Sale / Wanted

Wanted: Street Machine Magazines as follows, contact the club phone. 0414 856967

1998 Jan-Feb, June, July-Aug, Oct-Nov

1999 Jan-Feb 2000 Mar, Apr, Aug, Dec

2001 Feb, May, Aug, Oct, Dec Wanted: FC K-Frame contact the club phone. 0414 856967 Club Runs

Club runs, if you are attending the run that has been organized could you make sure you reply to the text with how many are coming, so you can be catered for. Failure to do so means that other people could miss out.

Sponsors Make sure you check the Sponsors page, as we have taken a few new ones on board this year.

Club Trailer Don’t forget that CLUB MEMBERS are able to use the Club Car Trailer for a small fee of $25 a day, this fee covers the wear and tear. (This fee must be paid up front), to book call Brett Warren 0407 342072.

Raffle Prizes A big thanks to all those who bring items for our raffle prizes, the money raised from the

raffle goes towards the club BBQ and fuelling the club Ute. Just a quick note to do with the prizes

Due to health regulations we cannot accept 2nd hand household items.

Club Merchandise You can purchase club shirts from Hip Pocket, or order at club meetings.

Geelong FX-HZ Holden Club Merchandise from Hip Pocket

Mens & Ladies Black/Red Nitro button up shirt $39.95

(cost of shirt includes the cost of the club logo embroidered on the front)

Mens & Ladies Black/Red Polo top $25.00

(cost of polo includes the cost of the club logo embroidered on the front)

Red & Black Cap $12.50

(cost of cap includes the cost of the club logo embroidered on the front)

Black Hoody with Red piping $39.95 (price includes club logo on front)

Black Baseball Jacket with Leather Sleeves $84.95 (price includes club logo on front)

Embroidery extras:

Club name embroidered on the back of shirt $15.00

Embroidery on the sleeves $5.50 per sleeve

Hip Pocket Workwear & Safety Geelong

180 Latrobe Terrace, Geelong Vic 3218

P: 03 5222 4744 F: 03 5222 5523

Email: geelong@hippocketworkwear.com.auFacebook: www.facebook.com/HipPocketAustralia

Isabella’s and Marcus’ families were bought together by their

tragedies. They are like-minded in their pursuit to extend the

lives of children diagnosed with brainstem tumours and

ultimately to find a cure

http://www.isabellaandmarcusfund.org.au

After the 2012 Holden Day we donated $3000 to "Our Women, Our Children", a charity which raises money to purchase much needed equipment for the Geelong Hospital. The Geelong Hospital Annual Appeal, launched in 2008, supports the region’s health services by raising money for different areas and priorities within Barwon Health. These include services within the Geelong Hospital, the Andrew Love Cancer Centre and cancer services, the McKellar Centre, community health and mental health centres around the Geelong region.

HeartKids is a support group for families of children with heart disease, be it

congenital (born with) or acquired. We started as voluntary group of parents

and individuals dealing with and concerned about the day to day realities of

raising and caring for children with cardiac conditions, and sometimes dealing

with the loss of a child due to their congenital heart defect. We have grown to

an organisation of some strength with a presence in almost every state of

Australia, as well as a National body – HeartKids Australia.

http://heartkids.org.au/

The Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Centre is located at the Austin Hospital in Heidelberg, Melbourne. It combines leading medical treatment and research of international significance, integrated with the best of wellness care and support for cancer patients and their families.

http://www.oliviaappeal.com//The-Centre.aspx

The Geelong FX-HZ Holden Car Club

supports a number of charities and worthy causes through donations and

volunteer work by members, and club donations of funds raised through

activities such as the Geelong Holden Day.

The Geelong FX-HZ Car Club is pleased to be able to provide

some financial assistance to Assistance Dog Australia.

Assistance Dogs Australia provides freedom and independence

to people with physical disabilities, and are a national

charity that trains Labradors and Golden Retrievers to

perform everyday tasks for people with disabilities.

http://www.assistancedogs.org.au/