Classics By The Beach: July, 2024

This month’s coverage of Classics comes to us via Mr McBeard, who it seems was one of a very few attendees hardy enough to brave an icy Tasmanian winter’s morning on the windswept shores of the River Derwent at Sandy Bay.   Not even our usually robust editor-in-chief, head writer or principal photographer turned up.  Other places to be, apparently.

According to our hirsute correspondent, the baby Fiat and massive Lincoln garnered the most attention on the day, almost certainly due to the striking contrast of their size and styles.  They also illustrate a monumental cultural difference between their countries of origin, with the super-sized American saying rather a lot about life in the USA when compared to the diminutive - and, more to the point - frugal Italian.  

DM420 isn’t a Jaguar, by the way.   It’s the more up-market Daimler variant, being slightly skewed towards luxury when compared to the Jag version, which - despite being jolly plush - was the more performance orientated car of the two.  

So yes, it really was cold!  And the people in the photo below were actually swimming, without wetsuits, in the middle of a Tasmanian winter!!  Come to think about it, the editor in chief, head writer and principal photographer said something about hoping to take a dip … .

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Photos courtesy of Mr McBeard.