Classics by the Beach: Sunday the 5th of July, 2020
Sandy Bay's monthly celebration of classic and sports cars has kicked up another notch, building in size from the first post-covid-19 get together in June. It's very likely that the weather - an unseasonably pleasant, sunny day in the mid-teens - added incentive for owners and admirers, ensuring that the July edition was quite a spectacle. The first vehicle to take my eye was this lovely Triumph Herald , finished to a very high standard in sky blue. It's equipped with a Datsun 1200 motor breathing through a 45mm Weber side-draught carbie, and features a Celica five-speed 'box, Triumph TR7 rear end and meaty tyres on widened steel rims. It does, however, run four-wheel drum brakes but they're of good size and are quite efficient, according to the car's owner. A half-cage and some racing harnesses add to its safety. It's a recent purchase, having been bought from a bloke whose wife thought he had one too many special interest cars - four or ...