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One Fiat Dino!  Ah ah aah!  Oh, I how love to count! Two Fiat Dinos!!  Ah ah aah!   But wait!  Three Fiat Dinos!!!  Ah ah aah!  Can you guess ... ?    Yes, four Fiat Dinos, all in a row!!!!  Ah ah aah! This magnificent collection - three left-hookers and a right-hand-drive, all from Victoria - was photographed by the East Coast Correspondent as it passed through Swansea, Tasmania, after overnighting in Coles Bay.  Sources tell me that one of them experienced some mechanical issues and had to visit Hobart-based Italian car specialists Fogarty Automotive, where it was put right, before returning to Coles Bay to rejoin the tour. Happy touring!  I hope the rest of your Tasmania sojourn remains problem free! U M P H (uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogspot.com.au.) Images courtesy of the ECC.

  Club Motori Italia's March 2021 Supersprints were held at the Baskerville Raceway, north of Hobart, Tasmania, on a very pleasant early autumn day.  29 drivers competed in a field of predominantly Japanese marques - leading to some conjecture that the M of CMI might stand for Mazda (😀) - plus a good showing of Italian cars or vehicles belonging to host club members, as well as a sprinkling of German, British, Korean and Aussie makes.   The midday session saw some quite spirited driving, with a couple of close tussles playing out between Michael Watt in his Mazda 3 MPS and Richie Thrimm and Chris Haugland, alternately sharing another Mazda 3; Phil Blake behind the wheel of his OT1600 versus Grant Woolnough in his Cortina; and Ian Bridge taking on James Quinn, with the former in an RX2 and the latter in an MX5.  Thanks for the show!      Allan Van Dullemen was driving his Starion like he'd stolen it, only to withdraw with mechanical issues a short time later.  However, that di