Competition | Owner/Driver | Car | Position | Resulting time | Notes |
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Concours d'Elegance - 1975 Canberra | Bill Lyford | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 1976 Deniliquin | Brian Cleghorn | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 1977 Cootamundra | Ralph Tolson | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 1978 Mildura | Jack Jefferyes | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 1979 Wagga Wagga | Evan Wright | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 1980 Tamworth | Howard McCormick | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 1981 Barossa Valley | John & Alison Colbrook | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 1982 Toowoomba | Fred & Pat Jones | 1 | 00:00:00 | My trials and tribulations, and therefore, this hard luck story, began several days before Easter 1982. I had prepared my Whitley (C189160), popularly known as “Whittles”, for the trip from Sydney to the Federal Rally to be held at Toowoomba that year. As I had planned to depart Sydney early on the Thursday before Easter, I parked her in the parking station of the Boulevard Hotel, William Street, Sydney on the Wednesday evening. Paradoxically, the Boulevard Hotel is situated diagonally opposite the site of the old Buckle Motors showroom (now demolished) at 119-121 William Street, from whence Whittles was delivered to her first owner in late 1950. Early next morning, I returned to the Boulevard to collect Whittles. She was gone. Thinking I may have mistaken the level of the parking station I had left her on, I ran up, then down, checking each floor, but in vain. The Wilson Parking attendant informed me that the boom gate of the parking station was left open in the early hours of each morning, apparently to save the cost of paying an attendant to man the booth. “Funny that”, he said, “we lost a Ferrari here last week”. I contacted Police and reported the loss. Next, I rang Bob Elliott, then Treasurer of ASCC and he posted out a notice to every Club member, that day, alerting them to the theft. I rang radio station 2WS and paid for an announcement to be aired asking listeners to keep a lookout for the car. Naturally, I advised the Rally organisers in Toowoomba. What to do next? I set out driving around Sydney, gradually heading west across Sydney, towards the Blue Mountains. By 10 p.m. on Good Friday I called in to yet another service station, at Springwood, where the console operator, an Englishman of mature years, listened to my story with real interest and remarked that he had owned a Whitley many years before, in Britain. An offer of accommodation was gratefully accepted, and his kind wife served me a late supper. Next day, I took my leave of the Good Samaritans, and returned to my searching across Sydney for the remainder of the long Easter weekend. On the following Wednesday, I received a call at work from the Police. Whittles had been reported as having been parked under a block of flats at Hurlstone Park for several days, and was apparently undamaged. I left the city immediately and found her parked under the building. A small scratch on the NSF wing was noted, and the radio/8-track player was gone, but there was no sign of forced entry or other apparent damage. The trip meter showed 39 miles, as I had set it to zero in anticipation of the Easter Rally. She started and ran normally, and the gearbox was undamaged – one of my fears having been that a person unused to a preselector box may have ruined it. I advised various Club members of the remarkable recovery and learnt that I had been awarded the ASCC Hard Luck Trophy at Toowoomba, a small but welcome consolation. Since that day, I have always used steering locks, immobilisers and other safety devices! Whittles enjoyed a further eight years of regular use in my hands, including attendance at Federal Rallies at Canberra, Ballarat, Bowral, Thredbo (the best location ever), and Mudgee, before she passed from my possession to a succession of owners in Canberra, where she resides today. Truly a lucky car! — Peter Woodward | |
Concours d'Elegance - 1983 Canberra | Peter Woodward | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 1984 Ballarat | Athol Duncan | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 1985 Bowral | Alf Britton | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 1986 Renmark | Alf Britton | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 1987 Stanthorpe | Maurie & Jill Turland | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 1988 Thredbo | Harry Cooper | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 1989 Wangaratta | Paul Caro | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 1990 Mudgee | Lee Rodda | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 1991 Clare Valley | Helen Andrews | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 1992 Toowoomba | Fred Jones | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 1993 Tumut | Andrew Hyden | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 1994 Dartmouth | Paul Caro | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 1995 Cowra | Paul Caro | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 1996 Barossa Valley | Brad Purss | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 1997 Cherrabah | Alan Purss | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 1998 Goulburn | Jack Jeffries | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 1999 Mt Beauty | Andrew Kemp | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 2000 Singleton | Stuart & Kelly Daw | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 2002 Jindabyne | Ross Burgess | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 2003 Beechworth | John Graham | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 2004 Wagga Wagga | Tore Pannuzzo | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 2005 Tanunda | Not Contested | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 2006 Inverell | Graham & Pauline Carson | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 2007 Canberra | Robert & Miriam Bradly | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 2008 Echuca | Lyel & Robyn Murrell | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 2009 Bathurst | Helen Andrews | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 2010 Swan Hill | Allan & Brad Purss | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 2011 Toowoomba | Paul Caro | 1 | 00:00:00 | My 1954 Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire was parked at the motel in it's allocated space. Another member of the ASCC reversed out of his car space and "kissed" my car. No hard feelings on either side. — Ernie Garton | |
Concours d'Elegance - 2012 Sapphire Coast | Ernie Garton | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 2013 Bendigo | Lex Marshall | 1 | 00:00:00 | Overheating problems capped off by collapsed heater pipe connections at the rear of the cylinder head made sure that Lex and Ruth Marshall received the Hard Luck Trophy for 2013. | |
Concours d'Elegance - 2014 Maitland | Lex Marshall | 1 | 00:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 2015 Broken Hill | Selwyn Allen | 1 | 0:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 2016 Tweed Heads | Ian Handley | 1956 Armstrong Siddeley 236 | 1 | C230253 | |
Concours d'Elegance - 2017 Forbes | Not Contested | 1 | |||
Concours d'Elegance - 2018 Beechworth | John Graham | 1 | 0:00:00 | ||
Concours d'Elegance - 2019 Canberra | Stephen Purss | 1 | |||
Concours d'Elegance - 2021 Renmark | Bruce Pearce | 1 | 1 | Two Siddeleys failed just before the rally. | |
Concours d'Elegance - 2022 Yarrawonga Mulwala | Paul Cole | 1956 Armstrong Siddeley 236 | 1 | 1 | C230541 |
Concours d'Elegance - 2023 Leeton | Barbara Pennington | 1954 Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 1 | 1 | 1 | C341870 |