Adelaide - Birdwood

After photos, speeches, coffee and cake kindly supplied by Chateau's we briskly took off up the South Eastern Freeway.

With three sharks abreast the pack covered almost the entire freeway (I'm still waiting to see the photos and video of that unique photo-op) until the turn off to 'Eagle on the Hill'. We then headed off along the beautiful and curvaceous back roads of the Mount Lofty Ranges to Birdwood Mill, the home of the National Motor Museum.

The SA crew took off enmasse and the group soon split up, so the interstaters continued along in their own small pack .. up until we closed in on the 'Bermuda Triangle' of the hills (and coincidentally the neighbourhood of Chateau's very own parts manager Cory.

Just as Rudy applied power out of yet another joyous corner his shark's engine came to an abrupt halt. With no power he managed to coast up the hill to a safe stop with the

Two words; Fuel Pump .. no, make that three words, Dead Fuel Pump!