Man on Road

  A lpine R ally SHORTS – M urray Coote My memories of the Alpine It was like an end of year pilgrimage for me – the last rally for the year. Rally crews taking over the friendly town of Bright creating a special atmosphere.  Winning the Alpine (to me) was even more of an achievement than winning the Australian Rally Championship. Scantily clad girls cleaning the windscreens at the end of stages. The cricket matches on the oval at Bright at the end of the event were something I will never forget.  John Dawson-Damer acting as umpire with a bottle of wine stored at the base of the wickets. I guess in my memory it was the entire package, the area, the roads, the social atmosphere before and after and during the event yet so highly competitive as everyone wanted to win the Alpine. Murray Coote has competed in many Alpine Rallies  from the mid-1970s to 1991,  when he won BP Alpine Rally  that year  on his way to secure the  Australian Rally ...

As editor of the November 2005 edition of the Historic Rally Association Journal  I did an interview with Australian Rally Hall of Fame member &   Alpine Rally legend Frank Kilfoyle as a 6 6-time winner & 4-time Director.  I have reproduced the words here with some extra recently  researched  information & pictures  to add some more colour  as we prepare for the  2025 Lovells Suspension Alpine Rally of East Gippsland. Man on Road Alpine Legend   Frank   Kilf oyle What are my most poignant memories of the Alpine? I’ve competed in some 12 Alpines.   I think I finished in 11 of them, won 6  or maybe 5.5, depending on how  you count the one as co-driver.   ed note - an Alpine Rally win as a Navigator certainly counts! The first was 1959, which we rather won be accident.  George Reynolds in the 1985 Olde BP Rally with Frank's long-time Navigator Mike Osborne Bruce Ford, with Harry ...

 Mollison Motors Kyneton History End of the road The Age November 26, 2008 — 12.00am When a Holden dealership in Kyneton folded, it sent a collective shiver through the township – and across the nation. Geoff Strong reports. T HE showrooms of Mollison Motors are empty now. Where new Commodores and Holden utes once gleamed for customer attention, there are just a few hubcaps on a rack and brochures stacked on the red carpet. Outside the wind toys with bits of paper and a plastic cup rolls across the vacant used car lot. The high points and lows in the history of this long-established Kyneton Holden dealer have mirrored the Australian automotive industry for the past 60 years. In its latest twist, Mollison Motors has been hit by something the industry fears could soon be the fate of many. If that happens the pain being felt in this town would then be magnified across Australia. A little over a month ago Mollison Motors closed when its finance company refused to extend credit to pay f...