Southern Lotus Register club run to Nelson New Zealand

[KiwiBirkin]

I couldnt see a section under the Events area for other members in other countries so I have posted this here its in a lot of posts because of the limit to 4 pics per post

 

Two weeks ago Marg & I went on our 2nd annual SLR Tranz Alpine club run this is the main event of the year for the SLR club and is always 3 days away on a well run tour of the South Island of NZ this year we went to Nelson.

 

The day started off meeting at the new The Press building on Johns Rd there 25 cars gathered on a light southerly morning (means rain and wind for us NZ'ers) at 9am there were 2 other members from my Clubmans forum on the run Zak7 and Clives7 both of which this was their first time on a Tranz Alpine run with the club. It was great to see the all the cars gathered at the start and meet some old faces from a year ago when we went on the last one. The weather was overcast with a forecast of rain and it was quite cold too but no rain in sight.

 

Marg and our mascot ready to go

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Original S2 Lotus 7

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Couple of S4 cars

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[KiwiBirkin]

Continued

 

We set off to Nelson with a planned route through the Lewis Pass then onto Springs Junction and then on up to Murchison for lunch and then on the Nelson, by the time we had got to Kaiapoi it was drizzling rather heavy so we stopped to put the hood on which then remained on until Spring Junction where it had stopped raining and was a lot warmer we had a great run through the Lewis pass with most cars in convoy of at least 3 or more, by the time we had hit Murchison for lunch it was quite warm but looked like NW showers up the valley towards Nelson. The run to Nelson was great up over the saddle and through Clarke Valley which is very twisty and then on to Nelson with just the odd shower hitting us every now and then.

 

The next day we meet up with 3 members from Nelson and a couple of friends who have Frasers to head off on organised rally around Nelson which and onto Kaiteriteri for lunch we had a planned stop for lunch the rally was well organised and gave us a great tour route around the back blocks of Nelson with the high-lite of the day driving down the great Motuaka vally Hwy rd (really twisty but fast) following 3 sevens with another 4 behind me.

 

Lining up for the rally start

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Behind us

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The organisers 209 Elisie

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Coffee break at the Secret Cafe on the Motuaka Valley Hwy

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Edited November 15, 2010 by KiwiBirkin

[KiwiBirkin]

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[KiwiBirkin]

Back on the road after coffee hope you know the way Bruce

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Argg lights

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[KiwiBirkin]

Lunch stop

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That evening the organising group had a night planned with a fancy dress beginning in L and a evening meal this was all at the hotel so we didnt have to drive anywhere, everyone on the trip gets involved in these evenings and there were some great outfits in L that people had dreamed up along with about 10 Leprechauns.

 

I went as a Lab Tech

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[KiwiBirkin]

And Marg as a Legal Seretary

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The next day was the planned drive home via Picton for lunch and then down the east coast with a stop at Kiakoura for afternoon tea, we all stopped at Havlock for a group photos but as we were not able to get any elevation to take pics they didnt turn out as well as expected.

 

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[KiwiBirkin]

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We then departed Havlock and drove the Queen Charlote Drive to Picton in a convoy of 30 cars

 

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It was a great trip the weather stayed fine but it was cold the roads up Nelson way are in great condition with lovely seal (compared to Canterbury roads) in all we did about 1500kms and had great company i'm really looking forward to next year.

[lancylad]

Cheers Kiwi, great pics and commmentary. Always good to see a bunch of 7 nuts out and about. Good on ya mate...

[Z3 Stalker]

YUP! you can tell it's spring in the southern hemisphere. Looks like a great day out.

 

Stewart

[pi7ot]

Beautiful country. Nice machines.

 

 

Was the petrol container empty and vented?:willy_nilly:

 

 

Thanks for the pics.

They're like light at the end of the tunnel for us winter bound rats.

 

They remind me that I do have a 7 somewhere in the garage :svengo:

 

 

m

[KiwiBirkin]

The container was empty in the pic, my mate Clive who was driving the car used the petrol on the way up to Nelson as he left late for the run and knew the petrol station at Murchison (rural town 330km from our start) would be closed and he wouldn't be able to get petrol so carried it with him.

 

I should explain that Nelson is the sunshine capital of the New Zealand south island and the route we took is on all the major tourist drives but in the 450kms to get to Nelson through the inland rote there are still only 2 petrol stations and both closed before 9pm

[Croc]

That looked like great fun. You even looked good in curly hair!

[Ruadhd2]

Picture #10 appears to have a brown, fossilized spherical ball-type hovering spy balloon from the Prisoner in the left corner.

 

Great thought on your part folks.

[Alaskossie]

Looks like a lot of fun was had by all!

 

Are those S4 Sevens the Steele Bros. variants that were made in NZ under license from Lotus? Do any have the Jensen-Healey 4-cyl. engine?

[Boxologist]

any more pics of teh black se7en w/ teh large orange stripe and lipstick and teh yellow se7en w/ all the venting in the nose cone?

[KiwiBirkin]

The 2 S4 are Steel Bro sevens built under licence and both are running 1600 Lotus twin cam engines.

 

The Black Seven with the orange nose stripe is my mates car how many pics do you want . The Yellow one with the large vents is a Westfield I have a few more pics I will dig up.