Photos:Julia Foletta and  Martin Stubbs©Dacre Stubbs Collection.  Video: Bill Hunter  
As part of the Phillip Island Historic Meeting this year, and part of the 80th Anniversary of the Australian Grand Prix, some 80 Pre-War cars were invited to participate in a demonstration run of two laps of 10 km each of the old Grand Prix circuit. The old track has since been returned to general public use as part of the Phillip Island public road system, but as the video shows, the surface, although sealed, is pretty ordinary. But for all that the old cars, which were officially constrained to a speed of 80 km/h.were able to dodge under the radar and reach 100 km/h at spots. The event, which caused the organisers some nail-biting suspense about the likely success of the Cavalcade, turned out to be a crowd pleaser. Hundreds of cheering spectators lined the route, and when the grand old machines were lined up in the seaside township of Cowes, you could scarcely move for the crush.
 

Graeme Lowe, 1936 Alta Sports 2000cc	Ian Mawson, 1935 MG PB 938cc/Sc	Unknown owner - MG
The Austin 7 Island crew:L/R Bill Hunter, Peter Langford, Max Robinson' John Heagney, Bill Morling, Bob Booth	The Logans: Austin 7 'Latrobe' Sports	Mike Hipkins, 30-98 Vauxhall
Bill Morling & Bob Booth Austin 7 Ulster	Colin Kirkptrick, Amilcar/Riley 1500cc Supercharged Sports/Racing	Graeme Jackson. 1933 MG J2 847cc
Cavalcade display at Cowes - L/R Martin Stubbs, Basil Van Dongen, Bill Hunter & Pip amongst Austin 7s	Cavalcade at Cowes - Julia Foletta & Pip - Photo from Julia Foletta	Cavalcade at Cowes - Roger Rayson's 1928 Invicta, 4.5 litre

 

Cavalcade at Cowes -  Andrew Green & Mark Burns - Alvis 12/50S	Cavalcade over for the year - Martin Stubbs, 1928 Austin 7 Sports/Racing	Trevor Cole (Right) in deep and meaningful discussion with Bill Hunter