Please note this has replaced the Aussie car show display as our club event for the day.
We have been invited to put on a club display at the 2025 Rob Roy Festival which is featuring a celebration of 100 years of Ford Australia
Sunday 30th March only.
Location is the Rob Roy hill climb, 375 Clintons road, Smiths Gully.
Please RSVP by Thursday 27th March (no Maybe please!)
Also register guests if you have others coming with you for our people numbers please.
Bump in is at 8am and we will have a designated area for our club on the marquee display lawns, everyone is to make their own way there.
tickets are $20 for a single person in a display car and $40 for a car load with display car. We have been given discount codes to use..
Choose classic car with the code FPVXRSingle for the single ticket.
Choose car load with the code FPVXRCarLoad for the family ticket.
Tickets are to be purchased from:
robroyrevival.mgcc.com.au
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1305020
There will be lots of entertainment, activities, displays and food vendors for what should be a really good day out, also featuring John Bowe as the event patron.
Please have a read of the event information below!
We are very excited to be running the Rob Roy Revival for the third time in 2025!
Whilst the Revival Event will be held over 2 days the Public Festival will be on Sunday the 30th March only with scrutineering, practice and 2 timed runs on Saturday.
Located at Australia’s oldest hillclimb track, Rob Roy Revival is a celebration of classic motorsport and life in 50s and 60s.
Step back in time to one of the most stylish eras and soak up the atmosphere of classic cars, fashion, music, local food and more. Attendees are encouraged to dress in vintage 50s and 60s fashion and immerse in the festival feel.
Every year the Revival features a classic marque.
In 2025 we will be honouring 100 years of FORD Australia.
2025 Featured Marque
Celebrating 100 years of Ford Australia
On March 31, 1925, US manufacturer Ford announced that Geelong would be the Australian headquarters of its local production. The first Australian-built Ford was a Model T that came off an improvised production line in a disused Geelong woolstore in June 1925, while work started on a factory in the nearby suburb of Norlane. In 1928 the factory switched to the Model A and was followed by the Ford V8 in 1932.
In 1956 the company bought a large tract of land in the northern Melbourne suburb of Broadmeadows, and in July 1961 announced that the new Melbourne factory would become the company headquarters. Of the many models that followed, the best known was the Falcon produced from 1972 to 2016, originally a US model introduced in Australia in 1960 and eventually adapted to Australian requirements and road conditions.
On the 23 May 2013, Ford announced that its factories in Geelong and Broadmeadows would be closed down in October 2016.
Our Revival Patron
John Bowe AM
Johns Dad, Brian Bowe, raced a supercharged 1500cc MG TC Special in Tasmania back when John was just 2 or 3 years of age. John still has memories of sitting on the floor of that little MG with his arm around the transmission tunnel. Growing up surrounded by cars and attending lots of car meetings at Symmons Plains, Baskerville and Longford it’s little wonder John has had a life long addiction to cars and car people.
John began racing at the age of sixteen in a Formula Vee Elfin in 1971, winning the Tasmanian state title on debut. John has been a two times winner of the Bathurst 1000 in 1989 and 1994, several times he has been the Australian Drivers Champion, as well as Australian Touring Car Champion.
John still races including the Touring Car Masters series, which he won the championship for the 6th time outright in 2021.
We are honoured to have John as our event patron again for 2025. We will be fundraising for charities that John has chosen supporting Mens Health.
