The inaugural 4CV Muster was held in Canberra over Easter, 1989 and co-incided with the 40th. anniversary of the introduction of the “75A” into the Australian motoring scene. Now, two years later, it was a case of “All roads lead to Tamworth” on Friday, March 29 as the participants of the Muster converged on the “City of Light.
The initial meeting was at the Prince of Wales Park in Tamworth at 4.00 pm on Friday 29 and
excitement mounted as a total of six 750’s arrived and congregated at the park. George and Pauline
Cook arrived from Canberra minus a windscreen, having the misfornrne of a breakage along the way.
Ftom Young, N.S.W., came Ivan and Eveiyn Hunter and from Sydney *.here was Geoff and Jenny
King. Queensland was well represented with Peter Harris, Bruce Slade and his parents, Bob and
Florette Gray and Family, Bob Skinner and George, Sandra and Stewart Hames.
There to meet and greet us were Nev. and Shirley Maunder, who, until recently had been the
Renault/Peugeot dealers in Tamworth since 1964. Now retired, Nev. and Shirley made us very
welcome to their city and issued us with an invitation to visit them at their home the foilowing day.
The gathering was informal and very pleasant as the afternoon turned to evening. Take-aways were
purchased from nearby food outlets and the urn was boiled as the chatter continued into the night.
Peter Harris and Geoff and Jenny King depaned for their Hotel at Nundle and the rest of us made our
way to our own respective caravan Parks.
The assembly point for the Muster was the Thunderbird Motel Motor Museum at Nemingha at 10.00
am. It was here that the eleven 750’s lined up together for the first time. As well as the ‘750’s, there
was a Caravelle, a round light R10, a Toyota Hi-Lux and a Ford Falcon along with 34 participating
people.
The cars in the Motor Museum were magnificent machines, well worthy of an inspection. The rain
continued and it was agreed to cancel the planned circuit tour. Laurie Freudenstein was contacted and
he issued an invitation for the group to come and see his 750’s, which were for sale along with
numerous parts. So the convoy of cars proceeded to Moonbi where we were warmly received by
Laurie and Stella, provided with fresh scones and shown his machinery and cars.
The “official” Muster Dinner was booked at the Nundle Hotel for that night and so a convoy of 750’s
drove into the gloomy weuress to join the other members already there.
Sunday dawned bright and clear. A tour of inspection of the Tamworth Power Station Museum was
organised for 10.00 am and this proved most interesting for the “Tamworth” contingent. Meanwhile,
&ose from Nundle did a sightseeing trip to Hanging Rock Lookout in the nearby Forestry area.
Our meeting point for the day was at the Chaffey Dam between Tamworth and Nundle. A picnic lunch and an
afternoon of socialising was the agenda. The area selected at the Dam was already well filled with Austin cars of all types – they, also, were holding a National Meeting. However, in amongst tufts of long grass and plenty of cow-pats, the eleven 750’s lined up and looked absoiutely splendid.