June, 2014

Bill Greenan’s 1978 MGB

Next MeetingJune 2nd, 2014 7:00 pm at The Weathervane in Bedford

(603) 472-2749

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Car of the Month

B3 FOR MGBa SAGA

by Bill Greenan

It all started on the drive home from vol-unteering at the NH Motor Speedway inSeptember 2012. Right on Route 106 Ispotted a little red roadster in a used-carlot off the main drag. It was a sweet look-ing ’78 MGB,(LBC) with the top downand a very shiny paint job.

Now you have to understand that I hadnever even considered purchasing a “for-eign car.” My first car was a ’35 Ford, 3-window coupe. After that it was USAmade cars only. Of course, coming froma union-membership family carried a lotof clout when it came to buying anything.

When I got home I told my wife, Pam,about the LBC with a standard shift. Pamhad learned how to drive on a “3 on thetree” – her little brother gave her lessons.Even though she converted toan automatic drive over theyears since, she alwaysloved/missed “shifting.”

So off we went for a look &see. I had already kinda fallenin love with it and I thoughtPam was going to love it too.It didn’t take too long for abig smile to come across herface.

I went ahead and had mymechanic, Sterling, take alook. He pulled a wheel andwe looked it all over. The cardidn’t actually belong to thedealer. It was on consignment throughone of the salesmen. Since it didn’t be-long to the dealer, they would not putplates on it so Sterling drove it around thelot a couple of times and thought that ev-erything seemed okay.

After some telephone tag with the sales-man and consignee, we settled on a priceand I called Sterling who agreed to go

with me to pick it upand drive it home.Since the dealer stillcouldn’t offer a set ofplates, I took oneplate off the front ofmy truck and put it onthe back of the LBC.The salesman washaving a fit, but I fig-ured I could take therisk. Sterling followedme close without in-cident and there itwas - in our very own driveway!

Sterling, Pam and I were admiring it whenSterling asked, “Where are you going tokeep it?” Oh yeah, that. Hummm. I re-ally hadn’t thought about it and I quicklylearned that it was a requirement in orderfor the LBC to be insured.

Our house did not come with a garage.But I have two small barns, (Bl and B2 -Building 1 & 2) that I had built over theyears. That is where we store the gardentractor, snow blower, summer porch fur-niture, garden stuff, kindling wood, off-season snow tires, camping equipment,

lawn chairs and a spare clothes dryeracquired at a yard sale “on the cheap.”So, there was no place for indoor storageand security for the LBC.

What a quandary! Where would I build asuitable structure? We had the 300 footdriveway and upper parking paved - andeven though we have 5½ acres, it is alluphill, except for the area west of theparking area. Of course, it was a three

foot ravine where melting snow runs likea river in the Spring.

Well, I called my neighbor, Mac, who is alogger, firewood provider, snow plower,longhorn cattle breeder, chicken farmerand all-around good guy for advice. Iwanted to build a small structure in theravine without creating a lake behind it inthe Spring. He told me to fill it up with bigstone, then smaller stone, and to top it offwith yet smaller stone. ‘Sounded good tome.

I just happened to have had 25 to 35 bigarchitectural concrete blocks given to me

on a job site where I previ-ously worked. Those, alongwith an unending supply offield stones I had movedaround the property for thepast 20 years, would“shirley” be enough for thejob. But first, I had to dig theholes that would be the foun-dation for the LBC small polebarn I had in mind, whichwould be designated as“B3.”

I’m not sure if you have evertried to dig six holes in a pat-tern correctly to hang a

building onto in the State of New Hamp-shire. Let me say, as an original native ofwestern New York, I thought it wouldn’tbe such a big deal. WRONG!

I went to see Sterling. He had told methat he had a post hole digger. A-Yup! Istarted digging. It was tough but I made

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PRIME MINISTERRobert Mitchell

PRIME MINISTER EMERITUSWade dos Santos

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NEWSLETTERJohn & Joan Giese

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REGALIAJoan Young

SECRETARYNorma Karle

WEBMASTERKate Stanley Robinson

MEMBERSHIP COORDINATORLouis Belanger

TECH SESSION COORDINATORWade dos Santos

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PUBLIC RELA TIONS(open)

INTER-CLUB COORDINA TORBob Dougherty

CALENDAR COORDINA TORSue MacDuff

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Prime Minister’sMissive

Contact informationLouis Belanger 11 Forest Lane, Litchfield, NH 03052 (603) 424-7835 80mgbman@comcast.netGinger Christiansen7 Sycamore Lane, Nashua, NH 03063 (603) 883-0288 gingchrist@aol.comWade dos Santos PO Box 840, Manchester, NH 03105 (603) 497-3911 wade@grolen.comBob Dougherty 28 Ledgewood Drive, Strafford, NH 03884 (603) 948-2078 Rdocmg@gmail.comJohn Giese 153 Crooked S Road, Lyndeborough, NH 03082 (603) 654-2565 johgie@tds.netNorma Karle 22 Partridge Lane, Londonderry, NH 03053 (603) 437-8931 karle01@comcast.netSue MacDuff 510 Sand Hill Road, Peterborough, NH 03458 (603) 924-1066 Lucymac1@comcast.netRobert Mitchell PO Box 270, Stratham, NH 03885 (603) 772-1116 RBMit-MM@comcast.netBob Stanley 64 North Shore Drive, Center Barnstead, NH 03225(603) 776-6698 tlckit@yahoo.comMike Sweet 50 High Street, Penacook,, NH 03301 (603) 753-9164 CoventryCat71@comcast.netJoan Young 204 Concord Hill Road, Pittsfield, NH 02363 (603) 435-8660 TWYJGY@aol.com

Welcome our NewestMembers

Andrew & Katherine Estes1986 TVR 280i, V8

T5 ConversionI am writing this in a room at the BarHarbor Inn where I am staying with theJaguar Association of New England(JANE) on a weekend outing. I’m afraidI am not representing BCNH well. Notonly was I embarrassed by the fact thatneither the Mark IX nor the XJ6 was ableto make the trip, but the TR-2000 (theonly non-Jaguar on the trip) only got asfar as Bucksport before an ignition prob-lem forced it to make the trip home onthe trailer. Oh well. As I told the otherJANE members, on any British Car Clubouting somebody has to break down andI “took the bullet” so none of them hadto.

It worked. There were no other break-downs all weekend.

On the subject of “technical problems,”you will find pictures of the BCNH SpringTech Session elsewhere in this issue.Held at the Historic Motor Sports facility(aka the BCNH Clubhouse) at 174Raymond Road in Candia, there werebetween 40 and 50 BCNH Members andT-Party Members in attendance to get atruly comprehensive review of manualtransmission function – and mal-function– courtesy of Master Transmission Engi-neer and Technician Terry Haines.

Terry was brought from England to theUS by Ford to design the transmission forthe Ford Contour “World Car” and is nowin the process of relocating to NewHampshire. It is comforting to know thatwe are going to have such a knowledge-able and capable a “transmission man” inour backyard – and in our Club.

You will not be surprised to hear that manyof those attending stayed around forseveral hours after the formal TechSession was over. It was interesting towatch as the various “discussion groups”formed – and then re-formed – duringthat time. As I looked around the build-ing there were usually several separategroups in animated conversations, but thepeople in each of those groups wasconstantly changing. It was interest-ing to watch as every few minutes twoor three people would break off from onegroup and wonder over to join with an-other.

Of course some of that “movement” in-cluded moving over to the “buffet tables”that were laden with all kinds of pot-luckgoodies brought by the members. A spe-cial thanks goes out to Paul Karle forbringing his gas grille to cook theburgers and dogs which Norma Karlebought and brought and that were paidfor fr om the T-Party Club tr easury(thank you Judy Krongelb.)

Check out the Events calendar on thewww.BCNH.org website to see all of the

“opportunities” that there are to get to-gether with fellow BCNHers – and mem-bers of other car clubs – to enjoy yourcar(s) and their fellowship. We have atleast one event scheduled for every week-end of June – and two or three thingsscheduled for some weekend. I invite youto pick the ones that are of most interestto you and to participate in as many aspossible. I specifically recommend theBritish-by-the-Sea gathering on June 1st

because Riley will be the FeaturedMarque and you will have an opportunityto see more Rileys in one place that youhave ever had – or are ever likely to haveagain. And, you should most certainly notmiss The Queen’s Birthday Party atPaul and Doris Karle’s on June 21st.That is always a great time.

As we have said many times before, thereason this club has so many interest-ing things to do is because its mem-bers do so many interesting things.Please help us to keep that interest levelhigh.

The members who have the most fun arethe ones who are there to get in on it.

So Saith Prime Minister Bob

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Disclaimer:As a matter of policy, British Carsof New Hampshire does notendorse any of the businesses thatadvertise in this newsletter.

Minutes

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Treasurer’s Report

Start BalanceMembershipfifty/fifty raffleSunapee CruiseNewsletterLiability InsuranceEnd Balance

April 15 to May 15Club account

$2293.35$1700.00$327.00$85.00

-$250.00-$94.92

$4060.43

Show of Dreams accountStart BalanceSponsorGift for Port-a-pottiesRegistrationDeposit for fieldTrophie wine expenseEnd Balance

The BCNH May meeting was held at theWeathervane in Bedford on May 5th.Prime Minister Bob called the meeting toorder at 7:03.

First we introduced new members – Stasand Lynda Szlosek from Lunenburg, MA.They have a 1960 TR3A. Also in atten-dance was Terry and Penny Haines whoare relocating to New Hampshire fromMichigan. Terry did the tech session forus at Historic Motorsports. If you missedit you missed a very informative sessionon transmissions.

The first of the dinner drives starts in May.We are looking for someone to lead thedrive on the 18th. We have drives out-lined - we just need someone to lead it.

Most of the meeting was spent on theupcoming calendar of events. As ex-pected, there is something every week-end in June. In May we have theLondonderry Rotary Car Show scheduledfor Sunday the 25th. Registration startsat 9AM. In June, there is the World widetour of Maine, the covered bridge tour ofthe southwestern part of the state, thedinner drive and the breakfast drive.Check your calendar and plan to attendas many as you want. We are also plan-ning to attend the British Beer Companyin Manchester on the second Tuesday ofeach month as a drive-in. Let’s hope forgood weather so we can bring those carsout.

The 50-50 prize of $45 was won by DeniseAnderson.

It’s The Queen’s Birthday Party!Come and Celebrate with us.

June 21, 2014, 1 PMAt The Karle’s, 256 Mason Road

Milford, NH 03055RSVP - ptkdck@msn.com

603-673-8488There will be Burgers and Dogs with various

accoutrements. Please bring a side dish to share.There will be Croquet and Fun for all!

Prize for Best Ladies Hat!Blind Drivers Contest!

June 7st, 2014 - Quebec City, Quebec,Canada

For the first time this year the DomaineMaizerets city park will hosts the 2014edition of this British car show, a gather-ing of people who share their passion forthese Lil Brit’ Beauties. The show is opento all British cars as well as motorcycle.There will be the traditional Valve CoverRace with trophies for the first threeplaces, award for the longest distancetraveled to the show, door prizes, and thevote of the public for their “Coup deCoeur” favorite car.

We will highlight this year the longest lovestory between the car and its owner....not to be missed!

The site is located in the city suburb, afew miles from Downtown Quebec City.Visit our website at:www.rendezvousbritishquebec.org/en

Contact: Michel Gaudreault,michel84@sympatico.ca cell phone: 418-571-9426

Organizing committee are members of:Club Automobile Rendez-Vous desAnglaises du Québec (CARVAQ). Checkthe website for details: www.carvaq.org

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Show of DreamsMeeting Notes

May 10, 2014

by Diana Stanley

The committee members met at HistoricMotorsports in Candia following theBCNH Annual Tech Session. Thank youto Terry Haines for a great presentation!

For the past few years, Bob Mitchell hasrented two way radios for use at theshow. Since these professional style ra-dios have worked so well for us, Bob willbe renting the radios again this year.

The Hudson Police Dept. has been con-tacted. The police traffic detail has beenscheduled.

The Alvirne Hills House field rent fee hasbeen paid to Hudson Historical Society.

Doris Karle and Joan Young will be or-dering the BCNH hats, BCNH visors, teeshirts and sippy cups for the regalia table.The men’s shirts will be grey and thelady’s shirts will be in a pastel color.

Bob Mitchell has ordered the wine glassesand 1st place plaques for the wine glassholders.

Jerry Griffin spoke about the video thathe and the crew from Merri-Viking Pro-ductions will be shooting at the show.Gerry and Executive Producer, BobL’Heureux will interviewing club mem-bers on the subjects of the club, the show,the cars and the awards presented. Thosemembers will be contacted to scheduletime and place. Early June would be thepreferred timing.

Bob L’Heureux has been in contact withvarious State and local agencies to locatesafety demonstration equipment. So far,he has located the Convincing Van,(owned by the Merrimack Police Depart-ment which demonstrates what it is liketo be in a 30 mile an hour crash), a Driv-ing Simulator, (owned by Dartmouth Edu-cation) and a Mobile Command Van,(owned by NH Liquor Commission)which shows people what it is like to drive

under the influence.

The committee members agreed theseitems would be valuable tools. Inga &Gerry Griffin will be contacting BobL’Heureux to see if they would be avail-able for the show.

Pinch Polenchar will be contacting DaveAltukonis to find out how far in advanceof the show we will be allowed to postthe show signs.

Posters should be available shortly.

The Theme of the trophies this year iscentered around the BCNH wine pro-duced by Pinch & Suzi Polenchar. Withthat in mind, the Trophies for the FeaturedMarques will include wine, wine glassesand some sort of wine cooler bags.Bob Mitchell and Norma Karle will beresearching the cooler bags.

The Best in Show Trophy will be a picnicbasket hopefully with wine glasses. BillMacDuff will be checking with PeterboroBasket Co and other sources to locatethis item.

Doris Karle brought us two wood cuttingboard samples from Mike Blaudschunfrom Big Brown Dog Woodworks inNelson, NH. Mike has prepared a smallbread board and a cheese board completewith the BCNH logo. These two itemswill be presented as 2nd and 3rd place tro-phies.

Dave LeBlanc is working on more ad-vertising for the show. He is contactinglocal newspapers to place the press re-lease and show information along with

Hemmings and various other car relatedmagazines.

The committee received a Sponsor checkfrom British Beer Company in the amountof $500.00 along with the completed ven-dor registration form. BBC will be hand-ing out BBC hats and take out menus.They will also have gift cards for the raffletable.

Norma Karle acquired a $500.00 dona-tion from L-3 Warrior Systems inLondonderry.

Great Work, Norma!

Ramona Branch has received a donationin the amount of $50.00 from the SavingsBank of Walpole.

Great Work, Ramona.!

Sprayway Inc. of Addison, Illinois has sentthe club five cases of their 4oz. sizeWorld’s Best Glass cleaner to be addedto the Goodie Bags.

The June and July SOD meetings havebeen scheduled as follows:

June 21, 2014, 11am to 1pm At the homeof Doris & Paul Karle. This meeting willbe followed by the BCNH Queen’s Birth-day Celebration. Norma will invite a HighHopes representative and Diana will in-vite a New Hampshire Food Bank repre-sentative to this meeting.

July 19, 2014 5pm At the home of NormaKarle and Rod Folia. We will be fillingthe Goodie Bags at this meeting. Pleasebring any items you have gathered to thismeeting.

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John Bowe’sExeter Drive

by Sue MacDuff

On April 27th we met at John Bowe’sshop, Underground Cycle in HampsteadNH for an area drive. Despite the dismalweather, 17 cars showed up and mostwere British! John led us on the drive withhis Mayflower followed by two non Brit-ish Cars, a Porsche and BMW Z road-ster. He was very proud that his May-flower kept ahead of a Porsche and ourBMW. We were not so happy being infirst gear! John being the free spirit thathe is made up parts of the drive as wewent along and several times participantswent astray but soon caught up. Lunchwas at the Holy Grail.

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by Sue MacDuff

On Friday, May 2nd, Bill and I met upwith Bob and Kim Dougherty for a lei-surely drive up to the Camden Maine areafor a Funkhana and Rally with the MidMaine Sports Car Club. We followed mi-nor highways to the Maine Turnpike thenafter a nice lunch we wandered off on avery pleasant side road that went aroundFreeport and ended in Brunswick then onto Route 1. That evening we met withsome of the MMSCC members for a “pa-per plate dinner” at the home of ClubPresident Tom Latta and his wife, Carol.We had a lovely room at the Country Innin Rockport that was headquarters for theevents on Saturday.

Funkhana and Rally

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May31st Cape Anne Tour with the NewEngland Triumphs31-June 8th British Car Week31-June 1st Owls Head Spring AntiqueCar Show

June1st British-by-the-Sea, Hosted by theConnecticut MG Club, Harkness Park,Waterford, CT2nd Meeting at Weathervane, Bedford7-8th Manchester Antique Car Show,Manchester VT7-8th Round The World Rally, Maine12th British Car Cruise-in, Minute ManAir field, Stow, MA14th BCNH Saturday Breakfast Drivetour of the Covered Bridges ofSouthwestern NH17th British Car Cruise-in, Minute ManAir field, Stow, MA21st Queen’s Birthday Party, Doris &Paul Karle, Milford, NH21st Ralley for the Cure, CT MG Club22nd British day, Larz Anderson,Brookline MA27-29th Vintage Motor SportsFestival, Thompson Motor Speedway,Thompson, CT28th BCNH Sunapee Dinner Cruise28th JANE Spring Slalom, N Andover,MA28th Mountain View Nursing HomeCar Show, Ossipee, NH29th CT River Cruise

July7th Meeting at Weathervane, Bedford11-13th British Motoring Festival,Windsor, Nova Scotia12th BCNH Breakfast Drive TBD12th Castle in the Clouds Classic CarShow, Moultonborough, NH13th Microcar Classic, Larz Anderson,

BCNH 2014 Calendar of Events

Brookline MA20th BCNH Dinner Drive TBD26th BCNH Show of Dreams27th Day of Triumph, Larz Anderson,

Brookline MA

August1-3rd Vintage Racers at New HampshireMotor Speedway2nd Bedford Historical Society CarShow, Bedford NH4th Meeting at Weathervane, Bedford9th BCNH Breakfast Drive TBD14th British Car Cruise-in, Minute ManAir field, Stow, MA16th Mg Day, Larz Anderson,Brookline MA17th BCNH Dinner Drive TBD

23rd Drive to and tour of Factory FiveRacing Inc, Wareham MA

September3-7th MG Vintage Racers, Watkins Glen8th Meeting at Weathervane, Bedford13th BCNH Breakfast Drive TBD13-14th Foreign Auto Festival, OwlsHead Museum, Owls Head ME20-21st British Invasion Stowe VT21st BCNH Dinner Drive TBD21st British Car Day, Toronto, Canada27th Lobster Tour with New EnglandTriumphs27-28th Weekend in the NorthCountry, Bethlehem, NH

October6th Meeting at Weathervane, Bedford10-12th British Legends Weekend,Cape Cod British Car Club11th BCNH Breakfast Drive TBD19th BCNH Dinner Drive TBD

November3rd Meeting at Weathervane, Bedford8th BCNH Breakfast Drive TBD

Bektash Shriners3rd Annual

Poker RunJune 1, 2014(Rain or Shine)

Barbeque, DJVendors

50/50 RafflePrizes

Best/Worst HandProceeds to Benefit the BektashShrines. All Bikes get one event

Embroidered Patch. RegistrationFee: $25 per Rider, add $5 per

passenger. To preregister pleasecall 603-225-5372

Start/End PointBektash Shrine Center189 Pembroke Road,

Concord N 03301Registration 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM.

First Bike Out 9:00 AM

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Funkhanacontinued

Saturday started off with the Funkhanaand it was a blast! A Funkhana is de-scribed as “parking lot games with cars”.There were six challenges ranging fromthe passenger holding an egg (tennis ball)out the window on a spoon while thedriver drove through some cones to thepassenger snagging fish with a fishing poleand dropping them in a bucket. A lot ofimagination and work went into this. Eachevent was timed and you were penalizedif you touched a cone. Eleven cars wereentered: Morgans, MGs, Volkswagensand a 1929 Bugatti. Guess the MMSCCis like BCNH, you don’t have to have aBritish Car, you just have to like them,and it’s all about having fun.

This event took place at Owls HeadTransportation Museum in Owls HeadMaine. We wandered through this firstclass museum. Many of the displayschange and at this time, there were manyMGs, some very unique. There are air-planes, a Gypsy wagon, fire engines, mo-tor cycles and cars. One car looked likea giant beetle; only nine were made. Ondisplay was a Bentley; from the firewall

back, the exterior was leather!

After a nice box lunch we did the 60 milerally along some very scenic roads. Thiswas a very well thought out event withsome interesting things to spot. Some easywere and some not so easy. On one veryshort stretch of road was the question,“What are the big animals?” We didn’tsee any small animals never mind any bigones. There was a fence that was solidso you could not see what was behind itwith a sign out front that was in three parts“ele..pha..nts”. We didn’t get it! We metin Camden at the end for a lovely dinnerby the water and the awards. Bob andKim got a third in the rally.

Bill and I took both Sunday and Mondayfor a nice leisurely drive home, staying

with friends in Harpswell, Maine for Sun-day night. Before leaving Camden wetook the car up Mt Battie which I hadbeen wanting to do. Only 1½ miles to thetop which normally has a nice view ofCamden Harbor but was in the clouds onthat day. We wandered along back roadsand visited places that we had been inthe past and enjoyed. I was delighted thatmy little car performed flawlessly. Theonly problem was the weather. Both Fri-day and Saturday were cool but rain free.On Sunday we were suddenly in the midstof a very bad hail storm that put aboutone inch of hail on the road. For about anhour we were in and out of rain and hail.Got lost on Monday but in a nice way onvery nice roads.

June Events

by Sue MacDuff

June is one busy month! There’s some-thing every weekend and sometimes sev-eral events at once. Too much of a goodthing? Never! “British by the Sea” hostedby The CT MG Car Club in WaterfordCT is on June 1st. Although not an officialBCNH event we consider it one, as manyof our members go each year and the CTclub supports our Show Of Dreams. Aswe get closer to the event, there will be aposting of where members are staying andwho is going and when so we can drivetogetherhttp://www.ctmgclub.com/BBtS.html

Our Saturday Breakfast Drive will be tothe Covered Bridges of Southwestern NHon June 14th. We will have our annualQueen’s Birthday Party at the home ofPaul and Doris Karle 256 Mason Road,

Milford on June 21st. This well attendedgathering is a good way to get to knowyour fellow club members. June 28th isthe date of the Lake Sunapee Cruise, backby popular demand. This is reservationonly and the cost is $46 per person. Con-tact Norma Karle 490-6115 to see if thereis space available. There may be a driveto the cruise possibly past the Windmillsin Lempster. An Email is sent out for ourofficial events and updates are on the WebCalendar.

June 7-8 is “Touring the World” in Mainewhich is available to those who have pre-registered by May 23rd. We will make anattempt to contact members who are go-ing so we can drive together. That week-end is also the Manchester Antique CarShow in Manchester VT which is a beau-tiful town definitely worth a visit.http://034f961.netsolhost.com/wordpress1

June 12th is the first British Cruise In atthe Minute Man Air Field in Stow MA

from 5-8. We went last year and therewas good food and a lot of LBCs. A goodcause, “Rallye for the Cure” hosted bythe CT MG Club is on June 21st

https://sites.google.com/site/rallyeforacure/home/registration

June 28th is the Mountain View NursingHome Car Show in Ossipee NH and fromthe 27th-29th is the Vintage Motor SportsFestival, Thompson Speedway, ThompsonCThttp://www.thompsonspeedway.com/events/vintage-motorsports-festival

On June 29th we have been invited by theBerkshire British Car Club to join themfor a cruise down the Connecticut River.There will be a drive from thePeterborough area to meet up with theBBCC in Northfield MA. This will prob-ably be a pre-registered event so anyoneinterested should let me know, SueMacDuff Lucymac1@comcast.net or924-1066.

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1958 TR3A - The car is a strong dailydriver. No rust (a bit of rough paint on thenose over the radiator, though). If youknow Hagerty Class 1-4, this is a class 4vehicle. Average sales prices for the lastcouple years have been 14K or more.Asking $12,500. Have owned it for 21years. Just bought a TR6 and have to getrid of one of them (no room in the barnfor winter storage of both). Please feelfree to write with questions, etc. The caris in Hanover NH, but can easily makethe drive to anywhere in NH (if sold).Contact Roger atRoger.D.Sloboda@dartmouth.edu

Car of the Monthcontinued

good progress. I dug six holes - some-what in line and ready for some 6x6 postsand concrete. I built lots of braces to keepeverything “plumb.” Now I was ready todump all the rubble into the ravine andthen order a load of two-inch crushedstone and then some ¾ crushed stone tofinish it off.

I called Mac, who is a logger, firewoodprovider, snow plower, longhorn cattlebreeder, chicken farmer and all-aroundgood guy to bring in the stone I needed. Imentioned the dimensions between my6x6s and that I wasn’t sure that his 10-wheeler would go between them. I sug-gested he use the smaller three yard truckthat he uses to deliver my wood. He saidto me, “You’re starting to be a pain in thearse. The truck will fit.”

A day or two later I came home and therewas the 10-wheeler parked between myposts. The load of stone was dumped andone post was snapped off about a footabove the ground, which was now cov-ered with two inches of stone.

What could I say? I had to fix it. Therewas enough of the post sticking up that Iwas sure I could sister it back on all foursides with some 2x6 stock. It worked justfine. Next came a couple loads of ¾ stonein the smaller truck and I was ready tostart hanging a building.

This is where my friend over on Route126came into play. George runs a saw milland does hay harvesting for a living. Youcan get all the fresh sawed Douglas Firyou want at a fair price. I figured what Ineeded and soon had some frameworkthat looked pretty good. Then I sheeted itwith rough cut lumber and whateverGeorge had that I could use. Later, ba-tons covered all the joints. The roof wouldbe corrugated metal.

After B3 was finished, Pam insisted thatwe stain it. During the process we had areal good loud fight over staining tech-niques. It made our neighbor proud. Butwe got it done together.

So, that is pretty much the story. All in allit turned out nice. It is sound and dry andsecure and the insurance company washappy. Our LBC resides happily in B3.We can’t wait to drive it!

PS. By the way, Mac never charge mefor the stone. He’s a good guy.

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For Sale: Various Morris Minor parts,including engine and transmission, doors,bonnet, hood. Call John 603-225-6915.

Margee is a fine running car in goodcondition. All original, seats, body andengine. Color Green, with Black top andbench seats. No fender body damage.Owned since 2002 and driven to a numberof shows from Orlando, Panama City,Clermont, Athens GA and aroundTallahassee. Many, many picturesonline at: http://fugawee.com/1953mgtd.html Price $21,000.00Contact nancyayotte@comcast.net orphone (850) 893 8813, answering machinewill return your call.

For Sale: Four MGs: A, B, MidgetDick Moody 603-660-0393rmoody341@aol.com

Wanted - I am looking for a 1960-1964Morgan Plus 4 two seat roadster. I canbe reached at 903 495 1362 orm.rhodes@lamarnational.comMichael Rhodes

Wanted - 1969 seats for sale for my TR6Matt Jadud (440) 334-6687

For Sale: 1972 MGB runs but needswork-floor boards.John Monahan 603-253-7614monahanj82@ymail.com

1977 MGB - Mechanically excellent.84,000 miles. All service records available.Nearly new tires, carburator. This is awell maintained vehicle. Tonneau cover.Asking $7,500. Very motivated Seller!Call Bill at (722) 597-5373 (Florida)

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1972 MGB - Asking $4,000. Blue,Needs floor boards, etc.John Monahan (603) 253-7614

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May is the first month of our local“CruzIn” here in Peterborough. They areheld the second Sunday of the month from9:00 AM to 1:00 PM in Depot Squarethrough September. There is also a nicelittle Antique Market, some restaurantsare open as well as some stores that openat 11:00. We are delighted that we usu-

Cruise Events ally get quite a few British cars. Alwayswe are engaged in conversation withsomeone who has had one or would likeone. It was quite a surprise to see KlausSteinbrueck drive in with his lovely yel-low Morgan! I encourage our membersto go to some of these events. It’s a niceway to talk up our cars and our club aswell as meet some really nice people.Again this year, the Minute Man Airfield

in Stow, MA will have their “Wings andWheels” events on Thursday eveningsfrom 5:00 to 8:00. British Car Days willbe June 12th, July 17th and August 14th.This is a lovely one-hour drive fromPeterborough along back roads. Last year,a group of us met at Kimball’s in Jaffreyon Wednesday evenings. Maybe there isa cruise night in your area:

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Tech SessionBy John Giese

The annual tech session was attended byabout 50 members. Thanks to TerryHaines, who had a great presentation us-ing slides and transmission parts. We nowknow all about the internal workings ofour manual transmissions. Thankfully,Terry and Penny Haines are in the pro-cess of moving to New Boston, NHwhere they will open a transmission re-pair business. After viewing this techsession I now know that the repair or re-build of the transmission is one part ofmy MGB that I will leave to a profes-

sional. I do remember that Terry advisedthat the transmission be left in neutralwhile the car is in storage. That is be-cause leaving it in gear keeps the springsin a stretched condition.

Thanks also to Bob Mitchell for the useof his facilities at Historic Sports Motors.HSM provided the hotdogs and hamburg-ers while attendees brought side dishesthat made for a delicious lunch.

Klaus Steinbrueck (left) with his 1958 Morgan

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