September, 2018

John Dowd Jr’s 1956 Jaguar XK 140

Next MeetingsSeptember 10, 7:00 pm at Moe Joe’s Family Restaurant

September 12, 7:00 pm, The Seacoast Council,Blue Latitudes, 431 Central Ave., Dover, NH

September 18, Monadnock Council Meeting, Brady’s, Peterborough, NHSeptember 20, the Northern Council,

The Homestead Restaurant, Bristol, NH

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Car of the MonthJohn Dowd Jr’s

1956 Jaguar XK 140

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My interest in Jaguars began in the earlysixties, when I saw my first E-type inperson.

After searching the local paper formonths for Foreign Cars For Sale, I foundan ad for a 1956 XK-140MC DHC(Drop Head Coupe). The price was$600. I enlisted the expertise of a friendwho owned an XK (I think it was a red56 XK-140 FHC). Danny checked forrust in all the usual places, we took it fora ride and I purchased it on the spot inApril 1964. It was black with redConnelly leather interior and the exteriorpaint was original and flawless. It didn’tneed much and was completely originalexcept for three items (see below).

At the time I was in the fourth of a five-year undergraduate course in ElectricalEngineering at Northeastern University.From April 1964 to Spring 1966, I drovethe Jaguar daily into Boston fromLawrence to school (but not in the win-

ter) and to co-op jobs in Burlington andWilmington.

The Jag had a few idiosyncrasies: theelectric fuel pump, which was located onthe frame beneath the passenger seat,would occasionally fail to start; the pas-senger had to lean out of the door andwhack it with a rubber mallet until itstarted clicking.

In 1966, I purchased a 427 CorvetteCoupe and put the Jag up on blocks inmy garage. It was moved from house tohouse (garage to garage) until I retiredfrom Raytheon in 2008. At the urging ofmy oldest daughter, I had the Jag broughtto RMR Restorations in Hollis, NH, inApril 2009 and they started a five-and-a-half-year-frame-off restoration. Therestoration didn’t take that long, but Iwould run out of money and asked RMRto stop for months at a time.

The restoration revealed several non-original flaws: The outside rear view mir-rors, which were installed by the state-side dealer, were too far back on thefender and were repositioned correctlyforward where they should be; but they

are useless in this position.

A chrome faceplate was added in thecenter bottom of the dashboard for anAM radio after the original purchase, butI had the original map drawer put back(that sounds so quaint!) and I added ahidden radio out of sight in the trunk.The most serious flaw was that the headwas no longer the original C-type headthat was in the car when it was built at

the factory and when I purchased thecar, but an E-type head. I had somework done on the Jag in late 1965 byJohn Sherrigan of Speedway Motors lo-cated behind WBZ on Soldiers FieldRoad. I believe he exchanged my C-typehead for the E-type head he had layingaround his shop. What he used my C-type head for, I will never know sinceJohn Sherrigan died of cancer 25 yearsago. RMR found a C-type head for anXK140 in England – purchase price plusshipping: $2,500. Anyone need a headfor an E-type?

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Prime Minister ’sMissive

Bob DoughertySo Saith the Prime Minister

I’m completely out of superlatives aboutthe Show of Dreams…what more canyou say than…FANTABULOUS!!!We had another record breaking showwith 238 registered cars on the field! Ifthis keeps up, in the words of RoryScheider from “Jaws”, “we’re going toneed a bigger boat”!!! Putting this to-gether is a team effort that starts withour triumvirate of Di and Bob Stanleyand Norma but certainly doesn’t stopthere from all the volunteers who dodgedthunderstorms setting up on Friday anddealt with the heat while erecting tentsat o-dark thirty on Saturday morning tothose manning the registration and re-galia tables, loading and maintaining thecooling tents with water, parking the carsgoodness, the list just goes on and on toall of you, THANK YOU. This doesn’thappen without you! At the end of theday we will be presenting the HighHopes Foundation and NH Food Bankwith $6000 each, which makes all theblood, sweat and tears worth it. Again,thank you all, you did a FANTA-BULOUS job!

Kellie Braconier led a contingent to KingArthur Flour and the Harpoon Brew-

ery, ably assisted by her brother filling infor Karl who is still recovering from sur-gery. Kellie did a fine job and the drive,which started in rain ended in bright sun-shine and a pleasant day with some greatcraft brews, always a good combination!By the time this newsletter comes out wewill have attended a car show and dinnerin Jaffrey and a picnic and concert at StGaudens in Cornish NH, an event Kimand I are very much looking forward to.

As we roll into September, I will put outmy plea for volunteers to help ready His-toric Motor Sports for the Reliability Runwe will need folks to help set up tablesand chairs on the 6th, and folks to helpwith parking and check-in on Fridaymorning, the 7th, along with setting up forthe BBQ on the 9th. What BBQ yousay…following the Run we will have aClub BBQ to welcome back the cars aftertheir 600 mile odyssey on Sunday after-noon the 9th. All are welcome to enjoythe afternoon, it should be a lot of fun!

Stowe is a week early this year, the 14th

– 16th of September. An added featurefor Stowe this year will be soaring in aglider on Sunday the 16th. Karl and KellieBraconier have set up a session atSugarbush Soaring about 25 miles southof Stowe for glider rides, more info to

come but you will need to let Karl andKellie know early if you plan to attend.Watch for a flyer with detailed informa-tion. I believe Shirley Splaine is settingup a tour of Squam Lakes Brewing inHolderness on the 23rd, while BobMitchell will be headed off to the 1000Islands for a three day rally, September29th – October 1st. Of course theSpeckled Hen Tour will be in Dover, VT,at the Kitzof Inn the 29th – 30th of Oc-tober. Kim and I are contemplating a tripto Cape Cod for the British Legendsweekend in Sandwich, MA, the 5th –7th of October and there is a new eventthe 13th at Applecrest farms in Hamp-ton more info on that when it becomesavailable. Keep in mind that last year itwas top-down driving weather almostinto November so keep the cars gassedup and tires inflated, we may be drivinguntil the snow falls!!

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Manchester BCNH Meeting Notes

Henry and Betsy Zaccardi1974 TVR 2500 MWest Hartford, CT

Brent and Carla Carney1971 MGBTownsend, MA

New Members

Nick GrewalAustin 7Sanbornton, NH

Eric and Tina Krueger1959 MGANashua, NH

Larry and Ellen Livernois2002 Jaguar XK8 ConvertibleNashua, NH

Amy Bouchard2011 Mini Cooper SGoffstown, NH

Tim and Ann McCann1929 Bentley, 4.5L Vanden Plas TourerKeene, NH

Andr ew Ballantine and AmyBarton2007 Rangre Rover HSENew London, NH

Steve and Sandee Nichols1976 TR6Manchester, NH

David Riley1967 MGB GTJaffrey, NH

Sheila StephensNo Car GivenEpson, NH

Bob D called the meeting to order at7:02 pm with 43 members in atten-dance. We were joined by new mem-ber Amy Bouchard who is fromGoffstown and has a 2011 Mini Coo-per.

First we reviewed the past events:

Myopia Polo great event with an op-portunity to have a great boot picnic.Bob Dougherty promises to dress prop-erly for the next visit. The VermontCountry store visit and Bar-b-que wasenjoyed by those who attended thatevent as well. New member NickGrewel had a car show / fund raiser athis property in Sanbornton to raise fundsfor the Boys and Girls club. Theweather did not cooperate, but therewere a few BCNH members who at-tended and the cars that were on dis-play were well worth seeing. A beauti-ful DB5, and a 1938 Bugatti were myfavorites. The next event was the an-nual Show of Dreams which was wellattended with 238 cars. Next monththe High Hopes Foundation and the NHFood Bank will be with us to receivetheir donation checks. There were fourcars that went to the King Arthur Flourand Harpoon Brewery tour. Theweather was bad that day too!

We then went on to discuss the upcom-ing events – please check to see the listof events to decide which ones youwant to participate in.

The next meeting at Moe Joes will beon September 10th – due to the LaborDay holiday.

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of Dreams Winners Listof Dreams Winners Listof Dreams Winners Listof Dreams Winners Listof Dreams Winners List

Class #1 Motorcycles1st Place: Donald Krumholz 1969Triumph T120R2nd Place: John Bowe 1958 BSASuper Rocket3rd Place: John Bowe 1947 MatchlessG3LClass #2 Austin Healey1st Place: Peter & Lucinda Barrone1967 Austin Healey 30002nd Place: Elliot More & JaimeWalters1967 Austin Healey BJ83rd Place: Brad Mousseau 1954 AustinHealey BN100Class #3 Jaguar XK1st Place: John & Clare Down 1956Jaguar XK1402nd Place: Roger Barber 1953 JaguarXK120FHCClass #4 Jaguar E-Type1st Place: Jim & Ellie Blackford 1969Jaguar E-Type2nd Place: Roderic Gilbert 1962Jaguar E-Type OTS3rd Place: Norma Karle.1969 JaguarE-TypeClass #5 Jaguar XJ61st Place: Dave & Jane Corbett 1986Jaguar XJ62nd Place: Earl McGilvery 1985 JaguarXJ6 VP3rd Place: Paul Roden 1991 JaguarSTS V12Class #6A Range Rover1st Place: Andrew Ballantine 2007Range Rover HSE2nd Place: Alan Richer 1954 LandRover 863rd Place: Greg Moore 1973 LandRover Series IIIClass #6B Land Rover Series I, II,III1st Place: Alan Richer 1954 LandRover 862nd Place: Greg Moore 1973 Land

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BCNH 2018 Calendar of Events

September

Run9th BCNH Picnic and BBQ, HMS,Candia, NH10th Monthly Meeting, MoeJoe’s,Manchester, NH12th Seacoast Council Meeting,Blue Latitudes, Dover, NH14th 16th British Invasion, Stowe, VT16th Ride and Glide Drive toSugarbush Soaring, Warren, VT18th Monadnock Council Meeting,Brady’s, Peterborough, NH20th Northern Council Meeting, TheHomestead Restaurant, Bristol, NH22nd Apple Picking at Alyson’s Orchard,Walpole, NH23nd Fall Tour to Squam Brewery,Holderness, NH29th - Oct 1st 1000 Islands InternationalRally Tour27th-30th Speckled Hen Run, KitzhoffInn, West Dover, VT

October1st Monthly Meeting, MoeJoe’s,Manchester, NH5th - 7th British Legends Weekend,Falmouth, MA6th Dublin Art Tour, dinner at theMonadnock Inn, Jaffrey, NH10th Seacoast Council Meeting, Blue Latitudes, Dover, NH13th (rain day 14th) Applecrest Farm,Hampton Falls, NH16th Monadnock Council Meeting,Brady’s, Peterborough, NH18th Northern Council Meeting, TheHomestead Restaurant, Bristol, NHNovember5th Monthly Meeting, MoeJoe’s,Manchester, NH14th Seacoast Council Meeting,Blue Latitudes, Dover, NH15th Northern Council Meeting, TheHomestead Restaurant, Bristol, NH

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Treasurer’s Report

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December3rd Monthly Meeting, MoeJoe’s,Manchester, NH

12th Seacoast Council Meeting,Blue Latitudes, Dover, NH

Submitted by: Sue MacDuff

July 15 to August 15

Club account

Start Balance $10,422.74Membership $345.00Newsletter -$146.63Badges -$17.50End Balance $10,603.61

Show of Dreams account

Start Balance $10,936.38Porta-potty $120.00Sponsor $ 550.00Registration $4,140.00Regalia sales $1,123.00Vendor Registration $100.00Show of Dreams – other 4,052.20Show of dreams expense -$3,852.12End Balance $17,219.46

2019 Porta-potty fund = $120

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Cars for Sale

1100 Austin Healey Sprite MK III motor& transmission, made between late 1964or early 1965. Will need to be rebuilt. Ihave not tried to turn it, but I think itcould be done without much effort.. $650Steve BrooksSteve.brooks@atlasied.com603-428-3230 Office603-391-6055 Cell

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1969 Triumph TR6

Tony Sabutis603-479-6869tsabutis@metrocast.net

No reasonable offer will be refused, orunreasonable offer accompanied by acan of Boddingtons.Any contacts can be made on this emailor on my home phone 603-623-7461ThanksJohn Verity

Brit Car PartsMGB Engine ( block only, no cyl head)MGB 4 speed gearboxMGB full dash boardMG Midget windscreenOne and half inch Solex carb(maybe Jag ?)Jag air flow meterStarter motor ( again maybe Jag ?)

1992 Jaguar XJ6

1970 Split bumper MGB-GTHas 51, 545 miles. 4 speed manual trannyw reconditioned Over Drive. Custominterior. Body and mechanicals inexcellent shape. This was a Phoenix AZcar, no rust. Dayton chrome wirewheels. Have numerous pics. Call Dave603 370-0557

The car has been fully restored, has acomplete catalog of pics during restoration.Since purchasing the car about 15 yearsago I have added chrome wire wheels andred line Michelins.Runs great and has always been garagedand never in the rain.Asking $21,000

Wanted: Set of Triumph Spitfire 13X4.5wheels in good conditionContact :Ben Morong -cmorong@maine.rr.com

1969 MGC6 cyl, 4 speed/overdrive, It has 55,411original miles.Contact:Bill Hebal920-823-2187

2006 Jaguar XKR convertiblesuper charged

72k milesSilverExcellent condition8 cylindersAutomatic$18,000Serious inquiries onlyContact Doug 603-654-7040

It runs, drives, and inspects. Needs newheadliner, some minor electrical work,looks sharp would be a great show carwith some tinkering. $2000/bo Dianne603-553-0625 (call/text)

1975 Triumph TR6Freshly restored to a very high standard.Overdrive transmission. Like new. Asking$28500. Please contact Clarke at HistoricMotor Sports 603-587-0577.

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Show of Dreams

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Undaunted by a forecast of 60%chance of rain and thunderstorms onJuly 28th, the BCNH Show of Dreamscommittee continued as planned withthe preparations for the show. On showSaturday, the weather dawned clear andbright, signaling a beautiful summer day

ahead at the Alvirne Hills House Fieldin Hudson, NH. The day promisedperfect conditions for top-down driv-

ing and viewing, and British car enthu-siasts from all over New England re-sponded by coming to the show indroves. The 2018 Show of Dreams seta new participation record with 238cars entered, competing in 31 classes!This record is especially meaningfulbecause it signals more funds raised forour featured charities, The High HopesFoundation of NH and The NewHampshire Food Bank.

The show field was superbly organizedand easy to navigate, due, as SOD com-mittee chair Diana Stanley explained, to“the number of club members who vol-unteered for Friday and Saturday to setupand break down the show field. We op-erated like a well- oiled machine whichmade both days easier than they wouldhave been with fewer hands available.”Both participants and spectators wereentertained by this years’ fun new addi-tion: British street signs for each row ofcars. Baker Street (think SherlockHolmes) and Downing Street (who livesat #10?) were two of the favorites, withPiccadilly Circus fittingly marking thefood court. And don’t forget the witty“Flushingham Palace” sign for the com-fort area!

There was always something happeningat the show, with lively British (of course)music provided by DJ Jim George, “Rov-ing Reporter” interviews with Pinch

Polenchar, prize raffles, a 50-50, and aspirited silent auction. For sale by the

BCNH was an extensive collection ofBritish regalia and Show of Dreams T-shirts, a hot item which was sold out byday’s end. Throughout the day engag-ing representatives from the NH FoodBank and High Hopes mingled withspectators, explaining the urgent needstheir organizations meet.

Shade was a valuable commodity as thetemperature climbed into the low 90sand high humidity made hydration achallenge. But British car enthusiasts aresmart and savvy, finding shady spotsalong the tree line, or under the coolingtents provided by BCNH. Bottled wa-ter and ice donated by sponsorsquenched everyone’s thirst; when hun-gry, delicious food truck barbecueadded some spice and generous scoopsof ice cream cooled us down.

The main event, of course, was the carjudging, accomplished for most classesusing the people’s choice method. The2018 featured marques—Land Roverand Triumph TR-6—were additionallyjudged by experts in the field. The cov-eted Best of Show award this year wasearned by a 1927 Rolls Royce Phan-tom I shown by Greg Zimmerman. Aunique entry, this car was not outfittedfor luxury (forget the Grey Poupon), butinstead had been converted for use as autility vehicle, with wooden side panelsand wooden benches inside! Congratu-lations to several BCNH members who

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by Kimberly K. Dougherty

won 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place in their classes;for the complete list of winners seebcnh.org and the newsletter. The awardsceremony also included a special Brit-ish Marque News presentation for “carsthat are driven,” awarded to a 1962Jaguar E-Type owned by Rod Gilbert,and a BCNH jacket presented to DaveTownsend in recognition of the fabulousposter artwork he designed—and do-nated— for the show this year.

No endeavor of this magnitude is with-out its challenges, however, as SOD or-ganizer Norma Karle explained. “Get-ting sponsors was a real challenge thisyear,” she said, “something we need towork on for next year.” So, BCNHmembers, your mission for 2019 is tocontinue the show’s tradition of excel-lence by keeping an eye out for spon-sors and sending them Norma’s way!

In the end, the true winners are not thosewho go home with trophies, but thepeople who benefit from High Hopesand the NH Food Bank. Diana Stanleywould like to extend “many thanks toDavid Townsend, Historic Motor

Sports, Don & Karen Irving, LandRover Bedford/Goodwin Motor Groupand all the sponsors who continue to sup-port the show year after year.” Thesecontributions, she notes, are invaluableas “we would not be able to help NewHampshire families in need without theirhelp.”

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I recently took a road trip to SaratogaSprings, NY, to attend a wedding andmy wife and I had the good fortune toleave the kids and kid mobile at homeand take a 1979 MGB. It was a beauti-ful ride across New Hampshire and Ver-mont and 500 miles later that little LBCdelivered us back to Maine at 32 MPG!

One neat feature this car has is a vacuumgauge so I could watch the needle gofrom economy to power when I put myfoot down.

While driving, I started thinking of all thetips my dad used to share with us kidsabout getting the best mileage from a car.

Keep the motor in top-notch tune.

Use higher octane gasoline, the enginewill run easier and give more power.

Check the tire pressures weekly andover inflate them a little bit.

Make sure the brakes are in good work-ing order, no dragging your feet.

Keep your speed around 55 MPH.”(Darn, what fun is that?)

Build up momentum going downhill andcoast uphill” (Or at least don’t try topower up the hill.)

Avoid rapid starts and stops.” (Flowthrough the traffic lights.)

Avoid hard cornering” (No way I couldever comply with this one.)

My dad had many more, but my all-timefavorite was pretending there’s an eggunder the gas pedal. The teenager saidHUH? I’d bet dad thought we weren’tlistening, but I still like that quote and Ieven remember to try it from time to time.

With the cost of fuel today I was quitepleased to get about double the gasmileage of the big family vehicle (not to

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Rover Series III3rd Place: Peter Buciak 1971 LandRover Series IIAClass #6C Land Rover Defender1st Place: Geoff Jones 1987 LandRover Defender2nd Place: Geoff Jones. 1997 LandRover DefenderClass #7 TR6 1969-19731st Place: Mark Desenberg 1971Triumph TR62nd Place: Dennis Magnan 1972Triumph TR6Class #8 TR6 1974-19761st Place: John Gibbs 1975 TriumphTR62nd Place: Bob & Diana Stanley 1974Triumph TR63rd Place: Steve Nichols. 1976 Tri-umph TR6Class #9 TR2 & TR31st Place: Ken Adams. 1962 TriumphTR3B2nd Place: Paul Roden 1962 TriumphTR3B3rd Place: Tom Mulligan 1959 TriumphTR3Class #10 TR4A & TR2501st Place: Brian Tilton 1968 TriumphTR2502nd Place: Suzi & Pinch Polenchar1962 Triumph TR43rd Place: Fred Thompson 1964Triumph TR4Class #11 Sprite, Midget & Spitfire1st Place: Chuck & Diane Connors1958 Austin Healey Sprite2nd Place: Roger & CrystalTreadwell.1972 MG Midget3rd Place: Rod Baker 1975 TriumphSpitfireClass #12 British Fastback Coupe1st Place: Michael Hobbs 1972MGBGT2nd Place: Steve & Bill Rule 1968MGCGT

3rd Place: Clay Swenor 1973 MGBGTClass #13 MG-TC, MG-TD, MG-TF1st Place: Elliot Grover 1948 MG-TC2nd Place: Hal Kramer 1952 MG-TD3rd Place: John Mickela 1951 MG-TDClass #14 MGA1st Place: Eric Krueger 1959 MG A2nd Place: Al Nosenzo 1957 MG A3rd Place: Charles Thompson 1960MG AClass #15 MGB 62-741st Place: Mike Oliva 1966 MGB2nd Place: Steve & Bill Rule 1963MGB3rd Place: John & Mickey Rizza 1966MGBClass #16 TR7 & TR81st Place: George & MaureenSherback 1980 TR8 DHC’2nd Place: Ned Sparrow 1980 TR83rd Place: Richard Douglas 1980 TR8Class #17 MGB 74 ½ - 801st Place: Vino Valle 1980 MGB2nd Place: Steve & Nancy Banner1979 MGB3rd Place: Adam DiBiaso 1978 MGBClass #18 TVR1st Place: Geoff Dupont 1969 TVR25002nd Place: Ron Fournier 1972 TVRVixin3rd Place: Andrew Estes 1986 TVR280iClass #19 Lotus1st Place: Bob Fallier 1974 LotusEuropa2nd Place: Benjamin Levy 1966 LotusEuropa3rd Place: Bruce Allen 2006 LotusExige Cup 240Class #20 British Preservation(unrestored)1st Place: Richard Merrill 1973 Tri-umph TR62nd Place: James Gillen 1965 JaguarMK23rd Place: Daniel Zapton 1974 TriumphTR6Class #21 British V8 & Modified

1st Place: Kate & Chris Schwint 1977MG B2nd Place: James Wiebe 1959 MGAClass #22 British Classics Pre 19601st Place: Greg Zimmermann 1927Rolls Royce Phantom I2nd Place: Deidre Smyrnos 1957 NashMetropolitan

3rd Place: Mike Gaetano 1947 BentleyMark VI Sports SedanClass #23 British Classics 1960-19691st Place: Maelynn Hill 1962 MorrisMini Minor2nd Place: David Tothill 1959 MorrisMinor3rd Place: Iain Barker 1967 MorrisMini Cooper SClass #24 British Classics 1970-19791st Place: Wendy Birchmire 1977 MiniCooper 8502nd Place: Guy Niewenhous 1978Rolls Royce Silver Shadow II3rd Place: Josh Douglass 1974 JensenInterceptor MKIIIClass #25 British Classics 1980-19891st Place: David Pauly 1983 DeLorean122nd Place: Jeff Poulin 2003 JaguarXK83rd Place Bruce Vild/Faith Lamprey2007 Mini Cooper SClass #26 British Classics 1990-20181st Place: Kevin & Dale Dean 1994Jaguar XJS2nd Place: James Turbyne 2018McLaren SpiderClass #27B Cobra1st Place: Charles Burke 1965 CobraFactory 5Class #28 Non-British1st Place: Bob Schenk 1930 Ford ACoupe2nd Place: John MacKinnon 1970Mercedes 280SL3rd Place: Kim Camuso 1970 ChevyCamaro

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Seacoast CouncilMeeting MinutesPLACE: KITZHOF INN

322 Route 100West Dover, VT 05356PHONE: 1-800-388-8310 1-802-464-8310Simon & Alison Ferris, owners of theKitzhof Inn in West Dover, VT an-nounce:2018 Speckled Hen Run Weekend

The Speckled Hen Run Weekend is arelaxing and fun filled two night stay de-signed to bring British cars clubs togetherto meet, talk cars and travel around thebeautiful Vermont countryside.

The inclusive price is: 2 Night Accom-modation for 2 people, breakfast for twoon Saturday and Sunday Morning, Din-ner for two on Saturday night (BritishThemed) and tax: $280.00

Please call the hotel directly to make yourreservations. Rooms are still available.Please tell Simon or Alison you are mem-bers of BCNH when you call..

Speckled Hen RunDate: September 28 – 30, 2018

At 6:00 pm on August 8th, nineteen mem-bers began to collect at Blue Latitudesin Dover, NH, for our monthly meeting.We were joined by guests Mike andJerra Sullivan of York, ME, who have a1959 MGA that he’s owned since 1969and currently has for sale, a project carthat hasn’t run in years. The group chat-ted and enjoyed good food and drinkuntil Council Co-Minister NormMichaels called the meeting to order at7:00 pm.

Norm reviewed the July trip to the NovaScotia British Motoring Festival, and thenwe went around the room with introduc-tions. Next we reviewed past events,including The Castle in the Clouds showin Moultonborough (68 British cars onthe field), the drive to Myopia Hunt Clubin Hamilton, MA, to view a polo matchand share many and diverse munchies,and our Show of Dreams, a great dayand a great show with 238 cars regis-tered, an almost 18% increase over lastyear, and over $13,000 earned.

Upcoming events: MG/Rover Day isAugust 18th in Brookline, MA; there is aLions’ Club car show on the 19th inAmherst, NH; and on the 26th we driveto the St. Gaudens National Historic Sitein Cornish, NH.

September will bring a Wednesday af-ternoon/evening car show at Bug LightPark in South Portland, ME, on the 5th;

Best of Featured Marque TriumphTR6Chuck Giorgio 1973 Triumph TR6Best of Featured Marque LandRoverGeoff Jones 1987 Defender 110 Ex-ModBritish Marque Car Club NewsFavorites Trophy

the British Reliability Rally on the 7th –9th with a BBQ/picnic at Historic MotorSports in Candia at the end of the rally;a Jaguar event on the 7th – 8th at WatkinsGlen; the British Invasion of Stowe, VTon the 14th – 16th; a Lions’ Club carshow in Rye, NH, on the 16th; theSpeckled Hen Run to West Dover, VT,on the 29th – 30th; and the Thousand Is-lands Rally on 9/29 – 10/1. Octoberevents include the British Legends Week-end in Sandwich, MA on the 5th – 7th

and a ride to Applecrest Farm in NorthHampton, NH on the 13th. Our clubevents page has details on these andmany other events.

There was discussion about the poten-tial for a tour to Quebec City, and pos-sibly a Zip line tour at Gunstock Moun-tain Resort in Gilford, NH.

Our raffle to help fund the air conditionedrest rooms at next year’s SOD yielded$60; Gregg Pollack won again and do-nated his winnings to the fund – thankyou! Our next meeting will be at BlueLatitudes in Dover on September 12th.Meeting adjourned at 8:00 pm.

Ben Morong, Secretary

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Northern CouncilKing Ar thur Flour Drive

Saturday, August 4th we woke to over-cast skies with intermittent showers. Wewere the lucky ones, driving west, ourdestination Norwich VT and King ArthurFlour. They are an employee-owned com-pany making top-quality and consistentlyproducing flour for over 200 years whichis no easy task, but they take such pridein their products.

Four cars with seven people met up at theCommon Man Inn in Plymouth andheaded out about 10am. Unfortunately afew folks had to beg off due to the rainsand water problems at their homes. Hopeeveryone survived okay!

We took back roads over to Canaan andtook a potty break at a Dunkin Donuts.By the time we climbed back into our carsthe sky was lightening and showing a hintof sun. We took a great route acrossRudsboro Rd., which Karl and Kelliefound by accident from chatting with a lo-cal fellow that we happened upon whiledoing the run and clocking the mileage.He was quite a character who owns andservices Harley motorcycles and sellsmachine guns. But that’s a whole otherstory. So back to Rudsboro Road, thiswas a newly paved, windy, curvy road thatinvites you to put the pedal down just awee bit more and enjoy the beautiful coun-try scenery flying by. We arrived at KingArthur to a very full parking lot but onceinside we had the pleasure of smelling andtasting some amazing fresh cookedbreads. We sampled some homemade icecream sauces and maybe bought a fewtoo many things (not mentioning any namesDoc).

We spent about an hour there and thenheaded south about 16 miles to the Har-poon Brewery, which after shopping andtasting some great treats we had workedup a powerful thirst. When we first ar-rived the line was out the door, luckily we

had made reservations ahead of timeand breezed past the line.

Bill and Sue MacDuff joined us for theKing Arthur tour, Bill and PennyMeyer, Bob Doc, Kellie with herbrother David riding shotgun enjoyeda great lunch and sampled some ofHarpoons finest brews. Kellie triedpoutine for the first time (and was agood sharer) and guaranteed this won’tbe the last, so good with just the rightamount of gravy and cheese!

It’ s very possible we will do this tripagain next year so other members canjoin us and enjoy this ride.

Submitted Kellie Braconier,Northern Council Secretary

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mention the infinitely more smiles permile). I started thinking about energycosts in general and did a little onlineresearch.

Did you know that it takes 50.3 millionBTU’s of oil equivalent energy to makea ton of new steel and requires 62,600gallons of water? (I have no idea whyso much water.) But it only takes aquarter of that energy to make one tonof recycled steel versus new.

Following the comparisons, one ton ofrecycled steel saves 1.4 tons of iron oreand 3.6 barrels of oil. Recycling alumi-num is an even better deal as it takesfive times the energy to make new alu-minum compared to recycled alumi-num.

My feeling is that as British car enthusi-asts we’re helping the bigger picture byrecycling these cars and because they’regenerally pretty good on miles per gal-lon we’re also helping reduce our con-sumption of gasoline. Combined with allof the great benefits of playing withsports cars, this added bonus is a goodthing.

So I’m encouraging everyone to keeptheir cars tuned up and I’m interested inhearing from you about the mileage yourcars get. I’m thinking of adding an igni-tor and sport coil for that slightly hotterspark, wire wheels or rostyle wheels toreduce the unsprung weight at the wheeland other little racer tricks to improveour enjoyment. I mean reducing our car-bon footprint.

Happy Motoring!By: Sam Smith

Tricks My Dad taught Me

603-434-747933 Londonderry Road #14,Londonderry, NH 03053

We offer complete British car care.No service work too small, orrestoration too large. From vintage/antiques to modern cars. If you aresearching for top quality service, thengive us a call. We are passionate aboutkeeping them running!Celebrating 20 Years of business, and60 combined years of experience

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RMR completed the restoration, exceptfor the top, in September 2014, justthree weeks before my youngestdaughter’s wedding. The Jag, sans top,was used to take my daughter to thechurch and my wife and I to the recep-tion. Thank heavens it was a picture per-fect day.

When I purchased the Jag in 1964, thecanvas top had pulled away from thewooden header in one section in the backand the red leather seats had a few tearsand holes. I contacted Sal Messina ofColumbia Seat Cover in South Lawrenceand they gave me a quote of $300 toreplace the seat covers with red leatherand replace the canvas top. That was in1965; 43 years later, it would cost morethan 57 times that to replace just the top.With the pressure of my youngerdaughter’s wedding over, I again con-tacted Columbia Seat Cover. (Sal’s fa-ther had done the job 43 years previ-ously and still came into the office at age92.) Sal Jr. made a very nice boot coverwith biscuit piping for free but he ex-plained that the top was beyond his ex-pertise and he couldn’t do it. The top,as Jaguar built it, had a mohair headliner,and a canvas top with horsehair in be-tween.

I talked with Paul Russell of Essex, MA,who has done restorations for RalphLauren and many other heavy hitters.They did the job. It took 3 months and

cost a king’s ransom but the Jag resto-ration was finally complete in October2017. It was used in my older daughter’swedding.

I bring the car to six or eight car showseach year and about half the time it bringshome a Trophy. When I drove the car toBoston in the 60’s, I didn’t notice howdifficult it was to drive. With the rack andpinion steering, Moss crash type trans-mission, limited visibility (where’s theback-up camera?) and the tendency torun hotter than a $2.00 pistol, it is a hand-ful to drive at my age. Is it time to turn itover to the next generation?

Submitted by John J. Dowd, Jr.

Monadnock CouncilNews

Jerry and Ramona Branch

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Brit BitsThe Monadnock Council has had twovery fun trips recently. One was to theVermont Country Store and Craigs AllAmerican BBQ in Vermont and Monad-nock Berries in Troy, NH. MonadnockBerries is owned by Anthony and FenellaLevick, BCNH member’s and let me tellyou, this place is really to write homeabout.

There were acres upon acres of berriesat the foothills of the mighty MonadnockMountain. We picked berries, had agreat BBQ lunch and listened to a vi-brating band and then went to Anthony’sbrewery a few miles away. It looked likea rainy day but it cleared up just for us.We are a council that loves to take gor-geous drives and then have a spectacu-lar experience often with music or per-

formance arts, and, of course, greatfood. As you all know, the Monadnockis the quintessential region of NewHampshire, just like the picture booksof small New England villages, so comeon over and join us for fun, beauty andadventure.

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British Cars of New Hampshire35 Bennington DriveBelmont, NH 03220

Rolls Royce “Best of Show”2018 Show of Dreams

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And The 1st Winners are:

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Saturday, August 4th we woke to over-cast skies with intermittent showers. Wewere the lucky ones, driving west, ourdestination Norwich VT and KingArthur Flour. They are an employee-owned company making top-qualityand consistently performing flour forover 200 years which is no easy task,but they take such pride in their prod-ucts.

Four cars with seven people met up atthe Common Man Inn in Plymouth andheaded out about 10am. Unfortunatelya few folks had to beg off due to therains and water problems at their homes.

Hope everyone survived okay!

We took back roads over to Canaan andtook a potty break at a Dunkin Donuts.By the time we climbed back into ourcars the sky was lightening and showinga hint of sun. We took a great routeacross Rudsboro rd., which Karl andKellie found by accident from chattingwith a local fellow that we happenedupon while doing the run and clockingthe mileage. He was quite a characterwho owns and services Harley Motor-cycles and sells machine guns.. but that’sa whole other story. So back toRudsboro rd., this was a newly paved,windy, curvy road that invites you to putthe pedal down just a wee bit more andenjoy the beautiful country scenery fly-ing by. We arrived at King Arthur to avery full parking lot but once inside wehad the pleasure of smelling and tastingsome amazing fresh cooked breads. Wesampled some homemade ice creamsauces and maybe bought a few too manythings (not mentioning any names Doc).

We spent about an hour there and thenheaded south about 16 miles to the Har-poon Brewery, which after shopping andtasting some great treats we had workedup a powerful thirst. When we first ar-rived the line was out the door, luckilywe had made reservations ahead of timeand breezed past the line.

Bill and Sue MacDuff joined us for theKing Arthur tour, Bill and Penny Meyer,Bob Doc, Kellie with her brother Davidriding shotgun enjoyed a great lunch andsampled some of Harpoons finest brews.Kellie tried poutine for the first time (andwas a good sharer) and guaranteed thiswon’t be the last, so good with just theright amount of gravy and cheese!

It’s very possible we will do this trip againnext year so other members can join usand enjoy this ride.

Submitted By: Kellie Braconier,Northern Council Secretary

King Ar thur Drive

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Cars for Sale

Dowd’s 1956 Jaguar XK140MCDrop Head Coupe. Stunning example.Asking $136,000. Please contact Clarkeat Historic Motor Sports 603-587-0577.

1953 Rolls Royce Silver Dawn Automatic transmission, beautiful leatherinterior. Lovely car to drive. Asking$37,500. Please contact Clarke at HistoricMotor Sports 603-587-0577.