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Southern Classics Southern Classics Southern Classics Society Newsletter Society Newsletter Society Newsletter Issue 119 Issue 119 Issue 119 - February/March 2013 February/March 2013 February/March 2013 Club Events Calendar for 2013 on Inside of Back Page Next events - February - Noggin & Natter at The Crabtree Inn, Lancing March - Noggin & Natter at The Owl, Kingsfold March - Saturday 23rd Drive-It Event & Visit to CCK Historics (page 6) April - Sunday 14th Car Show at Chichester College www.southernclassics.org.uk

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Southern Classics Southern Classics Southern Classics

Society NewsletterSociety NewsletterSociety Newsletter

Issue 119 Issue 119 Issue 119 --- February/March 2013February/March 2013February/March 2013

Club Events Calendar for 2013 on Inside of Back Page

Next events -

February - Noggin & Natter at The Crabtree Inn, Lancing

March - Noggin & Natter at The Owl, Kingsfold

March - Saturday 23rd Drive-It Event & Visit to CCK Historics (page 6)

April - Sunday 14th Car Show at Chichester College

www.southernclassics.org.uk

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Chairperson - Garry Goodey 02392 257846

[email protected]

Promotions Secretary - Richard Long 07976 259290

[email protected]

Treasurer - John R Leaney 01903 763703 (after 6.00 pm please)

[email protected]

Membership – Peter Haynes PO Box 1212, Crawley, RH10 0GX

07890 943489 [email protected]

Regalia – Eric Wood 2 Forge Close, East Preston,

West Sussex BN16 1HX 01903 782661 (6.00 – 8.00 pm please)

In this issue: Membership & Society News Pg 4 Trips on Offer Pg 5 Drive-It Event Pg 6 Minutes of the 2012 AGM Pg 9 Other News Pg 13 Member’s Classic Story at the NEC Pg 15 Member’s Classic Story “Morricedes” Pg 17

A Drive to………… Pg 23 A Bit of Fun Pg 24 10 Minute Sudoku & Poem! Pg 26 Members and Trade Adverts Pg 27 Non SCS Events Diary Pg 34 SCS Events Diary Pg 35 Regalia Back Page

Webpage Co-ordinator – Phil Webb [email protected]

Newsletter Editor - Robert Spence 01273 462309

[email protected]

Postal Mailing Address for Newsletter Items Southern Classics Society

c/o Windy Ridge 7 Downside

Shoreham-by-Sea West Sussex BN43 6HH

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General Committee Members

Ted Preston 01903 812796

Maria Chaborel 01293 883224

[email protected]

Ralph Pendry 01903 786116

Southern Classics Society – Committee

Disclaimer - The views expressed in the Southern Classics Newsletter are those of the contributors and not necessarily those of the Society.

Newsletter Printed by Southwick Print 01273 595694

Front Cover - Member builds “Special” to beat the floods & hopes for a prize at Chichester!

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Introduction A very happy New Year to you all and I hope that all your Christmas Classic Car wishes came true. Sadly for me, Mr Claus seemed to have lost my letter as no Aston Martin DB5 Volante in my stock-ing. Oh well there is always this year! Presents I did get were some great articles and jokes for the magazine. Many thanks for these, and please keep them coming. New member Steve Lord has sent in the story of his unique “Morricedes”, a serious challenge in home engineering if there ever was one and David Geere tells us of his “Montego at the NEC”. Our very hard working Promotions Secretary, Richard Long has also delivered a New Year present in the form of a pre show season Drive-It event for Saturday 23rd March from Sompting to CCK Historic in High Hurstwood for classic or modern cars, (depending on weather!) Full details are on page 6. Richard has also been firming up details of our two new car show venues for May and June, and the good people at Newhaven Fort and NT Sheffield Park have also put in a lot of work on the Soci-ety’s behalf in advertising these car shows, and are looking forward to the events as much as we are. All that is left to say is; here’s hoping 2013 proves to be another good year for the Society’s and our fellow car clubs’ many and varied events. Kind regards, Robert

Newsletter 120 - April/May 2013 Deadline for Articles by 01/03/2013

Chairperson’s Jottings Well a new year starts and it is my second as chair of the SCS so I wish you and your families a Hap-py New Year and hope to see you all at the various Events that the Club and especially Richard have organised for us in 2013. I am sorry that Sue and I didn’t get to the Brooklands meeting on the 1st January to meet up as planned but we had a full on Christmas with birthdays following close on, then New Year so we decided that we would just take “Millie” the AH Sprite out around the countryside and then down to the seaside instead. Millie is now in the garage with “Muttley” the Riley awaiting all the jobs that need doing including finding out why she drinks as much oil as she does fuel? From the number of e-mails and discussions that have been going on within the Committee I think we will have a very full calendar and a lot to talk about at the January meeting at the Owl of which will be reported in the newsletters and on the Web Site, so get the motors ready and please come and join us. One last thing; if any member has any concerns or comments on the Society, please do feel free to contact me by phone or email. Regards Garry

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Membership

Obituary - It is with sadness that Janet King has informed us that her husband Graham has passed away. Graham and Janet joined the Society in 1997 and were keen supporters of our shows and overseas trips. Graham was the proud owner of a wonderful 1956 Black Mk1 Jaguar that was seen at many of the club’s car shows. Janet would like to thank everyone for their support at this time.

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May I wish all current and lapsed members a happy New Year with all you wish for coming to pass. December and January of any year is a hectic time with a round of Christmas dinners and lunches in December and annual dinners and lunches held in January and February for many clubs with which we are associated. Theses events range for us all over Surrey and West Sussex. This time of year is made all the busier by Southern Classic Society membership renewals. We start the year with a potential membership of 173 single members and 81 joint (pairs) members making a grand total of 345 members. The renewals have come in steadily during the last month and I must thank all the members who have renewed so far. Your 2013 Membership Card will either be included with this magazine, or posted separately if you normally get your Newsletter by email. May I ask members that have forgotten, or have not got around to it yet, to please renew soon so that I may complete the task. If you have not received your membership card by the middle of February, please let me know on 07890 943489 or email [email protected] We would like to welcome the following new members;

John Mitchell from Pulborough with his Bentley T2 John and Diana Flavell from Steyning with their Morris Minors

Ronald and Joyce Smith from Southwick Peter Haynes

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Society News 2012 Christmas Social Dinner at The Fox - By Phil Webb The traditional end of year get together saw a large group of 52 members joined together at The Fox in Patching for a very good time. As always the food was excellent with a wide variety of choic-es from traditional Turkey to Duck, Steak, Salmon, Pheasant - too much to list. With starters, main, pudding, mince pies, coffee and of course the odd glass, or bottle in some cases, of wine and beer. It was good to see members from further away attending with a number intending to make the most of the evening by staying in local Bed and Breakfasts. Another tradition was a free raffle with (almost) all the prizes being bottle shaped. The one everyone wanted to win (including the chair-man who won last year) was one of Phyllis's wonderful home made cakes, this year a lovely Christ-

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mas cake with crackers as well. Again we thank Ted for organising this wonderful event and the date is already booked for 2013, 6th December…….now that is planning for you!

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Coach Trip to Nuffield House and The Oxford Bus/Morris Museum On Wednesday 8th May, the East Sussex MG Owners Club are organising a coach trip to Nuffield House, home of the late William Morris, then Lord Nuffield, near Henley-on-Thames, followed by a visit to the nearby Oxford Bus/Morris museum and they have kindly opened up the trip to Soci-ety members. The cost is £20 for National Trust members, Nuffield House is owned by the NT, and £27 for non NT members. The cost covers the coach and entrance to the house and muse-um. Coach pickups are at Langley (Eastbourne), Horam and Tunbridge Wells. To book a place, or request more information, please contact John Baggott on 01892 862656. Nuffield House is left almost exactly as it was when Lord Nuffield died, the house and its contents are a revealing and intimate glimpse into the character, interests and life of one of the world’s greatest entrepreneurs and benefactors, yet a man who remains relatively unknown today. The house is also a rare survival of a complete, upper-middle class home of the 1930s. It retains the majority of the furniture and contents acquired by Lord and Lady Nuffield when they took up residence, as well as having several rooms still decorated in the 1930's style. Lord Nuffield’s love of mechanical things can be seen behind cupboard doors in his bedroom which hid a miniature workshop with lathe and tools. It was here that he would relieve nights of insomnia by doing delicate metal work. The Oxford Bus Museum is dedicated to telling the story of bus and coach travel around Oxford-shire over the last 100 years. The exhibits include many historic preserved buses, a wide range of artefacts (bus stops, ticket machines, timetables, posters) and lots of fantastic photos illustrating a diverse public transport history. Since 2004 it has also been the home to the Morris Motors exhibition, which charts the story of how these classic British cars and commercial vehicles were produced at Cowley. The impressive collection of vintage Morris vehicles, represents the earliest through to the last. The “link” between William Morris and buses in Oxford can be traced back to December 1913, when he started the first public motorbus service in the city. 2013 will therefore be a very signifi-cant year – a celebration of the 100th anniversary of motorbuses in Oxford!

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DRIVE-IT DAY & CCK VISIT Saturday 23rd March 2013 Folks, I have put together a Drive-It Day opportunity for Saturday 23rd March to blow the cob-webs off the car and to breathe in some 2013 classic car expectation for the season ahead. If it is not “Classic Car weather”, a modern alternative is fine! The run will be approximately 40 – 50 miles in length, with a leg stretch halfway and an opportuni-ty to get a light snack at the pub as well, if you so desire. The run concludes at CCK Historic, High Hurstwood, East Sussex who are happy to give us a guided tour of their premises and very interesting cars. In addition they will provide a well earned drink and snack from their corporate hospitality suite. If you would like to attend the run, I would be grateful if you could email me or phone; as both pubs + CCK Historic will need to know numbers . Please phone 07976 259290, or email [email protected] If you attended the AGM Drive-It in October last year then you will know the format. If you did not, I encourage you to come along as it is a great, fun day out. Itinerary (all times are approximate): 1030hrs Meet at The Gardeners Arms, Sompting, BN15 0AR 1100 / 1115hrs Commence part ONE of the Drive-It 1200 / 1215hrs Arrive “The Victory Inn” Staplefield, RH17 6EU 1300hrs Commence part TWO of the Drive-It 1400 / 1415hrs Arrive at CCK Historic, TN22 4AE With regard to the pub stop, their Light Lunch / Snack menu is shown on the next page which if you fancy a bite to eat this will be the menu to choose from. To that end the pub has asked if “we” can let them know our choices so that it’s not a rush on the day and we do not have to hang around and lose driving time. All very civilised! It will be a great day, so why not come along and join in. Regards, Richard Long

ABOUT CCK HISTORIC Classic Cars of Kent was started 27 years ago by Shaun Rainford. Shaun started the business by offering service and restoration for MG’s and Triumphs. Over the years motorsport became a larg-er part of the business, and with the huge rise in popularity in Historic Motorsport the company has grown to be a fully comprehensive one-stop historic racing specialist. They offer the complete package including complete ground up restoration, panel fabrication, body repairs, re-spray and painting, lettering and sign painting, machine shop, rolling road tuning, corner weighting, suspen-sion setup, engine building, car storage, car transportation and recovery, race support, race cars for hire and much more. Furthermore, all of this can be found under one roof. Their main area of business is historic race car preparation and they actively take part in the HRDC events with their own cars and many other CCK race prepared cars have been seen at the Good-wood Revival and Festival of Speed events

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Ypes , Belgium, 13th - 20th May - Eric Wood and John Easterbrook’s “An Open Invitation” to join them and friends on a trip to Ypes in May has generated a number of enquiries. Eric and John say that if any other members are interested to give them a call or drop an email. Eric on 01903 782661, between 6.00 and 8.00 pm, or John at [email protected] Viry, Burgundy, Tea Party in France, 7th July - Member Mike Ryan, he of the magnificent 1938 Bentley “When a Nutcase Meets a Basket Case”, fame has sent me the following information re-garding “ an afternoon tea party in France” The event, which has taken place for a number of years is organised by a group of ex pats living in the small village of Viry, about 6 kms from Charolles, Burgundy. The tea party includes a small contingent of classic cars making up a side show. This year, the organisers would like to expand that part of the event and invite more classic car owners to come. It's a traditional, properly attired (!) afternoon tea party with Morris Dancers and an Irish pipe and drum band with all pro-ceeds going to the local community. More details at http://www.englishteaparty.fr/ Contact the organisers at 00 33 (0)3 85 24 21 72 or use E-mail by clicking on: VIRY Tea Party Team on the web site Jolly Good Motors Tours - Our good friend and fellow member Jim Gavin of Jolly Good Motor Tours sent the following list of trips that he has planned for this and next year. His contact details are; Jim Gavin, Hunt Cottage, Wisborough Green, West Sussex. RH14 0HN. Tel: 01403 700220. Email: [email protected] Springtime in the Cotswolds, 19th to 21st April - The cost is £130.00 per person sharing a twin or double room. This will be for two nights accommodation (Friday & Saturday) at the Hilton Hotel in Swindon, in-cluding dinners (but not drinks), breakfasts, and – on Sunday afternoon – afternoon tea and a fly-ing display at the Hawk Conservancy near Andover. Also included will be all maps, route notes and oodles of information, which will be handed out when you arrive at the hotel on Friday. Isle of Wight, 4th to 6th October - Based in Melville Hall Hotel, Sandown. 25 rooms booked, 11 cars 'interested' to date. Northern Spain and the Picos de Europa, 28th September to 9th October 2014 - All nights in Para-dors, except for 1st & last 2 nights in Hotel Real, Santander. 20 rooms booked, 17 cars 'interested' to date. And here is a “Self Drive Tour” that members might be interested in; “Boys (and Girls) Toy Tour!” Day 1 - Bletchley Park. Just 200 yards north of Milton Keynes Railway Station. Get there as early as you can and book a guided tour - included in the admission price. Afterwards, take your own time wandering around the various huts, you'll have enough to occupy the rest of the day! Be sure to visit the amazing Churchill collection, the work of just one man. Overnight, just 40 minutes away, at the Premier Inn, Bedford. Be sure to book their 'Meal Deal' at £22.00 per person; this includes

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dinner - with a drink - and Breakfast. Day 2 - Drive south, stopping to be amazed at the gigantic airship sheds at Cardington, to the won-derful Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden Airfield, just west of Biggleswade. Have lunch in the Cafeteria. In the afternoon drive to Cambridge and visit the 'Cambridge Museum of Technology' based in the fascinating Victorian Sewage Pumping Station. Overnight at the Premier Inn, just off Junction 32 of the A 12. Go for the 'meal deal' here too. Dive 3 - Drive 20 minutes south on the M11, to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford. Spend the whole day there and then drive home. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2012 AGM Minutes

SOUTHERN CLASSICS SOCIETY AGM Sunday 14th October 2012 @ 14.00

Tangmere Aviation Museum

Committee Members Garry Goodey:- Chairperson Richard Long:- Promotions Secretary (Minutes Taker) John Leaney:- Treasurer Peter Haynes:- Membership Robert Spence:- Newsletter Editor Ralph Pendry:- Car Trip Co-ordinator Eric Wood:- Regalia Phil Web:- WEB Site Co-ordinator (Not Present) Maria Chaborel:- General Member (Not Present) Ted Preston:- General Member David Geere:- General Member Jan Halliwell:- General Member (Not Present) Members Present Sue Durrant, Jane Wright, Les Jewiss, G.F. Crowther, Lee & Linda Day, Ian Pratt, Les Payne, Richard & Pam Perry, Alan Appleford, John Easterbrook, John Lewis, A. MacKinnon, B.A. Barnes, Larry Taylor, Susan Leaney, Mick & Jean Cowdrey, Fred Milboured, Alan Bailey, Steve & Sue Clue, Roger Pennington, Terry & Linda Bray. Apologies Maria Chamberel, Jan & Tricia Halliwell, Phil & June Webb (Car broke down on “drive it day” to the AGM), Ben & Rose Scarrott, Derek & Ros Allnutt, Richard Town. Introduction The chairperson opened the meeting by welcoming all attending members to the Society’s 9th

AGM, and was pleased to see more members and a few new faces at the AGM and asked whether this was due to the venue or his popularity? He then introduced the other Committee Members.

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Minutes of the 2011 (8th) AGM The Chair proposed that the Minutes of the 2011 AGM should be accepted as a true and proper account of the meeting. This was seconded by Eric Wood and were accepted by all. Chairperson’s Report The Club has had a very good year, which included the SCS Charity Car Show at Brinsbury College and the first presentation of the Brian Bennett Memorial Trophy, presented by Phylis Bennett. We also purchased 2 Flags to advertise the club visually at all SCS attended Events which has been well received by the Club Members and General Public. He thanked Richard Long, who took over the job of Promotions Secretary this year, for a very good job, and organising some great shows and the “Drive it Day” to the AGM. Richard will be looking into replacing the SCS Car Show at Bewl Water with an alternative venue. This is due to the Bewl show ground being a poor site and the geographical position is not great for a majority of our members and it has no financial benefits for SCS. He also thanked both Jan Halliwell and David Geere for their sterling work over the years, as they are standing down from the Committee at the end of 2012. Propositions The chairperson had received NO proposals. As there does not appear to be anyone willing to stand as the Car Trip Organiser since the resigna-tion of Ralph Pendry during the year, and as Ralph had reported to the committee on numerous occasions the legal responsibility of the committee members for SCS Organised Trips and the changes to EU Laws covering organised trips/travel agencies, it is proposed to delete the post of Car Trip Organiser.

Proposed By: Ted Preston Seconded By: David Geere

A vote was taken on the above proposition and was carried unanimously. The committee warmly thanked Ralph for all his hard work over the years in the post of Car Trip Organiser, and for giving many members memorable moments on the trips that he had organised. This was accepted by all present with a big round of applause. Confirmation of Rules The Society’s Rules were confirmed as promulgated in the Society’s Constitution plus the amend-ment agreed in proposition 2.1 above and the amendment to the “Physical abuse by a club mem-ber to a committee member rule with the expulsion clause agreed at the 2011 AGM. Nomination of Officers In accordance with the Society’s Rules only half of the committee should be up for re-election in one year, and due to resignations received the following posts were nominated: Car Trip Co-ordinator As seen above, the Car Trip Co-ordinator post will be dropped from the SCS Committee.

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Treasurer John Leaney agreed to continue as the Treasurer.

Proposed By: Michael Cowdrey

Seconded By: Gordon Davis As no other nominations were received John Leaney was duly elected. WEB Site Co-ordinator Phil Webb agreed to continue as the WEB Site Co-ordinator

Proposed By: Michael Cowdrey Seconded By: Gordon Davis

As no other nominations were received Phil Webb was duly elected. Regalia Eric Wood agreed to continue as the Regalia Officer.

Proposed By: Mi-chael Cowdrey

Seconded By: Gordon Davis As no other nominations were received Eric Wood was duly elected. General Committee Member Jan Halliwell will step down at the end of the year due to other commitments with the Jaguar Own-er Club. Ralph Pendry has agreed to continue as a committee member as a General Committee Member

Proposed By: Garry Goodey Seconded By: Pam Perry

As no other nominations were received Ralph Pendry was duly elected. General Committee member No.4 David Geere will step down at the end of the year due to other commitments. As no nominations were received this post is left vacant. Appointment of Auditors Nominations to act as Auditors for 2013 were received from Michael Cowdrey and Steve Smith and where accepted.

Proposed By: Robert Spence Seconded By: Peter Haynes

Treasurer’s Report The auditors had completed a spot check of the accounts on the 10th and 11th October 2012. It was discovered by the auditors that there had been an overpayment of £31.00, on one of the newsletter receipts. It had been agreed, with the Newsletter editor, for the overpayment to be recovered when the account was presented for the next newsletter. The figures, as of the 10th October 2012, are as follows:

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Income: £6,131.75 Expenditure: £6,414.01 Balance: -£282.26 At the beginning of the year the balance in the Society bank account was £7,931.34. On the 10th October 2012, the balance stood at £7,649.08. There are a few accounts we have not yet received, so it is fair to say that the deficit for the year, as a whole will increase. I do not feel this is a problem as running the society with at least one year's surplus of funds, the increase in membership fees as agreed at the AGM last year, and the Autumn Show being severely affected by the weather, we should be able to recover the surplus required over the next year. The Treasurer’s report was accepted. A full Treasurer’s Report and Club account are available. Annual Subscription Rates Confirmation of 2013 Rate It was confirmed that the annual Subscription rate is to be as agreed at the last AGM as £15 for single member and £17 for Joint membership.

Proposed By: Garry Goodey

Seconded By: Terry Bray The proposal was accepted. Annual Subscription Rate for 2014 It was proposed that there be no increase in membership subscription for 2014, and that the vari-ous show charges remain at the 2012 levels, for 2013.

Proposed By: Garry Goodey Seconded By: Eric Wood

The proposal was accepted. SCS Car Show Fees The gate charges at the SCS Car shows will remain as £5 per car for non-members and spectators charges as £2 per adult with children getting in for free.

Proposed By: Linda Bray Seconded By: Michael Cowdrey

The proposal was accepted. Any Other Business (AOB) Ted Preston reported that the Society’s Christmas Dinner was to be held as usual at The Fox public house in Patching on the evening of Friday 7th December with a maximum number available of 50. He had already collected a number of names and Menu choices, so to avoid disappointment get your name and choices in early. John Albion asked if a change could take place to one of the charities that the club support. He

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nominated the “Guild Care”, Worthing who provide carers for OAPs with Dementia in the Worthing area. Their funding from the government has been reduced and as they do not charge for their services, being done on a donations basis. They have an on-going fund raising project of £1.5million to establish a new location for the charity.

The proposal to change the charities that the club supports to both the current DAME VERA LYNN Trust for Children with Cerebral Palsy and the GUILD CARE charity.

Proposed By: Garry Goodey Seconded By: Peter Haynes

A vote was taken on the above propositions and was carried unanimously. The members provided a Vote of thanks to the Committee with a big round of applause.

There being no further business the AGM was closed at 1530.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Other News Classic & Sports Car - Petrol containing up to 10% ethanol that is known to attack classics’ engines and fuel systems could be on sale in the UK as soon as 2013, reports the Federation of British His-toric Vehicle Clubs. The fuel can also cause running problems for cars as little as 10-years old and produces less horse-power. The FBHVC’s Matthew Vincent said: “Higher octane petrol contains much reduced levels of ethanol as a general rule, so this may be worth considering for owners who are concerned about the ad-verse effects of ethanol.” Federation-approved fuel additives that stop the corrosion include VSPe Power Plus, VSPe and EPS

The Upper Beeding Primary School Needs Your Classic Car or Bike !

The Upper Beeding Primary School has again asked me to assemble up to 25 classic cars & bikes for their Sum-mer Fete on Saturday, 22nd June. Last year, the cars won many admiring glances from the public and this year, insurance broker Peter S. Taylor has promised sponsorship and to provide a plaque. If you are interest-ed, please could you contact me, David Geere, by phone on 01903 813814 or email: [email protected] or write to 46 Salting's Way, Upper Beeding, BN44 3JH for an entry form.

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from Millers Oils; Ethomix from Frost Auto Restoration Techniques Ltd; and Ethanolmate from Flexolite.

Unlike petrol using 5% ethanol, which is currently on sale and not labelled, the new product will be marked as E10. Classic & Sports Car - Transport Minister Stephen Hammond has promised the Government will 'adopt a wide interpretation of the rules' if the new European Roadworthiness Directive gets the go-ahead. At a 14th December meeting Mr Hammond spoke with fellow MP and chair of the All Party Parlia-mentary Historic Vehicles Group, Greg Knight, along with group treasurer John Cryer MP and rep-resentatives from the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs. Mr Hammond was confident that the EU's wording would allow for a 'common sense' interpreta-tion of the rulebook that would protect UK enthusiasts and their classics. Debate has raged over the potential harm to the classic car hobby since the directive – which would require all classics to be in a largely original specification – was announced, sparking fears that all modified classics could be driven off the roads. Merely the fact that the draft proposal has already been downgraded from a 'regulation' to a 'directive', which allows member states to determine how it is incorporated into their legislation, suggests that the community-wide enforcement initially planned has been diluted. Mr.Knight said: "It was a very positive meeting and the Minister clearly has the interests of the classic car owners at the forefront of his mind in these negotiations." Chairman of the FBHVC David Whale added: "Our meeting was indeed very positive. Mr Hammond is taking a personal and pro-active position in the negotiations with the EU and clearly wishes to achieve a successful outcome for the owners of historic vehicles." The news comes as a relief to classic car fans that had feared the new legislation could have sound-ed the death knell for classics. Classic & Sports Car - Jaguar has confirmed that there are currently no plans to reopen its heritage centre after it closes in September. Although the company pledges to continue to keep the cars in the public eye, and especially at high-profile events such as Goodwood and the Mille Miglia, a publicly accessible museum is defi-nitely not on the cards at the moment. A spokesman dismissed as "pure speculation" suggestions that the 150-strong collection would be moved into the nearby Coventry Transport Museum, however. It has long been known that Jaguar would have to close the facility this year as part of its running down of the famous Browns Lane site, but many enthusiasts assumed that it would relocate imme-

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diately. That is now confirmed not to be the case for the foreseeable future. The spokesman did stress that the company is aware of the demand and was not ruling out reo-pening the museum in the future when a suitable site became available. He added: "It is an important collection and though there are no immediate plans to relocate it to a similar facility, as far as we are concerned our Heritage Centre is not closing at all – it is business as usual. "In fact, there are very exciting plans for the collection in terms of activity, even if there isn't going to be a central museum for the moment." Many famous cars are currently housed in the museum between their forays to events, ranging from NUB 120, the ex-Appleyard 1950 XK120, and the 1966 XJ13, to C-, D- and E-types. In 2009, the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust an independent educational charity that housed the vehicles, changed its name to Jaguar Heritage. At that point, some 43 cars from the collection were sold at auction and the museum became open to the public five days a week. (Last May myself and a fellow Society member joined members of the West Sussex MG Owners Club and The Hooe’s Old Motor Club on a coach trip to the Jaguar Heritage Museum in Coventry. Report in the June 2012 Newsletter. It was a fantastic visit and it is a real shame that the existing building has been closed. Although the report above does not sound too promising, let’s hope a new long term home can be found soon for this unique collection of stunning British cars. Robert) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Member’s Classic Story - 1986 Montego at the NEC - by David Geere A little over two years ago, I was invited by the Maestro and Montego Owners Club to occupy one of the three spaces allocated to it at the 2010 Classic Car Show at the N E C, Birmingham with my 1986 Austin Montego 2.0 HL. This, being the most prestigious indoor exhibition for classic cars in Europe, needed some serious thought but encouragement from those who had done it before with advice as to where to stay etc., provided a positive answer. Set up day is on the Thursday for a Friday opening. We were given a 9.00 am slot to enter Hall 3A which would have meant being on the road by 5.00 am. As the forecast was for heavy rain, I chose to go up on the Wednesday which was fine and dry and booked into the Ibis Hotel which is in the airport complex and a short ariel train ride into the exhibition halls. Upon arriving at the Hall at the appointed time, it seemed as if all chaos prevailed and even during the day with the various teams appearing, the situation seemed to get worse. My stand was rea-sonably presentable by 5.00pm but taking a look round, it did not seem possible that everything could be ship shape for opening time on the next day. But it was and the doors opened and in the public came expecting to see the best and the best was waiting for them. Our hall was mainly allocated to post war British exhibits with the accent on

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British Leyland. Next door to us, we had Land Rover and the Vanden Plas club and nearby were the other famous names but now defunct – Triumph, Rover, Wolseley et all. Our stand ran a loop video shown on an eighties television set which portrayed all the adverts that appeared on our screens when our cars were being promoted. Apart from my car and another Montego which was in amazing condition for its age, we had a Maestro which was bought for £100 and given a thorough service before being taken on an 8,000 mile journey through Europe and Russia. Two young lads thought if it breaks down we will come home by train but it didn’t and it deserved its moment of glory and praise. Reaction to our vehicles was very positive and mainly came from former owners who said they wished they still had one. Reliable, comfortable, plenty of room were amongst the comments – just like we receive at our shows. I have to confess the rust word did come up several times. Being up there in Brum, many of the former B L workers came by during the three open days and we helped to rekindle memories of when they were on the production lines. All too soon, it is 5.00 pm on the Sunday and owners were invited to sound their horns to mark the end of another show. With my wife, who had joined me on the Friday I began the way home with an easy access onto the motorway and not experiencing any of the jams I had been warned about. An overnight stay in Stratford upon Avon and a run back on the Monday on a cold and frosty morn-ing completed a successful and most enjoyable experience. Perhaps once is enough but I am glad to have had the opportunity. The only mishap was that one of our colleagues slipped on a wet floor and knocked a stand onto my bonnet leaving a small dent. Many apologies but….. It remained there for a long period until a friend of long standing spoke of the good service he had received from Dent Magician whose

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premises are in the Old Shoreham Road, Shoreham. A phone call one Monday morning and I was in there within the half hour for immediate attention and the dent along with another one was gone without trace. Cost – minimal. The operator generously offered to host a club visit to the premises if interested to look behind the scenes or to attend a club meeting with a short talk. My passport to the shows has now been mothballed and locked away until April when we can re-new friendships at Chichester on a lovely dry day - hopefully! With one exception, weren’t we lucky last year? Have you ever wondered why your pride and joy have survived whereas all its contemporaries have disappeared? When did you last see a Cortina on the road? Their advertise-ment slogan was ‘Built to Last’ but they didn’t say how long. 10 years if you were fortunate. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Member’s Classic Story - 1953/59 ‘MORRICEDES' – Car for Life? - By Steve Lord It all started in 2005 when we bought a small folding caravan. I towed this with my 1957 Morris Minor 1000 saloon; the car managed it competently enough, but there was less in hand, of hill-starting ability, brakes, & weight for stability, than I would have liked. So; something bigger? I don't own a modern car; a strong dislike of all things digital added to innate meanness regarding depre-ciation & running-costs prevent that. Therefore it had to be an old practical bigger car, capable of year-round everyday use. Practical that is, for a bloke who's a professional car-restorer like me, to run – I did want something rare. When new old-stock parts appear on EBay for the Minor, they fetch crazy money. The ideal car would be one that nobody used & few even knew of, so that I'd be the only bidder for parts! I'd long been keen on the austerity Mercedes 170S model of the immediate post-war period. These were never offered new for sale over here, for obvious reasons, so I'd have to settle for a left-hand drive car. They were fitted with a highly-gutless 1.7litre 4-pot sidevalve engine; I would of course use Merc's excellent 2.2litre sohc six in mine. After 2 years searching however, I hadn't found a car in any condition which I could afford. I did have the engine by this time that I'd discovered was slim enough (with a bit of effort) to be squeezed between the chassis rails of the post-war Morris Six. This mid-size saloon offered exactly the 'austerity' less-is-more kind of motoring I was looking for, plus of course it's a very close relative of my Minor. Also, I love the car's looks. Being another Issi-gonis design, the seeds of good handling would be trapped somewhere in the Six, I was sure. I'd known for ages that their engines were not really capable of providing reliable every-day year-round motoring, which was why I didn't already own one I suppose. I contacted the car's owner's club & asked if they would support me in modifying a car for daily use, & permit me to put a want-ad in their newsletter for one. They kindly answered yes to both requests, which was very open-minded of them; by no means always the case with car-clubs. Time passed, & a 1953 example, one of the last made, duly turned up at home on a trailer on 7th December 2007. It was a basket-case, so the first thing was to sort that out & get it roadworthy so that I could de-cide how best to alter it. I had never driven one before, & as a car-restorer I'm sadly familiar with modified cars that drive worse than the original vehicle! I'd no wish to spend time & treasure pro-ducing another one of those. Without a decent amount of experience of the standard article, mod-ifications could be a 'step too far', & a step into the dark to boot. There was a certain amount of interest in my proposals from club-members, but naturally, no previous experience of this engine/car combination. To further complicate matters, I required an overdrive capability, which was on neither the standard Morris gearbox nor its Mercedes alternative. After considering the engine's

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torque-curve & expected power output, the car's weight & final-drive gearing & a long list of me-chanical feasibility-studies I settled on the P4 Rover gearbox as a suitable type. It's long & rather heavy but it has a good reliability-reputation & comes with integral Laycock A-type overdrive. There were no repair panels available for the Morris' well-rotted body structure, so I had to dis-mantle the remains of the originals, individually rebuild each part & then re-assemble them onto the integrally-constructed shell. Mercifully, the car had lain idle for so many years that nobody had done any MoT “repairs” of any kind, which made the rebuild a pleasant change from my day-job. Removing this rubbish from the underneath's of other people's restoration-projects is expensive, soul-destroying, difficult & very dirty work. There aren't many mechanical parts available for this car either, so reconditioning the steering & suspension involved much time driving my 1915 Drummond lathe, another of my little fetishes. Happily, bits for the brakes were quite another matter – everything hydraulic is common with one or other T type MG & the shoes are MGA so I just bought it all like real people do. As the car's en-gine & gearbox both worked, I contented myself merely with servicing them, rather than bogging myself down with major surgery on what were intended to be temporary units. Getting it roadworthy took me 4 years. The car passed its MoT & proved to be surprisingly nice & interesting to drive, although the engine paid me back for my parsimony by blocking an oil-feed with sludge, which ruined the rear main bearing. Serves me right for trying to take a short-cut and save some money! As bottom-ends of these motors are generally very strong, I bought a known-to-

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the-club good one (for uncomfortably large money) & simply stuffed it in under my cylinder head, so to speak. Time, by then, was becoming an issue. It had been my intention to cover 5000 miles using the original power unit, to (a) have a decent stab at proving the thing could do what it said on the tin, & (b) become thoroughly aware of the car's attributes, balance, good & bad points over the whole of its dynamic behaviour. By this stage, I was fairly deeply embroiled in the club, most of whose members wouldn't dream of using one of these cars every day – a great pity, but not hard to understand. Another faction were somewhat uneasy about my proposed alterations to say the least! I have some empathy with this. To bastard-ize a rare car by fitting a Triumph 2000 engine & Ford gearbox, a Jaguar XK engine & auto box or even an electric traction-motor & batteries (!) is perhaps one thing. All these alternatives had been tried by members in times past. To fit a GERMAN unit, is quite another! At a very early stage how-ever, I had researched the relative weights of units narrow enough to physically fit within the chas-sis-rails, & the little Mercedes engine offered the most appropriate power/weight ratio & (vitally) held the promise of permitting excellent weight distribution. Like most '50s Brit six-bangers, my Morris fell well short of satisfactory in this sphere of achievement, carrying no less than 55% of its kerb-weight over the long-suffering front axle, 45% on the rear. This was faithfully reflected in the effort required to turn the worm-&-peg steering at parking speeds. I would have loved to have used the P4 Rover's F-head engine; it would have gone so well with my chosen gearbox. Sadly, this engine, as well as being too wide, was worse than 2cwt heavier than the Morris one, whereas the Mercedes, while still not exactly gossamer, was almost an entire cwt. (110lb) lighter than the Mor-ris unit. After only about 2000 miles, the Morris engine's water pump bearings became noisy during the return trip of a caravanning weekend. I dismantled it & put new bearings in but it was plain to see that further surgery was required. I'd spent quite a lot of money on this engine by then & also had conceived a fairly high regard for it so I wasn't going to just run it into meltdown. So at 2300-&-something miles, out it came along with its completely blameless gearbox. Both units were sold to other club members, with the offending water-pump (a well-known problem on this type) disman-tled for inspection. Thus was my boat burnt! I should explain here that the Morris (Nuffield) engine is a 2.2litre single-carb straight-six all-iron type producing 70bhp, a very modest figure even for 1953. It has a single overhead camshaft driv-en by what would normally be the jackshaft which also drives the oil-pump & distributor. It has the appearance of having been designed by an accountant! This ingenious-looking layout is (in theory) cheaper to produce than an equivalent sidevalve engine of its time & has fascinating parallels with the universally-encountered belt-driven overhead-cam types we see today. When Austin & Morris combined into BMC, this series of engines was hastily discontinued in favour of the pushrod-ohv Austin types. These were more expensive to make; but they worked. The Mercedes engine, by contrast with the Nuffield one, was conventional by the high-performance standards which pertained at that time. It has to be remembered that the car em-ploying it cost over three times as much to buy new as the Morris, which left its designer consider-ably more scope to do a decent job. It also is a 2.2litre straight-six, this time with a light-alloy cylin-der-head on a cast-iron block with its single overhead camshaft driven by a Duplex roller chain. It first appeared in 1951, delivering 83bhp in original single-carb (Solex) form. My one had been built in '59 & is the variant sensationally equipped with Bosch mechanical fuel injection, in which guise it

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produced 120 b.h.p & had a thirst to match! As the Rover gearbox, the Morris rear axle & my pock-et all took a dim view of various aspects of this set-up so I deleted the fuel injection, not without sadness, & reverted to a single SU carburettor. This had to be fitted to an adaptor which I made for the Solex' inlet-manifold; this part in turn was a straight-swap for the injection one. Mating the engine to the Rover gearbox was surprisingly easy. Both units locate axially using full-diameter counterbores as opposed to the more commonly-used dowels, so I could produce a sim-ple lathe-turned sandwich-plate which required no milling at all. This was important, as I don't own a mill & neither do I have access to one in anyone else's shop. The clutch-withdrawal mechanism/input-shaft length equation gave a “window” for effective thickness of 3/4” - 1” for the plate. As its diameter is 15” in round figures, cost of the aluminium blank to turn it from was a very big issue indeed! This was eventually solved by some highly dedicated skip diving & settling for a finished thickness of only 11/16”. Well at least I'll know when the clutch is worn-out, because I shall run out of back-clearance for the release mechanism. This release mechanism, operated on Morris Sixes by mechanical linkage, gave rise to more head-scratching than anything else on the job. The Merc's Fichtel & Sachs clutch-cover settled harmoni-ously on its flywheel over the Rover's Borg-&-Beck driven plate, with a home-turned spigot-bush holder replacing the original ball bearing in the back of the crank. The Rover has a concentric-type clutch thrust-release mechanism of great elegance, with cross-shaft-operated double fingers press-ing on a ball release bearing, all running in the gear-oil; one of my reasons for choosing this gear-box, in fact. It is one of those constructions which, if you're building a special, you just got to in-clude; vastly better-engineered than either the original Morris or even the Merc's (expensive) al-ternative. My problem was, it didn't appreciate the loading needed to throw the Sachs clutch-cover out of engagement! This item required more operating-power while needing less travel than the Borg; hence my large-tolerance “window” for the sandwich-plate thickness. I could of course build an external operating-linkage of any suitable ratio of load/travel; the issue was the diameter of the Rover's cross-shaft. It twisted under the Sachs' operating loads, robbing me of spare pedal-travel & making necessary a heavier pedal-pressure than I wanted Also, the thought of a fatigue-fracture of the overloaded shaft itself did not appeal! You can't conveniently change this part by the roadside while touring France etc. with your caravan. An increase in shaft diameter was the obvious answer but this was awkward because the shaft is splined to the finger-forging. Increasing the spline-size would mean making a broach; that is well out of my engineering league! However, there was another way. The gearbox is designed to be used in right or left-hand-drive cars, with provision for coupling to either end of its cross-shaft. So I laboriously constructed an additional external tubular cross-shaft, carried rigidly under the chest of the gearbox in ball-bearings, which is linked to BOTH ends of the Rover cross-shaft. This roughly doubles the load-carrying capacity. In operation it resembles a demented knitting-machine but people have to crawl underneath to wit-ness this & more to the point, it works beautifully, gives a pleasantly-light pedal with decent re-serve travel & has been completely reliable. Another time-consuming 'bit' was the exhaust manifold. While not complex like the clutch-release, it still needed some thought. I had 3 different types of Mercedes manifold, & NONE were judged to be a satisfactory answer. The Mercedes was designed as a left-hand-drive car, therefore its mani-folds were on my car's 'busy' side along with my steering-box & column. The 3 alternatives all fouled something somewhere. So, I ended up scratch-fabricating my own manifold. I used tele-scopic joints between the branches so I could side-step the requirement to finish-machine the

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manifold-gasket face, pinching the idea from large marine-engine prac-tice. I was able to hand-finish the faces of individ-ual ports, no problem. Also, by separating the inlet manifold from the exhaust, I had deleted an unwanted hot-spot. I enhanced this by blank-ing off the exhaust-heat chamber beneath the carburettor-mount & plumbing coolant into it from a by-pass loop off the engine's heater-feed. This works well, pre-venting fuel vaporisation on hot days & dealing adequately with carburettor icing on wet, cold ones. The rest of the conversion was fairly straightforward, for me. The battery, which used to live where the carburettor is now, was re-sited beneath the back seat with the fuel pump on the other side to keep it company. I had selected Jaguar Mk2 engine mountings, as they were for similar loads & lent themselves nicely to the available space-constraints; more about these later! The Rover gear-box was centrally suspended on a single large voided bush which is pressed into a loop cast in the casing. I used this unchanged, although it did call for a rather odd-shaped cross-member to con-nect it to the existing mounting-positions in the chassis-legs. I was glad I only had to make one of these. The handbrake multiplying/relay linkage had to be moved & redesigned from scratch, as the Laycock overdrive unit occupied exactly this part of the car's tunnel-space. The handbrake lever is of the umbrella type, & I was able to increase the leverage slightly to improve efficiency at this time so it wasn't all loss. The Nuffield speedo-cable was retained unaltered by the addition of a Triumph TR6 angle-drive. I was able to shorten & re-use the Nuffield prop shaft, without incurring much in the way of balance-issues. I found I was very short of space inside the car, under the (bench) front seat, the culprit being the single central seat-adjustment rail which was right where the upper part of the overdrive-casing now lived. With hindsight (a very perfect science) I should have re-mounted the seat on sliding or ball-bearing runners bolted to sill-brackets & geared together across the car. What I did in fact do, was cut the adjuster mechanism off the seat-frame & re-position it 3inches to the right, thereby clearing the overdrive. (The bench is stabilised by rollers on tracks screwed to the tops of the inner sills). This mod works, but carries the disadvantage of a gearbox-cover stretched tighter than a matador's trousers, because there's damn-all spare space anywhere! As the cover is screwed to the car's body-structure, not integral, this isn't quite as bad as it sounds but it's far from ideal. Tak-en all round, the gearbox installation was a lot more difficult than the engine's.

L. Morris (Nuffield) 2.2 Litre Six & R. Mercedes 2.2Litre SOHC Six

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Standing up & back in the daylight, I made brackets to fit a Lucas dynamo to the engine rather than retaining Mercedes' Bosch original. The Bosch is better-engineered, but so very hard to find. I'm well-used to Lucas C39s & C40s & can make them last. The original Nuffield radiator is huge (good) & terribly heavy (not so good). The hot-water inlet from the thermostat housing is connected with one standard moulded hose but the bottom hose is frankly a lash-up, serpentine in shape & made of 2 moulded hoses with exhaust tube in between. There's no room for any engine-driven fan, so the car went without initially, until I got round to making a mount for an electric one after a few hundred miles. The Merc's distributor-position also forced the deletion of the heater's original fresh-air duct, which had to be re-made cranked to clear. I got all arithmetical & ensured a con-stant cross-sectional area inside this part; probably it's still a coincidence though, that it actually works very well despite this! I like my heat, & it's very unusual to find a proper through-flow heater on such an early car in this price-bracket. (When the moon is blue, I shall get another heater of similar type & fit it in my Minor). I made a lovely heater-valve that really works, out of a 15mm washing-machine tap from my local plumber's merchant which cost less than £7, & linked it to a control under the facia which I definitely will finish off, one of these days. With everything fitted-up, filled with fluids & so on, the front of the car was almost exactly 1inch too high, due to the reduced engine-weight! So it's a good thing the car has torsion-bar suspension which is adjustable for height. If said adjustment could've been made without dismantling that'd be even better, but that's looking for jam on it I suppose. It still beat having to get the springs al-tered, hands-down. A flat was filed along a somewhere-close carburettor metering-needle to permit the engine to be run, & I sallied forth to obtain an MoT. On the return journey, delight was sullied by failure of the water-pump! I felt sure I'd been here before...... it was EBay to the rescue this time for a second-hand replacement. More importantly, I'd re-weighed the car during its brake-test & found the front/rear weight-distribution to now be 50.4%F, 49.6%R. This might seem a small alteration, but the improvement in the car's handling & steering-behaviour was HUGE! It was as if I'd recondi-tioned the steering all over again; only this time, I'd not touched that as I'd already done it all dur-ing the restoration-work. With the car once more in working order, much effort went into messing-about with distributor timing-curves, modifying metering needles & calibrating air-bleeds to get the engine running well. I re-built a replacement gearbox; my initial one came out of someone's back garden & was used as bought, just to ensure the concept worked before spending out, & was very tired. The rearward shift of weight highlighted weak rear dampers; these were replaced with new units of Minor-van origin. I was bedevilled by a gradual increase in levels of vibration, at certain road & engine speeds. This experience is almost universal following work of this nature; manufacturers can eliminate these effects using rubber-bonded masses to break-up the harmonies which excite them. Lacking their test-facilities, I was scratchin' around for the fault. The Merc engine had lacked a front-pulley 'dog' for a starting-handle; I couldn't envisage going without this vital equipment so I'd turned up a bolt-on additional component. I couldn't finish-machine the actual helix though & I'd had to hand-file it so this part was immediately under suspicion of being unbalanced. Removing it for test purposes, the vibration was unchanged but a roughness elsewhere was different so the dog was refitted in differing relationships to the crank until the roughness was minimised. I messed around with prop-balance, eventually having the shaft professionally balanced at considerable expense. More

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smoothness, except for the original problem which was still worsening! Now getting desperate, I removed the perfect-looking engine-mounts to look for contact-marks.....aah! These were pattern-spares from our little yellow friends, & the rubber was coming un-bonded underneath the mount where I couldn't see it. The temporary addition of an old Minor tie-bar rubber bush under each, preventing contact with its chassis-plinth when under load, has worked wonders. Which brings us up to date. Current miles on the conversion are 6,238 as I write this at the end of November 2012. The car has been able to do everything asked of it, some things better than oth-ers. I took a spare lathe up to Leeds in it for a friend of mine, weighing around 7cwt (the lathe that is, not the friend). I dismantled the machine & stacked it on the rear seat-plinth & in the rear foot-wells, & like that the car's handling was fine. The car's designed as a six-seater so this load was less than the max. rated carrying-capacity, providing it was properly stowed within the wheelbase. The recent weekend with severe flooding in the West-country saw us visiting old friends down there & re-discovering the need for 2-speed windscreen wipers. The car was otherwise OK with good high-speed stability even through standing water unseen in the dark, but not unfelt! On a dry day when I can see, it'll cruise permanently at a genuine 80mph & return 24mpg like that. Keep at 65 on a motorway & it's been known to return 31mpg. My normal mixed-traffic 14-mile commute to work shows about 27mpg. I have yet to find the money for a proper rolling-road session to determine the ideal metering-needle & timing-curve, based on constant-speed fuel demands. When I do, these figures ought to be easily improved upon. We call it the 'Morricedes'. My wife says it's an obsession with me, but I reckon it's a good bit more than that really. I must get it resprayed sometime, unfortunately I can't do that myself. So far, it feels like a car 'for life' – the right car for my life anyway. My wife's even offered to help with the respray-cost; now that is as good as it gets! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Drive To The Cardington Airship Hangers - By Jim Gavin In 1916 the Shorts Brothers Engineering Company won a Government contract to build airships. A suitable site was found, just outside Bedford, and construction of two vast hangars (or more cor-rectly ‘sheds’) was begun. Shed No 1 was completed in 1917 and the second shed, No 2, was fin-ished in 1927. Both hangars are still the largest in Western Europe. They measure over 800 feet in length and almost 160 feet in height. They are so big that they each contain their own micro-climates and if you are lucky enough to find yourself inside one of these on a dry day, you may find it raining in there! Several airships were built, but the two most famous were the R100 and the R101. These were part of a Government programme to devel-op airships able to fly long-distance routes within the British Empire. HM Airship R100 was a privately

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designed and built (although funded by the Government) rigid airship, made as part of a two-ship competition to develop new techniques for projected larger commercial airships. The aim was to eventually offer a regular and comfortable trans-Atlantic service, akin to that even-tually offered by the German Hindenburg. Soon after 1920 it was calculated that the fare across the Atlantic on an airship might be £45 compared to a contemporary fare for the journey by ship of £115 making the airship quite competitive. R100 was built by the Airship Guarantee Company, a subsidiary of the armaments firm, Vickers-Armstrongs. The design team was led by Barnes Wallis, then a well-respected airship designer. He later became famous as the designer of the Vickers Wellington and the inventor of the bouncing bomb. The design team also included Nevil Shute Norway (Nevil Shute, the author), as senior stress engineer. R101 was built by the Air Ministry in Shed No 1, and when finished it was the world's largest flying craft, not surpassed until the Hindenburg flew five years later. After some trial flights and subse-quent modifications, to increase lifting capacity which included lengthening the airship by 46 feet, it set off on its maiden voyage – to India. Tragically, it crashed on 5 October 1930 near Beauvais, France, killing 48 of the 54 people on board. Among the passengers were Lord Thomson, the Air Minister who had initiated the programme, and other senior officials, including the airship's designers. The crash of R101 effectively ended British airship development, and was one of the worst airship accidents of the 1930s. Today the sheds still stand as a reminder of one of the great periods of British Engineering. Shed No 1 is still in use for the construction of light aircraft and Hangar No 2 has been acquired by Warn-er Bros and has been put to use as a film set thanks to the hangar’s ideal height and open space. Further reading: ‘Slide Rule’ by Nevil Shute. Highly recommended. Shute was a designer who worked at Cardington and ‘Slide Rule’ was one of his first books. He later became the author of 27 novels which made him one of the best-beloved English authors of the 20th century. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Bit of Fun

A senior citizen said to his eighty-year old buddy: 'So I hear you're getting married?' 'Yep!' 'Do I know her?' 'Nope!' 'This woman, is she good looking?' 'Not really.' 'Is she a good cook?' 'Naw, she can't cook too well.' 'Does she have lots of money?' 'Nope! Poor as a church mouse.' 'Well, then, is she good in bed?' 'I don't know.' 'Why in the world do you want to marry her then?'

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'Because she can still drive!' A man was telling his neighbour, 'I just bought a new hearing aid. It cost me two thousand pounds, but it's state of the art. It's perfect.' 'Really,' answered the neighbour. 'What kind is it?' 'Twelve thirty’.

Morris, an 82 year-old man, went to the doctor to get a physical. A few days later, the doctor saw Morris walking down the street with a gorgeous young woman on his arm. A couple of days later, the doctor spoke to Morris and said, 'You're really doing great, aren't you?' Morris replied, 'Just doing what you said, Doc: 'Get a hot mamma and be cheerful.'' The doctor said, 'I didn't say that.. I said, 'You've got a heart murmur; be careful.'

A little old man shuffled slowly into an ice cream parlour and pulled himself slowly, painfully, up onto a stool... After catching his breath, he ordered a banana split. The waitress asked kindly, 'Crushed nuts?' 'No,' he replied, 'Arthritis.'

A Better Class of Pun? Courtesy of Bibbi Stephenson

1. King Ozymandias of Assyria was running low on cash after years of war with the Hittites. His last great possession was the Star of the Euphrates, the most valuable diamond in the ancient world. Desperate, he went to Croesus, the pawnbroker, to ask for a loan. Croesus said, "I'll give you 100,000 dinars for it." "But I paid a million dinars for it," the King protested. "Don't you know who I am? I am the king!" Croesus replied, "When you wish to pawn a Star, makes no difference who you are." 2. Evidence has been found that William Tell and his family were avid bowlers. Unfortunately, all the Swiss league records were destroyed in a fire, ...and so we'll never know for whom the Tells bowled. 3. A man rushed into a busy doctor's surgery and shouted, "Doctor! I think I'm shrinking!" The doc-tor calmly responded, "Now, settle down.. You'll just have to be a little patient." 4. Back in the 1800's the Tate's Watch Company of Massachusetts wanted to produce other prod-ucts, and since they already made the cases for watches, they used them to produce compasses. The new compasses were so bad that people often ended up in Canada or Mexico rather than Cali-fornia . This, of course, is the origin of the expression -- "He who has a Tate's is lost!" 5. An Indian chief was feeling very sick, so he summoned the medicine man. After a brief examina-tion, the medicine man took out a long, thin strip of elk rawhide and gave it to the chief, telling him to bite off, chew, and swallow one inch of the leather every day. After a month, the medicine man returned to see how the chief was feeling. The chief shrugged and said, "The thong is ended, but the malady lingers on." 6. A famous Viking explorer returned home from a voyage and found his name missing from the

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town register. His wife insisted on complaining to the local civic official, who apologized profusely saying, "I must have taken Leif off my census." 7. There were three Indian squaws. One slept on a deer skin, one slept on an elk skin, and the third slept on a hippopotamus skin. All three became pregnant. The first two each had a baby boy. The one who slept on the hippopotamus skin had twin boys. This just goes to prove that... the squaw of the hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squaws of the other two hides. (Some of you may need help with this one). 8. A skeptical anthropologist was cataloguing South American folk remedies with the assistance of a tribal elder who indicated that the leaves of a particular fern were a sure cure for any case of constipation. When the anthropologist expressed his doubts, the elder looked him in the eye and said, "Let me tell you, with fronds like these, you don't need enemas."

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Members For Sale & Free to Take Ads

FOR SALE

1976 Vanden Plas 1500cc Blue 4 door with lots of spares and MOT

£1300 ono would like to go to a good home Contact John Turner 01435 860893

FOR SALE - 1979 MGB ROADSTER

Pageant Blue with; Leather Seats, Wood Rim Steering Wheel, Good Tyres, New Hood (with zip out rear window) and Overdrive in 3rd & 4th

Gears. Mileage approx. 74,400, MOT & Road Tax until March 2013.

Just Serviced, Undersealed and Wax Oiled. £3,750 or open to offers

Contact Ralph on; 01903 786116 or mob 077511 03967

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Mechanical, Body & Trim Services

BROOKLANDS BADGE COLLECTION

For sale a collection of ALL of the Brooklands Members' and their Guests badges &

brooches from the opening of the circuit in 1907 to the end of activities in 1942. Please go to the dedicated website for full details: www.brooklandsbadges.co.uk Phone me

G.G. Weiner on 01273 622722 or 07890 836734

RIVERSIDE AUTOS

With over 40 Years Experience in Classic Car Renovations From Minor Repairs to Total Restorations

47 River Road, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 5BZ Contact Steve Graham or Trevor Hughes for a Friendly Chat on 01903 714945

Darren Beharie-Custom Auto Interiors Leather, Vinyl & Fabric Retrims to any Vehicle

Re-trimming of Vintage and Classic Cars to the Original Specification Modern, Unique Car, Boat and Caravan/Motorhome Interiors made to order

For more information Please call Darren on 07930 894085 / 01243 605544

SUTTON REBORE SERVICES LTD For complete engines - cylinder heads - pistons - bearings - gaskets -

valves - camshafts - wheel bearings - and much more.

36 Lind Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 4PN Contact Mike Bailey 0208 642 5685 or 0208 642 5685 3419

K & N CLASSIC CARS The Jaguar Specialists Mk 5, 7, 8, 9,10, XK’s 120, 140, 150, MkI, MkII & E Types

For Quality & Reliability, Servicing, Handling Improvements, Performance Up-grades & Race Preparation. Unit 16, Church Farm, Bosham, West Sussex, PO18 8PP

Contact Keith on 01243 574139 Email: keith @ Tiscali.co.uk

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SIMPLY CLASSICS Classic Car Care and Conservation. - Now operating from new premises.

Unit 2, Southdownview Works Southdownview Road, Worthing BN14 8NZ

Contact Martin Holland on:- 01903 219919 office 07714 759549 mobile

GET YOUR CLASSIC MOT at PARRIS REPAIR SERVICE Mot - Petrol and Diesel Repairs, Servicing, Welding and Auto electrics

Unit 12, New Place Nursery, Arundel Road, Angmering,

West Sussex BN16 4ET Special Test Fee of £40 for Southern Classics members’ cars Contact Steve Parris 01903 782942

AUTOPAINTS Colour Match - Tins and Cellulose Aerosol & Two Pack Aerosol

Also Thinners, Wet & Dry Paper, etc. 93 Westbourne Street, Hove, East Sussex 01273 362981

CRIPPS MOTORS - Marley Way Garage, Storrington Family Run Classic Car Specialists - All Models Catered For - Servicing -

Tuning - Welding - Electrical Repairs - Bodywork - MOTs - Shot Blasting Advice - Restorations - Repairs. Contact Jamie on 01903 742430 07885

665327 [email protected]

VALET WITH STYLE

Steve Harper - Mobile Car Valeter @ Your Home or Business Prices from £25 to £200. For a Quote Please Phone 07866 439261

email [email protected] www.valetwithstyle.com

VW HERITAGE PARTS CENTRE LTD

9-11 Consort Way, Victoria Business Park, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 9TJ. www.vwheritage.com

Contact Andy Gregory on 01444 251271 Email [email protected]

CCK HISTORIC

One stop shop for all your classic car & historic racing needs…. Rolling Road - Engine Building - Metal Fabrication - GRP Bodywork - Restoration & Painting -

Rosehill Farm, Burnt Oak Road, High Hurstwood, East Sussex, TN22 4AE 01825 733060 info @cckhistorics.com

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AUTOMATIC GEARBOX CENTRE

Manor Industrial Estate,

Newtown Rd

Hove, Sussex BN3 7BA 01273 722155/6

PHILS CLASSICS

ALL ASPECTS OF VEHICLE WORK UNDERTAKEN ON CARS & MOTORCYCLES

OVER 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE LTTLEHAMPTON MOB. 07500418047

DISCOUNT WINDSCREENS - WINDSCREENS & AIRCON-REGAS

MOBILE SERVICE AT HOME OR WORK - Worthing, Brighton, Littlehampton,

Chichester. 01903 692416 07836 676907 [email protected]

RENOVATIONS / RESTORATION Finish First

Our beautiful finish is just the beginning - From Mercedes to Minis, our craftsmen put the same level of care and attention to detail into everything we do

www.finish-first.co.uk - 01403 741866, 07751 552155 Email [email protected]

THE TRIMMIMNG CENTRE

Car & Boat Hoods - Interior Trimming - Sunroofs Unit 6, St. Joseph’s Business Park, Hove, E.Sussex, BN3 7ES

01273 325256 www.thetrimmingcentre.co.uk

MOT SENSE

Special Price for Southern Classics Members - £34 MOT

Unit 5, Hazelwood Trading Estate, Dominion Way, Worthing, BN14 8LU

Contact Mark on 01903 215577

DENT MAGICIAN

Dent Removal - Valeting - Window Tints - Paint Repairs - Wheel Refurb - Glass Chips - Aircon Service - www.dentmagician.co.uk

80 Old Shoreham Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, BN43 5TD. Contact James Mckechnie on 01273 493299 [email protected]

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DISCOUNT TYRE DIRECT Winton Place, Worthing BN11 1HN

Suppliers of tyres and batteries at wholesale prices. On site fitting available. The best computerised

wheel alignment equipment. Hydro-lastic suspension - Discount to Club Members

01903 203477 / 234752 Email: [email protected] Web: www.dtstyres.co.uk

FELTHAM RADIATORS LTD

Specialist in Vintage and Classic Radiators

Unit 14, Hampton Farm Industrial Estate, Feltham, Middlesex TW13 6DB Tel: 0208 8980064/5 Fax: 0208 8980096

BRIGHTON RADIATORS Unit 4, Shepherds Industrial Estate,

Brooks Road, Lewes BN7 2BY 01273 483092

AUTOPROP (Prop shaft Specialists)

Mike Barratt

01342 322623 or 07762 384164

K A Beevis

Shot blasting - Fabrication - MOT & Chassis Welding

Kevin; Beechlands, Old London Road, Albourne, West Sussex 07765 667103

AUTOMOTIVE & MARINE TRIMMING SPECIALIST 01903 526723 Mob:07842 883046

[email protected]

4 Seafield Ave, Goring-by-Sea BN12 4NJ

www.upholsterysolutions.co.uk

FRANK G.WICKENDEN LTD 2 Scott Road, Hove, BN3 5HN - 01273 739863

All makes and models of modern and classic cars maintained, serviced and MOT’d.

Modern workshop with the latest diagnostic equipment.

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BATEMANS

PERFORMANCE & RESTORATION FOR CLASSIC CARS

Specialists in Classic Cars Contact Shaun

C/o Carbank Ltd, East Wolves, London Rd, Ashington, West Sussex RH20 3AX

01903 893704 01903 893704

SOUTHWICK PRINT 136 Albion Street, Southwick, BN42 4DP

Contact Phil Spence 01273 595694, 01273 585022 Mobile 07802 976905 Design & Artwork - Business Stationery - Personal Stationery - Leaflets & Flyers - Posters - Booklets & Brochures - Cards for ALL occasions - Raffle tickets -

Weddings Packs

Dragonfly Barn SELF CATERING ACCOMODATION

Newton House, North Newton, Somerset, TA7 0BG Stylish barn conversions in the heart of Somerset

Visit - The Somerset Levels, The Quantocks, Mendips, Blackdown Hills and lots of great Coastline.

The Perfect Rural Retreat with covered storage for your Classic Car available.

Tel. (01278)661513 www.Dragonflybarn.com [email protected]

JOLLY GOOD TOURS

Specialised Travel Services - Planning & arranging car trips & tours

For full details of the trips, please contact Jim Gavin 01403 700220 [email protected]

Other Types of Services

C & P T Enterprises

Specialists in Belting & Power Transmission - V Belts & Pulleys Bearings - Chains

& Sprockets - Couplings - Transmission &Timing Belts & Pulleys - Motors &

Gearboxes - Shaft Fixings

142 White Hart Lane, Portchester, Fareham, Hants, PO16 9BB

023 9238 9521 www.cptenterprises

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“THE CLASSIC GARDENER” All types of gardening work undertaken. Specialising in hand cutting hedges &

trees up to 18ft high. Also painting/varnishing of garden furniture, sheds & summerhouses, etc. Contact Steve Smith 0752 852 5149

Email: [email protected]

C.A.R.S. (Classic Automobilia & Regalia Specialists): www.carsofbrighton.co.uk Brooklands badge interest: www.brooklandsbadges.co.uk

The Pedal Car Collectors’ Club: www.brmmbrmm.com/pedalcars Toy collecting in general www.toysatcobwebs.co.uk

UNIQUE LALIQUE CAR MASCOTS Tel/Fax01273 622722 M: 07890 836734

Email [email protected] www.laliquemascots.co.uk

SHORE NOSTALGIA - For the past and your presents

Specialising in plastic and wooden kits, diecast models, traditional games and toys and all things nostalgic.

20 High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex

studio gillies cartoon portraits - by Paul M Faulkner My black and white “cartoon portraits” are based on clients supplied photographs

translated into a humorous image form. Please ring me for more details on 07920 443349 - 07553 218698 - 01903 722705 email [email protected]

or visit the Art Galley at 16 Beach Road, Littlehampton

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2013 - Non SCS Events Calendar

More dates will be added as they become available. If you would like to include any

events, please let me have the details for inclusion, Robert.

Please note that whilst every effort is made to ensure details are correct, please check

with the organisers before making a long journey.

March

Sunday 3rd Goodwood Breakfast Meet Sunday 10th Morris/Austin Day, Brooklands Museum Saturday 23rd SCS Drive-It Event, Sompting to High Hurstwood Sunday 24th Mini Day, Brooklands Museum April Sunday 7th Goodwood Breakfast Meet Sunday 7th Vintage Car Show, Amberley Museum Sunday 7th MG ERA, Brooklands Museum Sunday 14th SCS “Chichester College Car Show” Sunday 21st National Drive-It Day May Saturday 4th Italian Car Day, Brooklands Museum Sunday 5th Goodwood Breakfast Meet Sunday 5th Simply Ford At Beaulieu Saturday 18th Beaulieu Autojumble Saturday 18th 1940s Relived, Brooklands Museum Saturday 18th Brighton & Hove M.C Sprint, Goodwood Sunday 19th SCS “Classic Cars on Parade” Newhaven Fort Monday 27th Surrey Festival of Transport, Loseley Park, Guildford

The Upper Beeding Primary School Needs Your Classic Car or Bike !

“The Upper Beeding Primary School has again asked me to assemble up to 25 classic cars & bikes for their Summer Fete on Saturday, 22nd June. If you are interested, please could you

contact me, David Geere, by phone on 01903 813814 or email: [email protected] or write to 46 Salting's Way, Upper Beeding, BN44 3JH for an entry form.

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2013 - SCS Events Calendar

2nd Monday of February, April – Noggin & Natter at The Crabtree Inn, 140 Crabtree Lane, Lancing, BN15 9NQ

2nd Monday of January, March, May, July, September & November - N & N at The Owl

Public House, Dorking Road, Kingsfold, West Sussex, RH12 3SA

All cars are welcome at our shows - Entrance is free to members (*except Newhaven £2 and Brinsbury £5). For non-members there is a £5 entrance fee for display cars and £2 for

non car visitors. £5/£2 refundable if the visitor joins the club (Under 17s free)

**Do not put the postcode into your Sat Nav as it takes you to the wrong side of the college

Shows run from 10.00 am to 4 pm

Show Hotline (and status update message on the day of the show) 07769 730475 March - Saturday 23rd Drive-It Event, Sompting to High Hurstwood (page 6) April - Sunday 14th Car Show at Chichester College, PO19 1SB** April- Sunday 21st SCS National Drive-It Day May- Sunday 19th “Classic Cars On Parade” at Newhaven Fort*, BN9 9DS. (Includes access to all activities and exhibits) June - Sunday 16th “Classic Cars In The Park” at Sheffield Park, National Trust, TN22 3QX (There is no charge for non-car visitors to this show)

July - Sunday 14th Charity Show at Brinsbury College*, RH20 1DL July - TBC B-B-Q and Social Evening August - Sunday 18th Car Show at Worthing Rugby Club, BN16 4AX August - Saturday 31st August & Sunday 1st September Shoreham Airshow September - Sunday 22nd Car Show at Chichester College, PO19 1SB** October - Sunday 20th Autumn Drive-It & AGM

December - Friday 6th Christmas Dinner at The Fox

As events dates are firmed up; details will appear in subsequent Newsletters and on the Website

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Regalia Order Form Sweatshirts Size Price Qty Total Price (Dark & Royal Blue) Large £19.50 x £ Extra Large £19.50 x £

XX Large £19.50 x £

Polo Shirts

(Dark & Pale Blue) Large £13.00 x £

Extra Large £13.00 x £

XX Large £13.00 x £

Caps with Motif £ 6.50 x £ Car Badges Type Circular Polished Grill Badge with Coloured Motif (A) £10.50 x £

Backing Plate for Badge Bar Attachment (B) £ 5.50 x £

Combined Badge with Backing Plate (A + B) £15.50 x £

Windscreen Badge £ 1.50 x £

Add P&P £2.00 (£0.50 for Windscreen Stickers alone) £ Total Order Value Payable to “Southern Classics” £_____ Send form and payment to: Eric Wood, Southern Classics Regalia, 2 Forge Close, East Preston, BN1HX Return Mailing Address: Name: Address: