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July/August 2008 VOLUME 13, NUMBER 4 JULY-AUGUST 2008 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Trivia Quiz ....................................10 Teamsters Freight Transportation Tulip Rallye Report.........................2 Museum and Archives, 1580A AGM 2008 Report .........................10 Welcome to OECC.........................10 Kingsway, Port Coquitlam Austin A-90 Auction Report...........5 Tue., December 2: Christmas dinner Austin Powers … Title ...................5 UPCOMING EVENTS Autojumble....................................10 EDITOR’S BIT BRBC 2008 Report..........................6 Sat., September 20: Whistler Run BRBC Song......................................9 (join us on the optional overnight There are still four months of 2008 Davy Jones’ Austin .........................3 and Sunday tour back home—see left, and fall is a beautiful time of year to enjoy our old English cars. Join us Green Degreasers ...........................4 page 10 for details) 9/20 on the Whistler Run (see p. 10) Iron Man in an Iron Car.................2 Tue., October 7: Meeting, 7 pm. TBA Sunday, November 2: London to or ferry to the ECAIP the same week- MG TF is Back (in the UK) ............3 end. Plan to join us on the London to Nigel Muggeridge Park Bench.....10 Brighton Commemorative Run Tue., November 4: Meeting, 7 pm, Brighton Commemorative Run, 11/2! When the Saints Go Marching In (recently the author became the owner of a 1950 Standard Vanguard pickup utility) Les Foster For many, many years I have kept the faith of all things Thames. I have been almost unwavering in my devotion. Almost. There was that casual fling with Alfreda the Austin. I was lured by her flashy 50s chromium and her tarty two-tone paint. I overlooked her tawdry flaws, her bondo-laden flanks and sagging suspension because she was fun. Pinned to her headliner was proof of her redemption, a medal of St. Christopher, Patron Saint of Travelers. Surely it was a sign of righteousness, talisman against breakdown and protector from the wrath of Girling and Lucas. But it was not to be. In my enthusiastic myopia I had mis- taken St. Jude for Christopher. St. Jude, Patron Saint of Lost Causes, was riding shotgun in the A-55! After it was over I returned to the Ford faith with renewed zeal. I was a born-again, baptized in thermosyphon and ready to cast off my sinful ways. The Unholy Trinity of mechanical brakes, transverse springs and sidevalves was the path for me. I plunged in and became a fisher of men. I ministered to the needy Thames owners of the world. I righted wrongs and I spread the word. And then it happened again. Oh, God, I am so weak! Why do I always fall for the voluptuous curves and the toothy smiles? Cannot I deny myself? Cannot I be satisfied with the honest labour of a real truck? Have I no standards? I have strayed once more. She’s so modern, so fast, so comfortable. She promises everything. Once again I see as in a glass, darkly. When will my scales fall away? For I see not her gaping holes, nor her failed brakes nor her missing parts. St. Jude is with me, guiding my hand in another lost cause! How will I triumph in the end? How will my roster entry stop looking like a Bucket List? There is but one answer: I will form my own Church of Eng- lish Cars! Join me, the Right Reverend Leslie. Send me your donations! Be generous! Help save the little trucks! St. Christopher or St. Jude - when those saints go marching in I just want to be in the vanguard! mel to meet up with the rest of the members of the MSCCNC An Iron Man in an Iron Car to drive down the coast road to Cambria. Although the drive is Ken Miles, Chairman beautiful with many curves, etc. in the road and great views of the ocean, this year was slightly depressing in that the road Saturday July had just reopened after the bush fires of the past few weeks. As 26th saw some we drove south, the views of the ocean and terrain were nor- OECC members mal but to the left nothing buts ashes and burnt bushes up to attend the annual the road side. ABFM in Belle- Arriving in Cambria, we did one final cleanup of the car and vue, Washington. then attended the Friday night party to register, meet old Attending mem- friends, enter the dart contest and enjoy a drink with some bers were Win and very good appies. Christine Mueh- Saturday morning was the concours show and we were in ling, Ken and Pat tough competition being in Premier Class (All previous best of Miles, Alan and shows and the winners of all previous classes for the previous Mary Lou Miles three years). Saturday afternoon saw us taking part in the car and Roy Wilkins. rally and for the first time we thought we were doing well until All attending the end when we couldn’t find the rally master. Turned out members won trophies: Win Muehling took 3rd place in the that 28 of the 37 cars missed the trick position of the rally Morgan Plus 8 class, Pat and I took 1st place in the Morgan master and were eliminated. Oh well there is always another DHC class, Alan and Mary Lou took 3rd place in the Sunbeam MOGWEST. At the end of the rally our generator was also class and Roy Wilkins took 2nd place in the prewar class. making a really odd noise so we had to set to and strip it out In July Pat and I journeyed to California for annual Morgan and replace it with the spare that we carry. During the eve- event and I include this write up because that it shows one ning there was a barbeque attended by over 70 people, which must be prepared for all difficulties if they are going to do long allowed us to continue to resume old friendships and make runs and that some of these events can be both a lot of fun and new ones. rewarding. Sunday morning arrived and the poker and trivia rally were On Monday July 14th, Pat and I left Surrey for the annual on. The rally took us to several wineries where we were able to MOGWEST event in Cambria, California. The car ran well for taste the local wines and have a tremendous lunch in an old the first seven hours and then started to sputter and miss. restored home. That evening was the final windup with every- Both the car and myself couldn’t make up our minds whether body attending the awards dinner with a dance afterwards. it had a fuel or an electrical problem. We were lucky in that we What a night, Pat and I went home considerably heavier with were able to sputter into our hotel for the night where I could awards for Furthest in a Morgan, Second place in the women’s work along with my first of the day to solve the problem. side of the dart contest, First place in the Trivia Rally and in Turned out to be both. Two lessons to be learned here and they Premier class. are: never use a cork gasket for the bowl in your mechanical The drive home was uneventful but cold. In Oregon, tem- fuel pump (they can shrink) and always carry a test light with peratures normally in the eighties and nineties were in the you to solve your electrical problems (loose wire on the ignition high fifties. side). Two days later we were in Pleasanton, California, with Over the next couple of months we have several upcoming the Tollworthys to do final preparations for Cambria and to events (see the calendar on page 1). I look forward to seeing enjoy many firsts of the day. you at some of these events and hopefully you will come out Friday, both the Tollworthys and ourselves headed for Car- and support your club. MGCCNWC Tulip Rallye, Saturday, April 26 Steve Hutchens Four OECC cars participated in the 2008 Tulip Rallye in Burlington (just north of Mt. Vernon), sponsored by the MG Car Club Northwest Centre of Seattle: Steve and Liz Blake, Win and Christine Muehling, David and Grant Austin, and, joining me in Celia's '66 Volvo 122-S, Don Voegele (an "old Volvo" friend of mine from Bellingham). It was a beautiful day and the tulips were out the best I've ever seen them. Although there were reports of well over 200 cars, MGCCNWC had several routes through the tulip fields to minimized traffic problems (Tulip Festival traffic can be quite heavy). We met cars coming and going, and had a nice lunch stop. This was one great tour of the tulip fields, lots of other scenic roads, and lots of prizes and awards. There was a huge (HUGE!) group of Minis (I heard someone say 43), mostly new but quite a few vintage as well. There were more English cars than anything else, and the largest group of Alfas I’ve ever seen. The Tulip Rallye attracts all kinds of cars and if you like to see lots of variety on the road, I highly rec- ommend that you put the Tulip Rallye on your calendar for next April. I’m sure that you will not be disappointed! VOLUME 13, NUMBER 4 THE ROUNDABOUT PAGE 2 Davy Jones' Austin Walter Reynolds While watching a Nova video tape recently, Linda and I were blown away by the shots of an old Austin being lowered by the US Navy into the Atlantic, off the Newfoundland coast. The video chronicled the US This was the US's first nuclear into its career was lost with all hands.
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