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Cover .pdf here please 0/24/92 * * * RENEWAL FORM WITH THIS ISSUE * * * Happenings in November … BROOKLANDS NORTH WEST Next meeting 3rd November at the New Inn, 11 November - Wednesday Lunch, Send, Surrey GU23 7EN The Crown Inn, Goostrey (12.30) EAST ANGLIA – MAIN 27 November - Friday meeting, Next group meeting,3rd tuesday of month. 'Hare The Whipping Stocks, A50, Over Peover 2 December - Christmas Lunch ? Arms' Stow Bardolph. 8 pm OXFORD EAST ANGLIA – WOOLPIT st Next Meeting: Tuesday 31 November, First Tuesday, every month. The Bull, Woolpit, The Abingdon Arms, Beckley, 7.30pm. 12 noon.. SOUTH COAST th EAST MIDLANDS Wednesday, 18 November, 8.00 pm. th Wed 18 November group meeting 6pm till late Six Bells, Chiddingly. th th Wed 16 December group Christmas Dinner, Sunday, 13 December, Holly Run, Lewes. th book early via me, or Paul Baker Wednesday, 16 December, 7.30 pm. Scalextric Grand Prix. Six Bells, Chiddingly. FAR FAR SOUTH WEST th SOUTH EAST 6 Nov. Black & White breakfast meet, th Saturday 7 November – The Swan, 10.00am. Fox & Hounds, Scorrier. th Horndon-on-the-Hill 10 Nov. VSCC. Group meeting. 7.30pm. Wednesday Irregulars meetings – either 4th & 18th Hawkins Arms, Zelah. th th th or 11 & 25 November (info. from Dennis Plater) 15 Nov VMCC. Dollys run. 10.30am. Ladock. Saturday 5th December – The Swan, 19th Nov. MTWC. Group meeting. 7.30pm. Horndon-on-the-Hill Fox & Hounds, Scorrier. SOUTH WEST FAR SOUTH WEST Sat 7th November 12:00 hrs The Bell Inn Next meeting: third Tuesday in the month. Frampton-on-Severn GL2 7EP th Wed 18 November 12:00 hrs New Mill, A38 HERTS, BEDS AND BUCKS. rd Bathpool, Taunton TA2 8BE 3 Wednesday, every month: Noon, The Swan, th Northall, Beds., LU6 2EY. Sat 5 December 12:00 hrs Hare and Hounds, Next meeting: Wednesday 18th November. Sidbury EX10 0QQ Christmas Lunch: Wednesday, 16th December, WEST MIDLANDS Wednesday, 11th November, Mid-month Meeting. Noon at The Swan. Fruiterer’s Arms, Ombersley 20:00 LAKES and LANCS th th Wednesday 25 November, Monthly Meeting. Thursday 19 November – pre-Christmas social The Clent Club 20:00 dinner at the Royal Oak Monday 28th December – lunch meeting at The YORKS, NOTTS and DERBY 10th November - The Bay Horse, Scholes. Calf’s Head, Wosrton from 12.30 rd M1, J35, A629 Rotherham, 3 left Scholes, Sat Nav S61 2RQ. Front cover: Howard Joseph with his green Aero in an appropriate location Photo: One of the Other Josephs Contents: 3 Editorial claptrap 17 Contact Breakers 24 Brolt/Fuel Tanks pt2 Adrian M-L’s conrod 19 New F-Type Wings 30 Group Reports 5 Training Day 2015 39 Alternative arms 9 Competition report 40 AGM Résumé 41 Simmank Gearbox Steering Evolution 22 Mogspares 44 EGM Notice 12 Amiens 23 Lucas Incider 45 Floggery 14 Letters/postcards/emails 46 Gerald / Regalia 16 NEC Show 48 Page 48 49 only visible to the ardent followers of Mrs Trellis 2 Vol. 70 November 2015 No. 11 THE BULLETIN AFFILIATED TO THE ACU: NON - TERRITORIAL CLUB WEBSITE: www.mtwc.co.uk Editorial Nietzsche said that life was a choice between suffering and boredom. He never said anything about having to put up …plans for that celebration are already under with both at the same time. I'm often prone to discussion and yet another major event for bouts of misplaced optimism. This issue is our future enjoyment. It gives me much encouragement that such event are being to what Mr N stated it is not exactly so, as I planned well in advance so that members are dream of being bored … either that or having able to plan well in advance - of particular my vehicles running sweetly - including the significance to members beyond the UK. Gordon. Suffering yes .. every Monday, In order to continue your enjoyment of the every Tuesday … Club … do please take note of the various Inside this month is the report of the 2015 reminders in this issue, that November is Renewal Time. Hopefully, you should have and Nick Jefferey plus plentiful pictures, the found the renewal form on the rear of the provider(s) of which is uncaptioned and no address label at the front of the package in doubt, will let me know.. Thanks anyway. which this magazine arrived. Some of you On page 44 is notice of an Extraordinary may have…in your rush to read the Floggery General meeting - nothing sinister - merely a may have binned the plastic wrapper (shame on you if you haven’t recycled the paper) but it will (should) only last a few minutes. now retrieve it and fill in the form. If you wish to register your vote, a proxy There is a Dire and Awful Warning on page form is printed on the reverse of the meeting 21,warning that you will miss the January statutory notification that is included with the membership renewal form .. which some of you may have already thrown away/recycled. That’s it, I’m of for a lie-down - principally because I have told the Chairman that I’m going to carry on for another year. TTFN, N Jennifer (Jen) Edmonds It is with great sadness that I have to report himself … she did much of the arduous part the recent passing of Jen Edmonds, wife of task willingly and latterly supporting Roger as Roger Edmonds, the Club Registrar for many a librarian for the Vintage Sports Car Club years during the 1960s. seen with him at events. Behind many a Club Officer is a wife or On behalf of the Club we send our partner of great strength and tolerance and condolences to Roger and sons Guy and this is certainly true in this instance. Jen was a Thomas and the families. tremendous support to Roger - as he says Nick Taylor RENEWAL FORM WITH THIS ISSUE 3 Connecting Rod Adrian Murray-Leslie Thanks to all who contributed to an All these things can give rise to difficulty excellent AGM weekend, ably headed up by in making decisions, disagreements and the Richard Atherton. Thanks too for all those erosion of trust and make the job of who attended the actual meeting and those Chairman and officers more difficult. who agreed to be elected to vacant posts, This falls under the umbrella of Good namely Gerald Lawford as Treasurer and Governance, something that Tony Quinn Maria Parkinson who agreed to cover the . first meeting of the Committee with a view, I hope to continue his good work, in the first place by improving record keeping, so We did not, however, have for Editor ... can (hiss boo.. Ed) be accessed on the hoof Financial at meetings. Administrator. My vision (hiss boo is of the again … Ed) creation of a Charles Smith relational has agreed to database with query tabs to take basis (well done you straight to ‘What do you mean?...”it doesn’t qualify” … Charles .. Ed) … t . … you try steering or starting it!!’ and we should not Secondly, expect him to do this for long. Nick agreed Gerald and I have talked of a single to edit November, December and January, document listing the protocols for account after which, if no one steps up, there WILL signatories, permissions to view statements BE NO BULLETIN ARRIVING ON online by the Directors, a record of who can YOUR DOORMATS. (There might even be spend what on a single cheque signature, some symbolic blank spaces in previous who can make internet payments and who editions to make the point, but this is up to him in the end) This is not an empty threat These are just some of the housekeeping so don’t say you weren’t warned!!!! tasks that should make the rules clearer – So, on to my hopes for the coming year. I there are others, such as up-to-date job am very much aware that my inexperience descriptions for officers. and lack of knowledge about decisions made in the past has led to us having to waste time to a large degree, the enabling of the backtracking and regularising matters. goodwill, energy, talent and experience of I am aware too of a lack of, or lack of our officers and members. They are the clarity about, protocols, i.e., who can do people who make the Club what it is. I am what and under what circumstances. here for the time being to help them do it. I am aware too that we have no reserves Remember the connecting rod metaphor? policy so that no one knows just how much … keeping things going round without bits we prudently need to keep by for a rainy flying off and wrecking the rest of the day. job? Best wishes, Adrian If you have thrown away the address label from the front of the package FIND IT!!! It has your own PERSONAL RENEWAL FORM on the back. 4 Training Day 2015 George Dobson and Nick Jeffrey This year’s Training Day on 15th August interchangeability of many components. He was held at Bicester Heritage; an appropriate then reminded us how each element of the venue because this former airfield had been carburettor i.e. the pilot jet, throttle cutaway, home to one of the RAF’s Operational the needle and its jet, and finally the main jet, plays its own part in the range of throttle Our training too, was both technical and openings. He was only able to start with the operational .. but firmly on the ground and early stages of tuning before time ran out. directed to the peaceful use of our Morgan However he was able to continue in the three wheelers.