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MTWC Group Events in Nov to check with your GO see contact details p 29 6 Nov: Brooklands group meeting at New Inn, Send, Surrey. 6 Nov: East Anglia Group meeting, The Bull Woolpit. 12.00 Noon. 13 Nov: Y.N.D. group meeting, Carbrook hall S9 2FJ. 13 Nov: Far Far South West, Film show, Three Mile Stones, Truro, 19.00hrs. 14 Nov: West Mids group meeting, Fruiterers Arms, Ombersley, 20.00hrs. 14 Nov: North West Group, Lunch at The Smoker, A556, Plumley, WA16 0TY. 14 Nov: Far Far South West Group, Drive it run from London Inn Summercourt to St Breward for lunch. Start 10.00hrs. 15 Nov: Lancs Lakes Sub-group, Anniversary/pre-Christmas meal. Royal Oak, Garstang 19.00hrs. 20 Nov: Far South West group meeting, The Huntsman. 20 Nov: East Anglia Group meeting, Hare Arms, Stow Bardulph, 20.00hrs. 21 Nov: East Mids Group meeting, Royal Oak, Brandon. 20.00hrs. 22 Nov: South West Group meeting, The Crossways Inn, West Huntspill A38. 27 Nov: Y.N.D. Group meetingReindeer Inn, WR4 4RL. 28 Nov: West Mids Group meeting, Clent Club, 20.00hrs. 30 Nov: Oxford Sub-group meeting, The Star Inn , Stanton St Joseph, 20.00hrs. 30 Nov: North West group meeting, The Whipping Stocks, Over Peover, 20.00hrs. Very important announcement The Night Trial will now take place on the night of Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd December and NOT as previously stated the 10th & 11th November. This is because the ACU do not allow competitions on Remembrance Sunday! NIGHT TRIAL 1st & 2nd DECEMBER Contents. Page; 17 MTWC Challenge 38 American revue of 3 From the Editor 18 JAP spares 5 speeder 4 The Chairman 22 Mogspares 39 Regalia 5 Stolen JAP 23 Double nipple 41 Christmas cards 6 AGM Resume syndrome 45 Is your dizzy 9 Letter from DfT 24 Mille Miglia report showing its age? 10 AF 2622 25 Floggery 47 Al Moss RIP 12 Eric Walpole RIP 26 Dear John letters 14 Notice board 30 Group reports 15 Comp notes Cover picture: Sarah Duffins wonderful 1912 De-Luxe which celebrates its one hundredth birthday this year. Surely one of the most original Morgans in the Club. 2 VOL 67 November 2012 No 11 THE BULLETIN THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF THE MORGAN THREE-WHEELER CLUB Affiliated to the ACU and MSA: non-territorial CLUB WEBSITE www.mtwc.co.uk Well, that‟s another AGM as the local press out of the way and the From the Editor. photographer. For such a important decisions all made. Hopefully small island, here on the IOW there are a everyone is happy that the Club is surprisingly large number of interesting old maintaining its true course and fulfilling all cars about. Rarely do I go out without a of our expectations. Brian Stevens and Andy cheery wave from some like-minded soul. Brown drove up from the Isle of Wight. By chance whilst looking in „Morgan Three- I was recently taken to task by a long- Wheelers‟ on e-Bay, I came across fridge standing member, accusing me of filling the magnets with a full frontal of my Super Bulletin with racing and competition Sports, as well as clocks with the same material, and using the colour pages for image. So friends Christmas presents are photos of racing Mogs, all of which I was sorted! informed „are of no interest whatsoever to I was concerned to hear from member Brian the majority of members.‟ Instead, it was Courage about DfT Directive 2006/126/EC suggested, I should be using the „wasted‟ which states that from January, all new pages for interesting articles about ordinary drivers of motorcycles and three-wheelers Morgans. Now far be it for me to take sides, will have to be over 24 years old and pass a but I have to use what is sent to me, and both full (£500) motorcycle course/test! This has the Club photographers and the competition already been agreed upon, which appears to guys send me the most material. If I am bode ill for our junior members and will not guilty of anything, it is of using what is sent help anyone in handling a three-wheeled car. to me. I point out that the Club pay extra for I cannot understand why the FBHVC did not the colour pages, so it is not good practice to pick up on this as it has been around since use those pages for fill in script when there 2009. [email protected] is the are good pictures available. However, I do guy to talk to and I have already started the need your input to ensure that the content is ball rolling. Quite how the EU Civil Servants to everyone‟s liking. It is not „my‟ magazine. reconcile someone learning to ride a 125 cc I got my photograph in the local paper the motorcycle, passing a test on said machine, other week. I attended the VMCC meeting in and then being experienced enough to drive a Newport town centre on a Saturday morning. new 5 Speeder is totally beyond my Lots of wonderful bikes, some of which even comprehension. If it was to cover those I had never seen before, and two that I had ghastly contraptions with Rover V-eights never heard of! There were 3 three-wheelers coupled to a motorcycle type tricycle, I can present, but one was a BSA so maybe well understand the Government‟s concerns. doesn‟t count! I jest, for it was a very nice However, our Mogs, BSA,s, Reliants, Isettas twin which I‟m sure has been on some of our Bonds etc; are far removed from such runs. The guy who took the photo was devices. As our „Historic Vehicles‟ pay no interested in the editorial trike, and after tax, perhaps we no longer count with asking about it and me, he introduced himself legislators who don't need common sense. 3 Hon Chairman - on Safari Brian Clutterbuck Perhaps one of the easiest ways to get enough to fit into the car tool kit and though noticed, other than driving your Morgan, is out of production now, can still be bought wearing something different. Recently, second hand on the Internet. There was driving into our nearest town, I spotted club another similar device marketed by “Lenck”. member Michael Staines in the full Highland Renewing my Tax disc online a mention was regalia. Michael, who has no Scots blood made that it is no longer an offence to not whatsoever, reckons that this is the supreme display a current licence. (Perhaps because universal outfit suitable for weddings, of number plate recognition systems and an funerals etc. Whilst there should be no inability to get one through the post in less problems in the three-wheeler it could be a than five days). The latest spate of European little draughty on Michael‟s beloved Brough Law that impacts on vehicles, including Superiors. ours, is likely to cause much more angst than Alessandro Natali, in Italy, is a member of that which has stemmed from the MoT the Kursaal Car Club and has recently been exemptions. Roadworthiness Testing visited by members from the South West Directive (2009/40/EC), following a Group in their three-wheelers. A splendid consultation in 2010, is to be replaced with a achievement. You might recall I mentioned new regulation. Reference is made to that in the 20‟s, the Kursaal or “Cure Hall” “Technical Characteristics”, though this is Spa in Southend, had a Blackburne Aero that not defined. However, vehicles of historic was used for holiday photographs. One of interest are and amongst the definition, the intrepid travellers on return did 485 changes to main components such as brakes miles in 16 hours through some atrocious and suspension are not allowed. So what weather. Each car covered over 4,000 miles about hydraulic brakes and soft suspension on the trip. A feat to more than emulate the 5 then? speeders Coast to Coast across the USA? Changes to driving licence criteria have also I recently had to replace a frayed inner cable been made. Whilst the minimum age for a to the air slide and used one that I had four-wheel licence is still 17 that for a three- purchased from “Wilkinsons”, a store in the wheeler is now 24. The chances of pressure UK. This was the usual Bowden stranded groups getting these laws changed are slim. wire but was galvanised steel which I was Unless they are stopped at the Directive somewhat dubious about as to its soldering stage we end up with a completely new capabilities. It proved to be no problem but Regulation which is binding throughout all what I couldn‟t do was to find my large EC countries. electric soldering iron and my gas blowlamp These matters will be dealt with at the next needed a new cylinder. In the early 60‟s we CCM. used to use a self pressurising methylated The AGM weekend was a success thanks spirit blowlamp called a “Valtock” lamp. I largely to Richard Atherton setting the scene had totally forgotten how good these were on the Saturday evening and Michael for making up cables. The old meths had Joseph‟s Spares Fair during the day. The corroded the chromed brass but it soon AGM itself was in grave danger of only cleaned up and the pencil flame easily taking an hour but by dint of “any other soldered the nipples on the cable ends business” was successfully extended until perfectly.

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