“The All British Car Club” January 2013
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The Spanner January 2013 “The All British Car Club” “The Fall All British Car Club” 2 Meetings The membership of the Boot ’n Bonnet Car Club spans a large geographic area. Contents Hence, two meetings are held each month for the convenience of members and visitors: one in the Kingston area and one Letters to the Edtor……5 in the Quinte area. New Club Members……5 Kingston meetings are held on the second Members Gallery….…....6 Wednesday of each month at Denny’s on Division St. just south of the 401. Club Events…… …..…6 Articles……………..…8 Quinte meetings are held on the last Articles……………..…8 Wednesday of each month at The Boat Where and When…..…22 Boot’nBonnet Executive House Seafood restaurant, 32 Front St. Classifieds…...….…....23 Belleville. President Jamie Berry 613-968-6990 Guests are always welcome at our [email protected] meetings. We generally gather around Contributors to this issue: 5.30 PM for dinner with the meeting Vice President Ila Lawton starting at 7:00 PM. Please call David Jamie Berry 613-353-6111 Stock at 613-476-9604 for more Ila Lawton [email protected] information. Ken Law Treasurer Linda Thomas BrianThomas See When and Where and the Red Book 613-385-1947 Robert Lawton [email protected] for specific dates and locations. Gerry Wilkens Don Kiell Membership Brian and Linda Thomas 92 Wyona Lane, R. R. #1 Membership Norm Mort Wolfe Island, ON, Peter Young K0H 2Y0 Boot’n Bonnet Car Club membership dues Tom Popkes 613-385-1947 are $30.00 per year. A subscription to [email protected] [email protected] The Spanner is included in the annual dues. Newsletter(NL) Ken Law 613-498-1046 [email protected] The Spanner NL Proof reader Barbara Law The Spanner, published four times a year, is the official newsletter of the Boot ’n NL Distribution John and Gail Kinnear 613-389-3566 Bonnet Car Club. Members are [email protected] encouraged to contribute material for publication. Submissions may be made to Cover Photo: Website Ron Wanless [email protected] in MSWord XP A photo from the Club’s 613-359-1013 (2002 or earlier) format. Photos should be gathering at the Fox Run [email protected] in JPEG format. Submission deadlines Retirement Centre in July are: Archives Ila Lawton 2012. 613-353-6111 Spring edition 26 March, [email protected] Possible caption, “Is this Summer edition 25June where my owner will go one Autojumble Lois Logan Fall edition 25 September 613-545-1952 Winter edition 26 December day? Sure hope they have in [email protected] door parking for vintage British cars.” British Car Day Linda Thomas Classifieds Members may place 613-385-1947 “For Sale” or “Wanted” ads in the Classifieds section at no charge (text Regalia Convenor Kenn Feigelmann 613-542- 7531 only). Ads should be e-mailed to [email protected] [email protected]. The Boot ’n Bonnet Car Club has no opinion on Past President David Stock the products or services offered. 613-476-9604 Visit us on the web at: [email protected] www.bootnbonnet.ca 3 President’s Message: The warm weather is gone and what do we do? Our British Cars are, no doubt, snuggled in for a long winter’s nap and the general pace has slowed down. Many of us probably are “snow birds” to a greater or lesser degree. Sheila and I went south to Houston Texas for 10 days and home again. It was a grandparent trip. The southern weather was candy for sure. It is easy to understand the lure the snow birds feel……anyway…. Back here, Ron Hicks kindly filled in for me at the North China Buffet in November, while we were gone. It was reported that the food was great and everybody had a fun time. Thanks Ron. It was decided that we will continue to meet at this new location. Remember, no Quinte meeting in December. Ila has been looking after the Kingston meetings and is planning the Winter Gathering on February 16th at the Travelodge Kingston. Hopefully, you plan to be there and enjoy a great evening. Welcome to the new members who have joined our club and we hope that they feel at home and enjoy the social aspect of our meetings, events, and BBQ’s Our calendar of events for the coming year is slowly evolving but, have to admit I am getting a tad nervous about the BBQ calendar. Again thanks to those who volunteered their places last year and or brought food. For 2013, we have three BBQ’s signed up but are needing three more: Kingston June 12, Kingston Aug 14 and Aug 28 in Quinte. The 2013 spring “Garage Tour” is up for grabs –Thanks to Wes Meyers for last year’s garage caper. Hopefully, you had a good Christmas! Sheila and I are hoping ya’all have a healthy and fun 2013. Jamie VP’s Message: Happy New Year! I hope that all of you had a chance to relax and enjoy the company of friends and family over the holidays. Looking back at the latter part of the year, our last two events, the Rally and the Fall Colour Tour were both a lot of fun, enjoyed by all who attended. Thanks go to Dave Minaker for the relatively stress-free rally and Don & Viv Kiell for the tour. Coming up in February is the Winter Gathering. This year, we are at the Travelodge Kingston on Saturday, February 16th. Rooms are available at a reduced rate by quoting the group code CGBOOT until January 16th. It should be a fun evening; hope you! can join us Drive safely and keep smiling. Ila Editor’s Message: Well the snow is on the ground, the LBC driving season has come to an end for another year and the cars are put away in the back garage except for the MGTD which is in the front garage getting some major mechanical work to be done on it. You will have to read a little further on to find out the extent of the work. We had another good year enjoying the great activities of the Club and taking the LBC’s out when ever we could, including trips to Hudson, Port Perry, Watkins Glenn and Bronte. Again we managed to put over 5,000 miles on the cars in total this year with the Triumph and the Jaguar getting the most use. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of those members that submitted articles and pictures for the Spanner over the year and their assistance in making it a publication that hopefully members look forward to receiving each quarter. Best wishes of the season and Happy and Healthy New Year to all. Barbara and Ken 4 Letters to the Editor Remembering Frank Harnden I first met Frank around the rally scene of Belleville and Kingston in the late 1960’s. He had started doing rallies and slaloms with the Quinte Auto Sport Club of Belleville in about 1965. A highpoint of that era for him was winning the 1967 Waterson 450 rally with his life long buddy and partner in crime, Terry Kemp, driving Terry’s Mini. One of their more exciting moments was narrowly missing a large black bear somewhere in the north Hastings bush in the wee hours of the morning. The next year he went racing, aided by the able wrenching of Terry, in of course, a Mini. The racing included the Bulov Series with lots of great racing against some of the top shoes that inhabited that great series. 1970 saw the boys take on the Sundown 6 Hours with co-driver Pierre Mandeville, Terry as chief mechanic, Denis Palmer as tire changer, Ron Walsh as timer and yours truly as gas man. The mini ran out of gas out at Turn 8 leaving Frank to coast in and have us push the car down pit lane to our appointed stall. Unfortunately, the driver of a Frank collecting his first place trophy for BMW opened his door just as we were passing and the mini’s front his 1974 MGA at the fender ‘re-adjusted’ the door so it touched the BMW’s front fender. 2010 Odessa Car Show Hopefully, the owner has forgotten. Frank packed in the racing in 1972 and moved on to many other endeavours. Spare time was spent on off-road motorcycle riding and sailing where he became a well-known figure around the Belleville Yacht Club’s sail racing events. A few years ago, after watching me having such a great time racing with VARAC he went out and bought another Mini, joined our club and raced with good results as time and finances permitted. Unfortunately, this didn’t last long. A pinched nerve in his neck severely limited his mobility and he had to part with the mini. Then came the next blow, a diagnosis of cancer. He dealt with his situation with a humour and dignity that I found inspiring. He passed away on Oct. 28 and as per his instructions, Terry, Denis and I along with three others carried him to his final resting place. He had told us that he would need his pit crew one last time. I felt quite honoured. R.I.P. old friend. John Kinnear. Welcome New Boot ‘n Bonnet Members David and Monica Mills Bob Perry & Wendy Edworthy Home (613) 399 -1820 1974 Spitfire MkIV 1971 Jaguar XJ6 Work (613) 391 -5671 1984 Jaguar VDP 1422 Wilson Road 1964 Daimler (basket case) Hillier, Ontario 522 Scuttlehole Road Home (613) 477 -2729 [email protected] R R 1 K0K 2J0 Plainfield, Ontario [email protected] Peter Nosach K0K 2V0 44 MacDonald Court Home (705) 848 -1825 1988 Rolls Royce Silver Spur Elliot Lake, Ontario Graeme Walker P5A 2V2 170 Lorne Avenue Home (905) 898 -0927 1967 Jaguar 420, 4sp/od Newmarket, Ontario [email protected] L3Y 4J9 5 Member’s Gallery Robert Lawton sent us another from his “rogues gallery”.