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May ARR Review Abingdon Rough Rider Review May 2014 Vol. LVI no. 5 President - Brian Sonner Vice President - Terry Sanders Activities Director Howard Shempp Secty/Treas/Newsletter Editor- Allan Chalmers Eminence Gris Bill Traill Web Master Rick Storms Mini-Conclave May 2 – 4 We have a goodly group heading to the 3rd Annual weekend in Placerville If you’ve been on Pago Pago for the last few months and haven’t gotten your reservation in, contact El Presidente, Brian Sonner. Those heading for the event have received a packet from Brian and an email about our starting point at the McDonald’s on Santa Rita Rd in Pleasanton. See you there! June 1- MGs by the Bay in Danville We have made MGs by the Bay our June event – check the flyer further on and the web site to sign up: http://mgocsf.org/Events/MGsbytheBayEvent.aspx or you can sign up without penalty there. Plenty of eating places too! We will find our way there by 10AM rather than having a tour. Our web site www.abingdonroughriders.org An advisory from our webmaster For those receiving the web version, remember, you can contact your esteemed officers by clicking the “About Us” link and clicking on the name of the officer. This protects us from malefactors! On the Events page, each month's event includes three icons. One is to email the host, one is a link to a Google map that shows the starting point of the run, and finally, one to show weather conditions. – Rick” If you’d like to drop the printed version and read this on the web site let your editor know Coming Events May 2,3,4 Another Placerville mini-Conclave put on by the Sonners – not to be missed June 1 MGs by the Bay – A run over to this time-honored tire kicking event put on by the MG Owners Club – tour leader to be announced July 13 South Coast berry picking hosted by Norman Tuck & Brenda Hutchinson August 25 – 29 GoF in San Diego September 21 - note: this date was changed from the 14th due to your leader’s unavailability Sonoma County tour hosted by the Chalmers October 3-4-5 58th Annual Conclave – ARR / TCMG in Sonora (CA, not Mexico!) November 8 Dinner in San Francisco or? Linda Chalmers/ Cindy Weiss December 14/15 Holiday Party – Healdsburg – at the Taylor’s Other Events September 13,14 - British Fall Classic, Morgan Hill ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Missive from the desk of your president. Great tour to West Marin. Thanks to the Storms for the brunch and drive. We had a really good turnout and as usual the weather was perfect. Cruz and I had a “Guys Weekend” and we were able to enjoy the event and the drive home through the valley in 80+ temps. Summer is near at hand. I appreciate the emails after each event from participants that let us all know that we have arrived safely home. No, we did not pull off the road due to a breakdown; I needed to remove my jacket because the temperature was rising. The only casualty was my tachometer drive as we passed through Sacramento. As you know, the mini-conclave is coming up the 2-4 May in Placerville. We currently have 17 cars signed up to attend. Any other members who want to attend all or part of the event should contact me up to the last minute and we can arrange participation. The arrangements for this event seem to include a lot of eating. All who are coming on HWY 80 to HWY 50 should check www.fix50.com for the latest information on the HWY 50 construction project. The schedule indicates that the work will be on the eastbound lanes during the mini-conclave. So coming to the event will be impacted. The trip home should be routine. Brian New Member We have a new member who’s been lurking in the Bay Area for quite a while and has decided to join us: My name is Jeff Elfendahl. 5370 Hessel Road. Sebastopol, California. 95472. 707 823-1962. I have a 1948 MGTC #5561. I purchased this beauty in 1968 when I was a Senior in High School. I've had it all these years and little did I know what a joy I bought back then and held onto for all these years. I am about finished with a Top to Bottom, Inside & Out, Front to Back, Side to Side, FULL Nut & Bolt Restoration. I'm having the work done for me at British European in Rohnert Park, CA. (They have an Internet Site) Slow process but the Showroom NEW will be worth the long wait. I wish to join Abingdon Rough Riders. I've known about the Organization for years and now is my time to make a move and become a member. Keep Calm and Carry On...... Regards, Jeff Welcome – can’t wait to see this car! Dan Shockey fetches his cars Dan arrived back in California from Illinois a while back, but not with his cars. Here’s his story about trip back with them: With regard to my recent grand arrival in California, I had the TD inside a large Penske truck. It's only loss was a bracket holding the new running board on temporarily. The PA was on an open trailer. One wind wing came adrift but ended up inside the car (no side screens and the tarp cover tore apart). I don't know yet how much of the bolt hardware was lost. The back leading edge of the top came adrift, pulling the stud out of the wood framed body. This sharp steel point pounded against areas of the door and fender, shot-blasting the area effectively. (Hope my touch up paint is still good.) Likely more things fell off. But the cars still run. I had to scramble to find a loading dock where I could get the TD out of the truck. I found one at Zero Motorcycles in Scotts Valley, very near my home. They build electric motorcycles: zero gas, zero emissions and zero maintenance. (Lithium batteries). Nigel Shiftright’s TC Larry Pate, the current owner of FUN504, Phil “Nigel Shiftright” Frank’s TC, is going to give the car a sympathetic restoration by Doug Pelton of From the Frame Up. Looking forward to seeing the result. Terry Horlick’s TC for sale 1947 Home model TC. Runs great, is original, not restored. Paint is about 60 years old white. The upholstery is about 1 year old black leather, very nice. Has a TF head with valves about 0.10” larger than stock. Cast racing valve cover, it comes with original head and valve cover. Spin on oil filter and oil relief pressure regulator, non-stock air cleaner on stock manifold. Alfin drums by Grunau, have stock drums. Grunau half axles with modern seals. Odometer not working right now, will work when speedo is serviced. 30 light works, as do all others. Period correct original Ray-Dot English spot light on the left windshield post. New Petronix solid state ignition. Heater (works great), carburetor heat shields from a TD. Stock steering wheel, Bishop cam with Tompkins kit. Turn signals with a buzzer to remind you to turn off. Rear package rack. Double rear spare on Grunau mount… all 6 wheels have good splines. Moss Aluminum pistons 30 over. Well experienced knock-ons. Good rubber on all 6 wheels. extra brake lights and turn signals on rear. older top and side curtains with a new black vinyl top in the box ready when you are. Walnut veneer dash with chrome dash plate… have an original black dash plate just needs cosmetic refurbish and installation. Lots of spares including extra transmission and a new cluster gear from the recent run ($500 if I remember correctly). Brooklands racing screens and hood strap. After market spotlight, but I just installed correct headlights (it had Deitz lights before… now it has Lucas!). Mirrors on both wings and the driver’s side of windshield. This is not a show car but a fun driver. It could be restored to show condition, but then you’ve taken all the fun away! I priced it at $24,000, but will sell at $20,000 to a club member or friend in the next few weeks. I can be contacted for questions or sale at (530)205-6082 Spring Gaiters Roger Morse has forwarded the web site of a company in Britain that will make up gaiters, per our historical article last month: http://www.vintagecarparts.co.uk/products/544-wefco-leather-spring-gaiter Abingdon Rough Riders Regalia - from Brian There were several attendees at the west Marin drive who expressed interest in ordering caps, shirts, etc. with the club logo. I can place an order and usually have the items in a couple weeks. The easy way to decide what you want is to go to the website of the embroidery shop I use, look up items, and let me know what you want. Because I have dealt with this company for a number of years they give us a good deal and the minimum number of items to be embroidered is 6. By consolidating your orders we easily meet the minimums. The size of the logo on the shirts is 2 3/4 inches and on the caps is 2 inches. For children I use the smaller size which fits better on the shirt. www.clicksundance.com is the website. Click on the "Embroidery" section and then "Browse the Embroidery Catalogue".
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