April 2015 Norfolk Austin Seven Club
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Norfolk NA7ter April 2015 Norfolk Austin Seven Club Officers and Committee In This Edition of the Chairman John Groom Tel: 01945 474196 email:[email protected] Norfolk NA7ter Vice-Chairman Dave Witton Tel: 01359 250374 Page email:[email protected] News Secretary Paul Maulden Tel: 01986 872537 Editorial 1 email:[email protected] Annual General Meeting 2 Treasurer John Wyett Tel: 01366 500165 email:[email protected] New Member 4 Membership Rick Fryer Tel: 01362 696114 The 750 Motor Club Rogerson Trophy 5 Secretary email:[email protected] Bowled Over 6 Events Dave Rix Tel: 01508 493419 Quiz Night versus The Jaguar Drivers Club 9 Co-ordinator email:[email protected] Our Cars Librarian John Hazell Tel: 01953 488219 Austin On Location 10 Committee Matt Dingle Tel: 01603 714199 LG 6090 13 Members email:[email protected] Tenth Anniversary Commemorative Mug 14 Michael Spinks Tel: 01603 737332 FBHVC News Phil Sharpe Tel: 01603 744981 email: [email protected] UK Legislation 15 Editor/ Rick Fryer 38 Neatherd Road, Dereham, DVLA NEWS 18 Website Norfolk NR20 4AQ Sales and Wants Tel: 01362 696114 For Sale 21 email:[email protected] Wanted 21 Club Meetings What’s On 22 are held on the third Tuesday of each month Tenth Anniversary Celebrations 23 NA7C Events Calendar 2015 24 from 7.30 pm at And Finally... Inside back cover East Tuddenham Jubilee Hall Mattishall Road East Tuddenham Norfolk NR20 3LR Club Website – www.na7c.co.uk On The Cover Copyright © 2015 Norfolk Austin Seven Club The articles, photographs and views expressed and printed in the “NORFOLK NA7TER” are for the sole use of NA7C members and their readership and must not be printed or reproduced in any other way without the express written permission of the NA7C appointed representatives. The views expressed in the articles appearing in the 'NORFOLK NA7TER' are those of the contributors and not necessarily those of the club, committee or editor. It maybe necessary to condense or alter some of the articles submitted for publication to suit the space available. The Editor apologises in advance if this is unavoidable. John Smith’s 1932 Special, The NA7C is a member of the Austin Seven Clubs winner of the Association, the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs and the Association of Norfolk Car Clubs. Thorne Trophy for 2014 Norfolk NA7ter News Editorial So, the clocks have gone forward, the Jubilee Hall – on Saturday 3 October. days are getting longer and – hopefully More details on page 23. – warmer too. Time to think about get- ting your pride and joy out on the road again. With something on virtually We have been hearing disquieting ru- every weekend between the beginning mours regarding the allocation of age- of April and the end of August, the related registration numbers to “spe- events calendar is filling up fast. Check cials” with home-built bodies. The it out on page 24 – and keep up-to-date DVLA appears to be clamping down by visiting our website. on cars not constructed from parts that are original and over 25 yeas old. We are keeping an eye on this and hope to Plans for our tenth anniversary cele- have more news in our next issue brations are complete. The free com- memorative mug is now available and can be collected at any meeting – see Finally, many thanks to all of you who page 14. have renewed so promptly. The revised list of members and breakdown regis- There will be a Sunday Afternoon Bar- ter will be sent out when the latecomers becue at the Jubilee Hall on Sunday 5 make it home! July and a Social Evening – also at the Rick Membership renewal should have been completed by 31 March 2015 If you do not renew, this will be your last NA7ter! The next edition of the NA7ter will be published in July 2015 Please let me have any contributions before 30 June Contact details are on the inside front cover www.na7c.co.uk “Members Only” user name: **** Password: **** April 2015 1 News Annual General Meeting The tenth AGM was held on 17 March at The Jubilee Hall, East Tuddenham The Chairman, John Groom, opened The Chairman welcomed the members the meeting at 20.05, with 34 members and thanked them for their support at present. The minutes of the 9th AGM the various club events during the year. were read, agreed and signed off as a true record. The Secretary, Paul Maulden, touched briefly on his routine secretarial duties, There were no matters arising from the then went on to mention the Christmas minutes. Dinner, which was well-supported with 58 members attending. He con- A change to the club’s constitution was firmed that this year’s dinner would be proposed and accepted, namely to re- at the same venue. He also noted that move the requirement for officers and he had received two requests from pre- committee members to resign after vious owners of members’ cars and in serving for five years. They may now each case he had been able to put them serve for an indefinite period until such in touch. He ended by thanking all time as they resign or are voted off. those who helped with the tea, cakes 2Norfolk NA7ter News and raffles, which together had cov- The committee members were re-elect- ered the cost of renting the Jubilee Hall ed en bloc. during 2014. The Events Coordinator, Dave Rix, re- The Treasurer, John Wyett, presented ported on the previous years events, the financial statement for the year many of which had suffered due to ending 31 December 2014. He report- poor weather. Drive it Day was well ed that the club's finances were in a supported and the June Drive it Night healthy state and that the end-of-year was the best supported for many a year balance was £2596.25, which repre- with about 50 members and 20 cars sents an increase over the previous turning up. year. No increase in subscriptions was thought necessary. The accounts were He went on to mention Earsham Hall, accepted. growing in popularity with 14 mem- bers in various cars attending, Paul’s All the club's officers indicated that Saunter through the Saints which year- they were willing to stand for re-elec- ly attracts more cars and David tion, and with no other candidates, the Charles's open garden invite, which officers were re-elected. However, the seems to have become an annual event Chairman, John Groom, indicate that for which we thank the Charles family. he intended to resign at the next AGM. Following a discussion, it was decided The club's main event at the Show- to appoint a Vice Chairman and Dave ground has always attracted about 26 Witton was duly elected to this post. or so cars. It would be good to see an April 2015 3 News improvement on these numbers. How- £30 per year it was a good facility for ever, considering the good turnout in the club, which during the year attract- 2013, Wings and Wheels at Hevening- ed 3,500 visitors from all over the ham Hall had a poor attendance, with world only four 7s turning up while Gressen- hall was a victim of the weather with Rick also reported that in 2013 he car- very few cars. ried out three DVLA inspection, which earned the club £60 in fees. The Membership Secretary, Rick Fry- er, reported that seven members did The 10th anniversary celebrations not renew in 2014, but in the last were then discussed and a proposal twelve months we increased member- was made and accepted regarding the ship by nine and our total membership subsidising of the Social Evening on 3 now stands at 158 – 85 members and October – see page 23. 73 joint members – with 126 A7s in various states of repair. The Thorne Trophy for 2013 was awarded to John Smith for his Austin Regarding the Natter, Rick thanked all Seven Special – see front cover. who have contributed articles and pho- tographs. Kevin Shortis proposed a vote of thanks to the committee for their work He also mentioned the website. Rick over the last year and the Chairman commented that for an average cost of closed the meeting at 21.10 New Member Please join us in welcoming the following new member to the club: Tony Kimber lives in Cobholm, Great Yarmouth and owns a 1928 RK Saloon. 4Norfolk NA7ter News The 750 Motor Club Rogerson Trophy Charles Levien This trophy owes its origin to the small usually at the June meeting, to the Aus- group of enthusiasts who built specials tin Seven voted best on that occasion. principally in the two decades, 1950 – 1970, usually based on the Austin Sev- As the last holder of the trophy, it was en. In those days a tatty Seven could be my pleasure to pass it on to Jamie Rog- picked up for a few pounds (the resto- erson at our February meeting. Jamie ration movement came later as values says it will sit proudly on a shelf be- increased) and with help and encour- hind the counter of his new shop in agement a presentable car could be North Walsham. built that would more than hold its own on the road. Jamie Rogerson’s father, Dave, was an innovative enthusiast who was aware that the standard Aus- tin Seven had scope for improve- ment and, perhaps more importantly, lends itself for mod- ification to produce a fun-to- drive low cost road car.