Happenings in June - too many to fit in this month but all events appear after the respective group report …. So here is a photo instead: Without prompting, Harriet Sermon picked up The Bulletin to read. Clare said she insisted on taking it to bed .. Photo: Clare Sermon COVER: Tracy Cameron - Hale Morgan now owned by Kurt Engelhorn … Kurt and Tracy were sharing the car which is prepared by Ewan Cameron. Contents: 14 Letters and Emails 30 Group Reports 3 Editorial Eyewash 15 Imprinting 39 Registry Adrian M-L’s Conrod / 18 Red … The First /New Forest Group Mag re-magnetised Supercharged Morgan 42 Homer’s Odessey 5 Goggles and Gauntlets 44 Floggery 6 Opening Run Page 48 Salome and Salote 8 Book Launch 22 New Wings for Old July more of the same stuff 10 Competition report / 23 12 VSCC Curborough 24 13 Training Day 26 Norfolk W/end Advert 2 Vol. 71 June 2016 No. 6 THE BULLETIN AFFILIATED TO THE ACU: NON - TERRITORIAL CLUB WEBSITE: www.mtwc.co.uk Editorial One of the downsides of being an editor is but I have always found the DVLA very helpful … I have always been very polite - looking at the layout, the typeface, colours as I would hope to be treated myself. We are … and the inevitable errors - whether fortunate in having, through the Registrar, typographical or factual. In a similar vein, who is a consummate diplomat) a good after looking at The Bulletin on screen for working relationship with the DVLA – much hours on end, lining up and arranging the to the benefit of members. That relationship content, making sure that the appearance is is significantly enhance by the Club having a satisfactory (to me), it gets to a point where copy of the Morgan Factory production records and a Registry errors can escape notice. containing ownership information back to the is …. that in last month’s 1930s. With the AGM praise to Dennis Rushton approaching and the ….only to credit his subject of Associate membership to be considered, it’s worth noting that to date there has not been any satisfactory resolution to the question “what exactly comprises a Morgan Three Wheeler. “Ehh … That’s BANG Two or three years ago out of order!!” the Committee spent before - all errors are several hours debating entirely the responsibility of … cont/… p49. the subject, but drew no conclusion. An interesting point was raised by a There is plenty more that I would like to member (name withheld to protect the guilty) mention and also highlight items in The concerning tyre date marking. A tyre was Bulletin, but as late news, I have to report purchased from a well known supplier .. and the death of Roger Edmonds FM 2096 on found to be already 4 years old. What is the May 9th.. Roger joined the Club in the 1950s position should said member decide to sell and was a stalwart and true servant of the his car in 7 years time when the date will be club as Registrar for a long period. He was a over the 10-year limit but only purchased 7 real gentleman and a one-time competitive years previously? Answers please. racer in his JAP Super Aero. (In the late 60s, I I have said this before but I have always had the privilege of passengering with Roger at the found the DVLA very helpful … I have Silverstone High-Speed Trials several times .. and always been very polite - as I would hope to winning .. Ed). Full tribute next month. be treated my self. I have said this before - Meanwhile … enjoy your Morganing Fun to the full Nick 3 Connecting Rod Adrian Murray-Leslie acquaintances, Magneto Re-magnetizing Adrian Murray-Leslie Up until new cobalt based steels were around 1930, the magnets on earlier magnetos were prone to losing magnetism and requiring periodic re-magnetising. This can be particularly necessary if the instrument has been left without an armature to act as a “keeper”. The job can be done by a specialist or very simply using a diy process with what amounts to a large pair of electro magnets. I know of at least two people in the Club who own such a device and I recently borrowed Jake Alderson’s. The way it works is this: First establish the polarity of the magneto and the re-magnetiser using a compass. Then clamp the magneto between the pole plates and switch on current from the appropriate source (in my case a 12v car battery) for a few seconds. Job done. I tested the strength if the magnets before and after and it went up by a factor of 3. 4 MTWC GOGGLES AND GAUNTLETS FRIDAY 5th to SUNDAY 7th AUGUST 2016 We shall be based in the Shaftesbury area, famous for Golden Hill, setting for the Hovis ads. It is a most interesting town with of course some steep hills. Zig Zag hill is the most notorious and it will feature in a scenic run that will take place. Once again the formula is that you book your own accommodation according to your needs. Campers/Caravans and Motorhomes the best choice is Blackmore Vale Camping SP7 9PX just outside Shaftesbury. Plenty of room and a choice of glamping buildings if you wish. Campsite contact 01747 851 523 or 07436 791800 Mention MTWC. Hotels: The Royal Chase Hotel in Shaftesbury on 01747 853355 or : The Grosvenor Arms, Shaftesbury on 01747 858580 Searching on a site like Booking .com will come up with lots of other smaller B&Bs etc. However as the area is popular in the summer do not leave it till the last minute. They WILL all be full. Please tell us you are coming so you can be included in the runs/ evening meals and entertainment. Contact Ian or Maria Parkinson for further info or help with any queries 01823 277852 or use e-mail [email protected] 5 Eric Eadon I got there vey early (it’s surprising how like waiting for the ‘cavalry’ to appear over little traffic there is at 7.30am on a Sunday the horizon – and then they did, first 1, then morning) and by 9.30 our ‘team’ were all 3, another 1, 5, and a couple of 4 wheelers present, attired in their hi vis MTWC vests, and we were off. Eventually we amassed 67 briefed and ready for the 10.00am start. At ‘3 Wheelers’, 13 ‘5 Speeders’, 15 or so ‘4 this point let me make an apology to those Wheelers’ plus others – an aluminium bodied who had to wait until about 10.30 to get their single seater with Fraser Nash Suspension cars into ‘the village’. This was caused by and Reliant engine and gearbox, ‘Salote’, the voluntary tramway staff being a little at John Clews’ Riley ( a forerunner of ERA via sea (Derbyshire is land locked dad! – H), a the Raymond may’s ‘White Riley’, the temperamental tram and the ‘Duty Inspector’ beautiful ‘Oily Rag’ G N with its central being very concerned about keeping head lamp, a TR6, a couple of Lotus 7 type Morgans and Trams apart. specials , an immaculate Post Office van, a It didn’t seem to bother anyone in Sheffield 'Sprout' (sorry Sprite) and one or 2 others in the 1950s/60s, I used to clock in at work taking part in the ‘National Driving Day’. before 7.00am and the commute was quite As they drove past me the procession nice in the Morgan – along a road with a seemed endless, but when I abandoned my lovely ‘S’ bend in a sharp dip, a ¾ mile post at noon assuming all were there and straightish blast and ending with a 900 right immediately after going under a railway bridge/tunnel all with bi-lateral tramlines. I spun it once coming out of the bridge on black ice – too much too soon – but didn’t hit anything including the looming tram! (you are wittering dad – Hx) I was cold, very cold when I set off at 7.30am but by 9.30am at my post, stood in the sun and dressed for mid April I was warming quite reasonably. It was 6 Opening Run 2016 Concours Results - to be presented at the 2016 AGM 2 Speeder: 1928, LTOW JAP, Super Aero Richard Simmonite 3 Speeder: 1933, MX4 Matchless, Super Sports Bob Angell F Type: 1952, E93A Ford, F Super John Mark 5 Speeder 2012 Model Ian Brett Visitors’ Choice 5 Speeder Andrew Warren descended towards ‘The Village’ the full on a tram (aaaah, you have had many in your enormity of the turnout hit me with the view time! – Hx) but Hannah my youngest of cars parked amongst period settings t all granddaughter got a few up on the top decks and pronounced it as ‘Great’, her father stated it was ‘a lot better than the current Sheffield trams and the dog found the stairs a bit steep! I had a couple of conversations about the pros and cons of ‘5-Speeder’ owners (typed as written! – Hxx), very interesting and informative. I couldn’t remember where I had met one of them before and eventually asked him, he couldn’t remember either but we narrowed it down to points of the compass. We had been a little Donington Historic Festival 2015 when the concerned the venue may have been too far MTWC were allotted piece of grass inside up the country for the ‘Southerners’ but there the circuit, but what finally clinched it was you were and with the support from ‘Up when I lifted my hat and he saw my bald North’ as well you gave us an event to be proud of.