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MAGAZINE OF THE CITROËN SPECIALS CLUB 1 Editor Callum Beveridge 3 Chairmans Notes 47 Old Mill Lane, Inverness, Highland IV2 3XP Tel: 01463 231787 6 Editorial Email: [email protected] 11 Letters 19 Committee Profile ADDRESS LABELS 24 Events Diary Carole Chitty 27 Classified Ads MAILING 33 Monthly Meetings Peter and Margaret Cook CARTOONS John Wheatley Printed in England by: Paul Hackett The next ‘FLAT OUT’ 7 West Mids & Mid Wales GOES TO THE PRINTER 10 East Midlands (Mid Shires) on 5th. Oct 2007 17 North West 18 Cotswold Chat The next Flat Out will be issued around Nov 1st Please send articles by e-mail or typed. 25 North Thames Gas 26 Not So Wild West 30 Scotland Frozen North CSC Homepage 31 East Coasters 34 North East News www.citroenspecialsclub.org 35 Down South Roundup Copyright The Editor nor the officers of the Citroen Specials 10 Northern Ireland Trip Club are necessarily in agreement with opinions 20 Bakewell Summer Camp expressed in this magazine. Such opinions are entirely the views of the author and imply no 29 2008 Anniversary Meeting recommendation by the Citroen Specials Club 36 Grande Tour de France 38 The Car’s The Star All rights reserved. Apart from any fair dealings as permitted under the terms of the Copyright Design and Patents Act of 1988, no part of this magazine may be reproduced in any form whatsoever without Cover picture: Bakewell cars at the Crich the written permission of the Citroen Specials Club Tramway Museum 2 CHAIRMANS NOTES Well what a summer we are having, rain, rain and yet more rain. Carole and I got a good soaking both going to Bakewell and on the way home, but the weather although not perfect while we were there was not too unkind and we had a really good time. I congratulate Steve Spence and his team on a job well done, I know that they put in a lot of work to make the event a success but I would like to assure them that we all appreciate their efforts. Carole and I have just got back from our holiday where we spent five days in Belgium at the venue for next years to Ireland will be underway, Carole and I anniversary celebrations along with Bill are really looking forward to it, as I am and Mary Johnson and Richard and Jane sure are the drivers and passengers of the Allen. We spent the time there sorting out 32 cars that have registered for the event. some of the activities we hope to include in next years festivities. After this we At the recent wedding of club members continued alone down to the Black Forest Ian and Ranah Kelly, the seating area of Germany, returning home across arrangement at the reception was done by France to St.Malo for the ferry home via marking everyone’s place with a helium Jersey and Guernsey. balloon. The balloons were released after the reception with a view to seeing how far The weather Gods were kind to us with no they travelled. Carole recently received a rain during the daytime at all until we card from a place called Ploumilliau in landed in Poole from there we had to do Brittany this being a small village half way the last leg in very heavy rain. ‘Scallywag’ between St.Malo and Brest, Carole’s behaved perfectly for the whole trip happy balloon had been found by a young boy to cruise along, fully loaded, at sixty miles named Leo in his Grandmothers garden. an hour on the French motorways. We had Quite a long way for a balloon that had a great time in Germany and France with already deflated quite a lot before it was ‘Scallywag’ causing the usual interest released. We were invited to call in if we everywhere that we went, the car seems to were ever in the area; alas we had been in act as a kind of introduction card and we St. Malo the week before we received the found ourselves talking to so many card. interesting people who we otherwise would never have met. Drive carefully. By the time that you read this the club trip Alan 3 Officers Chairman: Alan Peacock Verazza, 61 Windmill Avenue, St Albans 01727 862971 Herts. AL4 9SJ email: [email protected] Secretary: Richard Perfitt 10 Monmouth Road, Harlington LU2 01525 876 671 Dunstable, Beds. e.mail:[email protected] Treasurer: Peter Chitty 8 Forest End Courtmoor, Fleet, Hampshire, 01252 620 128 GU52 7XE Membership Carole Chitty As above Secretary: e-mail: [email protected] Area Representatives North Thames: Vic Braybrook 11 Meade Road, Billericay, Essex 01277 622 331 CM11 1DE South East: Vacant South: Carole & Peter Chitty 8 Forest End Courtmoor, Fleet, 01252 620 128 Hampshire, GU52 7XE South West: Ron Bishop 2 Beresford Gardens, Landsdown 01225 335777 Lane, Weston Bath, Avon BA1 4NX Cotswolds: Gordon Burch 6 The Barracks, Parkend, Lydney 01594 562844 Glos. GL15 4HR E-mail [email protected] South Wales: Vacant Contact: Rob Raikes 90 Heol Bardd, Bridgend, 01656 668 683 Mid-Glamorgan CF31 4td email: [email protected] North East: Dr John Fowler “Rivendell” Shortsill Lane Flaxby 01423 867410, Knaresborough, N Yorks HG5 0RT e-mail [email protected] East Midlands: Jim & Joy Barry 164 Polwell Lane, Barton (Midshires Sub-Group) 01536 724 512 Seagrave, Kettering, Northants NN15 6UB North West: Richard Williams 316 Brindle Road, Bamber Bridge 01772 628470 Preston, Lancs. PR5 6ZL E-mail [email protected] Scotland: Jennie White Whitelaw Cottage, 01387 370 291 Carlesgill, Westerkirk Langholm, Dumfrieshire DG13 0NZ North Wales & Cliff Thomas-Smout 118 Kingsley Road, Kingswinford West Midlands: 01384 830140 West Midlands DY6 9RS Northern Keith Bomber Hummock House, 186 Abbey Road, Ireland: 0289 186 2667 Millisle, County Down, Northern Ireland BT22 2DH East Anglia: Bob Hartley 19 Grove Hill, Belstead Village, 01473 730 434 Ipswich, Suffolk IP8 3LP East Midlands: David Field Warren House, 24 Cherry Tree Lane (East Coast Sub-Group) 01522 753372 Nettleham, Lincoln, Lincs. LN2 2PR 4 Falcon Registrar: Joyce Taylor Ridge Cottage, Glevering 01728 746 155 Hill, Wickham Market, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 0DG Specials Registrar: Richard Perfitt 10 Monmouth Road, Harlington LU2 01525 876 671 Dunstable, Beds. e.mail:[email protected] Technical Advisers: Derek Smith 4 Sherbourne Drive 01753 868 537 Windsor, Berks SL4 4AE5 Dicky Dawes 55 Pedlars grove, Frome, 01373 461589 Somerset BA11 2SX e.mail: [email protected] Regalia Sales: Brian Peters 43 Belstead Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk. 01473 405974 IP2 8NR e.mai:l [email protected] Handbook Technical info: Jim Barry 164 Polwell Lane, Barton Seagrave 01536 724512 Kettering Northants NN15 6UB 2CV World Meeting - Borlange, Sweden Some interesting video of the recent 2CV World Meeting can be found on YouTube at the following addresses: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zeOPsW_WEDU http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gMhNVolaesU A couple of specials at the world meeting in Sweden 5 EDITORIAL Firstly, apologies for the picture quality in the last issue - I’ve been trying to strike a balance between picture resolution and size of the finished magazine - and got it a bit wrong. Hopefully, the image quality in this issue will be a bit better (sorry John). A big “Thank You” to all of the contributors for this issue. Initially, I thought it wasn’t all going to fit in, but I gearbox into the Burton a few weeks ago. think I’ve found space for most of it. If Initial testing was somewhat confusing, as I’ve missed anything out, it will make it I appeared to be going slower than before into a future issue. at the same revs. A quick check with a GPS revealed that the car is now pulling The competition also resulted in an 70mph at 5,500 revs although the overwhelming response - Both of you got speedometer is now relegated to ‘looking it right!, but Anthony Shelton was the nice’ without actually being of much use! first correct entry guessing that the item was indeed a gearbox input bearing I’ve also put together my ‘modified’ retaining flange. Anthony is offering a engine and have had it running on the prize for this issues competition on page bench with a view to putting it in the car 13. Answers direct to him please. in the Winter. With 9:1 pistons, lightened flywheel and severely modified valve- Hopefully, this has reached you before train and manifolds, it should go like the the Ireland trip at the end of August clappers. For how long it continues to go because Keith has written a short bit on has yet to be seen… page 10 regarding where and when to meet etc. Another local success story is of the one- off special built by Topher Dawson from I’ve now managed to book my Ireland Ullapool (See issue 112). Despite all the accommodation although I wouldn’t be odds, he managed to get it on the road in surprised to find a Spanish waiter working time to take it to the 2CV World Meeting there. I’m not 100% convinced that in Borlange, Sweden. This involved they’ll actually have a room for me due driving from Ullapool to Glasgow for the to a recent ‘phone call just to check SVA test with a gearbox which was later exactly when I was coming and for how found out to be almost completely empty long… of any oil. Undeterred, he repeated the performance 10 days later and passed the If you see me in Ireland, come up and SVA with flying colours.