A Chapter of the North American MGB Register A Zone of the Vintage Triumph Register British Motor Club of Utah www.BMCUTAH.org July 2012 Volume 23 Number 4 JULY — Summer’s here ! TRAPPER’S LOOP and 2X OVER THE OQUIRRHS

The Oaks The annual Trappers Loop Run Sunday July 15

It is time again for our annual Trappers Loop Run and lunch at The Oaks in Ogden canyon.

The plan is for everyone to meet at the east end of Hogle Zoo at 9:00 am for a scheduled departure at 9:30 am. We will motor up Emigration Canyon to Little Del Reservoir, then over to East Can- yon, on to Morgan (watch out for the Morgan sheep dog in the middle of the road) where we will take a short break. Then we will travel the frontage road to Mountain Green, up over trappers loop and, road conditions permitting, we will take the old twisty road to Snow Basin down to Pineview Reservoir and onto the Oaks for lunch. East Canyon

Hope to see you there and if you have any questions contact John at: [email protected] (not progress).

Hogle Zoo Note: this is a Sunday Run. 9am

2X Over the Oquirrhs Duff Lawson will lead the twice over the Oquirrhs run July 28 and an email will be forthcoming with all the details of the run. This will be a new run we can all look forward to. Page 2 British Field Day 2012 - a smashing success!

MG TF

MG TD

Morgan

MGB GT and MGA

MG TC RHD

Winner of farthest distance travelled specifically for BFD: John Norcross, from New Jersey, also claimed to be visiting family.

Rovers new and old. Page 3 Some more of the many British vehicles present at this year’s BFD.

Jags

MG ZB 1957

MGB RHD

Aston Martin British Field Day

Lotus Elise

MG TDB Rat Rod Healeys Page 4 Great BMCU Economy Run June 9, 2012 Hybrids—Eat your hearts out!

Rich’s 1968 TR250 gets topped up and taped.

First out in ‘66 Sunbeam Roger and Jill get map and instructions from Duff.

4th out

Ron, solo, Jerry with copilot goes in MG TD over map Darrin gets info, modified head out as and in- MG TF is third out. second car away. structions before set- ting out as fifth car.

Refill after run… Highest mileage 57.816 mpg Top side of City Creek was just one of Extreme techniques pay off. the scenic portions of the run. 1980 MGB Page 5 Other news possibly of interest to British motor car owners… and Conversation with Jay Leno

Jay Leno will not only tour the Utah Museum of Fine Art’s exhibition "Speed: The Art of the Performance Automobile," but he and his pal Ken Gross, the exhibit’s guest curator, will appear for an evening of "Cars and Conversation" at Kingsbury Hall this Saturday, July 14, 8pm.

Where » Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, U of U, Salt Lake City. Tickets » $19.95-$59.95, available at the box office, speedumfa.com,smithstix.com and all Smith’s Tix locations.

Check out our Autojumble section on the BMCU website

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Lucas Calendar The British Motor Club of May 5, 2012: Visit Dr. Hoopes’ TS1LO, the first Triumph sports car. Utah welcomes anyone who owns or is a fan of classic May 19, 2012: Annual Antelope Island Run British cars and trucks. May 26—27, 2012: Annual Memorial Day Drive, Moab, UT Membership is free. If you

June 9, 2012: Economy Run, Salt Lake City are not a member and would like to join, go to our Con- June 16, 2012: British Field Day, Liberty Park, Salt Lake City tact page and let us know!

July 15, 2012: Trappers Loop Run, UT http://BMCUTAH.org July 28, 2012: Twice over the Oquirrhs, Tooele, UT If you would like to attend August 18, 2012: Alpine Loop, any of our events, you must August 2012: Utah Concours TBA adhere to the following rules: September 3, 2012: Miners’ Day Parade, Park City, UT

October 7 (14th rain date): Mirror Lake Run, UT 1. Show Up! 2. Have fun! November 10, 2012: End of Season Dinner, Bohemian Restaurant

Please send ideas, suggestions, comments, articles, and/or photos for the BMCU Newsletter to [email protected]

British Motor Club of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah Mark your calendar - Alpine Loop Run Saturday August 18, 2012

The BMCU’s 29th anniversary Alpine Loop Run will happen on Saturday August 18, 2012. Again “No one” has stepped up to organize it. We will meet at 9:30 AM or sooner if you come earlier, on the east side of the South Towne Mall (take the 106th South exit off I-15 going east, enter the mall parking lot off 106th South or from State Street about a block north of 106th South). We will plan on departing at 10:00 AM. For those who are coming from down south, we will be stopping at about 10:45 AM for bio-reconditioning at the C-Store and Chevron Station in Alpine just before SR 92 enters Alpine Canyon.

Bring your own lunch or find food in Heber. There is no raffle this year and no one is preparing food. We will meet up behind the Heber City Court House under the big tree for lunch like in the old days.

“No one”