February 2020 Newsletter
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February 2020 Volume 28, Issue 2 The Terminal Post Newsletter of the Positive Earth Drivers Club, a nonprofit, all-marque British car club in Central New Jersey Important Dates to Remember February 5: Monthly meeting • at Woody’s, Farmingdale, NJ, 7:30 PM. • February 9: Sunday breakfast in Spring Lake Heights, NJ & Sentimental Journey concert in Ocean Grove, NJ. See page 4. 1985 • February 29: 2020 membership renewals due! See last page for form. • September 26: “Brits on the Beach,” Ocean Grove, NJ, 10 AM – 4 PM. What’s Inside Wishes Do Come True BOB ARZBERGER British Automotive Terms, 4 Greetings from Positive Earth, 5 had always wanted to Officers, Trustees, & Staff, 6 own a classic car. In the January Meeting Minutes, 10 fall of 2017 my sister, Christmas/holiday Party Pix, 12 MG TD Deserves Your Love, 14 Lorraine, told me that her Happy 70th Birthday MG TD, 15 friend Connie’s late brother-in-law, Tony, had Fall Drive: Pine Barrens, 16 Order Your Regalia Now, 18 purchased a car in 1998. Fall Drive: Hunterdon County, 19 He was a classic car Bob’s Tech Tip, 21 collector and bought a 1973 Triumph GT6 2020 PEDC Events Calendar, 22 Mk III that he didn’t want to tell his wife, flatbed from Carteret, NJ to my garage in Classified Ads, 28 Allison, about. So he asked Allison’s friend Middletown, NJ. Farewell Motorcar Garage, 28 if he could hide it in her garage for awhile. Sponsor Ads, 29 Almost 20 years later this friend mentioned to I now had this car that I had always The Last Word, 30 Allison that she had stored Tony’s car in her dreamed of but wasn’t quite sure how PEDC 2020 Membership Form garage all these years and now wanted it to get it back on the road. I’d been to Brits on the Beach several times, finally removed. Tony had passed away many years before, and this was the first time Allison had joining the PEDC while there in 2017. heard of the car! Continued on page 2 – Wishes When my sister heard about it she told her TOP: Garage Squaders Bob Canfield, left, and friend that I would be interested in the car if Scott Freund, right, really getting into their they wanted to sell it. Allison was very happy dashboard work on the GT6. Photo courtesy of to sell it to me because she knew that two Bob Canfield. ABOVE: The GT6 makes it debut at dreams – her husband’s and mine – would Brits on the Beach 2019, taking 2nd in the Triumph Spitfire & GT6 Class. Well done, Bob! now be fulfilled. Shortly thereafter, on a cool Photo by Carol Kyle. LEFT: Maiden voyage after fall day, my dream car began its journey on a four months of GS work. Photo by Russ Sharples. Page 2 of 30 The Terminal Post Continued from page 1 – Wishes carbs and took them with him to Bob Canfield working on the engine, above. rebuild. The guys also removed the Photo by Ken Kyle. In February 2019 I went to my first gas tank, and Paul took it with him PEDC meeting at Woody’s, where I to be restored. The calipers, disks, Wintjen, and Scott Freund were hard met Bob Canfield and John Quelch. and hubs were removed from the at work. The team removed the seats, After talking with them about my front, during which process Bob and tunnel, and carpet. The clutch slave GT6, within two weeks they came out John discovered the upper ball joints was also removed. The door cards to my garage with a small group of and trunnions needed to be replaced. were removed and the mechanisms their Garage Squad gang to “check Then the rear brake drums, shoes, lubricated. Bob Moser cut off the out” the car. They checked it over retainers, and wheel cylinders were outside mirror and the wiper and were actually able to get it to all removed, and the guys discovered wheelhouses. The firewall/bulkhead start for a brief period. Two days later that a number of the steel brake lines and rear-brake backing plates were I had a heart attack. Little did I know were in poor condition. They drained cleaned, sanded, masked, and that hearing the car actually run was the oil and antifreeze as well as painted. The front shock/springs were going to do that to me, or maybe it removed all of the heater hoses and removed, and Bob Canfield took them was the detailed parts list John had the thermostat. The tie-rod ends and home for disassembly. On Sunday sent me! gaiters also were removed, as were Bob Canfield, John Quelch, Chris the brake and clutch master cylinders, Rorke, Mark Wintjen, Art Becker, and 23 March 2019 the PDWS, and the pedal box Woody Smith were hard at work again. Mark Wintjen restored the wheel- The Garage Squad was hard at work assemblies. The team did an amazing center embellishers, making them look starting the GT6’s journey to getting it amount of work this day, and John left like new again. Art and Woody back on the road. Bob Canfield, John me with the infamous long parts list. removed the windshield. Mark cleaned Quelch, Paul Johnson, Mark Wintjen, up the glass, and it was then awaiting Craig Coutros, Chris Rorke, Scott 30-31 March 2019 new rubber. John and Bob Canfield Freund, and Wayne Simpson were all During this weekend the guys returned discovered that the timing-chain cover working their magic. By the end of to continue the journey. On Saturday seal was leaking and a fan blade was the afternoon Mark had the paint Bob Canfield, John Quelch, Bob Moser, shining again. Wayne removed the Paul Johnson, Craig Coutros, Mark Continued on page 3 – Wishes The Terminal Post Page 3 of 30 Continued from page 2 – Wishes ABOVE: Bob Arzberger, left, and Mark Wintjen Bob Canfield, John Quelch, Paul right, working on the tires and wheels. Johnson, Chris Rorke, Mark Wintjen, Photos by Wayne Simpson. missing. They removed the radiator, and Ken Kyle came out to the garage. fan, harmonic balancer, and timing BELOW: Chris Rorke cleans some of the engine Bob and Paul got the back brakes done, cover. Bob Canfield removed the rest parts. Photo by Bob Canfield. and Bob got the rear shocks changed. of the front suspension, including the The painting in the engine compartment sway bar, which needed new bushes was done, the plugs were put in, and the and downlinks, and the rack, which fuel pump was installed. The rear window needed new rubber mounts. Extensive trim was also installed. cleaning on the engine and frame was completed. Bob Canfield was able to 14 April 2019 remove the distributor with lots of Bob Canfield, Chris Rorke, Craig Coutros, determination and muscle-power. It Ken Saviet, and Scott Freund worked on was an amazing weekend. So much forming/installing new brake lines, instal- was accomplished by these guys. ling the steering rack, assembling and installing the front-end bits, installing the 6-7 April 2019 transmission mount, and finishing up the This was another Garage Squad clear-coat work on the engine bay. Craig doubleheader. On Saturday Bob and Scott made some incredible bends in Canfield, John Quelch, Scott Freund, the brake lines to match the old ones. Mark Wintjen, Chris Rorke, Paul Chris cleaned and painted the anti-sway Johnson, and Joe Lippi came out. bar and installed the new bushings. Ken The intake and exhaust manifolds and and Bob worked on getting the rack back the exhaust system were removed. in place and assembling the front-end Mark Wintjen and Joe Lippi painted the pieces. This was the only time John was headliner and got it to look new again. not here, and he was missed. (I’m sure he The engine was painted as well as the was suffering from withdrawal this day.) bulkhead and the left-side front frame. Chris cut and drilled the exhaust manifold/down-pipe studs. On Sunday Continued on page 7 – Wishes Page 4 of 30 The Terminal Post PEDC Breakfast & Concert Sunday, 9 February 2020, 11 AM – 4 PM RSVP by 5 February to organizer Pat Wignall, [email protected] 11:00 AM – Meet for breakfast at Marigold Café, 2003 Highway 71, Spring Lake Heights, NJ 2:30 PM – Meet at the Jersey Shore Arts Center, South Main Street, Ocean Grove, NJ. 3:00 PM – Enjoy Sentimental Journey Big Band performing “Swingtime at the Movies,” featuring our own Curt (sax) & Altha Morton (vocalist). Music from the 1930s, 40s, and beyond. The concert runs about an hour. Purchase your tickets ($15pp) for the show in advance online here: https://jerseyshoreartscenter.ticketleap.com/swingtimeatthemovies/ The Terminal Post ABCs of British Auto Terminology EDITOR BRITISH TERM AMERICAN EQUIVALENT Carol Kyle Accumulator Battery TECHNICAL EDITOR Bonnet Hood Ken Kyle Boot Trunk Car park Parking garage or parking lot Cubby box Glove compartment Drop-head coupe Convertible variant of 2-door coupe Earth Ground Fixed-head coupe Two-door coupe Frog-eye Sprite Bugeye Sprite The Terminal Post is the newsletter of Hood Convertible top the Positive Earth Drivers Club (PEDC), Indicator Turning signal a nonprofit, all-marque British car club Mole wrench Vice grips founded in 1989 and incorporated in Nave plate Hubcap 2010 in central New Jersey, USA. Our Pavement Sidewalk newsletter is published monthly, except in December. The goal of the PEDC Petrol Gasoline is to preserve, restore, maintain, drive, Puncture Flat tire and otherwise enjoy vintage British Rev counter Tachometer automobiles.