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1 MAGAZINE OF THE CITROËN SPECIALS CLUB Editor Callum Beveridge 3 Chairmans Notes 47 Old Mill Lane, Inverness, Highland IV2 3XP Tel: 01463 231787 6 Editorial Email: [email protected] 11 MemSecs Report 12 Letters ADDRESS LABELS 35 Committee Profile Carole Chitty 36 Events Diary MAILING 40 Classified Ads Peter and Margaret Cook 47 Monthly Meetings CARTOONS 48 GenSecs Report John Wheatley Printed in England by: Paul Hackett The next ‘FLAT OUT’ GOES TO THE PRINTER 7 West Mids & Mid Wales on 5th October 2008 22 North West 23 Cotswold Chat The next Flat Out will be issued around Nov 1st Please send articles by e-mail or typed. 34 East Mids/Mid Shires 39 North Thames Gas 42 Not So Wild West CSC Homepage 45 Scotland Frozen North 46 East Coasters www.citroenspecialsclub.org 49 Down South Roundup Copyright 19 North By North-West Report 27 Belgium Report Neither the Editor nor the officers of the Citroen 25 Custard Muscles Specials Club are necessarily in agreement with opinions expressed in this magazine. Such opinions 33 Ace Cafe are entirely the views of the author and imply no 37 Belgium DVD Offer recommendation by the Citroen Specials Club 38 The French Connection 44 2009 Summer Camp Details All rights reserved. Apart from any fair dealings as permitted under the terms of the Copyright Design 50 The Car’s The Star and Patents Act of 1988, no part of this magazine may be reproduced in any form whatsoever without Front Cover: The organisers of the CSC the written permission of the Citroen Specials Club 2008 Summer Camp in Belgium 2 CHAIRMANS NOTES Hello to all. My name Steve Parrish and for my sins I was elected to be your chairman at the AGM this year, taking up my post from July. I have been a member of the Citroen specials since early 1991 but have been more active over the last few years attending as many events as work allows, and I intend to get to more. Thank you all for the chance to be the chair of this great club for the next four years. I hope that I can do the job as well as Alan has in his period of office, and I will be happy if I can CAR IS THE STAR’ in the last ‘Flat Out’. IT IS NOT NOW!!! As most of So from all the members. THANK YOU you know who went to Belgium ,we VERY MUCH ALAN ,for all the hard had to come in the tin top after the work over the last few years. As they engine gave up on the way to Dover It say behind every successful man is a was the timing wheel striping some successfully woman, so many thanks teeth. The Panhard is back on the from us all, to Carole as well. bench for a rebuild over the winter ,with the reliable 2cv back in My first report is easy with the action to get us out and about. outstanding 20th anniversary event in Belgium being such a great success. So if you see a man with a chicken on The event was organised and run by his head “its your chairman” come up Alan & Carole Peacock and Bill & Mary and say hello — I promise not to peck Johnson. Everything was though of, with a site that did us proud and in a well that’s enough for now stunning area, that was just fantastic for driving our cars around. There Keep on revving was so much to do and see it should have been two weeks. How will we Steve be able to follow that?. There will be a full write up in ‘Flat Out’ from others I am sure. Next an apology for the article ‘THE 3 Officers Chairman: Steve Parrish 16 Ivor Close, Holbury, Southampton, Hants 023 8089 2071 SO45 2NY email: [email protected] Secretary: Dr John Fowler “Rivendell” Shortsill Lane Flaxby 01423 867410 Knaresborough, N Yorks HG5 0RT 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 & Allyson 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 & Philip Costin-Kelly 42, Timbertree Road, Cradley Heath West Midlands: 01384 567804 West Midlands, B64 7LE. 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 North Wales: Contact: Bob Lloyd The Oaks, Preston Gubbles Rd. Bomere 01939 290216 Heath, Nr Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4 3LU 4 Falcon Contact: Joyce Taylor Ridge Cottage, Glevering 01728 746 155 Hill, Wickham Market, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 0DG Specials Contact: Richard Perfitt 10 Monmouth Road, Harlington LU2 01525 876 671 Dunstable, Beds. e.mail:[email protected] Pembleton Contact: Dave Parr Oaktree Cottage, High St, Inkberrow 01386 793042 Worcs WR7 4DY. 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 The ‘Terrible Twins’ Terry and Mike were out ‘in force’ 5 EDITORIAL Hello, Welcome to the post-Belgium issue of ‘Flat Out’ What a blast—great weather, great food and great company. No 2am engine changes— what a bonus! In terms of mechanical breakdown, the trip was remarkably free of trouble. I’m sure everyone will join me in thanking Alan, Carole, Bill and Mary for all the hard work they put in. For those of you who couldn’t join us, Roy De Boise has produced a very good 3-DVD set of the proceedings which is available to order. open for a faded red Lomax 224 with full Roy informs me that he’ll be posting out all of weather gear appearing on ebay soon! the pre-ordered sets in September when he gets back from holiday. See page 44 for more After the Belgium trip, I turned my attention to details my carburettor problems and have now gained a more thorough understanding of these little Unfortunately, Brian Peters has had to step blighters. Suffice to say, that the car is now down from Regalia Sales, so we’re on the look running better than ever and I don’t expect to out for someone to take on this job. If anyone swap another carburettor for a very long time! is interested, please contact our new chairman Steve Parrish. It’s good to see so many new members joining the club—especially if they drive a Burton. A couple of weeks ago, I set off with another Welcome Steve! 10 cars on the North by North-West run to the very tip of Scotland. Despite the grim weather We’ve got the Selkirk Rally coming up in forecast, we had a reasonably dry time it. Part September, which is turning into one of the of the run involved a 21 mile stretch down a biggest shows in Scotland. There’s also Ian single-track road to the ruins of an iron-age Ross’s camping weekend and runs at Glenfarg Broch. Having never driven this road before, I in October—should be a fitting end to a great was pleasantly surprised to find it in good summer of events and trips. condition until I realised that the 21-mile grass ’strip’ growing along the middle of the road The plans for the 2009 summer camp are well would make it most interesting for the three- advanced with a full programme of events wheelers. Another good reason to trade up to a planned for the weekend. Full details of the Burton! itinerary can be found on page 44. The November/December issue of ‘Flat Out’ will One slightly worrying development following have a separate ‘Summer Camp 2009’ the North By North-West run was that Jennie brochure with final details and a booking form. and Merlin stayed with us on the Sunday night However, if you’re planning to attend, it’s and set off for a walk in the mountains on the worth getting in touch with David Field now to Monday Morning, leaving her Lomax parked let him gauge numbers and plan accordingly.