SPECIAL COVID-19 COMMEMORATIVE EDITION MAY 21, 2020 Roundabout – Special Edition Branch members, readers and friends, welcome to this special edition of the Roundabout. This is an attempt to fill the social void created by the required social distancing. Please enjoy the photos, some with a car, some without, some older photos where our friends appear younger, and some photos that are very recent and show the results of staying away from the bar- ber shop and hair stylist! I know this cannot make up for our calendars that are empty of motor- ing runs, car shows and social gatherings but hopefully this Roundabout will brighten your day and allow us to look forward to days of more ac- tivity and socialising in the not-too-distant future. Many thanks to Walter Reynolds and Steve Hutchens for making this happen. Regards, Alan Inglis, VCB Chair From Steve Hutchens, Editor — Dateline May 21, 2020 During the “lockdown” period of COVID-19 virtually all of our Vancouver Coast Branch activities have been cancelled. Bummer! Then Walter Reynolds suggested a special edition of the Roundabout with pictures of our members and their cars as a way to have a bit of contact. The response has exceed expectations! Some members got their cars out of storage for special photos. Others have sent cool photos from a few years ago. All are great and it is been fun to see these pictures! Because I received such varied contributions the layout is a bit haphazard but I hope everyone enjoys this Special Covid-19 Commemorative Edition as much as I enjoyed assembling it. Thanks, Walter, for suggesting this project. Stay safe … so we can all look forward to our next event together! Alan and Maureen Inglis 1969 Lotus Elan Alan and Maureen check in Dave Collis at the LBRun in 2015 Paul & Wendy DaDalt 1956 MGA Dave Collis 1965 Ford Anglia 124E and 1963 Morgan 4/4 Harv & Shirley McCullough 1956 Jaguar XK140 FHC, 1966 Jaguar S Type, 1974 Triumph TR6, 1976 MG Midget, 2001 Jaguar S Type Robert & Deirdre Matthews Many English cars in our past Sarah Wilson—1959 MGA 1600 Coupe, 1965 Austin Healey 3000, 1966 Triumph TR4A, 1967 Austin Healey 3000, 1968 Triumph TR250 & 1968 Jaguar E-Type Coupe Les & June Burkholder 1932 Morgan 3-Wheeler, 1964 Morgan DHC & 1969 Morgan 4/4 4-Seater How some club members remember our travels TR8: Nakusp Canada Day parade John & Lorna Hoare—1953 MG TD & 1981 Triumph TR8 Our first British car was an Aston Martin. John bought it in Scotland 1971. John and I had met on a ship in 1971 and he courted me in it. I must have been impressed as we were married in 1972. We shipped car to Aus- tralia where we lived in Fre- mantle, Western Australia. It MG: Getting ready for the Hearts and Tarts Run was a sad day when we sold it in 1975, thinking we would get another one when we moved back to Scotland but it never happened. We finally got our next British car, a 953 MGTD in 2007. Our first British car Walter & Linda Reynolds “2003: Walter & Linda, neophytes in the Old British Car hobby.” Walter & Linda in their 1963 Rover 3 Litre on the 2019 LBRun David Vervaet & Teresa Evancic 1959 Rover 75 P4, 1971 Austin Mini & 1979 Land Rover Series III Steve & Susan Blake 1962 Morgan Plus 4 4-Seater & 1967 Austin Healey 3000 Bernie & Pat Miles 2003 Jaguar XJ8 Bart & Audrey Shaw 1966 Triumph TR4A & 2001 Jaguar XJ8 Les Foster & Calla King-Foster—1951 Ford Thames Pickup John & Marny Peirson 1911 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost, 1965 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud & 1968 Austin Mini Alan & Mary Lou Miles 1962 Sunbeam Rapier & 1966 Sunbeam Alpine Steve Hutchens & Celia Obrecht 1961 Morgan Drophead Coupe, 1962 Morgan Plus 4 4-Seater & 1965 Morris Mini Estate 2008 BRBC photo courtesy of the Quesnel Cariboo Observer 2019 LBRun photo courtesy of Les Foster Rod & Mary McNeil 1960 Austin Healey Sprite Tom Popovich & Hedy Taldo 1968 MGC Roadster & 1979 Jensen GT We took this photo on April 30 after a drive out through Aldergrove and then White Rock for fish & chips and then back to Crescent Beach. Note that we kept our social distancing and parked the Jensen Far away from others. It was a good day to be back behind the wheel again! Peter & Elizabeth Dent 1979 Triumph TR7 Attached is a photo of our ’79 TR7. It's a project car that has spent the last far too many years under a tarp in the driveway slowly oxidizing as it awaited my attention. It has only recently once again seen the stark light of day but, actually, surprisingly, it seems to have weathered its Rip Van Winkle like slumber quite well. I had taken the precaution of liberally daubing grease and used engine oil wherever I could reach before pulling the tarp over it all those years ago. Apart from the wheel arches and sills it seems structurally quite sound - words that will no doubt return to haunt me at some point in the future. With the electrics on the other hand, well, the electrons appear to be socially distancing along with the rest of us which doesn’t help things. However, having said all that, whilst it entered the garage perched on wheel skates and got a come along cable puller heartily cranked for forward motion. For this photo, it was driven out and back again under its own power. (Still didn’t dare turn on those pop-up lights mind you - I suspect witchcraft at work with those things). I have purchased a quantity of electrical wire in anticipation of some rewiring work; purchased from Sparks NV, yes, that’s right Sparks - you just can’t make this stuff up. So, albeit incrementally, there has been a modicum of progress. I plan a test run to evaluate the mechanicals before returning it to the workshop for paint and body work and whatever defects the test run unearths. I don’t imagine it will be on the road this summer but, sadly, the way things are going that may be some- thing of a trend generally. Bill & Suzanne with their friends good friends Rennie and Marie Bill Grant & Suzanne Ness 1953 Ford Zephyr Mk1, 1953 Vauxhall Ute, 1957 Ford Zodiac Mk2, 1958 Ford Zodiac Mk2 Convertible, 1959 Ford Zephyr Mk2, 1959 Morris Minor 2-Door and 1960 Morris Minor 2-Door Malcolm & Barbara Tait 1969 Rover 2000 TC & 1970 Rover Larry Sharp & Tina Lonneberg 1969 Morgan 4/4 4-Seater Peter & Eileen Howard-Jones 1975 Triumph TR6 John & Lynne McDonald and their granddaughters Kalea (the taller) and Kenna (the shorter) 1949 Austin A40 Devin & 1980 Triumph TR8 John Clarke and Susanne Jackson 1956 MGA Coupe, 1957 MGA Roadster, 1962 MGA Roadster, 1962 MGB Roadster, 1965 Jaguar E-Type FHC, 1966 MGB Roadster, 1974 MGB Roadster, 1969 Jaguar E-Type and three Jaguar Mk 9s Ken & Pat Miles 1946 Triumph 1800, 1960 Morgan DHC, 1968 Morgan Plus 8, & 1969 Morgan 4/4 Mike & Karlie McChesney 1967 MGB GT Anne and Doug Courtemanche 1956 Jaguar XK140 OTS, 1957 Bentley S1, 1960 Alvis TD21 & 1994 Bentley Sovereign Chris Venning & Judy Way 1971 Jaguar E-Type Series II OTS Bence & Helen McIntyre 1959 Morris Oxford Malcolm Sparrow & Laverne Barnes 1993 Morgan Plus 4 & 1993 Morgan Plus 8 Chris and Alayne Brunt-Tompsett 1965 Morgan Plus 4 2-Seater Kelly & Mike Parkinson with Luke and Anita & Gerry Parkinson with Wyatt and their MG GTs Gerry & Anita Parkinson 1932 Raleigh LDV, 1958 MGA & 1969 MGC GT Mike & Kelly Parkinson with Luke and Wyatt 1967 MGB GT 2020 Vancouver Coast Branch Executive Steve Hutchens, Editor Malcolm Tait, Treasurer Lorna Hoare, Event & Meeting Co- Walter Reynolds, Immediate Past ordinator and Good & Welfare Chairperson Alan Inglis, Chairperson Christine Guay and Elise McKenna, Tom Popovich, Vice Chairperson Membership Coordinators .