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The Journal of Loose Nuts and Broken Spokes GSBCC’s NEWSLETTER January 2019 page 1 Inside This Issue (maybe) Motoring News Circa 1966 This Month’s Feature Article by Bill Unger, Newsletter Editor GSBCC Officers and Committee Chairs My brother found a July 1966 copy of Road Welcome New Members to Our Garage & Track at a swap meet and sent it to me The Prez’s View Through The Bug Spatter because of articles about a Jaguar XK-E and an Monthly Meeting Minutes Alfa Romeo Spider, both of which Lisa and I Spotlight on Our Fellow Club Members own. Club & Special Interest Events I opened the Tool Box Technical Notes large envelope For Sale, Wanteds, Services, Free, Etc. with the Ran When Wrecked and Abandoned magazine inside Enlightening Member Meanderings as I walked back Occasional Drips and Leakages to the house from the mailbox. I immediately Next Month’s Meeting found the R&T 09-Feb-2019 Saturday, 11:00 a.m., such a fun read Ninth Anniversary Party Shine & that I sat down Show (and monthly meeting), 11:00 on a bench that I am, The Boathouse Waterway Bar placed in the and Grill, 201 Fantasy Harbour Blvd., woods a few Myrtle Beach. years ago and devoured the entire issue before Guests Are Always Welcome! returning to the house. Why can't car mags be Club Website:www.GrandStrandBritishCarClub.com as much fun to read these days? I am really Club Calendar of Events: tired of reading about electric vehicles, www.Google.com/calendar/embed?src=hub1tpr performance SUV’s from Germany, and quarter [email protected]. million dollar plus cars that I will never own or com&ctz=America/New_York&gsessionid=OK get a chance to drive. And the future of self- Club FaceBook: driving cars … the times they are a’changin’. www.FaceBook.com/pages/Grand-Strand- Some Highlights from July 1966 on the next British-Car-Club/344525917851 page .... The Journal of Loose Nuts and Broken Spokes GSBCC’s NEWSLETTER January 2019 page 2 (R&T Highlights 1966) GSBCC Officers and Ad features Richard Petty's blue Plymouth Hemi ... back when real cars were driven in Committee Chairs NASCAR races. Ford GTs finish 1-2-3 at Daytona 24 Hours President Rod Smith Fiat ad uses sex to sell cars -- "Second Best (843) 651-7644 Shape in Italy" … whose shape was number [email protected] one, Sophia Loren’s or Gina Lollobrigida’s? Clip and send in coupons for more info, free Vice President Greg Hoch stickers, J.C. Whitney catalogue … “Let Your (843) 357-2697 Fingers Do the Walking”, just not with a [email protected] keyboard. Kelsey-Hayes brake ad features race car Secretary Patsy Hoch drivers Gurney, Ruby, Miles, McLaren, Amon, (843) 357-2697 Bucknum, Ginther -- any of them still alive? [email protected] Calendar of Motor Sports Events -- R&T has pretty much dropped the "Track" from their Treasurer & Club Regalia Sales Jim Smith current content. (843) 907-0178 LP record of Sounds of 24 Hours of Le Mans [email protected] $4.95 ($1 extra for stereo) -- my buddy and I used to turn out the lights, lie on our backs Newsletter Editor Bill Unger on the floor, and listen to this with his Hi-Fi (843) 527-7840 cranked up. Almost like being there! [email protected] R&T blasts Ralph Nader’s Unsafe at Any Speed for unsubstantiated safety claims Social Media Editor Felicia Sachs regarding America’s version of a Porsche. (843) 455-8273 “How to Install Air Conditioning in Your [email protected] Sports Car” -- nowadays you have to go to the dealer just to have the oil changed! Events Chair Bob Puttbach Fiberglass kit cars for Corvair, VW, and (910) 575-1258 Porsche running gear -- all you need is a [email protected] garage and some Craftsman hand tools. Sterling Moss endorses J/Wax for his Membership Chair Skip Robertson Mercedes Benz 230SL. (843) 645-8972 Citroen DS-21 reaches 60 mph in just 14.8 [email protected] seconds, beating the Fiat 1100R which takes 21.6 sec to 60 mph, eventually reaching a top Social Events Chair Kathie Foltz speed of 81 mph by the time you get to your (843) 655-2485 destination. [email protected] (see R&T Highlights 1966 next page) The Journal of Loose Nuts and Broken Spokes GSBCC’s NEWSLETTER January 2019 page 3 Hertz now offers 1000 Shelby GT-350H's Welcome to the Garage for rent, but you must be at least 25 years by Rod Smith, President old. Oddly, more than a 1000 GT-350H's are “Welcome” to our newest GSBCC members ... on the road today! GM shows Mako Shark at the New York Auto Donald Vaughan (Dec-2018) Show. Maybe the future shape of Myrtle Beach, SC Corvettes? Nah! tel (646) 330-3759 New Excaliber SS offered for those still [email protected] living in the 1930's. 1979 Mini Abarth and Stebro advertise their competing performance exhaust systems on Jennifer Zangara and Larry Holloway (Dec- opposing pages. 2018) Hop up your XK-E with a triple Webers kit Loris, SC for $575. Cut 0.8 seconds from your ¼ mile home tel (843) -716-0682 time and drive yourself crazy trying to cell tel (732) 236-0582 balance them! R&T says that they "were [email protected] hard pressed to detect any difference" and 1967 Mini Moke, 1967 Mini Cooper S "improvement in acceleration times is not 1967 MGB GT, 2005 Aston Martin DB9 dramatic" as compared to triple SU's. Really looks cool, though. Johnny and Lisa Shumate (Jan-2019) The Monte Carlo rally will never be the same Ocean Isle, NC with “Moving Map Display” (aka. MMD) cell tel (224) 419-2503 showing one's exact location utilizing 35 mm [email protected] film projector in dashboard display for only 1979 Mini $6000! Who needs GPS? From the Practical Projects file … how to Ashton Berry (Jan-2019) install 1964 Mercury Monterey sedan Latta, SC armrests in you MGB-GT. And hot tip from [email protected] the pros ... if the front end of your Jaguar XK-140 shimmies, you probably need new ball Tom and Janis Bombardier (Jan-2019) joints, properly shimmed, of course! Myrtle Beach, SC Used Cars For Sale -- 1964 Ferrari GTO cell tel (860) 558-3586 with new paint and engine $8750 (still a lot [email protected] more than the median household annual 1977 MGB income in 1966). Or a Jaguar D-type ex Ecurie Ecosse $12k. But I will go for the (R&T Highlights 1966) 1963 E-type OTS for $900 … extensive body damage but does include a car cover! What ever happened to MG Mitten? I want New Alfa Romeo 1600 Spider is introduced to buy some string-back gloves! before the names Duetto or Graduate are applied. The Journal of Loose Nuts and Broken Spokes GSBCC’s NEWSLETTER January 2019 page 4 locations and at different times on different Monthly Meeting Minutes days to encourage participation. Saturday, January 12, 2019 Social Media Chair Felicia Sachs is doing a Magnolia’s at 26th, Myrtle Beach, SC great job with club publicity on our website and by Patsy Hoch, Secretary on our Facebook page. She is even planning another trivia contest at next month’s At approximately 9:49 a.m. President Rod anniversary meeting, complete with prizes. Smith called the meeting of the Grand Strand Newsletter Editor Bill Unger asked British Car Club to order with 39 members and everyone to please send articles, photos, guests in attendance. He began by thanking personal interest stories (about your first everyone for coming and asked that we British car, your adventures, disasters …), introduce ourselves for the benefit of the new reminiscences, and want ads to him. The GSBCC members (Jennifer Zangara and Larry Newsletter is distributed to 20-30 car clubs Holloway, Tom Bombardier, Bill Pound and Jane around the country, and he is often contacted Reis) and guests (George Haynes from to reprint articles, to share want ads. He Rochester, NY and Richard Hardison from reminded us that all newsletters are archived Raleigh. on the website with an index to sort by club Vice President Greg Hoch reminded events, tech articles, etc. everyone to always wear their GSBCC name Britfest: tags. He also reminded us of the Gathering Ray Maggio is working with Friends at April 12-14, a great show hosted by the Emerson in Boston on a poster to sell at Triumph Club of the Carolinas held on the Britfest. He thanked those who had shared grounds of the Shelton Winery. There will be some ideas, and reported that the poster is in over 250 cars, all British Marques, and the photoshop development, featuring a Triumph Hampton Inn is the host hotel. All information with a Union Jack in the background. He will be in the newsletter, including an expects the first draft this week and will be application. He also encouraged everyone to able to provide an e-file to Rod for the group consider attending the upcoming shows in review. Columbia and Wilmington. Stancy Bender suggested that we Rod reported on behalf of Treasurer Jim consider duplicating the poster on our Smith that we are in good financial order. advertising postcard. We failed to get approval of the minutes due to an oversight and will ask for a vote on both Joel Carnossa suggested that we could December and January minutes in February. utilize the poster as a club fundraiser … your Membership Chair Skip Robertson car could be on this poster next year (like he announced that we now have 92 members with saw in Charleston).