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BBACKFIREBACKFIREACKwww.nwcasualclassics.online/wpwwFw.nwcaIsuaRlclassics.Eonline/wp https://www.facebook.com/groups/northwestcasualclassicshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/northwestcasualclassics AugustAugust 20192019 t s s c i s e s a l W C l h a t r u s o a Casual Classics North West Casual Classics C North West N #1#1 2424 NNortort erhe n Cl urn b Club Years COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, S CHATTER Chairman:- Vice-Chairman & Events Management:- Hi All, but I am well pleased with my purchase. The Nigel France 07932 057570 Kenny Jackson 07983 755655 I know we didn't win the Practical Classics 'Best other lot of spares went above my best bid and in [email protected] British Car Club' moniker, but we were in the Top the end two buyers were fighting over them. [email protected] Ten! One thing is certain, there is no better NWCC member Denis Syder collected the Treasurer & Membership Secretary:- Classic Car Club than North West Casual chassis with his transporter and brought it back Steve Tanser Events Secretary:- Geoff Cross Classics north of Silverstone! That, of course, is from the Wolds. One of the items missing from [email protected] due to it being a well-run Club, with a dedicated my Austin is the very rare 'Jackall System' and [email protected] committee, and totally supportive paid-up this was present on the chassis. The petrol tank Webmaster & Facebook Administrator:- members, something which I don't think was lost has got an oily goo inside so it's not rusty, great Phil Stott Press & PR Officer:- on the Practical Classics editor Danny Hopkins. I news. The engine was with oil and wasn't stuck Bob Holder 07749 100007 [email protected] think that, if it was he alone to decide, we would either so after borrowing the dizzy cap and leads [email protected] have won, but that's just my view. from my car, cleaning the plugs and points, and a Social Secretaries:- North West Casual Classics had its first official wiring lash up it fired up! (See NWCC Eileen & Alan Smith meeting in November 1995, so next year will be Facebook). The last test is to see if it drives and Backfire Editor:- [email protected] Joe Gowland our 25th Birthday! That's the Silver one. Do you the gearbox is viable, if that's the case then the have any ideas on how we should mark this disassembly can continue. The bare chassis will Secretary:- [email protected] occasion? A party? A Run? Kenny has offered to be for sale as Anne says that even if I have it shot Teresa Cross do his dance of the seven army surplus blankets, blasted and stove enamelled I won't be allowed DISCLAIMER but I'm sceptical about it. to hang it on the lounge wall! C'est la Vie! Any views or opinions expressed in the NWCC newsletter do not necessarily represent those of AUSTIN 16 It was nice to see a massive turnout at Newton- the Club, its officers or committee members. No responsibility can be accepted for inaccurate or It was all Colin Petit's fault. He called to say that le-Willows Show on 3rd of August. NWCC came misleading information within this newsletter. an Austin 16 rolling chassis was coming up for away with Best in Show: James Cook' Standard Please note: The Third Party Liability Insurance, that the Club has taken, out only covers auction and was I interested? Well, parts are members when attending events that have been booked through the Club. For other events always a problem when your car is 71 years old, attended individually, please make sure that you are covered by your own insurance. so I decided I would give it a shot. Kenny and I went over to Louth in Lincolnshire for a squint at Welcome to our new members: the lots. Indeed it was a complete rolling chassis, a car without a body. Engine, gearbox, back axle, Philip Jackson Sabre Royale brakes, steering, etc.,etc., the whole nine yards. Stephen Turner The chassis itself was mint! Another lot of bits did David Collier Wartburg 1.3 Estate interest me and that lot included a pair of unused Andrew Biddulph Porsche 911 rear wings. The bidding was online so, after Returning Members Kenny and I visited the nearby seaside town of Ian Wady Morris Minor Mablethorpe for fish and chips and a sit on the Anthony Clapcott seafront, it was off home to commence the Paul Grimshaw Chevy Truck bidding. The guy from the auction house said I Let’s make them all very welcome to our Club. could enter my maximum bid and then whatever anyone else bid up to my maximum I would Avon was a worthy winner indeed! Not forgetting FRONT COVER: Lymm Transport Festival had all sorts of vehicles on show as is usual at this always be the top bidder. Should I be outbid, they event, 23/6/2019 the Barry Molyneux People's Choice Trophy would message me and I would have 10 minutes awarded to Tony Kelly for his beautiful Ford REAR COVER: NWCC featured on the front cover of Practical Classics’ August 2019 mag to respond if the auction had ended. In reality I Popular. Well done both of you. think they made me pay my maximum amount, Cheers Nigel 2 Next Club night: 10th September Backfire August 2019 3 COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, S CHATTER Chairman:- Vice-Chairman & Events Management:- Hi All, but I am well pleased with my purchase. The Nigel France 07932 057570 Kenny Jackson 07983 755655 I know we didn't win the Practical Classics 'Best other lot of spares went above my best bid and in [email protected] British Car Club' moniker, but we were in the Top the end two buyers were fighting over them. [email protected] Ten! One thing is certain, there is no better NWCC member Denis Syder collected the Treasurer & Membership Secretary:- Classic Car Club than North West Casual chassis with his transporter and brought it back Steve Tanser Events Secretary:- Geoff Cross Classics north of Silverstone! That, of course, is from the Wolds. One of the items missing from [email protected] due to it being a well-run Club, with a dedicated my Austin is the very rare 'Jackall System' and [email protected] committee, and totally supportive paid-up this was present on the chassis. The petrol tank Webmaster & Facebook Administrator:- members, something which I don't think was lost has got an oily goo inside so it's not rusty, great Phil Stott Press & PR Officer:- on the Practical Classics editor Danny Hopkins. I news. The engine was with oil and wasn't stuck Bob Holder 07749 100007 [email protected] think that, if it was he alone to decide, we would either so after borrowing the dizzy cap and leads [email protected] have won, but that's just my view. from my car, cleaning the plugs and points, and a Social Secretaries:- North West Casual Classics had its first official wiring lash up it fired up! (See NWCC Eileen & Alan Smith meeting in November 1995, so next year will be Facebook). The last test is to see if it drives and Backfire Editor:- [email protected] Joe Gowland our 25th Birthday! That's the Silver one. Do you the gearbox is viable, if that's the case then the have any ideas on how we should mark this disassembly can continue. The bare chassis will Secretary:- [email protected] occasion? A party? A Run? Kenny has offered to be for sale as Anne says that even if I have it shot Teresa Cross do his dance of the seven army surplus blankets, blasted and stove enamelled I won't be allowed DISCLAIMER but I'm sceptical about it. to hang it on the lounge wall! C'est la Vie! Any views or opinions expressed in the NWCC newsletter do not necessarily represent those of AUSTIN 16 It was nice to see a massive turnout at Newton- the Club, its officers or committee members. No responsibility can be accepted for inaccurate or It was all Colin Petit's fault. He called to say that le-Willows Show on 3rd of August. NWCC came misleading information within this newsletter. an Austin 16 rolling chassis was coming up for away with Best in Show: James Cook' Standard Please note: The Third Party Liability Insurance, that the Club has taken, out only covers auction and was I interested? Well, parts are members when attending events that have been booked through the Club. For other events always a problem when your car is 71 years old, attended individually, please make sure that you are covered by your own insurance. so I decided I would give it a shot. Kenny and I went over to Louth in Lincolnshire for a squint at Welcome to our new members: the lots. Indeed it was a complete rolling chassis, a car without a body. Engine, gearbox, back axle, Philip Jackson Sabre Royale brakes, steering, etc.,etc., the whole nine yards. Stephen Turner The chassis itself was mint! Another lot of bits did David Collier Wartburg 1.3 Estate interest me and that lot included a pair of unused Andrew Biddulph Porsche 911 rear wings. The bidding was online so, after Returning Members Kenny and I visited the nearby seaside town of Ian Wady Morris Minor Mablethorpe for fish and chips and a sit on the Anthony Clapcott seafront, it was off home to commence the Paul Grimshaw Chevy Truck bidding.