THETHE COSTA COSTA DEL DEL SOL’SSOL’S ORIGINALORIGINAL CLASSICCLASSIC CAR CAR CLUB CLUB 15TH ANNIVERSARY BOOK 2004 - 2019 15 www.solclassiccarclub.net The Costa del Sol’s Original Classic Car Club Founded 2004:No. Reg.Assoc.7739 15TH ANNIVERSARY BOOK 2004-2019 WITH SPECIAL CONTENTS... THANKS TO: INTRODUCTIONS PG 4 PRESIDENT: From the Committee QASIM SHAIKH [email protected] EVENTS PG 11 PROJECT MANAGER: Club Activities MIKE GLITHERO [email protected] OLDEST CARS PG 22 AD MANAGER: LYNDA TEASDALE WINSTON PERCY PG 30 [email protected] The Remarkable Life of the World Famous Unassuming Racer GRAPHIC DESIGNER: CAROLINE WHITE [email protected] NATIVE STORIES PG 36 PRINTED BY: THE AUTOMOBILE & eyeprint FASHION MUSEUM PG 42 www.eyeprint.es SOL CCC JOURNEYS PG 45 DISCLAIMER THE GREATEST CARE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO ENSURE ACCURACY BUT THE PUBLISHERS BECOME A MEMBER... CANNOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS. ALL RIGHTS Join the SOL Classic Car Club and become RESERVED. NO PART OF THIS PUBLICATION part of an international network of people MAY BE REPRODUCED INCLUDING who are passionate about their cars. Support PHOTOCOPYING, RECORDING, TAPING OR the Committee and join in the many events INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL organised on the Costa Del Sol, throughout SYSTEMS WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION the whole year! OF THE PUBLISHER. ALL PHOTOGRAPHS & IMAGES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED BY, Email us on: [email protected] AND OWNED BY, THE CONTRIBUTORS. Visit us online at: www.solclassiccarclub.net © 2018 See our latest news online: www.solclassiccarclub.net 3 // SECTION HEADER PRESIDENT’S LETTER TO MEMBERS Qasim Shaikh PRESIDENT “Our Classic Car Club is one of the oldest here on the Costa del SOL and we thought it was appropriate to mark its fifteenth birthday with an Anniversary Book. All good things start with an idea that steadily Our meetings” and runs, especially runs that takes root, with input from all directions. The include overnights in interesting locations, Club started life in a Restaurant owned and are particularly well attended. Over the years run by Nick Coombs by the name of Streets members have become friends that seek out of London, hence the play on the initials SOL, each other’s company and for me personally that conveniently encompasses the Costa it is really heartening to witness a convivial del Sol area of Spain. Your Committee is atmosphere at each of our events. very fortunate in having members who have run companies and have specific experience The Club would not be what it is today without in publishing, giving our organisation tremendous dedication from our membership. a considerable advantage for producing a I would particularly like to extend warm thanks, professional document. in no particular order to past participants Paula Williams, Richard Joss, Robert Livermore, As can be expected for an organisation Jean Joss, John Blackburn Francois van Hoof, like ours, there is a constant increase in Gethin Jones, Bobby Turley, Nick Coombs, John membership and a steady flow of members Campbell, Carol Lindores, Ray Hollands and returning to their home countries. Overall Jim and Charlene Sutton all of who have had a our membership has increased with the Club hand in the inception and development of our attracting members from several European Club. Countries. Because of the broad appeal of our Club we have included several pages of home language articles, hopefully of interest to all. 4 SOL CLASSIC CAR CLUB | 15TH ANNIVERSARY BOOK | 2004-2019 // INTRODUCTIONS Our present Committee is carrying the Club and talk to any of our Committee members or forward and our thanks goes out to Nick myself. If that is not possible please email any of Wadham Sutton, John Richardson, John Colton the Committee, the addresses are on our website. Lynda Teasdale and Mike Glithroe We still have our monthly mid week lunch meetings followed by a run at the weekend. “Lastly, but by no means Over the years we have sampled many a restaurant and venta here in Andalusia, some least, anyone who has have lived up to expectations and some an interest in classic cars have fallen short. We have settled on three establishments that we frequent on a rotational but does not have one at basis because we have found that basing present is very welcome ourselves in one is not in the best interest of our Club. to join our Club and join I would also like to bring the reader’s attention in our activities. to our website that has been running for a number of years and is presently undergoing a ” substantial upgrade to bring it up to date with Our definition of a Classic is a car that is at least the latest news and to include new member’s twenty-five years old or fifteen years old that cars and comments. Please have a look at has been in production for twenty-five years. www.solclassiccarclub.net. Qasim Shaikh The best way to join our Club is either apply PRESIDENT through our website or make a note of our next midweek lunch meet and simply turn up Nuestro club de coches clásicos es uno de los más antiguos del club. Tambien damos las gracias a Ray Holland y Carol de La Costa del Sol. Pensamos que sería apropiado celebrar Lindores quienes dedicaron mucho tiempo y esfuerzo en pro su decimoquinto aniversario con la publicación de una revista del buen funcionamiento de la organización. al efecto. Nuestro comité actual sigue guiando el club hacia el futuro Todo lo bueno empieza con una idea que germina, se nutre de y damos por ello las gracias a: Nick Wadham Sutton, John aportaciones de todo tipo y finalmente da su fruto. Este club Richardson, John Colton, Lynda Teasdale y Mike Glithero. fue idea del propietario del restaurante “Streets Of London”, Seguimos con el almuerzo del club los segundos Miércoles de en Mijas Costa, Nick Coombes. Las iniciales del restaurante, cada mes seguido de una salida al Sábado siguiente. A lo largo “SOL”, se prestan fortuitamente para vincular el club con la de los años hemos visitado un montón de restaurantes de la Costa del Sol. Costa, algunos han cumplido con las expectativas del club y Nos sentimos muy afortunados al contar con socios que otros no. aportan experiencia en editoriales y empresas afines, Hemos seleccionado tres establecimientos que visitamos en dotando a nuestra organización la posibilidad de producir una rotación porque opinamos que yendo a solo uno, no beneficia publicación digna y profesional. al club ni a sus socios. Como es de esperar en una organización como la nuestra, Quiero también llamar la atención del lector a nuestro sitio hay un constante ir y venir de socios que vuelven a sus países Web, www.solclassiccarclub.net que lleva funcionando varios de origen ó llegan a establecerse aquí. En términos generales años. Actualmente se está poniendo al día con las últimas nuestra base de socios aumenta, atrayendo gente de varios noticias e incluirá los coches de nuevos socios con sus países Europeos. Para ellos hemos incluido varios artículos en comentarios. Por favor, échale un vistazo. sus propios idiomas que esperamos sea de su interés. La mejor manera de hacerse socio es a través de la página Web Nuestros eventos y salidas, especialmente los que incluyen ó tomar nota del próximo almuerzo del club y presentarse a noches en parajes interesantes, atraen muchos participantes. cualquier socio, quien le pondrá en contacto con la persona A lo largo de los años, nuestros socios han hecho amistades adecuada. Si esto no le es posible, manda un email a cualquier duraderas y para mí es muy grato observar el clima de miembro del comité cuyas direcciones están en nuestro Web. convivencia durante estos eventos. Por último, extendemos la bienvenida a personas que son Nuestro club no sería lo que es hoy sin la tremenda entusiastas del coche clásico pero carecen actualmente de dedicación de algunos de nuestros socios. Quisiera agradecer uno. Pueden participar en todas las actividades del club y sinceramente la colaboración, sin ningún orden de preferencia, muchas veces les encontraremos un asiento para las salidas de : Paula Williams, Richard y Jean Joss, Bob Livermore, John en un clásico. Definimos un coche como “clásico” si tiene Blackburn, Francois van Hoof, Gethin Jones, Bobbie Turley, más de 25 años ó es un modelo de 15 años que tuvo una Nick Coombs, John Campbell y Jim and Charlene Sutton producción continuada de 25 años ó más. quienes fueron instrumentales en la creación y desarrollo See our latest news online: www.solclassiccarclub.net 5 John Richardson GENERAL SECRETARY Nick For my sins, I am the General Secretary, why? well it seems to be a post that nobody really Wadham wants at any club. I have to say that it wasn’t SPANISH LIAISON something that I particularly sought after, but My Spanish adventure started in June, 1967 on the other hand I wanted to help out. I am when I arrived in Torre del Mar having driven not a natural for this role because I prefer to be my 1929 Morris Cowley saloon from London. the ideas person, rather than the person to add It never missed a beat, taking 3 days through the detail and finish the job, but we have a great France and down via Madrid. I was 21 and had committee who are all prepared to help out with left my job in a travel agency in the Haymarket ‘whatever’. to join my parents, who had decided to start a My thoughts regarding the future for the club business in Torre. We opened Bar Música for are very much my own and not necessarily the summer season of 1968 to great acclaim and soon our evenings were filled with hoards representative of the committee in general.