A Chapter of the North American MGfi Register BrltishMotor Club of Utuh June Volume13 Number 10

1TrH nualBritish Field Day

It's that timBofyear againfor all British laughter,car and bike shoptalk,drawings Seventy-fivepercent of the Center'sclients car and moforcycleenthusiasts to dust off for raffle prizes as well as an auction for are family mernbersdirectly affectedby their cars afid bikes,tune them up, get the quilt that displaysthe T-shirt designs abuse.Through educationand treatrnent, the,mrunnifig again and out of the garage. from the lst through9th British Field Day familiesand individualscan learn to avoid All British parsand bikes in any events.This is a oneof a kind quilt made the repetitivecycles ofabuse and put their condition, festoredor under repair, are to help raiseadditional funds for the lives back together. welcome.'lfhis is not a car show strictly Centerfor Family Development.Trust So,please, help supportus in this very for flawles$and gorgeous vehicles. So, if me-you don'twant to missthe worthwhile causeand get your cars and you'rethinfting "my car isn't in good opporrunityto bid on this one. bikes out and comejoin the fi,m: enoughshdpe", think again. As long as Proceedsfrom this eventwill be donated you can g$ it there under its own powsr or Saturday, June 9th to The Centerfor Family Development. by any othpr means,we'd love to have it Since1981, the Centerfor Family Pioneer Park Developmenthas helped more than 13,000 merrier! 3fi) South 3{XfWesto SLC l peopiesignificantly improve their ability .ror the brtve of heart, we will havethe to understandand effectivelycope with 9:00a.m. - 3:fi1p.m. gymkhan{ racecourseset up again this abusiverelationships. Every year more Don't missout on the fun. fun andmore year on 3rd Southbetween 3rd and 4th than 900 familiesor 3,000individuals in fun! West. I Utah seekguidance from the Center. eventthere will be music. Volume{.3 Number l0 June 200{

winners,and three lucky BMCU'srs took Sandin your shoes homea treat andthe club netted$50 for bank That's wha{ you may havegotten if you the account. went along for the May Antelope Island Severalfolks then walked along the beach run. Or ma$bea nice tan. or lookedat the carsin the parking lot. The weathefwas just gorgeousas we took With a blastfrom Floyd's car horn, we offfor the iqland.Joe Chou led the group startedup and headedaround to the other from the fir$t meet-uppoint at South sideof the island. TowneMalf to the secondmeet-up point The last stopon the islandwas the old b€hind the (apital. There was somesort of Garffranch house.It wasthe bike eventgoing on at the capital which 'headquarters"for the ranching operation causeda lot of confusionsince the that lastedfrom the 1800'suntil about entranceto the parking lot was blockedoff 1980.The historicbuildings are preserved by c,ones.It fuasf,rn seeingwho would for visitors to walk through, including a chanceit by going through the conesand springhouse, root cellar,bunk house,a who played[t safeby going aroundto the hugebarn, corrals,and lots ofold other entranlce. equipment. At the soundof FloydInman's TD horn, From there, the threat ofrain causedthe we headedlut Victory Roadto get onto I- groupto split up and headfor home.A l5 andhead up toward the third andfinal few of us followedSteve Nelson to his meet-uppoifit. After turning offthe houseto look at his latestproject, an MG freewaya bit too soon,we toured up Main TF that he had strippeddown to the frame Streetin Laytonto AntelopeDrive. A andtub. Hopefully,we'll seethat car at quick left ffi ontoAntelope Drive, the next AntelopeIsland run or BFD. followedby a right tum, put us into the good parking lot jprstwest of the Burger King We had a turn out, wiih over 20 cars, for the final meet-uppoint. There,several including:Dan and SharonForster; Gary, folks from the northem areasmet us for Sandy,and DaisyLindstrom; David and the rest ofthe run. Ann Mclean; John Progress;Steve Nelson Iffiiftr!:+iffi and Kylin, Kenzie; Dan and SandyDavis; After a few pinutes, we headedfon the John Bauernhuberand Toni Leyba;Mitch island.The drivewas leisurely all the way and DianeJohnson; Mike andBecky to the'toll to pay our (it's gone ti Uooth" $7 Chambers;Mike and SusanCady; Sherre ::*Jl'::i:#i'!i:::::::::: j::i up $l since last year) per car to get across and Marv Marcus;Norm and Carole :Il.:ti::l:..'a:i::::::: :::::i :::::::j:::::::i: ji:::i:;i;i::::::ii the causewaf.After paing, we waited for Miller; Floyd Inman;Bill andJulie Van get gathered $ffiffi a few momeirtsto up for the Moorhem;Bill Robinson,Joe Chou and ffifi across lake.Once on the island, drive the daughter;Bill Walton;Nathan Massie; * i,Ei: we enjoyedtfre short but winding road to and Jon and SusanHermance. the beach.\tr{e were disappointedto find all the shelt{rswere already taken, but a quick check bt the next cluster ofbuildings alongthe be4chrevealed the pavilion was complaely einpty and ready for us. During lunc$, we the good- "njoyed natured discussionofhow our cars were (or weren't) funning, and so forth. After we finished l[rnch, we plannedto raffie off three ice cre{m cakegift certificates provided by {oe Chou--but no raffle tickets. Aftei severalminutes of confusion, plus a coupl{ of frlse starts,we tore up scrapsof pafler and madetickets frorn them. Joe's 4augfrterdrew out the or Mayflower as a parfner in the cockpit designwith a two-liter engine developmentof the new car. MG Rover developedby AER. Lola is the car's CEO Kevin Howe said his preferred designer,with desigt sketchesresunbling optionswould be to shortenthe Rover 75 the Lola 82W40 SR2sports car. Lola Cars platform and useit as the basefor the new Ltd. is one memberof the consortiumthat car. 'T'll be enticedby that route,"said took control of MG Rover frorn BMW last Howe.But MG Roverwill only choose year. that optionifthe costsare right, said And Bentley,the decidedlyup-scale car Howe. Shorteningthe Rover 75 platform maker, now under the Volkswagen would havethe advantageof giving MG umbrella, also unveiled a race car for Rovermore control over its new model. It LeMans.Competing in the LM-GTP class, would not haveto dependon another this car is namedthe EXP Speed8 carmaker'sdesign. prototyperacer. It will be poweredby an Rob Oldaker, director of product Audi V8, similar to the enginethat won development,said the company'smain last year'sLeMans. Bentley says it will concernbehind the ideaofa shortened finish the car in BRG for the race. Rover75 platformis the costof materials. How and Oldaker were interviewedin the Ed. note: Many thanksto the Arizons MG Englishmidlands at the launchof MG club and the Souh Alabama British Car Left parts Rover'snew MG car lineup.The company CIub newslettersfor the aboveinformation dver introducedthree new modelsat I gleanedfrom them. Don't forg$ the British Field Day this Longbridge,coded named Xl0, X20 and How many of you haveturned to eBayfor month,on June9th. If you canget there X30. Theyare based respectively on the tools and car parts?I've beenlooking at a early to helf set up and so forth, the effort Rover75,45, and25.MG Roverwill few items-it's certainlyfun to look, since would be gleatly appreciated.This is the beginbuilding the new MGs in the the varietyof itemsalways just astounds tenth year qf this event.Lots of work has summer,and theywill be launchedin the rne. I evenmanaged to buy a {bw things: a one into t{re organizing and putting on of autumn.There will be three basicvariants carpetkit for my B (imagine bulng a this event rind we can all certainly thank of eachcar, known internally as Entry, carpetkit for a car that so desperately the BFD cdmmitteefor their work. Core, and lJltimate. The Ultimate version needsbodywork), some vintage car ads, MG lives! |A.fterpicking up someof the of the Xl0 will featurea 375 hp V-8 and a brandnew drill. My results?The bits from tfre RoverGroup-BMW engine.For this model,the Rover75 carpetkit is definitelyon the "cheap"side, unravelin!, MG Roverhas a working platform will b€ radically reengineeredfor (probablyakin to the 'economy' setsfrom developm$rtstrategy for its new lower- rear-wheeldrive. the mail-order suppliers),the adsw€re nsat mediumcdr. The final detailswill b€ originals from vintagemagazines, and the The new MGs will usetechnology derived hammerd out soon,but so frr here'sthe drill was brand new in the box for a bit from MG Rover'smotor sport program. expected(utcome. over half the cost of HomeDepot. So far, The MG brand will for affordable stand all the sellershave beenhonest, courteous, performance,while the brand will The British car makerhas identified four Rover and goodto sendemails informing me of standfor luxury. said the MG optionsfof the newmodel, slated for Oldaker the statusof paymentreceipts and rangewill be and focuseddriver's introductibnin 2003-2004.It will replace "raw shipping. FIasanyone had a problemwith cars."Roughly percent 200,000 both the Rover25 hatchbackand the 45 25 ofthe car parts or accessoniesbought over eBay? sedan.Thb optiomsare: units to be build annually at Longbridge will be MGs. The restwill be Rovers. I hopeto seeyou all at the BFD! l. Developa brand new platforrn in coopsrationwith anothercarmaker. MG Rover also unveiledthe MGF Trophy, a high-endversion if its two-seatopen-top 2. Develo a brandnew olatform with the :' : -';'"" " ;.-'- sportscar. For the Trophy,the power help ot a Fupptrer' outputof the MGF'S t.g iiter wc engine 3. Shortefithe Rover 75 platform using has beenboosted frorn l43hp to l60hp. MG Rovqrresourc€s. The new car has a claimedtop speedof 225kph. 4. Shortenthe Rover75 platfmm with the elpofa]supplio. Also in the nerrs is a new MG entrv into MGRover officiars havesaid *:]1, r;,ffi'j,s;f*ol;;:n,r;ffi- - usea supplier suchas Magna:h:v International

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Board ofGovernors: Bill Robinson,947.9480, email: Automble Exchequerreport [email protected] Marty Ven Nood, Chancelhrof the Excheque4 For Sale: No repontthis month. 467-052s(H) Gary Lidrtrom, 532-1259 1959 NewsletterBlitor: NathanMassig 486.2935email: [email protected] 1969 (parts car) Associat€Editors: Mark andKaro Bredakis,364- 3251(lD 1960Sa Membcshipdirector: Bruce Schilling 4864425 email: [email protected] Theseare projectsand includes nrmefous partsincluding a rebuilt This Newsletteris publishedby the British Motor t275 a ribcasetransmission. Club ofUtah, Ltd., a non profit corporationof British automobileowners, Ttr groupholds Would to sell togetherbut will monthlyevents such as driveg picaios,t€chnioal entertain for all or part. Contact sessiongand more. We weloomeowners (or Bill at 486 daysor 364 1816 potentialovrners) ofBritish cars,in any conditiorl to thc group.Mernberrhip is fiee, but ne ask for a evenmgs0r [email protected]. donationat eventsto suppodthe Nerysletterand ilD otberactivities. Ifyou would like tojoin the group, Wanted: interestedin parting sendyour name,ad&ess, and a list ofBritish cars with an roadsteror Austin Healy, ownedto BruceSchilling 917 EastMill Creok Way,Salt Lake Cify, UtahE4106, or to Bruce's email addressshown above.

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