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London-Brighton Commemorative Run, 2011 by Celia Orbrecht (Photos by Steve Hutchens, Les Foster and Alan Miles) VOLUME 16, NUMBER 6 Nov-Dec 2011 INSIDE THIS ISSUE UPCOMING EVENTS EDITOR’S BIT The Lanchester Story 3 -Christmas Dinner—Tuesday, Dec. Many thanks to Walter once again for What Was I Thinking Part XI 8 6th, contact Lorna for details. coming up with another excellent Rapier Resto 9 -January branch meeting has been article on British automotive history Zoomer Show 11 cancelled as it falls on Jan. 2nd (as well as his Zoomer show report.) Fred Bennet Retires 12 -Feb. branch meeting will be at Octa- That and your members’ profiles Italo’s Garage Tour 12 gon Motors on Tues., Feb. 7th at keep this newsletter afloat. Thanks Branch AGM Minutes 13 7:00pm also to John Chapman, Celia Or- Welcome to OECC / Autojumble/ -Ken Miles is planning a Valentine’s brecht and Steve Diggins for their At The Wheel 14 Day Run, details to follow great contributions to this issue. Merry Christmas and I hope to see you at the dinner on Dec. 6th. London-Brighton Commemorative Run, 2011 By Celia Orbrecht (photos by Steve Hutchens, Les Foster and Alan Miles) On the sixth of November, sixty-six old English cars Our route wound up and around Burnaby Mountain (mostly old, mostly English, mostly cars) gathered at then over the Pattullo Bridge and onto Scott Road (aka Rainbow Station in Burnaby for the Vancouver “Wrecker Row”). Shortly after crossing the bridge Branch‟s signature London/Brighton Commemorative quite a few cars enjoyed the pursuit of an elusive road Run. The sun shone, the air was crisp and the leaves named “3A” (actually 103A). Steve and I joined forces golden as we enjoyed walking around the myriad of with Larry Sharp and John Chapman in turning right interesting cars and chatting. Gil and Jocy Mervyn on Nordel Way in order to intersect the intended route provided a cheery registration table and everyone reg- at the junction of Nordel Way and River Road. istered. About 10:00 we were waved off by Grand Mar- shal, Richard Taylor. A few of the many cars that assembled at the East Beach, White Rock On track again, we toured a picturesque Surrey resi- dential neighborhood featuring numerous speed bumps that foiled any temptation our Mini might have had to take off as though it were in the Monte Carlo Rally. Furthermore a squeak we had heard earlier in the morning seemed to be morphing into a jarring screech. As we drove along 152nd the screech became so alarm- ing that we decided to take a direct route to White Rock rather than turn left on 40th and follow the run directions which indicated scenic roads to the east. Larry Sharp was good enough to come with us in case Just a few of the 66 cars that showed up for we had a breakdown. this year’s event. Overflow was relegated to the parking lot across the street Continued next page…. THE 2011 LONDON TO BRIGHTON COMMEMORATIVE RUN From the VCB Chairman, Steve Diggins I am pleased to say that our branch‟s premiere event The London To Brighton Commemorative Run held on November the sixth was a huge success. The weather played an important part and it was a beautiful day for touring. We had sixty six entries which is the highest number we have seen in close to a decade and double the num- ber over the past few years. There were also a couple of late comers who arrived after registration had closed. We gave them the instructions and off they went. A couple more cars did not do the tour but went directly to White Rock and met us there. The people at White Rock did a great job of greeting us and providing goodie bags full of discount coupons. The beach side road was blocked off and provided parking for our cars. We had a good choice of eateries and many As we entered White Rock from the east on 8th Ave we opted for the pub next to our parking area. Entertain- were directed around a barrier to our parking area, ment including marching bands were on hand to make specially closed off for our cars. A bagpipe band struck the day even more special. up a tune as we passed. Never has the Lon- don/Brighton had such a festive finish! Most partici- I would like to thank those who helped out, Alan Inglis pants gathered at the Sandpiper Pub for lunch, but took care of the parking at Rainbow Station, our new there were enough of us to share the business with sev- starting point in North Burnaby. The two parking lots eral other restaurants. Shoppers, tourists and shop- were close to overflowing. New to the registration table keepers enjoyed our cars as much as we enjoyed the were Gil and Jocy Mervyn who did a great job. Richard showing them off. Steve and I took the slow roads back Taylor was our Grand Marshall and saw the cars off to Bellingham and though the Mini continued to limp one by one. it made the trip without failing completely. It was nice to see such a large and happy crowd at the A big “thank you” to Steve Diggins, Steve McVittie, start including a good contingent from the island. We and everyone who made this London Brighton Run so collected a nice pile of food which was given to the memorable! Greater Vancouver Food Bank. We look forward to do- ing the same again next year with a few improvements such as better route instructions. As the old saying goes, “you don‟t mess with success, you just fine tune it”. Steve McVittie has contacted the branch to let us know about a slide show on the day’s activities that can be found at the White Rock’s Best web- site at www.whiterocksbest.com. There is also a short article on the event written by Steve. Steve Diggins was also told by Steve McVittie that White Rock city council has, in their just passed budget for 2012, put aside $5,000.00 for next year’s London Brighton festivities at the east beach in White Rock. I guess they liked us! Walter, Linda and Daisy Reynolds heading home Good work, Steve and Steve (and White Rock after a great day out. City council of course)! - ed VOLUME 16, NUMBER 6 THE ROUNDABOUT PAGE 2 The Lanchester Story – Britain’s First an engineer. He did manage to publish a new system Motor Car for colour photography in 1895, a popular field at the time. He was also an accomplished scientist, inventor, By Walter Reynolds poet and musician. Frederick joined the Forward Gas Engine Company of Birmingham, England in 1889. While here he designed If you Google the phrase, “First British Motor Car” you his initial experimental car from „first principles – the will see several links to the Lanchester motor car. Here ground up‟ as a car and not a horseless carriage, and as is the story: such it was different both visually and mechanically from other cars of the period. In 1893 he set up his own workshop. One of the items he invented for this car was the pendulum governor for controlling the speed of an engine. He designed and built a 3 hp single cylinder engine, but due to restrictions on road use, he and his brothers built a motor launch to use as a test bed for the engine. Launched in 1894, this was the first all- British motor boat. In 1895 he built the first petrol car in England, a single cylinder 5hp internal combustion engine with chain drive and six-seat bodywork. This car first ran on public roads in 1896. Unfortunately, the body was too heavy for the engine. He fitted a car with an 8 hp engine which was driven from Birming- ham to London in 1899 for the Automobile Club Exhi- Dr. Frederick William Lanchester (2) bition and Trials at Richmond in Surrey. In 1901 three of the eight Lanchester brothers Frederick William Lanchester (October 23, 1868 to (Frederick, Frank and George) started the Lanchester March 8, 1946) was an English mathematician and Engine Company (later the Lanchester Motor Co.) engineer who made important contributions to automo- tive engineering, aerodynamics and co-invented the field of operations research. He also has claim to build- ing, as a hobby project, the first four-wheeled, petrol driven British motor car in 1895. He eventually turned this hobby into a successful car company, and is consid- ered one of the “big three” English car engineers, the others being Harry Ricardo and Henry Royce. Lanchester Engine Company advert. (2) The delay from the 1895 prototype to actual production was due to Lanchester insisting on testing and design- ing not only the car but all the tooling needed to pro- duce the vehicle. This tooling included „go/no-go‟ gauges, thread gauges and special machinery to cut worm gears, grind ball and roller bearings etc. From the first, Lanchester cars were built on the principle of First Lanchester as originally built in 1895 (2) the interchangeability of parts. The first model was 10hp and an open 4/5 seater, twin cylinder, horizon- tally opposed air cooled, mid-engine machine. It fea- Born in London, England, Lanchester entered Hartley tured a wick carburetor design, high efficiency worm University College (now the University of Southamp- drive, cantilever springing, dynamically stable tiller ton) in 1891, and then the National School of Science steering and an engine balanced by reverse rotation. at Imperial College, London.
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