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July/August 2009 VOLUME 14, NUMBER 4 JULY-AUGUST 2009 INSIDE THIS ISSUE UPCOMING EVENTS NEWS FLASH (8/31/09) Alec Issigonis - Part VI.....................5 Tue., October 6: Meeting 7 PM, TBA Canadian parts manufacturer Magna, At the Wheel...................................10 Sun., November 1: Annual London- in consortium with a Russian partner, Austin J40.........................................7 Brighton Commemorative Run. was slated to buy 55 per cent of Opel Autojumble .....................................10 Chairman: Ken Miles. Details to and, along with it, Vauxhall. Then, at Book Reviews...................................8 follow. the last minute, GM decided that “Club” or “Society”? ..........................4 Tue., November 3: Meeting 7:00 PM, maybe they wanted to keep Opel HMCS Discovery Picnic ...................4 BCAA Depot, Burnaby. Details to after all. So it looks like the ownership Members and Their Cars .................4 follow. of Vauxhall may not change. If the Laycock de Normanville Overdrive ..8 Tue. December 1: Annual Christmas sale had gone through, would the What Was I Thinking? Part IX..........3 Awards Dinner. Information will be Vauxhall have been a Canadian car, available soon. built in the UK? Golden Ears Bridge Opening Ceremonies Walter Reynolds TransLink invited the Vancouver Coast Branch and the ferry and joined the other cars at the Colossus. a few other Car Clubs to participate in the Golden Ears There were 38 cars all together, a mix of British and Bridge Opening Ceremonies scheduled for June 14, 2009. North American. The Clubs included OECC, The Tri- Four OECC members answered the call: Lorna & John umph Register, MOGNW, the MG/Jag Club, the Vancou- Hoare, John Chapman, Fred Bennett ver Mini Club, the Golden Ears and me. Although representing the OECC Representatives: Chapter of the Vintage Car Club of MOGNW club, OECC/VCB member Fred Bennett Canada, and a U.S. Ford car club. Mike Powley was also present. John Chapman We had all been given a list of par- As the congregation point was Lorna & John Hoare ticipants prior to the day, so I knew the Colossus movie theatre in Wal- Walter Reynolds at that point that the Rover would be nut Grove, Langley, Fred and I the first Rover on the bridge. In addi- planned on going together on the Albion Ferry as our tion, also first, for their marques were Lorna and John way of easing out the old (i.e. the ferry) and welcoming in with their MG and Mike Powley with his Morgan. The the new (i.e. the bridge), so to speak. Unfortunately, way we drove onto the bridge, John was behind Mike, so Fred's Spitfire had other ideas and chose to shut its gear- John's Morgan was the second Morgan on the bridge. box down a few blocks away from our meeting point in Maple Ridge. All on our lonesomes, the Rover and I rode Approaching the Golden Ears Bridge from the south side with a Mini leading the way Prior to the event, we were also given a map of the club placements on the bridge. All clubs were to be on the south side of the bridge. The OECC cars were to be in the second to last group. On event day, that was changed and the Triumph cars were to go onto the bridge first. Not all the Triumph guys got the message so there was a mix up which saw the OECC group (plus Mike Powley) going onto the bridge with the lone Jaguar representing the MG/Jag Club and the Vancouver Mini Club's lone Mini. Another error in how we were directed saw us being placed on the north side of the bridge almost at the end of the bridge proper, by the north start of the bridge stays. Our view was looking down onto the Pitt Meadows and OECC cars at the Colossus Theatre: Maple Ridge side of the bridge. Reynolds’ Rover and Hoare’s MG (top) and Chapman’s and Powley’s Morgans (bottom) (Continued on page 2) pedestrians were let onto the bridge early and by 11:00 the mass was at our cars. There were so many people that you could feel the bridge move! (see photo below) By now, everyone will have read and heard about Translink's debacle with the Opening Celebration and the stage that formed a bottleneck for the crowds. We were about 300 feet north of that, so felt the brunt of the non-moving mass several times during the day. I say sev- eral times because twice the RCMP had to close the bridge to more pedestrians because there were too many on the bridge. For our part, we sat (read “hid”) behind our cars, let the mass go by, and let people come to us with questions. A few of us allowed people to sit in our cars for “picture ops.” Who knows how many people took photos of John's Morgan! We had been told by the car show organizer, Paul Barlow, that while all the cars would be getting onto the bridge from the south side, the cars from the north side could leave the bridge from the north end at the end of the day. In our group, that meant three of us (Rover, Mini and Jaguar). All others were to retrace their tracks and exit on the south. At 4:10 p.m., the RCMP and TransLink security staff started "sweeping" people off the bridge by announcing that the bridge was closed. After about 20 minutes, south-bound cars from my group started heading off the OECC cars on the Golden Ears Bridge: bridge to the south. That left the three north-bound cars Reynolds’ Rover and Chapman’s Morgan (top) and to start. I started the Rover and, being the polite soul Lorna Hoare with her MG (bottom) that I am, was waiting for the Jaguar or Mini to start off, but no one did. As such, I started and the Mini followed, We were all settled on the bridge by 10:00 a.m. and with the Jaguar bringing up the rear. enjoying ourselves and getting to know our neighbours We had to go very slowly because of the people still from the Mini and Jaguar clubs. As such, in our group on the bridge. Part way to the exit, I realized that, WOW, there were seven cars (Morgan, Rover, Mini, MG, Morgan the Rover will be the first Collector car to cross the and Jaguar, oh yes, and an Austin Seven). We were all bridge. Not only that, it will also be the first British car given Passports to get stamped at each of the six Pass- to cross the bridges and will be the first Rover to cross port Stations on the bridge. A few in the group set off the bridge. Talk about excitement. O.K., I guess you had before the crowds to get their Passports stamped. to be there! The schedule While I had a called for the pub- good day, Linda lic to be allowed was one of the on the bridge at 60,000 who came 11:00 a.m. Be- onto the bridge cause of our place- and for her it was ment, we could not a pleasant not see what was experience. But happening on the that's another Langley side, but story for another we sure could see day, as they say. the mass of hu- It was a good manity that was day and a very collecting on different way to Golden Ears Way show off our cars. (the approach to More importantly, the bridge) and on we were all taking each side of the part in history. Airport Way ac- cess - 203rd Street exit ramps. It was a Mass of humanity looking north to the start of the mass of colour. The Meadowtown Viaduct in the background VOLUME 14, NUMBER 4 THE ROUNDABOUT PAGE 2 What Was I Thinking? Or the Restoration of a Demon Sunbeam Imp - Part IX John Chapman Saturday I was off across the border to our American cousins to acquire a door and also a rear seat. The springs on my seat had rusted to oblivion. Now, bearing in mind that these parts are over 40 years old, there was- n’t a bit of rust on either the door or the seat springs. Amazing. When it comes to body work I’m not as good as I used to be or thought I was. Blending in the new panels and repairing the dents was taking far too long. I’d put a layer of body filler over the imperfections only to sweep most of it up off the floor in dust form the next day. I just kept sanding too much off or I didn’t put enough on. It was very frustrating and time consuming. I was having to rework areas four and five times. In a moment of des- peration I logged on to Craig’s list to see if I could locate a mobile body person that would help me out. Low and behold, within a couple of hours I had two guys from My last report on this restoration was over a year Vancouver knocking on my door who, indeed were mobile ago and I must admit I’m a little embarrassed that I body men who did this for a living and had, supposedly, haven’t devoted much time to the project in that year. over 30 years experience between them. A deal was Especially when I started with so much gusto. But I sup- struck and they started straight away. Now, in the pre- pose running out of enthusiasm after two and a half ceding conversation with them I distinctly remember the years of fighting the rust bug is to be expected.
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