The BMW Club JOURNAL £2.00 September 2005 2 BMW Club Journal • September 2005 HONORARY EDITORIAL TEAM The Journal Please send all letters to Paul Nadin, Mutual Aid to Owen Vaughan, features Dave Bertram. All other correspondence or queries should September 2005 be sent to the Editor. The Official BMW Club EDITOR: CHRIS FLEMING, 58 Janes Lane, Bur- within the UK and gess Hill, West Sussex. RH15 0QR. Tel/Fax: Republic of Ireland 01444 245367. e-mail:
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