26th ANNUAL

Sunday Sept. 20th 2009, Bronte Creek Park, Oakville, Ontario Presented by The Toronto Triumph Club Souvenir Programme Guide Map 24/25 CONTENTS Welcome ...... 5 Contributing Clubs Morgan .Sports . .Club .Of .Canada . . . . . 11 Featured Anniversary Marques Toronto Triumph. .Club ...... 13 Morgan-100 .Years ...... 7-11 -50. .Years ...... 12,13 Sunbeam .Sportscar .Owners .Club .of .Canada . 19 -50 .Years ...... 14-17 British .Sports .Car .Club .of . ...... 21 Sunbeam .Alpine-50 .Years ...... 18,19 British .Saloon .Car Club. of. .Canada ...... 23 Triumph .TR6-40 .Years ...... 20,21 Austin .Healey .Club .of .Southern .Ontario . . . 27 Rolls-Royce .Owners’ Club...... 31 Other Marques The .Ottawa .MG .Club ...... 33 Triumph .Stag ...... 22,23 M G. . .Car .Club .of .Toronto ...... 33 Austin .Healey ...... 26,27 Rolls-Royce .& . ...... 28-31 Headwaters .British .Car .Club ...... 35 MG ...... 32-35 Ontario .Jaguar .Owners’ .Association . . . . . 39 Jaguar ...... 36-39 Georgian .Bay .British .Car .Club ...... 42 BMC ...... 41 Bluewater .British Car. Club...... 45 Thank you to all clubs who contributed content to the programme.

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On behalf of the Toronto Triumph Club, I would like to welcome you to the 26th annual British Car Day - the largest one-day get together of British Celebrating Over 100 Years in Business in North America! You are holding our first ever ‘Souvenir Programme’. It is a gift from us to you, made possible by the CRESCENT OIL FEATURES generous support of our advertisers, sponsors and vendors and the hard work of our Ragtop editor, David Fidler and his team. Inside you will find articles about this year’s featured marques and many of the models on display, plus a handy show map on the centre pages 24 and 25. We’ve introduced a special annual award this year, dedicated to our very wonderful friend, Charlie Conquergood, who sadly passed away in the spring. The Charlie Conquergood Memorial Award will be presented annually to a first place winner of one of the Triumph marque classes. Kendall 20w50 Motor Oil With this award we want to keep alive the memory of a wonderful person who gave freely of himself to help when and wherever he could. Charlie’s numerous Kendall GT-1 High Performance 20W-50 Motor Oil is accomplishments included the design and layout of the British Car Day show field, which he personally supervised for as far back as I can remember. forƟ ed with addiƟ onal zinc dialkyldithiophosphate I would like to thank our British Car Day committee for all their time and (ZDDP) addiƟ ve to provide enhanced wear protecƟ on effort in organizing this great event, their names are listed below and also all the many volunteers without whom the show would not be possible. and oxidaƟ on resistance for use in the most demanding Please upport our major sponsors, Crescent Oil, Lant Insurance and our many applicaƟ ons. It is parƟ cularly recommended for use in advertisers and vendors. BCD turbocharged engines and in high-performance engines Thank you all and have a great day! with Ō, especially during the criƟ cal Johan Aaltink – President, Toronto Triumph Club break-in period.

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1909-1938 coupe-bodied version in Although the first 4 wheel 1951 was £565 plus £315. Morgan was introduced in 7s. 9d tax. Nothing new 1936, the first Morgan ever about taxing the motorist! was produced in prototype Acceleration from 0 to 60 form in 1909, using a 7 hp mph was 17.9 secs, with a The .Morgan .family air cooled V-twin. top speed of over 85 mph. Two single seat versions The decision was taken to were exhibited at the 1910 Olympia 1945 cease production of the three-wheeler. Exhibition with JAP engines, an 8 Production restarted after the war By 1954, the radiator was hidden hp twin and a 4 hp single. Just before when, in July, the was given beneath the bodywork to improve WW1 a prototype four-wheeler with a permission to build 50 3-wheelers and aerodynamics and the Vanguard engine Dorman 4-cylinder engine was made, 75 4-wheelers, by the end of the year. was replaced with the 1991 cc Triumph but never put into production. In 1935, They didn’t reach this figure! The Four TR2 unit providing 90 bhp at 4800 rpm, the scheme to make a four-wheeler Four they produced at the time was 0 to 60 mph was now 13.3 secs and the was revived. Production of the famous fitted with a 1267 cc Special Standard top speed was just over 100 mph. In Four Four (meaning four-cylinder four- engine. 1956, the Triumph TR2 engine in the wheel) began in 1936 and the engine Plus Four was replaced with the TR3 used was a 1172 cc Climax 1950-59 100 bhp unit. With their lightweight with overhead inlet and side exhaust In 1947 the Standard Motor Co. aluminum bodies these cars were valves, producing 38 bhp. Price at the announced their ‘One Engine Policy’, extremely fast, capable of covering the time was £195. 5s and it had a top speed which meant that after 1949 the 1267 cc standing quarter mile in 16 secs. of around 80 mph with a 0 to 60 mph unit would not be available to Morgan. time of 28.4 secs. To add to the 2-seater Morgan built a prototype car using 1960-69 and 4-seater cars already available, the Vanguard 1.8 litre engine and With the demise of the Ford 100E 1122 cc Morgan introduced the drop head introduced this car as the Plus Four. The engine that was reintroduced in 1955, coupe and the Standard engine. This engine eventually fitted was the 2088 cc Morgan launched the 4/4 Series Three power unit was developed from the 9 Vanguard, producing 68 bhp. This gave with the new 105E engine, from the hp side-valve engine and was linked a much needed performance boost and Ford Anglia. The unit had a capacity of to a Moss gearbox, mounted centrally for this the frame was strengthened, the 997 cc and produced 39 bhp. In 1961, in the chassis and connected to the 5:1 front suspension improved and Girling Morgan announced the introduction of rear axle by a short propeller shaft. hydraulic brakes fitted. The car was the Plus 4 Super Sports using a specially an immediate success! The price for a tuned Triumph TR engine developing

British Car Day Programme • September 20 2009  2010 AeroMax. . Aerosport & 2010. . 1985, fitted with a 2.0 litre twin-cam pedal car. fuel injected engine, 5 speed gearbox and Cobra style wire wheels. Maximum power was 122 bhp at 5300 rpm, with a maximum speed of around 112 mph. Price was just under £11,000. In 1988, were fitted with ’s improved R380 the Plus 4 M16 was introduced with a gearbox. The 4.6 litre engine for the Rover 2.0 litre M16 engine and Rover Plus 8 became an option. Producing 220 5-speed gearbox. This engine increased bhp at 5000 rpm and increasing torque 116 bhp at 5500 rpm, complete with a Gear 4-speed box it could reach 125 the bhp to 140 at 6000 rpm. The fuel to 260 lb ft at 3600 rpm. gas flowed head with 9 to 1 compression mph and hit 0 to 60 mph in 6.7 secs. A injected engine became a standard being built. Early .3 . ratio, a special camshaft, fully balanced performance test at the time on MIRA’s fitting on the Plus 8 in 1987 and by 1988 2000-2008 The was launched at the Wheeler crankshaft assembly, rods and pistons, timing straights gave 0 to 90 mph in it was The Aero 8 was launched at the British Motor Show, as a replacement two double-choke Weber 42DCOE 14.5 secs, the quarter mile post in 15.7 in 2000. Complete for the Plus 8. Powered by Ford’s 3.0 and a special inlet manifold secs and reached 110 mph, 10 secs later! with a bespoke aluminum chassis, litre V6 engine, as used in the Mondeo CO2 emissions well below 140g/km. feed, breathing through a four-branch Interestingly, the 4.2 litre Jaguar E-type all independent suspension and ST220, it produces 225 bhp with a This model replaces the standard 4/4. dual pipe exhaust system - this gave the of the time took 15.1 secs to get to 90 powered by a 4.4 litre BMW V8 engine claimed 0 to 60 mph figure of 4.9 secs Production of the AeroMax started 2 car a maximum speed of 115-118 mph. mph, under the same test. producing 286 bhp at 5500 rpm, this and a top speed of 134 mph. The Plus 4 years after the car’s debut at the 2006 The 4/4 Series 3 was replaced by the In 1968, the 4/4 Series Five, was a radical departure from the was re-launched using the latest 2.0 litre Geneva Autoshow. The Aero 8 is now Series 4, fitted with the more powerful introduced in 1963 with a Ford 116E traditionally built Morgans. Its Ford Duratec engine. Producing some fitted with the latest BMW 4.8 litre V8, Ford 109E engine of 1340 cc, from the engine of 1498 cc, became the 4/4 1600 styling was controversial and 145 bhp it, as MMC says, “perfectly giving a 13% power boost to 367 bhp. Consul Classic. fitted with Fords Kent engine of 1599 cc it was definitely in the bridges the gap between the 4/4 and Performance is 0-62 mph in 4.2 secs In 1962, a Plus 4 Super Sports capacity. A competition model was also the superb new Roadster”. In 2006, with a top speed of 170 mph. prepared by the Morgan Motor Co available with the 1600 GT version of the new Aero 8 is launched. The most For the first time in a production and Chris Lawrence and driven by that engine. striking change was the restyled front, Morgan, an automatic gearbox became he and Richard Shephard-Baron, fitted which bore more than a passing an option. It utilizes ZF’s latest 6 won the 2 litre class at the 24 hour 1971-79 with resemblance to the graceful HP26 six-speed and gives better race at Le Mans. They covered a total By 1971, all 4/4 cars are fitted with the the Rover lines of the AeroMax coupe performance than the manual box, distance of 2261 miles at an average Ford 1600GT engine previously fitted 3.9 engine, that starred at the 2005 Salon due to its special lock up clutch, low speed of 94 mph. in the ‘competition model’ and in 1972, as used in de L’auto at Geneva. The all- power loss design and instant change The Plus 4 Plus was launched at the Plus 8 was fitted with the Rover 4- the Range aluminum super performer now characteristic. Other improvements the 1963 Earl’s Court Motor Show. speed, all-synchromesh gear box. Rover Vogue SE, sported more traditional Morgan include new instrumentation, a Featuring a radically styled glass fibre The Plus 8 got the Rover SDI engine producing 190 bhp lines, whilst preserving its repositioned fuel tank for better body on a strengthened Plus 4 chassis, it and the 5-speed Rover gear box. The at 4750 rpm, with remarkable handling and performance. weight distribution, significantly was fitted with a Triumph TR4 engine of car width was increased to 62” to maximum torque of Powered by a BMW 4.4 litre V8 increased luggage space and larger air 2138 cc producing 105 bhp at 4750 rpm. take the 6” x 14” wheels. The engine 235 lb ft at 2600 rpm. producing 325 bhp and 331 lb ft torque. intakes and exits on the wings. It had a reported top speed of around produced 155 bhp at 5250 revs. The 4/4 was fitted with “love it” or 0 to 62 mph was under 4.5 secs. By 110 mph. Ford’s 1600 fuel injected “hate it” category. 2006, a new 4-seater was launched. 2009 In 1966, the Triumph TR engine 1982-89 engine and 5-speed Performance was 0 to Long awaited by aficionados, the 4- For the Centenary Year, Morgan was nearing the end of its life and the In 1981, the 4/4 Twin Cam launched as gearbox. The Plus 4 adopted 60 mph in 4.8 secs, with a top speed of seater made a welcome return with a announced the SuperSports Junior Morgan Motor Co. started to look an alternative model fitted with Fiat’s the Plus 8’s wider chassis. 151 mph. The new USA Specification raft of new specification options and Pedal Car. This will be built alongside for a replacement. The Rover Motor twin-cam 1600 engine. By 1982, the 4/4 2009 Morgan. .4/4 .Sport Aero 8 was launched at the 2004 Los for the first time in its 70-year history, the normal range of cars at the factory Co. offered its forthcoming aluminum was now fitted with a Ford CVH engine 1992-99 Angeles Motor Show. Now using the engine choice. and the 2/3rd scale car will appeal to V8 engine and Maurice Owen joined of 1597 cc taken from the Escort XR3 The Plus 4’s M16 Rover engine was latest BMW M62 V8 engine it also had The 4/4 Sport was announced the younger element of the Morgan Morgan to take charge of development with modifications to fit a ‘north south’ replaced with the T16 Rover engine. a wider body and a slightly modified in 2008, the year it celebrated its fraternity. Suitable for 6-13 year olds, it of the new car, the Plus 8, which was installation and a Cortina gearbox. Power In 1993, the 4/4 was fitted with Ford’s rear end. With the demise of the Rover 72nd birthday, a world record for a requires energetic pedal power rather introduced to the public at the 1968 was 96 bhp at 6,000 rpm giving a 0 to 60 1800 Zetec engine and 5-speed gearbox. V8 engine, due to it being unable to continuous production run. It uses the than petrol or hydrogen! BCD Earls Court Motor Show. Fitted with mph time of around 10.0 secs. In 1983, Power output was 114 bhp at 5750 rpm. meet current emission regulations, the 115 bhp 1.6 litre Ford Sigma engine Reproduced and condensed, with the derived Rover V8 of 3529 cc fuel injection became an option on the This gave it a top speed of around 111 final Plus 8s were built. In production and with an 800 kilogram all up weight, permission and thanks to the UK and producing 160 bhp at 5200 rpm, Plus 8. Power was now 190 bhp at 5280 mph and a 0 to 60 mph time of about for 36 years, the Plus 8 was Morgan’s it gives 143 bhp/tonne. Performance Morgan Club (MSCC) the car was a revelation. With a Moss rpm. The Plus 4 was re-launched in 7.8 secs. By 1994, the Plus 4 and Plus 8 largest selling model with around 6,000 is 0-62 mph in less than 8 secs with website.

 September 20 2009 • British Car Day Programme British Car Day Programme • September 20 2009  Morgan: the first 100 Years

Did H.F.S. Morgan, way back 22 horsepower V8 Pilot engine was competition in 1910 realize the DNA of his first fitted to the Morgan chassis, but due aspirations, leaving trike creation would be the basis of to a taxation increase from 15 shillings the 4/4 to appeal Alan .Lytle &. Brian. .Lee at. Prescott. in. .1994 generations of three-wheel and four to 25 shillings per horsepower, this to those with more wheel Morgan cars? The 4/4 model line project was abandoned at the prototype modest budgets. The a sports car of first-class performance when the budget 4/4 Runabout model rarely gets a great deal of attention, stage. The second experiment was to drophead coupe is and appearance, for the enthusiast with was introduced. keeping on as the entry-level Morgan fit a car with an Anott supercharger. unique with its fixed moderate means. It wasn’t until 1968 Despite claiming that Sir John for many, many years. Despite its low- This vehicle, although only 1000 cc, was A-post windscreen, that the Plus Eight was introduced at Harvey-Jones’s findings that the key appeal, sales of the 4/4 are doing capable of over 80mph. taller suicide doors Earls Court, and this really divided the company was in a mess, too labour fine and the demand is now wider than The Second World War interrupted and added interior Morgan brand into two distinct lines. intensive and keeping customers ever before. production for a while, with P.H.G walnut trim. A top The 70s and 80s saw the 4/4 waiting, were just plain daft, Morgan The combination provided the Morgan being called to arms, but folds neatly into soldiering on with only minor has done much to modernize its durability of a coachbuilt car with the shortly thereafter, the family business the bodywork and modifications, on its way to becoming operation. All cars are now ‘Type lightness required for a sports car. The was back turning out cars. At the Earls’ features detachable 3 .Wheelers .& .Aero the world’s most enduring car model. Approved’ and waiting lists have car was an immediate success. Prior to Court Motor Show in 1950, the Morgan side windows. 1992 saw the rather tired Ford come down to around one year. The the Four Four first appearing, Morgan 4/4 was displaced by the new Plus 4. Heavier and more In 1954, the Morgan 4/4 was engine updated with 16-valve Zetec application process is still charmingly was more famous for producing three (The Plus meant ‘extra power’). comfortable, better styling, but loses reintroduced as the Series Two. This was technology, but it wasn’t until 2000 quaint. £250 will get your name onto wheeled vehicles and the car offered a The Morgan Plus Four was out in performance. Drophead coupe a car of similar design to the Plus 4, but that the 4/4 model received a punchier the waiting list, despite the fact that you touch of elegance. The early Forties saw introduced in 1952 and this model styling is much admired and often rare, fitted with a Ford engine and integral 1.8-litre Ford Zetec powerplant. The don’t need to name what model you further developments to the 4/4. A Ford became the focus for the company’s sought after by some sports enthusiasts. gearbox, the object being to provide 4/4 line was further diversified in 2003, want until later. BCD fans, most of us have hankered after a Morgan at one time or another, so it is a THE MORGAN SPORTS CAR CLUB OF CANADA A FACTORY TOUR treat to watch them being built with old- At least two of our and painted on the world craftsmanship in a time slip that by Rod Wilkinson club members have floor is a wide red could be the 1940s. predominately a social club, had the opportunity path that leads you A few years ago, Morgan Chairman In 1962, eighteen Morgan with interests in touring and the to tour the Morgan through the car Peter Morgan maintains that this is all owners gathered in Toronto for preservation of the marque, some Plant. Some later assembly process. part of the fascination, quoting his father, their inaugural meeting, but the of our members have experience photos, taken at Workers are eager the company’s founder, who maintained formation of a club did not take and participate in track meets, the Malvern Plant to chat and the that you should always “let demand place until 1967, when by chance rally, hill climb and autocross by Wally Smith, atmosphere is one run just a bit ahead of supply.” People Doug Price met two Morgan competition, as the photo of Alan accompany the Factory .reception of purposeful, but want nothing more than something they enthusiasts – and Ian Lytle & Brian Lee (above) shows. following account by Les Bond. unhurried, construction. Visitors are can’t have, so the wait, the build-up, the Campbell – near his Toronto The Club meets on the first “We drove up to Great Malvern surprised by the lack of noise except in anticipation, becomes part of the appeal. home. The timing seemed right Sunday of every month at the from in Wiltshire taking the panel beating shop and there are no In this modern world, the Morgan may and a meeting was arranged at Alan the UK, as have many other groups, Queens Head pub in Burlington, about an hour and twenty minutes. robots to be seen anywhere! The whole seem a bit primeval, but has a character Sands’ farm, attended by 12 Morgans. forming a worldwide network of clubs Ontario. Everyone is welcome – owning Needing to ask directions twice, we were process can be viewed, and the ability to paint Thus the Toronto Morgan Owners’ and owners. a Morgan is not necessary. Enjoying the finally rewarded with the Morgan sign excepting the paint shop. a huge smile across the Group was born. By 1968 some 25 cars In 1994, the Toronto Morgan Owners marque and good company are the only located in front of a collection of low A memorable sight was owner’s face in seconds.” had been traced, joint meetings were Group officially changed its name prerequisites. buildings. You park around back, then a collection of BMW V8s Happy Birthday arranged with the Great Lakes Group to The Morgan Sports Car Club of Contact: John Roden find reception. There is no admission sitting on pallets waiting to Morgan 100 years old in Detroit and an effort was made to Canada, to better reflect both its history Phone #: 905 892 6907 charge, but it is wise to phone ahead. be fitted into Aero 8s. and still going strong! form a group in Vancouver. The Club and mandate. Today, the club has about Website: Most of the buildings are side-by-side Being British sports car Frame .shop became an affiliate of the MSCC in 90 members and many friends. While morgansportscarclubofcanada.com

10 September 20 2009 • British Car Day Programme British Car Day Programme • September 20 2009 11 Toronto Triumph Club Triumph Herald – 50 Years and British Car Day by Wayne McGill by Glen Donaldson maneuver and quickly became The Toronto Triumph Club was favorites of driver training schools founded in October 1982 when The Triumph in the UK. A red & white “L” plate Bill & Nancy Gray (Of Gray Tool Herald was was a common sight on Heralds in fame) gathered a small and very introduced on April the sixties, as an entire generation enthusiastic group, for a meeting 2nd 1959, at the Albert learned to drive in them. in T.O. They had done this by spreading the word Hall in London. Amid All Heralds used a manual and leaving notes on car windshields, sticking much literal fanfare, 4-speed . Early cars flyers up in repair shops etc. - long before the Hark the Herald the press launch was were powered by a 948cc engine, Internet and Crackberries. The original concept of by Wayne McGill around. It was for sale in one of the first lavish show engine, transmission and much of which traced its roots back to the club was a source of fun and fellowship - for Celebrating 50 years since Bracebridge, Ontario. That business style car introductions. Standard the running gear, including brakes before WWII, this was enlarged to social outings and drives. Plus the exchange of weekend we traveled up Highway Triumph had created the new car, which was and electrical components, were 1147cc and finally 1296cc. Herald information and parts, as well as recommending they first came off the 11 in the Volvo and returned in designed by Michelotti in Italy, using the old lifted directly from the Herald or production ended in 1971 with the shops for getting repairs done properly. The two cars. The McGill family could style ‘body-on-frame’ type of construction. This were modified Herald items. Also 13/60 model. president of Canada had even production line, Toronto now attend car shows by taking was forced upon Standard Triumph by rival of body-on-frame construction, the approached the new TTC to see if they could help Triumph Club member both Triumphs and life was good. British Motor Corporation, who had purchased cars could be built concurrently on Affordable Classic! move some new old parts stock. The arrivals of Samantha, the body making company Pressed Steel and the same assembly line. The Herald is well known as being The TTC grew on the strength and enthusiasm and Triumph afficiando, Cynthia and Stephanie, began to otherwise tied up the other large companies Other companies were not blind a starter classic. It’s relatively of its members and their desire to get out and Wayne McGill, looks challenge the two triumph solution who were capable of manufacturing to the many features offered in the cheap to buy and easy to repair or have fun and use their old British sports cars. “All and a or 2500 wagon or unibody car shells. This turned out to have Herald design and construction. modify. For example, a competent to Preserve and Drive the Triumph” has been our back to when his Triumph was considered, but none could be several advantages, both for Standard Triumph Bond of the UK made a series of mechanic can convert an early Club’s motto, because the hard working people Herald became part of the found in Ontario that were worth then, and for restorers today. coupes and based on car to disc brakes, in less than a who built our cars back in England, built them for restoring. Sometimes, we resorted Manufacturing the car from many small sub- the Herald, using such items as the day. The roof of a can be driving and sporting pleasure. family. to trailering the Herald to events, assemblies allowed multiple changes to be made doors, firewalls and mechanical removed by undoing a handful The TTC and its members continued to build which some may say is wimping and for multiple styles to be run on a single components, mated to their own of bolts. can be added many events with their enthusiasm - Spring Fling, out. Using a mini loaded with assembly line, all at the same time. The Herald fiberglass body shells. The unique by shortening the drive shaft. The Canadian Classic and of course British Car I first became aware of the seven people and towing a car on a was originally available as a two door sedan and lightweight front suspension and Although Heralds were common Day - now in it’s 26th year. The Father of the Triumph Herald model in the mid trailer with no brakes for 300 miles a two door coupe. This gave way to the addition rack and pinion steering was much in Canada in the sixties and early TTC’s first British Car Day is none other than our 1960s when I saw a is not for wimps! of a convertible, an estate car or sought after by specialist formula seventies, as with other cars of this own Harold McQueen - an original owner of a near our home in Brampton, Over the past 20 plus years, the and a van called the Courier. Later, six-cylinder racecar manufacturers. It was simple era, they tended to rust and due to 1960 TR3A. The first few years of British Car Day Ontario. A latent desire to own one car has had many small changes and engines were added to create the Vitesse (in and robust and had the additional their inexpensive nature, they were saw us gathering at the McQueen homestead in rested with me for nearly 20 years, improvements, to make it safer and the UK) and Sport 6 models (here), in the same advantage of allowing a tighter quickly crushed when repair costs Kendal, Ontario - where every September about while I bought a brand new TR6 more enjoyable. Parts are easier configurations as the Herald. turning circle than a London Taxi. outweighed their value. Very few 125 to 150 British Cars would gather for a picnic, in 1973, met and married Debbie to find now on the Internet and Use of body-on-frame construction also Heralds were easy to drive and remain on Canadian roads today. car games and fresh roasted corn. and we began our family. After most items are readily available. allowed the car to be manufactured overseas in Happily, there are still In 1988 a brave group of TTC Members headed Corrina and David were born, the Debbie still remembers a romantic very small , with very little in the way significant numbers by Stu Beatty, now of Belleville - grew BCD TR6 was being used very little and trip to England where I bought of assembly line equipment. Cars were shipped left in the United into a bigger venue and took us to Bronte Creek most young families would have new rocker panels and a complete in CKD (complete knocked down) crates and Kingdom and many Provincial Park - and the rest as they say is history been practical, sold the sports car stainless steel exhaust system. It the frame was used as a jig, upon which the car are still being used and we now enjoy close to 1,000 cars per show, and acquired a station wagon and came home on Air Canada in ski could be built . Using this system, Heralds were on a daily basis. Parts at what has become the largest North American, a dog. We bought the Volvo station bags. A trip earlier this year to the built in Ireland, Australia, Rhodesia (modern are generally readily one-day, British Car show. Congrats to those who wagon and acquired an Irish Setter, Beaulieu autojumble resulted in the day South Africa), India and other countries. available at reasonable religiously pack up and make the pilgrimage to but didn’t sell the TR6! acquisition of a new old stock front An even happier consequence of this was the cost and there are a Bronte in September - without you we could not At a TTC meeting in the mid valance panel. Now, when I rent a inexpensive creation of the Spitfire - Standard number of specialist stage such a grand event. 1980s a picture of a Triumph station wagon in England, Debbie Triumph was always short of development money businesses that cater to Website: www.torontotriumph.com Herald convertible was passed just sighs. BCD and the early 1960s were no exception! The the Herald. BCD

12 September 20 2009 • British Car Day Programme British Car Day Programme • September 20 2009 13 Racing success and the Clubman, rather than developing A couple of years after it the car properly. And, crime of crimes, the 2001-2009 The Mini was launched was launched, the Cooper Cooper was dropped in 1971. in 1959, as the British Motor version came along, and Corporation’s answer to bubble New MINI the racers soon discovered cars, which were beginning Which might explain... that the Mini was a winner, But the Mini kept selling, especially to infest the country’s roads. both on the track and in when the fuel crisis struck in 1973. It They appeared because of the the forest. John Cooper would be years before sales dwindled Suez crisis of 1956, which had drew up a specification for to the tiny level they were, when brought on petrol rationing. a production Cooper for production stopped in 2000, demand BMC boss Leonard Lord, who BMC, and the hot Mini was largely sustained by enthusiasts hated bubble cars, instructed his born. It was not long before – especially in Japan – aided by the brilliant designer Alec Issigonis, he MINI brand turned 50 on a Mini Cooper was the car re-introduction of the Cooper in 1990. T who had previously designed 26 August 2009. Fifty years ago to the to have - a bit like having a When BMW owned Rover, there were the , to produce day, the British Motor Corporation Golf GTI 10 years ago, or more improvements. In 1997 changes something that would drive (BMC) unveiled the result of its quest an Audi TT today. And the were made – which were to be the last the bubble car off to design a new and revolutionary Mini won silverware by the of any significance – to the engine, the road. His . The very first sales ton, most famously on the shifting the radiator to the front to brief was for brochures praised the , which it quieten the car, and adding a driver’s a car that Morris Mini-Minor’s won three times. airbag, seat-belt pretensioners and “extraordinary future side impact beams to the standard promise”. Fifty years equipment list. Features like this seem of the car’s later, we know that almost too modern for the Mini. weight over Symbol of the ‘60s few vehicle concepts Its success was such that it was But that’s the point of this car - it has Electric .MINI the front wheels have survived as long manufactured in countries all around the been bought by 5,387,862 people and for reasons of or achieved such popularity. No other world, including Italy, , South Africa, loved (and hated) by millions more. It stability and this, vehicle has ever spawned such a wide Australia and Chile. It introduced a word is the most brilliant car Britain has ever together with Alex Moulton’s clever range of variants as the Mini. Over to the language, and it became a symbol produced, and a car whose design has would seat four, use rubber suspension and quick steering, the next 40 years the Mini became an First . of modern ‘60s Britain. It also shared its influenced that of every small car you an existing engine and gave the Mini its legendary agility. icon – a brand with a unique tradition production . name with a skirt. Despite the success, see on the road today. BCD be smaller than anything Morris .Mini Many technical difficulties had to be and given it the go-ahead, there were and charm that BMC developed it slowly. It didn’t get Source: Channel 4 Website - else the corporation overcome to make all this work. The coming off the production lines. appealed to all wind-up windows until nine years after www.channel4.com currently made. Mini’s driveshafts used technology It was launched in two versions - the ages. it was launched inspired by a submarine’s periscope Morris Mini Minor and the Austin Following its and switchgear that Innovative ideas mechanism, its hard-worked tyres had Seven - in August 1959, to great reviews acquisition of you could actually To provide space for four people, to be developed by Dunlop to last more from the motoring press. But, though Rover in March reach, was only fitted Issigonis devoted 80 per cent of the than 5000 miles, and the oil companies the Mini was cheap - almost as cheap 1994, the BMW from the mid ‘70s. car’s 10 foot length to passengers and set to work on an oil that could be as the crude Ford Popular, despite Group decided Instead, BMC and luggage, which left him with little more shared by engine and gearbox - none the newer car’s greater sophistication to revive the British Leyland, as than 18in to accommodate the engine easy tasks. But Issigonis and his team - people were put off by its complexity. Mini brand tradition and continue it became, busied and gearbox. But by turning the engine got there, and in record time. It was only when personalities such as writing Mini’s history. The new itself with ‘badge sideways, and mounting the gearbox film star Peter Sellers, the Beatles and engineering’ new beneath it in the oil sump, it could be Into production the Queen started driving Minis that models like the Riley squeezed in to drive the front wheels. Just two years and one month after it began to take off. Its popularity with Elf, Wolseley Hornet Issigonis favoured having most Lord had driven the Issigonis prototype racing drivers helped too. Austin .Cooper S. .at .Mosport .2009 (photo. .by .Andrew .Grace) British Mini 1959 – 2000 14 September 20 2009 • British Car Day Programme British Car Day Programme • September 20 2009 15 Antique Automobile Appraisals & Collector Classifieds MINI Coupe. .concept .car

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Trim size = 8. 375 x 10.875 Bleed = 8 .5625" x 11.0625 ’s 50th In 1935, the In 1956, UK born Kenneth Howes rated at 78 bhp at 5000 rpm. The final To compete with the MGA, its main successfully fused the engineering was in charge of Ford’s styling centre drive operated via a Rootes-made rear rival, Rootes introduced the Alpine Mk expertise of and Humber, with in Detroit, Howes had invaluable axle, and a Laycock de Normanville II at the 1960 Earls Court Motor Show. Information was collected from the book 1967 .Sunbeam .Alpine . the ailing but very marketable names experience in the use of colour, texture, overdrive was available as an extra. Minor alterations to the rear suspension “TIGER, The Making of a Sports Car” owned .by .SSOCC .member . of Sunbeam and , each with their and large quantity production techniques. The appearance of the new Alpine included an increase in the width of the by Mike Taylor, ISBN 0-85429-774-X. Gary .Slayer enviable history of motor racing. On his return to Britain he joined the was most impressive. The low bonnet leaf springs and larger dampers. The The Rootes Group was a family Rootes Group and took over the work of line and extended rear wings gave engine size was increased to 1592 cc and concern. At its helm as chairman was designing their new sports car. a pleasant wedge shape and a well- this new 1.6 litre unit now produced 80 William (later Lord) “Billy” Rootes, Howes was able to develop his own balanced overall effect. Several features bhp and 94 lb/ft of torque at 3800 rpm, Sunbeam Sportscar with his younger brother, Sir Reginald, ideas and a full-size wooden mock-up were outstanding on this new model. compared to the 89.5 lb/ft at 3400 rpm as financial advisor. Lord Rootes’ sons, was built. He decided that the model The two doors were particularly wide, of the 1500 cc engine. Owners Club of Canada Brian and Geoffrey, were in charge would be painted a vivid red, a shade allowing for easy access, and the soft In November 1961, following Stirling of sales and manufacture respectively, subsequently used top stowage was Moss and Jack Brabham’s success The Club had its beginning in 1971, when a few Sunbeam while Sir Reginald’s son Timothy was on production unusually neat, in an Alpine at Riverside Raceway, owners and prospective owners got together to exchange lies responsible for servicing. Lord Rootes cars, and the canvas resting California, Rootes agents in the western and ideas about their cars. The first ‘drive-in’ took place in seemed quite unmoved by sports cars known as behind three states of America sold their entire stock 1973 when five Sunbeams formed a convoy and successfully or motor sport of any kind, and was of Alpines and sales of the car in the drove the 1.5 miles to the Scarborough Civic Centre in content to let firms such as MG and forthcoming year, were forecast to Toronto for a photo-session. Jaguar monopolize this area of the be £7 million. Over the years, In 1978 we heard of the founding of the S.A.O.C. in the UK, market. A company man called different marques including a and with this encouragement decided to form our own Club. The Norman Garrad would ultimately GT version were introduced; inaugural meeting was held on September 24, 1978 attended by some 25 owners persuade Lord Rootes to change culminating with the Mk V and 14 cars. his mind about this. Garrad set about Alpine, in September 1965. Over the next few years, the Club increased in membership and we held establishing the Rootes ‘Competitions Rootes finally terminated our first International Meet in Toronto in 1980. It was a small affair but highly Department’ in 1948 and the team production in January 1968 and successful, as was our second International in 1981. The Club reached its highest became very successful. Carnival Red. By December relinquishing all ties with the sports car level of membership during the early 1980s, but the subsequent economic With this success, Rootes were 1957, the model had been mounted market. recession coupled with the destroyed and deteriorating vehicles, reduced the anxious to introduce a more sporting on an electrically operated turntable metal The car always lacked performance. The .Alpine . membership to around 50 members. model into their range. Thus, when situated at the end of the Rootes design flaps when on .steroids . Engines from the In 1984 we joined with T.E.A.E. to produce “United 8” at Niagara Falls, George Hartwell suggested producing studios, in readiness for presentation not in use. – . .a .V8 Tiger. and the Daimler 2.5 litre V8 were N.Y. Our combined efforts produced an extremely successful event which set a two-seater version of the Sunbeam to Lord Rootes and his brother, Sir This undoubtedly proposed and considered. Alas, neither the standard for fun times and camaraderie. The wave of enthusiasm which Talbot, Lord Rootes readily agreed, Reginald. They were impressed and added to the clean unit proved satisfactory and the idea followed “United 8” showed in our membership, which rebounded in the next deciding to call the car Sunbeam with the overall shape accepted, the lines of the car when the top was down. was dropped. In the early sixties, Jack few years to 90-100. Alpine in honour of the Rootes Rally engineers went to work. The subsequent Wind-up windows were featured rather Brabham himself also realized that the In 1988, the year of our 10th Anniversary, the Board of Directors formally Team successes on the Alpine Rally. tests and results showed a body strong than the archaic sliding Perspex ones, only real way to increase the Alpine’s registered and incorporated the Club. Federal Government approval, granting Introduced in 1953, it featured the same enough to accept far more stresses often favoured by other manufacturers. performance was to install a larger Letters Patent, were received in November 1988. mechanics as the saloon, but utilized an than those imposed on it by the chosen On the road the new car proved to engine. To this end, he had several The Club welcomes all owners of any Sunbeam sports car produced in any open two-door bodyshell and had some engine, clutch and gearbox, which were have adequate acceleration, top speed discussions with Rootes representatives, year. The Club’s activities include: parts swaps, technical sessions, drive-ins, inherent problems. Later, Lord Rootes the same as those fitted to the Sunbeam and stopping ability. Autocar magazine suggesting the installation of an rallies, Club Nights, darts night and Annual General Meeting. We endorse and concluded that if the company were Rapier, but with one main difference. commented that “In the Alpine the American V8 engine. However, as participate in Sunbeam activities sponsored by Sunbeam Clubs in Canada, the to produce a custom-made sports car The 1494 cc engine boasted a new needs of the sporting motorist with a Brabham remembers, “They were United States and overseas. instead, it would find a ready market, cylinder head made of cast aluminium, young family are met. It is attractive, listening, but seemed embarrassed at If you wish to join the club please visit our website at www.ssocc.com or send especially in North America, where which allowed for a compression ratio safe, and unquestionably fast in spite the idea of an American engine in one us a letter at Sunbeam Sportscar Owners Club of Canada a larger proportion of that market of 9.2:1. Twin Zenith downdraught of the emphasis put on long distance of their cars.” 669 Front Road existed, so he instructed that plans be carburettors were mounted on an alloy comfort. The world’s markets are Then along came … Pickering, Ontario, L1W 1N9 drawn up for a new sports car. manifold and the power output was overdue for such a car...” and the Tiger was born. BCD

18 September 20 2009 • British Car Day Programme British Car Day Programme • September 20 2009 19 TR6 - Forty Years of Triumph By Carolyn McGaw 1975 TR6,. . broke the mold with sharper lines, as significant reduction when compared almost at. the. . remanufactured, including body panels, end .of .production The 1969 TR6 is the bodywork had been restyled by to the home market’s rating of 152 interior upholstery and mechanicals, considered by some Karmann in Germany. Major cosmetic hp. Performance suffered as well, with as well as new reproduction frames. to be a near perfect changes consisted of moving the lights a 0-60 mph time of over 10 seconds, There is almost no excuse not to have a out to the edge of each fender and nearly two seconds slower than the driveable car. execution of design the “Kamm-style” flat rear end. The fuel-injected version. In this 40th anniversary year of and engineering. The trim was also altered and an air dam The TR6’s street the TR6, our club in London is well handsome two-seater was fitted below the bumper from performance didn’t set represented. There are ten roadworthy is also considered 1973. The result was a whole new lean the world on fire, but TR6s, sporting spit and polish shines. and mean image for the Triumph and its sleek, understated One is currently in the reconstruction the pinnacle of the proved popular with buyers, especially styling, four-wheel The car phase and a ”new” British racing green Triumph line. in North America where 90 percent of independent lives on, supported by a 1973 just joined our group in August. the TR6’s total production of 94,619 suspension and front huge community of enthusiasts, The 1975 TR6 pictured here has placed 1969 .TR6, .the . first .year .of . was shipped. disc brakes, adequate power dealers and owners. Nearly all of the second at British Car Day in 2006 and production Proving less popular with and low profile earned high TR6’s major components are being 2007. BCD buyers was the loss of marks in the fun to drive department. power that resulted from the new TR6 Mechanicals forced to add two Our Sports Car Club The TR6 is powered by a 2498cc in-line chunks of rubber 6-cylinder engine, with a 4-speed attached to each of the TR6’s front . An and rear bumpers, to satisfy North is Decidedly British optional Laycock American safety regulations. While overdrive unit they did protect from a mild bump, they If you’re in the mood for a bit of ‘noggin’ (beer) and a ‘natter’ was a desirable interrupted the cars’ otherwise clean (chat) and love the distinctive shape and sound of British feature, because and graceful lines. cars, you might consider joining the British Sports Car Club it gave close- of London. Our group holds regular meetings the second TR6 gearing for Performance Wednesday of the month at the RCAF club on Crumlin Debut aggressive driving, The TR6 wasn’t going to snap any heads Road, London, since its inception in 1993. yet lower rpm back out of the gate, but it performed We find that the club is a great way to share ideas and for the open road. well at road races and did a respectable solve problems, like obtaining rare parts or the best mechanics. The Triumph The TR6 also featured 8.20 seconds from a standstill to 60 mph. Membership dues are only $30.00 per year, a one-time initiation fee of $10.00 Motor Company independent rear suspension, It could reach the quarter-mile mark for new members, which includes decals and a pin depicting the club’s logo. launched the Triumph rack and pinion steering, 15” at 16.3 seconds and a top speed at 119 Our clubs collection of cars include makes such as MG, Triumph, Rover, TR6 in 1969; it was the x 5.5” wheels, pile carpet on mph, in fuel-injected form. Minis, Austin Healey, Jaguar, Lotus and Morgans. The social aspect of the club most popular Triumph of floors and , bucket seats and is important and we try to hold three or four convoy runs each summer, as well the long-running TR series. emission lots of instrumentation. Braking was Production as attending local car events. It was based on the short- controls, which accomplished by discs at the front and The TR6 perhaps represented the best of The second Saturday in June each year we hold our “Classic” car show, lived TR5 and TR250 models became mandatory in North America drum brakes in the rear. A factory steel the TR series, combining body variations at Bellamere Winery. Please consider putting it on your club calendars of that introduced six-cylinder power to on all new vehicles in the late 1960s. hard top was optional and a rare item for and engineering improvements over events for next year. This show raises funds for a special charity, chosen by the the TR series. The TR6’s inline 2.5- Triumph was forced to replace the restorers. TR6 construction was the old- two decades. Ultimately it was the best members. litre pushrod motor was a carry over TR6’s Lucas fuel-injection system fashioned ‘body-on-frame’ style and the selling TR series with 94,619 produced Website: bsccl.blogspot.com from the TR250, along with most of its with a pair of Zenith Stromberg side- TR6 dashboard was wooden (veneered during its seven-year run. The last TR6 Les McGaw – President [email protected] 519 485-3652 mechanicals. The TR5 and TR4 were draft carburetors. The result was an plywood). rolled out of the Canley, England plant, Mailing address: 144 Bond St., Ingersoll, ON, N5C 3B1 nearly identical twins, but the TR6 output of slightly more than 100 hp; a By 1973, British Leyland was in July 1976.

20 September 20 2009 • British Car Day Programme British Car Day Programme • September 20 2009 21 THE BRITISH SALOON CAR CLUB OF CANADA This year the club celebrates it’s fifteenth year as an association for British cars, trucks and motorcycles, regardless of make or marque. Membership is approx. 460 for North America. by Tony Fox The club has a rich diversity of member’s vehicles, Wolseley, Riley, Hillman, ( ) Austin, Rover, and Morris, which ordinarily don’t have marque clubs and are ALMOST 40 Stag .with . not often seen in North America. Members come mostly from around Ontario, hardtop fitted. but the club extends across Canada and the USA. three this particular model ‘Stag’. tourer and well suited The BSCCOC is made up of different chapters around Canada; each has its Considering years It was well liked to the reliable own agenda for summer driving events and picnics, which are family oriented. the Triumph Stag even by marketing Borg Warner Winter times see monthly lunch or dinner meetings by chapter, as this is a was not imported though and adopted BW35 automatic time when the cars are put away secure from the salted roads of the northern into Canada you might be surprised to production as the model 3-speed transmission. It hemisphere. find there are currently 34 in Ontario continued on through name when provides effortless Club members benefit from six issues of our newsletter ‘The Oily Rag’, each alone (that we know about) and that is 1977 for sales in European and launched. The Stag came driving through a range of road year. The newsletter welcomes articles from members in each edition, as well as growing by 2 or 3 each year. However other markets, for a total worldwide into existence almost by accident, conditions, a correctly set up automatic cars and parts for sale. they did arrive in the US for three years, sales of 25,939 units. The USA sales due to the Italian coachbuilder and will shift up and down effortlessly and Website: www.bsccoc.ca Rimmer ad 'A' USA 08 9/7/08 14:12 Page 1 1971 thru 1973, for a total of 2871 units were curtailed due to severe quality designer Michellotti. He obtained a reliably. BCD Contact: Tony Fox – 905 632 0479 with high hopes of being a successful and associated warranty problems Triumph 2000 sedan from the Triumph grand-tourer. So, pretty well all the cars experienced by Triumph with this works to use as the basis for making a you see here came from south of the model. The official company line said show car for one of the European car border with a couple of exceptions. With ‘emission problems’ was the cause. shows. The end result was so well liked FREE a V8 engine, four-wheel independent The year 2010 will mark the fortieth by Triumph’s director of Engineering, CATALOGUES STAG . TR2-8 . SPITFIRE suspension, a choice of automatic or birthday of the first model, launched in , he insisted on taking the A BRITISH COMPANY SUPPORTING BRITISH CARS GT6 . HERALD . VITESSE . four speed overdrive transmissions, air 1970, although it was not brought to the car back to the factory in Coventry for DOLOMITE 2000/2500 conditioning, rack and pinion power US until 1971. We plan to have a party of consideration by the Triumph board of steering, power windows, plus hard and 40 cars for next year at the Bronte Park directors, as a production . AUTHORISED PARTS DISTRIBUTOR soft tops, it is an ideal touring car, very British Car Day in September 2010. 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Featured Anniversary Marques Anniversary Featured Triumph ...... TR8 ...... U Triumph ...... GT6...... V ROW 37 Some of the Badges you will see at the show. Triumph ...... Spitfire to 73 ...... W Triumph ...... Stag ...... X TREES Triumph ...... Spitfire 74 & later ...... Z Trucks ...... VV TVR ...... AA 24 September 20 2009 • British Car Day Programme British Car Day Programme • September 20 2009 25 by Wally Holmes, Richard , Scott Morris The Healey storyAUSTIN began as the HEALEY HISTORY Second World War drew to a close. Donald M. Healey, already a well- disc brakes fitted. known pre-war rally driver, had decided The engine to make his own cars. He formed the was gradually Motor Co. Ltd., later to developed to become Healey Cars Ltd. give 150 bhp He initially built cars using by the time Riley engines and bodies built by production coachbuilders such as Elliot and ceased in 1968. Westland. Nash Healeys were also This series of being steadily turned out and in cars, known as the 1951 Donald was conceiving his new BN7 two-seater fitted at the front. low-cost rugged sports car that the and BT7 four- carburettors, together with the 12 port The 3000 model was made into a average man could afford. Hence, seater, were first head and gross power output of 130 bhp comfortable long distance cruising car the beginning of the Healey 100 with produced in March @ 4750 RPM. The new car weighed in at with the fitting of the 3.9:1 ratio rear axle the superbly designed body by Gerry of 1959, running 2,464 lbs. A 10” single plate Borg & Beck and overdrive. BCD Coker, which has stood the test of time through to early clutch replaced the old 9” and is still admired wherever it goes. 1961, beginning clutch, and Girling 11-1/4” disc The first Healey 100 was shown at the events, with works teams of Donald and at chassis 101 and finishing at chassis brakes were London Motor Show in 1952, sporting Eric Morley and the popular Pat Moss 13750. Engines were designated an attractive aluminum body. and Ann Wisdom partnership. Other 29D and began at 29D-H-101. Leonard Lord, the Chairman of notable drivers were Bill Shepherd The body trimming, styling and the recently formed British Motor and John Gott - the chief constable of colours carried on unchanged Corporation needed a sports car for his Northampton Police, and latterly Timo from the previous 100/Six company. He so admired the Healey a Makinen. Peter Riley, husband of Ann models, including the later deal was made with DMH for BMC to Wisdom, was also very successful with and better-evolved aluminum manufacture it and hence, the Austin big Healeys. The big Healeys were too framed Perspex sidescreens. Photos by Bob Slater Healey was born. heavy for circuit racing, although they The engines were now 2912cc The marque progressed through did take the team prize at Sebring in displacement, up from the the 100 series with a 4-cylinder engine, 1958, with special lightweight coupe previous 2639cc and the stock models which gained many speed and other bodied cars. produced 124 bhp, up from 117bhp. AUSTIN HEALEY CLUB OF records, to the 100-six and 3000 series, The early 3000 model was fitted with with the 6-cylinder engine and disc a four-speed side shift gearbox with SOUTHERN ONTARIO (AHCSO) brakes, wind up windows and other a Laycock 23% ratio overdrive as The AHCSO was started on August 7th, 1976, with some of the founding creature comforts, not previously found optional. The gearbox was later changed members still taking an important role in the Club. We are very active and have in the Healey range of cars. From 1963 to a centre shift model. Wire wheels a varied program of events throughout the year, both social and technical. only the Mk III body style was available and a heater were also very popular The Club meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at Ned Devines Irish and total production of this model was 50TH options. A one-piece fiberglass hardtop Pub, 575 Ontario Street South in Milton. Membership is $60.00 per year, which 41,534. 50THANNIVERSARY was also available. The first few hundred includes 11 issues of the Healey Marque, a Calendar, Membership Directory Although a number of privateers ANNIVERSARY production 3000s were actually still and 6 issues of The Resonator. We presently have a membership of 180, had campaigned the earlier models, the badged as 100/Six’s, as were the owner’s representing most models. factory found they had an ideal rally 2009 celebrates the 50th birthday of the handbooks and workshop manuals. Contact: Bob Gergely Tel: 519-7402323 car in the Austin Healey 3000. From Austin Healey 3000 Roadster, which Improvements were made in the E-mail: [email protected] 1960 to 1964 they achieved numerous was launched in 1959, with the engine engine with an increased compression Website: www.ahcso.com successes in international and club enlarged to 2912cc, twin SUs and front ratio to 9.03:1 and twin 1-3/4” HD6 Photo by David Fidler 26 September 20 2009 • British Car Day Programme British Car Day Programme • September 20 2009 27 ROLLS-ROYCE & BENTLEY

by Peter Neilson 20/25, 25/30 and Wraith) were more 4 ½, 6 and 8 litre models. 1912 Rolls. .Royce Silver. .Ghost Mark VI Bentley, the first Rolls-Royce the Rolls-Royce six, while the Silver manageable for the owner-driver and Unfortunately, Bentley product with a standardized factory Cloud II/S2 introduced the new V8 in developments of the small horsepower was never very profitable body. This model was followed by the 1959. Rolls-Royce engineering can be Rolls-Royce cars have been made six were used until 1959. and the company Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith, for which remarkably conservative, a substantially since 1904, and Bentleys since 1919. Rolls-Royce also manufactured the coachbuilt bodies were still required developed version of the V8 is still used Although most of the cars you will Silver Ghost and Phantom I models and the Silver Dawn Rolls-Royce in the current Bentley Arnage. The see at British Car Day were made in in Springfield, Massachusetts in the and R Type Bentley. These all shared servo-assisted four-wheel brake system the post-war period, there may be an USA. The Springfield Rolls-Royces similar mechanics, including the introduced in 1926 was used until the occasional sighting of a pre-war car. were of equal quality to straight six-cylinder engine in 4¼ litre end of the Silver Cloud III/S3 series in They were made to last! the English cars and later 4½ litre form. There should be 1965. At the same time as the Cloud Rolls-Royce had its start in 1904 and some of the some of these cars at British Car Day series, an extremely low-production when Charles S. Rolls and Frederick coachwork on and it is interesting to look at them and limousine was available on the Phantom Henry Royce met for lunch in them is stunning. see how they bridge the gap between V and VI Rolls-Royce chassis, the last , England and agreed to pre-war and post-war design. gasp of the independent coachbuilder. make and sell motorcars together. In 1955 the company introduced A radical change came in 1965 with Royce was an experienced and the Silver Cloud Rolls-Royce/S Type the introduction of the Rolls-Royce perfectionist engineer of humble Bentley (In Bentley. For many these represent the Silver Shadow/T Series Bentley. This origins. Rolls was an aristocratic auto the early James classic Rolls-Royce appearance. They car represented a radical step forward, enthusiast, publicist and distributor Bond books, Bond also represented the “merger” of the both in body design and engineering. who knew what the wealthy English drives a Bentley). Rolls-Royce and Bentley; with the With monocoque construction and a purchaser wanted to buy. After a It is interesting to note that before exception of a few Bentley Continental complicated hydraulic braking and few earlier designs, in 1907 Royce World War II, neither Rolls-Royce variants, the Rolls-Royce and Bentley suspension levelling system, it was a produced the model now known as nor Bentley produced bodies for their were identical except for radiator sophisticated and modern design. It was the Silver Ghost. It came to be known cars. They made the chassis and an shell and badges. The Silver Cloud/S also the best-selling model ever and as “The Best Car in the World” and independent coachbuilder would be used the ultimate development of with its Silver Wraith (long wheelbase) the company unashamedly marketed Production continued until the early commissioned to make it as such. Anyone familiar with early 1930s, when the market for luxury was put up for sale in 1931 when the body. The result was automobiles knows that it really was automobiles in the United States its principal backer withdrew. The a great variety of body markedly superior in smoothness, ease withered away as a result of the purchaser was Rolls-Royce. One styles, in which few were of operation and refinement of design. Depression. English chassis continued explanation was that they were afraid exactly alike. The Silver Ghost remained in to be imported in small numbers. of competition from the superlative After World War production until 1926 and established Bentley came into being in 1919 Bentley 8 Litre. W.O. Bentley remained II, the company faced the Rolls-Royce reputation. It was when Walter Owen Bentley turned to with the company until his employment a great challenge in superseded by the Phantom I and automobile production. He had been contract ran out and he went over to determining how to enter Phantom II. Both of these had large, a distributor of French makes before . Without any real contribution the post-war market. in-line six engines. The subsequent World War I and had produced an from Bentley, Rolls-Royce introduced Economic conditions Phantom III had a large V-12 and was aircraft engine design during the War. its 3½ litre (and subsequently 4¼ litre) in the U.K. and Europe the ultimate development of Rolls- Afterward, he turned to designing Bentleys, which it called the “Silent were difficult and the Royce sophistication and complication. an automobile. The Bentley car was Sports Car”. Although very attractive future of the high-end Starting in 1923, Rolls-Royce distinctly sportier than the Rolls and and pleasant to drive, these “Derby” automobile market was also produced a series of “small achieved great success at the Le Mans Bentleys certainly do not have the extremely uncertain. The horsepower” cars with a smaller six- 24 Hour race, in the 1920s. The models uncompromising vintage sporting company’s first entry 1970 .Rolls-Royce .Silver Shadow. and. . 1947 .Bentley Mark. .VI .Park .Ward .drophead cylinder engine. These cars (the 20, developed from the initial 3 litre, to the character of the “Cricklewood” into the market was the

28 September 20 2009 • British Car Day Programme British Car Day Programme • September 20 2009 29 1959 .Rolls-Royce . Silver .Cloud .I

Celebrating 50 and other variants, remained in production until 1980. For many, this is the other “classic” Rolls-Royce design. years of the 3000 It has aged well and it is surprising to realize that some of these cars are marque now more than 40 years old. (cheaper and In 1980 the Silver Spirit/Silver Spur younger) market (long wheelbase) series was introduced. and much higher sales 1959-2009 The body was more slab-sided and Royce PLC (the reason for which is than Rolls or Bentley had less curvaceous. The mechanics were a a whole other story), which chose to achieved before. At the same time, a development of the Shadow’s and many sell the trademark to BMW. During a replacement for the high-end Arnage is changes were made during production, five-year “truce” in which production imminent. until 1998. The Bentley counterparts continued as before, sort of, BMW Although the split of the marques carried names like Mulsanne, Eight, developed a new Rolls-Royce, the was traumatic for traditionalists, Turbo R and Brooklands. Interestingly, Phantom, and built a new factory representatives of both companies from the mid 1980s onwards, Bentley in which to produce it. This model, acknowledge that it is a good thing for began to take on new life as a different introduced in 2003, represents a bold both of them. Both are now supported marque. With the introduction of the and unapologetic reinterpretation of by organizations with large engineering Mulsanne Turbo and later the Turbo the Rolls-Royce brand, and includes resources, which they needed. Both R, Bentley started to recapture its both retro styling cues and forward- have been able to move toward a better more sporting spirit. By the end of this looking design. It is also a very large interpretation of their own marque, series, Bentley sales were significantly car, so a new “smaller” Rolls-Royce is without being constrained by having to exceeding those of Rolls-Royce. due for introduction shortly. use the same basic design. Both have In 1998 Rolls-Royce introduce the Since its acquisition by VW, Bentley healthy sales in excess of what they Choose Autofarm for all your 3000 new Silver Seraph (they were running has continued with the Arnage while were achieving before the split. In a out of ghostly or angelic names) and introducing the Continental GT and its difficult market, their future success and other Austin Healey needs. Arnage Bentley models. Although Flying Spur and drophead variations. and the continuation of their traditions attractive in design, they disappointed These have taken it into a different seem secure. BCD Offering top quality Healey parts some purists by having BMW engines. imported directly from the UK. This demonstrated the problem of being a small company in a very Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club sophisticated market. Rolls-Royce lacked the resources to develop both The Upper Canada Region of the Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club is the local region the drive train and the chassis/body, of the Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club, the North American based club for anyone so they chose to buy the engine and interested in Rolls-Royce and Bentley automobiles. Our contact details for related technology. membership and other information is as follows: Autofarm Ltd Shortly after the split of the two Membership Secretaries: -R marques occurred, which now defines Bill and Renate Booth Telephone – (519) 578 8682 LLS OYC 6521 Line 66, RR#1 O E Monkton, Ontario them. The company’s parent put Email – [email protected] R N0K 1P0 it up for sale in order to maximize Chairman: shareholder value, and the result Peter G. Neilson Telephone – (416) 214 5431 519-356-2427 O W B was that the company and Bentley Email – [email protected] N U ERS’ CL trademark were sold to . Web Site: www.rroc.org Unfortunately for Volkswagen, the The Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts’ Club is a U.K. based club with an Upper Rolls-Royce trademark was only used Canada section. The contact information is the same as above. under licence and belonged to the Web site: www.rrec.co.uk aircraft engine manufacturer Rolls-

British Car Day Programme • September 20 2009 31 American emissions and safety standards, the MGB was produced until 1980. THE OTTAWA MG CLUB MG - A Peek At The History by Len Fortin Between 1967 and 1969 a short-lived model called the MGC was released, In the summer of 1987, after the chance meeting of a couple of MG enthusiasts, MG was a British company was in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. after World War II, MG produced a line which was based on the MGB body, but Hugo Leech and Jim Nunn, out for a drive in the Dows Lake area of Ottawa, the that produced As part of Morris, of cars known as the T-Series Midgets, with a larger and heavier six-cylinder seeds of the Ottawa MG Club OMGC were sown. sports cars since (itself part of which post-war, were exported worldwide, engine and somewhat worse handling. During the next year or so a couple more introductions occurred at a local 1924. M.G. the Nuffield achieving better than MG also began producing the MG British Car repair shop, where MGB driver Dennis Campbell became known to originally stood for Organisation), expected success. Midget in 1961. The Midget was the “Dow’s Lake duo”. “Morris Garages”, MG was These included the a re-badged and slightly restyled Then in the summer of 1989, Andrew Moss was heading for the same British a dealer of Morris cars, which absorbed into TC, TD and TF, second-generation Austin-Healey Car repair shop in his MGB and saw an MG Midget pulled over to the side with the hood up. The owner had just purchased the car and didn’t know too much began producing its own customized MGA .Roadster the British Motor all of which were Sprite. As with the MGB, the Midget versions. Almost all “pure” MGs are Corporation in based on the pre- design was frequently modified until about it. Andrew informed him of his plan to go to a parts store, where he could two-seat open sports cars, but the brand 1952 and then British Leyland in 1968. war TB, with various 1949 MGTC. production stopped in 1979. pick up a new fan belt and return to help install it. But before Andrew could get has also been used to designate sportier The factory was shut down as part of the degrees of updating. MG departed from In the late ‘80s, Austin on his way, a red MGB stopped to see what was going on. It was Jim Nunn. And versions of other models belonging to the ruthless program of cutbacks necessary to its earlier line of Y-Type saloons and was renamed as the Rover Group and after a bit of a chat about MGBs and the like, Jim confirmed his plan to start an same parent company. turn BL around, after the turbulent times pre-war designs and released the MGA revived the two-seater with the MG MG Club and would look forward to having both Andrew and the Midget owner There is some debate over when MG of the 1970s. in 1955. The MGB was released in 1962 RV8, then in 1995 introduced the all- onboard. started. The company itself believes it is There were various pre-war models to satisfy demand for a more modern new MGF (redesigned and relaunched Over one hundred people are on the club membership list today. The Events 1924, although the first cars bore both built, not all of them sports cars. MG and comfortable sports car. In 1965 the as the TF, reviving an old MG name). Calendar is full of fun things to do, for both drivers and navigators. As a member Morris and MG badges. Some disputing established a name for itself in the early fixed head coup (FHC) followed as the MG car production has been you can take advantage of discounts at local businesses (parts, services, storage). this believe that MG began trading in 1925. days of the sport of international auto MGB GT. With continual updates, mostly suspended since 7 April 2005, due to the From April thru November we meet monthly, on the third Thursday, at Louis’ From 1929 until 1980 the MG factory racing. Beginning before and continuing to comply with increasingly stringent receivership of the MG Rover group. BCD Steakhouse on the Cyrville Road near Innes Road. And there are all kinds of activities during the summer months: rallies, outings, BBQs, tech and fun sessions! During the winter we have a Christmas party and indoor tech sessions and videos, share their LBC enthusiasm and good- in January thru March. Website: www.omgc.info. Marque of Friendship natured rivalry each year by alternately hosting a joint weekend get-away in multi-model MG club. While most of by Peter Mittler May called “Spring Fling”. our members drive MGBs, many own Next Steps You’ve probably seen the T-Shirt with machine like that doesn’t it? But you MGAs and MGCs and drive much The M.G. Car Club of Toronto has the old saw “I’d rather be pushing an know these cars have feelings and if you Tradition older cars. Some are lucky enough to been selected by The North American MG than driving a Triumph” and of treat your MG properly it will reward In 1930 a club was started by a group have T-types and a couple have pre-war MGB Register to host ‘MG 2010’, the course many of you reading this already you with many miles of happy motoring. of MG enthusiasts, which soon came MGB .GT MGs in their garage. We even have a 4 19th edition of NAMGBR’s annual own the corollary version of the same If you verbally abuse, curse, ride the to be sanctioned by the then new MG door 1957 MG ZB Magnette, owned by convention, which will take place June shirt! Good-natured ribbing, the special clutch, grind the gears, let it get dirty, Car Company Ltd. The name of this number of years and have enjoyed Jeremy and Keith Holdsworth. 23-27, 2010 in Belleville, Ontario. smell of these Little British Cars and never change the oil, drive through the club was simply and appropriately the presenting some class winners. These the frequent smiles, nods, thumbs up muck and generally mistreat your MG, MG Car Club Ltd. The underlying include, Jon Rosenthal, Ian Borders, Onward to the future Success and comments like “my uncle used you’ll pay for the transgression. mandate was to bring together owners Rick Drummond, Tom Tonks and more In 1991 a brand new register was We congratulate the Toronto Triumph to own one of those”, or “hey, I had to share activities with other enthusiasts. recently Jim Webb’s car took the rubber formed called the North American Club for hosting their 26th British Car one in college, what year is that one?” Camaraderie 25 years later, Mike Hunt and Bill bumper B class award in 2007, followed MGB Register – NAMGBR Day. The M.G. Car Club of Toronto is are familiar experiences when driving Once you start to care about your MG, Moffat (still members of our club) saw in 2008 by Peter Mittler’s in first and and in 1992 MGCCT hosted the pleased to participate with our fellow around in an MG. something happens…you actually the need for a car club to co-ordinate Stu MacFarlane’s in third. The M.G. first NAMGBR convention, in enthusiasts. The history of MG is well start to care about other people’s many of the motorsport events of the Car Club of Toronto has twice been Peterborough, Ontario. Over 450 MGs So there you have eight Octagon documented above, by our friends from cars as well. We flock together at car day. An application for ‘Centre’ status awarded the prestigious Nuffield Cup, attended from all over Canada and snippets in honour of MG, the M.G. OMGC. So what can MGCCT bring shows, ogling at either the ‘originality’ was submitted to the M.G. Car Club in first in 1992 and again in 2005. the USA. A select committee of 12 Car Club of Toronto and our combined to this tribute that is Octagonal, the maintained in the concourse MGs or, England and on June 13, 1955 permission members spearheaded the coordination enthusiasm for Little British Cars. Now traditional shape of our marque? depending on your penchant, either was received and thus was born ‘The Generational change and that number swelled to 50 members let me see, where did I put that T-shirt? praising or cursing the modernization of M.G. Car Club of Toronto Ltd.’ Over the past 54 years, our club has when the convention started. The Contact: Peter Mittler, Ownership examples. We listen to suggestions from evolved from being primarily involved success of that show 19 years ago MGCCT Vice Chairman, MG 2010, It is said that an MG motorcar actually others, we learn, we admire, we kid, but Accolades in motorsports to a combination of created many new and innovative (www.mg2010.com) chooses its owner, not the other way we do not touch. Nevertheless, we care. Members of the MGCCT have rallying, touring and technical activities. features that are still in use at current around, sounds silly to personify a MGCCT and the Toronto Triumph Club participated in British Car day for a The M.G. Car Club of Toronto is a conventions.

32 September 20 2009 • British Car Day Programme British Car Day Programme • September 20 2009 33 MORE MG ANNIVERSARIES by Tom Hodgson HBCC February 1959 marked the launch based on the MGA twin-cam, of the MG Magnette Mark III. This was English .MGA 1600. but with supercharging added. the first MG to have a body designed Power output was now close by Pinin Farina of Turin. The car was to 300 hp. Much attention was to be an up-market version of the paid to achieving the smoothest Austin A60 and the . streamlining possible. Some of Unlike many small sports cars from the records set at the time, in MG, this was a big, boxy saloon. The the 1,500 and 2,000 cc classes, twin carburetors did give it a top speed stood for many years. BCD of 85 mph, although some drivers felt that the steering and suspension were 1959 saw one of the great moments inadequate for high-speed travel. in MG history when Phil Hill drove Phil .Hill’s “Roaring. . Raindrop” For most, it was a well-appointed, EX181 to a speed of 254.18 mph on the very comfortable cruiser. The walnut Bonville salt flats. EX181 also known as dashboard was nicely centered with “the roaring raindrop” had an engine a partial octagon speedometer. Since it offered little to the typical MG enthusiast, few have been saved for collectors. HEADWATERS BRITISH CAR CLUB This may well be the newest club devoted to British car. By British Car Day www.transportbooks.com 2009, we will be one year old. MG .Magnette MK. III. We are named Headwaters since the Credit, Humber, Grand and July 1959 saw the introduction of the Nottawasaga rivers all have their sources within a few miles of our club, which Transport Books MGA 1600. The new twin-cam version is centered in Orangeville. Families have joined us from as far away as Fergus, of the MGA introduced earlier was Kenilworth (near Mount Forest) and Newmarket. However, the majority of our Cars, bikes, boats and planes… having some reliability issues. John members reside in Orangeville, Caledon, Shelburne, and Tottenham areas. Thornly, Abingdon’s managing director We accept all marques and thus are a British car club. As expected, at club trucks, tractors, tanks and trains. events we see predominately MGs and Triumphs, with three Jaguars and so far th at the time said, “ We wanted to update Our 35 year! the MGA 1500 as it was getting a bit one Austin Healey. A couple of members do have somewhat rarer cars, such as stale after four years in production. a Jensen Interceptor and a 1917 Wolseley. Canada's largest selection of motoring books & We tried changing the front and rear, Many of our members are involved in other larger clubs, whose events are but neither worked well so we opted sometimes far away and difficult to attend. We concentrate on short, local trips motorsport videos. Import car books a specialty: for what the customers wanted - a car in the beautiful countryside formed by the Niagara escarpment, as it winds historical, pictorial & technical. with improved performance.” Thus, its way across central Ontario. So far this year we have had runs to Acton, the bottom end of the twin-cam was Brampton, St.Jacobs, Creemore, Tottenham and by the time this is printed we Mon-Sat 10am-5pm - free parking – free mailing list converted back to a pushrod engine will have had our first over-night run to Collingwood. of 1588cc displacement. Braking We currently have 27 paid member families, with another 30 receiving our was improved by the introduction of news and trip information. Several of these have their cars under restoration. 16 Elrose Avenue Toronto, Ontario M9M 2H6 Canada Lockheed front disc brakes. Power Contacts: - Norm Redpath - president [email protected] (416)744-7675 (800)665-2665 [email protected] output at 5,500 rpm was now 78 hp Tom Hodgson - vice president [email protected] almost 10% better than the earlier Website: www.headwatersbritishcarclub.org pushrod model.

34 September 20 2009 • British Car Day Programme British Car Day Programme • September 20 2009 35 by Alan Brand - OJOA CaptivatingGil .Melo’s .Concours .winning . Cats 1965 E-Type. Coupe. -. 99. .960 points. . Hugh Dow’s. .D-Type . at .the .2009 .OJOA .Concours . Replica, at. the. 2009. .OJOA . D’Elégance Concours .D’Elégance

Mk II. .3 8L. at. Kingston. Boot. .‘n’ .Bonnet Show. –. photo. by Andrew Grace

the release of the excellent XJ saloon in 1968, just one year before Sir William by Dr. Rick Potter George .Cox, .Nelson .Burkhart, .John .Taglione . Lyons retired. 1962 Jaguar Mk 10 (OJOA .President), .Michael .Woodman, .Rob . Hutchison, .with .Charles .Ormston’s .XK120 .at .a . Jaguars are still being built in checkpoint .for .the .2009 .OJOA .Spring .Rally . the Midlands today, despite having an Indian owner (Tata), with the and saloons, under the SS marque. thoroughly modern XF and XJ luxury During the 50s and 60s Jaguar gained cars leading us into the future. BCD aguar was started by the young Bill a reputation for exciting vehicles. J Jaguar .Concept .Car Lyons in Blackpool, in September 1922, The sports cars included the XK-120 as the Swallow Sidecar Company. From through XK-150, the racing C-Types manufacturing sidecars, the company and D-Types and culminated in the soon graduated to building bodies for iconic E-Type (XKE). The the Austin Seven chassis. market was served by the Mark V Jaguar moved to Coventry in 1929 through Mark X, and the Mark II, S- and started building a series of tourers Type and 420 small saloons, before

This is the newest addition to the To the best of all research it remained for Jaguar and unlike the Mk IX, was Potter’s “stable”, a 1962 Jaguar Mk X in Florida until 1999 (3 owners) after built using full monocoque construction. (10) with a 3.8 litre inline 6-cylinder which it moved to Colorado until 2002, It used a wider version of the new engine. The 3.8L version of this car then Milwaukee until 2005 and now in independent rear suspension, as fitted was produced from October 1961 to Ontario. It has undergone 4 years of to the E-type and was also fitted with September 1964. A total of 3,848 left restoration with nearly every nut and the same engine. In spite of its size, it hand drive cars were made, mostly for bolt either replaced or examined. The had a top speed of 120 mph and could export to North America. Of these cars, Mk X was the largest car ever built outperform many of the smaller sports only a very small number remain. This by Jaguar, having a wheel base of 10’, cars in its day. particular car was purchased new in New overall length of 16’ 10’’, width of 6’ I bought this car from an ad on eBay The .first .model .to .carry .the .Jaguar .name, .this .1936 .sedan . York City in 1962 by Perry Como, but 4’’ and weighs in at over 4000 lbs. It and yes, it was mentioned that the car was .driven to. the. Kingston. .Boot .‘n’ .Bonnet .show .by .its .80 . spent most of its early life in Florida. represented a completely new concept was Perry Como’s! I went to pickup year .old original. lady. .owner .– .one .of .only .3 .imported .to . Under .the .bonnet .of .a .1970 .E-Type .coupe .– photo. by David Fidler Canada .– .photo by Colin Traquair. 36 September 20 2009 • British Car Day Programme British Car Day Programme • September 20 2009 37 the car in Milwaukee 4 years ago. When I drove into my driveway with it, the Ontario Jaguar Owners’ first comment was “what have you done and why did you buy that!” It looked very sad at that time and I have spent Association (OJOA) the past 4 years restoring the car. I did The OJOA was formed in December 1959 as an all the work myself, with the exception automobile club whose purpose was to stimulate and of some minor body work and the paint. encourage interest in the preservation, ownership and The body of the car was in remarkably operation of Jaguar automobiles. Over the years the good shape. The engine was a different OJOA has grown to provide a means for exchange story. When I removed the gas line to of information, technical and otherwise, to encourage the carbs, rust fell out! I completely interest in automobile sport and competitive events in restored the engine and removed the Ontario, to provide social occasions for its members, and rear suspension to restore the brakes to foster interest in the Jaguar and Daimler automobiles. etc. All of the mechanicals and electrical The OJOA is an affiliate club of the Jaguar Clubs of North America (JCNA). were done by myself at home. At this Today the club lists over 260 Jaguar enthusiasts on its membership roster. point our club’s 2009 “Classic” has been The club’s activities include: its only public viewing and it proved to • Regular monthly meetings be a successful one at that, placing first • Annual JCNA sanctioned Concours D’Elégance in the Jaguar marque. • Annual JCNA sanctioned Slalom • Runs to points of interest around Ontario with luncheon at destination Rick and Betty Potter have been • Attendance and picnics at various events members of the British Sports Car Club • Fun type road rallies of London for a number of years and are • Bi-monthly OJOA and JCNA magazines also the owners of a 1952 MGTD. See Contact: Alan Brand 519-372-1364 [email protected] page 21 for BSCC of London details. Website: www.OJOA.org

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British Car Day Programme • September 20 2009 39 BMC Farina models By Tony Fox – British Saloon Car Club 2009 has many milestones for British . Brian Burrell’s. . cars and one significant series was the . Austin .A40 Pinin Farina designed models, produced by the British Motor Corporation. Not so well known today in North America, they were significant in Great Britain and around the world, in their time. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Farina range, other than the , which was launched in 1958. The two major ranges were launched in 1959 for Austin and had the effect of Wolseley and the remainder, MG, Riley disengaging the clutch and Morris, had a single model range. had twin SUs, to add a little to permit changing For Austin, the smallest was the A40 spice to the performance. All gears. two-door sedan with a ‘Countryman’ had the BMC four-speed transmission, The second range of cars for Austin version (station wagon), which had a which by now had reverted to a floor and Wolseley were the Westminster tailgate and fold down rear seat. change, from previous column gear and 6/99 respectively. These were upscale and larger cars with the very nice Austin ‘C’ Series 6-cylinder engine. Transmissions were either four-speed manual or automatic. These big saloons were popular with police forces, because of their speed and roominess. They were better appointed than the mid range models and of the two, the Wolseley was the most luxurious. Although the Cambridge and Oxford saloons had an estate (station wagon) version, the larger range never did, other than a few which were custom built, mostly for the British Chris .Roger’s .Wolseley Royal Family. There is a club in the The bread and butter lines were change. An option for these cars was UK devoted to the Farina models - the the Cambridge for Austin, Oxford for the ‘’ transmission, where a Cambridge Oxford Owners club. BCD Morris, Magnette for MG, Riley had the vacuum servo assisted the clutch to give 4/68 and Wolseley the 15/60. All in this a gearshift without the use of the range were based on the same platform, clutch pedal, once on the move. a common policy with car companies Activation was today, but a new concept at that time. made In fact, BMC were criticized for ‘badge as soon engineering’, but today this is the norm. as you All shared the Austin ‘B’ Series gripped engine, in different states of tune. the Austin, Morris and Wolseley had a gearshift single SU , MG and Riley knob; this Mike .Mohabir’s .Riley British Car Day Programme • September 20 2009 41 Austin Healey and race success, often with the Lotus Production of Donald Cortina variant. Georgian Bay British Healey’s sports car with an Today, Ford continues to make a Black .- .1994 .TVR Griffith. .– .Rover .4280cc V8. Austin engine began in 1952 and range of exciting small modern cars Blue -. .1990 .TVR .S2 .– Ford. 2900cc. .V6 Car Club by Alan Brand lasted until 1972 when the 20- . . . . that we don’t see in North America, Yellow .- .1974 .TVR .2500M .– .Triumph .2500cc .straight .6 . year agreement between Healey . . 1960 .Austin . including the Ka, and the Fiesta. Other famous models include the started in 1947 by TreVoR Wilkinson The GBBCC is dedicated to “The Preservation and Healey BT7. . and Austin came to an end. Elan, the Europa, Esprit and the Elite. – hence the name. The company has Enjoyment of British Cars”. Established on February 13, - .Dick Clark. The Austin-Healey 100 was built between 1953 and Lotus ran a Formula 1 team from gone through quite a few owners and 2006, the Club is open to owners of any British car and Lotus 1959, moving from a four to a six-cylinder engine on the Colin Chapman started Lotus in 1952, 1958 to 1994, featuring such driving bankruptcies since that time. to others who share our common interest in them, even if way. Subsequently, the 3000 was built from 1959 to 1967. The after building his first Austin 7 based car greats as Sir , Jim At one time, TVR was England’s they do not presently own one. smaller Sprite ran from the ‘Bugeye’ of 1958-1960, to the in 1948. Clark, Jochen Rindt, and Emerson largest (English owned) producer of sports There are many car clubs in Ontario, but they are not ‘Spridget’ of 1961-1971. Well known for being lightweight and Fittipaldi. They recorded 79 race wins cars, making exotic cars that were great conveniently located for people living in the Georgian Healeys are very popular competition cars, with a strong having excellent handling, perhaps the in this period and seven Constructor’s value for money (being much faster and Bay area. Our intent is to complement existing clubs and racing background. most famous model is the Lotus 7, first Championships. less expensive than Porsches, for example). to encourage participation in each other’s events where built in 1957 and still being built today Modern day Lotus is owned by Then, in the early 21st century, the possible. Our membership ranges from Southampton to by various specialist companies. Who a Malaysian company, Proton. The company was sold by owner Peter Barrie to Orangeville. British Ford After opening an assembly plant in doesn’t remember the thrill of watching current models include the Elise and Wheeler to a young Russian business We strongly encourage the participation of our spouses Manchester in 1910, Ford began building the opening credits of ‘The Prisoner’ the Exige. Lotus are currently working man, who eventually closed the plant and children, so that Club events are fun for everyone. cars in Dagenham, Essex in 1931. The with former on development of electric vehicles. and sold the remains of the company We hold monthly meetings at Kelsey’s in Collingwood, early American influenced cars gave way to 1972 Ford. Escort. .Mk 1. . ‘Danger to a couple of American entrepreneurs. with guest speakers on various topics. We enjoy two - .Tim Knight. decidedly British models: the 1960 Anglia 105-E Man’ Patrick They have promised to restart cruise nights per month in season, and get together for TVR (of Harry Potter fame), the 1961 Consul Classic, the 1962 Ford McGoohan TVR is a British sports car; which was production; however, we have seen little road trips, auto shows, social gatherings and to work on Cortina, and the 1968 Ford Escort. In many cases the everyday driving his hand built in Blackpool, England (also action as of early 2009. BCD projects, etc. models were available in more sporting versions, benefiting Lotus Seven, the original home of , see Bill Rogers, Vice President Website: www.gbbcc.com 2007 Lotus. .Elise -. . from the ‘bullet-proof’ Kent engines. Ford had great rally Michael Woodman. KAR 120C? page 36 - Ed). The TVR company was Georgian Bay British Car Club

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42 September 20 2009 • British Car Day Programme British Car Day Programme • September 20 2009 43 PENINSULA IMPORT AUTO PARTS Bluewater British Car Club 2412 SOUTH SERVICE ROAD WEST, OAKVILLE, ON L6L 5M9 by Mark Jones The following are the rarer cars see this car with the that are owned by members of our club: family of three, FREE BRITISH PARTS FLYERS 1967 Lotus Elan Series 3 Coupe. happily cruising Lotus produced the Elan from January and enjoying club 1963 through to 1973 and made just events. The same under 10,000 of them. They were type was used in the produced in both roadster and coupe Harry Potter movies form. The Elan has a fiberglass body, as a ‘flying’ car! supported by a central wishbone chassis. 1977 Lotus Esprit The front suspension is McPherson S1. A 1977 Lotus Esprit S1 was (September) after the receivers took over struts. The rear purchased by one of our members in the Delorean plant in Northern Ireland. is also an 2004 on eBay and has spent the last It is one of 100 cars built for export to several years being restored. Canada. The odometer and speedometer It is a Federal model, but is are both in kilometers. The vehicle had being restored with many 5,000 original kilometers (3000 miles) on of the British features in it when purchased in July of 2005. (actual also available for download at www.peninsulaimports.com mind, such as the bumpers and car not shown, archive photo - Ed) BCD the side view mirrors independent suspension (actual car not shown, KNOWLEDGEABLE PARTS AND SERVICE DEPARTMENT design called Chapman suspension, archive photo - Ed) PROFESSIONAL CAR CARE SERVICE FROM CLASSICS TO ULTRA MODERN after Colin Chapman the owner of 1983 Delorean Lotus and designer of the Elan. The DMC-12. This AUTO PARTS AND PERFORMANCE ACCESSORIES engine is a 1558 cc 4-cylinder with Delorean was NEW AND PRE-OWNED VEHICLES a double overhead cam cross-flow built in late 1982 head. Fuel is fed through twin Weber 40DCOE18 carburetors. The same gentleman has owned the car shown, for over 30 years. Club notes

Bronte Rd. The Bluewater British Car Club is based in Sarnia and 3DFL¿F5RDG North Service Rd. West Peninsula is run solely by volunteers, to promote interest in and Imports Auto help foster the preservation of vintage British motor Parts

South Service Rd. West cars. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in British motor cars. The Club was formed in January 1995, to fill the need for a multi-marque club in south-western Ontario and Michigan. Our members’ cars include MG (T to B), Healey, Triumph, Lotus, and Jaguar, to Wyecroft Rd. QEW 1964 Ford Anglia. The 105E model name just a few. Anglia was introduced in 1959. Its Our monthly meeting is on the second Wednesday at “Stokes by the Bay” American-influenced styling included restaurant (485 Harbour Rd., Sarnia) at 7:30 pm. Guests to our meetings are always welcome. The Club also publishes a monthly newsletter called The PARTS AND SERVICE FOR ALL BRITISH AND EUROPEAN CARS a sweeping nose line, and a full-width slanted grille in between prominent Spanner and hosts events throughout the year. These vary from driving events, ‘eye’ headlamps. The new styling was tech sessions and tours, to dinners and plays. OAKVILLE (905)847-0838 HAMILTON (905)575-0490 TORONTO (416)410-9465 matched by a new 997cc overhead- Club contact information is available on our website: valve straight 4 engine. You often www.bluewaterbritishcarclub.ca. email:[email protected] web:www.peninsulaimports.com British Car Day Programme • September 20 2009 45           BRITISH             CAR DAY  We hope you enjoyed British Car Day 2009!    On behalf of the Toronto Triumph Club, our sponsors, advertisers and vendors,     thank you for your patronage and support!          See you in 2010     Sunday, September 19th                                                 

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