ALLSORTS MOTOR CLUB Newsletter March 2016 NEXT MEETING – THURSDAY 25th FEBRUARY at THE SWAN HOTEL “Travelling isn’t only about looking and watching – it’s about feeling and experiencing!” DATES FOR THIS MONTH

Sunday 14th February Waltham Chase Village Hall Car Meet for pre-1990 vehicles 10am – 1pm

Sunday 21st February Classic Car Meet at The Good Life Shop, Springvale, Kingsworthy from 10am or drive from Staples Car Park, Fareham PO16 8SU from 9.15am

Thursday 25th February 2016 Allsorts Meeting at The Swan Hotel – Film Night – PISTONS-PASSION- PLEASURES- A SICILIAN DREAM – The Story of The Greatest Road Race In History – The Targa Florio CLUB OFFICERS. The Allsorts Club officers for your information are as follows:- Chairman Geoff Wheeler 0792 5556710 [email protected] Treasurer/Membership Clive Hutton 01730 268702 [email protected] Events Co-ordinator/Website Paul/Sue Ramsden 01962 886656 [email protected] Newsletter John Hankin 01962 771297 [email protected]

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THE QUIZ

A great turnout of members and friends for the Annual Quiz which had been set by The Standings, the Westhalls and John Parrington. I can assure you, the readers that no one got it all correct, in fact I suspect that the majority got slightly less that half correct.

There was of course the usual banter about whether the question masters had got the questions correct and a time was spent by the Dowsett family as to whether James Bond answer should be put when a Mk 4 Aston was shown rather than the correct Mk5 – most were no bothered as to us an Aston martin of that era was a James Bond car (it was the incorrect colour after all!)

1 This year the question masters decided that instead of the winners having to set the questions for the 2017 edition the 2017 question masters would be drawn by lot, therefore encouraging competition. The quiz was won by The Misfits of Gil Ratcliffe, David Wright, Gordon Cooper and Alistair Williamson who we all decided need to get out more and less time with their noses in Encyclopaedias. However they did get there just desserts as their name was drawn from the proverbial hat and therefore they are next year’s question masters.

All I can add really is that it was a fun evening thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended and our grateful that are expressed to the 2016 Question masters for spending the time and effort setting such an interesting quiz. Maria Teresa de Filippis

Who was she, have you ever heard of her – I suspect not, however during January a lot of folk were getting overexcited about the deaths of a variety of singers such as David Bowie, Glenn Frey of The Eagles and Dale Griffin of Mott The Hoople but not a word was heard about Maria. She in her time was as world famous as these guys and we who are allegedly car enthusiasts have never heard of her! Shame on us.

She was one of the pioneers of Formula 1 Racing in the 1950s and died on January 9th 2016

Maria Teresa de Filippis, who in the late 1950s became the first woman to compete in Formula 1 world championship grand prix, widely regarded as the pinnacle of automobile racing, died on Jan. 9. She was 89.

Her death was announced on the website of the Formula 1 Grand Prix Drivers Club, a group made up of former drivers. The announcement did not say where she died.

Formula 1 features open-wheeled cars that today often exceed 200 miles per hour and subject riders to gravit- ational forces stronger than a space shuttle launch. When de Filippis raced, deaths on the track were more common than they are now.

De Filippis was one of a handful of women who have tried to qualify for world championship Formula 1 races. Female drivers were more common in the earlier decades of the 20th century but had become rare by the time Formula 1 took shape in the mid-1940s.

Weighing barely 100 pounds when she raced, she drove a rocket- like 250F that had been modified for her slight frame.

De Filippis helped reopen auto racing to women like Danica Patrick, internationally famous for her Nascar and IndyCar prowess, and , who became the only woman to re- gister points in a Formula 1 world championship grand prix when she earned half a point for placing sixth in Spain in 1975.

But de Filippis’s career was brief. It peaked with a 10th-place fin- ish at the Belgian Grand Prix in 1958.

In 2006, she told the British newspaper The Observer that her racing hero, the five-time world champion , thought she could be reckless on the racetrack.

“He used to say, ‘You go too fast, you take too many risks,’ ” she said. “I wasn’t frightened of speed, you see, and that’s not always a good thing. He worried I might have an accident.” She qualified for three major 2 races, persevering in the face of skepticism from other drivers and race officials. But she said that gender dis- crimination had rarely been an issue.

“The only time I was prevented from racing was at the French Grand Prix,” de Filippis said. “The race director said, ‘The only helmet a woman should wear is the one at the hairdresser’s.’ Apart from that, I don’t think I encountered any prejudice — only sur- prise at my success.”

She retired after , a racer who designed a Porsche For- mula 1 car for her in 1959, died after crashing during a rainy race in Berlin. De Filippis was born on Nov. 11, 1926, to an aristocratic family in Naples. She said she was goaded into automobile racing by her three brothers, deciding to try ra- cing in a Fiat 500 after they had challenged her ability to drive one, fast. She entered her first race, a hill climb called the Salerno-Cava dei Tirreni, at 22 and finished second over all. She soon progressed through the levels of racing until reaching Formula 1 in 1958.

Her survivors include her husband, Theodor Huschek, the general secretary for the Formula 1 Grand Prix Drivers Club; a daughter, Carola; and grandchildren.

MG’s and Others of the Age CHAPTER 1 – The Beginnings by Neil Simpson So as I took the stair carpet up ready for the new one, it was with some horror that I realized that all was not well and the stairs required some serious repairs. I needed to get under the stairs and decided to enter through the under stairs cupboard that a lot of us have got. I instantly transformed into Grumpy Old Git mode as I marveled at how much old “tutt”** that Nita had managed to stash into this somewhat small space and how long it took to remove. Possibly worthy of Guiness World of Records Book? I managed to rip out a plywood false wall to reveal not only the workings of the stairs but even more possible storage space for Nita’s old “tutt” **. I tried desperately to finish the repair job and put the cupboard back as it was before Nita returned home and had chance to claim ownership of these few extra cubic metres of storage. Again I failed!!! Once more the local tip has been denied!! What has the ramblings of this old fella got to do with cars and BMGOC? Well, amongst the contents of this cupboard, I found some old photo albums that I had forgotten about and which took me down car memory lane. Photography has clearly moved on from the days of my Kodak Brownie 127. You will either know what I am talking about or you will have to Google it. If you have to Google it, I probably have to explain that a Photo Album is a book into which you placed hard copy photos that you had printed at some expense by Boots the Chemist. Storing photos on hard drives, I clouds, portable hard drives or sticks did not even feature in the most outrageous Sci Fi books or films of the time. Our car history is as follows:-

3 My formative years took place in the mid to late Sixties. I am pleased to report that I cannot even remember whether I took photos of my minivan followed by my Riley Elf. They say if you can remember the 60’s you did not make the most of them!! However, I can remember the amazing difference that the additional 150cc and 4bhp did for the Elf above the Minivan! The Elf’s walnut dash and leather seats were a statement!! I then moved onto an Austin Healey MkIIA + 2 (2 what - was difficult to define!). It was a triple SU job – never did get them balanced properly! However, I was stopped in this car by a Police motorbike and prosecuted for doing over 50 mph down London Embankment by Old Scotland Yard on a Sunday lunchtime on the way to a jazz club. Speeds that are now completely and utterly impossible to achieve due to weight of traffic at any time down the Embankment. I felt myself lucky as I had the hood down and apart from me and a front seat passenger with long blond hair and micro skirt there were three other passengers sat on the boot of the car with feet in the +2 bit!!!! The Police said nothing about this! Maybe the micro skirts worked? I did find the only photo I have of the car as above but still have the pencil sketch and oil painting! Also am still married to the girl who fancied this car more than it’s driver! How shallow is that? Simpson then went MG!. I bought the Healey for £210 and sold it 14 months later for £170. C’est La Vie! I then purchased in 1972 a 1967 Downtown Stage 2 tuned Admiral Blue MG Midget . Apart from Minilites and a 12 inch leather covered steering wheel, it looked standard. The instrumentation of this car was inadequate and I regularly took it off both the rev counter and speedo and it seemed to want to keep going but I always chickened out. I actually managed to achieve this feat down the slip road onto the M5 at West Bromwich. However, this was in the days when motorways had no central Armco just a rough grass verge kinda thing! I had great delight in pulling up at traffic lights opposite MGB’s and the like and then leaving them standing and wondering whether they should take their car back to the dealership for a checkover. PHA was not without its problems. The engine performance outstripped brakes etc but I was surprised when I lit up the tyres when taking off at a set of traffic lights in Lichfield Staffordshire and there was a loud crack and I had snapped a couple of leaves on the rear off side spring. I replaced both springs during a Grand National weekend with the help of a friend and his pit. Whatever happened to garages with pits? Whilst we toiled in the garage, Nita and my friend’s wife went shopping and were asked to put bets on for us. They forgot to do this and guess what! I could have won! Never before or since have I chosen the winner of the Grand National. Plus we could not afford a torque spanner and a future purchaser of the car asked who the comedians were who had fitted well over tightened and maybe dangerous springs! Nita and I went on holiday in Cornwall with my flatmate in his red AH Sprite along with Nita’s flatmate . All very convenient. On the way back, my car lost performance and the temperature gauge started to head to zero and there was an incredible bubbling sound from the engine. All happened the wrong side of Dartmoor. Perhaps Grumpy Old Git kicked in at that point? I had my toolbox with me – as you did in those days. I removed the thermostat, threw it in the ditch and carried on home. I never bothered replacing it. Unfortunately my Midget was 5 years old. Rust was bubbling through on all wheel arches and lower rear of front wings. In those days we never understood about inner and outer sills. Nita and I spent many weekends manually rubbing down and priming (the car that is) in order to do all the basic work prior to a cheap respray. This did not totally work but allowed me to easily sell the car when I got a job with a company car – An Austin Maxi 1500 – wow!!!

4 I had a house but we were not married nor were we living together (only weekends – something the neighbours could not understand and in those days was the subject of gossip and disapproval) but I bought Nita her first car – she had not passed her test – how smooth was that? It was a highly modified ageing Mini. I had problems driving it. It had competition this and uprated that. One took off in first and it was almost impossible to get it into second without it physically jumping about a foot to the left. The performance was outstanding up to about 25 mph and then it all fell apart. However, if you look carefully on the roof you will see a fully working landing wing light off of a light plane! Nita was learning to drive at this point and perhaps this was too much of a challenge. Needless to say she did not take her test in this car as it died of cancer of the floorpan prior to the test date. I tried to save it by pop riveting Party Seven cans onto it and liberally coating with underseal but it was past redemption! This was perhaps Nita’s first MG as it featured an 1100 cc engine out of an MG Nita and I are now at this point married and the concept of giving cars names was born – by her – not me!! Orbie was her next mini. See photo and work it out for yourself. It had a straight through exhaust, a 1 ½ inch SU and was relatively tidy. She taught in an extremely rough Comp School in Lichfield as an art teacher. Because of the car and the exhaust her nickname was “rumazumazoom” I can always remember at a dinner party with a work colleague whose wife taught at a very posh private girls school saying that one of her students had written “Bay City Rollers” on the cover of her rough book. (Do we all remember rough books- if not speak to me personally as am not sure it is even Google’able) Nita’s response was that over 90% of her students wrote b******s on theirs. She had endured an extremely hard day at school. The school was big enough and in those days to have police traffic control on the exit – again an historical dinosaur – she indicated left and then indicated right. The Policeman then approached her and asked if she knew what she was doing. She replied would he if he had spent a day at this school – he waved her on! Orbie came up to an MOT and received the judgement – dodgey rear subframe – the death knoll for all Minis of the day. So what to do next – easy - Take it to a no less picky garage and get an MOT and sell the car on like yesterday!!! The greatest sports cars of the Swinging Sixties

The 1960s was a golden era for the sports car – a decade in which Britain ruled the waves. But the tide was turning, with new and exciting cars emerging from Europe and the Far East. We have the unenviable task of selecting the top 20.

5 What is a sports car? But first, some housekeeping. What exactly is a sports car? For the purposes of this feature, we’ll use the Cambridge University Press definition, which says: “a fast, low car, often for two people only.” Many of our choices are open-top and a few have a pair of occasional seats in the rear. .We’ve chosen to restrict our choices to the attainable and the relatively affordable, shunning the lure of 60s supercars, grand tourers and boulevard cruisers.

Jaguar E-Type. Its story has been told a thousand times and, over five decades later, it still has an ability to stop people in their tracks. The Jaguar E-Type, introduced in 1961, said goodbye to the 1950s and hello to the Swinging Sixties in style. It offered 150mph for around £2,000 – half the price of an Aston Martin or Ferrari – and changed the way the world viewed sports cars.

Lotus Elan . Like the E-Type, the Lotus Elan – which arrived a year later – raised the bar in terms of what was expected from a sports car. Forget the slightly suspect build quality and marvel at the all-independent suspension and brilliant dynamics. The Elan was so good, Mazda used it as the inspiration for the MX-5.

MGB . The MGB is one of the most recognisable cars in the world. And for nearly two decades it captured the very essence of the British sports car. For a while, it was even the world’s best-selling sports car, making it a great British export. As the advertisements proclaimed, the only person who didn’t like it was your mother.

AC Cobra. The AC Ace was an archetypal British sports car of the 1950s. Pleasant to look at and quick enough, but that was as far as it went. But when a Le Mans-winning chicken farmer from Texas got hold of it, he created something magical. His name was Carroll Shelby and by installing a V8 engine, he built a legend. The Cobra 289 was good, but the 427 was great.

Maserati Mistral Spyder . We’re getting dangerously close to supercar territory here, but when something looks this good, who’s complaining? The Mistral Spyder was the final car to use Maserati’s straight-six, twin-spark, double overhead cam engine, which had previously powered Maserati’s F1 car. In 1963 it would have set you back around £8,500. Compare and contrast that with the price of the E-Type.

Fiat Dino Spider . The Fiat Dino Spider has it all. An elegant Pininfarina-styled body, which even manages to put the Bertone-styled Dino in the shade. But the real magic lies under the bonnet, because the Dino is powered by a Ferrari engine – the result of new homologation rules introduced in 1966. Ferrari received the extra capacity it required and Fiat had an illustrious partner. They got on so well, Fiat later bought a 50% stake in the company

Austin-Healey 3000 . If you’re looking for evidence that this really was a golden era for the British sports car, look no further than the Austin-Healey 3000. In actual fact, it was launched in 1959, but continued to evolve throughout the 1960s. A rallying pedigree and huge success in the US ensures this remains one of the greatest two-seater sports cars ever built.

6 Porsche 911 . In 1963, a true automotive icon was born. The Porsche 901 was introduced as a successor to the 356, but as Peugeot owned the rights to the 901 name, it was re-christened the 911. It would spawn a number of versions and generations, including a 50 Years Edition in 2013. Numbers were restricted, perhaps predictably, to 1,963 units.

Toyota 2000GT. Given it was known as ‘Japan’s first supercar’, it probably shouldn’t appear in this gallery, but you’ll no doubt allow us to make an exception for the stunning Toyota 2000GT. To think that this arrived in 1967 and was built by a company more commonly associated with creating humdrum family cars. It was a little bit like Colin from accounts suddenly announcing he spends his weekends bungee jumping in the nude.

Alpine A110 . It weighed less than a French stick, was based on the brilliant Renault 8 Gordini, had its engine in the back and was really rather good at tackling the world’s rally circuits. It is, of course, the Alpine A110 – the greatest thing to come out of France since Jacques Cousteau.

Sunbeam Tiger. The Sunbeam Alpine was good. So good, in fact, that it happened to be the first car to be driven by James Bond. But it was the Sunbeam Tiger that upped the ante and that man Carroll Shelby was involved once again. It was his idea to shoehorn a Ford V8 into the Sunbeam, creating a brilliant dragster in the process. The Americans loved it, but Shelby didn’t get to assemble it. That task was left to Jensen in West Bromwich.

7 Triumph TR4A . The TR4A was an evolution of the TR4, updated with a new chassis. It was hoped the new, but more complex, independent rear suspension would address the buying public's desire for more comfortable riding sports cars. This version has an "IRS" badge on the rear. It has been estimated that 75 percent of TR4A were built with IRS] In 1965 the TR4A IRS sold in the UK for approximately £968, with wire wheels being another £36, overdrive £51, heater £13 and seat belts £4each

TVR Tuscan . The original TVR Tuscan – introduced in 1967 – was based on the old Vixen and powered by a 4.7-litre Ford V8 engine. The earlier Griffith had given TVR a reputation for poor quality and unreliability, but as the Tuscan developed, it changed the fortunes of this Blackpool company. Later, the option of a Ford V6 engine was added to the range

.Lancia Fulvia Coupe. Could this be the prettiest car ever made? There’s just something so perfect about the Lancia Fulvia Coupe. Of course, a pretty face and a pert bottom will only get you so far in life, but fortunately for Lancia, the Fulvia HF was quite the performer on the world’s rally stages.

Honda S800 . The greatest sports car of the 1960s? Certainly not. But one of the most significant – almost certainly. Honda had created sports cars before, but the S360 never made it into production and the S500 and S600 were never exported. Even with a tiny 791cc engine, the small and lightweight S800 was able to hold its own against the Sprite, Midget and Spitfire. Honda had demonstrated its ability to build a sports car, but we’d have to wait a long while before the S2000 arrived.

Triumph Spitfire. The Triumph Spitfire is arguably blessed with one of the greatest names in the history of the motor car. Thanks to a combination of Michelotti styling and fun-to-drive dynamics, the Spitfire lived until 1980. It’s one of the most affordable cars we’ve featured.

Fiat 124 Sport Spider . Around 75% of all Fiat 124 Sport Spiders built were sold in North America, making it a huge hit on the other side of the Atlantic. It spawned an Abarth version and enjoyed a 19-year production life. Fiat will be hoping for a similar level of success with the all-new MX-5-based 124 Spider, set to arrive later this year.

Alfa Romeo Spider . It was made famous by The Graduate, but the Alfa Romeo Spider’s appeal stretches much further than a simple movie appearance. A production run starting in 1966 and continuing until 1993 tells you all you need to know about the pretty Spider. Like the aforementioned Fiat, it was hugely popular in North America.

Morgan Plus 8 . The Plus 8 was unveiled at the 1968 London Motor Show and was the direct result of Morgan’s need to find an engine to replace the Triumph TR unit. Rover offered the aluminium V8 and the rest is history. Production continued for 36 years until the model was discontinued in 2004. A new edition – powered by a 4.7-litre BMW engine – was unveiled at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show.

8 Chevrolet Corvette C2 . Production of the Corvette C1 had ceased in 1962 and its replacement – the C2 – was the first Corvette to be offered as a coupe. Quite frankly, this is one of the best looking cars ever built and was said to be styled to look like a shark. As you’d expect, it was powered by an all-American V8.

Honourable mention:

Mini Cooper S . With the top 20 sports cars sorted (although you may have a top 20 list of your own), it’s time to consider a couple of other cars worthy of a mention. The Mini Cooper S, introduced in 1963, may not be a sports car in the purest sense, but it had an ability to change the shape of motorsport. Success on the Monte Carlo Rally ensures the little Mini is able to hold its own alongside the more traditional offerings featured here.

Ford Mustang . And what of the Ford Mustang? Sure, it didn’t offer the dynamics of a true sports car, but it pioneered the pony car – a sports car-like coupe based on more humble underpinnings. It offered something different to those who, for whatever reason, weren’t able to own a two-seater sports cars.

The 1970s…

A few that got away. The four cars you see here, the Datsun 240Z, Triumph TR6, Ford Capri and Porsche 914, were introduced in 1969 – right at the end of the decade. Today, they are more commonly associated with the 70s,

This article above comes from MSN Motoring but of course doesn’t really tell us what we really want to know – Which one should we have kept for investment. Which one would you have kept?

THE LAST LANDROVER DEFENDER

The last Landrover Defender rolled off the production line in Solihull on the morning of 29th January 2016 after a production run commenced in 1948 with over 2 million having been produced. Will the world ever be the same again – the reason that Landrover had to cease production of such an iconic vehicle is that it will not meet some countries emission standards – personally I can’t see that a few Landrovers about are going to change the world’s overheating problems when one sees folk in Bejing being confined to their houses during December as the pollution was so bad that it was causing respiratory problems for some of the population. However, the greenies have won and we can look forward to the replacement vehicle which is not due for launch until 2018.

On the topic of Landrover the Discovery changes after 25 years of being the square brick like shape it is going smooth and rounded to tie in with the rest of

9 the range i.e the “new” Discovery Sport on steroids. So the dilemma is does one purchase a new “old” shape or does one wait until the new curvy one comes out at the end of the year?

THE WORLD IS STILL MAD!

Or so it seems, Artcurial had a sale at Retromobile over the weekend 3rd to 6th February, nothing unusual in that however a Ferrari 355 Sport Scaglietti fetched a world record price for a motor car at 32,075,200 € (approx £24,675,000) and a 1998 Mini Cooper albeit a John Cooper Edition with 2000 miles on the clock for 71,520 € (approx £55,000). I sold about 10 of these when I had the Rover franchise (don’t I wish I had kept 1 or 2). A 1970 Alpine Renault 1600 for £90,000( makes the two for sale in UK at £45,000 look cheap). A 1963 Renault Dauphine for £34,000 (what an underperforming prone to rust rural French box – I need to lie down in a darkened room). A 1931/2012 Bucciali - Cord Type L29 modifié (i.e. a kit car based on a 1931 Cord) sold for £460,000 (am I missing something here). A 1980 Citroen Mehari (Citroen Donkey , based on a 2CV,as I understood it meant when Jane and I hired one on a Greek Island some years ago) for £38,500. And talking about 2CVs one of the original ones with the corrugated tin bonnet in unrestored barn find condition and not used since 1977 sold for £133,000 – OK it was the 1961 Sahara model with 1 family owner from new but but but!

Automobilia sold well as well with most prices seemingly being in excess of their estimates, having said that our local auction has had some good Automobilia recently and interestingly enough their prices seem to coincide very much with those in Paris and on a couple of pieces in excess so maybe the thing to collect is automobilia rather than automobiles - a thought, less room, easier to dispose of etc.

26 th JANUARY 2016

Did you all go out and celebrate this historic day – no I thought not, neither did I but it was 120 years ago on this day that the Police issued their first Speeding Ticket which followed a chase in East Peckham in Kent. A Mr Walter Arnold was chased through the village and was fined one Shilling (5p) for exceeding the speed limit by 300%. His heinous crime being that he drove a motor powered vehicle at a speed of 8mph, when the urban speed limit was 2mph, however he was caught by the local constabulary on a bicycle.

THE WORLD JUST GOT WORSE !

The Landrover on the left is the first Landrover diesel production vehicle allowed out of the factory in 1957. It is oned by a guy in Shropshire who currently asking £200,000 for it.

By the way it is in need of total restoration (i.e. it wont be original by the time you are finished), it’s missing quite a lot of bits and doesn’t eve have its original engine!!!!!

10 Always worried about folk who live north of the Thames and this, to me, proves that I have been correct all these years. Might offer something starting with a 1 might even go to £19-00 but £200,000 starting bid – must be bonkers!!!!

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Sunday 13th March MGOC Winchester Cobwebs Meet at the Harold Hillier Gardens £9 entry fee

Thursday 31st March 2016 Allsorts Meeting at The Swan Hotel

Sunday 3rd April Amberley Vintage Car Show A wonderful display of cars from the vintage era.Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre Station Road Amberley Near Arundel BN18 9LT

Sunday ? April The Bean Car Club Daffodil Run from Heckfield to Christchurch through Stockbridge

Sunday 24th April FBHVC DRIVE IT DAY – Mike Dowsett is organizing a route with lunch stop starting in Broad Street at 10am

Sunday 24th April The British Hotchkiss Club meets at The Flower Pots Cheriton for lunch

Thursday 28th April Allsorts Meeting at The Alresford Cricketers

Sunday 8th May?????? Southampton Magna Rotary Club New Forest Run – watch this space

Sat 21st – Sun 22nd May Beaulieu Spring Autojumble

Saturday 21st May 2016 Sparsholt College Classic Car and Open Day

Thursday 26th May Allsorts Meeting at The Alresford Cricketers

Sunday 29th May 8th Haslemere Classic Car Show and Driving Tour,

2nd – 5th June Jersey Festival of Motoring – Contact Paul Ramsden

Sunday 5th June SHVPS Annual Classic Vehicle Show and Autojumble at Gravel Hill, Horndean, Waterlooville. PO8 0QE 10am – 4pm Website - www.shvps.org.uk

8th – 12th June VCC Commemoration of The Battle of The Somme

23rd – 26th June Goodwood Festival of Speed

Thursday 30th June Allsorts Meeting at The Alresford Cricketers

Thursday 28th July Allsorts Meeting at The Alresford Cricketers

Thursday 25th August Allsorts Meeting at The Alresford Cricketers

Sat 3rd – Sun 4th September Beaulieu International Autojumble

Sunday 4th September Vintage Vehicle Meet at The Hinton Arms – 10am to 4pm – Hog Roast, Jazz Band

11th September 2016 ??? Baingstoke MG Owners Club “Doughnut” Run – Watch this space

8th-11th September Heritage Open Days – www.heritageopendays.org.uk visit local Heritage sites 11 9th – 11th September 2016 Goodwood Revival

23rd – 26th September 2016 The Snail Trail VCC Run – Marshals and helpers wanted. Contact John Hankin

Sunday 25th September The Links, Liphook Annual Classic Car Meet

Thursday 29th September Allsorts Meeting at The Alresford Cricketers

Thursday 27th October Allsorts Meeting at The Swan Hotel, Alresford

Sunday 6th November 2016 London to Brighton Veteran Car Run

Thursday 24th November Allsorts AGM Meeting at The Swan Alresford – Another year gone!

Sat 6 & Sun 7th May 2017 Vintage Revival Montlhéry

Fri-Sun 6th-9th July 2017 6th Commemoration of the Circuits des Ardennes

If you have some dates for the diary please let me know ([email protected]) and I will add them CAR ART AND AUCTIONS One has to keep one’s eyes open for such things and this print from 1908 came up on Saturday 13th Feb at Andrew Smith’s Auction in Alresford. Estimate £30-£40. I could not attend and left a bid of £150, the auctioneers staff thought I was nuts – it sold for nearly twice that. It is now in my kitchen as the person who purchased it has given it to me as a present – very kind friends have I!!!!

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