AUSTIN 7 CLUB OF S.A. INC 2007 COMMITTEE PRESIDENT: TREVOR CLERKE, 39 Baker Street, Birkenhead 5015 Ph: 8449 1375 (H) email: [email protected] SECRETARY: RALPH DRAGE, 37 DeCastella Avenue, Wynn Vale 5127 Ph: 8251 2637 (H) Mob: 0418 846 082 email: [email protected] TREASURER: LYN CLERKE, 39 Baker Street, Birkenhead 5015 Ph: 8449 1375 (H) email: [email protected] ASST SECRETARY DAVID GARNETT, Fairlie Road, Kangaroo Flat 5118 Ph: Mob: 0438 700 854 email: [email protected] COMPETITION SEC CHRIS WATTERS, 224 Dawkins Road, Lewiston 5501 Ph:8524 3178 (H) email: [email protected] REGISTRAR & GEOFF STEPHENS, 198 St Bernards Road, Hectorville 5073 LOG BOOKS: Ph: 8365 1343 (H) Mob: 0437 061 569 email: [email protected] SPARES MANAGER DAVID GREAR, 19 Woodfield Avenue, Warradale 5046 & Vice President: Ph: 8296 1689 (H) email: [email protected] TOURING: BRENTON SPANGLER, 42 Hamilton Ave Warradale 5046 Ph: 8376 1924 (H) Mob: 0410 471 078 email: [email protected] PROPERTY: GERRY LANG, 3/3 Mills Street, Mitchell Park 5043 Ph: 8277 2345 (H) Mob: 0428 377 351 EDITOR, A7 Journals: DAVID SEARLES, 33 Hughes Street North, Woodville 5011 & Federation Delegate Ph: 8445 1444 (H) Mob: 0408 700 047 email: [email protected] Delegate to the Committee & SANJAY KUMAR, 16 Salisbury Street Unley 5061 Convenor of SA Rotors Group: Ph: Mob: 0411 772 768 email: [email protected] **************************************************************************************** CAMS Delegate: TONY MORGAN, Ph: 8264 7179 email: [email protected] LIBRARIAN: RON BURCHETT, 40 Johnson Parade, Blackwood 5051 PH 8278 3197 (H) email: [email protected] **************************************************************************************** All correspondence to: The Secretary AUSTIN 7 CLUBROOMS: 262 TAPLEYS HILL ROAD, SEATON 5023 Or email to [email protected] The Austin 7 Club SA Internet address is: www.austin7clubsa.com.au Internet address for SA Rotors Group: www.sarotors.org Austin 7 Journals Page 2 April 2007 Austin 7 Journals Volume 180 April 2007 PRESIDENT’S PRATTLE Hi all. April is here already and the Club has had some great events. As I write to you a group is away at Mudgee celebrating the Austin 7 with enthusiasts from all over Australia. I look forward to their reports on how the event went and how all of the cars performed. Our next big annual event is the “Border Run” to Bordertown and in October the “River Ramble” under the auspices our event director Ralph. However we must not forget our monthly outings and meetings that have been arranged by your committee and members, who have volunteered and invested their time in these special times of friendship. Some of our old friends have been in and out of hospital and to them; I extend your best wishes and a quick return to good health. May all of you enjoy your motoring and remain safe and well. Trevor Clerke President Another five years have passed quickly since the Ballarat Austin Seven Rally in 2002, with the 85th Anniversary of the Austin Seven Rally held in Mudgee; so it‟s not with any hesitation that the Austin Seven Club of SA has put its hand up to run the 2012 Rally. It is planned to hold the event straight after the Bay to Birdwood Run on Sunday 30 September 2012, from Monday 1 October to Friday 5 October 2012. The Club offers its sincere congratulations and thanks to the Austin Seven Club of NSW in running the Mudgee event in the knowledge that an extreme amount of organisation goes into running such a major event in the Austin Seven calendar. We also know that on the day small hiccups occur and this is normal but in the end the event was a huge success and nobody should have driven away disappointed. We intend having an early meeting of the Club‟s committee, which will form a sub-committee to run the 2012 event. This sub-committee will formulate the basics of the event over the five days including the site for rally headquarters and accommodation available at or near the headquarters; it will also seek suggestions as to tour destinations in and around the Barossa Valley. Arrangements for catering will also be commenced possibly utilizing service groups. Through these Journals it is intended that regular updates on progress will be passed on to all members to ensure that information is correct and large member participation can be forthcoming. Even if you haven‟t an Austin Seven you can assist by for example, being a Marshall directing Austins into car parks etc or even better it will give you five years to obtain your Austin Seven. In the meantime enjoy the Club events programmed. David Searles Editor Austin 7 Journals Page 3 April 2007 GEOFF STEPHENS K G B Car Audio Services Pty Ltd 234 Main North Road Prospect S.A. 5082 * Car Audio * Car Radio Repairs * Alarms * Immobilisers * Hands Free Kits * Central Locking * Speed Alert * Cruise Control * Reversing Sensors & Cameras Phone: 8344 1488 Mobile: 0437 061 569 Email: [email protected] Special Discounts to Austin 7 Club members Austin 7 Journals Page 4 April 2007 CLUB MEMBER PROFILE Club member, Kaye Butler, appeared with her pride and joy; her Austin A30 in the motoring section of the Adelaide Advertiser on Saturday 24 March 2007, and she has kindly given the article to the editor to reproduce it in our magazine. The article continues with the A30 being built as two-door and four-door sedans, as panel vans and the countryman version with wood exterior paneling. They began with small 800cc four cylinder engines but later had the 950cc version in the car known as the A35. They shared mechanical components with the Morris Minor and in turn the early Austin Healey Sprite. The front wheel drive Mini took over as BMC‟s baby car from 1959, ending the A30 run. Stuart Innes concluded his article by remarking that Kaye is a committed saleswoman for the Austin 7 Club. “It‟s a great club,” she says. “Being in that club, I have been to so many places. I have done things and I have met so many people.” Austin 7 Journals Page 5 April 2007 COMING EVENTS APRIL: 22 Austin 7 Day Run revisiting the 1939 Australian Grand Prix Circuit at Lobethal. Meeting at the Stockade Botanical Park from 10am for 10.30am departure the run travels up Anstey‟s Hill through to Inglewood, Gumeracha to our lunchtime stop at Bushland Park just prior to Lobethal township. 23 A7 Club Enthusiasts Night, tonight the spares shed is open for the duration, also a buy sell swap will be held if anyone wants to bring along parts no longer required. 24 Leisure Run to Rimini‟s Coffee shop at Blackwood prior to the Stirling Hotel for lunch. 29 Modern Regularity - Mallala MAY: 12 SA Rotors Meeting 14 Club Meeting 19/20 SA State Championships Round 2 20 Kernewek Lowender - Cavalcade of Cars & Day Run. Meet at Caltex Bolivar to leave at 7.30am on the Sunday morning. Entries close 1 May. 22 Leisure Run 25 Quarterly Luncheon to the Buckingham Arms Hotel at Gilberton for a 12 noon start. Contact Marie Drage if you are attending. 27 Modern Regularity - Mallala 28 A7 Club Enthusiasts Night JUNE: 9 SA Rotors Meeting 9/11 Border Run to Bordertown – bookings have reached their peak, cost per couple for the weekend is $330, deposits are payable now or total amount at May Club meeting. 16/17 CAMS National Series Mallala 18 Club Meeting 24 A7 Club Day Run. Plans are in motion to organise a day at Monarto Zoo. 25 A7 Club Enthusiasts Night 26 Leisure Run JULY: 9 Club Meeting 14 SA Rotors Meeting 15 Modern Regularity Mallala 22 Drifting - Mallala 22 A7 Club Day Run & Hills Luncheon to Meadows for Christmas in July 23 A7 Club Enthusiasts Night 24 Leisure Run Enquiries regarding: Austin 7 Club day runs to Brenton Spangler as Club Touring Co-ordinator. Austin 7 Club Enthusiast Nights to David Grear as A7 Spares Manager. Modern Regularity or other motor sport events to Competition Secretary SA Rotors meetings and events please contact Sanjay Kumar as SA Rotors Convenor. Austin 7 Journals Page 6 April 2007 IS YOUR VEHICLE A CONDITIONALLY REGISTERED HISTORIC VEHICLE THROUGH THE AUSTIN 7 CLUB? If so, you must get your Log Book and current Registration Certificate endorsed by the Club Registrar (Geoff Stephens) as soon as possible after you have renewed your Club subscriptions for 2007. Failure to have your log book validated for 2007 as to your membership of this Club, in effect, invalidates the registration of your vehicle. Please do your part to preserve the integrity of this conditional registration system we are privileged to have through our Austin 7 Club. News from the Federation and the Bay to Birdwood Committee: There has been a slight variation made to the eligibility dates from both the Bay to Birdwood Run and the Bay to Birdwood Classic. The Bay to Birdwood Run will now have an eligibility date of any vehicle manufactured up to and including 31 December 1955. The Bay to Birdwood Classic has an eligibility date for vehicles manufactured between 1 January 1956 and 31 December 1977. The 1977 date will remain firm until any further review of eligibility dates occurs in the future. Both the Run and the Classic will return to the old route outside the City of Adelaide. The route through the City was an effort to raise sponsorship but this strategy did not work as intended. This year the Bay to Birdwood Classic occurs on Sunday 30 September 2007 which also co-incides with the Labour Day long weekend.