Central Island Branch Newsletter British Engineered Autos Nanaimo Order May/June 2021 130th Edition 1954 TR2 - A love story - P7 Beano Leadership Building community means Team making a commitment! Jim Stewart who has done a As was announced some time Team Leader yeoman’s job acting as the ago it was decided to restructure Position is open Branch’s Vice Chair for the past the old Executive format and fo- few years has decided it is time cus on creating a Team environ- Secretary / Treasurer to pass the torch to another ment in order to make leadership Bill Grace member. Over the years Jim has of the Branch more informal and 250-390-0779 been a stalwart member and fun. This has also resulted in cre- [email protected] driving force not only for the ating a number of new positions New member Coordinator Central Island Branch but for the that are more in keeping with the Dave Stewart OECC as a whole. needs of the Branch as it looks to 250-752-6149 the future. [email protected] In announcing his resignation he informed the Leadership Team Membership Coordinator We need you! that while he has enjoyed work- Dale Kastanis ing to help move the Club for- In order to make this happen and 778-908-7339 ward it does get to a point where preserve our ability to undertake [email protected] persistence becomes more of a activities that are in line with our Social Media Coordinator challenge than a pleasure. members’ interests … meaning Julie McKay you … the Leadership Team As a result he is not only step- 250-729-1331 needs feedback in the form of ide- ping down at this point in time [email protected] as and suggestions. Most im- but will be leaving the Club to Webmaster portantly we need a commitment use this as an opportunity to step Pat James by members to step forward and back and take stock of what the 250-713-1698 take on some of the responsibili- future have may have in store for [email protected] ties that are essential in making himself and Deb as they focus Presentation Coordinator the Branch an enjoyable experi- on enjoying the good things life Sandy Smart ence for long-term members, new has to offer. 250-586-7200 members and those who are yet [email protected] On behalf of the Branch we wish to join. Events Promoter Jim and Deb all the best and ex- On the left hand side of this page Looking for volunteer tend sincere thanks for his com- is the contact information for mitment and perseverance in members of your Team. You can Beano Editor trying to make the Club a better contact any of them. Please take Joe Smith organization for everyone. some time to provide some input 250-335-2578 This of course leaves the Branch and consider getting more in- [email protected] with some challenges that must volved as we all work towards Regalia be overcome if it wishes to stay making the CIB a fun and vibrant group of people who not only en- Marilyn Tarry a vibrant community of British joy our cars but sharing with each 250-591-3124 car enthusiasts. [email protected] other as a community. Volunteers Make It Happen! 2 Beano Editor’s Notes A brief look at the cars that keep on giving us joy Joe Smith Looks like summer is finally upon us and we’ve weathered through what started off as another June-uary. Now that we have that behind us and Covid restrictions loos- 1935 S.S. 90 Prototype ening up, it should be all pis- tons firing as we rev up for a new season of hitting the Jaguar roads to get the most out of Founded as the Swallow Sidecar Com- our cars and hopefully sharing pany in 1922, originally making motorcy- some good times with each cle sidecars before developing bodies other. for passenger cars. Under the owner- ship of S. S. Cars Limited the business 1932 SS1 Coupe This edition features a few extended to complete cars made in as- good stories about some of sociation with Standard Motor Co, many bearing Jaguar as a model name. our member’s cars, This is exactly what the Club and On 23 March 1945 the shareholders in Beano are all about. The general meeting agreed to change the sharing of our passion for Brit- company's name to Jaguar Cars Lim- ish cars with a community that ited. can appreciate the effort we 1957 Jaguar Xk140 A merger with the British Motor Corpo- put into keeping these cars on ration followed in 1966, the resulting the road. enlarged company now being renamed as British Motor Holdings (BMH), which If there is anything positive in 1968 merged with Leyland Motor Cor- that came out of Covid is the poration and became British Leyland, fact that many members had itself to be nationalised in 1975. time to get on with some of Jaguar Mark VIII those projects that have been Jaguar was spun off from British Ley- land and was listed on the London Stock hanging around for years. Exchange in 1984 until acquired by Ford Now I just have to put on that in 1990. Ford owned Jaguar Cars, also buying Land Rover in 2000, until 2008 rear chrome bumper that has when it sold both to Tata Motors. At op- been sitting on my studio floor erating company level, in 2013 Jaguar for 2 years. Cars was merged with Land Rover to 1967 XKE form Jaguar Land Rover Limited . 3 Beano 4 Beano 5 Beano eally Rare Cars Designed by British R designer Trevor Fiore, the T11 was built in 1970 and was due to show at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show. It was equipped with a lightly tuned 1.5-litre Austin Maxiwith, Gilbern a 5 speed manual all syn- T11 Concept cromesh drivetrain turned by 180 degrees. The company recalled the project, however. three chassis were built but on- ly one example was finished. The others were restored and completed in 2009–2010. By Dale of English vehicles of all makes and models. Kastanis We enjoy others who own or would like to own English As of publica- vehicles and share our tion date we enthusiasm. have 113 So, whatever your interest, members. This joining our club is a great way Welcome to the represents 189 single and to enjoy your passion for family memberships. British Cars. Club Together they own over Guests and new members are Bryan Conn -1974 TR6, 170 cars. always welcome at our meet- 1968 Land Rover Pickup ings and events. NEW MEMBERS ARE Helen Poon - 1937 Rolls If this seems interesting we'd Royce, 1960 Lotus 7, 1979 ALWAYS WELCOME love to have you join us. The OECC is a club for people Rolls Royce More information and who are enthusiastic about application forms can be Bill Gilbertson - 1974 MGB English cars. Our members found by going to ... aren't all English, they aren't all Art Vertlie - 1958 TR3A old and some don’t even own English cars. https://www.oecc.ca/ Henry Bukach -1976 MGB Our mission is the preserva- join.htm Roger Frost - 1978 MGB tion, restoration and enjoyment 6 Beano 1954 TR2—A love story This story was submitted by saying “This is the perfect road be fully prepared to put $10k Alex Taylor. It first appeared for a British Roadster!!” My down to co-own and drive on on the Bring a Trailer web- other brother Owen and I have occasional weekends. The site as a featured success broader interests. I’ve a soft problem is that when you see story. spot for early/mid-60s Ford something like this, it eclipses Falcon’s and Owen towards all other cars and you think Most days of the week, my two souped-up Datsun 510s and that bidding on anything else brothers and I keep in touch anything “quirky.” Though he’s would be utterly pointless. not a huge fan of British cars through a Google Group OWEN: How much? Hangout aptly named and wonders why they don’t all “Brothers.” The conversation come with a spare person in ALEX: My guess? Too much. mostly revolves around cars on the boot to help push them It’s clearly special even if it’s Bring a Trailer (and by “mostly” home. not stock. 40k? I mean 98.5%). My older broth- July 18th of 2019, this conver- OWEN: US$ kills these things er Alex’s interests trend toward sation started (actual tran- for Canadians. British roadsters – Jags, Austin script): -Healey, Morgan, MG, Sun- ALEX: Ya, sadly so. What’s ALEX: Have a look at this amazing about it is how it’s not beam Tiger and Triumph, etc. boys. stock but it has stayed beauti- He caught the bug in his youth fully close to the spirit of what when he drove 1968 Triumph https://bringatrailer.com/ that car was all about. Whoev- listing/1954-triumph-tr2-2/I’d GT6. He can often be heard er did that was a true artist 7 Beano with just 7 minutes left in the bidding. I think there are a ton of sleeper bidders out there on this one who will jump in at the last minute. It’s just too nicely done. Owen has an uncanny knack for guessing where cars will finish, but it seemed to Alex to be on the low side. In the lead up to the auction, I messaged Owen and asked if he would consider “going in for half”.