Spokes Official Publication of the MG Car Club Western New York Centre Volume 55 No 10 Issue No. 655 October 2013 Vintage Racing at Watkins Glen MG CAR CLUB WESTERN NEW YORK CENTRE PO Box 92556, Rochester, New York 14692 Web Site: www.mgcarclub.com Spokes is published and distributed monthly by the MG Car Articles reflect the opinion of the author. Articles are the prop- Club Western New York Centre as a benefit to its members. erty of MG Car Club Western New York Centre and may be Please go to our web site www.mgcarclub.com for a mem- reprinted by similar clubs providing the author and source is bership form. Current and past issues of SPOKES are also credited. It is requested that two copies of the republication, one available in Adobe PDF format on our web site. for the author and one for our files, be forwarded to the editor of the SPOKES. No other use is permitted CHAIRMAN VICE CHAIRMAN SECRETARY TREASURER Dave Chase John Baum Mary Murray Rob Shrader. 689 Erie Station Rd 1212 Stockbridge Rd 408 Scottsville Mumford Rd 70 Cook St West Henrietta ,NY 14586 Webster N.Y. 14580 Scottsville, NY 14546 Rochester,NY 14620 (585) 334-6826 (585) 752-6153 (585) 538-4430 (585) 442-8143 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR TRUSTEES TRUSTEES MEMBERSHIP Desi Benet Gil Langswager Allyn Wagner Bruce & Cindy Austin 84 Brunswick St. 46 Stonington Dr 1431 Tudor Way 166 W Church St. Rochester, N.Y. 14607 Pittsford, NY 14534 Farmington, NY 14425 Fairport, NY 14450 (585) 271-8178 (585) 385-9956 (585) 924-5251 (585) 377-8499 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] HOSPITALITY CARDS AND LETTERS CLUB REGALIA CLUB HISTORIAN Betty Langswager and Barb Nancy Chase Laurie Scribner Dave Wild Wild 689 Erie Station Road Mini City 166 Loud Road 46 Stonington Drive W. 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Dick Powers & Ange Lisuzzo Chairman’s Corner ….............................................…4 MG Bruce ....…..........................................…..........…4 Activities ............…...................................…......…....5 Minutes of the Meeting ..............................................6 Meeting Attendance ..................................................7 When You Rebuild Your MGB Motor ......................... 8 Joe Tierno Presenting ...............................................9 Auot Repair Bury Me in an Old Mowog Parts Box ........................ 10 Leaf Peeper Fall Tour ..............................................11 2013 Collier Cup atthe Glen .....................................12 Bronte Picture Report ............................................ 14 Watkins Glen Concours Report ..............................16 Classifieds .................….......................................... 16 AutoLinc Regalia and Membership Form ...............................19 British Auto Calendar of Events ...............................….Back Cover Mini City They Support our Club Please Support Them BRUDNO AWARD LIFE MEMBERS DesiDesi Benet Benet ~ George ~ George Haynes Haynes ~ Alex ~ Alex Kopen*~ Kopen* Joe ~ Tierno Joe Tierno ~ George ~ George Herschell & Nancy ~ Nancy Herschell Herschell* Gil &Gil Betty & Betty Langswager Langswager ~ Richard ~ Richard & Bethel & Bethel Powers Powers ~ Dave ~ Dave & Barb & Barb Wild Wild ~ Steve ~ Steve Fitch* Fitch* Jim Jim Priestley ~ Wendy Dakin ~ Dave Chase ~ Wally Roworth*Roworth ~ ~ Doug Doug & & Laurie Laurie Scribner Scribner * Members * Members Emeritus Emeritus Add Your Name to the MGCC Endowed Scholarship Plaque An engraved nameplate is added to the plaque in recognition of donations of $30.00 or more (engraving fee is $5.00). This plaque, created by Paul Heaney, is installed in the Monroe Community College Automotive Technology Department. Nameplate can be purchased in the name of the donor for a friend, or as a memori- al. There is no requirement that donors of those honored through donations be members of the MG Car Club. If you wish to purchase a nameplate, send a check payable to MG Car Club to: Frank Stepanik 13 Fiora Drive Fairport , NY 14450 Please indicate exactly how the name should appear on the plaque. Chairman’s Corner Dave Chase Hi all, Let's all get out and enjoy the fall foliage with the cool Well here we are with all the splendors of Fall. 17 of us crisp air and don't forget the fall foliage tour is on October just got back from Stowe, Vermont on a wonderful trip. The 13. foliage was super and the weather couldn't have been bet- Dave ter. Several of our members came home with trophies. The Austin's got a first, The Jack's and Rzepkowski's got a second, And George Hershel got a third. I believe there were about 650 British cars on the field. You all should think about joining us next year, we have a ball. Let's remember Betty Lanswager who is recuperating from a fall. Tim Rizzo was also back in the hospital but should be home by the time that you get this. If you know of anyone who is sick please let Nancy Chase know. My thanks to Mr. John Baum for running the meeting for September. As always ,he does a great job. Also, I under- stand that our speaker for September ,Bob Welch did a great job, thank you Bob.We have two positions on the board to fill for next year. One is for the Secretary and the other is for the Activites Chairman. These are two impor- tant positions and we need to get a volunteer for the Octo- ber nominations. Please consider volunteering for one of these positions. Desi will be out of town for much of next year but has offered to help out the new chairperson as much as possible. MGBruce Don McConnell Officially summer ended on September 22. The As I mentioned at the September meeting I am weather doesn’t feel like it. Mother nature wants to starting to prepare the calendar for 2014 and I sug- give us those beautiful days with high tempters in the gest a theme of young people in an MG or other Brit- 60’s & 70’s with lots of sun. These days would be ish car so have some fun and gather your photos. used for road trips in your sports car. Bruce my MGB Enjoy October with its nice days and beautiful color. is sitting in the garage saying “I wish I could, I wish I Drive that sports car with the top down there will not could” be many more nice days. See ya at the October Speaking of Septem- meeting. ber Watkins Glen Vin- tage festival and Races Happy Top Down were fun. Friday down- Don town is busy. I display some of my Lotus F1 Racing Car models in a concours for small cars. My collection ranges from 1/12 to 1/43 scale in plastic kits or die cast metal. It is a lot of fun talking to other model builders and learning new methods for painting and detailing. Hope you enjoyed your trip to the Glen (if you were able to attend). Photo by Dick Powers 4 Activities By Desi Benet Hi Everyone, Sorry, no garage tour this year, we were just not able to work this out. If anyone has any ideas for next September was very busy, the MG Car Club was well year’s garage tour, please let me know. represented at the Vintage Races, Stowe and Bronte. Take care and see you at the Fall Foliage Run. At Watkins Glen, we were well represented in the Vin- tage Races as well as the town events on Friday. Desi And of course, many thanks for the Log Cabin Party!!! We had few cars but a number of our club attended Bronte. This year, the Toronto Triumph Club cele- brated their 30th anniversary, drawing over 1100 Brit- ish cars on the field. They also celebrated with a vintage bi plane and tri plane dog fight from the Brampton area War Plane Museum. On the following weekend, a number of our club mem- bers attended Stowe. We hope to have a report at the next meeting. But moving on to October events and beyond: On October 13th, Tim and Rhonda Rizzo have teamed up with the Triumph Club for our Fall Foliage Tour.