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SecretaryTaff Gillingham Steve Turner Please direct all John Middleton John Lakey
218 Colchester Road Donatella House, finance related c/o 7 The Old Village 36, Rodbourne Road,
The Gambridge-Oxford Owners Club
lpswich Ryton, l\y'alton enquiries via HuntingtonSuffolk North Yorkshire. the Finance Officer York
COOC HOTLINE (for general enquiries): 07966 249506 / www.co-oc.otg
Gommittee Members:Treasurer Memberships
YO17 654.
Teli 01473 712723 Tel: 01653 693183
[email protected] [email protected]
Chairman
tP4 4QZ N.Yorkshire
Publicity
Harborne,Birmingham.
817 OPN.until further notice.
Thank you.
Marque Secretaries:
Yo32 gRA rer: o1z1 243 4336
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Pre-Farina Cambridge Secretary AV Richard Maruda, 145 Stonesby Avenue, Leicester, LE2 6ry.
A55 Mk ll &A60 Secretary AV Bob Metzner,6 West Hill, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire. ST14 8BN.
Morris Oxford V & Vl Secretary AV Keith Eullock, 35 Lynbrook Close, Hollywood, Birmingham. 847 sPU
M.c. & Riley Secretary AV Mick Holehouse, Dobb Rhydding, Skipton Old Road, Colne, Lancashire BB8 7AE. Te|01282 860909. [email protected]
Wolseley 15/60 & 16/60 Secretary AV Steve Turner, Donatella House, Rlton, Malton, North Yorkshire, YO17 65A. Tel:01653 693183 [email protected]
6-Cylinder Secretary AV Taff Gillingham, 218 Colchester Road, lpswich, Suffolk. lP4 4QZTel'. 01473 712723, [email protected].
Area Secretaries & Meetings:Bedfordshire Andy Westcott, 46, Trinity Road, Luton, Bedfordshire. LU3 lTP [email protected]
The White Horse, HLrsbourne Crawley, Nr. Woburn. 2nd Tu€Gday in month.
Chestertield AV N,4ark Sutcliffe,5 Norbury Drive, Ilansfield, Nottinghamshire. NG18 4HT. m.sutcliffel [email protected] Old Pump , Barlow, Nr. Chesterfield {on 86051, 3 miles from Chesterfield), 2nd Monday in month.
Dartford AV Brian Blendell, 40 Barton Road, Sutton-at-Hone, Dartford, Kent. DA4 gEA. 01322 863500.Sidcup Place, on the 4222 Sidcup to Chislehurst Road (near Queen Marys Hospital) at 8.30pm - 2nd Wednesday each month.
Devon & Cornwall AV John Middleton,45, St Andrew's View launton, Somers€t. TA2 6JU, Tel:07790286974 [email protected] to be arranged soon
East Midlands New Area Secretary NeededlHoliday Inn, Normans Cross (near Yaxley), Peterborough. lst Wbdnesday each month (except January).
East Sussex AV Simon Browne,36 Baden Road, Brighton, East Sussex. BN24DP Tel:01273 680880The Barley MoW Selmeston, on south side ot the A27 opposite petrol station, on the first luesday each month
East Yorkshire AV Steve Turner, Donatella House, Ryton, Malton, North Yorkshire, YO17 654. Telr 01653 693'183 [email protected] tl,4iddleton Arms, North Grimston on the 81248 Nlalton - Driffield road, 2nd l\y'onday of each month 8.30-10.30pm
Hampshire Temporary Contact: Simon Langrish. 023 80 270954 It you would like to volunteer as Area Secretary let Simon know
Hertfordshire Peter Batchelor, 79 Fairfield Way, Great Ashby, Stevenage. Hertfordshire. SG1 6BG. Tet 07767 [email protected] Joint meetings with the Bedfordshire Area Group to be arranged soon.
Lancashire AV lvlick Holehouse, Dobb Rhydding, Skipton Old Road, Colne, Lancashire BB8 7AE. Tel 01282 860909. mick [email protected]
Merseyside Don Sykes, 53 CornwallWay, Ainsdale, Southport, Merseysidg. PR8 3SG. Tel: 01704 578348 [email protected]
Norlolk AV Paul Needs,21 condree, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft. NR33 8UE Tel:01502 519010 Mobile: 07932 818908 [email protected] to be ananged.
NorthamDtonshire VACANT
North East Bon Gilbertson, 13 Grays Foad, Stockton-on-Tees. TS18 4LN Tel:01642 615706The Ship Inn, Low Worsall - 81264 near Yarm. First lvlonday each month.
Scotland AV Jim Wilson, 4 Ettrick Grove Edinburgh, EH10 5AW. Tel: 0131 228 5158 [email protected]
Shropshire AV David Portch, Shirley, Bridgewater Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire. SY13 1QJ [email protected]
Somercet AV Conrad Parr, Flat 2, Orchard Views, 56 Clouds Hill Road, St. George, Bristol. BS5 7LB [email protected] Full Quart, Hewish, Nr Weston-supeFMare, Somerset, BS24 6RI 2nd Wednesday monthly 8pm.
South West Midlands Alan Storey, 3 Oldham Green, Lower Moor, Pershore, Worcestershire WR 10 2PB Tel: 01386 860505 [email protected]
Suffofk AV Taff Gillingham, 218 Colchester Road, lpswich, Suffolk, lP4 4QZ. Te| 01473 712723 [email protected] Rushmere Falcon, Playford Road, lpswich. 1st Monday in month (delayed by 1 week for Public Holidays)
Surey Dave Page,70 Telegraph Lane, Ctaygate, Surrey. KT10 oDYTel:01372 810301 [email protected] Star, Kingston Road, Leatherhead 4243, one mile north of M25 Junction 9 on the third Monday of the month
wales Adrian Purdy, 18 Swan Lane, Ystal!4era, Swansea, SAg 2JB T6l: 01639 845836 [email protected]
Wiltshire & Dorset Trevor Newell, 11 Coleridge Green, Christchurch, Dorset. BH23 3EG Tel: 01202 483365 [email protected]\,4eetings to be arranged soon.
wirral AV Simon Thornton, 35 Beacon Drive, west Kirby, Winal, L48 7EB. Tel:0151 625 1236 [email protected]& Cheshire lvleetings to be re-arranged soon. Contact Simon if you are interested.
South Alrica Brendan Milne, 24 Tweed Road, Westville, Durban, Natal, 3630. Republic of South Africa. [email protected]
Club Officers:Regalia Officers Geoff & Georgina Codling {Nodh) and Brian & Wendy Blendell (South) Also see advert on page 19.
Finance Sheila G,llingham, 97 Tuddenham Avenue, lpswich, Suffolk. lP4 2HG
Diesel Advisor Colin Smith, 1 The Beeches, Little Blakenham, lpswich, Suffolk. Tel: 01473 830968
RR Back Numbers Cliff Brock,4 Conifer Close, St. Leonards, Ringwood, Hants. BH242RE Tel: 01425 472799
Technical Oflicer AV Kim Henson, "Evergreen 51 Berkeley Ave. Parkestone, Poole, Dorset BH12 4Hz
Modified Car Officer Seth Kenned, 27a Hallswelle Road, Iemple Fortune, London. NWl '1 oDH. Tel: 020 8455 1205 email: [email protected]
The Club makes every effort to ensure that the information and advice published is reliable and in accordance with safety procedures. We are unable toaccept responsibility for injury damage or loss, due to omission or error We cannot accept liability for advertisers failing to supply goods.
Please address your correspondence to the relevant person. 2 ll in doubt, use the Secretary's address.
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From ConrodAnother year has flown by and itis COOC Renewal Time again.I hope you are all as pleased as weare with how smoothly this issue
Choirmon's Report
of RR120 has been put togetherand hope that, now we have aproper schedule, all subsequentones will go as well.Our PayPal experiment is stillgoing well and we are able to
acceDt pavments from overseas
-e^betr by this merhod
(although it does incur a twopound surcharge).Please keep the materiel comingin for RRl2 1.
uonrad
Well whaddayaknow, it worked! Yes,our new production schedule has beena great success. I sent out an email toalf the area sectetaries just before thedeadl ine and had a stagger ingresponse; the most area reports wehave had in ageslThis really has made a big difference;Charlotte and Steve knew when tobook the RR in and we all knew whenwe had to get the materiel to them byif we wanted to make sure it wasincluded.
COOC memberc step offthe Falkirk Wheel just
before the AGMin October
I have re-written the Renewal Forms this vear as RayPopkin wrote in to complain that he thought last yearsform was very short andsharp and, consequently, rude.I read the form from last year and I see exactly what Ray
rest of the team.
ObituoryI am very sad to have to
report that
Miss Phylliss Cobbettdied on 28'h August 2007Miss Cobbett had been a clubmember since the 1980s andwas a very keen member.She lived in Tooting. Londonand was very proud ofher car.On behalf of all members Isend our belated thoughts toher family and friends.
renewal money tn until we ask for it. You really aren'tdoing the Club a favour as the renewal process does notsrart until the annual renewal is due lor everyone on lsrFebruarv each vear.Ifyou renew early you risk being put on the system as anew member, losing your old number and receiving twomagazines until one of your club identities is cut offThIs is a costly and time wasting business. Likewise,anvone renewing on last years Final Reminder Formswiil find rhemselves paying for the months rhey havemissed during the previous year instead of paying forthe vear to-come as that is how Final RenewalReminder Forms are designed to work!Please wait until you receive the Renew Issue of the RR(like this one) wiih the Renewal Form inside. That willmake everyone's life easier and will make sure that youget renewed propefly.
Thanks again toeveryone involved in running the clubar every level and thanks to all of you for supporting us.Well done to John Lakey for getting us such goodcoverase of the COOC Stand at the NEC Showalthough I know that it cost him several nights sleeq!Finally, I must say a huge personal Thank You to Colin'Smiff-y' Smith for all his help; it really is appreciated.Have a great year and see you all soon.
Taff
means so I hopethat none of youwill take offencethis year.It is very difficult tostrike a balancebetween asking forall of you torespond swiftly andappearrng to De toodemanding. I hopethis years form will
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You may renember reading in RRi 19 that Jools Hollandhael recenlly becone a nenber of the Club.Talf has since receited a reply.liont Jools himselfl Here it is:
'l read with some interest the correspondcnce :rbout me inlast month's Rosette Recorder. I am delighted to be amember of the club and very much enjoy reading themagazine. Plcase accept rhis belated apology if I appeared totry to run you over in my Aston Martin. I can only assumerllar you were brandishing a copy of the Rosette Recordetand I bec:rrne so excited at seeing thc maglzine Imornentarily lost my self-control and lurged at you. Youl-rzrve my every reassurance this rvon't happen again.
For your mcnber's interest I have a very fine conditionWestrnir-rster in black wirh red interior, which is in superb,unrestored order. To scc these llrge, six cylinder c:rrs inirction, I would advise any of the members to buy a dctlrbledvd box set of Gideon's Way in rvhich John Gregson. asCommander Cideon of Scotland Yard, screeches aroulclLondon, arresting ur-rdesirables ln !?olscley Six OneHundred ancl Tens.
Please send my best wishes to all club members.
Jools Holland oer, ol(Mem No.68621)
plane that always broughtback its crews, with the highest survival rate of any aircraft involved in theconflict. Yet it was made of wood, using monocoque ply-sandwichconstruction, meaning it could be built by the furnifure makers ofEngland, in small workshops scatt€red round the country, safe from enemyattacK.
Planes restored or under restoration include Mosquitoes, plus many otherfamous De Havilland aircraft, including a Vampire, Venom, Vixen, Doves,a Heron, a Dragon Rapide, the front half of a Trident, the fuselage of aComet, even guided missiles. Ifyou ask nicely in advance they will evenpush out a Mozzie fbr a photo-shoot, or let you run your hands over aRolls Royce Merl in to see what a l200hp Vl2 feols l ikc.
For tfiorc inforflation contact Rttlph Steiher on 020 8954 5080 orerndil w1050.dl1.tnt(@Jsuail.net OR Enrhys Banell on 07703 218906
ot endI enrhysbsrreIl@,Eorit g.co.uk
Visit : lv lvlv.dehavi l landmuseum.co.uk
Th€ Mosquito wasaguably the best aircraft ofWorld War 2, certainly themost ve$atile. It was abomber that outmtr thefastest fight€rs, so neededno afinament. lt was afighter with massive fire-power. It was a ship-buster,with eight rockets givingthe equivalent of abroadside from a cruiserAnd it was known as the
London @Brighton Run
Since the last issue of RR a lot more photoshave appeared of the London to Brightonrun, some of which you can see on page 17and a couple below. These are courtesy ofBangerPhotos.com, via Dave Page.
'Readine further into TafftChairmin's ReDorr. I rhink that weshould allow A40 owners to join theC.O.O.C. in fact I don't think weshould discoumge any BMC ownersfrom joining. I don't rhink rhere isany need to try and poach membersliom other clubs but iust acceDt themif we get requests to join. I can thinkof two such members who at themoment donit own club cars but wereso imoressed with our club thevioined: Brian \Tatkinson fromScarboroush has an A40 Farina andDave Strelton {iom Bamsley whoowns several Landcrabs includins thestretch one seen at the Nationil inVales. They both enjoy our runs andrallies which of course we put on farmore of than either the A40 CIub orindeed the Landcrab OC. Anotherrecent member who was so impressedwith our events this Summer wasMike Davis ftom Tadcaster, who soldhis Super Minx and bouehr an ,4'60so he coulcl 10rn us. lonn 6r urlllan
Bernett recently boughr, a lovelyl(llev r.) ano lolneo tne Kllev cluD tonno mougn tnev cover al l Krleysrhey offer very little for BMC badge-engineered models,, So here isanotner car to consrclef.
Mabe we could intoduce a generalBMC page in to the R/R wheremembers such as Dave who ownother BMC models can send inarticles or if any of us attend anotherClub's event we can report on it.
I think we should be careful that theC.O.O.C. never loses it's very specialidentity, but I feel the time isaporoaching where classic cars arebecomins
- less and we should
encouragi the owners of less wellcatered lor BMC models to join us.I think this should be a major topicfor discussion at the next committeemeeting.'
. Sleve Tumer .
Dsnars ConNEnShould we allow A40 Farina
owners to join our club?We've had quite a lot of response following on from theChairman's Report in RRI I 9 conceming the matter of allowingmembership to Austin A40 Farinas. Here are some ofthe leftcrsand emails we have received. More to follow in RRl 2 I :
'Re: your Chairmanb Report as to whether weshould open membership to Austin 40 Farinas, I think
it is importa b open our doors and include any carclub, and try to protect our interest in classic cars fromthe people who think we should all drive euroboxes andhave no freedom to choose. Also gaining new membersmust be a good thing whatever they choose to drive; newpeople, new ideas maybe!'
T, Babb . Men. No. 4705
'I al,so think thqt thi,s a uery hot topic to di,scuss ue need. to actsooner rather than laler if we are to keep membership numbersto d naximum and so k;ep the cost doiwn for all mEmbers.
I aaree that ue shouLd not poa.ch members from other clubs.Hobevet when we are aiproached bU pleople ue shauldalwalls @ccept them on the inderstandirtg bf who u.te are andwho -we speZifi.callg cater for
I also.think that a page in the RR once in a Dhile uould be aaooa rmna.
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cqn all work out a formula to propose at the nertAGM and then get a members lote on it sb tiat euerything isdone a.s transpdrentlg a.s possible.'
lohn Middleton . john,rrriddletofll00@r,irgin.net
My Farinas: An 0wnership History o'o#l;[*
A short while ago you kindly printed an axticleabout my father's Morris Oxford and how this gotme interested in Farilas in a child. I thoueht thefollowing might be of inlerest. conc?rningvarious farinas I have owned over the yeaN.resulting fiom rhe trostalgia of dadb car all-thoseyeals ago.In 1988 I saw an advert in the local paper forARR 535H, a trafalgar blue 1970 Series 6 Oxfordfor f270 - taxed MOT'd and ready to go. A quickinsoection and test drive oroved it to bemeahanically good if a littli tatty around theedges, but a deal oft250 was done and I drove itaway.I was onlv the 41h owner and il was Dressed ifltoevery day service, proving extremely reliable(aren't they all?), taking me and an ex girlfriendon holiday to the Norfolk Broads, and my mateeven borrowed it to oick uo a l6ft caravan he hadiust boueht as it had a towbar fifted.-At the s-ame time I was offered RAU 6816 - abeige and white Series 6 from a lady for spares. Ithad just failed the MOT on rust but ranbeaurifully. ljust couldn't bring myselflo break ilup and on furrher investigation found it had beena hire car wh€n it was new. The battery andradiator were swapped as they were better thanthe ones on my car, and then the complete cax was
sold for what I paid for it - f,50. I supposenowadays it would have been r€paircd and putback on the road, but in 1988 a rusty MorrisOxford with no MOT had littl€ value. I b€lieve itwas, sadly, broken up for spares.In around 1 994, I bought a very sad but completeand running (only just!) MG Magnette COU829C which I planned to restore. However, onclose inspection it was probably too far gone.which was a shame as I rcmember lhis car as achild when it belonged to a local shop keeper. If Iremember I thi* John Grcen who used lo ownFBD 5C boueht it as a continued donor car for hisimmaculate lr4aenette. Still anxious for anotnerfarina I found E-RA 487H, a 1969 sandy beigeOxford languishing in an old warehouse. It hadclearly been vandalised and was sitting on fourflat tf€s, but the reg numb€r struck a chord withme and I realised it was the same car used by'Practical Classics' in 1980 when they did afeature on Lhe various marques ofthe farina.The previous owner had not paid the storage feesand disappeare4 and after much haggling Imanaged to purchase it for !70. Although it wascheap, once I had trailercd it home and given it afull inspection, it became apparent it would needa lot spending and many parls replacing to bringit up to a good standard. Six months laler and a lot
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of hard work it was MOT'd and put back on theroad for the fi6t time in five years. Aside from afew teething problems it proved extr€melyreliable and drove beautifully. My brother took alikine for it and made me an offer I couldn'trefus-e, and he ran it for another couple of yearsbefore selline it.ARR 535H; my first and favoudte Oxfordchanged hands several times after I sold it, andone iight I got a visit fiom the police saying itbeen abandoned and vandalised and it was stillrcsistered to me.I ihought it had probably reached the end of therca4 yet some months later I saw it being drivenby a middle aged chap who had took pity on itand renovated it saving it ftom the crusher . Ibelieve it chaneed hands several times after thatand I last saw- it in about 1990...does it sti1lsurvive?Although I belong to this splendid club and willalways be intercsted in farinas, I curently run a1953 Austin Somerset (another car ftom mychildhood). Howwer. if another Morris Oxfordcame along at the fight price, who knows?If anyone knows what happened to any of thefarinas I have mentioned or indeed owns any ofthem, I would love to hear fiom you!
Grcham Westcoft . Tel:01158 599705
6 Eftn/errvleMy love of Farinas did not stan tluough my father having one,we had acouple of Ford ZephFs also BMc A40s and I l00s.My interest.like a lot ofpeople in the club,started through being raken to banger racing and seeingthese lovely carsgetting smashed up.It was in the Alde6hot pits in 1984that i filst noticed the six cylinder variation (I previously thought they wereall A60s!) listening to the tuneful bark of the C-series engine with theexhaust cut short and the seeing the largei and graceful lineswith the fins at the back.
In later yeals I started racing myselfand also decided I would get a westyto use on the rcad. The car I eventually got in 1987 was a 196? AustinWestminster, almond over connaught green with the registration NUF 6 1 7.This reg had come otr a Rover P4; the Al l0's odginal reg was PPF326E.
car but after two years, manyadventures during 20k miles, theengine was tired aIld thebod)'work needed attention. It waslaid up in the garag€ awaiting itsfate. I had no intention of racing itand I moved on to a succession of IFord Cranada road cars. Durine J
It was put to use as an everyday
my time of westy ownership ijoined the COOC and attended theIpswich airport gathering etc.Ialso met and made many fliendsincluding Tim and the Langrishfamily and one day this is wheremy westminster headed alongwith all the collected spares androstyle mountain!
r well looked after (garaged and rcgular servicing)although it had done a good few miles I wanted aI could "use". Whatever, it was in a lot better
than NUF!
I leff a deposit and came home with the task ofing the Consul which wasn't easy and was
During rhe qOs I banger raced a rare Wolseley b/l l0 hearse. a handlill ofA60s and also a 6,1 l0 saloon (kindly supplied by Mr wesry) along with al lthe other t)?ical cars ofthe era. On the road I had a number ofcranadas,also a Rover P5b. My banger racing career came to an end in 1999 shortlybefore the arrival of marriage, bigger mortgage and kids! With a savingspolicy about to pay oul I decided lo invest in a classic car and lhal I wouldget anorher wesw. however. a low mileage Ford Consul (Cranada) cameilong instead which I cherished lor a couple ofyears which brings me 1o....
MBU 64I E
Since letting NUF 617 go I always wanted another westy, this time Idecided i would find a wolseley 6/110. A fiiend I had made on the internet,Michael "Boggy" Sanders from Liverpool, had similar ideas and hadplaced a "wanted" style advert and acquired both an Al 10 and a 6/1 10. Thephone calls kept coming and he told me about a 1967 two tone green Al10mk2 in Wigan ,the owner was seriously ill,the son didn't want to keep thecar but obviously wanted the car to go to a good home and saw Michael'sadvert. Christmas 2005 Michael went to see MBU 641 E and sent me somepictures and I knew then that I wanted it ( a westminster the same colouras my first one ha4 by fate, found mel) I went up on the train to see itBoggy kindly taking me over Eric had owned the car since 1973 when he
sold on the day before I went
Moving on to 2007
This year saw the car's 40th Binhday and so I decided take her back toCowley, Oxford where she was constucted. The log book shows firstregistation 7th July 196'7 (Oldham), so I decided to go over to Oxfordat the beginning of July. I have a friend, Dave Jones, whosefather used to work in the BMC factory and lives locally andworks over the road flom the site in a bus depot. The original factoryhas been pulled down,and there is now a restaurant called "The Long Wall"which for a while kept memorobilia on the walls. The former Pressed Steelfactory where the panels etc. were made still stands and is where the BMWMini is made today. So we took some pictures of MBU 641 E at itsbirthplace. Other events this year have included taking part in the COOCLondon to Brighton rally which was thoroughly enjoyable, and acquiringsome lovely rostyle* wheels fresh offa Rover P5B saloonl (thanks Tufty).
on the train asain to fetch and drive MBU back.Boggy met me from Lime St. Station (I took ae with a trolley jack inside along with a few
We went over to Wigar in Boggy's 6/110 andwhole family tuined out to see the westy go as itlike one of their family. Unfortunately, Eric had
away in hospital, and so I promised them Ilook after the car and have kept in louch since.
-The ioumev back to Herlfordshire was an excit insadventwe and without mijor iniident. Driving the beast. it all came bac[to me affer a few miles the memories of Aldershot pits re-kindled by thesound of the shot exhaust which gave me a headache by the time I got home(noise and fumes!) and woke the neighbours who thought a helicopter hadlanded. So the first task was to invest in a stainless steel system (thanksConra4 and also Tim for fitting it after a t p down to Hampshire).
* = These Rallies are PBE-BOOK ONLY!* NB: Regulat readers of this columnknow that there is no such thing!! - TaffEvents Diary 2OO8
gth March12h April20'nApril11'h May24'h- 26'h May8rh June28'h- 29bJune29'nJune12'h- 13* July3'August17rh August2SihSept
Morris & Austin Day, Brooklands MuseumPfide of Longbridge Rally - convoy to Longbridge cofton Park organised by Rover community Action Trust
GOOC Drive lt Day Run - Hambleton Hills Steve Turner - 01653 693183
COOG Yorkshire Gathering, Burton Agnes Hall, nr. Driffield* Steve Turner (see page 16)GOOC Welsh Rally & Snowdonia Tour inc. Tom Rolt Rally* Steve Turner - 01653 693183Luton Festival of Transport, Stockwood Park - LutonCOOG Scottish Rally MoffatCOOC South West Rally, SparkfordCOOC East Anglian Rally, N. Norfolk Railway*1sth BMC/BL Rally, Ferry Meadows, PeterboroughCOOC 2008 National Rally, Cranleigh, Surrey Dave PageGOOG South East Rally, Kingsfold Steam Rally, Sussex Dave Page
The Renewal issue is upoo us once againand we gxtend oul warmest thanks to Val,Sheila, Joh and Conrad who will be in thethick of it over the next few weeks enteringthe renewals on compute! paying chequesinto the bank, adding up the figures andfixing problems as they occur. It can be athankless task but it is one they all bear withcheerfulrcss and always get it done.Please take the trouble lo renew yourmembership as quickly as you can as it helpsthem all if the Focess does not drag on fortoo lons.Not to6 much else to reDort this trme.Everything mentioned in the last RR is now
Aonuittaa WatcAhappening as you will have noticed by thearrival of this magazine. The schedule forthe Rosette Recorder has b€en a greatsuccess so far with pl€trty of AreaSecretarys responding to the deadline withrcports and articles an4 needless to say,havine a timetable has made il much easierfor th; Club, and Colourplan, to co-ordinateour efforts and make sur€ we hit our agreeddeadline.Desoite a bdef hiccuD when half thenagizine's compute files crashed andCharlotte had lo r-input everylhing again.this has been a great success and the factthat we were workins to a schedule with
some inbuilt slack meant that, even with acomputer cmsh, the magazine has not beenheld uD.The bdnner stands for active area groups arcongoing. Designs are being drawrl up evenas I type and I hope that lhese will startappearing at rallies and shows in the spring.Thank you to everyone who orgaDisgd andattended shows and rallies in 2007. It was agrcat year with events on most parb of thecountry which, hopefully, means thateveryone has a chance to attend a showsomewherc. We raised about a tlousandpounds for good causes too. Well doneeveryone and let3 hope 2008 is as good!
Longbridge Heritage'. More details are available ftom their web sitehttp://www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk or by phone on 01926 641188.The !20 price ticket includes lunch; it should be an interesting momilg.
The Pride ofLongbridge event which has run so successfully for the pasttwo years is set to take place again this year, on Saturday 12th of April.Please check the club's web site for information on where the convoy toLongbridge will be leaving from etc.
I hope to see as many people as possible at events this year, although Imay be in my MGB as my Cambridge is gradually being taken apart toaddress a number of issues'!
John LakeyPublicity Officer
Publicitg Officer's ReportThe rccent Austin Fedemtion meeting was very interesting; in essence itappears quite likely that the redeveloped Longbridge site will have adecent sized heritage cente ofsome sort within it. A consultation processis going to be launched as to what should be within that centre. In theshort term please send any thoughts to m€ but hopefully the next issue ofthe RR should contain details of a direct contacVwebsite.
Heritag€ Motor Centre archivist ard Issigonis biographer GillianBardsley was prcsent at the meeting and brought their spring lectueseries to my attention. Topics being covered include, 'The Changing faceof the Motor Industry', RAI Gaydon and the Golden Age of Steam.However the talk likely to be ofmost interest to membels is being givenby Gillian herself on the 26th March 2008 and is entitled 'Saving
AREA REP2RTS: YalesThe phoro is of mv Wolseley l5/60 taken at a Chrisrmas show I did atCefn-Coed Colliery museum in Crynant, South Wales, which just out ofinterest is the deepest and rnost dangerous mine in li0ales. When it wasa working mine. you had to be aclespecrte mlner tI you were mnrnghere! lt is also home to the only gastram.
I thought I would just give you somedates for evencs rhis year. firstly theSingleton Classic Car Show inJwansea on )th May . contact ul /yl,419?80. Then the National TiansportFestival of Wales which will take placein Swansea on the 15th june - fordetails contact 07814 958379. There isalso a rather nice run the day beforefiom Swansea to Pendine, stopping atthe home area of Dylan Thomas, and isorganised by the same club (number as
above). Then follows the family fun day and classic car show at theGnoll Country Park in Neath - this is organised by the Skewen MotorClub, and with over 350 vehicles in attendance last year this was one of
the biggest shows in Wales. Fot detailscontact 01792 323078. And then a clashof datesl The choice is yours - Dinefurpark and manor house, an up andiomins show with beautifulsurroundings, a relaxed day out for all!Contact 01588 823902 and the samedate is the Tiedesar House Show inNewoon - rhis is i massive showi Anddon i forget guys get those cars out andabout for Drive [t Dav on 20th Aoril andhelp support our interest and kiep ourcars on the road, Hooe to see vou at thcsnowsl
t Adrian Purdy .
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The C.O.O.C. East Yorks. Area Christmas parwwas a grcat night enjoyed by all who loined us.The Middleron Arms did us oroud with anexcellent meal and the atmosphere was justright. With Christmas out of the way we ateolannins our 2008 Evenrs, the first of which isour ljrive it ljav run around the Hambleton Hillsstartine ftom Malton Market Place at 10 am onSunday April 20th. There is no need to book forthis event and you may join us en route at TheBillsdale Picnic area ifyou wish at 11am, For fulldetails contact me at the usual address. OurYorkshire Gathering this year takes place atBurton Ame: Hall on Sundav Mav 11rh. \0e areinvning all rhe local car clubs ro join us so this
should be a really good day out. Entry is ftee butmust be pre-booked so please contact me if youwant an entry form. Buton Agnes Hall is alovely venue which we are very grareful toSimon & Olivia Cunliffe-Lisrer for allowine usro use. The event is held in support of MirieCurie Cancer Care.The end of May will see us making our annualrun to lJ0ales for the Tom Rolt Rally which thisvear is a bit soecial because vour club isorganising all tlre vehicle entries so pleasesupDort us if vor.r can. We have entries fiom losofBMC & BL car clubs including The HarrogareMG Club, The Austin Counties Car CIub, TheMMOC & The P.VH.C.C. plus of course marryindividual entries. Lets see if the C.O.O.C. canhave the brsqest club displav.Come the end ofJune we shall be heading NorthO' The Border to Moffatt to join Jim ri0ilson forthe Scottish Rally. This is another great weekendand another highliight on our calender. July will
see the retum of the C.O.O.C. East AnplianRally. The event is to be held around The N.Norfolk Railway's Holt Station over the\i/eekend Saturday & Sunday July l2th & l3th.There will be a convoy to Norfolk on SaturdayJuly 12th avoiding Motorways meeting at TheHumber Bridge at ?.30 am I hope lotsofyouwil ljoin us for rhe tesurecred East Anglian Rally.This is lust the first halfof the 2008 Rally seasoncovered so as vou can see we have a full anclvaried calendei of events so whv not ioin us forour meetings at The Middleron Arms. NorthGrimsron, near Malton on the 2nd Monday ofeach Month. The oub does excellent meals andhas a big car park. Our June meeting will be a"Bring Your Classic" nighr and i[ che wearher isgood we ate planning to have a barbecue.See you all on the rally circuit or at ourmeetngs!
o Steee I Joanne Tuntet o
AREA REPORTSsome of these imaeinarv club ca$ out and about in the near future!Peter Bachelor [as iontacted me resardins the
Rightl So whats been happening to us lot?It\ winter, not a lot, what do you expect? We had aPeter Bachelor has contacted me regarding the
possibility of doing somethrng on "Drive-lt-Day",iuhi.h ," u.uallv on ihe Sundav -nearest to St. Ceoreeswhich is usually on the Sunday nearest to St. GeorgesDav. For those that don't know. the idea is to raise theDav. For those that don't know. the idea is to raisevisible profile of the classic car movement, by dri'v$Lble prol l le ol lhe c lass,c car molemcnt. by Llr l l lngthem nowhere in par i icular. . . . .or , as I hope, actual fy TO somewhere thrs
year! Any suggestions, preferablyfairly local to us (village fetes, carshows alreadv planned that wecan gatectash, museums) will beinvestigated, and if anyonetrnteresteo ln lommg us, grve me arlng, or an email, or come to thepub on the FIRST TUESDAY of
Secondly, if anyone is interestedin attending the Luton Festival ofTransporr on che 8th of June, letme or Peter know, as he has aclub stand booked for us (topchapl) so get the Autoglym andfins out! It is an excellent event,
box inro my old 460 (EBM666D) with a great deal of ingenuiry, grazedknuckles, colourful language and a lack of a more suirable gearbox ro fit!Anyone who has tried rhis will want to give him a pat on the back, I amsurel The old girl now goes much better than when I owned her, and withthe MGB twin SU's, an LCB and a Mini Spares RC40 exhaust skilfullybodged into place, she sounds great too. Unfortunately, she has developedsomething of a drinling habit, thoughl Vince has also put in an altematorto keep the power up for the (wait for it) electrically adjustable seats out ofa Jag XJ-SI Great, they are...can I buy it back?In Rileyville (the Land that Andy Forgot) I was somewhat shocked to findanother year had passed since I last even sat in my old 4/?2 (CGC666H)and so the anival of Boxing day, spuned on by a reluctance to wash up, ortake the dogs for a walk, and a belly full of Christmas Spirit (45yo ABV)meant that myself and Gary (Frogeye owner) decided to "get the old thingrunning today". No mean feat, given that the head was warped following adisastrous high-speed, loud stereo boil-up 10 years ago. But we found a head,a new gasket set and some new points, plugs, petrol and some enthusiasm.Lo and behold, two running A60s for Christmas! Hooray! Back in the
hom our area a couple of months ago (fol lowing Phil i lerter in RR I l8)abour a Series VI Oiford which has-had a lot of work done to it, includingrhe fftting of a diesel engine. It tumed out that the car was only a fewminutes drive ftom where I live. Phil and I went to see it. lt appeared rohave been a good car, which had undergone some careful Eodyworkreoairs. but needed finishine. The enpine conversion too was noL quiLecomplete. It had obviously n"or been ori the road for a good few years. ?hildecided the car wasn't for him. so I Dut the word about a bit in the cluband since then another member (noi from our area), has decided to takethe project on. It should make a very nice car when finished. HappyMotodng!
Mark sutcliffe (2326)
Mark Sutctiffe Me1n. 2i26) . [email protected]
A happy new year to all thelocal area members, and weare looking forward to seeing
suitable for display at a Clen Miller Festival, please let me know. It ispossible rhat I may do you a huge favour (ifyou like Glen Miller!)
decent sized meeting in December, with about 10people attending (still only a couple of Farinas,mind) and had a good time. Vince has managed tofit a 5 bearing MGB engine and 4synchro overdrive
with a very decent auroyumble and plenty of old cars. vans. busec andmotorbrkes on sire, wirh an opporruniry to visrt the Vauxhall HerirageMuseum (usually closed to the public.)Also, if anyone has a nice older car (1930's, 40's or 50's) that would be
Eertf ordsb.ireThinqs have started to move; letters were issuedjusr ifter the New Year to Herts and NonhLondon member. introducrnq myself as theirnew Area Secretary, bur. as-a member of l0years, many probably know me by sight anyr,ray.A club stand has been booked for the AusrinMorris Day ar Brooklands rn March and a jointstand with the Beds area group has been bookedat Luton Festival of Transport in June - pleasecontact me ifvou would like to ioin us at eithershow Once feedback has been received, it isvery much hoped a monrhly evenrng garheringwill be announced. Andvi Beds area and Iwould like io organrse a run for this year!narional 'Drive lt Dav' - let us know if rr-ru arelnterested.
Peter BatchelarPet et@ra{or d.f sbusiness.co.rk
garage for another year then...AnAy Westcott . uheelie [email protected]
Does anyone fancy a good day out at a 'local' rallyand meeting up with other club membersl Then Ican recommend the following shows as being aeood familv daY out,Llandudno Transport festival on Saturday 3rdMay, cars, lorries and buses, autojumble etc., andlarge Victorian festival covering most of the town.Tabley Game Fare (Tabley Cheshire) Sunday 3rdJune. classic cars and a day ofcountry type evenrs.Cheshire Steam Fare (Knutsford Cheshire) l5thJuly, cars, lorries and steam engines.All the rallies are fiee but must be Dre-bookeddirectly wirh the organiser. Entry forhs will beavailable ftom me on receipt of an SAE or byemall.
Simon Thorntonrusgring@btifltenet,cnn o t: 07576 251236
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I numbers since Tievor and loan Porterhave been joining us each month sinceJune last year. They brought alongtheir beautiful Lwo-rone Rrley 4/72 for us to give it the on(e-over, and welike it! The car won the Heiitage Cup at fiw1n last year after being offthe road for seven years.
We had our annual Pie & Pea Supper in December, which was wellattended once again. There were some new faces, and some missingunfonunately due to ill healrh. 2007 was a strange year for rallies ofcourse, many ofour local ral l ies were either (ancel led or jusr a wash-out.Lett hope for at least some drier months this seasonl
Phil Tyler (our local Dieseflaxi fan!) was contacted by a member
Where to start? Londonto Brighton run was amassive success in fine weather and thanksto Malcolm and the Surrey and SussexGroups and everyones efforts in getting thisoff rhe sround. I hope there are loads rrroreohotos in this issue io qive a fuLl flavour ofihe day. The final sum-raised was probablyover f5000 for Whizzkids. Thanks ro allwho participated e.pecially from afar. Thereis even a video on voutube.com thanks toMark Sheolev,http://www.youtube.com/watchlv= 5T5kEvPKP-YOf course everyone wants to do anotherone! Our first thoushts on the destination ofa future chariw run could be GoodwoodCircuir. near Chichester bur any suggesrionswould be verv welcome, anywhere in thesouthem half of the countrylMy white Cambridge 823 LBM has receivedfurther coachwork reoairs. new 6rel andbrake pipes and a stainless steel exhaust. As this is also the tesurrected six cylinderThanks to Alan Hunt for use ofhis facilities garhering we will be making errery efforr roso I could get undemeath, and sorry again ittract aimany six cylinderiars to this rallyfor all the swearing. There are still a few as oossible so if vou own one make this amore jobs to do then the dreaded respray definite date in vour diarv NOW! l?thlooms. I am still tooling around day to day in Aususr 2008. Funher details will be in nextrhe Oxford which continues ro be a durable RR.
Events Diary change:COOC South East Rally, Kingsfold SteamRally, Sussex. Please no_te this is a two-dayevent Sarurday 2?Lh/Sunday 28LhSeptember 2008 and you are encoumged toarrive on the Saturday. Apparently it isworrh it just ro see Dave King line dancrngon the Saturday night! Further detai ls wi l lbe in next RR.
Daoe Paget, 07372 474565 o m: O7850 ?3976O
2. COOC National Rally and Six CylinderGathering at the Cranleigh Classic CarShow and Autojumble Sunday 17th August2008
Preparations are underway for this event atthe Cranleigh Showground. lil/e will behavine a social event (possible road run inrhe atrernoon) and tsBQ on theShoweround Saturdav evening wrthcampi-ng (basic faci l i t ie ' avai lable) on thefield. For rhose prefening more luxury. rhereare numerous good hotels, guesthouses andcampsites in the local Sunev Hills Area ofOutitanding Beaury. Autolumblers arewelcome and must book a prtch. Forms canbe
- downloaded:
www. c ra n le igh I io ns. org/c las s ic -c ar-show.php. Booking-in details for cars nextissue.
and reliable (kiss of death) working man'scar - just as it was designed to be all thosevears ago,Club niehrs are alwavs well actended and wehad ah6ut 20 sit down for our meal inDecember. lf anyone lives within strikingdistance and wants to come along you'll bemade most welcome, third Monday of themonth.I hope as manv local members as possrblewill iupport the rally at Brooklands Museum
"" rhi-9Lh March. l'll be Lhere and I'll
probably have some of my infamous 'tat' on
It's a long lime since the club has had astand at the NEC so we were not able todraw. on much recent previousexpenence.
However I usually go to the show sohad some idea what goes on and Iwas determined that if we weregoing to spend the time, money andeffort needed to do it ther we wouldIlot just park four cars in a circle andget our camping chairs out.
My logic for this was threefold:
1 - Sitting in a chair looking at four club carsfor three days woul4 I thought, probably bequite tedious. Since going to the show and
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meeting people coming on th€ stand I have revised thisidea I must admit as I had some fascinating chats, includingone that brought teals to my eyes.2- If we were going to spend the money needed to elter the show weshould do something that would get us publicity for th€ club, and I wasswe that just parking some cals would not. That is, after all, myjob onthe committee and I cheerfully admit to not getting involved with theday to day ruruling of the club (well done Steve, Val, Conrad, John,Sheila and Tafi without whom we would not have a club).3- If we were all going to be there we might as well do something for agood cause at the same time and the Macmillian Cancer Care scheme issomething I have a soft spot for, and which also seemed to be wellthought of by others on the committee. Sharon Battersby fromMacmillan also handled the legal side, which I appreciat€d greatly.
I had been given the germ of an idea by Seth Kennedy (the club'sModified Car Officer) and it seemed like a good one, charity modelAustin Cambridge racing... Seth had met someone who races l/l2thscale ndio controlled bangers at a mlly and sent me a web link. It's asport that was invelted by Keith Dowsett of Kamtec Modelsport and hiscompany (wwwkamtec.co,uk) now produce a large range of bodies tosupport it. Of course with our club car's significance in the real sport'shistory Keith has had to produce quite a few shells depicting clu6 carsso we had a ready made supply of 14 inch long plastic shells that wecould use. but in a slightly different way... Radio controlled bangerracing is a full contact sport and the chassis raced can be fitted with anybody in a matter ofseconds. So model racels may start the night with aRover P5 and bring out a Wolseley 6/110 for later in the evening. Thebodies are quite cheap and essentially disposable. Keith makes i hugerange. from Z Type MG Magnettes to Peugeot 205s and they aresupplied unpainted; part of lhe fun is to painl them in 'your' livery
So affer a little time looking at Kamtec's web site (where I discoveredthat they make an .460 Van, an Oxford Series VI, a 6/1 10, an A99Hearse (!) and an A55 Mkl saloon) [ phoned Kamtec up, explainedwhat the Cambridge Oxtord Owners Club is, rhat we would like io raisemoney in some way using their models and asked if they werelnterested_
They were, and a friendship with Kamtec Keith (as I shall call him)started that I hope will endwe. He was initially surprised that a classiccar club would be interested in anything that is remot€ly connected tobanger racing but I explained that a sizable portion of the club'smembers have been involve4 at some point, with banger racing and thatwhilst the Club's aim is to preserve and enjoy our cars-we can'iwipe outhistory. On grounds of tasle il is imponant I make clear that I was notintending to have model banger racing on the club s stand but equally Ididn't see why the cars desigfied for tFat task should not be usedby ihepublic in some form of'pay and play' system, with the money going tocharity and a prize for th€ fastest time of the weekend. I then called theshow organisers and explained what we wanted to do; they too werevery enthusiastic and even promised extra passes for the people weneeded lo help run rhe stan4-which was great.
My first port ofcall for real vehicles was Bob Metzner (Our Longbddgeshow 'Foreman') who had otrercd to help organise the NEC at the AGMin 2006. He did not disappoint; promising either his A55mk2 or hisneighbour Johrl Kyte's Series V Oxford. He also volunteered theservices of his good mate Dave Morris (the Longbridge show's veryown Pinin Farina) and his A55mk2. I did not want two 'big fin'carsreally, as I think its best to show off the diversity ofthe club, but flushedwith the rtews that I had one definite car I phoned Kamtec Keith andstarted to work out exactly what we were going to do. It soon beaameclear that we had technical issues... Keith was worried about re-charging the cars ard about how we were going to time them etc. In theend he borrowed timing equipment ftom racer Brandon Snell (thanks
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rescued me at Longbridge and did so again at the NEC) cameup trumps and provided some perfect 'surplus' carpet. We also decidedthat the weekend's fastesl driver should win a radio conrolled RC kit ofa club car This prize wasjointly donated by COOC and Kamtec.
With less than three weeks to go progress had slowed because I wasworking abroad but I managed ro book the enlire week of lhe show offwork as leave in order to prepare. Space dictated that we were soins tohave three cars so I lhought something unusual, like a Sun-Tor would begood as well as a 6-cylinder car. A call to longstanding local memberand arch enthusiast Keith Bullock gained the promise of his fantasticSun-Tor, (thanks Keith). The kind 6ffer of a third car came fiom DonWood if we were stuck (he was exiibiting one of his other cars onanother club stand) but it was obviously going to be a struggle for him.Geoff Baker ofered his Al l0 basic saloon but getting it fiom Ipswichto Birmingham was a problem. In the end our third car came in the formof Rex Cleaver's pre-Farina Al05 Westminster I phoned Rex, with Ithink. less than a week to go. He was completely unlazed by the rushand like Keith. Jobn and Bob. enrered into ihe sdiril wonderfully.
The d3y before the show found me bringing back 8'x4' sheets of plyfiom B&Q in a bonowed convertible Peugeot 306, with the roof down,in lhe rain. We all gol wel (including rhe dog) but managed to get homewithout being arreited lor having pl-yuood -on the drive-r s heai. On themoming of the setup day. Thursday..l was still lianrically building rhestand tor the club's bannet figuring how to fit four garden chairs ontothe roof of an MGBGT and tryingio fix the brokenlndicarors on saidcar. all at the same time.., Jusl to add to rhe fun it was blowing a galeand still bucketing down.
I arrived at gate 3.I on Thursday lunchtime flustered and wet. to find mylhree cars and volunteers already there. ARer a chat about layoul I hadto take my car back out and rhen walk the (il seemed like) two miles inrhe rain back liom the car park. as you are only allowed loading vehiclesin the show hall for a shori while. in rhe hour'or so it took me'io do thisKeith Bullock, Bob Metzner, John K''te and Rex Cleaver did awonderful iob of sorling out exactlv where the real cars were eoine inrelalion to ihe model raie track and-then mounted the COOC binneionmy home made plywood stand. Fantastic! COOC really is fuIl ofbrilliant, enthusiastic helpful people.
The model ncing car equipment finally arrived at about 6pm, and wethen had to assemble it. Again a big thanks to Keith BullocLwho stayedlate gaffer+aping carpet m.-ats togeiher so the models could run over'thejoins (we live such a glamorous life in the COOC) and helped build themodel track. By l0.00pm Kamtec Keith, Bianca and I were allexhausted and went for a proper Birmingham takeaway cwry After thatI went elsewhere to print out 43 size posters of the club logo whileKeith and Biarca got on with finishing painting the models in mylounge, it was well affer 1.30am before any of us got to bed.. . and wewere up at 6.30 on Friday moming.
A Police closedown of the A45 from Birminsham meant that our earlvstart tumed into a late affival and it was I I be,-fore we finallv opened fo'rbusiness, However our second saviour had arrived bv then in the formofAndy Clemence. a keen radio contolled model raclr who came to allthree days of the show and who we could not have managed without.Kamtec Keith had never done anyhing like this before and he managedbrillianlly but I know he won't'mind my saying that he would hivestruggled with the sheer volume ofwork required to keep the cars on thetrack. changing baneries and the like, withoul a capable man like Andyin the pits. As it was we were open for business wilhout a real breal<througholl all *rce days. and a lot ofthe credit for that goes to Andy aswell as Kamtec Keith and Bianca.
Bnndon) and penuaded his fifteen year olddaughter Bianca to run it. I don't know
how we would have managed withoutBianca, she worked all weekend and attimes was the only pelson whoactually knew what was going on.The image of her telling a load ofmiddle aged blokes (including herDad) what to do is something I willreasure Ior many years. . .
So we decided on a format: a Dound ago for two minutes, with three cars
running all the time if possible, so twokits could be recharging. We settled on a
srze,25ft.by 10ff, and I then found out thatwe needed to provide carp€t for the cars to run
on! Bob Metzner (who I have yet to see wear hisunderpants outside his tlousels but should do, as he
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Although Friday was quieter for the public it was busy ftom my pointof view as it was when most of t}Ie media and guests arived. We werevisited by representatives of the National Motor Museum Beaulieu(Stephen Vokins) and The British Motor Industry Heritage TrustGaydon (Gillian Bardsley) as well as all the major classic car mags.Classics Monthly took the track over for twenty minutes or so andstaged a lace between thee of their staff (Eric Richardson, James Pageand Mike Renaut) and a representative of the Corgi Vanguards range,Mark Pinnigar. Mark beat all three ofthe Classics boys! We were alsovisited by Classic Cars, Practical Classics, Classic Car Weekly, aadvarious other freelance photographers and joumalists. I was busy allday dealing with guests (including TV presenter Alex fuley) andhardly saw anything ofwhat was going on with the stard itselfbul themission was accomplished. Photogruphs of our stand made all themajor Classic Car mags (including Classic ard Sportscar) except forPractical Classics and they gave us a mention in the text.
I must at this Doint thank Bob Metzner and Dave Morris who ran ttleCOOC side ofthe stand wonderfully all clay; signing up new members,answering tecbnical queries and taking money for the model mcing.Ably assisted by Don Wood they did a brilliant job and I am aware thatI was not about much on the Friday so again thanks chaps; we couldnot have done it without you.
We made it through Friday having leamt lots of lessons and on theSahrday the club side ofthings was run by Paul Curtis, Lynda Knott,Mark Dunnett and Pogie Fisk. Again they all did a graat job andKamtec Keith's RC team had a busier day but were expanded by othervolunteers from the RC world. A bigger crowd was drawn to the standby the RC experts doing demos every so often and we ran at almost fullcapacity all day.
The real cars being displayed got a grcat deal of attention as well;Keith Bultock had set his Sun-Torh bed up with a large doll in asleeping bag, which made people look twice. It received many positiveaommonts fiom a curious public all fascinated by this wonderfulvehicle's extremely pmctical design. The engine bay of Rex Cleaver's.4105 Westminster &ew many admiring glances as well, I am sure hemust clean it after every drive.. . Whilst John's stunningly original lowmileage Oxford V brought back memories for many including a ladywho burst into teals when being allowed to sit iII the driving seatbecause it was exactly the same as her late Father's car, which she hadlearnt to ddve in.
With Bianca having taught the ever helpful aad resourceful Andy howto use the lap timing computer and even more RC guys to help wereally had the model racing cars on great money raising form forSunday. The COOC side of things was ably looked after by KeithBullock, Rex Cleaveq Conrad Parr, Lynda (again), Bob and Dave(again) and various others who mucked in at ditrerent times. I evenmanaged to have a quick look around the show and buy some HTleads.
The weekend came to a dramatic climax at 4PM when SharonBattersby from Macmillan came to Dresent the orize to the wioner andcollect our takings. We had a very alose race-off between two peopleand had to wait to Dresent the orize until we had given them both achance to have a firial 2 minute'heat each. All nail Siting stuffbut thewinner bv halfa lao after tlte race offwas Rob Hambridee from Burtonon Trent wbo comirleted 27.4 laps in 2 minutes.
I don't think I have felt as exhausted as I did on that Sunday night inmy entire life; I eveu fell asleep in the bath. I have heard peoplecriticise the orsadsers of the NEC event but I have to sav thev couldnot have been irore helpfirl. They did make a mistake re tire supply ofour lights but they organised a refirnd without aly quibbles and weregenerally very helpful. The only criticism I would have was that theshow took place on Remembrance Sunday. The organisers broadcastover the tannoy at a few minutes before I 1, saying they were going toobserve the two minutes silence in a few minutes time and indicatingthey would say when it was going to start. However tley tlrcn did notbroadcast again until tley said the silence was ov€r. We were actuallystood talking about the fact it must be about due to start wh€r theyannounced it had finishe4 a great shame because it's an importantannual event. which I felt the show should have honoured, It was alsosomething which I personally was both saddened aad embarrassed by,it's importart that we remember...
However it was a great four days and well worth the effort. The clubraised €492 for the Macmillan cancer care scheme, which I was yerypleased about, and I think all who volunteered had a good time. If Ihave missed anyone by name I apologise, I had too many greatmembers helping to mention everyone but thalks very much to all.
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Riley 4/68 1959 Reg No. 360 KPA, rwo ronegreen. needs plency of work but well wongsavrng. This car is the odlesr known survivingFarina Riley, number 2? off the line. Engine andbox are out of the car. bottom end painted andready to go back in, head is off but has beenconverted to unleaded. Interior is original, greenleather and is in good condition. I have all of thechrome for the tont end. Previous or*.ner hasstarted che project and has frtted f/glass frontwins", Needs some attention undemearh bLrc isfar ftom the worst I have seen. Onlv olace for heris the road. Price t500 firm. car is loiated on theWirral. Contact Les Dolan on 07983 596790 (m)
WANTEDMorris Odord Estate - must be sound andreliable wirh cunent MOT. Colour or year notimportant. Please contact Neville on 07971401117 ( lm)
Member seeks good, original, unmolested sixcylioder car Ideally an early, VDP 3 litre,manual but any ve$ion and original colourcombination eleefullv considered. Conditionoverriding coisideraiion. Cash waiting. Nodealers, modified examples or restomtionproiece please. Contacr Bill on 07866 218279,b' 6t189l?00?2 ensures a rerum cal l (m)
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A few months ago whilesearching ebay for Wolseley partsetc, I came across a 4 volume setof motor repair manuals from thelate 1950's. There was no otherinterest, so the set was mine for acopper under !10 includingpostage.Although the 4 volumes reallypre-date the Farina range ofvehicles, they still provide anexcellent soulce of reference onthe maintenance and repair ofcars and components. Datingfiom a time when parts wererepaired and re-conditionedrather than replaced.
Countless nostalgic illushations,pictures and diagmms are used tohelp demonstrate the repairsbeing undertaken, covering a vastrange of makes and models andtechniques of the day.I have seen two different sets ofmanuals form the late 1950's'Motor Repairs & Overhauling'and 'The Modern MotorEngineer'. I would recommendeither set to anyone with ageneral interest in mechanics ofclassic vehicles.
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9n/ebsites to uisitThis site is for owners and enthusiasts to sharc theirpictures and stories of these great cars. You'll find acollection of period adverts. videos and even a Farinagraveyard!I try to keep the content fresh and hope there's somethingto appeal to everybody.
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Subsequently they purchased fudher cars for dismantling tomeet the demand and also remanufactured a few new items.
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Moior Heritage. This organisation is the classic car industry watchdog, andmembership has given access to original workshop drawings for theremanufacture of parts. Richard retired early in 2000 owing to ill health, and PaulBanyard, stores manager for 12 years, took over the vacant directorial position.
NTG had been supplying spares for the MG Z Magnette for several years, andwere approached by Taff Gillingham as a possible supplier of Farina spares. Asthe Magnette Mk3 was the successor to the Z Magnette, it seemed logical, andwas decided to cater for all the 1 .5 litre engined cars. In return for support givenby members of the Suffolk branch, a 10%o discount is given to all fully paid upCOOC members. (Alihough we are regularly approached by other clubs, thisdeal only applies to The Cambridge-Oxford Owners Club!)
As the scene changes from'Keeping it on the road' to restoringthese cars, NTG has continued tosource and remanufacture itemsthat are no longer available. So farto date we have been involved inBattery Bar Clamp & Hook Bolts,
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Saturday 26th. May dawned al1d as planned we set offfor the Tom Rolt, hada look around the ground where these was very little happening, and waitedfor ihe rest ofthe COOC gang to arrive fron1 Bala for the advertised BBQ.And waited. And waited. And had our free complimentary ride on therailway. And came back. And waited. And had a look around the ground -
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2OO8 YonKsHrREGnTnERINGAs confimed in the last RR, the 2008 COOC Yorkshire Gathering will beheld at Bunon Ames Hall by kind permission ofSimon and Olivia Cunliffe-Lisrer \fe are oliased to co;firm ALL classic and vintaqe vehicles, tractorsand srarionery ;xhibits, farm machinery etc, eirher indiv-idually or as part ofa club disolav.Aurojum6le Stall holders are very welcome and pitches are FREE! All weask for is a suitable orixe for our mfile. This even is orsanised iointlv bv theCOOC East Yorkshire area group in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Research.This is a superb uenue on th-e edge of the Yorkshire r0folds betweenBridlinpton aird Drifiield. Enrrv to the rallv field and eardens will be ftee,n'irh a'discount available for drose widshins to look around the hallavailable to all pre.booked entries. SDace is limited to 250 vehicles. Lateentries and those who tum up on the diy may have to use *re public car parkand pay full entry fee to Buion Agnes ilall and Cardens.
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The Cambridse-Oxford Owners Clubwould like to i-dvite all members to join usfor some very enjoyable weekends awaywirh your club car in the company ofotherclassic cal enthusiasts.The C.O.O.C. East Yorkshire Area Groupare planning at least tbree weekends awayto coitrcide ard take Dart in club rallieswhich all classic cars are welcome,Our first veeketrd will be in Wales for the Tal-y-llyn Railway's Tom RoltRally which this year is beiry o€aoised by the C.O.O.C. and held as usualover Spring Bank Holiday Weekend, which rhis year falls on Saturday, Sunday& Monday May 24tll 25th & 26th; This €vert is set among some of the mostglorious scenery and the ddve to Tywln from all areas is simply stuffting.With the rally an evening run, club barbeque and much more I hope you will101n us.-At the end ofJune we arc on tour agaio, this time going North o'the borderfor the C.O.O.C. Scottish Rally at Moffat held on Satuday & Sunday Jutre28th & 29th. This eveDt is held as part of The Scottish Rootes Association'sClassic Car Rally. Now anyoDe who has becn to tlis rally will tell you this isjust brilliant with the town tuldng in to a scene from 1969 wift classic caisoutside every guesthouse and filliog the market place. This is beforc you getto the rally field or go on the lun to St. Mary's Locb- We usually have a greatsocial evening on the Saturday followed by a great rally on the Sunday. Again
the ride up to Moffat takes you tbroughsome lwely scenery especially if you takethe route via Teesclale and Alsto[ We willbe organising a cowoy to the rally fiom theScotch Comer Hotel on Satuday June28th.The Middle of July will see us vetrturinghto East Arldia for the rcvived C.O.O.C.East Aoglian Rally and North Norfolk
Weekend. Again there will be a convoy to the event on Saturday July l2thleaving the H-umber Bridge car Park at i.30an. This weerLbd wili inclirde anleaving the Humber Bridge Car Park at 7.30am. This weeRbd will include anoptional visit to the Muckleborough Tank Collecrion and an early eveniog runalotrg the very pretty North Norfolk Coast followed by a club get together. Therally on the Srmday is held as palt of The N, Norfolk railway's VintageTiansDort Dav The C.O.O.C. were invited to attend last vear by The Austincouniies cdclub who held their National Rally as part of tliis event andAndrew Martindale atrd I wetrt and had a geat weekend prompting us toorgaoise this eved.I hope lots ofyou v.ill join us for our weekeods away. Ask any one who hasjoined us for previous ones and I am sure they will tgll you ofthe fun they had.
For fuv details entry forms & occorn noilalion derails lot any oflhe above events con act Steve & Josnne T mer on 01653 693163 or email
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Juan Carlos Tirzzolino sent in these photos ofvarious Di Tella vehicles in the city of BuenosAires in Argentina. As most of you will know,Siam di Tella is an Argentine compaay whichwas founded in l9l l. The name Siam is anacronlm for Secci6n Industrial AmasadorasMec6nicas. Car model Siam di Tella 1500,based on the British BMC Farina series in the early 1960s, became very popular amongtaxi drivers of Buenos Aires city. As you can see, there are still many fine examples onthe sheets today, including some 'Siambrettas'! Thanks to Juan as usual.
The centrespread in RRl19 certainly did not do justice to the Club's firstannual road run. Dave Page has sent us these pictures which, added to Lee'sfrom RR119 give a much better picture of that remarkable day.Dave irlso tells us that plans are well advanced for another road run thisyear. The idea is to choose a different finish point and maybe have adillerent finish each year. Get it in your diaries as soon as he sets the date!
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Parts for Sale
Spares for ex. Austin Cambridge A55 Mkl: two tront wrngs, Iwo real wlngs,.rwofront doors, two rear doors, bonnef, bootlid. orieinal I500 ensine and searboxwith B-ore/warner ovirdrive ani highcompressi6n cvlindet head, original I500eneine with standard eearbox,l500 diff.,,l 50O propshaft 2.off, suspension rie rods,brake drums, lront and rear seats,chromed air intake grr l l , four 55J6Aheadlishts, radiator, inierior hearer andblower, fuel tank, clurch master cylinder,brake master cylinder, head lining frame,sreering wheel,3 road wheels, batk axleand rear leaf sprinqs, fronr chassis subframe, rwo fronr corfsprings, gallon belcoJ00 westminster blui cellulose, starrermotor and generator. All offers treatedseriouslv. C-ontact P. O'Connor (nm),115 Li6erty Lane, Addlesrone, SuneyKTI5 INW
Monis Oxford Parts free to good homer2x Carbs complete with Aii filter, 2 xRocker box cover, 1 x Rocker shaft withrockers and push rods, 2 x Distributor, 2X Choke cables, 2 x Dip sticks, 2 x RearLishr Chrome sunond, pitted bur norbioken, 2 x Monis Oxfiird boot badge,lisht pirrine,2 Sers Rear l iehrs (Onein?icator lens cracked) Complete withrubbers, 2 x Front indicator lerues, 2 xHom pushes, 2 x \?ipac "por l ights, I xBonnei. chrome srio ilone rhe Fronr hasbeen screwed in wirh se-lf raDpers butbasicallv sound, Contact Andy Fisk [email protected] (m)
Parts Wanted:'lfanted
- new old stock BMC drivers{iont wins suitable for A55 Mk II orwould consider A.60 tvpe. Tel Andrewldle 01274
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Wanted for Wolseley lo/60, front wingdiasonal trim, borh left and rreht (parrnuibers BDH425l and BDH4254). Alsoa sreering column lower cover (part no.24C781 or CZC15). Any offers siarefullvrecelveo. tel utenn rascoe lJ110u467094 (Cambs) or [email protected] (m)
Wanted for Austin A55 1961, pair ofreflecror bases (see diaEram, righr) hew orused. Contact Juan Carlos -Tuzzolino,[email protected] (m)
Services & Repairs:
South West Herts. Long establishedmoror mechanic is wil l ing to service,repair, and weld our type of cars. Couldcollect local to Watford. Don Dracup(m). Tel: 01923 231982 (evenings)
Dics Brakes & Telescopic DampersHaving just completed my MG MagnetteMklV I am now offering kits for frontdisc brake conversions, and teJescopicdamper conversions ftont and rear, for all1500 & 1600 Farinas. Contact: MikeLaflin, Model Farm, Chapel Street,Rockland St Peter, Attleborough,Norfolk NR1? IUJ Tel: 01953 483419 or07801 444833. (m)
6-Cylinder Power Steering BoxesLeaking WestminsterfVolseleyfy'andenPlas Power Steenng Boxes rebuilr u.ingall new seals and bench-tested.Tel Andy: 01609 776040 or email:[email protected] (m)
Amazing Spring Special Offer forCOOC MembersA complete Spring spruce up for yourClub Car for just 995.00 inclusive of allnormal service items. Your car will befully serviced. lf required MOT caniedout. A full detailed report of any firrtherwork required will be given. Remember Ican cater for ALL repairs on Club Cars atjust S10 per hour. A low cost delivery andcollection service is available anywherein the UK. So, if your Club car needs alittle TLC, call me, Steve Tirrner 01653693183, today. (m)
We sell probably the cheapest Stainless Steel Exhausts onthe market - but these prices are only available to fully
paid-up Cambridge-Oxford Owners Club Members!Yes, another great beneiit available only to COOC members...Our range of Stainless Stssl exhausts utilise the latest in material technologyusing 16/18/20 swg, 1304/409 Stainless Stssl, with a manufacturers life timeguarantee on all tull systems purchased. We are able to supply exhausts ior allclubvehicles plus a large number of oth€r classic and modern vehicles, useyourclub memberchipto get a super deal.Having n€gotiated a very specialprice with our suppliers for the Somsrcet ArcaGroup, we now want to give everyone in the club a chance to benefit from these
We will sell exhausts to non-Club membsrs, but, of cource, the special Clubdiscounl rate will not apply,We must point out that we are not in business, any pronts made will be used tofund other spares projects in the fulure
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A55/A60 Saloon & Estate 1959/71Ailo MKil & 6/110 MKil 1964/68
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A Sad FarewellSadly the time has com€ for me to t€rminate my membenhip of COOC. Thereason? I have reluctantly parted with my lovely Austin A60 Cambridgesaloon, KGU 328 D, a cumulus greylsnowberry white gem with red leatherseats.
cheque for!75, my fatherbought our new car on22ndApril, 1966 fiom EastCity Garages (Kingsland) Ltd. of
i.dis-ii;-"i,,1-hl'.r"i;;;u,n. ethen little extras like a foglamp, wing mirrors,aerial, mats, demisterpanel, etc. KGU hasremained in the .
ln €xchange for our black Austin A40 Somerset for which he received a Looking ahead my father decided to buy some and purchased four doors, foursills, and four wings for the p ncely sum of f,95l4/-. These we stored in thebasem€nt ofhouse ofa friend in Wandswo h. our havins no room at home.
family ever since.On the death of
was 86. She thenbecame mine to useand I ini€rited herwhen my motherpassed away in 2000aged 100. As th€ years hav€ \passe4 I found that I wasdrjving her less and less as traffichas increased: the roads have become sobusy locally that it was becoming difficult to nipacross them. so a modern car had to be the answer fordaily us€. I continued to drive KGU on occasions andI can say that almost without exception, wherever Iparked somebody would come up and admire her andtell me that he/she had owned a Cambridge or a memberof their family had done so. I am sure all COOCmembers are familiar with this kind of conversation. Everytime I went out, heads turned and in halt€d traffic,neighbouring driv€rs would cast glances. I have had many offers tobuy her put through my letterbox, an offer from Germany and I had amotorcycle rider follow me home for miles one day in the hope, it turned out,ofmaking me an offer. I have the occasion to drive to Windsor Castle everyfour years for a regular function and I simply loved driving sedately along th€Long Drive in Windsor Creat Park, and she became a favouite of the staffmanning the Castle Car Park.
Here, former member Hazel Oberst exprcssesher sadness at parting with her dear old A.60
after 42 years, as well as leaving the COOC...
Where is she now? Well, in l9?5 we were rcconrmended to a young garageowner of 26 and ever since then, Ron Ryall of RMC Garages, Dews Lane,Harefield in Middlesex (Tel: 01895 823488) has tak€n care ofKGU. In 1975at the time that BMC had become British Leylan4 they offered body panelsfor sale for the Oxford and Cambridee which were stacked in a field.
Unfortunarely. rhe o\ l ner of the house decided to mor e and the .pare panel.had to find a new hom€. We could not find one. so my father decided
,-! that at eleven years old in 1977, he would ask Ron to re-build KGU.Ron did so and has a photographic record at every stage of the\ rebuild. He has taken care ofher ever since and is devoted to
her What better home for her than with him? So in Julv lastyeat she joined Ron's collection ofcars in a large bam andhe tells me he recently took her to her first shoq somethingI had never done. I told him not to part with her as long as
By the way, I can thoroughly recommend Ron and his team forbodlnvork repairs; he hates modern cars but revels in the classics.All good wish€s for continued success to COOC - I will miss the RosetteRecorderWe arc reD' son!- to bse ),au Hazel but, or behalf of a nenbets. a bis thank lou .for arDut suppott aret the rcots. - TulJ
TheGambridge-Oxford
Owners ClubNew Regqlio
* Available at most major Club Rallies *
Polo Shirts in any colour or from small to XXXL I I 1.50
Sweat Shirts any colour or size up to )fiXL t 14.00
T.shirts anv colour or size uo to XXXL t 8.00
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L 6.50
Boiler Suits (overalls) in navy blue up to 52" t 1?.00
Boiler Suits (overalls) in nar"y hlue 54" to 58" L27.O9
Rally Jacket in navy blue up to XXXL
Baseball Cap (navy only)
AII these items are available to order from Geoff andCeorgina Codling, 30, Hawling Road, Market Veighton,York. YO43 3lR. Telephone, 01430 [email protected] items subject to P&P at !6.95 per order (includingVAI) and from Regalia Officers at many Club Rallies.
my father inl9?6, my moth€rtook her over andcontinu€d todJive heruntil she
L had never done. I told hlm not to part wrth her as long asI am alive and he said that he would keep her until the endof his life.
metal? The other is a Vanguard miniaturereplica I bought in exactly the same colours
which serves as a happy m€mento of a much loved
I have also passed on to Ron a complete file of everydocument about KGU from the first invoice. includins all
the servicing and repair invoices. The cost ofa 3,000 mileservice, four tubeless tyres, MOT, six gallons of petrol,nsine oil etc. amounted Io f29/2/10 l!! There is letter from7 €ngine oil etc. amounted Io f29l2ll0 l!! There is letter from
mv father to British Levland dated Mav 1974 in which herepofled thal the milometer had jumped from 2q.94'l to 40.000
miles and this would aflect a tnde-in, British LeylandreDlied that nothine could be done about the-speedometer
as "ii is illegal to deliberately alterthe mil€ase recorded". KGU also featured in
the magizine Classic Car Mart in NovemberI995.Here are two photographs; one taken by Ronon the day I parted with KGU. I look happybut inside was feeling bereft. Isn't it strange
how one can become attached to a lump of
vehicle.
ROSETTE RECORDERBack Numbers ServiceThe following original RRs are still available:
1 185, 21851 2186, 4186, 1187, 4187,5189, 2190, 3190, 4190, 5/9O, 6/90,1 191, 53, 55, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64,65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 71, 72r 73,74,75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, e,, 83, 84,85,86,87, 88,89,90,93, 94, 95,96,97,98,99, 1OO, 1Ol, 1O2, 103,1O4, 1O5, 106, 1O7, 1O8, 1O9, 110,111, 112, 113, 114, 1 15, 1 16, 117, 118,119.Our Back numbers Officer, Cliff Brock, has acomolete set of Rosette Recorders from Number 1and is prepa.red to phoiocopy articles or completenewsletters tor membefs at cost.
Cliff Brock. 4 Conifer Close. St Leonards.Rinswood, Hants. BH24 2RFTelephone: 01425 472799
llease enclose (.tampr or cash) 41p for I copv, 84pfor 2. f l .O9 for l . " t1.58 for 7. and-f 2.19 lo i iO.Please write your address clearly. Thank you.
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