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Pre-FarinaCambridge Secretary AV RichardMaruda,145 StonesbyAvenue,Leicester,LE2 6ry. ST148BN. AV Bob Metzner,6West Hill, Uttoxeter,Staffordshire. A55 Mk ll &A60 Secretary Morris Oxford V & Vl Secretary AV KeithEullock,35 LynbrookClose,Hollywood,Birmingham.847 sPU BB8 7AE.Te|01282860909.mick-holehouse@lineo Dobb Rhydding,SkiptonOld Road,Colne,Lancashire M.c. & Riley Secretary AV Mick Holehouse, YO1765A. Tel:01653693183 farinaman@btinternel.com Wolseley 15/60& 16/60 Secretary AV SteveTurner,DonatellaHouse,Rlton, Malton,NorthYorkshire, AV TaffGillingham,218 ColchesterRoad, lpswich,Suffolk.lP4 4QZTel'.01473712723, tatf@taffmail.demon.co.uk. 6-Cylinder Secretary
Area Secretaries& Meetings: Andy Westcott,46, TrinityRoad,Luton,Bedfordshire.LU3 lTP wheelie-bin@hotmail.com The White Horse,HLrsbourne Crawley,Nr.Woburn.2nd Tu€Gdayin month.
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Club Officers: Geoff& GeorginaCodling{Nodh)and Brian& WendyBlendell(South) Also see adverton page 19. SheilaG,llingham,97 TuddenhamAvenue,lpswich,Suffolk.lP4 2HG Colin Smith, 1 The Beeches,Little Blakenham,lpswich,Suffolk. Tel: 01473830968 DieselAdvisor RR Back Numbers Cliff Brock,4 ConiferClose,St. Leonards,Ringwood,Hants.BH242RE Tel: 01425 472799 TechnicalOflicer AV Kim Henson,"Evergreen51 BerkeleyAve. Parkestone,Poole,DorsetBH124Hz Modified Car Officer Seth Kenned, 27a HallswelleRoad,Iemple Fortune,London.NWl '1oDH. Tel: 020 8455 1205 email: sethk@zoom.co.uk The Club makeseveryeffortto ensurethat the informationand advice publishedis reliableand in accordancewith safety procedures.We are unableto accept responsibilityfor injury damageor loss,due to omissionor error We cannotaccept liabilityfor advertisersfailingto supply goods. Regalia Officers Finance
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of RR120 has been put together and hope that, now we have a proper schedule, all subsequent oneswill go aswell. Our PayPal experiment is still going well and we are able to
FromConrod Another year has flown by and it is COOC RenewalTime again. I hope you are all as pleasedas we are with how smoothly this issue
acceDtpavmentsfrom overseas by this merhod (although it does incur a two -e^betr pound surcharge). Pleasekeep the materielcoming in for RRl2 1. uonrad
Report Choirmon's COOC membercstepoff the Falkirk Wheel just beforethe AGM in October
Well whaddayaknow, it worked! Yes, our new production schedule has been a great success.I sent out an email to alf the area sectetariesjust before the deadline and had a staggering response; the most area reports we have had in agesl This really has made a big difference; Charlotte and Steve knew when to book the RR in and we all knew when we had to get the materiel to them by if we wanted to make sure it was included.
rest of the team.
I have re-written the RenewalFormsthis vear as Ray Popkin wrote in to complainthat he thought last years rude. form wasvery short andsharpand, consequently, I readthe form from lastyearand I seeexactlywhat Ray
Obituory I am very sadto haveto report that
Miss Phylliss Cobbett died on 28'h August 2007 Miss Cobbetthad beena club member since the 1980sand was a very keen member. Shelived in Tooting.London andwasvery proudofher car. On behalf of all membersI sendour belatedthoughtsto her family and friends.
means so I hope that none of you will take offence this year.
It is very difficult to strike a balance between askingfor all of you to respondswiftly and to Detoo appearrng demanding.I hope this yearsform will While I am on the subject of Club Renewals, Please, Please, Please, DO NOT sendany
renewalmoney tn until we askfor it. You really aren't doesnot doingthe Club a favourasthe renewalprocess lor everyone on lsr is due srartuntil the annualrenewal Februarveachvear. Ifyou renewearlyyou risk being put on the systemasa new member,losingyour old numberand receivingtwo magazinesuntil one of your club identities is cut off ThIs is a costly and time wasting business.Likewise, anvonerenewingon last yearsFinal ReminderForms payingfor the monthsrhey have wiil find rhemselves missedduring the previousyear insteadof paying for the vear to-come as that is how Final Renewal ReminderFormsaredesignedto work! Pleasewait until you receivethe RenewIssueof the RR (like this one) wiih the RenewalForm inside.That will make everyone'slife easierand will makesurethat you get renewed propefly.
Thanksagaintoeveryoneinvolvedin runningthe club us. ar everyleveland thanksto all of youfor supporting good getting such for us Lakey Well done to John coverase of the COOC Stand at the NEC Show althoughI know that it cost him severalnights sleeq! Finally,I mustsaya hugepersonalThank Youto Colin 'Smiff-y' Smith for all his help;it reallyis appreciated. Have a greatyearand seeyou all soon.
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You may renember reading in RRi 19 that Jools Holland hael 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 in last month's Rosette Recorder. I am delighted to be a member of the club and very much enjoy reading the magazine. Plcaseaccept rhis belated apology if I appeared to try to run you over in my Aston Martin. I can only assume rllar you were brandishing a copy of the Rosette Recordet and I bec:rrne so excited at seeing thc maglzine I mornentarily lost my self-control and lurged at you. You l-rzrvemy every reassurancethis rvon't happen again. For your mcnber's interest I have a very fine condition Westrnir-rsterin black wirh red interior, which is in superb, unrestored order. To scc these llrge, six cylinder c:rrs in irction, I would advise any of the members to buy a dctlrble dvd box set of Gideon's Way in rvhich John Gregson. as Commander Cideon of Scotland Yard, screeches aroulcl London, arresting ur-rdesirablesln !?olscley Six One Hundred ancl Tens. Please send my best wishes to all club members.
JoolsHollandoer, ol ( M em No. 68 6 2 1 )
Th€ Mosquito was aguably the best aircraft of World War 2, certainly the most ve$atile. It was a bomber that outmtr the fastest fight€rs, so needed no afinament. lt was a fighter with massive firepower. It was a ship-buster, with eight rockets giving a the equivalent of broadside from a cruiser And it was known as the plane that always brought back its crews, with the highest survival rate of any aircraft involved in the conflict. Yet it was made of wood, using monocoque ply-sandwich construction, meaning it could be built by the furnifure makers of England,in small workshopsscatt€redroundthe country,safefrom enemy attacK. Planesrestoredor underrestorationincludeMosquitoes,plus many other famousDe Havillandaircraft,includinga Vampire,Venom,Vixen, Doves, a Heron, a Dragon Rapide,the front half of a Trident, the fuselageof a Comet,even guidedmissiles.Ifyou ask nicely in advancethey will even push out a Mozzie fbr a photo-shoot,or let you run your handsover a RollsRoyceMerlinto seewhata l200hpVl2 feolslikc. For tfiorc inforflation contact Rttlph Steiher on 020 8954 5080 or OR Enrhys Banell on 07703218906 erndil w1050.dl1.tnt(@Jsuail.net ot endI enrhysbsrreIl@,Eorit g.co.uk Visit: lvlvlv.dehavillandmuseum.co.uk
London@ Run Brighton Sincethe last issueof RR a lot more photos haveappearedof the Londonto Brighton run, someof which you can seeon page 17 and a couple below.Thesearecourtesyof BangerPhotos.com, via DavePage.
Tafft 'Readine further into Chairmin's ReDorr. I rhink that we should allow A40 ownersto join the C.O.O.C. in fact I don't think we shoulddiscoumgeany BMC owners from joining. I don't rhink rhere is any need to try and poachmembers liom other clubsbut iust acceDtthem to join. I can think if we get requests of two such memberswho at the momentdonit own clubcarsbut were so imoressedwith our club thev ioined: Brian \Tatkinson from Scarboroushhas an A40 Farina and Dave Strelton {iom Bamsley who ownsseveralLandcrabsincludins the stretch one seen at the Nationil in Vales. They both enjoy our runs and rallies which of coursewe put on far more of than either the A40 CIub or indeed the Landcrab OC. Another recent memberwho wasso impressed with our events this Summer was Mike Davis ftom Tadcaster,who sold his SuperMinx and bouehran ,4'60 so he coulcl 10rn us. lonn 6r urlllan
Bernett recently boughr, a lovely l(llev r.) ano lolneo tne Kllev cluD to nno mougn tnev cover all Krleys rhey offer very little for BMC badgeengineered models,, So here is anotner car to consrclef. Mabe we could intoduce a general BMC page in to the R/R where members such as Dave who own other BMC models can send in articles or if any of us attend another Club's event we can report on it. I think we should be careful that the C.O.O.C. never losesit's very special identity, but I feel the time is where classic cars are aporoaching -less and we should becomins encouragi the owners of less well catered lor BMC models to join us. I think this should be a major topic for discussionat the next committee meeting.' . Sleve Tumer .
'I al,so think thqt thi,s a uery hot topic to di,scuss ue need. to act sooner rather than laler if we are to keep membership numbers to d naximum and so k;ep the cost doiwnfor all mEmbers. I aaree that ue shouLd not poa.ch members from other clubs. Hobevet when we are aiproached bU pleople ue shauld alwalls @cceptthem on the inderstandirtg bf who u.teare and who -we speZifi.callg cater for
Dsnars ConNEn Shouldwe allow A40 Farina ownersto join our club? We've had quite a lot of response following on from the Chairman's Report in RRI I 9 conceming the matter of allowing membershipto Austin A40 Farinas.Here are someofthe leftcrs and emails we have received. More to follow in RRl 2 I : 'Re: your Chairmanb Report as to whether we should open membershipto Austin 40 Farinas, I think it is importa b open our doors and include any car club, and try to protect our interest in classic cars from the people who think we should all drive euroboxesand have no freedom to choose.Also gaining new members must be a good thing whatever they chooseto drive; new people, new ideas maybe!' T, Babb . Men. No. 4705
I also.think that a page in the RR once in a Dhile uould aooa rmna.
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-*" innoo" cqn all work out a formula to proposeat the nert AGM and then get a memberslote on it sb tiat euerything is done a.stranspdrentlg a.s possible.' lohn Middleton . john,rrriddletofll00@r,irgin.net
My Farinas:An 0wnershipHistory o'o#l;[*
A short while ago you kindly printed an axticle sold for what I paid for it - f,50. I suppose aboutmy father'sMorris Oxford andhow this got nowadaysit would have been r€paircd and put me interestedin Farilas in a child. I thouehtthe back on the road, but in 1988 a rusty Morris following might be of inlerest.conc?rning Oxford with no MOT had littl€ value.I b€lieveit various farinas I have owned over the yeaN. was,sadly,brokenup for spares. of dadbcar all-those In around1994,I boughta very sadbut complete resultingfiom rhetrostalgia yealsago. and running (only just!) MG Magnette COU In 1988I saw an advertin the local paperfor 829C which I planned to restore.However,on ARR 535H,a trafalgarblue 1970Series6 Oxford closeinspectionit was probablytoo far gone. for f270 - taxed MOT'd andreadyto go. A quick which wasa shameas I rcmemberlhis car as a insoection and test drive oroved it to be child whenit belongedto a local shopkeeper.If I meahanicallygood if a littli tatty around the rememberI thi* John Grcen who usedlo own edges,but a dealoft250 wasdoneand I droveit FBD 5C bouehtit asa continueddonorcar for his immaculatelr4aenette.Still anxiousfor anotner away. I wasonlv the 41howner and il was Dressediflto farina I found E-RA487H, a 1969 sandybeige every day service, proving extremely reliable Oxford languishingin an old warehouse.It had (aren't they all?), taking me and an ex girlfriend clearly been vandalisedand was sitting on four on holiday to the Norfolk Broads,and my mate flat tf€s, but the reg numb€rstrucka chordwith evenborrowedit to oick uo a l6ft caravanhe had me and I realisedit was the samecar used by iust bouehtas it had a towbar fifted. 'PracticalClassics'in 1980 when they did a -At the s-ametime I was offered RAU 6816 - a featureon Lhevariousmarquesofthe farina. beigeandwhite Series6 from a lady for spares.It The previousownerhad not paid the storagefees had just failed the MOT on rust but ran and disappeare4 and after much haggling I ljust couldn'tbringmyselflobreakil managedto purchaseit for !70. Although it was beaurifully. foundit hadbeen cheap,onceI hadtrailercd it homeand given it a up andon furrherinvestigation a hire car wh€n it was new. The battery and full inspection,it becameapparentit would need radiator were swappedas they were better than a lot spendingandmanyparlsreplacingto bring Six monthslaleranda lot the oneson my car,andthenthe completecaxwas it up to a goodstandard. 5
of hard work it was MOT'd and put back on the road for the fi6t time in five years.Aside from a few teething problems it proved extr€mely reliable and drovebeautifully.My brothertook a likine for it and made me an offer I couldn't refus-e,and he ran it for anothercouple of years beforeselline it. ARR 535H; my first and favoudte Oxford changedhandsseveraltimes after I sold it, and one iight I got a visit fiom the police sayingit been abandonedand vandalisedand it was still rcsisteredto me. I ihought it had probablyreachedthe end of the rca4 yet somemonthslater I sawit being driven by a middle agedchap who had took pity on it and renovatedit saving it ftom the crusher . I believe it chaneedhandsseveraltimes after that and I last saw-it in about 1990...does it sti1l survive? Although I belong to this splendidclub and will alwaysbe intercstedin farinas, I curently run a 1953 Austin Somerset(another car ftom my childhood). Howwer. if anotherMorris Oxford camealong at the fight price, who knows? If anyoneknows what happenedto any of the farinas I havementionedor indeedowns any of them, I would love to hearfiom you! GrchamWestcoft. Tel:01158599705
6 Eftn/errvle My loveof Farinasdid not stan tluoughmy fatherhavingone,wehada a lot of coupleof FordZephFsalsoBMc A40sand I l00s.Myinterest.like peoplein the club,startedthroughbeingrakento bangerracing and seeing up.It was in the Alde6hotpits in 1984 theselovelycarsgetting smashed that i filst noticedthe six cylindervariation(I previouslythoughttheywere all A60s!) listening to the tuneful bark of the C-seriesenginewith the exhaust cut short and the seeing the largei and graceful lines with the fins at the back. In lateryealsI startedracingmyselfandalsodecidedI wouldgeta westy to useon the rcad.The car I eventuallygot in 1987was a 196?Austin Westminster,almondoverconnaughtgreenwith the registrationNUF 6 17. This reg hadcomeotr a RoverP4; theAl l0's odginalreg wasPPF326E. It was put to use as an everyday car but after two years, many adventuresduring 20k miles, the engine was tired aIld the bod)'workneededattention.It was laid up in the garagâ‚Źawaitingits fate. I hadno intentionof racingit
r well lookedafter (garagedandrcgularservicing) althoughit had donea goodfew miles I wanteda I could "use". Whatever,it was in a lot better than NUF! I leff a deposit and came home with the task of ing the Consul which wasn't easy and was sold on the day before I went on the train asain to fetch and drive MBU back.
and I moved on to a successionof I Ford Cranada road cars. Durine J my time of westy ownership i joined the COOC and attendedthe Ipswich airport gathering etc.I also met and made many fliends including Tim and the Langrish family and one day this is where my westminster headed along with all the collected sparesand rostyle mountain!
Boggymetme from Lime St. Station(I took a e with a trolleyjack insidealongwith a few Wewentoverto Wigar in Boggy's6/110and
whole family tuined out to seethe westy go as it like one of their family. Unfortunately, Eric had away in hospital, and so I promised them I look after the car and have kept in louch since.
During rhe qOs I banger raced a rare Wolseley b/l l0 hearse.a handlill of A60s and alsoa 6,1l0 saloon(kindly suppliedby Mr wesry)alongwith all the other t)?ical cars ofthe era. On the road I had a number ofcranadas, also a Rover P5b. My bangerracing careercame to an end in 1999 shortly before the arrival of marriage, bigger mortgage and kids! With a savings policy aboutto pay oul I decidedlo investin a classiccar and lhal I would get anorher wesw. however.a low mileage Ford Consul (Cranada) came ilong insteadwhich I cherishedlor a couple ofyears which brings me 1o....
MBU 64I E Since letting NUF 617 go I always wanted another westy, this time I decidedi would find a wolseley 6/110.A fiiend I had made on the internet, Michael "Boggy" Sanders from Liverpool, had similar ideas and had placeda "wanted" style advertand acquiredboth an Al 10 and a 6/1 10.The phone calls kept coming and he told me about a 1967two tone greenAl10 mk2 in Wigan ,the owner was seriously ill,the son didn't want to keep the car but obviously wanted the car to go to a good home and saw Michael's advert.Christmas2005 Michael went to seeMBU 641 E and sentme some pictures and I knew then that I wanted it ( a westminster the same colour as my first one ha4 by fate, found mel) I went up on the train to see it Boggy kindly taking me over Eric had owned the car since 1973 when he
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ioumev back to Herlfordshirewas an excitins -The adventwe 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 the sound of the shot exhaust which gave me a headacheby the time I got home (noise and fumes!) and woke the neighbourswho thought a helicopter had landed. So the first task was to invest in a stainlesssteel system (thanks Conra4 and also Tim for fitting it after a t p down to Hampshire).
Moving on to 2007 This yearsawthe car's40th Binhdayand so I decidedtakeher backto Cowley, Oxford where she was constucted. The log book shows first registation7th July 196'7(Oldham),so I decidedto go overto Oxford at the beginning of July. I have a friend, Dave Jones, whose father used to work in the BMC factory and lives locally and works over the road flom the site in a bus depot. The original factory hasbeenpulleddown,and thereis nowa restaurant called"TheLongWall" Steel whichfor a whilekeptmemorobiliaon thewalls.TheformerPressed factorywherethepanelsetc.weremadestill standsandis wheretheBMW Mini is madetoday.So we took somepicturesof MBU 641 E at its birthplace.Othereventsthis yearhaveincludedtakingpart in the COOC andacquiring Londonto Brightonrally whichwasthoroughlyenjoyable, somelovelyrostyle*wheelsfreshoffa RoverP5B saloonl(thanksTufty).
Events Diary 2OO8
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Morris & Austin Day, BrooklandsMuseum coftonParkorganised by Rovercommunity ActionTrust Rally - convoyto Longbridge SteveTurner- 01653693183 Day Run - HambletonHills
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Aonuittaa WatcA The Renewal issue is upoo us once again and we gxtend oul warmestthanks to Val, Sheila,Joh and Conradwho will be in the thick of it overthe next few weeksentering the renewalson compute! paying cheques into the bank, adding up the figures and fixing problems as they occur. It can be a thanklesstask but it is onethey all bearwith cheerfulrcssand alwaysget it done. Please take the trouble lo renew your membershipasquickly asyou canasit helps them all if the Focess doesnot drag on for too lons. Not to6 much else to reDort this trme. Everything mentionedin the last RR is now
happeningas you will have noticed by the arrival of this magazine.The schedulefor the Rosette Recorder has b€en a great success so far with pl€trty of Area Secretarysrespondingto the deadlinewith rcports and articles an4 needlessto say, havinea timetablehasmadeil much easier for th; Club, and Colourplan,to co-ordinate our efforts and make sur€we hit our agreed deadline. Desoite a bdef hiccuD when half the nagizine's compute files crashed and Charlottehad lo r-input everylhingagain. this has been a great successand the fact that we were workins to a schedulewith
some inbuilt slack meant that, even with a computercmsh, the magazinehas not been helduD. The bdnnerstandsfor activeareagroupsarc ongoing. Designsare being drawrl up even as I type and I hope that lhese will start appearingat rallies and showsin the spring. Thank you to everyonewho orgaDisgdand attendedshowsand rallies in 2007. It was a grcat year with eventson most parb of the country which, hopefully, means that everyone has a chance to attend a show somewherc.We raised about a tlousand pounds for good causes too. Well done everyoneand let3 hope2008 is as good!
PublicitgOfficer'sReport The rccent Austin Fedemtionmeetingwas very interesting;in essenceit appearsquite likely that the redevelopedLongbridge site will have a decentsizedheritagecente ofsome sort within it. A consultationprocess is going to be launchedas to what should be within that centre.In the shortterm pleasesendany thoughtsto m€ but hopefully the next issueof the RR shouldcontain detailsof a direct contacVwebsite.
Longbridge Heritage'. More details are available ftom their web site or by phoneon 01926641188. http://www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk The !20 price ticket includeslunch; it shouldbe an interestingmomilg. The Pride ofLongbridge eventwhich hasrun so successfullyfor the past two years is set to take place again this year, on Saturday12th of April. Pleasecheckthe club's web site for information on where the convoyto Longbridgewill be leaving from etc.
Heritag€ Motor Centre archivist ard Issigonis biographerGillian I hope to seeas many people as possibleat eventsthis year, although I Bardsley was prcsent at the meeting and brought their spring lectue may be in my MGB as my Cambridgeis gradually being taken apart to seriesto my attention.Topicsbeing coveredinclude, 'The Changingface addressa numberof issues'! of the Motor Industry', RAI Gaydon and the Golden Age of Steam. John Lakey Howeverthe talk likely to be ofmost interestto membelsis being given Publicity Officer by Gillian herself on the 26th March 2008 and is entitled 'Saving
Yales AREA REP2RTS: The phoro is of mv Wolseleyl5/60 takenat a ChrisrmasshowI did at above). Then follows the family fun day and classic car show at the Cefn-CoedCollierymuseumin Crynant,SouthWales,which just out of Gnoll Country Park in Neath - this is organised by the Skewen Motor interest is the deepestand rnostdangerousmine in li0ales.When it was Club, and with over 350 vehicles in attendance last year this was one of the biggestshowsin Wales.Fot details a working mine. you had to be a contact01792323078.And then a clash clespecrte mlner tI you were mnrng of dateslThe choice is yours- Dinefur here! lt is also home to the only gas park and manor house,an up and tram. iomins show with beautiful surroundings,a relaxed day out for all! I thought I would just give you some Contact 01588 823902and the same dates for evencs rhis year. firstly the date is the Tiedesar House Show in Singleton Classic Car Show in Newoon - rhis is i massiveshowiAnd Jwansea on )th May . contact ul /yl, don i forgetguysget thosecarsout and 419?80. Then the National Tiansport aboutfor Drive [t Davon 20thAoril and Festival of Wales which will take place help supportour interestand kiep our in Swansea on the 15th june - for cars on the road, Hooe to seevou at thc snowsl
details contact 07814 958379. There is also a rather nice run the day before fiom Swanseato Pendine, stopping at the home area of Dylan Thomas, and is organised by the same club (number as
East Yorkshlre The C.O.O.C. EastYorks.Area Christmasparw was a grcat night enjoyed by all who loined us. The Middleron Arms did us oroud with an excellent meal and the atmosphere was just right. With Christmas out of the way we ate olannins our 2008 Evenrs,the first of which is our ljrive it ljav run around the Hambleton Hills startine ftom Malton Market Place at 10 am on Sunday April 20th. There is no need to book for this event and you may join us en route at The BillsdalePicnic areaifyou wish at 11am,For full details contact me at the usual address. Our Yorkshire Gathering this year takes place at Burton Ame: Hall on SundavMav 11rh. \0e are invning all rhe local car clubs ro join us so this
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should be a really good day out. Entry is ftee but must be pre-booked so please contact me if you want an entry form. Buton Agnes Hall is a lovely venue which we are very grareful to Simon & Olivia Cunliffe-Lisrer for allowine us ro use. The event is held in support of Mirie Curie Cancer Care. The end of May will see us making our annual run to lJ0alesfor the Tom Rolt Rally which this vear is a bit soecial because vour club is organising all tlre vehicle entries so please supDortus if vor.rcan. We have entries fiom los ofBMC & BL car clubs including The Harrogare MG Club, The Austin Counties Car CIub, The MMOC & The P.VH.C.C. plus of coursemarry individual entries.Lets see if the C.O.O.C. can have the brsqestclub displav. Come the end ofJune we shall be headingNorth O' The Border to Moffatt to join Jim ri0ilson for the Scottish Rally. This is another great weekend and another highliight on our calender. July will
see the retum of the C.O.O.C. East Anplian Rally. The event is to be held around The N. Norfolk Railway's Holt Station over the \i/eekend Saturday& SundayJuly l2th & l3th. There will be a convoy to Norfolk on Saturday July 12th avoiding Motorways meeting at The HumberBridgeat ?.30am I hopelotsofyouwill join us for rhe tesurecredEast Anglian Rally. This is lust the first halfof the 2008 Rally season covered so as vou can see we have a full ancl varied calendei of events so whv not ioin us for our meetings at The Middleron Arms. North Grimsron, near Malton on the 2nd Monday of each Month. The oub does excellent meals and has a big car park. Our June meeting will be a "Bring Your Classic"nighr and i[ che wearher is good we ate planning to have a barbecue. See you all on the rally circuit or at our meetngs! o Steee I
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A happy new year to all the local area members,and we are looking forward to seeing someof theseimaeinarvclub ca$ out and about in the near future! [as contacted iontacted me regarding resardins the Peter Bachelor has possibility of doing somethrng on "Drive-lt-Day", iuhi.h is ," usually u.uallv on ihe the Sunday Sundav-nearest nearestto St. Georges Ceorees which Dav. For those that don't know. the idea is to raise the prollle o visibleprofile v$Lble ofl lthe h e cclassic l a s s , cccar a r movement, m o le m cn t. by by L dri' lr llln g th em nowhe r e i n p a r i i c u l a r . . ...o r ,a s I h o p e , a ctu a lfy T O so m e where thrs
year! Any suggestions, preferably fairly local to us (villagefetes,car shows alreadv planned that we can gatectash,museums)will be investigated, and if anyonet rnteresteoln lommg us,grveme a rlng, or an email, or come to the pub on the FIRST TUESDAY of Secondly, if anyone is interested in attending the Luton Festival of Transporron che 8th of June,let me or Peter know, as he has a club stand booked for us (top chapl) so get the Autoglym and fins out! It is an excellentevent, with a very decent auroyumbleand plenty of old cars. vans. busecand motorbrkeson sire, wirh an opporruniry to visrt the Vauxhall Herirage Museum (usuallyclosedto the public.) Also, if anyone has a nice older car (1930's,40's or 50's) that would be
Eertf ordsb.ire Thinqs have startedto move; letterswere issued jusr ifter the New Year to Herts and Nonh London member. introducrnq myself as their new Area Secretary,bur. as-a member of l0 years,many probablyknow me by sight anyr,ray. A club stand has been booked for the Ausrin Morris Day ar Brooklandsrn March and a joint standwith the Bedsareagrouphas beenbooked at Luton Festivalof Transport in June - please contact me ifvou would like to ioin us at either show Once feedback has been received, it is very much hoped a monrhly evenrnggarhering will be announced. Andvi Beds area and I would like io organrsea run for this year! narional 'Drive lt Dav' - let us know if rr-ruare lnterested. Peter Batchelar Petet@ra{or d.f sbusiness.co.rk
Does anyone fancy a good day out at a 'local' rally and meeting up with other club memberslThen I can recommend the following shows as being a eood familv daYout, Llandudno Transport festival on Saturday 3rd May, cars, lorries and buses,autojumble etc., and large Victorian festival covering most of the town. Tabley Game Fare (Tabley Cheshire) Sunday 3rd June. classiccarsand a day ofcountry type evenrs. Cheshire Steam Fare (Knutsford Cheshire) l5th July, cars,lorriesand steamengines. All the rallies are fiee but must be Dre-booked directly wirh the organiser.Entry forhs will be available ftom me on receipt of an SAE or by emall. Simon Thornton rusgring@btifltenet,cnn o t: 07576 251236
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suitable for display at a Clen Miller Festival,pleaselet me know. It is possiblerhat I may do you a hugefavour (ifyou like Glen Miller!) Rightl So whatsbeenhappeningto us lot? It\ winter, not a lot, what do you expect?We had a decent sizedmeeting in December,with about 10 people attending (still only a couple of Farinas, mind) and had a good time. Vince has managed to fit a 5 bearingMGB engineand 4synchro overdrive box inro my old 460 (EBM666D) with a great deal of ingenuiry,grazed knuckles,colourful languageand a lack of a more suirablegearboxro fit! Anyone who has tried rhis will want to give him a pat on the back, I am surel The old girl now goesmuch better than when I owned her, and with the MGB twin SU's, an LCB and a Mini SparesRC40 exhaustskilfully bodgedinto place,she soundsgreattoo. Unfortunately,she has developed somethingof a drinling habit, thoughl Vince has alsoput in an altemator to keep the powerup for the (wait for it) electricallyadjustableseatsout of a JagXJ-SI Great, they are...canI buy it back? In Rileyville (the Land that Andy Forgot) I wassomewhatshockedto find another year had passedsince 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, or take the dogsfor a walk, and a belly full of ChristmasSpirit (45yoABV) meant that myself and Gary (Frogeye owner) decided to "get the old thing running today". No mean feat, given that the head was warped following a high-speed,loud stereoboil-up 10 yearsago.But we found a head, disastrous a new gasketset and somenew points, plugs,petrol and someenthusiasm. Lo and behold, two running A60s for Christmas! Hooray! Back in the garagefor anotheryear then... AnAy Westcott . uheelie -bhr@hatnail.con
Where to start? London to Brighton run was a massivesuccessin fine weather and thanks to Malcolm and the Surrey and Sussex Groups and everyonesefforts in getting this off rhe sround. I hope there are loads rrrore ohotos in this issueio qive a fuLl flavour of ihe day. The final sum-raisedwas probably over f5000 for Whizzkids. Thanks ro all who participated e.pecially from afar.There is even a video on voutube.com thanks to Mark Sheolev, http://www.youtube.com/watchlv= 5T5kEv
2. COOC National Rally and Six Cylinder Gathering at the Cranleigh Classic Car Show and Autojumble Sunday 17th August 2008
Preparations are underway for this event at the Cranleigh Showground. lil/e will be havine a social event (possible road run in rhe atrernoon) and tsBQ on the Showeround Saturdav evening wrth campi-ng(basic facilitie' available)on the PKP-Y field. For rhoseprefening more luxury. rhere Of course everyone wants to do another are numerous good hotels, guesthousesand one! Our first thoushts on the destination of campsitesin the local Sunev Hills Area of a future chariw run could be Goodwood Outitanding Beaury. Autolumblers are Circuir. near Chichester bur any suggesrions welcome and must book a prtch. Forms can would be verv welcome, anywhere in the be downloaded: southem half of the countryl w w w . c r a n l e i g h I i o n s . o r g / c la ss i c - c a r My white Cambridge 823 LBM has received show.php. Booking-in details for cars next further coachwork reoairs. new 6rel and issue. brake pipes and a stainless steel exhaust. As this is also the tesurrected six cylinder Thanks to Alan Hunt for useofhis facilities garhering we will be making erreryefforr ro so I could get undemeath, and sorry again ittract aimany six cylinderiars to this rally for all the swearing. There are still a few as oossible so if vou own one make this a more jobs to do then the dreaded respray definite date in vour diarv NOW! l?th looms. I am still tooling around day to day in Aususr 2008. Funher details will be in next rhe Oxford which continues ro be a durable RR. and reliable (kiss of death) working man's car - just as it was designed to be all those Events Diary change: vearsago, COOC South East Rally, Kingsfold Steam Club niehrs are alwavswell actendedand we Rally, Sussex.Pleaseno_tethis is a two-day had ah6ut 20 sit down for our meal in event Sarurday 2?Lh/Sunday 28Lh December. lf anyone lives within striking September 2008 and you are encoumged to distance and wants to come along you'll be arrive on the Saturday. Apparently it is made most welcome, third Monday of the worrh it just ro see Dave King line dancrng month. on the Saturdaynight! Furtherdetailswill I hope as manv local members as possrble be in next RR. will iupport the rally at Brooklands Museum rhi-9Lh March. l'll be Lhere and I'll Daoe Page "" probably have some of my infamous 'tat' on t, 07372 474565 o m: O7850 ?3976O
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hom our areaa coupleof monthsago (followingPhili lerterin RR I l8) aboura SeriesVI Oiford which has-hada lot of work done to it, including rhe fftting of a diesel engine. It tumed out that the car was only a few minutes drive ftom where I live. Phil and I went to seeit. lt appearedro have been a good car, which had undergone some careful Eodywork reoairs.but needed finishine. The enpine conversion too was noL quiLe complete.It had obviouslyn"orbeenori the road for a goodfew years.?hil We had our annual Pie & Pea Supper in December,which was well decided the car wasn't for him. so I Dut the word about a bit in the club attended once again. There were some new faces, and some missing and since then another member (noi from our area),has decidedto take unfonunately due to ill healrh. 2007 was a strange year for rallies of the project on. It should make a very nice car when finished. Happy course,manyofour localrallieswereeither(ancelledor jusr a wash-out. Motodng! Mark sutcliffe (2326) Lett hope for at least somedrier months this seasonl numbers since Tievor and loan Porter have beenjoining us each month sinceJunelastyear.They brought along their beautiful Lwo-roneRrley 4/72 for us to give it the on(e-over,and we like it! The car won the Heiitage Cup at fiw1n last year after being off the road for sevenyears.
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It's a long lime since the club has had a stand at the NEC so we were not able to draw. on much recent previous expenence. However I usually go to the show so had some idea what goes on and I was determined that if we were going to spendthe time, money and effort neededto do it ther we would Ilot just park four cars in a circle and get our camping chairs out. My logic for this was threefold:
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So we decidedon a format: a Dounda go for two minutes, with three cars running all the time if possible, so two kits could be recharging.We settled on a srze,25ft.by10ff, and I then found out that we neededto provide carp€t for the cars to run on! Bob Metzner (who I have yet to seewear his underpantsoutsidehis tlousels but should do, as he rescuedme at Longbridge and did so again at the NEC) came up trumpsandprovidedsomeperfect'surplus'carpet.We alsodecided thatthe weekend'sfastesldrivershouldwin a radioconrolled RC kit of a club car This prize wasjointly donatedby COOCandKamtec.
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1- Sitting in a chair looking at four club cars for three days woul4 I thought, probably be quite tedious. Since going to the show and meetingpeoplecomingon th€ standI haverevisedthis ideaI must admit as I had somefascinatingchats,including one that brought teals to my eyes. 2- If we were going to spendthe money neededto elter the show we should do somethingthat would get us publicity for th€ club, and I was swe thatjust parkingsomecals wouldnot. That is, afterall, myjob on the committee and I cheerfully admit to not getting involved with the day 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 somethingfor a goodcauseat the sametime andthe MacmillianCancerCareschemeis something I have a soft spot for, and which also seemedto be well thought of by others on the committee. Sharon Battersby from Macmillan also handledthe legal side, which I appreciat€dgreatly.
With lessthan threeweeksto go progresshad slowedbecauseI was workingabroadbut I managedro book the enlireweekof lhe showoff work as leavein orderto prepare.Spacedictatedthatwe were soins to havethreecarsso I lhoughtsomethingunusual,like a Sun-Torwouldbe good as well as a 6-cylindercar.A call to longstandinglocal member and arch enthusiastKeith Bullock gained the promise of his fantastic Sun-Tor,(thanks Keith). The kind 6ffer of a third car came fiom Don Wood if we were stuck (he was exiibiting one of his other cars on anotherclub stand)but it was obviously going to be a struggle for him. I had been given the germ of an idea by Seth Kennedy (the club's Geoff Bakerofered his Al l0 basicsaloonbut gettingit fiom Ipswich Modified Car Officer) and it seemedlike a good one, charity model to Birmingham was a problem.In the end our third car camein the form Austin Cambridgeracing... Sethhad met someonewho racesl/l2th of Rex Cleaver'spre-FarinaAl05 WestminsterI phonedRex, with I scalendio controlled bangersat a mlly and sent me a web link. It's a think. lessthan a weekto go. He was completelyunlazedby the rush sport that was invelted by Keith Dowsettof Kamtec Modelsport and his and like Keith.Jobnand Bob.enreredinto ihe sdiril wonderfully. company(wwwkamtec.co,uk) now produce a large range of bodies to support it. Of coursewith our club car's significance in the real sport's The d3y before the show found me bringing back 8'x4' sheetsof ply history Keith has had to producequite a few shells depicting clu6 cars fiom B&Q in a bonowed convertible Peugeot306, with the roof down, so we had a readymadesupplyof 14 inch long plasticshellsthat we in lhe rain. We all gol wel (includingrhe dog)but managedto get home could use.but in a slightlydifferentway... Radiocontrolledbanger without beingarreitedlor havingpl-yuood-onthe drive-rs heai. On the racing is a full contact sport and the chassisracedcanbe fitted with any moming of the setupday.Thursday..lwas still lianrically building rhe body in a matterofseconds.So modelracelsmay startthe night with a standtor the club'sbannet figuring how to fit four gardenchairsonto RoverP5 and bring out a Wolseley6/110for later in the evening.The the roof of an MGBGT and tryingio fix the brokenlndicarorson said bodies are quite cheap and essentiallydisposable.Keith makes i huge car. all at the sametime.., Jusl to add to rhe fun it wasblowinga gale range. from Z Type MG Magnettesto Peugeot205s and they are and still bucketingdown. suppliedunpainted;part of lhe fun is to painl them in 'your' livery I arrivedat gate3.I on Thursdaylunchtimeflusteredandwet.to find my So affer a little time looking at Kamtec's web site (where I discovered lhreecarsand volunteersalreadythere.ARer a chataboutlayoulI had that they make an .460 Van, an Oxford SeriesVI, a 6/110, an A99 to takemy car backout and rhenwalk the (il seemedlike) two milesin Hearse(!) and an A55 Mkl saloon)[ phonedKamtecup, explained rhe rain backliom thecar park.asyou areonly allowedloadingvehicles whatthe CambridgeOxtord OwnersClub is, rhatwe wouldlike io raise in the showhall for a shori while. in rhehour'orso it took me'io do this money in some way using their models and asked if they were Keith Bullock, Bob Metzner, John K''te and Rex Cleaver did a lnterested_ wonderfuliob of sorlingout exactlvwherethe real cars wereeoine in relalionto ihe modelraie trackand-thenmountedtheCOOC binneion They were, and a friendship with Kamtec Keith (as I shall call him) my home made plywood stand. Fantastic! COOC really is fuIl of startedthat I hope will endwe. He was initially surprisedthat a classic brilliant, enthusiastic helpfulpeople. car club would be interestedin anything that is remot€ly connectedto banger racing but I explained that a sizable portion of the club's The model ncing car equipmentfinally arrived at about 6pm, and we membershavebeeninvolve4 at somepoint, with bangerracing and that thenhadto assembleit. Againa big thanksto Keith BullocLwho stayed whilst the Club's aim is to preserveand enjoy our cars-wecan'iwipe out lategaffer+apingcarpetm.-ats togeiherso the modelscouldrun over'the history.On groundsof tasleil is imponant I makeclearthat I wasnot joins (we live such a glamorouslife in the COOC) and helpedbuild the intendingto havemodelbangerracingon the club s standbut equallyI model track. By l0.00pm Kamtec Keith, Bianca and I were all didn't seewhy the carsdesigfiedfor tFattaskshouldnot be usedbyihe exhaustedand went for a proper Birmingham takeawaycwry After that public in someform of'pay and play' system,with the money going to I went elsewhereto print out 43 size posters of the club logo while charity and a prize for th€ fastesttime of the weekend.I then called the Keith and Biarca got on with finishing painting the models in my show organisersand explained what we wanted to do; they too were lounge,it was well affer 1.30ambeforeany of us got to bed... and we very enthusiasticand even promisedextra passesfor the people we were up at 6.30 on Friday moming. neededlo help run rhe stan4-whichwasgreat. A Police closedownof the A45 from Birminsham meant that our earlv My first port ofcall for real vehicleswas Bob Metzner (Our Longbddge start tumed into a late affival and it was I I be,-fore we finallv openedfo'r show 'Foreman') who had otrercd to help organisethe NEC at the AGM business, Howeverour secondsaviourhad arrivedbv then in the form in 2006. He did not disappoint;promisingeither his A55mk2 or his ofAndy Clemence.a keenradiocontolled modelraclr who cameto all neighbour Johrl Kyte's Series V Oxford. He also volunteered the three days of the show and who we could not have managedwithout. services of his good mate Dave Morris (the Longbridge show's very KamtecKeith hadneverdoneanyhing like this beforeandhe managed own Pinin Farina)and his A55mk2. I did not want two 'big fin'cars brillianlly but I know he won't'mind my sayingthat he would hive really, asI think its bestto showoff the diversity ofthe club, but flushed struggledwith the sheervolume ofwork requiredto keepthe carson the with the rtews that I had one definite car I phoned Kamtec Keith and track.changingbaneriesand the like, withoul a capableman like Andy started to work out exactly what we were going to do. It soon beaame in the pits. As it was we were open for businesswilhout a real breal< clear that we had technical issues... Keith was worried about re- throughollall *rce days.anda lot ofthe creditfor thatgoesto Andy as chargingthe cars ard about how we were going to time them etc. In the well as Kamtec Keith and Bianca. end he borrowed timing equipment ftom racer Brandon Snell (thanks continuedoverleaf 9
Although Friday was quieter for the public it was busy ftom my point of view as it was when most of t}Ie media and guestsarived. We were visited by representativesof the National Motor Museum Beaulieu (Stephen Vokins) and The British Motor Industry Heritage Trust Gaydon(Gillian Bardsley)as well as all the major classiccar mags. Classics Monthly took the track over for twenty minutes or so and stageda lace betweenthee of their staff (Eric Richardson,JamesPage and Mike Renaut) and a representativeof the Corgi Vanguardsrange, Mark Pinnigar. Mark beat all three ofthe Classicsboys! We were also visited by ClassicCars, PracticalClassics,ClassicCar Weekly,aad various other freelance photographersand joumalists. I was busy all day dealing with guests (including TV presenter Alex fuley) and hardly saw anything ofwhat was going on with the stard itselfbul the mission was accomplished.Photogruphsof our stand made all the major Classic Car mags (including Classic ard Sportscar)except for Practical Classics and they gave us a mention in the text. I must at this Doint thank Bob Metzner and Dave Morris who ran ttle COOC side ofthe standwonderfully all clay;signing up new members, answering tecbnical queries and taking money for the model mcing. Ably assistedby Don Wood they did a brilliant job and I am awarethat I was not about much on the Friday so again thanks chaps; we could not have done it without you. We made it through Friday having leamt lots of lessons and on the Sahrday the club side ofthings was run by Paul Curtis, Lynda Knott, Mark Dunnett and Pogie Fisk. Again they all did a graat job and Kamtec Keith's RC team had a busier day but were expandedby other volunteers from the RC world. A bigger crowd was drawn to the stand by the RC expertsdoing demosevery so often and we ran at almost full capacity all day.
The weekend came to a dramatic climax at 4PM when Sharon Battersby from Macmillan came to Dresentthe orize to the wioner and collect our takings.We had a very aloserace-off betweentwo people and had to wait to Dresentthe orize until we had given them both a chanceto havea firial 2 minute'heateach.All nail Siting stuffbut the winner bv halfa lao after tlte race offwas Rob Hambridee from Burton on Trent wbo comirleted27.4 laps in 2 minutes. I don't think I have felt as exhaustedas I did on that Sundaynight in my entire life; I eveu fell asleep in the bath. I have heard people criticise the orsadsers of the NEC event but I have to sav thev could not havebeenirore helpfirl.They did makea mistakere tire supplyof our lights but they organiseda refirnd without aly quibbles and were generally very helpful. The only criticism I would have was that the show took place on RemembranceSunday.The organisersbroadcast over the tannoy at a few minutes before I 1, saying they were going to observethe two minutes silence in a few minutes time and indicating they would say when it was going to start. However tley tlrcn did not broadcastagain until tley said the silence was ov€r. We were actually stood talking about the fact it must be about due to start wh€r they announced it had finishe4 a great shame becauseit's an important annual event. which I felt the show should have honoured, It was also somethingwhich I personally was both saddenedaad embarrassedby, it's importart that we remember... However it was a great four days and well worth the effort. The club raised €492 for the Macmillan cancer care scheme,which I was yery pleased about, and I think all who volunteered had a good time. If I have missed anyone by name I apologise, I had too many great membershelping to mention everyonebut thalks very much to all.
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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 a sleepingbag, which madepeople look twice. It receivedmany positive aommonts fiom a curious public all fascinated by this wonderful vehicle's extremely pmctical design. The engine bay of Rex Cleaver's .4105 Westminster&ew many admiring glancesas well, I am sure he must clean it after every drive.. . Whilst John'sstunningly original low mileage Oxford V brought back memories for many including a lady who burst into teals when being allowed to sit iII the driving seat becauseit was exactly the sameas her late Father'scar, which shehad learnt to ddve in. With Bianca having taught the ever helpful aad resourceful Andy how to use the lap timing computer and even more RC guys to help we really had the model racing cars on great money raising form for Sunday. The COOC side of things was ably looked after by Keith Bullock, Rex Cleaveq Conrad Parr, Lynda (again), Bob and Dave (again) and various others who mucked in at ditrerent times. I even managed to have a quick look around the show and buy some HT leads.
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Wolseley 16/60 wanted by classiccar enthusiast. Car must be in very good all round condition, with manual transmissionpleferred- Austin ,460, MG Magnette or Rilet 4/68 or 4172 also considered.Contact Robert Dunnett on 014?3 624510 6 Cylinder doesmaner! COOC memberideally seeksWolseley6/l l0 bur orher 6 cylinderclub cars coruidered. Car must be in good condition insideand out. Contact Mark on 0?710 144011 (rn)
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A few months ago while searchingebay for Wolseley parts etc, I cameacrossa 4 volume set of motor repair manuals from the late 1950's.There was no other interest, so the set was mine for a copper under !10 including postage. Although the 4 volumes really pre-date the Farina range of vehicles, they still provide an excellentsoulce of referenceon the maintenance and repair of cars and components. Dating fiom a time when parts were repaired and re-conditioned ratherthan replaced.
Countlessnostalgic illushations, picturesand diagmmsare usedto help demonstrate the repairs being undertaken, covering a vast range of makes and models and techniques of the day. I have seen two different sets of manuals form the late 1950's 'Motor Repairs & Overhauling' and 'The Modern Motor Engineer'. I would recommend either set to anyone with a generalinterestin mechanicsof classicvehicles. Simon Thornton ru stJ,wing@Utin ter n et com
It is still possiblefor CambridgeOxford OwnersClub membersto take advantage of the special C[ub Discount schemeoperated by the RAC. In order to qualif! for the discount,you must quote the new Club Code. Pleasequote your narne and Club membership number to the Secretaryvia the Club Hotline (07966249506).
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This site is for owners and enthusiasts to sharc their pictures and stories of these great cars. You'll find a collection of period adverts. videos and even a Farina graveyard! I try to keep the content fresh and hope there's something to appeal to everybody. Eddie Foster - Member 6553 . eddi4@;aorrisoxford.com
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The Cambridse-Oxford Owners Club wouldlike to i-dviteall membersto join us for somevery enjoyableweekendsaway wirh your club carin the companyofother classiccal enthusiasts. The C.O.O.C.EastYorkshireArea Group areplanningat leasttbreeweekendsaway to coitrcideard take Dart in club rallies which all classiccarsarewelcome, Our first veeketrdwill be in Walesfor the Tal-y-llyn Railway'sTom Rolt Rally which this year is beiry oâ&#x201A;Źaoisedby the C.O.O.C.and held asusual Sunday whichrhisyearfalls on Saturday, overSpringBankHolidayWeekend, & MondayMay 24tll 25th & 26th;This â&#x201A;Źvert is setamongsomeof themost glorioussceneryand the ddve to Tywln from all areasis simply stuffting. With the rally an eveningrun, club barbequeandmuchmoreI hopeyou will 101nus. -At the endofJune we arc on tour agaio,this time goingNorth o'the border for the C.O.O.C.ScottishRally at Moffat held on Satuday& SundayJutre 28th & 29th. This eveDtis held aspart of The ScottishRootesAssociation's ClassicCarRally.Now anyoDewho hasbecnto tlis rally will tell you this is just brilliant with the town tuldng in to a scenefrom 1969wift classiccais outsideeveryguesthouse andfilliog the marketplace.This is beforcyou get to the rally field or go on the lun to St.Mary'sLocb-Weusuallyhavea great socialeveningon the Saturdayfollowedby a greatrally on the Sunday.Again
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ClubDisplay Autojumble Stall Please ?assondetails toanvonewh}isinterested the ride up to Moffat takes you tbrough some lwely scenery especially if you take the route via Teesclaleand Alsto[ We will be organising a cowoy to the rally fiom the Scotch Comer Hotel on Satuday June 28th. The Middle of July will see us vetrturing hto 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 l2th weerLbd will wili include inclirde an leaving the Humber H-umberBridge Car car Park at 7.30am. i.30an. This weeRbd optional visit to the Muckleborough Tank Collecrion and an early eveniog run alotrg the very pretty North Norfolk Coast followed by a club get together.The rally on the Srmday is held as palt of The N, Norfolk railway's Vintage TiansDort Dav The C.O.O.C. were invited to attend last vear by The Austin who held their National Rally as part of tliis event and couniies cdclub Andrew Martindale atrd I wetrt and had a geat weekend prompting us to orgaoise this eved. I hope lots ofyou v.ill join us for our weekeods away. Ask any one who has joined 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 of lhe above events con act Steve & Josnne T mer on 01653 693163 or email lafi andn@btintemeLcom
lnternotionol C@OC Juan Carlos Tirzzolino sent in these photos of various Di Tella vehicles in the city of Buenos Aires in Argentina. As most of you will know, Siam di Tella is an Argentine compaay which was founded in l9l l. The name Siam is an acronlm for Secci6n Industrial Amasadoras Mec6nicas.Car model Siam di Tella 1500, basedon the British BMC Farina seriesin the early 1960s,becamevery popular among taxi drivers of Buenos Aires city. As you can see,there are still many fine exampleson the sheetstoday, including some 'Siambrettas'! Thanks to Juan as usual.
The centrespreadin RRl19 certainly did not do justice to the Club's first annualroadrun. Dave Pagehassentus thesepictureswhich, addedto Lee's from RR119 give a much better picture of that remarkableday. Dave irlsotells us that plans are well advancedfor another road run this year. The idea is to choosea different finish point and maybe have a dillerent finish each year.Get it in your diariesassoonashe setsthe date!
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Parts for Sale Sparesfor ex. Austin CambridgeA55 Mk l: two tront wrngs,Iwo real wlngs,.rwo front doors,two rear doors,bonnef, boot lid. orieinal I500 ensine and searbox with B-ore/warnerovirdrive ani high compressi6n cvlindethead,originalI500 eneinewith standard eearbox,l500diff., ,l 50Opropshaft2.off, suspensionrie rods, brake drums, lront and rear seats, ch ro me d air int ak e gr rl l , fo u r 5 5 J 6 A headlishts,radiator, inierior hearer and blower,fuel tank,clurchmastercylinder, brakemastercylinder,headliningframe, sreeringwheel,3 roadwheels,batk axle and rear leaf sprinqs, fronr chassissub gallonbelco frame,rwo fronrcorfsprings, J00 westminsterblui cellulose, starrer motor and generator. All offers treated seriouslv.C-ontact P. O'Connor (nm), 115 Li6erty Lane, Addlesrone,Suney KTI5 INW Monis Oxford Partsfree to good homer 2x Carbs complete with Aii filter, 2 x Rocker box cover, 1 x Rocker shaft with rockersand push rods,2 x Distributor, 2 X Choke cables,2 x Dip sticks,2 x Rear Lishr Chrome sunond, pitted bur nor bioken, 2 x Monis Oxfiird boot badge, lisht pirrine,2 Sers Rear liehrs (One in?icator lens cracked) Complete with rubbers,2 x Front indicator lerues, 2 x Hom pushes,2 x \?ipac "por lights,I x Bonnei. chrome srio ilone rhe Fronrhas been screwed in wirh se-lfraDpersbut basicallv sound, Contact Andy Fisk at (m) andy.d.fisk@btopenworld.com
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- new old stock BMC drivers {iont wins suitable for A55 Mk II or would consider A.60 tvpe. Tel Andrew ' ldle 01274 7 43884 (m) enquiries@andrewidle.co.uk
We sell probably the cheapest StainlessSteel Exhaustson the market - but these prices are only availableto fully paid-upCambridge-Oxford OwnersClub Members! Yes,anothergreat beneiitavailableonly to COOC members... Our rangeof StainlessStssl exhaustsutilisethe latest in materialtechnology using 16/18/20swg, 1304/409 StainlessStssl, with a manufacturerslife time guaranteeon all tull systemspurchased.We are able to supplyexhaustsior all clubvehiclesplusa largenumberof oth€rclassicand modernvehicles,useyour club memberchiptoget a superdeal. Havingn€gotiateda very specialpricewith our suppliersfor the SomsrcetArca Group,we now want to give everyonein the club a chanceto benefitfrom these
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Services& Repairs: South West Herts. Long established moror mechanic is willing to service, repair, and weld our type of cars.Could collect local to Watford. Don Dracup (m). Tel: 01923 231982 (evenings)
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Wanted for Wolseley lo/60, front wing diasonaltrim, borh left and rreht (parr nuibers BDH425l and BDH4254).Also a sreeringcolumn lowercover (part no. 24C781or CZC15).Any offerssiarefullv recelveo. tel utenn rascoe lJ110u (Cambs) or e-mail 467094 (m) pascoerbg@aol.com
6-Cylinder Power SteeringBoxes Leaking WestminsterfVolseleyfy'anden PlasPowerSteenngBoxesrebuilru.ing all new sealsand bench-tested. Tel Andy: 01609 776040or email: (m) wa.hodgson@btopenworld.com
Wanted for Austin A55 1961, pair of hew or reflecrorbases(seediaEram,righr) -Tuzzolino, used. Contact Juan Carlos jctuzzolino@fibertel.com.ar (m)
STEVETURNER BMC/BLSPECIALIST T E L: 016536931 8 3 & Restoration OnAtt BMC& BLCars1951-1980 Service,Repairs (Service 60's&.70'sCdrs) & repairsundertaken on mostother1950's, Body Repairs, Sfaxoyling, Valeting, MOT's by Appointment. Engine Rebuilds,Clutches, Brakes. UnleadedConversions& Engine Tuning. Used SparesFor BMC Farina's
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Dics Brakes & TelescopicDampers Having just completedmy MG Magnette MklV I am now offering kits for front disc brake conversions,and teJescopic damperconversionsftont and rear,for all 1500 & 1600 Farinas. Contact: Mike Laflin, Model Farm, Chapel Street, Rockland St Peter, Attleborough, Norfolk NR1? IUJ Tel: 01953483419or
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Amazing Spring Special Offer for COOC Members A complete Spring spruce up for your Club Car for just 995.00 inclusiveof all normal service items. Your car will be fully serviced.lf required MOT canied out. A full detailedreport of any firrther work requiredwill be given. RememberI can caterfor ALL repairson Club Carsat just S10per hour.A low costdeliveryand collection service is availableanywhere in the UK. So, if your Club car needsa little TLC, call me, Steve Tirrner 01653 693183,today.(m)
A Sad Farewell Sadlythe time hascom€for me to t€rminatemy membenhipof COOC. The reason?I have reluctantlyparted with my lovely Austin A60 Cambridge saloon,KGU 328 D, a cumulusgreylsnowberrywhite gem with red leather seats. ln €xchangefor our black Austin A40 Somersetfor which he receiveda chequefor!75, my fatherboughtour new car on22ndApril, 1966 fiom East City Garages (Kingsland) Ltd. of
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then little extraslike a fog lamp, wing mirrors, aerial, mats, demister panel,etc. KGU has remained in the . family ever since. On the death of my father in l9?6, my moth€r took her overand continu€d to dJiveheruntil she was 86. She then becamemine to use and I ini€rited her when my mother passed away in 2000 aged100.As th€ yearshav€ \ passe4 I found that I was drjving her lessand lessas traffic has increased:the roadshavebecomeso busy locally that it was becomingdifficult to nip acrossthem. so a moderncar had to be the answerfor daily us€.I continuedto drive KGU on occasionsand I can say that almost without exception,whereverI parked somebodywould comeup and admireher and tell me that he/shehad owneda Cambridgeor a member of their family had done so. I am sure all COOC membersare familiarwith this kind of conversation.Every time I went out, heads turned and in halt€d traffic, neighbouringdriv€rswould castglances.I havehadmanyoffersto buy her put through my letterbox,an offer from Germanyand I had a motorcyclerider follow me homefor miles one day in the hope,it turnedout, ofmaking me an offer. I havethe occasionto drive to WindsorCastleevery four yearsfor a regularfunctionand I simply loveddriving sedatelyalongth€ Long Drive in WindsorCreat Park,and she becamea favouite of the staff manningthe CastleCar Park.
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1 185, 218512186, 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, 8 5,86, 87, 88 , 8 9 , 9 0 , 9 3 , 9 4 , 9 5 , 96,97, 98, 99, 1 O O ,1 O l , 1 O 2 ,1 03 , 1 O 4,1O 5,106 , 1 O 7 ,1 O 8 ,1 O 9 ,1 10 , 111,112,113, 114,115, 116, 117, 118, 1 19. Our Back numbers Officer, Cliff Brock, has a comoleteset of RosetteRecordersfrom Number 1 and is prepa.red to phoiocopyarticlesor complete newsletters tor membefs at cost.
Cliff Brock.4 Conifer Close.St Leonards. Rinswood,Hants. BH24 2RF Telephone:01425 472799 lleaseenclose(.tampror cash)41pfor I copv,84p for 2. f l.O9for l. "t1.58for 7. and-f2.19loi iO. write youraddress Please clearly.Thank you.
Here, former member Hazel Oberst exprcsses her sadnessat parting with her dear old A.60 after 42 years,as well as leavingthe COOC...
Whereis shenow? Well, in l9?5 we were rcconrmended to a young garage owner of 26 and ever sincethen, Ron Ryall of RMC Garages,Dews Lane, Harefieldin Middlesex(Tel: 01895823488)hastak€ncareofKGU. In 1975 at the time that BMC had becomeBritish Leylan4 they offeredbody panels for sale for the Oxford and Cambrideewhich were stackedin a field. Lookingaheadmy fatherdecidedto buy someandpurchasedfour doors,four sills, and four wings for the p ncely sum of f,95l4/-.Thesewe storedin the basem€ntofhouse ofa friend in Wandswo h. our havins no room at home. rheo\lnerof thehousedecidedto more andthe.parepanel. Unfortunarely. had to find a new hom€.We could not find one. so my fatherdecided ,-! that at elevenyearsold in 1977,he would ask Ron to re-buildKGU. Ron did so and has a photographicrecordat every stageof the \ rebuild. He has takencare ofher ever sinceand is devotedto her What betterhomefor her than with him? So in Julv last yeat shejoined Ron'scollectionofcars in a largebam and he tells me he recentlytook her to her first shoq something ILhad neverdone. I told hlm him not to part wrth with her as long as I am alive and he saidthat he would keepher until the end of his life. I have also passedon to Ron a completefile of every documentaboutKGU from the first invoice.includinsall the servicingand repairinvoices. The costofa 3,000mile service, four tubelesstyres, MOT, six gallons of petrol, 7 €ngine nsine oil etc. amountedIo f29l2ll0 f29/2/10 l!! Thereis letterfrom mv father to British Levland dated Mav 1974 in which he repofledthal the milometerhad jumped from 2q.94'lto 40.000 miles and this would aflect a tnde-in, British Leyland reDlied that nothine could be done about the -speedometer as "ii is illegal to deliberatelyalter the mil€aserecorded". KGU also featuredin the magizine ClassicCar Mart in November I995. Herearetwo photographs; one takenby Ron on the day I partedwith KGU. I look happy but insidewas feelingbereft. Isn't it strange how one can becomeattachedto a lump of metal? The other is a Vanguardminiature replica I bought in exactly the same colours which servesas a happym€mentoof a much loved vehicle. By the way, I can thoroughlyrecommendRon and his team for bodlnvorkrepairs;he hatesmoderncarsbut revelsin the classics. All good wish€sfor continuedsuccessto COOC - I will miss the Rosette Recorder We arc reD' son!- to bse ),au Hazel but, or behalf of a rDut suppott aret the rcots. - TulJ
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