Young Farmers 68 Motor Enthusiasts

YOUNG FARMERS' CLUB

There were two visits during the term, one to Mr. Morris's farm at Selby, the other to Mr. Fenwick's farm near Grimsby.

The party arrived at Mr. Morris's farm at 2-15 p.m. and went round the first farm of 360 acres. Here we saw two small foals in the stables and crops of barley, wheat and potatoes. Front here we went to the other farm which is 670 acres. 100 acres of monogerm seed is sown here, together with barley, potatoes and wheat. We. then went round the chitting house and from there to a very good tea, provided by Mrs. Morris.

For the second visit the club went to Mr. Fenwick's farm. Here the Fenwick brothers farm over 3,000 acres. First we went round two pigrearing units and then moved on to calf-rearing units, passing many acres of peas. We then saw a building which covered one acre. This had been bought at the docks and re-assembled at the farm. Finally we were given a magnificent tea by Mrs. Fenwick and left to return to School.

During the term committee meetings were held, one being a combined dinner and meeting with the advisory committee.

F.T.G.

MOTOR ENTHUSIASTS CLUB

The Club's activities this term were concentrated on outings and visits, there being only one indoor meeting.

The first outing was to the B.R.S.C.C.'s race meeting at Croft Autodrome. There was much more competition at this meeting than there had been on our previous visit there and consequently the paddock was more interesting and the racing more exciting. We arrived in time to see all of practice and the party left by minibus after the fourth event—the G.T. Sports Car race. This, the best race of the day, was won by Tony Dean in his Ferrari Dino but the rest of the field was hotly contested by several Chevrons including John Woolfe's new 3 litre, powered by a Formula 1 Repco-Brabham engine, which has now become very competitive indeed.

The sole indoor activity of the term took the form of a film meeting. Four films were shown. The first was of the 1967 Monte Carlo Rally featuring the Sunbeam Imp Team. Next, two "Le Mans" films were shown providing a notable contrast as the first was of the 1956 24-hour race which was eventually won by an Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar `D' type, whereas the second portrayed the story of the great Ford 1-2-3 victory in 1966 Finally there was a film of the Argentine Grand Prix. In fact this "race" bears more resemblance to a rally, and the strength and reliability of Mercedes Benz cars were made very apparent.

On Whit Saturday several of the Club's members attended the B.R.S.C.C. meeting at the local Rufforth circuit. We were very lucky in 68

having gloriously hot weather on this day. The highlights of the afternoon's racing were Jim Moore's appearances in his Kingcraft and the competition provided by the Cortinas.

On the following Tuesday a small group of members travelled to Stockton Farm at Harewood where a B.A.R.C. Practice Hillclimb Evening was being held. Despite the fact that the drivers were only practising there were many rapid "climbs" including in particular those of Peter Lawson in the four-wheel-drive Felday-B.R.M.

The Club provided some post-examination relaxation in the form of another trip to Croft on Sunday, 7th July to the B.A.R.C. meeting there.

The saloon car race in the Osram-G.E.C. championships series provided the best spectating and we saw the new Perdal Escort Twin-Cam driven by Graham Birrell take its first convincing victory at this Northern circuit. At the start of the second of the saloon car races there was a spectacular crash in which a Lotus-Anglia somersaulted just before the first bend. Fortunately, the driver was unhurt.

The final outing of the school year took the form of a visit to the fascinating Aston Martin/Lagonda factory at Newport Pagnell in Buckinghamshire. A brief account of this very interesting visit follows this article.

The Club has extensive plans for its activities in its second year of existence and it has been decided that as a service to the School the Club will do the maintenance of the School buses

J.P.G.

MOTOR ENTHUSIASTS CLUB OUTING TO ASTON MARTIN/LAGONDA LTD.

On Thursday, 1 1 th July, all those members of the Club fortunate enough to be unclaimed by other school activities made an expedition down to Newport Pagnell in Buckinghamshire to visit the Aston Martin/Lagonda factory.

We travelled down the M1 by school bus and another hired mini-bus, arriving at the factory just after 2-10 p.m. We were shown around the works by Mr. Bradford, the Public Relations Officer.

At present there are three Aston Martin models in 'production; the DB6; the Volante convertible and the new DBS. We were shown the complete production of each of these cars, two cars on average being completed each day. There is also a large service area at the factory where after sales service is carried out. One of the most interesting features of the production is that all the engines are completely run-in before being installed in the cars. It is the precision and the care with which these cars are built which makes them such brilliant pieces of machinery and it is very apparent that much attention is paid to the smallest details, in particular the luxury of the interiors.

Altogether about an hour and half was actually spent at the factory, but it was the general opinion of all who went that the long journey was very worthwhile in order to enable us to have this very interesting tour round the factory where Britain's most luxurious sports cars are manufactured.

Our thanks are due to Mr. Pullin and to J. P. Gee for making this visit possible and to Mr. Wise for his assistance in driving one of the buses. R.F.H.