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INVITATION

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39 Years Sales &

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With thanks to the "Midland Express", July 27,°93

FRONT COVER : DAVE BURT'S 1981 1, 9 COMMODORE SEDAN

COHHITTEE:

CHAIRHAN/ACTIVITIES OFFICER: Ken Garner, 39 Roebuck Rd,Chessington, Surrey, KT9 1JY. O81 391 2793

HEHBERSHIP SECRETARY/TREASURER: Guy Hardy, Clun Felin, ~Tolf'scastle, Haverfordwest, Dyfed, Vales. 043 787210

EDITOR/PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER: Rosemary Camp, ~ Dalby Ave,~irstall, Leicester, LE4 4FQ 0533 671104

❑ The Register is Lecognised by General Motors-Holden's

Member of the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs

Spares Co-ordinatar: Ken Garner. Tel: 081 391 2793

Technical Adviser: Chas Blake. Tel: 0344 304527

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G' day° And once again I wish al 1 of you , near andfar , the compliments of the season, when i tCOIIl2F,

1993 has been a very good year for the Registeras regards rallies and interest, so let's hope' 94 cant. i nu es and magnj f i es the s upsurge .It's good, at the year's end therefore, towelcome a new member : Dave Burt , 36 Hatherop RdH~IIlPtOIl ~ IK~ ddlesex, TW12 2RH, whose very nj ceCommodore ~ s on the front of this j ssue . May yourassociation with the Register be long and happy!I've decided to feature tae VC Commodore insteadof the HX as earlier ~~laillled, not only because ofD,~ve' ~ ~~ar, but al ~o because the latest Commodoreappeax~E~d in. the middle ~f 1993, and is the firstAustralian-built car to have ~n air-fag , EddieFord, the Australian publisher, sP_Ilt Lis tt►e photoat the rear,As proini=red, w~ rl~~~re ~ n this edition, a report onKernpton Park < many thanks, Patrick > as also twoshorter ones on tree Vauxhall days ~n Ljncolnshireand ~taf_ f ordshj re attended by me and the family.I' rn looking forward to the GM Day at Stoneleigh,near Coventry, on 14 ~Tov. , where we hope to havea Holden presence.

The °Business' also feat~.~z,es some news from ourfrjends in Australia t~nc~ clew Zealand, dourletters, and some technical matters, amongstother things.

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October 14 , 19 9 3 Association of Classic Car ClubsF-~ead Office

TO ALL ASSOCIATION I~+iII~iBERS Octagon House,Station Road,Swavesey,Cambs, CB4 5QZ.

T~1:0954 311 ?2 Fax: 0954 32106

Dear Members,

re: ANNUAL HEFTING AT THE CLASSIC CAR SHOW, NEC 20TH NOVEMBER '93WITH INVITED GIIEST SPE:~~KERS PROK T'~iE CLASSIC Cwt PRESS

I hope you have received my letter of the 16th September tellingyou all about our annual meeting scheduled to take place at2.00 pm in the Concourse Suite 2 at the NEC, on Saturday 20thNovember 1.993. I now have pleasure in enclosing the agenda. Oursubject this year is "The inter-action between the Classic CarPress and the Clubs" and I do hope you or a representative fromyour club will be able to come along and take part.

To ensure that we include important questions from the Clubs inthe limited time span, ~ would like to invite any advancequestions in writing be sent to me at the above address, eitherby post or by fax, no later than Friday, 5th November.

BBC Haymarket Exhibitions have very ka.ndly sponsored therefreshments and Plus Shows the room - so I have sent our thanksto both.

This will, I am sure you agree, be a most interesting and I hopeinformative meeting and will give your Club an opportunity tojoin in the lively debate.

We look forward to seeing you on the day.

Kind regards,

Sue TurnerPersonal ssistant ~o the Chairman

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~'he annual Heating of the Associst3on of Classic Car Clubs ~ri11take place at 2.00 pm on Saturday, ZOth November 1993 in theConcourse Suite 2, at the NSC.

AGENDA

1.45 pm Coffee

2.00 p~ Introduction by the Chairman

Guest speakers:

2.10 p~ Jon Pressnell - Deputy Editor,Classic & Sportscar Magazine

Z.30 pm Geoff Brown - EditorClassic Car Weekly

2.50 pm Tony Dron - EditorClassic Cars Magazine

Each speaker wi11 allow 5 minutes in his presentation forquestions from the floor.

3.10 pm open forum question time to quest speakers.

3.20 pm News update from Show Organisers:

Geoff Dickinson - BBC Haymarket

Roy Bird - Provincial Exhibitions

Nige~ Stevens ~ Nationwide Exhibitions

~Tohn Col e - Plus Shows

3.40 pm Open forum discussion and questions to both showorganisers-and guest speakers.

4.20 pm Appointment of Chairman anc~ Consultative Committees

4.3 0 pm Meeting closes

To ensure that we include important questions from Clubs ~n the1im.ited time span, advance questions in writing, by post or byfax are invited not Later than Friday, 5th November (no fireworksplease) .

We wish to thank Plus Shows for sponsoring the room at no chargeto the Association and to BBC Haymarket Exhibitions forpz-ovf ding the refreshments .

~~**t*The agenda sounds lively; it would be good if anyof our members could attend, and send me a resumeof the proceedings o

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Just a few linPg to sad ri. I ~m pleased that youFrere able t.o main take nn the Editor/ Public Relations Office''oce^'PrV, it is I know sometime9 a thankless job, you ere inmy opinion doinP a fine job of it, the Holden I3usine~s is no rcoming along dust fine. I for one look rorward to m~ editionand en~o1 reading it when it arrives.

I ~~ea pleased that your All Holden 8a1 was a succe9send to see some Hex blood in the Committee from the A.G.M. It

takes time,lots of it, to het things on a roll but its great

whAt a few dedicated people can do when their minds are on thefob at hand . In mT opinion the thought of a 11 Holden C luba shouldbe the CARS, the? come first and forrnoat, they mill be aroundlong ~.fter us hur~ana are gone. As I said that is m~ opinion.

Not a ~re~t deal of Folden News at present, we hadour All Holden Deb on the 1St August and it was a great success?73 vehicles through the pate nn the daT, next year w i ~. 1 be theninbbh All Holden ~e~, aaein in August and ~lread~ entries arecoming in. So all looks great for the Holden moTement in ?l.S.'ra ,

Ar.~, my Wife, and I have had three couples from theU .K . come and pis its us this dear and i t has been a pleasure toshow them the sights of S~dne1 and the nearby area If antmember should come over to the land of Aue please make contactwith us

In closink I wish all members and their fa~ilesa very merrl X~aa and a HaPP1 New Yeas,

Yours in Motorin

Lenn Gardner

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Many thanks for your kind wordy, Dennis, andcongratu 1 at i one. on wi 11ni ng t he trophy for f i ratplace i n the FJ ' St, ock' cat egor y at t he Augu ~tAll -Holden Dayr ! C Saw i t j n The Di str~ butor' >

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

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e e ra ~n en earsCongratulations, ~1 couple c~f~ months ado the Early I-Iolden Club of Auckland reached Ten years ofexistence. 1 decided to write this article mainly because my wife Heather and myself are the onlyoriginal remaining members of the club from when it all began back in 1983.

Some of you will remember names like Mark Grey (F.1 Sedan) of Papatoetoe who was the firstpresident and Brett Grinder (EK auto Sedan) of Pakuranga, vice president later to become president,and Heather, who was the secretary. Our committee first consisted of seven other members,including myself (EH Special Sedan), Howard Amos (restored FJ Sedan) and of course, Dave Ring(FC Sedan).

Our rules were fairly basic, Hoidens only accepted between models FX 1948 to HR 1968. Straightbodied and clean interior, stock standard. Mag wheels were an exception. It had to be a Holden sixmotor, Good behaviour, no gangs, and yes, no boy racers.

As you can see, today our rules are fairly similar, the only difference is the expansion of modelrange accepted. More on that in a minute.

Our first official club run was to Eastern Beach in Howick, which we all first gathered in the carpark of McDonalds in Papatoetoe. There were only five cars, one FJ, one FC, one EK and twoEH's. We took frontal photos, developed them and chose the best to advertise in the AutoT~rader forall Early Holden owners to get together, Auckland Domain, Sunday 4th December 1983, 11 am.What a great response that produced. We later signed up members like Arthur Church (EHWagon), John Muller (EH Premier) and John Harrison (EH Sedan), all from the North Shore.

We started having alternative Committee meetings once a month at members houses all over

Auckland and then Heather produced the Club magazine issue No 1. It was only a single double

sided pale back then and hand written -but it got the message across. Often it was easier tocommunicate over the phone because of the smaller numbers involved. I can remember having 20

local and 2 out of town members in l 984, growing to about 40 a year or so later.

Membership was $5 to start with, which have you full benefit of the club. Later on we accepted

associate members, mostly whom were out of town. I became president from 1985 to 1990 whichmajor change in those years was ex~andin~ the model range from current ~ ~R series to the moremodern WI3 series. At first, this did not create too much interest (1 was still at school - ed), but thensuddenl -̀. the rehirth of the 1I series I-lc~lden reunited, and the il~~v of bid Premier's, Monaro's,~in~sw~~od's and I3elmont's started. (And long may it continue - ed).

Peter Van {lumen look over the magazine in 1985 and redirected the Club's postal address through

his private f' O E3c~x in Nonsonh~~. ~'eter successfully produced l0~ issues up until earl}~ this year,

~L~h~n he ciccidcd icy step c~c~wn. 1 Ic~ward Amos stc~c~d dawn rcccntl~~ 1~rom lrcasurcr after ~~ vc~rs,

«~I~ich he carried c ut very efficierltl~. Glenn I~linkenber~ hecame president after I stood dawn. for

3 ~~cars he click an excellent _i~h anc~ ~~~asiis a tine ambassador to the Club. Mr E3isho~ nc~~.~~ has theic~~ jc~h and is Ili~hl~~ rc~ardcd for thc~ ~c~sitic~n.

~c~ (have seen this Cluh ~c~ thr~u~h n~an~~ ch~i11~CS, RlOSIIv all t~~r the hctt~r. I've scan many (acesCOIlll' anc~ ~c~, which l ~ucss is c~nl~' ~111111~1I1 il~ilUCC, but these r~'OrIC WCI'C lI1CCC at lI1C I~C~1T1I1111~' JI1C~

Mill r~n~ain t~~cl.iy arc hen~ticial tc~ this cluh, ~i~ ~ir~ the recent arrival c~(~ne.~~~~ committee me~l~hers.

I can only t~~rscc tl~c hc~ndin~ and strcn~th of this cluh to ~rc~~t-, i~r there are enough keen,dec~icaicd, enthusiastic members why have all the same c~utl~ok and ideals towards the main theme~f the cluh - c~ri~inality.

I~or I'vc saicf it hcfi~rc tc> >nany, anc~ 1'l) tia~~ it main. I~~~r thc~~c rc»>~iinin~ prime examples we haveIeft in the cc~untr~~ lc~ ~c~ around, they n~usi remain c~ri~inai and unaltered. Remember, GeneralMotors I ~~Iden ~~~ill never main ~roducc these classics that we awn or desire too, so take my word,the more stack c~ri~inal as per factory they remain, the much higher they will appreciate as trueclassics, now and in the future.

Regards: Russell Armstrong.

Our first club runto .astern Beach

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Many thanks to the Early Holden C1 u b of NewZealand for thjs article by a forrn~r re~idP e nt .

THE GRAND LONDON AUTOJUMBLEINCORPORATING

THE LONDON CLASSIC CAR SHOW

26th SEPT 1993

Th ~ J J~~l, Jeems to be the year t or "British " Ho 1 dens -f i rst we had f I VP attend z n~: Hoiden liay a t :~tami ofd Ha 1 1 , and n~.-~w.~t what was ~ieem~a ~~. ' :ucai ' ra ~ 1 y we mustered f o~.~r ~

Hav ~ n~ ~? ~.yed ~vF i~n ~ ~r~ r ~~r ~ r }~, h;~n and star ~ i yn garner ~ ~~:=,~~rrey I dt~ove ~n convoy with them to Kempton Park early ~~n ~qSunday, they in their impressive Calais Turbo and I in the '~7 IHR wagon. Kempton Park ~s, ~n my view an excellent venue forcar related events, providing both indoor and al fres~~oaccomodat~on t'or autojumblers and mostly good hard standing for ''cars, important ~f you prefer not to get bogged in inclementweather - remember Popham?! Being centrally located within theHome ~,aunt~es ~t i~ ideal fui~ drawing the crowds anti vehicles.

Shortly after our arrival on that cold, dull morn ournewest member appeared with his girlfriend in their .1981Commodore which apparently he had purchased at a car auction -at Kempton Park. Having eventually sorted out our ratheruncertain parking arrangements snot at all as marked on themap!) we settled in alongside the Datsun 2402 Club and unpackedthe regalia, signs, models etc. for display. I decided in theinterests of authenticity to fit a genuine Aussie number plateto the front of the HR. Expecting Chas and Daphne Blake to turnup we did our best to leave them a spice rahich became very tightas we were shuffled around; however when they found us an hourlater they managed to slot in only by squeezing their elbowsagainst their ribs! Yau could not have slid a head gasketbetween ouselves and the next club in the end and Ken had t~park the Calais across the back of the display.

There was quite a lot of interest ~n our stand fromex-pat Hussies and bemused locals; the former reliving memoriesin the outback and the latter wondering from what planet ourvehicles had fallen. They tended to scatter when the brass bandpiped up just behind us under the stands and continued to blastits way through "American Patrol" ;"Blaze Away" and other brassband standards. They must be standards because a different bandreplaced the original incumbents in the afternoon, pursuing thesame repertoire, only louder.

As expected of such an event the selection of cars wasexcellent - a drophead Citroen Traction, Datsun Fairlady,prototype 4 wheel drive Zephyr Police car, KSU Spyders and abrace of early 'fifties Numbers were spotted as well as avintage FIAT and a 5,000 mile from new Prefect 100E. Theauto~umble was vast and varied ranging from a euphonium to Ubolts, go-faster goodies to immobilisers. I finally secured a~,arrzct gales br~~chur~ f or my other c unn~ent ionable ) gar afteryears of fruitless searching, and with the redoubtable Chas atmy side purchased a set of clutch pipe unions and a flexiblehose for the Holden - all since very successfully fitted. It's

funny, but my luca! u~otor factor stated quite categorically thatthe ~~.n ions were tdOT available anywhere ~n Britain.

By 3 ~~~'~~ ic~ck r..h~ Weather was turning cold and t4-,~~ris>>~n~ r~a~n tended to but a dampener on the various :,peechF::;ai~ter '~UEUt~-' l Il~ z ~~r ~um~ t ~ mE ~~ha ~ rm3n r:en managed tc~ ~ : a ~ in ~~~~.~~attendance pi,~~.~~~~.,, eacrl ~tat~rl~ that :E~~~ actual veh~~le way~ei~cted to tl~ ~~nf~ of those ~n ~h~w Ott ~ihe ~~~ndon Cla~~l~ CarShow " . i know ~~ ~ nr wasn ' t ~e 1 acted, tai ne was damn we 1 1 eiltere~ ,~s wet~e a i 1 ~:,ur ether ~:ar~ ! However overal 1 I found the day t aird~nkum, coming away ~a~th a sense of ful l ~ l lment of a battle wor►,par~t~~~ularly pare w~~r. ~1ay I suk~~:~t, thr'ou~;h the cnag~.~~n~~that we repeat the event next year ?

Finally, diligent Ken saved me from having my ~~ollarfelt on the r~aci back to Chessington by gently suggesting that~t might be as well to remove my Aussie number plate andreinstate the British one...

Many thanks for an informative report, Fatrick,and I agree that Kempton should become an annualevent for us. Perhaps it could go on the agendafor Holden Day, 1994?

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lyso co~~ovoR~ vcMONTH OF LAUNCH: March 1980.

MAJOR EVENTS DURIN(T MONTH-~ OF LAUNCH: Fon~ter re.sista~ice leaderRobert Micgabe wi~is the first free eleclioris iri Zi»ihabwe (fon~terly Rltodes~a);I»tpriso►i»tent of US Jtostages in Ira~t conti~ittes; British ~'ri»ie Mi~iister MargaretTltaicher an~iou~tces .£1000 million govenime~tt expe~tdin~re cuts; US athlete Jesse ,~,Owe~is dies; Several cou~itries vote o~i gT~estio~i of atte~idi~ig Moscow Olympics inlight of Sovict i~ivasion of Afgltanistarl.

POPULAR SONGS: I Got Yo~c (Split Efiz); Crazy Little T1ii~tg Called Loge(Qc~ee~i); Lo~ido~i Calli~tg (77re Clash); Coward of the County (Kenny Rogers);A~iotlrer Brick i~t the Wall, Part 2 (Pi~ik Floyd); Always Look on the Bright Side ofLife (Mo~tty P~~tlton); Brass i~t Pocket (Tlte Pretenders).

POPULAR F1LMS: Kra»ter vs. 1~'rai~ter ~DllSlli2 Hoffi~ia~i, 1tleryl Streep); ApocalypseNow (Marlon Bra~ido, Martin Sltee~Y, Robert Duvall); Ma~iliatta~i (Woody Alleji,Dia~te Keato~i); T71e Chita Sti~~tdro»te (Jane Fonda, 1~Iicltael Doicglas); 10 (DudleyMoore, Bo Derek); Life of Bria~t (Mo~ity Pyllio~t); My Brillia~tt Career (Judy Davis,Sa»~ Neill).

MOTURiN(~ ~Il(iF1Lt(~IiTS: f~~r~! u~t~t~»~~tc•c~.s it tivill I~t~i1c1 ~~ rt~~ty sr~irrll f~~t~r-cylinder car iii Airslrulia (tlrc~ Laser); Sl~rli~tg 1~1Uss aririvu~icc~s a cv~~tchack to raci~t~drivi~ig an Alll~l 80 iii the British Saloom Car Clia»ipionsliip; Apt NRMA report showsthat bad roads waste ficel; Pr011iist~t~ yOitlig FreliCli Fon~tt~la O~ie driver Alai~i Prostcrashes acrd fractures ~I1S wrist i~t the Soittlt African Gra~td Prix, while i~t the sauterace, Australia's Ala~t Dories is sideli~ted with gearbox problems.

Distinguished by an 'egg -crate' stylegrille, the VC Commodore was arefinement of the 197f~ VB model.

Whccls magarinc hcralcleci thelaunch with the statement: 'The I1CWVC Commodore isn't perfect ... butthat doesn't stop us declaring that it iseasily the best Australian car ever.'

As well as refining the Commodoreconcept, the VC offered buyers afour -cylinder engine in addition to the'six' or V8.

The four -cylinder model, launchedfour months after the rest of the range,way ~c~w~red by a l.9-titre unit haledon the StarCrc engine fitted to theHolden Sunbird. The six -cylinder andeight -cylinder engines fitted to the VCwere revised 'XTS' versions, whichwere up to 25 per cent more powerf~iland 15 per cent more economical than

before. This was achieved with aredesigned cylinder head, camshaft,carburettor, inlet manifold and e~austmanifold ~nc~ electronic ignition.

Another ~~lus was an upgrade of thesuspension system which resulted infurther improved ride and handlingcharacteristics. The V~ range alsoreintroduced 'shadow tone' (two -colour} exterior paintwork, a featurenot seen on a new Holden for 20years. Another new Commodore optionwas cruise control.

The VC kept Commodore in itsplace as Australia's top -selling car.Soon after its launch, production of theHolden HZ range, which hadcontinued alongside the Commodore,was discontinued. A new range of 'WB'light commercials and Statesman sedanswas announced at the same time.

1980 COMMODORE VC DATA

ENGINES: l .9 -litre femur -cylinder, 2.85 -litre six - cylindcr, 3.3 -litre six -cylinder,4.2 - litrc V8 and 5 -litre V8.

7RAI~'S'~iISSIONS: Four -speed manualgearbox, four -speed Torquemaster manualgearbox, three -speed Trimatic automatictransmission and three -speed'Turbohydramatic 350 automatic transmission.

MODELS: Commodore L sedan,Commodore L station wagon, CommodoreSL sedan, Commodore SL station wagon andCommodore SL/E sedan plus WB Statesmansedans and light commercials.

PRICES WIIf;N N~;W (INCLUDINGS/'I'/~X): $7903 (Commodore Lsix -cylindersedan), X9421 (Commodore SL six -cylindersedan), $12,737 (Commodore SL/E six -cylinder sedan).

DIMENSIONS (BASIC SEbAN): Length:4706 mm; Wheelbase: 2668 mm; Width: 1722mm.

I!)I~:N'l~ll~l('A'l~lON: tiii~iilar hcxfy to VI3 butwith new 'egg -crate' hatched gnlle; Holdenbadge mounted centre of grille and centreof hoot; the word 'Commodore' on curb -side of grille and curb -side of boot; modelname set into rubber protector strip onfront doors.

TO~'AL NUMBER BUILT: 121,807.

Aussie Ca epcrusaders!MORE than 100 classicscreated a great cloud ofdust on the tough Aus-tralian outback in theAustralian Vrariety Club'sannual Cape to CapeBash.

All cars were huilt be-fore June 1966 and werepredominantly AustralianHoidens and Fords.Foreign entries included

a 1960 BMW 2500, a 1950Vanguard saloon and a1964 Studebaker Cruiser.

All proceeds from the

Some of the Australian and European classics set offon the annual Cape to Cape bash

2000-mile run, from Syd-ney to Boaarke in NewSouth Wales, will go toboost funds for handi-capped and underprivi-

With many thankKingston for thi ~,he plans t,o sta.rt

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leged children.Since the bash was

launched by the club in1985, it has raised £7m forcharity.

to Classic Car 4~eekly and Johnpiece. John also tells me thatwork on his HQ soon. Te11 u~

it would be appreciated!

Vauxhall logy photo: Spo-tted near Great Yarmouthjn July ' 93.

O¢nshaw c~'~~,r

special show Edition October 1993 Vehicle RestorationCentre

Manchester snag havelost the Olympic bid,i,uic ~sau~her~~e~ Coiie~eof Arts and Technologyhas scored a nationalfirst with its VehicleRestoration Courseo

The 2-year Diploma is theonly modular based coursein the country to havereceived validation fromthe City and Guilds, whohave commended theCollege for its"innovative approach.'°

Workshop

MANCAT is running 2 fulltime courses at itsOpenshaw centre thisyear, using a specialist

'~ restozation workshop.

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It all started a littleover 2 years ago whenlecturer David Haywardhad a bright idea. TheCollege had been invitedto take a stand at theClassic Car Show heldeach May at Oulton Park.

Interest

When David saw theinterest there was inclassic car restorationit sparked off the ideathat the College couldoffer such a course.

The idea caught on andled the team to stage theCollege's own classic carshow in July. The eventattracted over 1000visitors and more than 70exhibitors.

The Diploma 'A' teaia- first through thedoor in Openshaw'snewly designedrestoration workshop,pictured with CampusPrincipal PeterBlackwell.

David is now setting up aCollege based chub andother activities based onthe restoration successstory .

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D I PLC~N~A DETAILSI N P~~ACT I CE

Vehicle restoration calls forplenty of practical TLC. So notsurprisingly, the course is over90~ practical with the emphasison the development of practicaland technical skills.

The City and Guilds Diploma is basedon a 12-point iaodular progranunewhere practical competencies aretested.

The programme includes:

> Health and Safety> Business & workshop Organisation> Vehicle Mechanical Systems> Vehicle Electrics> Metal Body Restoration> Timber Bodywork Restoration> Vehicle Painting> Basic Machining and Fitting> Patternmaking and Foundry> vehicle Trim & Interior Finishing> Qlass Reinforced Plastics> welding

5th Sept 1993 Spilsby, Lincs.

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CARLISLE1ND00R AUTO]UMBLESUNDAY 5th DECEMBERAT BORDERWAY MART,

ROSEHILL, CARLISLE (Mb )43)11.00 till l 6.30Adm~ss~on £1Free Parh~ng

Trade Enquiries to0228-25227 (evenings)

ENFIELD NE1N YEARAUTOJUMBLEOur New Year Autojumble will onceagain be held at our Museum buildingat Whitewebbs Road, Enfield,Middx. (Juno. 25 on M25).MONDAY, 3rd JANUARY 1994

10.00 a.m. -- 4.30 p. m.Stalls £13 -Admission £1.50

Get out of the house, forget the coldturkey, come and enjoy our NewYear Autojumble. Tea room openall day for hot and cold refreshments.

Details: EDWT',Whitewebbs Museum,Whitewebbs Road, Enfield,Middx. EN2 9HW ~ 081-367-1898

MAKE A NOTE FOR YOUR DIARY:The Enfield Pageant of Motoring

28/29/30 May 1994

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GUILDHALL, ABINGDON, SUN 5TH DEC. '93 I OAM-4PM ADM. ~ iTHE CHRISTMAS EVENT FOR ALL COLLECTORS & ENTHUSfASTSOF OLD VEHICLES -OVER 80 STALLS @ ~ 15ALL SOLD LAST YEAR. ~Tel. Mike 0296-651283 or Adrian n235-532130~,

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INDOORS AT THE

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OENTRE,DONINGTON PARK,

CASTLE DONINGTON, NEAR DERBYSUNDAY 2ND JANUARY 1994

DISPLAYS INCLUDE

VINTAGE &CLASSIC CARS,COMMERCIALS, MOTORCYCLES,VINTAGE CARAVANS, TRACTORS, BICYCLES,WORKING MODELS, ETC., ETC.AUTOJUMBLE

DOORS OPEN 10.30 A.M. -5 P.M.ADMISSION: ADULTS f3 CHILDREN f1

Further details from B.J. ParkinTel: 0623 752412 Fax: 0623 757473

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Reco. 4 spds, 3 spds, differen~als &more.We wreck Cars Too Good To Wreck.

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All copy please, before Jan. B ' 94.Could we have some technical tips?A report on Stoneleigh is planned.

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