October, 2013

1973 MGB

Next MeetingOctober 7th, 2013 7:00 pm at The Weathervane in Bedford

(603) 472-2749

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Car of the Month

A Door Openedby Chris Lapan

I have always been a “muscle-car “ kindof guy. It’s just who I was. Camaros,GTO’s, you get the picture. So no onewas more surprised than I was when Ifound myself one day heading down thehighway to look at a 35 year old Britishsports car. This is how it happened: itwas 2008 and if you remember, gasolineprices had gone through the roof, over$4.00 a gallon in fact. I was at work (Iwas working second shift at the time), andmy girlfriend and I were having our din-ner break. On the break table there layone of those Auto Finder magazines, andjust on an impulse I picked it up andstarted browsing through it. Toward theback of the issue I noticed an ad for al973 MGB and I remember saying some-thing jokingly to my girlfriend like, “Here’sjust what I need! It would save memoney on gas and I could have some fun.”We laughed. I threw the magazine asideand went back to work. Then about aweek later, my girlfriend and I were ondinner break again, and I suddenly said toher, “Hey, where’s that Auto Finder maga-

zine? Is it still here?” So, we startedsearching around, and there it was. Ithumbed quickly toward the back of themagazine where I had seen the ad. Yes,there it was, a 1973 MGB.

I called the phone number and told theguy that since I worked second shift, Iwould have to come in the evening. Sothe following Saturday, after I finished myshift, my girlfriend and I, armed with bigflashlights and a full tank of gas, set out

for the trip to Beckett, Massachusetts. Itwas a two and a half hour trip. Beforewe started, I told my girlfriend, “Look, ifyou see any rust, don’t let me buy thiscar!” Well, the car looked O.K. I switchedon my big flashlight and looked under myside of the car and saw no rust. She didthe same, and when she happily sang out“No Rust” we knew we were in busi-ness. We took the car for a test driveand everything seemed o.k. Then wesettled with the owner, put a set of plateson it and started the long drive back Ver-mont, via North Adams, Mass.

Everything went fine until.... and now Iknow why this statement strikes fear intothe hearts of British sports car ownerseverywhere. A fine mist had started, so Ihad put on the windshield wipers. Butafter a while I began to notice some-thing—the wipers seemed to be goingslower and slower and headlights beganto get dimmer and dimmer. Then as wewere heading down a steep hill intoJacksonville,Vermont the car suddenlydied completely. Luckily, I had enoughmomentum to coast into the driveway ofa house near the edge of the road. Iknocked on the door, and explained thesituation to the homeowner, who was verykind and agreed to let me leave the car

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Prime Minister’sMissive

Contact informationLouis Belanger 11 Forest Lane, Litchfield, NH 03052 (603) 424-7835 80mgbman@comcast.netGinger Christiansen7 Sycamore Lane, Nashua, NH 03063 (603) 883-0288 gingchrist@aol.comWade dos Santos PO Box 840, Manchester, NH 03105 (603) 497-3911 wade@grolen.comBob Dougherty 28 Ledgewood Drive, Strafford, NH 03884 (603) 948-2078 Rdocmg@gmail.comJohn Giese 153 Crooked S Road, Lyndeborough, NH 03082 (603) 654-2565 johgie@tds.netNorma Karle 22 Partridge Lane, Londonderry, NH 03053 (603) 437-8931 karle01@comcast.netSue MacDuff 510 Sand Hill Road, Peterborough, NH 03458 (603) 924-1066 Lucymac1@comcast.netRobert Mitchell PO Box 270, Stratham, NH 03885 (603) 772-1116 RBMit-MM@comcast.netBob Stanley 64 North Shore Drive, Center Barnstead, NH 03225(603) 776-6698 tlckit@yahoo.comMike Sweet 50 High Street, Penacook,, NH 03301 (603) 753-9164 CoventryCat71@comcast.netJoan Young 204 Concord Hill Road, Pittsfield, NH 02363 (603) 435-8660 TWYJGY@aol.com

What a joy it is to be the Prime Ministerof your Club.

Not only do I get to stand up in front of aroom full of other “car people” to acceptThe Dorothy Wiggin Teapot Trophy forhighest cumulative score at the BritishMarque Triathlon X (last month), but I getto be up there with all of the fellow mem-bers that earned that highest cumulativescore!

Well, that’s not quite correct. As men-tioned in earlier missives, the way to getthe highest cumulative score is to havethe largest number of “Teams” (cars) in-cluded in your club’s tally. We ended upwith the largest number of teams becauseour members did a better job of recruit-ing “free agents” than any other club did.“Free Agents” are people who eithercome to the Triathlon completely on theirown, or who are members of small club’sthat don’t have enough members there tobe competitive as a club.

Not that other clubs didn’t also try to re-cruit the Free Agents, but it is so obviousthat our Club has so much more fun thananyone else, we are the obvious choice.The fact that some of the “recruits”couldn’t see straight (too many pomegran-ate martinis) when they signed the formis not a relevant issue.

One other major factor in our Club’shighest cumulative score was the fact thatBob and Di Stanley had the highest

individual score of all entrants.

Here are Bob and Di (hidden behind theinstruction sheet) Stanley getting instruc-tions from the Starter of the Hill Climb/Road Rally that they won. In this day ofcell phones and two-way radios, the or-ganizers were afraid that later starterswould have an advantage because theycould talk to the earlier starters and learnfrom their mistake, but Bob and Di werethe first car to register, so they were thefirst car to head out on the Rally. Theywon it fair and square, all on their own.

The photo to the right is your proud PrimeMinister accepting the Dorothy WigginTeapot Trophy – which we will now re-name as the Stanley Cup. By the way,your Prime Minister was the last one toarrive on Friday night and took no part in(and gets no credit for) the great recruit-ing effort.

All of this is part of why it is such a joy tobe Prime Minister of BCHN. This is aClub that you can “lead from the back.”

A number of people have asked me fromtime to time how we are organized andhow things get done. Someone asked mejust the other day about the “Door Prizes”at the Holiday Cheers Party. Many timesI have to answer that I really have noidea! They just happen.

Of course they don’t “just happen” –somebody makes them happen. Mosttimes it’s “the usual suspects” – but notalways. When we talk about “activemembers” we mean that our membersare active!!

And the Triathlon was one of those eventswhere our Members didn’t have to do

ALL the work – but we sure had all ofthe fun that was there to be had!!

There is certainly A LOT of fun to behad at BCNH.

Also note that only 13 member couplestook part in the Triathlon. By far, most ofthe members chose not to. The reasonwe plan so many events is so you canchoose to attend those that interest you –and at the same time not feel obligated togo to ones that don’t interest you.

I encourage you to check out the Eventscalendar on the www.BCNH.org websiteto see all of the other “opportunities” thatthere are to get together with fellowBCNHers – and members of other carclubs – to enjoy your car(s) and their fel-lowship.

As we have said so many times before,the reason this club has so many inter-esting things to do is because its mem-bers do so many interesting things.Please help us to keep that interest levelhigh.

The members who have the most fun arethe ones who are there to get in on it.

So Saith Prime Minister Bob

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Welcome our NewestMembers

Tim Hutchisen& Karen Hakala29 Penn Road

Norway, ME 04268(207) 890-8339

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Rick & Kandyce Aust18 Berrios Hill RoadWindsor, CT 06095

(860) 670-31451966 Triumph TR4A

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Henry & Helen Frye58 Lost Acres Road

North Granby, CT 06060(860) 508-3118

1962 TR4 Vintage Racer1964 TR4, 1966 Triumph 2000

1968 TR250 Vintage Racer1972 Triumph Stag, 1980 TR8

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Bill & Linda Joyce1066 Chestnut Street

Manchester, NH 03104(603) 623-4244

2003 Mini Cooper SMinics1@myFairpoint.net

Todd Wagner & Julia C. McGraw-Wagner

127 Drinkwater RoadHampton Falls, NH 03844

(603) 580-17991962 Daimlet SP250

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by Ginger Christiansen

Starting point – Milford, NH Endingpoint – Hopkinton, NH

On August 17, for the Saturday break-fast drive, we gathered in several localdining establishments to fill up before thebig drive. Parked on the oval were manyLBCs ranging from several models oflittle MGs to stately Jaguars along with afew chase cars. By 9 AM we gathered –all 23 cars – at Rite Aid’s parking lot andsaid hello to friends. After collecting driv-ing instructions, off we went.

A little history here: at one time in the USthere were 10,000 covered bridges; of theremaining 750 bridges 54 of them are lo-cated in NH. Our first stop was theCounty Bridge in Greenfield. Straddlingthe Contoocook River it was built in 1937.At 86’6” in length it is a Pratt struss bridgeand is NH Covered Bridge #8.

Onward we went to the town ofBradford. Spanning the Warner River,Bement Bridge was built in 1854 at thecost of $500. A long truss bridge, it is60’6” long and registered as NH Bridge#14.

Driving into Warner we drove over theWaterloo Bridge. It is a Town lattice trussbuilt in 1840 being 76’4” long and desig-nated NH Bridge #13.

Completing a Bob Mitchell turn, we re-crossed the Warner River and headed forthe Dalton Bridge. At 76’6” long, this longtruss with an auxiliary Queen Post sys-tem was built probably in 1853 for$630.12. NH Bridge #12, the Dalton isone of the oldest standing covered bridgesstill in use. At this point in time, many driv-ers went on their way to either eat or callit a day.

Of course no drive is complete unless..something happens. Bob Mitchell’s Tri-umph 2000 decided she needed a rest andtook a short nap. A few people stayed tokeep him company and the rest of usdrove on. There was one more Mitchellturn that Chris and I made since we hadfallen behind and missed a turn. Wecaught up with the others and waited forBob and friends. After several minutesRod Folia noticed that Norma Karle’s Jaghad a flat. Fortunately, Chris had a com-pressor and he inflated the tire.

On our way again we arrived at NHBridge #10 the Contoocook Railroad orsimply, the Railroad Bridge located inContoocook Village. Abandoned by therail line this bridge is a Double Town-Prattlattice truss style originally built in 1849with major reconstruction in 1889. Thisbridge is 140”1” long and spans theContoocook River. This bridge was builtto accommodate trains so it is 21’6” wideoverall with a vertical clearance of over19 feet. This is where we rested and atelunch at Dimitri’s Pizza.

After lunch more people left, Rod stayedto change his re-flattened tire while thelast of us drove over to see the finalbridge. Our last for the day was theRowell Bridge. It too spanned theContoocook River with a length of 164’6”.In 1853 it was built in the style of a com-bination of Long Truss with Burr Archesand cost $300.25. It is NH Bridge #9.

And so, crossing over the Hopkinton Damwe headed home. The weather was per-fect, the roads were smooth, the scenerydivine, and there were plenty of photoops. The troubled waters were easilytaken care of. So ended another wonder-ful day in our LBCs.

Bridges Over Untroubled Waters

Aka Breakfast and Bridges

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Member Judy Pevine has planned a greattrip for us in mid-October – which shouldbe right in the height of the Fall FoliageSeason. We will visit Jim Taylor’s carcollection in Gloversville, NY.

Gloversville is between Albany and Utica,NY. It is about 200 miles from Manches-ter so it will be a 6 to 7 hour ride (withstops) so this will (obviously) be an over-night trip. We will drive out on Saturday,Oct 12 and return on Sunday Oct 13.

Judy has made arrangements for a blockof rooms at the Microtel in neighboringJohnstown, NY – BUT YOU WILLNEED TO MAKE YOUR RESERVA-TIONS NOW TO LOCK IN THE $77(plus tax) RATE AND TO BE SURETHAT YOU WILL HAVE A ROOM.

Please also e-mail to Judy atmgbgirl@comcast.net so she will knowwho (and how many) are going and can

plan accordingly.

Here is the write-up as it appeared in theJune Newsletter.

Pack your cars for an overnight adven-ture to Gloversville, NY for a visit to theJim Taylor collection on October 12th and13th.

The Taylor collection is housed in 30,000sf building in Gloversville, NY. Mr. Tay-lor has amassed an impressive collectionover the years. The collection includedmany British cars, including five Allards.Also we can expect to see many Jaguarsin the collection. There is a 1960Beacham Jaguar Mark 2 and a D typewhich is among the most rare.

In addition to many rare British automo-biles there are Maseratis, Mustangs andAlfa Romeos.

Taylor CollectionRoad Trip We will also visit the Saratoga Auto Mu-

seum on this trip, A block of rooms hasbeen reserved at the Microtel inJohnstown, NY for Saturday night. Therooms are $77 plus tax. All rooms aredoubles with two queen sized beds andinclude breakfast Sunday AM.

Call 518-762-5425 to reserve your room.The rooms have been saved for BCNHat this special price.

If you plan to participate in this eventplease contact Judy Pevine atmgbgirl@comcast.net.

Location- Tokyo Japan,Credit - Heather Cook

Location - Beer, United Kingdomcredit - Michele Blay

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by Sue MacDuff

The drive to the Triathlon started in Nor-way Maine with Tim Hutchinsen andKaren Hakala starting out at the crack ofdawn to meet up with club members inManchester and Milford. By the time theyroared down the hill into Peterborough ourgroup included Wayne and CindyMacleary, Paul and Doris Karl and theteam of Norma Karl and Rod Folia. InKeene we were joined by Bob and DiStanley, Bob and Kim Dougherty and theteam of Fred Goodrich and SylviaBlakslee. Don and Karen made reserva-tions for the group at The Farm Table in

Bernardston Massachusetts and joined usthere. After a delightful lunch, we droveto Jiminy Peak with a stop at theswitchback looking over North Adamsalong some very nice, twisty roads. Wewere joined later on by Bob and JRCushman, Warren and Judy Mann and theteam of Bob Mitchell and Joyce Heck.

That evening, in true BCNH style, it wasparty time - then Buffet - then party timeagain til we turned in for bed to get upbright and early for the day’s events. Earlyindeed was the start of the first event,The Hill Climb. We all envied Bob and Difor being Team #1 but not when they had

British Marque’s 2013 Triathlonto start off first at 8 am! The drive to the“Hill” was rather confusing and some gotvery lost. I was thankful for the help ofour GPS. We were supposed to do thisroute with an average speed of around33.5 miles per hour which meant youshould do the exact speed limit. We allknow how hard that is especially with ourcars! Again the GPS came in handy. Atthe top of the “Hill” we checked in andwere given instructions for the next event,The Rallye.

On the Rallye I was the driver and Billthe navigator which is a good combina-tion as Bill is very sharp eyed. As I recall

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the Rallye was around 80 miles with alarge amount of questions to answer.Some were very easy; for some we didn’thave a clue. We met up with fellowBCNH members along the way to com-pare notes; then go off on our own tomeet up again later. We all felt that theRallye was a bit long and had too manyquestions but it certainly was a challengeand the route was well laid out and scen-ery was beautiful! Never did find out“Where the Cows were.” I think Joycementioned seeing them on a mailbox.

The Show after the Rallye was a hoot!BCNH dressed up as Judges as did an-other club. We are looking for the“mole”. The Delaware Club set up aproper English Pub and the Cape CodClub had their cars all decked out withbeach and cranberry “stuff”.

The Awards Dinner followed. BCNH

members Bob and Di Stanley won BestTriumph and Don and Karen Irving’s Jag-uar took a First as well. Bob and Di alsowere crowned Grand Champions and Billand I tied for 5th place of the 63 teams

competing. Top honors went to the BCNHTeam and we won the coveted DorothyWiggin Teapot which we will cherish fortwo years til the next Triathlon.

We give a special thanks to the “freeagents” who joined BCNH and helpedlead us to victory:

Bill and Linda Joyce

Rick and Kandyce Aust

Tim Hutchenson and Karen Hakala

Mitch and Karen Sammons

Cara Sammons and Devin Shepard,

Henry and Helen Frye

When it was time to depart, a group ofus went up over Mt Greylock. There wetook time at the top to enjoy the view.Then on to Route 8 which is a delightfulroad, up to Route 9 and East toward

home. The weather was perfect thewhole weekend and I think I enjoyed theride home the best. We were all relaxedand flushed with victory!

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there til the morning, when I would ar-range to have a tow truck come and takeit to my local mechanic in Putney. I’ll betthis wasn’t the first time some Britishsports car owner had knocked on his dooron a dark and rainy night and asked ifthey could leave their car in his drivewaytil morning.

So the car was towed to Rod’s ServiceStation in Putney. I had been pretty surethe problem was the alternator, and sureenough that’s what it was. Now to back-track a little, I have to say that there wasa time when I was younger, I wouldn’thave hesitated to fix it myself. My brotherTerry and I would, for example, say,“Oh,that motorcycle. It just needs two fend-ers and a new gas tank and maybe aclutch.” and we would go for it. But notanymore. I just didn’t feel I had the ex-pertise to work on a British sports car.The car had come with some spare partsand a hard top, neither of which was ofmuch use to me. So after the alternatorwas fixed I gave my mechanic the hardtop and got a soft top and I was happy.

After this incident I began putting moneyinto the car. It seemed to me that some-one, not the guy I bought it from, had be-gun putting money into it then stopped. Ithought, oh probably bought a Jaguar andfigured it was more important. I beganhaving electrical problems includingtrouble with the directional signals. Bythen I had heard about a place calledSports Car Services, run by David Clarkin Westminster, Vermont. But when Icalled them and tried to make an appoint-ment to have the directionals fixed, theysaid they couldn’t fit me in for a while. Iwas disappointed, but I needed the workdone so I took it back to my local me-chanic. About a week or so later, I hap-pened to see David Clark and he said tome, “So Chris, I saw your MG down atRod’s place. How come you didn’t takeit to me to have the work done?” I ex-plained that after I had not been able tomake an appointment with his garage Ihad just figured that his place did not wantto fool around with “rinky dink s**t”.

Dave said “No, that’s not true,we love towork on rinky- dink s**t”, and then welooked at each other and started laugh-ing. That was the beginning of a veryrewarding relationship.

In 2010, I was having the MG roadprepped for the British Invasion in Stowe,Vermont, when Dave’s shop told me thatthe car needed a valve job desperately.They advised me not to take it to Stowe.I decided to wait til Spring. Then, in themiddle of January, out of the blue, I get acall from Dave’s shop saying that theyhad just removed a good engine from an-other MG and they could put it in my car.It would save me a lot of time and money.What a great New Year’s present. Sincethe new engine has been in the car, it runsgreat and I haven’t had any more prob-lems. Now I am planning to have a newinterior panel kit installed as well as a newmap light and new seat covers.

Since I had gotten the car running well, Iwanted to enjoy it. So I joined a localantique car club that met weekly inBrattleboro. But after a few meetings Iwas disappointed. All these people didwas sit in the parking lot for an eveningand then go to Friendly’s. This was notmy idea of fun. So I started lookingaround for something, I wasn’t sure what.That was when I heard about this sportscar event in the Berkshires. I luckilyhooked up with two other guys, one hada TR4 and the other had an Austin Healey,and we decided to drive down to the showtogether. We went zipping over hills anddales driving the way the cars were meantto be driven, and I started really having ablast. So this is what it was all about.This is what I had been looking for. Thatwas when a door opened for me. It waslike stepping into a new world, a world offun. At one point we stopped and theyasked me if they were driving too fast forme, and I wanted to say, “What are youkidding?”, but instead I said, “Well, maybeit is a little too fast for my girlfriend.” who,at this point was looking a little greenaround the gills.

After this, I heard about this thing calledthe British Invasion. I went to the eventand really enjoyed it. I learned about vari-ous car clubs in the area. I knew there

Car of the Monthcontinued

Tim & Joan Young have prepared awonderful route for our BCNH FallFoliage Dinner Drive on SundaySept 29.

The starting point will be at the DunkinDonuts on Route 28 in Pittsfield(northeast of Concord) and the routewill wind its way along the Merrimackand Contoocook River Valleys and endup at Daniel’s Restaurant overlookingthe Contoocook in Henniker.

I have attached both the turn-by-turn directions and a map. Thestarting point will be:

Dunkin Donuts

656 Suncook Valley Hwy

Pittsfield, NH

Gathering Time: 12:00-12:30pm

Departure Time: 12:30pm

Drive Time should be about 1½ hourplus stops.

We should arrive at Daniel’s at about3:00 and be home before dark.

The Season is running out on us.Make the most of it!!!

was a British Car Club in Burlington, Ver-mont but that was too far for me. Then Iheard about BCNH. I had seen one oftheir newsletters and the British Invasionand had been very impressed. Thissounded like just the thing I had been look-ing for. So I joined the club. I went to theShow of Dreams in August and am look-ing forward to many more enjoyableevents.

We have taken the MG to Stowe, over toMaine, to Hampton Beach and Plum Is-land and down to the Berkshire BritishMotorcar Festival. We even drove it upMount Washington. I never thought thatwhen that door opened for me it wouldbe so much fun.

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BCNH Dinner DriveBy Tim and Joan Young

Leaving Dunkin Donuts in Pittsfield,NH Ending

At Daniels Restaurant, Main Street,Henniker, NH

Phone No. 428-7621Arrival time between 3:00 and 3:30 p.m.

Directions:

Leaving at 12:30 p.m

Mileage .00

Starts at Dunkin Donuts on Rt. 28Pittsfield, N.H

Right out of parking lot onto Rt. 28 south

.06 Right onto Kelly’s Corner Rd.

.09 Right onto Pleasant St.

At about 4.1 miles look out for a bad cul-vert bump.

4.2 Left at stop onto Rt.129

5.6 Meadow Ledge Apple Farm We canstop for Apples, Pies and Fresh Donuts

8.3 Stop, Intersection Rt. 129 and Rt.106,go straight through staying on Rt.129

8.5 Bear right at fork, stop, turn right overbridge and turn left onto School St.

8.9 Four way stop, turn left onto OakHill Rd.

14.0 Stop, turn right onto Mountain Rd./Rt.132N

16.9 Turn left onto Sewall’s Falls Rd..Slow down for One Lane Bridge.

Rough Road for about quarter mile.

17.7 Turn right onto Manor Rd., at stopgo straight across.

18.7 Stop, turn right onto Fisherville Rd.

21.5 Go straight until you reach lights atthe JCT of Rt.’s 3 and 4. Continue Northon RT’s 3 and 4.

At the next fork of Rt’s 3 and 4 go righton RT.3 North.

Approaching NH Veteran’s Cemeterytake second right into Cemetery

This will be a bathroom stop and for thosethat have served a chance to see the cem-etery.

Leaving cemetery take left back onto Rt.3 S.

25.8 Jct of Rt. 3 and 4 again, take sharpacute right onto Rt. 4 W.

32.0 Jct. Rt. 4 and Rt. 127, turn left ontoRt. 127S, slow down a bit,rough road fora quarter mile or so.

42.8 Jct., Rt. 127 and Rt. 103, keep Lefton Rt. 127S

Coming into Contoocook go past Dimitri’s

Pizza and over the bridge and bear rightat the intersection staying on Rt.127.

Stop. Jct of Routes 127,202 and 9 turnright onto Rt’s 202 and 9

At blinking yellow light turn left and thanimmediate right onto Old Concord Rd.

Coming down the hill into HennikerDaniel’s is on the left.

There should be plenty of parking around.You can enter Daniel’s at street level orgo down the stairs to the bar area.

Joan and Tim hope You have enjoyed theride.

Now let’s eat, drink and be

merry.

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BCNH 2013 Calendar of Events

September29th BCNH Fall Foliage Tour TBD

October4-6th Speckled Hen Run5th & 6th Foreign Auto Festival, OwlsHead Museum, Owls Head ME7th Meeting at Weathervane, Bedford11-13th British Legends Weekend hosted

Set of 4 MGB 60 spoke 14" wire wheels.They have been sand blasted, primed andpainted MGA/MGB silver. Ready tomount and use. Good hub splines, verynice overall condition. Asking $150 for theset. Call Clarke at Historic Motor Sports603-587-0577

Margee is a fine running car in goodcondition. All original, seats, body andengine. Color Green, with Black top andbench seats. Wood frame is good. Enginewas rebuilt by Will Bowden at Ye OldeMG Shoppe in Clermont, FL. Magneticplug on the oil pan. Complete brakes, newshoes and rotors. Larger fan was installedfor better cooling. Side curtains, wingwindows; black top is in near newcondition. Side wing shields. Luggagerack over the spare tire. Tonneau coveris faded and I use it almost exclusively.Doors have safety catches. Original latchon drivers side opens only from the inside.Paint looks very bright, but there are acouple of bubbles, one on frame near thebonnet hinge, a small scrap on driver’srear fender. No fender body damage.Tires are in good shape. Windshieldwipers work. Owned since 2002 anddriven to a number of shows fromOrlando, Panama City, Clermont, AthensGA and around Tallahassee. Many, manypictures online at: http://fugawee.com/1953mgtd.html Price $21,000.00Contact nancyayotte@comcast.net orphone (850) 893 8813, answering machinewill return your call. US Mail to NancyAyotte, 3127 Corrib Dr. Tallahassee, FL32309

The Season is winding down butOctober can be the best month fordrives. The weather has cooled, theroads are less crowded and the foliagecan be spectacular! When we think of“what’s coming next” it can be a goodincentive to put the chores aside andhit the road for a bit of joy before theSeason’s end. At this time we have aBreakfast Drive and Dinner Drive thatneed to be planned. The breakfastdrive can be in a nice foliage area andthere are a lot of those throughout ourstate. You need not specify any onebreakfast spot but can recommendsome in a specific area and meet upnear there for a drive. The Dinner Driveis scheduled for the 20th but that datecan be changed, we are a flexiblegroup. Late October can be lovely nearthe coast and there are allot of niceroads there. Several vineyards as well.Any ideas, please pass them along!

Breakfast Drive TBD on October 12th

Dinner Drive TBD on October 20th

On the weekend of October 12 and13, we have a very nice event plannedby Judy Previne. This is an overnighttrip to the Taylor Car Collection inGloversville NY. This will be a fabulousopportunity to view a very interestingprivate collection. Jim Taylor has a very

eclectic assortment of vintage andcontemporary cars including Allards,Jaguars, Aston Martins, Maseratis andmany more from the US as well assome interesting ones from around theworld. They are housed in a 30,000square foot “garage” and I have readhe has as many as 100, all road worthy.We will drive out together and stay atthe Microtel in Johnstown NY onSaturday night (518) 762-5425. If youplan to go, it’s good to makereservations now as rooms will fill upquickly due to the foliage season whichshould make for a very nice drive forus over to New York. Be sure tomention that you are with the BCNHgroup.

Other events during the month ofOctober are:

October 4-6th: Speckled Hen Run,Kitzhof Inn, West Dover, VT http://www.kitzhof.com/

October 5-6th: Foreign Auto Festival,Owl’s Head, ME http://www.ohtm.org/events_2000.html

October 12-13th: British LegendsWeekend hosted by the Cape CodBritish Car Club http://www.capecodbritishcarclub.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1300092

OCTOBER EVENTS

by The Cape Cod British Car Club12th Breakfast and morning Drive TBD12-13th BCNH Drive to Taylor CarCollection, Gloversville NY20th BCNH Drive to TBD

November4th Meeting at Weathervane, Bedford9th Breakfast and morning Drive TBD

December15th Holiday Party

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1971 MG Midget with what is believedto be an original 67,041 miles on the clock.Car came from Colorado and I haveowned it since 2008. Was unfortunatelystored by the original owner outdoors witha plastic cover over it. Since then it hasreceived new top, new carpets, seatsrepaired, valves ground, brakes cleanedand new seals, clutch master and slaverebuilt, new exhaust, missing trim piecesreplaced, new hoses, electrical sorted outetc. etc. etc. Car could be restored to avery high level or driven and enjoyed asis but it does need to be driven and tuned.Please call 603-744-8444 eves. or 603-217-7379 anytime. Price is $5700 butmight do a little better for a member.

1958 TR3A - The car is a strong dailydriver. No rust (a bit of rough paint on thenose over the radiator, though). If youknow Hagerty Class 1-4, this is a class 4vehicle. Average sales prices for the lastcouple years have been 14K or more.Asking $12,500. Have owned it for 21years. Just bought a TR6 and have to getrid of one of them (no room in the barnfor winter storage of both). Please feelfreeto write with questions, etc. The caris in Hanover NH, but can easily makethe drive to anywhere in NH (if sold).Contact Roger atRoger.D.Sloboda@dartmouth.edu

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On a very fine Sunday, Bill and I wereinvited by Boston Area MG Club (andBCNH) members Marc and LauraVadenais with their beautiful blue 1960MGA for a drive around Cape Ann. Wewere met by 12 other LBCs in Beverly,

BAMG Cape Ann DriveMassachusetts for several hours of view-ing picturesque towns, scenic countrysideand roads right next to the ocean. Onlyone MG TD had a mechanical problemwith points closing up so it was a goodthing we had a mechanic (Steve MacKay)along for the drive! At the end we all gath-

ered at Woodman’s in Essex for good sea-food and good conversation. We foundthe BAMG members to be very warmand welcoming. On the way to Beverlywe stuck to the highway but on the wayhome, Marc and Laura led us on a verynice back-roads route.

Rachel McMeen, the Executive Director of High Hopes, is presented acheck for $7,500 from BCNH by club Prime Minister Bob Mitchell

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