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Issue K 11 bull Deeember 1978

_ERRY CHRISTltA5 HAPPr 1fE1R YEARMERRY CHRISmiddotTMSmiddot HAPPr NEW

EDITORIAL

AS YOtI read these werds the lrG Y-Type Register will be celeorating t finrt birthdar llthemiddotugh efiicfally rented n 1st Tanuary 1978 the- wheels had been set in mtin in late Deeember 197T I feel we have achieTeCf ar It Dr ear firs-t year arId net w1thut ne er tw dffflculties- at timesmiddot either At this time Iae-t year I did nt think fer ene Ihment- that the Registerby the time its first anniversary- eam~ artmdweuId have greWJlut Such a large and sueeesSta1 ~up erfe-ring many var1~d facfI 1ti es- te T-Tne OWlters- thrugheut Britain land abrard) Msmiddott (tf ttr tlleee8S is due t yeu ~the members gtfer shewing by- yur centinned carr~ende~ee alId intereSt that there 18 a ertreng demand rr- an erganisat1en such as eursshywhich binds together all enthusiastic Y-~e 4twnerlt As r wrftt this I may retIect en the fact that I haTe written 290 letters to 7~ all thi~ year and haTe predlleed aer 400- e_giea Gr the maga3inet t dam sfIr can rock r-rward expectantJr t enr secend rear

This mntltmiddots iSBUe is devted in the main t the devflpments wrked r-r over the past year ~ Paul amp Maggie Grafbam Many r yeu wozrlt kmtw~but it was PauI 1St Maggie whbullbullr1ginalIy- suggested t Dle thl idea td1ag som~thllrg~ fsr the benefit ~ T-middotType wn~rs everrwhere- And henceor I wel1t and started the Y-Type Register aweverPaul amp Maggie have alwaya 8cnIgh-t t werle allay within th~ MG(iar CIub with a vew t changing that eIllbts cmmitteemiddotmiddot~ apathy towards Y--Typea ThiH has been the dfrectin in which they have applied their ta1eats (Whilst s-tflI~f cursesupptrt1ag the Y~T1Pe Register) and trom the letters pttblished within yau Will see that they appear t haYe had some succes-s recently It seems t me that with a new face in chuge ef the MGrrC tTt Register (whleh fncludes T-Types the MG~a- may at laa-t be- prepared t aceept th~ etistencc r- eur R~gister It a mr~ equal f AringAringtfJlg than bas h1tberte b~er the eas-e Thl1~ i~ we havec dene nmiddotthing els e- this y~ar we seem til have given the Es-tab11sbmettt a g9cd shake ttp - ald thatfs always a ged thillg-

Imew slime er yeu besides Paul amp Maggie have alae urged cleser ce-peratie with the MGCC and se I be~ieTe the letters withia will pIease yu Olt the tiler handindependently minded members need net fear asell-ellt Whenever we liase with the KGCC- lie will Q$ Ha 8a equal terJ8

8th December 197a~

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ANOTHER ~ENTERPRIS-Et UPDATE

Ihfl end 1 the lut report en the reltteratien er PfG 7317lYE 1524 (ae rel terl in- issue 11 6) f4Hrnd Wt as ren may r-eea11 in lew spirit_ part-ly because er a cenltiderable financiaI sheck but more ae becau-ee we had encountered f~r the first time the lees reltpectable side or the met~r engineering trade Faced with the fact that we had been dene t there wa~ nething else fr it but te vew never again t be that gnDlble and t t get In with it

Enterprisetcs bdywerk altheumiddotgh euppeaedly It1tripped t bare metu t was in a terribly scruffy 1tate when ahe arrived back at eur garage en- 1st July We set abtlut renJllllving (again) the Left mIlt and beth rear- wings the running bearos and ilI leese pieces of interier trim The next daymiddot the leng and arduQuB task ef rubbing dewn the entire bedy shell te gleaming bare metal begaItbull Copieu8 ameunt1 ef paint stripper were appliedit paint a Claperl being used t le-sen the remaining traces ot stubbrn paint Here my father excelled fer unlimited patience ilt needed te tree every remaining speck f paint trem Buch a large bedT

By 22nd Julyafter werking en the car fer five whele day-II all paint h d beelt rem4lved as had all remaining trim AIl unatIthrised holee had be~ patChed with flbregla~Sa11 windewe had been removed (the rear ene walt particutar~y difficuIt)~ and the bwdy was rea~ fer treatingmiddot with Tr1ls-tan 40 and D-Rust This treatment wat applied n 22nd and a we-ek later we wert ready temiddot band paint en eur fir~t aeat ef metal primer te ever the en tire bedy We- were- lucky t have a warm pdry day fer thiB and with

the exceptien ef the inevitable amall flies everything- went witherl a hitch SUddenly tEnterpri~e began t take 11 anew amd r-espectabl e lek The ~ecend ceat ef metal primer follwed en 5th August

The next weekend we tried fitting the newly painted s-pare wheel cempar-tuent lid ente the eenrpart 11~ pening and did we get a Itheck t It seeme that lIr llnscrupuleu8 weIders- when welding the 5pare wheel cempartment naajl had net aIlewed fer the eutward cllrve ef the b-dy aeress the rear sf the ear- Thus eur spare wheeT cmpartnrent rid weuld net lt witheut a rt or medificat1en t and a lot f cIlrniag Reretft semetbing that semee-ne else can learn from eur misfertunes- - the spare wheel cflmpartment pening is a very cemplex three-dimen8i8nalIy curved aperture and it is elt~entia1 that the sp~ wheeol cempartment lid be pnrperly alUgned at the time r welding Ours wa5n t t help-ed by the tact that it had been preTieuslymiddot warped in a crash ef a few years ags

On 8th September tEnterprise~ w~t t be steam-cleaned And here at last we wer~ te be mere than 8atistfed I(fth thE w03rk dene and the attitud r the firm inTe1Ted - P DS-Repairs ~efr s~iee was inexpensiTI (pound7) but verytherngh The engin~ camrpartment and undel5ide were thoreughly deaned three times Alrd what was mere impertant was that all their em-pJyees carett and were TfrY intere5ted in knowing mre abut the ear~ On it juraey t and txe P~St3 premiae5 tEnterprise caused many heads t turD and we bega~ at last temiddot 5ee the impertance and Value ef all eur hard werk

September 16th eame and IIp inte the air eD ramIs went tEnterpriset The next big step was te be the painting a~ rust-Irering ef the nndersid~ together with alr asseiated b5 ~ ath Octb~ the eId exhau1t system had been remTed (it virtually telL eff ) and we had started te ~move the fler shybearda At first we had thenght ef this as ene~ ~ easi~ tasks Ifgwever it proved t be Imch lIre difrlcu1t than w~ had first enviltaged The French Karin~ Plywemd Ioorbearde ceme in frent and rear sections each side ef the drive shaft tunnel The rront sectins were easy enugh te ~mo~e (they had bee~ disturbed by the welding) but again eur Id enemies- the rusted blII t8 de-fied all ur attempts te remeve them and thullt lift the rear f1 bullbullrbard sections tree Tn the end we btlught a gas blew trch and burned them eut It was 4th November (~b ti ~ )

~ e cen nueubullbullbullbull ~ Jehrt Lawlt bullbull~

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear John bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull We also encl08e a copy of a Iett~ sent in an~wer to

a plea far volunteer8 to write abo~t yt~ in the M~GaC magazine Barry Lacey-Malvern who ran the tTt Register ~or year~ has now retired due to ill health and Glyn Giust has taken over

He agrees with us that yt~ ~hould be s~arate from Ttsbnt the club committee in it~ wisdom haS decreed e-therwise We feel that the best way to change their minds is from within and have therefore accepted a seat on the committee and have agreed to write reguIar artieIett On behaIf (J r-Ty-es- everywhere

We are sti1t holding reguIar meetings on the first Wednesday of every month in the White Brackbfrd t ~Lndwater- High Wy-cembe Oll Saturdar Oetaber Tth we hact a barbeeue at Beechwood H0128ft attended by ten Y-Type ownerS pltt3 par-tnenr AttgUSt Bank Holiday we managed t ass-emb1e six r-Types at an M Gmeeting at Hnckingnear Maidstone- in Kent which resulted in our haing rer the fiZ2t tiMe eTerOltr ewn section fer the gymkbana and cence1U8 Tltis is an aehievement ef whieh we are proud ami thanIa- are due to these who made the efert - even i1 Humphrls did walk o with al1 the priz e8 we still enjoyed cttrselTeS t

We have a trea5Ure huitt p1anned far Sunday 5th Wovember and a Chri~tmas dilmer to be held at Maidenhead on 16th Ueeember bull Anyone lirtng within reaftonabJe striking distance i5 mlsSbg much by net a ttending these thoughtfuIly planned and beautifu11y- executed entertainmentlr S-erlausly the more the merrie-r

I know yeu are not as keen as us en the KGaa and to some it may appear somewhat e a selI-eutour accepting the eemm1ttee seatjltbut what better way -r gaining accesS t their fiJelr and fnformation KG ether club haa the 14 records frcm Abingdon

fle haTe been busy with GmiddotlD own production line and are awaiting the appearQnce of eur WIt tPrGMldget t any day new DoubtIess- it will be named tMorrist 1 itt I a bey

Keep- up the geed werk f

lauI amp Maggie Grafham

Hpe~yand barring industrial dispatesMorris wiII have been delivered by the time yOll read theS wor-dl5 Itm sure we weu1cr all like te send eur eengratulaticms t Paul amp Pragg1e en this momentus eec8si I haTe pl1bI1shed ill ttI1 belw~rer the beneit ~t the membership the fUll text of Paul amp Maggie-tit letter t GIyn Giusti of the MGCC mentioned abGve~ - Miter

Dear GIyn Having tried for years t interesmiddott the club in eUT own

Register~ we were me-re than happy te he~g and encourage John Laws-en when he showed enthusiasm and a w1lIingneslr t start a magazine devoted te the T

Unfertunately the high-handed attitude f the Club committee in generaL and the TRegister in particuIar caused us t ferm our wn asteciatiel1wh1eh ~ws daily and SMWS that there is a need and a strong demand for a separate Register~

Although accepting that technica1I~ there are many- s imllaritie-s between Tts and Y ts no one can deny that they attract a completeIy different following and oonnot compete ner be eemparedi in either gymkhana r eoncollXS

A place on the cmmittee and the ppertunity for regular eerrespondence en the y-tS is a Step ia the right direetien but still no substitute ~or eur ewn Register A separate tyt Register will continue t fiouri3h with or without the

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lf GCar Club A~ prsof that it ia p8~iDle for us all to get along

tgetherbullbullbullbullbullbull Our monthly meeting at Wycombe ~tarted life a~ r-TYPe~

only but has- new grewn t a fUll and active tNatter and Woggine encompass-ing I1lf SVW Moderns and over 15 iiUJ80rled Y-Typelt - - - - Occaa1ona1ly we even allow a T-Type to join u_ Ire are not prejudiattd t

Six r the yt~ made it t Hucking thi~ year enabling U8ror the first timeto compete against each ther in a separate cIa~ shymuch mere fUn and aati~~acti~

w could go on f~r pageS more but ~he sbjeet of this letter was- to ~~r our services on behalf of Y-Typesshyeverywhere

Two halve or- on volunteer

EauI amp Maggie Grafham

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To-tal ear3 Oil Register a~ at 1st December 1978 138

MraquotBERS t INFORMATION EXCHANGE

Cbrilr WllI1ama n eownenr Some useful details ean be round in- the PQblieationl~ tM GCars 1948 - 19SP and tTbe Magie Of KGt by Mike AI1i~on CC-opie~ efthe two releTant pages ~rcm the former can be obtained frem the editor at 25p ~Cl p~tage

r6n ~e8 These ean be obtained frem Mr~ony Etheridge ~ 1 fa Oak1ands Avenue OxheyHerts ~el Watferd 31699 a-alIe~ by appefntment on1y 50 pleae-e telephlu~ ~irst The tyres are ef Prtugee manttfacture and ~ell for pound1190 each pItts Y-A~ lhir compare~ ~avlUably with the pound20 eacb asked by Vintage Tyre ef Lonero]

1he Cla~uJ1e Y il pt2bli~hed by Skyc PublicatienlJ Editor amp Founder er the Register

lrers-ey~ide Magazine Printing Pro-ntapriJrt 4 lferth Jhn Street Liverpool Wrbhp ftanual Printing B Gr-itfill 35 PearaII Rad~

LeftgweIl Green Bristl spares Secretary A Brier

WY-ork~ S EArea t - Faul amp Maggie Grafbam

Buckingham~hir~ Caver Design Geor-r ChenneIlJ GLaws-cm 1978 Register Thrblem Design Chris WilliamtJGLawsen 1978

- 4 SmP pruss (1) A 194amp n (registratin nO ~1948 MGt) was ~centI

advertised fer ftne in tSafety Fastt (lfGCC) at pound5000