May, 2009

1962 MGA 1600 Mk II

Next MeetingsMay 4th, 2009 7:00 pm at The Weathervane in Bedford

(603) 472-2749

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Car of the Month

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by Tom Varney

My car is a 1962 MGA 1600 Mk II whichI purchased in 1968 for $800.00. It wasin good condition with average mileageand no problems. The color was red, as itis now and it had white leather seats, tanroof, red interior and an AM radio. Theserial number is 105,000 which was at thevery end of MGA production. The whiteleather seats indicate to me that the carmay have been a special order.

In 1968, I was 19 years old and RichardNixon was the president. It was the sum-mer after my freshman year at UNH andthe sixties movement was in full swing. Idrove this car for four years until I had afull time job on road construction andneeded a more regular car. As I was testdriving a newer car, a salesman took theMG for a spin and afterwards offered me$100.00 as a trade in. As soon as thewords were out of his mouth, I knew Iwould never trade it in. I bought a redToyota for $2,400.00 that day, but theMGA went home with me too.

So the car was stored in my grandfatherscellar/garage, in Rochester in my parentsopen sided shed, and finally in my newlyconstructed barn in Alton, NH. I alwaysknew that I would someday bring it backto life and now, ever so slowly, it is re-gaining its lost stature of forty-one yearsago.

In the intervening years, the car has beenpart of my history and has continued tosurvive despite my wife of thirty-twoyears, my four children, and a few reces-sions. In reflecting on this, I know that

foreign sports cars run deep in my blood.Attending the British Invasion in Vermont,without a British car, and seeing all thesports cars driving up and down the roadbrings back the days in the sixties wherethese cars were in their prime. In thosedays, walking around the UNH campusseeing Triumphs, Jaguars, Morgans,Porsches, and Alpha Romeos in the park-ing lots, along the sidewalks and on theroad was as enjoyable to me as studentprotests. Driving my MGA was alwaysfun, even when having to push the car tostart it and freezing on cold nights. I ac-cepted these things without complaint.Good times were had in this car.

In the 1950s my uncle, who lived nextdoor, had a Jaguar XK120 that he racedat the Dover track. After a few years hetraded it for a bug eye Sprite and died inhis first race when it flipped over, crush-ing him. There were no roll bars in thosedays. I was eleven and old enough to belearning to appreciate these cars despitethis family tragedy. My older cousin wasdriving an MG Magnette and when Iturned sixteen I bought 1959 Nash Met-ropolitan, which I drove for a summer.

When I was a junior In high school, a se-nior classmate had an MGA which I of-ten admired in the school parking lot. Otherclassmates cars were American but I wasdrawn to foreign sports cars. After my1961 Valiant rusted out I needed a newcar and looked for a sports car until Ifound my MGA.

Over the years I experience the normalBritish car problems. While in college theclutch slave cylinder popped out twice;once at the Rochester Toll booth. Whenthis happens the car doesn’t move andhas to be towed. I always worried aboutthis afterwards and but I was able to drivethe car to Army Officer School at FortEustis, Virginia for without a problem. Anearlier summer, I pulled out the engine andtransmission to change the synchronizerrings in the transmission. A few dentsaccumulated in the front and back fend-ers.

Fast forward to around 1980 when I gotthe car running briefly for a summer. Mywife scrapped the rear fender with our

pick-up (not on purpose) and ripped agash out of it. Later our goat jumpedthrough the tan colored roof(might havebeen on purpose). More dents accumu-lated. A small timber fell from the upperfloor in the barn and dented the hood. Thefour girls used to play in the car and Idon’t know haw many kittens(wild &domesticated) were born in it.

In 2002, I pulled the car out of the barnwith the exhaust pipe remaining on thefloor and the wheels seized. With gas flow-ing out of the leaking carburetors, anti-freeze out of the water pump, I set to re-placing gaskets and parts. I was able todrive it for two summers in a somewhatreliable mode, which was fun. The nextstep was to restore the body. I consid-ered doing this myself, but decided to takeit to a local body shop where I could get agood deal on the work and a great paintjob. Three years later, the car emerged,looking new with great paint, grill, mir-rors, etc. After this frustrating time pe-riod, I was able to drive it in the springuntil May 31, when it needed to be in-spected. I took it to a mechanic to inspectit and re-adjust the carburetors. Hecouldn’t resist taking off the head to ex-amine the head gasket which, as I sus-pected, was leaking. From there it wasthe bearing, oil seals, radiator, leaking gastank, etc. which took him all summer. Ifinally got the car back in the fall and hadfun driving it until November. It was agreat thrill bringing me back to myyounger days. After the long winter I wasreally looking forward to the 2008 sea-son. I wanted to attend the British carevents, as advertised in this news letter,with my very own car!!! I rolled it out ofthe barn and down the ramp to jump start

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DIRECTORSWade dos SantosRobert Mitchell

TREASURERJohn Giese

NEWSLETTERJohn Giese - Irene MacDougall

REGALIASuzi Polenchar

SECRETARYNorma Karle

WEBMASTERKate Stanley Robinson

MEMBERSHIP COORDINATORSLinda Cagan

Louis Belanger

TECH SESSIONS COORDINATORWade dos Santos

ADVERTISING COORDINATORLinda Cagan

PUBLIC RELATIONS(open)

INTER-CLUB COORDINATORJeff Abbe

SOCIAL DIRECTORSGinger Christiansen

Cheryl BernsteinIrene MacDougall

CALENDAR COORDINATORNorma Karle

SHOW OF DREAMS DIRECTORMike Sweet

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Director’s Corner

Contact informationJeff Abbe 243 Queen Street, Boscawen, NH 03303 796-2922 mgdurango@yahoo.comLouis Belanger 11 Forest Lane, Litchfield, NH 03052 424-7835 80mgbman@comcast.netCheryl Bernstein 14 Franconia Drive, Nashua, NH 03063 882-8682 Cherylbern@comcast.netLinda Cagan 25 West County Road, Bedford, NH 03110 472-5212 lcagan@comcast.netGinger Christiansen 7 Sycamore Lane, Nashua, NH 03063 883-0288 gingchrist@aol.comWade dos Santos PO Box 840, Manchester, NH 03105 623-5209 wade@grolen.comMaggie DuPont 75 Island Pond Road, Derry, NH 03038 434-4627 grammymag@comcast.netJohn Giese 153 Crooked S Road, Lyndeborough, NH 03082 654-2565 johgie@tds.netNorma Karle 22 Partridge Lane, Londonderry, NH 03053 437-8931 karle01@comcast.netIrene MacDougall 147 Concord Street, Nashua, NH 03064 305-5976 limacd@msn.comRobert Mitchell PO Box 270, Stratam, NH 03885 772-1116 RBMit-MM@comcast.netSuzi Polenchar 19 Shoreline Drive, Hudson, NH 03051 598-6494 spolenchar@comcast.netKate Stanley Robinson PO Box 235, Chocorua, NH 03817 491-4667 webmaster@bcnh.orgMike Sweet 50 High Street, Penacook, NH 03303 753-9164 sweetm@graphicpkg.com

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Treasurer’s Report

Start BalanceNewsletterWeb Hosting50/50 RaffleMembership DepositsEnd Balance

March 15 to April 15Club account

$1378.90$500.00

$1878.90

Start BalanceSponserEnd Balance

Show of Dreams account

Well, it looks like spring really is gonnacome. Those of you, like me, who haven’tyet gotten their cars out of winter’s hi-bernation are no doubt chomping at thebit in anticipation of “the day.”

Members are coming out of hibernationtoo. It was very pleasant to seeseveral faces at the April Meeting thatwe haven’t seen recently and a couplethat we have never seen. For those ofyou that haven’t come out yet let me en-courage you to do so. As I have statedbefore in this space, our monthly meetingare really not so much “Business Meet-ing” as they are just an excuse to get to-gether with our friends. The purpose ofour meetings is to meet.

On that front I strongly encourage you togive special attention to the Calendar ofEvents. Norma Karle goes to great ef-forts to be sure that we know of as manyopportunities to get together (and to showoff our cars) as possible.

I further encourage you to “organize” oneof those “events” yourself. We are allvery busy people with very full sched-ules. It is not possible for all of us toattend all of the events that are sched-uled. That means that, if we only havetwo or three of our own Club eventsscheduled, then there’s a good chance thatsome members may not be able to attendmore than one of them. However, if wehad six or eight events scheduled, then

even if you can only get to half of them, itwould still be three or four opportunitiesto get together with other members. Af-ter all, that’s why you joined, isn’t it?

“Events” do not need to be a “big deal”with a lot of serious organization involved. Just pick a place that you like to go orsomething that you like to do and “invite’the rest of us to join you. Not everyonewill, but my guess is that the ones that dowill be glad that they did.

I, for one, am looking forward to seeingas many of you as possible on the “LupinFestival Ride” to the Sunset Hill Housein Sugar Hill on June 13th. Please lookelsewhere in this issue for further details.

Let’s get out there and drive these cars.That’s what they were made for.

Bob Mitchell

Director Wade called the meeting toorder at 7:10 PM. There were 29 mem-bers in attendance. Potential new mem-ber Jim Freeman was seated at the tablewith yours truly and other Show ofDreams planners – this might be a mis-take on Bob Mitchell’s part – we im-mediately started drafting him for tasks.He has an MGA he’s restoring with histwo daughters– and might join. An oldmember who rarely shows for meet-ings was there – Jon and Ann Bergeronwho have seven British cars. Jon isbrave enough to invite us to his homethe Friday night of the car show for aget together involving food, adult bev-erages (bring your own) and a bonfire.Other recent members Bob Fallier whohas a Lotus and Gil DeCosta with a1966 Sunbeam Tiger were also in at-tendance. Welcome to all – we hopeto see you at future meetings.

Dean Webber announced that he knowsof TR6 in parts that is for sale at areasonable offer in Pembroke, NH. Thebody has rusted out but there are lotsof good parts. Please call 226-4933 ifyou’re interested.

John Giese presented the treasurer’sreport in the last newsletter. Thesecretary’s report was accepted asprinted in the newsletter since no onecould remember reading it (even theperson who wrote it).

A suggestion has been made that the

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Disclaimer:As a matter of policy, British Carsof New Hampshire does notendorse any of the businesses thatadvertise in this newsletter.

Welcome ourNewest MembersFred and Cathy Thompson

46 Meditation LaneAtkinson, NH 03811

(603) 489-9153Fthompson@cthompsonlaw.com

1980 MGB

January / February issue of the newslet-ter be devoted to such things as road trips,tech tips etc. Of course that means thatwe need articles of the sort. John is look-ing for car-of-the-month articles, etc.Please help us keep the newsletter mov-ing with your contributions.

Lou was not in attendance so we don’tknow how many members we have.

Diana Stanley presented a “Show OfDreams” update. We are still looking forvendors and sponsors. If you need asponsor letter to hand out to your friends,relatives and business acquaintancesplease let Diana know. We’ll get youwhatever you need. If you know some-one who would like to be a vendor wehave spots available at a reasonable price.Please remember that all members areasked to provide two items for the raffletable. You can bring them to the show oryou can give them to one of us at any ofthe upcoming meetings and we’ll makesure they get to the show. As part of theactivities leading up to the show we’vebeen asked to participate in the WolfeboroMoonlight Madness on June 26th. This isthe kickoff for their summer season. Theyhave entertainment, all of the shops areopen and there are a lot of people around.We plan to have a small car show, dis-play our cars downtown and advertise theshow. Let us know if you can join us!

We also have plenty of jobs available!!

And we need your help!!

Events:

Spring tech session will be held at Bob &JR Cushman’s barn on May 16th. NormCampeau will be discussing metal tech-niques. Norm did the session 4-5 yearsago and was very informative. If you’rerestoring your car or plan to buy one torestore this is a session for you. This is aBar-B-Que with the club providing theburgers and dogs. Everyone should bringa dish, appetizer or dessert to share.Contact Norma at 437-8931 to RSVP andto let us know what you’re bringing.

June 14 Lupine Festival in Sugar Hill, NH.Bob Mitchell is organizing this driving tourand high tea at the Sunset Hill House inSugar Hill. Plan to come for the day forthe drive or you can join others and stayovernight and enjoy a drive on Sunday aswell.

No information on the Queen’s Birthdaycelebration yet.

Right now there is no Spring Thaw Tourplanned. If you’re interested in leading atour please contact Wade or Bob andwe’ll get the word out.

July 18th is High Hopes night at the FisherCats. We are planning a small car showat the event to advertise the Show ofDreams. We will be parking right up frontat the stadium. Tickets are $8.00 perperson. Please let Norma know at 437-8931 if you need tickets or if you plan to

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attend so that we can have a count ofcars and make sure we have enough room.And yes, there are fireworks that night.

We had a guest speaker. John Giese spokeabout taxes and how the stimulus pack-age affects your taxes this year. It wasvery informative. We all learned aboutvarious deductions and the ones peopleforget to take and the tax rules for thingssuch as home offices. Thanks John!

The 50-50 of $45 was won by GilDeCosta and the meeting ended at 8:50.

Norma

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BCNH goes Hollywoodby Dave Herrick

Last Spring a friend told me he was pro-ducing a movie to be set in the 1930’sand asked about using our 1936 Rolls inone of the scenes. To make a long storyshort, that is how I found myself leavingMont Vernon, NH at 5 am on September16th headed for the heart of Marylandhorse country. The Rolls was beingtrailered by another friend who, as a side-line, delivers vintage car parts from oneend of the country to another. To my sur-prise, we only made it to Peterboroughbefore making the first delivery of the day(a set of bumpers for Charlie Bass)!After a few other stops along the way,we pulled into Moncton, MD at about 4:30pm where shooting was in progress at abeautiful Victorian inn.

The entire inn had been rented by the pro-duction company for a 24 hour period andwas now a beehive of activity. Our scenewould be filmed at nightfall so we wereinvited to watch the shooting that wasgoing on inside. “Shooting” was the rightword as we saw an actor being shot overand over again until the director was sat-isfied! We learned that this was the sameactor who would later drive the Rolls and,not to worry, they were just shooting thescenes out of order.

We had been told very little about the plotin advance and found out that the movieis titled “The Last Breath.” It’s a mys-tery/thriller that starts out in the 1930’sand ends up in present day. From a driv-ing standpoint our scene was simple. Theactor just had to storm the Rolls down

the circular driveway, stand on the brakes,exit hurriedly, and then run into the inn.The “exit hurriedly” part took some prac-tice, however, as the driver’s door (on thisright hand drive car) is obstructed by thefloor mounted hand brake and gear shiftlever. Normally this is not a problem asyou can just slide across the seat andgracefully egress through the left door.Unfortunately this did not work for theintended camera angle and required a lotof agility to accomplish quickly andsmoothly!

Our scene began with the silhouette of awoman appearing briefly at a second storywindow. She is being filmed by a cam-era mounted on a long boom reaching upto the second floor. As she disappears,our car is cued to proceed down the drive-way. Meanwhile, the boom mounted cam-era is slewing smoothly from the secondstory window down towards the ap-proaching Rolls ending up level with theopening door as the car screeches to astop. Synchronizing the timing betweencar and camera took half a dozen tries.

Actually, the Rolls does not “screech” butrather “squeaks” to a stop. Its brakescan sound a bit like a school bus whenheavily trod upon. The crew loved thesound of the brakes and had me drivealong while repeatedly stomping on thepedal as they chased me with big furrymicrophones and 28-bit digital recorders!They also recorded every other sound thecar makes: pulling on the handbrake (click,click, click); slamming the door (the“thunk” brought a grin from the soundguy as if it sounded exactly as he hadexpected), revving the engine (recordedfrom the front), revving the engine (re-corded from the rear), etc, etc. Theseeffects will be overdubbed as part of thefinal editing and I can’t wait to hear how

they will sound.

The crew finished shooting our scene at12:30 am, a long day as we had an earlymorning start). Because the entire innhad been rented for the duration we wereable to spend the night for free in luxuri-ous $400 a night accommodations. Get-ting up at 7 am, we loaded the Rolls andheaded north once more. After makingmultiple deliveries along the way, eatingat a “Choke & Puke” in Bushkill, PA, anddoing time at a D.O.T. weigh station, wefinally pulled in to Mont Vernon at 11:30pm on the 17th. All in all, we had driven1500 miles to shoot a scene in which theRolls drove 150 feet about six times! Suchis show biz!

The Last Breath is scheduled for releasein June. Wouldn’t it be neat if it came tothe Milford Drive-In for BCNH night!!!

A teaser can be found on the Web at

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=43920428

This clip shows an actress undergoing abizarre haircut for a scene in a mentalinstitution. As I said earlier, it’s going tobe a thriller!

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May4th Monthly Meeting, Weathervane,Bedford, NH9th Spring Thaw Day @ Brit Bits, Rye,NH norm@britbits.com15th-17th VRG New Hampshire VintageFestival, NHMS, Loudon, NH16th Tech Session with MG-TParty at Bob& JR Cushman’s barn Bedford, NHRSVP to Norma at karle01@comcast.netwith attendance and potluck30th – Jun 7th British Car Week31st Cruising to Amherst / Swap & SellMeet, 157 Hollis Rd, Amherst, opens atdawn.31st Londonderry Rotary Car ShowJune1st Monthly Meeting, Weathervane,Bedford, NH6th & 7th MMSCC Vintage British CarShow & Hill Climb, Camden, MEwww.mmscc.com7th British Car Day. Museum ofTransportation, Brookline, MA7th CTMG British By the Sea, HarknessMemorial Park , Waterford, CT10th-14th MG T Register, GOF 85, MarriottCourtyard, Concord, NH14th Galaxy of British Cars, McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, Concord, NH603-271-782713th & 14th Lupine Festival Weekend,Sunset Hill House, Sugar Hill, NH SeeBob Mitchell.14th Scenic Road rally of South CentralMass to benefit MS.www.scenicroadrallies.com26th Moonlight Madness, Wolfeboro, NH6PM28th Cruising to Amherst / Swap & SellMeet, 157 Hollis Rd, Amherst, opens atdawn.Queen’s Birthday PartyCruising Downtown Classic Car Show,Manchester, NHJuly3rd - 5th Goodwood Festival of Speed,Chicester, UK6th Monthly Meeting, Weathervane,Bedford, NH

11th Castle in the Clouds Car Show,Moultonborough, NH 603-476-590018th High Hopes day at the Fisher Cats –Need cars for the mini car show at thestadium. Contact Norma for tickets - $*per person. 437-8931. This is a fireworksnight.26th Day of Triumph Museum ofTransportation, Brookline, MA26th Cruising to Amherst / Swap & SellMeet, 157 Hollis Rd, Amherst, opens atdawn.August3rd Monthly Meeting, Weathervane,Bedford, NH8th- 9th 13th Annual Show of Dreams, TheNICK, Wolfeboro, NH14th – 16th Jaguar Festival of NewEngland, JANE, Sturbridge, MA, contactBrenda Soussan 617-953-145715th Derry Village Rotary Car Show,Pinkerton Academy, Derry NH15th MG Rover Day, Museum ofTransportation, Brookline, MA BCNH at the Milford Drive In22nd – British Motorfest, Saratoga AutoMuseum, Saratoga, NY28th- 30th VIII British Marque Triathlon,Jiminy Peak Resort, Hancock, MA30th Cruising to Amherst / Swap & SellMeet, 157 Hollis Rd, Amherst, opens atdawn.September5th – 6th Falmouth Dream Cruise and CarShow, Falmouth, MA7th Monthly Meeting, Weathervane,Bedford, NH18th-20th British Invasion, Stowe VT,www.britishinvasion.com26th- 28th British Legends Weekend,CCBCC27th Cruising to Amherst / Swap & SellMeet, 157 Hollis Rd, Amherst, opens atdawn.October4th Owl’s Head Transportation Museum,Foreign Car & Vintage Aeroplane Show,Owl’s Head, ME 5th Monthly Meeting, Weathervane,Bedford, NH11th Brit Bits Halloween Rally, Lee, NHnorm@britbits.com16th VRG at the Glen, Watkins Glen, NY17th Classic Car Show, Canterbury Shaker

Village, Canterbury, NH18th Rally of the Kennebunks,Kennebunkport, MEwww.thekennebunksroadrally.com25th Cruising to Amherst / Swap & SellMeet, 157 Hollis Rd, Amherst, opens atdawn.November2nd Monthly Meeting, Weathervane,Bedford, NHDecember7th Monthly Meeting, Weathervane,Bedford, NHHoliday Party

BCNH 2009 Calendar of Events

SHOW OF DREAMSUPDATEby Mike Sweet

The wheels are turning and things aremoving faster than an E-Type Jag with aStingray on its tail!

Thus far: There will be no cocktail partythis year, the cost is prohibitive. However,after the show there will be an unorga-nized “pub crawl”, if you will, just gettingtogether downtown and enjoying the res-taurants and pubs at your leisure.

Permits, Permits, and more permits:The idea of a British Car Parade has beenbrought up, and we’ll need a permit tomake it happen. As of this writing, thespecial events permit is completed andwe’re waiting for the certificate of insur-ance from Hagerty.

Breakfast on Sunday: Bob & Di’sdaughter Amanda at Nexdine/CochecoMills has priced it at $8.99 per person (ourcost) With tax & tip cost is:$11.51 perperson. Both costs include: ScrambledEggs, Sausage, Bacon, Pastries, Muffins,Fruit, Orange Juice, Coffee, Tea. Buf-fet style service.

Show of Dreams Regalia: the gentle-man whose artwork graced last year’sshirts has given permission to use his de-sign this year. His name is David Kyte,and he’s based in Michigan. Suzi is hardat work pulling all together for another

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Lupin SeasonNorth of the

NotchJune 13 (and 14?) 2009

At the end of this article you will see alink to “Our Favorite Back Roads” writ-ten by Nancy Henderson. I foundNancy's description of that route so ap-pealing that I immediately wanted to "takethe tour" - so I called Nancy.

Nancy is the current Innkeeper of the his-toric Sunset Hill House in Sugar Hill, NH.Built in the late 1800s the original grandhotel would accommodate 350 guests.What remains is much more modest – butthe setting, surrounded by the GreenMountains, remains spectacular. Andmid-June is Lupin Season.

So, I propose that BCNH takes a ride onNancy’s Favorite Back Roads – and visitNancy while we’re at it.

Along the lines of the Shaker Village ride,I suggest two separate routes – one upthe eastern portion of the State, with asecond group going up a western route.Members are free to join up anywherealong the way. If you look at the routemap, you will see that most members livewithin 10 or 15 miles of one of the tworoutes.

In fact, since the two starting points areonly about 25 miles apart, some mem-bers from the southeast might want to dothe western route – since they don’t getto see that part of the State so often –and some “westerners” might want to dothe eastern route for similar reasons.

Each route is about 130-140 miles, so atMG-TD speeds – and with multiple stopsas additions members join along the way– it should take 3 ½ to 4 hours for eachgroup to complete their route. If we startat about 9:00 we should get to Nancy’sPlace at around 1:00.

Nancy is psyched about the idea of hav-ing 20 or 30 British sports cars arrive andserving High Tea to the occupants. Withthe Shaker Village run we learned thatHigh Tea (as opposed to Low Tea) is amuch more substantial meal.

Those that would like to stay in the areafor the weekend – maybe there at theSunset Hill House – are encouraged tomake reservations well ahead of time –Lupin Season is a big draw up there. Beaware that many inns in the area – in-cluding the Sunset Hill House – have atwo night minimum on weekends duringLupin Season.

Joyce and I plan to “make a weekend ofit” and stay at the Sunset Hill House.

Those that chose to just make this a daytrip will be welcome to head home afterTea – doing any additional touring theychose along the way.

Please do contact Bob Mitchell (rbmit-mm@comcast.net or 772-1116) with atleast and Indication of Interest. If thereisn’t much interest, then we may need tobag the High Tea idea and those of usthat do go can just catch lunch as we canwhen we get there.

Our Favorite Back Roadshttp://www.sunsethillhouse.com/

activities-all.html

Show of Dreams Update continued

wearable work of art!

Sponsors: Faith Francis from WHOMis searching for sponsors to pay for ALLthe radio advertising for the show. Shehas several companies that may be will-ing to pay for the show advertising as longas the business is mentioned and acknowl-edged as show sponsor. She didn’t makeany promises but she did mention severalcompanies in the local area with whomshe does business that would be goodcandidates. Faith will be speaking withother local radio stations as well. Shebelieves she can acquire the same typeof sponsorships for advertising on theirstations too. Citizens Bank has promisedgoodie bag items, Fairpoint is a $500sponsor and will have a vendor table, andMini of Peabody has pledged $500!

As always, the SOD team is doing a fan-tastic job, and we can always use somemore volunteers. Join us!

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Annual Tech SessionDate: May 16th, 2009Time: 1:30 – 5PMPlace: Bob & JR Cushman’s Barn

242 Liberty Hill RdBedford, NH472-6624

Directions:From the east - Take RT 101 West. From the light at the intersection of Rt 114 go 2.3 miles and turn left onto LibertyHill Rd. The barn is on the left Watch for the signs!From the west – Take Rt 101 East, take a right at the light at Meetinghouse Rd, go ¼ mile and take a right on LibertyHill Rd. The barn is on the left Watch for the signs!From RT 3 or Everett Turnpike take Old Bedford Rd (a left at the end of the turnpike ramp to Pearson Rd on the right(1.5 miles). Pearson then becomes Liberty Hill Rd. The barn is on the right – watch for the signs.

Speaker: Norm Campeau on metal Shaping. Norm is back by popular demand and has promisedto add some new dents to his very popular program.

Gourmet Burgers and Dogs provided – bring a dish to share, BYOB, BYOC(chair)Be sure to bring your British car – there is plenty of parking on the lawn.RSVP: Norma Karle 437-8931 or karle01@comcast.net. Let me know whatyou’re bringing to share! Please respond by May 7th, 2009.

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Great Gifts for Fathers Days, Birthdays, Justto Show I Care Days!!!

BCNH Regalia CornerINVENTORY SALE!!! CHECK OUT THE SAVINGS!!!

The following is a list of items currently in stock, priced to sell:

ITEM REG SALE1-Cotton Long Sleeve Golf Shirtsize M…color cobblestone w/embroidered crest $29 $171-Munsingwear 100% Flat back Rib V Neck Sweater size-Men’s L…gray w/embroidered crest $47 $301-3/4 Sleeve Crew size-Ladies L…black hot pink crest screen print $18 $131-Short Sleeve Golf Shirt size-S…royal blue w/embroidered crest $20 $151-Lee Hooded Zipper Up Front Sweatshirt size-L…grey w/black crest screen print $30 $202-100% Heavyweight Gildan Ultra Cotton Tee $16 $12

size-M…eggplant w/cream crest screen printsize-L…azalea w/dark blue crest screen print

1-Jerzees T-Shirt size-XL…white w/burgundy crest screen print $15 $51-Denier Nylon Duffle Bag (16x9x9) size-XL…grey with embroidered crest $23 $151-Golf Towel size-XL…grey with embroidered crest $19 $15

2005 SHOW OF DREAMS T-SHIRTS $12 $52 S…yellow2 M…yellow5 L...yellow13 XL…yellow2 XXL…yellow

2004 SHOW OF DREAMS T-SHIRTS $donation8 S...stone7 M...stone5 L...stone1 XL...stone

2003 SHOW OF DREAMS T-SHIRTS $donation1 L...prairie dust

2001 SHOW OF DREAMS T-SHIRTS $donation3 XL…sage4 XXL…sage

Contact: Suzi Polencharspolenchar@comcast.net

603-598-6484

This shoe has the British Flag as the “pattern” for the hi-topsneaker material. There is no surprise that this shoe wasmade in a limited production run an there is no stock left insized of 11 or above – but we can get Sizes 8 through 10 ½.Cost is $45. I will take orders up until (and at) the Maymeeting.

Bob Mitchell603-772-1116

rbmit-mm@comcast.net

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Marquette DTNA VISIONOwned by a local garage since NEW. Ithink one cable got lost as I never got itfrom owner. I never used it because Ihave 2 others in my garage. A real classictool priced to move $150.00 or best offerIvan. chuck23@metrocast.net

1948 MGYA 4 door with large sunroof.Will sell to club member for $16,500 now.Not many of these. Active club in UKhas most parts. Uses some MGTD pieces.No time for this car. No space to store it.Car in Bedford, NH.wmann@mannad.com

Free to good home1. Owners Workshop Manual (softback)for MGB Roadster & GT Coupe 1962 to1974 by Haynes2. SU- Hitachi Carburetors Manual(softback) by Carbooks, Inc. - Tune,Adjust, Repair, Rebuildemail me at: Robert.Weller@Bdal.com 1956 Wolseley 15/50, rhd, very good

condition, located Harrington, Delaware.Please email for more info and photos atrileyelf01@aol.com $9800

MG Midget parts from rubber bumperMidget: transmission, rear axle withsprings, miscellaneous engine bay partstake all or just what you need. Make offer.(603)428-8439stevenbrooks2@comcast.net

MGB Removable hardtop - This isan aftermarket unit that is black with awhite interior. Top is in very goodcondition, but some weatherstrippinghas to be replaced. It’s held on by the2 clamps along the top windshield railand 2 angle brackets mounted justbehind the seats on the side. $200.00.(603) 883-0288 Gingchrist@aol.com

1972 TR-6 Complete Monza exhaustsystem. Only about 100 miles on it, butit’s been stored under our deck for afew years, so there is some surfacerust. $65.00. (603) 883-0288 Gingchrist@aol.com

For Sale

MGB Removable Hardtop—Mfg.bySnugTop of CA. It is black with whiteinterior and hooks on to car in the sameplace that the soft-top hooks on to thecar. Top is in great shape but needs someweatherstripping. Was on a 78 MGB.$175.00. (603) 568-6479.heffernan1@comcast.net.

British Motor Corporation AM RadioNo knobs, no idea if it works. Best offer.call or e-mail Mike, (603) 753 -9164sweetm@graphicpkg.com

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it and drive it up and down the road withmy wife. We did this often after supperin the spring to get her warmed up for alonger trip. On the first out-of-town-tripto Dover, the oil pressure went down andstayed down. We made it home, but off itwent to the mechanic. He parked the carin his shop, got real busy, and its beenthere ever since. Guess we got a year offree storage.

I am hopeful to get the car back againand running in a reasonably reliable stateso I can actually participate in road runsand rallies, trips, British Invasion andcruise night as I imagine in my day-dreams. Hopefully, you will see me atevents this summer!

Brits on the Beach12th Annual British Car Day at His-toric Ocean Grove, NJ on Saturday,Sept. 19th. Presented by the Posi-tive Earth Driver’s Club. FeaturedMarque - Jaguar. Judging by partici-pants choice. Dash plaques for thefirst 100 cars. Walk the OceanBoardwalk just two blocks from theshow field. Have lunch at one ofOcean Grove’s many cafés and res-taurants. Stroll the Main Avenuebusiness district and check out thetown’s antique dealers, gift shops,clothing stores and other businesses.Tour the area and see the historicGreat Hall, quaint Tent City and themany Victorian Hotels, Inns andother buildings. This is the one carshow your wife will want to cometo! The show will go on rain or shine,contact us or see our web site forfull details.

Phone: 732-477-3878.

Email: PEDC@comcast.net

Website: www.pedc.org.

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Wanted

1976 MGB, red, good driver but not ashow car. Paint and interior are tired.New top in the box needs to be installed.Originally a California car, has been inMaine for 12 years, never in salt or snow.Has DCOE 45 carb and Allison electronicignition. Spare windshield and frame,some other spare parts, roll bar (notinstalled), Weber carb manual and MGBshop manual. Tonneau cover. Asking$3,500.00. Call Kevin at 386-316-9466for details or to arrange viewing.

1953 TD Engine I would appreciateanyone’s help in finding a 1250cc Engineto rebuild. Ivan Dorechuck23@metrocast.net

1973 MGB 4-speed with new head.Good top, fair interior and seats. Needsnew floors. Rockers are solid. $3500 orBO. Call Ivan at (603) 652-4717.chuck23@metrocast.net

1973 TR6 - burnt red with 68,000 miles.Very good condition with new top, dash,teak, interior upholstery, front windshield,CD player and door panels. Enginecleaned and rehabbed. Garage storedevery winter. More photos available.$11,000 or BO. Keene 603-352-8534

Water pump - can you identify this waterpump? At first glance its a commonBritish Leyland/BMC model found onmany British cars such as Austin, Morris,Rover, MG etc. However take a secondlook at the layout of the fixing holes andyou'll see its different. The impeller is54mm (2 1/16") diameter. If you knowwhat it is and you need it, I have 4 ofthem. Shop soiled but unused. Make mea reasonable offer. They are located inIsrael. henry8@013.net

1973 MGB new tires & exhaust, workingoverdrive, registered & inspected in NH,driven weekly, red/w black interior, radio/cassette, asking $5000, good condition,Robert, 603-224-1714, 603-344-4322codeman653@comcast.net

MGA 1500 short block - fresh groundbalanced crank and rods crank .020 and.030 Bore .020 Block only No head. Allwork preformed by Auto machinist$2,400.00 call 603-652-4717 Ivan.

1961 Austin Healey Sprite This is avery early square body Sprite. NOT A“BUGEYE” All original sheet metalexcept the hood. This car has never beenrestored, just repainted. Also a factoryhardtop (needs paint) to go with it.Engine: 1275 with Kent 266 cam, .030bored over and shallow dish pistons.Weber 45DCOE carb and Pertronixelectronic ignition. Transmission: 5-Speed Datsun Superlite wheels (but Ihave the originals) with Yokohama AVStires. Suspension: Competition springsfront and rear.This car is a lot of fun and is very reliable.I’ve enjoyed it for six years now. But, mystable is too full. perryr1@verizon.net

1976 Rover Mini Cooper. Car’sname: Maddig. B lue with white stripesand top. Fully restored, goodcondition, excellent running condition.Daily driver, good in snow. Automatic,97,000 miles. Member price: $17,500.Call Marge: (603) 964-6546email: mariahlou@aol.com

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Top Cover-Black (for cars with soft top)Moss part # 644-690. Was on a 78 MGB.Hardly ever used. Great Shape. $165.00(603) 568-6479. heffernan1@comcast.net

4 Tires for 1959 Morris Minor 1000.Size:5/5.60x14". Call John 225-6915, oremail jod4019@comcast.net

AA & RAC CAR BADGESRAC badge is new old stock; comes withfitting instruction sheet and mountinghardware. $45.00AA badge serial number 8A83344 (issued1957 – 59) VGC $60.00AA badge serial number 3B34774 (issued1960 – 61) VGC $60.00These are not reproductions. Please seewww.oldclaasiccar.co.uk orwww.theaa.com for additional info onbadge dating.Mike Sweet (603) 230 – 5124 orsweetm@graphicpkg.com

BCNH goes Hollywood (story page 6)

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