The Arizona MG 'T' Roadrunner Club, formed January 30, 1976, is: Dedicated to preserving, using and enjoying all MG's - and to those who do so. Membership dues are $25.00 per year (March through February of the next year), members may advertise MG related advertisements free of charge.

Non Club member and commercial adds are $10.00 per issue.

Editor: Ken Martin: 602- 840-3554 Regalia: Danny Young: 602-218-460 TSO:

AAHC: Ed Battershell: 602-955-0489

Chair: Ginny Martin: 602-840-3554 Vice-Chair: Ralph Cacace: 480-419-7722 Sec: Susan McDonald: 623-414-3697 Treas: Bonnie Mater: 480-326-8586 B.M.A.L: Barbara Young: 602-218-5460 Webmaster: Mike Grogan: 602-380-3188 The Octagon Wheel is the official newsletter

of The Arizona MG 'T' Roadrunner Club. Contributions from the members are encouraged, and every effort will be made to use appropriate material. The editors reserve the right to edit for length and suitability. Opinions expressed are those of the contributor and do not necessarily reflect the policy or philosophy of The Arizona MG 'T' Roadrunner Club.

MARCH 2019

FROM THE CHAIR'S SEAT Greetings Roadrunners! As your Chairman, this will be my last column! With our Election Meeting on March 23rd, you will find a new Chairman doing this column. I have been grateful for your support for what has been a total of 10 years! As many of you know, the February Issue of The Sacred Octagon is reserved for articles about activities in the various car clubs! Our TSO Representative doing the articles for the past 5 years has been Jane Parker! Jane’s articles every year stand out as the BEST! Jane has gone the extra mile by taking some of the photos herself, occasionally getting some from Kenny. Jane, has informed us that she will be retiring from that po-sition! We are, therefore, hopeful of a volunteer to take over that position! I’m sure Jane will be willing to give you some good advice if you are willing to take over that job! As we now have two wonderful club mem-bers willing to be Chairman and Vice Chairman, we will not have to fold the club which was a pos-sibility. Therefore, we are happy to ask you to PAY YOUR DUES as soon as possible! The form is in this newsletter, we ask that you fill it out and return it to Bonnie Mater with your check! Thanks, Ginny

AZ. MG T Roadrunners Website: www.arizonamgtroadrunners.org

The Arizona MG “T” Roadrunner Club is affiliated with The New England MG “T” Register

MARCH 23 Election Meeting APRIL 7 Memorial Rites Spring Rallye MAY 4 Board Breakfast & Planning Meeting

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CARS & COFFEE We thank Burke Wyatt for giving club members the information about two really good Car Shows in the month of February! Kenny and I went to the Scottsdale Cars and Coffee on Mayo Blvd. on February 2nd with our BGT, and were pleased to find that Chuck Schluter was there with his 1948 TC, and Ed Winkler with his 1964 Plymouth with a 426 wedge head engine. A factory car set up for the Drag Strip! Unfortu-nately, we never went far enough to see Ed’s Plymouth. There were so many cars to look at, and we walked and walked and didn’t make a dent in the number of cars gathered for that event! Once back at our BGT, we found that there were several guys interested in it, and of course, one guy wanted to know if we wanted to sell it! Nooooo! We did see a nice beige BGT, but never found it’s owner. The Concourse in the Hills event, in Fountain Hills is a once a year event, and unfor-tunately we had a conflict, and were unable to attend this one. This show is huge with around 700 cars! Three of the cars at the show belong to Mickey Saperstein. He took his 1923 Citroen, 1956 Citroen, and his Pemberton Grasshopper SS! We know that Joe Policastro came down from Flagstaff to view the cars, and we assume Burke Wyatt was also there. We apologize for any oversight if any other club members were there!

FOR SALE FOR SALE

XPAG Crankshaft, Used. Just Passed Mag-naflux. Mains and Rods are STD but need to be cleaned up. May clean at -.010, if not will clean up at -.020.

Call Sherwood at 480 577 7545 and leave a message. Mickey Saperstein leaves the concours in his hand-

built beauty. | Bob Golfen photo

Top: The Martin’s 1967 BGT.

Above: Chuck Schluter’s 1948 TC.

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The Breakfast at the Phoenix Public Mar-ket was organized by Lee Purnell, of The AZ. MG Club, and the Roadrunners were invited to join them! Lee did a great job in making everyone feel welcome, by staying in the parking lot until every-one had arrived! There was a large group who braved the cold, several of them in open MG’s! Roadrunners who attended and enjoyed breakfast were: Sherwood & Jane Parker, in their TC, Norma Kafer & Jim Gordon, Norma & Dan Johansen in their TD, Steve Freegard & friend in Steve’s TC, Don & Ginger Pottenger, Dave & Gretchen Boyer in their MGA, and members of the AZ MG Club. I believe everyone ordered Breakfast, and ours was very good! There were 6 good looking MG’s lined up in a row in the parking lot, a great looking group, as well as a good variety. We even noticed some passers by who stopped to look at the cars!

Left Top: Phoenix Public Market Left Bottom: MGs from both Clubs on display. Right Column: MGers from both Clubs enjoyed good food and conversations.

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1952 MG TDC

I received this car from my parents estate, Barbara and Orville Granquist. Orville bought the car on Sept. 17, 1973 from Charles Roush. It was restored by Dave’s Import Service to original condition inside and out September 6, 1990. Driven 205 miles. Kept in parents garage. Car returned to Dave’s Import by me on Nov. 9, 2017 to get the car back on the road. Service at Dave’s complete with mileage from restoration at 581. New tires all around. Although we love the car, a two-seater is just too small for our family.

Asking $19,900 Contact info: normajohansen@cox.net or 480-595-8120, our home phone. Ask for Dan. Car is garaged in central Phoenix at my parents home. Interested buyers can contact us to make arrangements to see and drive the car.

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This one owner project car is garaged in Central Phoenix and we would welcome contacts at my email: normajohansen@cox.net We have replaced the tires but the car is not running and will need work in the interior. Asking $1400 or OBO.

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March Board Meeting

CARS & COFFEE AT PINNACLE PEAK

Show is held the 2nd Saturday of the month. 7 to 10 am.

Location: The Villages at Pinnacle Peak 10458 E. Jomax Rd. Scottsdale, AZ. 85262

(E. Jomax Rd. & Alma School Rd.)

Calling all car nuts,

“Cars at Casa Paloma” has resumed it's Third Sat-urday Display for the 2018 season. The parking lot is reserved from 8:00 to 10:00 AM. As a reminder, "The Shoppes at Casa Paloma" retail center is located on the South side of Ray Road be-tween 56th and 54th Streets. The best, and most dra-matic, entrance is turning south off of Ray Rd. between "Roy's" and "Buca de Beppo" restaurants. Feel free to pass this on to every other car nut you know. This Event runs from Oct. 2018 thru May 2019.

Next event is on March 16th.

Our Annual Election Meeting will be held on Saturday March 23rd, 5:00 pm at Ruby Tues-day, in the Tempe Mar-ketplace. They are located on the North side of the main entrance to the shopping center, eastbound off McClintock Dr., about 800 ft. Their address is 27 McClintock Dr. #15, Tempe. We have reserved an area and we ask that you RSVP to Ken & Ginny Martin prior to March 21st as we have to give the restaurant a head count. We have nominees for Chairman and Vice Chairman at this time. The other positions have agreed to stay on the board. Ginny will move to BMAL. RSVP to the Martins at 602-840-3554 or their e-mail: kmartin410@cox.net

Hope to see you there at this important meeting!

This months Board meeting will be held Tuesday, March 12th at the Denny’s Restaurant, 3315 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale. Just S. of the SE corner of Scottsdale Rd. and Osborn Rd. Starting time is 6:30 p.m. and all Club members are encouraged to attend. The room we have reserved will hold up to 50 people.

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Roadrunners, here is the registration form for GoF West 2019 that is being held in Pres-cott AZ this year. We hope a lot of you will sign up for the GoF this year as it is right in our backyard. This is a good way to get our cars out in public view.

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Hello Members, I volunteered to coordinate the solicitation of auction items for this year’s GoF in Prescott, AZ August 12 – August 16! A lot of planning and coordination has gone into this GoF, the venue is great, and the outlook is that it should be a great one for all of us. We on the plan-ning committee hope that Arizona is well represented. I’m sure that I don’t need to remind you that the auction is one of the mandatory events for any GoF. This auction allows us to take care of any expenses that have not been covered by the income for the event, and, again, hopefully, gives us “seed money” for next year’s event. I can’t tell you how many times in the past few years that the Steering Committee members and Chairpersons of the GoFs were crossing their fingers hoping that the auction turned out well so the finances would balance in a positive direction. But it has worked out each year, thanks to your generous contributions—Thank You! Well, it’s time to ask for your contributions of auction items again. We could have used a few more items last year. I’m asking if you would consider contributing a bit more than you may have in the past. Go into your garage and find some of those MG items that have been gathering dust that you will probably never use and help us turn them into cash for the GoF. How about those great posters that have been rolled up for the past 20 years? And that extra set of Whitworth wrenches that you have been saving for when your others wear out? There are probably a lot of items that you have that others don’t but would like to have if only they could find one. However, we can’t use old greasy chassis parts. If you have good, clean, serviceable items, please consider donating them. Items don’t necessarily have to be MG related for the attendees to find value in them. If you do have some items to donate to this worthy cause, please let me know by e-mail (yooperdave@me.com) what the items are and bring them along to the GoF, or send them to me before 1 June: Dave Boyer, 3480 W. Kent Dr., Chandler, AZ, 85226. I am tracking each item(s) by the registrant’s name. Even if you can’t attend, we sure could use your items. Let’s make this event one that provides a lot of fun for the attendees and that keeps our finances in the black. Hope to see you there. Thank you, Dave Boyer Auction Coordinator GoF West 2018

This is a great opportunity to get your British car out for a drive on a Sunday morning once a month, or to drive “whatever” and enjoy the company of other folks who enjoy various British car marques. The breakfast is hosted by the various British car clubs taking turns to put together about a one hour drive to end up at an eating establishment for breakfast and camaraderie.

Sunday March 24th.

The DCTRA is hosting this breakfast run.

We always meet at the: North West Corner of 32nd St and Shea.

We will meet at 8:00 am and leave at 8:30 am on the tour.

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2019 Annual Dues Payment, $25.00 Make payment to: Arizona MG "T" Roadrunners

Mail to: Bonnie Mater 1848 E. Buena Vista Dr. Tempe, Az. 85284 Your name (s) __________________________________________________________________________ Your address __________________________________________________________________________

(as you would like it to appear in the roster) City________________________ State ___________ Zip __________ Home phone _________________ Cell phone __________________ MG "T" series owned, Type________________________ Year ________________ Type ________________________ Year ________________ Other MG's owned _____________________________________________________________________ E-Mail address ________________________________________________________________________ Any corrections or changes from last roster? _______________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________

PLEASE BE PROMPT WITH THIS SO WE CAN COMPLETE THE NEW ROSTER IN A TIMELY MANNER, AND GET A COPY TO YOU.

Roadrunners, our annual dues are now due. Last year we were still receiving dues in July. Please let’s get our dues in promptly so that we can avoid last years situation. Please be sure to include the dues form with your check. Thanks

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Here is information about another tour, it is like the old Beat Tour. It is a two day run starting on April 13th and ending on April 14th, 2019. The tour package for 2 is $335 and includes the information on the below flyer. If you are interested in attending, the registration is online only at: http://www.jcca.club/TheBEAR ��More information and pictures are available at the above link.

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Doug & Carol Pelton 1948 TC Jan & Carole Rons TA “Encore” Special Sherwood & Jane Parker 1955 Arnolt Coupe Terri Bounty 1955 MG TF Randy & Sandy Copleman 1953 MG TD MK ll Barry Briskman 1947 MG TC Don Mapes 1952 MG TD Danny & Barbara Young 1958 MGA Coupe Dave & Gretchen Boyer 1951 MG TD Mickey Saperstein 1913 Malcolm Jones cycle car

CLUB REGALIA FOR SALE

WHITE T SHIRTS WITH COLORED LOGO VARIOUS SIZES $16.00 LARGE COLORED EMBROIDERED LOGO PATCHES 8"X 6" $5.00 SMALL COLORED EMBROIDERED LOGO PATCHES 6 1/2"X 5" $4.00 ENAMELED CAR BADGES $35.00

Contact Danny Young at

602-218-5460

ROADRUNNERS RECOMMEND

Below are services that our members

have used and recommend.

Who: Advanced Distributors What: Rebuilds and Recurves our Distributors. Comments: Reasonable price, fast turnaround, Jeff really knows our engines. Recommended by: Sherwood Parker Contact: www.advanceddistributors.com From the Frame Up: Club member Doug Pelton’s com-pany. He specializes in the hard to find TC parts. Con-tact him @ 602-690-4927 or www.FromTheFrameUp.com Arizona Brake and Clutch. 602-256-7966, 2211 N. Black Canyon Highway, (that is on the east side access road). Take in your old shoes and they will be done in a week. Smart money says take in a drum and they will arc the brakes to your drum. I have found very reasonable pricing and service for powder coating at: Affordable Powder Coating. They did a mesh grille for the TC for $40. They have a sepa-rate company at the same address for Ceramic coatings (like Jet-Hot). They did my Header, Header pipe Muffler and tail pipe for $212 and it was ready in 5 days.

Affordable Powder Coatings & Extreme Coatings 2111 W. Fillmore St. 2111 W Fillmore St. Phoenix, AZ 85009 Phoenix, AZ 85009 602-272-7646 602-272-0268 Copperstate Alternator 3807 N 35th Ave. (35th Ave and Indian School) 602-253-4155 Sherwood had Starter and Generator done. Reasonable turnaround. Reasonable price. Sherwood had a good experience getting 2 crankshafts cleaned and Magnafluxed with these people. It took about a week and the cost was reasonable at $49.00 for 2.

Continental Diesel, Inc. 2734 W Palm Lane. Phoenix, AZ 85009

Sherwood Parker also recommends.

Tichenor Coachworks 650 W. McKellips, Mesa

480-434-5887