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October, 2019
BCNH Car Rally in IRELANDNext Meetings
October 7th, 7:00 pm at Moe Joe’s Family Restaurant,October 9th,at 7:00 pm, the Seacoast Council,Blue Latitudes, 431 Central Ave., Dover, NH
October 15th,the Monadnock Council,Brady’s Restaurant, Peterborough, NH
October 17th, Northern Council Meeting,The Homestead Restaurant, Bristol, NH
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BCNH Car RallyIreland
Ten brave and thirsty BCNH club mem-bers embarked on an epic adventure tothe Emerald Isle.
We all signed up for a car rally with“Great Road Journeys” to drive themiddle and north of Ireland. We flew intoDublin and rented cars for our tour.Note: the cost of the insurance was more
than the cost of the rental for ten days.Bob and Kim D. shared a BMW X5with Daine and I (SUV) that, along withdriving on the left side of the narrowroads proved a challenge to our drivingskills. Bob seemed a bit nervous because
when a truck was coming our way hewould exclaim“TRUCK…..TRUCK……TRUCK!!!,nearly causing a laundry problem. Ourfirst hotel, “The Royal Marine”, a fourfive star hotel, was in the seaside townof Dun Laoghaire. The Prime Minister(here after to be addressed as “Lord of
Inishowen” ) and Kim flew into Dublinas did Dennis and Prebble Eklof. NormaKarle, Rod Folia, and Bob and DianaStanley of us took the train to Dublinwhere we booked passage on the hop-on hop-off double decker buss. We vis-ited Saint Patrick’s cathedral, the DublinCastle, the Guinness, and the Jamesonwhiskey factorys. We may have stoppedat a pub or two as well.
The Second day we had a short driveto Powerscourt House and Gardensvoted one of the top ten houses and gar-dens in the world. We continued onthrough the Wicklow Mountains toKildare to the Irish National stud farm.
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LAND ROVER – RELIANT SCIMITAR – LOTUS
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BCNH MONARCHYPRIME MINISTER
Bob Dougherty
CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER
John Giese
NEWSLETTERChuck & Diane Connors
REGALIA, Joan Young &Verna Beliveau
SECRETARY, Norma Karle
WEBMASTERBob Stanley
MEMBERSHIP COORDINATORLouis Belanger
TECH SESSION TAG TEAMNorm Michaels and Mo Aubert
INTER-CLUB COORDINA TORBob Mitchell
CALENDAR COORDINA TORSue MacDuff
SHOW OF DREAMS DIRECTORBob Stanley
HISTORIAN
Mike Sweet
NORTHERN COUNCILMINISTER
Karl Braconier
NORTHERN COUNCILSECRETARY
Kellie Braconier
SEACOAST MINISTERSNorman Michaels & Rob Gardner
SEACOAST COUNCILSECRETARYBen Morong
MONADNOCK COUNCILMINISTER
Ramona Branch
MONADNOCK COUNCILSECRETARY
TBD
www.bcnh.orgContact information on page 4
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Contact information
Dia dhuit! In case you don’t know, thatis how you say hello in Gaelic, but bewarned; it doesn’t pronounce anywhereclose to how it is spelled!!! Should yousay it to someone how it is spelled, youjust might be telling them they have amonkey up their nose! To pronounce itcorrectly you must say “Jee-ah ghwitch”And that’s just how to say hello, youdon’t want to know how to carry on aconversation, your head may explode!Needless to say, I didn’t even try Gaelicwhile in Ireland; I was far too intimatedto give it a go. Thankfully, the road signswere in both Gaelic and English, hadthey only been in Gaelic I’d still be driv-ing in circles! I’m sure our esteemedEditor, with whom we shared a vehicle,will have pictures and stories in this is-sue of the newsletter…please don’t be-lieve anything he says about me, it willall be a pack of lies! I will say without amoment’s hesitation, a trip to Irelandshould be on everyone’s bucket list. Thepeople were so very friendly and the is-land is just stunning in its beauty, Kimand I will be back again for sure.
The weather is showing signs of fall, ourBurning Bush outside the kitchen win-dow is streaked with red and most ofthe flowers are packing it in. We even
Louis Belanger 11 Forest Lane, Litchfield, NH 03052 (603) 424-7835 [email protected] Beliveau 180 Montgomery Street, Manchester, NH (603)801-2006 [email protected] Braconier 295 N. Mayhew Tpk. Hebron, NH 03241 (603) 744-8444 [email protected] Branch 185 Monument Road, Dublin, NH 03444 (603) 563-8775 [email protected] Connors 8 Mont Vernon Drive, Londonderry, NH 03053 (603) 401-0101 [email protected] dos Santos PO Box 840, Manchester, NH 03105 (603) 361-2653 [email protected] Dougherty 105 Garden Circle, Laconia, NH 03246 (603) 948-2078 [email protected] Gardner 306 Newmarket Road, Durham, NH 03824 (603) 659-0489John Giese 153 Crooked S Road, Lyndeborough, NH 03082 (603) 654-2565 [email protected] Karle 35 Bennington Drive, Belmont, NH 03220 (603) 490-6115 [email protected] MacDuff 11 Governor Square, Peterborough, NH 03458 (603) 924-1066 [email protected] Michaels 7 Jacob Lane, Lee, NH 03824 (603) 6595689 [email protected] Mitchell 228 Portsmouth Avenue, Stratham, NH 03885 (603) 772-1116 [email protected] Morong 859 US Route 1, York, ME 03909 (207) 363-3405 [email protected] Stanley 64 North Shore Drive, Center Barnstead, NH 03225(603) 776-6698 [email protected] Sweet 3 Cross Street, Laconia, NH 03246 (603) 527-8563 [email protected] Young 204 Concord Hill Road, Pittsfield, NH 02363 (603) 435-8660 [email protected]
Manchester BCNH Meeting Notes
Prime Minister ’s Missivemight have a frost tonight. Sadly, thatmeans the driving season is coming to aclose, but don’t put those cars up yet,there is driving yet to accomplish! Wehave an end of season car show atBentley’s, the BCNH official biker barin Arundel, ME on Sunday the 22nd fol-lowed the next weekend by the Speck-led Hen Run in Dover, VT. October 5th
brings a new event co-sponsored withthe Austin-Healey Club of New England,a fall foliage tour of the Monadnock re-gion which should be at peak color in themountains. The Cape Cod British CarClub holds their annual British LegendsWeekend October 11th – 13th in Ply-mouth, MA, while closer to home, theMonadnock Arts Tour will take place onSaturday the 12th and the BCNH WoolArts Tour is the next day, Sunday the13th. Keep in mind, the weather seemsto be staying warmer even into Novem-ber, so don’t discount a few pop-up runsto a pub or scenic overlook…after all, itis a long winter, let’s keep driving up tothe bitter end!
So Saith the Prime Ministerand Lord of Inishowen!
Bob Mitchell called the meeting to or-der at 7:00 pm with 40 members inattendance. First and foremost, wehave some very sad news to reportregarding Betty and Peter Bland. Thisparticular meeting may have beenBetty’s last official meeting withBCNH. On August 8th, 2019 PeterBland had passed to heaven. BothBetty and Peter had a strong mem-bership with BCNH for 20 years.Betty now plans to spend some ofher time in Chicago where she willhave plenty of family to help keep herbusy. BCNH extends their sincerecondolences to Betty and family, andwe wish Betty well as she moves for-ward. It goes without saying, anytimeBetty is back in the Granite State weall welcome her at any BCNH event.Bob announced the treasurer’s re-port- sounded like “ALL” accepted.New member Nick Masi joinedtonight’s meeting. Nick got the “Brit-ish bug” over 45 yars ago, and keepsa 1970 MGBGT wheeling on theNew England roads. Welcome Nick,to British Cars of New Hampshire.
The Amherst Lions Club held anevent on, unfortunately a rainyweather day and reported only 5
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British cars were there-however-it wasstill a fun time. MG Rover day-at LarsAnderson Auto Museum-does not ap-pear anyone attended.
Aldworth Manor event-62 peopleshowed up including Deb Fransway andSue McDuff; 26 cars had the pleasure ofgoing through some beautiful coveredbridges.
Monadnock Tour-great tour: goodweather hosted the British cars to the topof Mount Wachusett, past the mountain’sski trails. There was a BBQ held after-wards.
Wings and Wheels at Sugarbush- toursin the ever soaring gliders.
British Invasion-weekend Sept 13th thru15th- block party encouraged-it’s a greattime! Bentley’s Biker Bar-an interestingdrive from Dover to Arundel ending upwith a show of cars at Bentley’s, Bobseemed to like this one. Kitzoff Inn/Speckled Hen Run- event in West Do-ver, Vermont-Sept 27th thru Sept 29th-call soon if you are interested-smallplace-and yet-another liked by Bob M.Noteworthy-British X-Pats do not havea liquor license-but wait-no worries-BYOB. Monadnock Region- Oct 5th-a fall foliage tour is planned, sorry folks Ido not have the details. Monadnock ArtTour- Oct 12th- with about 50 artistsshowing their creative art-I do not havedetails. Cruising Manchester- Aug 31st-over 900 cars of all sorts to include ‘bout10 British cars-absolutely gorgeoussunny day, side walk cafes thriving withpatrons, overlooking the show -well notexactly field-but show street. Perhapscheck it out next year-you may be pleas-antly surprised!
Raffle tickets for Flushingham Palacewere not available at this meeting-BobS, promoter of sales for tickets was min-gling with said Irish Folk in-yes-Ireland.He will catch you at the next meeting I’msure!
BCNH Treasurer John Giese attendedmeeting-uh oh- no immediate audit wasannounced. John came for the mere en-joyment of the meeting!
Last but not least; The Epsom VarietyShow-Oct 4th & 5th- Our own Bob andJoyce will entertain the socks off of youwith their hidden talents! A wonderfulevening in store-this year’s theme en-titled “Everything Old is New Again.” Ifyou have extra time that weekend youmay want to check it out. $25/plate.Dinner at 6:00-Show starts at 7:00pm.As I am typing this I’m getting all lath-ered up to get a couple of seats at theAmerican Legion Hall in Epsom, have dinner, sit back and enjoy our BCNHmembers on stage!
Meeting adjourned at 7:30 pm.
Well I know I have missed some detailsin these minutes I was hoping Pinchwould fill in the blanks for me at themeeting-however, he had a “old-new”pen that would not cooperate. TypicallyNorma handles the minutes-but she wasoff on the same wild vacation as a fewother club members toasting their IrishAle’s in Ireland! We “all hope” “you all”had a great trip and will share somemoments with us as we mingle through-out our club’s future events.
Cheers!Suzi P.
Seacoast Council Meeting Minutes
Seventeen members and one guest ar-rived at Blue Latitudes in Dover for ourSeptember meeting; later, eighteen mem-bers left. Ron Dubiel of Newburyportjoined during the meeting; he has a 1974Triumph TR6. After a social hour ofgood conversation, food and drink, Co-Minister Norm Michaels called the meet-ing to order at 7:00 pm, and we went
around the room with introductions.
Norm proudly displayed his trophy wonat a car show earlier this month at thetown fair in Lee (his home town). A num-ber of our LBCs took advantage of thefree parking on Third Street, recentlyarranged by Dale Dean. And out of thefunds raised at our Show of Dreams,checks for $6,000 each will be pre-sented to the New Hampshire FoodBank and the High Hopes Foundationat the next Manchester monthly meet-ing.
The Aldsworth Manor trip was well at-tended and a great ride to a beautifullyrestored historic estate in the Monad-nock region. And on the New EnglandTriumphs/BCNH Twin Mountain FallTour twenty six LBCs were filmed cross-ing one of NH’s many covered bridges.
The British Invasion of Stowe, VT, ishappening on 9/13-15. On 9/15 there isalso the Rye Lions Club car show in Rye,NH. On 9/22 we will meet in Dover, NH,and tour to the end-of-season car showat Bentley’s in Arundel, ME. The Speck-led Hen Run event will be at the KitzhofInn in W. Dover, VT, on 9/27-29.
October brings us the Monadnock FallFoliage tour and gimmick rally with theNew England Austin Healey Club on 10/5, followed by our Monadnock Arts Touron 10/12 and the Wool Arts Tour onOctober 13th.
The raffle to benefit our fancy comfortstations at next year’s Show of Dreamsproduced $60 and Jim Bowen donatedhis winnings back to the fund – thankyou, Jim! Other winners took homehumongous British rock candy sticks andScottish shortbread cookies, courtesy ofBob Morneau – thank you, Bob! Wewill next convene at Blue Latitudes onOctober 9th. The meeting adjourned at7:45 pm.
Ben Morong, Secretary
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Here we learned about the world ofthoroughbred race horse breeding. Wecontinued on to the prettiest village inIreland. The next day found us drivingto a small village of Foynes where wevisited the Pan American Flying BoatMuseum which was sponsored byMaureen O’Hara in tribute to her hus-band who was one of the first pilots ofthe boats. The town is famous for in-
venting the Irish coffee. After the bril-liant and fascinating museum we con-tinued our drive to a ferry across theShannon River and along the wild At-lantic way to the spectacular cliffs ofMoher. Although the weather was typi-cally Irish, rain and mist, the view wasimpressive. Jumping back into our carsand remembering to look right and driveon the left we continued to the city ofGalway. We were within walking dis-tance of the town center and youguessed it PUBS! After a breakfast se-lection that included a Full Irish Break-fast of eggs, bacon, bangers, tomato,black pudding, mushrooms, and toast
we departed on the next leg of our rallyto Croach Patrick a 760 meter peakwhere in 441 AD saint Patrick, fastedfor 40 days each year. Many of the faith-ful pay homage by walking up the peak
in bare feet each year. This year in Julythey had 25,000 visitors. At the base ofthe Mountain were a statue of St Patrick
and a sculpture of a ghost ship in remem-brance of the people who died leaving
Ireland to escape the famine. Driving onto Westport we visited the National Mu-seum of country life. The next stop wasthe last working mine in Ireland. We were
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escorted by a retired miner. The mineclosed in 1990 except for the tours givenby these pensioned off miners. Hebrought us through the mine and showedus the working conditions and how they
brought the coal out. It was a very diffi-cult line of work but they were glad tohave it as the pay was quite good. Soonwe entered Northern Ireland. The next
lodging was a grand affair. Five star ho-tel located on a specular golf course onthe edge of Lough Erne. We met in thepub (surprise) for a before dinner drinkand then had the most wonderful meal.We departed the grand hotel and brieflypassed back into Ireland to see the cliffsof Slieve League, three times the height
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of the Cliffs of Moher. (On the waysome of us stopped at a ruined Dunluce
Castle as a side trip). We stopped at avery nice Pub called the Rusty Mack-erel in Donegal. Our next stop was inLondonderry/Derry, Northern Ireland.
We were booked at the City Hotel. Wewalked on the oldest walled city in Eu-rope. We then drove to the GiantsCauseway to see some fantastic rockformations rising out of the sea. Some
of the group visited the Bushmills Distill-ery. We continued our drive to Belfastwhere a small fleet of taxis took us to “The
Troubles” to see the wall that still dividesthe Catholics from the Protestants. Al-
though the fighting stopped 20 years agothe wall remains and the gates are closedevery night at 10:00 pm. We toured theTitanic Museum on the very spot that it
was built. It took 1,500 laborers 26months to build. We spent over twohours in the museum. we had a drink inthe building where they drew up the plans
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for the Titanic. On Saturday the 14, weleft Belfast for our final posh hotel andfarewell dinner. We were treated to a
young troupe of Irish step dancers,BRILLIANT!
We lived up to our Club’s moto of “eat-ing and drinking club with a car prob-
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lem.” We had everything from LambShank to oysters, to fish and chips andbangers and mash. We stopped at
arouind 20 to 30 pubs along the way anddrove just under 1,000 miles.
Club members on the rally were Bob andKim Dougherty, Bob and Diana Stanley,Chuck and Diane Connors, Dennis andPrebble Eklof, and Rod Folia and NormaKarle.
In total, 60 people enjoyed the rally fromthe USA, UK, Singapore, Australia andSwitzerland.
Submitted by: Chuck Connors
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Giants Cawsway
Tea Bus
Prine Minister and SaintPatrick
Bushmill TrainDoolough Tragedy
In memory of those who died in thefamine 1845-1849
Hop on Hop off Bus, Dublin
Highland GamesLoon Mountian
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Wings & Wheels
Three cars (with 4 members and oneguest) met at 9:30 am at The FlyingGoose in New London, NH for thedrive to “Wings and Wheels” put to-gether by Sugarbush Soaring in War-ren, VT. Rick (a grade-school friend ofKarl’s) and Ginny Hanson hosted theevent. The ten dollar admission gavemembers a 10% discount on glider ridesas well as live band entertainment.Burgers or hot dogs, salad, dessert, abeverage and chips could be had for afive dollar donation and show cars en-trants (car or plane) were given a chanceto win people’s choice awards. Freeflights were raffled off as well as “T”shirts and the local brew pub was setup to offer four different drafts.
Wil Smith in his MGB from Hennikerjoined Nancy Rousset, and Karl, Kellieand Emily Timm (their daughter) for thetrip. The soaring was spectacular dueto strong up-drafts, high barometricpressure and clear skies making it pos-sible to see New York, New Hampshire
and Canada from over 5000 feet up.Karl’s pilot, Alex, even gave him the thrillof two wing-overs and zero-Gmanuevers. Planes (an awesomeWACO) and cars (nice Packard road-ster) from the fourties and fifties as wellas a modern kit Cobra and a kit stuntplane were all available for inspection.A long day and a lot of fun was had byall.
Submitted by:Kellie & Karl Braconier
British Invasion
Northern Council Meeting Minutes
After taking the last two months, Julyand August, off from formal meetings wegathered once again at the HomesteadRestaurant in Bristol for the Septembermonthly meeting. Marty Grover did thehonors of bringing the knock off ham-mer down at 7:00pm and Minister Karlstarted off with announcing “No Quiz”this month; to which several membersresponded to bring the quiz back fornext month’s meeting.
Karl brought along a few older tools thathe had acquired from Sally Small. Sheand her husband Ron from Franconia,NH, had attended a BCNH meeting acouple of years back. Ron had passedaway in May, 2019. Ron owned andoperated Sports & Classic Cars ofLittleton, NH, from 2002-2016 and hada variety of cars, memorabilia and tools.
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After the tools had been passed aroundthe room, we discovered that we still didnot know much about the applicationsfor them.
Moving on Alan & Judy Ballard (sanstimer, inside joke) talked about the tripthis summer to Simon Pearce inQuechee, VT. They enjoyed the wind-ing back roads that popped us out in themiddle of Hanover on the green ofDartmouth College, it was a great trip.Mark & Linda Heminway introduced usto the newest member of their family, abeautiful bright red Lotus Elan. PeteWirth also remarked on what a greatsummer it has been for so many differentdrives both by LBC and motorcycle. Healso shared a funny story (well funny now,but not at the time) about losing the clutchpedal while out for a drive. He couldhave sworn there was three pedals whenhe started the drive. Larry Rowe talkedabout his first trip to the British Invasionwhich ran from September 13th – 15th,so many cars and so little time to appre-ciate them in one afternoon.
Paul Ardito was pleasantly surprised tosee his 1967 Jaguar XKE tracked on theJag1 website. Paul also shared a frus-trating but ingenious tale of losing athrottle-shaft nut off of his Corvair whileon a drive, actually finding said nut andputting it back on only to have it fall offagain a few miles down the road. Nosuch luck as finding it a second time buthe ended up using a bungee cord as atemporary fix to get him to his destina-tion. Bob Doc shared a few details fromtheir recent trip (with several otherBCNH members) to Ireland. Just atease, the rest of the story will be in TheBoot, Hood and Bonnet; sounds like anamazing adventure! Bob also shared hisfrustration with trying to replace a flat tire
on the MG TD and where to buy tube-type tires. This conversation turned intoa tubeless versus tube-type tire tech ses-sion and Karl tapped the knock off ham-mer to move the meeting along.
Marty & Elliot had a couple of handoutsfor the members, one being a very sea-son appropriate cartoon about applepicking. The other was all the details fortheir 1953 MGTD 27565 which is forsale and the 1948 MGTC is currentlyon Bring-A-Trailer. Mary Flaherty, whowas interested in all this conversationabout selling cars jokingly said theyshould sell all of Neil’s cars so she couldhave her parking spot back in the ga-rage.
Bob M. said he would love to do thewaterfall tour again and Karl and I knowa friend who works for the State, “Danthe Dam Man” who might be able to findout when the water would be flowingagain at a higher rate so we could moni-tor the best time to view the power ofthe river.
Dave and Sally Swartz who could notmake the meeting but would like to do agroup cookout again next summer in lieuof a meeting for either July or August;more info to come on that.
Kellie reviewed upcoming events on thecalendar and Bob Doc mentionedBentley’s Saloon car show that is hap-pening this weekend in Arundel, Me.This led to a few other items that hadpopped up on the calendar; which is al-ways changing and adding new eventsso please check it often! When you geta chance, check out the fantastic videothat Sue McDuff posted on the BCNHFacebook page with all the cars comingthrough the covered bridge.
The hammer came down at 8:10 pm andfolks bundled up for the cool, top downride home. And what a ride, all you hadto do was tip your head back and enjoythe stars, what a sight!
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We will be continuing to hold the North-ern Council meetings at the HomesteadRestaurant, until they kick us out for be-ing too rowdy. It’s a good thing we haveour own room with a door we can close.
Respectfully submitted with text byKellie, errors and omissions by Karl
BCNH 2019 Calendar of Events
Submitted by: Sue MacDuff
October5th Monadnock Region Fall FoliageTour7th Monthly Meeting, Moe Joe’s,Manchester, NH11th-13th British Legends Weekend,Plymouth, MA12th Monadnock Art Tour
13th Wool Arts Tour
15th Monadnock Council Meeting, atBrady’s Restaurant.17th Northern Council Meeting,
Homestead Restaurant, Bristol, NH
19th Seacoast Council Meeting, Blue
Latitudes, Dover, NH26th Show of Dreams Meeting,Historic Motor Sports, Candia, NHNovember4th Monthly Meeting, Moe Joe’s,
Manchester, NH
9th Monadnock Council Meeting, at
Brady’s Restaurant.
13th Seacoast Council Meeting, Blue
Latitudes, Dover, NH
21st Northern Council Meeting,
Homestead Restaurant, Bristol, NH
December2nd Monthly Meeting, Moe Joe’s,
Manchester, NH
11th Seacoast Council Meeting, Blue
Latitudes, Dover, NH
19th Northern Council Meeting,
Homestead Restaurant, Bristol, NH
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Fall Folliage Rally Tour
When: Saturday October 5, 2019
Where: Bob Britton and LindaHakala’s home17 Bittersweet Lane Hancock, NH03449Time: Plan to arrive around 10-10:30am for breakfast refresher and garagechatWhat: A fun gimmick rally will start atapproximately at 11:00 am and will beabout 1.5 -2.0 hours in length. If youdon’t want to be challenged by thetricky questions then just enjoy the ride.The rally route will take you on the backroads through the “Currier and Ives”towns of the Monadnock regionsouthwest New Hampshire. The rallywill end at a classic New England Innfor lunch and awards ceremony.RSVP to Bob [email protected] or 603-381-3158:by Monday Sept 30th, to let us knowyou’re coming so we can let the Innknow how many to expect for lunch.DIRECTIONS:From the West: Route 9 East fromKeene, NH, continue on Route 9 to-wards Concord, NH, right on Route 123to Hancock, then left on Route 137, go2.5 miles then left onto North Rd, 1stright onto Bittersweet Lane, 2nd drive-way on right
From the East: Route 101 West toPeterborough, NH, turn right on Route202 East, left on Route 137, right ontoNorth Rd, 1st right onto BittersweetLane, 2nd driveway on right
From the South : Route 202 toPeterborough, NH, continue on 202East, then turn left on Route 137 towardsHancock, first right onto North Rd, 1stright onto Bittersweet Lane, 2nd drive-way on right
From the North: Route 202 west fromHillsborough through Bennington, righton Route 137 towards Hancock, firstright onto North Rd, 1st right onto Bit-tersweet Lane, 2nd driveway on right
AHC-NH and BCNH MonadnockCouncil Joint Event
New Members
Chuck TakesianSalisbury, MA1977 MG Midget
Ron DubielNewburyport, MA1974 TR6
Pete and EIleen IngrahamAmhurst, MA1974 Jaguar E-Type Fixed Head coupe
Submitted by: John Giese
Treasurer’s Report
August 15 to September 15Club account
Start Balance $9,644.72Membership $90.00Aldworth Manor event -$1,575.00Badges -$17.50End Balance $8,142.22
Show of Dreams account
Start Balance $16,224.67Porta-potty $70.00Show of Dreams Expenses -$1010.00End Balance $15,284.67
2020 Porta-potty fund = $295
Bentleys SaloonCar Show
On Sunday September 22nd about 20cars from BCNH drove up through NewHampshire and Maine to Bentleys Sa-
loon for their annual Classic car show.After walking around to check out allthe other cars, we went into the restau-rant for lunch where many of us split twin
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lobster dinners. We were then treated toa terrific blues band. It was a great time.Thanks to the Stanley’s for organizing it.
Submitted by:Chuck and Diane Connors
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1952 Bentley (Ireland Car Rally)
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BCNH Car RallyIRELAND 18,500 miles, complete car, runs and
drives, near new tires. Not perfect but,very good body and good interior. Needsto go to enthusiast who will give it theattention it deserves. BEST OFFERTAKES IT !!! Located in Lakes RegionCall Dave 284-6188
1987 Jaguar XJ6 project
. I have Two series 2 parts cars and someseries 3 parts available, call with needs.Sprite tub has little rust, also haveremovable hard top and may have someother parts. Located in Lakes Region CallDave 284-6188
Due to a lack of space, and budgetaryconstraints, I am selling my 1985.5 TVRTasmin for $2,000.For more information as to the conditionof the car, you may email me [email protected] or call 1 (603) 361-2653
1985.5 TVR Tasmin
Car Cover for Mini CooperConvertible - $25.00Contact Sue [email protected]
Cars for Sale
Asking $ 5,000.00. 68,000 milesNew convert able top, new paint job tooriginal orange color, new battery andgood tires.Contact:
Joy Lamonte(603) [email protected]
1979 MGB
Jaguar XJ6 XJ12 parts and1967 Austin Healey Sprite
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Cars for Sale
1992 Jaguar XJ6
1969 MGC6 cyl, 4 speed/overdrive, It has 55,411original miles.Asking $ 22,000Contact: Bill Hebal920-823-2187
1969 Triumph TR6
Tony [email protected]
The car has been fully restored, has acomplete catalog of pics duringrestoration.Since purchasing the car about 15years ago I have added chrome wirewheels and red line Michelins.Runs great and has always beengaraged and never in the rain.Asking $21,000
66K miles, red with factory hardtop, softtop, all covers, minilites with new tires.Extra parts include the original radio, aircleaner, steel wheels, AH hubcaps, andmany more. $9,400 Contact Tom at 207-650-7231Tom Happel
1969 Austin Healey Sprite
It runs, drives, and inspects. Needs newheadliner, some minor electrical work,looks sharp would be a great show carwith some tinkering. $1200/bo Dianne603-553-0625 (call/text)
TRAILER:Lightweight steel open single-axle trailerfor sale. Aluminum ramps. Restored withnew wiring, LED lighting, hitch, surgebrakes, basket tie-downs in 2017. Ratedat 2,000lb capacity, built for an MG, 356or similar. EZ haul with family car using3500-lb hitch.Can be seen now; available August 1.$1,800 FOB Kittery Point, [email protected].,978 590- 5079.
Previously owned and successfullyraced by Karl Ludvigsen in the early1950’s. Now fully restored to showquality.The nicest driving TC we have everoffered for sale. Asking $44,900. CallClarke at Historic Motor Sports. 603-587-0577.
1948 MG-TCExcellent engine with new cam, headgasket at Brit Bits. Some cosmeticdefects. Top is so-so but works. Pricenegotiable. Asking $3500, contact:Jay Goze
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1974 TR6
84,000 miles, Asking $16,000New Transmission 5 speedGaraged & Florida Car
1980 MGB
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