November, 2015

Next MeetingsNovember 2, 7:00 pm at Moe Joe’s Family Restaurant

2175 Candia Road, Manchester, NH 03104November 19, 7:00 pm at the Common Man in Plymouth, NH

Earl Tucker’s 1956 MGA Race Car

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Earl Tucker’s Race cars

In 1996 I purchased my first race car, a1959 MGA (the car has a 1600 cc mo-tor), but I changed it to a street legal carand drove it for about a year. Then I con-verted it back to a race car in 1997 withall the appropriate required safety equip-ment to make it race legal.

I joined the VSCCA (Vintage Sports CarClub of America) in 1998 and I attendedtheir race school. In my first race I fin-ished last.

In August 1998, I raced at the NewHampshire International Speedway(now it is the New Hampshire Speed-way). I did not place but had a lot offun.

I also raced at Limerock Speedway inLakeville, Connecticut.

My wife, Caroline, took a VSCCA rac-ing course in 1999 with Bill Stevens(President of the BCNH club at thetime).

The first meeting of the BNCH car clubwas held in Mike Sweet’s apartment. Ihave been a member since the early1990’s.

I completed a body off full restorationof my MGA in 1999.

My 1959 MGA ,along with Bill StevensMGB, MGA and TR6, were stored in1999 in Bill’s barn. All three cars tookfirst in class at Stowe’s British Invasion.Bill’ s barn burnt to the ground and welost all three cars.

In June 1999, I heard about a white1956 MGA at Lime Rock Park that wasfor sale. Bill and I drove to the guy’shouse in Long Island and bought it. Billbought a 1959 MGA. We met the guyon Friday and bought the cars on Sun-day and trailered the 1959 back with just$1000 down.

In 1999 I finished third in class in therain at Lime Rock.

In October at Lime Rock both Carolineand I raced the 1956 MGA in differentclasses.

In 2014 I raced at Thomson Speedwayand took third place on Friday, Satur-day and Sunday in my1959 MGA. Icontinue to race the MGA.

In 2007 purchased a 1959 Elva.

The Alva had a 1098 cc motor and Ichanged it to a 1071 cc and it can nowrun up to 7500 RMP,. I put in an APTcam shaft, two 1 1/2 inch SU carbure-tors. The transmission has straight cutgears, aluminum flywheel, and a SPEC

clutch. I am working on the Alva thiswinter to get it ready for the 2016 sea-son

I worked at a Toyota dealer for 10 yearsand 17 years at a Nissan dealer, alwaysas a mechanic.

I went to Historic Motor Sports look-ing for a car to buy and ended up work-ing there and have been working at His-toric Motor Sports for over two yearsnow.

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BCNHMONARCHY

PRIME MINISTERRobert Mitchell

PRIME MINISTER EMERITUSWade dos Santos

CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER

John Giese

NEWSLETTERChuck & Diane Connors

John GieseOwen & Virginia Christiansen

REGALIAJoan Young

SECRETARYNorma Karle

WEBMASTERKate Stanley Robinson

MEMBERSHIP COORDINATORLouis Belanger

TECH SESSION COORDINATORWade dos Santos

ADVERTISING COORDINATOR(open)

PUBLIC RELA TIONS(open)

INTER-CLUB COORDINA TORBob Dougherty

CALENDAR COORDINA TORSue MacDuff

SHOW OF DREAMS DIRECTORBob Stanley

HISTORIANMike Sweet

www.bcnh.orgContact information on page 4

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BCNH provides to its members and their families British auto-oriented activitiesand social events throughout the year. Benefits of the club participation includemonthly meetings, rallies, tech sessions, club socials, car shows and other events.

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Prime Minister’sMissive

Contact informationLouis Belanger 11 Forest Lane, Litchfield, NH 03052 (603) 424-7835 80mgbman@comcast.netKarl Braconier 295 N. Mayhew Tpk. Hebron, NH 03241 (603) 744-8444 bractek@gmail.comChuck Connors 8 Mont Vernon Drive, Londonderry, NH 03053 (603) 401-0101 canddconnors@comcast.netWade dos Santos PO Box 840, Manchester, NH 03105 (603) 361-2653 wademds@gmail.comBob Dougherty 28 Ledgewood Drive, Strafford, NH 03884 (603) 948-2078 Rdocmg@gmail.comJohn Giese 153 Crooked S Road, Lyndeborough, NH 03082 (603) 654-2565 johgie@tds.netNorma Karle 51 Durgin Road, Chichester, NH 03258 (603) 437-8931 karle01@comcast.netSue MacDuff 510 Sand Hill Road, Peterborough, NH 03458 (603) 924-1066 Lucymac1@comcast.netRobert Mitchell PO Box 270, Stratham, NH 03885 (603) 772-1116 RBMit-MM@comcast.netBob Stanley 64 North Shore Drive, Center Barnstead, NH 03225(603) 776-6698 bobstan1950@gmail.comMike Sweet 3 Cross Street, Laconia, NH 03246 (603) 527-8563 CoventryCat71@comcast.netJoan Young 204 Concord Hill Road, Pittsfield, NH 02363 (603) 435-8660 TWYJGY@aol.com

There are many, I included, that think weare just coming into the most beautifulpart of the year in New England. Cooldays and crisp nights and lots of coloreverywhere. For those of us that arecoddlers, the crisp nights are a great ex-cuse, but I digress.

The downside is, of course, that the joysof open car touring are somewhat dimin-ished when frostbite threatens the cheek-bones. It is hard to fully enjoy the fallfoliage when it forces us to start thinkingof the annual rituals of hibernation for ourcars.

But as we wind down the season, let usreflect for a moment on just what a won-derful year this has been.

Perhaps the most obvious indication thatwe are “doing something right” is in ClubMembership and Meeting Attendance.Membership has increased just about10% from the previous year (now at 231Memberships), keeping in mind that most“Memberships” are actually couples, sowe have closer to 400 people involved(cars don’t join car clubs – people do).Perhaps Meeting Attendance is an evenbetter indicator. The fact that MeetingAttendance is up about 20% from lastyear confirms that we are a social club –the primary purpose of our meetings is

to meet.

In addition, the Lakes Region and NorthCouncil have afforded another 15 to 20members a chance to share thecomradery in a way that has been moredifficult for them in the past. I applaudKarl and Kellie Braconier’s efforts inmaking that happen. If you haven’t triedattending one of their meetings, you mightwant to try. Since it is a smaller group, ithas a somewhat different feel to it thanthe Manchester meetings. All membersare welcome to attend either meeting –or both. You are not limited to the oneclosest to you. In fact, one of the rea-sons that the two meetings are held ondifferent nights is so you can go to which-ever one best fits your schedule in anygiven month.

I certainly don’t know each and everyone of those members, but the ones thatI have gotten to know in my few yearswith the Club have become my friends.

With those new friends I have:

· Celebrated the Club’s “Birthday” at theTuscan Kitchen in Salem (and toured therestored train station there)

· Learned more about our cars instru-mentation at the Spring Tech Session

· Supported Rotary at the LondonderryRotary Car Show

· Got “Lost” on the Jaguar Club’s Magi-cal Mystery Tour

· Enjoyed the beauties of MysticSeaport during the British-by-the-SeaShow

· Watched the Vintage Races atThompson Speedway in Connecticut

· Toasted the Queen at our AnnualBirthday Party in her honor

· Caravanned to the Castle-in-the-Clouds for their Annual Car Show

· Supported Sam Smith and Brit Bitsat their Show in Portsmouth

· Attended the BCNH Show ofDreams

· Ate lots of ice cream on our DessertFirst Dinner Drive

· Participated in the DunbartonAnniversary Parade and ate at theMolly Stark Tavern

· Participated in the Boston Cup andthe Hemmings Annual Concours

· Oh yes – and drank a few beers atthe British Beer Company CruiseNights.

To me, these are the activities that makeBCNH the Club that I want to belongto. As the old saw goes, the more you

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North CouncilMinutes

Treasurer’s Report

put into it – the more you get out.

Please join us for as many meetings andevents as you can so we can get to knowyou better. We understand that no onecan make it to all of them – that’s whywe schedule so many. Join us when youcan – that’s why you joined.

So Saith Prime Minister

August 15 to September 15Club account

Start Balance $2,235.49Membership $90.00Newsletter -$276.90End Balance $2,048.59

Show of Dreams account

Start Balance $2,595.16Regalia Sales $10.00Porta-potty raffle $160.00End Balance $2,765.16

2015 Sept 17Minister Karl called the meeting of theNorthern Council to order when theknock-off hammer went down at 7:01pm. He started the introductions offwith a short story about his secondBritish car, a TR4, that ended up as adonor car for a TR3A and the TR4’ssubsequent destruction and demise.Bob and Alice Valpey (new membersas of this meeting) told of an earlyHealey adventure and the hard tobelieve story of trading an Allard for aStudebaker (still hard to believe, guesswe’d have to see which Studebaker).Bob and Kim Dougherty educated usabout the fascination that buffalo havewith ladies in red MG’s but not men inwhite ones during their trip to Boise,Idaho. Neil Flaherty chimed in notinghe was the only member without aBritish car but detailed the virtues ofthe classy and dependable replicaMGTD he drives. Prime Minister Bobreminisced about his days of driving anAvanti in reference to Bob Valpey’sStudebaker trade. Pete Wirth gave us

an update on the fine tuning of his TR8upon the installation of his thirdcarburetor and Don Margeson broughtup the virtues of leaded gas and 100octane aviation gas. (No known IRSor EPA agents in the membership havevoiced concern to date.) Ivar andMaggie Wold (renewed members asof this meeting) told of a wonderful tripfrom England to the northern fringes ofNorway in a Morris “8” with everyconceivable part except a spare engineand fan in the boot.After a period of open discussion; weare still looking into a cruise to theIcehouse Museum in New London,NH and meeting at Gunstock inGuilford, NH., the upcoming eventswere covered including The BritishInvasion. The meeting concluded withthe fall of the knock-off hammer at8:40 pm. We then adjourned to theparking lot to admire Bob Michel’sRiley and Bob and Alice Valpey’sAllard along with four other top-downBrit’s. Any errors or omissions are alldue to Karl’s lack of attention todetail.

Respectfully submitted,Kellie & Karl Braconier

Show of Dreams Meeting

October 2015

The Show of Dreams Committee meet-ing was hosted by Bill Greenan and PamBoyer at their home in Strafford, NH.Twenty one committee members at-tended.

The discussions began with a critique ofthe 2015 show.

There was some concern with the place-ment of vendors on the field. Some ven-dors were placed near the food vendorsand others were on the other side of thefield in a more remote location. Feed-back from the vendors in the remote lo-cation was not as positive as hoped.

The committee decided to expand thevendor area and keep all the vendors inone area in 2016.

The food vendor area will remain nearthe shed for access to the water andelectric power needed to operate theequipment.

The picnic tables in the center of thevendor area will remain the same.

There was some confusion with theparking of the vendor trailers and place-ment of generators at the 2015 show.To make the parking process for ven-dors more efficient, the vendor registra-tion form will include questions as totrailer size/orientation and use of gen-erators. This will enable the vendor co-ordinator to park each vendor withenough space for trailer and equipmentto eliminate issues with exhaust fumesand noise from generators.

The committee will be contacting BrickOven Pizza vendors to add some vari-ety to the food choices. A request wasmade to locate a vendor to provide icedcoffee and decaf coffee. The search willbegin with Five Star Barbeque andBruster’s Ice Cream.

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How to rate the condition of acar :

1) Excellent: Restored to maximumprofessional standards of quality in ev-ery area, or perfect original with com-ponents operating and appearing as new.A 95-plus point show car that is notdriven.

In national show judging, a vehicle innumber 1 condition is likely to win tophonors in its class. In a sense, it hasceased to be an automobile and has be-come an object of art. It is transportedto shows in an enclosed trailer, and notbeing shown, is stored in a climate-con-trolled facility. It is not driven. There

are few number 1 vehicles.

2) Fine: Well-restored, or a com-bination of superior restoration and ex-cellent original. Also an extremely wellmaintained original showing minimalwear.

Except for the closest inspection, a num-ber 2 vehicle may appear as a number1. The number 2 vehicle will take thetop award in many judged shows, ex-cept when competing against a number1 example in its own class. It may also

be driven 800-1000 miles each ear toshows or tours or simply for pleasure.

3) Very good: Completely oper-able original or “older restoration” show-ing wear. Also, a good amateur resto-ration, all presentable and serviceableinside and out. Plus, combinations ofwell-done restoration and good operablecomponents; or a partially restored carwith all parts necessary to complete itand/or valuable new old stock (NOS)parts.

This is a “20 footer.” That is, from 20

feet away it may appear perfect. But aswe approach it, we begin to notice thepaint may be getting thin in spots fromfrequent washing and polishing. Look-ing inside, we might detect wear on thedriver’s seat, foot pedals and carpeting.The chrome trim, while still quite pre-sentable, may have lost its sharp, mirrorlike reflective quality it had when new.All systems and equipment on the carare in good operating order. In general,most of the vehicles seen at car showsare in number 3 condition.

4) Good: A drivable vehicle need-ing no, or only minor work to be func-tional. Also, a deteriorated restoration ora poor amateur restoration. All compo-nents may need restoration to be “ex-cellent,” but the vehicle is mostly usable“as is.”

This is a driver. It may be in the processof restoration or its owner may have bigplans, but even from 20 feet away, thereis no doubt that it needs a lot of help.

5) Restorable: Needs completerestoration of body, chassis and interior.May or may not be running, but isn’tweathered, wrecked and/or stripped tothe point of being useful only for parts.

This car needs everything. It may not beoperable, but it is essentially all there and

has only minor surface rust, if any rust atall. While presenting a real challenge tothe restorer, it won’t have him doing alot of chasing for missing parts.

6) Parts car: May or may not berunning, but is weathered, wrecked and/or stripped to the point of being usefulprimarily for parts.

This is an incomplete or greatly deterio-rated, perhaps rusty vehicle that hasvalue only as a parts donor for other res-toration projects.

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Leaf Peeping British Style:BCNH Fall Folliage Tour

Jane Corbett

The air was crisp, and the sun wasshining in a nearly cloudless sky. Thosewho dared to ride top down donnedheavy sweaters, hats, and sunglasses aswe left Historic Motorsports on the FallFoliage Tour. From afar, we looked likea parade of MGB roadsters, but closerinspection revealed one BGT, two Jags,and a Triumph TR7__a total of 11 LBC’scruising the backroads of Candia,Deerfield, Allenstown, and Epsom. Fol-lowing organizers Tim and Joan Youngin Bonnie Blue, we headed north onRoute 28 through Chichester until weturned left at Kelley’s Corner. Then wetook another quick left onto PleasantStreet., very aptly named. We climbedgently rolling hills past mossy stone walls,working farms, and sturdy old New En-glanders (homes, not senior citizens). Assoon as the road widened and flattenedout, we were met with an explosion ofcolor. We had arrived at our first officialstop, Pleasant View Gardens, a ProvenWinner display facility, in Loudon. Weparked the cars and grabbed our cam-eras. Entering, we passed a huge arboroverflowing with crimson petunias andchartreuse sweet potato vines. Then westrolled the grounds past scores of mam-moth hanging planters filled with hot pinkand mauve impatiens, red and white be-gonias, and deep purple lantanas. Or-namental grasses, hydrangeas, and hibis-cus trees lined gravel driveways andwound past neon colored window boxesand ended at the base of lofty domes ofmulticolored petunias. We snapped pho-tos, tried out the oversized “Edith Ann”garden seat, and returned to our cars,our imaginations brimming with ideas forour own gardens next spring.

Then we were off to Apple View Or-chard on Upper City Road in Pittsfield,not far away. Since it was a perfect day,

the orchard was teeming with adults andchildren. There were apples to pick;goats, pigs, and bunnies to pat; and allkinds of goodies to sample and purchase.The aroma of hot apple fritters lured usinto the barn. Once inside, what dilem-mas we faced. What kind of apples wouldwe sample or buy? How many applefritters could we eat (They were big anddelicious!)? Should we bring back a

homemade apple pie or apple crisp?Coffee? Hot cider? Cold cider? Or wasit the kind of day for a large scoop of icecream in a waffle cone? We made ourchoices then went outside into the sun.Some sat on the rear deck overlookingthe orchard; others found a spot on thefront porch enjoying its commandingview of the farmlands and foothills lead-ing to Prospect Mountain.

After a while, we wandered back to thecars, queued up, and moved on. Thistime the tour led us down Rt. 126 intoBarnstead, to Rt. 202A and ProvinceRoad in Strafford, down Parker Moun-tain Road, and onto Rt. 9. Soon we ar-rived at Calef’s, an old fashioned coun-

try store in Barrington. As soon as weopened the door, we were transportedback in time to an earlier era. We hadentered NH’s quintessential generalstore with its creaking wooden floors,pickle barrel, and canisters of brightlywrapped penny candies. Shelves werelined with jellies, jams, and maple syrup.Coolers contained sarsaparilla, rootbeer, and Snappy Old cheese. Afterabout 20 minutes of browsing and remi-niscing, we were on the road again head-ing to our final destination, the Holy Grailin Epping.

We took a circuitous route, past pondsand “dumb white chickens”. But whenwe reached Rt. 152, those who weregetting hungry put the pedal to the metal.Others, including Bill “Nobody wants toride behind me” Greenan, drove at amore leisurely pace enjoying the scen-ery and crisp fall air.

Soon…sooner for some than forothers…we arrived at the Holy Grail.Located right off Rt. 125, the restaurantis housed in the former St. JosephCatholic Church. Seated in the choir loftoverlooking the mural on the altar wall,we enjoyed a “leisurely’ dinner of Irishpub grub and enjoyed each other’s com-pany.

Many thanks go out to Tim and JoanYoung for their hard work in planningsuch a successful ride. We were blessedby good weather, good roads, goodfellowship…and no breakdowns. Itdoesn’t get any better than that.

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The 25th British Invasion proved to beone of the best weather wise as well asfor the BCNH.

The club members won 14 awardsincluding best of show by ElliotGrover. Yes we are a social club butwe have some brilliant cars as well.

Many club members stayed at theCommodores Motel and did socializea wee bit. The field was in greatcondition and it was nice not to drive inthe mud. BCNH had a hospitality tentand it was a nice place to escape theheat and sun, and of course socializesome more.

Michael Gaetano did use some of theBCNH Show of Dreams ideas like theair conditioned port-a-potty, but ACdid not work in the one they used nordid the piped in music.

Approximatley 700 British Cars werepresented in the show by proudowners making the show one of thelargest in North America.

Main Street (RT. 100) was closedfrom 6 PM to 9 PM for a street partyas has been the case for several years.A band played mostly 60’s songs anda lot of people danced in the street.Fun was had by all and it was nice notto have to bundle up against the coldthis year.

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1933 MG JA

British Invasion 2015BCNH Winners

BEST OF SHOWElliot Grover, Moultonborough, NH1948 MG-TC Roadster

AUSTIN HEALEY 1001st Brad & Cheryl Mouuseau,Bedford, NH1954 Austin Healey 100 BN1

2nd Ivar &Maggie Wold,Moultonborough, NH1956 Austin Healey 100M

AUSTIN HEALEY 3000 MARK II& MARK III3rd Donald Margeson,Center Harbor, NH1967 Austin Healey 3000, MKIII

AUSTIN HEALEY SPRITE,BUGEYE & SQUAREBODY1st Chuck & Diane Connors,Londonderry, NH1958 Austin Healey Sprite

MG PRE-WAR & TC2nd Shirley G. Splaine,Center Harbor, NH1933 MG J2

MG TD1st Marty Grover,Moultonborough, NH

1953 MGTD RoadsterMGB LATE CHROME BUMPERS1970-743rd Dave & Pat Raiche,Bedford, NH1973 MGB Roadster

MG-MIDGET CHROMEBUMPER1st Roger & Crystal Treadwell,Deering, NH1972 MG Midget

TRIUMPH TR4 & TR2502nd Barry & Carol Podmore,Alton Bay, NH1968 Triumph TR250

TRIUMPH SPITFIRE & GT61st Bob & Diana Stanley, Ctr.Barnstead, NH1969 Triumph GT6+

LOTUS3rd Keith & Peggy Richardson,Londonderry, NH2006 Lotus Coupe

ASTON MARTIN & LAGONDA1st John Gallagher, Amherst, NH2007 Aston Martin Vantage V8

JENSEN1st Karen Hakala, Norway, ME1974 Jensen-Healey Roadster

COMPETITION OF COLORSTim Hutchisen, Norway, ME1960 Triumph TR3ABlack

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There were 50 members in attendancewhen Prime Minister Bob called themeeting to order.

Our first order of business was to ac-cept last month’s minutes as publishedin the newsletter. Then we accepted thetreasurer’s report as printed. YAY wehave money in the treasury.

We had no new members to harass thismonth so we skipped over that item onthe agenda

Old Activities were then discussed.

Thank you Inge and Gerry for organiz-ing the Molly Stark drive, our participa-tion in the Dunbarton birthday paradeand the dinner at Molly’s Tavern. A greattime was had by all who attended andwe picked up several more members atthe dinner because we are an eating anddrinking club.

Thanks also to John Bowe who orga-nized the Lobster run to Browns. SorryI missed it – I don’t usually skip any-thing where I can eat lobster.

A big thank you to Tim and Joan Youngwho hosted the foliage drive – it seemsthis was an MGB event with 9 MGBsand the odd Jaguars (2) and the lonelyTR7. The ride started at HistoricMotorsports, went to Pleasant Viewgardens and ended up at the Holy Grail.

Our club participation in the British In-vasion at Stowe was also a huge suc-cess. Elioit Grover took best of showwith his MGTC, Marty took a first withher MGTD, Bob and Diana took a firstwith their GT6, Karen Hakala took atrophy with her Jensen Healey and there

were other members as well who tookhome trophies.

BCNH dominated the Speckled HenRun this year with 13 members attend-ing. A fun time was had by all. We vis-ited Hemmings, then went to the ManOf Kent Pub where they actually hadOld Speckled Hen on draft this time, thenwe headed to the Manchester area totour a couple of covered bridges and theChocolatorium.

BCNH was also well represented at theBoston Cup again this year by DaveLeBlanc and Historic Motorsports.

The driving season is not over yet, thereare still some events in October such asthe CCBCC British Legends weekend. Get out and drive those cars before youput them away for the winter.

In November, we will prepare a slate ofofficers for upcoming elections. Pleasestep forward to volunteer for a position. We can use your help and we do have alot of fun.

The not so 50-50 was won by Klaus.

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Upcoming Events

BCNH 2015 Calendar of Events

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

November:

2nd Monthly Meeting Manchester, NH19th Monthly Meeting Plymouth, NH

December:

7th Monthly Meeting Manchester, NH17th Monthly Meeting Plymouth, NH

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November Events

As it is time to put our little cars awayfor their winter rest we only have ourmonthly BCNH meetings this month. OnNovember 2nd we meet in Manchesterat Moe Joe's and on the 19th our North-ern Council will meet at the CommonMan in Plymouth.

Our friends in the Berkshire British Mo-tor Club have two events planned thismonth that we are invited to attend. Thefirst is the Goulish Dash on November8th and the second one is a Turkey Driveon November 22nd. These drives usu-ally start in the Bennington VT or NorthAdams MA area. Details have not beenworked out but if anyone is interested,contact Al Chicote at calm@sovner.net.

We enjoy getting together with our carsbut as our Prime Minister, Bob, has re-peatedly said "We are a social group,"so that means we do not need our carsto get together. With that in mind, we canalways get together during the winter forbrunch, a museum visit, whatever. Anyideas? Let us know.

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SHOW OF DREAMSCOMMITTEE MEETING(continued)The Restroom Trailer will be reservedfor the 2016 show. Since the stairwayfor the Restroom Trailer is so high offthe ground, the committee will make twoadditional bottom steps to make the ac-cess easier.

Since the show has grown, the commit-tee sees the need for coordinators forvarious aspects of the show. In particu-lar: vendors, charities, field set-up andshow car parking.

The coordinators will be the “go to per-son” in each category. Please let thecommittee know if you are willing tovolunteer for one of these jobs.

Overall the 2015 show was a successwith positive feedback in most areas.All feedback only helps to improve theshow.

The 2016 SOD discussion began withchoosing a date for the show.

The two dates available: Saturday July23, 2016 and Saturday, July 30, 2016.

Pinch Polenchar had suggested the com-mittee try to combine the SOD with theNew England Triumphs Day of Triumphshow which is usually presented the dayafter the SOD. However, after discus-sion with the director of NET, we have

been told that NET does not schedulethe date for the Day of Triumph. LarzAnderson Museum of Transportationchooses the date for the NET show af-ter the first of the new year. With thatinformaton, the committee decided toschedule the date for the SOD.

The date for the 2016, 20th Annual Showof Dreams is: Saturday, July 23, 2016.

The committee will submit the applica-tion to the Hudson School Board forapproval to use the Alvirne Hills HouseField on that date.

The Featured Marque: MORGAN

Dave LeBlanc has volunteered to con-tact the Morgan Club director to invitethe Morgan club to the SOD.

Norma will be working on the registra-tion form to add any new classes neededand eliminate classes which are redun-dant.

The show trophies will remain the sameas 2015. Wine, bread boards, cheeseboards and wine glasses.

The trophy inventory is as follows:

1 ea. Best in Show Wine Carrier

2 ea. Best of Featured Marque WineCarriers

5 ea. 2nd Place Bread Boards

8 ea. 3rd Place Cheese Boards

20 ea. 1st Place Wine Glass Holders

72 ea. Wine Glasses

Dave Corbett has retired from makingthe wine glass holders. (Thanks Dave forall your hard work). Dave has made atemplate (jig) for the wine glass holders.If anyone is interested in taking on thejob of making the wine glass holders,please contact Bob or Diana Stanley.

Joan Young reported the SOD tee shirtsdid not sell as well in 2015 as they did in2014. The retail price had to be increasedto $18.00 each due to an increase in cost.

The ladies tee shirts (historically) do notsell as well as the men’s tee shirts. In aneffort to keep the costs down and nothave any left over inventory, the com-mittee decided not to purchase ladies teeshirts for the 2016 show.

Joan will contact Lands End to registerthe BCNH logo. This will allow BCNHclub members to choose clothing andaccessory items from the Lands Endcatalogue embroidered with the BCNHlogo. The information for ordering fromLands End with the BCNH logo will beposted in the newsletter as soon as thearrangements are complete.

The SOD committee is still searching fora reasonably priced trailer to store theSOD materials.

A 6’ x 12’ trailer would be acceptable inthe price range of no more than$2,000.00.

Norma has located information on twofund raising organizations: Gofundme &Crowdrise. Crowdrise will charge a 3%fee and Gofundme will charge a 5% feefor their services.

More research will be done and reportedat a later date.

The date for the November 2015 Showof Dreams Committee Meeting is: Sat-urday, November 21, 2015 at the homeof Dana Casko and Denice Anderson,66 Alexander Road, Londonderry, NH03053.

Please contact Dana and Denice withyour RSVP and what you will bring toadd to the meal.

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Earl Tucker’s Race cars - Continued

Motor for the Elva is being rebuilt

Cockpit of the Elva

Earl finishing third at Thomson

More photos from the BritishInvasion

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British Cars of New Hampshire51 Durgin Road

Chichester, NH 03258