MG Car Club of South Australia
PRE-WAR & T REGISTER From ... John Bray
4 May 2017 The Walk , Coromandel Valley Thane Martin ’ s “ RAA ” Garage
Walk the walk & talk the talk . Yes it was a case of turning up at the Walk to talk the talk in Thane ’ s immaculate showpiece garage down at Coromandel Valley . Twenty eight enthusiasts signed in , twelve T Register cars turned a generally quiet suburb into a classic car display including the noisy others that got the dogs barking upon exiting the Walk from the RAA garage brilliantly illuminated and buzzing with talk the talk . Missing in action . Firstly the usual suspects , Buckley ( China dolls ) Bazzica ( via Arthur ) TD Mc Nabb ( Shepparton via Kaniva ) Kenny Fisher ( feeling poorly ) Doc Whyatt ( cruising with his beloved ) Joy & Daddy Pearson ( much too cold ) serial pest John Neilson ( too far too cold ) and lastly the best excuse of all , Peter Cundy ( carrying shopping bags in Europe for his beloved while hoping to sniff out NA parts ) The Garage . Sincere thankyou to Thane Martin again this year for preparing his garage that I termed the “ RAA ” Garage full of beautiful memorabilia , signs , petrol bowsers , tin cans , posters , etc . His recent purchase of a Porsche banner from an unsuspecting neighbour clearing his garage to make way for an elderly aunt , was an outrageously cheap price ( steal ) that is testimony of his sniffing ability almost as good as the “ Doc ” Dallwitz in his day . It ’ s about all they have in common though . Sorry to hear that Peter Auld was convinced that Thane actually ran a RAA
10 garage at Coromandel Valley on the Main Road , guess I have to be less than subtle in my articles in future , hate to see people getting lost and frustrated looking for the place . Visitor Club member and first timer to a register meeting was Simon Ewart who now has a 1946 MG TC , chassis 0644 , engine XPAG 10842 and would you believe it , it is listed in a register booklet that Wes Southgate gave me several years ago , miracle ! Simon purchased it out of Sydney NSW . General Business . Well , there was some and lots of interjections from the assembled populous as usual , however I have endeavoured to report on a few that are worthy of sensible comment , Russell Girth , please note . Anthony Pearson thanked members of the Register who assisted in the Nat Meet concours at Glenelg over Easter . Anthony is to be congratulated on his leadership running the event this year . Anthony will be overseas with his bulbs in June , Chelsea Flower Show I think . Maurice Linehan gave an insight on the difficulties of wearing Stephies pyjamas and the potential embarrassment that can ensue if one is caught at an inopportune moment . Well that ’ s basically what he said . Nat Meet Director Tim Edmonds appeared and thanked members who participated in what was a hugely successful meeting for the car club at Easter . Terry Wright ’ s amazing and highly professional photographs of the racing at Phillip Island were a highlight of the night that kept interested party ’ s preoccupied and attention diverted from important aspects of the register meeting ,