MG Car Club of South Australia
PRE-WAR & T REGISTER
From .. John Bray & Photos by David McNabb
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4 January 2018 Arthur Rudiger ’ s West Lakes . The come and see meeting .
y call out for this meeting was “
Come and see the real thing “ sung by Russell Morris . The diligent Bob Schapel was quick to pick up on the “ Morris ” as in Morris Garages , yes subtle I know but the real things were on show at King Arthur ’ s at West Lakes you only had to be there to see all . Thanks to Arthur who spent a great deal of his leisure time preparing for the meeting , the place looked great , the front lawn vacuumed , the slabs of cardboard drip trays cut and prepared for the leaking TC ’ s on the driveway . Apologies x 2 1 . From the Tour Down Under , 10 December . J Tamke , R Schapel , T Wright , C Whyatt , L Kinnear , G & W Hough , J Davies , P Dallwitz . ( apologies if I have missed someone )
2 . King Arthur ’ s . Mozza ( visitors ), Nick Proferes ( Fiji ), R Gibbs ( wife ’ s birthday ), Leigh Ritcher ( tired ) D Fairbrother ( sore back ), Terry Wright ( recouperating ), Trevor Driver ( Hobart ) , Pearson ’ s , John Tamke ( family ) Don Walker , Peter Shipside . Ronnie Jellet .
Attendance . Would you believe 45 signed in to the meeting , 21 Register vehicles plus other MG ’ s . consisting of 9 TC , 6 TF , 2 TD , 2 Y , 1 NA & 1 ND . TD McNabb was in a head spin over the superior numbers of TF present ! Good to see Gordon Brice back after medical rebuild , Colin Whyatt the Doc after copius holiday cruises , Dick Manning ( TC ), Laurie Houghton ( editor ), Pat Mullins ( MGA ) & the Serial Pest ( God help us !! )
General Business . Laurie Houghton , our illustrious editor was first cab off the rank and addressed the meeting . A motor sport informationmeeting will be held at the Clubrooms on February 23 , 7.00pm , Mick Mitolo will provide a gourmet BBQ . Come and see the Gibb MGZT , powerful 520 hp MG . The MG Challenge with the Victorians will be held at The Bend raceway at Tailem Bend in June on the short course track . More to come on all this later in reports . Peter Auld had news , good news & bad news , but no fake news yet . Paint Supplies at Royal Park can now put your selected automotive paint into aerosol cans to suit whatever you need . ( good news ) . Peter had a bit of trouble purchasing a crankshaft online , good news : it was an attractive price , bad news : the attractive price has evaporated and escalated up on his credit card statement . Really bad news : “ I can ’ t get no satisfaction ”
AC Pearson looking for 12mm number punches for his EK ute reno , Dean Hosking looking around in his garage , sounds sus Dean , changing numbers not ethical , just saying mind you .
Gordon Brice looking for a secondhand door for his TD , also supplying a rocker cover for Heather Bennett who will attempt to become world champion at the MG Nat Meeting in Tas , rocker cover challenge .
Bob Bazzica , renowned restoration guru , advised that he is selling two
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