MORRIS GARAGES INFORMER. The Official Newsletter of the Florida Suncoast MG Car Club. VOLUME 23, NUMBER 1 January 2018

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1 It s Gotta Be Fun MORRIS GARAGES INFORMER The Official Newsletter of the Florida Suncoast MG Car Club VOLUME 23, NUMBER 1 January 2018 The FSMGCC annual Christmas Party & Installation of Officers was at the Tampa Bay Automobile Museum in Pinellas Park. Everyone enjoyed both the classic cars that are on display and the catered dinner. Additional pictures are on pages 9 & 10. Thanks Jack Maniscalco for taking fabulous pictures! Next Membership Meeting: Saturday, January 27, 2018 Breakfast served from 8:30 a.m. at the Clearwater Country Club, North Betty Lane, Clearwater FL Guest Speakers: Lorraine Spicer & Barrie Carson will show a short video and talk about their trip to Iceland. 1 Inside This Edition Christmas Party Page 1. Alfa Event Invitation Page 2 Eco-Tour Flyer...Page Membership Application...Page 4 Activities List Page 5 Activities List, continue page 6 1st Day Drive event. Page 6 Support our Advertisers..Page 7 FSMGCC Twitter Announcement..Page 7 Fellowship & Calendar....Page 8 Party Pictures...Pages 9 & 10 European Car Show Flyer.....Page 11

2 2018 Club Officers President: Ted Badger Vice-President: Barrie Carson Secretary: Gail Lenhard Treasurer: John Lester Board of Directors: Glenn Lenhard Dave Wilgus Bruce Rauch Regalia Chairman Barrie Carson fsmgcc Twitter Help: Jeff Brown Website: Newsletter Editor: Gail Lenhard, Editor It s Gotta be fun! REGISTER FOR FAC POLO MATCH - RSVP by 1/20/18 JANUARY 28, 2018 SARASOTA POLO GROUNDS NAME: NUMBER OF TICKETS: MAILING ADDRESS: YEAR/MAKE/MODEL OF CAR: CLUB AFFILIATION: CHECK PAYABLE TO FLORIDA ALFA CLUB AND MAIL TO; BOB SCOTT RD PLACE EAST BRADENTON, FL

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5 Jan 13 - Tampa Bay British Car Club Breakfast Quest, at 8:30 AM, Proino Breakfast Club, 201 West Bay Dr, Largo, FL Hosted by Hannah & Irwin Ayes Jan 20: Eco-Tour of the Pinellas County Solid Waste Management Facility, th Ave. N, St. Petersburg, 10:30 AM followed by lunch at Quaker Steak & Lube. A classroom discussion is followed by a tour of the awardwinning processing and disposal facilities. Please RSVP to Bruce & Bert Rauch at: or brauch1@tampabay.rr.com Jan 20: FSMGCC Board of Directors Meeting to be held after the Eco-Tour - location to be announced. Jan 27: FSMGCC Monthly Meeting; Saturday, 9:00 AM at the Clearwater Country Club Grill Room, 525 North Betty Lane, Clearwater, FL (727) Breakfast served starting at 8:30 AM. Guest Speaker: Lorraine Spicer & Barrie Carson will discuss a movie of their trip to Iceland. Jan 28: Polo Match Outing & Tail Gate Party - The FSMGCC is invited to join the Florida Alfa Club at the Sarasota Polo Club in Lakewood Ranch, 8201 Polo Club Ln, Sarasota. Admission is $15.00 per person and includes select tail-gate parking by the field and a pole canopy shelter; bleacher seating or your own travel chairs. BYO food, drink and anything you d like to share. For tickets and information contact Bob Scott at (817) or rlscott007@gmail.com Jan 28: Devereaux-Kaiser Meet, Rangeland Pkwy., Lakewood Ranch, FL 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. This is a drive-in event with over 1500 vehicles 1993 and older. Participation is free Spectator parking is $5.00. For info go to: Feb 24: FSMGCC Monthly Meeting; Saturday, 9:00 AM at the Clearwater Country Club Grill Room, 525 North Betty Lane, Clearwater, FL (727) Breakfast served starting at 8:30 AM. Guest Speaker: Marion Mason will discuss The Business of being in the Antiques Business. Mar 03: Gulf Coast Historical Museum Festival and Car Show, 10th Ave, Pass-a-Grill, St Pete Beach 9:00AM to 2:00PM, entry fee is a $15.00 per car donation to the Museum - Breakfast on your own or with others at 9:00 AM - please RSVP to John & Margaret Lester or Ladylester@verizon.net - See flyer on page 9. Mar 11: St Pete Grand Prix Mar 22-25: 52nd Annual GOF-South, Hilton Hotel, Altamonte Springs for info go to: Mar 31: FSMGCC Monthly Meeting; Saturday, 9:00 AM at the Clearwater Country Club Grill Room, 525 North Betty Lane, Clearwater, FL (727) Breakfast served starting at 8:30 AM. Guest Speaker: Branch Mӧeling will talk about how and why he jumps out of airplanes Apr 07: 34th Annual Winter Park All British Car Show, Mead Gardens, Winter Park, FL for info go to: Apr 14: Tour the Sarasota Car Museum followed by lunch Apr 23-27: Key West British Car Invasion hosted by the Key West British Car Club at the Southwinds Hotel, 1321 Simonton Street in Key West. For info and go to the website: kwbcc.org Apr 28: FSMGCC Monthly Meeting; Saturday, 9:00 AM at the Clearwater Country Club Grill Room, 525 North Betty Lane, Clearwater, FL (727) Breakfast served starting at 8:30 AM. Guest Speaker Apr 28: Tampa Bay British Car Club s Spring Picnic at Philippe Park in Safety Harbor Fl, from 10:00 to 2:00 at Shelter #2. If your name begins with M to Z please bring a desert, A to L bring a side dish or appetizer; burgers, hot dogs, drinks and all the fixings provided May 05: Drive Your MGA Day 5

6 FSMGCC Activities, continued Jun 13-17: NAMGAR GT-43 Richmond, VA; MGA National Gathering Jun 18-22: NAMGBR MG 2018 Gettysburg, PA; MGB National Convention MAKE PLANS NOW TO ATTEND BOTH OF THESE GREAT EVENTS. THEY ARE 200 MILES AND FOUR HOURS APART THROUGH BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYSIDE. MAKE IT A VACATION! Sep 14-16: 28 th Annual British Invasion, Stowe, VT Nov 03: Fourth Annual Black Diamond Invitational Car Show, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Black Diamond Ranch, Lecanto hosted by the Rotary Club of Central Citrus Charitable Foundation Nov 16-18: MG Jamboree 21 The Host hotel is the Safety Harbor Resort & Spa. The event will be in conjunction with the Dunedin Highland Music Festival. Presidents First Day Drive (Copied from the Tampa Bay British Car Club Facebook Page) Despite the rain, wind, and cold temperatures, we still had 26 cars go on drive! And we had an enjoyable lunch at Woody s. 6

7 Announcing our official Twitter Account! Jeff Brown We are pleased to launch the Florida Suncoast MG Car Club Twitter which we hope will be a platform for members to communicate and share information relevant to the MG community. Training on how to create your own Twitter account, and how to use Twitter will be covered at upcoming Club meetings. We will be tweeting out information concerning news of upcoming events, and sharing the content we regularly post on our website. We also adopted the hashtag #FSMGCC and we are going to continue to use that hashtag for events, and other news. We hope that many of you choose to follow us and we can build a vibrant community around Florida Suncoast MG issues. Jeff would like to have two short training sessions at Club meetings; for the first session, he d cover the basics, like how to set up your own Twitter account, how to Tweet, and managing your account. The second session will cover security, Twitter policies, and some advanced Twitter tricks. 7

8 January 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Happy Birthday John! Happy Birthday Prudy! TBBCC Breakfast 14 Happy Birthday Albert! Happy Birthday Derek! FSMGCC Eco-Tour & Lunch BOD MEETING 21 Happy Birthday Holly! Happy Anniversary Rosemary & David! Happy Anniversary Sherrie & Tim! Happy Birthday Marion! FSMGCC MEETING Bert's Fellowship Octagon JANUARY ANNIVERSARIES January 21 - Rosemary & David Knight January 25 - Sherrie & Tim Fitzpatrick JANUARY BIRTHDAYS January 9 - John Hessey January 11 - Prudy Olsen January 14 - Albert Leung January 18 - Derek Kirby January 21 - Holly Bird January 27 - Marion Mason 8

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12 P.O. Box Saint Petersburg, FL It s Gotta Be Fun UPCOMING EVENTS Jan 13 - Tampa Bay British Car Club Breakfast Quest, at 8:30 AM, Proino Breakfast Club, 201 West Bay Dr, Largo, FL Jan 20: Eco-Tour of the Pinellas County Solid Waste Management Facility. Jan 27: FSMGCC Monthly Meeting; Saturday, 9:00 AM at the Clearwater Country Club. Guest Speaker: Lorraine Spicer & Barrie Carson will discuss a movie of their trip to Iceland. Jan 28: Polo Match with the Alfa Romeo Club - see flyer on Page 2 Feb 24: FSMGCC Monthly Meeting; Saturday, 9:00 AM at the Clearwater Country Club. Guest Speaker: Marion Mason will discuss The Business of being in the Antiques Business. Mar 03: Gulf Coast Historical Museum Festival and Car Show, 10th Ave, Pass-a-Grill, St Pete Beach 9:00AM to 2:00PM. See flyer on page 9. Mar 11: St Pete Grand Prix Mar 22-25: 52nd Annual GOF-South, Hilton Hotel, Altamonte Springs for info go to: The only MEMBER RUN organization for MGB, Midget, & 1100/1300 owners ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP fee is $30 and INCLUDES Membership Card Six bi-monthly issues of the MGB Driver Magazine Invitation to the Annual National Convention NORTH AMERICAN MGB REGISTER P O Box 55 Whittington, IL Toll-free phone/fax: 800-NAMGBR1 12