APRIL 2018 VOL. 58 NO. 3

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3 MG MOTORING Volume 58 APRIL 2018 Number 3 MG MOTORING is the official publication of: The MG Car Club of SA Inc. 93 Chief Street, BROMPTON SA 5007 A.B.N Phone (08) mgccsa@internode.on.net Web-site: CONTENTS Editorial... 5 Presidents Report.. 6 Secretaries Report for Mid Week Lunch Run Report 12 Weekender 2018 Promo. 14 Breakfast Run Report.. 16 Calendar 2 month. 18 New Members 19 MGC News 20 T Register Report 22 Bazzicas Folly 26 Mini Swap Meet. 28 Motorsport news 29 National Meeting Update.. 32 Trade Directory Classifieds Postal address P.O. Box 200 BROMPTON SA 5007 The articles printed in this publication do not necessarily represent the views of the MG Car Club of S.A. Inc. or the Editor. Technical tips and methods suggested are the views of the person submitting them and the Club cannot accept responsibility for the accuracy of these whatsoever. See details for submitting articles on Page 4. Cover Photo. Your humble editor at the Mallala Super Sprints on Sunday March 11, just commencing braking for Turn 5. Choice of photo not mine, one of the flaggies at Flag Point 5 forced me to include it. Bonus Dick Manning in the heat haze top left. 1

4 MG Car Club of South Australia - Committee Appointments 2018/2019 OFFICE BEARERS PATRON Ed Ordynski AUDITOR Graham Tull EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESIDENT Adrian Ward Mob adrianward@adam.com.au VICE PRESIDENT Tim Edmonds 1 Toohey Cresent Pasadena 5042 Mob edmonds@adam.com.au SECRETARY Peter Coulson 17 Brookside Dve Mawson Lakes 5095 Phone: Mob: petercoulson16@bigpond.com ASST. SECRETARY Bev Waters 356 Barossa Valley Way, Kalbeeba 5118 PO Box 346, Gawler Phone: Mob: bev.waters@bigpond.com TREASURER Alan Cardnell 5 Inyari Court Modbury Nth 5092 Phone: cardnellis@bigpond.com MAGAZINE EDITOR Laurie Houghton 18 Farman Ave Hendon 5014 Phone: New lhoughton80@bigpond.com MOTORSPORT SEC. Murray Stephenson 120 Upper Sturt Road Glenalta 5052 Ph: M: E: stephenson@esc.net.au ASST. MOTORSPORT SEC. IMEDIATE PAST PRES. Allan Semmler 7 Benthall Avenue Oakden 5086 Phone: asemmler@adam.com.au SOCIAL SECRETARY SEC. OF REGISTERS Ken Burke, kenbur@bigpond.com, mob: P V C M E E G GENERAL COMMITTEE Steven Spong 22 Valleyside Dve Crafers 5152 Ph: Mob: barbandsteve22@iprimus.com.au Leigh Richter 21 Hillside Rd. Aldgate SA 5164 Ph leighrichter@outlook.com Ian Curwen-Walker 84 Hawthorndene Dve, Hawthorndene 5051 Phone: ian.curwen-walker@bigpond.com 2

5 MG Car Club of South Australia - Committee Appointments 2018/2019 COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS REGALIA LIBRARY Geraldine Hough 6 Player Drive Fairview Park Ph: mgajag2@bigpond.com PARADES& DISPLAYS Adrian Ward Mob adrianward@adam.com.au BREAKFAST RUNS Steven Spong 22 Valleyside Dve Crafers 5152 Ph: Mob: barbandsteve22@iprimus.com.au KNOW YOUR MG TBA J F CONDITIONAL REGISTRATION Geoffrey Goode. 2 Steuart Place, North Adelaide, Phone , geoffgoode@internode.on.net Arthur Ruediger 28 Huntingdale Ave, West Lakes 5021 Phone: ruediger@adam.com.au CAMS DELEGATE Ian Curwen-Walker Phone: ian.curwen-walker@bigpond.com WEBMASTER Peter Coulson 17 Brookside Dve Mawson Lakes 5095 Phone: Mob: petercoulson16@bigpond.com BAR MANAGER Berry Treffers 28 Francis Ridley Court Brompton 5007 Phone: Berry.treffers@yahoo.com.au PROPERTY MANAGER Doug Marshall 11 Siesta Crt West Lakes 5021 Phone: doug.marshall@bigpond.com F H M DELEGATE Geoffrey Goode Ref Historic Registration A C H MID WEEK LUNCH RUNS Diane & David Holmes Ph: djdrholmes@gmail.com D REGISTER CO-ORDINATORS MGA/MAGNETTE Sandra Cardnell 5 Inyari Court Modbury Nth Phone: cardnellis@bigpond.com MGB Steven Spong 22 Valleyside Dve Crafers 5152 Ph: Mob: barbandsteve22@iprimus.com.au MGF,TF,ZR,ZS,ZT,MG6 Dick Manning 13 Carriage Way. Gulfview Heights 5092 Mob: centrallimos@adam.com.au MGC Ian Hobbs PO Box 625 MYLOR SA 5153 Ph: mgc@picknowl.com.au FWD,MIDGET Anthony Pearson 82 Cumming Road Blackwood SA Phone: T & PRE-WAR John Bray Ph Mob john.bray@walterbrooke.com.au L K M N B 3

6 MG Car Club of South Australia ADVERTISING INDEX Shannons Insurance Agents... Inside Front Cover Frontline Developments... Inside Back Cover Willshire Motor Trimmers.Back cover MG Adelaide Workshops.13 City Radiator Alans Auto & Marine Custom Car Covers..15 Sports Parts Sydney.. 33 Trade Directory 34 Classified Advertisements..35 Note. NEW ADDRESS MAGAZINE CONTRIBUTIONS Submissions for the magazine Close on the 10th day of each month For inclusion in the next issue. Photos should include owner of the photos name and address as well as details of subject/s. Articles can be forwarded to Laurie Houghton - Editor 18 Farman Avenue Hendon SA 5014 by to lhoughton80@bigpond.com Ph: Note to Contributors Articles etc submitted by should be as an attachment Word document, Arial 10, Justified, NOT formatted or tabbed, p h o t o s s h o u l d a l s o b e attached, not reduced in file size ie; low res Classified Advertisements can be submitted as for articles or phoned through if they are short. Classifieds are free for members. Non-members fee is $20.00 per ad per issue. Adverts are normally only valid for one issue It s your responsibility to notify the editor if you wish to repeat your ad in subsequent issues. Note. Cars for sale must have rego. number or engine number 4

7 MGCC Clubrooms Monthly General Meetings Held at 8.00 pm on the second Tuesday of each month at the Clubrooms. All those who are interested in MGs are welcome. Noggin & Natter Every Friday night at the Clubrooms. Time: 7.30 pm - ~ pm. All welcome for a chat and a drink. Licensed premises. Tea and coffee available. Register Meetings T Reg. First Thursday of each month. Time: 7.00 for 7.30 pm.start. Venues as advertised in Register Report. Everyone welcome - even if you don t own a Register vehicle. MGF Reg. Last Friday of the month at the clubrooms 7.30pm MGA/Magnette Reg Bi-monthly on the third Thursday of the month, starts Jan in odd numbered months, 7.00 pm for 7.30 Know Your MG Meetings Third Tuesday of each month. Time: 7.00 for 7.30 pm. Start. Venues as advertised.everyone welcome. Breakfast Runs Now Meet at Veale Gardens, CBD South Tce. For 9.00am starts. BYO everything for breakfast. See Calendar for dates etc; Mid Week Lunch Runs Second Thursday in the month. See the calendar Motorsport Events 5 And don t forget, please support our sponsors whenever possible and be sure to let them know you are an MG April 2018 Editorial From..Laurie Houghton Editor ast month I wrote about my drama L with the internet connection, well it was finally connected albeit 5 weeks late, I thought that will be the end of it, not to be, during the 5 week period I was using my mobile phone as a hotspot to access the internet so Telstra gave me a 25GB data allowance to compensate, however during this period they set up a new Bigpond password which I had to type in every time I wanted to access the net, I imagined that once the permanent connection was on they would revert to the original P/W, silly me, won t happen, I still have to go through this rigmarole. Calls to Telstra, Bigpond and Microsoft have been to no avail!!!!! By the way you can t talk to a Telstra employee in Australia. At least I retained my original fixed line phone number. See Motorsport Report. Printed by Kwik Kopy Unley. Shop 1, Cremorne Plaza. 246 Unley Rd Unley Ph: A National Meeting sponsor

8 H MG Car Club of South Australia PRESIDENTS REPORT From...Adrian Ward i Members and Friends AGM Well, the AGM was a success with all important positions covered. Give thought to the few positions we have yet to fill, anyone interested please contact Peter Coulson or one of the committee members. The evening saw the end of an era with Arthur Ruediger standing down after 14 years as Secretary, with a string of awards that will certainly be hard to match. Sincere thanks Arthur for your dedication and continued input into the Club and its affairs. Arthur receives his Presidents Award from President Adrian National Meeting This year the National Meeting is to be held in Tasmania and 30 plus members are making the trip to represent our Club. I am sure the event will be a huge success and our Members will do us proud. This year our Club Members that put such an incredible effort into making our National Event in 2017 the success it was, will have the opportunity to sit back relax and ENJOY, you all deserve it. I have been told I have to dress up as a garden gnome (I m sure I have clothes in my wardrobe that would suit) and learn a song, should be a hoot!! Rosa and I are looking forward to the event and spending some quality time with a great bunch of Club Members. MG Challenge The MG Challenge is calendared for the June long weekend and Murray will need help with this event, not only at the Collingrove Hillclimb on Saturday, but the sprint (at The Bend) on Sunday. Please help if you can. Coming Events Two quality events approaching on the calendar are the McLaren Vale Vintage and Classic on Sunday April 22 and the Victor Harbor British Classic Tour on May 6. See you there! MGF/Z Register Don t forget Dick Manning, the Register Secretary will be having his first Register Meeting on Friday April 13 at 7.30pm. He will demonstrate the assembly of an F motor and talk about future events and meetings. Breakfast Runs Newer members don t forget Steve s Breakfast Run on Sunday April 29 to Williamstown. I encourage all new members to try one of Steve s Breakfast Runs as they are a great way of meeting fellow club members. BYO everything breakfast. Good roads, good company. Keep on MG ing...!! 6 Regards Adrian Ward Presentation of Club Annual Awards by our Patron Ed Ordynski

9 April 2018 Rob Hall. Competition Champion Tony Freckelton Encouragement Award Nick Micklem MGA /Magnette Trophy Karen Stephenson Ladies Champion Nick Micklem M/S Novice Award Arthur Ruediger Club member of the Year 7

10 MG Car Club of South Australia MG CAR CLUB OF SA INC. PRESENTED TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY, 13 th MARCH 2018 SECRETARY S ANNUAL REPORT From Arthur Ruediger Secretary It gives me pleasure to present the sixty second ( 62 ) Annual Secretary s Report of THE MG CAR CLUB OF SA INCORPORATED, covering the 12-months, January to December, 2017 Our membership remained stable during the year, changing by an increase of only two.. Total membership at the end of the 2017 club year, as a result of 90 resignations and 92 new members was 937, made up of 658 full members and 289 wives, partners or dependent members The 2017 executive committee were:. President Adrian Ward Vice President Tim Edmonds Secretary Arthur Ruediger Assistant Secretary Bev waters Treasurer Alan Cardnell Magazine Editor Laurie Houghton Motorsport Secretary Murray Stephenson Assistant Motorsport Secretary Peter Coulson Social Secretary ( no appointment ) Secretary Of Registers Peter Coulson General Committee Leigh Richter Ian Curwen - Walker Steve Spong Bar Manager: Berry Treffers Patron Edward Ordynski Auditor Graham Tull Committee Appointments Regalia Geraldine Hough Parades & Displays Adrian Ward Cams Delegate Ian Curwen Walker FHMC SA Delegate Geoffrey Goode Property Maintenance Doug Marshall Breakfast Run Coordinator Steve Spong Mid Week lunch run Coordinator Di & David Holmes Web Master Peter Coulson T - Register Secretary John Bray MG A / Magnette Register Coordinator Sandra Cardnell MG B / Tech. night Coordinator Leyland George MG C Register Coordinator Ian Hobbs MG F,TF & Z Register Coordinator Barry Burne 8

11 9 April 2018 As in past years I would like to take this opportunity to thank all committee members and appointees for their contribution over the past 12 months. To all the other volunteers who have freely given of their time to promote the activities of our club during the year, I thank you also on behalf of the executive committee and members. Without you our club would not operate as successfully as it does. Club Activities Once again 2017 provided a full and varied calendar of events to suit all members of our club, following is a brief outline of these events. Register Meetings the various registers within the club staged a variety of events; Pre War & T - Register, 12 meetings, the majority of these being held in members garages as per the long standing tradition. These meetings attract up to 50 members and 24 register vehicles including a record 3 pre-war vehicles at one meeting. The Irving Cup, awarded to the member who drives their Pre War or T Type to the most T Register events and monthly general meetings was awarded to Bob Schapel MG A /Magnette Register 8meetings, including an all MG A day at Balhannah and the Christmas lunch at The Scenic Hotel in December. MG B Register 4 organised runs, including a beach run to Largs Bay in February, to the Strathalbyn Heritage centre in June, the international coffee day at Victor Harbor in October and a visit to Finch Restorations, Mt Barker in November. The C Register had its annual Automnal run to Aldnga Airfield & its torsion bar run to the Harvest Café in Mylor. MGF,TF & Z Register, eleven meetings at the club rooms. In addition Dick Manning held an MG F tech night at the club rooms on 14 th July, and arranged for guest speaker Stewart Bowes to display his rally car give most informative talk on his rallying experiences in November. Breakfast Runs these monthly Sunday morning runs are one of the most popular events on the calendar with up to 50 members attending each month. Again this year we were invited to join the Christies Beach Sailing club for The Big Breakfast at their cub house in February. Mid week lunch runs this monthly activity is an ideal opportunity for the retirees in particular, to meet for coffee and then travel to selected venues for a relaxing lunch, the popularity of these outings is emphasised by an increasing number of attendees in recent years with up to 60 attendees at some venues. Parades & Displays club members were once again called upon to provide cars for the various parades & displays in 2017, these included the traditional Australia Day Parade down King William Street,3 Xmas parades,including the annual parade along the main road of Blackwood, also the McLaren Vale Vintage Festival and the Bay Sheffield parade for past and current winners...

12 MG Car Club of South Australia Motorsport The motorsport calendar for 2017 comprised of 18 events which were used to calculate the Club Competition Champion. This year the eligible events included 5 motorkhanas, 4 multi club hill climbs at Collingrove and 5 MSCA super sprints at Mallala. Plus 2 competition events at each of the National Meeting and The MG Challenge. The MG Challenge The Victorian MG Car Club were hosts for the 2017 challenge, 10 competitors and 4 support crew travelled over to Victoria to compete against 32 from Melbourne, 9 from Geelong and 1 from Sydney. A super sprint was held at Sandown, where club member Peter Mathwin in his MG B Gt V8, was fastest MG on the day. The hill climb was held at Rob Roy. The presentation dinner was held in the MGCC clubrooms with our club declared winner of the 2017 challenge. In addition to the above other motor sport events entered by club members included outings at Sandown Park,Winton, Philip Island, legend of The Lakes Hill Climb, the South Australian Hill Climb Championships, the South Australian Motorkhana Championships, the Victoria Park sprint at The Adelaide Motor Sport Festival, and Vintage Collingrove Hillclimb. Annual Kimber Birthday Run The Kimber Run for 2017, the twenty second run to date, was held in October with a total of 125 cars forming up for the start at Edwards Reserve on Anzac Highway for the run to The Birdwood National Motor Museum via Lyndoch. Thanks to Berry Treffers and his team of helpers for another successful Kimber Run..A special thank you also to the RAA crew & vans that were on hand for any breakdowns. National Meeting Our club hosted the 2017 National Meeting with 340 entrants including Peter Cook, the MG Car Club overseas director, and two visitors each from Japan and Italy, registering for the event.the noggin & natter and rocker cover racing night kicked off the proceedings on Friday evening with our own member Heather Bennett declared the winner. The events continued over the weekend, with the concours at Wigley reserve, the motorkanna at dock one Port Adelaide, the super sprint at Mallala, plus an observation run, a social run and the Kimber run. The presentation dinner was held on Monday evening and the event wrapped up with a farewell breakfast on Tuesday morning. National meetings do not happen without a lot of planning and input, volunteers are a vital element of any event and we thank the organising committee and all the volunteers for ensuring that this was a most successful National Meeting. Historic Registration the historic registration committee again provided their voluntary services on the 2 nd and 4 th Saturday of each month, we now have over 660 vehicles on the historic registration system. Regalia sales continued to be an important aspect of club requirements, with several new lines of shirts, jackets and caps being introduced to compliment the range of regalia available to members.. The library - new publications were added to our already extensive library this year thanks to or librarian Geraldine Hough. 10

13 April 2018 Dads Army were active during the year attending to all the requirements that need attention to ensure that all members can safely enjoy the facilities provided. MG Motoring the eleven issues of the club magazine, that members received during the year, again proved to be an invaluable source of information, with details of forthcoming events as detailed in the calendar, together with all the various reports on the years events interspersed with items of interest and technical tips. Life Membership was granted to Tim Edmonds during 2017 bringing our Life Member list to a total of nine during the 61 years of the club s formation. Vale during the year it was with sadness that we lost a founding member, Peter Ivey, and another long standing member Alan Griffin. Awards for 2017 congratulations to the award winners for 2017 Club Member of The Year Arthur Ruediger Club Competition Champion of The Year Rob Hall Womans Competition Champion of The Year Karen Stephenson Competition Novice of The Year Nick Micklem Competition Encouragement Award Tony Freckelton Presidents Award, for outstanding contribution to the club Arthur Ruedger The Knox Trophy Rob Hall The Irving Cup Bob Schapel The MG A / Magnette Trophy Nick Micklem The MGF / Z / ZT Hick Trophy no award for 2017 Other Events there were several other events, some of which were not necessarily official MG Car Club of SA events that were attended by our club members. Notable among these were, All British Day, with a display of 53 MGs, the annual Climb to The Eagle Run. the Goodwood Revival, the McLaren Vale Vintage & Classic day, the Bay to Birdwood Rally,the British Classics Tour at Victor Harbor and the Adelaide Motorsport Festival in April. In October 5 of our members took part in the Vintage Collingrove Weekend, which consists of social activities, a tour through the Barossa Valley on Saturday, and a hill climb on Sunday, topped off with a farewell dinner Sunday night. This popular event attracts entrants from interstate.. In conclusion I remind you that clubs like the MG Car club, rely almost solely on unpaid volunteers, who give their time for the benefit of all members. Without volunteers we could not operate or provide the level of service and compliance with the statutory requirements that are necessary for the execution of the day to day duties involved in successfully running our club. We should be thankful that in the past 12 months we have been fortunate in having a team of volunteers to do just this. On behalf of all club members I sincerely thank all of these people, regardless of the level of their contribution during the year. Arthur Ruediger Secretary 13th March

14 T MG Car Club of South Australia MID WEEK LUNCH RUN NEWS From..Diane Holmes Thursday 8 March, his was a first time visit for our group to this historic pub tucked away in the leafy suburb of Maylands. Yet another hot day for the run this month so only two MGs turned up for the drive down Greenhill Road Garry & Jenice Chapman in their MGF & Leigh in his beautiful white TD. Several of our members were familiar with the history of the Maylands Hotel and I am pleased we waited until now for our visit as about 18 months ago it was very tastefully restored by the present hotels group. A few of us wandered around the various rooms, which offered a look back to the past & the quality of the original building. The wall just inside the entrance from the car park & facing the bar had an interesting collection of framed photos of the hotel during the1880 s. Laurie Houghton & Jo were back again after moving house & Sandy & Trevor came to the morning tea to catch up after their recent holidays and also good to see Geoff & Jas were there for the lunch.. Next mid week lunch run will be on 12 April 2018 to the Montagna Café at Blackwood meeting at the Crafers Hotel at 10.30am & departing 11.30am. If you would like to come please remember to book as we need to confirm numbers for the venues. Diane & David Holmes djdrholmes@gmail.com or phone

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16 MG Car Club of South Australia Long Weekender to the Clare Valley Fri 23 to Sun 25 Nov 2018 Come along and experience: Great spring runs through the stunning Clare Valley Paulett's winery: coffee, tastings and top views History and heritage at Mintaro, Burra and Bungaree Station Fine artworks at Robert Hannaford's Art Gallery at Riverton Saturday night themed dinner at Clare Country Club resort. Prizes to boot! Displaying our cars at Clare Oval Country style morning tea and lunch...and time to further explore the delights of the Clare Valley at your leisure. Registrations open: Monday April 16th. To register and to view the detailed programme, go to the link below For more details contact: Barb Harrington

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18 MG Car Club of South Australia BREAKFAST RUN REPORT From..Steve Spong, Breakfast Run to Mitcham 25 February 2018 You could tell the seasons were changing, for despite it still being February the hills were cool and damp and the plains overcast but dry, and we experienced a bit of both as we drove via the coast and the hills on our route to Mitcham. The Mitcham Memorial Reserve is a lovely spot and obviously others thought so too, for upon arrival we were met by a contingent of the Italian Car Club, The Studebaker Car Club plus a 2nd birthday party. However there was room for all people and cars. So thanks to all who came and we look forward to David McNabb's return and some better photos than mine, not sure what went wrong. Attendees: Liz & Derek Laynes Ray Hill Martin Baden Andy Furman Sian & John Joseph June & David Hill Peter & Bronwyn Micklem, with Maddie the dog Marian & Glenys Karczswki with Ebony Rae the dog. Daniel Cooper & Cheryl Andrews-Cooper John Roach Steve Spong Peter Coulson Barb Harrington MGB MGB MGB MGB MGB MGB MGB MGB MGB MGBGT MGBGT MGZR Toyota 16

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20 MG Car Club of South Australia 2018 CALENDAR May Thur T Register Meeting Bazzicas West Beach B 6 Sun MSCA 6 Hour Regularity E 8 Tue Monthly General Meeting 10 Thur Mid Week Lunch Run. D 12/26 Sat Club Registration Clubrooms 1.00am until noon 13 Sun MGB Register event April Thur T Register Meeting TBA B 8 Sun Multi-Club Hillclimb Collingrove E 10 Tue Monthly General Meeting 12 Thur Mid Week Lunch Run to Blackwood. D 13 Fri MGF/Z Tech night at the clubrooms Fri/Sun Shannons Nationals Race Meeting at Tailem Bend E 14/28 Sat Club Registration Clubrooms 1.00am until noon 22 Sun McLaren Vale Vintage Event 29 Sun Breakfast Run to Williamstown F 17 Thur MGA Register Event L 27 Sun Breakfast Run to Mt Barker F McLAREN VALE VINTAGE & CLASSIC 2018 Main Street Parade Sunday April 22 nd starting from Serafino at 11-00am In 2018 the MGCC will be hosted back at SERAFINO on the lawns Details and entry forms or

21 April 2018 June Sun MGB Register Event 3 Sun Multi-club Hillclimb Collingrove E 7 Thur T Register Meeting B 9/23 Sat Club Registration Clubrooms 1.00am until noon 9/10 Sat/Sun MG Club Challenge Collingrove Tailem Bend E 12 Tue Monthly General Meeting 14 Thur Mid Week Lunch Run. D 15 Fri Mini Swap Meet Clubrooms 17 Sun Super Sprint Rnd 2 Mallala E 24 Sun Breakfast Run to F 2018 / 2019 COMMITTEE L R. Steve Spong, Ken Burke, Adrian Ward, Ian Curwen-Walker, Peter Coulson, Murray Stephenson, Tim Edmonds Seated, Laurie Houghton, Bev Waters, Alan Cardnell NEW MEMBERS The MG Car Club of South Australia extend a warm welcome to the following new member who joined in the February period We look forward to meeting you at club meetings and events. John Parmiter MGF Matthew Huijsse Gordon Eckert MGA 19

22 MG Car Club of South Australia MGC NEWS MGC conversations with Richard Mixture, April 2018 H Fuel for the Fire ello again, it s Richard here with a remapping story. Remapping? I always thought that remapping was when you go into the newsagent and buy the latest Gregory s street directory. But it s got something to do with computers evidently. Russell would know all about it...err... that is if he s not out-ofdate already after six months of retirement. How many MGCs out there have computer, measuring all sorts of things and then adjusting the fuel, air and timing. I d say the number is a round one and equal to the number of MGs made by Austin. Re-graphing is the term or changing the advance curve as I was told many years ago. Now, the spark plug in each cylinder has to light up at the right time to send the piston back down the bore and turn the crank etc, all the way to the back wheels, no matter what speed the crank is turning. So how do modern fuels, namely unleaded fuels, work in our old cars? Once upon a time petrol was petrol and then some smart spark found that increasing compression ratios increased performance but that lead to pre-ignition or knocking or pinging. Petrol companies discovered that if they add lead to the fuel mix it not only reduce pinging by increasing the octane rating but also reduced the wear of the valves and their seats. In fact, when Curly was a lad, ESSO found that tetra-ethyl lead (TEL) worked wonderfully well and introduced it to their fuel in TEL worked so well it became an industry norm. When TEL is burnt it forms a fine sus- 20 pension of lead salts that is largely lead bromide which was the white deposits on the inside of your exhaust in the old days. This cloud of particles slows the flame front down in the combustion chamber, (this doesn t happen with unleaded fuel). So jump forward into the 1960s and some health professionals found that people who lived on busy roads were suffering from lead poisoning. Now I wonder where that came from? It was well known that petrol was not particularly nice stuff, think fire, and when I was a youngster washing up parts in petrol was the norm, you just sloshed it all about. While it wasn t a good idea then, it s worse now with modern fuels containing benzene which is a known carcinogen. Authorities started reducing lead in fuel by the mid 1970s in the USA and it was banned in Australia in So the point of all this pre-waffle is that our old lumps of Best British Cast Iron as Bruce calls it, were designed for leaded fuels which are unavailable these days. So before you start brewing your own fuels try retarding your ignition timing a little and winding your jets down a little to make a slightly rich mixture when compared to the settings written in the manual! I have played around with my SUs but could never get the old cast iron lump to run sweetly throughout the rev range. I spent money and had a well known dyno-tune business arrive at nothing better than what I had achieved. In fact I had to re-tune the mixture because living in the Adelaide Hills I used higher revs more often than I did fluffing around in the city.

23 Of course that nice old Queenslander, you know who I mean, Bruce, says, The C1W needles supplied by Downton were too weak in our climate and I ended up using ST needles. SQ were too rick down low and no good at full throttle. The cylinder head specialist who converted my head for unleaded fuel advised that Weslake heads (Mini, MGB & MGC) do NOT like to run lean. If it were me I would start with ST needles. Also, I d hope that all current owners have had their cast iron heads modified with hardened valve seats to cope with the higher temperatures of unleaded fuel. And remember, Australia has the lowest quality petrol of the 35 countries in the OECD, below Mexico, Turkey and Estonia (according to the Sydney Morn- April 2018 ing Herald back in 2016) so use 95 or 98RON octane fuels in the old girl, she d love it. So before you start playing with benzene, paraffins, aromatics, alcohols, oxygenates and TEL sit back in your old wingback and have a good read of the SU Needle Profile Chart handbook. Automnal Run Now MGCers et al, it's about time to go on another MGC run, put Saturday 5 th May in your diary and we'll meet at 1.30pm at Beaumont Road, Adelaide, just off of Greenhill Road. Remember ladies and gentlemen keep em tuned, Rich 21

24 MG Car Club of South Australia T PRE-WAR & T REGISTER From..John Bray. Photos by Register meeting 1 March 2018 The Rush to Murray Bridge Goldfield. he rush was certainly on from those assembled at Crafers Park N Ride to Brian & Kath Golding s digs at Murray Bridge again this year. We were blessed with perfect weather and received a blessing at the start from the sari clad Hari Krishna s who took an avid interest in the cars and Russell Garth especially. He really wanted a seat in the TF Russ, pity you could have been the first Uber TF in Adelaide, but then again the sari would have got messed up in the handbrake, he looked a bit suss Russ! It really was a great start, some slower cars flagged off early but were never overtaken driven to the max in true MG spirit, one never made it for reasons that will be explained later. Thanks again to Brian & Kath again this year, it has become an annual pilgrimage and we appreciate the hospitality sincerely. At long last the 22 sunset met Goldy s expectations that was just as well as he has been promising us for the last two years that it would be good signed in, 13 T register cars. Apologies. There were a few, Doc Whyatt, Kenny Fisher, Peter Wallace, Geoff Glasson, John Tamke, Stan Sheppard, Robin Gibbs, Forthy, Joy & David Pearson, Ronnie Jellet (unwell) Chris & Heather Bennett, Bob & Shelly Bazzica & two notables Peter Cundy & David TD Mc Nabb. It is worth noting that the last two had interesting excuses. Peter Cundy was in the jungles of Sri Lanka looking for 1930 s MG Parts, pity the Japanese never left any behind in McNabb of course in keeping with the Gold Rush night, was luxuriating in Gold Class at Marion Cinema s, Kerry having corralled him on a Register night to the movies, well that is his chances gone in the Irving Cup this year for sure. Chris & Heather Bennett busy preparing the caravan for towing by the TF to Tasmania, Nat Meet.

25 April 2018 The legend Laurie Foody = DNF, a bit more coming up on that, read on. New member, David Herbert. The squadron welcomed David in his recently rebuilt and restored MG TC David resides in Mt Gambier, the car formerly owned by Dean Hosking was rebuilt by Andrew Willington from the chassis up and it is a most exceptional job, Ray Finch did the bodywork again it is an excellent and attractive result, congratulations both of you. Welcome David, we hope to see more of you in the future with the TC out and about. It is worth noting that the TC formerly owned by David Fairbrother won it s class and was third overall at the Victorian MG CC Concurs at Yarra Glen that weekend, this car was rebuilt under Andrew s charge in the restoration. A great result and it did fetch an amazing price at sale woo hoo! General Business. Well, there was some however the early arrival of the Dominos Pizza lass caused a decided drop in concentration by some members Reg O Malley lept to his feet yes he s got a few, price negotiable. The MG CCSA annual general meeting is on Tuesday 13 March at the monthly meeting, members of the register asked to attend if possible. Mike Greenwood reported that Queensland s Peter Kerr has had an accident falling and is not in a good way, the magazine that he puts out may be delayed. A bit more on Mike Greenwood below. Anthony Pearson reported on the passing of member Gordon Koch in the Barossa who owned a very nice MG TC previously owned by Anthony way back, family will put it up for sale. Lovely condition, 19 inch wheels, purchased through Shannon s Auctions some years ago. Really Big News. Ian Buckley is now the proud owner of the J2, purchased from Bob Bazzica who completed the restoration after the passing of John Scott (Scotty) some years ago. Buckles is a most fitting owner, a man who is passionate about MG s and our club, congratulations it is wonderful that the car remains here in SA amongst our so I will be brief. Andrew Willington about to embark on another project was looking for a TF engine, Woseley 4/44, or XPAG maybe, will pay appropriately, Prewar & Register members. I am de- 23

26 MG Car Club of South Australia liberately greasing him up as I think that his next Register night will be amazing. Well done Buckles!!! The Legend that is Laurie Foody. (with apologies to Johnny Crash ) Laurie s TD went roaring off as we got underway Up on the road he rested as he went along his way When all at once a mighty roar of MG s he saw Plowing through the smoky skies And up the freeway draw Yippe-i-oh Yippe-i-yay Ghost drivers in the sky! (Ah yes he s gone the wrong way if you haven t worked it out, not seen again that night) Legend #2, Mike Greenwood attempted to realign Goldy s gate post on leaving, although unsuccessful it did leave an unpleasant bruise on the MG6 which is destined for concurs in TAS. Legend #3, Simon Ewart who ran as sweeper on the way up in the TC although a few of us were keeping an eye on the yellow glow of his headlights several K s back. Well done Simon. Legend # 4, Brian Golding doing his show n tell with a relic from his grandfather s cellar. Just a bit of old black rubber tubing in a big glass jar. Well you can stick that one up your know what Brian! I have run out of legends but there are those who are not at all well currently, Don Offler, Ronnie Jellet and Shelly Bazzica took a dive to the tiles recently and cut herself up somewhat, on the mend we hear. Hope that she s firing on all four for the May Register meeting at their place. The legends from Goolwa were up, great to see the progress by The Ghost who Walks on the SA. The wrap. Talk about ghost drivers in the sky, the trip home was the usual dash and burn event. Great to be in Dean s hot B and to be overtaking the T s on the freeway. David Mc Naughton was not seen though, he is mightily pleased with the LED candles on the B, I am told that he enjoyed the drive and was not overtaken at all, made it home by curfew to boot. Meetings to come. April 5 Hawthorndene, David & Joy Pearson, May 3 West Beach, Bob & Shelley Bazzica. I have offers from Ken Fisher, Thane Martin, Leigh Ritcher, Peter & Browyn Miclem, Mauric & Steph Linehan, Donald Walks Walker, watch this space. Thankyou for coming down to the Bridge and making the night a memorable one, best of luck for those who are representing us at the Easter National Meeting in Tasmania, we will drink to Haw- their success at Pearson s thorndene. Cheers & Safety Farts John Bray BOTR 24

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28 MG Car Club of South Australia BAZZICAS FOLLY The Story of KN 0386 first registered in 27/9/1935 By... Bob Bazzica nce upon a time there was a guy by O the name of Rob Dunsterville who was an Australian MG friend living in England, who was finding MG Sfor another famous Australian Phil Redhead. It came to pass that 2 cars were found in a barn both K types. They were sent to Australia and sold Immediately, the KN went to a Mr Hocking of Melbourne, who then ordered a lot of spares for the project, but he eventually realised the job was too much, and put it on the market. Enter Robert Bazzica a would be pre-war owner, who had previously been to England to buy a P type MG, but found that by Australian standards everything was rusty junk, so came home empty handed. A quick check of KN s said that it was the best chassis ever made, with the biggest engine available. This sounded just what I needed, being a bit of a racer in my time. Then I saw a photo of Cecil Kimber s own special bodied KN by Corsica. As I worked on the car and stripped out the chassis, I realized that this car had been in continuous service, and was bolt perfect. In other words all the bolts were in their original holes, and not been changed, and as originality was the flavour of the year. I started the usual pulling out all the bolts cleaning them and putting the back in the original holes. This got very time consuming, and the project died a natural death for some years to come. Over the next 30 years work was done bit by bit, and most people who saw the pro- 26

29 April 2018 ject thought it would be a deceased estate car! Over the years I had many ideas of what to do, but working in my little dark garage did not inspire and little was done. One of the highlights during this period was I was offered the body of Peter Briggs K3 in Perth, for me to build a replica of a K3. This was a great offer, but I still wanted to build a Corsica bodied look- a- like Kimbers JB3717. There are not many photos of Kimbers car existing, so I asked Jean Kimber Cook for more photos, she said she would find some, but this never happened, so using the one good photo I had I continued to build the car. The original Kimber car was sold, and a few years later it was upgraded with a revamped rear end, and guards filled in with side panels like the SA, with windup windows and forward opening doors. I liked the forward opening doors, so I decided to go that way, rather than the rear opening doors as per Kimbers original car. As KN saloons are very rare, I have built the body without chopping up the original frames and reworked much along the original lines. This idea was to enable the original body to be placed on top, and rebuilt to the 4 door saloon if somebody wanted to! I have kept the original turret in one piece, and the 4 doors in good order. In April 2017 I decided to finish the project, and in Dec 2017 it was complete, wired, running car. Currently it is un- supercharged, I will get it sorted and tuned, and then fit a SC14 Toyota blower. The reason for the big push to finally finish this car was that I had purchased a TD Arnolt coupe, a lovely car, but presently very rusty. Looking at the time involved, I have to live to 103 years old to finish all my projects. Approximate status of KN S in the world are as follows 27 Total production of KN s was. 201 units Original saloon bodied cars now is 6 left in existence 4 seat KN tourers by University Motors. 7 left in existence 4 seat tourer Kimber car. 1 left 4 Seat tourer Bazzica s folly look a like. 1 in existence. The car will hopefully be on display at the Tasmanian National Meeting this Easter. Bazz

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31 April 2018 Motorkhana Round 1 18 February n Sunday 18 February a small O band of motorkhana enthusiasts gathered at the Mallala skidpan for round 1 of the SA Motorkhana Series. Due to some changes to rules and costings for motorkhanas the CAMS Auto Test Panel had decided to make the 2018 series a state championship so there were a few regulation subtleties which had to be dealt with to get the day under way. MGCCSA was running the event so we had a lot to learn very quickly. A small team was on hand to get set up including members of the Panel and other clubs but thanks to Dave, Tim, Alan Cardnell, Bev Waters, Peter Coulson, Jason and Faye Edwards and Murray for the setup. Pack was further aided by the rest of the Edwards clan, Michelle, Tyler and Aiden. Great work. The field of twenty three drivers included four MGCCSA members and most notably Faye Edwards having her debut run in the TD prior to Easter. Faye did a great job all day taking out only one flag and having a great time. After the first two runs the clouds delivered a gentle shower which persisted for the remainder of the day making for slippery conditions. The series may be called a State Championship but is no different to what we have run before. It s the same people doing the same tests and having fun at the same price. Come and have a go. A great time was had by all and we look forward to the next round at Mallala on 29 April. 29 MSCA Super Sprint Round On Sunday 11 March, Round 1 of the 2018 MSCA Super Sprint series was run at Mallala. A field of eighty nine sprinters lined up for the day with nine MGCC members among them. MGCC members entered six MGs, an MGB V8, a ZR, a TC, an MGB GTV8 and two MGFs. The other cars were a Lancer EVO8, Lotus Exige and Hyundai Excel. A further eight MGCC members were involved in running the event with Berry as the starter, Bev in timing, Tim scrutineering and five in the flaggy bunker helping to make the event flow. It was great to see new member John Parmiter bring out his MGF for a run and despite the odd spin he had a good time. It is understood he has done a lap or two at Mallala before, have raced Alan Cardnell back in the day. Nick Micklem set out with a new set of tyres for the weekend and was quickly onto his previous best but slowed down once he started to push. Garry Bolt s V8 didn t want to rev but despite pulling nothing over 4,500RPM he did get under 1 minute 30 seconds. There was a general complaint of the track being slippery, particularly after a Torana applied dust settling oil to the surface. The day was mild and very pleasant to be sitting around watching or flagging but apparently quite warm in the cars. The Manning - Stephenson rivalry continued with Dick and Scott battling for times. Unfortunately the Excel was off the pace on the day but needs to be

32 MG Car Club of South Australia right for the Excel support race at Bathurst Six Hour at Easter. Thanks to the officials, drivers and supporters who came out for a great day. It was an entertaining day with great competition and all finished well in time for the curfew. Upcoming Events for MG Motorsport Driver Car Time John Davies Mitsubishi Lancer EVO8 1:16.83 Jason Edwards Lotus Exige 1:20.65 Laurie Houghton MGB V8 1:23.65 Dick Manning MGF 1:29.33 Garry Bolt MGB GTV8 1:29.78 Scott Stephenson Hyundai Excel 1:30.94 Nick Micklem MG ZR 1:32.71 Lindsay Hick MG TC Special 1:38.99 John Parmiter MGF 1:51.10 Sunday 8 April Multi Club Hillclimb Round 1, Collingrove The first Sporting Car Club multi club Hillclimb will be run at Collingrove on 8 April. Get your entries in early on CAMS event entry system as this event will fill quickly. Note this is one week after Easter, and the Nat Meet, so it will be a busy start to the month. Sunday 15 April Shannons Nationals Show & Shine MGCCSA is putting on a display of twenty five MGs at the Shannons Nationals at The Bend Motorsport Park. This will be a three day motorsport festival so worth a trip to have a look at the new facility, watch some great motorsport and support your club members on the Sunday. Sunday 29 April SA Motorkhana Championship Round 3, Mallala Round 3 of the SA Motorkhana Championship Series will be held at Mallala 30 skidpan on 29 April. Come and have a go or at least support your club members who are competing. There is a Come & Try component to these events so you can enter and buy a licence on the day and/or bring along a family member, child or grandchild, to try a motorkhana. You might work out why we enjoy it so much! Sunday 6 May The Peter Hall Six Hour Regularity, Mallala This is the ultimate team event for motorsport. We need drivers and helpers to make the team run smoothly so if you can assist with driving, timing, sash change or anything else please let me know your availability and we can put you to work. Otherwise, just come out to watch some good fun motorsport with a wide variety of vehicles attempting to keep the sash moving for six hours and maintaining a steady speed. Sunday 20 May SA Motorkhana Championship Round 4, Mallala Round 4 motorkhana on 20 May is halfway through the series so come and cheer or have a go. Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 June MG Interclub Challenge The MG interstate Club Challenge over the Queen s Birthday weekend will include a Hillclimb at Collingrove on Saturday 9 June and a Super Sprint at The Bend on Sunday 10 June. Planning is well under way and we should have the Supp Regs soon. Expressions of Interest have started coming in from interstate so if you plan on coming please let us know and start planning your accommodation. There will be an informal dinner gathering on the Saturday night at Murray Bridge and the presentation dinner on the Sunday night in Murray Bridge. We will also require a number of officials on the Sunday so if you would like to

33 help out please also let me know. Murray Stephenson Motorsport Secretary April 2018 Photos from the MSCA Presentation Day and picnic at Paxtons winery on the 25 Feb at McLaren Vale and some of the cars on the track at the first Super Sprint on 11March. 31

34 MG Car Club of South Australia T he 2018 National Meeting will be held in the Ulverstone Region, Tasmania during Easter The main social events and the Concours will be held in Ulverstone, the Motorkhana will be held at Penguin (approximately 15 minute drive from Ulverstone) and the Hill Climb will be held at Highclere (approximately 45 minute drive from Ulverstone). The Kimber and Observation Runs will involve travelling through the Cradle Coast Region where participants will see some spectacular scenery. The South Australian participants and their cars are listed below. No doubt there will be plenty of stories to share and medallions to display upon their return. Leigh & Judy Albertson MG B Mk 1 Robert & Shelley Bazzica - MG KN Heather & Chris Bennett MG TF Wes & Chris Bray - MG 1100 Alan & Sandra Cardnell MG B MG National Meeting Ulverstone, Tasmania From..Chris & Wes Bray Ian Curwen-Walker Tim Edmonds - MGB GT V8 Jason & Faye Edwards - MG TF & MG TD Geoff & Judy Glasson MG TD Mike Greenwood & Jan Dinan - MG6 Saloon Dean & Anne Hosking - MGB V8 Roadster Daryl Kelly - MG TF David McNabb & Kerry Hugo MG TD Dietmar & Wendy Sauer MG B Roadster Stephen Spong & Barbara Harrington MG B GT Murray & Karen Stephenson MG A 1600 Adrian Ward & Rosa Binetti MG B GT Beverley Waters MG B GT V8 Kevin & Carol Watters MG B Mk 1 Neil & Joyce Williams MG ZT 32

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36 MG Car Club of South Australia TRADE DIRECTORY Ann Calver Real Estate Sales Consultant RLA Selling real estate, or know someone who is? Call me for an appraisal of your most valuable asset (apart from your MG of course!!). Or see me personally for a special MG Car Club deal as I regularly attend mid-week lunch runs. Ph: E:mail ann.calver@harcourts. com.au WEBBER DAVIES CONVEYANCERS For all your property transaction requirements Private contracts, Family Transfers, Land Divisions, Community Titles, all property settlements John & Sue Davies FAICSA (Certified Practicing Conveyancers) webberdavies@optusnet.com.au Web : WHY NOT ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS? THESE SPACES COULD BE YOURS CONTACT THE EDITOR dfshastie@gmail.com 34

37 April 2018 WANTED TO SELL 1979 MGB LE Black VEK331 56,100mls electronic overdrive & igniton, full & half tournea cover, new radiator & battery, historic rego. Now $19,500.00, John Nearmy MGF TF with CVT step speed AUTO - Trophy Yellow. Excellent Condition inside & out. Well Maintained by MG Adelaide workshop. New Hood, New Windscreen 2 new tyres, Complete Engine Rebuild (receipts available )48,000 kms Price $16,000 ONO Contact Howard MGB chrome wire wheels. 14 inch with 30% worn quality Pirelli 185/75 P400 tyres. Some rust. $520 Ono. Paul Oliver MGB 1972 White O/d mls Recon head U/l new rings, shocks starter motor, tyres, power brakes over hauled, seats recovered. RVN 008 Price $17, MG F Wrecking. All parts available and Very CHEAP Dick Manning WANTED TO SELL MGB GT 1971 Nut and bolt, bare metal restoration. New parts for most of restoration. New rubber over whole of restoration. All rust removed, new panels and custom made patches with new floors. Too much to mention in this advert, all receipts and photos. Price $36,500 or may consider swap for good MG TF Phone Trevor for more details MGZT 220S Black litre quad cam V6 supercharged 5 speed auto c/w sport mode. manual shift Black exterior, with leather interior, alcatara inserts, Power - steer, windows, mirrors, sunroof, seats.& ABS. Rego S998ASB Kms Price: $ 15,000. Contact: Rodney Gibb SERVICES Car storage shed, Secure undercover lockup parking in Hawthorndene price negotiable, size 5.5 m long 2.5 m wide 2m high at entrance call Greg

38 MG Car Club of South Australia WANTED TO SELL 1969 White MGB GT Coupe (Engine No: 18GBVH42842) Ex competition car MG Workshop front end with adjustable Koni shock absorbers Volvo 4 spot calipers with ventilated discs. Skyline LSD & disc brakes Fresh motor out of car ready to fit $11,000 Negotiable Various MGB/A Spare Parts New 5 bearing flat side crankshaft VH44 Brake Booster 45DCOE Weber & manifold Competition head (large valves) Diff centre 10/43 fitted with fine spline gears, got course for MGB 1800 block 5 bearing no crankshaft Camshaft (new unfinished) L & R stub axles MGB (axle assembly swivel) Brown carpet for MGA need to dye black ¾ S.U. & manifold, heat shield etc suit MGB MGB radiator plus other odds & ends Make a deal on the lot!!! Contact Ralph Pearce Including the car above MGB Mk No 501. Expressions of interest required by MG Enthusiasts for a unique MGB owned by Bev Robinson for the past 30 years. MG Car Club Gold Coast. The first MGB assembled in Australia. Winner of many Concours. Excellent condition. Contact. Bev rossbev2@gmail.com 36 WANTED TO SELL MGB MK II GT motor complete with carbys and manifolds, alt. and starter. Had rings, bearings, timing chain and valve grind approx. 5000kms ago. $1,000. MK II o/d gear box with T/shaft and cross member. $800. Guards, doors, seats, radiator, dash and gauges, wire wheels, steering box and column. Grille and other parts. Darrell Evans MGB Parts for sale Set of splined hubs good condition $ x6JJ Performance alloy wheels $300 Fibreglass hardtop fair condition $250 2 Velo racing seats (essential in competition) as new half price $500 Cylinder head $50 5 bearing crankshaft $50 Offer on any of above to pgoodale@rbe.net.au or Mob: WANTED TO BUY "Lucas distributor (D2A4) assembly for 1954 MGTF Michael Woodhouse on MG TF 1250 or Wolseley 4/44 long motor suitable for reconditioning. Good money will be paid. Call Andrew Willington MGB Tourer front panels wanted. Left front guard, Bonnet, Grille, Front B/bar, Over riders. Usable or repairable will be considered. Willing to pay good price. Call Ian Baum

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