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VICMOG OFFICE BEARERS 2017President: Bill Emerson
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0418 427404
Vice President: Frank Malerba
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0417 898001
Secretary/Public Officer: Ted Houston
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0438 717303
Treasurer: Ramsay McKay
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0419367312
Social Secretary: David Jenkins
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0421 400984
Regalia Officer: Frank Malerba
Communications Officer: Brian Hardy
Email: [email protected]
Phone : 0408 516988
Club Register: Helen Davis
Phone: 0425 742064
Club Plates: Mike Devine
Email: [email protected]
Phone : 0407 946699
Peter ffrench
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0411 030151
Phil MacwhirterEmail: [email protected] :0417 050791CAMS Delegate Phil Macwhirter
VP MOCA-Vic: Colin Bartlett
Committee Member Phil Macwhirter
Committee Member: Michael Aisenberg
The VICMOG GAZETTEThe Official Journal of the Victorian MorganOwners Group Inc. Reg No: A0029564YCorrespondence to:
Registered Address: PO Box 3044 Rowville, VIC 3178
July 2017 Edition
CONTENTS
REPORTSFrom the President 3Secretary's Report 4Social Secretary's Report 5
ARTICLESJune Meeting 7A "Model" Morgan 9Morgan Miscellany 10My Morgan 11June Lunch Run 12Membership Renewal 13For Sale 15
Check out our website at: www.vicmog.com.au(The members password is Plus4 )
and our Facebook page at :www.facebook.com/MorganOwnersGroupInc
EDITOR.......................... Brian Hardy
PHOTOGRAPHERS...........Ron Bayley & Peter Ellis
ROVING REPORTERS........Ron Bayley, Peter Ellis &Lyle Honess.
CONTRIBUTIONS We are always on the lookout forarticles of interest to our readers. We request that copybe provided electronically, preferably as a MicrosoftOffice Word document file. Photographs should be sentseparately.Please send all contributions, letters and advertisingenquiries to the editor to: [email protected]
COVER PHOTODuncan welcoming guests at our June meeting at theElfin Heritage Centre
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PRESIDENT'SREPORTHi Everyone,
As we are away for 3 months I have put our cars into adeep winter sleep, all covered, full petrol tanks, tricklecharge to the batteries and a dose of “Sta-bil” in the fuelto hopefully stop it from going off. I will let you knowwhen I get back if it works.
One of my missions on this trip is to find another ECUthat I can have re conditioned as I am still havingproblems with my car and this might solve my problems.For those of you who have the early EFI systems Isuggest you try and find a back up ECU as they aregetting hard to find. Thank heavens for Kevin at TudorMotors who just happened to have one sitting on hisshelf.
We have been in the UK for just on a week now andMorgan spotting has been a waste of time although Imust say in the village we have spotted two old ACsports, one in rather poor condition and thismagnificently restored one. I don’t know a lot about
these cars but they do have attractive lines.
Before leaving Australia I managed to corner 4 of ourmembers who quietly slipped into Melbourne withoutnotice from across the border. I held them to ransomand advised them the only way out was a meal at BistroThierry’s. Once again Thierry was incredibly generouswhen it came to trying his various brandys and cognacs.Funny thing happens when I leave Thierry’s, therealways seems to be a purple haze, must be somethingin the air.
Come back John and Pam, come back Chris and Deb.All is forgiven VicMog.
Thierry, Bill, Kate, Pam, Chis, Debra and John at Thierry's Bistro
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Good news to all of us who have lived the trials andtribulations that Thierry Cornavin has been through withthe electrics on his car, One dodgy ECU, one dodgyrebuild, one reconditioned ECU and he is on the roadagain. Several auto elec’s will be disappointed at nothaving his car in their garage anymore. You are a trueMorganeer Thierry, throw enough money at it andsooner or later someone will make it right.
One of our enjoyments when in the UK is visiting oldchurches. Bunbury in Cheshire has a magnificentchurch, St Boniface, a place of worship has been on thissite since the eighth century and the current church hasbeen there since mid-fourteen hundreds.One interesting statue in the Church is of a JaneJohnson who it seems was a particularly well endowedwoman.
The inscription below tells of her story or should I say
one Vicar's response to her statue:I am sure at this stage both Brian and David have beenkeeping you advised of our forthcoming 50thAnniversary Celebration. I received an email from one ofour associated members of MOCA who was inquiringabout joining us for our celebrations, it seems that thereare about 25 who would like to join us. Well doneMOCA.
Cheers,
Bill Emerson
SECRETARY'SREPORT
Dear Members
Membership renewal time is upon us, so don’t forget tosend Treasurer Ramsay your cheque or EFTPOS. (Seepage 13)You can also hand cash (a popular old historical unit ofexchange) to a committee member on drive days andmeetings.
I shall be posting out membership cards and CAMScards over the next eight weeks, but if you need yoursurgently don’t hesitate to contact me. I shall also besending out name tags that I’ve kept for new memberswho haven’t had the chance to get to a VICMOG eventyet.
AOMC has sent me some peel off stickers to put on theinside of your windscreen to help remind you when toregister your daily drive car. A great idea now that wedon’t have registration labels. So I shall include one inyour envelope.
Another new member has joined this month:Allan Thomas from Strathfieldsaye with a 1972Yellow 4/4.Welcome to VICMOG Allan.
Unfortunately I can’t make it to the drive this Thursday,but am looking forward to the Christmas in July weekendthat is fast approaching.
Cheers
Secretary Ted
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SOCIALSECRETARY'SREPORTNot exactly top down weather just now but there hasbeen a bit of Morgan activity over the past few weeks.On Sunday 28th May I took advantage of the freeadmission tickets and ventured up the Hume Freewayto Winton to view The Historics. I did see one or twoMorgans in the car park and a very eclectic range ofclassic cars and bikes on the track. The viewing becamequite exciting as the rain fell mid afternoon!On Friday night 16th June Heather and Pete Ffrenchgenerously hosted our VICMOG June Club Meeting atThe Elfin Heritage Centre. Lots of motor sport historyhere paying homage to the brilliant Adelaide based racecar designer and constructor, Garrie Cooper. Theattendance was excellent and we also managed tocelebrate Pete’s special birthday.At an unhealthy hour the following morning Brian Hardy
and I attended a seminar put together by theAssociation Of Motoring Clubs Inc. (AOMC) , a voluntarygroup who represent around 200 member clubsnationally including VICMOG. The agenda included arange of topics involving laws impacting on motoringclubs, streamlining club management, club newsletterproduction, use of social media, and managing clubmembership data bases. There was a lot of usefulcontent and I did learn why some people are able tospend so much time looking at their mobile phones.AOMC offer free access to some excellent data basesoftware which we will put before the VICMOGCommittee. A very useful presentation.
Before I forget, we’ve come across a venue onMelbourne’s gourmet scene known as “Bistro Morgan”.(www.bistromorgan.com.au). If your culinary horizonextends no further than coffee and a donut you’ll lovethis new venue in Windsor. Parking limited.With Christmas In July just days away we may still beable to find space for a few late comers. If you haven'tyet committed there may still be time. Don't miss out ona great weekend of fun in the country.
CheersDavidSocial SecretaryEmail [email protected] 0421 400 984
JULY VICMOG ACTIVITIES8&9th July - VICMOG 2017 C.I J. Weekend - "The Search for the Golden Boomerang"
Cost $450 per couple for a magnificent weekend away.
For those who have paid, we will be meeting up at the BP Calder Park,outbound side of the Calder Freeway around 10:00am on Saturday 8th July and leaving from therearound 10:30am. For those who haven't paid and want to go, contact David, our Social Secretary,ASAP
Thurs. 27th July VICMOG RDO Lunch Run to The Little Creatures Brewery,221 Swanson Street Geelong
Meeting up 10:30 am at BP Little River Servo, Geelong Bound Princes Freeway Little River
RSVP to [email protected]
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2017 VICMOG CALENDAR
AUGUSTSunday 20th August Rolls Royce Club "Drive and be Driven Day"
3/18 Laser Drive, Rowville
Meet at 10:00 am for a run with the Rollers. Jaguar and Jensen Clubs willalso be there.
The day involves an opportunity to closely examine a variety of pre-war,classic and modern cars in a jovial environment. More details to follow.
Thursday 31st Aug VICMOG RDO Lunch RunThe Malmsbury Hotel85 Mollison Street, Malmsbury
Meet at “5 Kings”, cafe 119 Main Street, Romsey at 10:00 am for coffeebefore departure for Malmsbury at 11:00 am. RSVP [email protected]
SEPTEMBERSunday 17th Sept Picnic/Monthly Meeting at Rolls Royce and Bentley Concourse. Venue TBA
Thursday 28th Sept VICMOG Monthly RDO Lunch Run. Destination TBA
Friday 29th Sept Pop the Top drivers weekend- See website www.popthetopfestival.com.auto 1st Oct
OCTOBERSunday 15th Oct VICMOG 50th ANNIVERSARY LUNCH.
to be held at the West Brighton Club22 Park Street Brighton at 12:00pmThere will be a special lawn area to park your Morgan.The event will start with drinks and canapes being served around theMorgans and a Club Photo will be taken at 12:45 followed by Lunch.Cost will be $65 per head which includes all drinks and food.Come and Celebrate the first 50 years of VICMOG !Reminisce over decades of Morgan activity in Victoria. This historicevent is not to be missed! - Bookings wiill open in August
Thursday 26th Oct VICMOG Monthly RDO Lunch. Destination TBA
NOVEMBERSunday 19th Nov VICMOG AGM/ Club Meeting.Warwick and Paulette's, Coldstream
Thursday 30th Nov VICMOG Monthly RDO Lunch. Destination TBA
DECEMBERSunday 10th Dec Christmas Meeting /BBQ Venue Phil and Lyndy's, Shoreham
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JUNE MEETING REPORT
As a concept, it did not sound all that promising. Like letshold our June meeting on a dark cold Friday night in afactory in an Industrial estate in Moorabbin. You would notwant to bet you would be getting a crowd to that.
But that would be overlooking the magic ingredients. Whatif Pete and Heather ffrench were hosting the event, What ifthe factory contained the Elfin Heritage Collection andwhat if Pete got a couple of heaters going. Well we had allthree magic ingredients going for us and we had a fantasticturn out.
To give you an idea of the event's pulling power we evenhad the Macwhirters attend, just between returning fromJapan and just before they shipped out to Alaska.
Pete gave us a tour of the amazing collection. My favourite
was Garrie Cooper’s very first racing car, a little Austin 7special.
It turned out that Pete had just had an 0 birthday. I don’tknow which one but someone suggested it was his 50th.Anyhow, a cake was produced which he proceeded to cutwith a two handled Pizza cutter. (No I am not sure why. Itcould be a ffrench family tradition!)
It was a great night and it was good to see a number of ouryounger members there. I am sure the average age wasmuch reduced from our normal events.
Big thanks are due to Heather and Pete for hosting thisevent and Pete we are sorry nobody sat in any of the chairsyou put out. There was just too much too look at.
Mary, Laurette, Dawn & Catherine
Happy Birthday Pete
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Phil was just passing through Melbourne
Justin and Brian (B1)
Pete's Elfin History Class
A great crowd for a winter meeting
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THE TALE OF A "MODEL" MORGANRon Bayley
Back in January this year I had a call to put the Morgan infor a photo shoot promotion in Carlton Gardens for anapartment complex in Melbourne. This then led to therecent TV promotion for the Hidden Valley Retirement &resort complex being built just outside of Wallan, Victoria.
I had to be in Wallan the day before and stay overnight asthe production started at 6am! It was now this time of 6am
that I realized I should havecovered the Morgan, it wasdripping wet from theovernight condensation (yesPhil Mc W. the Morgan gotwet) and the drive to HiddenValley in the dark with a carfogged up was quiteinteresting!
The production started withgetting the car dry andshowing the chap who was tobe the model and driver whatnot to touch, his poorpassenger had to have 2 hotwater bottles and a blanket tokeep her warm.
The production finallyfinished about 7pm, with
countless re takes, with various locations within the HiddenValley area. All in all, about 20 people were involved in aninteresting day, although on my part there was a lot of justsitting around.
The promotion is being shown on TV, seems to be onChannel 7 from the few times I have caught it. There are tobe more follow up advertisements with the Morgan, butonly briefly from what I hear. ( I will try to put a copy ofthe TV ad on our website. check in a couple of days -Ed)
Maybe an Oscar nomination will be forthcoming, I’ll nothold my breath.
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MORGAN MISCELLANY
Morgan Buys back the Farm(or in this case the Factory)
If you follow the goings on at the Morgan Motor Company,you will no doubt remember back in 2006 they sold the landon which the factory stood on a sale and lease backarrangement to raise funds for the Aero development.
Well after what they claim as a record trading year in 2016,Morgan have repurchased their main Pickersleigh Road siteand for good measure they also bought the adjorning MorganVisitors' Centre (top left in the photo) which is now handlingover 30,000 visitors a year.
At 20 Pounds per adult, their visitors' centre is not a bad littleearner
Plus 8's 50th Anniversary
It seems that in addition to VICMOG, Plus 8's are also having a50th Anniversary and that famous purveyor of Morgan BadgesHermen Pol has turned out a badge to celebrate this milestone.Check out his website at https://www.morgancarbadges.com/morgans-by-model
Ron's "Model" Morgan beingprepped for its staring role
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MYMORGAN
Here is a picture of my Plus 4 under some 150year old Elm trees on my property, FreshwaterPoint Homestead, in the Tamar Valley,Launceston, Tasmania.
I took delivery of my Morgan in February 2015,having made the pilgrimage to PickersleighRoad in October 2014, when my car was in thetrim shop.
I think Tasmania is perfect Morgan country withmiles of quiet winding hilly B and C roadsthrough stunning coastal and country scenery.The Plus 4 has just completed 8000 trouble freekilometres. When not in Tasmania, the Morganspends time on the Mornington Peninsula.
Peter Wallis
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JUNE MONTHLY LUNCH RUN TOTHE NOOJEE HOTEL
Our initial rendezvous spot for our June lunch run wasthe BP Servo at Officer. It must be my advancing yearsbut I remembered Officer being further out of town than itactually is and so arrived around a half an hour too early.Still, the sun was shining feebly and I grabbed a cup ofcoffee and waited for the rest to show up.
It was very cold and by the time our intrepid group had allassembled, it was starting to rain so tops were put upand we headed off. Down the M1, past Gumbuya Park(where the city meets the country if you remember theirancient jingle), we turned off on the C426 and headed offdown some great Morgan roads through some verypretty country.
The sun was occasionally breaking through the rainshowers and the rolling green hills were all shrouded inclouds and it all looked rather beautiful. The warmthfrom the heater was slowly winning the battle with the icybreeze blowing in around the side curtains when ourintrepid Social Secretary called a halt around Neerim. Weall got out, admired the surrounds, and whenhypothermia started kicking in hopped back into ourMorgans and continued on our way.
Our next stop was to admire the magnificent old trestlebridge just outside Noojee. Not wanting to get mud on mycarpet, I wimped and stayed in my Morgan but I shot thisfrom the car.
Finally we arrived at our lunch stop, the Noojee Hotel.
After warming ourselves around the fire we ordered ourlunches and sat down for a very enjoyable meal. Thestaff here are very friendly and the food is good thoughperhaps a little too plentiful. You would never go awayhungry I promise.
All too soon it was over and we hopped in our Morgansfor the run home. The weather really turned to the darkside in the afternoon and I headed home in pouring rain.So in summary was it cold? - yes. Was it wet? - yes. Did Ihave a great time? You bet; Morgans and greatcompany- how could you miss. A big thanks to DavidJenkins for yet another great lunch run
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MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL REMINDER
If you have not already paid it,your 2017 Membershipsubscription to the VictorianMorgan Owners Group Inc. isnow overdue.
Our 2017 Annual fees are:Full Member $50.00Associate Member $10.00
Ideally it is best to deposit yoursubscription electronically to theVICMOG Bank Account as itsaves on your postage and chequebook fees, as well as the Club'sadministration.
Our account details are:BSB: 063 539Account number: 00901914Account Name: VICMOG Inc.
Please don't forget to put yourSurname in the Payment Referencedetails so we know who it's comingfrom.
Otherwise you can make a chequeout to VICMOG Inc. and mail it, alongwith a note saying who you are, to:The SecretaryVICMOGPO Box 3044Rowville, VIC 3178
If no personal or vehicle details arechanged, you no longer have to fill in amembership form.If however your or your Morgan’sdetails have changed, could youplease fill in the enclosed renewalform and mail it to our Secretary at theabove address.
FOR THOSE ON CLUB PLATES -PLEASE REMEMBER IT ISESSENTIAL TO KEEP YOURVICMOG MEMBERSHIP FINANCIAL.
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50th ANNIVERSARY BADGESLIMITED STOCK REMAINING
If you want to get one of ourhistoric badges, do not delayas stocks are running out
To have one sent out to youJust drop Heather an email [email protected] her know your address andshe will set the wheels rolling.
The cost is only $65 plus anadditional $6 if you would likeit mailed to you within Australia
CAN YOU HELP?WE ARE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR PHOTOS OF EARLYVICMOG ACTIVITIES.
WE ARE GOOD FOR THE PERIOD FROM 2011 TILL THEPRESENT AND HELEN HAS PUT TOGETHER A GREAT
COLLECTION TRACKING THE HISTORY OF OUR FIRSTTWENTY ONE C I J EVENTS
BUT OUTSIDE THAT WE HAVEVIRTUALLY NOTHING. COULD YOUPLEASE HUNT THROUGH YOURHARD DISCS TO SEE IF YOU CAN FIND ANY SHOTS OF ANYOTHER EARLY VICMOG ACTIVITIES
IF YOU HAVE ONE OR TWO PHOTOS COULD YOUPLEASE EMAIL THEM DIRECT TO MICHAEL AISENBERGAT [email protected] A LARGER NUMBER OF FILES, PLEASE DROP THEEDITOR AN EMAIL AT [email protected] TO DISCUSSBEST WAYS OF TRANSFERRING THE FILES.
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1954 Interim Model Plus 4with the TR2 motor.
This rare transition Morgan was imported fromthe USA in 2007. It is a genuine RHD.
The vehicle is exceptionally complete rightdown to a period heater under the dash.
The engine is currently out of the car and hashad a complete professional engine rebuildincluding a rear main seal conversion.
Owner advises that the engine numberindicates a warranty block or engine was
installed.
The upholstery is very good and the paint andchrome, despite the photos, very average.
The luggage rack didn't come with the car.
Hood bows are there as are a tonneau andtop but no side curtains.
Owner can assist with organising a courier toMelbourne
Contact Alan Eastoe, Dilston Tasmania Phone0434 450 225
Price $30,000 Neg
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...2005 Morgan Roadster 3 Ltr. V6
A Beautiful car to drive, with comfort andperformance, very reluctantly being sold dueto health reasons.Contact Gerald Snelling on 0414 378031 or07 55378031Email: [email protected] $115,000
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FOR SALE- More details on the Morgans listed below can be found on our website:
http://vicmog.com.au/morgans-for-sale/
