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Norfolk NA7ter
July 2012
Norfolk Austin Seven ClubPresident: Wing Commander Ken Wallis
MBE DEng(hc) PhD(hc) CEng FRAeS FSETP FInstFA(hc) RAF(Ret’d)
Norfolk NA7ter
Officers and CommitteeChairman John Groom Tel: 01945 474196
email:[email protected] Paul Maulden Tel: 01986 872537
email:[email protected] Matt Dingle Tel: 01603 714199
email:[email protected] Rick Fryer Tel: 01362 696114Secretary email:[email protected] Dave Rix Tel: 01508 493419Co-ordinator email:[email protected] John Hazell Tel: 01953 488219Committee Jim Hunt Tel: 01603 868093Members email:[email protected]
Michael Spinks Tel: 01603 737332Editor/ Rick Fryer 38 Neatherd Road, Dereham,Website Norfolk NR20 4AQ
Tel: 01362 696114email:[email protected]
Club Meetingsare held on the third Tuesday of each month
from 7.30 pm at
East Tuddenham Jubilee HallMattishall Road East Tuddenham
Norfolk NR20 3LR
Club Website – www.na7c.co.uk
Copyright © 2012 Norfolk Austin Seven Club
The articles, photographs and views expressed and printed in the ‘NORFOLK NA7TER’ are for the sole use of NA7C members and their readership and must not be printed or reproduced in any other way without the express written permission of the NA7C appointed
representatives.
The views expressed in the articles appearing in the 'NORFOLK NA7TER' are those of the contributors and not
necessarily those of the club, committee or editor. It maybe necessary to condense or alter some of the articles submitted
for publication to suit the space available: the editor apologises in advance if this is unavoidable.
The NA7C is a member of the Austin Seven Clubs Association, the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs and the
Association of Norfolk Car Clubs.
In This Edition of theNorfolk NA7ter
PageNews
Editorial 1MOT Testing 2Quiz Night – 22 March 3Christmas Dinner 4New Members 4New Books 5News from the Jubilee Hall 6Austin Seven Clubs Association AGM 8
Our Cars A Chapter of Accidents 9Ruby Writes 11Austin Big Seven Does The JOGLE 12
Runs & RalliesDaffodil Craft and Country Fayre 17Historic Tractors On Show 19Halesworth to Snape Run 21Drive It Day 22Wymondham Old Timers 23Dad’s Army Day – Bressingham 24Euston Rural Pastimes 25Swanton Morley 26Austin Allsorts Rally 27Village Show Roundup 29
FBHVC News Fuel News 30
What’s On 33NA7C Events Calendar 2012 35For Sale 36And Finally... Inside back cover
Ian Austins’s 1934 RP Saloon, seen here during
Drive It Day (page 22)
On The Cover
July 2012 1
News
EditorialThe unseasonable and unpredictableweather recently has meant many can-cellations and curtailments to theevents planned during the last quarter.We have been soaked and frozen atvarious venues around the country andReports on these events start onpage 17.
The introduction of ethanol to petrolhas raised many questions regarding itsuse in older vehicles. FBHVC has beeninvestigating fuel additives and theirreport is on page 30.
As most of you are probably aware, theGovernment has decided to abolishMOT tests for vehicle built before1960 (See Press Release on page 2).
We are in two minds about this. On theone hand it removes a cost and somehassle from the enthusiast, but on theother it opens the way for unscrupulousdealers to sell on some real wrecks. Italso gives the insurance companies a
potential excuse to start increasing pre-miums. Still, we'll wait and see.
Aside from the 90th anniversary of theAustin Seven and the Queen’s Jubilee,2012 has seen many other anniversa-ries of greater and lesser significance.These include:
• 100 years ago – the death of Scottof the Antarctic, the sinking ofRMS Titanic and the formation ofthe Royal Flying Corps
• 90 years ago – the establishment ofthe RAF Apprentice Scheme(under which your editor trained inthe early 1960s) and the deaths ofAlexander Graham Bell and SirErnest Shackleton.
• 80 years ago – the opening of theSidney Harbour Bridge, the intro-duction of the Mars Bar and Ame-lia Earhart becoming the firstwoman to fly solo across the Atlan-tic.
Rick
The next edition of the NA7ter will be published in October 2012. Please let me have any contributions before 30 September.
Contact details are on the inside front cover
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News
MOT TestingA Press Release from the Department of TransportClassic vehicles will be exempted fromthe MoT test, Roads Minister MikePenning announced on 21 May 2012.
Classic and historic vehicles are oftenvery well maintained by their ownersand have a much lower accident andMoT failure rate than newer vehicles.
The current requirement to undergo anMoT test goes over and above the obli-gations set out in European legislation.Following a public consultation whichshowed high levels of support for theproposals, vehicles manufactured be-fore 1960 will be exempted from theMoT test from 18th November 2012reducing costs for owners.
Owners of affected vehicles will stillbe able to take exempt vehicles for anMoT test on a voluntary basis.
Mike Penning said:
“We are committed to cutting out red tape which costs motorists
money without providing signifi-cant overall benefits. Owners of classic cars and motorbikes tend to be enthusiasts who maintain their vehicles well – they don’t need to be told to look after them, they’re out there in all weathers checking the condition of the engine, tyres and bodywork.
“Owners of classic vehicles will still be legally required to ensure that they are safe and in a proper condition to be on the road but scrapping the MoT test for these vehicles will save motorists money.”
Pre-1960 licensed vehicles make upabout 0.6% of the total number of li-censed vehicles in Great Britain, butare involved in just 0.03% of road cas-ualties and accidents.
Evidence shows that the initial MoTtest failure rate declines by the age ofvehicle after the vehicle is 13 years old.
Until November, you can still get a “sympathetic” test from one of the garages listed opposite
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Quiz Night – 22 MarchDave Rix reportsThe annual Jaguar V Seven quiz at theTrowse White Horse was a sparsely at-tended affair with six entrants from ourclub and seven from the Jags.
However it was a jolly evening withmuch banter and good humour andsome trading of insults!
We formed two teams of three and theya team of three and a team of four .There followed a period of almost
complete amnesia despite which wemanaged to come in second, thus los-ing again.
It must be recorded that two thirds ofthe Norfolk Austin Seven Club teamscame from Suffolk!
The Club thanks John Stavely and hishelpers for setting up this evening andoffers our congratulations on their vic-tory.
MoT Testing Stations
The following MoT Testing Stations are sympathetic to old cars. Please let the Editor know of any that you think should be added to the list
This list is for information only and the individual garages are not recommended or endorsed by NA7C
Jacksons Market Street, Shipdam IP25 7LZ 01362 820700
Nigel Farrow Cars Ltd Salhouse Road, Norwich 01603 705050
PC & AT Hudson West Dereham (NOT EAST) 01366 500351
Norwich Road Garage Strumpshaw, Norwich NR13 4AG 01603 712010
North TuddenhamGarage Old A47, Nr Dereham NR20 3DE 01362 637564
Elvins Garage, 2 The Street Poringland, Norwich NR14 7JR 01508 492266
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Christmas Dinner
Although, as we write, Easter is onlyjust over, it’s already time to plan forChristmas.
With the agreement of club members,your Committee has decided to try anew venue for the Club’s ChristmasDinner.
This will be held on Tuesday 11 De-cember (7 for 7.30pm) at the WensumValley Hotel, Golf and Country Club,Beech Avenue, Taverham, Norwich,NR8 6HP.
There will be a three-course waiter-service meal, followed by coffee and
mints. It will be served in a reservedroom, with seating plan, linen and cut-lery – in other words, a proper restau-rant. There will be a bar service.
Full details of the menu are yet to bedecided, but provisionally there will bea choice of starter (soup or melon andham), main course (roast beef orstuffed chicken breast) and dessert (ap-ple crumble and custard or chocolatetrio). A vegetarian option will be avail-able.
The cost will be £20 per head.
More details to follow.
Please talk to Paul Maulden (01986 872537 or [email protected]) if you have any questions about the Christmas Dinner
New MembersPlease join us in welcoming the following new members to the club:
• Stuart Dean and Karen Sage live in Rushall, near Diss and have recently acquired a 1935 Special.
• Dennis Jackman comes from Nec-ton, near Swaffham and owns a 1933 RP Saloon.
• David and Patricia Blakesley live in Grimston, near King’s Lynn and have just acquired a 1934 RP Saloon.
• Ray Stearman owns a Ruby and is from Attleborough.
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New BooksAustin Seven StampsClub member Bryan Norfolk has pub-lished a second book. In a similar for-mat to his earlier work on Austin Sevencigarette and trade cards, this one fea-tures postage stamps, illustrating over40 in full colour.
The book is available for £5, plus £1.50postage from:
Bryan Norfolk6 Ambrose LaneHarpenden HertsAL5 4AX
Bryan will also be attending several showsduring Jubilee Year, where his book will beon sale
Would Suit Enthusiast – L. M. Williams and his Austin Seven Specials(Stuart Ulph)This long-awaited book is the first timethat these models have been researchedand documented, making it a must buyfor anybody interested in sports Sev-ens,
Well illustrated both with mono-chrome and colour photographs, manyunseen before. Softback, A4 size, 122pages.
Available now for £16.95 post paidfrom:
Chris GarnerBooksales & Archivist – Pre-War Austin Seven Club Limited 1 Westminster CloseMelton Mowbray,Leicestershire, LE13 0PF. UK
Tel : 01664 852172. Mob: 07774 780293
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News from the Jubilee HallTrevor Jenkins
On Tuesday 17 April, members wereentertained by an interesting talk onwelding safety and practice by TrevorJenkins – he of the 4½ litre Bentley.
Trevor, seen right, explained the tech-nicalities of the equipment used in gaswelding and explained the varioussafety devices incorporated, includinga non-return safety valve which he haddesigned and manufactured.
Rivers FletcherAt our May meeting we were given an insight into thelife and times of Alec Rivers Fletcher by his son, Peter(left).
Alec, or Rivers as he was called, was well-known in mo-toring circles for many years. At the age of 15 he rodeas Malcolm Campbell's mechanic at Brooklands in aDelage and this led to his life in motor sport. His maininterest was hill climbing and he achieved FTD at a Na-tional Prescott meeting in 1955.
He was involved with filming the efforts of the BRMteam at home and abroad in the 50s and was well ac-quainted with most of the F1 drivers of the day.
Rivers’ interest turned to vintage racing in his later years and he raced various carsand began to write of his experiences. Many of his books are still available. His sons,Peter and Jeremy, have inherited his passion for cars and competition and have hada motoring background from childhood that most of us would envy!
It was a well attended and lively meeting. We thank Peter for his efforts and Colinand Mossie for introducing him to the club.
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Drive-It Night – 19 JuneDrive-It Night, when we encouragemembers to bring their cars along, isusually the club night nearest the sum-mer solstice, which means they get todrive home in daylight!
This year saw a good turn-out, with 13cars gracing the Jubilee hall car park.Eight of these were Sevens: the RPs ofJim and Sue Hunt and Michael Spinks;Janet and John Mathews in their 1934Tourer; Henry and Jennifer Thorne inthe Pearl cabriolet; and Martin Roperand the Sharpes in Rubies. Specialswere represented by Charles Levien inhis Paxton and the Editor and Cherry.
The “big boys” comprised a 1938 MRBentley, driven by Trevor and MavisJenkins and Robert Timson, a friend ofMartin, in a 1930 Rolls-Royce 20/25(see below). Paul and Liz Mauldonbrought along their Light 12 “Rosie”,Martin Jones came in a 1953 MG TDand Dave Rix arrived in his Lotus Elan.
Some of the Sevens
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Austin Seven Clubs Association AGMA brief report*The 2012 AGM was held on Sunday16th April 2012 at the A7CA ArchivesCentre, Gatdon. The meeting was wellattended with 28 attendees from 12Clubs and Registers. This turn-outcompares well with figures over thelast three years and seems to indicate acontinuing and solid interest in thework of the Association.
Being the AGM, the meeting had toelect the Committee for 2012 - 2013,which was a little more complex thanoften the case with no less than fourmembers having decided to standdown, in most cases after several yearsof service to the Association.
The New Committee now includes:
• Chairman: Dave Wilcox, PWA7C - from October 2012
• Secretary: Hayden Morgan, SWA7C
• Registrar: Jim Blacklock, Arrow Register - to be confirmed
• Distribution: Howard Annett, A7OC - all aspects of Mag. Distri-bution
• PR Manager: Graham Baldock DA7C/EA7C
The meeting thanked all those takingon these key Association Roles and allthose stepping down for their service tothe Association - splendid tankards inrecognition of their work were present-ed to those attending, the others will re-ceive theirs at Warwick.
The Ray Morley Award was also pre-sented at the Meeting to Bernard Cow-ley by Bob Wyatt for heroic racing upand down hills in his home-built A7Special and the Ken Warren Awardthis year was awarded by Robin Boyceto Chris Garner PWA7C - to be pre-sented later.
Very full and comprehensive reportswere provided by John Wyett (Fi-nance), Robin Boyce (Magazine), IlkeCochrane (Website), Hazel Gore (Ad-vertising), Phil Baildon (Archives) andSandy Croall (Register)
The meeting thanked all the Clubs tak-ing part in and organising 90th Anni-versary events.
*The full minutes are available from Paul Maulden or the Editor. Contact details inside front cover
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Our Cars
A Chapter of AccidentsCharles Levien’s latest (mis)adventureEarlier this year I decided to developmy Paxton Special (pictured below) bygiving it the "John Miles" treatment, bywhich I mean replacing the steeringlinkages with rose joints and extendingthe steering arm by around 20% Thisdoes take some of the excitement out ofdriving fast on a bumpy road but, in my71st. year I must be mellowing a bit!The other definite improvements areadding struts from the axle back to thetop of radius arms to counter axle twistunder braking stress and inverting the
radius arm anchorage bracket whichdrops the anchorage point, giving 5%castor angle and a little bit of "selfsteering".
To achieve all this I decided to put thecar with Alan Nobbs at North Tudden-ham so I took the engine out to relinethe clutch while Alan had the car to dothe mods, with the overall plan to haveeverything completed in time to do theAustins to Brighton run. Alan did agreat job and returned the car to me.
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I re-lined the clutch, got the drivenplate re-riveted and put the engine backin, all in good time for the Brighton runbut....discovered oil on the garage floorunder the engine (ok, not a totally un-familiar sight) after first start up.
It turned out to be a cracked crankcasewhere the oil feed to nosepiece comesoff the front gallery (oh! what horror!)– mine is a one and a half inch pressurefed crank. At this point I called againon the services of Alan. An attemptwas made to fix the crack with epoxyresin but when this failed under pres-sure I took the engine out again and setabout finding another crankcase. Thiswas now the Sunday before the Bright-on run and I was due to drive down toLondon on the following Saturday.
I wasn't going to give up too easily so Ibegan phoning around to see if anyonehad a spare crankcase. My third call, toDick Aplin an old friend in the 750Motor Club found me in luck and I gotthe good crankcase to Alan on the
Monday for him to build the engine.This he did in amazing time and I wasable to pick it up from him on Tuesdayafternoon. Engine went back in onWednesday morning and the car wasready for a start up that evening – no oilleaks and everything looking good.Until, that is, I went to fill up on theFriday afternoon. A couple of milesdown the road I noticed my oil pressurewas running at 8lbs! Alan came overon the Saturday morning (I hadn't giv-en up hope quite yet) but we couldn'tidentify the cause so I decided to ac-cept defeat and take the engine outagain. It turned out to be Herbert Aus-tin's "spit and hope" jets, which had be-come unsealed and were bleeding allthe pressure off before the oil got to thefront of the crankshaft.
The engine is now back in (again) andshowing 45lbs pressure with no leaks –I am a happy bunny but with a prettystiff back. Anyone know a good Oste-opath?
Car TrimmersA recommendation from John WyettBailey Trim, run by Dudley Fitch, spe-cialises in interior trim for all types ofclassic and vintage vehicles – he hasdone work for me, his prices are veryreasonable and there is no Value Add-ed Theft added on either! Highly rec-ommended!
Contact details:Bailey Trim and UpholsteryUnit 2Bowles GarageCampsey RdSouthery PE38 0NQTel 01366 377400 or Mobile 07931569045
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Ruby WritesHi Uncle RickI am very sorry, but I do not have toomuch to write about this time, as I havenot been out much due to the badweather
The first Saturday in April I had a runout to the Bentley Boys’ day at Ufford,I was looking forward to the run downthere with my friends the Nippy andthat great big Bentley, but at the verylast minute I was stood up because theyhad to go to a football match, Can youbelieve it? There is nowt so strange asfolk.
Henham Wings and Wheels was rainedoff, so I nipped over to Bressinghamsteam museum for the Dads ArmyDay. It was a pretty good day and I metsome new friends – well worth a looknext year.
Rosie tells me that the June Dive ItNight meeting was very well attendedand enjoyed by all, but she was feelingvery much off colour and upset due to
an accident on the way there. A runa-way horse had thrown its rider and gal-loped full speed into the main road andhit a car coming from Norwich. Itflipped over the car and landed right infront of her and Rosie just managed tostop in time. The poor horse had to beput down at the side of the road. Theother driver held herself together verywell but must have been quite shookup.
Well, I have just returned home fromOld Buckenham Air show. It was agood day out but very wet and muddy,so I am sitting in the garden waiting fora wash before my man will let me goindoors on his carpets and old Billy andCharley have just strolled up and aresitting on the wall, I think they havehad a long afternoon down at theWhite Hart, Then the old parson ridespast on his bike. He says: “BILLY! Isaw what you were doing to your wifethis morning as I was off to church –absolutely disgraceful on a Sundaymorning,” Billy turns to him and re-plies: “Thas where yar wrong wicker,cos thet wunt me, so git on yar bioke angit hoom.!”
Well that’s all for now folks and I hopeto meet up with more of you on warmerdrier days before summer is over
RubyI met some new friends ...
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Austin Big Seven Does The JOGLERoger Harnor tackles the “end to end”In all my years as a 750 member I’venever undertaken one of these epicruns in an Austin Seven, but have readand heard about the exploits of others.DYC698 had been to Luxembourg in1982 with 2 adults, 2 children and livedto tell the tale. This was before Timwas born.
During the in-between years there hadbeen work, children and elderly par-ents etc. But now I have the time to un-dertake such a jaunt. Sue politelydeclined the offer of being co-driver,muttering something about Big 7s be-ing too wobbly to drive. Tim, ouryoungest, in a rash moment agreed togive it a go, and so over Christmas wehatched a plan. I estimated the daysand thought it would be about 2000miles in total give or take a few. Nextthing to do was to go and talk to the BigSeven to see if she might be up for it.
Well in June 2011 I’d taken DYC698to a sympathetic local garage for anMOT test. The Tester avoided puttingher on the shaker table in deference tothe advancing years, but none the lessgave her a very thorough going over.The end result was a pass despite nothaving had the wheels off for a checkup for more than 5 years. There was along list of ‘advises’ that would needattention during the year, but mainly aringing endorsement to get out and use
her, putting on some miles to keep her‘supple’. Little did the MOT testerknow what was to come!
The Big Seven or this one in particularhas an aversion to the truck ruts on to-day’s main ‘A’ roads, and the A14 canbe horrid in places. Attention was giv-en to rebuilding all the shock absorberswith new friction discs and linkagebushes, as well as oiling the springs.This is so that she stood a chance of notlurching from side to side and getting amost unladylike ‘wobble on’. Robinhad kindly supplied me with all theparts needed, making the job so mucheasier to get done. Oils were changed,grease was applied and the radiatorwas changed for one thought to leakslightly less! On a Big Seven this jobinvolves some very fiddly bolts instrange locations, resulting in someAnglo-Saxon language. Following allof this an 80-mile shake-down run pro-duced no maladies of note.
Over the years DYC698 has kept hersemaphore indicators aided by armwaving out of the window. Modernmotorists simply do not understand thesignificance of ‘I’m changing coursesoon’ or ‘be prepared for me to stop –eventually’. They just wave back tome in one form or another. With ex-tended use of Motorways and main Aroads planned I felt modern flashers
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were the only safe option, and so setabout fitting them without drilling asingle hole in the car. This was com-pleted on the Tuesday before I left onthe Wednesday morning. I don’t as arule go for last minute rush jobs, butthey worked well enough first time.
The petrol shortages scare lead toDYC698 carrying several gallons ofspare petrol which wouldn’t be neededat all. The usual collection of sparesand tools which were thought to benecessary, along with a piece ofAxminster carpet to lie on should theneed arise. So a fairly well laden Aus-tin Big Seven set off from Bury St Ed-munds on the Wednesday morning.
Wednesday I started off in shirt sleevesfor the first part of the A14, with sunnyweather, but it wasn’t to last. Soondrizzle and then rain that was heavyenough at times to obliterate any formof forward vision. As usual the waterfound its way around Austin’s oddlynamed windscreen sealing rubber anddripped onto my legs, cold and wet asalways in those circumstances.
Derby, and a visit to Diane and RobinTaylor the Big Seven Registrar. Theyintroduced me to the delights of Rain-ex, and I wondered how I had managedto live without this magical substancethat chases the water from the screenfor so long. Must get some of my own
Roger and Tim,ready for the “off”
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soon. Robin and Diane wanted to getme safely to my Premier Inn. So Robinhad a ride in DYC698 through the traf-fic of a Derby evening. Robin verykindly said it sounds just like a Big 7does, very reassuring words before thestart of a long trip. A few pints of Der-by’s finest restorative ale helped me noend that evening.
Thursday, where Tim joined us in Der-by and we set off northwards through asnowy landscape. It didn’t take melong to get Tim into the driving seat forhis first stint. Normally he drives eve-rything that is only a few months oldwith a few thousand miles on the clock.Here we have 74 years old and no pow-er assistance of anything, come tothink of very little power in the firstplace (originally 25 bhp and about aton laden). The black art of double de-clutching was soon mastered as we ne-gotiated roundabouts etc. Goodprogress until we reached the Edin-burgh southern bypass where the usualcrawl to the Forth Road Bridge addedan hour to our day. Dunfermline, intime for dinner after 299 miles. Prettygood going for a day’s drive.
Friday we set off early after checkingthe tyre pressures and wheel nut secu-rity, all well there. Soon the roads be-came prettier and more challenging aswe headed north. Our attention hadbeen drawn to The Black Isle OrganicBrewery and as we were beyond Inver-ness it seemed a good place for a stop.
A few miles further on near to Tain wecame upon The Glenmorangie Distill-ery. Well it would have been rude notto. Most welcoming folk despite it be-ing their ‘silent season’ when they areclosed for maintenance, however thetasting was fine.
The last haul was to John O’Groats andwe were soon joined by the headlightsof an Austin 7 special gaining on us atspeed. The coastline was shrouded inmist most of the way to the top whichwas a pity as it must be so picturesque.Only 251 miles, but much more chal-lenging ones at that.
The evening at the Seaview Hotel wasmost enjoyable with a chance to chatwith many Seven owners and catch upwith Peter, my good friend of nearly 40years who as an Essex 750 member hadhelped with so much of the work onDYC698 in the early days His co driverAndrew was very little then..
The Saturday morning start saw acrowd of Austin Sevens keen to be off.Earlier that morning a large contingentof 49cc mopeds had set off on theirown Jogle with VW campers and trail-ers as support vehicles. We set off withTim driving the first stint along thewinding A99/A9. The mopeds werefine to pass but the support vehicleswere a real pain for a low poweredAustin Seven, but we got passed in theend. Tim had to get a move on as ourovernight stop was Carlisle. During the
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day we came upon a few Sevens head-ing for the start and a few on their waydown. It appeared that they had allmelted into the landscape very quickly.Parts of Scotland around The Cairn-gorms were still snowy which added tothe views, but we made Carlisle after351 miles of good driving.
Sunday was the real task of Carlisle toLand’s End in a 74 year old car and ina day as well. Bonkers. The M6 wasdeserted at first up through the LakeDistrict, with traffic gradually increas-ing as the day went on. M6 became theM5 and still the Big Seven motoredalong the inside lane with the speedoneedle between 45 and 55 MPH all thetime. Probably only mid forties if thetruth be told! The A30 was pretty goodand it was getting darker as we got to
Land’s End. A very warm welcomefrom Andrew and Reg Jarmin at thefinish control, with a much needed cupof tea. Thanks to them for setting asidedays of their time to be the signing offpoint. That was 449 miles in a day,covering just about the entire length ofEngland. Enough.
There were three Big Sevens on thisJOGLE, and sorry to say I didn’t get achance to speak to the crew of the bluecar beforehand. I understand they hadmaladies before leaving Scotland. Sor-ry I wasn’t around to lend them a hand.Peter Sweeney in his Sixlite FVX 720was going to take a much more relaxedand civilised approach to the trip bygoing the scenic side of Glasgow. Theextra day he took meant that he headedto Land’s End in the face of that horri-
Land’s End, at last
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ble weather that Bank Holiday Mon-day brought.
Sorry to report that this hasn’t been anepic tale of roadside repairs and spec-tacular bodges with tie down straps tokeep an Austin Seven engine running.1938 Austin Big Seven ForliteDYC698 just didn’t miss a beat in allthat distance. She used less than a pintof oil, but a fair bit of water. Petrol sad-ly was needed and up to £1.51 a litre –ouch. Will work out the consumptionat sometime.
Monday morning there was the need tohead towards Derby to get Tim backhome again. But not before we had vis-ited The Lizard Point as England’smost southerly place. Well it wasblowing and raining horribly but wegot down to the water’s edge and threwa stone into the sea. The real journeywas only just beginning with the worldand his wife deciding to leave Corn-wall early on a Bank Holiday Mondayin what were really terrible weatherconditions. Traffic jams on the A30added time and the M5 had those phan-tom traffic hold ups that just melt awayafter you’ve been sat there for a while.Onto the A38 and we drove past the oldAustin works at Longbridge in Bir-mingham paying a quiet thanks to allthose good folks who had assembledDYC698 there all those years ago. Betthey didn’t think she’d still be going in2012! Tim got back to his place in
Derby before 11.00 at night and wasprobably glad to see his own bed.
The route home I decided would be lei-surely, and came along via Leicester,Kings Lynn and Thetford. Completelyin contrast as it was warm and sunny,just bowling along nice quiet ‘A’roads. Arriving back in Pakenham midafternoon after 1955 trouble free miles.Austin was tired and travel stained butglad to be home, or at least the driverwas.
My thanks must go to Gill Davis forher organisation, the start control mar-shals in Scotland and the finish mar-shals at Land’s End for all their timeand effort. Very importantly my thanksto Tim for joining me and driving hun-dreds of miles in a car that is nearlythree times older than he is and puttingup with his Dad for 5 days in a con-fined space! Thanks guys.
That isn’t the end of the story. Havinglived in Lowestoft for more than 30years and done the start work for threeof the 750 MC East West runs. Sue andI went over to Lowestoft on theWednesday afternoon to find a seawallbollard was missing and we could justsqueeze Austin right down to the edgeof the North Sea and the most Easterlypart of the UK – Ness Point. So AustinBig Seven had been to the four extrem-ities of the United Kingdom in 5 days –reliably.
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Runs & Rallies
Daffodil Craft and Country Fayre – 25 MarchDave Rix reports on this popular event, the first in our 2012 calendarBracing could describe the weather butraw would be more honest as wescrambled from the fully-enclosedChummy this Sunday morning andfound the Editor and Cherry unwrap-ping several layers of clothes havingbraved the elements in the somewhatstark “Cecil”, although they said theirears were warm in the snug helmetsthey wore. An example of true Britishgrit, I thought. (or madness – Editor)
Richard Crozier brought along hislovely and well-restored RN Box sa-loon, a real credit to his workmanshipand skill. Also in our small group wereMavis Jenkins in her Nippy, togetherwith husband Trevor in the 1924 4½ li-tre Bentley, which later in the day wona trophy as the best pre-1950 car
John Clarke appeared in the red Bristol401 he owns and Mrs R gave the newly-transmissioned Elan a run out.
The daffs were in fine fettle...
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The daffs were in fine fettle this yearand the usual sideshows and tradestands were showing their wares. Thelocal church in the field was closed thisyear but a couple of traction engineswere smoking quietly to themselves,watched over by a fire engine whichwas a popular attraction to the young-sters.
The sun appeared mid-morning andmade all the difference to the day andto the ice cream sellers, while the othergrub stalls and the school canteen didgood business.
We were disappointed Dave and KarenWitton couldn't make it as they had un-fortunately had a damaging fire at theircottage. We wish them well with therepairs and renovations.
There was a good turnout of old carsagain this year at this popular event –although a few more Sevens wouldn'tgo amiss!
Our small group
Trevor and his trophy
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Historic Tractors On ShowJim Hunt investigates a new event on the calendarA two-day historic Tractors and By-gones event was held at the NorfolkShowground on 31 March and 1 Aprilthis year. The show was a new venture,organised by two tractor enthusiastsand their band of helpers and it turnedout to be a very successful weekendwhich attracted over 5,500 visitors.These, together with exhibitors andothers connected with the show, madea total attendance of around 10,000.
On the programme was a wide range ofexhibits and displays from horse-drawn implements to modern compu-ter-controlled giant tractors, but themain emphasis of the show was on pre1920s tractors and there were many of
them, including several Austins. Theoldest runner was a 1902 Ivel.
Also on display were many large ma-chines resembling steam engines withearly internal combustion engines anda large early Caterpillar tractor with anengine which was started by charging atank with compressed air, which, whenreleased, turned the carefully primedand positioned engine over with suchforce it that it burst into life, accompa-nied by thick clouds of smoke and adeafening roar – no silencers to beseen!
In total there were 370 tractors on dis-play, some of which had come from asfar afield as Scotland and Ireland, with
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many local exhibits too, including anearly Ferguson built by David Brownand owned by NA7C member MichaelSpinks.
There was only a small gathering ofcars in attendance, but we were madevery welcome by the tractor enthusi-asts and quite a lot of interest wasshown in our cars.
There were certainly plenty of exam-ples of early 20th century engineeringfor the mechanically-minded to ponderover amidst the aroma of oil and ex-haust fumes! Not to mention bits andpieces of autojumble buried under thepiles of old tractor parts, tools etc.
With the Show being such a success itseems very likely that it will be stagedagain next year – so keep an eye out forthis event on next season’s calendar.
DVLA Authentication
Rick Fryer 01362 69611438 Neatherd RoadDereham NR20 4AQ [email protected]
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Halesworth to Snape Run – 15 AprilDave Rix reports on this annual eventIt was a “cold wind” sort of day withrain threatening when we met up with40 other cars and military vehicles inHalesworth town centre car park.
In addition to Mrs R and myself theother club members who hoped to en-joy the run were Richard Crozier andcompanion in his RN Saloon, Trevorand Mavis Jenkins in the Bentley, andBrian and Jean Barnard in their RP.The locally-based article-writing Rubyand her master were sadly missing – onother duties no doubt.
As the convoy’s pace was dictated bythe cruising speed of the Sevens, it wasa leisurely but enjoyable jaunt throughthe back roads and byways of ruralSuffolk, with but one quick swish ofrain to contend with and no break-
downs – well we saw none!. However,the arrival of 40 vehicles seemed tocause some consternation at Snape.Whereas last year we were directed toa large meadow at the rear of the com-plex this year it was decided to arrangethe cars along the front and it was a bitchaotic wedging us in and it was prob-ably a trifle irritating to those in mod-erns who were queuing behind the old'uns waiting to be allocated a parkingspace, but all was well that ended wellas someone once said.
The famous Snape Maltings ConcertHall has been operated by AldeburghMusic since 1948, having been startedby Benjamin Britten and Peter Pearsand has a programme of musicthroughout the year.
There are nine various shops in thecomplex, with holiday apartments andresidential properties as well. Boattrips and many walks can be taken buton this day it was too cold and raw forthe old car folk and most had uppedand headed for home by mid-after-noon.
However it is an excellent “opening ofthe season” run through the villagesand countryside. Last year the weatherwas superb and we'll be there againnext year “if we be spared”, as some-body else probably said.Richard Crozier’s RN Saloon
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Drive It Day – 22 AprilDrive It Day, promoted by the FBHVC, is held on the Sunday nearest StGeorge’s Day, as an annual commemoration of the first Thousand-MileTrial in 1900. Our venue for Drive It Day (DID) thisyear was Whitwell and Reepham Sta-tion, where a parking area had been re-served for us.
With the inclement weather and sever-al “rival” DIDs attracting members, wewondered what support we would get,but when the Editorial RP arrived at the
station we found Jim and Sue Hunt, intheir RP and David and ChristopherCharles, in their recently-acquired1979 MGB GT, waiting for us.
Next to arrive were John and JanetMathews in their 1934 AJ Tourer,closely followed by Ian Austin in his1934 RP. Now christened “Winnie”,
Whitwell & Reepham Station re-opened in 2009, nearly 50 years after it was closed to passengers. The owners aim to re-store the Station to its former glory, relaying track and sid-ings, acquiring rolling stock and adding more items to the museum relating to the Station and The Midland & Great
Northern Railway.More information at www.whitwellstation.com
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after Ian’s mother, this immaculately-restored car was making its first publicappearance. Last to arrive wereCharles and Judy Levien in the PaxtonSpecial.
Apart from a brief hail storm, theweather remained favourable. Mem-bers spent the afternoon looking at theexhibits, patronising the tea room andplant stall and having brake van ridesbehind a small diesel shunter.
Wymondham Old Timers – 6 MayA Visit to Wroxham BarnsSunday morning promised typicalBank Holiday weather – cold and wet– so we decided to take the EditorialRP to the show rather than the two-seater open Special.
About 70 cars braved the weather. Themajority, as usual, were post-war“Classics”, but about a dozen pre-warcars showed up. Jim and Sue Huntbrought along their RP to keep us com-pany and Michael Spinks came in hisdelightful 1933 Vauxhall Cadet coupe.Also there was member John Clark inhis 1952 Bristol 401 and David Wallput in a fleeting appearance during theafternoon in his 1926 Chummy. The
only other “Seven” present was a BigSeven Sixlite belonging to an “OldTimers” member.
There was a lot of interest in our carsfrom visitors to Wroxham barns, de-spite the weather, and the nicely-heat-ed shops in the complex proved a bigattraction throughout the day.
The proceeds of the rally were donatedto the Alzheimer’s Society and a younglady from that charity was on hand toreceive a cheque for £1100. She alsopresented John Clark with a trophy,having chosen his Bristol as the car shewould most like to take home.
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Dad’s Army Day – Bressingham – 13 May”You stupid boy!”With both Henham and Skeyton can-celled, we found ourselves with noth-ing to do this weekend until SecretaryPaul negotiated a deal with Bressing-ham Steam Museum for three cars toattend their annual 1940s day.
The Editorial RP set off bright and ear-ly, stopped off for fuel and headed forDiss. About a mile-and-a-half later, theengine faltered and we coasted to a haltin a grey cloud. Nothing could per-suade it to restart so we called out RH,who took us home on a lorry – again!
Transferring the picnic to the modernand looking slightly incongruous in
our 1940s clothes we headed for Bress-ingham. Once there, we found Jim, Sueand Jonathan Hunt in their RP and Pauland Liz Maulden in Ruby. They hadsaved us a place in the line-up of most-ly military vehicles, which was eventu-ally filled by new members StuartDean and Karen, who arrived in theirsporty Special.
Fortunately the weather remainedkind, so we were able to take advan-tage of everything Bressingham had tooffer – train rides, the gallopers and allthe various exhibitions. A good dayout, which we hope will feature in fu-ture events calendars.
PS. The problem with the RP? While refuelling I was distracted by a persistent “MyDad had one of those”, didn’t pay attention and filled up with diesel. Now flushedout and running normally, with no apparent harm done .... Stupid boy!
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Euston Rural Pastimes – 10 JuneA fine day at lastThe weather forecast was “changea-ble” for this popular annual event, sothe Editor and Cherry decided to take acar with a roof on!
First to arrive, our RP was soon joinedby Paul and Liz Maulden in their 1937Ruby, John Wyett’s 1932 RN and Phil,Patricia and Gemma Sharpe in their1935 Ruby. Last to arrive were DaveRix in his 1926 Chummy – Mrs R hadcadged a lift in an MGB – and Philipand Tricia Jepson in their 1927 Chum-my. Unfortunately Philip had appliedtoo late to be included in the club line-up on the front row, which was com-pleted by Mavis and Trevor Jenkinswho, having decided against usingtheir Nippy due to the weather, arrivedin a huge 2001 Rolls-Royce Corniche.
Among the other club members en-countered during the day, David Lobbhad brought along his vintage Ecclescaravan towed, as usual, by his 1929Vauxhall saloon, while John Clarkecame in his now-familiar 1952 Bristol401.
There were over 200 cars and a fewlorries lined up on the hill – mostlypost war, as usual – with no rare or out-standing examples, at least as far as wecould see. Agricultural enthusiasts hadabout 130 tractors to drool over, whiletwo-wheeler fans had over 50 motor-cycles to browse round. Steam-drivenvehicles included full-size and modeltraction engines and road rollers and anunusual bus-bodied Sentinel steam lorry.
Euston Hall with tractors
An unusual bus-bodied Sentinel steam lorry
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There was a full programme of ringevents, including an impressive dis-play by the “Imps” motorcycle team,whose ages range from five to fifteen.All the usual sideshows, trade andcharity stalls were there, together withample food and drink outlets.
Euston Rural Pastimes 2012 was, asusual, an excellent day out. Later re-ports put the attendance at over 6,000.The fact that the weather remainedsunny and warm throughout the daywas a bonus, particularly in the light ofall the cancellations during the previ-ous week.
Swanton Morley Tractor and Bygones Rally – 17 June
We missed this event last year when itchanged venue and date, but this yearwas back to normal at the Village Hall.We took both Sevens along and werejoined by Jim and Jonathan Hunt intheir RP, Michael Spinks in his Vaux-hall and John Clarke in the Bristol.
There were over 80 cars there, togetherwith a lot of tractors, but we noticedthat most of the tractors, like the cars,were post war. The Marina and Italclub were there in force. Stationary en-gines were well represented and therewere several steam engines.
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Austin Allsorts Rally – 24 JuneA day out at Old BuckenhamThis annual event, organised by the750 Motor Club Norfolk Centre, al-ways attracts a good entry and thisyear’s rally, held at the Old Bucken-ham Air show, was no exception.
Although the by-now usual inclementweather put off some entrants, over 25cars, including 14 “Sevens”, turned upon the day. These were joined by sev-eral cars from the Essex A7 Club, in-cluding a couple more “Sevens”.
The rally had been allocated a “pitch”alongside the access road, which fortu-nately remained relatively dry, unlikethe remainder of the site, which soonturned into a muddy quagmire.
The NA7C was well-represented in theline-up, with the Chummies of KarenWitton and Dave Rix, Dave Witton’sRL, David Charles’ RN and DavidWall’s RP. Mavis Jenkins came in herNippy, with husband Trevor in the
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1938 MR Bentley. Paul and LizMaulden brought along their Ruby,while rally organiser Roger Harnorcame in his Big Seven. Hamish andAnne Alger arrived in their replica vanand the Editor and Cherry came in theirspecial. Last, but not least, Biz andBrenda Bizzel brought their 1966 Bed-ford Camper. Spotted in the “Classic”car park were club members JohnClark in the 1952 Bristol 401 and Dav-id Lobb in his 1929 Vauxhall saloon –minus caravan on this occasion.
The weather also affected the flyingprogram, with the appearance of theBattle of Britain Memorial Flight can-celled. However, there were some im-pressive displays from a Spitfire andMustang, Pitts Specials and an An-tonov biplane, which combined itsslow stall speed and the considerablehead wind to give the appearance ofstanding still in mid-air!
Judging is decided by a popular voteand is divided into six classes. Thewinners were as follows:
• Class A Austin 7 Saloons and Tourers – Mavis Jenkins, 1937 Nippy
• Class B Austin 7 Sports, Specials – Rick & Cherry Fryer, 1929 Special
• Class C Austin 8, 10 12 etc – Michael Slade, 1937 12/6 Harley
• Class D Post-war Austins – Dennis Young , A40
• Class E Non Austin Classics Pre 1960 – Trevor Jenkins, MR Bent-ley
• Class F Non Austin Classics Post 1960 – Richard Young, Ford 10 Special
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Village Show
Roundup
Members’ cars have also put in an appear-ance at several fetes and village shows during the past few months ...
Braddenham
Sutton Diamond Jubilee
Sheringham
East Tuddenham
... here are just a few
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FBHVC NewsThe NA7C is a member of The Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs. Theypublish a bi-monthly magazine that highlights legislation and other topics which mayaffect our hobby. Articles of interest will be reprinted here. If any member would liketo read the magazine in full, please contact the Editor, or visit the FBHVC website at: www.fbhvc.co.uk
Fuel NewsThis article, by Matthew Vincent, has been abridged. The full text is available on request.FBHVC has written regularly on bio-fuels since 2008 when our membersfirst expressed concern about the intro-duction of ethanol in petrol and vegeta-ble oils in diesel fuel.
The Federation has responded robustlyto all government consultations on bio-fuels bringing forward members con-cerns and we have been listened tosympathetically in the main.
The problems likely to be encounteredhave been summarised as corrosion,compatibility and combustion. The2011 Conference was on just this sub-ject and the conclusions are summa-rised below:
• Combustion and driveability effects: ethanol has a leaning effect and so carburettors need to be adjusted or the air/fuel ratio changes may cause driveability problems and increase exhaust temperature. Adopt measures to
restrict heat transfer to carburettors by baffles, pipe routing, thermal blocks and breaks.
• Materials compatibility: replace problem materials with compatible products (FBHVC newsletter 5-2010 listed materials as does the website).
• Corrosion: ideally an aftermarket treatment should be used – added during refuelling to protect the fuel system.
Additives For Use With Biofuels
Additives are available to protectagainst the main problems likely to beencountered for petrol and dieselfuelled vehicles (corrosion inhibitors,stability improvers and biocidal prod-ucts).
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A product for use with petrol has beendesigned to be added to the tank whenre-fuelling to prevent degradation instorage in the fuel tank. It provides ex-cellent protection against the possiblecorrosion through increased aciditywhich can occur when petrol contain-ing ethanol is stored for any length oftime. One bottle should provide a sea-son's protection – although this is ob-viously dependent on the vehicle andamount of usage.
A similar product for bio-diesel fuel(e.g. containing rapeseed methyl ester)has also been developed.
At the end of April 2011 the Federationcontacted all known suppliers invitingthem to take part in the FBHVC testprogramme. The products that passedthe test were entitled to carry the FBH-VC logo on the packaging. This en-dorsement is similar to that given to thelead replacement additives that protectagainst valve seat recession.
The bio fuel test regime was differentto the programme used for the lead re-placement additives in that it was pure-ly a laboratory test for corrosion.
The tests were for additives intended toprovide protection for metallic compo-nents frequently encountered in thefuel systems of historic vehicles. A ta-ble was published by FBHVC showinglists of materials incompatible withethanol in petrol. The materials listed
included coated steels such as those ex-tensively used to make petrol tanks,plus copper, zinc, and brass, togetherwith a number of plastics (seals andgaskets) and fibreglass composite ma-terials. The metallic materials listedwere judged to be incompatible be-cause of potential corrosion by degrad-ed ethanol in the fuel. The additivestested are designed to protect metalsonly, by preventing corrosion.
There are no known additive solutionsfor incompatibility between ethanol inpetrol and plastic or composite materi-als. As has been previously stated,where compatibility problems occurwith gasket and seal materials, or withfibreglass petrol tanks, as used onsome motor cycles, the only realisticcourse of action is to replace incompat-ible materials with suitable alterna-tives. A list of these was given in thetable published by the Federation. Atleast one carburettor supplier can nowsupply components which incorporatematerials compatible with ethanol inpetrol.
The tests carried out used an accelerat-ed aging process in which ethanol de-grades to become increasingly acidic.One week of the aging process isequivalent to one month in normalstorage, so the 13 week accelerated ag-ing process used in the test method isequivalent to one year in normal stor-age.
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The results of the tests showed worsen-ing corrosion as the ethanol aged forthe test sample where no corrosion in-hibitor was employed whereas additivetreated fuels continued to provide avery high standard of protection rightto the end of the test. These resultsshould instill a high level of confidencethat additives evaluated in the test pro-gramme, and endorsed by the FBHVC,will provide excellent protection frompotential corrosion in fuel systems ofhistoric vehicles, including thosestored for long periods (up to and in-cluding 12 months).
Questions have also been raised aboutbacterial growth in fuels containing re-newable fuel components. The addi-tives tested do not offer any protectionagainst bacterial growth, which gener-ally requires water to flourish. Themain risk of bacterial growth lies indiesel storage tanks where water ispresent, and fuel is stored for long pe-riods. The solution recommended bythe oil industry is to improve 'house-keeping', i.e. to ensure tanks are cleanand dry internally and therefore do notcontain free water.
The stability additives that passed the test are:
• VSPe Power Plus, VSPe and EPS from Millers Oils email: [email protected]; website: www.millersoils.co.uk
• Ethomix from Frost A R T Ltd email: [email protected]; website: www.frost.co.uk
• Ethanolmate from Flexolite email: [email protected]; website: www.flexolite.co.uk
These all received an 'A' rating in theresearch which enables all these prod-ucts to carry an endorsement from theFBHVC. The endorsement is in the
form of the FBHVC logo and thewords: 'endorsed by the FBHVC as afuel additive for protection against cor-rosion in metals'.
Use Of Kerosene
It should be noted that the FBHVC does not advise the use of kerosene as an additive– more details are given on the website.
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What’s OnThe Events Calendar for 2012 is on page 35. The latest version is available on thewebsite at
www.na7c.co.uk
The Club’s Events Co-ordinator is Dave Rix, who can be contacted on 01508 493419or [email protected].
Here are some of the events over the next few months:
Sunday 8 July – Heritage Air FestivalTibbenham Airfield, NR16 1NT. More information at www.airshow.norfolkgliding-club.com or from Dave Rix.
Sunday 8 July – Buxton BashRecreation Ground, Mill Street, Buxton 12.30 to 5pm
Sunday 15 July – Visit to Ken WallisOur annual visit to our President at Reymerston Hall, near Dereham. We expect tostart the tour at about 2pm. If you wish to picnic on the lawns, we suggest you do sobefore then. Please let Dave Rix know if you plan to attend.
Tuesday 17 July – NA7C Meeting Jubilee Hall, East Tuddenham – 7:30 pm.
Sunday 22 July – Classic, Custom Car & Motorbike Show St John's School Playing Field, Hoveton. More information from Nick Walmsley [email protected]
Sunday 29 July – NA7C Rally at Worstead FestivalThis year NA7C will be holding their main rally of the year at the Worstead FestivalPlease contact Dave Rix if you wish to attend.
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Sunday 12 August – RAFA DayNorfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum, Flixton. More information at www.aviationmuseum.net Please contact Dave Rix if you wish to attend.
Tuesday 21 July – NA7C Meeting Jubilee Hall, East Tuddenham – 7:30 pm
Monday 27 August – Village at War – GressenhallThis is an annual event, run over two days – Sunday 26th and Monday 27th August– when Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, near Dereham, aims to recreate some-thing of the WWII spirit in a typical Norfolk village. Civilian vehicles are welcomeon Monday. Application forms (free entry) are available from Dave Rix or Gressen-hall, on 01362 869259. Closing date for entries – 2 August.
David Lobb will be there with his vintage Eccles caravan and will be cooking upbacon butties as last year. Serving starts at about 9.00am and end at about 10.00am.He will have about 30 rolls available for NA7C members. First come first serveduntil they are all gone. All he ask is a 50p per roll donation to club funds.
Sunday 2 September – Bawdswell ExtravaganzaBawdswell Recreation Cround – 11am – Free entry, Contact TonyHood on 01362688218
Sunday 9 September – Charity Air DaySeething Airfield. Please contact Dave Rix if you wish to attend.
Tuesday 18 September – NA7C Meeting Jubilee Hall, East Tuddenham – 7:30 pm
Sunday 20 September – VSCC Race MeetingSnetterton Circuit. No details yet, but check www.vscc.co.uk/vsccweb
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NA7C Events Calendar 2012Bold type Underlined = NA7C Organised Event Bold type = NA7C Supported Event
Normal Type = Event not organised by NA7C but recommended or suggested by NA7CGrey shaded – a new or amended event
Note: Please let the organiser know if you plan to attend an event
Date Event Venue Contact
Jul 8 Sun Heritage Air Festival Tibbenham Airfield Dave Rix 01508 493419 or [email protected]
8 Sun Buxton Bash Buxton Recreation Ground Just turn up!8 Sun Autojumble Forncett Steam Museum 10am www.forncettsteammuseum.co.uk
15 Sun Visit to Ken Wallis - please note change of date Reymerstone Hall Dave Rix
15 Sun Cars on the Green Nowton Park, Bury St Edmunds Free to enter
Charlotte Ruddock [email protected]
17 Tue NA7C Meeting Jubilee Hall, East Tuddenham - 7:30pm
Dave Rix
22 Sun Classic, Custom Car & Motorbike Show St John's School Playing Field, Hoveton
Nick Walmsley [email protected]
29 Sun NA7C RALLY Worstead Fesival Worstead Dave Rix www.worsteadfestival.org
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SatSun
Little Ellingham Vintage Working Show From 10 am, Rocklands Road, Little Ellingham
Debbie Banham 07881672970
12 Sun RAFA Day - Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum
Flixton Dave Rix www.aviationmuseum.net
1112
SatSun
Marsham Summer Show Allison Street, Marsham NR10 5PJ
www.startinghandleclub.co.uk
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Sat Sun
Norwich Motor Show Norwich Rugby Club Ground
Mike Clipston 01603 429380www.norwichmotorshow.co.uk
19 Sun Classic Vehicle Display & Autojumble Stonham Barns Nr Stowmarket
Dave Rix www.stonhambarns.com
21 Tue NA7C Meeting Jubilee Hall, East Tuddenham - 7:30pm
Dave Rix
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SunMon
Village at War Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse, Dereham
01362 869259more info to follow
Sep 2 Sun Bawdswell Extravaganza Bawdswell Recreation Cround - 11am - Free entry
Tony Hood01362 688218
9 Sun Charity Air Day Seething Airfield Dave Rix15 16
Sat Sun
Henham Grand Steam Rally Henham Park www.henhamsteamrally.com
18 Tues NA7C Meeting Jubilee Hall, East Tuddenham - 7:30pm
Dave Rix
30 Sun VSCC Race Meeting Snetterton Circuit www.vscc.co.uk/vsccweb/events/event.jsp?id=748
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Please Note: All the above events and dates are subject to change. Visit our website at www.na7c.co.uk for the latest information
Oct 16 Tues NA7C Meeting Jubilee Hall, East Tuddenham - 7:30pm
Dave Rix
Nov 20 Tues NA7C Meeting Jubilee Hall, East Tuddenham - 7:30pm
Dave Rix
Dec 11 Tues NA7C Christmas Dinner Wensum Valley Hotel, Golf and Country Club, Beech Avenue, Taverham, Norwich
Paul Maulden 01986 872537 [email protected]
Date Event Venue Contact
For Sale1932 RN Saloon
Original Condition, with new wiring, new front seat squabs, new
carpet and MOT
Offers Invited
David Charles07940917588
And Finally...If you are ever unlucky enough to fill in an insurance claim form,
we hope you explain yourself better than these unfortunates...
"I started to slow down but the traffic was more stationary than I thought."
"I pulled into a lay-by with smoke coming from under the bonnet. I realised the car was on fire so took my dog and smothered it with a blanket."
"I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law and headed over the embankment."
"Coming home, I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I don't have."
"I had one eye on a parked car, another on approaching lorries, and another on the woman behind."
"I started to turn and it was at this point I noticed a camel and an elephant tethered at the verge. This distraction caused me to lose concentration and hit a
bollard."
"I didn't think the speed limit applied after midnight"
"I was on my way to see an unconscious patient who had convulsions and was blocked by a tanker."
"First car stopped suddenly, second car hit first car and a haggis ran into the rear of second car."
Club SalesThe following items are available from Paul Mauldon
(01986 872537 or [email protected]) or at Club meetings
Posters – £5 Only a few left!
Will NOT be reprintedFridge Magnets– 50p
Stainless Steel Radiator Badges – £9.95
Also availableVinyl Windscreen badges
One large and one small badge – £1.50 per set
Binder for “Grey Mags” or “Natter”
holds 12 copies – £5
AUSTIN SEVEN BOOKSfrom
MARGARET MOTORS BOOKSHOPBessingham, North Norfolk
Currently have the following Austin 7 books in stock
The Austin Seven Manual – Doug Woodrow – £45Austin Seven Handbooks (Reprints) – various years – £5Austin Seven Parts Books (Reprints) various years – £5
Original Austin Seven Handbooks and Parts Books (Used)
Plus many other books on old cars and related subjects
Contact Henry and Jennifer Thorne01263 577366
Club Clothing
Fleeces – £22.50 Polo Shirts – £12.50
Baseball Caps – £8.50
All available in a variety of colours and sizesDetails from Paul
