Jurassic Rally Report
A full report from the recent rally can now be found on the rally gallery page or by clicking here.
Jurassic Rally Gallery
No dinosaurs or fossils to be seen on the newly launched rally gallery page (…on second thoughts…) but plenty of 85 year old ironmongery. View the page here.
2016 Awards
The winners of the two club awards were announced at the rally dinner held at The Crown Inn, Marnhull, Dorset on Saturday 4th June.
The Brian Maeers Jug was awarded to Arthur Bell for his enthusiastic and ‘all year round’ usage of his 1933 Saloon and for quality of the images taken on these expeditions and which subsequently appear on the forum.
The Harry Edwards Trophy went to Peter Brock from Newcastle for his many contributions to the Around the Edge Challenge which took place during the course of the spring and early summer of 2015. One such contribution involved driving solo from Newcastle to the south coast in order to complete specific sections during the course of which Peter covered 800 miles and slept in his car Minor four-door Saloon. Those taking part in The Around the Edge Challenge, of which Peter was one, helped raise in excess of £7000 for the Macmillan cancer charity.
The LAT Plate which goes to the winner of the club’s annual photographic competition was presented in the absence of 2015 winner Kartik Lunia (from Jaipur, India) to Norma Lambert who accepted it on his behalf.
A contemporary tale by Ouija Johns
Ouija Johns receives far too few ‘visitations’ these days but a potential national crisis prompted him to pass on this fascinating tale to Clive Hall recently. http://prewarminor.webeden.co.uk/#/minor-magazine-2/4534285304 To read this scroll to the bottom r/h corner of this page and open the blue button entitled Biggles saves the day!
DID photos
Although Sunday 24th April was cold across the United Kingdom a number of Minors were out and about taking part in the national ‘Drive-it Day’. The Events Gallery has been updated.
OU 7875 (SV 252)
This 1931 Hampshire registered SV Minor Saloon was subject to a four year restoration program that commenced in 1979 and culminated in the publication of an article in the July 1983 edition of The Automobile. This Minor is yet another example of a car that is not listed by either of the main registers yet is recorded as extant on the DVLA database. How many more Minors remain unrecorded? Find the article here.
Late saloon toolbox details
Thanks to Peter Brock for providing drawings and photographs of the 1933 and 1934 saloon model toolbox. A PDF can now be found in the Technical Bits section under the Chassis heading here.
Flixton photos posted
Photos from the MG Era Day at Brooklands on 10th Apriland the spring Far Eastern pub meet have been published on the Event Galleries page here.
An accidental purchase?
Member Mike Norrey has written an interesting article concerning the Minor Saloon he is currently restoring, a car he had no intention of buying! Find the article here.