VMR 10th Anniversary
Celebration Rally, 23rd to 25th July 2010 - Details here
The Register's
2010 calendar is now available for download in the Members' Area,
in both 8.5'
x 11' and A4 formats. This year, the calendar features some of our
cars in period settings.
The Latest
News from the Register
8/2/10 Today
we welcome Derrick Gück to the Register. Derrick lives in Florida
and has three Morrises in the UK -
a 1931 Minor tourer, a 1937
Morris 8 tourer and a 1923 Bullnose.
8/2/10 Yes,
this ghostly apparition is a Morris Minor! Owned by Eduard Delgado
in Barcelona, and currently under deep restoration.
1934 saloon, chassis 34/MS/42892
and registered BU-2252 in Spain.
7/2/10 Mark
and Debbie Borman survey the dismantled Hundred Pound Minor (chassis SV
2277) belonging to Debbie's father,
who acquired it in the seventies
from the Harrah Collection in the USA. A complete restoration is
about to commence in their
home town of Monroe, Washington
- about 12 miles from VMR HQ!
7/2/10 As spring
approaches, it seems that several Minors are coming on to the market, including
the ex-Tony Gamble 1929 OHC tourer
SV 9091 (originally Bath-Registered
as FB 8045), chassis M12591. The original engine, U12700 has also
been replaced by an earlier unit U2079C.
Auctioned by Bonhams in
2001, it had been in the previous ownership for forty years, when it was
acquired from Clearwaters Garage in Salisbury in December 1966.
Tony sold this car to Kevin
Mitchell, in Banstead, Surrey in 2008, but circumstances dictate that Kevin
must now pass it on again.
Tony reports: "It is pretty
well complete (minus exhaust system , from memory), but really needs a
complete new body as the ash frame
has the dreaded "worm" in
several places and the bodywork has rusted at the bottom of the doors.
It has, however, been completely
retrimmed, and the seats and interior are quite good. A new body
would make it a reasonably good car.
The engine does run (or
did run) but I don't know how sound it is."
Kevin is looking for offers
on £3,750 . His mobile number is 07957/288125 and his home
number is 01737/350321.
Hurry - this car will go
quickly!
Update 10 p.m. Under
offer!
6/2/10 And another
saloon has come on the market - the ex- Rob Lawrance 1930 OHC saloon (M26625)
which was purchased in 2002
by a number plate dealer who stripped the car of its original number (BR
8362).
The car has been fitted
with a SV engine for manyb years, repalcing the original OHC unit U27147.
First registered 22nd July
1930. Find the full details
here.
This is a trade sale.
6/2/10 This
very smart and original December 1931 Minor was offered for sale by House
of Carriages in July last year,
and is being offered again
by Dorset Vintage Car Auctions at
their sale on Thursday 25th March.
Also, Tony Barrett is offering
an identical car for £4,000 - 01604/858939 (Northampton) - a.e.barrett@btinternet.com
5/2/10 Today
we welcome two new members to the Register.
Richard Park has joined
the Register with the remains of three Minors - two OHC and a SV.
One of the OHC Minors is
1930 saloon VE 2782 (M20663). Richard doesn't have any paperwork
for this chassis,
but the Register was delighted
to be able to provide Richard with the original brown logbook for this
car!
The full and fascinating
story of this, and Richard's other two cars will be included in M 135.
Our second new member today
is Tony Eldridge who has recently acquired a 1934 saloon in need of restoration.
The car was last on the
road in 1986 and was acquired from an elderly friend.
Thanks also to Chris Moorhouse
for referring Tony, which means that Chris will receive a £10 discount
on his Register subs.
Welcome both!
5/2/10 Many
members will be aware of the late Olive Willats' fabric saloon, seen here
in Italy on the FIAME Rally Della Laguna in 1964.
After being offered for
sale for some considerable time, this famous car has now found a new home.
Read more about Olive and
her car here.
2/2/10 Jen Lees
is passing on her tidy and well-sorted 1933 Minor 2-seater, seen here climbing
Prescott on the 2005 VMR Summer Rally.
The car, chassis SV26862,
was first registered 10/7/33 and is being auctioned by H&H at The Pavilion
Gardens, Derbyshire on 17th February.
Details here
or contact the Register for
more information.
31/1/10 Member
Dave Manning is passing on his 1930 saloon restoration.
HX 7747, chassis M31567,
engine 32370, first registered 31/12/30.
Find it here
on eBay.
22/1/10 Bruce
Murray is making excellent progress with his 1929 tourer (M11171) in Dunedin,
New Zealand.
This car has a long and
fascinating history which will be detailed in the upcoming 2010 Register
Yearbook.
20/1/10 We have
been able to arrange with the Bugatti Trust for them to open their museum
for us at Prescott on the Saturday of our Summer Rally.
The museum is definitely
a 'must-see' for those who may not have visited it before.
Entrance will be completely
free for Rally entrants and their guests.
19/1/10 Welcome
to new member Les Heward of Sheffield who owns 1933 saloon VE 8450 (SV27846).
Les tells us that be bought
the car in pieces in the late 1980's - it had apparently been stored in
a skip!
The ash frame was totally
rotten, so was replaced, and the car was MoT'd in 1993 but has been little
used since.
However, Les hopes to get
it back on the road this year. Les also owns the remains of a 1934
2-seater and a Morris 10/6 Special.
Welcome aboard Les!
18/1/10 Does
anyone know the current whereabouts of this 1930 OHC Minor? This
was David Biles' first car, and he would like to trace it.
It IS still registered with
DVLA. The car was first registered in London on 19th June 1930 by
Stuart & Ardern.
It is parked outside Maria
Grey College, now part of Brunel University, and was registered to someone
in
Acton, London W3 until about 1962.
David then owned it from
1963 to 1965 in Ruislip, Middlesex and then sold it to someone in Northwood,
Middlesex.
The picture shows a delightful
example of a typical sixties student hack with all the usual modifications
- Magna wheels, lost front bumper,
ex-WD head and sidelamps,
SV radiator cap, Sparton horn sportily relocated up front, and the obligatory
bald tyre!
Otherwise, the old girl
has fared very well compared to the great majority of her contemporaries.
David reports that the car
was great fun for him 45 years ago. Can anyone say what state is
she in today?
18/1/10 For
those undertaking brake rebuilds in the near future, the Register is contemplating
having another batch of brake parts made,
including the SV brake pulley
gear shown above. If you have a current or possible future need for
kingpins, brake cables or pulley gear
for either an OHC or SV
Minor, please contact the Register
to discuss.
15/1/10 Malcolm
Elder and son Mark in Oxfordshire have this very smart 1934 2-seater
for sale for £7,750. Chassis SV40171.
13/1/10 The
restoration of 1930 tourer VA 9714 (M23264) is well advanced in the capable
hands of Walter Watson up in Lanarkshire.
Walter sold this car to
Edwin Farrall in September 2008, but re-acquired it last April, since when
the restoration has continued apace.
M23264 will soon join a
very small number of surviving 1930 season tourers on the road.
By 1930, demand for saloons
was far outstripping demand for open models.
12/1/10 The
VSCC's Light Car Section will once again be holding their Welsh Weekend
March 27th/28th.
Regs and entry form can
be downloaded here.
9/1/10 And by
contrast, here is Trevor Wilkinson's 2-seater taking an airing earlier
today in Bedfordshire.
9/1/10 New Year's
Day at the Hatchgate. This is the Bean Car Club meet, to which we
were invited.
Mike Jones reports:
"Sadly no VMR cars there
except for those in BCC too, but in the prevailing cold it would have been
quite a long way for them.
The only Minor there was
the Cookseys', seen entering left, in the shot of most of the other cars
there.
That and my 12/50 and the
Cowley on the right are all sporting radiator muffs! Alan Wheeler
came by Cowley (second from left).
I thought his Minor saloon
would be the car of choice for the cold, and Pam Knight with friend Max
in his 1970s Merc (boo!)
I gather their Minor fell
foul of MOT tester for worn shackle pins/bushes.
If I'd known the weather
was going to be sunny all day I'd have made the effort to go Minor - and
avoided the hassle
of the 12/50's headlights
trying to take the day off when I set off for home from our tea-stop!"
6/1/10 If you
were planing to be at Brooklands for the VSCC's New Year Driving Tests
and film show,
please be advised that this
event has been postponed due to the prevailing weather conditions.
The VSCC has announced:
"Brooklands Film Show and
New Year Driving Tests - 9/10 January 06
After careful consideration,
it has been decided to reschedule these two events for 6/7 February.
Tickets issued for the film
show will be valid for Saturday 6 February at the same time.
Anybody who is unable to
attend on this revised date is asked to contact Ann Watson at Brooklands
Museum
after Monday 11 January
on 01932/857381 Ext 244.
Similarly, all tickets and
passes issued for the Driving Tests will be valid for Sunday 7 February
with the event timetable remaining unaltered.
If you are unable to take
part on this revised date, please contact the VSCC
Competitions Department."
6/1/10 Has anyone
seen this Minor? The son of a past owner is searching for it.
Last heard of around 1980.
Please contact
the Register if you have any information.
4/1/10 The January
2010 Newsletter was launched into the ether today. A copy has also
been placed in the Members' Area of the website.
If you do not receive the
Newsletters but would like to, please contact
the Register.
2/1/10 It was
a glorious day in the New Forest yesterday when Toby Sears captured this
image of his saloon
on his return from the VSCC
New Year's Day meet at the White Buck Inn, at Burley, Hampshire.
2/1/10 As we
enter our tenth anniversary year, it may be of interest to members who
have joined since then
to read the very first VMR
Magazine from the year 2000.
Download it here.
1/1/10 With
the start of our tenth anniversay year, what better time to join the Vintage
Minor Register!
If you own a pre-war OHC
or SV Morris Minor, or an M Type MG, and are not yet a Register member,
please consider joining
over 200 other owners worldwide and becoming part of the Chassis Register.
Simply download the 2010
membership form here.
1/1/10 Mike
Stubbings (6' 2") is instructed how to fit into a Minor 2-seater by Alister
Reid at Brooklands earlier today.
Great day, great vintage
turnout - cold but sunny - the perfect way to start the New Year!
Thanks for the great photo,
Mike.
29/12/09 Today
we welcome Kenneth Cox of Huntly, Aberdeenshire to the Register.
Kenneth has recently acquired
1930 saloon WE 9758 (M29355)
from Dennis Wilson. This saloon will join another 1930 saloon in
Huntly - KR 958 owned by the Frendraught Estate.
22/12/09 As
we approach the end of another splendid vintage motoring year,
it is only fair to recognize
some of those who work so tirelessly behind the scenes to keep the wheels
of the Register turning smoothly.
Today, therefore, we would
like to honour the following for their undaunted loyalty and support throughout
the past year:
Subscription Rate Advisors
Illgott and Gaines
Subscription Refund Administrator
Imelda Czech
Chief Accountant
Candace B. Rittenoff
Complaint Line Operator
Levon Hold
Sexual Harassment Counselor
Natasha Diaz
Morris Minor Back Seat Testers
Wilma Butfit and Fitz Matush
Back Seat Drivers
Veronica Lizzioncourse and Mischa Turnov
Member Care Representative
Kurt Reply
Fleet Manager
Lisa Carr
Transportation Coordinator
Orson Buggy
Assistant Chassis Registrar
Megan Model
Magazine Humorist
Nadia Geddit
Tyre Technologist
Yessir Issaflat
Summer Rally Entry Forecaster
Luigi Bord
Summer Rally Jazz Band Leader
Sasha Noyes
Stop by for more staff credits
in the coming days.
22/12/09 With
the UK in the grip of blizzards, here's a seasonal shot of the editorial
1929 fabric saloon in Germany
about ten years ago, and
now owned by Tom Dixon.
17/12/09 The
Members' Area now contains a full set of the original pre-war Morris service
sheets for the Minor.
Grateful thanks to Sam Christie
for providing these.
17/12/09 New
member Peter Rowley's 2-seater turns out to be a saloon! Originally
registered WD 4182 in Warwickshire in 1932,
and with chassis number
SV935, this is an early SV saloon. Peter has owned the car for over
thirty years and brought it to the States
eleven years ago.
Now retired, Peter is picking up the pace of the rebuild. WD 4182
joins a number of other saloons
currently under restoration.
And Peter's membership bring to ten the number of US Register members.
16/12/09 Congratulations
once again to Clive Hamilton-Gould who gained a Second Class Award
in the VSCC's winter driving
tests at Westcott on Saturday 5th December. Clive reports:
"It is a pity that no other
Minors were entered as they are so nimble, only the brain struggles to
keep up!
They are complex tests -
only the winner in my class did not get a test wrong.
My car had more mud on it
than after the Cotswold Rally!"
So, is any other Minor or
M Type entered in the New Year Driving Tests at Brooklands on Sunday 10th
January?
16/12/09 Today we
extend a warm welcome to new member Peter Rowley, of LaGrange, Georgia,
USA who is restoring a 1931 Minor 2-seater.
Peter's daughter Debbie
has just purchased membership for him as a Birthday gift.
We look forward to talking
to Peter and learning details about his Minor.
14/12/09 By
popular request, a virtual pub meet has been opened for a third year on
our forum for Christmas and the New Year.
Pop in for a pint and a
chat with other members from around the world!
14/12/09 The
December Newsletter was distributed today. A copy may be found in
the Members' Area.
If you did not receive your
copy - please contact the Register.
8/12/09 Very
little news at present, which is not surprising, given the season.
However, we have been invited
to join the Bean Car Club at the Hatchgate, Bramshill for lunch on New
Year's Day.
The BCC are regular supporters
of out spring and autumn Hatchgate meets,
so this is an opportunity
to reciprocate.
Contact
the Register if interested in attending.
17/11/09 Up
in Lancashire, Les Beardmore is making rapid progress on his boss's Hundred
Pound Minor MU 3272 (SV2693).
This was the car that was
rescued along with many other cars in parlous state from a field in Norfolk
and
auctioned earlier this year
by Keys. Here is what Les started
with and here is the car as found.
And here
is the Daily Mail story of the discovery and auction.
11/11/09 The
November Newsletter was distributed today and is also downloadable from
the Members' Area.
If you are a member and
did not receive a copy by e-mail, please let
the Register know.
11/11/09 Hereford
Vintage Auctions has these items on offer at their How Caple auction on
25th November.
Full auction details here.
We are happy to support HVA, as they are also strong supporters of the
Register.
Thanks to Simon Hodgins
for this snippet.
10/11/09 The
Richard Buxton 2-seater JJ 9085 (see below) sold for £3,600 plus
15% commission.
3/11/09 New
Zealand members Neville and Val Wilson are offering to co-ordinate with
any members from New Zealand or Australia
who would like to visit
the UK next August to attend the Register's Tenth Anniversary Rally.
Neville and Val may be contacted
at (+64) 6/8340967 or via e-mail at neval.wilson@xtra.co.nz
3/11/09 Member
Richard Buxton is reluctantly auctioning his 1933 Minor 2-seater JJ 9085
(chassis SV26464, engine 26069)
through Charterhouse Auctions
this Sunday at their Bristol Classic Car Show auction at the Royal Bath
and West showground.
The car has been in Richard's
family since the War and comes with an Arnott supercharger which was once
fitted to this car.
View the catalogue entry
here
(lot 291).
31/10/09 Today
we welcome John Wheeley to the Register. John lives in Great Yarmouth
and is looking for
a Hundred Pound Minor two-seater
similar to the one above that was just sold by Miller's Garage in Newbury.
If you have such a device
surplus to requirements, please give John a call on 01692/670294 .
17/10/09 And
this rare Cowley-bodied 1933 2-seater is being offered by dealer David
Ekberg in Sandringham, Victoria, Australia,
where everything is upside
down and SV Minors are far more rare than their vintage precursors.
Chassis SV29421, engine
30168. More details here.
Thanks to Ewan Lambess for spotting this one.
15/10/09 This
1933 saloon is currently on offer over in Holland.
Original UK registration
was AXU 976, chassis SV33231. The chassis and coachwork have been
fully restored,
including new leather, but
the interior needs some completing. Details here.
Price €11,500. info@potomacmotors.nl
13/10/09 Hearty
congratulations to Clive Hamilton-Gould and Paul Rogers for achieving a
Second on the VSCC Welsh Rally
last weekend, dropping only
8 points on the day - great job guys!
12/10/09 It
was a day that favoured saloons at the Hatchgate yesterday, but the turnout
was excellent,
including this lineup,
plus a brace of MMM MGs and a rare Calshott Special OHC Minor.
(Photo: John Nagle)
9/10/09 Just
how we like to find them. Joe Barnett's father pondering his discovery
in the sixties.
His son Joe who recently
joined the Register is now completing the restoration that his late father
started.
We wish him good luck and
many miles of happy motoring.
9/10/09 Congratulations
to Mike Jones for his fifty years of membership of the Vintage Sports-Car
Club.
Among other cars, Mike campaigns
a 1930 Minor Semi-sports and is seen here accepting the coveted Roy Hogg
Trophy
at our 2004 Summer Rally
having just won the trophy in our navigation rally. Mike is also
a stalwart of the Bean Car Club,
for whom he is the magazine
editor, and is working tirelessly to encourage BCC members to join us at
Prescott in 2010.
Mike is member number nine
of the VMR, so is also coming up on ten years membership of our own esteemed
club.
7/10/09 With
Christmas just around the corner, my company is already gearing up for
Secret Santa gifts, socials and more,
which made me think about
the VMR. Living so far from England, I always like to receive Christmas
cards from my old car friends,
particularly ones depicting
old cars!
So here’s an idea which might
be worthwhile and may well lead to new friendships. Why not check
out the Members’ List
and pick, say, ten members
- perhaps ones that you don’t necessarily know, and possibly some that
live far away around the globe,
and add them to your Christmas
card list. You might like to include a brief note and a few details/photo
of your car(s)
and family along with some
seasonal best wishes to them and their families. Perhaps you could
pick members
with cars identical to yours
in year and type. You might also look for members who do not have
e-mail addresses,
and so have more tenuous
communications with the Register. You might also consider the Honorary
Members,
all of whom have given far
more to our sport than they have taken. I would be happy to provide
suggested addresses
if you don't want to plough
through the Members' List yourself.
As for the holidays themselves,
is there any interest in local Christmas dinners anywhere, or New Year's
Day meets,
or even a Boxing Night Informal?!
If so, I will co-ordinate as best I can.
6/10/09 Our
Barrington pub meet on Sunday was very well attended. Apart from
regulars,
Hugh Barnes brought several
of his Austin Seven friends, and Keith Herkes from the EMGS
brought along his MG 18/80.
It was also good to see Michael Taylor and his vintage Austin 12.
Two more meets this coming
Sunday - the Hatchgate, Bramshill, Hampshire and
the Four Horseshoes, Thornham
Magna, Suffolk.
(Photo Keith Herkes)
6/10/09 Today
we welcome Chris Warman to the Register. Chris is looking for
a vintage Minor restoration
project. Chris lives in Dinas Powys, near Cardiff.
1/10/09 Today we welcome
Joseph Barnett of Great Barr, Birmingham to the Register
with his 1934 Minor 2-seater.
Joseph becomes member number 345.
1/10/09 The
October Newsletter is now downloadable from the Members' Area.
30/9/09 Does
anyone own up to building this very clever Minor saloon? Find it
here.
30/9/09 Barry
Whitehead of Ratby, Leicestershire is parting with his 1933 Family 8 project
- ANO 252 (MML8/32603).
Find it on eBay here.
Ends 6th October. Or contact
Barry directly.
30/9/09 Declarations
of Interest are arriving for our Tenth
Anniversary weekend at Prescott next August.
The latest to arrive in
the post is from Annabelle Swain - daughter of Barbara Skinner and Honorary
Member of the Register.
Annabelle has entered her
1929 Australian-bodied roadster which she brought back with her when she
repatiated in 2005.
Her son is working hard
to recommission the car in time for the Rally.
30/9/09 Today
we welcome Peter Cowdrey to the Register with his Oxford-registered 1933
Minor 2-seater JO 6062 (SV24045).
Peter lives in North Fambridge
near Chelmsford and has owned this car since 1973.
29/9/09 Member
and M Type owner Hugh Barnes is commissioning a batch of M Type bonnet
and front apron catches.
They will come as shown,
finished in bright nickel or chrome to choice. Please contact
Hugh directly if you have an interest.
He is looking to place a
firm order for production by Friday 16th October with delivery hopefully
2 - 3 weeks after that.
The cost will be £45
each plus P&P.
29/9/09 Robin
Clifford is selling his 1933 Minor chassis SV31272 (engine 40580) on eBay.
Find it here.
The chassis includes a valuable
4-speed box - itself probably worth more than the current bid of £175.
27/9/09 Welcome
to two new members this weekend. Geoffrey Colquitt has joined us
with his
ex-David Whittle 1929 tourer
WE
6554. Geoffrey is a VSCC member so we hope to see the continued
presence
of this fine early tourer
in Light Car and other events. Wally McCormack also joins us with
his M Type 2M/1094, PG 6768.
24/9/09 The
password for the Members' Area of the website was reset today - to that
provided with the last Magazine.
If in any doubt, please
contact
the Register.
24/9/09 Welcome
to new member Peter Smith of Aylesbury. Peter acquired his 1930 M
Type, MG 770 (2M/1918) from his brother
last August and has spent
the last year returning it to roadworthiness. The final remaining
task is to refit the reconditioned dynamo,
so we hope to see the car
out and about again shortly. It was last on the road in 2000, having
previously been rebuilt
between 1984 and 1989 by
Peter's brother.
21/9/09 The
VSCC held their traditional and ever-popular driving tests at Madresfield
yesterday,
and Francis Sanders entered
his late father's Minor in his first ever competitive event.
Clive Hamilton-Gould reports:
"We sorted Francis Sanders' Minor which is now going very well and he followed
me to Madresfield
where he did his first competition
in the car. He was doing well but could not see much going backwards!
No results yet but he must
be best Minor if he does not win an award. No others entered.
21/9/09 After
the house move, VMR HQ is up and running again.
All went smoothly and e-mails/forum
posts are being answered as fast as possible.
11/9/09 A quick
update from VMR HQ, which will be moving tomorrow to 13416 Kellogg Lake
Road, Sultan, WA 98294, USA.
The pre-move chaos is the reason for not posting much news lately - we
shall be off internet from tomorrow until next Wednesday
when we shall (hopefully) be back up with satellite internet (no cable
up in the mountains). Very quickly, this weekend will see our first
Rally in Holland -
Halbe Tjepkema has worked hard to organize - we have three Minors traveling
today from the UK. Also, it is the Beaulieu Autojumble this weekend,
and many members will be attending. Hunt down Toby Sears, who will
be flying the VMR flag on stall at R327/328 - he'd be delighted to meet
other members.
There WILL be an autumn pub meet at the Cock Inn, Peatling Magna, Leicestershire,
hosted by Brian Maeers. 18th October. This meet needs your support!
Please
come along if at all possible. Everyone should have received their
M133 Magazines and Yearbooks by now - thanks to Bev Hicks and Ewan Lambess
for forwarding
well over 200 envelopes. I have also finally found time to post various
spares to various members - so if you are expecting parts, they are on
their way now!
Finally, included with M 133 were Declaration of Interest forms for our
10th Anniversary Rally next year - please return these ASAP so that we
can gauge
interest and make plans. So far interest has been strong, and we
have just hears that the Wolseley Hornet Special Club will be joining us.
Signing off until later
next week.
27/8/09 Meet
the Grey Ghost - RB 6600. The gent on the right, sitting on the passeneger
door, took his driving test
in this car shortly after
the War. Yes, there are six people in the car - but is it an OHC
tourer or a 1932 chassis?
Answers on the back of a
ten bob note please. The gent on the right is Clifford Wright and
he is still very much
with us and excited to tell
the story of his beloved Minor which will appear in the next Yearbook.
26/8/09 This
Hundred Pound Minor is currently for sale by Millers Garage in Newbury
for £5,995.
Details here.
22/8/09 And
the first new member to take advantage of the half subs for the rest of
2009 is Mick Bennie,
whose smart red Australian
Minor appears below. Welcome Mick!
21/8/09 A reminder
that anyone joining the Register between now and the end of the year will
only pay half of the annual subscription.
Also, existing members who
refer new members receive a ten Pound discount for every new member they
refer.
Indeed, one of our members
is actually ten Pounds in profit for the year so far!
Download the Membership
Form here.
9/8/09 The Morris
Register held their annual Summer Rally at Thoresby Hall this weekend.
Tony Gamble visited yesterday
and took these photos.
These three Minors were
present - long wheelbase models outnumbering the single SWB car
and no vintage examples
present!
6/8/09 Declarations
of interest are now being gathered for our Tenth Anniversary Prescott event,
and may be downloaded here.
Please return your form
as soon as possible so that numbers can be assessed and planning made accordingly.
4/8/09 There
is major news regarding our 2010 Summer Rally which will mark the tenth
anniversary of the Register.
In addition to the traditional
Navigation Rally/Scenic Tour and social events, we will be returning for
a third time to Prescott
for a Vintage Garden Party
and day of untimed climbs of the hill – the previous two occasions being
in 2003 and 2005.
Saturday 24th July has been
booked with the Bugatti Owners Club and we were very lucky to be able to
secure the last
of 30 days for 2010 that
the club is permitted to use the hill for noise reasons. Of course,
the cost of the hill and associated costs
of insurance, etc. have
risen substantially since 2005 and so the following strategy regarding
entries is being adopted.
Provisional declarations
of intent will be sought between now and the end of 2009. If a threshold
number of provisional entries are received,
then the deposit to the
BOC will be paid by the due date of 31st December. If not, then the
hill booking will be cancelled.
As in 2003 and 2005, several
other clubs are being invited to join us on the day – most notably the
VSCC, MGCC, EMGS and MSG.
A provisional booking form
will be available shortly. So dip your finger in engine oil and write
24/7/10
on
the garage wall!
3/8/09 And we
would also like to extend an equally warm welcome to Caz Lester of Stoke
Prior, Leominster who joins the Register
today with his Oxford-registered
1934 saloon UD 5962 (SV33436).
3/8/09 We extend
a very warm welcome to Anne and Richard Bryant who joins the Register with
their fascinating 1932 Minor van.
2/8/09 Congratulations
to Toby Sears who annexed the Roy Hogg Trophy at our Summer Rally yesterday
- by just half a point!
The weather was wet on Saturday,
but all were cheerful - and there were no official protests!
The buffet dinner on Saturday
nightat the gardeners Arms also went off well, and the landlady remarked
to me what a lovely group
of people we were. She must have confused us with another party.
In other weekend news, Paul
Rogers had an 'off' at Prescott on Friday in his 30-98 when he ran into
the tyre wall
and deranged the front axle
fairly comprehensively. Thankfully, Paul is OK, and rumours that
Michael Schumacher
will be standing in for
him are being officially denied.
26/7/09 Gordon
Smiths' mother and grandmother. The huge load of luggage perhaps
explains why the engine is being coooled!
With acknowledgement to
Gordon's grandfather, Chief Yeoman of Signals George Smith RN, who was
the photographer.
More on this car and the
family in M 134.
22/7/09 Dave
Whittle may be selling the ex-Philip Knight, ex-John Peckham, ex-Paul Harris
1929 tourer,
chassis M9738, engine 9630,
first registered 10/10/29, rebuilt 1976.
Update - David has now sold
the car to a VSCC member - more details anon!
Flashback to the 2002
VMR Summer Rally - eight vintage Minors await the start
20/7/09 Just
under two weeks to our Summer Rally. Tickets have been posted to
entrants - all except the
VSCC Prescott tickets which
will be distributed by hand on the Saturday of the Rally.
19/7/09 Ted
Spiller (see 9/7/09 below) took his Minor 'The Red Bomb'
to Newby Hall yesterday
and won fourth prize agaist some far more illlustrious vintage mounts.
Well done, Ted!
13/7/09 Less
than three weeks until our Summer Rally!
If you have not yet entered,
but wish to do so, please e-mail
your intentions without delay
so that tickets can be purchased
and catering number finalized.
9/7/09 Today
we are delighted to extend a very warm welcome to the Reverend Ted Spiller
who joins the Register with
is modifed 1931 Hundred Pound Minor 2-seater.
Ted, who lives in Thirsk
in North Yorkshire owned this car back in the sixties
and recently rediscoverd
and re-acquired it.
Here it is seen at Otterington
Hall in June.
1/7/09 The electric
newsletter for July was launched into the ether this evening and is also
available for download in the Members' Area.
29/6/09 Congratulations
to Laura Hamilton-Gould and navigator Clive for achieving only one of two
First Class awards in yesterday's
VSCC Light Car Section's
Summer Rally. Other entrants were Robin Harcourt-Smith in his CMS
Special, and Brian Maeers
also entered the Touring
Assembly on one of his tourers.
The full results may be
viewed here.
Photos here.
29/6/09 By pure
coincidence, the ex-George Bryne Hundred Pound Minor featured
on the front cover of M
133 (below) is to be auctioned on 19th July by Charterhouse Auctions in
Dorset.
Here
is the link.
28/6/09 Magazine
M 133 is now available for download in the Members' Area.
Printed copies will be on
their way to members shortly.
28/6/09 Today
we welcome M Type owner Garry Waiting to the Register.
23/6/09 We heard
today via Chris Lambert from a John Richardson who lives in Thirsk, North
Yorkshire.
He has a friend, the Reverend
Ted Spiller who owns a 1932 two seater.
John says that Ted doesn't
have long to live as he has kidney cancer
and wants to attend the
VMR Summer Rally in his car.
BUT his car is missing a
hood frame and the purpose of the contact from John Richardson
was to establish if we could
help find one or provide him with a set of drawings.
He would then make up a
frame for Ted (John is a retired coachbuilder) prior to the Rally.
So, can anyone help with
a detailed drawing or even better - could an original frame
be borrowed temporarily
to use as a pattern? Or even better still,
has anyone got a spare frame
and/or sidescreens?
If so, please contact
the Register immediately. Thanks in advance.
22/6/09 We extend
a warm welcome to Bruce Sharman of Western Australia who joins the Register
as he is about to acquire
the remains of three OHC Minors in his locality.
All three were previously
unknown to the Register - two were export chassis, and the third was a
saloon.
Also in the haul is an Australian
roadster body. We look forward to learning more once Bruce has
recovered these these cars.
21/6/09 Our
online Midsummer Auction concluded successfully this evening.
In particular, congratulations
to Toby Sears for successfully bidding on the 1932 tourer!
Sincere thanks to all who
offered lots and to those who bidded for them.
Sellers and winning bidders
will be contacted shortly by e-mail
with instructions for concluding
their transactions.
Thanks again everyone.
15/6/09 The
Register received this invitation today from the MG Car Club:
The Gold Cup Center's
Summer Concours d'Elegance
Petwood Hotel, Woodhall
Spa, Lincolnshire - Sunday 16th August
The Chairman and Committee
would like to invite the Vintage Minor Register to take part in this annual
event
in the delightful grounds
of the Petworth Hotel; and we have arranged for "After the Break" to play
for us on the terrace overlooking the cars.
We do hope that you will
be able to accept this invitation on behalf of your members,and ask you
to publicize it in your Club magazine.
A copy of the invite and
entry form are enclosed, and further copies are available here.
It would be appreciated
if you would confirm your Club's acceptance of this invitation by 17th
July.
Yours sincerely,
Mike Hewson
Competitions Secretary &
Secretary of the Meeting
http://www.mgcclincolnshire.co.uk
Mike is a longtime VMR member,
owning the ex-Captain McCloud MG Q Type-engined Morris Minor fabric saloon.
So let's see if we can give
Mike and the MGCC some support - right?
Please let
the Register know if you intend to enter.
13/6/09 Congratulations
to Ewan Lambess of Lochinvar, New South Wales, who has just returned from
a 1,900-mile
round trip to collect a
1929 Minor project, chassis Y329 - one of only 14 known surviving
Y-chassis Australian export
Minors in captivity. The car will join Y581 - Ewan's other Minor.
12/6/09 Today
we welcome Melvyn Tubb of Sutcombe in Devon to the Register. Melvyn owns
a very special Hundred Pound Minor.
He bought the car for fifteen
Pounds in the mid sixties and rebuilt it himself. It was used as
his only car until about the early seventies.
Unfortunately, it has been
unused since and since then its condition has deteriorated markedly.
However, Melvyn has recently
been fired with enthusiasm and, as he is now retired and has more time
on his hands,
and has started to rebuild
her again. Welscome Melvyn and we look forward to helping you with
the rebuild.
11/6/09 A reminder
to get your Summer Rally entry form in as soon as possible so that a host
of planning issues can be completed
including catering numbers,
group tickets, etc.
Download the entry form
here.
11/6/09 Four
more lots have been added to the Midsummer
Auction today, and more are in the pipeline.
If you have any items to
sell, simply e-mail details to
the Register.
10/6/09 The June Newsletter
is now downloadable in pdf format from the Members' Area.
Any member who has an e-mail
address and who has NOT already received an e-mailed copy, please contact
the Regsiter.
10/6/09 Today
we warmly welcome Nigel Hawkins to the Register. Nigel recently acquired
this 1929 coachbuilt saloon, M12504
that was recently been imported
from New Zealand. It was offered for sale there in February as part
of an estate clearance
and imported by Andrew Booth
at Orchid Cars. Now it lives a starting handle's throw from Ken Martin.
The car is interesting,
in that it appears to have originated as a fabric saloon and has subsequently
been paneled.
The production of coachbuilt
saloons commenced in September 1929 with chassis M12739,
so this lends weight to
the argument. The Genome also confirms that M12504 was bodied
at Cowley - not in New Zealand.
9/6/09 A quick
update on two social events being planned for VSCC 75.
First, the VMR has been
cordially invited to join with the Morris Specials Group at The
Slip, Inn, Watery Lane, Much Marcle
on Friday evening, 7th August.
In return, the VMR is hosting an Early Morris/MG evening at The
Farmers Arms, Birtsmorton
on Tuesday 4th August, to
which the Early MG Society, the MSG, the MMM Register and the Bullnose
Morris Club have all been invited.
Mark your diaries!
8/6/09 Halbe
Tjepkema, who has worked hard to organize our first meet in Holland has
reluctantly decided
to cancel the meeting in
its present form. However, as he noted, doing nothing doesn’t seem
right.
So he has decided to hold
a smaller Rally on the Saturday only.
Would our Dutch members
therefore please contact Halbe if
they would like to
commit to such a one-day
gathering - you have been e-mailed!
7/6/09 The VSCC
Light Car Section's Summer Rally and Tour takes place in Rutland on 28th
June.
If you have not yet entered,
now would be a great time to do so!
Download the regs and entry
form here.
Edited to add - only TWO
Minor entries received - from Laura Hamilton-Gould and Brian Maeers.
In fact, they are outnumbered
at the moment by the Cowleys (Richard Marsh, Ian Beardsley, and Andrew
Staples).
So come on chaps!
We can do better than this!
7/6/09 Today
we welcome John Penistan to the Register. John Lives in Nottinghamshire
and owns an OHC Minor engine,
so is on the lookout for
a suitable chassis in which to mount it!
6/6/09 The Register's
online Midsummer Auction is coming up with bidding ending on 21st June.
There are currently 19 varied
Minor items on offer, and more would be welcomed.
Just send in details, and
a picture if you have one and let us know what reserve you would like to
place.
Also, it would be useful
to indicate where the item is located if it is heavy.
Those interested in bidding
should also e-mail the Register with their offer.
The Auction, together with
full details may be found here.
6/6/09 And still
they turn up. This is a 1932 season FOUR-seater tourer that has just
surfaced near Guildford.
And what is more, a good
home is being sought for it.
If interested, contact
the Register for further details.
2/6/09 This
week we welcome Andrew Batey to the Register. Andrew owns a very
nice 1934 Minor 2-seater.
BPB 357 was 95% restored
25 years ago when the then owener died. His wife sold the car to
Andrew
who is busy attending to
the other 5%! Welcome Andrew!
24/5/09 The
ex-Jeremy Evans 1930 saloon (M15596) is for sale again - this time in Northern
Ireland.
View the advert here.
22/5/09 News
from one of our Japanese members, Kenji Matsuoka, who sent across this
great photo of a recent Kobe MGCC meet.
That is Kenji's M on the
right - 2M866, ex-WH 2424. Six MMM's attended, including two K3's.
20/5/09 New
Zealand VMR member Harry Green passed away in 2006, and his 1930 OHC Minor
roadster is now for sale.
View it here.
Thanks to Peter Field for spotting this one.
18/5/09 The
1932 SV Minor 2-seater is currently being offered on eBay. Ends 26th
May.
Buy it Now price is £3,495,
or you can make an offer. View it here.
Thanks to Mike Tebbett form
spotting this one.
16/5/09 Just
the thing for the coming motoring season, this nice, VERY early scuttle-tank
1931 SV Minor saloon has come on the market
- in the Netherlands.
Chassis SV1784, engine 2422. SV engine newly rebuilt. Price
is £6,500. E-mail Michael
Thung
of call him on (+31) 2975-32232
in the Netherlands for more details.
4/5/09 Now that
the Register's e-mail address has changed, the huge task begins to update
it on virtually every page of the website!
The address
is now vintageminor@gmail.com.
Please be patient while
this task is completed!
2/5/09 The May
Newsletter may now be found in the Members' Area.
We are having problems with
iBuilder at present, so it cannot be launched,
so it has not been e-mailed
to subscribers yet.
Hopefully iBuilder Tech
Support will be able to sort their software early next week.
Don't you LOVE computers?!
Update 5 pm - finally got
it to launch, but the two embedded links were deleted!
29/4/09 These
two Minors were sold at auction by Stags in Devon at the weekend.
The saloon went for £3,200,
and the 2-seater for a creditable £5,000.
We hope to make contact
with the new owners in due course.
An eclectic selection of
early machinery featured in the sale, as can be seen here.
The sale results may be
viewed here.
Thanks to James Ashford
for the photographs.
18/4/09 Congratulations
to Walter Watson who has just re-acquired 1930 tourer VA 9714 (M23264)
which he sold last September.
Walter re-joins the Register today.
We wish him all the very
best with the completion of the rebuild.
17/4/09 One
more pub meet to mention - THIS SUNDAY.
Venue is the delightfulFour
Horseshoes, Thornham Magna in Suffolk.
A map can be found here.
Greene King ales. All welcome.
16/4/09 A reminder
that our Spring pub meets are drawing close.
Three on Sunday 26th April
(details here),
and one on 3rd May (details here).
16/4/09 Forum
fixed!
15/4/09 Forum
problems! In the last few weeks we have received increasing numbers
of forum applications
via e-mail to approve -
about half a dozen a day right now. All have either .ru (Russia), .cn (Canada)
or @gmail.com e-mail addresses
and I reject all of them.
However, I went into the user control panel yesterday to try to force reactivation
of some members
(and I'm not sure if that
is any use, and didn't seem to help), but while in there I noticed that
there are three or four 'inactive'
new bogus members signing
on every day which I don't get approval e-mails for, and I am working down
the list to ban them.
So we are under attack!
I am attempting to contact
tech support for the forum to resolve the issue.
Watch this space for further
updates.
In the meantime, if you
are having trouble accessing the forum, because you get a message telling
you that
you have been permanently
banned, please let us know.
3/4/09 The April
Newsletter has just been launched, and a copy placed in the Members' Area.
3/4/09 The Light
Car Welsh results are now available here.
Congratulatrions to all who entered.
There were nine Minors and
one M Type entered in all - an excellent turnout.
31/3/09 Today
we welcome John Dowsett of Collingbourne Ducis near Marlborough to the
Register.
John acquired the 2-seater
KJ 9306 (SV 22692) at the recent Brightwells auction - see entry for 4/3/09
below.
30/3/09 This
Hundred Pound Minor restoration project is to be auctioned by Keys of Norwich
on 4th April.
View it here
(lot 209).
16/3/09 This
Hundred Pound Minor YD 2497 is for sale and is to be auctioned shortly.
More details soon.
4/3/09 We now
have details of our Inagural Dutch Rally, to be held 11th to 13th September.
Rally Headquarters will
be based at the Orion Hotel on the little Kaager Island situated between
the cities of Leiden and Amsterdam.
UK members will be made
particularly welcome. Do enter and support our very enthusiastic
Dutch members.
And thanks to Halbe Tjepkema
for masterminding the event.
Full details including accommodation,
ferries and entry form may be downloaded here.
4/3/09 This
1932 (1933 season) SV Minor, KJ 9306, chassis SV22692, first registered
13/10/32 is being auctioned
by Brightwells of Leominester
on Wednesday 18th March.
Check it out here
(Lot 79 in the catalogue).
3/3/09 This
M Type body is currently being offered on eBay. Just the body, not
the chassis.
View it here.
Thanks to Ian Hancock for this alert.
2/3/09 And stilll
they turn up. This Ruskin-bodied 1929 2-seater (M7489) has just surfaced
in Melbourne,
where it has been stored
away for up to sixty years. A full restoration is planned.
24/2/09 We extend
a warm welcome to Barry Henderson of Surrey who owns
this tidy 1931 (1932 season)
2-seater.
24/2/09 VMR
HQ has a new PC - after the old one crashed.
Luckily, everything was
backed up on an external solid state drive - phew!
11/2/09 Today
we welcome Jon Yeeles to the Register. Jon is looking for a vintage
Minor in good running order
for VSCC Light Car events.
8/2/09 At this
time our thoughts and prayers are with our members, their families and
everyone else in Victoria, Southern Australia.
Chris Rumble in Vermont,
Victoria reports that temperatures have soared to 46 degrees Centigrade,
and the death toll from
bush fires is rising fast.
Stay safe and sound, everyone.
5/2/09 The Members'
Area of the website now contains a growing collection of high resolution
scans of the most significant
period magazine articles
relating to the Minor. This major undertaking will take some time
to complete,
and will eventually include
articles relating to the SV Minor and M Type.
These article scans complement
the period magazine covers and Morris sales brochures
already downloadable from
the Members' Area.
4/2/09 A couple
of additions have been made to the VMR
2009 calendar of events.
The new spring pub meet
at the Windmill Inn, Four Marks, Hampshire has been added, as has the evening
Morris/MG meet,
hosted by the VMR, at the
Farmers Arms, Birtsmorton, Worcestershire during the VSCC 75 celebrations.
Also note the addition of
the LCES Autumn Tour and Driving Tests on Sunday 13th September
and the VMR Dutch Rally
at Leiden 11th to 14th September, details coming soon.
3/2/09 Today
we welcome Parthsarthi Mehd from Ahmedabad (try saying that three times
quickly!), India to the Register.
Parth recently unearthed
this rare but somewhat modified 1934 4-seater tourer near his home.
Among other items, Parth
is particularly looking for a stadard SV Minor SU carburetter for the car
- can anyone help?
3/2/09 We are
delighted to report that Peter Plant is the proud new owner of the 1932
McEvoy Special Morris Minor prototype.
Originally registered RC
300, this vehicle was stripped of its number some time ago and is now registered
7360 TU.
Peter will be collecting
the car from France next month and then completing a protracted rebuild.
Congratulations to Peter
for returning this historic car to the UK.
Here is the car at the start
of the 1932 Torquay Rally, driven by the one-legged Squillario
who is seen here exchanging
banter with Col. McEvoy:
2/2/09 The entry
form for our Summer Rally is now available for download here.
Full Rally details may be
found here.
31/1/09 A new
spring pub meet is being organized at The
Windmill Inn, Four Marks,
between Winchester and Alton,
Hants. The date for your diaries is Sunday 3rd May.
There will be lunch, followed
by a possible afternoon run to the nearby Watercress
Line if we have sufficient interest.
To gauge numbers, please
contact
the Register if you would like to attend.
30/1/09 The
February Newsletter was launched into the ether last night.
If you did not receive a
copy, let the Register know.
Copies of this and all monthly
Newsletters are also archived in the Members' Area.
29/1/09 We are
receiving reports that accommodation near Prescott for the Summer Rally
is becoming
INCREDIBLY difficult to
find - due to the thousands of VMR members who have already booked, no
doubt!
So, this is another reminder
that, if you are planning to attend, we STRONGLY urge you to make your
accommodation arrangements
WITHOUT DELAY.
We would not want to see
any member prevented from attending due to lack of accommodation.
It may be better to look
in the Broadway area, where there are apparently more possibilities,
than try to get something
close to Prescott. Or, if you are planning to also attend VSCC 75,
then something
towards Malvern would clearly
be good.
28/1/09 Magazine
M 132 was posted today by Bev Hicks to all UK and European members.
Should be with everyone
in a few days.
28/1/09 Today
we welcome Jim Kilborn of Queensland, Australia back to the Register.
Jim owns this stylish Properts-bodied
1928 Roadster, chassis MM1152,
making it the seventh oldest
surviving Minor on record.
26/1/09 To date,
Brian Maeers is the ONLY Minor entrant booked for the Light Car Welsh!
(Although Colin Lee is also
known to be intending to enter.)
If you are intending to
enter, get your entries in ASAP!
Entry forms can be downloaded
here,
and full details of the weekend may be found here.
Incidentally, the LCES now
has a date for their Autumn Driving Tests - Saturday 13th September, but
venue is still TBA.
26/1/09 Congratulations
to Paul Rogers and Tim Brown for scooping the Jeddere-Fisher Trophy on
the
VSCC's Measham at the weekend.
This Trophy is awarded for the best performance by a Light Car Section-eligible
car.
A full and fascinating report
will be included in M 133.
24/1/09 Great
news regarding the Register's Midsummer Auction. All new members
joining or who have already joined since 1/1/09
will receive a FIVE
POUND DISCOUNT on their auction purchases.
Just one more good reason
to come aboard!
23/1/09 Mike
Pomfret's Hundred Pound Minor (see below) did sell, but to dealer Richard
White in Leicester. View it here.
So you have another chance
to pick up this car for the coming motoring season.
23/1/09 Pumped
by his success at Brooklands two weeks ago, Paul Rogers is entering UX
in the
VSCC's Measham Night Rally
this weekend down in deepest, darkest, coldest Hampshire.
This grueling 160-mile event,
run under horrific conditions last year, will start once again on Saturday
evening (the 24th)
from the Holiday Inn, Basingstoke
(OS 185/643509 - directions here),
with the cars gathering from around 6 pm.
Local members are strongly
encouraged to turn up to see Paul and his navigator Tim Brown on their
way
and to wish them luck and
a safe and uneventful night.
For background reading,
check out the
2002 Measham report in the Daily Telegraph.
Also, check out Paul's vintage
engineering enterprise here.
22/1/09 The official
results are out for the VSCC's Brooklands Driving Tests held on 11th January.
Congratulations to the Minorists
who put up an excellent showing. Geraint Owen was the overall victor
in his JAP-engined Minor
special ‘Jemima’, gaining a First with 591 points, a Second went to Clive
Hamilton-Gould (641 points),
scoring the best score of
the day in no less than 7 of the 14 tests in the Touring Class and a Third
went to Paul Rogers
(715 points - an excellent
driving test score for a saloon). Nicholas Cooksey completed all
the tests with a creditable 746 points
in the family Duple Minor
tourer.
View the full results here.
21/1/09 Welcome
to new member Tom Cantle of Bristol with his 1932 SV 2-seater which he
has owned since 1961.
It was his first car.
Just needs finishing touches to take to the road again.
We look forward to seeing
it out and about, Tom.
The Four Winds mill,
Monster
17/1/09 The
Dutch contingent of the Register are holding a meet on 14th March at the
MG
workshop in Monster,
Holland.
Time: between 14.00 and
17.00. Place: Havenstraat 44a, 2681LC Monster.
Everyone welcome - members
or otherwise, but please let Halbe
Tjepkema know.
(STOP PRESS 28/1/09 - meet
cancelled!)
13/1/09 Today
we welcome Flemming Hansen to the Register. Flemming lives in Denmark
and owns a 1934 Minor 2-seater.
We also warmly welcome Hugh
Barnes with his M Type MG.
13/1/09 Recent
new member Mike Pomfret is having to sell his newly-acquired Hundred Pound
Minor due to ill health.
Genuine original £100
Model. EX 2908 (SV5065, registered 30/6/31).
Restored approximately 15
years ago in fine working order.
Purchased car approx 8 months
ago whilst in good health, situation has changed.
Presently live in Southern
Ireland but will deliver car to Holyhead.
The car has some history
and previous keeper had for 35 years, only two previous owners.
Phone Mike on 00 353 504
54870 or email freedomdogs2002@yahoo.co.uk
The car is also being offered
on eBay here.
(STOP PRESS 22/1/09 - car
now sold!)
Richard and Sue Woodward
on the 2004 Light Car Welsh Trial.
Sue has now acquired
the ex-Rosemary Burke 2-seater from Martin Shaw.
(Photo: Phil Jones)
10/1/09 The
Regulations and Entry Form for the VSCC Light Car Section's Welsh Weekend
March 28th/29th are now
available and can be downloaded here.
Full details of the weekend
may be found here.
Let us see if we can field
a strong Minor contingent once again!
6/1/09 We extend
a warm welcome today to Paul Brown of Ramona, California who joins the
Register
with his 1929 M Type GJ
5795 (2M/1281), exported to the States in the fifties
before being stored for
the past 50 years!
4/1/09 Toby
Sears has recently moved to the New Forest and is planning to inaugurate
a local
VMR pub meet in the area
- possibley one evening in the summer. If anyone would like to come
along,
please e-mail
Toby and let him know, so that he can plan a date and location to best
suit everyone.
Full details will be published
here when arrangements are finalized.
Please give Toby your support.
4/1/09 Welcome
to Jim Reader of Kirbymoorside who joins the Register today with his
Stewart & Ardern-registered
1934 Saloon MU 9144.
1/1/09 The January
2009 Newsletter was published today and we are still having issues with
the addressee list.
If you did not receive your
copy via e-mail, you can find it in the Members' Area.
1/1/098 Today
we welcome Stephen Hunton to the Register.
Stephen lives in Devon and
owns a Stewart & Ardern-registered 1932 LWB saloon.
1/1/09 A Happy
New Year to all! David Whittle took his 1929 tourer out today to
the
VSCC's New Year's Day pub
meet at the White Hart at Harwell Village, Oxfordshire.
Here
is his inspiring video of the return journey.
29/12/08 Another
eBay offering - rare little piece of Minor automobilia - a 14-page
booklet from 1929,
detailing a publicity trip
in a Minor from Oxford to Monte Carlo.
Also, Dave Manning has a
few useful Minor items on eBay at present - steering wheel, front bumper,
brake shoes, shock absorbers.
Here's
the wheel - check 'seller's other items' for the ... other items!
28/12/08 Still
searching for that elusive Christmas gift?
This 1932 saloon is currently
being offered here
on eBay and elsewhere.
Current bid is just GBP
300, but reserve not met.
Thanks to Mike Tebbett for
spotting
this one.
27/12/08 Welcome
to new member Howard Dixon from Fixby, Huddersfield, who has a 1931 SV
Minor.
The chassis is currently
without body, but interestingly, the continuation logbook quotes 'Utility'.
Howard is primarily a Riley
man, but has a soft spot for Minors - his first car was a '32/'33 2-seater
GG 8533.
Clive Hamilton-Gould storms
the Brooklands Test Hill in his 1930 tourer - January 2007.
27/12/08 The
traditional VSCC Driving Tests at Brooklands will open the 2009 motoring
season on
Saturday 10th January.
In 2008, Paul Rogers gained a First Class Award in his 1930 saloon, but
Colin Lee non-started - as he will this time,
as he is searching for an
early parallel type rear crankshaft/flywheel flange for his 1929 saloon.
If you can help Colin,
contact him at colin@shobizsalons.com.
Here
are the 2008 results, and here
is a map, should anyone not know the way to Brooklands.
This makes a great day out,
whether you are competing or just spectating.
Spectator tickets will be
available on the day - Adult £8, OAP and Student £6,
Child under 16 £5,
Family (2 adults and up to 3 children) £20. Entries close tomorrow!
11/12/08 If
you are not yet a member of the Vintage Minor Register, now is a great
time to join
because you will receive
the Winter 2008 Magazine plus all four 2009 quarterly Magazines for one
annual membership fee.
New members joining before
the end of the year will also receive a free copy of the 2009 Register
Calendar - see below.
Full membership is open
to all, but particularly to owners of both OHC and SV Minors and M Type
MGs.
Consider giving the gift
of membership to the one you love for Christmas – or even the wife!
Join here
today.
(Note also that the VMR Forum
is FREE to all - anyone can join in and contribute.)
7/12/08 The
Members' Area now contains a compendium of technical articles which were
originally published in
the Register Magazine. Eleven articles so far - more to follow shortly.
4/12/08 The
2009 Register calendar is now available in the Members' Area for download.
30/11/08 The
December Newsletter has just been launched into the ether. In the
process, 32 e-mail addresses were rejected
by iBuilder because previous
Newletters bounced to these addresses. If you did not receive the
Newsletter,
please let the Register
know. The list of 32 previously-bounced addresses can be checked
here.
Also let us know if your
e-mail address has changed.
27/11/08 The
Winter Magazine has now been published in the Members' Area.
Hard copies should be with
all members before Christmas.
25/11/08 More
website updates. The Members' Area now has a section dedicated
to period motoring magazine
covers featuring Minors and M Types, and images from our 2007
Summer Rally have been added
here.
2008 to follow shortly.
24/11/08 David
and Claire Rolfe on the VSCC Cotswold Trial this weekend. Another
superb trial,
now in its third year, and
containing a wonderful variety of hills.
And superby managed and
marshaled, as are all VSCC trials.
Thanks to David 'Wiggy'
Whittle for this delightful image.
More images here.
23/11/08 Today
six Dutch Minor owners gathered for their first meet in Holland,
Halbe Tjepkema reports,
"Over here the weather is pretty bad snow and winds so I'm glad people
made the effort to come."
That's Frank van Voorst
(third from left) with his '32 2-seater to the fore, plus spare engine.
22/11/08 A beaming
John Nagle with his new acquisition. 1934 2-seater OW 4224.
John last owned this car
when he was 17!
21/11/08 We
extend a warm welcome to three more new memebrs who have joined recently.
First, Simon Hyslop has
acquired the lovely 2-seater AYF 22 pictured below.
We also welcome Bob Worthington
who owns a very rare 1934 4-seater tourer,
as well as Mike Houston
who has just acquired an OHC saloon on eBay from Bill Tuckey.
And congratulations are
in order for Clive Hall who has also recently acquired a 1929 saloon project
(see above) - this one from
Godfrey Cross.
13/11/08 The
Membership List has just undergone a thorough update and has been posted
in the Members' Area.
Perhaps this would be a
good time for everyone to check that their details, and those of their
cars, are correct.
Please let
the Register know if you spot eny errors or omissions.
I also just added the October
and November Newsletters in .pdf format to the Members' Area.
13/11/08 What
in h*ll is happening here?! Answers on the back of a five Pound note
please.
(All will be revealed in
M 132!)
22/8/08 This
particularly smart '34 2-seater is currently being offered for sale by
Nicky Paul-Barron.
Details here.
Thanks to EMS member Tim Barnard for spotting this one.
22/8/08 And
welcome to another new member, George Ball of Flintshire, whose first car
was a '34 Minor, KY 9999.
Sadly, the car has not survived
- unless someone knows more?
19/8/08 Today
we welcome Bob Zwart of Irvine, California to the Register. Bob owns
this very smart 1930 M Type
which was sold new in Pasadena,
California by Murphy Motor Car Co.
This delightful shot shows
the M in Long Beach with the Queen Mary looking on.
Welcome to the Register,
Bob!
