April 2003

President's Prattle

•  Spring is just around the corner
•  Best wishes for Mike's recovery
•  Brief, incomplete, history of the Fire Service
•  Splendid talk on touch up techniques...
•  Taxpayers subsidised the Mini (the real one)
•  A variet of excellent lubricants from Penrite
•  Petrol rationing, the Black Market and red dye
•  Green Goddess information, including where they are stored
•  In the Vanguard of poking at holes

Secretary's Scribble

•  January meeting cancelled due to the wrong kind of weather
•  Pit stop was unchallenged, so a rabbit was pulled from a hat
•  Praise for two gentlemen who saved the day
•  At last the East Anglian Film Archive evening
•  Mini auction (ed, no, I don't think that means there'll be a car)
•  Only a couple of errors in the Programme and Multi Entry Form!
•  Newsletters go out ten days before the new month
•  Clarification about adverts in the Newsletters
•  News of a new arrangement for the annual rally

Other Items

•  A Vanguard celebrates an anniversary
•  Alarming start to an icy day
•  Under-rated cars
•  Salt, rain, and screen sealant
•  How long does it take to rebuild an MGTA?
•  The big push of 1967
•  Ken's Chum
•  This Rover's not a dog
•  Gathering at Cattawade Sunday 11 May 2003
•  Whose got a ticket to ride (a Ferrari!!) ?

Mart

•  For Sale - 1968 Triumph Vitess 2 litre saloon.
•  For Sale - 1972 Rover V8 auto.