May 2003

President's Prattle

•  Spring weather and light evenings can mean only one thing...
•  March meeting had wonderful films
•  An intelligent guess about the location of a 1920 car rally
•  Dave Bickers gets a mention
  (web ed. I remember Dave Bickers, with Murray Walker commentating, scrambling on TV)
•  Converted1935 Vauxhall Big Six
•  Francis Jacobi commentary
•  Trolley bus pole meets Ferodo Bridge
•  NSU Quickly for how much?
•  Petrol pump with swing arm
•  Unorthodox methods of rescuing vehicles

Secretary's Scribble

•  East Anglian Film Archive - another satisfied customer
•  Brush Electric Company Tramcar 33, now in ITM
•  We must get Francis Jacobi back
•  Plaque unveiling ceremony
•  Support ITM - open Sundays, Bank Hols, 11:00-16:00 and school hols 13:00-16:00
•  How to measure the correct Redex dose
•  Anyone with other ideas on solving this problem?
•  More stories needed, whether problematic or triumphant

Other Items

•  Extracts from the Federation (no, not the Start Trek one!)
  •  Quiet green lanes - Final year of LRP - EU Paint Directive
  •  Export Licences - Number Plates - MoT Certificates
•  Health & Safety Officers to increase checks on brake linings
•  Advice on getting 20% discount on ferries to the Continent
•  Classic Adventure
  •  Alberta sent to a home, Tricia buzzing in Polly, Gloria discarded
  •  Lagonda and Austin 7 tourer rejected
  •  Tess found in bags and a suitcase
  •  Just like Meccano, apart from a missing cap
  •  Piston broke? No, but it was a close thing - 1mm close!
  •  Old plugs never die, they just lose their spark. But not yet...
  •  A piece of cake? No, a slice of radiator!
  •  Ready (and waiting) for Summer...
•  The Wrong Car
  •  a tale of miss-taken identity
  •  but Grace was always in the vanguard