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Bditish Motor Club of UrohCar not w$rking the way you would like? Sfeam boat Vintage

iff:ilp,;1;l",xt lf#f"ilsfl,:' Al re a d y ?Is it the end of the season? Afraid so.Being the end of the season, it is time forthe End-of-the-Season Dinner. As achange of pace we will be holding it inUtah County. Greg and Susan Chesterhave found a Mexican restaurant that willaccommodate us in American Fork. TheMi Ranchito is d 390 Ea& SYde SYrea inAmerican Forh We will meet there at5:30 PM on Sdurday, Odober, 17. Toreach this exit I-15 at exit number 281 andturn left if you are coming from Salt Lakeor points north. You will be on StateStreet. Follow it for about 2 L/2 or 3 miles,Mi Ranchito is on the right after Wendy'sand before McDonald's. Greg and Susansay that Mi Ranchito has gmd, but not tooexpensive, Mexican food and, also, beer,for those who way want it bit of liquidrefreshment.

This is the las driving went of the yearbring your British car, if the weather isgood, but you do not have to bring yourBritish car in order to attend. If you don'tbring the car, it has become a tradition tobring a part of the car along. For moreinformation on the event give Greg orSusan a call at 801-785-7185.

ker Day The Fifteenth

The annu{ Fall Tinker Day will give youa chance tp work on it with the assistanceof other club members. Mark Bradakishosts this annual event at the Fat ChanceGarage, home of the Fat Chance RacingTeam. The Tinker Day this year will beSdurday, Oaober 10. The Fat ChanceCrarage is located in the Garco Complex at3994 Soulh 300 ll/est, #22, atthe West

the afternoon. Often somebody goes forpizza about noon. Mark's shop is prettv

RaceAnd quite likely the last. Construction iswell undenvay on the hill in the middle ofthe course and condos have sprung up inthe lower part of the course. Clearly therewill be no more racing on the basic circuitthat was in use for fifteen years. Even thebest viewing arql w:ls blocked offfrom tletrack by a wall. I guess this is progress.

Talking to business folk in the town, theyall expressed reget that the races weregoing, but were of mixed views aboutbuilding a special track because of thecost. Rocky Mountain Vintage Racingofficially is optimistic, but a special trackis bie. BIG bucks. All we can do is wait

<and see. There definitelv will not be a racenext year.

Racing was great. There was about 200cars there racing, including about eightA.C. Cobras, a Ford GT40, and a TojeiroSports. The Tojeiro Sports was thepredecessor of the A.C. Ace, which wasthe predecessor of the A.C. Cobra. Theydl did some laps at speed. There wereeight groups racing plus a special displayby the Cobras from the Shelby Collection.There were some incidents resulting inbent metal and embarrxsed drivers, onelotus 7 had a wheel fall offwhile glvingrides to the corner workers, but no one washurt and no one went home too muchpoorer than when they came.

The BMCU was well represented. Itappeared that weryone that has been at

well equi$ned with tools, but you mightoring sonfe of your own to be sure. Youdefinitely need to bnng your own parts ortalk to Mark ahead of trme to see if youcan purchase what you need from him.Mark can be reached at 801-364-3251.

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Ifyou have never been at the garage, it canbe a bil dftrcult to reach. The most directway is frdm 4500 South, just turn north atthe McDonald's. From 3900 South youhave to p south, but 300 West south of3900 South is not in line with 300 Westno(h of 3900 South. It is west of therailroad lracks and leaves 3900 Southwhile th( road is still elevated followingthe bridge over the tracks. The last time Iwas ther@, 3900 South was underconstruction (zurprise!) and you could notturn south from the west bound lane. Youhad to g0 past 300 West and make a U-turn andilreturn. Clear? I doubt it. Go lookaround dnd don't be in a hurry.

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lilFebruary 13. Pot-Luck Dinner.l i : 1 r l ' t . '

li' Iune 14-18, 1999, National MGAComrention at Lake Tahoe.

Hint for the monthThe editors' MGA's transmission was

leaking on the way to Steamboat Springs'

While in Vernal it appeared to be time to

top up the oil. I had my head under dash

while reaching behind to get the newlyopened bottle of oil. Grabbing the oil from

Julie I squeezed it sending a flood of oil all

over my new pants. @#$%ll In SteamboatI related the story to Mike cady. Mike had

an interesting zuggestion' He pointed out

that the pull type stoppers found on drink

bottles (like Gatorade) will fit plastic oil

bottles. Opening the oil and replacing the

top with this stopper allows you to seal the

bottle while handling it and yet make it

easy to open and reclose. Give it a try'

GoFN West'98By Floyd {nman

ilCnF West, the annual Gathering of theFaithftl to their classic MGs was inMonterey,,California July 5-9, and a few

made the journey. David andMuriel drove from ldaho Fallsin their I TD and l9?? Magnette(Muriel the Sacajawa Award to somegal from ancouver); Floyd and QueenKathy part way in their 1953 TD,and and Suzanne Andersen drove

conditioned I 9?? Continentalin theirTown (with the very long hood).

Monday as fte annual Rallye. What atriplThe ive took us through the heartof Monte y, along the coast, and into thel7 Mile rive where we drove the oldCarmel R ad Race Course. We continuedthrough armel then back to the coastWhat bea ty

This provod to be a rather unusual GoF aswe couldn't find any controverw to bitchabout. Quhn Kathy claims it's'becausethe BMCIII group taught them well.

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Malte the best news is that GoF West,Inc. has gained Catifornia Tax Exemptstatus. Federal exemption will follow soon.GoF West is now a non-profit organizationand all contributions are tax deductible.Does that include distance and expensessupporting GoF West events? Perhaps anattorney out there can clari$?

Next year's GoF is August 2-6 at ChateauWhistler, Whistler Mountain, BC, about60 miles north of Van@uver. If you'reintereste4 contact Floyd Inman at (435)645-8460 for registration information.With Canadian exchange at the lowest inrecent history, make and PAY yourreservations now. The current rate isaround 45% ruS$1.00 = cAN$1.45).

Editor's Note: Whistler is a solid 1000miles from Salt Lake City, and mayrequire afour-day drive there and back.For your initial planning think aboutleaving Salt Lake on Friday, July 30 andreturning on Monday, August 9. I{e'lldiscuss this later.

Left Over PartsThanks to Andy Lindeman for copying theSeptember newsletter and we had itwrong; Nathan Massie copied the Augustnewsletter. Thanks Nathan.

We need suggestions for the upcomingTech Sessions. What don't you understandabout your car? We can likely findsomeone in the group who knows.

The BMCU, in its timely fashion, isdeveloping a way to use your emailaddresses. There will be two ways to us€email. The first is to send late-breakingnews and went reminders. These will besent to everyone who zupplied an emailaddress. The second will be a way formembers of the BMCU, and anyone else,to chat. To be part ofthis second list youwill have to subscribe. To subscribe, senda message to majordomo@autox.team. netwith a single line in the body of themessage: zubscribe bmcu. Idazke sureyou use just those two words, all lower

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case, with no quotes, no signature, perid,or anything else. You will receive furtherinstructions, and how to remove yotu namefrom the list if you desire.

Remember, the BMCU is an affiliatedorganization of the North American MGBRegister (NAMGBR) and we would like toremind all B and Midget owners that thisis your national organization. For $25 peryear you gBt their award-winningfita$azias, MGB Driver, discounts fromtheir advertisers, technical advice, andmore. Plus, NAMGBR supports the BMCUthrough their insurance program. If wesupport them, they support us. contactMike Bailey, the Editor or the web site(www.namgbr.orglnarngbr I index.htm) formembership information. Make sure youtell them you are a BMCU member.

MGA owners, the North American MGARegister (NAMGAR) 1999 nationalconvention will be at Lake Tahoe June 14-18, 1999. The BMCU will try to put a$oup together to attend. start planningnow and join the NAMGAR. Steve Nelsonwill conuct all MGA owners. It is a uniqueexperience to attend a national meet.

Three BMCU members, Bruce Schilling,Bill Walton, and the editor, went to theSpeed Week on the Bonneville Salt Flats inAugust. None ofus had been to a S@Week and didn't know what to orpect. Ourmajor mistake was to go at the end of theweek, when most people attempting to setrecords had left. There were still someinteresting vehicles lhere however. Onethat appealed to us was a modified MGAV8 that was running at over 200 mph. Thecar we were looking for was the modifiedMGF that Rover brought out to try for anew MG record. Turns out the car was atthe Wendover airport, with a leakingclutch slave cylinder. We went to theairport, found the car, and chatted with itscrew. The Rover folks were friendly andalrr,azedthat people in the U.S, would cometo see the car. Thsy decided they couldn'trun the car in this year's Speed Weeh butan email message from one of theengineers hinted at Speed Week in 1999.Keep this in mind for next August.

That ever{ing we enjoyed the AuctionDinner. Quite a success! Preliminaryaccount\B indicated around $ l 1,000.00(we did afound $8,000.00 in Park City).

Tuesday fas the Car Show. The mostexciting +MCU moment at the show wasthe Mechamcs Contest (the committeebreal$ your car and you must find theproblem {nd repair it). First place winner:David M$chovec. Congratulations.

The Funkh,ana and Swap Meet wasWednesdny morning. Good course butdidn't come close to the event put on lastyear by lhatoo Bailey and Julie VanMoorhern. At the Awards Banquet thatevening, we had anotler BMCU winner.It's not hard to believe that a farmer'swife froth Hooper, Utah could win theCrafts cAntest. Con$ats to SuzanneAndersel.

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AutoJumbleFor sale, '72 Lotus Europa Twin Can.Exoellent $nrestored condition, interiorperter,I" 6-point belts, recently redoneengine, tight" fast" $l1,500.00 or bestcash ofer. iC,ontact Rick Sheya 2644692or canyon@wolsi.com.

ilFor sale, '?4 Jensen-Healey. New seats,€ryet andtrtop. two tonneau covers,manuals, body goo4 mechanicals okay.$3.500 orbest cash offer. Contact RickSheya 26+-8692 or canyon@wolsi.com.

ilFor sale, '[a >cce 2+2,4.2 L, straight 6,new tires,lnew shocks, automatictransmisslon. Call Gary Piaget, l-360-376-70S8il California car in Park City.

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For sale, i53 MGTD. rebuilt engine andtransmisqion, new master cylinder, neu'tires, Brobklands steering wheel, andmuch more. | 435449 427'l .

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For sale: 4 MGB chrome wire wheels withknockoffs. 582-7938.

October 1998

Board ofGovernors:Jlm'Pugs' PlvL,o6o, Governor Generall 80 l -4864547Gnegg S-mltJll 80 l -943-236 I cmail: gregg.smirh@lc.kl2.utusMrrty Van Nood" Chancellm ofthe Exc{roquer;4674525 (H)

Nculrtcdlr Editors: Bill rnd Jutio Vrn MoodrqnSt2-9223 (HI 5t1.7687 (W) lluil: v.r@rrr,.r.modrutahoduAssocialc Editors: Marft and Kercn Bradakis, 3643251 (H)Narclcd€r IJyout and Art: Narhan Massie, 486-293 5 crnzil : nmassi@wpmail.code3. comManbcrship director: Bruce Sc{rilling 4864425crnail : partsnrastcr@sicnr oom

This Newsleter is published by the British MotorClub oflJtah L;trl., a non-profit corporalion ofBritistr automobile owners. The group holdsmonthly events such as drives, picnics, technicalscssiors, and more. We welcome owners (orpotential ownen) of British cars, in any ocrdition'to the group. Mernbership is fiee, but we ask fc adonation at evcnls to suppott the Newslctter andother activities. Ifyou would like tojoin lhe group,scnd your name, address, rnd a lisl of British carsowned to Bruce Schilling 9 l7 East Mill CreekWay, Sah Lake City, tltah 84106, or to Bnrce'sernail address shown above.

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