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Norfolk NA7ter
October 2014
Norfolk NA7ter
Norfolk Austin Seven ClubOfficers and Committee
Chairman John Groom Tel: 01945 474196email:[email protected]
Secretary Paul Maulden Tel: 01986 872537email:[email protected]
Treasurer John Wyett Tel: 01366 500165email:[email protected]
Membership Rick Fryer Tel: 01362 696114Secretary email:[email protected] Dave Rix Tel: 01508 493419Co-ordinator email:[email protected] John Hazell Tel: 01953 488219Committee Matt Dingle Tel: 01603 714199Members email:[email protected]
Michael Spinks Tel: 01603 737332Phil Sharpe Tel: 01603 744981
email: [email protected]/ Rick Fryer 38 Neatherd Road, Dereham,Website Norfolk NR20 4AQ
Tel: 01362 696114email:[email protected]
Club Meetingsare held on the third Tuesday of each month
from 7.30 pm at
East Tuddenham Jubilee HallMattishall Road East Tuddenham
Norfolk NR20 3LR
Club Website – www.na7c.co.uk
Copyright © 2014 Norfolk Austin Seven Club
The articles, photographs and views expressed and printed in the ‘NOR-FOLK NA7TER’ are for the sole use of NA7C members and their read-ership and must not be printed or reproduced in any other way without
the express written permission of the NA7C appointed representatives.
The views expressed in the articles appearing in the 'NORFOLK NA7TER' are those of the contributors and not
necessarily those of the club, committee or editor. It maybe necessary to condense or alter some of the articles submitted
for publication to suit the space available: the editor apologises in advance if this is unavoidable.
The NA7C is a member of the Austin Seven Clubs Association and the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs
In This Edition of theNorfolk NA7ter
PageNews
Editorial 1Austin Sevens versus Morris Minors 2Val Biro 4Find That Seven 5New Members 5Christmas Dinner 7Snap A Seven 8Member to walk 500 Miles for Charity 9Replica Tax Discs 10
Sales & Wants 11Our Cars
Nellie 12Big 7 at the 750MC Summer Festival 17
Runs & Rallies Journey Through The Ages – 22 June 19Wings & Wheels – 13 July 21Club Day – 19/20 July 23A Wander to Wheatfen – 27 July 26Beighton House – 3 August 28Village at War – 25 August 30Across The Border – 14 September 32K L Classic Car Day – 14 September 33
FBHVC News Internet Vehicle Checklists 35
What’s On NA7C Events Calendar 2014 38
Christmas Dinner Order Form 39And Finally... Inside back cover
The winner of our photo competition - but who?See page 8 for details
On The Cover
October 2014 1
News
Editorial.
The summer weather was variable thisyear, to say the least, but when it wasgood it should have encouraged abumper turnout at events. However, at-tendances generally have been lowerthan previously – not just from NA7Cmembers, but from all corners of theold car movement – and what has beenparticularly noticeable recently is thedwindling number of pre-war cars thatput in an appearance.
At the risk of repeating ourselves, wewonder if the reason for this is finan-cial constraint, boredom, or just a lackof interesting or appealing events? Ifthe latter, why not talk to your commit-tee and suggest an event that youwould like to attend. Better still, organ-ize your own on behalf of the club!
We mentioned in our last issue that wewere looking into the availability of“old” tax discs. A list of suppliers is on
page 10. During the course of our in-vestigations we also learnt a new word– velologist – which describes a personwho collects or studies tax discs. The“vel”, apparently, is derived from Vehicle Excise Licence.
Although the summer is hardly over, itwill soon be Christmas! For our festivedinner, which this year is on Tuesday 9December, we are returning to theWensum Valley Hotel. Full details areon page 7. The booking form is onpage 39. and is also available on line atwww.na7c.co.uk
The user name and password to accessthe on-line version of the latest NorfolkNA7ter are in the printed copy set tomembers.
Rick
The next edition of the NA7ter will be published in January 2014 Please let me have any contributions before 31 December
Contact details are on the inside front cover
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Austin Sevens versus Morris MinorsDave RixCuriosity won the day on 2 July sopicking up John Lain we Elaned our-selves to the 100th Bomber Group baseat Thorpe Abbotts WW2 airfield ataround 10.20 am.
The object of this curiosity was a testset up by Chris Lambert of the PrewarMorris Minor Club and Chris Garnerditto the Prewar Austin 7 Club in con-junction with The Automobile Maga-zine to compare the merits andperformances of the two marques.
The cars chosen were a 1932 SevenTourer and a similar Minor under theauspices of Martin Bell of the saidmagazine.
Elfin Safety decreed the tests on theseapparently deadly machines should beon a runway 400yds from human con-tact so in truth nothing much could beseen or heard of the goings on, but wewere allowed to go to the top of thetower which gave great views over thesurrounding countryside and distantglimpses of the cars hurtling down therunway.
A slalom test was seen to take place,both forward and reverse, and a brakecomparison check was made also. Ishould think that acceleration and topspeed readings were taken but it wasdifficult to tell what was going on.
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We met up with and spent a pleasanthour or so in the company of MartinJones sans Model A but in a modern.We also had an interesting chat withthe founder of the Ipswich TransportMuseum, which he had set up in thesixties. He had brought up an OHC Mi-nor circa 1930 and what a soundly de-signed car it seemed.
The Achilles heel of the engine used tobe oil running into the verticallymounted dynamo from the camshaftbut modern lip seals seem to havecured this problem. (The engineschanged to side valves around 1932when I believe hydraulic brakes wereintroduced).
Father had one of these when leavingthe RAF in the 1940s and I seem to re-member it revved its nuts off at quite
modest speeds, whereas my Chummyseems rather ‘high geared’ if anything.
Has anybody in the club had any expe-rience of these cars? If so perhaps theywould give their opinion and experi-ence of them.
There were several different models ofMinors to be seen of earlier and laterdesigns, but the only Seven there wasthe Tourer used in the tests.
Thorpe Abbotts is a tidy and pleasantplace with good café and facilities butnot as original as Seething Tower andisn’t a ‘live’ airfield like Seething.
The report of the comparisons will bein an autumn edition of the monthlyAutomobile Magazine.
...nothing much could be seen or heard of the goings on....
Photos courtesy of Martin Jones
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Val BiroCreator of Gumdrop dies, aged 92The children's author, artist and illus-trator Val Biro died on 4 July.
He is probably best remembered, atleast among car enthusiasts, as the cre-ator of the Gumdrop series of 37books. These chronicled the adven-tures (and misadventures) of an Austin12/4 and were based around a car heowned and drove regularly until re-cently.
However, the name has A7 connec-tions. In 1950 he bought a 1933 Sevenwhich had the registration letters GM.His wife promptly christened the carGumdrop. Several cars came and went,then in 1961 be bought a 1926 CliftonHeavy 12/4. Since it was a grown-upversion of their first car, Val and hiswife decided it had to be called Gum-drop.
Val was born Balint Stephen Biro (Valbecause Valentine is the nearest Eng-lish version of Balint) in Budapest,Hungary. In 1939, Val's father, recog-nising what was happening in Europe,arranged for his eighteen-year-old sonto go to London to study art. Val neversaw his father again. He sadly died in1944 only two days before the Gestapocalled to arrest him as a political sus-pect.
After training in art school, Valworked for a variety of publishers untilsetting up as a freelance in 1953.
Val did work for the Radio Times forover 20 years. He also illustrated over400 books and designed over 3,000book covers for other authors such asNevile Shute, C S Forester, EvelynWaugh, Dennis Wheatley and IrisMurdoch.
The first book in the famous series,Gumdrop: The Adventures of a Vin-tage Car appeared in 1966; the last,Gumdrop's School Adventure in 2001.
Gumdrop, with Mr Oldcastle and Horace the dog
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Find That SevenNew facility on the Association WebsiteChris Charles, NA7C member and A7CA Webmaster, has recently completed animprovement to the Association Website, which enable members to look up cars inthe Chassis Register. Chris writes:
Dear Austin 7 Owners,
In August last year I became theA7CA Webmaster with the job ofupdating the Association website.In this time, in-between Universitywork, I was working on animproved method to view the A7CASurviving Austin 7 Register. I havenow just finished a searchable sys-tem which can now be found on theA7CA website - www.a7ca.org
You can now search either via theRegistration Number or the Chas-sis Number, and at the click of abutton view the entry in the regis-
ter. Please note this isn't replacingthe downloadable versions in Excelformat.
Within seconds you can check thevehicle details are correct, any dis-crepancies with the entry will showup with a warning message. Toupdate the entry, follow the link tothe Notification Form, update thedetails and submit to the A7CARegistrar.
Hopefully you will find this a usefultool to use, so please go and checkyour Austin 7 details now by visit-ing www.a7ca.org
New MembersPlease join us in welcoming the following new members to the club:Alison and David Smith live inColkirk, near Fakenham. Alison ac-quired a 1933 PD Tourer in the late1960s and has just got it back on theroad.
Cris and Nichola Emberson comefrom Paston, near North Walsham. Weare still awaiting details of their cars.
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Dave Witton, in his 1935 Type 65, ac-cepts the Freddy Henry Trophy (for best factory sports car) at the 2014 Beaulieu Rally.
This is the third time Dave has won this trophy with “Myrtle”
Graham Makepeace displays his prize as runner-up in the pre-war class at the Norwich Charity Motor Show, which he won with his “Imp” special
TheEditor
lookspleased ashe accepts
the prize forbest pre-war car, won by
his van, at the JaguarClub’s Barbecue atFelthorpe Airfield
The Trophy CabinetMembers have been out and about winning prizes – again!
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Christmas DinnerThe Club’s Christmas Dinner will be held on Tuesday 9 December
(7 for 7.30pm) at the Wensum Valley Hotel, Golf and Country Club, Beech Avenue, Taverham, Norwich, NR8 6HP – the same venue as last
year.
There will be a three-course waiter-service meal, followed by coffee and mints. It will be served in a private room, with a bar service.
There will be the usual raffle and donations would be appreciated.
The cost is £20 per personA booking form is on page 39
Menu
Chef’s Home-made Vegetable Soup or Smoked Haddock & Watercress Tart with Mustard Hollandaise
Roast Sirloin of Beef with Yorkshire Pudding (medium to well done) or Baked Salmon Fillet with Lemon & Black Pepper Tiger Prawns or
Potato, Leek & Spinach Pie with White Wine Cream Sauce & Puff Top
Apple Crumble & Home-made Custard or Black Cherry, Chocolate & Kirsch Orange Liquor Cheesecake or
Ice Cream
Coffee & Mints
Please talk to Paul Maulden (01986 872537 or [email protected])
if you have any questions about the Christmas Dinner
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Snap A SevenGreat response to our photo competitionAfter an initial poor response, entriesflooded in to our prize photo competi-tion. Over 30 photographs were sub-mitted, by 12 members.
The competition was decided by an in-dependent “guest judge”, namely Ian
Spooner, organiser of the classic car el-ement of the annual Swanton Morleyshow.
We are pleased to announce that thewinner, who receives free club mem-bership for 2014-15 is....
Dave Witton...whose photo shows Karen driving Millicent, their 1931 RL Saloon, through
the ford at Kersey
Congratulations to Dave and Karen: commiserations and thanks to all the othermembers who submitted photographs.
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Club Member to walk 500 Miles for CharityAnne Alger raising funds for East Coast Hospice (ECH).Anne Alger is tackling the Camino deSantiago. This 500-mile journey, alsoknown as the Way of St James, wasonce one of the most important medie-val pilgrimages. It starts at St Jean PiedDe Port in France before crossing thefoothills of the Pyrenees into Spain andending at the shrine of St James theApostle at the historic cathedral in San-tiago De Compostela.
Anne, 73, is walking with her friendJanet Baldock, 74 and the pair hope tocover 15 miles a day to complete theirtrek in 32 days.
Anne worked as a midwife for 25 yearsat Northgate Hospital in Great Yar-mouth and the James Paget UniversityHospital before becoming a communi-ty midwife in Carlton Colville.
After working for so long in healthcare, she said ECH’s campaign to build
a 10-bed specialist hospice for peoplein Waveney and Yarmouth was a causeclose to her heart.
To sponsor Anne, contact the ECH of-fice in Sussex Road, Gorleston, NR316PF or on 01493 718707.
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Replica Tax Discs
Since the displaying of tax discs willno longer be necessary after October,we asked in our last issue whether rep-lica tax discs were still available.
Many thanks to all the members whoreplied on this topic. Subsequent re-search has shown that not only are
there several suppliers of replicas, butthere is also a thriving market in olddiscs and even a book on the subject!Trade and Collect Tax Discs, a com-plete introduction to the interestingworld of velology – as tax disc collect-ing is apparently known – is availableonline from www.collecticus.co.uk.
Here are a few current suppliers of replica tax discs – the usual disclaimers apply:
Creative Tax Discs 74 Barnsley Road, Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire S73 8DG01226 495230
www.creativetaxdiscs.co.uk
Earlswood Vintage & ClassicPO Box 48, Sherborne, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL54 3WN01451 829615
www.britishtaxdiscs.co.uk
Greg Powell24 Elgar Avenue, HamptonPark, Hereford HR1 1TY01432 353963
www.poplargreg.com
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Sales & WantsWanted
The Editor is looking for a speedo for his RP. Anything usable welcome – contactdetails on inside front cover.
Free to good home...
John Wyett has unearthed more Ruby bits in his shed:
Speedo cable (48"), well used and outer cover is in poor condition but it still worksand its a shame it to dump it. Would be OK for a spare. Also 1 brake shoe!
If anyone wants them, give John a ring on 01366500165 and he'll bring them to ameeting.
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Our Cars
NellieBill Doe, who died recently, was the father of a friend of Barney Barnard.Among his effects was this account of his ownership of a “Seven” in theFifties.It seemed a good idea at the time. Theyear was 1951 and a chance to take ajob with the Decca Navigator Compa-ny as Assistant Station Engineer at oneof their transmitting stations, with amodem semi-detached house on site,rent and rates free, an increase in sala-ry, plus a pension scheme too good tomiss.
In reality, socially, it became hard tolive with. The station was situated inthe middle of a field facing 2000 acresof marsh, sometimes covered by a hightide. The nearest neighbours, apartfrom the station engineer next door,were half-a-mile away and the nearestvillage and public transport were al-most two miles away.
There was a Ford 8 van specifically forcompany use, which could be used forpersonal reasons at the discretion of thestation engineer – not always donewith the best of grace!
The answer, without the slightestdoubt, was our own private personalmotorised transport. Obtaining anysuch item in this year was extremely
difficult. On the new car front, the mo-tor industry was slowly getting intoproduction after the war. By far themajority of new cars produced had tobe exported (The country was broke af-ter World War Two) and those thatcame on to the home market weresnapped up by doctors and black mar-ket spivs.
The only vehicles available were pre-war and because of the shortage, theyfetched sky-high prices. A 1937 AustinSeven, which sold for £128 brand new,in 1951 in good running nick fetched£365. When you're earning £6 perweek, such machinery was out of thequestion.
A friend of ours who lived in the near-est village bought a 1931 Austin Sevensaloon. He called it Nellie. We don'tknow why – the registration numberwas TL1404 and we thought Tilliewould have been more appropriate.However, he trotted around with it anddecided one day to take his wife andtwo sons to London - a distance ofsome 200 miles plus. On the waydown, because the body was not all
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that stable, the passenger door flewopen. Thanks to his quick reaction, hiswife fell only halfway out!
When it was pointed out to him that theking pins were very badly worn, hebought a new pair, complete withbushes and stowed them, nicelygreased and wrapped, under his seat.The intention was to get them fittedprofessionally, but before he could getthe job done, it all went wrong.
One day, he stopped at a road junction.As he started to turn, the nearside kingpin gave way, the stub axle collapsed,
the little car rolled over and the damagewas done.
On reflection, it must have been des-peration for motorised transport thatcaused us to buy this wreck.
When it was delivered to us, it was in-deed a sorry sight. The roof had partedcompany with the front end and thecrumpled remains wafted gently in thebreeze. The windscreen, though still inone piece, stuck out at an angle ofabout 30 degrees, its frame dangling intwo, mainly because it was rustedthrough at the centre.
Barney’s friend, Annie and her older brother, John, pose proudly on
Nellie’s bonnet
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The passenger door was free standing –on the back seat: the cast brass hingeshad snapped.
The front axle was so badly twistedthat the front wheels were set to go intwo different directions.
But there were some good points. Thefive wire wheels seemed to have comethrough unscathed and the tyres wereinflated, thanks to some good tyres andtubes.
What remained of the body seemed sounstable that the only sensible actionappeared to be to scrap it and startagain. With the aid of a good hacksaw,it didn't take long to cut through thesteel floor, just to the rear of the doorpillars: the bolts came out of the chas-sis quite easily and the body, completewith back window and two side win-dows, gently rolled onto the ground.
It didn't weigh a lot, but a wheelbarrowwas needed to transport it to the rear ofthe station, well out of sight.
The master plan was to build onto thistiny chassis a beautiful ash-framed,aluminium-panelled body. Alvis hadproduced a magnificent creation in thismanner – there was no reason why itcouldn't be reproduced in miniature.
However, just at this time a friend ofours, who taught woodwork at a localschool, called to see us. When told of
our intention to build such a body hesaid “I wouldn't attempt such a projectwithout a band-saw”.
When you haven't even seen a band-saw, let alone used one, it makes onethink. It was obvious it would be ex-tremely difficult to produce thingssuch as rear wheel arches and subtlecurves to the rear and the roof.
No doubt about it, the wheelbarrowwould have to be pressed into use againon the return journey. But not beforethe mechanical side was sorted.
The front axle was dismantled and re-moved. The local blacksmith did a finejob straightening the front beam, fittingthe new king pins and bushes.
When the oil and muck was removed,the chassis came up like new, becausewhen it was made it had been blackenamelled.
The quarter-elliptic rear springs werenot elliptic – they were dead flat. Butold engine oil was poured on to themand left for a few days. The rust oozedout and the springs sprung back intotheir original shape.
The petrol tank, which was mountedon the front scuttle, just to the rear andabove the engine, didn't look too bril-liant. When removed, this appeared tobe the case. The one side of the tankwhich had been away from the engine,
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and therefore devoid of oil vapour forthe past twenty-two years, was badlyrusted. When the rust was cleanedaway there wasn't much metal left!
A coat of paint, a strip of fabric, thenanother coat of paint and the tank re-mained petrol-tight for the next fouryears.
The only thing broken on the engineappeared to be the cast aluminium fanpulley. This was replaced with new,with some degree of caution, because itwas a press fit and held into place witha very large nut - too Much pressureand the casting would surely crack (notthe end of the story here - see later).
The front axle assembled, it was timeto go for a test drive. The engine startedon the handle, first time, despite indif-ferent compression on number threecylinder.
A suitable board was placed across thechassis and with four-year-old sonJohn as ballast we trundled off down tothe marsh track and then safely homeagain.
Success! Nellie was living again, albeita bit naked with the absence of a body.
So the body was wheeled back fromthe rubbish dump and placed onceagain on the now spruced-up chassis,much to the amusement of the dust-men, who came weekly to dispose ofthe station’s rubbish. For the past fourweeks they had been taking a great in-terest in the project and from their re-marks we suspected a degree ofadmiration. But then it could have beenpity.
The bolting on to the chassis was noproblem, but having cut through thesteel floor at the front didn't help secu-rity.
With no welding equipment to handand in any case no knowledge of howto handle such technical stuff the sev-ered edges, which almost joined, wereheld together by two thin strips of met-al and bolted to the adjacent bodyparts. This was obviously not strongA young Annie tries her hand at
starting Nellie
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enough, so in the foot-well on eitherside of the car, two lengths of steel an-gle were drilled and bolted to stop thefront and rear ends parting company.
Building a complete new roof at firstseemed daunting, but in the end wentquite smoothly with the help of somedecent timber planks. Our garden pathwas edged with elm planks about fourinches wide by three-quarters thick.These were ideal for the two sides. Forthe two cross members oak was used:the one above the windscreen laid flatand the centre member set up in verti-cal plane. We were probably buildingthe first oak-beamed Austin Seven!The thin ribs which ran fore and aft hadto be bought specially and were jointedinto the oak beams and screwed on tothe steel body rear end.
Thick felt carpet underlay provided aperfect base for the overall Rexine cov-ering. Aluminium channel down thesides completed the job.
Perhaps our greatest ally was a certainMr Dalby, who ran a firm in NorthYorkshire, near Thirsk, called AustinSeven Services. He was a breaker ofSevens, but could supply new parts, ifpossible genuine, otherwise pattern.But he was superb on advice and the
supply of used parts. Every one of theused parts he supplied was in first classworking condition.
Even the request for cast brass doorhinges didn't stump him. We neededthese to fit the passenger door. Unfor-tunately, the door did not go back inperfect plane but it did fit and was cer-tainly secure.
The next big problem was the wind-screen. The glass was whole but a newframe was needed. It had to be Ushaped in section, down the sides andalong the bottom. We managed to gettwo lengths of narrow aluminium an-gle and then riveted them together toform a channel. But the problem thenwas to bend it round at right angles tocurve round the two bottom corners. Itwas at this time that brother Geraldcame to see us for the one and onlytime. Gerald had been apprenticed toDe Havilland Aircraft and in no time atall, he deftly and patiently crimped ourframe into shape.
So that was about it. After eight weeksof part-time toil, numerous cups of tea,help, encouragement, advice from thekitchen, it was time for the dustmen togive us a rousing cheer.
To be continued...
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Big 7 at the 750MC Summer FestivalRoger Harnor takes to the trackOn Sunday 25 August, A7s were invit-ed to represent the “Heritage” sectionof the 750 Motor Club at Silverstonefor the Summer Festival Circuit. The“carrot” was that we would get to have
a lunchtime parade around the circuitbehind the course car.
In the heading photo the Big 7 is stoodnext to a replica of the first Austin 7racer of 1923, driven by Captain
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Arthur Waite, son-in-law of HerbertAustin.
Come the lunch break we were all inthe paddock and ready for the “off”.
Once out on the track, the sporty onesmade for the horizon as fast as possi-ble.
Big 7 did well, but being taller than itis wide made for interesting cornering.
Plenty of leaning over (heeling is amore appropriate word) and lots of un-dersteer and rear wheel steering to addto the enjoyment.
It was great fun as it reached 55mph onoccasions and was faster than some.
Of note is that she was bedding in a fullset of new linings and brake cables. In-teresting!
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Runs & Rallies
Journey Through The Ages Vintage Rally & Country Fair – 22 JuneDave Rix tries a new venueThis was another new venue for us, atGoodrich Park, Palgrave (near Diss)and once again the weather was warmand bright and no mechanical misfor-tune marred the day.
Club members and their cars presentwere Barney and Jean Barnard (RP),Trevor and Mavis Jenkins with Mavisin her Nippy and Trevor and the dogswith the open Rolls. David Lobb had
the Vauxhall and caravan while Janetjoined him later in the day. Another su-perbly presented Seven was seen butwe didn’t see the owner but believe itwas Howard Thame’s car.
A welcome addition to the 7 fraternitywere Mel and Annette Grainger alongwith two other Suffolk club membersand a couple of Bungay Old Timersmembers with Sevens.
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The park is a level site with a smalllake beyond which the military folkshad their display, while half-a-dozenvaried steam engines were smokingaway in another area. There were a fewprewar cars mingling among the morenumerous classics including a good-looking Model T Ford.
A varied array of food, craft, and otherstalls for the browsers had been provid-ed and a couple of autojumble boyoswere plying their mystifying and un-marked spare parts, while the mainring was busy with many displayswhich included many overdressed An-glo Saxons running around in the heatbashing each other with cudgels. (I
presume they were only acting and notthe locals settling some long standingfeud).
Although similar to many events, itwas a friendly day out and we met withmembers of other clubs we have got toknow over the years and will returnagain.
After diverting to Diss to drop a bookback to 7 club member Geoff Halsteadon the way home, we caught up withthe tail of a convoy of cars being led byMavis in the Nippy with Trevor in hot
pursuit. However, Mavis wasn’t hang-ing about as our speedo was showing50+ on the level, which we thoughtwas good going! (Must add we were inthe Elan). A very nippy Nippy.
A superbly presented Seven
A very nippy Nippy
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Wings & Wheels – 13 July The Editor enjoys a day of sunshine and showersThe weather men promised showersand they were right, but despite beingheavy they did not spoil our enjoymentof this annual event, organised withtheir usual competence by the Hales-worth Lions.
Overall attendance of cars seemeddown on last year and this was reflect-ed by the number of Club “Sevens” onour pitch – four. These were the Chum-mies of Dave and Tricia Rix and Philand Tricia Jepson, the RP of Barneyand Jean Barnard and the EditorialVan. Tucked away discretely under atree was John and Christine Lain’sMGBGT, while elsewhere on the fieldwere Hamish and Anne Alger in theirA35 and John Clark in his Jaguar.
A quick count-up showed about 125cars in total, with only 20 pre-wars, in-cluding a fifth “Seven”.
During the afternoon there was a fullprogramme of events in the ring, in-cluding Cossack horsemen, fox-hounds, terrier racing, heavy horses,obedience, falconry and a display ofduck-herding using dogs.
The “Wings” part of the show com-prised two aerobatic displays. Unfortu-nately the promised appearance of theBattle of Britain Memorial Flight wasprevented by the weather. The first dis-play was by the Aerostars, flying fiveRussian-built YAK 52 aircraft. Thesecond was the Twister Aerobatic
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Team, whose aircraft have an unusualhistory, having started life as a world-beating radio-controlled aerobaticmodel aircraft. This was so successfulthat the designers decided to produce a
full-size version, intended for homeconstruction.
A wide range of stall surrounded thering, selling just about anything andthere were large craft and food mar-quees. Teas were served in the walledgarden, where diners were entertainedby the talented Ipswich Hospital Band.Other attractions included the ever-popular “Sheep Show”, bungee jump-ing, a fairground and clay pigeonshooting.
The public turned out in their drovesand everywhere was very busy – untilthe late afternoon downpour. We haverarely seen a field empty so quickly!Fortunately it was soon over and wemanaged to drive home in the dry.
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Club Day at Norwich Charity Motor Show – 19/20 JulyAnother sunny (and sometimes rainy) weekendDave Rix, John Lain and your Editorwere on parade early on Friday to erectthe club gazebo. Once again we haddifferent size pitches for Saturday andSunday and the stewards from the Li-ons had marked them out with theirusual efficiency. The gazebo was soonup and, in the light of the weather fore-cast, well tethered.
Having enjoyed a good run down an al-most deserted A47 on Saturday morn-ing, the Editorial van arrived almostbefore the gates opened. We like to beearly, but this was the first time wehave ever been the first car to arrive!We were joined later by Dave and Johnin their borrowed Big Seven and JohnWyett in his 1953 A30.
These constituted the “expected” carsfor Saturday and if the trend followed
that of last year, we thought it unlikelythat any more would turn up. However,we were pleasantly surprised whenfour more cars joined us. These com-prised Charles Levien in the Paxton,Henry and Jennifer Thorne in their Ru-by, Colin Aldridge and Mossie in theirreplica Van and Kevin Shortis in hisNewbury. The weather proved warm,although attendance seemed low.
On Sunday morning Cherry drove theVan, while I drove the Special. Arriv-ing, as usual, ahead of the crowds, wesoon had the gazebo unzipped and thebanners flying. We were soon joinedby Dave in the Chummy, closely fol-lowed by Zita Denmark in her Ruby,accompanied by Keith Watts. JimHunt, looking very well, was next toarrive in his RP, chauffeured byMichael Spinks. Once again we were
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unsure of the actual number who mightattend, as there were other rallies onaround the county and we knew somemembers would be going to them.However, cars continued to arrive atregular intervals and eventually the ga-zebo was ringed by fifteen assorted ve-hicles.
These comprised – in addition to thosealready mentioned – Phil and TriciaSharpe (and Winston!) in their Mk 1Ruby; Bryan and Hazel Norfolk, freshfrom the 750 club’s tour of Norfolk, intheir Boat-tailed two-seater; GrahamMakepeace in his Imp Special, closelyfollowed by wife Claudia being drivenby son Chris in Dad’s Mk 1 Ruby;
Dave and Karen Witton in the RL Sa-loon; and Mavis Jenkins in her Nippy,of which more later.
That completed the line-up of “Sev-ens”, but they were joined by KevinShortis, again in his Newbury and a“guest” in the shape of Andy Brown,who joined us in his 1931 Morris Mi-nor side-valve tourer. Our final twomembers arrived in “moderns” – Johnand Christine Lain in the MGBGT andTrevor Jenkins and friends (and dogsFrankfurter and Chipolata) in the RRWraith. Chairman John Groom andMargaret also put in an appearance, butthey had come in a “modern” too, andleft it in the public car park.
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Everyone was soon installed in andaround the gazebo, or off exploringwhat was on offer in the rest of theshow. This included a good number of“classic” cars, but very few pre-warones and a wide range of stalls and ex-hibits. There were displays from mostof the local new car dealers, numerouscharity and craft stalls and an excellentselection of food outlets – the NorfolkHog Roast was particularly good, wewere told!
On both days there was a small aero-batic display and a band entertainedthroughout the afternoon.
Sunday afternoon concluded withprize-giving and Graham Makepeace’s“Imp” collected second prize in thepre-war category (see page 6).
As the afternoon drew to a close, thethreatened rain looked as though itwould soon put in an appearance, so allhands set to and the gazebo was hur-riedly dismantled and stowed away.Most cars had left by now and the re-mainder beat a hasty retreat, trying tostay ahead of the rain. Travelling east,we succeeded, but those going in otherdirections were not so lucky – see be-low!.
Mavis Jenkins and her Nippy enjoyed mixed fortunes on Sunday. Arriving at the showground, she found she had a flat tyre. Having fixed this and enjoyed the rest of the day, she headed home, hood down as usual, only to be caught in a violent downpour. She had to stop and empty the water out of the car as it came over her shoes and also had to remove her glasses, as they didn’t have wipers!
The car was now dried out and the puncture fixed, but Mavis had to go to four garages before she found one that would repair it. Eventually a motor bike garage put a new tube in, but it took them an hour and a half to do it!
The Three Stoogesponder the problemof Mavis’s flat tyre
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A Wander to Wheatfen – 27 JulyLiz Maulden gets close to nature On an overcast but dry Sunday morn-ing, seven cars met at Elvin’s garage inPoringland to travel on to WheatfenNature Reserve.
They were: Martin and Thelma Jonesplus two friends in their Model A Ford;Dave Rix and Philip and Tricia Jepsonin their Chummies; Michael Spinks inhis Box Saloon; John and ChristineLain in the MG; Tricia Rix in her100E; and us, Paul and Liz Maulden inour Ruby.
Interested passers-by delayed depar-ture but we set off for a short tripthrough the Framinghams to visitHighway Nurseries for a coffee andcomfort stop.
Refreshed, the sun came out and we setoff towards Bramerton along narrowcountry lanes through lovely country-side. The “speed bumps” near the Wa-ters Edge pub and the river were notreally needed for our cars – but theycertainly tested the suspension! Thesewere followed by a very steep climb
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(yes there are hills and hairpin bends inNorfolk!) towards Bramerton Street.
A few miles further on we reached Sur-lingham – another pretty village – andon towards the wilderness of Wheatfenreserve.
On arrival we parked up and enjoyedour picnics and had a “natter”. We thenset off to walk some of the fen andwoodland. We only had time for ashort walk but it was enough of a tasterto want to return in the future.
Wheatfen was the home of the late TedEllis. The former marshman’s cottageset amongst 130 acres of woodland andfen, was his home for over 40 years. Hewas a writer and broadcaster on naturalhistory, very meticulous with his re-search but he was able to communicateto everyone with his enthusiasm for na-ture.
The Ted Ellis Trust was set up to pre-serve Wheatfen and to allow everyoneto enjoy the wildlife, birds, flowers andbutterflies that live in this habitat. It isquite swampy ground but an excellentpathway and boardwalk route allowsone to see nature close up.
The family of Ted Ellis still live in thecottage and much to Dave Rixs' delight(he is a local lad) he was re-acquaintedwith Ted's two daughters who he hadnot seen for 50 years.
We were then invited back to Dave andTricia's for afternoon tea - we enjoyedMary Berry cakes plus jelly andicecream in the garden. A marvellousend to a lovely day out.
Many thanks to Dave and Tricia for or-ganising the day and planning a beauti-ful drive through the lanes of Norfolk.
Photos courtesy of Tricia Rix
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Beighton House – 3 AugustDave Rix enjoys an afternoon in pleasant surroundingsAn enjoyable and restful afternoonwith lovely weather and good compa-ny was had by all who responded toDavid Charles’ invitation to join him,Carol and Chris in their garden at Beig-hton House
We visitors soon tucked into our pic-nics, some choosing the shade of thebig tree, others opting for the sun,while Carol kept up a regular supply oftea and coffee along with an abundanceof buns and cakes served with a smileby the two men-folk.
It was interesting to see how groups,immersed in some discussion – aboutcars probably, would dissolve and re-form with different people. In thecourse of the afternoon most folksmust have spoken to almost everyone –which is how it should be.
Chris seemed to take on the mantle ofan Austin Ten demonstrator in that hetook both Mrs R and Mavis and letthem drive it around the meadow, buthe did have the reward of a run inMavis’s Nippy. I believe he let hismate loose in the Ten as well. We
Seven “Sevens” at Beighton House
...some choosing the shade...
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were able to see the work in progresson the MGB and the special – whichreminded me somewhat of an unfin-ished project in my own garage…
A bit of a stir was caused by the arrivalof Nigel Stennet-Cox and Jocelyn inhis Model ‘A’ Ford with a caravan intow. Nigel had a good look at the carsand took an interest in our 100E forsome reason and stayed for a while.
Those attending with their cars were:Rick and Cherry, in “Bluey”; Phil and
Tricia in the Chummy; Trevor andMavis with the Nippy and Bentley;John Wyett, A30; Hamish and Ann intheir Newbury; Barney and Jean, RP;and John and Christine, MGB. Mrs Rand friend brought along the 100E.while I and friend came in our Chum-my. Also there were non A7 membersDick and Sue Malt with their TR4. Itwas also good to see Tony and AnnRose out and about (and maybe seethem at Kevin’s talk in October with abit of luck?).
All-in-all it was an excellent visit andthanks to the family for their hospitali-ty. It even extended to David and Chrisescorting some of us to Reedham Ferrywhere much excitement was caused atthe pub with the arrival of two Chum-mies, an RP, a Nippy and a big Bent-ley! The cameras came out and eventhe ferryman used his webcam torecord us – said it made his day!
A bit of a stir...
All aboard!
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Village at War – 25 AugustRain stops play for the EditorThe weather forecast for this usuallypopular event was not good and unfor-tunately proved accurate! Consequent-ly the turn-out of both exhibitors andvisitors was disappointingly low.
Given the likelihood of rain we decid-ed to take two cars with lids on to theshow and arrived with the RP and the
van to find David Lobb having break-fast in his vintage caravan, towed asusual by his 1928 Vauxhall. A fewmore cars arrived, but the total failed toreach double figures.
Apart from David and ourselves, theclub mustered two Rubies – Zita Den-mark and Martin Roper – and Michael
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1914-2014
As part of the Village at War event, and in commemoration of the one hundreth anniversary of
the outbreak of World War One, a group re-enacted the mustering of
the 5th (Territorial) Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment, which
assembled at Dereham on 5 August 1914.
The top picture shows the re-enactors posing outside the
estate agents office that, in 1914 (right), was Battalion HQ. Over 800 men were accommodated in maltings around the town.
On the 9 August, the battalion left for Colchester by train
from Dereham Railway Station, eventually seeing service in Gallipoli and
Mesopotamia.
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Spinks in his 1933 Vauxhall Cadetcoupe with Jim, Sue and JonathonHunt along as passengers.
Looking around the site, it was obviousthat the bad weather forecast had af-fected everybody. There were hardlyany stalls in the usually busy work-house courtyard and the public werenoticeable by their absence.
During the morning there was a flypastby the 1942 C-47 Dakota from theRoyal Air Force Battle of Britain Me-morial Flight.
As the day progressed it became appar-ent that the rain was here to stay. Thepublic began drifting away and it wasnot long before most of the exhibitorsbegan to follow suite.
Across The Border to Stradbroke – 14 SeptemberDave Rix ventures forthHaving visited the Stradsett-in-Nor-folk tractorfest earlier in the year, inseemed appropriate to visit the SuffolkStradbroke and see what kind of festthey had to offer.
Advertised as a CARnival it turned outto be just that, with an entry of around70 mainly classic cars and half a dozenpre-war cars. There was a mix of mod-ern and older motorcycles and a couple
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of jeeps, with a tractor and two demofire engines - not a bad turnout for aSaturday event I thought.
An hours gentle trundle through thebyways got us to the venue. As we en-tered the field the first people we sawwere Barney and Jean Barnard withtheir RP, so we parked next to themand an open 7 tourer. We three and a12-6 were the only Austins there, acouple of Morris 8’s being the otherpre-war cars on show.
It was held at the High School wherethere was a café and arts & crafts in thebuilding. There were more stalls on theplaying field with bouncy castles,slides and whirling around things forthe youngsters. Important for we twoChummy travellers was a good burgerbar and we also found a stall whichsold tickets at a quid for bottles whichcould contain water or wine. Our £4.00investment yielded one bottle of redwine ---not bad!.
The school band of very young musi-cians did a fine job of entertaining thecrowd and was appreciated by Barneyand Jean who are the musicians amongus.
An upright Ford Pop driven by twoyoungsters was a heartening sight asmost classic/vintage cars are driven byclassic/vintage people. I had earlieroverheard a small girl say to her mum“what a funny looking old thing thatis.” It only occurred to me later shemay not have been speaking of the car!
Wondering who or what Stradsett is,Wikipedia tells me it means a place bya Roman road. The Fen Causeway wasa Roman road that ran through the par-ish, so it may be true.
Wikipedia hasn’t a clue where Strad-broke comes from, but perhaps it oughtto be re-named “Sevenbroke” afterRick’s engine experience there earlierin the year!
Kings Lynn Classic Car Day – 14 September.John Wyett reportsThis new, free-to-enter event in WestNorfolk was held to coincide with theKings Lynn Heritage Day, when manylocal historic buildings were opened tothe public. The event was run by theBorough Council of Kings Lynn andWest Norfolk. I took my Austin A30.
There were 224 entries listed, mostly“modern” post-war classics but with asprinkling of veterans and vintage cars,but no pre-war Austin Sevens as far asI could see. The cars ranged from a1902 Bartholomew to a 2002 Mer-cedes AMG SL. The USA built Bar-tholomew is a 2 seater with woodenartillery wheels, chain drive with a sin-
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gle cylinder engine running on 2 inchbeaded edge tyres! Very unusual to seea range of cars spanning 100 years at ashow. One which I had never heard ofwas a 1913 Woodrow, with a 1000ccV-twin engine.
As well as enjoying the cars, the mainattraction for me was visiting the his-toric buildings, many of which are notnormally open to the public. The airraid shelters under the Tuesday marketplace were open for the first time hav-
ing only recently been rediscoveredduring car park landscaping works inthe town. There was also a vintage busservice operating around the town runby the East Anglia Transport Museumfrom Carlton Colville near Lowestoft.
There was a competition for “car of theshow”, my vote went to a magnificentAlvis TD21.
All in all a great day out, if it runs againdo go!
I took my Austin A30
A 1913 Woodrow with a 1000cc V-twin engine
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FBHVC NewsThe NA7C is a member of The Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs. Theypublish a bi-monthly magazine that highlights legislation and other topics which mayaffect our hobby. Articles of interest will be reprinted here. If any member would liketo read the magazine in full, please contact the Editor, or visit the FBHVC website at: http://www.fbhvc.co.uk/
Internet Vehicle Checklists James FairchildWith the demise of the tax disc fast ap-proaching, we thought it useful to re-cap some of the online sources of dataabout your vehicle, which owners/keepers/drivers can check themselves
for free at any time. Over the past tenyears, DVLA have made a range ofdata available for people to use forfree, some about their own vehicle,others available for anyone to use.
1. What marque does the DVLA think your vehicle is?
Visit http://www.rac.co.uk/products-services/car-data-checks/ and enteryour registration plate, then click 'buynow' but note you are not committingto a transaction. The next screen willgive three pieces of information: make(in DVLA speak, and note any spaces),year of manufacture, and engine size incc. There is also a field 'model' which
only seems to be populated on certainmore recent vehicles. It is important totype this verbatim into the next web-site. Checking three similar Ford Car-go trucks of the 1980s shows marquesrecorded as FORD, IVECO-FORDand IVECO FORD (the latter with aspace).
2. Does DVLA think your car has Vehicle Excise Duty and an MoT?
https://www.gov.uk/check-vehicle-taxis a new site, currently in beta (trial)format, which allows you to click thegreen 'check now' then enter registra-tion number and vehicle make, andclick search. You are then presentedwith two coloured boxes. On the left
we have VED status (the options are:taxed until xx xx/SORN/untaxed ex-pired xx xx) and on the right the MoTstatus. The options here appear to be(tick); 'MOT expiry date xx xx',(cross); 'no MOT expired xx xx'; or 'nodetails held by DVLA'
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3. Previous MoTs
Previous MoT attempts can be checkedat https://www.gov.uk/check-mot-his-tory-vehicle
To use this service you need the regis-tration mark, and either the serial
number of the most recent pass/failcertificate or the reference numberfrom the most recently issued V5C.This allows you to view all fail and ad-visory items from previous MoT at-tempts, all at a glance.
4. Insurance status
This can be verified at http://www.ask-mid.com where there is a free check in-tended for vehicle owners/drivers, aswell as the option to pay £4 for a more
detailed report which names the otherinsurer (intended for checking the oth-er vehicle involved in a car accident).
5. When buying a vehicle, it is always prudent to undertake a HPI check.
Your author has used http://www.auto-check.co.uk many times (which is aservice from Experian) which current-ly offers five checks for £24.99 or onecheck for £19.99. Doing a HPI check isthe only way to see whether a vehiclerecord has a 'scrapped' marker or not.There are other providers available(though note that some require the VINto be inputted before they display in-
formation - the Experian site listeddoes not mandate this).
We would encourage vehicle ownersto undertake steps 1 to 4 in respect ofall vehicles you currently own, and inrespect of a discrepancy to contact ei-ther DVLA or their own insurer as amatter of urgency. When buying a ve-hicle, we would also recommend thatstep 5 is undertaken.
For those who do not use a computer
For people without a computer, publiclibraries will usually offer free internetaccess.
Alternatively family and friendsshould be able to assist.
In particular, children (even youngerones) are likely to have such a level of
computer literacy that they can under-take steps 1 to 4 at lightning speed foryou.
We would urge club members to talk toothers (particularly those without acomputer) about these changes and tooffer to assist with checking
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Limitations
There are some limitations with theDVLA data. We are working withDVLA to address these, but in particu-lar:
• A vehicle which hasn't been licensed or SORN'd for a long time appears to have its record on an archive system and displays a 'year of manufacture' of 0001.
• Presently, there is no recognition for a vehicle which is now MoT exempt. These display a red box and a cross and the expiry date of the last MoT. Again, we are dis-cussing this with DVLA.
• There is also no recognition for the handwritten MoTs as issued by
VOSA for PSV and HGV MoTs. Again we are requesting this change, as the MoT pass for such vehicles does appear in the system that allows one to purchase a tax disc (VED), so the field must be there in the dataset somewhere.
• We have also become aware that a number of long-term off the road vehicles (those that are pre-SORN) have had a phantom 'taxed' status applied, usually with a date of expiry in the middle of the month.
If readers encounter a discrepancy oth-er than the above four items, we wouldbe grateful if they could get in touchvia the FBHVC office.
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What’s OnAs 2014 draws to a close, the Events Calendar for the remainder of the year is below,together with some advance information for 2015. Don’t forget to check the latestversion on the website at www.na7c.co.uk. The Club’s Events Coordinator is DaveRix, who can be contacted on 01508 493419 or [email protected].
NA7C Events Calendar 2014
Please Note: All the above events and dates are subject to change. Visit our website at www.na7c.co.uk for the latest information
Bold type Underlined = NA7C Organised Event Bold type = NA7C Supported EventNormal Type = Event not organised by NA7C but recommended or suggested by NA7C
Grey shaded – a new or amended eventNote: Please let the organiser know if you plan to attend an event
Date Event Venue Contact
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Sat Sun
Vintage Fair Pensthorpe Nature ReserveFakenham
01692 671793
5 Sun Steam Up & Model Engineers Day Forncett Steam Museum, Low Road, Forncett St Mary NR16 1JJ
Dave Rixwww.forncettsteammuseum.co.uk
21 Tues NA7C Meeting - Guest Speaker - Kevin Shortis - “My Life and the Business”
Jubilee Hall, East Tuddenham - 7:30pm
Dave Rix
Nov 18 Tues NA7C Meeting - Guest Speaker - John Read“Tales of The Gasworks”
Jubilee Hall, East Tuddenham - 7:30pm
Dave Rix
Dec 9 Tues NA7C Christmas Dinner Wensum Valley Hotel, Golf and Country Club, Beech Avenue, Taverham, Norwich
Paul Maulden 01986 872537 [email protected]
NA7C Events Calendar 2015Jan 22 Tues NA7C Meeting Jubilee Hall,
East Tuddenham - 7:30pmDave Rix
Feb 19 Tues NA7C Meeting Jubilee Hall, East Tuddenham - 7:30pm
Dave Rix
Mar 19 Tues NA7C Annual General Meeting Jubilee Hall, East Tuddenham - 7:30pm
Dave Rix
Apr 16 Tues Rubber Band Racing Jubilee Hall, East Tuddenham - 7:30pm
Dave Rix
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And Finally...
My mains do not rumble, from my axle no whine,
Not a glimmer of life from this battery of mine.
My last job was carrying swill for theswine,
Of life, I’m afraid, there isn’ta sign.
My days in the agents,all gleaming, on show
A lot has happenedbetween then and
now
No more trips tothe seaside with
children on board
Laughing as wesplashed through the
unbridged ford
My headlamps are gone,they carried the masks,
That helped me through mywartime tasks
When the fifties arrived, a new lease of life
But when the Mini turned up I was just cast aside
So I lie in the brambles with my memories
Hoping that someone takes pity on me.
David Wall
Club SalesThe following items are available from Paul Mauldon
(01986 872537 or [email protected]) or at Club meetings
Posters – £5 Only a few left!Will not be reprinted
Binder for “Grey Mags” or “Natter”
holds 12 copies – £5
AUSTIN SEVEN BOOKSfrom
MARGARET MOTORS BOOKSHOPBessingham, North Norfolk
A Huge Stock of
New and UsedBooks Relating to Austin Sevens
Plus many other books on old cars and related subjects
Contact Henry and Jennifer Thorne01263 577366
Club Clothing
Fleeces – £29.50 Polo Shirts – £12.50
Baseball Caps – £11.00
All available in a variety of colours and sizesDetails from Paul
90th Anniversary Tea Towel£4
Stainless Steel Radiator Badges – £9.95
Also availableVinyl Windscreen badges
One large and one small badge – £1.50 per set
