May, 2012

1974 Triumph TR6

Next MeetingMay 7th, 2012 7:00 pm at The Weathervane in Bedford

(603) 472-2749

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Car of the Month

BUT IT’S PURPLE

by Diana Stanley

September 2004, Bob’s birthday week-end and we were looking for somethingspecial to do with the possibility of get-ting away for a couple of days. Bob andI had been talking about purchasing aBritish car, but, we hadn’t ownedone since our oldest daughter wasfour years old. In 1971, weowned a 1970 Lemon Yellow MGMidget and a few years later weowned a 1968 Yellow MGBGT.However, at that point, we hadno idea what we wanted orwhere to look for a car. Bob’sresearch led him through severalwebsites and the BritishInvasion’s site caught his eye.So, Friday morning we packed ourbags. Before we left we dis-cussed the possibility of makinga purchase and decided that wewere “just going to look”. So wedecided to leave the check bookhome. We headed for Stowe.

Saturday morning we walked around townfor a bit before heading to the show field.The town was as picturesque as we hopedit would be. Beautiful shops, mountainsand, of course, lots of Little British Carsdriving down the streets making us drool!( It was embarrassing.) You see, eversince we sold the MIdget, we were kick-ing ourselves for selling that little gem.Our problem was, the Midget was ouronly car and one driver ( who shall re-main nameless) was too pregnant to movethe seat up far enough to reach the clutch.Therefore, the car had to go! Enter theSubaru!

Well, back to Stowe. We made our wayto the show field. It was, of course,cloudy, drizzling and chilly with the sunstruggling to peek through the clouds. Wewere in LBC heaven!!! It had been somany years since we had been around somany beautiful British cars we didn’tknow what to do.

As we were walking around, we dis-cussed what make of car we’d like to buy.We had only owned MGs. We thoughtabout buying one to restore, but, knew thatwe had little time on our hands to finishour house so purchasing a car in need ofa complete restoration would not be thebest of all plans for us. We were surethat every owner on the field had pains-takingly restored their car, taking yearsto complete. Those thoughts made us feel

guilty about not wanting to restore the carourselves.

The field, as you may know, was filledwith wonderful examples of British auto-motive history. Some of the ownersproudly explained their car’s journeythrough years of use, rust and restora-tion. I would say that we spoke to at least10 owners who had done all of the workthemselves. However, we spoke to about30 owners who had purchased their carsrestored. Suddenly, all that guilt we feltabout not wanting to restore a car van-ished. It was a weight lifted from ourshoulders.

The weather began to clear and we werereally enjoying the show. We meanderedover to the Car Corral to see what carsmight be for sale. We spotted severalMGBs in various stages of restorationand price. None of them jumped out atus. We looked at a blue TR6 which lookedgood from 30 feet away. The paint wasOK; the interior was the same. The en-gine compartment was in obvious need

of care and when the owner started theengine we knew that was in need of re-pair as well.

Then we saw a purple TR6. We walkedaround the car and the paint looked reallygood. Bob was under the car looking atthe rocker panels and he couldn’t see anyrust on it at all. The exhaust system wasnew and the car looked in generally goodshape. The owner was not around, sowe waited for a while, but, he never came

round. We talked about thecolor saying to each other,“It’ s purple.” Do we reallywant a “purple” car? Is that’sit’s original color? What willhappen if we try to sell itlater?

We walked away, all the whilethinking of the car’s exteriorcondition and telling ourselveswe had just come to the Brit-ish Invasion to “look”, not“buy”.

We went back to the car sev-eral time on Saturday but theowner was still not around.We were disappointed be-

cause we wanted to see the interior andhave the car started to make sure theengine was intact. (But, remember now;we’re just looking).

The show ended for the day. Leavingthe field, we tried one more time to catchup with the owner of the purple TR6. Hewas no where to be found. Well, we werestaying for the night, so, we’d try again inthe morning. The purple TR6 was allwe talked about and thought of thatevening.

By the time Sunday morning arrived wewere very anxious to get back to the fieldto speak with the owner. Price, of course,would be a major factor in our decision.We had never owned a Triumph but,somehow, we really liked the look of thecar ( purple or not) and loved the factthat it was a six cylinder instead of four.

As we arrived at the show field, we weresurprised to see the field so empty. It

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Contact informationJeff Abbe 243 Queen Street, Boscawen, NH 03303 796-2922 mgdurango@yahoo.comLouis Belanger 11 Forest Lane, Litchfield, NH 03052 424-7835 80mgbman@comcast.netCheryl Bernstein 14 Franconia Drive, Nashua, NH 03063 882-8682 Cherylbern@comcast.netLinda Cagan 25 West County Road, Bedford, NH 03110 472-5212 lcagan@comcast.netGinger Christiansen7 Sycamore Lane, Nashua, NH 03063 883-0288 gingchrist@aol.comLinda dos Santos PO Box 840, Manchester, NH 03105 732-2854 lin41957@yahoo.comWade dos Santos PO Box 840, Manchester, NH 03105 623-5209 wade@grolen.comMaggie DuPont 75 Island Pond Road, Derry, NH 03038 434-4627 bigcat106@comcast.netJohn Giese 153 Crooked S Road, Lyndeborough, NH 03082 654-2565 johgie@tds.netNorma Karle 22 Partridge Lane, Londonderry, NH 03053 437-8931 karle01@comcast.netIrene MacDougall 147 Concord Street, Nashua, NH 03064 305-5976 limacd@msn.comRobert Mitchell PO Box 270, Stratham, NH 03885 772-1116 RBMit-MM@comcast.netBob Stanley 64 North Shore Drive, Center Barnstead, NH 03225776-6698 tlckit@yahoo.com

Prime Minister’sMissive

Our name is getting out there as “The ItGroup for 2012.” Well, at least we arenow getting calls from people asking usto use them as a Destination for a Sun-day Dinner Drive rather than us havingto “come up with ideas.” But then maybeit’s just the bad economy and people arelooking for any source of 20 to 30 newcustomers.

I’ll take “The It Group” interpretation.

Anyway, we have been invited by AlexSeidel to visit the Merrimack Street Ga-rage which was the largest foreign carfranchise in New England during the1950s and 60s and carried Austin Healey,M.G., Jaguar, Austin, Morris, Borward,Panhard, Citroen, Saab, Morgan, AlfaRomeo, DKW, Triumph, Isetta, Vespa,Sunbeam, Fiat, Porsche, and Volvo. Theywere also the first and largest importerof the TVR.

We have been invited by David Clark tovisit Sports Car Services in Westminster,Vermont (just across the river fromAbingdon Spares in Walpole, NH) whereDavid’s crew of five mechanics doeseverything for routine maintenance to fullblown restoration.

And just to show that our “reach” goesbeyond automotive enthusiasts, we havebeen invited to meet at the BarnstormersPlayhouse in Tamworth for a Matineethere – with lunch or dinner at a local res-taurant before or after.

Watch the Calendar Section of the Boot,Hood and Bonnet or on the Events Pageof the WWW.BCNH.ORG website tosee when these outings actually get sched-uled.

As stated in previous Prime Minister Mis-sives, I know that we run the risk of sched-uling “too much.” But I’d rather havemembers only be able to make it to halfof the many events “because of schedul-ing conflicts,” than not make it to anybecause there were so few opportunities.

Its gonna be a great season for BCNH.

IF YOU HAVE OTHER IDEAS – LETUS KNOW.

Also please think every once in a whileabout contributing an article to the News-letter.

1. When you attend an event – and havea good time – tell the rest of us about it.

2. When you are reminiscing about whenyou bought your current car – or a previ-

ous one – and how much joy it has broughtto your life – tell us the story.

3. If you’ve had a particularly vexing prob-lem – or have gratefully “found a fix” forone – tell us about that too.

4. If you find material in other sourcesthat you think our membership would en-joy or benefit from, send in the reference.John and Lin will check for reprint autho-rization from the source and print it if theycan.

So Saith Prime Minster Bob

Where: Beer, United Kingdom

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Minutes

Bob Mitchell called the meeting to orderat 7PM. The First order of business wasacceptance of the secretary’s report andthe treasurer’s report as printed in thenewsletter. We had 44 members in atten-dance - a new high and there wasn’t evenany free food!

Bob passed out drawings of BCNH li-cense plate frames. There are three stylesoffered: Flat Black, Chrome or BrushedMetal. Bob will be sending out an e-maildetailing pricing and ordering information.

Guest speaker was Fred Maplebeck. Fredis an SCCA Rally Master. He talkedabout the three types of rallies. The GTArally suits our club the best at this point:(Games, Tours and Adventure). Our planis to have Fred prepare a rally for us thatwe will do as part of one of the Sundaydrives.

New members:

Bill Salidakos (sorry about the last names)who has a 1976 TR6.

Ken McGlaughlin with a 1982 RollsRoyce.

In May, in addition to our monthly meet-ing, we also have the annual Tech Ses-sion. It is on the 19th in Londonderry atNorma & Rod’s. Our guest speaker will

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The next SOD meeting is on the 14th inSeabrook at Brown’s.

Chris Christiansen won the 50-50.

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never dawned on us that since the tro-phies were given on Saturday that so manycars would not return on Sunday. Weheaded straight to the Car Corral and theTR6. Hallelujah!!! the owner was there.He was from Ontario, Canada and wasin the business of restoring British cars.We introduced ourselves to Scott andexplained that we were interested in dis-cussing the car with him. He told us theprice and it was about what we werelooking to pay for a restored car, so thatwas a plus. We reviewed the interiorwhich was very well restored and clean.Bob asked him to start the engine. With-out hesitation, Scott opened the bonnet,connected the battery cables, pulled thechoke and turned the key. It started onthe first turn. Remembering what ourMidget and BGT sounded like, the TR6sounded pretty much the same with a littlemore growl when you step on the gas.We knew that carburetors would have tobe adjusted and the engine compartmentwould have to be completely inspectedand cleaned. As you can see, the list ofthing we needed to do to the car was al-ready being compiled in our heads. Ourestimation was that the car was 85%complete. We were sure we couldhandle the last 15%.

To avoid making a hasty decision, we toldScott we would take a walk to discussthe price and condition. The questionthat loomed over our heads was thatcolor!!! We kept saying, “ But it’spurple.” The farther away we walkedfrom the car, the less important the colorbecame and the more important the listof repairs became. Somehow, though,we knew this was the “one”! Yes, thiswas the car we weren’t going to buy thisweekend because we were just going tolook!!! And yes, this is the car weweren’t going to buy because we left thecheck book home!!!

Well, as you might guess, we couldn’t getback to the Car Corral fast enough. Wemade the deal and gave Scott as muchcash as we could spare as a deposit.

Now the only thing left to do was to makearrangements to take delivery of the car.We couldn’t take delivery that day be-cause we had no way to trailer the carhome. So, back to Canada it went togather all the car’s documents and togather some of the parts we would needto complete the car to get it ready to reg-ister. ( The car was missing a backbumper and some small cosmetic items.)

After checking our schedules, we madearrangements to meet Scott at the US/Canada border to complete the transac-tion and take possession of the Magenta(not purple) TR6 on Columbus Day week-end (aka Canadian Thanksgiving).

The drive home from Stowe was filledwith conversations of moving the trucks& tools around the garage to make roomfor the TR6. It didn’t need much; just acorner.

During the next few weeks, we e-mailedScott several times to discuss the docu-ments we would need to make a smoothtransfer when we took possession of thecar at the border.

Just to make sure we knew what weneeded, Bob and I called US Customs toask questions about the fees we wouldincur during the transfer. It all soundedvery simple.

In preparation, Bob reserved a U-Haulcar carrier making sure to confirm thereservation two days before. Everythingwas in place to leave on Saturday morn-ing for the Canadian Border (or so wethought).

Early on Saturday morning, Bob called U-Haul in Concord, New Hampshire to letthem know he was on his way to pick-upthe reserved carrier. The store managertells Bob that the closest carrier was inBangor, Maine and that the reservation isnot a true reservation. It’s more like,“whoever gets to the store first, gets thecarrier.” He also told Bob, “If you wantthe carrier, you need to go to Bangor toget it.”

Bob couldn’t believe what he was hear-ing. We had a 4pm appointment to meetthe owner at the Rouses Point border

crossing to take possession of the car. Itwas going to take the folks in Canadaabout the same amount of time to reachthe meeting point as it would us. If wedidn’t find a car carrier, we would haveto cancel the meeting. We were in panicmode!!!!

The manager at the Concord U-Haul shopsuggested we call other U-Haul officesto try to locate another carrier. We putour anger aside because we didn’t havetime to deal with that; we needed to finda carrier; fast!!!! Bob went on line tofind all the U-Haul offices betweenBarnstead and Rouses Point. He locateda couple of rental facilities in New Hamp-shire but they didn’t have a carrier avail-able. While Bob was busy with that, Iwas on the other phone calling our neigh-bor, Nancy. Nancy is originally from Is-land Pond, Vermont. She is very familiarwith the towns in that area on the borderof Canada. Nancy went on line and lo-cated a U-Haul shop in Plattsburgh, NY.They had a carrier available. The onlyproblem; the shop closed at 2pm. Itwas 9am and we had to make it throughNew Hampshire and across Vermont andacross Lake Champlain on the ferry tothe U-Haul shop by 2pm. Could we doit? We had to try. At 9:30am we walkedout of the door in Barnstead and were onthe road.

Once we got onto Route 93 North, wedidn’t pay any attention to the speed limitsigns. Of course for those of you whohave traveled with us before, that’s not ashock. The scenery that day was a blurand finally at 1:30pm we reached the ferrylanding at Lake Champlain and boardedthe boat. We called the U-Haul shop at1:50pm to ask how long it would take usto get from the ferry terminal on the otherside of the lake to their shop. Ten min-utes was the time frame and they saidthey would stay open for us. We arrivedat the shop and found the car carrier allready for us. We signed the papers,thanked the staff for staying past closingand were on our way to Rouses Point.

We arrived in Rouses Point around 3pmand, with a sigh of relief, decided to havesomething to eat and take a break fromthe day’s tensions. During lunch we got

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a phone call from Scott. He said he hadencountered a lot of Canadian Thanks-giving holiday traffic and would be de-layed a couple of hours. We weren’tthrilled to hear that, but, we understoodand said we would be happy to wait atRouses Point. We’d see them around6pm. When we mentioned Rouses Point,Scott said: “Rouses Point”? “ We’re notmeeting at Rouses Point!!!” “ We’remeeting at Massena, NY”. We wereshocked!!! Where is Massena, NY andhow far away was it from Rouses Point?

Scott explained that he never brings a carthrough Rouses Point because the bor-der guards are difficult to deal with. Wehad just visited with the border guardsasking questions about the process ofbringing the car into the US. We we weregiven very clear answers. The borderguard said it should be a simple process.

That being said, we still had to make atrip to Massena, NY. By the time wefinished our conversation with Scott, itwas about 5pm. Scott was still in trafficand he told us the ride to Massena wasabout 4 hours from Rouses Point. So,back in the truck we went and on theroad.

Bob and I felt like time was moving inslow motion. This was the longest 4 hourride ever. Finally, we arrive at theMassena border crossing. We immedi-ately, went inside to speak with the bor-der guards. They told us the processwould be simple. We would have to showthem the car’s documents and pay thefee.

Simple !!!

Well, Scott arrived at 9:30pm. He hadthe car, the bill of sale and all the regis-tration documents from Canada ready togo. Everything seemed to be right ontrack; or so we thought. The three of uswalked into the border patrol office andstepped up to the desk. A border patrolofficer; (we’ll call him Officer P), askedif he could help us. We explained thatwe were purchasing a 1974 Triumph TR6from Scott. Officer P asked if Scott hadall of the Canadian ownership documents?Scott presented the papers. Officer P

told us that the documents did not includea letter from the manufacturer stating thatthe ’74 Triumph met the 2004 emissioncodes in the US. Scott explained thatTriumph had been out of business since1984 and the car was over 25 years oldand the emission codes did not apply to acar of that age.

Immediately, Officer P turned into the US/Canadian border patrol version of a nastyBarney Fife!!! He put his hand up in frontof Scott’s face as if he was a crossingguard stopping traffic. He told Scott to“hold on”. Officer P began spouting rulesand regulations regarding the import of amotor vehicle.

Now, as I mentioned before, Scott is inthe business of restoring and selling cars.This was not his first time on the merry-go-round and he was not taking kindly tothe attitude of Officer P. Scott tried toexplained that he had never been askedto produce the emission documents forany previous transaction, but each timeScott began to speak, Officer P would putup his hand in Scott’s face like a policeoffice on traffic duty. I asked the Officerif he could show us a sample of this docu-ment? When I spoke, up came thehand!!!! For the next 20 minutes, that’sall we saw was the officer’s hand in ourface; all we heard were the words: “ Iam speaking!”

Finally, we were allowed to speak, so, weasked if we could fill out some of the stan-dard forms there in the office, pay thefee and fax or express mail anything elseOfficer P would needed once the holidayweekend was over? Officer P grantedus permission (in all his magnificence)with a threat attached to his generosity.He told me, “If you don’t have all of thedocuments in my hands within 30 daysfrom today, I will send US Customs of-ficers to you home in Barnstead, NewHampshire to confiscate your vehicle.Then, you will have to pay some seriousfines and you may be arrested!”

At this point, Bob and I had all we coulddo to keep Scott calm. He had neverexperienced a border transfer like this.Now that Officer P had told us we couldtake the car home, we really wanted to

get out of the office and remove ourselvesfrom the situation. Once we got outsideand we all calmed down, we told Scottthat we would take care of all of the pa-perwork on Tuesday after Columbus Dayand we’d let him know how it all turnedout. The three of us got the TR6 offScott’s trailer and onto the car carrier andwe were on our way with “the new baby”.

We thought about stopping at a hotel forthe night, but decided not to because thecar was uncovered and we didn’t want itdamaged before we got a chance to en-joy it. So, we headed home to Barnstead.At this point, we were running on adrena-line, coffee and bagels. It took us fourhours to travel from Massena, NY backto Plattsburgh to catch the ferry back intoVermont. Long, long story short: wepulled into our driveway at 3:30 am Sun-day morning, happy to be home and verytired.

The rest of the weekend we looked thecar over from headlight to tailpipe andwere pleased with what we saw. But,the most important task was still aheadof us on Tuesday morning.

I got on the phone starting at 8 am withthe US Customs office in Portsmouth,New Hampshire to see if I could acquirethe information Officer P required to com-plete our transaction. The Customs of-ficer I spoke to had no knowledge of anemissions compliance form for a car 25years old or older. He told me I must bemistaken. He told me to call the Bostonoffice. I did that with the same results. Icontacted three other Customs agenciesall with the same response, “You don’tneed any forms. The car is too old to meetthe standards. Your car is grandfathered.”

After a couple of hours of hearing thesame answer, I decided to call the borderpatrol office at Massena, NY to speak toa supervisor. When I called, the supervi-sor was at a different location, so, I wouldhave to call her there. I reached her andexplained what happened on Saturdaynight including the threat and hand in theface aspects of the conversation. I askedher if I had to produce the letter from a

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company which had been out of businesssince 1984 and/or this elusive emissionscompliance document?

Her response was, “ He did what?!?!?!”I repeated the explanation. She askedhow much I paid for the car? I told herand she responded, “Fill out the standardtransfer document, attach a check for$103.00 and express mail the package toOfficer P’s attention. I will take care ofthe rest of this mess and you will have nofurther problems from Officer P. Pleaseaccept my apologies and good luck withthe car.” I did as she requested and shewas right; we never heard from OfficerP or his hand again.

It took us from October 2004 to June of2005 to get the bugs out of the MagentaTR6. All the month of June we drovethe car as much as time would allow. Allthe time we spent working on the car andlearning about the Triumph just confirmedthat we had made the right decision.

In July 2005 we heard about a car showat Strawberry Banke and decided to go.That day we joined BCNH and won 1stplace in our class. It was an excitingday.

Since that time, we have had a lot of funwith the “Barney Purple” car and hopeto enjoy it for many for years. We havecertainly been bitten by the LBC bugagain and don’t really want to take thecure. Since 2004 we have purchasedtwo more cars.

By the way, remember in the beginningof this story, we decided to leave thecheck book home because we weren’tgoing to buy anything at the British Inva-sion? Well, two years ago at the 20thAnniversary of the British Invasion, wedecided to do the same thing. Guess whocame home with a 1983 Jaguar XJ6?

The moral of this story (well for us any-way) is: don’t worry about the color ofthe car and don’ t leave the checkbookhome.

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Spring Tech Session

Burgers & Dogs supplied. Please bring a dish to share.

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Directions:

From the North

From Rte 93 -Take exit 5. Take a left at the end of the exit toward Derry. Take the 1st left atPoor Boy’s Diner onto Auburn Rd. Go 1 mile to the 4 way stop. Take a right onto Old DerryRd. Go about 1 mile take a right onto Partridge Lane. #22 is a black house with white trim onthe right (across from Cardinal Lane)

From the SouthFrom Rte 93 Take exit 5. Take a right at the end of the exit toward Derry. Take the 1st left atPoor Boy’s Diner onto Auburn Rd. Go 1 mile to the 4 way stop. Take a right onto Old DerryRd. Go about 1 mile take a right onto Partridge Lane. #22 is a black house with white trim onthe right (across from Cardinal Lane)

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REGISTRATION FORMTHE 16th ANNUAL BRITISH CARS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

SHOW OF DREAMS 2012 ALL BRITISH CAR SHOW to benefit THE HIGH HOPES FOUNDATIONCelebrating 50 years of the MGB

Sat 10 AM - 4PM To be held on Sat August 4th at The Nick, Wolfeboro, NH All car show proceeds donated to The High Hopes Foundation of NH

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1) Austin Healey

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class at our show in either 2010 or

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, 2012. I am aware of the

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Wolfeboro Area Recreation Association, owners of “the Nick”, for any liabilities for injuries, damages, or loss arising from my

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to: BCNH c/o Norma Karle

22 Partridge Lane, Londonderry, NH 03053

603-490-6115 or karle01@comcast.netDASH PLAQUES AND GOODY BAGS WILL BE GIVEN TO THE FIRST 100

REGISTRANTS

1st Car Pre-Reg $25, Show Day $35 = $ ________

Additional Cars @ $10 each = $ ________

Total: $ ________

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“SAVE THE DATE”

COME ONE, COME ALL TO BRITISH CARS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE’S 16TH ANNUAL SHOW OFDREAMS

The Town of Wolfeboro will welcome British Cars of New Hampshire on August 4, 2012 for the 16th

presentation of the “Show of Dreams” to benefit High Hopes Foundation of New Hampshire. The Placewill be “The Nick” Recreation Field at the corner of Trotting Track Road and Route 28. The Time:10am to 4pm.

Spectator admission: “Free” (Donations to the High Hopes Wishing Well are gratefully accepted).

The 2012 Show of Dreams will feature many of the favorite events from previous years and introducemany new attractions to appeal to whole family.

As always, the show will include 20+ classes of classic British cars with trophies presented in each classplus Best in Show, Best MGB, Best in Master Class and Diamond in the Rough. This year the show’sFeatured Marque is:

“50 Years of MGB”

The show field will be filled with car related vendors, craft vendors, demonstrations, show regalia and theBCNH MEGA RAFFLE. Our long time friend and DJ, Jim George, will be guiding the participants andspectators with information on specific events and entertaining with his music selections.For those in the process of restoring their cars, BCNH has invited British car technicians to share theirknowledge and expertise, via Tech Sessions. The presentations will touch on a number of mechanicalissues related to the preservation of the Little British Car (a.k.a. LBC).

Plans have been set for “self-guided” driving tours around the beautiful Wolfeboro Area. We hope theshow participants and visitors will take the opportunity to go site seeing on some of the most picturesqueroads in the Lakes Region on the Winnipesaukee Wander.

Back by popular demand, “The Blind Driver Competition” will be open to all show participants andspectators who would like to take a short drive through some of Great Britain’s most renownedlandmarks guided by a navigator. The event will take place in the maintenance area of the Nick Field.It’s great fun and a real test of driving skills.

A special event has been added to the 2012 Show of Dreams. “The Gallery of Collections” will featurelocal classic car collectors in a special display area on the field. The collections are from all over theworld and include all makes and models of automobiles.

As in years past, the goal of the BCNH “Show of Dreams” is to raise funds for High Hopes Foundationof New Hampshire. High Hopes is a Merrimack, NH based, non-profit foundation which grants wishesto seriously ill children within the State of New Hampshire. High Hopes has done so for 28 years and itis our pleasure to assist them in their endeavor to make so many dreams come true for so manychildren.

For further information and registration forms, please visit the BCNH website: www.bcnh.org

Or call: 603-437-8931 OR 603-568-9795

For Directions to The Nick please visit: www.thenick.org

For further information on High Hopes Foundation of New Hampshire please visit:www.highhopesnh.org

Save the dates and we’ll see you there!!!!

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May5th-6th 24 Hours at LeMONS, NH MotorSpeedway7th Meeting at the Weathervane, Bedford12th - 13th 22nd Vintage racing CelebrationNHMS, Loudon, NH19th Tech Session with MG-T Party, Rod& Norma’s 22 Partridge Lane,Londonderry, NH 603-437-893126th - June 3rd British Car Week27th - May Sunday Dinner drive27th - Londonderry Rotary Car Show,Rte 102 Londonderry, NH

June3rd - CT MG British By the Sea, HarknessMemorial Park, Waterford, CT4th Meeting at the Weathervane, Bedford9th Queen’s Birthday Party, Paul &Doris’s, 256 Mason Rd, Milford, NH(rain date June 10th)9th – 10th 26th Manchester Antique andClassic Car Show, Manchester, VT15-17th Berkshire British MotorcarFestival, Lenox, MA.www.berkshiremotorcarfestival.com16th - Portsmouth Abbey Father’s dayCar Show, Portsmouth RI,23rd - Minis on Top, Mount Washington,NH24th - British Car Day, Museum ofTransportation, Larz Anderson Park,Boston, MA www.larzanderson.orgwww.minisontop.comTBD Sunday Dinner Drive

July2nd Meeting at the Weathervane, Bedford14th - Bedford NH Historical Society CarShow and rally, Bedford, NH29th - Day of Triumph Museum ofTransportation, Larz Anderson Park,Boston, MA www.larzanderson.orgTBD Sunday Dinner Drive

August4th 16th Annual Show of Dreams, TheNick, Wolfeboro, NH, Sunday rain date6th Meeting at the Weathervane, Bedford18th- MG Day Museum of Transportation,Larz Anderson Park, Boston, MA

www.larzanderson.org19th - Cruising for Crustaceans (Lobstah),MG T-PartyTBD Sunday Dinner Drive

September2nd - Sunday in the Park Concours, Onthe Day between Races of HistoricFestival 30, Limerock Park, Lakeville,CT10th Meeting at the Weathervane, Bedford14th - 16th British Invasion, Stowe, VTwww.britishinvasion.com5th – 8th - British Legends Weekend,CCBCC, Falmouth, MAwww.capecodbritishcarclub.org27th - Extinct Car Day Museum ofTransportation, Larz Anderson Park,Boston, Ma www.larzanderson.orgTBD Sunday Dinner Drive

October1st Meeting at the Weathervane, BedfordTBD Sunday Dinner Drive

November5th Meeting at the Weathervane, Bedford

December3rd Meeting at the Weathervane, BedfordTBD Holiday Party

BCNH 2012 Calendar of Events

Jaguar has unveiled a new turbine-pow-ered car, the C-X75.

The car runs on micro-sized turbine en-gines that burn fuel to charge the battery,which powers four electric motors.

The car can go from 0-62 mph in 3.4 sec-onds and has a range of 560 miles.

From Discovery New

shttp://news.discovery.com/autos/jaguar-turbine-engine-electric-101210.html

Jaguar C-X75

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2 rebuilt Zenith carburetors Ser#175SCD-2, plus 2 new air filters $400,BO. Also 1 new manual choke $100, andother misc. parts for British sports cars.Call John 225-6915

Austin Marina Dealership LightedSign: Two sided Austin Marina sign,works great. $250. Contact Mike Sweetat coventrycat71@comcast.net

MG Parts for sale: 1800 bare block - $75 cylinder head - $100 (4) rods/pistons - $25 manifold and (2) SU's Radiator with electric cooling fan - $75Dick Merrill 603 224-6822NHHealey@comcast.net

1977 MG Midget- Enjoy this great 1977British racing green MG Midgetconvertible. Get ready for summer, catchall the shows in the Central Florida areafor mooooore fun! New paint, newupholstery, new top. This fun car can beyours for only $6000 or BO! Call Daleat 386-212-6852 or 386-586-0560 orharriettct@yahoo.com

1964 MGB pull-handle (rare) Roaster.This car is in very good condition and hasnot been modified in any way. It is rust-free and had a complete, frame-uprestoration about 20 years ago (I have thedocumentation for this). Although not ashow car, it is a fun car to own and driveand is Florida titled and registered. It wasin the Vero Beach "Brit Bash" show thisyear. It features an overdrive transmissionand Dayton chrome wire wheels. Call Jimat 860-682-2998 for more information(Fort Pierce, FL.) Best Reasonable Offer.

Free to good home1. Owners Workshop Manual (softback)for MGB Roadster & GT Coupe 1962to 1974 by Haynes2. SU- Hitachi Carburetors Manual(softback) by Carbooks, Inc. - Tune,Adjust, Repair, Rebuildemail me at: Robert.Weller@Bdal.com

1953 Jaguar Mark 7 salon sedan -original California car -metal sun roof-needs restoration. All there. In barn for15 years now. Too many projects. Makeoffer. I will email pictures. 978-356-7295johnr@americanrecoveryllc.com 1973 MGB – Southwestern car with

absolutely no rust ever!* Odometer shows 84,067 miles.* Desirable overdrive transmission.* Has new windshield, bumpers, top,dashboard, interior, carpets, paint, tires,brakes, front suspension parts.* Have 2 extra transmissions (non-overdrive) and boxes of miscellaneousparts including cylinder head, starter,gages, etc.* $6500 FIRM.Having sold our 72 TR-6, and 72 E TypeJag, and the Triumph GT-6, and theSpitfire before this, we left the BCNHclub. We try not to miss any of theAmherst Sunday show/swap meets, andmaybe a year later we went and saw this73 MGB in the front field. When I learnedthat it came from the southwest and hadnever seen a New England winter, itsuddenly became desirable. I had done aframe off restoration of the TR-6 since itwas 98% rust, and this MGB was so cleanI bought it on the spot. Some work hadbeen done on it, like a new top and frontsuspension work. I commenced to stripthe car completely to finish the renovation.Owen Christiansen, Nashua, NH603 883-0288, GingChrist@aol.com

1977 MGB British Racing Green.Overall good condition, mechanicallyexcellent. Asking $7,500. Call Bill (722)597-5373. Florida

1948 MGYA 4 door with large sunroof.Will sell to club member for $16,500 now.Not many of these. Active club in UKhas most parts. Uses some MGTD pieces.No time for this car. No space to store it.Car in Bedford, NH.wmann@mannad.com

Wanted1953 TD Engine I would appreciateanyone’s help in finding a 1250cc Engineto rebuild. Ivan Dorechuck23@metrocast.net

1975 TR6 - 54,087 original miles. Redwith black interior. This is a two ownervehicle and the first owner is family.Always garaged. Never had any bodywork except paint about twenty yearsago. Bondo-free. Michelin red-lines.Seats and carpet were to be next project.Small patch on conv top, but otherwise ingood shape with very clear windows.New stainless exhaust. $10,250. Pleaseemail with further inquiries and photos.dhreedjr@yahoo.com

TR6 Metal rims for sale: I'm convertingover to wire wheels so I'm selling 4 newlypainted rims, spare tire rim, four chromewheel trim rings, and black hub caps.The 4 wheel rims were bead blasted andpower coated only about 5 months agoand look great! Spare rim in good shapebut has not been repainted. Chrome wheelrim rings are in great shape with no rustor nicks... Black hub caps are also in verygood shape.I'm looking for: $275 for the 4 newly painted rims $25 for the spare tire rim $50 for the 4 chrome wheel trim rings $35 for the 4 hub capsLocal pickup only. Willing to meet you foran exchange if the distance isn't too far.Please call (603) 512-2675, ask forDennisNote: pictures show the rims mountedon red line tires... this sale is for therims, trims and caps only...not the redline tires.

MGA 1500 short block - fresh groundbalanced crank and rods crank .020 and.030 Bore .020 Block only No head. Allwork performed by Auto machinist$2,400.00 call 603-652-4717 Ivan.

1980 TR-7 convertible, white (originalpaint), no visible rust or major dents, carwas never in any accident. Engine runswell and shifts well. Tires in goodcondition. Top is black and in faircondition. Car is garaged. It was registerin NH for many years and in MA the past12 years. I was a previous member ofBCNH and as such you may have seenthis car at shows. Asking $3300. Dr.Bruce Witte (508) 875-5552

Jensen Healey Factory Workshopand Owner’s Manual Both in verygood condition, $100.00 for both

TR6 and Spitfire Restoration Guides.Like new, $20.00 each

Big Healeys Collector’s Guide.Excellent condition, $30.00

MGB GT V8 Owner’s Manual.Damaged cover, $10.00

Contact Mike at:coventrycat71@comcast.net

Free to good home60 spoke MGB wheels. In OK shapebut would be better with a good blasting.800-221-6238, mike@mssc-traffic.com

1979 Triumph Spitfir e Red with whitestripe. Low mileage. New paint job. Hardtop, new soft top, tonneau cover, magwheels. $5000 or B.O. Call John 225-6915

MGTD parts - I am Kenneth Harvey andam located in Nashville,TN. I have someTD parts for sale and was wondering ifyou or someone you might have contactwith may be interested. I had to makethe decision to part out, due to loss ofemployment last Dec. I purchased the carsome 30 yrs. ago in CA. Parts I have leftare: Complete rolling frame

All four fenderstransmissionblock and headsspare tire rack

Kenneth Harvey615-851-2639kharvey5565@att.net

Marquette DTNA VISIONOwned by a local garage since NEW. Ithink one cable got lost asI never got it from owner.I never used it because Ihave 2 others in mygarage. A real classic toolpriced to move $150.00or best offer Ivan.chuck23@metrocast.net

Tech session at Brit Bits

British Cars of New Hampshire25 West County RoadBedford, NH 03110