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THE MG CLUB OF ST. LOUIS NEWSLETTER
www.stlouismgclub.com
Volume 26, Issue 10
November 1, 2013
Photo by Mark Morgan 2013
Newest St. Louis MG Club Chairman, Lee Fox, discusses
Halloween car costume tips with Kathy Kresser
Inside this issue:
October Meeting Minutes
2
Cars and Coffee 2013 Review
7
November Meeting Minutes
3
Acceleration Explained
8
Chairman’s Message
4
MG Club of St. Louis Calendar
10
Halloween Rallye 2013
5
Contacts and Events
11
Post Halloween Rallye Thoughts
6
Back Page—Next MG Club of St. Louis Meeting
12
Volume 26, Issue 10
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October Meeting Minutes
By Carolyn Westbay
The MG Club of St. Louis
December Meeting Minutes
October 14, 2013
Three Kings Pub, St. Louis, MO
Meeting called to order at 7:35pm by John Mangles, Chairman
Members attending: (Those in bold drove a British car to the
meeting)
Carolyn Westbay, Chuck Demick, Mike Fishman, Marcus Tetzlaff,
Andy Ackerman, Bob Horzmann, Richard Wesenberg, Paul Howard, Bruce Hamper, Fred House, Sterling Ellis, Simon Dix, John
Mangles, Carol Mangles, Bob Bentzinger, Jim David, Walt Murphy, Steph Taylk, Robert Guinness, Tom Bridges, Bob Bridges, Lee
Fox, Joe Nickrent, Pat Downey.
October 26th. Meet at the Red Roof Shell Station in Columbia, IL
at 2pm. Will be about a 1 to 1.5 hour drive. Details on website,
meat and plates will be provided at the party, bring a side dish to
share and BYOB.
November 23rd will be the 4th Annual Sport Clay at Black
Hawk shooting club. All are welcome, don’t need to be a great
shot or even have your own shotgun. $25 for 50 clays, and $35
for 100 clays. No bigger than a 12 guage, and 7.5 or smaller
shot. Information on the website, bring a picnic lunch, no alcohol.
Last Cars and Coffee for the season will be this Saturday at the
Starbucks on 19th. There are usually close to 200 cars at these
events.
Bob Bentzinger stated that SECA will be holding the last
race of the season this Saturday. It is at Gateway Racing who will
also have a performance driving experience.
New Members / Guests: Marcus Tetzlaff, many years ago used to
have a 1972 MGB but totaled it. Just purchased another 1972
Boeing Sports Car Club will be having their last auto
this year.
cross of the season on November 3. $35 for six runs around the
course. Will be held at the Family Arena, check the website for
Treasury Report: Lee Fox reported that there is $4922.45 in the
details.
General fund and $3918.41 in the Events fund.
The car show took in about $4400 but between awards
Elections:
and t-shirts and other expenses it cost the club about $3300 to
Nominations from the last meeting were;
put the show on. 84% of the registrations were done online; it
Chairman – Lee Fox
cost $55 in Paypal expenses, but this registration process saved
Treasurer – Ranney Dohogne
the club much in the mailing of registrations and confirmations.
Secretary – Richard Wesenberg
There are only 18 grille badges left out of the original 50
Events Chair – Rich Berger
that were purchased last time.
Membership Chair– Sterling Ellis
Special Events:
Since the nominations were unopposed this month, Bob
All British cars show had 168 cars out of 178 who regis- Horzmann motioned to approve all candidates. Chuck Demick
tered show up on the field the day of the event. Bob Bentzinger seconded the motion, vote was unanimous.
sold a lot of parts, almost $200 worth. Best of Show was Wendall
Smith with a 1927 Rolls Royce. Chairman’s Choice was Mike
Other positions
French with a 1947 Norton motorcycle that he still rides regularPre-War registrar – Bob Horzmann
ly.
T-Series registrar – Charlie Key
Projects:
Richard Wesenberg is working on the binding on his
rear brakes. Does anyone know of a place that turns drums? The
group offered ideas of a machine shop or O’Reilly’s.
New Business:
NAMBGR Register had information on new officials, the
club needs to vote.
Motion that we accept that Robert Rushin be our proxy
voter, unanimous
Motion that we accept the ballot as it, unanimous
RUBCO – will meet on October 22 at The Original Pancake House in Chesterfield at 9:30am
Annual Halloween Rallye and Party will be on Saturday,
MGA/Magnette Registrar – Glem Owen
MGB/C Registrar – Robert Rushing
Spriget Registrar – Bruce Hamper
Cars in Boxes Registrar – Walt Murphy
Other Marques Registrar – Ranney Dohogne
Newsletter Editor – Carolyn Westbay
For Sale / Want:
Hard top for MGB $100 call John Mangles
Drawings: Winners were Sterling Ellis and Tom Bridges
Meeting was adjourned at 8:40pm
Respectfully submitted:
Carolyn Westbay, Secretary
St. Louis MG Club
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November Meeting Minutes
By Richard Wesenberg
The MG Club of St. Louis
November Meeting Minutes
November 11, 2013
Jefferson Grill, Kirkwood, MO
Members attending: (Those in bold drove an MG
to the meeting.) Lee Fox, Rich Berger, Bruce
Hamper, Fred Houser, Bob Horzmann, Chris Kresser, Pat Downey, Mike Tutass, Charlie, Key, Pat
Key, Steve Taylor, Andy Ackerman, Kathy Howard, Paul Howard, Carolyn Westbay, Mike Fishman, Kenney Dohogne, Richard L. Wesenberg,
John Luetchfeld, Bob Bentzinger, Mario Gioia,
Richard Griffin, Bob Strathman, Robert Rushing,
Don Gatheman, Carolyn Golfin, Bryon Golfin,
Walt Murphy, and Bob Smith.
Meeting was called to order by Lee Fox, Chairman
Minutes from Last Meeting – Not published yet.
Treasury Report – Ranney Dohogne stated the
Events Account has $3,710.12 and the General
Account has $4,915.99.
Old Business – The Holiday dinner time, place
and price was discussed. Ferguson’s and
SqWires were suggested. SqWires was selected
and January 11, 2014 was picked for the date.
Motion was made and passed that member’s
dinner price be $15 apiece with the difference
made up from the Events Account. Lee stated
that the members of the Triumph club are welcome to attend.
Events - The sporting Clay Shoot will be at 10:00
a.m. November 23 at Blackhawk Valley Hunt
Club in Old Monroe, MO.
Carolyn Westbay said the Holiday Lights Kirkwood drive will meet at Star Bucks opposite Gravois Bluffs Mall at 6:00 p.m. on December 11.
Dinner after the drive at Uncle Bill’s on Manchester Rd.
New Business – Robert Rushing said that the hotel reservations for the 2014 NAMGBR convention
French Lick, June 15-19, are filling fast and members planning to attend should register ASAP.
Lee asked for suggestions for events in 2014.
(Bring your ideas to the next meeting.)
Projects –
Lee is replacing U joints in driveline
Bob Horzmann said pick up bed liner paint is not
the finish for your “B” floor pans unless you
desire a wrinkle finish (Match the Dash?)
Bob Bentzinger recommended “Speedi-Bleed”
for one-man (or woman) brake bleeding.
Andy Ackerman broke ground for his new 24’ x
24’ garage.
Mario Gioia is planning to install a five speed
tranny in place of the original tranny. (Bob
Horzmann said a T-9 – 5speed is available for
$1,200 +/- from England.
For Sale –
Fred Houser said his Bug-Eye is still for sale.
AdjournmentA motion was made and seconded at 8:20 p.m.
to adjourn.
Respectfully submitted by
Richard L. Wesenberg, Secretary
St. Louis MG Club
VOLUME 26, ISSUE 10
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C h a i r m a n ’ s M e s s ag e
by Lee Fox
Wow, Fall has arrived. As I write this, the leaves are just about at their peak and there is no better time to drive you MG!
The past month saw the final Cars and Coffee for the year where the attendance just keeps on growing. If you haven’t
made it to one of these Saturday morning events yet, be sure to make next spring. You’ll see everything from MGs to
Teslas to a fire truck and more.
The annual Halloween Rally and Party was organized by Tom and Ashley Bridges and lead over a dozen cars on a hunt
for cemeteries in southern Illinois. Those who think there are no good LBC roads in Illinois are mistaken and even some
of the “natives” discovered some new trails. The route lead to John and Carol Mangles’ house in St. Charles for food, fire
and fun.
The next day another dozen or so cars left from the venerable Red Roof Shell in Columbia to the Wurstmart Sunday in
Renault, IL for a can’t be beat all you can eat deep fried pork sausage dinner.
Upcoming are a Veterans Day Run on November 10, followed by the club’s monthly meeting on November 11 at P.J.’s
in Kirkwood and the annual Sporting Clays shoot on November 23 in Old Monroe. If you haven’t tried sporting clays, it’s
best described as golf with shotguns. Tons of fun and, dare I say it, a blast. The Christmas Lights tour and Christmakah
Party details are still being worked out, so check the club web site for details soon.
I want to thank everyone for their vote of confidence in choosing me as your chairman for the coming year. I will do my
very best to carry on the fine work John Mangles has done in the past two years and, hopefully, add to it. I would like to
see more driving events, tech sessions, social gatherings and, most of all, more members participating. Have a very happy Thanksgiving and remember,
Safety Fast!
Lee
Ranny Dohogne and Bob Bentzinger on
their way to a winning 2013 Halloween
Rallye drive.
Photo by Mark Morgan 2013
Rich and Barb Berger starting out on the
2013 Halloween Rallye.
Photo by Mark Morgan 2013
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VOLUME 26, ISSUE 10
M G H a l low e e n R a l ly e a n d Pa rt y
By Kathy Kresser
Proofread by Anice Etz
Photo by Mark Morgan 2013
Photo by Bruce Hamper 2013
The MGs and other classic cars and their owners gathered for a terrific drive through the Illinois country side. Rally masters Tom
and Ashley Bridges put together a fine rally with canopied covered roads, wide open spaces and plenty of harvested corn and soy
bean fields. As expected, there were rally questions. Participants searched for cemeteries to identify them against the provided
photos. I think cemeteries must be a family thing as Tom’s brother, Andrew, restored a grave site as part of his Boy Scout eagle
award.
The weather was bright and sunny with just a bit of coolness in the air. The combines were working the fields to gather their harvest and pouring the golden corn into truck beds – clearly the definition of autumn. Mature pumpkins dotted the fields adding an
orange hit of color to the sparsely colored trees. There were many old, beautiful barns along the route and cows, pigs, horses and
ducks.
The route weaved here and there. We think of Illinois as flat, flat and flat. But the end of the drive brought us to the top of the
ridge overlooking Columbia and directing us back to John and Carol Mangles for the annual Halloween party.
This year we were treated to these interesting costumes:

Sparky (Lee Fox wrapped in electrical wire which illuminated at night)

The SU Carbs (Bob and Darla Bridges with snack food bags attached to the sweatshirts with one wearing an S and the other
a U)

A pumpkin pie (Rich Berger with a tiny pumpkin and Barb Berger with the Pi symbol)

Devil Woman Carolyn Westbay and Angel Man Pete Westbay

Carol and John Mangles as Sid and Willy from “Duck Dynasty.”
Wonderful dishes complemented the grilled meats. The crowd arrived starving and attacked the appetizers.
Many thanks to Tom and Ashley for creating a drive which caused many of us to think we should drive our cars more often. A big
thank you goes to the Mangles for hosting a great party. It takes a lot of effort to create these memorable drives and parties, and
we appreciate it.
Photo by Bruce Hamper 2013
Photo by Andy Ackerman 2013
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Post-Halloween Rally Thoughts
By Kathy Kresser and Thomas Bridges,
Proofread by Anice Etz
Tom and Ashley Bridges won the Halloween Rally in 2012, thus giving them the honor of being the
rally masters for 2013. Tom shared his thoughts about the rally planning here.
Ashley and I both enjoyed putting the drive together; we just wish we had started sooner...although
I think this might be the case with most people that plan the Halloween rally. It is one of those drives
that you tell yourself two distinct lies if you win and you're a novice like me. The first goes something
like this: "It's a year out. I have plenty of time." The second goes, "It's not that hard." This explains the
reason I procrastinated until about two months out to get serious.
In the early stages of planning I knew that I wanted the drive to remain in Illinois. I also had a few
roads in mind that I wanted to incorporate. Route selection ended up being easy since Ashley and I
have participated in the Endurance Rally. We both know what types of roads and scenery we enjoy
and as such, we kept that in mind while forming this drive.
The biggest obstacle was determining the actual challenge. We wanted to keep it Halloween-based,
unique, and to eliminate any possibility of a person using a smart phone for reference. Essentially,
our goal was to ensure that the winner of the rally would win by bad luck. Moving forward, it was
on one of our evening jaunts that we passed the Martini cemetery - a small German cemetery dating
back to the early 1800s - and decided to get out and walk around. It was here that we agreed the
challenge should be based on cemeteries. We had a few immediate ideas, but over time we kept
coming back to the cemetery scavenger hunt.
Once the challenge was formed, I went to Google Maps and typed in “cemetery” to have it highlight
all the cemeteries along the roads we wanted to drive. From there it was a matter of tying the two
items together and creating the rally that we handed out on that Saturday afternoon. Although I
could include many more details about the planning and development of this drive, in the end we
now know what we would do differently next time.
In keeping with tradition, we pass the baton to the 2013 rally winners Ranney Dohogne and Bob
Bentzinger – good luck, gentlemen.
VOLUME 26, ISSUE 10
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Cars and Coffee 2013 Review
By ML. Hillard
Metro Cars & Coffee Review for 2013
It has simply been a great 4th year for the St.Louis Metro Cars & Coffee events. Held from April to October on Saturday
mornings, the average attendance this past year was 168.
It was 64 for 2011, and 92 last year. And this past year we simply had great weather each Saturday. Even with bad weather
you have to love this sort of thing--otherwise we would just sit at home or be stuck in a mall somewhere.
It’s been great to see so many different marques, with vintage and new cars all mingled together, and this year four Tesla’s
out each month. Not many places have that going.
It’s been just a fine time each month to get out of the house, get some coffee, and enjoy these cars without the traffic. And
again some clubs have used the C&C mornings to kick off a special driving or tech day.
Next year’s schedule will arrive soon, but it will start in April, 2014 again.
Cars & Coffee would not happen without your “news” work getting the word out. And it is really just aimed at our mutual St.
Louis sporting car clubs—thus your important role. Thank you.
And thanks to all the marques and clubs who support Metro Cars & Coffee. It would not happen without all of us. See you
next season.
ML. Hillard,
Metrro Cars & Coffee
630 – 272 – 1792 - Mobile
[email protected]
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THE ST. LOUIS METRO GAZETTE
Acceleration Explained!
Ar ticle from Richard Cunningham
Cour tesy of The South Alabama British Car Club
Ever wonder why a Top Fuel dragster gets a rebuilt engine after each run?
*One Top Fuel dragster outfitted with a 500 cubic inch replica Dodge (actually Keith Black, etc.)
Hemi engine makes more horse power (8,000HP) than the first 4 rows of cars at NASCAR's Daytona 500.
*Under full throttle, a dragster engine will consume 11.2 gallons of nitro methane per second; a
fully loaded Boeing 747 consumes jet fuel at the same rate but with 25% less energy being produced.
*A stock Dodge Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to merely drive the dragster's supercharger.
*With 3000 CF Mofair being rammed in by the supercharger on over drive, the fuel mixture is
compressed into a near solid form before ignition. Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lockup
at full throttle.
*At the stoichio metric1.7:1air/fuel mixture for nitro methane the flame front temperature
measures 7050 degrees F.
*Nitro methane burns yellow. The spectacular white flame seen above the stacks at night is raw
burning hydrogen, dissociated from atmospheric water vapor by the searing exhaust gases.
*Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each sparkplug. Which is typically the output of an electric arc
welder in each cylinder.
*Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass. After 1/2 way thru the run, the engine
is 'dieseling' from compression and the glow of the exhaust valves at 1400 degrees F. The engine
can only be shut down by cutting the fuel flow.
*If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up in the affected cylinders and
then explodes with enough sufficient force to blow the cylinder heads off the block in pieces or
split the block in half!!
*Dragsters reach over 300 MPH+...before you have completed reading this sentence.
*In order to exceed 300 MPH in 4.5 seconds, a dragster must accelerate an average of over 4G's.
In order to reach 200 MPH well before reaching half-track, at launch the acceleration approaches
8G's.
*Top Fuel engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from light to light! *Including the burnout,
the engine must only survive 900 revolutions under load.
*The redline is actually quite high at 9500 RPM.
Cont. on Page 9
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Cont. from Page 8
*Dragsters reach over 300 MPH+...before you have completed reading this sentence.
*In order to exceed 300 MPH in 4.5 seconds, a dragster must accelerate an average of over
4G's. In order toreach 200 MPH well before reaching half-track, at launch the acceleration
approaches 8G's.
*Top Fuel engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from light to light!
*Including the burnout, the engine must only survive 900 revolutions under load.
*The redline is actually quite high at 9500 RPM.
*THE BOTTOM LINE: Assuming all the equipment is paid for, the pit crew is working for
free, & NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run will cost an estimated $1,000 per second. 0 to 100
MPH in .8 seconds (the first 60 feet of the run) 0 to 200 MPH in 2.2 seconds (the first 350
feet of the run) g-forces at the starting line (nothing accelerates faster on land) 6 negative
g-forces upon deployment of twin chutes at 300 MPH an NHRA Top Fuel Dragster accelerates quicker than any other land vehicle on earth.. Quicker than a jet fighter plane...quicker
than the space shuttle....or snapping your fingers!! The current Top Fuel dragster elapsed
time record is 4.420 seconds for the quarter mile (2004, Doug Kalitta). The top speed record is 337.58 MPH as measured over the last 66' of the run (2005, Tony Schumacher).
Over a mile up the road, a Top Fuel dragster is staged & ready to 'launch' down a quarter
-mile strip as you pass. You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the Vette hard,
on up through the gears and blast across the starting line & past the dragster at an honest
200 MPH....The 'tree' goes green for both of you at that exact moment. The dragster departs & starts after you. You keep your foot buried hardtop the floor, and suddenly you
hear an incredibly brutal screaming whine that sears and pummels your eardrums & within
a mere 3 seconds the dragster effortlessly catches & passes you. He beats you to the finish
line, a quarter -mile a way from where you just passed him. Think about it–from a standing
start, the dragster had spotted you 200 MPH.....and it not only caught, but nearly blasted
you off the planet when he passed you within a mere 1320 foot long race!!!! THAT, my
friends.....is acceleration.
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THE ST. LOUIS METRO GAZETTE
THE MG Club of St. Louis Calendar
Mon. Dec. 9,
2013
St. Louis MG Club
Monthly Meeting
Mike Duffy’s Pub, Mike Duffy's @ Clayton
and Woods Mill (141)
Wed. Dec. 18,
2013
Holiday Lights Tour
Start at Starbucks on 141 and Gravois
Rd., Fenton, MO Arrive at 6pm and first
car out at 6:30PM, dinner afterwards at
Uncle Bill’s on Manchester.
Sat. Jan. 11,
2014
St. Louis MG Club Holi- SqWire's Annex In Lafayette Park 1415
day Party
South 18th Street, St. Louis MO. Cash bar
5:30pm Dinner 6:30pm Cost per person $15 (club subsidized) Reservations must
be made by Monday, January 6th (see
Make Payments on web site)
Mon. Jan. 13,
2014
St. Louis MG Club
Monthly Meeting
TBD
Mon. Feb. 10,
2014
St. Louis MG Club
Monthly Meeting
TBD
Mon. Mar. 10,
2014
St. Louis MG Club
Monthly Meeting
TBD
Mon. Apr. 14,
2014
St. Louis MG Club
Monthly Meeting
TBD
Sun. Apr. 20,
2014
Easter Car Show
Forest Park
June 15-19,
2014
MG 2014
NAMBGR Convention
French Lick, Indiana. All details at
https://mg-2014.com as the official event
website or on Facebook at https://www.fac
ebook.com/NAMGBR2014
Mon. May 12,
2014
St. Louis MG Club
Monthly Meeting
TBD
Mon. Jun. 9,
2014
St. Louis MG Club
Monthly Meeting
TBD
For updates and the latest details, visit the STLMG Club Website at: www.stlouismgclub.com
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THE ST. LOUIS METRO GAZETTE
Club Officers & Support Roles
Name
Address
Phone
E-Mail
Lee Fox
Chairman
12855 Big Bend
(314) 821-1295
[email protected]
Ranney Dohogne
Treasurer
12970 Ambois
(314) 878-7766
[email protected]
Richard Wesenberg
Secretary
8354 BRADDOCK DR.
(314) 993-6907
[email protected]
Rich Berger
Events Chairperson
1777 HEFFINGTON
(636) 532-3075
[email protected]
Sterling Ellis
Membership Coordinator
14350 RAINEY LAKE DR.
(314) 576-4028
[email protected]
Carolyn Westbay
Newsletter Editor
2124 Sunset Lane
(636) 376-0064
[email protected]
Kirkwood, MO 63122
Creve Couer, MO 63141
St. Louis, MO 63132
Chesterfield, MO 63017
CHESTERFIELD, MO 63017
High Ridge, MO 63049
Registrars
Name
Phone
E-Mail
Pre-war
Bob Horzmann
(636) 227-3449
[email protected]
T-Series
Charlie Key
(314) 428-9335
[email protected]
MGA/Magnette
Glenn Owens
(314) 352-3847
[email protected]
MGB/MGC
Robert Rushing
(314) 614-4671
[email protected]
Spridget
Bruce Hamper
(314) 822-4831
[email protected]
Cars In Boxes
Walt Murphy
(314) 645-1665
[email protected]
Other Marques
Ranney Dohogne
(314) 878-7766
[email protected]
FOR A FULL LISTING OF UPCOMING EVENTS, CLASSIFIED ADS, AND MUCH
MORE, BROWSE OUR EXCELLENT WEBSITE AT:
http://www.stlouismgclub.com/
Just click on this link to go to the website
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On the Lighter Side….
Photo by Carolyn Westbay 2013
Dreaming Big and Mighty
The December General Meeting of the St. Louis MG Club will take place on December 9th, 2013 at Mike Duffy's @ Clayton and Woods Mill (141). Social time at 6pm,
meeting is from 6:30pm to 9pm.
"The St. Louis Metro Gazette (SLMG)" is a publication of the MG Club of St. Louis and remains the property of the club. It is published monthly and is provided free to members in good standing and to
officers of other British car clubs upon request. "SLMG" solicits articles from members and other sources. Opinions expressed here are not necessarily those of the Club, Club Officers, or the staff of the
newsletter. Technical information is believed accurate, however, any repairs or mechanical advise is attempted at the readers own risk. The Club, Officers, or newsletter staff will not be responsible for
any misinterpreted or incorrect technical information. If in doubt, consult with a certified technician. Articles may be reprinted by other car clubs provided that credit is given to author and “SLMG”