Quad City British Auto Club

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August/September 2008
Newsletter
In this issue:
Roger and Bradley Waugh’s MG history.
Short Cheri Top Drive Inn Report
July cook out report
QCBAC Rudy’s Wednesday evening dinner report
Carl Jamison’s MGB repair adventure
Flicks car show
I‟ve had this newspaper clipping for AGES! Thought you might enjoy it.
Exact date unknown, but you can certainly take a guess from the cars
in the background. I owned my MGA back in around 1970-1972, which
probably also helps determine the photo‟s age. Of course the dog was
not the driver, just patiently waiting for his master to return.
Time to be announced
October 5 - Sunday—Dinner/social event. The
QCBAC returns to Old Chicago 3030 Utica Ridge Road
in Bettendorf (just off of I-74, across from Jumers).
More information inside this issue.
September 6—Saturday—Classic Cars for a
Cause, car rally and military benefit at the Bettendorf
Christian Church, 3487 Towne Point Drive (behind
Lindquist Ford). This show runs from 10am-6pm. There
is a $10 per car entry fee. There will be food and activities for families and kids, awards and prizes for individual categories, People‟s Top Choice of Show, in fact, all
entries receive awards!
August 27—Wednesday—Dinner meet up at the
BEAUTIFULLY remodeled 11 Street Bar and Grill in the
Village of East Davenport at 2108 E. 11 Street. We plan
on getting there between 5:30 and 6, so come on out!
More information inside this issue
Next events:
Quad City British Auto Club
Newsletter editor
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Note from Newsletter Editor Ed
Hello everybody. I should be working on our
website, but since Mediacom came and left
my alley to do an “emergency repair”, I have
no internet connection or cable tv to watch…
so might as well do something constructive
while I wait for their return….. –sigh– one
sure does get used to the luxuries.
2 nights before the cookout, I drove up to Muscatine to the Cheri Top Drive Inn
to check out their cruise/car show. They have a gathering, once a month. In a
different part of this newsletter, there will be 1 or 2 photos from that evening with
a test question for you all. Wonder how many of you will know the answer? Met
a lot of nice people there, saw some cool cars, and had some yummy ice cream
(but then, what ice cream isn‟t?). I‟d like to pop up there again sometime…. A
nice way to spend a couple of hours on a warm Friday evening in the summer.
We had some nice turn outs at recent events. 18 people and 7 British cars
made it out to our July cookout hosted by President Dave and First Lady Colette.
It was a magnificent day for an outside gathering…. Dave sure knows how to
operate that grill (Hank Hill would be proud)… and all of the attendees brought
something delicious to share. We discussed several things about the upcoming
Autofest, and made arrangements for a goodie bag stuffing night.
About 1.5 weeks later, we had a dinner meeting at Rudy‟s in Moline. We had a
nice turn out, even though the Derecho wind storm that had come through the
Quad Cities on Monday morning really caused major problems due to wide
spread power outages. The Moline Rudy‟s still had no power that evening, so
we had to move the event. The adventure of being “powerless” and having to
deal with fallen tree limbs was certainly a hot topic at the dinner.
The “secondary” dinner events seem to be enjoyed, and we have nice turn outs
for them. In August, on the 27th, we‟ll go to the 11th Street Bar and Grill in The
Village of East Davenport. If you have ever eaten there during an Autofest or at
any other time, you will be amazed at the transformation. It‟s so spiffy now, I
hope they let me in!
Some of you will be receiving this newsletter at our big annual event, The Heartland British Autofest. Personally, I have a couple of wishes for our event this
year… I hope every body that attends has a great time…. And secondly, I hope
that the weather is cooler than last year! 2007 was the hottest Autofest weather
I remember, and I‟ve been attending since 1990. A BIG thank you to all who
attended, as well as a BIG thank you to all of the volunteers who helped make
the event happen.
As Number Six used to say: “Be seeing you”.
Upcoming events, ours (in blue) and others (in black):
August 9, 10 - Saturday/Sunday - Heartland British Autofest.
Saturday, August 9, A drive to dinner will BEGIN at 3pm. We will meet in the
parking lot of Northpark Mall in Davenport in the North-East corner, behind
Sears, and drive straight to the restaurant. The scenic drive will be AFTER
dinner, when it should be a bit cooler. If you have given us your RSVP for dinner, and don‟t want to go on the drive, you can just meet us at the AuJus 1213
W 10th Avenue in Milan, IL.
Sunday, August 10, will be the Auto show in the Village of East Davenport.
Enter the show at Jersey Ridge Road. Registration and car clean up is from
9am until Noon. More details to come.
August 27—Wednesday—Dinner meet up at the BEAUTIFULLY
remodeled 11 Street Bar and Grill in the Village of East Davenport at 2108 E. 11
Street. Anybody who has ever attended our yearly Autofest knows of the tasty
tenderloins and other delights served here. They recently reopened for business
and you would never know it‟s the same place. Come join us for fine food and a
visit with some of the nice Quad City British Auto club people We plan on
getting there between 5:30 and 6, so come on out!
September 6—Saturday—Classic Cars for a Cause, car rally and military
benefit at the Bettendorf Christian Church, 3487 Towne Point Drive (behind
Lindquist Ford). This show runs from 10am-6pm. There is a $10 per car entry
fee. There will be food and activities for families and kids, awards and prizes for
individual categories, People‟s Top Choice of Show, in fact, all entries receive
awards! All money raised through donations, car entries and food will be given
to military families of need. Come help stir up some interest in British cars and
the QCBAC, while at the same time having some fun, knowing you are helping
others. For more information on the show itself, call Keith
September 7—Sunday—British Car Festival, Moraine Valley Community
College. This is the 21st British Car Festival. Hundreds of British cars will be
there. If you have never experienced it, you should, probably the largest accumulation of British cars you could ever see. http://www.britishcarunion.com
October 5 - Sunday—Dinner/social event. The QCBAC returns to Old
Chicago 3030 Utica Ridge Road in Bettendorf (just off of I-74, across from
Jumers). It‟s been a long time since the QCBAC has stopped here… in fact, a
QCBAC dinner meeting is how I learned of their excellent food. Please RSVP so
we can have an idea of how many to make room for.
Time to be announced
Carl Jamison’s MGB Adventure, as told by Ed Young
For some time, poor Carl has been struggling with drivability issues with the
beautiful black MGB owned by Carol and him. He cleaned and rebuilt the
carburetors, temporarily swapped the fuel pump, changed out the gas tank,
and probably much more. The gas tank was pretty much fouled with rust, so
changing the tank and cleaning the carbs was probably a good thing, but no
matter what he tried, the solution to the problem eluded him.
Occasionally, he felt the problem was solved, but upon a drive, the problem
resurfaced. It was quite frustrating for him. One day though, a friend
stopped over…. He happened to look into the distributor and asked Carl,
what‟s going on with your condenser?
They took a closer look, and found that the
DPO (Dread Previous Owner) had soldered
the lead onto it! He put a new condenser on
it, and it‟s run perfectly since. Sometimes the
resolution to a problem can be so simple, you
don‟t notice it right away…. I‟ve been there
before myself. Congratulations Carl for
getting the problem taken care of, and thanks
for sharing your story.
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Dinner at Rudy’s
Your Quad City British Auto Club contact information
President: Dave Bishop
Vice President: Ed Young
Treasurer:
Membership:
Secretary:
Board:
Carl
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Event reminder offer….
Have a memory as bad as mine? As scary as that seems to me that anyone
has a memory even remotely as bad as “Blank Frank”, I can certainly understand and sympathize.
It can be easy to loose track of time and forget the next event. Want a gentle
reminder e-mail a couple of days before upcoming events?
It‟s easy, all you need to is send me an e-mail at [email protected] and ask
to be put on my list.
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Quad City British Auto Club Membership Application
We had 11 members,
with 5 British cars and
1 German car
arrive to find that
Rudy‟s still had no
power. Due to the
power outages everywhere, we decided to
head for Rudy‟s in East Moline as they had power there. Milt and Gloria
couldn‟t come along though as they lost something like 9 trees in the storm
and had to head back home to meet someone who was coming to deal with
the mess. A nice time was had, and we were all able to share our storm
power outage stories.
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Print and mail the information below to:
Quad City British Auto Club
Moline, IL 61265
Dues: $15.00 yearly
Flicks Car Show
E-mail address: _________________________________
We found out about
this show late in the
month, so several of
us brought our cars
to show there really is
a fun alternative to
American iron. It was a nice day, and there were many other nice cars there
to look at.
Name: ________________________________________
Address: ______________________________________
City, State, Zip: _________________________________
Phone number: _________________________________
British Car(s): ___________________________________
Current Project/comments:_________________________________
What’s wrong with these 2 pictures, taken at the Cheri Top?
The answer is quite simple…. There are no British cars! Mine was off to
the side waiting for more.. Dwayne Paul had a reason, what was yours?
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July cook-out report
We left the Quad City Times parking lot and headed for the QCBAC
Presidential grounds at about 1:10. A nice caravan of 2 MGBs, 2 Triumph
Spitfires, my Lotus and Roger (along with Marjorie) in his „regular‟ car. It
was a nice drive that President Dave led us on and it wasn‟t hot either, which
made thing nicer. Shortly after passing Wild Cat Den park, I looked in my
rear view mirror to discover we had gained another MGB! I found out later,
when we got to Dave and Colette‟s that Keith Johnston had been waiting in
the park for us to pass by. He had driven down from Denver, Iowa and
picked up his Son who lives in Muscatine. Norm Smith and his wife Marilyn
came out from Muscatine as well. Although Norm had his TR4 radiator
repaired, he chose to drive their PT Cruiser. A BIG thank you to all (we had
18 people in attendance) for coming out and joining us.
Left: Chuck enjoying
an issue of Snic-Braap
while Carol and Dave
have a chat.
Right: Carl and Norm
talking engineering
Roger, who is a long distance member of the QCBAC come out with his
Dad for the June 15th Father‟s Day drive. I asked him if he would be
willing to tell us all his interesting story and share some pictures. The
photos above are from when the car was pulled out of a storage building
for 16 years. The car is amazing today…. Nice work Roger and Garret,
and thank you for sharing your story.
Roger’s MGB
The car was bought by my parents in about 1979 from Jerry Motors in
Silvis. I have a picture of the trunk with a Jerry Motors decal on it. My folks,
Bradley and Joanne drove it only on special outings. They liked to take it to
White Pines state park, rent a cabin for a couple of days. In 1987, the car
developed a stripped spline on the rear hub and was put in the shed until
there was time to fix it. 16 years later in 2003 when Grandson Garret was
thinking about starting to drive he asked his Grandpa if he could get it and
"fix it up" Garret and I worked on it and had it ready by Garret's 16th
birthday. The motor was froze up, the mice had eaten much of the interior,
oddly and luckily enough though… the only wiring the mice ate was some
speaker wires.
There was some body
work needed. We had
some things rechromed,
and became very
friendly with all the MG
parts suppliers. We
have enjoyed having it
in the "Auto Fest" car
show, and took a 2nd
place one year in the
"B" chrome bumper division!
Roger and his Dad,
Bradley pictured with
the car at the June 15th
event.