Fredericton Area British Automobile Club

A video for our 25th!

As I watched the rain pound down this morning I was struck with an idea. I'm challenging

EVERYONE to grab their phones and shoot some short video clips on their drives to

the farm this afternoon.
1) Set the video quality to it's best/largest.

2) Hold phone sideways so that the video is horizontal (like a screen size)

3) Steady! Use both hands and if possible, brace your arms.

4) Shoot for at least a slow count of 5. Longer is better, 15 seconds if possible.

The shots I'm looking for...

1) You're in the garage with lights out looking towards the closed door. The car is

visible in front of you. After a few seconds the door slowly opens (or swings open)

revealing the rain. Once door is open, hold camera for another 5 seconds as your

mate/partner/cuddle bunny looks out at the rain.

If you have a spot out of the rain (or an umbrella) and can shoot this from outside,

that would also work.

2) Driving along in the rain. Camera shows drivers upper torso and steering wheel

and is angled to see out the windscreen a bit. Get a few clips as they're changing

gears/accelerating. Going around a corner or two is perfect. We want to see the

driver driving.

3) Straight out the window shooting low over the bonnet showing the rain.

These can also be done on the way home. We can discuss this further at the gathering.

I'll post instructions and a link where the vids can be uploaded.

Rob E.

They're on their way—just a few more days of travel!

This is what we want to see on Sunday! 25th Anniversary!

(Yes—AI created)

FABAC 25TH Anniversary Celebration - Sunday June 7/26

If you haven't done it already, it's time to shine up your LBC or LFC for our upcoming FABAC 25th Anniversary celebration. We're 25 years old. How great is that?

Our club has served us well over these past 25 years bringing us a lot of fun, lots of great tours, wonderful friends and so so many great memories. I know we are looking forward to more years ahead with the club with more great memories.

So speaking of memories, let's all get together to share these and to celebrate this event on Sunday June 7. Ernst has organized this for us with reservations at the Oakland Farm & Lodge located in New Maryland. Here is the link showing the directions to get there and the lodge details: http://www.oaklandfarmandlodge.com/location

Here are the event details:

- the celebration will start at 3 pm (Do Not arrive before that) and we'll eat around 5pm so that gives us lots of time to organize things.

- this is a potluck event.

- bring your own non-alcoholic beverage(s).

- there will be a FABAC 25th Anniversary cake.

- BBQ's are available for those wanting to BBQ.

- there is a fully supplied kitchen with eat in facilities if needed.

- bring foldable chairs in case you decide to eat outside.

- we will pass the hat to accept donations towards the costs.

- we will also be taking a group pic(s) of all of our touring cars. (Little Brit Cars & Little Foreign Cars)

Oh yes, I understand someone who is very special to this club is bringing a very special surprise????

If you have any questions contact Ernst.

Gary

Proposed Day Trip - CANCELLED

At our Wednesday dinner at The Carnation I proposed a run to Woodstock, lunch at the River Restaurant (see pics of our recent visit) and then to Houlton and on to Calais via Route 1 and home to Fredericton this week. After checking the weather forecast for the whole week, it doesn’t look promising. Monday June 1^stlooks like a good day if we can rely on the forecasters, so I’m suggesting June 1^st, meeting at 9:30 AM at the Riverside Resort (near the Mactaquac Dam) and onto Woodstock via Rt. 105 for lunch at The River Restaurant, then to Houlton, Calais and Fredericton. I’ll watch the weather for changes/updates. Chime in if interested.

Phil

FABAC May Meeting report

We met at one of our regular spots, the Carnation Restaurant in Oromocto. Despite that PITA bridge closure we had an almost record breaking crowd show up.

Gary opened with a pair of fives—no wait—wrong night.

Gary opened with a quick recap of recent outings, specifically JD's (Dewitt not Irving) run to St. George and my run to Spinney's in St. Martins. He also thanked the hot babe seated to his left for arranging the evening's outing.
We all took note of the recent passing of one of our longtime and much revered members, Lise Hoffman.
Phil gave a quick update and reminder of his upcoming trip to NS.
Ernst and Gary both corralled the group and got us organized for the (quickly!) upcoming 25th anniversary event in New Maryland. It will be on the 7th of June (SOON FOLKS!!) at 3:00 PM and will be a pot luck. There will be a couple of salads and 'something else'? (I wasn't listening closely) but all of us need to bring our specialties.

Other items:

The Wednesday car gathering starts this week. It's behind the Legion on Queen St. at around 6:30 PM.
There's a car show in Hoyt on the 6th of June. Details will show up here.
The next meeting will be at the Riverside Restaurant just before the dam (or just after the dam if you're coming from the North side).

The meeting folded but quickly regrouped at the Dari Delite where we got to watch ice cream melt all over our fingers. The summer is great but it does have its down sides.

Rob E—still picking away at the Jag.

Why the Sunbeam Tiger Was Cancelled — The British Car With an American V8 Heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNMqJMwFANshttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HNMqJMwFANs&ra=m

Submitted by John D.

Triumph TR6: “The Last True Triumph”

So Why Did It Help End the Brand? - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMh1prqDd5Y https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KMh1prqDd5Y&ra=m

- John D.

May 20th FABAC Meeting/Eating

May’s mtg will be at the Carnation Chinese Restaurant in the Days Inn, 60 Braydon Blvd, Oromocto. I’ve booked the private dining room for 5:30 on Wednesday, May 20th. With the room accommodating a maximum of 25 people, pls confirm your attendance online no later than noon this coming Tuesday.

FYI, Gary & I plan to drive through Maugerville making a short stop at Moxon’s Country Pumpkin for some of their delicious cookies before crossing the Burton Bridge to get to Oromocto. If anyone wants to join us, post so online and we will arrange to meet at the Ramada for a 4:30 departure.

Hope you are able to make the meeting!

Barb

Report on the Day trip to St.Martins

Today's run (a drive actually, it would be a looong way to run) took five, then six cars down to Spinney's sea food take-out in St. Martins. The weather was excellent (it's about time too) and only got warmer as we wandered down the not-horrible 102 heading south. The ferries at Evandale and Belleisle Bay provided fun little breaks, just long enough to stretch one's legs and chat a bit.

Once in Long Pointe, JD (DeWitt not Irving) took control and led us via a scenic route into Hampton where we met Carol and John Dixon. There was a quick and informal CoC (Change of Command) and with the blue Porsche now in the lead, we continued towards the coast. As we drove along we could feel the Atlantic breeze cooling the temps a bit. The air also seemed crisper and cleaner.

I had assumed that most folks would be going out on Monday, the long weekend, leaving Sunday relatively quiet. I was wildly wrong. The parking lot was packed and cars lined the streets. Despite the throng of people, we received our orders quickly and sat down to eat as the coastal wind did its best to liberate anything lightweight. The star of the show was Barb and Gary's choice of the 'Seafood Feast'. The picture tells the story and I'm sure that I'm not the only one who'll be ordering that the next time we visit.

There was an offer to visit the sea caves not far from the restaurant but it was declined due to the lateness of the day. I'm determined to visit the place again (maybe late in June?) and this time go earlier so that we can visit the sea caves.

Thanks to all who attended, we all seemed to have a great outing.

Rob E.