Another car site I follow daily is a blog about alternative energy cars--hybrids, electrics, hydrogen, converted, etc. If you are interested in such things you should check this one out as well.
I'm Spending too much time on the Internet!!!
Phil passed on a very interesting site (I spent waaaaay too much time on it.) for those of you who are interested in fine cars. Check it out here. (I subscribed--it's free! Now how do I subscribe to more time in the day? ;-)
Update on the 1st Great Atlantic Antique Automobile Show
It has been cancelled "due to political issues, both local and provincial". Organizers hope to have it all sorted out for next year. This is one we'll be keeping an eye on. It would be a nice trip.
(Thanks to Curry for passing on this info.)
A Fathers Day Idea
This from John B.
Hi Guys:
Pine Grove Nursing Home would like their male residents to celebrate Fathers Day Weekend on Friday 19 June between 10.30 and 11.00 am by seeing a display of 4-5 British sports cars. Would you be willing to attend, and suggest a couple of other retired FABACians to join us? A willingness to chat about the respective cars and maybe provide some sound effects would be good!
The display would be outside the Pine Grove front entrance, subject to fine weather, with the residents in wheelchairs accompanied by nursing home staff. Could you please let me know. Thanks.
Best,
John.
McAdam Train Station Tour/Lunch June 6
By now you should have received an e-mail requesting a reply if you are planning to attend. If you didn't receive it, you should advise me so that I can correct your e-mail address.
May/09 FABAC Meeting Report
The May monthly meeting was held at JIVES restaurant and attended by over 30 enthusiastic FABAC members. There was a tremendous amount of good cheer in the room as members exchanged stories of their recent exploits and adventures. Once meal orders were taken, prez
The Rexton British car show on August 7-8 will be the destination for about 4 of our members. Apparently the BATANS group is still heading to that show and will be stopping at least one night in Mill Cove. Attempts will be made to rendezvous with the group while they are in Mill Cove. Curry to coordinate.
Dennis spoke of the options for a tour to the McAdam train station. There was much interest and enthusiasm shown in participating and so the date of June 6th was chosen. Dennis will be coordinating the train station tour and lunch and will be assisted in planning for the selection of the route by Bob E.
The July 4-5 Great Atlantic Antique Automotive Show in Lunenburg Co, NS was also discussed but no definite club run to that event was agreed to.
Members are requested to remember the Fly-in Breakfast at Granite Hill on June 27th. More on that event at the next meeting.
Kings Landing Historical Settlement has invited club members who own antique cars and/or carriages to attend an antique car show at the site on June 20-21. Information will be posted on our web site. The invitation made to Jim B.
(This from their website: June 20 & 21 - Carriages and Cars Bring Dad out to experience the history of 'horsepower' in New Brunswick and the evolution of transportation from 19th to 20th century. Including a rare showing of Kings Landing's renowned carriage collection.)
With all the touring destination talk out of the way, the meeting took on a more serious tone with David N making a presentation to Kelvin, the winner of the “Caption that Interesting Photo of a Member Hiding His Face While Pouring Petrol in his Jag” contest. See the web site for all the “witty” suggestions.
David also made a presentation of a "FABAC Certificate of Recognition" to John C on the occasion of the untimely breakdown of his B. The inscription reads: To John, w
A reminder to anyone wanting a place to store their LBC next winter; Ralph has a few openings left in his storage/church building. Details can be found in an early posting on this site.
The next portion of the meeting fits into the “show and tell” category and was highly entertaining. First up was Kelvin P who described his first association with the Ontario branch of the British Automobile Racing Club soon after his arrival in
In the introduction portion of the meeting, both Joe H and Jim M spoke briefly of their experiences with LBCs.
The June meeting will be at the Delta at their patio restaurant. Tim will coordinate.
Bob S.
Interesting Stash of Cars
An interesting e-mail from Phil:
Every so often we hear about someone finding that ever so rare car hidden
away in a barn for the past forty or fifty years and buying it for pennies
on the dollar. It hasn't happened to me yet and I'm not holding my breath!
Here's a link to Bring a Trailer.com and the latest find. Want to take a
drive to Nipomo, CA (somewhere north of LA) with a LARGE trailer and see
what we can bring home?
away in a barn for the past forty or fifty years and buying it for pennies
on the dollar. It hasn't happened to me yet and I'm not holding my breath!
Here's a link to Bring a Trailer.com and the latest find. Want to take a
drive to Nipomo, CA (somewhere north of LA) with a LARGE trailer and see
what we can bring home?
Houston... I think we have a problem! ;-)
Did I have some kind of reaction to the lobster?!! I hope it doesn't last.
Lobster Run - Chapter One
It was a beautiful sunny afternoon...
These photos by Stephen represent the uneventful, enjoyable, delicious, and happy portion of our outing--well, maybe not from the lobsters' perspective.
Stay tuned for Chapter Two - Finally, you will understand how quickly things can change. Don't worry--no animals were injured in the events that unfolded later.
Lobster Run: The Exciting Conclusion by Bob E.
Yeeees, we're off to a good start THIS year folks! Two runs--two stoppages. I hope this doesn't set a precedent for the rest of the season.
Under overcast skies, five cars met at the Timmies on the Woodstock road, where I was immediately sent to retrieve David Nielsen who was without both car and wife. (By the way, why are so many wives staying home on these runs? There were seven of us alone this run.) David and I stopped by the highway where we ran into Curry who was also waiting for the group. Once rejoined, we all headed up the old 102 (or what's left of it) towards Dumfries and a feed of lobster. We where all pleasantly surprised when we met a table full of FABACians who had taken the 105 to the church and were already eating. This swelled our numbers considerably and we all dug in. The food was good and plentiful. For dessert, a seemingly endless supply of pies were offered.
After the meal, most of us decided to take the 105 back to Freddy. This road is much more scenic and has almost no traffic. David and I led the group and I found it to be a most enjoyable drive. If I have any complaint with our gang it's that we don't spend enough time chatting--we seem to eat and run. Motoring along with no schedule to keep, I took advantage of the opportunity to chat. As I dodged potholes and heaved pavement, we took in the scenery and solved the worlds problems. We even talked a little bit about girls and cars...male bonding at it's best! (I don't remember that - David)
Nearing Freddy, I noticed that we were alone on the road and stopped to wait for everyone else to catch up, assuming that in my driving exuberance I'd gone a bit quick. After a few minutes we decided to go back for a look in the unlikely chance that someone had broken down. The unlikely had happened and only a few Ks back up the road we found the group pulled up on the side. The Crumley's MGB had fallen victim to a pothole and had sheared some bolts holding the shock mount in place. Terry and I compared tool boxes and supplies, then offered a mix of Vice-Grips and steel wire as a temporary fix. Anne narrowed her eyes and offered, "Not if I'M riding in it you aren't!"
A tow truck had been called so we all took turns being sympathetic...
...like heck we did! The broken 'B' became the butt of endless jokes. The bugs weren't too bad and the late afternoon was warm which gave us plenty of time to gang up on the stricken car and its owners. Just about the time that we where growing tired of this game, the tow truck arrived and hoisted the poor little 'B' away. John and Anne climbed into the cab and everyone resumed the journey home as the skies grew dark and rain clouds gathered.
- Bob E.
More photos here.
FABAC Meeting next Wednesday
Just a reminder that we meet at Jives (Northside) at 6:00 Wednesday May 20th. Lots to discuss re upcoming tours and stuff. Any "Show and Tell" items?
Yum! Yum! Lobster Run!
The Lobster Supper Run, to Dumfries, is on for Saturday, leaving Tim Hortons on Woodstock Road at 4:00 pm sharp.
Looks like the weather is going to cooperate.
Ralph is always up to something...
Maybe this is for you:
Hi all
Well the summer is here and all the cars are out on the road I hope. Even though we are just starting what will be a great summer of touring I wanted to post a notice about storage for next winter.
After spending last summer pulling out and selling off the church pews and last fall cutting a large door in the back of the building I was able to put a dozen cars and a boat in the church next door to the Homeport for winter storage. The conditions were ideal. Light and airy with lots of diffused winter sun keep the temp around zero for most of the time with a few weeks down to minus 5c in Feb. I ran a couple big fans on a timer that keep the warm air from the ceiling moving around the cars and so it warmed nicely in there with no condensation on the cold metal come spring. It was really ideal. I plan to take out the alter/stage this summer and it will fit four additional small cars and because I was not sure how the cars would fit in last fall I left a couple spots empty as insurance. So as it sits I have five to six spots to fill.
Now to the sales pitch. All the cars from this last year want to keep their spots. And I would love nothing better than to fill it with LBC and friends. Some of the folks from last weekends run indicated an interest and I am advertizing it on KIJIJI with a call a week coming in so If you , or you know somebody , that is looking for a spot and can make it down here CALL ME NOW and I can hold a spot for you $50/month = $300 for the winter Mid October to April
Happy driving
672 7255
Great Atlantic Antique Automotive Show
Curry alerted me to this new venue for antique cars. That would make a nice trip.
More photos from the Saint John Run
Thanks to the Sweets for adding to the photo collection. It was a fine day indeed.
Now there's a coincidence!
I received an e-mail from Earl Sharpe reporting an interesting coincidence. Those of you who have left comments on this site have experienced having to type in a verification code--which by the way prevents spammers from loading our site with multitudinous and/or objectionable messages since each message needs to be verified or written by someone who has signed in(the latter really being preferable). Anyway, Earl's message was in response to the invitation to come up with a caption for the photo of Bob Earl pouring gas into his E-Type's tank. What is interesting is that the verification prompt seems wonderfully appropriate. Check it out in Earl's photo below:
Another Suggestion for a Run
Stephen suggests the following:
The Parish of Prince William ( Dumfries ) will hold their annual Lobster Supper on Saturday, May 16, from 3:30 - 6:00 pm, at St. Clements Anglican Church.
Two lobsters, potato salad, coleslaw, rolls, and pie is $25.00. Ham, with the same fixings, is $12.00.
A few of us went up last year and enjoyed the outing.
I propose a FABAC run to the event, leaving the Tim Hortons on Woodstock Road at 4:00 pm with an expected arrival in Dumfries about 5:00 pm.
Report on FABAC's 1st Run of the Season by Bob E.
Interesting technical note about the E-Type's fuel system. Because the fuel pickup is in a small sump in the lowest part of the tank, when one runs out of fuel, that's it--there is no more.
Our first run of the season started under warmish clear skies as ten cars headed down the 102 towards Saint John. It gradually clouded over a bit as we entered the city and cooled off, but for once I didn't get us lost and we all arrived at Ralph's place where we were met by several folks from FABAC (Fundy Area British Automobile Club).
After a bit of chit-chat (mostly arguing about whose city got the most snow) FABAC led the 'other' FABAC group out to Rothesay for lunch at Vito's. The afternoon was well spent eating and talking. We finally bid the FABACians farewell and, led by Jim Woodford now, headed East to Hampstead where (I was promised) we could stop for fuel. The expected fuel stop was closed so we continued on for "only another ten minutes" (I was promised) towards another gas station. My gauge had been critical since the first non-fuel stop and I had declared 'Bingo' fuel to Jim who being a pilot, would understand the proximity of a flameout. As we headed through the scenic hills the expected happened. The mighty Jag stopped. There was no cough or sputter, it just got quiet and I coasted to the side of the road.
Heather and Vic had the misfortune of being behind me and I (as nicely as I could) asked them if they would bring me some gas from the station that was "just around the corner".
As they headed off with everyone else I went to the few houses along the rural road. As luck would have it, a very helpful (and understanding) gentleman out mowing his lawn was only too happy to sell me the 15 litres of gas in his gas can. Returning to the car, I found Nettie and Robert there waiting for me. I'd urged them to go with the rest but was still glad they'd stayed. As I poured the contents of the gas can into my tank I saw the flash of a camera. THAT was why they'd stayed! I'd have a hard time living THIS down!
I felt much better with some gas in the car and we headed off in pursuit of the others 'just around the corner'. As we drove along I realized that I had no clue where we were, apart from still being in New Brunswick. I played it safe and stayed straight on the un-named road heading...somewhere. I kept hoping I'd see Heather and Vic coming down the road towards me, but Km after Km passed with no sign of the group. Now totally lost, we stopped for directions. The stop proved to be a blessing in disguise as the person we asked for direction also had a ratty 67 Alfa Romeo Twin Cam convertible for sale. Robert spent a few minutes looking it over and jotted down an address and phone number. The directions did us little good as I still managed to take a few wrong turns. We stopped at a gas station where I bought a (much needed) map and got our bearings. Now 'found' (as opposed to being lost) we drove to highway ten and made a quick drive to McCready's where I treated Nettie and Robert to some world-class pie and tea.
I won't make the mistake of neglecting to bring a cellphone or map again, and I sure as heck won't push my luck with 'gas gauge bingo' anymore.
- Bob E.
(Click here for photos from Stephen W.)
FABAC Caption of the Week Contest!
If you read the report by Bob on the 1st run of the season, you may have noticed that there was a little petrol incident. Here is the photo mentioned by Bob, taken by Rob at the appropriate moment. Your job is to come up with a creative caption for the photo. The best one will receive a free litre of petrol from the service station of their choice. Enter as often as you wish. Just click "Comment" below.
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