Larry H. and younger daughter Alyssa briefly embarked on a new career when in Arizona last December.  Turns out that there is not much demand for stagecoach robbers, so Larry went back to Psychology and Alyssa returned to midwifery.

A unique way to sell a unique automobile

http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-classic-cars-MORRIS-MINOR-with-EXTREMELY-RARE-ALTA-HEAD-W0QQAdIdZ568879560

From Helen and Herb

In reply to Bob E's request for a photo:

"Hope this view of Helen and our Fredericton friends, Roy and Doreen Boorman on Clearwater Beach doesn't hurt too much!"
H&H

Report on FABAC February Meeting by Bob E.

    Despite a record breaking snowfall and temperatures cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey (a prize for the first one to explain where that phrase comes from), a large group turned out to celebrate making it through a—let's face it—a truly lousy winter. 
    President-for-life Gary A. took the floor and brought us up to date on a bunch of stuff we already knew.

• The Mar 15th meeting will be a Jim W's place for the annual (funny how many of our events have become 'annual' affairs) St Patrick's day pot luck dinner and costume contest.
• The Foreign car club of Moncton will hold a Show & Shine in Dieppe on the 21st of June.  This would be a one day function.
• Windsor will happen on July 12th in—you guessed it—Windsor.  Book your ferry tickets now.  Participants are requested (urged?) to dress the part.
• Our event is tentatively on the 9th of August.  In case you've been holed up in the dark and nasty recesses of a Thornton overdrive, this event will be a pig roast at Jim W's.  Kelvin's band will also be playing and is asking for requests.
• John B. (of course)  made successful game out of stumping the gathering with a series of obscure car related questions. Despite being hampered with a substantial handicap, Joe H. and Kelvin won again.
• Jim B. mentioned a bunch of restaurants with private rooms and suggested we frequent those spots.

  The identity of our recently wounded was revealed but if you weren't there you get to wait another month—or ask someone.
   Bob E.

Nice cars in any language

Click on this masterpiece to see several more exquisite automobiles.

(Passed along by Mex Bob)

AND...

If you enjoyed those, check out this Retromobile Paris Auction collection at:
http://www.sportscardigest.com/sights-of-retromobile-paris-2014-photo-gallery/
- Webmaster

February FABAC Meeting Wednesday 19th

Where: Sam Snead's Oak Grill and Tavern at Kingswood Park (1700 Hanwell Road)
When: People seem to be arriving  more often at 5:30 rather than 6:00
(By the way, who made the arrangements for this event?)

Info on The Windsor British Motoring Festival

Gossip (from Bob E.)

Guess which two FABACians were recently seen sharing a room in the Fredericton hospital nursing broken appendages?
At least they had TWO things in common to chat about.

LeMans documentary

If you like LeMans and have 50 minutes of time to spare, this is worth a look.  LeMans – 100 Years of Passion.
Phil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJRXdWAwqpI

Car parts cleanout

Has anybody figured out why in the name of all things Lucas we as owners, tinkerers and drivers of old cars do the following:

1.- Buy parts that we really need but never install.
2.- Buy parts  that  really don’t even need.
3.- Buy more than one of same part when there is only one on the car.
4.- Buy parts and forget what they are for and where they go.

And can anybody tell me if this is more or less foolish than:

5.- Keeping broken parts we have just spent good money to replace.  Are they going to magically self repair in the bottom of a greasy toolbox??????
6.- Not labeling parts that are removed for repair or replace so now you have a supply of spare bits with no know use?
7.- Start more than one job  and forget to go back and finish the first one before you (attempt to) drive away?

So fess up.  Has anybody else done any of these or am I the only idiot out there???????

Ralph H

PS check out eBay for a couple new MGA parts I just listed.

Here's your weekly Citroën fix.

Mexicali Bob suggests you check out this article.

An Email from Bob E.

 A friend sent me this and while neither of us is much into dragsters ( he has an original Lotus Super 7 that he''s raced in BC) It's outrageously awesome and worthy of some reflective moments.  Please post.
- Bob

Ever wonder why a Top Fuel dragster gets a rebuilt engine after each run?
Stay with this - even if you aren't a 'car nut', this is stunning.

* One Top Fuel dragster outfitted with a 500 cubic-inch replica Dodge (actually Keith Black, etc) Hemi engine makes more horsepower (8,000 HP) 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 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on overdrive, 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 stoichiometric 1.7:1 air/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 spark plug. Which is typically the output of a small 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 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 4 G's. In order to reach 200 MPH well before reaching half-track, at launch the acceleration approaches 8 G'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.

Foreign Auto Club Show & Shine June 21st

Mex Bob wants to go. Maybe FABAC should do a British Invasion to the event.

Nice piece from the New York Times

A man's connection with a 1952 MG TD. Read about it here.
(Passed along by Joe H.)

Phil says:

Found this today.  Some people have entirely too much money!!  J
- Phil
 http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2014/01/30/unrestored-1957-ferrari-testa-rossa-reportedly-sells-for-39-8-million/?refer=news