Deals on wheels

Here's a recent auction of LBCs in England as reported by Sports Car and Classic magazine. They cite many examples of erstwhile high value cars that are not making their reserves. No deals on Ferraris, but some nice rolling stock.

Dan N.

Navigator Bob's St.Georges Day Report

  Now that our power is back on...
  ...I can make a report.
   Under drizzly skies, a lighthearted and boisterous crowd met in the downtown ready for whatever the routemaster was going to throw our way.  There were even a couple of LBCs in attendance.  The anticipation was palpable and at the stroke of 5:00PM cars roared off at two minute intervals.
    Kelvin had laid out a devious route, twisting and winding through the downtown core followed by even more meandering along, over, and around the Nashwaak.  Hampered by an odometer reading in miles, a chatty driver, a rock hard suspension that made taking notes nigh on impossible, and cookies...(pause for affect)...Larry and I made enough wrong turns to stumble into Kelvin's place.
   There were even more FABACians there waiting to greet the rallyists bringing the total to over 30 folks.  It goes without mention that the food was spectacular.  Kelvin  had a car quiz ready which John B managed to win (no surprise there).  This one had some cars that were rare enough to stump even him.  Larry and I were shocked/astounded/surprised/dipped in excrement/flabbergasted to hear that we'd won the rally.  I can only offer the suggestion that we'd made enough wrong turns that they cancelled each other out and driving at every speed other than the target average had given the same result.
     The evening ended all too early and we departed under still gloomy skies.
  A big thanks to Kelvin for his hospitality and yes, we will, we promise, move the Smart car soon.
        Just call us.

Bob E.....still stumped.

The President's Report on the St. Georges Day Gathering

Once again Kelvin hosted the St. Georges Day gathering at his place on this past weekend. This was a truly wonderful event, well evidenced by the smiles, chuckles and general merriment of the 29 folks who attended. It's a good thing Kelvin has a huge garage to hold the event. Not only does he have the space for a gathering like this but it's so well equipped and maintained with all the necessities of auto maintenance. Many including myself were pretty impressed with it all.

 Where this was a pot luck, the varied main dishes, decadent desserts and  drinks were all delicious. Food in general as we all know is a very important part of this club and that was certainly well shown here to the delight of all.

 Before gathering at Kelvin's, the majority of the group participated in a well organized rally  that Kelvin also put together for the group. From all indications it too was a grand success. Top prize went to Larry and Bob for their top navigating skills. That said, everyone did well in that they all finished within 5 minutes of the winners. I'd say we have a group who are really keen to rally and certainly proficient at it too!

  All in all we all had a great time. Kelvin obviously put a major effort into this combined event for us for which we are all very appreciative. Many thanks Kelvin—good show!

   Gary

St. George's Day Rally and Food

Kelvin outdid himself with this rally! I am sure there is a report in the works from the navigator of the winning team, but until then, enjoy some photos from Ellie and Jim:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/53035217@N00/sets/72157651791516600/show

St GEORGES DAY EVENT — Saturday April 25th

Meet at Tim Hortons at the Exhibition Grounds at 4:30 to 5:00
From there you will leave at 2 min intervals on a small car rally that will bring you to my house for about 5:30 to 6:00. I will hand out an info sheet at the meeting place explaining how the rally instructions work.
The actual instructions will be given to each car 2 mins before your start time.

As this is a pot luck supper, you can leave your food with me at the start and I will take it home when all entrants have left, this saves you having to carry your food with you in the car for an hour. Those who don't want to go on the rally part can just meet at my house for 6:00.
Don't forget its BYOB.
For those that may not have been to my house it is at:

1335 ROUTE 10 — NOONAN   472-9895

Some idea of numbers will help — a large group and it will be in the garage while a smaller number and we will hold it at the house.

Looking forward to seeing you all after a long cold winter.
- Kelvin

I don't know what's happening to our FABAC site... ;-)...

First, I post photos of my Phoebes looking for a place to nest, and now Paul Brooks recommends this Snowbirds video. (However, I think you'll like it.)
http://youtu.be/tTnTEvKC-sE

An Ambitious Drive

An interesting and very ambitious group from Australia here.  Amazing trip!  Documents shipping cars from AU to Chile and driving south to Terra del Fuego and Ushuaia, then from the southern most point of South America to Vancouver, BC. I believe that they are in Colorado now.  Some of these folks have shipped their MGs to Africa and driven them there as well.   Who says that LBCs aren’t reliable?

http://mgpanamerica.mgcc.com.au/

Phil

Windsor Car Show — a FABAC favourite

The British Motoring Festival (its proper name) has information and registration online.
July 11 - 13th
Check it out here:
http://www.britishmotoringfestival.com/register.php

Bird flight #2 — beautiful!

My security system emails me two frames of any movements in the driveway—day or night. This morning I found that a bird had shown some interest in the security camera—probably looking for a place to build a nest.
If anyone knows how one can view it frame by frame using the keyboard arrow keys or some other technique, please let me know. I tried arrow keys but it didn't work on my iMac. Some of the frames are absolutely beautiful.
Extra points to anyone who can identify the bird.  :-)

First, the movie:

...and a few partial frames:

What does this have to do with LBCs? I have another security camera system watching over the Morgan inside the garage. Details of that can be provided to you during your detention in jail. ;-)

How good are security cameras?

Modern HD motion detecting cameras are incredible. This morning mine gave me twelve frames of a bird flying by. Here are two of the frames—the second showing the bird about to land near the eave of the garage roof.

Click on photo for a larger view.

Report on FABAC April 15th meeting

      Spring's meeting saw three LBCs out, albeit with tops up.
      John D. was in attendance and proudly sporting a new mechanical knee but politely declined an offer to have his (its?) nipples greased.

• Gary started the business portion off with a quick recap of the Dumfries sugar shack run which is always a popular way to start the season. 
• He then introduced Kelvin who handed out a set of cryptic instructions as homework for his upcoming St Georges day rally and pot luck dinner.  Further direction will be given at the start of the rally next Saturday (the 25th).  As his Smart car is still stuck in the driveway on collapsed springs, folks are urged to bring hernia belts to aid in dragging the thing into the garage. 
• Kelvin also announced his plan to host a 'Drive-In' evening at his place.  This is exactly what it sounds like and is scheduled for the fall once the mosquito hordes have subsided.
• The Moncton Foreign Car Club has an upcoming show at the coliseum which a couple of folks have planned to attend.  The calendar mentions that this takes place this weekend. http://foreignautoclub.ca/       
• Numerous folks are already planning for the Windsor show on July 12-14. 
• Herb reminded us about the race weekend at Atlantic motorsport Park in Shubenacadie on the weekend of August 22nd and 23rd. 
• Jim B passed on a proposal from Steven W. regarding a weekend trip. Three trips where proffered with a trip to Grand Manan being the favourite. While it was initially suggested as a May run, weather concerns favour a delay until later in the summer.  May on the coast is usually cold and foggy.

   *****Intermission (food arrived)*****

• With food out of the way, Gary wisely decided to make us pick our next dinner locale as we'd forgotten during the last meeting.  The May meeting will be at McGinnis's Landing Sam Snead's Restaurant (Jim B learned that McGinnis Landing was already booked by another group) on the 20th. 
• Jim B offered a run to White Tail Fisheries in Saint John that hosts a sea food feast. http://whitetailfisheries.ca/ It will be an open air picnic followed by a visit to Karen -n- Ralph's place in town.  This will be a great way to get together with the Saint John gang. 
• John B  provided a heads up regarding the highly popular Carter House Thanksgiving dinner run.  As the Carter house will be closed in October he suggested that we do it in September.  This was enthusiastically agreed to.
• The evening was topped off by a raucous quiz given by John B (same guy). THIS time, Kelvin and Joe were given a billion point penalties which kept them out of the running.

  Bob E.

Weird road vehicle

Not an LBC but at least it’s from the UK. 
http://www.legendaryspeed.com/this-guy-creates-road-legal-bumper-car/
Phil

What engine was dropped into this MGB?

I received an interesting email from Gerard B. who wonders who might be able to identify what engine he has in his B.
Listen to it on Youtube here.

FABAC April Meeting

When: Wednesday, April 15th anytime 5:30 onwards
Where: Sam Snead's Restaurant Porch at Kingswood Golf Course on the Hanwell Road
Why: If you need to ask, then you are not really a member of FABAC!  ;-)
How: LBCs preferred but we have an all-foreign inclusion policy

The weather looks promising, so you have a few days to get your car ready to GO!
See you soon!

Thanks to Johanna for making the arrangements for this eating/meeting.

2015 Goodwood Members Meeting

Some excellent photos here of the 2015 Goodwood Members Meeting.  Some fabulous cars.
 - Phil
http://www.sportscardigest.com/goodwood-members-meeting-2015-picture-gallery/

and a crash at the same meet…………………enough to make one cry.

http://cars.aol.co.uk/2015/03/24/priceless-1955-mercedes-and-1959-lister-jaguar-crash-at-goodwood/