Caption contest

Bob E. sent along this:
A warm and wet Christmas eve in Windsor NS.  Granddaughter is trying to stuff crackers in my nose.
Here's a shot from Halifax.

Come up with a great caption for this photo and become famous—in other words, no prize.

Some reading material for those stormy days.

Some great information here for folks who like to tinker with their own LBCs and particularly the SU fuel pump.  Some other great links there too.

Phil

http://userwebs.donobi.net/sufuelpumps/Fuel_Pumps/sufuelpumparticles.html

Enough information here to keep one occupied over Christmas:
http://www.chicagolandmgclub.com/techtips/

Were we really this goofy in the sixties?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=428H70UMDAg
(Passed along by Bob E.)

Successful Fund Raising

Susan, who organized the fundraising aspect of our holiday party, is pleased to announce that $400 was raised for the Multicultural Association. She thanks everyone who made this possible.

FABAC's Christmas Party 2016 Edition

     Rather than make a mess of someones house, we again opted to scatter the detritus of our yearly
Christmas celebration in the party room of McGinnis Landing.

• Gary (naturally) opened with some messages from absent members. Jim B. and Ellie sent their regrets at being unable to attend as did Dwight and his wife. It seems that winter's chills have gotten the best  of many FABACians with a variety of flu, fevers, coughs, colds, snotfests and other fun.
• A short, year-end summery was given and it was decided that while we'd enjoyed a good year, we need more runs for next year.
• He also thanked David for keeping the website running smoothly. It's our central hub and we all appreciate what you do, David.
• Our next meeting is scheduled for Jan 18th, 2017 at Sam Sneads. Please note that that's NEXT YEAR.

     Much merriment followed with Christmas Crackers providing goofy hats and the acrid smell of gunpowder. We (thankfully) avoided the temptation to have a group bang.
     Kelvin ran the Yankee swap in the absence Of Dianne E. who was home staying away from germy people.
     Gary explained the rules...at length, and we were off. This year's gifts saw a lot of tools and car accessories which where hotly fought over.
     Susan B. collected donations for the Fredericton Multi-cultural association.
     John B. held a special quiz featuring many Christmas themed questions.  As John had forgotten to impose any handicaps, Kelvin won it.
     Alex and Lise had departed earlier but had left a couple of Alex's drawings as door prizes.  Two gorgeous renderings of local scenes were given away which I assume will be framed and proudly displayed.
     *Don't forget to email me (bobearl@hushmail.com) for the download link to my picture quiz*
Bob E.

From FABAC Archives: April 26th, 2001!!

Notes submitted by Gary Arsenault for the meeting held on April 26th, 2001:

Three LBC's showed up. The keeners were:
Jim Woodford - 74 MGB
Bob Constable - 81 Spitfire
Gary Wood - 77 MGB

We agreed to get some things moving on the touring front:
The current tour schedule:

• May 20/01- St Andrews day trip - John Dewitt and Mike Hines volunteered to be tour directors. Please call them for details.
  John - 357-5820
  Mike - 472-8064
• May 24/01 @7 pm - Lunar Rogue* meeting to discuss how St Andrews tour went and to discuss next event. If Lunar Rogue is unavailable then Beaverbrook or Sheraton would be next on list. John Dewitt agreed to be point person on this.
• June ????/01 - Arnold Boer agreed to organize a day tour.
• July 13/01 - PEI British Car Day. Jim Woodford and Mark Jones obtained loads of information on the event. This was passed out to everyone. A reminder for anyone attending to book their accomodations right away...or be prepared to bring a tent.... which is OK too! Jim Woodford and Gary Arsenault volunteered to organize a local contingent to convey our way over there. Stay tuned.
  Jim - 363-4697
  Gary - 454-4546

Other issues:

• There was some discussion on showing cars at the local Fton car shows. Jim McKeown is going to talk to those folks to see if there was any interest in having our group attend.
• Gary Hetherington offered to have folks visit him at his large open area in Rusagonis. Sounds like a good sport for a get together.
• Gary Arsenault is planning on having the group over for a barbeque sometime this summer.
• We need a name! A brief discussion on a name for the group was had but no name came forward. It was agreed to bring final suggestions to the next meeting.
• Everyone at this meeting was given a current list of folks who have attended the last meeting.
• There was some discussions and interest in rallying. Hopefully those interested will put something together to see this happen. Sounds like a lot of fun.
• David Nielsen is developing a web page for us and has that done a remarkable job at putting our information together. Everyone recognized the need for a common communications tool to help us get our message out or in as the case may be. This page will be instrumental in getting our group up and rolling and then more important..... sustaining it. Thank-you David from all of us. This is much appreciated and welcomed!

* It was decided later that we should consider choosing a meeting place that allows us to have a view of the parking lot for security and peace-of-mind reasons. Quite a valuable collection of cars when we are all together.

Holiday Season Party

Just a reminder that our annual Holiday Season Party is Wednesday Dec 14 at McGinnis Landing at 5:30pm. We will have a an optional Yankee Swap (limit $15.00/present) for those that want to participate and there will be a charitable event with donations(no limit) to the Multicultural Association of Fredericton, in recognition of their excellent work in assisting Syrian refugees. Susan Butterfield has organized this for us.

  Hope to see everyone there.

   Thanks
    Gary

Another famous British car recreation!

Read about Aston Martin's plan here.
Thanks to Bob E. for passing this along.

A wonderful article from the Globe and Mail

Peter Cheney’s final dispatch from behind the wheel. Read it here.
Thanks to David R. for passing this along.

Bob's Challenge 2016

Anyone wishing to partake in my (Bob E) quiz is requested to email myself at, bobearl@hushmail.com
I'll send the link to download the files.

The quiz will also be available on USB stick at the Christmas party.  Bring a thumb drive, laptop or tablet to grab the files.

Bob E

Video for getting our heads around repairs

https://www.facebook.com/505402872831692/videos/744256855612958/
Thanks to Joe for passing this along,
(I'm still laughing out loud. - WebMaster)

And you remember the previous FABAC recipient of the Swain Award?

http://fabaclub.blogspot.ca/2014/09/the-car-rick-would-most-like-to-drive.html

Thanks to Ralph for passing this along.

Morgan is this year's Rick Swain Choice.

A very special award presented each year at the British Motoring Festival in Windsor NS is the selection of the car that artist Rick Swain would most like to drive home. This year, Rick announced that his choice was a 1968 Morgan +4 SS owned by David Nielsen of the Fredericton Area British Automobile Club (FABAC).

New Product Now Available!

I have recently developed a unique LBC/Camper Conversion kit.  Comfortably sleeps two people.  Convertible so one person can sleep while the other drives.  Great for winter camping—keeps you totally off the ground.  For a small additional cost, can be factory installed.  We plan an initial production run of only 10,000 units, so order now before they’re gone.   For more information contact Larry Heinlein (serious inquires only please).

Interesting Car Story—Wolsley Hornet

Article about 57 custom coach built Wolsley Hornets built for a Heinz 57 (of course) soup contest.  They even came with a picnic hamper, an electric kettle and a 12V receptacle for warming some of Heinz’s best. The very small coach builder had no room to store the cars as they were being built, so stored them at a nearby nudist colony.
Phil

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/classic/wolseley-hornet-soft-top-got-britain-buzzing/