This should help cool us off in the 30º+ weather here.

Photos taken this morning (Friday) in Goose Cove near St. Anthony.  Rain, wind and 5º C. Haven't found a road yet that would be LBC friendly.  😊
Phil

TR3 for Sale

Hi Folks,
Our TR3 is now on the Bring A Trailer.com website, if you care to take a look.
Cheers,
Larry

The other car show

Stephen attended this show of lovely American metal.
Click on the photo for more.

Terry and Rick's BBQ Run

      Smack dab in the exact geographic center of New Brunswick, planted on top of Sharp's Mountain with a commanding view of the St John River valley, sits Rick-n-Terry's place.  An international contingent a cars, led by Terry & Rick had wandered along the old highway under sunny and warm skies with goodies in the trunk (or boot) for a potluck mid-week outing.  We toured the garages with their eclectic collection of old cars and meandered through the gardens.  Lunch was taken on the patio where many tried to talk Rick into taking up the RC airplane hobby.  His place would make a great spot for a flying field.  A test of strength was held as some took turns tugging on a hit and miss engine.  It never did start but there's hope for next time.
       The club thanks Terry and Rick for not only their hospitality but the tour leading to their place.
  Bob E.

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Sad FABAC News

      It is with a heavy heart filled with so many great feelings and memories of both that I have to tell you that John Bowles and Helen Walsh have passed on.

      Both John and Helen have in their own individual ways contributed significantly to our club. Our memories of them will always continue to bring brightness to all of us for having had them in our lives.

       We will miss them greatly in so many ways.

   Gary

(John's obituary may be found here.)
(Helen's obituary may be found here.)

This promises to be a great early season run. Join us!

A drive to Rick and Terry's place, near Woodstock.

Date: June 26, 2018 (with backup rain dates of June 27 or 29)

Meet: we will meet everyone at the Riverside Resort and Conference Centre at Mactaquac (French Village) at 1030h

Drive: along Route 102 past Kingsclear, to Nackawic - out onto the TCH four lane for a couple of miles, and then back onto Route 102 through Meductic to Woodstock - cross the Grafton Bridge and north onto Route 105 to our place

Food: we will supply hamburgers, buns, and condiments - participants bring salads or desserts to share, and bring their own refreshments (we will have coffee, tea, water).  If anybody would like to BBQ something instead of a hamburger, please feel free to bring it along, there will be lots of BBQ space and time.

The drive will take approximately one and a half hours (a little over 100 km). 

Return drive to Fredericton could take the same route, or could travel through Millville, or could travel down the TCH four lane.  Route 105 from Woodstock to Nackawic is not recommended for any vehicle that a person cares about - very rough!
 I think that this plan has the three main components for a successful outing: drive, meet, eat.

 - Terry and Rick (425-0618)

Report on June Meeting

     Dinner on the patio under a warm summer sky has just gotta be good—and it was. Gary filled us in on the goings on with the following:

• a warm welcome was extended to Carolyn and David's son, Dana who is visiting from Japan. 
• Terry & Rick's upcoming event (next Tuesday!) was advertised.  Watch here for details. 
• a brief report on Kelvin's Land Rover smash-n-grab contest was given.  
• the Tuesday morning breakfasts continue to be very popular.  Kudos to Phil for starting this and keeping it going. 
• The Great Race will be passing near here soon (29th June).  See information on the site. 
• Larry reminded us all about the Stanley Fair in August (the 18th).  It will not rain this year. 
• Johanna gave a report on Minister's Island and recommended a run in August. 
• Rita-n-Rob will be holding their pot luck cottage visit again in August. 
• July's meeting will be at McGinnis Landing.

  Bob E.

Thousands attend FABAC June Meeting/Eating

FABAC June 20th Meeting

Booked the Delta Patio for 5:30 pm to 8 pm on Wednesday June 20, for 24 people. If it is raining, they will have a table all prepared for us indoors.

Johanna

Morgans love louvres.

While washing my 1968 +4 Super Sport Morgan, I admired the wonderful louvre work on the top and sides of the bonnet and along the scoop for the Weber carbs. I also admired the paint job that looks so good after eighteen years. Even the old painted wheels look good with new tires and a little spritz of gloss aluminum paint.

Cheers
David

Here's your chance to be part of Kelvin's 'Landy' project.

Bob is coming over on Thursday morning to do some more disassembly and perhaps some actual re assembly if anyone cares to join us. Lunch will be provided.  
- Kelvin

Great Race Update

I just want to bring up the matter of the Great Race again.  They will arrive in Rothesay for lunch on Friday June 29th after driving from Bar Harbor, Maine.  They will overnight in Moncton, then on to Truro and Halifax.  Unfortunately, we will be in Newfoundland and will miss this wonderful opportunity to see some great cars.

Phil

https://www.greatrace.com/route

Pat is parting with his '69 MGB

Click on picture to enlarge.

Hi FABAC members,
      Some of you may have heard that while I was in Florida in March, I fell and broke my hip and required hip replacement surgery at a hospital in Zephyrhills.  Although not completely recovered at this time, I'm gaining strength in my right leg but expect it will be difficult to get into and out of my '69 MGB roadster. This being the case I'm considering selling or trading it for something more suitable. It is appraised and insured for $23,500 and at the present time is at York Auto, off Bishop Drive.
Hope to join you guys later.
--- Pat Peterson     patpeterson70@yahoo.ca

More goings-on at Kelvin's

Click on happy Kelvin for more photos of work-in-progress

       Lunch this week consisted of ground rust and paint chips cradling a selection of cut-off bolts-n-nuts.  This was sauteed in a mixture of ATF* and acetone, and washed down with fifteen year old stale gasoline.  And yes, it tasted like excrement.   I hope it's better next week.
       The goal was to remove the seat box (and it's integral fuel tank) and rear cargo box. Both jobs looked like they where going to be easy-peasy but proved to be anything but. Confirming the truism that the perversity in the universe tends towards a maximum, all easy to access fasteners came out almost laughably easy.  The ones that were buried or recessed were all solidly rusted in lace.  Many of the bolt or nut faces were already rusted to an ungrippable round shape compounding the problem.  We couldn't even reach them with a small grinder and the only tool Kelvin doesn't own, a die grinder with a metal burr tip, would have been perfect here,
       This forced us to bang, hammer, drill, bash, curse, threaten and eventually chisel off a few of the worst offenders.  We both came away with serious bruises on our hands.   Jennie (Kelvin's puppy) helped out by washing the rust flakes off my face as I lay on the ground.
       A further problem came to light when we discovered that the floor area was covered with layers of metal sheeting pop riveted to rusty bits and cemented in place with tar that had hardened over the decades.  The finger-numbing task of chiseling it off was made significantly faster and easier with the introduction of a strange vibrating gizmo from Kelvin's tool repertoire.  Despite my initial misgivings, it worked great.
       Eventually the cursed seat box was triumphantly lifted away and we broke for lunch (finally!).
       Returning to the garage we tackled the cargo box.  It was much easier to access the fasteners but we were hampered by a slower work pace caused by warm-lunch-belly-syndrome (WLBS). As the afternoon wore on we finally dropped out tools and decided that we'd made enough progress for the day. The cargo box still stubbornly attached, awaits another day to reveal its secrets.

Bob E (nursing several mashed fingers)

* Automatic Transmission Fluid