Catharine Pendrel is the Canadian Cyclist of the Decade

Click on the photo to go to the CBC article.

Click here to go to the original Canadian Cyclist article with lots of great photos and write-up.

Johanna and Bruce must be over-the-moon with the wonderful successes of their daughter!
Congratulations to all!
- David

A list of cars

Five of these cars are owned by club members.  Can  you identify them all?


https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/g30201323/51-coolest-cars-of-the-past-50-years-1576104937/
  Bob E.

Ferrari Automobile Logo in glass!!!

https://www.reddit.com/r/toptalent/comments/dw56rw/a_murano_glass_master_making_the_ferrari_logo/
(Sent along by Bob L.)

FABAC Donation

I had the privelage of delivering a donation from members of the Fredericton Area British Automobile Club, to Hospice Fredericton, in appreciation of the warm and compassionate care two of our members recently received at Hospice. Receiving the donation is Jamie Mathews, of Hospice House.
- Johanna

How about a Christmas Eve breakfast?

Kelvin will be at the Coffey Mill Tuesday December 24 for breakfast around 9:00a.m. or so. Why not join him before you head out to do your Christmas shopping? 🤪

Packard's Self Parker (1933)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMsRJrlbyMI
 (Sent along from Herb)

and another idea:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki9otMeiRP0

or see how the British did it years earlier:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5R368iX7iI 

In Memorium

As we approach the end of another year, I would like to remember our many wonderful friends we have lost since our beginnings in 2001. Here is the list with the year of their passing:

Sherry Alders 2019
Alex Hoffman (TR6) 2019
Bob MacNally (Triumph Spitfire) 2019
Terry Pond (MGB) 2019
John Bowles (MGB) 2018
Helen Walsh 2018
Dennis Williams (Chrysler Maserati) 2012
John Edwards (MGB) 2011

FABAC Christmas Donation to Hospice House

Our generous club members donated $545 to Hospice House. I will deliver the donation today, along with a Christmas card from FABAC members, and a note saying, 
"Fredericton Area British Automobile Club (FABAC) Donations to the Fredericton Hospice, in memory of those club members who have passed on this year. Not all of them were residents of Hospice House, but we would like to thank your staff for the wonderful care which was given to those who lived their last days at your residence - Terry Pond and Alex Hoffman.  Submitted at Christmas 2019.”

Bob E. passes along this item

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a30085091/these-guys-just-drove-an-e63-amg-across-america-in-a-record-27-hours-25-minutes/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

From the FABAC Archives!

(That means that this is OLD stuff, experienced by YOUNG people—not to be confused by NEW stuff experienced by OLD people!)  ;-)

Another Grrrrreat Tour! (August 26, 2001)

Well once again we had yet another wonderful tour. This time to York's Restaurant in Perth Andover. Our usual tour leader extraordinaire John Dewitt led the gaggle of Triumphs, MGB's and even a BMW Z3. Truly a well organized group of folks with one purpose in mind ...get us and our appetites to York's via the most picturesque route available and get us all there safely by 2 pm. That was the formidable objective handed to our tour leader.

The group consisted of:

John and Nancy Harmon - 1975 TR6
David and Carolyn Nielsen - 1976 TR6
Terry and Sharon - 1973 MGB
Steven Wheatley - BMW Z3
John Dewitt - 1976 Spitfire
Gary Arsenault/Barb Graham - 1972 MGB

There were many who wanted to attend but couldn't and nobody any more so then Gary and Debbie Wood whose youngest son sprained his ankle just moments before they were to join us. It would have been an opportune time to meet Debbie and wish her a happy Birthday so we'll do that via this email ...Happy Birthday Debbie!

Back to the trip. It was helmed by several folks. David/Carolyn Nielsen lead the way with the TR6 until we go to Millville at which time Terry/Sharon toured us through the back roads until we got to the TCH above Hartland. This was an absolute wonderful drive. Nice winding roads , great scenery and wonderful weather AND best of all driving in a top down LBC (little British Car).

John, then took the helm and drove us to York's getting us there right on time with everyone and their appetites safe and sound......and by this time it appeared a number had some gargantuan hungers....namely myself and maybe a few others. We were not to be disappointed.

The toughest decision we were faced at this point was making our selection.....they do not have a written menu. Your server lists it all off and you make a running decision at it. The main menu selection consisted of a choice between smoked pork chops, lobster, T Bone Steak, Southern fried chicken, scallops and others that I'm sure I missed. It started off with a wonderful salad, then a choice of juices or lobster bisque, the corn fritters, then main meal, then a small portion of one of the other meals, another corn fritter and so on and so on ...get the picture!

Needless to say the FABAC members all lived up to their reputation and ate and ate and ate. So much so that our procession out of the restaurant had to be preceded by a slow moving head vehicle. Well not quite but we were a lot slower moving out then we were moving in. Suspect it had something to do with the amount we ate.

We all shoe horned ourselves back into our cars with of course the proper amount of etiquette in doing so.

John then lead us back down river through another absolutely wonderful drive through Knoxford ...the scenery could only be described as being spectacular! Formidable!

Then we crossed the Longest Covered Bridge in Florence for a picture session. I noticed no one got out of their cars probably for fear of our now well settled meals forming into a belly bulge, not particularly enhancing to one's own image on picture, if you get the idea. Oh yea it probably had something to do with the shoe horning part as well. Just a lot of sighing going on.

Anyway from there we drove down to Nackawic, again nice country. From Nackawic we diverted to the TCH. By then it was about 630 pm and most folks were anxious to get home. I can't imagine why? So we all headed in that direction and each departed the tour as our exists came up.

Again, it was simply a wonderful time, wonderful folks, great weather, superlative scenery, great meal (actually too great of a meal) and another FABAC tour success story.

It was good thing!

Special thanks to:

Paul and Ellen Allen for suggesting this tour. Unfortunately they couldn't attend.
Carolyn Nielsen for organizing the York's reservations.
John Dewitt - our infallible, tour leader extraordinaire.

Tks Everyone,
Gary

Ford v Ferrari

 Phil sends this interesting bit along:

https://classicmotorsports.com/articles/ford-v-ferrari-how-accurate-film-we-asked-people-w/

Brit Car and other Automobile Magazines Available

Lise is going through Alex's things and found boxes of Brit Car and other car magazines. Many of these date back into the 60s to near present day. Lise asked me to circulate the news that these are available to anyone who wants them.

  If interested call her directly or email me and I'll provide her phone number.

Thanks,
   Gary

When automobiles were works of art.

Click on photo to view the web site. 

Passed along by Herb.