MG Car Club of South Australia
MGA/MAGNETTE REGISTER
REPORT
From..Sandra Cardnell
hills opposite. Quite close to the town is
the Checker Hill Road which terminates
at the Williamstown Road. The views
are fantastic so we took that route
home.
Seven members of the Jowett club were
in Forreston to greet us and we enjoyed
morning tea (really great cakes made by
the girls and nibbles supplied by Den-
nise). It took some time for us to view
the Jowetts, mostly owned by Tim Kelly.
Along with his EK Holden (his first car)
and a quite rare 2 cylinder Bradford built
by Jowetts in Leeds (photo, a dark blue
van). We had, from memory, two large
saloon cars, two saloons with the slop-
ing back and a couple of sports models.
(2 photos showing a car and the un-
usual placement of the radiator – behind
the engine). Then, there were Tim’s
sheds to venture into. I looked into the
first one, but was not brave enough to
look any further. Suffice to say Tim is a
collector. A long time member of the
Jowett club was looking forward to see-
ing any Magnettes that might make the
journey, because, apparently both the
Magnettes and the Jowetts were de-
signed by Gerard Palmer. Sadly, not
this time.
A very good morning and it was good to
see other MG’s join the run. Dick Man-
ning in his modern F, Roger Ford (MGB)
and Ken Burke and John Roach in
Ken’s MGB. Jowett members included
Barrie Dutz, Sue and Gavin Farmer,
Sylvia and Alvin Jenkin and of course
our hosts, Janet and Tim Kelly. Geoff
Short and Kathryn Smith (new mem-
bers) and John Van Velzon (with his
wife) on their first run since joining about
REPORT ON THE COMBINED MGA/
MAGNETTE AND JOWETT JAVELIN
RUN SATURDAY,
16 NOVEMBER 2019.
D
ennise and Nick Micklem very
kindly offered to organize this run
instead of the usual Thursday night reg-
ister meeting.. We met at the Tea Tree
Gully Hotel for a chat, introductions of
new members and members who had
not previously been on a run with the
MGA/Magnette Group, followed by cof-
fee (or tea) in the hotel. We enjoyed
complimentary biscuits from the hotel.
(two photos of the cars at the hotel).
Apologies from Algates, Denny’s,
Goodes’ and Arthur Ruediger. With the
exception of Velli and Gary Algate, all
the other members had duties at Club
Registration day and payment of subs
at the Clubrooms. A special thank you
to Dee Denny and Lyn Stagg for step-
ping in for Alan at the Club so that he
could drive me on the run. I drive the
MGB occasionally, but the MGA is an-
other matter. Imagine if I damaged it,
life would not be worth living.
Three members of the Jowett Javelin
Club joined us at the Gully in a Jowett
and a modern vehicle. We travelled
through the back streets of Fairview
Park and then onto the One Tree Hill
Road. Through Kersbrook, Williams-
town, around the Warren Reservoir and
then onto Forreston. Our hosts Janet
and Tim Kelly had a very good display
of Jowett Javelins around their quaint
(and quite old) country stone cottage. A
verandah on two sides gave quite mag-
nificent views over the valley and to the
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