MG Car Club of South Australia
Thane that there was to be going to be
an announcement following Mallala His-
torics. After seven laps of the course
Arthur in the lead car heading the
TC’s , was awarded the trophy for the
best car on parade or something like
that. My little mate proudly pulls from
his black leather bag the silver chalice
for all to see and acknowledge well
done, it was presented by Kevin Bart-
lett, “KB” of all people. The only Kevin
Bartlett that I knew was the short bald
headed selfish rover that played for
Richmond in the VFL. How wrong was
that.? The real KB is indeed the great
Australian racing driver of the 60-70’s
champion in 68 & 69, winner of Bathurst
1000 in 1974, career 3 wins from 40
starts. Now you can see that for Arthur
it was almost equivalent of meeting
Prince Harry or the Queen. Thanks
again Dr G.
Former Porsche owner and driver Terry
Wright told a very sexist joke involving
a wife and a porsche that he had heard
recently on the octagonal grape vine,
like good grapes it was “squashed” no
one thought it was that funny, but at
least his photos of Phillip Island were of
much greater quality than the joke.
Just a few more quick items, Willow
Willington was looking for some TF
gold paint for the job he’s doing, An-
thony Pearson off loaded a tin plate
model TC to one of our foremost MG
members, Peter Auld, the Australian
Federation Historic Motoring Club Rally
in 20230 is open , announce by Chris-
topher Kinney, the King in the limelight
again, advised on the pitfalls of selling
cars on Historic Registration, Peter
Wallace has a contact somewhere who
knows someone else somewhere who
has some 19 inch wheels hidden some-
where for someone to ferret out maybe,
quality somewhat unknown as is the
name of that somebody who resides
somewhere near Mildura I am told.
Finally The wrap, thankyou to Octhago-
nal Martoin, helpers ACP.com, the
Dominos Pizza delivery boy and the
many kind words from the register
greasers on the night, a great success
really.
NEXT MEETING. Thursday June 6,
Ian Buckley, 52 Birdwood Terrace
North Plympton.
I am delighted that Ian has nominated
for this meeting where we can see the
progress on the renovation of the J2
engine and mechanicals in his pristine
garage, which may be rivalled only by
Jay Lemo USA and Octhagonal Martin
in Coromandel Valley, be there it will be
good.
Fact ;: 2083 J2’s were made between
1932-1934. Predecessors MG C & D
types. Successor, MG P Type.
This
valuable information was made avail-
able by the good Doctor Google, than-
kyou.
PS. There were also J1’s and J3-4’s I
believe.
PPS. The time for this meeting is
6.59pm for 7.00pm, all clear on that
come earlier if you like.
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