MG Car Club of South Australia
PRE-WAR & T - REGISTER
From..John Bray, photos byTerry Wright
1 August 2019
“Crowded House” at Ken Fisher’s ,
St Marys.
ell it certainly was crowded
house inside the magnificent
premises of Ken and Rosemary which
we regard as our winter event venue
these days.
“Fall at your feet”
Sensationally the statistics are well up
on previous meetings 52 signed in plus
a couple of Ken’s colleagues, 22 regis-
ter vehicles that included 17 T Types, 2
Prewar & 3 Y Saloons , check out the
gallery of cars in the photos taken by
Terry Wright.
A very big thankyou to Ken and Rose-
mary for their hospitality once again this
year.
Ken was pleased to show his latest
MGB acquisition, rubber nosed green
with tan livery, however even more
pleasing , Rosemary likes to drive it !
He’s really fallen on his feet with that
one.
“Something so strong”
Something has to be strong to keep
these guys away from the meeting
given the attendance figures on the
night:
1. Peter Auld
(over seas again)
2. Simon Ewart (flying again)
3. Brian Forth ( regularity)
4. Bazzica’s
(painting their own
crowded house)
5. Jenny Schiller ( gone away)
6. Julie & Brian McIver (away)
7. Leigh Richter (baby sitting G Kids)
8. Joy Pearson
9. Ronnie Jillett
10. Don Offler
For next meeting, Artfur , Terry, Buck-
les, Peter & Bronwyn Micklem
“Weather with you”
Actually it did not rain much , hoods
were down on the run down from Black-
wood in the T Types, so really the
weather was with us and most of you
to.
Show and tell them segment was very
interesting, presented to us by Ray
Finch who found a cast steel plate be-
hind a shed somewhere with the name
A Tomlinson Pty Ltd. Only one grass-
hopper at the meet successfully identi-
fied it with abject enthusiasm, one Bob
Schapel of course.
A Tomlinson (Alan) was a renown rac-
ing driver in the late thirties from WA ,
he won the 1939 Lobethal Grand Prix in
a supercharged 1937 MGTA Special
which was held at Lobethal SA. Second
was Bob Lea-Wright in a Terraplane
Special.
Alan Tomlinson passed away in 2011
aged 95 years , he was known as the
“original thinking racing driver” as it was
said that he was ahead of his time in
motor sport. Well done Ray, a great
show and tell em.
“Better be home soon”
In timely
veritas
Yes another gold watch presentation
again this meeting for three lucky mem-
bers who missed the last fiasco at leigh
Richter’s meeting.
All Cash Pearson and his “mule” Willow
Willington rounded off the stash of pure
gold plastic electronic time pieces that
will soon become quite valuable now
that Asia is not taking any recyclable
plastic bottles from us.
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