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RROC-SDR Board of Directors Meeting by Dennis Eickhoff Entertainment: Red Bull Air Race September 20, 2007 T he RROC-San Diego Region Board of Directors met at the home of Chairlady Ivonne Webb on Saturday morning September 20, 2007. Coincidentally the Webbs live about 1/2 block from the north shore of Coronado Island and coincidentally the 9th of 10 world wide Red Bull Air Races was scheduled for that same afternoon over San Diego bay. The following collage is a small sample of that treat. The winner of this race: Paul Bonhomme in Red & White No. 55 (See his photo on page 2 “Inside this Issue”.) September-October 2007 Finis Page 0 Volume 35 Issue 5 Photos by Dennis Eickhoff
RREC Concours & Rally by Ivonne Webb 50th Anniversary Celebration Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire, was the venue where at least 2500 people gathered, June 15th-17th 2007, for the golden jubilee of Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts Club. There were 28 judging classes, about 241 prewar and 703 post war automobiles registered for the event, not counting vendors and visitors. RROC celebrated its 56th National meet, with “Grandeur in the Gorge of the Columbia River,” August 7th- 11th, 2007. RROC was founded in 1951. The first president was Dr. Sam Shoup. The British R-R.E.C. followed six years later. Coincidentally our friends David and Jane Else, members of the 20 hp register, the group with which we participate on their annual tours, are the proud owners of the 20 hp that once belonged to Dr. Shoup On Friday 15 June, Bonham’s Auctioneers gave a reception by invitation with a donation for charity, in the big tent where they were exhibiting the automobiles and memorabilia that was going to be auctioned the next day. In typical English weather, it had rained for several days and when we approached the field it had become a muddy mess, we parked GMJ12 on the grass, fortunately I had taken a pair of rainy weather shoes and we proceeded to the gathering. We look for- ward year to year to seeing friends. Besides quite a number from the 20 hp register and the usual British crowd, we saw a few American friends who had come to the Silver Ghost endurance rally in Scotland. This year there ap- peared to be more German, French, Spanish, Italian and the past. other nationalities than in Saturday was again rainy so we stayed away from the field. We went sightseeing and to buy Wellington boots. On Sunday we entered the field from a difference entrance and we were directed to Class Entry 5, the section for 20 hp. Fortunately the sun shone from early morning, and there was a slight breeze. The rain from prior days had soaked in and the field was fairly dry, I could switch my “Wellies” for shoes. GMJ12 now has a pair of “Wellies” permanently stored with the umbrellas. The weather was perfect to look at cars and visit with friends and make new acquaintances. Due to the number of cars, we did not try to area. see them all, but gravitated to the Pre-War There were 56 Silver Ghosts in Class No.1, it was the biggest number I have ever seen in one place. At noon the parade of Silver Ghosts took place, it is incredible to see so many different body styles in such beautiful condition. We may have seen seven Springfield Ghosts. We were happy to see our friends from the United States: Victoria and Alan Campbell in their 1913 Woodall Nicholson Tourer, chassis 2239; Mermie Karger in her 1913 Saoutchick Tourer chassis 2442; David Morrison in his 1923 RRCCW Pall Mall Tourer Chassis 146JH; Gary and Diane Cerveny in their 1924 Replica Skiff 140AU. The big turn out was because most of the Silver Ghosts that had participated on the Scottish Tour came to the annual Rally. We found out that of the 60 Silver Ghosts that went to Scotland: 27 were from the UK, 17 USA, 10 Australia, 2 Hong Kong, 2 New Zealand, 1 Ireland, and 1 South Africa. By 1:30 p.m. the winners of the concourse had been chosen. First the touring class winners went in the parade ring to collect their awards and display the winning cars. At 2:00 p.m. the most elegant in show trophy winner was announced, at 2:30 p.m. Concours prize awarding started. At 3:35 there was a fly over display by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. We watched the RAF’s oldest WWII aircraft with Merlin Engines: a Lancaster four engine bomber, and Spitfire and Hurricane fighters. Some of these historic aircraft literally have been restored from scrap. Some of the British remembered the sound of those engines from their childhood days during the Second World War and are grateful to the valiant RAF who September-October 2007 (Continued Page 2) Page Volume 35 Issue 5 Photos by Rob Webb
Page 1 and 2: Advertisers/Supporters: Chuck Turne
Page 3 and 4: 2007 / 2008 - Region Calendar of Ev
Page 5 and 6: Ivonne & Rob Webb September-October
Page 7 and 8: Newport Harbor Cruise & Lunch (cont
Page 9: Coming Events: RROC-SDR November Me
Page 13 and 14: British Car Day 2007 by Robin Walke
Page 15 and 16: TECHNICAL: Backup Camera Installati
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Page 19 and 20: RROC National Meet - Stevenson, WA

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