Keeping Classics Alive... - A40 Farina Club

meeting which would be a great shame as, if my memory serves me well, has been
running since 1983! We will soldier on as long as we can in case the attendance picks up
in the warmer spring weather.
Secondly, the DATE FOR OUR ANNUAL MO PICNIC at the farm home of Anna and
Frank Vickerman in Worcestershire will be SUNDAY 22nd JUNE (a week earlier than
normal this year, hope people will still be able to attend). Helpers would be gratefully
received just to set up some tables and layout the spares we usually sell. If you have not
yet been to our picnic please get in touch with Anna (phone number inside back cover of
FNs) who will give you friendly directions on how to find the farm.
Finally, the date for THE MALVERN SHOW is 4th·5th OCTOBER and I need early
confirmed booking of who will be attending because the closing date for Club stands is
June, so don't all rush at once, we are limited to 15-20 cars!
Oh by the way, has any Club member got an FS927 ignition barrel?
Thanks,
YORKSHIRE GROUP
Nick Bayliss
M/N 13
The long dark nights will now be disappearing and thoughts of summer and enjoying our
classics will be well upon us (although I do not mind the long dark nights as it gives you
the chance to get all those jobs done). Repainting the wife's Wolseley, dropping a 2 litre
twin-cam engine into the A40 and now my 13 year old daughter has started her racing
career in a 1 litre Mini stock car that now needs a new gearbox before the season starts in
March - ail that has given me plenty to do. Our area meeting at the Grey Horse PUb,
Elvington, near York has still been disappointing with only the odd MO-ite turning up.
There is still plenty of classic car buffs at the meet - mainly Cambridge/Oxford And
Tadcaster Car Club members. Many of these people once had A40s in the past. Just
before Christmas our Area had its winter run to the Classic Car Show at the NEC in
Birmingham. After meeting at the Woodall services on the M1, off trundled the six-car
convoy. Getting there was not a problem but before we left the show for our return journey
down came the snow which made the run home interesting! Our first show this year will be
the Tadcaster Car Club's show on the 20 April 1997. This will be followed by the
Cambridge/Oxford Owner Club's National Rally at Sewerby Hall nr. Bridlington on the 11
May 1997. All A40s are most welcome, the only change is that you now need to fill in an
entry form to gain access to the grounds. The entry is still free and I will post a form to
anybody requiring one. I also noticed the A40 in the Nissan advert. There was also a
Morris Minor but I think Bodie & Doyle would have swapped them all for a 3 litre Capri ... !
Happy Motoring,
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Dave Cooper
MN 2159
Tel. 01302 819539
DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES
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www.a40farinaclub.co.uk
(If you write to any contact, please enclose an SAE for your reply. As usual, do please
remember it makes sense to check with the organisers of any event that it's still on BEFORE
setting out from home).
March 15-16 THE LONDON CLASSIC MOTOR SHOW, Alexandra Palace, London: special
features, "show-stoppers", practical demonstrations, trade, small business & autojumble stalls.
Please contact Greenwood's Exhibitions, PO Box 49, Aylesbury, Bucks HP22 5FF or telephone
01296631181/632040.
March 31 THE BRITISH RALLYCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP, Lydden International Race Circuit
near Canterbury, Kent on Easter Monday will include a Classic Car Display of all types of cars
that featured in the early days of Rallycross. Entry is £18 to include a programme. Contact
Brian Miller on 01702 520 220 or e-mail him at 101753.3610@COMPUSERVE.COM for more
details.
May 4-5 LUTON HOO CLASSIC CAR SHOW, Luton, Bedfordshire. Trade and autojumble
plots. Contact Greenwood's Exhibitions (see March 15-16 entry) for details.
May 11 SANDWELL HISTORIC VEHICLE PARADE, West Midlands. Application forms
available from Geoff & Linda Price, Transtar Promotions, 37 Combertord Drive, Tiffany Green,
Wednesbury, West Midlands WS1 0 OUA. Entry fee is £2.50 and our Spares Secretary Debbie
Smith hopes to go - see her note in the Spares section.
May 25-26 PENSHURST PLACE CLASSIC MOTOR SHOW, Penshurst, Tonbridge, Kent. Free
venture playground; house & gardens can be visited by separate admission. Contact
Greenwood's Exhibitions (see March 15-16 entry) for details.
May 25-26 THE PETERBOROUGH CLASSIC CAR SHOW, Elton Hall, Elton, Peterborough,
Cambridgeshire. Extensive gardens can be visited by ticket holders to the Car Show free of
charge. Contact Greenwood's Exhibitions (see March 15-16 entry) for details.
June 8 THE LONDON TO BRIGHTON CLASSIC CAR RUN for pre-1979 claSSIC vehicles. Two
start points (Syon Park & Crystal Palace), checkpoints at stately homes and museums, join the
fantastic display of classics along Brighton's seafronted road where participating vehicles are
brought together for the first time. Trade and autojumble plots at the finish. Club member Lyn
Fenner hopes to complete the run - why not Join her?
June 29 KIDS-LIKE-US at Cannon Hill Park, West Midlands, are hosting an MO display from
12 noon till 5pm. Club Membership Secretary Christine Hepherd's the girl to contact for more
details. See inside rear cover for address.
June 29 THE CRICKET ST. THOMAS CLASSIC CAR SHOW, Cricket St. Thomas, The
Westcountry Wildlife and Leisure Park, Chard, Somerset. Entry to the show includes entry to
the 50 acre Wildlife Park. Contact Greenwood's Exhibitions (see March 15-16 entry) for details.
August 24-25 BREAM ORE HOUSE CLASSIC CAR SHOW, Fordingbridge, Hants. Separate,
reduced admissions to the Countryside Museum, which contains a fine collection of steam
powered farm machinery, tractors etc - and the Elizabethan manor house and grounds.
Contact Greenwood's Exhibitions (see March 15-16 entry) for details.
August 24-25 KNEBWORTH '97 - THE CLASSIC MOTOR SHOW, Knebworth Park,
Stevenage. Herts. Classic vehicles and autojumble. Large adventure playground and formal
gardens open free, with reduced admission prices to the House. Contact Greenwood's
Exhibitions (see March 15-16 entry) for details.
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