NOVEMBER & DECEMBER 2018 NEWSLETTER

CHAIRMAN'S WELCOME

Hello to all and welcome to the final newsletter for this year. We have had avery successful time this year with a full diary of events and fantasticweather and I would like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you toPam Laurens and all the members of the Social Committee for all their hardwork and organisation. Many thanks also to Matthew Chambers, who hasretired as Club Treasurer, a position he has held for many years and to JohnLamy for his support as Vice Chairman.

Club membership continues to grow and I would like to welcome Roy Hotton, Mary Karch, Mick Jehan, David Pittom and Paul Tinley, and also Paul Furzer and Tim Pollard who have rejoined.

It is with sadness that I have to announce the passing of club member Mr Graham Hayward. The club would liketo extend its condolences to Mrs Marion Hayward and family It just remains for me to wish all members a Happy Christmas and safe and enjoyable motoring in 2019.Cheers for now Tim

CLUB NEWS

A well attended A.G.M. was held on October 25th at St Clement's Parish Hall. The majority of the presentcommittee agreed to carry on in their positions with Cynthia Hamon taking on the role of treasurer. Dan Michelhas decided to retire from the Social Committee, thank you Dan for your help during the past few years. Hisposition has been filled by Frank Laurens. Thank you to Cynthia and Frank for taking on these roles. The clubaccount is on a level footing and our sponsors have agreed to continue for 2019.

2019 SUBSCRIPTIONS Attached to this newsletter is your renewal form for 2019. The subs remain the same at £20 for a single and £30for a couple membership. We have changed family membership to couple to clarify benefits. Please try to renewyour membership during the next month so that we can update our database and ensure you receive your newsletter in January.

SEPTEMBER CAR OF THE MONTH :

J6789 - MK 1 FORD CONSUL – THE HONORY CONSUL

Paul Furzer receiving his trophy from John Lamy

Les Charrieres Nicolle,St Lawrence

Telephone: 862938 Email; rob@tractors.je

www: tractors.je

94 Halkett Place, St Helier. Telephone: 872345

Mon to Fri: 8am - 5pm / Sat: 9am – 1pm

I purchased the car in July 1993 from Maurice Takoor, the insurance valuations officer of the NSRA. The credit for the modifications should go to Charlie Taylor from the East End of London who carried out all the work in 1982 at a cost of £4,000 and 3,000 man hours. Maurice named it the Honorary Consul in reference to the film and the book and Steph Newington signwrote the name for me.

The specifications and mods are numerous but are basically as follows;

1954 MK1 Ford Consul 4-door saloon, 1969 Ford 302cu in small block V8, C4 Auto gearbox with B & M shift kit and quick click shifter, Jag S-type rear axle with LSD, narrowed 6 ¾”, MK 2 Zodiac front struts, servo assisted with drilled discs, rack and pinion steering, Holley 650 vacuum secondary carb, street dominator manifold, blackjack headers, crane cam, ported and polished heads, crossflow high capacity rad with twin cooling fans and built in auto gearbox cooler section, etc, etc.

The car was originally bare metalled and sprayed in two-tone Fiat Olive green and Mercedes Ivory and I restored the lower half of the bodywork over an 8 year period in the early 2,000’s. The Diamondback radial whitewalls are made in America and are a recent addition to replace the previously painted tyres.

The car has been featured in various magazines and was a front cover car in Street Machine magazine in 1987.It is very comfortable to drive and is a true sleeper and can surprise other motorists as it is so stock looking.

The registration was transferred from my Morris Minor Custom which I originally bought in 1978 for £60 without looking at the J number until after purchase!

TRINITY MANOR – 13TH OCTOBER Le Riche Automobile Restorers organised a “Cows & Cars” event to promote local motoring clubs to a group ofwealthy immigrants hosted by Mr & Mrs Paul Bell at Trinity Manor.As you will see from the pictures below a wide variety of cars from various clubs attended the event on a sunnyday in beautiful surroundings. Club members who attended were, Tim Pallot with his Austin Mini Cooper S,Brian & Irene Biddle with their Ford Cortina Mk 1, Tim Atkinson with his Triumph Stag. Robert Le Moel with hisVauxhall Cresta PA, Jim Trickey with his MG TC and John Lamy with his Fordson Super Dexta

Les Charrieres Nicolle,St Lawrence

Telephone: 862938 Email; rob@tractors.je

www: tractors.je

94 Halkett Place, St Helier. Telephone: 872345

Mon to Fri: 8am - 5pm / Sat: 9am – 1pm

ST JOHN FELLOWSHIP RUN & LUNCH

The club held its annual joint outing with the St John Fellowship on Sunday October 14th. After meeting at Pier road car park fellowship members were assigned to the 7 classic cars available. Unfortunately the day was a bit miserable and so the numbers were a bit lower than normal. The route took us down to the harbour and eventually up Queen's road to go towards Sandybrook through lanes never before seen by some members. From Sandybook we then travelled up towards the Co-op garage, but turniing off just before to have a pit stop atSt Peters Garden Centre. During the route to keep the mind active the codriver and passengers had to keep a look out for various objects and a few interesting questions about Jersey. After the coffee stop we travelled straight down to the Ambassadeur Hotel where we all enjoyed an excellent lunch followed by a raffle. Thanks to all the club members who attended & to Ossie Baudains for preparing the route and questionnaire & to Trevor &Pearl Bayliss who organised the event.

BINGO NIGHT

Friday 2nd November was the night for our club bingo held atthe Ambassadeur Hotel, which was very well attended, atotal of 90 members and friends attended the evening and itwas pleasing to see some new faces apart from the regularbingo players. After our food of either chicken, fish, scampi orsausage and chips, together with pots of tomato sauce andtartare sauce, we started playing bingo.The theme for the evening was French. All prizes were paidfor by the club and they were French CV2 cars or vans filledeither with caramel sweets, gallettes or palets. Second part of the evening we were scheduled to play twoflyers for cash prizes. £25 for 1 line, £50 for 2 lines and £100.but as we had so many more people attending, after paying for the food we had extra cash to spare so we played a third flyer for prize money totalling another £120

Many thanks to Sue and Robert Le Moel for organising the evening. Look forward to the next bingo night onFriday 5th April 2019 at the Ambassadeur Hotel

LEISURELY CHAT, Jersey Pearl – Tuesday November 13th, 10.30am

The November chat was disappointing with only 4 in attendance, let us hope that December 11th will prove more popular. Please meet at 10.30am until approx 12, tables are reserved for you. There is nothing stopping you having lunch as well, I am sure the manageress would welcome the custom.I have provisionally booked the second Tuesday of each month from January to December 2019, so early dates for your diaries if you have them.

CHRISTMAS RUN and LUNCH – December 16 th , 12.30pm for 1pmPlease note the Christmas Run will start at the Steam Clock, 10.30am for a 11am start and finish at the Prince of Wales for lunch. The menu is enclosed for your reference. I do hope you will be able to attend. The cost of the meal is £19 and please make cheques out to Jamit LTD.

May I take this opportunity of thanking Tim and the members for their support during this first year on the Social committee. I would also like to wish the Chairman, his wife and all the Members a “Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year”, I know it is early but there won't be another newsletter after this one until January 2019.

Happy and safe driving and see you later in the monthPam Laurens(Events Chairman)

Les Charrieres Nicolle,St Lawrence

Telephone: 862938 Email; rob@tractors.je

www: tractors.je

94 Halkett Place, St Helier. Telephone: 872345

Mon to Fri: 8am - 5pm / Sat: 9am – 1pm

UPCOMING EVENTS

DATE EVENT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Sunday 25th November Sunday Meeting St. Clement's Parish Hall from 10.30 am onwards

Tuesday 11th December Leisurely Chat over a coffee 10.30 am at Jersey Pearl, St. Ouen

Sunday 16th December Christmas run & lunch Meet at the steam clock by the harbour 10.30 amfor 11.00 am start, finishing for lunch at the Prince

of Wales. Menu attached, please make chequepayable to JAMIT LTD

Thursday 27th December Crank up 11.00 am till 3.00 pm at Peter & Cynthia Hamon's.Highlands, Le Mont du Coin, St Brelade.

Sunday 30th December Sunday Meeting St. Clement's Parish Hall from 10.30 am onwards

CRANK UP

This years crank up will be held on Thursday 27th December 11.00 till 3.00 at Peter & Cynthia Hamon's.The address is

Highlands, Le Mont du Coin, St Brelade, straight up La Haule hill, the property is on the left at top of the hill.

Weather permitting there will be a tractor run. Please meet at Pallots Steam Museum at 10.30 for a 10.45 set off, the run will finish at the crank up.

INFORMATION

Any one looking for gift ideas, especially with Christmas around the corner mightlike to have a look at the following website:

http://rjwcreativedesign.co.uk/auto-graphic%20posters.htmlOne of our members reported having a good experience with Russ Wallis atruss_wallis2002@yahoo.co.uk) in the UK (an auto art designer). For a very

reasonable sum he was able to provide a bespoke art piece of his Lotus ElanSprint and print it also on to a couple of mugs.

CLASSIFIEDS/NOTICESDRY STORAGE TO LETDry secure storage suitable for vehicles situated near La Hougue Bie. Contact John Lamy on 07797 713045

FOR SALESet of 4 very good winter tyres (vrdedesrein xtreme) 250/40 R18 97W M&S. Used on an Audi Estate £200. Phone Robert or Sue on 853190 or email to robertlemoel@hotmail.co.uk

1979 MG MidgetBRITISH RACING GREEN, 1491cc£4000 or near offerVery Good Condition, contact Frank or Pam on tel 744446 or 481277 for further details

Les Charrieres Nicolle,St Lawrence

Telephone: 862938 Email; rob@tractors.je

www: tractors.je

94 Halkett Place, St Helier. Telephone: 872345

Mon to Fri: 8am - 5pm / Sat: 9am – 1pm

JCVC CONTACTS

Chairman: Tim Pallot Tel: 723018 / 07797 748718

Email: jerseyclassic@hotmail.com and tppallot@hotmail.co.uk

Deputy Chairman: John Lamy Tel: 872352 / 07797 713045. Email: ajlamy@icloud.com

Newsletter: Sue & Robert Le Moel Tel: 853190 / 07797 724876. Email: jerseyclassic@hotmail.com

Secretary & Memberships: Lorna Surcouf Tel.: 730684

Events Chairman: Pam Laurens Tel.: 744446 Email: pamcyrano@gmail.com

Treasurer: Cynthia Hamon Tel: 742945

Social Committee: Sam Pallot, Derek Vivian, Lorna Surcouf, Mick De Sousa, Frank Laurens, Ossie Baudains, Joan Gardner, Alf Le Masurier

Club e-mail address: jerseyclassic@hotmail.com

Club website: www.jerseyclassicvehicleclub.je

Les Charrieres Nicolle,St Lawrence

Telephone: 862938 Email; rob@tractors.je

www: tractors.je

94 Halkett Place, St Helier. Telephone: 872345

Mon to Fri: 8am - 5pm / Sat: 9am – 1pm