volume 27 issue 11 november 11

www.stlouismgclub.com Volume 27 Issue 11

November 11.2016

October 2016 Meeting Minutes 2-3

Chairman’s Message 4

Downshifting with the Editor 5

MG Vintage Racing 6

My First ConCurse by Byron Golfin 7-8

MG Club Fall Wine and Color Tour 9

NAMGBR and RUBCO 10

MG Motors News 11-12

SLTOA Holiday Party Information 13

Ferraris and other Marques by Kathy Kresser 14

MG Club of St. Classifieds 15

October Cars and Coffee 16

MG Club Sporting Clay Shoot 17

MG Club of St. Louis Calendar 19

Club Officers and Support roles 20

Back Page—On the lighter side 21

Rubco Drive to Washington Mo. 18

Inside this Issue:

Photo by Andrew Ackerman

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St. Louis MG Club

Monthly Meeting Minutes October 10, 2016 Llewelyn's Pub, Webster Groves

Those Attending: (Folks in bold drove a British car to the meeting) Fred Houser, Jane Bolliger, Bruce Hamper, Pete Westbay, Car-olyn Westbay, Marcus Tetzlaff, Carol Mangles, John Mangles, Kathy Howard, Paul Howard, Lee Fox, Glenn Owens, Paul Sum-mers, Marty Hanley, Robert Guinness, Rich Berger, Ranney Dohogne, Andy Ackerman, Justin Ackerman, Allen Decker, Bob Bentzinger, Walt Murphy, Emily Decker, Lynette Sanchez, Bob Casanova, Stanley Wagner, Carolyn Golfin, Byron Golfin, Roger Douglas, Robert Rushing, Tom Hurlbert, Lou Mavros. Meeting was called to order at 7:09pm by Bob Bentzinger, Chairman New Faces – Bob Casanova, had a 1972 MG GT that he loved, but had to sell. Bought another one 4-5 months ago in Kansas City. Roger Douglas, is looking for a car Lou Mavros – has had a 1976 MG B for three months Treasurer's Report Events account has $3226.84 Membership account has $3723.34 56 new or renewed members at show Club has 155 members total, but some are delinquent on payments Car Show Financials Paid $4000 or so in expenses, with registrations, netted about $1007.20 Minutes Minutes from last month were read and approved as published. Projects Bob Bentzinger – drove the color tour with the club, and his car got to the winery just fine. Just a reminder that 90% of fuel problems

are electrical, he had problems on the return trip. Popped the distributor and found the arm was rubbing, put grease on it and reset gap to 60'. Then pulled vacuum advance off and nothing happened, tied it tighter, so no leak now.

John Mangels – comment on the Bob B story, British Motor Trade Association stated that they are all seeing bad condensers. John has had no problems, yet, but moral of story is to not throw the old ones out, they are better than the new replacements.

Paul Summers is looking for a garage space for a Model A for the wintertime, preferable near to Chesterfield. Rich Berger – was trying to do a one hour oil change at home, took out the old filter, drained the oil and the new filter that supposedly

fit based on the database at the auto parts store, did not fit. John Mangles chipped in that oil filters changed size but not part number. Lee Fox chipped in that Framm site had a good cross-reference of old and new part numbers and sizes. Walt Murphy chipped in that there was a good article by Robert Rushing in NAMBGR magazine about oil filter from NAPA 1550 filter.

Bob Casanova – 1976 MG B – rebuilt engine, but still having vacuum leak also the ignition key won't turn unless play with it. Allen Decker – did online research for VR-I racing oil, found that Rural King offers it for $4.99 a quart. John Mangles chipped in that

the old MGs actually do better with 'dinosaur bones' based oil, that the newer synthetic oil somehow doesn't swell the seals as well, so you will end up with more leaks that you have to chase if you use synthetic oil.

Old Business All British Car show – beautiful day, and thanks to everyone that helped. 174 cars registered with 9 no shows. There were 163 actu-

al cars with 141 pre-registrations.

Photos by Andrew Ackerman

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There was then a discussion about asking the Triumph club to help share in some of the fixed expenses of the car show, such as insurance, porta potties, security, etc.

Topic was tabled until next month Fall Color Tour – pretty day, drove to Montel Winery, thanks to Bob Horzmann for setting the drive up. Had 13 cars that participated. Elections – All of the following were nominated and accepted their positions (there was no opposition to the positions.)

Chairman – Bob Bentzinger Secretary – Carolyn Westbay Treasurer – Bruce Hamper Web Master – Justin Ackerman Newsletter Editor – Andy Ackerman Events Chair – Allen Decker Membership – Walt Murphy

The following agreed to be Registrars Pre-War – Bob Horzmann T-Series – Charlie Key MGA – Glenn Owens MG B/C – Marcus Tetzlaff Spridget – Bruce Hamper Cars in Boxes – Walt Murphy Other Marques – Byron Golfin

New Business Saturday, October 15th, drive to Pickneyville for the Thresher show. Bob Bridges will lead the drive, leaving from Eckerts Farm from

Belleville at 10am. Meet for Breakfast at 8:30 at Eckerts. Next Saturday is the last Cars and Coffee for the season, at Westport October 16th, Shooting Clays at Black Hawk with lunch afterwards at Harry J's. Contact John Mangles for more information. October 23rd, Wurstmart in Illinois. Meet at the Red Roof gas station, first exit off the 255 on Route 3, Meet at 10am NAMBGR Annual Meeting October 22-23 in San Diego, CA RUBCO, 1st Annual Drive and breakfast. Leave at 8:30am from Target parking lot in the Valley. Drive to Collinswood restaurant on

October 21st. Will stop in Washington, MO at the last Corn Cob pipe factory in the world. St. Louis Triumph Club Holiday party will be held on December 2nd at the Missouri Athletic Club Christmakuh party for the MG club, date and location to be announced. Need a new location, if anyone has ideas. Has to hold at

least 75-100 people, sometime in January. SCCA needs a course worker for this Sunday, you would get to run the course for free. Contact Pete Westbay if interested.

Buy/Sell Stanley Wagner – ball caps for sale with the St. Louis MG Club logo on them. Hats are either pink, beige or blue. Also have a cabbie

hat in grey tweed. Ballcaps are $15, cabbie hats are $20. Bruce Hamper – MG Midget Sprite rear axle, free to anyone who wants it. Also has steel wheels for sale.

Drawing for attendance prizes was done and Byron Golfin, Marty Hanley and Glenn Owens were winners. Meeting was adjourned at 8:13pm. Respectfully submitted, Carolyn Westbay Secretary


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Chairman’s Message B y B o b B e n t z i n g e r

I am starting my second year (and last year due to term limits) as chairman of the MG Club of St. Louis. I think we had a very suc-cessful year and the club seems healthy and thriving. I look forward to another such year. The formula for success seems to be a com-bination of the affinity we have for our LBC’s and the friendships we enjoy in our common love for them. MG truly is the marque of friendship.

With the fall season upon us, there is no better way to enjoy the spectacular color show than a top-down drive. As a man of leisure (i.e. retired) I am able to take full advantage of Missouri’s wonderful two lanes. The first ever RUBCO road trip to Cowan’s in Washing-ton MO. was a success with a delicious breakfast and a side trip to the corn cob pipe museum and factory. We had our Fall Color tour and even though the primary color was green it was a great drive, ending up on the spectacular deck at Montelle winery. We had a

great turn out for the annual sporting clays shoot. The last Cars and Coffee for the year is in the books. I always look forward to these fall activities and I try to enjoy them to the fullest to create a surplus of good memories in preparation for the long winter season. Make no mistake though, I will try to drive my LBC as often as possible and I hope you will do the same.

Safety Fast!

Bob

NOTE: A letter our Chairman received after the car show that he wanted to share with all club members!

Mr. Bob Bentzinger:

I cannot thank you enough for selecting Morris P. Truck as your choice for the Chairman’s award. It meant more than you will ever know on several levels. I wanted to send you this note to tell you the story.

I bought Morris from photos off of the internet - buyer beware- . A longtime friend of over 50 years – Merle Bone - vol-unteered to help so that he could learn how to redo a vehicle with me since it was going to need a total teardown. Our goal was to enter Morris into the show September of 2015. Our best friend is Chuck Keppler a member of your club and we routinely made the shows with him and his MGTD.

Every Friday and some Saturdays for two2 and a half years Merle came to my garage and helped. During that time he was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer but he continued coming even when he had left the hospital the day be-fore. We entered my Mini Cooper in the show in 2015 to learn the ropes and we won third place in division. We were thrilled. On Friday May 20,2016 we rolled Morris out of the garage for the first time all polished by Merle and drove it three miles before the water pump started rattling so bad we had to bring it home. That day we celebrated by quitting early and going to Steak and Shake for lunch. We planned to make the show in September of 2016. That was the last time Merle saw Morris. The cancer took Merle three weeks after we drove Morris the first time and he went home to be with the Lord. I completed all the displays and got Morris ready in honor of Merle. Chuck, Merle, and I, and two of our wives all graduated in the same class from high school. We were all together for the first time since his death at the car show. The lady taking my picture when you handed me the award was Merle’s widow. What you did in recogniz-ing our efforts was a blessing that none of us will ever forget. They say the Lord works in mysterious ways. In this case it was a wonderful way in guiding you to bless five hurting friends and honoring our lost friend.

Thanks again and blessings to you.

Jerry Leigh Photo by Simon Dix


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Downshifting with the Editor

By Andrew Ackerman

One of things that perplexes me at this time of the year is how many people are putting their MG’s in hibernation for the winter. From the postings in the MG Ap-preciation Society on Facebook it seems like a very common event, especially in Great Britain and northern countries. Sure, I understand that the MGs are not good snow cars but with the top down and the heater on full blast, you can still experi-ence a wonderful drive on days above 40

degrees with clear skies and dry roads. Even with the top up and maybe even a hard top it would be great to drive through the winter. Marcus T. said just the other day that he has so much fun driving his MG that he just can’t give it up. So… despite what mother nature throws at you or events beyond your control, it is still a hoot to drive you MG. As I am writing this column, I have paused for the election results and have decided that it may be a good time to go for a long drive in my MGB since I need something to cheer me up. When life lets you down, you should still have an outlet and time for a jaunt!

Safety Fast and Motor on! Andy

Our “ as seen in the wild is a submission from Mark Morgan covering the SCCA autocross events. Owned by Greg N, this is a E production late model B.

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Celebrating 35 Years of the

MG Vintage Racers Newsletter

1981- 2016

The MG Vintage Racers Newsletter is celebrating its 35th anniversary this December 2016. It has been around longer than many vintage racing organizations! It was founded in December 1981 by MGTD racer Greg Prehodka, with 40 MG vintage racers, as a way for them to stay in touch with each other and to share information. Today its ranks include over 250 MG racers in North America. It is a grassroots newsletter, sans advertising, just for MG racers. It was awarded Moss Motors “Journalism Award” in 1995. In July of this year, MGVR celebrated its 35th anniversary at the Wa-terford Hills Historic Races in Michigan, where MGVR also celebrated its 20th anniversary “Focus Event”. Besides keeping the MG racers in touch with each other, it also helps to promote "All MG races" with various racing organizations and events. MGVR supports such regular MG races as the Collier Cup at Watkins Glen with SVRA, and the Simms Cup at Mosport with VARAC. Since 1996 they have selected one vintage racing event every year as their "Focus Event". For it they encour-age all MG racers to attend, while working with the race organization to include all MG races that weekend. At their Focus Events they have their own special MG awards and socials, including their “MG Spirit Award” and the “Bill Parish Memorial Award”. With their support, record breaking MG fields have show up at many racing events over the years, including the record breaking 143 MGs at Watkins Glen in 2004 for SVRA’s 50th anniversary celebration of the "Collier Brothers Memorial Trophy" race. In 2006 they worked with the Hallett, Oklahoma race track to have an "All MG" race

weekend, to celebrate their 25th anniver-sary. Following Greg Prehodka as its editor, was Mark Palmer in 1995 and then Chris Meyers in 2006 - its current editor.

MGVR is a non-profit newsletter, staffed by dedicated volunteers. For more information on them, go to their web site at: MGVR.org. For 2017 their "Focus Event" will be the VRG Histor-ic Races at the New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, NJ in September.


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MY FIRST CON-CURSE By Byron Golfin

While going to college in St. Louis, I drove a 1953 MGTD. Not because I was a sports car enthusiast, or liked little British cars, or looked forward to weekly repairs. And it certainly wasn’t my love of those side curtains. I knew nothing about car clubs, shows, and cared nothing about others that owned these kinds of cars. I drove it for one reason…. gas mileage. I could fill that little tank strapped to the back of the car and drive to school for about three weeks. A very important consideration, because gas was about 25 cents a gallon.

Years later I bought my Sunbeam. Again, I drove it just for fun and had no interest or knowledge about or-ganized car clubs or events. I was driving the Sunbeam through Forest Park and noticed little cars parked in rows on a parking lot. It was something called a car show for sports cars. Upon further inspection I discov-ered a car that looked a lot like mine. The owner was nearby and I told him I had one of these and it’s right over there. He asked if I was a member of the Sunbeam club. “No, never heard of it.”

He told me that the annual Sunbeams United was to be held in Indianapolis. He gave me a flyer and encour-aged me to come. So I did. I drove onto the parking lot and saw a lot of Sunbeams and a lot of people stand-ing around. I approached the crowd when a man in a big straw hat turned and said; “Hi, I’m Wally, have a beer.” A friendly crowd; everything should go well.

A couple of days at the track, the Indy museum, and some ‘how to fix it’ sessions, the next event was some-thing called a Concourse. OK, I thought. It seems to be a car show. The next morning the weather was beau-tiful; a perfect day to put the top down. So I did. I drove onto the parking lot and was directed to a parking spot.

By and by, a couple of guys with clipboards approached. “Is this your car?” I said yes.

“Would you put your top up?” I said I did not want to because I had just put it down. (after all, it is a bit of a hassle). They raised their clipboards and scrawled something.

“Do you have an owner’s manual?” I said yes. “Where is it?” I said it is at home, probably in a desk draw-er. (I already knew all the stuff in the manual). They scrawled on their clipboards.

“You have sun visor brackets on the windshield. Do you have sun visors?” I said yes. “Where are they?” I said they were in my basement wrapped in plastic. (I think they are useless on this car). The clipboards were raised and scrawling ensued.

They asked me to start the engine, turn on the lights (hi and low beams), signal directors, stop lights, wind-shield wipers, lock and unlock the trunk and doors, and toot the horn. Ahah! They all worked. The clip-boards remained at rest.


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They moved to the trunk. “Do you have a tool kit?” I pointed to a well-equipped Craftsman tool box. They looked at each other. “Do you have the one that came with the car?” I said yes. “Where is it?”

Ha! Who are these guys. I knew exactly where it was. I said it was in a box under my work bench. UP came the clipboards! They said it should be with the car. SERIOUSLY! Have you ever tried to fix any-thing with that tool kit??

The rest of the event was great fun. The membership guy asked me to join the club. I did.

Everyone was very friendly………..except the two guys with the clipboards.

THE CLIPBOARD GUYS…….DID SOMEBODY DROP A QUARTER?

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MG Club’s Road Trip to Montelle Winery Photos and story by Glenn Owens

MG Club of St. Louis Fall Wine and Color Tour

As with any road trip for our club, the destination is the third most important factor. First, being the weather and secondly, the route. All three factors were perfect for our October 8th drive. The mixed group of cars, consisting mostly of MGs with a nice blend of Triumphs, a Porsche, and a Sol-

stice, started from sunny Ches-terfield in forty-eight degree temperature. Bob Horzman led the pack of thirteen cars on a British-like route that included lots of hills and turns, including a sharp right turn preceded by a 10 mph warning sign. There were scars in the roadway and ruts in the ditch that indicated that others before us had ig-nored the suggested speed.

Lots of hills and curves and just to see if the club members could follow the car in front and the well-planned and detailed route that was given to each navigator, we topped a hill on Defiance Road and made the

scheduled right turn onto Holden. When I said “we” made the turn, it was actually just the first seven cars that fol-lowed the prescribed route as the others sped past the turn, thus doubling the number of caravans of sports cars on the road to Montelle. The first group arrived right on schedule. We ordered food and adult beverages and be-fore we were served, the other half of our group joined us.

The first topic of discussion when the second group ar-rived was cordial, but there was some finger-pointing as to whom to blame for the schism en route. Not going to name names here, but Lee said that it was not his fault. He also added that there was no place to turn around once the group realized that they had missed the turn. The important thing to keep in mind is that we all had a great time. Sorry more could not have attended. Perhaps then we may have had more than two groups buzzing around the two lane, blacktopped roads trying to find the Montelle Winery.


RUBCO (Retired Unemployed British Car Owners) This months meeting will be held on Wednesday Novem-ber 30th at Uncle Bill’s Pancake House located at 3427 S. Kingshighway Blvd St. Louis Mo. 63139 Don’t miss out! We had plenty of great conversation and food last time. Try and meet at 9:30! RSVP to [email protected]


MG ZS Spy Shots

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Staff in Highlights, MG, New Cars // 0 Comments

MG is getting ready to officially launch the MG ZS at the Guangzhou motor show in China next month. With just a few more weeks to go, spy shots of the car have leaked online giving the world a glimpse of what will be seen at the auto expo.

The images give us a complete overview of how the upcoming baby SUV would look like. The ZS will be officially avail-able at the expo on No-vember 18th. The ver-sion that is spotted in the spy shots are camou-flaged and doesn’t show the best design elements of the car.

It is also evident that the one spotted uses a pro-

duction body for the first time in many months. With the car being close to launch, the company has finalized the components, design and is all set to send it to production.

Based on information gathered so far, the new model is expected to be powered by a 1.0-liter petrol engine. An optional choice could be the three-cylinder turbo engine which will be part of the MG lineup.

The new car which is part of the high-performance sector will use the ZS badge.

While the brand is plan-ning on making the power-ful crossover yet, they are also keen to offer fuel effi-ciency like never before. The new MG ZS should be efficient as the Nissan Qashqai.

Note: Parts of this story originally appeared on Your Single Source for News.

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MG Motors News

Abingdon Housing Plan Could Demol-ish MG Histo-ry

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Staff in Highlights, MG // 0 Com-ments

Plans to de-molish ware-houses once used by the Abingdon fac-tory to manu-

facture MG cars have been defended for plans to build almost 100 homes on the site.

Tony Lawson, of XLB Property, said companies using the units would have the option of moving to neighboring Abing-don Business Park after concerns were raised that jobs could be lost. And he added that he was “happy to consider” incorporating a memorial to the MG car company in the plans for the 93 flats and houses on the site of the eight ware-houses off Colwell Drive – behind a McDonald’s restaurant on Marcham Road.

Local residents are raising concerns that the buildings are one of the last links to the history of MG car manufacturing which was so important to the town for decades. XLB Property and Rockspring, the joint owners of Abingdon Business Park, have submitted an outline planning application for the scheme to Vale of White Horse District Council.

XLB’s Mr Lawson said:

When we bought the site it was about 40 per cent vacant. Over the past months, we have spent millions renovating it and we have been quite successful. We have halved the vacancy rate, which is now at 20 per cent. The problem with those units is that they are very old and unfortunately very uneconomical to repair. And we have got enough business space on the park, there are more opportunities to accommodate them elsewhere.

UK Mail and Howden’s Joinery operate from some of the warehouses, while others remained vacant.

Mr Lawson said that although marking MG’s history on the site was a possibility, he had not been contacted by the Ab-ingdon-based MG Car Club. Oddly, MG Car Club spokesman Chris Kynoch declined to comment when asked about the plans.

Abingdon resident Alastair Fear, who runs the website Abingdon Blog, said people are worried about the housing plan creating extra traffic as well as its possible effect on jobs. “Marcham Road is already a bottleneck, and adding more houses next to that roundabout could have a detrimental effect. And will the businesses be moving out of Abingdon? We want to keep some jobs in Abingdon.”

The company’s proposals for the site include 12 four-bedroom houses, 22 three-bedroom houses, 43 two-bedroom flats and 16 one-bedroom flats. Of these homes, 35 percent would be affordable.

Note: Parts of this news story first appeared in The Oxfordshire Guardian.



St. Louis Triumph Owners Association

Holiday Party

Friday, December 2, 2016

6:30 Cocktails

7:30 Dinner

Missouri Athletic Club

1777 Des Peres Road

Town & Country, Missouri 63131

Tossed Caesar Salad

Rolls/Butter

Shaved Top Sirloin with Au Jus

Seared Chicken Marsala

Mashed Potatoes

Penne Pasta with a cream sauce and peas (no meat)

Haricot Verts per chef (no meat)

Regular Cheesecake or Berry Cobbler

Cost: $20.00 per person

SLTOA subsidies this event

Make your reservation by sending payment (checks only) to:

Kathy Kresser

114 Maple Lane

Ballwin, MO 63011

Ferraris Other Marques!

By Kathy Kresser

Proofread by Anice Etz

Many sleek, sexy, prestigious, racy, road-hugging Ferraris were stuffed into the garage, paint booth, basement, and the

big tractor barn at RPM (Restoration & Performance Motorcars) of Vergennes, Vermont. Everywhere one looked there

were Ferraris. A recent visit to RPM and chatting with the owner was quite the experience. RPM is well-known for its high

standards of craftsmanship and originality. The team offers restoration and repair services, parts and sales. Chris and I were visiting friends (Tom and Carol Spencer) in Vergennes, Vermont. One day our wonderings took us to RPM. Founder and co-owner Peter Markowski was more than happy to show us what was happening at RPM. RPM has been a family-owned business for nearly three decades. Peter’s son, Steve Markowski is part owner.

Peter became interested in Ferraris when he was fourteen. According to the RPM website, “a neighbor had bought, drove, and broke a bedraggled race car called a Ferrari Barchetta.” Peter paid $500 for the old junker, as it was defined by the seller, and a promise to repair a few old Packards to running condition.

Luckily for Peter, a wise sage advised him to restore the Ferrari back to its original condition. Otherwise, Peter intended to install a Ford V8 engine into the car. The Ferrari is now worth many times more than the amount paid. Peter learned a great deal about Ferraris and the industry through networking when seeking parts and ad-vice as he restored the car over a 20-year period. He was hooked.

Ferrari is an Italian sports car manufactured in Ma-ranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari, the first Ferrari, a 125 S, rolled through the door at the historic factory in 1947. Enzo had a very successful racing career with over 5,000 racing victories on tracks worldwide. He is well known for saying, “My motors have a soul” and “Think as a winner and act as a winner. You’ll be quite likely to achieve your goal.”

Literally, the RPM basement of the shop is jammed with mostly Ferraris. It was scary looking at the closeness to the wall and each other in which they are parked – not six inches to spare. Peter insisted we see the big barn. Not a barn in the usual sense of the word, this barn has concrete floors and is climate-controlled. There were a number of beautiful Ferraris including 00015; it was the fifteenth Ferrari manufactured.

In addition to the Ferraris, we saw a few other noteworthy cars such as a 1958 Fiat Abarth Zagato Record Monsa, 1962 Lancia Flaminia, 1969

Lamborghini Islero, 1963 Alfa Romeo 2600 Spyder, 1986 Lamborghini Countach, an Aston Martin DB4, Porsches, a Nardi, a Maserati Bora and many other cars. The freshly painted yellow 356 Porsche in the shop was gorgeous.

These cars are well out of our price range, but it was worth the time to see them, plus the added benefit of a private tour with Peter Markowski.

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St. Louis Mg Club Classifieds

For Sale:

MGB hardtop Snugtop. Good condition. $500 or best offer!

Call Kevin Stewart at 636 288 6857

Still for Sale!: 1971 MGB GT In primer but new interior ready to install. Call Glenn Beshears 314-962-2155 Located in Webster Groves. Make an offer!


Cars and Coffee Westport Plaza September 17th 2016

The morning started out a little cold and cloudy with the threat of rain but this did not stop many from attending the final Cars and Coffee of the year at Westport Plaza. Alt-hough another club held a drive that morning, this did prevent a few MGs from showing

up. All photos by Andrew Ackerman

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Seventh Annual MG Club Sporting Clay Shoot Story and photos by Andrew Ackerman

Last year we were shooting with gloves on and heavy jackets while this year we experienced such mild weather that shorts were in order. Never the less, 19 MGers participated in the MG Club Sport-ing Clay Shoot at Black Hawk Valley Hunting Preserve. The shoot is like golf with shotguns and in-volves 14 sporting clay course that simulates hunting conditions. We divided up in groups of 6 with one with seven and started in a staggered manner so that all ended up at the same time. Although no awards were given out, the competition was fun and demanding. We all met later at Harry J’s Steak-house in Moscow Mills for some good food and comradery. Many thanks to John Mangles for setting up this fun event!


RUBCO(retired unemployed British car owners) Oct 21 Outing

With a total change of pace from a usual local visit to a St. Louis breakfast haunts, RUBCO decided to try a road trip to visit Washington, Missouri for breakfast and to do some sightseeing.

Meeting early in the morning at the usual area across from the Target in Chesterfield, a caravan of sev-eral British car owners left for a wonderful fall route through St. Louis county. The weather was perfect and the pack seemed to stay together the entire time. We had breakfast at Cowan’s, “The Place to Meet” and home to the famous Mile High Pies. After a hearty meal and great conversation, we decid-ed to walk down to the Missouri Meerschaum Pipe Company for a private visit to their showroom. Many thanks to Rich Berger for putting the whole event together.

Photos and story by Andy Ackerman


THE MG Club of St. Louis

Sun Nov 13

2016

4th Annual SLTOA Veter-ans Day Run

Drive down the Bluff Road along the Mississippi to Chester, Il.

Meet at McDonalds in Columbia on IL 3 at 10:30am. Depart southbound at 11:00am.

Mon Nov 14 2016

MG Club of St. Louis No-vember Meeting

6pm for eats

7pm for general meeting

The Corner Pub and Grill 15824 Foun-tain Plaza Dr. Ellisville, Mo. 63017

Fri Dec 2

2016

St. Louis Triumph Owners Association Christmas Party. Cost is $20.00 All MG Club members are welcome. 6:30pm for cocktails, 7:30 for dinner

Missouri Athletic Club-West 1777 Des-Peres Rd. Town and Country See page 13 for details. Call Kathy at 314-494-9970 or Bonnie at 314-412-0589

Deadline for dinner is November 27th.

Mon Dec 12 2016

MG Club of St. Louis De-cember Meeting 6 pm for eats, 7pm for meeting

Trailhead Brewing Co. 921 S. River-side Drive. St. Charles, Mo. 63301

January 2016 MG Club of St. Louis An-nual Holiday Party

“Christmakah”

Details to follow. Check www.stlouismgclub.com for details

Mon Jan 9th

2016

MG club of St. Louis Janu-ary Meeting

Location to be determined . Check the club website for details

December 2016

MG Club of St. Louis Holi-day Lights Drive

To be determined ! Check MG Club of St. Louis website for details.

For updates and the latest details, visit the STLMG Club Website at: www.stlouismgclub.com

Name Address Phone E-Mail

Bob Bentzinger Chairman

1129 Hudson Road

St. Louis, Mo. 63135

(314) 524-6128 [email protected]

Bruce Hamper Treasurer

132 Wildwood Lane

Kirkwood, Mo. 6122


Carolyn Westbay Secretary

2124 Sunset Lane

High Ridge, Mo. 63049

(636)376-0064 [email protected]

Alan Decker Events Chairperson

2111 Pine Tree Lane

Gray Summit Mo. 63039

(314)4355505 [email protected]

Club Officers & Support Roles

Walt Murphy Membership Coordinator

9101 Appomattox St. Louis, Mo. 63123

(314) 503 1125 [email protected]

Andrew R. Ackerman Newsletter Editor

36 Arundel Place

St. Louis, Mo. 63105


Registrars Name Phone E-Mail

Pre-war Bob Horzmann (636) 227-3449 [email protected]

T-Series Charlie Key (314) 428-9335 [email protected]

MGA/Magnette Glen Owens (314) 352-3847 [email protected]

MGB/MGC Marcus Tezlaff (636)673-1065 [email protected]

Spridget Bruce Hamper (314) 822-4831 [email protected]

Cars In Boxes Walt Murphy (314) 645-1665 [email protected]

Other Marques Byron Golfin (314) 469-7146 [email protected]

FOR A FULL LISTING OF UPCOMING EVENTS, CLASSIFIED ADS, AND MUCH MORE GO BROWSE OUR EXCELENT WEB SITE AT:

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"The St. Louis Metro Gazette (SLMG)" is a publication of the MG Club of St. Louis and remains the property of the club. It is published monthly and is provided free to members in good standing and to officers of other British car clubs upon request. "SLMG" solicits articles from members and other sources. Opinions expressed here are not necessarily those of the Club, Club Officers, or the staff of the newsletter. Technical information is believed accurate, however, any repairs or mechanical advise is attempted at the readers own risk. The Club, Officers, or newsletter staff will not be responsible for any misinterpreted or incorrect technical information. If in doubt, consult with a certified technician. Articles may be reprinted by other car clubs provided that credit is given to author and “SLMG”

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THE MG CLUB OF ST. LOUIS

On the lighter side!

The General Meeting of the St. Louis MG Club will take place on Monday November 14th after 5:30 pm at The Corner Pub and Grill 15824 Foun-tain Plaza Drive in Ellisville, Mo. When ready, come early to chat with old friends, make some new friends and enjoy the fine food and beer. Check the website or email for updates!

Thanks to Robert Guinness for this submission! Robert attended a local “Trunk N Treat” where his MGA was disguised as a Miata!

volume 27 issue 11 november 11

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