Reminder. Classic sports car cruise this Saturday 4pm for a 4:30 start from the western side car park of the Brighton railway station. An approximately one hour cruise along the Adelaide shore line. Route sheets will be available at the departure point. Finish at North haven where there will be a presentation for the most appealing car and the car with the best Patina.
Having entered the Lycoming Indy in the historic section of a big league race meeting at The Bend this weekend. We of course tested the monster out prior to the big day. Despite many hours of trying, we were unable to get the Lycoming engine to run. From having the exhausts glow red hot after mere seconds of starting to no spark at all. Friends at Parafield tested the magnetos which were both caput. Two more found tested and eagerly fitted only to have yet another failure. having fitted magneto no 3 the engine finally burst into life sounding better than ever. Our joy was short lived when we found the just replaced transmission input coupling had sheared off. A call to the event promoters enabled us to swap cars and enter the Irukandji in instead. We were unable to attend Friday practice session so our first run was in the heat of super sprint combat on Saturday morning where I had a good dice with an amazingly quick Lola sports car which was 1 second faster than the Irukandji. Round 2 saw the two of us locked in combat at the head of the field were the Irukandji proved just quick enough to pass the Lola and post a tine 1 second faster. The spectators seemed to really appreciate the spectacle. Sunday was different, rivers af water flowing through the pits, the whole place was awash races were being canceled or delayed, eventually they let us on the track in just a mild cloudburst. Within 2 laps I was saturated. on the edge of one corner there was water so deep it was literally like having a bucket of water thrown over the dash panel. Motor sport is very character building.
Following the successful cruise of February last, this run will be a rerun of that event. Gathering in the western side car park of the Brighton railway station car park at 4 pm for a 4:30 departure. The rout will follow the Adelaide cost as much as possible. There will be a short regrouping on Military road adjacent to the west beach caravan park and playground. The run will finish at North Haven café and restaurant centre on Lady Gowerie Drive. The run should take approximately one hour. Not that much time and not that much petrol. Route instruction sheets will be available at the starting point. There will be a short presentation at the conclusion of the drive. Any questions please contact Pat Miller on 0421289706 or email nanmiller@adam.com.au
I am in desperate need of flag marshals for our next super sprint, coming up on September 25th at The Bend East circuit. Could you please ask your members for assistance at this event, and get back to me ASAP. Thank you. Your help with this matter is appreciated.
Regards
Michelle Edwards
MSCA Secretary
All flag marshals will receive a free lunch and get to have a parade lap around the Bend east circuit and that is something to experience. If you can help please notify Michele or Pat Miller nanmiller@adam.com.au or 0421289706.
It seems the clubs rostered have been unable to supply sufficient flag marshals for the Super Sprint meeting at Mallala this Sunday Aug 14. If there are any Sprite Club members who would like to help out here could you please let either Pat Miller email nanmiller@adam.com.au or ph 0421289706 or directly notify Michele at the MSCA. email MSCA Secretary sec@mscasa.com. Volunteers would need to be on site 9 am, competition generally finishes by 4 pm. Lunch is provided. Should there be any questions feel free to phone Pat on the above number.
I have some great news to share with you. After several months of uncertainty I can confirm that the McLaren Vale Vintage & Classic event will go ahead in 2023.
The McLaren Vale Business & Tourism Association, along with most of you, did not want to see the demise of this iconic event so took the initiative to “go public” in the search of some enthusiastic people to take over the running of the event in 2023 and beyond.
The good news is several enthusiastic locals, and service clubs, have come forward and will take over the co-ordination of this event. I will work alongside the new committee for the coming event.
Please put Sunday 23rd April 2023 in your diary now and the new committee will keep you updated on all the details.
PLEASE DO NOT try to register your entry until you are notified. There are several updates to be made to the website and a new method of registration and payment will be implemented. Until these changes are in place entries cannot not be accepted.
4th July – General Meeting – 8.00pm – Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road
Yep, the winter wine and cheese meeting is back! Supplied by the Sprite Club!
We’ve got the added extra of a chat with Special Guests Ian and Wendy Gibbs from the NSW Sprite Club of Australia.
Ian and Wendy are currently on “A Spritely Adventure”, circumnavigating our wide brown land in their 1964 Austin Healey Sprite (Esme) towing a specially built camping trailer (Shirley).
Join us for a great night and tick off one of the three events you need to attend for conditional registration at the same time!
The weather was nowhere near as diabolical as the weather man had predicted. Gathering in shopping centres idea was not a good one it seemed most of Adelaide was crammed into every available parking spot. Locating sprite club members in the melee was a needle in the hay stack situation. The group from Firle did manage to form a trio but the rest of us found our way to Marque Restorations individually. Very few people get to have afternoon teas in the presence of such automotive exotica. After the 30 odd attendees had had their fill of mostly lemon and sugar filled pancakes Gerard started the gloriously smooth sounding Ferrari, gave the C type Jag a bit of a burst, then a TR4 was started providing a hint of why it is off to a specialist engine tuner in the near future. A tour of the factory revealed a plethora of interesting cars to inspect. Informal groups were gathered around various cars where a good deal of useful information was passed on. Well done to the people who braved the weather and bought along their Sprites and other sports cars. A big thank you to Gerard and his staff for the use of the premises and the automotive entertainment. Thanks to everyone who helped with the catering. Thanks to Gordon for the bag of lemons.
Starting at various sites around the city – north, south, east and west we will all end up at Marque Restorations, Goodall Avenue, Kilkenny for a Pancake afternoon tea and tour of the facilities and workshop.
The meeting venues are listed below – Meet at 1.00pm for a 1.30pmdeparture
1. K Mart Car Park, Glynburn Road, Firle – North Eastern corner.
2. Marion Shopping Centre, Diagonal Road, Marion – Just north of Diagonal Road exit.
3. Tea Tree Plaza next to MacDonalds.
4. Semaphore Foreshore Car Park – North of Noonies Kiosk – enter via roundabout.
If you are the only car at a departure point at departure time do not wait to leave for Marque Restorations at the prescribed time – or you can head straight to the finish venue.
The Sprite Club will be providing pancakes with toppings, lemon, jams, etc.
Please bring your own upmarket drinks, cups, and chairs. The urn will be on tea and coffee available.
Don’t want to get the sprite all muddy, when the weather forecast is cold and raining. Just roll up in the road car and spend a pleasant while feeding on freshly made pancakes while surrounded by exotic cars and good company
For catering reasons please contact Pat Miller 0421289706 email, nanmiller@adam.com.au We just need an idea of attendance last minute changes will not cause a problem.
After the success of the last run of this style to visit Marque Restorations were doing it again…
25th June Classic Sports Car Cruise – Monte Carlo Pancake Run to Marque Restorations – 1.00pm
Saturday Starting at various sites around the city – North, South, East and West we will all end up at Marque Restorations, Goodall Avenue, Kilkenny for a Pancake afternoon tea and tour of the facilities and workshop.
The meeting venues are listed below – Meet at 1.00pm for a 1.30pm departure
1. K Mart Car Park, Glynburn Road, Firle – North Eastern corner.
2. Marion Shopping Centre, Diagonal Road, Marion – Just north of Diagonal Road exit.
3. Tea Tree Plaza next to MacDonalds.
4. Semaphore Foreshore Car Park – North of Noonies Kiosk – enter via roundabout.
If you are the only car at a departure point at departure time do not wait to leave for Marque Restorations at the prescribed time – or you can head straight to the finish venue.
The Sprite Club will be providing pancakes with toppings, lemon, jams, etc.
Please bring your own drinks, cups, and chairs.
For catering reasons please contact Pat Miller 0421289706 email, nanmiller@adam.com.au
The MSCA is looking for flag marshals for the Supersprint meeting at the Bend Raceway on June 19th. Volunteers would need to be at the track 8:30ish Competition will commence at 9:45 and finish at 4:30. There will be a lunch break with lunch provided along with being able to participate in a parade lap or two of the track. If you are able to assist please contact Pat Miller 0421289706nanmiller@adam.com.au or contact the MSCA directly sec@msca.com
A super-sized group of 18 vehicles and 28 people took part in the run from Balhannah to Mannum in glorious autumn weather on Wednesday 18 May.
Russell’s radar was spot on – perfect weather and perfect conditions on the roads.
The convoy left the Balhannah Oval at 10 am and had our first spot of excitement as we approached a railway crossing blocked by a stationary train of interminable length, only to find that Russell’s map directed us to turn right and avoid the holdup. On we went, via Nitschke Road and Blakiston Road to the Old Princes Highway. This long stretch on a good road let the navigator have a nap while the driver could see the convoy uninterrupted by other traffic.
A wee stop at the Monarto Sporting Complex gave us a chance to chat before the next 20 mile(32 km) stage through various roads to our morning tea destination at the Mypolonga Community Cafe. A great spot to sit and savour coffee and cake in sunshine with a view of the river.
It was hard to rally the troops but once we started the engines and drove out of town we could see “ the vision splendid of the sunlit plains extended” as we rounded the bends on Heinrich Road to Zadow Road.
The traffic picked up a bit on Mannum Road which meant a couple of cars missed the turnoff to Belvedere Road but they were able to catch up easily when we all arrived at the Mannum Community Club.
Our tables were organised with a view of the river and we all enjoyed lunch and a drink and especially the camaraderie and comfort. Special thanks to Russell and Judy for researching and planning such a successful run.
Reminder of the May general meeting this Monday night at the Fullarton Park Centre from 7:30 all find attached the April minutes here or via the pull down main menus
This was the first drive for 2022 and fourteen cars rolled up to enjoy the route. The weather was near perfect.. cool but kind, with no rain.
The drive began promptly at 10am from the Blackwood Railway Station after instruction sheets were handed out. We then meandered in a southerly direction traversing roads that some had never been on!
We passed through Kangarilla, then stopped for morning tea at Mt Compass. The drive then headed off towards Victor Harbor and after a few kilometres further, we turned west, headed for Normanville. More than twenty people gathered for a sumptuous lunch at Links Lady Bay Resort.
Thankfully, there were no dramas or problems with any of the cars and all performed well. Ridgetop views were a stand out for the passenger! No-one was left behind, lost or ‘bottomed out’ at the ford so Thanks again to ‘Tail end Charlie’, Pat Miller, for keeping us all together.
A big Thank You also to Judy and Russell Schmarr for organising yet another fantastic drive. We look forward to the next midweek meander on 18 May!
I‘m looking for a couple items for a small bore project a 12G202 head and a small journal 1100 crank, 1.75”. or complete 1100 that has these internals.
Sprite club members we have only 1 person with their hand up to flag at Mallala next Sunday. As many of us will be there for our 50th year celebrations please consider helping out. Any questions please contact Pat Miller 0421289706 or nanmiller@adam.com.au
Gates to Mallala open 7:30. Flaggies need to be at scrutineering shed by 8:30 for briefing. Cars on the track from 9:00. Lunches will be provided for all Flaggies along with an invitation to participate in the parade laps. Lunch time is approximately midday depending on events timing. Competition will finish by 4:30.
Gates to Mallala open 7:30. Flaggies need to be at scrutineering shed by 8:30 for briefing. Cars on the track from 9:00. Lunches will be provided for all Flaggies along with an invitation to participate in the parade laps. Lunch time is approximately midday depending on events timing. Competition will finish by 4:30.
Regards
Pat Miller.
Any questions can be referred to me
Pat Miller
0421289706
nanmiller@adam.com.au
from the msca sa
Good evening all,
Your club is on the roster for flagging duties for the first round of the super sprint series for 2022, on Sunday March 20th. Please make your members aware of this, as the support of your members is what will allow this event to go ahead.
Please let me know by COB Friday March 11th who you be assisting on the day, by providing me with their name and email address.
Since All British Day has been cancelled, we are unable to physically distribute the programme as we do every year. This year, we have worked hard to compile the best programme, which contains stories and information that are too good not to be distributed to our supporters. The Committee has decided to distribute the program digitally via our website by clicking here.
A few pictures from our sports car cruise along the coast. A completely stunning turnout of mouthwatering cars. The largest number of cars we have ever had at any cruise. The weather could not have been better. There were a lot of people along much of the route enjoying the spectacle.
A huge thank you to all who were able to be there and make the event a success.
The weatherman is promising an ideal afternoon / evening for a sports car cruise along our beautiful metropolitan coast. Our stating point will be the Brighton railway station car park, western side off Cedar ave. The drive will be basically following the coastline all the way through to the marina off Lady Gowerie drive. Basically an Adelaide car posing tradition. There are a number of eating places there and I can recommend the fish and chip shop. Detailed route maps will be handed out at the starting point.
Gathering time 5 :15 for a 5: 45 departure. The run is approximately 30 km and should take 1 hour. Due to the uncertainty of our Covid environment we have not sent invitations to all of the car clubs but please feel free to invite any interested friends. While it is great if you can come in a sports car or clubman don’t be afraid to roll up in your daily driver and enjoy the comradery. Sunset on this day is 8:11 pm.
The Sprite Club is ready for Monday the 7th of February which will be our first General Meeting for 2022. Fullarton Park Centre, 411 Fullarton Rd, Fullarton, from 7:30pm
Hopefully the wheels won’t fall off this year!
Over the break the Committee has been busy putting together a calendar of events for 2022, plus adding some interesting events for later in the year celebrating our 50th year. Find out more about these events at the meeting.
Also if you have a Club Registered vehicle time is running out to have your Log Book and rego papers stamped, as your Membership and rego will have expired on the 31st December 2021.
If you are attending there are a number of COVID-19 requirements you need to be aware of. These include:
• Do not attend the Centre if you are experiencing cold and flu like symptoms including fever, cough, sore throat, and/or shortness of breath • Practice physical distancing where possible, stay 1.5m apart • Wash hands or use sanitiser provided when entering and exiting the premises. • Maintain appropriate personal hygiene practices (especially covering coughs and sneezes).
I am looking for a 2 Post 240 v Hoist . I have a 4 post Tuff Lift that works , but I have issues with the drive through clearance as my car trailer is so wide and a slight height issue .
1966 MG Midget MKII- Extensive history. Well, looked after
MG Midget, history previous owner 2003 restoration Panels replaced resprayed, well looked after. 2020, refurbishment carried out.• Brakes, New Disc rotors, pads, new pipes, hoses, rear wheel cylinders, recon Master cylinders by PBR• Gearbox front seal replaced, Colin Dodds• New Chrome Wire Wheels, and Tyres• New Front Splined hubs, front suspension bushes, wheel bearings, recondition Shockers• Rear new Axles and splined, wheels bearing and seals. serviced Shockers• Panhard rod fitted• 1100 engine, new Head gasket and oil seals, Timing chain.• Gas struts fitted to Bonnet• Interior, new carpet, Leather Seats out of an MGF, inertia real seat belts overall car is going to turn heads!
Roof and Tonneau cover is tear free and in good condition. The body is very straight with a couple chrome imperfections front and rear Bumpers bumper.
This MG Midget drives and runs beautifully, strong mechanically, great on the road.
Currently on Historic / club rego. A perfect affordable and reliable Sunday drive! Located in Bahamas Grove West Lakes, Adelaide
To avoid any confusion due to our predicted inclement weather, the Monte Carlo pancake cruise will proceed as planned. The gathering points and departure times are as listed below.
Firle on Glynburn rd shopping centre north eastern corner departure time 9:00 am look for Don Cardone.
2. Elizabeth shopping centre car park Phillip Highway exit. Departure time 9:00am.
3. Marion shopping centre car park just north of Diagonal rd exit. Departure time 9:05 am look for Grant Stevenson.
4. Tea Tree Plaza next to MacDonalds . departure time 8:45 look for my red Falcon ute.
If you live close to Semaphore you may wish to drive directly to the foreshore car park entrance immediately north of Noonies restaurant.
If you are the only car at a departure point at departure time do not wait leave for Semaphore at the prescribed time.
A pancake morning tea will be provided with toppings and paper plates etc please bring your own drinks,cups, a chair or rug, sun screen.
You will be able to by coffees etc from Noonies restaurant at Semaphore.
Everything going to plan should result in everyone being at Semaphore just after 9:30 am at which time a decision will be made weacther to stay at Semaphore or drive on to Marque Restorations corner of Torrens Rd and Goodall ave in Kilkenny.
Regards Pat Miller 0421289706 email nanmiller@adam.com.au.
Club members attending the Monte Carlo Pancake cruise on Sunday morning next might be concerned about the weather forecast, it is not good at this stage.
Plan B is that we will all gather at the semaphore beach car park as planned.
If the weather is too awful Gerard has generously offered us the use of Marque Restorations workshop, (corner of Torrens rd and Goodall ave about 15min from Semaphore ), as a venue to facilitate our pancake morning tea.
It is not too late to let me know if you still would like to attend.
The Birthday Brunch Sue-Anne and I have developed a menu which is attached as a pdf. Although it is a buffet, it will be served as you come up to the food station, in accordance with current COVID19 requirements. Sue-Anne says no one will go away hungry – the new Churros will be a treat.
DATE – Sunday 21st November 2021 TIME – 9.30am to 11.30 am AREA – Restaurant as a private area. GUEST COUNT – 75 guests maximum SET UP – In the Restaurant we have set up 5 tables of 5 guests; 2 Tables of 20 & 1 table of 10. Guests will need to book whole tables of 5 (if they wish) & the other tables will be shared tables. Please advise guests “first in best dressed”!! They can call my mobile number to book. If I am unable to answer due to service times then I’m happy for them to leave a voice message & I will return their call. MENU – Staff serviced Buffet Breakfast. $42 Menu attached. DRINKS – Urn set up for Tea & Coffee for guests to help themselves. Any espresso coffees will be purchased separately. Jugs of juice on the tables along with water bottles. Sue-Anne Badawee T 8337 2888 M 0418 846 256 The space is limited – book as soon as you can. I have got my 2 seats already! I need to book the place out to celebrate our success over the years.
In case it is not clear, the person you ring to book & pay for a place or a table at the Rezz for the ClubbiesSA 21st, is Sue Badawee – not me. Sue-Anne Badawee T 8337 2888 M 0418 846 256
Hard to believe that our group is 21 years this year. Where has it all gone? I started the group because someone said i could read & write and talk to people, so why don’t I start a group of Clubbie people to get together.
So that’s what I did.
So, as you can see from the attached pdf file of the first two meetings & the attendance book signatures, we had our first meeting of the various characters I had got to hear of, heard of, or had raced with at Mallala, to meet at Dave & Di Palmers winery at Skillogalee. Dave was building a Westy very, very slowly as he was building the winery business. It was a very hot day, in the 40+ degrees C, and Skillogalee is a long way on hot mostly straight bitumen, with minimal corners – roasting. Not ideal clubbie driving weather. The water & shelter Dave provided when we got there was lifesaving! Yet the hottest part of the day was still to come.
And what about the Bennet boys, Malcom & Stephen in their Clubbie. Had driven all the way from just outside Mildura in the heat just to be with us. Tough in the country. And after lunch, were driving back again in the roasting heat.
It was a great lunch with more water than their famous wines consumed, I think. Again, so hot even in the outside shade that the butter was melting in the butter dishes. Still, a fabulous special lunch and much enjoyed by all.
It was a great start to getting many people together who may have only spoken on the phone or very early email/web discussions. The comments are indicative of the great day had by all.
I had met Paul & Ruth Doube by chance in a street, just driving in my Clubbie. He ran out into the road and stopped me and said he had always wanted to build one, so I invited him to the event that was happening. They turned up at Skillogalee in their Ford Capri (the one outsider on the day) and spent the time talking to everyone.
Paul drove my car home (in the scorching heat) whilst my wife Liz & Ruth went back in the air conditioned Capri. Did I mention it was hot!
What a great start.
I included our second gathering notes at Akhira with Lyn & Robert in April 2001 where 20 people turned up. Another great day. I kept an attendance record for maybe a couple of years at various gatherings and it is interesting to remember the dates and things we did. A few years later, I started the concept of a Third Sunday (copied from the Lotus First Sunday run that several of us used to go on) at Burnside Village. This went on for several years until their re development and too many Toorak Tractors crowding into their space. Lovely space but the redevelopment moved us out.
Next, a brief year or so just up Greenhill Road and Devereux Road intersection till we outgrew the space and finally after a long search, to the Rezz. Over the last 12 years or so, Fred & Sue-Anne have been great hosts and generous in their support and sponsor ship with gifts for lucky draws at Christmas and other times. Importantly, it has been a safe space for our cars to be parked, easy to keep an eye on and importantly, coffee (and toilets).
So far, I have handed out about 170 membership key rings over the years. I have seen member and their cars come and go as their interest changes, and sadly, I have seen several friend “shuffle off this mortal coil” As ClubbiesSA developed, together we have done great things from Mike Laws and Warren Scarman with the first Clubbie Nats in Echucca, to Mike Laws, Warren Scarman, Barry Edson, Paul Doube, Simon Gigney and myself organising the 2007 and 2011 Nationals in Hahndorf and Tanunda, and Alastair Dow, Phil Coates, Dion Schulz and myself delivering the 2019 Nationals, again at Hahndorf. The SA Nats are the best attended in Australia, with over 100 cars each time. We now have first and third Sunday gatherings which cater for those both north and south and keeps the connections going in the group. And each month, it is highly likely that a new car or potential member may turn up with a car that we may not have known about. Whatever, they are always welcome.
So to the Anniversary lunch on the 21st November. I would like to celebrate the day with as many cars as possible so that we can get some great photos our our members cars outside the new Rezz. Fred says that for this day, we can park as tightly as possible on the grass up to the edge of the Hotel, where we now normally sit in the sun. This should give us some great picture opportunities.
Many of us are members of the Sprite Club and I am asking them if they would like to join with us on the day with their cars so their is a great display of cars.
What a different 5 degrees makes. 5 degrees of ignition retard and the engine in my Midget finally came to life but what a journey to get this point.
Last year I installed a ‘fast road cam’ and a fully ported and polished cylinder head from a well-respected local cam grinder along with some other bits and tricks to extract a wee bit more power from the mighty 1275 A Series. My goal was in the region of 80hp or there abouts, a nice 15hp or roughly 25% gain over standard. After pulling the engine out to install the new cam (not sure if this is just a 1275 A-Series thing but the engine needs to be inverted to replace the camshaft) and replacing all manner of hidden atrocities that the previous owner (or his mechanic) had failed to rectify, I was ready to tune it and take it for a test run.
I set the advance up as per recommendations and off up the road I went. It sounded a wee bit meatier but there was never the urge or the rolling sound that I expected. To be honest, it was flat in the critical 2000-3500 band. It briefly cam alive around 3500 but below that, nothing.
It was suggested the standard HS2 pair wasn’t feeding the beast it’s new dietary needs. That made sense to me. After a fair bit of searching various online markets I found a pair of HS4 off a 67 MGB and pair from a 79/80 Spitfire (or a 79 Midget), plus a few random strays of different sizes (need a pair of H1 for your Mk1 Sprite – I know someone who has a set he will gladly sell!). Note, the MGB ones I knew came off a working car so logically, I didn’t tackle them first. I rebuilt the late model HS4 with the ball bearing pistons. Mistake #2.
I’ll come to Mistake #1 later.
That said, the lessons I learned from re-bushing the first pair carbs, the additional tools I’ve acquired etc has been invaluable.
Mistake #3 was my not pushing back against Moss for a major part that they sold me. HS4 needs a different manifold as the stud pattern is different. The suggestions I had was (a) cut and shut an MGB manifold (technically challenging), buy a Maniflow manifold (issue – availability) or Moss had a very neat manifold available on their website from Mangelosti, a known manufacturer of high quality racing intakes. The answer seemed logical. When it arrived, I read a warning on the packaging that didn’t appear on the Moss website. It stated that ‘some modification to body work may be required’. I should have sent it back immediately but I hung my hope on the words ‘may be’. I should have sent it back! The carburettors hit the inner guard and the car lay immobile for another month as I found and bought (and then had fixed) Option 2, the Maniflow manifold.
If you haven’t heard of Maniflow they make some of the best intake and exhaust manifolds in the business. The business grew out of Downton Engineering and, for A and B series engines, they have a great reputation. However …. they were heavily effective by COVID19 with their manufacturing program being at a very reduced capacity. And, there is one chap in the company who makes the Midget one. Anyway, the new, very sexy manifold duly arrived via SU Midel and I quickly switched everything across and, very excitedly, fitted the manifold. I was like a kid in a toy shop who had been looking through the windows for years. Mistake #4. In my haste to turn fuel and air into wonderful noise, I didn’t put a straight edge over the manifold. I trusted that, as the manufacturer of perhaps the best A Series intake manifolds anywhere, that it would be right. It wasn’t. The head faces where not flat and the faces were not parallel. Once it finally started (with three full turns on the jets and the chokes all the way down) it went to 4000+ revs on start-up and died. The air leaks were massive. I thought it was just air leaks…
By now the carbs have been removed four times and it just got worse. I went through everything trying to close the manifold leaks. New stepped washers, different gasket, gasket goop (we are up to six times on and off now, in case someone is counting). Out of frustration, I ring my brother and bounce ideas off him. Put a straight edge across it and shine a light up and see if its flat he suggests. Sure enough … a call to SU Midel, supplied them photos and they offered me to wait for the guy at Maniflow to get back off leave (and sea freight) or have it repaired. They quickly arranged for the manifold to go around to a local race mechanic and he agreed with my call on the manufacturing (phew) and resurfaced it. Back it came and, like that kid in the toy shop again, I rapidly re-assembled the manifold and installed it all.
Side note – by the 7th re-fit I can now install a set of SUs pretty quickly by now.
Everything was set and ready to go and it all should work right? Yeah …… no. Yes, it idled, kind of, but it wouldn’t drop under 1500 rpm. Mistake #2 was coming back to haunt me. The carburettors where off a Midget 1500 or a Trumpy Spitfire Mk5 (FZX1122). Why did I chose these to rebuild? Mainly because of the low profile ‘HIF’ style vacuum chambers were never going to hit the bonnet – Midgets have a severe lack of room under the bonnet! What I didn’t know was that the 1500 Triumph engine also uses a very different cam profile on the choke cams and the throttle quadrants. Now, in my defence, I wrote to SU Carbs (Burlen Fuels) in the UK to make sure my rebuild parts list was correct before ordering and I think they missed the part where I said it was for a conversion to a 1275 A Series. As a result, it was never, ever, going to idle under 1500 rpm as the cams hold the throttle discs too far open, even with no idle adjustment and no fast idle screws.
Oh – the carbs have now come of another two times as I’ve been trying to resolve this and the used gasket count has been spiralling, but at least I’m not destroying exhaust gaskets, only the SU ones at $2 a pop (x6). Don’t do the maths, its depressing!
So, as I stood, beer in hand, contemplating giving up and refitting the original HS2s and going back on the road with my tail between my legs I remembered the early MGB ones. Has to be worth a shot I thought? The throttle shafts were heavily worn but by now my tool chest includes a neat oversize throttle spindle reamer from Joe Curto at British Superior and one set of his oversized (and over priced) shafts. Within 30 minutes and no more than a hand drill I had installed two brand new shafts, perfectly aligned the both carbies where finished. I refitted the low profile ‘HIF Style’ vacuum chambers, and in doing so made Mistake #5. The engine started, it idled, it behaved and using a pair of Colortunes I kind of got the mixture right and I rejoiced. Finally, off out onto the open road and up the old road to Belair, my favourite road for tuning the car. It was absolutely gutless and totally gut wrenching. Terrible doesn’t begin to describe it. The rockers where clattering like they were about to explode, there was some sort of fumes coming from the bonnet at the lights and the temperature was off the scale.
Mistake #2 was still plaguing me and now Mistake #1 really kicked in. So I headed onto every Australian A Series forum I could find. It had to be the damned cam shaft and I was already devising ways to get the cam out without pulling the engine. At about 9 o’clock on Sunday night I struck gold. Someone could identify the camshaft and gave me the cam grinders name and email address. So, I wrote to him. Checked my emails all Monday and was getting pretty frustrated when, at 5.30, the phone rang. It was Graham Russell, the chap who ground the cam. A quick chat over the phone and he basically sorted out my issues, corrected the last part of Mistake #2 and, most importantly, resolved Mistake #1 in about 30 seconds.
The last part of #2 was the use of the HIF style vacuum chambers. They use the SU ‘B’ style spring for which the softest is the Red (4.5 oz tension) spring. I needed the lighter Blue (2.5 oz) as the vacuum wasn’t strong enough to lift the pistons. So, the MGB vacuum chambers where fitted and miracle, they clear the bonnet – just. Voila, I’m getting full movement in both pistons.
Which brings me to Mistake #1. The root cause of everything. When the cam came, the shop I bought it from gave me the advice to ‘set it as per the book for a standard cam’. So, I grabbed the book, got the timing details and set it all up. Here’s the rub. I have three versions of the workshop manual. A large folder of photocopy sheets of a 1971 British Leyland workshop manual, one of the first editions of the Haymes manual that I picked up for free in an op shop and the current version of the Haymes manual. The new one was on the top of the pile so I used that. It said use 13 degrees before top dead centre at 1000 rpm, vacuum disconnected. I couldn’t get it to run at 13 as every time I turned it off it ran on, but at 12 degrees it ran. I’ve been using that setting for exactly 12 months. Well, the book has a misprint – the timing should be 4-8 degrees BTDC. I backed if off on the vernier the full way (5 degrees) back to somewhere in the 7-8 region and the car cam alive. The engine note deepened, the power came on early, the engine ran cooler. Up the road to Belair it was pulling out of corners in 3rd where previously I felt I needed to get out an push in second. For 12 months its run like a woolly goat and it may well have run ok on the original HS2, but I’ll never know.
Somewhere along the line, Haymes have attempted to make the manual look a bit tidier and easier to read and in doing so they’ve printed the wrong data. Six degrees of separation? I’ll take five degrees of ignition retardation any day!
Hi please find below a reminder from the ABD organising committee
Dear All British Day Entrant,
As Spring is still sorting itself out if we will see sunshine or rain, it has been very pleasing to see healthy numbers of entries coming in either via our website and our PO Box. It certainly confirms in our minds that many British vehicle owners want to make the trip to Echunga next February.
We do not know yet what COVID related restrictions or conditions will apply next February, but it does seem to appear that as a nation we are working towards reducing some of the restrictions that have kept us and events at bay for the last 12 plus months.
2022 will be the first year that we intend to stage five feature display over both Ovals. Focusing onboth the diverse and wide range of British Vehicles that have contributed much to Australia’shistory.
British Working Wheels
120 Years of Norton Motor bikes
120 Years of Triumph Motor Bikes
100 Years of the Baby Austin 7
60 Years of the E Type Jaguar
The above categories are reasonably self-explanatory, as to the vehicles that would be eligible to enter.
Possibly British Working wheels may need some further explanation as this category a bit broad. This category is intended to be inclusive of the wide and diverse range of British vehicles that were put to work and played their part in Australia’s past:
Push bikes, small motorbikes (for postal use etc) larger motorbikes, possibly with side cars as used by the government departments and for road-side service.
British cars of all shapes and sizes have been used as company cars down the years
British cars have also had a role in Commonwealth departments
British vans and trucks, tractors, utes and other commercial vehicles have also played an important role in private enterprise, government and the military
If you feel your pride and joy may be a good ambassador for British Working Wheels, please nominate this via our online form by nominating ABD Feature Club 2 as the club to park with. We are looking to try and get a good cross section of vehicles.
As a committee we are looking forward to the event. I know many club members are keen to catch up. To those of you who have already lodged your entry thank you.
To those who intend to enter and still have this job on the “to do list” could I please ask that you
Just letting you know that entry details for the 2022 McLaren Vale Vintage & Classic on April 3rd are now available on the website.
Entry can be completed by using the following link http://www.vintageandclassic.com.au The entry fee is $30 per vehicle. Once you have submitted your on-line entry do not forget to make the payment into our account through your Internet Banking facility or post us a cheque. Your entry cannot be processed until this payment is received. An email acknowledging receipt of your entry and payment will be sent.
The 2022 event will again be conducted in accordance with the COVID restrictions at the time and we ask that you respect any decisions, and directions that the organising committee are required to put in place. Our committee is working hard to ensure that the 2022 event is conducted in a safe manner and is able to be enjoyed by all.Looking forward to seeing you on April 3rd RegardsTrevor SharpChairmanMcLaren Vale Vintage & Classic EventPhone: 0415 820 719www.vintageandclassic.com.au
Unfortunately I will be unable to organise a sports car cruise on Oct 16 th as had been planned. Please cross this one off your calendar. However there will be a cruise with a few variations on SUNDAY Nov 14th. This time we will endeavour to incorporate aspects of cruising with our missed display day and a morning tea.
In an effort to make the day as easy as possible for everyone to join in there will be 4 starting points and one finishing point, that being the Semaphore beach car park, second entrance north of Fort Granville. (Don’t get collected by the little steam train ) In order to secure a reasonably compact gathering of cars we will need to arrive at Semaphore around 9:30 /10:00am.
It is envisaged that club members will meet at the following 4 locations and travel in convoy to Semaphore arriving pretty much at the same time.
1 For eastern suburbs residences, Firle shopping centre north eastern corner adjacent to Glynburn Rd. Distance to destination 24km est travel time 43 min depart Firle at 9:0 am.
2 Northern suburbs residents, Elizabeth shopping centre car park near the Phillip Hwy exit. Distance to destination 26.5 km. est travel time 42 min depart Elizabeth at 9:0 am.
3 Southern suburbs residents. Marion shopping centre car park just north of diagonal rd exit 300m north of diagonal rd Sturt rd intersection. Distance to destination 22 km. est travel time 40 min depart 9:05 AM.
4 North east residents. Tea Tree Plaza car park just outside McDonalds parking area Distance to destination 21.7 km. est travel time 45 min. depart 8;45 I would like this group, including yours truly, to arrive at Semaphore early to help set up BBQ etc.
It is possible you may be the only car at any of these departure points so don’t wait past the departure time.
5 People living in the Semaphore area may wish to drive direct to the car park.
We will be looking for departure point leaders just to make sure everyone leaves on time.
To incorporate morning tea at Semaphore we would ask everyone to bring what ever they would like to drink with them including cups. There is a café in the car park (Noonies) who do make a very nice coffee.
The plan is to have a couple of BBQ hot plates on hand and mass produce enough pancakes to feed everyone along with a range of pancake spreads ie jam honey etc.
As with all sports car cruises there will be a trophy for the most appealing car and the car with the best patina as decided by an elite panel of discerning judges.
It may be wise to bring a chair or a rug and even a sun shade, sun screen, if needed.
While you may not have a sprite ( yours is not running) or another special interest car to bring to the show please come anyway and enjoy the morning.
For catering reasons please do your best to let me know if you are coming and how many people will be with you .
The MSCA super sprint to be held on October 31 at The Bend east circuit will require more flaggies than are required for Mallala. If you could help out on the day would you please notify MSCA secretary Murray Stephenson email stephenson@esc.net.au It is a good opportunity to get close to the action and your help will be very much appreciated.
The final Super Sprint meeting for 2021 will be at Mallala on SATURDAY Nov 27.
Any questions re the above please phone Pat Miller 0421289706 or email nanmiller@adam.com.au
Please find below the banquet menu for Saturdays nights Annual Dinner.
Please have a look at the menu, mostly gluten free but if you have other dietary requirements can you please let me know ASAP 0419802163
Also there will be a limited amount of sponsored wine and soft drinks available on the night. When they run out there will be a system in place to purchase any extra at your own expense.
Please do not arrive before 6:30, 41 George Street, Parkside 5063, due to covid restrictions and BYO mask for moving around the venue when not seated.
Anyone interested in entering the Mallala 60th anniversary 2 day meeting will need to get their entry in quickly. At the time of writing there are only 43 starts available and that is for Saturday Aug 28 only. Entry is via the Mallala website. Entry fee is discounted to MSCA members by quoting MSCA60TH on the promo code in the entry form. I have looked for sup regs I believe they are not yet released.
Due to the weather forecast and some damage to the roads planned for the run its been decided to keep this great run for a better day, more than likely the September outing! Thanks again to Russell and Judy for planning these runs!
Please find attached the Newsletter Number 1 which asks some pertinent questions of our membership which will assist in the planning of the 2022 Nationals.
Please find the letter for download below
PS – Can you please let Chris Brine or Gordon Boyce know your interest in the 2022 Sprite Nationals either:
Attending the 2022 Sprite Nationals.
Attending the 2022 Sprite Nationals and wishing to participate in motorsport events
If you could let us know by 28th June we can send a combined response from SA.
Is there an experienced Mallala driver in the club who would like to be part of the Red Heifer racing team in the 6 hour event at Mallala on May 2nd. Our group has one vacancy remaining to form a 5 car team.
Please contact Pat Miller 0n 0421289706 or email nanmiller@adam.com.au
Please get a team or two organised and come and enjoy the day with us this year, alternatively contact Pat Miller for Team info for the Red Heifers. Unfortunately due to COVID-19 restrictions, NO DINNER will be held on Sunday night but presentation will be conducted about 6:00pm on Sunday 2nd May 2021. Mallala Motorsport Park will have a practice day for cars only on Saturday 1st May 2021. Cost not included in entry. Refer to home page of the MSCA website sight for booking details. Scrutineering will be done via the MA Self-Scrutineering Checklist & MA Self Statement of Vehicle Compliance which need to be submitted with the COVID-19 checklist & Mallala Waiver forms to comp@mscasa.com prior to entering. Form B’s which are available on our website need to be submitted by the Team Manager.
Please do not hesitate to contact me for further information by emailing msca on comp@mscasa.com
Club members at Hazelwood Park, beautiful autumn morning, Covid sign in done. Time for briefing, great news no traffic lights at all.
11 cars, 4 Sprites, 2 MG Midgets, 1 MX5,1 Golf Convertible,1 Tigra,1 Saab,1Jazz and Chris & Tina met us for lunch.
We crossed the Hill Face, through back streets, on and off the SE Freeway, Mt Lofty, Old Norton Summit, Teringie. Morning Tea spot Morialta Park. Marble Hill road and on to Scenic Hotel for lunch.
67 Kilometres of winding roads, great views across the Valleys and the City skyline to the beaches beyond.
Great Run notes, a couple of missed turns and a road closure all made for a happy group of Sprites and others.
Lunch in the Beer Garden at the Scenic Hotel, under new owners delivered great meals.
Once again Russell & Judy organised a great run lots of twists and turns, with some roads not travelled, it takes time and effort to keep coming up interesting runs for us to enjoy.
Gary Brock thanked them both for another great day.
Club members interested in attending this event will get free entry with historic cars, however they must be in place between 10 – 11am on Sunday Morning
Registrations for the 2021 Bay to Birdwood, one of the world’s great historic motoring events, are now open. Click on the link below to register your vehicle and be one of the participants on Sunday 26 September.
“The Bay to Birdwood’s new shape – celebrating all eras of historic motoring – was successfully ‘road-tested’ last year and this will be the new look for the Bay to Birdwood from hereon in,” said the Bay to Birdwood Chair, Michael Neale. “It is an iconic event, part of the fabric of the nation and we are really proud to present it here in South Australia every year.”
This year’s event will follow in the footsteps of 2020’s with a COVID-safe environment to keep all participants and spectators safe. It will again be a showcase of motoring history, with vehicles from all decades – antique, veteran, vintage and post war/early classic, classic, post classic and modern up to 31 December 1991. Due to current regulations, participation is restricted to 1400 vehicles (this may change as the event gets closer).Register online ASAP as places will fill fast.
Reminder to all Club members of the Over Covid Festival on this Sunday 14th March.
Live bands, food, wine, stalls and the Classic Car Display.
Club member Garry Beaton has been instrumental in organising a fund-raising event for the Adelaide Hills communities that have been through many challenges for the past two years – bushfires, COVID, varying fruit crops, etc
The Sprite Club has been invited to participate this event, we’d like to see as many cars as we can get up to the Lenswood oval .
Also there will be a “Most Appealing Car” award, voted by the public.
Garry provided the following information for club members…
“As mentioned as many Sprite, Clubmans or any classic vehicle will be most welcome . NO admission charge for the cars and their passengers, we would like all vehicles there between 10 -11am and they can leave between the band changes approx 1.5 hrs advise if any further info required we need to have an idea of attendee numbers for covid marshalls and also advise all car owners to have their log books as we have police on site.
Please advise of attendance at admin@spriteclub.com.au or Gordon Boyce president@spriteclub.com.au
Don’t forget there is a General Meeting at the Fullarton Park Centre, 411 Fullarton Rd, Fullarton, from 7:30 for *pm start. Covid safe plans in place
All Historic at Mallala, 17th & 18th April
Hi Folks….please find attached our invite to your club to attend our event in April. I realise that this is fairly short notice however please consider joining us….it’s a great family day.Entries are now open on the SCC website.For further info please call me on 0408 277380….show and shine is specifically for cars however we will have display areas for bikes as well.Kind RegardsGraham Boulter(Chairman of Historic Racing Register of the Sporting Car Club of SA.)
Message received by Pat Miller, and will be benefit to club members who have volunteered to flag on the weekend.
If there are any other club members who would like to join them it is not too late. Just contact Murray Stephenson email address included.
Greetings All,
Thank you for volunteering to help as a flaggy at the Super Sprint on Sunday 28 February at The Bend West circuit. The event would not happen without you.
Thank you to Alfa Romeo, MX-5, Sprite, BMW, Nissan Datsun and MG Car Clubs.
Could you please respond to let me know this has been received so I can follow up any that go missing.
As part of our COVID compliance measures there will be no face to face briefings for officials.
Attached are the flaggies briefing notes which I ask that you read before the event. There may still be some briefing over the radio once you are in position.
Also attached is The Bend waiver which you need to print, sign and have witnessed. Then bring it on Sunday and hand it in at the gate.
Please bring both documents with you.
You will need to pick up a radio and safety vest in garage 1 on Sunday morning. Garage 1 is at the North end of the main building.
Please find attached a list of volunteers for Sunday with your allocation listed in the Comments column.
If you have any issues please let me know.
If for any reason you are unable to come on the day, or think beforehand that you may not make it, it is vital that you notify your club delegate and me immediately. Under COVID restrictions we have only signed up the minimum numbers so any withdrawals will be an issue.
Bring the usual things for flagging, chair, coat, hat, drinks, snacks, sunscreen?, etc. There will be sanitizer and wipes on site.
You will receive lunch as usual which will be served in garage 1 near form up.
The gates will open at 0730 and close at 0900. Please report to garage 1 by 0815 ready to pick up your radio, vest and go. You can take a car to all points via “the moat” which is a dirt track outside the main concrete wall. Turns 1 to 6 travel clockwise (north) and 7 to 12 anti clockwise (south). Note that all flag bunkers are on the outside of the track, just some turn numbers are shown on the infield.
Time 4:30 pm for chat and checkout for a 5:00 pm departure. Sunset on the day is 7.46 pm
Start Windy point car park upper level.
Route
Drive down Belaiir Road.
Turn left onto Springbank Road.
Turn left onto Goodwood Road. Centennial Pk cemetery on your right.
Follow on to Fiveash Drive continue on Ayliffes Road. Parklands on your left. A good area to bunch up a little.
Carefully follow the signs to get onto the new southern expressway. If we miss here we may be lost in the labyrinth and never be seen again.
Follow the expressway for approximately 15 km. Vere left for the turnoff onto Beach road.
Turn right and head west onto Beach Road over the bridge.
Drive along Beach road for 1.3 Km cross over Dyson Road.
Proceed a further 0.5 Km along Beach Road and pull into Woolworths car park.
There will be a short presentation for the most appealing car and the car with the best patina as decided by our somewhat fickle judging panel.
People wishing to make an evening of it may wish to visit many of the eating places available in the Port Noarlunga area. Unfortunately, none of them have parking space for large numbers of cars in one area. I am reliably informed the Port Noarlunga fish shop is a good place to eat.
As usual all drivers are responsible for the roadworthiness of their cars and adherence to the rules of the road.
We welcome any and all sports cars. clubmans and specials to join us on the drive.
No club memberships are required.
Any further info Ph Pat Miller 0421289706 email nanmiller@adam.com.au
I have attached an article I was asked to write it by the editor of the “North Norfolk Classic Vehicle Club” in the county of Norfolk,England.
A friend of mine called Bob who lives in Norfolk mentioned to him that he had a friend in Australia who was involved in classic cars.
Editors being editors he thought this could be an opportunity to get a story for his magazine! Bob asked me if I was interested. I thought it might be an interesting thing to do so I agreed to do it.
The article features classic cars I have owned over the years, not everyday family cars.
I thought it might be suitable to put on the website or email to club members.
A good opportunity to check out THE BEND at close quarters. Traditionally the sprite club has helped with flagging at the first meeting of the year usually Mallala this year the meeting will be on the exciting West circuit at THE BEND. Even if you have never flagged before do not be scared to have a go. Any questions Pat Miller 0421289706.
From the MSCA.
Round 1 Super Sprint is scheduled at The Bend on the west circuit on Sunday 28 February.
Nominally the duty flagging clubs are MG, Fiat Lancia, Nissan Datsun and Sprite but they will need input from other clubs.
We will be using nine flag points which requires eighteen volunteers.
COVID requirements continue to apply so I will need to confirm the volunteers before the event and have a list of names, phone and email addresses.
Please ask your clubs for volunteers and send me names and contact details before 21 February. Assuming we have a surplus, I will then confirm the final list.
It would help if they nominate their preferred team mate as well.
Only to thank our hosts, Des and Penny for their hospitality, and to assure you that competition in the thong throwing was fierce, made more difficult by the sloping terrain, which made the bucket tilt away from us. After three rounds, the bucket was moved closer and Michael made a perfect shot. Despite the covid restrictions, we all managed to eat well, with a dazzling array of desserts. A very pleasant afternoon all round.
The last photo with the thong in mid-air by the bucket was the winning shot. Cheers Don William
We’ve just been notified that our website host is closing in a couple of months, if anyone has recommendations of a website hosting service, preferably located in SA, please let me know, cheers Chris
Dear All British Day Entrant, Since I last wrote to you back in September the ABD committee has been looking at ideas and options for celebrating our day and to fill the void left in the calendar by the postponement of the 2021 event. As COVID-19 is still very much with us, and we are still upholding our decision not to hold a physical event in 2021, you may wish to consider getting involved in one or both of the suggestions below. Your Committee is already planning for the 2022 All British Day at Echunga along the lines of the Club-based picnic day event, and these suggestions are simply put forward as alternatives for 2021 until we resume our usual format. We are grateful to Tony Heard, the SA Registrar of the Morgan Owners Club of Australia for his suggestion of a VIRTUAL ALL BRITISH DAY which celebrates the continuity of the event. The basic concept is that you, as British vehicle owners, take up to three photos of your pride and joy at your choice of location, with an option of penning up to 100 words and submitting them electronically to us by Friday 26 February. The entries will be presented on our website and available for all to see and will be subject to judging in one of several categories. We are aware that a couple of clubs with British marques are already planning a run to the hills on that day for a low-key morning tea or brunch event based on the ‘park, snack and chat’ model, to acknowledge the second Sunday in February as ‘ABD day’. If you or your club decides to follow suit then such an outing could provide the ideal photo opportunity, or perhaps you might prefer a specific backdrop, it is up to you. Entrants will need to send us an email which includes the basic information according to the rules of entry, details and categories. The photos will be judged, and we will offer prizes. The premise of the virtual day is that every entrant will have at least one of their images included as part of the website gallery, not just randomly selected vehicles as is the usual procedure for the ABD. We are not charging any fees and being totally electronic we feel it is a safe option. To the best of my knowledge this has not been tried before but we are keen to give it a go. Prizes will be in 6 categories for vehicles and 6 categories for bikes. Winners will be notified by 28 March.
If you are you are looking for something different, and more dynamic, there is another option available to you, which I would like to acknowledge our committee member, Paul Venables, for steering this option. ‘The Bend’ Motorsport Park at Tailem Bend is hosting an event called “British at the Bend” on 14 February. This is an event that will be sympathetic to British vehicles and bikes. The Bend have the appropriate Covid Management plan to allow cars and bikes to be put on display and allow public access in accordance with the current health regulations. Indoor dining or even overnight accommodation are options you may also wish to explore. The Bend organizers will make it possible for cars and bikes to do cruise laps and other track options are also possible. Even if you do not have a track-type vehicle you might like to take a run through the hills ending up at Tailem Bend and have a look around at the complex! For more information contact enquiries@thebend.com.au or visit thebend.com.au You may even elect to take part in both opportunities and give your car/bike a good run and take photos. Please keep an eye on our website for new information on both of these great opportunities and stay safe! We fully expect that our postponement of the 2021 Club picnic event is a one-off, and that we will be back at Echunga with a bigger and better All British Day in February 2022.
Kind Regards Jamie Sandford -Morgan President All British Day
1977 mg midget In good tidy condition Currently unregistered can be registered if I get my asking price for 3 months Will need new tyres Engine runs great Gear box is great I recently put a new soft top on it and gave it a service but I has sat for 9 monthsselling due to down sizing my Sprite/midget collection
Mk3 MK2 parts$90 MK2 sprite roof bows $30 Mk3 roof bows $30 950 motor $250 1100 motor $350 Smooth case gear box $300 Body panels free Doors good condition $150 each Boot lid $100 Dash been cut out for radio $50 MK2 mk1 seats $100 Also parting out whole car Please call me on 0411867118
This has been, to say the least, a very challenging year for us all, home work and play…
Not knowing when we’d all be back together again, due to the cancellation of the dinner etc etc etc… we made a decision to hand over a trophy in our care.
Tina and I decided that we’d pass the Tony Bennetto “Spirit of Sprites” trophy onto the Club member we though has done the most to keep the club, informed, functioning and making the tough decisions that had to be made during the year.
Committee members seldom, if ever, get the accolades they deserve and Gordon Boyce our president has done more to keep the spirit of sprites alive for us all loonies who love these little cars in 2020!
In light of the current Covid situation in SA, please take note the following info:
Booking are finalised – the numbers are now closed!
Do not arrive too early! 7pm is the start time, you will have to wait outside until then.
There will be some limited drinks on the Sprite Club, Michael Mclaren and Bentleys – after this there will be an honour system in place and monies collected at the the end of the evening.
We are watching the ever changing situation with Covid restrictions please watch you emails for updates.
Hopefully we’ll see you on Saturday – Stay safe and well
Saturday 21 November . The venue will be at Namaste Restaurant, 41 George Street, Parkside at 7.00pm.
The format will be a catered banquet with an interesting range of dishes for each of the courses. Cost is $40 per head. The meal and drinks will be subsidised by the Sprite Club.
Payment can be made via the Club’s Bank Account EFT – Please note the Surname and numbers attending when making the deposit. Please let Darrel dazzarh@optusnet.com.au and/or Michael mmcclaren@adel.bentleys.com.au know your coming and paid!
PLEASE NOTE: There will be No Dinner Payments on the night, must be prepaid before.
14 November Sprite Club Classic Sports Car Cruise – “Northerly Aspect!” departure
For the first cruise of this season our gathering point will be in Kateena Street, Regency Park, next to the Regency Park Vehicle Inspection Centre.
Gathering from 4:30 PM. Departure time will be at 5:00 PM. and head up the new Northern Connector and Expressway to Gawler, enjoying some different roads and scenery on this new road infrastructure. Any enquiries contact Pat Miller 0421289706.
We have received a request from Chris Clarke who’s mother is turning 90 in December. The lady used to drive and race a duck egg blue bug eye sprite. Chris would like to find a similar car to pick her mum up on the day as a gesture of past experience. Can any club member help out here if so please ring Chris on 0408034172. May be as a club we could organize a bug eye guard of honour.
The AGM elected the following members to the committee
At the Sprite Club of SA Annual General Meeting the following were elected to the 2021 Sprite Club Committee. President: Gordon BoyceSecretary: Ray KinlayTreasurer: Darrel HannaSocial Coordinator: Michael McClaren with assistance of other MembersCompetition Secretary: Pat MillerWeb Master: Chris BrineClubbies SA Representative: Barry EdsonLibrary: Miles JacksonRegalia: Kerry FisherFederation of Historic Motoring Clubs SA Delegate: Don CardoneClub Registration Authorised Officers: Don Cardone and Gordon Boyce Thanks to all of these people for their assistance with the running of the Sprite Club for the next 12 months. Also Special Thanks to Ken Dutch for his work as Regalia Officer for a number of years, your work with this role has been appreciated and thanks to Kerry Fisher for volunteering for the position – Welcome to the Committee!
2 November Annual General Meeting – Meeting starts at 8.00pm.
Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton Park.
All committee positions will be declared vacant – Help be a part of or choose the Committee for 2021
14 November Sprite Club Classic Sports Car Cruise – “Northerly Aspect!” departure
For the first cruise of this season our gathering point will be in Kateena Street, Regency Park, next to the Regency Park Vehicle Inspection Centre.
Gathering from 4:30 PM. Departure time will be at 5:00 PM. and head up the new Northern Connector and Expressway to Gawler, enjoying some different roads and scenery on this new road infrastructure. Any enquiries contact Pat Miller 0421289706.
15 November MSCA Mallala Super Sprint – Round 5 – Mallala Motorsport Park
This competition event will be held at Mallala for the final round of the MSCA Super Sprint Series.
Hoping the weather will provide a fast track for the competitors. On track action from 10.00am
21 November Sprite Club Re-Union Re-United Dinner – Namasté Nepalese Restaurant, Parkside
The venue will be at Namaste Restaurant, 41 George Street, Parkside at 7.00pm.
The format will be a catered banquet with an interesting range of dishes for each of the courses. Cost is $40 per head. The meal and drinks will be subsidised by the Sprite Club.
Payment can be made via the Club’s Bank Account EFT – Please note the Surname and numbers attending when making the deposit.
PLEASE NOTE: There will be No Dinner Payments on the night, must be prepaid before.
7 December Christmas General Meeting – Meeting starts at 8.00pm.
Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton Park.
What a year 2020 has been. But, if you want to get back together with other Sprite Club members then The Re-Union Re-United Dinner might be for you. RSVP and mark your diaries NOW!
The venue will be at Namaste Restaurant, 41 George Street, Parkside, so it is quite central.
We will have space to ourselves to enjoy this special night. Numbers will dictate which room.
Our Club has subsidised this evening, as well as drinks we will have a Nepalese Banquet at $40.00 per head.
Everest Banquet
An excellent way to sample the favourite dishes of Namasté, comprising of 4 pieces of entree,
Mixed Entrée 1 piece of each per person
Momo (DF, NF)
Chicken dumpling with ginger, garlic, spring onion and coriander.
Samosa (DF, V, V’n, NF)
Home made pastry triangle filled with vegetables including potatoes, fresh spring onion, peas and coriander.
Phulaura (GF, DF, V, V’n, NF)
Traditional crispy patty prepared from black lentils, chickpea flour, spring onion, spinach & coriander blended in
Nepalese herbs.
Tareko Machha (GF, DF, NF)
Fish marinated in Nepalese herbs and lightly battered with cornflour and mustard oil.
Main Courses
Poleko Khasi / Badami Sekewa (Choice of Tandoori Lamb or chicken) (GF)
juicy lamb ribs marinated in yoghurt, spices & garam masala, then cooked in the charcoal clay oven.
OR
Tender juicy pieces of chicken fillet, lightly marinated in a creamy yoghurt sauce with ginger, garlic and lemon
juice, enriched with almond paste.
Jhingey ko Tarkari (Prawn Curry) (GF, NF)
Rich King prawn curry infused with the flavours of green chilli, ginger, garlic, garam masala, yoghurt, vinegar
and coconut milk.
Khasiko Masu (Choice of Lamb or Goat) (GF, DF, NF)
Traditionally spiced Nepalese style curry with your choice of tender boneless lamb or goat.
Sekewa Ko Leddoor (Nepalese Butter Chicken) (GF)
Boneless chicken pieces, cooked in the charcoal fired clay oven, then pan simmered in a delicious creamy sauce.
Accompaniments
Rayoko Saag (GF, V, NF)
Mustard leaves stir-fried with chilli, cumin seed & a dash of mustard oil & butter.
Misayako Tarkari (GF, DF, V, V’n, NF)
Mixed vegetable curry of cauliflower, green beans, potatoes and green peas flavoured with spring onion and fresh coriander.
Pharsi ko Tarkari (GF, DF, V, V’n, NF)
Pumpkin curry, flavoured with mustard seeds, fenugreek, ginger, salt and pepper.
Dessert
Laal Mohaan (V)
Traditional sweet prepared from milk powder flavoured with cardamom and rose water. A typical sweet from the Terai region, served with vanilla bean ice-cream.
Please come along and enjoy the company as well support the various award winners.
Payment can be made either at General Meetings or the Club’s Bank Account EFT – Details Below.
Please note the Surname and numbers attending when making the EFT deposit.
NAB Adelaide Branch.
Account Name: THE SPRITE CLUB OF SA INC.
BSB: 085 005
Account Number: 207432628
There will be further emails nearer the event detailing any necessary Covid19 precautions and procedures.
Whilst the Covid-19 pandemic still causes havoc across the world, closer to home it has been refreshing to see the infection numbers drop in Victoria and some state borders opening. I am sure we are all looking forward to the talented scientists across the globe finding a solution to rid us of this most brutal virus. In my last newsletter I advised that we would be open for registrations this year and would confirm the status of All British Day 2021 by November 30. As a result of our research into what is required for us to hold an event that attracts around 3000 plus people, and meets SA Health Covid-19 criteria, our November deadline has been brought forward. We have considered the time required for us to prepare the necessary extensive Covid Management Plan for SA Health, and have factored in the significant review of logistics and costs involved to run the event. As the committee is entirely made up of volunteers and our resources are finite both in manpower and financially, we regrettably must advise it is simply not feasible for us to host All British Day next February 2021, considering all the obligations we would be required to undertake. As a result, we will not be sending out invitations nor opening the website for registrations. By February, the Covid Management plan may be a lot less involved, but we have to assess the facts and act as they are now. it is possible that some of the current Covid management policies may become a part of every event, but only time will tell. We are disappointed that we have had to make this decision, but feel it is the only responsible course of action open to us. We have no desire to take unnecessary risks with the health of those attending ABD or running a compromised event just for the sake it. We do hope you will understand why we have had to make this decision. We will, in the absence of ABD 2021 still make donations to the CFS and other service groups that benefit from ABD. Essentially ABD 2022 will be ABD 2021 plus 12 months. February 2022 will still be featuring both British Working Wheels and the E Type Jaguar celebration. We expect to open registrations on October 1, 2021, for ABD 2022 and plan to keep the registration fee unchanged. However it is not all bad news and despite the COVID-19 constraints the ABD Committee is extremely hopeful we can come up with an alternative approach to enable you to still exercise or display your vehicles on February 14, 2021. We will be having another meeting in November and hopefully by then, the Covid rules may have changed, allowing us to suggest an alternative, in the absence of ABD 2021, to the many clubs and organizations that make up and support ABD. Save the date and watch this space!
Kind Regards Jamie Sandford-Morgan President All British Day
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Wondering if anyone might have a king pin reaming tool I could use for disk brake stub axles? Or know an anyone who might be able to do it for me? Cheers Chris contact chris.brine@gmail.com.au O4198O2163
Dear Sprite Members PLEASE NOTE THAT I HAVE SENT THIS MESSAGE TO ALL MEMBERS THAT WERE GOING TO ATTEND THIS YEAR. National Challenge 2021 The Sprite Car Club of Qld. Committee are pleased that we can confirm that we will host the Challenge at Easter 2021. Dates are from Thursday 1st April to Monday 5th April.Morgan Park Raceway & Motels have been rebooked. Basic weekend details will be Thursday night welcome BBQ. Friday night, Dinner at Morgan Park Saturday & Sunday night, Dinner at Warwick Golf Club.Competitors, Morgan Park racing Friday & Saturday & on Sunday Motorkhana. Social Activities for non competitors on Friday & Saturday will have organized bus trip & a navigation run. Sunday is Concourse & Motorkhana for everyone to attend. All breakfasts, lunches & dinners will be organized, so all you need to do is come along & have a great weekend. EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FLYER IS ATTACHED. Please reply to this email if you would like to attend.
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Please find a message from Pat Miller below, please check the website or the MSCA SA closer to the event for any updates…
The Super Sprint Meeting at Mallala will go ahead as planned on Sunday next 22nd, in line with advice from Motorsport Australia. There will be precautions taken to reduce risk of virus transmission. As usual the meeting will require Flagies, it is the Sprite Club’s turn to provide somepeople to assist with this. It may prove to be your last chance to get up close to motor sport for a while. At this stage further MSCA motor sport in the short term foreseeable future will depend on how effective measures are to contain Corvid 19.
Due to the rapidly changing circumstances regarding the outbreak of the COVID-19 Coronavirus, the Committee of the Sprite Club of South Australia has responded to the advice from the various medical agencies, SA Health, State and Federal Governments. With the recommendations regarding non-essential gatherings and meetings the Committee has decided to cancel or postpone certain Sprite Club organised events.
This has been for the protection and well-being of the health of both Sprite Club members and the associated public. While these decisions have not been made lightly, the Sprite Club will follow the evolving recommendations regarding these events.
As more information develops, we will ensure all members are aware of any changes to Sprite Club organised events, which will be communicated via the website, email and Facebook pages. Please keep checking these for updates and event information.
For those events that the Sprite Club of SA is associated with including hill climbs, MSCA super sprints, Coffee & Cars and other parades and displays, please check the organisers website or Facebook for the latest information on the status of these events.
We thank the members for their understanding at these times and hope that they will continue to enjoy the use of their Sprites, Midgets and Associate vehicles in the meantime and follow the recommended good hygiene and social distancing practices.
Please contact the President if you have any specific queries or concerns.
Yours Spritely
Gordon Boyce
President and on behalf the Committee of the Sprite Club of South Australia.
Message from the The Sprite Car Club of Queensland
Sad to say, but the time has come to make the decision that the National Challenge 2020 has been cancelled due to the Corona Virus Pandemic. We have had discussions with each of the state Presidents and they all agree this is the right decision.
As we have had a number of expenses – permits, deposits etc which are non refundable, we hope you understand that we need to share the costs of expenses paid, so our Treasurer will do some financial calculations and inform all participants of their refunds.
I am sure the Presidents will liaise in the coming months, and hopefully this event may take place at a later date.
Regards
Keith Gordon Sprite Car Club of Qld. Ph 0432483228.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE • 15 March 2020 McLaren Vale Vintage & Classic 2020 cancelled.
In its most recent (15.03.20) Coronavirus (COVID-19) health alert, the Australian Government has advised that, effective from Monday 16 March, organised, non-essential gatherings should be limited to 500 people.
As a consequence, we are left with no alternative other than to cancel the McLaren Vale Vintage & Classic 2020.
This step has been taken with heavy heart but full awareness of the need to ensure public safety at an event that was anticipated to draw in excess of 15,000 local, South Australian and interstate visitors to the Grand Parade on McLaren Vale Main Street on Sunday April 5, 2020.
Event Chairman Trevor Sharp said,“For this year, we have received record entry levels of classic cars and motorcycles that would have paraded down the Main Street of McLaren Vale. Sadly, we have had no other choice but to cancel the event.”
“Wineries have geared up to welcome entrants and visitors as this is one of their major tourism events. They are of course disappointed but understand that this was our only and realistic option”.
Trevor Sharp commented that: “A primary goal of McLaren Vale Vintage & Classic, now in its 15th year, is to raise funds for the McLaren Vale and District Hospital, CFS McLaren Vale and CFS McLaren Flat units and, this year, the Southern Koala Rescue. It will be doubly disappointing if our charitable goals are not met due to events beyond our control.”
As you have already paid the entrance fee we would like to give you the option to pass on the funds to any of the three fundraising beneficiaries already nominated with the event. Could you please indicate your preferred charity – McLaren Vale & District War Memorial Hospital, CFS or Southern Koala Rescue.
Refunds are also an available option. If for some reason you would prefer to have your entry fee refunded you will need to provide bank details – name of account, BSB and account number.
Please Note: The Sprite Club of SA is required to supply officials to assist with running of this event. This would involve flag marshalling and other assorted duties. There is a safety briefing at 8.30am, and lunch will be supplied.
There will also be an opportunity to have some Parade Laps of the circuit during the lunchbreak.
This a great opportunity to get up close and near the on track action.
For the competitors it is time to dust of the helmet and gloves and head to Mallala for the first time on the racetrack for 2020. Come along and support our competing Sprite and Clubman driving members. Did all their adjustments and modifications over the break lower their lap times. Free Spectator Entry. Practice from 9.00am On track action from 10.00am
Remember its ‘Come and Try’ as well see link for more info
A great opportunity to attract new people to the joys of super sprinting especially the younger generation. No club memberships required, just a car with standard seat belts and a crash helmet, See sup regs..
Supp Regs and entry form for the Come & Try are on the website and attached.
Please promote to your club and family and friends.
Participants do not need a competition licence or to be a club member.
Minimum age is fourteen but at that age they would need to have had some driving experience.
Please have the entry form scanned and returned to Sue and me. We are not using meecams for the C&T group.
Here some info from our hosts after the parade, Fox Creek Wines…
Dear Car Lovers
Hi Car Owners and welcome guest of Fox Creek Vintage and Classic Car Day 2020.
Thank you for participation in this fabulous event, I am emailing you so you know what we have available for the day.
Please pass on to all your members strictly no BYO alcohol and food. Fox Creek will have wine, beer and gin available for purchase.
On arrival you will be show where to park your beautiful cars. It will be directly on display where everyone and you will see it for the whole afternoon.
You will be able to sit back and enjoy music by ‘Puffin Billy’ .
Food by “Signor Arrosticini” traditional Italian street food. (See menu below)
Non- alcoholic drinks and ice creams by Miss Buttercup.
WHAT TO BRING:
You picnic rug or chairs.
Your own picnic glass or we will have our stemless outdoor glasses available (refundable deposit of $5)
Your dancing shoes!
Lastly but the best till last – all Vintage Car Holders automatically on purchase of a bottle of Fox Creek Wines go into the drawto win a 6 pack of our award winning wines. Drawn at 3pm but you must be there to claim.
February Bugeye Burble and 2020 Sprite Club Calendar
Here is the February Bugeye Burble and Coming Events……………………………..
Keep an eye on the Sprite Club Website, Email Postings and Sprite Club Facebook Page for more information…………
9 February 36th All British Day – Echunga Oval – 9.00am – 3.00pm
The annual All British Day is a chance to display our Members car and view over 850 British vehicles. Entry to the oval is from 9.00am. The display will be between 10.30am and 3.00pm.
Excellent Catering, Displays and Trade Stalls are available as well.
10 February Technical Night at Marque Restorations – Meet 6.00pm for 6.30pm Start
We will be visiting Gerard Miller’s Marque Restorations at 5 Goodall Ave, Kilkenny (corner of Torrens Road) for a technical night. Catered BBQ from 6.00pm, with tour of the workshops afterwards.
22 February Sprite Club Classic Sports Car Cruise – Meet 4.30pm, Depart 5.00pm
The first cruise for 2020 will be a special event and will be supporting those affected by the recent bushfires. The gathering point will be K Mart Car Park Glynburn Rd, Firle.
Further info on the event contact Pat Miller 0421 289 706 Email nanmiller@adam.com.au
1 March MSCA Trophy Presentation Day – Mount Barker Football Club – 11.00am
Everyone is invited to the MSCA Presentation Day for the 2019 class awards.
We are being hosted by Mount Barker Football Club, Alexandrina Road, Mount Barker.
2 March General Meeting – Meeting starts at 8.00pm.
Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton Park.
18 March Mid-Week Meander – “Head to the Hills”
Russell and Judy Schmarr have organised the first Mid-Week Meander for 2020.
Mark your calendars now! More details to follow.
22 March MSCA Mallala Super Sprint & Come’n’Try – Round 1 – Mallala Motorsport Park
The Sprite Club have been rostered for flagging duties at this Round so please come along and get yourself trackside to see some motorsport action up close.
Officials briefing at 8.30am. On track action from 10.00am
The annual All British Day is a chance to display our Members car and view over 850 British vehicles. This year the theme is AA (the lead organisation before the RAA) 100 years of Bentley and Armstrong Siddeley, so there will be some special interest vehicles as the main display.
Entry to the oval is from 9.00am. The display will be between 10.30am and 3.00pm.
Public Entry is $8.00 Adult, $4.50 Children – Parking Available
Excellent Catering, Displays and Trade Stalls are available as well.For More information: www.allbritishday.com
We are all aware of the effect the recent bushfires have had to the various South Australian Communities in the Adelaide Hills and Kangaroo Island, as well as many other localities around Australia.
While there are many Bushfire Relief Fundraising events being held and the various donation tins at most shopping centres and retail outlets, the Committee of the Sprite Club of South Australia has taken a slightly different approach to the Bushfire Relief.
At our various social drives and runs that we are conducting, we will ensure that we head to these affected areas and stop to purchase either coffee, cake, meals or petrol from the retail outlets in these communities.
This will directly assist the financial economy of these businesses and communities and assist them in the major rebuilding process that needs to occur over the coming months and years.
While this may be a small contribution, the Committee hopes that the members will support this direct contribution with attendance at the various events calendared over the year.
We will be visiting Gerard Miller’s Marque Restorations at 5 Goodall Ave, Kilkenny (corner of Torrens Road) for a technical night and a chance to view Sprite Club Members Sprite (Darrel) and Triumph TR4 (Phil) under restoration.
Catered BBQ from 6.00pm, with tour of the workshops afterwards.
Please let Gordon Boyce (gordon.boyce98@gmail.com or 0417897905) know if you are attending for catering purposes.
THE SPRITE CLUB OF SA. SUMMER 2020 CLASSIC SPORTS CAR CRUISE.
The sprite club of SA will be running our summer edition classic sports car cruise in the afternoon of February 22. The drivers of all sports car, clubman, replica sports car or any car that fits the general description, are most welcome to join us. In view of events of the last weeks the event will be aimed at taking a little cheer and perhaps economic activity to fire affected places. As usual it is an informal low key affair highlighting interest classic sporting cars and to generally have fun.
1: As the planed route features a good number of curves, the event will be in day light hours ( sunset is 8:02 pm)The gathering place will be K mart car park Glynburn Rd Firle at 4:30 pm, chat and check out, departure 5:00 pm.
2 Drive south along Glyburn Rd turning left at Magill Rd.
2 Follow on to Old Norton Summit Rd to Norton Summit.
3 Turn right onto Lobethall Rd, cross over Stony Rise/ Monmeith Rd intersection cross over Range Rd /Burdetts Rd intersection, drive through Lenswood.
4 Follow to Main Rd Lobethall for approximately 500m and gather in or around the car park on what will be your right hand side for presentations.
Most appealing car, Car with best patina ( ie used and loved ) as voted by sprite club members. Car with most youth appeal, as voted by all young people in attendance.
The cruise should finish in Lobethall at approximately 6;00 pm there are a good number of eating places in the town and surrounding areas participants may wish to dine at. It may be a good idea to pre book. No prearrangements have been made in regard to this cruise event.
My map highlighted the following, Rising sun Hotel, Balhanna Chinese Restraunt, Lobes cafe + takeaway, Amberlight motorcycle café, Lobethall Bierhause, Lobethall Hotel,
As would be expected everyone joining us take part entirely at their own risk and are responsible for the roadworthiness of their vehicle.
Driving standards should as always respect our road rules and the safety of yourselves and other road users. The last thing the locals in this area need is an emergency.
The weather has been challenging of late I hope we will be blessed with a nice top down afternoon , however if the fire danger is catastrophic or severe or bureau predicts a temperature over 38 deg C or it rains heavily the cruise will be postponed till a later date.
Further info on the event contact Pat Miller 0421 289 706 email nanmiller@adam.com.au
When making Direct Deposit payment, Please use your name as reference.I will advise you of the Motel & room number when payment is received.The Sprite Car Club of Queensland look forward to your company at Warwick, Qld.
At the moment we do not have a confirmed guest speaker for the charity dinner but we will let you know as soon as we have someone locked in. Rest assured it will be a notable motoring identity and the night will be as enjoyable as always.
Looking forward to seeing you on April 4th and 5th.Trevor SharpChairmanMcLaren Vale Vintage & Classic EventPhone: 0415 820 719 www.vintageandclassic.com.au
As the end of the Sprite Club Year draws near please keep an eye on the Sprite Club Web site and Facebook page for more details on these events……………………
10 November MSCA Mallala Super Sprint – Round 5 – Mallala Motorsport Park
Join us at Mallala for the final round of the MSCA Super Sprint Series.
Free Spectator Entry. On track action from 10.00am
2 December Christmas BBQ and General Meeting – BBQ from 6.30pm – Meeting starts at 8.00pm.
Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton Park.
The Sprite Club will provide a Christmas BBQ in the grounds of the Community Centre. The Club will supply sausages and salads, all you will need to bring is a chair and something to drink – BBQ from 6.30pm.
Please Note Club Membership Fees are now due – $50 per membership
Membership Forms also need to be completed – these are available on the Website.
Club Registration owners please note that your rego will expire on the 31 December if you are not financial, so please bring your Log Books, Registration Papers and Membership Fees.
Dear All British Day Entrant, I do hope you and your vehicles are enjoying this burst of warmer weather. I am pleased to report that we have received roughly double the same amount of entries as we did at the same time last year. So, thank you very much to those who have already registered. Our online registration system is increasingly popular; however, I would urge you to double check your automatic ABD entry confirmation details receipt to make sure that all the details are correct as incorrect information is more easily fixed early. All British Day has traditionally promoted the long, rich and diverse vehicle production history of Britain to the many spectators that come each year. For 2020 we are pleased to have on board, along with our other valued sponsors, Zagame Automotive Group. They are the Adelaide dealers for Bentley, McLaren, Morgan and Lotus plus many other British and European exotic cars. We are sure their display will complement the other sponsor displays on the day and show that Britain still does make some very desirable vehicles. Aviation will be part of the day once again for ABD 2020, as both of our featured marques, that are celebrating 100 years, produced engines for aircraft apart from their car making roles. If you have a Bentley or an Armstrong Siddeley both clubs have advised us that they extended a warm welcome for you to park your car with the respective feature display. We hope also to have Chris Sperou again performing aerobatics as he did at ABD 2019 which was well received by most, gauging the feedback we received. We want you and your fellow British vehicle club owners to come on the day. For a lot of Clubs this is an activity they do not have to plan, and it gives clubs a platform to promote their club and marque to approximately 5,000 people that attend. We as a committee are actively encouraging younger families to come along, as one day, one of these younger enthusiasts may be in the market for a British vehicle. I wish to remind you that given the growing size of the event we are having to cap oval parking numbers at 850, and we will be closing entries on 7/11/2019 (not that far away!) so we can process entries in time. If we do exceed 850 entries, there are other areas in the Echunga grounds we can park vehicles. But these may not be near your club. When we send out your Gate pass in January you will see that we have simplified the pass and removed Oval location numbers; but, to facilitate parking we will send you a map where clubs will be located on the ovals. Again, we thank you for your interest and participation in All British Day, a day that showcases British engineering and excellence. See you Sunday 9th February 2020. Yours Faithfully, Jamie Sandford -Morgan President of All British Day
Our first cruise of this season, something a little different at the finish and taking an interesting route.
Our gathering point is the car park of the Harvey Norman/ Good Guys Shopping Complex, 800-826 Marion Road, Oaklands Park at 6.00pm.
The Cruise will follow the newly developed South Road to the Port River Expressway ending at Semaphore for a display and short presentation.
Trophies will include Best Patina and Youth Appeal Award (please bring young enthusiasts with you if you like). Any enquiries contact Pat Miller 0421289706.
This is one of the premier events of the Sprite Club’s year where we get the chance to show our cars to the public in the one place so all members are urged to get their Sprites, Midgets and associate cars ready and bring them out to make this a fantastic day.
DATE and TIME: Sunday 3rd November. Cars on site by 9.30am and leave 3.30pm
LOCATION: Wigley Reserve corner Anzac Highway and Adelphi Terrace Glenelg – entrance to the reserve is via the roundabout at the beach end of Anzac Highway and follow the Traffic Wardens for directions.
WHAT to BRING: All Austin Healey Sprites, MG Midgets and associate cars – please bring a piece of cardboard to place under your vehicle to collect any oil drips, etc.AWARDS: There will be peoples Choice Awards for Sprites, Midgets and Associate Vehicles.
CATERING: There is planned to have a coffee and cookies van on site but if you prefer BYO drinks and food.
Let Don Cardone know if you are attending by sending an email to doncardone@adam.com.au or on mobile 0411 876 067 and Don will reply to you with further details.
As the end of the Sprite Club Year draws near please keep an eye on the Sprite Club Web site and Facebook page for more details on these events……………………
26 October Sprite Club Classic Sports Car Cruise – Meet 6.00pm – Departure 6.20pm
Our first cruise of this season, something a little different at the finish and taking an interesting route. Our gathering point is the car park of the Harvey Norman/ Good Guys Shopping Complex, 800-826 Marion Road, Oaklands Park at 6.00pm.
Trophies will include Best Patina and Youth Appeal Award (please bring young enthusiasts with you if you like). Any enquiries contact Pat Miller 0421289706.
Clubbies SA are anticipating close to 100 clubbies, with entries from every state in Australia.
Each day at the Convention Centre between 5 – 6.30 pm we have ‘Clubbie Alley’ .
Friday 1st Nov – The Bend Track day. Cars will be arriving at The Bend from 7.30am onward and there will be action from about 9.15am to 4.00pm. Lunch will be between 12 noon and 1pm.
Sat 2nd Nov – Shannons Show and Shine between 11.30am and 1pm.
This will be held at Keith Stephenson Park, 1 Adelaide Rd, Mt Barker.
3 November Sprite Club Display Day – Wigley Reserve, Glenelg – 9.30am – 3.30pm
The Annual Sprite Club Display Day will be at Glenelg once again. All Sprite, Midget, Clubman and Associate vehicles are welcome. Enter via the roundabout at the end of Anzac Highway, Glenelg.
Peoples Choice Awards for Best Sprite/Midget and Associate plus Certificates for Classes.
Cars to arrive from 8.30 – 9.00am. Please bring a piece of cardboard to place under your vehicle.
Contact Don Cardone to let him know you are coming – 0411 876 067
4 November Annual General Meeting – Meeting starts at 8.00pm.
Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton Park.
All committee positions will be declared vacant, so if you would like to join the committee and assist in the running of the Sprite Club of SA please think about nominating or volunteering at the AGM.
We have had enquires regard single room accomodation which we had overlooked in the original flyer, so we have had to add an extra charge for single room accomodation. Regards Keith Gordon
Please let Keith know if you’re thinking about going membershipsccq@yahoo.com.au
We are also planning a post Challenge tour based in Noosa for five days. This will be straight after the Challenge. Let Keith know if this interests you. More details soon, but there are lots of great Sprite roads to explore, collections to visit, great places to eat, and of course traditional Spritely social times. Cheers from Alex
Dear All British Day Entrant, We are pleased to advise that the website is now open for registrations for All British Day 2020. As is our custom we will still post out hard copy documents to entrants that we do not have email addresses for. For All British Day 2020 the entry fee again remains unchanged at $ 22.50. However, there are a few changes for the coming event. We will be closing entries on 7/11/2019. This is being done as we are getting more entries each year and it is simply taking longer to process and plan the event and ensure that we get the gate passes printed prior to the Christmas shut down period. For those regular attendees of ABD, you would have noticed the numbers of entrants climbing each year. We have gone close to maximum comfortable oval capacity at Echunga which is ideally 850 entrants and we do not want to squash clubs and compromise the day, so I strongly recommend you get your entry in promptly. As soon as the figure of 850 entrants is reached, we will not be able to guarantee you parking preference, but we can get your vehicle into the grounds and we will try our best to accommodate you. ABD will feature two famous British marques both celebrating 100 years since being established. The Armstrong Siddeley Car Club of Australia promises to have an interesting display on Oval 1, and on Oval 2 The Bentley Drivers Club (South Australia Inc) will have Bentleys on display from the early models to present day. Both clubs have extended a welcome to Armstrong Siddeley and Bentley owners that may be member of different clubs to have their cars included in the feature displays, please indicate this via your entry form. For ABD 2020 our shop will have new lines of ABD memorabilia, so why not have a look? To take pressure off the shop, pre-purchased memorabilia can now be collected prior to 3.00pm, however the oval departure time remains unchanged at 3.00pm, to ensure the safety of everyone present.
Kind Regards Jamie Sandford-Morgan President All British Day
To all Sprite Club members Please note that all Accomodation, Breakfasts, Lunch & Dinners are included in this price. Dietary requirements can also be catered for as long as we know well before the event. Regards Keith Gordon
Our first cruise of this season, something a little different at the finish and taking an interesting route. As usual we warmly welcome any and all sports, Sprite Club Classic sports car cruise is on Saturday Oct 26th.
Cars to join us for a short run designed to have a little fun, put classic sports cars on display and hopefully develop interest, there is no requirement
to be a member of any club. We do remind all concerned that they are responsible for their car’s roadworthiness and compliance with the rules of the road.
Our gathering point is the car park of the Harvey Norman/ Goodguys etc shopping complex 800-826 Marion rd Oaklands park which is close to the Sturt Rd Marion Rd intersection. Meet from 6 pm far chat and checkout and a departure at 6 20 pm.
If the weather on this day is for heavy rain or above 38 deg the event will be postponed.
Route
Drive, south on Marion rd for about 300m
Turn, left onto Sturt rd and follow to the main South rd intersection.
Turn, left onto main South rd. ( Care on the corner, road works )
Drive, along South rd in a northerly direction for approximately 20km and inspect our mega million dollar taxpayer funded road flyovers and underpasses.
( Speed limits all over the place, keep an eye on the big gauge on the dashboard.)
Turn, left onto the Port River Expressway ( Hold nose while driving past Mt Wingfield.)
Follow, expressway over Diver Derric bridge.
Veer, left onto Nelson st and follow for 150m.
Turn, right onto Semaphore rd and follow to Esplanade.
Turn left onto Esplanade and follow to the 3rd roundabout at Jervoise st.
Turn right into the car park (avoid being collected by the steam train ) find a park, my research indicates we should find space among the beachgoers.
Gather on the lawn adjacent to the roundabout entry point for a short presentation.
Once again we will be visiting the TAFESA Automotive Facility at the Regency Campus, Regency Road Regency Park. As part of the Bay to Birdwood event, several Prince Skyline GT’s will be meeting at Regency TAFE, and we have been invited to join them for a car display and some more technical and dyno sessions.
Enter the Campus via Entrance 4 off Regency Road – see attached Map.
18 September Mid-Week Meander –Northern Run – “Expect the Unknown!” – Meet 9.30am
As usual Russell and Judy Schmarr’s next Mid-Week Meander will tour to a fantastic lunch venue with a great drive home as well! BYO Morning Tea.
Meet at Carisbrooke Park, Main North Road, Salisbury Park – Park entrance via the slip road just before the overhead pedestrian crossing. BYO Morning Tea.
For catering purposes please let Russell and Judy know you are coming – 0403 151 715
Spring is in the Air so get your Sprites and Midgets ready and keep an eye on the Sprite Club Web site and Facebook page for more details on these events……………………
2 September General Meeting – Meeting starts at 8.00pm.
Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton Park.
14 September 47th Annual Sprite Club Dinner and Awards Night – Pre-dinner drinks from 7.00pm
The venue will be at Hut and Soul Asian Restaurant, 310 Pulteney Street, Adelaide.
We will have the restaurant to ourselves for a delicious Asian Banquet at $35.00 per head.
Payment can be made either at General Meetings or the Club’s Bank Account EFT.
Trophies for the year will also be presented.
PLEASE NOTE: There will be No Dinner Payments on the night, must be prepaid before.
18 September Mid-Week Meander –Northern Run – “Expect the Unknown!” – Meet 9.30am
As usual Russell and Judy Schmarr’s next Mid-Week Meander will tour to a fantastic lunch venue with a great drive home as well! BYO Morning Tea.
Meet at Carisbrooke Park, Main North Road, Salisbury Park – Park entrance via the slip road just before the overhead pedestrian crossing. BYO Morning Tea.
For catering purposes please let Russell and Judy know you are coming – 0403 151 715
23 – 27 September Federation Motorfest Classic 2019
Assorted runs and events by FHMC Clubs. For more information:
27 September Prince Skyline GT Technical and Dyno Night – TAFESA Automotive Campus – 6.00pm
Once again we will be visiting the TAFESA Automotive Facility at the Regency Campus, Regency Road, Regency Park. As part of the Bay to Birdwood event, several Prince Skyline GT’s will be meeting at Regency TAFE, and we have been invited to join them for some more technical and dyno sessions.
Let Gordon Boyce know if you would like to run your vehicle on the dyno. Mobile: 0417897905
29 September MSCA Mallala Super Sprint – Round 4 – Mallala Motorsport Park
Next round of the MSCA Super Sprint Series is at Mallala. Cars on track from 10.00am
Catering and good viewing of the circuit available.
29 September Bay to Birdwood Classic
With over 1000 entries to date this will be a gala event as usual.
1963 Sprite Mk 2A for the website. It includes vinyl roof and tonneau cover, Minator alloy wheels and good tyres, great Club car, British Racing Green, winner of Sprite Club “People’s Choice Award for Mk 2’s” in October 2018. It’s 967 out of 976 Mk 2A’s imported into Australia. Currently at Strathalbyn Collectable Classic Cars on consignment. $13,999 neg. Contact Ray Kinlay O401 952 035
The Marque Sports Car Association of SA is proposing to run another come and try day at Mallala in conjunction with a super sprint event on September 29th . The cost is $125 per driver which includes all entry and licence fees. Participants do not need to be a member of any car club. All that is required is a car with normal road seat belts or better, a fire extinguisher less than 3 years old and a blue triangle indicating battery position. Come and try involves some lectures by experienced instructors, some laps with a mentor in the passenger seat, and if the participant feels confident some flying solo laps.
To run this activity there will need to be a suitable number of starters to make the exercise worthwhile. This is an excellent opportunity to gain valuable driving experience. Would make a great gift idea for kids and gradchildren.
Any interested people can contact myself on 0421289706 or contact the MSCA of SA inc, via secretary Murray Stephenson, sec@mscasa.com.
Seen at most Club events, British Racing Green,Good reliable car, Receipts for most work done over the last 8 years – such as -Electronic ignition, New ring gear, New starter motor, New clutch and thrust race, New front shock absorbers, New head lining, Two 12 volt batteries fitted, Rewired to negative earth, Cooling system reconditioned with new multi-blade plastic fan, Auxiliary fan and overflow tank fitted and others Contact Gary Brock garymb31@bigpond.com For sale at $16000
The Lions Gumeracha Show & Shine incorporates the Shannon’s Memorial Cruise which recognises our fallen from the defence force and those that have passed away from the motoring clubs in South Australia. Please submit your fallen club members names for inclusion in our service. This year’s event is on Sunday the 10th of November 2019 at the Gumeracha Sporting grounds.
This year’s show will see the introduction of an automotive Swap Meet. All Show and Shine entrants and Swap Meet sellers will be charged an entry fee of $15 per vehicle. The money raised on the day will be donated to “Camp Quality” and all donated gifts will be collected by the Lions Club who in turn will donate it to the Salvation Army for distribution to underprivileged children at Christmas time.
The Trophy categories have been increased this year to cover more classes. There will be a retro fashion parade and a silent auction with no reserve. Entertainment on the day will be provided by one of Australia’s favourite Rockabilly bands, “The Lincolns” supported by DJ Peter Panagaris. Food & Drink stalls along with Coffee and Ice Cream vendors compliment the many trade stalls showcasing their products which are on display and for sale.
The public may enter with a gold coin donation of their choosing. In all, a great South Australian project with something of interest for the whole family.
Yet again Russell and Judy Schmarr excelled themselves with a well organised and interesting ‘mystery’ mid week run.
Starting with a nice gaggle of sprites, midgets and assorted moderns, we headed off from a new starting point of the JB Ware reserve in Glen Osmond.
With a short run up the SE Freeway to the Eagle on the Hill turnoff saw the group work our way up to the Measday lookout and the old route into Adelaide through the hills.
Then thru Stirling, Aldgate and Hahndorf and out onto the old Melbourne road through Dawsley to Kanmantoo for a quick refreshment stop and then to Murray Bridge and crossing the old road bridge.
The route now took us toward our intended destination of the new motor racing circuit at Tailem Bend. Unfortunately due to a corporate booking our plans for lunch at ‘The Bend’ had to be changed and we only had a quick look at the outside!
Luckily Russell was able to book us into the Riverside Hotel back in Tailem Bend. Many of us have probably driven past it for many years on our way to the eastern states without a thought of stopping. However it is a nice pub, good food with a great view of the mighty Murray River.
A great day out, although Tina and I got a little damp on the way home!
Small lightweight Tilt Trailer with brakes , Minilite wheels and Advans plus a new Winch fitted , has been built for an Austin Healey Sprite but will suit similar size or smaller cars, current reg. S526TFO $990.
Dear All British Day Entrant, It is hard to fathom, now that we are all so cold, that looking back to February the risk of hot weather cancellation was a distinct possibility! ABD 2019 was again a success with numbers of both entrants and spectators increasing over the previous year. I am sure anyone who was at ABD in February will recall that apart from the usual high standard of vehicles on display, there were some very special cars and bikes making up our British Racing Heritage Display. The Sporting Car Club celebrated their 85th birthday and provided an impressive display. Add to all this the stunning aerobatic display put on by Chris Sperou, and it was a very memorable day indeed, with plenty to see and do. You may have noticed our logo for ABD 2020, we are acknowledging the A.A., an organization that plays a crucial role in Britain, attending to the many vehicles that have not broken down, but have simply “failed to proceed”, from the earliest days to today in our quest to get from A to B in our mechanised transport. We held our Annual General Meeting back in May and said farewell to Howard Parslow. We thank him for his contribution to ABD over many years in various roles. We welcomed onboard Marcus La Vincente AM into our publicity and promotions role, and we look forward to his involvement in the coming years. Another new and exciting development is that we are extremely proud to announce that we have the support of Mr Jeremy Cordeaux AM as our patron. I am sure Jeremy’s successful media career and motoring interests are well known to many of you. We are honoured to have Jeremy as our patron. We have been very pleased to be associated with SA Guide Dogs and have offered them financial support for the past few years. However, for ABD 2020 we have decided to look a little closer to home, and as we are a community-based event, we have decided to support the local Echunga Primary School, more on this later. We have invested significantly in the day to keep it fresh and vibrant, and regrettably costs and charges are always with us, but I am pleased to announce that the vehicle entry amount remains unchanged. We will keep you informed on updates regarding All British Day February 9th, 2020 so please pencil in this date. However we do need another couple more people please to assist us for ABD 2020, on the committee, due to the growing demands of the event and retirements that were not replaced over the last two years .I am sure ABD does have a positive impact in the British vehicle world and the local community, please consider being part of this terrific event.
Kind Regards Jamie Sandford-Morgan President All British Day
24 July Mid-Week Meander – Eastern Run – Meet at 9.30am for a 10.00am departure
Meet at J B Ware Reserve, Glebe Road, Glen Osmond (near the Fire Station on Portrush Road)
Oonce again Russell and Judy Schmarr’s have planned the next Mid-Week Meander to be a Nostalgic Run.
This drive will “relive the past, embrace the present and admire the future” while enjoying the various roads around the eastern Adelaide Hills and plains to finish at a fine lunch venue. Please BYO Morning Tea.
For catering purposes please let Russell and Judy know you are coming – 0403 151 715
14 September 47th Annual Sprite Club Dinner and Awards Night – Pre-dinner drinks from 7.00pm
The Sprite Club’s ”Night of Nights” is approaching – Mark your diaries NOW!
The venue will be at Hut and Soul Restaurant, 310 Pulteney Street, Adelaide.
We have booked the restaurant so will have the venue to ourselves to enjoy this special night.
As Club has subsidised this evening, as well as pre-dinner drinks we will have an Asian Banquet at $35.00 per head.
Rasa Sayang
Small Bite
Chicken Satay on Fiery Charcoal
Malay Puff
Big Bite
Ayam Serai
Mamak Curry Fish
Beef Rendang
Sambal Prawn
Buddha’s Delight
Steamed Jasmine Rice
Sweet Bite
Pandan & Coconut Crepe
We will also be presenting the Annual Trophies for the year including Clubman of the Year, Spirit of Sprites, and Sprite of the Year as well as the various competition trophies.
Please come along and enjoy the company as well support the various award winners.
Payment can be made either at General Meetings or the Club’s Bank Account EFT – Details Below.
Please note the Surname and numbers attending when making the EFT deposit.
With Pies and Peas and splash or two of your favourite drink will help make this annual event a warming and welcome night.
LOCATION: Don and Elaine Cardone’s
COST: $6.00 per Pie and Pea
WHAT TO BRING: BYO drinks and also nibbles or sweets to share.
For catering purposes please let Don & Elaine know if you are attending by sending an email to doncardone@adam.com.au or on mobile O411 876 O67 and Don will reply to you with details.
24 July Mid-Week Meander – Eastern Run – Meet at 9.30am for a 10.00am departure
Meet at J B Ware Reserve, Glebe Road, Glen Osmond (near the Fire Station on Portrush Road)
Oonce again Russell and Judy Schmarr’s have planned the next Mid-Week Meander to be a Nostalgic Run.
This drive will “relive the past, embrace the present and admire the future” while enjoying the various roads around the eastern Adelaide Hills and plains to finish at a fine lunch venue. Please BYO Morning Tea.
For catering purposes please let Russell and Judy know you are coming – 0403 151 715
Entry numbers for the MSCA super sprint event at Mallala on July 28 are somewhat light on. This means potentially lots of track time and lots of elbow room for those that do enter. Ideal for first timers and drivers who have not been on the track for a while. There is still time to get an entry in, see MSCA of SA inc, web site. Any first timers who would like a guiding to show you the ropes on the day please contact me on 0421289706 or at the track I will be around my white Irukandji clubman being driven by a first time friend.
Coming events for July and beyond……… Please keep an look out for email reminders, web site updates and the Facebook posts.
1 July General Meeting – Wine and Cheese Night – Meeting starts at 8.00pm.
Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton Park.
21 July Multiclub Hillclimb – Round 3 – Collingrove Hillclimb
24 July Mid-Week Meander – Eastern Run – Meet at 9.30am for a 10.00am departure
Join Russell and Judy Schmarr’s next Mid-Week Meander will be a Nostalgic Run reliving the past, embracing the present and enjoying the future. This run will take in the various roads around the eastern Adelaide Hills and plains to finish at a fine lunch venue. BYO Morning Tea.
Meet at J B Ware Reserve, Glebe Road, Glen Osmond (near the Fire Station on Portrush Road)
For catering purposes please let Russell and Judy know you are coming – 0403 151 715
28 July MSCA Mallala Super Sprint – Round 3 – Mallala Motorsport Park – Cars on track – 10.00am
The MSCA Supersprint Series returns to Mallala for Round 3. Entries are open, so if you haven’t entered now is the time to do so to secure your place on the grid! Come along, support the Club’s drivers and have a great day out. Check out www.mscasa.com.au for info.
5 August General Meeting – Meeting starts at 8.00pm.
Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton Park.
Please note all perpetual trophies are to be returned at this meeting.
11 August Winter Cup Hillclimb – Round 4 – Collingrove Hillclimb
17 August Pie and Pea Night – at Don and Elaine Cardones
With Pies and peas and splash or two of your favourite drink will make a warming and welcome night. $6.00 per head and BYO drinks and salad/sweets to share.
Please let Don and Elaine know if you are attending – 0411 876 067
2 September General Meeting – Meeting starts at 8.00pm.
Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton Park.
14 September 47th Annual Sprite Club Dinner and Awards Night – Pre-dinner drinks from 7.00pm
The Sprite Club’s”Night of Nights” is approaching – Mark your diaries NOW!
The venue will be at Hut and Soul Asian Restaurant, 310 Pulteney Street, Adelaide.
This will be an Asian Banquet at $35.00 per head. Payment can be made either at General Meetings or the Club’s Bank Account EFT – Please note the Surname and numbers attending when making the deposit.
Thank you to the 750 plus entrants who have already registered for this year’s Bay to Birdwood.
If you have not already entered please click here to register. Entrants wishing to have your vehicle judged need to enter prior 15 July – only a week away. General entries close 19 August.
Please note that this is a event for original vehicles manufactured between 1956-1986.
We ask that every entry is accompanied with a photo (or 3 if you elect to be judged) of the vehicle as it will be presented on the day.
Please contact the Event office on (08) 8568 4022 or (08) 8568 4019 if you require assistance.
he Route
This year the Classic will follow the traditional route which takes in Greenhill Road from Anzac Highway and aims to ensure smooth passage for vehicles as well as providing more vantage points for spectators to view the impressive motorcade. Click here to see all roads.
WELCOME to our new Partners
We are pleased to announce that we have three new partners – Auto Transformers, ADRAD and Bee Bop Boutique (our Fashions in the Field partner). Visit their websites and check out their range of products and services.
Don’t forget that next Monday’s general meeting of the Sprite Club of SA is our mid winter wine and cheese get together, hopefully this will temp a lot of you out on a winters night!
7:30pm Fullarton Park Centre, 411 Fullarton Road Fullarton
A few hardy members fronted for a quick warm up and breakfast at the Haus in Hahndorf on a minus 2 start to the day. Garry in his Mark 3, Clive and myself in bugeyes and a very hardy Paul on his triumph motorbike! Clives first outing in the newly finished white Bugeye!
Here’s a quick preview fo the drive thru the hills to Hahndorf.
If your looking for a cool, early start this Sunday morning, 23rd, a few of us are meeting for breakfast and a short drive after at the Haus, 38 Main st Hahndorf, from 8:30 https://haushahndorf.com.au/
Get your sprite out of the shed, surely it won’t be this cold…🤔
Wow, a massive thank you to everyone who has volunteered to help out at our supersprint at The Bend this weekend!! With an outstanding response we now have plenty of officials for this weekend and don’t need anymore.
This shows how great our little community is! If you wanted to volunteer for this weekend but were busy or didn’t get in in time, remember your club is rostered on for one Mallala sprint every year and we welcome you at any event.
Once again, thanks everyone for this massive show of support!
The MSCA is running its first Super Sprint on the West Circuit at The Bend on Sunday 16 June.
This is an exciting development for the Association and we are calling on all member clubs to help out with providing flag marshals. Where eight marshals can adequately do the job at Mallala we need to operate ten points and the start line at The Bend, i.e. twenty marshals.
We are asking each member club to nominate three volunteers for the day.
A few background points:
• Officials must sign on and attend a briefing at 8:45am on the Sunday morning;
• You will be required to complete a Peregrine waiver form at sign on so it will save time if you download one from the MSCA website and bring it completed;
• If you have a CAMS official’s licence please bring it but, if you don’t, please consider applying on the CAMS website. It does not take long and costs nothing;
• Lunch and water will be provided for nominated officials and you will return to the pit area or lunch;
• Time permitting, officials will have the opportunity to do controlled parade laps at lunchtime;
• Those wishing to do the parade laps must nominate at sign on their wish to do so.
Passengers will be permitted;
Please provide name, mobile and email address for each volunteer so that we can communicate directly. If they have a CAMS official’s licence please also provide the number.
This is a great development for the MSCA and a lot of work has gone into the planning but it will only work if we have the support of the membership to make it run smoothly.
Please respond by 9 June with club nominations to:
Murray Stephenson, Secretary sec@mscasa.com
Sue Stephenson, Competition Secretary comp@mscasa.com
Sunday 29 September 2019 is the 39th anniversary of the Bay to Birdwood. If your vehicle is manufactured between 1956 to 1986 you are now invited to enter.
Either click here to enter online or click here to view conditions of entry and click here to download a printable version of the entry form.
The spirit of the Bay to Birdwood is for a spectacular parade of vehicles that are well presented and without major modifications to go on show for the general public and vehicle lovers alike to admire and appreciate. It is the quality of entries that makes this event one of the world’s great historic motoring events.
This year we are asking that every entry is accompanied with a photo of the vehicle as it will be presented on the day and that clearly shows its condition (3/4 view front image preferable). Entrants that wish to be judged in the Concours d’Elegance or Preservation Awards will be required to upload three images of their vehicle to be considered eligible. Please have your photos ready.
All of the conditions of entry are clearly defined on the Bay to Birdwood website.
Please contact the Event office on (08) 8568 4022 or (08) 8568 4019 if you require assistance.
Each year the Sprite Club Committee has made the decision to hold a General Meeting at the Sporting Car Club and have a change from the usual General Meetings by having Member cars on stage and a chance to talk to these Members about their cars. This April was our opportunity to conduct this special meeting.
The evening commenced with the opening of the clubrooms and the bar. Members were given a ticket for a drink at the bar while the cars were assembled on stage and the pizza arrived. Members mingled and chatted while enjoying an drink and some pizza and wedges.
The General Meeting is an edited form but covers the important agenda items and reports. So once completed, Members grabbed a top up to their pizza and drinks and the Cars and their Stars part of the evening commenced.
This year the cars were representative of Sprites and Midgets with a difference. President Gordon Boyce conducted interviews with each owner about their motoring history and the specifics of their vehicles
First member was David Low and his Bugeye Sprite. David and Di have owned this Sprite for over 36 years and it difference is the change in specification of the vehicle over the years of ownership. The Bugeye started as a 948cc drum braked Sprite. David started the changes as he had the engine modified for more power while living in NSW. Moving to SA and joining the Sprite Club continued the Club association.
After using the Sprite for club events, National Meetings and tours of Tasmania, Gippsland and the Victoria High Country tours, the quest for “more power” led to 1275cc power and disc brakes. This allowed the Bugeye to climb the hills better and allowed for more relaxed cruising on the highway. While there are no more changes to the Bugeye with a difference, there will be more Club use of this vehicle in the future.
Clive Spreadbury’s Sprite MkIIA fitted with a 1500cc Corolla engine was the next “different” Sprite on stage. Clive purchased this Sprite with a 1200cc Toyota engine and upgraded to larger engine for more power. Clive has used the Sprite for a number of different competition events such as Mallala Supersprints, Legends of the Lakes hillclimb at Mount Gambier and the Adelaide Motorsport Festival.
Clive also has a strong competition history on a smaller scale, building and racing slot cars for many years. Clive now owns and operates Scalex World, where he sells and runs slot car race meetings and events.
The next Midget with a difference was the 1966 MkII MG Midget of Don Williams. Don has been a long term member of the Sprite Club, having owned a MG Midget during the early ‘70s, a Bugeye during the ‘80s (which is now owned by Jim Schubert and was on the stage last year). After a number of years of non-Spridget ownership, Don and wife (and Ex-Sprite MkIII owner) Chris, purchased an English-built and imported MG Midget – with a difference. This Midget is 1098cc powered and has a removal hood, different to the usual MkIII Midgets we normally see with 1275cc power and convertible hood.
While Don has thought of selling the Midget, he enjoys the driving of the vehicle and has now recovered the seats and new carpets which has made the Midget more comfortable. Don has also researched that a number of these Midgets were imported by BMC dealers, so there may be more around Australia.
The last Sprite was certainly one with a number of differences, the 1970 Sprite Mk IV of Caroline Mercer. Purchased new by her father in Scotland, this Sprite is in extremely original condition having only been repainted. The Sprite had been used for tours of Europe by Caroline’s parents and she can always remember the Sprite as part of her families life.
When Caroline moved to Australia the Sprite followed and was registered in Western Australia while Caroline’s partner and her were working in the mining sector. A transfer to Adelaide allowed the Sprite to head over the border and become part of our club. The Pale Primrose Sprite has 1275cc power, convertible hood, twin jacking points each side, plus numerous other differences to the usual Sprites we see on Australian roads (and Clubs).
The Sprite was also used for Caroline’s wedding, and the 1stApril is her anniversary so it was extra special for Caroline and father in law XXX (as her husband was away with work) to celebrate this special event and special Sprite with the Club members.
Each member had been given a raffle ticket and thanks to Penrite Oils for supplying a number of special, door prizes including framed prints, boxed glasses, lifesized David Reynolds cutout and other posters and stickers, etc. These desirable items made there way to various members garages and “man-caves”.
The Stars and their Cars Meeting has become a special event on the Sprite Club calendar and special thanks to Michael McLaren for arranging the use of the Sporting Car Club, Stan the barman, pizzas and other items that made the night a great event. Also special thanks to David, Clive, Don and Caroline for bringing their Spridgets with a difference along and allowing us to talk with these “Stars” about “their Cars”.
Small lightweight Tilt Trailer with brakes , Minilite wheels and Advans plus a new Winch fitted , has been built for an Austin Healey Sprite but will suit similar size or smaller cars, current reg. S526TFO $1550.
Keep an eye on the Sprite Club Web site and Facebook page for more details on these events……………………
6 May General Meeting – Meeting starts at 8.00pm.
Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton Park.
Come along and find out what has been happening over the past month and what events are coming up. Library, regalia and tea and coffee also available.
17-19 May 43rd Historic Winton Race Meeting – Winton Raceway, Victoria
With over 400 historic race cars on the circuit and over 1000 historic cars in the surrounding “car park” this event is one for the bucket list. This year there is an emphasis on South Australian vehicles, so head over the border for a great weekend.
19 May Winter Cup Hillclimb – Round 2 – Collingrove Hillclimb
Sunday Round 2 of the Wintercup Hillclimb Series at the famous Collingrove Hillclimb in the Barossa Valley
19 May Copper Coast Classic Cavalcade of Cars and Motorcycles – Wallaroo, Moonta & Kadina
This event is part of the week long celebrations for the Copper Coast Cornish Festival,
The Kernewek Lowender and is for vehicles built before 1985.
Spectators line the streets and roads to watch the procession of around 500 cars.
19 May Tea Tree Gully Historic Car and Motorcycle Display – Waterworld, Tea Tree Gully
Car display as part of SA History Month and the National Motoring Heritage Day.
2 June Multiclub Hillclimb – Round 2 – Collingrove Hillclimb
A great day out for both spectators and competitors at the famous Collingrove Hillclimb in the Barossa Valley for Round 2 Hillclimb
3 June General Meeting – Meeting starts at 8.00pm.
Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton Park.
16 June MSCA Mallala Super Sprint – Round 2 – The Bend Motorsport Park
This is the first time that the MSCA have conducted a Supersprint at The Bend Motorsport Park at Tailem Bend. The West Circuit will be used allowing over 3 km of circuit with lots of interesting corners and bends to challenge the drivers.
All MSCA clubs have been rostered for flagging duties at this Round so please come along, assist and get yourself trackside to see some motorsport action up close at The Bend!
More information and Supplementary Regulations are available on the MSCA Web Site: http://www.mscasa.com/
Small lightweight Tilt Trailer with brakes , Minilite wheels and Advans plus a new Winch fitted , has been built for an Austin Healey Sprite but will suit similar size or smaller cars, current reg. S526TFO $1550.
It has been a number of years since the Sprite Club has held a Technical Night, so approx. 30 members headed on Friday 29thMarch to the TAFESA Automotive Campus at Regency Park. Club President and TAFE Principal Lecturer Gordon Boyce and fellow Automotive Jamie Campbell had arranged a night that covered a number of specific technical topics that related to Sprites,Midgets and Clubmans.
After an overview of the TAFE Campus and the Automotive Program by Gordon, Jamie discussed the main issues with making power with any internal combustion engine, this particularly is the amount of air that can enter the engine, once mixed with fuel and ignited will produce power and torque. Jamie has spent many hours testing both air flow of various components (carbies, manifolds, air filters and cylinder heads) and how these affect the performance of the engine. The TAFE facilities have both engine and chassis dynamometers, for motorcycles, cars and trucks as well as a flow bench for testing individual components.
Jamie had been provided with a number of A-Series engine components (cylinder head, manifolds and carburettors) and these were tested on the Flow Bench. This device, a “high-tech vacuum cleaner” can measure the flow of air through a component in cubic feet per minute (CFM). Jamie started with a standard Bugeye cylinder head and measured an air flow of approx. 63 CFM for the inlet port. Jamie noted that this was one of the worst performing head he had bench tested, but understood that a design of over 60 years old would have been comparable with similar vehicles of the era.
Next was a twin SU carby manifold and this flowed approx. 120 CFM and a 1 ¼” SU (110 CFM) and 1 ½” SU (130 CFM) carbies produced more air flow than the head would allow, so a bigger carby will not always produce more power. As a comparison a DCOE 45mm Weber with 32mm chokes was tested and this flowed close to 200 CFM, which would be ideal for approx. 200 BHP!
As a side note Kerry Fisher had brought along his newly ported Mk III Sprite head, which Jamie flowed at a later date and it flowed 108CFM, which is a great increase on the standard head, but would still work well with the standard twin SU 1 ¼” carbies.
These flow figures matches those from the very informative book, “Tuning BL’s A-Series Engine” by David Vizard. This book is well worth a read at it covers all areas of engine modification and shows flow bench testing of all components from air cleaners to mufflers and everything in between!
Overall this testing proved that most Spridgets can perform with the standard carbies and manifolds if the cylinder head is not modified. Add a modified head and camshaft, then then up to 80 to 100 BHP, the SU’s on a good manifold will be suitable, the Weber just looks cool and drinks more fuel!!
Then the attention turned to the Chassis Dyno and there were a few cars to be tested. First was President Gordon’s Bugeye (998cc, modified head and cam plus Weber carby). The chassis dyno has the capacity to record both power and torque curves, as well as fuel mixtures, r/min plus other data, so after each run the results can be analysed. After producing noise and lots of unburnt fuel smoke from the very rich mixtures from the Weber, 998cc outputted 35 BHP at 6200 R/min at the rear wheels.
As a comparison Russell Schmarr’s standard 1275cc MG Midget produced an impressive 31 BHP with a nice even power and torque curve and good fuel mixtures, showing that in standard form the A-Series can be economical and produces reasonable performance.
Chris Brine’s Bugeye Race Car was next. This vehicle shows what some engine development can do for performance, using a well modified Russell Engineering cylinder head and manifold. Check out Russell Engineering’s Web Site for more technical info and articles on A-Series cylinder heads, manifolds and air flow. Well worth a Google search: http://russellengineering.com.au/articles/ At over 7000 R/min, a total of 85 BHP was being produced by Chris’s Sprite, with a very smooth and even torque curve, making this a great track and circuit vehicle.
Pat Miller’s 2 litre Toyota-powered Waler clubman produced a very loud exhaust note as the computer changed the cam timing at various rev ranges to produce an impressive Kilowatt output. Unfortunately there was not enough air flow through the radiator and the computer intervened to protect the motor by reducing performance and power – something a carby Sprite will not do, but most modern EFI vehicle have built into their software.
Finally Paul Doube’s 1600cc Toyota powered Kestrel Clubman produced the highest power of the night with the smoothest power and torque curve. This is mostly due to the technology invested into the engine design and the use of electronic fuel injection to control the fuel, so the engine will idle, accelerate and produce maximum power and be very drivable during each of these phases. The Spridgets coughed, spluttered and were not a smooth with their fuelling, but that is difference years of R & D can do for engine performance.
Our thanks also to TAFESA for allowing the Sprite Club to visit and use the dyno facilities. And special thanks to Jamie Campbell for his Technical Presentation, as his knowledge of air flow, performance and vehicle testing gave all present a chance to see how the flow bench and chassis dyno can, not only be used to measure performance, but also to ensure that the correct modifications can be made to produce the desired and usable performance from the humble A-Series engine.
5 May MSCA Peter Hall Memorial 6-Hour Regularity Relay – Mallala Motorsport Park
The Annual 6-Hour Regularity Relay attracts teams of cars from all MSCA Clubs, as well as interstate. There will be Victorian Sprite Club teams joining in as well.
Each Team is to provide some assistants to help the MSCA as well as helpers with each team. Come along and help out our Clubman and Sprite Club teams with various tasks – even for a few hours, as well as spectate this interesting Club and Teams Event.
A great opportunity to see up to 24 cars on the track at the same time competing for this prestigious trophy.
For Sale , The legendary Troy Ryan Austin Healey Sprite, on current SA Historic Road Registration SA 50505 (previously SA XLG 995) Racing Nos. 995 or 95.
This naturally aspirated BMC powered 1295cc Sprite driven by Troy , has been setting track records all over numerous Australian Circuits such as Winton and Mallala etc. and Hillclimbs for approx. 10 years, e.g. Mt Gambier Legend of the Lakes 58.52 in 2011, Collingrove 35.24 in 2016.
It recently has been fitted with a fresh engine and gearbox and presents and drives extremely well . I’ve admired the car , and pursued Troy to sell it for many years ,for my own Hillclimb competition pursuits , and last year he finally relented as he has many other projects taking up his time.
Unfortunately at my geriatric stage of life , this season I’ve developed a chronic spine problem and on Specialist’s advice I now need to sell the car.
I’ve fitted a normal windscreen to the car , still retaining the mini one, and the car comes with full history, many tens of thousands of $$ receipts , and a number of spares.
Asking $17,500 , Thanks , Peter Emes 0413 133 233 . NB ,I’ll be overseas 23 May to 2 June.
It is with great sadness that I am looking at putting my sprite up for sale due to needing something more practical and family friendly.
It is likely better know at Pat K’s old Sprite and is a 63 Mk2 (Not a 2a which Pat thought was relevant?). Running really well, serviced/tuned every 6 months.
Has had some cosmetic work over the last couple of years such as a pain touch up, new badges and dash repair.
Pat mentioned to put it out to the club for their interest prior to car sales I’m assuming to try and keep it within the club? As there is another vehicle that I am hoping to secure pending the sale of the sprite I will need to get it up on car sales by Thursday at the latest so if it is possible to get it sent out to the club ASAP I can hold off until say Wednesday before looking at putting it on car sales.
Despite threatening clouds 17 cars turned up for the final sports car cruise of the season. Unfortunately the convoy became scattered leaving the car park but everyone enjoyed a drive in the hills. Most appealing car trophy Garry Beaton’s tricked up BMW best patina, Gerard‘s Plymouth spl and much to his surprise Chris Mignone, Datsun coupe the youth appeal award. great to see strong support from Sprite and MX5 clubs also young people navigating. My niece Kelly Scott enjoyed co-piloting the Plymouth. Big thank you to all who attended.
Don’t forget Classic Sports car cruise this Saturday starting and finishing at K mart shopping centre on Glynburn rd Firle. Gathering from 4:30 pm for a 5:10 pm start. Duration of the run approximately 1 hour. Drivers with a spare seat may like to offer sedan drivers a ride. Route maps will be available on the afternoon. All Sprite club members and their families please let me know their choice of 1 the most appealing car and the car with the best patina straight after the run finishes. Any enquiries ph O4212897O6 nanmiller@adam.com.au.
If you’re not in the parade, you can still meet us at Paxtons
THE EASY CLUB from Willunga bringing their Smooth Sounds with a Rock & Roll Heart to entertain us all afternoon.
THE YIROS SHACK feeding us with delicious, healthy Greek style Chicken, Lamb, Combination & Vegetarian Yiros – served with salad in a pita style wrap or in a bowl., complemented with a variety of sauces.
DAL MARE COFFEE, a local McLaren Vale coffee caravan – you may have seen on the side of Victor Harbour Road – serving coffees throughout the afternoon.
At our Cellar Door we will have our PAXTON WINES available by the bottle or the glass, local beers, ciders, soft drinks and fruit juices to purchase along with a selection of local cheeses, almonds, antipasto meats & McLaren Vale olives to build your own platter. Also Paxton Picnic Plumm stemless wine glasses to buy for $10.00 if you forget yours.
Oh, and to make the day even more fun we are going with the Vintage! Glamorous! Gatsby! Roaring Twenties 20s! Theme… so grab the gloves, feather boa, headbands or for the men the dress shirts, hats and suspenders and join us in dressing up in Glamorous 1920s style.
Please note that this event is strictly NO BYO Alcohol.
Wanted: Standard 948cc or 1098cc Sprite or Midget for Dyno Testing at the Tech Night – 29th March
If someone has a standard (non-modified 948cc or 1098cc) Sprite or Midget that we can use as part of the back to back Dyno testing can you please contact Gordon Boyce O4178979O5
Please can I borrow a “straight style” Weber manifold to suit a Sprite or Mini to use for flow bench testing at the Tech Night this Friday night. (see sample photo) Only need to borrow as a comparison between the curved and straight manifold. Only need the manifold Let me know if you can assist Regards Gordon Boyce O417 897 9O5
1 April – General Meeting – Stars and Their Cars – 7.00pm for 7.30pm Start of Meeting.
Sporting Car Club Clubrooms, 51 King William Road, Unley.
Please note a different venue and the earlier start time for this special Meeting Night.
We will have member’s cars on stage and have a Q & A with the owners.
Join us an interesting night of Spridgets, enjoy a drink at the bar and some pizza and there will be door prizes and giveaways throughout the night.
And a reminder about the Tech Night Friday – 29 March – Technical and Dyno Night – TAFESA Automotive Regency Campus – 6.00pm – 9.00pm See more info here
3 April – Mid-Week Meander – Southern Run – Departing at 10.00am – BYO Morning Tea.
Russell and Judy Schmarr have organised this Mid-Week Meander heading South.
Meet at Mitcham Reserve Car Park off Old Belair Road for a 10.00am departure.
As usual the run will cover some interesting roads south of Adelaide, ending up for lunch at a convenient venue. This will be close enough for a short run home after lunch.
For catering purposes please let Russell and Judy know you are coming – Phone O4O3 151 715
For our last cruise of the season we are doing things a little bit different in that the start and finish will be in the same place. The reason being that it may be possible for those driving a non sports vehicle to hitch a more exciting ride. No logistics required. As usual this is a most informal short sharp and shiny cruise, we welcome anyone driving a sports car to join us. No club memberships are required.
1: To make best use of the day light we will gather at 4:30 pm for a chat and checkout session at the K mart shopping center on Glynburn rd Firle. Departing at 5:10 pm onto Glynburn rd in a southerly direction.
2: Turn right (west) onto Norwood Parade.
3: Turn left (south ) onto Portrush rd follow through to the south eastern freeway. Leading cars back off a bit so everyone can bunch up on the first part of the freeway.
4 :Follow the freeway through the Heysen tunnel ( An acoustic experiment!!!. the sound of lots of sports cars going through here. )
5: Turn off at Crafers ie. Mt lofty summit rd etc do not go up this road.
6 :Drive on to Piccadilly rd just a few hundred meters. and turn left.
7 :Follow nice and wining Piccadilly rd to Greenhill Rd.
8: Turn left (west) onto even more winding Greenhill rd all the way back to suburbia.
9: Turn Right (north) onto Glynburn rd and drive back to K mart where there will be a short presentation.
The sprite club reminds everyone that they are responsible for the roadworthiness of their vehicles and behavior behind the wheel.
Route maps will be available on the evening.
Weather, I doubt too hot will be a problem, however if the bureau predicts more than 5mm of rain on the evening the cruise will be postponed .
We will be visiting the TAFESA Automotive Facility at the Regency Campus, Regency Road, Regency Park.
Enter via Entrance 4 off Regency Road and head straight through the gates to the Automotive Compound. Refer to attached Maps.
Automotive Lecturer Jamie Campbell will discuss and demonstrate the air flow characteristics of A-Series cylinder heads, SU & Weber Carbys and associated manifolds and some of their issues and problems. There will also be some dyno runs outlining the torque and power curves of Sprites and Midgets, both standard and modified. A great technical night for all members.
Due to TAFESA Safety Policy please wear minimum short sleeve shirt, long trousers, covered shoes or steel cap shoes/boots.
Contact Gordon Boyce (O4178979O5) if you need directions or more information.
March 17th2019 (St Patrick’s Day) was the start of major motor sporting events across Australia, the Melbourne F1 Grand Prix, Collingrove Hillclimb and the Round One MSCA Supersprint at Mallala. While the luck of the Irish may have not been smiling on competitors at the F1 GP and the Hillclimb (due to timing issues) nearly 100 competitors at Mallala did have smiles on their faces as they headed onto the track for the first time for 2019!
With a Come’n’Try event as well, a number of new or returning competitors tried the Mallala circuit for the first time. While it was warm, and the circuit surrounds very dry and dusty from the lack of any rain, most found the circuit to be in clean and good condition, based on the lap times from most.
The Sprite Club was represented by the usual stalwarts, Barry & Lyndall Edson and Paul Doube in Kestrel Clubman’s, Pat Miller in the Irukandji Clubman, Helen Stephenson in the Circuit Excel Hyundai, as well a few Clubman competitors, such as Ian Eldridge in the very quick PBR.
Once the briefings were over it was time to head to the circuit. Cars are grouped in their time order, so there is minimal passing, but all can have a clear lap and try for a fast time. While the track was clean, some found the end of the back straight an issue with a couple heading into the sand trap due to braking problems, one parking on its side, with minimal damage to the car, other than needing a good clean. One spinning Skyline off the back straight also raised quite a dust cloud as it drifted along the infield!
Our two flying females, Helen and Lyndall, both had brief off track excursions, but regained their confidence and both put down some reasonable times when they returned to the circuit. Well done ladies! Most competitors had four runs of five laps around the circuit, so there was plenty of track time for all.
The Sprite Club had been allocated to assist with Flagging duties for the day, so Chris Brine elected not to compete and was ably assisted by Dean King in manning the Turn 2 flag point for the day – special thanks guys, without your help the day could not have run. It is a shame a few more from the Sprite Club could have helped on the day. President Gordon was the CAMS Steward for the day to ensure all played by the rules……
Other than the Edson Kestrel being loaded on the trailer early, most had a good, but warm day, and I guess a few will be making adjustments and alterations for the next round. The next event is the Peter Hall Memorial 6-Hour Relay Sprint in May, so it would be great to see a few more members at the track to help out our two teams, plus the proposed three teams from the Victorian Sprite Club.
There are still a few vacancies available for the MSCA come and try sprint event on Sunday next 17thMarch. Get in Quickly by calling Sue Stephenson on 0408858046. The cost is $125 which covers everything. You just need a car, a helmet, and ankle to wrist clothing.
The sprite club is rostered for flag marshal duties this meeting make sure you write sprite club on the sign in form as this will earn 1 point towards the club of the year trophy.
Keep an eye on the Sprite Club Web site and Facebook page for more details on these events……………………
4 March – General Meeting – Guest Speaker – Meeting starts at 8.00pm.
Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton Park.
17 March – MSCA Mallala Super Sprint – Round 1 – Mallala Motorsport Park
The Sprite Club have been rostered for flagging duties at this Round so please come along and get yourself trackside to see some motorsport action up close. There will be parade
Officials briefing at 8.15am. On track action from 10.00am
17 March – Winter Cup 1 Hillclimb – Round 1 – Collingrove Hillclimb
First Hillclimb of the year at the famous Collingrove Hillclimb in the Barossa Valley
29 March – Technical and Dyno Night – TAFESA Automotive Regency Campus – 6.00pm – 9.00pm
We will be visiting the TAFESA Automotive Facility at the Regency Campus, Regency Road, Regency Park . Automotive Lecturer Jamie Campbell will discuss and demonstrate the air flow characteristics of A-Series cylinder heads, SU Carbys and some of their issues and problems. There will also be some dyno runs outlining the torque and power curves of Sprites and Midgets, both standard and modified.
A great technical night for all members.
1 April – General Meeting – Stars and Their Cars – 7.30pm.
Sporting Car Club Clubrooms, 51 King William Road, Unley.
Please note a different venue and the earlier start time.
We will have member’s cars on stage and have a Q & A with the owners.
Join us for pizza and a drink, the bar will be open, and there will be some door prizes
3 April – Mid-Week Meander – Southern Run – Departing at 10.00am – BYO Morning Tea.
Russell and Judy Schmarr have organised this Mid-Week Meander heading South.
Meet at Mitcham Reserve Car Park off Old Belair Road for a 10.00am departure.
As usual the run will cover some interesting roads south of Adelaide, ending up for lunch at a convenient venue. This will be close enough for a short run home after lunch. For catering purposes please let Russell and Judy know you are coming – O4O3 151 715
Title: Winter Cup 1 Hillclimb – Round 1 – Collingrove Hillclimb Location: Collingrove Hillclimb Description: Winter Cup 1 Hillclimb – Round 1 – Collingrove Hillclimb
First Hillclimb of the year at the famous Collingrove Hillclimb in the Barossa Valley Start Time: 08:00 Date: 2019-03-17
Title: MSCA Mallala Super Sprint – Round 1 – Mallala Motorsport Park Location: Mallala Raceway Description: MSCA Mallala Super Sprint – Round 1 – Mallala Motorsport Park
The Sprite Club have been rostered for flagging duties at this Round so please come along and get yourself trackside to see some motorsport action up close.
Officials briefing at 8.30am. You will be supplied lunch and basic training, also you will have an opportunity to have a few parade laps at the lunchtime break.
Please support our competing Sprite and Clubman driving members as they compete. On track action from 10.00am Start Time: 08:00 Date: 2019-03-17 End Time: 17:00
Hi All, I’ve added a ‘Burble” page to the Members area menu where I’ll put the current and past Burbles ready to be download incase you’ve missed my posts
Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton Park.
Our guest speaker will be Lynton Fuller from Trico Products. He will be talking about some specialty products ideal for our vehicles, particularly Sta-Bil Fuel Stabiliser, 303 Protectant and Nu Finish polishes.
The winner of the Winter Cup for the 2018 Hillclimb season was long time Hillclimber Geoff Vardon driving in a Datsun 120Y Sports Sedan that he built and engineered himself, powered by a Honda engine it defines a “pocket rocket.” Named 2nd in the competition was another longtime Hillclimber (and previous winner) Danny Maul driving his Circuit Excel, finishing 3rd was David Hall in his ever reliable Toyota MR2.
The Collingrove Challenge Trophy for Multi Club Competition was won by Peter Stanley in his Austin Healey Sprite Mk2, 2nd was David Hall Toyota MR2 and 3rd was David Angel in his Ford Cortina GT Mk2.
Congratulations to you all for your speedy and consistent performances over the season.
The Collingrove Cup was presented by its donor Mr Glen Dix OAM to Naomi Maltby.
The annual Marque Sports Car Association Trophy Presentation and Display Day was held at Vigara Winery on the 24thFebruary. While it was a warm day, it was well supported by members and vehicles from all the MSCA member car clubs.
As well a chance to display member’s vehicles, it is a day to recognise the achievements of the drivers competing in the MSCA Mallala Super sprints during the 2018 competition year.
A big congratulation must go to all the competitors from this year, but an especially big congratulation must go to the drivers who won their classes!
The Sprite Club of SA was well represented in the Winners Circle with Barry Edson (Clubman’s 1300-1600cc) and James Dover (Clubman’s 1600-2000cc) winning their respective classes for the year. Congratulations!
Barry also proved a consistent year on the track taking 2ndplace in the Sprint Driver of the Year Award. This trophy is now added to the others gained during 2018 at Legend of the Lakes hill climb, so overall it has been a successful 12 months for Barry and the Kestrel Clubman. Congratulations Barry!
Class Winners
Class BB winner – Barry Edson
Class C winner – Dick Manning
Class CC winner -James Dover
Class D winner – Jason Edwards
Class DD winner – Alastair Dow
Class H winner – Marque Lemaistre
Class M winner – Malcolm Ebel
Class O winner – Darren Bilsborough
Class V winner – Vu Le
Class X winner – John Davies
Sprint Champion 1st Place – John Davies
Sprint Champion 2nd Place – Jason Edwards
Sprint Driver 1st Place – Dick Manning
Sprint Driver 2nd Place – Barry Edson
Club of the Year – Nissan Datsun
Car Club Display Day Award 1st place – MG Car Club
Car Club Display Day Award 2nd place – Alfa Romeo Owners Drivers Club
Believe it or not, I am building a MG Midget mk1 rear axle to modify and use in a 1925 Amilcar, in place of a very old design rear end. What I am missing is a pair of rear axles and hubs, to suit a wire wheel Mk 1 assembly. I have most of the other bits, so once I can find some axles I can build it all up. If you can find a member of your club who can help that would be great. Thanks, Brian Jeffery 0438 705 720.
A warm, balmy summers night, a roofless sports car, a passenger or two, and a group of like-minded enthusiasts are the perfect ingredients for the first Sprite Club Classic Sports Car Cruise for 2019. About 30 vehicles met at the City of Adelaide Clipper Ship at Port Adelaide as the starting point for the 2019 Summer Cruise. These included the usual Bugeyes, Sprites and Midgets, who were supported by Big Austin Healeys, Triumph Stags and GT6, Mazda MX-5’s, Toyota MR2, various Clubmans and Sunbeam Alpines and V8 powered Tigers
Co-ordinator Pat Miller had put together a simple but effective run from Port Adelaide, via Port Road, West Terrace, Goodwood Road, then up Belair Road to the Windy Point Lookout. While the route stayed on major roads there was plenty of opportunity to showcase our Classic vehicles to alfresco diners enjoying the evening at various cafes and restaurants along the way.
To help promote the future lives of our classic vehicles to the next generation, drivers were encouraged to bring along a young person or two to enjoy the cruise and help the promote the sustainability of these vehicles to the next generation.
To support this there was a Youth Appeal Award, voted by the younger members, as the most appealing car of the Cruise. This was awarded to the MG Midget of Doug Gordon, having owned the vehicle for over 45 years!
Sprite Club members voted for the Most Appealing Car of the Cruise and the Vehicle with the Best Patina. The Austin Healey 3000 BJ8 of Ian Hay was awarded the Most Appealing Car, while the well-used Bugeye Sprite of Jim Schubert was awarded the Vehicle with the Best Patina.
Special thanks to Pat Miller for arranging the Cruise and making the unique trophies. Also to those members who bought along a younger person to enjoy the cruise and the special classic vehicles helped make this the largest turn up since the Sprite Club has started promoting these events. I know it made an impression on the two youth members that we bought along, they cannot wait to the next Cruise!
24 February – MSCA Trophy Presentation Day – Virgara Wines – 143 Heaslip Road, Angle Vale – 11.00am
Everyone is invited to the MSCA Presentation Day for the 2018 class awards along with the many other trophies up for grabs! There is also a trophy for the best Club Display. Bring with you, your family, your cars and a picnic lunch. As we are being hosted by Virgara Winery, Heaslip Road, Angle Vale there is the opportunity to purchase some of their wonderful wines and food!
Assemble from 11.00am, Judging Display – 1:00pm, Presentation of Trophies – 2:00pm
The All British Day had an early start for a couple of us taking two cars to celebrate British Racing Heritage at this year’s event.
The Sprite club managed to get 16 club cars on display, including 14 sprites and two associated vehicles all managed to find their way to the Echunga ovals.
This year was a celebration of the long British motorsport history. The Sporting Car Club managed to have a great display of cars with long racing pedigrees on display to celebrate their 85thbirthday.
As usual there was a great turn up of all British marques with full credit to the ABD committee, with nearly 900 vehicles on site to look at there was certainly a rich and diverse range. The Vauxhall hearse was the highlight of the day for me 😉
Again there was a very convivial atmosphere and we were lucky enough to have a marquee directly opposite the club display this year. As usual there were many warm and much welcomed comments on the quality of our display vehicles. Providing many memories for the patrons, it always surprises me just how may people have a story of a Spridget in their lives.
All in all great day was had by all, the weather was very kind this year and without any club cars misbehaving we’ll be back next year to do it all again.
A friendly reminder to Sprite club members Our Classic sports car cruise is on this coming Saturday evening 16 Feb. Starts at the Adelaide clipper site at Port Adelaide 6:30 for a 7:00departure to Windy Point. Route maps available at departure site. Please try to recruit a young person to accompany you as there will be a trophy for the car with youth appeal selected by said young people. Also please contact me on arrival at windy point with your selection of most appealing car and, car with the best patina (ie used and loved appearance).
Keep an eye on the Sprite Club Web Site and Facebook page for more interesting events …………………….
4 February – General Meeting – Meeting starts at 8.00pm.
Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton Park.
10 February – 35th All British Day – Echunga Oval – 9.00am – 3.00pm
The annual All British Day is a chance to display our Members car and view over 750 British vehicles, plus British Racing Heritage vehicles as the main display.
If you have entered entry to the ovals is from 9.00am. The display will be between 10.30am and 3.00pm. Public Entry is $8.00 Adult, $4.50 Children – Parking Available – Catering, Displays and Trade Stalls available.
16 February – Sprite Club Classic Sports Car Cruise – Meet 6.30pm, Depart 7.00pm
The first cruise for 2019 should be a great event. Meet at 6.30pm at the City of Adelaide Clipper Ship carpark, McLaren Parade, Port Adelaide. The Run will depart at 7.00pm.The run will head up Port Road, bypassing the City and ending at Windy Point to capture the sunset.
One of the purposes of these cruising events is to promote interest in our cars a special feature of this event is that if possible drivers recruit a junior person to accompany them e.g.: Children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, etc.
24 February – MSCA Trophy Presentation Day – Virgara Wines – 143 Heaslip Road, Angle Vale – 11.00am
Everyone is invited to the MSCA Presentation Day for the 2018 class awards along with the many other trophies up for grabs! Bring with you, your family, your cars and a picnic lunch. As we are being hosted by Virgara Winery, Heaslip Road, Angle Vale there is the opportunity to purchase some of their wonderful wines and food!
Assemble from 11.00am, Judging Display – 1:00pm, Presentation of Trophies – 2:00pm
4 March – General Meeting – Meeting starts at 8.00pm.
Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton Park.
17 March – MSCA Mallala Super Sprint – Round 1 – Mallala Motorsport Park
The Sprite Club have been rostered for flagging duties at this Round so please come along and get yourself trackside to see some motorsport action up close.Officials briefing at 8.30am. You will be supplied lunch and basic training, also you will have an opportunity to have a few parade laps at the lunchtime break.Please support our competing Sprite and Clubman driving members as they compete.On track action from 10.00am
Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton Park.
Welcome to the first General Meeting for 2019 and a chance to catch up with members, check out the library, buy some Club merchandise and find out the latest information from the Club.
The Committee has been hard at work and will release the 2019 Calendar, with a range of interesting events planned throughout the year.
Club Registration owners please note that your rego expired on the 31 December if you are not financial, therefore your vehicle is unregistered if you have driven it over the New Year break!
So please bring your Log Books, Rego Papers, $5.00 for a new Log Book and Membership Form and Fees.
The first Sprite Club of South Australia classic sports car cruise for 2019 will be run on the evening of Saturday February 16th. As usual this is a low key informal short sharp and hopefully not too hot opportunity to display our cars.
Gathering point this time will be the car park area next to the Adelaide historic ship in Port Adelaide. Entry off Mclaren parade. Arrive at 6:30pm for a 7:00 pm departure. As usual we would like to be joined by any interested sports car, clubman, etc drivers. We are not fussy about what constitutes a classic sports car. Participants do not need to be members of car clubs. The run will be of approximately 1 hour duration. Sun is scheduled to dip into the gulf of St Vincent at 8:09 on this day. The route should minimize sunglare and be reasonably user friendly on older cooling systems.
One of the purposes of these cruising events is to promote interest in our cars a special feature of this event is that if possible drivers recruit a junior person to accompany them ie. children grand children nieces nephews etc. We will be asking the kids for their vote of favorite participating car with a trophy going to the car with the most votes.
Route maps will be available at the departure point.
Depart the car park via Mclaren Pd.
Left turn onto commercial rd following into Port rd towards the city.
Veer right onto West Trc. Follow through to Goodwood rd.
Follow Goodwood road to Panorama.
Turn left onto Springbank rd, cross over railway bridge.
Turn right onto Belair rd follow road up to Windy Point car park where we should just be in time to catch the sunset.
There will be a short presentation at Windy point.
If the bureau predicts a day temperature above 38 deg or heavy rain the Cruise will be postponed.
As would be expected everyone joining us take part entirely at their own risk and are responsible for the roadworthiness of their vehicle.
Further info on the evening contact Pat Miller 0421 289 706 email nanmiller@adam.com.au.
Please pass this info onto anyone you think might enjoy participating.
Would all Sprite Club members please contact me on arrival at windy point with their selection of the most appealing car and the car with the best patina (ie although used the car is loved).
We have recently posted out all the Gate passes, so hopefully Australia Post will have them to you shortly. We thought it may be beneficial to send you the attached map (click on the map to enlarge it) showing where you Club will be located on the day to make it easier for you to find your allocated parking spot. We are aware that a few entrants bring sunshades or marquees. Please ensure that they are weighted down adequately, as we would hate a gust of wind to make a sunshade cause damage on the day. (Sorry pegs cannot be used due to the oval sprinkler system.) A guide for weights is minimum of about 12 kg on each corner of the sunshade. We are hoping for a mild day for the 10th of February; however, should there be any doubt if the event may be affected by extreme weather a reminder of our hot weather policy is shown below. In the event of a catastrophic fire warning for the Echunga district or a forecast temperature for Mt Barker given by the Bureau of Meteorology as at 6.00pm the day before the event of 40 degrees or more, the event will be cancelled. If the event is cancelled, sorry no entry fees will be refunded but memorabilia will be posted out. We hope to never need to action this; but we will endeavour to email entrants and advise also via our website if the event is to be cancelled.
1 January – Happy New Year – Wishing all Members a Spritely Safe and Happy 2019!
Club Registration Vehicle owners please note that your rego expired on the 31st December 2018.
If you are not financial or not had your log book renewed or stamped your vehicle is deemed unregistered.
26 January – Australia Day BBQ and Thong Throwing Contest – Gumeracha – From 11.00am
Sunday Gary and Faye Brock, Ebenezer Palace, Kenton Hill, Gumeracha will once again host the first event for 2019. This will be a BYO BBQ, so please BYO BBQ Meat, Drinks and Chairs.
Also please bring either a salad or sweets to share.
Phone the Brocks on 83891141 if you need directions, or so we do not get too many potato salads or Vegemite sandwiches.
4 February – General Meeting – Meeting starts at 8.00pm.
Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton Park.
10 February – 35th All British Day – Echunga Oval – 9.00am – 3.00pm
The annual All British Day is a chance to display our Members car and view over 750 British vehicles, plus British Racing Heritage vehicles as the main display.
If you have entered entry to the ovals is from 9.00am. The display will be between 10.30am and 3.00pm. Public Entry is $8.00 Adult, $4.50 Children – Parking Available – Catering, Displays and Trade Stalls available
24 February – MSCA Trophy Presentation Day – Virgara Wines – 143 Heaslip Road, Angle Vale – 11.00am
Everyone is invited to the MSCA Presentation Day for the 2018 class awards along with the many other trophies up for grabs! Bring with you, your family, your cars and a picnic lunch. As we are being hosted by Virgara Winery, Heaslip Road, Angle Vale there is the opportunity to purchase some of their wonderful wines and food!
Assemble from 11.00am, Judging Display – 1:00pm, Presentation of Trophies – 2:00pm
4 March – General Meeting – Meeting starts at 8.00pm.
Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton Park.
Please see the attachment from the Registrar of Motor Vehicles regarding changes to the Seat Belt laws for Historic Vehicles.
While most of our vehicle have been fitted with seat belts, this specifically applies when children (or grandchildren) travel in the vehicle, where the appropriate seat belt or harness must be used.
Australia Day BBQ and Thong Throwing Contest – From 11.00am
Keeping with the tradition of celebrating Australia Day, the Sprite Club will start the 2019 year with this annual event, hosted by Gary and Faye Brock.
This is a BYO BBQ, so please bring your own meat, drinks and chairs.
Can you also provide a salad or sweets to share – let Faye know what you are bringing so we do not get too many potato salads or Vegemite sandwiches!
There will also be the Annual Thong Throwing Competition, so start practicing and get ready for some serious competition.
Ebenezer Palace, Kenton Hill, Gumeracha will be the venue, and phone the Brocks on 83891141 if you need directions.
Orange Dorian timer in box with charger and books. Good condition. Essential for anyone wanting to do circuit comp. $325. Pick up Aldinga Beach. Phone Bryan on 0414498212.
Reconditioned Master Brake Cylinder and Clutch Cylinder
New parts include; wheel brake cylinders (for all wheels), ten gauge, radiator hoses, fan belt, thermostat, spark plugs, condenser, points, welsh plugs, 5 tyres
I am looking for the little piece of metal trim which goes behind the passenger’s side (LHS) door. The mirror image of the one in the photo. 0433960810 if you can help.
Sprite Display Day at Wigley Reserve, Glenelg – 9.30am – 3.30pm
Just a final reminder that this Sunday is the Sprite Clubs Annual Display Day at Wigley Reserve, Glenelg
This the premier event of the Sprite Club’s year where we get the chance to show our cars to the public in the one place so I urgeALL members to get their Spridgets and associate cars ready for this fantastic day.
This year is the 60th anniversary of the Bugeye and the Club will be recognising this on the day. Therefore, we would like to invite all BUGEYE owners to bring their cars along for this display.
There will be People Choice Awards for All Models of Sprites and Midgets, as well as Associate Vehicles.
There will be a Coffee Van on site, as well as food available from local stores and cafes.
Entrance to Wigley Reserve is via the driveway at the roundabout at the Western end of Anzac Highway, please follow directions from the Traffic Marshals. Please bring a piece of cardboard to place under the car to prevent oil drips affecting the grassed areas.
Please let Don Cardone know if you are attending by either:
Next historic meeting at Winton the focus will beThe South Australian contingent
Noel Willcox is hoping a great team of us will attend
It would be great to get some cars over there that do not usually attend and all of us that do
We encourage as many as possible to join in and have a Murder of Crow Eaters to entertain the madding crowd
All the best Gerard
Dates Update
Dear Historic Winton Competitor,
I would like to formally advise that the date of the 2019 Historic Winton event has been changed.
In recent years, our event has traditionally been the last weekend in May. However, due to the V8 Championship dates being altered next year, our weekend has been bumped!
Therefore, our meeting will be held the weekend before, starting from unofficial practice on Friday 17th, and continuing into the weekend of Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th May 2019.
There will still be great racing, fabulous milestone celebrations, and our ever popular collection of display bikes, cars, caravans, emergency vehicles, trade vendors and plenty of surprises.
Many accommodation places have already been contacted, but for the many of you who roll bookings from one year to the next, I suggest you contact your Hotel/ Motel/ B&B and confirm your accommodation booking for 18th & 19th May 2019.
Stay tuned for the Media Release in November, when we announce Milestone Celebrations.
Hi here are a few more images from last Saturday night..
I was really pleased with the event. Weather was great and a total record number of 19 cars participated, a good result in view of the number of regulars who wereapologies. Good to see some drivers bought grand kids along for the ride. We will have to try to think of something to foster this kind of thing so that there will be some people interested in preserving these cars into the distant future.
Hi, here are the minutes from the last meeting, or find them on the drop down menu.
Also a few images for the sports car cruise from last Saturday night. at Miller organised a perfect night again P and a great drive from Fulham Gardens into the city and onto Norwood Parade, finishing up in Firle. Had a total of 15 cars including Doug Gordon’s Midget (former member) in front, Don Williams white Midget, Jim Schubert’s yellow bugeye, Dean King’s green Mk 3. It was a good run and a number of Stags and Alpines along for the ride.
Sprite Club Classic Sports Car Cruise – Meet 6.00pm – Depart 6.30pm
The Sprite Club of South Australia will be cruising again for the first time this season on the evening of Oct 20th. As usual this is a low key short, sharp and hopefully shiny evening to display sports cars with a run of approx. 1 hour duration.
Gathering at the Target Fulham Gardens Shopping Centre car park on the corner of Tapleys Hill Rd and Valetta Rd, Fulham Gardens at 6:00 pm for a 6:30 departure. We will be finishing at the K Mart Shopping Centre at Glynburn Road, Firle.
Join us at the Start, Join for part of the Cruise or just meet at the Finish…….you and your Classic Sports Car are welcome.
Further info on the evening contact Pat Miller 0421 289 706 email nanmiller@adam.com.au
And if you are looking for something to do before the event……………….
“…….The TSOA & TR Register are holding their Annual Display Day on Saturday October 20th, 2018, at Wigley Reserve, Glenelg.
This event is part of the TR Register Nationals, of which there are 63 early TR’s, (TR2, TR3’s etc) booked to be on display, attending from all states of Australia for Concourse judging. Coupled with TSOA vehicles, we expect over 100 Triumphs to be on display this day. To further ensure it is one of the largest Triumph gatherings in the Country, we will also have the Stag Owners Club members to display their Stags at this event.
Event is due to conclude around 2pm.
Some of these vehicles will be joining the Sprite Club for the Cruise.
Saturday 20 October Sprite Club Classic Sports Car Cruise – Meet 6.00pm – Depart 6.30pm
Gathering at the Target Fulham Gardens Shopping Centre car park on the corner of Tapleys Hill Rd and Valetta Rd, Fulham Gardens at 6:00 pm for a 6:30 departure. We will be finishing at the K Mart Shopping Centre at Glynburn Road, Firle after a 1 hour cruise through the City and Norwood.
Further info on the evening contact Pat Miller 0421 289 706 email nanmiller@adam.com.au.
Sunday 28 October MSCA Mallala Super Sprint – Round 5 – Mallala Motorsport Park
Join us at Mallala for the final round of the MSCA Super Sprint Series.
Free Spectator Entry. On track action from 10.00am
Sunday 4 November Sprite Display Day at Wigley Reserve, Glenelg – 9.30am – 3.30pm
This the premier event of the Sprite Club’s year where we get the chance to show our cars to the public in the one place so ALL members are urged to get their Spridgets and associate cars ready for this fantastic day.
This year is the BUG EYE 60th anniversary and the Club will be recognising this on the day. Therefore we would like to invite all BUGEYE owners to bring their cars along for this display. Please let Don Cardone know if you are attending by either:
Monday 5 November Annual General Meeting – Meeting starts at 8.00pm.
Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton Park.
All committee positions will be declared vacant, so if you would like to join the committee and assist in the running of the Sprite Club of SA please think about nominating or volunteering at the AGM.
Talk to any of the committee if you are interested or require further information.
THE SPRITE CLUB OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA CLASSIC SPORTS CAR CRUISE.
The Sprite Club of South Australia will be cruising again for the first time this season on the evening of Oct 20th . As usual this is a low key short sharp and hopefully shiny evening to display sports cars. Gathering in the Target shopping center car park on the corner of Tapleys hill Rd and Valetta Rd Kidman Park at 6:00 pm for a 6:30 departure. As usual we would like to be joined by any interested sports car, clubman, etc drivers. We are not too fussy about what constitutes a classic sports car. The run will be of approximately 1 hour duration. Sun is scheduled to dip into the gulf of St Vincent at 7:33 on this day. The route will hopefully keep the glare behind us.
Depart the shopping center car park in a southerly direction.
Follow Tapleys hill Rd to Sir Donald Bradman Rd and turn left.
Follow Sir Donald Bradman Rd to West Trc. and turn left.
Drive along West Trc. Follow city ring route Park Trc. Hackney Rd. Dequetterville Trc.
Hard left turn at the Victoria round about onto Fullarton Rd.
Turn right onto the Parade. (We tend to attract a bit of attention here.)
Follow the Parade up to Glynburn Rd. and turn left.
Follow Glyburn Rd to K mart on your left hand side.
There will be a short presentation at K mart.
Route maps will be available at the departure point.
If the bureau predicts above 36 deg or more than a 20% chance of rain the Cruise will be postponed.
As would be expected everyone joining us take part entirely at their own risk and are responsible for the roadworthiness of their vehicle.
Saturday 29th September – Annual Pie and Pea Night Dinner – 6.30 pm – Don & Elaine Cardone’s Home
The Pea and Pie night is a long standing tradition of the Sprite Club. It is a lot of fun so please make an effort to come and enjoy the night with your fellow club members
LOCATION: Don and Elaine Cardone’s home
COST: $6.00 per pea and pie
WHAT TO BRING: BYO drinks and also nibbles or sweets to share.
For catering purposes please let Don & Elaine know if you are attending by sending an email to doncardone@adam.com.au or on mobile 0411 876 067 and Don will reply to you with details.
Please Note the Cut-off date to let Don & Elaine know you are coming is Sunday 23rd September.
8 October General Meeting – Meeting starts at 8.00pm.
Monday Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton Park.
PLEASE NOTE: The changed date for the General Meeting due to the October Long Weekend
4 November Sprite Display Day at Wigley Reserve, Glenelg – 9.30am – 3.30pm
Sunday This the premier event of the Sprite Club’s year where we get the chance to show our Sprites, Midgets and Associate cars to the public and this year celebrate the BUG EYE 60th anniversary.
Please let Don Cardone know if you are attending by either:
Collectable Classic Cars would like to invite your club to join our father’s day car run.
The Fathers Day Car/Bike Run is fundraising much needed funds for the Childhood Cancer Association.
The association is currently supporting 400 families with over 30 services here in South Australia. The Car/Bike Run is a great day out cruising through the Adelaide Hills in your old classic or current model car or bike (all makes/models welcome) .
Starting at Mylor oval with a delicious coffee van on site, we then head off to Goolwa Motor Museum & then onto Collectable Classics at Strathalbyn for a BBQ lunch.
All profits from the car run are going straight to the Childhood Cancer Association.
Tickets are purchased online at the link below, it is also on the flyer
Sprite Club Annual Dinner & Awards Night – 6.00pm for 6.30pm – Unley Hotel
Only Three Weeks until the Sprite Club’s “Night of Nights”.
Do you need a new outfit? Need to polish you best shoes? Now is the time to start your preparation!
We have secured the Patio Room at The Unley Hotel, 27 Unley Road, Parkside for our Annual Dinner and Awards Night
6.00pm Pre-dinner drinks, 6.30pm Three-Course Meal, Trophy Presentations, and much more.
To assist with the catering of the night and to secure your seat, please make your payment of $35per head direct to the Club’s bank account or pay the Treasurer.
The bank details for EFT deposits for the annual dinner @ $35/head are listed below and leave your name as a reference, cheers!
Sunday 19 August MSCA Mallala Super Sprint – Round 4 – Mallala Motorsport Park
The next round of the Super Sprint Series, which includes a Come ‘n’ Try event if you have not been on the circuit before. Free Spectator Entry. On track action from 10.00am
25 -26 August Supercars at The Bend – Tailem Bend
The Supercar Series heads to The Bend circuit for the first time.
Monday 3 September General Meeting – Meeting starts at 8.00pm.
Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton Park.
PLEASE NOTE: All Perpetual Trophies to be returned by the September General Meeting
Saturday 15 Sept Sprite Club Annual Dinner & Awards Night
We have secured the Patio Room at The Unley Hotel, 27 Unley Road, Parkside for our Annual Dinner and Awards Night
6.00pm Pre-dinner drinks, 6.30pm Three-Course Meal, Trophy Presentations, and much more.
Please make your payment of $35per head direct to the Club’s bank account or pay the Treasurer.
Saturday 29 Sept Annual Pie and Pea Night Dinner
Keep the night free. Don and Elaine Cardone will host this annual event.
Sunday 30 Sept Bay to Birdwood
Entries are open for vehicles built before 31st December 1959 – e.g. Bugeyes are eligible
24 Sept – 5 Oct Federation of Motoring Clubs Motorfest.
Multiple events over the week before and after the Bay to Birdwood.
Sunday 4 Nov Sprite Display Day at Wigley Reserve, Glenelg
Start waxing and polishing your Sprite, Midget, Clubman or Classic for our annual Display at the Bay.
We have once again secure the Patio Room at The Unley Hotel for our Annual Dinner and Awards Night.As the Patio Room is upstairs please note that there is no lift, only stairs
As well as celebrating the Anniversary of the Inaugural Sprite Club Meeting we will also recognise and award those members of the club for their services and competition successes for the past year.
There will be a three-course meal as listed below:
Entrée– shared plate
Pumpkin, thyme and fontina arancini, Chicken satays with spiced coconut peanut sauce, Salt and Chilli squid with guajillo chilli salsa, House made dip with chargrilled pita bread
Mains
200g Chimichurri Scotch Steak
Crispy Skin Chicken Breast
Achiote Atlantic Salmon
Roast Vegetable Stack
Dessert
Malibu Coconut Panna Cotta
Chocolate and Rum Tart
If you have special dietary requirements, please let the staff know when you arrive.
The cost is $35 per head.
Drinks can be purchased from the Bar.
To assist with the catering of the night and to secure your seat. please make your payment of $35 direct to the Club’s bank account (surname as the payment reference)
Account Details:
THE SPRITE CLUB OF SA INC.
BSB: 085-005
Account Number: 207432628
or to the Treasurer at a General Meeting.
This will be used as your booking confirmation and will also make finance arrangements easier on the night and so thanks for your co-operation and understanding. If you can’t manage that let us know that you’re coming and we can sort it out on the night! admin@spriteclub.com.au
Last weekend Sprite Club Member and Bugeye Owner Hamish Bubner married Linda Beagley at the family property near Maitland on Yorke Peninsula.
The ceremony was held in one of the paddocks, with guests seated and enjoying the view of the property. Also the weather was perfect for the ceremony.
As is the wedding tradition both the bride and Sprite wore white, and the Bugeye was joined by other classic vehicles including a Ford Mustang and “Barge” Fairlane.
Hamish had attempted to drive the Sprite from Adelaide, but it needed a small amount of “flat-tow assistance” to arrive at the property in time for the wedding.
On behalf of the Members of the Sprite Club of SA, we wish Hamish and Linda congratulations on their Special Day and years of happiness and memories together
Wednesday 25 July Sprite Club Mid-Week Social Drive – Meet 9.30am – Depart 10.00am
Russell and Judith Schmarr have organised another enjoyable mid-week run for morning tea and lunch.
Departing from Civic Park car park, North East Road, Modbury (opposite Tea Tree Plaza) at 10.00am..
BYO Morning Tea and will finish at a mystery Lunch venue in the northern Barossa Valley.
Can you please let Russell know if you are coming for the run or lunch 0403 151 715
Monday 6 August General Meeting – Meeting starts at 8.00pm.
Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton Park.
Sunday 19 August MSCA Mallala Super Sprint – Round 4 – Mallala Motorsport Park
The next round of the Super Sprint Series, which includes a Come ‘n’ Try event if you have not been on the circuit before. Free Spectator Entry. On track action from 10.00am
Monday 3 Sept General Meeting – Meeting starts at 8.00pm.
Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton Park.
Saturday 15 Sept Sprite Club Annual Dinner
Mark your diaries, the Sprite Club’s “Night of Nights” is coming up.
Saturday 29 Sept Annual Pie and Pea Night Dinner
Keep the night free. More details as they come to hand
Its that time of year again, cold winter nights have set in and everyones ensconced at home.
Lets try and entice you out with the annual wine and cheese general meeting! See you there, Monday 2 July, Fullarton Park Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, from 7:30pm.
This car was most likely a private import and is equivalent to a Sprite Mk 3A, having wire wheels, wind-up windows but not the folding hood seen on later Midgets. Car has a good straight body and drives very well.
Brakes have recently been overhauled and new tyres fitted to the wire wheels, which have tight spokes and have been clearly replaced at some time.
The 1098cc A-series motor is strong and smooth and suspension is good.
Gearbox shows signs of wear and will require work in the future.
Upholstery and roof will require replacing. (Roof and frame provided but fabric is old and has lost flexibility.)
An ideal project which can also be driven as is.
Contact: –
Don Williams for further details 0433960810 or Wills03@bigpond.net.au
The time has come for me to buy a Bugeye of my own. I’d love to be the next custodian of a much loved Bugeye and take over from an owner who is ready to pass their car on. Ideally I’m looking for a car that has been well maintained or has had some restoration work done to it, a bare metal rebuild at some point would be great (but not essential), what’s important is that the car has a sound and well maintained rust free body and preferably a steel bonnet. It’s also important that the car and any work done to it has been as true to the original as possible. A car with well maintained records would also be great as the car’s history is important to me. So in short, I’m looking for a loved Bugeye that I can continue to look after, maintain and restore for many years to come until it becomes my turn to hand the car on to a new generation of Bugeye owner. My budget is very realistic, especially for a well maintained or well restored car. So if you feel it’s time to pass on your Bugeye to it’s next custodian and want to know that it will be cared for and fussed over for years to come, I’m your man! You can reach me on 0402700779 or on email at adam.toma@bigpond.com.
As mentioned on Monday night the MG Car Club is running its Challenge on the Queen’s Birthday weekend with a Hillclimb at Collingrove on Saturday 9 June and a Super Sprint at The Bend on Sunday 10 June.
For the sprint we will be using the west circuit at The Bend.
MG numbers are unlikely to fill our fields so we would welcome entries from your clubs. See attached invitation for more information.
I ask that you keep it to your club members and do not spread this to a wider audience.
Entries to non MG clubs will open onMONDAY 21 MAY, as advised, and any received prior to that date will not be considered earlier.
We would prefer entries to both events.
To enter both in meecams go to the Hillclimb first and enter the “Challenge” which is at a discounted price. Then go to the sprint and enter the sprint at no charge.
In the sprint event you can also book a Dorian and a garage/carport.
It would be appreciated if your club could also provide a helper or two for the event.
RESCHEDULED SPRITE CLUB OF SA. AUTUMN 2018 CLASSIC SPORTS CAR CRUISE.
Due to Adelaide turning on cancellation status weather for our scheduled sports car cruise last month the Sprite Club of SA is having a second attempt on Saturday May 19th. Which happens to be the eve of the60 BIRTHDAY OF THE BUG EYE SPRITE. It would be especially good to have drivers of all sports car, clubman, replica sports car or any car that fits the general description, join us.
As usual the event will not take up much of your time, it is an informal low key cruise along some of Adelaide’s popular coastal thoroughfares. The idea being to be part of a spectacle that spotlights on special interest classic sporting cars and to generally have some fun.
The gathering place will be thevery western end of the IKEA car park where the blue was to be Masters store stands,Sr Donald Bradman drive in the Adelaide airport precinct. Gathering for a bit of mingling and inspecting all the cars from 4:15 pm for a departure at 5:00 pm. Driving west on Sir Donald Bradman drive, turning right on Seaview road and following through to Grange road, a quick right left onto Military road, A left turn at Bower road onto the Esplanade/ Lady Gowrie drive, going all the way to the roundabout at outer Harbor, returning along thissameroad to make a left hand turn onto Semaphore road. At the end of Semaphore road turn right onto Causeway road, then turn Left onto Bower rd, followed by a left onto Port rd travel about 500 meters and turn left into the Port Canal shopping centre car park where there will be a short presentation. This should be at approximately 6:00ish. There are a good number of eating places in this area should you wish to make a night of it.
Sunset on this day is at 5;19 pm
As would be expected everyone joining us take part entirely at their own risk and are responsible for the roadworthiness of their vehicle.
Driving standards should as always respect our road rules and the safety of yourselves and other road users.
Weather ? Since this is such a significant birthday we hope the weatherwill be kind to us on as most previous cruises.
Please pass this invitation to anyone you know who drives a sports car. There are no club memberships required.
Come along and find out what happened at the 2018 Sprite and Midget Nationals a, plus the coming events fore the Sprite Club and celebrate 60 years since the introduction of the Austin Healey Sprite.
Any car/ driverwith super sprint or similar experienceinterested in participating in the 6 hour relay event on May 6th. We have a vacancy for an extra competitor in the RED HEIFER racing team . Would any available competitors contact Pat Miller on 0421 289 706 or nanmiller@adam .com.aubefore the afternoon of Monday 23rd.
Is there anyone in the sprite club with expertise in the insurance or law scene prepared to take on a small one off task for the Marque Sports Car Association.The job involves making some phone calls to CAMS and some insurancecompanies toascertain the public liabilityinsurancesituation should there be an incident at an MSCA event. ContactPat Miller on 0421 289 706 or nanmiller@adam .com.au
The April meeting of the Sprite Club of SA was held at the clubrooms of the Sporting Car Club in Unley, as we have done for the past few years. This special night allows the display of member’s cars on stage and a chance to find more about the featured members and their cars with a Question and Answer on stage.
Members arrived at the earlier start time and were provided with two tickets, one for the door prize raffle and the other for a complimentary drink from Stan the barman. There was also an array of pizzas to sample prior to the meeting.
President Gordon Boyce conducted an edited meeting covering the required basics of minutes, finances, coming events and reports from the various representatives.
Then the attention turned to the four vehicles displayed on stage, 1958 Bugeye Sprite of Jim Schubert, 1963 Sprite Mk IIA of Miles Jackson, 1965 Sprite Mk III of Kerry Fisher and the 1968 MG Midget of Russell Schmarr.
President Gordon asked each member different questions about the history of their car, why they chose a Spridget and some of the enjoyment of ownership they have had with their vehicles.
Starting in order with Jim’s Bugeye, which is the oldest in the Sprite Club as it turns 60 years in August this year, and was one of the early cars imported during 1958. Jim has owned the Sprite for over 30 years, purchasing the car from club member Don Williams. These early cars have several structural changes from the later Bugeyes and a different windscreen.
Miles’s Mk IIA was next in order, which started as a left-hand drive project car that need a large amount of work before returning to the streets. Miles outlined the parts restored during the process and some of the minor issues he has had since. Miles has used the Sprite on Interstate runs and is heading to the 2018 Sprite & Midget Nationals this month.
The Mk III of Kerry provided a chance to talk about why he bought a Sprite, to which he replied, “it was in the paper, it was red, it did not have a hood and the price was right!”. Kerry has completed only minor repairs and upgrades during the either years of ownership, although had to repair a broken throttle cable only recently. Kerry uses this Sprite regularly to work, having used it almost daily in the week preceding the meeting, but is yet to reach the 90 days allowed under Club Registration!
Finally, Russell’s fifty-year-old Midget was the final car to be discussed. Russell has been a member of the Sprite Club for 10 years, and displayed a magazine showing the first meeting he attended, and how some of the current members and committee were still involved, including Miles who was librarian in 2008! Russell has driven and attended several Sprite and Midget Nationals and Interstate Rallies with the Midget.
Each of these Spridget owners also had an interesting non-Spridget point of interest that was discovered during the Q & A:
Jim Schubert has an interest in woodturning and had produced the finial that tops the Sporting Car Club clubrooms
Miles has had a previous history in motorsport, racing Sports Sedans against Pat Miller at Adelaide International Raceway and Mallala
Kerry left the Navy and bought the Sprite
Russell took an interest in Sprites when he would see Richard & Mandy Stokes plus two kids pile out of their Midget at hockey matches many years ago!
Thanks to sponsorship from Penrite Oils and Pedder’s Suspension there was approx. 20 door prizes to giveaway! President Gordon invited Mary Dutch and Jan Symonds to assist with the raffle draw. Once the prizes were handed out, husband’s Ken and Alan were also invited on stage, where President Gordon talked with each about their years of membership (the Symonds joined in 1984 and the Dutches in 1990), and displayed photos of the Sprites they had both owned over the years, totalling approx. 7 Sprites, and a Mini Cooper S & MG Magnette, between both couples!
Then President Gordon announced and awarded both couples with Life Membership of the Sprite Club of SA for their services to the Club over the years, presenting all with certificates, name and lapel badges.
The meeting then concluded with members continuing to chat and mix with others, inspect the cars on stage and talk specifics with each owner. This has been a successful meeting over the past few years, and one that I think will remain on the calendar.
Special thanks must go to the Sporting Car Club for use of the venue, Michael McClaren for arranging the use of the clubrooms, and supplying the drinks and pizzas, Penrite and Pedder’s for their sponsorship and giveaways and particularly to Jim, Miles, Kerry and Russell for supplying and talking about their Sprites and Midgets.
Monday 9 April – General Meeting – Stars and Their Cars – 7.00pm for 7.30pm.
Sporting Car Club, 51 King William Road, Unley.
Please note a different date due to the Easter Long weekend, the earlier start time, and the different venue.
Saturday 14 April – Sprite Club Autumn Classic Sports Car Cruise – Meet at 4.30pm – Depart 5.15pm
Meet at IKEA Car Park, Donald Bradman Drive, Adelaide Airport
This cruise will head towards the coast and then head for Outer Harbour and returning to the Port Canal shopping centre car park at approx. 6.30pm
Sunday 22 April – The McLaren Vale Vintage & Classic Car Event – Parade starts at 11.00am
The McLaren Vale Vintage & Classic is a great family day celebration of vintage and classic motoring. A fantastic mix of food, wine, music and the arts together with the energy and passion of motoring enthusiasts.
Wed 25 – Sun 29 April – 2018 Sprite and Midget Nationals – Wodonga, Victoria
This National event has something for every Sprite and Midget owner, Sprints, Regularity, Motorkhana, Show ‘n Shine/Concours, Social Drives and Dinners
Sunday 29 April – Hillclimb – Winter Cup Round 2 – Collingrove Hillclimb
Sunday 6 May – MSCA Peter Hall Memorial 6-Hour Regularity Relay – Mallala Motorsport Park
The annual 6-Hour Regularity Relay will see teams of Sprites and Clubman’s mixing with approx. 20 other teams in the regularity relay.
THE SPRITE CLUB OF SA. AUTUMN 2018 CLASSIC SPORTS CAR CRUISE.
The sprite club of SA will be running our third classic sports car cruise in the evening of April 14th. The drivers of all sports car, clubman, replica sports car or any car that fits the general description, are most welcome to join us. The event will not take up much of your time, it is an informal low key cruise along some of Adelaide’s popular coastal thoroughfares. The idea being to be part of a spectacle that spotlights on special interest classic sporting cars and to generally have some fun.
The gathering place will be the very western end of the IKEA car park on sir Donald Bradman drive in the Adelaide airport precinct. Gathering for a bit of mingling and inspecting all the cars from 4:30 pm for a departure at 5:15 pm. Driving west on Sir Donald Bradman drive, turning right on Seaview road and following through to Grange road, a quick right left onto Military road, A left turn at Bower road onto the Esplanade/ Lady Gowrie drive, going all the way to the roundabout at outer Harbor, returning along this road to make a left hand turn onto Semaphore road. At the end of Semaphore road turn right onto Causeway road, then turn Left onto Bower rd, followed by a left onto Port rd travel about 500 meters and turn left into the Port Canal shopping centre car park immediately behind KFC where there will be a short presentation. This should be at approximately 6:15. There are a good number of eating places in this area should you wish to make a night of it.
Sunset on this day is at 5;53 pm
As would be expected everyone joining us take part entirely at their own risk and are responsible for the roadworthiness of their vehicle.
Driving standards should as always respect our road rules and the safety of yourselves and other road users.
The weather has been ultra kind to us on previous cruises and I hope we will be similarly blessed, however if the bureau predicts a temperature over 36 deg C or greater than 20% chance of 5mm or more rain the cruise will be postponed till a later date.
MSCA Mallala Super Sprint – Round 1 – Mallala Motorsport Park
Please Note: The Sprite Club of SA is required to supply officials to assist with running of this event. This would involve flag marshalling and other assorted duties. There is a safety briefing at 8.30am, and lunch will be supplied.
There will also be an opportunity to have some Parade Laps of the circuit during the lunchbreak.
This a great opportunity to get up close and near the on track action.
For the competitors it is time to dust of the helmet and gloves and head to Mallala for the first time on the racetrack for 2018. Come along and support our competing Sprite and Clubman driving members. Did all their adjustments and modifications over the break lower their lap times. Free Spectator Entry. Practice from 9.00am On track action from 10.00am
Wednesday 14 March Sprite Club Mid-Week Social Drive to Langhorne Creek – Departure at 10.00amAn enjoyable mid-week run to the Bridge Hotel, Langhorne Creek for Lunch.
Departing Hazelwood Park North Carpark, Burnside at 10.00am.
Monday 5 March General Meeting – Meeting starts at 8.00pm.
Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton Park.
Sunday 11 March MSCA Mallala Super Sprint – Round 1 – Mallala Motorsport Park
Time to dust of the helmet and gloves and head to Mallala for the first time on the racetrack for 2018. Free Spectator Entry. On track action from 10.00am
Wednesday 14 March Sprite Club Mid-Week Social Drive to Langhorne Creek – Departure at 10.00am
An enjoyable mid-week run to the Bridge Hotel, Langhorne Creek for Lunch. Departing Hazelwood Park North Carpark, Burnside at 10.00am.
Saturday 17 March Twilight Hillclimb – Winter Cup Round 1 – Collingrove Hillclimb
Come and enjoy this twilight event in the Barossa Valley
Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton Park.
Come along and find out what has been happening with the Club and what is coming up over the next few months
Enjoy a chat and coffee after the meeting, check out our Sprite Club Merchandise Specials or borrow a book from the library.
If you need an Historic Vehicle Inspection, please contact Don or Gordon, and your vehicle can be inspected on the night.
Club Registration owners please note that your rego expired on the 31 December if you are not financial, so please bring your Log Books, Rego Papers and Membership Fees.
With 11 vehicles on display the Sprite Club of SA was well represented with over 800 other British vehicles at Echunga Oval. With the Sprites of the Brines, Boyce’s, Jacksons, Lows, McClaren/Lescius and Cardone’s, MG Midgets of Peter Dineen, David Fitzner and Russell Schmarr, and the MGBGT of the Brocks and the MG Magnette of the Dutches, the club was able to represent some of the fine BMC vehicles.
This year was the 70th anniversary of the Land Rover and all models, shapes, sizes and variations were displayed in the centre of the main oval. These also included Range Rovers as well as fire, ambulance, tow truck and other specialised versions. The famous Leyland Brothers West to East Land Rover form the Birdwood Motor Museum was also on display.
Many Trade stalls helped fill the two ovals as well as most British Car and Motorcycle clubs on display. As one walked around the oval, stopping every 10 paces to talk and meet with someone you knew through the car club or motoring scene, there were many comments like “Dad owned one of them”, “I learnt to drive in one of them”, “Yes kids that was like my first car….” And so on.
Many past Sprite Club members were there as well, Bugeye owners Steve and Di Kent, Mk III Sprite owners Les and Lorraine Felix and previous Mk III Sprite owners Brian and Joy Grant with their Austin Healey 100/4 Le Mans. Gerard Miller had the privilege of bringing the Jaguar XJ13, which also won Car of the Day Award.
Other than a few drops on oil on the grass (and cardboard sheets under the cars) the McClaren/Lescius Sprite developed clutch issues and had a comfy ride home on a trailer, while the Dutches MG Magnette refused to start due to a couple of Joseph Lucas’s gremlins. After a prod and a poke it started, only to stop on the way home.
This little problems and the various designs, shapes and models make up what British Vehicle ownership is all about and the All British Day is the perfect way to display these traits to the public. Well done to the organising committee, the Echunga Oval is an ideal venue and look forward to the 2019 event.
Could allSprite club members who are attending our Classic sports car cruise6:30pm, Saturday next 17th Feb (see previous newsletter for full details ) please contact Pat Miller at the final gathering point (Castle Plaza shopping centre ) with their choice of”the most appealing car” and“the car with the best patina” ie well used and well loved.
Judging by the noenquiries we will have an excitingturnout.The weather manalsopromises aideal evening.
There will be route maps available at the departure point, Bunnings car park on Port rd Woodville
Hope to see you there. Any questions you may have please give me a call on 0421 289 706.
Please find below the details fo the event, one of the best of the year!
On Australia Day the McLaren Vale Vintage & Classic Event was named the City of Onkaparinga’s Community Event for 2018. This is a great achievement for the organising committee and recognises it as a highly regarded event for the area.
This is just a reminder to get your entry in for the 2018 McLaren Vale Vintage & Classic Event.
The first General Meeting will be a special event with a Guest Speaker, Dr Martin Belusko, Senior Research Fellow at UniSA. (Our guest speaker is Dr Martin Belusko, Senior research fellow at Unisa He will be speaking on matters relating to our energy situation, mainly electricity as it is at the moment and most interestingly how it will look in the not too distant future. I have asked him to speak for 15 to 20 minutes and I am sure there will be many question after.)
While not on a motoring subject, he will be speaking something that affects us all, matters relating to our energy situation, mainly electricity as it is at the moment and most interestingly, how it will look in the not too distant future.
Our thanks to Pat Miller for arranging this.
Also if you have a Club Registered Vehicle you subs are due, as if you are not currently financial your vehicle is deemed unregistered.
Subs can be paid on the night, or by EFT – details are on the website.
Membership Forms must also be completed so we have correct email address and contact details -also on the website.
Don and Gordon will be available before the meeting if you Club Registered vehicle requires inspection.
Please bring your current registration papers and the log book (plus $5.00 if you require a new book) for signing and stamping.
Members of the Sprite Club of SA are having their first sports car cruise for this year on the evening of February 17th. We welcome any sports car or clubman drivers to join in on what is intended as low key an informal way to enjoy hopefully top down motoring. We are not too fussy about the definition of what is a sports car.
Once again we will emulate Grant Zipple’s cruising format and gather in Bunnings car park on the corner of Port Rd and Cheltnam prd in Woodville at 6:30 pm departing at 7:15. The trajectory being to drive along Port Rd to Port Adelaide turn left at the Black Diamond corner onto St Vincent st. right turn onto Nelson over the Birkinhead bridge left onto Semaphore rd. Left onto the Esplinade, left Bower rd. right Military rd. at the Grange rd. intersection cross through to Seaview rd and follow. At Wesbeach Rd. cross through to Military rd past the golf links and the Patawalonga river. Across the King st bridge onto AdelphiTce. Then follow the Anzac Hwy vere right onto Cross Rd. right again onto South Rd. The finish point being Castle Plaza on the corner of South Rd and Ragland Ave at 8:30 pm ish. Where there will be a short presentation.
While we do not expect entrants by the hundreds we are advised to notify Sapol. Waye to the crowds by all means but do drive carefully.
As would be expected everyone joining us take part entirely at their own risk and are responsible for the roadworthiness of their vehicle.
Further info on the evening contact Pat Miller 0421 289 706 email nanmiller@adam.com.au.
Weather If the bureau predicts a temperature over 36 deg C for the afternoon or greater than 20% chance of 5mm or more precipitation the cruise will be postponed to a later date
The Sprite Club of SA will be continuing the tradition of celebrating Australia Day with a BYO BBQ at Gary and Faye Brocks at 10 Ebenezer Place Gumeracha.
The event start from 11.00am onwards and will also host the 2018 Throng Throwing Competition.
Please BYO BBQ Meat, Drinks and Chairs.
Can you also bring either a Salad or Sweets to share.
Phone the Brocks on 83891141 if you need directions, or so we do not get too many coleslaw’s or pavlova’s!
A reminder that membership renewals are now due, it is especially important if you have conditional registration through the club to attend to this ASAP! Remember you must be a member of a club to access the conditional registration scheme. Also note the change to the fees, $50 for yearly membership for single, couple or family.
HONOURING 60 YEARS OF AUSTIN HEALEY SPRITE – JOIN THE ACTION
Historic Winton cordially invites your members to ‘Join the Action ‘ and display their vehicles at our 2018 event which will be held at Winton Motor Raceway on May 26 & 27. Complimentary entry tickets are available for owners of early AUSTIN HEALEY SPRITE vehicles – plus the opportunity to participate in Sunday Parade laps. A dedicated display area has been set aside for your vehicles and camping is available at the raceway @ $25 per head per night. We are especially on the lookout for unrestored vehicles / hidden treasures and interstate visitors
In fact, why not make it a three-day event and join the Benalla and District Classic Car and Motorbike Tour on Friday, May 25th.
Please contact Noel Wilcox – 0354282689 – noelwilcox@rocketmail.com for further details
Follow us on Facebook / Twitter or www.historicwinton.org
For those members who were at last year’s 2016 Sprite Club Display Day at the Wigley Reserve will remember it was a cold,windy and very wet Sunday. So wet and windy that those who made the early morning journey gave up and went home by about 11.30.
But for 2017 it was a very different story at Wigley!
The sun was shining,the sky was blue and the temperature was heading up to the mid 30’s. I arrived at about 8.30 and Glenelg was starting to come alive with the usual mixture of cyclists,dog walkers and joggers.
On my arrival in the Magnette I was directed by Gordon to park next to Michael and Pat’s rather stately Rover P5B V8 saloon in the associate vehicle section. I set up my new MG Magnette display board on the excellent metal stand made by Gary Brock. Then,with Don and David’s assistance we erected the club banner. By now about fifteen cars had been already lined up by Don,Gordon,Gary and Michael. A steady stream of Sprites and Midgets and a wide variety of club members other cars continued to arrive over the next few hours.
The associate cars included an assortment of Big Healeys and Clubmans, as well as a Ford Capri GT,an MG Magnette, Rover P5B, Rover P6 V8,Alfa Romeo,Waler race car and an MGB GT.
A highlight of the day for me was to see that my red Sprite MK 2a that had been brought along by Bridget,the current owner.
It was the second Sprite I had owned and I hadn’t seen it for over ten years. I bought it at the 1990 Grand Prix auction held at Wayville and sold it ten years later in 2000.When the final hammer fell on my winning bid a young chap in front of me called Gordon Boyce turned around and asked me if I wanted to join the Sprite Club!
We had our usual voting slips for favourite Spridgets and favourite associate car. Don’s Sprite Mk.1 took out the Sprite & Midget section and Ian Hay’s Austin Healey 100/4 took the associate car award.
Total number of cars on display was forty one. Twenty six Sprites & Midgets and sixteen associate cars.
Thanks to the excellent turnout of cars from our club members and the Healey Club the 2017 club Display Day was a great success. We had great weather and plenty of interest in our cars from the public. Thanks to Don Cardone and all who played a part in organising a very enjoyable day at Wigley.
Title: Classic Adelaide Street Party Viewing and Dinner Location: Gouger Street – 6.00pm Link out: Click here Description: Meet at the Dragons in Chinatown – View the cars then Chinese dinner from 7.00pm
let me know if you’re planning on coming and weren’t at the last meeting
admin@spriteclub.com.au Start Time: 18:00 Date: 2017-12-08 End Time: 22:00
We discussed at the Committee meeting of having a monthly reminder at the start of the Month to inform/remind all of what is coming up.
Will follow up with individual post for events as per normal via email and the website calendar and also a PDF copy will be available here Bugeye Burble Dec 2107
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Thanks Gordon Boyce
Bugeye Burble – December 2017
Coming events for the next month
Dec 4th – Christmas BBQ Meeting – Fullarton Park Community Centre – 6.00pm
BBQ ready from 6.30pm BYO Chairs and Drinks -Meeting starts at 8.00pm Subs are now due.
Dec 8th – Classic Adelaide Street Party Viewing and Dinner – Gouger Street – 6.00pm
Meet at the Dragons in Chinatown – View the cars then Chinese dinner from 7.00pm
Dec 9th – 10th – Adelaide Motorsport Festival – Victoria Park
Dec 17th – ClubbiesSA – Christmas at the Rezz – 9.00am
Rezz Hotel, 20 Hamilton Terrace, Newton (directly opposite the Thorndon Park Reservoir).
The 2018 SA and NT Cams Calendar has now been finalised. Our club events for next year are listed as below
25/02 Presentation Day
11/03 Supersprint Round 1 and Come and Try
06/05 Peter Hall Memorial 6-Hour Regularity Relay
17/06 Supersprint Round 2
15/07 Supersprint Round 3
26/08 Supersprint Round 4
28/10 Supersprint Round 5
The first Sprite Club Classic Sports CarCruiseevent hit Adelaide’s streets on Saturday last. With a turn up of 14 cars of various marques. The weather turned onidyllic conditions for top down motoring. The odd wave coming from dinners at curbside eateries. Our convoybecame temporarily scattered as we had to navigate around closed off roads due tohorse trials in the east parklands. We regroupedon Anzac highway and did a reasonable job of clogging the road withsports cars. After a 1 hour drive we gathered at K mart on Tapleys Hill road where Sprite club members voted Trevor Hawkins immaculate Triumph TR6 the most appealing car and duly presented him with a trophy.The whole thing was low key, informal, very friendly and most enjoyable. We learned from the experience andeveryone asked about next time which we willorganizefor a Saturday evening in February. Watch this Space. A big thank you to all who attended.
At the AGM the Subs for the 2018 Sprite Club year were discussed and the following was put to the members, and was adopted by the members.
There has been an increase and decrease of the fees, depending upon the membership type.
The Subs for 2018 will be the same for Single and Family. These will be $50. Therefore members will now effectively join as a Family which covers member, spouse, and any children under 18 years.
This will streamline the membership options and allow all members and partners to benefit from any Club subsidies at events, as well as insurance coverage, etc.
The joining fee will also be $50 for both member categories.
These subs will be due at the December meeting, and must be paid by 31st December if you have a vehicle on Club Registration
So this leads to marking your diary for Monday 4th December for the Christmas BBQ Meeting. This will commence at 6.00pm in the grounds of the Fullarton Park Community Centre.
The club will provide the meat and salads, please BYO Chairs and drinks.
Thanks to those who attended the Display Day on Sunday 5th of Nov and the AGM on the 6th Nov.
Thanks to members for my nomination for the role of President, and all other nominations and volunteers for the other committee positions.
We all look forward to “steering the wheel’ for another Spritely Year.
Here is the 2018 Committee:
President: Gordon Boyce
President Elect: ????
Secretary: ????
Treasurer: Darryl Hanna
Social Co-Ordinator: ????
Clubman Rep: Barry Edson
Web Master: Chris Brine
Library: Miles Jackson
Club Registration: Don Cardone & Gordon Boyce
Regalia: Ken Dutch
Competition Rep: Pat Miller
FHMVC Rep: Don Cardone
As you can see there are a couple of vacancies.
Due to low numbers at the AGM, these position are still vacant and we will be looking for nominations at the December BBQ meeting, to help with the operation of the Sprite Club of SA.
If you would like to nominate or have any questions about what is required of these roles, please feel free to contact me or any of the committee.
For those members who were at last year’s 2016 Sprite Club Display Day at the Wigley Reserve will remember it was a cold,windy and very wet Sunday. So wet and windy that those who made the early morning journey gave up and went home by about 11.30.
But for 2017 it was a very different story at Wigley!
The sun was shining,the sky was blue and the temperature was heading up to the mid 30’s. I arrived at about 8.30 and Glenelg was starting to come alive with the usual mixture of cyclists,dog walkers and joggers.
On my arrival in the Magnette I was directed by Gordon to park next to Michael and Pat’s rather stately Rover P5B V8 saloon in the associate vehicle section. I set up my new MG Magnette display board on the excellent metal stand made by Gary Brock. Then,with Don and David’s assistance we erected the club banner. By now about fifteen cars had been already lined up by Don,Gordon,Gary and Michael. A steady stream of Sprites and Midgets and a wide variety of club members other cars continued to arrive over the next few hours.
The associate cars included an assortment of Big Healeys and Clubmans, as well as a Ford Capri GT,an MG Magnette, Rover P5B, Rover P6 V8,Alfa Romeo,Waler race car and an MGB GT.
A highlight of the day for me was to see that my red Sprite MK 2a that had been brought along by Bridget,the current owner.
It was the second Sprite I had owned and I hadn’t seen it for over ten years. I bought it at the 1990 Grand Prix auction held at Wayville and sold it ten years later in 2000.When the final hammer fell on my winning bid a young chap in front of me called Gordon Boyce turned around and asked me if I wanted to join the Sprite Club!
We had our usual voting slips for favourite Spridgets and favourite associate car. Don’s Sprite Mk.1 took out the Sprite & Midget section and Ian Hay’s Austin Healey 100/4 took the associate car award.
Total number of cars on display was forty one. Twenty six Sprites & Midgets and sixteen associate cars.
Thanks to the excellent turnout of cars from our club members and the Healey Club the 2017 club Display Day was a great success. We had great weather and plenty of interest in our cars from the public. Thanks to Don Cardone and all who played a part in organising a very enjoyable day at Wigley.
1961 MG Midget in excellent condition. Fully restored (including engine rebuild, transmission, cooling system, suspension and more – too much to list) to original specs with receipts. Less than 19,000 miles since rebuild. 948CC motor, matching numbers, in excellent condition and on historical registration. It has Mini lite rims, new top and new paint job (Signal Red). Fun to drive and gets a lot of thumbs up. Registration number COOL 61. $16,500 ono. Call Luther on 0478308028.
To add a little interest to proceedings would all Sprite club members attending the classic sports car cruise on this Saturday evening please make a note of the participating car they find most appealing. Please let me know your choice upon arrival at our destination at Fulham shopping center as we have a small trophy to present to the driver with the most votes.
Does attendee have a spare seat in a sports car as my anticipated ride has dipped out and I do not think the constabulary would take kindly to me using my racing sports cars. Pat Miller 0421289706
Members of the Sprite club of SA are arranging a sports car cruise around Adelaide on the evening of November 18th similar to the cruises run by Grant Zipple for American cars. The cruise is informal, low key, sort, sharp and won’t take a lot of time. It is simply a chance to enjoy classic sports cars, provide opportunity for a chin wag, and generally check out the scene. We welcome any classic sports car drivers to join in.
We intend to gather in the vicinity of K mart Firle Plaza on Glynburn Road from 6:30pm departing at 7:30pm, driving on Magil rd turning onto Fullarton rd, negotiating the Victoria roundabout onto Wakefield st through the center of Adelaide, West trce, then driving along the Anzac highway turning on to Tapleys Hill rd. arriving in the vicinity of Target Fulham Gardens, corner of Tapleys Hill road and Valetta road Fulham Gardens 8:30 pm ish for a final gathering.
As a courtesy SAPOL will be advised of our activity. Driving standards should reflect the utmost respect for safety and our road rules.
As would be expected everyone joining us take part entirely at their own risk and are responsible for the roadworthiness of their vehicle.
Further info on the evening, contact Pat Miller 0421 289 706 email nanmiller@adam.com.au While we would prefer the cruise to be for cars that are genuine classic cars or replicas of classics and of course clubman type cars we do not wish to be too fussy.
The object of the exercise is 1: To have fun. 2: Create an awareness of our cars and maybe generate a little potential long term demand for them. 3 Hopefully promote Adelaide as the go to place for tourists who like cars.
Weather if the weather bureau predicts a temperature for the day over 36 deg C or a greater than 20% chance of 5mm or more rain, the cruise will be postponed to a later date.
I am pleased to report that many entrants have utilized our new on-line registration facility. As a result, entry numbers are looking promising compared to this time last year. So, if you are one of the many entrants that are all signed up and entered thank you. You can go back to preparing your vehicle. And we look forward to seeing you at Echunga for All British Day 2018. However, if you have not entered or you know of a fellow British vehicle owner who has not entered yet please read on.
We have fielded correspondence from some past entrants asking when they may expect their entry form by email for ABD 2018. The answer is you will not, we only emailed past entrants last year as a last resort, as our new website was not finished. The new website has been operational since 1/10/2017.
In the interests of being fair, there may be a few entrants who might have misunderstood what the entry process is for ADB 2018, so we will keep registrations open for another week. So, you now have until the November Wednesday 22nd to enter for All British Day.
To register you must go onto the ABD website and either print, fill in and post an entry form, or, alternatively fill in the online registration form which will redirect you to a Pay Pal site for credit card payment.
Please click on this link below for entry information.
Registrations for All British Day 2018 close in just over two weeks! To register you must go onto the ABD website and either print, fill in and post an entry form, or, alternatively fill in the online registration form and submit it with credit card payment.
Please click on this link below for entry information.
Sprite Club Display Sunday 5th November. Cars ready on display 9.30am to 3.30pm
Wigley Reserve Cnr Anzac Highway and Adelphy Terrace Glenelg.
Remember to bring a piece of cardboard to place under cars to catch dripping oil.
This is the Club’s main day of the year and we have incurred significant costs so we want as many cars displayed as possible. Please make every effort to come and display your Spridgets and associate cars .
You can turn up on the day but would be preferable to let Don know before hand if you intend bringing your car for display. Email your name, phone number and car details to doncardone@adam.com.au
The Austin 7 Club of SA is hosting “Austins Over Australia 2019” and we are endeavouring to ensure all owners of Austin vehicles in SA know about it.
Following is a message to those owners
Attached is an Expressions of Interest Letter along with an Expression of Interest Form for Austins Over Australia 2019.
If you would like to join us on the 5 days of camaraderie in the Barossa Valley in September 2019, please read the EOI Letter then complete the EOI Form and return it to me. Your details will then be added to our database which means you will be kept up to date by receiving periodic newsletters. Also it is time to think about what type of accommodation you would like so you are able to book it when the venue of choice is taking bookings – see EOI Letter.
On September 23, 2017 Kobbled Together Aussie Kangaroo Karts, Rust Buckets, Misfits, Mistakes and the worst of the automotive world will be on display in the sleepy little city of Adelaide.
To be held at Edwards Park on West Terrace in the Adelaide parklands from 10AM until 3PM
We’ve had a few non starters this year so there are couple of spots left, payment by tomorrow will secure your place!
Payment: Payment of $35 ph direct to the Club’s bank account will be used as your booking confirmation. (This will also make finance arrangements easier on the night and so thanks for your co-operation and understanding.) If you can’t manage that let us know that your coming and we can sort it out on the night! admin@spriteclub.com.au
We are getting pretty close to capacity at The Unley Hotel, for any of you still wanting to come along we need to give the Pub final numbers, so if you can pay today via EFT that will secure you a place!
Payment: Payment of $35 ph direct to the Club’s bank account will be used as your booking confirmation. (This will also make finance arrangements easier on the night and so thanks for your co-operation and understanding.) If you can’t manage that let us know that your coming and we can sort it out on the night! admin@spriteclub.com.au
Now the Crows have won, you can all come to the Annual Dinner, numbers are down a little, so please support the club and get some return for your membership fees!
We will be upstairs in the Unley patio restaurant. Please note that there is no lift, only stairs.
Date: Saturday 16th September, 2017
Time: 6.00pm for 6.30pm. The bar will be open upstairs at 6pm.
What: 3 Course sit down dinner. If you have special dietary requirements please let the staff know when you arrive.
Cost: The cost is $35 per head. This is after some sponsorship from a friendly accounting firm “that sounds like a car company ” 🙂
Drinks can be purchased from the Bar.
Payment: Payment of $35 ph direct to the Club’s bank account will be used as your booking confirmation. (This will also make finance arrangements easier on the night and so thanks for your co-operation and understanding.) If you can’t manage that let us know that your coming and we can sort it out on the night! admin@spriteclub.com.au
Account Name: THE SPRITE CLUB OF SA INC.
BSB: 085-005
Account Number: 20-743-2628
Michael McClaren
the Menu is fantastic
Share Plate;
– Roasted red pepper & Paprika arancini w Gremolata
– Chicken satays w spicy coconut sauce
– Haloumi Cigars w Brik Pastry & Salsa verde Housemade dip with chargrilled artisan bread
Attached please find all the details for the 2018 McLaren Vale Vintage & Classic event in April with the links to enter and pay for the event and charity dinner.
It has been confirmed that Allan Moffatt will be the guest at the Charity Dinner on Saturday 21st April and information about this is also attached.
The new Function menu is as follows:
Share Plate;
– Roasted red pepper & Paprika arancini w Gremolata
– Chicken satays w spicy coconut sauce
– Haloumi Cigars w Brik Pastry & Salsa verde Housemade dip with chargrilled artisan bread
We will be upstairs in the Unley patio restaurant. Please note that there is no lift, only stairs.
Date: Saturday 16th September, 2017
Time: 6.00pm for 6.30pm. The bar will be open upstairs at 6pm.
What: 3 Course sit down dinner. If you have special dietary requirements please let the staff know when you arrive.
Cost: The cost is $35 per head. This is after some sponsorship from a friendly accounting firm “that sounds like a car company ” 🙂
Drinks can be purchased from the Bar.
Payment: Payment of $35 ph direct to the Club’s bank account will be used as your booking confirmation. (This will also make finance arrangements easier on the night and so thanks for your co-operation and understanding.)
For those of you not entered in the Bay to Birdwood…
Good afternoon,
With the assistance and support of the Adelaide City Council, SAPOL and the DPTI, the Bay to Birdwood route this year will deviate through the centre of the city.
This is a huge opportunity for entrants to show off their vehicles to the general public in a way we have not been able to before.
The DPTI and Altus will ensure a smooth flow of vehicles, by managing the traffic lights, and giving priority to B2B traffic.
They will also provide pedestrian control at the crossings Grote St and through Victoria Square.
We are seeking 5 volunteers, who are not entered in the event, who can give up a few hours of their time on the morning of Sunday 24th September, to provide assistance and support to the Altus controllers. Specific experience is not necessary, and guidance will be provided by the designated controller.
We would appreciate circulating this to the club members, and anyone who would be able to assist, can contact myself in the first instance.
Kind regards,
Kevin Noel
FHMCSA Partner | Bay to Birdwood | M: +61 (0) 439 501 911 | W: baytobirdwood.com.au
Please find attached Bulletin No 2 which has cost details and further information.
The attached Registration Form MUST be completed along with your payment details to ensure your placement and returned to me please.
For those interested in joining the Post Rally Tour, I have attached details and information pertaining to this and you will need to contact/liaise with John Fowler directly as per his details on the attached.
There is a maximum number limit of 20 couples (Motel rooms) so first in best dressed, and in fact the first 16 will be all together with an overflow of 4 at an almost next door venue at Jindabyne.
Please stay tuned for further Bulletins and if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me or Greg Corbin.
Sue Stephenson needs a little assistance at the August 27th Super sprint meeting at Mallala. Help is required at the driver sign on desk and at the timing desk in the tower.
If any club members can oblige would they contact Sue as soon as possible on 0408 858 046 or email comp@msca.com or they can phone Pat Miller on 0421 289 706 email nanmiller@adam.com.au
The Mallala August 27 super sprint meeting includes a come and try section which has proven very popular and is fully booked with 30 entrants. The MSCA is appealing for drivers with some experience to act as mentors on the day. There is some pre event instruction is available. If you can assist please contact the MSCA as above phone numbers or emails.
Previous mentors report that this is a rewarding and worthwhile experience.
Time is running out for people that want to attend the Pea and Pie night.
Its on Saturday 26th August at 6.30 pm at Don and Elaine Cardone’s home
Cost is $6.00. BYO drinks and a sweet or nibbles to share.
Don’t miss out as this is always a great club night and if you intend coming please let Don know promptly by email (doncardone@adam.com.au) or phone 0411 876 067 and Don will take your details and give you the address.
A reminder that early-bird entries for the 2017 Bay to Birdwood Classic close next Friday 4 August. To avoid paying a late entry fee please email or post your entry form or enter online atwww.baytobirdwood.com.au.
Kind regards
PAULINE RENNER Event Coordinator & Bay to Birdwood Finish Manager and Entry Director
We will be upstairs in the Unley patio restaurant. Please note that there is no lift, only stairs.
Date: Saturday 16th September, 2017
Time: 6.00pm for 6.30pm. The bar will be open upstairs at 6pm.
What: 3 Course sit down dinner. If you have special dietary requirements please let the staff know when you arrive.
Cost: The cost is $35 per head. This is after some sponsorship from a friendly accounting firm “that sounds like a car company ” 🙂
Drinks can be purchased from the Bar.
Payment: Payment of $35 ph direct to the Club’s bank account will be used as your booking confirmation. (This will also make finance arrangements easier on the night and so thanks for your co-operation and understanding.)
Pea and pies supplied and cost is $6.00. Please bring a desert or nibbles to share.
Don lives in a central metro location so its easy to get to.
We need numbers to know how many pies to buy. This is great fun night so don’t miss out.
Please let Don know if you intend to come at the next meeting or if you cannot attend the next meeting then by email doncardone@adam.com.au.
Display Day;
Display day is on the 5th November at Wigley Reserve Glenelg. We have ordered a fine sunny day so please start getting your Spridgets and associated cars ready for fantastic display day.
This day is our yearly premier display event and costs the club a fair sum of money so we would like as many cars as possible to attend and make it a great success.
The added bonus for attending is that your car can be inspected for club registration.
Back by popular demand is the Sprite Weekend Away. Normanville and Fleurieu Peninsula Check out the website. http://www.beachside.com.au/
So, decide now to be part of this event. Get the dates in your diary and let President Michael by this Sunday – 09 July 2017.
We have booked 10 rooms and should be able to get at least a couple more so don’t hold back.
We’ll finalise a program with as much or as little as people want to do, but as a bit of a guide.
Friday Leave Adelaide 1pm for Normanville.
Camp Kitchen BBQ Dinner
Saturday morning run, morning tea and fish & chips lunch taking in some of the nearby towns.
Afternoon run back to Normanville, taking in some Classic Adelaide stages.
Dinner at a nearby pub.
Sunday checkout. Lunch at somewhere like Smiling Samoyed Brewery then homeward bound.
We have booked Deluxe cabins. They are $118 per night.
They do have Executive cabins dotted through the Park at $130 per night.
WHAT TO DO NEXT:
Get on board as quick as possible and let Michael know by email, that you will be attending and he will get your accommodation locked in. Time is of the essence, so don’t dilly dally. ( Places are limited to what is or will be available at the Park ).
Just a quick reminder that we have a jammed packed meeting on Monday 3 July 2017, the including Wine and Cheese Night, Sporting Car Club of SA presentation on the Adelaide Motorsport Festival, Michelin tyres presentation and an update on the changes to conditional registration and what this may mean going forward to broadening the cars that can take advantage of this scheme.
Anyone wanting to join in on a spritely drive through the hills Sunday morning, 02 July 2017, are welcome to join in at The Haus, 38A Main St, Hahndorf, for coffee/breakfast from 8:30, then to an hour or so of the best of the Adelaide Hills roads!
Don’t forget our mid winter meeting next Monday 3 July 2017!
To try and encourage you to come out in the cold we always throw a bit of wine and cheese your way to make it worthwhile!
We’ll also have a couple of guests, one from the Sporting Car Club whetting our appetite for the upcoming Adelaide Motorsport Festival and the Michelin Man coming to the meeting to talk tyres.
Please see below information on next year’s Sprite Nationals
Hi everyone,
Well it is that time again when the Austin Healey Sprite Drivers’ Club are promoting the 2018 Sprite & Midget Nationals.
Please find attached (via this link) Bulletin No 1 with all the initial information. Ongoing Bulletins will be distributed with more informative information and details.
If you wish to Register your Expressions of Interest please let me know by email and please pass the word to Save the Date and to start planning your visit in 2018.
If you have any questions or queries please do not hesitate to contact me.
Don attended a Federation of Historic Car Clubs meeting and there was a Motorfest rep there who advised that the Museum and a Shed or Two run on 20th September (this is the one Don (and several other club members) have entered) is 56% full.
Any interested Sprite Club members wanting to attend this event of any oft others, they need to do something about it quickly otherwise if they put off entering until the last minute they will miss out. Full details on the Bay the Birdwood website.
Don has entered the Museum and a Shed or Two run on 20th September and would like to invite other Club members to join him and form a Sprite Club group. At least 6 or 7 Spridgets (or more) would be optimistically nice .
Entry forms and details are available on www.baytobirdwood.com.au and click on the Motorfest window.
If members want to talk to Don they can ring him on 0411 876 067 or email doncardone@adam.com.au
We are pleased to announce that entry into the 2017 Bay to Birdwood Classic is now open. The event will be held on Sunday 24 September and all substantially original 1956 – 1981 vehicles are eligible to enter.
We encourage you to enter online via the website to save on printing and postage. This method of entry will also guarantee you receive a return email acknowledging your payment and entry.
There has been a change to the entry fee structure. If you are a member of a Club which is associated with a State body that is a member of the Australian Historic Motoring Federation the entry fee is $10 less than the standard fee. If you are unsure, please contact your Club before submitting the form.
All entries must be accompanied by a photograph depicting the vehicle as it will be on the day of the event.
Entries close Friday 4 August or before if the limit of 1750 vehicles is reached.
Please feel free to share this email with anyone else who may have an eligible vehicle.
We look forward to receiving your entry.
PAULINE RENNER Event Coordinator & Bay to Birdwood Finish Manager and Entry Director
The Sprite club would like to participate in a few of this year’s Bay to Birdwood Motorfest activities. These events are open to all other car clubs so the numbers are limited, we need to enter and pay our fees as soon as possible.
If a member wants to talk to Don about attending these events phone me on 0411 876 067 or email doncardone@adam.com.au.
Hope we get a few interested parties.
Welcome to Motorfest 2017
For over thirty years, Motorfest has been providing a selection of events showcasing South Australia and providing entertainment and fellowship for enthusiasts from every corner of Australia and sometimes the world.
The Federation of Historic Motoring Clubs SA invites Bay to Birdwood entrants and other motoring enthusiasts to join us for a fortnight of interesting and fun events. We hope you will enjoy taking part in our various events and at the same time see a little more of Adelaide and its surrounds.
This year’s events have been organised by some of South Australia’s great historic car clubs and will certainly be of interest to our Interstate, Country and local enthusiasts.
Again the various day outings will take you to many well known, and some not so well known places of interest. For this Motorfest Classic we have some very different never been done before destinations which range from the lower mid north to the Fleurieu showcasing so much of our great state of South Australia.
We trust that as many of you as possible will take advantage of this wonderful programme and avail yourselves to as many Motorfest Classic events as possible.
Please be aware that you do not require a specific vehicle to enter any of these events. You may use any vehicle you wish to, including your current model family car or Mum’s taxi.
To enter simply download the entry form, fill it out, and it send it back via mail with your payment.
Happy Motoring.
Graham Tonkin
Motorfest Classic Director
Motorfest 2017 Events
Below is a summary of the events, and to download the detailed program CLICK HERE,…
Day 1 – Monday, 18 Sept – Flour Mills of the Adelaide Hills
Day 2 – Tuesday, 19 Sept – A Day at the Flicks
Day 3 – Wednesday, 20 Sept – A Museum and a Shed or Two
Day 4 – Thursday, 21 Sept – Ariel Viewing of Chevs
Day 5 – Friday, 22 Sept – Classic Cars & Fine Art
Day 7 – Sunday, 24 Sept – BAY TO BIRDWOOD CLASSIC
Day 8 – Monday, 25 Sept – Wheels and Tracks
Day 9 – Tuesday, 26 Sept – A Grave Experience
Day 10 – Wednesday, 27 Sept – Biggest Morning Tea & Y P Field Day
Day 11 – Thursday, 28 Sept – Fleurieu Coast Beckons
To book a seat for any of the events, download the entry form by CLICKING HERE. Complete the entry form and post it with your payment, back to the following address:
Motorfest Classic Entry Director
3 Bain Street, Christie Downs
SA 5164
17th May 2017 : Sprite Club’s Great Grape Mid-week Run
Fortune favoured the brave. Eight cars. Fourteen members. Weather holding. Everything that was needed for a wonderful day. We met at the Woolworths Cumberland Park carpark and headed south at 10.30am.
It was a run that had a bit of everything – smooth suburban driving and spirited country roads. We headed south along Marion Road then through Flagstaff Hill. The first goal was to pick up Chandlers Hill Road and head to Clarendon. No over-heating; no hold ups. The roads from Clarendon to Kangarilla & McLaren Flat reminded Russell Schmarr of rural France and who am I to argue.
We stopped for an early bakery lunch at McLaren Flat. We were well looked after and got fed up. Don Cardone is still wondering how it is that every bakery in Australia can have Award Winning pies. My answer: who cares, it was all pretty good.
Then it was a quick drive to d’Arenberg Winery for our look at the d’Arenberg Cube – our tip is people are going to come from miles and indeed interstate to see this little wonder. Penny, one of the family,
hosted our wine tasting. We were walked through 4 whites and 4 reds in the hour and then treated to 2 older (2009) reds as a comparison to the later releases. We hope Miles Jackson’s sister from Victoria was impressed.
A push to get the McClaren / Lescius team started, a final photo shoot and then about 3pm we all headed for home. Everyone would have got their cars safely shedded before the day’s light sprinkle wafted down.
In short, an enjoyable day was had by all; we learned a few things, grabbed some wines, talked cars and didn’t get cold or wet.
Great Grape Run 2017
Thanks to Don & Elaine Cardone, Chris & Tina Brine, Russell & Judy Schmarr, Jim & Shirley Schubert, Miles Jackson, Michael & Pat, Garry Beaton and Curt Heinrich.
Please find the May 2017 minutes linked here or under the club member info pulldown on the website.
The weather may be a little inclement tomorrow, for the planned Great Grape Mid Week Run , however drag the soft top out, or at worst bring the tin top!! and join us for a great drive and company from 10am.
Right, Michael has organised a great run next Wednesday through the McLaren region – we need a minimum of 16 people to make the tasting at d’Arenburg a great success! (its paid for!!) Get your car out!!
The weather forecast is brilliant, ie
17th May
20°High
Precipitation 50%
Intervals of clouds and sunshine with a stray shower in the afternoon… what more could we want and in any case tin tops are welcome if the weather is really dodgy.
For an annual sub, of not much, this is a way to get a return on investment.
When your rego falls due just remember there was a Club, our Club, that went into bat for members.
If wine is not your thing there are always folk who can seriously talk cars and solve problems
Meeting place: Northern side carpark at Woolworths Cumberland Park, corner Goodwood Road and Cross Road.
Time: 10am for a 10.30am depart (in an effort to miss some early morning traffic).
This run will take us through the hills and Southern Vales, deep into the heart of wine territory.
We’ll stop for morning tea / a bakery lunch at approx. 11.45am at the Mclaren Flat Bakery.
Then it’s on to d’Arenberg Winery. We have booked a hosted tasting at 1pm.
Club members Judy & Russell Schmarr have alerted us to the architectural goings-on at the winery so we’ll look out for those as well.
When the tasting is over you will be able to stay at d’Arenberg ( we’ll get 15% off their wine prices ), drive to some of the other great wineries in the Southern Vales region or head on home; the choices are yours.
Bring your tin top if the weather is dodgy or if that’s what you want to do; but simply don’t miss out.
Back by popular demand is the Sprite Weekend Away. Normanville and Fleurieu Peninsula Check out the website. http://www.beachside.com.au/
So, decide now to be part of this event. Get the dates in your diary and let President Michael know as soon as possible.
We have booked 10 rooms and should be able to get at least a couple more so don’t hold back.
We’ll finalise a program with as much or as little as people want to do, but as a bit of a guide.
Friday Leave Adelaide 1pm for Normanville.
Camp Kitchen BBQ Dinner
Saturday morning run, morning tea and fish & chips lunch taking in some of the nearby towns.
Afternoon run back to Normanville, taking in some Classic Adelaide stages.
Dinner at a nearby pub.
Sunday checkout. Lunch at somewhere like Smiling Samoyed Brewery then homeward bound.
We have booked Deluxe cabins. They are $118 per night.
They do have Executive cabins dotted through the Park at $130 per night.
WHAT TO DO NEXT:
Get on board as quick as possible and let Michael know by email, that you will be attending and he will get your accommodation locked in. Time is of the essence, so don’t dilly dally. ( Places are limited to what is or will be available at the Park ).
Ken has organised a direct purchase arrangement with the suppliers of our club’s merchandise – Corporate Image more details see the clubs Merchandise page
Does anyone know where I can get a good fibreglass spridget front for my Midget?
I want to add a tilt front and prefer to keep the original Midget look.
If you attended the meeting at the Sporting Car Club last night and you’re missing your phone/wallet it at the front dest of the sporting car club – Ph 8373 4899
Hi The meeting minutes are available for your perusal via this link or on the website via club member info>minutes from the drop down menus.
To speed up the ‘special’ general meeting to be held at the Sporting Car Club, Monday 3 April from 7pm. please pursue the minutes as we we take them as being read.
Although the photo shows clouds, luck was with us for most of the day.
The roll call included 5 Sprites, 1 Alpha, 1 BMW all the way from Queensland and 1 tintop.
A quick phone to the Pub to confirm lunch numbers and then we set off from Gepps Cross and headed north on a very scenic run and one with a bit of everything: straight urban roads, hills, country curves & a roundabout thrown in for good measure.
The halfway pitstop was at Kersbrook and the chance for some local shopping.
We rolled on through Williamstown, avoiding the bakery and the bikers. The weather was holding up and so were the cars. Plenty of admiring looks, particularly from younger people.
From Williamstown, we picked up the pace a bit; onto and Springton and then to our destination: Totness Inn at Mt Pleasant.
Gary & Faye Brock came back from their holiday so that made 17 for lunch. I think the publican was happy and the kitchen was busy. We started with nibbles and wine – driving can be hard work remember. A menu and wine list that had something for everyone seemed to be welcomed by the diners. One couple did find it necessary to make a bakery purchase for ron !!
About 2.30pm it was time to head for home in with the hope of beating the rain. We hit the rain around Charleston / Woodside and it stayed with us for the rest of the trip, but there were no problems that your scribe knows about. It seems a good day was had by all.
For those of you that have entered the McLaren Vale Vintage and Classic – yep it on tomorrow! I forgot, so might have many of you, the years speeding past! Sprites will be at Penny Hill Winery after the parade down the main street of McLaren Vale.
Title: General Meeting – at the Sporting Car Club of SA Location: 51 King William Road, Unley Link out: Click here Description:
MONDAY 3 APRIL,
SPRITE CLUB DISPLAY NIGHT, 2017 AT SPORTING CAR CLUB ROOMS, KING WILLIAM ROAD, UNLEY
TIME: 7pm for 7.30pm
ALL WILL BE REVEALED : NOT TO BE MISSED:
Pizza, a drink at the bar. 4 cars, 4 interviews. Q & A Put it in the Diary & Plan to be there. All welcome Start Time: 19:00 Date: 2017-04-03 End Time: 22:00
Sunday 12 March 2017 – Sprite Club is the rostered club to provide volunteers to act as flag marshalls on our one day per year rostered commitment.
Come along and help the club with our MSCA obligations by being a flag marshall for the day.
You need to be at Mallala by about 8.30am make sure you bring hats, sunscreen and the like…or an umbrella. During the day you will be flagging at one of the covered flag bunkers, you will given refreshments during the day, at lunch break you will have a lunch comprising a meat or cheese and salad roll with a piece of cake and a piece of fruit and a drink AND if you have your Sprite or other interesting car (or even your tin top) you will have the opportunity to do some parade laps at lunch time. This is a good opportunity to experience the track and the ‘parade’ laps are actually at quite a ‘spirited’ pace
You will be finished for the day by 4.00pm as the last event has to be completed by that time, You will also have the undying gratitude of all who organise and take part in the MSCA Sprint Series.
Hope to see as many members as possible help out Tomorrow, Sunday 12 March 2017.
Just a reminder that entries for 2017 McLaren Vale Vintage & Classic close on Friday 10th March.
Entering by this date will enable us to process your entry and to send your information pack in time for the event (these will be mailed on March 14th). It will also ensure that your entry is included in the booklet and that you receive your “goody bag” and metal plaque on the day of the event.
If you have already lodged your entry we look forward to seeing you on Sunday 2nd April.
Excellent day out at Virgara winery at Angle Vale for the Marque Sports Car Association Presentation. Great restaurant and cellar door with lovely lawned areas surrounding the winery.
Really great turn up of competitors and car clubs affiliated with the MSCA.
Patrick Kukla and Kym Ninnes, both Sprite club members stood out from the crowd. Kym winning the DD (Clubbies Class) and Patrick had a double header, with a win in class K and also Sprint driver of the year – well done to both of you!
These two results must have boosted the overall Club result, with the Sprite Club of SA taking out the unexpectedly the Sprint Club of the Year. Thanks to our clubbie members and the assorted gaggle of Sprites and moderns that club members compete in during the season, under the Sprite Club banner.
Great result all round, here’s to another successful sprinting year in 2017!!
Sunday 12 March 2017 – Sprite Club is the rostered club to provide volunteers to act as flag marshalls on our one day per year rostered commitment.
Come along and help the club with our MSCA obligations by being a flag marshall for the day.
You need to be at Mallala by about 8.30am make sure you bring hats, sunscreen and the like… During the day you will be flagging at one of the covered flag bunkers, you will given refreshments during the day, at lunch break you will have a lunch comprising a meat or cheese and salad roll with a piece of cake and a piece of fruit and a drink AND if you have your Sprite or other interesting car (or even your tin top) you will have the opportunity to do some parade laps at lunch time. This is a good opportunity to experience the track and the ‘parade’ laps are actually at quite a ‘spirited’ pace
You will be finished for the day by 4.00pm as the last event has to be completed by that time, You will also have the undying gratitude of all who organise and take part in the MSCA Sprint Series.
Hope to see as many members as possible help out on Sunday 12 March 2017.
A free Community Event, the Gathering aims to encourage owners of Historic Vehicles to display their vehicles; and for enthusiasts and members of the public to view them.
We are pleased that some Clubs have designated the Gathering as a Club Run.
If you require any further information, please contact Ian or Rodney. Their numbers are on the attached brochure. Alternatively, please call me.
Keep Smiling, Wayne Wood
Honorary Secretary The Vintage Sports Car Club of SA Inc. 0412 086 587
The next two meetings include the following speakers
Monday 6 March – Fullarton Park Centre
Don Cardone invited our club’s insurance broker to come and give a talk about the club’s insurance cover etc at our next meeting. I think its important for us to understand how the club’s insurance affects all members so it should be of interest to all all of us.
MONDAY 3APRIL,
SPRITE CLUB DISPLAY NIGHT, 2017 AT SPORTING CAR CLUB ROOMS, KING WILLIAM ROAD, UNLEY
TIME: 7pm for 7.30pm
ALL WILL BE REVEALED : NOT TO BE MISSED:
Pizza, a drink at the bar. 4 cars, 4 interviews. Q & A Put it in the Diary & Plan to be there. All welcome
Time to get those Sprites, Midgets and Clubbies out for a Friday Night Cruise and an Ice Cream
Meet at Bunnings Mile End, Railway Terrace side of the car park by 6.45pm for a 7.00pm departure.
We will cruise via Port Road to Port Adelaide, head over the Birkenhead Bridge, and continue to Outer Habour via Victoria Road, then follow the Esplanade past North Haven, Largs Bay, Semaphore, Grange and Henley Beach, enjoying the slowly setting sun.
We will finish about 8.00pm at McDonald’s at Harbourtown for your choice of ice cream, cake, tea or coffee.
If you cannot make the start, you are welcome to meet us en-route, just let me know either before or on the night so we can plan a meeting spot or two.
All we need is a balmy summer evening and a great sunset! Plus an ice cream or two………
Regards Gordon and Narelle………..and the kids cause they do not want to miss out on an ice cream!
Gordon 0417897905if you need to arrange en-route meeting spot.
Just a reminder that the first general meeting of 2017 in on this coming Monday Night 6 February 2017 at 7.30 Fullarton Park Centre, 411 Fullarton Road Fullarton
Also memberships, log books and inspections can be done from 7pm
Sprite Club membership expired on the 31st December 2016.
If you have a Historically Registered Vehicle the requirements for this registration system are:
You must be a Financial Member of a recognised Car Club. Membership forms
You must have your Log Book signed and stamped to show you are a Financial Member.
You must have had your vehicle inspected within the past three years
You must sign a Statutory Declaration stating you have not modified or changed the vehicle within the past 12 months
You must have the current Registration Paper Signed and Stamped to state that you have a Log Book and you are a Financial Member.
Without these completed you are deemed to be driving an Unregistered and Uninsured Vehicle.
The Current Fine for this offence is $750.00.
Logbooks can be signed at Monthly meetings by either GORDON BOYCE or DON CARDONE.
Please Bring the Following Items:
Membership Subscription
Current Log Book
Current Registration Papers
Signed Statutory Declaration
$5.00for the New Log Book (If required)
Subs can be paid at the meeting or alternatively you can EFT your Subs to the Club’s Bank account. See the website for details.
The National Motor Museum in the Adelaide Hills is the home of the Rock & Roll Rendezvous, an annual full day of fun and entertainment celebrating everything to do with rock and roll that takes place in April.
With hundreds of classic vehicles, music and dancing, children’s activities and the fashions on display, it is a great day out for fans of rock and roll of all ages.
You can get up to date info by following us on Facebook.
After some delays the McLaren Vale Vintage & Classic website is now “live” and you are able to enter your vehicle, or book tickets for the charity dinner, on-line.
We believe that the wait was worth it so that we could ensure that the process to enter was easy to do. We have tried to make the site as comprehensive as possible with full information about the event.
Australia Day at Gary and Fay Brock’s – 10 Ebenezer Place, Gumeracha, at 11:00am. BYO drinks, BBQ meat, salad or sweet and chairs.
IMPORTANT
The North East Road is blocked off (and will be for some time) between the Kersbrook turn off and the Gorge Road just before Gumeracha.
People coming from the South should come up the Freeway to the Hahndorf outlet and then through Verdun, Balhannah, Woodside etc. Those coming from more Northern areas can come up the North East Road, take the Kersbrook turn off and then Checker Hill Road (about a kilometre or so on the right) and this will get them close to Gumeracha.
The December Meeting always has a BBQ supplied by the Club prior to the General Meeting.
Time is 6:30 pm at the Fullarton Park Community Centre grounds. the Club will supply the meat and salads. So Bring chairs and drinks. The general meeting will follow and Subs are now due along with Historic Registration updates.
REMINDER TO ALL HISTORIC REGISTERED VEHICLE OWNERS
Sprite Club membership expires on the 31st December 2016.
If you have a Historically Registered Vehicle the requirements for this registration system are:
You must be a Financial Member of a recognised Car Club. Membership forms
You must have your Log Book signed and stamped to show you are a Financial Member.
You must have had your vehicle inspected within the past three years
You must sign a Statutory Declaration stating you have not modified or changed the vehicle within the past 12 months
You must have the current Registration Paper Signed and Stamped to state that you have a Log Book and you are a Financial Member.
Without these completed you are deemed to be driving an Unregistered and Uninsured Vehicle.
The Current Fine for this offence is $750.00.
Logbooks can be signed at Monthly meetings by either GORDON BOYCE or DON CARDONE.
Please Bring the Following Items:
Membership Subscription
Current Log Book
Current Registration Papers
Signed Statutory Declaration
$5.00for the New Log Book (If required)
Subs can be paid at the meeting or alternatively you can EFT your Subs to the Club’s Bank account. See the website for details.
If unable to attend the meeting the above items can be posted to the Club Register for processing.
If mailing Please enclose a Stamped, Self-Addressed Envelope for Return Mailing.
Log Books, Statutory Declaration and Registration Papers can be posted to:
GORDON BOYCE 46 AYTON AVENUE FULHAM SA 5024 PH:83564594
Due to the 60 Log Books currently in the Sprite Club these are the only methods for Processing Log Books and Registration Papers.
Roy King, father of one of the Sprite Clubs founder members Dean King, passed away suddenly on Friday, November 18, aged 92 years.
“Loving husband to Vi. Dearly loved father of Dean, Janet, and Stewart. Best mate to brother Brian.”
Extract from Funeral Notice :
KING, Roy Leonard. FAMILY and FRIENDS of the late Mr. ROY LEONARD KING are respectfully informed that his Funeral Service will be conducted in the Florey Chapel, Centennial Park 760 Goodwood Road, Pasadena on MONDAY, November 28, 2016 at 2.30 p. m. In lieu of flowers, a donation to the City of Adelaide Lions Club would be appreciated. Envelopes will be available at the Service.
As a previous Bay to Birdwood entrant, we are asking for your help in a special event planned for Friday 20 January, when the Tour Down Under (TDU) passes through Birdwood.
In partnership with TDU and the Adelaide Hills Council, the Bay to Birdwood and the National Motor Museum plan to showcase Birdwood’s connection to motoring history through a large gathering of historic vehicles in the town.
Our plan is to line the main street (Shannon Street) of Birdwood with historic vehicles from approximately 10.30am until the Tour passes (after midday). Although the Tour passes through quite quickly, we anticipate that the gathering of a large number of historic vehicles as a backdrop to the bikes and the town will become a highlight of the day’s coverage for Australian and international media covering the event.
Once the Tour has passed, you are invited to bring your vehicle into the Museum grounds and enjoy a thank you BBQ lunch provided by the Museum. You and any in your group are also welcome to look through the Museum as our guests and receive a family pass to the Museum for future use or to pass onto friends and family.
We are hoping that up to 120 vehicles will make a wonderful spectacle. Please indicate your interest in participating in this event via a return email to Pauline Renner at prenner@history.sa.gov.au by Friday 6 January.
We wish you all the best for the Festive Season and say thanks in advance from…
Michael Neale Paul Rees Kevin Noel
Chair, Bay to Birdwood Director, National Motor Museum Federation of Historic Motor Clubs
PAULINE RENNER Event Coordinator & Bay to Birdwood Finish Manager and Entry Director
………………………………………………..
Shannon Street Birdwood SA 5234
T: 08 8568 4022 M: 0481 392 888
The National Motor Museum.
A discovery at every turn.
Due to an unprecedented amount of spam comments to the website – almost 20,000 last month – you will have to either log into the site on the front page or put in the Captcha code (one of them funny little number/letter thingos…) supplied on the comments page when making a comment!
Hope you have marked your calendars for the “revised” DonDoug Pub Run.
Previously this run has been a cryptic navigation and observation run that has left many drivers, navigators and marriages in tatters!
The new format will be an enjoyable group run through the Adelaide Hill, finding nice Sprite roads, picturesque scenery, and “observing” important points of interest during the run.
We will finish at a country hills hotel for a warming Sunday Lunch.
Here questions will be asked of what you noticed and remembered from the run, to test your observation skills.
This will be a fun run, not a test of your ability to count fence posts, letter boxes or decipher where you ought to be.
Meeting Point:
Sunday 10th August 2014
10.00am for a 10.30am departure
Heyward Park (Southern end of King William Road)
Enter of Grove Street, Unley Park – Car Park, toilets and Play ground
From David Low.. for all of you out there who can’t fit in a Bugeye anymore… but for those of us who went to Winton can vouch for an Aussie – Troy – from Qld who i think would out do this!!
You just have to love a simple, tiny sports car that can also accommodate a 6’3″
tall person. Bugeyes don’t discriminate! Here our visitor ponders his new potential garage-mate from his 6’3″ vantage point, and viola, he fits! Click “read more” to see a few more images of a tall man inside a short car. […]
You are invited to attend our Club luncheon with your fellow members, a carvery lunch, which includes soup, entrée, main course, dessert, tea and coffee.
Drinks can be purchased from the bar at your own cost.
Any enquiries to Barb your Social Conveynor, on 83879983
RSVP: NO later that 7th September
Payment must be IN FULL to Mary our Treasurer.
We ask that if you do pay by direct bank transfer, that you email the Club to inform us of your payment, your name and for how many people.
Bank Details: The Sprite Club of SA Inc.
BSB No: 085-005 Account No: 207432628
OR
Cheque/Money Order with your name/names to be sent to:
The Sprite Club of SA Inc P.O. Box 21 Fullarton S.A. 5063
If you have any special food requirements, please let Barb know on her home phone number, or you may ring the Feathers Hotel direct on 83326133
Thanks to the good graces of John Whitburn in arranging the visit, the 14 members who attended were treated to a fantastic afternoon at Ian Gear’s home on Sunday 27 July.
It is a wonderful and varied collection of road cars, racing cars both circuit and speedway, as well as an enormous collections of memorabilia and models spanning the decades.
Of particular interest was the Alec Rowe Supercharged Peugeot engine speedcar from the 60’s, that was driven so capably by the late Bill Wigzell. It has been beautifully restored, and is a tribute both the Alec for his amazing engineering and ingenuity, and to Billy Wigzell who got the very best out of the car as a driver, consistently beating the favoured and vastly more costly Offenhauser engine cars. It was particularly poignant though, as Bill donated the trophies and winner’s sashes in his collection, to stay with the car.
This was one of four speedcars in the collection, which also included a TQ and a Jawa 500 speedway bike. To put the speedway riders in to perspective in terms of bravery, the specifications for the bike are as follows – 493cc single, direct drive (clutch but no gearbox), 55 bhp on methanol, and no brakes!!!
While the collection of road and circuit cars also attracted much attention, Ian’s modeling skills made a few feel quite inadequate, as evidenced by his building a very accurate replica of his UX1 Torana historic racer car.
Add in Ian’s great ability as a story teller, and all were treated to much laughing across the afternoon, while marveling at both the size of the collection and the variety of the memorabilia in his sheds.
Perhaps the funniest part of all, was Ian pointing to his framed report card from primary school, which suggested he would never amount to much. I hope that teacher who wrote that report was made aware of the success Ian has and continues to enjoy.
As noted, a fantastic day and a very big thank you must go to both Ian for his hospitality in opening his home and garages to us, and to John for arranging the visit. Thanks must also go to Chris for arranging the drinks and nibbles.
I on the other hand, contributed very little, other than to bring some red wine for those attending to share and a couple of bottles as a gift of thanks to Ian. I then made a glutton of myself by hogging as much of Ian’s time as possible to explain almost every single item in the collection.
Main North Renault
75 Main North Road
Nailsworth, SA, 5083
Tel : +61 8 8309 5055 – Mobile: 0401 625 498
Fax : +61 8 8309 5077 www.mainnorthrenault.com.au
Mark your calendar now. This will be a leisurely Adelaide Hills drive ending at a cosy, warm pub for lunch. You will need your observation skills and a sense of humour. More details to follow.
Due to popular demand and with help of the Confederation of Australian Motorsport the RallySOS group are again presenting a free information session for the rally community and all are welcome;
WHEN: Saturday 26th of July 2014, 2-4pm.
VENUE: The Sporting Car Club SA
51 King William Road, Unley. Adelaide
Safety and First Aid at a Rally AccidentScene. By
Declan Dwyer. Metropolitan Fire Service Officer and 2012 South Australian Rally Champion.
Thien LeCong. Anaesthetists, Retrieval Dr, Rally Chief Medical Officer.
v A rally car accident scene practical demonstration.
v The importance of safety systems and equipment; a firsthand account.
With support from Naomi Tillett, Josh Doyle, Tristan Catford and Kate Catford.
Please feel free to forward and promote this event within your clubs, organisations and the rally community.
Winter Weekend in the Barossa Valley in July by Ken Dutch
Our annual weekend away in July is the club’s way of reminding us there is always somewhere colder than Adelaide! We are booked for two nights in the Barossa Motor Lodge at Tanunda and driving through the morning fog in the Adelaide Hills.
Visibility is about twenty metres and progress is a bit slower than usual but after fifteen minutes or so we leave the fog behind. We arrive at Tanunda about two o’clock and get settled in our room. When the other club members arrive they are invited to our room for afternoon drinks and nibbles, this takes us up to about six o’clock when we all head off to the Tanunda Hotel for dinner. After a very enjoyable dinner all of us head back to our room at the motel for drinks, a few laughs and watch the Crows lose,then to bed around 11.30. It’s Saturday morning, it’s cold but sunny and people start to head over to the dining room for the included breakfast.
After breakfast we go to the Farmer’s market in Angaston. There’s always something good to buy there and we all did our bit for the local economy. It was then back to Tanunda for a browse in the well known Wohlers home furnishing store. After coffee and a snack we return to the motel until we leave at about 2 o’clock to go to Anne & Mike Schmidt’s house in Tanunda for afternoon tea and drinks. Anne put on a marvellous spread, there was plenty of homemade muffins, cheeses, dips etc to satisfy everyone. We were joined here by Gary & Fay Brock & Barb Ridge. Anne & Mike have a very nice house just off the main road, of particular interest to the men was Mike’s garage. There are four bays with roller doors and it’s high enough for a hoist to be installed!
Back at the motel some of us changed for dinner and then saw Paul and Ruth’s room. Their room, we were surprised to see was twice as big as the other rooms, after many jokes and mention of ‘honeymoon suite’ it was thereafter known as the ‘Presidential Suite’. Barb had us booked in for dinner at The Vine Inn at Nuriootpa for 6.30. At The Vine Inn we were also joined by Clive Spreadbury, he came direct from competing in his Sprite at the Collingrove hillclimb. The food there is excellent, I can recommend it to anyone. Leaving
The Vine we headed back to the motel to relax and chat in the ‘Presidential Suite’ for the rest of the night. Sunday morning and it’s bright and sunny so after breakfast a group of us go to Angaston to have a poke around in the big antique/collectables shop in an old church on the main road. After our goodbyes Mary and I head for home.
I think everyone enjoyed the weekend, good food and drink and a lot of laughs. Our thanks on behalf of everyone who attended the weekend go to Barb for organising and to Mike & Anne for our afternoon tea. Those attending were: Paul & Ruth, David & Di, Peter & Roz, Don & Elaine, Gary & Fay, Clive, Barb and ourselves. Ken & Mary Dutch
John Whitburn has organised an absolute monty of a garage visit for us – if you’re into historic racing, speedway, classic cars and memorabilia – this is the visit for you!!
HI, here is a little snippet from the final sprint on sunday at Mallala – thanks to Ruth Doube and Gerard Miller for some advice to improve my poor driving skills got me under 1.40!!
Sunday 20 July 2014 – Sprite Club is the rostered club to provide volunteers to act as flag marshalls on our one day per year rostered commitment.
Come along and help the club with our MSCA obligations by being a flag marshall for the day.
You need to be at Mallala by about 8.30am and dress in something warm if the day is cold (it will be). During the day you will be flagging at one of the covered flag bunkers, you will given refreshments during the day, at lunch break you will have a lunch comprising a meat or cheese and salad roll with a piece of cake and a piece of fruit and a drink AND if you have your Sprite or other interesting car (or even your tin top) you will have the opportunity to do some parade laps at lunch time. This is a good opportunity to experience the track and the ‘parade’ laps are actually at quite a ‘spirited’ pace
You will be finished for the day by 4.00pm as the last event has to be completed by that time, and often given similar weather conditions, you may be finished a bit earlier. You will also have the undying gratitude of all who organise and take part in the MSCA Sprint Series.
Hope to see as many members as possible help out on Sunday 20 July 2014.
PS – (from Paddy) I have just added some new / old pics on the Facebook page. So visit the above link, “like” the pics and content, make comments, and help promote the page.
Eight cars, mostly family cars, with 14 people in total, met at Fullarton Centre before the run organised by Ken and Mary Dutch for Sunday 22nd June. Paddy was at the start but wasn’t able to go on the run with us as he had to head for home to prepare for an event that required his attendance in the afternoon.
Just as we about to start Paul received a call that meant he would be a late starter but would try to catch up.
The rest of us headed off to the Old Belair Road, up through Upper Sturt to Ironbank then Mylor and Echunga. From there to Meadows, Kangarilla and Clarendon and a couple of re-grouping stops meant that we were all together before heading to Aberfoyle Park where Jan and Alan Symonds were preparing a barbeque lunch. We were joined here by two other Club members and a little later by Paul who had completed the run, following the run sheet, in his Clubby and on his own but just far enough behind us to be out of our sight.
Then we ate – what a spread – nibbles, cheese, barbeque followed by sweets. Well done Jan and Alan.
The weather was kind to us on the run and the route provided some magnificent views and roads that the more dedicated Spridget owners would certainly have enjoyed. We must thank Ken and Mary for a well organised outing.
This is the way to spend a Sunday – a great run – a top class lunch – and lots of laughs and tales told about our motoring prowess. If you can make it on the next outing in whatever car you can put on the road, you will see how good it can be.
One of our members, Ken, put his hand up and decided to map out a run for us all and with a luncheon.
You have your car, so brush the cobwebs off, shine it up, fill the tank up and lets see it on the road.
If you feel it is too wet, cold etc, still come along in modern day car.
It is your Club, so please come along, support the effort Ken is putting in to do this and Jan and Alan who are putting the lunch on for us – contact Ken Phone, 83817714 or email ken.dutch@bigpond.com
– get that inch of dust off of them and get your cars out – you know they run better in the cold weather!! Please let Ken know if you’re coming – see details below!
Title: Sunday lunch run through the hills ending with a BBQ Location: Meet at the Club Rooms,Fullerton Park Centre,411 Fullerton Rd.Fullerton. Time. 10.30 for an 11.00 start. SUNDAY 22/6/14 Description:
Sunday lunch run through the hills ending with a BBQ at Jan & Alan Symonds house in Aberfoyle Park.
Meet at the Club Rooms,Fullerton Park Centre,411 Fullerton Rd.Fullerton.
Time. 10.30 for an 11.00 start. SUNDAY 22/6/14
What to bring. The club will supply & pay for the lunch! BYO Drinks. Tea & coffee will be supplied.
Please let me know asap if you are coming for catering purposes. Phone, 83817714 or email ken.dutch@bigpond.com
Start Time: 10:30 Date: 2014-06-22 End Time: 15:00
1971 MGMidget (1275 cc; Left hand drive).VIN: GAM5UB97077GApprox 96000 miles
Brought back from the US but owner lives interstate and needs to reluctantly sell due to no time/space to restore. Low km on tires, new brakes, down draft Weber carbs, roof canvas (not fitted) and tonneau cover, manual and numerous other extras. Body and interior needs some work, new windscreen and mirrors, but mechanically wouldn’t require too much effort to get it back up and running to roadworthy condition (currently unregistered and hasn’t been run regularly for some time).
Car is located in Murray Bridge. Transport at buyers cost.
22nd June – Sunday Run organised by Ken Dutch
7 th July – Club Meeting with Cheese and Wine
11th – 13th July – Barossa Weekend away
27th July – Garage Visit – organized by John Whitburn – details for follow
10th August – Winter Solstice Pub and Don Doug Run organised by Gordon Boyce
14th September – Club Luncheon – details to follow
21st September – Sunday Run organized by Peter Dineen
Title: Garage Visit Location: Full Details Shortly Description: Want to have a look at a great collection of cars and memorabilia? This visit will delight the fussiest enthusiast – classic race cars, top end vehicles, historic speedway cars and of course the stuff that goes with all this!!
Stay tuned for full details Start Time: 13:30 Date: 2014-07-27 End Time: 15:30
Title: Sunday lunch run through the hills ending with a BBQ Location: Meet at the Club Rooms,Fullerton Park Centre,411 Fullerton Rd.Fullerton. Time. 10.30 for an 11.00 start. SUNDAY 22/6/14 Description:
Sunday lunch run through the hills ending with a BBQ at Jan & Alan Symonds house in Aberfoyle Park.
Meet at the Club Rooms,Fullerton Park Centre,411 Fullerton Rd.Fullerton.
Time. 10.30 for an 11.00 start. SUNDAY 22/6/14
What to bring. The club will supply & pay for the lunch! BYO Drinks. Tea & coffee will be supplied.
Please let me know asap if you are coming for catering purposes. Phone, 83817714 or email ken.dutch@bigpond.com
Start Time: 10:30 Date: 2014-06-22 End Time: 15:00
As some of you may be aware, our Club Captain Paul Orton sufferred significant injuries last Sunday when he left the circuit at Eastern Creek Turn 3 and hit the concrete wall. Paul has suffered broken nose, cheek bone, ribs, and lacerated knees, as well as multiple bruising. Fortunately he is recovering well, and when I spoke to him this afternoon he was “at the check-out counter” at Westmead Hospital. He will be home tonight.
Paul confirms that many of his injuries were as a result of him “submarining” under the lap section of his seat belt. His head hit the steering wheel, his knees hit the firewall. He agrees that these injuries may have been minimised if not avoided with a six-point seat belt incorporating crutch straps.
Six-point belts are a requirement for all race cars, even Historic race cars. Are our fast road cars really travelling much slower if they hit the wall at a club sprint meeting?
So perhaps something good can come out of this.
I have put in a bulk buy from a reputable supplier, and have a quantity of FIA approved 6-point harnesses here, for sale to Club members, both NSW and interstate, at my cost price. They are the same belts that I have in my own race car. They incorporate two thigh (crutch) straps and are fitted to the car with clip-in buckles which attach to eye-bolts which you fit to the body shell. You can use your ordinary lap-sash seat belt for road use, and in under a minute fit the 6-point harness for SuperSprints etc.
Retail price for belts of this type can be well over $300.
Your price (my cost price) is:
$150
$ 10 freight to anywhere in Australia
$160
$ 16 GST
$176 total
If you want one, just email me with your address, credit my bank account, and it’s on its way.
The club has organised a Sunday run to Clayton Bay culminating in a quick visit to Curt’s “toyworld” and lunch at the great riverfront cafe – Sails.
We will meet at the Meadows Hotel Carpark
(can we do better than this mob??)
at 10 for a 10.30am departure, following a route through Macclesfield, Strathalbyn and Milang and returning to Meadows via Finnis, Ashbourne and the fabulous Bull’s Creek road.
For catering please let us know if you intend getting the sprite out of the shed! Especially all you people down south!!
It was great to see you at the recent Sprite National Challenge,.
Thank you for making the effort to attend. Also, please pass on our thanks to the others in your Club that attended. Attached is the Special Edition Sprite National Challenge Newsletter that I have put together. I would appreciate if you could pass this around within your club.
I also would like to mention that I read your article about the Challenge that is on your website. Very entertaining. A great read. 🙂 I hope you enjoy.
Cheers
Karen Gordon Newsletter Editor The Sprite Car Club of Qld Inc.
Kevin’s red BugEye [lovingly restored by both he & Dean King] is for sale for $22,000 ono? Details/photo on Carsales.com.au but Kevin would be happy to answer any questions on 85550456 most days
The club has organised a Sunday run to Clayton Bay culminating in a quick visit to Curt’s “toyworld” and lunch at the great riverfront cafe – Sails.
We will meet at the Meadows Hotel Carpark
(can we do better than this mob??)
at 10 for a 10.30am departure, following a route through Macclesfield, Strathalbyn and Milang and returning to Meadows via Finnis, Ashbourne and the fabulous Bull’s Creek road.
For catering please let us know if you intend getting the sprite out of the shed! Especially all you people down south!!
The Barossa weekend is coming up on 11th July to 13th July and we now have a vacancy for accommodation. We have activities planned and a great afternoon tea arranged at Ann and Mike’s home so if you would like to attend, please reply to me via email a.s.a.p.
Just a quick reminder that the May General Meeting is to be held next Monday 5 May at Fullarton Park Centre from 7.30pm.
Also that the Pot Luck dinner is being hosed by Chris and Barb on Saturday 10 May plase see the previous posts or the event calendar for further details
Clearance Sale of Sprites/Midgets and parts. The cars and parts are located at Goolwa. The house has been sold and I would rather sell the cars than move them! Get in quick!
Accordingly, here is the list re-visited, with discount prices if sold before April 11th.
· “Rubber nose” MG Midget, 1500 engine, left hand drive, complete, very straight, original and free of rust, motor and gearbox need to be re-installed. $4500 ONO
· “Round arch” MG Midget, left hand drive, straight, free of rust, no motor or gearbox. $2500 ONO
· Bugeye body shell, accident damage in front, but straight from fire wall back. $750 ONO
· Set of 5 historic racing composite wheels, designed by ASP racing, suit Sprite, 13 X 8. $500 ONO
· Pantech full of parts (Pantech not included) $3250 ONO
Barossa Valley weekend filling fast, only 4 rooms left, so hurray.
11th – 13th July. $100 per night in a superior room including breakfast for both mornings. Afternoon tea and dinner on Saturday all organised. Just come along, great weekend, great company, and support your Club. Minimal costs to outlay.
Please get on the web and book now by emailing the website and paying either by the Internet of at the next meeting. $50 is required at this stage.
WEEKEND AWAY
11th -13th July.
We are heading up to the Barossa Motor Lodge for a get away weekend. We are going to Anne and Mike Schmidt’s home on Saturday for afternoon tea and then out for dinner. We secured 10 rooms and 5 have all ready gone, so if you are interested in coming along, $100 per night including breakfast, please get in touch with me though the website and put your name down. $50 deposit is required either at the next meeting or over the net with an email to let us know you have paid. If you decide to do it that way, please put your name and Barossa Weekend on the statement text so Mary can see it easily.
DONT MISS OUT. Have a break and give your car a run
Due to change of dates the Pea and Pie night is cancelled
This year we are heading to the Barossa Valley for our weekend away. We have secured 10 rooms at the Barossa Valley Lodge in Tanunda, with the cost being $100 PER COUPLE PER NIGHT including BREAKFAST every morning. Anne and Mike Schmidt have kindly offered to open their home for afternoon tea on the Saturday afternoon, and further details will follow in the near future.
Come and support your Club and have a good time. First come, first serve basis, 10 rooms are booked, so don’t miss out. Email the club website straight away to secure a room. Deposit needs to be made to Barb at the meeting in April. You are required to pay at this stage $50 per couple. Give your sprite a treat and bring it out for a drive and show it off.
Title: Display Day Location: National Motor Museum – Birdwood Link out: Click here Description: Times and details to follow
Annual Inspections will be carried out during this event Start Time: 10:00 Date: 2014-10-12 End Time: 15:00
Due to unforeseen circumstances Patrick is unable to host the St Patrick’s Day run – however there will be a breakfast and run after from Bistro 25 Hahndorf starting @ 08.15 if you still want to get the car out!
33 members of the Sprite Club attended a BBQ at the Doube’s house that had everything, good food, good friendship, great cars to view and beautiful grounds to have them on. Once again thank you to Paul and Ruth for opening up their home for us all to enjoy
The McLaren Vale Vintage & Classic is a GREAT FAMILY day celebration of vintage and classic motoring. A fantastic mix of food, wine, music and the arts together with the energy and passion of motoring enthusiasts. It offers the visitor exquisite tastes of the McLaren Vale region’s world-class wines, tantalising gourmet food and classic motor vehicles of a by-gone era. It was voted the Community Event of the Year 2011, won a bronze from the South Australian Tourism Awards 2011 and won a silver in 2012. Adding to the list of accolades, this event won Excellence award in Main Street Events as part of the Mainstreet S.A Awards, 2013. Start Time: 08:30 Date: 2014-04-06 End Time: 15:00
Seen at the MSCA Club presentation picnic at Bethany was the Late Judy and John Bowering’s Sprite. Dean King is now the owner, and has tidied up the car which has not been seen for several years . Note the reversed steering mounted wheel and the lockable hand brake, features John added to the car.
Older members of the Club will remember this car and it will always be known as Judy and John’s Sprite
Title: BBQ at Castle Doube Location: Paul and Ruth Doube’s Description: The clubbie group always starts the social part of the year with a BBQ at our place, and in which we have traditionally tried to fill the back yard with clubbies – photo of one of those days was actually on Google Earth for a while.
Sunday 23 February and all Sprite Club members are more than welcome – if bringing a Sprite, just drive around the back and we will fit you in – people need to bring
– Whatever they want to put on the BBQ
– Drinks
– A chair
– Something to share – we don’t really ask people to bring particular things, just whatever they think is okay and if we double up on something so be it
– If hot, bring your bathers as the pool is always inviting on a hot day
We normally start from about midday on but if we say 12.00 to 1.00pm then it will be about right. Start Time: 12:00 Date: 2014-02-23
1275 cc Block, 40 thou oversize, port n polished cast iron head, modified suspension both front and rear (telescopic Shocks, panhard rod, and front sway bar). Ribbed case gearbox 1 meeting since overhaul, Lightened flywheel and Hillman hunter equivalent clutch. Upgraded front discs and Wolesley 1500 Rear Drums. Speedwell triple master Cyl pedal box, steel fuel tank replaced with Poly urethane mounted through Boot Floor,.
Body is mostly fibreglass, walker bonnet fitted min 4 inch flares allround, doors and boot lid are steel.
Wheels are superlights 13inch 7inch width, fitted with formula ford rear tyres. Two spares complete included
The sell this has been a AHSDC racer for over 35 years.
It is a good club racer, ideal for the Challenge, or for a beginner
On a very hot Adelaide City Saturday night 40+degrees, 25 Sprite club members enjoyed a very pleasurable evening at the Hong Kee Restaurant to celebrate the year of the “Horse” and the start of the Lunar New Year.
Judging by comments passed during the evening, the food was declared very good, and service by the staff was very pleasant, conversation and laughter went on during the night culminating in a big Roar when Fay Brock!, yes its that woman again, confirming that like good wine she gets better with age was awarded 1st prize for the best Asian dressed woman, closely followed as runner up by Barb Ridge, a great effort by all ladies to impress their Yobbo shirted gentlemen.
The Mens Worst Shirt award went to David low and again very close runner up was Ken Dutch, many thanks to Michael McClaren representing Bentleys with 4 great prizes.
The owners welcomed our attendance as much as we enjoyed their restaurant , even though the lion was still in the Jungle, it was good number of members for the night and thanks to everyone who made an effort to be part of the night, so put on your thinking caps and lets make the next club dinner even better and the more members that come along to events like this can only strengthen our club’s appeal.
Please be aware that at the next meeting Gordon will be available for inspections from 7pm onwards – please let him know if you are intending to have you vehicle inspected by contacting him on 0417897905
You will need to have the following documents for historic registration – follow the link for the documents
Sprite Club Membership Renewal Form including Membership Subs or a Receipt for EFT Transfer.
Signed and Witnessed Statutory Declaration Form – and the vehicle inspected!
Current Log Book – $5.00 if a new Log Book is required.
Current Registration Certificate (Blue Registration Certificate – NOT the Registration Renewal Form)
For those of you that have entered this years event – don’t forget to get your cars out and blow the cobwebs off of them!! For those of you that haven’t, it is a great event well worth the trip up to the new venue at Echunga.
On a side note, I am now unable to attend this year’s event and I have an entry available if anyone wants it – email me
The weather was made to order what I call a ‘Purler” a good to be alive day with good company and fun had by all. Our guest of honour Gary had just received a well deserved Civic award from the Adelaide Hills Council for His very important part in the Men’s Tinker Shed project at Gumeracha’s a Volunteer yesterday at the local Australia Day Ceremony. Fay did a sterling job and won the thong throwing contest in a 3 way play off with Mike Schmidt and Barry Edson. We had a special performance by one of our new members Gerry playing the didgeroodo which very special being Australia Day gave ‘a true blu’ feel to the day.To add an extra international flavour we had Alan & Jan’s rellies visiting from the UK.
Kind regards
Anne Schmidt
from Barb
Our Australia Day was a great success. 24 people enjoyed the trip up to Gumeracha to the Brock’s enjoying a traditional BBQ, food and friendship. Food was a plenty and wine beer and spirits were downed.
Fay Brock kept the the girls a float by sinking the target twice and winning the Bowering Thong Throwing trophy, beating 2 other men. Well done Fay.
As if the day couldn’t get any better, we, as a club would like to congratulate Gary Brock on receiving the Citizen Award at a ceremony earlier in the day for his outstanding contribution for the organising and running of the Men’s Shed.
Title: All British Day Location: Echunga Recreation Ground Hahndorf Rd Echunga Link out: Click here Description: The All British Day is an annual display day and picnic for enthusiastic vehicle Club Members to meet and show off their British motor vehicles. It is held in the beautiful Adelaide Hills, on the second Sunday of February each year. Start Time: 09:30 Date: 2014-02-09
Attached at the link above is the third flyer with a little more detail and the request for payment. The Challenge Bank Account details have been provided, please ensure you put you name as the transaction reference details.
Spread it around pass the word let’s make sure everyone with a Sprite / Midget know it’s on!
If you have any questions. Please don’t hesitate to call or email me.
I have just been advised by the owners of the “Hong Kee” Restaurant that the Lion Dance Company who were going to perform the Lion dance on Saturday night have closed down and no longer available for this years New Year celebrations, no other options are available for the restaurants owners.
I have contacted other Restaurants who are putting on the New Year Lion dance and prices range from$69 to $88 each!, which is very expensive for a Dim Sim!
The Hong Kee Restaurant will still be having the $30 Banquet on Sat 1st Feb we can still have a very good dinner with good company.
Please email by Monday 13th if you would still like to go for dinner only.
Title: Australia Day – BBQ and Thong Throwing Contest Location: Fay & Gary Brock’s 10 Ebenezer Pl Gumeracha Description: The traditional Sprite Club Australia Day event. We will continue holding the event as a memorial to John Bowering at the Brock’s.
BYO Chairs, Drinks, BBQ meat and Salad or Dessert to share Start Time: 11:00 Date: 2014-01-26 End Time: 15:00
Wanted – late model 1275 midget/sprite gearbox in good condition. And also if you know of anyone in the club who has a Morris 1000, I have a Morris minor ribbed gearbox for sale, a 22G171, $300.
Many thanks to Chris and Tina for a great evening last Saturday night. The weather was perfect, and 30 members were lucky enough to enjoy a three course meal thanks to the Brine’s. Even Father Xmas found time to come and visit us. To all those members who supported the evening, Im sure you had a good time, and to those who didn’t come, well there is always next year. Again, thanks to the Brine’s.
Just a gentle reminder that to maintain your historic registration into 2014 you must be a financial member of the club before the end of 2013! As well as fulfil all the other obligations.
This is due to changes to the conditional registration scheme – not by the Sprite Club! If you are not a member by this date your car will be deemed unregistered.
You will need to have the following documents for historic registration – follow the link for the documents
Sprite Club Membership Renewal Form including Membership Subs or a Receipt for EFT Transfer.
Signed and Witnessed Statutory Declaration Form – and the vehicle inspected!
Current Log Book
Current Registration Certificate (Blue Registration Certificate – NOT the Registration Renewal Form)
$5.00 if a new Log Book is required.
I am, after many years, selling my collection of Sprites/Midgets and parts. At this stage I am looking for a buyer who would take the whole collection. Alternately, if someone offered enough for either or both of the Midgets, I would throw in all of the parts. The cars and parts are located at Goolwa.
Here are the major items :-
· “Rubber nose” MG Midget, 1500 engine, left hand drive, complete, very straight, original and free of rust, motor and gearbox need to be re-installed.
· “Round arch” MG Midget, 1275 engine, left hand drive, straight, free of rust, no motor or gearbox.
· Bugeye body shell, accident damage in front, but straight from fire wall back.
· Fibreglass front, new, E-type style, suit all models.
· Fibreglass front, bugeye shape.
· MG Midget gearbox, very low mileage, gears in excellent condition, cracked casing.
· Several other gearboxes, Mark 1 to Midget, varying condition.
· Several half shafts, Mark 1 to Midget.
· Wire wheels, solid wheels.
· Set of 5 historic racing composite wheels, designed by ASP racing, suit Sprite, 13 X 8
· Bonnet, centre cowl section, mud guards, boot lids, doors.
· New rear mudguard, LHS, MG Midget
· Racing 1275 motor, hill climb winner from the seventies.
· Straight cut racing gearbox.
Note that even without the Midgets and the Bugeye shell, all of the rest of the collection (wheels, gearboxes, panels and parts in boxes would fill a small pantech. The LHD cars come with all parts required to convert to RHD
If I am not able to find a buyer for the lot I will need to consider selling individual parts. I will let you know if that happens.
A ballpark figure for all the cars and parts would be around $14,000. Failing that I would consider offers around $6,000 for the Rubbernose, $3,000 for the Roundarch, $2,000 for the Bugeye shell (including fibreglass front), and $5,000 for all the parts.
Chris and Tina Brine will host the Christmas party this year on Saturday 7 December at 6.30 for 7pm, 34 Penang Ave, Colonel Light Gardens.
The cost will $10 per head this will include nibbles, main and dessert – BYO Drinks and a Chair! For catering purposes please let viagra mexico us know by the December general meeting! or email chris.brine@gmail.com
Kris-Kringle alway great fun with Santa! – everyone please bring a gift to the value of $10
The Xmas meeting (BBQ supplied – byo drinks and chairs!) will be held Monday 2 December from 6pm at the Fullarton Park Community Centre 411 Fullarton Road.
Memberships are now due please fill out a new membership form so we can keep our records up to date. Fees remain unchanged.
N.B. You must which is better viagra or cialis be a financial member before 01 January 2014 to maintain historic registration!!!
Annual inspections of Conditionally Registered Vehicles and log book renewals – (Historic). Inspections will be carried out from 6pm on Monday night at the Fullarton Park Centre -please make a booking with Gordon Boyce to have this done!
You will need to have the following documents for historic registration – follow the link for the documents
Sprite Club Membership Renewal Form including Membership Subs or a Receipt for EFT Transfer.
Signed and Witnessed Statutory Declaration Form
Current Log Book
Current Registration Certificate (Blue Registration Certificate – NOT the Registration Renewal Form)
$5.00 if a new Log Book is required.
All in very cheap discount viagra good condition and surplus to a MG TC project none I understand have been used for racing, all harvested from road cars
· 1 x 4.555 – $200 ex UK from David Smith spares bin (he club races a sprite in the UK)
· 1 x 4.2 – $200 ex UK from David Smith spares – Sold
I have recently purchased a 1961 Austin Healey Sprite which was located in South Australia. The exciting news was it came with “BUGEYE” number plates. Unfortunately as I live in Victoria I am unable to use them. I have loved & driven sprites for many years & I know these are a rare find. I would also like to know they go to a good home.
Could I please enquire how I would go about listing these plates for sale. My bugeye is currently undergoing a complete restoration cialis discount & as you would know the expenses continue to climb.
A reminder that the Annual General Meeting of the Sprite order levitra canada club will be held next Monday 4 November at 8pm Fullarton Park Centre, Fullarton.
Also trophies are to be returned so that they can be engraved for presentation at the December meeting.
The mid week run has been cancelled because it clashes with the Melbourne Cup.
Please consider helping out on the committee, without volunteers the club wouldn’t exist and the benefits we all glean would be lost!
Location: Target Rifle SA 132-134 Wingfield Road, Wingfield
Due to ongoing road works at the northern end of South Road the easiest route is to get onto Hanson Road and proceed north over Grand Junction Road, Cormack Road and after the railway line take the third on the right (Hines Road) which is the last street before you go up to the Port River Expressway.
At the end of the road turn right and Target Rifle SA is the first building on the left. There is off street car parking available.
Please bring photo ID and if your bringing your own rifle the appropriate licenses etc. discount cialis and viagra The cost is $20/shooter and lunch BBQ for $5 and tea/coffee/cool drinks are also available to purchase.
We had over the course of the Day 22 cars turn up for display and Historic Rego inspection. Numbers were well down on previous years.
Don Cardone’s car was judged by the members to be Best Car on the day. Chris Brine’s modified car attracted a lot of attention and questions. Meanwhile the ladies sat under the shade and talked. For those who attended canadian viagra online it was a good day. For those who missed it please do yourself a favour and come along next year
This month meeting is on this Monday 14 October because of the holiday Monday last week.
Display Day (and annual inspections!) buy viagra order is to be held onSunday 20th October at Civic Park Modbury opposite TTP starting at 10 am (see website post below for details)
Due to the public holiday buy cheap viagra on the 7th October the general meeting will be held on the 14th October.
Also a reminder the display day is on Sunday 20th October at Civic Park Modbury opposite TTP starting at 10 am. Entry through carpark on North East road and not to drive over painted blue lines which indicate presence of watering system. Display day also used as annual inspection day for historic registered vehicles.
Hope to see you at the October meeting and/or display day!
I wonder if the Sprite Club founders thought we would still be celebrating the club’s birthday forty one years later? To be honest I doubt whether the question was even thought of. They were probably too busy driving, racing, thrashing and fixing Sprites!
This year The Forty First Annual Dinner was held at the Royal Coach Lodge on Dequetteville Tce, Kent Town. We had the generous sized dining room all to ourselves and set up with eight round tables. The tables were decorated with a red, white and blue theme. Four helium balloons spouted from the centre of the table with mystery numbers on them,1,5,4 & 5. The Lodge supplied us with a chef for the night who organized the meal and served the buffet.
At about 6.30 people started to arrive, after half an hour or so our fifty five expected members had arrived and the buzz of conversation filled the room. During the breaks in serving the soup and entree President Kevin drew the ‘lucky spot’ prize, the lucky spot was in fact stuck under your chair so there was a frantic upending of chairs and groans of disappointment. The only thing I found was a rock hard piece of chewy with teeth marks in it.
When we had all settled down after the chair inspecting Gary Brock gave out his ‘Quiz’ question sheets. One per table for a combined table effort to answer the questions. Gary had an interesting range of questions, one of which was “what do you call the little thing on the end of a shoelace”? I wonder how many people who didn’t know can remember the answer. One of the founding members, Richard Stokes, gave a brief welcome and a thank you to the organizing committee, it was then time to find out who had won the quiz. Kevin stood up, he paused, Eddie McGuire style and announced that the winner was…. ‘The founding members table’. Cheers on the table erupted and all on that table received a prize. Raffle tickets had been given out for the remaining prizes, these were drawn and a number of people went home with chocolates or a bottle of wine.
By now it was dessert time and a delicious array of Pavlovas, éclairs, cakes and fruit salad were waiting for us. The Royal Coach put on a lovely meal and the function room was very nice. After coffee, tea, cheese and biscuits and some chatting it was time to head for home.
Thanks must go to Kevin & Rose, Barb & Chris for organizing the dinner and to Gary for setting the quiz. Thanks must also go to Michael McLaren for his donation to the canadian pharmacy viagra club. Unfortunately Michael and Pat were unable to attend.
Title: All British Day Location: Echunga Recreation Ground Hahndorf Rd Echunga Link out: http://www.allbritishday.com/ Entires available from the All British Day Website from the 01 October 2013 Description: The All British Day is an annual display day and drug viagra picnic for enthusiastic vehicle Club Members to meet and show off their British motor vehicles. It is held in the beautiful Adelaide Hills, on the second Sunday of February each year. Start Time: 09:30 Date: 2014-02-09 End Time: 15:00
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You might like to bring this book to your members attention and point out that sales are through Bugeye Barn and directly with John.
Title: Target Shooting come and try day! Location: Target Rifle SA 132-134 Wingfield Road, Wingfield Link out: Click here Description: The club has accepted an invitation from Target Rifle SA to attend the State Range on Sunday 27th October 2013 and try small bore (22) target rifle shooting on their 50m range. A number of their members will be how to buy viagra in canada in attendance with their target rifles for us to use.
The cost is $20.00 per person which includes range fees and a box of 50 rounds.
We propose that everyone shoots 10 “sighting” rounds and then shoots 40 bench rest competion rounds.
We have been told that you are welcome to bring along your own 22 as long as you are licenced and the gun is registered and that you need to bring the appropriate documentation to support that. It will need to have a scope as the targets at 50 metres are very small.
You CANNOT bring your own ammunition.
The state Range is situated at 132-134 Wingfield Road, Wingfield and start time is 10:00am
Tea, coffee and cool drinks can be purchased at the range. Depending on numbers they will put on a sausage sizzle with salads at $5.00 for us which would be a small fund raiser for them.
Please email me by 7th October (general meeting) if attending at kevincaire@live.com
So for all of those that wanted to be either Roy Rogers or Dale Evans when they were kids come along and have a go and see if you would have survived in the wild west!
Kevin Caire
Ph:0409828385 Start Time: 10:00 Date: 2013-10-27 End Time: 15:00
How lucky we were with the weather. No rain during the day, little wind and beautiful sunshine all the time. That is what confronted us last Friday night till Sunday morning, when a group of our Club members made their way down to Normanville and stayed in the Jetty Caravan Park in executive cabins. We occupied 6 cabins, and took over the mess room as well, which was equipped with double kitchens and a large tv for the footy along with a wonderful log fire, and of course thanks must go to Peter Dineen for supplying most of the wood and bringing his chain saw as well. Friday night was combined entrée, appetizer and main courses and a few beers wines etc. Saturday breakfast saw us all over at the mess room again, bacon and eggs was the norm and then apart from Jenny and Ray Kinlay, the rest of us made our way to Wirrina, Myponga markets and then back again to Normanville for our bakery lunch followed by some much needed retail therapy, which was very forthcoming viagra dosage in Normanville and Yankalilla.
Afternoon coffees were at the Glazier Rock Café in Inman Valley which was very pleasant sitting in the sun and watching the water flowing freely.Then after a bit of r and r we had dinner at the Normanville Hotel where we met up with Maz and Kevin Warren and all enjoyed a cosy warm night in the Hotel.
After a few night caps back at the cabins, we all woke up fresh the next morning, deciding that it had been a lovely few days, relaxing and well worth taking the trouble to pack the car for the weekend.
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This years Sprite Club Annual Dinner is to be Held on Saturday 14th September at the Adelaide Royal Coach, 24 Dequetteville Terrace, Kent Town with a 6:30 for 7;00 pm start.
It will be a Carvery Menu:-
Soup
Cream of Butternut Pumpkin
Traditional Country Vegetable
Entrée
Veal Ravioli with Napolitana Sauce
Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce
Hot Roast
Mustard Crusted Roast Beef
Rolled Leg of Pork with Apple Sauce
Served with roast potatoes and seasonal vegetables
3 assorted salads
Desserts
Fruit Pavlova
Fruit Salad and Cream
Assorted Gateau
Chocolate Eclairs
Lemon Merringue Tartlet
Cheese
Selection of assorted cheeses
Tea & Coffee
With the Club subsidising the meal and generous sponsorship once again from Bentleys (thanks to Michael McClaren) we have got the price down to a low $25.00 per head.
Booking can be made either at the general meeting tomorrow night or by email to kevincaire@live.com or phone 0409 82 83 85
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When: Friday 16th August 2013
Time: 6:30 for 7 – 8:30
Venue: Adelaide High School
The Rally SOS team: Email : rallysos@hotmail.com
Kate Lehmann (Co-Driver, Synergy Rallysport), Josh Doyle (Driver, Synergy Rallysport), Naomi Tillett (Co-Driver, International Tarmac Rally Champion), Declan Dwyer (Driver, 2012 South Australian Rally Champion), Bruce Paix (Driver, Rally Ace and Rally Chief Medical Officer), Thien LeCong (Rally Chief Medical Officer Rally).
This years Sprite Club Annual Dinner is to be Held on Saturday 14th September at the Adelaide Royal Coach, 24 Dequetteville Terrace, Kent Town with a 6:30 for 7:00 pm start.
It will be a Carvery Menu:-
Soup
Cream of Butternut Pumpkin
Traditional Country Vegetable
Entrée
Veal Ravioli with Napolitana Sauce
Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce
Hot Roast
Mustard Crusted Roast Beef
Rolled Leg of Pork with Apple Sauce
Served with roast potatoes and seasonal vegegetables
3 assorted salads
Desserts
Fruit Pavlova
Fruit Salad and Cream
Assorted Gateau
Chocolate Eclairs
Lemon Merringue Tartlet
Cheese
Selection of assorted cheeses
Tea & Coffee
With the Club subsidising the meal and generous sponsorship once again from Bentleys (thanks to Michael McLaren) we have got the price down to a low $25.00 per head.
This is the final Notice for viagra without prescription any members, other than those 15 who have already notified Barb, that the last date to add your name to the list will be on August 5th, our next Sprite meeting.
Kevin and Rose Caire, Michael McClaren , David and Diane Low, Peter Stanley and Garry Beaton met up at Gepps’s Cross to start off on the Northern Run organized by Michael McClaren. Michael took an extended morning tea and lunch break and came straight from his office to honor his commitment to the day and returned to his office at the end of the run, thanks Michael for that effort.
Only two Sprites braved the anticipated bad weather, Peter Stanley and Garry Beaton have Sprites made of Sterner Stuff and civilian vehicles made up the numbers. It was nice to welcome Peter back again after a long absence in his repainted M2 Sprite complete with racing numbers etc, Peter is a keen Hill Climb competitor in his Sprite. We proceeded up the Northern Highway to Gawler avoiding the many Huge Semi trailers that came past us to Gawler where nature overtook Garry Beaton’s self control and a wee break was needed, its a long from Lenswood on a cold morning. Next stop was at the Local Winery at lyndoch where we sampled various wines which must have been appealing as some of us purchased some bottles, I personally find it hard to balance a bottle of wine on my knees whilst driving a Sprite, that done off to the Williamstown for a prebooked lunch and I think everyone enjoyed their lunch.
Much frivolity and discussion took place and we all got to know of the Endearing terms Garry Beaton’s 93 year old mother calls him (cannot be posted on our site). After the long lunch we proceeded to the Cudlee Creek Area and Corkscrew sections
Corkscrew Road
of the Tarmac Rally and finally all made our own way home buy viagra cialis levitra home. The weather was very kind to us and the sunshine was great , good company, nice lunch again thanks to Michael for organizing this Midweek run , Garry Beaton
The club has been asked to provide marshalls for this coming Sunday’s MSCA super Sprint event at Mallala. If anyone can help out you need to be at the track by 8.15 to be allocated a task.
It has been the habit lately to allow marshalls to do a couple of passenger laps of the track at lunch time so that viagra pills australia may encourage a few more of you to come out for the day! (This will have to be confirmed)
Each marshall is provided a lunch of a salad roll (ham/cheese/beef salads) with a slice of cake and a piece of fruit. It is a good day and well worth the effort.
An interesting route through the northern Adelaide Hills has been set culminating in a couple of tricky tarmac stages around the forest and Fox Creek.
Where to meet: City Dismantlers car park on Pt Wakefield Road, near the corner with Grand Junction Road.
When to meet: 10am for 10.30am
Where we’re going: In simple terms we will take a run through Elizabeth to Gawler, then on to Lyndoch and stopping for lunch at the Williamstown Hotel. Then it’s heading tothe old Chain of Ponds hamlet, driving the Cudlee Creek & Fox generic viagra online Creek courses, over to Lobethal and back to Cudlee Creek. Some might grab a coffee at Cudlee Creek, others will head their various ways home.
The plan is to try to miss morning and evening peak hour traffic and be in before sunset.
Title: Target Shooting come and try day! Location: Target Rifle SA 132-134 Wingfield Road, Wingfield Link out: Click here Description: The club has accepted an invitation from Target Rifle SA to attend the State Range on Sunday 29th September 2013 and try small bore (22) target rifle shooting on their 50m range. A number of their members will be in attendance with their target rifles for us to use.
The cost is $20.00 per person which includes range fees and a box of 50 rounds.
We propose that everyone shoots 10 “sighting” rounds and then shoots 40 bench rest competion rounds.
We have been told that you are welcome to bring along your own 22 as long as you are licenced and the gun is registered and that you need to bring the appropriate documentation to support that. It will need to have a scope as the targets at 50 metres are very small.
The state Range is situated at 132-134 Wingfield Road, Wingfield and start time is 10:00am
Tea, coffee and cool drinks can be purchased at the range. Depending on numbers they may put on a sausage sizzle at cost for us which would be a small fund raiser for them.
Please email me by 1st August if attending at kevincaire@live.com
So for all of those that wanted to be either Roy Rogers or Dale Evans when they were kids come along and have a go and see if you would have survived in the wild west!
Regards
Kevin Caire
Ph:0409828385 Start Time: 10:00 Date: 2013-09-29 End Time: 15:00
Today we had the pleasure of attending a very well organized run, a feast of beautiful scenery in our local hills area, really sumptious foods, nice wines, cheese platters and fantastic company. The run was organized by Pat and Michael who took us along some roads many can i buy viagra of us had not travelled on, from the club rooms along the back way in the fog to Mount Barker where we had a very nice coffee and comfort stop, to Echunga, through Meadows to nearly Strathalbyn and then on a different route to Echunga where we had lunch at the Hagen Arms Hotel. 18 members attended and along with champagne upon arrival, it all added up to a really wonderful day.
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RSVP Monday 24th June, to Michael McLaren we can confirm our lunch booking.
The weather prediction is for a fine day and that’s a great reason to get the Sprite out for this this Club event. We have planned an interesting route through the eastern hills and have road tested the lunch venue.
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Meet at the Fullarton Park Centre at 9.30am for a 10.00am depart.
If you are coming from Gumeracha or Goolwa give Michael McLaren a buy canada viagra call for an alternative on-route pick up.
We will wind our way through the hills, and yes there will be a pit stop, in the general vicinity of Mt Barker, Echunga, Macclesfield.
Lunch at 12.30pm
On arrival we will have bubbles, it is New Year’s Eve after all! There will be a 20 question New Year’s eve quiz so brush up on the trivia. There is a good range of menu selections and we’ll finish with cheese and crackers.
For clarification – you will need to pay for your main meal and any extra drinks you might want.
The weather prediction is for a fine day and that’s a great reason to get the Sprite out for this this Club event. We have planned an interesting route through the eastern hills and have road tested the lunch venue.
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Meet at the Fullarton Park Centre at 9.30am for a 10.00am depart.
If you are coming from Gumeracha or Goolwa give Michael McLaren a call for an alternative on-route pick up.
We will wind our way through the hills, and yes there will be a pit stop, in the general vicinity of Mt Barker, Echunga, Macclesfield.
Lunch at 12.30pm
On arrival we will have bubbles, it is New Year’s Eve after all! There will be a 20 question New Year’s eve quiz so brush up on the trivia. There is a good range of menu selections and we’ll finish with cheese and crackers.
For clarification – you will need to pay for your main meal and any extra drinks you might want.
Well done and many thanks to the hosts for holding a very enjoyable Pot buy viagra online uk Luck dinner in their very comfortable home.
Although healthy weight watching food and dieting was a popular tropic of conversation it could not have been adhered to closely as 20 people ate their way through a delicious smorgasbord of hot dishes and sweets enough to feed 50 people at least. Of course it was all healthy and home cooked but the quantity consumed ???
Naturally to compliment the food a nice range of fine wines were drunk (responsibly and in moderation as you would expect from Sprite Club members)
While travel, weddings and well being featured in the women’s conversation, politics, solving the problems of the world, rebuilding Sprites and lots of jokes kept the men entertained.
All in all it was a great thing to do on a winter’s night and 20 people had lots of fun and got to sign their names in THE ATTENDANCE BOOK and those of you that did not come BIG MISTAKE.
Numbers have been down at the last few social events with one even being cancelled in May for lack of numbers!
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This Saturday night at Chris Millers house at 95 Sherbrooke Boulevard, Woodcroft 6:30pm for a pot luck dinner.
Bring along a hot pot of stew, mornay, casserole or even a curry to share.
Hello,my name is Joe and I own a general mechanic/motorcycle/auto electrical business in Richmond.I’ve owned and specialised in minis for over 20 years and it’s always been a dream of mine to restore a MK1 bugeye since I could remember! I have seen a bugeye in Victoria and I am cheapest viagra to buy online in uk quite keen on it however my business partner who had alot to do with there cars in the early days is trying to talk me out of it,not because he doesn’t like the cars but because I’m 6″4′ and am a fair bit bigger than the average man and assures me that minis have alot more room in them than the sprites.So the question I have for any one in the club is would it be possible for me to have a look at ine up close and possibly sit in one? Our work shop is call Jack & Joe’s mechanical services at 17 Deacon ave Richmond,and we Know Bob Basica reasonably well from MG car sales so he can be a good reference for me. Our workshop number is 8352 6613 if any one is willing to help me out please call me I would very much appreciate it, thank you
Some members of the club are attending the Moonta Cornish Festival on 24th – 26th May and are having dinner at the Seagate Bistro 171 Bay Road, Moonta at 7p.m Saturday 25th. If you viagra professional pfizer are coming up individually and would like to join us will you please phone the Bistro yourself on 88253270 and add your name to the list. The booking is under the Sprite Club.
Meet at City Dismantler’s carpark Port Wakefield Rd Gepps Cross 9-30am for 10-00am start , northern run with lunch how you get pfizer viagra at pub details will be posted next week once numbers of cars are known, please email garry.beaton@bigpond or ring Garry on 8389 8222 asap if you intend to come along.
Luther has proposed that we update some of our current merchandise. This will include new polo shirts, caps canadian discount viagra online and hoodies (or crew necks?). The proposed colours are detailed below with the standard Sprite Club logo embroidered on them. The cost for the polo will be $40 and if possible we would like to take orders and deposits at the next general meeting (wine and cheese night!).
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1 Sprite, 1 MG and 1 bugeye along with 3 modern day cars ventured through the hills for Kens Pub Lunch run.
After leaving the Club rooms we wound our way through Blackwood, Coromandel Valley and up into Mylor generic viagra soft tabs on a beautiful morning. We travelled through very picturesque roads with the autums leaves just turning, and luckily it was one of the runs where we did not have the lycria’s on the road. Heading towards Echunga we turned to Flaxley and made our way to Mt Barker ending up at the Bridgewater Hotel, where Chris and tina joined us. It was lovely inside the beautiful old hotel and the food was to die for. After a few refreshments and an enjoyable luncheon, we all headed off our different ways, some to shop while others, although they said they were babysitting dogs, we figure it was really to watch the Showdown. Anyway, congratulation to Port and thanks to Ken and Mary
Title: St Patricks Day Run Location: TBA Description: St Patricks Day Run organised by none other than Paddy! Start Time: 10:00 Date: 2013-03-17 End Time: 15:00
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Just a reminder that the fish and chip run will start from the club rooms, Fullarton Centre, Fullarton road 5.30 for a 5.45 start, with a run approx 45 minutes and ending up at a restaurant followed by a short run for coffee.
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The Sprite Club of SA has been invited to display around 20 of its members cars with the Riley Club. Bring your Sprite / Midget / other, even if it is on a trailer partially restored. And as if free entry to Club particpants isn’t enough, the ‘Green Room’ will be providing coffee, tea and light refreshments all day.
Start time will be 11am, and all cars are asked to remain at the venue to 5pm. As you can see though, there is plenty to see, do and importantly eat, so this is no ordinary day.
And you have the chance to win trophies!
Best Sprite
Best Car [judged by both Clubs],
Best Riley [this one will be tough to win if you bring your Bugeye…]
or the democratically inspired – Best Car – judged by the People
In the event of Catastrophic Fire Conditions being declared by CFS the Festival will be cancelled and every attempt made to contact Car Club members prior.
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All British Day, what a wonderful event. To those 30 members who came up to Echunga, thank you. To all the other members, you really did miss out on a great day.
850 cars were on the oval for display, and there were so many more interested people paying to get in. The venue up at the Echunga oval was very well organized, mind you some rubbish bins would have been good. A large range of interesting stall for the girls were on display and their were more food stalls as well. Members set themselves up under the marqueand all had a great day.
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The run will start at the Club rooms, Fullarton Park Centre at 5.30p.m. for a 5.45 p.m. start. Details to follow.
Barb
Next week’s meeting is your last chance to get your memberships and historic registrations including inspections sorted out. Inspections will be carried out from 7pm at Fullarton Park Centre.
Please see the links below the new requirements for historic registration if you haven’t already caught up with the changes, including your Statutory Declaration.
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Invitation to participate in the annual, Saturday March 30 – Monday April 1st 2013
Hi car clubbers
We have been Running historic motor racing at Mallala over Easter for the last 31 Years
For the last few we have been inviting clubs like yours to bring your cars along on the Saturday
You can enter as club groups or individuals
We want from you
·Enter by the 16th of March
·$30 per car (and 2 occupants)
·The old cars for everyone to look at
For that, we provide
·The best park in Mallala, next to the track on the lawns
·Some shade and somewhere to sit down
·Furthermore, during the lunch break from racing, you get to take your cars around the circuit on parade laps
It’s a fun day for all and last year the classic day attracted an excellent crowd, more than double the Sunday turnout.
We would love to see you all there and appreciate if you would include
If you don’t think that is exiting enough, then consider entering the historic regularity event! (contact Troy Ryan troy@solardepot.com.au for more info on that)
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23 members wound their way up to Gumeracha to Fay and Gary Brock’s home for the traditional Australia Day BBQ and what a day it turned out to be. Adelaide put on wonderful weather for the event. Lots of nibbles, including Molly’s wonderfully exhilirating prawn crackers, and along with the barbie food and sweets, which were mouthwateringly delicious, none fattening of course, ha ha ha!, and with all the alcoholic beverages one could imagine, make it an enjoyable day.
The Australia Day Trophy, renamed the John Bowering trophy, in remembrance of John, was won by one of our newest members, Gerry Thompson, who assured us that he would cherish and care for the trophy until next year.
Thanks again to the Brocks for opening up their lovely home for a really enjoyable event.
Dont forget the thong throwing and Australia day BBQ at the Brock’s
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Title: Australia Day – Thong Throwing Contest Location: Fay & Gary Brock’s10 Ebenezer Pl Gumeracha Description: The traditional Sprite Club Australia Day event and we will continue holding the event as a memorial to John Bowering at the Brocks. BYO drinks, BBQ meat and salad OR sweet to share Start Time: 11:00 Date: 26-01-2013 End Time: 16:00
“WOW WOW WOW” those who chose not to attend last nights mid week run missed out on an event worthwhile going to.
On a very warm evening, 15 members met at Pat and Mike’s home for drinks and nibbles and then we all wound our way down to the Sailmaster at North Haven, via Glenelg, West Beach, Henley Beach, Semaphore, Fort Glanville, noting many wonderful sights of Adelaide along our journey. Some members met us there, while others like John made hasty urgent repairs on the side of the rode to continue his journey.
The meals were fantastic, the drinks were brillantly cold and the conversations were riviting and very informative. Thanks again to the McLaren’s for taking the time to prepare, book and make an enjoyable run/evening for those who attended.
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Don’t forget the Australia Day thong throwing and BBQ will be held at the Brock’s in Gumeracha this year. Please bring drinks and bbq food plus either a salad or sweet to share. See the events calendar for full details!
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Evening dinner runs have been very successful in Victoria in the warmer weather, hopefully we can replicate this success so come on get the spriget out of the shed and join us for a drive and dinner!
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When: Wednesday 16/01/13 6pm for 6.30 depart
Meet: at the McLaren’s – Surrey Street Goodwood from 6pm
Dinner: A booking has been made at Salimaster tavern, the bar meals appear well priced and drinks at normal bar prices.
RSPV: We need to know numbers by Sunday 13 Jan contact Michael McLaren asap
Looking for something to do in May? The Kernewek Lowender weekend is a great event and has the excellent RAA Cavalcade of Cars and Motor Cycles!
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The club has accomodation booked in Moonta is filling fast and to reply Barb Ridge if you want to make enquiries or to book accomodation.
I have a unique 1978 MG Midget for sale. Speedo is in Kilometres. The car is left hand drive, delivered new to Japan. Ex factory unleaded fuel. New hood. Body is absolutely exceptional. I don’t think it ever had any rust in its entire life. Only covered 35,000 kilometres. Interior would seem to verify that the speedo reading is correct. Little things like sun visor clips are showing their age as did the hood and side mirrors. Minilite styled mags. Near new tyres. Registered in South Australia. $8,500. You would be able to historic register it if you left it as is, I would believe. It just looks so pretty on the road. I bought it on impulse with the idea that I’d hot it up and leave it in France for people to use around Europe. The economics just don’t stack up and the French authorities are obstructive re hotting it up. Call David Tye on 0403600600.
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Garry and Molly have had an exceptional cherry season and they would like to let club members know that there are still plenty of the best organic cherries available to pick over this weekend. This is one of the best seasons for years so if you have a hour or two get up to Lenswood and get a bucket or two! Special $5 per kilo for sprite club members!
Paul and Ruth Doube were delightful hosts for our final end of year Xmas Sprite Club party.
29 people attended and all had a wonderful time. Even Father Xmas arrived and seemed to enjoy himself. (may have consumed a little too much Xmas cheer, however).
Merry Xmas to your all and your family and a happy New Year.
Always a great night! Santa will attend. Don’t miss this!
BYO drinks and meat for BBQ, salad or sweet to share, chairs and a sense of humor, also a gift to the value of no more than $10:00 for both a male and female.
For some time the Committee have been concerned about the lack of support for meetings and social events that has been given by many of the members and what steps we could take to try and improve the situation.
There are basically 2 options available to us – either the “carrot or the stick” approach.
The Committee have decided upon the “carrot” approach and I was pleased to be able to unveil it at the December meeting where co-incidentally we had the largest turnout for some years.
We have decided to offer a prize to the value of $250.00 to one lucky member at the November meeting in 2013.
How do you get the opportunity to win I hear you ask -:-
For every meeting that you attend you will receive one entry.
For every social event that you attend you will receive one entry.
If you organise a social event you will receive three entries.
If you host a social event you will receive three entries.
If you have family membership and both of you attend you each get one entry.
Every financial member including Life Members, Foundation Members and those on the Committee are eligible.
To ensure you get your entry make sure you sign in at every meeting or social event that you attend. The more entries that you have in at the end of the year increases your chances in winning!
Your first entry is available by attending the Xmas Party this Saturday night at Paul & Ruth Doube (refer events Calendar)
For those who will be unable to attend Saturday night I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of your Committee to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Safe, Healthy and Prosperous New Year. We look forward to seeing you throughout the year.
Good morning My name is Malcolm Pitt and I have a 1961 Bug Eye Sprite for sale, unfortunately I can not find the time to do this car justice. I am currently working in WA on a Gold Mine , and will be home in Adelaide on the 19 December 2012. If anyone would like to look at it please contact me on 0402898675. I would like to thank you for the opportunity to present this offer to your club members.
The Xmas meeting (BBQ supplied – byo drinks and chairs!) will be held Monday 3 December from 6pm at the Fullarton Park Community Centre 411 Fullarton Road.
Memberships are now due please fill out a new membership form so we can keep our records up to date. Fees remain unchanged.
Annual inspections of Conditionally Registered Vehicles and log book renewals – (Historic). Inspections will be carried out from 6pm on Monday night at the Fullarton Park Centre -please make a booking with Gordon Boyce to have this done!
You will need to have the following documents for historic registration – follow the link for the documents
Sprite Club Membership Renewal Form including Membership Subs or a Receipt for EFT Transfer.
Signed and Witnessed Statutory Declaration Form
Current Log Book
Current Registration Certificate (Blue Registration Certificate – NOT the Registration Renewal Form)
$5.00 if a new Log Book is required.
Don’t forget them Morning Tea Run this coming Sunday!
Location: Kevin and Rose Caire’s with run from Fullarton Park Centre
Description: Meeting at Fullarton Park Centre @ 9:15 for a 9:30 start with a short run to end at The Caire’s at Walkley Heights for morning tea.
Replies to Kevin by Thursday 22nd on 0409 828 385 or email kevincaire@live.com for catering purposes
Title: Morning Tea Run Location: Kevin and Rose Caire’s with run from Fullarton Park Centre Description: Meeting at Fullarton Park Centre @ 9:15 for a 9:30 start with a short run to end at The Caire’s at Walkley Heights for morning tea.
Hi fellow Sprite drivers, We had a great day at the Felix’s garage with many cars getting a carbi tickle. Some were not that bad but it was good to see them performing better. Some needed attention and one even gave me grief with the fast idle screws from the choke causing some issues. Needless to say the audience were merciless. Thanks to the chefs we had a nice lunch and fellowship. I hope all had a good time.
The Conditional Historic Registration Scheme has been developed to allow vehicles manufactured before 1st January 1979 (of either right or left hand drive) to be registered conditionally so they can be used for a maximum of 90 days per year.
The Federation of Historic Motoring Clubs and Transport SA has granted the Sprite Club of SA the authority to approve Conditional Registration for Austin Healey Sprites and MG Midgets. Gaining this authority requires the Sprite Club and it’s officers and members to abide by a Code of Practice that outlines the responsibilities for all people using this registration scheme.
For a detailed description of the ‘NEW’ processes and your responsibilities under the amendments to the scheme please refer to the club letter below and the other documents attached. Or the club Historic Rego Page.
Tire Pressure? We don’t need no stinking tire pressure
Just a quick note here. Long time ago I, like many of us have always stuck to the general tire manufacturer’s inflation recommendation. Typically for a 13 inch tire they’ll say anywhere’s from 28 to 32 psi, correct? That’s based on a car weighing in at around 2,000 pounds. Believe it or not, if you’re running a modern tire of just about any size on a Spridget, you actually want to be running about 18-20 psi cold on the side-curtain cars, and 20-22 psi on the roll-up window cars since they weigh a bit more. Aside from riding more smoothly at the lower pressure, you most likely find it to be less “darty” over bumps and will stick to the road so much better. Give it a try, if you don’t agree with the results, the worst-case scenario is that you’ll have that painstaking task of putting air back into the tires! Also, if you’re really adventurous, try setting your toe-in at zero instead of the BMC called for 1/16″ toe-in. I’d love to hear from any and all of you about your findings if you try it. I might even post views telling me I’m full of horse-hockey, too!
Come on get out of the cold and into the shed! – knock one up for a bit of fun! Here’s a great example from the MGCC youtube video and my poor excuse for one used at the Sprite National Challenge in Wangaratta.
As many of you know I’m restoring a bugeye and at the last meeting I reported on the fact that I’d broken the heads of the rear spring bolts – however thanks to a tenacious cornishman (AKA John Whitburn) they have been successfully removed and the bugeye is now happly at minus paints!
Title: Mallala National Historic Race Meeting Easter Car Club Display Location: Mallala Description: Invitation to participate in the annual Mallala National Historic Race Meeting Easter Car Club Display, Saturday 7th April 2012
We have been Running historic motor racing at Mallala over Easter for the last 31 Years
For the last few we have been inviting clubs like yours to bring your cars along on the Saturday
You can enter as club groups or individuals
We want from you
· Enter by the 16th of March
· $25 per car (and occupants)
· The old cars for everyone to look at
For that, we provide
· The best park in Mallala, next to the track on the lawns
· Some shade and somewhere to sit down
· Furthermore, during the lunch break from racing, you get to take your cars around the circuit on parade laps
It’s a fun day for all and last year the classic day attracted an excellent crowd, more than double the Sunday turnout.
We would love to see you all there and appreciate if you would include
If you don’t think that is exiting enough, then consider entering the historic regularity event! (contact me for more info on that)
Cheers,
Troy Ryan
On behalf of the Historic Racing Register of the Sporting Car Club of SA
0419 666 307
troy@solardepot.com.au Start Time: 10:00 Date: 2012-04-07 End Time: 15:00
Kym Ninnes will have copies for sale of his book at the meeting on 5 December.
It is the story of his trip around Australia in his Clementé clubman. It’s a good bit of Australiana, adventure, travel, dreams and cars. It is a great read and would make an ideal Christmas present especially for friends overseas. It comprises 170 pages, full colour with lots of photos and maps. It costs $29.95 or it can be ordered over the internet through www.kymroundoz.com where it costs an additional $3.50 p&h. I’ve attached a couple of pages to give you an idea of what it is like.
Hi Still trying to sort out small things on the site however one warning – the dates in the little events calendar widget on the sidebar you’ll see the are in the US format at the moment ie Month/Day/Year…
any one dead Sprite on the Mannum run – head gasket…:-(
So here it is – the new website is finally done…sorry about the delay 🙂
You’ll see that it’s pretty much the same content as the old site just a bit prettier and allows for easier placement of images etc.
We will institute a new format for the club magazine shortly and provide an archive under the members area for things of interest from the old site in coming weeks. We want you all to be part of the new site and be able to comment and be active on it – I’ll email you shortly with details of logins etc. Sorry if some things aren’t perfect but I had a few issues with the changeover to the ‘live’ site hopefully to be fixed soon(ish).
Please use the following link to register for the 2019 All British Day
“…….The TSOA & TR Register are holding their Annual Display Day on Saturday October 20th, 2018, at Wigley Reserve, Glenelg.
THE SPRITE CLUB OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA CLASSIC SPORTS CAR CRUISE.
Saturday 29th September – Annual Pie and Pea Night Dinner – 6.30 pm – Don & Elaine Cardone’s Home
Numbers have been finalised – sorry if you’ve missed out this year, but we had to let the hotel know the final numbers for catering purposes.
Last weekend Sprite Club Member and Bugeye Owner Hamish Bubner married Linda Beagley at the family property near Maitland on Yorke Peninsula.
Needing a chance to get the Sprite, Midget, Clubman or Classic out of the shed and go for a run…….Here’s your opportunity!
Its that time of year again, cold winter nights have set in and everyones ensconced at home.
The April meeting of the Sprite Club of SA was held at the clubrooms of the Sporting Car Club in Unley, as we have done for the past few years. This special night allows the display of member’s cars on stage and a chance to find more about the featured members and their cars with a Question and Answer on stage.
An enjoyable mid-week run to the Bridge Hotel, Langhorne Creek for Lunch.
On Australia Day the McLaren Vale Vintage & Classic Event was named the City of Onkaparinga’s Community Event for 2018. This is a great achievement for the organising committee and recognises it as a highly regarded event for the area.
Australia Day BBQ and Thong Throwing Competition
Dear Members & Friends 
Ken Dutch 18-11-2017
For those of you not entered in the Bay to Birdwood…
SCCSA is now pleased to inform you that our vehicle display applications are now open via our website.
Just a quick reminder that we have a jammed packed meeting on Monday 3 July 2017, the including Wine and Cheese Night, Sporting Car Club of SA presentation on the Adelaide Motorsport Festival, Michelin tyres presentation and an update on the changes to conditional registration and what this may mean going forward to broadening the cars that can take advantage of this scheme.
We’ll also have a couple of guests, one from the Sporting Car Club whetting our appetite for the upcoming Adelaide Motorsport Festival and the Michelin Man coming to the meeting to talk tyres.
hosted our wine tasting. We were walked through 4 whites and 4 reds in the hour and then treated to 2 older (2009) reds as a comparison to the later releases. We hope Miles Jackson’s sister from Victoria was impressed.
Please find the May 2017 minutes linked here or under the club member info pulldown on the website.
ALL WILL BE REVEALED : NOT TO BE MISSED:
2016 GOUGER STREET PARTY
Entries are now due for the 2017 All British Day 9.30am, Sunday February 12th 2017
Hi just a reminder about the Australia Day activities – Fay and Gary will host the Australia Day BBQ and throng throwing comp. Starts at 11.00 am on Monday 26th January. Bring your own meat for BBQ drinks and chair and a salad or dessert to share. 
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Fullarton road 5.30 for a 5.45 start, with a run approx 45 minutes and ending up at a restaurant followed by a short run for coffee.
The Sprite Club of SA has been invited to display around 20 of its members cars with the Riley Club. Bring your Sprite / Midget / other, even if it is on a trailer partially restored. And as if free entry to Club particpants isn’t enough, the ‘Green Room’ will be providing coffee, tea and light refreshments all day.
Please find linked the Motorsport Calendar for 2013.
Please find an update for the AHSDC of Victoria’s High County Run next year here – High Country Tour
Oh no Patrick!…..