Prez Sez. January brings a New Year for the British Car Club of

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1 Vol 33 No 02 February 2016 January brings a New Year for the British Car Club of Prez Sez Charleston with lots of good things in store for the By Wray Lemke club. As Richie hands off the reins of the club to me, on behalf of the whole club, I d like to express our gratitude for the leadership and hard work he s selflessly given to make sure things were fun and interesting and ran well. His epic labor on our British Car Day show was evident in the success of the show and we appreciate how hard he worked at that. Dennis has handed over the role of membership coordinator to Don Kelly and the Windscreen to Dave Rosato. Dennis has been the glue that holds so many parts of the club together for so many years, we can never thank him enough for his hard work and dedication. Bruce Stemerman is taking the task of treasurer and we re fortunate to have someone of his skill to manage that aspect of the club s business. And how can we thank Jane Schmidtt enough for her hard work arranging and managing the club events and dates. The club had too many wonderful events to list, thanks to Jane s hard work. Those events were great and the reason they were great is because she put so much thought into each one. Michael Rains is taking over that formidable task but he has a gift for it and has already shown his enthusiasm in the events he s planned for the club. Mert Fox has again reupped to handle the secretary duties so the club is in good hands in that department. Millie Horton will continue to make sure we have lots of BCCC regalia and club swag to wear. Millie s Tom will continue to provide the amazing history tours that were so talked about. Last, but certainly not least, we are quite fortunate to have Diane Lambert s organizational skills, experience and good humor keeping things fettled as Vice President. In addition to taking on the publishing of the Windscreen, Dave has done a great job of building a completely new website which will be much easier to use and provide more content and information on current events. This year will be a combination of different events and meeting places and lots of opportunity to enjoy our cars and fellowship in the most beautiful city in the nation. Our goal is to have fun and to provide something for all the members of the club, whether it s a club drive, a tech session, picnic or an outing. So, come on and join us, we re here to have good times with our cars and our friends. Wray

2 FOUNDED 1983 MEETINGS HELD THE SECOND SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH (Unless otherwise specified) OFFICERS Wray Lemke President (843) Diane Lambert Vice President (843) Bruce Stemerman Treasurer (843) Mert Fox Secretary (843) Don Kelly Membership Coordinator (843) Grace Clark Regalia Coordinator (843) Millie Horton Regalia sales (843) Dave Rosato Editor (508) Michael Rains Event Coordinator (843) TECHNICAL ADVISOR Darryl Beech Mr. Wizard (843) WEBMASTER Dave Rosato PAST PRESIDENTS Mike Carnell 1984 Dick Deibel 1988 Bobby Grooms 2003 Wray Lemke Oscar Smalls 1985 Alan Van doren 1989 Richie Hartley Don Brown 1986 Mike Grosso Diane Lambert Tom McMurray 1987 Jack Lambert Richie Hartley IT S EASY TO JOIN Just fill in and sign the application and send along with $35.00 Initial annual dues, to: British Car Club of Charleston 1520 Capel St Mt. Pleasant, SC We look forward to seeing you at all of our meetings and events! (Please print clearly) NAME: Street: CITY: STATE: ZIP: TELEPHONE: FAX: Car(s): Make: Model: Year: Color: CAR(S) Make: Model: Year: Color: As a member of the British Car Club of Charleston (BCCC), I agree to hold BCCC, its board of Directors, Officers, and organizers of events free From all liability for any accident or injury which may occur in connection with club events. SIGNATURE: PRINTED NAME: DATE: NEW MEMBER RENEWAL I give my permission to list my phone and in the membership directory to be accessible to members only. Birthday please: Name: Month: Day: Spouse B day : Name: Month: Day:

3 The Windscreen Page 03 Our Social Media By Dave Rosato There are a lot of changes for the new year, one of which is me becoming the editor of The Windscreen. So far I m enjoying the task. If you attend a BCCC event or even another British car event, please take photos and write up a summary and send it to me for inclusion in The Windscreen. At the last BCCC meeting I discussed the website with Wray. He said that it wasn t easy to add to so I decided to look into it. He gave me admin privileges which allowed me to see how it was constructed. I wholeheartedly agreed with him, it was not an easy site to modify and add to. I have been doing my own business and personal websites since the early 90s. So I decided to recreate the website using the WYSIWYG web building software that I use. In only a couple days I recreated most of the site. My feeling is that having a website that is easy to modify and add to will result in a website that viewers will get more out of and will use more often. I added a Google Calendar to the site. Anyone who we share the BCCC Google Calendar with can add and edit events right from their personal computer. Sooo easy! You can download past Windscreens and there are pages of past and upcoming events. So, much of what will be going into The Windscreen will go into the website as well. There is also a mobile site. The website detects your screen resolution and reverts to a special website designed for smaller screens. It is a limited site but will be more usable on a cell phone or tablet. The buttons and text are bigger and there aren t any tiered menus, see the picture below. At the time of this writing, the new website is still being tested and evaluated by the members of the club. This past September Debby Marindin created a Facebook group for the club. So far there are 43 followers. If you follow Facebook and haven t signed up, search for the British Car Club of Charleston and put in a request to become a member. It is a closed group so only members can see the postings. Facebook is a great way to keep up with the day-to-day happenings. Anyone can post notices, events, updates and photos. On the negative side, if you don t look at it frequently then you may miss some postings, unless you scroll down a bit. But the nice feature is that you will get a notification when there is a new posting. Lynn and I are both techies so we rarely miss anything on Facebook. So we have The Windscreen, Facebook and the website to provide us all with the latest news of the club. The Facebook page takes care of itself and gets better with more postings from the members. I will keep the website updated with input from the members. Michael Rains will manage the website calendar. Please let me know if you have any comments or suggestions for the website. I look forward to getting input from the members for The Windscreen and website content. The BCCC Mobile website The new BCCC website Google Calendar Clicking on map opens Google Maps

4 The Windscreen Page 03 Minutes BCCC January 13th, 2015 By Diane Lambert Vice President Kicking off 2016 in great style, the BCCC met Saturday, January 13 th for lunch at Sticky Fingers in Mt. Pleasant with 24 members in attendance. New Board Members were introduced and thanked in advance for the services they will provide this year. Among them was our new President, Wray Lemke, VP, Diane Lambert, Treasurer, Bruce Stemerman, Secretary, Mert Fox, Membership Coordinator, Don Kelly, Regalia Sales, Millie Horton, Editor, Dave Rosato and Events Coordinator, Michael Rains. Richie Hartley and Jane Schmitt were thanked for their many years of BCCC leadership, and agreed to provide assistance during the transition. Mert Fox and Bruce Stemerman were thanked for agreeing to serve another term, and Wray was thanked for stepping up to the President s position. It was decided that our annual British Car Day needed a Coordinator so Diane Lambert was asked to take on that responsibility and accepted. Diane stated that she would be calling on many of our members to assist with this task to make the event a success. Michael Rains, reviewed several upcoming events and stated that they will be on the calendar for all to include in our personal planners. Greenville Cars and Coffee By Mike West I attended the Greenville Cars and Coffee 30th JAN and it was so much larger than anything we have around the Charleston area. Between four and five hundred beautifully turned out cars were there and about five British cars in the mix...about the same number of Brit cars as our Cars and Coffee. Corvettes seemed to dominate the venue, followed by BMWs, but there was a Jag 150 of the finest style and a two-door estate wagon Austin Mini about one half again the length of the usual Mini. Nice looking, but may have been a custom body. I don't recall ever seeing or hearing of such a long car! Maybe our Mini drivers have heard of such a car. After the Cars and Coffee we went to Benson Alfa Romeo and Fiat dealership to stare at Maserati's and the newest Alfa, which looks like the Batmobile! Right there in Benson's showroom was a TR6 in great shape for $30K! Hope it sells for that much! Any Brit car selling well increases the value of our cars! It was a perfect day for the venue in Greenville but there were so many great cars that a person could not take them all in! Oh, I also learned there is a classic car dealership recently opened in North Charleston. "Car Guys of Charleston" is at 4980 Appian way North Charleston Bob Payne is the owner/manager. I plan to (very reluctantly) leave off my Aston Martin DB7 with him. See you this coming weekend at the Mount Pleasant Cars and Coffee!!

5 The Windscreen Page 04 The Revs Institute By Dave Rosato If you are ever in the Naples Florida area you will have to visit The Revs Institute. You have to make reservations, so plan ahead. Below are just some of the British cars. There are over 100 cars ranging from 1896 to I especially loved the place because you weren t behind ropes. You can walk right up to the car and look at the fantastic details. If you love Porsches then you will love all their race cars. There are more pictures throughout The Windscreen. Go to revsinstitute.org to see more Austin Cooper S 1932 Bentley Corsica, 8 liter inline six, 250bhp 1935 MG PA/PB Leonidis 1934 MG K3 Magnette 1929 Sunbeam, 2916cc inline six, 90bhp 1962 E-Type Jaguar

6 The Windscreen Page 05 CALENDAR OF EVENTS February 04 Feb Planning Mtg 6pm Jasons Deli West Ashley 09 Feb Monthly Meeting 7pm Charleston Crab Shack 13 Feb Motor Car Morning 9am Memorial Park under the Ravenel 20 Feb Hunley Drive- Breach Inlet to Magnolia Cemetery, History Drive with Tom Horton. Lunch at Rutledge Cab Company. (February 27th will be a backup date in case of foul weather). 29 Feb Planning Mtg 6pm Location TBD Happy Birthday For February Wayne Colson Robyn Fill Janet Smart Elaine Hawes Ron Boisvert Jo Sherrill Dennis Oldland Furman Williams Larry Shinall Kenny Keith Barry Neal Jeff Zorn Alice Anthony 05th 07th 07th 11th 12th 15th 17th 19th 21st 23rd 24th 27th 29th AND MANY MOOOOORE Welcome New Members Jim & Clara Carlton 1994 Jaguar XJS 12 Summerville Steve Lambertsen 1980 MGB, 1951 MGTD Tillman SC Liz Kauffman 1997 Jaguar XK8, 1971 MGB Mt. Pleasant We look forward to many Happy miles together

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8 The Windscreen Page Dues are Due Membership dues for 2016 are now due. Dues are $30 for renewals, or $35 for new membership. After 31 March, unpaid members will be dropped from the active roster. The easiest way to pay your dues is via the BCCC Website. Just go to the membership section and renew online. If you prefer to write a check, mail to: BCCC 1520 Capel St. Mt Pleasant, SC Sleep late in the morning, don t get Knockered-up. A knocker-up woke up sleeping people. Great Britain's early 20th century version of an alarm clock Vauxhall Type E 30/90 Velox 4526cc four cylinder developing 90bhp at 2800rpm 1962 Lotus Elite Series II S.E. Four cylinder 1216cc developing 95bhp at 7200rpm weighing only 1456 pounds.

9 The Windscreen Page 08 We love our cars! You can print this page or select this link to solve online on our web site. If the link doesn t work then open your browser and type in this link. Words can be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, forwards and backwards.

10 The Windscreen Page 09 English Royalty Chocolate Chip Scones Recipe of the Month By Lynn Rosato Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 1/3 cup white sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled and cubed 1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips 3 tablespoons orange juice Directions: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray or use parchment paper. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. With a pastry blender or a large fork, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in the chocolate chips. Mix in the orange juice to form a dough. Turn out the dough on a floured surface. Pat or roll into a 9 inch circle about 1/2 inch thick. With a 2 1/2 inch fluted biscuit cutter, cut out 12 scones, pushing the dough scraps together for the last few, if necessary. Transfer the scones to the baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven until golden brown, about 12 minutes. Move to wire racks to cool. Recipe Courtesy allrecipes.com 1995 McLaren F1 12 cylinder 6064cc developing 627bhp at 7400rpm

11 The Windscreen Page 10 Parts Wanted For 1969 Jaguar E-Type SII Coupe BD20767 & BD20766 NDV hinge pillars (Mine have rebrazed mounting plates that continue to crack) BD38326 rear hatch release latch cover & finisher chrome trims (I have the hinge covers). C28516 interior rear view mirror & mounting stem. BD19562 & BD19561 Windshield chrome trim doglegs. I have a lot of E-Type parts to sell, trade, or give away. Contact Bill Unger: Wm.c.unger@gmail.com (843) Healey luggage rack for sale Part # or 17H9932 Never installed, have had it since All hardware and instructions included. Will fit or 3000 s Originally $430, will sell for $325. Mert Fox at mert25@att.net or (843) FOR SALE MGB convertible top frame Frame is from a 1975, but I believe it will fit several years of MGBs $ Please contact Dennis Pieschke dpieschke@hotmail.com Distributor Wanted I am in need of a Rebuildable, (not broken) Lucas 45d4 Distributor For an MG Please contact Jim Hendricks jimhendrickaas@live.com FOR SALE 2005 Jaguar Super V8, Miles, Original owner, always garaged, Supercharged V sec..like new condition, Everything works, no dings or damage, no check lights, Aluminum body, far too many options to list...everything you can imagine and some you can t. MSRP $93,895 NADA is $18,212 asking $17,750 Please call if you want details Lenny Goldman (843) Need a Bonnet For a 1969 Triumph Spitfire In good to excellent condition. Please contact Mark Riesch Burgaw, NC (910)

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13 February 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Planning Mtg pm Jasons Deli Monthly Mtg Motor Car Morn ing, 9am Memorial 13 7pm Crab Shack West Ashley Park Hunley Drive Planning Mtg Site: TBD 1933 Bentley Offord Inline six, 4257cc developing 167bhp. This car was the only Bentley built by Rolls Royce that was ever raced.