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1 Volume 32 Number 1, January Michael Frustere s 62 Austin Healey 3000, BT7 with tricarbs and overdrive, along with two tops (fiberglass hardtop & canvas soft top), tonneau cover, new polished SSl exhaust system, & chrome rims.

2 BUSINESS INFO GENERAL MEETINGS: Are held at 7:00 pm on the 1st Tuesday of each month unless it falls on a holiday at: MIMIS CAFÉ 3375 East Main Street, Ventura, CA Corner of Main and Mills (Pacific View Mall) 2016 GENERAL MEETING DATES: Jan 5, Feb 2, Mar 1, Apr 5, May 3, June 7, July 5, Aug. 2, Sept.6, Oct. 4, Nov. 1 Board meetings take place according to the needs of the club, usually before or after the club s General Meeting; but as often as is deemed necessary at the discretion of the Club President. NEWSLETTER THE CLEAR HOOTER is your Club Newsletter and it is published monthly. The deadline for submission of any camera ready or digital ads, stories, reports and information that you d like to see in the next issue is the 23rd of the month prior to publication. Items may be sent to the editor at: dtreid@gmail.com For Sale ads are free to members. Non-members pay $25. Ads run 3 months, unless otherwise indicated by the seller. Any commercial ad or to open a commercial account please contact Allen Merriam, alyn123@sbcglobal.net Membership dues are $40 to join and $30 to renew yearly. Make sure we have your for newsletter deliveries. If you need to have one snail mailed to you please let the editor know, dtreid@gmail.com Your CCBCC Board Members For 2016 PRESIDENT Jim Hill PRESIDENT CONSULTANT Vacant jhill@oilguys.com VICE PRESIDENT Dave Reid mgtc48@hotmail.com RECORDER Martin Keller (503) TREASURER Sue Wellwood (805) MEMBERSHIP Pam Justin pjquilter1@hotmail.com CLUB HISTORIAN Bob Prieve (805) CLUB PHOTOGRAPHER Dave Reid mgtc48@hotmail.com NEWSLETTER EDITOR Terry Schuller dtreid@gmail.com ADVERTISING & CLASSIFIED ADS Allen & Lynn Merriam (805) REGALIA & RAFFLE Julie Root (805) WEBMASTER Patrick Redd (805) THE CLEAR HOOTER! Is the newsletter of the Central Coast British Car Club, formerly The Central Coast Triumphs, founded in 1984 by Mrs. Lee Bloomquist and is a chapter of the VTR, Vintage Triumph Register CENTRAL COAST BRITISH CAR CLUB P.O. Box 503 Ventura, CA Page 2

Meet at the usual place, Seaward and 101 at Golden China restaurant. At 9am, Tour starts at 9:30. Take 101 North 2.

3 CCBCC UPCOMING EVENTS LUNCH RUN TO COLD SPRING TAVERN JANUARY 9TH This drive will take approximately 2 hours through beautiful back country. If that is too much driving for you, you may take the freeway and follow # 10 below. We will meet at Cold Springs Tavern at about 11:30, they will be expecting our group. Route: 1. Meet at the usual place, Seaward and 101 at Golden China restaurant. At 9am, Tour starts at 9:30. Take 101 North 2. Turn off on Hwy 33 and take it until you reach Hwy 150 (Baldwin Road) and turn left, go around Lake Casitas. 3. Hwy 150 splits into 150 and Hwy 192 (near the beginning of the Carpenteria area). Take Hwy 192 at this "Y" 4. Hwy 192 is called Foothill Blvd through Carpenteria 5. Foothill Rd. comes to a "T", Turn right. 6. Hwy 192 is called East Valley Rd, behind the Summerland area 7. Continue on Hwy 192 on the backside of Monticeto 8. Hwy 192 comes to another "T", turn right (left is Sycamore Canyon Rd) 9. Continue on Hwy 192 until you come to Hwy Take 154 to the right (San Marcos Rd.) 11. Go up the the mountain to the top, then, one mile down the valley side, turn left onto Stagecoach Rd. Take a direct right and go down the canyon for about 1.5 miles to the Tavern This is an approximate 2 hour drive. Terry s Cell (805) I need approximate number of participants to let the restaurant know ahead of time. Please me: dtreid@gmail.com. We currently have 15 cars and 29 people. Rain will cancel. I can do an blast 1 hr before we are suppose to meet if the weather looks iffy. Page 3

4 MINUTES OF THE CENTRAL COAST BRITISH CAR CLUB BOARD & GENERAL MEETING at the Christmas Brunch, Dec. 6, 2016 The board meeting was called to order by Jim Hill, President at 11:00 am at the Four Points Sheraton at Ventura Harbor. Present: Absent: Jim Hill, President C. Darryl Struth, VP Sue Wellwood, Treasurer Allen Merriam, Advertising Terry Schuller, Newsletter Junie Cooper, Membership Martin Keller, Recorder Patrick Redd, Website / Web Master Teddy Bear Run Teddy Bear Run was a great success and took place on Sunday, November 8 th. The spaghetti dinner for the kids will be on December 11, 2015 and will be held at the Penfield School to distribute the collected Teddy Bears to the kids. The volunteers that have signed up to help need to be at the school by 10:00 am so that everything can be setup. Holiday Party/December CCBCC meeting. The club meeting on Sunday, December 6, 2015 at the Four Points Sheraton at Ventura Harbor. The meeting had 54 members in attendance. Jim Hill made a presentation of a bottle of wine to each of the 2015 board members who were present for all the things that they have done during the past year for the club. Elections of Board Members for the 2016 year. The Club President then asked the membership in attendance to participate in the annual elections of board members for the 2016 year and asked if there were any nominations for the positions of the board and asked the existing board members to remain in their positions if no takers are nominated. The position for Recorder was presented to the membership and asked if anyone would like to take the job. No takers from the members in attendance. Martin Keller to remain the Recorder for The position for Regalia & Raffle was presented to the membership and asked if anyone would like to take the job. No takers from the members in attendance. Julie Root to remain the Regalia & Raffle chair for Page 4

5 MINUTES CONTINUED The position for Membership Chair was presented to the membership and asked if anyone would like to take the job as Junie Cooper is stepping down due to family commitments. A nomination for Joel and Pam Justin was proposed and seconded and a show of hands from the membership approved their nomination. Joel and Pam Justin to co-chair the Membership Chair for The position for Treasure was presented to the membership and asked if anyone would like to take the job. No takers from the members in attendance. (Must be approved by current board if nominated.) Sue Wellwood to remain the Treasure for The position for Historian (Non-Voting) was presented to the membership and asked if anyone would like to take the job. No takers from the members in attendance. Bob Prieve to remain the Historian for The position for Club Photographer (Non-Voting) was presented to the membership and asked if anyone would like to take the job. Dave Reid volunteered to take the position and was approved by a show of hands from the membership approved his nomination. Dave Reid to be the Club Photographer for The position for Vice President was presented to the membership and asked if anyone would like to take the job as Daryl C. Struth would be stepping down. Dave Reid stepped up and volunteered to take on the position. The motion was presented to the membership that Dave Reid be nominated for the Vice President and was seconded. The membership voted by a show of hands and approved of the nomination of Dave Reid for the position of Vice President for the year of Dave Reid to be the Vice President for The position for Website/Web Master was presented to the membership and asked if anyone would like to take the job. No takers from the members in attendance. Patrick Redd to remain the Website/Web Master for The position for Newsletter/Editor was presented to the membership and asked if anyone would like to take the job. No takers from the members in attendance. Terry Schuller to remain the Newsletter/Editor for Jim Hill thanked all of the present and newly elected board members for stepping up to the challenge of running the club for the up-coming year of Page 5

6 MINUTES CONTINUED 2016 Wine Tour The 2016 CCBCC Wine Tour is scheduled for February 19 th and 21 th 2016 at the Cottage Inn, Pismo Beach. Coordinators for this event are Allan Merriam, Michael Frustere. Jim Hill reminded the membership that they need to make their reservations early ( by February 2, 2016 ) so the club can release the rooms that will not be used that have been reserved before the cutoff date that will require the club to pay for the rooms that are not used. January Brunch / Lunch drive. The January 9, 2016 Brunch / Lunch Drive will meet at the Golden China Parking Lot at 9 am and will depart at 9:30 am for the Cold Springs Tavern in Santa Barbara. As of the Holiday club meeting there are 15 cars signed up for the drive. Terry Schuller is the POC and can be reached at (805) if you wish to attend or have questions. The 2016 CCBCC Car Show. The board is still looking for someone within the club to be the chair for the upcoming car show in June of The site (Channel Island Harbor Park) has been reserved and the application has been approved by the Harbor Master at this point and time. This is the premier event for the club and raise s the majority of the funds that the club uses to operate for the year so it is a priority to find a chair person for the event. This position is not that difficult and will be supported by the board and the previous year s chair person but is necessary as a point of contact for the applications of permits from the county and city for this event to happen. If you are interested in helping with this event please contact Jim Hill (Club President) or any of the board members. Julie Time at the Holiday Party Barbara Plyley = Food Sampler Gift Basket Junie Cooper = StarBucks Gift Sampler Sue Wellwood = Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Sampler Gift Basket Neal Subic = Chocolate Sampler Gift Basket Julie Root = Retro Radio Cookie Box (No it was not Rigged) The meeting was adjourned at 1:20 pm by Jim Hill. Have a Happy and Safe Holiday Season. Page 6

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CCBCC Past Events TEDDY BEAR SPAGHETTI LUNCH Cont. There were at least 12 club volunteers serving over 200 lunches to the students, their families, and the staff of Penfield school.

Along with garlic bread, cookies and lemonade. Everyone was very appreciative of all the work that went into preparing and serving this lunch.

8 CCBCC Past Events TEDDY BEAR SPAGHETTI LUNCH Cont. There were at least 12 club volunteers serving over 200 lunches to the students, their families, and the staff of Penfield school. Thank s to Pam and Jack Waschbusch and Mike Musser for all the preparation they did at home the evening before. Pounds and pounds of angel hair pasta were made and served. Along with garlic bread, cookies and lemonade. Everyone was very appreciative of all the work that went into preparing and serving this lunch. This was the 26th year that the club has helped with this luncheon and the first year we completely sponsored it. In the past we assisted a group from the CHP. This group of children took great joy in tossing their stuffed animals in the air repeatedly. All the teddy bears we donated at the Nov. Teddy Bear Run were handed out by Santa after the teachers selected the best bear for each child. Page 8

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10 A Day at the CCBCC Oxnard Car Show by Scott McKee When I bought the Stag I was aware that the prior owner was a member of CCBCC. I was planning for some time to show CCBCC that the Stag is still among friends. The thought was to go visit my Mother in Lompoc then stop at the car show on the way back. Little did I realize the weekend was going to be a rainy one. The drive up on Friday was great and not a drop of rain showed up. Saturday in Lompoc was rain. I was fortunate to have the Stag tucked away in the garage to keep dry. On Sunday Kate and I left around 6:30am and headed for Oxnard. The good news was the skies showed no sign of rain. I've been to this show a few times and every time I was there it was cold and the sun did not show up until it was time to leave around 3pm. I was prepared for the cold and dreary skies. It was quite a surprise to see the sun come out at 8:00am! Whoa, what a bonus! I checked in and took my place on the grass. An hour polishing and cleaning the car got the show started. There didn't seem to be as many this year as I remember. When I ran into a few members I found out why - it was looking like serious rain in LA so they didn't want to bring their Triumphs. Kate and I walked around and we voted on the various cars. What a time we had talking with car owners about their rides. For the most part Kate and I saw eye-to-eye on each car we voted on. After we turned our ballots in we headed for The Farmer's Market to pick up a few items; we know we were going to visit our favorite road stand on our way through Simi Valley so we didn't get much. We went back to the Stag to relax. Not too much longer and a group of judges came around asking about the Stag. They were trolling for the President's "Car he'd most like to drive". I can tell you there were a NUMBER of cars I'd would have liked to drive away in; all the cars were great! Well, maybe the Jewett needed some help. One thing about owning a Stag is there are not a lot of other cars in that class. In this case I was combined with the other V8 Triumphs which were two TR8s. Good looking TR8s at that! I also think Jan Orlow's lone TR7 was also put in with the other two wedges giving a total of 4 cars in my class that are voted on. Much to my surprise I won 1st place in my class! I actually think the TR8 should have won, the interior was much better than mine. It was the BEST day so far. It was time to head home. What a day. Sunny, great cars, friends and an award. Jan, Kathy, Kate and I decided to head home together. It was a bit warm with stop and go traffic when Jan's car started having Page 10

A Day at the CCBCC Oxnard Car Show Cont. problems with his fuel injection so we pulled in to our roadside vegetable stand to investigate. The decision was to call a tow for the rest of the way home.

I've had good luck with traffic with that route in the past. While approaching Pasadena I noticed the sky was getting really DARK! Was this the rain I was hearing about?

11 A Day at the CCBCC Oxnard Car Show Cont. problems with his fuel injection so we pulled in to our roadside vegetable stand to investigate. The decision was to call a tow for the rest of the way home. After the tow truck arrived for Jan and Kathy, Kate and I headed on down the Freeway. My route was to go over to the 210 via the 118 then drop down the 57. I've had good luck with traffic with that route in the past. While approaching Pasadena I noticed the sky was getting really DARK! Was this the rain I was hearing about? No sooner that we arrived in Pasadena it was raining - hard. By the time I hit the 610 Fwy I was tired of the heavy rain so I headed south hoping for lighter rain... that did not happen. It was raining for the remaining trip home, whew. I was so glad to get the Stag in the garage to dry out. Page 11

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12 Behind the Wheel editors corner I am attempting to put out a newsletter every month, there may be times I miss a month due to being away. The newsletter is a vital piece of communication to keep members informed of what is happening within our club and lists events that are happening that may be of interest to club members. I would like to feature one member s British car on the cover of each newsletter. If you would like your ride displayed on the cover, please send me a high resolution picture of it in a nice place (not just the parking lot at work!!) to dtreid@gmail.com I have 2 pictures for the next 2 newsletters, let s see yours on the April Issue and beyond. ARTICLES NEEDED: The newsletter is in desperate of articles on anything to do with the club or british cars. Please use Microsoft Word and save as a document. If possible use font Arial and do not do any formatting, just paragraphs of words. UPCOMING EVENTS Page 14 CCBCC Breakfast-Brunch Meets They will be at different venues throughout the year. Stay tuned for information and dates for If you have any suggestions for a Cruise-Meet please contact Jim Hill. Page 12

CLASSIFIEDS CONTINUED 1971 Triumph GT6 MK III for SALE Well I have decided to put my 1971 Triumph GT6 MK III up for sale.

awarded a second place in class in 2014 and a first place in class in 2015 at the CCBCC Annual car show which is a vote by participants of

Car was repainted to its original color of Signal Red 32 in July 2014 and was checked from one end to another for rust and corrosion and all

Interior was replaced at the same time, new carpets, headliner, seat cushions and covers, bumpers were re-chromed, new window seals front

13 CLASSIFIEDS CONTINUED 1971 Triumph GT6 MK III for SALE Well I have decided to put my 1971 Triumph GT6 MK III up for sale. It is a nice driver and not a trailer queen in any way as it gets driven at every opportunity I have to drive it although it has been awarded a second place in class in 2014 and a first place in class in 2015 at the CCBCC Annual car show which is a vote by participants of the show for awards. Car was repainted to its original color of Signal Red 32 in July 2014 and was checked from one end to another for rust and corrosion and all was removed at the time of painting. The only rust that was found was in the battery box and that was replaced with a new unit. Interior was replaced at the same time, new carpets, headliner, seat cushions and covers, bumpers were re-chromed, new window seals front and back and bonnet lift strut kit installed. Car is basically stock and has overdrive which works very well. Asking 18K and will consider all reasonable offers and maybe interesting trades. I can be reached either by calling (cell 9am- 9 pm) or by at MHKfler52@gmail.com. Page 13

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16 The Clear Hooter Central Coast British Car Club P.O. Box 503 Ventura, CA Membership Renewals Due Just a friendly reminder that 2016 membership dues are now due. You may download a form on the CCBCC website (centralcoastbritishcarclub.com) under Contact or me (Pam Justin pjquilter1@hotmail.com and I will be happy to mail one out to you. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. Pam Justin, Membership Chairperson The Hooter is available online and in full color! Visit To check it out.

Bill Lyons Jaguar XK140 Coupe

Volume 32 Number 4, April 2016 WWW.CENTRALCOASTBRITISHCARCLUB.COM Bill Lyons Jaguar XK140 Coupe I bought the car in 1964 so I've had it 52 years! It was sitting at a corner gas station with a For Sale