March-April 2013 Newsletter

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March 2013
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NEWSLETTER
Bonnet To Boot
Paradise British Car Club
NOW THAT IS A CAR
COLLECTION!!!!!
Saturday, February 9th was a fun event, as 36 Paradise Car Club
members visited the home of Dr. Thor Gjerdrum and his fantastic car
collection. At the top of the page Thor stands next to his favorite, a ’27
La Salle Convertible, which is in beautiful Concours’ condition, At the
top of the page is a two tone ’28 Packard, then a red ’27 Pierce Arrow,
And in the third photo down at left, a yellow ’29 Marmon 68, then a
partial view of the La Salle. At bottom is a newly completed gem, a ’49
Cadillac Fleetwood 75 on an extended chassis.
Not shown is a cute ’33 Chevrolet pick up, Thor’s ’36 MG TA, a ’54 Ford
undergoing restoration, and a ’26 Cadillac Town Car with open air
seating for the chaufer and a separate enclosed area for passengers.
In another steel garage location we saw additional cars, including a ’55
T-Bird, a ’32 Cadillac V-12, and a ’67 Corvette which was undergoing a
frame off restoration.
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After touring the garages we posed for a group photo and went to nearby
Adamo Wineries Orcutt restaurant and tasting room for some sociable chitchat.
SOL and Paradise Make Trek to Solvang for Visit to Motorcycle Museum
On Feb 22, the Sons of Lucas invited the
Paradise British Car Club to join them on an
outing to Solvang to visit Virgil Eling’s
Vintage Motorcycle Museum. This was an
impromptu outing for the Paradise folks, but
it worked out very well. We had six cars
from the Santa Maria area, and one from up
north. A new group called the Reorganized
South Orcutt Jaguar Touring Society was
there in force as part of the six cars from the
Paradise Club. This group consists of John
Klingensmith, Jim Metcalf, who was
unaminously elected the President and Chief
Officer of the group (at no increase in
salary), and Larry Long, all of whom own
Jaguars. One other couple from the Paradise
Club, Janis Knox and Gary Van Houter, will
undoubtly want to join with these three.
We had a leisurely jaunt to Solvang via
Lompoc. John, Jim and Larry followed the
map which was provided by the SOL, and
got lost from the others because they went on
the Highway 1 instead of following their
map. But we caught up with them when we
arrived at Solvang.
The Museum has a collection of 98
motorcycles to view. I can’t begin to
describe them but here are a couple of
pictures of the oldest ones. If you have a
passion for old motorcycles and incredible
engineering, this is the place to go.
1914 Indian Direct Drive
Following the museum visit, we all
gathered at a local Solvang restaurant for
lunch. The cuisine was good, to say nothing
of the food, and the camaraderie was
excellent. We all agreed that having the
SOL/Paradise folks together was a good idea
and both groups offered to keep the other
informed of road trips in the future.
1920 ABC Sopeith
Our March luncheon drive was hosted by Tom
Tallone, who is affectionately known as “Twin
Cam Tom” in the MG community.
Tom owns two very rare MGA Twin Cams,
of which less than 2500 were manufactured.
One is a coupe and the other a roadster. Tom
lives in Los Osos and is not only a member of
the Paradise British Car Club, but enjoys the
company of the Sons of Lucas (S.L.O. Co.) as
well.
know, to promote new friends in our small
British car community.
The Sons of Lucas are invited to join us in
April for our visit to the Mullin Museum, and
afterwards for Banger’s & Mash (or whatever
else is on their great menu) at the British Pub.
Tom organized a very pleasant drive on
Saturday, March 9th, starting in Santa
Margarita and touring the sports car perfect
back country roads which took us in a twisty
circle up to old town Templeton, where we had
lunch.
As folks often do, some of the Paradise
people congregated amongst themselves,
while some of the SOL group did the same.
One of the SOL group made a great
announcement, that the next time our two
group get together, it shall be a rule that
everyone must sit with someone they do NOT
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NEW MEMBER PROFILE: MEET THE HAZEN’S
During our next few newsletters we will feature
information on some of our new members, something we
used to do in years past but haven’t done for a while. We
have several new members to feature and will start with Bill
and Rachael Hazen, who most of us met for the first time
at our Saturday, February 9th get together, a tour of Thor
Gjerdrum’s fantastic classic car collection, followed by
lunch at Adamo’s in Old Orcutt.
Our “roving reporter”, Jim Bull, met Bill as they walked
up to look at Jim’s ’52 TD. Bill shared with Jim that he is
the owner of a ’51 TD now undergoing restoration.
respect for driving the car as his only mode of transportation
in Washington AND for teaching teenagers! Anyone who
can do both of these things is a survival expert!
Bill told me that he took employment in the California
Central Valley and went from snow and rain to the eternal
Summer heat of the Central Valley, something is he said he
never got used to or liked during the next 40 years! Bill now
has two homes, one in Hanford, and another in Nipomo,
where he and his wife, Rachel plan to spend more time as
they contemplate relocating full time to the coast.
In a phone interview on Sunday February 10th, Jim
had a few minutes to chat with Bill and is now able to
introduce Bill more completely to our members.
Bill purchased the little MG in 1957, a whopping 57
years ago! Bill was living in Bellevue, Washington at that
time and reported that the TD was in “bad shape” for being
only six years old. After putting the car back on the road
again Bill then drove this as his only car for the next 12
years!
Being born in Washington myself, and having lived in
Oregon also, I immediately recognized Bill as a hardy
example of an adventuresome, rugged, fly by the seat of
the pants all-American sports car driver, the likes of which
most people today can’t even imagine.
Remember, most MG TD’s didn’t have heaters, and
none had defrosters, roll up windows, electrically heated
front or rear windows, heated outside mirrors, heated
seats, any semblance of water proof tops or side curtains,
etc. Etc. Etc. Anyone who drives an MGTD through twelve
Washington winters is NO SISSY!
When I mentioned driving a TD in a Washington winter
Bill laughed and said, “Yeah, my leather gloves were my
defroster”. So, my next question was, “What did you do for
a living, Bill”. (I personally thought Bill might be a Navy
Seal, a survival instructor, reporter for
a n outdoor magazine, ski instructor, etc., but Bill
informed me he worked as a high school social studies and
economics teacher.) Still, Bill had my admiration and
As for the MGTD, is is undergoing a complete frame up
restoration.
The body is painted, re-chromed, and
complete. Bill made new plywood floor panels (yes, TD’s
have wood floor boards!) and the seats are done with a
Moss leather seat ket. The engine and transmission have
been sent out and are rebuilt but not yet in the car, a new
walnut custom dash board has been purchased but not as
yet in the car, and a lot of re-assembly needs to be
completed. The car is in Hanford and Bill said that after
meeting our group and looking at some beautiful classic
cars at Thor’s home he has a fresh desire to get the MG
project completed so the car can again be driven!
Bill explained his connection to our group by saying that
he had recently met another new member, Russ Moore.
We’ll keep you posted on this restoration project and
hopefully Bill will send us more photos of the car.
The second annual
SMHS Saints Drag
Race Team barbecue
and car show featured
a free car show and
Santa Maria-style
barbecue.
OUR VERY OWN LOREN CUTHBERT IS THE SPONSOR OF THE
DRAG RACING TEAM AT SANTA MARIA HIGH SCHOOL. HE
SPENDS COUNTLESS HOURS WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS
AND HAS TURNED THEM INTO A WINNING TEAM.
THIS YEAR A
NUMBER OF OUR
CLUB MEMBERS
GATHERED FOR
THE ANNUAL CAR
SHOW. LARRY’S J2
WAS CHOSEN BY
THE JUDGES AS THE
“BEST OF CLASS.”
This is not the first time our club had
participated in this annual car show for the
SMHS drag racing team. In 2011 Alice won
the Imported Car Award.
YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS ONE!!
PARADISE CAR CLUB EVENTS
FOR APRIL AND MAY
IMPORTANT NEWS FOR A VERY
SPECIAL APRIL EVENT!
Mark your calendar for Saturday, April 13th, as we visit the Mullin Automotive Museum in Oxnard.
April features a special display of Violin ultra-luxury French cars from the 1920’ and 30’s. These
rare cars are now worth millions each and you might not have the opportunity of viewing them
again. Also featured are a collection of rare Bugatti and Delahaye cars.
Feel free to drive your British car, but due to the distance involved most folks will probably drive
your comfortable “whatever” and car pool, if room allows, to save gas.
Here’s the plan: San Luis Obispo Co. Cars meet at the entrance to the Madonna Inn at 7:50 A.M.
And leave by 8:00 A.M. Travel U.S. 101 south to the Main Street exit in Santa Maria, turn right then
immediately into the Denny’s parking lot on your right.
All other local cars assemble at Denny’s in the back room, which we have reserved for our group.
Arrive between 8:15-8:30 to stagger breakfast orders and make our departure quicker. S.L.O. Cars
should arrive by 8:30 A.M. If you don’t want breakfast join us for coffee, but be aware that we plan
to leave no later than 9:30 A.M., taking U.S.101 to Oxnard, about a two hour drive.
Entrance fees to the museum, featured about 200 cars, are $12.00 for adults and $8.00 for seniors,
65+. The Sons of Lucas group is invited to join us.
We will arrive at the museum at
approximately 11:30.
The museum
recommends two to two and a half hours
for viewing. We will leave the museum
around 2:00 and caravan (for anyone
who is interested) to a British pub in
Ventura for lunch, then return. It will be
a full and fun day.
RSVP for this event is mandatory. We
have promised both Denny’s and the
museum a head count, so please, call
Jim Bull at 805 937-4208 to place your
name on the list. Jim will keep a record
of who plans to drive something other
than a two seater car and can help
suggest a person to call if you would like
to ride instead of drive.
MAY EVENT:
Jim and Aurilie Metcalf are hosting our May 18th event, a tour of the
Air Museum in Paso Robles. Jim is a retired Air Force Lt. Colonel, who, unlike the majority
of people in the Air Force today, was a pilot. Trained as a fighter pilot during WW II, Jim
has flown a variety of fighters, bombers, and transports, and concluded is career flying a
slow, and very vulnerable spotter plane not very high above the jungles of Viet Nam. Jim
is the perfect host for this fun event and it will come as a surprise to many that the museum
also has a collection of race cars and British sports cars!
We will send out meeting locations and times via an e-mail as we get closer to the date!
http://www.ewarbirds.org/
May 19, 2013 is the date of the All British Motor
Vehicle Show and Swap Meet at Dixon, CA,
sponsered by The United British Sports Car
Club of Sacramento. The Cluthberts have often
attended and hope to go again this year if possible.
Talk to them if you have any interest in joining them
for the fun in Dixon.
http://www.ubscc.org/CarShow.htm
To: Jim Bull
From: Larry Long
Jim—you were asking me the other day how I
was coming along with the design of the
Parametric Nobulator, which I am developing
for use in our MG sports cars as well as other
British cars. I thought that other readers of our
newsletter might be interested in this as well, so I
went back to my files about the TurboEntabultor, which was the basis for my new
designs, and wrote the following which you
might want to include in the next newsletter. The
details of both units are fairly complex, so I put
the details in layman’s terms to make it as simple
to understand as I could.)
I’m sure you are all too familiar with the trend a few
years ago to install Turbo-Encabulators in both early and
late model MGBs, as well as adapting them for use in
other small British cars. There hasn’t been much news
about that trend in recent years, however, due to some of
the problems experienced with the mechanical retrofit
required. I know you all realize that with the TurboEncabulators, instead of power being generated by the
relative motion of conductors and fluxes, it is produced
by the modial interaction of magneto reluctance and
capacitive duractance. For years the technologists were
hoping that the Turbo-Encabulator would not only
provide inverse reactive current for use in unilateral
phase detractors, but would also be capable of
automatically synchronizing cardinal grammeters; I’m
not sure that this had ever been fully developed.
famulated amulite as the baseplate material. This
material has been highly over-rated, and has been
replaced in recent years with tungstanium, which is
more blevant when it comes to use in high bi-lateral
situations, as one would find with fitting it to the MG
unitransversal dynotometer.
Well, now, folks, there is a solution. Instead of
having to work around all of the problems with the
Turbo-Entabulator, we are suggesting using the
Parametric Nobulator. This will perform the same
function, but is readily adaptable to British sports
cars. Where the Turbo-Entabulator has the two
spurving bearings in a direct line with the panametric
fan, the Parametric Nobulator puts these bearings in a
non-synchithmic tangential position with the six
hydrocoptic marzul vanes fitted to the ambaphascient
lunar wain shaft, and does a better job of preventing
both the side fumbling and the inverse synocydialcal
motion; the Turbo-Encabulator took care of only the
former.
I’m sure that I don’t have to remind you that the
main winding in the Turbo-Encabulator was of the
normal lotus-odeltoid type placed in panendurmic
semi-bulloid slots of the stator. Now, here is where
you will see the improvement with the Parametric
Nobulator. Instead of every seventh conductor being
connected by a non-reversible tremmy pipe to the
differential girdle spring on the up-end of the
grammeters, the Parametric Nobulator has replaced
the tremmy pipe with a sangent made of solindreium,
a fairly compliant material with an index of 1.3. (This
is near the maximum forminthig index when
calculated using Folgens equation of fi = C * D2/
ung4 , where ung is Smarthings coefficient.). This
change, as well as replacing the core of the windings
with a novasmarthen 10-winding core, will result in
an increase in the parametric endofirms, and smoother
modicalism motion.
The drawn reciprocation dingle arm used in the
Turbo-encabulator has been retained in the design of
the Parametric Nobulator to reduce sinusoidal
depleneration.
One of the problems that was not foreseen in using this
device in MGs and other British cars, probably due to the
over influctance of the negatons, was the use of pre-
Applying this design for use in MGs is not an easy
task, and this is where I have been having problems
with finishing the development. For one thing, the
front nascator bearings, as well as the anges-suiting
and its supporting structure, have to be removed, remachined, and the structure coated with an
anchomatic alloy to dissipate the higher temperature.
Dr. G.H. Fogletter thinks this is possible (see
reference 2). Finding a company to do the plating has
been a problem. Once that is overcome, one still has to be
able to install the neophospurus wang shaft supporters, but
that shouldn’t be a problem with the proper tool (the
novascaptor, shown in Moss catalogs). I need to also
consider the tribo-electric effect on the spiral
desuggestometer; this could affect the quasi-piestic
stresses in the gremlin studs (I’m using the same design as
was used in the Turbo-Entabulator due to the special
design they used to hold the roffit bars to the spamshaft).
Of course, as with the other design, the difficulty of
nubbing together the regurgitative purwell and a
supramitive wennelsproket still exists, but the developers
of the Turbo-Encabulator found that the use of anhydrous
nangling pins enabled a kryptonastic boiling shim to be
tankered. I plan to do the same with the Parametric
Nobulator.
I need another six months to do some further research
for the Parametric Nobulator; hopefully I will have the
development completed in time for the SIMCA Auto
Symposium, which I understand you might be attending.
Look for my paper to be presented there.
It is hoped that the improvements shown with this new
design will be sufficient to convince the makers of the
Milford trunnions to try it in those conveyences.
References:
(1) John Hellins Quick , "The Turbo-Encabulator in Industry" ,
British Institution of Electrical Engineers Students’ Quarterly Journal, 1944.
(2) Dr. G.H.Fogletter, private communication
Jim’s answer to Larry:
I again am very impressed with your work on the
parametric nobulator! I did some research and
was amazed to discover on the internet that Dr.
Hyram Teefertiller first expostulated the theory
of parametric nobulation as early as 1957. He
was so far ahead of his time that it is only today
that he is being considered for a Nobel Prize.
His formulations were not even understood
theoretically by most of the greatest minds of his
day. He undoubtedly will be known as the Father
of Nobulation and is also known for his theory of
theocritical ionized proton transmutational
tabulation, as well as his postulations on the
preservation of micronic mass fibulateraltransnomulation. His book, Parametric
Nobulation in The Atomic Age”, is currently out
of print, but I was able to obtain some interesting
insights into his work on the internet, especially
his theory of positronic transmutatable cross
mutations when placed under complex multi
faceted biospheric nudder anomalies, and when
observed under phosfractic acid reconditioning.
Keep up the good work! JIM
Jim Bull
2013
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