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Chris
Welcome to my first report for 2025. Although attendance at the AGM was down, there were enough members to enable the meeting to take place. It was a shame that food was unavailable on the day and at the moment there is no date as to when it will be back again.
I would like to thank Colin Henderson for agreeing to join our committee. We still have room for more members if anyone is interested in coming onboard.
Terry will be resuming the Luncheoneers in the spring and Colin has arranged for the Sunday Breakfast Run to start again on Sunday 9 February. Paul is busy organising this year’s rally calendar. He is going to concentrate on more local events. Keith Barnard has booked the Battle of Britain Bunker in Uxbridge for Drive it Day on Sunday 27 April. Save the date and further details will be in March’s Driving Seat.
We all go through problems with our cars but the last couple of months have been particularly troublesome. Our everyday Ford Kuga has developed an annoying problem with the stop/start function. I thought initially it might be the battery because all the research online pointed to this being the battery starting to fail. I was able to get a replacement larger ampere stop/start battery on a “Black Friday” deal. After I fitted the new battery the problem is still there but this wasn’t a total disaster as the old one will now go into my Standard Vanguard Pick Up.
On my MG TF the alternator failed just before Christmas, and this has just been repaired by my local garage. Anyone with knowledge of these cars will know that the top mounting bolt for the alternator can only be accessed by unclipping the soft top roof from the back, removing the parcel shelf, the soundproofing and then the metal cover plate above the engine. This I did to save the garage time and me a less labour charge, as it took over two hours to remove and then put back.
The TR7 needs the gear change looking at, on these it is a common problem for the selector bushes to deteriorate. Luckily these are all accessible from the top of the gearbox without the major removal, but I will be again using my local garage because I am too old and don’t have the facilities to jack it up and get underneath it.
Lastly the Pick Up needs to have its speedo put back in (which I can do) when it comes back from the Gauge Shop after having the mileometer repaired. The joys of owning cars….