Winding Down 2005

                                                          

Seems as though we're nearing the end of a very infamous 2005 hurricane season without further unwanted visitors into the Northern Gulf.  Please knock-on-wood if available.

 

Everyone is looking forward to next years car shows and gatherings, taking inventory and making adjustments.

 

On October 29, 2005 the South Alabama British Car Club hosted a day long gathering for area clubs.  In lieu of the Grand British Car Festival they held a slightly scaled back gathering at the usual location on the still beautiful eastern shore of Mobile Bay in sunny

Fairhope Alabama. 

 

Scaled back is a somewhat misnomer as many very nice cars came in for the one day event.

 

Martha and I traveled over from the children's place in Moss Point MS and enjoyed the company of many folks from Louisiana, Alabama and Florida who had driven in for the day.

 

Pat and Barbara Cashman made it down in their Jag Mk II and 2004 Best of Show Winner at Brits by the River, Danny Varnardo made it over in his 1958 MGA.

 

Money was taken up by the SABCC for the American Cancer Society and for

St. Margaret's Church in Bayou La Batre an area hard hit during the 2005 Gulf Hurricanes.

 

The highlight of the gathering was the hotly contested valve cover races at this years show.

 

The EMC would like to thank the SABCC for holding a great gathering here at the end of a very tough year for many of our fellow hobbyist.

 

On November 12th, Martha and I drove up to visit with Martha's brother Allen and

Sherry Spragins to view the newest addition to the MG's in the EMC.  Allen has recently had their MGB returned from a restoration at Tom Bedenbough's Imports and Sports in Memphis TN.

 

Tom's done a really nice job on the "B".  Fellow EMC'ers are looking forward to seeing it at upcoming events.

 

We did manage to slow the "B" long enough to get Allen and Martha to pose with the new addition.

 

Other folks in the news?  Long time EMC'er John Simmers appeared in the Nov/Dec

MGB Driver magazine joining the 100k mile club.  Keep at it John, 200k can't be far away.

 

It's been a rather rough year for our hobby in the southeast with the hurricanes or their aftermath taking over many of our activity weekends during the fall.  Luckily for all we survived and all look forward to sunnier days and clearer roads in 2006.

 

Happy motoring

 

Gene Johnston