Monthly Meeting Minutes June 18, 2018

36 Members in attendance

CMGC President Dean Hickenlooper opened the meeting at 8:01 pm. Dean welcomed guest David Fernire, owner of a 1974 MGB GT needing some repair. Dean noted that we as a club can assist in what is needed to get on the road.

  Car Projects
Tim Schafer still working on an elusive starting issue.
Kevin Carlson recently retrofitted his 1969 MGB with overdrive at MG Limited and updated his carburetion from Weber to SUs. Big performance difference.
Seth Jones is assisting Jim Smith with issues with a manifold on his 1974 Midget. In addition, he has replaced valve cover gaskets, headlight harness and currently working on a heater valve.
Jim Compton went to Blackhawk Farms Raceway to watch CMGC members race. Jim’s car would not run successfully and had to be towed back to Illinois. The culprit was a 28 mF condenser failure in the ignition system.
Dino Perez is currently working on the RV8 right-front wheel bearings. Still looking for a buyer for his unique MGB limo.

Past Events (detail summaries of these events are in this issue of Driveline issue)
June 01-03 – Jo Daviess Tour – 25 participants in a great weekend outing. A few car problems dampened the spirit of the event but a good event in all.
June 9 -- Miata Autocross I – was a wet day to start. Jim Compton was the only MG participant.
June 15 – Highland Games and Car Show turned out to b a blistering hot day. No CMGC member cars were in the winning during the event.

June 17 -- Blackhawk Vintage Classic – Two CMGC members competed in this event and Dave ‘Cowboy’ Bralich said this was his best run yet at racing.

Upcoming Driving/Social Event Schedule (additional details of these events are in this Driveline issue)
June 23 -- Land’s End Rally
June 27-31 — Gathering of the Faithful (GOF) - Ray Costa still looking for additional members to assist with this event. Contact him at 217-390-5300.
July 7 -- Mid-Summer MG Party –
July 21 -- Golf Course Tour & Picnic –
July 29 -- 42/52 Anniversary Tour –

Staff Reports
Finance – Treasurer Phil Wydra noted the club is in good shape with $7,323 in checking and $19,242 in savings. For a total of $26,565.
Library – no report
Regalia – George Phariss reiterated that Fieldhouse is closing operation in July. No new orders will be accepted. George is working on a replacement vendor for regalia.

Break/ 50:50 raffle – CMGC member –Bernie Mayer-- was the winner of $28 and opted to rollover the earnings.

With no further business to discuss, president Dean Hickenlooper closed the meeting at 9:18 pm.

Respectfully submitted,
Victor L’Heureux
CMGC Secretary

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by another name would smell as sweet.” That’s Shakespeare. Or as Andy Griffith might say, “No matter what you call a rose you can’t do nothing about the way it stinks.” Although I named my boat ‘Paid IV,’ in our house we do not have names for our cars. Thanks to Mr. Bill, Deb’s Alpine is sometimes called ‘the Plymouth,’ but the Mini is referred to as the ‘Mini’ and the MGB is called the ‘B,’ except on those extremely rare occasions where there are mechanical issues (and we all know how infrequent those are with MGs) at which times I call it ‘lousy piece of British cr**’ or other such names containing numerous four letter words not suitable for this publication.

So, what’s in a name? If your MG has a name that catches the fancy of our distinguished panel of judges, you may be the winner of an MG related prize. Email me your car’s name at least one day prior to the July 2018 meeting to be eligible. My email address can be found elsewhere in this issue, that’s part of the contest. As usual, bribing the judges with adult beverages is permissible, in fact encouraged. But may not be successful.

~~ Bill Mennell