2015 Club Meetings

March 5, 2015 Meeting

Due to snow and icing of roads,, minutes of the March meeting are not availible as just a handful of people were able to attend.

February 5, 2015 Meeting

Meeting was held February 5, 2015 at the Stagebrush Steakhouse Restaurant. Those present –

· Jim Steppe
· Ed & Jolean Ballard
· Al & Liz Bauerle
· George & Teresa Greene
· Spencer Hogan
· Paul & Kathrin Ireson
· Chuck Gaines
· Ben Bailey
· Juan Dominguez
· Bob & Chris Frazer
· Mike & Joyce Thomas
· Jim Watson

Treasure Report - $795.29 club account and $89.00 flower fund

Old Business –

· Drive Committee met at Cracker Barrel and came up with drives and new activities for the club. See the attached Drive Schedule. Any questions let Ed and Jolean Ballard, Jim Steppe, Spencer Hogan, or Jim Watson know.
· The “Morristown’s First Ever European Car Show” is now being planned and work is underway to make it happen. The Car show flyer and registration is attached for your review and to be able to register your car. See the flyer for all the information. Let the Drive Committee know if you have any questions.
· The April Fools Bash flyer is attached. Please RSVP to TY, see flyer. We need to talk about who is going and where to meet. See flyer for details.
· The Springtime in the Smokies British and European Car show information is also attached.

New Business –

· Update on Car Show – Also club members need to check with Jim Steppe to see what they can do to help.
· March 21 – Saturday’s Tech Session – Details/Jim Steppe
· March 28 – April Fool’s Bash – Details
· Need to update email list with new members

NEXT CLUB MEETING –

· THURSDAY, MARCH 5th - STAGEBRUSH STEAKHOUSE RESTAURANT
· MEET/GREET – 6:45 OR SO
· EAT/TALK – 7:00 OR SO
· MEETING – 8:00 OR SO

IF THE WEATHER IS NOT NICE AND THE ROADS ARE SLICK – I WILL SEND OUT AN EMAIL IN THE MORNING TO CANCEL THE MEETING FOR THIS WEEK AND WE WILL HAVE TO MORE IT TO A MORE DESIREABLE DAY. STAY TUNE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS……………………………….COME ON SPRINGJ

Any questions or comments, let me know.

Thank

Jim Watson
East Tennessee MG Driver’s Club Secretary
865-599-4305
spridget@charter.net

January 2015 Meeting Notes

Those that attended this meeting are:

· Jim & Melinda Watson
· Spencer Hogan
· Jim Steppe
· Ed & Jolean Ballard

Jim Steppe, our “Prez” called the meeting to order.

Treasury report – was $995.29 but reduced by $200.00. $100.00 to MATT (temp. shelter) and $100.00 to Daily Bread (Food help for those in need). Balance = $795.29

Flower Fund balance - $89.00

Reminder – Dues are due. We have two list, the nice list and the naughty list – the naughty list will be published shortly, please get your dues paid.

Old Business – items discussed and are being researched/studied

· Club business cards to share with other British car owners and advertise the club
· Club promotion in newspaper and radio
· Free or reduced membership for 2015 – first time members only
· Picture day – members and their British Car for posting on our web site – looking at February/March
· Movie night - Spencer

Need volunteers to be on drive committee – contact Jim Watson (spridget@charter.net )or Jim Steppe (jstepp3@charter.net). We need some drives and people to lead them.

Jim Steppe is researching with another area club to do a joint car show. More information this month.

New Business – For new business everyone needs to be at club meetingJ

· February 5, 2015, Stagebrush Steakhouse 2323 East Morris Blvd, Morristown, Tennessee 37813 (423-586-7493)
Meet & greet – 6:45 to 7:00
Eat & chat – 7:00 to 8:00
Meeting starts at 8:00 and will usually last about 1 hour

· Status of Jim Steppe’s new garage –

Upcoming events –

· Winter party at the Greenville City Garage Car Museum. Saturday, February 7, 2015. Lunch will be served. $5.00 to get in and $7.00 for lunch ($12.00 per person). The plan is to meet at the Museum around 11:00. Meet and greet with other club members. Look at the Lister Jaguar. The owner may be at the museum to talk about the Lister. Eat lunch around 12:00/12:30. In short, just hang out and have a good time. Last call for RSVP’s. Let me know, Jim Watson, spridget@charter.net . British cars are not required to make this event. Held no matter what the weather – rain/shine or snow – so far we hit all the weather types.

· Saturday, March 28, 2015 – April Fools Bash. Sponsored by the English Auto Society. Will be at Kingston, Tn at the park pavilion. I will forward the flyer. RSVP’s are needed.

Featured Car for February 2015 – (attached photos)

· 1979 MGB – russet brown exterior and beige interior. Proudly named “Mr Ups”. UPS likes coming to our shop.
· Rover 3.5 (purchased from Chuck Hamilton about 4 years ago). The engine is bored 20 over/balanced and has a stage 1 Crowder cam. The carburetor is Edelbrock 500cfm on a Buick 215 alum intake.
· We installed an alum radiator, but are still using the stock MGB electric fans for the time being.
· Transmission is a Ford T-5. The rearend is still MGB
· The suspension has been lowered and front springs and swaybar upgraded.
· The fuel pump is the Edelbrock unit that is matched to the carburetor and mounts in the battery box. The battery has been moved to the trunk.

And that is it for the February featured British Car. If you have any questions, let me know and I will answer them the best I can. Jim Watson, spridget@charter.net

If you would like your British Car to be featured for March, let me know. I can take pictures and write down the information or you can send me the pictures and information. If not, I have about 4 or 5 more I can take pictures and write about.

Questions or comments?

Jim Watson
Secretary – East Tennessee MG Driver’s Club
spridget@charter.net
865-599-4305