Would you like some cheese to go with that WHINE?

Would you like some cheese to go with that WHINE?

The wine was good, the cheese was good, the munchies were good, and the company was
outstanding. The day turned out to be sunny and
bright and the 30 people who came shared opin-

ions on many varied and sometimes curi-
ous subjects. Hopefully some good new

wine varietals were enjoyed and committed to

memory.

It was the first day of spring and since it did be-

gin with a glorious day let’s hope that it bodes

well for the balance of

our activities for the year. Member highlight

Many thanks to all. page 4

Send in your Tax filing
pictures, stories and 15th April
newsletter ideas to
Next meeting April 11th 5.30pm
Mary Wiley, Editor
[email protected]

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Steve Logan, President

It looks like The North American MGB Registry 2012 National Car Show will be hosted by
Peachtree MG Registry. Our Board of Directors met hard and long on this issue. There
were visits with the Rome Convention Bureau, talks with The Dillard House folks by Dennis
DeLoatch, countless emails to NAMGBR by Tom George, a pro forma by Larry Norton, and
four votes on motions before the board. Everybody knew we were getting to the big deci-
sion, but it was a big step to commit to hold the NAMGBR show. The board persevered and
one more motion resulted in the decision to commit to host the 2012 show in Dillard. Tom
George and Bill Gillson will take the lead, but every member will have their opportunity to
have some of the fun.

Our club has not hosted a National event since the early 90s, but our experience in hosting
the bi-annual Southeast British Car Festival will lead us right into the process. It sounds like
a lot of work to me, but the enthusiasm shown by the people in our club members has con-
vinced me that this is going to be a blast that we will remember for a long time.

The weather is still hanging on to Winter as I right this, but our calendar is ignoring the lin-
gering bad weather and is carrying us into Spring. There is something for everybody on al-
most every weekend. Let’s prep them and crank them and get on the road.

President —Steve Logan—[email protected] (770-578-4141)
V P & Events Coordinator– Larry Norton – [email protected] (404-386-1151)
Secretary/Treasurer—Nancy DeLoatch—[email protected] (770-319-0887)
Membership – Barbara and Paul Flexner – [email protected] – (770-220-3022)
Technical Director – Scott Bohannan – [email protected] – (770-926-9140)
Historian – Tim O’Brien – [email protected] (404-705-9279)
Regalia – Tom Nadelhoffer — [email protected] (770-887-8877)
Newsletter Editor— Mary Wiley— [email protected] (678-743-2466)
Webmaster—Joe Rushing— [email protected] (770-447-8423)

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The Navigators Seat by Larry Norton, Vice President

Spring is finally here and we have a large slate of events to participate in during the month of April.
The “Allure of the Automobile” continues @ the High Museum (www.high.org) and I’m told it is very
good and shouldn’t be missed. There will be an “Allure Auto Parade”, police escorted, from the Fox
Theater to the High Museum on Peachtree Street and then they’ll stage the cars there for a little
while. Participation is by invitation only and is first come, first served. Send a picture and a daytime
phone # to jodi.o’[email protected] and they will contact you if selected. Date on this is
morning of May 8th.
Chris and Poole’s annual Spring Tour is scheduled for Saturday April 3rd with details on the clubs
web calendar. If you can’t make it to Chris’ tour then the Georgia Tech auto show is also on the 3rd
and worth attending.
Cars & Caffine is moved to the second Sunday of April (11th) @ The Avenue’s of East Cobb and
GOF South begins on Friday April the 9th. Don’t forget our meeting on the 11th at Harps Irish Pub.
Brits on the Bay on the 17thm Legends on the Green the 24th and of course The Mitty @ road At-
lanta begins on the 29th and runs through May 2nd
.
A group will be going on Saturday the 1st and will be made up of cars from both the Southeastern T
club and the Peachtree Club. We have reserved a special culb parking area in the infield for Satur-
day and believe we have enough interested to get a free “parade lap”. If you haven’t already sent
me an e-mail with an RSVP please do so @ [email protected] so we’ll have a good count.
Get the LBC’s ready to drive and remember, I encourage your input and participation in your club
and hope to see many of you at future events. As always, thank you in advance for your participa-
tion and support.
Be Safe,
Larry

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Member Car Spotlight Art Knights’ Mr. BEE

Art Knights has owned a num-

ber of MG's over the

years. His first was a 1964

green MGB which he pur-

chased around 1966 when he

was living in N.H. He drove it

to Minnesota when he moved

in1972 and had it for several

more years. Art eventually

sold it and bought an MGA

that had been restored in Cali-

fornia by a man who was in

the Navy. The navy guy was

getting married and needed

money so Art got it for a good

price. When Art was moving

to Miami in 1985 he sold it and

Mr. BEE was actually without an MG
for several years. But the ad-

dictive behavior returned and he bought a 1974 MGB which he restored with new wire

wheels, etc., in 1990. Art went on a lot of activities with the MG Club of Miami of which he

was one of the original members. Then he foolishly thought he was through with MGs and

sold his car and bought a Miata. What a mistake! That really was a pussy-cat car and it

just didn't have the pizzaz of an MG. So there he was in the late 90's with no MG. Poor

deprived man. Then the old longing (addiction) returned when a member of the MG club

said he had a nice "B" for sale that had been restored. When he saw it he was immediately

smitten. “ It was really a solid car, not like so many B's I had owned in the "frozen north"

which were rusted out. It had a new interior, new paint, new top, etc. So I couldn’t control

my behavior, I reached for my check book - Because of the color, and the fact that I was

allergic to yellow-jacket bees, it seemed natural to name him "Mr. Bee." So in 2004 when

they moved to the Atlanta area Mr. Bee moved with them. “Since that time I have had

some mechanical work done on him, put on new sport wheels and new tires. This picture

doesn't show the new wheels. His overdrive was also overhauled and now he zips down

the road like a proper MGB.” He adds that that one thing that has increased his enjoyment

of Mr. Bee is the fact that here in Atlanta he has a downstairs garage where he can store

his cars (he also has a MGTD) and work on them in comfort, having both heat and air con-

ditioning. Art says “At the other end of my 'garage' area I have a large screen TV, a refrig-

erator to keep drinks cool, a computer, etc., etc. I really enjoy my association with our MG

Club very much and I look forward to continued activity.”

Editor’s Note: Each month I would like to spotlight a member’s car and story. Please send your
story and a picture of your car to [email protected]. It can be either long or short, just send
it.

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Chris & Poolie’s

25th Annual Mountain Tour

Poolie and I would like to invite everyone to join us at our house for a day of pic-
nicking, fellowship, and driving British Cars in the North Georgia Mountains. This
will be our 25th tour. Looking back each year has been special to us and we
hope it has been the same for everyone else.

SATURDAY APRIL 3rd, 2010

11:00 Picnic Lunch
Bring your best picnic lunch and lawn basket. We will start off with lunch on our
front lawn at 11:00. This allows everyone to stretch and have a guaranteed bath-
room on a picnic.

1:00 Tour :
After lunch, the tour will start at 1:00. This year’s drive will be going over the

back roads of the North Georgia Mountain.
As always you will need to have your car in good shape because we won’t be
going by any Autozones.

For More Information :
Chris or Poolie Gore at (706) 864 –3527.

Dahlonega Motels:
Days Inn of Dahlonega (706) 864-2338
The Smith House Dining Inn & Country Store (706) 867-7000

DIRECTION’S :
To get to our house from the Atlanta area take Ga. 400 north until it ends. Turn
left on Ga. Route 60 which takes you past the first traffic light and on to the
square in Dahlonega. When you get to the square, go 1/4 around the Court
House, go to the second traffic light and turn left on US highway 19. Drive ap-
proximately 3 miles. Shortly after you past The Wagon Wheel Restaurant, turn
left on Oak Grove Road. Drive 2 miles then turn right on Wash Rider Road. Our
house is the third on the left.
Hope to see you in the hills.

Chris

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1978 MGB Sportster for sale - Sunday, March 07, 2010

Recently rebuilt single carbed engine. Great interior, needs body work. Need to sell for college.
Too much work has been done to list. Call 404-617-0611 Casey or Mark will answer. Thanks

Wanted MGB GT - Thursday, February 11, 2010

Would like a late 60s or early 70s GT. I'm not looking for show quality, but something that runs
and my husband can work on. We probably wouldn't want a complete project car, but somewhat
of a project would be okay. Thanks. Beth Wallace 404-245-3786 (cell) or eliza-
[email protected]

1979 MGB ROADSTER

NEW INTERIOR,SEATS,UPHOLSTERY,PANELS—NEW AM/FM/CD
WITH REMOVABLE FRONT—NEW SPEAKERS
CUSTOM WOOD DASH & SHIFT AREA—MOTOLITE KNOCKOFF
WHEELS/MICHELIN TIRES—DUAL SU CARBS/EXCEEDS
EXAUST STANDARDS—4 SPEED MANUAL SHIFT/ROLLBAR—
NEW ALUMINUM AND LEATHER STEERING WHEEL—(ORIGINAL
STEERING WHEEL INCLUDED) -TANEAU COVER AND BOOT IN-
CLUDED—GARAGED AND PROFESSIONALLY MAINTAINED—

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Tools, Tools and More Tools!

Bring a group of MG lovers together to talk about tools and their wives will start the jokes rolling
off their tongues! Not to worry as this Tech Session at Steve Logan’s home was all about the
metal tools that are required to maintain and repair MG’s of all types. Beginning with Wrenches
(please note the little ‘r’) and continuing through everything imaginable, the group discovered
that there are tools of every shape and size and all are specifically designed for their torque
and maneuverability. Nothing like using too much torque and having the tool break midstream.
It’s also critical that the tool be of the right length and shape to reach those parts that are often
hidden.

Throughout the morning and early afternoon, Steve kept disappearing into his garage to find
more tools of different categories to demonstrate. During these brief absences, other members
pulled tools from their pockets and boxes to describe their special uses. Of particular note
were the handmade items that Craig brought to serve very special purposes and some unusual
items from Barry’s private collection.

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Pay UP or Be Shut Out!!

Hey guys and gals – If you haven’t heard, dues for 2010 are now past due. That’s right! If you have yet to renew your
membership for2010, then you are going to be dropped from the membership roster in the next few days. That means
you will no longer be able to access this wonderful newsletter with all of its great information about upcoming events like
British Motor Car Day in Rome on May 15th and the 3rd Annual Funkana on May 22nd in Alpharetta. Please don’t dilly
dally around anymore – send in your dues if you have not done so yet.

Letters with the Membership Application were mailed to all outstanding members from the last two years recently.
Hopefully, if you are reading this and were among those who received this letter, you jumped on the opportunity and
quickly mailed in your renewal. If not, it is time to do so!

Since we normally have about 140 members by year’s end, it is a bit disappointing to have only 70 as I write this. Hope-
fully, in the coming days we will actually reach that magic number of 100.

Just so you know, as of April 1st, we will begin to remove access to our web site of all members who have not renewed
their 2010 membership. This means that shortly after you read this, if you read it in the first few days of April, you will
no longer be able to access the newsletter or any of the other important details about the Registry’s activities.

Now, if that isn’t a bummer, we don’t know what is….

We would like to welcome our most recent NEW members:

George and Kim Jackson from Alpharetta and their 1960 Red MGA

Barbara and Paul Flexner

Atlanta Collector Car Examiner has first publication

By Tom George

The first of many collector car articles for the Atlanta edition of Examiner.com has been published as of
March 12, 2010. You may want to check this out, as I will be writing about LBCs, little British cars, and MGs
in particular as well as other topics of interest to the general gear-head population. Articles will be published
weekly so check back to my page often.

Examiner.com/Atlanta is full of interesting articles about anything you might care to know about goings-on in
the metro area and authored by local writers covering topics of local interest. Arts, news, restaurants, enter-
tainment, and all things automotive are covered in many interesting categories. You can check out my arti-
cles at http://www.examiner.com/x-41256-Atlanta-Collector-Cars-Examiner. If you wish, you may sub-
scribe to e-mail updates for the latest articles or select an RSS fed for the same.

Future articles will be about upcoming events in the LBC and collector car community, profiles of local busi-
nesses offering services to the community, how-to/advice articles and more. Anticipated weekly publication
dates are Monday, Wednesday and Friday, so check back often to get the latest news and updates. Of
course, if you have a comment about an article or a suggested topic, there is an opportunity for you to com-
ment to me directly through the page or just drop an e-mail to me and let me know what you think.

I hope you will check the page often and also take the time to review other articles of interest to you in the
other areas of examiner.com/Atlanta. You can find me through the above link or go to examiner.com/
Atlanta, select news and politics on the header bar and click on “Transportation” on the drop-down menu. I
don’t know what collector cars have to do with politics, but… hey, I just write the articles!

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This is a short article but one I found very you are passing and let you know when it
important and it works. How many of us is safe to move back over. The center mir-
complain of blind spots in our cars? I saw ror is easy enough to see what is directly
on some TV show how to adjust the exter- behind you.
nal rear view mirrors correctly to cure this.
It does not matter if your mirrors are on the Now, when you are driving, you will see
doors or front fenders. I personally like my what is coming up besides you in what
mirrors as far forward as they can be as it used to be your blind spot. You will be able
only takes an eye flick to see in them but it to see the car until it is almost even with
is easier to adjust those on the doors by the middle of your car, far enough forward
yourself. to see it out of the corner of your eye when
you look to see if anything is there. It takes
The first thing you do is to lean to your left, awhile to get used to not seeing your car or
over the door and look in the mirror. You anything else in the mirrors if you are alone
should see yourself and the left rear cor- on the road, but, in traffic, it makes a huge
ner, assuming a left hand drive car here, of difference. Some slight adjustments may
the car. Now rotate the mirror out so that be needed over time to maximize you view
you just lose the rear corner of the car. but it is worth it to get rid of the blind spots.
This will now, in your normal driving posi- This works on any car, not just our LBCs.
tion, show you whatever is in the lane to
your left as it pulls alongside your car. Of course, it is easier to do on a late model
car that has remote mirrors but a small
Next, lean to your right as far as you can. screwdriver and a friend is all it takes to
Have someone rotate the right side mirror improve rear vision on most old British
until the right rear corner is in the view and cars. I hope you at least try this and give it
then go just past that. You do not want to some time to get used to it. See y’all some-
see your car. This now will show you what where on the road soon.

2 Jane Mitchell 18 Perky Long
3 Susan Hunter 22 Nancy Grossman
6 Jolie Mayo 26 Gina Anderson
12 Chris Sanders 27 Ian O’Shea
13 Rhonda McCartney

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