BMW Historic
Motor Club UK

The Chairman and the Committee would like to wish all our members a very Happy Motoring Year

The Chairman notes - Techno Classica Car Show.

This year’s annual Techno Classica Car Show is being held in Essen from 7th – 11th April, (www.siha.de). If you are looking for parts or accessories for your historic BMW this show is well worth a visit. It is one of the largest shows of its type in the world so you would certainly need to allow more than one day to cover it. It has become a popular meeting place for a number of our Club members, who are regular visitors.

Apart from the autojumble there are many stands for vintage, classic and prestige cars, motor sport, motorcycles, spare parts and restoration as well as numerous club stands. The nearest airport is Düsseldorf International, which is a twenty minute taxi ride from the show.

Handbooks

We are still aiming to reproduce the 315/319, 327 and 328 handbooks to the original specification; with the lovely bound covers, these copies will cost between £30 and £40. Register your interest with John Muschamp either by post at the Club’s address or by e-mail on chairman@bmwhistoricmotorclub.co.uk .

The Club Website

Visit the new website for BMW HMC www.bmwhistoricmotorclub.co.uk, and see photos of each model produced, with an in-depth fact sheet covering engine, transmission and chassis dimensions, and how many were built. Information about Club’s events is also presented.

T.T.Workshops Ltd

We have been informed that on 2nd December 2009 T.T. Workshops Ltd of Westbury made a Company Voluntary Arrangement with its creditors and members, and as a result is able to continue trading. Any further information can be obtained directly from James Harris of T.T.Workshops.
Tel: 01373 823603

VSCC New Year's Day Jolly at The Royal Oak

Mark Garfitt says:- "We had a cold, bright and sunny day at Much Marcle between Ross-on-Wye and Ledbury. Some 118 pre-war cars came from all directions...the really good news is that the self-judging Concours was won by our Chairman and his wife, John and Fabienne with their superb 1939 FN-BMW 327/80 LMF 225 dhc. There was strong competition from a broad cross-section of cars including my 1937 319/55 FMC 119! The question to be answered was 'which car would you like to take home other than your own', and, of course, seeing that lovely lined hood erected had some appeal on a cold and frosty day ! Well done the Muschamps ! Well done the 327!"

Changed hands…

Earlier this year Norman Mascall bought JMP 5, the ex-Fane FN-BMW 328, from Andrew Baker. This is an up-and-running and historic, car but Norman will undoubtedly be itching to do something to it !

James Peacop has bought HMG 323 ch.70265, 1936 FN-BMW 315 4-str. cabriolet, from Tom Docherty, whose late father David, owned the car from 1978 until 2006. According to the AFN records, the car was originally sold to the Brooklands Motor Co. on 19/10/36 (with disc wheels), who then sold it to Florence Dormer, of Godalming, on 18/3/38. Although it had been with Brooklands all that time, by 12/4/38 when AFN did the 500 mile service, it had still only done 511 miles. (Nice to have a snippet of early history - Ed)

2010 Subscriptions Renewal

It is that time of the year again, Subscriptions Renewal !. By now you should have received the instructions, including a Standing Order form to be used for the renewal. Kindly ensure that your payment reaches us by early

January, 2010. If you have not received or have mislaid the Renewal Form or are not sure if you are already paying by Standing Order please contact Fabienne Muschamp on 01242 870419 or email:secretary@bmwhistoricmotorclub.co.uk

Recent Competition Results

The full list of 2009 Competition results will be published in the February 2010 Magazine. Members taking part in events are asked to send details of their participation in these to Ken MacMaster, Insetton House, Dordale Green, Belbroughton, Nr.Stourbridge DY9 0BA. Tel: 01562 730798 , e-mail: kenandimacmaster@btinternet.com

VSCC Welsh Rally 11th October 2009 Mark Garfitt FN-BMW 319/55 FMC119, navigator Dood Pearce 1st Class award, & Talyllyn Trophy

VSCC Autumn Sprint Goodwood 24th Oct 2009

Class 4 Standard and Modified Sports cars 1501 – 2000cc unsupercharged 1st Ken MacMaster FN-BMW 328 EPP 770, 25.2 secs

Class 8 and 9 combined Special Sports cars up to 1500cc unsupercharged 3rd Oliver Penney FN-BMW 315/1 YMV 13, 144.1 secs
4th John Muschamp FN-BMW 315 Sports COM 863 144.7secs

Class18 1950’s Sports/Racing cars John Ure driving Peter Mann’s FN Le Mans Rep finished 2nd in class with a time of 128.1secs.

AC Owners Club Goodwood Sprint 7th November 2009

1st and new record Chris Forster 329 Special, J 9521, 111.34secs 2nd Ken MacMaster FN-BMW 328, EPP 770, 113.26secs 3rd Andrew Mitchell Bristol 401 Special 113.72 secs

VSCC Lakeland Trial, 7th November 2009
Class 1A Short-wheel based standard cars - 2nd Class Award Stephen Fathers Batten Special

Gillie Tyrer Memorial Trophy

The final round for this award (highest number of points scored by a club member in sprints and hill climbs during a season) was the AC Owners Club Goodwood Sprint, held on Saturday 7th November. Up to that event, Ken MacMaster had a commanding lead with 8 class wins and a fourth, from nine starts, with John Muschamp lying second just 8 points clear of Chris Forster.

VSCC Annual Trophies 2009

Ken MacMaster won the Frazer Nash Car Club's Frazer Nash Archives Trophy for the best performance in a Frazer Nash-BMW during the year and Mark won the Archives Runner-Up award.

Mark Garfitt won the VSCC Rally Drivers Trophy outright and, his navigator, Dood Pearce, took second place in the Navigators’ Trophy. Dood was admired by all and sundry during the recent Stanley Cup for his extremely competent and helpful navigation - “second place isn’t an option”.(his quote…) Mark also came second in the VSCC Thoroughbred Trophy.

Those members, who are also members of the Frazer Nash Car Club and/or members of the VSCC, will have noted that the Frazer Nash Car Club have won the prestigious VSCC Intermarque Trophy, again! It is nice to know that stalwarts from our own club have made a substantial contribution to this victory. The Frazer Nash Car Club accumulated 150 points during the years VSCC

competitions, the Riley Club 133 points and the Austin Club 111. Competitors from the BMW HMC contributed an essential 35 points towards the Frazer Nash winning total - well done all members competing, particularly Ken MacMaster, Mark Garfitt, John and Fabienne Muschamp…!

Frazer Nash Car Club Championships Points scored in 2009

Ken MacMaster will be publishing an analysis of our members’ results in the above Championship in the next issue of “Historic BMW”. For the record, the scores gained by the top seven competitors in this year’s Championship were as follows:-