Modified
Register Past News
What happened at the December '06 Meeting...
A MASSIVE TURN-OUT!
This meeting was
HUGE!... and was held once more at Jon's place in Oakleigh.
Members and their
friends, prospective new members and some past members
were present
at the anual Christmas break-up... it's getting bigger every year!
Jon organised
a guest speaker, who gave us a talk on a fuel additive.
Supper was supplied
by Jon and the Club.
Former (early
1980's?) MMCCV member and modified enthusiast
Rick Flannigan
was welcomed and joined our ranks!
We all had a
great time and some stayed on till after midnight.
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What happened at the October '06 Meeting....
Damien
Hewish, with his Twincam 998cc 'A' Series head, was guest
speaker
at our October meeting (picture by Richard Milligan)
more
pics....
A HUGE TURN-OUT!
This meeting was
the most successful meeting so far this year, and was
held at Morris
Garages' new premises.
Daimien Hewish
was the draw-card that most members wanted to see.
He gave us a
really great talk on how he managed to adapt a twin cam
head to his A
Series Mini engine.
Our new member
Linsey put his new acquisition, a black 12A Rotary
Convertible,
on display near the front door of the workshop.
After Damiens
talk, Linsey told us how he found ex member Joe
Aquilina's modified
Morris Minor Convertible and the work that he
has done on it
since to get it RWC and CH plates.
We all had a great time and the meeting finished at aprox 11.00pm.
Supper was supplied
by Morris Garages in the form of hot dogs.
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What happened at the August '06 Meeting....
This was our annual winter meeting held at Harringtons Bakeries.
Lloyd fired-up one of those huge bakers ovens to keep us all warm.
Supper was supplied, as promised, by the club in the form of Pizza.
We had a potential new member attend to check us out.
Daryl and Richard
gave their Presidents and Treasurers reports.
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What happened at the June '06 Meeting....
10th ANIVERSARY MEETING
On Thursday 22nd
June a small, but dedicated group of 'die hard'
members met at
Sofia's in Wheelers Hill.
We all enjoyed
ourselves and the food was good.
We were a bit
disappointed at the smaller than expected turn-out,
but it was'nt
bad considering the size of our club.
We had a few
members call beforehand to let us know that they could'nt
make it on the
night, and 'Uncle Lloyd had trouble finding the joint.
For those who
didn't make it... you missed a memorable night.
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What happened at the February '06 Meeting....
ANOTHER BIG TURN-OUT!
Most of our members
turned-up to our annual AGM to pay their membership
fees and work-out
who would make-up the Committee for 2006.
President Daryl
gave a short report and reminded us that this year
was significant
to the club... being it's 10th year!
Richard (our Treasurer)
announced that we had made the right decision to keep
the fees at the
already low $35.00, as this had encouraged everyone to re-new and
we should still
have a surplus after the CAMS Affiliation Fee is paid this year!
We should be
able to build on that surplus throughout the year with supper donations
of a $2 coin
being collected at every meeting... Members will be asked to take it in
turns to provide
sausages and bread at the meetings.
Supper was provided by the club on this occasion.
Our Treasurer
reminded everyone that we are looking to increase our membership
again in 2006,
as our goal is to lower our membership fees (again) in 2007.
March update... It looks like we will have two new members joining our ranks in April (Treasurer).
The 2005 Committee
was elected unopposed, but we still would like some other members
to volunteer
their services for Vice President, Secretary or Events Co-ordinator.
Thanks to Jon
for providing the Venue once again.
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What happened at the December '05 Meeting....
A BIG TURN-OUT!
The last meeting for 2005 saw a return to Jon's place in Oakleigh
All members, plus
their some of their friends (and prospective new members),
came to this
meeting to make it the best attended meeting of the year!
The big announcement
of the evening came from Daryl (acting for our Treasurer, who was
absent), that
CAMS had actually heard our plea and responded by lowering the Affiliation
fee.
This means that
we could actually lower our membership fee for the second year in a row!
... but the Committee
has decided to keep it at the current low $35.00.
... This will
ensure that we can manage other future responibilities and costs this
year and not
rely on donations and the benevolence of some members.
We are looking
to increase our membership again in 2006, as we would like to lower
our membership
fee again in 2007... This goal could be easily achived, as we have
very low overheads
and this puts us in a strong financial position (Treasurer).
Please don't forget
that membership fees (only $35.00!) are now due and need to be paid
by the February
meeting at the latest!
The meeting finished at aprox. 10.30pm and jon had to (eventually) kick us out at 10.45pm.
Thank's to Jon
for providing the Venue, food and hospitality.
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What happened at the October '05 Meeting....
NOTHING MUCH!
The meeting was held at Morris Garages' new workshop.
It was a bit disapointing, as the numbers were down.
Uncle Lloyd's
Panelvan broke down on arrival, so Daryl and Lloyd
spent the first
hour or so sorting out an electical problem.
Supper was supplied by Morris Garages in the form of hot dogs and coffee.
So we fired-up the barbie and pigged out!
Two committee
positions are still vacant.
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What happened at the August '05 Meeting....
The meeting was held at Harringtons Bakeries.
Supper was supplied
as promised by Morris Garages in the form of Pizza.
No (supper) donations
were asked for at this meeting.
Another excellent Newsletter from Daryl!
Daryl and Richard gave their Presidents and Treasurers reports.
Mike gave an update
on the repairs to his car and his progress in
the Victorian
Hillclimb Championships.
Two committee
positions are still vacant.
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What happened at the June '05 Meeting....
The Modified Register
held it's 9th anniversary at our June meeting.
The meeting was
held at Morris Garages.
We raised $8.00
in (supper) donations which will go towards any shortfall
in CAMS Affiliation
costs for 2006 and/or a Trophy Fund for next year.
The supper, in
the form of Hot Dogs and coffee, was donated by Morris Garages.
This was also
to be a farewell meeting to the present site of Morris Garages,
who will be moving
into new premises next month.
Congratulations to Daryl for another excellent Newsletter.
We anounced our new member Russell Pavey from Queensland (see reports above).
Richard reported
that we are in a stronger financial position this year.
All of our 2004
members have renewed, with the possibility of membershop increasing.
Due to lower
overheads, we were able to lower our subscription from $45.00 (2004)
to $35.00 and
we have more money in the bank than this time last year!
We had a very
good turn-out, with 90% of the membership attending!
Future plans
for the club to move forward were presented to the members
for discussion
and we will now wait for member feedback at our next meeting.
Mike gave an update on his progress in the Victorian Hillclimb Championships.
Richard and Daryl
gave an update on Russell Pavey's latest efforts
at the Drag Strips
in NSW.
Two committee
positions are still vacant.
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Modified Register Meeting 21st. April '05......
This is our 9th
year! ... and the Modified Register's 9th anniversary in June.
Congratulations
went to Daryl for a great job as President for the last
14 months...
and also for an excellent Newsletter this month.
Discussion on Russel Pavey's Morris Minor Drag car.
Proposal and agreement on donation for supper to commence from June.
Proposal and agreement on annual trophy for best and fairest racer.
Discussion on
ideas of how to best promote the club in 2005...
Daryl and Richard
to attend more MMCCV meetings this yearand to syncronise
the reports and
articles that are submitted to the Generator, so that the
'Mother Club'
is kept more informed of our activities.
Personalised new membership cards handed out.
Trevor reluctantly
resigns as Vice President... Daryl and Richard
thank Trevor
for his assistance over the last few years
... two committee
positions are now vacant, but no one volunteers.
All moneys have
been banked, and membership dues were finalised
... 2005 CAMS
fee to be finally paid next week.
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Modified Register Meeting 17th February '05......
Thank's to CAMS
lowering their Affiliation fee this year, the Committee has been able
to pass on the
savings and lower our annual membership fee for 2005 to just $35.00!
Membership renewals are now overdue, and are a bargain at only $35.00 for 2005!
Our AGM meeting,
on the 17th of Feb '05, had a 99.9% attendance rating!
No nominations
were received, so nominations were then called for from the floor.
Everyone present
were satistfied with the way the club was being run,
so there were
no changes to the current committee positions.
Several more
memberships were processed... so the bank manager will be happy!
Jon and Martin
are busy building another Morris Minor Speedway car,
using Nissan
Sunny 1400 running gear.
Jon, Sonya and
Martin are running two speedway cars at Eaglehawk in June
and are considering
entering at an MGCC Observed Section Trail this year.
Mike Barker is
going to try-out Morwell Hillclimb for a change in 2005.
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Modified Register Meeting 18th December '04......
No one can remember
what happened!
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Modified Register Meeting 21st October '04......
This meeting was held back at Jon's place in Oakleigh.
We had a really good turn-out !
Jon showed the
"H8 BALL" Speedway video and repeated the funny interveiw with Chester
and Thorpe at Rob Roy Hillclimb
last June.
Jon showed-off
his Marshall supercharger that had just been reconditioned, but wasn't
sure whether he should put it on the
Lilac Racer again,
as he feared Richard would blow it up again.... Martin tried to prevent
Richard from touching it !
We covered the official business of the club. Daryl did a great job as President once again and Richard had to really try not to interfer in the agenda of the meeting... a hard habbit to break after 8 years as President!
Thank's to Jon
for providing the venue and the "snags" and also to "Uncle" Lloyd Harrington
for providing the cakes
and donuts again.
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Modified Register Meeting 19th August '04......
Our last meeting was held at Harrington's Bakeries in Vermont.
Our investigative
Journalist, Jon Gile's, showed us his latest controversial video in which
he used his 'Michael More' journalist style in the interviews
.
The main vedeo
was of Chester Mc Kaige and Thorpe driving their modified Morris Minor
for the first time at Rob Roy on Sunday 18th July...
There were the
expected interviews with Chester, Thorpe and Mark (pit crew and CAMS Official
extrordanaire!)
some very good
and at times funny interviews by Jon.
Chester and Thorpe
have some trouble getting traction at the start, but Thorpe manages a reasonable
time of 35sec. and on his last run has a big loose!
We also viewed a video that Daryl provided on the testing of the Morris Minor on the Autobarns of Germany in the early fifties.
It got too late to see Jon's vedeo of "Hateball" at the Speedway in Eaglehawk, so we called it a night and decided to show this at the next meeting at Jon's place in October.
Thank's to "Uncle"
Lloyd Harrington for providing the warm venue and the cakes and donuts.
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Modified Register Meeting 17th June '04......
Jon Giles and
his pit crew Sonia have put together a Speedway car!
They unveiled
the black monster 'Hate Ball' at our meeting last night.
It's a black
2 Door Morris Minor 1000, running an MG motor and disc brakes...
The
rolling shell was donated (once again) by Martin Fritzlaff and the MG engine
by Simon.
Mike
Barker has entered the Rob Roy Interclub Hillclimb this Sunday 20th June.
