COWBOY FIRMS Sadly they are not very obvious, as they don’t all wear Stetsons and Six-guns or call you ‘Pardner’! Herewith are some tips on how to avoid them : 1. Join a car owners club , most of them will be able to give opinions on good and bad companies (see our listings). 2. Always make time to visit and inspect the premises first. 3. Get a detailed and specific written
4. Check if they are members of a good trade federation.
5. Insist on seeing your new engine built. Also that you can be present when the engine is removed to check for any ‘Extra’s’ such as Clutch parts etc.
6. Check how long they have been in business, particularly in the same name.
For example, some ten years ago Thurrock Engine Centre opened for Business offering a wonderful three year unlimited mileage guarantee, Prices 10 to 15% below ours. Then within 2 to 3 years went bankrupt leaving literally hundreds of irate customers up the ‘Swanee’ without a paddle. Guarantee work was not done, or left for so long the customers went elsewhere.
The same people continued in the area, in the same way, through five or six name changes.
7. IMITATORS : They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery - or is it just because they are incapable of thinking for themselves ? We have one local firm whose Advert and Brochures we had to read twice before we realised they were not ours !!
CAR OWNERS CLUBS
We strongly support the owners club concept and urge all our customers to join one. As a member you get useful information from both the club and it’s members. Such as, which suppliers give the best service, which give genuine BHP, torque, fuel consumption figures, which give a guarantee that actually works properly. So you soon find out the ‘Cowboy’ companies and keeps the good one’s on their toe’s ! We for example give a full parts and labour guarantee on all parts we supply. Further, that we guarantee to have you back on the road within a maximum of 7 days of your call, in the event of a problem.
We invite all club secretaries to send us a pen picture profile including details of their national days etc.
The Morgan 4/4 Club, as it was first known, was founded in July 1951 with 63 members. Meetings were held at the Flying Horse at Kegworth and membership was largely Midlands based. The Morgan Sports Car Club, a new name with a new Badge, arrived in the '70's' as, by that time, many members were driving Plus 4s and Plus 8s. Regional Centres were added, particularly during the '70's' and by 1986 there were 30 centres Continuing growth saw achieved in 1998. Overseas clubs flourish America, Middle and Antipodies and some 2,000 members. Continuing growth saw
4,000 membership in Europe achived in 1998. Overseas clubs flourish in Eurpose, North America, Middle and far East and the antipodes and a feature in Morgan life is the number of events organised by overseas clubs to which MSCC members are invited. The MSCC organises an annual MOG event at a different regional centre and this Millennium year it's in Canterbury At the Univesity of Kent. From August 17th-21st 2000 Membership Carol Kennet 01773-830281
A Scimitar is for Life! The Reliant Sabre and Scimitar Owners' Club started in 1972 and was formed by a handful of enthusiastic owners. Since inception, the Club has matured into a professional organisation providing an unprecedented level of service and an excellent magazine, a spare parts service through several committed "Trading Partners", specialist insurance, and technical support services given freely by qualified professionals. We now have over 4,000 enthusiastic members world-wide making us one of the larger one make car Clubs. The Club has 65 local groups - our Noggins - and is represented by associated Scimitar Clubs in many parts of the world. We communicate with our members by way of an award-winning magazine we call SLICE, and we fill its pages with vast quantities of technical information to enable our members to keep their cars running in some cases on a minimalist budget. We are a club affiliated to the RAC for motor sport purposes. The club has a very strong competition group who compete in sprints and speed hillclimb events in many parts of the country and are often guests to meetings run by Aston Martin, Jaguar, Bentley and others. We are the club that caters for all variations of the four-wheel marque. We host an International event each year in one of the European countries. If you have a Reliant Scimitar GTE, GTC, Coupé, SS1, SST, Sabre or Middlebridge Scimitar, membership of our Club is a must. Further information is available from our website at www.scimweb.com, or telephone 0208 9776625
CAR OWNERS CLUBS South Coast Capri Club Neil Reed Tel : 01935 414367 Southern Capri Club 24 Ryder Close Herts SG13 7SH Thames Valley Capri Club 10 Hanbury Drive Beansheaf Farm Estate Calcot Reading RG31 7EJ Tel : 01189 624213 Yeovil & District Capri Club 5 Newbury Terrace Yeovil Somerset BA21 3DP Cortina Mk1 OC (K Clarke) 6 Hobson's Acre Gunthorpe Nottingham NG14 7FF Tel : 0115 9663995 E-Mail : 106553.427@compuserve.com Cortina Mk1 & Ford Owners Club (Miss Helen Pearson) 30 Oban Cresent Adswood Stockport Cheshire SK3 8RW Tel : 0161 612 1361 East Anglia Cortina Group 11 Newgate Road Tydd St Giles Nr Wisbech Cambs PE13 5LH Tel : 01945 870854 Ford Cortina OC (Simon Sellers) 1 Brathay Place Fleetwood Lancs FY7 8DJ Tel : 01253 878567 Ford Cortina MkII Owners Club 78 Church Avenue Broomfield Essex Ford Cortina MkIII Owners Reg (Keith Macey) 4 Fron Dirion Bron Eryri Nebo Caernarfon Gwynedd LL54 6EN Tel : 01286 881424 Ford Cortina 1600E Enthusiasts Club (Ian Gordan) 4 Harvard Close Lewes East Sussex BN7 2EJ Ford Cortina 1600E Owners Club (Dave Johnson) 16 Woodlands Close Sarisbury Green Nr. Southampton Hants AV0 Owners Club 21 Carey Hockley Tamworth Staffs B77 5QB Tel : 01827 707510 Ford Escort 1300E OC 44 Third Avenue Chelmsford Essex CM1 4EY Tel : 0208 3390572 Ford Escort Mk1 Owners Club 1 Port Lane Colchester Essex CO1 2JF RS MKII Escort Club (Phil Teear) 26A Gloucester Avenue Systen Leicester LE7 2EL The Sporting Escort Owners Club 30 Rowan Way Thurston Suffolk IP31 3PU Ford Granada MkI, II, III Club (Cliff Robinson) 29 Rowlands Close Cheshunt Herts. EN8 9NW Tel : 01992 631107 (evenings) Ford Granada Mk1 Owners Club (Jonathan Lillystone) 65 Perry Street Darwen Lancs BB3 3DG Ford Granada MkI & MkII Drivers Guild (Terry Head) 13 Scarsbrook Road Kidbrooke London SE3 8AF Tel : 0208 265 5229 www.uk-classic-cars.com/ford-mk2-granada.htm Granada Enthusiastics Club (Philip Snow) Dept. C Freepost (MID 12078) Newcastle Staffs ST5 4BR Tel : 01782 657697 Granada Club Scotland (Tom Montgomery) 12E Market Street Musselburgh East Lothian EH21 6PT Tel : 0131 653 2446 Granada MkII Collection For Details Phone / Fax Rod or Jean on 0116 225 8598 MKII Granada Owners Club (Paul Farrer) 58 Jevington Way Lee London SE12 9NQ Tel : 0208 857 4356 Mobile : 0860 857 639 Ford Anglia 105E Owners Club (Martin / Jacki Lewis) 81 Compton Road North End Portsmouth Hants PO2 0SR Ford Corsair Owners Club (Liz Checkley) 7 Barnfield New Malden Surrey KT3 5RH Tel : 0208 395 4089 Fiesta Club of GB (Sara Church) 145 Chapel Lane Farnborough Hants GU14 9BN Tel : 01276 35422 Ford Drivers Register (Neil Jones) 86 Muncaster Gardens East Hunsbury Northampton NN4 0XR Ford Mondeo Owners Club 58 Chelmer Drive South Ockendon Essex RM15 6EE Tel: 01708 853601 (1pm-6pm) Terry Hackney Ford Executive Owners Register (George Young) 31 Brian Road Chadwell Heath Romford Essex EM6 5DA Ford GT40 Enthusiasts Club (Chris Edwards) Glenwood House 1 Glenwood Court Fair Oak Hants SO50 7LP Tel : 02380 696015 Ford MkIII Zephyr & Zodiac Owners Club 27 Shirley Grove Edmonton London N9 8ES Ford RS Owners Club PO Box 4044 Pangbourne Reading Berks RG8 7XL Tel : 0118 9841583 Fax : 0118 9842424 MkIV Zephyr & Zodiac Owners Club 94 Claremont Road Rugby Warks CV21 3LO Orion Enthusiasts Register (Robin Campbell) 38 Ash Road Stratford East London Tel : 0208 534 7325 Pre-'67 Ford OC (Alastair Cunninghame) 13 Drum Brae Gardens Edinburgh EH12 8SY Tel : 0131 339 1179 Small Ford Club (A. Carter) 115 Woodland Gardens Isleworth Middlesex TW7 6LU Tel : 0208 568 3227 Ginetta Owners Club (Steve Fidler) 35 Idmiston Road Worcester Park Surrey KT4 7ST Jersey Classic Vehicle Club (Tony & Chrissy Quenault) 1 Southill Cottages Southill St. Helier Jersey JE2 4UR Tel : 01534 873827 Club Marcos International The Spinney Littleworth Lane Whitley Melksham Wiltshire Marcos Owners Club (Roger Garland) 28 Meadow Road Worcester WR3 7PP Tel : 01905 458533 Morgan Sports Car Club Old Forge Lodge Ogston Higham Alfreton Derbys DE55 6EL Panther Car Club Ltd (Roger Burn) Calloways Copt Green Lapworth Solihull B94 5PQ Tel : 01564 782508 Panther Enthusiasts Club UK (George Newell) 91 Fleet Road Cove Farnborough Hampshire GU14 9RE Tel / Fax : 01252 540217 E-Mail : george.newell@purely-panther.freeserve.co.uk Website : www.pecuk.freeserve.co.uk Reliant Owners Club (Joy Chappel) 19 Smithey Close High Green Sheffield South Yorkshire Reliant Sabre & Scimitar Owners Club (Geoff Eldridge) PO Box 67 Teddington Middlesex TW11 8QR Tel : 0208 977 6625 E-Mail : scimitar@scimweb.com Scimitar Drivers Club International Please send 6x4 SAE to : Steve Lloyd 45 Kingshill Durley Gloucs GL11 4DG or Tel : Peter Harper 01453 548887 Southend & District Classic Car Club (Gordon Franklin) 230 Rochford Road Southend-on-Sea Essex SS2 6TW Tel : 01702 544044 Fax : 01702 302841 TVR Car Club PO Box 36 Telford TF6 6WF Tel / Fax : 01952 770635 
About The UK’s No1 Panther Car Club
Why was it formed ?
The Panther Enthusiasts Club UK was formed by a team of five long term enthusiasts Panther owners (with over 49 years of committee experience) to provide a means for other Panther car enthusiasts
To socialise, give help on all car related matters, promote the Panther Car Marque, and above all to have fun !! As a club we can offer Panther Parts, Club Regalia, valuation certificates, regional meetings, National events, advice and much much more !!
National Day 27th August 2000
Knebworth Park Hertfordhsire
Membership Mike Hatton 01480 218018
AC Owners Club Ltd
8 Nether Way
Upper Poppleton
York YO2 6JQ
Tel : 01904 793563
Mustang Owners Club of GB (Aprill Keighley)
21 Raleigh Close
Eaton-Socon
Huntingdon PE19 3NN
Tel : 01480 477254
E-Mail : aprill@freezone.co.uk
Avalon Capri Club
Halewood
32 Hill Head Close
Glastonbury
Somerset BA6 8AL
Burton-on-Trent & District Capri Club (Mick Ward)
56 Lichfield Road
Branston
Burton-on-Trent DE14 3HD
Tel : 01283 716345
Capri II Register (Kevin Hickling)
14 Beechfield Road
Welwyn Garden City
Herts AL7 3RF
Capri Club International
Arthur Street Central
Lakeside
Redditch
Worcs B98 8JY
Tel : 01527 502066
Capri Club North East (Jeff Smith)
38 Garsdale
Vigo
Birtney
Tyne & Wear DH3 2EZ
Tel : 0191 4102843
Capri Club Scotland
84 Locksley Avenue
Knightswood
Glasgow
Capri Drivers Association
9 Lyndhurst Road
Coulsdon
Surrey CR5 3HU
Ford Capri Enthusiasts Register (Glyn Watson)
7 Louis Avenue
Bury
Lancs BL9 5EQ
Ford Capri 280 Register (Mark Smith)
5 Duchy Avenue
Worsley
Manchester M28 7HB
Ford Classic & Capri Owners Club
1 Verney Close
Covingham
Swindon
Wilts SN3 5EF
Humberside & Lincs Capri Club
2 Station Road
Donington-on-Bain
Louth
Lincs LN11 9TR
Kings Lynn Capri Club (Martin Wells)
11 Woodview Road
Upper Marham
Kings Lynn
Norfolk PE33 9JX
Manchester Capri Club (Mark Smith)
5 Duchy Avenue
Worsley
Manchester M28 7HB
Tel : 07860 568188
E-Mail : mss19@mss62.fsnet.co.uk
Mid-Warwickshire Capri Club (Isobel Fairbrother)
The Tudors
Tamworth Road
Fillongley
Nr Coventry CO7 8DY
E-Mail : emailus@fordcapriclub.freeserve.co.uk
Mk1 Capri Register (Isobel Fairbrother)
The Tudors
Tamworth Road
Fillongley
Nr Coventry CO7 8DY
E-Mail : emailus@fordcapriclub.freeserve.co.uk
