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 breakdown on costs.
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
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
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.scimitarweb.co.uk, club.secretary@rssoc.co.uk or telephone 0118 954 0725.
Reliant Sabre & Scimitar Owners Club, John Unwin (club secretary), PO Box 67, Reading, RG6 9HH
CAR OWNERS CLUBS
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
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 : 0118 954 0725
Scimitar Drivers Club International
Please send 6×4 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