British Motor Club of Utah

Club veterans will remember the well received tech session on upholstery presented by Dale Hancock in November 2003.  Dale has agreed to conduct another such session 10am Saturday January 16, at ThermPro, J. Jennings’ place of business, 280 W. Plymouth Avenue in South Salt Lake.

Dale does beautiful work on interiors and tops for collector cars and motorcycles, including wood dash refinishing.  He makes upholstery from scratch, as well as installing replacement kits supplied by marque specialists. The session will cover basics of care, rejuvenation and repair. Attendees are invited to bring examples needing attention for Dale to analyze and recommend remedies.  These can be items carried in, or complete cars parked outside the shop.

Plymouth Avenue is a short dead end street off 300 West, just north of 3900 South.  ThermPro’s phone number is 801-268-9658.  The session should run 1-1/2 to 2 hours, including questions and socializing. Thanks to the Jaguar Club for organizing this event.

There is a U.S. Marshall’s Auction of collector type cars to be held on January 7, 2010 in North Salt Lake. There are some British cars of sorts to be auctioned off, as well as quite the range of others — entertainment for a cold winter’s day if nothing else.

http://www.salesandauction.com/jan710.htm

The location for this gathering was Larry’s idea and it became obvious that a lot of the BMCU members agreed with his choice. Diamond Lil’s is probably one of the most unique restaurants in Utah. If you can imagine Knott’s Berry Farm you’re there. It’s a total wild west saloon and eatin’ house both inside and out and seats 500 within the various rooms. It didn’t start out this way though, it was a modest home in 1969 and remodeled with old barn wood and cabin logs to seat 32. Prime rib and bread were baked in a home sized gas oven. That was then but the original charm is still there now.

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Wow oh Wow oh Wow!!!! Sunday’s impromptu road trip was awesome.  The weather cooperated and we had a great time cruising through the mountains.  We had four Brit-mobiles, one Mercedes chase vehicle and two others in LBC’s who headed up the canyon before us.

Particiapants were:  Kevin and Marie, Austin Healey; Larry and Margaret, TR6; Rich, TR 250; Roger and Jill, Sunbeam; Paul, Mercedes.  Sorry, I missed who the other two people were who headed up the canyon before us (sources tell us this was the Jahnkes).

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It’s hard to believe the summer has gone and were talking about an End of Season Dinner — but we are so here’s the information so far.

It’ll be at Diamond Lil’s at 1528 West North Temple October 24th at 6:00 PM. Diamond Lil’s has a bar facility and we have a large room reserved for our club.