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Welcome to the Official Website of the Northern Roadsters Club Website was last modified on 24/01/2022
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IntroductionFormed initially from a group of like-minded people over a decade ago the informal club became official in October 2006. Many members of the Club have a long history of competing in motor sport events, with members competing at a high level in Hillclimbs, Sprints, Autocross, Autotests, circuit racing, Rallies, and Navigational Runs. It aims to be encouraging to new members to start competing and then providing the stimulus for them to further develop their skills. Many members of the club come to it with no competitive inclination, but simply a love of the hand-built car and the open road, and the cheerful friendship of like minded enthusiasts. The club runs many events to cater for these members too. Of course many competitive members like to join in with the social side too! Our programme of events is formulated annually and constantly updated, and we welcome requests from all members. If people want to do it, in a roadster, and it's legal, we'll organise it! (Probably). Our main object is to encourage
interest in
enjoying wind-in-the-hair, seat-of-the-pants motoring in all its forms,
and our emphasis is on 4 wheeled hand-built or modified cars and
motorsport. Membership is open to adults of any age or sex with neither
age, nor type of car owned, precluding participation. It is not
necessary to own a vehicle to gain the benefit from our club as
armchair enthusiasts and spectators are just as welcome but members
active with their own transport gain the most.
As part of its communication process, the Club also publishes 'Torque
Tales', its own newsletter containing news and information for members.
There is a continuing need for willing helpers, both male and female at
our events and there is a vital and interesting role to be played by
anyone keen to act as a marshal or other representative of the Club.
Are you interested in finding out more? Then come down to one of the
events in our calendar, or our monthly 'first Friday' meet The Old Colonial, Check our calendar page for details of our forthcoming activities.
Club membership gives you car insurence discount with A-Plan Click here to go to their Specialist Car page on their website Latest NewsJune and the new bank
account was applied for. We are just now waiting for them to contact the officers
individual to confirm details then we can transfer our money away from the How
Silly Bringing Charges bank. IVA tales ensued followed by 0GL Chaos with brake
repairs on one car and the water pump on the other which blew up on the four
post just after the MOT was signed off! So time for a timing belt and pump kit
(Mmm wonder where the engine came from?) Does he go for standard M16 callipers again
or some fancy Wilwood or Hi-Specs? Researching all things MK2 Escort and one
company wanted to charge £74 per calliper to repair the seals and pistons, however
a previous search on the internet found a pair of new callipers for £84 a pair
delivered. Wonder which way that decision went? Then discussions followed about which brake
pads are best. Four people gave six opinions! Johnny Petrolhead said thought he
had a pair of M16 callipers spare any way. Sec got mixed up about the Harewood Hill
Climb dates but it is this weekend for a doubleheader including the VSCC. Huddersfield
had a couple of sporting showings firstly at the
Ah, the March AGM
that wasn’t as there has been little to report about but April will see some
speedy official missives. A nice evening was enjoyed buy all. Sec’s yellow
machine is still waiting for a new water pump, and the MBE single seater still
won’t start. Milly (the car) is ready,
needing just a little software correction to keep the nasty emission gasses at
bay and it seems Malton is the test centre of choice as they seem to have a
better understanding of all things kits. The BIG question was - who is the
greatest Grands Prix driver of all time? Fangio,
January First Frost Friday and the snow came, then part melted, then froze solid leaving this correspondents road somewhat like a skating ring and being downhill all the way to a crash at the bottom was a potential trip too far!. Those few that attended the first meet of the year found the Colonial closed. So they decamped to the Dusty Miller over the road. Will the pub reopen? Was it a mini glitch in the Omicron stakes? More will be revealed in due course…… ====================================================================
December
2021 and
just 9 made it. Mr. Darkbeer upholding the Scrooge tradition commenting
on his
Southfork Vegas neighbours sapping most of the power grid so Marlinman
rushed
off to get a model tractor previously promised but never presented.. November
November
& remember- to come a different way other than
Another & August Rainy Day but with evening approaching started drying so only 3 cars chanced it with the rest attending in tin tops. The car park was all painted with a poppy pattern (for Armed Forces Day) and Mr Darkbeer suggested playing hopscotch after spluttering in his ale about the cost of Premier Inns these days. Of course we discussed THAT crash and we all agree it was 50/50 and Verstappen should have opened the steering like Leclerc did later. The latest chapter in the Blyton tales were told that had several drooling over the new mezzanine floor full of oily bits for racing cars. Olympics fuelled the ‘feel good’ factor. Fencewrecker stated he doesn’t like the F-Type he drove, he thought it was tinny with cheap switch gear inside. Debates about electric cars future, a.k.a. delays to trips recharging them, confusion over which app/charger to use on long trips and he big one of anxiety woes having no charge left. So hybrids win it with great instant acceleration and no refuelling panic. Does everybody want electric? Second-hand diesel values counter the electric argument with prices soaring with demand. Leccy bikes got a shout but just like cars range is again the issue. OK if the commute is only short. Corgi Man is still having Mazda Eunos engine woes trying to get any info about the age of a known 1991-94 engine being officially accepted by the IVA bods. Three events on agenda, Firstly the Hudds Motor Club Centenary Celebration run on 14th August up Holme Moss hill, then Stoneleigh Kit Car Show or Tractor Pulling over the hills in Preston but both on August Bank Holiday weekend. The date is booked for the club Christmas dinner 18th Dec. July saw a meagre
turnout with birthday celebrations, anniversaries, holidays given as
non-attendance excuses but it was still fun for the consenting few. Sec
even
forgot it was Friday but after a phone prompt hot-footed it down to
join us. All
cars that turned up were RED so a motion was raised to rename the
unofficial
club with a different prefix. Nice to see the recently tuned Marlin on
the road
with newly ported heads and matching inlet pipes, tapered valves and
just run
in with 500 miles just completed. However the headlights (aka candles)
need
more oxygen to flare them up a bit. Fencewrecker reminisced about his
agricultural
days and boyhood contraceptive interruptive services whilst IVA
& SVA tales
provided lots of amusement especially with tales of support car boots
providing
valuable stash space for pre and post test swapsies, all amusingly
watched by
DVSA aficionados. June and a hot evening sitting outside (finally)
with the stalwarts reunited
after such a long time apart, shared lockdown tales and Covid Vaccine
woes. Millie
(so called because it was started in the Millennium !) has been
IVA’d and has 4
majors and a few minor issues to resolve. The
minors are easy, the majors are somewhat
taxing as one requires finding the age of a spanking new off the shelf
Mazda V6
engine bought in the 90’s (where is there a list of engine
numbers to
correspond to the age?), another involves taking out the exhaust which
runs
through the body and another to sort the wheels protruding outside the
body buy
a few millimetres. Still it will be sorted – eventually.
Some folks have been busy extending houses. The weekend
of the 25th June will see the first Yorkshire
Motorsports Festival
postponed from 2020 so a few may go to it and the pub quiz is returning
so will
be added to the agenda when the usual participants feel comfortable
indoors
again. Activites Due to Reccommence soon after easing of Covid restrictions ====================================================================
Update 20/01/2021 - with Lockdown 3 now in force we await mass vaccinations and the easing of restrictions in the hopes that we can all socialise again. There could be light at the end of the 2021 tunnel,, unless people don't adhere to the rules then it could just be a train coming the other way ! ===================================================================== Bob & Craig -
It was with great sadness to hear about the untimely death of two of
our
members Bob and Craig Rowell who both succumbed to the Covid-19 virus.
Both
will doubtless now be motoring on in another place. Bob sought us out
when he
moved into the area followed by Craig soon after. In their brief time
with us,
we all got to know them both and their many car related anecdotal
tales. They
will be sadly missed. ![]()
March
& AGM –
with February
Early
on, Sec was surrounded by Porsche owners, but survived the situation by
drinking all the Gravy - nice one Carol. Mr.
Tango turned up with face fungus that put
us all to shame. It
was a no show for Mr
Treasurer, and even our Glorious Leader had been told he had better
things to
do! Mr Bland had a
bulge under his coat
- two toy Parrots... but they've found new lodgings at January
20 &
the core came, others forgot! This year we look forward to two Kit Car
Shows
again (Newark is back), and a summer with two HUGE Yorkshire Festivals,
one possibly
with a stand for our kits and Holme Moss with the Huddersfield Motor
Club’s celebration
centenary event when Mr. (not a Sir in those days) Malcolm Campbell
took the
record on the hill 100 years ago and this still stands
today. A few were taken for test runs in Porkers then a debate
about tyre sizes ensued with a comparison between the Nissan
350/380Z’s/GTR’s
and Porkers. General topics of conversation included some
discussion
about incorrect setup of motorbike carbs, NCP car park fines with
Tesco/Sainsbury’s/B&Q
all managing to secure fines from the unsuspecting returning to take
purchases
back! For more narratives of our monthly gatherings and adventures take a look at our History page The Northern Roadsters Club, Every First Friday 7.30 - 8pm at The Old
Colonial ![]() |
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