03-02-2022, 11:40 AM
Alan, I certainly don’t want to fall out with any Seven owner, whilst we may occasionally have a vigorous debate we buy and sell and swap bits and pieces and are a great reservoir of knowledge and experience.
The VSCC is a different matter. I was a member for a mere quarter of a century, and have left after feeling deeply insulted by the present regime. The remarks made at the AGM about certain pre-war cars was blatant snobbery. The dubious voting on post war eligibility now welcomes machines that have no engineering or design relevance to post vintage, let alone vintage.
The action of banning a number of us from the last Measham for using LED bulbs in otherwise original cars seems wholly random and lacking any strategic thought now that alternators, and electric water pumps, are considered eligible.
The relationship between Sevens and the VSCC has always been turbulent, as an example, what ended up after the public falling out primarily about 15” wheels in 2003?
The Seven can be a car to be welcomed at shows or driven to garden centres. It is also a machine the completion life of which began before it went into production, and which in speed, trialling or other disciplines continues vigorously to this day. I know a number of people who have said good by to the VSCC, but I will continue to organise with them or compete against them as members of other clubs, quick ad break to promote the PWA7C!
I do not want to be disapproved of by any sporting Sevenists as we will need everybody’s co-operation on Sunday 3rd July. Drivers in VSCC classes, and Bert Hadley competitors enjoying their second day of ascending Shelsley, will be gathered for a great big group photo to celebrate the hundred years of hill climbing Sevens. Any forumists with cat herding experience?
The VSCC is a different matter. I was a member for a mere quarter of a century, and have left after feeling deeply insulted by the present regime. The remarks made at the AGM about certain pre-war cars was blatant snobbery. The dubious voting on post war eligibility now welcomes machines that have no engineering or design relevance to post vintage, let alone vintage.
The action of banning a number of us from the last Measham for using LED bulbs in otherwise original cars seems wholly random and lacking any strategic thought now that alternators, and electric water pumps, are considered eligible.
The relationship between Sevens and the VSCC has always been turbulent, as an example, what ended up after the public falling out primarily about 15” wheels in 2003?
The Seven can be a car to be welcomed at shows or driven to garden centres. It is also a machine the completion life of which began before it went into production, and which in speed, trialling or other disciplines continues vigorously to this day. I know a number of people who have said good by to the VSCC, but I will continue to organise with them or compete against them as members of other clubs, quick ad break to promote the PWA7C!
I do not want to be disapproved of by any sporting Sevenists as we will need everybody’s co-operation on Sunday 3rd July. Drivers in VSCC classes, and Bert Hadley competitors enjoying their second day of ascending Shelsley, will be gathered for a great big group photo to celebrate the hundred years of hill climbing Sevens. Any forumists with cat herding experience?