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    Le Mans

    By Guest, in Touring,

    Bookings are now being taken for this year's Le Mans expedition, download the application form 2007lemansbookingform1.pdf and get it to Lisa as soon as you can, to ensure you have a place!
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    NUKE THE LEUK ’06 – Lap 12

    By Guest, in Club Charities,

    Monthly standing order from a shy, team sparring partner of old…   25.00 Rog Heeley kindly donates to get me going in my new role – much appreciated   10.00 Fletch passes on some more money from his mosaic pictures
    (Brings total to £525.00)   75.00 Fletch also sent a donation after Brian "Tyrone" Ramsey and Jonathan “Jono” Underwood saved his bacon after he put his work mobile in the washing machine!   20.00 Guy Munday 7 insurance valuations, including a donation from Ian Ellison
    (Brings total to £556.00)   19.00 Adrian Bateman passes on the money raised at the West Hants and Dorset Area quiz night, held in December   15.00 John Aston re-sold some tickets he won in a raffle – what’s wrong with The Krankies?!   10.00 Nifty thanks Bruno “Slider7” Dewaelheyns for the book on the history of the AC Cobra   7.00 Tony Milling sends on the proceeds from the Pennine Area Christmas do, including donations as all the men danced together and because one of them took his shirt off!   175.00 The Cambridge Area Christmas Raffle saw everyone take home at least one prize and raised a little something for NtL   57.00 Peter Symonds thanks Antonella for refunding payment on a race suit which didn’t fit   10.00 Paul Richards passes on the proceeds from the LADS (Lancashire and District Sevens) Christmas raffle   120.10 A certain Mr Steve Winterberg has sent a cheque in lieu of Christmas cards and wishes all his friends a Happy Christmas, while saving trees in the process   50.00 M Crowson donates the postage (and a little extra) from a camera accessory that he bought from Myles Davison   10.00 Steve Newman sends on the money raised as part of his earplugs bulk buy (run on BlatChat).   193.94 Allen Boyd-Newton thanks Nifty and Nev Dyson for the seat runners and Ric for the Homebase voucher   25.00 Antonella donated a percentage from her recent sale of racewear on BlatChat   30.00 Dave ‘Dazzled’ Dalziel thanks Martin Whitcher for flat flooring his 7   20.00 Mike Chadwick sold some kids race suits and makes a generous donation   150.00 Quirin van Aspert makes a generous donation   150.00 This month’s total: 1,172.04 Last month's total so far: £34,968.18 Total 2006 to date: £36,140.22 Plus fundraising history 1991 to 2005: £253,105.29 Total to date: £289,245.51 Another fabulous year for NtL – many thanks to all who have donated so generously.
    Steve Winterberg

    Lowflying January

    By Steve Winterberg, in Lowflying,

    In this issue: Another slice of life from the fridge door : A message from the Chairman : Fiftieth anniversary update : Obituaries for Dominik Frutiger and 'Mac' McIntosh : Crossing continents : Area antics : Night flight : Latest Nuke-the-Leuk fundraising news : Classified advertisements : Diary of events
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    NUKE THE LEUK ’06 – Lap 11

    By Guest, in Club Charities,

    Monthly standing order from a shy, team sparring partner of old…   25.00 Keith Pickin Memorial Fund – Passenger rides at Brands Hatch. Peter Edmundson had a passenger ride in Mav’s car and enjoyed it so much he sent another tenner and said “the experience was worth another tenner of anyone’s money!”
    (Brings total to £6,042.00)   460.00 Keith Pyle thanks Greg for the aquatic goods   5.00 Edward ‘Big Truck’ Parry had a very big birthday (I’m not allowed to say how big but suffice it to say he is probably the oldest 7ener around for many a mile - arf!) and kindly requested NtL donations from family, friends and work colleagues)   255.00 Team Insaner, Darren ‘Lazerbrain’ Prior, John Radley and Andy Blackwood complete the CzechWrecks rally in style, collected so far
    (Brings total to a stonking £1,583.49)   1063.49 Duncan Pratt extends “grateful thanks” to ‘Fletch’ for the design of a birthday present for a very good friend.   60.00 Richard (was in France but now in Scotland) Lee does what he said he would do to thank a couple of club members for their assistance on Blatchat   112.00 Alex ‘Whiteskipper’ Moore supplies a roll bar to Martin Donald   15.00 Alan Henderson passes a back copy of Low flying to Richard Nicholson   5.00 The Herring family passes a couple of old nose cones to Graham Perry   15.00 London to Brighton Run, Dave Hollington and Team with loads of lovely ‘sossiges’ from the very generous John and Sue Howe   1100.00 Sharon Powling and Mark pass a child’s L7C fleece to Peter Edmundson   12.00 Guy Munday 7 insurance valuations, J. Mountford
    (Brings total to £537.00)   10.00 Nick Addison supplies a back copy of LF for Bruno 'Slider7' Dewaelheyns   5.00 Bruno supplies one to Rob Lowe   5.00 This month’s total: 3,147.49 Last month's total so far: £31,820.69 Total 2006 to date: £34,968.18   Plus fundraising history 1991 to 2005: £253,105.29   Total to date £288,073.47
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    New Regalia for Xmas!

    By Guest, in Merchandise,

    New for this Xmas are:
     
    - Winter jacket
    - Hooded fleece jacket
    - Fleece beanies
    - Fleece neck warmers
    - City bag
    - Carbon fibre effect pen
    - Mousemat
    - Umbrella
     
    There will be an article with more details in December's Low Flying along with an Order Form.
     
    Order early to ensure delivery in time for Xmas!
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    It is with regret and sadness that we record the passing of Gilbert 'Mac' McIntosh, one of the architects of the Lotus Seven, on 20th November 2006.  Mac was one of the small team that, with Colin Chapman, developed chassis based on calculations of stress rather than what looked right.
    An obituary will be published as soon as possible in Lowflying, in the meantime, if you want to find out a little more about Mac, John Donohoe interviewed him for his Simple Sevens site in 2002, and that article can be found on the Gilbert 'Mac' McIntosh page.  Our own Brian Soper has written a small piece for Blatchat here: http://www.blatchat.com/t.asp?Id=119921 .
    Our thoughts are with Mac's wife Jill,their three children Ian, Duncan and Susan, and their seven grandchildren.
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    NUKE THE LEUK ’06 – Lap 10

    By Guest, in Club Charities,

    Monthly standing order from a shy, team sparring partner of old…   25.00 Keith Pickin Memorial Fund – Passenger rides at Cadwell Park
    (Brings total to £5,582.00)   310.00 Steve Newman & Keith Henson swap out and dispose of a leaky fuel tank   10.00 Guy Munday 7 insurance valuation for Peter Bertorelli
    (Brings total to £527.00)   5.00 David Ford sells an oil painting of his old home to a very generous buyer who knew the proceeds were to be donated to LRF   500.00 Alex Moore to thank Geoff Crick for the pool table light he had anticipated on its way to the skip..   20.00 Nifty tidies up his overworked desk and passes on some thanks to:       Several people at the Carrotland BBQ for buying copies of the “Not just a number” DVD 35.00     Jingars for the IT assistance 20.00     And receives thanks from: Nick Hardie a very generous donation for having his car trailered across country from Swindon to the Whiting emporium 50.00     Phil Smith for the side screens 5.00 110.00 John Vine thanks Geoff Pickin for his assistance at the Brands Trackday   20.00 Myles Davidson catches up on a few thanks for bits, not least Nev Dyson for the grill and others sort of forgotten about   20.00 Richard King, in memory of his wife Doreen who recently passed away   255.00 Steve Foster passes a donation from Mike Edge for the machining Steve did on his R500 wheel nuts   10.00 Fiona and Hens make a donation for the rides in Hants and Berkshire area 7’s to their hen party   100.00 Lional Remedios passes a sump pan to Michael Hollingworth   50.00 Peter Symonds thanks Simon Owen for the oil pressure sender unit   10.00 This month’s total: 1,445.00 Last month's total so far: £30,375.69 Total 2006 to date: £31,820.69   Plus fundraising history 1991 to 2005: £253,105.29   Total to date £284,925.98
    Steve Winterberg

    Lowflying November

    By Steve Winterberg, in Lowflying,

    In this issue...
    Another slice of life from the fridge door : News and events : Area antics - magnificent Sevens and low-flying machines : The Manx grand spree : The Big Welsh Blat : Portfolio : Area antics : Kit-built or brick-built - Sevens on show at Legoland : Nuke-the-leuk - the latest fundraising news : Area directory : Classified advertisements : The Lotus Seven Club speed championship : Diary
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    Dear All,
    Recently a dedion tube failed during an Academy race. The end plate sheared off from the main tube, resulting in a rear wheel becoming detached and consequently some damage to the car.
    Obviously, spontaneous failures are of great concern to Caterham Cars and since then we have been working with the manufacturer (Arch) to establish the cause and scope of the issue. As a result, we have identified that a small number of dedion tubes, produced in August and September 2005, may have a manufacturing defect.
    As this is a safety issue, we have instigated a recall programme.
    We have traced all the tube sales (as part of a car, or as a spare) and are in the process of contacting the owners and agents. A number of owners have already been directly contacted to advise them of the situation and anyone else who bought a car last year that could potentially have one of the affected tubes fitted, will be contacted by letter this week and arrangements made for rectificatio
    This recall is being conducted within the VOSA Code of Practice on Vehicle Safety Defects guidelines and the response rate is being monitored by them.
    I am posting this notice to ensure that club members are kept abreast of important developments affecting owners and that the facts presented to you directly.
    Regards
    SIMON LAMBERT
    Aftersales Manager
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