The year has gone off with a bang. Hang on to your seat belts ladies and gentlemen because we have got some action packed stuff for you in the next few months. And we hope to keep up the pace. Please don’t disappoint us as our efforts to provide and present interesting information just may dry up. We have people coming to our meetings to tell us about STUFF.. We have Radiator specialists, Exhaust specialists, Photographic specialists and even more on the way.

I am encouraged to work even harder as you; the members have shown your support for the things the Club Committee is trying to provide. The FOCC has grown and with that comes greater exposure and access to outside business. Easter has come and gone and I trust that all had a good break. For those who may have needed to work through the Easter break, I hope it was well rewarded. If it wasn’t, don’t do it again.

Some 36 vehicles filled our display, possibly a record for our Club. Can we better this next year? Who knows! After making up an information sheet to go with each car, they spent the day in a folder on top of the Club Display cabinet in the Marquee. Some Victorians drove all the way knowing we were in a heatwave, paid late entry fees, just to show their Customlines / Mainlines. My hat goes off to them.

If you think I am impressed you would be right. But the day would not have been a success if it was not for some people who excelled. Vince Clark spent hours of his own time, plus a new idea of a mail out campaign to ensure all members knew about the day. And on the day there were some members and non members who stepped up to help. John Clark (the good looking one of the twins) helped selflessly, Clare Van Eck stepped in and took over the car setting up which I will admit was not an easy task, Peter Kendall who spent the majority of the day at the FOCC display greeting the public and responding to enquiries, Graham Lawrence and his son who put there hands up and helped put the banners up.

Mr Gullible has got more quotes for bringing the project car (still need a nick name) to life. A panel beater and a spray painter have shown interest, two different businesses. This time there is eagerness from these people and the prices are more realistic. These contacts come courtesy of a Club member (Eddy). The advantage of being in a Club!

Mr Gullible has spoken to the panel beater in depth and has made him aware that his progress will be reported in this column in Cam-torque. I don’t think he understands? He thinks it will be some kind of free advertising. Little does he know how it works when Mr Gullible is involved? Final arrangements with the painter have not been settled yet. He still has time to back out when he learns how things work around Mr.Gullible.

The motor will be getting sorted soon but Mr. Gullible will not tell you any more about it at this time because if you recall, there is a challenge to guess what it is. So on April 14th General meeting all will be revealed. And only one guess per person. The prize bin is not all that big. In fact it is pretty miserly. So what will be the prize, guaranteed to be pathetic?

Mr. Gullible has been directed to a place in Wasleys to check out a yard that has some Barges Fairlane’s. Well Mr. Gullible went, looked up and down the street, found what looked like a scrap metal merchant, went in and asked and was the recipient of a very silent blank look. Here we go again. No one apparently has any in that town although there was a high fence that may have been hiding almost anything in the Merchants yard. On later advice, I did have the right place but this guy is a little different. That is to say more different along the line of perhaps Mr. Gullible’s Mother in law. Next time I will take the Barge and see if that changes his story.

The trip to the reputed Gawler collection of Barges with the man with a shot gun also took place and Mr. Gullible followed the map he was given, of course, Mr Gullible got lost. If it was not for the presents of Mrs. Gullible the trip to Gawler would have been in vein. So what can I say about this collection of cars. Nobody was answering the door and with that threat of a shot gun I was not going to lean over the fence. Let’s see what happen’s next trip out to Gawler.

Did Mr. Gullible mention the Mother in law? Well she has been knitting for the Grandsons. The style is a trend setter. Now all those who know about knitting please explain to those around you what happens when you get tired of knit one pearl one and just knit…half way through the garment. To top that off she ran out of the wool she was using so chose a different colour (Mr Gullible is struggling to come to terms with yellow and lime jumper for a boy). Not only was it a different colour, it was a different ply. Eee gad! This jumper is never to be seen in public. Also, the Mother in law has been knitting cot blankets. Mr. Gullible have never seen a cot that shape before. Mrs Gullible has asked if the back of the cupboard can be made bigger. Do you know what she means?

The phone calls have abated lately but she did ring the other night wandering if we knew why one of her other daughters had not rung her back. When asked if she left a message on the daughters answering machine the reply was “I hate those things, as soon as I here them I hang up” I had to confess that I did not know why her daughter had not rung back but perhaps if she keeps ringing, she might get through. At last, another bunny!