Surrey Madhatters

April 2001

Newsletter
The Surrey Madhatters
  April 2001  

Editor - Dave Shove


Latest ferry news... hovercraft trips from folkestone/calais are no more,T he Seacat route from Folkestone to Boulogne has been withdrawn 
Brittany ferries are being investigated after P&O have said they could close the Le-Havre and Bilbao routes due to the hidden subsidies that Brittany get from the French Government meaning P&O loose money on these routes.Brittany, in conjunction with Condor,are introducing a new high speed catamaran to Cherbourg to compete with P&O...also a new ferry ,twice the size of the existing one, is being introduced this year on the Caen route.
Seafrance offer 2cvgb members discounts..quote 2cvgb when ordering. Seafrance have the best prices for Dover /Calais(but then you would if you did not have to make a profit!).
15% OFF Portsmouth ferries from P& O if you quote 2cv club(rumours that P&0 FERRIES UP FOR SALE)
Eurotunnel best for day trips,saves over 3 hours on journey times and price less than than Seafrance(£45 day trip..£12 after 3pm)
APRIL ,SPRING !(touring time)
Lets hope the weather will have improved next month and we can get an experience of rolled back roofs.Bill opens his at the slightest hint of sunshine(and me-editor),then has to rush out to shut it when there is the slightest hint of a shower e.g. today!
Lovely to see you all again at the A.G.M. ,lets hope that even more of you will venture out to join on the second Tuesday of each month AND come to the various weekend meetings.
While having a” grand tidy-up” of 2cv matters in my boxroom I found-thanks to Sue Cole,our first Secretary,the first issues of the Madhatters newsletter and even the original letter from Kathryn Doddington thanking us for going to the meeting to set up a Surrey group..this letter contained various suggestions for names -some were very weird and imaganative,Iam hoping that our esteemed editor will publish some of the archive material over the next few months(special editions starting next month-editor),this should make good reading.If any of you want to browse through earlier editions ,come along to the meetings and hopefully you can. 
Fathers day. June 17th Andrew is organising this again,details soon
,also SEPTEMBER CELEBRATION..the Madhatters are ten years old in Sept.,
so lets have a big picnic at Newlands corner
(with a car show layout for the public to have alook at?-editor)
near Guildford,this is not settled so any other ideas are welcome. Gill
BROOKLANDS AIR-COOL CARS DAY-29TH WEYBRIDGE….DON'T MISS THIS EXCELLENT DAY!11
CONVOY TO FOREIGN EVENTS???
The following ferries have been agreed:
APRIL
Belgium jumble..out Hoverspeed dover/0900 to ostend 27/4
back hoverspeed ostend 1900 to dover 30/
4MAY
French National .. out dover/Seafrance 0815.. 22/5
back calais/Seafrance 20.30 28/5
JULY
AUSTRIA WORLD MEETING
Out Sunday 22 July dover/dunkirk 9.30 am Norfolk Line
Back...whenever you want to(I am coming back on Tuesday 
31st at 22.30pm,editor) 



NEW 2CV MASCOT!
THE ULTIMATE
2001
2CV EVENTS AND ASSOCIATED THINGYS
PULL OUT GUIDE AND
WALL CHART
WHATS ON AND WHERE TO GO IN CITROEN WORLD EVENTS IN 2001
April.. 10TH..CLUB MEETING...Talbot Hotel Ripley 
14th...15th French Calais Club meeting..sat/sun/...... …………….15/16th classic car show(puddleducks exibiting) at Fort Brockhurst..Gosport
27th/30th Belgum jumble excellent event.
.several of us going!! (BUT CLASHES WITH...
29th….Brooklands air-cool cars day..brilliant event
..lots of 2cvs/vw/fiat/tatra..etc etc

MAY...5th/6th Citromobile..Uthrect..Holland,,
several of us going..the spares event for citroens
6th…...London to Brighton run for 2cvs.
.meet at Esher 6th form college at 9.30 ../convoy to Hove Park. 
.£3 car in Advance..£5 on day...camping at The Plough at Lower Beeding
(van camp last year) with bonfire on Sunday night and BBQ AT THE PUB 
on the Sunday evening
(BANK HOLIDAY ON THE MONDAY!)
8th…..club meeting Ripley
23rd/27th May..French National meeting(diou near loire)
book that ferry NOW
web site http://www.chez.com/rencontrenationale2cv 
ALSO..clash/clash..Waggel meeting(Holland)24/27th May 


JUNE...12th club meeting ripley
17th..Fathers day..event to be announced..
Andrew Jack organising(SOUTHERN CLUBS EVENT)
15/17th ..Raid humber bridge and camp
21/23rd June..West Fleet /Weymouth sunshine camp/
Pompey Puddleducks(and us?)
29th/1st july registers day Peterborough..must do event
Lands - end/john o groats sponsorsed drive,
details shortly(Dick Roberts in charge)

JULY…..1st july/Peterborough registers day
6th/8th..Citroen car club meeting at Worcester Rugby Club
(run by our own Barry Annells)
10th...club meeting Ripley(talbot hotel)
14th Swanage Railway 2cvs and Austin 7,s
25th/30 th THE WORLD MEETING,CARINTHIA,AUSTRIA….
BOOK THAT FERRY NOW! ! !

AUGUST...Lingfield Steam and County Show.Lingfield..
Surrey 2cv exibit with club?
… 14th Club meeting Ripley
11th/18th ..Cornish summer camp/wendron/cornwall
(lands end-ish)
24th/27th..2CVGB INTERNATIONAL,STAMFORD HALL/LEICESTER

SEPTEMBER..PARIS TRIP DETAILS SOON
Wessex classic car show..details soon


2CV NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
CLASSIC CAR AND ASSOCIATED EVENTS

MAY..Beaulieu spring auto-jumble 12th/13th
Enfield pageant of motoring,playing field,enfield 
(classic cars and auto-jumble..we should enter 2cvs!
27th/28th .Penshurst Place Classic car show,Nr Tonbridge,Kent
JUNE London/brighton classic and sports car run.Syon park to 
maderiea drive(sea front) tel 01296 631181 for details 3rd june(enter 2cvs?)
LE MANS..24HOUR RACE 16/17th new cars from Jaguar/mg/aston-martin
Bromley pageant of motoring event,the classic car show for the south,,(we should enter 2cvs)
jULY..Goodwood festival of speed6th/8th
AUGUST..Nautical jousting and fair event,coulanges-sur-yonne
,Burgundy(15th august,details from editor) amphibious 2cvs
SEPTEMBER..Brighton speed trials.maderia drive brighton sea front 8th
classic car auto-jumble.Beaulieu,the big one for older cars 8th/9th
Goodwood revival meeting,,racing like you not seen,
must dress up! ! !
Lon/brighton veteran car run 4th
NOVEMBER International classic car show N.E.C. Birmingham 
(2cvgb have a stand,we won last year for best club stand.. 17th/18th 

Letters to the editors helpful column
Last year I upgraded from AK3.50 to Hvan 1.0 and noticed that the 
new program began making unexpected changes to the accounting modules,
limiting access to car parks and low bridge applications that had operated
flawlessly under AK3.50.In addition ,Hvan 1.0 uninstalled many other
valuable programs,such as Cosy6.9,but installed undesirable programs 
such as Fuel bill 5.0 and Only3Speed 3.0. Also Conversation 8.0 no longer 
runs and VanCleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system.
I've tried running KidNextDoor 12.5 to fix the last of these problems 
but to no avail.

Signed..desperate of Slough

Dear desperate,
Keep in mind that AK3.50 is an entertainment package,while
Hvan 1.0 is an operating system.Try to enter the 
command:C:/THOUGHTINEEDEDIT and install Tears 6.2. HVan1.0 should 
automatically run the application:OneTonLoad 3.0 and ComfyCamp7.0 
.but remember……………………….
……..Overuse can cause HVan1.0 to default to BurntoutValve2.5,NewTyres7.0,
or Rust 6.1.
Rust6.1 is a very bad programme that will create”Groaning Loudly” wave 
files. DO NOT install Engineswap1.0 or re-install another AK program
.These are not supported applications and will crash HVan1.0. 
In summary,HVan1.0 is a great programme,but does have limited 
storage applications and cannot learn new applications quickly 
.Consider buying additional software to improve performance,
I personally recommend HotFoot3.0,LadderandBucket5.3, 
and Keep-A-nice-body10.1 …... Dave Shove

SPECIAL OFFER..LIFE SIZE POP-UP BOOK OF GIRAFFES NECKS 
French National web site;
Http:/www.chez.com/rencontrenationale2cv 
THE SURREY MADHATTERS ARE TEN YEARS OLD (IN SEPTEMBER) 
AND WE WILL BE PLANNING SOME SUITABLE CELEBRATIONS TO CELEBRATE THE EVENT. 
10 YEARS OLD IN SEPTEMBER! ! 
FOOT AND MOUTH STRIKES GERMAN 2CV CLUB
French M25 on a busy morning ! !
THE DANGERS OF OVER-INFLATED TYRES! ! !
Science museum Sheffield

A GRAND DAY OUT AT ALEXANDRE PALACE
Bob,Ray and myself went to the Alexandre Palace Classic car show after 
Ray organised tickets.This is the first time I have been to this show
but it will not be the last,it was a busy and lively show,lots of 
Automobile Memorabilia and general autojumble bits plus very good 
displays of cars,although not,unfortunately,many Citroens...on show was
the Traction Owners Club with some luuuveryl Tractions,also there was 
one 2CV for sale on the “cars for sale” stand,a quick viewing showed a 
wobbly chassis,fair amount of welding,shot rear outriggers,non-matching
paintwork,yet it was up for sale at £900..and was later sold...so there 
you are!
It is amazing how much old stuff there is about,albeit for mostly
British cars(Triumphs,Rovers/Austin/Morris,etc) but the displays of 
Classics bring back many happy memories and the three of us enjoyed an
excellent day out with good company…….and now…

SHOULD WE BE THERE? YES WE SHOULD! ! !

Well,I think we should,it does not cost anything for the stand,we can 
sell club shop items,and the interest would be high...I have left my details
with the organisers ,what happens is that we submit an outline of what we
want to put on the stand(A 2cv,Ami6,van,H-van for example)and a panel sit
and decide who shows,we would stand a good chance not having been before
and we cover the stand on a rota….Ray and Bob are interested so watch this 
space and we can discuss it at the next meeting…..
SO...a grand day out and thanks,Ray,for the invite.
Dave(Exibition organiser)Shove
OLDIES BUT GOODIES
One day a 12 year old boy was walking down the street when a car pulled up
beside him and the driver wound down its window.
Ill give you a bag of lollies if you get in the car said the driver.
“No way,get stuffed” replied the boy
“how about a bag of lollies and 10 pounds”said the driver
“no,I'm not getting in the car”said the boy
“OK,I'll give you a bag of lollies and 100 pounds “said the driver
“no”replied the boy
“what will it take to make you get in the car”said the driver
the boy replied”listen dad,you bought the bloody Volvo,you live with it!”

A CLASSIC AUSTIN ATLANTIC ...LUUVERLY! !
WOMENS CAR PARK.
(Aussiefrogs.com(Australian french car web site))
Foot and mouth affects plane wheels..plane put down! !
Air -cooled day Brooklands April 29th
This is always fun ,VW./FIAT/PORSCHE/American corvairs-and the amazing
Eastern Europe TATRA are just a few of this superb classic carS day out,
it is fantastic to see the older cars attempting the test hill,a great family day out.At present two 88 year old (cars-not men)want to compete for the fastest time up the hill..because of an accident last year only pre-war cars can use the hill this year..please come along to swell the numbers(we are talking hundreds of air-cooled cars),we hope to be near the Beetles,so lets try to put on a really good show(and sell some club gear-editor!) we need a really good and varied collection,vans,cabriolets,meharis,etc...so whatever it is polish it and bring it…….GILL 
(SEVERAL OF US INCLUDING ME-EDITOR-WILL BE IN BELGIUM FOR THE BELGIUM JUMBLY
2CV MEETING-SO DO US PROUD AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING 
THE PHOTOS ON THE WEB SITE...DAVE SHOVE)
AGM Highlights.
Your Chairman-Gill
Editor-Dave Shove
Treasurer-Dave Farmer
Club funds currently approx£719(last year £799)
(we bought new club flag and kit this year)
Web master Dick Roberts

Agreed that Austria Club applications for world meeting go to Gill.
Agreed that Bob will investigate cost of King pin tools to buy on
behalf of club for use by members(note we already have a handbrake adjuster 
tool)
Agreed that Editor will investigate cost of hand-held motorola communicators 
for use at camps and on convoys
Agreed that club will purchase 2cv salt/pepper pots/2cv teapots/2cv 
jewellery for sale in club shop and at events to boost club funds,and 
possibly new t-shirts/polo shirts
Agreed that visit to Barry to be postponed

.
Acknowledgement to Assoviation Normandie
SOUTHERN CLUBS MEETING APRIL22ND..THE WINDMILL INN ON THE A31 
AT MEDSTEAD/FOUR MARKS AT 1.30PM..FOOD 12-2...FATHERS DAY/AIR COOLED DAY/
SEPTEMBER MEETING TO BE DISCUSSED….GILL
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