Some of the best British cars gathered this past Sunday for the annual celebration at Kapiolani Park.
Video courtesy of Harvey Banag.
Visit the photo gallery for stills of the morning: http://britishcarclubhawaii.org/photos/
Author: evillaluz
BCCH Featured at February Auto Lunch Bunch
Ed Kemper’s February monthly luncheon at the Waikiki Yacht Club will feature several notable club members and their British cars.
President Brett Pruitt will also be the featured speaker and will talk about the club’s past and future events, interesting cars in the club’s fleet, and the “fun” of restoring British classic cars.
The popular Kars and the Kurb will exhibit the following vehicles:
- Patrick Casey’s MGB GT Coupe
- Tom Scarlet’s Austin Healey Frog Eye Sprite
- Brett Pruitt’s Jaguar 3.8 Sedan
- Rob Caveny’s Jaguar XK140C
The luncheon will held on Wednesday, February 6th from noon to 1:30 p.m.
More detail at: http://www.anchawaii.org/event/auto-lunch-bunch-british-car-club-hawaii/
What it means to own an MGB or Triumph Spitfire
A short look at the what it means to own classics like the Triumph Spitfire or MGB – from entire rebuilds to reconditioning, these two classic British drop tops serve up the best in countryside motoring.
Down Memory Lane on British Wheels
Here are two digital copies of British Wheels, August and December 1998, the club’s print newsletter, courtesy of Ron McPherson.
They will give quite a few of our members a nostalgic look-back to the days of yore.
Celebrating British Cars at Kapiolani Park
British car owners carefully prepare their vehicles each year for the Annual All British Car Day. It’s a day to celebrate the heritage of automobiles from the United Kingdom. This year’s event, held Sunday, May 29, marked the 24th annual gathering hosted by the British Car Club of Hawaii.
The day began with a parade that started from the Ala Moana Center along Ala Moana Boulevard—proudly motoring through Kalakaua Avenue, up Monsarrat Avenue, and ending at Kapiolani Park.
Some of the finest cars in the world assembled in the park beneath Diamond Head in the background, including vehicles manufactured by Aston Martin, Triumph, MG, Rolls Royce, Austin Healey, Jaguar, Lotus, Ford, Morgan, Land Rover, McClaren and Mini Cooper.
As the event is held in Waikiki the car show has its fair share of visitors from around the world. It’s merely a block or two from many hotels and makes for a nice Sunday morning stroll. Some visitors make it a point to include the show in their annual visits to Hawaii.
This year, David Alexander, a past president of the MG Car Club of Florida, visited and spent time chatting with many of the Hawaii MG owners.
Ballots are cast throughout the morning for visitors to vote for their favorite cars. This year, the People’s Choice Winner was awarded to Bob DeWitz for this 1933 MG J2.
The show closed at noon and members and guests met again at the Gordon Biersch Restaurant at the Aloha Tower Marketplace. This time, for refreshments, lunch, camaraderie, door prizes and the Anastasia Cup Award presentation.
The Anastasia Cup, this year, was presented to Ron McPherson.
Link to view photos of the 2016 All British Car Day here.
Tech Session with Cymbelline
Douglas Massey hosted the first Tech Session of the new year on Saturday, January 9.
Douglas shared his story and the mission:
“My youngest daughter, Jennifer, is with us from Reno, NV. As a child, she worked on Cymbelline and will inherit it.
The clutch slave cylinder is to be replaced with new parts donated by
Patrick. The BCCH unstuck the clutch at a previous session.
The electrics to the temperature gauge just stopped working. The car
may possibly overheat.”
Here are a few photos of the day’s efforts:
