Fishtail 367 - October 2007

FISHTAIL
Magazine of the Velocette Owners Club
Number 367
CONTENTS
2 Editorial
3 Notes from the Chairman Jim Plant
3 Overseas Report Alan Soutter
4 Beware
5 Obituary - Bill Lomas Gordon Small
7 Club Diary Roger & Jane Franklin
8 Velo Racing at VMCC Events Bill Greenwood
8 Spares News from VSL Tom Tunnicliffe
9 Technical Tips John Hannis
11 Centre News
21 Stolen
22 2007 Manx Grand Prix Rodney Wildsmith
24 The Club Photographs Colin Goodwyn
26 Elan Valley Run John Richardson
27 A Story about Four Velocettes - The last Chapter John
Hawkins
27 Fishtail Mail
28 Where Is It Now?
29 A Grand Day Out Eh Gromit? Alan Lawrence
30 Oil Pump Assembly Tool Chris Benallick
31 Harold Willis and the First World War Colin Goodwyn
33 Special Centenary TT Event - Manx Museum Rodney
Wildsmith
34 Fishtail Mail (continued)
35 Early Thruxton Experiences Rod Newman
37 TT 2007 Ivan Rhodes
38 The Beasley 250 Ivan Rhodes
41 Tornados over Croft Richard Adams
42 Looking for a Bargain Fred Homer
43 BTH Magnetos David Childs
44 Where Is It Now?
45 A Run on the Veloce (by kind permission of Motor Cycle)
46 Editorial Vacancy
47 Going Spare
53 The Badge Box
54 Centrefax
56 Club Officers
Cover Photo: A very tidy KSS Special belonging to Keith Sale seen in
Parliament Square, Ramsey, Isle of Man, during Manx Grand Prix Week. Photo by
Rodney Wildsmith
Editor Bryan Clarke