Thread: Arthur Goddard Articles - Land Rover Register 1948-1953

Charlie,

Thanks for the comments. The two clubs are in almost a state of revolution into the new electronic world. So its getting there.

One reason I have joined the commitees of both is so when it comes to them trying to decide what members want, I can say what it is like being a member from Australia, New Zealand or somewhere far from the UK. I do remember the old days of running down to the bank and having a cheque made up in pounds. It took ages and was expensive.

The idea will be to have both the club shops online and together so to speak. The S1 club is about 10 times the size of the Register, which has only 250 members but they do really specialize in the history of the early ones. The S1 club is more of a social club as well, with the area reps etc. So for most the S1 club is the best and has the largest resource of spares.

The S1 club shop parts list you can down load here,

Club Shop

and we are about to get a new club shop operator who is computer savvy so we can go online with the part sales fairly soon.

The ultimate form of all this will be getting feed back on what people want. For example, affordable pork pie lights. If the quotes to get them made are reasonable then the club can look into it. Getting quotes themselves or members get in touch with the committee to say they have a price for this part. People have the same issues here with feeling in the UK that the ebay lights are too expensive for almost anyone.

That is what happened in the UK with the 80" dizzy caps. Originals were rare and expensive. There were re pro ones with out the 'right' markings which people didn't want so the club stepped in to make it and get it affordable. Where a commercial buissness may get the cost of the die back over a few years, say the clubs can stretch that so make things more affordable, but it is a tough balance sometimes but that is what it is about.

Originally Posted by 260AC

Charlie,

Thanks for the comments. The two clubs are in almost a state of revolution into the new electronic world. So its getting there.

One reason I have joined the commitees of both is so when it comes to them trying to decide what members want, I can say what it is like being a member from Australia, New Zealand or somewhere far from the UK. I do remember the old days of running down to the bank and having a cheque made up in pounds. It took ages and was expensive.

The idea will be to have both the club shops online and together so to speak. The S1 club is about 10 times the size of the Register, which has only 250 members but they do really specialize in the history of the early ones. The S1 club is more of a social club as well, with the area reps etc. So for most the S1 club is the best and has the largest resource of spares.

The S1 club shop parts list you can down load here,

Club Shop

and we are about to get a new club shop operator who is computer savvy so we can go online with the part sales fairly soon.

The ultimate form of all this will be getting feed back on what people want. For example, affordable pork pie lights. If the quotes to get them made are reasonable then the club can look into it. Getting quotes themselves or members get in touch with the committee to say they have a price for this part. People have the same issues here with feeling in the UK that the ebay lights are too expensive for almost anyone.

That is what happened in the UK with the 80" dizzy caps. Originals were rare and expensive. There were re pro ones with out the 'right' markings which people didn't want so the club stepped in to make it and get it affordable. Where a commercial buissness may get the cost of the die back over a few years, say the clubs can stretch that so make things more affordable, but it is a tough balance sometimes but that is what it is about.

260AC

I suggest that the series one club with more members should take over all the registers bits and pieces. With the greater number of members they will be able to subsidise things that are only 80" and provide a much greater range of things in their shop for all series ones. That should leave the anoraks to concentrate to find all the preproductions bits.

Slug Burner,

Many people feel the two clubs should merge and with technology making everything so easy I think it will happen in time.

Originally Posted by slug_burner

260AC
That should leave the anoraks to concentrate to find all the preproductions bits.

Pre Pro's, the 60th is long gone, so they can sit back a touch and let some other 80"s come back to life......

Just to keep you up to date with Arthur's story,

Patrick Sutcliffe has done an article on Arthur Goddard which is on page 162 of the latest Land Rover Enthusiast magazine

and here is a link to LRO

One of the Land Rover's original engineers is to return to Britain - News - Land Rover Owner International magazine

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgXH2q7AWz8"]YouTube- Arthur Goddard Returns to UK 2010[/ame]

If anyone just happens to be visiting the UK in April/May and at the Land Rover Heritage weekend at Gaydon this year you can meet Arthur in person or even attend a dinner where he will tell us more about the first days of the Land Rover. Click on the link below

Meet Arthur Goddard


We are hoping we may be able to organise to do something along these line back in Australia with Arthur at some point

For those of you wishing to keep on top of this very much 'Aussie' news story,

Arthur Goddard back at Land Rover after 55 years - Land Rover Owner International Mag

Land Rover did a press release on Arthur's visit we did with him to the Solihull factory on the 30th of April which is making the motoring press.

Engineer Responsible for First Land Rover Visits the Company - autoevolution

But as I said here a while back,

you know where you read it all first,

Arthur Goddard Articles - Land Rover Register 1948-1953

Much thanks must go to Roger Crathorne who has helped heaps with this story and is very interested in the CKD Land Rover's around the world no doubt having spent a lifetime watching them leave Solihull as kits