Welcome to
CHAMP NEWS
Editor\publisher: Keith Nicholson, 1 Hartley Mews, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, RG27 8NX U.K.
Telephone: 01252 842056 (International 00 44 1252 842056)
Fax: 01252 845523 (International 00 44 1252 845523)
CHAMP NEWS is a news letter devoted to the Austin Champ and is published 8 times a year and covers such topics as:
- detailed information on how to do individual jobs, including getting the spares and the pitfalls.
- current offers from suppliers, eg. tyres.
- cross referencing spares, eg. clutches.
- spares interchange between Champ owners by ads.
- good and bad suppliers.
- individual stories of restorations with as much tech info as possible.
- trawl all media for stories, both past and present, and reprint.
- most of all CN is a support network for Champ owners, if you are halfway through a job and a query comes up, pick up the phone.
The idea for CHAMP NEWS came from my experiences of buying a part-restored Champ and boxes of bits and making many, many mistakes.
By all of us pooling our knowlege and experience we could save a lot of money, hours of work and heartache.
Some of the articles will be basic for those thinking of buying a Champ and include info on such things as: manuals available, spares buying, books with Champs in, value of a Champ, who can help, to the brave who strip down back axles!
Let me have your stories about your Champ; from the nitty gritty of restoration and maintainence, to how you bought your Champ, where you have been with it, any breakdowns?
CHAMP NEWS is laser colour printed so photos welcome and will be returned. Please send valued material recorded delivery
Subscriptions: £25.00 per year (all world). Euros cash and $US cash accepted.
PayPal to keith@austin-champ.co.uk (£26 if paying by PayPal)
e-mail for a subcription form.
Links
Austin Champ Register - you can put your chassis number in to find out what is known about your Champ today
Milweb for military vehicles and spares for sale
Austin Federation Federation of all Austin Clubs
Beltring Show web site - said to be the largest military vehicle show in the world
Military Vehicle Trust is a nationwide military vehicle club that has local area meetings and organises shows
thoughout the country. The MVT produces an excellent magazine called Windscreen four times a year and a smaller publication called
The Green Sheet is issued every month and contains adverts and the premiere events listing for military vehicle events thoughout the UK and the world
Castrol Classic Oils
UK military museum, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
IMPS (Invicta Military Preservation Group) - a military vehicle group that organises shows and produces four magazines a year
The Royal Artillery Museum Woolwich, south east London
Military vehicle manuals and some Champ spares