A List of Known Chapters

Hi Cliff

Thanks for your comment and the link to the Garden Grove dash plaque. The Garden Grove Chapter was granted an FCCA chapter charter on October 21, 1958. Its representative was James M. Fitzgerald, c/o R.W. Marsellus Inc., 12961 Harbor Blvd, Garden Grove, CA. This is all I have on the Garden Grove Chapter at this time. As I find more information, I will pass it along to you.

Great to hear from you, Jim. Sounds like you will help fill in many gaps in our knowledge of Northern California events. Former Northern California FCCA members David James and John Taylor have already helped with the web site and are on the FCCA mailing list. Any photos or printed documents you can scan for the archives would be greatly appreciated. Artifacts like dash plaques, patches, trophies, etc. can be photographed and sent to FourCylinderClub@aol.com. Donations of items you don’t want to keep would also be greatly appreciated.

I was a member of the Ratcherfratchers in the 1963-67 time frame and spent many nights and Sunday afternoons participating in rallys all around the Bay Area in my red 1955 MG TF1500. We had a great club artist/cartoonist who would create great pen and ink drawings to announce our rallys. Our club logo was an oversized R with the S attached below the R; white letters with a black background. I remember my first rally was with one of my best friends, Mark Miller. I drove my Dad’s column shift 4-door sedan white Hillman. Mark and I still talk about how we almost won. As the scores went up, we continued to slip in the standings and eventually ended up somewhere in the bottom half of the top ten if memory serves me. I have several dash plaques and somewhere I’ve got my original RS jacket patch. JJG

Sherman Oaks, CA , October 1952. Dad gave me a used TD for my birthday. Drove it to Notre Dame High. Then drove it to Pierce college in 1954. I wasn’t allowed to drive at night but did go on a few FCCA rally’s. Can’t remember which chapter it was but I put the FCCA decals on the car. Sold the TD in about 1955. Fast forward to 1988. Living in Honolulu and wanted a sports car so I could be young again. Bought a MG-TC. Then a TD, then a TA, then a TF and finally a MG-J2. I still have all of them, still drive them all and belong to a couple of British car clubs.
Aloha,
Sherrill “Willie” Williams