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CO PY RIGHT • "Bead ed Wheels" is published bi-monthly for the Vint age Car Club of N.Z., lnc.. from its edito rial office at p.a. Box 13140, Christchurch, New Zealan d, by Purse, W illis & Aiken , Ltd ., Chris tchurch. Annual Subscripti on $1.50. Indiv idu al Cop ies and Bac k Numbers, 30c , Post Free . Editor: Mr B. M. Idour. Adv ertis ing Rat es ava ilable on request to Adver­ Vo!. XV. N o. 64 June-Jul y, 1970 tising Man ager, p.a. Box 13140, Christchurch . Editorial

Vint age Car Club of N.Z. Inc. D ay-t o-day events see m to be going pas t a t a n ever-increasing rat e. T his is true as well in the life of the V.e.e. W e find ourselves with one fu ll year of "Beaded Wheels" in its present form and under its new, sha ll we say. "set up "? Ou r member s say they a re pleased with the inc reased informat ion a nd read ing appearing with our six issues a year, which in mo st pa rt NATIONAL EXECUTIVE is du e to th e effo rts of jus t us, the member s of the V.e.e. of New President: J. M . Sulliva n (So uth Zeala nd, our "Bead ed Wheels" co m mi ttee a nd last but not lea st our Ca nterbury) . E di to r a nd Publisher s. Club Captain: H. D. Kidd (Auck­ Our a im is still fo r improvemen t. One of the m aj or pr oblems is land ) . a dve rtis ing, or the lack of it. Please see wha t you ca n do. lf un able to Cl ub Vice-Captain: A. K . Wr ight help directl y see if yo u ca n p er suade so meone in yo u r town to tak e ( Wa nga n ui ) . so me space in our publica tion . T he o nly o ther answers a re an incr ease in su bsc rip tions or an increase in ci rculat io n. H OIl. Secretary: J. S. P. Palmer (Christchurch) . Copy has been co mi ng to han d very we ll but th ere is not a great surplus . If yo ur co py has been "cut" so mewhat don 't feel too bad as Club Registrar: E.R . L. Ga it, 63 th is has only been don e becau se of space in that issue and is no Hoon Hay Rd. ,Christchurc h, 2. reflection on your wri tings and effo rts . Executive: F . E. G ill (Auckland ) , As th is issue de als with th e ma jor yea rly even t of th e Vint age N. e. Skcvington (Christchurch ) , m ovem ent, the International R all y in Austral ia, a few lines her e wo uld L. B. Southwa rd (W ellington ), R. J. Has ell (Christchu rch ) . be prop er. To us wh o wer e lucky enoug h to be entran ts, it was a glo rious motoring holida y, so me thing which we will a lways rem ember. T he hand of fri endship was ex tende d to us whe re ver we wen t. CLUB OFFICE We were well din ed, shown th e sigh ts of th e country and towns. Phoenix House, the utmost was d on e fo r us a nd the way in whic h our car s we re 82 Hereford Street. Christchurch. co llected before the start a nd sto red was in itse lf quite a feat. Tel ephone 74-003. M a ke no erro r. A s Mr George G ree n stated a t th e final dinner Hours: 12 to 4 p.m. (fourteen hundred peopl e d ining un der one roof, the lar gest suc h fun cti on eve r to be held in Vict oria) th ere we re troubles, but if th ese All clu b co rrespondence, including ca use d us co nce rn then th ey wo uld ha ve bee n of much m or e co nce rn memb ers' changes of address , must be sent to to our hosts. H owever , as in life thes e th ings a re soon forgotten a nd the overa ll result was one whic h we will remember with joy and T HE VI NTAGE CA R CLUB gratitude so lon g as we live. OF NE W ZE ALAND[Ne. Ther efore in 1972 whe n we have our Int ernat ion al R all y we mu st BOX 2546,CH R ISTC HURCH. r.o. return this fri endship, no t only to our Au stralian ne igh bou rs bu t to a ll en tr a nts. This we a ll wil l not only tr y to do but do ex tra we l!. J. M. Sulliva u, Pr esid ent, V.e.C. of N .Z .

IN THIS ISSUE Editorial 1 As Others See Us 7 The Racing Rileys Beach Racing's Grand Old Man 29 2 13th Annual Burma Rally ... 8 Time Marches On Letters to the Editor 32 4 Will the "Eights" Come Back? 9 Report from Nationa! Executive 33 Glancing Back in " Bea ded Special Australian Rally Feature 11 Wheels" Branch Notes 33 6 1970 Easter National Rally ...... 27 Classified Advertisements 39 The Racing Rileys

By Doug Wood ported by Harry Butcher, and of several owners it was bought driven in competition for him by by Maurice Procter after the war, Some 'interest was displayed in the late George Smith at Hen­ who at that time had the other the two Rileys shown in company nings speedway in March 1931, car in our photograph. Gavin with the Thomas Special in the when George collected the 100 Bain has the chassis of this old photograph which was featured mile Flying Start 1100 c.c. record dirt track special, while the en­ in our last issue. The following at 70.74 m.p.h. It was bought by gine and other Riley parts are notes have been compiled mainly the Dexters, the then Riley deal­ owned by Don Ransley of Christ­ as a result of talks with Ron Roy­ ers in Auckland, and used with church. croft and Arthur Dexter. Before considerable success by Arthur for several years. Meanwhile, the original Brook­ we trace the rather complicated lands chassis and body, less an history of the cars in this country, In an endeavour to get more engine and radiator, were sold to a few notes on the development speed a most attractive offset a Mr Charteris, who fitted a twin ­ of the model will be in order. single-seater body was built. De­ carboengine from a Riley Biarritz Parry Thomas was so impressed velopment over the years enabled Nine and made up a smaller by the possibilities of the 1098 Arthur to collect the 1100 c.c. radiator from the same vehicle . c.c. Riley Nine, that he decided Flying mile record at 92.79 m.p.h. It passed through several hands to produce for himself a racing in 1938 at Muriwai. When dirt to Graham Wells, thence to Gor­ version of it in 1927, shortly after track racing became not only all don Murray in about 1946. He its introduction, and the car was the rage, but practically the only moved to Ruawai, where the car nearly finished when he died . form of motor racing in the has been until Dale Court bought Reid Railton of Thomson and country, Arthur Dexter and Roy­ it recently, bringing it back to Taylors at Brooklands carried on, croft senior built a midget using Auckland for restoration. finished the car, entered in an a Brescia Bugatti chassis, and the outer circuit race and won easily engine, gearbox and radiator The centre car in the picture at over 91 m.p.h. A Brooklands from the Brooklands Riley . This has the owner, Bill Galpin, sitting model was put into limited pro­ was a success and was raced for in it. This car is a Works prepared duction in 1928 by the makers, at many years, and not only on the and raced Riley, differing from a time when the 1100 c.c. class cinders. Dexter's, and also faster. It had was dominated by Continental partaken in a Tourist Trophy cars and by its appearance, per­ After passing through the hands race, won at Brooklands, and won formance, and equipment, it was a sweeping success, winning countless races in the hands of private owners, and later by fac­ tory drivers. It was in production for four years. From a mechanical aspect the Brooklands Riley differed from its standard counterpart in having a wheelbase of 8 feet 'instead of 8ft. 10 inches, a final drive of 4.77 as against 5.25 to 1, and all the usual mods to the engine. The gearbox ratios were 11.78, 7.15, 5.96 and 4.77; and as it had to conform with sports car racing rules, bolt-on wheels necessarily had to be kept until the saloon changed to centre locks . The Riley on the right of last issue's picture, owned and driven then by Arthur Dexter, is a The ex-works Brooklands Riley which won the 1949 Lady Wigram Brooklands Riley originally 'im- Trophy and is now owned by Don Ransley. PAGE TWO races in Au str alia. It was brought fo r it and got it back aga in. W illiam Balgarnic as passenger. over here by the factory repre­ After ano ther overhaul he used it The tuning and pre paratio n was senta tive, D . S. Frazer, and was in club events fo r some tim e, then ca rried out by the wo rks mech ­ exhibited at a Motor Show held sold it to the late Bill F order , anics ass isted by an Au stral ian , on N orthern Wharf in Auckland, who raced it a bit but gener ally F red Pear se, who was em ploye d where Galpin bought it. used it as an everyday hack. by Wi lliarns, Hill and Came ro n, The ca r was not raced a great Roycr oft then bought it for the Ril ey dealers of Sydney. The deal in those day s and was finally third time , using it in club even ts, en try was in the name of M r J. so ld to Maurice Proctor, who but sold it in poor co ndition to Ca me ro n. co mpeted regularly with it, win­ Des W ild of Christchurch. By La ter the Riley was shipped to ning the first Lad y Wigram now it was reall y rough, suffering N Z . where, after purch ase by Mr Trophy race after the war, so badly fro m a broken clutch Bill Galpin, it was rac ed with amo ngst othe r successes. thrust race that it could not co m­ success in Australia and N .Z. Age and the arrival of fas ter plete the trip south. Morr ie Proctor bou ght it in cars put it in the shade in later Don Ransley bought the car in 1940, enjoying successful rac ing years but today it is going well Januar y 1950 a nd af ter recondi­ on the beach , road and track as in the hands of Don Ran sley, tion ing it, competed at seve ra l well as hill-clim bs throu ghout who m we have seen has at least a meetings on the beach and a NZ. and culminat ing in winning spare engine and radiator. track rac e at Nel son. H e also the La dy Wigram Trophy race a t An inter esting note to add to raced this Riley in the first Maire­ Wigram in 1949. the con fusion : When Arthur Dex­ hau 100 mile road-race, finish ing In 1962 I purchased the car ter firs t sa w the carburettors on upside down in a large dr ain, fo r­ and com pletely restored it. The the Wor ks Riley, he decided to tun ately with little damage to the orig ina l 3Om.m. carbs and hea cl swa p them for his, which were ca r or him self. Don was a ble to had been re placed by M orrie but sma ller and inferior. He says the dr ive it home after the eve nt! later my sons fitted a " Ra nsley­ eas iest wa y to do this was to The Riley was later excha nged ised " head with bigger inlet ch ang e the cy linder heads, which for a 3 litre Bentl ey with Mr Bill val ves. This invol ved welding in is what he did. Double who later sold it to Cha r­ the 18m.m. plug holes a nd mach ­ There is a third and slightly ley Black of Napier. After fur­ ining to tak e 14m.m . plugs, al­ olde r Brooklands Nine in ca ptiv­ ther work it was sold to Graham lowing them to build up the en­ ity and in good order. This is a Wells, raced at the first Gran d larg ed valve seats on the Lam ero '28 or '29 model, thought to hav e Prix at Ardmore where it shed a princ iple, follo wed by parting and had a racing history in England, wheel on a bend. Later modifica­ polishing. Hec.G reen regr ou nd which has rod operated brak es tions included fitting of later the camshafts to 75° overlap an d and five-stud wheels, and own ed mod el front and rear axles, an d fitted two Weber 42 DC OE origina lly in this country by Cun­ a bod y on Freddie Dixon lines. ca rbs. ni ngha rn Brothers of Putaruru. The original body was put on a This done, the eng ine regained spec ial brewed up from a It litre its sting and is capa ble of aro und Claude Ed wards, who raced a R iley. T od ay, both the original lOOm.p.h. Since owning the ca r Brescia Bugatti, was then a ga r­ ca r and the special are in the care I ha ve wo n quite a few eve nts on age proprietor who did Cunning­ of the Foster brother s a t Drury. the beach and circ uits including ham's tuning. They also had a grass, and ha ve fou nd it a thr ill Bentley (now owned by Tim Sec­ * ** to dri ve. co m be) a nd when they decided to More History of the ex Works sell the Riley, Edwards sold it fo r Brooklands Riley (V.C. 8302), by them. After at least on e prang, it Don Ransley. finished up in Whangarei. Ran The Riley Co. originally raced BODIES BUILT Roycr oft bought it and gave it a this as a team-car, dri ven by Mrs Vet eran, V intage, P.V .V . built much-needed overhaul. El sie Wisdom who was partnered to framework stag e (wood­ In 1939 he traded it to E dm ond by M iss Joan Richmond fr om work only, no pan elb eat ing) . Mot ors, which Aucklanders will Au str alia. They won the Junior Work can be don e from possibl y remember as a firm that Ca r Club's 1000 mile rac e in 1932 photos etc. or to your design. bought out used ca rs from E ng­ at an ave rage speed of 84.41 New Work only. For further land, including a lot of desirable m.p.h. details enquire: sports ca rs. They sold the Riley, It was shipped to Au stral ia W. R. JANES, and it passed through a lot of complete with its own racin g fuel CABINETMAKER hands to J ack M alcolm of Huntly, and works mech anics to win the 37 Church Street, Gat e Pa, but it fe ll int o poor co ndition 1933 Au stralian G .P. on the Phil ­ Tauranga. 'Phone Tauranga during the war, after which Roy lip Island circuit. The dri ver was 84-803 (bus. hours ), 87-583 (evenings) . cr oft swapped a dirt-track mid get W. B. (Bill) Thompson with PAGE THREE Time Marches. On (and the scene changes somewhat)

By Maurie Hockley espe::: ially when cross ing from one rear wedge brake pr oving quite wheel trac k to ano ther. The fur­ inad equat e for the speed at which Easter, 1925, saw myself with ther we went, the deeper th e loose it was trav elling, had left the road a former Ne w Brighton School metal, until near Kaituna the -mach ine and rider being almos t frien d, D ou glas Jar vis, deciding "Trusty " went down after a hec­ hidden fr om sigh t in the br ack en. to have a few days holiday at tic slide, much to the amusemen t Enlistin g the help of some Ak aroa. D oug had just purchased of the occupants of a car close youths who had pulled up in a a 1916 W.D. chain - cum - belt behind. bat tered old Dodge tourer, the model Triumph, then more th an Up and aw ay again, and fro m bike was dr agged back on to the eight years old but in per fect co n­ there to Little Ri ver we might as road little the wor se fo r wear, a nd dit ion , with the finish "as new" . well have been ridin g in a river­ we carried on at a much mor e M y hard-worked 1915 5h.p. bed. This was a no tor iou s piece moder at e pace to ,the bottom . All Indian looked decidedly " ta tty " of ro ad in tho se da ys, with miles wen t well unt il the hairpin ben d compar ed with th e Triumph, but of loo se shingle and clouds of dropping down into Takamatua. it had always proved ver y relia ble dust which penetrated goggles and This was a nasty bit of road yea rs and we had no doubts about clothing. Reaching Little Ri ver, ago, with a steep gra de and loo se making the trip successfully. Doug we sat down in the sha de of the surface, and too hard an a pplica­ had just obta ined his dri ving railway sta tion to eat our lunch tion of the very efficient Indian licence, and felt a bit worried as and wash the dust down. rear brake sent me into a slid e he had never ridd en his bike on From the township, conditions into the bank, onl y to be r ammed the hills, so he consulted Bill F it­ were a little bett er unt il the start with con siderable fo rce by the chett, who ·in th ose days ra n the of the climb to Hilltop. Dropping Triumph, whose rider was also local ga rage, a s to the best pro­ down into seco nd gear , and with ha ving some trouble with the road cedure. "Drive downhill in the fee t dr agging most of the way, sur face . same gear you used uph ill," sa id passing cars well and truly boil­ Af ter dusting our selves oft Bill- sound adv ice, alth ou gh my ing, we mad e it to the top , with stra ightening out the headlamp fri end was a confirme d top gear the bikes also decidedly hot. and rear mudguard, and having slogge r, which proved his down­ F ro m then on it was a downhill a few minutes spell, we proceeded fa ll on more tha n one occasion. run to Barry's Bay - and the very sedately downhill in seco nd Early on G ood F riday morning, Triumph passed me in top gea r. gear. It was fortunate that we with full tanks and a tin of car­ go ing mu ch too fas t for safety! were almost at the bottom when bide for the lamps, we set out on Per haps it was because I was the Trium ph 's gea r lever jumped what was to be a long day' s ride. " windy" that r kept in seco nd into neutral- as it was, it was The r oads as far as Halswell wer e gea r and thu s fa red bett er than moving at a pretty bri sk ga it fair enough, but a little further my fr iend, for about thr ee bends when the flat was reached. H ow­ on we disc overed tha t shin gle six in the ro ad further on, the Tri­ ever , we reached Akaroa without inches deep was hard to negotiate umph, its fro nt stirrup brake and further incidents, having tak en

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P J\ G E FOUR un steady course downhill in " free engine" before finall y com ing to a sto p. After retrieving the belt and pr odu cing a belt punch fr om the Triumph tool-kit, we collaborated in a spot of belt repairing- onl y to find that the finished job was too sho rt and that the most Herculean efforts wouldn't force the belt over the pulle y. Further expl oration of th e to ol-kit brou ght to light a few inc hes of belting and ano ther fastener, and with these we succeeded in co bbling thin gs up , even though this time things had gon e to the other extrem e and the belt was now decid edl y sloppy. However , it ga ve no more trouble and we dul y arrived home, tired and dusty , but pleased at having been abl e to get In concourc condition - Maurie Hockley and the Indian at the finish of his second trip to Akaroa, 45 years after his first over the same route away fro m the daily grind for when he returned covered in dust. even a sho rt time. about twice as long for the tr ip as In those da ys, the picturesqu e Now, there was a sequel to this we had anticipated. piece of road uphill out of Barry's little story-almos t 45 years af ter Easter Saturday and Sunday we Bay was bar ely a two-way road, the event s related a bove. I thou ght "padded the hoof" for a ch ange, and with the bush on either side that it might be interest ing to filling in time fish ing off the roc ks, almost meet ing overhead it was tak e ano ther trip to Akaroa per going fo r a launch cru ise to Aka­ nearly always damp and slippery, mo torcycle just to observe the roa Heads , and loafing aro und and this co upled with the fact changes which had taken place generall y. These were the days that we had been for ced to stop since that Easter jaunt so long whe n the sideca r com bina tions on a fairl y stee p pinch , made tak ­ ago. were perhaps at the peak of their ing off from a standstill rather So it came a bo ut that on the popularity, and m any wer e the tricky, but we eventually got morning of Good Friday, 1969, Ind ian , Harley, Big X and other und er way and carried on to Hill­ an ab solutely identi cal 1915 Med­ sidecar outfits parked along the top , where ma chin es and rid ers strom Indian (No. 247 in the waterfront with owners and fami ­ stopped to cool down. V.c.c. register) piloted by myself, lies picnicking in the shade. From then on, it was plain headed for Akaroa in the ea rly Early on Monday morning we sa iling downhill for a few miles hours of the morning. But what a checked over the bikes an d after to the flat a t Littl e River- or. contrast in conditions! Bowling break fast rode round to the one ra ther, it sho uld have been, but along at an effortl ess 40 m.p .h. and only garage fo r petrol and for an un fortunate mishap to the over billiard-table-like surfaces oil, the former being supplied by Triumph, whose rider suddenly where once slow progress was the attendant with neatness and realised that he was travelling made with dragging feet thr ough despat ch by the simple expedien t much too fast to get round the ruts and shingle, Ak ar oa seeme d of punching a hole in a fo ur­ sha rp bend at the bottom of the to be reached in no time- a nd the gallon tin of "Big Tree" (ever hill and mad e a lightening shift to to wn itself provided an equally hear of this brand?) with the tang seco nd gear (in which he should drastic contrast, but whether it of a file. We were making an have been bef or e this) and simul­ was as pleasant as the journey early start to dodge some of the tan eously brak ed hard. had been was , som eh ow , debat ­ du st fro m the holid ay traffic, and The ensuing jerk was more able. for a time we made good pro­ than rubber and canv as could There was hardly a parking gre ss, until we encountered a sta nd, and the belt - fastener place to be had in the entire town , "traffic jam " on the steepes t part promptly pulled out, leaving the eve n though it was only the first of Barry's Bay hill, caused by a belt revol ving lazily aro und the day of the Easter holidays, a nd car which had sta lled, pr eventing rear whe el until it finall y flew off the onl y motorcycle we not iced foll ow ing cars, and ourselves, into the gr ass on the roadside, was a Japanese lightweight ridden from passing. wh ile the rider pursued a rather by a some what scruffy-looking

PAGE FIVE character. However, when I went track , had been so transformed GLANCING BACK QUIZ to fill up for the return journey I in those intervening 45 yea rs that found that the old Indian a ttract­ it made the trip almost dull! T he ed quite an interested cro wd, not 53-mile run was cover ed in a little the least cu riou s being the very more than an hour and a half, considerate pump atte nda nt, who with the ve ne rable Redskin purr­ rushed inside to get a funnel when ing along in effortless style. As I the hose n ozzl e pr oved too larg e dismounted in m y garage at hom e to go int o the diminutive filler I felt quite pleased with m yself, orifice on the Indian tank, though it occurred to me that the Questions ca me from all service station attendant might Name: (1) Wh ose Bentl ey (2) directions-"How old is it?" hav e been right when he had re­ The occasion (3) The persons , left "What'll she do? " "W hat a skinny marked on the hard saddle-or to right. tank-how much does it hold?" was it that 45 years had left their etc. I answered them to the best mark on rider more than on towards the venue. The South of my ability, then kick ed over machine? Is landers made up the bulk of the the motor and turned the handle­ (Readers unfamiliar with Banks' entry, but 12 enthusiastic mem­ bars in th e dir ecti on of hom e Peninsula and th e road to Ak aroa ber s fr om the North Island also aft er bidd ing farewell to the would find the journey not only arr ived, including Rex Porter's fri endly service sta tion man , wh o one of th e mo st interesting runs "De nny" De Dion which covered remarked as I departed, " Bet that from Christchurch but even tod ay the 55 miles from Carterton to bon y-looking bike gives yo u a qu ite a test for any mod ern Well ington in und er four hours. sore back side, doesn 't it?" vehicle. 11 is not uncommon to T he firs t person to reach Picton On the homeward journey the encounter cars stopped with over­ was Bernie Foley in the wee traffic was really thick, but the heating troubles on this drive.­ Au stin 7, well ahead of tim e and road, once little better than a Ed.) under clearing skies. Arrival s grew from a trickle to a steady flow by darkness. The only late a rrival Glancing back was the break-down van, whi ch in the words of the song ha d do ne just that. in 'Beaded Wheels' The Rally was spo nso red by Pennzoil (NZ.) Ltd. and beds, By Jane and Robert Shand step towards future developme nt of this now common activity. As food, garages and workshop faci li­ We hav e decided in this month's the project was designed to en ­ ties were found for the 300 bodi es "Glancing Back" to recall the firs t, courage people and ca rs fr om all by Sam Slyfield and helper s. T he and as quoted by the " Ma rl­ ove r New Zealand to co mpete, the competitors were billeted through­ borough E xpress", "The biggest town of Picton was ch osen fo r the out Picton in various bu ild ings Vintag e and Veter an Ca r Rally in venu e because of its locati on. T he and it was Sam's sense of duty the Southern H em isphere". In event was run over the thr ee day which led him to do the rounds view of the Internationa l Rally in peri od of Easter 1958. On the in the sma ll hours to see that Au stralia we thought this top ical. Thursday and Friday the com­ everyo ne was co mforta ble and The eve nt of which we are petitors were to start fro m points that eve ry thing was in order for reminiscing was perhap s a la rge all over N ew Zealand and tra vel Saturday. Upon visiting the Oddfellows' Hall in a side stree t of Pict on, HOW DO YOU ••• Sam flashed his torch over the sea of sleeping bodies a ro und the hall STRIP OLD PAINT FROM CAR PARTS ? • and was just lea ving when a partly clad figure hastily donning his trousers rushed past Sam into th e darkness apologising profusely for being late. Much to his relief he was able to return fo r a few m or e hours of shut-eye. WILL STRIP AND CLEAN OLD PAINT AND Saturday morning saw 75 ca rs RUST TO THE METAL AND LEAVE AS and 6,000 spectators lining the NEW stree ts to witness the ca rs put PHONE 30- 141 DUNED IN, PHON E 43-2 15 thr ough their paces in an "acceler­ BOX 20 93 ation test". Clar k a nd H ag gitt, PAGESIX both on Bentl eys, provided most Errata - April/May "Glancing of the excitement and rivalr y. Back". Th e dr iver of the 1914 Most senior of the two wheeled T .T. Sunbeam is not C. W. F. comp etitors, Alister MacB eth , Hamilton Esq., but Trevor Barker demonstrat ed some frantic pedal Esq. starts on his 1904 Adl er. Although the photo ca me fro m see us T he afternoon brought an even Miss Wills its origin is not known . greater cr owd to the Waitohi Our thanks to Miss Wills for the Most of us find a complete and Domain where the cars were dis­ correction, apol ogies to all con­ wonderful pleasure, in the restor­ played and co ncluded with Potato cerned, and a very black mark to ing and dri ving of our vehicles, races and paired sprints and the " Old Man " for supplying the and tend to look on spectators as another grand parade and massed inco rrect information. a necessar y but unavoidable part displa y. of publ ic displays. T he following Th e Sunday morning started excerpts from a letter received by with laun ch trips to some of the the wife of one of our Northern beauty spots in the Sounds. Before members-the letter is from a lunch the cars set out on the club woman who only recently be­ picnic , wher e, secluded from the In Memoriam came a resident of Dunedin­ public , mem bers tinkered and shows the joy that a light -heart ed drov e cars to their heart's delight. TOM SULMAN: Creato r of approach to spectators can pro­ In the course of "trading drives" the "Sulman Singer ". Sometim e duce. some new experiences were gained member of the V.C.C. of NZ. "I am sure your famil y would by all. On the return from the National Hill- Climb Champion of have loved the outing we had to­ picnic some of the cars paid a New Zealand, 1951 (Go vernors da y, perhaps even more than I visit to the Picton Hospital Bay Hill-V.C.C. event). "The did-and that would be saying Racing Grandfather of Austral­ something. It was a Vintage Car T hus concluded th e biggest asia". Rall y from Dun edin to Brighton, event attempted by the club; an a very nice beach a bout 14 miles event designed principally to show After almos t 50 years of racing, south 'o f Dunedin. It is the "do" that the club co uld functi on as a T om, in his seve ntieth year, was which tradi tionall y ope ns Dun e­ tru ly national body by bringing killed instantly in a racing acci­ din's Festiva l Week, which has to one spot at one time as man y dent in Australia late in March . various ac tivities including Prom s cars and members as possible. All who remembered him will on Thursda y thr ough Saturd ay T hat it was a successful precedent join with me in expressing deep night s. was prov ed simply by the holding regret at the loss o f a grand "We left early and got a good of subsequent National Rallies, adversary, a true sportsman, a positi on in the Octa gon to see the and ultimately in 1965, our first polished driv er a nd a sincere cars lined up ready for the take Int ernational Rally. friend.- Rob Shand, off at 10.30. After following them to Brighton, we got another good park, had a sumptuous lunch a nd then spent an hour or so having a really good look at the individ­ ual models, which were of course all fascinating-evcn to unmech­ anically minded types like myself. "Tests and trials took from 1.30 to 3p.m.. when they started the return journey a t minute intervals. There were several amusing in­ cidents . One of the entries was an earl y model fire engine com­ plete with crew who were very "j ovial" . In a way it really was the centre of attractio n, not that it was the most int eresting entry, it certainly wasn't, but mostly be­ cause the good natur ed crew The 1914 Unic driven by Brenda Taylor in the New Plymouth and allowed peopl e (includi ng a trem­ Ashburton Rallies. endous proportion of young boys) PAGES EV EN to look a nd poke a t it as mu ch By 4 p.m. most of the entra nt as they wa nted to. They were membe rs had a rrived safely at the pati en ce personifie d. 13th Annual W han ganui clu brooms and after "At lun ch time the en gine ca me a good natter and a we lco me rushing across the ground wi th "cuppa", most se t off to their its bells ringin g t o load so me of Burma Rally respective abodes for a qu ick the boys a nd the ir T hermettes and c ha nge and car was h, etc. tore off to the water supply. T he T he eve ni ng's enterta inme nt con­ crew provided a la ter int erlude by By Gerald Weekes sisted of a wine'ri'c heese ga the ri ng ru shing over to put out the T he r­ at a local Lod ge hall , whe re it mette fires, the cre w ju mping off T he 13th annual Burma was noted th at the re was a mark­ the engine in all direction s, wrest­ " Monte" rally, which was held ed fa ncy for this pleasing beverage ling with la dders a nd long len gt hs on the Anniversary week end of wh ile passing com ments on the of waterless hoses, w ith a gr ea t January 17th in conjunc tio n with 40 or so cars a nd m otor cycles flourish. Altogether it was a first th e Wanganui AA, incorpor a ted whic h had asse m bled fo r th e cla ss o ut ing, a nd a n excellent a section o f the Well ington Safari " Burm a". introduction to Dunedin. which run. Sunday morning pr o ved a bit already, I a m begi nni ng t o like." On the Saturday the weathe r ove rcast but fine a nd wa rm a nd Congrat ula tio ns Dunedin Br an ­ turned out fine a nd warm whi ch all entra nts assem bled at the ch. Never again will we th ink of her alded the sta rt of the "Monte Victoria Avenue AA ground s a t yo u as the branc h tha t got the Carlo" styled run, in whic h en­ 9.30 a.m . and afte r a good deal of o ra nge seq ue nce put into the trants fr om Levin , Pa lme rsto n so rt ing out the sta rters from the traffic light pla n so that your N orth, Hawera and R aet ih i met large crowd of spec ta tors the firs t member s would know when to a t 12.30 p.m. an d sta rted off a t cars wer e a way a t 10 a.m. restart their ingines. I p.m . heading on a time d run The morning sec tio n of the run to Whanganui, covering approxi­ wa s a pleasant drive th rough the mat elv a distan ce of 60 m iles. count rv via th e " Bird-Grove" Fa; the local members, a run road to Hunterville wh er e the was a rrange d th rough out this dis­ lun ch stop was held a t the local GLANCING BACK ANSWERS trict so as to be able to ha ve a spo rts gro und a nd swimming pool cha nce to be in the win a nd be (I ) H aggitt 's, wh ich pr oved a most successful el igible for the $60 worth of chance to cool off. (2) T he Picto n, 1958. prizes wh ich had been do na ted by (3) C la rk, H aggitt, Sharpe. a number of local mot or firms . A fter lun ch the ento urage tour­ ed back towards M arton a nd then out to Bulls from w here they head ed back on the main high­ way , a rriving in Wanganui to the fina l c heck at the clubro oms. T he eve ning a nd prize-giving was held in the Sc o ttish H all a t 7 p.rn. with dancing foll ow ed by an exce llent buffet su ppe r with a ll the trim m ings and then the win­ ner s wer e anno unced. Results: Sa turday sec tion: J . A. Li ttle, 1929 Singer, I ; G .S. W eek es, 1930 SPECIALIZED MOTOR - DIESEL & TRANSMISSION C hev, 2; B. P. Ben ge, 1929 C hrys­ LUBRICATION ler , 3; a nd D . C. Hawley, 1928 STRAIGHT - MILD SOLVENT OR DETERGENT Ford A , 4. FOR Sunda y's class winner s: Vet eran VETERAN - VI NTAGE OR MODERN class, A. P. Tanks, 1913 Da iml er. SUPPLIES AVAILABLE DIRECT TO USER Vintage ca rs un der 1500 C.c., J. A . Little, 1929 Singe r (Light Car Fr om Trophy) . O verall rall y winn er, PENNIOll (NI) lTD. D. C. H awl ey, 1928 F ord A . H a rd BOX 2352, CHRISTCHURCH Lu ck T rophy, B.C la rk, 1911 K ing D ick moto rcycle .

PAGE EI GH T Will the 'eights' come back?

By Geoff Hockley The Rudge "straight-off-th e­ The "R iccy' was a very popular dr awing-board " 1-2-3 victory in touring and sport ing m ount for the 1930 LO .M . Junior ga ve severa l years but the four-valve On ce upon a time, eight-valve T.T. the "radial" a sensat ional intro­ design s gra dually wer e ousted twin s and four-valve singl es were duction to competition . by the conventional two-valv e regarded with awe by the poor Another race - winning four ­ engi nes, wh ich, especially in the un fortunate track rid er wh o co uld valve was the 250 c.c. Exc elsior. case of o.h.c. valve ope ration, only aspire to a machine with one dubbed the "mechani cal marvel" proved more tha n a match fo r the set of entry -and-exit mean s. fo r its rem arkable rocker la yout , once-formidable four-valves. Oscar Hedstr om, famed In dian which differed somewhat to that I t was not for ano the r 25 years fact or y engin eer of the ea rly da ys, used on the Rudge. The fam ou s or mor e that the Japanese were bu ilt the first eig ht-va lve back in to as tound the racing world with 1911, which speedily esta blished Ricardo Triumph used a mor e co nven tionel system with inclined the phenomen al performanc es of a reputation which is rem embered par allel valv es. the ir tin y four-val ves-per- cylinder to thi s da y. It s deadly rival , Harley-D avid son , took the wraps off an eight-valve racer in 1916 wh ich proved a very formidable oppon ent, featuring such inno­ vat ion s as inclined valves in a PI S TO N pent-roof typ e of cylinder head . [XHAUST VALVE HOl [ T he fam ou s Swiss firm of P LUG MA.G. also built a few eight ­ I N LET valve twins , one of which com­ VAL VE peted successfully at Bro okl ands ridden by O. M. Baldwin. The Brit ish Anzani co ncern also pro­ duc ed one or two " eights" (one of these engines was seen on NZ. track s in the hands of A. T . Orch ard). H owever, the 500 c.c. single was the mainstay of the Bri tish industry in those days, and at least three famous fac to ries turned out four-valve models which soon esta blished repu tations ~~IIIj;I-_-I!'T I M I N G G [AR in the competiti on world. CASINO Perhaps the best-known was 1~!~~f!.~:::::~I N l' E. n H E O I AT E. :.... G EARS the Rudge, which performed on

Bro oklands and in the Isle of CA M CE:A[1, FPO NT M an in a manner wh ich more COf', PRESS ION th an vindiacted its de sign er 's fa ith rU.U:.AS I: VA lve in the dual va lve layout. Later, the radial four-valv e cylinder head CR AN I\ CASE ~ IGHT HA Ll was introduced by the Rudge J:)OLLCR concern, which enabled a hemi­ 6(ARI N G spherica l head to be used in which the fo ur valves wer e disposed radially and ope ra ted by an in­ Sectional view of the 1920-24 Scout engine. From 1925 they were geni ou s system of rocker s. fitted with detachable cy linder heads . P AG E N IN I': factory specials. It seems as and, secondly, I unpacked and reasonable care remained so for though the dual valve system may assembled the first Scout to arr ive long per iods. In 1923 a gentl eman be on the way back , for a mild in Christchurch and during the of my acqu aintance purchased a sensation has been caused by the next five or six years becam e very new Scout. It 's still in the original introduction of the Weslake­ familiar with th ese machines, owner's hands and must have Rickman eight -valve cylinder he ad which in many details were great­ covered an astronomical mileage, for Triumph twins (the valves, ly in advance of the conventional but the engine has never been re­ incidentally, are almost vertical). motorcycl e of the period. moved from the fr am e and when I heard it running recently it was According to the authorative The trem end ous popul arity of exceptionally quiet. British magazine " Motorcycle the Scout and the efforts of the Mechanics", tests show that the manufacturers to cope with the I once assisted in an operation eight-valve head boo sts the pow er dem and result ed at times in a few ca rried out by a Scout owner who output of a standard " Bonneville" slip-ups in the factory inspection swore he'd remedy his clattery Triumph by something like an system-at least, this has always timing gear or die in the attempt. extra 20 b.h.p. There seem many been my conviction, and it result­ Th e engin e was completely dis­ advantages in the dual valve ed in some production run s vary­ mantled and the timing side half­ system- the reciprocating mass of ing in quality. crankcase and timing cover clean­ each valve; and the necessary Timing gear noise was excessive ed up for attention. Eccentric ope rating gear, can be made bushings for the timing chest and smaller and lighter, and the small­ in a few specim ens and in one instanc e I was instructed to re­ cover were made up and fitted to er ports give better control over give all the gear wheels a mini­ the gas flow, among other bene­ move the engine and pack it for returning to the factory, after it mum of clearance between the fits. So it would seem that the teeth . legendary eight-valves may be proved tremendously "clattery" on being started for the first time. staging a sensational revival. To enable the bush es to be line­ Excessive backlash in the ca m and reamed accura tely, the bush holes idler pinions, caused by faulty Indian Scouts in the timing cover were drilled cutting of the teeth, and sloppy right thr ough and afterwards In the last issue of "B .W." will fits of the cam and idler pinion capped. Rem oval of the two shim s be found some interesting infor­ shafts in their bushings , caused under the magneto was necessary mation regarding one of the most the racket, which naturally didn't to get perfect meshing of the popular machines in motorcycle impr ove with age. history, the Indian Scout. magneto pini on with the top idler I read Mr Closey's article with However, the great majority of gear. The opera tion resulted in an great interest because, firstly, it's the enormous number of Scouts almost noiseless timing gear for obvious that he has made an sold in New Zealand were sweet­ many years. Mr Closey's plan of intensive study of the subject running little jobs and with adding extra bearings to the drive side mainshaft und oubtedly has the effect of giving the sha ft ex tra support and rigidity.

I recall once or twice trying the effect of one extra bearing in the centre of the shaft, with a distance piece on each side, but can 't remember if the effects were PHOENIX GROUP OF COMPANIES studied aft er considerable mileage. PHOENIX ASSURANCE CO. LTD . Certainly the results can't be an y­ PROVI DENT LI FE ASSURANCE CO. LTD. thing else but beneficial. PROVIDENT FIRE INSURANCE CO. LTD. Big-end bearing clearanc es mu st, FIRE - LIFE - ACCIDENT - MARINE as he says, be adequate, and it's VINTAGE & VETERAN VEHICLE as well to err on the generous side if the machine is dr iven fair­ INSURANCE ly briskl y over long distance s. Christchurch Branch: P.O. Box 38 Almost equally imp ortant is sufficient connecting rod side play 82 HEREFORD STREET Phone 30-419 between the flywheels - from Local Offices Throu gh out New Ze aland memory, .015 to .020 is recom ­ mended. PAGE TEN I SPECIAL AUSTRALIAN RALLY FEATURE I

VINTAGE ROUTE ••••••• VETERAN ROUTE -- lS7D IHTEIlNATI0NAL IlALLY FOR VETERAN AND VINTA.GE CARS

UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD CASEY OF BERWICK K.G., P.C.,G.C.M.G., C.H.• 0 .5.0 .,M.C., K.SI.J.

Victoria Tour Director: N.S.W. Tour Director: MR. TOM McMANAMNY MR. GEORGE GREEN 28A William Street, Box 1130, G.P.O. Sydney, N.S.W. 2000 Frankston, Vie. 3199. Phone 7831234 Phone 660 1844

(c) Gymkhana Event s, (d) Sub-events. (e) Timed Sections. Regulations A plaque was to be present ed to eac h en trant com­ Held und er the a uspices of the Fede ra tion Inter ­ pleting the ent ire Sydn ey-M elb ourne route. nationale Des Voitures Ancienn es, Start Sydney, COM PET IT IO N AND ALLOCATION OF NSW., April 4, 1970. POINTS: CLASSES: A class co nsis ts of six or more sta rte rs: (a) Concours D 'Etat , 15 per cent. 1. Veter an ca rs ha ving I , 2, or 3 cy linders. (b) Conco urs D 'El egance, 15 per ce nt. 2. Veter an ca rs having 4 cylind er s or more, und er (c) Gymkhan a Even ts, 15 per cent. 1500 C.c. (d) Sub-Event s, 15 per cent. 3. Veter an cars having 4 cylinder s or more, 1500 (e) Timed Sections, 40 per cent. c.c and und er 2500 c.c, (f) Coneours judging will be car ried out during 4. Veteran ca rs having 4 cylind er s or more, 2500 the Rally. c.c, and under 3500 C.c. (g) Gymkhan a E vents will be held a t the Hume 5. Veteran ca rs having 4 cyli nder s or mor e, 3500 Race Circuit, Albury, on Sunday , April 12, c.c. and over. 1970. 6. Vint age cars under 1500 C.c. (h)T imed Sect ions comprise keepin g to the rou te 7. Vintage cars, 1500 c.c. and under 2500 C.c. and to a time sch edule over sections of the 8. Vin tage cars 2500 c.c. and under 4000 c.c. the route. 9. Vintage cars 4000 c.c. and over. (i) Driving T ests will be held at var ious points 10. T hree-wheeler ca rs, Electric and Steam cars. along the route. 11. Motor cycles, veter an. (j) Penalties: (i) In timed trial sectio ns, lat e or 12. Mot or cycles, vintage. ea rly arr iva l at Contro l, I point per minute or 13. Motor cycles, side-car combinati on . part ther eof. (ii) F ailure to pass through Pas­ sage Co ntro l- 25 points. (iii) Failure to comply AWARDS: Wh er e five or fewer entrants for any with a request from an official-200 points. one cla ss are received, the entrants to be gro uped (iv) Competitor in sight of Control mu st pr o­ with the next appropriat e cla ss at the discr eti on of ceed directl y into Control without stopping­ the Di rector. 25 points. (v) F ailure to comply with Traffic The Prem ier A ward will be the H err Sch oof Regulati ons-200 points. Memorial Trophy of the Federation Internati onale Des Voitures Anciennes awarde d to the entrant ga in­ ing the highest aggregate points in classes I to 10 inclusive over the entire Rally. Classes 11 to 13 not Almost Anywhere eligible for Herr Sch oof Memor ial Trophy awa rds. An elderly gent admiring Bob Scott's Metallurgi­ Awards will be given to all class winners. Aw ards qu e and Gordon Jelfs F ord Tin Au str ali a com­ "fill also be given irrespec tive of class in the follow­ mented: "I had a wonderful old F ord once. It would ing: (a) Co nco urs D 'E tat , (b) Co nco urs D'Elegan ce, tak e me an ywher e except into society."

P AGE ELEVEN Starters Overseas Veteran Vintage Total W estern Au stralia I 3 4 E ngla nd 3 8 II South Africa I 2 3 U .S.A. 6 10 16 New Ze ala nd 22 60 82

33 83 116

Vict or ia 68 63 131 New So uth W ales 63 65 128 Q uee nsla nd 17 7 24 The!ma Wear (N.Z.) sight-seeing at " The Dog on So uth Austral ia 20 17 37 the Tucker Box" at Gundagai. Trusty Austin 16-6 in Tasmania I 5 6 the background. C lass 4: Car 137, 1916 Ford T , F. Dall im o re, Vic­ 169 157 326 toria, 47 poi nts. Car 443, 1913 Daim ler , A. P. Thonks, G reat Br itain, 54 points. T OTAL C A RS 202 240 442 C lass 5: Car 155, O verl an d, F. R odwell , N .S.W ., 80 po ints. Car 27, 1913 H o tch kiss, N. 1.G ibbs, Vic­ Motor Cycles: toria, 86 point s. O ver seas 4 3 7 C lass 6: C ar 259, 1923 Fia t 50 1, P. H arris, Q uee ns­ A ustrali a 29 6 35 lan d, 154 p oint s. Car 510, L. Keys, 1928 Aust in 7, New Zealan d. 166 poi nts. TOTAL M . C YCLES 33 9 42 C lass 7: Ca r 376, 1925 Armstron g Siddeley, B. Li e­ ACT UAL berman, Vict or ia, 104 poi nts. Car 319, 1926 O ver­ E NTRANTS 235 249 484 lan d, W .G . Tyson, N .S.W.• 13 1 points. C lass 8: Car 470, I. F. ~ p.n g er , 1924 O verlan d, New M ost fr eq uently ente red mak e in the Veteran Car Zeal and, 87 poi nts. Car 190 , P. Kane-W h ile, 1924 ra nk s was Ford with 25, then Bu ick 9,T al bot , D od ge, R olls, Victoria, 97 po int s. De D ion Bouton, R en ault all with eight en tries , and C lass 9: Car 197, 1921 H isp an o Suiza , 1. F lood, Vic­ suc h unusu al mak es as A ries, A dams, "Coey" Bea r. toria, 84 point s. Car 243, 1927 S tu tz, C. F . C ha t­ Delage, Delaunay Belleville, Faf' ne r, Hurtu, K.R.I.T., wood, Qu een sland, 145 po ints. Merce r, M er cedes, Nazzaro , Pierce Arrow, Regal, Class II : M /C 518, 1916 Reading Standard, N . 1. S py ke r, Thom as, Vin ot et Deguingand, Me ta llugiq ue. Bird, N.s.W .. 73 po int s. M/C 5 16, 1929 Norto n, In the Vintage ran ks Ford scored with 22 ent ries , H . D . Bennett,S.A .• 94 po ints. ho tly pursued by Vauxh all 21, Roll s Royce 17, Bent ­ C lass 12: M /C 252. 1929 H arley D a vidson. T. W elsh , ley 16, C hrysler 15, C hevro let 11, Austin 10, Alvis 8. W.A., 186 point s. M /C 566, 1925 B.S.A .,G . Mc ­ Au stro Daimler , Aust ralian Six , Beardrnor e, Cour ier, Bryde, Qu een sland, 226 poi nts . Du esenburg, F lint. In victa, M .G ., Pierce Arrow, Peer ­ less, Sta nley Stea me r, Sta r Libra, Vebess, Zedcl, pro­ CONCOURS D'ETAT vided rare glamour in this section. Vet er an : Ca r 94, 1912 Ren aul t, W. A. Trollope, N .S.W. Car 448 , 1912 Buick, L. Southward , N .Z . Vintage: Car 493 , 1930 Ch rysler, A . G . Taylor, N .Z. Clf 504, 1927 Vauxhall , A. 1. Bea tt ie, N.Z. Official resu Its M/cycle: Vet. 419, 1913 A .S.D . Precision, 1. Come r­ Outright Winner: Car 137, 1916 Ford T, F. Dalli ­ for d, V ict oria. Vet. I 15, 1917 H arl ey D a vidson , mo re, Vic to ria . ?Sheffie ld, Victoria. Class I : Car 38, 1905 Reo, E . Simrns , Qu een sland. M /cycle: Vintage 566 , 1925 B.s.A., G. McBryde, 55 points lost. Ca r 521, 1906 Cad iliac, B. Byer s, Qu een sland. Vin tag e 377. 1928 A .l.S.• G .H ol­ New Z ealan d, 8 I points. stei n, N .Z. C lass 2: Car 48 7, 1914 Dela rge , W . Reed, New Zea­ la nd, 49 poi nts. Car 100, 1913 La Bu ire, E. J. CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE Cobb. 318 points. Vet er an: C a r 3 1, 191 IF ord, R . T illy, S.A. Car 549. C lass 3: Car 62, 1909 N .A .G ., Mrs 1. Farryman, 1900 Da rracq, 1. Pi ck van ce, G reat Britain. Vi ct oria , 50 points. Car 456, 1921 M orris Oxford, Vin tage: C ar 182, 1927 Bentley, N . S. W eb b, S.A. B. C. Moore , Great Britain , 5 1 points. Car 299, 1923 R olls R oyce, 1. Jeffer y, N.s.W. PA GE TWELVE The Rolly, day by day

from notes suppl ied by Norm. Skevington

Sunday, March 29: Here we a re in Au stralia - an arr ives here today ). H owe ver , man y entrants braved " invasion for ce" of m or e than 200 Ki wis a nd 86 the elements and attended the Royal Show, wh ich vehicles, co mpetito rs in the 1970 Au str alian Inter­ the Queen visited lat er. This Show is recognised as nati on al R all y. Most of th ose tr avelling went in being of world class, and the ma gnitude ancl standa rd gro ups fro m Au ckl and, Welling ton and Christchurch , of the exhibits must be seen to be appreciated . A arid the first of the latt er party, whi ch was scheduled further group of 50 V.C.c. enthus ias ts a rrived today. .o tak e off a t 4 p.m., did not leave until 8.25 p.m. du e In addition to newspaper covera ge of the Rally, to a mechanical defect in the aircraft nece ssitating many a dvertiseme nts ar e also seen on televi sion. the laying on of a nothe r plan e. Th e delay, plus a Tuesday, March 31. Another wet day! Most en­ slower than usual flight due to meeting head winds trants availed themselves of the opportunity of going of up to 105 m.p.h .• resulted in an extreme ly long day out to Se ven Hill s to insp ect th eir veh icles, some and some very tired ind ividuals disembarked in travelling by private car and some by train. The cars Sydne y, to find to their relief that all the entrants' and motorcycles were packed int o a large shed and vehic les had been unl oad ed fro m the roll-on ferry all wer e in go od order. A much-appreciated gestur e Maheno. Sydney enthusiasts met thi s and all subse­ by the Car Club was the arranging of the necessar y qu ent flight s, a nd laid on transport to the city fo r the insura nce and warranty formalities, eliminating the arr ivals, a much apprecia ted gesture. necessity of form-filling by entrants. We hear that one group, arriving at Central Station after returning Monday, March 30: Rain! A wetter morning for to Sydney by train, adopted Alan Storer's sugges tion our first day he re would be hard to imagin e, a nd of travelling by the Underground to a sta tion near er most un prop itiou s for the Royal visit (the Queen the R ally H .Q. in Philip Street, and to their surprise

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PAGE THIRTEEN fo und themselves in a very short time travelling over flow ed through rock tanks in the VI Clll lty of Hu nter the Harbour Brid ge, so they alighted a t the next stop, Street) provided the colony with its first Waler supply. 011 the western and eastern banks of th e str eam, lines Mission Point , and returned to their sta rting point­ of tents were pitched to hous e th e convicts and guards surely goo d value for five cents! and th e new Gov ern or and his staff resp ecti vely. Th e Wednesday, April 1: The weather has turned over tracks beaten out between th ese lin es 011 th e western a new leaf and most people took advantage of the bonk were th e beginnings of present -day G eorge Street, Australia's oldest thoroughfare. T o provide sust enance. fine day to go sightseeing , many going on the well­ crops were first grown in the area of Farm Cov e, now co nducted bus tours in and around Sydney, while a the Botanical Gardens. goodly number visited the famous Zoo. Expensive Saturday, April 4: The 1970 International Rally is late model cars are to be seen in fair ly large num ­ on! All competito rs were requ ired to be at War wick bers, and we have noticed a few of the lar ge Mer­ Farm (abo ut 20 miles fro m Syd ney) at approximately cedes with a price tag in the vicinity of $29,000.We 8 a.m., necessitating an early star t, and as ea rly as understand that on payment of a fee of $50 a regis­ 6 a.m. buses were picking up entrants and their cre ws trat ion plate bear ing the initia ls of the purchaser can from Sydney hotels. T hose co mpetitors whose cars be obtained, the plate remain ing in his permanen t were garaged at Woolwor th's in Liverpool had only possess ion and being tra nsferrable to any future car to take them about one mile to War wick Fa rm. he may purchase, Activity at the start was tremendous. A lar ge num ­ Thursday, April 2: A nother fine day, with most ber of the vehicles were of course co mpletely new to entra nts taking their vehicles out to Liverp ool for the us. All co mpetitors got away in goo d time, the tim­ display, In the evening an estimated 1500 attended ing being done with time-cloc ks, and our card was the Rally briefing in the Ballroom of the Wentworth stamped with the t ime at each co ntro l. Traffic was Hotel. All informat ion was given to competito rs in heavy an d it was pr act ically impossible, -in the early an attractive en velope. A most un for tunate incident stages , to keep to the average speeds allotted. was the acc ident involving Mr and Mrs T revo r Bear Lunch stop for the vintage class was at Albi on (Franklin) of the Waikato bra nch, who were involved Park, where the vehicles were disp layed to the public. in a collis ion with a truck at a co ntrolled intersection, Veteran class dr ivers had lunch at Picton a nd staye d the car being overturned and Mr and Mrs Bear being for the night at Bowral, while the night stop for ad mitted to the Liverpool Hospital. T revo r's injuries "vi ntagents" was at Go ulburn , after a day of bea uti­ were not serio us, and Jim Sullivan ar ra nged for ful weather and pleasant motoring for all. flowers to be sent to Mrs Bear fro m the V.e.e. of One climb on the vintage class rou te was through NZ. The ca r was severely damaged, but fortuna tely the McQuarrie Pass, a fairly steep grade for a dis­ not beyo nd repair. tance of five miles, and many cars suffered boiling Friday, April 3: Another beautiful da y, with most troubles. Mobil, who sponsored, among other things, peopl e doi ng more sight -seeing . "Paddy's Market" petrol and oil supplies, have their service stations well was a popular spot, with its large range of merchan­ posted , and a booklet naming the approved sta tions dise - dresses a t about one-th ird of the N.Z. price, and listing the faci lities available to each ent rant. and grapes at 15c per pound, to mention only a Du nlop have tyre repair vehicles avai lable and a couple of items. Woolworth's underground ca r park list of points giving Rally news and gossip. On at Liver pool, where the ca rs were parked for a public ar riving we were given a map of Go ulburn and also disp lay, was a scene of grea t ac tivity. Some fa bulous a letter of welcom e fro m the Mayor was left in our cars were on view, including a pie-cart similar to motel. Brian Moir's, although lack ing the superb finish of the M oir vehicle. Rolls Royces were plentiful, with BOWRAL: The first settleme nt of Bow ral, an abori­ some most unusual and fascinatin g body styles. ginal word 'm eaning "high" , can be att ribut ed to Lieu­ tenant John Oxley, then Surveyor-Ge neral, who had grazing cattle on land at Bargo ill 1815 before m oving T he route fo llo wed from Sydney to Me lbo urne is some 500 head to his station at "Wingecarrib bee": steeped ill early A ustralian history and has liS its Oxley negotiated 10 bu y 5,000 acres of land in the [oundation Captain Cook's landing ill Botany Bay on area on Jun e 30, 1823, at five shillings per acre, but on April 29, / 770. Cook, then having continued his voyage his dea th on May 28. 1828, G overnor Darling converted north , took possession of the whole easter n coast of the purchase to a free grant to his wid ow, Em ma Oxley. Australia (then kn ow n as "New H olland ") ill th e nam e Settlement of any consequ ence first commenced ill of Kin g Ge orge III and named it New South Wales on / 864 when floods and rust caused Cam den farmers to A ugust 22, 1770. H istoric details are inser ted at appr o­ m ove to higher country. Since there was no railway, priate places in the tour descript ion , provisions had to be brough t from Picton by dray over SYDNEY was established ill / 789. "initially as a penal well-nigh impassable roads, it being commo n for bullock settlement" by Captain Arthur Phillip, who was pro­ waggons to sink so deep ill mud that th e bed could claimed Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief soo n scarcely be seen. af ter his arriva l in the first fleet lit Sy dney Cove Oil GOULBURN: G oulburn's history includes th e days of Lanuu r y / 8, 1788, with 1I com pleme nt of 1,000 (abo ut the convict, the bus hranger, th e early sett ler and th e gold 740 of them convicts). rush. Flowing into Sydney Cove fro m its source barely one In 1798 John Wilsoll's explorati on took Mm fr om mi le away in the swamps of Brick field Hill, a fresh water Sydney T own as far as M ount T owrang, just six miles stream (to become kn own as the Tank Stream , as it to the east of the presen t city. Subsequently, in 1824, PAGE FOURTEEN Jack Newall (Vauxha ll 30/98) was in disgrace, as the Vau xhall had to be pushed throu gh the ga tes of the pa rk. Lack of fuel pressure, a lthough Leith had been pumping fur iously, was the trouble. Ro bin Mundy (1907 De Di on) was tra ilered into the fina l checkpoi nt at Ca nberra.

CANBERRA : Canberra, the night stop and sightseeing centre for three days of the rally, had its origins well bef ore the time of Fede ration in 1901 which united all six Stat es of A ustralia into one Common wealth. T he first whi te men to sett le in the Canberra dist rict cam e with their flocks of sheep duri ng th e 1820.1' , foll owing the search for the M urrumbidgee Ri ver by the ex plo rer, Dr Charles T hrosb y . Wi thin 20 yea rs of th e first settlement, a small com ­ munity of far mers and graziers formed on the Canberra Plain. Later, a store and school, a blacksmith's sho p and a post office served th e village built around St Joh n's Church, which still stands today 0 ' 1 a hill not far from Canberra's main sho pping bloc ks. After Federation, th e search began for th e site of a Na tional Capital and in 1909 Canb erra was chosen. T he area was still virtually uninh abit ed. T he early develop­ ment of Canberra was retarded by two world wars and a depression. M ost of its growth has occurred since Wo rld W ar 11 . A significant part of post-war Canb erra dev elopment was the creation of L ake Bur/ey Griffin . When this was com pleted in 1964 it not only provided Canberra with a handsome water feature bu t also lin ked the northern and sou th em sections of the city, previ ously separated by the flood plain of the Molonglo Ri ver. Canberra. as the Notiona l Capital of Australia, is The 1900 Darracq single-cylinder 6.5 h.p. entered situated in th e Australian Capital Te rrito ry and is by Mr J. E. Pickvance of the U.K. approximately 200 miles by road from Sydney in th e Sou thern Tab lelands of N ew So uth Wales. Hum e and H ovell, in opening up sou th-western New South Wale s and Victo ria, and Sir T ho mas Mi tchell's surv ey of the Great South R oad, saw an earlier site of Monday, April 6: Today the veterans went to th e IOwn fall int o disuse in favour of the present site. -lationa l Park in Canberra,a total day's run of 60 Goulburn sits astride th e Great South R oad, now miles , and the vintage rs to Ilan gar a, a dairy far m called th e "Hume Highway" . T his road was built with con vict lab our and nam ed in hon our of Hamilton H um e a bout 40 miles out. At both places ba rbec ue lunch es who . in 1814 at the age of 17 years, became the first were ava ila ble. T hose who did not tra vel on these Australian born explorer and first to discov er the track op tion al run s spent the day in and aro und Ca nbe rra from Syd ney T ow n thro ugh to th e sout h. seeing the sights of Au str alia's capita l. 1t is no longer a frontier town but is th e focal point from which comm unication by road and rail branches Wid e, tree-lined streets and man y fine new build­ 0 11/ to th e vast rich south and south-western districts of ings make th is a most attrac tive city, and as was the the State of N ew S outh Wales at 2,095 feet above sea case on the Haast Rally, the public ga ve us a most level, it is 131 miles from Sydney and has a population friendly recept ion. of 21,000. Robin Mundy is now back on the road after wheel Sunday, April 5: Not such an ea rly sta rt today fo r and ignition pr oblems . Ned Sutherl and (1902 De vintage class dr ivers, altho ugh the "vets" left their D ion) also had ignition troubles and was escorted overnight stop a t ap proxi ma tely 9 a.m. and had all into Ca nberra by the N.R .M .A. as darkn ess had set gone through G oulburn before noon . Good roads in. Te rry Wilson of T ima ru (1913 F iat) bro ke the oil and goo d wea the r aga in today, and exce llent accom­ pressure line to the ga uge and ca rried on after tem­ modation overnight, with courtesy cars to pick up porary repairs. entrants and take them to the wool store . T he first On e fea ture which we have noticed is how the ca rs arrived in Ca nberra at a bout 2.30 p.m . and what Au stralian dr ivers hug the white cen tre line. Numer­ a won der ful recept ion was accorded us! Both M ob il ous comments have been hea rd rega rdi ng the la rge service stations ha d minstrel type bands playi ng and number of NZ. entrants in the Ra lly. the attendants were sim ilarly a-ttired. Tuesday, April 7: ' Good weather agai n, and op­ The public turned out in their th ousands to view tional ru ns fo r vete ran and vintage classes - the fo r­ the vehicles, a nd at a charge of 70c per person and mer to the Dair y Fa rm and the latter to Nationa l 40c fo r a programme it surely must have been a Park. Ma ny took the opportunity of visiti ng the War money-spinner. Museum and vario us ot her inte resting attractions,

PAG E FI FTEEN including the National Library, Parliament Buildings " W agga" , " W ahga" or "Wahgam" ill aboriginal dialect and others. Others spent their time ju st inspecting m eans "crow" . T herepetition of a word was the aborig­ inal method of ex pressing th e plural or emphasis, thus the cars at Northbourne Oval. Many unfamiliar Wagga Wagga m eans "c rows" or "the plac e where crows makes were in evidence, such as N.A .G ., Aquila, assemble ill lar ge numbers", Aquatine, Benz, and Australian Six , to mention but The Murrumbidgee River, which runs through the cit y a few, also the Ford T pie-cart which we mentioned area, also derived its name from th e aboriginal lan guage earlier, and means "plenty wal eI''' or "big 11'£111'1''' . Wednesday, April 8: A free day, which mo st Thursday, April 9: An early start in excellent divided between sightseeing and preparing for the weather - 7 a.m. for vintage and 7.30 fo r veterans. 170-mile run to Wagga Wagga. This day we held the The route was through interesting country, the vin­ first exe cutive meeting outside N.Z. This was held tage competitors heading for W agga Wagga and at the Canberra Rex Motel, with Mr J. M . Sullivan veterans to Cootamundra. At Wagga a display wa s presiding over an a tte ndance of Messrs L. South­ held on the Sh ow G rounds Racecourse and attracted ward, F. Gill, H. D. Kidd, R. J. Has ell, N. C. Skev­ a large crowd. ington and L. Witte (observer). The meeting, after Our receptions today reminded us of the Haast discu ssing aspects of the Rally which it was felt N.Z. Rally, with children waving to us as we passed could improve upon, wa s adjourned to Albury on through the various towns. We passed through Gun­ Saturday the I1 th. dagai, the town fam ed for the "dog on the tucker­ box", and we all stopped to view the monument. We C DDTAMUNDRA:F or some of Cootamundra's had a pun cture today, and the Dunlop assistants were 6,000 inhabitants th e arrival of the Veteran cars will be most helpful. The Flint of Dr Johnston of Auckland a re-enactmrnt of th e year 1906 wh en th e firs: molar car suffered bearing trouble and was towed in, as was the dr ove along ifs streets. Not so many ye ars pre viou sly, ill 1884 , Coo tamundra only Citroen in the run, after suffering clutch trouble, had been proclaimed a municipulity and 23 years earlier Gavin Bain had the misfortune to break a mudguard ill 1861, had become a IOW/I. stay. III four decades since the end of W orld War I, Coota­ mundra has developed fr om Cl small country IOWII serving a lar gely post oral and agri culturul com m unity 10 a A LBURY: This border cit y is situated on the River th riving business hub ill wh ich primary industries 11011' Murray which , fo r much of its length, is th e boundary operate side by side witli the 111' 0 main secondary ill­ between New South Wales and V ict oria. /1 also sits dustries, abottoirs and meal works and fl our mills. acr oss th e Hume Highway and its history dal es ba ck 10 GUNDAGA1 : Gundagai is otIC of th e be SI-kIlOlVII explorers Hume and H ovel/ who, ill 1824, dis cover ed IOWIIS ill A ustralia, becoming a h ouseh old word through the Murray Ileal' the sp ot 0 11 which Albury 1/011' stands. four songs - "The D og 011 th e Tuck erb ox'', " A long th e The explorers crossed the ri ver and continued their R oad 10 Gtindagai", " M y Mobcl WailS f or Me", and ov erland journey 10 Port Phi/lip, sill' of present-day " W hell a Boy from Alabama M eets a Girl [rom Melbourne. A water-gum tre e inscribed by Hovel! stands Gundagai", ali ve today ill Ho vel Tree Reser ve to bear witness 10 this Jack Moses' song, " T he Dog 011 th e Tu ck erb ox", has point ill lime and 10 record th e co m ing of th e first while inspired the creation by Frank RUSCOll e of a well-known men 10 th e area on N o vember 17, 1824. tourist [cature 011 th e Hume Hi ghway fiv e miles north 111 1838, the go vernment chose th e crossin g-place O il of Gundagai -s- th« br on :e statue of a dog sitting Oil a th e Murray as a SPOI where a 1011'11 should be estoblished ~m d tuckerb ox, Th e monument is dedicat ed 10 the pion eers the 1011'11 sil l' was surveyed and ap proved th e follow­ of th e district /0 whom a [aitlijul dog was indispensable. III g ye ar. Gundagai derives its name fr om th e ab original, with AI/wry, due to its location, is an im portant commer­ varying meanings - on e being " going u pstream" and cial and distribution centre for the rich agri cultural and the oilier ass ociated with th e shape of th e river bend. pastoral regions of the Ri verinu and north-east Vict oria, W AGGA W A GGA: Early in D ecember, 1829, the while its thriving industrial activities in clu de text ile mills, eyes of the early colonists sigh led th e land on which th e clothing [actory, flour mills, st eel fabricators and iron­ flourishing Cit y of Wagga Wagga n ow stands . The works. pers on s thus privileged con sisted of Captain Charles Popular am on g a lon g list of attraction s today are the Sturt of the 391h R egiment, then stationed in S ydney War Memorial and the Music Bowl, both 011 M onument TOWII, Mr G eorge M ocl eay, and six oth ers. Hill, a landmark offe ring splendid panoramic views of This party passed o ver th e sit e of th e future Wa gga th e city and district. DwellS Cro ssing saw many visito rs Wagga ill its course of expedition down the Murrum­ fr om 1837 0 11wards. The "Port Phillip Gazette", 011 bidgee and Murray Rivers. S ettlement quickly f ollowed l£/I!uary 26, /843, anllounced th e establis hmen t of a post and station properties were es tablished in 1832 by R obert offi ce at DwellS Cr ossing but this did 11 01 officially be­ H olt Besl and C harles Th ompson on the south and north come kllOWI1 as wangaratta ul1til 1853, ten y ears lat er . banks respeclil'ely of Ihe MurTllmbidgee River. Wagga Wagga was proclaimed a tOWII ill Ihe ye ar Friday, April 10: Good weather again, and a 7.50 1849 and ill Ih e same ye ar Surveyor ThOmas Towllshelld a.m . star t, although once again all the competitors marked 011/ Ihe IOWII. 1n the' 1860s Ihe populalion were late in leaving. Vintage classes started fr om the tOlalled approxim(l/ely 700 , bUI by 1881 it had illcreased to 3,975. Two years earlier th e railway lille had been Racecourse, where mo st of the vehicles had been left extellde d across Ihe riller to Wagga Wagga. overnight. The "Courtesy Car" driver who took us The //(/m e of Ihe cily is derived from Ihe aboriginal to our hotel last night call ed for us again at 7.20 a .m. language of Ihe Wiradjuri tribe, wh ich was the biggest These drivers and vehicl es provide an excellent ser­ ab origillal trib e ill New Sonth Wales, em bracilll? the Riverilla area . vice. PAGE SIXTEEN T oday we head for Albury, and the veterans to instru ctions and it was more than I:l- hours befor e Wagga Wagga, where very heavy rain and thunder­ the last of the 489 competitors received them. On storms were experienced, affecting the attenda nce at looking thro ugh the instruc tions I remarked that the the display. We arrived at Albury at 3.30 p.m. af ter lack of informat ion which had been critic ised in another puncture. Unfortunately Dunlop was unable ea rlier instr uctions ap peared to have been improved to supply a tyre for us, but after making several - but how wro ng I was! Immediately after distr ibu­ inquiries a new tyre was procur ed so we are right tion we were asked to amend much of the informa­ again. An excellent lunch was available, a nd this tion and were also told that the times allotted to do made up for the very mediocre one a t Gundagai . the sectio ns were in man y cases incorrect, and that Saturday, April 11: One co mmenda ble fea ture for we would be told of the amendmen ts at the start of which the orga nisers deserve praise is that co mpeti­ each sect ion per medium of a blackboard. One vin­ tor s receive a list giving the locations of doctors and tage sectio n schedu led for 40 m.p.h. was altered to dentists at the various stop-a vers. This morning we the pre vious 35 m.p.h ., so it can well be imagined went out about a mile to see the veterans arrive. that there were some problems. In reply to a ques­ With t he number of cars co mpeting and vintage and tion, one official replied that if check clocks were not veteran vehicles stopping at different places on some synchr oni sed all entra nts would be similarl y pena l­ day s, it is difficult to see them all. However, I saw ised. He was appa rently helping to run his first most of the veterans today. Yesterday Gordon Jelfs even t! We have now got to the stage of treating (1915 Ford) had a broken front axle and this was the competitive sections as something of a fiasco. duly replaced. One Aston -Martin driver fr om Inver­ cargill received a parking ticket, and in Canberra a W ANGARA1TA : W allgaralla was th e titl e G eorge recently restored Vauxhall was clocked at 51 m.p .h. Fuithiull had give n to his Oxl ey hom estead and in 1848 by a traffic officer. th e naming of th e " W angaralla" hot el brou ght the nam e Sunday, April 12: The weather continues fine and closer to the crossing, we set out for the gymkh ana at the Hume Rac eway, 1t is sugges ted that this name is derived from tw o native words, " W allga" , a cormoran t, and " R atta", to ab out 10 miles ou t. We got our events over early and sit; bill J. F. H . M itch ell, ill his "Vocabulary of the came back to the caravan . A "Courtesy Car " took W oradgery Dialect", gives " Wonga" as m eaning a black us to the Show Grounds start in the morning. The cormorant and " Barr atta" a white or black cormorant, Post Office is in a specia l mobile van with all facili­ A combination o] these two words is another possibility, W angarau a and district history uf bushranging ill­ ties availa ble including special Rally envelopes. At eluded Daniel M organ, Harry Power, Bogong Ja ck and, th e veterans sta rt at Wagga yesterd ay, a Rolls Royce of course, the m ost not orious band of bushrangers, the ca ught fire and was seriously dam aged , while a Va ux­ Kelly Ga ng. hall fell off a trailer and was also badl y dama ged. SHEPPA RTON: 1t has been written th at gold dis­ co veries precipitated A ust ralia int o nationhood. Indeed , Monday, April 13: Many entra nts went to Beech­ gold played a vital role ill creating population cent res worth, about 40 miles from Albu ry, to see the place spr ead over a vast area of the state oj Victoria. where the notorious bushranger , Ned Kelly, was cap­ M ust became gho st towns when the gold petered out, tur ed. Others stay ed in Albury, enj oying the sights and th ose millers who, ill the 1850s, saw rosie r prosp ects ill the OW£'llS Valley fields th an th at in the Midlands, and doing furt her shopping. In the evening we at­ fo llowed an arduo us trail thr ou gh alm ost. l'i:gin countrs. tended a briefing , as from now on offi cials from "dusty ill th e hot dry summer and a COIIIII l/W lg quugmtre Vict ori a co ntrol the Rally. Th e start was scheduled ill rain" that paused in the red gum f orests on the west for 8 a.m., but at 8.25 a.m. an announcement was side of th e G oulburn River (a fe w hundred yards from where the She pparton Centre /l OW stands). made instru cting all drivers to pick up their route T he sm all and rick ett y punt which th en crossed the rive r (too sm all /0 tak e th e h orses whi ch were swum over at a cost of two shillings and sixpence per head) brought th e weary travellers to the tiny village calle d Mcthilres Punt. Wh en, ill 1855, Survey or Wllmot set th e farsight ed patt ern for the wide streets of th e city th at would gro w [rom this tin y crossing place,. the nam e c h ~llge d to Sh epparton , pr obably CIII adopti on of She ppard s T OWIl , named for Sherbourne She ppard, then a 20-ye ar-old English squatter who se log cabin, 10 miles nortli of th e punt site, still remains . . She ppurton rem ained 110 m ore than a crossing place serve d by the Emu IIlIl and a Police Station until th e Vic torian Land Acts of 1868-72 broke th e power of squatoc racy and created hundreds of sizeable f arm s from the un wieldy holdings. Th ese fa,,!,S were spr~ad over the flat and fertile G oul bu rn Plains surroun ding She ppurton , ECHUCA: Ecltuca is essentially a river tOWII and Jack Newall's 30/98 Vauxhall which we pictured many of its old buildings, including the wharf, se ~ ve as last issue still in chassis form only 12 days before Cl reminder th at this was once a busy por t, centred III the sailing for Australia. rive r boa t trade. PAGE SEVENTEEN For som e 50 years, paddle steamers carri ed goods A fter landing and holding a lev ee, at whi ch th e from the railhead at Echuca to cattle stations in the vast prin cipal settlers were presented, Bourke rod e ov er th e M urray Ri ver netw ork traversin g Eastern Australia, ground adjacent to the huts and traced a gene ral outline bringing by retu rn hug e loads of wool for despatch to of a township up on a beautiful and con venien t site. the seabo ard. This trade flourished betw een 1860 and H oddle was a man of foresight and determination and 1910 and in th e ye ar 1872, the "Port of Echuco" was refu sed to improvise a plan whi ch foll owed the bullock the secon d largest port in Victoria in terms of goods tracks and other paths, but kept to his layout of straight landed and transported. str eets, alternately broad thoroughfares and narrower About 240 boat s were cleared annually throu gh the access lanes. His vision enabled M elb ourn e to gro w int o port at that time. T he trade eventually waned when the a spacious ye t com pact cit y. railway was exten ded into the inland areas fr om which In 1842, the city was incorp orat ed and the first Mayor th e paddle steame rs received th eir cargoes. and Councillors appoint ed. So me of the romance of old Ech uca is retained by Vic toria wilS separated from N ew So uth W ales in th e preserv ation of its early paddle steam ers, the P.S. 1851 and shortly afterwards gold was disco vered in "A delaide", built locally in 1866, and the original unique Ball arat and the great gold rush began. ln eighteen wharf which tow ers 40 feet above the river and is con­ m on ths th e population of V ictoria incr eased by alm ost structed with a number of levels to compensat e fo r th e 80,000 and Melbourne develop ed rapidl y, polit ically, 30 feet river level variation betw een winter and sum me r. socially and econo mically. To day, a vet eran paddle steam er still operates for M elbourne was the Federal Capital from 1901 until pleasure along th e old river. the opening of Parli am ent ill Canberra in 1927. BEN D[G O: Famous for its gold produ cti on fr om both John Batman's "v illage" now has a population of alluvial and deep lead workings since 1851, Bendigo was 2.25 million , is a thri ving busin ess centr e and is th e then a lon ely part of the M ount Alexander TIIn . Th e fell' second largest city in Australia. sheph erds were alwa ys alert for trouble from th e hostil e blacks, for the territory was disputed ground lyin g Tuesday, April 14: A long day's drive (204 mile s) bet ween th e trib es of th e Loddon and of the Campaspe. It was nev er clear wh o first found gold, but Henry with the vintage competitors travelling through Shep­ Frenchman first rep orted th e presence of payable gold part on to Bendigo. This is good country with man y at Bendigo. orch ards. The day was very warm and mo st peopl e T ho usands flock ed to the new field and m ov ed ex­ were tired on arrival. Bendig o is an old gold-mining citedly to each new strik e as gully after gully was ex plored. Place names still ill use today record the town with some intersting old buildings. Many en­ history of th e day :"Pegleg G ully" from a woo den-legged trants expr essed strong disapproval of doing a circuit digger, "Happy Vall ey" fr om a successful strike, "Tin of the town prior to the check point. This took Pot Gully" from a worthless cleam , "Crusoe G ully " approxima tely 12 minutes. The display wa s held at from the fur .cap of its first digger, " Quarry Hill" from th e sandston e quarries th ere and so on . the Show Grounds race track, and in the morning the Hundreds of shafts were sunk, the deepest reachin g car s were filthy. Th e veteran drivers stayed the night 4,613 feet. T he Co mm issioner's Camp, with its crude at Shepparton. lock-up of logs, was on what is still called Cam p Hill . Wednesday, April 15: Vet erans to Bendi go and Bendigo, which will celebrate 100 years as a city in Vint agers to Sheppart on today, a distanc e of 105 Jul y, 1971, has, with its adjacent urban areas, a popula­ miles, and pleasant travelling was had by all. The tion of 37,000. MELBOURNE:T he first Eur op ean to see the coast sun is affecting many complexions and quit e a num­ of Victoria was Lieu tenant Hick s, an officer of Captain ber of drivers are wear ing small plastic " nose Cook's ship," Endeavo ur", who sight ed Cape Everard in guards". The Mayor and Councillors of Shepparton 1770. Th e co astline was surveyed more th oroughly som e had arranged a civic reception in the form of a wine 17 yea rs later by Mal/hell' Flinders and George Bass, who discovered th e strait between Tasmania and th e and cheese tasting fun ction, and this was very popu ­ m ainland. lar. After checking in at the Show Grounds ther e In 1802, Lieutenant Murray sailed the sur vey ship, was a half-hour bus tou r of the city before att end ing "Lady Nelson", in Port Philli p Bay, and th e report he the recept ion. The org anisation here was excellent, submitted to th e Governo r of New South Wal es led to considering the accommodation shorta ge. The Mayor Dovid Coliins being sent to form a settlement th ere. H e chose an unfortunate site, how ever, and the So rrento presented a trophy for the most appealing Veter an Settlement was abandon ed in 1804. and Vintage vehicles, and these were won by Har­ T he Y'arra Ri ver had been discov ered by Charles rah 's Thomas and McRae's Alvis (331) from Timaru. R obbins, a master's mate, in 1803, and it was at the Thursday, April 16: The final day, and everyone m outh of thi s riv er that Captain John Batman ancho red set to make Melbourne. The weather has co ntinued his 30-ton scho oner, " Re becco", in 1835 and took a small ship's boat upstream . fine and conditions for travelling were pleasant along Impressed with the fertil e vall ey he found, Batman the lOO- odd mile rout e. On the out sk irts of the city negotiated with th e Doutagalla aboriginal trib e and we were met by Traffic Department officers and purchased some 600,000 acres of land from them for OIl escorted to ·the Exhibition Gr ounds near the centre annual tribute of goods. H e selected th e site on which of town. Many cars were placed on display in the M elb ourne no w stands with the wor ds, "This will be th e place for a village" . Exh ibition buildings. Many of us were put to some The village was founded later in th e sam e year by inconvenience in respect of accommodation at the John Pascoe Fawk ner, and in 1837 th e Governo r of N ew Prince of Wale s hotel- there are five hotels of this South Wales, Sir Richard Bou rke, arriv ed with a senior nam e. m ember of the survey team, Robert Hoddle, to plan the juture de velopment of th e town which the Go verno r Friday, April 17: A day full of ent ertainment. A named "Melbourne" aft er th e Briti sh Prim e Minis/er. bus trip was arranged by Bob Jane, a well-known PAGE EIGHTEEN Australian race car driver , and we saw the sigh ts o f attended public display. Stayed at T att s H otel ­ the city befor e arriving at the Sandown Hotel for ver y good ! There are about 150 vehicles making this lunch. E verything one co uld wish fo r appea red on tour. the menu , including turkey, pork, ham and many Monday, April 20: OJ;! the way to Mount Gam­ other items, all dressed most att ractively. All this was bier , with a midday stop at Heywood . Many took provided free of charge, and needless to say i t was the alternative ro ute via Portland a nd covered some ver y grea tly appreciated. In the afternoon we were rough ro ads in parts. On one section a large articu ­ taken to nearby Sandown Park where the Bob Jane lated tru ck had capsized thr ough travellin g too close racing team put on a displ ay, along with an oppo r­ to the edge of th e road . Man y of the sheep were tunity for vintage sports ca rs to try out the co urse . killed and the remainder took to the bush. In th e So me of the spec tators were treated to some circuits evening a buffet tea was arranged by the Mount 'of the track in Bob Jane.'s Holden Monaro, an ex­ Garnbier Veteran a nd Vint age Ca r Club. There was cellently prepared vehicle ca pable of ISOm.p.h . How­ plenty to eat, and everyone enjoye d them selves, ever, prob ab ly in defer enc e to his passe nge rs, Bob though some comments were pass ed on the cost of kept his spee d down to a modest 110 m.p.h . on the a jug of beer ($1). This appea rs to be the normal straights. At 6 p.m . a cockt ail party was held in the cha rge at functions. Town Hall for all entrants, and this was a most en­ Tuesday, April 21: Before leavi ng Mount G ambier joyabl e function. After lea ving, man y took the op­ where the vehicles had been on displ ay the previou s portunity of visiting Luna Park and sa mpling its night, attracting an attenda nce of 1200, we were numerous sidesho ws and the " Big Dipper". given the opportunity of visiting the lar ge timber Saturday, April 18: A free day, with op por tunities processing plant operated by Softwood H oldings Ltd. fo r shopping, the sho ps being open on Saturday This is a very large concern , and in ad dition to mornings. There ·are many motor accessory shops a t timb er sales its markets par ticle and coreboard in the top end of Elizabeth St reet, and of particular many different forms. M ost were on the ro ad by intere st th e Vanguard Co. Pty. Ltd ., who ha ve a 10 a.m. as some had a distance of over 200 miles to large stock of spa res, and Hancock 's T yre Ser vice, travel. An excellent barbecue lunch was availa ble a t who deal a lot in odd tyre sizes. The final dinner the Naracoor te cav es, which we had the opportunity was held in the Royal Ballroom at the Exhibition of inspecting. These ca ves were disc overed ,in 1902 complex, and with 1300 person s seated was the larg­ and have been open to sightsee rs fro m 1909. Ju st as est sit-down dinner ever held in Melbourne. Fo r a man y were leaving there was quite a thunderstorm, function of this size the ta ble service was excellent, with torrential rain , which continued until we were and a 9-p iece band provided music for those wishing a bout 20 miles on the journey, when we ran int o to dance. Naturally there was a number of speeches sunshine aga in. On the morning run we struck high 'and these took qu ite some time. The prize list was winds. George Holstein followed in beh ind us for length y and the awa rds were ou tstanding, non e being a bout 50 miles. A number of ca rs which ar e not 'in the usual form of cups. Rad ios, silver trays, and Internation al competito rs ar e a ppearing, one interest­ tea services were amo ng the main prizes. Jirn Sulli ­ ing vehi cle being a Lan cia with l. F.S. T on ight in van spoke on behal f of the NZ. body and referred Keith the local Lions Club is arran ging a public to the NZ. 1972 Rally, wh ich had also received display of the vehicles, although not all entrants are attention fr om oth er speakers. In the o pening speech stay ing here, som e going on to town s further on of the evening special reference was made to those becaus e of accommo dation pro blems. We passed who had ass isted the contro lling body, and Jim, Mrs thr ough man y lar ge gra pe growing a reas. These are Sullivan and Ma rie and 1 were kindly included in these, presuma bly for correspondence prior to the Rally. T he main results were obtained and sent to NZ . per Alan White, who left on the plane a t 11.40 p.m. One disappointment was the ap parent overl ook ­ ing of M ari e at the presentati on to each of the lady drivers - she was not menti oned. Sunday, April 19: T oday saw the start of the So uth Au stralian Tour. Th e informat ion supplied was first-class. All sta rted in their own time, as this is purely a tour with no competition. Ned Suther­ land (De Dion) was away at daybreak in an endea v­ our to cover the 160 miles before darkn ess, the da y being overoast. Lunch was at Winchelsea, and the goo d catering reminded us of that put on at Oam aru . In the eve ning a t Warnambool the local Lio ns Club arranged co ver for the veh icles an d held a well- A Murray River ferry between Adelaide and Sydney.

P AGEN INET EEN grown commercially for wine-making, and were be­ ing picked as we went through . • Wednesday, April 22: Coo ler weather today for the final leg to Adel aide . All got away to an early start, Pictured • Q • I the lunch stop being at T ailem Bend . Bernie Byers was motoring again after having big-end and gearbox trouble yesterd ay. The orga nisation has been ex­ cellent and on arriving in the outskirts of Adelaide we were met by club members who escorted us to our motel s. Most NZ .ers are at the 277 Motel­ ver y mod ern with all am enities. On arrival many took the opportunity of washing th eir vehicles, as quite a lot of rain had been encountered ,in the last two days. There's no doubt that these Rallies are the means of meeting many fine people. One such was Ian Hunter, who dri ves a Chrysler 77. H e had arrived at his home in Ad elaide befo re us, and in our motel we found a basket of fruit , together with a letter of welcom e and an Adelaide street directory - a very thoughtful gesture. Thursday, April 23: Another fine day, and all set The Replica Barker torpedo bodied Phantom I of Don Shields a car which showed an incredible atten­ for the trip to the Barrossa Valley and the tour tion to det;il finish. (Photo: Gavin Bain). thr ough Seppelt's wine-making establishm ent. Leaving at 9 a.m. we proce eded through the suburbs to Bar­ rossa, approximately 50 miles away. Th e vines cover­ ed acres and acres and we were shown the making of wine, sherr y and brandy. We were wined extremely well-plenty for all (and too much for some!) In fact , after lunch many slept for a good deal of the way back to town. The lunch was superb, with plenty of barbecued ch icken and salads followed by ice cre am and fru it salads, with mor e wine and sherry , and coffee for those who wished . On leaving Seppelts we went through more grape growing areas and passed a large number of wineries, Altogether a first-class day's entertainment. On the trip we met John and Clarkie Dillon, who had arrived here yesterday. This couple were on the H.C. C.A. t our to NZ. in 1967 and it was good to see them again. We had the The 1913 Prince Henry Vauxhall entered by Rally pleasure of dining with them in the evening. Th ey organiser George Green. (Photo: Gavin Bain). are all set for our 1972 Int ernational. Friday, April 24: T oday we had the opp ortunity of visiting Chrysler. About 50 persons, seven Chrys­ lers, and one Dodge, were welcom ed by the Sale s Promotion Supervisor , who made available five guide s to show us through this large manufacturing and assembly plant. We saw cars being made from the rolls of steel t o the finished product. I wasim­ pressed by the testing and inspecti on which the vehicle s are subjected to . We even saw the new 6 cylinder motor which will be available from May I. After the inspection, which took 2{- hours, the vint­ age Chryslers were photographed and televised. In the af terno on, a tour to a reserve where there is a large number of kanger oos, koal as, etc., unfortunate ­ ly had to be shortened because of ra-in. In the "Old Whitey", the Overland which lowered the evening, another of the popular "wine tasting s" at Melbourne to Sydney record to 19hr. 38min. in 1918, restored to its record-breaking t rim. the clubrooms was attended by a large number. Later (Photo: Gavin Bain). in the evening a dance band catered for th e dancers

PAGE TWENTY in one part of the building, while in another part vintage motoring films were shown by an American driver. Sa turday, April 25: Today, the 60-mile Rally run to Victor H arbour , through some hilly but interesti ng ... Australia I co untry, proved a worth-while trip. The luncheon pr ovided was of the usual high standar d which we had been given in the past three weeks, today's menu including stea ks, chops , vegetables and apple pie. On the return journey we encou nte red heavy rain in parts. Many local cars turned out to the run , among them being some interesting vehicles including a Benz, a Rolls Royce and a very fine Daimler. Sunday, April 26: A picnic, at a venue about ten miles from the city, was today's att raction, but as the wea ther was not very pleasa nt, some left for Me lbou rne or Sydney instead of waiting until the Mo nday. Most drivers en route to Sydney headed fo r Mildura (246 miles) but ran into accommoda tion pro blems due t o a bowling tourna ment there. T he trip passed thro ugh some fine count ry with large areas devoted to wheat and grape growing. The The 1912 K.R.I.T.• owned by S. Cox , of N.S.W. Murray river had to be crossed by ferry--quite an (Photo: Allan White). expe rience fo r us. T he grape harvest yields from one to one and a half tons to the acre and it was quite a sight to see large quantities being tra nspo rted by trucks and trailers. Monday, April 27: The latter half of the trip from Mildrua to Hay was through flat, ra ther uninteresting cou ntry with littl e growth, but after about 100 miles of this kind of going, we str uck more attractive count ry ab out 30 miles f rom Hay. Tuesday, April 28: We left H ay at 8.30 on the 202 mile trip to Cootamund ra, a flour ishing town 273 miles fro m Sydney. The run took us through large areas of wheat grow ing co untry with man y silos. It would appear that some growers are having difficulty in disposing of their crops, judging by the number of stacks. We arrived at Cootamun dra at 3.20 p.m. in quite chilly weather. Lauric Vinai's delightful 1898 Benz from Adelaide. Wednesday, April 29: On to Katoomba today, (Photo: Gavin Bain). passing th rough Bathurst and Lithgow, the route being very hilly in parts and qu ite an interesting co ntrast to what we have been expe riencing of lat e. Thursday, April 30: T he last day! Onl y 70 miles to Sydney. We leave the vehicles at Egans Factory, per courtesy of Mr Phillips. This is 20 miles fro m Sydney, and suits us very well, as we shall not have to drive into the city itself.

ON REFLECTION The 1970 International and the South Aus tralian Invitation Tour provided excellent motoring with daily mileages that most vehicles co uld cove r with ­ out difficulty . Accommodation fo r entrants and crews was of a good standa rd with very few persons not having The 1905/06 White Steamer of A. B. Mclnnes, Vic­ allotted the accommo da tion requested. Bearing in toria. undaunted by broken crankshaft. mind the magnitude of the task in providing 1400 (Photo: Allan White). PAGE TWENTY·ONE beds eac h night ther e were very few pr obl ems with in Melbo urne was well arra nge d, the meal being bookings , and any organisation which can pro vide as served within a reason able time. accurately mu st be co mmended. To Dav id Lipscomb and his willing helper s our Mid -day lunch es were of an exce llent sta nda rd tha nks for the manner in which they co nduc ted the with adverse co mmen ts being heard on only one day. So uth Au stralian T our, on which 150 entries wer e The timed sections crea ted some pr oblem s and treated to excellent motoring, entertai ning, and aga in dissatisfaction.T his sho uld be ove rco me in New well or gani sed accommo da tion. Zealand in 1972. In all, three wonderful week s and an experie nce With an atten dance of ove r 1300, the final dinner entra nts and crews will long remember . As the two-wheelers saw it

By Alan Brehaut eno ugh, at t he next sto p he produced a new pair of Dunlop sandshoes fo r Ern! If you missed thi s event you missed the rally of a All the mot orcyclists arrived at Ca nber ra, the firs t lifetime! C onditi ons were perfect for m otorcycl ing­ maj or sto p, and the three days stay there saw feverish warm, dr y wea ther, all types of terrain including a acti vity in the way of dismantling mot ors and gea r­ co uple of steep and twisty mounta in passes, an d boxes, welding split mudguards, etc. M y 1921 A.B.C. above all, a bun ch of 37 reall y wonde rf ul enthusiasts. had been running perfectl y, but seve n miles after They say that blondes have t he most fun- and leaving Ca nberra (a t 6.30 in the morning) fo reign this hold s good for mot orcyclists, too, in the Austra­ noises and a dr astic lack of power became evident, lian Na tion al Rall y anyway. The w riter ove rhea rd and inves tigation revealed a co lla psed piston and many co nversa tio ns by ca r driv ers to this effect. brok en rings! Back to Ca nberra , where the 'piston One can hav e nothing bu t admiration for the rid er s was aluminium welded , turned down, new rin g of the ver y ea rly "vetera ns"-the 1902 a nd 1903 grooves cu t and new rings fitted, gudgeon bushes F.N.s, .the 1903 M ot osacoch e, and the 1904 M iner va made, the cylinder lightly hon ed and the eng ine re­ -who gamely set out on a 1000-mile trip with the assembled, and fina lly, a t 4.30 in the afternoon, we odds aga inst them for getti ng to the finish. But with took off for Wagga Wagga, a bo ut 70 m iles away. pock ets bulging with torch batteries to keep their E ver try riding on str ang e road s at night without trembler coil ignition systems go ing, off they went. lights? I think most of the K iwi rider s (there were six of At Al bur y the bikes wer e in their eleme nt on the them ) fo und the first day the most tr ying, as mu ch Hume racing circuit, and Cyril McLe od fro m Inver­ of the ro ute was throu gh cr owd ed city stree ts. Most cargill sho wed them how to ride as he cleaned up of the motorcycle competitors chose the vetera n the mot or cycle section on his 1912 Triumph.F ro m route, which was shorter and less steep, but eight Albury onwa rds, though, t he distance sta rted to tell others, including the writ er, travelled the vintage on some of the elderly veteran s and severa l wer e route. It wo uld have been mor e fun if all the motor ­ cycl ists had covered the same route, as in many cases we did not all meet until the finish of the ra lly. We mad e up fo r thi s by all sitting at the same table for the final dinner. (No pri ze fo r guess ing which was the noisiest tabl e!). However-back to the eve nt itself. As I have mentioned, the weather was ideal for mot orcycling, and wet -weather gear was har dly even thought ab out except on one occasion. It was pleasan t travellin g through the swee t-sme lling gum and euca lyptus forests which a bound in th is area. And talk about service-can yo u beat this? Ern Parkes was running alongside his 1903 Mot osacoche up a hill wh ich was too mu ch for his an cient steed, when a Dunlop service van pulled up alongside the per spiring Ern an d the dri ver enqui red , "Can I help you, mate?" "No, thanks," panted Ern-"all I need is a pair of running shoes." Line-up in Canberra: Fred Bush's 1923 B.M.W. in foreground. Note drive shaft. transmission brake and " We ll, we must get you the re on Dunlops," repl ied transverse h.o . engine ("Canberra Times" photo per Ashley Cooper, the Dunlop service-ma n-and sure Alan Brehaut). PAGE TW ENTY-TWO seen being trailered in the late afternoon. The sniffing the aro ma tic Castrol "R" perfume! Perhaps Minerva's frame broke, also the engine mounting the most admired bike was Jack Cockburn's superb on the Motosacoche, and the G .C.S. had gudgeon­ o.h .v. Douglas and torpedo sidecar from Invercargill. pin trouble. T hrougho ut the rally the motorcyclists received Kiwi Ian Mallett had the misfortune to break his exactly the sa me treatment as the car driver s. We timin g gear only 50 miles fr om Melbourne and he didn 't tak e .too seri ou sly th e remark made by an had to be trailered over the finish line. lan deserves official on the stage at the briefing at Albury. Asked a special medal for riding his 1930 Sunbeam minus how the motorcycle riders wer e going to ea t a gearbox for the entire rally. packed lunch while riding, he repli ed , "If you're mad There were some ver y interesting machines present, enough to ride a mot orcycle, you 're mad eno ugh to some with unfamiliar names such as the G.C.S. and find a way!" the E.W.B., both 1914 mod els using V-twin l.A.P. Our bet is t ha t in our 1972 NZ. "Internati on al" engines and assembled in Au stralia, while the 1910 we are go ing to have a bumper motorcycle entry. Speedwell turned out to be actually an Abingdon Already, many Australians are making plans to King Dick "in disguise". come. Let's hope we make them as welcome as they Most interesting mechine, in my opinion, was the made us! 1923 B.M.W. owned by Fred Bush, which ran superb­ NZ. motorcycle entries were Trevor Barnes (1927 ly and was in very original condition. One rather Triumph), Cyril McLeod (1912 Triumph), George unique feature for a motorcycle was a transmission Holstein (1920 A.l.S. and s.c.), Alan Breh aut (1921 brake. A 1914 Sunbeam enter ed by the son of the A .B.C.) , lan H allett (1930 Sunbeam), lack Cockburn original owner was another beautiful machine. It (1924 Dougl as and s.c.), Barry Barnes (1927 B.S.A. was a delight to ride behind R on Wait er s' 1912 Scott and s.c.) Seen, heard and read Newspaper coverage of the event was not exten­ In the process of inspecting the gleaming vehicl es sive, although some intere sting repo rts appeared, in­ at one of the displays, one old lady was heard to cluding an excellent supplement in the "Canberra murmur: "How nice to see that they are making Times". them look like that again." lust what could she have The rally organisers produced a bright news-sheet meant? " Re vs and Backfires", compiled and duplicated under During the many var ied and sometimes lavish difficulties whilst on the run . This was eagerly sought social fun cti on s it was noticed that Veteran mot or­ by the competitors as it was their main source of cycle rid er s preferred to stand rather than sit, and rally news. In the first issue an a ppeal was made for also walk ed with an unu sual gait! inf ormation with the foll owing warning: "Don't Hume Weir reservoir was the venue of veteran leave word of mouth messages plea se. Remember the activity of an other kind. The N.Z. built fifth sca le blok e who wanted a fuel injection pump. By the replica of Captain Cook 's " Endeavour" tempor arily tim e it was published he had du el infection of the under the "command" of Edward, Lord M ontagu , rump! " looked magn ificent on the water under full sail. At Also reported in the rally paper was a n unusual this time the largest gathering of large sa iling ships mishap to Lou Albert's 1929 A .l.S. The engine was was assembling in Au stralian waters since the gr ain­ beh aving 'in a rare manner so Lou dismounted to race day s. A mighty sight. inspect. He found a slim strap hanging from the Len Southward, N.Z.'s "King of exhaust systems ", carbo intake. Further investig ati on tra ced it through was observ ed working und er his car. Guess what! to the inlet valve where it was wrapped firmly around The exhaust box and tail-pipe needed attention. the stem. This strap was found to be twelve inches FOUND: A set of false teeth snapping at the long! Before the event started, the "Sydney Morning checkpoint mar shall 's toes in the grass. Pat from Her ald " carried the photo of Mr and Mrs H arold NZ. was might y relieved with their return. One C lisby and four-week old son in their 1902 Crest­ newspaper reported at th is stage tha t there had been mobile with the claim that he was the smallest per­ only seven dr op- outs - six ca rs and one set of teeth ! so n riding in the smallest ca r on the run . Certainly The mobile post office acco mpanying the rally was a veteran enthusiast in the making! equ ipped with special rally sta m ping gear and special Attention was dr awn in " Re vs and Backfires" to covers. the regulation forbidding the ca rriage of fruit or Overseas co mpe titors wer e apprecia tive of the salad vegetables across the border int o Victoria. One guarantees to off-loa d their cars from the ships, strike young lad had his toffee appl e imp ounded on the or not. The wh arfie s were not able to do anything way to a barbecue. about storage however , so the Au stralian club mern- PAGE TWENTY-THREE bers worked thr ough to 3 a.rn., dr iving the cars 20 quiries thr ough the truck ing firms and the R.A .C. of miles to the garage area. Vict oria had not located it or the tra nspo rter! So me of the America n co ntingent had disappoint­ Berni e continued with an xiou s enq uiries, possibl y men ts altho ugh all seemed to ha ve mad e the best of suspecting modern -day bush-ra ngers un til it was fin­ things and had a tho roughly enjoya ble time . Dean ally located in quite a different localit y than plann ed. Spencer had his Dodge accidentally delivered to the D urin g the event some 400 copies of "Beaded Solo mo ns. Appar ently it appea red in time for a late Wh eels" were di str ibut ed to co mpe titors free. Gavin sta rt. T his car is to be shipped to N Z. for storag e Bain report ed he could have used several hundred until the 1972 Int ern at ion al. more to satisfy the demand. We hope some overseas Clarence Kay of Ca lifornia had bought a Ply­ subscriptions are forthcoming. mouth in Australia while on a H.C.e.A. VISIt a Pr eliminary leaflets publicising the 1972 NZ. Inter­ co uple of years back with the instruction that it be nati onal R ally were also hand ed out and were re­ restored for him in time for this rally . Progress re­ ceived with much enthusiasm by seemingly hundred s ports fr om time to time sho wed a fine job being done of potential entra nts. and finally the day came for Clarence and Mr s K ay * * * to take possession. T he Plymouth looked really fine We are indebted to the man y mem bers and pub­ with supe rb paint etc., the new owners proudly load­ licat ions with out whose assistance the compiling of ing their gea r. this supplemen ted issue would ha ve not been pos­ H owever they were soon plagued with a series of sible. Special thank s to the followin g: exas perat ing minor problems. T he vacuum tank No rm Skevingt on for his day-by-day reports. failed and a petrol pump fitted , solenoid failure was Alan Brehaut fo r "Two Wh eeling in Au str alia " . temporarily solved by making contact with a spa n­ Alan White for clippings, photos, result s, etc. ner, starter button disa ppea red thr ough the das h with Gavin Bain for mak ing avai lable about 450 ph otos. ensuing firewo rks, a nd af ter all was repaired Clar­ V.C.c. of Australia bulletins, newsletters, programme ence's eager grip was sufficient to pull his driv er's etc. door off as the result of a broken hinge. Af ter all "Revs and Backfires", the ra lly newspaper. these teething troubles it was decided to motor Ca nterbury Branch Ca n-holder Account for financial strai ght th rough without risking unn ecessary stops. assistanc e. On the return jou rney a number of U.S. competi­ And finally to Geoff H ockley who spent many hours tors and tour follow ers stopped off for a few days in sub-editing and typin g volumes of hand-written New Zea land, appropria tely enterta ined by V.c.e. copy. of N.Z. folk. BRANCH NOTES: Scr ibes are urged to give Ju st pr ior to going to print, Ne lson's Bernie Byers brief accou nts of their local co mpe titor's experi ences had rep orted his newly resto red Ca dillac single gone in the next issue. How about it, you Australian missing between Adelaide and Melbourne. I t was touri sts? last seen on a tra nsp orte r with eight new cars. En- Tom elements Early Australian Constructors

(With ack nowledgement to the 1970 Bicenten ary R ally Nearly 40 makes of motor- vehicles built in Au s­ Programme). tralia between 1893 and 1930 have taken their places in the annals of the nat ion 's moto ring hist ory. Not man y mot orists today have heard suc h brand nam es as R oo, Shea rer, Pioneer , Australis, E aton , Sutton, T ho rnpson, Tarrant, Ha ines and Grut, Jigg er, Sum­ mit, Chic, Southern Cross. These are but few of the sometimes weird mach­ ines which often were highl y successful du ring their gener ally sho rt production life. One of the first was the E aton m otor-cycle, a single-cylinder machin e manu factured by Knight Eaton of Brisban e pri or to 1897. This year also saw the app ear ance of the Pioneer, a four-seater wagon­ ette with a single-cylinder kerosene engine. It was built by Grayson En gineering of F itzro y for the H or seless Car riage Syndicate o f Melbourne. Oth ers buil t before 1900 included the Sh ear er, a A 1919 Australian Six, owned by S. Kelleher (N.S.W.) six-seater 20 h.p. stea m wagon, a Ziegler steam- car,

P AGE TWENT Y-FOUR the Thompson steam phaeton, the Sutton two-seater T his all-Au str alian firm built what was then the racing tandems and two-seater tricycles from Vic­ lar gest bu ilding in the country at Parramatta Road, toria. A shfield . Between 1900 and 1904 Sutton vehicles included It is thought th at around 1000 Australian Sixes two cars, and 10 steam car s were built by Thompson. had been built by the tim e the company failed in In 1901 the first Tarrant made its appearance. The 1926. T he six-cylindered, side-valve monoblock en­ only survivor of thi s make is owned by the grand­ gine developed 45 h.p. at 2400 r.p.rn. Bore was 3t so ns of the maker, and is frequently entered in club inches and stroke 5 inches, the drop-forged crank­ events. The Tarrant is depicted 'in the V.C .C. of shaft running on three main -be arings. The car 's ap­ Australia badge. pearance was simila r to the Moon or Essex 4 of the The years 1904 to 1906 saw 11 new m odels of per iod. Australian manufacture, including Swinnerton, Tres­ Shown in the bi-centenary pr ogramme was a line co wthick, and Kinmont Phaetons whi ch appea red in of Australian Sixes bound fo r New Zeal and in 1921 Melbourne in 1904. - who's hiding one? Most famous of all Au stralian built cars was the Several Weg e two -seaters, three and six-cylindered Australian Six . Powered by a 23-4 h.p. six-cy linder were bu ilt 1920-24 and the short -lived Southern-Six engine, th is advanced veh icle wa s produced in three, appeared in Sydney in 1921. five, and seven passenger touring cars by Australian Marks-Moir dev eloped the first chass is-less car, a Motors, Ltd., at Ashfield and later a t F ive Dock, 15 h.p. integral plywood bodied tourer in 1923, thi s Sydney by H arkness and Hellier. m ake developing int o the Southern Cross produced The first " A ustralian" of 1909 was the bra inchild from 1931 to 1933. of F. H. Gordon, the great grandson of N.S.W. Gov­ Other ventures included Summit, Lincoln, The ern or Phillip King. He pr oduced a total of 60 from C hic, during the peri od 1924-30 and the Olympia in his fac tory at Rushcutters Bay, this pr oving a suc­ 1930. cessful venture over a period of years . Fred Gordon Some of these designs sh owed origina lity, perhaps formed a new company, Australian Motors Ltd., using pr oprietary parts at times, but like sim ilar with the backing of Mark F oy of dep artment store pioneering efforts th roughout the world, often fa iled fame, William Arnott the prominent biscuit manu­ to develop bey ond the first exper imenta l and proto­ facturer, Mr Penfold of the win e-producing firm, and type pr oduction s ow ing to lack of capital and pro­ tbe shipbuilders Hughes, Martin and Wa shington. duction difficulties.

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P AGE TWENTY·SIX and by late afternoon everyone looked hot and sunburnt. That evening the Rally Com­ 1970 Easter mittee had cunningly worked out a scheme for sorting out in ad­ vance the next day 's men from the National Rally boys, and judging by the number of late starters next morning, the scheme worked quite well. By Aileen Kitney kura Park, where 2,500 people The evening cabaret was intend­ filled the terraces around the ed as some light-hearted fun, but sportsground to see a parade of for one or two it might have been In Taranaki, we're as conc ern ed vehicles dating in decades from a little too wholehearted. There with the "give them a good time" the horse and gig to the latest in was an awful lot of black coffee aspect as the "who's going to Jaguars. It was a lively night for consumed at next morning's tea win?" side of a rally. On that that time of the year, clear and break! basis planning started two years warm, and New Plymouth's Ed ­ Altogether though, the 450-odd ago, stepped up over eighteen wardian Society helped the show months and really began steaming guests sounded like they were along by providing costumes and having a roaring good time. And during the last six months. the ladies to model them . Comic The week before the Rally I in my book, this is the best part relief was left to the heroic rider of a Rally weekend anyway. don't think any of the Rally Com­ of a collapsible penny farthing mittee slept too well, because During the Rally itself you don't bicycle (identity unknown, but have a show of meeting other there are some things you just usually to be seen at rallies riding, can't prepare for in advance. It's drivers, arguing over your own or pushing, a black and silver car's merits, or tracking down easy enough to work out the King Dick) . exact time a car will take to go verbally the piece you 've been through a driving test, but how Next day the fun really started after for months. At the evening do you work out how long its - you know the drill-Concours "do" there's time for all these driver will take to get through a judging, driving tests and all that thing s, plus the pleasure of re­ given amount of bubbly? And in the morning, and in the after­ meeting friends from all over the what do you do when one of your noon a static display at Pukekura country. Concours judges has to back out Park. The branch is very lucky in Sunday, of course, was the big two days before Easter, or your having the use of this park, re­ day, with cars starting as soon as chosen entertainer ends up in nowned for its beautiful bush, they could be marshalled off the hospital? Or a bus company lake and ferneries, and possessing racecourse. The fast vintage blithely forgets all about you and a perfect sports ampitheatre for section set out through lovely sends its buses sixty miles away, shows like this. bush country over Mt. Egmont's while your visitors wait patiently There was room for nearly all southern ranges and down to on a windy racecourse? I can the cars to be parked around the morning tea break on the other answer that one. You borrow a perimeter, nose into the bank so side. Then on round Stratford city council bus, thank the mana­ that the public could get a perfect way to lunch, and back to the ger kindly, and hope that his view from the encircling path racecourse. There was a bit of passengers weren 't left standing above. According to official figures everything in the 130 miles-e-tu lip. on a windy bus stop while yours "the public" that day was well straight line, everything we could got comfortably on with their over 3,000, and 99 per cent of think of without making it too cabaret! them were thoroughly appreciative hard for the beginners. Seriously though, we hope all of the work Involved restoring our R. J. Atley and his Gardner those who came felt that it was treasures, treating the cars with will go down In history on this worth it. Most of the 160 odd admiration and respect. run. He was just TOO fast-kept entrants arrived on Good Friday getting to the checkpoints before Once again the weather was afternoon up at rally head­ they were set up. At the end of perfect, almost too hot if one quarters at the New Plymouth the day Rally Co -ordinator Des. judged by the milling hordes that Racecourse and were issued with Moore, who'd been out front in threatened the icecream van with information sheets with times, the A.A . car, was seen looking imminent annihilation. places and people to look out for back over his shoulder and mut­ on them. During the afternoon motor­ tering, "Is that guy chasing me?" On the Friday night a few cars cycle driving tests in the centre of while the A.A. officer reckons took part in a Cavalcade of Cars the field kept up the .interest for he's going to get a new car soon­ and Costumes in the floodlit Puke- those who'd viewed all the cars, a Gardner. PAGE TWENTY-SEVEN The slow vintage and mo tor­ loose, he dr opped his who le were pleased that mo st of tho se cycle route took in eighty miles ex ha ust sys tem on the way out to who needed help got it. of some of the bett er North Waitara for the evening, and the n Sunday ended with the formal Tara na ki scene ry, but missed out ja mmed the sta rte r motor. dinner an d pre sen tati on of awards a highlight of the fast vintage T hree othe r sad sto ries a re out a t Wa itar a, and a prett y ro ute, a trip over the Mangor ei those of the Ch ristchurc h boat ­ wear y-looking bun ch of co mpeti­ strea m by way of a ford. ta iled Essex owned by S. Fa lcon­ tors ca me to say go od bye bef or e All ca rs wer e fo llowe d up by a er, the Ma xwell ,that ca me, I be­ the long haul hom e. tow-truc k in case of breakdown s, lieve, all the way from Ashburton , Don 't worry, we wer e just as but the only breakd own the and George Elcock 's Douglas weary , an d a bit flat too once wreck er boys had to a ttend to was mot orcycle. T he Essex sta rted they'd a ll go ne. We'd enjoyed their own ! Club members them­ fr-o m home with a reconditioned their co mpa ny very much , and if selves, they 'd been in a hurry to motor , ran a bearing north of we can't men tion individu al ca rs, get a wa rra nt in time fo r the run Wellingt on, a sec ond one at Strat­ it's because we didn't see them . and hadn't bother ed ab out the fo rd on the same co nrod. and was Not in deta il anyway . We'H ha ve floorboards under the sea t. So it towed in by Hans van Lith in his to leave th at to someone who had wasn't sur prising that their batte ry Ashburton Nas h. The Maxwell time to turn round. fell out and swung precariously go t as close as hal f a mile away But just fo r the record, we wer e from its lead s. They didn't ca tch fro m the racecourse befor e conk­ very pr oud to sho w our fellow up until the lunch break ! ing out with magn et o trouble, and T aranak ians what the clu b is ca p­ The other bre akdowns on the the Duggie br oke its cranks haft. abl e of. On Saturda y the general run itself were min or , oiled-up We reall y felt so rr y for the se picture was dazzling, and jud ging spa rk plugs and the like, and the blok es, as well as a ll the others fr om what was on sho w then , crews a ll man aged to fix things who had trouble of one kind or New Zealand must have the most themselves. an oth er. The brea kdown service co mprehensive selection of well­ There's no doubt that T au po's was kep t fiat out on F riday and ca red fo r machines of a ny sm all Den is Am or and his Darracq had Satur da y with a host of welding country in the world. the biggest variety of hard luck. job s, leaking water pumps, fa n Our special tha nks to Castrol He had clutch tro u ble, mag. pulle ys that needed re-bushin g, Ltd., sponsors of this eve nt, fo r trouble, his rear wheel studs ca me and other minor repa irs, but we their valu ed assistance .

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PA GE TWENTY·EIGHT Alex Smith-Beach Racing's 'Grand Old Man' Alex Smi th , who passed away of being rebuilt. In the latter Masterton's Two recently at his hom e in Picton , stages of his racing care er Alex occupied a un ique position in New rod e a 500 c.c. over head-cams haft Big Days Zealand motorcycl ing racing his­ A .l .S. tory by being an active co mpetitor I little dreamed, on that day in Although I was unabl e to attend in the once popul ar sport of beach 1913 when I watched Alex push­ the rally and old-timers' reunion rac ing for nearl y 25 yea rs. start his little Levis in his first from February 28 to March I As a schoolboy I remember beach race, that I was destined in (indeed, there seems to have been watchin g Alex make his beach years to come to eng age in many not a single Southern er in the racing debut on Brighton beach a battle ro yal with him on the entry list-bad show) I am in­ in 1913 on a Levis two-str oke, old Brighton sands. Those old­ debted to organiser G len Bull for thu s commencing a career which timers who remember the fierce the gen on what must have been spa nned nearly a q uarte r of a competition and bitter rivalr y a really outstanding turnout. century and included innumerabl e which marked the racing scen e in Actual star ters numbered 38­ wins in both cham pion ship and those days . will realise that no down somewha t on Masterton's handicap events, rid ing such di­ greater tribute can be paid to Alex 1967 fixture, which was of nation­ verse types of machin es as Le vis, than the fact that "the opposi­ al status. T he reunion mustered a lames, Indian and A.J.S. tion" never grudged him a win, splendid total of 80-odd old­ It is for hi s associa tion with and I am sure that all who knew timers, and 133 in all sa t down to Indians that Alex will pe rha ps be him will join in mourning the loss dinner on the Saturday evening. best rem embered, as from a bo ut of a fine ri der and a grand sports­ In the morning, timed runs for 1918 until the end of the 1920s man . veteran and vint age machines, of the name of "A . J. Smith (7/9 Indian)" was rarely if ever a bsent fr om beach racing pr ogr ammes. One of his ea rly Indi an s was a Powerplus engine tuned by him ­ self and fitted in a light er model Indian frame, and later he took ove r the very fast Daytona racer from the late George Lambert on the latter 's retirement from beach racing, a nd in a bout the mid-I920s he 'gradua ted to the fo rmida ble Alt oona, last of the fac tor y 1000 cc. racing side-va lves. Incidentally, it's gratifying to know t ha t these latter two machines which carried Alex to so many victori es are being preserved for posterity. T hey were in my possession some year s ago but have since passed out of my hands, the D ay ton a being now own ed by Inv erc argill 's Norm Hayes, who has mad e a superb job of restoring the fam ous old machine, wh ile the Alt oona was taken over by Neil Sutton of Christchurch a nd is in the pr ocess Alex Smith and the Daytona Indian PAGE TWENTY-NINE 30 and 50 miles respectively, were been enough to make up a class. turning a mean figur e 8 with a held, and gymkhana event s filled Perhaps pro specti ve club members thr ee-wheeler , and Jack Lucas dis­ in the afternoon. in search of machines will in played some unsuspected athletic future have to turn their att ention prowess in getting his Douglas Most of Sunday was occupi ed to P.V.V.s, as vetera n and vintage going. with concours judging, lunch, and machines seem to be getting in­ T he inter views with severa l old­ present ation of awards, the win ­ creasingly difficult to locat e, timer s brought back memories of ners being as follows: though probably P.V.V .s are al­ bygone years- it's more than 50 most as hard to find. Norge Cha llenge Trophy (best yea rs since I saw Roy Cr awley overall perf ormance)-R. Glenn y The V. & V. motorcycle move­ in action at the 1919 Ca nterbury (1935 Velocette) . mentis indeed ·in the picture when Park grass track meetin g in K. L. Bull Memorial Shield it attracts our TV nab obs­ Christchurch. (best 4-cylinder, 'or best Engli sh WNTV was on hand to make a An encouraging feature of the twin)-Bill Munro (1937 Ariel documentary of the doings for the week-end gatherin g was the splen­ Sq 4). " Living in New Zealand" series. did reception given to Maureen Wellington Points Cup (best Like the legend ary cur ate's egg, Bull's book "Vintage Motor­ vintage field tests)-A. Lambess WNTV's effort was good in parts cyclin g", an auspicious launching (1924 Rudge). but it seemed disjoint ed and I felt of New Ze aland's first book on that the method of presentation Laing Memorial Trophy (best the subject and one with which left a bit to be desired. Neverthe­ Maure en and her publ isher must sidecar performance)-D.Clarke less, it was a step in the right (1927 Harley-Davidson) . be pleased. direct ion and it was refreshing to GEOFF. HOCKLEY. Concours T rophies- Vetera n, J. see the bikes gett ing some pub ­ Franci s (1916 James). Vintage, U. licity for a change. Nichol (1925 Indian). PV.V., R. Glenn y (1935 Velocette) . T here were a few quit e effective First Auckland sho ts of the gymkhana events. Motor-cycle Rally An interesting feature was the Len Southward on his 1928 turnout of P.V.V.s-seven of Brough sideca r outfit demonstrat ­ Perf ect weath er , fantastic hos­ them! Prev iously, there haven 't ed that he hasn't lost the art of pitality, and a good entry of over

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30 machines were the features of note were the immaculate 1924 on sheer speed. In one of these, the first all-motorcycle rally or­ 350 c.c. A.J.S. belonging to Russell the head marshal, Barry Williams, ganised by Barry Williams and Meil (the eventual Vintage con­ in demonstrating his grass track the cycle members of the Auck­ cours winner), the 1934 KSS racing Harley also demonstrated land Branch for New Year week­ cammy Velocetteof John Harris­ how easy it is to lose control. end, 1970. Entries from as far on (the P.V.V. concours winner) The day's activities concluded afield as Masterton and Welling­ and a sight not very often seen­ with a social evening and prize­ ton areas ensured as wide and three excellent examples of the giving where the overall winner diverse a machine type list as one Scott Marque. was Peter Jenkins with his Indian could wish for. Seventeen makes Scout. Other major award win­ were represented with Harleys and In attendance at the after­ ners were: Veteran Concours and Indians being the dominant makes. noon activities were several other Hard Luck, Bob Clarke of interesting machines, these being Hawera with his 1912 King Dick All competitors who had not an Indian Prince and an Indian (a broken exhaust valve put Bob visited, or were not familiar with Powerplus, both belonging to Uri out early in the day, but frantic Auckland, were met at Mercer Nichols. These examples are fairly work resulted in the bike again and ferried through to their billets. rare in the club and, both being mobile towards the end). The In some cases this required round perfectly restored, attracted much Road Trial resulted in wins for trips of 80 miles by the thoughtful comment. An unrestored example Ray Closey and his Indian in the Auckland members. of a Brough Superior owned by fast class, and Bill Munro and his One machine which attracted Fred Priestly also drew its fair Reading Standard sidecar in the attention was the immaculate share of comment. slow class. Lady rider's award restoration of a 1915 Overseas After lunch driving tests were went to Maureen Bull on the belonging to Lee Brooks. At the held in the grounds of the rally AJS. The largest contingent of finish of the morning timed run venue, the Henderson Valley outside riders was from the Waira­ of about 35 miles, the Overseas School. The large grounds were rapa branch with six machines, was as oil tight and as immaculate excellent for the tests as some and all these voted to return to as when it started. Also worthy of depended not so much on skill as the next event. GLEN BULL.

PAGE THIRTY-ONE comes In the abi lity to navigat e, cussion in A uckla nd recently and time-kee p an d o bserve an d be ale rt hea rd th at a ce rtai n ve hic le is not to a nswer questions. T he big mi le­ technicall y unus ual and should not LETTERS TO age as suc h is unnecessary, be an acce ptable P.V.V. (thank God I would not like to be forced to it did become one!) THE EDITOR ignore the route instructions and Well the dear old Morris 8 a nd check points as this spoils the rally the Ford Y and the Singer (sewing but to make the physical part machine mode!!) and the long stand­ strenuous precludes certain members ing Austin 7 to mention a few, fall Sir, fro m taking pa rt. This also spoils into this category and I agree that the rally as all members cannot they are no t tec hnically unusual but I was in tereste d to read in the pa rticipate. I mai ntain ( possibly in m y ign o r­ A pril/ May issue of ' Bea ded Wheels' F o r the record the combined agc ance) that they did more for mot or ­ an ex cell ent article b y Mr Wo od of m v crew of two a nd ca r is 156 ing in their da y than did a lot of o n Thomas Specials. yea rs-s-a nd the car is the youngest. other vehicles that " list-minded" On pag e 10 Mr Wood men tio ns BRIAN H . WALTON. people I have spoke n to would wel ­ "Nanette" , th e Scrivcn Special, an d M r W alton has raised a point that come wit h open arms . says that this car existed as recen tly has ha d to be decided on a basis For this reason alone if for as th e I 960s. I can offe r a slight of compromise. no ot he r the v deserve as m uch if clu e as to its possible presen t where­ The pr oble m of inc ludi ng as m uch not m ore reco gni tio n tha n any abouts, fo r in the summer/a utu mn of N ew Zeala nd as possibl e m akes waggons built in the so -ca lled 1962 copy of th e V.S.c.c. Bullet in lon g distan ces inevi table. Slower " classic trad ition" which, to m y a ph ot ograph of " Na nct tc" appears. schedules over these long dis­ m ind , we re in th eir day o nly ex­ The ca r is in ch assis form, and tan ces mean marc adm inistra tio n pensi ve pla ythi ngs I'or the idle rich the rebuild is we ll ad vance d. On and less soc ia l ga the ring at th e any way . pagc 38 appe ars a lett er fro m thc ra lly poi nt. Both m aximu m social Ju st as foo d for th ou ght, has a ny­ owne r, M r J. E. B.L ittle, 16 Dal­ tim e a nd grea tes t possible cover­ o ne mo ved that Vi nt age M od el T 's veen Avenue, O av yh ulme, Lan ca­ age having been given to the be ba nned fro m the club? After a ll shire, so I suggest that th is ge ntle­ organisers as being to p prio rity. they, by the tim e the vi ntage era m an wo uld be able to pro vide some the routes and sc he dules laid arrived, m ust su re ly have be co m e infor matio n on th e car in 1970 even down have been adopted. tec hnically ve ry un int erest ing and i ~ he no lon ger is th e owner.-A. T. M r W alton should have no worries run of the mi ll. KING. with the touri ng section road BO B CLA RK . sche d ules which ge nerally ensure By thc tim e th e next " Beaded good, easy-go ing co untry over Sir. which 200 mi les a day in a Wheels" com es out th e 1970 Int er­ T he story of the Thomas Special nati on al R ally will be over an d Hurlingh am should be a "piece of in the April-May issue made in­ ca ke " with a good quiet week in th e planning fo r 1972 gai ni ng teresting reading but was not always m omen tum. Nelson to recuperate. accurate. The reference to m e is As [ u nde rstand it the ty pe of car * * contrary to fact. m y connection wit h dictates mileage to be covered and Sir , the Thomas was of the slig htest. I no consideration is given to the As I read through the note in our did no t take "the en gi ne in han d ability or ca pacity of its crew to local newsletter from the new chair­ for the owners and ma de it go keep up. With o ur club getting older man of the P.V .V . section one refer­ re liably if slowly" , as stated by the average age of me mbers is ence raised my hackl es and after yo ur co nt ributo r. I merel y spent two g reate r and in my ow n case it so several weeks of debat e 1 have de ­ or three evenings to m ak e th e ca r happens tha t the ·type of ca r I have cided to tak e up my pen in anger. go and d rove it a co u ple of times bring s it int o a class which it is T he reference whic h raised my so th at th e ow ne rs, R yan and G ubb, plann ed will be required to do 200 bl ood pr essure is as fo llows: " T rue co uld get rid of it. T hey had boug h t mil es a da y f or five days with no th er e is still lo ts of talk abo ut lists , a pu p an d to make matters worse, it alte rnative. etc., but unless they co me into was a ve ry dead pup. I am una b le to d o thi s as th e rall v reality the present method (ad mi t­ M y part of th e sto ry is sim ple : wo uld bec om e an o rdeal instead o'f tedl y loose) must be use d and I Paul had left the car in an Au ckla nd a joy. The scie nce of participat ion would appeal to all bran ch com­ ga rage fo r storage-he too had given mittees to loo k cl osely and rati on ­ it u p. Ryan and G ub b bought it. ally at each applicatio n for P.V.V .s." No ne of the mecha nic s at the big T ha t refer cnce to list s co ming in to garage whe re it had been sto red rea litv-I am ce rtai n th at no V.C.c. cou ld do be tter th an to prod uce member is going ·to tell me wha t splutters an d lo ud ba ngs fro m it. RENMARK sort of mod ern car, bi ke or co m­ Bill Ryan ca me to me fo r he lp, mer cial [ ca n buy an d he certainly possibly eve n thinking I might take SPORTS STEERING WHEELS won't tell me which m ake of Veteran a fancy to it an d ta ke it off thei r WIT H PADDED GRIP or Vin tage machi ner y to buy, so hands. A t this tim e I was very busy why should any member o r the clu b in m y office. but out of frie ndship as a whole limit my choice of [ agreed to help them m ake it go Available fro m P. P.V. mat erial? so they could ge t rid of this dread­ Accessory Suppliers Surely if I like a piece of ful contrivance. m ach iner y wh ich q ualifies age-wise I spe nt two or three evenings Sole N .Z. Distributor: for P.V.V . status and I am p repared which was all I could spare. In this to spend tim e. energy and gold on time . I d um ped the magne to and it and bring it up to the requi red re placed it with the al ternative PENNIOIL (N.I.) LTD. standard then [ am fulfilling one battcrv system. CHRISTCHURCH or mo re of th e club's stated aims. I cxt to go were the two Schcbler I sat on the sidel ines of a dis- m o to rcycle caburettors fitted by PAGE T H IRTY· T WO D ick A nd rews- the needles of th e ad jus ta b le je ts h ad been twiddled arou nd a nd I h ad n o tim e to sort o u t th e correct a d jus tme nts. These we re replaced b y th e or igin a l Report from Ze nit hs . o n ly to find th at so m e of th e jet s had been pei ned ov e r to reduce the size. O ne carbo flooded a nd the other spa t ba ck a nd we the National Executive caugh t fire to add a little excitem ent a nd m o re delay . [ n ow found th at th e ca msha ft Rep ort of N ati on al Execu tive cha irman, to be ' assist ed by Mcssrs tim ing had been m o ved , co ntrary to meting held a t t he Russley H otel , P. F . Tem pero and Skeving to n. wha t [ had been to ld. I h ad no C hristc h u rc h, o n Satur day, F e brua ry R egister and Dating : A ll ve hi cles for tim ing di agram, so set it wh ere 1 28, 1970. regi st e ring a nd dating must be ro ad­ th ou ght it shoul d be a n d was re­ Li fe M em bership: The alteratio n to able, b u t a ll ve h icles owned m ay be warded b y a cle an ex ha us t sc ree ch rules rega rding life m embe rship has included in th e m embe rship list. rig ht up to maximum r. p.m . no w been ap p ro ved and in ad ditio n Historic Racing Cars: Further co n ­ N ow I found th at th e clutch to previou s life m em bers M I' and side ra tion is to be give n to accept­ wo u ld not di sen gag e, du e to the Mrs A. A nd erson and M r R. B. an ce fo llowing a letter from O tago pins for the p ressure plate jamb ing Sha nd h ave now been gran ted th is Branch . A co py o f thi s letter is in th e holes th rough th e casing ­ sta tus. be in g fo rwarded to a ll b ra nch es a nd th ey h ad been m oved int o new " Beaded Wh eel s": Mr T. D.C lern­ it is suggested tha t a ll th ose inte rest­ badly divid ed h oles. T his was the ed in t his typ e of ve h icle should tot al of the m eeh anical work. I n­ ents re po rted on "Bead ed Wheels " finan ce an d p ublicati on. O tago read it as the m atter is to be d is­ cide ntly, there is no m ystery o f th e cu ssed fu rther at th e next m eeting st roke o f the lon ger th r ow crank­ Br an ch pu t forward a sugges tio n fo r a mon th ly publication b ut it was with th e id ea of reach in g so me sha ft- the bore a nd th e sw ep t finalit y. co nsi de red that the pr esent c irc ula ­ vo lume a re known so th e st ro ke is p.v.v. Applications: The fo llowing easy t o calculate. ti on was insufficient to war rant th is. T he Presid ent, Mr J. M. Sullivan. were accepted : 1937 Vcl ocett c M /C , N ext d ay it was tried a t M ange re B. R . Glenny; 1932 A riel M /C ,F . B. T rack. The b rakes were im possi bl e sugg ested th at th e positi on co uld be revie wed a t a later date. Gillum; 1937 Ariel M /C , B. \V . a nd wo u ld co me co m ple te ly off M unro; 1934 Sidd elcy, I. D. Mclean ; whe n th e ear was steere d to the Stamp issu e: M I' L. W . So u th ward 1935 Lagond a, B. Middlemass; 1936 right. This w as di seove red wh en I rep orted o n a n application m ad e to Paeka rd , B. D . C a tch po le ; 1938 S un ­ ran into th e b ack of the to wing th e P ost Office fo r a special sta m p beam M /C Hullett; 1950 D a iml e r, ca r. T he m a ximum pe rm itte d RPM issu e in co njunc tio n wi th the 1972 M. C. W a rn er. 5400 ca me up so that was eno ug h. R all y. T he P ost Office sta te d th at l ndemnity Fo rms: Discussion on in­ [I' t he ca r wen t slowly, as sta te d, th e re q ues t would be co ns idere d demnity fo rm s res ulted in a m otion under my ca re, I can o n ly sa y it lat er thi s year. being passed th at the completion of wen t as fast as it ever did , wh ich R esign ation s: The m inutes of th ree these fo rms for every ev ent is both was slowly anyway. Such vic to ries em e rgen cy m eetings were co nfi rme d , nece ssar y a nd desirable and th at as it ac h iev ed in New Zeala nd we re th e b usiness tr ansacted being th e b ranc hes tak e ou t a public liability us ua lly th e result of a no ther's m is­ resigna tio n of M r 1. B. Loug hnan cover. N . C. SKEV INGTON. fortune. Nevertheless, o n th e o ne fr om th e Executive, and th at of Mrs occasio n 1 drove it a t Muriwai, I Ba ile y as Natio na l Secret ary, the m an ag ed to slips tream th e M iller le asing of new p remis es, a nd th e fo r a w ho le lap, b u t lost h im when ap po in tme n t of Mrs R. Anderson t o Branch notes th e unadjusted brak es loc ked up at th e office positio n and M I' N. C. th e So u th turn an d 1 m ad e three Skevingt on to the Executive. comp le te revolutions spinn ing. Administr ation Report: Mr J. S. In cid ently [ kn ew th e M ille r h ad P almer p res en ted th is rep ort, m a k ing bad brakes too , so it was sa fe re feren ce to th e new premises an d to drive blind, close be hind him to revised accou n ting procedure. Ever sin ce th e As hb urto n B ran ch was formed th ere has be en a dearth un able to sec for cl ouds of sa n d. / 972 R ally: M I' Anderson 's report H owever, his b rak es we re p robably of ve te ra ns in o ur area. Bill M ille r inc lude d refere nce to the co mpre­ was the o nly real vet eran enthusiast a p plied before mine, hence me hen sive adv c rtisng to be in cluded in spin ning when th e sa nd cleare d a nd in th e d ist rict with his 1906 R eo , ov e rseas m agaz ines, wi th the objec t bu t th is veal' sho uld see sev eral new I f ound m ysel f closing rap idly o n o r o b ta ining 200 to 300 overseas hi s tail. veteran s' m ak e thei r first pu bli c e ntries. A 54-page bo okl et is be ing debut. Once again Bill is in th e lead I was surprised ,to read that the pr oduced detailing regulat ion s a n d car ran reliably in my hands-to the with a two cy lin de r 1911 B uick. form alities and this will be available This ca r is m ot orin g an d in a ve ry best of my recollecti on it ne ver in M a y. A pamphlet is to be finis he d a ra ce. But the objec t had ad van ced sta ge of restoration , and distributed to in tending A us tra lia n provid ed Bill d oesn 't sp end too been ac hieved: R yan a nd G ubb g ot en tra nts at th e 1970 R all y. rid o f it. much tim e in t he United St at es a nd Waikato Branch is to T he Thomas was quite th e worst 1970 A.G.M.: o n his overseas tour, his ne w vetera n racing car I ever encou ntere d. A n be host to thi s ye a r's m eeting , the sho u ld be see n a t ralli es lat er in the excelle n t specifica tion, b u t th a t was first to be held fo llowing the club's year, a ll. Ev ery owne r fou nd this o ut and decision to h old th ese m eet in gs a t An other in te res ting veteran being q uickly disposed o f it to an ot he r ce n tres apa rt from C h ristc h urc h a nd restored lo cally is C o lin Bearman's suc ke r. F ortunately th e sup ply of W ellingt on. 1906 Cad illac. This car has been in suc ke rs never runs o u t. Vi gilance Co m m ittee: F oll owi ng on the Bearman fa mi ly all its li fe. Over from th e res ignation of Mr L ough­ 40 years ago the car wa s co nve rte d DICK MESSENG ER. n an , M r H . D . Kidd was appointe d to a m o bil e we ll- digger an d did

PAGE THIRTY-THR F.: E yeoman service in this capacity, Branch of the Vint age Car Club end run to Russell, where 17 ca rs around the city of C hristchurch. who tra velled to the North Island and three bikes enjoyed glori ous When dist ance became too great at Easter would like to express their weather and a rather different locale . "Caddy" was towed to the drilling thanks to all who helped to make Roger Munro won the timed run site, then the rig fell into disuse their trip so enjoyable. going up, and Ron Close y won the followed by disrepair. Now Colin To the Taranaki Branch, Mr and bike section. Eba n M offatt and has resurrected the family treasure Mr s Brown of Hamil ton , Mr and Norm Dewhurst won the Scaveng er and rest or ati on is well under way. Mr s Rankine of Palmerston N or th, Hunt held on the Sund ay morning , All the running gear of the car is and the Napier branch (for the an d a leisurely run home in the restored and the car sitting on a hosp itality shown to Mr Crum) we aft ern oon completed an excellent beautiful set of wheels respoked and would like to say an espe cial thank­ week-end. It is possible that more re-Ielloed by Colin himsel f. By the you . Also to all thos e persons to o runs of this type could be organised time this goes to pre ss the engine numerous to mention, whom we had if enthusiasm was evident. should be re-conditioned and back the pleasure to meet and talk with Socially we have n ot gone short in the chassis. Mudguards and bon­ on our travels throughout the N orth of the good times either, the wine net are made and the body is und er Island , you all helped to make our and cheese eve ning for the ladi es way, but what is most imp ort ant journe y a happy and mem orable being a gre at success, with over 50 Co lin says tha t the Ca dillac will be one. THANK-YOU. (Signed): Ralph navigarines (is there such a word ?) completed this yea r. and Lexie C rum, Co lin and Olive having a most pleasant time being Ra y H osken , whose beautifully Bearman, Ray and J ocelyn Hoske n, waited on by a select and dutiful restored 1927 Buick is well kn own , Hans and Ria Van Lith, David and handful of asten tious vintagents, has obtained the bones of a rare Shon a Hight, Morrie and Brian Eleven cars from the Auckland Buick, ab out the 1916 era. The re­ Allan, Jim Hamilton, Ian Moore. branch made the Tasman crossing, mains have not been brought to and a thumbnail sketch of each one Ashburton as yet, but the gathering provides an interesting cro ss secti on up and restoration is to start in the AUCKLAND of local vintage motoring. very near future. Starting with the small est, Roy An other vetera n restoration that Our congra tulations go to Les Hick's Austin Seven 1925 C hummy has commenced is Ralph C rum's Keys for his atta ining second place is a well kno wn car, being a fre­ 1913 M odel T . Ralph has just re­ in Class 6 in the Internati on al Rall y. qu ent and successful competitor in u.rned from the " National" where He says the per form ance of his car provincial rallies. For the Inter­ he saw some beautifully rest ored was onl y exceeded by the effor ts of national the car was fitted with an brass radi at or Fords and this has his wife, who was his navigator. inch and a qu arter crackshaft. evidently spurred him to get crack­ They, like others we have sp oken Ron Jacobs took his 1922 Ansaldo ing with his own veteran restoration. with , had a grand time and wouldn't Tourer, the back being loaded down Ralph's son Mike has the Stutz have missed the rally for worlds. with lugga ge and cam ping gear. We completed and it is glorious-look Ron and Pat Jac ob from this bra nch hope those beaded edge tyres were ou t you concours types . took the Ansald o on to Ad elaide, abl e to transmit the urge fro m the T alking of the National Rally, and by all reports the Annie was well tun ed Annie motor. eight cars from Ashburton attended, going gr eat guns (crossed, of Sunb eam s were represented by and all who went spea k mo st highl y course) . two cars , a 1925 14/50 spo rts two of the organisation and hospitality . Back on the home front we have seater, bel onging to Dick Stanley, Four cars stayed in the North Island had our share of longer runs, the a rest orati on just finished in a after the rally touring and sight­ first being a most enjoyable Easter meticulous manner, and Bill Barn­ seeing and all who stayed said the run to New Plymouth, where this ard 's 1924 Fourteen Tourer, which kindness of the North Islanders was branch, with ove r 40 entrants, was is always turn ed out in a condition terrific-their only complaint-they good en ough to c ollect the team beyond reproach. Sunbeam enthu­ couldn't sta y long enough. prize. Quite a few fo lk had odd siasts will know that th ough the It is hoped that the North Island­ bothers with their cars on the way cars look simil ar there ar e lots of ers will go away with the same down, not surprisingly after a long differen ces, and that they are bo th impression of the South 'after the and busy summer, but while Pa fixed rath er rare. Internation al Rally in 1972. the car, Ma gathered mushrooms , Har old Kidd took his Nash J. MORRISON. and everybo dy made it. Thank you Special Six Roadster, a 1925 mod el Taranaki, for a great week-end. with attractive lines and altogether Th e member* s** of the Ashburton Early in April we put on a week- a most desirable car. H arold had

NORTH OTAGO - Ch airm an : K. Per ry. Secreta ry: T . E. Stephen s, 5 D.R.D. Oarn aru . OTAGO - Chairm an: K. Oak enfull, Secretary: I. G . S. Sharpe, 28 Michie Street . Du ned in. SOUTH CANTERBURY - Chairma n: R. Mont gornery. Secreta ry: G . F. Brownie. 126 Pages Road, Timaru. ASHBURTON-Ghairman : R. Cr urn . Secretary: Mrs J . P. H osken , SOUTHLAND - Chairman : D . W. Jord an . Secret ar y: A. Mclntcsb , 45 Alford Forest Road, Ashburto n. Rakiura Avenue, Otatara , 9 R.D., In vercargill, AUCKLAND - Chairman: J . Lewis. Sec retary: C . Keenan, p,a. TARANAKI - Chairman : J. Castle . Secretary: N. D . Leuthart, Box 3382. 519 Mangor ei Road . 1 R .D . New Plymouth. BAY OF PLENTY - Chairman : W. R . Janes. Secr etary: H. TAUPO - Ch airm an : D. Am or. Secreta ry: R . Stew art , 9 T on gariro Christian, 37 Hampton Ter race . Tauranga , Street . T aupo. CANTERBURY - Chairma n : L . W. Humm. Secretar y: P. F. WAIKATO - Ch airm an : B. Ca tch pol e. Secr etary: M . Qu ayle, Ternpero , P.D. Box 13160. Armagh , Chr istchurch. r.o. Box 924. Ham ilton . HAWKE'S BAY: - Chairman: R . Scarrott, Secretar y: G. Browne, WAlRARAPA -Cha irman: G . Bull. Secretary. P. J . Sm ith. 79 R .D. 5, Dm ah u R oad. Ha stin gs. Cameran Crescent. Masterton, MANAWATU - Chairm an : G . Masernan . Secretary: I. B. Poole. WANGANUI - Chairman: C . G . Th om as. Sec ret ar y: I. Kend all . p.a . Box 385,Palmerston North . P.D. Box 726, Wanganu i. MARLBOROUGH - Ch airman : J . H . Soar. Sec retary: D , C . WELLINGTON - Ch airman : M . W arner. Secretary: K. Wilkinson . Kilputri ck , 25 D illons Point Road, Blenheim. 78 Coast Road. Wainuiornat a, Wellington. NELSON - Chairma n: G. Topliss, Secretary : D. Pickcring, 24a WHANGAREI - Ch airman: E. Mu sic. Secretary : N. W. Ganley. Kingsl ey Place, Richmond, Nelson. p.a. Box 17, Whangarei, PAGE THIRTY-FDUR given it a complete refit befor e going MOTORCYCLE NOTES in a messy mixture on windscreens, on this rally, and it would acquit New members are coming fo r­ and the road gradu ally improved. itself well on a long run. ward steadily and at a recent meet­ Roger Ward won the run , a com­ Anoth er American roadst er was ing two new enthusia sts were binati on of time trial and questions , entered and dr iven by Dave Lane , welcomed by Barry Williarns, our in his 1927 Willys-Kn ight sedan, whose 1930 Stud ebaker President 8 'cycle secretary-Richard Webb with Jim Webb ( 1929 Marquette) was is a familiar sight. Originally im­ a 1948 P.V. Vincent Twin , and Mr second, and third pl ace was jointly ported as a left hand drive car, it Short, who arri ved at the meeting shared by M. No ttle (1935 Morris was early converted to a right hand­ on his beautifully restored 1932 2­ Eight), Dave Shand (1927 Austin er, but the original steering gear stroke Royal Enfield. 12/4 tour er) and Peter Dick ( 1929 went with the car as spares. Today, Jack Inch has added two more Rugb y) . as a result of irrepar able wear on early push-rod Nort ons to his sta ble At Paradise Valley there was a the r.h.d. box, the original steering of two O.H. C. models, and is really good turn- out of Rotoru a sub­ gear has been refitted, so the car is serious abo ut restoring all four in branch and Taup o branch members trul y back to makers' specification . the forthcoming year. and their cars to greet the travellers. Earle G ill took his 1923 OD 23-60 Lee Broo kes has recovered yet Among the most interesting was Vauxhall tourer, a car which he has another B.S.A. Sloper, which is in Deni s Arnor 's 1923 Darracq tourer, owned for some years , and on which very origina l order, and is eyeing it and among the most impressive was he completed a rebuild just in time " restoratively" for "H unua" next. Les Hayter's 1929 Packard limou­ to catch the boat. With its polished Recent new member Ron Fellowes sine, both from Taupo. alloy body and a new set of mud­ of Western Springs has alm ost com­ The Packard was almost, but not wings, this is a most handsome car, pleted the restoration of his lovely quite, outshone by visiting 1957 and its performance is in keeping 1924 350 c.c. side valve AJ.S. and Cadillac V8 former G overnment with its looks. needs only a horn ·and min or fittings Tourist Bure au tour car with to finish it. Frank Payne, who has occasional seats ,eno ugh r ~ om to Joe T idswell is another whose car in the last year lavished his attention seat eight peopl e in comf ort and has only recently been fully restor­ on an E.W. Douglas, has purchased still sufficient space for the oc c~ s i o n ­ ed. This .a 1928 Buick Master Six, a 1924 side-valve long-stroke Sun­ al Austin Seven-tourer, of course. De Luxe Tourer, has not been seen beam, and has the necessary parts The Rotorua sub-branch is thri v­ in ac tion in club functions, but it is and know-how to make it a fine ing, and already has 20 finan cial a most imposing car on the long mach ine. memb ers, with another 10 abo ut to wheelbase with wire wheels. You Successful entrants in the well be signed up. Among the cars under can well believe that Buick's slogan organised National rally at Ne w restoration in the Sulphur City are of the period was made in earn est. Plymouth were Peter Jenk ins who Brian Rollo's 1926 Humber 9 h.p. Doct or Johnson was unlucky in was overall cycle winner and claim­ tourer, Sid Halliday's 1930 Aust in 7 that he consulted ano ther medic ed the Montagu e Cup on his 1929 saloon, Rex Forrester's 1927 Model abo ut his own condition ra ther than Indi an Scout , and Lee Bro okes who A Ford, Harold Gray's 1926 Hup­ abo ut the big 1925 Fl int T our er he won the veteran Concours with his mobile, Reg M unro' s 1929 Austin had entered , with the un fortunate immac ulate 1915 Overseas. Other 12/4 saloon, Stan McCutcheon's result that the owner entra nt was Auckland entrants who enjoyed the 1927 Indi an Scout de luxe motor­ scra tched. Ho wever, a relief driver weekend were Ray Closey 1926 cycle (fo r which he needs pistons) was org anised, and we are pleas ed Indian Scout , M. La Haye 1927 Graham Dod's 1929 Dodge sedan' to record that the owner is better. Model 9 Sunbeam, Barry Williarn s Paul Robinson's Packard sedan' Th e only saloon to go fro m this 1918 H arle y and chair, Pat Wood Dennis Whimp's Model A and branch was Les Key's 1928 Austin 1929 Harle y, John Holland 1928 M od ~l TF ords , Roy Fleet's 1929 16 Six, a car which came originally AJ.S., Tom Belch 1930 Douglas, Aust in 7 Swallow, Graham Smith­ fr om the Waikato and which per­ an d Ure Nicol on his 1930 10/12 son's 1929 Wolseley saloon, Bruce forms admirab ly. Les has done well Harle y. Warn er 's 1929 Austin 7 saloo n and in local runs with the car, which is HORNBLOWER . the Anglis Family 's Chrysler 70 an ideal car for long distance rally­ - - ~ - sedan and Vauxhall. ing. On the Taur anga h ome front the Quit e the biggest car to go from BAY OF PLENTY Webb family is beginning to make Auckland, if not from the whole Bay of Plenty branch members some good progress with the M odel country, was George Mih aljevich 's pioneered a new route between A Ford rest orations. Th e senior 1924 9.1 litre Ren ault. Ge orge Tauranga and Rotorua when they member, Jim Webb , is restoring a finished this only a few days befor e went on a rally which ended at the coupe and his son, Allan, is most of sailing date , and it is a fa bulous Paradise Valley trout pools in late the way thr ough a road ster rest ora­ restoration . The sheer size of every ­ Apri l. tion . In the past the Webbs have thing is staggering, and the original Th e bran ch obtained permissi on to concentrated on Buick Marquettes workmanship is of the highest use the Fletcher Timber Company's after dabbling with a Willys Knight: order. The body style is a two priv ate logging road, which run s and more modern Chevro lets and seater with dickey , and has been direct from Tauranga to Marnaku, Daimlers, but the Ford bug seems dubbed "the biggest Hurlingham in and when drivers were able to lift to have bitten deeply this time. the worl d". Waist line height is chin their eyes from the rather poor After lunch at Paradise Valley, to high, the engine idles at a whisper, sur face and some treacherously get back to the run , everyone went and for all its garg an tuan dimen­ nar row timber-bridged culver ts they off to Rot?rua in convoy to inspect sio ns, George says it is very light saw some magn ificent native bush. lan Matthias' mot or museum , which to hand le. The surface was too much for was recentl y opened. Ian is a club If the enjoyment of the run was branch chairman Bill Janes. He de­ mem ber , and with the assistance of in like pr oportion to the amount of cided his veteran Sunbeam-Rover club memb er Roy Fl eet, who is wor k done in preparing the vario us roadster was tak ing too much of a engaged fulltime at the museum he cars, the crews would have had a hamm ering, and turned back. But is building up a creditable collection whale of a time. the others plugged on through the of vehicles . DOUG WOOD. dust and light rain, which combined Some are owned by the museum,

PAGE T H IRTY-FI VE but many a rc on loan from Bay of a ro und this ve ry old esta blishme nt. ing car s. Sa tur day pr od uced a be au­ Plenty, W aikato and fur the r afie ld T he winery wa s esta blished in th e tiful m orning for th ose travelling club m ember s. He has nearl y 30 1860s by Mr Bernard C hambe rs an down and so me very good motoring vehicles on d isplay, plus vete ran old id entity of the H avelock North was en joyed along one of thi s and vintage accessories, odd ca r and di stri ct, and in lat er years was pu r­ co untry 's most scenic coasts. statio na ry en gines and m od els, and chased by th e Toogood Br other s Saturd ay afternoon b ro ught a has pl ans for ex tendi ng the mu seum. who own the bu sin ess today. change to so utherly co nditio ns and M AX AVERY. T he who le process was very we ll with nigh tfall a stead y ra in set in. ex plai ned to all th e people who in­ Aft er an entertaining evening of cluded more th an just a few child­ music, song and sto ry in the big ren. Of great int erest were the very tent hired fo r the occasio n we all HAWKE'S BAY old ca sks whi ch wer e lined up in crept off to our bed s a nd spe n t a th e cella rs, som e dating ba ck to th e During th e past two m onths quite night accord ing to our eq ui pmen t. ea rly days of th e bu siness. N aturally Morni ng brought co lde r co ndi­ a lot of pre parato ry work has go ne af te r having a good look round, we tions and whe n the clo ud along th e o n within th e bran ch. T om Ca ldwell we re invited to sa m ple the wines hills lift ed th ere was an usunual was get tin g read y for th e tr ip to availa ble. This hospi tality was en­ sight for F ebruary, sno w well down. Austra lia fo r th e Internat ional R all y, joyed by all , rounding off a most The morning wa s spent packing up while Peter Ru ssell's friend I an int er esting afternoon. be tween showers and in the early Pe ra ta was fo rtunate in receiving a It was pleasin g t o see the nu mber af ternoon a sta rt was m ad e o n th e commission from an A us tra lian of tourers out o n t his occasio n, a ll jo urney h om e, leavin g a hail storm paper to cover th e first half of the with the ir hood s d own, and filled behind. In spi te of the weathe r it International R all y. with happy fam ilies enjoy ing the was vo ted b y all " A ve ry su cce ssful This was sufficie nt to spur Peter wa rm autum n weathe r. wee ke nd". on and ge t th e Fraser N as h fully The annual general meeting is du e Richmond Br ook Garde n Party. road worthy so that he co uld go with lan and cove r the R all v to­ to be held at th e May Noggin and Februar y 28 : T his o uting pr ovedto be th e m ost en jo yable of th e seaso n. ge the r. W ith room being at suc h a N atter whe n th e execut ive fo r th e en suing year will be elected. A good cro wd , delightful surround­ premium in th e Fraser Nash, both O ur " Mag" ed ito r, Rh ys Bartle ing s, excellent parking space for o ur were virt ually lim ited to a cha nge o f vinta ge vehicles and th e af ternoon clothes an d a tooth brush. T hey a nd his family have so ld up the ir te a! Bill y Bunter's hamper never we re taking no hood jus t a type­ bel on gings and taken to the road, wri ter and a few spa res., I am su re firstl y to see New Zeala nd then head con tained suc h a feast as th at spread th at these two will have enjoy ed off ove rseas. We shall mi ss Rhys in on th e tables fo r afternoon tea. T he the cl ub as he was an efficient editor highlight of the a fternoon for th e th eir trip immen sel y. With nin e entra nts tak ing part in of our " Mag" co ming on to the child ren was a loll y scra mble. A n scene wh en things loo ked ve ry ou ting enjoyed by yo ung and old . th e N a tio na l R all y in cluding th ree " Bon from the G isborne sub-branc h, so me gloomy indeed. We wish them E aster M onda y, M arch 30 : A n hecti c wo r k took pl ace during th e voyage". aft ernoon r un was held to R ar angi. last week or two bef o re Easter to Visit ing member s to H awkes Bay A number of vintage and m od ern cars turned out and enj oyed a cup get the cars ready, All the ve hicl es m ay be interested to know th a t had a go od run to New Plymouth, members of the bra nc h gather at of tea and a pleasant r un throu gh th e O ne ka wa H otel in Na pier o n a co untrys ide pleasantly green a fter and with suc h a go od represen tati on th e recent d rought. th e branch was able to enter two Sat urday af ternoons. An yone passing Popular Vot e Cup, A p ril 12 : An teams in th e team eve nt. While n o throu gh may be sure of a welcome o utstanding results we rc attained at at any of these gath erings. enjo ya ble run up th e W airau Vall ey It is understood th at the 1912 to thc W air au Valley sp orts gro unds th e rally, we were able to get third in the team even t which gave us all Cadilla c which has lain in Gisborne where in the b rilliant suns hine the a g re at deal of pleasure. for a number of year s has at last ca rs all spa rkled their best inv iting each member to name it as th e best M ost wh o went to the rall y cover­ be en sold fo r q uite a princ el y sum in virtua lly chassis fo rm , and ha s rest or ed and cared for car. ed about 700-odd mil es during the The Pat ch elt Overland : T his has wee ke nd , with fine we ather all th e gon e to R ot orua . We wo uld like to cong ratula te the lef t the d istri ct af-ter a stay of nine way. years. Bernie Byers of th e N elson Visitor s to th e Bay included C hris Tarana ki Branch on the excellent job they did in running such a branch is th e new owner so we will Shc llcy fro m H amilton wh o ca me still be ab le to have an occasio nal down to tr y his lu ck at th e C ha rn­ suc cess ful rally at Easter. E ver yon e enjoyed the warm hosp italit y sh o wn glimpse of thi s fine ve hicle which bcr s Rolls Ro yce, and dig o ut any attende d so man y of o ur ou tings A rm strong Siddley parts whi ch m ay to all vis ito rs. even t he weather was mad e to o rder. T hose wh o have and was our oldes t registered ca r. be lyin g around . C hris had a busy couple of days, and ac tua lly traced o rga nised such a rally will appre­ D .C . KILPATRICK. seve ral Armstrongs in the dist rict , cia te the toil th at o bv io usly went int o m aking thi s th e su ccess it was. taki ng home a few choice bits. Another to join us at th e L ast G. VOG THERR. NELSON Noggin and N atter wa s Mr R.C rum from Ashburto n who had tak en his Even ts pl anned : 1928 M od el T -l- ton truck f or a trip June 14 to K ina Peninsul a , ro und the No rth Island a fter th e leaving St ok e I 1.30. N ational R all y, meeting up with a Our events for the past thrce June 27 end of registration run : local member on ent ering H awk cs months hav e been m any so I shall a mystery run to the Mapua dis­ Bay, who p romptly invited him a­ endeavour to review but a few . tri ct. L eave Stoke 11.30. Lunch at long to our monthly meeting. Camping week-end, F ebruary 7 Ruby Bay. In brilliantly fine wea ther 17 ca rs and 8 : The M angamaunu Cam p was Nothing has yet been planned fo r lin ed up at C live o n A pril 18 to ta ke enjoyed by a party co ns isting of 34 July, except th at th e A .a .M. sho uld part in the Win cry Run to T e Mata ad ults and 13 children who bedded be o n. som e-t ime. Vin eyards where we were sho wn d own in tents, carav-ans an d sleep- After a magnifi cent summer, wuh PAG ET HIRTY- SI X over 70 days of clea r blu e sky, off with a bang this yea r-particula r­ a successf ul outing . sever al of our plann ed events were ly when Wall y had a blowout on At our next meeting we look cancelled as t he rai nfa ll ave rage the Rugby- over 30 enjoying the fo rward to Wilson Spite's acco unt decided to catch up with itself. run up and back, plu s the usual of some of the things he did in H owever, a most successf ul dinner frien dly hospitality -at th e Inn . Australia-conneeted we und erstan d party was held , to fa rewe ll those Even if a few min or mech ani cal with an Old Ca r Rally! Nei l members going to Au stralia. troubles were encountered (such as Willi amson is so smitten th at he The static display put on to help slipped timing gea rs, tran smission has not yet re turned, therefore we raise funds fo r the Isel M useu m sickness, oil pump oscilla tions , etc.) can not gua rantee that some of the resulted in a grand mu ster of eve ryon e looks forwa rd to anothe r incidents attri buted to him are vehicles, 23 cars and 4 mot orcycles, similar effort next year. genu ine. and was the best attended event When we inserted a sma ll BIL L MITCH ELL. eve r. A film eveni ng was, how­ announcement in the last issue of eve r, the exact opposi te, with only "Beaded Wh eels" to the effect that 14 memb ers atten ding. we were anxious to part with a OTAGO . Anzac D ay saw a good cro wd on qu an tity of wooden spoked wheels a series of visits to seldom seen we were quite astonished at the Ca rs are being resto red all ove r members and their ca rs, notabl y a immedia te and enthusiastic respo nse the Otago area at the momen t. 12/4 Austin, 1902 Bro wn (reputed from pr ospective buye rs in ot he r Nev ille Ma nn has got two on his to be the only onc of its kind) , bra nches all ove r New Zea land, and plate to restore; a very interesting 1907 Dar racq, a magn ificent Chrys­ J ohn O'B rien h as been busy answe r­ Ta lbot and a verv nice Bull Nose ler Imperial, a 1927 Oldsmob ile, and ing requ ests ever since- con vincing Morris. . a DA D odge. All of these were at proof of the effectiveness of "BW" Go rdo n Shar pc's Bentley is various stages of recon struction . Classified Ads! (Ta, Ed .) coming along ver y well; the body Of the thr ee Nelson members Anzac aft ernoon saw a good turn­ being ver y near comp lete. The at tending the Australi an rally , two ou t of vintage vehicles at M urr ay bra nch spare parts secti on is now have been award ed cove ted Bro thers Pukeuri estate fo r the und er full operat ion. pos itions , viz. Bern ie Byers and his bra nc h's annual field event s, t he day Some months ago we held an '07 Ca dillac, and Andy Beattie and being fine and mild . Whil e the auction which wen t off very well. his 20/60 Vauxhall. No t bad going com pet ition was kee n club captain but we still remain with many an for sleepy holl ow, eh! Tai t was able, af ter some delibe ra­ in teresting pa rt on our shelves. DE NIS PI CKERING. tion, to sor t out some winners Our clu b roo ms are undergoing amo ngst Joh n Miller, Alf G rah am , some alte ra tion; we are gelling air Russell Goodsir and Rex Murray. vents filled to the roof to clea r away Everyo ne, includ ing the ladies. hot air and sm oke. sampled Rex's Austin Seven aro und Our annua l weekend excursion to th e padd ock and enjoyed afternoon the high country at Oma rama went tea and a natt er before termina ting WAIKATO Having just ret urn ed fro m the Nationa l Rall y at Ne w Pl ymouth , held in glori ous wea the r an d pic ­ turesqu e sur rou ndings I will en dea ­ SOUTHLAND VINTAGE CAR CLUB vo ur to give my impressions of it. Firstly onc should compliment the orga nisers. The number of people to be catere d for at a nation al continues to gro w and mu st tax to invites you to the fullest tbe resources of most bra nches organising them. I feel that some alternative must be looked into in the not t oo fa r distant future . Some 19 en tra nts ma de th e trip • INVERCARGILL from this branch. Joe Marsden was overall winner in the field even ts, Mike Quayle was rally winner of the P.V.V . sect ion and ot her mem bers for the were well placed. New ly restored vehicles having their first run wer e Ra lph Blyde's Ru gby To ure r and two accepted SOUTH ISLAND RALLY P.V.V .s. Bruce Catc hpo le's 1936 Packard 120 convertible and Coli n Wiseman' s 1935 Mo rris 15 seda n. EASTER 1971 Three non - competiti ve en tries which created cons iderab le interest were C hris Shell ev's 1932 Arm­ stro ng, George Coilins' 1937 Lin­ col n Zephyr and Pet er Mart in­ PLAN NOW Entry forms out soon Smith's 1932 Stutz which has an owner custom bo dy an d is altogethe r a un ique an d inter esting cur. La test news of our two represen­ tat ives in Austra lia is ra ther alarm­ ing. Alan Lak e's Hi span o had the PAGE T H IRTY-SEVEN rear bumper ripped off in transit of club vehicles in the Stadium over Total milage covered was approx­ and Trevor Bear had the misfortune Anniversary Weekend. imately 260 miles and all entered to be involved in an accident in the This was a joint Lions Club­ and completed the "Burma Run" at Franklin. I sincerely hope that The Vintage Car Club effort in an en­ Wanganui which was an additional Franklin can be got into satisfactory deavour to boost club funds and to 90-odd miles. shape to join the rally. assist our local lido scheme. Successful entrants were: Gwen The past quarter has seen some A few of our stalwart motor­ and Alastair Jones in a Bentley I, well attended club runs. Particularly cycle members attended the Auck­ Peter Fry in an Austin 2. Best successful was the day organised at land rally and enjoyed a most woman navigator: Gwen Jones. Hangatiki by John Pinfold. successful event. Members who took part in the Fifteen vintage cars made the trip Our own North Island motor­ run were: R. Hall (1926 Indian), and it was a first time out for Ncv. cycle rally held in Masterton is B. Benge (1929 Graham Paige), Fursden in his 1917 Buick Roadster. now behind us. Friday night consist­ Brian McCarthy (1930 Model A), Well done Nev. I've waited a long ed of a dinner and social for old William Pine (1930 Model A), time to see this one motoring. grass and dirt track riders and when Martin Ferner (1937 Riley), Mich­ Lyn Bowman of Putaruru has the opportunity was taken to present ael Curry (1926 Alvis), Alastair snatched a very immaculate 1936 Maureen Bull's book "Vintage Jones (1926 Bentley), Merv Warner Rolls Royce from the South Island. Motor Cycling" many well known (1938 Lagonda), Jack Watson (1929 Strangely enough, this was originally names connected with motor cycling Bentley), Peter Fry (Austin). a Te Awamutu car so you could say were in attendance. From comments If any other members are thinking it has come home to roost. overheard Maureen's book is an of taking part in this three-day We are hoping for a large entry excellent publication and one which rally next year, why not talk to one in our Waikato "Double Fifty" appears to be a "must" for any of the above and ask how they Queen's birthday weekend. We can't enthusiast's bookcase. enjoyed it? Let's hope for 25 cars guarantee the weather but can assure It may be obtained from Hedley's and motorcycles next time. entrants of an excellent run and a Bookshop, Queen Street, Masterton, The entrants at Wanganui had a memorable social event. at a cost of $4. "ball" and Martin Ferner carried ALAN ORR. Saturday's run was well attended away the cup for winning the Post and from all reports appeared to be Vintage section in his It litre Riley a success. whilst Royce Hall won the motor­ WAIRARAPA A recent tour of the South Island cycle section. Bruce Benge won a by six of our members on vintage prize for his successful effort from Coming events: Annual general motorcycles attracted both radio Palrnerston North to Wanganui. meeting, July 13. news comments in Nelson and Bill Munro won the Veteran Annual winter wander, last week­ WNTV I coverage, A full report of section of the Auckland Motor­ end before relicence, June 28. this adventure will be published at a cycle Rally on his trusty Reading­ A splendid effort by club mem­ later date in "Beaded Wheels". Standard. bers resulted in an excellent display Our two International Rally en­ Ten motorcycles from Wellington trants have returned from Australia, plus nine from the Masterton apparently acquitted themselves fair­ branch made up the bulk of the ly well and had no mechanical competitors 'at the "Castrol" North problems with the cars. Island Motorcycle Rally. One thing they did particularly The day was a great success and notice was the difficulty the organi­ the weather was kind for the major­ sers had in starting such a large ity of the events but heavy rain fell number of cars off each morning during the mid-afternoon. and would suggest that the organi­ The Upper Hutt A.M.P. Run, sers of our own New Zealand inter­ planned by Roger White for some national rally in 1972 make special eight cars, had an unusual result­ note of this point. ·a tie. Tim Edney and Bill Pine: Recent acquisitions : Circa 1931 Chrysler and Model A Roadster Austin 7 sedan in very good con­ respectively could not be separated. dition by our secretary Peter Smith; Congratulations, Tim and Bill. circa 1918 Militaire motorcycle 4 A novelty teams ' race at the EXPERT PANEL BEATING cylinder American, in good con­ showgrounds involving a potato AND SPRAY PAINTING dition minus the front forks and and spoon saw Tim Edney, Jack a few other '12 arts, by Glen Bull; ElIworthy, Bill Pine and Ivan Benge SERVICE AT eARTHY'S post vintage single cylinder B.S.A. win over the team of Mike Curry, PAINT & PANEL SHOP. motorcycle in good condition by Ray Boswell, G. Harris and Ted Graham Wilton . ALAN JONES. Daunt. "Won over people Congratulations to Ian and Pam go to earthy Motors". McLean in winning the concours for the fast vintage and modern WELLINGTON class at the National Rally held at New Plymouth. The Club Captain's Safari on Anniversary Weekend proved to be Their "Siddley Special" is truly a well named and a great success for picture. C1" all entrants. The run on the Satur­ "Know Your Wellington" Run: earthy motors day and Monday was through, in Martin Ferner had everyone guess­ l.M.V. D. general, easy rallying country. How­ ing on this run, with his questions Pa int & Panel b eating Shop ever John Southward issued com­ dealing with the Royal Family. Con­ 311 St. As aph Stre et. passes for finding one route and sequently it has been referred to as (N e a r Barbadoes St reet ). perhaps this could be done more in the " Royal Rally". o170A the future. Results: John Southward, Holden, PAGE THIRTY-EIGHT 1; Regie Hall, Indian, 2; Pam REQUIRED for 1929 Chevrolet McLean, Siddley Special, 3. Roadster, hood bows, complete ROYCE HALL. with all fittings ; windscreen com­ Classified Ads plete plus metalpiece underneath; two doors with handles. Also re­ quired Chevrolet Roadster or WHANGAREI ADVERTISING RATES Tourer 1930-31 model restored or The last six months have seen a Member of Vinlage Car Club Inc. suitable for restoration. Write to 50 cents per first 40 words or less. Keith M. Booth, 149 Rifle Range tremendous increase in both mem­ thereafter 10 cents for each 8 words. bersand enthusiasm, so that for the Road, Taupo. first time in years, we had no diffi­ Non-Members S 1.00 for first 40 word s or less. there­ WANTED-Model A Ford Roads­ culty in finding committee members after 10 cen ts for each 8 words. at our annual general meeting, 'when Advertisements must be typed or printed ter or Tourer body, rear mudguards, the following were elected as the in capital letters. front bumper, 4 shock absorbers and one 19in. wheel. Contact Grey committee for 1970/71 : Chairman, Cheque or Postal Note must be enclosed Elmer Music ; secretary/treasurer, with advertisement, Batger, 29 Lochiel Road, Remuera, Ad vertisements should be sent to the Auckland 5, or phone 52-485. lan King; club captain, Peter Cole ­ Ad vert isin g Manager, man ; committee, Neil Ganley, Les p.a. Box 13140, Christehureh Jenkins, Clarke Lewis, Royce not later than 10th of month before WANTED - Any body parts for Hanna; newsletter editor and scribe, publication Chrysler Tourer, 4 or 6 cyl. will John McDonald; address remains, Special display advertisements of cars for suit, 1925 to 1928. Other parts also sale can be inserted at schedu'ed rates. acceptable; also 450 x 18 tyres. Les P.O. Box 17, Whangarei. Write for details. Northland is that part of New Anglis, Oturoa Road, Ngongotaha, Zealand where, because of its ...--.--- Rotorua. Phone Kaharoa 833. benevolent climate, abundant rain­ fall and high humidity, gardening WANTED URGENTLY- (I) For WANTED - Patterns of woodwork consists of ·planting the seeds and 1913 lames 4± h.p. single handlebar for 20/60 Vauxhall sedan about stepping smartly to one side. It also leavers, rear chain case and sidecar 1926 model. Replies to D. N. Reg­ has the world's finest collection of to suit above lames; (2) complete ister, Homebush, Waikakaho R.D .3, beaches and the poorest survival head and gearbox or parts for KA Blenbeim. rate of vintage cars; with the result Velocette or suggestion to parts that that those that have survived are may fit; (3) for above bikes and FOR SAL E - 1928 Whippet 4 mostlv American and in most cases also for 1938 Silver Streak A.J.S., Tourer. Original, complete, and have 'been trucked. 1938 Triumph 250 c.c. and 1928 partly restored. $100 o.n.o . Wanted Restorations currently under way A .l.S. 500 c.c. Any photos, hand­ 1936-38 Morris 8 convertible sports. include Eric McRae's 1921 Ford T; books, or information would be Condition immaterial. Wanted for John McQueen's 1924 4 cylinder gratefully received. All letters 1929 Mod 612 Graham Paige, I Overland; Peter Coleman's 25 T; answered. Norm Sisson, 113 Main tail light glass, 4 valance kick plates, Malcolm McQueen's 1927 Whippet: Road, Redcliffs, Christchurch, or 4 running board kick plates. For Vie Chapman's 1923 Chev. 4 and phone 849-132 collect. any of the above contact R. Ward, John McDonald's 24 Dodge roads­ 349 Cameron Road, Tauranga. WANTED - Petrol tank for 1929 ter-all of which have been trucked WANTED - For 1928 Hubmobile and require body parts for com­ B.S.A. Sloper. Also wanted for 1912 Clyno V-twin motorcycle one pair A.6, 2 rear 19in. wheels and rims, pletion. Stromberg carburettor T2, radiator The restoration stakes look like of Druid forks, 55° V-twin mag­ neto , any parts for two-speed chain surround, I hubcap, any spares, being won by Mr and Mrs Wally owner's handbook-workshop man­ Burgess with their 1928 Chev . 4 or transmission. J. Toohey, Rotherham R.D ., North Canterbury. ual, an information. Anyone want possibly the Urbain Seux Auburn­ speedo cable, set of doors, steering both of which are almost complete. FOR SALE-I929 Chevrolet In­ assembly for 1930 Hupmobile? H. Others, like Les Jenkins' Anniver­ ternational Tourer. Fully restored F . Gray, 8 Reeme Street, Ngongo­ sary Model Buick, Bruce Sowry's and in excellent order. Offers to taha. Rolls, or George Tier's 501 Fiat and lan Stewart, 45 Nelson Street, Blen­ Bullnose M.G ., still have some way heim . Phone 88-668. WANTED-I928-29 or 1930 Ford to go, though they are essentially Model A Roadster body or whole complete. WANTED - Mudguards, handle­ car, any condition. Information The motorcycle brigade should get bars, brake parts, piston, mag. drive available on 1927 Oldsmobile and stronger with their patron saint in­ gears or any other parts or informa­ Chrysler 6 about '28-30. Contact stalled as club captain and with such tion for 1920 (about) chain belt 2± Hilary Cartmell, P.O. Box 3, Silver­ devotees as chairman Elmer "Ford h.p. two-stroke lames. Also wheels, dale. T" Music (Harley); secretary lan gearbox, forks for 1926 four-valve "Railton" King (Harley and Dot 349 c.c. Rudge; 1913 Humber m/c. WANTED - 1930 Model A Tourer utility three wheeler): the Clarke frame and wheels. Contact T Dal­ parts, petrol and radiator caps, brothers Sunbeams, Harleys and gleish, 16 Kulim Avenue, Otumoe­ terminal box plus lid, inside and Rudne-s-now joined by Ivan Ace on tai, Tauranga. outside door handles, tail light with a 1930 Harlev and a 52 Sunbeam glass and side wing window clamps. purchased ex Auckland. FOR SALE: 1929 Dodge. Slight Write Russel McAlpine, 3 Carlisle Visitors to Whangarei are wel­ chassis disalignment but still suit­ Avenue, New Lynn, Auckland 7, or come to inquire at any local service able for restoration. Completely phone 871-252. station for the addresses of com­ original. Engine in perfect running mittee members. We may lack order. Part sales also considered. FOR SALE - 1936 and later Har­ vehicles , but we are still keen and 575 x 19 tyres (3 excellent condi­ ley Davidson head gaskets 10/12. donations of restorable cars are tion , 2 retreadable ) . Contact V. Part No . 1977 with 9 head holes . gratefully acknowledged by return Caseley, 80 Surrey Road, Spring­ Two only. $6.50. B. Grant, 160 mail. JOHN McDONALD. vale , Wanganui. Phone 35-364. Elizabeth Drive, Tokoroa. PAGE THIRTY-NINE WANT ED -A Vintag e o r Veter an WANT ED - In fo rm ation on th e FOR SALE - New vintage Hup­ ca r; must be sm all , E uropean or wh ereab outs of an engine, stee ring­ m obile diff. co mplete. N ew F ord A American, not English, rest ored or box, wheels and fittin gs, in any con­ cro wnwhee l and pinion, 4 new semi­ ot herwise. N ot fo r exportin g. Con­ diti o n, sui tab le for a Ci rca 1907 finished alloy Chcv, 4 pistons, 1928 tact A lbert Ro ycro ft, 43 M arau Talbot 25. Ple ase co nt act Robert C hev. headl am p ri ms, Bo ycc m ot o r­ C rescent. Auckla nd 5. Wyber, 384 St ua rt Street, Roslyn , meter. Want ed , I o nly 26 x 2{ B.E. D unedin. Ph on e 65-72 1. tyre. 2 o nlv 26 x 21 tubes, 1920 \VANTED - Br ass radiator fo r Do uglas m o tor cycle seat, front and F or d , any pa rts o r co mplet e ca r, WANT ED -D aimler 6 cyl. sleeve rear wheels B.E. fo r Veteran A .I .S. a ny condition . H . Barncs, 275 High­ va lve mot or co mplete with flywh eel , m o torcycle co mplete wi th tyre s and stea d R03d . C h ristc hurch 5. Ph on e clu tc h an d othe r accessories fo r m y tubes. han d book m an ual fo r 1954 597-966. 1928 20/ 70 sedan. A t present it is G9 M atch less twi n. R od Smi th , fitted with a fo reign m otor. P. N. Box 3050, O ho pe . F OR SALE - Parts for 1928 C hev. D avey, 5 Bucknell Street, C hrist­ 4-cyl. engine, gearbox, rear end in church 4. Ph one 44-787. WANTED - Vintag e tail lig ht with good o rde r, also radi at or and sun­ 'Chevr ol et' sta m ped o n it. Sw ap dry parts. A lso Triumph 7 mot or ANTIQUE and C LASSIC ca rs good English mot ometer for Y ank and 3 gear boxes. Vict or y D odge wa nted. Pre-1 939 co nvertible m odels one, Wanted o ne pair side lig hts fo r generat or and driveshaft, cy l. head . of lu xury makes like Packard, Cad­ 1926 C he v. B W. Munro, 5 Rawhit i Essex and Plymouth 4 wooden illac, Lincoln, Rolls-R oyce, Dusen­ St., Sto kes Vall ey. whee ls and split rims. Off ers, Pho ne be rg, Cord, Hi spano, Pierce, Stutz, 5568 Porirua E as t, or write 1'. D . Bugatti, Mcrccdcs, Marmon, Mer­ WANTED TO SWAP - Rear part l anes, 15 Westmeath Street. P orirua cer, La Sallc, F ranklin, Auburn and of body fo r Buick T ourer, ab out E ast. Isotta. Sam Sherman, 88-08 32nd 1922 , I'or rear part of T ourer body Avenue, E. Elmhurst , N.Y . 11369. for 1926 Buick St andard Six m odel WANTED - For 1939 A riel , centre U.S .A . 26.25 . 1'. Carre ll, 299 Tramway sta nd fo r sp ring fra me model o nly. Road, Invercargill. Max Olsson , 7 Banks Street, N ew FOR SALE -1928 Dodge. Very Plymouth. Ph one 88-528. few genuine 1928 4-cyl. availa ble . FOR SALE- 1926 Cowley Tourer. The body is in very good conditi on C hassis. m ot or ctc. rest or ed , body FOR SALE - 1931 Triumph 7 h.p, with o rigi na l upholster y st ill near pa rts , I cyli nder bloc k plus most need s a little attention. Plenty of perfect. The engine is in excell ent sp ares. Write A. C. Loomcs, 26 engine parts, 2 ge arboxes ( 3-sp eed ) , orde r and runs perfectly. There is I radi at or co re, I rear axle co m plete Rathmore St reet , Tirnaru, o r ph on e plenty of tread on the tyres and she 89-8 18. with whee ls and dri ve sh aft , I steer­ has curren t regis tration an d w.o.I , ing colum n. Cont ac t L. Cog hlan, Some spa res avail able. P rice $500. Hill R oad , M anurew a R.D. fo r any Con tact A . Sh aw , 27a A ynsley T ee, WANTED-For 1929 Buick M od el furthe r inf ormat ion. C hristc hurch 2, o r phon e 31-069 . 44 121in . wheelbase, wheels, back ing pla tes and bra ke drum as­ WA NTED -A us tin 16/6 mo to r, semblies, rad iat o r ca p, sidclarnps, co m plete o r o therw ise, preferabl y WANTED -T wo Maxwell (ea rly horn, Mar vel ca rb urettor ( Mode l sound bo ttom hal f: overhead val ve m od el ) hubcap s ( 21in . di am eter, 9­ D .1I1. ), stee ri ng colu mn controls or A riel m otorcycle o r parts; 1930- 31 sided, nickel-pl at ed o n brass, and wo uld co nsider co m plete car. H ave Chevrolet hu bcaps, 1929 same with in scr ibed with " Maxwcll") : D. so me parts availa ble fo r 1929 M od el ba cking pl ate. Bruce Carra d, 45 Murray, 143 N o . 3 Lin e, W anganui 25 Bui ck . Pl ease rep ly L. Jenkins, Laughton Street , Taupe. Phon e East. 4 M ail' Avenue , Wh an garei. Phone 1488. 87-567 . FOR SALE-Reluctantly offered a LAPEL BADGES - $2.50 E xact 1928 Series A Hupmobile sa loo n, V.C. C. Reg . N o. 1334. Very o rigi­ FOR SA LE-1948 R over 75 in replicas of radia to r em blems . original condition . Ideal post vin­ C hro me on copper , hand painted . nal condition , going o rd er (used as everyday transport). Over $600 tage. Sound body, excellent mech­ Al so m ot or meter centre pl ates or an ical orde r, spa re mot or and ge ar­ door sill plates. M ade to sam ple spe nt, m ainly o n m ot or and running gear. Numerous spares , handbook, box complete, and tyres. $550. Only pattern o r drawing. Wanted G ra ha m genuine replies to M . Walters, 805 Paige radiator badge, tail lights, workshop manual and magazine articles. Price $250 o r offer. All C hilders R oad , G isbornc, o r ph onc handbook or any information on 7727. m odel 6 12 twin side-mounted spare reasonable offers co ns idered. R . C. wire wheel model. C. A. J ack , 3 l acks, 179a Park Road, Palrncrston M eLellan Place, Ilam,C hrist­ North. Phone 71- 398. WANTED - Handbook or manual church 4. and any info rmatio n fo r 1922 Bui ck SWAP-1912 brass F ord radi ator 4 ; also wa nted for same inlet m ani­ WANTED - Information and parts complete for P . & H . acetylene lamp fold. radius rod and truss rod. H ave fo r 1930 Ne w Hudson , 1935 O.K. set for motorcycle and late m odel for sa le ea rly mod el M axwel l parts, Supreme 350 o. h.c. and 192 3 P T Ford radiat or surround. Also re­ appro x. 1912. R. A. Sm ith, P.O. m od el Triumph. For Sale : 4 only quire o ne pair of early Fo rd type Box 11, M artinborough, Phone 38 525 -550 x 21 tyres in good co ndi­ sidclarnps, don't have to be ge nuine co llect. tion. $8 each f.o .r, C ha s. Black , 8 b rass Ford pa rt. Rod Sm ith, Box H iggi ns Street, Napie r. 3050, Ohopc. WA NTED- To co mplet e rest ora­ tion on 1925 T riu m ph M odel P . WA 'T E D-Overland 1924 M odel WANTED -Oil pump par ts and L ucas magn et o T ypc K .S.I 14993A­ 9 1 mudg uard s, st eering wh ee l, hub headlamp fo r 1928 350ec Triumph 525 . o r arma ture. pr im ary ch ain caps, hood fra me. Interested in an y mo torcycle. W an ted to bu y o r swa p cove r. set of ca rb ide lamps. exh au st o ther parts. Pl ease Ph on e 887 -590, above fo r 1909 2-c yl. Renault pa rts . silen cer. bulb horn. A nv 'co nditio n. Keith Retallick , 9 Wimbo rn e C rcs ., Please write R. K. Bassett, 15 N orth M. St ok es, 68 Sinciair St reet, C hristc hurc h. Street, Feilding . C hristchurch 7. Ph o ne 889-600. 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