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N{)/p · Th o A M / JP rnn HlPl il i"p r l ';1;nlf: " torO r A n fi r n lPn n il ;) IO; lI n lP II flflnt;:lI rAnr p r n nl0:Jn ;o C' ?? /"/,, lOQ 7 IFrom the President I •••••• The Annual Conference saw Norm Dewhurst New Zealands Veteran and Vintage Motoring Magazine stand down from the presidency and I would like ••••". to add the thanks of all members to Norman for VOL. XXXIII No. 168 OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1987 his leadership during the six years he guided the 33RD YEAR OF PUBLICA nON Club. At the Annual General Meeting a presentation was made to Norman and Pat and I know all members would join me in wishing them CONTENTS well for the future. I am glad the experience and wisdom evident over the years will still be President's Message 3 available to us as Norman fills a vital position on Chrysler Restoration 4 the Executive this year. 1937 Plymouth Passenger Cars 6 The Historic Racing Series planning continues. The Sash Dash 8 This is an exciting new venture for the Club, and The Run Before the Rally 10 there are aspects of the unknown that have Ups and Downs of Sleeve Valves 14 caused concern to members. The planning Club Captains' Comments 18 committee are involved in negotiations at various Naked ladies' of Canterbury 19 stages as the pressure is on to finalise acceptable Book Review 22 levels of promotion, sponsorship and funding. Obituary 23 Overseas experience shows that this is a growth Mail Box 24 area of vintage enthusiasm and it is timely that Branch Reports 26 our Club was involved. The Executive however, Marketplace 32 would be derelict in its duty in proceeding with this series if loose ends are not tied up by the February meeting. CORRESPONDENCE

Beaded Wheels ADVERTISEMENTS and SUBSCRIBERS change of address to p.a. Box 13140, Christchurch. Vintage Car Club of N.Z. correspondence, including MEMBERS' CHANGES OF ADDRESS, must be sent to: p.a. Box 2546, Christchurch, or Telephone (03)64-461. Please state 6 figure number from Membership Card.

EDITORIAL Chairman : Spencer Barnard. Committee: Ken Macefield, Bruce Pidgeon, Bob Scott, Paul Giesler, Bob Entwistle, Lindsay Wogan , Robert Duns. Material for publication (Reports of restorations, events, road tests, historical and technical articles, etc.) should be forwarded to p.a. Box 2546, Christchurch, typed or neatly printed, double spaced on one side of paper only. No payment is made to contributors. The opinions expressed in letters or articles in Beaded ALlSTAIR McINTOSH Wheels are the authors' own views and do not necessarily express the policy of The Vintage Car Club of N.Z. (Inc .). Like every organisation the Club has some basic rules and these should be observed, whether they refer to the conduct of Speed Events or PRODUCTION simply membership issues. If a rule is felt to be undesirable or a new rule needed, procedures for Beaded Wheels is published bi-monthly by Purse Willis & effecting change are straight forward. Aiken Ltd, Christchurch for The Vintage Car Club of NZ (Inc .). Registered at N.Z. Post Headquarters Wellington as a Responsible members will contact the Club magazine. Captain, Speed Steward or Executive Member if Annual Subscription (6 issues) $13.20. Price includes GST. there is any doubt as to interpretation, preferably Australian Subscription (6 issues airmailed) $25.00. at the planning stage of an event. CLOSING DATE for DECEMBER-JANUARY ISSUE: The new-look Beaded Wheels is a big step Editorial Copy - October 30. Advertisements - November 6. forward and I congratulate the Committee on its work in producing such a respected and attractive publication. Naturally, copy of a technical, historical or restoration-type is always ADVERT/SING welcomed as are good period photographs with a Classified and Display Advertising to: brief write up. Advertising Manager, P.O. Box 13140, Christchurch. Finally, over the next year I look forward to Telephone (03)67-346. meeting many of you and visiting branches. As Rate schedule available on request. time permits the elected Executive will attend as many meetings and functions as reasonably possible but all of us will be pleased to hear from COVER PHOTO members at any time with matters of concern. Trevor Stanley's 1937 Chrysler Cabriolet Convertible Coupe. Photograph by S. Barnard. Restoration of a 1937 Chrysler Cabriolet

n 1982 while at the American I Post Vintage car club's annual 'concours de elegance' I asked a friend, who is a member of that club where I could buy a pre-war American convertible as we had given up all hope of e ver finding a Ford roadster. He told me of a 1937 Chrysler Cabriolet Convertible Coupe for sale for $5000 at North Beach, a suburb of Christchurch, which he had h eard required only paint and upholstery to complete.

BY TREVOR STANLEY

I went to view this convertible the following day but it turned out to be the same one I had inspected some 3 years previous in a thousand pieces, for sale then at $2,300. The n ew owner During the next few months I The restored 1937 Chrysler Cabriotet. had a panelbeater r epair the body completely disassembled the car work for him and this work had and started from s cratch again. been carried out very w ell but he The c h a s s is was sandblasted and The rear end had similar had assembled the m echanicals primed then sprayed with many treatment which included a n ew of the Chrysler basically in just coats of black enamel allowing crown wheel and pinion set, all the condition h e had bought s everal days between coats. The new bearings throughout, them. I decided to buy it there front suspension was then brakes r elined and wh e el and then, so I paid out the asking completely disassembled, cylinders overhauled. With all price of $5000 and trailered it sandblasted and all the parts new 600 x 16" Firestone black home. primed. N ew king pins and tie wall tyres and n ew tubes fitted to rod e n d s were fitted, brakes the sandblasted and undercoated r elined , wheel c y l i n der s wheels, I now had a rolling Chrvslcr interior showing imma culate overhauled then all parts chassis. dash and leather uph olstery. sprayed black and reassembled. Next a new petrol tank was fabricated by a sheetmetal firm using the old one as a pattern. This was fitted up to the chassis after b eing sprayed black enamel. After fitting n ew bearings and s eals to the gear­ box it was painted with light grey epiglass engine enamel. At this stage the hand brake mechanism was overhauled. This works on the drive shaft of the Chr-ys ler-P'Iyrnout.h range. The motor was then sent to the reconditioner and while this was away new brake and fuel lines were fitted to the chassis. The brake master cylinder was reconditioned and fitted to complete the system. When the motor returned from being overhauled, the block and cylinder head were also painted epiglass grey as were the original telescopic shock With this very satisfying but came to a cli m ax for us at the absorbers. All motor accessories d elicate job completed she was 1987 Canterbury branch A.G.M. w ere c lea ned , repaired and driven to the upholster er in when w e w er e presented w ith painted black. The motor and Oc tober 1985 to be trim m ed in the coveted " Rest oration of The gearbox w ere then fitted. With g enuine leather, br ownish-tan in Year" trop hy. t his sprayed black and bolted in colour. The cab and dickie seat W e would like to thank vintage plac e it was time to r efit the area was carpeted in tan short c a r club m embers Andrew body. pile. Believe it or not this took a M cClintock , Ted N ewman , The n ext 16 months w ere total of 3 .3 metres of broadloom Graham Sc ott, Bob Brookland, spent preparing the body for its width. The light ta n fabric for Athol Garth and Jim Ritchie for n ew "Whipped Cream" Dulon the hood and tonneau cover I t heir part in t he res tor a t ion. Also paint job and attending to an imported from America. This a big thanks to George L ee who e n d les s number o f material finally arrived only a did a magnifi c ent j ob of miscellaneous items. During this few w eeks before the Pan Pacific retrimming h er in leather. While time all new rubber parts w ere Rally. this was very ex pen s ive, I have im p or te d from the States. N ew My w ife and I will always no r egrets as this model was running boards and a new wiring r emember the day w e collected it trimmed in leather when n ew loom w ere flown in from from the trimmers. After 4 years and as it is an open car and very Australia. New light bronze work and many thousands of rare the ex t r a c os t , I feel, is tinted glass was cut for the dollars she was finally finished. justified. windscreen and side windows. We then obtained a warrant of I believe there are only three of The dash board and door sills fitness, gained first time this model left in N ew Zealand. w ere immaculately woodgrained through. This was just a week The Chrysler-Plymouth Club of in a glossy dark finish. A n ew from the Pan Pacific Rally start. America know of only 19 world­ woode n hood bow and header Since then it has been e n te r ed wide. Total production in 1937 board w ere made, together with in concours at the 1987 for this model was only 3110 a t a a n ew dickie s eat frame and base . Ashburton Annual Rally where cost n ew in United S tat es of The folding hood irons w ere she won h er class. A w e ek later $830 . This c om pares with t he 4 r ebushed and r epinned t hen at the Canterbury Annual Rally door touring s edan of which polished and r echromed. With all she won h er class in oo n oou r s 269,0 6 2 w ere manufactured at a o f the c h r o me r eplated and and also won peoples choice . pric e of $755. They wer e sold a s s tainless mouldings r epolished But the ultimate r eward for Plymouth in America, Model P 4 the time had finally come to our y ears of sleepless n ights and Cabriolet. 0 assemble the body fittings. all the " blood , sweat and t ears", Th e assembly point w he re all th is effort starts to !J!'ar [ruit. 1937 Plymouth Passenger Cars

9 3 7 was a year of many newly pedals were recessed to prevent 201.3 cubic inch, 82 horsepower 1 developed design features for the possibility of it interferring L -head engine and syncro-silent Plymouth and also the year that with the driver's legs or feet 3 -speed transmission were would bring to an end other when operating the clutch or virtually unchanged from 1936. features, some dating back to the brake pedals. All door handles, All engines used in the 1937 first Plymouth in 1928. Gone inside and out, were curved Plymouths had a P4 prefix on the forever, after 1937, would be inward where they could do no engine number, regardless if the such old stand-bys as the floor harm. Safety glass all around engine was used in a P3 or P4 mounted emergency brake was a standard feature on all model. handle and moveable windshield. Deluxe series models. The P3 Business series'could Plymouth's innovations for 1937 To protect rear seat most easily be identified by their included a one-piece solid steel passengers, the top of the front painted windshield frames and roof for greater structural seat back on all Deluxe series lack of vent windows in the front support, hypoid rear axle design sedan models was attractively doors. which eliminated the rear seat rolled and generously padded. P4 models came equipped with drive shaft hump, wider bodies Yet another important safetyand 6:00x16 tyres, while P3 models resulting in more interior room, convenience feature was the new used 5 :50x16 tyres with 6 :00x16 airplane-type shock absorbers defroster vents on the top of the being optional. Also optional on for a smoother ride, five instrument panel through which most models at a cost of $15.00 different types of insulation for a warm air could be routed from were 20 inch steel disc wheels. A quieter ride. 1937 Plymouth the heater to defrost the 4.375 to 1 rear axle ratio was bodies were fastened to frame windshield in cold weather. part of the 20" wheel package. brackets using spool-shaped live The hubcaps used with the 20 rubber mountings. Plymouth BY MICK FRANZETTA inch wheels were the same as claimed that with this body those used in the 1935-36 mounting system "The frame Plymouth production runs. cannot transmit road shocks to It is plainly evident that every Colours for 1937 included the body". precaution was taken to protect Plymouth Blue, Aquamarine Plymouth advertising for 1937 the occupants of the 1937 Blue, Middy Blue, Garfield emphasized the many safety Plymouth cars. Green, Plymouth Beige, Palm features built into this y ear's In the 1937 model year, Beach Grey, Plymouth Maroon, car. Plymouth e n g in e e r s , in Plymouth produced 551,994 Gunmetal Grey, and of course, consultation with noted doctors, automobiles. 73,664 of these Black. West Coast colours, learned that among the greatest were P3 Business models, and although using the same names, causes of injuries to car 478,350 were the P4 Deluxe in some cases contained occupants in cases of accidents series. The total figure different mixtures. Some West or in emergencies requiring represented Plymouth's highest Coast colours even contained sudden stops, are knobs and model year production in their luminescence. All models had controls that jut out from the ten year history. This figure three contrasting pin stripes instrument panel. Running a would not be surpassed until running the length of the body, near second as a cause of injury after WWII. The 2 ,000,00Oth above door handle height. were dash panels that extended Plymouth produced was a P4 Wheels were painted the same too low followed closely by sedan. Below are listed the colour as the body and had two sharply pointed door controls. production figures and contrasting pin stripes. In an attempt to make approximate prices, where Plymouth buyers had their Plymouth cars the safest on the available, of the various models choice of either Mohair or road, countless new measures and body styles manufactured in Broadcloth interiors on the were taken to protect passengers the 1937 model year. closed model cars. The from potential injury. All In addition to manufacturing Convertible Coupe came with a controls on the instrument panel facilities in Detroit, Michigan, leather interior. Rumble seats were flush with the surface, and Los Angeles, California and were upholstered in moleskin. even the key switch is recessed Evansville, Indiana, 4,481 of Rugs were used in the rear seat into a slot. The instrument panel 1937 models were assembled in compartment of sedans. was raised above the knee height Canada. Floor mats, gearshift boot and of the average person. A folding Plymouth wheelbase in 1937, pedal pads came from the factory type windshield control replaced except for the 7 passenger sedan in either black or brown, the protruding crank formerly and limousine, was 112 inches, although this was not at the used. Windshield wiper controls one inch shorter than the 1936 option of the buyer. Trunk mats were made of soft rubber models. The 7 passenger sedan were black in all cases. replacing metal. and limousine used a 132 inch Plymouth offered numerous Steering wheel grips were wheelbase and many suspension options for 1937, among them made deeper to ensure better parts borrowed from the larger were rightside windshield wiper control. The dash above the foot Chrysler Corporation cars. The and right tail-light assembly (both standard on the rests, grille guard, three types of instructions (D- 3 3 6 5), shop Convertible Coupe). Some other seat covers, wheel discs, beauty manual (D- 3 9 0 6), Parts List optional features were radio with rings, fender skirts, locking gas M a nua l (D -4 1 3 9), 24-page either cowl mount antenna or the cap, exhaust extension, license accessories catalogue (D-39 7 3) , "Roadway" antenna that mounts plate frame, vanity mirror, 1 6 page colour catalogue u n de r the driver's side running choice of two clock and mirror (F -9 0 4 2), 24 page "Biggest board, rear seat speaker on combinations, glove Value" catalogue (F-9 6 8 0 1), sedans, your choice of four hot­ compartment c lock, g l o ve " B usiness P lymouths for 1937" water heaters, w i nds hie l d compartment l o c k , spri ng fo lder (F-9 66 5) , " Biggest Value" d e f r o s t e r s , rubber bla d e covers, spotlight, and trunk fo lder (G-6 2 8 6) and the 20 page defroster fan, heat wave mounted pickup body to name a " Question and Answers on the defroster, grille cover, battery few more. 1937 Plymouth" booklet charger and dual trumpet horns. Plymouth literature for 1937 (P-10442). Whitewall tyres, deluxe steering included the owner's manual As you can see, the 1937 wheel, emergency brake lever (D -4 1 4 8 ) , mechanical Plymouth lived up to its extension, ventilated seat supplement (D- 3 9 5 2) , advertising slogan, "The Biggest cushions, cigar lighter, arm convertible coupe top lowering Value in Plymouth History". 0

PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR 1937 PLYMOUTH Model P3 (Business Series) P4 (Deluxe Series) Bu sin es s Coupe 18,202 $580.00 67,144 $650.00 R. S . Coupe 540 $630.00 6,877 $700.00 Con ver tib le Coupe 3 ,110 $830.00 2 Dr Sedan 28,685 $620.00 7,926 $715.00 2 Dr Touring Sedan 1,350 $630.00 111,099 $725.00 4 Dr Sedan 16,000 $665.00 9,000 $745.00 4 Dr Touring Sedan 7,842 $675.00 269,062 $755.00 7 Passenger Sedan 1,840 $995.00 Limousine 63 $1095.00 T axi Cabs 500 ? Chassis 1,025 ? 1,7 2 9 ? T ota l 73,644 478,350

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Engine 6 cy linders (7668c.c.) 4 speeds, dual ign iti on , servo operated brakes, fitted with 20 " Dunlop Wire Wheels. This is a Phantom II with Right Hand Drive on a 150in Wheel Base .

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h e g em (or was it germ) of an T id ea for this speed event was thought up by Don Broome who quickly assembled likely lads to put it all together , Bob Beardsley , Lindsay Wogan, Don Muller and Earl Preston. All y ear r egistration meant that there was not r eally a finish to the season as in the past, and there was no r eason why a winter speed event, if planned and enthused correctly, should not be a success. This even t was certainly successful. The entry form was easy to r ead and covered all even t u a li t ie s , the "Nog and Natter" showed entries received to date and in s pir ed others to N orm Bar/ass, 0 0 11 M ulle'r, Pidgeo n enter, and so the numbers closed Clvno, C. Shask ey 's Essex fo r team at some 80 com petitor s . race.

BY BRUCE PIDGEON The day before saw drama at the S crutine ering held a t Chassis R epairs. Nick Harrison arrived in his Ford A Coupe clutching a broken piston and conrod as evi den ce of the reasons for a late n ight session. Malcolm Cameron left the testing area and promptly broke an axle that required a c h a n ge of diff, and R eg Horner blew up the clutch in the Marmon. All this before the racing started. Sunday was fou n d to be cold and foggy as ca r s were being lightened to improve the power to w eight ratio. I should explain that this en ta iled removing the C rid line 1I J-i , Breakdown tru ck ill till' spare wheel or the r ear seat and liackg rou nd was not eligi/J /e to race, emptying the ash tray, not T he "M i,lllows " of C m ig, Counc, Bob boring holes in the chassis, you Beardsles) and Tini Palmer being. eyed should not try those tricks so /'y Sisson's A50 "S hark", soon after s crutineering. The drivers' briefing was in the capable hands and voice of Alister Ansell who showed the flags a s a means of communication, and set the rules for the day . K en Austin was the starter, Doug Barnard the assembler of the dummy grid and Clint Inns the Clerk of the Course. Humour was mixed with the serious m essage as for many this was their first taste of motor racing, and the parting words were to be mindful of the speed differential and to watch the mirrors. Gavin Bain announced that an anonymous donor and long time D on B r oo m e thanked those motored enthusiastically. a dmirer of that excellent helping and com pet ing, and E arl The crispness of the Zephyr sportsman and gifted motor Preston gave out some bottles engined ACE 3 of Graham racing driver Mr Edgar Jessop, but only those there received and Hamilton, and the 260M of David had presented a fine Trophy in consumed the contents, great R ea d , against th e bellow of the his name to be an annual speed idea that. B eg g with awesome power ­ even t cup between the B a n k s Some observations on the day. perhaps that should read some Peninsula and Canterbury The performance of B o b 'or s e pow er . Branches . His prophetic Humms' 1925 J ewett that, for Norm Sissons' A50 Special statement that h e had already wooden wheels and a flat head that started with little speed and had it e n g ra ved with the B a n k s engine, really fl ew. George much steam and then swapped Peninsula B ranc h name, was Calders' Riley Sprite Special first later in the day. found to be u n tr u e , it was an time competing and sounding The poor flag marshall who effor t to reclaim some mana lost great. T h e Kiwi ingenuity that Clint Inns moved up the main through the "Cairns Clouter", went into the bu ildin g of the straitght to overcome the foggy the inter branch cricket trophy. Continental Special by the late conditions, believing that he was P r a c tice was underw a y for the Tyrell T urtill, and the real t h rill in a safer position away from the various groups: G r o u p 1, to see and hear it perform. Ou r R o t h m a n s corner, and then Motorcycles; Group 2 , Racing thanks to B ill Da t len and h is found that the Begg managed to Cars; Group 3, Spor ts Cars a n d f ather from A s h b u r t o n for s p in right where h e was. faster Saloons; Group 4A, making it pos s ible . The Tamariki School Group Ve t e r a n and Early Vin t a g e ; T ed T ol h u r s t our again on the that plied us with h o t food and Group 4 B , L a te Vinta g e . Norton showing that, like wine, raffle tickets. Great idea. Animated conversations in the old age improves man a nd The fact that all competitors pits afterwards described the machine. managed to find someone to pit slippery conditions, the fog, the The female gender mixing it in their skills against. that shows occasional excursion, and looks races and relay. W e ll done Gaye the a dvantage of plenty of of disbelief on the faces of the Keenan and Louise Winder. entrants. corner flag marshalls. The enthusiasm of the Ota g o The k ee n es s of the Austin 7 Ou r inter-branch r elay race , entrants Ralph Smith (a s s is t ed cars, with Phil Mauger flying in the Sash-Dash, had teams each by Graeme Currie) in the Citroen his supercharged version. with five vehicles, one veteran, Special, and Keith Gowan and All agreed it was a great one pre-1925, one pre-1931 , one Gary Tansey in the Triumph success and looked forward to the pre-1940, and one free choice. T R2. format as an annual fixture. n Each vehicle to complete two full The delightful mixture of 'T he Three AlI slilleer.5 ' - Cowie. laps, and continue for another Americana saloons all being Beardslev awl Palm er all lire dllml/lY half lap to effect the change of grid. the armband to the next member of the team. After various races the "Sash­ Dash" relay race was assembled in the loop of the new circuit with the Ve te r a n s d r a w n up on the s tart line and they w e r e off. M or e drama unfolded as the race progressed. M a leolrn Cameron was so enjoying himself that he did an extra lap, much to the consternation of his t eam members waiting for their turn. Ralph Edwards thought that others had gained more speed, and then found that in his enthusiasm to be underway, he h ad the handbrake pulled on. The race was won by team G despite the Begg nearly running out of fuel and those m embers MARLBOROUGH V.C.C. (NZ) INC . involved were: David Richardson, Austin 12/4; Bruce ANNUAL Robson, Va u x h a ll 14/40; Craig Cowie, Austin 7; J a m es Palmer, SWAP MEET Austin 7; Gavin Ba in , B eg g 018. WILL THIS YEAR INCLUDE AN AUTOMOBILE AND MOTORCYCLE And so the B a n k s Peninsula Branch won t he first " S a s h ­ Dash". DISPLAY Afterwards everything tak en MOTOR TRANSPORTTHROUGH THE AGES out was pu t back in , to the cars that is, a nd w e a d j ou r n ed to the COME AND ENJOY THE FUN AND Yaldhurst Hall w h er e J e n n y and TRADITIONAL MARLBOROUGH HOSPITALITY Colin H e ald d i s p e n s e d the necessary, and hot savouries BRAYSHAW PARK, BLENHEIM w ere available also.Or g a n is er November 21st 10.00 a.m. The Run Before the Rally

h er e was obviously a cla s h of T dates! The back country motoring event up through the Molesworth Station and the Rainbow Station through to Blenheim em br a cing the centre part of the top of the South Island was on the same day as the Country Gentlemans Annual speed day, the "Wings and Wheels" at Wigram. It was impossible to be in both places at the same time a choice must be made. As we would be hosting overseas visitors who were competitors in the Wigram event, and I wished to compete myself Wigram itwas. I was bemoaning the unfortunate clash of dates with a Canterbury Branch committee m ember who pointed out that the branch had been trying for three not worry about problems that A ction Stations. may never happen. years to gain access to the from the road to the grass Molesworth Station and only one 5pm Thursday evening with the crew on the vehicle and the announced that alas air had date had been given and that was escaped from the right rear tyre. it. equipment aboard, the trip was underway. As we motored up the No Problem! We had a slick crew I was subsequently asked if I and all the gear and although the would like to get the best of both Main North Road in the late afternoon sun all was well with foot pump found pressures about worlds as part of a crew setting 25lbs not to its' liking (the out prior to the event to check panting crew w ere not too fussed out the instructions, road BY BRUCE PIDGEON about it either) the replacement conditions etc. I jumped at the tyre (don't use the word new) was chance and looked forward to the the world, the steady throb of the fitted and the show again challenge of a pioneering car engine and the hum of the tyres underway. We arrived in (1913 Overland) over primitive induced a feeling of well being Hanmer with further incident road for many miles with and confidence returned. Just and friendly accommodation was experienced and humorous crew passed Salt Water creek there Messrs Malcolm Cameron, Don was a loud report and an exit Anoth er pun cture, another w heel. Broome, Earl Preston and the writer. The basic requirements of food, spare parts , petrol , equipment were drafted out and when the great day arrived my confidence was somewhat dented when visiting the owners place of work to find the Overland up in the air on a jack, the fuel tank removed, and the carburettor in pieces only hours before leaving. The off hand comment "just a small fuel blockage on the way to work" confirmed my suspicions that if home to work induced one problem there were many more miles where we were intending to go, however maybe the cured blockage would be one less problem to worry about. I consoled myself that I must provided by a local Motelier Lou considered it was all his fault for Carter. getting us into this mess in the A phone call to Christchurch first place, and he had to be was considered prudent to have forcibly restrained from blowing another tyre brought up by on the charred wood and having George Kear and Gary Bourke it meet up with the leaking petrol who were to travel with us in a tap, and so put an end to all our Subaru four wheel drive, just in woes. Common sense prevailed case. An early start in the and we fired up (sorry bad choice morning had the car fuelled and of words) and were away again. the keys for the locked padlocks At last we met the main road and on the gates collected from the had the unexpected change to N.Z.E.D. then we were away up tarseal but it didn't last long as Jacks Pass in the cold damp fog the road through Taylors Pass to heading for the Molesworth Blenheim was chosen instead. Station. Here we had another tyre start to As we travelled along the broad go soft and out came the 251b open valleys the morning foot pump and the kick-start warmed and the Acheron river brigade went into action. meandered from left to right as Eventually we arrived at the we crossed the many small Springs Creek Motel for the bridges. We were climbing night but first attend to our steadily and a distinct lack of beloved Overland. Malcolm power was noticed, finally it retreated to the local watering called for a stop and hole to console his shattered investigation. With the confidence in the car. Although carburettor in many pieces his intimate knowledge of the (again) it was claimed by those workings of the vehicle (and also with a knowledge of such things, those parts that did not work), that the offending object was a would have been of advantage to spider in the main jet. Now in all those left to repair the faults, it my years of Vintage motoring I was considered prudent to leave have never come across that him happy in his cloistered exact problem before. All environment. assembled and on board we were Any undue stress at this stage set to tackle Wards Pass. could have tipped the scales At the bottom of Wards Pass is sending him beyond the brink of a small but rough ford that needs sanity. With all the faults we to be approached with caution, were finding with the car the last this of course robs the engine of thing we wanted was a straight much needed revs for the long jacketed jibbering breakdown climb ahead. After two attempts tied up in the back seat for the it was a case of out and push as return journey. the gradient upset the level in Off came the magneto and the fuel tan depriving the carb of sterile surgery was performed. It much needed fuel just when it was also found that number four needed it most. We limped on and cylinder had no compression and gained out seats except Don who a burnt exhaust valve was the heroically chose to tramp up culprit. A phone call to local behind. Overheating (of both car member Rae Fairweather, where and crew) was becoming a a replacement Dodge valve was problem and stops were made to obtained that was drilled with an replenish the radiator in or Overland hole that soon had Earl around most fords. fitting everything back together. We passed through the The next morning required a Molesworth Station and waved tow start, not a good sign when to the friendly settlers and were reliability was required for the chastised by a lady who miles we needed to motor that considered our dust and her day. Malcolm had forsaken the fresh washing would not mix to Down to ou r last suare tyr£' . drivers' seat and the writer took her liking. We then followed the Thi s one will not stand a uat ch, over with some forboding. The Awatere River into the province day was beautiful as we drove up of Marlborough. Each valley "O h dear!" Look at all th ose flats and the Wairau Valley almost as far opened up into yet another as the all on 0 11(' w heel. as St Arnauds before turning left miles rolled by. The car started onto the private road through the backfiring and the cause was lean running had overheated the Rainbow Station. Keys were found to be the carburettor engine and the front exhaust again obtained and the gate dangling by only a loose bolt the pipe had gained sufficient unlocked and the adventure lug on the inlet manifold having temperature to char the wooden began again. broken. Earl was to the rescue firewall. The day was by now incredibly here with baling wire and RT.V. At this stage the problems we hot, so much so that the firewall and soon had the two parts back were encountering became too caught fire again and the rush of on speaking terms, however the much for owner Malcolm as he air as we motored fanned the embers into flame. We stopped, put out the fire, doused the area with water and continued on. In the area known as Devils Gulch a slip crossed the road and appeared impassable, we surveyed the slip looking for a way through. Then with the cone clutch providing the hops and the direct steering the jolts we bounced our way from boulder to boulder, until we reached the other side. We were quite sure that the ground clearance on the Subaru would not equal the Overland and would therefore keep the other half of the team stranded on the other side. The mood was reminiscent of "Toad of toad hall" as we tally hoed our way along the narrow valley knowing that old age and treachery had overcome youth and enthusiasm, (speaking only as far as the cars were concerned). Well of course it didn't take long for the elation to be replaced with twinges of guilt, after all they had helped push, and cart water and maybe we should return to assist them. Surprise, surprise they had got through, and we met on a corner. We heard the problems of diagonal lack of traction, of jacking the car up and placing more bolders under the wheels and finally success. Our lunch stop was near a small stream with shade and sandflies, and we had to draw straws to find a victim to consume a warm can of lager so that the container could afterwards fashion around the front pipe as a heat shield. As we followed the Rainbow, and Wairau rivers onto the Clarence the day changed with cloud, and a cold spell of drizzle beaded the windscreen. The discussion was where the Clarence river mouth was and Earl described it as North of the MOW camp up from Kaikoura. The driver added that there was a long sweeping bridge over the river, and when his attention returned to the matter in hand his own road had disappeared. Now what followed was more of instinct than knowledge, the river was still on our left so if the road had gone it must be to the right. A quick stab on the brakes (rear external contracting) and the back slid to the left, the accelerator was found (it is one of those Chinese units that works sideways) just as a narrow wooden bridge hoved into view and we lurched across and made lV1 alcolll! e ll/Ilcroll pane! beat ing the rill! . the left hand bend soon after. -

story but more drama was in store for the unwary. Having left Hanmer and joined the Main West Coast road everything was going well when bang went the left rear tyre, everybody out! The rim had run along the tarseal road and required extensive panel-beating but all could be repaired, and we took the enforced stop as time to check other know problem areas and found the carburettor ready to part from the manifold again. The windscreen had cracked from the continual buffeting and this was taped up with masking tape. Away again and through Culverden and down the Balmoral straight when yet Anxious Moments - Will she start? again a loud report sought the side of the road. This time it needed a new tyre and tube and Earl hitchhiked back to Culverden with the assembled unit to use the garage compressor for correct inflation. In the meantime lunch was prepared beneath a temporary shelter made from a ground­ sheet to provide shade to stop the sandwiches turning up their toes. Away again and passing through Waikari and down through the gears as we went up the steep hill when BANG. The problem sounded mechanical and we had no forward drive. Out and push the car back to the Hotel car park where investigation showed a broken axle at the differential end and No they are not shooting the sun. Th e our run was over. jet is blo cked in the carb, "Spider' 1 The following morning was We finished some 40 miles think. clear and warm and we called on from home calling up a friendly Dr Robert and Anna Crawford to car and trailer. The conversation ceased. view their 1923 Sunbeam and Was the run a comedy or a Gradually life returned to normal stayed in the sun for a very tragedy? Parts of it were both. and speech was restored. pleasant morning tea with The car did suffer but nothing Humour replaced fear, with charming hosts. All loaded up that could not be fixed and suggestions that the driver again and with the owner nothing could replace the should join a bridge club and try restored in confidence and in the challenge of doing the run in a going it alone. Each crew drivers seat we headed for Veteran the type of car for the member was keen to tell of his Christchurch. That should by condition of the roads, just as it thoughts in slow motion (some rights be near the end of the used to be. D were more suited to this than The End. others) as the drama unfolded. We summed up by deciding that ~------the driver should concentrate on driving and leave the geography lessons to the navigator. 34th DUNEDIN·BRIGHTON RUN Before the Island Pass we & CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE topped up with water and began the assault with the precious Saturday 6th February 1988 revs being lost as the strain began to tell and another gear The official start of the Rally marks Dunedin's 34th was required, this even Festival Week. The run is approximately 100km on good happened in low but we held on sealed roads of rolling coastal and inland countryside. to the top of the pass. Over the top of Jacks Pass and on to the Start planning now for this Historical event. Lodge for a much needed stop, Entry forms available from - stretch of limbs, and return to Mark Wilkinson, 158 Taieri Road, Wakari, Dunedin. civilisation, food and warmth. Phone: 67-169 evenings. n in t er es tin g aspect of the valves, overhead valves, exhaust valves be ground in A present day u se of the overhead inlet and side exhaust, every 1,000 miles, and inlets at reciprocating internal overhead exhaust and side inlet, least by 2,500 miles. Handbooks combustion engine is the horizontal valves and valves at in their trouble shooting charts acceptance in motorists' minds odd angles. Operating methods usually headed "Lack of power­ of the infallability of the valve were nearly as varied, even in lost compression at valves". The system. When "turbo" is a 1910 De Dion, who had sold over French call them "soupapes", household word and the use of 40,000 engines by 1904, was still quite literally a plug or stopper, engine revolutions in the five marketing one model with and if they don't fit the orifice figure bracket has become automatic inlet valves. Nor were they cannot be efficient. Even as commonplace in sports cars, it is they free of problems, either recently as 1940 or thereabouts impossible to imagine the speed mechanical or physical. Until the no self respecting motor garage at which the poppet valves open developments occasioned and business was without expensive and shut, performing efficiently hastened by W .W.I., there was valve gear reconditioning in temperatures near 2000°C, little design progress with cam equipment, and the motor trade and at pressures of 200 p.s.i. profiles, and valve gear was recommended "valve grinds" as However, it was not always thus, rarely engine lubricated, though and when the makers and it took the best part of half a Delahaye had shown the way by recommended and if century of design and enclosing the valves on their performance fell. Today this task development for this state of 1908 four cylinder. The noise of is rarely required, and the work affairs to come about. operation was both an irritant to is practically wholly in the hands In . the very early years of owners and a challenge to of engine reconditioners. motoring the performance of designers, especially after the valves and valve gear was always general adoption of front BY DOUGLAS WOOD suspect, and the methods of mounted engines. Maintenance operation, their disposition, and requirements were exacting, and instruction for maintenance, though cylinder pressures were It was because of the were legion. There were side rarely over 100 p .s.i. , difficulties with poppet valves compression ratios about 4 :1, that an AInerican, Charles Yale and maximum r .p.m. about Knight, designed a petrol engine Th e early Edioards-Knight engine as 2,000, it was recommended that "sans soupape". A printer by devel oped by W ilIys. trade and a publisher of a farmer's magazine by choice, Knight used a Knox car, and later a Searchmount, to canvas his customers. Both cars gave him a lot of trouble with their valve gear, which was also very noisy and though no engineer, he had enough experience with steam farm machinery, including some of the 35,000 steamers made by Jerome Increase Case, to realise that slide valves, suitably lubricated, were a great advance over a poppet. He proceeded to design a single cylinder petrol engine with sleeve valves, the narrow inlet and exhaust apertures being covered and uncovered by the aircooled cylinder rising and falling by means of an outside connecting rod. A provisional patent was applied for but it was evident that. there was room for improvement. He used the financial services and advice from his friend Lynam Bernard Kilbourne, and reversed the action by securing the cylinder and actuating the sleeves by short connecting rods from a half speed shaft. The prototype and singles for motorcycles, all of them to a typically high BAY OF PLENTY BRANCH standard. When properly maintained they had a virtually smokeless exhaust (except their ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND RALLY racing cars) which did very well January 30th/31st & February 1st 1988 including putting up the fastest lap in the 1914 T.T., winning the Once again to be held at Sapphire Springs Holiday Park team prize by coming 2nd, 3rd at Katikati. and 5th. Deservedly popular Hot Pools, Games Room, Motels, Cabins and Lodge. world wide, they were especially We have booked the whole complex for the weekend. favoured in Australia, being The main Rally will be held on the Sunday. considered to be the equal in maintained speed of any All meals will be provided again by the club so just bring production car. Henry Ford along your sleeping gear and enjoy a relaxing, rallying bought one; Minerva sold Knight social weekend. engines to Mors and Mathis. Entry forms available from your Secretary or write to Over the border Mercedes Jean Nicholson, Rally Secretary, made a quality Knight-powered P.O. Box 660 Tauranga, Phone (075)80-118. car until 1924, while Adler P.S. All accommodation to be booked through experimented but did not the Rally Secretary. proceed, and Horch took out a licence but was thwarted by the outbreak of war. Stoewer imported English Daimler passed its tests and a patent considered no man his master, applied for in 1905 (pending until took his car to England, where 1910) in the name of Knight and he had the good fortune to meet Kilbourne. In the same names the managing director of they exhibited a complete car Daimlers, one Peter Martin, an based on a Panhard chassis at American. He was keen to keep the '06 Chicago motor show. his cars in the forefront of the People were both doubtful of the elite of motordom, and his claimed advantages and wary of Daimlers, chosen by Royalty, the license fee of $ 100 per were being threatened by Napier engine. Of the former, Knight and Rolls-Royce. Martin was sold cited the lack of noise, full by the silence of the sleeve valve lubrication of all working parts, design, a refinement essential to ideal combustion space, correct his requirements, and in 1908 he valve timing, fewer parts in the secured the exclusive rights in design, and the overall the U.K. for the design. Knight reliability. The fact that the moved to Coventry and was engine was more expensive to retained by Daimlers as a make, (accurate and closely consultant. The resulting cars ground fits of the sleeves was were so popular that not only did mandatory) the difficulty of hand the firm discontinue the poppet cranking (starting in those days) valve engines, but the double when very cold, and the extra sleeve valve principle rapidly weight no doubt went against gained favour throughout success in the then young and Europe. In Belgium, Minerva relatively inexperienced changed to Knight engines in American automobile industry. 1909, and they stayed loyal to Knight, who was always them the longest, until 1940. The Burt-McCollom sleev e operating supremely confident and They made fours, sixes, eights me chanism with Ricardo modifications.

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While he was with have been the supply of sleeve Austrian Puch organisation built Daimlers, Perrin, the chief valve engines to "assemblers" 65 Puch-Knights in 1913, the designer for the prestigious such as Handley Knight, Lyons engines coming from the Lozier Motor Company of Knight and Yellow Coach, who n eighbouring R.AF. firm before Detroit, had become enamoured used the engines in cabs and they merged with Laurin and with the sleeve valve silence and light trucks. Moline Knight was Klement, production continuing performance, and high hopes another, and they used engines until 1927. were entertained that Loziers made by the Root and France was the home of the would be first on the American Vandevoort Company, who later sleeve valve engines for many market with Knight power, but it absorbed Moline and marketed years; Panhard and Levassor was not to be, though experi­ yet another luxury vehicle. succumbed early to C .Y. mental engines were built. Silnilarly Brewsters of New York Knight's sales talk, and made Pierce Arrow played with the sold expensive Knight powered many world speed records with idea, as did Packard, Peerless cars before they were taken over the engines in years to come, and Locomobile - all makes in by Rolls-Royce America Ltd. In being proud to advise by their the upper echelon. Finally it fell the same era F .R. Porter the trademark that they worked to the lot of the F .B. Steams designer of the T -head Mercer, without poppets. They got 130 Company to accept the produced the F.R.P. Knight. bhp at 4800 rpm reliably from 4 challenge, and they marketed a None of these firms made much litres, no mean achievement in superior product until 1929, of a place in the market. 1925. This silenced the critics after starting in 1912 with the Knight and his contemporaries who said that sleeve valves Knight principle. At about the were not alone in trying to inhibited high revolutions. same time, there were some improve the gasoline engine, and Voisin, the great visionary, smaller firms who tried the though it is not unusual nor would build nothing else once he market, with varying degrees of unreasonable for women to have started, and went as far as a success, Stoddard Dayton, been critical of motor car design, straight twelve (and in 1935 a 7 Columbia, and the Atlas Engine it has been rare to find them cylinder 120 hp aircooled radial Company. There were a few designing and marketing an aircraft engine). He started in Atlas Knight cars, but the main alternative in an attempt at an 1919 with a sleeve valve engine thrust of the company seems to improvement. But this happened designed by a Panhard draughtsman for Andre Citroen, who passed the drawings on as being unsuitable for mass production. Voisin won many races with his cars, but preferred record breaking. Peugeot was another maker successful with AlAYS MAl I Knight engines. Starting in 1922 they were prominent in racing (though Voisin averred that they stole one of his designs) and they obtained 158 bhp at 4300 rpm NEW from 3 .8 litres. Later, Sizaire EXTENDED Freres opted for American RANGE Willys Knight motors, while Birkgit experimented with them but did not proceed. In FOR U.S. FORDS Switzerland, Martini and Sigma 1932-1952 were much of the same mind. PASSENGER CARS Though they had Knight licenses. Italy was a non-starter. Before we leave Europe, there 1948-1956 were further dabblings with PICKUPS double sleeves in England. Rover Cars built Knight twins as well as an experimental single for a very small car, B.S.A marketed a small Daimler powered four in 1912, and Siddeley-Deasy changed to sleeves in 1913. In an SEND $4.00 (POST FREE) FOR NEW endeavour to avoid royalties, Wolseleys designed a double COMPREHENSIVE CATALOGUE. sleeve valve engine with the inlet COVERS PARTS AVAILABLE & PRICE LIST. and exhaust ports in the cylinder WE NOW OPERATE AS A "MAIL ORDER" block; they did not go ahead with it, nor did Napiers proceed with .their experiment. Meanwhile Knight, by now a All correspondence to be directed to: very rich man, had returned to live in the U.S.A, and with his customary zeal had AJA YS V8 SERVICES. P.O. BOX 19252 recommenced his sales A VONDALE. PH 886-785. THURS & FRI 9-5pm. ++ 1 + +.1 +.1·..·+++++++++..·..·..·..·1 in the ca se of a New Englander, Miss Margaret Knight (no connection of Charles Y.), who designed and produced her own lAST COAST ANTIQUE split sleeve petrol engines. Coming from a country that was ARE THE FORD PARTS SPECIALISTS SINCE to be the home of successful 1964 electric cars and some eighty­ five steam vehicle makers, she Model T- Model A believed that the poppet valve 32-48 V/8 - 49-59 V /8 was a crude contrivance operated 32-64 trucks - 25-48 Chev by a noisy carn fighting against Tyres - Motoring books heat, pressure, and a restrictive spring, and that the principle was a barrier to greater Most parts av ailable ex stock. mechanical and volumetric ef f icie n cy , as well as being All major credi t cards accepted. All we require is the number of noal .., socially unacceptable. History ·•• "._u.n .. does not relate how she came by your ca rd and -the type . the expertise to design her .. __ "__.._ ... engine, and apart from the usual -__ -. '.'..- barriers to production of a Goods shipped within 2 days S~~,,¥2::~~~. radical change, there seems to be of order received . no reason why it was not eventually a market success. Each cylinder had two half sleeves - rather like cuff valves Brand new 1985 catalogue now available, 750 more in principle - inlet and exhaust Ford items than previous catalogue. Price still $4.50, on opposite sides. The inlet add $2 extra for air mail. Refund voucher is included mixture passed through the top plus specials list available only to catalogue purchasers. of the crankcase, possibly with the purpose of mild Store open Mond ay to Friday 9-5, Sunday 9- 2. Closed supercharging. The tops of the public holida ys, Sundays or holiday we ekends and sleeves operated in junk rings in Thur sday thr oug h to Wednesday of Bendigo swap meet. the heads, and the sleeves moved up and down opening and closing the ports, through the action of small connecting rods low down each side. In the original patent and early production engines power from the pistons was transmitted to the crankshaft lAST COAST ANTIQ E via the Scotch Yoke principle; AUTO PARTS subsequent engines reverted to 10 Waterloo Street Narrabeen, Sydney, AUSTRALIA normal connecting rods. To market the engines Miss Knight Telephone 02-913 2655 (tape installed for after hours) joined forces with a Mrs All mail to Box 330, Nar rabeen, 2 10 1, Sydney Davidson, and the resulting K -D Visit East Coast on your next trip to Au stralia, we do our best to 4 .9 litre four cylinder cars were sold in 1913 from Boston, Mass., help, not hind er with a heavy price tag but a most Take advantage of the new low Au stralian dollar, mu ch chea per attractive large touring car than U S dollars design, considerably in advance ++..·..··1·++++++..·..··1·+++++·1·..·+..·+..·..·++++++ of current European design. I Alas, their efforts were not were sold. These figures sum of money. appreciated, and few cars were probably include production for Knight double sleeve engines sold. eighteen months in 1927/8 of the improved in performance with It remained for John F. Willys, Falcon Knight, based on the 70A use, Willys being the first to then the second biggest car Willys Knight Standard Six. advertise the fact widely. He was maker in the world, to take up About 16,000 were built, being not the first to prove this as in the challenge of mass production marketed by Willys Overland 1913 Daimler, in an endeavour to of sleeve valve engines by buying dealers, that branch off Willy's squash the mounting criticism out, licenses and all, the empire absorbing the marque in of the Knight principle levelled Edwards Knight Company in 1929. A mistake that Willys by their justifiably concerned 1914. By 1916 he had revived the made was his taking over the competitors in the luxury car moribund firm and after quitting highly regarded Stearns Knight trade, mounted an arduous test the remaining Edwards 'K n ig h t Company in 1926 when they of one of their engines under cars he changed the name to en cou n t er ed difficulties through R.A.C. supervision. They ran a Willys Knight and from its the departure of the founder and four cylinder unit for five and a inception the marque was a the chief engineer. They kept on half hours (after an initial brake success; eventually over 900,000 with their high quality cars but horse power test) at half throttle, were produced, with 1928 the ceased at the end of 1929, and non stop. best year when 231,360 cars the venture cost Willys a vast To be continued - Club Captains' Comments

NORTH ISLAND damaging Government property! this will be a day to r emember. For those members who read (See advertisement elsewhere in this and wonder what we are this issue.) talking about - ask your Branch If you would like either Jim or n behalf of Jim and myself I Delegates. Since I got back up myself to visit your branch, O would like to thank all the north I have attended the please drop us a line and we will members who supported us in Manawatu monthly club night try to fit in a visit, either to a our respective nominations for where I heard Don Dennis Club Night or to a Branch Rally. the South and North Island Club talking about an A.G.M. which Best Regards, Captains' positions on the seemed to sound a bit different to BRUCE HUTTON National Executive. the one I attended! Now that we have been elected The Manawatu Bran.ch we have given some serious clubrooms project is a fine thought to the forthcoming Club achievement for their branch. I Captain's Tour, and we have recently attended the Wellington SOUTH ISLAND decided that these tours will (to a Branch run to Foxton and large extent) be kept to the same Shannon, an interesting outing lines as those that Alan Storer with a good turnout of vehicles ran. We have also agreed that from the Wellington area. I would like to endorse Bruce's eachyear (or should I say for this managed to puncture a tyre on a I thanks for members support year at least) there win be one horse-shoe nail to enliven the in the recent elections. tour only - to be known as the day. The Tour will be later this 'Com bin ed Club Captain's Tour', On December 12th (Saturday) season owing to an Executive to be organised by Jim Ritchie the Otaki Maori Racing Club is Meeting late February at and held in the South Island. celebrating their Centenary with Palmerston North. The starting On the subject of the A.G.M., a Centenary Race Meeting. As it date, Monday March 7th, allows speaking for myself I have was the Horowhenua Branch's members to also attend the gained a larger knowledge of turn to organise the Combined Taupo 21st Birthday Rally or the members in general and, after Picnic of the Wellington/Waira­ Mid Island Rally at Timaru. going to Invercargill and rapa/Manawatu/Wanganui & September sees the new Rally meeting the mob down there, I Horowhenua Branches it was season underway, J oan and I are am pleased to be living in the decided to attend the Race looking forward to the Mt Cook North Island; I have never had to Meeting at 12 noon, the theme Rally at Labour Weekend and take my shoes and socks off for being that of a "Posh Picnic" other motoring events. WOOd-chopping events up here! with members dressing in the I also would like to We both agreed that it was a style for the era of their vehicle. congratulate the Southland great show and extend a vote of Weather permitting later in the Branch on an excellent thanks to Jim Taylor for the day there is to be a Hot Air Conference and can appreciate great Spectacular. I would Balloon Race with some five the hard work and organisation suggest, Jim, that if you did that entries confirmed and more which it must have entailed. to me in MY area, I would awaited. Mark your calendars as probably lock you up for JIM RITCHIE

AUCKLAND BRANCH 7th Annual Motorcycle Rally & Giant Swapmeet Weekend 27th-29th November 1987. A live-In weekend at the Motu Moana Camp, Green Bay. Accommodation, caravan and camping facilities in private bush setting. Friday 27th·Noggin and Natter Saturday 28th Road Rally, Social & Prizegiving. Sunday 29th Giant Swapmeet. For further details and Rally entry forms - Contact Co-ordinator Tim Gilbert, 33 Chequers Ave. Glenfield, Auckland. Phone: 4448-442 Naked Ladies' of Canterbury

ve r the years, we have, in our Restorations con tin u e to pop interesting viewing, with classic O Club, admired countless up all over the country and ch a s s is design, underslung rear newly r estored vehicles as they hundreds are sitting around in axle , dual hydraulic brake have rolled off the assembly lines workshops in various stages system, flowing manifolds and of our m embers workshops. Our being worked on at a variety of all those other interesting pride and joy, and justly so in the pace from "been on it since features. vast majority of cases, as w e 1968" to "bought it two months Bruce Pidgeon, company change from doctor, labourer, ago as a pile of bits and we're off manager for Auto Restortions, is accountant, dental nurse and so to Australia in it next year". working at furious pace on this, on, to proficient auto restorer. In Canterbury at the present his latest restoration, with the From what I have seen, after time is, I would think, a fairly Australian 1988 FIVA Rally as three interna tional rallies, typical cross section of the his target. Although Bruce countless overseas magazines on restoration work that is being acquired this model Bugatti in the subject and listening to those worked on around the country. fairly original condition, the who have rallied and travelled Colin Rae, a fireman, bought ravages of time and a fairly abroad, the standard of vintage his Bullnose Morris in October rugged life had taken its toll. vehicle restoration in this 1985 from the Auckland area. 'E veryt h in g needs working on, country must be hard to beat. I He added to his pile of bits over and up to the present chassis on never fail to be fascinated with the last 18 months, restoring as wheels stage, it looks just great, the stories of how Neville ca s t he went. As you see, after a very in all its spartan glory. his own De Dion crankcase in his short time, a lot of restoration Ten y ears ago, Maggie backyard with precision results, has been done and this little Preston, travel consultant, or Alec's reproduction of some weird transmission, or the @~~ @l' iSiill@~Ir~[i5(; ~ "'"~ absolutely superb coat of paint / I'\. \. on John's Austin, after .)t=~. admitting to never having painted anything in his life.

BY EARL PRESTON

After an hour of trial and error and taking on a bit of advice, "It's quite easy really". I guess you all know the stories quite spellbinding at times, aren't they. "Wrll. 11'( ,,,Iu do114ft that entrants should rrflrcttheIlylt rJf their Vthic!t . . . " One aspect, or should I say, tourer will be on the road for a gathered up the biggest sugar stage of restoration that holds trip with club friends this bag of 1929 Austin 7 parts and the greatest interest for most October. began to build her own little people I know, (and I admit that Peter Shaskey, an auto vintage tourer. Not unusual to includes me), is the "naked" or engineer, has had this 1925 Tipo have seen her lugging chassis rolling chassis stage. Whenever 665 O.M. in his possession since and wheels into a sandblasters there is a display of our vehicles 1967. A well known vehicle premises. Maggie got it up on its and there is a partially restored amongs t our motor racing wheels with a little help before vehicle on show, you can fraternity, it last took part in exchanging the project to guarantee there's a crowd Lady Wigram Trophy races in become home manager, mother around it poking and prying, the late 50's, but sustained to two little girls and wife of barraging the owner restorer serious engine damage and has yours truly. She has commiss­ with countless questions and been in storage since. Now Peter ioned me, a meat inspector, to compliments. How did you get on is into a total rebuild of this very finish the job. I just hope I can rivetting the chassis, isn't that interesting and rare perform­ keep up the standard. 0 sh-- metal casting hard to weld, ance sports tourer, and of Ed. Comment where did your find bearings to course, is right at that The Editorial Committee hope fit that, how did you get that interesting stage that I've that the various owners radiator looking so pefect. mentioned. mentioned in the story will Beautiful bit of machining mate, Don Broome is into aircraft extend their own car's history and so we go on. Most m embers and helicopter spares and sales, for the benefit of our readers have a fascination for and in his spare time, which is w ith a road test on completion. mechanical detail - suspension, minimal, he is rebuilding this We also hope that members of vehicle weight, engine details, rare and beautiful 37 Triumph other branches will take notice of transmission, brakes - are all Dolomite Landaulet. It also is at this article and write their own discussed at length. that stage where it makes story.

Bugatti chassis laid bare.

Peter Sh askey 's a .M. being fitted Ol/t.

A nother fine lady bask ing in th e sl/n is Colin Rae's Bullnosed M orris. ODDMENT TYRE SALE SPECIAL PRICES ON THE FOLLOWING: FREIGHT EXTRA

each each A Record of Grand Prix and 2 only 195 70 x 13 Reidrubber $ 80 12only500x192nds $100 Voiturette Racing (Vol I, 1 only 185 SR x 13Aquajet $ 80 4 only 475 x 21 Whitewall $130 3 only 775 x 14 Dunlop $ 65 30nly475x21 2nds $110 1900-1925) by Paul 8heldon (8t 2 only 750 x 14 Whitewall $ 160 2 only 30 x 3'12 BE All While $150 Leonard's Press, $119, including 4 only 750 x 142nds $110 5 only 30 x 3 BE 2nds $115 G8T). 1 only 700 x 15 Whilewall $ 150 9 only 500 x 23 2nds $280 1 only 700 x 152nd $ 120 8 only 500 x 24 2nds $ 290 2 only 400/425 x 15 Dunlop $ 65 1 only 35 x 5 SS Un iversal $425 BY GRANT HOWARD 1 on ly 700 x 16Whilewall $ 170 2 only 3 3 x 4'12 SS Univ ersal $390 2 only 650 x 16 Whitewall 2nds $160 1 only 325 x 16 Scooter $ 20 h e n e v e r motor racing 2 only 500 x 16 Goodyear $ 85 2 only 225 x 16 (20.225) $ 10 1 only 650 x 17 Whitewall $ 15 5 lonly 225 x19 $ 20 W enthusiasts gather it is 6 only 650 x 17 2nd s $125 1 only 350 x H 19 Bridgestone $ 50 almost certain that, sooner or 1 only 450 x 17 Goodyear $ 85 1 only 26 x 20 0 22 " NSU Rim$ 10 later, there will be a lively discussion about who won what and when. Paul Sheldon has compiled a book to end all this bickering. It sets out in very readable CURRENTLY AVAILABLE form the result of virtually every major European and North G78 x 14 450x 16 750 x 14 525 x 16 450 x 17 American motor race from the 640x 15 550 x 16 550 x 17 beginning of this century until 670 x 15 600 x 16 650 x 17 1925. 700x 15 650x 16 750 x 17 820 x 15 670 x 16 G78 x 15 700 x 16 The book also lists the starters, the cars they drove, all 450 x 18 350 x 19 50 0 x 20 finishers and the retirements. 550x 18 450 x 19 550 x 20 600 x 18 500x 19 600 x 20 Accompanying paragraphs 700 x 18 550 x 19 650 x 20 give brief details of the races concentrating on highlights and, 475 x 2 1 3 1x 4/440 x 23SS in some cases, spectacular 52 5 x 21 500 x 23 600 x 21 600 x 23 / 33 x 5SS crashes. 500 x 24 For example, the 1913 Grand Prix of the Automobile Club of 28 x 3 BE 720 x 120 BE 26 x 2 '12 BE France was one by Georges 30 x 3 BE 715 x 115 BE 26 x 3 BE 30 x 3V, BE Boillot driving a Peugeot EX3. The race was held at Amiens 710 x 90 BE 895 x 135 BE 880 x 120 BE and 29 laps of the course totalled 820 x 120 BE 8 15 x 105 BE 875 x 105 BE no fewer than 579.82 miles! Despite the distance the winner averaged more than 70 mph.

SPECIAL NOTICE Sheldon's book bristles with Office & Parts Warehouse will be closed from Wednesday facts like these, all carefully 11 th November, reopening Monday 23rd November (Bendigo researched with the help of Yves de la Gorce and Duncan Swap Meet) when normal hours will resume. Rabagliatti. Let it be clear that this is a PLEASE NOTE HOURS: Mon. to Thurs - 7.30 am to 5 pm book of record. There are no Closed Fridays, Saturday by appointment pictures mainly, I suspect, only. because there is no room for them. Further volumes will follow this first one and will include the VETERAN & VINTAGE CARS LTD well-remembered Tasman Postal Address: Formula. Box 43009 The book has been imported by Mangere Aucklander Michael Rowe, New Zealand representatives of the PHONE (09) 275-5316 Formula I Register. It is available from the Froward STORE: Book Co . Ltd, P.O. Box 83-143, 207 BUCKLAND RD WEST, MANGERE EAST Edmorrton. Auckland 8. 0 ROY GEORGE FLEET lighter work as a result of a from 1982 until his death was The sudden death of Roy at his damaged shoulder joint, Roy the clubhouse custodian. home in Rotorua on 1 September sold his engineering business Roy was a generous man, last removed from the vintage and became the engineering always willing with sound advice scene in general, and Rotorua technician at the Waiariki and a spot of welding if branch in particular, a real Community College. In this necessary. Roy was, in some enthusiast and a very popular capacity he played a very large ways a shy person, not given to figure known to hundreds of part in setting up the workshops pushing himself forward but, members of the Vintage Car Club and will be fondly remembered nevertheless carefully watched of New Zealand up and down the by many of the 70 entrants in the the interests of the Rotorua country. . 1980 International Rally, based branch and this was shown to Born in Petone 61 years ago, on Rotorua, whose vehicles the best in his capacity as Roy had led a varied and received first-aid in the College custodian. Roy went to great interesting working life. workshops. In 1984, having trouble to protect the club's On his arrival in Rotorua, Roy, suffered a stroke, Roy was property and to ensure that helped by his wife Myrtle, ran forced to retire. those using the facilities did not the store at Mourea. Towards the In the late seventies Roy joined abuse club assets. end of the sixties they sold the the B.O.P branch, Tauranga, and Myrtle, a joint member with store and moved into Rotorua in February 1969, in company Roy, took part with him in club city where Roy soon joined Ian with the writer, became eo­ activities and was his navigator Mathias in setting up the founder of the Rotorua sub­ in his 1926 New Beauty Ford Mathias Vintage Car Museum branch of the B .O.P. club. This Tourer or his 1937 Vauxhall staying there until the building initially started with some 20 Saloon in many rallies and club was sold and the museum closed members meeting in Roy's home runs. down. Roy then set up in garage and Roy was the sub­ Our sincere sympathy goes out business as Roy Fleet branch chairman from the to Roy's widow, Myrtle, his two Engineering and soon became inception until 1972. In 1973 full sons Steven and Murray and his well known locally for his branch status was achieved and, mother, Ethel. Roy's passing is a expertise in the engineering in 1977, Roy was elected club sorrow for us all and he will be field. In the late seventies, captain. From 1980 until 1983 long remembered. advised by his doctor to take up Roy served on the committee and SYD HALLIDAY

BRIAN DUNNET 1928-1987 and suggest we look up old so stemming I believe from Born the same year as the and so who had a such and such memories of an old standby Model A which he drove, Brian car and lived down something or motor in his father's cowshed. It Dunnet was educated in other street. has been his habit of late to give Matamata and took an When he had acquired the Bill Troughton or me, or both, a Agricultural Diploma at Massey right sort of house in Matamata ring to accompany him on a College before returning to the with a respectable basement, discovery mission to some family farm. that old Model A farm truck hitherto unexplored corner of ' I was privileged to meet him in came to town, and underwent an N .Z. The ever growing collection 1950 when I was employed as a unhurried and fastidious of restored motors in his farmhand on a neighbouring restoration. basement was testimony to the property. His transport at this Meanwhile Brian, unfettered success of his endeavours. time was a Model A sedan which from the restraints of the Brians last excursion in the he replaced with a 1936 Austin cowshed, was attending rallies Model A was to the Auckland 12. around the country in the Vintage Muster on the 16th of He joined the Vintage Car Club company of Bruce Catchpole, August.He was looking forward in 1967, the inspiration being a and yours truly. to the "Australian Bicentennial derelict Model A purchased as a The Model A pickup Castrol World Rally" next year farm truck from a neighbour restoration was completed in which would have been his first who had used it for pig shooting 1976 and Brian has entered it in trip overseas. Safaris. Right from the start, every major North Island Rally That he will be missed was Brian set about making the since then plus the South Island evident by the large number of Vintage movement his forte, Club Captain's Tour and the Pan members who travelled long Brian had a great talent for Pacific. In his capable hands it distances to pay their last remembering people's names has proved to be 100% reliable respects to this modest man. The and what cars they owned and and its appearance is as road of life was richer for having where they lived. And to back up immaculate as when it first motored along it with him. the mental process, he carried a graced the scene in 1976. little green dossier which he In latter years Brian developed ALANORR would consult when travelling, a passion for stationary motors, -

,,------,------~-,~ . , , A.I...L. RO.ADG LEAD T O THE C<)MBINED , \ NORTLILANIJ-WELLSFORD , Sir, It wa s a welco me surprise to open the envelop e co ntaining the Au gust- September Bead ed Wheels to find that Spe ncer Barnard ~WA1FMJE1ET and his co m mittee had refurbished the \ ' ma gazine, giving it a new fo rma t in every \ I d irect ion; size, headings, and layout are all I CENTENNIAL PARK- \VELLSFORD. d ifferent and improve the qua lity of New Zea la nd's vet er an a nd vint age mot or I ~ SATURDAY I publica tio n . The fact that Bead ed Whe els, now in its vc~t:s~O\?~8:~~ 33rd yea r, shou ld be present ed to the public I , be aring all th e trappings of a "new look " 1987 , ADMISSION \ pr od uction, is a tribute to Mr Barnard, his ? -..:...:..-==:--._BUYERS &- 5 ELLE£.5 ~ ADULT .---"== :=,-,,---, co m mittee, and the pu blish ers who ha ve , COVERED SITES AVAILABLE , obviously indi cated that th e b i-mo nthly is t'tFURifiER DE,iAIL5 RODS go ing to march forward int o th e new century I '" V.C.C . p.o. 80X 17 WfiAWGAREI , wort hy of the imprint cr ea ted by the V.C.G. P.O. BOX 138 WELLSFO\l.D endeavo urs of the pa st thr ee decades. As I see LIGHT LU~GHES AVAILABLE , it, the magazine is a bu ffer aga inst the \ meretricious publicit y han douts coming fro m mo to r factories in Europe, Japan and the , ~-~~ --.-:-.. ~~-;.., ------. United Sta tes; basicall y mod ern mot or s a re the same a nd the bodywork inferior to the Sir, mo de ls advertised for sale in B.W . T hr o ugh the pages of Beaded W heels 1 The ge arbox is a la rge cy lind r ica l Leith Ne we ll's article on Alfred E. Preece would like to thank the Na tional Secreta ry, a lum inium unit a nd has 3 fo rward speeds and featured in the new issue wa s a delight ; the Robert Duns, for all the help he has given the reverse. Th ere is a n unu sual pa tent coupling pictures were a revelation and the centre page T aupo Bra nch and m yself as secretar y fo r the between the co ne clu tch and the gear box. s p read ph ot o graphs an o u ts ta n d in g pa st four years. I never had trouble Th e rear axle is of the 'T or be nsen D rive" co ntribu tion to motoring history in the Sou th contacting Rob ert and no matt er how type, ie it has a solid axle on whi ch the wh eels Island. M rs Newell was lucky ind eed to be insigni ficant the problem he could a lways are mou nt ed and a separa te diff and half given these ph ot ogr aphs for pub lica tion, and find a solu tio n. shafts which dri ve the wheels via spu r gears [ since rely hop e th at readers w ill a pprecia te I would also like to take the oppo rtu nity to acting on a large interna l gear in the b rak e the pri vilege of view ing the scene as it existed th an k him fo r o rganising the train trip to the drums. around Ch ristchu rch in the ea rly nin eteen A .C.M. a t ln ver cargill w hic h wa s a The co ns tructio n of thi s ca r leads me to hundreds. memorabl e ex perience! believe th at it is a ver y ea rly model. The rad iat or is of a typ e intro duced after 1903-4 You r fea ture, "A Ca r for a ll Seasons", was ELIZA BETH C. ATTWOOD a tribute to the skill and enterp rise of Alas ta ir and used up until about 1912. One source of Mclntosh . Th ose O .H .V . engines not only of Sir, info rm ation sugges ted th at 4 cy linder ca rs of Alv is, but also of similar Brit ish cars of that So me 15 years ago I was given the very the mar qu e were equipped w ith a 3 spee d era , wer e designed to last for 100 yea rs . sorry rem ain s of wh at was obviously quite an gea r box only in 1904-5. Tr agicall y hun dreds of them were discard ed early mod el of Veteran Car. There was on ly To date I ha ve ve ry little informati on into rubbish dumps. The radiat or was buil t the running gear which included both fro nt perta inin g to th e marq ue and none a t a ll locall y; was the Alvis badge als o made in an d rea r axles, com plete with w heel hubs plus pertaining to this model. I woul d be New Zealand? the gear box and a comb ined br ak e/ clutch interested in co rrespon di ng with anyon e wh o arra nge me nt. The engine, radiat or and can a ssist w ith any informa tion at all. ILLlN CW ORTH MACKAY steer ing box had obv io usly been pu t to so me CEO FF BRANN AN other use and the bod y a nd wo od en cha ssis 11 Dorset Street lon g since ro tted aw ay. Picto n Sir, During the past 15 years I have foll owed I would like to point out th at th e Ford severa l in ter esting lead s and recent ly was Sir pho to o n page fo ur of Beaded W heels 166 is de light ed to locat e both the engine and I note w ith some co ncern the ad vert isem ent on e of a 1904 A. C. Fo rd simila r to an A radi at or fro m this ca r. for the first Na tio nal C lassic Moto rcycle mod el Ford, fitt ed with the pr ot ot ype C Ford I hav e established that the car is a Chenard Rally, B.W. 167, page 21. 10 H .P . mo tor, note the 6x3 ro w radiat o r of et Walck er. Th e engine is a 4 cylinde r unit of It appear s tha t Classic Motorcycle clubs the 04 style A .C. Ford. AFor ds of 1903 had 4 ap proximat ely 12 hp. It has its cyl ind ers cas t through out the country, with the except ion x 4 row ra d iato r an d slightly diff eren t in pairs and mount ed on an aluminium cra nk of Au ckl an d , have la rgely ta ken over the role co wling on the fro n t of the car. I a m lookin g case wi th fixed cy linder heads a nd all valves o f the V .C .c. motorc y cl e se ction . for part s to com plete one of these ca rs, if you locat ed on the left side . The cam sha ft and Unfortunately in many insta nces the " Bikie" know of any , help would be app recia ted . magn eto a re gear d riven and bot h on the element have become to so me extent part of MA RK H ERD MA N front left. Lubricat ion is b y gear pu mp on the these clubs. 398 Stenho use Street , fro n t of the ca ms haft and feeds all ma ins and I underst and that th e Ma na watu classic Koo ngal. Rockham pt on 4701 , big ends which a re of bro nze. Engine M /C clu b a re quite selective in me mb ersh ip Au stralia. No .2348 . applicati on s but this is no t so with ot hers.

For the Enthusiast EMBLEM JERSEYS

Over 120 designs in 100 % Pur e So ft W ool fro m o nly $72 direct fro m o ur wo rksho p. Send aw ay today for a p hot o of the emblem of your choice to : KNITFEVER GOLDEN BAY KNITWEAR r .o. BOX 110 TAKAKA. NELS ON W e also do club emblems and o ne -o ff designs to or der . T hese "Bikie" types are qui te the opposite 1. Irishman Creek Rally Ap ril 23-25 1955. engine parts were discov ered plus a set of cam of wha t most V.c.c. mot orcyclists represent, Sir William Ham ilton ga ve to the Club the dr ive gears still in their facto ry wra pping! wit h their choppers, ma t black pain twork par ts of the car he had shown them on tha t 6. O n 4 November 1963 through contacts in and normal dress of filthy cloth es, defiance of Sat urday afternoon in the loft over his Tirnaru the fro nt axle was located at Mab le the law is the onl y reason apparent for these gar age. Bush. peop le not wea ring crash helmets or per haps 2. A comm ittee chair ed by the then Club 7. A replacemen t axle was supplied and there are no brains to keep in any way . registra r Gra ha m Hall was estab lished to fitted to the traile r by Andrew Anderson . In Obviously for the classic club s to flourish investigate the possibility of restoring the August 1964 Andrew An derson locat ed the as the y have don e this last twe lve or so years engine as a club roo m ornament or even origina l petrol tan k serving the fo rge w ith the V.c.c. or its constituent branch membe rs possibly full resto ration. The correspondence diesel at the Irishman works ho p a nd ar ra nged must have virtually forc ed the motorcyclists was entered into with S. E. Sears in the for a repla cement for it. into a breakaway position . United Kingdom . the owner of l.0.M .3 as to B. In early 1965 Mr Wa rren Jordan adv ised Having wa tched the development of this the possibility of obtaini ng spares fro m the And rew Ande rson that he had the back axle phen omena very closely from its inception, in United Kin gd om . T h en there was assembly. Mr Jordan was himself interested my opinion it will onl y be a matt er of time consi derat ion of the cost of repair of the in the restoration of the motor vehicle. Mr before classic clubs become sufficiently VERY vent ilated block and crank case and to Anderson eventually obtained the rear ax le o rganised to co ntr ol the mo to rcycle ma ke up the missing co nnecting rod. No from Mr Jordan . movemen t entirely. spares resulte d but there was a lot of 9. O n 26 April 1965 Ande rsons Engineering Surely the n an advertisement of this nature enco uragemen t and helpful pho tos of cars Ltd gave up their effo rts to weld the cran k is only aiding the enemy or wou ld it .be came from the United Kingdo m and from case and referred Andrew Ander son to possible for the V.c.c. to forma lly approach Sou thland ca me a new spare rear hub and N.A .C. the orga nisation with a view to so me brake drum, one side of the origina l bonn et 10. O n 22 Septe mber 1965 N.A .C. finished coha bita tio n befo re it is too late. and the "much later than origina l" pointed welding but there were still massive cra cks Many classic club mem bers are also tail tan k. from welding and con siderab le distor tion. V.c.c. memb ers and ar e quite sensible 3. T he committee was una ble to reach a 11. O n 16 June 1966 it was decided to cast a reasonable people but as alwa ys it is the decision. the damp in Christchurch was co mpletely new crank case with co nsequent minori ty giving the majority a bad nam e. causing existing part s to deteriorate and the high risk . With a little luck the Bikie type will ass ist whole matt er was becoming a distinct the classic clubs to self destru ct as has already liabilit y. It was resolved at an executive Andrew Anderson regrets having to sell happened in one or two instanc es. meetin g held on 2 Novemb er 1957 that the such a car after he put so much effort. mon ey A. DYER remains of the 1914 TT Sunbea m motor at and dreams into it. At one stage it was hoped present held by the Club be given absolutely to form a trust to prot ect the future of the to Andrew Anderson in respo nse to his offer veh icle b ut thi s un fortunat el y never to preserve an d in time restore the mot or car eventua ted. In the Augusl/September 1986 issue of and rebuild the ca r. Beaded Wheels (161) th er e were No oth er assura nce. promise or guarantee 4. All parties. especially S. E. Sears in the was either asked for nor given. statements published which Andrew and United Kingdo m and Bill Ham ilton . were Mr And erson considers that he has taken Mollie Ander son consider are inco rrect advised of the change in ow nershi p and the over a liability and not as has been stated conce rni ng their involvement with the search for missing parts was intensified. taken over an asset of the Club . 1914 TT Sunbeam. 5. In June 195B Andrew Anderson again Every effor t was made to encourage local The following is an account of their visited Irishman Creek at Sir William's interest in the car and detai n overseas involvement with its acquisition and inv itation to exami ne his old tool bo xes enq uiries until the advertisement in issue No . restoration , made by Mr and Mr s whi ch were about to be shifted to 161 had appeared despite earli er unscheduled Anderson. Chr istchurch . Mos t of the missing small adve rtising in "Auto Ca r".

Join the fun of our posh picnic and you could be a winner

To help celebrate their centennial facture. Bring out the tiddly-posh race meeting the Otaki Maori tables and chairs, 78 records and Racing Club together with the other picnic paraphernalia. 1st pri ze: Horowhenua branch of the Vin­ Weekend for two at Wellington's tage Car Club of NZ Inc invite All vehicles attending will recieve Terrace Regency Hotel you to attend a posh picnic on Sa­ a centennial sash and complimen­ turday 12 December 1986 com­ tary race books as well as free 2nd, 3rd & 4th prizes: mencing at 12 noon at the Otaki entry to the course. Race Course (this years combined Dinners for two at Wellington's branch Christmas picnic). Terrace Regency Hotel Bring your family and In the afternoon there will be a friends dressed ac­ hot air ballon race - weather cording to the era of permitting.

your vehicles manu- Terrace Regency Hotel In addition to what ever you may win at the tote the vehicles judged to provide the best display of So mark the date in your diary posh picnicers will win .. . now and polish the silver thermos. SEE YOU THERE . . . Ba rry G urdler , w h ile o n a re cent trip to Au st ra lia , a cq ui re d tw o 450 cc De smodromic Du cati sing les a nd th ey ha ve now a rr ived in Ne w Zeal and; he has p ut one of them, plus hi s rest ored JAP speed wa y bi ke , on the ••". IP••••• m arket to fina nc e th e rebuild of the other Reports from the V.C.C. Branches o ne. We ha ve just acquired a new member , Ali st ai r Ansell . w ho ha s a ra re 1948 2 Y, litre Rile y Dro ph ead. Not just any o ld ra re 2 Y, D ro phead . but the ac t ua l 1948 Olympia The ne xt ev ent wa s th e a n nual Vin tage Show car, bought off th e sta nd by G ro up Ashburtan M us ter. The ra lly sta rted in South Aucklan d C a pt a in DeLange of th e RN ZAF, and under lo vel y fine wea the r and head ed Sou th su bseq uently o w ne d by A lis ta ir's fa ther to Pukekohe a nd N orthern Waikato Heads . before comi ng to him. Our Annual Club C a pta in's Ni ght Trial The run wa s won by o u r Im med iate Pas t IVOR MACVELO was held o n th e 15th o f Augu st. Organised by National Presid ent, Norm a nd Pa t D ewhur st Bill D atlen . the run co vered p a rt of th e town an d Peter a nd And y Webste r. O ur luc ky a nd co m p etito rs th en se t off for the co un try plott e r s f or next year' s e v e n t. di strict s of W a kanui w he re local kn o wledge Congratulations to y o u both. ca me to th e fo re a nd saw Len Ric kard a nd We no w loo k fo rward to th e P .V . Ru n a nd NORTHLAND fa m ily w in th e T ro phy . Hunua 100 coming alo ng q uickl y . Yet A recent working bee sa w a good turnout ano th er event th at the A uckland C lub has BRANCH of members a tt ack various jobs needing been associated w ith was the Motor Expo OF THE! attention incl ud ing shi fting a shed on to the held at th e Epsom Showgrounds . T h is g ro unds a nd th en sh ifting the di esel sh un ti ng included ca rs from Don W h ite 's Siza ire eng ine (we acq uired so me time ago ) to fill th e Naudin and Barry Birch all 's Cadilia c a nd sa m e shed. Brian Be lch ers m ag n if ice n t Packard It is hoped th at so me da y this en gine may Roadster. run o n . th e b ranch lin e between the Plains On th e ca r scene a 1924 Buick , in Ra ilw a y an d our M use um . Quite a bit of unrestored and original co nd itio n , turned up rest oring is still taking pl a ce here, Rob Ross is in Blockhouse Bay . wo rki ng steadily o n hi s D.A. Dodge Coupe ALAN A LLBON a nd is well o n the way to co m p letio n . Rob's wo rk bein g o f hi s usu al high sta nd ard , this will be a very moto ra b le coupe when fini shed. O llie Hurst . a fter a spell from restoring for a while, h as th e sub fra me fini sh ed and is Banks w orking o n th e bo d y o f hi s New Beauty ro adst er . He a lso ha s a nice 1932 Ford V8 Se da n which he hopes to fini sh before long . Peninsula O ilie h as a lso recently purchased a 1955 Hillman Califo rn ia n which requires so me NOVEMBER 7l:h $ s- eng ine re pa irs but is o therw ise in qu ite go od T he o nly tw o br anch events since m y las t condition. Don't se e m an y of these now. ramblin gs we re th e End of Sea son D in ne r an d Club Capta in Bill Datlen has recently the Annual Ge neral M eet ing . o ve rhauled th e engi ne o f his 1922 Cad iliac 61 The dinner was he ld in th e co m fo rt a b le Tourer. This car ha s been owned b y m embers su rro und ings of th e Can terbury Office rs' of o n ly three Canterbury fa mi lies and is in Club and was a m o st p lea sant eve ni ng w ith a o riginal co nd itio n . ha v ing o n ly travelled lot o f good-na tured banter during so m e 80 ,000 m iles from new. The on ly work lightheartcd pr esentations . I m ean to say; th e ha vin g been d one, apa rt from the en gine, Edit or of "D rip Feed " was awarded a p rize fo r bei ng a re pai nt a nd a new hood. [an Nicol son the 'm ost im macu la te rest o ration of a ra cin g is m aking good p ro gr ess o n a Ford M odel A ca r' - a nd if you've ev er seen his A ust in Ro ad srer p ickup and I beli eve h opes to ha ve Seven specia l af te r he had tied a ru st y A 7 it ready fo r o ur weeke nd run o n Canterbury su rround on th e front yo u would ge t th e jo ke ! Show weeke nd in Novembe r . RO.BOX 17 The A .G .M. wa s, a s usu al , over in record David Oakley is restoring a I' .V. Willys time wi th th e ex isting co m m ittee re-el ect ed ; WHANGARE'l Se da n a nd has recently bought a 1937 after w h ich we go t o n with th e im po rt ant part r-OR. C hevro let Sedan which had sa t idle to r about of the evening - the film show a nd supper. 10 yea rs. I beli eve he has had it running N ow the gossip: I mentioned a co u ple o f ENTRY FORM a lread y . issues ago that Pet er Croft had pu rch a sed C hairm a n Ceorge Aitken a nd Arthur Al an Ro ber ts ' veteran Wolscle y , a nd Peter W olfreys a re working o n a brace of m id­ as ked m e to po int o ut that he did ac tua lly fifti es M o rr is M in o r co nvertibles a nd I expect pa rt w ith three veh icle s to gai n it ; h is A ustin the m ot or cy cle lads ha ve a few things on th e 7 sa loo n going to a new b ranch member , h is go b ut I w ill ca tch up on th ese next month. vetera n T Ford kitset to a loca l e nt h us ia st and LES BEN NETT his I'-Typ e MC to a new owner in Hamilton. Bay af Plenty There wa s a good turnout o f b ranch ve h icles a t th e co m b ine d Speed Day at Ru apuna Ra ceway - Ccorue Henry's BSA Gold Sta r Damage sus ta ine d to the A wakeri H ot went we ll initia lly but dropped a v a lve lat er Sp ri ngs in th e ea rt hq uake ea rlier th is ye ar in th e da y . Iortunatc ly w it ho u t doing too prevented th e use of th is ,venue for th e Auckland much damage; George C alder ha d h is almost­ concours weeken d a nd so Fra n k a nd [ulic co m pleted Rile y Spri te T T re p lica there a nd it W a rd occasio ned thi s at "Pa rrnwc rld " near looked and sounded su perb; Craha m M at amat a in th e W ai kat o . Hamilton was going grea t-g uns in hi s A CE During M ay , Les a nd [anice /e lf er y hel d a Special. but pr ize ol th e day had to go to na vi ga tio n rall y for very a lert begi n ne rs Ea rly Jul y sa w th e start o f the swap mee t Gavin Bain . out fo r the fir st time in th e fini shing w ith a tour o f th e City w at erworks. sea so n w it h a la rge co n tingent at member s Formula 5000 Begg, for the longe st slo w ­ Fo r th e Lad y Na vigato r Ru n of June 21 , he a ding off to Su lp h ur Ci ty to chec k o n th e motion spin of all time - took up half of th e Bev a nd Kerry Smith ex pe nde d much effo rt. go od ies . front straight and seemed to go on forever! A sma ll field of 9 ca rlo ad s pa rticipat ed a nd [ beli e ve th at q uit " a lew wer e lound Two branch members (G eo rge Calder and met th e Ro torua C lub fini shing a t th eir including so m e vetera n pa rts . The July C1ifton Walls) have taken ov er th e long­ clubroorn s. It was a fine ge stu re a nd such m on thl y run wa s q uite differ ent this yea r as es tablished engine reconditioning firm of M . int er a cti o n , en joyme nt a nd fri endship wi th th e cl u b tra ns po rte d th e Porcelain Doll S. Coornbes Ltd, while a third (Bill Luxton ) fello w vintagents sho uld be , a nd is inde ed Soc iety across town a nd rai sed a donation for has retired Irom Car Aid Ltd. Bill ha s sta rted part o f th e v intage m o toring tr ad ition. th e cl ub building fund . O ne yo ung lady who hi s retirement off on the right foot by Only week s lat er everybody seeme d to be learnt to drive in a new Austin Seven d evoting the first month to rid ing his two a t Rot o ru a a tte nd in g th e swap meet. Lat er in C h um my wa s ecsta tic at bein g driven ac ross motorcycles and getting stu ck in to hi s Stutz th e day this became very social a nd th anks town a nd up Mt Albert in such a ca r. The rebuild. Another recent retiree is Ross a re due to th e bra nc h la d ies w ho ca te red so C lub m ortgage h as now be en cleared, just Haynes who is bu sil y stoc kp iling A usti n excelle n tly fo r all co rners .Aga in o n 26 July , leaving a few deben tur es to be pa id off. Seven parts for h is forthcomin g spe c ial. Ric ha rd Sa lts run to ok us to Ro to rua , th is time the destina tion wa s the Hamura na Boo k Vintage Veh icles are bad for yo ur health'. and model warehouse whic h pro ved to ha ve The Bank s Pen insula members looked better available man y int eresting books and Canterbury (Dinner Jackets and Ties), they spok e better information . but lost to Canterb ury w ho deba ted the The annual prize giving da nce and dinner Co ngra tu latio ns to the ed itorial co mm ittee negat ive. followed the ver y successf ul format of a po t on the new fo rma t of Beaded Wheels, O ur high tea this yea r was a tte nded by luck din ner. The ba nquet style food was certainly an improvement, one w hich will eighty members and friends a t th e Tai Ta pu plentiful and a co mpliment to the ladies. Joh n co nvey the high standing of our movem ent hotel. once again a most enjo yable outing. and Joy lnder with Jack Ha ven put on a nationall y, inte rn a tio na lly and in the Assemble time was from 4 o'clock o nw ards lighthea rted camel comed y in between community - but o hl, the spelling mistakes, with the meal ser ved a t seven. An old style da nces. my count wa s nine. sing-a-long a round the piano was most Kevin Pinkerton set a trend for Essex Eve nts d uring the last 2 mon ths have been entertaining listening to those who cou ld sing owners when he reco ndit ioned his Essex varied and entertaining, some thing to ca ter in tu ne, tho se who co uld n't but tho ugh t they mo to r some time ago. Now bo th Selw yn and for all. could and th ose who had mastered 'B' fla t. Neville Norman have ins ta lled such mot ors 250 peo ple attended the annual ball he ld at co mplete wi th newl y cast exhau st ma nifolds. Bran ch mo nthly noggins continue to be Cu tler Park. A set of ear muffs would have well a tte nded . T he co m mittee have agreed to Plan ned pa rticipat ion in the Aust ral ian Bi­ been desirea ble to deaden the sou nds of a Centen nial Rally next March is largely the introduce on a trial basis a trade displa y a rea bo nd wh o lacked mu sical ability b ut of products from firms who it is felt will be of inspiration . Fo r the sa me reason Roger and endeav ou red to make up for this in volume. Sha ron Ward a re restoring not jus t the interest to o ur memb ers . A ugust , a Aft er supper the dish es we re tidied up by a represen ta tive of Wynns a tte nded a nd last mot or . b ut their co mplete Gr aham Palge mal e vo lunteer from each tabl e. Co upe . In the eng ine sho p. Des McGarth has nigh t (Septembe r noggin) one co uld be The speed event orga nised fo r Su nda y 19th infor med on the prod uct fro m Unifilter. We two For d Mo de l A mot ors. Eye catching on July was ad vertised as being held wet or fine. these wa s the superbly fitted main shell also con tinue to displ ay vehicles of interes t The da y dawned co ld and frosty followed by on these nights whil e a willing group o f lad ies bear ings to be fo llow ed by ba lanced a very heavy fog whi ch delayed the sta rt of crankshafts. Alongside was the 1913 Buick 4 d isp ense toasted sandwiches, sa vo uries, rac ing until approxim at ely 11 o'clock. coffee, etc. mot o r of Ted [on es just reb or ed . O n the Vehicles competing were Riley Sprite, bench wa s an unusua l allo y cy linde r head Co ntinen tal. Citreon , Zeph yr Ace 3,A50 7.45 a .m . Frida y A ugust 7th saw the which almost on the verge of crac king up, specials a nd a Fo rmul a 5000 Begg. Mix these So utherner pull a wa y from Christchu rch was undergo ing what is bes t described as up with Am erican vin tages, Singers , [o wetts. statio n, on bo ard ap pro ximately 60 intrep id br ain surgery - it belonged to Jack Hov en's Aston Mar ten. Mo rmon a nd Ford along with VCC members bo und for the Nation al AGM 1922 Docto rs Co upe. Ariel, BSA, Norton , Triumph, then add to ho sted by the Southl a nd br a nch at The leisur ely afternoon o uting of 23 this a lot of ent hu siasm a nd yo u have the Inverca rgill. Two car iages were cha rtered by A ugust saw 14 carl oads arr ive a t a Kaim ai ing redie nts for a grea t days mo tor ing. As a the club an d need less to sa y the 8 ho ur s far mlet a nd enjoy the tranquil setting. As sepa ra te repo rt will be -written on th is eve nt I passed ver y quickly, never a du ll mo me nt orga niser, 1 go t into top gea r in which my wil l lea ve it at !'ha t. from sta rt to finish, a chan ce for mo re car 1935 Aus tin 12 became stuck . Lat er the ca use The 9-90's gro up con tinue to mee t once a talk with the clatter of glass and aluminium was discov ered to be a sm all steel chip mo nth for social outings. Act iv ities organised fight ing to be heard. Pages cou ld be filled jammed in the sliding gear cluster. Not to be for the next few months include visits to with the 'go ings on', best to kee p them a ou tdon e John Payne had rear axle failur e in Diamond Harbour, Mo nks Ba y and Linco ln memo ry. O nly one car riag e was need ed on his 1930 Ch evro let wh en almo st home. and a visi t to Healings cycle factory . the wa y home, ho wever we exper ienced the Fortunat ely. major trou bles are ra re wh ich is A no vel even t recently was an organised lot, stowaways, kid na pping, a wee wee ind icat ive of the goo d sta nda rd of vehicles , debat e between a team from Ban ks Peninsu la counter wh o never relaxed until 100 had however, bu rning the midnigh t o il fixing or Bran ch (Dave Richardson. Lyndsa y Wogan co mplied . Certainly the VCC cat ers for all. restoring mu st often be enj oyed or at least and Bruc e Rob son ) and one from Ca nterbury Hop e the experience ca n be repeated at some certainl y be remembered by enth usias ts alike . (Bruce Pidgeon , Don Broorne and Ea rl later da te. JOS EPHUS NAG ELS Preston ), who deb ated the subject 'That · At a recen t clearance sale-auction in Rangiora local mernbcrjirn Ritchie p urch ased the remains of a Paige (circa 1916) car. I am sure [im wo uld be pleased to hear fro m any member who has a ny deta ils o r photos of this vehicle. Wellington Branch invites all members to KEIT H BUCKLEY

THE EUROPA Gisborne

NORTH ISLAND RALLY Gisbo rne Branch has had an influx of new members of la te. Joh n Frazcr wi th a 1925 Bent ley fro m England, M. Little from Wairoa EASTER (APRIL 1·4) 1988 with a 1925 Buic k tourer, Gre gg Bai ha s two Chev trucks - 1939 flat deck an d a 1947 wellside. PROGRAMME We had a very successful shed raid recen tly FRIDAY: Registration , collect rally packs. Evening, when we visited Bob Sco tt with his 1948 Riley Saloon which he is o n the home run with. meet and greet at cl ubrooms. Supper. Th en on to Ed Mad kins, to see his 1923 Buick SATURDAY: Rall y. Rou tes to su it yo ur vehicle. Lots of Road ster. he has made new rear pa nels but prizes . the rest of the ca r is a big job . Also he has a Singer Roads ter abo ut 1952 - it needed a SATURDAY NIGHT: Optional " City Lig hts" nig ht trial or Casino bra ke jo b bu t has pulle d the ca r to pieces. Evening. Hop e to see the ca r soon Ed. The next call we made was to Russell Gr egg SUNDAY: A great day is planned, with a Gymkhana in a nd Nigel [on es, they a re shari ng a shed. the morning and Con cours d'Condition and Nigel has a 1930 Buick Saloo n wh ich has had Concours d'Elegance in th e afternoon. the running gear restored for the last 13 years Venu e is the Wellington wate rfront. Public bu t has now go t the bug agai n. Russell is a t a bo ut the sa me stage as Nigel with his 1928 invited. Ch rysler. SUNDAY EVENING: Dinn er Dance and Prizegiving. Th ese peo ple who ow n Austins get one then seem to keep o n adding to the fleet. leff MONDAY MORNING: Morning tea at Clubroms and farewells, G ibbs has purchased a 1935 12/ 4 Saloon. Rod ney Clag ue a nd Tony Bart let t went to ENTRY FORMS FROM YOUR BRANCH SECRETARY, or lnvercargill and had a grea t time on the train . The Secretary, Europa North Isla nd Rally , P.O. Box 38418, Petone. It wo uld seem that this was the high ligh t of the trip . TONY NOTT ING Hawkes Bay ~~-.J\N. TAG~(' '1\ ~ ~ WAIKATO Barbara Bixley orga nised th is yea rs Lady er () Dr ivers Rally as she won it last yea r. Sunday w 26th July sa w sev eral veh icles of varying ""'" r- VETERAN RALLY yea rs (like the drivers and navigatorsl), leave u) c:::- "7 ~ 7 NOVEMBER '87 Kelly's Supermarket for a 30 mile tiki- to ur , ,/ ro und Hastin gs, Havelock North, Te Ma ta ~~/Kp..",O Peak, Cl ive and on to the Cl ubrooms at Awatoto, via some rather devious side Enjoy the sc enic Waikato by joi ni ng us for our annu al streets! The husbands and bo yfriends were telling the wives and girlfriends just where to Veteran Rally. go - at the right speed of course, though at times it was the o ther way round and a hell of Clubrooms available for " Sleeping Bay All ey" a lot fast er!! Cryptic clue s we re used to give th e na vigat or "A Pot o f Go ld" and th e accommodation, mys tery work "Rainbow" . Hea ther a nd Ma rk Iack son go t all the silent check s and the cry ptic part to o . For "His" na vigat ional Entry forms from the Secretary, Waikato v.e.e., skills, Heather wa s given a tied ba g o f Gol den e.o. Box 924, Hamilton. Chocolate Bars, whic h Mark promptly co nsumed ! Lyn Gentry sa id we would be lea ving the clubrooms at 1.30 sharp fo r thi s years "Ro und the Resto rations" run. A little disappointing as we didn't leave till1 .32! First sto p was Pat Brens. our Club Captain. She Horowhenua Manawatu has a 1908 Daimler underway as well as a 1215 0 Alv is. similar to Alistair Mclnrosh's. If Alistair 's restoration is anything to go by , A g oo d turnout of member s was T he b ig new s of the month, for those wh o there is a lon g way to go. but Pa t is a very appreciated at the recen t Ann ual General ha ven't alr eady heard, is tha t the 1992 Pa n­ ab le restorer. Pa t rece nt ly pu rchase d an Meeting. After the formal part of the Pacific rally is to be held in I'a lmersto n A .J.S . 500 of the ea rly 50's era. It didn't take evening, members were treated to a jovial North. Planning for the event is alr ead y much tra ining till she wa s able to sta rt it, and address from Sir Len South wa rd to wind up a underway, and you can a ll be assured that so she wouldn't have to use the centre stand most enjoyable evening. the event w ill follow in the fine tradition set she attached a side chair! Next stop was John All Bran ch Members were deli ghted with by Rotorua and Ch ristchurch. Evans 1926 Sunbeam Landaulette, believed to the electi on of on e of our members, Bruce Comin g up we hav e the Wo odville swap be the o nly known example . A well kept Hutton. as North Islan d Club Captain. We meet , on the first (we t) week end in O ctober, unusu al vehicle, gett ing th e "look like it used offer ou r co ngratula tions a nd support to him a nd Rob Knigh t is wel l un der way o rganising to in 1926" treatment. It was sto red in and the elected Execu tive of the VCC of NZ the Ruth Corlett Memorial Motor Cycle England for 16 odd years a fter John moved to for the forthco ming yea r. The Branch also rall y, to be held the weekend before Labour N .Z . in 1965. T he next sto p was [ irn offers their th anks to retiring Ala n Storer for Week end . This pr omi ses to be a go od touring McFad yen s to look at a 1913 Humberet te. his years as Club Captain . rally, and we are looking forward to the Th is wa s du g up from Te Aute so il (C lass 14, The outing to the retired 'Hikitia' floa ting usu a l high nu mber of entries. I believe ). Th e wheels a re finished, 19 " cra ne was very worthwhile and qu ite a da y. As well as the two ma jor eve nt s coming up , motorbike rims and they look righ t. Th e diff Following on from tha t visit the par ty there are also quite a few Sunday aft ernoon head is from a Goggomobile a nd it looks the encounte red a n old cheese factory in run s being organised to keep the ca rs busy . part to o! The gearbox wa s full of sludge and demolition ; a vin tage steam boiler, not now On the res toratio n scene, the members of remarkably st ill turns. If yo u kn ow of an y in use, at a timb er ya rd an d then sp ent so me the branch are sh ow ing extreme go od taste , Hu mberette bit s, please pass it on. time at the Peton e Settlers Mu seum. A very with no less than 4 Chevs under rest or at ion a t The second run of the hand sta rters and enjoyable o uting thanks to Laurie [enson . prese nt - Sh ort y Co il' of Bulls wi th a 1929 V, pu sh ers section wa s ca ncelled due to "foul" Branch outings at present revolve around to n Pickup; John Ga rrett in Marton with a wea ther in "sunny" Hawkes Bay . Th e rain day trips with our National Event in 1929 Tourer; Craeme Kemp in I'a lmer ston just never let up, a t least not till the ru n wa s Nov emb er, "T he Ta ra rua T ru ndle " soon to North wit h a 1930 1/, ton I'ickup; a nd fina lly, ca ncelled . ta ke up some time fo r the organisers. Da vo a nd Do nna Gifla ns 1930 l.a nda u Sedan. Our August Noggin a nd Natter wa s held at Members also attended a run organised by Unfortuna tely, I ha ve bad new s for the the Wa ipukurau Hotel. Ever y Au gu st. the Well ingt on Branch th ro ugh the Ho ro whenua Canterbury Branch. Manawatu have had 3 Napicr and Ha st ings members tra vel down District. It was a n enjoyable da y. Ano ther gene ra tions of the Ha ycock fam ily as for an informal evening. For eleven mon th s da y's out ing to Southwards Muse um is members fo r the pas t 3 yea rs - Dick of the yea r the central Ha wkes Bay members orga nised for the families so we hop e to see a Haycock with his 1923 Hudson, 1925 Essex travel the other way! It's Reg Kilbey's good mu ster pa rad ing at thi s worthw hile and a hu ge heap of o ther bits; his so n Len bir thday in Au gu st and he tradition al ly venue. with two 1929 and one 1930 Chevs. and a big shouts a round fo r the occasion, however, G RAHAM S. I.AWTON heap of bi ts; a nd his so n Tony with a 1924 this yea r he opened the Rolls Ro yce C hev. 1930 Durant under rest oration, and rest orati on fund instead . Nice on e Reg! only a small heap of bits (but I've go t heaps of yea rs left to make it gro w). RO N WILLIAMS TONY HA YCOCK

SWAP MEET SWAP MEET The 11th Annual Vintage & Post Vintage Swap Meet wi ll be held at the A & P SHOWGROUNDS PUKEKOHE February 27 & 28, 1988 Car Show, Sunday For information wr ite: National V & PV Swap Meet r.o. Box 39235 Auc kla nd Wes t or Phone 565-933 Auckland . EARLY FORD VB Nelson

Restorers have been busy in the Nelson NATIONAL MEET region, perhaps the biennial rally coming up in October has given some incentive. Leading Owners of early Ford V8's, 1932 to 1954 (side valve the field is Lester Brown's Fiat 501 tourer, just finished and looking great, and it runs as models) are cordially invited to attend the 2nd N.Z. good as it looks. National Early Ford V8 Meet which is being hosted by The story of this restoration would be of the l'Iorthern N.Z. Regional Group of The Early Ford V8 interest to many Ashburton people as the car was purchased in 1963 by C yril Protheroe. Club of America. Cvril however kept the ca r fo r a retirement project and he actually started th e restoration in 1979, but sad to say he was overtaken by a The venue is PALMERSTON NORTH and the meet heart attack and the car was left to his takes place from 2nd through 8th January 1988. This daughter )0, Lester Brown's wife. Lester took the dismantled car to Nelson should be the largest gathering of early Ford V8's ever where he and )0 now live and the restoration seen in New Zealand with between 50 and 60 cars was continued, and [ must say it is a credit to expected to attend and a very entertaining programme its owners. Have you ever tried assembling a car which has been arranged. someone else has dismantled? Talking of Fiats, there is another 501 being For further information please phone Palmerston restored at Richmond by Dick Bier, it also has body work by )ohnston and Smith, but North 77-682 or 82-177 or write for itinerary and Dick's is a sedan. And there is a cute little 500 registration forms to the Chairman of the Organising of the late 1930's which belongs to the Dacombe family. Committee - Rex Barr, Early Ford V8 Meet, P.O. Box But the rarest ol restorations is Trevor 4244, Palmerston North, N.Z. Carstori's AC Sociable 3 wheeler. It is a total rebuild and an outstanding one at that. Trevor says he has had a grea t deal of help from Alec Shadbolt of Christchurch That's the great thing about our club, so many people are so willing to help . Marlborough North Otago Another fine restoration which is well on the way is a Model A For d Ph aeton being restored by Rex Westly. O ne of th e highli ghts of the past months Activities have been plentiful o ver the As for me, I hav e just [inished a Dodge 6 wa s the unveiling of a memorial plaque and winter months with work being carried out in cylinder dump tru ck of the lat e 1920's. It has the planting of 5 l.ancewood tree s at home garages and vehicles changing hands. a genuine W ood cam and roll er hydraulic Brayshaw Park in memory of the late The August meeting was followed by an hoist of th at era and is ra ted at 1 to ns a nd No rman Brayshaw. B.E, M. The unveiling int eresting vis it to view Charlie Fulton's MC now I am working on another veteran was performed by Christophcr Boxall (a TF with recent motor job, also his next Do dge. grandson) assisted by Ken Woodhea d, project being a MC )2 , Also we viewed BOB H ELM Chairman of Bra yshaw Par k Administrat ors Lindsay McKenzie' s 1955, Pl ymouth and Co m mittee, before a cro wd ot 300 , wh ich Chris Blackmores Chrysler Sararoga . included Mr s !3ray sh aw and family members Thirteen of our members ventured so uth to as invited gues ts. Th e trees were planted by Invercargill for the AGM and Conference. o ther gr andchildren of th e Brayshaws. Th is was an enjoyable and ente rta ining Though not born in Marlborough.: Mr weekend, also great being amo ngst different Brayshaw developed a tr emendous int er est in member s from all over New Ze aland, local history . G iving unsparingly of his time , An enjo yable tour of the Southland Rotorua money an d health (often in th e face of public garages on th e Sunday to follow with lunch apathy and criticism), co llecting, preserving a nd a sea rch through the parts shed, The m ini and restoring documents and o ther item s bus ventured home weighing a little heavier The Annual dinner and pri zegiving has related to the past history of Marlborou gh. with va rio us treasures. co me and go ne again and a very good Sev eral Societi es which he helped to establish Local vehicle activities included a new turnout of over 80 members, quite a few (Marlborough Historical So ciety, Ed w in Fox member Mike Cepp having the motor and seldo m seen faces but it' s good to see them Restoration Soci ety and Vintage Machinery other jobs done to complete a recently just th e same . Allan Young won the Society), thrive today with large acq uired 1925 I3uick Std 6 tourer. Another I3lackstone C up which is pr esented annually memberships. new member is working on the ex )im Kane's to the member who has made the most Over 60 items changed owners at th e Shiny Standard flying 8. progr ess on a restoration . Allan has rebuilt a Parts Auction he ld on July 29th. Ivan Barker is doing a roving restoration ol 1920 Sp ec ial Six Ro adster Studebaker. First Member s night for August featured several bikes, two flat twin Harleys. a 1910 time I saw this car it was a pile of nuts and 'Resto ra tio n' as its theme. A short talk and Indian and a Henderson 4. Brian McLeod and bolts but now it is about 6 months away from practi cal demonstration on 'Construction and lirn Welsh have been progressing with th eir complet ion with mudguards, hood and paint Ma intainance of Spark Plugs' given by BSA bikes, I3rian has also had to rebuild th e yet to do . He a lso ha s tucked away in his Arthur Bak er was very interesting and well 1928 Triumph motor due to a slight mishap. back shed a 1947 Studcbaker C hampio n received as was also a talk by Craham Wiblin John Brewster has recently gathered up his Deluxe whi ch will no doubt be his next about 'Automotive Painting Preparation and 1924 654 and 1916 model 32 O akland project. He tells me that hub caps for that Techniques' . Tourers, work has started on the 1924 . Ken model ar e on hi s "I Want" list so maybe May 1 co ng ratulate the Ed itor and Staff of Rillst one has been working on his recently someone cou ld help the re. 'Beaded Wh eels ' on behalf of this Branch on purchased 1927 I3uick Master roadster also is Called on John Lamb recentl y. He has a the high q uality o f its new fo rma t , W ell do ne! doing an upholstery job on Harry Andrew's 1924 Austin Cl ifton Tourer restored some MERV. ATKINSON 1920 Briscoe. Harry is also at wo rk gathering time ago and at present is spendi ng all his parts to suit a 1915 Briscoe. still needs a spa re time stripping and rebuilding a 1972 motor and gearbox. MK4 Spitfire. He has finished the motor and )im Boaden has made a little progress on running gea r, completed th e body and paint preparation and upholstery. Adelc has been [{ESTORAT10 N TII ' hi s 1928 Austin Charabanc. Another vehicle has left the district for the taking upholstery classes this year prior to Exha ust manifold ga sk ets for all veteran I West Coast, being C yril Bringan's 1923 Essex tackling that job. If it co mes up as good as the Dodges can be obtained from your Honda 6 Tourer. Au st in it will be a little car to be very proud dealer; the part number is 18303-689-000. The Wilkie's garage has recently been of. These copper and asbestos rings fit exaC~IY cluttered with the bones of a 1927 Whippet to Bill Clouston has just started his 1950 although they are slightly thicker. ev entually be a pick-up and the o the r is a Drophead Morris Minor, knowing I3ill, it will 1928 Whippet tourer and it will be so me tim e be stripped down to the last screw and rebuilt I30B H ELM before any action w ill be seen on the se. like a new on e, actually the little car is in very A NDY WILKIE good condition considering its age. Our Annual Swap meet sa w enthusias ts O ve rland tourer resto ration w hich wa s the good rep uta tio n in ea rly days and were fro m all o ver the North Island to bu y and sell culminia tion o f many yea rs work. advanced for the ir time . Easy identification is parts etc . O ver 100 people came bac k to the Ab out 30 members wen t on a 'Garage raid ' ve ry high , fo rk-mo unted headlight s an d C1ubrooms for a mea l and get-tog ether. The wh ich visited memb ers garages in Tem uka David would welcome an y news of spa res . ladie s, led by Adele lamb and loyce Bennett . and W inchester. Am on g the restora tions Young G raham Trotte r is working on his pu t on a grea t mea l that I'm sure was going on is a very in teresti ng Darracq which '36 Austin 10 and I bel ieve the engine is next thoroughly en joyed by all. The evening wa s 'fo und' at our Wi ncheste r Swap meet las t to get a ttention . G ra ha m's father Russell has ca rried on with a sing-song around the piano year b y Alan Hawke who is ver y keen to get a fla t-nose Morris van that is all but rea d y for with Gael Kelly and Myrtle Fleet who bo th it restored . the road so ma yb e this season the mechanical played and sa ng alon g wit h the others un til Plans are well in hand for our Annu al Mt teething problems will be resolved. Son-in­ qu ite hoarse . Cook Rally and muc h interest is bei ng shown law John Warre n has a ver y early A ust in Sec re tary Col in Val entine and his wife now that we can offer a wider range of 12/4 to ure r that has been ge tting a thorough have gone o verseas for a visit, so Syd accommodation a nd prices to suit all. . rebuild over the last few yea rs . A new bod y Halli da y is filling in . A job he is well used to . RUBY HA RT lEY was bu ilt to pattern in the evening woodwork Our younge st member, Ross M unro, wo n classes run by the Po lytech and pa nels have the night run trophy thi s year so we will be now to be fitted . T his car ca me fro m expecting h im to organ ise a real good one fo r Rangiora about 25 years ago and had a sor t 1988 . Goo d on yo u Ross. It is good to see o f so lid top grafted on to the tourer body. : these yo ung ones co ming on. South Otago Unfo rtunately ina dequa te storage meant th at RaY FLEET it became largely derelict but pleasingly is now well on the way back. Prog ress continues on the Clubroom front Neil Ca lver t ha s tak en the w ra ps off the '26 with the acquisition of a very suita ble seco nd Nash to urer and should be able to repo rt hand carpet. Famil y occa sio ns wh ich have progress aga in soon. A t last sighting ace­ Sth Canterbury been a feature th is year will now be th at restorer Neville Dewson wa s eyein g th e mu ch mor e comfo rtable. A sma ll parts woodwork and upholste ry wi th Neil and wild auction held on the July clu b night brou ght Discussion s, questions and answers were thr eat s are being made to tak e the project out the usual int er esting bits. T his year there the o rde r of the day at o ur May Noggin and further. Neville himself dr ives a prett y littl e was a fair amo unt of early Ford V8 electrical Natter and this proved ver y ben efici al to a ll. T al bot Darr acq two seater th at is alwa ys and ignition parts, man y head gas kets and As well, a short ta lk on the Histor y of the immacu la te and a pleasing exa mp le o f a br ake lin ing kit s, speedo cable kits, ca rb ie Pl easant Point Railwa y a nd Hi storical Eur op ean light car. Society was very interes ting . kits , d e. T he Layt ha rn's 1939 Mo rris 12 /4 is T he June No ggin and Na tter sma ll part s ma kin g p ro gress. It now sits on a set of ALIST AIR MclNTO SH aucti on was a reall y hila riou s ev ening an d a refu rbi shed wh eels sho d w ith new Dunl op bi g attendance mea nt th e u n fini shed 5.25x16 tyr es. New fro nt springs ex-stock ex tensi on a rea had to be use d as well. T he fro m Brown and Co pe, Dunedi n, grace the extensio ns are go ing very well a nd it is most rebuilt fro nt axle. Bruce Gr ierson is building gr..tilying to see the nu mbe r of members and another engine fo r his smart Mode l A sports Taranaki help ers turn ing out to th e wor king bees. roadster and Bill C ross has been known to Conc rete has been laid and the ins ide ta ke h is 1932 Rov er 10 to wo rk jus t to give it finis h ing is do ne. T he new area blend s in very an airing . Don [enks has been bu sy bu ild ing, As p romised I will start off wit h well wit h the exis ting C lubrooms. so the Chevro let 490 has not had mu ch motorcycle news . In March we visit ed two T he openi ng will be on the 12th September attention this wi nter .T he next event is our Clydesdales resid ing on a farm north of wi th a ceremony a nd po t-luck tea followed ca len dar ra lly on the first weekend in Waitara . Ian and Ann Reid sta rted o ff when by our night tria l and a soc ial evening to No vember . Ian found so me harness he thou ght wo uld comp lete the da y. o u.v l AYT H EM make a nice wall hanging . lan then O n the 28t h June our 'end of season' run pro gr essed into maki ng harness and hor se headed north out of T irna ru . via Ternu ka. brasses and no w also imp orts brasses. T hey Orton and on to Ran gi ra ta whe re we pa ssed show their horses a t A and P sho ws so you the feed lots for the 140 thousan d sheep Southland can see how o ther peoples hobbies can also which wer e aw ait ing shipmen t to the Midd le get out of hand, if you know what I mean . East. A carpet of sheep for ac res a ll looki ng At th e beginning of April, Hunts a nd ra ther m udd y in th e wet co nd ition s Following the An nu al Conference the Gudopps a tte nded the Wa ngan ui Autumn un derl oo t. Th en on to a craf t shop and lat er a spa res shed wa s opened , an d, jud ging by the T rial. a gr ea t weekend . O ur Ma unga M oa na Horncraft d ispl ay of orn ame nts (ships, fish, hea p s of pa rt s mo ving awa y , so me was next and we found ourselves to be the birds, etc) all made from anima l horns. Th e restoration should have received a boo st. It only mot o rcycle entered . Ho pe so me other finish was at the Ge ra ldine Vint age Ca r & seems a fact of the vintage wo rld that the bik es turn up next yea r. Machinery mu seum hall where mem bers had par ts you need are always a t the other end of M oto rcyclists had a rest in Ma y, ma yb e a lat e lun ch and co uld visit the mu seum the country. because we wer e mo re occupied wit h the al ter wa rds. O n the resto ra tio n fro nt David Bra ss tells A .G .M., but the clu b had the first of its A new restor at ion o n this outing wa s a we ll me he has coll ected the bare essentials for a stra ight line navigati on pract ises thi s month. res tored 1954 4-cylin der Riley (with the Riley 1914 Hupmobile 32 from Christchurch . A ll went we ll wit h the mor e exper ienced engine ) wh ich is not so co m mo n. Th is vehicle Dav id has the well-k no wn '29 Huprnob ile helping the new er ones ge t ro und the course. has ta ken lour yea rs to resto re and is ow ned sedan that has performed so we ll over recen t A very worthwhi le exercise. In June the by Mr and Mrs C raham Eunson , years and is ex hibiting br and loyalty by mot o rcyclists pai d a visit to a sta tiona ry Our ann ua l dinn er a nd tro ph y presen ta tion ge tt ing a ve tera n. Everything needs to be engine m useum in Hawer a . Peter Meredi th eve ning wa s well at tended . The Stcvenson don e of cou rse and the curre nt exercise is ha s a la rge an d very interes ting co llectio n T rophy for the "restora tion of the yea r" was wh eels. A pp a rent ly it is the shorter chassis w ith most of the engin es res to red to as new presented to Roger Baird for his early 1920's version so will be a roads ter . T hese cars had a co ndition. Ma ny we re sta rted for us be it

-- -- - ...... ------~ - ~ - . -- ~c6UINNE~ MPJrORINGLTO 126-128 Hutt Road, Petone MVDI Noted for Deal ing in Special Interest Vehicles, Vin tag es to Collectors, Old, Interesting or Just Unu su al. Enclo sed prem ises with Electronic Security and Alarm for your peace of mind, Your Anti " Plasti c Car" Company If you can't sell it! We can!!! COMMISSION SELLING AT Roy McGuinness REASONABLE RATES (04)685·500 A.H. WN 651-726 diesel, petrol or kerosene and some even run year. The evening function was a d inn er on LPG . As yo u can imagi ne they are all prepared an d cook ed enti rely by Robert shapes and sizes fro m an un usua l Ridd. which Taupo McWha, Ray Officer and Les Web ster. A was mor e like a stea m engine, to a ma ssive 3 tasty and enjoyable meal. Th e rally was won cy linder Lister found der elict in the sa nd hills O ur President. Peter Attwo od. a nd his by Marg Bird and her naviga tor , so Gavin at W an ganui . T alking of stea m th e wife Elizabeth, attended the A.G .M. in the has to plot next year's rall y . mo torcycle bo ys and girls ha ve also pai d a deep south. Veteran Rally plan s ar e well unde rw ay visit to the local model engineers club. Th ey The trip fro m Chris tchu rch by special train with the Rally to be held on 7th November. were very keen and proud to sho w us the ir was a trip of a lifetime and the return trip was KARYLE RIDLEY la test crea tion. It is a 'IJ sca le rep lica of a even bet ter.So me of the sessions at A.G.M . steam tru ck . It is powered by a 1910 Sta nley were mu ch apprecia ted a nd the fellow shi p in Steamer car engine. The run ning gear coming the off times was excellent. from an assor tment of ca rs from Model T to O ur 21st Birthda y rall y was accep ted and is modern. The boiler is made of stainless steel on the Na tional Ca lenda r for the 5th and 6th and is fired by LPG . This vehicle is to make March 1988 . Th e Co mmittee for thi s is in full its debut a t the Christmas pa rade. sw ing and all sys tems go. Wellington T her e hav e been seve ral genera l club run s At our last clu b night we tossed around the too . One being our a nnual mid-w inter run up possibility of extensio ns to our ra ther sm all the mountain. We started off with a small clu b roo ms and a Committ ee has been It has been a bad cou ple of months due to straigh t line run of ab out five miles a rou nd formed to rep or t back on this. man y brea k-ins in ou r clubroorns. Metal Stra tford . T his too k in a ro unda bo ut which The problem of leaded fuel was disc ussed security screens hav e been fitted ove r the ca used a lot of discussion a t the lunch break . and ha s been overcome. but now we ha ve the outside of the windows and at our last club The co nclusion reached wa s not to include registratio n charges to go up by a heft y lump. nigh t members vo ted to install an alarm ro und abouts in straight line navigation as it JOE R[DLEY sys tem . In one of our break-ins we were causes too many argument s. The rest of the unfortunate enough to Jose some of ou r day was ta ken up with a climb to the ski­ trophies an d wou ld ap preciate an y mem bers fields. Du e to a sho rtage of snow the ski ­ keeping an eye out for them. fields were no t in operation but enough was The Ca sin o evening on A ugust 1st turned found for the odd snow ball . As is customa ry out to be a grea t success for the Welling ton we end ed up a t the Voss residenc e to dr y out, Branch . A 101 of nice pri zes wer e donated by warm up and talk sho p. Waikato local businesses, to whom we give our sincere It seems tha t winter is no barrier to so me thanks . peo ple as nine cars turn ed ou t on a very wet , Th e Social Country Run was held on cold da y for a run organised by Ice Fraser Pa ula and Rob ert Mcvvha's June Night August 23rd . We sta rted o H in Wellington in an d myself arou nd the 'Think Big' area . We T rial brou ght ou t 10 cars to travel a rou nd the wet and col d an d stopped for morning tea thought we had a nice easy run set out but Glen view down the back roads to tou r at the Horowhenua Bra nch Clubrooms. O ur almos t eve ryo ne had so me thing to thin k a ro und Nga rua wa hia townshi p then cross ing destination fo r lunch was the Easron a bo ut. Maybe it was the placing of the silent the Waika to River a nd back to Hamilton for Homestead just ou t of Foxton . Wi th fine checks o r ma ybe it was the two d ifferent sets supper and a natter at Peter Neav c's place. wea ther we were able to eat our lun ch on the of instructions which were written and tulip June club night brought out mainly the grassed are a in front of the hom estead . Bruce diagrams. Th e run wa s won by the Spragg me n club memb ers fo r an interesting and Easto n. the pr esent owner, showed us around Gang in the Mo rris 8. Wi th Miss hawke eye infor ma tive talk and demonstra tion on fuel a nd gave its history . O ur next stop was the Bleak ley looking for silent checks how co uld a nd oil supplements by Bruce Roberts who is Man gahoa Hydro Powe r Stati on , the oldest they fail, only five points lost. an au tom otive engineer. Hydro Pow er Sta tion in the North Isla nd . July's Nog gin and Natter took the for m of a Rotorua swap meet had a co ntingent of which was built in 1924. Wc o nce ag am Shiny Part s Au ction.A pproxima tely 180 Waikat o members arrive a t Rot orua wered given a tour and so me br ief historical items went und er the hamm er. Bad ges were Racecour se, some with trailer loads to sell, facts. The wa ter fro m the Hyd ro Power the highest pr iced items with so me spirited but others mos tly to buy. A good time was Sta tio n is used by canoeists to practice for the bidd ing for these. O ther pa rts cou ldn't be had by all. Slalom Course. The wa ter can be regulated to given a way . All in all a goo d night s Ross Ca rnpbel l's July run from Ch ar twell acco m moda te begi nners o r advanced entertainment with the club buildi ng fund to Aero space had 23 cars turn up , the best for ca noe ists . We then headed ba ck to Levin fo r benefiting. a long time. Very interesting wal k aro und afterno o n tea a t Wo o lshed Antiques. We Another night , member Eric Terrill, a Aerospace climbing in and ou t of planes. We were able to amble hom e in our own time . ret ired signwriter . dem on strat ed the art of saw the Air For ce Strikernaster jets whi ch a rc Th e da y was a grea t success with a terrific applying go ld leaf lettering to the club there for stress test ing . Helicopters in for turnout of ca rs. ho no urs bo a rd . T his is a fascinating ma intenan ce a nd the beginnings of a The raff le tickets for funds for the Easter proced ure. Talk ing abo ut Eric, recen tly he ho ver craft that is being bui lt for an over seas Rally are selling well. Th ere are a lot of love ly adv erti sed all over the co untry for som e firm. prizes to be won . Austin 7 pisto ns . In the end son Gr eg found The Lst weekend in A ugust sa w our Club Our Annual No vember Rall y is being held them in our own branch spares shed . Captain Paul a McWha, and President Paul on No vember 7th and we are looking for out O ur clubroo m altera tio ns are prog ressing Clar k and Peter Nea ve travel down to of town ent rants. Our spa res department will well. The outside is finished apart from lnvercar gill for the Na tional AGM . be open on the morning of Sund ay the 8th of painting. Inside most of the lining is in place Our Editor , la n Ho wcll. is heading aw ay Nov em ber for you to loo k thro ugh. If you ap art from the libra ry . Finish ing tou ches ov erseas for 2 mon ths so Gav in Bird will be wish to a ttend please write to : Ro n Elto n, prior to pa inting are now bei ng co mpleted at the helm w hile he is awa y. Ou r ladies rally 1'.0. Box 38418, Petone. for a n entry and then its into the librar y . a ttrac ted 13 entries. The run was plotted by · ~ t a i l s . Eric Pede rso n whose wife leannie won it last ROB ERT GUDOPP SUSAN W ILKENS

SWAP MEET MUNGA·MOANA RALLY

12th MARCH 1988 The Taranaki Branch of V.C.C. 4th Annual Taranaki Branch Swap Meet Annual Munga-Moana Rally & Motor Show is to be held Hawera A & P Showgrounds. Hawera, Anzac Weekend 23-24 and 25th April 1988 Plenty of space both indoors and outdoors, light refreshments available, Motor Show Saturday, Rally Sunday. Information Rally Secretary Marg Duckett enquiries and bookings to: 86-780 Hawera Ray Cook 84-545 Hawera or Organiser Ray Cook Bryan Spragg 87-776 Hawera even ings. 84-545 Hawera. MORRIS COWLEY PAR T S FO R SA LE 1 Chassis, fro nt and rear axle. 2 mo to rs virtually co mplete, 2 sumps, 5 wheels, numero us bits a nd pieces. Th ese par ts may be seen a t 24 Perry Street Masterton . Wri te or phone G .B.A . Co wie. Box 458. RATES MA T CHLESS 1961 650 Twin recondition ed moto r, tidy condit io n, $2800. Harl ey Masterton . Telephone 85-383. Member of Vintage Car Club Inc . $7 .50 for Da vidson 1927 350 single side valve. go es and first 40 wo rds or part thereof. thereafter 10 looks well. $3500. G . Nielsen. 210 Meo la cents per wo rd to a maxim um of 65 wo rds per Road, Pt Chev alier. Au ckland . Phone FOR SALE: HILLMAN 20170 1935 Saloon ad vertisem ent. Member mu st be financial (09) 864-779. fo r restorat ion. Complete with trucked par ts and sta te their bra nch. ca r (34), two new head gaskets, part s FOR SALE Non-Member $9. 00 for first 40 wo rds or part ca talogue. a nd sales bro chure. All pa rts are thereof. therea fter 10 cents per word to a Gen uine First Edition copies of "Rosie ther e fo r this attractive six cylinder sa loon max imu m of 65 words per advert isement. St udeb a ker" previ o usly advertised as incl ud ing oversize piston s. $900 or offer. Ron Day, 20 Upham Street. Havelock No rth, BOX AD . $6 .00 extra to a bo ve rates. 'T he funn iest book ever wri tten by a ca r" Ha wkes Bay . Phone 776-161. a t $10. now reduced to : "Reaso nably PH OTO AD IN BO X. $12.50 extra to above Funny" at $5 inclu des postage and G .S.T. ra tes . Enclose good black and white or co lou r FO R SALE pho togra ph. Send $5 .00 to Jack Hoven . 201 Da rragh's 1948 Rover 75 simil ar to pre- war 16 H .P. Road. Tauranga. Sal o o n res tor ed in cluding o rg in aJ Above rat es apply for each advertisement. sun sh ine roof. Viking ra d ia tor cap C.S.T. included in all pric es. Masc ot, second ca r for spa res, $7995 ono . SSI PARTS fo r sale. Ch assis (poo r). mot o r, Consider swa p for vintage car. Ph one gear box . diff, fro n t axle, knock o n hubs, Advertisemen ts mu st be typ ed or clearl y (0942) 63-932 or wr ite Ski nner. Ho rseshoe printed . whee ls, rear guards . bonnet, radia tor , radia to r surround. light s. etc. ea rly Riley Bush Road . R.D.2 . Alb an y. PA YMENT MUST BE ENCLO SED ge a rbo x, A us tin Vet eran rea r d oo rs. Reasonabl e offers. Ma rk Pothan, 19 Terrace Send to : T he Ad vertising Ma nager, P.O. Box Street. Marton . Phone 8242 . 1962 MERCEDES BENZ - MAROON All or igin al, low mileage. very go od 13140 , CHRISTCHURC H. not lat er than co ndi tio n. $7,000 ono. Phone 615 T wlzel. : 10th ofmo nth preced ing publica tion.

NEW HEADS FOR ROL LS ROYC E 20/ 25 VINTAG ECAR CLU BAUCT IO N to be held 1 ha ve had a special pat tern made. and 11 O ct ober 1987 Cutler Pa rk. 12 Noon. hav e taken 3 cas tings from it. T hese ar e in McLea ns Island . Entri es ta ken no w . For alloy. heat treat ed, and are ready for the deta ils phone 326-460 Chris tchurch . install at ion of va lves guides and spri ngs. In extern al appearance they ar e identical FO R SALE with the origina l. but improv ements in 1928 Hudson Sup er-Six. Very mot orable the in terior wa ter way s have been soli d machi nery . Relu ctant sale pr event s incorpor at ed . I shall be using one my self. on going restor ati on work. Priced to go a t but two of the heads are for sale at $4000 $7000 incl. spares. Contac t R. D. Maffe y, each plus G .S.T. If interested please 207B Waimea Terrace. C hr istchur ch 2. tel e ph one m e . A la n S h a w , a t Phone 327-513 . Chr istchurc h (03)515- 143 (Ho me) o r 794-114 (Bus). BOOKS. BOOKS. BOOKS All sorts of bo oks, new and pr o-read . FORSALE Mot o ring bo ok s ou r spec ialty . Send $1.5 0 BMW R100RS 1977 65.000k ms, 2 owners. fo r our current list. Pit Stop Book s. P.O . MARLIN beau tiful and original co nditio n. Stainless Box 1393, Chr istchurch. mu fflers,Krau sers etc. metallic blu e. MOTELS Pr ice is negotiable bu t suggest $8500. Please send nam e and phone to Box 1597 FO R SALE 33 Devon Street, Christchurch. Headl ights. ma tched pair. mint co nd ition, never fitted to vehicle. 8 '/, inch es Picton FOR SA LE B.S .A.AlO Golden Flash . very d ia me te r. Lu ca s MBL 147 $ 750 tid y. very or igina l and com plete $3500 . negoti ab le. Contac t: Ian Hallett Phone Phone 36-784 Ro ger Barnett . 18 En si g n S t re e t, (09)657-318 Manurew a . Christchurch. Pho ne 228-321. Only 500 metres from FOR SALE: 1934 Master 6 cyl. C hevro let in FOR SALE original co ndi tion. Reupholstered excellent Ferry Terminal bu t awa y 1925 Sunbeam Roadster 14.40 c( in good tyres. all extras. spare wheel co ver . etc. Some from the hu st le & bu st le mot o ring cond ition . 516.000 ono . Phone a ttenti on needed mechanically but spares of tow n traffic. Bob Suhr Welling to n 850- 721 or write to incl ude d. $5000 or nea r offer. Workshop 54 Kar epa Street , Broo kl yn West. man ual. registered and W .O .F. S. Hatt on , 43 Both family un its and Well ing ton. (Member) S t Leo na rds Road . T em uka . Pho ne small double un its (056) 57·90 9. available. Plenty of parking space. CLUB CAPTAINS' TOUR Boat Cruises or Scenic Tours arra nged . SOUTH ISLAND 1988 Special off-season rat es to Bruce & Jim invite you to join them VCC member s. on the South Island Tour commencing Monday March 7th at Blenheim, You r hosts: Ses a nd finishing with the Scenicland Rally Hokitika, Beverley England Saturday March 19th . Mem ber VCC Further details ­ Bruce Hutton Jim Ritchie Police Station 161 Wainoni Road Otaki Christchurch Phone 47-366 Phone 887·112 The Haw kes Bay Branch of the V.C.C. cordially invite entrants fo r our ANNUAL VETERAN RALLY on the 21st November 1987. Some billet s are available so write early for your entrance form to Mr and Mrs R. A. Kilbey , 101 Hastings Street, Napier. FOR SALE 1937 For d V8 Coupe, in very good This advertisement resto red co nd itio n, 2, 000 mi les o n is sponsored by recondition ed motor. Origin al radio an d Raphael Furn ish ing Studios Ltd. numerous spares . lan Rich ardson Ph ne W ellin gton (04) 836-156. WANTED C HEVRO LET Road ster 1928 fully restored, Suit 1926 C hrysler, cowl ligh t len s FOR SALE: T wel ve new 350x19 A von tyres, ru ns well, crea m wi th blac k tr im. Plenty of surround , has C hrysler badge sc ript now not req uired . O ffer s invited fo r any pa rt s available, $12 .000 . pressed into it. Plea se contact Digby number. Al so wa nt ed Lucas CjF1 /2 Young. 409 T oruo ana Roa d . Hastings. cuto ut/fusebox and 12v Luca s windscre en Pho ne 86-876 . mounted wiper mo tor. C. Fulton . 4 Rye HONEYCOMB RADIATORS Stree t, Oarnaru. Ph one 49-645 . (Me mber) For genuine honeycomb radiator AUSTIN LICHFIELD 10 /4 193 5. just re stored . new paintwork. p rofessiona l cores made to any shape or up ho lster y and tr im , registered, WOF. N ELSO N BRANCH OF V.c.c. specif ication, write to: Second ca r for spa res wit h go od engine. OF NZINC. O w ner em igrating so o n, 54800 o no . Contact Bi A nnual Pr o vin cial Rally John Rummery, 18 Orsova Place, Jo hn Fennell (0516) 88-723, Bo x 12, Da rfield. 1st November, 1987 Lynfielll , Auckland 4 , or call into Canterbury . Come to Nelson and enj o y the ir po pular motoring event. All classes cate red for on George Mihaljevich, 76 Vermont FOR SAL E STUDEBAKER 1955 Champion. sealed road route. Dinner and dance . Street , Ponsonby , Auckland. fu lly resto red , as new co nd ition . Finish ed in Entry forms available from the rall y maroon lacqu er wit h match ing trim . Spares sec retary . Colleen Carston, 469 Waimea VERMONT VINTAGE include new tint ed windscreen . suspe nsio n Rd, Nelson, Ph . 73-563 N.N . RADIATORS parts. da sh . instruments. door handles etc 58900 on o . T elephone Well ing ton 282-453.

1988 SELL 1930 FORDA Town Seda n. rest ored MOSQUITO-SPITF IRE OLD TIME running gea r. chassis . body. new subf rarne, T urn er Vacu um pump. new . Air M inis tr y ra dia to r, new tyres, tubes, has co wl lamps. ce rtified and tested . tvoe TM/B3. Offer s. VINTAGE MACHINERY et c . A n excellent project to co mplete and Ple ase contact Digb y Yo ung. 409 & MOTOR CYCLE pai n t to yo ur choice. 57500. Consider trade T omoana Road. Hastings. Phone 86-876 for A ustin 18-6 of th e thirties. Also sell FIELD DAY & T riumph 1960's Vite sse gea rbox and 1600cc SWAP·MEET motor for parts, 570. Com plete Ford 10 WANTED early to m id-30's American Sedan . (Vintage Material Only) ma rinised motor as is $60 . Contac t [os Must be fully 'o peratio nal a nd / or restored . Nagels . 42 Mill er Road. T auranga . Pho ne D . W . Watson (09)50 1-767 (Ho me) or SAXTON FIELD (09 )789-449 (W o rk) Au ckl and. MAIN ROAD STOKE NELSON FORD PARTS Saturday 23rd January Sunday 24th January Falkners Garage Adults $2.50 (Since 1956) Children 50c Swap-site $5.00 (Brian Falkner, Prop.) CONVENOR Phone (054)89-975 Large stocks of new , rebu ilt, secondhand parts for Ford V8 's SWAp·SITES Phone (054)520-497 FO R SALE up to 1977. Please send S.A .E. 1938 C hevrolet Coupe straight axle in Your Ho sts: for your requ irements to 184 go od o rder. Un der co ver last 15 yea rs. Clyde Street, Island Bay , Wgtn. Nelso n Vintag e Engine & su itable restor at ion. 57000 o no. Bo x 84 . Mach in er y Club Waip ukurau . Phone (0 72 8 188 -6 18 Nel son Class ic & Vinlage MICClub evenings . Phone 837-558 AerllC",."",e Plate Hardchrome Plating Specialists Jor Grinding and Plating oj: T.I.G. WELDING OF "ALUMINIUM "CRANKSHAFTS ·MACHINERY PARTS "STEEL "AXLE BEARING SURFACES "AIR COMPRESSOR CYLINDERS "STAINLESS "GEAR SHAFTS ETC ·DIES (PLASTIC MOULDINGS ETC) "HYDRAULIC RAM SPHERES "WEAR PLATES CRACK DETECTION BY: "CYLINDER BORES "ROLLERS AND SHAFTS "MAGNETIC PARTICLE "DYE PENETRANT A Division oJ PACIFIC AEROSPACE CORPORATION ~CADMIUM PLATING Pacific Aerospace Corpo ra tio n Limited ~ "VINTAGE PARTS.ETC Hamilton Airp ort, Pr ivate Bag , Hamilton, New Zealand. , "NUTS. BOLTS, WASHERS, FITIINGS Telephon e : (071) 436- 144 , 4:~069 . Tel ex: NZ21242 Pacorp. FOR SALE: Willis Jeep 1942, good run ning order $7,500 ono . Phone Taylor 449-475 ENGINE VALVES Napier or wr ite 7 Neeve Place, Taradale, Napier. Engine valves rebuilt or made for WA NTED for 1927 Triumph M I C, petrol all makes and models . For Petrol , tank in any co ndition but suitable for a CNG,LPG. Engine reconditioning pa ttern, chainguard, rear stand, bot tom rear Veteran or Vintage American or section of frame wi th small lug on left hand English models side, back wheel 2 1/ zin x 21in with inte rnal expanding brake or dummy rim brake, front Phone or Contact wheel with internal expanding brake , kicksrart. Contact T . or G. Harris, 6 Milford Gordon Wright FOR SA LE Street, Blenh eim. Pho ne 84-142. (Member) Rebuilding Services Ra re model (one o ther in UK) 1923 Austin Co upe 1214. Excellent order throughout. Reliabl e rallying veh icle. Truck load of 607A Massey Rd Mangere spares, $15 ,000 ono. Contact Alan Phone 275-6971 Mangere Ta ylor , Box 2043, Whakatane. Pho ne (076) 88-871 A .H . FO R SALE: 1938 Vaux ha ll DX to uri ng saloon 14 / 6 , excellent condition. Recently rebui lt WANTE D 1930 DURANT 614 parts, engine. Many spa res $5,500. Pho ne Napier especially radiat o r and surround, bon net, 447-981. 'C lolite' headlight s, front sea t fra me, do or WA NTE D TO BUY: Aus tin A40 pedal car ha nd les, inte rio r fittings, han d book, or any parts, bootlid, seat pa nel. hubc aps, steer ing other par ts. Sell 1931 Mo rr is Isis O HC wheel. cr oss member headlights, FIB mechan ical pa rts. Contact Tony Haycock, bumpers. Will swap Ford Y Gr ille in mint T urakina Road, Bulls (0652 )49-235. conditio n for pa rts of A40 Pedalear. J. Christie. 85 Ha milton Stree t, Gore. Pho ne FOR SALE: 1951 L.I.P. Velox origin al (020) 84-508. conditio n, re-bui lt, registered and WOF, spares include all ru nning gear, body parts, KLAXON HO RN or runni ng boa rd luggage original tools with car. Phone 87-254 . E. rack, swa p on ly for Chevrolet 490 1916-1924 Mi tchelL 403 Sea ley Street, Thames . pa rts espec ially rear axle and to rq ue tube, 23 (Member) inch wheels, gearbox or For d T crownwheel and pinio n in good order. Chris Taylo r, 20 Cheam Place, Pakuranga . Auckland. Phone 563-221.

METAL POLIS HING Add the finishing touches to Vintage, Classic, or specia l interest cars. etc . No w you can have your stain less steel trim , or br ass pa rts (e.g. Hubcap skins) pa nelled straight aga in an d po lished to perfection . Also specializing in those difficult zinc die cas tings. We also have in sto ck thousand s of stainless and zinc mould ings. All American mos tly Ford & Chev 1928-1968, an d trad e in any of these yo u ma y have spare ! Please Phone 818-3647 Auckland, Mon- Sat , 9am -5p m. Restor atio n Auto Chro me, Kevin Marcroft, 42 Wood Glen Rd , Glen Eden, Auck land .

MO RRIS 8 Series E, 1948, for sale. 4 door seda n, VCC accep ted , new pa int. Fully restored Pan Pacific 1986, $4000 o no . Write LEATHER FLYINC HELMETS M. Brya n. For est Street , Tapanui, Pho ne Authen tic style with sue de lining and BUY 48-599. adjustab le neck and chin straps an d Doe s any o ne have a motor wit h zipped ear pads . Ava ilable in antiqued detachable blocks as shown.Crankcase WANTED: American Roadster or Coupe rockwash or white in top grade leather. aluminium - blocks cas t iron ; Bor e 1928-31 unresto red or under restoration, no Sizes S, M, L, XL $120, p&p inclu sive. 103mm; for mv 1913 sleeve val ve objectio n. Wo uld prefer a car fairl y complete Other co lour s to special or der. R. & H . Dai mler. Block ba se size 180mmx270mm . parts-wise if possible . Ca sh . Please phone Anderson, Puketitiri Rd, R.D .2, Napier. Rob ert Dun s, Phone 485-679 (Ho me). Owcn Scarborough 58-295 Coromandel or writ e Driving Creek, Cor omandel. 64-461 (Wo rk) or 1'.0. Box 2178 WA NT ED: Brak e test meter, prefer Tapley . Christc hurc h. FO!{ SALE: 1946 Au stin 10 used dail v. $1200 Please advi se condition and price . P. A. ono . 3 O'Connell Road , Bay View: Pho ne [on es. 1'.0. Box 23548, Hunters Co rne r, REL UC T AN T SALE a fte r 28 yea rs 266-556 eveni ng . Papatoetoe . ownership. 1924 Peugeot type 177B tourer, 1525cc side valve 4 cy l. Restor ed ea rly 1960's and motored well but now needs so me wo rk. Ver y rare, onl y example in N.Z . Uniq ue opportunit y 58900 or offer. Wanted urgentl y, crank pin for 1927 B.S.A . 770cc V-twin motor. Has side by side rolle r races, taper o IKON each end. An y information o n wh ere one ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT LTD could be obtained greatly appreciated . Barry Barnes. 10 Waitaki Street, Tim aru . Phone 60-060 . CUSTOM BUILT ALLOY

1937 CHRYS LEI{ CONVERT IBLE PISTONS TO SUIT ANY Owing to the very high cost of my Ford ENGINE - ANY OVERSIZE. V8 Roadster restor ation, I am reluctantly offering for sale my very rar e 1937 Chrysler Cabriolet Conve rtib le Co upe. T his car is featured on the fro nt cover of DAVID GILES this issue. Genuin e inq uiries on ly please (the price is not cheap). T revo r Stanley . PHONE: 567-162 r-.o. BOX 51-056 1070 Avonside Drive, Christchu rch 6. Phone 889-977. 24B RYLOCK PLACE, PAKURANGA , AUCKLAND , N.Z. ,------, TIMBERSPEC IA LIST Morris Morris I Pirani Place, Palmerstone No rth Eight Eight Car res toration woodwork and hood Owners bows made 10 order. Patterns req uired . Owners I A ll correspondenc e to 8 Fo rbury Avenue, Palmerston North . P h o n e 83 -5 86 I THE MORRIS EIGHT I Palmerston North evenings. I TOURER CLUB OF I ANTIQUE FORD the Model 'A ' Spec ialis ts. NEW ZEALAND (Inc.) No fancy ads or give aways but the most I Ten years of service and I reasonable priced A Ford parts in New sat isfaction to an evergrow ing Zealand. Locally made and imported stock, I band of 8hp connoisseurs . I including Robinson screws, dr ive rs, Matts Membership is currently over 250 mufflers, plus thousa nds of other Mode l A internationally . I Ford parts. V8 Ford Pa rts obtained on o rder. I Our cl ub is built around the New seat frames manufactured for all makes man ufacture of new pre cision I and mo dels of vintage and veteran ca rs ­ I par ts and literature, e.g . engine original sty le. Contact us if you need a pa rt mount s, axle corks, brake hOSeS,] day or nigh t. Shop open 7 days. Visitors I king pm sets, workshop manuals, welcome. D .V . Thornason , RD1 , Richmond , se rv ice infor mati on books et c . Nelson. Phone (0544 )7826 . I Over '84 ind ividual items in stock. I Fellowship and honest advice I shared fre ely. Monthly Newsletter I FOR SA LE keeps you up to date with latest 1908 De Dion Bouton single cy linde r. I proje cts, technical info rmation I Very or igina l earlier restored car first and social events. rallied 1954. First car registered in I For further information writ e to : I So uth land. Acetylene genera to r wit h The Secretary, P.O. Box 10108, ma tch ing brass headligh ts , matching ~r~c~c~N~ ~I~·_I brass sidelights an d tail ligh t. Da ted by L V.c.c. C t Brita in. $33 ,000 . Ross But ler ph on e 523-160, 16 Meadow Stre et, FOR SALE Ch ris tchurch. 1937 Sunbeam motorcycle. Model Light Solo Spo rts , 500cc OHV sing le cyli nd er , restored lat e 60's - see pa ge 56 and 57 of 1952 AUS T IN A4 0 Devon , mileage 92,000. M aureen Bul ls " N .Z. Mot orc ycle Vit ua ll y one o w ner, w arranted a n d Heritage, Book Two" for more deta ils. registered , showroom cond ition, ga rage d Can be seen at Au ckland's M oto rcycl e throughou t, mo tor and transm ission very Rall y in No vember , $7500 nego tiable; good . $1000 Receipted rep airs last 24 months, also Sunbeam 1929 Model 9 500cc O HV paintwork o r iginal, chrom e exce lle n t. fra me and engine, $500. Vintage/P'V side WANTED upho lstery and floor coverin gs ageing, ca r ch assis and wh eel $350. Contact lan For 1915 Militaire "Ca r" , gearbox, front rubber surro unds perished. Pr ice $1500. ]. Ha llett Ph on e (09l 657-318 Manurewa . forks a nd jockey wheels with forks as in Mant, 45 / C Atawh ai D rive , Nelson . ph oto's. Also engine or sump-gearbox FOR SA LE: Vulcan truck radi at o r, Fiat casing for 1912 Fia t 52 B. Da le Con lo n, 6 rad ia to r and ins tru ment s, Big Tree cans, Pitfure Road, Wakefield, Nelson . Phon e ' spar k plugs , jack s, pumps, Veteran outbo ar d (054)28-046 collect. FORD & CHEVROLET motor , Und erwood No . 5 typewriter , ena mel REPRO PARTS signs, 1937 Morrison mower, Veteran movi e/slide projecto r. Send SAE fo r de tail s WANTED : For 1960 107E 'P refect, N .O .S. '28-'48 ~ of specific item. Bill Shattky. 25 Frey berg body pa rts , rubbe r parts or origina l ex tras C rescen t, Waikanae. and an y original sales bro chures . Co ntact Ken McCallum, 2 Az tec Place, T a kanini , WANTED : Informatio n, parts, any thing on 2984806. (Mem ber) Pa ige 1917-1920. [im Ritchie, 161 Wainon i '.- "OLD AUTO RUBBER" Road , Christchurch . Ph one 887-112. FOR SA LE AUS TIN A90 1956, ori gina l black paintwork, one family owned . In good so und PLUS A FULL RANGE 1953 LAN CHE STER LEDA : Fluid flywheel, running o rder. Offers. Ph on e (076)57-355 OF CARACCESSORIES pa rtly res tored , new mot o r, m obile , Opotiki. Includes a few spare parts and tyr es. reg ister ed , $1500 o no. Phone Ai tken . ROAD & TRACK Wellington 339-639. FOR SALE JAGUAR 19461.5 litre 4 cy linder. Mot or and gea rbox plus all running gea r SUPPLIES LISTE/{ - JAGUAR reconditioned. Recovere d front leather seats . 86c Riccarton Road, Body cha ssis, fro n t uprights, De Dion Need s int eri or fini shing and painting $6000 Christchurch. tube, steering rack, coil spri ngs , Spax ono . For further de tai ls plea se ph one Ma x Ph (03)484-237 shock ab sorbers, " D" type wheels, Dee ley, Pa netapu 899. d ifferen tial, $20,000.

1925 MODEL T PARTS In clu ding c hassis, body parts for Run ab o ut , 2 mo to rs, wheels, axles, diff er en tial, 2 pedal boxes, radiators, WI RE WHEEL SERVI CES grilles and many o ther items, 51200 the lot. Telephone 7236 Mo sgie J. TELEPHONE M. O'NEILL CHRISTCHURCH HOOD IRONS 798-653 A.H. For Tourer and Roadster o wne rs who require iron s to suit 1924-31 cars and wa nt to ma ke their own. A bookl et is for every aspect of a vail abl e wit h ste p by step pictures and wire wheel repair measurem ent s show ing how to make a set to suit yo ur road ster or tourer using old part s. Ideal if you wis h to con vert a set COMPLETE RE-BUILDS and don 't know where to star t. A lso identifies the type you should hav e for I TRUING yo ur yea r, 515 each . A sk for T o urer Or Roadster or $25 the pai r. Wri te Hood Iron Spe clalties. 1 Buxton Rd . Mos ston, TUNING Wanganui. BALANCING -

DE D[ON BOUTON: Buy any parts suitable WANTED : 5x52mm splined wheel centres for 1904 Bhp sing le cy linder model, (shells) or 5x21 " wheels ex 14 /40 Va uxha ll or particularly req uir e steer ing co lumn , similar, also par ts or inst ruments pertaining contro ls, rear axle, gea rbox internals but any to 14/ 40 Delage. SELL O R SWAP: 4x19 " parts acceptable. Robert Duns, 1'.0. Box whe els 52mm centres, I x19 " K.O. Riley 2178 Christchurch. Phone 64-461 (Work) whe el an d g o o d tyr e , co ncer t i n a 485-679 (Ho me) . runningboard luggage rack , Mod el A horn, Chevrolet Enthusiasts Veter an bulb ho rn, 14 /40 Sunbeam spare WANTED : For Vau xhall 14/ 40 Watford or whe el bracket and alloy H.T. wire co nduit, B.T .H. Ma gneto, Chrysler 75 or 77 mot or Car Club 30mm br ass Zen ith , C4 Simms a nd ZF4 and gea rbox co m plete. Contac t Howa rd of New Zealand Inc. Bosch Magnet os. e.0. Delage radiator, Kingsford-Smith, Myross Bush No . 11 R.D ., cha ssis, rear diff housing, 2 hubs and wheels, lnvercargill. Phone (021) 304-879. The Chevrolet Enthusiasts Club e. 1920. Write John Stanley, 21 Stafford of N.Z. Inc. invites membership Aven ue, Nelson. to anyone interested in the WANTED: Any MA C Velocette parts. A lso preservation and restoration of any 1935 Rud ge specia l parts, would consider all Chevrolet vehicles. The club b uyin g any Rudge or Velocett e Bikes. Plea se was established in 1972 and has write with par ticulars to Mr R. H. W ilson , membership throughout the No . 1 R.D ., Wairio, Otautau, So uthla nd . country. An excellent magazine , access to technical information and participation in a variety of The page opposite is available for events and activities are some of a full colour advertisement. the advantages of membership. Con tact Advertising M anager, For further information write to p,O. Box 13140, Chris tchurch . FOR SALE the Secretary, p.a. Box 39235 Ford Model A , 1930 Phaeto n. Excellent Auckland , or telephone restoratio n and will pa ss a ny test. Hood (09) 585·624 or (09) 568·512. WA NT ED TO BUY for 1908 Darracq and wea ther gea r co m plete. Price includes 25/35HP, Alb ert Lefebure belt dri ven oiler five new spa re tyres, $13 ,500 ono. Phon e wi th 2 or 3 sight feeds, an y diff , parts, (0294) 88-439 o r write to 1'.0. Box 177, FOR SALE: Chevrolet one ton truck 1928, particu larl y pinion, ra tio 21:58, radia tor Alexa ndra. exce llent condition, register ed a nd WOI', bad ge, ignit ion timer, lamps, a nd any 54,900 ono , Con tac t Bill Anderson , 5A liter ature, photos etc whi ch may help in the FOR SALE: 1948 Pontiac 'Silver Streak ' Annell Place, Chri stc hurc h 5, Phon e 587-650. restor ati on of this large vete ra n. Write Alan (Member) parts. Straight eight engine and hydram ati c Hawke. Box 53 , Wi nch ester , South trans . dismantled . Co mplete diff and front FOR SALE: 1924 Overland mod el 91, Cant erbury, or phone (056)57-044 evenings, end assembl ies. Also 1934 and 1937 Ford V8 restored 1975, registered , spare mot ors, gear diffs. Offers. Contac t K. Sa ttler, 5 Clark bo xes, diffs, etc. 58,500 . Contact !. English , FO R SALE: 1935 Vau xhall OX wire wh eel Avenue , Tc Aroha. Phon e (0819 )49-115. Phone 89-741, Gisborne. model. Registered, running, a bs o lutely complete, upholstery and paint rough . BUY ING , SELLING OR WA NT ED: 1930 Model ATou rer body o r Offers. Write T . A , Percival, 65 Pembroke any open ca r bod y pa rts . Co ntac t Ge rald Street, Hami lton or Ph on e (071) 393-375. SWAPPING? Hopkins, 79 Puriri Street, Hawera . Pho ne FOI~ (062) 87-893 . (Member) SALE: 1967 350cc Triumph T90 over 95 % co mplete and mo st restor atio n work EARLY TIMES WANTED TO BUY: Shock abso rbers or don e, mai nly electri cs to do $180 0. Bryan AUTO NEWS parts for 1927 303 La Sa lle (BanJ T ype) fro nt Telfer. Box 106, Feildin g. Phone Res. 36-415 and rear, also co mplete gearbox or top slid ing Bus, 34-433, top and second and clu ster. Can swap gear THE CLASSIFIED PAPER box, good order, for 341B Cadillac. o r 328 La FOR CAR ENTHUSIASTS Salle. T. L. McKen zie, Box 3053 , O nera hi. Whangarei. Phon e collect 60-368 La Salle. (Member) Subscriptions are only $12 W ANTED: Studebaker litera ture, sales and in addition to receiving brochure, owners manuals, etc. any mod els. yo ur own pe rsonal copy Also any Stude baker part s or accesso ries or monthly, subscribers are Stude bake r related item s such as d iecas t models, plastic kits, etc . Deta ils to Geo rge enti tled to advertise free . Pa nf ilo w , 14 Inca Place, Redwo od, Send your $12 sub now to : C hristchurch 5. Phone 526-398 , FO [~ SALE: Fo rd side valve V8 part s ­ FOR SALE AUSTIN A40 DEVON EAR LY TIMES AUTO bloc k, 21 stud, 030 bore, cra nk , sump, heads, We llsid e UtI' 1953 , genuine 53,000 miles, NEWS ete. Num erous used mechanical parts: all ori ginal paint, uph olstery excep tional Pistons .040 and .030, rods . ca rbs. valv es etc. co nd itio n, $3,500 , Ph on e 26 -6867 61 ESSEX ST V8 Pilot UtI' body and mecha nical pa rts. Christchurch or 150A Bridle Path Road, MASTERTON Contact Ceorge l'anfilow,I4 Inca Place , Hea thcote . Christchurch . (Member) Redwood, Christchurch 5. Phon e 526-398. CRESTER CAR SALES 374 Worcester Street Christchurch

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Far North Tour

t all started as a casual Maori tracks that travelled the 100 and more entries the I outing to the hot sands of ridge tops and in their turn were magnitude of cooking and Taipa, and a picnic lunch. No one widened into the first roads preparing enough food in the appears to have recorded the traversing this northern rough as it were, assumes 'n u m ber s attending, but that day peninsula. Difficult to find they alarming proportions and who in 1972 must have been most are, and overgrown, but still can blame the far north e n j oy a ble . Far North Tours have offering an old charm and gentle members if they consider they been ever since. grades not necessary to modern have tiger by the tail when the What makes this tour so traffic. In the history of the tour Far North Tour is mentioned? popular? Non-competitive many doors and hitherto closed Sunday offers the tail of the perhaps - or the surprises as the gates have been opened to the Rally to members with time to journey route unfolds. tour party as sympathetic enjoy a relaxed return south via Numbers grow each year. Cars appreciation of the relaxed travel Kaeo, Kerikeri and Waitangi or have always been most and interest shown in any local the central north as far as the prominent, with a sprinkle of the history. prearranged mid-day break. two or three wheeled machines, After this the tour as such has but more recently even the BY D . DUGMORE ended for another year. Not all motorcycle numbers are call it a day and reports have multiplying. Whatever the A ceremonial welcome to a often circulated of vintage attraction the numbers grow northern marae with all the vehicles seen in all sorts of local each succeeding year. The ever attendant hospitality and an attractions from Reinga to increasing popularity of this invitation to return at any future Dargaville. rally makes it No. 1 event on the time has been the goodwill This year 1987, the start is Northern calendar. extended to members on tour. Dargaville. All participants To those setting the tour the The Kaitaia sub branch's under tour instructions from brief is - choose as different a traditional Saturday evening Dargaville to travel and view route as possible given the time menu of spit roast meat with some of the West Coast's natural frame, but all roads eventually accompanying vegetables adds a history, so magnificent to see. lead to Taipa, where I am told one very fitting finale to the From the lunch break the tour of the great Maori canoes landed Saturday travel. is again directed by the northern all those years ago. What started as a casually members, and Taipa th e A different route each year? prepared spit roast in years past destination by whichever way. 0 almost impossible - well, yes, must surely now have become an unless a study is made of all the exercise in military type Cars a ll a previous Far North Tour old stock and bullock roads and planning and precision. With awaitillg Ferry. FOR SALE: 1927 Essex pa rts. Wan ted for 1929 Chev . rear wooden spo ke whe els (21" AIRPORT oval spo ke), 21 " rims and rim expand er, rea r guards . W. Hubbard, 18 MacDonald Street, HOROPITO LODGE T irna ru. Phone 80-203. (Member) MOTOR MOTELS WRECKERS 105 Roydvale, Avenue, N.Z. Major Distributors of: Christchurch Old Auto Rubber + Phone 585-119 Peter Jackson Replacement Spacious family uni ts, panels - Australia quiet setti ng, next door to Russley Hotel and Golf Course. * Body Hardware FOR SALE 1940 WILLYSSEDAN Only 2km from Model 440 complete and regularly rallied . * Specialised Rubber Products Airp ort . Need s some tid ying but is respectable and Nearest motel complex ready to use. Hav e a vari ety of new and * Body Weather Seals used pa rts inclu ding an excellent grille, to McLeans Island. also ha ve owners man ual, par ts, boo k, * Rust Repair Panels Special off-se as on brochure, etc. Would prefer to sell to enthusias t, have been so me Hot Rod rates to V.C.c. interest. Asking price $4500, will listen to FOR VINTAGE TO MODERN Members. realistic offer s. Contac t Andy WiIkie, 11 AUTOS Evered Street, Weston , o r Phone 49-793 Proprietors: Errol and Oamaru . Catalogues Available $4.00 Kathryn Smith Member V c. c. 1956 MG MAGNE TTE, 2 owners, 120,000 Address: Private Bag, Raetihi miles . Excellent condition , family car, pr ice Phone: (0658)54151 negoti ab le. Phone Wellington 326-310. WANTED Veteran brass era 4 seater with Showroom, Horopito, N.Z. reaso nabl e motori ng abi lity, mu st be 8.S.A . 1937 821 250cc O HV four speed restored. Phone Rod Simpso n, 541-064 gearbox, hand chan ge. Very good order and FOR SALE: Piston s, rings and gudgeo n sets, Au cklan d collect. very reliab le with spares $1900. Phone brand new old stoc k. Selection of standard Au ckland 416-7929. and oversizes for Vauxhall DX 1936-38, FO R SALE: Rolls Royce Phantom Il cylinder Morris 10HP 1936-38, Ford 8 and 10HP, KAMO PANEL & PAINT head . Still in box as received fro m authori sed earl y type. Co ntact M. S. Coornbes Ltd . 344 Rolls Royce spa res agent and guaranteed St Asap h Stree t, Christchurc h . Pho ne 47 GREAT NORTH ROAD perfect condition. Inqu iries to T . M. WiIson, (03)67-463 . KAMO, WHANGAREI "So uthdo wn" Fairview RD2, T ima ru. Phon e FO R SA LE: 1954 FJ Hold en, 3 ow ners , Tirnaru 89-271 evenings. 128,000 miles, excellent co nditio n. In use. Specialists in woodgraining, Phon e: 75-198 Gisbo rne collect, $4000 ono. RESTORATION FOREPERSON baking, & wrinkle finishes. Quality Car Painting. W e require th e serv ice s o f an en th us ias t to take charge of o ur rest o ration worksh o p. Phone 51950 WR (Bus.) 50470 WR (A.H.) T h e d esired person w ould b asically be a mechanic w ith engi neering experience and k nowledge of o lder FIRE ENG INE Ford VB. 95hp , 1938, in good m od el cars. cond ition , goes well, WOF . Open back model by Co l. Motor Co. Hub odo meter. Histo ry avai lable, ideal for restora tion or Please repl y in w ri ting sta ti ng FORSALE child ren's rides ere. 57500 ono . Phone ex p erience et e. to - (09)4180-437 Au ckl an d . Chevrolet To urer, rare 1934 mod el (recently impo rted). On e of less than 300 CH EV. WIRE WHEELS 1934 Mast er 17in 6 The So uth w a rd M use um Trust ln e. built .Current registration , excellen t stud , wa nted for resto ra tion project. Phone Main Road N orth, con dition, an ideal rally ca r, $16,000 o no . Co ntact Murray McKie, 1 Thorpe Street, (076)85-050 or write M. Hammond, 122 Parapara um u. Dou glas Street, Wh akatan e. Hamilton. Phone 56-480 .

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