BEA D IBBBLS NmZa VETERAN AND VINTAGE MOTORING

SEPTEMBER, 1966 "HORSELESS CARRIAGE"

In 1893 the first gasoline pow ered motorcar in the U nited States cruised down the main streets of Springfield, Mass., at a speed of five mil es an hour! This car was mad e by two brothers , Charles E. and J. Frank Duryea. In 1896 Henry Ford drove his first car out. of the machine shop in Detroit. Later, his system of machine-made, interchangeable parts, and assembly line production, put. motorcars within the price range of the man-in-the-street. By the beginning of the 20th century, 8,000 motorcars were re gistered in the United States. These were powered by stea m, gasoline or electricity, and even then they did not look much like the original "Horseless Carriage." Some of the laws passed in the early days of the motorcar make us chuckle today. For instance, one community rul ed that if a horse refused to pass a motorcar the driver of the car mu st "take the machine apart •.. and conceal the parts in the grass". In som e places motorcars were banned entirely, and angry farmers guarded their livestock with shotguns against these "contraptions of the devil." It is easy to se e that early motorists were indeed brave pion eers, often running risks that would be hard to imagine today, for they also had to contend with the discomfort of rough roads, open driving seats and temperamental engines. Times have changed and those first motoring enthusiasts would be the first to appreciate the advances made both in car and tyre design since th e exciting, stimulating days of the "Horseless Carriage." 1 } S 1 FIRESTONE Tyres, since the earliest days of motoring, have f set the standard of reliability, economy and safety. Today's motorist, f\ like his father and grandfather before him, looks to Firestone for EXTRA mileage and EXTRA reliability. rt F 51 Beaded Wheds is th e voice of th e Vinta ge Car M ov ement in N ew Z ealand and of th e Clubs whose efforts are fostering and eve r wide ning th e int erest in th is movement and form rallying points for that eve r increasing band of enthusiasts. The fascinat ion of ag e itself or rev ulsio n from th e flash y m ediocrit y of our present day is drawing an in creasing number of m otorists back to th e individuality, solid worth, and functional elegance that was demanded by a more discriminat ing gen eration and it is to th ese that we dedicate- BEADED WHEELS

VOL. XI,No. 47 SEPTEMBER, 1966 " BEADED WHEELS" DIRECTORY OF Beaded Wheels is Published VINTAGE CAR CLUB'S OFFICERS Quarterly by the National Ex ecutive: Presid ent, A. A. Anderson (Christ­ churc h ); C lub Capta in, A. K. Wri ght (W anganui); VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF N .Z. INC. Vice C lub Captain and Ed itor " Beaded Wh eels" , M oll ie 20 HACK THORNE ROAD Andcrson (C hristchurch) ; Co mmittee, N.C . Ada ms CHRISTCHURCH, 2, NEW Z EALAND (Auckland ), R. Hasell (C hristehurch ), J. B. Lou ghnan Yearly Subscription 10/- post fre e. (C hristchurch), L. B. Southwa rd (We llington ). Individual copIes 2/6 each. Auckland Branch: Chairma n, H . Denton; Secr etary, H. D. Edit or: Mrs M . ]. ANDERSON. Kidd, P.O. Box 3382 . Assistant Edit ors: Bay of Plenty Bran ch: C hai rma n, ]. Hoven; Secr etary, G . B. WY CHERLEY & MPOYNTON. C apper , Triton Avenu e, Mt. M aunganui. Copy must be typed on one side of pap er Can terbury Branch: C hai rma n, T. D. C leme nts; Secr etary, and sen t to th e Editor, 20 Hackthome N . C . Skevington, Box 5, Belfast. Road, Christchurch . Hawke's Bay Branch: C ha irman, G .M. Howard ; Secret ary, W . R. Cas hme re, 4 C hilton Road, Napier. COpy DECEMBER ISSUE CLOSES Manawatu Branch: C ha irma n, D. Barker; Secretary, H. C. NOVEMBER 15th, 1966. B. Wycherl ey, Box 385, Palmerston No rth. MarIborough Branch: C ha irma n, C . Patch ctt ; Secr etary, ]. D. Fin llie, 114 Muller Road , Blcnhci m . IN THIS ISSUE Page Nelson Branch: C ha irman, D. King; Secret ar y, D. P. Picker­ Editorial 2 ing, 446 Main Road, Sto ke, N elson. Gen eral Notes 2 North Otago Branch: C ha irma n, W. J. M itchell ; Secretary, Obituary - Lawrence Pomeroy 3 R. E . Murray , T he R idges, 1 H .R.D., Oarna ru . Coincidence 3 Otago Branch: C hai rman, R. E. N. O akley; Secretary, H . J. Book R eview 3 W ilk inson , 70 Pacifi c Street, Roslyn, Duncdin. V. & V. M/Cycle Notes 5 Northland Branch: C ha irma n, L. K. Wright;Secretary, M rs 1929 Dodge 9 C. J. Dri ver , 10 Ca meron Street, Ka ikoh e. Post Vintage Notes 12 South Cantebury Branch: C hairma n, ]. M . Sullivan; Secr e­ Letter to Editor 15 tar y, E. R. Robins, Su therla nds R.D .,Pleasa nt Point , Camera Review 16 and 17 So uth Ca nterbu ry. Wiremu 20 Southland Branch: C ha irma n, A. D. Casey; Secreta ry, N. Branch Notes - M cMillan , 146 T anner Stree t, Invercargill. Hawke's Bay 21 Taranaki Branch: Chairman, J. Castle; Secretar y, D. M oor e, Otago 22 582 Carrington R oad , Ne w Plymouth. Southland 23 Waikato Branch: C ha irma n, T. Bear; Secretary, L. H . Death, Manawatu 24 P.O . Box 924, H am ilt on . Taranaki 25 Wanganui Branch: Chairman, A. P. T onks ; Sec retary, B. T. Canterbury 27 Deighton, Co llegc House, Purnell Street , Wan ganui. Waikato 27 Wellington Branch: Ch ai rman , J. Dransfield ; Secr eta ry, K. Wellington 28 G . Wilkinson, 45 Coc kay nc Road , Khandallah, We lling­ Marlborough 29 ton. Bay of Plenty 29 Whangarei Branch: C hai rman, T . G.' Royan ; Secretary, P. Classified Adv ertisements 31 J. Co lcma n, 28 T uhangi St ree t, Kam o, Wh a ngarei.

All corrcsponden ce 10 th e Club Secretarv, E . A'. Bailey, COVER P.O . Box 2546, C hris tchurcil. Dermis King, 1930 Ford A and Malcolm Adverrising enquirie s to be addressed 10 th e Advc rtising Ma nager 20 Dicken's 1927 Sunbeam at Maunga­ H ackrhorn e Road , Cb ristch urch, 2. Publ ished by Vintage, Ca r t l~lb of ~ . Z . In corp ora ted a nd print ed by Simp son & \Villiams Ltd., 169 St. Asa ph Moana Rally - Taranaki. Street. C hri stc hu rc h. New Ze ala nd . R egistered a t t he c .p.a . Wellington (Pho to by Des Moor c ) . for transm ission as a ma gazine, e tc . PAGE TWO S EPT E~IB ER. 1966 EDITORIAL a nd th e C lub has received th e followin g letter from Mrs Gilltrap. Yet an other Annual Gen eral Meeting IS now behind us and th e season for event s is The P resident, looming up ag ain bef ore us. The forthcom­ Vintage C a r C lub of New Zealand Inc., ing year has a reall y first- class array of events r.o. Box 2546, for all kinds of tastes, but th e most hearten ­ C h ristc hurch, ing as pec t of th e discu ssion s a t th e A.G.M. N EW ZE ALAND. ove r th e Calendar, was th e fact that for the Dear Mr Bai ley, first time ever we have book ed N ati on al On behalf of th e Executors of my la te Rall y a nd North and South Island Rally hu sband, I would like to th ank you for you r fixtures up as far a head as 19 70, with only letter of 13th July last regarding th e placings one vacant position (S. 1. R ally ) to be filled. in th e 1965 Internation al R all y whi ch you r Also th e M otorcycle boys must hav e really C lub cond uc ted. stirred up some of th e branch es with enthu­ I ce rta inly appreciate th e wa y in whi ch siasm for their ca use and a N ation al M / c vou have handled wh at must hav e been a fixture for next yea r was much sought after ~'ath er difficult letter. - all this is very good a nd heartening a nd Your C lub members will kn ow that sho ws that there is real enthusiasm to use George would have wa nt ed to set th is matter an d drive our vehicles a nd to pr ovide eve ry stra ight a nd I would like to co ng ra tula te M r kind of event to ena ble thi s to be done. Findlay on his success, An other mileston e of p rogress at th e T o tak e part in the R ally was someth ing A.G.?,,!. was th e adop tion of a most sa tis­ we had wanted to do very much, and th e fact factory co mp ro m ise solution to th e accepta nce th at we were able to com ple te th e R ally proceedures of Post-Vintage ma chinery and a nd meet so many wonderful fellow en thu­ we hope to see th em as thrivin g soo n as are siasts was rew ard eno ugh to us both. th e M otor Cycle fraternity ! !! Yours sinc erely, In short th e 1966 / 67 year a ugers well K athleen Gilltrap ( M rs ) for th e C lub in every way a nd good luck to Executrix. all our readers during it!

AUSTRALIAN RALLY GENERAL NOTES The big Rally in M elbourne sche d uled At the Weliington A.G .M. it was decid ed for April 1967, has already sparked off a lot to raise th e Club subsc ription as from th e of interest here in New Zealand - whilst it sta rt of nex t financial yea r, 1967/1968. Your is not a recognised Internation al fixture it is subsc ription dem ands for M a y, 1967, will a n excellent chanc e to me et old H aast fr iends be for £ 3/ 10/- or $7 reducible to £2-10-0 or aga in, a nd as such it is very good to hear of $5 if paid by 3 1st Au gust. The branch per­ some six ca rs from Wellin gt on pl anning to go centag es remain as bef ore, viz., 50 per cen t, a nd Mr Di ckson from Tauranga wi th his so you r branch will now ge t 25/- instead of H arley has also plans to go. S pec ial transport 15 / -. rates hav e been negotiat ed by th e Club's official office r for th e eve nt as decided at the International Haast R esults: Following A.G.M ., so, if you 'd like to go too ge t in on legal discu ssion in volvin g th e judges' deci­ tou ch with J on athan Dran sficld , p.a . Box sion on the results of th e R all y th e C lu b an­ 622 1, T e Aro, W ellington . no unces th e following changes in th e results of C lass 11:- I st.-N. Fi nd la y ( M orris ) , previou sly " Old Cars The World Over " placed 2nd . The Secreta ry has five co pies only. If you 2nd.-T he L ate Georgc G illtra p ( D a r­ have no t already obtaine d yo ur copy of thi s ra cq " Gc nev ievc" }, previou sly pla c­ enlighte ning book , send 25 / -, plus 1/ - post­ s ed 1st. age, now , to p.a . Box 25 46, C hristc hurch. SEPT EM BER, 1966 PAGE T HREE OBITUARY tion . H e had apparently ju st tr ad ed it in and It was with great regret th at I heard of wa s very keen to get rid of it again. H e took th e recent death of Laur en ce Pomeroy who me for a sho rt run and I wa s qu ite amazed at passed a way at his desk whil e working on a th e general feel and perf orm an ce of this ca r. ne w book. Its large side va lve Lycoming engine produc­ H e was the son of th e famou s design er ed plenty of low end torque and th e 2-speed of some of th e early Vauxhall cars, no ta bly semi-automatic tr an sm ission worked very th e Prince H en ry, an exa m ple of whic h 'Po m' efficiently indeed . drove with en thusiasm regul arl y in British I had by th is time dat ed th e ca r a t Vintage and Veteran events. a round abo u t" 1931 or 1932, and felt th at Surrounded as he was by an atmos phe re apart from 16in. wh eels bein g added and a of mot ors and motoring it was inevitable that few other extern al altera tions bein g made to bumper bars, etc., that the car was very he should become closely assoc ia ted with the r e st or ati o~ motor industry, as well as being one of th e original and certainly warranted foremost author ities on mot oring hist ory. on its rarity value alon e. During th e 1930 's, Pom design ed, in I had com pletely fo rgott en abo ut the association with M . A. M cE voy, th e Zoller incident until a short time ago, when I casual­ supe rcha rger tha t enjoye d conside rable suc­ ly mention ed to my father that I had seen cess fitt ed to va rious marques including M .G . this particu lar car in Ch ristchurch and com­ and Lagonda. Following this peri od Pornc­ mented on its mod ernistic bod y style and roy became T echnical Editor of the M ot or, transmission . M y fat her th en produced a a nd his writing help ed to bring very technical ph otograph tak en at the Wellin gt on W int er matters to th e layman in sim ple terms. Sh ow in 193 1 which sho ws this very mot or Perhaps his best known books are the ca r on display th ere. It was a ppa rently th e two volumes de aling with the development of only one of its kind to ever come to New Zea­ th e Grand Prix ca r from 1908 to 195 1 and land and was q uite advanced for its time. the subsequent on e written in collaboration The ph otograph sho ws the Reo men­ with Stirling M oss abo ut th e post-war Grand tion ed on th e left -h and side, and Roy Poyn­ Prix cars. ton sta nding closest to the Coupe. T he chap Lately, Pom had been ac ting in a con­ standing alon gside th e R eo Royale is one, sulting ca pacity to the motor industry, includ­ D ou g H all . (See Centre Sprea d ). ing B.M.C. and wrot e the Mini Story, a fin e I wonder if any en thusiast in Canter ­ book covering the design and development bury saw and bou ght this unusual and hand­ of these ca rs. some motor ca r? One of the most colou rful figures in the BOOK REVIEW - motoring world, he will be sadly missed. Our "Maste r of Precision" sympathies go to his wid ow and dau ghter. The L ife of H enry M . L eland - G. M . Bain. by M rs Wilfred C .Le/and with Minnie Dubbs lvl ilbrook . A CASE OF COINCIDENCE For ward by Alan N eoins and Frank E . /-lill. - M . ] . Poynton . Wayne Sta te Universitv Press Several months ago when I visited 296 pages, '35 illustration s $7 .50 Ch ristchurch on a bu siness tr ip, I was driving It is inter esting to reflect th at a sub­ down Ferry' Road and noticed a rather un ­ sta n tial a mount of automobile history has usual looking Am eri can car in one of th e been made by fou r auto mobile engineers with numer ou s ca r sales ya rds in th at a rea. M y th e nam e " Henrv" - H en rv Lela nd H cnrv curiosity bein g aroused, I turned back and Ford, H en ry Royce and Er ~ s t H e nr ~ " Th ~ parked alongside thi s ca r an d discover ed first two epit omised Ame rica n predomina nce that it was a large R eo Royale. The car sales­ in a utomo bile production at eac h end of toe man, apparently considering me as a possible price ran ge, th e th ird sym bolized English bu yer , went to great lengths to explain that devoti on to th e handbuilt car, and th e fou rth it was a 1934 M od el and had automatic trans ­ represented Eu ropean supremacy in G rand mission and was in exceed ingly goo d condi- Prix ra cin g. . PAGE FOU R SEPTEMBER. 1966 Literature on Ford is voluminous. At Royce were not born until 1863, and La n­ least 15 books on him have been written ; chester in 1869 ). As a matter of fact , Le­ countless magazine articles, and various other lan d's son Wilfred, was contemporary with treatments of his work. There is also a fair these men, and there is an interesting acco unt am ount of doc umenta tion on H enry Royce. of the son's entry into the house of Brown an d However, the other two have been neglected, Sharpe in the 1880's (the firm already had with poor Ernst H enry getting very little an international reputati on for its verni er limelight at all. Until recentl y Henry Leland, calipers, micrometers and machin e tools). although often mentioned, was not mu ch Sta tes the account : bett er off, for references to him were alw ays "Wilfred was able to cover in a year brief. Now there has appea red this magn i­ most of the opera tions whi ch the usua l ficent biography, as au thentic as it is possible apprentice did in three years. When he had to imagine. It is written from unimpeac h­ finished the young man made by himself a able sources - the unpublished memoirs of standard one-inch plug and a one inch stan­ th e elder Leland himself, preserved by his dard ring. When these pieces were com ­ son and expa nded by him up to the time of pleted, the foreman put them thro ugh th e his death in 1958, other personal and fam ily required tests in the presence of Mr Viall records, an account by F. S. Bennett, recol­ (the B. and S. general superintendent ) and lections of old tim e Cadillac and Lin coln pronoun ced th em to be within th e req uired engineers and other employees, com ments by limits of acc uracy of one/one hundr ed­ Henry Sharpe, Jnr. (of Brown and Sharpe ) thousandth of an inch. The plug an d ring and from his records, and a wealth of sup­ were then given to Wilfred as symbols of his portin g material from contemporary news­ competa nce in the mechanical field and his papers and automobile journals (both Ameri­ certificate of his grad uat ion from the course". can and British ) of the period. The whole of the elder Leland's career The book was written by Henry M . Le­ is covered, from his boyhood on his father's Land's daughter-in-law, M rs O tt ilie Leland, Verm ont farm to his death nearl y ninety widow of his son Wilfred . She was assisted years later as the grand old man of Detroit. by Mrs Minnie D. Millbrook, a specialist in Although written by a member of the family, genealogy and history, and Frank Ernest Hill it is factual and not fulsom e, and even con­ (co-a uthor with Pulitzer prize-winner Alan tains some criticism by the author as well Nevins, of the ma ssive industrial history of the as a few comments by other a uthorities along Ford Motor Company authorized by th e com­ similar lines. These criticisms do not affect pan y and published in three volumes ). The his historical stature, but they do lend a con­ result is a work of first-class historical acc ur­ vincing air to the book. acy and perspective. The early days of the American machine It is always fascinating to follow the tool industry, and Leland 's part in them, are ca reer of a man who attains th e highest excel­ covered, frequently in fascinating detail, then lence in any particular line . H en ry M. Le­ ca me th e founding of Ca dilia c and th e tri­ land gave th e automotive world both the umphs of the Dewar Trophy awards by the Ca diliac and the Lin coln, th e principle of Royal Au tomobile Club (the first for the interchangeable parts, the electric self sta rter demonstrat ion of interchangeable parts, the and the high speed high efficiency V8 engine. second for pione erin g battery starting, light­ Interchangeable parts have had their int ro­ ing and ign ition ) . T o the English Ca d iliac du ction credited to F . W. Lanchester, H enry agent F. S. Benn ett goes th e credit for the Ford and even, recentl y to H enry Ro yce, but instiga tion of these famous demonstrations. in actual fact Leland was alread y working to The origin and development of the the world 's highest sta ndards of precision Ca dillac V8, one of the most importa nt cars manufacture before any of these men were in history, are given in det ail, with Wilf red born. In 186 I, he bu ilt a Blan chard type Leland emerging as the chief driving force r lathe, used for making interchangeable gun­ here . D ue credit is given to De Dion , and F stocks to arm the Federal troops, and a deli­ s there is an interesting story rega rd ing the ca te piece of pre cision machinery. (Ford and clearances in the Cadillac V8's big ends. O ne -

SEPTEMBER. 1966 PAGE FIVE of the draugh tsmen on the design staff was There are very few errors in the book D. M cCall White, formerly of the Napier that the reviewer could detect, and of these, Compan y. White specified a big end clear­ the only serious one is the statement on page an ce of nin e thousandth of an inch, which 169 that he was president of the Society of horrifi ed Leland immediately, and he in­ Autom otive Engineers from 1909 to 1914. structed Charlie Martens, the CadiIlac ch ief Actually he was president in 1914 only, for tester, to make a quiet room test on the engine after the retirement of Andrew L. Rik er and determine th e minimum clearance com­ (Locomobile chief engin eer and first presi­ patible with efficiency and silence . The pro­ dent of th e S.A.E. from 1905-07 ) th e Society du ction clearan ce was set at one and half mad e it a rule that a man could be president thousandths of an inch . for one year only. Leland may have been a vice-president during 1909-1913. A few years later, the D.S.A. entered the Other members of the Leland family World War, and after a heated argument have told thi s reviewer th at th e closing chap­ with \V. C. Durant, the Lelands resign ed and ter appears to give a pessimistic picture of with a number of ex-Cadiliac sta ff formed Leland's final years, and recall that in actu al the Lin coln Co mpany to build Lib erty areo­ fact, these were for them good times, with engines, and after the war , the Lin coln ca r, Leland occupied in various interesting pr o­ lat er taken over by H en ry Fo rd. The Lelands jects, active and chee rful until a month's ill­ lost control of their firm in the enco unter ness whi ch resulted in his death. with Ford, bu t they emerge in history with The book is fully documented and man y their integrity unimpaired which is unfortun­ of the illustrati ons are of great int erest. ately not true of H enry Fo rd, to put it mildl y. - M .D .H.

VINTAGE & VETERAN MOTORCYCLE NOTES by Geoff Hockley. The National Rally Is On! of both pa rties a ppea red to be of suc h equa l merit that the matter was fin ally settled by Biggest news for man y a da y for vintage Chairm an Andy Anderson tossing a coin, the and veteran motorcycle enthusiasts is th at th e verdi ct going to Glen and his mer ry men , to long-talked of Nati onal Motorcycle Rally is wh om we extend our congrtulations. Although def initely coming up; February 25, 1967 the Southerne rs were naturally disappointed being th e tentati ve date, we understand. The we have no fears th at they won't turn up in elevating of the motorcycle movement to force to help make the first National M otor­ National sta tus should be a source of satis­ cycle Rally an outstanding success. fact ion to those many enthusiasts who have seen th e hobby grow from modest beginnings Tracking the "''''hiting'' to its Lair: to its present-day popularity. Only a few Thanks to severa l good people who have years ago, a National motorcycle rally existed been kind enough to write us with news of only as the pip e-dream of a few super-enthu­ restoration activities in their own particular siasts, but it's safe to say that even they never districts, we have, with the minimum of per­ visualised the spec tacle of North and South sona l effort, ga rnered several interesting items Islan d rep resen tatives vieing for the pri vilege which we hasten to pass on to our reade rs. of orga nising suc h an event. Yet this is wh at Cha rlie Scholfield of Nelson (everyone knows happened at the Annual General M eeting in Cheerful Cha rIie and his shiny littl e Ralei gh ) Wellington on Satur day, August 13, when followin g in th e footsteps of Alan Breh au t, both parties pu t forward their claims with Dick Gadd, J ack Lu cas and othe r vintage vigour, and, as the au ction sales reports have motorcycle enthusiasts, recently visited Aus­ it, "bidding was spirited" . Spearheading the tralia, and wh ile in Melbourne took the No rthern attack was Masterton's Glen Bull, opportunity of paying a call (a brief one, whi le Ivan T aylor put the case for Canter­ unf ortunately ) on NII' J ack Nelson , the owner bury, and after a spirited discussion the claims of the unique "Whiting" V-4 to whi ch we PAGESIX SEI'TDHlER, 1966

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New Plymouth No r- ton. George Light's attractive model 18. ( Pho to hy c. H ock lcv}. have previously referred in these pages. In 36 Years After: the sho rt tim e at his disposal C ha rlie was In the yea r 1930 the effects of th e grea t able to have a close exa mina tio n of this world depression had sta rted to make them­ fabulous bit of ma chinery, whi ch he describes selves felt in this country, a nd th e motorcycle as "a real gem". A picture of the "W hiting" business, in commo n with all others, was appea red in " B.v" ." som e time ago and man y beginning to feel the draught. Sal es becam e will no doubt recall the salient features of harder and harder to make and new models this rem arkable machine, built in 191 6 ­ stood for long periods on sho wroom floors its V-typc 4-cylinde r side-va lve eng ine, duplex awa iting bu yers. It was, th erefore, an occa­ ignition system, four-speed gearbox , and sion for qui et jubilati on wh en , afte r strolling uniquc rear springing system consisting of a into a certain long-defunct motor cycle estab­ long half-elliptic spring on eac h side of the lishm ent " just for a look around" , a young rear wheel. The front fork spring ing appears gentleman succ umbed to the blandishments mor e or less conventional, with a centra l coil of the salesman (no prize for identifying spring enclosed in a telescopi c casing. Mr him l) and rode proudly aw ay on a brand new " KN" Velocett e " cammy" . (After all Nelson has promised Cha rlie all details and these years, it will do no harm if we confess the histor y of th e "Whiting" , so we're looking that wc omitte d to mention ed to the purchaser forward to getting th e inside dope on this th at the bike had been sta nd ing on the sho p remarkable job. In addition to the " Whit­ floor for so long that the rear sta nd had worn ing" , NII' Nelson also owns severa l Douglases, holes in the lino ) . H owever, the bu yer in a 2-speed Enfield and othe r miscellan eous qu estion went on his wa y rejoi cing and be­ motorcycles, plus three Bentley ca rs in va r­ ca me another more or less satisfied custome r, ious stages of restor ati on (incidentally, the; using the velo for a couple of yea rs or so and unl oading of ten cases of spa res for the latter then trading it in on a new H arl cy, if our vehicles was one of the reaso ns why C ha rlies memory serves us correc tly. In the subse­ visit had to be cu t a litt le sho rt ) . qu ent yea rs, both the Velo and its origina l PAGE EIGHT SEPTBIBER, 1966 pu rchaser drifted out of our ken, th ough we a Cove ntry Eagle " Flying 8" and an S.S.80 still ran across the latter occasionally. Now, Brough Superior, to mention only four in th e thi rty-six years and thirty-one owners later, Bryan sta ble. However, Bernie has plenty the venerable velo has turned up in Du nedin , of friendl y rivals - take, for instan ce, Geo rge and is now owned by Dave Goodman . Well, Light, who we had th e pleasure of meeting we'd say it couldn't spend its declining years when he was down here some time ago. in a bett er home. In a couple of int erestin g George has a most imp osing line-up which lett ers conta ining details of his find and gossip includ es Rudges, B.S.A.'s, O .K. Supre mes, a about Dunedin vintage motorcycle doings in very nice-looking M odel 18 Norton, and a gene ral, Dave mentioned that he had obtain­ most interesting example of a P.V.T. type in ed the or igina l ownership pap ers for the old the sha pe of a 1938 light solo sports Sunbeam. bike, showing that th e or igina l purchaser was Two more nice specimens of P.V . models are one R. Pen well, of Kaiapoi. The penny drop­ those owned by M ax himself - a 1934 ped imm ediately. Dave informs us th at Jim "cammy" Norton an d a 1937 S.S.80 Brough , Bisslan d is cooperating with him on the res­ on which he was wor king at the tim e he torati on job, so we should see something really wrote us. M ax also owns a pair of Panther attractive when th e job is completed. Speci­ o.h.v. "slopers" of 1927 and 1929 vintage mens of this fam ous make seem few and far and intends to make one complete restoration betw een in vint age motorcycle circles and job out of the two. An ex-Christchurch man Dave's acquisition is a welcom e add ition to now domiciled in New Plymouth is J ack the ranks. Dave also menti oned th at he now Bradford, whose " 4 ~ h.p." 1915 B.S.A. ac­ has his E.W .Douglas motoring very well, an d companied him up th ere. Anot her B.S.A. is that he has also given his little " R" model a Ian Howcll's belt-drive s.v, 500 c.c. model. re-pai nt (sounds like gilding the lily to us l) : Jim Sorensen has a T rium ph 500 C.c. s.v., More Dunedin activities inclu de a brace of T revor Kearn s owns two Douglases ( 1924 Triumphs being worked on by Merv Winter and 19 19 ) and an interesting veteran in the and Stewa rt J ohn son , Phil Han cock's " round shape of a 500 c.c. V-twin J am es of 1915 tank" B.S.A. project, and Grah am Daltori's vintage (a very sweet- runnin g little job in 1918 Henderson restoration job. By the tim e its day, but we seem to remember that the this appears in print, three other projects connecting-rods were a trifle fragile) .Still should be completed - Des Ruddle's Indian another B.S.A. is the 1925 250 owned by Bob Scout, Bill In gle's "camrny" Ajay (another Fougere, and Raleighs are represented by model fa r from common in the vintage Royce Ki tney's little 250 c.c, s.v, And no motorcycle world ) and Colin Win ter's veter­ men tion of veterans, both of the hu man and an 19 12 A.J. S. "2%" . Last bu t not least, the mechanical variety, wou ld be complete Jim Bissland has a M K 7 KTT Velo which is without reference to M r Bill Bransgrove, who getting the " treatment". A very interesting still retai ns man y souve nirs of his long con­ muster indeed ! nection with the motorcycle business in the good old days and has his collection housed Taranaki Tattle: in what was described to us bv someo ne who An alternative title to th is item could was fortunate enough to inspect it as "a be " Putting New Plymouth in the Picture" , verita ble Aladdin's cave " .Well, one of th ese because un til M ax Olsson was good eno ugh days we hope to see all this interesting mach­ to write us a letter full of interesting news inery ourselves, but in the meantime, a hearty of wha t's doing in vintage motorcycle circles vote of tha nks and apprec iation to Max for in and aro und the district, we must confess his interesting letter. f that we were unaware of the amount of acti­ I vit y going on up there. Ne w Plymouth, of Interesting Import: course, would be fam ous if only for being Those two Wellington inseparables, J ack th e home town of our old friend Bernie Lu cas and Dick Gadd, recently paid a flying r Byran , well-known as being the owner of such F visit to Australia with the idea of looking s int erestin g models as a pair of O.S .v. Doug­ over the antique motorcycle situa tion, and lases an d a couple of imp osing big twins - also, if tim e permitted, of seeing the sights. -

SEPTEMBER, 1966 PAGE NINE Steadfastly spurning such dubious delights only specimen of its kind in the country, and and garish attractions as offered by King's we congratulate Dick on his enterprise in Cross, etc., etc., and concentrating with dog­ acquiring it. (Any import licenc es to spare, ged determination on the main object in Dick?). We've been promised photos and view, i.e., the pursuit and capture of antique full details for next issue of "B .W .", and they motorcycles, th eir trip proved both interest­ should make an interesting item. In passing ing and profitable, and while they didn't we are sorry to record that genial Jack Lucas actually return home loaded with rare mach­ paid a protracted visit to hospital recently, inery, some time afterwards, as a result of but we are pleased to hear that the restora­ discoveries and negotiations in the course of tion job was a complete success and that Jack their tour, there was deposited on a Welling­ has been turned out with a new guarantee, ton wharf from the hold of the good ship subject to careful running-in. "Ve are sure " Waikare" one of the most interesting veteran that all members of the V. & V. fraternitv motorcycles we've heard of for a long time. join us in wishing Jack a trouble-free run fo'r This machine, a 1914 Ariel twin, may be the a long time to come.

1929 DODGE BROTHERS SIX DA -Bob Helm Road tests on early model cars are of THE AUTOCAR ROAD TEST great interest and with the kind permission of DODGE 6 "T he Autocar" the road test of the fairly well-known Dodge DA is presented here. ' June 14th, 1929 It is always int eresting to ren ew Over a period of years I have driven a acquaintance with a given make of car and number of Dodge Sixes. I owned one for to discover that in the interim so mu ch has twelve yea rs and covered over 100,000 miles been alt ered or improved that beyond a with it and I am sure that Dodge own ers shadow of doubt the latest type is the best past and present will agr ee that "The Auto­ car that has carried the name in question. car" has made a very accurate assessm ent of Thus it is with the Dodge Broth ers 'New Six' this car. or 27.3 h.p. model. This car possesses just tho se charac ter­ Onc of the most int eresting features of istics which appeal exceedingly to a very this model is that the chassis frame and the large number of drivers today. Its engine is all steel body has been designed as a unit. smooth right through its ran ge and very The frame is a perimeter frame with very deep quiet. Indeed, with the exception of car­ side rails (8 inches ), the side view photo burettor hiss whi ch accompanies acceleration shows this very clearly. Instead of sheet the engine does not becom e noticeable until metal between th e bod y and th e running nearing the limit of its abilities. Above all, board there is the frame side rail which gives the top gear performance is worth having. support wh ere it is needed most and keeps After moving off in first or in second on the the centre of gravity down low . level, top can be engaged almost as soon as ,- the wheels start to turn and then the car will get under wa y without judder or hesitation. No doubt the designer never imagined With th e clutch home it will run on top at the pleasure in store for the restorer when 3-4 m.p.h. on the flat without snatch. he finds heavy pressed steel free from dents Subsequently only bringin g the car com­ and rust holes whi ch is usually the case with pletely to rest on a gradient really necessitates vallances and apron pieces. The photo­ a change of gear on the average main road. graphs in this issue are of T ed Newrnan' s A long and well-known North Downs hill very immaculate Dodge DA which ran in with a maximum gradient of approximately the 1965 International Rally. 1 in 9 whi ch it is impossible to approach at PAGE TE:" SEPTE~IBER. 1966

Ted Ne wmau's Dod ge at Kin gst on, more th an about twenty-five miles an hour, an d devoid of judder. It is in fact, about as can be climbed in top with th ree people in th e well behaved as a clutch can be. Again , the car, the machine actu ally accelerating and steering is very light ind eed . This is a boon crossing the summit at thirty miles per hour. in tr affic and when manoeu vring, for although Hill s of the main roa d type need never naturallv th e wheel has to be used Iairlv be rushed; even if the bottom is reac hed at busily 0~1 sha rp corne rs and turning around, quite a low speed the car will acce lera te th e the movement from lock to lock is free from whole way up and give no impression that it any sugges tion of effort being required. T here is working hard. Further, if it has to slow is a slight tendency to kick-back in the steer­ for other traffic and come dow n as low as ing an d th is increases at speeds over 45 m.p.h. 10 m. p.h. on gradients of I in IQ to 1 in 15, but never beco mes really unpleasant or so it will still hold top without th e slightest dif­ pronounced as to give any feeling of lessening ficulty and acc elerate when opportunity per­ of control. A comfor ta ble cru ising speed is mits. This freedom from the necessity of between 35 and 45 m.p.h. frequent gea r changing is an imm ense asset to As a whole the car rides well. The very many dri vers. At the same time the springs prevent shoc k reaching even the back car feels pleasant and its engine is not over sea t occupa nts, although of course, move­ large judging by Am erican sta ndards. Second ment is noticed over roug her road s. T he re is gear can deal with the majority of stiffer some roll and a certain amount of swav at gradie nts met on by-ways and in notoriously higher speeds . In this con nection dO\ ;ble­ hiIly distr icts. On this gea r a long rough hill, acting shoc k abso rbers an d caster action in the at worst 1 in 51'2 ca n be climbed at 15-20 stee ring with conseq uen t sense of di rection , m.p.h. with power in reserve. would undoubtedl y help . An oth er point whi ch in any case is good , The nature of th e performance makes a but is extremely so for the ave rage driv er, is good average easy, with out going within ten r that th e clu tch is extremely light to operate, F miles an hour of the maximum. 'Wha t is more, s the engagement being typically progressive th e Dodge is an interesting car to dri ve, since -

SEIYI'EMBER, 1966 PAGE EL EVEN hill climbing is fast yet effortl ess, and acce lera­ is comfo rta ble and the dri ving position good, tion is brisk. Over a tim ed mile against the though the seat is not adjustabl e. The fron t watch on th e flat the car averaged 62,5 m.p.h. seat is 3ft 5in wide and the back seat is 3ft The hydraul ically operated internal ex­ 8in between the arm rests so th at five persons panding brakes are very light to apply, are can be ca rried as a norma l load, or six in an decisive, and promote a feeling of confidence emergency. in the ca r. The hand-brake lever could be a As to convenience, the brake ad just­ little better placed ; th is bra ke is jerky in ments are on the drums themselves, and are action but powerful. The gear lever is con­ accessible enough at the front, but not so ven ient as usual, the steer ing wheel is of con­ easy to reach at the back. The engine oil sidera ble diam eter, thin-rimmed and ca rries filter and dipstick are close togeth er. A sma ll the lighting and dimming control. T ypically but useful point is th at th e lubricator for the complete eq uipment is provided, including clutch thrust mechanism - often a difficult lowerin g mechanism for all six windows, point to reach - is extended forw ard in the means of securing the four doors, and neat , form of a flexible tube with a greaser at its panelled instruments clea rly lighted from extremity, so th at it can easily be attend ed behind. No water temperature indi cator is to when the near side of the bonnet is lifted. fitted, but there is a fuel tank contents ga uge The spa rking plugs and coil igniti on distri­ on th e instrument board. The one-piece butor are accessible on top of the cylinde r screen opens and has a vacuum wiper which block. is set in motion very easily. As long as it is Flexibilit y on top gear, comfort and durable th e chromium plating is a valu able silence combined with th e ability to maint ain point. a high average with out effort ar e the out­ The light s are effective and the flat-top­ sta nding cha rac teristics of this car. ped beam s show up the edges of the road well. Everywhere there is plen ty of leg room for - Print ed by permission the tallest dr iver and passengers. The seating of "Autocar' ,

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The Dodge 6 cylinder engine, 1927-29 typical of 'Std, 6 victory 6 and D.A. PAGE TW ELVE SEPTE\ IIlE R, 1966 Data for the Driver Vauxhall now in the proud possession of Bri an 273 h.p. 6 cylinder 85,7 x 98,4 m.m. (3 ,410 Wycherley, Gordon now has, and is current­ C,C, ) , ly restoring, a 1938 M .G. VA tourer ( I Y2 Tax £28, litre ) . There were only three of these im­ Wheel base 9ft 4in Track 4ft 8in. ported ; Gordon has traced two and would Overall length 14ft I in, width 5ft 6in, height be keen to trace the third as he is requiring 5ft 7in . body parts. Any members who can help Tires 29 x 5.5 0 wood wheel dcm ountable would be welc omed to con tact me at P.O. rims. Box 33 82, Au ckland. En gin e - rear axle. Colin Dray has recently shifted from Gea r ratios }\1ax A cceleration Wellington to Ne w Plym outh and will be ( m ·I)·h .) doing a fairly extensive job on his 3 Y2 litre 14.72 21 ( 10-30 m .p .h.) Rolls Bentley. D avid C urrcy from Stokes 7.9 9 40 6 1/ 5 sec. Valley, Lower Hutt, is cur ren tly rebuilding 4.72 64 9 3/5 sec. an Alvis Sp eed 25 Charlesworth saloon very Turning circle 40ft. sim ilar to T ara na ki member Geoff Power's Tank capacity 10 ga ls. Fuel consumption ca r. There are some fine Alvis in this coun­ 20 m.p.g. try of post vintage years, one of th e best I 6 volt lighting set cuts in at 11 m.p.h., 12 have seen to date belon gin g to Allan Douglas amp. at 20 m.p.h. of Mastert on , This is a 193 5 Charles Fol ev Wei ght 26 cwt. 2 qu. 7 lb. Speed 20 tourer in absolutely impeccable con­ Price sedan £ 4 19. dition. Taranaki Bran ch member Gary Stopping distan ce 26ft from 25 m .p.h. Find erup has a 14 h.p. Lea Francis and urgently requires anothe r for spares. If any­ one can help him out, please contact him at p.a. Box 641 , Ne w Plymouth. Also of POST - VINTAGE NOTES T aranaki, George Bognuda is progr essing well - [oh.n. H earne. with a truly magnificent restoration of his 1935 Brough Superior 8 tourer, a rare and 'V eil, judgin g from the flow of lett ers fero cious beast from th e sa me stable as th e I have received sinc e my notes in th e last " Rolls Royce of mot or- cycles". issue, it is without doubt that the interest in Post-Vintage Vehicles amongst Club mem­ On th e local Au ckland scene, we ha ve bers is increasing swiftly. In my mind this is had several new members boosting the ranks most encourag ing and is certa inly bringing with most intriguing machiner y. D ave Rcid man y int eresting cars into the Club which has recently com pleted a major rebuild of a would otherwise surely perish . It is most evid­ very smart 1934 Alvis Sp eed 20 with Van ent from th ese letters that there are a large den Plas 2-seater coac hwo rk, and looks like number of " old Hands" so to spe ak who have a future enthusiastic rallvist. Geoff Barker had an active int erest in com petitive event s has a ver'y pretty 1934 Singer Le Mans R ep­ of earlier years and are now showing int er est lica 2-seater on ce owned bv our Hon. Audi­ in the pres ervation of th e cars th ey have had tor, Marsdcn Robinson. I 'have watched thi s or still now own. One of these is Gordon ca r over the last 18 months or so wander from Vogtherr of th e Hawke's Bay Bran ch who here to Thames, th en to Waihi, Rotorua, and rem embers many of the cars mentioned in ihc now back to Auckland, luckily litt le th e worse previous article such as the ex-Clinkard Alvis for wear. Mi chael Hope-Cross recently re­ Sp eed 20 ag ai nst which he competed at the turned to Auckland from Te Aroha with a 1948 Pa ekakariki Hillclimb with his Morgan most attractive and unusual "swept-wing" 4/4 Drophead. To that same meeting he M.G. J2 of 1934 vin tage. New member Mike took the 1938 Big Four Blue Streak Rilcv Templeman brought with him from the U.K. K estrel which is now owned by Alan W ells an H.R.G ., a most int eresting exam ple of a r in Foxton. At that stage the ca r had done breed which has in recent weeks onlv become F only 3,800 miles. An other com petitor at this ano ther lost cause. Michael Rose 'has pur­ s same event wa s K en Hernus with th e 30/98 chased this mach ine and has a wh ole yea r SEPTEMBER. 1966 PAGE THIRTEEN .------I!l FIRST NATIONAL VETERAN AND VINTAGE MOTOR CYCLE RALLY

Organised by the Wellington Branch of the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand MASTER* TON 25 February, 1967 Veteran and Vintage Solos Sidecars Post Vintage Thoroughbreds up to 1939 Time Trial : Quarter Mile Sprint : Gymkhana Concours d ' Elegance Dinner & Social Evening

Shell Sponsored * Rally Secretary: Glen Bull , 18 King Edward Street, MASTERTON .

.----~------. PAGE FOURTEE N SEPTE;\IllER, 1966 up his sleeve for refurbishin g purposes before known Dolomite, Riley Kestrel owner Don the ca r can qu alify as a P.V .V. William s has been bitten by the Triumphant bug and purchased for hims elf a straight ''''e also have two young gentlemen who 14/ 60 model Dolomite which has been well­ betw een them have a fantastic array of mac­ kept by an elderly gent for man y years. Riley hin es, particularly M.G.'s. Laurie Poolm an Lynx Sprite own er Dick Stan ley has bought has a 1934 Lagonda R api er 4-seater tourer M ichae l Rose's 1937 triple carb A.C. d.h.c. on which he has been executing a faultless and is commencing work. Fellow North Shore restoration for the past six years and is now enthusiast Stephen Ward has also started with nearing completion. This ca r has an 1100 a bang on his 12/ 6 Kestrel. We ha ve heard c.c. twin o.h.c. 4-cylinder engine which in the last few weeks of a Lagond a V 12 in develops 46 b.h.p., has B.T .H . magn eto igni­ the Remuera area but are not sure of its tion, twin SUo ca rbs, E.N.V. preseleeto r gea r­ fat e. There are rumours th at Len Southward box with r.h . selector, E.N.V. differential, has purchased a similar car in the U .K. Rudge Whitworth k.o. wheels and 13in. Girl­ ing rod brakes. Also in his sta ble is a 1931 I am also pleased to report that our " C" type Montlhery Mi dget M .G. with Post-Vintage members in Auckland have got S.O .c. 746 C.C . motor (originally supercha rged hot on the trail of some very fine Hi storic with a No. 7 Powerplus) , single S.U. ca r­ Racing Cars, a type which is fast disappea r­ buration, 2-bearing cranksha ft, dr y sump ing through butchery and export. The writ er lubrication , 0-8000 tach and all manner of has obtained a 1936 M aserati 6C ( 1Y2 litre racing features. Other M.G.'s inclu de a 1935 supercharged) which was brought int o th e PB and a 1931 F type 6-cylinder, 4-seater country by Fred Zambucka , an d last rac ed tourer. His friend, and fellow new member, at Puk ekohe in 1962 powered by a J agu ar Ga rth Bagnall, is making a most credita ble engine. Before that it had an Ardun V8 in­ restoration job of a 1932 M .G. Midget J 2 of stalled but has surv ived almost int act, th e th e cycle guard va riety wh ich is very origina l origina l motor being abo ut to go into a boat. and came out from the U .K. in about 1940. Other cars being dickered over include an Garth already has his next restoration job H .W .M.-Alta and a Conna ught, also Alta­ lined up in th e shape of a 1934 PA Midget. engined. Whil e on the subject of Monoposto It is ind eed enco uraging to see these two new Ra cing cars, Jack Inwood , Production Mana­ members who, between th em , are doing a ger of the "Motorrn an " magazine, would grea t job of preserving th e M.G. breed. It is be delight ed to hear from owners of such also int erestin g to note that, in the Auckland ma chin es as he is currently makin g up a list Bran ch alone, we can prod uce amongst pre­ for the Monop osto Register of New Zealand sent and prospective members the followin g examples. His address is P.O . Box 9323, types of M .G. - 18/ 80, M , C, J1 , J 2, PA, Auckland. PB, F, L, NA , and SA. I was also pleased T wo further points ; recepti on to th e idea to hear recentlv th at Len Southward has of a National P.V.V. Rally has been most added to his collection a 1934 R type Mi dget enthusiastic and encouragi ng and should en­ which has all-round independe nt suspension. sure a good attenda nce and a high sta ndard. In Papakura, Dermis Milne is rebuilding a Details will be formulated during the next PA, .while in Puk ekohe, we hope to see an­ year. Secondly, I am thinking of putting out other very fine Riley 12/4 Kestrel belonging a monthly newslett er to P.V.V. owners as to vetera n Riley restorer J ack Oswin in our a clea ring-house of information on cars and ranks. parts for sale and wanted etc. Probabl y it i~d i­ One of our older members, Alan Wallace would contain news for the owners of of Papatoetoe, who is known for his collection vidua l marques as well. Members interested of Veterans and bits, is at present sampling in th is suggestion should contac t me at P.O. a car of the later period and was recentl y Box 3382, Auckland. seen nipping th rough the traffic in pan am a In closing, I am pleased to rep ort that hat and 1934 Singer Le M ans, After a recent th e Annual Gen eral M eeting on 13 August r excursion to the North Island Noggin and at Wellington, ad opted an am endment to the F Na tter at T aup o in John Sta nley's well- Clu b Rules regarding Post Vintage vehicles s SE PT E ~IB ER , 1966 PAGE FIFTEEN in the form of the remit reco mmended by also run into trouble. In the case of th e the National Executive. This change means National R ally recently, I enco untered a that each Bran ch will ado pt its own method form of calculating times I had never struck of choosing its P.V .V.'s and this is subject to before and when I approached one of the the overriding control of the Nationa l Execu­ "host" members for help I was curtly asked tive. Time alone will tell what principles if I wanted them to supply all th e answers. the Nati onal Executive will evolve in makin g This was the only black mark I had against its decisions, but I think it ca n, and should what was in all othe r respects a wonderful properly, be left to that sage and hardhead ed rally. body of gentlemen. M y suggestion is th at you run a feature mon th by month with a contribution supplied by eac h bran ch in turn explaining how they plan and calc ulate their run s. This will Letters to the Editor serve two main purposes: ( 1) Train an d enco urage new mem­ The Editor , "Beaded \\Theels" Ch ristchurc h. bers. Dear Madam, (2 ) Supply a source of new ideas for I have ofte n felt that we do not assist branch club capta ins. our new members sufficiently and would like T he ideas on restoration would be very to suggest two ways in whi ch we could foster useful to those who have p roblems an d those them in the early days of their membersh ip. th at have solved theirs wo uld share their The first is in th e manner in whi ch run s experience. M any of us have wr estled for are planned and tim ed and the second in hou rs or mon ths with something or have ideas on restorat ion and trackin g faults. even ruin ed some costly or rare part and As rega rds th e first, those in most cases could by sharing the ideas help othe rs. arrive at the meth od by hit or miss and in T hese ideas to th e older and more ex­ the case of "m iss" suffer mu ch frustration . perienced members are "old hat" but to the Those that take part in rallies in other centres new ones are vital. .------':• - WHAT'S ON NEXT EASTER - ANOTHER SOUTH ISLAND RALLY at BLENHEIM Showgrounds Saturday - Dinner at Night - Picnic Sunday

Entry forms will be mailed in November.

Book your Accommodation now. See circular sent to Branches.

MARLBOROUGH is the smallest branch of the V.e.e. in New Zealand.

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Camera Review

Taranaki Member George Bog-nuda's newly restored Straight '8' Brough S uperior. The Motoring Department of Lauri Poolman's

(See "A Case of Coincidence", page 3.) s Bruce Catchpole's 1980 Packard up in th e Mountains, Carriugton Road, Third l\launga-:Uoana Rally - Taranaki. (Pho to by Des Moorc }.

Post Vintag-e line-up at Auckland Branch's July Rally. Foreground: Michael Rose' s H.R.G. Left to right: Don Williams' 14/60 Triumph Dolomite. John Stanley's 6 cyl. Triumph Dolo­ mite. Dick Stanley's Ril ey Lynx Sprite. Dave The Engine Room of John Sta nley's Park Ward­ Reid with his Vanden Plas-bodied Al vis S peed bodied 6-cylinder 8-carbUl'ettor Triumph Dolomite. '20' Tourer wa s al so in attendance. (Photo by John ll ea rnc) : ( P ho to hy Mike Ro:''l' ) . PAGE EIGHTEE1'.' SEPTEMBER. 1966 I suggest that as you are often after season, February, and all mud roa ds, no pave­ copy, the first idea could fill two pages for ment. at least two yea rs. I drove the Winton car th e first two T o sta rt the ball rolling I attac h a separ­ years, 28 cars sta rte d. I finish ed th ird, how ate note with three ideas for the second fea­ that happened, was, only three cars finished. ture. The T homas Flyer 1st, Pierce Arrow 2nd, Yours sincerely, and th e Winton 3rd, th is was in 1906 . Brian H. Walton. In 190 7 I again dr ove th e Winton , 3 1 ( Y our suggestions have m uch m erit. Per­ ca rs sta rted, thr ee finished, and I as usual, haps th ese vi ews on organising could be m ore was third.T his tim e the Franklin 1st, fully aired and Bran ch 's selec t a con trib uto r Thom as Flyer 2nd, Winton 3rd. T he winn er to cov er ih e.r problems an d successes in made the round trip in seventeen hours, and organising minor and major even ts. I n th e I in th e Winton mad e it in twen ty-one hours. past we ran a " H its on R est oration " column, Then in 1908 I broke th e world's record w hic h somehow ran sho rt of new m at erial. from Sa n Fr an cisco to Los Angeles, driving W e wo uld be de lig hted to see this colum n the Winton - 485 miles in eleven and half resu rrected as, young or old , othe r people's davs, No one else ever did it anv slower. and experie nces are in valuable. -Ed. ) . J had but one nigh t's sleep in ' eleven 'days. This wasn't a race, it was just my stubborn ( T he [olloiolng is an extract from a determinat ion to drive fr om th ere to here letter received by M iss E . Martin of Otaio, because (again in th e rain ) I was told J R .D ., T im aru. For m any years Miss i\;Jartin couldn't get th rough. ha s been closely interested in our hob by and In 1918 ten years lat er, I did it in 10 through " Beade d W heels" keeps in touch hours 35 min utes. with our activities. A fte r sen ding a copy of In 1908 no pavement at all, 1915 ab out our International Issu e to M r W hite, she re­ 175 miles of pavement. ceived th ese reminis cences w hi ch she th ought Our old time race driver idol, Barn cy we m ay care to read . We are delighted to O ldfield, drove the De D ion Bouton for a print th ese an d hope th at as w ell as AIr White, couple of years in th e Ascot Park dirt track many othe r pio neer m ot orists receiv ed as racecourse here, along here in th e ea rly much pleasu re f rom reading abo ut our R ally. 1920's. I t is indeed com forting to know that th e older O the r ca rs wh ich bring back memories gene ratio n is wi th us in spirit and that we, by are : Delage, Peugeot, Hudson , M ercedes, indul gin g in ou r hobby can give th em so m an y Darracq, Lan cia, Bugatti, Hispano Suiza and hap/)'y hours. Perhaps some m em bers could Duesenberg. spare th e time to write to i\ifr W hite . I am What memories your New Zealand old­ sure th at I speak fo r all of lIS w he n I say : time auto festival rally brings back to me. " T hank yo u Mr Whit e, if we had ach ieved L eller received fr om Mr. H. E . W hi te , nothin g else fr om our R ally but th e stirring U .S .A ., w ho cor responds with Miss E. M ar­ of ha/Jpy m emories for you and many othe rs tin. O taio, N o. 1 R.D., Timaru: lik e you, th en it w ould ha ve been we ll worth it." - Ed. ). Mr H. E. White, aged 89 years. Editor, Box 6583, "Beaded '''Th eels''. Los Angeles, Dear NIl's Anderson, Ca liforn ia, D .S.A. After speaking to some members at th e In 1906-07-08 th ere was what they called recent national rally, it has just occure d to th e Portola Road R ace. It sta rted in San me th at I may be of some help to members Francisco, went down around the end of by introducing them to a ca r enthusiast who the bay and up to O akland, across th e bay operates a small specialist tuning and recon­ from San Francisco, turned around and went ditioning business, and is prepared to under­ ba ck to San Francisco, total dista nce 119 take work on good class vinta ge and P.V . miles, right in the raini est part of the rainy cars. 5 SEPTEMBER. 1966 PAGE NINETEEN I can thoroughly recommend him to any 7. 1928 Fiat 520 with dicky, Italian member wh o has the problem of getting a red, black wings - sound order, in good firm to take the ca re and attention , and do condition. the work , that a lot of our ca rs deserve. 8. 1929 Star 12/40 - fair condition, I have no connection with th e firm re­ needs respray. commended , except that I received a perfect 9. 1927 Daimler 3 1.4 h.p. in very and thorough job, at a vel)' reason able price, original condition indeed and latest concours for the rebuild of my AJfa Rorneo motor. - for sale. His name and address: 10. 1934 1)12 litre sho rt chassis 2/4 Mr Ray Stone, seater Aston M artin - com pletely restored Alfriston Road, 111 every way. M anurewa. I would be plea sed to corres pond with Yours faithfully, an yon e who may hav e sim ilar cars. Dave H all. Thank you again for the magazine. You rs faithfully, L. G . Goundry, M.B., B.S. "Old Timbers" , P.S.-I have just brought a 1923 Doug­ "Vestfield Avenue, las motorcycle. H ayling Island. 16th February, 196 6. Dear Sir, PRESS RELEA SE - For a few months now, I have been receiving your ma gazin e "B ead ed ''''heels''. CAST ROL CLAIMSM AJOR I would like to say how mu ch I enjoy BREAKTHR OUGH receiving it, a nd I keep each one along with .NEW O ILS BASED ON " LIQUID the othe r ma gazines I receive. T UNGSTEN )) A whil e back I had a letter from one of your members wh o is rest oring a 1924 An other great ad vance in automo tive Standard Warwick and I believe I am re­ lubrication has been achi eved by Castrol ceiving the magazine through his kindness. Limited of London who a re abo ut to release I have unfortunately mislaid his address. th eir new formula Castrol with " liq uid tung­ In case you may be interested I will sten" . The first company in th e world to list the cars I am restoring. use chemical additives on a commercial scale in a mo tor oil, Castrol have develop ed the 1. 1920 Daimler 5 )12 litre Knight practical application of an entirely new con­ engine - very original except th at it has been cept in additive technology. converted into a doctor 's coupe - eng ine and all me chanics are very good . In the past few years the pattern of 2. 1922 Fiat 50 1. Origin al and fully motoring has changed to a degr ee not gen­ restored , having don e 34,000 righ t from new. erally realised . There a rc two main factors Green with black win gs. involved . Firstly, engines and othe r com­ 3. 1924 3-litre Bentley Gurney Nutting ponents are mu ch more highl y stressed today Saloon with red lablc eng ine . Almost fully than ten yea rs ago . The typi cal family car restored and in my possession since 1952. of 1966 is producing more brake horsepower 4. 1924 Sta nda rd '-'ITarwick tou rer. from the same sized engin e th an did its Almost completely restored. Cream with black counterp art of 1955-6. wll1gs. These advances have been ac hieved by 5. 1926 Buick Special Six tourer , making the eng ine work ha rder thus increas­ 41 ,000 miles from new - needs hood and ing stresses, engine speeds and operating trimmings. temperatures. Improvements in stee ring, 6. 1928 Lan cia convertible with 1925 braking and tyre performance, coupled with engine - eng ine at present being rebuilt, the introduction of motorway systems have otherwise perfect. made possible stea dily increasing roa d speeds. SE PTE ~ I Il E R . PAGE TWENTY 1966 This is recognised in the extension of speed These factors have been exha ustively limits from 50 to 55 m.p.h. in New Zealand. tested on all types of roads , in extremes of Secondly, mod ern ca rs require far less routine temperature condiitons and in the laboratory. maintena nce . This fact mak es increased de­ AB.M.C. Mini was tested ove r 10,000 man ds on automo tive oils. Not only does miles of day-in day-out running in Lo ndo n th e mod ern oil have to meet th e requirements traffic. When the R .A.C. stripped th e engine of more and more high speed running but th e the wear was hardly measurabl e. sum p of th e ave rage family car tod ay hold Prolonged cold weather tests were con­ only half as mu ch oil a" it did 20 years ag o. du cted on these cars wh ich were left in the Oil changes too are now mad e very mu ch less open in Norway's coldest winter for 100 yea rs. freq uently th an form erl y. Approximately 1,500 starts were mad e with eac h ca r with 60 minutes between starts and Fo r some time past scient ists hav e been five minutes running under load. Every time sea rching for means by wh ich oils could be the ice cold eng ine burst int o instant life on mad e to withstand high er stresses and loads new formula Castrol. Again eng ine wear was by lowering friction , thus reducing wear. Wear negligible. occ urs in an engine wh en th e oil film , whi ch is intended to keep the moving surfaces apart, Probably the tou ghest test of all was becom es unduly thin or bre aks down under ove r a 12,000 mile figure-of-eight course extreme stress. Castrol research showed th at which crossed central Au strali a twi ce. The certa in spec ial types of metallic compound B.M .C . ca rs used for thi s test were an 1800 would provide powerful localised protection and a Mini whi ch were given a running-in precisely wh ere and wh en it was need ed. For tr ip from Syd ney to Brisbane and back be­ th e first tim e a rea ction was taking place, by fore th e test began. Pri or to th e trial th e design , entirely within th e oil itself involving cylinder bores were acc urately measured by add itives whi ch were themselves wholly oil­ the Dep artment of M ech anical Eng ineering soluble. at th e U niversi ty of New South Wales. At th e conclusion of th e test th e University me a­ Castrol found th e a nswe r in T ungsten . sure me nts were repea ted an d having regard to In th eir new formula oil, th e Tungsten is a the gruelling nature of th e trial engi ne wear liquid in th at it is com pletely oil-soluble. was found to be very light whil e cleanliness This gene ra tes from within th e oil itself, was first class. wherever the stress at a ny point becomes These new Castrol oils with " liq uid severe, th e protection which reduces friction tungsten" are now ava ilable from service to a rem arkable ext ent and prevents wear. stations and ga rages throu gh out New Zealand. Two grades of th e new formula oil have M olyslip may be used to advantage with been dev eloped : Castrolit e, cove ring the vis­ new formula Castrol. cosity range IOW-20-30, recommended for most new engines, winter and summer, and Cast rol XL (30-40) recommended by some WIREMU manufacturers for both winter and summe r by Geo. Wo odward use and is especially recommended for engines Not long after th e successful launching with high m ileage an d mi nimising oil con­ of th e " Harley Four" I was fortunat e en ough sumption. to acq uire a Scott, a famous British make with a long history of service to motor- cycl­ Both th ese new formula oils are cla imed mg. to give easier cold sta rting, lower fuel con­ I showed it proudly to ' Vi and he 'ap­ sumption, gre atl y reduced eng ine wear, less peared duly impressed . Whether for th e Sco tt necessity for ca m and tappet ad justment an d or in deference to me I was not so sure. I go t th e idea he thought it was small change s a grea ter margin of eng ine safety. -

SEPT EMIIER, 1966 I'AGE TWENTY·ONE compared with the 2400 c.c. H arle y he so if we wish to eq ual, let alone bett er, the efforts proudly piloted round the coun tryside. of Wellington. Co ngra tulations boys, and I When I had checked over the Scott hop e you don 't mind us takin g a leaf out of and done th e repairs and adjustments neces­ your book. sa ry, I lent it to Wi for a test and report. The most important event of our calen­ H e duly sta rted one morning and did a dar is undoubtedly the Bran ch A.G .M . This a t te ~ d a nc e quiet lap round the block to warm up before year a record of members showed setting forth on the test. After this lap I that their interest in club matters had not saw him acce lerate violentl y away from the wan ed and Chairman C eorge Howard not ed sta rt line and off into the distance with a th is in his report. George also gave thank s "vowl', the Scott Owners' Club would have to the past committee for their undying b ~en proud to own. effor ts in club matters over the twelve-m onth per iod. "A lot has been achieved and this When he returned I detected a look of would not have been possible without team­ well-hidden dissatisfaction on his face. O ver work" , he said. Club Captain , Bill Sin clair, th e couple of yea rs I had known Wi I had outlined th e successful year of outings and come to know his evel) ' look and nuance, and events, and emphasised th at these could only I could see he didn't ....·ant to tell me my idol increase as successes, if members continued had feet of day. to restore vehicl es and tak e part in these out­ H e said, "She lovely to ride, Boss, but ings. The election of officers for the next acceleration not like the old H arley", year saw only one change, th at of Secretary. I knew the H arl ey 4 was his pride and Warwick Cashmore took office in this ca pac ­ joy and also that it had a 2Y2 litre engine ity, and yours truly stepped down to take and I was not mu ch worried about his opin­ office as Rallv Seeretarv to the No rth Island ion on th at score. Easter Rally, ' 1967. ' When we had chatted over the Sco tt The Committee therefore is Chairma n, for a few minutes he suddenly said, George Howard ; Club Captain, Bill Sinclair; "Py Korry, Boss, th ere the trouble. T he Secretary, Warwick Cash more ; Rally Secre­ bees got in ," tary, Lionel Priest; Committeemen, Rex Scarrott , Denzil Dassler, Don Sloa n ; Editor And he pointed to the rad iat or with the of Magazine, H arry R oucher. honeycomb core. July, saw us try, once again, the novel idea of holding an a uction evening for our Noggin and Natter. This proved to be, as HAWKE'S BAY NOTES previou sly, most successful, with members keen to secure some things. Sundry items of vint­ - Lionel Priest. age machinery were auctioned under the Firstly I mu st ap ologise for there being hammer of Rex Scarrott, and good to fair no notes last issue. This was due to a case of prices were atta ined. High est price paid , or mistaken respon sibility on my part, so I will should I say, the most extravagant price paid , endeavour to put right, my " Blue", by sum­ was 11/ - for a Y2 1b. box of fresh picked cul­ marising the past six months in this issue. tured mu shrooms ; a second box sold for First to mind comes the wonderful 10/ 6. Philip Peach, the grower, claims th e memories of Wellington 's Nationa l Rally. price was bett er th an that he receives on the Some 10 or 11 members took part with Auckland M arkets. vehicles and a few others went as 'observers'. August is here, and by now we will have All spea k highl y of 'Wellington's hospitality had our Noggin an d Natter at whi ch Brian whi ch no doubt you have alrea dy heard from Whittington would show us a second instal­ other branch es, but I cannot help adding ment of slides of his Eu ropean trip. Brian our branch 's endo rsement of the friendliness spent a couple of yea rs selling vehicles for bestow ed on the members. I have been told the Daimler-Benz combine in Germany, and that we will have to set an extremely high his slides never fail to give us an envious ac­ standard, at our North Island Rally, 196 7, count of his expe riences. PAGET WENTY-T WO S EPTE~lBE}{ , 1966

Restorations in the area are somewhat did had a very fine day. T he chief excite­ slow at present, but one which you will n? m ent was provided by local truck-drivers who doubt wish to hear about is Chas Blacks obvio usly aren't used to othe r tr affi c on the 191 3 Overland. Chas has spent many nn­ road. Les N ye's Austin Seven ga ve a goo d tiring hours in thi s remarkable and creditable dem onstration of its ability to clim b muddy effort, and has shown just what ca n be ach iev­ hills impassable to m odems. ed by setting your mind to th e job. Another June brings us to our A.G.M. This restoration to appear shortly is th at of Lauric time we used a new system whereby aspiring Harding's, Ford 'A' roadster. All Lauric's co m m ittee members stood for spec ific posi­ spa re time has gone into th is job, and it too tions. As a result, we are now in th e happy sho u ld be an achievement to be proud of. position of knowing exactl y wh o to blame Motorcvcle history in th e district is fairly wh en something goes wron g. dorman't on the surface, but you nev er know Those elected were as follows: just what th ese boys a re ap t to unveil at sho rt Chairman: R. E. N. O akley. noti ce. I did hear a bunch of them went Secretary-T reasur er : H. J. Wilkinson. on a reasonably success ful sca venger, recently. Club Captain : K. W .O akenfull. Enthusiasm is building up to a pit ch at Assistant to Club Captain: S. M. John- the moment, with the 2nd Gentle-Annie son . Safa ri ju st around the co rner. Sponsorsh ip H ou se Convener : 1. G. S. Sharpe. has been a rra nged for thi s event and by now Brighton Liaison Officer: D . P . Hill. vou r Secretaries should have entry forms. Recorder: G . J. T ofield. T he Safari has been design ed to en able visit ors In fact there sho uld be little ca use to from as far as W ellington and New Plym outh worrv about th e aff airs of the Branch this time eno ug h to get to Hastings before th e year ' as all but one of thi s com m itt ee hav e sta rt . The seco nd day is a sm all day 'motor­ served in th e past. wise', and by fini shing in Palmerston North, The rest of the A.G.M. was taken up puts all visit ors nearer to home. We look with discussing th e various remits to com e forward to being your hosts next Labour before th e Natio nal A.G.M. in Au gust. As We ekend and I would like to extend our usual most of th e sound a nd fury developed br anch appreciation to th e Manawatu Branch around the subject of P.V.V.'s. I doubt for their coo pe ration with us in this event. whether any system can be found to suit 'T ill next quarter , happy motoring. every bo dy, th e owne rs of P .V.V.'s least of all. One can only hope th at by th e time you read thi s something worthwhile will have OTAGO NOTES been hammer ed out a t th e N ational meeting. by Geo T. Incid entally, isn 't Post Vintage Vehicle an Before telling you about th e recent doings ugly mouthful, and P.V.V . is ce rta inly an of the Otago Bran ch , I feel impelled to reply abom ina tion we co uld av oid. to th e com ments made by th e T aranaki The first event run by th e new co m m it­ Branch in th e last issu e. While th eir attem p t tee was an eve ning tour of th e newly ope ned to rid th emselves of their surplus natural gas Poly technical In stitution. This proved to is understandable ( if not perhaps socially be very in teresting as we saw much of th e ac cepta ble) ; I am surprised th at th ey sho uld eq uipme nt used in training apprentice mech­ think I am exiled here. I find livin g in the anics. A dyn amometer provided a natural cultu ra l ca pita l of New Zealand quite ple as­ focu s of atte ntion for those of the Branch who ant, actuall y, besides which th ey seem to have own sport ing cars.I understand that one ,)1' forgotten that th e Mainland produces co pious two members intend to cultivate their new quantities of very fin e coal. Let us never found ac q ua in tances, p robably with more forget th e testimon y of H .M.S. Calli ope in than a vague hope of seeing th eir eng ines 1889. bene fit from expert technical assista nce. H ow­ In May th e Club Captain ra n a day ever, we shall see. Aft erwards th ose present tri al from Dunedin to Waipori and back. adjo urned to the clubrooms for th e usu al F ri.. Unfortunately few turned up , but tho se who day night session . s SEPT D 1BEIt , 1966 PACE TWENTY-THREE As usual, work progr esses in th e club­ T he Gore members are now getting on rooms. Recently th e club ac q uired a large an organised basis and have a local committee book case and our librarians, Eileen M cRae to en courage membership in the area by hold ­ and Bruce Coughlan, have begun the mam­ ing regular meetings and small events. moth job of cataloguing all th e books which The 1912 Brasier recently advertised in hav e been given or loaned to th e bran ch over BEADED WHEELS for disposal has found a th e veal's. Until now Bru ce has had to put new hom e in th e hands of tw o well-known up \~ith a stac k of books covering half a roo m and com pe ten t en th usiasts, Willis Bro wn and in his' home. M any of th ese books are ra re K en M acMillan. K en is at present overseas as well as bein g very useful so th ey will make and plans to visit a sim ila r car kn own to sur­ a welcome addition to th e facilities of the vive in F ra nce with a view to gathering in­ branch. At th e present tim e we a re also formation for th e rebuild. W e certainly look beginning a permament ph otographic displ ay forward to see ing thi s fine machine in act ion . of th e cars and motorcycles we own. These J ohn D ale has sta rted removing the will be co llected in large fram es and m ounted eng ine from his 16/ 50 Humber for an OVCI­ on th e walls of th e low er floor. As the year s haul and proposes to perform a bit more res­ go by this should become a pictori al history toration work at th e sa me time. of th e branch as well as an inter esting decor a­ Jim T aylor's ea rly vintage Nash is now tion. III th e midst of a th orou gh restoration. M ost Recentlv K en O akenfull ceased to be a of th e mech anical work has been don e and Lagonda owner when Gavin Bain's broth er bou ght the 11.9. Our sec reta ry J ack Wilk­ inson has just found himself a goo d sta ble­ m ate for h is Bradbury in th e form of a Rudge U lste r. This machine is in very good orde r and I believe it may well m ake a n appeara nce at Inverrnay next yea r. T he O akl ey R egal, which failed to m ak e Invermay thi s year be­ ca use I wa s clumsy eno ug h to break it on the way to th e Riverton Run, is now fixed and back in Dunedin. The trip to Invercargiil to pick it up proved quite costly as we decid ed to make use of th e smooth power of a certain V1 2 to tow it back. T oo late we found th at At the mu seum display, 1926. Arrol-Johnston, th e smooth power was obtaine d at eight miles th e chass is is sitting on its wh eels. Jim w ill per ga llon ! really have some wo rk to do whe n he sta rts W ell, that is about all for now . R em em­ on th e bod y, which , altho ug h co m plete is in ber, if you are in Dunedin any Friday night, come along to 40 Park St reet any tim e after a very sad sta te. J im has been scou ring th e country-side looking for p arts but has not had 8.30 p.rn. a grea t deal of luck so far. A few club members decid ed at Q uee n's SOUTHLAND NOTES Birthday weekend, to head for Arrowtown, By Barry Barnes. M erv Co utts in th e Hup. and Ray Eunson in .: M ost notable Club activity of late has th e M axwell with th eir families decided .o been the considerable pr ogress m ade on our head up th e Ar row riverbed to Macetow n, Club Ro oms. Aft er some deliberation it wa s but after a fairly deep crossing decided th at decided to renovate th e existing cottage as th e best way to enjoy th e trip was on foot. an interim measure and by th e time th ese Frank Robson has had th e en gine run­ notes are printed op ening night sho uld be nin g in his 1912 T which is at present in a thing of th e p ast. com pleted chass is form minus wheels. Ne igh­ However, we have also had a co up le of bour, Oordon Boult, was all for shoving rhc well attended runs and a sta tic displ ay at th e wheels on and taking it for a burn around th e local Museum. block. H ow ever, Frank managed to resist PAGE 'r W£ :>: TY·FOUR SEPTE MBER, 1966 the temptati on and has resolved not to put in events at all points of the compass but most the wheels on until th ey are ready to stay on. of us ha ve diverse interests and limited re­ At Riversdalc, Alec M cLennan has done sources and are obliged to select venues whi ch a lot of work on his 1923 Rugb y and as well will fit in with person al and domestic ties. as chasing up clues to veteran cars all around The geog raphica l advantage of being able the count ry-side, he has picked up a M odel to support events elsewh ere leaves littl e time A roadster which he expects to have in pre­ for local runs so there is nothing to rep ort sentable sha pe shortly. since th e Ruahine Ramble except for some By the way where have all the M odel well attended Club nigh ts with man y welco me A's gone ? There used to be literally dozens new faces to make up for the retu rn to Wan­ around only a few years ago but after the end ga nui of such stalwarts as Reg. Lee and Bryan of each licensing yea r they disappear some­ Deighton, Humberett e and Austin 16 res­ times for months, often for good. Now that pectively, the open models an yway are bein g sought after they seem to have vani shed from the H owever , the winter months have seen face of th e ea rth. steady work put in on restorations and re­ builds such as Ron Anderson's Ansald o wh ich now boasts some intelligent oleo-ducting to MANAWATU BRANCH NOTES skew gears and over head mechanism whi ch - H. C. B. Wycherley. might well have been inco rporated in the Writing this on the eve of the Nati onal origina l design especially in a motor whi ch A.G.M, one looks for ward to an interest ing has such eye-ap pea l. What a contrast to the calendar for the 66 /67 seaso n. In this Bran ch 1901 O ldsmobile recentl y acquired by Brian we ar e fortunat e in being able to participat e Rankine, as if owning a Stutz 8 coupe were

Weld ing, cutti ng a nd allied processes have come to be an integ­ ral pa rt of our coun­ trys industrial life. U ntil the advent of weldi ng such met hods as riveting and bolt­ ing had been the principal means of joi ning one metal to anot her. Pioneering thi s field Industrial Gases hav e been keep ab rea st of all pr acti cal and scientific develop­ ments overse as giving a sound bas is for the consistently high qua lity equipment they supply. From ahumble beginning

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not eno ugh, but that is where the fun come" mess. Albeit , to each his own , and collective­ in; contrasts. Just try coaxing an elderly and ly in this Branch as no doubt in all others, indi sposed Austin 7 as dail y transport for a there is stea dy en thusiasm, end less discussion month or so and then sa mple a hairy lon g­ and the feeling so wonderfully expressed by stroke 4 Yf litre job, man, th at is real. Brian is Robert Louis Stevenson in his Eldorado, " TT ready to go int o a rebuild of th e Olds and IS BETTER TO TRAVEL HOPEFULLY has loaned me a ph otostat copy of th e origi­ THAN TO ARRIVE". This I sha ll ha ve nal handbook, as nai ve a document as so far inscribed on th e flywh eel of my Austin 7 as a encountered and from whi ch I qu o ~ e : ­ sort of mech anis ed prayer wheel and would " Every mixer is tested at the factory and if it lay a wager that some enterprising monk in does not work properly it is because some­ T ibet will have beat me to the punch by thing has happened to it". So mu ch for the riggin g a Ford T motor for the same purpose. ca rburetto r. Browsing in a city sto re recent­ Since the A.G .M . ha s by now been and ly I was delighted to see that an imaginative gone, here is one for the Register and D ating manufacturer has produced a combination Comm ittee . Would the aforesa id monk be tool whi ch he calls 'the one-armed paper­ entitled to full or associate membership? hanger'. Mr Rankine would do well to pop one of these in th e tool box of the Olds for the opera ting instructions read: - "Take the right-hand side of the seat and see that the TARANAKI BRANCH NOTES controlling lever is thrown ba ck clear up to By D es Moore. the ba ck-up gear. See that the needle valve In creased activity II1 the T aran aki is open to the brass tack or more if very cold. Bran ch in the way of mor e Bran ch Runs is M ove th e sparking and switch levers away bringin g its reward with more cars. forw ard: this gives late spa rk and connec ts lan Ludeman has the ex Roy Hi cks 1927 one set of batteri es; the switch handle can be Austin 7 T ourer, Club Ca pta in Roy ce Kit­ moved backw ards to use the other set of bat­ ney ha s purchased a 1929 Erskine Cabriolet , teries. Place the heel on the relief lever th en and Treasurer, Rob Thomson now has a 1929 th e motor is ready to start . By turning the Chev rolet 6 Tourer. handle cra nk over two or three tim es quick­ The resto ra tion of George Bogunda's ly ... . " and so on but personally I hav e 8 cyl. Brou gh Superior DH Co upe is nearl y run out of arms, legs, heels, so let' s fra cture completed, only th e upholstery remaining to a flicker and go get C ha rlie Ch aplin to do it be finish ed . for us. Da ve Bowman has purchased th e 612 Litre Bentley from Bernarcl M cGinn of Au ck­ There are two facets of our nation al land and his 3 Litre is now in the hands of charac ter whi ch hit overseas guests right be­ its new owner Bob Beardsley. twe en the eyes, to wit, obsession with sport \Ve had the pleasure to welcom e \VeI­ a nd the segregation of th e sexes at social lingtonians Colin and H eather Dray to Tara­ fun ctions, the latter carried a stage further at naki recently, bringin g yet an other ca r in the all male vintage 'do's ' by the formation of O akl and. coteries worshipping at th e shrines of H enry New members have also brought with 1', Watler P, W .O., Pom eroy and so on. This them extra ca rs. Bob Clark now has th e .1 makes it dead easy at a "natter" to loca te 1925 Chcvrolet T oure r th at has been around a n)' given member by spott ing his group, New Plymouth for some littl e tim e now . J. E. bargin g in and then to gain attention or Cox of Stratford brought with him two Ford rathe r, br eak the spell, just drop a clan ger TT ourers and a 1925 Hudson. Sclwyn T ait like 'skew gea rs' into a \V.O . circle or if it is lost no tim e after joining th e Club and is a '1" party, mention the word 'ba nds' and now bus)' restoring the 1929 Auburn 8 Ro ad­ then you may be abl e to get a word in edge ­ ster he brought back fromw Dunedin. Bill ways. 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SEPTEMBER , 19lifi PAGE TWEl'\ TY·SEVE:": tions. Max acq uired not one but two 600 c.c. though there wer e signs of incipient clutch­ Panthers Circa, 1926-1929 and George a slip by the end of the day, so this must be 1928 AJS. attended to before the summer vintage sea­ The two Branch Runs held since the son really commences in earnest. Maunga-Moana Rally both started from At the monthly meetings the Club had Stratford in th e type of inclement weather invited guest speakers from the various sec­ that is typi cal of the Mountain T own. The tions of th e motor trade, and we hav e visited first orga nised by Des Cornwall and Eric an engine reconditioners, a wheel bal an cing Hodges consisted of a two hour tri al that in­ specialist and have learned all there is to corporated some real vintage motoring COUll­ know abo ut painting and the techniques of trv in th e back of Eltham. The Run finished spray-guns. The July meeting was a film at' the Co rn wall's farm where some eats were evening, where Shell Oil Co mpa ny films were turned on by them, afte r whi ch those present shown and also two from Ferodo on the took part in an au tocross, even the wives development of friction engineeri ng genera lly, insistin g on having a go. The Club is now lookin g forward to a The Second Run organised recently by busv summer season, and a few weeks after Colin Pavn e and Des Cornwall was an all th e ~e notes are written we are taking part in day event, taking in more vintage motoring a very large Road Saf ety Rally, organised by country in the back of Stratf ord and In gle­ th e Waikat o Pu blic R elati ons Office to wood, ' including saddles, tunnels and bush­ demonstrate road safetv over a 100 mile route frin ged metal roads, Of the excellent muster all around the ,'" aikato region . There will of mem bers taking part there were nine Vint­ be a large team of veteran and vintage ca rs age or P.V .V . Cars , in this event. The fact that we now have sufficient O ur 1967 Annual R ally, whi ch we hope Vintage Vchicks turning up to our Bran ch will be held in M ar ch will revisit Taurnara­ Runs that th ev now look like a V. C.C. Rallv nui , th e venue of the Lord M ontagu R ally mu st surely be a mileston e in this Bran ch of 1964, and wc look forw ard to the hospi­ History, tality of our hosts Ph yl and Dick M etcalf. M embership continues to rise and now numbers over 160 with, between them , about WAIKATO NOTES 200 cars and some motorcycles. - Les Death. The Club extends a welcome to all in­ terested in the vintage movement to join at The winter months have been fairl y the monthly meetin gs, and also to any visil­ qu iet in veteran and vintage matters in th e ing members from other br an ches wh o arc Waikat o, though the re ha ve been the usual in our area, just ring the H on . Secretary, monthly runs and Wednesday evening meet­ 69-346, Hamilton , or 67-022 during business ings, held in the Woodstock Schoo l H all, Fair­ hours. field Road on the second Wedn esday in eac h month. Runs have been held to T ira u, where we met th e Bav of Plcntv club members in a CANTERBURY NOTES friendly softball match , and admired the By Gavin Bain. severa l vintage vehicles they had br aved the climb over th e K aimais in, cold day though The Annual Genera l M eeting brought it was. Our Waikato members had not been the club year, 1965/ 66 to a close, and it is a so br ave that day, and moderns seemed to be year that we can look back on with a feeling the order! of achievement and satisfaction. In July we had a M ystery run , starting Our Annual Rally was a most enjoyable from M orrinsville whi ch after traversing the event as usual , and the Veteran Rally run many byways in this rich farming area reach­ bv the bran ch for the first tim e this veal' ed Opal Springs, Matamata, and the editorial was perh aps the most pleasant event on' the Morris-Cowley performed as well as ever, club calenda r. r

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This run I feel, typifies th e ideal rall y. popularity and proved to be a well suppo rted A goo d gathe ring of interesting veh icles and event. W e have had th e ple asure of th e com ­ th eir enth usiastic owne rs, a leisurely run pany of members from all over the South through in teresting coun tryside and finally Island and even on e or tw o from the north, a few enjoyable tests on a su itable domain, and it is hoped that every motorcyclist in th e plus plenty of time to talk old ca rs, drive one country will do his best to attend this rather another's m ach ines and cr awl all over and awsome venture. under th em, co mbined to m ake thi s ventu re T he Canterbury Branch O fficials for a real su ccess. th e new year are as fo llows : Visitors to ou r fair city ca me from as Chairman : Tom D . Clernents. far away as Timaru and Clin to n in So uth­ Secretary : Norm T . Skevington. land for th e day, and to Colin and Mrs T reas u rer : E ric R. L. Gait. Pierce we ca n only say " it was nice to see you - how abo ut making th e trip again next Club Capta in, I van D . Taylor. year?" Comm ittee: T on y Airs, Bob Beardsley, T h is season must sure ly have seen more Gavin Bain , Les Humm, D ave Man­ Can terbury members co m peting in events run hart, N eil Sutton. by other Branch es th an eve r befo re. The N at ional R ally in W ellington attract­ ed a large entry and ha d th e co m pe tition not WELLINGTON BRANCH NOTES been so fantasti call y tou gh we are sure we would have ret ained th e trophy for inter­ - Ken Wilkinson. b ranch competition. At our May M eeting which was our W anganui also saw an inv asion of Can­ A.G.M., J on athan Dransfield became our terbury 'bads' and seve ra l well-known Fiats, new . C hairman. O ur Secretary, J ack El­ Bentleys and othe rs m ade th e trip up for the worthy, who has do ne yeoman service to th e Burma Run. club, declin ed nominati on th is year and K en So uthern events are always very popular Wilkinson has taken over. R ay Boswell con­ tinues as Treasurer and our Com m ittee is a nd our Branch was represented in .:;ood Ray So uth ward, Ted D aunt, Peter Tucker, numbers at th e Windsor Run in Oamaru, th e Dunedin to Brighton V eteran eve nt, th e M artin Fe rne r, M en' . W arner. Ri vcrton Rall y in So uthla nd, Mid-Island Our Club Captain for ano ther yea r is M ike R all y in Timaru a nel last but not leas t a strong Poynton. team attended th e hill- climb at Invermay, O n th e 19th June th e Annual Riverdale­ Dunedin. Pauatahanui Run was held in very pleasant T he M cL achl an Age-Mileage T rophy weather. The trophy for th e best restored presented to th e vete ran vehicle th at tr avels vehicle was won by D ave Palmer with his the grea test d istance on formula went thi s 1930 'Match less' 'A' m otorcycle. A well veal' to the 191 5 O akl and owned by Keith deserved award . Steffenso n. This t rophy is accompan ied by The W airarapa Winter W ander, an even t th e most beautiful plaque which will surely run by th e W airarapa members of th e branch become a much sough t after trophy in yea rs was helel on Sunday, 26th June. to co me. While th e weather was changeable, a It was decided at th e Branch A.G .~tI . very ple asant afte rnoo n was spent by a goo d th at we ap ply to th e National M eeting in number of co mpe tito rs, driving through th e W ellingt on for th e go-ahe ad to run th e first lovely peaceful W airarapa country-side sure­ ever National M otorcvcle Rallv here in C hrist­ ly one of th e best regions in New Zeal and for ch urch next Fe brua n :. The Can terburv area still being able to en joy mot oring. has lon g been a stro ngho ld of motor- cyclin g T he tim e trial was won by Merv W ar- an d ou r branch was in fact th e first to run a ner. rall y solely for m otorcycles and since its in­ On 24th July M erv W arner organised ception some yea rs ago it has maintained its a Sunday Aft ernoon run throu gh parts of -

SEPTEMllER, 1966 PAGE TWE:-ITY· NI NE Wellington. This onl y proved how little shown and provided some real vintage slap­ people know of th eir own districts. Once stick entertainment whi ch was enjoyed at first again we had very ple asant weather and a big but became rather boring towards the end, turn-out made the event very successful. Mr proving that what was regarded as funny in J. Emmerson and Mike Taylor won prizes . th e olden da ys, is not necessaril y funny today. Merv. and his wife entertained all competitors Well, th at is ab out my bit for this edi­ to afternoon tea. tion, next time I hope to rep ort on restora­ Club nights have been very well attend­ tions, some of which are slowly taking place, ed and our membership is expanding. At in spite of television . So long then. our Club nights we have had topics dealt with by Merv. Warner," Brakes" and Charlie Maxwell, "Piston R ings". Other topi cs will be dealt with. This is to comply with mem­ MARLBOROUGH NOTES bers ' requests for more technical help . By Rusty Machinery.

At our annual general meeting in June, the same officers were returned. President, Secretary and Club Captain . One of our BAY OF PLENTY NOTES past presidents, Mr Gifford, was elected chief - Jack Hoven. marshall for the coming rally here next Easter. We have alread y started booking accom­ Since our last notes, one of our main modation for the South Island Rally at Blen­ events has been the A.G.M., chaired as usual heim next Easter. Entry forms will be posted by Bob Laming, who was at first faced with out in November. a lack of candidates but in th e end managed to get one nominee for every position and as At this time of the year th ere is very a result, most officers were elected unopposed. little news. There are a few more cars com­ ing on. AIan Webby has got a model TFord At our July meeting, Bob Laming gave nearly read y for the road. Our president has us a very interesting talk on Bugatti. He did got an Austin 7 tourer coming up and is not elaborate on the technical points very already working on it. Wc now have in our mu ch but gave us a very good picture of club onc each of Austin 7, Austin 12/4 and Etorre Bugatti as a person, and until last an Austin 20. Ran Osgood has got his Austin month, not many of us realised what a talen­ back on th e road after the smash at Strat ­ ted and versatile genius M I' Bugatti was. ford. Repairs cost £ 5/11 /4 plus a week's hard Thanks onc e more Bob. labour and two mudguards, front axle , In June we went to Tirau to meet the springs, wheels and steering gear left over. H amilton boys and play a game of softball Marlborough has "l1ad its share ",of whi ch was enjoyed by all in spite of the rain. catastrophies lately what with earthquakes, July saw us in Te Puk e from where an railway disasters and floods. Two of our afternoon run was organised and altho ugh members' cars were caught in the floods. One some of us got lost, we all finally ended up at of these was the Chrysler ,that won the con­ Ray Hamilton's farm just in time for after­ eour s at th e Intern ational Rally. These cars noon tea. were in about five feet of water, also the Attendan ces at our night meetings have water was all th rough the hous e making the been very good especially when we consider place in an unholy mess and will keep them the distances which most of our members have busy for a long time. An other member had to travel to attend. his busin ess premises flooded out, there was At our monthly meeting in August, some a mess to clean up here also. movies of our own club activities were shown We are all looking forward to the sum­ and it was good fun to see some of our own mer weather when we hope to have more members and cars in acti on . After supper, a outings, also most of us will be busy preparing silent movie called "Thundering Taxis" was for the rally to be held here at Easter, 1967. PAGE T HIRTY SEPTE MBER, 1966 , 'A faint susurrus of steam •• •

sur vived , but stea m cars were with­ drawn from futur e co mpetition. By 1912 Steam Cars were receiving sca nt popul arity. Although Stan ley continued to build them unt il 1925, public preference turned to the vas tly imp roved petrol cars .. . ending an era which , to this day, is still the subject of man y heated debates. Whereas once the stea m engine was the criterion of smooth, silen t, swift acce leration, now these, plus the added benefits of susta ined power for hills and cruising, ca n be yo urs in A ~O h.p, White Steam Car (1905-1907). These any petrol engine, with Su pers hell came in a variety of body types, bo th open and closed. with Meth yl Ben zine. Supers hell con ta ins more than a pint per gallcn of Shell's dynam ic power 'NO MORE W AS HEARD TH ANTHE runner- up, a petrol car. In the same compo nent, Meth yl Benzine. Shell's whirr of the chain an d a faint yea r, Fred Marriou, in a specially­ exclusive ignitio n co ntro l additive susurrus of stea m. Even at full power streamlined Stan ley Stea mer, record ­ Cresyl Diphenyl Phosphate, a nd on a hill the noise did not rise above ed 121.57 m.p.h. over the flying special rust preventi ve also co mbine a faint Ta-pocketa Ta-pocketa­ kilome tre and 127.66 rn.p.h, over the to give today's motorist top power , and the smoothness was not to be flying mile at Ormon d Beach. The smooth run ning and engine pro­ surpassed by petr ol ca rs for man y following year , Ma rriott was tection. No oth er petro l offers so years .' estima ted to have reached 190 rn.p.h, many advan tages. Ge t Supe rshell This was the 'Silence of Steam ' - an when the ca r became airborne, over­ with Meth yl Benzine for yo ur car, era which lasted almos t 20 yea rs, turned an d disintegrated. Marriot t today. and which many maintain co uld still exist today, if sufficient research and development had been carried on. America n manufacturers first realised the potential of the Steam-ca r, and in 1898 the twin brothers F. O. and F. E. Stanle y were producing a remarkable series of light steam-cars, which when handled with ca re, were ca pa ble of long-d istance journeys. However, water consump tio n, almos t .I gallon a mile, a nd light co nstructio n were the two dra wback s early stea m­ cars had to contend with, a nd by 1903 Sta nley, and thei r well-known Chassis of the Whtte S team Car, showi ng the boiler mounted directly under the fro nt seat, and the rival, White, moved into the heavier engi ne in the com·entiOnal r.0sition. The 'radiator' is in [act a tub ular condenser which allo ws the condens ed water 10 be usec again and aga in. class of car. Wh itc claimed a rad ius of seventy miles or more witho ut a water-stop for their model. With all steam ca rs, maximum speed co uld not be maintained for very METHYL BENZINE lon g, but in acceleration the steam More than a pint in every gallon of ca r coul d, in those days, sho w a very clean pair of heels to the pet rol model. In 1906, at the Shclsley Walsh SUPERSHELL 11illclimb (E ngland), a White steamer IT HASTO BE GOOD TO BE SHELL 'inished 24! seconds a head of the 153.5 • SEIYfEMIlER, 1966 PAGE T III RTY-ONE

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT RATES EXCHANGE:Am erican Ace -l-cy iinde r air cooled MEMBER OF VINTAGE CAR C LU B OF N .Z. mic eng ine, believe d to be o f ea rl y 1920 origin INC.: F ree for fir st three lin es (a pp rox. 25 in goo d m ech anical o rder, less ma gneto and car­ words ) ; thereafter 1/ - per line (8 words ) . buret to r for co m plete restora ble V in tage D ougl as NON-MEMBERS : 5/ - for fir st three lines or less; twi n or V Twin m / c. A lso wanted tw o 26 x 3 Thereafter 1/- p er lin e. beaded edge ty res a nd tubes, new or used . VI. D. W ilcock, M ou n t M aunganui, Ba y of Pl enty. T o be accepted a ll ad ve rtisem ents mu st be typed W ANTED TO S WAP: Ford AP haeton T ourer , a nd be ac companied by the neces sary rem it tance one ow ner, J93 0, low m ileage. O rigina l co nd ition and must b e in th e ha nd s o f th e Edito r not la ter for Ford AT udor or Four- d oo r in sa m e cond ition. than the 15th da y of the m on th before pu bli cation A pply: R . Iv in , G6 Ba nn ister Avenue, J ohnson ville, date. Welli ngto n. Ph on e 75-279. Specia l di spl a y ad vcrt iscm en tss o f ca rs fo r sa le FOUND : Hali na-Prefcct ca m era a t Cante rbury com p lete w ith photos m a y be inserted a t specia l and C ourt foll ow ing H aast Rall y. C le rn en ts, 135 very reason able rat es, for d et ail s of wh ich service 1'. write to th e Ed itor. C ondell Avenu e, C hristc hurcl;. FOR SA LE: Further sup p lies rep lica " S hell M otor WANTED : Radia tor mounted th erm ometer a nd Spirit " ca n holder ki tscts. Ea sily fini shed w ith file handbook s fo r Austin J2/ 4 a nd Essex +. A lso M ag­ a nd hacksaw. 25 / - po sted . V.C.C . ( C a nte rbu ry ) , neto fo r Austin 12/4. W. R. Shanks, 68+ T we ed Box 5, Belfast, C h ristc hu rc h . S treet, Jnvcrca rgill. WANT ED: For 1926 C hcv-S up crio r K . H ead a nd WANTED : Indian 7 h.p. Twin E ngi ne , inl et over pa rk ligh t rim s, front hood bow, front left gua rd , exha ust H edst ro m type, 19J 5 or ea rl ier, or 3Y2 ra d ia ror ca p with tem perature ga ug e, a lso hand­ h.p. sing le H ed strom eng ine. H ockley, 155 H astings book. S treet, W a ltham , C h ristc hurch. WA NTED for 1924 N ash. Four C ylinde r O .H .V. FREE: O ne India n tw in m otor, mi nus ca rbo a nd Roadsier, a ny m ech anical pa rt s a nd mudguards or mag. Ap pea rs to be be tween 1908 a nd 1911 H ed­ complet e cars a nywher e in New Z ea lan d . An y 4 cyl. stro m on crankca se. I o ffer thi s m o tor free to a ny Na sh parts will fit. A lso for d isposal 1925 O verla nd genui ne rest orer, J. Di ckson, 30 C h urch ill St ree t, 2-door coa ch co nverte d to truck, cou ld be res­ Whak atane . tored . Pl en ty o f spares a nd tyres. Believed to be WANTED: O ld ca r Emblem s - espec ia lly those one o f few rem aining coac h bodies in N ew Zea­ hav ing been used on ca rs m ade in the Sou th Pa ci fic. land. .J. M . Tavlor, 3i K ak ap o S tr eet , Inverca rgill. So ut he rn Cross, R en own, Palm, Su m m it, Austra lia n Ph on e 82-773, Collect. S ix, H olden , etc. H a rry Pulfcr, P .O . Box 526" La FOR SA LE: 192 8 Mincrva 12 h.p . 6 cyl. Sa loo n. C rescen ta , Californ ia , U .S.A. M ainly rebuilt but req uires co m p le tion. Consider­ FOR SALE : 1926 Essex Se d a n 2-dool- full y rest ored a ble a mou nt o f spa res a nd o rigina l handbook avail­ pl en ty o f spa re parts. £220 or nea rest o ffer. A lso a ble. Offers wanted as is wh ere is. A. .J. Ai rs, 65 1928 Pontia e m ot or a nd ge a r bo x £ 5 . Ph on e 393s, T c Awa Kura Terrace, C hristchu rch, 8. T elephone D. S ta ncliffc, T e Pukc, 6 1-254 private. SWAP: New rear half o f 19 26 M odel ''I'' Ford WANT ED: T o heg o r hu v M.L. or BTI-I fou r cvlin­ roadst er bod y for bod y parts o f 1926 ''1'' Fo rd d el' M agn et o to fit Aust(n 7 eng ine . Repl ies t() D. Cou pe . M ainly rear half pa rts wanted. "'righ t, 20 New port T errace, Seato u n, Well ington. FOR SA LE: Austin 7 eng ine, practi call y com p lete. WA NTED: C urved Dash O ld sm ohi le parts, 1904 . A pp ro x. 1930. ( H eavy cra nksha ft m od el ) . £5. Jan Singl e cylind er transm ission, O ldsrnobi lc co il, m agi H enderson , 1'.0 . Box 344, Rotoru a, battery switc h. Any in forma tion or h isto ry . 1'. .J. W ANTED: A ny pa rt s, in fo rm a tio n, or ph otos, for C utler, 161 Wairak ei Road , C h ris tch u rc h, 5 . 1914 M atchl ess 8 h.p . twi n m / c. N eed 3-spe ed FOR SA LE: llupm obile pa rt s (ex Royds H ow ard ) countc rsha ft gea rbo x ( M a tch less m ade ); " Bra rn p­ 191 2, 1930. All new . P. .J. C u tler, 161 Wa irak ci io n" ty pe fron t forks, gua rds, handleb ars. J. R um­ Road , C h ris tchurc h, 5. m cry, 33 M t. Smart R oa d , R oyal O a k, Auc kla nd . WANTED: F or 1923 Dodge , 2 sea te r, boot door or WA NTED: For 70 spo ke kn ock on wi re wheels. ba ck- end of bod y, two hood bow cla m ps, cra nk­ R im s, tyres, tu bes, 820 x 120 mm. beaded edge. handle hole bung. Will excha nge D odge 4 parts Fred R yan, 17 Rreckon Ave nue, H amil ton. Ph on e ( va riou s m od els ) a p proxim a tell' 1930 Graha m 79-669. Pai ge 6 parts, M od el ''1'' m ech a ni cal parts. Pho ne FOR SA LE: 192 7 L ea F ra ncis ca r in exce lle nt Colle ct 202S, Otorohanga , or write J M . White, ord er, speed o rea d s 5, 195 rn ilcs, 2 owne rs, ca rries 1'.0. I-I a uga tik i. curren t warrant o f fitn ess. O n lv on e o the r o f th is FOR SA L E : ' ~ -4 5 0 - 4 75-2 1 tyr es in exce lle nt ord er. mod el bel ieved to be in N ew Z~a la n d . Price £ 225. £3 eac h, a lso 2-:)2-4 Y2 stra ig h t side, go od order. Ap ply: M an ager, Andrews M ot ors Li mited , p.a . Write : C . Black , R I-1iggins St reet, Na pi er. Box 236 , Palmerston Nort h. WA NTED T O BUY: Body o r p a rt s for S teams WA NTED T O BUY: Fo ro M od el A Se da n. Must Knights, E. Austin, 33 H ocy Stree t, Kamo, Whan­ be in good co nd ition. A p p ly: R . A. Ivi n, 60 Ba n­ garci. nister Aven ue, J ohnson vill e, W elling ton . W ANTED: Any sp a re parts fo r 1928 Willys Knight W ANTED: Bod y Mudgu ards, switches et c. for Se dan, pa rti cul arly radia tor she ll, d oor ha ndles, 1915 Bui ck +. Write: D. Palrn er, 8 N elso n Stree t, P. J Aitken , Fla t 2, 246 Orienta l Parade, Well ing­ Blenheim. ton . Ph one 50 -845 . P A Gl~ THIRTY·TWO SEPT£ ~HlE R , 1966

W ANT ED: Any pa rts for tw in cy linder De D ion , WANTED : Sankey 18in. well base wheel in good sing le parts wil l fit. H a rt for d shock ab sorb ers or co ndition. Repl y to Eric Gait, 63 H oon H ay Road , plat es with sett ing positions. Ammeter wi th light C hri stchurch , 2. swit ch working on bezel, complete or otherwise. U RG ENT SA LE : 1927 Packard sedan, tid y, receipt s Pear sha ped headlights for 3 litre Bentley. Best for £ 300, recond. motor and electrics, new tyr es, pri ces p aid. G avin M . Ba in , 12 Beverl ey Stre et, many spares; sell for £1 25. Davidson, 178 Portage C hri stchurch, 1. Road, Pap at oetoe. Photo sent on request . FOR SA LE : Overland M od el 9 1, parts M od el 92, RI LEY PATHF IN DER, 1956, genuine 4-cylinder 1925 Packard 6, truck form. Ap ply: D . Pa lrner, 2~ lit re, 110 b.h.p . twin cam Ril ey m otor, valves 8 Nelson Street, Blenh eim. ju st ground . Rust free body, good tyres, woodwo rk WANTED: 1926 Aub urn 6/ 66 parts especially bod y, repol ished . £500 or £250 d eposit. M cM illan, Box a lso 1926 Ford TRoadstcr, co upe, or w/ s tra y 15 7, Rotorua . tru ck bod y parts, running boards, any cond itio n, J. WANTED T O SWAP OR EXCHANGE: M od el l' H enl ey, 20 Crescent Road, C.+, Au ck lan d . Phone M ot or No. B95 . Made in U .S.A., Detroit, trans­ 22-196. mission erc., and Rover M otorcycle engine, belt NOT FOR SA LE: Ru t would excha nge my 1930 dri ve. For Buick Model 14 (twin cylinder) parts Ford Mod el A Co upe in genuine origina l order, in­ or Reo Single cyl inde r parts.W . H. M ill er , 7 clud ing paint, 44 ,000 m iles, 4 new tyres, ex H aast Walnut Avenu e, Ashburto n. car, for an ope n ca r in simi la r condition. Ron FOR SA LE : 1928 Ren au lt " V ivasix" sa loon; 6 M oses, 18 Racecourse Parade, Avondal c, Auckla nd . cylinder, 3 100 e.c., Servo brak es. Id eal family tou r­ FOR SALE : The owne r of th is lovely 1923 Rolls ing ca r. Last model to have rear mounted radiators. Royce tourer has left th e country and wants an Spare engine, starter/ gen er ator, radiat ors. urgen t sale. This ca r has been fully restor ed and WANTED: Pair of headlamps ( mount by wi nd­ all parts used are genuine RR parts mu st he goo d screen ) for 1927 Austin 7. M rs R . W ilson , 25 K ing va lue at £900. Apply: H. Corneldo n, 4 Mi ssion Street, T irnaru. Street, Tauranga . IH AVE, O R K NOW THE WH EREABO UTS ...,. , . of pa rts for th e follo wing: Packard, W illys Kn ight, Essex +, Stude ba kcr, Dod ge (e ac h ea rly '20's); M orris Oxford, H up mobile, Chrysler, Nash, Po ntiac (each lat e '20 's ) ; Bui ck 1929; Triu m ph, Stude. Spec­ ial 6; Fo rd A, C hev . (both 1929 wit h good motors) . WANT ED: Part s for 1924 Buick 4, T ourer. WANT ED: One, or pa ir, head lamp lens for 1938 Lin coln Zephyr. R . T . H ewitt, M ercury Garage, Levin. WANTED: For 1935 3 Litre 105 Talbo t. 4-spee d crash or silent 3rd gearbox with clutch. Wou ld con­ side r prcselec t type. Have othe r Talbo t parts to swap. T . J. Chick, Box 1803, C hristchu rch. FOR SA LE: Sunbeam Deluxe Se da n, 16 h.p ., 1929. Very good ori gina l conditio n. Restora tion sta rt ed FOR SALE: 1910 Humber M otorcycle. O ffers arc (new scuttle ete. ) but lack of tim e th e tro ub le. T wo invited for this authent ic, im macula te an d very owners . S tored last 10 yea rs. R egister ed w.o.I. Price rare mach ine. Com pletely rebuilt and in full work­ £225. Contact: C. Co ckburn, 62 To\\" n Belt , Lin­ ing co nd ition. Register ed and full w.o.r. Si ngle co ln. Phon e 37, Lincoln. cylinde r, 4.2 h.p ., fixed engine machine, ca pable of FOR SALE: O nc 1924 C hev rolet T ourer Vintage ve ry goo d performance and ideal for touring. Car. N umerous spa res. A. R . Rob ert son. Ph on e Dating cert ifica te No. 6 1. Co ntact: Gavin Bain, 12 30 M Hinds, P.O. Box ·l 6. Bevcrl ey Street , Christchur ch, I. FOR SA LE : 1928 Oldsm obi lc, m ech ani call y sound. Siuart, 64 Kuripuni Stree t, M astcrt on , Ph on e 3334. O ffers. FOR SA LE : 1930 Morris Isis. In reason able order. £50 o r nearest offer. WANT ED: An y 8 h .p. single cylind er Rover 1904­ 10 parts, especia lly mo tor and ba ck-end . Pl ease con­ tact D. Bru ce, Taeha lls Road , Wa rd , M arlborough. FOR SA LE: Buick 4 Roadster, 1923, m echan ica lly sound, body resto red and pai nted. Price £200. D. Bru ce, Tacha lls Road , Ward, M arl borough . \VANT ED: For 1927 Austi n 7. M agneto and gen ­ erator, side curtains, sa loo n body and gua rds . I. Ludcrnan, 16 Konini Street , Inglewood. FOR SA LE: 1928 Hu pmobil e, spare pa rts. 71 Cyg­ net Street, C hrisrchurc h, Pho ne 884-6 13. -

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