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1924 Lanchester 40Hp Morris Minor Tour Irishwomans 0bw265-new 11/25/03 10:40 PM Page 1 NEW ZEALAND’S FOREMOST HISTORIC MOTORING MAGAZINE Beaded Wheels No. 265 DECEMBER 2003/JANUARY 2004 $5 1924 LANCHESTER 40HP MORRIS MINOR TOUR 9 418979 000012 IRISHWOMANS SQUEALS ON WHEELS 0bw265-new 11/25/03 10:41 PM Page 2 David Starling from Waikanae Beach has supplied our historic photos for this issue. He takes up the story… The site is a friend’s garage at Whitby, North Yorkshire, UK. One photograph shows the garage in the twenties, it still looks the same today! The other shows the opposite side of the road. The small truck has run away down the hill and come through the fence, now missing at the top of the photo. The old car which was parked beneath has suffered some damage although the radiator had been removed to facilitate work prior to the accident. A point worthy of note is the use of a lovely old oil sidelamp as a warning, fixed to the end of the ladder. The office in this photo is next to the petrol pump shown on the Submissions of photographs for this page are welcome from Beaded Wheels readers. Please send original photographs of historic interest with any available information to Beaded Wheels, PO Box 13140, Christchurch. other picture. Laserprints/photocopies are not suitable. Photos will be returned as soon as practicable. management committee A full list of branch addresses and contact details can be found on the VCCNZ website at www.vccnz.org.nz The Vintage Car Club of New Zealand Inc CLUB CAPTAIN SOUTHERN REGION Gary Beaumont BEADED WHEELS CHAIRMAN MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Diane Ross 03 415 9169 Kevin Clarkson 03 308 2356 03 385 9821 Please note this information changes annually email: [email protected] email: [email protected] email: [email protected] - these details are valid until August 2004 SECRETARY/ TREASURER Greg Terrill SPEED STEWARD PRESIDENT John Coomber 07 846 4355 Frank de Lautour Leigh Craythorne 03 348 0062 email: [email protected] 09 418 2164 phone/fax 03 342 9110 email: [email protected] email: [email protected] email: [email protected] REGISTRAR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ARCHIVIST CLUB CAPTAIN NORTHERN REGION Bob Ballantyne Rod Brayshaw Betty Wallace Rob Knight 09 444 4066 07 549 4250 03 332 4261 06 323 3104 email: [email protected] email: [email protected] email: [email protected] 2 Beaded Wheels 0bw265-new 11/25/03 10:41 PM Page 3 Beaded Wheels Publisher THE VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF NZ (INC.) The Historic Vehicle Authority of New Zealand ISSN 0113-7506 Vol LI No. 264 Editorial Committee Beaded Wheels Kevin Clarkson (Chairman), Judith Bain, Rosalie Brown, John Coomber, Mark Dawber, Marilyn Issue 265 December 2003/January 2004 McKinlay, Chris Stevens, Robin Wells, Lindsay Wogan. Material for Publication FEATURES Reports of restorations, events, road tests, historical and technical articles etc should be 4Jack Volkner forwarded to PO Box 13140, Christchurch, typed or neatly printed, double space on one side of paper only. Email of text only acceptable, 12 Lighten Up do not email pictures/graphics. No payment is made to contributors. The opinions or statements expressed in letters or articles in 14 Full Muster Beaded Wheels are the author’s own views and do not necessarily express the policy or views of The Vintage Car Club of NZ (Inc). 18 Morris Minor Tour E-mail Grant Hitchings gets down to basics [email protected] 20 Cadillac Century with the Baby Austin 7, page 9. Advertising Address Classified and Display Advertising to: 22 Wandering Stock P O Box 13140, Christchurch. Phone 64 3 332 3531, Fax 64 3 332 3827 Rate schedule available on request. 24 Irishwoman’s Rally – Cover Feature Back Issues Available on request to P O Box 13140, 26 Archive from Austria Christchurch. Correspondence & Editorial Contributions 28 Behind the Wheel – 1924 Lanchester 40hp P O Box 13140, Christchurch. Subscriptions Beaded Wheels subscribers change of address to P O Box 2546, Christchurch. Phone 64 3 332 3531, Fax 64 3 332 3827 COLUMNS Annual subscription (6 issues) $27.00 inc GST Australian subscription (6 issues) NZ$42 Other countries (6 issues) NZ$62. 6President’s Message Production Printed by Spectrum Print Ltd, Christchurch. 7News from the National Office Closing Date for February/March Issue Editorial Copy 23 December 2003 Peter Cooper, Auckland, was out 7 VCC Events Advertisements 10 January 2003 enjoying the action of this years Mooloo Meander, page 52. 8The Way We Were The Vintage Car Club of New Zealand (Inc.) 10 Mailbag National Office Phone 64 3 366 4461 Fax 64 3 366 0273 31 Vero 2006 Rally VCC Diamond Jubilee – Update Email [email protected] Postal Address P O Box 2546, Christchurch, New Zealand. 32 Marketplace Address 12 Aberdeen St, Christchurch, New Zealand. 40 Swap Meets & Rallies Website www.vcc.org.nz 44 Idle Torque Beaded Wheels is the voice of The Vintage Car Club of New Zealand (Inc.) and its 35 branches 54 Obituary covering the length and breadth of the country. Irishman Rally was another roaring The efforts of our members continue fostering and ever widening the interest in this segment success this year full of the scenic and of our country’s history, and provide rallying challenging back country motoring that points for the constantly increasing band of it is famed for, page 22. enthusiasts. It is to these people, who appreciate the fascination of age, the individuality and the functional elegance of vehicles from a bygone era, that this magazine is dedicated. Beaded Wheels – It is a very apt and well-known COVER title however readers may wonder at the origin of the name. By way of explanation beaded edge wheels use beaded edge tyres that are kept in Action from Irishman Rally 2003, Graham and Kay Shaskey’s 1927 place by reinforced rubber beads, which fit into Essex Boat tail roadster driven by their son Steven. the rolled edges of the wheel rim. This style of wheel was a distinctive feature of early motoring Photo TJ Photography,www.tjphotos.co.nz being used on early bicycles, many pre-1924 cars and most motorbikes until 1927. The VCCNZ adopted the title Beaded Wheels for their quarterly club magazine in March 1955 which was the successor to the monthly Guff Sheet. Copyright Information The contents are copyright. Articles may be reproduced provided that reference is made to Beaded Wheels as the source. Beaded Wheels 3 0bw265-new 11/25/03 10:41 PM Page 4 Jack Volkner Text Kate Ballard photos Kate Ballard Jack Volkner Jack Volkner had been in my periphery for some time. I am not a fanatic Vintage car person, but I am married to one. Through glazed eyes and a disinterested mind I see a stream of things mechanical going on in the background. Above: Jack and a completed product, see pics below for a work in progress intage cars are for fun rides with the hood down on fine, calm days, not for discussing endlessly in minute details Vabout obscure metal parts. Slowly Jack entered my consciousness as the problem solver of all those numerous restora- Below: Reliant Special again showing a tradesman’s finish tion difficulties in my husband, Roger’s, workshop. Long, technical telephone conversations ended “Jack says he can make it”. Triumphant homecomings from visits to Jack meant the project moved on, that particular gap in the spare parts department had been filled with a quick whirl by Jack on his lathe. Jack seemed to do everything. Finally I met him when I dropped off a crayfish from the grateful recipient of all his help. There he was with his frenetically active miniature foxy leaping madly around him and it was easy to guess that Jack was just as frenetically active himself as a young man. He is small and sprightly with lively blue eyes, curly hair and is as sharp as a tack, full of cheek. Not at all the person I had envisaged – returned serviceman, failing eyesight, ill with indus- trial emphysema (a lesson to all you backyard restorers – wear those masks). Jack is currently restoring Austin 7s, with which he has a long association. After the war Austin 7s were plentiful and easily restored to a state where they made a cheap and reliable family car. Jack could buy a wreck for £3-10 and, using parts scrounged from the Meola Road tip would have them up and running in no time. He also used Austin 7 back and front ends and steering 3 boxes to build TQ ( /4) midget racing cars used at Western Springs. Triumph 650 bike motors powered these. With all this experience Bringing home the treasure. Body in progress 4 Beaded Wheels 0bw265-new 11/25/03 10:41 PM Page 5 Austin 7 special—-a real beauty. Jack with a Reliant powered special. gained messing about with and modifying the Austin 7 as a young There isn’t much spare space in here. The shed is crammed man it was natural that he should turn to that model when he with equipment. He has an industrial planing machine, a one started doing serious Vintage restorations a few years ago. Right now metre Koken lathe, a surfacing machine, an industrial machine he has four on site, but he has done up over 25 over the years. press, a cast iron marking-out table, an industrial milling machine In his small immaculately kept back yard he has three small and an industrial walking foot sewing machine as well as all the sheds.
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