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OVf1C,p/.> Itd ~~~~~~~ ~~" . For full details on the man and ~rochure available y tyre sizes self add ' send stamped ressed Stockists of VETERAN & envelope to: CARS UD VINTAGE r-o Box 43009 Mangere ' 207 Buck'land ~~ngere East.R~fd West. ne Auckland 275-5316 VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF N.Z./INC.j NATIONAL EXECUTIVE President: N. A. Dewhurst [Auckland] Club Captain: A. D. Storer (Banks Peninsula] VOL. XXX No. 147 Club Vice-Captain: M. K. Holland [Manawatu] Hon. Secretary: Clynt Inns (Banks Peninsula) Administrative Secretary: Robert Duns, Phone 517-335, April-May 1984 Christchurch. Club Registrar: Don Bennell s, 714 Hills Road, Christchurch. 30th YEAR OF PUBLICATION Executive: Messrs B. J. Barn es (Southlan d], W. M. Birch (Wellington ). J. W. A. Newell (Banks Peninsula), N. C. IN THIS ISSUE Skevington [Cant erbury]. President's Message 2 CORRESPONDENCE 1st Pan Pacific Rally 3 Club cor res pondence, inclu ding me mbers' CHANGES OF Restoration 1924 Hupmobile 4 ADDRESS, must be sent to Commemorative Rally 6 The Vintage Car Club ofNiZ . [l nc.} r.o. Box 2546, Commemorating 100 Years 7 Christchurch. Bentley Tour of South Africa 12 Members shou ld state 6 figure number from Membership Card . Dunedin to Brighton Rally 14 Intending members sho uld write to this address. Restoration 1923 Mercedes 16 All Beaded Wheels corresponde nce and subscribers change of address to P.O. Box 13140. North Otago Rally 22 Book Review 23 Tour to U.S.A. 24 BEADED WHEELS EDITORIAL COMMITIEE Branch Notes 25 Chairman : Spencer Barnard . Commi ttee: Geoff Hockley, Bruce Pidgeon, Bob Scoll , Paul Letters to Editor 31 Gies ler, Bob Entwistle. Classified Ads 34 Material for publication is the responsibility of this committee and shou ld be forwarded to p.a . Box 13140, CLOSING DATE. JUNE-JULY ISSUE Christchurch, typed or neatl y printed , double spaced on one Editorial Copy 4t h May side of paper only. Advertising Copy 10th May Reports of res torations, eve nts, road tests, histori cal and techn ical articles welc ome. No paym ent made to con tributors . COVER PHOTO The opinions expresse d in lell ers or articles in Beaded 19 24 Hupmobile belonos to Roy Popkin Wheels are th e authors' own views and do not necessaril y Canterbury Branch express the policy of the Vintage Car Club of N.Z. (Incl. See resto ration story on Page 4 Photo by Spencer Barnard PRODUCTION Beaded Wheels is publish ed bi-mo nthly by Purse Willis & Beadad Wheels Is the voice ot the Vintage Car Aiken Ltd, Christchu rch for the Vintage Car Club of N.Z. movemenl In New Zealand and of Ihe Clubs whose efforts are fostering and ever widen ing the interest of Inc., at its edi torial office , P.O. Box 13140, Chris tch urch . thi s movement and form rallying points for that ever increasing band of enthusiasts. The fascination of age Mailed fre e to all members of Vintage Car Club . Itself or revulsion from the flashy mediocrity of the Subsc ribe rs only Annual Subscrip tion (6 issues] $7.00. present day Is drawing an increasing number of Individual copies and back numbers $1.20. motor ists back to the individuality, solid worth, and functional elegance that was demanded by a more discrim ina ting generation and It i s to these that th is magaz ine is ded icated. ADVERTISING Rate schedule ava ilable on request to Advertising Manager , Registered at Post Office Headquarters Wellington . p.a. Box 13140, Chris tchurch. Phone 67-346. as a magazine. From the President The rall y scene has been very floods (and so me of our member s anot her. In the int erests of busy since Chr istmas, cer tainly w ere person ally involv ed) th er e simplicity we now have two every taste has been catered for. was not a hin t of th e trag ed y notices of mo tio n going forwar d Looking at the overall picture, during th e rall y. A first class for a pos tal vot e. This is not th e there has been a great choice to week en d's motorcycling topped end of th e matt er , and it is most suit all w ishes. Specialist rallies off for the vis ito rs by a essential that th er e should be th e (e.g. Veteran, Commercial, etc) tremendo us tour of the West opportun ity for mem ber s to are we ll established now and Coast afterwards. Southla nd, a nd debate th e matt er befor e vo ting . rea lly play a great pa rt in our our motorcycling membe rs, Suc h debat e ca n only be do ne at ac tivi ties. But it is also good to all surely did the club c redit. Branc h level afte r th e notices of gather on the same day, wi th a On a sadder note, one of th e motion are distributed , so if yo u commo n venue , and simply tour participants suffered a tragic have strong feelings eithe r way on motor, talk , and look at all the heart attack while on th e Fox th ese ma tters, do go along to yo ur vehicles. This can be done now of Gla cier, and the Club's bran ch meeting and say so , th at cour se at annual ra llies etc, but condolen ces are exte nde d to his way yo u may be able to help those the old bog ey comes up from tim e family , and to his cousin, Ron w ho perhaps don't kn ow the to time; w hy sho uld I br ing my Carpenter. bac kgro und, and th e final ve tera n out when th e route Th e March Na tiona l Executive decision will be a well informed doesn' t suit? or, how can I be meeting had a number of one. And if you ar e one of those competitive agai nst later ve hicles" proposed rul e cha nges put before w ho don 't kn ow , make sure that The answer to both points is that it, and after discu ssion it was you go along a nd listen! rou tes sho uld be varied if ag reed to delete some of th ese , necessar y, but wi th a common w here they almost du plicated one NO RMAN DEWHU RST star t a nd fin ish poi nt and seco ndly, man y branches ha ve now done away w ith ove ra ll awards a nd in stead concentrate on class aw ar ds. A little atte ntio n 1986 FIVA WORLD to both and th ere should be no RALLY (SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE) reason wh y members canno t Th e Sout h Africa n Veter an and to the Chai rman of the Or ganising bring ou t any ve hicle on any run. Vin tage Association (SAVVAI is Committee as follow s: Wairar apa recently went a step pleased to announce that the R.N . Loney Esq, further with no class wi nners at ab ove event has been aw ard ed to P.O . Box 47-055, all, but everyone ga ined a n award . South Africa, as an additiona l Parklands 2 121, Th e firs t 20%, say, wo n a gold Worl d Rally to the one bein g Joha nnesb urg , award, th e seco nd 20% a silve r centred on Stu ttgart . earlier in Rep ublic of South Africa. awa rd , and th e re mai nder a 1986. Fur ther new slett ers wi ll follow bronze. Th er e are ot her possible The tentati ve da tes w ill be 11th in d ue course to those w ho have variations on thi s th eme , but all to 22nd Septem ber 1986. Th e exp ressed an int er est to be on the have on e thi ng in common, the rou te w ill cover some beautiful mailing list. elimi na tion of overall awards . scen ery in Natal and th e Eastern I have recen tly attended Bay of Tra nsvaal and a fortnight of fun is Plenty's Silve r Anniversary rally guaranteed. an d Eastern Bay of Plenty's East It is hop ed that all petrol for the Have Coast Rally. Both had excellent enti re route wi ll be paid for and support, although possibly less also a certai n a mo unt of assistance "Beaded Wheels" than th e organise rs budgeted for. finan ciall y to th e overseas Is th is a trend to wa tch for?, or, is part icipants to bring their cars posted regularly to your eve ryone saving up for 1985- 86? ove r to South Africa. It is address. Only $7.00 for 6 Excellent motor ing over less used anticipa ted that 200 vehi cles w ill issues (includes postage). roads was enjoyed on bo th eve n ts. tak e part. I am writing th ese notes as I Entry forms and ASR's etc., w ill Write to: return from the Na tional Mo tor be sent ou t tow ards the end of Subscription Dept. Cycle Rally. Despi te the 1984. All enquiries for anyone r.o. Box 13140, trem en dous se tback tha t interested in possibly entering th is Christchurch. Sout hland suffer ed in the recent fabu lous Rall y shou ld be directed PAGE TWO variety of countryside with not too much emphasis on extra long 1st Pan Pacific mileages.