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NQ629.2220994/5 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au Volkswagen T-Roc concept. April 2014 IN THIS ISSUE: Race volunteers wanted Apia NSW Tennis The Toy Department Bill Moore tribute Bill’s Country Buggy story Shannons Wheels ACT Camden Show Plus lots more... Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au A member of the NSW Council of Motor Clubs. Also affiliated with CAMS. ZEITSCHRIFT - April 2014 - Page 1 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au Club VeeDub Sydney Club VeeDub membership. Membership of Club VeeDub Sydney is open to all Committee 2013-14. Volkswagen owners. The cost is $45 for 12 months. President: Steve Carter 0490 020 338 [email protected] Monthly meetings. Monthly Club VeeDub meetings are held at the Vice President: David Birchall (02) 9534 4825 Greyhound Social Club Ltd., 140 Rookwood Rd, Yagoona, on [email protected] the third Thursday of each month, from 7:30 pm. All our members, friends and visitors are most welcome. Secretary and: Bob Hickman (02) 4655 5566 Membership: [email protected] Correspondence. Assist. Secretary: Wayne Murray 0414 253 797 Club VeeDub Sydney or Club VeeDub (Secretary) [email protected] PO Box 1340 14 Willoughby Cct Camden NSW 2570 Grassmere NSW 2570 Treasurer: Martin Fox 0411 331 121 (02) 9534 4825 [email protected] Our magazine. Editor: Phil Matthews (02) 9773 3970 Zeitschrift (German for ‘magazine’) is published monthly [email protected] by Club VeeDub Sydney Inc. Members with email details receive Assistant Editor: Lily Matthews Zeitschrift as a full-colour PDF from our website. Printed black and white copies are available in limited numbers at the meetings. We welcome all letters and contributions of general VW Webmaster: Aaron Hawker 0413 003 998 interest. These may be edited for reasons of space, clarity, spelling [email protected] or grammar. Deadline for all contributions is the first Thursday of each month; late submissions will be held over. Book and DVD Joe Buttigieg 0449 291 642 Opinions expressed in Zeitschrift are those of the writers, and do not necessarily represent those of Club VeeDub Sydney. Librarian: [email protected] Club VeeDub Sydney, and its members and contributors, cannot be held liable for any consequences arising from any information Tool Librarian: Bob Hickman (02) 4655 5566 printed in the magazine. [email protected] Back issues are available as full-colour PDFs from the Editor at the monthly meeting - please bring your own USB stick. Old issues (2006-on) are also available at www.clubvw.org.au Merchandising: Raymond Rosch (02) 9601 5657 Articles may be reproduced with an acknowledgment to [email protected] Zeitschrift, Club VeeDub Sydney. Assistant Merch: Kira and Bettina Rosch Raffle Officer: Christine Eaton (02) 9520 4914 We thank our VW Nationals sponsors: Vintage Registr: John Ladomatos 0449 236 076 26 years. [email protected] Volkswagen Group Australia Klaack Motors Andrew Dodd Automotive Vintage VeeDub Supplies VW Nationals David Birchall (02) 9534 4825 C & S Automotive Volksbahn Autos Pty Ltd Committee: Aaron Hawker 0413 003 998 H&M Ferman Mark & Amanda Stevens 20 years and over. Motorsport Rudi Frank 0418 442 953 Aust VW Performance Ctre Stan Pobjoy Racing Engineering Captain: [email protected] North Rocky & Import Parts Wolfsburg Motors Sydney Shannons Car Insurance VW Motorsport Committee: Brian Walker Aaron Hawker John Ladomatos 15 years and over. Andrew Corless Norm Robertson (JP) Indian Automotive Reliable Automotive Services Mick Motors Wayne Penrose VW Enginring General Committee: 10 years and over. Laurie & Gwen Murray Shirley Pleydon All Metal Bumpers Mobile Model Cars Leigh Harris Grace Rosch BWA Auto NRMA Insurance Norm Elias Jeff Swords Cupid Wedding Cars Unicap Pty Ltd Eddie Fleita Defender Safety Wurth Fasteners Australia Harding Performance Canberra Committee. 5 years and over. Chair: Bruce Walker [email protected] Antique Tyres Red Van Tyre Colouring Vice-Chair: Rhiannon Walker [email protected] Artemi’s T-Shirts Rod Penrose Racing Secretary: Mandy Conway [email protected] Black Needle Motor Trimming VA Spares Treasurer: Rhiannon Walker [email protected] Camden GTI Performance Volkspower Registrar: Iven Laufer (02) 6254 1142 Canberra VW Centre VW Classic Kirrawee Merchandise: Jay Pozzi [email protected] Classic Vee-Dub VW Magazine Australia Custom Vee Dub Westside Mufflers Please have respect for the committee members and their families Euro Automotive Wolfsburg Auto Melbourne by only phoning at reasonable hours. Gold Coast Vee Dub ZEITSCHRIFT - April 2014 - Page 2 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au ZEITSCHRIFT - April 2014 - Page 3 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au ZEITSCHRIFT - April 2014 - Page 4 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au ZEITSCHRIFT - April 2014 - Page 5 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au ZEITSCHRIFT - April 2014 - Page 6 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au I recently took my Beetle to an event called Von dem Herrn Powercruise, I had a ball and everybody there kept asking where were all the other VWs? Präsident. I was the only one. Next time This month we lost another great person in VW family. it’s on I’m defiantly going so I Bill Moore - or as he was often called, ‘county buggy Bill’ will let you all know the dates passed away late last month. I attended his funeral as well and details. along with some other club members in Nowra. Bill’s funeral See you soon, was well attended with members of the Shoalhaven VW Club forming a guard of honour. Bill’s brother and his mate made Steve Carter very touching eulogies. Steve Muller also did a eulogy which was also very well spoken. There is a tribute to Bill and his work on Country Buggies in this issue. The next few months are very busy, with some great Kanberra Kapitel events coming up. We have a run down to the Classic Car Day at Robertson on Sunday 13th April; meet at Uncle Leo’s report. Caltex at Liverpool Crossroads at 7:45am for an 8am cruise Hi Canberrans, well we finally got some rain, just in departure. time for the season change. This month we have had cars on On Sunday May 4th the Berry Blast From the Past display at the annual Shannons Wheels carshow, you should show is on at Berry, hosted by the Shoalhaven VW Club. Its find a report in this magazine. In April we were planning on a well worth a drive down (see the flyer), as the local markets cruise to Gold Creek, but had some problems scheduling it are on at the same time. The show will be in celebration of due to other local events, school holidays, Easter, etc, so have Bill Moore. put it off for a later date. Then our major event, the VW Nationals, over the On Sunday 6 April there is a local event called VW weekend of May 24th & 25th, the Supersprint on the Drive For The Community, raising funds for the Canberra Saturday at Wakefield Park and the show n shine at Fairfield Hospital. With any luck we hope to get a report and pictures Show grounds. from this event for next month, as it promises a VW convoy I just put my entry in for the VW Nationals through Canberra and some family activities afterwards. Supersprint. We are offering an incentive this year to attract In May there is of course the VW Nationals more female competitors! They will only have to pay ½ price (Goulburn/Sydney) on 24-25th, as well as the Berry VW entry fee, so if the lady in your life feels the need for speed, show on Sunday 4 May. It seems that most people want to tell her to get an entry in. make their own way to these events, so lets hope for some big Chris Fraser our Supersprint secretary tells me that turnouts to these shows. Details for the Nationals Supersprint entries are a bit slow coming in. Please don’t leave it to the are in this issue, or check the club webpage. last minute, or worse still, to the actual day to enter! You can We are also working on a Bungendore cruise for June, make everyone’s job a lot easier on race day if you: so keep your eyes open for this one. 1. Make sure your club membership is up to date and Club events look great when we have members wearing you have a membership card with you; club shirts, we have a good 2. Have gained your CAMS licence well before the quantity ready to sell, contact event, and all your CAMS paperwork with you on the day. If us if you would like to get some you already have one, make sure it’s up to date. details and sizes, etc. 3. Get your entry form in ASAP so that Chris can start Happy Dubbing! processing it early to get you in the correct class on the day. Otherwise this is another job that must be done on the Bruce day, which wastes valuable time on the day and can affect how soon we get on the track and how many runs you get on the day. See the club website for all information. Our club is very short on CAMS trained officials to Klub Kalender. help out at the Supersprint. If you would like to learn how to *** All information correct at time of printing but gain your CAMS qualifications please contact Rudi 0418 442 subject to change - events are sometimes altered or 953 and he will tell you how to go about it. cancelled without notice. Check www.clubvw.org.au You can also pre-enter the Sunday Show ‘n’ Shine, for the latest information and any changes.