I Veteran and Vintagb Motoring

BIADBD IBBELSI - VETERAN AND VINTAGB MOTORING r JUNE 1958 T IH OF POW R ! /"" -R( / ) Whether VETERAN, EDWARDIAN, VINTAGE or MODERN they all need The LESCO POUR. A- CAN Stand It Up or Lay It Flat It Will Not Leak or Smell Made in Available Shortly fram Your Garage or One Gallon Se rvice Sta tion . and TU/o Gallon Manufactured Unde r ALL BOY Licence by Capacities SOUTHWARD ENGINEERING CO. LTD. Gracefield, Lower Hutt HAMPTON TYRE COMPANY LTO 126 OXFORD TERRACE, CHRISTCHURCH Leading Tyres N.Z.'s Supplied Tyre For All Stockists Vehicles Phone 77-296 From Scooters to P.O. Box 1803 Earth Movers BEADED EDGE TYRES STOCKED OR INDENTED FOR YOU!! Beaded Wheels is the voice of the Vintage and Veteran Car Movement in New Zealand and of the Clubs whose efforts are fostering and ever widening the interest in this movement and form rallying points for tha t ever incr easing band of en thusiasts. The fascination of age itself or revulsion from the flashy mediocrity of our present day is drawing an increasing number of motorists back to the individuality, solid worth , and func tional elegance that was demanded by a more discriminating generation and it is to these that we dedicate- L VOL. IV. No. 14 JUNE. 1958 Beaded Wheels IS Published f..-ditotia~ Quarterly by the VINTAGE CAR CL UB OF N .Z. INe. There are few persons interested in the evolution of the 20 HACKTHORNE ROAD motor car who have not at one time or another debated CHRISTCHURCH , s.z NEW Z EALAND the fate of the steam car. The apparent demise of this ** type of car at a comparatively early stage in motoring Yearly Subscription 6/- post free. history is a mystery to a great number of persons most * * of whom have never even seen a steam car much less one Individual copies 1/6 each in going order. * * Those who have known steam vehicles in the past are Editor: MRS M. J. ANDERSON usually quick to point out the virtues of silence. good * * acceleration and simplicity of transmission, but either A ssistant Editor: R. PORTER, slow or unwilling to define the vices or difficulties pecul Andersons Line. Carterton iar to this form of locomotion with the result that a very * * large number of persons seem to regard the demise of the Copy must be typed on one side of paper and sent to the Editor, 20 Hackthorne steam car as an untimely mystery. It is not uncommon to Road , Christehurch. find the knowledgeable and not so knowledgeable earn * * estly debating the virtues and shortcomings of steam and COPY FOR SEPTEMBER ISSUE CLOSES there are not a few suggestions that there may be a AUGUST 15TH revival of commercial interest in this form of motor transport. IN THIS ISSUE Did it die or was it killed? Was the steam car so far Editorial Page 1 ahead of its time that it has never gained the recognition Northern Natter " 2 which it merits or was it an anachronism from the days Road Test No. 14 4 of Stephenson? Is it conceivable that there could be a Picton " " 9 revival of interest in this field of automobile development The Intrepid Vintage Cadillac or has the steam car been firmly supplanted by the con Collector 18 ventional petrol engine. An even more controversial topic Three Schachts " 19 " -Will the jet propelled car supersede the internal com Time Tells Nothing 21 bustion engine? Book Review " 22 The view taken by some authorities is that the steam Letters to the Editor " 23 car is dead, presumably because of its obvious and appar More Recollections " 24 ently insurmountable shortcomings foremost of which is Tyre Situation " 25 its insatiable thirst. Clutton and Stanford in their excellent Photo Quiz " 26 book 'The Vintage Motor Car" say that the death war Canterbury Notes " 27 Wauganui Notes " 29 rant of the steam car as a racing vehicle was finally signed Otago Notes " 31 as early as 1895 and continue to say that steam des ign Classified Advertisements " 32 "remains a dead limb on the tree of motoring history". " Max Pemberton, referring to the White steam car in his book 'The Amateur Motorist" published in J907, writes COVER PHOTO "many engineers still believe that "steam" is the power of Wanganui Entrant; the much admired the future and will eventually prevail." Could these sup "Aero Morgan" of Chas. Withers resting porters of steam be more far-sighted than ever the author at the Picton picnic spot. Photo by Dove Barker or any of us imagine? The pages of "Veteran and Edward- (" ian Mot or Ca rs:' bv Da vid Sco tt- Mo ncrielf. co n th an Messrs Clutto n and Stan ford wo uld lead us tain many inte resting and co mplime ntary co m to believe. ment s on stea m vehicles a nd give th e impression And so the riddle rem ains-Is the stea m ca r th at the stea m car took a lot lon ger tim e to die dead or dormant? Northern Natter Chet Parker Vintage and Veteran Car Club (Auckland [nc.] President: B. McGinn Hon. Secretary: N . Adams Auckland Editor: P. V. Maxwell, 38 Golf Avenue, Otahuhu, Auckland. As we approac h mid-year 1958, it is interesting tion s ea rly in Ap ril, on wh ich occasion a parade to take stoc k of development s to dat e. of tran sport th rou gh the years fro m colon ial days T he Rot orua Rally , wh ich has rightly become was stage d . The borough officials were pleased at the Club's big annual attracti on , was th e most the sho wing, and thi s once more proves th e point successful yet, and attracted mor e entra nts tha n th at certa in of these civic affairs are well wort h ever. Ev en more important, the standard of the suppo rting. co mpe ting ca rs was immeasureably higher th an Always popul a r are gym kha nas, and quite a before. Ve ry pleasing is the manner in wh ich few of our d rivers are becoming ad ept at the so me owner s of wha t wer e in th e past fairly driving tests. T he Waik ato is rap idly becoming scruffy ca rs, are now gett ing cra cking, and are in more and more vintage minded, and on April fact vieing with eac h othe r at event after eve nt 15th. at T e Rap a, an excellent gymk ha na was with cars in conco urs co ndition or nearly so. held with a fine mu ster of cars fro m Au ckland, T he picni c meetings whi ch are held to allow H untl y, Hamilton , and Rot oru a. The H am ilton eve n the most non-competitive minded to enjoy boys need no lesson s in co nduct ing suc h an eve nt, th em selves, are stra nge ly en ou gh not well atte nd and we look forward to them ar riving at th e next ed , and fr ankly never have been . H ow ever , whe n gymkhan a in Au ckl an d. ever there is a tri al or a run to ano ther centre, Int erest in newly discovered vehicles co ntinues there is plenty of enthusiasm and plenty of to ab sorb people, and the numbers are still grow entrants, whi ch mu st tell us som ething or ot her? ing, for at T e Rap a wer e seen in all th eir glor y, A small co ntinge nt of good ca rs a tte nded th e severa l most exc iting cars not well kn own in the Northcote Borough's Anniversary D ay celebra - North before. 1925 20/60 Sunbeam Sports Tourer of P. V. Mall.well arriving ot the Show Grounds at the conclusion of the Rotorua Rally, in which it gained first place. Photo by Pho tocro ft Rotoruo Ltd . 2 George Gilltrap in his inimitable manner has THE LONG, LONG TRAIL TO A discovered and put int o co mmissio n a very rare VETERAN DELAGE Wolseley Sports two-seater light car of circ a Part 11 by Jim Francis 1923. This cha rming little ca r with its pointed On the trip home the little Delage went like a tail a nd gleam ing coachwo rk is probabl y the onl y cha rm non -stop , and just as well fo r the brake s one in New Zealand of the sma ll number ever were none too good. Everyo ne on the way stop pr oduced , and George would like to hear of any ped to have a look, for she was fairly rough an d one with kno wledge of the type. was bouncing a bout with all the insulat ion tape To G eorge however , the most thrilling acqu isi on the tyres. tion s for a long time and there have certainly On arrival home the next job was to find a been a few tasty acquisition s, are that beautiful corner to store her, while I gave her a coa t of brace of veter ans so long on the outskir ts of the paint and a genera l tighten do wn, also to find movem ent-the 190 I (or thereab outs) Panhard, some tyres. In the yard there was littl e room, and the ci rca 1905 Clement Bayard that pre v but af ter a few hours wo rk clear ing up , r man iously belonged to Lou Ren aldi .

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