Freewheeling August 2018

Freewheeling The magazine of the Rover Owners’ Club NSW and ACT. August 2018.

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President President’s Comments Ian Shearman president @roverownersclub.com.au As this is my last set of ramblings, I pass on to all of you my best wishes for our future in the Rover Own- Vice President Richard Dalziel vice-president ers’ Club, and especially for its ongoing success. The @roverownersclub.com.au AGM will be held later in this month and hopefully a new President will be elected at that time. If a new Club Captain President does not get elected, I think that the Club Andrew Holland club captain @roverownersclub.com.au may be heading for a serious problem in the future. Please consider whether you can step up for a leading Secretary role for the Club. In addition, the Secretary’s position Warren McEwen secretary @roverownersclub.com.au will also become vacant and this Office Bearer is criti- cal to the efficient running of the Club. Treasurer Richard Dalziel treasurer @roverownersclub.com.au Since my last Comments, some of our members have participated in an Oasis Run to Tobruk Sheep Station, Registrar a property at Maroota, not far from Wisemans Ferry. Robert Walker registrar @roverownersclub.com.au We were entertained by a very skilled and talented Jill- aroo about making damper, whip cracking, sheep dog Editor editor training, sheep shearing and boomerang throwing. As Ken Dunkley well we sampled damper with cockey’s joy for morn- @roverownersclub.com.au ing tea when we arrived and also were given a very Web master webmaster tasty lunch cooked over a barbecue. Rob Turner @roverownersclub.com.au A major outing for this year was the Mid Winter Run, which was our turn to organise this year. It comprised For a full list of all positions including phone num- a trip to the Mangrove Mountain Golf Club for lunch, bers, see the back pages of this magazine. with about 15 or so cars and 40 people for lunch. The The Rover Owners’ Club welcomes new other clubs participating were the Alvis Club, Daimler member:- and Lanchester Club and Armstrong Siddeley Club. In addition, our member Tony Cope invited some mem- Robert Belbin. bers of one of his other Clubs, the Jensen Club, to swell our numbers. Thanks to Andrew Holland and Robert has a P4 Richard Dalziel for organising it and making it such a great success. On 12th July, the Hunter All British Day was held in Newcastle; this gave our members in that Cover Photos area an opportunity to use their cars at a Club event. Front Cover: Tony Cope’s P4 105 and Nicholas For the future activities, we have the Shannon's Syd- Cope’s P4 90 at the Newcastle All ney Classic on Sunday 12th August, at which we hope British Day Display. Read more fur- to have 14 cars. ther into this issue of Freewheeling. photo by Tony Cope. As always, Back Cover: Happy Rovering. How’s this for a little runabout. And what an immaculate garage in which it is housed. One of many immaculate cars at the UK estate of a wealthy British person.. Ian Photo by Jim Paling in the UK. 3

Rover Owners’ Club Inc. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2018 .

Our ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING will be held after the August Meeting on Wednesday 22nd August 2018 at the Veteran Car Club Hall, 134 Queens Road, Five dock. All positions will be declared vacant and any financial member can nominate for any role.

Please note that certain roles require a proposer & and a seconder. In the case of several nominations, a vote of the members will be required. At their first meeting, the new committee appoints other roles. So here is your chance to nominate someone for a committee role or, in fact, why not ask someone to nominate you. Nominations need to be received with the Secretary either in person or by mail to the Club’s Post Office Box by Tuesday 7th August 2018.

In addition to the Office-Bearers, four committee The Management Committee meets every month to dis- positions are to be elected. cuss a number of issues affecting the club. The President chairs these meetings and minutes are kept. The Club’s Editor. Our regular magazine is the work of the editor Rules requires that the Management Committee consists who sets out the magazine and emails it to the webmaster of the office bearers of the Club (President, Vice- for electronic distribution to all members with an email President, Treasurer, Secretary, and Registrar), plus at address. The editor is responsible for content and to least three ordinary members of the club. ensure it reflects the ethos of the club.

The Management Committee encompasses the following ACT Representative. Represents the Club in the ACT roles: Region. Liaises with the Committee and ACT Region

members relating to local events. President. The President chairs the monthly general meeting as well as the monthly committee meeting. The Club Webmaster. Maintains the club’s web site to president is the spokesperson for the club and keeps an inform members and non-members of the club’s eye on strategic issues. activities, and distributes the monthly magazine, Free-

wheeling, by electronic distribution to all members with Vice President/Club Captain. Works closely with the an email address. President regarding the day-to-day running of the club but is also responsible for the various events held during Club Spares Officer. Keeps a record of the spares avail- the year. Chairs meetings in the President’s absence. able to club members. Receives and actions enquires

from club members and non-club members. Sets a price Treasurer. Manages the flow of funds and works closely on spares that are sold and arranges dispatch of sold items with the President to maintain control over our Club’s to buyers. budget. Maintains the club bank accounts.

Sub Committee Roles. There are a number of important Secretary. Responsible for the accurate recording of the roles that help run the club and these are known as the minutes of each general meeting as well as the committee Sub Committee positions. They may attend the commit- meetings. Also produces and distributes the committee tee meetings or report to an individual member of the meeting agenda. Responsible with the Public Officer to management committee instead who can take their re- render the annual return to the State Government. ports forward as needed. These roles form the backbone of the club, as they are responsible for items that are the Registrar. Maintains the membership records for the very essence of the club. If you would like one of these club. Provides a mailing list to the webmaster each roles please let the secretary know. The Sub-Committee month. May, in association with the postage officer, send positions are: material to new and prospective members Area Convenors, Club Plates NSW, Club Plates ACT, Club Shop, CMC Representative, Association of British Car Clubs Representative, Equipment Officer, Publicity Officer, Postage Officer, Vehicle Archivist. 4

Area Convenors. These members organise activities in Postage Officer. Distribution of the monthly magazine to their local area. They act as the club’s representatives in members is by electronic means to all those who have an their area. email address. A small number of magazines is still required to be distributed by normal post and the postage Club Plates Officer NSW. Maintains records of the officer arranges printing of these using a memory stick holders of club plates in NSW. Ensure club plate holders (or similar) provided by the editor and them mails them are aware of their responsibilities. as required using a mailing list provided by the registrar.

Club Plates Officer ACT. Maintains records of the Publicity Officer. Keeps the clubs profile high in the holders of club plates in the ACT. Ensure club plate appropriate areas. Makes certain the public knows about holders are aware of their responsibilities. our activities such as Clean Up Australia Day and our Display Day by preparing Rover NET. Club Shop Officer. Arranges stock of a number of items to be available to members. These range from stickers to Vehicle Archivist. Club members have many varied polo shirts. cars. The archivist keeps a record of who owns which car and records when cars are bought or sold. Records of CMC Representative. Takes our view to meetings of other interesting vehicles may also be kept. the Council of Motor Clubs as well as keeping us informed on what is happening in the veteran/classic car Public Officer. The Public Officer is not an elected area. officer of the club, but a person appointed by the Man- agement Committee to fulfil a statutory role. Recently, All British Representative. Takes our view to meetings the Treasurer has been the Public Officer, which means of the ABCC as well as keeping us informed on what is he/she is the officer responsible for the club’s statutory happening in the veteran/classic car area. affairs, including submitting Income Tax Returns to the Australian Tax Office and the Annual Return to the NSW Equipment Officer. Keeps a record of the club’s assets. Office of Fair Trading. Over the years tools and other items have vanished. The Equipment Officer does not store the equipment but keeps a record of where assets are held.

Rover Owners’ Club Inc. Reg No Y 2302602 Notice of Annual General Meeting - 2018

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Rover Owners’ Club Inc. will be held on Wednesday 22nd August 2018 following the August General Meeting. The August General Meeting will be held at 8.00 pm at the Veteran Car Club Hall, 134 Queens Road, Five Dock.

By order of the Committee Warren McEwen, Secretary. 13 June 2018.

Agenda. 1. Apologies 2. Presentation of the Alan Tester Award, J.K. Starley Award, Royce Cole Award, Chris Lloyd-Owen Award, Viking Shield, Laurie McKay Award. 3. Receive and adopt the accounts for the financial year ended 30th June 2018. 4. Receive and adopt the President’s Report. 5. General Business 6. Election of new committee. 7. Close AGM.

Rover Owners’ Club Inc. Nomination Form for 2018—2019 Office Bearers and Committee. I, (print full name)………………………………………………………………………………………………………. of (Print address)……………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Wish to nominate for a committee position of the Rover Owners’ Club Inc as circled below. (if more than one please indicate preference 1,2,3…. Etc)

Office bearers: President, Vice President/Club Captain, Treasurer, Secretary, Registrar. General Committee: Committee person (ACT Representative), Committee person (Editor), Committee person (Webmaster) Committee Person (Spare Parts Manager).

Proposed by …………………………………. Seconded by ………………………………………

Rover Owners’ Club Inc. Nomination Form for 2018—2019 Sub Committee Positions. I……………………………… wish to nominate for the positions circled below Area Convenor Northern NSW. Hunter. Southern NSW. Southern Highlands NSW. Illawarra. Western NSW.

Club Plates (NSW) Club Plates (ACT) Club Shop CMC Delegate All British Representative Librarian Equipment Officer Postage Officer Publicity Officer Vehicle Archivist

Please note. All nominations to be lodged with the Secretary either in person or by mail to the Club’s PO Box by Tuesday 7th August 2018. Only financial members as at 22 August 2018 will be permitted to vote. Office bearer roles will be decided at the AGM. Sub- committee roles will be selected at the first meeting of the new committee and announced at the September general meeting.

ROVE 2018, SHEPPARTON 27th to 30th April 2018

Text and photos by: Thea and Ian Shearman

The 2018 Rove was organised by the Rover Car Club of Australia, centred in Victoria, from 27th to 30th April 2018. Thea and I enjoy going because we are able to a catch up with many friends made over the years as well as being able to see more of our great country. Also, we like to arrive at the venue a day before the action starts so that we can become a bit conversant with the host town.

We also do not like to travel more than about 500 km or so per day, so we planned to set out on Wednesday 25th April, Anzac Day, with a stopover in Albury. A chance comment exchanged with Robert Walker indicated that Au- gusta and he had the same thoughts, so I booked into the same hotel, as well as planning to meet them at Sallys Corner roadhouse for morning tea, about 10:00 am.

With those plans confirmed, Thea and I resolved to start out between 8:00 and 8:30 am on Anzac morning. The traffic was the lightest we had encountered over the route leading to the M31 Motorway. But, not long after we entered it, I had a terrible thought: “Where was my wallet and all its contents?” I stopped at the first emergency stopping bay and had a quick look into our luggage, but could not find the missing item. So, the next option was to leave the motorway at the first exit we came to, which turned out to be the one leading to Campbelltown. And I resolved not to stop in one of those emergency bays again unless it was really necessary, as vehicles passing close by at 100 km/h or more is quite unnerving! So, into the exit ramp and we were immediately confronted with a breath testing troupe of police, perhaps as many 6 cars with the attendant officers. “Good morning, Sir. Please count to five into the tester. OK. Now, please may I see your licence.” I replied that I had left it at home and had just turned off the motorway to return home. But my licence number is xxxxxx. Out with Constable’s phone and a few key strokes yield the question: “What is your name?’ I replied and her response was “OK on your way and have a great day”. We went around the first corner where there was enough space for me to search the back seat and boot safely – still no wallet which left us with two rather cross people. Before leaving that spot, I rang Robert Walker, with the phone being answered by Augusta, to tell them what had happened and that we would not be able to meet them until the evening. It happened that they we just passing the exit road which we had just traversed.

Our retracing of the route brought us back home, just 1 hour after we had left. The wallet was in the back seat of Thea’s Honda Jazz, just where I thought it would be. On the way home, we passed Rosehill Racecourse and the traffic was extremely heavy, so we returned another way, using the M2 and M7. This would have been much faster, but the outcome was that we wasted 2 hours and 10 minutes, as well as driving 122 km unnecessarily.

Now back on track. Instead of morning tea with Augusta and Robert at Sallys Corner facilities, it was a much less relaxed lunch, with our next break at the Dog on the Tuckerbox near Gundagai about mid afternoon. The rest of the drive to Albury was uneventful and we were able to book into the hotel before dark. Then meeting up with Augusta and Robert for a drink or so before dinner, which we had in the Commercial Club opposite.

The next morning brought blue skies and some low lying fog, which cleared fairly early. We left a little before the others and were able to have an easy drive to Shepparton, arriving about mid-day. After a light lunch we did a reconnais- sance of the town to get our bearings for the next few days. And in the evening we met at the local RSL Club for dinner with other early participants to the Rove, organised by Glenys Williamson.

After breakfast next morning, we did some sight-seeing around the town. One of the activities was to visit a chocolate apple factory where sampled some of their wares – very tasty and decadent. Of course we splurged on some!

One of the tourist highlights in Shepparton is a display of life size and very lifelike model cows, painted in bright col- ours, situated in one of the parks. All cows are different and often relate to nursery rhymes or something of interest to the area. A brown cow had the sign on it “How Now”. Another is covered with strawberries, and cream is running down the sides. In addition there are a few scattered around the town, such as outside the Police Station, and painted wearing a police uniform complete with a cap. During the morning we also took our car to be washed for the next few day’s activities.

That evening saw the start of the Rove itself, held in the rooms of the Goulburn Valley Motor Vehicle Drivers Club. Just imagine having a site of about half a hectare for parking with a spacious building complete with a kitchen and other facilities. There was much more parking space for the 60 odd cars there, and we had plenty of room inside. The members of the local club did the catering and they did a superb job – plenty of finger food and a wide array of drinks.

The next day we were broken into two groups, one to visit a winery and the other to go to a cidery. Thea and I chose the former. The drive through the nearby countryside which was very attractive and took about an hour, reaching our destination, Tallis Winery, in time for a pleasant and very relaxed morning tea. At the end of this, the wine maker spoke to us about the history of the establishment, together with some comments about their wines. Following this we were invited into the winery shop for some tasting. This went down very well.

After about an hour, we assembled again with our cars and returned to the small village of Dookie, where we were to have our lunch at the Dookie Memorial Hall, catered for by the Gladstone Hotel next door. There was a wonderful array of hot and cold savouries and sweets. I am sure that everybody had as much, or more than, they could eat! Before leaving Dookie many of us visited the Dookie Emporium, stuffed full with old wares for sale which brought back many happy memories. Following that, we were able to choose whatever we liked to do from a short list provided by the RCCA. Thea and I chose to go to the Shepparton Heritage Centre. Others went to Maskells Customs and Classic, a car restorer’s workshop.

The Heritage Centre is located in the town and exhibits many items from the local area. Included with these are some objects from the Furphy collection, mainly related to the famous water carts used at the time of the First World War. As well, there was some farm machinery and a mock-up of an old forge and workshop. One of the volunteer staff had col- lected a number of photos relating to the motoring history of the town, especially for our visit; how pleasing to be treat- ed in this way.

Opposite the Museum is the Police Station, where there is the police cow, as noted earlier in this description.

The evening activity was an informal dinner at Olive house, at Kialla West. We had the luxury of being taken there by bus, so there was not the pressure of finding our way along a strange road in darkness after having a drink or two. This event was very well planned, with a pleasant menu accompanied by good friends. There was a guest speaker also, George Gosbell, one of the inaugural members of the RCCA who reminisced about the early days of the Club. Several hours later we were returned by bus to our motels.

Sunday was the highlight of the Rove, with all of us driving to Emerald Bank Leisure Land where we were able to display our vehicles in model order. In particular, the P2s and P3s made a spectacular display. One of the things to do there was to visit the motor museum situated beside an artificial lake where we all displayed our cars prior to looking at the wide range of vehicles, cars, bicycles and motor cycles; plus an International bus of 1912 vintage. David Williamson also had his 1925 Rover 9 there. The Museum is easily found because of the windmill nearby. It is interesting to note that the Museum itself does not own any of the display items; it uses privately owned vehicles which are not kept there for a long time; this ensures that there is a continuous change of the display. The Motor Museum was also the venue for lunch. About one third of the floor area had been cleared and tables and chairs set up to cater for us. There was a great array of food, including sandwiches and cold savouries, plus cakes, coffee and tea, as well as soft drinks.

For the afternoon we were free to continue looking around the general area or do whatever else we fancied.

That evening was the formal dinner, held in the motel where we and many others were staying. We were allocated to specific tables so we would be able to meet some new people. The food, as usual, was very enjoyable. Afterwards the presentations were made; our Club achieved three awards, Denis Barr for his P2, Peter Colwell for his P4 and Ray Gar- rett for his SD1. Congratulations to each of them. The Guest Speaker for the evening was a Shepparton local identity, John Gribben, who spoke about some of the activities during the Second World War. Following the usual speeches, Paul Tol, from the South Australian Club made a presentation about the next Rove to be held in Victor Harbour in 2020.

Th next morning was the Farewell Breakfast, held in the Car Club rooms. As for the welcome evening, the members of that Club did a great job and we were able to say goodbye to our friends, new and old. Then, it was on our way home after a very pleasant and full weekend. Congratulations to the RCCA for a superb event. Some of the Rove participants, including several of our members, then started on their tour of Tasmania organised by Glenys Williamson and her wonderful team.

Thea and I did not go straight home. We had made arrangements to call in to Wagga Wagga to see our good friends Val and Arthur Garthon for afternoon tea. They made us very welcome and afterwards Arthur took us to his Son’s and Daughter-in-law’s farm where he stores his fleet of veteran and vintage vehicles: the 1905 Rover, Delahaye (1912), Crossley (1919) and Rover (1924).

Following a pleasant overnight stay in Quality Inn Carriage House at Wagga Wagga, we continued to Canberra where we caught up with our son Doug at our usual stopping off place, Tradies at Dickson, and thence to home on Wednesday afternoon. A great week away.

Shepparton is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in northern Victoria, Australia, approximately 181 kilometres (112 mi) north-northeast of Melbourne. At June 2016, the estimated urban population of Shepparton, including Mooroopna, was 50,198.

It began as a sheep station and river crossing in the mid-19th century, before undergoing a major transformation as a railway town. Today it is an agricultural and manufacturing centre, and the centre of the Goulburn Valley irrigation system, one of the largest centres of irrigation in Australia. It is also a major regional service city and the seat of local government and civic administration for the City of Greater Shepparton, which includes the surrounding towns of Tatura, Merrigum, Mooroopna, Murchi- son, Dookie, Toolamba and Grahamvale.

The name of Shepparton is derived from the surname of one of the area's first European settlers, Sher- bourne Sheppard, and not, as is sometimes imagined, from Shepperton, England.

Hunter Valley. All British Display Day. Saturday 14 July 2018 Text and photos by: by Tony Cope This event just gets bigger and bigger every year no doubt helped by the stunning location on the north facing foreshore of Newcastle Harbour and the relaxed ambience – just turn up and display – no fees or booking required.

This year was also blessed by a stunningly clear and still winter’s day with good warmth in the sun burning off the morning chill.

The Rover Club were out in force, and while I did not count the numbers precisely the Jaguar and MG clubs had the largest numbers followed by the Rover, Triumph and Lotus clubs. And many local clubs such as the Central Coast and Taree clubs also had displays – dotted amongst these was a very smart red P6B, a gold SD1, and more than a fair number of Rover 75’s – there is no question that the new (well not so new now) 75 is already being considered a classic – get yourself a good one now for posterity!

As members will know my other interest is Jensens and there were four on display, three of them from the Central Coast club.

Through my work career I have been involved in Newcastle property for many decades, and with the removal of the railway line bisecting Newcastle and the opening up of the Honeysuckle precinct I was so impressed with the new developments flowing down to the foreshore, and the adaptive reuse of the historic structures previously on railway land. No wonder so many people are moving to this rapidly evolving city with all the improving lifestyle and amenity it now offers.

ROC cars and member in attendance were: Nicholas Cope and Flavia Hodges P4 90 Tony Cope P4 105 Mark Cairney and Jacqueline Harrison P6 2000TC Auto Jonathon Armstrong P6B Series 1/2 Manual Richard Dalziel P6B Series 1 Barry Murdoch P6B Series 2 Charles Everingham P6B Series 2 Ian Shearman New 75 Dennis and Alison Trigg New 75 Barry Murdoch New 75 Tourer Warren McEwen and Andrew Holland Swallow Doretti

It was also pleasing the number of other Rover owners who made themselves known including a P4 105S being restored in Wallsend and another potential member looking for a P4.

Always a good event – make sure you get there next year

Veteran Ventures. Text and photos by Gail and Peter Scott

Back in mid-June, Peter and myself loaded the veteran Rover and Rudge motor cycles into the van and headed for Queensland. We were entered in a rally for pre 1918 motorcycles, commemorating the centenary of motorcycling in Queensland.

Our first night’s stop was with a dear friend in Coffs Harbour. That was the easy part of the journey. Next day we headed for Peak Crossing, Queensland. We decided to follow the GPS instructions as we had no idea where we were headed. Well, we had a beautiful journey through some glorious countryside. The road was certainly not built for Iveco vans. We had turned off the highway just past Grafton, which is all I can tell you, dear readers. After six hours and having past a sign mentioning Queensland, we hoped that we were nearly there. Did I mention that the scenery was spectacular? A further hour or so and we saw quite a few roof-tops in the middle of nowhere. Yes, it turned out to be Flinders Peak Winery.

We were sharing one of the twenty something villas with friends from Brisbane. The villas were luxurious. Two double bedrooms, with en-suites. The open plan living area had a very modern kitchen, so modern that we never did work out how to use the cook top. We stayed with fry-pan and micro wave – much safer.

After booking in and settling in to our accommodation, we greeted many friends who also made the trip. One family in their newly fitted-out single decker bus. That evening there was a welcome BBQ. The next morning the veteran bikes took off with most of the wives following in a mini bus.

Peter riding the Veteran Rudge Whitworth at the rally in Queensland Photo by Gail Scott.

Our destination was a park in Ipswich for the locals to see the bikes. Lunch was a ‘buy your own’ at the one and only small take-away shop across the road. The route back to base was a pleasant ‘tourist drive’ past more wineries. The area is known as ‘The scenic rim’. A scenic circle of hills around a very fertile agricultural area.

The next morning, Sunday, the rally took us to Lake Moogerah for morning tea. This is a beautiful spot and I’m sure full of tourists in summer. It was very windy and cold but Peter and I walked down to the weir and out onto the dam wall. We took another tourist road to Harrisville for a good pub lunch, then the scenic route back to the winery. On Monday we had morning tea at Boonah State School. The mothers’ club had cooked-up a storm. The children, who were so well behaved, gradually filed out and had a ball squeezing the horns or pressing the klaxons. Some were even invited to sit on the motorcycles. Hopefully they will grow into veteran motorcyclists.

We then had to tear ourselves away and head for Mt Alford for another pub lunch. Yes, there was a lot of eating all week. The trip back to the winery crossed a couple of yesterday’s roads. This was the longest ride, 123km. The Tuesday’s run took us to Warril View where we had morning tea, then on to Rosewood for lunch at the school. Along the way we passed through Mount Walker, Mount Forbes and Mutdapilly, which is near Willowbank Raceway. Wednesday’s run took us through Washpool, Milbong, and Obum Obum to Roadvale’s Panorama Motorcycle Museum for morning tea. There was something for everyone. A wonderful collection of old household and motoring memorabilia. The rally then took us through Allandale and Boonah to lunch at the Royal Hotel at Kalbar. After yet more food, we took a fairly straightforward route back to Peak Crossing. Thursday’s run was one of the shorter days, a mere 95 ½ kms. We left Flinders Peak winery, thread our way through Washpool, Milora and Kulgun to a splendid morning tea at the Kalbar School. It was on to Aratula Hotel for lunch then a scenic ride through Charlwood and Fassifern Valley. That evening was the farewell dinner. This was at the winery. They cater for weddings in a large barn-like area next to the wine making shed. A very pleasant evening, with plenty of good food and a well-stocked bar. The next morning most people had to load-up and head for home. Sad farewells, but happy knowledge that we will all meet up again at the next veteran rally. Our trip home was easier, we decided to stick to motorways. We drove almost into Ipswich then took the motorway to- wards the Gold Coast. Then it was an easy trip to Coffs Harbour.

One of the veteran Rover at the rally.

Rudge Whitworth

Rudge Whitworth Cycles was a British bicycle, bicycle saddle, motorcycle and sports car wheel manufacturer that resulted from the merger of two bicycle manufacturers in 1894, Whitworth Cycle Co of Birmingham, founded by Charles Henry Pugh (1840–1901) and his two sons Charles Vernon and John, and Rudge Cycle Co of Coventry (which descended from a bicycle company founded by Daniel Rudge of Wolverhampton).

Rudge motorcycles were produced from 1911 to 1946. The firm was known for its innovations in engine and transmis- sion design, and its racing successes. Their sales motto was "Rudge it, do not trudge it." The company also produced the first detachable wire wheel in 1907, and was known for its knockoff wheels on sports cars; that brand continued well into the 1960s. Wire wheels In the early 1900s John Pugh (1872-1936), son of company founder Charles Pugh and a pioneer motorist, decided that there had to be a better way of dealing with punctured tyres than having to change the tyre with the wheel still fixed to the car. In competition with Victor Riley of the Riley Cycle Company they both designed a detachable wheel locked in place by a single large nut. Pugh was granted a patent for his wheel in 1908. There were detailed differences in the design resulting in legal disputes between the two companies over the intellectual rights to the detachable wheel. Pugh eventually lost the dispute following appeal to the House of Lords. The design of the hub has three main elements - a splined hub to locate the wheel and two mating cones, one at the inner end which centres the wheel and the other at the nut end. These cones transmit the majority of the torque to the wheel freeing the splines of much of the load. One of the key features of the Pugh design is that it is self tightening. The wheels on the right side of the car have a left hand thread on the nut and vice versa. If the wheel becomes loose the tendency is for the locking nut to tighten and hold the wheel securely. The system was taken up enthusiastically by the racing fraternity where the advantage of a quick change wheel was obvi- ous. At the 1908 Isle of Man TT race, 21 of the 35 entrants used Rudge-Whitworth wheels, and only one of the finishers didn't. By 1913, the use of detachable wire wheels was universal in grands prix. After World War II the rights to the Rudge-Whitworth wheel was acquired by Jaguar Cars.

Bicycles In 1938, Rudge-Whitworth sponsored Billie Fleming to attempt the distance record for the most miles covered in a year. They provided a bicycle with three-speed derailleur gears and a cyclometer, as well as financial support so that she could cycle for 365 days continuously. Her record of 29,603.7 miles (47,642.5 km) still stood at her death, aged 100 in 2014.

Motorcycles Rudge Multigear Selling re-badged Werners in 1909, the company went on to produce their first motorcycle in 1911, a single- cylinder F-head (IOE – inlet over exhaust), 500 cc bike. In 1912 the belt drive 499 cc Rudge Multigear was released, using variable groove-depth pulleys to gain 21 forward gear ratios, and a top gear as high as 2.75:1. (The Zenith Gradua and 1907 FN 244 cc single used a similar system.) In 1913 a 750 cc Multigear was released. In 1914 Cyril Pullin won the Isle of Man TT on a Rudge Multigear. Together with the Zenith-Gradua this was one of the first continuously variable transmissions (CVT). In 1915 a 1000 cc using a Jardine four-speed gearbox was released, followed by a 1000 cc Multigear. In 1923, they introduced an in-house manufactured 4-speed gear box to replace the Jardine gearbox, and Multigear production ended. Rudge Four It was called a Rudge Four, because of the four speeds and four valves, not four cylinders. This single-cylinder 350 cc machine showed markedly superior performance to the competition on release, having more power than its 500 cc prede- cessor. Rudge engineer, George Hack, is said to have taken his design idea from the four-valve head Triumph Ricardo (produced from 1921–28). He designed a four-valve head for Rudge and in 1924 they produced their first four-valve cylinder head on a 350 cc engine. The valves were arranged in parallel, and were not radial. In 1925, a 500 cc version with linked front and rear brakes appeared, and the big end bearings were now fed oil through the crankshaft pin. The old 350 cc was dropped in 1926. For 1928 Rudge motorcycles were fitted with saddle tanks, and 8-inch internal expanding drum brakes. Stanley Glanfield designed a Rudge for dirt racing, marketed from 1928 as the Glanfield Rudge. Racing Ulster Grand Prix In 1928 Graham Walker won the Ulster Grand Prix averaging over 80 mph. This prompted the release of the Rudge Ul- ster, as well as a JAP-engined 250 cc and parallel 4-valve 350 cc. The Ulster was one of their most famous models. 15

1930s Isle of Man TT victories Rudge bikes finished first, second and third at the 1930 Junior TT using prototype radial 350 cc 4-valve engines. They also took first and second in the Senior TT. The road bike engines were changed to dry sump lubrication. The JAP 250 and the parallel four-valve 350 cc ended production in this year. In 1931 Rudge released its first 250 cc and 350 cc road machines with the radial-valve layout. TT Replicas were available in 350 cc and 500 cc. The parallel-valve 500 cc was also available in Special and Ulster models, the Ulster now having a 100 mph guarantee. First and second were taken in the 1931 Lightweight TT, and in 1932, second and third. A radial-head 500 cc was produced for 1932 only. A 250 cc TT Replica was built, and the road bikes were fitted with proper oil bath primary chains, and a stand that could be operated "with just one finger". Motorcycle Speedway During the 1920s and early 1930s, Rudge motorcycles were also popular in Motorcycle speedway. Those who rode them during their career included 1938 World Champion Bluey Wilkinson of Australia who started his speedway career in 1928 on a battered old belt-driven Rudge. Rudge Cyclecar Between 1912 and 1913 the company entered the booming cyclecar market. Their car used the Rudge multi-speed trans- mission, with belt drive throughout, offering ratios ranging from 14 to 1 to 3.5 to 1. The ratios were selected by a lever working in a gate which divided the gear range into ten different ratios. The engine was an air-cooled 750 cc single cylinder engine with a bore of 85mm and stroke of 132mm fitted with a Senspray carburettor. The price in 1912 was 135 guineas. There are reports that the two seat bodies had the seats staggered to fit in the narrow body, but this is not evident from the photograph taken at the 1912 Olympia Motor Cycle and Cycle Car show.

Decline With the depression biting, 1933 was the last year of production for dirt-track bikes, and the TT Replicas. The Ulster 500 cc was fitted with a "semi-radial" (parallel valves with radial ports) cast-iron head. For 1934 the Ulster had its head cast in aluminium bronze, and a radial four-valve 250 cc Sports was released. Rudge motorcycles took the first three places in the 1934 Lightweight TT. A two-valve 250 cc was produced in 1935, and in 1936 the last of the radial four-valve 250 cc model were produced, while round-tube forks were introduced on other models. In 1937 the valve gear became fully enclosed on the 500 cc models, but finances were bad and Rudge was bought by EMI, and production was interrupted, being moved to Hayes, Hillingdon in Middlesex. A 250 cc two-valve Sports was released in 1938, and for early 1939 the Ulster had an RR50 aluminium cylinder head. Production ceased in December 1939, to convert to radar production for the war effort.

Source for above and photos is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudge-Whitworth

Left Rudge Ulster 500 CC motorcycle

Below Rudge cyclecar. Source for both photos is Wikipedia

J.A.P. Engines

JA Prestwich Industries, was an English manufacturing company named after founder John Alfred Prestwich, which was formed in 1951 by the amalgamation of J.A.Prestwich and Company Limited and Pencils Ltd.

John Prestwich, an engineer, commenced manufacture of scientific instruments in 1895, when he was 20, initially be- hind his father's house at 1 Lansdowne Road, Tottenham, London. By 1911 he had moved to new premises in Tariff Road, within the Northumberland Park area of Tottenham, London, and which still exists as of 2015. Prestwich was initially best known for his cinematography cameras and projectors. He worked with S.Z. de Ferranti and later the cinema pioneer William Friese-Greene. In about 1902 J.A.Prestwich and Company started the manufacture of motorcycle engines which were used in many famous motorcycle marques. The motorcycle engines were associated with racing and record success and were still used in speedway bikes well into the 1960s. Prestwich also made some engines for aeroplanes. In 1919 Prestwich formed Pencils Limited to exploit his invention of new machinery and the company made Master Pencils, also in Tariff Road. In the nineteen thirties engine production increasingly focused on small industrial and agricultural engines. During WWII Prestwich produced around 240,000 industrial petrol engines in support of the war effort, together with millions of aircraft parts, fuses, etc. In 1951 the assets of J.A.Prestwich and Company Limited and Pencils Ltd were taken over by J.A.Prestwich Industries Limited which was registered on 23 April 1951 and floated on the London Stock Exchange shortly after. By 1957 prac- tically all the shares in the company had been acquired by Villiers Engineering Company Limited of Wolverhampton, which also made motorcycle and industrial engines. The engineering works in Northumberland Park closed in 1963 and J.A.Prestwich Industries Limited was liquidated in 1964. Papers, photographs and publicity material relating to the company are held at the Bruce Castle Museum Tottenham and the Science Museum Library & Archives. Aircraft engines Early aircraft were light and basic, and needed a reliable and lightweight engine to power them. JAP motorcycle engines were often used in this application. A JAP engine was used in A V Roe's 1909 triplane, regarded as the first all- British aircraft, and for a while Prestwich and Roe had a partnership. JA Prestwich at first would deliver the same engine to the aircraft manufacturer, allowing them to make local modifications – mainly larger venturi tubes for the carburettor, to allow for greater air intake at altitude. But in the late 1920s/early 1930s JA Prestwich produced various heavier engines under licence, including those for the UK market for Aeronca

Cinema Cinematographic equipment including cameras, printers, mutoscopes, cutting and perforating machines, and projectors, such as the Bioscope projectors for the Warwick Trading Company and Charles Urban, were produced by the company in the early part of the 20th century.

Motorcar engines JAP engines were extensively used in cyclecars in the 1910 to 1914 period when they were very popular with large numbers of small manufacturers. In 1914 JAP announced a new engine made specifically for the cyclecar, which was a V-twin of 90mm bore and 85mm stroke (1082cc). The engine had a larger flywheel than the motorcycle engine and an enclosed magento drive. The engine was illustrated fitted to a Morgan three-wheeler. In light of JAP's development of high powered but light engines for speedway, some low volume pre-war car manufacturers, including G.N., T.B., Morgan Motor Company and Reliant, used JAP engines to power their vehicles. This use of the JAP extended into motor racing after World War II; most were used in specialist UK lightweight formulas, or more extensively in Formula 3 racing after developments by John Cooper. In its later life, JA Prestwich also produced components for other vehicle manufacturers, including the cylinder head for the Lotus Cortina and the early versions of the Ford-based Lotus Elan engines.

Motorcycles From 1904 to 1908 complete motorcycles were produced from the development of the first overhead valve motorcycle engine to be produced in the UK.

After that the factory concentrated on supplying its engines to other manufacturers, including Brough Superior, Tri- umph, A. J. Stevens & Co. Ltd, Enfield Cycle Co, Hazlewoods Limited, Zenith Motorcycles, and HRD Motorcycles, the forerunner of Vincent Motorcycles. Machines that incorporated its engines included the AJS Model D, fabricated for the Russians in the First World War. JAP exported significant numbers of engines to foreign motorcycle manufacturers including Dreschnd Terrot in France, and Ardie, Hecker and Tornax in Germany. Latterly, JAP engines (under Villiers control) were used in motorcycle racing, and most commonly speedway or dirt track. Various en- thusiasts continued development of the engine into the 70's primarily for grass track, speedway and long track use. Variants included the use of 4 valve heads, twin spark plugs and early electronic ignition systems. Some were modified to run as alcohol fuelled engines primarily for speedway use. All the engines were 4 stroke. Use of the engine declined in the 70's as competing engines from Jawa-CZ and GM were developed giving better performance.

Railway trolleys Early models of the permanent way maintenance ganger's Wickham trolley used a vee-twin JAP engine. This drove through a large flat flywheel and a friction drive. In the 1950s other Wickham trolley's used the 600 cc JAP engine and drove through a clutch, tail shaft and bevel drive. Stationary engines J.A. Prestwich also made stationary engines under the JAP name for a variety of uses. They ranged in size from the smallest model 0 two-stroke engine to the much larger type 6 engine, and were used on rotovators, generating sets, milk- ing sets, water pumps, lawnmowers, hay elevators and other agricultural machines. Most were 4-stroke, but there were some 2-stroke engines such as the model 0; they were quite reliable, and examples can still be seen at vintage rallies around Britain. J.A.P. also had a factory in Chelmsford Road, Southgate, London, employing 40 to 50 people, where these engines were being made in 1955.

Converting a P4 and an Early P5 Windscreen Wiper System To A Two Speed System Text and photos by George Berger.

The Lucas DR3 wiper motor was used in a variety of cars over the 50’s and 60’s in a number of different formats. There were single speed and 2 speed models. Some models operated the park switch by simply stopping the wipers at the end point and others by reversing the motor and parking the wipers off the screen. On Rovers they were used in the P4 after about 1952 and early P5.

The operation of the wiper is the opposite of that of most motors. The wiper is permantly live and all switching is done by earthing through different pathways. When the motor is running it is earthed through the control switch. When it is turned off it no longer earths through the switch but continues to run as it is still earthed through the park switch. When it opens the park switch it is no longer earthed and stops. To restart the motor needs to be earthed through the control switch so that it will go past the park switch. On the Rover wipers turning off the switch also reverses the connections to the armature and field coils to reverse the motor. Depending on how the wiper is mounted it may operate in the opposite direction. The Rover wiper parks by pulling the cable and others park pushing the cable out. This is hard wired in and can only be reversed by resoldering the connections inside the wiper.

These have 4 wires plus live and earth wires at the motor and an extra earth at the switch. Models that do not reverse to park have a live wire to the motor, a switch wire from the motor to the switch and earthing to the motor and switch. With Lucas logic the live wire is labelled 2 on the wiper case and the switch wire is labelled 1.

There are also 2 speed wipers. Two speed wipers have an extra switch wire for the second speed. They are made with a length of resistor wire over the field winding. A higher resistance means that the motor has to rotate faster to generate the same voltage, but with less torque. Wipers should not be started or turned on to fast speed immediately or it may stall or activate the thermal cut out if fitted or burn out the motor.

A Jaguar 2 speed wiper motor is probably the easiest to find. It has the same size gear wheel in it. But it operates in the reverse direction and so would need to have some of the internal connections resoldered round the other way. A Jaguar 2 speed switch can then be used. An extra wire is needed but there already is an extra green wire there. The Rover picks up the live feed at the switch and then through the wiper loom to the connection at the motor. This can be used as the extra switch wire and a live feed picked up in the engine bay direct from the fuse box.

Another option is to use a 3 position switch as used for headlights and 4 changeover relays. They can be placed near the wiper motor. This gives the same wiper operation and also works with motors that run in the opposite direction by reversing the wires at the relays. the first of the four relays switches the speed. Two relays reverse the wires to the motor for reverse parking. One relay earths the motor so it can start when the parking switch is on.

Most of this came from articles on the Internet and from following the wiring and switch diagrams.

Having got this far I realised that the extra resistance for the fast speed does not have to in side the motor but can be outside. The only difference between the slow and fast speed is an extra resistance in the line to the field coil. Therefore I did not have to use the 2 speed motor. The standard P4 or P5 DR3 could be used. To find the correct resistance I ex- perimented with a variable resistor used on the fan switch or the panel lights but it was to erratic for any proper meas- urement. Then I tried using a range of light globes from headlights down to dashboard lights. A 5W park light was just right. It gave a speed of about 60 rpm as compared to the regular speed of about 40.I bought a 5W ceramic resistor which worked but I could not find a neat way to mount it securely. The idea of using a bulb holder and a 5W bulb seemed to be a good one. Then I remembered that the P6 use resistor wire in the connection to the coil. So I went to Jaycar searching for resistor wire. A meter of this is just right. I covered it with some heat shrink ,soldered into the switch wire and tried wrapping it round the loom. It produces some heat but not too much.

The switch wire for both speeds can be taken off the brown single speed switch wire.

When everything works the relays can be mounted on relay connectors which lock together and keep all the wiring in order. The loom can then be wrapped cut to length and have suitable terminals fixed on. Micro relays can be used instead of the square relays as the wiper only draws about 4 amps. They also take up less space.

Now comes the hard part. A suitable 2 speed switch is needed. A Lucas PRS5 or PRS7 also used on Jaguars can be used. Otherwise a 3 position switch as a headlight switch can be used, along with a bank of 4 relays mounted just below the wiper motor.

I have done this conversion on my MG Magnette and it works well.

Note George can supply wiring diagrams of the wiper system if you require it. Contact George direct by email to [email protected]

Club News!

Club Display Day and a Mystery for you. Sunday 14 October 2018 The Club Display Day and venue has been selected.

It will be at Ansell Park, 2 Percival Street, Clarendon.

• Contact Richard Dalziel Mob 0412 709 228 Email [email protected] Andrew Holland Mob | 0414 625 236 Email [email protected]

Ansell Park has plenty of grass and shade as well as all the facilities you need for a good day out. The grounds have been booked for the use of the R.O.C. so be there! And be part of history.

Now here is a mystery for you to solve.

What other significant event took place on 14 October? (Hint) It went off with a bang. Answer will be provided at the Display Day and there will be the usual Mars Bar prize for the correct answer.

The December Meeting Date The December meeting date has been finalised as

Thursday 13 December 2018.

This is the second Thursday of the month and a different day of the month from the last few years so make sure you update your diary NOW!

An updated membership roll call from the Club Registrar

Total membership 233 This comprises honorary and life/founding members 8 Members 194 Family members 31

In June/July new members 1 New family members 0 In June/July additional vehicles 1

Total numbers of vehicles registered 362.

All British Day on 23rd September It is VITAL that you read the notice from the organising committee of the All Brit- ish day. This has been reproduced on the following page; but updated versions may be available and you should check the web site. Of particular interest is the limitations on time of entry and departure.

You really need to check and obey this.

Reproduction of part of the Website for the All British Day on 23 September. You NEED to read this! If you are going!

Welcome to the 2018 All British Day

This year you will note the date has been changed to 23Rd September. Through your club donations, time and efforts the total sum of $9,500.00 has been raised, allowing us to make a financial contribution of $3,000.00 to Prostate Associ- ation & Arthritis Australia, $3,000.00 to The Kings School and $500.00 to Marine Rescue.

Each year the Committee strive to evolve and improve the event for benefit of all participants and has resulting in a number of changes;

The overall field layout has been revised to make way for a themed display area and expansion of The Kings School Art Show. Your nominated representative will have more information on the selection of cars for this display, should you wish to enter. 2018 Entry for the event will remain via Masons Drive, North Parramatta. This gate will be opened from 7.00am until 9.30am.

Under no circumstance are vehicles to drive against the entry traffic flow in the morning. All cars are required to have their 2018 Entry Label attached to the inside of their front windscreen, clearly visible prior to entry. This sticker is elec- trostatically fixed and will not damage your screen, being easily removed after the event. Any vehicle found without their sticker affixed to the front windscreen as instructed will be asked by the Parking Marshall's to park in the holding area prior to the field gate until the sticker installation has been rectified. This is required to assist in the ease of traffic management and achieving all participant’s vehicle placement within the allotted time.

Lost tickets can be purchased on the day for $15 prior to entry. Please stay in the left lane and proceed into the holding area as directed where you may replace your lost label and / or attach your 2018 label. Once you have passed though the main ticketing checking area proceed to drive as directed by the signage and Parking Marshall’s. They will guide you to the correct field entry gate based on the colour of the displayed ticket on your windscreen. Once there you can follow the attached map to your final allocated parking area.

If uncertain once at the correct colour entry gate, park inside and ask for further direction from the Parking Marshall. Masons Drive Entry Gate will be locked after 9.30am sharp by the Kings School Committee, to allow reversal of the traffic and to move all the buses into place for 10.00am start.

Due to Occupational Health and Safety requirements there will be no vehicular entry permitted onto any field after 9.30am, any late attendees are to be parked in the support vehicle area marked as "1" on the attached map.

Late vehicle arrivals after 9.30am will need to enter via The Kings School Main Gate located at Wade Road. You can either park your vehicle with the general Kings Schools Art Show public parking area or wait until this barricade is opened around 10.30am. As mentioned late vehicles will not be permitted onto any designated fields and must park within the designated support vehicle parking area. As stated before, due to Occupational Health and Safety requirements there is to be no vehicles allowed off the field again until 3.00pm for any reason. Each participating club are required to provide two Traffic Marshals for Sunday morning to assist with the smooth traffic direction in the morning. There will be 2 shifts of two hours per person. 6.30am - 8.30am & 8.00am - 10.00 am. Please provide your two club volunteers name, email address and contact number by 13th August to the Traffic Marshal Team Leader - Sharon Allen [email protected]

The Parking Committee will be having a meeting on 10th September and their attendance or group representative will be required. The current plan shows indicative areas and will be subject to sold ticket purchased by individual Regis- tered Clubs. If you want to add additional areas to these areas, tickets will still be made available until 10th September. Ticket collection can be made available by prior arrange from Greg Kean [email protected] at 24 Antoine St, Ry- dalmere NSW Please be advised any tickets sold after 31 August 2018 are not refundable. All proceeds raised are to be distributed to the nominated charity as agreed by the committee. All tents and marques are required to be weighted down on site, as The Kings Schools Committee does not permit the use of driven metal pegs or spikes, due to the risk of damage to the underground field watering system. Each club will be required to remove all of the tape bunting, which is to deposited in the garbage bins located around the fields and return your club specific signage, metal pins and parking cones to the clock tower trailer prior to vacating the field. Finally, we take the opportunity to thank everyone for last years’ successful event and extend the welcome to anyone wishing to attend the regular meetings, usually held Brush Farm House, Eastwood and participate in the preparation of this year’s event. Disclaimer: These details are correct as of 21 May 2018 and subject to changes.

The attached parking plan is subject to ticket sales, cricket pitch locations and weather conditions. Updated plans may be issued prior to the event day and possibly the day before. So please look out for any updated amendments or go to the All British Day web site www.allbritishdaysydney.asn.au for the latest confirmed layouts. 23

Club Calendar. Club events.

Please remember it is necessary to reserve your place on any event, except Club meetings, by telephoning the person organising the event. If you decide later not to attend something for which you have booked, please let the person organising the event know so others will not be inconvenienced by waiting for you unnecessarily. If you can’t get to the event – get to a phone! It should be recognised that whilst the Rover Owners’ Club takes every care and precaution, members and their guests participate in all activities by their own choice, and act on their own behalf, thus at their own risk. The following are CLUB EVENTS. For these events you do not have to record the usage of your car in the log book which you should be carrying in the car. You must however, carry this page from Freewheeling, or the equivalent page from Rovernet which proves you are travelling on a club event.

Sunday 12 August 2018 | Shannon's Eastern Creek Classic • Venue | Sydney Motorsport Park, Ferrers Road, Eastern Creek • 2 Entry Tickets remaining, $20 per car.

• CARS NEED TO BE IN PLACE BY 10 AM • Contact Richard Dalziel now to secure your ticket: Mobile | 0412 709 228 Email | [email protected] August Wednesday 22 August 2018 | Annual General Meeting • Venue | Veteran Car Club Hall, 134 Queens Road, Five Dock | 8:00 pm • Download the ROC Annual General Meeting Notices: ROC AGM 2018 Statutory Notices PDF

• Download full details | Catalina Players Theatre Evening PDF

Sunday 23 September 2017 | All British Day Sydney • Venue | The Kings School, 87-129 Pennant Hills Rd, North Parramatta • 20 Entry Tickets remaining, $10 per car. • Contact Richard Dalziel now to secure your ticket: September Mobile | 0412 709 228 Email | [email protected] • CARS NEED TO BE IN PLACE BY 9.30 AM AND REMAIN UNTIL 3 PM • Download Information Bulletin & Site Map: All British Day 2018 Bulletin One PDF

Wednesday 26 September 2018 | General Meeting • Venue | Veteran Car Club Hall, 134 Queens Road, Five Dock | 8:00 pm

This page is from the Rover Owners’ Club Inc monthly publication Freewheeling, and shows club events. There may be more recent additions on the ROC web site. All24 PDF files and coloured brochures are available on the club’s web site.

Club Calendar. Invited events.

The following are INVITED EVENTS. That means they have been organised by another club and the Rover Owners’ Club has been invited to attend. The Rover Owners’ Club will not be attending as a group. You should contact the person indicated, or visit the club web site and obtain details, followed by making your own arrangements to attend. Note that there may be additional events on the Council of Motor Clubs web site and these are also classed as invited events. You should carry this page ,or the equivalent page from Rovernet, with you in the car and this may be inspected, if required, by somebody with the authority to do so.

Tuesday 7 August 2018 | Invitation Event | Oasis Run to Penrith Museum of Printing • Bookings essential • Download full details | Oasis Penrith Run PDF August

September 2018 | Invitation Event | Oasis Run to Kuring-Gai Wildflower Gardens

• Download full details | Oasis Kuring-gai Wildflower Gardens Run PDF

Sunday 9 September 2018 | Invitation Event | Mittagong Public School Classic Car Display Day • Venue & Hosts: Mittagong Public School, 21 Pioneer St, (from Lee Street) Mittagong NSW 2575

September • Time | 10 am to 2 pm • Download Information Flyer: Mittagong Public School Classic Car Display Day 2018 Flyer PDF

Tuesday 2 October 2018 | Invitation Event | Oasis Picnic Day at Brooklyn

• Download full details | Oasis Brooklyn Run PDF

Sunday 21 October 2018 | Invitation Event | From Britain to ‘Bunna Car Show 2018 • Venue | The Village, 20 Melbourne Street, Triabunna, Tasmania

October • Time | From 10 am to 1.30 pm • Organisers | The Rover Car Club of Australia, Tasmanian Register • Download Information Flyer: Britain to ‘Bunna Car Show 2018 PDF

This page is from the Rover Owners’ Club Inc monthly publication Freewheeling, and shows invited events. There may be more recent additions on the ROC web site.

All PDF files and coloured brochures are available on the club’s web site.

Rover Owners’ Club General Meeting . ( General Meeting .25 July 2018 Meeting opened at 8:00 pm with 19 members and guests attending. Apologies: Rob Turner, Chris Forsey, Keith Beale, Thea Shearman, Adrian Rowland, Robyn & Rex Mickan. Previous minutes. Moved. Paul Anley. 2nd. Tony Cope These were approved. President’s comments: Ian Shearman welcomed Members. Tonight activities. Photos from the Club’s archives held by Rob Turner Committee reports Spare Parts: Paul Anley he had nothing to report. He also mentioned that a P3 would be advertised in RoverNET this week. It was mentioned that some upgraded sway bars are available from Dennis Trigg. Editor: Ken Dunkley reported that while the July Freewheeling was s bit late this month due to him being away, the August issue was under control and would be on time. Web Master / RoverNET: Rob Turner reported by email. “Nothing to report as everything is working well”. Secretary: Warren McEwen informed members that the PO box had been cleared and all mail distributed to the relevant club officer. A letter was received from Roger Butler a member from Moree making his apologies for the AGM and also record his appreciation for the prompt help given by Richard Dalziel when required. CMC. Derek Scott; no report as the next general meeting will be held next Tuesday. Vice President /Treasurer/Public Officer: ANZ TD #1 $ 14,000.00 ANZ TD #2 $ 10,000.00 Bendigo chq $ 10,109.28 Westpac chq $ 1,095.71 Consolidated $ 35,204.99 He completed the club accounts for FY 2018, full details will be published in Freewheeling. Income (adjusted) for FY 2018 $ 14,876.64 Expenses for FY 2018 $ 13,208.65 Net Surplus $ 1,667.99 He prepared the taxable income summary and estimated the tax due for 2018. Taxable income FY 2018 $ 1,328.00 Related deductions $ 85.00 Net taxable income $ 1,242.00 Tax rate 30% Tax due $ 373.00 While it is not a widespread practice, he stated that he would prefer members not pay in advance for multiple years as this requires a carry forward, which may get forgotten at renewal time. Club Captain: Andrew Holland reminded members of the coming events for the last part of this year. These include the following. 12-8-18 Shannons Sydney Classic 1-9-18. Catalina Players 23-9-18 All British Day 14-10-18. ROC Display Day Also, the Terribly British Day at Queanbeyan. More details to come when they are available. ROC Shop: A stocktake had been completed and the quantities balanced Shop merchandise was displayed for the members. Registrar: Robert Walker reported membership numbers. Total membership 233 Life & Founding members. 8 Members 194, family 31, There was one new member and 0 family member in June /July. Total number of vehicles 362 Club Plates: No report. Continued next page.

Minutes on General Meeting 25 July 2018 continued from previous page.

General business: Ian Shearman spoke on the following. AGM is in August. Need nominations for committee members, especially for President and Secretary All award trophies had been returned. The library had acquired a new book on Rover K series engines Has also asked if any members had any books on loan that they may have forgotten. It was noted that Rob Turner has updated the library list on the website. Warwick Ravell stated that he had a large amount of club paperwork stored at his home. He inherited this when he was President and would like to pass it on as soon as possible. As there was no further general business. Richard Dalziel presented photos from our archives supplied by Rob turner. The raffle was then drawn, and the meeting then closed at 9:15pm. The members then adjourned for refreshments.

The next Meeting to be held on Wednesday 22nd August 2018

Now here is something for all you clever people. Mystery number 1.

Club member Peter Colwell and his wife have been touring. They photographed this sign somewhere in Australia. Can any- body identify where it is ?

Hint it is about 300 kilometres from the near- est big town.

Mystery number 2 During the 2018 Rove in Shepparton, Ian and Thea Shearman visited the Local Herit- age centre where they found this end plate from of a Furphy Water cart. See details starting on page 8 of this issue of Freewheel- ing. They photographed this Furphy water cart with what looks like short hand writing on it. Can anyone translate it?

There will be a prize for the correct transla- tion given at the August Monthly meeting. If nobody can translate it, the editor will be forced to eat all the Mars bars over the following weeks.

The ROC Club Shop is back! THE ROVER OWNERS’ CLUB REGALIA. The ROC collection includes both ROC clothing and vehicle regalia. All ROC regalia can be used at club events, invited events and ROC meetings,. You can order the ROC car collection or the ROC Clothing Collection by completing the form below and emailing to Gail and Peter Scott at club [email protected]. THE CAR COLLECTION. Item Name Price Quantity Sub Total EXTERIOR WINDOW DECAL $ 5.00 ROC

INTERIOR WINDOW DECAL $ 3.00 100 TH ANNIVERSARY

WINDSCREEN SASH $ 10.00

ROVER WHEEL STICKERS $10.00 (SET OF 6)

REPLICA ROVER P6 TOOL ROLL. $55.00

THE CLOTHING COLLECTION. Item Name Price Quantity Sub Total CLOTH BADGE

CHAMBREY SHIRT

ROC POLO SHIRT $ 35.00

(LIMITED SIZES REMAIN.)

ROC SPRAY JACKET. $ 38.00

(ONE L ONLY.)

Funds can be EFT to the Rover Owners Club account prior to pick up. Electronic funds transfer can be made to the Bendigo Bank BSB 633 000, Account 126 077 999 Please use “your surname” “Payment Reason” Club shop/merchandise purchase; so that payment can be correctly 28 allocated and receipted.

Rover Owners’ Club Inc. Honour Roll. Presidents Founding and

1965 –1968 Keith Beale Life members 1969-July 1970 John Allcock July 1970—1972 Neville Lowe Keith Beale 1973—1976 James Moule Grahame Jones 1977—1980 David Arnold 1981—1984 Robert Merrick 1985—May 1987 Ray Quigley May 1987—1991 Tony Cope Life members 1991—1994 Theo Lyras 1994—1998 Michael Douglas Jessie Tester 1998—2003 Bruce Duncan Anne Lloyd-Owen 2003—2005 Derek Scott Bill Campton 2005 –2009 Richard Dalziel Bob Campbell 2009—2010 Jim Nicholson Tim Crick 2010-2016 Janet Legge 2016-2017 Warwick Ravell May 2017 Nicholas Munting. June 2017- Ian Shearman Honorary Members present James Taylor

The Rover Owners Club meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month (except December when it meets on the Thursday immediately after the second Wednesday) at the Veteran Car Club of Australia, 134 Queens Road, Five Dock. Meetings commence at 8pm sharp and usually consist of a general business meeting followed by a guest speaker or other appropriate entertainment. A light supper is usually served after each meeting. People with an interest in the marque, owners or principal drivers OF ANY ROVER vehicle (including 4wd) are welcome to join. Cur- rently the joining fee is A$25.00 plus annual subscription A$40.00 including GST. Membership includes a year’s subscription of “Freewheeling”, the Club’s magazine. A members partner or relative can apply to be an Additional Family Member if they wish to participate on committee or vote at club elections, but "Freewheeling" is not included. There is an annual fee of $10 per additional family member wishing to take up this option. Electronic Banking details are:- Account Name. Rover Owners Club Inc. Bank . Bendigo BSB 633 000 Account number 126 077 999 Club postal address is: - Rover Owners’ Club, PO Box 503, Pennant Hills. 1715 The Club e-mail address is: - [email protected] The club website is: - www.roverownersclub.com.au Overseas subscriptions are warmly welcomed. Visitors are welcome at any time. The Club conducts a number of events during the year usually incorporating a drive to a particular venue. There are also social events that members may participate in, such as the Mother’s Day breakfast, annual dinner, picnics and the Club’s Annual Display Day. An elected Management Committee supported by a number of appointed sub-committee roles manages the Rover Owners Club. The Management Committee meets monthly on the second Wednesday night. The President usually chairs this meeting and minutes are kept. Contributions to “Freewheeling” close on the first day of the month of publication. If you want to publish an article, news about an event or something in the Market Place section it needs to be with the Editor by the first of the month. Preference is to receive articles by email, but typed or even hand written will be acceptable, as long your writing is legible. Make certain your name is on the article and your phone number in case we need to contact you. Do make certain we do not infringe copyright. If the article has come from another publication please let us know and also let us know if you already hold permission to reproduce the material.

‘Freewheeling’ is the official journal of the Rover Owners Club Inc. (under the NSW Associations Incorporations Act 1984) registered number Y2302602. On 23 September 1964 it was recognized as the first in the world by the Rover Company Ltd. The opinions expressed in Freewheel- ing are not necessarily those of the Rover Owners Club, its officers or members. Whilst all care is taken, this Club and its officers do not accept responsibility for opinions expressed or the availability or quality or fitness for use of any services, goods or vehicles notified for sale or hire or the genuineness of any advertiser or author. Other clubs may reproduce articles originating from members with acknowledgement to this publication.

President Ian Shearman [email protected] 9876 5999 0412 039 824

Vice President Richard Dalziel [email protected] 9489 3553 0412 709 228

Club Captain Andrew Holland [email protected] 0414 625 236

Secretary Warren McEwen [email protected] 9980 2653 0418 695 503

Treasurer & Public Officer Richard Dalziel [email protected] 9489 3553 0412 709 228 COMMITTEE.

MANAGEMENT Registrar Robert Walker [email protected] 0419 220 357

ACT Representative Chris Forsey [email protected] 6297 1080 0413 996 481

All British Rep Andrew Holland [email protected] 0414 625 236

Archivist Rob Turner [email protected] 0404 463 489

Club Parts Manuals Paul Anley [email protected] 9684 1795

Club Plates ACT Hugh Boulter [email protected] 6258 8221 0407 215 008

Club Plates NSW Steven Williams [email protected] 9896 5650 0450 706 519

Club Shop Gail & Peter Scott [email protected]

Club Spares Paul Anley [email protected] 9684 1795

CMC rep/committee member Ian Shearman [email protected] 9876 5999

Council of ACT Motor Clubs Chris Forsey [email protected] 6297 1080

Editor Ken Dunkley [email protected] 9533 3326 0400 463 322 OFFICE BEARERS Face Book Administrator Hugh Bolter [email protected] 0407 215 008

Librarian Andrew Holland [email protected] 0414 625 236

Postage Warwick Moriarty [email protected] 9773 4734 0411 739 132

Rover NET Editor Rob Turner [email protected] 0404 463 489

Technical Coordinator Warren McEwen [email protected] 9980 2653 0418 695 503

Web master Rob Turner [email protected] 0404 463 489

Workshop Manuals Andrew Holland [email protected] 0414 625 236

Hunter Barry Murdoch [email protected] 0412 998 192

Illawarra Stuart Rigby [email protected] 4232 3148 0413 473 825

North Eric Davison [email protected] 6624 4537

Western Peter Colwell [email protected] 6888 5310 0409 927 185 AREA

Southern Highlands Rob Turner [email protected] 0404 463 489 CONVENORS

Southern NSW/ACT Chris Forsey [email protected] 6297 1080 0413 996 481

Pre-War James Moule [email protected] 9542 1967 0490 388 470

P2/P3 Greg Alexander roverp2p3@ roverownersclub.com.au 9569 5159

P4 Nicholas Cope [email protected] 0487 474 695

P5/P5B Warwick Ravell [email protected] 9872 7860

P6/P6B Andrew Holland [email protected] 0414 625 236

SD1 Adrian Rowland [email protected] 4787 8591 ORDINATORS

- Rover 400/800 series Rex Mickan rover800 [email protected] 0409 787 541

CO Land Rover Graham Dawson [email protected] 9982 8828 MODEL TECHNICAL R.Rover/Discovery Jim Nicholson [email protected] 9624 2247

R40 . 75 Dudley Bennett [email protected] 9997 3493 30