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r44 Vintage Car Club of N.Z. [Inc.] Vol XXI, No. 102
October-November 1976 NATIONAL EXECUTIVE President : N . C. Skevington Canty) 22nd YEAR OF PU BLlCATION Club Captain: A. D. Storer (Canty) Club Vice-Captain: M. H . Ferner (Wgtn) Hon. Secretary: Clynt Inns (Canty) Club Re gistrar : R. W. Sarchett, 597 Madras Street, Christchurch 1. Phone 66-511. IN THIS ISSUE Executive: Mes srs N. A. Dewhurst (Auckland), L. J. D. Priest (Hawkes Bay), L. B. Southward (Wellingto n). W. M. Birch (Wa nganui), President's Message 2 The Alan Woodman story 3 CLUB OFFICE Phoenix House, Early History of English Cars 7 82 Hereford Street, Christchurch Telephone 74·003 Book Reviews 11 Hours 12-4 p.m. A Touch of Madness 12 CLUB CORRESPONDENCE Irishman '76 Photos 16 Club correspondence, including members' CHANGES 1920s Heyday of Battery Power 18 OF ADDRESS, must be sent to The Vintage Car Club of N. Z . (In c.) Branch Notes 25 P.D. Box 2546, Christchurch, Classified Ads 34 Intending members should write to this address. All Beaded Wheels correspondence to P.O. Box 13140
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The main eve nt in the last two tak en an d a very int eresting week Rally at Nel son, and I expect, months has been the well attend ed end is ah ead of us. The following alon g with Executive member Annual Genera l Meeting ho sted year, 1978, G ore is to be the ho st Warren Birch, to visit T aumaru by the South Ca nterbury Bran ch Bran ch a nd the venue will be nui for the po ssible formation of at T ima ru. T he re was only one Queenstown. a sub-bra nch. Branch not rep resented and it was I understand there is a possibil A number of Bran ches have ple asing to see five from o ur most ity of a tour of New Zealand of still not registered their newsletter northern branch, Wh anga rei. Au stralian enthusiasts next yea r as a maga zine with the Post A ch an ge of rul e in respect of and the y would like the o ppor Offi ce. By d oing this postage is Po st Vintage Vehicl es was pa ssed tunity of a ttending some of our reduced by more than 100 0/., . and these vehicles are now events. Sh ould the tour tak e Your post office has particulars accepted in the C lub in the sa me place br anches will be advised of the procedure or you ca n con manner as veteran and vintage of the itinerary. tact me for details. vehicles. I am sure that the sta nd I ha ve recently changed my New traffic regulations come ard that has been set for P ost address to 17 Renfrew Street, into force next February a nd o ne Vintag e Vehicles will be main C hristchurch, 4, new ph on e num is the use of approved direction tained . ber being Christchurch 45-709. ind icators. It would appear that N ext yea r our AGM is to be In September Secreta ry Cl ynt th is requirement will only apply ho sted jointly by North Sh ore and attended the Northern Raid a t to vehicles first regi stered after Auck land . Al ready much p re North Sh ore while in October 1st July, 1967 . limina ry planning has been und er- Alan is to attend the Provincial NORM SKEVINGTON NEXT YEAR1S A.G.M. CALENDARS Auckland and North Sh ore Branches wh o are combining to ho st th e FOR 1977 1977 Conference and A.G .M . wish to remind us that it is not too The pop ular Vintag e Car Calendar s ea rly to start thinking of making plan s to ' be present at the big event. will agai n be available for next yea r. They are promising a super weekend. Th ese will be sim ila r to the 1976 issue with 6 beautiful glo ssy prints The Conference will be held on Au gust 12th, 13th a nd 14th and will in fu ll colour each 13 } x 10 " . be based on the Mon Desir Hotel a t T akapuna. Programme is as The cars fea tured are : follo ws: 19 08 DALGLEISH GULLANE FRIDAY EVENING 1933 ROLLS ROYCE PHANTOM II Registration and Get-together. 1904 SP EEDWELL 191 3 ARROL JOHNSON SATURDAY MORNING 1902 DE DION BOUTON Executive Meeting or Bus Tour. 19 34 ALVIS Luncheon. A brief de scription of each car is SATURDAY AFTERNOON- - g iven. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. Here is an oppo rtunity to secure not only a useful calendar for ne xt year SA TURDAY EVENING but 6 ma qnificcrit colou r p ictures of Social a nd Buffet Dinner. these illustrious veh icles. These are ide a l for framing. SUNDAY MORNING - Price (includi ng postage) on ly $ 1.4 0 . Executive Meeting continues. Calendars will be avail able in early Bus T our to Museum of Transport and Te chnolog y. Dec ember, but as supplies are Tour Returns to Hotel for Luncheon. limited ord ers sh ould be sent with payment as soon as poss ible to The N orth Shore and Au ckland Clubroorns will be o pen for Visitors Cal endar Orders during th e weekend a nd it is hoped to visit both clubrcorns on Sunday P.O. Box 13140, afternoon on the return tr ip to the Airport. Christchurch. If desir ed we will mail one to a All co rrespo nde nce to: - - friend. Th ese calendars make an The Re gistrar, 1977 A.G .M .Conference, P.O. Box 51133, Pakuran ga, ideal Christmas present-inexpen sive, useful and lasting a full year. Auckland. Your message will be enc losed. P AG E TWO The Alan Woodman story PART 5
A change of mounts for the 1917 racing season - Woodman establishes a new lap record at Marton - Canterbury Park draws the crowds - another Middleweight Championship to Woodman - a sensational finish to a great day of racing. by Geoff Hockley
As the year drew to a close, the main topic in c.c. class, had returned to his old love, the Indian. motorcycling circles, and also among a large section after a patchy seaso n on Excelsiors, and his new of the general public, which had fallen for the sport eight-valve with a speci al low frame was a formid in a big way , was the forthcoming annual grass able-looking beast. while Jim Dawber's new mount track meeting at Canterbury Park, scheduled for was an exact replica of Colernan's except that it February 17,1917. was powered by a four-valve single-cylinder engine. Even before 1916 bad vanished from the calendar Len Mangham, the up-and-coming rider in the preparations were in train to make this, (the second " heavy-weight" class, and regarded by " Wheeling" event of its kind since Christchurch's maiden effort as a formidable rival to. if not the equal of, Percy at grass track promotion in 1916), the greatest yet Coleman, wheeled out a potent-looking Harley and this was just what it turned out to be. But Davidson on which to do battle for the New before reporting one of the most exciting da y's Zealand Heavyweight Ch ampionship title, while racing ever lapped up by a deliriously excited Ernie Hinds, the local Indi an dealer and rider of crowd. let's take a brief look at so me of the aw ay no mean ability, had entered on his new eight-valve from-home doings of the main character in these on which he had won the lOO-mile New Brighton reminiscences, Alan Woodman. beach race a few weeks previously- and just for One such incident which I recall was when Alan, good measure, he was entered in the middleweight in company with another well-known Christchurch classes on a 550 c.c, B.S.A . All in all. prospects of rider, Ernie Hinds. paid a visit to Marton to a spine-tingling afternoon of high-speed motor compete in the local club's meeting on the Marten cycling seemed assured-s-and the fans weren't dis course, with mixed results. The handicappers, appointed! evidently awed by Woody's reputation. had him The big day dawned beautifully fine, and if the conceding such tremendous starts that he failed to previous year's fixture had seen the public turn finish in the money during the entire a ftern oon's out in droves, the 1917 event drew even larger racing. "Wheeling", the New Zealand cycle and crowds. The Canterbury Park turnstiles clicked non motor journal, said in its report of the event, "T he stop from nine o'cl ock a nd from the number of course was too dry and bumpy for speed making". al fresco morning-te a-parties in evidence around the But whatever the state of the track, it didn't prevent grounds it was evident that John Q. Public was out our one-legged Southern speedster from setting a to make a da y of it. " Well. they'll never get as big new lap record of 55 3/5 seconds before the da y's a crowd as at a Trotting Cup meeting," a sports was over, for which he received an ovation spectator was heard to rem ark, " but by J ove, by from the crowd. Not so lucky was Ernie Hinds. the look of this mob. they're not far off it!' He who wrote off the front end of his Indian in a was a little astray in his prophecy. because next spectacular crash which left him severely shaken. year-that's another story. With the lessons learned from the previous meet With no less than thirteen events on the pro ing, the Pioneer Motor Club spared no effort to gramme-considerably more than the previous year make the 1917 event a humdinger. Entries were up - it' s obviously impossible, for space reasons, to on the previous year's, and the large North Island deal with each individual race. so I'll describe in contingent was representative of the best grass track detail only those in which Alan Woodman com talent from across the Strait. In addition. interest peted, plus one or two of the other major events. was heightened by the fact that some of the top The first event was Heat One of the Lightweight talent had made a change of mounts since the Handicap for machines up to 600 C.C., which was previous year's meeting. Alan Woodman had won by Stan Osgood from Dannevirke, on a switched from the Triumph on which he had scored Douglas with an exhaust note which fairl y split so spectacularly at the 1916 event to a "4:1- h.p." or one's eardrums. Local boys Ernie Hinds and Ces 550 C.c. B.S.A. on which he had broken the Marton Bonnington finished second and third. Heat two lap record a few week s previously. Percy Coleman, brought out Alan Woodrnan. who received an acknowledged star of the " heavyweigh t" or 1000 ovation as he stum ped out on his crutch to the
PAGE THR EE starting line and got on board his B.S.A. Needless his previous year's defeat, and, with the fastest to say, he was on the scratch mark. Twelve seconds machine on the course, he would seem to have every ahead was Jirn Dawber on his Indian single and chance of doing so, but-there's many a slip, etc. the rest of the field, comprised of a mixed brew Once under way, with fifteen gruelling laps in front of Northern and Southern riders, received starts up of them, the race resolved itself into a terrific duel to 135 seconds. With the field finally under way. between Mangham and Coleman, and the latter's excitement mounted as it appeared that Woody was neck-or-nothing efforts to head off the Harley rider lacking none of the form which had earned him the had the crowd on its toes from the start to the fall plaudits of the previous year's crowds, and his of the finish flag. Time and again Coleman drew efforts to overhaul the flying Jim Dawber rather level but his most desperate efforts failed to wrest overshadowed the rest of the competitors. It was the lead from Mangham. A persistent misfire seemed not until the final lap that Alan drew level with his to just take the edge off the performance of Cole rival, and by this time these two had passed all the man's eight-valve, which ordinarily would have had rest of the field . Finally, to the cheers of the crowds, an advantage over the stock type of engine used in Alan drew ahead and crossed the line a winner. Mangharn's machine. The finish was Mangham, with Dawber in second place and Mason, a Dan Coleman and Crawley. Ernie Hinds never seemed nevirke rider, in third spot. For Alan, it was an to get going properly and finished a poor fourth. auspicious opening to the 1917 speed carnival. Incidentally, a Monday morning post-mortem on Event 3, the Heavyweight Handicap for 600 Coleman's machine revealed a front cylinder head !OOO c.c . machines, was won by Len Mangham, cracked between the exhaust valve seats. who appeared to be in great form. His Harley Coming up for decision was the final of the seemed to be packing a wallop, so much so that Percy Colernan, on scratch, seemed unable to make any impression on him. Local boy Harold lanes, also Harley mounted, came in second, and Roy Crawley brought in his Excelsior into third place. The first title event was the South Island Light weight for up-to-350 c.c . machines, in which Doug lases predominated. having eight entries in the field of ten. But the screaming flat twins were no match for Rube Jones' o.h.v. J .A.P.-engined N.UT. Rube ; . led Jim Dawber and T. Foden (Tirnaru) over the finish line despite some strenuous efforts by Daw ber. As the starting clock crawled around to 2.30, starting time for the S.l. Middleweight title, the nine competitors began to arrive on the starting line and it was noticed that B.S.A.'s predominated, the rest of the field being comprised of Triumphs, plus one each Matchless and Indian. Alan again was cheered to the echo as he took his place in the line-up, and tension mounted as the starter lined up the field. He receives nods of readiness from the riders-his flag is raised and he glances along the line-down it drops, and the pushers-off heave to get the machines in motion. Unlike last year's event in which Alan got a poor start. this time he is away ~. , in splendid fashion and heads the field with the first lap over. with D awber hanging on to him grimly, but Woody gradually draws away and to tremendous bursts of applause he crosses the line a winner, with Dawber some distance behind in second place. and Ernie Hinds third. Alan's time. 9 minutes 54 seconds for the 10 miles. The last title event on the programme was the New Zealand Heavyweight which brought out a field of six. but barring accidents. to all practical intents and purposes Colernan. Mangharn and Crawley Woodman triumphs again {but this time on a 8.S.A.l. (last year's winner) and perhaps Ernie Hinds, are Picture taken after his victory in the 1917 Middleweight the ones to watch, with Coleman keen to avenge Championship. PAGE Faun Lightweight Handicap. Could Alan repeat his last by taking third spot. H eat 2 saw Alan W oodman set" year's performance? Well, there's a not the slightest wh at seemed to be an impossible task by the handi doubt th at he would have done so, but fate inter capper-he was conc eding star ts up to 145 seco nds, ven ed. In the fourth lap , going gre at guns and and received onl y 20 seco nds start himself from the simply mowing down the field, his belt br oke and mighty Coleman and th e formida ble Len Ma ng ha rn. the B.S.A . was dumped against the back fenc e to And if the crowd had been excited befor e, the y aw ait the arrival of a towing party. A groan went certainly let themselves go when Alan, ridin g like up fr om the crowd at Woody's misfortune, which a fury, sta ved off the pursuing Indians, Harleys and allowed Jim Dawber to cross the line a winner on Ex 's and in doing so mowed down the entire field his Indian single-cylinder. Osgood and Hinds ahea d of him to cr oss the line in first place-and foll owed in that order. But Alan wa s on the job again the reception he received was deafening! again in the next event, the North v.South teams The pace seemed to be stepped up as the after relay race, in whi ch he won his clas s, th ou gh North noon progressed , and the stra in was appa rent on defeat ed South over all by the margin of onc second! so me of the competitor s, so that the y were pr ob ably The 8-mile open handicap, which drew 24 en tr ies, glad of the spell with whi ch the next event provided was expected to provide some fierce competition them. This was the Ladies' Bracelet handicap for and the fa ns got it in good measure. And a welcome four mil es, and the recollections of the exciting surprise was provided by a popular local rider tussle put on by the fa ir competitors in the previous Ernie Hinds, who at last see med to have persuaded year 's event the cr owd ga ve the riders a big hand his Indian eight-val ve to unstable its hor ses to such as the y lined up for the sta rt. The Beck sisters from good effect that he went through the field in the Timaru, who had prov ided some spiri ted com first heat in terrific fashi on , hotly pursued by Len pet ition last year, appea red to ha ve been set an al Mangharn a nd setting a 53-second lap , the fastest most imp ossible task by the handicappers. and the of the day , in the pr ocess. P. A. Foden , the Timaru limit lass, Miss Effie H ind s riding an Indian two D ouglas rider, added to his list of minor placings str oke, had covered alm ost a complete lap before
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP. Len Mangham defied furious efforts by Coleman to head him off in the N.Z. Heavyweight Championship. PAGE FIVE the back-markers got go ing. Eve n so, Miss F . M. Beck (this yea r riding an AJ .S.) made up gr ou nd in terrific style and only narrowl y failed to catc h Miss Hind s at the finish. She and her sister , Miss C. A. Beck, who finished th ird, and the other com petitors , go t an enthusiastic reception . Wit h a wonderful afternoon's spo rt dr awing to a close, finalists in the Open Handicap were called to the line after some slight delay (all in all, the entire programme had been run oft with praise wor thy punctua lity, due lar gely to the good work of the competitors' stewa rds) . And this, the last race of the day, ended pr oceedings with a neck-and-neck finish which had the crow d fairly hop ping. E rn ie Hinds an d Le n Mangham provided the excitement by stag ing the closest duel of the day as the y roared down the stra ights wheel to whee l, overtaking Alan STIFF OPPOSITION. Jim Dawber and his one-Iunger Woodman in the pr ocess, with neither rider con "Injun" provided Woody with plenty of competition, ceding an inch until, entering the finishing stra ight on the last lap, Man gham sna tched a precarious sport by the pub lic was no flash in the pan. But lead, and fifty yards or so fro m the finish line he it was next yea r's event which really set the seal was leading the Indian rider by a machine's length. on motorcycle grass track raci ng as a sport, whe n But the Christchur ch man seemed to have a trifle all Ca nterbury Park a ttenda nce records went by the in reserv e, a nd pulling out all the stops he drew board and T ro tting Club officials mu st have won level and amid a perfect pandemon ium of cheering dered if the hay-burn ers were going to take secon d beat Mangham over the line by a yard or less. Both place to the mechanical equines in the public's riders received a terri fic recepti on , as did Ala n affections. In our next issue I will descr ibe the 1918 Wood man , who ra n into third place. event- perha ps a milestone in motorcycle grass track racing in Christchurch, at whic h Alan Wood And thu s ended the 19 17 Ca nterbury Park Speed man agai n distinguished himself. Ca rnival-a resounding success which demon strated that the previous year's fine reception of the new (To be co ntinued)
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P AGF.: S IX Early history of English cars and their makers
In these da ys of motor which was a reall y well finished on the door handles." manufacturing mergers and stan car. a tr adition continued right Knight, by the way, could dardisation, the identity of many through to the 1926 6 cylinder raise no enthusia sm in U.S.A. for fa mo us makes a nd their mak ers o.h.c. dr op-head I had a nd the his revolution ary double slee ve has been lost a nd this article. 1934 I drove later. valves and it was not until Daim br ings to mem ory some of the CROSSLEY BROS. were an ler, Minerva and others in the well known trademarks, how they old established oil en gine firm in U.K. had proved its worth, that sta r ted, by wh om and in so me Manch ester who decided to enter Americans, not ably John M . cas es, how they finished . Ther e motor manufacturing. In 1903, J . Willys, started using Knight are bound to be inaccuracies and S. C ritchley designed their first slee ve valves. I trust the "experts" will make ca r, a 4 cylinder and C rossley DENNlS. John Dermis threw allo wances. continued to make o nly 4 cylin up a safe job in 1895 while H. J. LAWSON. Like Seldo n der cars right up to the 1914 working for a n ironmonger, to in the U .S.A. figured largely in war. start his own cycle business. In the earl y mot oring years. He In 1914 Crossley switched to 1898 he fitted a D e Dion engine was a wealthy promoter wh o war pr oduction, making staff to a tricycle and by 1904 sold had launched several tyre and cars. lorries and tenders. In the £30 ,000 worth of cars at the cycle companies including Rudge. mid twenties, when the Duke and C rys tal Palace motor show. Duchess of York (later King The Dermis commercial by G. H. Lloyd George VI ) visited New Zea vehicles started to outnumber land the official cars were all the car producti on and in 1913 By 1896 he sa w a vast future Crossley s. Dermis gave lip cars to concen in the motor ca r field and pr o DAIMLER. About 1890 F. R. trate on lorries, fire engines a nd posed a co mplete monopoly of Sirnrns, a yo ung English engineer othe r commercial vehicles. mot or manufacturing in Britain. was demon strating ae rial cable HUMBER. Thomas Humber He bought up the patent rights ways a t a Bremen exhibition and first went into motor vehicles in for England of D aimler, De met G ottlieb Daimler, wh o was 1896, selling two tandem bicycles Di on and also Bollee. Lawsori' s displaying a petrol dr iven tram with petrol engines fitted behind main bus ine ss was to lease o ut car. They formed a clo se associ the rear wheel. In spite of finan his patents to manufacturers like ation and in 1893 Simms formed cial difficulties, Humber advanced Humber and collect a royalty an agency to sell Daimler's to Humberettes a nd the sound from each car. Lawson fell o ut patents in Britain. H . .I. Lawson little 1912 I J h.p . Humber with his manufacturers, wh o bought him out a nd formed the tourers stated to be the first 4 found loopholes in his patents Daimler Motor Coy. importing cylinder mono bloc to be pro and his British Motor Svndicate German Daimlers until British duced. folded in 1900. In spite" of his production started in 1900. I bought one of the se 1912 II restrictions, Lawson certainly In 1908, Percy Martin, the h.p. Humbers in 1930 for $ 10 helped establish th e Briti sh mot or works manager, sa w a n experi in perfect order minus tyres a nd industry. mental sleeve val ve engine built cut it int o a mobile orchard A.C. In 1900. an engineer by a young Englishman named spra yer with two Buick gear named John Weller and a Knight, who had emigrated to boxe s behind the Humber box butcher financier John Portwine, America. Martin liked the idea and with a Ford ton differential. set up a ma chine shop to make and spent the next year develop Running on the front rims, it motor cars. AWeller 20 h.p. car ing it to the famous Daimler gave hundreds of hours of came out in 1903 but did not Silent Knight and by 1911 Daim trouble free service. sell well so the firm turned its ler had gone exclusively sleeve LAGONDA. Sheep shearing atten tion to mak ing commercial valve. machinery was linked with car runabouts producing the 5-6 h.p. F. W. Lanchester jo ined them assem bly in m ore th an one Auto Carrier which proved very at thi s time as a con sulting situati on. popular. They moved on to engineer. The big 45 h.p . model Wilber Gunn, a n American. cycle cars and in 1914 made their long used by Royalty had the serve d his engineering appre ntice first little 4 cylinder roadster, same wheelbase as a modern five ship with the Singer Sheepshear still keeping the initials of Auto ton Bedford and a body height ing Coy . in Ohio and actually Carrier as their trade mark. I of nine feet. Effortless power came to Britain to study as an remember riding in a 1914 A.C. but a sudden turn could " la y it opera singer. He built a large
PAGE SEVEN workshop behind his house and Royce car and the world famous SINGER. Probably had one of another engi neer, A. H. Cranmer partnership took place . the longest histories in road joined him in 1904. The first cars, In 1906, Claude Johnson, a machines. making veloc ipedes in apart from the carburettor, were very ab le man, joined the firm, the 1860's, when the firm was made entirely in their Lagonda laid down a one model policy the Coventry Sewing Machine shop, making even the nuts and and in 1907 the "Silver Ghost" Coy . but with no connection with bolts. was produced, a model which its American namesake. In 1907 ca r production was continued for 19 years with little Velocipedes proved too much well under way but all cars were change. sold in Russia and none avail Charles Rolls was killed in an for them and they bro ught in able in England until 1912. In aeroplane accident and Henry young George Singer and other 1913 Lagonda produced an ex Royce wore himself out with mechanics to make these two cellent 1100 c.c, for £ 135 which overwork, but tbe tradition of whee l machines. Singer soon was only 9 cwt in weight but perfection was laid and Claude rea lised he cou ld make a better very sturdy. Johnson and his dedicated men machine than this crude transport The 1914 war stopped produc carried on. and the " Penny Farthing" bi tion and after the war Gunn was ROVER. J. K. Starley of cycles of that day and in 1876 ser ious ly ill and died in 1920, so Rover was experimenting with set up his own concern to make that big scale deve lopment did an engine fitted to a bicycle way the first "Safety Bicycle". not even tuate. back in 1888 but it was not until In 1900 Singer bui lt their first 1904 that they made their first motor bicycles, away ahead of NAP lE R. D. Napier and Sons ca r. This was an 8 h.p. single were makers of weighing their times, engine on roller cylinder, which was considered bearings and poll ution free . machines, even making coin "too powerful".Designed by E. Singer cars proved grea t per weighers for the Bank of Eng W. Lewis from Daimler, it was land, a high precision production. a popular long life car. In 1912 formers and a Miss Blore in 1914 Young Mo ntague Napier con Rover pro duced a 1·2 h.p, 4 planned to startle the mo toring verted a Merkel car from tiller cylinder car of very sound and world by climbing Cable H ill to whee l stee ring an d then built progressive design . Many of these with a grade of one in three in a new engine for it. His engine were still giving trouble-free daily a Singer lO h.p . She was success was so good that by 1900 he ru nning in strenuous conditions ful but no one took much no tice was bu ilding complete cars . 25 years later. ;IS she picked the wrong date. Linked with S. F. Edge, who was a super salesman, the firm made good progress, Napier also bui ld ing a racing car for S. F. Edge and Charles Rolls about this time . Efficient planning and superb workmanship brought the price of these cars well down and in 1912 you could buy a "Noiseless" Napier 6 cylinder tou rer co m plete for £850. Engines for rac ing boa ts and aero engines also came from this famous works. ROLLS ROYCE. H enr y Royce was an engineer making electric Your place to stop or stay in cranes when he bought a French CHRISTCHURCH car and thought it so crude in ma nufacture, he decided to build Licensed restaurant. A-la-Carte Menu . Over 50 well appointed suites, attractively furnished, spacious and centrally heated. Telephone and colour himself a car with all the refine T.V. Each suite has private bathroom. ments he wanted, and soon went Only a few minutes from centre of city, Town Hall, Hagley Park and into production. Botanical Gardens. Charles Rolls, Lord Llanga Ample off street parking available. All credit cards accepted. tock 's son , was a racing driver AUTOLODGE MOTOR INN and a perfectionist. A motor 72 Papanui Road , Christchurch Phone 556-109 Telex 4902 dealer, he was delighted with the Also at Pic ton and Queenstown. watch like precision of the little
P AGE EIGHT Augu st 4th the day war was de Massey-Harris New Zealand clared. manager in 1939 and moved on Singer ran into difficulties in to become World President of the 1950's, but the directors felt Massey-Ferguson before ret ire the y should not accept an offer ment. from the Rootes group. When Back in Toronto one Sunday the General Manager told them afterno on he received a phone CRESTER it was three days to pa y day and call from the President of they could not rai se the money Massey-Harris."Bill, what do from ' any source. the Directors know of these Ferguson trac CAR quickly decided to accept the tor s'?" "Just the best sma ll offer. tractor in the World" was Bill's In later yea rs, Lord Rootes repl y. "I think we'll bu y it, Bill." SALES said to a friend of mine "Th e Th e Massey head sat in with Yank s will only get my business Harry Ferguson and ther e was over my dead body ". Which is an argument over whether the 374 Worcester Street preci sely what happened. As soon price would be £35 or £36 mil as he died the Directors sold out lion. Christchurch to Chrysler. Ch rysler, no doubt, The Massey man pulled a would welcome a wealthy bidder penny fro m his pocket and said for their British interests tod ay . "Let's toss for this odd million JOWETT started in 1911 but pounds." Ferguson lost the toss, Buying little was heard of it until the but Massey framed the penny Scottish Six Days Trial in 1921 and gave it to him so when H arry or Selling when it proved itself for its was asked what he got for his power from a small engine and business he replied, "The Cana Good Used Cars lasting ability. dians offered me £35,000,000 but Post 1939-45 war we had I did better than that." numerous Javelins and Jupiters Unfortunately Ferguson lived in New Zealand plus plenty of less than two years after the sale NOEL Bradford light vans . and ha ving few beneficiarie s left When thin gs were getting dicey the residue of his estate to BEECROFT for Jowett, International Har develop a four wheel dri ve vester came along with an offer racing car and no doubt en of £6,000.000 for their plant as gineers and designers are still a tractor establishment, an offer eating their way throuzh the bal Member L.M .V.D.A. which Jowett gladly accepted. ance of this multi-million estate. Member Vintage Car STANDARD. In 1903 R. W. In earl y days, when Fergu son Club (N.Z.) Maud sley, a cousin of the maker perfected his revolutionary trac of the Maud sley car, decided to tor, he turned to Henry Ford to Telephone 897-715 launch his machine, world wide . build a low pr ice car with stand After Hours 881-387 ard and interchangeable parts, The Ford Ferguson was pro hence the name "Standard". duced and then, it seems Ford In 1904 he produced a 12-15 felt he was big enough to dis h.p. twin cylinder car with a very pense with Fe rguson and a law flexible engine, running smoothly suit followed employing over a assured and went into plant im from 200-2000 r.p.m. hundred lawyers and legal ex provements and produced the Standard exported to the penses running into millions. Had Triumph Herald, but in no time U.S.A . after the 1945 war, but Ferguson lost, he would have the money was gone and Stand sales were po or. No one wanted been bankrupt. but the decision ard had to sell out to the Nuffield a standa rd car thev wanted a ruled aga inst Ford and he had Group. de-Iuxe or super de-luxe. Th e to cease production and pay up. SUNBEAM. John Marston name was changed to Triumph Ferguson came back to Brit ain mass produced tin billies and and sales immediatel y picked up . and Standard Coy. undertook to kettle s in the 1870's and then The nam e of Harry Ferguson build his engines and other part s, entered the cycle business, mak was linked closely with Standard so that when Ferguson sold, ing some of the best finished in later years and the following Standard Motor Coys . share of bicycles in Brit ain . little story was told to me by the cheque was £15 million . Marston built his first car in Bill Mawhinney, who was Stand ard felt the future was 1899, making everything, includ-
PA GE NINE 1I 1g the spark plug in his Sun who had served a n unwilling beam cycle wo rks. enginee ring a ppre nticeship in CHASS;S RESTORATIONS In 1905 a 16 h.p. 4 cylinder railways in Britain, was sent out If you need your chassis re Sunbeam was driven from Land's to Au stralia. He was H erb ert paired, rebu ilt, sections of your chassis. or brackets reprodu ced End to John-o-Groats and return A ustin who became a first class to orig inal, contact, with th e engine r unning non engineer, wh o was so on tak en PARAHAKl ENG INEERING sto p. on by Wol seley. He developed P.O. Box 528. Sunbea m cras hed through the shea ring machines and took WH ANGAR EI bu ilding too long for the lu xury o ut several patents in his own Workmanship guaranteed market alo ne. name. VAUXHALL. In 1896 F. W . in 1893 A ustin returned to petrol-electric railcar eng ines, H edges of the Vauxhall Ir on Britai n and so ld his patents to petrol driven sleds fo r the Arc tic Works felt there was a future in Wolseley in exch an ge for a sha re a nd eve n mob ile vac uum cleaners. mechanicall y pr opelled road in the co mpa ny . AUSTIN. Herbert Au stin tr an sport and built himself a At thi s time there was a world started on his own in 1908 but single cy linder eng ine to tr y out wide slump and Austin persu ad ed in 1920 twenty five years a fter in his launch. This was foll owed the firm to enlarge a nd make design ing his first ca r (th e Wolse by a co mplete car with a 5 bicycles a nd textile machinery. ley), Au stin decid ed his market cy lind er radial e ngine and in Austin was keen to enter ca r was too narrow with o nly his 1902 he went into producti on manufacture but the directors Austin 12 h.p. and big Austin with a sa tisfac to ry one cylinder were dead again st it a nd ga ve 20 h.p. He a ime d at the young ca r, fo llo wed in 1904 by a 12 him no enco urageme nt, but in married co up le, with two child h.p. 3 cylinder ca r. 1910 sa w 1895 he produced the first Wolse ren. too big a load for a m otor the Prince Henry model, whi ch ley car an d in 1896 he made the cycle co m bina tion. Working late so ld all over the world, being second thi s time with fu ll com at night on his billiard table, he very popular in Czarist Ru ssia. pan y support, being one of the conceived and designed th e Baby the Vauxhall directors tak ing first 100 % British ca rs. Austin Seven, which, like Ford in part in the motor ra ces in th at Besid es cars and shearing a n ea rlier per iod , opened a vas t co untry. The 30 / 98 crowned the machines Wolseley also mad e new field for wo uld- be motorists. early history of Vauxhall. Wh en Genera l M ot ors took ove r Va uxhall a nd in 1931 pro du ced the Bedford truck. the dip swi tch was fitted on the floor and G .M. decid ed to also give Vau xhall a floor dip switch. The old Vauxhall hands were horri fied and sai d a floor di pper might be all ri ght on a truck but sho uldn' t be used on a car o f the qu ality of Vau xh all. They were mollified wh en Rolls Royce wro te to Vauxhall as king per mission to put the ir dip swit ch on the floor! WOLSELEY reall y sta rted in Australia when, in J 860, F. W . Wolseley, a gentlema n's yo unger so n was sent out to th e col on y to seek his future. All shea ring was then done by hand and after vea rs of heartbreaking ex peri A number of vintage motorcyclists attended the Cold Kiwi Motorcycle Rally ment W olseley invented a su c held in late August at Waiouru. Though most chose to ride comparatively cessful shea ring machine. modern machines, two vintage and one veteran made the journey. They were R. Simon from Tauranga, on his 1929 AJS , Bob Atley from Auckland In 1889 an En glish co mpa ny on his 1929 Harley and John Moss also from Auckland on the 1917 was formed to take over the Harley. John had no problem taking the award for the oldest bike. patents, orde rs and goodwill of Picture shows John starting the Harley aft e r a night of zero temperature h is A ustra lian o pera tio ns. and snow. The Harley chuffed easily to life while many modern owners had A year or two ea rlier, a youth to resort to the tow rope. PA GE T EN plu s numerou s dia gra ms in text) are superb, and the twenty-seven cha pters cover ever y phase of the Book Reviews fortunes and misfor tun es of Norton , pulling no punches and givi ng unstinted credit where du e " T H E NORTON STOR Y" (lIew revised edition) by Bob H olliduy . to success ful rivals . Well, I'd Publishe d by Pat rick Stephens Lt d. (our copy by courtesy of the NZ. hesitate to try and visua lise the agen ts, Whitcoulls Ltd. N.Z. price $10.95). motor cyclin g scene at the end of, say, anothe r decad e, bu t I hop e Here's a not able ad di tion to ceptio n. Let's hope it eme rges, that Norton will have survive d the many books o n motorcycling blo od y but unbowed, from the the intervening year s success subjec ts wh ich have been appear presen t crisis. fully- and that Bob Holliday is ing in New Zealand bookstores But back to the book itself. still aro und to record the m. in encouraging nu mbers of lat e, The illustr ati ons (eighty of them, Geoff Hockle y as compared with the sma ll se lection whic h was availa ble only a few years ago. OLD MOT OR - A bimonthly En glish publication by Prin ce Marshal! But "THE NORTON STORY" and Nick Buld win, A ir Street, Londo n. Available locally fro m Te chnical is perhaps unique in that it deals Boo ks Limited, A lick/and. with a marque wh ich for decades T he adve rtiseme nt by T echni a rc included a nd there is stro ng was a hou seh old word in racing ca l Book s in Bead ed Wh eels N o. interest fro m fr ont to back cover. circles and whose record of suc 99 naturally left a lot unsaid . It Contributing writers include cesses in the legendary Isle of did not tell yo u wha t a great jo b Michael Sedgwick and Alex Me Ma n T ourist Troph y races has is made of " Old Motor". Kee . On alternate months a never been approached, and The sco pe of this magazine is broadsheet is produced and this which for years was invincib le terrific, all art icles are so well has the sam e q ual ity of ar ticles in the Continental Grand Pri x researched a nd complete. and pr esen tati on. eve nts. The aut ho r's pr ofession The cop y reviewed cover ed At $3.95 pe r issue it ma y sound (for man y yea rs he was repo rter firstly a very interestin g article expensive; this can be reduced to for a well-known Briti sh mot or on Co rn ish pionee rs of transport $3.55 by p reo rde ring and we be cycling journal) no doubt ac with photos : Wallis & Stevens lieve ther e is valu e fo r money for co unts for the " behind-the story of steam wagons; T he Grea t the keen rea der of all ro und scenes" impressions which the Unloved, Va uxha ll of the 1930's; a rticles covering a lot more than read er enco unters man y times in T he Leyland Cub; an d a great the normal V and V cars etc. this fascina ting book-some a rticle on MG, 50 yea rs of histor y The adve rtiseme nt in Beaded amusing, such as the ultimate of a great sports ca r. Wheels N o. 99 men tio ned cop ies destin at ion of many of the hund Many oth er subjects and articles cur rently ava ila ble. reds o f " Big 4" models produce d for Britain and her allies in the 19 I4-18 war- some revealing, as hitherto un explained cause of Jimmy Guthries fa ta l cra sh in the 1937 G erman G .P .- some of ad mira tion, tinged perhaps with regret, at tbe dog ged determina tion of the Bracebridge Street I maestros in extrac ting still more PHOENIX GROUP OF COMPANIES po wer from the single-cylinde r PHOENIX ASSURANCE CO. OF NEW ZEALAND LTD rig when the wri ting seemed to PROVIDENT LIFE ASSURANCE CO. LTD. be on the wall for his type of power unit. An d finally, the sadde ning tbou ght-will 1976 be FIRE - LIFE - ACCIDENT - MARINE the en d of the ro ad for N orton , VINTAGE & VETERAN VEHICLE as rece nt years have seen the INSURANCE demise of so man y of its illustri ous competito rs? T he author Christchurch Branch: P.O. 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I hope my short involvemen t within twelve months. I recall tried to sell it for what it cost me. in the field of Vintage Ca rs can Karl bringing Des Moore ro und but no takers, that rotten bod y be. of some help an d inspiration in his Road ster and we were duly soo n pu t off any prospective to newer members. especia lly impressed, being the first real bu yers. At this stage I hated the those who like myself can usuall y close up of an " A" that Larra ine sight of it a nd would have prob only afford the bread and batter or myself had experie nced. a bly given it away, but thanks make s (like FORD) and at times I started in the summer of 1969 to Larry and Neale Wh ittaker . feel a little humbled by the olcler they pushed it into the corner established members with their by Ashley Smith of the shed and con vinced me thor oughbred and rarer models. to let it be. One plea I would like to mak e wurking with tremendous spin t It took four months for an to new restorers is not to con and complete dedic ati on firmly interest to devel op aga in, slowly vince yourself that you can't do convinced that the following at first, but quick ly building up certain jobs, with that kind of summer we would be out on our as I had a few successes. For attitude you certainly won 't. I vintage wheels. tun atel y a friend had given me a m convinced that the average I was in for a shock and I a little coach ing in the gentle art chap can tackle and obta in a wou ld ment ion here to first time of panel beating and with a little reason able standard if perh ap s restorers, never try to work to a practice and a hal f do zen golden not at the first atte mpt. Doing it time or finishin g date , it will not rules. I was tackling the panel s yourse lf cert ainly gives a lot work no matt er how goo d yo u with a degree of co nfidence. The more satisfaction and those who th ink you are. Afte r four months sub-chass is was well gon e a nd a have paid for extensive pan el wurking at 40 hours a week, Cl new one was fabrica ted fro m ;\ work or the likes know wha t always keep a diar y of hours and material, aro und thirty pieces if I sort of a shoc k to expect when costs incurred on each project). rem ember, all fitted, electric they ope n th at window envelope . the only parts completed were welded. ground and straig htened. The idea of restoring a soft the chassis. fro nt and rear Then came all the und erneath top vintage car had appea led to asse mblies. gearbox , wheels, front pan els and wells. Co mplete new me for a long time , but a sense gua rds, and sundry item s. ones were mad e but these didn 't of priorities dem an ded that I put The body was so bad when it have to be too fussy, nob ody our new home in order first, so was dismantled, that man y pan els looks underneath or do the y? mainl y for this reason I was were hardly suita ble for patt ern s. And then the bod y proper. which fairl y late starting so all the more and like many would-be pan el is seen! I had to make a new exo tic and desirabl e ca rs had beaters I found I was not as good boot lid and the back of the been colla red. Bill Sh ann on was as I thou ght. So a depression set body including the mouldings, it prob abl y respon sible more th an in and the A was pushed as ide. cert ainly isn't a perfect job and anybody else for my interest. We firmly convinced that we would doesn't stand too close a scru tiny. whittled away many hours dis never own a vintage machine. I One do or skin was properly cussing the pr ogres s and prob lems with his '27 TALBOT, it certa inly got me ho oked. In late 1969 Karl Hamson appeared on our hori zon , a Can adi an in Taranaki for a few years befor e moving on, Karl convinced me that the remain s of a 1930 Model ARoad ster that he had acquired for parts for his own A was just the machin e for me. This was dulv pnrchased for $25 and proudl y take n home . I know my wife Larrai ne was not impressed but as a competent trad esman I was confident it would be restored As pu rchased late 1969 for $ 25 . P AGE TWELVE mutilated so a new skin was welded and a join made just under the moulding, strangely this door turned out better than the other. All the bottoms of the body shell and around the tank and the tank itself needed extensive patching. Never mind, by now I am doing these jobs with con fidence and producing reason able results. At no stage and in none of my cars have I stooped to using fibreglass or lead for filling, it just doesn't belong to a proper restoration. The rear guards were bad, one requiring 14 patches covering more than half of the area of the original guard. By now I am riding on a crest, Motor back, ready to start. knowing full well tbat the car will be completed even though from brass. With the hood bows, using the low speed powerful well outside my ludicrous li2 I made another mistake by mak back gear. months. A lot of body fittings ing them four inches too high, so What engine machining I was were missing, some came for that's why we always try to keep not able to do we had done by ward, but in a lot of cases I the hood down. Valances, stain a professional, but I balanced found it easier to settle down less running board trims, steps to the components, made an over and make them rather than try rumble seat, and a trunk for the size set of gudgeons, new valve ing to buy. back all followed. Twin wheel guides with a quarter of a thou. The radiator core came out of wells for the front guards, and clearance and for the next 6,000 a 39 Chev. truck, I manufactured two rear vision mirrors that strap miles Redex had to be used ex a flying quail radiator cap in round the wheels, not very tensively to prevent gumming. I brass, four pieces, easy-flowed original but looks mighty. We had prepared the undercoats but together, the windshield weren't game to tackle the seat the finishing coats for the blue machined from one inch solid swabs but all the rest of the trim body and black running gear was brass (a mistake really) door and hood was done by Larry on applied by another V.C.C. mem handles and side wing fittings an ordinary household machine ber more skilled in this field.
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PAGE THIRTEEN again I agree) was that I was CUTLER PARK I 13 EARJNG PROBLEMS? like a sma ll boy with a bag of CHRISTCHURCH 1 Con rods re-metalled and mach lollies and just could not keep Can terbu ry Bran ch invite me mbers ined. Main bearings re-metalled my hand out of it. An ywa y I and fri ends to stay at Cut ler Par k a nd align bored.Oilwa ys cut as when hol ida yin g in th e area . Th e per original or la instructions. thanked him and off out that Workmanship a nd material of Gro unds are situa te d at McL eans door before he could cha nge his Island north of Christchurch Int er top quality. Work done IQ suit mind! We look back on this in shaft when supplied or IQ instruc na tion al Air port and approx. 9 tion . cident with considerable amuse miles from Cathedr al Squa re. Blocks bored, pistons expanded ment and I would like to meet Facilities include flu sh toilets, a nd re-graved. Rings supplied or that Officer again for a friendly sho we rs, cove red barbec ue, padd ling made to suit. (Freight arrauged .) drink and a laugh. pool, swi ngs and se e-sa w. Kitchen For the best results contact A. 1. is eq uipped with two ranges, zip Barber, Piri Lane, Paraparaurnu. We were accepted as a late wate r hea te r and fr idge. Some power Phone 7141. entry to the 1972 Internati on al sup ply for car ava ns is available. and this major event (our first Resident member ca retake r during The big day was June 6th, Chri st ma s hol iday period on ly to ever) did I'm afraid spo il us for mid-January. Sma ll donation as fee . 1971, Larry's birthday, and no a lot of future events. pro blems, she started easily and Enqu iries: Tom Clements, 183a The road ster has always per Ma tson s Avenue, Ch ris tc hurch 5 . ran well but the followin g week formed very well and at present Phone 527-457. end a humorous incident arose. after 17,000 miles, the wor st Our "A" had no warrant or SOUTH ISLAND thing that has happened has been registr ati on , though I had in MOTORCYCLE TOUR 1977 two punctures. formed the local traffic officer The fu ll itinerary for this tour A favourite trick is to balance th at we were nearly ready, I had was printed on Page 7 of our last a 50 cent coin on edge on the sneaked several hundred yards issue. Tour will commence at down the road (a major highway manifold , with the mot or idling Blenheim on Tuesday , March at that) mainly to test a faulty correctly it will sit there in 15th, not 16th as shown. Any speedo cable and the car's definitely. enquiries in conn ection with this general ability in top gear before Further stories from Ashley Smith tour sho uld be directed to Ivan presenting it for the necessar y will fo llo w covering his 1926 'T T aylor, 122 Main North Road, formalities. Horrors on my and later Model 'A' Tudor. Kaiapoi. return I ran ban g into one of the City Officers, a hundred yards from home. Needless to say, I had the riot act spelt out (incidentally I do agree with his reasoning). so I dul y collect two bluey s fo r my trouble, an ex planatory visit to the Tran sport Dept . was in vain so I dul y appear before a local magistrate. I didn 't feel very funny then but to cut it short, with my story, plus con siderable help from the local officer and the pr osecuting one (I think he is a V.C.c. member) the court decided-this one could be dismissed with costs only! The court's comment (and
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PAGE FI FTEEN PAGE SIXTEEN AROUND AND ABOUT IRISHMANS '76 Photos David Hancock Top Left: Bob Beardsley thun ders towards the water course at Shands Patch Circuit. Lower Left: The long distance men. Dick Stanley's 20/60 Beam, John Stanley's 14/40 Delage, Alistair Robinson's 510s Fiat and Russell Ward's 14/40 Sunbeam. Above: 'Beam team departs for North Shore from Strathconan. Right: Peter Henry gets wet feet for a lost cause trying 'to find the 2 p.m. lunchbreak.
PAGE SEVENTEEN 19205 Heyday of battery power
This article first appeared in the "Christchurch Star" and is reprinted here with their permission . It is hardly surprising that Christchurch sho uld The other big dr awback was that instea d of simply onc e have been seen as the city of the electric car. spending a few moments "topping up the tank" it The city's flatness ga ve the immediate adv ant age of longer running before an a ll-too-frequent batter y rech arge was nece ssary. But perhap s even more imp ortant was the ready availab ility of a source of pow er fr om Lake Co le ridge at a time when hydr o-electricity was still a novelty. These, at least, were Mr Ambrose Reeves H arris's rea son s for movin g down from the North Island in 19 I 6 to set himself lip in the electric vehicle busine ss. by Lyn Riley
M r Harris did not import the first electric car or tru ck to reach C hristchurch, nor did he import them all, but it is to him that much of the credit goes for popularising battery propulsion on the road. In all, his co mpany was resp onsible for br inging in more than 200 of the city's electric cars and tru cks-practically all of them from America. And while :WO vehicles is a sma ll number indeed, now that motoring is for the ma sses, in those days it was enough to establish battery power as a viable altern ative. Christchurch's electric veh icle he yday was un doubtedly in the 1920's, but it was not until some 30 years later that the last of them finally disap peared from regular use. In absolute terms, of course, electric cars- a concept as old as motoring itself-have not disappeared, and are still seen as a possible mean s of personal transportation in the future. But it mu st be admitted that the electric vehicle was prevented from reaching " boom" proportions by its smellier, noiser, but che aper and more con venient rival driven by the internal combustio n enuine, Talk to anybody who rem embers electric car s and trucks on city streets in the 1920's and 1930's, and he will tell you they were impressively quiet in operation and simple to drive. There were no gear s to worry about. and no clutch-just a lever to increase speed, a footbrake, and a handbrake . There were disadvantages, though. T ypical electric vehicle s tended to be heav y to steer because of their weight and direct steering gear, and equally M.E.D. maintenance men used this battery-powered :'ower wagon for street lighting maintenance, 1920's style. hard to ride in or on because they were invariably The wagon is seen in e ctiorr at the corner of Latimer shod with solid rubber tyres . Square and Worcester Street, PAGE E IGH TEEN was a matter of " plugg ing in" One o f the biggest and best overnight to a power supply to kn own of the electric tru cks was RALLY PLAQU ES give batteries a new lease of life . the 5-ton American-built Walker Plaques made to order in a Most electric vehicle owners carrying in bold letter s along its variety of materials and col had their re-charging done at sides the words "Dixon Bro s. ours and eith er engraved or the Christchurch City Council's Cash butchers. Dust Proof Meat cas t. garage in Manchester Street, Van." Prices can ran ge from as low where the council's parking build On e city enterprise with co m ing now stands. mercial motives for opting for as 75c ea ch. Electric trucks always out batter y-powered vehicles was the For Further Information numbered cars on city streets Municip al Electricity Department, THE SWISS JEWELLERS and were most popular with which ran nothing else until the P.O . Box 912, Napier businesses making regul ar house ea rly 1930·s. (Barry Anderson Proprietor) hold del iveri es. At that stage, the department's Grocery busin esses whose are a was extended to include names appeared on the sides of Hal swell, wh ich was a little too tery charge, but a city carrier , electric deliv ery tru cks included far to ventu re with an y certainty Jack Hutchinson. held an Kincaids, Tucks, Fra nk A. Cook. with an electric truck, so a unofficial " record" set when he and Wardell. and other user s petrol-powered Dennis was drove to Oxford with a full load included the Avon and Ca nter- bou ght. of Iurniture-e-and made it back bury dairy companies, and Thirty miles a day was ab out to Papan ui Road on the return Sharpe Brother s, so ft drink all an electric truck could be run. manufacturers. exp ect ed to cover with out a bat- Batterie s were, and still are. the
Christchurch electri-car importer, Mr A. R. Harris, at the wheel of the black Detroit Electric car run by his company during the 1920s. It was driven from what appears to be the back seat, but in spite of appearances, forwards was forwards and backwa rds was backwards. P AGE NINETEF.N More than 50 of Christchurch's electric vehicles assembl ed in Bealey J for this picture taken from the roof of the Carlton Hotel. The year was 1924. Up to 100 electric vehicles at a time could have their batter ies recharged ove rnight in this M.E.D. garage in Manchester St. Parked outside are two vehicles of the department's own fleet of electri c trucks. biggest limi tat ion on wide-spread repla cement. car have led to a revival of local use of the electric vehicle. T he motors, on the ot her ha nd, interest in the fu ture po tentia l T he Edison nickel-al kali ne were sim ple, relat ively trouble for elec tric vehicles. storage battery was hea vy to free, and cheaper tha n a petro l People like Mr Reeves Harris, ca rry an d cos tly to buy .In the engi ne to operate. cit y businessma n an d son of Mr 1930's, a set cos t S IOOO, whic h Predictably, rece nt appear an ces A. R. Har ris, are co nvinced the often mean t a vehicle was dis in Christchurc h of the sma ll return of the electric ca r is in ca rded when its ba tterie s needed English En field 8000 co mm uter evitable.
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"Do you use Molyslip in all the cars you restore [or the Museum?" MONTAGU : "Yes, we feel it's abso lutely essential. These cars are easily da mage d beyond repair; and it's ou r policy to keep them running, not just stat ic mu seum piec es. We have to pamper them like thoroughbred race horses. Vintage car lu br icat ion is I always hit and miss, espec ially at start in_g_,_o_r_o_n_s_te_e_p_h_l_'ll_s_,...,.w_h_e_re_ *'-----::::----. * 1920 350 h.p. S u n bea m * you can starve the forward cylinders. r- c- l wouldn't dr eam of taking one out the gearbo x is grease lubr icated. The THE TECHNICAL STORY. Molys lip is a s pe- without M olyslip." protec tion Mo,lyslip gives here and on cia l motori ng preparation of the new e ngin ee ring WARNE: "We were ama zed at th e the chassis is fantastic. It quietens lub rica nt, Molybdenu m Disulphide, plus other results of M olyslip right from th e down rattle considerab ly, too. And impo rtan t additives. You a dd it to the oil in your thi s new Liquid Grease injector e ngine . gearbox, back a xle a nd s teering, a nd it word go. It's one product that really III I spray is usefu l- som e of the old 'plates ' al meta -to-m eta bear ing s ur aces with doe s all that's claimed for it , and II fib" III h engines are frigh tfu lly inaccessib le." ayers 0 wearproo , u rica tinn mo ec u es. n t is probabl y more. For instance, we wa y, Molyslip improves the pe rforma nce of your entered a 1904 Brushmobile for the oil, reducinq power loss es and the de trim enta l L ondon/Brighton run. Our driver effects 01 e ngin e a nd tra ns mission Irict ion . In exceeded the 760 ma ximum revs, prac ticnl ter ms you get smoother ru nning, les s br oke the crank case and lost nearly wea r, mo re power, mo re m.p.g., les s e ngine nois e all the oil. But the car completed the and a complete absence 01 tra nsmission whine. run, and she'd have gon e on running. Ask for Molyslip at your local service Without M olyslip she'd have seized station. garage or MOLYSLlP E up . All our engine's run sweeter with accessory store. for en gines 10oz. flask M olyslip. We often run th e old lasts - 5,000 miles Edward ian racing car s faster th an throu gh oil changes. wh en they were made, with mod ern MOLYSLlP G fuels .T here's a 1920 Sunbeam* that fo r gea rbo x, buck axle still does over 100 m .p.h. It's qu ite a and steering 10 oz . in test for old cars , so we use the best " M r. Warne, do you )'eC01n jecto r flask lasts 10 ,000 mend Molyslip to Y OU1' other miles. materials possible:' customer s?" MOLYSLlP LIQUID " Do you use Molyslip WARNE: "Oh yes. I always tell th em _ GREASE Grease?" it 's esse ntial to go on using M olys lip MONTAGU: "Yes. In many old cars, after th eir cars have been restored." ' ; PreSS Ufl se d ;"S;? sp ra y : Availab le from all Branches o f =='" GREASE every OI LING poi nt! Cannot NEW ZEA LAND MOTO R COR PO RATION drain, wear off.
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PAGE T WENTY-FOUR a Crosslev along with his fat her. has entered the Chara banc in the an d we look forward to seeing one Hor seless Carriage Club's "Parlia of these uncomm on vehicles in our ment ar y Tour" to be held in Febru. llranch notes ran ks. John Fe rguso n has had his ary. 1977, and we unde rstand there Bentley fired up recent ly, the first are 30 cars entered for this historic time since ca rrying out considerable event. ASHBURTON work on the motor. Much of the BARRIE ROB ERT car has been repainted so it looks MOTOR CYCLE NOTES as though we shall soon be seeing The Augu st meet ing took the form Although the winter months a re John once more in fam iliar sur of a Swap Meet and some very genera lly a qu ieter time of the year roundings. so to speak . good bits and piece s changed hands. there is always a certai n amo unt of A full programme of road run s ac tivity tak ing place in all Branches starting in September up unt il and this one is no except ion. Jul y Christmas has been planned includ meeting night consisted of a natter AUCKLAND II1g our annual Waik ato Run sta rting evenin g, nothin g organised, and that from Rangiriri on November 13th. proved to be most successf ul, so we An y visitors from any branch will hope to have a lot more of that It seems tha t in every issue we be welcome. A number of us type of evening as interest-hold ing are able to report another Vete ran a ttended the Cold Kiwi Motorcycle top ics fo r meetin g night s are some acqui sition to the North. This time Rall y at Waiouru on August 28th time s hard to find. it is the Stokes 10/1 2 HP Humber, 29th. Though most of us chose the Road safety is a subjec t which 1908, recen tly purchased by War luxury of reasonab ly modern mach should be up perm os t in the minds wick Jessop. The same member iner y for the trip, Bob Atle y a nd of a ll of us as road users and so 10 recently bought the ex Barry Archer John Moss took their Harley' s assist in tha t direction a Defensive 14/40 Sunbeam fro m Ru ssell Ward throu gh and attrac ted a lot of atten Dr iving Course was run fo r the - just to keep his 20 h.p. Bean tion . John had no trouble takin g bene fit of Bran ch members, eighteen company! the award for the oldest machine at takin g the course along with nine Transfers within the branch include a 1913 Michagan to John the Rall y. The 1917 twin am azed outsiders. the gathering when it chuffed easily Ea rly in August, a socia l orga n Co urtney, a 1913 Overland to Neil Cox, and, after all these years Russ to life after a nigh t out in zero ised by April Sea rle was held in the temperatures and snow while the clubrooms, and this proved to be Miell ha s parted with his beauti ful 1924 Buick Sports Tourer to owners of some of the modern a highly enjoya ble a ffair. It gave us exot ic wingd ings were fussing about a chance to hear the musical talents Jim Francis. Dick Langridge has started work on the ex Well ington with magic aeroso l can s and tow of some of our members and gener rope s to coax their sophistica ted all y let o ur hair do wn. 1925 Phantom I Roll s. Our delegate s to the T imaru power plants into life. The mai n event of the winter was AGM were impressed with the hos Good to see Derek Crosby out the National Co nference in Timaru pitality of the South Canterbury a nd about on Phillip Bourke's old attended by the Chairma n, delegate Branch and returned with some Raleigh. So often these machines and one member. Once agarn it good suggestions for next year's are sold and never seen aga in. Phil was pleasing to meet old acquaint AGM in Auckl and. They reported is now looking for another bike . ance s on a business and social level with some amusement, about rum Pop La Ha ye has gone mod. He and of course there are always a ours of Ron Jacob selling his cars. has a 1964 BSA C15 that he is put few new faces appea ring to add Yes, the No. 2 An sald o ha s gone ting together under his hou se. fresh interest and idea s. to Chri stchurch but he still has the Harold Dawson arrived at a recent A most interesting a nd inf orm a Duo and the Lancia and the y are meeting with a PURPLE PWV tive evening was provided by mem not for sale even though he ha s just Ind ian Brave. He says it is a custom ber Russell Murdoch fo r our Au gust bought new sails for his kee ler. paint job. (Wo uld you believe war meet ing. Russell spent some time For next year's AGM arra nge paint). Bert Cuthbertson's 1939 ,. in the Antarctic three yea rs ago ment s have already been made to Sunbeam is a beaut. Trendy but and gave us a vivid description of use the Mon Desire Hotel in traditional. It will be hard to beat his act ivities in that pa rt of the Takapuna as the conference head in this year's most credita ble restora world, backed up with a good selec quarters. tion. Pat Wood 's Royal Ruby is tion of slides. Events have got und er way with another gem though he is still ha v A restoration recentl y completed the new club ca ptain at the helm ing trouble keepin g the tyres on the is the 1923 Willys Knight Sedan of and severa l praised the simplicity of wheel s. It now seems assured that Kerry Walker's and we hope to see a recent Sund ay afternoon run we will be hosting the 1979 National it on our Opening Run . Another which started and finished at the Motor Cycle Rall y so the inaugural Willys Knight cu rrently being re Museum of Transport and Tech co mmi ttee will be getting do wn to stored is the 1925 Plaid side Roadster nolo gy as part of the ir " Live Week some serious work . Barry William s of Ron Winchester's, and from all end ". During this weekend the has been elected organiser. acconnts this sho uld be something "Club shed " gang at MOTAT com of co nside ra ble interest as it is a n pleted and erected a windmill that extremely rare vehicle by world they had restored during the winter. standards and quite an eye-catch er. Thi s, and a PVV Pontiac have Model A acti vity is takin g place in dela yed several maintenance job s on BAY OF PLENTY the stables of Dave Boyle and the Charabanc but the team are Michael Kin gsbury and I'm sure confident that Angelique will be On July 12th our monthly meet these two vehicles. a tourer and a down at the Hunua lunch stop as ing was held with a very interesting road ster , will be on the roads this usual, having transported the cooks talk given by Mr Bob Laming on coming season. We hav e a member. to the venue in the earl y hours of the different and various types of Robert John ston, who is working on Sund ay, 24th October. The Club cars he had driven. 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PA GE TWENTY-SIX Next was our monthly run which been mo st successful judging by the just o utside Blenheim owned and was held on 25th Jul y organised by amo unt of work than Graham Plu ck o pera ted by M I' and M rs Bush who Bob McGarva. This verv scenic run and his helpers ha ve put in on the gave a larg e portion of one after went through the outskirts of town planning. Spe aking of planning, the noon conducting members and their to Welcome Bay tra vellin g on to Ca nterbury Annual Rally is at an familie s ove r their fact orv. I'm sure Paparnoa and waterfront tow ard s adva nced stage and bas ed on the the interes ting pictu re of life in a Mt Maunganui, then back aga in format of last year' s most succe ss beehive was an eye-opener to all towards Tauranga where the run ful Silver Anniversary, thi s also pro presen t. What industry and de votion finished at Rotary Park. Approx mises to be in the best tradition. to the welfare of the co rnrn uni tv is J imately 1,6 cars participat ed and Over the course of Canterbury's reveal ed in the life story of "the results are as follows: Sho w Weekend in November, we honey bee and so well presented by Vintage will be heading off over the 'Great our hosts! It gave us all food for Ist Kerry Smith (Chevrolet), Divide' to spend the weekend at thou ght and on beh alf of all those 2nd Peter Dick (Rugby). Westport. Already a large number who came on the outing J would 3rd Kevin Rumble (Model ATou rer) of entries have been received for like to thank Mr and Mr s Bush for Post Vintage this popular event and Ken Mace their time an d our Club Captain, lst Win ton Nicholson (Citroen), field , who has been landed with the John Anders, for organizing the 2nd Maurie Notte (Morris), job or organising, is starting to get visit. 3rd Frank Ward (Willys). a gr in on his face. From the apiary we went to the Overall winner Kerry Smith. There always seems to be plenty ga rages of two of our members Another club run held on the of activity in this Branch as regards who are also as bu sv as bees re 22nd August, with 18 cars taking restorations, but still , with a mem sto ring veh icles. At the first one we part the run went via Welc ome Bay ber ship exceeding 600 there joll y admired the prog ress being made on through 2 new subdivisions and well sho uld be. Some that come a Wentworth Model Chevrolet. This after a very pleasant drive in sun to mind as I sit here pounding is obv iou sly going to be a first class shine it finall y finished at a go lf away with one finger are: Robin job with no effort spared. The practice range at Mt Maunganui Mundy's 12 MG, which has had a seco nd garage revealed the wisdom where members were a ble to tr v new coat of paint and is about to of buil din g big. What a set up for their skill. " receive a new dashboard, instru the serious restorer! Plenty of space Vintage Secti on ments, etc., Alisdair Bra ss's 19}9 and light and what a collection of 1st Bill Butler (M odel A Sedan), Chev. Coupe, now in running order Ford parts. Some good models 2nd Bob Mc Garva (Model AT ourer), and gett ing its panels and things should emerge from the doors of 3rd Selw yn Norman (Model A Fire screwed back on , Arthur Ain s that shed! The outing concluded Engine). worth's L type MG which is in the with afternoon tea at the Club's Post Vintage pa int shop, and the Veteran Over Headquarters at Bra yshaw Park, A very success ful opening to the 1976 1st Winton Nicholson (Citroe n), land (can' t remember the exa ct year, so won 't commit myself at this 77 season which is by my calcula 2nd Frank Ward (Will ys), tion the 18th year of ope ration of 3rd Maurice Nottle (Morris) stage) belonging to Earl Preston. Another pair of intrepid rest orers this bran ch . Overall Winner Win ton Nicholson. hard at ' it', are Clynt Inn s and Ken JOHN FINNIE Tauranga held its Annual Orange Macefield who are working on their Festival Parade on 28th August with pair of Austin 7's. Ken's is a 1927 I1 Vintage cars participating and C hummy and Clynt's is a 1930 followed by 60 float s. Ulster (complete with dropped fron t Plans are now under way for our axle, straight front spring and raked NELSON Annual Annivers ary Weekend Rally steering). I'll save an y others until which is to be held on the 30th the next issue and by then I may First stop on a recent morning January. have had time to do some home BEV SMITH restorati on outing was at Neil Matt work and find out what 'Bikes' are sen's to view his Model A. With getting the 'treatment' . only the upholstery work to do this BRUCE HALLIGAN A will be among the best when finished and on the road soon. Next CANTERBURY stop was to see And y Beattie's Au stin 7 and partake of a welcome Another Vintage season is upon hot cuppa . The work being done on us once aga in and, although the the Austin is of high cla ss and well weather isn't all it could be, Canter worthy of a place alongside the bury Branch is all set and rearing Judging by the wording in o ur Martini and the Vauxhall. Final to go. The first event of the new local newsletter the Marlborough stop was at Lou McDowell's res season had to be put off until Branch's first outing for the 1976 idence to view his new garage and another day because of the weather. 77 Season was to be to an ab solutely Austin 12/4 undergoing treatment This was to be an afte rnoon run unobtainable Utopia! I quote from therein. This will be another nice car around the Penin sula finishing at the Club Captain's inv itation:- 'A when complete. T hese rest oration the Little River Hotel for an even visit to a bu siness which employs a run s are sure proving popu1ar-Jim ing meal, but because the roads large number of local s on a season Shields came all the wa y from Grey were closed owing to flooding the abl e basis for small wages with littl e mouth to see the above vehicles. event was po stp on ed . However, the industrial unrest!' Now I as k you ! At a recent even ing meeting following weekend all was well and As the man on the radio as ks. a Mini stry of Tr an sport Officer a goodly mu ster headed off for a "Where in the World?" On the was invited to talk on the Defensive very enjoyable run. By the time waterfront. in the papermills, the Driving Course. As a result of the you read thi s the Swap Meet will freezing works or the boile r fact ory? interesting talk and films shown be a thing of the pa st and at this No. I regret to have to say not several members have enrolled to stage I would think it will have there. It was in fact at the a piary take the course. Another ver y well PAGE TWENTY-SEVEN attended restorati on run was held be seen . By 29th Se ptem ber, it is 111 early Augu st when two p ro s MANAWATU hoped the Sub-Co m m ittee will ha ve pective members, o ne wi th a P,V . I a recommen dat ion o n a s pecific site Riley a nd the o ther with a 192 8 fo r the club. The main decision Morris Cowle v roadste r under re With no rallies to divert attention. wa nted by th e sub-committee is th e storation , we re visit ed . M ot orcycles o ur clubro om situati on still rem ains pr eference fo r a rural o r an urban were next on the a genda so a call the cen tre of atten tion within the setti ng; once thi s is clarified th e a rea, T he Building Sub-Commi ttee was ma de on C harlie Sch o field to final de cision sho uld not be to o see his varied co llec tion of pu sh ha s been working overtime to show di fficult. Then comes the fund ra is bike clip-on m ot ors (o r po wer-bikes) pro gress to members. M ee tings ing campa ign . It is hop ed all mem once a week to coll at e progress a nd so popular in th e 1950's , then on to be rs will feel inclined to help o ut re po rts hav e been held by th is co m see Ja ck Bier's sta ble of Ro yal with finance fo r it is here that the mittee and A la n Pratt, as Sec reta ry E nfields, particular interest be ing success o r fa ilure of the venlure Convene r. ha s had hi s wo rk c u-t show n in his 1951 500 cc twin co m an.I a nd th e spe ed in w hic h it can be in g to gether fo r th e National Rally o ut keepin g track of a ll the findi ngs . achieved , will depend. in Blenheim. T he final call of the Various sites and proposals ha ve day was made to in spect pr o gress o n bee n inv estig ated ; tal ks with C ity C lu b ni ght in Au gu st was an inter Bill Turners M od el A a nd here a and Coun ty Counc ils ha ve taken es ting visit to the local brake a nd most welcome a fternoon tea wa s place so that now th e Building clutc h lin in g specialists. All mem serv ed. C om m ittee ha s fo ur interesting bers atten ding were educa ted on Finall y would a ll Branch Sec a lte rn a tives . Club members a re to thi s trip a nd thought it most worth retaries please not e tha t th e Nel son be ask ed to ind icate their whi le. Aubry ElIe n o rga nised a Branch Secreta ry is Don Coope r, pr eferen ce to the Sub-Com m itte e she d ra id in August whi ch pro ved P.O. Box 787. N elson. Previous who in turn ca n ma ke their decision. most int eresting a nd we cer ta inly loc al sec re ta ries -fo r the la st 10 yea rs T o help members understand the lo ok forwa rd to more of these . are getting a bit tired of still proposition s, a tour is being held of Lo oking a head, events for the receivin g items of club corre spond the prospective sites so that the club seem la be quite numou rous ence. GRAEME McCONNEL adva ntages and d isad vantages call with visits la historic places, ce nle n- VINTAGE TYRES, AND ACCESSORIES LIMITED We are the sole N.Z. 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PAGE TWENTY·EIGHT ial celeb ra tions. ra llies. picnics and shed raids all on the age nda. Interest will be on the a ppearance of new vehicles. Roy McG reavy is putting BAY OF PLENTY in long hour s on his ca r. Jo hn Julian has only the up holstery to be finished on his 1929 Humber and Provincial Rally I'm sure the re are others close to completion which will appear if and when summer arrives. ANN IVERSARY WEEKEND 1976 BARRY ROLLE Rally DAY, SUNDAY 30th of JANUARY, 1976 Easy MOTORING LUNCHES CATERED FOR SOCIAL EVENING INFORMAL DINNER Recent months have seen littl e real mot or ing wit hin the bra nch. but plenty of erstwhile ac tivity. On ou r More information and entry forms available from J uly 2 1st club eveni ng we had a trul y "vintage" show of Victor ian your local secretary or write to: and Edwardia n lantern slides . pre THE SECRETARY BAY OF PLENTY BRANCH sente d by Mr Lou Arm itage. In cluded in the show were man y p.a. BOX 660, TAURANGA pho tos of ea rly Auck land and motor bike racing from 1910 to 1960. Ju dging by the af tershow natter . all prese nt rea lly enjoyed them selves. E rn ie Armitage, who supplied us with a magnificent fro nt sho t of the ROTORUA T he follow ing weekend saw fifteen De nnis when she was in service. Bob entra nts turn out for a local to urs Fa irbai rn o ur director of mech an ical run. wh ich meandered all ove r the restoration, tells me tha t we need Th is time of year things tend to No rt h Shore. tracing the rou tes of a 4 spoke 18 inch diameter stee ring slow down. News becomes scarce, the old transpo rt systems. The run whee l with a f" to 1-" square taper. me mbers seem to hi bernate, ca rs finished with a most informative If an yone can help he wo uld be were wrapped up and put away in tour of the North Head fortif most grateful. As with mos t vintage the garage until the sum mer comes. ications. guided by the park ranger vehicles these days. tyres a re a big This modern age seems to make Mr George Holmes. problem with the Dermis. A recent softies of most of us. After all, 40 Whangarei's clubnight on the 16th quote for six 24 x 600 (36 x 6) tyres 50 years ago the only cars available August promoted a flying visit by was $250 a case! So at $ 1.500 a set were th ose very cars that we now five of our mem bers to give moral we are looking ha rd for old stock seem to use onlv when the sun support to fellow membe r John in this size in any condition . shines. - Stringer. who gave a talk on the It must be so me kind of a record In spite of the very inclemen t do's and do ni's of bui lding wooden when no less than two Bugattis, a weat her, sixteen ca rs turned out for bodies. The return journey was Lea Francis, a Talbot and a well our end of registration run where accompanied by a veteran Swift known 14/40 Sunbeam come up for the straight line navigation posed engine which seemed determined to sale /tender within the same branch a few problems. However thanks end of up in Ha rold Kidd's back the 'same mo nth! Co uld it be a case to the idio t sheet, all navigators yard! of musical cars played to the tune finallv found the venue . One of the A navigato rs nigh tmare was a n of the law of supply and demand? bett ei things about living in the apt desc ript ion of our night rall y IAN GOLD INGH AM Rot or ua dist rict is that there is held on the 20th August. Th e run pro gressed with much pr omi se and tested one's belief in the straight a head line. Unfortuna tely it was disas tro usly scra mbled by a patch of sea led road " tha t sho uldn't have VINTAGE TYRES & bee n ther e" to qu ote one of the organisers.Most mem ber s co m pensated with a com bina tion of ACCESSORIES LIMITED local knowledge and "as the crow flies" navigation . Th e club captain We are pleased 10 an no unce that we are expandi ng t he is re por ted to be mak ing sure that services provided by our Company.Due to overwhelming the Northern Ra id will be free of de man d for our tyres we have appointed a part-time suc h ills. O ur Dermis bus project has benefitted greatly by the acquisi Company Manager (M r Tan Wilson) and a fu ll time assist tion of the mechanical rema ins of ant. With our new staff we ca n now provide an immediate a 40 h.p. D ermis fire engine come and efficient service to ou r man y custo mers. loe hauler. Th is gives us an engine If you have any enquiries please feel free to either write to ill a sound structural state and some 40 h.p. parts to swap for equivalent us or phone us (day or night 7 days a week) at either p.a . '0 h.p. parts (see advertisement). Box 540 Whak antane or pho ne 7003 Whakatane. Documentation on the bus continues to filter in with the help of Mr PAGE T WEN TY-NINE arways a hot pool han dy. Doesn't for a gara ge run to Tokoroa. Seven binati on side car for his 1941 do much fo r the chromewo rk on restorat ion s, and Barry Grant's V I6 Ind ian motor cycle. He has all the the ca rs but does wonders for a Ca dillac, plus 'I very tasy afternoon chassis restored and is now co m co ld bod v. tea, mad e this a wor thwhile day. plet ing the body. His wife will now A recent Club D inner at a local Th ese garage ru ns are the type of be a ble to acco mpa ny him on ralli es licensed restaurant turned out a hug e thing that I recommend to the newer at last. success; seating capac ity was limited members as a lot ca n be learn ed Les Weedon at Stratfo rd has only to the first 60 odd . Enterta inment from these visits. the upho lstery to renew on his 1937 was pro vided by an acco rdion band Recent club nights have been very VS Co upe, and we will see an stay ing at the motel. interes ting with talk s on early motor excellen t post vintage ca r on the After dinne r Harr y Lapw ood pre ing in the Bay of Plent y. I am sure road. He has painted it the origina l sented cups to Barry Rogers, John if we had to suffer the same set colour of blaze red and it is interest An sell, Reg M unro and Brian Roll o. back s a s these ea rly motorists, ing to note it has done 65,000 mile s These cups represented various especially the servic e car driv ers, we since new. Jack Osborn e also in effort s over the past year by the woul d never leave the city boundary. Strat(ord is pro gressing very well ab ove members. LES AN GUS with a 1926 New Beaut y Ford T Centrally heated gara ges ar e ra re Road ster. He has completed some amo ng members and what with the of the panel work and all the mot or. cold her e in Rotorua during the pas t TARANAKI He has sold his 1923 Esse x 4 to a few month, restoration has slowed new mem ber. down . Collecting seems to have Re storations ar e progressing well Ashley Smith, at Waitar a, has been the nam e of the gam e this in Tar an aki and the stan dard is ver y completed his Model T Ra ceabout winter. high . . a nd quite a few members attended Model A Tudor fro m the South A visit to Fred He rningwa v's the un veiling ceremo ny in August. Island by Eldo n John son . Remains " No rto n Villa " in Nor rnanby, was Everyone agreed it was a little gem . of ano ther Triumph 7 from Napie r well worth a look in.F red has been It is painted bright yellow. with by D on An glis. C hrysler 75 Sedan interested for 46 vear s in mot or black linin g an d bla ck uph olstery, from Whangarei by G raeme Sal t. cycles and has a gran d collection of a real Ta ra na ki colour. Harry G raeme is one of our newer mem over 28 cycles from a 1912 Triumph Davey has sta rted on the chass is bers and has a n Auburn which will th rou gh to Norton, B.S.A.. Vincent of a very desirable 1928 Dodge be a lo ng term project and pur and Velo's. He is at present re Sen ior 6 Sedan , having it sand chase d the Chrvsler so that he can sto ring a very rare 1934 500 E.S .2 blasted and pa inted. A new member, be on the road in a far shorter time . Norton. At. Hawera Eric Terrill is Gary Stimpson is restor ing a 1930 Excellent weath er was turned on mak ing goo d progress on a corn- Ford Model A Town Sedan. He has
North Shore Branch Dennis seen in service 1928. PAGE THIRTY completed the chass is and fro nt ha ve been uncomfortable with a assembly. dirt floor, but at least it was wa rm In New Plymouth Gordon Wicks and dr y. When work became plen ti is do ing some good work on his ful the tramps dri fted away a nd 1926 Na sh 40 Sedan. Bill Durling the old building was left vaca nt KENDAL is making a superb job o f a 1913 until June, 1946, when severa l Singer 9, light single door tou rer. denominations got together on It is very unusual with the block working bees and lined the wall s LODGE cast in pairs, sanky wheels and gear and put in a woo den floor. T hus box and diff at the rear axle. Bill 60 years after the building had been has completely rebuilt the rnechan er ected by two men who had too MOTELS icals . and ha s pa inted the body a much to drink, it was dedicat ed ver y dark blue, the uph olstery has as an Interdenominational Church. 105 Roydvale Avenue, been finished in blu e leat her. It has Eventua llv other churches were built been owned by a local mot or firm until it was used less and less. in New Pl ymouth since 1936 and Christchurch had been used for parades and The N.Z. Historical Places Trust advertising gimmicks. until the back were interested in the bu ilding but axle broke down quit e a few yea rs co uld not afford the upk eep so it Phone 585-971 ago. It has been in sto rage since was then that the To koroa Sub that time and Bill hopes to have Branch which had just been fo rmed Spacious family units, the veteran on the road in two or was looking for suita ble head three weeks. Des Moore is getting qua rters and our members approach quiet setting, next door nearer the completion of his 1938 e:l the Lichfield residents who were to Russley Hotel and Buick 40C T ourer , a very rare ca r o nly too happy to kno w that the here in Ne w Zealand. A lot of the o ld sto ne building would be tak en Golf Course. panel work has been don e, and the ca re of. The Church was dul v de chassis is nex t to receive alle ntion. con secrated and the Tokoroa Bian ch Only 2km from Air Sheryl Hunt's 1952 L. E. Vellocette became the proud po ssessor of port, water cooled motor cvcle is well on what is probably the oldest club the way to gelling back on the road room s in New Zealand. again . Since then we have had man y Nearest motel complex So over the next two or three working bees, erected a toilet block , to McLeans Island. months we should see some interes t a nd ren ovated the interior of the ing vehicles taking prid e of place old stone build ing. We now hav e a Special off-season rates on Taranaki roads. cosy home for our Vintage motoring COLlN JOHNSTON activities. to V.CC Members. GRAEME MACKIE Proprietors: Errol and SOUTH CANTY. Kath ryn Sm ith Club night IS the 1st Mond ay Member V,CC every month at our Club Room s situated at Lichfield, which is about T he most important recent event on the Sou th Ca nterbury scene was half-way between To koroa ani the Annual Conference, held in Putaruru. just off S.H. I. Th e build Timaru fro m Au gust 13 to 15. After ing is con structed o ut o f stone, and some initial problems findin g a Tes t telecast, it is just possible that was built in 1886 by two quarr y suita ble venue and a caterer a t a so me of " the sights of T imaru" workers who became indebted to the rea listic price , the committee would have been still in bed a t that local publican : they o bviously liked orga nising the Conference even hou r! their drink.T he local quarry closed tually came up with a co mbina tio n Motoring for the new season will and as the men had no way of pay of venues and a cat erer who ag ree get un der way on September 11, ing their debt an agreeme nt was a bly impressed man y of the visito rs. when Fred Whitele y's Post Vintage reached and the sto ne bu il-ting was The for mat of the Conference, and Post War Vehicle Rall y hits bu ilt for the publican . Th e sto ne which was op ened by Tirnaru Ma yor the road fo r 130 odd miles o f was quarried fro m a nearby farm Ru ssell Hervey, of Chevrolet 490 motoring aro und So uth Canterbury and the building erected a longside fame, was similar to that at Napier that will tak e in such diverse points the hotel. A few yea rs later the last year- an informal get-t ogeth er of interest as Maori Rock Drawings hotel was burnt to the gro und and on the Friday night, National Exec at Frenchma n's G ully, the site at the bar was set up in the stone utive meetings on the Saturday and Wa ito hi of Richard Pearce's historic building. Sunday mornings, and the Annual flight of March 31, 1904 (or was it In the earlv 1890's the licence Ge neral Meeting on Saturday after reall v 1903?) A visit to the Fai rlie was transferred to Putaruru and the noon. A bus trip around the hint er Museum, and lun ch at Bur ke's Pass. building was then used as a pa v lan d of Tirnaru on the Sa tur day on the verge of the famous Ma c office for mill hands at the saw mill morning for the lad ies. and a Win e, kenzie co untry. Fifteen entries, in nearby and the wo rke rs of the Din e and Dance on the Satur day cluding surprisingly enough, onl y Thames Valley Land Company. Thi s night. On the Sunday morning, some one motor-cycle. have been received role was sh ort-lived and the old local members took visito rs who fo r this event. bu ilding was left unused until the were not involved with the Nationa l Terry Wilson drew a good crowd hard times of 1920-30 when it be Executive meeting on a guided tour of ove r 50 members to the Au gust cam e a ren dezvou s for unemployed o f the sights of Timaru. Bearing in Noggin and Na tter, when he showed men looking for wo rk and becam e mind the function the night before, a good selectio n of slides of the known as a Tramp H ot el. Tt mu st which was followed by the Rugby Vintage Ca r Club Tour of North PAGE THIRTY-ONE America. la st June-July. There is men! for a n ide ntica l ma ch ine in a jo ined by a " sports" model o f the certa in ly so me fantastic machinery Flo yd C lyme r scra p book . The fac t sa me ma ke which is the result of a n to be see n in so me o f th ose big tha t th ey ha ve never a ppa ren tly been ext en sive rest oration by All a n Ca l mo to r mu seums. fitted would indicate that the bike vert. A further example of M orris Wh en planning the season's events. ha s not done a great milea ge. This 8, ag ai n a saloon, has been ga the red it is becoming inc reasing ly difficult bik e ioins a n int eresting sta ble fo r up by Pat G ra harn wh o hopes to to select a dat e fo r an event with as we'lI a s his well kn own 1911 Ford ha ve it on the road within a rea son out clas hing wi th a neighbouring tourer Barry has a 1921 H arley and able tim e. H is 1917 Stude ba ke r branch. A recent exa mple of thi s is sidecar an d a 1912 LM C. Both tourer is de finitel y a basket case our annual All N ight Trial which bikes as yet unrestored and a nearly and a lon g term project. The po licy is set PAGE THIRTY-FOUR English brass mIc ca rbide headlamp. Repl y Ian Go ldingharn. X Clifto n BODIES BUILT Classified ads Rd.. Takapuna, 9. Veteran, Vintage, P.V.V. built WANTED TO SWAP-Pair rear to framework stage (wood guard s for a pair to fit my 1924 work only, no panelbeating). Dodge Road ster. Also have for Work can be done from swap pair unu sual late verteran or photos etc . or to your design. YOUR AD will have greater earl y vintage lamps cou ld be New work only - no repairs. impact in a bord er. Remit $3.00 Daimler. Joh n McD onald. 41 Puki For further det ails enqui re: extra to normal rates and ask poto Road, Kait aia. W. R. JANES , for Box Ad. WANTED - 3.5 litre Mk 4 Jaguar CABINETMAKER part s. Particularly eng ine or suspen 37 Church Street, Gate Pa, tion part s. Would anyone knowing Tauranga. 'Phone Taurang a the whereabouts of requested part s 84-803 (bus. hours), 87-583 RATES FOR CLASSlflEDS please co ntact: John Menzie, P.O. (evenings). Members of Vintage Car Club Inc. Box 11 8, Palmerston North. $1 .50 fo r f ir st 40 wo rds or less t her e FOR SALE- 1952 Triumph Re after 2 cen ts pe r wor d . WANTED -Veteran hood frame nown . A gentleman 's 2000 saloon. Non Member or part s to suit 1913 Singer also 3 fastidi ou s owners, mechani callv $2 .00 f or f ir st 40 words or less there sound. mileage 130 000 colour a fter 2 cents per wo rd. an y Talbot 75-105 mechanical and bod y part s. Bill Durling, 37 green, interior on 'scn ;ffy side. BOX AD $3 .00 ex t ra to above rates. Som erset Street, New Plymouth. Stables to RNZA standa rd every Tel. 33-647. week. Say $600. Roy Ferens, 8 PHOTO AD $8 .00 ex tr a to above rates. Gresham SI., Dunedin, Encl ose good bl ack and wh i te photo. WAN"TED-Gearbox to co mplete Advertisem ents mu st be typed or cl early FOR SALE- B.S.A. Sloper a bout my dirt track Douglas. Have in pr in ted . 1932. Engine rebu ilt new cra nk pin complete gearbox fo r O.B. Douglas CHEQUE OR POSTAL NOTE MUST BE and side bearings, rebored, new for swap, cas h ad jus tment either ENCLOSED piston rings etc, new val ves guides way. Reply D.Adam, 16 Ga vin Send to : T he A dvertisin g M anage r, springs and sea t inserts. 4 speed Road . Raumati Beach. P.O.Box 13140, gea rbox, overh aul ed. Fram e un CHR ISTCH URCH . rest ored and dismantled with a few FOR SALE - I929 Ar iel motorcycle not later than 10th of month precedin g bits missing. twm port 500 rest ored and ready to publication . 1925 Chrysler 6 Tourer unre stored, rall y. Must sell, what offers. Wanted one set sterling 3·l plus 20 Rambler B.S.A. Go ld Flash fro nt forks and piston s rings and pins. wheel , B33 tin chain case rea r North Shore Bran ch 1935/36 Olds new crown wheel cha inguard. Cont act B. Ca;rad. 3 DENNIS BUS PR OJ ECT and pinion set Republic ratio 9/40. Balliol Avenue, Na pier. We need 36 x 6 or 24 x 600 tyres A. Crcquer, 40 Wilson St, Christ SWAP- Large quantity of 47 Rover in any co ndition also 8 stud church, 4. Phone 499-736. 16 body and mechani cal parts for Dunlop wheel s for above. We last few bits fo r a nother 16 Will have Circa 1920 Dermis 40 hp, FOR SALE-Buick 1928 seda n, conside r all offers. B. Forste r, 18 gearbox. rear axle. steering very ori ginal, low mileage, in very Argu s St, Rotorua. Phone 85-924. column and radiator. We would good condition. Price $2500. M. G. Hines, 34 Celia St,Christchurch 8. WANTED - Mechanical parts or like to swap for the same in 30 any inform ation fo r 1913 Overland hp parts, or any 30 hp bits. Also FOR SALE- Assorted part s con Mod el 69.T Tourer, runn ing board needed are a set of CAV head den sers (2) Austin 7 1930-1934, brackets, magneto switch, headlight lights, matching side lights an d Co ntac t sets (2) Austin 7 and 16 stay bar, kero. sidelights. han d tail light. Other bus related 1929-1931, earlv model Chev, water throttle ratchet quadrant. Repli es to equ ipment would be most help pump kit, ca rbon thru st for Singer Neil Cox . 38A Ireland Rd, Panrnure, ful. Write: Dennis Bus Project, 9 and Bantam etc, king pin set for 6, Auckland. P.O. Box 33033, Takapuna, 9. Morri s 8 1936-1935. All still in boxes. FOR SAL E 1937 Austin Seven part s, sta rter, NEEDE D-For 1927 Lea Francis generator, distributors, chassis and Max well Touring car 1922 re pair (or single) CAV/L ucas topedo wheels, speedo ca ble, steering box stored. This car is being reluct side lights Jaeger 3t" clock or tach and wheel , headlight unit s. wind antly sold to make roo m for ometer, pair of vintage bucket sea ts screen, gearbox, radi ator grille, also, further restorations. Th ose of (no t A7), four speed gearbox with 1934 Morris Minor speedo, 1938 you who know us will real ize right hand change and 14" bell Ford 10 part s, 1934 H illman Minx this. Price for this qu ite ra re housing. Sell/Swap fo r above. 1927 door handles. Phone 8630 Whenua model is reasonab le and will be Austin 12/4 gearbox, black faced pai or write: K. M. Co x, 49 Pohuta given only to genuine persons. Smiths clock , Z Armstrong Siddely kawa Rd , Whenuapai Village, No dealers. Write Don Angli s, 8 preselector gearbores, pair 10" Auckl and . Cochrane Street, Rotorua. Mem Willoc Botting (Belgian) pillar ber. V.C.C.N.Z. mounted headl amps, pair of 8" FOR SALE-Hudson Super Six Lucas side mounted headlamps 1928, restored 3 yea rs ago . Motor WANTED-For 1929 Model A (Austin 10), pair of 8" Lucas base and gea rbox fully rebuilt 1,100 Ford, shoc k a bsor bers, arms and mounted head lam ps (Va uxhall), miles ago,(Dec. 1975). This ca r has link s (comp lete set), original horn. pair of 10" Lucas base mounted been extensively rallied and is well An ybod y with these items or in lamps (ea rly 30s), IBeliot 7{ pillar known. Offers around $3,500.' Sel fo rma tion toward s their purchase mounted head light, I Miller bra ss wyn Warren, 8 Maru Street, Stokes plea se write to A. D. Sim, 15 Kin g bulb horn (small car or m/c), I Valley, Lower Hutt. Tel. 6446. St, Mosgiel, Otago, or phone 4076. PAGE THIRTY-FIVE AC SPARK PlUGS ... RIGHT fROM THE START On every BUICK since 1908 on every OLDSMOBILE since 1911 On every GMC Trucksince 1913 On every CADILLAC since ·1914 On every CHEVROLET since.1916 On every PONTJAC since 1926 On every VAUXHALL since 1928 On every BEDFORD since 1931 _.- FOR SALE-Vincent Comet 1954. WANTED-For 1925 Cleveland Six WANTED-I926-28 AJS 350 ohv, This machine is the third to last Tourer, any parts, info rmation or earlv thirties Stevens or any interest Series C Comet ever made. Includes manuals to assist restoration. Urgent ing 'veteran motor cycle . Also look such Iactorv fitted extras as 10TT parts required. all mechanical parts ing for antique cylinder phonograph 9 carb with grey flash inlet mani including carburettor, fan assembly, pla yers. Offer good prices or in fold , and Lucas KIF TT racing pistons etc. Any literature would be clude for swap 1929 AJS 500, side mag (manual advance). Two owners. very useful. B. J. Edmonds, 40 Wal car with chassis. Penny Farthing Excellent origina l condition. Has wor th Ave. Pa kuranga, Auckland. bike candlestick' pho nes. Please succes sfull y completed 2 Shell 500 566-866. miles trials a nd the 1000 mile North write direct F. McDonald, Box 210. Alto na North, Vie, 3025 Aus tralia. Island Motor-cycle Tour. Offers WANTED-For Alvis 12-50, one 30 over $1000. VETERAN 'BABY' M series Solex brass carburetto r TRIUMPH 1914. This bike has preferably with 24 choke, David been restored fo r 13 years and has Batterton, 9 Rendcomb Place, Auck WA NTED been ridden in man y Vintage events, la nd, 6. Phone 659-724. (Member). including Hunua l OO's, Ma unga To complete 1929 Indi an Moa na 's and rall ies at Whangarei, Sco ut. Petrol tank and ca ps for Wanganui Tauranga and Hastings. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE driv~ same. drum for rear co ntrac ting Belt 225 cc two-stroke with Complete and origi nal low milea ge brake or complete rear hub 2-speed counter-shaft gearbox. 1927 Essex Super Six 2-door coac h. assembly . Please con tac t Bill Spares include complete engine and Fea tures all-steel American Budd Quelch, 14 Bambro Street, gearbox . Offers to Nei l Barnard, body (completely free of dents and Warkworth. Phone 8974. 'Toad Hall', 63 Island Bay Road, rust), original upholstery , all instru Birkenhead. Auckland. 10. (Member) ments etc. Has been carefully stored in North Island in recent years by owner currently domiciled in Aust WANTED URGENTLY - New HE LP ralia . Consider cash offers or part gearbox cluster, low gear and Wanted set of rear bumpers t exchange for a post-vintage sports, selector drum, suitable 1937-38 type for J930-3 I Vauxhall. also preferably 37-39 Riley Big Four Pontiac, Buick, Oldsmobile. For radiator and su rround for 1938 'Blue Streak' model. Prefer Kest rel sale set of doors (4) 1930 Mo del A 46 Sunbeam Talbot Supreme 6-light but consider other body would purchase any other par ts styles. In the first instance write to Sedan, excellent condition two availa ble. McFadden 516-278 or Mr B. G. Johnston, 10 Dewar Place, twelve spoke wooden 1930 Chrys 148 IIam Rd. Fendalton, Christ Evatt, A.eT. Australia 26 L7. Re ler 18 inch rear wheels with brake church. turning to N.Z. shortly if details drums $10 each . C. Venables 71 need arranging. Kaikorai Va lley Road, Dunedin. P AGE T H IRT Y-SIX SUN BEA M TALBOT 90 - Head gask ets, water pump carbon sea ls and impel lors, also, MM model R tractor engine beari ngs and piston rings. Th e a bove part s are availa ble from the H umber Car Cl ub of N.Z. VINTAGE POSTERS P.O. Box 26-299 Epsom. Aucklan d. We would a pprec ia te recei ving Th e full range of rep lica advertise de tails etc of a ny Humber parts ment posters is now avai lable from a vaila ble an ywhere. th e Canterbury Branch . WAN TEDTO BUY- A 1926 Fiat Austin 7, Stud ebaker, Chev -Sup truck. or par :s to build one . has er ior, Indian Mot orcycle, Harley anyone got any photos? Who were Davidson, Ford " A" and Ford " T", the N.Z. age nts a t that time and all on heavy du ty paper approx how man y ca me into the co unt ry? imately 23 " x 14". Can anyone hel p here please? A. J. Bray. 38 Spring St, Onehunga, On sale at Queen stown Motor Auckland. 6. Phon e 667-9 13. (Mem Museum. Ferrymead Shop , Fishers ber). Bookshop Chri stchurch, Technical FOR SA LE-A 1928 Intern ationa l Books Ltd Auck land, or posted I-} ton tru ck. not complete or run direct from Mrs M. Mundy, 544 ning, $ 150 o no or swa p for 1926 Harew ood Road , Christchurch 5. Fiat truck or part s. or Model T parts. Also for sale is a 1936 W.S . model Bedford truc k 30 cwt $675 ono . A. J. Bray, 38 Spring St. One hunga, Auckland. 6. Phone 667-9 13 (Member). New models BUGATTI are breaking all 1927 8 cyl ind er. T his car re sales records! quires a complete restorati on , no ~ SUPERIOR body. ma ny new parts. Selling "-- ~-~- World "Vide due to the purchase of another ca r. Genuine enqu iries only ~RECO G NT~10N please. John Hearne, 54 Kin g Edward Ave. Bayswat er , Au ck ,..-:.,;:;;;::;-_ of a Quahty lsn d 9. Phon e 457-629 Home. Product 36 1-736 Business. S °lc~; ~~i 'W~ldd:;'''': hf: I~~::': SWAP one pai r AJ .S. metal ta nk h ue" l.ACto,," ,If '" work ini: ,u i:ht ~ day 10 produc e IMM un.. badges for one pai r Mat chless E..c h d ay tw clll y·five hwwirci5 ,.,"'.... me tal tank badges. 37 Kilm arnock C hcYr ol el ' ar" IUf Md OUI 'rom 11w", plillnlll. T he y .ore le nl !ot'Vu y cornlu Avenue. In vercargill. Phon e 66-480. o( lhcCloU fo fill lhe necdfOl' t(on om le.11 uan. porUltion. 1909 HUPMOBILE- 20 h.p. 4 cyl. I n on e h u ndrcd ~I WfllI)' . ';Il d.i ffe n n l c