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AUTONEWS SOUTHERN AFRICAN VETERAN & VINTAGE ASSOCIATION 1 AutoNewS Southern African Veteran & Vintage Association ALI VAN JAARSVELD’S 1931 ROESCH TALBOT 105 “BROOKLANDS” TOURER IN THIS ISSUE – NEW BARNFIND IN FRANCE Chairman’s Chat As we approach the end of the year, I would Dear Enthusiasts, encourage all members to drive cautiously when using your classics, and if you are Looking back over a year is a very sobering travelling to a holiday destination, be safe. activity. It’s a chance to reflect on all that has Wishing you all a wonderful Festive Season, been good, bad and everything in between. whatever you may celebrate, and a Very Once again, a year has disappeared at a pace Happy New Year. faster than ever before! Activity in the Old Car movement has been as hectic as always in the Dave Alexander Western Cape. A never ending stream of events including the annual Crankhandle John Jacobs’ 1952 Cadillac de Ville Coupe. Houwhoek Run, the SAVVA National (report elsewhere) and Fairest Cape Tour, Morgan Tour, International Riley Rendezvous in the Northern regions and many other Shows etc., really make our hobby an interesting one. Speaking of the Riley Tour, the movement received a good bit of publicity when Carte Blanche decided to feature the Tour on their Sunday evening prime time slot. The Kobus Mostert’s 1959 Buick Electra Coupe expected minute or two of coverage extended Paul Koski’s 1904 Curved-Dash Oldsmobile. to over ten minutes, and in my mind was PLEASE VISIT THE SAVVA WEBSITE FROM brilliantly portrayed. Thanks to presenter TIME TO TIME AND KEEP YOURSELF Derek Watts, Producer Kate and Cameraman UPDATED OF THE CHANGES. Jonathan for their interest and company. It was amazing how many comments I received PLEASE SEND ANYTHING YOU WISH TO from non-car people who saw the clip, mostly PLACE IN THE SAVVA AutoNewS. SEND along the lines of “it was really great to see DIRECTLY TO: something fun and lighthearted as opposed [email protected] to the crime and corruption”. [email protected] [email protected] Brian Hart’s 1927 Buick Model 25 Tourer DECEMBER 2014 2 The photo is a comparison of a closed program) and Mercedes-Benz, which I spanner and an extended one. The hope will start soon. black one is typical of one supplied with a Rootes product car (it’s a joke). The reason for this diversification is TECHNICAL TIPS - NO: 91 that the younger member including Wheel spanners Conclusion – a worthwhile investment myself likes a older vehicle, but must - especially when you’re sitting on the be practical for him to use in modern Have you ever had the experience of side of the road and can’t get the traffic with lower running costs. trying to remove wheel nuts with the wheel nuts loose. Modifying an older vehicle with one little wheel spanner the manufacturers generation newer motor to me is a invariably supply with a car? These very practical approach if the vehicle spanners may work under perfect is far too slow to use in today’s traffic. conditions - like when the car is brand ATTRACTING YOUNGER Yes the authentic older vehicle is very new, but once you’ve had new tyres MEMBERS INTO SAVVA important to us all and we should keep fitted and the wheel nuts tightened by AFFILIATED CLUBS them authentic if we can. Out of all the those very special chaps at the tyre young old vehicle enthusiasts only a shops - add to this a bit of age, dust, Basil Chassoulas small number are keen on authentic rust and rounding off of the nuts - you older vehicles, most are interested in Member of BHVEC, The Piston Ring, VVC, invariably have no chance of HTA, A7CSA, MBCSA & TLR. modified older vehicles. Something loosening the nuts with the spanner that's old and has speed. provided. A suggestion is to carry a [email protected] telescopic or a square wheel spanner. The classical SAVVA affiliated club 082-851-3052 Unfortunately, in recent years, I have will not get many younger members and can eventually die off. had poor results with the square Attracting younger members into spanners as they seem to be of a very affiliated SAVVA clubs is a topic A club affiliated to SAVVA and has poor quality and invariably only discussed at club AGM level and at available in metric sizes. opened up to street rods and fun clubs the SAVVA AGM. at its monthly meets is The Piston Ring, and there you see all ages of An alternative is a telescopic spanner. At our recent BHVEC AGM we also people milling around. Another They are of excellent quality, 30 cms had a look again at the issue. Although example is POMC “Cars in the Park”, long extending to 50 cms – so much SAVVA clubs do get young members there you see about half the exhibits easier to use. Apart from the added from time to time. The number being modified, attracting much length, the telescopic spanners are entering per year is less than the interest from the younger fans. What much stronger and are slightly offset number of older members to clear the wheels rim. They also also helps very much to educate and have a decent rubber grip on the exiting due to ill health, very advanced create interest amongst the young and handle. They come supplied with a age and death. That shortfall is middle aged public is for all SAVVA variety of metric sockets usually from normally balanced by new older affiliated clubs to run at least one 17 to 23mm, however, as they use a members joining. Most young show-day a year. A lot of clubs do, but ½ inch drive one can use imperial size members join because their fathers there are some that have stopped or sockets suitable for our older cars. are members and in some cases the have never run a show. whole family joins the club. But not all While writing for the last 20 years and These telescopic wheel spanners are young people in a member’s family are still for three magazines on and off like freely available from most accessory interested in old vehicles. shops. The one I’m looking at is made the early “Classic Car Africa”, the in Germany and sells for R85.00. In But there are young members joining “Mercedes-Benz Benz-Lenz” and addition to using them on wheel nuts non-affiliated SAVVA club in larger “SACARCLUBS” and now for they are ideal for heavy work like numbers. Many Join SAMCA affiliated “AutoNewS” I could see from the loosening cylinder head nuts etc. clubs as they cater for the modern readership age groups which vehicle as well. Many join one marque magazine is read by which age non-affiliated clubs more like fun clubs groups. Example in “Classic Car as most of the members are normally Africa” we covered stories on considered young and they accept authentic vehicles and motorsport slight to medium modified vehicles. history and our readership was mainly For heavily modified vehicles they the older people. In “SACARCLUBS”, would join a street rod club. A lot of the where just club news is covered for all non-affiliated SAVVA clubs have a cubs, the readership is all ages well-developed motorsport section leaning towards the younger people. which make the club more attractive to Both these bigger magazines have a the young member like Lotus, Alfa, role to play in our Historic Vehicle Cobra, Renault, MGCC (youth movement and they are not in direct competition to each other, so please DECEMBER 2014 3 do support them as well. This article is SAVVA National, and individual Wallace navigating, broken foot and not a full solution to the problem, but prizes were awarded for both events. all! just a viewpoint of SAVVA affiliated clubs to become more diverse than Day one took competitors over Du Yours truly kept his speech at prize what they now are. But your views are Toits Kloof pass via Paarl and giving short after Chris Cutler pointed most welcome. Franschhoek and the Franschhoek out the vast number of SAVVA Pass to Elgin for lunch and thereafter Trophies to be presented! Maybe this back to Goudini via Villiersdorp, in is something we need to look into? 2014 SAVVA NATIONAL RALLY very windy but dry conditions. Top With Rally entries dwindling over the three entrants on the SAVVA National past years it was great to have a Dave Alexander at the end of day one were Ryall, healthy entry, and I would extend a Schonken, and Mills. huge thank you to all of you who entered, and especially those who Day two had us along Route 62 to travelled long distances to attend. It Robertson for tea, and onwards via was good to spend a few days with an some lovely back roads to Montague enthusiastic bunch of fellow petrol for Lunch and back to base at Goudini heads! Spa. Scores were once again very competitive with only 22 seconds separating the first three positions. Overall final positions for the event SOUTH AFRICA’S FIRST NATIONAL Bentley, E-Type and MGB at the start. being as follows- RALLY - SIXTY YEARS AGO IN NOVEMBER 1954 Organized by the CVMC in conjunction with their annual Fairest 1. John Ryall and Megan Woodward 172 points Cape Tour, the 2014 SAVVA In November 1954 Bill Milligan, a fund raising National held recently at Goudini Spa 2. Una Schonken and James member of the Port Elizabeth Red Cross saw was a resounding success.