Rover Car Club of Otago Tribune
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Rover Car Club of Otago Tribune October THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE ROVER CAR CLUB OF OTAGO Web site: www.trccoo.freeservers.com Club Contacts 2003/2004 CLUB PRESIDENT Norman Sparrow 20 Milburn St Dunedin Ph 4876275 E-mail [email protected] TREASURER. Neil Shearer 16 Porterfield Street Dunedin Ph 4761571 E-mail [email protected] SECRETARY John Moore 10 Dalrymple Street Dunedin Ph 4737942 Newsletter Editor Jeff Sparrow 90J Carroll Street Dunedin Ph 025 279 5423 E-mail [email protected] Committee Walton Brown (Technical Officer) Nick Henderson (Southland Rep.) Bill Falconer Roy Sinclair National Rally Bernie & Steph Halford Ph:03 487 6870 The Otago Rover Tribune is published by the Rover Car Club of Otago. The views or opinions expressed by individuals are not necessarily those of the club. Web: www.trccoo.freeservers.com IGNITION. October 2003. This months meeting had the normal number of attendees, see meeting minutes, with discussions centred on the Centennial Rally and the proposal to submit a "remit" to the upcoming ARCC AGM in Queenstown "that the ARCC annual rally be held on a bi-annual basis between the North & South Islands". This "remit" is to be submitted. Last weekend was the McLeans Island Swap meet which was held on a busy sports weekend this year it seems. We are hoping for a good turnout of Rovers at the Tokomaru A& P Show, Milton on December 13th. Good weather guaranteed at that time (we hope), with an evening BBQ. There is also the West Otago A& P Show at Tapanui on the 22nd November. So with the warmer weather on the horizon we have some very good excuses to go Roving. My P5 Coupe is back on the road again while Reid is having the upholstery re- vitalised at present. Another very original and barely run in P4 is at present having some TLC at Walton’s, but I'll leave the "engine room" to comment on this item in due course. The Rally committee meeting this month at "Bernie’s" , discussed sponsorship and concern that Rally information news updates were not apparently being published by some of the other Rover Clubs. Regarding sponsors, each member is being asked to obtain one sponsors products. This will allow us to have a number of fun as well as the normal ARCC awards. Well that enough from me, see you at the next monthly meeting or Tapanui or Milton. Safe & Happy Roving. Norman S President A NOVICES GUIDE TO THE CONTROLS Adapted from “Belt Up” by Norman Thelwell Note: This is a left hand drive not an error in copying. 1. RHEOSTAT, “ICELERT” WARNING LIGHT – has 2 settings – snowbank and avalanche. 2. TEST BUTTON, “ICELERT’ WARNING LIGHT – malfunctions in cold weather. 3. WARNING LIGHT, “ICELERT” – indicates that you are snowed in. 4. OIL PRESSURE GAUGE – a steady needle indicates that you have run out of oil. 5. AMMETER – needle distracts driver by swinging energetically to left and right. 6. IGNITION WARNING LIGHT - continuous red indicates an electrical fault. ( no red light indicates an electrical fault ). 7. DIRECTION ARROW – indicates you turned left 5 minutes ago. 8. SPEEDOMETER – needle moves left automatically on sight of a police car. 9. HIGH BEAM WARNING LIGHT – indicates that oncoming drivers are about to flash their lights in your eyes. 10. BREAK WARNING LIGHT – remind you that the brakes may fail at any time. 11. TACHOMETER – steady needle indicates that the engine is not working. 12. OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT – a steady green light indicates that the engine has seized. 13. DIRECTION ARROW – indicates you turned right 5 minutes ago. 14. FUEL GAUGE – steady needle indicates that you have run out of petrol. 15. WATER TEMPERATURE GAUGE – needle moves toright at furthest possible distance from any available water , eg: the middle of Nullarbor Plain. 16. FUEL RESERVE WARNING LIGHT – to worry you at all times. 17. CLOCK – remains stuck at 25 past 1. 18. TRIP METER CONTROL – placed inconspicuously so that you forget to use it. 19. RHOSTAT, PANEL LIGHTS – causes panel lights to flicker on & off. ( mainly off ). 20. DIPPER SWITCH – jams on high beam through lack of use. 21. SWITCH FOR HEATED BACK LIGHT , WHEN FITTED - not fitted. 22. BONNET . RELEASE (inside glove box ) – releases bonnet lock except at service stations. 23. FACE LEVEL VENT – produces icicles in winter and stupor in summer. 24. HEADLAMP FLASHER SWITCH – so you can wreak revenge on oncoming drivers. 25. WIPER DELAY CONTROL – delays wipers until rain has stopped. 26. COLUMN RAKE ADJUSTER KNOB – pins driver to seat when released. 27. INDICATOR AND HORN SWITCH – allows you to sound horn when cornering. 28. IGNITION SWITCH – ( Keys cannot be recovered if doors are slammed. Break glass with jack supplied ). 29. FUEL RESERVE SWITCH – helps you discover that you are really out of petrol. 30. HAZARD WARNING SWITCH – for use when you don’t know which way to turn. 31. INTERIOR LIGHT SWITCH – Hazardous to use in dark. 32. SWITCH FOR SIDE, PARK, HEADLAMPS AND FOGLAMPS – to allow you to turn on the wrong light at the wrong time. 33. WIPER SWITCH – produces monotonous squeal or throb while squirting water. 34. CIGAR LIGHTER – enables you to pollute the air and burn your fingers. 35. ROTARY MAP LIGHT – enables you to read rotary maps. Not Illustrated ASHTRAY – produces twanging noise, traps fingers, flies into rear of the car. GLOVE BOX – storage for gloves and boxes. RADIO – Produces depressing news reports and police traffic warnings. FAN – produces an alarming hissing noise. GEAR LEVER – produces an alarming crunching noise. BREAK PEDAL – throws passengers violently forwards. CLUTCH PEDAL - throws passengers violently backwards. ACCELERATOR PEDAL – produces illusions of power. HAND BREAK – produces a burning smell and poor engine performance. BREAK RELEASE BUTTON – produces sore thumb. Links to other Rover Pages The Rover Car Club of Auckland http://www.rover.org.nz// Nelson Rover Car Club http://www.rover.org.nz/pages/nelson.htm Waikato Rover Car Club http://www.waikato-rover.co.nz/ The Rover Car Club http://www.tripnet.se/rcos/indexe.html Rover Links http://www.tripnet.se/rcos/roverlinke.html The Rover Sports Register http://www.uk-classic-cars.com/rsr.htm The Rover P4 Drivers Guild http://www.roverp4.com/ The Rover P5 Owners Club http://www.roverp5club.org.uk/ The Rover P6 Drivers Club http://www.p6club.com/ Rover Car Club of Australia http://www.rovercarclubaust.asn.au/ The Rover Owners Club (Sydney) http://www.roverownersclub.com.au/ Rover Saloon Touring Club of America http://clubs.hemmings.com/rovercar/index.html Toronto Area Rover Club http://www.roverclub.org/ The Rover Owners Club of Denmark http://www.roverownersclub.dk/ Rover Club Schweiz (Switzerland) http://www.limmat.ch/roverclub/index_e.html The Dutch Rover SD1 Friends http://members.tripod.com/~RoverSD_1/ The Vanden Plas Owners Club http://www.vpoc.org/ OneList Rover Group http://surf.agri.ch/rover-tomcat/ The SD1 Rally car http://www.dannervirke.info/history.htm This is a list of the links we have on our web page. Please forward any other links you think should be added. Minutes of September Meeting 1/10/03 Present: Norman Sparrow, Jeff Sparrow, Terry Bough, Reid Buchan, Walton Brown, Bernie Halford, John Moore, Apologies: Roy Sinclair & Neil Shearer Mail – Newsletters & Postage account. Remit: - ARCC Rally every two years. Moved : N.Sparrow Seconded : . Seconded : Bernie Halford Passed. That the remit be submitted (with an explaination ) as published in the Sept newsletter. Coming Events: McLeans Island Swapmeet – Oct 11.12.13 Several members from Otago Club will be attending. Milton A & P show 13th Dec. BBQ before returning home. Meeting closed. Next meeting: 5th November. Otago Rover Car Club. Suggested & Organised Events 2003. Nov: · Monthly meeting 5th · 2nd Post Vintage Car Club, Vesper /Seagull Rally Day at Henley. We are Fundraising on the BBQ. Postponed to 9th Nov if weather inclement. · South Otago Branch Vintage Car Club run to Tapanui A & P Show. Dec: · Monthly meeting 3rd. · 13th Milton A & P Show. BBQ before returning home. 2004 · January. Holiday · February. · 4th Monthly meeting. Rovers Return followed by a meal. · March · 3rd Monthly meeting at the University Staff Club · 27/28th Wigram Classics Wigram Airfield, Christchurch. · April. · 9th to 12th ARCC Centennial Rally Easter in Queenstown. Monthly meetings 1st Wednesday each month. University Staff Club at 7:30pm THE AUTOMOBILE, MAY 19 TWO FACES of the VIKING Above: The sporty Light Six gave 70mph for £325 in 1930 but sacrificed practicality as a touring car. James Worth Photos by MrlanMltch and Alan Milstead ROVER IN THE THIRTIES The history of Rover is, to an extent, a history of paradox, encompassing as it does a manufacturing policy which seems to have espoused, alternately, ultra utility and solid middle class quality and which at times has produced both simultaneously. From the E. W. Lewis-designed single cylinder cars pf 1904 the company graduated to the well-made Clegg-designed Twelve which remained in production from 1912 until 1924, and Sunbeams were built during the 1914-1918 war for the War Department. The immediate post-Great war period, however, saw the introduction of the air-cooled flat-twin Eight, a near cycle-car which was eventually killed off by the Austin Seven, but only after some 17,000 had found customers up to 1925, The latter half of the twenties saw production split between worthy but not very exciting OHB Tens on the one hand, and expensive and advanced four cylinder overhead camshaft types with 2.2 and 2.5 litre engines, with hemispherical combustion chambers. The smaller of these, the 14/45 won the RAC’s Dewar Trophy for fifty consecutive ascents of Bwlch-y-Groes.