KAIRANGI HILL CLIMB Behind the Wheel of a 1916 Maxwell Hawke’S Bay Veteran Rally Club News and Events 9 418979 000012
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NEW ZEALAND’S FOREMOST HISTORICAL MOTORING MAGAZINE No. 296 February/March 2009 $5.95 KAIRANGI HILL CLIMB Behind the Wheel of a 1916 Maxwell Hawke’s Bay Veteran Rally Club News and Events 9 418979 000012 bw296.indd 1 29/1/09 9:22:35 AM A D B E A Whangarei, probably Tutukaka mid 1920s, resting during what looks like a hunting trip. My Grandfather, Clifford Gerrard (centre) with friend Marsden Wood (left) and future brother-in-law, Victor Mackin. Car a 1923 Buick. B Whangarei circa 1921 in a Calcott. My grandfather, his fiancé, Edna Mackin and Marsden Wood. C Auckland, Todd Motors Showroom, Upper Queen Street, where my Grandfather worked as a salesman. Car 1931 Plymouth Tourer. D Whangarei, late 1900s, my grandfather driving a Ford Model T. E My father, Lloyd Gerrard owned this 1930 De Soto Coupe with dickie seat, picture taken at Louvain Ave, Mt Roskill, Auckland, 1940/41 before he left for war duties overseas. Bought as a one C owner car from a Remuera Doctor for £65, he sold it about 1947 for £325. These photographs have been supplied to Beaded Wheels by Don PHOTOGRAPHS REQUIRED Gerrard of Ohoka. Submissions of suitable prints and information (where available) are welcome from all Beaded Wheels readers. Please send original photographs of historical interest with any available information to Beaded Wheels, PO Box 13140, Christchurch 8141. Laserprints/photocopies are not suitable. Photos will be returned as soon as practicable. management committee A full list of branch addresses and contact details can be found on the VCCNZ website at www.vcc.org.nz All administration matters should be addressed to MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE SECRETARY/ TREASURER MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE the NATIONAL OFFICE in the first instances. Please note this information changes annually John Coomber Bob Ballantyne - these details are valid until August 2009 THE VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF NEW ZEALAND INC 03 348 0062 [email protected] 09 444 4066 [email protected] National Office PRESIDENT REGISTRAR PO Box 2546, Christchurch 8140 Tony Bartlett Greg Terrill Rod Brayshaw 06 867 9850 Phone 03 366 4461 Fax 03 366 0273 07 846 4355 [email protected] 07 549 4250 [email protected] Email [email protected] Diane Quarrie CLUB CAPTAIN NORTHERN REGION SPEED STEWARD 06 876 4009 [email protected] John Foot Frank Renwick 07 823 5641 [email protected] 03 352 4383 [email protected] BEADED WHEELS CHAIRMAN Kevin Clarkson CLUB CAPTAIN SOUTHERN REGION 03 385 9821 [email protected] John Chynoweth 03 439 5474 [email protected] VCCNZ ARCHIVIST Betty Wallace 03 942 2723 [email protected] 2 Beaded Wheels bw296.indd 2 29/1/09 9:10:58 AM Beaded Wheels Publisher THE VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF NZ (INC.) The Historic Vehicle Authority of New Zealand ISSN 0113-7506 Vol LIX No. 296 Editorial Committee Beaded Wheels Kevin Clarkson (Chairman), Judith Bain, Rosalie Brown, Bill Cockram, John Coomber, Issue 296 February/March 2009 Mark Dawber, Marilyn McKinlay. Material for Publication Reports of restorations, events, road tests, historical and technical articles etc should be FEATURES forwarded to PO Box 13140, Christchurch 8141, typed or neatly printed, double space on one 12 Tom’s Treasure side of paper only. Email of text and photos is acceptable, digital photographs should be high 15 Full Circle resolution eg 300dpi. No payment is made to contributors. The opinions or statements expressed in letters or articles in Beaded Wheels 18 Spring Splendour Tour are the author’s own views and do not necessarily express the policy or views of The Vintage Car 20 Come fly with me Club of NZ (Inc). 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Production Typesetting & design by RGBDesign COLUMNS Printed by Spectrum Print Ltd, Christchurch. Closing Date for April/May Issue 4 President’s Message Editorial Copy 24 February 2008 Behind the Wheel of a 1916 Maxwell Advertisements 10 March 2009 25, page 32. 4 As We See It The Vintage Car Club of New Zealand (Inc.) 5 VCC Events National Office Phone 03 366 4461 Fax 03 366 0273 6 National Office News Email [email protected] Postal Address 7 Mailbag P O Box 2546, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand. Address 9 Timelines 12 Aberdeen St, Christchurch, New Zealand. Website www.vcc.org.nz 10 The Way We Were Beaded Wheels is the voice of The Vintage Car Club of New Zealand (Inc.) and its 35 branches 23 VCCNZ 50 Year awards covering the length and breadth of the country. The efforts of our members continue fostering 36 Brass Notes and ever widening the interest in this segment of our country’s history, and provide rallying points for the constantly increasing band of 38 Book Reviews enthusiasts. It is to these people, who appreciate ‘Trig Station’ 1020ft above sea level, the fascination of age, the individuality and the functional elegance of vehicles from a bygone part of the Hawke’s Bay Rally, 38 Vero Rally 2012 — Update 7 era, that this magazine is dedicated. page 34. Beaded Wheels – It is a very apt and well-known 40 Marketplace title however readers may wonder at the origin of the name. By way of explanation beaded edge wheels use beaded edge tyres that are kept in 44 Swap Meets & Rallies place by reinforced rubber beads, which fit into the rolled edges of the wheel rim. This style of 47 Idle Torque wheel was a distinctive feature of early motoring being used on early bicycles, many pre-1924 cars and most motorcycles until 1927. The VCCNZ adopted the title Beaded Wheels for their quarterly club magazine in March 1955 which was the successor to the monthly Guff Sheet. COVER Copyright Information The contents are copyright. Articles may be Car number 21 is the 1959 Formula Junior Elva 100/03 single seater reproduced complete or in part provided that reference is made to “Beaded Wheels, the owned and driven by Rob Williams of Waitemata Branch. The magazine of The Vintage Car Club of New vehicle was seen competing keenly at the Kairangi Hill Climb. Zealand (Inc)” as the source. Beaded Wheels reserves the right to digitally store all published Photo Colin Storey material for archival purposes. Beaded Wheels 3 bw296.indd 3 29/1/09 9:10:58 AM president’s message as we see it Happy New Year to all members. I was firmly of the belief that a Whenever I read through copies The National Office staff will be trailer should not be issued with a VIC. of overseas magazines that are similar sending out subscription renewals from My reasoning was that under our rules, to Beaded Wheels, I find myself making early February. As this is one of the busiest a trailer with a VIC could be entered comparisons and thinking of ways we times for the office staff I would request in its own right into a National Easter might lift our game further. that you bear this in mind if you have need Rally. Consider the following scenario: I With our lengthy history of publication to contact the office during this period. have a trailer built in the 1930s, wooden it is getting hard to think of new things During December I had the privilege construction, Model A wheels, restored we could try that haven’t already been of spending an evening with the members to as original condition and it has a VIC. incorporated, or alternatively rejected if of the Beaded Wheels Committee and I enter the trailer in a rally but tow it found to miss the mark. It is important we their respective wives and partners and around with a 2008 Ford. Could I then be not remain static or locked into a formula took the opportunity to extend best eligible to win either the Vintage section which is unchanging. wishes for the festive season and also to or the Commercial section of the rally? The business of the club and the activi- pass on our appreciation of their efforts In reality I’m sure this is unlikely to ties of the branches brought together in on the members’ behalf. Recently, one happen and I had to concede that the a single publication remains the focus of of our members visited another Vintage course taken is more practical and trailers our magazine, but it seems to me there’s Car Club while holidaying overseas. He and the like should be recorded as part of an area of Beaded Wheels that has suffered commented to me that this particular club our historic vehicle fleet. a decline. In its early years, Beaded received Beaded Wheels on a regular basis; I am well informed from our respective Wheels was not short of helpful restora- they considered it to be one of the best North and South Island Club Captains tion hints.