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CO PY RIG HT • VOL. XXVI, No. 130 Vintage Car Club of N.Z. (Inc.) June-July 1981 NATIONAL EXECUTIVE 27th YEAR OF PUBLICATION President: L. J. D. Priest (Hawkes Bay) Club Captain: A. D. Storer (Banks Peninsula) Club Vice-Captain: Ken Macefield (Canterbury). IN THIS ISSUE Hon. Secretary: Clynt Inns, Phone 34-770, Christchurch, Club Registrar: Don Bennetts, President's Message 2 Executive: Messrs B. J. Bames (Southland), N. A. Dewhurst (Auckland), J. W. A. Newell (Banks The $25 Oldsmobile 3 Peninsula), and N. C. Skevington (Canterbury). Tasmanian Rally 6 1981 National Rally 10 CORRESPONDENCE Club correspondence, including members' CHANGES Deans Bush Rally 15 OF ADDRESS, must be sent to Letters to Editor 15 The Vintage Car Club of N.Z. (Inc.) r.o. Box 2546. The Club's Old Vehicles 16 Christchurch, Intending members should write to this address. Branch Notes 22 All Beaded Wheels correspondence and subscribers Book Review 32 change of address to p.a. Box 13140. Classified Ads 33 BEADED WHEELS EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Chairman : Spencer Barnard. Committee: Geoff Hockley, Bruce Pidgeon, Bob Scott, CLOSING DATE Paul Giesler. Closi ng date for Au g ust -Septem ber issu e J uly I Oth Material for publication is the responsibility of this committee and should be forwarded to p.a. Box 13140, Christchurch, typed or neatly printed, double spaced on one side of paper only. COVER PHOTO Reports of restorations, events, road tests, historical and technical articles welcome. No payment made to Errol Smith's 1915 Ford T, a part ic ipa nt in the Deans Bush Veteran Rally by Ban ks Peninsula Branch. contributors. The op inions expressed in letters or art icles in Headed Story on page 15. Photo Spence Barnard. Wheels are the authors' own views and do not necessarily express the policy of the Vintage Car Club of N.Z . (Inc.)

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planned at Palmerston North for Finally, just a reminder, that the Manawatu Branch; well you Whangarei are hosting the 1981 have got to take your hats off to Conference and Annual General these folks, as the building is Meeting of the Vintage Car Club. almost completed externally with They have a fine reputation for only the interior to finish, and the their hospitality and they would membership effort has been very make you very welcome. Do not enthusiastic, congratulations. leave it too late to make arrange­ ments. get in touch with their Congratulations must also go Secretary right away and get all to the-South Canterbury Branch the information. I'll see you all for attaining 25 years as a Club, there. an event which they celebrated by hosting the National Rally over LIONEL PRIEST Easter weekend. Excellent rally routes and a very well organised CORRECTION occasion planned by a devoted In the last issue there was l/ team of members. There were mix lip of some lines in Eileen many highlights of this weekend McMillan's lnvermay Hillcfimb but one which I will remember article 011 pages 8-9. The section for a while to come, was the nos­ concerned is reprinted correctly talgic "fly-past" by the beautifully below and we would apologise restored Harvard owned by 1im for 0111' error. Sullivan in partnership with one other. A truly great sight and .. .. Peter and a marvellous weekend, and a Jennifer Croft were taking turns special thanks to my hosts, Oerek in their 1933 12 M .G. , with 1ennifer perhaps benefitting and Eli zabeth Browne. from having four runs against Hello my fellow members, and If you happen to be one who Peter's two, reaching the better greetings for the winter months loves travel, then those that took time of 45.48 on her last run, of restoration. I trust you will all part in the tour recently to while Peter clocked 49.78. The be giving some attention to the Launceston and other places, bright little 12 of Wayne Marsh, probable vehicle which may be organised by Norm Skevington, a 1932 model with Brooklands exhaust, got down to 41.60, while your entry in the next Inter­ might be interested to know that Paul Mulholland's 1951 TO did national. You realise of course he is already planning another not quite equal this with 42.12. that it is only 3 years and 9 trip. This time it is to coincide As usual, the two Morgans of months away, and you should be with the 1983 International Rally Stuart Barclay and Peter Gendall aware that by now, the Steering in the U.S.A. If you wish to were locked in battle, and this Committee, elected to investigate know more about this trip con­ year Peter gained the upper hand all the possibilities, will be mak­ tact Norm at Christchurch and with 32.20 seconds (this being ing their recommendation to the he will keep you up to date with fastest car time of the day) while Annual General Meeting in progress. Stuart had to be content with Whangarei in August. If you 33.54 . Of strikingly similar per­ have any sound ideas for the formance were several mono formation of this exciting event, TELL CUR postos, which included Lin drop a line to the Secretary, ADVERTISERS Neilson's 952 Norton-engined Clynt Inns, r.o. Box 2546, Kieft. Cured of the battery Christchurch, and these will be YOU SAW IT problems which had plagued it passed on to the Rally Committee IN the previous weekend during the when it is elected in August. II Waimate "50" road race revival You may recall in the last IIBEADED WHEELS meeting, this car did a very quick issue I mentioned the project 3':Z.93 on its fourth run. PAGE TWO The $25 Oldsmobile

I had virtually finished my Suter up to Mayfield where we time , finally starting restoration Triumph motorcycle restoration loaded the remains onto a trailer again after Christmas 1971. I in Timaru, and decided I would with the aid of a tractor, return­ pulled everything to pieces. As try to beg, borrow or somehow ing home without any problems most restorations follow similar buy a veteran car. As funds were (that is, not until my wife arrived patterns I will skip the usual limited because of setting up a home). clean chassis and sandblast etc. new house it had to be some­ As I was working at Auto and instead write of the not so thing unrestored and priced to Engineers at the time it was only common problems which I man­ suit my (empty) pocket. A casual natural I attacked the motor first aged to overcome. remark from Russell Cross of an dismantling and cleaning all I needed two 24 inch wooden old Oldsmobile lying behind the parts. After inspection, the crank­ fellow wheels but as the back Garage at Mayfield prompted me shaft big-ends were ground, bear- hubs are so large I could not to view the remains. What a find anything with enough wood mess, it was the remains of an in the centre to open out big old tourer. The body from the by John Henderson enough, so after a yarn to the front doors back had been late Pat Cutler who put me on crucified and long buried also the right track, I marked out a a winch was attached behind the ing shells white met alled and plan on plywood using a good temporary front seat, as this had machined, the camshaft was sent wooden fellow as a base. Work­ been the garage tow truck for to Christchurch where lobes were ing from the centres of the some years. A broken back axle ground, also valves and seats original spoke holes I drew in had rendered her useless and she were faced along with surface the shape of the spokes required. was retired in the padddock. grinding head and block. The From there it was just a matter Chrysler wheels had been fitted mains had only half a thou. of making up spokes and clamp­ to the original hubs whil e the wear and required no attention ing them to the plywood fitting front axle and original wheels but the block needed reboring, them neatly. After marking them were stored in the garage. On so I fitted Ford T pistons kindly in order they were removed, cut the credit side the remaining donated by Russell Cross as to length allowing for shrinkage front body was in good order, these were close to the original. and then pressed into the fellow. running gear was complete even About this time I shifted to If this sounds simple, it took me the original wooden walnut dash Christchurch to seek my fortune hours, and I ruined one set of was intact and the four cylinder and the car was shelved for some spokes, but I finally won. overhead valve motor had not been modified. I went home to research data on this vehicle and came to the conclusion it was a 1921 model 43a Oldsmobile, quite obviously a major restoration but they say there is one born every minute, and so I rang Mayfield to con­ firm I would take the car for the asking price of twenty-five dollars. I felt that if it was not a rare model it at least appeared to be one of the few remaining survivors and worth restoring. (This was in March 1970 and now 10 years later I still have not found another of the same year) . So one bleak Saturday with my wife away in Dunedin I took Jack Stewart and Lionel Pit stop on the way home. PAGE THREE After three years I still had no tourer body and for some months had been carrying a paper template of the chassis shape just in case I stumbled over one. While holidaying in Wanaka I happened to meet Snow Donaldson who informed me they had what looked like an OIds tourer body and some parts at Colin Jack's bach at Arrowtown. They had brought the remains out from Macetown where it had lain since about 1935. Needless to say early next morning I tore over the Crown Range with my template-which fitted perfectly. Apart from bullet holes there was very little rust, in fact the original pin­ striping could still be seen on the Woodwork completed 8 years after starting. panels. Great rejoicing here. do not expect the finish of a $500 too badly. The back seat drivers Incidentally in Macetown one of expert job, but I gained some thought it was alright, no more the tyres must have fallen over satisfaction doing it myself. wind swept hair! a small tree which in the passing Acquiring an old Singer treadle At last the big day, unfor­ of time grew up through the sewing machine and purchasing tunately the first run was a tyre leaving it impaled on the $80 worth of stretch vinyl my disaster. Failure of the oil pump trunk. wife and I attacked the up­ resulted in a seized centre main, I now had a mobile chassis holstery with , I might add some so out came the motor and after with front and back body panels strong words here and there, but fitting new bearing shells I and felt I could start building up we never came to blows. At one grafted on a Volkswagon oil the woodwork. So I bought a stage I found seat springs I in­ pump, which then gave too much circular saw, new wood rasp and tended to use but finished up pressure. I overcame this by enough treated white pine to sink using all foam rubber which was fitting a Dodge oil pressure relief the Bismarck. I then started not too expensive and is certainly valve and since then have had hacking but was slow and unor­ soft to sit on. Fortunately there no more trouble. thodox and after many weeks I are quite a few in the V.C.C. I persevered with a partly produced a frame, if not pretty, club who have done their own blocked radiator until the 1980 at least strong as I glued and upholstery, and I am grateful for International when in despera­ screwed everything. I reckon if it their help and information. The tion I had a new core fitted is good enough for boatbuilders standard of some of the "do it which solved the problem but it is good enough for me. They yourself brigade" is very high left a hole in my pocket. During say door hanging can be a prob­ and rather shames my effort. the rally I covered 1800 miles lem, but I screwed the hinges to With the end now in sight I and spent a lot of time under one piece of timber, shaped it, was becoming obsessed with do­ the bonnet the main problem then added the bottom of the ing everything myself and to my being fan blades flying off a1 door followed by the side then wife's horror announced we were any time . It threw three al­ the top-shaping as I went. No to attempt the hood. Was I together and I hacksawed off the further fitting was required. popular! but after much dis­ fourth. Initially this ruined the Paul Seaton assisted me with cussion on costs etc. we dutifully water pump which in turn causec door panelling and at last it set to . Most people I spoke to boiling problems and finallj started to look like a vintage regard this a job for the expert, burnt out two exhaust valves tourer. consequently not many people The generator stopped charginj I bought an airless spray gun have attempted this aspect of at Rotorua so cranking becarm to do the undercoating and restoration. It is not for me to the "in" thing. Then to to) ended up doing all the painting judge the end result but really it everything off the condenser iJ including the finishing coats with was not a difficult job, and I feel the magneto died of old ago it. At a cost of about $20 you for a first attempt we did not do necessitating a repair at Taup PAGE FOUR End result. on the way home. But apart members can overcome inflation. Overhead valve detachable head. from this we had a terrific holi­ You know you will never win Bore: 4 cylinder 3 11/16" x 5{-". day. concours but the satisfaction S.A.E. rating: 21.7 h.p . Reflecting back over the ten gained of achieving your own Lubrication: mains pressure. BE years I estimate the overall cost restoration is far greater per son­ splash feed. under $1500, made possible of ally than any fancy trophy. • Rear axle: spiral bevel type . course by many hours of per­ Specifications 1921 Oldsmobile:­ semi-floating. sonal labour which is one way Weight: 2883 1bs. Clutch: cone. Vintage Car Club Members You are always welcome at BRIAN GOODMAN'S MAORI HILL SERVICE STATION, TIMARU Full Garage Service • Rental Cars • Petrol Oil • Tyres Call at the big MOBIL Station right at the entrance to Caroline Bay. The first MOBIL Station when entering Timaru from the North. After Hours Phone 80-499

PAGE FIVE Tasmanian Rally

We, along with another twenty regret the rain as it was the first cars. Throughout the rally the vintage enthusiasts were fortunate for three months and did they locals made us so welcome and enough to be able to join Norm need it. more rides were offered than we and Marie Skevington's Support­ Our first contact with the rally had people. ers tour to the Veteran Car Club was a wave from a vintage car Our first day was with Kevin of Australia's 1981 Silver Hub going the opposite way to us, so Shine in a 1927 Delage Saloon Rally in Tasmania. we pulled over and Harry Freuen (the road Rocket). They didn't We all assembled in Christ­ the Rally Director greeted us go in for navigation like we do, church on the Wednesday, 25th with "you the Kiwis? She 's wash­ they had a lead car warning the of February to catch our direct ed out mate, first rain for three general public that Vintage cars flight to Hobart where on arrival months, but she'll be right." They were following and we fol!owed we were taken by bus to our were holding a public display day a sign-posted route to our destin­ Motor Hotel. On Thursday and and coneours judging-the dis­ ation, but most runs had a short Friday two half day bus tours play was washed out, but the timed section where you kept to were included in our itinerary to coneours cars were then judged a nominated speed. Apart from see the main sights of Hobart. under cover in a multi-storey car that if you felt like a cuppa you What a beautiful city it is, not park in town. After looking the stopped and had one. It is a very too rushed, clean and tidy with a cars over and meeting some of leisurely way to travel, but we large number of historic spots the crews we settled into our missed the competitive side that and buildings stilI in every day Motel. we are used to. use and well maintained. Our first day's run ended at a Saturday was Paddy Market wildlife park, what a weird and day down on the old wharf site by lan and Ann Hay wonderful selection of natural and Saturday night we went to wildlife in Tasmania, including " IT"- " Wrest Point Cassino". snakes, Tasmanian devils, wom­ On Tuesday we joined the cars What a magnificent place! We all bats, etc. That evening there was at the start point-about 3 blocks enjoyed a fine dinner with a floor a film show at the Italian Club from the motel. where rides had show that was world class. The where Norm was able to show been arranged for us in different topless dancers increased the revs the 1972 and 1980 International of the eyeballs to a dangerous level, except for one noted Bentley driver who went to sleep . (Nothing compares with the thrill of Bentleys?). After the floor show we had a small flutter on the tables and most of us went home happy that night a few dollars up. On Sunday we had a most en­ joyable bus tour down to Port Arthur, the old penal colony, and that evening we had to go back and challenge the Casino again­ disaster! We lost our previous winning, plus a bit more, but a good time was had by all. On Monday we left by Coach for Launceston to join the rally, but about halfway there the sky opened up and did it rain! Cars couldn't cope with the deluge and had to pull over, but we didn't 1926 Ford T, a.o. ourwood, S.A. PAGE SIX farm . now we know all about hop s a nd it's a big business with a large ca pital inves tme nt. We cam e home with Jack Torna­ michel an d his wife in a Model A tourer. On the way hom e we came across a Ford "T" that deci ded it pr eferred 3 cylinders to fcur and threw the fou rth piston out of the side of the block. T wo days later it was back in the ra lly. Th e next day we had the high­ light of our car ride s in a 1912 Fiat of Bill Mathews fro m Lat robe. Wh at a magn ificent car to ride in, great vision and pulle d well fo r a car of those yea rs, and on a nice wa rm day it was the best of vetera n motoring. Bill was kind enough to let Ian have a drive fo r thirty miles or so, this 1936 Auburn, A Pangas, N.S.W. winner of rally. made his day. The steering was Ra lly Films. It was the first time in his 1950 Oldsmo bile. He was a very direct and heavy, but sur­ we have seen the 1980 film. the local from this town a nd took us prisingly you get used to it locals enjoyed it and there were to his home to show us a very quic kly. Our home run was in a man y cheers as var iou s Aussies complete straight 8 Stutz saloon 1928 Sunbea m 20/7 0 with Laurie recognised their cars. in his garage, and wha t a mag­ Co Ilis and his wife . A most Next day we had a ride out to nificent car it will be whe n desirable car, giving a pleasant Sco ttsda le with Graha m Barwick restored . We visited a local hop trip ho me.

c. HUNTON (1967) LTD 338 WILSONS ROAD CHRISTCHURCH Telephone 69-786 Specialists in .. . DOOR LOCK AN'D WIN'DOW PANELBEATING REPAIRS CHASSIS STRAIGHTENING PAINTING BUMPER AND GRILL REPLACEMENT SERVICE NEW BODY WORK WE TAKE THE DENT OUT OF ACCIDENT --_.._------P AGE SEVEN Friday was a free day to clean up the cars, sight seeing and shopping. There are several mag­ nificent spots to be seen in Launceston, the Penny Royal complex of reconstructed gun powder mills, and flour mills etc, and also Cataract Gorge. Saturday's run took us out to a deer farm, and we had the pleasure of travelling in WheatIey's 1954 Rolls Royce that clocked over the first 20,000 miles on the run out. It was a different type of lunch spot to what we are used to, snakes in the long grass (so they told us, didn't see any) deer under the 1925 Morris Commercial, R.A.C. Strode. Winner of commercial section also trees, one so tame that you could award winner in 1980 International at Rotorua. stroke it and cheeky emus which you had to fight off, or they would have your lunch. We came home with Bruce Cole and his wife in a 1930 Marquette, a pleasant drive, and we stopped at Ross, a historic settlement with the original sandstone buildings, hotel, bridges, etc, still in every­ day use and well looked after. The rally concluded with a Dinner and Disco on the Satur­ day night when prizes were pre sented. A two weeks Island Cruise for 2 was the first prize and was won by a Sydney couple in a 1936 Auburn. The concours was won by a 1925 Fiat Limou­ sine. This car was purchased for $10,000 and $20,000 was spent getting it to its present glorious condition. This car also won the people's choice and received a Norm and Marie Skevington relax on the tour with Doug Wells from lovely silver tea service presented Tasmania. Doug has attended both the 1972 and 1980 International Rallies by the Tasmanian State govern­ in New Zealand. ment, could Mr Muldoon match find in N .Z., from concours to who came to the 1980 Inter­ that? rough. The prizewinning cars and national. At the lunch stops we On Sunday they held the public bikes were on display, with their saw the odd 1980 International display day, to replace the one cups etc, for the public to see. final dinner tra ys in use. Those washed out. It was a great sight, The rally organisers very gener­ who had been to Rotorua are all the cars being grouped around ously gave the Kiwi Supporters coming back for the next one. the arena according to make. All a rally badge each, a memento We found the people in the told there were 12 veteran, 143 we will treasure for a long long rally, in .fact all over Tasmania vintage, 35 post vintage, 22 time. very friendly and went out of classic acceptance, 6 commercial We were proud to see many their way to make us welcome. vehicles plus 33 motorcycles cars in the rally still carrying Tasmania is a beautiful place entered in the rally. The condi­ their N.Z. registration and war­ which we liked very much (cer­ tion of the cars and bikes were rant of fitness stickers, and these tainly are thankful we took the exactly the same as you would were treasured by their owners opportunity to visit it). PAGE EIGHT On the Sun day night we boar d­ and Marie for organi sing such a the basis of the price difference, ed the over-night ferry "The great trip . Book us in next time especially if it is onl y a que stion Empress of Au str alia" and sailed Norm. • of repl acing one tyre. Under no for Melbourne whe re after three circum stan ces should a radial days shopping and sight-seeing Radial and Cross-Ply and a cross-ply be mixed on the we went by overni ght bus to sa me ax le. That mean s that two Sydne y. Thirteen hours, 555 Tyres don't mix cross-ply tyres mu st be bought miles, a most unique trip- we Radi al ply tyres are fitted to to repl ace one ra dial, assuming were supposed to go by train , most new cars as or iginal equip­ th e car is running on rad ial but . the train driv ers were ment these days and, as they tyre s. brothers of Qantas and Air N .Z. cost more to repl ace than the " If radial and cross-ply tyres so no go! We have never seen so older style cross -ply tyres, the ha ve to be mixed, the 'ra dials' many large, sleeper type cab Firestone T ire and Rubber Co m­ sho uld be kept togeth er. In other trucks as we saw that night on pany N.Z. Ltd fears that some words, rad ials to the rear and the Hume Hi ghway-must have car owners might be tempted to cross-ply to the fr ont. That al­ been over 1,000. rep lace their worn out ra dials ways applies. whether the car be After three days in Sydne y, with cr oss-ply tyres. dr iven from the fr ont or rear, shopping, seeing the sights -visit­ "Because of the inherent said Mr Tillman. ing K ings Cross at night, we handling characteristics, a mix "T here are also the inevita ble finall y boarded our plane to com e of cross-ply and radi al tyres can problems an owner will en­ hom e and have a rest. In our 19 enda nger safe ty in a qu ick counter if it is decid ed to mix days away we had travelled in reacti on situa tion," said Fire­ radials a nd cross-ply tyres and aeropla nes, buses, mini buses, stone's Qualit y Assura nce Man­ there is a puncture. In that taxis, maxi taxis, veteran , vintage , ager, Mr Ross T illman . event, ideally, the owner would post vint age, post war cars, sail H owever, he did concede that ha ve two spa re tyres becau se, as boat, power boat, stea m train , some car owners could be feel­ I' ve alread y said, cross-pl y and trams, und erground railways, and ing the economic pinch and, radial tyre s should never be walked countless miles around perh aps. were not in a position mixed on the same ax le." Mr shops. to replace radi als with ra dials, Tillman also pointed out that a I am sure th at all on the tour "T he decision to replace a rad ial tyre has a much lon ger fully enj oyed themsel ves and radi al with a cross-ply tyre life than a cross-ply, all thin gs would join us in th anking N orm sho uld not be made purely on being equ al.

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An Organiser's charge of advertising and spon­ of " Beaded Wheels" since it Viewpoint sorship, had to give up because commenced in March 1955. I of temporary ill health and John contacted as many foundation Just over a year ago, Brian Sornerville joined the committee members of the Branch as I Goodman rang me up and asked in his place. At this stage some could, while Bill Piddington, who how I felt about writing a history diff iculty was being experienced had been appointed to assist me, of the South Canterbury Branch in finding suitable item s for the was busy unearthing early photos to mark the 25th Jubilee of the public display, as just about a nd newspaper clippings. By the Branch. With vision s of a short every act we looked at, from beginning of this year we had an a rticle for the Newsletter or local bra ss bands, to police dogs, to immense stack of notes, which I newspaper, I agreed to do it, but was supposed to condense into when I started thinking about it, by Danny Moran the 50 page booklet by the end the project didn't seem quite so of February, but the committee simple, and when I questioned the Fire Service, were unavail­ came to the rescue and decreed Brian exactly what he wanted, able for one rea son or another. that the booklet should be " as he suggested I attend the next Entertainment Officer Derek large as is nece ssary". Rall y Committee meeting. I Brownie and Treasurer Fred Meanwhile, Shirley Piddington went along, a few ideas were Wh iteley were doing their sums and Elizabeth Brownie were tossed around, and before I knew to determine the prices for the putting in much effort during it, the short article I had en­ entry fee and the various social March to get the mannequin visaged had grown to a 50 page functions, while the nationwide parade off the ground, but suit­ booklet incorporating the rally search for someone to produce able acts for the ea baret were programme and list of entrants, an acceptable plaque at a reali stic proving to be very elusive and and I was a member of the Rally price went on . expensive, so it was eventually Committee, organising the /981 During the period from June decided to provide our own National Rally to be held at until the end of the year, I read home-grown entertainment for Timaru over Ea ster. all the available minutes of vint ­ the Saturday night , and some At that stage, most of the pre­ age meetings held in Timaru wives and members put some liminary work had been done­ since J955, every Newsletter work into these acts , which were negotiations for the use of the since publication commenced in very well received on the night. Washdyke racecourse were just j 959 and just about every issue At the end of January, time about completed, the Army Hall had been booked for the evening functions becau se all the large halls in Timaru had been pre­ booked for various school cen­ tennials and jubilees being held in Timaru at the sa me time, a leading caterer had been engaged, and Tony Wood, our accom­ modation officer, had obtained options on all available hotel, motel, cabin, and caravan beds. A visit of inspection to the racecourse in August proved to be a bit of a disappointment when the caretaker arrived along without his keys so we couldn't inspect the interiors of the various buildings which we wished to use, so another inspec­ tion visit had to be scheduled for early November. It was about thi s time that Stewart Hatton, in A general view of entrants taken from the grandstand.

PAGE TEN trial chief marshals Owen Jones and Ba rry Smith spent a Sunday afterno on with a heap of map s of So uth Canterbury and ca me up with four courses of ap proxi ­ mately 35, 55, 85, a nd 105 miles, which were all dr iven over on Waitangi D ay. Earl y in March one of Owe n lanes's brothers died sudde nly, and Owen found himself running a farm, as well as continu ing in his own job, so he asked to be relie ved of most of his chief marshal's duties. Brian G oodman asked me how I felt a bout step­ pin g in and assisting Ba rry Smith with the or gani sing of the time tr ial. Reluctantly I ag reed, and so the luxury of having free evenings to spend with my famil y, after months of work on the booklet, ended sudde nly, for by no w the Rally Committee was meeting every week, and with the bulk of the lat e entries in, it was time to get the time tr ial sorted out. There was a tremend ous diversity of types a mong the nearl y 300 vehicles entered­ so me vete rans had nom inated 30 or 35 m.p.h. for their average speed, while some P.V.Y.'s had chosen speeds as low as 18 m.p .h. - so we decided to allocate vehicle s to cou rses on the basis of speeds, rather than classes, so that most peop le had approxi­ matel y three hours motoring on the Saturday morning. Lists of vehicles on each course, with their average speeds had to be typed up, points ca rds mad e out, and master sheets made out, with the E.T .A. at eac h checkpoint for eve ry vehicle written in - no small task, as some of the courses had vehicle : travelling at half a do zen different speeds , becau se we tr ied where possible to allo­ cate entrants the speeds the y had requ ested on the entry for m. Naturally those who had nom i­ nated speeds of 45 and 50 m.p.h. were given an ave rage we thou ght could be obtai ned witho ut brea k­ ing the law. Barry Lovegrove and D on ald Eric Robins drives mannequin Jackie Goodman in his 1906 Darracq. G oodman were commission ed to PAGE ELEVEN make a movie record of the rall y, W:l S the Co uncil's repl y. T here pot plants and gree nery placed and Barry sta rted by taking shots W ,, 3 nothing else to do but mak e in position, and balloon s by the of a co mmittee meeting in Le Army Hall co mply. De rek doze n were being blown up. March, a nd from then until the Brownie and Fred Whiteley did At this point I discovered a end of th e rally the y were to be h eir costings all ove r aga in to slight br eak down in communica­ seen popping up everywhere with try and cover most of the ex­ tion s had occ urred- my 15-yea r­ their cam eras. It sho uld be a very pected costs of insta lling the old dau ght er was requ ired for the interesting film. temp ora ry doo rway. Luck ily ma nneq uin parad e at the Public Owen Jone s possessed a 1500 As Easter drew near , every ­ Display, so I had to rush to a watt generating set which he thin g seemed to be falling int o ph one and tactfully bre ak th e place until with just over two thought could be ope rated in the news to Debo rah that she was weeks to go, the Cit y Co uncil a utomatic mode, and Barry required as a model, a nd there Smith is an ingen ious registe red stirred itself a nd flexed its was a reh earsal at the racecours e muscles. The Army Hall , they electrician, so we were a ble to in 3{- hours tim e. prov ide an automat ic em ergenc y sa id, must not acco mmoda te Fine mild weathe r on the more than 200 people in its pre­ power supply, and when Brian Fr iday gave a good sta rt to the sent condition - a nd we had Goodman talked the Co uncil out weekend, and the Washdyke nearly 500 coming to the evening of the extra toilet requirement, racecourse pre sented a happy function s! Hasty telephone call s the panic buttons could be re-set. appearance in the afternoon as were made to try and locate a A sta rt was made on the competitors arrived from fa r and large enough marquee, to no Thursday afternoon co nverting near to collect their Rally Packs avail. Wh at then had to be done the a ustere Army Hall into a from loyce lones in her secre­ to the Army Hall to get it cab aret spot, and when I arrived tary's office, and to renew old licensed to acc ommod ate 500 on Good Friday morning with fr iend ship s with other entrants. people? At least three outward a load of tables and cha irs, it That night , the noise at the ope ning doors in place of the was a hive of activity. Our N oggin a nd N atter must have lar ge sliding entrance door, more d ram a gro up was rehea rsing a reached a record number of toilets, a nd an autom atic-starting spicy melodrama on top of the decibels. For those who wished eme rgency po wer supply, plus offices, tables and cha irs were a qui eter atmos phere, mov ie films additio nal fire safety requisites, being laid out on the floor a rea, of the th ree previou s N ational

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PAGE TWELVE only be the Cours e 3 marshal, who was travelling westwards, so a phone call was put through to Rob Sh and at his Fairlie farm to ask him to inform the Fairlie check that the follow-up would be at least an hour late, and that as soon as all the vehicles on their list had gone through, the y were to continue as follow-ups. T he first vehicles were due back a bo ut 11 o'clock, so a bout half an hour a fter that, I ven­ tured out to the final check to collect some points cards in order to start marking up the master sheets . The weather had de­ teri orated; a nor' westerly was gusting up , and the sky looked ominously black in that direction. The people pa ssing through Paul Butler of Randwick, Australia had this Austin van flown across the Fairlie on Course 3 and 4 mu st Tasman for the National Rally. be getting some rain, and it Rall ies held in Timaru in 1959, who sta rted leaving on the time looked as if we would soon be 1968, and 1975, were sho wn in trial via gates on both Hi ghway getting it at the racecourse. the ad joining ?ublic bar. I and Highway 8 from 9.30 on- The marshals' office had only Saturday, the great d ay, wards, some of the courses two sma ll windows glazed with dawned fine and clear, and I was having four departures pe r op aque glass, so Ba rry and I on the road to Washdyke in the minute. Once the time tri al was couldn't see anything happening old 1926 Morris soon after 8 underway, Barry and I settled outside. Hi s wife Lynette brought o'clock. When I a rrived about down to mark up last minute lunch, a nd We munched and 8.30 p.m., my first thoughts were cancellations and alterations on marked aw ay. After two hours I "orga nised chaos". (Later I was the ma ster sheets, and issue new decided to go outside and see to wonder about the use of that departure times and calculate what the weather was like, and adjective, "organised"). Barry E.T.A.'s for a few late-corners. if we had any paying customers. Smith was endeavouring to make Clem Brosnan, in ch ar ge of field I was delighted to find it beauti­ sure all the checkpoint marshals tests, was stamping a ro und be- fully clear, but a little windy, and had turned up, and the head cause the horses had the use of a very sizeable crowd. A little marshal fr om each check was the track for training until no on. later Fred Wniteley came into taken ins ide, briefed and issued and he couldn't begin setting lip our office and as ked if we could with an official clock set to Rally his tests until a fter that. keep an eye on a little case for Time, Ran Cooper was trying to Our mid-morning calm was him ; " It's got a co uple of grand get his gat e-keepers and crowd broken by a garbled mess age on in it, and I'm off to collect more control people organised before a crackly telephone line saying from the gate-keepers." G reat he went off on the rally, Brian that a follow-up marshal had news! It looked as if there would Goodman was da shing aro und to broken down near Geraldine. be enough to balance the budget, make sure all the section chiefs The qu estion was, was he on and perhaps some left over to had things under contro l, Owen Course 3, or Course 4, as both provide a few extras at the Sun­ Jones was doing what he could went through Geraldine, A day functions. to help, and a steady strea m of friendly pol iceman who happened When the field events were all entrants were arriving to coll ect to be in the office offered to help, over, Clem Bro snan joined us in rally packs, while other entrants but his walkie-talkie soon the marking, and the results were were miling around outside to brought the news that thi s was all worked out by a bout 6 o'clock see if they could sight old the weekend that the Geraldine that night, leaving the rest of the friends. Police Station was closed, so he weekend free for us marshals to Ju st before 9.15 a.m. , Barry couldn't get the Geraldine man enjoy. Besides the mannequin Smith climbed high up the ladder to go out and find our follow-up. parade, the public display to the announcer's box in the We sat down and calculated included a stationary engine towe r to brief the competitors, from the tim e factor that it could display, Les Rawlings' hover- PAGE THIRTEEN craft, Jim SulIivan's and Dave had taken so much time and Overall Diamond's restored Harvard effort to arrange wa s over, and G. Scott, Christchurch NZI025, (which had to curtail its K. McLeod, Ashburton now moving off down memory 1. Henderson, Twizel flying display because of the lane. wind conditions), and a grand Last week I met Brian Good­ P.V.V. parade of all the vintage ve­ man in Timaru, and he told me Time Trial hicle s. The Waimate Branch had he had one last job for me to do, 1. J. Thomson, AmberIey brought along their Noddy Train write a story for " Beaded R. Begbie, Ashburton V. Pauley, Temuka for the children. Wheels" about the rally, from an Field Tests One of our nagging worries all organiser 's viewpoint. "J ust one l. J. Thomson. Amberley along was, with Easter being so problem," he said, "the article C. Bearman, Ashburton E. R. Euson, Invercargill very late this year was the has to be in Christchurch by next Friday." Yesterday I bought a Concours weather going to be alright for D. Thomason, Nelson the Sunday picnic. It proved ticket in the Golden Kiwi, and if A. Cleaves, Invercargill however to be a lovely sunny it wins, I'll buy Brian Goodman A. G. Davis, Waimate day, with just a hint of a a one-way ticket to Outer Overall northerly breeze. The venue was Mongolia. • I. J. Thomson, Amberley C. Bearman, Ashburton a large flat area beside the river, A. G. Davis, Waimate sheltered by trees on three side s, PRIZE-WINNERS and our caterer provided a NATIONAL RALLY P.W.v. smorgasbord lunch for those who Time Trial VETERANS R. Egan, Nelson did not bring their own . Owen M. Fitzgerald, Oamaru Jones provided hayrides for the Time Trial G. Killick, Invercargill numerous children on a trailer J. Armiger, Christchurch S. G. Pepper, Christchurch Field Tests drawn by an old Lanz Bulldog R. D. Cross, Timaru B. Grace, Gore tractor. Three hang gliders took Field Tests P. J. Capon , Ashburton off from a high rocky outcrop 1. Ritchie, Christchurch G. Killick, lnvercargill Concours overlooking the gorge, and their M. G. Mehrtens, Dunedin R. Mundy, Christchurch G. Killick, Invercargill colourful kites made a graceful Concours C. Brosnan, Timaru sight as they flew directly to­ R. McCulloch, Invercargill T. R. Stanley, Christchurch wards us and landed just in front E. Smith, Christchurch Overall of the assembled cars, to the G. Jones, Temuka B. Grace, Gore Overall M. Fitzgerald, Oamaru delight of the children. R. Mundy, Christchurch G. Killick, Invercargill The only trouble with the J. Ritchie, Christchurch Best Performance by South Canty picnic was it had to end fairly D. R. Ruddle, Dunedin member M. Rose. Temuka early so that we could all go VINTAGE Best Overall Performance home and prepare for the final Time Trial (Ph eo nix Assurance Trophy) dinner. With everything having K. Morris, Nelson l. J. Thomson, AmberIey gone so well weather-wise-s-and M. Rose, Ternuka Hard Luck we hope, organisation-wise--over J. S. Boyes, Invercargill J. Armiger, Christchurch Field Tests the weekend, everyone wa s in a G. Scott, Christchurch Age Mileage relaxed mood on Sunday night, M. Eunson, Temuka J. Bilis, Auckland and with the aid of a goodly B. J . Barnes, Invercargill Longest Distance travelled to Rally P. W. Butler, Australia supply of wine, the dinner Concours J. Taylor, Invercargill Penzoil Shield developed into one of those M. R. Crum, Ashburton Waimate Branch (A. Davis, B. happy, swinging affairs that A. R. Sutton, Invercargill Lorimer-Allan, L. Hossack). linger long in the memory. Old memories were recalled, and as the night wore one, some of the VINTAGE ELECTROPLATING merry-makers performed acts which no doubt will be recalled Nickel plating by slow-deposit, as on your original at future rallies. vintage parts. Will not peel or crack, polishes to a long­ Monday morning we had a lasting lustrous shine, and gives better protection gainst very good turn-out of Branch corrosion. For quick service and quality work, consign members to help with the massive your work to: task of clean-up, both at the Army Hall and racecourse, and PRATTS ELECTROPLATERS LTD, NELSON We had everything in order soon p.a. Box 474 Phone 77-283 after mid-day. The Rally which PAGE FOURTEEN Dean's Bush Veteran Rally

Unseasonal grey skies threaten­ Field Tests: Neville Dowie, 1918 appeal to single cylinder veterans ed Banks Peninsula Branch's Dodge; Overall Winner: Alan and steam or electric powered Deans Bush Veteran Rally on Roberts, 1909 Wolseley Siddeley. vehicles. The Saturday rally will February 14th, but fortunately The 1982 Deans Bush event is also incorporate an optional the rain held off until late to be run as the National harbour cruise on the steam tug afternoon. Veteran Rally. For those plan­ "Lyttelton", In the evening we Tradition was maintained with ning holidays or aiming to com­ shall be holding an informal field tests being conducted at plete a rebuild the dates to note social with continuous supper at Deans Bush prior to the outward are February 5th, 6th and 7th . Riccarton House. Sunday's event run to Orton-Bradley Park. Preparations are well advanced will consist of a picnic run con­ Competitors took an excursion cluding with a cocktail hour at through Hagley Park before by Alan Meredith "Mona-Vale" - another historic winding their way along a scenic Christchurch property which is route to the foot-hills. The more and one objective is a funding set on the banks of the Avon. venturesome ascended the Sum­ structure which will enable costs This will be followed by the mit Road and drove through to the entrant to be kept as low presentation dinner and in addi­ cloud before descending Gebbies as possible. tion to the usual class, field test Pass to join the direct route The programme of events will and overall awards there will be which had skirted around Lyttel­ begin with a display on the Fri­ an age-mileage trophy. Please ton Harbour. day evening followed by the note that in order to qualify for motoring section on the Satur­ a plaque it will be necessary to In contrast to last year's event day. One option being intro­ complete both days' motoring. there were few mechanical prob­ duced is a special short distance Entry forms will be available lems, the only retirement being pioneering route which will have in September. • Errol Smith's 1915 Ford T which encountered steering problems. cause they lack the necessary Out of town entries included enthusiasm required, they try the the Piddington's 1910 Regal from Letters easy way and somehow manage to to theEditor get in our events in increasing Timaru along with Colin Bear­ numbers. They tarnish the name of man's 1906 Cadillac and the Sir, an organisation of which I'm proud Dowies' 1918 Dodge from Ash­ My wife Margie and I have just to be a member. burton. A noteworthy appear­ spent a very pleasurable season of The value of rally plaques seem Club motoring throughout the futile when you know that some ance was the 1909 Wolseley South Island. We enjoyed the hos­ modern rust-ridden hulk has of Alan Roberts which emerged pitality of many Branches and the clattered off home, after a strenuous from a lengthy rebuild to make whole experience was one we will run of 20 odd miles at an average not forget. speed of twenty-five miles an hour. its debut and take overall hon­ There appears however, to be an When this modern stuff is ours-a precedent which could insidious disease creeping into the accepted and given a number, that be difficult to maintain. Vintage Car Club that I feel should number should be displayed on the be brought to the notice of vehicle, entry forms also, should An interesting tour of the members. have provision for this number to historic Orton-Bradley estate was As I understand the Club rules, be quoted. conducted after a leisurely lunch. only accepted Post War vehicles can If we must have poor relations, enter in club Calendar events. I surely they can come to the party An uneventful return run to have very little time for this iron­ properly dressed. Christchurch then followed. mongery in our Vintage car club EARL PRESTON (a bias I am entitled to, I hope) so The evening prize-giving and you can imagine how it galls me, 1908 "'DAMS dinner was held in an appro­ when I attend club events, to find priate setting at Riccarton scruffy heaps as examples of House. Results were :-Class, I: P.W.V. cluttering up the venues. I'm certainly not going on a Robin Mundy, 1907 De Dion; witch hunt by pointing the finger Class 2: Alan Roberts, 1909 at any particular rally organisers or Wolseley Siddeley; Class 3: Alas­ the proud owners of the rubbish in tail' Brass, 1915 Buick; Class 4: question, nothing would be gained by that, there are always those who Lloyd Hubbard, 1912 Triumph; want to be in on the act, but, be- PAGE FIFTEEN -

The Club's Old Vehicles Part 7

The post-vintage scene in New is a good thing that P.V.'s, P.W.'s it could hold his family; it was Zealand is becoming far more and other groups are accepted, sporty; it had the ability to per­ recognised of late due to the fact and their owners made welcome form (and still has); and it was that veteran and vintage cars are to the V.C.C. the model owned by his fa ther becoming so much harder la This issue we are looking at a at the time Gordon was a young acquire because of expense both rare P.V. in the form of a 1937 man and developing an avid to restore and purchase. Other M.G. V.A. It litre Sports Tourer interest in cars. Gordon bought factors in favour of P.V .'s in­ owned by Mr Gordon Vogtherr his V.A. in 1966 for £150 from clude that, for the most part, of Hastings. This car when first Bob Townley in Auckland who they are capable of keeping up restored was one of the very brought the car into New with modern traffic, they are Zealand from Ireland in 1958. more readily available and parts by Rod McKenzie The car had been lain up for 7 are not so scarce. We are for­ years before purchase due to the tunate in New Zealand that we early P.V.'s to be accepted by the fact a w.o .I, could not be have one club , the Vintage Car Vintage Car Club, in fact is obtained. Club, which can act as one voice numbered P.V. 12 in the registry. "Purists" tend to call the V.A. to the "powers-that-be" when Gordon wished to purchase an one of the least successful or necessary. Overseas, one-make M.G. V.A. It litre Sports Tourer "unfortunate" models being over­ clubs, regional clubs and specific for several reasons including the bodied and underpowered, but interest clubs simply do not carry judgement that this was (and still Gordon's experience is that the weight when it comes to talking is) all he wanted in a car; car is more than competitive as "politics", and for this reason it namely, it was an open air car; its torque figures are quite excep-

1937 V.A. type 1Y2 litre M.G. PAGE SIXTEEN tion al, and road test figures from " Motor" and other contemporary motoring magazines bear this out. There were a total of 2,407 V.A .'s produced of which 1,240 were saloons (£325), 590 were tourers (£280), 825 were Tickford drop head coupes (£335), and 2 , .. ~ chassis only. Gordon knows of only 3 tourers in New Zealand, one is his, and one of the others belonged to his late father. At this stage 1 think it timely to reproduce a short article from "T he Sports Car", March 1938, entitled "Quick Ch anges" by F . L. M. Harris, ed itor of "The Sports Car". ... "H ave you made the intimate acquaintance of the M.G . l -} litre model? It is as good in the 12 h.p. field as the Series T model / is in the Midget field-and that The cockpit, note huge collection of plaques. is saying a lot. ----- "T his It litre model cos ts £280, a nd seats four in real comfort. The back seats are not by any means makeshift affairs. You would be quite happy in one of them at the end of a 250 mile journey. The front sea ts a re ex­ cellent, and the driver has the sense of luxury that you get in the two-litre model with the feel­ ing of nippiness and 'stiffness' which is the charm of the Midget. "I did not expect that the 1t litre car would be as fast as my Midget, but it was actually con­ Left side of motor. siderably faster-in spite of my own Serie s T being rather quicker than most of its type. The N Magnette was a speedy machine, but the H- litre model could give it a long start on a main road or cross country journey. . . ." What Mr Harris sa ys in this article would still be true today. Gordon made a complete and thorough restoration of his 1937 M .G. V .A. and found that at some stage in its life, possibly during the war, it was painted irridescent pink-one of several colours discovered during restora­ tion. Gordon acknowledges that

PAGE SEVENTEEN is understand able that it is, even now, still very capable of winning concours prizes, and yet still dr ivable eno ugh to win rallies. • SOME FACTS AN D FIGURES Motor : 4 cyl. 1548 C.c. o.h.v. Tr ansmission : 4 speed. synchro on 2nd, 3rd, 4th. Fuel : 12 gal. tan k. Twin S.U. car­ burettors. Extr as: Smiths "Jackal!" jacking system. Wheels: Dunlop wires. 5" with 19" tyres. Weight : Unladen 21-} cwt.

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" ---"'------. ANTIQUE '-- are old car specia lists, we offer -- to yo u the car could not be what it is The spares situa tion for a car e A 200-p age catalogue , price toda y without the help of man y $4.50 such as this is critical, and if it 411 A store, full y stocked, open 6 friend s both overseas and within wasn't for the meticulous. diligent days a week (No Saturday) New Zealand. He likens the and cont inuin g search for spares o Books and literature fo r all restoration to " the continuing of all kinds within New Zealand tvpes of cars ~ story of Peyton Place-it keeps and overseas. it would be a hard Ford parts for all models 1909-1959 going on for ever, so much so, task to find the necessary part s ~ Chevrolet parts 1925 to 1948 that the car now I3 years and to keep the M.G. motoring to (l Bankcard, Visa and Master­ almost 44,000 miles on, picked its present very high standard. ch arge welcome whether up the overall concours prize at Gordon has ample spares to keep visiting Australi a or purchas­ the pre-1956 M.G. Rally held in ing by mail. Inquire for the car mot oring for many years appl ic ati on form. Marton in January 1981. He was to come. S Same day despatch ing on also placed first in the road Afte r driving the car and going goods in stock section on the 1980 International 11 17 years in the business, right over (and under) it. there Rally, and the car performed second to none. is only one criticism r could admira bly around "Bay Park", make . That is the carpet is a little Tauranga, at the speed event worn and faded. but after I3 (shots of the car in action can years and 44,000 miles it is to be EAST COAST ANTIQUE be seen on the 1980 Rally film). expected, and is no doubt the Performance , when driving, is 7/ 169 South Creek Rd., reason that Gord on already has quite unbel ievable for a It litre Dee Why West, new carpet on hand to replace Sydn ey, N.S.W., Aust ralia of its age. In fact, with three the 13·year-old sample. 02-982-9305 02-982-9335 aboard, we crui sed up the "Te All mail to: Box 330, Narra been , Aute Hill" on S.H.2 at a little Th is post-vintage car is more 2101, Sydne y, Australia. over 50 m.p.h.l than a credit to Gord on, and it PAGE EIGHTEEN technicalbooks Itd Branches at: Newmarket: 6 Morrow Street, Ph. 540-132 Christchurch: 244 High Street, Ph. 797-459 Wellington: 222 Lambton Quay, Ph. 728-544 Hamilton: 6 Ward Street, Ph. 81-526 IN STOCK AND HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: RESTORATION & PRESERVATION OF VINTAGE & TUNING & MAINTENANCE OF MG CARS CLASSIC CARS $34.95 1929-1954 $19.95 by Jonathan Wood by Philip H. Smith The definitive "restorers" bible. Profusely A well-illustrated technical book, not only cover­ illustrated. For both the amateur and the ing eng ines , but also chassis, suspension and professional. electrical systems. 101 TIPS & TRICKS FOR CAR RESTORERS $5.50 BRITISH LIGHT CARS 1930-1939 $24.95 by William Cannon & Ron Bishop by Bruce Hudson A pocket paperback bible, written by the editors Individually describes and pictures over 120 of the American "Skinned Knuckles" restoration models, with extensive techn ical details. journal. ALSO IN STOCK AND EXCELLENT VALUE FOR MONEY:- VIVA! ALFA ROMEO $27.95 A PRIDE OF BENTLEYS $31.75 by David Owen by Jchn Adams and Ray Roberts A fully-illustrated story of the marque, from its A very well illustrated documentation of every beginnings up to 1979. model made , with extensive technical details. ALLARD: THE INSIDE STORY $15.95 BUGATTI - EVOLUTION OF A STYLE $38.95 by Tom Lush by Paul KesUer The story of the man and his cars. Beautifully illustrated record of the marque - 15 years of research. AUTOMOBILE BODY DESIGN $11.95 by lan Beattie A complete reference guide to bodywork and Wholesale enquiries to­ coach-building. PUBLISHERS SERVICES POST-WAR BRITISH THOROUGHBREDS $28.50 PO BOX 9659 by Bruce Hudson The new " classic" cars from 1945-1955; extensive NEWMARKET technical details and illustrations. AUCKLAND Ph. 796-752 College FORD SPARES New Ford parts from 1928 on - Now at 195 NEW WINDSOR ROAD, AVONDALE PHONE 674-857 AUCKLAND - Postal enquiries welcomel

PAGE NINETEEN DEANS BUSH FLASH-BACK Some o! the more interesting vehicles which competed in

AThe Cook family in their 1908 International auto buggy. v Godfrey Hall's highly original 1911 Clement Talbol. , 1955 Deans Bush Rally. Deans Bush is to be thevenue for the 1982 National Veteran Rally.

AJohn Palmer's Unic truck

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.•"J::,. ,, ~ ,. -.,-, :- we onl y managed to bring back a second in Veteran and Slow Vintage and a third in P.V.V . TRY US FOR YOUR NEEDS On the subject of trophies we also figured in the National Rally Panel Beating at Timaru where Jo Bilis picked up Making New Guards and Panels the mileage/age award close ly followed by Kevin Morris and from New Wooden Body Frames the look of the entry list the Auck­ Woodwork Repairs land branch dominated the North Hood Bow Steam Bending, or Laminating Island team entries too as we could New Dashboards only find one other North Island town listed in the 280 entrants. This French Polishing of Interior Woodwork prompts me to ask why can't we Full Mechanical Service publicise major event s on the other Chassis Rebuilding side of that great washout, on State Highway 1 when the National is One Off Parts Made Up being held on t'other side. Even if Batches of Parts made for One Make Groups you could afford the fare, chances Spare Parts Available are the ferri es aren' t running any­ Secondhand Books and Magazines way! Congra tulations South Canterbury Bonnet Lacing etc. available for producing such an interesting bran ch history in the rally booklet; AUTO RESTORATIONS LTO if you have any left over they should be distr ibuted as an example 148 CARlYLE STREET to follow by other branches. CHRISTCHURCH Our greate st effort on the local scene was a twelve hour reli ability P.O. Box 22273 Phone 69-988 trial which not only tries out cars and drivers but puts the org anisers on test too, making sure that road covers many years, and made very signs, fuel and food are all ready interesting viewing, an enjoyable in the right places and at the right evening. time for weary contestants. Club Branch notes Anzac weekend saw another Captain, Dave Allbon did a great working bee on our railway link job in planning the midnight to with the Plains Railway. A reason­ mid-day event which was won by able turn-out of members, made Max Reid. Hi s Model A was some real progress on a job which followed by three others of the ASHBURTON , over the summer months has same marque taking all the top lagged somewhat. places from the eighteen starters. Our swap meet held on the 31st Secretary Jocelyn Hosken has The gar age on the club property March was quit e successful-a purchased a 1954 Triumph Tiger is now completed and the Ren ault large number of trade rs appeared Cub motorcycle and Brent and Jan Ch arabanc is safely housed in a with their various assortments of Stonyer have added a 1927 Whippet building large enough to give work­ ware s. tourer to their collection. We also ing space for major maintenance On the 4th Ap ril seven vehicles have new members Alan and work and store another vehicle as from this Branch attended the first Pamela Bell with a 1926 Ford T well. Another milestone was passed Wallaby run held by the Waimate coupe. Next event will be the End­ this month when the Branch mem ­ branch. This well org anised run of-Sea son run followed by our bership topped the 600 mark, and took us through some interesting A.G.M . in June-must get ready these new members are turning up countryside, the day being rounded for the stampede of nom inat ion s with cars we have not seen before off by an excellent cabaret, much for committee! loo. en joyed by all. A fine effort by BARRY ROBERT Waim ate members. LES BENNETT A large contingent from this branch joined others from all over New Zealand at the South Canter­ bury Branch Nat ion al Rally at AUCKLAND Easter. It was a pleasure to see so As reported some months ago, many well restored cars of so many We have a tradition to support Tom Cloudsley obtained a Twin Six different make s, especially for tho se North Shore and Taranaki branches (viz) Packard from the North of us not fortunate enough to have at Easter and the excellent autumn Island, and has thus fulfilled a long been at Rotorua. Ken McLeod was weather attracted a good number to held ambition. second in the Vintage section with both events. Eight members took The first chassis which Tom had his 1924 F iat, and Col in Bearman the economy class (approximately owned for some years (but was was second in the P.V. section with 60 miles) to the Northern Raid and minus engine and gearbox), ha s now his 1939 Chev. coupe. took first three places. Thirteen been sold to Graeme Craw of Club night on the 16th April, one took the tourists route to the Auckland, who has owned the of our senior members, Bert Moore Maunga-Moana which carries a engine and gearbox for some time showed us his excellent selection of starting handicap of 235 miles each and has been trying to obtain the slide s. Bert's collection of vint age way for Aucklanders, Trophies here bits that Tom owned. The result of and veteran vehicle s, (and slides) were not so easy to capture though, all this buying and selling is that PAGE TWENTY-TWO known as the " hill tribe") and most South Island rallies du ring the Canterbury (the "swamp dwellers"). last few months, ob viously motor­ FORD PARTS The match was held at the Allan­ ing is the name of the game. dale Domain deep in " hill trib e" Our very strong motorcycle Falkners Garage country and despi te being on gro up ran a genuine old- time grass (Since 1956) foreign ground the Canter bury boys hill-climb, reminiscent of the nine­ just man aged to score those few teen twen ties, on Stewar t McKay's (Brian Falkne r, Prop .) extra ru ns needed for victorv. farm at Tai Tapu, an unqualified La rge stocks of new, reb uilt, Nigel Pr ice and Ron Duckworth success for both specta tors and seco nd han d pa rts for Ford V8's scored well for the "hill trib e" and participan ts. In the same vein , up to 1977. Please send S.A.E. Ron Hasell surprised everyone with th irty-two motorcycles head ed in­ his pro wess as a bowler. He reall y land via Culve rde n and Waiau to for your req uireme nts to 184 had the batsmen beaten ! With Kaikour a on the Jim Toohey Clyde Street , Island Bay, Wgtn. deadl y accuracy(?) he was con­ Memorial weekend run , this is Phone 837-558, open Saturday sistently placing the ball a good five becoming an increasingly popular morn ings. fee t outside the off stump. two-day event. GAVIN BAIN A fact to reflect on is that the Th e fo llowing notes from an National Rall y at Tim aru attrac ted ano n vm ous writer arri ved through onl y 12 motorcycles out of an ent ry the co untry now boasts two mor e the 'back door'. As thev would seem of 298 vehicles. Is the fledgling or less complete Twin Six Pack ard s, /0 fos ter the [riendlv rivalrv read y to leave the nest and become There is some suggestion that the bet ween Ban ks Peninsula and Call­ a separate ent ity? Is it true to say chass is Tom has now is the ca r terb ur v Branches they are worth that our special interest groups, by which was fitted with a lightwei ght printing W e hope the autho r will their very strength may lead to the racmg body and run at Muriwai contribute furth er in this vein and weakness of the Club as a whole? Beach in the early 1920's by Selwyn al so reveal his identit v-s-Editor, (Letters to the Editor on this sub­ Cra ig. The la test restoration is GAVIN'S ject would be appreciated). Alan Roberts has recently re­ Model T Streetcar Rail. It sure laid Land scaping the gro unds at turne d from a for ay to the N orth down some rubber on the Tedding­ Cut ler Park cont inue s unabated and Island with a trailer load of bits­ ton Measured Mile, burning off the the Development and Grounds enough to build up a 1907 18 h.p. bran ch's Rugby Ut e ! RON and committees can be justifiably proud Wol seley, BRUCE thought they were going of their efforts. (In spite of what The recent bran ch hillclimb was back warls, not that any of our Helena and Skip found. See Vint­ a great success. Ross Haynes 'ton up ' boys know which way they age Viewp oint April). ente red his Au stin 7 racer, co m­ a re going after an impromptu Our new-l ook noggin and natter plete with new hammock type set " noggin" at the tavern. form at with both a car and motor­ and funn y fluid-t ype brake s and the Spee:lwise the two-wheel boys cycle in the Clubrooms as an writer had his Brescia Bugatti out have not been falling behind. JAC K interest and talking point was cer­ for its first public airing. touched the ton on his so uped -up tainly well received, the motorcycle It was goo d to see the 500 c.c, 1952 Ariel on the mile the other in an (as found) cond ition minus Special of Devon Basher out aga in a rvo. Ask him why all the best motor. was positively identified as after several yea rs and Peter tim ings were on the run toward s the an O.E.C. of approx ima tely 1929­ Gen da ll was a welcome visitor pub ! ROSS and BEEZ only ra ised 31 era, a rare and interesting dis­ from Du ned in, although his Morgan a smokescreen with the ir 1953 covery. did not ap precia te be ing stuffed int o Villiers an d 1938 Fran cis-Barnett. Rec ent finds and cha nges of the ditch near the top of the hill. A You may be one-eved about the own ersh ip in Ca nterburv have been few hours work at Jack Newall 's poms but tha t new Austin restora­ to name a few, Merv, But ler's 1922 workshop had everything shipsha pe tion is quite surnp' n, ROSS . No Sunbeam tourer is in the ha nd of eno ugh to dr ive home. secret now folk s, it's a unique 1936 Marg. and Earl Preston of Over­ Alan Robert s' 50 1 Fiat with Sherbourne Ten Saloon . land infam y, and fellow veteran Silvani o.h.v. head has long been The Swamn-Dwellers know that Overl and owner Malcolm Ca rneron a goer but not a stopper. A con­ we of the Hi ll Tribe have some has acquired a 1924 of the same versio n to four wheel brakes proved potent PW brumbies to throw du st style, both unrestored , these 14/40's a foll y, altho ugh perhaps stronger over thei r '39 Nortons. More about ar e du e for the treatment ove r the U-b olt s may save the front axle this nevt time when there'll be some next two to thr ee v ears. from twisting like a piece of toffee wet and dirty doings to report from Don Broome has put toge ther in the future. the "banks" and braes. sufficie nt 1911 Overland parts to Th e speed bo ys had an addition al start serious resto ration, Barry event also in the form of two in­ Stevens has jus t about completed vita tion races at the final Ca nter­ his " P" model T rium ph after a bur y Car Club Ru apuna meeting CANTERBURY couple of yea rs' hard work, Don for the seaso n. Eighte en car s Preece has his B.S.A. Sloper ready for the road next season, and gossip entered and the field included such Autumn seems to bring out the var iety as Wayne M arsh 's J.2 M.G . would have it that Ian Clarke is wanderlust in V.e.e. types, havin g re-restoring his earl y Harley David­ up from Dunedin throu gh to Au stin traversed the a lps and ridden so uth Heale ys, TF 1500 and T .C. M.G .'s, son combinati on aft er a yea r or two to the Nat ional Motorcycle Rall y of hibern ation. a brace of ea rly N .Z. Speci als, Alan in February, a large number of Brarnwell's Cooper -Vin cent the With the winding down of the Ca nterbur y members pa rticipated in motoring season we look forward writer' s 375 mm Ferrari and 'a Plus So uth Can terb ur y's 25th Ann i­ 4 Mor gan . to the End-of-Season run and our versa ry N ational Ra lly in T imaru at socia l event of the yea r, the Annual Th e same day un fortu nately, was Easter. chosen for the first of the (ho pe­ Ball and a winter of enthusiastic Good suppor t was also given to restor ation activities. full y) annua l cricket mat ches Ashbur ton at the ir Swap Meet and between this Bran ch (herea fter to be local members were represen ted at ALAN WILLS PAGE TWENTY THREE EASTERN BAY of PLENTY

T hin gs are still ver y quiet [or ELECTROPLATING our club and one can onl y hope the poor att endance on club nights Electroplaters of:-Copper (Dull and Bright), (Ma rc h a sho wing of nin e, and A pril ten) means absen t mem bers Nickel, Chrome, Brass and Zinc. are busy resto ring their vehicles, and a re go ing to turn out en masse Stainless Steel Electropol ishing. an d surprise us. We were aga in invited to Automotive, Motorcycle, Marine and Jobbing Kawerau 's " King of the Mountain" Plating. rac e day. A brill iant da y saw only five vehicles displayed , ho wever, our sta ll d id a steady tra de and helped w. TOOMEY LTO the bank balance. An inv ita tion from Ro torua early in March had P.O. Box 22-453,21-35 Ferry Rd, Christchurch to be ca ncell ed owing to a day th at seemed mor e like mid -winter. Phone 62-559 We were to hav e go ne for a trip up T arawera, but pouring rain and gusting wind s kept all indoors. preva iled and a lar ge portion of We ha ve two new memb ers, Mr T aran ak i was conquered success­ Osborne tran sfer red fro m Wh an ga­ fully an d we even man aged to view GISBORNE re i, and Mr Nichols from Auck­ the local mountain. A special un­ land. The latt er is a motorcycle vei ling at the lun ch stop by Mother On e club night saw a good enthusiast, and we look fo rwa rd to N ature of this ma gnificent spectacle num ber attend a visit to the so me experiences being rel a ted. was a highl ight for o ur mem bers N.Z.R. Locomoti ve Depot and in­ Peters, Worral an d Buckley a nd kids. Bo b McGarv a topped spect the D .e. class diesel-electric travelled to N ew Plymouth at off the weekend by tak ing seco nd locomotive. Man y members took Eas ter fo r the Maunga-M oan a place in his class . We thank the opportunity to ride in the ca b R ally. As yet we don 't kn ow how Ta rana ki Branch fo r an unfor­ as the loco wa s taken down to the they fared, but we believe Peter getta ble weekend; we sha ll return. ya rd in rea diness to dep art with Buckley had a few problems on Pete r Butler deviously plotted o ur a train. the homeward tri p. Ma rch run to take us throu gh Mar ch clu b night a trip was Our Chairma n, Bob Townse nd porrid ge coa ted ro ad s via Pon ga­ made to Montana Win ery where came hom e in March towin g an kawa and Rotoehu Fo rest to Lake a tou r was made over the pre­ Old smobile. Since its arrival, see ms Ok atina near Rotorua. Man y mises . Unfo rtuna tely this was cut Bob has just ab out taken up resi­ me mbe rs took adva ntage of the sho rt by the wea ther so an enjoy­ dence in the garage so we may get beautiful bush walk s a ro und the able evening was spent ac ross the a loo k-see , a t the Double 50 at lake while ot hers hired the local ro ad a t the Road H ou se ru n by H amilton. boat a nd went ex ploring some of Pru and Merv C layde n, who G oo d to see T om Woodham back the man y scen ic bays. Later a kind ly pu t on supper for the cre w. amongst us, with a very nicely re­ barhecue was lit an d dinner was A club run was held on the 22nd sto red 1936 Morris 8. served before head ing back to of March. T his took the form of Ho pefull y the club room s will T auranga. foll ow the leader unt il the lead er spo rt a new paint job on the 9th Our April run (held in May) was go t lost. Nev ertheless, it was a M ay whe n the wo rking-bee will most enj oyable "Mystery Run" tackle the ex terior walls and roo f. held in gloriou s weather by master ralliest G ordon H yslop. Held on end ing up at Gray's Hill look-out LOROLE I POLLARD a nd fina lly to Gra y's Bush fo r "all tar sea l" . wh ich is a novelt y to our members, G ordon took us aft ernoon tea. The Club truck via Wh ak am aram a and Kat i Kati could well hav e supplied sufficient boiling wa ter for the afterno on and the n on to Tanners Po int. An cuppa. BAY OF PLE~TY easy relaxing run with the emphasis on time-kee ping. Th is run was "first Seve ra l working bees have been held a t the club shed to continue Easter weekend had seven mem­ time out" for Les Jeffer y in his work on the ex tension. On e was bers of o ur Branch heading toward s imm acul ate 1939 Chev. G oing by to remove the flooring from the o ld T ar an aki for this yea r's Maunga­ the number of photographs taken Te Hapara Schoo l. Since then Moa na Rall y. Good reports of past this car would have to be voted man y holes hav e been du g a nd Maunga-M oan a Rallies were found "most photogen ic" a t the next piles have been put in place, and to be tru e and all memhers had "Miss Worl d" competiti on . it is hop ed that a start will be a particul arlv enjoya ble and relax­ New members ar e helping to made soo n on la ying the floo r. ing time. The Sa turd ay M otor swell o ur ranks. Arthur Wa lsh has All members are urged to s up port Sho w cum Swap Meet gave our a Ford A Sports Co upe a nd No el th is work so that the jo b ca n be members a ch an ce to view so me Houghton ha s purchased a 1929 completed as soo n as po ssib le. Ou r high class restorati on s not normall y Hudson. An oth er vehicle a bo ut to raffle pr oceeds sho uld be a grea t seen in our neck of the wo od s in leave the garage is Mu rray Lind's help towar ds help ing co m plete this what must be on e of the lov eliest 1937 Austin Seven he has restored project. city pa rks in N ew Ze al and. Sun­ for his wife . Some 40-50 members a nd fr iends day's Rally cau sed a little bit of attended the showing of th e film head scra tching but co mmo n sense STEWART G RA DO N mad e a t the International R all y. ?AGE TWENTY-FOUR Un til our next review I'm off an d it created a lot of interest. Barry G raves, another new 1'0 1' a long-awaited tr ip to Cali­ Unf o rt una tely thi s car ha s been member, was next sto p and he fornia with "hubby" who will be since so ld a nd has, I believe, gone showed us his 195\ Joweu Javelin turning his hands to " G o lden to Auckland. Owing to ill health which is still motoring a nd will Oldie" rugby pla ying a nd no Ted put the car up for tender and just require a little tidying . doubt we will be looking at wh at as it is a fairly rare car it wa s The 1929 Buick Six sedan of the American Museums have to beyond the reach of the ord ina ry Ninian Petterson was next viewed offer in the wa y of vintage bloke. Wh ile at F ra nk's th e op­ a nd is coming a lo ng very nicely. exh ibit s. portunity was taken to view his This car rep resent s a good in­ BERNICE WALTERS Ford T fleet. dividual effort. Next call was to see Roy Shank's The last sto p was a t Dav e Me­ ea rly '20's Essex 4 Roadster. Most K ay' s of 1925 Moon fa me wh ere of the running gear has been com­ his latest restoration a 1948 Ford GORE pleted with just the motor to be V S Clubman coupe wa s looked sorted out. The bodywork having over. It won 't be long be fo re th is ca r is motoring. On Sunday, 15th March we had been done by ex-member Bill Anderton. The day wa s rounded off back a t a garage raid which attracted nine the clubroorns af ter a ver y enjoy­ car loads of club members. The From Roy's to ano ther Es sex a ble ou ting. first sto p was at Frank Robson's owner in Alan Jones to view his The Southern Districts' Auto where Ted CampbelJ's A.B.C. was 1928 and 1929 sedan cars. New Jumble was held at the Gore Race­ viewed. Quite a few of the newer member Alan has it all ahead of course on Saturday, April l l th . membel'S had never seen thi s car him but I'm sure he'll manage. The day dawned wet , cold and windy which wa s more suited to duckshooters and unfortunately we clashed with the opening day of MODEL T• MODEL A • 32-48 V/8 this sport for the second year running. 49-59 V/8 By 8.30 a .m . the first people arrived, these being in the main the organisers. By 10 o'clo ck , the official starting time, there was a WE SPECIALISE lot of activity going on with most people keeping on the m ove be­ cau se of the cold so uth-wes t wind. IN THESE MODEL FORDS For club members these events Parts for all these models are available ex stock, not just a lew always prove popular and more trinket items but all popular parts listed in our current 200 page so for the ones still rest oring cars. catalogue. The weather a pa rt, it was a good day a nd well organised by the All orders shipped same day as received. joint committee comprising Bal ­ Bankcard, Diners Club, Visa, American Express welcome. clutha, G ore and In ve rcargill Take advantage 01 our 17 years in the vintage automotive parts Branches. business. You will receive the best quality items available. Don 't Seve ral of our members travelled be caught by ordering through a supplier with limited knowledge north to Timaru for the South of th is business, there are lots of poor quality parts, we have Island Nation al Rally held at eliminated these from our stocks, you now get the best there is Easter. By a ll acco un ts thi s was a available. well run even t a nd Club Captain Brian Grace in the 1949 Jaguar Send $4.50 (Australian currency) for our latest catalogue. $5 refund collected prizes for first overall in voucher is included. the po st-war section and first in the field test s. ~ RON OS BORNE HAWKE'S BAY

Things have been very quiet on BAST COAST ANTIQUE the vintage motoring scene in H awkes Bay of late, the last run AUTO PARTS being the motorcycle rally. A sma ll 7/169 South Creek Road, Dee Why West. group a ttended the Maunga-Moana Across the Harbour Bridge, 20 miles north along the beaches. Rally in Taran aki and had an en­ jo yable weekend. Come and visit with us on your next tr ip to Australia, you will be Since that weekend Bruce Poole made welcome. ha s found cause (ca uses ") to pull Phone 02 982 9305, 02 982 9335 the motor down on hi s Ch rysler 77 Store open Monday to Friday, 9-5. Sunday, 9-2 . and intends fitting a new set of MAIL TO BOX 330, NARRABEEN, 2101 , SYDNEY, N.S .W., exhaust valves. He says it will be motoring prior to the M anawatu AUSTRALIA Brass Monkey Trial which he invariably enjoys. PAGE TWENTY-FIVE Photos on these two pages are shots of the 7th National Motorcycle Rally run by the Otago Branch last March. CAR AUCTION Vintage & Post Vintage Ca rs MANAWATU AUCTION CO. LTD. To be held in Our Rooms 17 Maire Street, Palmerston North in August (Da te to be finalised) We have been offered severa l Post Vint age and one Vint age Truck to Auction and would be interested in rece iving further en tries. Should you have a vehicle you would like to have auctioned please write to above address with particulars or tele­ phone P. Nth 76-079 (by 26th Jun e). Wayne and Ma rie Evans have been seen motoring the ex-Paul Stitch bury 1930 Essex Coupe. Charlie Black is on an extended overseas trip at present and intends 1912 Alldays and Onions, P. R. Shanks Canterbury. taking in a number of motor mu seum s in U.S.A. and Europe. Warwick Garrell has purchased a Model A Roadster Pick -up and has begun making his usual fastidious restoration. Gavin Harris continues with his 1936 Oldsmobile and was greatly excited to have at last procured a grille for the car. Ge off Brannan is doing some much needed work on the engine of his Erskine. Brian Wat son is progressing well with his coll ection of Austin 7's and Chevs and is at present concentrating on his 1930 Che v. Roadster which should soon be motoring. Glynn Clements is shifting away from Hawkes Bay to the Well ington are a, and will be in train ing for the Transport Department. He will be missed in his secretarial position 1951 E.S.2 Norton, R. J. Brookland Canterbury. Photo by Paul Roxburgh. and as deleg ate for the Branch . The Patoka crew put on a run for the " hardier" types which was enjoyed to the full. Points were awarded for all the items picked up on the scavenger run --a dead po ssum being top-scorer. Mike Perry's "prize" was deader than most, I understand. The same lads paid a visit to Central Hawkes Bay recently and had the misfortune of a breakdown in the red Singer. On returning to pick up the car they found some "thieves" had stolen the steering wheel, but finding that it was not interchangeable with Chryslers or Morris 8s had left it under the bonnet. Plans for the Motor Show at New Year are well in hand and this promises to be a good chance to look closely at some of the local cars, some of which are seldom seen out, particularly veterans. 1939 Indian Four, Allan Lake Canterbury. ROD McKENZIE PAGE TWENTY-SIX As a newly formed branch , we held our first ra lly on March 22nd. Thi s was a town rall y, which took place in and around Taumarunui. Seven cars took part , starting at 2 p.m., and had to keep time and find silent check s. It was a beauti­ fully hot Sunday afternoon, and what better place for the rally to finish up than beside the Wan ganui river for a picnic. A large barbecue was set going which was enjoyed into the earl y evening. On April 4th we had a night rally . A turn-out of 10 cars entered, starting at 7 p.m . Thi s was in the form of a time trial covering about 18 miles around Taumarunui. The rally was followed by a social even­ 1915 Triumph, Brian Goodman, South Canterbury with Jeremy in control. ing at our club headquarters. Easter weekend saw the Taranaki Maun ga-Moana which King Coun­ try folk have patronised fairl y regularly in recent years . This year three car s made the trip to New Plymouth for the rall y. We have always found this rall y to be one above most, and well, they've done it again. They put a lot of effort into mak ing this a good one and to plan so many events for one weekend isn't easy I'm sure. Th e motor show was great , and the swa p meet always create s an extra interest for the restorers. The rally was really a lot of fun and the cab aret evening was splendid. Con­ gratulations Taranaki, P. J. HASTELOW

1918 Harley Davidson and sidecar, Barry Lyons Southland.

Nine cars made their separate ways to the National Rally in Timaru over Ea ster . No doubt more of that will be written else­ where, but from all accounts the Marlborough entrants thoroughly enjoyed themselves and South Can­ terbury is to be congratulated on their well organised rall y. A grand total of 12 car s and one Harle y Davidson, joined by three modems, travelled by back ro ads and the busy Picton highway to the Koromiko Deer Park to be judged by their fellow members there pre­ sent for the Popular Vote Cup. Hard ly a true indicat ion of our branch's motorable majority's pre­ ference. A beautiful aftern oon and man y passing Sunday motorists stopped to have a closer look at the oldies. May 6th was the date set for the Night Tri al and everyone takin g part must have been glad to see 1950 Triumph 6T and sidecar, E. J. Billett Tokoroa. Photo Paul Roxburgh. PAGE TWENTY-SEVEN the weather clear and fine a lthough excess of 50 vehicles fo r a Sunday the galle y on the beach . It is cool. With the driver's wind ow afternoon run at Wood ville back in understood that in ea rly times the down for a quicker response to his May 1980 and more recentl y, ceremony was enac ted by Vikings nav igator's instructions it was chilly March 1981 in Bulls, is not too bad . on arrival to settle in a new land, en ough in a sedan, so I hate to A couple of firsts for Manaw atu , and was symbo lic of cutting the think how the occupant s of the conceived and org ani sed by Bruce, ties with the hom eland. open tourer and the two A pick-ups were the Mot orc ycle rall y which Depending on your po int of view, got on . A warm fire and a genero us drew entries from neighbouring pro ba bly the most exciting even t, supper pro vided by Marge Cre ss­ Wairarapa, Wan ganui, Hawk es Bay for the branch this year, was the well and helpers at the end of the and a couple of intrepid riders commencement of the branch's run helped to fortify the entra nts from Tokoroa, and the Swa p mee t ambitiou s clubroom s development. for their return run home. Th e held at Wo odville. The success of At the time of writing the roof is officia l mileage was 18.9 but I did both events ind icate s they will be on and cladding well under way. hear the rumour that one car on the calendar aga in. The inspired architecture, by local clocked up 30! I admit we took a The now well -kn own ," Brass member , Pete r Kersell, sho uld pre­ wrong turn but " nutted" it o ut after Monkey" rall y was well attended sent a pleasing pr ospect to our a few yards before tak ing a cha nce by the usual crews of hard y types visitors from throughout the that put us back on the right tra ck . and a few new one s who come country. A part fro m being a club­ Two cars which have made the ir each year to see what it is all rooms for members and being a ppearance on the local scene this about. We all survived, of course, available for some outside use , it season are Jim Wiblin's 1930 but for some unexplained rea son will be used fo r rallies and is de­ M orri s Minor bought from a Picton the Buick chose that night to signed to provide facilities for member in a partially rest ored con­ gobble petrol at a fast rate (over visiting members who wish to camp dition. It was stripped down and 4 gallons in less than 40 miles ) and on the site . re-built, a combined family effort. Don Heaynes will never let me A project of this nature has The other is the 1915 Humber Ken forget that we ran out of petrol naturally not been without its Wo odhead brought up from Christ­ on a one way met al ro ad right in critics both within and outside the churc h. Since he finished putting it front of him . Good old D on had club. Early on, at the decision to together it has carried him well a much needed drink for the Buick proceed with land purchase and over the Marlborough road s on a which set us (and the rally ) on the ground development sta ge, a few number of outings. I was intrigued move again. members tran sferred their allegiance by the battery encased in a neat , It seems to be the time for cen ­ to neighbouring bran che s which is varnished bo x on the running tenni al celebration s and members unfortunate , but in general the local board , and the intake for the fuel with vehicles, have par ad ed at th ose members have responded whole­ tank positioned on the dashboard. of Feilding Borough, Pah iatu a heartedly. With being in a rural H ELENA MACDONALD Borough and Rongotea School in are a some plan n ing permission was recent months, and have en jo yed required and obt ained without diffi. the entertainment provided which culty but just prior to breaking tend s to be a little predictable, even ground some more recent neigh­ if very good, at these event s. There bours, un successfull y tr ied to sto p MANAWATU was however one unique event at proceedings. The branch has no t the Pahiatua Cen tennial which is made the error to do the lot with unlikely to be repe ated for a long voluntary labour. Th e lab our in­ I arrived back in the Man aw atu time and has probabl y never been tensive work, such as the foundation Branch in Ma y last year and have performed before in New Zealand. pour, has been done by a gang of yet to decide whether the en­ Pahiatua district had a number of members conscripted for the da y, thu siastic and large turnouts to Sca ndinavians among its earlier but the actua l building -is being rallies has been the result of the settlers, but even those specta tors done by two bu ilder club members, International or the hard and not of Scandinavian heritage (my­ Lachlan Scott and Dermi s Inkpen enthusiastic work of our, then new, self included) will never forget the on a labour contract basis. The club captain Bruce Hutton, who is sight of a torch light procession, branch has as mem bers. an en­ affectionately known as " Plod" the flaming torches born by ove r 50 gineer, a quantity sur veyor, elec­ becau se, in his spare time, he "Viking" warriors escorting a tricians and most skills needed for watches over the law and order of replica Viking galley to the river­ the job, all ably led by building Woodville. Whatever the cause, in side, and the ceremonial burning of commillee chairman Brian Rankine.

Sketch of new clubrooms for Manawatu branch, see noles on Ihis page. north elevation PAGE TWENTY-EIGHT There is always a possibility that Michael Greig is progressing this year the committee will only the funds will run out before there quite rapidly with his WjD Riley accept machines up to 1957, owned is a floor, or maybe we will get a and Keith Humphreys actually and ridden by V.C.c. members, floor, but no bar or fireplace, so drove his Riley Monaco out of the nevertheless, we still expect the if you have a spare couple of garage and onto a trailer (no usual 60 or so entries, and we are thousand (or anything) that we exhaust is his excuse) when he having a special plaque for this could use, it might help speed the moved house recently. event. day to the big opening wing-dingo John Stringer is moving to the BARRY LONGSTAFFE ROB KNIGHT Whangaparoa area and rumour has it that he will open premises for his woodwork shop somewhere there also . Our chairman "Mr Ed" has ROTORUA moved house. he has changed from On the 18th March we held our a "townie" to a "country squire" I've had a sneak preview of quarterly general meeting and were with remarkable ease. Barry Piercey's latest project, which Russell Ward is progressing quite given the full story of our new is a 1939 Master 85 Chevrolet he clubrooms. quicklyon his Bentley. It has re­ picked up from the Taupo area. .. We have been generously given cently been given a fabric body. He has restored it from bottom to an old house that is in Devonport. The shed raid on Saturday after­ top and painted it Phantom Mist Converted into four flats at present noon was a good start to the with a brown trim and it looks gives some indication of its size. Northern Raid at Easter weekend. really classy. He has spent some I This house was to be moved on the This Rally attracted twenty nine lonz hours in the shed with it and 30th March, in three pieces, onto entries, a super event. his "wife Sandy will be glad when "Brooklands" at Albany. The BLOSSOM BARNARD it's on the road. We are all looking Jaguar Owners Club have drawn up forward to seeing it on Club runs an agreement with us to lend us . - very soon. approximately $14,000 . This will go The March activities were Club towards the re-siting, plumbing and OTAGO night and night run held together alteration work. The Jaguar Owners this year and put on by Rex Club in turn . will share "Brook­ Gadsby and helpers. A very en­ lands" with us. Since the last notes, the only thusiastic lot of members took to This is all very exciting and a important event we have held was the road armed with their torches great step in the right direction for the Vintage Venture. This attracted (to read their navigation sheet) and our Branch. Our thanks must go a field of sixteen vehicles and took all came back just as enthusiastic­ to manv people for their efforts in the competitors through an interest­ ally which was surprising, no one this project. ing but testing journey through got lost! The evening concluded We have a building fund for the Outram, Lake Mahinerangi to Law­ with supper and a chat. .. rCi1C~ . house and it is progressing steadily. Winners of the event which IS but with the help of the Jaguar At Lawrence field tests were the McGill trophy were Bill and Owners Club we will get there a held followed by a barbecue at Adelai Skelton, first Roger and lot sooner. the camping ground where many Diana Nelson, second and John The Dermis bus project over a stayed overnight. The weather for and Adele Lamb, third. There is period of time has been shelved. the weekend was perfect - blue only one drawback to winning this people having other interests and skies, warm, no wind - typical event, the winners put it on next commitments. Michael Greig has Central weather! year. 'lOW become the manager of the Sunday morning was spent exam­ Our April Club night was well bus project, so soon there should be ining the interesting local museum attended. We had a talk on Motor more activity in that direction. - full of exhibits from the Gabriel Car racing through the years with Ron Montgomery, who left our gold mining era. Denny Hulme. He certain[v has branch recently handed over the It is A.G .M. time again, so we had an interesting career chasing Clerk of Course position to Hugh hope the branch will be blessed that ever elusive World Champion­ McDonald. He did an excellent job again with the enthusiasm shown in ship, bu t he's a very friendly guy at Marshalls Road Hillclimb which the past. especially by involving to talk with. despite all his fame. was his first official event. some of our newer and younger The run for the month had to A Hillclimb at Phillips Farm in members. be postponed because of bad Warkworth held by the Lower weather. It was to be a trip up North Branch was very successful. MOTORCYCLE NOTES Mount Tarawera which needs a Our timing gear was used for the clear day , so we will be having second time and again proved itself. A date for the motorcyclist to put that trip a little later on. I can see the need though for it a ring around on their calendar is Several cars from here motored to be all together and maybe have the 10th-11th October, 1981-this over to New Plymouth at Easter its own special trailer so that it is will be the 10th Anniversary Dun­ for the Maunga-Moana and had a always complete and available. vegan Rally. This year the route great time. The weather was lovely Frank Delatour has acquired the will take us to Macraes then on to which does make all the difference. ex Denis Whorley Railton, a mag­ Naseby. On the Sunday morning an Sundav the 26th our members nificent beast. He plans to sell his extra side trip for those with helped swell the numbers for the other stuff and concentrate on the stamina-a visit to St. Bathans-a Chryslers Restorers Club 10C<11 area Railton restoration. very picturesque and historic town­ run , starting with lunch at the Ross Moon acquired a veteran ship. Our return route will be via Club House and a scenic run out Dodge tourer recently. As yet I Middlemarch. Another great week­ to Taniwha Springs and around haven't seen it but T understand end is assured! the Lake, and then back for after­ he'll have great fun putting the jig­ But likely entrants please note: noon tea . Winners were Eric and saw back together. owing to accommodation difficulties, Kath Buckley with Ray and Myrtle PAGE TWENTY-NINE Fleet second. A most enj oyable sive tou r of the buildings, a picn ic Bruce has virtu ally rebuilt it from day, thanks to Phyl, Trevor and lunch was had in the grounds. Then scratch and with his usual flair, Bill and their lady helpers. it was off to a small farm where made man y parts wh ich were MYRTLE FLEET there was a four wheeled donkey unobtainable . car t laid on for the children. To BARRY SM IT H end this interesting day of events, we were shown the rop es on making wheel s at the Waimate SOUTH CANTY. Whe el-wrights. SQUTH OTAGO Our Mid-Island Rally on March Several members attended the 7th attrac ted 68 ent ries including Ashburton bran ch Rally which re­ severa l North Island motorc yclists Th e Annual Clutha Rall y in sulted in four placings coming our who were returning hom e from the No vemb er 1980 saw a goo d turn ­ way. N ation al Motorcycle Rally in out of vehicles. This yea r's event Dunedin . T he North Otago Combined will be the tenth occasion and the Commercial and Motorcycle R ally Three routes of ap proximately 30, Branch intend s to make a special was attended by a contingent of 45 and 65 miles were chosen with effort accordingly. South Canterbury members and all fine panoram ic views in mind but Another good turnout of vehicles had a very en joyable day endin g low cloud spoilt this. Lunch was at for the Balclutha Sho w Queen with a barbecue . Again severa l of GeraIdine in eithe r hot el surround­ Parade sho wed off our restoration s our members gained placings. ings or picnic style in the Garden. to an interested public. Aft er this a timed run of 17 miles The Christmas Run found a fine In April, one local member came back to Pleasant Po int began . Once day so again a memorable run to very close to losing his prid e and there , field tests were held, then a Karoro Creek Domain at Kaka joy-a 1950 M.G. which flared up nose arou nd the Pleasant Point Point. The old gentleman in red afte r fuel built up through a loose Railway and Historical Society's did his dut y by the kids and well­ float bowl. Ho wever, quick action Mu seum, where a cupp a was pro­ known member, Llo yd Hook , and by himself and a colleague soon vided. The evening function in the family, were farewelled as they brought the situa tion under control. form of a Cabaret held in the moved to Sout h Canterbury. Once again our Annual Mystery F airview Hall attra cted 60-70 Our mot orcycle rally a ttracted a Ramble was organised by Ru ssell people and was very successful. field of 23 intrepid soul s who and Joan Paul and as with oth er braved the elements for an af ter­ years proved a very enjoyable out­ Work on the parts shed is still noon run over var ious South Otago ing. Thirty vehicl es took part and progressing and we should see this road surfaces. Visiting riders the route was over back country project finished in the near future. car ried off most of the trophies. roads through South Canterbury One new resto ration in the Keen types asse mbled a trailer (some of which were new to man y), branch is the 1925 Fi at of Bruce load of M odel A parts from our arriving at the historic "Te Wai­ Keen . Thi s car was extensively parts store and sold them to bolster mate " homestead. After an exten- dam aged by fire two years 'ago and Branch fund s at the Southern

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PAGE TIDRTY Districts' Auto Jumble held at in Hawera. Remember that the Gore in April. 1983 Maunga-Moana Rally will be Further progress has been made h~ld in conjunction with the 21st with our Clubrooms, now cur­ BIrthday Rally of our club and is rained and painted, varnished and one to put on the long term rally garnished inside. Foundations are Peter MacDonald has his 1927 calendar. It's being organised by in for the extensions which will Dodge 4 on the road and it is a Des Moore in New Plymouth. include inside toilets and eventually credit to him. Peter Frolich's "A" There seems to be an upsurge in a parts store. is coming along and hopefully this members buying sports cars here in car will soon also be on the road. OLLY LAYTHAM Taranaki and about nine cars made The B.M .W. Motorcycle Club had a visit to Len Southward's museum. a run that finished at our club Most belonged to club members rooms, by all accounts this went and it looks like a club may be off smoothly. Barry and Lynn formed. Grant, Graham Mackie and Ted SOUTHLAND COLIN JOHNSTON I Billet, conquered the South Island on motorbikes. We understand one The Motorcycle Show was a hardy fellow had problems con­ great success with a wide range of trolling his mighty steed . bikes and good support from the WAIRARAPA public. Club coffers were swelled by over $3000. The long and pleasant summer I Local events have included a TARANAKI this year has meant much enjoy­ i day's gymkhana at Teretaunga Park ment for members. The Annual where quite a good turn-out had Easter has come and gone and Rlversdale. Run organised this year their vehicles tested for perform­ all the preparation that went' into by the writer saw nine vintage and ance ,and reliability. Among the the Easter Maunga-Moana Rally is one veteran turn out. On arrival at mmority of English vehicles were the check points members' powers th~ all over for another year. Kidd Austin 7, the Sim We truly extended our good old of observation were tested and also Triumph 7 and the McMurdo Riley Taranaki hospitality to all our new various horticultural items were re­ Mentone, Bob has recent Iv found and old visitors to New Plymouth quested to be produced. After a ano .ther rare . Riley, a 1935 Sprite­ at our Maunga-Moana Rally. One relaxing afternoon, a stop-off at Jan engined Merlin and although this is hundred and twenty entries were and Peter Groves' farm for a bar­ a prelly speedy beast it should received and the weekend started becue tea completed an enjoyable restore into a brisk performer. Ken with a Noggin and Natter on Fri­ day. R~llstone . has also been gathering April 26 was the dav for Club Rileys with a '34 Lynx coming dav night, at our own c1ubrooms. On Saturday we held a swap Captain's Rally. A total of 27 from the north. The Blue Diamond meet and motor show . We were entrants, including several from would seem to be alive and well Wellington Branch, left the start at down here. very luckv with the weather and we had 2500 people through the 11 a.m. on a pleasant run in some The first weekend in May saw motor show and lots of parts built up areas and a run through the Autumn Rally depart for country areas to our Zenith Park Arrowtown. Superb weather and exchanged hands. We were very grateful to the visiting members Club Rooms for lunch. After lunch magnificent autumn colours made t~e who loaned their vehicles to us for run continued through Maurice­ the trip memorable. Among others vIIle and more scenic countryside ~unson the motor show and without them the '38 Chev.. Kent's '37 wo~ld back to the final check and a cup P<;Jn~la~. Jenks' M .G ., Kidd's Austin, it not have been possible to hold It. Most of the advertising was of .tea, Thanks go to the Elwin Killick s 12/4 Austin. Myles Turn­ family and helpers for an enjoyable bull 's Ford A, the Mclntosh Sun­ sDon~ored and we tried to keep runnmn costs to the minimum. Tt day. beam tourer, Henderson's '28 Glen and Maureen Bull attended Chrvsler roadster and several was good to see the same faces from previous years there being the seventh National Veteran and families in modems made the trip , Vintage Motorcycle Rally in George Burgess was the only Allan Roberts and familv from Auckland, Ron Finucane and family Dunedin in late February-early motorcyclist and we were joined at March on their 1954 Featherbed Arrowtown by Alan Sutton in his fr0n:' Terau, and members renre­ sennng most North Island branches. Norton. Their combined rally and Bentley 3-litre tourer. Altogether a fortnight's holiday started off some­ first-class weekend. On Saturdav night the local Savage. Club put on some very good what different from the usual. The A good number went to Timaru Cook Strait Ferry sailings were for Easter and enjoyed the Rally entertainment at no charge to entrants. cancelled so determined to still very much. It was gratifying to attend the rally. Glen and Maureen have so many locals among the The rallv was held on Sunday and while' there were some dis­ hired a Piper Cherokee aircraft to winners and place-getters but the take them to Blenheim. The Norton outing was not without drama as crepancies in the route instructions most entrants sorted it out and was ridden to Hood Aerodrome the Blacks ' Austin had a new (Masterton) then dismantled loaded radiator built at Timaru, while the arrived at the lunch stop. The after­ n?on section was very short. The into the Piper complete with' luggage Boves' Graham Paige did itself an and 200 copies of Maureen's new awful mischief with an errant dinner and prize giving was held at t~e Bell Block hall and it is book on Motorcycling and flown con . rod and Bath's Humber had to Blenheim arriving aproximately b~anng. trouble. On the subject of nleasina to report two local Taranaki entrants tied for first place one hour later. The Norton was big rallres , Southlanders are getting re-assembled at the airport and they geared up to put on a memorable overall and 1st Taranaki entrant. These were Des and Colleen Moore were on their way to Dunedin event next Easter in Invercargill. where they had an enjoyable rally Plan now to be there. and Tan and Sheryl Bleakley, W,e hope to see everyone back and holiday. ALASTAIR McINTOSH again next year when it will be held GRAHAM GORDON PAGE THIRTY-ONE alwa ys kn own as such, the Range WHANGAREI R over origina lly envisaged in Book Review 1952 was almost until production kn own as the Road Rover. It The annual running of the Clarke Cup on March 15 set off our runs BY WHEELNUT sta rted life as a modified P4 for 1981. This even t was set by THE R ANGE ROVER / sa loo n with Land-Rover front Gerald and Lorraine Ward on LA ND-ROVER axle and a " Greenhouse" appear­ behalf of Max and Ro semary Mathers, last year's winners. Al­ by Graliam R ob son ance. By the time it was can­ though I didn 't attend myself (fire­ Published by the A ustralian and celled in 1958 it wa s just another wood took priority), it was from N ew Zealand Book Co. Pty. Ltd. 2 whe el drive sta tion wagon. The r~ports a good straight-line, tulip Ran ge Rover was re-born aro und diagram run, through and around Price $17.95 at Fishers and Whangarei. The place-getters were: Technical Books. 1965. 1st, Royce and Janice Hannah ; Znd, What ha s a Range Rover go t Amidst co m pa rison with the John and Denise Nuttall: 3rd, to do with the V.C.C. ? Ver y Au stin Gipsy (both it and the George and Iris Tier from Darga­ Au stin Ch amp receive rather ville. little , until you realise th at the biased cr iticism) there is a com­ It was decided by Royce, at this greater emphasis in this book is run , to take advantage of the fine on the Land-Rover and almost ment worthy of repeating. Tom weather (maybe ) to hold a picnic all of the Series I Land-Rovers Barton (L-R Director) states " Off run to Ruakaka 2 weeks hence. So mad e are now eligible to join our ro ad performance is limited by on Sunday , 29th March , about 10 dr iver comfort. A leaf spring cars set off for Ruakaka to see club, always provided you can Terry Roger s' Chrysler 75 and stra ighten out the allo y panels suspension is the best way I enjoy each other's company over and find one that hasn't had a kno w of getting a driver to be barbecue tea etc. An enjoyable ca utious over rough ground and afternoon was had by all. Holden motor shoehorned in. This book is a revision of the ther efore av oid needless damace April 26th saw 14 cars and I to his vehicle". Same goes f~r motorbike take part in Royce volume 'The Land-Rover" by the ~intage Hannah's Aimless Anzac Amble. same author and as updated mu st ca rs I suppose, or do es Well! for those not used to rally­ definitely be a better bu y. The It? Prototype s, military versions, ing, it turned out to be such, even some incredible one-offs and con­ for the more experienced it was a author is a prolific writer on the tough course ; however a good test Br itish car industry (?) and has vers ions, etc, are all well cov ered. of skill. several other recent title s to his Supporting the text are the Working bees are being held credit. Hi s style is well balanced Appe ndixes which cover techn ical every Saturday and Wednesday (just enough technical) which en­ specifica tions, the aforementioned nights, to try and complete our maj or development mile stones toilet and amenities block before ables easy though a little dis­ per~ the national A.G.M . At the time jointed reading. The major cau se year by year sales, and of writing this, the buildin g is of this is that the chapters stick forma nce and fuel consumption framed up and covered', with the closely to their topic and as a facts. The only details missing septic tank buried in place. Hope­ are the range of chassis numbers fully the whole project will be result, overlap each other chrono­ finished and tidy when we see a log icall y. Not a bad fa ult but it for each model. Nevertheless highly recommended. ' big percentage of you here in had me going back over previous August. cha pters to check on rel ative Several restoration s are underway in our area at the present time dat es. However, perhap s in recog­ with the next international in mind: niti on of this fault, one of the Tlrestone Probably trying to eliminate the Appendix not es major dev elop­ put Quality first rush and last minute bustle of the ments in date order. last one. Som e interesting points arise, Another event which took place for example: The original proto­ ENGINE VALVES at Easter was the Brian Park er Engine valves rebuilt or made Memorial Run held at Kaitaia. 20 type completed in 1947 for a cars in all enjoyed a camp out for all makes and models. "stopgap" short production run, Camshaft lobes rebuilt. weekend. With a run thr ough the had a modified Jeep ch assis a nd Apouri Forest. a set run and Engine reconditioning Veteran or gymkhana, with the fine weather started out with a centre driving Vintage American or English making it a cracker weekend. seat! The vehicle included many models. Open Saturday mornings. As was seen in the last issue parts from the Rover P3 ra nge Phone or contact of Beaded Wheels, the 1981 North but because of a shortage of Gordon Wright Rebuilding Island commercial rally saw four P3 engines, started life with an vehicles from Whangarei attending Services including the club's Chev. and obsolete Rover 10 engine . N ot 81 Huia Road, Otahuhu Model T. Local members did well surprisingly, this vehicle no Phone OH. 2766501 too, gaining 1st and 2nd places. longer exists. Interestingly, al­ or After Hours 2762077 or Box 22348 Otahuhu. WALLY BULLOCH though the Land-Rover was PAGE THIRTY-TWO NOTE FROM THE GIANT MOTORCYCLE REGISTRAR SWAP MEET Sunday, November 29th, 10 a.m. As a new membership list is to Shroft's Car Park, 100 Hobson be compiled, please make sure all Street, Auckland. B~ke s, parts, information on vehicles is com­ books, memorabilia ID the big- pleted if you require it to be put gest bike swap meet ever. Entry $1.00 plus a carton of bits. into the list. Otherwise $2.00. Commercial "As previous" or "sam e as last spaces $15.00. Auckland V.c.e. Organisers. FOR SALE years" is not accep ta ble . 52 Plymouth Cranbrook, Belgium M.G.A. WANTED ass. 114,000 mls, one lady owner. Information regarding the where- Restored to mint condition. New abouts of any model of M.G.A. price £2200. Today's price $4400. Classified ads would be ap preciated. Plea se Ring 5269 Whakatane. Aft er write: Tim Wright, 59 Wai-iti hours 87351 or D . Hope 402. RATES FOR CLASSIFIEDS Terrace, Christchurch 5, or WANTED-Riley literature. Work­ Members of Vintago Car Club Inc. Phone 515-744. shop manuals, parts books etc for $3.00 for first 40 words or less there­ aft er 3 cents per word. 1934-35 12/4 Riley. 1930 to 39 Members must be financial and state FOR SALE books ma y be useful to me. If you their branch. Crossley 1929, 6 cyl, 3.2 litre ohv can help please ph. 757-177 or write Non Memb~r to L. Fitness, 67A Harbour View $3.50 for first 40 words or less there­ Large English saloon, aluminium a fte r 3 cents per word. bod y by Grosvenor. 21" wire Ro ad, Northland, Wellington. SELL-Car profiles full set Nos. BOX AD $4.00 extra to above rates. wheel s, twin side mounts, 6 ex­ cellent tyres. Body and interior 1-96 $230 or offer. "A utomobile PHOTO AD $10 .00 extra to above rates. restored. Registered and mobile, Year " 8, 10, 12, 13. "Automobile Enclose go od black and white photo. engine not done. Included in Quarterly" Vol. 2/1 , Vol 3/1, 3, 4. Above rates apply for each advertisement. price is a lmost complete car with Offers. "Veteran and Vint age" 56 Advertisements must be typed or clearly rebuild potential. Price $3,500 issues May 69-Feb. 74. $40 or offer. printed. firm. T. P. Hayes, 38 Power "Old Cars " (U.S.) 150 issues CHEQUE OR POSTAL NOTE MUST BE Street, Levin. Phone 87-593 11/ 2/75-13 /11/79 $35 or offer. ENCLOSED home, 88-219 business. "Motor Racing Memories 1903-21" , Send to: The Advertising Manager, "Ettore Buga tti" by W. F. Bradley P.O. Box 13140. $12 each. All very good condition. CHRISTCHURCH. VELOCETTE"CAMMY" You pay delivery. Mark Holman, not lat er than 10th of month preceding Wanted: frame, double down 38 Clunie Avenue, Raumati South. publication. tube type. An y condition, includ­ FOR SAL E-I929 Model A Tudor ing brok en. Will buy, or swap Sedan, fully restored, fully recond. other Velo., Indi an, magneto or engine, plus spare one , $3,800. Also BOX AD generator (English mainly) parts. Your ad will have greater impact Model T parts for sale, 4 rad iators D. K . Rogers, 40 Gill Avenue, with surrounds $15 each . Back and in a border. Remit $4.00 extra Te Atatu, Auckland. Phone HSN front axles, 3 engines $15 each, 1927 to normal rates and ask for 44-548. Tourer body, rough condition, 1927 Box Ad. Bulkhead $5, wanted for 1923 FOR SALE-I928 flatnose Morris Packard, petrol cap , radiator cap , parts-chassis mudguards, front speedometer (oval), Sparton horn, cowl, gearbox, some wheels , parts THE MORRIS ENT H USIASTS Phone Hastings 799-843, Nigel of motor and engine block, steering Smith. (member). CAR CLUB OF N.Z. gear, dashboard, bonnet, plu s other caters for owners and enthusiasts pa rts. 1938 series Il 2 door Morris of Morris, Wol seley, Riley and Eight, needs restoring. 1948 Series M.G. vehicles design ed before E, need s restoring and a lot of the end of 1948. Information, spares for Series E. Wanted-Hood parts and practical assistance bows for 1926 Morris Cowley Bull­ offered. no se Coupe, also body parts, could Contact R. Salmon, swap other parts. Len Sinclair , 22 24 Conclusion St, Porirua. Delacy Street, Dunedin . Phone Phone 58-782 PRO. 710-554.

MOTORCYCLE RALLY HONEYCOMB RADIATORS Auckland's first annual Satur­ FOR SAL E BY T ENDER For genuine honeycomb radia­ day, November 28th, at I p.m MAXWELL 1924-25 tor cores made to any shape or Organised by motorcyclists fOT Fully Restored-Motor Recondi­ specification, write to: John motorcyclists. Route of about tion ed plu s some spa res- no Rummery, 18 Orsova Place, 100 miles followed by a great hood. Did 1980 Rally in Rotorua Lynfield, Auckland 4, or call into barbecue and film evening. Entry - not used since. George Mihaljevich, 76 Vermont fee of $8.00 all inclusive should TENDERS CLOSE:(3 weeks Street, Ponsonby, Auckland. be sent to the Organiser: Don after advert is printed). Address Nicholson, 18 Aldersgate Road, to: P.O. Box 981 Rotorua, High­ VERMONT VINTAGE Auckland 4. Sleeping bag alley est or any tender not necess arily RADIATORS available. accepted.

PAGE THIRTY-THREE FO R SALE-Austin Sheerline. En­ BR ITI SH BIKE PARTS gine, running gear a nd parts of HOOD IRONS Norton Pa rts Specialists bod y res to red . No rust. All parts Lucas e lectrical and magneto, available. $ 1500. Clement, 30 Repaired Replaced Amal, Dohert y and Ferrodo Garthwood Road, Hamilton. brake lining. Also tank badges, Re-built lapel ba dges , control cable parts, FOR SALE-1935 M .G . 2-Seater tra nsfers, books, manual s, parts Sports, va lu able P.B. mo de l. American irons a specialty. book s. rubber components and Ground lip restoration close to Tapered tubes with lock Re nol ds chain. P lus lot s more. completion. Enquiries to Paul Clark, Wri te to C. A. and J. D. G urney, P.O. Box 7 19, Hamilton. P hon e seam. Mo torcycles an d Accessories Lld, 59- 119. YOUt P.O. Box 2 1-391, Hen derson , Please send S.A.E. with A uckla nd. enqui ry to:- T HE D URANT BUILT VE H IC LE OWNERS ' CLU B HOOD IRON SPECIALTIES WANT ED-Ruckstell ho usi ng and Now established with me m bers 53 Mort lake St reet, taper lea f spring to su it 1914 Model throughout New Zealand, invite T Ford T our er. Ken Hall , 3 Bed­ Christchurch, 4. o ther owners and restorers of for d Grove, Lo wer Hutt. Phon e D urant Built Vehicles to join 650-3 45, co llect. us. FO RT ENDER-1912 Do uglas 350 Ob jects are to promote, pr e­ PARTS REQUIRED c.c., deluxe mo del (" K") with kick ­ serv e and resto re Durant Built Dodge To urer 1922. Rear body sta rt, and clutch, ca rbide light s, Vehicles. To co lla te and share sec tion including gua rd s; hood complete and restored except no knowledg e, keep a New Zealand bows or com plete ho od; front fro nt brake. 1954 '1 plunger framed Register. 24" spoked wh ee ls or fr ont 20" B.S.A . 350 C.c. ZB 3 1, close ra tio gea rbox, reb ored with h j compres­ Enquiries to M . R . Fa lloon, disc whee ls; tail-ligh t; spare Box 735, Whangarei. wheel. Will pay we ll. Have sion piston , restored . 1954 M kI spare to swap or sell: fron t axle Fo rd Ze ph yr, dark gree n, power with hu bs; rear ax le wit h diff'.; bra kes, over dri ve (not working) , FOR SALE-Quick re lease filler chassis; a lso old Oa k land gear­ new hood lining, carpets, origi­ ca ps Maserati type with leve r as box and brass hea d light, poor nal pa ttern up holster y re newed, fitted to radiator and petrol tanks co ndition, year u nknown. e lectronic ign ition , rad ial s, a ll o f manv British spo rts cars, aper­ Repl ies to Denis Rooney, P.O. mechan ica ls, sus pension, brake s etc. ture 2 5/16" or smaller. Head lamp Box 27, Waikaka, So uthland. overhauled. A cracker! Rodger glasses 8·r' suita ble fo r 9 Lucas, Ph one 7 17 Wa ikaka. Price, 22 Chelte nham Street, CA.V. R otax headl am ps. Two 19" Hanmer Springs, Nort h Ca nte rb ury. Morris Minor wire wheels, 19" sa nky wheel 3 stud, circula r A uto­ vac vac uum tank. Motoring litera­ ture -Road and Track 1965-1969 , Veteran and Vintage 1956-1958, Ca r an d D river, Ca r Life, Car Bay of Plenty Branch Classics, Thoroughbred an d Cla ssic 1978 to date, Co llectors Car 1979 to date, Sporting Mo tori st, A u to­ NORTH ISLAND sport, A ust ra lian Motor Sport 1946­ 1965, Motor Sport 1937-1978, Fraze r Nash Chain Gang Gazette EASTER RALLY 1982 1955 to dat e, Ca strol Achievements Book s 1952-1965. Send stamped ad­ PLAN NOW TO BE AT THIS EVENT WHICH IS dressed envelope with yo ur require­ ments to Joh n Hearn e, 54 K ing TIMED TO COINCIDE WITH TAURANGA'S Edwa rd Aven ue, Bayswater , Auck­ CENTENARY. land 9. Phon e 457-529 .

As other organisations often hold events in WANTED T O BUY Tauranga at Easter time it would be advisable Pontiac, Oldsmobile or Chev. Coupe 1935-36. Mus t be three to book your accommodation early. win dow. Mec ha nical pa rts im­ ma teria l. Wi ll inspect anythi ng ENTRY FORMS WIILL BE AVAILABLE EARLY almost anywhere. Also wa n ted : IN 1982. Dod ge-Pl ymou th Coupe 1934-48. Wa nted clock a nd radio to fit FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 1946-4 8 Dodge, P lymout h, De So to. The Rally Secretary, Phone collect 883-535 home or 882-707 bus . or wri te R ay Peter Butler, McCallion. 16 Viscount R oad, P.O. Box 4136 Waldronville, Dunedin. Mount Maunganui. H OOD IRON PROB LEMS ? Wri te to Hood Iron Specialities, 53 Mort­ lake Stree t, C hristchu rcb, 4. P AGE THIRTY -FOUR WANTED - Inf orm a tion reg arding FOR SALE Aston M art in paint co lou rs a nd their fo rmulas for WANTED DB4/5 /6. N ew wind screen , Lu cas a 1939 C hevro let Master 85. On e Fo r 1929 Ford Model A, ca st Le Mans headlamp, brak e serv o co lour is a teal blu e-green . The iron "Zenith-l " carburett or. overhaul kit and on e or two o ther name ma y be Bambilena blue. An y " Zenith- L" is stam ped on the odds and ends se ll. 5500 the informat ion very welc ome. Royston lower bod y. Al so for a Mod el lot. Ga vin Ba in, "Waitahuna " , Shi rre ffs, 19 Meon Street, Oarnaru, A: a good generator. A . Sutton, Governors Ba y, C hristchurc h. Ph on e (Mem be r). 39 Kak a Cres cent, Tokoroa. G overn ors Bay 7 I 2, pte. Phone 66-165. F OR SALE-I928 Model A Tudor FOR SA LE BY T ENDER Seda n fo r rest oration. Eng ine in F OR SALE-Riley Pathfinder part s F rom the Es ta te of T. C. R. goin g ord er , $900. Phone 737-436 , Jackson, Woodville: book, $20; service manual, $15. Well ingt on . 1936 C hrys ler Saloon , Reg . Wanted : pre -war Riley stub axl es; FOR SALE- Model A 1928 I -} to n N o. C H 695, 147,23 8 mil es, cur ­ Riley 2} litre gearbox; main bear­ truck. Rough but me cha nica lly rently reg istered and warranted, ings for Riley Pa thfinder (3M 4062); co m plete. Wood wh eels . Should sti ll ori gina l cond ition with some re­ speedo, chain guard and tank run. Stor ed Wellington. $350. Al so pairs, I owner. rubbers for rigid fra me B33 B.S.A. hood bows, top an d tonne a u cover 1928 Rover Sa loo n, trucked, M alc olm McMillan, Ph one MSI with zip for M orris Minor con­ Reg. No. ER 7101 , registered 5935 (Dunedi n). Main South Road , vertible circa '55, $40. Peter Pu rcell , and wa rr anted, purcha sed 1929 East T aie ri, Otago. 130 O xfo rd Street , Levin. Ph one with 2,000 mil es on spee do, 86-33 3. trucked 1941 , in formation as to WOODGRAINING SWAP: N ew t " x f' roll er bearings where rear doors are is available, Dash boards, window frames, sui ta ble fo r Harley David son ; a few complete with ins trumen ts and etc. Professionally done. Contact Harley David son parts a ll models) o riginal ma sco t. True mil eage Lisignoli Automotive Ltd a nd so me motorcycle wheels. not known. p.a. Box 9167, Hamilton N orth, W anted to complete 1927 719 H ID. Both veh icles will be so ld as is or restoration : horn, spee do cable and where is a nd the trus tee reserves Phone Bus. 79867, A.H. 492002 drive; oil feed and breather pip es; the right as to whi ch tend er is one 19" WM3 40 spoke rim; H ID. accep ta ble. Both vehicles ca n WANTED-1 938 Au stin Big 7 en ­ side car frame or parts particularly be inspected by contacting B. gine an d or car to help restore wheel, mudguard and mounting Hutton, 113 Vogel Street, Wood­ an other veh icle. Oversize piston s bracket s; good fro nt mudguard: vilie, and tender s in writing and undersized bearings also head lamp glass; tail lamp or part s. close on the 10th Jul y, 1981. wanted. C hris Slater, "Hupenui" , R ob Kn ight. Box 120. Phone 886, Greytown. Ph on e 49-466. Sa nso n. SWAPRAMA The Combined Lower North Island Branches of the Vintage Car Club of N.Z~ will hold a SWAP MEETING at the WOODVILLE RACECOURSE, WOODVILLE SATURDAY, 26th SEPTEMBER, 1981 commencing at 9.30 a.m. Stall Sites $10 V.C.C. Members $12 Non-Members Auction Services available by prior arrangement. A Booth licence will be operating. All enquiries or further information contact the Co-ordinator: Bruce Hutton, 113 Vogel Street, Woodville.

PAGE THIRTY-FIVE FOR SA LE-Veteran Ford T head, EASTER 1982 block and transmission. Casting 1919 SCRIPPS BOOTH Keep free for date Oct ober 1915- $400. Al so mis­ ROADSTER SOUTH ISLAND RALLY cellaneous ea rly Model T parts sur­ (as ad verti sed last issue p. 37) (incorporating the Austin Jubilee) plus to my own restoration proje ct. EXTENSION OF TENDER 9 /10/11 APRIL, 1982 Enquiries to Paul Clark, Box 719, DATE lnvercargill Hamilton. Phone 59-119. Delays in completion of this Entry forms out soon. car have made it nece ssary to Accommodation will be at a FOR SA LE-Model T front wheel; extend the clo sing date for premium. First in first served. new 5.25 x 21 b.w. lyre; 4.50 x 23 tenders until June 30. 1981. It's not too soon- write now to split rim s; '29 Essex front axl e; All enquiries to Bruce Watt, S. H arrison, Accommodation Of­ Marvel model v carbo Wanted: 21" P.O . Box 2044, Palrnerston ficer, p.a. Box 1240, lnvercargill. split rim s with 4 lugs and 21" rear N orth. Phone 80-292 business, wheel for '26 Chevrolet and con­ 82-206 private. certina lugg age rack . Chris Taylor, FOR SALE--1932 Standard, dis­ 150 Cascad es Ro ad , Pakuranga, WANTED 1920 Hupmobile mantled, rough condition, mo st Auckland. T ourer parts. Need set of hood parts available. Or exchange for irons, one good headlamp and sur­ Model A and Model T parts. FOR SALE round and two MacBeth Liberty Write: Vintage, p.a. Box 641, Fiat 501 Tourer, 1923. Complete lenses 8i" dia. Have three 9" and Taupo. restoration. Th is car is a mo st one 8r Libert y lense s to swa p. desirable touring ca r and only FOR SALE-1938 Packard, housed Want wind screen frame or parts of . done approxima tely 500 mil es Also need horn button (same as last ten years, in going condition since being restored. New tyre s, but not registered. Numerous spare Buick of that era). Have many upholstery , hood, paint. Phone Model R Hupp parts to swap. 1923 parts. Sound for restoration, $2,500. 325-321 or write Ron Duck­ Or excha nge for Vintage Model A. Overland motor and gea rbox for worth, 92 Opawa Road, Christ­ sa le. Ron Osborne, 39 Huron Write: Vintage, p.a. Box 641, church, 2. T aupo. Street, Gore. Phone 5975. FOR SALE-Vintage car tyres 5.00 FOR SAL E-1935 Chev. grille and FOR SALE-Many 1926 Chev. parts including good radiator and x 19". 4 new , I used , $200. G. radiator, 1934-35 Studebaker front, MacArthur, 77 Martin Ro ad , Fair­ sur round, front panels etc.; also excellent grille, mudguards with field, Dunedin. Phone 883-802. twin side mount wells etc. Also 1927 Chev. radialor and surround. SELL-I928 Dodge Standard Six, many vintage parts, light s, jacks, Wanted for 1928 Chev tourer: rear Seri es 140 Sed an. Recent restora­ hubcaps, lenses, tail-lights, horns, body panels and doors, radiator tion. Selling to make room for surround in good, complete con­ etc. Phone Motueka 87-099. vete ran restorat ion . Owes me dition, sea ls etc. Will buy or swa p $3,500. ally Laytham, 8 Main for '26 parts. Write to Ken Phillips, Road, Owaka, South Otago. Phone FOR SALE 457 Aberdeen Road, Gisborne. Jagu ar MkVll M . Three owners, 9S.(Mem ber). last for 17 years. Excellent con­ WANTED-Exhaust pipes for 1939 AUSTIN SEV EN 1928 Sports dition; fitted with XJ6 engine; Ariei 500 VG twin port, or can Special for sale. "Ulster" close first reasonable offer secures; anybody make them for me. Need rat io gears, twin S.U . carb s., alloy proceeds to the Otago Branch's rear mudguard too . Also need ex­ " Alta" head. dropped front axle, building fund. Malcolm Me­ haust pipe and battery holder for plus other period modifications for M illan , Phone 740-249, ext. 882 1951 B.S.A. CIIG 250. Have parts extra performance. One of the (work), MSI 5935 or Main South to swap. Contact Steven Prince, 88 faste st in New Zealand and suit­ Road, East T aieri. Domett Esplanade, Cobden, Grey­ able for V.C.C. speed events. mouth. Phone 6390. Real istic offer s 10 Ross H . Haynes, 187a. Waimea Te rrace, Christchurch, 2. Phone 327-386. A.J.S. overhead cam 1928-30 era oil pump required. Similar to INFROMOTION push-rod model oil pump, but is separa te from timing case. See Information's hard to get "Question M ark" Ariel-Norton, Nicer cars are rarer. Bead ed Wheels No. 127. Reply to Ross H. Haynes, 187a Waimea INFrOMATION is your best Ter race, Christchurch, 2. Phone a specialist's no dearer 327-386. for any book that's listed yet MORRIS ENTHUSIASTS bring IN' FrO MOTION nearer. (sorry!) National Rally The first ever national rally Modest stocks, large lists of almost everything available we can for all models of: Morris, order or where to go if we can't and a growing collection of our Wolseley, Riley and M.G. ve­ own references to assist the fascinating enquiries we get. hicles designed before 31st (s.a.e. always appreciated) December, 1948. To be held in Taupo 23rd-26th January, 1982 The* Froward Book Company Ltd. For entry forms and further Trentham House, 28 Wakefield St, Auckland 1. Telephone 370-959 det ails contact R. Salmon, 24 (. we're in the Shorter Oxford) Conclusion Street, Ascot Park, Porirua.

PAGE THIRTY-SIX WANTED-Right front door, turtle FOR SALE-Chevrolet 1930, Went­ deck and side lights for 1914 Ford worth body. Restored except fo r T; bonnet for 1926 T ; black steer­ wiring, upholstery and painting. ing wheel 1928A; side lights and Only one known in New Zealand. front doors 1930 A Tourer; Coupe Mr Bob McLaughlin, 163 Hillside body for 1930 A Ford; body for Road. Papatoetoe, Auckland. Phone CRESTER 1946-47 Fo rd business Coupe. 278-3887. SWAP-New Beauty Tourer body, PEUGEOT 203 1954. Partly re­ some running gea r and hood irons, stored. A ll rust re moved. Body grey front axle and hubs, spare tyre panelwork completed. New back CAR carrier front axle and hubs for disc axle and diff. Needs further work wheel Dodge, 1915 Hup cha ssis, on motor and body. Sp are parts front and back axle with hub s and av a ilable. What offers?Enquiries sp rings, 2 speed bo x for Ford A to : A lf Parfitt, 89 Churchill Avenue, SALES truck, complete sub -frame and Palmerston North. Phone 73-149. front section of body and ch assis 1928 Ford A Tourer, 1934 V8 bonnet, grille and front guards, CATALOGUE 1936 V8 truck body and gu ards, Rare vintage car manuals. spare 1928 Ford A 2 door Sedan bod y, parts and price lists . Rugby, 374 Worcester Street ch assis front axle and guards, 5/21" Standards, Wolverine, Fords, rim s 1928 Chev. O llie Hurst. 38 Durant " 55" etc. from: Christchurch Allens Road, Ashburton. Phone CROW'S NEST BOOKS 83-396 . (Member). P.O. Box 222 , Morrinsville FOR SALE-I925 Harley Davidson 1000 c.c, with side car. Reg-w.o.I., WANTED-I924 Ind ian, 1200c.c. in tip top condition, $3,500. E. motorcycle parts, any parts at all, Buying Buck ley, 15 Lasenby Street, workshop manual and general data. Rotorua. Phone 84-715 Rotorua. Any sidecar information required. or Selling I would also like to hear from any FOR SALE-Chevrolet Light De­ other Indian owners. M . J. Tomas, Good Used Cars livery 1924. Some spa res, restora­ I Tomas Road, Wellsford. tion started, 90 per cent complete, STANDARD CAR ASSOC. OF $900 . Phone 6580 M orrinsville. AUSTRALASIA-For standard cars 1903- 1946 . Interesting bi­ WANTED-6 cylinder 60 horse­ monthly new sletter. S.A.E. to Trevor NOEL power Da rracq parts or information Lightfoot, 92 G reenhaven D rive, to assist me with my current re ­ Christchurch 9. Phon e 856-827 . BEECROFT storation. Most parts inter ch ange with the larger 4 cylinder models. CUTTING 1912 parts or info rma­ Particularly require, gea rbox and tion wanted . Especially W isconsin diff. pa rts, 880 x 120 beaded edge motor or alloy crankcase and sump Member L.M.V.D.A. rims and tyres, battery distributor as used in these and many other and Simms Bosch magneto type vehicles. John Muter, Box 147, Member Vintage Car D6 , water pump and fan, also any Stratford. Phone 5554. suitable acetylene headlamps and Club (N.Z.) kerosene side and tail-lamps. Any WANTED TO BUY-Parts for leads much appreciated by genuine 1937 B.S.A. Scout 2 Str. I urgently Telephone 897-715 restorer. Will pay your price or require 2 Luvax hydraulic shocks, swap. John Hearne, 54 King Ed ­ tank, instruments, mudguards, hub After Hours 881 -387 ward Avenue, Bayswater, Auck­ caps. If you have a ny B.S.A . car land 9. Phone 457-629, after 6 p.m. parts please call Ron McLachlan, All replies answered. Auckland, 546-316 Collect. FOR SALE-Model T Ford Tourer, approx . 1922 (da te on tran smi ssion STOCKTAKING SALE cover). Body stripped. All panels in 20% OFF ALL MOTORING BOOKS reasonable cond. Unfortunately 10% OFF ALL STOCK LINES FOR ONE MONTH ONLY , rea r panel has been cut out. Recond. INCLUDING: motor. Trans, diff and steering overhauled. Springs reset. Chassis 1914 Mod el T For d Mudguards New a nd running gea r sandblasted, paint­ Brass Radiator Model T Ford Bonne ts New ed and assembled. Rough 23" B.E . Brass Radi ator Model T Ford Bonnet Formers New wheels. A few bits missing-Le. M.G. TO Pet rol Tank New Old Stock. lights, bonnet, seating, hood bows. Divers Helmet Tail-li ghts, Rubber Horn Bulbs, Offers in vicinity SI,200. D. Speedo Cable Kits and many oth er odds and ends. Craddock, 5 Odie Place, Christ­ ALL AT church 6. Phone 899-239. (Member). FOR SALE Supercharger AUTO RESTORATIONS lTD Marshall ca bin blower similar to those fitted ea rly M .G .'s. Brand 148 CARlYlE STREET new, unassembled. S350.00. Write: CHRISTCHURCH Carter, P.O. Box 38-110, Howick, or Phone Auckland 534-4756. PAGE THIRTY-SEVEN FOR SALE-B.S.A. 500 Single WIR ING LOOM 1940. Restored 1979 and used LOST REBR AIDING regu larly since then . Good condi­ Pahiatua Fire Brigade's i"ew and old looms can be tion . Lot s of spares including MODEL "T" FIRE ENGINE rebraided in cotton, any colour eng ine.Has current Reg, and This rnac .n ne was sold by or size. All types of bon ne t w.o.f. Fai r offer s to B. Dobson, G illtrap's Museum, Rotorua, laci ng s.ocked, round, ribbed R.D. I, Huntly. Phone 87-017. sometime between 1955 and 1959. and Rat. Peter Lawrence, 114 If an yone knows of its where­ SWAP- English Autovac vacuum G 'engarry Road, Glen Eden, abouts cou ld they please contact 4665 Auc kland. tank for one suita ble for 1929 G. F. Nation , Secreta ry, Fire Esse x which has a gla ss strainer at Brigade, Box 153, Pahiatua. the bottom. Swap 1942 Pack ard p.a. WANTED-Sunbeam 24 h.p . parts, parts, book and 22nd series drivers especially radiator. Set Sankey MO R RIS 8, 1936, excellent appear­ book for 1929 Essex work shop ance. Imrnacula te upholstery and wheels fur 14/40 (21" W.B. or pre­ manual or Royal Enfield workshop fer ab ly, 105 x 815 B.E.). Also any interior. Paintwork black/green. manual or parts book. Swap B.S.A. Needs minor work for w.o.f. Many other parts for 1924/5 14/40 Sun­ B33 motor reco nd . Bottom end or beam. Pa rts for Swift ca rs, par­ spa res, 53,300 o.n.o, A lso 1942 19 14 T riumph sho rt block for Indian parts, almost sufficient for ticu!ar ly 19 13/4 /5 7 h.p. 2 cylinder Roy al Enfiel d parts. Swap Vulcan cyclecar and lig".t ca r or 1914/5 one machine, 5600. Keith Wi lliams, hubcap 6" dia., screws on, fo r 724 Rernue ra Road, Auck land. 15.9 ( 18 h.p.) 4 cylinde r. Any Swift Essex or Royal Enfield parts. F. A. parts considered. Harold Kidd, Phone 548-5 13. Rix, 63 Ki mihia Road, Huntly, WANTED-For Model T., chassis Phone 492· 165 Bus. or 458-437 Home Waikato. (Member). co llec t, or write 8 Old Lake Road, rai ls or co mp lete chassis, front and De vonport, Au ckland 9. (M ember). rear rad ius rods 14-25, han dbr ak e WA NTED TO BUY lever and shaft, fro nt sp ring perch­ FO R SALE- '27 Essex, fro nt ax le, 1914·B1 5 Brisco car pa rts, or any es, stee ring col umn gea rs or co m­ complete with whee ls, rims . T wo information. ple te col umn, 2 whee ls or rim s and gea rboxes. 2 tea ches ts of Essex Req uired for above: 22t" x 2t" felloes to suit 30/3} B.E., Radia tor parts, inc ludes oil pumps, timi ng steel rims (bands) fo r woo de n (23). I. Copping, 139 Totara D rive, chains, window winde rs, pistons etc . felloe wheels wit h detachable Hamilton. Ph one 493-856. Also rear axles and clutc hes. '29 rims (30 x 3t tyre). Kevi n Essex das hboard co mp lete , 4 head­ Mawkes , 9 David Ave nue, Ma nu­ lights. '30 Essex steering wheel rewa. Phone 266-4945 (co llect). cent re, 19" rim. '31 Essex instru­ ments and fan. '28 St udebaker SM ITHS 80 m.p.h. SPEEDOS. AIRPORT steering box . '29 Pontiac steering Lim ited number of these available. box , headlights. '29 Chev wheel, 1930-1940 vintage. Brand new, never rim, manifold instru ments. Au stin bee n used . $60 each. Write LODGE 16/6 timing chain , vacu tank. 19" 'Speedo's', p.a . Box 22-617, High Des ot o whee ls, three rim s. 18" and Stre et, Ch ristchurch. 19" Ford wheels.'34 Chev, com­ WANTED-Austin 7, any year up plet e das h, headlights, gearboxes, MOTELS to 1939, unrestored, but MUST be (formerly Kendal Lodge) 3 wheel s, carburettors. Au stin 10 in running and current w.o.f. con­ front axle, 16" wire wheel. 4 cyl. dit ion. Phone or write to Tom Buick steering box. '48 V/8 radio, Willia ms, 7 Hol den Place, Pa pa­ 105 Roydvale Avenue, instr uments, car, van steering box. toetoe.Phone 278- 1866. '30 Hupmobile crankshaft. '34 Buick bumpers, plug cover. All FO R SALE-Austin 7 motor, 1928 Christchurch parts a re reasonably priced, or will model, co mple te with magneto, swap for vintage hubcaps. Write to generator, sta rter mo tor and brass Phone 585-119 Ken Haine, Cl « H untly Pr imary carburettor. May be insoected run ­ School , or Phone H untl y 87-065. ning. Enquiries 10 G . 1. Fox, 25 T he Spacious family units, Heads, Whakatan e. Phone 88-860. quiet setting, next door TOURER WA NTED FOR SALE- Buick 21" woo den 12 1923-24 CHE V ROLET spo ke whee ls and rims, securing to Russley Hotel and Must be in goo d sound dr ivea ble lugs and bolt s, without hu bs. Front Golf Course. co ndition. Cash buyer. Please rims 2{- " wide , rea r 3" wide . Paint­ Phone 86-328 Bus. ho urs, or ed a nd in exce llent order. B. A. writ e to A lIan C leaver, ]09 Auger, 21 Purdy Street, Kaikohe. Only 2k.m from A ir­ Lidd el St reet, Invercargill. (Member). port. (Member). FO R SALE-Overland Whippet body parts for 1928 Tourer, 1928 Nearest motel complex FOR SALE- I928 Austin light 2 door Coach, 1928 4 door Sedan, 12/4. Recently fully and excellently 1928 Model 98 Sed an , 1929 2 door to McLeans Island. restored and in regular use. In Coach, plus other bits and pieces. presen t ownership last 20 years. In­ Contact Bren t Sto nyer, No . 5 R.D ., Special off-season rates cluded in sale-similar car less Ashburton. Phone 131 D Mayfield. bod y, which was in good running WANTED-Left, righ t, or both to V,c.c. Members, order when laid up , plus additional front mudguards for 1925-26 Chev ­ engine. Good tyres. So le reason for ro let, in reasona ble condition or Proprietors: Errol and selling-age (of owner) and multi­ better, to use on my '25 Tourer. plicity of vehicles. Price 54,800 Phone Christchurch 33-846 collect, Kathryn Sm ith o.n.o. Brown, Flemington, Wai­ or write D. A. Brass, 12 Earl Member V.c.c. puk ura u. Phone 54-825. Str eet , Christchurch, 2. (Member). PAGE THIRTY-EIGHT WANTED-For 1934 Dodge, ROV ER RADIATOR VIKING VETERAN NAPIER PARTS radi ator cap, Chrysler, C J. radiator H EAD MASCOTS- Ca st in br ass, WANTED sur ro und. Write R. Oswald, Box 95, 540 each. If to be mailed enclose Advertiser ha s located rear half Ka ti Kati. extra $3.00 for po sta ge. Ring 34-414 of Na pier cha ssis and differential FOR SALE-Alburn 1929 six Christchurch or wr ite P.O. Box with suspension consisting of two cylinder for restoring. Current w.o.I. 4154, Ch ristch urch . semi-e llipt ics and an inverted and reg .stration. Has been rallied WANTED-Gearbox, light s, carbu­ transverse spring. Any knowledge regul arly ove r past 6 yrs. Alm ost rettor, genera to r for 1919 Sta nda rd, of such a car or information a co mplete car for spares. 2 spa re 9 h.p., also 20" six stud 3" centre concerning the whereabouts of engines and gearboxes. Currently hole, B.T.H. magneto GA4-K3, parts would be appreciated by running on Chev motor. No ru st in Verner coupling, 19/20 rubbers for genuine restorer, John Blakey, 8 body panels, $6,000 o.n .o. or co n­ 1924 Crossley. H. Lodge, 38 Fer­ Page Point, Howick, Auckland. sider trade on restored car. N . g.isson Street, Tokoroa. Phone Phone 534-422 6 (coll ect). Bar lass, 2 RD., Kaiapoi. Phone 65 1 64-341. (Member). Oh ok a. SELL- I928 Erskine, partially re­ WANTED-Connecting rod s for FOR SALE-Daimler Regency, stored. Complete mot or and running Essex 1927 or consider short block. 1955, 3-t litre . Sound or iginal con­ gear overhaul. Panels and wood­ Rod metal mu st be in good order. dition . Straight bod y with no ru st. wor k nearly completed . 5 new Ha ve 1929 Essex engine for swap Less than 100,000 mls on clock. tyre s. Parts include tyre s, 2 motors, if nece ssary. Ron Roycroft, Phone Leather upholstery und er original gearbox, diff, rim s, steering box, 787 Glen Murray via Tuakau. seat covers, $2,000. N. Barlass, 2 starter motors and generato rs. Con­ FO R SALE-Alvis Grey Lad y, R.D., Kaiap oi. Phone 65 1 Oh oka. tact Maurice McTeigue . Phone more or less complete, would re­ 370-222 C cri stchurch. sto re or make into specia l, $500. VAUXHALL MODEL J 1941 WANTED- For new restoration, Jowett 1929, complete, less bod y, LIGHT 6 CY L. engine parts etc for J95 1-1954 $200. Chev one ton truck, runner, ISh ort block fitted but head not Royal Enfield, 500 cc twin , and if no cab or deck , $500. Chev 1928 done. Dr opped a valve in No. I possible twin heads in good con­ 15 cwt tru ck , not running but good cyl. and 'pierced water jacket, can dition.Also books on Enfields. cab and deck, very origina l, $800. be sleeved. Second hand diff and Plea se contact Jack Bier , 3 C lifton Ch ev 1936 15 cwt truck runner, gearbox fitted . Spare fr ont Place, Nel son. Ph one 520-637. original ca b, no deck , $600. Chev. bumper and various misc. parts 1929 30 cwt truck runner, with for dashboard etc. New radiator PARTS FOR SALE or iginal G.M . cab and du el rear cor e, regul ator, distributor, fan­ Vacuum tank s-Round American wheels and hand hoi st, $1,000. belt , Zenith carb., coil , petrol G . G . French Weymann.Speedo­ Bedford 15 cwt truck, mechanically pump, oi l filter , water pump, 3 meters-Smith and Jaegar al so overh aul ed , factory cab and deck , new tyre s, -} worn, 2 new tyr es, Smiths tachometer. C.A.V. amp­ both rough, $500. Co ntact Ron I poor, 7 wheel s, 2 spare brake meters and many other vintage Roycroft. RD. Glen Murray. Phone dru ms, seco nd hand fr ont axl e gauges. Vin tage torpedo sidelights G .M . 787. complete, second hand steering Rot ax for Ril ey or Sunbeam; CA.V. wheel and spare wiper ass. Th e model E.S. Veteran sidelights, bell­ FOR SA LE-Nor ton twin , 1954, lot $425 o.n.o. Trailer required sha ped brass C.A.V. Hand BNo. featherbed dism an tled , some spare to collect. All guards require 101. P.r CA.V. for Daimler. Set and also new parts. Coupe, very panel work . All upholstery re­ new pistons 69 mm 2:730 ; H litr e rare 1939 Studebak er 8 cyl Presi­ quires redo. Bob Rout, Box 151, Jaguar h ub nut. Hartf'ord shock dent, need s restoring, in running Queensto wn. Phone 649M. absorbers, small size onl y. I have condition. Leather motoring coat, good condition, men's size. Contact many other accessory item s. Vintage Carburettors-Bronze bodied S.U : s, Dave Palmer, 206 G eorge Street, BADGES FOR SALE- Chromed singles l ie" and I ,)" . Pairs 1"1/' and Stoke s Valley. Ph Wgtn. 638-185 . cast exact reproduction: 1934-47 'H udson built steel bod y' badge; It". Bronze Zeniths 26 mm . Zenith FOR SALE-<:hev. Co upe, 1937, 1923-29 'B iddle and Smart Cu stom 36 V.H. Riley 12/4 Zen ith 26 V.H. completely stripped and restored to Body ' badge; 1925-33 'Briggs body ' Riley 9. New Jikov for Skoda . Solex mint or iginal condition. Tw o years badge; $4 each . 1929 Hudson crank 26 mm . Pair I" S.U .'s on manifold. comfor table and reliable mot oring hol e covers, $7 each, post paid. Wanted-Darracq carburettor. Riley since, $6,000 o.n .o. Write R. Oswa ld, Phone Auckland 299-9225 or write 9 parts for sale-Earl y radiators, Box 95, Kati Kati, or Phone 334. R.G lasson, Box 31, Tak an ini. silent third gearboxes, front and rear hubs, inlet and exhaust mani­ fo lds and ca mshafts, carnboxes, cylinde r heads, steering box com­ plete with wheel , bac k plat es and CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND SWAP MEET brake drums, fro nt and rear axle complete and many other part s too ARAWA PARK RACE COURSE, ROTORUA numerou s to mention . Motoring JULY 18th 1981 Maga zines-I have a wide range. Motor Sport; Autosport; Ro ad and Admission: $1 per head Track; Car and Dri ver : Ve teran and Vintage; Australian Motor Sites Free Sport; Ea rly issues Autocar; Motor; C lassic and Th oroughbr ed ; Co llec­ Selling starts 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. or Car; Rest ored Cars; ma ny others. Hosted by the Rotorua Branch Send sta mped addresse d envelope requirements to John Hearnc, 54 Phone 88648 Rotorua for further details. King Edward Ave, Bayswater, Auckland, 9. Phone 457-629. PAGE THIRTY-NINE MOTORING LITER ATURE FOR plus Ultra, Wol seley Handbooks, WANTED TO BUY- For 1954 SALE - Castro l Archievernent s mo st vintage models, Light Ca rs and Austin-Healey 100/4. A hardtop Books- 1952, 1955, 1957, 1959 (3), Cyclecars of 1914, Autocycles and and the chrome mudguard to bod y 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 (2), E uropea n Cyclemotors, Phillips Gada bout filler strip, one complete set for G .P. 1923-1963, 1965 (2), Shell Rid ers Handbook, Collectors Item­ front and rea r guards and an y oth er successes 1953, B.P. Racing suc­ Speedway Programmes, Dec . 1938 Healey or Austin A90 parts. Also cesses 1955 and 1958. 17 issues as and Jan. 1939. Send stamp addres­ fo r 1925 DJ. Delage, one flat based one lot. The Vint age and Th orough­ sed envelope with your requirements rim 21" diam eter, 5" rim width bred Ca r- J une, October 1954, Jan. , to John Hearne, 54 King Edwar d with lockin g ring and an y other March, June, Jul y, Aug., October, Avenue, Bayswate r, Auckland 9. D elage parts at a ll. Apply Patr icia No v. (2), Dec. (2) 1955, .Jan. (2), Phone 457,629. Bren, Poraiti Road, R.D. 2, N apier. Feb (2), Ma rch (2) 1956, 18 issues as Phone 442-923. . WANTED-Dinky matchbox toy one lot Vet eran and Vintage­ WANTED-Far 1914 Overland October 1956, May, Oct (2), Nov. ca rs and dieca st model s, the older the better, also old tin toys. F or Mod. 79. A aluminium casted crank­ 1957, Aug., Sept., Nov. 1958. 8 case and sump or completed motor. issues as one lot. Motor Spart­ sale: G irling shocks off E-t ype, good order, $17 each. XKI20 towb ar $10, The motor has four separately cast, March, Aug ., Sept. 1937, April, cas t iron CLT heads, with exposed May, June, July,Aug., Sept., Dec. other miscellania. Phone 668-512, 90 Trafalgar Street, Auckland. valve springs etc. Aluminium front 1939, Augu st 1942, July 1948. 12 timing gears cover, aluminium issues as one lot. March , April, FOR SALE-1934 Ford V8 seda n. crank case and sump with the May, Aug. , Sept. , Dec. 1949. 6 issues number 79 - - - - stamped on the as one lot. Practical Mot orist Au g. Partly restored. motor completely restored. All parts in excellent con­ right hand side of the crankcase. 1939, Autocar Coronat ion Number Also a dropped forged front axle April 1937, Motor March 1939, dition. $3,500. Phone Huntly, Bus. HI'S 87-305, After HI'S 87-954. the same as fitted to the car shown Autocar and Motor Road Tes ts on the cover of "Beaded Wheels", 1952, Motor Go lden Jubilee Num­ WANTED-For 1936 Morri s 14/6 No. 124. A pair of alloy head and ber Jan. 1953, Autocar Diam ond series II. Any information, pictures, side light s (electric) and an alumin­ Jubilee Number Dec. 1955, Autocar manuals, technical data and spares. ium spoked wooden rimmed steer­ Road Test s 1956 and 1964, Motor Co mplete restoration in prog ress. ing wheel as show n on Norm Road Tests 1956 and 1957, British Also I would like to purchase Skev ington's ca r or an y Model 79 Automobiles Serv icing Data- 6 accessories of the 1930's. Radio, part s. All reply an swered. Please volumes 1953-54, Fow lers Mechan ­ fog light s, etc . Write Oliver Harman, write or ca ll collect R. Ward, 26 ical Engineers Pocket Book 1958, 54 Cha mbers Street, Dunedin. Ninth Avenue, Tauranga . Phone Dail y Mail Mot oring G uide 1955, Phone 737-191. 85-421. (Member). This Motoring-Histor y of the Automobile Association, The Mot or Electrica l Manual 1953, Mechan ics of the Motor Vehicle 1953, Th e Motor Year bo ok 1955, N .Z. Motor Trade Year Book 1967, Stirling Mo ss by Robert Raymond 1953, 1982 USA TOUR Juan Manual Fa ngio by Gunther Mo lter , Veterans of the Road by Elizabeth Nag!e 1955, Cars of the featuring the 1930's by Mich ael Sedgwi ck, Luxury and Thoroughbred Cars in Profile, Motor Engineering Ch arts all models 1931-1936, Modern MODEL A FORD CLUB OF Motor Repair and Overhauling­ featuring British Ca rs-Vintage and AMERICA Convention early P.V ., Service Station and Motor Mechanics Manual by George George 1940, Aut o-Univer­ Departs July, 1982 sum 1967. HANDBOOKS and ONE MAKE BOOKS: Austin Dat ­ ing Book 1923-1952, Au stin Running A 23-day tour Visiting Los Angeles (Briggs and Maintenance 7, 10, 12 and 14 h.p ., Da imler tran smission 1934, Cunningham Auto Museum), Detroit (Ford Bugatti-4 issues of Pur Sang, Frazer Nash-all issues Chai n Ga ng Museum), Bloomington (Model A Convention), Gazette, Fo rd V8 Handbook and Reno (Harrah's Collection of 1000 cars) and Prefect Instru ction Book, H illman Minx Instru ction Book 1937 and Honolulu. Minx handbook 1939, La nchester 10 1934, Lagonda Instru ction Book Approx. cost: $3,000 per person (share twin) 2-} Litre, T he Book of the Morgan 1932, Tuning and Maintenance of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, WRITE TO:- M.G .'s 1952, Instru ction Manuals for M.G. Midget 1932/34 and Peter Butler, 219A Valley Road, Magna L type, Ma seratti Owners Handbook, all models, Rugby In­ Mt. Maunganui, struction Manual 1925, Ridley-A or BSB Travel, Box 5230, Mt. Maunganui. short History, 6 cylinder spare parts catalogue, I-} litre (prew ar), 9 h.p, PAGE FORTY

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