Through the years ofautomobile history, from veteran and vintage to the present day. Vintage Car Club of N.Z. (Inc.) Vol. XX, No. 92

FEBRUARY/MARCH '75 NATIONAL EXECUTIVE President : Mr N. C. Skevington (Canry) Club Captain : Mr A. D. Storer (Ca nty) IN THIS ISSUE Club Vic e-Captain : Mr M. H. Femer (Wgtn) Hon . Secretary: M r J. S. D. Wallis (Canty) President's Message 2 Club Re gistrar : R. W. Sarchett, 597 Madras Street. Christchurch 1. Phon e 66-5 11. Peninsula Peregrinations 3 Executive: Messrs N.A. Dewhurst (Auckland). L. 1. D. Over the Hill and Far Away 8 Priest (Hawkes Bay), L. B. Southward (Wellingto n), W. M. Birch (Wanganui), H.B. Roundl Veteran Rally 11 1974 North Otago Windsor Rally 14 CLUB OFFICE National Executive Report 16 Phoenix House. Early Days in Rotorua area 17 82 Here ford Street. Christchurch Telephone 74-003 Ariki Lodge 18 Hou rs 12-4 p.m. Otago 4th P.V. Tour 24 Book Reviews 26 CLUB CORRESPONDENC E So I bought this Alvis . .. 28 Club correspond ence, including members' changes of address. must be sent to 2nd Wigram Historic Cars Event 32 T he Vlntaue Car Club of N .Z. (Inc.) Branch Notes 35 r.o. Box 2546. Christchurch. Letters to Editor 38 All Beaded Wheels correspondence to P.D. Box IJ 140 Classified Ads 38 BEADED WHEELS EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Ch airman: Spencer Bamard CLOSING DATE Co m mittee: Gavin Rain. GeoII Ho ckle y. Bruce Pidgeon . C op v fo r A p ril/May issue clo ses March lOth Bob Scott, Paul Gie seler Material for publication is the resp onsibility of th is committee and should be forwarded to P.D. Box 13' 40. COVER PHOTO Christchurch, typed or neatl y printed . double spaced 1935 6 C ylind er sup er charged N.A. M.G . on one side of paper only . Ma g ne tt e belo ng ing to Te d Love rsid g e seen her e Reports of restorations. event s. road tests. historical at Wigram fo r th e 1st Hi sto ric Cars Evont in and technical articles welcome. No payment made to J an ua ry 1974 was a g a in a co mpe tito r in t his vee r's contributors. cven: , The opinions expre ssed in letters or articles in Beaded Wheels are the authors' own views a-id do not necessarilv expres s the polic y of the Vintage Car Club of N .Z. (Jnc ~) B.ad.d Whe.ls is the voice of the Vintage Car Move ­ ment in N.... Zealand and of the Clubs whose efforts are fostering and ever widening the interest of this PRODUCTION movement and form rallying po ints for that ever incre asing band of enthusiasts. The fascination of age Beaded Wheels is published bi-monthly by Purse Willis itself Or revulsion from the flashy mediocrity of the & Aiken Ltd. C hristchu rch for the Vin tage Car Club pres ent day is d raw ing an increasing number of motorists back to the indi vid uality, soli d worth, and functional of N.Z. Inc.. at its editorial orrice. P.D. Box 13140. elegance that was d emanded by a more d iscriminating Christchurch. gen era tion and it is to these t hat this magazine is Mailed free to all memb ers. Ann ual subscriptio n $2.00. dedlceted. Individual copies and back numbers 40c.

Reg istered at Post Ollice Headq ua rt ers Welling to n ADVERTISING es a Mftge zine. Rate schedule available on request to Ad verti sing Manage r, P.D. Box 13140. Christchurch. Pho ne 67-346. any entrant in negotiat ing the course, and the average speeds set allowed for leisurely driving. 'From the President The evening prize giving function took the form of a dinner and dance, the major tr ophy being T he beginning of the year al­ T he property is about 70 mi les won by Don Rankine and his wa ys sees ma ny events being held fro m Christchur ch and we will be large Studebaker. H e put his suc­ and one of ma ny which is attract­ ba ck in the city by mid aftern oo n cess down to the old saying that ing much interest is the North in o rde r to connect with pla ne there is no substitute for cubic Islan d T our. This leaves fro m the serv ices. Duncan has collected inches. Wh ile in Wanganui I ho me of M r and Mrs L. B. ca rs for man y yea rs and whe n I stayed with Alb ert and Ruth Voss Southward on 9th February a nd visited Le slie Hills recently he and d o thank them for their tra vels through Palmerston North, told me he now has 60. The oldest hospitality. Taupo, Rot orua, Hamilton , Whi­ vehicle is the 1906 Alld ays and tianga, T auran ga, Wh ak atan e and Onions, wh ich has been in the NORM SKEVINGTON Gi sborne, terminatin g in H awkes family since new. Bay so that entrants can eithe r Late last yea r I visited the particip at e in o r watch the N a­ Tokor oa Sub Branch, stay ing in tio na l M ot or Cy cle Rall y, which Tirau with John and Je an Bayl y. I understand has attracted an This Sub Bra nch will po ssibly be entry exceeding 200. applying for Branch status. The It is ple asin g to note the interest sa me weekend I attended an after­ CRESTER being tak en by Branches in th is noon run and barbecue with the T our, with the opportunity for Waik ato Branch having the op­ Club members to meet . A uck land portunity of a ride in Bruce CAR Bran ch is a rra ngi ng for a run to Ca tchpole's newl y restored Cord. Wh itian ga on the weekend the Stayed overnight with Ch ris a nd T ou r stavs the re. I hope to go on M rs Wood, the following d ay SALES thi s ru n 'with Auckland members meeting a number of branch .. and then visit the Bay of Plenty members with Cha irma n John . 'and Gi sborn e Branches, be ing in White. H astings in tim e for the N ation al In mid Janua ry Ma rtin Fe rn er, 374 Worcester Street Mot or Cy cle Rally. Club Vice Captain and I tr avelled Ca nterbury Bran ch a re to hold to New Plym outh to attend the Christchurch later this year th eir 25th Annual 13th birthd ay party of the T ar­ Rally and th e committe e a ntici­ ana ki Bran ch . A mo st enjoyable pate running thi s over a three and well attended functi on and day wee kend. Branche s will be we do appreciate the hospit ali.ty Buying receiv ing further informat ion in shown us by Branches. Af ter the near future. The Dunedin­ staying the night in H awera with or Selling Br ighton run held recently marked Cha irma n Eric Terrell a nd Mrs the 21st anniversary of this event Terrell we were shown the K apuni Good Used Cars and an encouraging entry was re­ gas pla nt. ceived . many tr avelling a con­ After lunch we tr avelled to side ra ble d istance to att end . Wanganui with T aranaki Branch NOEL Easter this year is the time for members, having the use of a two rnaior events. one being the M odel A Ford owned by De s North Island Rall y at R ot orua M oore, he feeling tired after the BEECROFT a,nd the other the N ati on al previous evening's entertainment Veter an R all v at Timaru. and preferring to sleep in the F or .' the ; day fo llow ing the comfort of a Mark 9 Jaguar. We Member L.M.V.D.A. Ma rch E xecu tive Meeting in visited the Branch Clubrooms Membe r Vintage Car Christch urch I have been abl e to which have been extensively reno­ Club (N.Z.) a rra nge a visit to the historic vat ed and extend ed. The Burma Leslie Hills property of club R all y over the Burma R oad , was member Duncan Rutherford . It held . the first time for 10 yea rs. Telephone 891-115 is hoped th at a good number An inte resting drive of 90 miles After Hours 891-155 attendi ng the meet ing will avail incl uding about 18 mile s of gravel. themselves of thi s opportunity. No difficulty was experienced by PAG E TWO by Geoff Hockley Peninsula Pereg ri nations PART 6

Exercising "salesmanship" on the boss-he finally capitulates-I make my debut as a trialist-my high hopes take a last-minute nose-dive-a wrangle between two competitors upsets the applecart in the solo division-on to next season, and the most ambitious event yet is being organised.

A " couple of seasons were to elapse before I realised my ambitions and made my debut as a full-blown trials pilot , and in the intervening time a couple of strenuous Banks Peninsula "endures" were held , which I will touch on briefly. The first, a "s idecars only " grind , was noticeable for the defeat of a large field of well-known trialists by a "dark horse" in the person of O. C. Moffat driving an Excelsior-a marque which had not hitherto been very prominant in local trials. Of the entire entry only four achieved non-stop runs, and the single­ cylind er outfits found the going very tough indeed, only one finishing . The weather and the poor state of the roads accounted for several mishaps, but the drivers concerned were able to continue after sundry roadside straightening-out jobs. The following season 's fixture was a solo and sidecar event which brought out a bumper turnout in both classes . A Harley "field da y" saw priv ate owner Ron Kennett high scorer in the sidecar division, and Frank Thomas, giving the newly intro­ duced Sport Model opposed twin its baptism of fire in local competition, emerged as winner of the solo class with a faultless ride in which he was the only competitor in the entire trial to finish without the loss of a sinzle point, thereby achieving some very desirable publicity for the new model. I can 't exactly recall the circumstances which ended in my being given permission to prepare a sidecar outfit with which to comoete in next season's BANKS P£NINSULA trial, but I fancy that the boss finally capitulated in sheer desperation after I'd conducted a non-stop after ordinary hours if official overtime was being campaign wh ich must have eventually worn him worked) and the lights in the shed at the bottom of down (proof of the old adage about having to keep the garden burned very late every night, and some­ making calls to get results) . times into the " wee small hours" as well. The outfit For some weeks I had been keeping an eye on had. I recall, been traded in on a new Scout bv a the only second-hand sidecar combination in the policeman in a country district, and the state ;i it place, a rather battered 1920 Powerplus outfit which suggested that the arm of the law had regularl y had been awaiting reconditioning for sale, and I had used it in cro ss-country pursuits of escaping ban', been breathing silent prayers that I might succeed in robbers or other malefactors. However, a couple ot convincing the boss of the righteousness of my cause days before the big event I was able to take it for before work was commenced on it. Anyway, when a settling down crui se one evening and everything I finally got the "green light" the event was orily a seemed rea sonably satisfactory. A common cause of fortnight away and I could see that a lot of midnight loss of points in trial s (which rarely if ever escaped oil would hav e to be burned if I was to get the rather the notice of the eagle-eyed examiners when going battered outfit into good enough shape to come over the machines for mechanical faults after an through such a severe trial as this promised to be event) , was broken rear wheel spokes on sidecar without mechanical trouble. I took the outfit home machines, due no doubt to the pounding received (employees were only permitted in the workshop by the rear wheel over many miles of rou gh going PAGE THREE with the extra weight of a sideca r a ttac hed. As a precaution I carefully laced the spoke crossings with wire and ran solder int o the joins. An other sma ll innovati on , fo r which I believe I can take some cred it, was a co mpensa ting system for the simul­ taneous operation of the internal and extern a l rea r br ak es (the latt er being normally operated by a handlebar lever) from the ordi nary foot brake pedal. The result was an extremely effective "anchor" grea tly superior to the br akes on rival machines. It would of course be desirable to have a front brake as well, but at the ti.me of wh ich I write this ex­ tremely useful fitting hadn't come into genera l use. except the "d ummy belt rim " type on the front wheel s of one or two British model s. It was at 5.45 precisely on a murky a nd cheerless April morning that the first competitor got the "go" signal at the sta rt of what the organisers claim ed was the toughest Peninsular course to date. "And we've got plenty of choice bits up our sleeves for future reference, in case too man y of you joker s finish with perfect scores to-d ay", remarked one of the off'ic.a ls with a grin. As it turned out, he needn't have wo rried ! My luck regard ing sta rting position s didn't seem to have changed-I was ,I fancy, the last but one to get the starter's nod -but Tougb Aa Spark Plugs will we were soon passing thr ough fog-shr ouded Lytt el­ ton , Governor's Bay and Di am ond H arbour , after belp keep it going. which the goin g required strict attention to business as the slippery descent into Purau hove in sight, and the trial commenced in ea rnest. There was a wea lth of difference I discovered, between letting the dr iver 'i'h r ee times around the clock and still goi ng stronq. Give it e very hel p with tough do all the worrying while I lounged comfortably ACSpark Pluq s. (more or less) in the sideca r, and occ upy ing the "h ot seat" myself and coaxing the outfit th rough the O.K. So maybe they are modern - but the y slippery spots, keeping tab s on time and mileage can do a lot for ve terans of the highway. covered in case of running into an "ambush" as i\C Spar k Plugs , so mebody had christened the unp opular secret check , Bui.: toug h . . . for qu ick star ts, smo othe r and co ming into the ordinary time chec ks within pe rformance , improve d reli ability ,, , the minute-either-way allowance. My ob server had in any kind of car. only just rem arked that so far everyone seemed to have had a trouble-free run (tho ugh it was only mid-morning) when on rounding a curve on the climb out of Pigeon Bay we passed no fewer than three co mpetitors (a sidecar outfit and two solos) stopped in the space of 50 yards or so. On e appea red to be repa iring a broken rear chain. We waved keeps you going sympa thetically to them as we carried on up to the junction of the P igeon Bay and Summit Road s where when the going the first time check was situa ted. We struck it "spot on" and after the official had signed our book we gets tough headed for the eastern bays on the second stage of the morning's journey-destination Akaroa. Our morning's run end ed uneventfully, a nd we checked into the Akar oa lunch stop dead on time a nd handed ou r steed over to the officials until departure time . Some competitors hadn't been so Parts & Acce ssories Divi si on of Ge ne ral Moto rs Ne w Zealand Limite d. lucky. An Excelsior outfit lost its br akes during the , 1 steep descent into Little Ak aloa and ca reered off the i'nC>E FOU l{ SPIT AND POLISH. Eric Burmeister, prominent competitio n rider in later years, tries out the Powerplus outfit after putting in most of Sunday assisting the writer !in sidecar) to remove the stains of travel incurred in the previous day's Peninsula mud-plug. road , hitting a bank and thr owing the ob server out as he spoke, rain spattered agai nst the windows. of the sidec ar. Fortunately no-one was hurt and with Prospect s for the journey didn't look very promising , the aid of some "friendly nativ es" the outfit was and were even less so by the time I received the manhandled back onto the road . After pursuing an "go" nod from the starter. All the solos had been unsteady course to Akaroa with bent forks and a sent off first, and, for a welcome change, I was front wheel minus several spokes the driver decided among the first of the sideca r brigade to leave. Our to call it a day. Some of the solo mach ines also barman friend's prophecy proved only too correct. looked somewha t the worse for wear and it was and we met the full force of the gale on the Summit obvious that non-stop runs were the exception rather Road, with sleet showers making conditions about as than the rule . I was pleased with my morning's unpleasant as I had experienced. With about three­ performance, being so far amongst the " elite" with fourths of the 12D--mile afternoon run behind us, clean sheets, and I fervently hoped that my good during which we had passed several unfortunates in luck would continue. Alas! "there's many a slip . .. difficulties of various kinds, I began to think that my etc. etc." as I was to have brought home to me that trial s riding debut might be au spicious, with no loss aftern oon. of points so far and the worst of the journey behind The weather, which had improved after being so us. J was thankful that J had decid ed to fit my rear unpromising at the early morning sta rt, now ap­ tyre chain before leaving Akaroa, as progress peared to be taking a turn for the worse, with through some parts of the trip would have been lowering clouds and thick mist driving down the impossible otherwise. Some drivers discovered this valleys. "I don't envy you bo ys your trip home," also who either did not carry chains or had decided remarked the barman at the. pub where we had to risk not fitting them . Once installed , of course, lunched, as we fortified ourselves with a few quick a stop to remove them entailed loss of marks. These one s before preparing for the return trip. "You'll useful fitments, wh ile imperative for negotiating the find the going sticky, unle ss I miss my guess." Even long stretches of slippery clay. especi ally uphill, took PAGE FIVE a beating on the rocky outcrops on some of the Peninsula road s, and on one or two occasions had Go great guns oeen kno wn to break and tangle up in the rear drive cnain with (lire results. These incic enis had, as far with MacNaught as 1 had been a ble to ascertain, occu rred only on rigid frame machines and 1 thought that the spring fra me on the Powerplus Indian, somewha t simil ar Lubricating to the modern "swinging arm" type, was probably a lot easier on a chain -shod rear wheel than the Equipment rigid vari ety. However, as the saying goes, accidents happ en in the best regulated fa milies, as I was soon to find out. Glancing a t my watch and comparing it with my passenger's, I calculated that another half-hour should bring us to the finishing point a t the foot of Dyer's Pass Road, and, glowing with optimism and anticipating congratulations on my successful first appearance at the trial s game, I commenced the climb up the Pass from Governor's Bay, with the Powerplus pulling as lustily as ever and the who le situation appearing thoroughly unde r con tro l, as indeed it was-unti l about fifty yards from the summit, with a clash of metal and a sickening screech from the rear tyre, the wheel locked up solidly and we slid ' gracef ully into the bank. I sat petrified for a few seconds, while my

(i ll us) spirits plummeted to zero, then pull ed the machine up on the rear stand and inspected the mess. It Minilube with Pressurite Gun appeared as though a portion of the tyre chain had Fit s 51b greasel ins. High pressur e (u p to 10.0 00 p.s.i.). or high volume for fast broken and somehow tangled up in the drive chain, greasing by pus h- bu tton control. One downward pu sh g ives which str angely enough had still stayed on the grease for 30 nipples. Smallest of hand guns w ith un iversal sproc ket, though it was as tight as a n iron bar and joint to reach difficul t places. plus 5ft reach of hose. W it h the wheel was pull ed hard over to one side of the new KY sma ll co upler seals tight at wi de ang le eve n on w orn rear forks, the end s of which had been ben t down by or d amaged nipples. Rubber edged follow er pr even ts air loc ks. Large strain er sto ps out dirt. the strain. The wheel refu sed to turn and investiga ­ tion disclosed a piece of tyre chain wound aro und Superlube with Pressu rite Gun the countershaft sprocket. Wh ile discon solat edly Fits 451b. greasetins. Big ca pacity, red uc es cost of grease. ti me spe nt chang ing tin s. eliminates viewing the ruin s, some of the oth er sideca r drivers airloc ks. On e p ush d own o f pu mp gives grease for 80 have in sight, and I yelled to them as they passed nipples. Bi g strainer keeps gun and bearings cl ean.Has that I'd be late at the finish. I'll draw a veil over 10 or 15 feet of hose. my fra ntic efforts while with numbed fingers I Grease Pump Model J2 struggled with the grea sy, clay-cru sted mess, while Fits 45 Ib greasetins. Fills Minilubes. Flexigun s and other my observer regarded proceedings with sympathy grease g uns airlo ck -free via th e spec ial rub ber li pp ed nozzle. and noted the details in his little black book. Suffice it to say that 27 minutes past our schedu led arrival Flexigun time we pulled in at the finish-27 lovely minutes W orld ' s bes t o ne - h and g rease gun (il lu s) at the loss of five marks per minu te or fraction Takes 16 oz cartridge s or easily fi lled thr ou gh thereof-and were immediately sent away on the leak-free nozzle. by J2 Greaspu mp . 6000 p.s.i. Ideal for enthusiasts - guaranteed la grease last test of the day , a brake test which entailed every nipple. Has long life flexibl e hose and coa sting down Dyer's Pass in neutral from a starting new coupler to seal tight on wider ang les. point about 100 yards up the hill and braking at eve n on w orn or d amaged nipples. a mark halfway down. A special observer occupied the sidecar and I at least had the slight satisfaction of emerging from the test with flyin g colours, the CONTACT YOUR NEARE ST AUTOMOTIVE . ~ ORINOUSTR IAL WHOLES ALER. coupled braking system proving effective to say the least. I was too late in to see the other sideca r outfits Hi-waif taking their tests but was told that in some cases it N.Z. Agents : was fortuna te that Colombo Street was there to act HIGHWA Y INDUSTRIES LIMITED, as a slip road at the bottom! P.O. Box 22 -2 63 . Otahuhu. Auckland. Phone 577 ·148 8147 And who won ? Well, after the dust of battle (or mud would be more appropriate) had cleared awa y, PAG E SIX and the judges had delivered their verdict after a couple of days of meticulous checking, Les Monkman emerged as both the sidecar class outright winner SPECIALISED SERVICES and the private owner victor as well , to the joy of the Harley clan. It was a well-earned win for the popular Les, who ranked with Roo Kennett as a top -notch private owner competition rider. Tra iling INDUSTRIAL Les into second place was George Lambert, the head sac hern of the Indian tribe, and third was ano ther Harley rider. George Henderson (do you read me, George?). The name of the fourth place BONDING winner eludes me for the moment, but I do know who finished an inglorious fifth-me! It was a bitter Top, professional service in the bonding pill, bu t th at was where the marks lost in those fatal of friction material to any surface. Car brakes, trucks, fork hoists. farm 27 minutes lan ded me (plus several more deducted machinery, industrial plant. Also all kinds for sund ry defects discovered by the eagle-eyed of specialist and one-off applications e.q . machine ex aminers, includ ing a rather dirty engi ne­ ho usehold appliances. cone clutches, etc. the old Powerplus was never exactly famed for its o il-tight ness) . Calculations disclosed that bu t fo r the mishap I might have fin ished a couple of places 0 1' so further up. Ah, well! Hi.wa~ T he solo class awards caused a mild sensation when the judges ref used to aw ard the first and ~ second place s and virtually moved the third place man up into first spot. He was Bert Grenfell, a pr ivate owner who turned in a con sistent perform­ HIGHWAY INDUSTRIES lTD. ance o n his Harley-Davidson Sport Model opposed 1 Monahan Rd. Mt. Wellington. Auckland twin . It had been ' rumoured at Ak aroa th at a certain P.O . Box 22-263 Otahuhu. Tel. 577-148 pa ir of riders of different makes were " gunning" for Also enquiries each other and that each had accused the other of through all branches 01Motor Specialties Ltd. getting a way with stops by not reporting them. I won't mention the names o f the protagonists, who have long since joined the great majority, and received a letter from the boss as king me to advise readers probably won't hav e much di fficult y in him if 1 wo uld like to compete in th is event as a identifying the makes 'of 'the machines they rode ! mem ber of the team wh ich the firm was entering, An yway, accusations and co unter-accusations flew in which case a machine would be prepared for me ! thick and fast and finall y the judges decl ared " no I lost no time in accepting the offer ! contest" for these potential first a nd second place In the next issue 1 will describe my impressions winners. Thus ended the annual major " endure", of the d isastrous event of June 1923, which wa s agreed to have been the stiffest to date. almost aba ndoned before it wa s sta rted-and totally "Better luck next time" said the boss as he clapped aba ndoned before it ended- an all-time ·" h igh" in me on the back in one of his more congenial m oods Peninsula mud-plugs. on the Monday morning. But it didn't appear that (To be continued>' there would be a " next time", for before the year wa s ou t I wa s ordered to Ash burton to look after the shop of the local Indian dealer while the owner was incapacitated, aod as the months went by my hopes of participating in any further trials took a no se-dive. In May 1923 1 received notice that the Pioneer Motor Cl ub wa s organising the mo st ambi­ tious road event which it had yet staged-a three-day sidecar tri al wh ich was to include all the well-known Banks' Peninsul a highways and byways phis so me hitherto unused areas calculated to provide an even stiffer test for drivers and machines. I envied the prospective competitors, but resigned myself to the prospect of perhaps' being on the spot to witness the start and / or finish. Imagine, then, my un bounded 1927 Chevrolet "Ca pitol" Coach. surp rise and delight when a week or two later I PA GE SEVEN 'Over the Hill and Far Away' A Car Salesman Remembers PART 2 et

A few experiences soon con­ and another tow rope . We now young and enthu siastic salesman vinccd me that the smooth quiet had a " tra in" . Struggling Chand­ joined the firm , he was told by the demo was by far the most im­ ler I towing spluttering Chandler boss, that he preferred business pressive. The aim was alw ays to 2 to wing silent, acquiescent Olds­ not done in the " pub". The young warm the motor sufficiently, an mobile. So we trudged our weary man was not inclined to agree and important point as some of them way to the top of the hill. From argued that he had a lot of drink­ did not reach an efficient motor then of course things were easier, ing cobbers to whom he could temperature for five or even ten a nd the train finally reached the sell. He went fairly well for a minutes. One would sta rt the city abo ut 8.30 p.m. Truly the while, but the day came when he motor, keep th e client talking, or course of rehabilitating "trade­ demolished a brand new car while some other delay until the ins" was not always smooth. under the influence, thus conclud­ choke could be disposed of, ing a perhaps interesting career. then, a very quiet take-off, no un­ by Gordon A. Parker The stringent financial restric­ due reving of engine, a quiet tions of the slump were lifting smoo th gear change, eas y and Before passing over the sub­ rapidly in 1934, and co-incidental progressive braking, no undue ject of breakdowns, I remember with this there was a marked im­ rushing of the hills for the ob­ a couple of "classics" . I men­ provement in ca r design both ligation hill test, and all the time tioned earlier a 1919 Dodge. One mechanical and in styling. A new a quiet talk to the client, en­ aft ernoon we were climbing a hill era had emerged. Rounded sleek deavouring to instill the utmost in Howick in this car when there saloons, rubber or flexibly confidence in yourself and the seemed to be an indi stinct series mounted motors i.e. Floating car. Some customers were still of crunches, and while the motor Power , notably efficient independ­ apprehensive of per son al safety seemed to be still going we were ent springing, early synchromesh in the a utomobile, and mech anical not motoring. It was some time gearboxes, all produced an aston­ reliability with a lessening of the befor e the trouble was diagnosed ishing advance between say 1930 risk of mechanical breakdown as a broken crankshaft. We and 1934. As a direct result, the was a paramount consideration. realised after that the front two olde r models in the used car We never travelled any distance cylinders were still going, but the market were becoming increasing­ without a tow-rope. I delivered a rear two were disconnected. ly difficult to sell except at " junk" car to Ngaruawahia one Saturday Repairs took three months as prices , consequently they began to , morning, and picked up the trade­ spa res had to be imported from pile up at the fa r end of the .in, a 1924 Oakland. It reached the States. On one occasion I showroom, and salesmen careful Huntly before cutting out a timing remember seeing a Model T Ford for their future reputations were gear which meant a lengthy tow with the rear axle liter ally broken reluctant to sell such. home of over sixty miles . An other in half into a large V, sitting with occasion I picked up an Olds­ the diff on the ground. Providentially. at this critical mobile trade -in at Onehunga but In spite of some of the stories period a new," Used Car" sales­ I did not get very far before of the wild and "reckle ss" day s man joined the staff. His first stopping with some obscure fault, of that era that still persist, most remark was "Now. where's the so rang for a tow. My relief salesmen, though perhaps a trifle junk, that's the stuff I like," And arrived in the form of a big 1924 flamboyant were fairly steady when taken and shown the "pile" Chandler and we commenced the and reliable types . The risk with round the back , he said "I'll soon tow home about 6 p.m. However alcohol was always there of shift that". And so he did, in poor old Chandler was not feel­ course. but for mo st salesmen it remarkable fashion, becoming ing too happy in the "carby", and was "T aboo". When I first took most popular with the rest of us. hesitantly took the extra load till up selling, an older and exper­ Over the years we watched him we reached the Khyber Pas s hill. ienced man who later owned his build up his own clientele. He This was too much, and Khyber own business said to me "In all sold and re-sold to people who refused to be passed, So we rang my experience, I do not think I never really got out of the "junk" for further help which arrived in have ever lost a sale through not class . It was an eye-opener, and a the form of another later model, having a drink with the client". It salutary lesson to us all in the art a more resplendent 1926 Chandler was wise advice. Later, when a of salesman ship. PAGE EIGHT In restrospect , it a ppea rs there Auckla nd left within a bo ut 10 the first electric "Automatic" a re no rules for the mak ing of a minutes of my ar rival I was able pet rol pump to be seen in Auck­ good salesma n, so me had been to conv ince them it was the best land, and installed in the Civic teachers, a rtisans, builders, etc ., I could do, coll ected the cash afte r Squ a re petrol sta tion crea ted great and some had never do ne an y­ a 100 yd dash round the block , interest and sold thou sands of thing else, but in a team of per­ and was off hom e. gallons for the firm. haps 12 men , no two would be "Any colour as long as it's However, to revert to colour, in alike in person ality and back­ black" attributed to H en ry Ford, ground. It takes all types to make 1934 we saw our first Poly­ applied to most makes up to chromatic, col ours on the D.R . a sa les team . abo ut 1926, then co lour began to D odg es. Bronze, G unmeta l Grey, With the advent of the seda n creep in. The principal reason Blue. It was an exci ting adva nce, or sa loo n, in the late twenties, was that bodywo rk up to that and enhanced the sales potenti al came an epidemic of body rattles. peri od was paint and varnish , a of our cars. Wood fra ming and plate glass carryover from the coaching days. produced the ideal conditions for Every few months our fa mily car At that time in the Used Car the "s tacca to " saloo n. The int ro­ was sent in to be reva rn ished. by De pt, we had , an old Light Saloo n du ction of a few English fabric hand, about a day's wo rk. This Arm strong-Siddl ey, an unattrac­ bodies alleviated the situation a finish was of course extreme ly tive ca r which refu sed to sell. Our little , but th ey were not at all vulnerable to scratches and to be wily Sales-Manager, saw the durable, and in a short time well kept needed con stant atten­ potenti al in the new pol y­ seemed to be a ll off the road . To tion . chroma tic. went o ut and bought a be true there were some all stee l Ab out 1925 we heard of a tin of or dina ry al uminum pa int. bodies , not ably Dodge, but driv­ wonderfu l new paint, on the new ord ered the paint shop to mix it ing cars of that era on loo se Buick ca rs Duco- sprayed on­ with a light blue . and spray the met al, pot-holed road s was like unscrat chabl e - dull - not high reluctant Ar rnstro ng-Siddley. The miles and miles of mach ine gun s. gloss certainly, but more durable result was a ra the r blotchy coat I was once asked to drive an old and pra ctical, particularly for the that glinted in the sun like shot model 1925 Standard Saloon to commercial user. Gradually fin­ silk. sometimes silver, sometimes blue . T he price was put up £20 the Mamaku . If it was satis­ ishes becam e mo re glossy, and (from mem ory) a nd the car sold facto ry the pu rchaser would pay col ours beca me more va ried. In in a week. Who said "Bea uty is on delivery, so I set off.Most of 1928 our Man aging Director, Mr only skin deep" and how right he the wa y it was po t-h oles and cor­ T. A. Low , went to Ame rica and was. rugation. Ev ery door and window a rrived back with a Dodge Vic­ rattled an d banged! It was 130 tory Six close-coupled co upe. It In a general sense the prewar miles of machine gunning, and by was the first two-ton ed ca r we had salesma n was on his own. Sales the time I ar rived I was nearl y ever seen, Putty top and maroon promot ion methods were spa rse deaf. I looked forwa rd with body. We thought it the mo st and usually unco-ordin ated. bein g apprehension to the final demon­ beautiful creation. mainly exh ibiting at local agri­ stration, but as the return tr ain to Incidentally he brou ght back cultural sho w ro und the a rea with the odd motor show th rown in. While the standa rd set-up wa s a show roo m full of new models the most success ful man was the one wh o worked outside . Person al contacts built up one 's "aura " and reputat ion. and one established a personal clientele. Co ld blooded canvassing of hou ses, fa rms, and firms, was often the o rde r of the day, and one would travel miles at the merest hint that a client for a ca r was in the offing. To hang aro und the showroo m on the cha nce of catching the odd pros­ pect was frust ra ting and a most dem oralising process. For on e th ing, commission was 1923 Dodge Wedding car taxi. The white tassels were standard dressing for paid for each sale and person al weddings. competition for custom ers keen ,

PAGE NIN E and arguments over comrru ssion frequent. On the wh ole I was happiest o ut of the sho wroom and HO'W DO YOU ? ,on the person al hunt for the pros­ STRIP OLD PAlNT FROM CAR PARTS • pect . Following the "D" plate so me­ SANDBLASTING 'times led to a customer. I had the experience of seeing a ca r with " 0" plates parked outside a cer­ b ~J:T~!P!!~E!,!D tain hou se, so after waiting for 1 the salesma n to depart , called on JI'I11IV''r>11 ' the unsuspect ing hou seholder. I WILL STRIP AND CLEAN OLD PAINT AND was met at the door by a lady RUST TO THE METAL & LEAVE AS NEW 'puzzled and amazed that I sho uld PHONE 30-1 41 DUNEDIN , PHONE 43-41 0 .ha ve known she was interested in BOX 2093 a new car . I eventually sold her a Stand ard Ten. on that occasion The late thirties were the years end motori st had arrived. Novelty .the Vauxhall chap was unlucky. of con solid ation. Roads had im­ had faded. Motoring was no proved , every year seemed to add Probably the most advanced longer invested with the spirit of and dramatic sale s promotion its quota of improvements, gad­ adventure. " Ichabod ", (the glory stunt of the mio.thirties. was gets and new mod els. " Relia bil­ has departed), could now be in­ ity" was the key-word. No longer put on by the Chrysler Co rp. scribed over the door of the pr iv­ we a pproached the steering wheel Hell Drivers' Te am cov ering ate garage. Afte r the mountain in trepidation , hoping we would Chrysler, Dodge. De Soto . top experience s, motoring had make our destination . Th e twin Plymouth, and Fargo. Dodge descend ed to the plain of the boons of comfort and qui etn ess, had a steel bod y since its mundane. the o rdina ry way of du e to the development of the ince ption in 19 14 but man y cars life. flexibl e engine mountings, had still had woo d frame bodi es in­ lessened the strain of physical dis­ And so it was left to the en­ cluding so me other makes of the comfort on a long jo urney. and thu siasts, of later yea rs to revive Chrysler range. In 1935 all steel synchromesh, had considerabl y the old spir it of adventure. May bod ies we re standa rdised th rough­ enco urag ed the timorou s and in­ we o rdina ry rnort als extol the vir­ o ut, and to demon strate th e expert driver. Ge neral im prove­ tuosit y of the Veteran and Vint­ inherent safety in such, the Hell ments in steering and brakes and age Ca r Club Mem bers who a re D river s were sent to the Anti­ suspension all add ed the ir respec­ keepin g a live the spirit of ad­ podes.Messrs Campbell and tive blessings. venture and ent erprise. All hon­ M iller, two experienced stunt Co me 1939. A fresh phase. our to your a rtisa ns. mech anics, drivers were the her oes. Western Motor ing was "safe". Th e week- and participants. Springs Stadium was the a rena , and one Saturday afternoo n Aucklanders saw for the first tim e the stunts of ramp jumps. and roll-overs which many years later became more widel y known. In the event it was exciting. novel. and free, and thousands turned out to see the show which was embellished by the late st in Amer­ ican Sales talk over loud spea kers. Whil e one cannot say that there was a sudden up surge in sales. we had no co mplaint and the Dodaes enjoyed a good measure of sue. cess during the remaining years pri or to the war. American Sales organisation was of co urse streets ahea d of anyo ne else at that time. We often had Chrysler sales and service " MoT"'''''''''': represent ati ves ca lling o n us in This car reported to be a "Trumbell" and owned by Mr R. E. Green was N.Z. well known for many years around Christchurch. PAGE TEN H.B. Rouncil Invitation Veteran Rally

Saturday, 16th November weekend. This was thoughtfully another successful and enjoyable dawned fine a nd mild fo r our arra nged to cater for Veterans day a mong some of Hawkes first every Harry Roucher 'Roun­ only incorporating six check­ Bay's beautiful countryside and cil Invitation Veteran Rally'. We points over the distance of 15 most sociable people. hope to make this an annual miles and took in some delightful While crew s were enjoying a event , and judgi ng by the popu­ orchard a nd residential areas on pleasant Wine a nd Cheese evening larity of the occasion this seems the outskirts of Havelock North. on Saturday night at the Hawkes ass ured. There were three opt ional speeds Bay Car Club's c1ubrooms at There was a great lineup of availa ble, 15-20-25. These speed s Bridge Pa , their cars and motor­ bea utifully restored Veteran cars were not as slow as first seemed cycles were on display at Rdss" and motorcycles at Nimons yard, as we were rallying in built up Dysart & Mcl.ean's showrooms Havelock North at I p.m., the a reas with main crossroads a nd in Hastings. The interested public oldest car being an 1898 Benz, stop signs to contend with. turned up to see these fine old followed by a 1901 Loc omobile, vehicle s, being a rare chance to see such Veteran cars a nd bikes Mr Nelson's own 1903 Darracq, by Don Lang 1907 De Dion, 1913 Daimler, and at close quarters. On Sunday Morris Oxford, 1914 Alld ays and morning all the vehicles gathered Onions to ment ion a few. Early The final check was sited in a at the Civic Squ are for a quiet mot orcycles were 1904 F.N., 1905 very interesting position, being run throuh picturesque country­ Douglas, right up to the youngest, right outside T .M.V. Wine s, where side in fine weather. A short a 1917 four cylinder Henderson . all vehicles were turned off the dist ance after turning into M id dle main road , a nd parked obediently Road, the vehicle s entered the There was a very large crowd while the crews and passengers 'Rouncil' gateway and carried on to see the vehicles off, and the accepted the generous hospitality up the tree lined drive to park route was lined with people on of the makers of these fine pro­ around the old homestead. both sides to tak e ad vantage of a ducts, after which we wandered An enjoyable picnic lunch was rare sight as these Veteran s of an off to deliver vehicle s to the early age motored faultlessly on provided by ladies of the branch Motor Show, and then home to their way. assisted by M rs Nelson. Families reflect on the pleasures of yet picnicked in the shade of the old It was four miles south to have a picnic aftern oon tea in the beautiful grunds of Mr and Mrs Nelson's Rouncil Homestead. This was a free run , but incor­ porated a special timed section up the narrow limestone tree lined drive from the Middle Road up to the Homestead, a distance of a bout t of a mile. Here, there was a very sa tisfactory arra nge­ ment whereby the starter and the finisher were in con stant touch with each other by 'Walkie Talkie', ensuring that there was no unauthorised traffic on the narrow drive. This secti on was won by Reg Kilbey with a credit­ a ble performanc e in his beauti­ fully restored 1914 Alld ays and Onions. The motorcycle section was won by the four cylinder Henderson. With afternoon tea over, we left at two minute intervals on the main run of the Ivan Larsen, 1917 Henderson seen on Roundl Rally. PAGE ELEVEN tree s overlooking the wide ex­ O ur thanks to Mr and M rs gauge track, which wanders its panse of the He retaunga Plains. N elson wh o kind ly allowed us to way around the 15 acr e site. This Younger members of the families make ' Ro uncil' Homestead the leaves the older members of the enjoyed a swim in the swimming focal point for this year's Hawkes family time to browse a mo ngst pool throughout the day. Bay Bran ch Veteran Rall y. the fifty-six ca rs a nd a number of motocycles d ispl ayed in a Result s : Overa ll winner in the Vete ra n Car section was Don Lang manner which allows close inspec­ in his 1917 Dod ge Tourer who received the Firestone T yre Service tion from mo st a ngles. Courteous pri ze and the Harry Roucher Vet eran trophy. staff a re always on hand to ass ist Ove rall winn er of the Ve teran Mot orcycle section was Geoff Har rrs with enquiries. on the 1916 Triumph who received the Here taunga Motordrome prize Vehicles on d isplay co ver the a nd the Motor Trad er 's Veteran M ot orcycle trophy. period from the early "agricul­ tural" type veter an th rough to Specia l Section winner. Veteran ca rs Reg Kilbey, 1914 AlIdays and classics of the 1950s. Th e majority Oni ons. of the exhibits a re roa dworthy Specia l Sec tion winner Vete ran Motorcycles [van Larsen on the 4 and selected vehi cles a re entered cylinder Henderson . for rallies throu ghout the yea r. Har d luck pri ze was wan by A!f La rnbess on the 1905 Douglas who Such ra re ca rs as a n Austra lian spent a lot of time bot h pu shing and ped all ing up the Rouncil d rive, Six, Bugatti, Cord, Mercedes SS, after breaking dri ve belts. Napier and HRG rub bumpers with old fire eng ines, a London Cab and a 1919 In ternational Charabanc-the fo rerunner of the modern bus. A fo cal point of the display is a fully equipped turn of the century black sm ith's shop, com­ plet e with cars a nd buggies und er repair a nd stoc ks of " Windmill oil -heavy" on the shelf. Th is a rea is a pr elude to the co nstruc tion of ,1 1920s " Main St reet" adjacent to the main building. In the plan for thi s (which is displ ayed in the main exhib i.ti on hall ), there is provision for a full y operatio na l fire station, an und er tak er, garage and man y other business pr emises of the peri od. 1913 Overland Roadster on Rouncil Rally Hundred s of nati ve trees have been planted to enha nce the area and provide shade. Provision has New Australian Museum for the Motor Enthusiast also been mad e for clubs to hold rallies and gymkhana s on the A mu st for all visitors to Syd ­ signed as a replica of a home­ complex during weekends, one of ney is a visit to "Green's Motor­ stead of the early 1900s. Ju st to these could just coincide with cad e Park ". Located on the Hume sit under the wide ver and ah , your visit. Hi ghway I1 km so uth of Liver­ paved with cobblestones, br ou ght The mu seum is situa ted on the po ol a nd within one hour 's dr ive to Australia as ballast on earl y rr:ain highw ay so uth from Sydney of central Sydney. sai ling ships, and gaze ac ross the so could well fit in with the sweeping lawns to the cool ponds, beginning of yo ur motoring holi ­ The Mot orcade Park foll ows child ren's playground and picnic day to Ca nberra, " the snowfields ' overseas trend s where the aim is areas, produces a nostal gic feeling or Melb ourne. T he hours are to satisfy a wide range of interests of days gone by. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m . daily, except in a relaxin g picnic atmosphere. Christm as Day and Good Friday. Three year s of planning have re­ We see the children off for a Telephone is Syd ney 607258 5 sulted in a 10,000 square fo ot ride on the "Motorcad e Exp ress" and after hou rs visiting Kiwis exhibition hall with a faca de de- which operates over a I km 24" may ring 6053439. 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PAGET HIRTEEN 1974 North Otago Windsor Rally

The North Otago Branch's 14th district. Several entrants on the Placegetters : Windsor Rally was held as usual short vintage run were caught out Overall winner, A.A. Jubilee on the first weekend in December by not obeying instructions and Trophy, W. Piddington, 1910 with some 105 vehicles in attend­ came into Windsor from the Regal. ance. The three runs went through wrong direction, They should Runner Up, A. Wilkie, 1930 some very picturesque scenery in have veered left at the Y heading Whippett. typical hot weather (it does rain up the hill as instructed not tak­ Veteran Car Time Trial, W. sometimes though) and the vin­ ing a sharp left and going down Piddington. tage runs went over some inter­ a hill-shame. Veteran Motor Cycle Time esting roads round the back of Those still on the correct route Trial, W. Nicoll, 1912 Triumph. Tokarahi at the foot of the Kaka­ passed throuh Elderslie then over Vintage Car Time Trial, A. nui Range which apart from two the long Tussocky Hill Road to Wilkie. or three, none of the locals had Corriedale and then back to Vintage Motorcycle Time trial, covered before. Windsor and home. R. Cross, 1921 Ace. The veterans motored up the After the much appreciated P.V. Car Time Trial, J. Louden, main Kurow-Omararna Highway lunch the entrants went "tulip" 1939 Chevrolet. to Georgetown where they turned P.V. Motorcycle Time Trial, G. style to Weston for field events oft" following the road through to Nye, Velocette. then on to Ardgowan for after­ the top of the Ngapara Gully. Commercial Time Trial, L. From there they went straight to noon tea. Hossack, 1930 Morris. the final check at Windsor. The social and presentations Field Events (Overall) cars, K. The short and long vintage runs was well attended apart from the Fowler, 1928 Plymouth. however covered quite a few " muggy" heat of the evening Field Events Motorcycles, C. miles around the old faithful which resulted in severe elbow Winter, 1911 A.J.S . Waitaki Plains (it is easy to bending. Congratulations to those Hard Luck Trophy, D. Ruddle, get lost on this network of who finished up on the results 1917 New Hudson. roads) before wending their ways sheet and don't forget to come Long Distance Traveller, L. through to the Tapui-Tokarahi back. Roberts Nelson, 1927 Vauxhall.

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PAGE FOURTEEN BARLEY 6 (C-4) C-16C BENTLEY (N-8) N-8 F.I.V.A. General Assembly n UICK Models th ru 1928 (6) W-18) 1929 thru 1937 (15) 0-16 As mo st memb ers will be aware New Zealand is a member of the 1938- 1939 (1-8) UJ-12 F.LY.A .; the In ternational body that oversees vint age and veteran CA DlLLAC Models thru 1928 (C-4) C- I6C vehicle activities. 1929-1930 (C-7) 0 -16 The 1974 General Asse m bly was held in Zurich (Switzerland) on 1931-1935 (7) 0 -16 26th Oc tober. Because of the d istance a nd co nseq uent expense involved 1936-1938 8-Cyl. (1-8) J-II we do no t generally send a d irect representa tive to these meetin gs but 1936- 1937 12 s. 16-Cyl. ask one of the permanent member s to ac t on o ur beha lf fro m wri tten (7) UO- 16 1938-1939 16-Cyl. (1-8) J-II instructio ns sen t befor e the meeting. Judging from the minutes he acted 1939 8-Cy l. (Y -4) UY-6 very ably on our behalf. CA SE (C-4) C- 16C Of particul a r interes t to N ew Zea la nd mem bers will be our repre­ CHANDLER (C-4) C-16C sentat ions to have mot or- cycles and co m mercial vehicles recogn ised by CHECKE R CA B the F.I.Y.A. U ntil this time neither has bee n recognised and pr evious -J" Cy l. H eads (C-4) C-16-C efforts to change this hav e fa iled . However it is plea sing to report that 18m m Cyl, Heads (C-7) 0-1 6 both of these ma tters were d iscussed and appear to be making so me CHEVRO LET headwa y. At this meeting no positi ve objection was ra ised and both 4-Cy l. thru 1928 (C-4) C- 16C 1929-1931 6-Cyl. (C-7) 0-16 classes have been referred to spec ial co mmi ttees to study, and where 1932 (7) 0 -16) need ed negotia te with other intere sted o ra nisatio ns, and report bac k 1933-1935 (J-5':") UJ-12 to the 1975 Ge neral Assembly. T his is mu ch further tha n earlier 1935-1939 (J-8) J-II atte mpts have go t and I am hop efu l tha t next year will fina ily see the CH RYSLE R recogniti on of these two ever-growing classes of vehicles. 1924-1 929 (C-4 C- 16C 1930-1931 6-Cy l. (C-7) 0 - 16 Other matters d iscussed of general interes t incl ude d: any ca r beyond 1931 Delu xe 8 (J-8) J-II 20 years of age ma y on the speci fic recommendat ion of the Technica l 1931-1 939 Regular Heads Committee be accepted unde r the jur isdiction of the F. I.Y.A. T his (J-8) J- 11 - represents qu ite a step forward and is in line with our N ew Zealand 193 1-1939 A l umi niu m Heads pol icy on P.V.V.s an d P.W.V.s. T he Int ernat ion al Mu seums Committee (H- IO) H- I1 wo uld like to hear fro m every mot or museum alon g with a list of their CLEVELAND (C-4) C- 16C COLE (C-4) C-16C veh icles. (T here a re a number o f mu seums in New Zealand and if they CON T INENTAL (C-7) 0 -16 ha ve no t been ap proached d irect they are as ked to get in tou ch with CO RD me fo r the address.) Mod els thru 1935 (C-7) 0-1 6 IMPOR TANT DATES 1936- 1937 (J-9*) H- IO 1975-Gen eral Asse mbly-Londo n, 1st November 1975. CUNNINGHAM 1976- - Brussels. Model W-I (C-7) 0-1 6 All other models (2) W-I S 1975 Internat ion al Rall y In G erman y (Ha mburgjSylt.) 22nd-2 5th May. DAGMAR 1976- " Great Britain. 6-70 (2) W- 18 1977- " Por tugal. D AVIS 1978- " Lu xembourg. 90 &. 9 1 (C-4 C- 16C 1978- " Au stralia. (More infor mat ion a nd 'possible D ESOTO gro up travel a rrangeme nts a bout this 6 s. S-C yl. th ru 1931 (C-7) 0-1 6 shortly.) 1931-1939 Regular Heads Jo hn S. D. Walli s, Secreta ry. (J-8) J-II All Alumin ium Heads (J-9*) H-] 0 SPARK PLUG RECOMMENDATIONS D E VAUX (C-7) 0-1 6 D1ANA (C-4) C- I6C FOR CARS BUILT IN U.S.A. - 1920 -1940 DODGE Published in the interest of those who own and cherish automobiles of a 4-Cyl. (C-4) C- 16C bygone era, by Champion Spark Plug Co. 6-Cyl. & Sen ior thru 1928 Old ty pes shown in bra cke ts as in specifications of 1930-1939. Not generally recommended nor available now. (2) W-18 1929 6-Cy l., 1930-1931 6 & S Cy l. AN DERSON(C-4 ) C-16C (1-6") H-IO (C-7) 0-1 6 APPERSON 8-Cy l. 1934 C. I. Head (7) 0-1 6 4 & 8 (C-4) C- 16C 8-Cy l. 1935-1937 Superc harged 1932- 1940 Regular Heads 6 (I) W-14 (1-9*) H- IO (J-8) J-II AU BURN 12-Cyl. all models (C-7) 0 -16 1932- 1940 Alumin ium Heads 6 & 8-Cy l. thru 1930 (C-4) C- 16C AMERICAN BANT AM J-9' ) H-I O 8-Cyl. 1931-1 933, and 1937 (C-7) 0-1 6 DORRIS (C-4) C- 16C 5-95 , 125 H i-Camp. Heads 1938 (1-8) J-8 D UESENBERG (2) W-18 1939 (H- IO) H-I O Model s thru 1932 (7) 0-1 6 6 & 8-Cyl. Alum. H ds. thru 1936 AUSTIN (C-7) 0-1 6 Models after 1932 (6M) K- 15J PAG E FIITEEN DUPONT D (C-4) C-16C DURANT Models thru 1929 & Model 610 (C-4) C-16C National Executive Report Models after 1929 & Model 670 (C-7) D-16 ELCAR Cabs 130, 140 (C-7) D-16 Minutes of the National Executive Meeting held in the Roy al Oak All other models (C-4) C-16C Hotel, Wellington, on Saturday, 19th October, 1974. ERSKINE (C-4) C-16C 1980 INTERNATIONAL RALLY: The possibility of having a special ESSEX 6-Cyl. thru 1931 (C-7) D-16 postage stamp issued for this event was being investigated. An offer 1932 (7) D-16 had been received to design a rally plaque. FALCON (6) W-18 BEADED WHEELS: The present costing and projected increases for FLINT the publication were discussed. It was decided to continue printing on 40 & 50 (2) W-18 the basis of 40 pages, with the President and Secretary reporting to FORD the next meeting on the results of their negotiations with the publishers Model T (X-Long) A-25 Models A & B (3X) C-16C over increases in price for the remainder of the financial year. Further 1932 Y-8 (CA) C-16C advertising for Beaded Wheels is required and if members know of 1933-1937 Y-8 (7) UD-16 any prospective advertiser the committee would be pleased to hear. 1937-1938 60 HP (H-lD) H-ll 1938-1940 Y-8 (H-I0) H-Il GUIDE TO STANDARD OF ACCEPTANCE FOR P.V.V.s AND FRANKLIN P.W.V.s. Mr Ferner said he was preparing a 'Guideline for acceptance Models thru 1927 (6) W-18 of Post Vintage Vehicles, Post War Vehicles and Historic Racing Cars. J928-1930 Series 12 (6) W-18 This will be available to any member when it is completed. He is also Series 12B (9) D-21 preparing a preamble (0 go to other members of the inspection 1931 Series 12 (C-l W-18 committee. Series 12B (C-7) D-16 1932 Series 12 (I) W-14 POST VINTAGE VEHICLES: A letter was received from Canterbury Series 12B (C-7) D-16 Branch proposing that P.V. application be treated as follows : GARDNER (C-4) C-16C I. Local branch inspect vehicle as at present and provided it is up to GRAHAM the standard of a good vintage vehicle and it is capable of upholding 6-Cyl. to 1934, 8-Cyl. 1932-1933, the Club's reputation, then it be accepted. Models 42 and 49, 1934 Reg. 8 (C-4) C-16C 2. The branch ensures that the application form is properly filled in Other 8-Cyl. to 1931 (C-7) D-16 and that the necessary photos are annexed. If they recommend the 1934 6 and 8-Cyl. Supercharged vehicle National Executive will accept it automatically. (7) D-16 3. The vehicle can be used in events from the time it is passed by the 1935 Models (7) D-16 branch. 1936-1937 Models 6-80, 85 4. No change is to be made to the present acceptance rules as far (7) D-16 1936-1937 Models 6-90, 6-llD, as Post War Vehicles are concerned. 95, 116 & 120 Supercharged After consideration discussion it was resolved that the Cantrebury (1-9') H-I0 Branch recommendation be adopted as a guide. 1938-1939 All models (H-lD) H-lD The inspection form for Post Vintage Vehicle is no longer required GRAHAM PAIGE to be sent to National by the branch. 8-Cylinder (C-7) D-16 6-Cylinder (C-4) C-16C INVESTMENT OF CLUB FUNDS: The Secretary reported that ten GRAY thousand dollars of Club funds had been invested by our Solicitor on o (6) W-18 1st mortgage, for two years at 10% p.a. HAYNES 60 (I) W-14 APPLICATIONS FOR ACCEPTANCE-POST VINTAGE AND H.C.S. POST WAR VEHICLES: One Post Vintage car and three motor cycles 6 (I) W-14 were presented and accepted. One Post War car and one motor cycle HUDSON were also presented and accepted. One Historic Racing Car was pre­ Models thru 1931 (C-7) D-16 1932-1933 (7) D-16 sented and accepted. 1933 Super Six (1-7) J-Il HON. LIFE MEMBERSHIP: After considerable discussion it was 1934-1939 (J-7) J-lI HUPMOBILE resolved that the Executive put forward a Notice of Motion to change Models thru 1927 (C-4) C-16C the above rule (IV d) . The change would result ID the approval for 1928 6-Cylinder (C-4) C-16C Life Membership being the same at the Annual General Meeting as it 1928 8-Cylinder (C-7) D-16 is for the National Executive Meeting e.g. :} of those present and voting. 1929-1936 (C-7) D-16 1938-1939 (7) D-16 TRAVEL REFUNDS-DELEGATES AND EXECUTIVE MEM­ BERS: The Secretary was asked to report to the March 1975 meeting * Long Reach **2-Rib Type on his investiation of methods to pay expenses for one person from To be continued in further issues each branch for the three meetings per year. PAGE SIXTEEN POST AL VOTING- CHAN G E OF RULES: It was agreed that in cars, a nd an equall y successful future the following will be circula ted with the preliminar y noti ce : Cha lmers Six - a particul a rly I. T he old ru le in full togeth er with the pr oposed amendment. goo d buy. T ha t sa me yea r Kusab s 2. A full statement of case as prepa red by the proposer. took on the age ncy for Mecca ca rs, but as they bou ght the only PARTS,T Y RES ANDR ADIAT ORS: M r Skevingto n reported tha t two to co me to the d istrict they Mr Ferguso n of Syd ney is selling Windscre en cha nnel, ru bber mats and p ro ba bly too k the age ncy merely other accessories. Mr Storer sta ted that Olympic ar e making a few to get the discount. T he Mecca sizes of tyres and the deta i.l s a re avalia ble from E. W. Pid geon Ltd. Co . only lasted a year an yway, Mr So uthward ad vised that M r G. Mih aljevich of Auckland will sho rtly thou gh Len says they made a good be able to produce hon eycomb radi at ors. product. When so me of the olde r WARREN BIR CH . cars succ umbed to the wo rk load and the lack of spa res, they • bou ght a seco nd -ha nd pr e-wa r Marathon whic h was co nsidered Early days Rotorua Area only average. On a sight-seeing trip one sum mer's day, with the hood fold ed and two nun s on Len Chirm is one of the older servicmg age nt (with no roof to boa rd, the right . han d king pin identities in the mot or trade in their wo rkshop for a lon g time), of the Maratho n br ok e, the res ul­ the Au ckl and district, and hav ing K usa bs who service d a lot of tan t sudden stop sending the luck­ spent a lifetime d ealing with all local owners' ca rs, and Willi arns less pa ssenge rs flyin g gracef ully aspects of the industry, has an the mai l-man who looked a fter throuh the a ir to land bruised bu t extensive fund of reminiscen ces Buicks on occasions. The town unb rok en in the bracken. As a nd here a re so me of them. was blessed by severa l very a co nsequence of the . driver' s gra phic description of the event , At the end of World War I he versatile general enginee rs who they were . ther eafter kno wn as was a mech anic in Rot o rua, first kept the man y local timber mills the F lying N uns. with Ku sab s G ara ge who had a in busin ess. It was interesting to learn that no t all these mills used fleet of thirteen hire cars, a nd Obtaining spa res 'was no pr ob­ later with Ernie Williams, who logging tramways, ma ny usin g lem, becau se there weren' t a ny. had a number of Royal Ma il so lid tyred Fageol, Packard, Re­ In a case such as the o ne de­ service ca rs. Road s were not goo d public and Dermis trucks-mostly scri bed, the local en gineers would in the scenic regi on in tho se days, ex U.S. Army. ma ke a replace me nt. Something and pa ssengers mu st have suff ered more involved like a camshaft co nsiderably fr om the dust in d ry by D. E. Wood wo uld be made in . Auc kland by weath er a nd the mud in the we t. friendly and resourceful WaIt er Certainly the veh icles suffer ed, Kusabs had a very mixed fleet, Lo ng in Ki tchen er Stree t, a man a nd drivin g cha ins, d rive sha ft whom ' many old mot orists re­ jo ints, steering knuckles a nd sus­ occasioned no d oubt by the supply position du ring the wa r. mem ber with ad mi ra tio n. A big pension parts took a n awful ham­ job like a cylinder block woul d mering. Sightseeing was a popular T he old est car was a 1906 be. entrus ted to A. & G. Price at Daimler 52, a four cy linder cha m relaxation , a nd Kusab s were kept "The Tham es". Ac tua lly, what d rive car with tran sverse rea r very bu sy. happen ed ' in this particular in­ sp rings. N ext was a 1909 Sun­ sta nce was that old . Cha rley On e attractive trip was the run beam, also chain dri ven, with a KLI ~ ab kn ew tha t ano the r Mara­ to Taupo, which necessitat ed a timber reinfor ced chas sis. T hey 5.30 a.m, start, with breakfast at thon was lying aba ndo ned in a had an other Daiml er, a 191 I Waiot apu, morning tea a t Wai­ gully near Okeri, so Len was sent mod el 38, a sleeve valve engine rakei , a nd a late lunch at Taupo . out with a bottle of beer to bribe with a banj o rear ax le. 1912 was Not many people brought their the loca l road man who . sho wed repr esented by a big Talbot 4 ca rs to Rot orua, preferring to use him the ca r, when an other king cylinder. An 11 hp Wolseley with the Express with its shiny AB pin was secured with a lacrity. a very poor performan ce was locomot ive a nd train of bird cage , . acquired in 1913, together with a One of Ku sab's most 'successful carriages. In wet weather, if you Minerv a sleeve val ve car a lso did want to bring your own car, mech ani cs . was Jim Ewington , with transverse rea r spr ings . T he yo u put it on the train at who ten years later had a ga rage first car they had with co il igni­ Putaruru. and serv ice stati on at the corner lio n (Atwat er Kent) was a 1914 of Mt Eden and Bal mor al Road s Ro torua had onl y a few garages Regal. They bought two 490 - there was Jack Wylie, the Ford Chev rolets in 1915, very useful Continued on Page 35 PAG E SEVENTEEN -

T his p ro vide d some insulation And so it was that after a great from neighb ours and gave us an a ttenda nce of members stri pped Ariki Lodge o ld co ttage whic h has been rented the old C lubrooms, the old shack out since and lots of native and went down under the Case bull­ exo tic trees with accompa nyi ng dozer of Gordon Wilson and regenerated bush to match the Ar iki Lodge, new home of the Merv Court's Drott made shor t tota ras and black pines of our Sou thlan d Vintage Ca r C lub was wo rk preparing the a rea for the origina l section. Fi nances recov­ officially opened by our Pa tron foundations. The steel portal ered fairly quickly thanks to a I. D. Mc lvor Esquire M.B.E. in frames were made up in Jack Quiet profit being made on all a brief but well attended cere­ Toorney's workship by Wayne Club activities, particular ly the mon y on 23rd November. M r R. N icoll with assistance from Rae a nnual auctions. Once the deci ­ Wilso n, Pre sident of the Auto­ Ha rris and Merv's crane was sion to build was ta ken a bout 18 mobile Assn. (Southland) the n pressed into service to get them mo nt hs ago, however the follow­ presented to the Club a magnifi­ into position a fter builder Jim ing steps were ag reed on. cent wall clock as a to ken of the had don e his usual efficient bit friendship and ties between the with the founda tions etc . A big by Barry Barnes two organisa tio ns. wo rking bee on this day was T he opening cere mo ny was pre­ fo llowed closely afterwards with ( I) Raffle a sca le model 1902 ceded by a re-enac tment of the ano ther big day when over 30 a ids pedal car. first run o rga nised by the Cl ub, enthusias ts under the guida nce of (2)Ra ise a n issue of 100 deben ­ and the pleasant jau nt to the master plumber Ray Eunso n put tures at $50 eac h. Bran xholm e Hom estead att racted the roo f on in record tim e. This, (3) Impose bran ch levy of $5.00 a tru ly representat ive turnout of by the way was mid-wint er and per member. 12 vetera n, 2 1 vintage a nd 3 P.V. the iron sheets were still co vere d (4) Invite a 50c door do nation at cars, with 2 veteran and 4 P.V. with ice. Similar attendances a ll Cl ub meetings. and 3 vintage motor cycles. In assist ed in the na iling of the floo r (5) T a ke out mortgage, $ 14,000. contrast to the origina l run held a nd later puttying it. Bill A nder­ (6) Undertake as much work as on 24th Ma y 1955, whe n the ton wou ld sort out with Jirn wha t could reaso nab ly be do ne by weather was anything but plea­ wo rk was to be done, the pa inting C lub lab ou r at weekends and sant, a bett er day could not have being the biggest task. As so of ten eve nings, provided that the been laid on. happens. this fell to a low ebb builder Clu b member, Jim Of the vehicles on the ori ginal of Bill and one or two help ers on Ta ylor, was not obstructed. run, three were pre sent at the re­ occasions. but by and la rge re- enac tment, Will is Brown 's 4t litre Bently, Ray Lind says 19 16 Fo rd T a nd the 14/40 Su nbeam form­ erl y ow ned by Willis Brown and now owned by Dou g. MeLeod. We hav e been working toward our new c1ubrooms for some time, first of a ll with the £600 purchase in 1964 of the -} acre O ta tara sectio n, co mplete with old co ttage and shed which was converted to use for parts storage. By 1966 tempora ry clubrooms wer e set up in the cot tage. 1968 saw the motor hou se erec ted fo r acco mmodating the C lub Cha lm­ ers Fire T end er, our Parts Dept ., and me mbe rs vehicles stored for the very reaso na ble tariff of 50c per week, recently increased to one dollar per week . N ext move (972) was acquiring the neigh­ .,. bouring property which ex tended our pr op ert y to the corner and 4 } Litre Bentley, 14/40 Sunbeam and 1916 Model T Ford. Participants in our area to over a n acre (essen­ first run to Branxholme and re-enaetment. tia l fo r a sceptic tank permit). Pictured here at Branxholme Homestead. Photo Willis Brown. PAG E EIG HTEEN spo nse was most gra tifying with ers and terracing was a rra nged by Co utts Drott removed so me so il many members doing their bit P.W .A.- Beaded Wheels CV 24 to a llow complete dra inage. The severa l time s over. All electrical Howa rd Kingsford-Smith and whole rear portion is no w a car work was carried out by Ru ssell Gordon Hoffman while Bevars park for 40 vehicles. McIvor with ass ista nce from Binn ie do na ted a load of read y Brett Pearce, while Ra y Eunson cleaned used bricks for use on A non-member nu rser yman handled all the plumbing work. borders in feature a reas . Gordon who has family contacts with the Yours truly landed the job of up­ Hoffrnan also had his grad er Club (and a 1912 De D ion in his grad ing the gro unds which in­ gra de the drive and contour the shed !) kindly donated trees a nd cluded putting 140 yards of sa nd rea r of the section to assist shrubs worth probablv hundreds fill in the front yard , 100 yards dr ain age. Jack Toomey delivered of dollars. The aim is to have two of which was don ated and de ­ 90 yar ds o f cinders (fr ee) from feature areas o f gardens made up livered by Jack T oomey. Del ivery the local gas wo rks, and Rae o f minimum maintenance plants of a load of rocks for path bord- Harris a t the controls of Merv a nd the rem ainder lawn . No doubt all this sounds easy but it was a lot of work and towards the completion of the job it be­ ca me apparent that there was not en ough money in kitt y. du e in so me part to a few extras that had been th rown in, but mostly to a massive escalat ion in material cos ts since the o riginal estimates were taken out. This is in no way a reflect ion on our tradesmen members whose labour acc ounts were below estimates and who gave us optimum value in every way, but it has meant a fu rth er rattle round for money and raised the total co st in excess of $20,000 . T he pedal ca r raffle had netted a bout $3,000 and the levies had brou ght in the expected amount but the debentures had not go ne as well as expected. A bit of qui ck View trom rear ot secrron, Motor House on right. Photo Barry Barnes. salesma nship resulted in a health y incr ease in numbers taken a nd our highly success ful Vete ran Rall y a nd its accompa ny ing Mot or Show also help ed . Maurice McLeod has d on ated a ga rden shed for raffling and the G overn­ ment's Sport and Recreation fund is to come up with $700. Bruce Jones had a hou se he wanted demolished so the C lub attended to this with various members pr oviding tru cks and Rae Harris doing a sterling turn on Merv Co utt's Drott which mu st now hav e logged up more hours for the Club than so me members have. Th is provided a boost to Club coffers of $250 . The labour of half a dozen members the following weekend working with member Archie Pulley on a river

View from street entrance. Photo Barry Barnes. Continued on Page 35

PA GE NINETEEN HAWKES BAY ROUNCIL RALLY Novem ber 1974

Left: 1914 Alldays and Onions, Reg. Kilby.

Below: 1903 Darracq, J. F. Nelson.

Top Right: 1914 F. N . Roadster, N. Whittaker.

Bottom Right: 1913 Daimler. Bert Tanks.

MOLYSLIP AT THE MONTAGU MOTOR MUSEUM An interview with Lord Montagu and Mr. R. C. Warne (DIRECTOR, ANTIQUE A UTOMOUIU: E:-;GINEEIUNG) at the Montagu Motor Museum) Beaulieu.

etDo you use Molyslip in all the cars you restore for the Museum?" MONTAGU: "Yes, we feel it's absolutely essential. These cars are easily damaged beyond repair; and it's our policy to keep them running, not just static museum pieces. We have to pamper them like thoroughbred racehorses. Vintage car lubrication is I always hit and miss, especially at starting, or on steep hills, where I * 1920 350 h.p, Sunbeam * you can starve the forward cylinders. ,------,--:--:--*---,------I wouldn't dream of taking one out the gearbox is grease lubricated. The THE TECHNICAL STORY. Molyslip is a spe­ without Molyslip." protection Mo)yslip gives here and on cial motoring preparation of the new engineering WARNE: "We were amazed at the the chassis is fantastic. It quietens lubricant, Molybdenum Disulphide, plus other down rattle considerably, too. And important additives. You add it to the oil in your results of Molyslip right from the this new Liquid Grease injector engine. gearbox, back axle and steering, and it word go. It's one product that really spray is useful-some of the old 'plates' all metal-to-metal bearing surfaces with does all that's claimed for it, and engines arc frightfully inaccessible. " Iayers 0 f wearproofib, u nca' t' Ing mo I ecu I es . In thiIS probably more. For instance, we way, Molyslip improves the performance of your entered a 1904 Brushmobile for the oil, redu cing power losses and the detrimental London/Brighton run. Our driver effects of engine and transmission friction. In exceeded the 760 maximum revs, practical terms you get smoother running, less broke the crank case and lost nearly wear, more power, more m.p.g., less engine noise all the oil. But the car completed the and a complete absence of transmission whine . run, and she'd have gone on running. Ask for Molyslip at your local service Without Molyslip she'd have seized station. garage or MOLYSLlP E up. All our engines run sweeter with accessory store. for engines 100z. flask Molyslip. We often run the old lasts 5,000 miles Edwardian racing cars faster than thr ough oil changes. when they were made, with modern MOLYSLlP G fuels. There's a 1920 Sunbeam" that for gearbox, back axle still does over lOO m.p.h, It's quite a and steering 10 oz. in­ "Mr. WQJ'ne, do you recom­ jector flask lasts 10,000 test for old cars, so we use the best mend Molyslip to your other materials possible." miles. custorners ?" MOLYSLlP LIQUID 11 Do you use Molyslip WARNE: "Oh yes. I always tell them Grease?" it's essential to go on using Molyslip . ~:T ~)~:::~rised MONTAGU: "Yes. In many old cars, after their cars have been restored." I' ~?' spray: =~ GREASE every Available from all Branches of OILING point! Cann ot NEW ZEALAND MOTOR CORPORATION drain, wear off.

MOLYSLIP IS MADEIN GREAT BRITAIN BY THE SLIP GROUP OF COMPANIES New Zealand Distributors. JACK WI LSON SALES LTD. 86-88 Victoria Street (P.O. Box 514) Christchurch. Bournmouth to Weymouth Bus Service. Taken on 23rd June, 1919. N.Z. Soldiers on leave following World War 1 are seen amongst the passengers. Anyone know the make of bus. The above photo and caption appeared in issue No . 90, Oct./Nov. 1974. It is printed again in this issue because of the interest shown in the following letters which have been received. possibly the most successful manu­ pleted . For really rough weather 318 The Grand Ave ., facturer having just received an side curtains were also fitted . Cardiff, CF5 4QH . order for no less than 350 double­ In parenthesis during the 1920' s South Wales , U.K . deckers. This from a London con­ I lived in East Kent where some Jan. 4th. , 1975. cern the Tramways (M.E.T.) Omn i­ operators used this type of vehicle Dear Sirs, bus Co. Ltd . This type of chassis for stage services; when fully loaded My son who is at present in your was produced with various modifi­ the conductor, believe it or not, country, has sent me a copy of your cations up to 1926-27 . Many were rode on the step , holding on with most interesting book " Beaded produced for service in the 1914-1 8 his left elbow over the door issuing Wheel s" Oct .z Nov. , No. 90 in which war and possibly the chassis in your tickets and giving change! you ask on page 26 what is the illustration was one such, built in By 1930 this type of vehicle had make of the char-a-banc illustrated? 1919 and adapted for passenger use. all but vanished and Royal Blue had This is a " Royal Blue" vehicle of Royal Blue acquired a number of become one of the two or three big­ Bournemouth on a Daimler chassis. these and fitted the then latest type gest long distance coach operators in " Roy al Blue" was the fleet name of of body known as 'Chara-bancs'. the south, servi ces extending from Elliott Bros (Bournemouth) Ltd., a Normal seating capacity was around London to Penzance. Many tours concern started about 1860 with a 24 on leather covered seats . Each and excursions were also run. Pos­ number of horse coaches used on row of seats had its own door on sibly the vehicle in your illustration local excursions and to meet trains the near or left side one climbing up was on an excursion . at Holmsley Station on the South­ three very steep steps a difficult per­ In early 1935 Elliott Bros am pton to Weymouth railway. formance for elderly folk . A flat (Bournemouth) Ltd . ceased to run Until the middle 1870's Bourne­ windscreen was fitted and a canvas any coach ser vices. Tours and mouth was little more than a fishing hood on wooden hoops was strapped excursions were taken over by Hants village. At this time it began to behind the last row of seats. This and Dorset Motor Services Ltd ., and develop rapidly, there was no direct diabolical contrivance was passed lon g distance services went to West­ railway service until 1888 when the over the heads of the passengers ern National and Southern National direct line was built, hence the four­ in a shower of rain , man y hats bein g Omnibus Cos. Th ese three latter con­ in-ha nd coach service. removed in the process, and clipped cerns become part of the National "Royal Blue" continued to expand to the top of the windscreen with a Bus Co. a few years ago so the and by 1912 had replaced their pair of straps to the front mud­ 'Royal Blue' fleet name is still to horse vehicles by mot or coaches guards to assist holding it down. be seen on southern roads. their first bein g a 'Daimler' of type Often the shower was long over Some of my ea rliest memories CC. At this date Daimler were before this performance was com- concern Bournemouth and buses as PAGE TWENTY-THREE my mother and I went there for a I trust the foregoing notes will be holiday in 1916 when I was some of interest to you and wishing you three years of age. We were glad to every success with your club. * leave our home in south east Lon­ I remain, When H enry Ford bou gh t his don to get away from the Ger man sincerely, first Rolls R oyce in London , Zeppelins and their bombs and get H. L. 1. Barn es mu ch comment wa s made ab out a little peace. We went on a tour to his spurni ng the humble Model T. the New Fo rest for a dav and the char-a-banc broke down ~ numbe r Sir, T he M an ager of Ford London of times being tied up with various I was surp rised to find only one Bran ch thereupon inserted th is bits of string and finally a handker­ person attempted to identify the bus advertiseme nt in the newspapers: chief. I remember my mother's panic shown in the Oct./Nov. Beaded for the next day was a Sunday and Wheels. I have a copy of the British "The Ford Co mpany Ltd. re­ we had no food for that day! I do Standard Exporter of 1919 and the grets that ow ing to a rush of not think this bus was a ' Royal Blue' illustrations depicit the same distinc­ prior orders it was un abl e to as it was painted a bright Cambridge tive rear wheel and brake rod supp ly H enry Fo rd with a blue and had a circular radiator. arrangement with similar under­ machine. U nder the circum­ Further the house where we stayed body appear ance on the Daimler was opposite a gassing station where chassis for 1920. Although many sta nces, there was nothing for some stage buses would arrive­ makes (even some unheard of) are Mr F ord to do but purch ase creep would be a better word-in shown with wheels of much the same wh at he co nsidered th e next the earl y evening with the massive design all others have much best car, a R olls R oyce." gas bag right alon g the roof very larger openings between the spokes. much deflated. Aft er a lengthy stop By compar ison the Leyland is T he Ve teran Car Club of A t/s­ during which the gas bag gradua lly shown with two different types-a grew to its usual enormous size the solid flat disc or open str aight tralia (Vie.) Ne wsletter, Ma rch bus would depart up the road look­ spokes.. Tr usting this information 1973. ing like a very much oversize bug will help. creeping along. G. S. T ier, ** * Otago 4th Post Vintage Tour

The fo ur th annual Po st Vint age wo rth of the vehicles produced mak es were see n during th e d ay T our, o rga nised by Gordo n ove r the post vintage period. wh ich had not appeared in pr e­ Sha rpe of the Ot ago Bran ch , on Motorcycles were represented vio us years; two A.C.s co mpeted , the weekend of the 14th-15th in the Tour for the firs t tim e; the and a Merced es or two attended , September, 1974, a ttracted an ind efati gabl e Otago Branch ralli ­ along with a Jen sen. T he only eve n grea ter entry than see n III ers D avid a nd Beverley Goodman vintage car daring to show its previous years. were there on the inevitabl e radi at or cap during the day be­ The cu stomary welcome to Velocette, and no fewer than lon ged to a mar shal. co mpetitors took place in the three Vin cent s had co me from Time of de pa rt ure was identi cal Clubrooms on the preced ing Christchurch for the occasion. for a ll vehicles; there was a Friday eve ning, as visi ting co n­ general ru sh as everyo ne di sper sed testants gat he red in Dunedin in a chorus of exhausts in the ready for the fo llowing da y's by Eileen Bissland start. Sa turday morning dawn ed di recti on of T hree Mil e Hill , and fine and warm, a nd the forty-five T he familiar M. G . supporters so mew ha t of a procession ens ued dri vers and their ass orted navi ga­ from on e of the invited one-mak e as fo rty-five post vint age vehi cles tors and passengers, in var ious ow ners' clubs had their ra nks all headed out through the T aieri sta tes of clearness of head and swelled by sever al ca rs; an Alvis, Plain s on the first leg of the eye, asse mbled in Park Street and seve ra l Ja guars and a Bentley ro unda bo ut ro ute to Qu een sto wn. crowded into the downstairs por­ made appea rances. D odge, R over, On ce past Out ra m and rising to­ tion of the Ot ag o Branch C lub­ M orris an d Ford were also repre­ wards the Stra th Taieri on the roms for the distribu tion of ro ute sented. M ost of the recently im­ well-sealed and otherwise virtu­ notes a nd bri efing. The exo tic ported vehicles fr om England , a lly empty roa d, the cars began machinery linin g both sides of the belonging mainl y to Ot ago to so rt themselves out int o groups street for the entire block was Branch members, took the oppor­ of simi.lar performance, and a certa inly one of th e more inspir­ tunity to atte nd their first rally d ay of tho roughly enjoyable ing sight s to have gra ced Park down under ; Aston Martins a nd mot oring co mme nced . St reet fo r some tim e, and was Fe rra ris were mu ch in evide nce , After M iddl emarch, the gravel ample evidence, if one need ed it, the first time the se marques had section of the T our began to test of the individuality, cha rac ter and taken part in the Tour. Other the dust-p roofing o f the cars, PAGE TWENTY-FOUR to the pa rticul ar detriment , it were seen by those with more T he Queenstown Mot or Mu se­ seemed, o f the wr iter's tran sp ort. alert navigat ors, not to say better um 's trophy to the Ove ra ll W in­ However, David Brown's mobile brakes, motoring off into the ner went to : 1st B. Ru ssell, vacuum road-cleaner finall y made sunset alo ng a co nve nie nt co untry M. G.T. F., 2nd L. Wit te Ferruri, it to the first official check-point escap e road . Ab out thi s tim e, the 3rd R.Coo k D odge. in Oturehu a, where the orga niser Good ma n Velocett e began to Queenstown Mot or Mu seu m (having wav ed the ent rants off at suffer fro m loss of o il, for reason s trophy to Ov erall W inn er , M ot or­ Park St reet and then mot ored in which D avid blushi ngly refuses to cycle Section : l st T . Dunnin g a refin ed , leisurely and d ireet­ d isclose. H owever, all eve ntually Vince nt, 2nd A. Bramwell Vi n­ 1.1 i.e. by sea led road- fas hion to arrived at Alexa ndra, the second cent , 3rd D . Good ma n Ve locette . Oturehua in h is S IBen tley) and chec kpo int and lun ch-stop . V.C.C. Otago Bran ch trophy his suppo rting marshals wer e T he usual smo rgas bo rd re­ for best performan ce by repre­ checking in ea ch contestant. From ceiv ed the usual welcomin g atten­ senta tive of one -make owners' Oturehua th ere was fa st, open tion , wh ile outside a certa in club: 1st B. Russell M.G.T.F. , seal, lead ing many enthusiastic a mo unt of car and mot orcycle 2nd L. Witte Fc rrari, 3rd D. Mill s drivers to fall after a little swa pp ing went on. A D uca tti of Ferrari. interval into an un ob tru sive imp osing size, quite un connected Dinner and dao cin g a t the speed tr ap th ou ghtfully set up by with the Tou r but whose owne r T ran s Hotel rou nd ed off an ex­ the o rga niser in anticipati on of was lun ching at the G olden trem ely satisfacto ry day. Incidents just such un seemly (th ough in­ Centra l, also came in for its sha re too numerous and libellous to evitable) beh avi our. Ru mou r has of a ttention and activity. men tion enlivened th e nigh t, a nd it that a certa in Morris Eight was T he sun continued to shine fo r a fine Sunday foll owing allo wed actua lly clock ed at 60 m iles a n the afternoon's run to Qu een s­ pleasant trips home for the sated hour throu gh this sec tio n, but town, where vehicles wer e checked co ntesta nts. Congratulations and such a tale mu st be viewed with in at the Museum and judged for than ks go to G ordon Sha rpe for scepti.cism, notwithstanding th e Rally Co nco urs condition . After the co ntinued high sta nda rd and section was down-hill. Other ve­ a relax ing interval, the evening the refreshingly relax ed format of hicles for so me reason fail ed to sherry ho ur at the Mu seum saw his most success ful Post Vintag e take th e corner a t the bottom and the present at ion of pri zes. Tour .

VINTAGE CAR ENTHUSIASTS 1975 WORLD TOUR Escorted by Peter Fry Separate package tour in USA also available includes Los Angeles, Reno (Harrah's Collection) and Detroit Tour cost only $1455.* Bookings on this tour are strictly limited and will be allocated in the order received. "Subject to alteration without notice Full details and leaflet available from NAC World Travel Box 2186 WELLINGTON WORLD TRAVEL or Mr Peter Fry 195 Riverside Drive LOWERHUTT

PA GE TW ENTY- FIV E thi.ckness of brak e linin g a nd how man y feet required. In fact ther e Book Reviews is just a bo ut everything the re­ storer would need 10 know . The book is well illustrated "Mechanics Instruction Manual" Dodge Bros. Motor Cars and with man y ph otographs and sec­ Graham Bros. Trucks April, 1927 tion dr awings. Co mplete spe cifi­ This book co vers a ll D od ge wheels and tyres. Th ere is a ver y cations a re given, plus a wonder­ mot or vehi cles fro m the first co mpre hens ive section on engine ful list of data on seria l numbers models up to April 1927, and it serv ice giving exact bearing and and production dates. This is a is the best and mos t informa tive piston clear an ces, valve timing, rep rint of 193 pages or igina lly book I hav e ever seen on th is and lavish explana tio n of a ll mak e. The co ntents a re alpha ­ mark ings and numbers sta mped published by the Servi.ce Di vision betically arran ged sta rting with on cylinder block and othe r en­ of D odge Brother s. Pri ce five axles, br ak es etc., th rough to gine parts. It even states wh at dollar s U .S.

Dodge Senior Model DB. Produced July 1928·1930. Photo supplied by Bob Helm . PAGE nVENTY-SIX r Budd Body Works. Dodge Victory 6 130 Series. Note the Budd disc wheels. Photo supplied by Bob Helm

Dodge Brothers. The First Fifty Years

A reprint from " Antique Auto- (3) Do dge Victory 6, 130 series; Order your copy of ... mobile" Nov./Dec. 1964. T his (4) Dodge Senior 116" wheelbase; Motorcycling's a rticle was written by Dave (5) Dodge Senior J20" wheelb ase; Cha mbers, well known automo - GOLDEN AGE OF THE tive historian to commem orat e (6) Dodge D.A.; FOURS the Dodge Jubilee. T his is well (7) Dodge 8-in-line D.e. illu strated and covers chie fly the These books are available from : from evolution of the Dodge 4 cylinder Dodge Divi sion, Chrys ler Motors motor car. It tells of what im- Co rpo ra ti.on, Administration Ser- FISH ERS BOOKSHOP provements were mad e and at vices, Dept. C IM S 417-24-18, 564 COLOMBO STREET what seria l numbers the inn ova- P.O. Box 1919, Detroit, Mich. CHRISTCHURCH tions were incorporated. I think 48231 V.S. it is very good va lue at one Send the money through yo ur dollar fifty V.S. each . trading bank and you will receive Photo copies of the following your bo ok air mail. WORLD TOUR Owners' Manuals a re also avail­ N.B. One V .S. dollar is equal to A world tour escorted by Peter able at five doll ar s V .S. each. Fry is scheduled for July 1975. De­ a bo ut 70 cents N.Z. However it scriptive leaflets are available from ( I) Dodge Fast 4, 128 ser ies; cha nges from day to day. Mr Fry, p.a. Box IOO?3 Wellington or NAC World Travel. p.a. Box (2) Dodge Standard 6, 140 series; BOB HELM 2186 Wellington. PAGE TWENTY-SEVEN So I bought this Alvis •• •

"A rare and individual thorough­ what nervou s and over-willing to ignition is off). bred". the ad vertisement sta ted . answer questions. 5. T urn en gine on starter mot or ". .. A car for the sportsman Features were ra pidly po inted for a bo ut 10 second. who is irked lty the C0111 1110 /l ­ out as we circled the car. T he 6.G et in. place", Root es-typ e supercha rger (it's 7. Sw itch on a nd p ress sta rter O n reflect ion , one can see wh at supposed to deliver 9tlb., bu t button (no throttle). The engi ne a classic examp le of mot ivating I' ve ne ver man aged mor e than sho uld fire immed ia tely . adve rt ising tha t sma ll cla ssified four . . ."), and the lon g to rque­ 8. Wait for o il pressure to sta bil­ was. rod which connected the right­ ise at a bo ut 30lb. bef ore I a rr ived a t the address and was hand floor chan ge with the moving. bro ugh t up sho rt by the vision no se-mounted gearbox (. .. "goua Although thi s ritua l may seem before me . There stood the Alvi s, watch that-sometimes comes tot ally unnecessary a nd pointless, like some aristocrat at a garden o ut . . ."), I can only say tha t, in "d ea d party. A rare one ind eed, for it The F.W.D. Alv is was powered, cold" condition s, this was the was one of the four-cylinder he told me , by an OHC en gine, ONLY way to get the Alvis to fr ont-wheel drive models. wh ich wa s virtually the famed fire . In the 12 months that I I have often wondered whether 12 /50 motor turned back to front. owned that ca r only o nce d id it the seller had stud ied sta ge With the blowe r a t full chat the fail to sta rt in thi s way. Of course, management. Ce rta inly his place­ mot or would touch 5000 rpm to for a no rm al sta rt it was only ing of the car- at the summit of deliver a road speed of 80- 85 necessary to switch o n the fuel, a curving tree-lined driveway­ mph. Now . .. wo uld I like to turn the en gine over witho ut ign i­ was superb. Beyond it rose a try it? tion a couple of times a nd then brace of a ntique wro ught-iro n A sho rt, ear-shatter ing hurtl e swi tch o n. ga tes, while a few feet away a around the local stree ts co nv inced I have never been a ble to panelled Tudor entrance hall me that - in the interests of the fathom the subt le di fferen ce be­ beckon ed with cool shad ows. An local res idents-s-I sho uld qui ckl y twee n turni ng the mot or by hand ex-universi ty stude nt, fabric-bod y purchase this gem, a nd remove it a nd then turning with the sta rter Au stin Chummy. would hav e from the di strict. motor, bu t I very soon established looked like a Rolls in such a [ suppose one sho uld be prac­ that the a boveme ntioned "cold setting ! tica l at such tim es a nd inqu ire sta rt vital ac tions" drill was ess en­ The Alvi s was 13ft. lon g, yet its a bo ut the ga p sett ings, fuel con­ tial. Any omissio n or va ria tion tap erin g bonnet a nd the fact that surnption, timing, casto r a nd ca m­ wo uld res ult in a desp ondent the d river occupied only th e last ber figures a nd the like, but cough a nd silence. third of its length made it look spo rting vehicles a re bou ght , not An F.W.D . A lvis a t idle sounds en ormou s. Wire-sp oke centre lock with the head , but with the heart. rem arkably like three or four whe els a nd cycle guards reeked of So I bought thi s Alvis . . . a nd Leyland die sel d ouble-deck bu ses, the banking of Brooklands. The fr om that moment it became a even to the point of an accurate pointed tail and vertical steering MONSTER! Two days lat er I mimickry of the die sel " cla tte r" . wheel sugested Le Mans, in the a rrived to collect my pri ze, only W.O. Bentley days. to find that the selle r (cunning To sit in an F. W.D . Alvi s at The fact that it was painted chap) was o ut. He had , however , idle is rou ghl y simila r to sq ua tt ing (po orly) a faded blue and the up ­ left a note which sai d , omino usly: o n the propeller-shaft bearing of holste ry was showing horseh ai r "Good luck". Below thi s cheery the Qu een Elizabeth at 20 kn ots every few inches, went unnoticed. greeting was a scrib bled list of during an Atl antic sto rm. The On the br ass radiator shell was instructions for sta rting: sea t pul sed up a nd down , the the reve red red tri an gle a nd be­ I. T urn on fuel tap. instru me nt pan el shudde red fr om neath the bonnet repose d a bulky 2. Turn engine by hand four sid e to side. the plywo od floor sculp ture in cast iron and alu­ times. perform ed a kind of hori zon tal minium, co lo ure d red and black , 3. Lift bonnet a nd place han d belly dance a nd the bo nnet leap ed with polished metal trim. ove r blower a ir int ak e. a nd trembled like a thin g alive. I located the owner, who qui ck­ 4. Wi th the other hand, operate As I released the la rge hand­ ly se t a bo ut ex to lling the virtues the starter motor with the bra ke a nd a llowed the lo ng blu e of the veh icle. H e seemed so me- so lenoid button (ma ke sure "thing" (my fat her's descript ion ) PAGE TW ENTY- EIGHT to ro ll down the dr iveway, it the gentle " huff-huff" sounds of thr ottl e off and ho pe. O bviously seemed that the entire world was each rear suspension arm. the law had seen me over ha uling jumping, jolti ng and quiv ering. I I had learned to drive on an him at the ra te of kn ots. turned warily int o the stree t, old Dod ge Flying Four and Luck was with me, however, snicked into gear a nd gingerly matriculat ed via Red Label Bent­ fo r as I d rew a breas t I noticed toed the th rottl e. Wonder of ley, Hispan o and Alf a-R omeo. so methi ng amiss with his vehicle. wonders ! T he jelly-like wo rld N one was for giving of the inept In my best " I've-been-try ing-to­ sudde nly crys tallised as if by cog-swappe r. I was, therefor e. ca tch-yo u-up-to- tell-yo u" vo ice I magic and the vehicle once mor e delighted to d iscover that the call ed : "Your back door is becam e a single, integra ted uni t. Alvis box (straig h t cut a nd all) undon e", and sped b raze nly on. T o drive a n F.W .D . Alvis is to allowed smooth, silent cha nges at In the rear-view mi rror the law be pr op elled within a n all-em­ a fa irly rapid pace. drew to the kerb and walked bracin g ball oon of pure so und . My homeward route took me around to the rea r of his vehicle Fro m the nose ca me the swish a long a multi-lan e ma jor highway to insp ect the offend ing door. o f la rge d iameter tyres and the a nd I was revellin g in my pur­ Then I was a ro und a bend in the hum o f busy half-shafts. From chase and its hearty so unds. I high way and swung off on to a within, the d ifferential gea rs buzz think I noti ced the pol ice ca r side road . Ju st to be sa fe I re­ and whi ne, and the might y ahead at the sa me moment, that du ced speed to a more sensi bly straightc ut gea r tra in bet ween I realised the " 40" I'd been hold­ unlawful 55 mph . T his was one cranks ha ft and O He gri nds its ing on the big instrument before of the very rare occasions whe n rr- erry so ng . T he blower adds its me was on the rev co unter- no t the law did not igno re everything whines and whistles in tempo with the speedo. It was too late to else in order to mainta in scrutiny

PAGE TWENTY·NINE of the Alv is. In the security of our back yard I examined the Alvis more thoroughly a nd it was ob viou s that-bodily- it was in poo r shape. However, it ran like a charm and I could not br ing my­ self to pull it down unt il we had notched up a few miles together. The first mile we notc hed up together ended rather embarras­ singly when the gearbox torque­ tube detached itself and left me stranded in the centre of a peak­ hour intersection. Th at night a sma ll metal " fence" was erected around the tube's attac hment point to prevent any early repeti­ tion of that problem. Fo r the next three weeks the Alvis startled motorists twice daily on our journeys to and from the city. Twice weekly " Algy" Alv is start­ led me as I dipped into my wallet to pay his feed bill at a petrol pump. Obviously he was running rich . One exp ects a healthy appetite from a rare beast . . but 11 miles per gallon? Two week s of bus travel later the mixture problem appeared resolv ed a nd the Alvis was return­ ing a steady 24 mp g around the city and sho wed a steady 28 mp g on a 90 mile run a t a fairly con­ stant 60 mph. To drive an F.W.D . Alvis on the open road is a joy as rare as the car itself . Becau se the Alvis was independently sus­ pended all round it was a rem ark­ ably comfortable vintage machine. Two massive swing-arms (like Order Your Copy of king- size YW arms in reverse) '-OLDEN AGE .tF TilE FOURS and one hefty leaf spring either side, this comprised the rear sus­ from FISHERS BOOKSHOP ncnsion. Up front each wheel was 564 COLOMBO STREET, CHRISTCHURCH hung on no fewer than four Limited stocks just arrived, $7.95 plus 15c postage semi-elliptic leaf springs-e-a r­ ranged in superimposed pairs. Front br ak es were inboard, mounted beside the differential. however, occa sion ally tempera­ a swirl of du st and adjectives. I The whee lbase (fro m mem ory) mental when travelling in other experienced this interesting phe­ was 9ft. and the centre of gravity than a straig ht line. On a sha rp nomenon only twice, the first was exceptiona lly low. This, bend one could find the front time at low speed . No sweat. On coupled with the usual F.W.D . wheels mo ved, by some unseen the seco nd occas ion I was motor­ cornering virtues made the Alvis force, to the full lock position, ing rather enthusia stica lly and, in superbly comfortabl e and enjoy ­ where they would set solid. If one next to no tim e, found myself able for rapid (if noisy) tran sport was unfortunate , the ca r a nd blac kber rying so me 40f t from the over reason able d istances. It was, driver would halt on the verge in roadway. PAGE THIRTY T o corner a n FWD. Alvis is for, is it ?" Followin g his finger, trav el in a n A lvis. With the tacho to be o fte n a mazed . .. sometimes I wa s amazed to see the long fluttering bet ween 45 a nd 50 a nd surp rised . Ea rly on e Sunday so ught pin. It was e mbedded in the 3in. diameter co ppe r ta ilpipe morning I pu sh ed "Algy' fro m a doll op of grease, within the bellowing its so ng over three the ga rage a nd prepared to go cha nne l shape of the cross ­ shires, we were go ing grea t guns th rou gh the co mp lex ritu al of a member. Had it been noti ced the when my passen ger tugged at my co ld start. Alas- the battery was first day I cou ld eas ily have re­ slee ve a nd cupped his hand to his flat, a nd so I took the long sta rt­ moved it with on e finger, thro ug h mouth. " I ca n smell so met hing ing handle, pressed it home and the sta rting han dle ho le. T o wo rk burning," he sho uted agains t the heaved . There was a slight resis­ on a n FW.O. Alvi s is to experi­ mi nia tur e tornad o ed dying over ta nce, a sma ll snap, and the ence the natural per versity o f the scree n. How difficult it is to handle sw ung uselessly in my inanimate o bjects. T his fiasco d id carry o n a co nversation in a hand. Examinati on revealed tha t how ever, ha ve two co mpensa tio ns. hurrican e, whi le sq uinting to see the meshing pin had sna pped and By the time I had reassembled the road between st ra nds o f hair mu st the refore have clatte red everythi ng I had learned a grea t plastere d by wind to yo ur fore­ down so me where inside that mas­ deal more a bo ut the ca r. The head." D o n' t worry:' I yelled, sive collection of gea rs, splines co n-rods were duralium, with "probably th e wea k spo t in the and sha fts . So mewhe re inside that wh ite metal bearings pressure­ muffler ha s burnt throu gh ." For polished alum inium and ca st- iron cast into place. The counter a sho rt tim e this appea red to sculpture lay a small met al dow el. balanced crankshaft was ca rried sa tisfy him, fo r he sa t silently It was less than 2in . lon g, yet it in three plain bearings. It was while I wrenched throu gh gro ups could easily wreck the beast. I machined all ove r a nd was a of Detroit tinware. Ad mitted ly, changed my clothes and started beautifully balanced piece of en­ his knuckles were white whe re he wo rk. To d ismantle an FW.D . gineer ing. The overhea d camsh aft clenched the gra b handle and his A lvis is to build the G reat was holl ow, and carried a pres­ legs were braced rigidly against Pyramid in reverse . su rised oi l feed . En gin e lu br ica­ the firewall. At least he was pas­ The d iffe rential gearbox a nd tio n was by mean s of a ro ta ry sive. Fina lly he ga ve a sort of eng ine sumps were dra ined a nd gea red pump, opera ting o n a sem i­ twitch. " I'm ge tting blood y hot. " flushed . N o pin emerged . I de­ dry sump principle. This supp lied he wh ined . cide d then that the massive fr ont oil to the main bearings, big end s M y pat ien ce was sho rt wit h chassis cross-tie mu st co me out. and the overhea d gea r. Yes-I unbelievers, and here was a n T his entailed freein g so me dozen learned much on winter's chilly o bvious unbeliever. " Well," I bolt s which had re mai ned ten­ nights. snorted, " sta nd up for awhile." sio ned since 1930 when "Algy " Sur prisingly, he took me at my had left the A lvis fa ctory. Three The seco nd co mpensation was tha t, by the time eve ryth ing was word . As his neth er reg ions eve nings lat e r the fina l bolt ca me ascended fr om the pleat ed up­ fr ee a nd the chassis member was back together again- it was sli m mer. By the height of the holstery a ton gue of yello w­ na infull y out. oran ge flame fo llowed them . " My The fr ont whee ls we re then bushfire season "Algy" sho ne with a ne w coat of lacquer and sported Gawd !!! We 're on fire! " I'm removed, half-shafts dropped a nd not sure whethe r he sa id a nything the radiator det ached. All this was a ca rpeted floor, neatl y pleated upholstery, and door tr ims. The further, becau se he imm ed iately necessary to reach the diff erential. disappeared over the win dshield An Alvi s is not design ed to chro me radiator now ca rried a very chic stonegua rd . F oll owing on to the bonnet as I locked all be dism antled. In point of fact four wheels a nd skewed from it was nec essary to remove the steps one to seven the old "cold sta rt vital actions" ro utine I fired the bitumen into the adjacent enu ine from the chassis merel y to waist-high wild oa ts. reline the fr ont brakes ! The up " Algy" one Sunday morning sea rch for the missinz pin con­ and se t off fo r a day with fri end s There follow ed a sho rt period tinu ed throu gh diff. and gea rb ox, so me 30 mile s di stan t. The da y of utter confusion, of which I until i.t finall y reached a po int­ went well and by late afternoon ha ve fe w reco llections. I d o recall so me 4 ft. fr om the front of the several of my fr iend s were plead­ leaping up a nd d own on my ca r-where the cranksh aft was ing for a lift home a board the newl y ca rp eted floor until it split located. The pi n it see med had Alvis, Finally it was decided that in two with a shower of spa rks. va nished . the hon our sho uld go to Bill, since I then hurled both smo king pieces It was abo ut two wee ks since he had rar ely travelled in othe r into the tind e r-d ry wild oats. Also the sea rch operatio n began whe n than stai d family sa loo ns. He had amo ng the oa ts was the seat (well my father sto oped over and never ridden in a dyed-in-the­ alight), a n old travell ing ru g (joy ­ pointed to the cr oss-t ie ch assis wool, fire-a nd- brims to ne vintage o usly aflame) a nd Bill (co nfused) . member lyin g in the garage. mo nster. It see ms that wild oa ts require "Tha t's not what yo u're look ing I doubt if he will ever aga in littl e p ro vocat ion to burst int o PAGE TH IRTY-ONE flames , and the on es I had chose n Severa l hours lat er I fina lly a r­ gea rbox tor que tube slipped agai n. to invade were no excep tion. A rived hom e. I had dropped Bill In my dismay I accidentally lifted sma ll but fierce gr assfire took on the way and ga ined the d ist inct my foo t fr om the clutch pedal. It hold and I swea ted seve ra l gallo ns impression that he was not un­ was n' t reall y a ver y big dent, of blo od pushing the Alvi s up­ happy to see the last of the Alv is. more like a shallow depression. wind of the blaze. T his was made I didn't know why- he seemed T he garage was larg e and so mo re d ifficult by the fact that perfectl y comfortable stradd ling a small an ind entati on was sca rcely burning pieces of Alvis kept chassis cross -me mber for the last noticeable. One could see it clearly falling off a nd starting fr esh o ut­ J2 miles. For my part, I had on the Alv is ho wever-one of br eak s, wh ich pu rsued us along driven fr om the fire scene perched my glorious, "dinnerplate hu ge" the road side. upon an up-end ed toolbox. It had Luc as headli ght s was a mangled While I was thu s engaged, my been quite co mfo rta ble, really. mess and I was fit to be tied. By craning my neck just a trifle I companion ran in demented Some weeks later I wa tched had eve n been able to see over circles beat ing at the flaming oa ts silently while another enthusias t the scuttle. I will ad mit, however , with an overc oat. I have never loaded the Alvis on to a trailer discovered how he cam e to be that thi ngs did get a trifle dicy and towed it away. I was left with when I went for the anchors and ca rryi ng an overcoa t at the height nothing sa ve a cheque, a dented of summe r. I guess he was some precipitat ed myself into the bag­ ga rage , so me charred floorin g and gage compartm ent. Still one learns kind of nut. Between us, Bill and an imm ense feeling of relief. I learned much a bo ut bushfires to be tolerant. Lo oking back now , I can see what that d ay-we ext inguished no At home I surveyed the toll of a ca nta nkero us, costly, infuriat­ fewe r than nine, single handed. ing, fiddling, selfish, vice-ridden Actuall y there was only one big the fire. The Alvis had no floor. The door trim was torn and beast of a thing it was. I co uld one and eight miniatures-like have bou ght three ca rs - newer, stepping stones to " Algy".I charred , seats we re no more than blacken ed coil springs and piles of faster, more reliable - for hal f learned some thing a bo ut people of what I spe nt on Algy. I could that da y, too. They don 't really horse-ha ir ash, and the paintwork was blackened a nd blistered. T o have won a Concours D 'Elegance ca re ab out fine old mot orcar s. had I lav ished a nothe r with the While we fought to save my ca r top it all, so me body had put a fo ot th rough the rev-counter. In sa me time and effort that was the and pr event a major grassfi re lot of the Alvi s. developing, seve ral d ozen Sunday add ition to this toll, Bill was motorists passed by, but not one minus one overcoa t, a nd spent And yet. . .. Y 'kn ow it's funny, offered a ny help . Th ey slowed the following week compla ining but knowing a ll these things to be dow n, lowered their windows, of a channel-shaped indentation true, I also know that I would pee red o ut and then they turned on his blunt end. buy that car agai n tod ay , given to the ir passen ger s a nd sa id: the chan ce. I shrugged and decided to get " Loo k . .. man 's gotta fire." They the "wreck" into the garage and You see : To own an F.W.D. then drew back to the centre sta rt all over again. A nd then if Alvis is a nightmare, but to lose white line and returned to 25 happ ened! I pr essed the sta rter, an F.W.D. Alvi s is a traged y. mph mooching. floored the clutch, snicked into T o have a fire in an F. W.D. first, a nd started to ease out my R eprinted from "The Vin tage Alvis is a sobering experience . fool. when .. . k-k-k-klunk! The Car" A ugust /9 74 - 2nd Wigram Historic Cars Event

T wenty-six car s faced the bad ; altho ugh the faster cars were timed at 136 rn.p.h . down the sta rter for the second Autoparts ra ther handicapped out of things. back straight. Historic Ca r Race a t Wi gram on Ray Archibald in the C. type A coup le of interesting new­ January 19th. Jaguar gave away 6+ minutes to comers were the two ea rly specials The race this yea r was to be the scra tch ca r, the 1934 P.A. of Neil Stuart and Peter Lever­ a handicap effort to tr y and mak e M.G . o f Athol Asher whic h sedge. These are both VS po wered it more interes ting fo r the specta­ meant a 3 lap star t in a race of and ar e typic al of the sort of car tors. Practic e times, plu s figures only 6 lap s. which raced in this country in the from previou s speed events wer e Consequently the faster cars lat e 40s and ea rly 50s. used to determine the starting really had to fly and G avin Bain 's Both car s hav e ver y distin­ times which gene ra lly wer e not V 12 Fe rrari ex works car was gu ished ra cing histori es ind eed PAGE T HIRTY·TWO and have both held the N.Z. beach racing title at va rio us times. Highlights in the History of Several of the o ld regulars were seen to be going particularly well. Ford Motor Coy. Ted Loversedge had his blown N .A. M. G. going better th en it 1863-July 30th. Henry Ford born a t Spr ingwel ls township fa rrn . has for some time a nd the tw o 1889-Begins experiments on intern al com bustion engine. Ransle y Rileys of Pidgeon a nd 1896--Completes first ca r at Detroit. McMillan were showing th eir 190 I-Introduces steering wheel to replace tiller . heel s to man y more modern ca rs . 1902-August 16th. Lim ited partnership ag reemen t by Henry Ford and Ale xanJer Mal co lm son, Detroit coal dea ler. In For.i' s racin g car G eolT Owen seemed to be "999", Barn ey Oldfield wins Diamond Troph y on G ross e Po inte tra ck. getting the Bentley wound up very 1903-June 16th. Ford Motor Co . incorpora tion, ~150 ,0 0 0 capital sto ck, well having no trouble at a ll dis ­ $28,000 paid : 12 stockho lders. Henry Ford is named vice president posin g of Jack N e wall's 30/98 and chief engineer, receives quarter of stock for ca r design. Ju ly 23rJ. first car, two cvli nder Model A is sold. Vauxh all while Willis Br own 1904--Ford, dri ving his "Arrow" race ca r, sets wo rld au to speed record, driving the ex Hamilton 4t 92 mph on La ke St. Clair ice. Au gust 17th, Ford Mo tor Co . of Bentley o f Brooklands fame was Ca nada, Lt 1. September 14th, Ford is first car manufacture r to mount also ci rcula ting at a very respect­ engine longitudinall y with fra me. also to use torque tube dri ve. Fo ur cylinder car, Mod els B. C an :1 F int roduced. able speed. 1906--0ctober 22nd. Ford succeeds John S.G ray as pre sident of the co m­ O f the Xk 120 Jaguars, Middle­ pan y and ac quires 58t% of stock. Model N four-cy l. car in pro Juc­ mass with his rather modified car lion. Six cyl. 40 h.p. Mo del K in tr o i uced , a lso Models R and S­ bo th 4-cyl. wa s by fa r the fastest being only 1907- r in and tube ra .iiator replaces cellular type. Removable cylinder head slightly slo wer than th e Archibald 111 troduced . C. type. 1908- 0 ctober 1st. I'/.ode! T intro duced, first production model with left-side Norm Sisson was going well in steer ing. Fir st to use vanadium steel. Close J models offere d. Fi rst bonus paid. his A 50 special but was sta r ting 1909-June 1st. New York to Seattle endura nce race won by Model T in to look a bit ragged at times but 22 days. 100 ca rs built in a single day. fortunately did not come com­ 1910-Janu ary 1st. Pro duction begins at Highlan ds Pa rk . pletely un stuck. 1911-lndustry's first bran ch assembly plant completed in Kansas City. Plant established in Dagenham,Englan d. The pretty little Singer Le M ans 1913-Moving assembly line for magneto introduced. of J ohn L ye was circulating 1914-Januar y 5th. Daily wage of $5 for eight ho urs work anno unced, silently a nd safel y, a nd W arner replac ing scale of $2.34 fo r nine hour day. 10,000 men seeki ng wor k flood plant next da y. Begin emp loyees' profit-sharing plan. Mode! T Mauger's mighty old Stanton seda n introduced . Cropduster was its usu al rorty 1915-0ne-millionth Fo rd car built. self . 1919-Januar y 1st. Edse l B. Ford succeeds Henry Fo rd a s president. Min . The race ended with Ashe r 's wage of $6 effective. 1920--0ctober 21st. Int egral brak e drums and wheel hub repl aces stam ped P.A. M .G . being firs t across th e me tal drum and malleable hub . line after six laps with the fa ster 1923-Record proJuction year, 2,201,188 un its. cars still so me distance behind. 1924-June 24th -IO,OOO,OOOth Ford buil t. The crowd seemed to thorough­ I92S- 0 ctober 31st. Record production of 9, 109 Model Ts in one day . November 25th. Fi rst Ford tri-mot or plane. ly en jo y seeing so me of th e old I926- June. Ford ado pts 5-day, 4O-ho ur week. campaigners out agai n a nd the 1927-May 26th. 15 milli onth Cord ca r built. commentary of Bob Oakley cer­ December 2nd . Model A introduced. tainly helped in making the event . . . Phew !! From the V.C .CA. (Vie.) Newsletter o f M arch / 962. antl later reprint ed of greater interest. by the "Crankers Times" . . As more and more early sp orts and racing cars a re rebuilt th ese speed events are gaining in popu­ Back numbers of larity. Despite the prophets of II doom good cars are not being I/BEADED WHEELS wre cked a nd th e sta ndard of rest orati on and preparation of Copies are available of every issue back to No. 59, August­ the ca rs in th is sec tion would September 1969 and copies of some issues earlier than this. compare favourably with any Price 40 cents each or 6 for $2.00. Postage paid. other sec tion of the Club. . Autoparts aga in ga ve every Send payment with order to competitor an engraved pe wter p.a. Box 13140, Christchurch tankard a nd their interest in this event is much appreciated. PAGE THIRTY-TIlREE Branch Officers and Meeting Nights

ASHBURTON-Ch oirman : I( M cLeo d , ~j o . 8 R.D A shburton . OTAGO-Chairman: M . D. McMillan. Main South Road . East Secretar y : Mrs D . E. Ros s . P.O . Bo x 382, Ashburton . Taer ei . Secreta ry : I . G .S. s harpe. P.O . Box 5352 Dune­ Th ird T hur sda y at Clu brooms. Maronan Road, Tin wald. d in . Ever y Friday n ight at Park Street. AUCKLAND-Chairman : J . Lew is 324 Richard s on Av enue, Mt ROTORUA-Chairm an : J . A . Greaves. Utahina Road . Rotorua . Ros ki ll , A uc k land . Sec reta ry: B . H. Sole, P.O. Bo x 3382 , Secreta ry : S . 39 Nikau Street. Rotorue . Second A uckland . Clubroo rn s , 39 Fairfa x Avenue. Pen rose . Open Hall iday. eve ry Thursday Irc rn 7.30 p .rn. to 10 .30 p .m . and ev ery Wedne sday in every month (e x capt January) at the Con­ Sa tu rday irom 4 .30-6 .30 p.m . ference Room. Ngongotaha Hall . at 8 p .rn , BAY OF PLENTY-Chairman Harry Harris, Minden Road , Te SOUTH CANTERBURY-Chairman : G. F. Brownie. 126 Pag es Puna, R.D .6. Tau ranga . Secreta ry: Jim W ebb, P.O . Box Road . Tim aru . Secretary : R. D. Cross. 25 King Street . 660 Ta uranga. Second Monday ea c h month in Bowling Timaru. First Thursday at 7 .30 p .rn .• Showground s Supper Club Hal l, ad jacent to Tauranga Domain Gates, at 8 p.m . Room . CANTERBURY-Chairman : A . G . Amsworth. Secretary : C . J. SOUTHLAND-Chairman: D. J . Mc/vor. 433 Yarrow Street. In n s, P.O. Box 13160 Arma gh , Christ chu rch . Fir st Thurs­ I nvercarg ill. Secr e tary: R. B. Pearce. P.O . Bo x 1240 . da y at 55 Colwyn Avenue, Brwndyr . Invercargill . Ot atara Clubrooms last Thursday i n every GISBORNE-Chairman : J . Webber. 12 S ievwriqb t Lane, Gis bo rne . month. Secretar y : Mr R. T . Cla qu e, P.O . Box 307 , Gisborne. Th ird W ednesday in morun In Clubroom s behind Atk in ­ SOUTH OTAGO-P.O . Bo x 80 . Bal cl utha . Chairman: S. Milne. son Street Church at 8 p.m . 31 T otara Av e.. Balclutha. Secretary : M . Th om scn, 32 Ryrie St. Balclutha . La st Monday in every month. Crown GORE-Chairman: E. M acmanus. 4 Haward Street, Gore . Secre­ Hotel. Clyde Street . Bal clutha . ta ry: W. R. Sh anks (P .O . Bo x 329 ) . 203 Brouqhton Street. Gore. Se cond Tu esd ay a t Clubrooms, Woolwich TARANAKI-Chairman: E. Terrill, 73 Camberwell Roa d. Hawera. Stree t. Phone 7825 R.Shanks . Secretary: Do uglas Su rg enor. 15a Di xon Avenue. Hawera . HAWKES BAY-Chairman: A . D. Hurley, 52 Geddis Avenue, Third Thursday at Motor-cycl e Room s. Junction Road. Napier. Secretary : B . E. Newma n. P.O . Bo x 1036. Has t ings . 8 p.m . Seco nd Wednesd ay at 8 p.m .• Cl ive Town Hal l. TAUPO-Chairman: Tom Ch annmg. 32 Rawhiti Street. Taupo. MANAWATU-Chairman: M . K. Holland. 41 St. Albans Avenue. Secre ta ry : R. de Sirnas, 6 Kurapae Road. Taupe. Fir st Pat rn er ston North. Secretary: A . Sp ie rs , 89 Ruamahanga Wednesday. contect Cheirman. Cresce nt . Palm er st on North. Th ird Wednesday of each WAIKATO-Chairman: J . White. 100 Avalon Drive. Frankton . m ont h at the Midd le District s A ero Clubroorn s, Milson Secretar y: A . G. Koppens. Bo x 4113 . Hamilton East. A irport Palmerston N orth. com m enc ing at 8.00 p .m. Second Wedne sd ay Woodstock School Hall, Hamilton. MARLBOROUGH-Chairman : T . May, 41 Muller Road. Blenheim . WAIRARAPA-Chairman : R. Porter, Andersons Line. Carterton . Secretary : S. Ma cDonald, 10 Barrall Sr .. Blenheim . Secretary: Mrs F. Elwin . P.O . Box 7. Masterton. Second Last Wednesday at 8 p .rn. . Modellers Club Rooms. Monday night at cl u b room s. Akur a Road. M ast erton, at Bra y shaw Park. 8 p .m . NELSON-Chairman : D . Le Cr en , 137a Songer Street. St oke. Secret ary : K. E. Ivory. 104 Song er Street. Stoke. WANGANUI-Chairman: Bri an Turner. P.O. Box 726 , Wanganui. Secretary: Don Rankine. P.O. Box 726 . Wanganui. Fir st NORTH OTAGO-Chairman: T . E. Stephens, 5 R.D .•A ir edale, Wednesday in every mo nth. Oamaru . Secretary: Keith Perry. 150 Eden Street , Oamaru . First W ednesd .y each m onth at Clubrooms. Sev ern WELLINGTON-Chairman: C. H. Dickinson, 10 Viscount Grove. Stre et , (o p p. p ol ice stati on ) . Lower Hutl. Secr etary: T . K . Hal l. 3 Bed ford Gr ov e. Lower NORTH SHORE-Chairman: R. Montgomery, 221 Birkdale Road . HUll. Third Tue sday. Clubroom s, Jackson Street. Petone. North Sho re. Sec re tary: M. H . K id d , P.O . Box 33·033, WHANGAREI-Chairman J ohn Hellstrom. 39 Dunda s Road , Takapuna. Ever y Wednesday at 7.30 p .rn .. Clubroom s, Whangarei. Secr et ary: Eleanor Halt. P.O. Bo x 1245. Cl arence St ree t . Devonpor t . Whang arei. P.O . Box 17. Whangarei . WHATEVER YOUR CAR fr

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PAGE THIRTY·FOUR Continued from Page 19 of a Night T rial and org aniser Have Gr aham Steven s reall y had us doing bank erosion prevention effort, our blocks round town in the initial added a further $200. "Beaded Wheels" stages. Dou g Lane was reported as With these and other efforts we posted regularly to missing at one point but mu st have found his way back eventually as he are sure that the debt on the your address. Only turned up for the Christmas Party Clubrooms will soon be cleared, $2.00 for 6 issues the following month! Ray ancl while normal operations, rent and Jocel yn Hosken took the honours. in fla tion will take care of mort­ (includes postage). It must have been the result of the gage repayments with the o.dd practice they had whilst holidaying Write to in Australia! fund raising venture boosting Subscription Dept. Weather for the children's Christ­ things along. The building itself, P.O. Box 13140, mas party and barbecue was some­ is of concrete block and steel what showery but it didn't prevent portal frame construction, 2,700 Christchurch. people from enjoying them selves, square feet with good sized the youngsters taking part in a variety of games organised by April kitchen and servery, a storeroom, Searle, the adults getting their bar (ex Deschlers Hotel) and enjoyment by just watching them, or bandstand on a T & G dance aanchnotes else sneaking away and sticking floor which doubles as the main their head in a vintage car! Father area . Already a 20c bandit in the Christmas dul y arrived and despite the economic situation provided a form of Cl pool table sits in one ASHBURTON plentiful supply of goodi es. Despite corner. the weather some stayed on to sizzle To an y other Branches contem­ sausages and two keen members The main activity in this area as pl ating a project like this we were seen weildin g barbecue fork in these notes are written, centres one hand and umbrella in the would say go to it-it can be round the preparation for our 5th other. done. Annual Rally . This is our big event Three cars headed south from for the year and as it is two years here for the Windsor Rall y in earl y since we held the last one, we are ~f December. T he Coplands must hoping for a record number have been reall y getting down to entries. Much thought and work IS Continued from Page 17 business as they were reported driv­ put into org anisin g an event such as ing through Oamaru in a violent th is and midnight oil has been in Auckland. He then had a C hail storm with no side curtains and burned latel y check ing routes and shirt sleeves! aircraft engineers ticket, and re­ conjuring up suitable questions, so Prior to Chr istmas a session of ran and had fitted all the local it will be rewarding to see a large panel beating cla sses was run by number of vehicles participating. Gipsy and Cirrus main and big Graeme Thompson. Wt ih rapidly The Ashburton Volunteer Fire rising costs it looks as though future end bearings for many years (he Brigade celebrated its Centennial a lso had a very speed y Au stin restorers will have to con sider doing during the weekend of 16th Nov . more them selves and this appears to Twelve). When with Kusab's, hi s and one of the highlights was a be one job the amateur can attempt reputation wa s sufficien t for him parade through the town 's main without doing too mu ch damage if to be entrusted with the mainten­ str eet of fire fighting equipment he goes slightly astray. through the ages along with sUP~:)J·t a nce of three Cadill acs, all pri­ from the steam and preservation A couple of well known vehicles vately owned, a 1913 4 cylinder Soc. and the Vintage Ca r Club. have recently been sold. Graeme with self starter, a 1914 with twin The following day we held our Thompson's Indian Scout motorcycle Veteran Rally which attracted eleven and Bill Miller's Reo . Bill and his ratio differential and a 1915 Reo have been a familiar sight at ent ries and as numbers were rather t~is Vee 8. low we invited our own members many rallies and parades and When Len Chirm went to to foll ow the run in their vintage fine old veteran will be greatly rrus­ Williarn s to maintain his fleet of vehicles but not on a competitive sed by members here and further basis. T his helped the event socially afield. Bill is now concentrating on m ail cars, he had a mixed fleet his two Buicks. of Hudson model HJ. & O 's, but and local members were able to meet competitors and their families Talking of Buicks, Dick Searle has la ter traded them in on a fleet of from other branches. Dick Searle, been dragging them in latel y fro~ White's, which were eminently our Club Captain, and his ~ife South of the Border down Dunedin April, once again had entrants doing way. A 1926 Butchered Tourer successful. spor ting a Marquette Sedan body Kusabs and Williams cars have all m anner of things at the check points, from reciting tongue .twis~ers was the end result of one trip and both gone now-though the to blowing up balloons and Identify­ a 1926 Standard Buick Ro adster in names are strong in· the town. ing mysterious objects in .bags while running order complete with W.O.F. Their pioneering efforts, and the a cro ssword for the . children kept that of another. work of their contemporaries, has them amu sed. Rus sel Cross of SWAP MEET made it possible for us to enjoy Timaru was the winner on his well Our Branch is holding a Swap known 1921 1300 cc. Ace Motor­ Meet on Saturday, 22nd February the a rea to the extent, and with cyle. at th~ Club Grounds at 10 a.m. in the ea se, we do today. November Club Night consisted Maronan Ro ad, Tinwald . If you PAGE THIRTY FIVE North Shore Contingent under the shadow of Gentle Ann ie, Labour weekend 1974. Left to right, John Hearne Hyper Lea Fancis: Alistair Robinson S 1Os Fiat: Russell Ellis OM SS Oelage: Richard Stanley 14/40 Sunbeam. Photo by Alistair Robinson have a heap of bits and pieces you bee n rain the day before and there can't ide ntify or do n' t want. bring was no dust at all. A few fa ults the m alo ng and swap them for so me ­ wer e ex perienced some mech an ical BAY OF PLENTY thing yo u ca n identify and do want. which won ' t be me ntio ned some Hot wa ter will be avai lab le and human which must. A detou r we' re making a cha rge of SOc per (unplanned) was made to the foot On the 9th No vember, seve ra l of trader. of the F ighting Bay H ill about 13 our Co mmittee travelled to Rotorua It's bee n proved tim e and again miles of wind y road . When we got for a meeting of the 1980 Int erna­ that o ne has to be quick to act there we fo und a scene of chaos as tion al Rall y Co mmittee. when hearing of a part lying some­ a lot of peop le fou nd them selves Also the 9th Novembe r was where or bein g advertised, and low on petro l and the like. It was a ou r yearly outing. Wi ne and Dan ce recen tlv th ree members wh ile on a hurried turn around and then off to at the San Francisco . A wonderfu l pre rall y route chec k picked up a a late lunch at Linkwater in the eve ning was had by all with a suspect Buick back axle in a pit near Queen Charlotte Sound. I help ed o ut scrumptio us dinner and plen ty of Hinds. On the way hom e they ca lled a couple of ca rs on the way so dancin g. We believe 2 men ate just on a Buick ex pert to ha ve it identi­ was late arr iving at Picton and ab out the who le oyster bed . fied and dscovered he had just had didn't complete the full circuit. A On 17th November quite a num­ a rin g fr om a friend tellin g him of social evening was held at Fairhall ber of club mem bers travelled to a Buick back axle in a pit near th at night and a larg e atte nda nce Rot oru a to co mpe te in an Annual Hi nds! Ken Mac leod was there incl uding the ch ildren and Even t. the M iss Ainsworth Mem or­ visiting club mem bers. We are all ial Trophy, which is o nly co mpe ted looking for ward to the Ashburton for by Rot or ua and Tauranga Rall y when so me of ou r ca rs go Members. down ther e and meet old friends.A lot of prepara tions have been ca rri ed T his was a full day's dr iving as the I must apologise to th e Marl­ o ut fo r th is run and it looks like a members had to be in Rot orua by bo ro ugh rea de rs about no letter in most enj oyabl e weekend. 9.30 a.m, whic h me ant a ver y early the Ia";; t issue . It was sent to the Seve ra l restorat ion s have been start fro m T au rnn ga. We all met at wro ng address and wasn't prin ted. near co mpletio n, Geo rge's St ude­ Alan and D awn Webb s an d all We have had some good outin gs baker made its appearance last travelled togeth er from there. here lately , the weather being ideal month, Ca m' s Durant is nearl y o n fo r vin tage motoring. The main T he run com pr ised of sea led. the road as is Tony's Chev. All fine highlight being the run around Port metal and forestry ro ads which gave cars and will be good to have them Underwood with the C hris tchurch us a good days drivi ng with some club . It was a grea t day, there had out. Graha rn N iblin very pleasant views of lakes etc. PAG E THIRTY-SIX Peter Dick from Waihi, one of missed the last two issues, but will Weyman Fab ric Body and po inted our memb ers who travels the great­ oring you up to date with happenings tail. Also, interesting new restora­ est dist ance to attend our runs had in our area. Our people were fairly t.ons continue to progress. Bob the m isfortune to break an axle as activ e at Labour Weekend with six Ballantyne is making an excellent he pulled up in his garage at home. entra nts in Auckland's Hunua 100 job of a 1912 Ford Deli very Ca r. He certainly seems to know the including Tom Belch who won the When completed this will be our first best plac e to breakdown. Mot or Cycle secti on. We also had mobile veteran in the Branch. 1st December was our club's Trial four entrants attend the Hawkes Bay We have had visits over the Trophy Run organised by Alan and Safari , although 'Old Louis' reported hol iday peri od from several mem­ Dawn Webb. us as 'The Auckland boys' in the bers of other bran che s. Ken Hall last issue of " Beaded Wheels". We departed from the New World Secretary of Wellington Bran ch . car park and zig zagg ed around the Ou r ' No rthern Ra id' two week ­ Peter Russell from Hawke's Bay. residential streets of Tauranga and end s later attracted twenty starters And Tom Cloudsley and his fam ily then through Welcome Bay where including a couple of the real'Auck­ who made som ething of a record by we made sma ll detours then o nto Te land Boys'. Peter Russell deserves being the first member from Canter­ Puke Pon gak awa and Rotoehu a mention, as he was heading up bury Branch to come to Auckland Forest for a late morning tea . On from Waipukurau in his Frazer in his vintage machine fo r some time again th rough pleasant for est roads Na sh to compete in the 'Raid' when bringing his 1930 Pack ard Sports and down to Lake Okataina where he was beset with electrical prob­ Phaeton. Unfortunately our pro­ a late lunch was enjoyed. lem s on the Taupo Road . A towing posed six lap event at the Pukekohe m ishap unfortunately put paid to Circuit for the Grand Pri x had to Several members hired a bo at and any hopes that he had of still be called off due to the organ izers enjoyed th e ca lm waters while others mak ing the raid . having too man y other events bein g walked or else relaxed in the sun . held on the day . Our next Rally is A very enjoyable day was had by At the end of November Al-stair Robinson and myself represented a run to the beach on 26th Janu ary . all. The winner was Jirn Webb John Hea rne (Marquette) who will now be orga n­ the br anch at Canterbury's speed ising th e run next year. 2nd Peter event at Ruapuna Park in the Hvper Dick (Rugby), 3rd Bill Jones Lea Francis. In spite of truv ellng (Vauxhall ). over 1300 mile s which included about 30 miles of compet itive m »tor­ SOUTH CANTY. December monthly meeting was ing the Lea f did not return as a held in the usual hall for the last 'hollow inactive shell ' in fact it per­ time as we now have to move into formed even more srnoothlv on the Several members took part in a other premises as the lease has run return journey. Thank you' Ca nter­ out. We will now be meeting in the static display at the St. Davids bury for an excellent weekend of Church Fair during November. Our Tauranga Bowlin g Club's new motor sport. Clubrooms. Waimate Picnic Rllll was also held Early in December we held a late in November. This was held at Our Gu est Speakers for the night 'Shed Raid' (I'm glad I took mv Wa ihao Forks with a glo rio us sunny were Mr Bruce Somerville who gave keys to the South Island with me) clay and a good muster of famil y a speech on how to cle an alloy and visits were made to three mem­ gro ups. The Wairnate boys reall y castings etc. Mr Terry Furness gave bers' homes to view their current turned it on for thc children with us some hints on how to and how restorations. Those visited were ice-cream, fizz, and of course a not to panelbeat ca rs etc, and also Harold Kidd, Alvis Speed 20, John loll y scra mble, not to mention a how to cut rust out and insert a new Stringer . 55 Jaguar and Ran Mont ­ variety of races . Th ere was a ver y piece . Both of these were very gomer y, Veteran Buick. In the goo d swimming hole and young and interesting and much was learnt. middle of December we held a For­ old alike spent a considerable time December 15th we all set off for estry Run which attracted a good in th e water cooling off, or sitting another Christmas Run organised number of new face s. Two members in the sun cooking like a lob ster. by our Treasurer Mr Maur!c Nottle of the Auckland Branch Geoft Th is was a most e njoya ble outin g and his wife Val. Thorpe in the 20 /60 Vauxhall and and held in a perfect setti ng. This run headed out of town to ­ Wilbur Brown in the Humber. It 28th December saw 1 Veteran wards Te Puna where we drove was also good to see Don Suckling (Rega l- Bill Piddington) 3 Vintage ar ound in circles, which had cars out for the first time in the 23/60 (Ford T-Owen Jones, Huprnobile travelling both ways along the road Vauxhall and also the Barnard -Ron Cooper, Buick-Dereck several times. The run end ed at a family, Bill in the 14/40 Sunbeam. Bro wnie) and 2 Motorcycles (Russell quiet beach at Leefs Point. Much Neil on the Vincent Motorcycle Cross and Noel Brad y) leave the fun and games were had and the and Neil's wife Diane on the AJ.S. sound shell on Caroline Bay to carry younger one s enjoyed the water. Motorcycle. The run itself was a the mail through to Fairlie for the ver y intere sting one, taking us The run was won by Kerry Sm ith Co untry and Western Society Carn i­ through the Riverhead fore sts and val. Although enjoying a goad trip (Chevrolet), 2nd Peter Dick (Rugby), finishin g with an excellent barbecue 3rd Jack Haven (Studebaker), up with a wonderfully warm after­ at John and Jill Stringer's home. noon, I personally was disappointed Bev Smith Our Christmas party held again with this run. On arriving I was at Bob and Bess Ballantyne's Garage expecting to see a party on hor se­ was also well attended and a huge back with shotguns etc. to meet us. success. but it seemed we had been complete­ ly forgotten about, not even an Interestin g new vehicles continue official welcoming party in fact not A' the North Shore scribe has to come into the Branch. New mem­ even an official. spent more time sitt ing in his car ber Len Hodgkinson has a superb than in his study of late he has example of a Talbot 90 Tourer with On New Years Day Fairlie turned PAGE THIRTY-SEVh on hot dry weather for their annual WANTED-For Velocette M IC carnival procession . This year some 350cc or 250cc 37-38 Model head 29 cars, 4 motorcycles, and one and tail light generator and steering Fire Engine gathered in the show­ Classified ads stem to complete restoration or bike gro unds, all with their picnic suitable for spare s. W. Wri ght , 2 lunches. Quite a few familiar fac es ADVERTISING RATES Fo rbes Place, Kawerau, Bay of from other br anches including Members of Vintage Car Club Inc . Plenty, Phone 8218. Christchurch, Oamaru, Dunedin to $ 1.00 for first 40 words or less there. SWAP-Wish excha nge Sunbeam nam e a few, who were holidaying after 12 cents for every 8 words. windscreen mid 20's for sound in the area or who had made a Non Member dr iver's helmet-type tail light. Also $1 .50 for f irst 40 words or less special trip for the day , showed up thereafter 12 cents for every 8 words. swap sound re-m agnetized AM 6 Scintilla magneto for Rotax through for a natter. Some had their cars Advertisements must be typed or clearly with them and were able to take pr inted. drive generator type AT6 or suitable part in the parade with us. As usual alternative. Fred Go ver , Box 94, Cheque or postal note must be enclosed. Fe ildin g, Telephone 8119. rides on dr ays etc. were enjoyed by Send to: the children , but one of the most The Advertising Manager, SOUND 810 x 90 tyre and tube popular modes of transport around P.D. Box 13140, wanted bv Julian Loughnan, 29 CHRISTCHURCH. Clifford Avenue, Christchurch I , the ground was the Dermis fire not later than 10th of month preceding engine. Young and old alike en­ publication . Phone 558-484. joyed the pleasure of a ride on this Special display advertisements with photo FOR SALE-4 tyres, brand new beautiful old en gine . I had the can be a rranged; write for details Dunlops 600-650 x 18, still in pleasure of driving this big solid wrappers, cost price $44.00. This is tyred appliance and was impressed .._------an urgent sale and open to offers. with the way it ran etc. Another HARLEY DAVIDSON 1929 Model Contact L .Anderson, 156 Sunny­ childhood ambition of mine was "B" 350 cc S.V. in Rall y condition . nook road, Glenfied, Auckland. also achieved with a drive around Will sell out right or swap for Phone 466-898. the grou nds at the throttle of a Cooper 500 cc or 1000 cc racing car. Must be origina l. Bill Clark, Box WANTED-To complete Overl and tr action en gine . A good day enjoyed 90 Roadster, mechanicall y same as by all. 1803, Chri stchurch, Phone Tai Tapu 835. 75B T ourer. Owen Jones. Rear hub s, generator dri ve chain, COUPE bod y (steel) from doo r drive sha ft and universal with cover, pillars back complete with boot lid. gea r and hand brake levers, exh aust In very sound order, practi cally no cutout. Consider any other parts. Letters ru st, no upholstery. No hood but W rite to A. W. Wil kie 8. O.R .D ., to theEditor externa l rests and pins in position . Oam aru or Phone 441, Maheno. Offer s-Bill Clark, Box 1803. Chri st­ Sir, church, Ph one Tai Tapu 835. FOR SALE- 1930 Model A Fords, re : Morris Oxford-L. L. & A. D . roadst er and tourer. Both vehicl es Jones FOR SA LE-Jaguar XKI50 Fi xed almost complete, oodles of spares. head Coupe. Or iginal black duco, Look scruff y but well worth I was surprised to notice that this and in excellent order throughout car, wnich featured on the cover of inspect ion . For genuine sale­ havin g run onl y 55,000 miles since storage is at a premium, $500 each " Beaded Wheels" Number 91, was new. A Veteran, Vintage or Clas sic shown as a 1914 car. when accord­ car or motorcycle would be taken in or $900 the lot. Offers co nsidered. ing to the Bullnose Regi ster it was part exchange. Contact J. Bain, 12 Co ntact Errol Smith, 68 Victoria despatched from the factory on 3rd Beverley Street, Chri stchurch. Phone Street, Rangiora. Phone 624 1, March 1915. Should your records 66-244 Bus. or 557-253 Pte . Rangiora. disagree with this date then I can FOR SALE-1930 Model ASports supply authenticated information so TYRES FOR SALE-New-6 of that they may be brought up to date. Coupe. Mech anics and ch assis com­ 475 1500 x 19's Firestone. Also good pletel y restored to top condition. In view of the care which the second hand tyres, 4 of 500 x 22's Vintage car movement takes with and 2 of 550 x 18's. Reply to Bod y in good order, very littl e rust, dating, and the importance placed Vintage Tyres, P.O. Box 19-260, complete except for right eloor. upon such dates, I should apprec­ Auckl and 7. Original radiator, fuel caps, horn iate it if a corre ction would be made etc . En gine can be heard running, in the next issue. FOR SWAP- or part deal -have eager to sell. Off ers around $1,500. D. M. HARRIS, 1929 D.A . Dodge Sedan complete Contact Errol Smith, 68 Victoria N .Z. Secretary plus man y spares (wanted Buick 8. Street , Ran giora , North Ca nterbury. Bullnose Morris Club. 1934, 1948, any condition con sidered) Ph one 6241, Ran giora, FOR SWAP- have rad iator for AUTO RESTORATIONS LTD FOR NEW REST ORATIONS Help offered to any enthusiast Circa 1912 Enfield, bulk head , spare with coachwork problems. Auto wheel carrier Circa 1920 Buick, Wide ran ge of rad iator bad ges Restorations Ltd a new company tourer body 1925 Ford (wanted and miniatures, door-sill plates, run by enthusiasts for enthus­ tourer bod y 1928 National Chev ­ and mo tor met re plates with your iasts. can help you with your rolet, dashboard and radio assernblv own car embl em on . Cuff-links, rebuild. We speci alise in new 1938 Oldsmobile). All replies an s­ tie tac's lapel emblems-an ideal panelwork guards etc . Wooden wered -Gary Hale. lA Johnston gift. Ca n make any club bumper bodyframes undertaken. We will Street , Gore. Phone 84-907 (Mem­ badges or rall y plaques to own undertake work on any veteran, ber ). design. For an y enquiri es write vintage, historic racing or 26 x 3 B.E. Tyres. Limited number Rosemary Jack, thoroughbred car. Contact us at only. Pric e $34 also tube s $4 each . 5 C reyke Road. P.O . Box 22273, High Street, Apex T yres Ltd , Box 25026, Christ­ Ilarn, Christchurch, 4. Christchurch. church. PA GE THIRTY-EIGHT ,------, WANTED-1947 Lea Francis Mark WANTED-For 1934 Plymouth; BEARING PROBLEMS? 3 Ge arbox, or information where workshop manual, interior handles, Con rods re-rnetalled and mach­ parts for same can be obtained in winders, dash, ash tray, or any ined. Main bearings re-rnetalled N .Z. Replies to: J. Meerendonk, 46 interior hardware from C hrysler and align bored. Oilways cut as Fisher Terrace, Karno , Wangarei. Co rp. car circa 1934. Also any per original or to instructions. (Member) information on any English assem­ Workmanship and material of SWAP-My 1934, two sea ter Singer bled C hrys ler 'kew' or 'Wimbledon' top quality. Work done to suit Six 's in N .Z . Wa yne Tomlins, 56 shaft when supplied or to instruc­ Le Mans, un-restored, in pieces, for a restored motor cycle or combina­ Marlow Ro ad , C hristchurch 7, Ph . tion. 888-820 . Blocks bored. pistons expanded tion. Malcolm Willmott, 16 Colling­ wood Street, Timaru. (Member) and re-groved. Rings supplied or SELL or SWAP-Approx. 1914-24­ made to suit. (Freight arranged.) SELL-Rugby short block less head 28 Oakland parts. Dodge gearbox For the best results contact A. J. or swap for Model A pickup hood 192 ? also sta rter gen. and sta rter Barber, Piri Lane. Paraparaumu. bows or other parts. Peter Man son, generator water pump combined. Phone 7141. 71 Parsonage Road, Waim at e. Headlights 1924 O verland and Hup­ (Member) mobile. 1 need Hudson ones espec­ FOR SALE-Mod el A Ford Coupe, WANTED-Veteran F.N . Motorcar ially 1925 and 1929. Wrecking 193 9 1930. Fully res to red. Deluxe hard parts, for 1913 type 1950 . An y parts Desoto, nice grill, American fast­ top with twin mounted spare wheels. apprec iated, but in particular steer­ back model plu s other model parts. Excellent order, $2,800. Trade con­ ing box , diff, Helesaw clutch , and 1938 N ash Ambassador O.H.V. 6, sidered. Phone 7230, Waimate. wheels. Also windscreen frame, and 1938 Vauxhall 14 with brand new an y brasswork. Reply Barry Ander­ hubcaps, 1938 Morris 12, nice bod y, WANTED for 1929 Oakland­ so n, 15 Oldham Avenue, N apier. Tail lamp, door handles (inner upholst. etc. 1937 Pontiac motor, a nd outer), horn, rad iator cap, crank FOR SALE-1942 Army Indian gearbox, diff. Little work since re­ hole cover, bumper clamps, manuals, Motor Cycle. 5/6 cc rating. Colour bore etc. 1939 Oldsmobile parts, ignition switch/ transm ission lock, light blue, 2 chain guards go with 1937 Che v doors etc. Model A Headlamp glass es ( I Oi/w" diameter). cycle but aren't on it. H as W .O.F . tourer rear body section. Ru gby '31 Pontiac glass es may fit. Phone Black-out lights front and back still tourer bo dy parts about 1926-28. 518-106 collect or write John R. worki ng. Spare frame, front forks, Willys 77 about 1937 , Opal cadet Craft, 37 Wayside Ave, wheel. One sold in Auckland 2 about 1936 , Stude. President 8 Christchurch, 5. months ago for $900. Brian Moore, motor and gea rb ox. Bren gu n 53 Barraud Stret, D annevirke. carrier diff. I need Hudson parts SW AP-Pair of ea rly Veteran WANTED-For 1914 Model T variou s years, 1918 -53 especially, Dougla s cylinders (single push rod ) Ford, brass radiator, 2 wheels, 1918-25-29 body parts and wheels. and pistons, in excellent condition. wooden felloe or rims only, front Will swap for late Veteran-early a nd rear radius rod s, E. & J. side Wanted-Buick 1939 complete Vintage cylinders and pistons in light s and acetylene generator. Have grill a nd front body parts also any good condition . Also wanted Inlet a King of the Road acetylene gener­ other parts. Would buy complete Manifold and Carbo for Douglas. I ato r. No. 146 to swap. Replies Ken rough car. Wanted for 29 Hudson 7 have for swa p E. W. Douglas Frame Hall, Wellington Branch Member, -stud wire wh eel s same as Reo, Forks and H andle Bar s also Tank in 3 Bedford Grove. Kel son , Lower Chrysler, Stutz, and body panels for excellent condition. Contact A. L. Hutt. Phone 697-515. Biddle and Smart Hudson 192 9. Williams, P.O. Box 326 , Oamaru. WANTED-Rear section all steel Brian Miller, Bay Road, O xford, tourer body and doors for 1923 Phone 81M. FOR SALE BY T ENDER-1902 Studebak er light 6. An y information WANTED-For 1923 H arley Oldsmobile Scale Model Pedal Car. or di agrams appreciated. Also pair Da vidson 7/9 (1000 cc) , Rear Cy lin­ This pedal car has become surplus large Bosch Fog Lamps fo r 1955 der 2 overhead Inlet val ves plu s to the requirem ents of the Otago Mercedes 300. 1. Sigley, P.O. Box Covers and Springs, 2 exhaust valve Branch and is offered for sale by 43-023 Wainuiomata. (Member) Covers and Springs, 2 Inlet housing tender. Tenders close at 5 p.m ., 31st MINERVA tourer about 1924 Cap holders Screw on , Magneto, March. 1975. and further details wa nts mechanical parts but good Controls, Ca bles petrol Cap. Reply including photographs may be alum inium torpedo style body Mr S. W . Evans, Linden Downs, obtained by applying to Pedal Car would restore easily $1,000, pair Rangiturnau , M asterton, Tender. Box 1414, Dunedin. The Humber veteran front guards with highest or any tender will not nec­ mounting brackets $30, four C hrys­ essarily be accepted. ler or sim ilar 19" rim s, tyre s, tub es $50, four 700 x 17 Dunlop BODIES BUILT rac ing tyre s, useable $40, two Veteran, Vintage. P.V.V. built SWAP-I926 Oakland radiator F o rd A 28/29 tourer rear doors to framework stage (wood­ complete with surround and bage. $20, two Ford A 28/29 front work only, no panelbeating). T wo new 19 x 4t wheels and rims, guards $50, antique mangles $40, Work can be done from 12 spoke (mint condition ex parts en gine erection stand adjustable photos etc. or to your design. store). Matchless 1951/G9 twin for any engine $50. Send S.A.E. New Work only. For further motor and spare parts. Will swap the for details. Ron Roycroft, Glen details enquire: above for motor cycle parts. To Murray, R.D . 5. Phone 787. W. R. JANES. swap or sell post war Corgie Motor FOR SALE-I929-30 C hrysler al­ CABINETMAKER Cycle in good condition. Complete mo st complete (been trucked), two 37 Church Street, Gate Pa, with spare motor, gearbo x and parts front wheels restored and new radia­ Tauranga. ' Phone Tauranga also hand book. Make ideal P.V.V. tor core. Write to T. E . Leask , Box 84-803 (bus. hours). 87-583 Contact A. L. Williams, P.O. Box 7, Omak au, Central Otngo or Phone (evenings) . 326, Oamaru.(Member) 716. PAGE THIRTY-NINE SWAP-I928 Morris Cowley 14/28 WANTED-Mercury Club Coupe, saloon bod y parts , sad but red eem ­ 1946-48 in good condition. Will able and wide track rear axle assem­ travel an ywhere for right car. Phone bly, also 1928 Essex instruments in Taumarunui, 7202 collect, evenings. panel , swap respectively for pictures, inf orm ation or parts for Morris WANTED-1934 fine window Ford Cowley flatnose tourer bodywork; or C hev co upe. Must be in restor­ cro wn wheel and pinion , and Smiths able condition ancl towable. Write speedo for same. could sell. R. Peter Thomas, C/o Post Office, STUDEBAKER, Packard, Erskine. Wells , 35 Arran Crescent or Phone Shantytown, Greyrnouth. Phone owners, join the Studebaker Owners' 894-169 C hristchurch. (Member) 634 , Paroa. Club of America. Receive a bi­ monthly American magazine, month­ ly Newsletter and Technical Data HAWKES BAY BRANCH SPARE PARTS SALE sheet for ':'.7 per vear. Write : The Hawkes Bay branch has for sale the following new and used L. Ell iott, 43 Barrack Road. Mt spare parts for Veteran, Vintage & PVV . cars. In addition there are Wellington. Au ckland. literally thousands of other items which are not listed . Don't be afraid to make us an offer , you 're sure to get a bargain. FOR SALE-I925 Sunbeam 14/40 ENGINES: Saxon, Mctalurgique, Singer,Chevrolet,C hrysler, Riley , Roadster restored and motoring. Whippet, all 4 cyl models. als"> 1912 12 h.p. Rover unrestored. G EARBOXES: Chrysler. Austin 7, Plymouth. D odge 4. Write F. N. Unsworth, 75 Ellis St., FRONT AXLES: Hudson , Ford T, Essex , Chevrolet 4, Fiat. Brightwater, Nel son . REAR AXL ES: Chevrolet 4, Dodge 4. Essex. WANTED-For Model A 1930 WHEELS : Riley 19" wire, Sankey 19", Dunlop disc 19", Chevrolet Road ster. 2 rear guards, headlight 4 disc . C hevrolet 6 disc 20", Standard 17" wire , Rover wire. glasses, one reflector and fittings, HEADLIGHTS. Hudson Super 6, Chevrolet 4, Chevrolet 6, Essex petrol and radiator caps, valances, 6, Erskine 6. Na sh. plus man y more unidentified to date. boot lid, frent mud guard stays, tail C ARBURETTERS: (Up draught) gas/kero, Shebier R, Kane light. Ron McCracken. Ph. 326-469 Pr oducts, Stromberg, Cludel-Hobson . Zenith, Solcx, Ford A. or 27 Ngaio Street, C hristchurch. Tilotson, (Side dr aught ) Holly, Sole x, Zenith (Down draught) Carter, Tilotson Solex Zenith English and American. WANTED-Ford T. 1926-27 tourer PISTONS, NEW: or roadster body, radiator, hood­ AUSTIN 12/4 s/ f., 1934-36 16/6, Ruby and A40. bows, 4 wheels and windshield BEDFORD 1934-37 + 030 & + .040". frr rne, also 1952 B.S.A. 650 Gold CO M MER 85m /m + .030 (1 onl y). Fla sh motorcycle suita ble for restor­ FORD V8 31j· & 31'w + .030". ation. Write to, A. J. Stutt, 32 FORD 8 & 10 + .020 & + .030" . Laurence Street, Hamilton. FORDSON 4W' (iron). MODEL A 1930 Tudor. Back half FIAT (500) ...L .030". body (shell only), front half bod y HILLMAN 63 m/m & 75 m /m + .030". (shell onl y). separate vehicles. Three HUMBER Hawke 3:Ylll" + .060" . chassis frames, anyone interested INTERNATIONAL 3'YJ ,," + .040 ". contact W. B. Hartwell. 24 MORRIS 6,82 m/m s/f. (iron) & 10 h.p. 1936-38 63.5 m/m + Willoughby Street, Lower HUll. Ph . .040". & 57 m/m s/f. 663-947. PL YMOUTH 4, 2 x s/f', 2 x + .030" & I x standard size. WANTED-Radiator and sur round ROVER 6, 2'P' standard. for 1917 Studebaker Light Four STUDEBAKER Ch ampion 1939-53 3" s/f. Touring also headlights, windscreen SINGER 1938-40 63 m/m + .030". complete a r- d hood bows. John TRIUMPH Mayf'lower ? s/f & motorcycle? 63 m/m + .030". Courtenay, 21) Sunray Ave , Titi­ VAUXHALL 10 h.p., E.l.X. & 61.5 m/m, 69.5 m/m + .030" far ran gi, phone 7683 , Auckland 7. 4 & 6 cyl car s. GASKET ~ ETS (sump & side plate etc) fo r AUSTIN 8 BEDFORD WANTED-Spot fog or driving 27 h.p, CH EV 4 & 6, Powerglide, FORD 8, 10 & Zephyr, light 7" Lucas, Type FT.58. Repl y G.M.C. , Jaguar XKI40 Mk 7 & 8 (full set), MORRIS minor with price F razer Stevenson, 33 (PVV) 10 h.p. M.O. (SV. Oxford) OLDSMOBILE 1937-50. Mangorei Road, New Plymouth. Pl.YMOUTH 4, ROVER 60/LANDROVER, SINGER 9 STANDARD 8. 10 & 14. STUDEBAKER Champion, THE great cars built by Hudson TRIUMPH Mnyflower, VAUXHALL DX , 14 & 15, CIT RO EN set more records for speed, power LIS HILMAN 10. and endurance for more veal's than RADIATORS: x .c. (Bulln ose) AUSTIN 14/6. ESSEX 1924, any other car s in the world, Hud son , WILLYS-KNIGHT BUICK 4 cyl, & 6 cyl. (Veteran?) Essex . Terraplane owners, join the MISCELLANEOUS: Fuel pumps and kits, 6 & 12 volt starters & H.E.T. Club. Secretary, 5 Leslie generators headlight bulbs (all sorts of shap es & sizes) coils, Avenue, Rotorua. dist ributors, hubcaps, headlamps and lenses , tail lamps, wind­ HUDSON, Essex, T erraplane Club screen frames for an Austin 16/6 tourner & veteran Buick tourer , library requires handbooks, work­ Ford T I ton truck chassis, worm drive diff, Ford A diff bear­ shop manuals or any relevant liter­ ing, fibre timin g gears for Chev 6 Buick . Ford VS, Water pump ature. Photos of early Hudsons, kits, cylinder head s, door handles etc. brochures or possibl e whereabouts All correspondence may be addressed to either Geoff BRANNAN, of suit abl e rmterlal. Plea se contact 7 Butler Street, Napier Ph. 32-181 or Dick GOODALL. 817 Th e Librarian, 87 Cla yton Road. Tarn utea Street, Hastings Ph . 83-989. Rotorua. PAGE FORTY ----~

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