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Volvo owners club of SA May - june 2017 Est 1981 Committed to the preservation and restoration of out of production vehicles in their original form From the chairman Important membership update Dis crazy hoe die tyd vlieg, herfs is hier, blare begin Annual membership R280 per annum. New val en die pragtige kleure van herfs is orals te sien. members pay the R280 membership fee PLUS Ek vertrou dat dit met elkeen van julle wat hier lees R200 registration fee, goed gaan. USE YOUR MEMBERSHIP NO when making 2017 National Saamtrek is being put together and payment & short description of what you are by the time you read this Aldam Resort has been paying! E.g.: 1041 – Club fees OR 1041 – 2x booked and we have paid the deposit, so you can stickers. This way we know who & what! start booking your accommodation for the weekend of 20 – 22 October 2017. Do not postpone this too Club Banking details: long as you know they open bookings for the public a month (or even two) before we arrive and we Bank – Standard Bank would like the entire resort for ourselves! Details Account No – 200054996 elsewhere in the newsletter. Branch code – 006005 (The Glen) Account name – Volvo Owners Club of SA This year’s AGM is going to be a very important Country – South Africa one, some decisions need to be made on how we see Swift code – SBZAZAJJ the Club in future, so please do your utmost to (Use your membership No as reference) attend and be part of our future. Dis belangrik dat ons lede (want dis waaroor dit gaan) ‘n sê het in ons If you are not receiving communications – ask doen en late. As I said in the last newsletter we need yourself – is my postal address up to date & willing and able hands! correct; does the Club have my cell phone number & email address? If in doubt pick up the phone or Financially, thanks to you the member and our send an email and CHECK! sponsors/ contributors we are is healthy. On the membership front we have more members than in 2017 Events the corresponding period last year, that is good • 21 May 2017 – Cars in the Park PMB KZN news. The question remains why there are still 2016 • members not renewing membership? Word out 27 May 2017 – Just Wheels, Muriel Brand School Brakpan there is that we remain one of the best Clubs. • 11 June 2017 - Walk to Vryheid • In closing, don’t let one or two people put you off 9 July 2017 - Herman Pienaar Goodwill Run – by not remaining a member of the Club, they are not Krugersdorp • representative of the majority of the members and 26 August 2017 – West Rand Car Show, Dr. they certainly do not reflect our values and Havenga School, Witpoortjie Roodepoort principles. We prefer not to get involved with • 6 August 2017 - Cars in the Park – Zwartkops personal issues that may arise between two • September 2017 - Spring Bring & Braai, individuals, if it does harm/ or could potentially Hartebeespoort Boating Club harm the reputation of the Club we need to know. • 20 – 22 Oct 2017 – National Saamtrek – Aldam Remember it is not about you, me or a person, we • 26 November 2017 - Parys Breakfast Run are here for the love of Volvo and the heritage we • 12 November 2017 - Herman Pienaar Goodwill want to protect and show the world. Run – Krugersdorp • 5 December 2017 – Killarney Classic Show, We probably have some of the nicest & most Cape Town pristine examples of classic Volvo’s in the world • 10 December 2017 - Breakfast Run to Du Vlei, and we want to keep it that way! Hermon (Just outside Wellington) Western Cape. Pas julle op, wees veilig en bring daai Volvo’s na die byeenkomste toe! Aware of any events in your areas (or elsewhere)? Please email to Brian Smal, Viva Volvo [email protected] or Brian on 084 513 0234 Loggies. K Y C M CY CM MY CMY . r S Y T) T) W o’s U A A v R O OR V V ol L F V E CT A B T D UXU L f your ON TED o C S e ARE , c LI our times per yea C f an S r E TION IL A S: R62.90 (INCL. A T E WEDISH O B S T S NFORM I E ON THE DE THER CARE KIT: R330.60 (INCL. SERV A THER CARE WIP E E A D E FOR MORE ecommend you clean it two to r , we y r O GENUINE L otect and maintain the beautiful appea V r L O GENUINE L V O o p L V T O upholste V CMH Volvo Cars 277 Main Road, Bryanston 7 0 9 32 Bryanston 011 700 4700 | [email protected] Keyline F - 2017/02/02 14:11:45 Angela’s Picnic – Howard bates We saw 26 Volvo’s in total, which is 8 down on last year. From a very neat first generation S90 of Terry’s to Fred’s 445 “Broodwa” and late arrival, Gerhard in the latest S60 Polestar. We had 445 x1 / 544 x1 / 122 x6 / ES x1 / 144 x1 / 164 x3 / 245 x1 / S90 x1 / 850 x2 / 850sw x1 / S40 x3 / C30 x2 / C70 x1 / S60 x2. Due to the fact stands are not allocated to the various motoring Clubs that support this event, Liz & myself go to the park on the Saturday to stake our claim for the Sunday get together. Two (2) new members signed up on the day, welcome to Richard Currie and to Pierre Le Roux. The day turned out to be just magic and only one small gust of wind came from nowhere and lifted one of the gazebos which leads me to mention to all our members…..tether your gazebos to something secure. It takes a very small gust to set up an embarrassing moment. Keep your eyes open and should you see a gazebo not secured, tap the owner on his/her shoulder and get it done. Next time I turn the key on my blue 144 will be for: The Cars in the Park Pietermaritzburg 20th / 21st May. Walk to Vryheid 9th/10th/11th June. It is the 10th year that André De Haan will be organizing this event. You haven’t driven this event yet ? – call André on 073 252 5127 and join The Walk. SAVVA Magnum Rally 9th thru 12th August. Organised by POMC and is a must for any classic car &/or bike enthusiast. Excellent organizing, beautiful roads & scenery and a bunch of good camaraderie. Contact fellow VOC member Leo Middelburg on 083 677 2334 or e-mail myself for more info. [email protected]. Sunday morning the Club’s gazebo was up, tethered to the ground and we were sipping the complementary OBS & orange juice watching exhibitors arrive. Yes, our stand is virtually opposite the entrance, so we basically have top dollar seats watching every which type of classic arrive. The oldest “model” present was Jakob in the guise of an icing covered cake, which tasted great. Thanks to Deon, Dawn & of course Oom Karel, the Time for a stout / Howard Prinsloo’s from Pretoria. 2017 – national saamtrek – Aldam 09h00 – 11h00: Annual General Meeting, followed by the display and judging of our resort. beautiful Volvo’s. Diarize 20 – 22 October 2017 now and don’t We will also take care of the ladies in attendance make any other plans for that weekend other than so that they can have some fun whilst the guys getting yourself, your family & friends and of ogle the Volvo’s on display and get some tips on course that beautiful Volvo of yours to Aldam improving theirs. Resort, the venue of the 2017 National Saamtrek. Preliminary weekend programme will be pretty Then 18h30 for 19h00, the Prize Giving Dinner in much the same as in the past and just to jog your the Hall, we are planning a nice surprise and a memory our planning is: “different” Master of Ceremony! You cannot miss out on this one! Friday 20 October 2017: 16h00 – 18h00: Registration at Aldam Resort at the Conference Sunday 22 October 2017 at 07h30 we will have Centre. Registration fee payable (TBA) which will our trophy winners and second place photo shoot include a few nice goodies such as a raffle ticket, at the judging display area and have Farewell your mounted photograph, meal ticket and a snacks/ juice/ tea & coffee at the conference commemorative medal. centre thereafter. Then at 19h00 we will have our traditional Bring Make your accommodation bookings NOW! & Braai which always goes down well, nice Contact Bridged at the resort on Tel: (057)652 relaxing chit chatter with like-minded Volvo 2200 or on email [email protected]. friends. Saturday 21 October 2017: 07h30 – 08h30 we There are self-catering chalets, camping facilities will do the Individual Photo Shoot, venue to be for caravans and tents, a restaurant at the resort advised. that does breakfasts and light lunches, a swimming pool and lots more. See you there! 08h30 – 09h00: AGM registration & for those that did not register on Friday at the Aldam Resort – CELEBRATING THE 90th Anniversary of Conference Centre. Volvo! 2017 New members: Welcome to the following new members: Joan Kruger from Randburg Richard Currie from Chartwell Johannesburg Pierre Le Roux from Springs Danie De Lange from Gonubie (East London) Philip Meyer from Kempton Park My experiences with Volvo cars - Went for a couple of test drives in other S40‘s and once my finances were in place I phoned him up Gerhard Claassen (Part one) telling him I had R140k to spend on a car.