Bulletin of the Veteran Car Club of South Australia, Inc
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Bulletin of the Veteran Car Club of South Australia, Inc. www.vccsa.org.au Vol. 7, No. 7 – March 2013 Chairman: Howard Filtness 8272 0594 Treasurer: Tim Rettig 8338 2590 Secretary: David Chantrell 8345 0665 Rallymaster: Phil Keane 8277 2468 Committee: Peter Allen 8353 3438 Neil Francis 8373 4992 Terry Parker 8331 3445 Public Officer Dudley Pinnock 8379 2441 Address for Correspondence: P.O.Box 193, Unley Business Centre, Unley 5061 Email: [email protected] Website: www.vccsa.org.au Bulletin editor : Tony Beaven 0407 716 162 [email protected] Salon Retromobile auto jumble/car show, Porte de Versailles Exhibition Centre 1901 Panhard et Levassor 1903 Spyker 40hp 1913 Renault DG 1909 Benz 1913 Renault DM – solid tyre Prince Henry Benz Meetings visit to Paris, no doubt leaving out the bits that she doesn’t want her Dad to know about. The Club holds informal gatherings at 8pm on the Wednesday 3 rd April. We have been promised a first Wednesday of each month, except January, at very interesting evening of entertainment by the Colonel Light Gardens RSL, enter off Dorset Julian McNeil talking about his vast collection of Ave. Assemble at 7.30 for a pre-meeting chat. The Veteran cars and parts, and other things. only formal club meeting is the Annual General Wednesday 1 st May. Anecdotes, photos and tall Meeting, held on the first Wednesday in July each stories from what is promising to be a terrific year. weekend rally based at Nurioopta. Any input and Wednesday 6 th March. Josie Chantrell will photos from participants will be more than enchant us with a report and slide show, on her welcome. recent 2 month, self funded, student exchange Bulletin March 2013 Page 1 Wednesday 5 th June . We are seeking a volunteer you may choose. Maybe brain surgery, mountain presenter from our talented members, any subject climbing or something just as unusual. Wednesday 4 th July . Will be our AGM. Upcoming events Sunday 10 th March Old Reynella Historical Fair, route there being organised by David Chantrell. Start at the Colonel Light Gardens RSL at 9am for a 9.30am departure, note we will be going on South Road and up Tapley's Hill. We have booked a space for 10 veteran cars. The fair promises to be something different with Napoleonic enactments, canons, black powder firings, period costumes and of course the VCCSA!. We can leave about 3pm or so to get home. Friday 12 th to Sunday 14 th Our annual weekend rally, to be held in and around Nuriootpa, all cabins in April 2013 the caravan park on hold for us, just mention the Veteran Car Club of SA, be quick, they are filling fast. Get your rally entries in now please. Routes are for all veteran vehicles. So don’t hesitate, enter that veteran car or motor cycle! The more the merrier!!! Flyer and entry form attached to this Bulletin. Sunday 12 th May We are looking for someone to organise a run for this day. Don’t be backward in coming forward. Many photos taken, questions answered, rides Breakfast Run Sunday 10 th Feb taken, then out came THELMA, a 103 year young About twenty early risers assembled at Veale lady with the attitude and enthusiasm that Gardens at 7-30 am for the Cafe Portobello surprised us all. Kapara breakfast run, five veterans and four THELMA climbed up into David’s car for a drive, moderns, the run organised by David.Chantrell. and on returning had a smile that made our day. Leaving South Tce, travelling in the cool of the One of the nurses commented later that one of the morning through relatively quiet city streets, residents had a tear for the memories of the old down around past the zoo, along Memorial Drive, days. past the Adelaide Oval redevelopment, North Thanks David and Howard. A visit well worth Adelaide golf course and down to Port Rd via the effort. Bowden. Over the Birkenhead Bridge onto Ian Voysey Victoria Rd, gave us the freedom to show a little speed as we passed the Submarine Corporation Added by David Chantrell and then slowed down as we entered Outer Thelma is 103, ‘Mabel’ is 102 and I am only 45 Harbour. years old; combine age of 250 years. When I went Continuing along the Esplanade, through Largs to help Thelma into the car she retorted “I may be Bay and Semaphore, hard left at Fort Granville, old but I am not infirm!”. down to Cafe Portobello situated in the new Port Note: Up to this point Arthur Mullins at 98 was Adelaide West redevelopment, opposite the old the oldest passenger that I have had the privilege flour mill. of driving. Sorry Arthur, but Thelma has now With the company and the food so good, we beaten your record! stayed a little longer than planned. Finally three Veterans set out for the Kapara Nursing Home at Glenelg, travelling along Military Rd, Adelaide Shores Caravan Park and Golf Club, past the Patawalonga, through Glenelg, along Moseley St arriving at Kapara car park. The elderly slowly emerged. This proved to be the highlight of the day. Forty two gathered some in wheelchairs, most smiling, many laughing. Bulletin March 2013 Page 2 previous weekend rally whilst returning from their From the Chairman Morris rally. Julie has compiled a DVD of all of For those who couldn’t make it, the February run her photos and burned them to disc for us. A copy was a bit different. Secretary David organised a has been donated to the club and is well worth a meander around the Port Adelaide/Outer Harbour look. Her photographic skills are far better than area, followed by a late brekky near the Jervois mine I can assure you! Bridge. We met a lovely lady who would be On behalf of the committee I am drafting a known to most of you, Anna Fagan, who response for the Bay to Birdwood committee, re contributed so much to veteran motoring over a the future of the rally. I know that our members considerable period of time. It was wonderful to views are polarised, but I feel strongly enough to catch up with her and her daughter Fiona again. draft a letter. We are in possession of all of the After our usual yummy and chatty breakfast, three information such as commercial agreements, of our vehicles visited a retirement complex in marketing contracts, State Government authority Glenelg, and took some of the people for a ride in regulation and intervention, demand from many our cars. It was very memorable – I am a firm other sources, but we will try to draft something believer that our vehicles are appreciated most by which we hope will constructively contribute to the elderly and school children, and we should do this debate. what we can to give pleasure to these groups Our weekend rally is only 6 weeks away, so if you when we get the chance. are going to enter now is the time. As per normal I made a brief mention last month that David was we have a number of interstate entries; I for one arranging something special for our March am looking forward to catching up with Brian meeting. His daughter Josie has recently returned Hussey from Victoria. Michele and I enjoyed his from an extended stay with a French family, and company immensely and for us the reason why will be giving a presentation and slide show to us. we attend such rallies, and that is to meet new She is a lovely young lady, and I am keen to learn people and reacquaint with the old ones. a little about the places she visited, and whether Numbers for catering will help the organisers she became accustomed to eating snails and frogs immensely. legs. I know she went to both Paris and the snow, The 2014 rally destination has been released and and it is a great credit to her that she earned the after 2 years north of Adelaide we are all going cost of the air fare to France herself. It should be south to McLaren Vale. a wonderful and informative evening with extra July 4 th 2013 will be our Annual General Meeting. appeal to the ladies. Due and proper notice will be given in a later Plans for the Barossa Rally are all but finalised, “Bulletin”, but now is the time to think about your and entries continue to come in. I’m sure the nominations for all of the positions. Rally Secretary would appreciate receiving those still to register, as soon as possible, especially as Kind Regards, we leave for the Canberra National 1 and 2 David Chantrell Cylinder Rally at the end of the week. It promises to be once again an event not to be missed. Well, assuming you’re not clumsy enough to break your Rally Secretary’s Report foot the week before – I’m ok at the time of Most of you will be aware that the Barossa writing! Look forward to seeing you there. Tourist Park in Nuriootpa is giving us preferential bookings. They, of course, have a business to run, Happy Veteran Motoring, and cannot hold empty cabins forever. At their Howard request, they will accept non-rally bookings after March 10 th , so if you wish to come, and wish to stay at Rally HQ, I suggest you contact them and From the Secretary reserve your place quickly. I have spoken to them This month has been rather quiet on the letter today and checked their bookings with our rally front; particularly compared to recent months.