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Club Veedub Sydney. July 2018 NQ629.2220994/5 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au VW I.D. R wins 2018 Pikes Peak hillclimb. July 2018 IN THIS ISSUE: Flat Four Coffee Run Ash’s barn finds Kim’s Detailing Day Uch’s thanks Ash’s Golf 5 TDI Edition VW goes International 1969 Hardie-Ferodo 500 Plus lots more... Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au A member of the NSW Council of Motor Clubs. Also affiliated with CAMS. ZEITSCHRIFT - July 2018 - Page 1 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au Club VeeDub Sydney Club VeeDub membership. Membership of Club VeeDub Sydney is open to all Committee 2017-18. Volkswagen owners. The cost is $45 for 12 months. President: Steve Carter 0490 020 338 [email protected] Monthly meetings. Monthly Club VeeDub meetings are held at the Arena Vice President: David Birchall (02) 9534 4825 Sports Club Ltd (Greyhound Club), 140 Rookwood Rd, [email protected] Yagoona, on the third Thursday of each month, from 7:30 pm. All our members, friends and visitors are most welcome. Secretary and: Norm Elias 0421 303 544 Membership: [email protected] Correspondence. Treasurer: Martha Adams 0404 226 920 Club VeeDub Sydney [email protected] PO Box 1340 Camden NSW 2570 Editor: Phil Matthews 0412 786 339 [email protected] Flyer Designer: Lily Matthews Our magazine. Zeitschrift (German for ‘magazine’) is published monthly Webmasters: Aaron Hawker 0413 003 998 by Club VeeDub Sydney Inc. We welcome all letters and [email protected] contributions of general VW interest. These may be edited for reasons of space, clarity, spelling or grammar. Deadline for all contributions is the first Thursday of each month. Book and DVD Joe Buttigieg 0449 291 642 Opinions expressed in Zeitschrift are those of the writers, Librarian: [email protected] and do not necessarily represent those of Club VeeDub Sydney. Club VeeDub Sydney, and its members and contributors, cannot Tool Librarian: Bob Hickman (02) 4655 5566 be held liable for any consequences arising from any information printed in the magazine. [email protected] Back issues (2007-on) are available at www.clubvw.org.au under the Media - Zeitschrift tag. Merchandising: Raymond Rosch (02) 9601 5657 Articles may be reproduced with an acknowledgment to [email protected] Zeitschrift, Club VeeDub Sydney. Assistant Merch: Kira and Bettina Rosch Raffle Officer: Christine Eaton (02) 9520 4914 We thank our VW Nationals sponsors: Vintage Registr: John Ladomatos 0449 236 076 [email protected] 30 years. Volkswagen Group Australia Stan Pobjoy Racing Engineering VW Nationals David Birchall (02) 9534 4825 Andrew Dodd Automotive Vintage Vee Dub Supplies Committee: Bob Hickman, Eddie Fleita H&M Ferman Volksbahn Autos Pty Ltd Motorsport Rudi Frank 0418 442 953 Captain: [email protected] 25 years and over. Aust VW Performance Ctre Shannons Car Insurance VW Motorsport Committee: Mick Motors Wolfsburg Motors St Peters John Ladomatos Brian Walker North Rocky & Import Parts Craig Adams Martha Adams 20 years and over. Norm Robertson (JP) Eddie Fleita Harding Performance Cars Reliable Automotive Services Indian Automotive Wayne Penrose Automotive General Committee: Shirley Pleydon Charlie Attard 15 years and over. Zelko Jurkovic Leanne Woods All Metal Bumpers Mobile Model Cars and Toys Conie Heliotis Evolution Car Hire NRMA Insurance 10 years and over. Antique Tyres Rod Penrose Racing Canberra Committee. Artemi’s T-Shirts Westside Mufflers Chair: Willie Nelson [email protected] Black Needle Auto Upholstry VW Classic Kirrawee Secretary: Mandy Conway [email protected] Custom T Shirts VW Magazine Australia Treasurer: Bruce Walker [email protected] Euro Automotive Volkscare ESigns Wolfsburg Auto Melbourne Registrar: Willie Nelson [email protected] Council/Events: David Cook [email protected] 5 years and over. Social Media: Dorothy Bryan [email protected] Exoticars Service Centre Mountain Mechanics Forty Horse Quik Strip Merchandise: Jacqui Stenhouse [email protected] Just Kampers Volkshome Automotive MacKellar Service Centre Volkswerke Please have respect for the committee members and their families Motexion by only phoning at reasonable hours. ZEITSCHRIFT - July 2018 - Page 2 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au ZEITSCHRIFT - July 2018 - Page 3 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au ZEITSCHRIFT - July 2018 - Page 4 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au ZEITSCHRIFT - July 2018 - Page 5 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au ZEITSCHRIFT - July 2018 - Page 6 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au ZEITSCHRIFT - July 2018 - Page 7 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au ZEITSCHRIFT - July 2018 - Page 8 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au Porsche and BMW clubs were invited to join us which proved Von dem Herrn an overwhelming success. Inviting the other German Marque car clubs along was Präsident. in part to boost numbers to the event so as to make it Hi all, well it's great weather now for air cooled cars worthwhile for the business to conduct such a day or us. But but only if they have a heater. We had some great events to go more importantly, it’s a great way to build a relationship with to with our VWs which were great fun to attend. other local car clubs and to bring car enthusiasts together. It is Last month there was the Flat Four Morning Coffee also an avenue to get ideas on running a car club, new ideas for Cruise to the Yallah Woolshed. As I write this report Bugs future activities and share information and leads on businesses and Buses By the Bay organised by Rose and Ian from that support groups such as ours. The other clubs were very Newcastle is happening. grateful for the opportunity to join us on the recent Coming up in July is the East Hills Charity Car Show information day and agreed that these combined events and at Kelso Park at Panania and the VW Club 10-pin Bowling larger numbers make the businesses more willing to provide Challenge, Club Veedub v Flat Four! Later in July and their time to groups in this way. running into August is the VW Spectacular 2018 at A number of the Canberra Crew will be making their Macksville and Nambucca Heads. A few of us are going up way to Nambucca Heads / Macksville for the VW for the whole week, I can’t wait. Spectacular. We would love to hear from anyone wishing to In August is the Shannons Sydney Classic 2018 at join our convoy to this event on Sunday 29th July. See the Sydney Motorsport Park, Eastern Creek. We now have our Calendar for details. tickets from the CMC for this. Contact Norm Elias for The ACT German Auto Day (GAD) is well into the tickets, but make sure that you can come as we only have planning stages and promises to be a great day again this year. limited spots available. This year the CMC has placed us back Sunday 23 September is the date, so make sure you keep that on the far side, under the grandstand. day free for our biggest event of the year. Trophies, great Later on in August is the Split-window Kombi Winter food, children’s entertainment, beautiful location and great European Cruise to Mt Wilson in the Blue Mountains. You people are just a small part of this fantastic event. don’t have to have a split window to attend; all Kombis and Also in the planning is a dinner on the evening other VW models are welcome too. preceding the GAD. A great night is being planned with all Keep an eye on the calendar and mark the events in clubs involved and we hope to have more details on this very your diary. Springtime is a busy time and tyhere are lots of soon. Keep an eye on Facebook and your emails for more events coming up. If you would like to organise a club event, details. Those planning on travelling from interstate, please then please do so! Come along to a meeting and we can make feel free to indicate your EOI for the dinner to our email at it happen. We just need to run the date and concept past the [email protected]. committee to ensure it doesn’t clash with other events on the For our chapter members; please keep an eye on our calendar. Facebook page “Club VeeDub Canberra Chapter” and your This month is the Club AGM where all committee email inbox for details on upcoming events. We also post positions will be declared vacant. So if you fancy becoming feedback and pics from recent activities on the Facebook page more involved in your club, come along and put your hand and invite members to also post VW related info. The up, we could use the help! It’s always nice to see new faces Facebook page is also a great way to get in contact with the with new ideas on the committee with any enquiries you may have. committee. If you are not receiving emails from the club, please contact us so we can add you to the mailing list; or if you See you soon, don’t want to receive our mail-outs, also please contact us on our new email address: [email protected] Steve Carter Cheers, Willie Kanberra Kapitel report. Klub Greetings from Canberra, Well winter is definitely upon us here in the Nation’s Capital. A few mornings of -4 with a “feels like” temperature Kalender. of -8 thanks to the winds off the mountains recently have been *** All information correct at time of printing but a graphic reminder of this. Scraping ice off the windscreen of subject to change - events are sometimes altered or my daily, as the Beetle gets the garage, isn’t fun on these icy cancelled without notice.
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