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I / VOL. XXVI , No. 133 Vintage Car Club of N.Z. (Inc.)

Dec. 1981-January 1982 NATIONAL EXECUTIVE 27th YEAR OF PUBLICATION President: N. A. Dewhurst (Auckland) Club Captain: A. D . Storer (Banks Peninsula) Club Vice -Captain: Ken Macefield (Canterbury). IN THIS ISSUE Hon . Secr etary: Clynt Inns, Phone 34-770, Christchurch. Club Registrar: Don Bennetts. President's Message 2 Exe cutive: Me ssrs B. J. Barnes (Southland), W. M. Birch (Wellington), J. W. A. Newell (Banks Peninsula), N . C. The Riley Story 3 Skevington (Canterbury). Executive Report 8 North Shore Indajit Trial 9 CORRESPONDENCE Club correspondence, including members' CUANCFS Automobile body design 11 OF ADDRESS, must be sent to WeBsford Branch 12 Tire Vintage Car Club of N .Z . (Inc.) r .o. Box 2546 , The Harley 8 Valve 13 Christchurch, Intending members should write to this address. 1928 Hudson 16 All Beaded Wheels correspondence and subscribers Unwanted Model Ts 17 change of address to p.a. Box 13140. Sp'it Rim Tool 19 BEADED WHEELS EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Branch Notes 22 Chairman: Spencer Barnard. Letters to Editor 32 Com mittee: Geoff Hockley, Bruce Pidgeon, Bob Scott, Paul Giesler. Classified Ads 35 Material for publication is the responsibilitv of this committee and should be forwarded to p.a. Box 131 ~O , CLOSING DATE Christchurch, typed or neatly printed, double spaced on one side of paper only. Closing da te next issue - 10th Januar y, 19 82 Reports of restorations, events, road tests, his torical and technical articles welcome. No payment made to COVER PHOTO contributors. 192 5 Rilev Redwin g belon g s to L. R. Hardman , a n TIle opinions expressed in lellers or articles in Bead ed e ntra nt in th e 19 80 Int ernation al Rall y. See Riley Wheels are the authors' own views and do not necessarilv Story on page 3 . Ph ot o taken by Spencer Barnard at express the policy of the Vintage Car Club of N.Z. (lnc,') Lak e Oketi anga where it was raini ng (as usual).

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T he rally season has well an d be driven fr om Ca pe Rein ga l a COR RE CT IO N tru ly arrived , eve n if summer Bluff by its ow ner who has only weather has not. For many mem­ rece ntly recovered fro m maj or In Bob Helm's story ' Res tora­ ber s the options are such that it heart surgery.He is a V.e.e. tion of Chug Buggy' in the last becomes difficult to choose which member as well as a Lion an d issue, the left para graph on pa ge events to atte nd, and this is par­ the pu rp ose of the dri ve is to 18 sho uld read : ticularl y so when bran ches are show what can be done by heart close togeth er. I have had the pat ient s and to dr aw atte ntion to T he only parts that could be pleasure of attend ing two ca lender the fund ra ising whi ch will be sa lvaged being the differential even ts, Auck land 's Hunua 100 conduc ted by the Lion s as the cage an d the spur PI NIONS. a nd We llington's Annual Rall y, jo urney progresses. TIlE INTERNALLY TOOTHED both o f which provided excellent Assistance will be sought fr om side gears had to be cut-The mot oring a nd social activities al­ our Cl ub and I co mme nd this word in cap itals were omitted. thou gh the numbers o f entrants pro ject to Bran ch es an d members were down. Perhaps thi s is a to sup po rt in any way they ca n. Also on page 19 in the cen tre result of the number of event s As the festive season column : ava ilable, and is certainly not approaches Pat and I wish you all T he pisto n and co nnec ting rod necessaril y a bad thing in itself. a very happy Christmas and hope together weigh 14+ po unds not 4 -): Yc u should all be well awa re that your holida y mot oring will as printed. by now o f the two Easter Rall ies be safe and enjoyable. next year. Bay of Plenty and NORMAN DEWHURST We regret these err ors. Southland arc host ing the North and South Island -Rallies respec t­ ively . Both of these bran ch es are well know n for their a bility and hospital ity and tho se who intend go ing sho uld alrea dy have mad e a 1982 USA TOUR commitment. Entry forms are ava ilab le (ask your branch sec­ featuring the re tary) and accommodation sho uld be boo ked qui ckly. MODEL A FORD CLUB OF D R IVE FOR LIFE AMERICA Convention Ea rly next year a totall y different event will be taking pla ce and I have no hesitat ion in Departs July, 1982 menti on ing it here. He art disease and stro kes account for 49 per A 23-day tour visiting Los Angeles (Briggs cent of the dea ths in New Zea land and few hom es wo uld Cunningham Auto Museum), Detroit (Ford not have been affected by it. Man y Museum), Bloomington (Model A Convention), of our own members have them­ Reno (Harrah's Collection of 1000 cars) and selv es been victims and some Honolulu. today owe their lives to the car e a nd a ttention that they have Approx. cost: $3,000 per person (share twin) received in card iac unit s. T he New Zealan d Lio ns Clubs FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, WRITE TO:- in associatio n wit h the Nation al Peter Butler, 219A Valley Road, Heart Foun da tio n are organising a fund rai sing effort ca lled Drive Mt. Maunganui, Fo r Life. The mainst ay of th is or BSB Travel, Box 5230, Mt. Maunganui. will be a 1914 Ford T which will

PAGE T WO 'Old as the industry, Modern as the Hour' PART 2: THE LATER YEARS , INNOVATIONS , AND RACING

After the collapse of the old World War I side-valve cars) and bar independent front suspension family Riley company and take­ produced a fine car worthy of the gave good road-holding with a over by the Nuffield organisation famous Blue Diamond. deep, rigid chassis, while the in September 1938, cars were The new Riley was one of the tra nsmission used a Morris 4­ produced as usual for the last two first British cars to be introduced speed gearbox and back axle. shaky years until Wo rld War Il, after World War Il, and was The 4-door saloon body was when British manufacture of almost alone in not being just a given a fabric-covered roof and private vehicles ceased altogether. styling strongly reminiscent of the For the 1939 year Riley models 1937-8 Riley Continental Touring looked distinctly un inspired. but by John King Saloo n. An attractive drop-hea d things looked bette r when the co upe was later offered and a Kes trel was revived to meet two-seater roadster deve loped for popular demand, and con tinued slightly revamped prewar version. the American market, both on the into 1940. Two models were offered, using 2-} -litre chassis . Examp les of all Towards the end of hostilities the now-familiar 2t- and I-}-litre types ca n be seen in New Zealand, in Europe, a new Riley was 4-cylinder engines, and differed a lthough the proportion of 2-}­ developed. Harry Rush was externally only in the shorter litre saloons can give a misleading engaged in its design (he had also bonnet and dark blue radiator imp ression of production num­ been responsible for the post- badge of the smaller car. Torsion- bers. Far more Ii s were made,

Arthur Dexter's Brooklands Riley outside the family firm premises in Auckland 1933. At the kerb are the latest models of 6 cylinder Kestrel and 9 H.P. Monaco. Photo from Dexter Collection via John Hearne.

PAGE THREE but only the 2t -litres were import­ ed by the agents, with all examples of th e sma ller mod el being brought in pri vat ely. One of the fas tes t pr odu ction ca rs of the imme dia te postwar per iod . the Riley 2t -litre co uld reach just a bo ut 100 rnph in fa vou ra ble co nd itio ns and was used by seve ra l po lice forces . Its 100 bhp engine of 80.5 x 120 mm - the lon gest stro ke o f any Briti sh postwar engine-gave tremen dou s torque. and was a rugged , reliabl e unit. Th e same eng ine was devel op ed to 110 bhp for the Pa th finder in­ troduced in 1955 wit h a basicall y Wolsele y 6/9 0 body shell. Alas, 15-:32 Riley Monaco, showing its seat ing arrangement. Pneumatic cushions under the leather upholstery provided seating comfort. The deep floor wells that was the only uniqu ely Rile y gave foot room for the rear passengers. Photo from Dexter Collection via feature of the car. and W:15 John Hearne. dropped after two years to be re placed by the comparatively cars. through the 1.5 (W olseley uninspir ed 2.6-lilre BM C 6­ 1500), 4 /68 and 4 /72 (Mostin cy linder device. From then on Oxbridge). Elf a nd Ke strel (M ini Rileys could be distingu ished only an d 1100 /1 300). by the sha pe of the rad iator grille. In 1969 the respected nam e of wit h an ex tra SU carbure tto r an d Riley fell vic tim to the great wood tr im for those who knew rat ion al isat ion and was dropped where to loo k. The last years saw altogether. It was mourned mainly a succession of badge-engineered by th ose who rem embered its lon g

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P A G E FOUR 70-year history from the begin­ nings of British motoring-and who noted the mu ch shorter lives of the mak es still considered by British Leyl and to be worthy of su rvival-- but fewer people could be enthusiastic over the more ex pensive Minis that finally car­ ried the last of the Blue Diamond. even if they were still assembled in New Zealand for some time a fter pr oduction ceased in En gland. Back in their heyd ay, however, the cars put out by the Riley Iarnily wer e noted fo r their inn o­ vative idea s, in both styling and mechanical det ails . Percy's valve overlap and method of operation before the turn of the century have been mentioned, and he 1951 Riley 2V2 litre saloon, at the time owned by Ivan Taylor, on a Canterbury back-country road, mid-1960s. mounted the 9 hp engine on rubber con es bearing on a bar " passing thr ou gh the block. insu­ lating it from the rest of the car long bef ore the Ameri can " floating power" phrase was co ined. The Nine of 1926 was undoubt­ edly the co mpany's best achieve­ ment up to that point. It gave the rear passengers comfort by seating them ahead o f the back ax le, with floor-wells to provide ample foo tro om yet with a low roofline, a feature copied lat er by other manufacturer s. Its built-in lug­ gage boot also set a trend, and Rileys were always at the for e­ front of any styling development, suc h as the so -ca lled "aeroline " sal oons (or " fastbac k" as the fashion was rediscovered recently) exemplified by the Ke strel range. Riley styling - a row of "aeroline" Kestrel saloons and one Adelphi all Th eir styles were arguabl y bett er­ on the 12/4 chassis, 1936-7. looking than similar efforts by centrifu gal clutch engaging at 700 Railton and J. G. Parry-Thomas contemporary makes, too. rpm to ease the starting load on when they sa w the pot ential of Easy gearchanging was alw ays the 1st gear band. In 1938 the the first Nine, and how it co uld a goal of the compa ny. From the 16/4 was given a 3-speed Bor g fill the gap in the internation al earliest Nine the Silent Third Warner sync hromesh gea rb ox Class G (I lOO cc) sports ca r gearbox was a sales fea ture, with with overdrive on the top two racing, at the time monopolised its helical cons tant-mes h 3rd a nd rat ios. by the Continental make s. 4th gears engaged by dogs, over ­ But Riley's biggest influence De velopment of the Brooklands coming the still-preva len t lack of was probably on racin g during model was soon taken over by synchromesh. For 1934 the first the 1930s, both dir ectly and the factory, and the result was a preselector gearbox was offer ed , indirectl y. Fe w people have never highly -successful little two-seat er an ENV unit later replaced by the heard of the Bro okl ands Riley, which consistently achieved cla ss Armstrong-Siddeley type, with a conceived initially by Reid and outright wins at Brooklands, PAGE FIVE Le Mans, and on the Ards and Isle of Man circuit s, as well as in man y other co untries. Basically the sa me mechanically as the standard model Nin e (al­ th ough the work s team engines were con siderably beefier) with a close-ratio Silent third box, the Brook lands had an entirely new chassis. It dropped sha rp ly behind the front axle to run low to the gr ound and tap er in under the back axl e, whose sp rin gs were mounted on outriggers. The occ u­ pants sat level with the top of the torque tube, their feet resting on the full-l ength un dertray, in a Don Ransley and his three racing Rileys at a V.C.C. meeting at Ruapuna Park, March 1971. car with the lowest build of any production model of the time. mount in vint age racing today-- De xter , so n of the Auck land says much for the soundness of agent, saw the va lue of keep ing Only 93 were made (or so, its original design. the name Riley to the fore, and allow ing for the usual compo nent No ERAs cam e to New dr ove his car with con siderabl e swapping), but the y ruled the Zealand, but a few Brookl ands success in local eve nts during the tracks in the hands of the works Rileys were impo rted and all, 1930s, inclu din g the 1933 Pros- driv ers and some of the better mor e or less, surv ive. Arthur perit y Grand Pr ix, run through pr ivate owners, suc h as Freddie Dixon. A racing 6-cylinder m odel followed, and while it was less spec tacular in its ac hieveme nts, it paved the way for Brit ain's Bay Of Plenty Branch most successful voi turette racing car- the ERA-which any Rile y enthusiast will describe in terms ANNIVERSARY RUN of that make's part in its basis and development. Rayrnond Mays, lon g impressed 29th January - 1st February by the good pe rforma nce and stamina of the Rile y saloon he (PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE) used for cove ring high mileages as a woolbrok er, approached (Auckland Province Anniversary Weekend) Victor Riley with a proposal for campa igning one of the 6-cylinder You are invited to attend this popular National raci ng models. The outcome was Calendar Event. the White Riley, a supercharged ca r producing 160 bhp at 8,000 Good roads, good company and a good time rpm, whic h proved so promising assured. during the 1933-4 seasons, and led dir ectly to the ERA. ENTRY FORMS ARE AVAILABLE NOW. That fam ous ra cing car had a supercha rge d engine based on the Rile y (and in fact the origina l For further information please contact the casting patterns were loaned by Rally Secretary: the compa ny), but had littl e else in commo n. Still , the fact that the Mrs Bev Smith basic idea of a 3-bearing, pushrod 14 Eaton Crescent, ohv 6-cylind er engine sood up so Tauranga. Phone 64-469. well to almos t 15 years of com­ petitive racing- and is still para-

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Orakei subur ba n stree ts to im­ ca r. which was in' fac t one of the specials) mon op osto, but within prove mor ale during the Depres­ rar e 15/ 6 Special Seri es mod els, a matter of months the cr ank­ sion. The ca r is now ow ned by 1726 cc with triple ca rbure tto rs. sha ft br oke, and it was eas ier and John Hearne. who keeps it ac tive Such performance naturally im­ chea per to install a postwar 21­ in loca l sporting rall ies a nd hill­ pr essed Don, wh ose own car was litre engine and gea r box . A fte r climbs. no sluggard for the tim e, a nd he a bad cras h in its first race, how­ An ea rly 1929 model. with rod later bought the Kestrel and eve r, it was rebuilt with a Root es brakes and 5-stu d wire whee ls. raced it with a light boat-taile d supe rcha rger and less attractive was ow ned a few tim es by Ron two-seat er alu minium bod y fitted . body, and raced with success by Roycroft, then bri efly in 1950 by Bor ed out to nearl y 2-litres and Don Ran sley a nd Ron T uck er. th e late Don Ran sley of Ch rist­ with a ferocio us co mpression T he car is now owned by Otago ch urch . It is now part of N oel ratio, the 15/ 6 Special had an member Malcolrn Mc Millan , hav­ Fos ter's co llection at Ramarama , extensive racing career , and when ing been unsuperch arged aga in so uth of Auc kland. retired was fitted with a 1948 since 1956. A genuine works team Br oo k­ 2}-litre unit shoe ho rned int o the At one VCC meet ing a t lands ca me to New Zealand be­ chassis, complete with its gea r box Ru apuna Par k in March 1971, fore the wa r, and was campaigned a nd cw&p in th e origina l ba ck Don Ran sley, co mpe ting in his with much success by Maurie ax le. With the pr op er Kestr el Brooklands, was reunited with all Proctor, winning among other bod y fitted , it was a true wolf in three of the ca rs, each known things the original Lady Wigram sheep's clothing, and after many (no t always correctl y) as the Trophy ra ce in 1949. It was years' service around Ca nterbur y Ransley Riley. It was the first bou ght by Don Ransle y a bout 20 was bought by Bru ce Winder , who time the man and his cars had yea rs ago, and ha s more recentl y has competed in vintage events ever been together in one place . been ac tive in vint age events with a repli ca of the Ran sley under the owners hip of Lindsay boat-tailed bod y. H e has since The history of the Rile y marque Wogan and Bruce Winder (see locat ed the origina l 15/6 engine, is a lon g and vari ed one, with BE ADED WHEELS co ver, Aug­ and so has a fine variety of body people continuing to use them Sep '8 1). styles and engines to ch oose fro m. sportingly lon g after th e giant Don Ran sley had lon g been T ha t sa me 6-cyli nder engi ne. mot or manufacturers lost int erest. ac tive in racing Ril eys. One day how ever. was the basis for the The car's sur vival as a sound he was dr ivin g his nearly-new 2i ­ next ca r wh ich was the tru e vin tage, PV, a nd PW vehicle litre saloon along a Ca nter bury Ran sley Riley. The ch assis was see ms assured, and clubs for the road . and was passe d by a 1935 bu ilt from tubular steel by Les type are thriving all ove r the Riley Kestrel, ow ne d by a wool­ Oswell and Ernie Ran sley, wit h wo rld . So mehow the Riley bu yer . Mr Ste wart. Gi ving ch ase, the result a shapely (by corn par i­ enthusiast is more int ensively he was able to pass the prewar so n with other locall y-built loyal th an almost any other. PAGE SEVEN Report of National Executive

Report of Meeting held by the Elected National 1986 Commemorative Rally Executive in Christchurch on 19th November 1981 Plann ing is proceed ing for this eve nt to be held thro ugho ut New Zealand during Easter 1986. T his is to celebra te 100 yea rs of the mot or ca r. Several Computerisation of Club Records bran ches have expresse d interest in stag ing thi s eve nt T his pr op osal is held in abeyance mean time due to which will be held co ncur rently in seve ral areas the cha nge in syste m of the club 's mailing records. thr ou ghout the country.

Accident Compensation Levies for Motorcycles Beaded Wheels Bead ed Wheels was full y discussed as requested by We are continuing to keep in touc h with the Acc i­ the August Executive meeting. A meeting was held dent Co mpensa tion Co mmission regarding this with both the Bead ed Wh eels Co mmittee and the matt er, but to date little progress has been achieved. Publ ishers. One of the changes to be implemented is that the four elected Nati onal Executive members North Shore Calendars are to actively seek out and encourage members of As there has been little dem and for these this yea r the club to submit art icles and photos for they will not be pr oduced . It was resolved that we publi cat ion . enco urage North Shor e to have a pu blicity ca mpa ign with a view to obtaining sufficient orde rs to print National Trophies next yea r. Wi th the chan ge which has been recommended for the Nati on al Rallies trophies will need to be reallo­ National North and South Island Rallies cated. It was resol ved tha t the relevant trophies be H was resolved that the meeting recommend to the reallocated on the basis of similar competi tions in Mar ch National Executive tha t in fu ture rallies eac h isla nd exce pt for mot orcycles wh ich will co n­ whic h ha d pre viously been kn own as North or tinue with one Nat ional Rally at least in the mean­ So uth Island events become Na tion al Eve nts, to be time. Th e Maxwell Troph y would remain as being known as Nati onal N orth Isl and or Nat ion al Sou th for competition between N or th Islan d Bran che s a t Islan d Rall ies exce pt where only one was being held a Nati onal North Islan d Rally. T he Pennzoil Trophy in any year. This may be known as a Nation al Rally. would be changed to becom e the trophy fo r co mpe­ Becau se of increases in costs which had occ ur red tition bet ween South Island bran ches a t a Nati on al ove r the last few years it appea red the trend was fo r Sout h Island Rally. In both cases if there was only members not to travel long distan ces and it was one Rally being held the respective trophies would now poss ible to hold success ful major events in both be for competition bet ween the relevaht team s Islands at the sa me time. competing at that Rall y. T he Montagu Tr ophy would rem ain for compe ti­ In vestment of Club Funds tion at a National Motor cycle Rally or the Motor­ Th e Executive carried out a comprehensive study of cycle section of an In ternational Event. It appears the Club finances and decided that we should there are two oth er trophies which have to be recommend to the March 1982 meet ing that a work­ investiga ted to ascertain exac tly what they were ing ca pital fund be formulated . As we a t present pr esen ted for. have invested an excess to these requirements that Lions Club Promotion to Raise Funds for the Heart we make a n ex gra tia refund to all bran ches of Foundation 55.00 per member af ter the Mar ch meetin g. Th is co nsists of a For d Model T tra velling from North Ca pe to the Blu ff during 1982. T he addresses 1985 International Rally of all branches have been given to Lions and it is Verba l advic e had been received fro m the FlY A hoped that any contacted will give thei r full suppo rt of ent ra nt numbers a nd ot her restri ction s to be to the event. placed on future FlYA Int ern ation al Rallies. These are totally unacceptable to this clu b and it was Copies of Branch Newsletters to Elected Officers resolved that we proceed and hold in 1985 The 1st It was resolved that N ation al co ntrib ute $ 15.00 per Pa n Pacific Rall y, Th e date of this even t is to be br an ch towards the costs of bran ches sendi ng a betwee n Sunday, 24th Fe brua ry an d Thursday, 8th newsletter or magazine to all elected officers. March. Th is will not now be a FlYA event. WARREN BIRCH P AGE E IG HT North Shore Indajit Trial

One of the eve ning side a ttra c­ by road realignment. They are bod y was inside the clubhouse en­ tions during the 1980 Inter­ now so mewha t overgrow n and­ joying a sausage sizzle. nat ional at Rot orua was a film just by coinc iden ce, of course­ Th e plot was to war m thin gs of the Vintage Spo rts Car Club. rather mud dy. up with a series of dri ving tests Pr om inent amo ng its varied at the start in a dom ain carpa rk. raci ng and sporting ac tivities were Thi s aspect was aided by heavy Heavy rain dr ove specta tors under the Trials, where otherwise overn ight rain, with a very heavy the trees and turne d the pumice appare ntly sane Poms wou ld hurl showe r just as festi vities began , surface into a fore taste of th ings their old car s up the most unlikely to come, albeit with no adhesio n muddy hills, utt ering shr ill cries by John King prob lems. N otabl e for their of " Bounce! Bounce!" in their bravery- and dampness-in keep­ efforts to reac h the top. but which later cease d, allow ing ing hoods furl ed were Bar ry Gay Ever since then , Mik e G reig people to motor and walk ab out (MGT A) and Brian Johnstone has go ne about with a fa raway more or less in the dry. By the (Sunbeam ), altho ugh Ba rry nego­ " look in his eye, talking about time th ings finished the sun was tiated the tests slowly beneath his plott ing suc h a n eve nt for the shining, but at that stage every- own shelter. North Shore Branch's return to a sporting reput at ion. He has a most suitable car nea rly finished its restor at ion- a 1931 Riley 9 overseas mod el tourer, which because of the prevailing belief that colonials all lived in un­ developed lands with vertical, unmad e tra cks for road s, was origi na lly equ ipped with a 6.75:1 back axle rati o and 21" wheels for a genero us gro und clear ance. Mike's scheming finally resulted in the Ind ajit Trial on Sept ember 13. The route basically followed the old ma in north road route near Albany, where the Bran ch has its land (and now clubhou se), with pa rticular emphasis on those A brace of mired Sunbeams - Brian Johnstone's and John Gairdner' s ·cars await further action. pieces which have been bypassed All photos by John King. Vintage Car Club Members You are always welcome at BRIAN GOODMAN'S MAORI HILL SERVICE STATION, TIMARU Full Garage Service • Rental Cars • Petrol Oil • Tyres Call at the big MOBIL Station right at the entrance to Caro/ine Bay. The first MOBIL Station when entering Timaru from the North. After Hours Phone 80-499

PAGE N INE After a straightforward naviga­ tion run as far afield as the Pare­ rnorerno wharf, co mpetitors arrived at Mike's muddy mess to find a band of volunteers happily hacking at the undergrowth. While the more sceptical owners of American sedans sat in the dry wearing curled lips, those with the more sporting English tcurers tackled the special section. Brian's crew was not well versed in the subtle art of bounc­ ing. so he slithered to a halt. Behind him , John Gairdner back­ ed off and tried another route, but stopped again, alas too soon. While owners of gumboots could command premium hire fees, the two Sunbeams were extricated with long ropes and much man­ power. and it was Barry's turn. With lots of rev s, a pa ssenger who remembered to bounce at the one crucial point. and much deter­ min ation in the face of a wall of water being shipped brown over the bows, he got the MG through under its own power. The next section, a few yards away, looked even tougher with the track barely visible through Jchn Gairdner gCl!S exploring in his newly-acquired 1925 Sunbeam. dense bush. Mike walked through to prove it wasn't impassable, wh ile John Simpson went home and brought the venerable two­ stroke Sun to show the fea sibility of getting through on wheels. The effect was spoiled somewhat when he put it out in a watersplash. and whil e he coasted home again, downhill all the way , the com­ petitors all gave up that idea and followed the rest of the road route around the hills and back to Alb any. After lunch Mike announced the results. Every body shared first place, he said, with special men­ tion for those who tackled the reason for running the trial. General opinion held it to be a lot of fun -especiall y for the spe cta tors, who didn't have to clean the cars-and people would like to try it again. please, but in Two methods of keeping dry during the driving tests, as demonstrated by the sum mer. when there's a decent Barry Gay (the Mary Poppins style) and organiser Mike Greig (the Michelin chance of negotiating the tougher Man impression). bits. PAGE TEN Developments In Automobile Body Design

Motor-car design has progres­ streamlined body would not membering engineering practi­ sed from the days of the 'horse­ cause turbulence. Some examples calities and the uses a car must less carriage' in a series of of streamlining in the natural be put to, Breer came up with an gradual and somewhat predictable improved car shape. His car steps. One step stands out as an incorporated a short, wide round­ exception, and thi s was Chrysler by K. A. Hughes ed bonnet with buried headlights, Corporation's attempt to intro­ sloping windshield, and a gently duce an aerodynamically stream­ world are snow-drifts, sand ­ undulating rear sloping off to the lined car - the 1934-37 Airflow. dunes, lamp-flames, and the bumper. The Chrysler and De Soto Air­ bodies of fish and birds. With To improve the way the car flow were showroom failures but these principles in mind , but re- rode he analysed the gait at had a marked effect on subse­ quent car body design. Two developments during the 1920s had made po ssible big improvements over earlier car designs . One was the develop­ ment of the electric starter, which made larger and more powerful engines more practical; and the other was the development of hydraulic brakes, which enabled the speed potential of these engines to be safely exploited. By the late 1920s the traditional box­ like configuration of the motor­ car with its bolted on ancillaries, such as mudguards and head­ light s, needed revision. Not only was the boxlike configuration of poor design aerodynamically, but the ride offered by all but the heaviest and more expensive cars was poor. Cars of the day tended to pitch and toss at speed unless they were made very heavy. Chrysler Corporation's director of research, Carl Breer, applied himself to the problem of design­ ing a streamlined car with a more comfortable suspension. There are two types of air movement around a car body as it moves along: laminar flow and turbulent flow. Larninar flow is the more desirable, and can be imagined as a series of undis­ turbed parallel layers of fluid moving over the car body. On the other hand, turbulent flow is characterised by eddies and vor­ texes which cause a vacuum Three side views of 1934 model cars showing the contrast between the behind a car causing drag and Airflow and more conventional designs of the day. All cars are drawn at slowing it down. A perfectly the same scale. PAGE ELEVEN which the human body is most ditional car design of the day that Ferdinand Porsche was the comfortable. He found that most it was never very successful. The man who really brought Carl people get tired at about 80-100 public were used to long tapering Breer's ideas to profitable frui­ steps per minute. So, the car was bonnets and ornate grilles, and tion. Porsche was so impressed by sprung with leaves which flexed did not accept the stubby round Breer's ideas that he designed at this cycle resulting in a much bonnet and buried headlights of the Volkswagen Beetle' which improved ride to most cars of the streamlined Airflow. Chrys­ was first marketed in 1936. The the day. Another alteration re­ ler would have gone broke if 'Beetle' would have to be one of sulting in an improved ride was they had not manufactured more the most successful cars ever obained by moving the passen­ conventional models at the same made. gers 50 cm forward with respect time, and the Airflow was aban­ All modem cars now incorpor­ to the rear axle. The passengers doned in 1937. However, later in ate features such as passenger were therefore seated nearer the the 1930s Ford introduced, with seating as far as possible towards middle of the car and gained more success, its Lincoln Zephyr the middle of the car, unitary considerably in riding comfort. incorporating the short hood, body construction, integral mud­ The car also had utilised body sweeping tail and passenger seat­ guards and headlights and ergo­ construction which gave greater ing in the middle. General nomically designed suspensions. width and strength to the interior. Motors also introduced its slop­ However, many body styles still The aerodynamically designed ing 'fastback design' in the 1940s, ignore the principles of aero­ Airflow was introduced to the but kept the more visually pleas­ dynamic streamlining in favour public in 1934. Unfortunately it ing vertical grille and long flat of more visually appealing verti­ differed so greatly from the tra- bonnet. cal grilles and flat bonnets. Introducing Wellsford Branch

Those who attended the ing a fine collection of James, numbers, we seem to be offering A.G.M. at Whangarei may have and many of those increasingly the type of runs which people heard mention of the Wellsford popular English bikes of the like. Branch having attained full early 50s such as BSA and AJS. We were lucky enough to be branch status, becoming the 35th The post vintage and post war offered the use of an old house branch of the VCC NZ. periods are represented by Riley, by one of our members and this The impetus for the formation Wolseley, Standard, Chev's, has been set up as a spares store, of the sub-branch arose about Buick, Hudson, SS Jaguars, we have managed to accumulate two years ago in the towns of Daimlers and many others, we a fair selection of parts although Wellsford and Warkworth, half can even muster about six identification is often the way between the existing North commercials. problem. Shore and Whangarei branches, Small panel-beating classes Pa~1 when members found the ever by Hicks have been established to encour­ increasing cost of petrol deterred We have a club night once a age local restorations. Unlike them from travelling to branch month, alternating between branches in larger centres we do events, a sub-branch was the Warkworth and Wellsford and try not have access to technical logical development. We have to organise one motoring event institute facilities so classes are found that support for our local each month, be it rally, parade on a 'do it yourself' basis and the events has been strong, whilst or whatever. Some of the high­ gruop is starting to see the bene­ we still have the opportunity of lights of our last year's events fits. We would like to purchase visiting our neighbouring very were our most successful swap second-hand panel gear, such as active branches. meeting, held in conjunction with a swager, rolling machine etc. so We have around 34 members Whangarei branch and shortly to please let us know if you hear and an interesting and varied be repeated. The "Great Phillips of any going reasonably. collection of vehicles. Veterans Farm Hillclimb", a climb up a We would be happy to see any include a 1907 Darracq, 1912 track on a member's farm, local members who are passing Fiat, 1913 Daimler and 1917 participation was excellent with through, and we would also be Buick. The vintage era is repre­ even a truck competing. We also pleased to consider any sugges­ sented by a wide range of hosted a commercial rally . tions of joint events with other American and European vehicles, We have had many successful branches. Details of our calendar with a particularly strong repre­ local rallies and have exhibited of events can always be obtained sentation from Ford and Morris. vehicles at the local A. and P. from our chairman, Grant Stott, We also have many bikes, includ- shows. Judging by the entry phone Wellsford 8466. PAGE TWELVE Harley 8 Valve - a Flyer " its Day

The time-one sum mer day in endeavour to relate here.) The in 1915), a sizable crowd with long-departed 1917. The place­ Bell establishment (Indian motor­ thei r no ses pressed against the the showrooms of Jones Brothers cycle distributors) was situated, Lichfield Street sho wro o m win­ big motorcycle shop, in those far­ as many old-timers may recall, dow. My curiosity got the better off days situated on the corner in Lichfield Street, just across the of me . so chugging to a stop I of Lichfield and Manchester intersection from their deadly leaned my steed against a veran­ Streets in the southern city of riv als , Jones Brothers. The ani­ dah post and edged my way C hristchurch but which has long mosity between these two firms through the crowd to find out since vanished from the scene. prevailed for many years and what the attraction was . One of the city's largest retail The ma chine on display was motorcycle establishments, its by Geoff Hockley certainly something out of the extensive and well-stocked show­ would have made a Kentuck hill­ ordinary-a Harley-Davidson 8­ room windows extended along billy feud seem like a kinder­ valve racing job, first introduced both streets and invariably garten party. On this occasion I in 1916 a nd which made a sensa­ attracted large number of casual happened to be en route to the tion al debut in the country of its passers-by as well as members of Bell menage to give them a prod origin by winning the annual 300­ the motorcycle fraternity. On the regarding the job which I had mile race at Dodge C ity,' Kansas, afternoon to which I refer, I had been promised, and while chug­ at an average speed of a fraction Just left the Christchurch Tech­ ging up Lichfield Street on my under 80 m.p.h. Incidentally, of nical College, where I was near­ venerable Matchless (of which of the five Dodge C ity 300-milers ing the end of my last term while more anon, perhaps) I noticed as run, Hurley-Davidson won four, awaiting a vacancy at the Bell I approached the " HARLEY the last event, in 1921, being won C ycle and Motor Co. Ltd. (a CORNER" (as the proprietors by Ralph Hepburn riding an vacancy which, incidentally. had christened their premises eight-valve on which he averaged materialised only a month or so when they acquired the distribu­ nearly 86 rn.p.h. The machine at after the events which I shall torship of the Milwaukee product which we were gazing was the

THE "HARLEY CORNER", CHRISTCHURCH. Motorcyclists' rendezvous for many years. PAGE THIRTEEN Harley-Davidson eight valve. Developed 1915-16. Winner of 300-mile race, Dodge City, Kansas, at first appearance in competition, in 1916. This machine, the first of its type to reach N.Z., had many successful racing seasons. Photo courtesy W. Harris. first of its type to reach N.Z. and made a brief appearance on correctly this machine was was destined to have a very suc­ Brooklands in the early days, but ridden on the "grass" in the Marl­ cessful career for many seasons its name escapes me-at a guess , borough district and elsewhere on the " grass". I'd say that it was a Motosacoche. but I cannot recall its perform­ One or two more reached this A four-valve single of formidable ances. I understand that it has country in later year s, about the performance was the Indian. A found a final resting place in only changes being the adoption couple of these models (of which Dunedin. These engines had pent­ of huge open exhaust ports in it was said that they were built roof heads and inclined valves . place of the stub exhaust pipes on for the post-war I Tourist Trophy But it has always seemed to me the earlier models. Other dual­ races and never used) reached that the Harley eight-valve twins valve machines made their New Zealand in 1925, and were (and four-valve singles) which appearances with the passing of responsible for some exciting per­ came on the scene as far back as the years, though Indian had formances on the "grass" ridden 1916, were ahead of the field with come out with an 8-valve racer by Bill Herbert and Reg Ranby. this type of head and valve layout. as early as 1911, since when it They provided some tough com­ Anyhow-back to the window had made some sensational per­ petition in the 500 c.c. field. These display. I wanted to see the push­ formances on the dirt tracks and engines had pent-roof cylinder rod side of the engine and boldly board speedways of its homeland heads and inclined valves and walked into the showroom and and on our own grass tracks. The were considerably faster than the squatted down beside the Indian "eights" performance al­ earlier Indian vertical-valve single machine, to the manifest dis­ ways seemed to me to be due to four-val verso One of the last 1925 approval of the shoprnan who steady development more than type four-valves is still in the kept a wary eye on things. It was genius in design -the valves were possession of a North Island col­ then that I became aware that vertical and the cylinder head lector. I almost overlooked an amongst a small group in con­ shape fairly flat. More dual valve eight-valve twin proprietary en­ versation behind the counter was jobs appeared as time went on­ gine with which I once found none other than Len Mangharn. the Ricardo Triumph, the Rudge myself cursorily tinkering for a the grass track star and rival of (the pent-roof cylinder head job brief period, the British Anzani the mighty Percy Coleman. Evi­ of about 1925 followed by the re­ power unit, of which one or two dently the machine was destined markable "radial" of the early reached this country. The one to for his use on North Island 1930's). I am also of the which I refer had been fitted into tracks (in those days there was impression that an 8-valve a rather elderly Harley frame. only one mile grass track meeting machine of Continental origin I think if my memory serves me a year in the South Island and

PAGE FOURTEEN the a nnua l South Island trac k chec k-over. As my venerable Mat chy made (including a co up le event had already been run, so it machine consisted of just the bar e which fi nished up with it fac ing see med as though my cha nces of esse ntials, thi s didn 't take too back 111 thc dir ect ion of my see ing the new job in ac tio n be­ lon g' r don't think that I have starting point!) However , eve nt ­ for e it was shipped up N orth were referred to thi s machi ne very ually the litt le hamlet hove in sma ll). But then something hop­ often in the course of my ram­ sight. No activity was ev ident at pened whi ch made prospects blings-suffice it to say that it the race tr ack, so I parked the brighter. A gentlemen who m I was a 1910 mod el Matchl ess, bike in a patch of scru b close to recognised as one of the firm's powered by a 250 c.c. side-va lve the entrance, produced a large princi pals walked in and l .A. P. en gin e, U.H . ma gn eto, ca ke of chocola te, and lapsed announce d to the group a t the single speed, belt drive. no clutc h into a doze until the so und of co unte r that " he had arrange d - in fact, the barest necessities vo ices a nd veh icles aro used me. for the use of the track fro m two of life! This machi ne hacl bee n lt was the party for which I had to four tom orrow afternoon." I prese nted to me by my pa re nts been waiting. co ntinued my inspecti on of the abo ut 1915 when I was still at (To be continued; machine, hoping th at the gro up primary school, my father re­ wouldn't notice that my ea rs wer e marking that I was so crazy on pricking up. The conversation was motor bikes that he could imagin e rather inaudible and I strai ned to me stea ling one if I didn 't acquire see how much of it I cou ld catch. one by legit im ate mean s! (I thi nk Wh at trac k was it, I wo ndered'? his outloo k was somew ha t gloo my Evidently a tr y-out of the new - but I was certainly keen .) CRESTER racer was coming up and I re­ Thus it came a bo ut that ha ving solved to " be in on it" at all cos ts. But wher e, oh where? It was then made suita ble excu ses for my CAR tha t a clue was dumped in my non-atten dan ce a t "Tech" the fol­ lap. and afte r a spot of deduction lowing afternoon, a few minutes in the fas hion of my boyh ood af ter a hasty mid -day lun ch saw SALES hero, Sherloc k Holrn es, I th ou ght me makin g my usu al run-and ­ I had the an swer. "How fa r ou t jump sta rt end route to the little is this track?" I fancied I had settleme nt of Motukarura. co n­ heard someone ask. 'Abo ut 17 sisting of a few houses, a store, miles-roughly ha lfway to L ittle and, most important, a very good 374 Worcester Street Riv er, " had been the reply. Then , mile grass track (it's still there l), Christchurch of co urse, I had it! Motukar ar a the pr operty of the local hor se­ racecourse was ob viou sly the racin g club . The pa ved highway venue-and without further ado I faded out only a mile or so from mad e up my mind that I'd be the city itself and gav e way to "a mo ng those pr esent", eve n if shingle, whi ch see med to becom e Buying I had to do my observat ion s from deeper with eve ry mile I travelled ! b e ~~lJd a tree .' I breathed a silent The C hr istchurch-Litt le Ri ver or Selling pr ayer for fine weathe r-and also highway had a very poor reputa ­ Good Used Cars that the Mat chless would tran sp ort tion in those days (and fo r a me there and back witho ut lon g time afterwards) for the trouble. With thi s in view, I mad e depth of its shingly surface a nd I for home and commenced a lost co unt of the slides whi ch the NOEL BEECROFT VINTAGE ELECTROPLATING

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P AGEF IFTEEN 1928 Hudson

Active life began for this was the upholstery which was we drove off to partake in the vehicle as a private hire car at similar to my 1929 Hudson Limo' 1980 International at Rotorua Westport where it plied its cus­ being leather in front and cloth with the usual story of still fitting tomers in comfort for many years at the rear. The guards showed bits and pieces the morning we until retiring in the 50s and obvious signs of moving encount­ left. ending its life on the West Coast ers but the main fault at this It proved itself a great touring in an area known as Candlelight, stage was the engine and the a name that leaves one wondering car with a comfortable cruising if they were without electricity speed on the wrong side ol 50 mph. Its ability to take hill! for many years or if everyone by Brian Miller had an outside 'John'. Prior to in its stride was a great asset a! this it was at a place called 'No having three young childrer Town'. brakes. When these were correct­ aboard it prevented the long I first heard of the car stored ed and the guards tidied and the distances becoming a protractec there about 1970 but after a usual problems of age sorted out, affair. hurried trip over the hill, learnt it was used for three more years The motor is a full splash feec it was back in Christchurch from over the next ten until I caught lubrication 4.7 litre with overhead where it had just come. up with it at the new year of inlet and side exhaust layout 3t'· I finally caught up with it some 1980. After a hurried panel and bore alloy crankcase and is rea­ time later and learnt that the paint job, some re-chrorning, sonably impressive when the main body shell, being all alumin­ redoing the engine, fitting new bonnet is opened. Fuel consump­ ium was still in good order as tyres and general checking over tion is 15-17 mpg.

Al Brayshaw Park Blenheim en route to Nelson Provincial Rally 1980 PAGE SIXTEEN Th e main fea ture of the ca r is the semi-eusto m body known as a Landa u seda n, it is the short 5 passenger body on the long wheelbase 127 inch chassis , one co uld also purchase the longer 7 passenger body on the same chassis . Wh ilst being more pleas­ ing to the eye these aluminium wood-framed bod ies were not as robust as the Hudson factor y built ones wh ich a re virtua lly all steel. In all this ca r has proved to be most reliabl e in every dep art­ ment (even when a brake rod • fell off) and has given man y enjoya ble hours of motoring with severa l thousand miles in the past yea r.

The Unwanted Model 'Tfs

A car-load of us were dr iving In 1929, J had a jo b with John "long sta nd " or a "left handed 10 a vintage swap meeting re­ W. Andr ew Lim ited, the main hammer". Th e next floor was the cently, and in the cou rse of our (but not the only) Fo rd dealer in workshop , well equipped with conversa tions there arose the Auckland. The Model A was a wide ran ge of specialist Fo rd topic of the reaso ns behind he mak ing record sales, the firm had tools, a lub ricati on hoist, and virtually total disappear an ce of a big staff, and conducted opera­ tyre bay. Up the ra mp was the once pop ular mak es of motor tions from the buildin g on the new car pre paration and serv ice cars.Nat just the dem ise of co rner of Upper Symonds Street depart ment , and the top floor "odd-ball" brands like C ubitt, and G lenside Crescent. T hey had was given over to used cars ­ Bianchi, Saxon or Earl, all of designed and built the four level sales and storage. All these ser­ which, however worthy at the vices had entry fr om Glenside time, sold in very sma ll numbers, by E. Nock Crescent. On the Symonds Street frontage was the high ceilin ged but the once-popul ar and often block especially for the sales and seen make s such as Dart, Riley , service of Ford vehicles, havin g showroom and the office. John W. was " the boss", but young Velie,Sta nda rd and man y others moved into Au ckland from Stan, the eldest son, was the why did they practically Otahuhu (where John W. had a vanish? drain and carrying business) via manager and a good one too. He Vari ous reaso ns can be ad­ premises they outgrew in Ed en had been to America, and had vanced fo r their loss to po sterity Terrace, from where they sold studied Fo rd marketing . He later .- lack of spares, mechanic al hund reds of Model Ts . had his own successful Ford franchise in Pukekohe. fa ilures beyond econ omical re­ The Syrnonds Street building is pair, poor dealer service, body­ still a dignified unit , and was late r Th ere was ano ther son in the work failu re, or general unp opu­ owned by N.Z. T ruth. In my business - Ivan , with whom larity. but noth ing very co nclu­ time there. the basement was this sto ry is co ncerned. Ivan , sive ca me up in our discussion used as a machine shop, a da rk, qu ite a few years younger than before we reac hed our destina­ noisome place with overhead Sta n, was a mos t personabl e tio n, and J didn' t get a chance to shafting belt driving a wide range chap , stocky and full of fun, reco unt the fo llowing story, of applia nces, there was the forge, where Stan was slight of bu ild which has a bearing on the air co mpressor and so on. New and inclin ed 10 be serious. What subject, so for what it is worth, chums used to be sent do wn there Ivan lacked in manage rial attain­ here it is. on unavailin g errand s to get a ment s, he made up with muscle.

PAGE SEVENTEE"I' Model As were selling faster than Cavanaghs, Auckland's premier The flood of Ts dried up they could be unpacked, but spring makers. petrol tanks, steer­ somewhat and for some reason there was one snag - many sales ing gear and other oddments were the firm did not cut up Chevs, were made to Ford owners who thrown onto the old Republic Overlands, Maxwells and the had a Model T to trade in. The truck which was brought up from like, so I was put to other work. top floor of the building was the end of the cui-de-sac twice a I still used to get a cheery greet­ packed with them, and even at day and when loaded to capacity, ing from Ivan in his lair each £ 15 they were unsaleable. By the would trundle off to the tip . The day as I passed it. One morning thirties motor-car design had chassis frames sold readily to he wasn't there, and the grille improved so much that the farmers for bridge supports over across the front was locked. They virtues of the archaic design of ditches and drains. told us at morning tea that Ivan, the T were no longer admired or One of the reasons we were when trying out his boat the required, and they were clogging able to strip the skeletons so evening before, practising for the market. Anyway, it was quickly was Ivari's uncanny pow­ the forthcoming Anniversary Re­ neither Ford's nor Andrews' ers with a slogging hammer and gatta, had died when the flywheel policy to keep them mobile ­ cold chisel, and my dumb faith had come off and killed him every deceased T made possible in his ability to hit the chisel instantly. We all missed him; the sale of model A, so they squarely. Any bolts, studs or work wasn't quite the same for were chopped up . I do not know rivets requiring removal were me, and I left soon after - got whether all Ford dealers did this chopped off - no tinkering with another job well away from as promptly as did John W. spanners or expensive oxy Fords. Andrews. torches. Ivan showed me how to Looking back on the experi­ Adjacent to the entrance to hold a chisel (about two feet long ence, I don't suppose we made the ramp and the workshop and an inch and a half in dia­ much of a dent in the world's entrance, there was a small room meter), really hard up against the population of fifteen million about the size of a domestic protuberance, my hands about Model Ts - but they were cer­ garage, with an expanding grille six inches apart, and no wobbling. tainly scarce in the Auckland door - like picture theatres used He would stand astride and area by the mid-thirties. to have in the foyer. What this above me, give the top of the room was designed for I don't chisel an aiming tap, and then know, but it became Ivan with one almighty swing the Andrews' domain, and it was hammer would crash down and From page /9 here that I worked with him, and sever the fastening. He never where we demolished so many missed, the saints be praised! Then force the tyre tool clear Ts. The bodies of the cars, mostly Usually one bash sufficed per through between the casing and tourers, were removed upstairs, item, but spring U-bolts could be the rim and slide it around the and the chassis were rolled down "twicers" as he called them. It entire rim, about six inches the ramp for us to chop up . It was nerve wracking at first, but (152 mm) at a time, carefully did not take long, about an hour I soon got used to it, which is placing the flap in its proper I suppose - there isn't very more than my predecessor did. position. (Fig. 9). much to a T chassis. First off I don't know how many we With the foot on the long was the radiator, which if in demolished - sometimes I'd get handle of the rim tool, un hook really good order was kept for a break from it and deliver a new the latch and allow the tool to Phillip Lewis (the radiator man car or a truck to some distant release. who made the Copper Car) or place, but I was always pleased Auta Parts. The motor and trans­ to be back with Ivan - he had By pressing down on the short mission was next - a couple of a fondness for speed events, had handle of the rim tool with the well placed blows by Ivan's slog­ ridden a fast bike on the grass at foot the rim will be forced into ging hammer soon reduced the Takapuna race track, drove the position. Hold it there while in­ unit to scrap. Wheels came off firm's modified Model A racer, serting the hinge pin a short way to be burnt - tyres if near new and he had a twelve foot speed­ in the lock. (Fig. 10). were kept for resale, otherwise I boat with an Ole Evinrude racing Then remove the rim tool and put a saw through them. Front outboard. These early engines had drive the pin in the rest of the axles went to the tip; rear axles an exposed flywheel with knob way . half shafts and the long drive on the rim with which the engine In replacing, see that the nuts shaft being of a high quality was started. Ivan had lightened are drawn up uniformly, other­ steel commanded a ready sale his flywheel, and he used to wise the rim will run out of true. for remaking into cold chisels, natter on about his tuning crowbars and general engineer­ methods, some of which I A rticle supplied by Geoff ing. The springs went to understood. Brannan of Hawkes Bay Branch. PAGE EIGHTEEN SPLIT RIM TOOL Removing Tyre from Rim, Usin~ Rim Tool This tool is furnished only with those models equipped with wheels having detachable rims. While it is not included in the tool equipment, it may be pur­ Fill.. 1 chased from your dealer and will greatly facilitate removing the lyre from the rim and replacing it. Loosen the bead of the tyre thoroughly before proceeding with the following operations: .. With a small drift and hammer drive out the hinge pin from the hinge lock at the split in the rim . (Fig. I). Apply the tool to the Fill.. 3 1'111. . 4 rim, hooking the ends of the handles though the holes in the rim and then turning the wing nut"A" (Fig. 2) until the handles are tight against the rim . Important See that the ends of the short handle "B" are in the holes Fill_ 5 Fill. (, nearest the split in the rim. Break the rim at the split by separating the two handles of the tool as illustrated in Fig 2. Then pull up the long handle so that the end of the rim attached to the short handle is raised so that it overlaps the other end. (Fig. 3). With the foot, press the long Fil1. .:/ Fil1..8 handle toward the other side of the rim so that the end of the rim attached to the short handle continues to overlap the other end. (Fig. 4). While holding the long handle against the rim with the foot, hook the latch "C" over the 1'1:;.10 • side of the rim . Be sure to have the latch on the same side of the tool as the wing nut "A" (Fig. 5). When replacing the tube in the sert the valve stem in the valve Lay the tyre and rim on the casing, inflate it slightly and hole and force the bead of the ground with the wing nut on the carefully install the tube and tyre well in place for about ten rim tool up. The tyre can be flap, making sure that the valve inches (254 mm) on each side easily started off with a tyre points toward the outside of the of the valve . By means of the iron. (Fig. 6). rim, smooth the flap out so that foot and the tyre tool force the After being started, pull it the it does not wrinkle or bind, par­ tyre over the rim. (Fig. 8). rest of the way off with the ticularly at the valve stem. To hands. (Fig. 7). replace the tyre on the rim , in- Continued on opposite page

PAGE NINETEEN .' "- . . ~ ~ ~.....- 1&29 Bentley 4 Y2 litre Van den Plas Tourer, restored for H, R. Sluyter, Esq. of Texas by Auto Restorations Ltd , Christchurch.

Photo senl in by Barry Anderson, no details known. In last issue in the article "A Rare Fiat" mention was made of another 5105 Fiat which belongs to Mr Ross Burr of Mildura, Australia and which has been rece n!ly restored. This vehicle appears above.

We have no details of the vehicle in this photo from the Alexander Turnbull Library. Photographer F. N. Jones, Nelson. AUCKLAND " Branchnotes HOOD IRONS The Hunua 100 has been won by a veteran at last! Rod Welch has Repaired Replaced been trying for years to prove that ASHBURTON a veteran could do it and this year Re-built he succeeded in a 19I2 Model T Our October meeting saw a fair ute. He headed a team of 10 vet­ American irons a specialty. turnout to watch the films on Civil erans including a 1906 model N Defence and heard explained the from Waikato, and all managed to Tapered tubes with lock best moves to make in an emer­ get through the difficult course that seam. gency. Some were a bit squirmish took the rallyists through some oft­ when it showed people badly cut highway roads in the Hunua water Please send S.A.E. with youi about in a disaster catchment area. Trevor BirchaJl had enqui ry to:- The opening run organised by gone to a lot of trouble to get Steve Gieling't s was enjoyed by all. permission from the Reg ional HOOD IRON SPECIALTIES The only mishaps were a leaking Authority to have these roads open 53 Mortlake Street, radiator on a Ford T and mag. for the rally and the effort was failure on a Dodge. There was a appreciated by all. Even those who Christchurch, 4. dine and dance later at the Brigadon needed a tow up one of those extra and from all accounts was a great steep inclines didn't seem to mind evening. and there were few complaints from The club table raised $400 and As a committee member it was passengers that had got out in the most of the other sellers seemed brought to my attention the poor mud to provide that extra pound or pleased with their day. Russ Meill organisation at some of the smaller two. Entrants came from as far hardly had time to stop his trailer swap meetings attended in the last away as Wellington, Northland, before people were buying, but not few months. Perhaps it's because Whangarei, Wellsford, Waikato. everyone brings along the sort ot there are too many too close, or Bay of Plenty and Taranaki. In all brass he was selling. is it because clubs think making we had thirty-four out of town At the risk of treading into Ken money is mare important. The visitors (we don't class North Shore Humes' motorcycle territory I must worst offenders it seems are some as visitors) and 135 locals. sort out some confusing appear­ clubs trying to sell parts for much The swap meet on the Saturday ances during the weekend. Jack more than they are worth. Do they was carried out in trying conditions Inch was listed to enter a Norton not care that it could be that one but several who booked sites early but turned up in Ron Jacob's high priced part that makes or were able to set up shop in the Lancia Lamba. He had just finished breaks a member and spells the end shelter of our neighbour's shed ­ putting the car together after an of that club's reputation. that's the one we are trying to buy, extensive engine overhaul and for JlM PAGE along with the house in front of it. many people it was the first time WHATEVER YOUR CAR rt ~

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PAGE TWENTY-TWO The Schlumph 1981 Italian International with his Y type M.G., Bob Oakley and Alvis, and Wayne Marsh with Collection FIVA Rally his T.e. M .G. Special. Other entrants included such This collection, located In This event was held in Sicily varied machinery as Alan Shaw's Mulhouse, France. has over 400 over a period of i 2 days and 20/25 Rolls Royce, Mark Dawbers Pontine BonnevilJe and Ross cars including a large number of attracted (by New Zealand and Haynes who on this occasion was Bugattis, possibly the most in any Australian standards) a small driving a borrowed Austin 7. collection. St arted many ye ars ago entry of about 100 vehicles. Despite cold, damp conditions, by two brothers, (now in their E n tr ies came from Great Britain. the event went off smoothly and the usual good time was had by all. seventies) who were engaged in Germany, Austria, Spain. Switzer­ We hear that Ron Duckworth has the textile industry. the collection land, France and Italy. It would said his 501 Fiat to a local buyer, came in to prominence in 1976 appear that there were some Hamish Munro has purchased the when the brothers became bank­ organisational problems and the Hyper Lea Francis and managed to rupt and workers took over the drive it home, despite various bits quality of some cars below what and pieces falling off. factory. The business community would be expected of an Inter­ Brucc Bartlett I'as added another of Mulhouse are endeavouring to national event. Lord M ontagu, Austin to his stable; this time a 12/4 keep the collection intact ancl it who attended our 1980 Inter­ Tourer, and Ross Haynes' 20 h.p. is hoped that after legal and finan­ national was present, driving the Aus.in Sports body was recently viewed resplendent in its dark red cial prcblems are settled this 5 1914 Prince Henry Vauxhall livery-popularly called 'Beardsleys acre museum may again be open which he brought here in 1965 . Blood'. to the public. The National Veteran Rally is a ttracting a wonderful bunch of entries; recently having come to that they had seen this sleek looking mast of whom got lost as usual. hand is that of Don White, Sizaire series 8 Sports tourer on the road. However it seems that Fraser Sim Naudin, of Auckland. Bob Tumbull Then there was the 1935 duck an:J the Sloper Beeza got lost less has entered his Sizaire also-if only tail Aero Morgan owned by Tony than the others, so has another we could get the Carneron car from Ta ylor fraternising with the motor­ trophy for the games room. Auckland. cycle section. but entered as a car At our last club meeting we were Naturally a lot of work is sud­ an j we got confused because a able to view John WilJiams' recently denly under way. Alan Meredith is week before we had seen (at a dis­ imported Morgan (on a trailer). fin.shing off t!-e windscreen and tance a barrel back three wheeler John has a lot of work in front of hood on his 2 cyl. type AX Renault, recently imported from the U.K. by him but should end up with a ver y the writer ha s his 1908 Humber John Williams, Both these cars have interesting machine. Landaulette at the upholsterer, corn­ loeo cc air cooled Matchless engines lan McCully keeps turning up pcting a rebuild that has taken 18 up front and should provide their more bits an:J pieces for his G .P. years(!) since the first bits were owners with a lot of fun in the Triumph, so is gradually nearing d rugged home, and Ron Hasell is future. his goal. th -eatening to complete his Veteran It is with regret that we report Harry Walker has a 1938 Silver Trumph motorcycle. the death of A . B. (Alf) Seccornbe. Star BSA close to completion. This GAVIN BAIN Alf joined in the first yea r of the is another recent import from the Auckland Club's formation and U .K . and should be a nice one built up quite a stable of Bentleys, when finished. including a 6L he imported from Another pair of recently restored CANTERBURY the U.K. His interest in the marque PWYs seen at meetings lately are is being carried on by his so n Tim, Don Gordori's ES2 Norton and and daughter Sue maintains a Da ve Philpott's B33 BSA. T tis Branch's motoring season sports Crossley, began with a turnout of eighty This vear's best restoration vote vehicles on the Opening Run to i BARRY ROBERT shoul be interesting. G 'entunne l Domain on Sunday, Our National Rally has caused a October 4. It was pleasing to see MOTOR CYCLE NOTES few to get moving and we have several new restorations out for the The annual M ug Run was this had about seven more PWYs first time, a couple of Austin Sevens year very abl y organised by accepted recently. There is nothing and a most unusual vehicle, a 1923 Graham Ross and Dave Philpott. like incentive. Hortsrnan. The opening run is a There were a bout 20 starters and it KEN HUME no.i-competitive event and a very W'lS Fraser Sim on his 1928 BSA p leasant day out, on this occasion who turned in the best performance. fo r .una tely the venue for picnicking Lnfortunatelv due to familv sick­ wa s a well sheltered domain after ness I was not able to be present, ba .tling head-on into one of Can­ but I am assured by those who were tc .burv's famous nor' westers, that organisation was first class and The highlight of the last few The Annual Swap-meet, held a the catering arrangements were of weeks has been the running of the fortnight later, ha s become a major the usual M lC Section high 4th Pomeroy Trophy event, which event on the calendar and was at­ standard. saw no less than four stalwarts from tended with greater enthusiasm than I was also indisposed for the Dunedin take part. M ichael Haggitt ever. With the taking up of around Hunua 100 this year but believe on Bentley 3 litre, who won for the 250 sites there was an incredible there was a good turnout of bikes, third time running; Neville Mann array of merchandise available for PAGE TWENTY-THREE swa pping or purchasing. With the land fo r the H unua 100 so at least arrival of mem bers fro m all over a few of the ca rs a re gett ing an the co untry, obv ious ly the impo rt­ ai ring. FORD PARTS ance of such even ts cannot be over­ Becau se o ur East-Cape Rall y esti ma ted. Hop efully those tha t falls on a no rmal weekend in 1982 Falkners Garage travelled so far were justly reward­ the run will be kept pretty close (Since 1956) ed for their effo rts . The Bra nch it­ to home. Chairman has particulars self certain ly benefit s from the fo r those intere sted. Du nlop has (Brian Fa lkner, Prop Swa p-meet and the support from the again ver y kindly sponso red the Large stocks of new, rebu ilt, public for the event and its various event. LOROLEIPOLLAR D secondhand parts for Ford V8 's activities. As acce ss to the gro unds up to 1977. Please send S.A.E. is ma inly made only t ~ ro ugh the main ga tes, traffic congestion is a for you r requirements to 18 1, bit of a headache. Apart fro m that GISBORNE Clyde Street, Island Bay, W gt n. the organisation was superb and The Haw kes Bay Safari has been Phone 837-558, open Sa' urday the whole thing went wit ho ut a and gone and it was great to see mor ning s. hitch . It is impossible to estab lish so ma ny vintage vehicles back in exac t numbers bu t it was estimated the Gisborne district. From all ac­ that public attendance was between co unts the run from the Napier/ Our club room extensions are 15,000 an d 20,000. Congratulation s Hastings end was very successful. progressing ra ther well. We have to a ll tho se involved, an d our The weather held o ut unti l the bee n granted the sum of $300 fro m tha nks to all who sup po rted Swap­ Sunday Gy mk hana and then it rain­ meet '8 1. the Sports and Recreatio n fund a nd ed which dampened the spirits a this will help to boost pro gress. T he ROSS BUTLER littl e. It was a very enjoyable run Sunday worker s have co mp leted on the Su nday morning, not too bracing the wa lls and the next step difficult for learner navigators to is to pu t in the wiring for the lights EASTERN BAY of PLENTY follow and plenty of time to loo k etc . (there goes my husba nd for the a t the local scenic spots. The race­ next couple of week s)!! The club night on 30th September co urse public bar was pac ked to We are combining with the cla ssic saw onl y eight members turn out. capacity on the Sunday evening. motorbike club later this mon th for We were lucky to have a guest Aft er a few dri nks a nd a delicious a trip to Do nneraille Park. Should speaker from Rotorua, and though mea l the presenta tions were ma de, be some interes ting mo toring. he was face d with a mere handful the main tro phy going to the Singer BERN ICE WALT ER S he showed some interesting slides team of the Haw kes Bay Bran ch . from Saeco on bearing fau lts an d Great weekend. Three photos appearing in the the ca uses . The club was kindl y do na ted a Branch Notas pages are from the Th ree venicles at tended the pair of Ha nimex Binoculars by M r ,Il,!exander Turnbull Library. They Hawkes Bav Safari at Gisborne. Tom Clague and the se were raffled portray the Motor Cycle Racing Another vehicle travelled to Auck- over Labour weekend. scene nearl; 55 years ago.

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P AGE TWENTY-FOUR Reference E P 852: George Sarcich at Otaki Beach Races, 1S26 Indian Scout. George now lives at Cambridge. was a thoroughly enj oyable week­ end. Hardly covering any of the GORE main road on the way up we joined HAWKE'S BAY The season got und er way with the Clutha co ntingent at Hillend for our opening run on Oct ober 11. A lunch. The annual 'Sa fari' Rall y was this good mu ster of vintage, post vintage Proceeding to Waitahuna where yea r held in the environs of Gi s­ and so me modems left our club­ we crossed the main road to Centra l borne, where a pleasan t weekend rooms a bout 1.30 p.m . bound for Otago we climbed steeply and was spent by some fifty crews. The the Dunsdale picnic ar ea. On eventually were rewarded with some weather, however, was not so pleas­ arrival aftern oon tea was laid out splendid views of Lake Waihola ant until the trip home. Winners of in a she ltered spot and away from and surrounding districts. the various classes include : F irst a rather cool bre eze. After a look Sunday we spent the time visiting veteran, Geoff Quarrie's G .W.K.; around and a gam e of soccer with Aramoana, the model steam train first vintage, Gordon Macdon ald in the kids everyone packed up and at Kettle Park and the Botanical his Ford T; first P.V. was Alan mad e the ir way back 10 the club­ Gardens. The evenings were spent Downes in the Singer Sports; the rooms. One car on the run not seen enjoying some housie, sing along first vintage motorcycle was ridden for a while was the very original for the kid s and more sing alongs for the bigger kids late r. by B. Hilton , with the overa ll 1924 Dodge 4 sedan of Ian Chit­ mot orcycle pri ze being taken home Return journey on Monday took tock 's. This car ha s had a recent by C. Rowe; first commercia l wa s us through Brighton, to Taieri engine overhaul and the youngsters H ank Hurley's Chev. Truck; and aboard certainly enjo yed their run. mouth wher e after viewing a private Labour weekend saw severa l local zoo we cut inland over some steep the first P.V. was driven by J. members and families join forces country and proceeded through Bayly . Alan Downes was the over­ with som e 'Clutha Branch members forestry roads finishing at Milton. all winner and collected a ver y nice on a very interesting run to the As predicted earlier there will be prize in the form of a " stein" made Scout camp at Whare F lat where we some new restorations on the road by a member's wife . sta yed two nights returning home this seaso n and there are at lea st Activity, as usual , picks up a t th is on the Monday. This is the second three getting close. time of the year and it won 't be consecutive year for this trip and RON OSBORNE long before the Veteran Rally, the PAGE TWENTY-FIVE Reference E P 846: Len Rosenberg, His father was the agent for Indian and RUdge in Wellington about 1927, Homestead Run . the Christmas through. We sat around on a few trees. if they survive the spring Party and the Motor Show are all chairs the club owns or the odd winds and the summer drought will memories. nail box that the builders had give further meaning to "The A plug for the Motor Show! If thoughtfully left, had a few beers Grove". you're passing through the 'Bay (and a speech or two) and were The next club night will, after a over New Year be sure to call at able to contemplate the spaces that run around town in our cars, finish McLean Park, Napier to view the will be occupied by the toilets (and at "T he Grove" and give those of HBVC Motor Show in the Centen­ similar fixtures), the bar and where us who haven't been there for a nial Hall. You should find it very our great roaring fire will be on while a chance to review progress interesting if your interests lie in cold winter nights. A few members and gain some inspiration to assist old things - whatever they be. were sufficiently inspired by the pro­ in one way or another. ROD. McKENZIE gress made (or the vision of the I recall someone defining a swap bar and fire) to buy a bond to help meet as a place where one took the cause. Others (or perhaps the along a piece of junk to swap for MANAWATU same ones) have been involved in another piece of junk to take home more or less regular working bees and contemplate for a year before Readers might be forgiven for to transform the shell into some­ taking back to be swapped again. expecting a report on the grand thing habitable. r believe it was our It might apply to a few, but many opening of "The Grove", the highly esteemed club captain, of us at the October swap meet got Manawatu Branch clubrooms but, Bruce (I am not allowed to call him rid of stuff we didn't want, while as hinted in my last report, the , by that policeman type name) who others went away well satisfied with nece ssarv ran out before all could arranged for some of the boys doing their buys. Despite the cold Wood­ be completed. Anyway we did have P,D. to assist on weekends with vilie wind there was a good turnout a sort of roof capping ceremony for things like digging trenches, septic of buyers and sellers from neigh­ the August clubnight, a few ener­ tank pits, planting trees and such bouring branches of Horowhenua. getic beavers having burnt much like . I understand that. while some Wellington, Wairarapa, Hawkes midnight oil to get enough floor need to be kept at it, others have Bav, Wanganui, Taranaki and even down to save us sitting on the floor acquired a certain amount of per­ from Auckland, to keep the cash joists with our legs hanging sonal pride in the project, The registers ringing. Of course the pro- PAGE TWENTY-SIX fessional traders from Auckland and a warrant of fitness). Anyo ne who Horop ito were there, doing a good has a ca r with external con tra cting trade by providing their particular brakes will know that they only ser vices and ad ding further a ttrac­ work with an y reliability on dr y. tion s to the occasion . It wa s even sea led road s a nd, unl ess the y stick Opening run on 20th Se ptembe r a scc ial occasion with so many to those condi tio ns, will also kn ow was an out standing success with 22 branches being represented and tha t the slurr y creat ed by passage vintage an ;l post vin tage cars, 2 many 01:.1 friends to chat to. a long wet unsealed roads qu ickly motor-bikes a nd 2 mod ern cars. Rallying season will be on us by wears awav brake linings (a nd Marj Cresswe ll caused quite a stir the time thi s is published . There drums). I 'seem to recall Harry when she da shed up in gre a t style is a spa te of tempting shor t local Wigley writing in "T he Mount run s and cal endar events with in in G ra ha m's 1935 Sin ger , a nd Paul Co ok Way " (if you haven't read it Co rbe tt and fa mily were a more reach comi ng up soon, a nd with you should) about the need to thought s of the se and the feeling unu sual sight on and in his 1956 cha nge the linings on some veh icles BSA combination side-ca r. Al so today of a hint of summer , I must as often as week Iv. A t lea st min e get the Buick mobile again. I can ha ving thei r first airing o n a club have lasted a yea r or two but am run were Mitch Falcon er's very sen se that sa me awakening from still a littl e en viou s of the Cowan­ rep orts of acti vity of others in the Sunbea m brakes as described in han dsome G ra ha rn Paig e, Jack branch. A bit of a fiddle in the Beaded Wh eels 132. Anyway, he Brou ghan's 1936 Chevrolet FA , spark department and some new probably burnt the linings off ? Master Sedan and Barry and brake linings, might restore con­ Ma rga ret Wilson's 1929 Junior fiden ce in the o ld girl (a nd secur e ROB KNIGHT Spo rtsma n Singe r. Evidently wh en they left the district in 1971 it wa s in 'pieces onl y to return 10 years later with it read y for the road. Th e local swa p meet was a sue­ ~.A..~-:r-:EJ~ cesstul da y of bu y, sell a nd / or swa p nicel y ro und ed off by a meal and a social get-together at the VETERAN - VINTAGE - P.w. Fairha ll Hall in the evening. Sunday af terno on sa w va rious vintage and modern cars making their round­ MOTORCYCLES a bo ut wav to Pict on . I'm afra id the Ers kine could not cope with pas ­ sengers, a bul ging suitcase, a large spare wheel a nd I forget the other 1982 1000 cumbe rso me object, so we had to go " modem ". a nd even th en the MOTORCYCLES Model T drive shaf t had to be left behind to be picked up later by TOUR an oth er obl iging T man from A uckland. Wh at it is to ha ve fr iend s in the fo rce, as it were! I think our H or owhenua gues ts en­ joyed their week-end and we cer­ tainl y enjoyed having them. Labour weekend run a nd BBQ were aborted due to adverse weat her . bu t thi s last weekend stayed fine for the re vived Marl­ Start at Taupo bor ough a nniversa ry sa far i to 14th Feb. Nelson. We had a n old schoo l mate of mine from England stay ing so Finish at we joined the others as fa r as Callins' Vall ey lunch stop a nd then Classic Motor returned to Blenheim. Th e two Cycle Races Mod el A trucks decided on a cha nge from the usual route and parted at Pukekohe co mpa ny with the rest at Pelorus to go over the Maungatapu T rack and on 20th Feb. found it not too difficult, but no doubt one would need to pick the weather ca refully. Information and Entries The demo eve nings hav e con­ tinued with the one in Oct ober on Please write engine reconditioni ng and Novem ­ D. P. Mather ber's at the Boys' College with P,O, 80x45j, Havelock North Grah arn Cresswell sho wing how to repl astici se steering wheels a nd do Phone: 750-474 a bit of copper craft work. HELENA MACDONALD PAGE TWENTY -SEVEN Tip itin•••

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PAGE TWENTY-EIGHT still haven't go t the bank balance back up since the first rip-off party). Have Th e space invader game machines ha ve noth ing on the old " Pinba ll" . "Beaded Wheels" Our 1981/82 season has started Keith Humphreys rob bed the bar of posted regularly to in fu ll swing. Although not much all its 10c pieces an d made up for support at home there has been his lost childhood. your address. Only plenty of represen tati on to other Bra nch events by our Members. ..Brook lands" is still pro gressing $6.00 for 6 issues The pa st thr ee meeting s have ra pidl y. T here is still a lon g wa y to (includes Postage). been very interesting ones. Septem­ go but the enthusiasm of a ded i­ ber meeting wa s a well deta iled talk ca ted group is still high. Sunday , Write to and pictures of the recent Foot and 27th September a Gy mkhana I Subscription Dept. Mo uth scare at Temuka. October Co ncours event was held a t the meeting was an interesting talk by Takapuna City Co unci l ca r park. P.O. Box 13140, Mr s Monica Fit zgerald of her and John Hearne was seen to be Christchurch. I er husband's recent tour abroad. thoroughly enjoying himself and the November meeting gat to the more leg run to your car proved there technical side of a diesel engine were many John Walk er s in disguise. Mileage, Ra y Shearrnan , 1918 which was covered by Mr Jack Indian : Mr 'Dunvegan', Bill Veitch ; Pai sley, our local diesel engineer. A Northern Raid Mark 11 was Hard Luck, Robert Hutton , 1925 Our Branch ha s ju st lost the ser­ held on Sunda v, 3n l Oc to ber. The Harl ey David son . Awards were vices of Secretary Paul McN abb, run mean deref aro und the back of also mad e to four entrants wh o being transferred to Blenh eim. Paul Wark worth lWellsford area sto pping have atte nded 10 Dunvegan Ralli es, and his family will be missed as a t T ornorata where time was spent Bill Ve itch, Ray Shearman , Des they were good suppo rters of the at the home and airfi eld of Myles Ruddle, Colin W inter. A specia l Branch activities. Robertson . The man with the huge award was made to Ray Shearman G ood to hear of more vehicles barn full of old ae ropl an es. who has attended all D unvegan coming a long in local ga ra ges. Tom Rall ies on his 1918 Indian. Ste pl.ens has go t his 1906 Argyll Fra nk de Lautour and family have motor home from the recondition­ moved to Papakura and with relu c­ With three ma jor events down ers; he will no doubt be waiting tance he has resigne d his cha irma n­ th is wa y this yea r, National Mot or for the body and ch assis to come shi p of our branch. He 's been a Cycle Ral !y, So uthe rn Lakes Tour, home so he can put it all together. strong member of o ur bran ch and an d the Dunvegan , it is goo d to Thi s will be an interestin g and we hope to see him still participat ­ see so man y new mo torcyclists novel machine. Alistair Allan has ing in the club fun . He 'll now have jo ning the Branch. his 1939 Chrysler painted and is time to devote to his Railt on The annua l DUNEDIN T O working on the finishing touches. restorati on . BRIGHTON run is on January 23rd Loo king good to o, in dark blue. John Gairdner has a new toy , a and I am told it is a completel y Jo hn Brewster is working hard at 25 h.p . Sunbeam and if he doesn't revived run. The route will follow his 1933 Chev. Sedan. He has had leave it at home occasi onally it will its usual ro ute to Brighton, an d a battle with this one, but it looks soon be wo rn out! It' s good to see then will return to participate in a like he will mak e o ur Windsor John Simpso n riding his Sun m ic . displa y of aq ua tic activities at the Ra lly. Robert Hutton has mad e an bein g closely followed by his son on D unedin wharves. So come on, get effort to tidy up his 1924 H arley­ his m Ic ! Others are still wo rking the veteran ca r, tru ck, or moto r­ Dav idson. Len Whither s has pur­ on their restorations but none a re cycle chu ffing or puffing and co me chase d Jim Welsh's 1938 Chev. close to bein g completed as yet. to Dunedin on Ja nua ry 23rd 1982. Co upe; guess Jim is making room For fu rther details contact M. G . fo r his mot or-cycle restoration s and DIANE BARNARD Mehrten s, 9 Fo rbury Road, Dune­ lat er his 1924 Buick Toure r. din. Phone 876-814. Hear that Harry Andrew, our - The annua l Taieri Tour was held pas t President, is wo rking quietly at Labour weekend and wa s once on his 1920 Briscoe: perhaps this OTAGO again a success ful event. Th e ro ute rar e machine will mak e the road by co vered a fair amount of the the 1982 Windsor Rall y. C lubroo ms extension s are now Taeri Plain s pa ssing throu gh the Recentl y a well known 1928 Ford well unde rwa y and the co mmittee oli Tai er i Airport , Outrarn , Wood­ A mo ved to C" ristchurc h to make hopes they will be finished around side Gl en and Berwick. A few way for a 1940 Willys: I guess so me Christmas . The exterior of the wron g turns were taken by so me of us see something in Willys pro­ building has been sea led and the wr o misinter pre ted the instruction s. ducts and not in Fo rds. concreting etc. is finished. Inside, T I-e eve ning fun ction was held at ANDY WILKIE the wall s and floor are to be lined C ' cqu er s restaurant and mu ch and the library and bar are to be enoyed. moved down stairs. The seating for MURRAY and K ERRY meetin gs, films etc. will be up stairs. TROUNSON Th e Dunvegan Rally was aga in a ver y successful run with 65 MOTOR CY CL E NOTES Th e Indajit Trial s event that was mot orcycles ta king part. Th e weath­ Once again our annual Dunvegan held on Sunday, 13th September er was near perfect for most of Raly has taken place in Oct ober was well recei ved. It was a cold the trip to Naseby and eve rybody and he ld under blue skie s with th e da y and the big bovs had lots of had an enjoya ble time . Placings usual enthusiastic and happv group mudd v Iun . were as follows: Overall winner, of mot or cyclists representing Ca n­ Sa turJav night, 26th September G eo Tofield, 1930 Sunbeam ; 2nd, terbury, Banks Peninsula, Ash bu r­ was an encore " Rip-oil Party" . The Jan Sisson, 1952 Ariel ; 3rd, Tim ton, South Ca nterbur y, North attendance was down (pro ba bly Syrnond s, 1950 Francis Barnett; Age Otago, and So uth land branches. PAGE TWENTY-NINE Reference 32810 1/4: Karori Hillclimb about 1927/28.

T he oldest bike was the 1918 To p mark s to our organiser, Des Ind ian Power Plu s of Ra v Shearrnan Ruddle, fo r an other memorable - who incredibly has attended weekend, with the title of Mr ROTORUA each of the nine previous rallies on Dunvegan going to another 10 year the same machine, as well as nor­ attender - Bill Veitch. The September run was to Taupe mally riding each time to and fr om via Broadlnnds but unfortunately Christchurch to participate. Judging by the number of new the Tulip design navigation had all members joining our branch there Thi s year we had 60 starters, but Bill and Adclai Skelton fooled even a fter imposing entry controls is a considerable quantity of two and the rest of us went on the as laid out by the V.e.e., which wheelers amongst the rank s, so all main road so had to open the still taxed our accommodation to looks well for future motorcycle 'Idiot Steel' to see where we were the limit at the Nascby Camp­ events. supposed to be. At least we were in the right area so proceeded to Huka grounds. Some of our members The Taieri Tour was also held ca rried on to the historic town ship Village where we had lunch and a in October - onl y two competitors good look a ro und. We headed back of SI. Bathans, famous for its gold­ on two wheels. Gordon Findlay on mining sites of the 1860s. One of to the Waikite Hot Pools for a his attractive 1931 Roy al Enfield swim and then back to the club­ the new rest orations finished o nly and Max Few ar on his ' 1922 hours before the start was George hou se for a cuppa. Winn ers for the Tofi eld's 1929 Sunbeam, which per­ Douglas, the latter including an day were Nels ons, Skeltons and fo rmed exceptionally well. Another extra side tour of Otago before Fleets. surprising display wa s show n by reaching the finsh. The club night for September Tim Syrnonds in keeping up wit h Hopefully the motorcyclists in the was a ver y amusing talk by Re x the larg er machines on his little veteran section will be making a Forrestcr (an ex-member of the 1950 Fra ncis Barnett two stroke. strong showing amongst the club) all about tourism and wha t The largest number of an y one Brighton Run co mpetito rs in best sells N .Z. oversea s. Rex assures mak e went to B.S.A, with 12 entries, January 1982. us it's the trout fishing as he is with eight Indi an s outnumbering the employed by the Tourist and Pub­ Harley Davidson s for the first time. BARR Y LONGST AFFE licity Department as a hunting, PAGE THIRTY shooting and fiishing guide. A .lot the C lub night for Octo ber. T he re o f amusing th ing s happen behind was a good a tte ndance an d most of SOUTH CANTY. the sce ne s that the tourist never us were able to ha ve a practice ru n dreams of a nd it see ms th at a ny ­ o n the d ummies tha t were provided. thing goes whe n the elus ive trout The eve ning con cl ud ed wi th sup pe r The branch's first swap meeting ju st wo n' t be hooked . and a cha t. wa s a n o utstanding suc cess and October 18th was a cold day fo r enabled us to clear quite a variety the run to Whaeo Pow er Scheme. of stock from o ur pa rts she.l, The The scheme is un der constructio n Dave H azelden has bought A rt cro wd seemed to find a few bar­ and sho uId be finis he d in 1983 Leenrnan's M orris 10 which doesn't ga ins also. when ho pefull y it will supply need a lot of work to ma ke it T hirteen ca rs entered thi s year's R ot oru a 's power need s. We will be m obile. A lso Neil Holder ha s his tak ing anothe r trip o ut there when nigh t tria l a nd to ured the un fa m ilia r 1939 Chev Sedan nicel y finis hed so roads which C lem Brosnan had it is in operatio n and ma ybe we will we a re loo king fo rward to see ing have a wa rmer day. Place ge tte rs ma naged to sea rch o ut. The ro ute him pa rtici pating in c lub eve nts was so good that the co mmi ttee ha s we re C lo ustons, Skeltons and F lee ts. from now o n. Bill Clouston gave us so me help­ decided to keep the course to be used on a daylight ra lly so me time . ful ad vice on mouth to mouth re suscitation a nd heart massage a t MYRT LE FL EET Results: 1st G. Pa uley (again), 1938 Ford V8 ; 2nd A. Wi lkie. Fo rd Model A : 3rd R. Ag new, 1950 M.G. Sep tember garage night croW(! viewed the ra re veteran R.C .H . 01 65-72 U.S. FORDS INCL. MUSTANG Ro n Cooper's under cons tructio n. MODEL T• MODEL A • 32-48 V/S T hese cars we re built by R. C . H upp a fter he le ft the Huppmo bile 49-59V/S corporation a ro und 19 12, bu t al­ th ou gh Ro n has advertised ex ten­ sivelv he has bee n un a ble to have mu ch success in tracking d ow n ma nv of the missing parts. M urray WE SPECIALISE Leach's was the on ly ot her ca ll th at eveni ng to o bserve his 1932 Ford IN THESE MODEL FORDS Mo;le(B ta king sha pe. T he car ha s been in the Leach family for 48 Parts for a ll thes e models are available e x stock, not just a few yea rs being pur ch a sed in 1933 by trinket items but all popular parts listed in our current 200 page Mu rray's grandfather who was at catalogue. that stage the fift h ow ner. It was the n passed on to Murray's father All orders shipped s a me day as re ceived. and brothe r. Bankcard, Diners Club, Vis a, Americ an Express welcome. Take ad va ntage of our 17 years in the vint age automotive parts O pe ning din ner this yea r was hel d a t the C ha tea u T imaru at wh ich 68 business. You will receive the best quality ite ms available. Don't members, wives , girlfriends, etc. be caught by o rdering through a supplier with limited knowledge atten ded and it wa s at this eve nt of this business, there are lots of poor quality parts, we have tha t we learned that one o f our eliminated these from our stocks, you now get the best there is bet ter kno wn mem bers, R usseJl available. 65- 72 U.S. Ford parts will be 3-4 month delivery. Popular Cross had suffered a stroke tha t 65-68 Mustang parts will be stocked after January 1982. afternoon. Send $4.50 (Austra lian currency) fo r our latest c atalogue. $5 refund T he Opening Ru n this yea r took voucher is inc luded. us to Ro b Shand 's (one of th e club's fo undation members) prop­ erty at "Strathconan" Fairlie , on wh a t started o ut to be a h ot sum­ ~ mer's da y bu t turned int o a cold, we t. mi sera ble trip ho me . T he D od ge fast fo ur of R usse ll a nd Margaret Dales was having its first outing on this ru n. Labour Weekend was the 26t h BAST COAST ANTIQUE Mt Cook Rall y which this year attrac ted 2 vete ra ns, 2 motorcycles. AUTO PARTS a nd 25 vintages a ll of wh ich ha d 7/169 South Creek Road, Dee Why West. a great time a nd the only serio us Across the Harbour Bridge, 20 miles no rth a lo ng the beaches, ma lfuncti on was a d ropped starte r pinion bo lt on Charlie C ra bb's Come and visit with us on your next tr ip to Australia, you will be 1924 Overland which in turn cr ack­ made welcome . ed the sump . This was removed an d Phone 02 982 9305, 02 982 9335 we lde d a llo wing them to conti nue. Store open Monday to Friday, 9-5. Sunday, 9-2 . 2 1st time entry pri zes were presen t­ MAIL TO BOX 330, NARRABEEN, 2101 , SYDNEY, N.S.w., ed to J im Sull ivan and Jo hn AUSTBALlA Mc l.achla n. GRAHAM PAULEY PAGE THIRTY-O NE Sunbeam 12/16. Rob has been HONEYCOMB RADIATORS looking everywhere at all swap For genuine honeycomb radia­ meets for these light s and with WAIRARAPA tor cores made to any shape or some friends' help and the assis­ specification, write to: John tance of Arthur Evans from Wanga­ The new rally season got under Rummery, 18 Orsova Place, nui branch he managed to buy them way on a beautiful sunny morning Lynfield, Auckland 4, or call into from Wanganui. The Sunbeam has on October 10th. The Annual Akura George Mihaljevich. 76 Vermont wire wheels and will be restored Adventure Rally entrants assembled Street, Ponsonby, Auckland. with a two seater body on it. Rob at Zenith Park clubrooms and after is a garage manager and is very a very nice morning tea, served by VERMONT VINTAGE interested in the history of commer­ the ladies, twent y-nine cars left on RADIATORS cial vehicles and all facets of the a short run through Hastwell, steam engine. Ray Cook in Hawera Mauriceville and return to Zenith is restoring a very nice 1932 Park for lunch. Morris Minor 2 door saloon, which The afternoon run commenced he brought from Wellington in a with two driving tests followed by SOUTHLAND dismantled state. He estimates about a plea sant run through pretty The November outing took the three quarters of the framework countryside to the east of Masterton form of a picnic run to Balfour to will have been replaced by the time to finish at Te Whanga, the home visit the well-known Grant collec­ the job is finished . The body is of Mr and Mrs Pat Borthwick , tion of Minervas and other fine silting back on the chassis and a where everyone was shown around vehicles. While many members were new pair of head lamps have been the many acres of his beautiful using P.V.s of the closed American made from four motley ones . garden. The annual dinner this year was held at the Centrepoint com­ type, the weather was not conducive We welcome new members (0 our to open-air motoring. Clive Wilson's branch : Dermis Nolly from EItham plex . A very nice smorgasbord meal '38 Ford V8 looked very fine as has a 1934 14 h.p. Vauxhall: Wil­ was enjoyed, followed by the pre­ did Warren Ro sbie 's '38 Chevrolet. liam Parker from Inglewood has a sentation of trophies. Thanks go to Among the vintage fleet were Willis St Clair and Ken McKay 1938 Wolseley 14/6 saloon and and wives for an excellent day . Rugby, Ford, Chevrolet and Sun­ 1947 Austin ID h.p.; and Robert beam. Altogether an enjoyable day's Gudopp of New Plymouth. Four members visited the Wood­ run . ville swap meet this year with a Our branch has just held the 4th trailer load from our spares depart­ Neil Calvert has started restoring Taranaki Motor Cycle Rally and ment. The day was very worthwhile his '26 Na sh tourer and would be congratulations to Eric Terrill and as has helped to swell our building interested in learning more about his team for the smooth running Iund, Regular working bees are this vehicle and simil ar models. It of all facets of the event. The 23 still being held every second Sun­ came from Christchurch about ten entrants must have gone home quite day in the month and ground years ago. Many of the panels are satisfied . The rally was held at maintenance is taking quite a bit sound but the woodwork is rotten. Ha wera and the road run took in of time. Motor cycli sts are bus y Allan Black is working steadily on some breaktaking scenery of South preparing their machines for their his 1935 Austin 7 replacing panels Taranaki countryside and the big, annual rall y in December. where needed. Like many vehicles most modern dairy complex in the . GRAHAM GORDON now-a -days, another enthusiast had world, The Kiwi Dairy Company. made a start and done much of the We had entries from Auckland, RE LIST OF MEMBERS mechanical work before Allan Waikato, Wanganui, Bulls, Palm­ found the car . George Burgess has There is a list of Life Mem­ erston North and Wairarapa. Bob bers of th e club included with decided that it is worth joining Clarke Jst veteran, Wally Hunt 1st current trends and has bought a '46 vintage. Ian Bleakley 1st P.W . and this issue. It belongs with the List Ford V8 to add to the large number overall winner and 1st P.V. was of Members sent out with the last of these vehicles in members' hands. Barry Grant. issue. Tre Southland Branch is getting organised to put on a really good Last Noggin and Natter was well South Island Rally next Easter and attended with our clubrooms crowd­ would be pleased to hear from ed near to capacity to hear a very Letters intending entrants early. An inter­ interesting guest speaker, Mr Norrie to theEditor esting event and fine hospit ality is Keenan from the police force giving assured. See you there! us interesting and amusing experi­ ences during the Springbok tour Sir, ALASTAIR McINTOSH What has happened to all the and other duties. veterans we used to see at veteran Des Moore attended the Auck­ rallies? For many years many made land branch Hunua 100 in his 1938 their debut at the Dunedin Brighton TARANAKI Buick. Quite a few members attend­ Run and came again for two years, ed the swap meet at Christchurch in then vani shed, not even appearing Restoration work is in full swing. October and came home with lots in otter run s. Gonion Wick s is working hard to of goodies. With 28 veal'S of Duneclin Brigh­ get his 1929 Nash sedan ready for We would like to thank whoever ton Runs showing young and old the paint shop. Ashley Smith has is responsible for collating the im­ alike our heritage of the trials of the body and guards all beautifully pre ssive membership list we recently early motoring we would like to painted white read y to be attached received. It is a great pleasure to be see more veterans in the oldest rally to the red painted chassis on his in New Zealand or perhaps owners able (0 turn the pages and see what Model A race-a-bout. We hope to other club members have in their might like to advise the writer why see it this summer on the road. Rob collections. they do not rally. Thomson has finally found some GEOFF MEHRTENS beautiful brass light s for his 1914 COLIN JOHNSTON Dunedin Brighton Run PAGE THIRTY-TWO Sir , While I do not d ispute that the PWYs have now reached an a ge A little bi t of info rma tion ha s Sun bea m may ha ve been a vice­ where they sho uld be p reserved as co me to light whi ch may be of regal car, I am qu ite cer ta in that cxa mpes of moto ring in that period in.cr est to quite a number of mem­ it would not have been im ported and we a re t;:e most well o rga nised bers and whi ch yo u may wish to by Lord G a lway, I suggest that the cl ub to do thi s. publish . Govern o r G enera I co nce rne d was T he p roblem of their co mpe ting Bijur One Shot and Automatic more likely to have been Sir on equ al terms with vet er an s at Chassis Lubrication System C ha rles Fe rguson, bearing in mind ca lenda r even ts is a difficul t thing that the ca r first saw light o f da y To owners of cars fitted with this fo r organi ser s, perhap s it ma y be in 1926. partially resolved by insisting that type eq uip ment Le. Packard Lord Galway was Gove rno r Auburn, Graham Paig e, Nash Co rd, PY s and PWYs enter the fa ster Ge ne ra l fro m 1935 to, I think, 1941, speed class es. Henney Stutz and Willys K night, his vice-regal car was in fact , more Duesenberg. modest, his term having started It sho uld al so be rem embered T he company whi ch produced during tl.e great depression. Tt wa s that the Club is about people as thi s equipment is still a live and well a 1934 or 1935 Hillman 20/7 0 long mu ch as ca rs and tha t peopl e bu y and is a ble to sup ply all parts wheelbase seven passenger version difTerent ca rs for different reasons, nece ssary to completely overhaul or which was rare in this country, Some PWY own er s I kn ow have replace the entire system, all data, most being the normal sa loon type , co llectio ns of cars ranging from service instruction s, plans, detail a lthough I bel ieve that another veteran to PW Y.O thers face d with drawings, cos t of parts etc . can be seven-passe nger ver sion belonged to a five to eight yea r restora tion of obtained by writing to: the H old sworth family near their vint age veh icle, buy a PWY Bijur Lubricating Corporat ion , G isborn e. so they ca n learn the art to pa rtici­ 112 Bauer Drive, Oa kland, New pa te in ra llies and tri als . R . S. NAIRN Jersey 0743 6, U.S.A. The child ren of so me we ll estab­ J The cost o f parts is very reason­ Sir, lished members use PWYs as their able and I would suggest sending I was am used to read G ra nt sta rting point in the movement, Int ernational Postal Coupons to the T aylo r's letter in issue No . 132. some people bu y them bec au se of value of $3.00 to cover a irm ail Perhaps G ra nt missed rea d ing plea sant memories of a particular po stage of a ll data, these coupon s Barry Barnes' repl y to Earl Preston vehicle. Should we pedan tically ca n be obtai ned from any Post in issue 131. This seemed to be a deny the se people a nd their vehicles Office. well con sider ed apprai sal of a situa­ active participation in one of the When wntmg supply make, tion that first a rose wh en th e C lub best clubs of its type in the world? model and year of yo ur vehicle. debated the admission of post G ra nt's discourse a bo ut withering Owners of Rolls-R oyce a nd vint age veh icles. flowers a nd ch oked life forces is M ine rva car s which origina lly had We have had P.Y.s for so me enterta ining to say the least, the genuine American parts fitted as years now a nd the Club do es not veteran movement seems stro nger standa rd equipment will als o find seem to have suffered by the admis­ than ever with eig ht veteran runs th is informa tion use ful. sio n, the y ma y have even enha nced on the national ca lendar. For the J . M . TAYLOR the Club and the same may well more sporting vin tage motorist there apply to post war vehicles. are a good numbe r of speed events, Sir, As to the ded ication,G ra nt night trial s and long distance Your co rr espo ndents Geoff East­ seems to have seized on the second rallies and tours both on a nd off erbrook Smith a nd T. A. Freeman, half, he co nveniently forgets a bou t the calenda r. in writing a bout Roy Cowan's fostering and ever widening the So ple ase Grant, gra b your ca len­ Sunbeam, both mention it started interest of the movement, the ever dar, get in your ca r a nd go for th life as a vice-regal ca r for Lord increasing band of enthusiasts, a nd an d motor. The PWYs won't bite Galway . the fascinati on of age itself. and o.ne of their owners might even kn ow of a parts o r literature so urce for your thoroughbred or rarity. JOHN STO KES INFROMOTION Sir, I wish to qu ietly advise yo ur Information's hard to get co rresp ondent Grant Taylor as to Nicer cars are rarer. the probable reason wh y ther e wa s no resp on se to Earl Preston's INFrOMATION is your best letter in Issue No. 130. N obody a specialist's no dearer thought that it wa s worth reply ing to, and was accordingly given the for any book that's listed yet silent contempt whi ch it d iserved, bring IN' FrO MOTION nearer. (sorry!) I do not know wh at Mr Preston drives, I cannot remember even Modest stocks, large lists of almost everything available we can meeting him , though I may have. order or where to go if we can't and a growing collection of our I have seen Mr T a ylor dri ving a own references to assist the fascinating enquiries we get. very beautiful vintag e Delag e. (s.a.e. always appreciated) . As the owner of a vintage F raz er­ Nash and an S Type Invicta, I'd The* Froward Book Company Ltd. say to yo ur correspondents that few Trentham House, 28 Wakefield St, Auckland 1. Telephone 790-959 of us a re pr ivileged a nd fortunate (. we 're in t he Shorter Oxf ord ) enough to drive Deluges a nd the like exotic vintage vehicles, a nd it is up to us who do so to be humble P AGE THIRTY -THREE 1861 WAS A YEAR TO REMEMBER

In 1861 motorised transport was still a ranging network of branches and a dream. But that .wasthe year the Bank of reputation for reliability and strength. New South Wales opened in New Today the Wales is proud to offer New Zealand. So we were here, ready and Zealand a total banking service, from waiting when The Car arrived. cheque and savings accounts to Over the years we have built a wide- international facilities second to none. "ales Bank Bank of Ne\N South Wales and worthy of our good fo rtune Ab out eighteen months ago I and veh icles, by exte nding to all en tered the Annual Rall y at Qu eens less for tunate member s enco urage­ Birthday Weekend in Wanganui, men t in rea lising their dr eam s of with the 1955 Stude baker (which is Classified ads achievement in whateve r they not an accepted P.W.). On my entry possess. I put, in large lett ers, " non co m­ RATES FOR CLASSIFIEDS Th e Cl ub is fo r pleasure, fun , pet itive - coming for the fun of and for all th ose whose hearts are it", or words to that effect. I think Members of Vintage Ca. Club Inc . the Wanganui Branch was happy to $3 .00 for first 40 words or less the re­ with old vehicles, and I would af te r 3 ce nts per wor d . heart ily recommend to yo ur corres­ acce pt an en try like that and, as Mem ber s mu st be f ina ncial and state pond en ts and oth ers of the sa me usual with a Wan ganui eve nt, we the ir branc h. view who drive exotic vintage had a mighty tim e. T o me, getti ng Non Memb-e. ve'. icles to give a little thought, ou t and ab out with the C lub, meet­ $3.50 for first 40 words or less there­ show a littl e interest and give that ing new friends and sharing our a fte r 3 ce nts per word. enco uragemen t so often necessary common interest in oJd vehicl es BOX AD $4 .00 extra to above rates. to th ose wh o have not, mean s far more than pot hunting PHOTO AD $1 0.00 extra to abo ve rates. In so doi ng they wo uld disco ver with rall y tables and calcul at or s, Enclose good black and whi le photo. a reward far greater than prob ably or worrying ab out wh at the guy Above rates apply for each advertisement. anything else that they have enjoyed next door drive s. Advertise ments mus t be typed or clea rly and obta ined out of the C lub. My advice to a ll member s, is to prin ted . To any who may hav e been a enjoy wh at you've got and don 't little up set and depressed by the kn ock the next guy for enjoying CHEQUE OR POSTAL NOTE MUST BE lell er s in t ~ e las t three issues, don 't wh at he 's got, but try to promote ENCLOSED worry ab out it, ju st get stuck in a bit of ha rmon y am ongst our Se nd to: The Adve rtising Man ager, and complete that batt ered old '37 rank s. P'.O. Box 13140. Chev and T F 1500. Remain proud T he forthcoming North Islan d CHRISTCH URCH. of your shiny Rover 90 an d the Tour is exac tly the sort of event 110t lat e r than lath of month prec edi ng like, becau se to see yo u happy whic h does this and does it so weJI. pu blication. makes hundreds of us vintagents If yo u've got a bit of time lip your r happy too an d that's as it should sleeve the n enter this sort of eve nt. BOX AD be, because that 's what it's all G LYN CLEMENTS I aboul. You r ad will have great er imp act P. R USSE LL NEW PUBLICATION in a border. Remit $4.00 extra to normal rates an d ask for There is a ne w publication o ut Box Ad. Sir, covering th e interest in Buses On reading the last couple of and C oaches. This is called th e issues of Beaded Wh eels I notice O M N IB US BULLETIN a nd is the qu estion of the V.c.c. and its 66" WIDE H OOD T OPPING ass ocia tion with P.W.V.s is gelling published in Wellington.Su bscrip ­ We have just imp orted a limited another airing. I agree with certain tion is $12.00 p.a . quantity of 66" wide Cobra points fr om eac h writ er but feel the Enquiries sho uld be m ade to : G rai n vinyl topping for vintage objects of thi s cl ub arc being over­ seda ns, a t $31.50 yd . Please send The Omnibus Bulletin, P.O. Box look ed . That is' the fostering and money with yo ur order to ever wide ning the int erest etc. as 3353, Wellington. An tiqu e Uph olstery Supplies, printed on tfe front page of thi s 6 Pitf ure Rd., Wakefield, maga zine. OVERSEAS ENQUIRY Ne lson. I am the own er of two P.W.V.s (J 954 A.J.S. and J955 Stude ba ker W e have a letter from William Champion). However , I do feel th e F. M urray of S AAB Drive, P .O . WANTED- To complete restora­ tion of a J928 Chrysler series 62 V.c.c. does too muc h to encourage Box 697, Orange CT 06477, the use of P.W.V. s. I feel the y seda n - four interior door handles, should be treat ed as modems and U. S.A. He is interested in Mili­ six wind ow winde r handles plus the not given acce ptance right s and tary Transp ort Vehicles, Ameri­ sho rter hand le for the fro nt screen, one locking ext eri or ha ndle, one or specia l cla sses, but be all owed to can ca rs and trucks manufactured more headlight Jenses, one bon net co mpete in rallies at a non com ­ a nd so ld ov erseas a nd all o ther petitive level, after all, why do we ca tch, radiator ca p, tail light unit, enter rallies? Is it the co mmon ca rs a nd truck s. stee ring whee l. A ll parts to be in interest and friendship dev eloped H e has a listing of some 15,000 good resto rable conditio n. D . W. out of a love for old vehicles or C unni ngharn, J11 Oak wood Ave., brochures, 25,000 phot os, and Ma ry Hill , Dunedin. Phone 35-777. is it the hope of winning another 1,000 books. piece of silver for the wife to polish on Su ndays. This is a co llection of 20 ye ars Rod McKenzie hit the nail on active interest a nd he is interes te d HAWKES BAY BOOK the head in the last issue; members to trade m aterial in th e a bo ve SUPPLIES of the club sho uld be more con­ Specialists in New, Used and cern ed in gelling the silent maj ority subject s. S.B. " Out of Print" Car Manuals , to put 'A' into 'G ', I agree, this Handbooks , Pre and Post War. wou Jd be a better way to co nsume some time rather than worry what A. O. Evans (Prop.) car someone is using. To me a 8 William s Street, Nap ier. member out in a modern (or rtrestone Tel ephone 436-950 P.W.V .) is better than no member put Quality first S.A.E. Please out at all. P AGE THIR T Y-FIVE WANTED - Winged radia to r ca ps for 1927 Ch rys ler, 1929/30 C hrys ler D URANT BUILT VEHICLE " 60"; also Hexagonal petro l cap fo r OWNE RS CLU B 1929 Essex . Ernic T homas. Phone 1st Annual South Island AIRPORT O hinga iti 863 (co llect). (Membe r). Get-together Weekend Janua ry 23rd-24t h, 1982 Cutler Pa rk, Ch ristc hu rch LODGE FO R SALE You don 't need to be a member. All Dura nt Built Veh icle Own­ ers we lcome. Ba r-B-Que Tea . MOTELS Films on the Du ra nt Family Register Convention, Dearbo rn, (formerly Kendal Lodge) U.S.A. Further enq uir ies to Phil Pickard, 10S Roydvale Avenue, 28 Bronwyn St. , Christchurc h 5. Christchurch Ph. 852-03 1. ARMSTRONGSID DELEY B.S.A. ZB 32A hea d wa nted, will SPO RTS ST ATION COUPE exchange for B.S.A. Shooting Sta r Phone S8S-119 (A7SS, 500 cc twin ) head or cas h. As shown at the Ge neva Show, Write to Mr R. Pop e. 2/2 10 Ce n­ 1952 . Rare opportunity to obta in taurus Rd., C hr istc hurch. 2. Spacious family units, a ra re and practical vehi cle, 2200 quiet setting, next door cc 6-cy linde r, hydr aulic tappet s, MILITARY VEHICL E synchro 4-sp eed box (Wil son Reluctantly offe red for sa le. to Russley Hotel and pre-select box av a ilable). Onl y 3 C hevrolet 1942 mo del short Golf Course. owne rs, 62,00 0 mil es, ver y orig­ whe el base 4 x 4 in rem arkably inal (too l kit co mp lete un der origina l co nditio n. Hav ing only Only 2km from Ai r­ sea l) a nd in excellent running tr a vell ed 15,000 mil es since order. Has im me nse luggage­ manufacture. T he bo dy a nd port. ca rry ing capacity behi nd the mech ani cal s are in nea r perfect room y six -sea ter co mpa rtment. cond ition. T hese vehic les are to McLeans Island. $4,000 o.n.o. now almost im possible to find in the un mod ified co nd itio n a nd as Nearest motel complex suc h mu st a pp reciate in value. New w.o.I. a nd reg . $2000 firm Special off-season rates o r would consider tra de with Model A. to V.c.c. Members. P. Lyt tle, R.D . 22. Ge ra ld ine . Phon e 1080. Proprietors: Errol and FOR SALE - 1956 swingi ng ar m Kath ryn Smith Golden Flash B.S.A. Engine a nd 1948 SU N BEAM T ALBOT gearbox reconditioned. tan k painted , Member V.c.c. T OURE R sea t awful, front gua rd original but O ne of only two kn own in N.Z ., rou gh. tyres excellent. Sta rts and BAY OF PLENTY Anniversa ry this 10 I-.p. 4-sea ter, unu su al run s very we ll. $ 1700 o.n.o.Ja mes Run now being held 29t h Jan uar y­ with fol d-flat windscr een , has a Cotswol d 197 cc 4 speed tr ial s bik e. Ist February 1982. recondition ed en gine and a Engine, gea rbox a nd running gea r so und bod y, c urren t reg. and reco nd itio ned a nd goes very we ll. W .O.F., a nd is in da ily use. Rem ain der very ro ug h. Kn obbly RA L LY PLAQUES,C AR $12,000. No offers, tyre s : one new, one part worn. BADGES,ENGINE PLA TES Hi ghe st offer acce pted. Miles Hurst­ AND SU ND RIES house. 16 Nile St., Nelson . Ph one We ha ve mu ch ple a sure in ad vis­ 83-533. ing that due to dem and we have turned from a hobby to full­ THE MORRIS 8 T O U RE R time production. Offering hun­ CL UBO F N .Z. (lNc.) dr eds of replica car and mot or­ Offer s to member s the foll ow ing cyc le em blems a nd mini atures. new parts for Morris 8 series J We ca n a lso make badges a ny and II : fro nt and rear engi ne size o r sha pe to yo ur design or 1951 DAIMLER CO NS ORT mounts, hubcaps and screws, ours. Probably the most origina l and bonnet co rne r rubber s, rear Nelson and R ob yn Laurie, best of the ma rq ue in N.Z ., on ly bumper rubbers, service info rma ­ 36 H ollawa y Street, In ver car gill. 3 owne rs, recondition ed engi ne tion booklet , cl utch a nd brake Phone 59-839 (new crankshaft), fa mo us Wi lson pedal rubber s. We also have a pre-select box a nd fluid fly­ large stoc k of good used spa res WA NTED - Singe r 1939 Ba nt am whee l, leather up holster y, co m­ for series I, 11 a nd E. Mod el, requ ire all mech an ical parts, plete tool kit, 68,000 gen uine For your requirements or f urt her a nd especially dash instru ments; miles. Current reg. a nd W.O. F., infor ma tion , write to a lso nee d techn ica l info to begin in da ily use. $8,000 o.n.o. The Spa re Pa rts Co-o rdinator, resto ra tion. Ph one 73-5 15 Pal mer­ Apply M. C. Ave ry, Or opi Rd , P.O . Box 10108, ston No rth collet or write to Bill Taura nga , RD. 3. Phone 84-021. Ph illipstown, T urner, 10 Na irn Crescent, Palm­ (N .B.:Bank cheq ues only.) Ch ristch urch . erston N orth. P AGET HIRTY-SIX T HE MORRISEIG HT N ATION ALVETE RAN RALLY , C H R ISTCHU RCH T OUR ER CLU B O F N .Z. February 5th - 7th, 1982 (INC. ) Th is is the on ly club in' Ne w * Two da ys o f Veteran m otoring Zea land ca tering exclu sively for M otor S how Morris S's. If yo u are an Owner of a Morri s 8, Series I, 1I or E, * Steam Tug C r uis e we welco me you to. mem bership. * So cial Ev eni ng a nd Presentati on dinner Mem bership benefits includ e the * m on th'y magazine, poster s, - F INAL REMINDER - books, new pa rts. Our ra nge of par ts include ' engin e mounts, Entries close D ecember 15th hubcaps, kingpin sets, pedal rub­ bers, distributor par ts, gasket Fo rms av a ila ble no w from Branch Secre taries sets, etc. We a lso stock a larg e or p.a. Box 22431 , C hri stch u rc h , rang e of used spa res. For fur ther info rmation writ e to : T he Secretary, P.O. Box \ WANTED - Rad io for 1938 Ply WANTE D for 1937 T riump h 10-108 Phi llipstown Christchurch ... -mo uth, Also running boa rds with Vitesse 4 cy linder 14/60 saloon ca r. New Zea land. ru bber in goo d condition. Also Push rods, complete rock er gear want ed Mistral car body parts. water pum p, bonn et an d oth er odds FOR SALE - 1934 Dodge. Offer s Jirn Billyard, 687 Port obello Rd., and ends or an y part s that will to close on Friday , 18th December Broad Bay, Dunedin. (Me mber). inte rcha nge. Also requ ired any lit­ 1981. Th e vehicle may be inspected 1 WANTE D - J934 Vauxhall head­ erature that woul d help in the a t the rear of the Co ur thouse, North light. Rin g co llect or writ e to restoration of the abo ve ca r. Bob Street, Ti mrau. Enq uiries to Offi­ Pratts Electro plating Ltd., P .O. Box Ca ndish, 81 Iranui Road , Gisborne. cial Assignee, T ima ru. Phone 82-671. 474, Nelson. FOR SALE - ' Mo tor Spo rt' 1965 WANTED - 36 x 6 truck tyres to 1980. Offers. T ucker. lOa Dornett and tube s in usabl e condition. 1954 BENTLEY CONTIN­ ENTALBC 61C(Mulliner), R Avenue, Aucklan d 3. Teleph one Swap : two 30 x 3-} B.E. Dunlop 603-665. tyres, new, fo r two Olympics. Dale T ype Manu al. 150,000 miles, Co nlon, 6 Pitfure Rd., Wa kefield, R.R . (U .K.) Overhau l a t 107,000 WANTED fo r Model T 1923 ­ Nelson. Ph. 28-046. miles. Imm aculate or iginal con ­ Fr ont guards, run ning boar ds, two di tion. Substantial offers to J. W. whe els and B.E. rims, headlights, FO R SALE Sawers, 14 Bran scombe Stree t, cow l section/roa ds ter body parts, 1929 AUB URN BOAT TA ILED T imaru. Ph one 45-763. bo nnet , battery box, pet rol tank ­ SPEEDSTER (Big 8), lights, full for 1926 T T ourer , rear bod y sec­ set, chromed , excellent condi­ CHANGE OF DA TE- Bay of tion, bonn et. I. G . Copping, 139 tion, plus vari ous Auburn part s, Plenty Anniver sar y Ru n no w to be Tcta ra Dr ive, Hamilton, Phone also pair chro med headlights. held 29th Janua ry-I st Februa ry. 493-856. 9" flat lenses, excellent condi­ tion. Offers to : J. W. Sawers, 14 Bran scornb e Street, Tirn aru. Phone 45-763. AUTO RESTORATIONS LTO WANTED - Steering lock for 1928 Ch evrole t National , in working We have just completed a lot of work on a Morris 8 condition. Phone Cunningha rn, 565-933 Auckland collect. which has been entered for th e Great Peking to Paris NORTON ENG INE - 1947 ES2, Epic, and are completing the conversion of two new partly incomplete, will swa p or negotiate for Norton Rigid Cradle Falcon station wagons into hearses, a procedure which Fra me. Ga rry Alve , 208 Ma yfair involves splicing some 10 inches into the vehicles. A Ave., Hasti ngs. second XJS Jaguar is being co nverted to R/H drive and AUCK LAND VET ER AN AND we have just finished engine re bu ilds on Lancia Fulvia, VINTAGECAR CL UE an­ 1 nounce the annua I Co mmercia l Triumph Stag and Talbot 75. Section Ca mpo ut Week end on Fe bruary 20-2 1, 1982. All co m­ Yet another 4 112 litre Bentley is on the way to us from I merc ial vehicles fro m oth er Texas for a complete rebuild following the successful branches welcome.Fur ther in­ form ation contact Mr K . Phill­ completion of our first job from that part of the world. po ll, 124 Ti ro roa Road , Te Atatu So uth. Phone Auckland Our world is at- 836- 1878. WANTED Fou r 20" Budd 148 CARLYLE STREET Michelin disc wheels to suit a 1924 CHRISTCHURCH Dodge 4. Will buy or have some Dodge 4 parts to swap . B. K. G race, P.O. Box 22273 Phone 69-988 4 Ballantrae Place, Gore . Ph one 5308. (Memb er). PAGE THIRTY-SEVEN WA NTED TO BUY -Zeni th triple d iffuser ca rb urettor, side dra ugh t number 36 H.K .G. It has 36 mm o rifice a nd is a ll brass . Also wa nted Delage pa rts for 4 cyl. Vintage o r ELECTROPLATING (, cyl. Ve te ran Delage ca rs. Patricia Bren, Poraiti Road, R.D . 2, Napier. Electroplaters of :-Copper (Dull and Bright), Phone 442-923. Nickel, Chrome, Brass and Zinc. W R ITTEN TENDERS are invited for the purchase of tr e following Stainless Steel Electropolishing. car: Circa 1935 Dod ge DU Coupe, Reg . GU 1935 and W.O.F . Twin Automotive, Motorcycle, Marine and Jobbing side mounts, rumble sea t. This vehicle ca n be inspec ted a t 29 Lune Plating. St reet, Oarnaru, North Ot ago, on a as is whe re is. Ph on e 37-525 . Ten­ de rs close 29t h January, 1982. High ­ w. TOOMEY LTD est or a ny tend er not necessa rily accepted. Only successful tende r will P.O. Box 22-453, 21-35 Ferry Rd, Christchurch be not ified. H . Andrew. 29 Lune St, Phone 62-559 Oarnaru. FO R SALE- 1935 Pontiac Specia l Delu xe fo ur do or seda n, silver FO R SALE -Firestone (U K) 5.50" WANT ED for my 1927 Indi an strea k model, good restorable pro­ x 18" 6 ply tyr e new; four . tu bes Sco ut Mo to rcyc le, spee do co mplete posi tion. Ano the r pr oject mea ns ve ry goo d and two tyres fa ll', all with cor bin d rive, gen uine tail light , this mus t go. Also 1939 Ch rysler 5.50" x 18", $75 the lot. Repro. messen ger leather ' seat cover, side head light glasses, never been on a t. ucas ho rn tru mpets, coppe r and car fra me o r pa rts thereof. Ivan vehic'e .Phone 886-6 15 or write brass unplated , suit Rover and Bar ker , Centre Bush, No. 2 R.D ., Murray L1oyd, 160BRock ingho rse Sunbeam, Talbot etc . '35-'47 $ 16.00 Wi nton, Phone 730. (Member). Road , Ch ristc hu rch. pair. Box 334 1, Auc kland. Phon e WA NTED - Body , Radia tor Ca p, FOR SALE - 1928 Mo del A Ford 573-694. Rea r Tail Light and ta nk valance two door seda n, mostly co mplete, WANTED - Ta lbot 1924 JO/23, fo r either a 1929 or 1930 Po nt iac needs enthusia st ic restorer, $1, 100. lights (Rotax), water pump, distri­ Sedan. WANTED - 49 Plymouth Wanted for 1924 Chevrolet Tourer, b'utor, d iff sp ider gea rs, instruments Sedan.Phone Ro n Morgan, 289-935 windscreen complete o r parts, 75 o r a nv informatio n leading to any Upper Hu rt, 23 Liverpool Street, mph Stewart speedo, 30 x 3·} B.E. mech anical parts. P. Simrnons, 5 Wellington. rims. Buy or swap 1929-33 Chev C '

• JAGUAR XK 120 Fixed head coupe in excellent unrestored condition. Some de­ tailing required. M ileage 60,000 believed genuine. History known. Reluctant sale but little used over past 15 years. Substantial 'VI price required. Invercargill, P.O . PHOENIX GROUP OF COMPANIES Box 610 or 'phone 88-319.

PHOENIX ASSURANCE CO.OF NEW ZEALAND LTD BOOKS FOR SALE - Automobile PROVIDENT LIFE ASSURANCE CO. LTD. Year 10, 12, 13; Autocourse 1960 (2 vols), 1961; Automobile Quarterly Vol. 2j1 , Vol. 3j1, 3, and 4; "The FIRE - LIFE - ACCIDENT - MARINE Ca r of Destiny" , 1906; "Set in c;ilver" , 1909; "Lightning Conduc­ VINTAGE & VETERAN VEHICLE tor", 1907; "Round the World in a INSURANCE Baby Austin". 1933; "Art of Motor­ cycle Racing", Hailwood & Walker; "J irn C lark at the Wheel"; "John Chrimhurch Branch: P.O. Box 38 C oo per - Grand Prix Carpet­ 76 HEREFORD STREET Phone 791-054 bagger"; "Ferrari", Tanner, 1959; "Life at the Limit", Hill: " A ll But Local Offices Throughout New Zealand My Life", "Turn At The Wheel", Mass; "Stirling Moss", Raymond, 1953; "T rio At The Top", Mahon­ WEST C OASTV.e.e. (S./.) ­ WANTED - Shorrock or Wade ey; " P orsche" , Pritchard; "Brook­ Annual Scenicland Vintage Rally, supercharger suitable for vintage 2 lands to Goodwood", Walkerley; March 20th, 1982. Entry forms out litre motor. Contact Garry Turner, " Tf e Briti sh Competition Car", 45 Old Renwick Road, Blenheim, soon. Enquiries, Secretary, 33 Pill " G erma n Grand Prix", Posthumus; Street, Runanga, West Coast (S.I.). Fhone 86-677 collect. " l3ehind the Scenes of Motor Rac­ FOR SALE - 1925 Oakland 6-S4 FOR SALE--Austin, Morris. Rile)', ing", Gregory; " Lotus 49", Hedges: Tourer restored for '80 International Wo.seey parts books for all models hlotor Cycle Racing", Carrick; and mo tors beautifully. Many 1950-1976. Send large s.a.e, for list "Motor Sport Books of Au stin 7 spa res, manuals, sales literature etc . to P. T. Noonan, 58 Abbotls Way. and Dorungton"; " Motor Racing Inspection arranged and offers to Auckland 5. Telephone 547-176. Years 1961, 1964, 1965, 1967" . Rob Turnbull, 34 Becroft Drive, FOR SALE-Commer Truck hand­ .:iood offers wanted. All very good A uck land 10. Phone 410-8612. to excellent condition. Will pack WANTED - Bond Bug (or know­ books, workshop manuals and parts ca talogues. Send s.a .e. for list to carefully. Mark Holrnan, 38 Clunie ledge of whereabouts) or any other Avenue, Raumati South. 3 wheeled cars. Neville Swan. 90 P. T. Noonan, 58 Abbotts Way, l.uckens Road, R.D . 2. Kumeu, Auckland 5. Telphon 547-170. Auckland. Phone WEI 7125 . SPANNERS FOR SALE-Original MODEL A WANTED tool kit spannrs for Austin, Ford, 1930 Tourer in restored condi­ SINGER 9 BSA, AJS and other makes. Send tion. Restoration mu st be to a Singer Nine 1935, $450. suitable s.a.e. for list to P. T . Noonan, 58 high sta nda rd . Will pay cash or for restoration, in dismantled Abbotls Way, Auckland 5. Tele­ have 1938 M8 sports fully re­ condition, but complete. Features phone 547-176. sto red as trade. clutchless drive and independent FOR SALE - Firestone tyres 475­ Peter Lyttle, RD. 22. Geraldine. front suspension. Reluctant sale. 500 x 19. Set of 5 in very good Phone 1080 Gcl. Phone Dunedin 45 -827 after 6.30 condition. $ 150 o.n.o. Contact F . p.m. C arter, P.O. Box 38110 Howick or phone 534-4756 Auckland. FC;R SALE - 1929 Durant Sedan, WANTED - Water pump for 1952 WANTED URGENTLY Far ft: Iy restored 5 yea rs ago by pres­ s.de valve Morris Minor. P. T. Norton model 7 (1950), rear wheel cut owner, 6 cylinder continental Noonan, 58 Abbotts Way, Auckland complet e or any parts thereof. Any­ 111 0tor. many spares, smart paint 5. Telephone 547-176. (Member). thing considered. Cas', or trade. G. a nd up'iolstery. Contact Mark MOTOR SPORT MAGAZINES ­ Eyles, 2 Carr Crescent, Waiouru. Bareman, 386 Blockhouse Bay Road, 1962-80 , 19 years (228 magazines) (Phone 788 A.H.). Auckland, Phone 888-882. complete and mint. $70 entire col­ lection. Mason. 31 Borrowdace Ave. W.ANTED for 1935 Triumph Gloria Howick, Auckland. Phone 534-9842. MODEL ' N FORD - fi cyl. Coventry climax motor, FOR SALE - - 1934 Chev Standard ANNIVERSARY RALLY E :', V remote gear box complete Coupe, restored 7 years, twin side Nel son , April 16-18, 1982 w. i h free wheel, E NV crown wheel mounts, runs very goad. Phone 8065 All Model A' owners and en­ and pinion, ratio 4.75 a s per Tri­ Rangiora. thusiasts welcome to a weekend urnuh Dolimite J939. Lucas distri­ 1938 DODGE Model 08 complete. of family fun and enjoyment. bu tor model, DOL 6A-0 x 28 with Two owners, mileage 125.000 ap­ Entry forms and information 2 sets of points. Lady Gloria radi­ prox. Located Christchurch. Offer. send s.a .e. to Ju stin Bicknell, aror Mascot. Vintage R.A.e. badge. Ph one Dunedin 738-234 (owner ­ 'Top of tr e South Model ' A' I± down draught SU carbs. Contact P. W. Morgan) o r Christc.iurch Club", 48 Stansell Ave, Nelson. Garry Turner, 45 Old Renwick Rd, 325-597 (evenings). Blenheim, Phone 86-677 collect. PAGE THIRTY-NINE WANTED - Dunlop or Sankey 5th NATIONAL VINTAGE AND POST VINTAGESW AP M EET pr essed stee l beaded edge w hee ls in sizes 7 10 x 90, 760 x 90, 700 x 80 This premier ev en t is ag a in being l.e ld a t PUKEKOHEA . & P . o r 26 x 3. (All these a re a ro und th e S HOWGR OU N DS on 27th and 28th February 198 2. Camping 20-22" d ia .) Any number of stud fa c ilities availabe, full security Sa turday night, ca r displ a y Sunday. h oles acce ptab le. G avi n Bain, ' Wa i­ D efini tely a weekend not to be m issed . ta'iuna', G overno rs Ba y, C h rist ­ O rganised by the Auckland branch o f The Chevrolet E n th usiasts c h urc h . Cub of N. Z. Inc.. P .O. BO X 3923 5, AUCKLAND WEST. WANTED - For 1903 Darracq, I WANTED-Owner's nam e, address F OR SA LE -- Alla rd PI Sa lo o n, cy l, wooden a rm o ured frame model. o r lo ca tion o f any s urv iving Willys 1950 F ord-based Classic . The model gilled tube radiator, dash mounted 1952- 55 Aero Se ries passenger car w hic h won th e 1952 M onte C a rlo pet rol a nd oil tanks, fo.ot pedals. o r parts. For Willys Aero Survival Rall y. Mileage 80,000. Gene ra l con­ (Car is on pa ge 166 o f " V e tera n Coun t and W ill ys Club. Reward $5 d itio n very good. Ph ot o a n d in ­ Yea rs of N .Z . M ot oring" .) Contac t fo r each " new" iden tifica tio n. All formation sheet a va ila b le. Offers J . Court ney, llc Huia R oad , Ti ti­ replies answered . D . Kernp, R.D. 4, inv ited. Barry Macf'herson, Main ra ngi. Phone 768 3. R oad , RD. I, K at ika ti, Bay of Pa pak u ra . W ANTED - Two Luc a s FT 37 Ple nty. WANTED-Luvax G irling co nsta nt Spo tlights, 2 Lucas new Alto horns, pressure type sr oc k a bsorbers for FO R SA LE - Autocourse Review I Lu ca s o wls head tail ligh t (this 193 8-39 MG TA, fro n t a nd re ar, 1959, $ 15; Autocou rse Revi ew 1960 is a lmost ov a l sha pe d wi th three a ny condition. W ell s-Kendrew, Part I, $ 10 ; Alvis 12/50 O wn ers' len ses). Mark P othan, Post Office Forest Hill Road, Henderson , RD. Han dbo ok, $50; T he Bentleys At Le Blulf o r ph one Bluff 8920 co llect I , A uc k land 8. Phone 8 14-9884. Mans (s pira l bound) by Ben jafield, evenings. ve ry rare, $50; F loyd C ly rners RILEY PARTS WANTED - All ln d ia napoli s Race H istory 1947, W ANT ED - 1935 -37 Pack ard 6 or fo r 1934 Monaco Nine, chassis $20; F lo yd Cl ym er's In di an apolis 8 cylinder Touring Sedan in so und 60260 57, clutch housing cove r, O fficial Year Bo o k 1950 , $20; condition . McMillan, Box 408 drivers door handle, fue l gauge, S po rts Car Graphic M a y 1961­ lnvercargill. Phone 86-603. temp. gauge, ammeter, tail light, Oc tober 1963, 30 copies, $30; Sports d oo r catch covers, wiper m otor, any Ca rs Illustrated (predecessor to Car F OR SALE - Berl ing m a gneto, o t he r spa res and handbo ok s . Alan a nd Driver) M a y 1956- March 1961 , ty pe E4 1, 4 cylinder. Manufactured Barnes, 240 P ohutukawa Avenue, 39 co pies, $40; V intag e Spo rts C a r b y the Ericss o n Manufa cturing Oh op e, Whakatanc. P hon e OHE C lu b (of G rea t Britain) Bulletin, Com pa ny , Buffal o , New York, 495 . (Mem be r). Spring 1974-Winter 1979, 24 co p ies , US A. Just been full y overha u led W ANT ED - W orksh op Manual 520. A p p ly Geoff Eas te rb ro ok­ a nd in perfect con dition , $68 .00 . fo r 1934 V au xh all 14/6 plus an y Sm ith, 4 Duthie Street, W ellington Pl ease reply to P .O . Bo x 498 , in formation for sa me . Al so manual 5. Phone 766-597. N el son. for 1939 V auxr all 10. Pl ease con­ tact D . Me !se. 350 Main South Rd , Grcyrnouth, Phone 619 Paroa. FO R SA LE --- 1939 V auxhall J 14 Bay of Plenty Branch parts, bonnet, boot lid , grille and head lights, a x le, windsc reen and od ds a nd ends. O ffers. C ontact L. Kosmala, 40 Konini St. Wanganui, NORTH ISLAND P ho ne 42-754. FOR SA LE- MG J2 parts, exhaust ma nifo ld, front st ub a x les , pistons EASTER RALLY 1982 and c on rod s, al so brand new near­ side rear hub. All in excellen t con­ PLAN NOW TO BE AT THIS EVENT WHICH IS d ition. Further details co ntact F . Cart er, P.O. Box 38 110, H owick or TIMED TO COINCIDE WITH TAURANGA'S ph one 534-4756 Auckland. CENTENARY. DUNEDIN - BRIGHTON RUN ­ January 23rd, 1982 . O pe ns Dunedin As other organisations often hold events in Festival. Write Geoff Mehrtens, 9 Tauranga at Easter time it would be advisable Forbury Road or Ste phe n Kidd, 32 Me lr ose Street, Dunedin for entry to book your accommodation early. form. V ETERAN VEHICLES 28t h ENTRY FORMS ARE AVAILABLE NOW. Duncdin - Brighton Run, Fun Day Ail D a y. En try form, S. Kidd, 32 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Melrose Street. Dunedin, Phone 740-1 38. Join ' us for the 23rd January, 1982 . The Rally Secretary, WANTED - M ot orcycle wheels Peter Butler, for veteran, 26 x 2-} bead ed edge in P.O. Box 4136 useable condition - tw o required. Gavin Bain, 'Waitahuna ', G o ve rn o rs Mount Maunganui. Ba y, C h ris tch u rc h. PAGE FORTY THE FAMOUS

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