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NEW ZEALAND’S FOREMOST HISTORICAL MOTORING MAGAZINE No. 327 April/May 2014 $6.95 3D PRINTING Behind the Wheel of a 1909 ROVER 12 hp cars | bikes | parts | for sale | wanted MARKETPLACE 9 418979 000012 bw327.indd 1 27/03/14 10:38 AM This image has been supplied to us by Trevor Holland. He writes: PHOTOGRAPHS REQUIRED “Enclosed is an appropriate photograph for this year, being 100 years Submissions of suitable prints and information (where available) are since the beginning of World War One. The photograph was taken in always welcome. 1917 at Willowbridge, Waimate, South Canterbury. Please send original photographs of historical interest with any available The oats are being baled up to be shipped over to Europe for our war information to: horses stationed there. Beaded Wheels, PO Box 13140, Christchurch 8141. The engine driver is Andy Robinson, but the person in the 1913/14 Laserprints/photocopies are not suitable. Ford Model T is unknown, and is thought to be the landowner.” Photos will be returned as soon as practicable. management committee MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE SECRETARY/ TREASURER Ed Boyd Contact National Office for all queries Please note this information changes Michael Lavender 06 348 4547 [email protected] annually - these details are valid until regarding VICs, logbooks, historic race licences, 03 325 5704 [email protected] Tony Bartlett October 2014. lighting endorsement, registration of vehicles, REGISTRAR 06 867 9850 [email protected] address changes, subscriptions, membership PRESIDENT Rod Brayshaw Diane Quarrie John Coomber 07 549 4250 [email protected] cards, speed events. 06 876 4009 [email protected] 03 348 0062 [email protected] SPEED STEWARD The Vintage Car Club Of New Zealand (Inc.) CLUB CAPTAIN NORTHERN REGION Tony Haycock National Office, Paul Collins 03 980 6755 [email protected] VCCNZ ARCHIVIST 09 423 7888 [email protected] Marilyn McKinlay PO Box 2546, Christchurch 8140 BEADED WHEELS CHAIRMAN 03 349 6951 [email protected] Phone 03 366 4461 Fax 03 366 0273 CLUB CAPTAIN SOUTHERN REGION Kevin Clarkson Alon Mayhew 03 385 9821 [email protected] Email [email protected] 03 443 7030 [email protected] branches A full list of branch addresses and contact details can also be found on the VCCNZ website at www.vcc.org.nz ASHBURTON CENTRAL HAWKES BAY HOROWHENUA NORTH OTAGO SOUTH OTAGO WAIRARAPA PO Box 382, Ashburton 7740 C/- 346 Porangahau Road, RD 2, PO Box 458, Levin 5540 PO Box 360, Oamaru 9444 C/- M. Tapp, RD 3, Warepa, PO Box 7, Masterton 5810 [email protected] Waipukurau 4282 [email protected] [email protected] Balclutha 9273 [email protected] AUCKLAND [email protected] KING COUNTRY NORTH SHORE [email protected] WAITEMATA PO Box 12-138, Penrose, EASTERN BAY OF PLENTY C/- 34 House Ave, C/- 7 Godwit Place, Lynfield SOUTH WAIKATO C/- 9 Marlborough Ave, Glenfield Auckland 1642 PO Box 2168, Kopeopeo Taumarunui 3920 Auckland 1042 PO Box 403 Tokoroa 3420 Auckland 0629 [email protected] Whakatane 3159 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] BANKS PENINSULA [email protected] MANAWATU OTAGO TARANAKI WANGANUI 27 Showgate Ave, Riccarton Park, FAR NORTH PO Box 385 PO Box 5352, Dunedin 9058 C/- 118A Carrington St, PO Box 726, Wanganui 4540 Christchurch 8042 237 Stanners Road, RD2 Kerikeri Palmerston North 4440 [email protected] New Plymouth 4310 [email protected] [email protected] 0295 [email protected] ROTORUA [email protected] WELLINGTON BAY OF PLENTY [email protected] MARLBOROUGH PO Box 2014, Rotorua 3040 TAUPO PO Box 38-418, Petone, PO Box 660, Tauranga 3140 GISBORNE PO Box 422, Blenheim 7240 [email protected] PO Box 907, Taupo 3351 Wellington 5045 [email protected] PO Box 307, Gisborne 4040 [email protected] SOUTH CANTERBURY [email protected] [email protected] CANTERBURY [email protected] NELSON PO Box 623, Timaru 7910 WAIKATO WELLSFORD/WARKWORTH PO Box 11-082, Sockburn GORE PO Box 3531, Richmond 7050 [email protected] PO Box 924, Hamilton 3240 PO Box 547, Warkworth 0941 Christchurch 8443 PO Box 329, Gore 9740 [email protected] SOUTHLAND [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] NORTHLAND PO Box 1240, Invercargill 9840 WAIMATE WEST COAST CENTRAL OTAGO HAWKES BAY PO Box 17, Whangarei 0140 [email protected] 4 Harris St, Waimate 7924 C/- 92 Dommett Esp, C/- 4B Roto Place, Wanaka 9305 PO Box 3406, Napier 4142 [email protected] [email protected] Greymouth 7802, [email protected] [email protected] Please note this information changes annually - these details are valid [email protected] until October 2014. 2 Beaded Wheels bw327.indd 2 27/03/14 10:38 AM Beaded Wheels Publisher THE Vintage CAR CLUB OF NZ (INC.) The Historic Vehicle Authority of New Zealand ISSN 0113-7506 Vol LXIII No. 327 Editorial Committee Beaded Wheels Kevin Clarkson (Chairman), Judith Bain, Rosalie Brown, Bill Cockram, John Coomber, Issue 327 April/May 2014 Mark Dawber, Marilyn McKinlay. Material for Publication Reports of restorations, events, road tests, historical and technical articles etc should be forwarded to PO Box 13140, Christchurch 8141, typed or neatly printed, double space on one FEATURES side of paper only. Email of text and photos is acceptable, digital photographs should be high 12 The Mascot Story – Part II resolution eg 300dpi. No payment is made to contributors. The opinions or statements 16 3D printing to make unique castings expressed in letters or articles in Beaded Wheels are the author’s own views and do not necessarily 18 Restoring an Indian express the policy or views of The Vintage Car Club of NZ (Inc). 22 50th Anniversary of the 1965 Haast Rally Email [email protected] 24 1954 Morris Series Z Advertising Address Canterbury Branch’s Back Country run Classified and Display Advertising to: took in stunning scenery and challenged 26 Behind the Wheel of a 1909 Rover 12hp PO Box 13140, Christchurch 8141. Phone 64 3 332 3531, Fax 64 3 366 0273 cars and drivers, see page 34. Rate schedule available on request. 29 Pole Dancing Back Issues Available on request to PO Box 13140, 30 Rally Snippets Christchurch 8141. South Otago – Balclutha Rally Correspondence & Editorial Contributions Auckland – Auckland Veteran Rally Phone 64 3 332 3531, Fax 64 3 366 0273 Auckland – Exhibition Drive Centennial PO Box 13140, Christchurch 8141. Gisborne – Three Rivers Rally Subscriptions Beaded Wheels subscribers change of address to Otago – Dunedin BrightonRally PO Box 2546, Christchurch 8140. Canterbury – Back Country Run Phone 03 366 4461, Fax 03 366 0273 Annual subscription (6 issues) $39* inc GST 35 Gisborne VCC Commercial Rally Australian subscription (6 issues) NZ$70* Other countries (6 issues) NZ$100*. *Payment by credit card will incur additional bank fee processing charge of 3% Find out what Liam has won on page 56. COLUMNS Production Typesetting & design by RGBDesign 4 President’s Message Printed by Spectrum Print Ltd, Christchurch. Closing Date for June/July Issue 4 As We See It Editorial Copy 22 April 2014 Advertisements 10 May 2014 5 VCC Events The Vintage Car Club of New Zealand (Inc.) 6 National Office News National Office Phone 03 366 4461 Fax 03 366 0273 6 Vero International Festival of Historic Motoring 2016 Email [email protected] Postal Address 7 Mailbag PO Box 2546, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand. Address 9 Soapbox 12 Aberdeen St, Christchurch, New Zealand. Website 10 The Way We Were www.vcc.org.nz Beaded Wheels is the voice of The Vintage Car 11 Timelines Club of New Zealand (Inc.) and its 35 branches This 1931 Studebaker is looking for a covering the length and breadth of the country. new home, see page 40. 34 50 Year Awards The efforts of our members continue fostering and ever widening the interest in this segment 36 Brass Notes of our country’s history. It is to these people, who appreciate the fascination of age, the individuality and the functional elegance of vehicles from a 38 Two Wheels and Other Things bygone era, that this magazine is dedicated. Beaded Wheels – A very apt and well-known title 40 Marketplace however readers may wonder at the origin of the name. By way of explanation beaded edge wheels use beaded edge tyres that are kept in place by 48 Swap Meets & Rallies reinforced rubber beads, which fit into the rolled edges of the wheel rim. This style of wheel was a 50 Idle Torque distinctive feature of early motoring being used on early bicycles, many pre-1924 cars and most motorcycles until 1927. The VCCNZ adopted 62 Passing Lane the title Beaded Wheels for their quarterly club magazine in March 1955 which was the successor to the monthly Guff Sheet. Copyright Information The contents are copyright. Articles may be COVER reproduced complete or in part provided that Brian Rankine’s 1927 Chrysler 50 roadster which competed in the acknowledgement is made to “Beaded Wheels, the magazine of The Vintage Car Club of New first Ruahine Ramble and was the only vehicle to return for the 50th Zealand (Inc)” as the source. Beaded Wheels Ruahine Ramble. Photo Bruce Hutton QSM FPSNZ reserves the right to digitally store all published material for archival purposes. Beaded Wheels 3 bw327.indd 3 27/03/14 10:38 AM president’s message as we see it We have a great sense of sadness and amount paid the previous year. I want to We wish to acknowledge the recent loss as I report on the tragic accident thank members who have supported Vero, passing of Bob Entwhistle at age 90.
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