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VETERAN AND VINTAGE I), , • ".. r> MOTORING SEPTEMBER 1958

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BEADED EDGE TYRES STOCKED OR INDENTED FOR YOU!! Beaded Wheels is the voice of the Vintage ami Veteran Car M ov ement in New Zealand and of the Clubs whose efforts .are fostering and el'er widening the interest in this movement and form rallying points for that ever tncreastng band of enthusiasts. The fascination of age itself or revulsion from the flashy mediocrity of our present day is drawing an increasing number of motorists back to the individuality, solid worth, and [unc­ tional elegance that was demanded by a more discriminating generation and it is to these that we dedicate- L VOL. IV, No. 15 SEPTEMBER, 1958

Beaded Wheels is Published Quarterly by the f..-Jitotia~ VI NTAG E CAR C LUB OF N. Z. INC, 20 HACKTHORNE ROAD CHRISTCHURCH. s.2 The foundations of a new service to owner members are NEW ZEALAND being laid by the National Executive as the result of sug­ * * Yearly Subscription 10f- post free. gestions from members that a scrutineering panel be estab­ ** lished. The Club Captain, Leon Witte, has been appointed Individual copies 2/6 each. as Chief Scrutineer and it is hoped that Branch appoint­ ** ments will be made shortly. Eclitor: MRS M. J. AND ERSON It should be made clear at this stage that the appoint­ ** ment of a scrutineer or a scrutineering panel for lack of Assistant Editor: R. PORTER, a better term, is something which has been imminent for Andersons Line. Carterton some time but so far the occasion or need has not arisen. * * In a Club such as ours which caters for both veteran and Copy must be typed on one side of paper vintage owners and has branches throughout botb islands, and sent to the Editor, 20 Hackthorne it is becoming increasingly difficult for organisers of events Road, Christchurch. to set a standard of turnout for competitors especially ** when an event caters for both veteran and vintage entries. COPY FOR DECEMBER ISSUECLOSES NOV EMB ER 15TH This was witnessed particularly at The Picton when cars from as far apart as Wanganui and Invercargill took part, IN THIS ISSUE in most cases having been scrutineered by a locally­ Page appointed panel. It was a credit to the branches that the Editorial 1 standard of turnout at The Picton was so good. However, Northern Natter 2 it was felt by some that there should have been a more Photo Quiz 3 The Intrepid Vintage concentrated and better defined effort at scrutineering on Cadillac Collector 5 the part of the organisers. and National Executive. This Road Test No. 15 6 point must be conceded, because in the regulations it was Restoring a Vintage Motor. 8 provided that scrutineering would be carried out by the Rare Ones and Rum 'Uns 10 Club but this was in fact not done due to lack of the Steaming in 1906 15 necessary organisation and shortage of time. Camera Review. . . 16,17 It should be made clear to members, however, that the A Marlborough Stutz 18 scrutineering service which is envisaged is something far Book Review 21 more than a checking of cars before an event. The inten­ Wellington Notes 23 Canterbury Notes 24 tion behind the scheme is to provide a continuous service Waikato Notes . 25 to members by means of articles in Beaded Wheels and Hints for Beginners in the by personal calls and recommendations from the Chief Gentle Art of Motoring 27 Scrutineer or from the Scrutineering Panels which are to Letters to the Editor 29 be appointed by Branch Committees. Classified Advertisements 32 The scheme is intended to be of particular assistance to owners of vintage cars who use them as a means of every­ COVER PHOTO day transport and to whom it must be conceded that of A very well preserved Stutz belong­ necessity they can never attain in the turnout of their cars ing to Noel Sprosen of Blenheim .-See that standard of excellence achieved by carefully nurtured article. Photo by Studio "Selecto" and seldom used veterans. It sho uld be the aim o f every member who not be a standard which fosters dull med iocrity ; dr ives a veteran or vintage car be it da ily or that is something whic h is for eign to the ve ry weekly to tak e a pr ide in the turnout of his car nature of our beliefs in thoroughbred ca rs. on eac h and every occ asion when it is pre sented T he task which faces all entrusted with the job to the public gaze. Ther e is no need for the ca r of the scru tineers is tremendou s, but not insur­ to be in co nco urs co nditio n, but ther e is a need mountabl e providing eve ry me mber gives these fo r it to be neat and tidy, to hav e no vital part peopl e his suppo rt and enco urageme nt. Mistakes miss ing, nor to p resent a dilapidated or unt id y may be mad e and perha ps some mem ber s may appearance, mak e an unnecessary am ount of feel so mew ha t affronte d if polit ely told that their noise or genera lly not co nform to the sta ndard mount is not all that is des ired. Every effort will requ ired to be met by a warrant of fitne ss test. be mad e so that the scru tinee rs will not ap pear Mem bers need not fea r that the Scrutineering as a sort of co mmittee of vigilantes even though Officers will set an unattain a ble sta nda rd. Rather. their task is to be one of co ntinuo us watchf ulness the sta nda rd to be set, in the beginn ing at any and supervisio n of C lub Me m bers in the turnout rate, will be one measured aga inst the less elegant of their car s. T he success of the scheme depen ds and o rnate vehicles among us. Ever y effort will be on yo u; if yo u wa nt to criticize or make useful made to set a sta nda rd which will give enco urage­ suggestions then Bead ed Wh eels is the med ium of me nt to the novice. Ye t by the same token it mu st your expression.

Northern Natter Chet Parker Vintage and Veteran Car Club (Auckland lnc.) President: B. McGinn Hon. Secretary: N . Adams Auckland Editor: P. V. Maxwell, 38 Golf Avenue, Otahuhu, Auckland. T wo pleasant Sundays' run s have kept the which was the Alexa nder Redoubt near T uakau whee ls turning since we last wrot e of Auc kla nd - an histor ic Maori War location . A picnic , affairs and eac h bro ught its share of int eresting impro mptu soccer and a natt er. A grand day . car types and restor ation jobs. The Mystery Trial Mos t of the cars atte ndi ng these run s were in wit h its com bination of infuriating confusion in goo d co nditio n and reflected the new pride that its instructions an d ingenio us clu es for the think­ members have in the appearance of their ca rs. ers bro ught bo th acclaim and abuse to those two Nota ble apa rt from the well known ca rs was hold ers of the than kless orga nising job . Cl ub Ca p­ the Willys Kn ight tourer driven by Ph il Jon es and tain and Vice Club Ca ptai n Chet Parker and John needing a new top, the Roy Co pe Su nbeam in its Irvine are now getti ng immune to the cri es of the resplendent glory and Miels' sparkling Buick 4 witless who insist on getti ng lost or otherwise tourer. Roy Headfor ds' Fo rd T, Killgours' Chrys­ fo uled up in their instructions and on the other ler 4, Seccombes' Bentley an d Brickells' Rh ode hand tendi ng to admi re that majority who find give a brief idea of the var iety of the assembly their way quite eas ily to eac h of the check points. on these runs. Mu st be too easy . Members are aware that this The publicit y peopl e of the sho w "Around the di ab olical pair are keen to lose them in the hinter­ Wo rld in 80 Days" approached the club re ca rs land but we mu st sa lute those whose patience and for the prem iere parad e and after inves tiga tio n co rnrnonsense helps them top the results lists. this pr oved to be wort hwhile as a p rocession fo r T he Myster y Run ably won by Norm Adams, volunteer club members and in fact provided a in his im mac ula te Sunbeam sal oon was followed most heartening array o f beauti ful mo de ls for the by a new item ca lled the " Piglrirns Rally " a few evening th ro ngs to gaze up on in Queen Street. weeks lat er. This new event on the calendar con­ Read ers will be interes ted to read of the ca rs sisted of a club run to a n historic plac e an d we appearing and we feel all were a credi t to their hop e to find a refr esh ing new spot each season to own ers. So me of th e twent y odd were as und er : keep th is angle att rac tive. Miele-Buick 4 1924, G illtra p-C1ement Bayard This latter eve nt attrac ted a go od number of 1908. Secco m be. Bentl ey 3 litre Moses, Dia mler clubme n sha ring aro und sixteen cars and a fine 1920 .H ughes, Ben z 1896, Ca meron, Sizai re­ winte rs' day enab led hoods down for the luck y Naudin 1907, Jon es, l ord T 1926, Bowman , C lyno ones, an d a rea l picni c fo r all at the fina l check 1926, Head ford, Fo rd T 1926, the club r.n.c.

2 Buggy 1908, The Co pe Sunbea m, Johanson , Sun­ arou nd and the other 4{ of Alf Seccombe will beam and severa l o thers. Yes, the club co uld cha lk not for lon g be dormant. this exce llent asso rtment up as a date to rem em ­ Ne w mem ber A. He avy will be appear ing in ber insofar as a twent y ca r batch of " Loc kers" a C hev. of 1924 and a recent addition is a type at sho rt notice. Th e executive s insisten ce on good 52 1 Fia t of 1930 in the hands of mem ber Bruce condi tio n has borne result s in no uncert ain Gea ry . T his intere sting larger Italian is of a manner and so me of the half hearted have alr eady schoo l rem iniscent of the " Isis" and the medium coo led of thi s fine hobby whilst the per fect ioni sts Yanks in its roo miness and honest practibility. are most heartened. ADodge 4 has been ca ptured by Ford T man A strong and active social com mittee headed Ph il Jones. whilst a Barl ey 6. another Dod ge 4 by Ron Moses and assisted by members Gill and severa l other plebian types languish throu gh (23/60) De nt on (M oon of grea t repute) and two or lack of numbers to capture them all. Natu rall y three others have recentl y held the seco nd soc ial a number of these are referred to the club by even ing. Aro und eighty people had one H-- of opportunists, and others by well wish ers but are an evening with bags of dancin g, nogg in an d either of little restorativ e possibility or of no co l­ natter a nd all amid a cha rming decor of vintage lectors va lue whatsoever (in 1958 at least) . car pictures, symbols and prizes. These night s are a great success and will assur edly go from strength A ro bust and good sign in club activity is the to strength. emergence of fiftee n odd hard wo rking members There is co nstant improvem ent an d swapping into a team of rebu ilders and mutual aid group goin g on and a few items to rep ort on ca rs. More such as sma ller towns usually have.. Such help eyes and more spies woul d allow us even better amo ng threes, fours and such has always been coverage of local happenings in ra nks. However with us bu t this sound and practic al team are amon g the kno wns we are pleased to hear that a guide as to wha t ca n be don e in the mutual amo ng the " Bentley Boys," Norm Ad ams is help field. T he N. Z. "Herald " incid ently is a doing a major restorati on on his Park Wa rd 3 pape r which always covers our cars and ac tivities litr e, the p residential "6{ " is out of this worl d with interest and which recentl y gave a good in qu alit y of rebuild albeit a littl e sho rt on bod y article on restorati on s by this small group of as yet. The Ti m Secco mbe 3 litre has proved a very keen clubmen . consistent sta lwart in all manner of events and With gymkhanas, trials and displays in org an­ in app earance is the Bentley as we dr eam of it. ization for the near future we will have a goo d The fo rcef ul 4{ of G lassie G ra ys' is always write up for Decem ber Beaded Wheel s.

What it was! What is ltI,} SOLUTION TO JUNE QUIZ Here is the lat est Ca r Quiz for Beaded Wh eels T he first of the " knowledgeable" was Hugh read ers. If you ca n identi fy this car post your Mercer the South Ca nter bury Bran ch C hairma n guess to the Edito r. 20 Hackthorne Road , Chr ist­ who pr odu ced the required info rmation. T he church, and the nam es of the kn owledgeable will Car-a Jew ett Six. Year-I926. Localit y-Wai­ be published in our Dec ember issue. As mu ch kouai ti Beach Ot ago. det ail as possible please! Les Nye and George Anderso n, of Dunedin, and R. J . Spence, of Kaiapoi, also sent co rrec t and mos t informati ve lett ers on the car. Je wett were very pr ominent in competition at the tim e this exa mple being a .sho rtened chass is version with the bod y built by Geor ge Anderson him self for Mr Lawlor Shields. of Dunedin , the local agent. Jewett were also raced a t Muriwai and Oreti beaches and on April 6th , 1923. they esta blished an Auck land-Wellington record of 14 hours 58 minutes that was to stand until the fam ous run by Wizard Smith and his Essex , a who le yea r late r. 3 Firestone leads the ""ay.•• o 0 o TO SAFETYAND ECONOMY ...... v.·.·.....·.·.·· .. ' .- ~ . _...... _, FIT

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PART 4 (Final) Noel McMillan

T he scene in the backyard of the Mc Millan satisfac tio n-well almost anyway. (Sac rilege.­ Mansion resembled a used car lot more than a Ed .) nice quiet subur ban back garden. Assembled in And so to the 1925 Ca dillac, which first had it were a 1936 Morris 8 Seda n, 1937 Standa rd 9, to have removed the enormous cra ne which 1929 Hudson 7 Sea ter Limou snie, 1927 (?) spro uted out of its rumble sea l. T he original Ca diliac Seven Seater Limou sine a nd, last but pressure fuel system had been abandoned in not least, a 1925 Cadiliac Coupe, complete with favour of an Autopulse, as the result I believe wrecking crane. of an embarrasing lack of pre ssure one da y in It was unanimou sly decided that something the midst of Queen Street. However we did not would ha ve to be done. But what, and whe n find the Aut op ulse pa rticularly reliable either, so and by whom? we tran sferred the Autovac from the Fox ton Since the Foxton Cadillac was the most dog­ car. wit h a ver y marked imp rovemen t. ea red and not in the best condition. it was T he carburettor was no t, alas, of Cadillac decided tha t it would have to be wrecked for design and a Scheb ler had been fitted in place parts for the 1925 ca r. This apparent sacrilege of the o rigina l one. This Schebler was immune is excu sable in as much as it could never have to any adj ustment and was as lean as my wallet been restored into an origina l car, on acco unt after the budget. The motor was not in the of its hybrid condition and besides there was a hea lthie st state and badl y needed a valv e grind. good £30 worth of parts in it, most of which [ have stac ked away for future use (may be in We were next in a qu andar y as to tyres, the a bout 10 or 20 yea rs). origina ls being 33 x 5, the supply position for which was far from bright and oh heck ... . Anyway last summer the gall ant wrecking the expense! At first we did not see how the gang converged on the old ca r with a purposeful wire wheel s off the Foxt on ca r co uld fit, but gleam in their eyes. We began by pull ing otT after con siderable measuring and mu ch fiddling almos t everything in sight and flinging it about ab out we came to the conclusion that it could be the yard in a random manner. Incen sed , my done. Actually this business turned out to be a Mother decl ared tha t she was not going to have nightmare. First this wouldn't fit and then that her garden look as though it had been struck by wou ldn 't fit, then the wire wheels fouled the a typhoon. Furthermore we had better get the brake gear, after which the axles wouldn't fit, job over and do ne with pretty sm artl y or she then we mac hined the axle splines to make them wou ld have something really hor rid to say! fit the dill. Finally however everything did go Moving the engi ne was not the simple job it into place properl y, but we never want to tackle sounded, particularly as o ur a ncient chai n block a job like it again. heaved up 3 links and dropped 4 with almost every pull. However we finally did rem ove the Last Easter we ground the valves a nd we have motor without serious dam age to either o ur­ just finished a clutch overha ul, because during selves or the mo tor. We marched up on the bod y the old car 's wrecker life, the kindly gar age staff with a n axe and hacked it int o handy sections for had burnt the clu tch plates unti l they more sale as alumin uim scrap. The chassis was resembled scallop shells than any thing else! We attended upon with rather gre ater skill. T he man aged to transplant the Foxton clutch into dilTerential assembly we greased and wrapped in the Coupe en bloc and this is now ver y sa tis­ sacking to be parked under the hou se, as insur­ factor y. ance should the one in the 1925 car ever fail. So the old girl is just a bout read y to take the which hardly seems likel y. For the cro wnw heeJ road again af ter man y moons o f sitting up on is 12 inches in diameter and the assembly wo uld blocks as a semi-perma nent Avondale land do credit to a tank. Eventually parts were stowed mark . By next Ch ristm as it shou ld be nearly away and the back yard tidied to mother's ent ire completely restored to its pr istine elegance. 1909 CLEMENT TALBOT Road Test No. 15 by P. R. WiUiamson

The early Motoring advertisement s featured supplied ph ot ographs which were useful for the usual ent icements for Talbot ca rs such as reference during restor at ion . " Every part of a T al bot is produced from the very best mat erial kn own for that specific part, Specifications irrespective of cost .. . ." The company tried 1909 Celment-T albo t. 4 cylinders cas t in pairs. man y slogans, "Nippy," " Universal Favouri te­ 80 x 120mm. Bore and stroke 2409cc . 8ft. 7in . the T albot," "Famous Talbot, ' "Talbot the car wheel base , tr ack 4ft. 2in . Wood artillery wheels of Fashio n fo r T own and Country," but an 815 x 105 covers. Engine No. 182.Car No. 2683. Editori al par agraph in the Autocar, June 1906, in rel ation to a hill-climb performance gave Description of the Car them the title with the most adv ertising imp act The chassis is of substantial U ch annel, qu ite - 'T he Invincible T albot.,. In February 1913 . rigid , the mot or and gear box being carried in Percy Lambert on the 25 h.p. T albot covered a subf rame , also of sub stantial proportions. 103.84 miles in th e hour in dri zzly weather at Fr ont axle H section. Springing is by 1 elliptic Brooklands being the first car to do so. front, 1 elliptic rear with a tran sverse " platform" Ken Wright, the Wanganui Branch Club Ca p­ spring connected by bronze shackles. tain owns a 1909 12/22 Clem ent -Talbot Co lonial The motor is ver y nicel y made, the crank cas e three seater (the third seat being a ' Mo ther-in­ being aluminium, and all fittings copper or brass. law' one whi ch wh en fold ed flush provide s lug­ The motor is approached through an alligator gag e spa ce). which was sold by Messrs Adams bonnet and by hinged side panels. The L Head Ltd . Mr G . U. (D aly) Ad ams was resid ent in 2409c c. mot or , pr ote cted by a full steel under­ Wanganui until his death a few months ago, and tray has a co ntempo rary zenith ca rbur ettor on

6 the offside, low down, th e lnlet manifo ld (alu­ fying the ca r a nd model. T he brake and cl utch minium) passes bet we en the block s, th e petrol pedal s pivot to th e angle of the foot a nd a re o f thus bein g he ated o n the long jo u rney to the a m ple size. T he accelera to r is in the m iddl e wit h ca rbur etto r. T he va lve springs (n ea r side) a re plenty of cle a ra nc e from th e br ake and clutch exp osed, a ll va lves bein g mechanicall y o pe ra ted . pedals. Copper water pipes with brass unions carry the The Test Run water to the head. The o rigina l Bosch magneto is in perfect o rder a nd co nsequen tly the ca r is The ca r sta rted o n the second pull up from a "gua ra n tee d " starter. The steering box is wo r m co ld, and the m ot or gave ou t a very healthy and wh eel a nd o f massive size. c hugging beat. 1 climbed into the drivin g sca t, adj us ted th e two quadrants on th e steeri ng wheel T he typi cal lay o ut o f rn or or-e-cone c1ut ch ­ (left onc fo r ignition, right fo r hand throttle). sha ft- gea r box- drive sha ft (enclosed in a The clutch o pe ra tio n is fair ly heavy bu t ce r­ tube) to a full y float ing rear ax le is used on tbis tainly positive a nd I man ag ed th e gears without Talbot. The gear cha nge is right han d gate­ noi se fr o m th e box benea th me marked TAL­ 4 speeds forward, J re ver se. BOT. LONDON. A wat er pump of th e impeller typ e is driven Visibility is excellent through the large wind­ bv a shaft from the timing case. The fan is 's us­ screen , and from the highish sca t position whi ch p~nded' through the radiator core a nd belt driven a ffo rds th e occupa nts a good .view of mod ern fr om a pulley o n the end of the cra nks ha ft. ca r roo fs. Braking is effected by internal expa nd ing When co rruga ted surfaces we re en countered br akes ope ra ted by rod s o n the rear wheels, a nd o n the run th e Clem ent T albot handled, to m y th e foot br ak e o n th e tr an smissio n co n tracting. m ind , excepti ona lly well. th ough. of course, it O n looking at the ca r, o ne not ices the rnagni­ sho uld be a t home o n th at so rt of road. Inclines fice nt se lf-ge ne ra ting Lucas Kings of th e Road made no difference to th e beat o f th e m ot or, headlamps. The side lamps a nd ta il lamp a re which is happy whe n pullin g. T he steering ha s also Lu cas, The sq ua re sec tion radiat or co re no wand er ing tenden cies being sligh tly heavy with brass she ll. has th e T albot cro w n a nd lion a nd having no se lf cen tring actio n after ne goti ­ emblem. a ting corners. The col our o f the bo dy is red, mudguards On sealed su rfa ce the rid e is smoother o f bla ck (a ll pr ofessionally lined), black genuine co urse, and th e cruising speed according to th e leather upholstery, mah og an y da shboard mood of th e driver is a ny thi ng between 15 m.p.h . (o rigina l) a nd fo ld ing windscreen co mplete with a nd 35 rn.p.h. T op speed has not been a tta ined br a ss fitti ngs. bu t has been clocked at 48 rn.p .h. Au d ibl e wa rni ng is pr o vided by a Sirene Auto ­ A feeling of so lidi ty. reliabilit y a nd se rv ice ­ ph one, da sh mounted wi th a flexi ble brass tube a bility to gether with Edward ia n elega nce is, I connecting with the bulb whi ch is a t the driver's think. a description suited to th is t 909 m odel. elb ow. Underneath th e passenger sea t squa b is This car is th e o lde st in Wanganui to hav e the filler for the 7 gall on tank. A folding ho od been driven home wh en found, so m e 28 m ile s complete with side curt a ins (no protection for a wa y. Ken bought it fr om a Mr Slight wh o had Mother-in-law) is the we ather equipment. a pick-up tra y o n it an d used it fo r a s ho p hack I found it easier to en ter via the passen ger in his engineering bu siness. Also a t th at time. sid e th an hurdle the tall handbra ke a nd cha nge Stude ba ker g uards were fitte d but no w as ca n be speed lever. O nce in th e driving seat I was aware see n in th e phot ograph it is worthy en ou gh to o f the ex cell ent sup po rt for the back which is in ca rry the chassis plate ADAM SLT D .. C h ris t­ th e bes t traditions of Edward ia n moto ring . The c hurc h, Well ingt on, Pal mer sto n N orth, Wang a­ hands clasp th e 15t in . di arn . thi cki sh steer ing nu i. It is int erest ing to note th at M r Adarn s sa w wh eel with a co m fo rt a ble po sition-lock to lock th e ca r sh ortly bef ore his de ath a nd was ph ot o­ requires ex actly one turn o f the wheel. gru phed in his wheel ch air beside it. On the mahog any dashboard, easily visible to 1n Concours dElegance competition s the th e driver, a rc a 10 lb .Sm iths o il gau ge. A C leme nt T albot has had severa l successes thus massive magn et o switch (can be operated by th e refle cting th e co nd ition to whi ch th e car has bee n foot ). a nice br ass clock a nd a br ass plat e identi- resto red by its owne r.

7 Restoring a Vintage Motor C. Harper

In the ma jor ity of cases the mo to rs of vintage rem oved . On e rod had bee n weighed with wash­ models which have survived until now were well­ ers to correct the centre of gravity. designed a nd faithfully built so that a sche me of T his balan cin g cos t £9 19s. incl ud ing rail age. res toratio n on any of them has the trem endou s advantage of good material to wo rk on. Any T o ensure correc t balan ce th rough out the weakness of des ign or co nstruction will ha ve pistons wer e br ought to equ al weight using been re medied , and to brin g a motor back to special sca les. origina l condition or better is only a matter of This mod el has a repu tat ion for seizing piston s, fo llowi ng the obvious pattern of taking up all an d for that reason the informa tio n as to correct the slac k wherever it may be. But the job is a clearances fo r pistons and rings was so ught fro m lon g one. and ca n be expensive . Co nsequently both Vau xhall Motors Ltd . and Poison Mot or the resolve to do the job tho roughly is freq ue ntly Part s Coy. The Vauxh all reply was The origina l modified by co nsideratio ns of time, space to designed piston to bor e clearance was .003in, the wo rk in, mon ey, and a hesi tancy as to whe ther ring gaps being .002in an d fro m Poison s, 'T he certai n refin em ent s are worth the mon ey and the finishing clea ra nce we recommend wo uld be .002 delay round gr ound top and bottom of skirt. Top lan d T his rep ort atte mpts to set out wha t hap pened sho uld be .0 I2. If there is no relief cas t or mach­ and at wha t cos t of tim e and money. ined ove r the box then the skirt sho uld be ca m The motor was from a 1929 20/60 Va uxhall, gr ound usin g a Ca m "C".' These letters wer e a 6-cylinder co nve ntiona l design with overhead handed to J. & A . P. Scott Ltd . who did the valves and push rods, bor e and stroke of 75 x grinding and the y seemed to be gra teful fo r I 10, total capacity of 29 16cc., co mp ression rati o speci fic data. of 4.85-1 aluminium pistons, 7-bea ring drilled The re-assembling fo llowed the usual routine cranksha ft. It had been rebored at a bo ut 35,000 except that a timing spro cket was sent aw ay to but the jo b was no t successful. and when I got ens ure that the correct cha in was supplied, the the ca r a t 65,000 I inh er ited one crac ked piston head- gasket was " tailored" by a n Auc kland firm. and othe rs that were doubt ful. T he cylinders were and a new water-pump and fan spind le was case­ well wo rn , and it was obvio us that a rebore was hardened and pol ished to give a better fit to the not fa r aw ay . A set of pistons was orde red soon gland. Ne w valves in X B steel fr om W. G. l am es afterwa rds. They had to be spec ially mad e by Ltd., London , had been fitted at 90,000 miles and Poison Mo to r Parts Co . P ty. Ltd ., Maid ston e, these needed only a light grind ing. The valve Victo ria, at cos t to me of £30 9s. They lay in the springs sho uld have been tested but this was sto re fo r ove r three yea rs before they were overloo ked until too lat e. They appea red to be needed. fa ir, but will be tested thoroughly at the next T he speedo was at 104,669 before the full oppo rtunity . restor ati on fina lly became necessary. Fo rtuna tely a spa re engine was available to keep me mot or­ The cos t of the se items amo unted to:-Reb ore, ing while the original engine was bein g done grind shaft, remetal, line-b ore, and fit bearings, over. fit piston s and supply 2 sets of rings (J spar e set), and assemble sho rt block , £ 18/10/3; Timing The bores were tak en o ut to 3 inch es, the shaft Chain, £5; Head gasket, £2/1 4/5 ; Cl utch plat e. gro und, clutch faci ngs tru ed up, rods rernetalled £7/13/-; Pump Spindle, £3/1 1/-: Ring Gear, and fitted, and a t this stage the shaft, flywheel, £ I/ 11/3. (T hese ar e trad e prices ). clutch parts and rod s wer e despatched to the Indu stri al Development Department, University T he time involved in stripping down to the of Ca nterbury , for d ynam ic ba lancing. The parts sho rt block , clean ing, re-assembling on to the wer e returned within seve n days, with grinding reconditioned sho rt bloc k, cutting gaskets and marks on the webs of the sha ft and a half-inch lock washer s, overhaul ing gearbox an d stee ring hole in the flywheel wh ere exces s metal had been box. amo un ted in all to 39 hours. s Qui te so me time was spent in selecting the consumption of 10.W oil was in the vrcirn ty of correct type of sparking plu g. T he recom me nded 2 gallons per 1,000 miles which was much too plug is the sta nda rd 18mm type with j-in reach , heavy, and at 5,000 miles the decision was made but the Vau xhall head has a plu g-thread length to change to SAE 20. It is too ea rly yet to say of tin, and this difference may have accounte d wheth er this is completely sa tisfac tory, but there for the life of only 8,000 with the reco mme nded is an obvious reduction in co nsumption without type of K.L.G., Cha mpion and Lod ge. After a any no ticea ble dr ag o n starti ng from cold . good deal of study on the type recommended Th e resu lts of the restorati on are exce llent. for similar motors the decision was made to try Aft er the running-in period of 5,000 miles was Lodg e H- LN 18, especially as it was prop osed passed the ca r was put thro ugh the usual tests to use IOw oi l. Onl y experience will tell whether and it pr oved to be as smooth and as powerful these plugs will be the answer to the pr oblem but as one co uld wish.Once the rocker gear was so far they have done very well. finally adjusted mos t of tbe engine noises dis­ I ran into some trou ble in the overha ul of the appeared. and it is rather remarka ble to be ab le Zeni th 36VE carburettor wh ich was fitted new to hear the clicking of the Jaegar speedo meter at 70,000. T he first jo b was unsatisfactory, but an unt il road noise takes over at 40 miles per hour. enqui ry to Zenith Company bro ught a most ex­ T he motor has been ope ned up only once as hau stive repl y, and this infor mation enabled the yet, and this gav e 68 m.p.h. in top gea r fo r a jo b 10 be don e thor ou ghl y. distance of 2 mi les on a re aso nab ly level and T he reco mmended oil is SAE 30 but in view stra ight road. At that speed the mo tor was per­ of successful expe rimen ts overseas with SAE 5 fectly comfo rtable and showed no symptom of a nd 10 oils in diesel vehicles it was decided to being asked to do too mu ch ; one bad the impres­ use 10.W until it was proved to be too thin. A sion that this speed was the maximu m for the motor of this type sho uld use oil, possiblv up to carburett or rather than the mot o r. With an I gallon per 1.000 miles. if o nly to ensui e that it increased compression ratio an d two ca rb urettors gets to all the spo ts that need lu bricat ing. But the it is likely to reach 'much high er speeds, and the weight of metal in all working parts mak es it ap pear that much higher revolu tion s wou ld Motoring Books That Will impose no excessive strain. In an ea rlier burs t in third gear there was very Appeal to Everyone sa tisfac tory acceleration from 20 to 50 m.p.h.. but no a ttempt was made to reach maxim um Leon ord W .-GA TSON I DES RA LLIES AND RACES 23 /9 speed in any of the lower cogs. Hoys R.-THE VANISHING LITRES .... 29 /0 N ich ol os I.-M OTORI N G ENTENTE 4 2/0 Fuel consumption is in the vicinity of 18 m.p.g. Hou gh R.-TOURIST TROPHY 25/ 0 for town running through the week and weekend Do vis S. C. H.-GREAT BRITISH RACING DRIVERS 12/6 trips of 25 miles don e at 45-55 m.p.h .. and over Jorro t t C.- TEN YEARS OF MOTORS AND MOTOR RACING 30/0 a run of 200 miles wit h five passenge rs and gear M onkh ouse G.- MOTOR RACING WITH MERC EDES we averaged 24 m.p.g. at 50-60 m.p.h. T his fo r a BENZ .. 25 /9 Car te r E.-EDWARDIAN CARS 30 /0 saloon car weighing 35cwt. 3qrs. unladen mu st Dr ock ett P.-MOTOR RACING 3/9 be regarded as reason a ble. Bi rk in H.-FULL THROTTLE .. 9/6 KNOW THE GAME MOTOR RACING 3/3 All in all the who le restor ati on has been bot h M.G. SERVICE MANUAL. interesting and reward ing. Al though 68 m.p.h. is Cov ering M odels " TC" "TD" " T F" "TF 1500" ond M.G.A. ' '...... 36/0 not a high maximum speed by tod ay's standa rds Obtaina ble from it is adeq uate, and the adva ntage of steadiness a t low speeds is a satisfac tory compensation . On the WHITCOMBE & TOMBS no rma l criteria of gener al per for mance the motor LTD. is smoo th. qui et. lively. and power ful. No one co uld wish for mo re in a general pu rpose vehicle. Christchurch Au ckland Wellington Dunedin Timar u Inverca rg i 11 an d with a vintage model there is every hope that Ha miltan this perfor man ce will be maintained for 5U.OO:) and all Booksellers miles or more. Rare Ones and Rum 'Uns by N. C. Adams

Most of us are familiar with the excellent "Cars their lengthy bonnets, long sweeping wings, fold I have owned" series that appear in our Motoring flat windscreens, wire wheels and particularly Press from time to time. In attempting to pen handsome low sided bodies. Designed for serious something along these lines for Beaded Wheels, touring, their ability to keep going so effortlessly. the writer is conscious of having owned person­ whether in town or upon the open roads, certainly ally singularly few interesting motor cars. Bear gave them great charm. These makes, together with him , if you will, therefore whilst he relates with the Packards, Cadillacs, Chryslers and, a of cars he has known. used or owned. cheaper on e, the Hudson Straight Eight of tho se My early recollections are of the means of days were strongly made, nicely finished mach­ family transport and motoring which took place ines, worthy almost of European traditions. Alas, over extremely rough West African roads. I can due to the depression years, few such models just recall a 1919 Overland 90, but reliable and reached our New Zealand shores. quiet seem to be the only impressions made on Being too young to handle these fine big cars. the memory. There followed several Dodge 4 I had perforce to learn to drive on a robust but Tourers, delightful vehicles these on their large humble Pontiac tourer. Incidentally Saloon cars wooden spaked wheels. They had stacks of power at that time were rare indeed in Africa, the first and could do about 69 m.p .h. once wound up, people to succumb to the peculiar comforts of but needed for thi s a wide smooth road. as their indoor motoring being the staffs of the various steering geometry was not of the best. These Oil Companies. The Pontiac was a companion­ Dodges were about the best load carriers of all able thing, requiring no skill to drive as the cogs time and were also available as a I ton long fell into place quietly at the slighest push of the bodied Pick-up, with full length roof, no cab long gear lever. Of course there are still a back and expanded wire topsides around the number of these in saloon form with us on our body, with roll up weather curtains at the sides roads today, proving them at least to have been and back. In this guise they were universally robust and I had the pleasure of trying one again popular throughout the African Continent and recently. All my early impressions were I fear a good normal working load would be over somewhat vividl y confirmed. 2 tons, plu s the inevitable half dozen or more About this time, whilst on leave in England, spare tubes and covers perched atop. The en­ father introduced us to a rather quaint medium closed photo, which, incidently could not have sized car called a Cubitt. Just why I can't been taken in Africa, amply proves my point imagine, for it was the very antithesis of the about load carrying and perhaps explains the typical high powered American vehicle of which reason why our local Chinese market gardeners my father was so fond . I can only think he must own and use daily the few remaining models on have bought it very cheaply or possibly some our roads. pretty super salesmanship prevailed. Costing Later as holders of the G.M .C. franchise we about £440 new, the Cubitt was one of the first used mainly Buicks or Oldsmobiles. Our first English makes to be designed for mass produc­ Buick was probably the best of all the G .M.C. tion , pressed metal work being largely intro­ cars, an early four with wire wheel s, used in duced, in spite of which very high standards England whilst on leave. I well remember it were achieved . The wheelbase was lOft. 6in. and, creating quite a stir wherever we went. However having a very well made overhead worm back an 8 cylinder Oldsmobile, followed by an 8 cylin­ axle, ground clearance was in the region of der Buick on a chassis of about 11ft 6in, both 10-}in. Imagine a beautifully made side valve tourers, were my favourites. These big American engine of 80 x 1400101. (Bore being the same and straight eights of the late vintage period provided stroke almost that of the 3 litre Bentley!) pull­ comfort and the last word in silent acceleration. ing a comparatively low ratio back end and you but were strangely lacking in top speed for their have the nearest possible equivalent of a steam formidable size and power. However they handled car. Steering was good and every part well well and were very pleasant to gaze upon, with finished, but heck what brakes! Apparently noth-

10 ing co uld ever be don e to them to make th em was left in no dou bt whatever as to the French even faintly effective. T he old girl fina lly dis­ a ncestry of Bent ley's and Sunbeams . The Mathi s tinguished herself by knoc king flat an eno rmo us was a nicely bu ilt Fr en ch ca r, being about a sto ne gate pill ar, so me two feet squ ar e and six litre a nd a quart er in ca paci ty, with a single over­ feet high. In spite of th e han d br ake being fully head ca m engine and per forman ce to match. A o n, it seems th at sla mming th e door on leaving pity it ca rried suc h an ugly 'en farnille' looking the ca r had given sufficient im petus to sta rt her bod y. However one supposes th at it amused th e creeping slowly back ward s down the drive. Frenc hman and his kids p rett y highl y, when o ut Living in French West Afr ica afforded one a o n the weekend d rive, to be ab le to du st a little wonder ful o pportunity to study at close hand the borax into the eyes of a uto rnobilists, whose most delect able marques o f French motoring more rakish looking jobs jus t co uld n't bold the history. So me of the ' Ha u t Fon cti on aries' ca nd le to the dear old Mathis. Ther e was the spo rted delect able ch auffeur dri ven Panhard et Berli et , which so a bly lived up to the reputation Lev asseurs, either in ope n or coupe-de-ville of th e nicel y ena melled locomoti ve co mplete form. At th at period also Panhards vied with with cowcatcher, which graced its radiat or badge. Latil in producing so me of the world's finest Sh ad es of the Briti sh Trojan-Berli et were also heavy commercial lorries, bearing outsize nickel famou s for ma ssive and stolid looking trucks. radi at ors patterned after th ose on their car s, plus Then there follo wed the Renaults in all sorts of hefty ou tside gear and br ake levers. co mica l sizes . These with Citroe ns were the sturdy work horses, the Ren ault distingu isha ble Down the scale there followed suc h ca rs as always by its slo ping sno ut. H ow thou ghtful to the Delage, alway s a spo rty looking job. The place th e radi at or so close to the occupa nts a nd Hot chkiss with its beautiful barrel sha ped radi­ this in a climat e where even twisting the steering ato r, the bad ge of whi ch was the famou s crossed wheel was su fficient to ca use o ne to perspire ca nno ns denoting th at its makers were reall y an freely! The bri sk a nd ver y comfortable disc arma me nt factory. There were Ball ot s, Peu geots wh eeled 12/24 Citro ens we re very nu merous. and Darracq s, all terribly Sunbeam and Bentley­ ish in ap pea ra nce, with heavy fro nt ax les Me riting a paragraph all to th em selves were adorned with tremendou s br ake drums and the the very wonderfu l 5 h.p. 3 sea ter clover-leaf fa m ilia r Perrot tran sverse ac tua ting shafts. O ne Citro ens. This was a lio n hear ted. spi de ry , du ck-

Photo by N. A dorns "Plenty of room up top"-o 1922 4 cylinder Dodge "under pressure".

11 backed littl e two sea ter possessin g a side va lve withi n about 6 fee t o f legroom, together with a en gm e, simila r in ca pacity to the A us tin 7 and most inspi ri ng a rray of co lla psib le occasional I thin k had t ellip tics all ro und . T ho ug h a trifle seats, fo ldi ng rear screens, leather backed mot or­ slow pe rh aps, it ran for eve r a nd really ha c! no ing rugs, shee pskin mats and wh at have yo u. vices wha tever. A hatch in its rea r decking lifted The whee lbase of th is car was 11ft. 3in . and th e to reveal a sea t of the utmost d isco mfort, as the motor possessed six cy linders cast in threes, with wr iter had good ca use to di scover o n an occas io n wa ter jacket pla tes , int egr al heads an d 3·}in . x wh en per su ade d by a cha rm ing M ad emoiselle to 5tin. bo re a nd stroke. In ke eping with co ntem p­ acco mpa ny her for a n afte rnoon drive. To my ora ry ideas the massive mill was o nly permitted dismay after being whisked home a nd int ro ­ to produce some 60 b.h.p. Valve gear was push duced to a marnam of most a mple pr op ortion s, ro d in o utside alumi nium tu bes . The back end m y companion pr odu ced from somewhere a t was d riven via a to rqu e tube, to the f ro nt end o f hand, a tou gh looking Fren ch male character. which a th ree speed box was rigidly fasten ed , With th e nicest of smi les I was relegated to th e the ball jo int be ing sit ua ted a head of the gear va ca nt ste rnsheets, a ga llant th ou gh unwilling box. . . . . na y sha ng hai d ... . c haperon and we dep arted o n our bumpy way. Only a true blu e A 1926 Aus tin 12/4 with its outstandingly vintage enthus ias t co uld cx to ll the virtues of a we ll mad e body an d touring equipment carried Clover Leaf Ci troen after suffering su ch a n us throu gh a no ther leave. O n the next occasio n un even tful a nd pa inful afternoon . came my first Sunbea m, a six yea r old 16 h.p. 1928 mod el with a littl e over 30,000 o n the clock. Peri od ic bouts of lea ve in the U .K. were It had belon ged to th e Co untess H ow e, who pr o­ always look ed fo rward to with great glee. T o bably emp loyed a cha uffe ur an d I doubt begin with the fasci na ting problem presen ted whether Lord H ow e eve r strayed into the driving itself each tim e of choosing a nother second han d seat of wh at mu st h ave been a slow ca r indeed car, for which the basic requirem ents were for his sta ble. H ow ever , it was a fine vehicle and originality an d reliabil ity. T o avoid hea vy losses despite its modes t flat out spee d of 65 it could on selling at th e end of th e leave o ne had to be driven ind efinit ely a t around 55/60 m .p .h . buy something prett y cheap. In this ca tegory T he high geared stee ri ng was she er joy. This co uld be foun d numerous high grade E nglish became m y own first ca r a nd so good did it tourers, which had beco me q uite ou tmo ded in prove to be, that it was ta ke n back with us to a n age of d rivin g wi th th e lid firm ly sh ut. A t Africa. Ther e it co ntinued to perform we ll a nd £50 for suc h a conveyance the rasca lly dealer I brough t it home to E ngland agai n. In m y was on to a reall y good thing- a t £75 the deal hands the ca r put o n a furthe r 50,000 odd, became a matter of high wa y robbe ry . So yo u during whic h time it was deco ked twice, had the see, the c ra fty leave hound co uld do himself di stributor d rive repaired. o ne va lve spring very proud o n a mod est o utlay . O f co urse yo u replac ed a nd th e br a kes re line d. At 80,000 oi l co uld n' t eve n give the darn th ing a way wh en the co ns umptio n was still negligibl e and only the time ca me to ca tch a stea me r back to work, but paintwork had suffe red . H aving o riginally co st with luck a nd lot s of pe rsuasio n, there was £60 it was sold afte r 6 years hard use to a clot al ways the cha nce of palming the old hulk off wh o was silly eno ug h to pay me £20 at a time on some un su specti ng aunt o r eq ua lly disinter­ wh en the dealer s titled monthly avera ge pri ce ested relative. boo k showed its value to be £5. On o ne lea ve father prod uce d a 30 h.p .A rm­ At this stage I had m y brief encounter wi th a stro ng Siddeley, a sev en sea ter tourer as lo ng as twin carnrny 3 litr e Sun beam . I was to have had a he arse . A so rt of battleship on wheels, with a half sha re in it with a frie nd, but it was fiend­ an im mense poi nted ra diator, d isc whe els and ishl y wo rn a nd I backed o ut of the de al. Flee t­ a bout a foot of da ylight ben eath. A car which in ing impression s were o f a wo nde rful clo se ratio the ea rly twenties enjoyed a high reputat ion , it box a nd a n eng ine wh ich reall y co uld rev. Its was fa irly fast a nd qu iet , bu t so me how not alto­ transmi ssion wa s however co mpletely sho t, which gethe r ch arming. In co mmon with all the classic I thin k was the reason wh y man y of them fo un d En glish stuff its fin ish was im pec ca ble, be ing their way into th e breakers ya rd so mewha t pr e­ built in a n ag e whe n the spirit of lav ish crafts­ maturely. I wou ld th at I co uld lay m y hands on man ship pre vailed. Its back doors co nta ined o ne no w.

12 Back in Africa just after the world slump, th e ticul ar model, the usual drastic increase in Comp any I worked for pu rchased a brand new weig ht. I freq uently cruised in the earl y seve nties Fo rd V8 tourer from th e Ford agents fo r though top speed wo uld have been littl e more £ 197. 10. 0, surely good valu e for money if ever tha n 80 m .p.h. As usual no dealer wou ld even the re was? H ardly surprising however after an pay a fiver for it at the end of my leave, so it int erlude wtih a VS th at my next leave bega n was put int o sto rage for yet ano ther happ y with a hunt for ano the r Sunbea m. T his wo uld occ asi on. Un fo rt una tely the wa r int erven ed how­ have been in about 1938 and it did not tak e ever a nd in desperation to save sto rage fees it more th an an afternoon for a Liverpool dealer had to be given to th e Red C ross Associati on . I to find me a really beautiful 1932 25 h.p. Sa loon. am pleased to be a ble to record th at it died Wh at matter th at it had a wh ole row of nin es on fighting , for it was writt en off wh ilst on civil the speedo, the purch ase price was only £65 and defence dut y, by a di rec t hit fro m th e Luftwa ffc with a little persuasion the kindly ('1) sa lesma n du rin g one o f those luri d nights wh en Liverpool had th ro wn in a pair of rem oulds for th e front bravely lost vast ac res of her smoky old city in wh eels. T he re fo llow ed m y first expe rience of ene my bomb action. motoring with a lid on, but as it was in the U.K . in th e depths of a very sno wy winter I knew no sha me . I ha ve alwa ys felt that this was th e best Here is a tip for 1958 car I have ever ow ned. A one owner job, it had belonged to a Liverpool medica l specialist and Do not try a nd match a tun gsten br eaker point been look ed after by th e Sunbeam Li verpool with a plat inum one . T hey just will not work Depot. Its smooth silen t six cylinder mot or, together. After running for half an hour or so , matched by a nice close rati o syncro box, prov ed engine will begin to misfire and then sto p. bu t more th a n sufficien t to pr op el its elega nt formal af ter so me minutes ca n be restarted. o nly to coachwork. Althou gh the mot or design da ted repeat the per forman ce. When an ori ginal plati­ fro m 1928, the res t of the ca r ha d bee n ste adil y num bre ak er point gives out, replace it with plati improved up on. witho ut in th e case of thi s par- nurn , or exc hange bo th for tun gsten .

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14 . Steaming In 1906 Rex Porter

In 1906 there was in Carterto n a steam-driven So me three yea rs lat er Wakelin Brother 's old Locomo bile. T his ligh t-weight littl e voituret te, a waggo n horse died, and Wak elin. always fond very clo se relat ive to the first Stanleys, wo uld of things mecha nical and a competen t engineer, travel perilously at 15 miles a n hour over the co nceived the idea of con verting th e waggo n to ro ugh roads, for a short spurt, or a little faster stea m. He fitted a sma ll co ke-fired vertica l boi ler whe n the sa fety valve jammed (or was jammed) in the fro nt of the waggo n, installed the engine and pu sh ed the pr essure up 350-400 Ibs. It ended and tran smission fro m the burnt Locomo bile. up by being burnt and the rem ains built int o a Sproc kets took the place of the ca rs rear wheels and chai ns from here tran smitted power to each stea m-po wered wag go n used by the local flour­ large rear waggon whe el. A steering wheel and millers, Wakelin Bros. to tran sport wheat fr om so me link age completed the co nversion. the railw ay to the mill. The present Mayor of Carterto n, Mr R. P. The late Mr R. W. Roydh ou se, Carterton, Wakelin, nephew of th e late inventive James used to tell the sto ry of a drive in the "s tea mer" Wakelin, says th e stea m waggon was used quite to Middlerun. After dinner he took Messrs Bert successfully fro m ab out 1910 to 1914. " It was Booth and Jim Ste el fo r a run down the flat. very quiet and eas y to control. I was only a They dash ed along but finall y ca me to a silent schoolboy then, but uncl e used to let me dri ve rest at the road side near the Maori settlement. it so metimes. I have no idea of its eve ntual fate. T he cause? No ben zine. but I sho uld think the engine wo uld have been They visit ed the Maori houses and fo und used for so mething else eve n after the waggon nothing more active than a tin of kerosene which was pension ed oil. T he engi ne was a little they borrowed. The firebox was still hot and they bea uty." (Edi t. T his wo uld be a ra re find if thou ght the kerosen e might va po urise. It did locat ed tod ay. A thorou gh attempt has been not, and the pan affa ir at the bottom of the ma de and it seems pract icall y certai n that it was burner collected a bo ut a quart of hot ker osene brok en up long ago .) which burst into flame s enve loping the who le machine. Onl y fire fightin g equipment they had was a piece of oil y waste . The fire eventuall y died down but the car was a wreck.

At thi s point the Re v. Bate s dr ove along in his buggy (not a stea m one). He waved his whip and ca lled out," H ullo lad s, been en joying your­ selves?" The cre w, in a state of co llapse. did not answer.

The Locorn obile 's ow ner, Mr Alfred Booth, was advised o f the mishap and he ca me roaring out in his new 1906 Rover, hitched on a rope, a nd chugged up the Middl erun d rive in low gea r. The pull was too much for the Rover which expired in a heat wave just before the to p. Ju gs of wa ter rev ived it and the tow co n­ tinu ed. Not the Carterton Model-but a very del ectable locomobile, note boiler being lowered into position.

15 Camera

Pho to by J. Chapplc Quite a stir in vintage circles recently when member Jim Chapple of Auckland toured the South Island in his superb Silver Ghost.

Photo b y W ill iam A . Gomble With all this talk of steam we thought a close look at the Clapham-Stanley bailer room would be appreciated.

16 Review

The Irishman contingent pay a short visit to the Hermitage, Mt . Cook, during Irishman Creek Rally, Queen's Birthday weekend.

Photo by N . Ado rns "Try grinding this"-Cubitt 16/20 Circa 1"922.-See article "Rare Ones and Rum 'Uns."

17 A Marlborough Stutz N. Sprosen

Those members who travelled to Picton will n o doubt rec all ha ving see n thi s ver y desirable ma chine.-Ed.

The Stutz I have, arrived in New Zealand in to a diet of low grade kerosene. The tyres even­ 1927 for the late Mr Blick, Burtergill Station, tually wore out and the car la y o utside in the Seddo n. Cos t £2700. Five sea ter sedan. A few wet a nd rain for ages, windows down, floor months later Mr Watts of th e Lansd own Station, boards up, gr ass growing up past the steering Wairau Valley, landed a seven sea ter Stutz in column, canvas gone on the ho od. The rain New Ze aland. This car was a seven seater com ­ poured in and the car mu st have presented a plete with glass partition between driver a nd mo st depressing sight. rear pasengers. The other da y I wa s in conver­ In 1950 , Mr Bill Atkinson purchased the sa tion with Mr Roy Lyford of Aero C ycles, Stutz, Mr Atkinson had previou sly done an Blenheim. M y Lyford is a fund of in formati on excellent job of rest oring an old Hudson car. on early Marlborou gh motoring as he was This car reall y looked a sight till Mr Atkinson chauffeur for the late Mr Watts. When he first sold it. Unfortunately it fell into hands th at did took up duties there were two cars on the station, not care and it soon became a shoddy wreck. a Sunbeam and a Wols eley. In the next elev en Bill then set to work to bring the car back to yea rs Watts spe nt £3 2,000 on high cla ss ca rs; three dec ent orde r. The wooden runners and part of Rolls Royce 30/40 , Silver Ghost , Ph antom 40/50 do or posts were rotten, through the exposure to and 21 horse power tourer four sea ter Stutz, and eleme nts. These were replaced, a new ca nvas top Sun beams . The garage and workshop had lathes, fitted, front springs set up and headlights, radi­ spray paint sh op , and was in fact a complete ator a nd grill re-chromed. H ours were spent model engineering sh op. Mr Watt's Stutz, after fixing up the upholstery which was in a filth y severa l years' se rvice, wa s disposed of and ended state a nd required almost gall on s of ammonia up o n the Blenheim-Murchison run operated by to remove the stains. The ru st of ages was Mr Colin Thompson of Redwood Street, Blen­ heim. Mr Thornpson told me the car did six trips per week and it was in continual use dur­ ing the four years he operated the serv ice. The Rust Removed engine performed with out fault during this In a Flash period, the only major attention being a valve grind and new rings. After Mr Thompson gave up the run , the ca r was wrecked and sold for You can save many a weary hour toiling trailer wheels, etc. The engine was sold a nd went with emery paper on those Veteran Car to Picton and inst alled in a launch and did ster­ Parts. ling service in the Pelorus Sounds. The motor We can restore any old metal to its had fresh wat er cooling in the launch, else it would be a mass of ru sted out iron by now. former beauty, and if you wish, we will (More re the Watts engine later.) treat it with cold galvanized paint to pro­ The Stutz belonging to Mr Blick , remained in tect it from future deterioration. the fa m ily till 12th June 1945. It had been kept in show room condition and I believe had not BROWN SANDBLASTING a mark on it, when it went to a young man who dealt in cars. The tre atment of the vehicle then CO. LTD. went from the sublime to th e ridiculou s, it being used to run launches in and out of the sea on 64 Fitzgerald Avenue trailers , driven up river bed s on hunting trips (Corner of St . Asaph Street) a nd really ha cked a ro und. Petrol bein g ver y short those days, a small tank with petrol gave PHONE 77-048 her a start on petrol and then was switched over

18 chipped oil' the rims which were then coated vehicle, has run and steamed in the VICInity o f with an anti-rust solution, with respoking where 400,000 miles. 20,000 has been run since th e necessary and then trued. The tail sh aft caused ch ange over took place, incident free, except for vibration and a truck shaft was used as a a tappet losing its adjustment wh en on a run replacement. Tbe second owner had converted to Christchurch with myself at the wheel. the hydro static br akes, half water, half alcohol, In 1954 Bill decided that if he was to become to hydraulics that did not perform well as the married, he mu st part with the old bus and I had pressure kept failing owing to leaking copper the luck to know she had to go and bought her, pipes and the whole job being " bitsa." When the something I hav e ne ver regretted. I had the carb foot br ake pedal was operated the master cylin­ thoroughly overhauled as it leaked badly when der moved also, and T believe bleeding the brakes idling, the tappets nicely adjusted, and the high became almost a daily job. This set up was ten sion wir es to the sixteen plugs and twin coils scrapped and Lockheed system fitted, the ma ster rewired (59 feet of high ten sion cable). With cylinder used being the type fitted to Ford five spark retimed to give maximum performance, ton trucks. This time the master cylinder was the petrol consumption ha s greatly improved. neatly a nd securely placed in a very accessible Oil consumptoin is in the vicinity of a quart per place. The car was then thoroughly rubbed down th ou sand. r have made several long trips and use and spray-painted in two tones of blue, the the car almost daily. With the car, I received wheels being painted silver-twin side mounted the spa re motor, dismantled, complete with set spare wheels being normal equipment. The hugh of new rings and gudgeons. One gearbox is not vac uum tank was discarded and S.U . electric so hot an order as it had been partially con­ pump used. The oil filter whi ch functioned a ll verted for marine use, a nd I have managed to the exhaust manifold and boiled oil any wat er pick up a difty which I believe came oil the in the oil, was removed a nd a large tru ck type Watt's Stutz. The car in my opinio n, is a jewel oil filter mounted on the bulk head. to drive, and comfortable. My only complaint Bill Atkinson then used the Stutz daily and is th at the gear ratios are badl y spaced. a high made several trips to Christchurch, Nel son and top, almost over-drive, and down to a very low Lake Rotoiti. Being a keen shot, the car was on speed second. The later model Stutz came out th e ro ad day and night during the duck shooting with a four speed box, 45 in second , 75 in third. season. 1 would de arly like to know whether there is a The Stutz gave severa l thousand trouble free four speed box in the country. I have heard that miles until a main bearing ran. Wanting the car a four speed box out of a Graharn Paige will urgently for a long trip and knowing the engine fit? had been fed a diet of kerosene during the war It will be of interest to know, particularl y to years, Bill decided he would like to take it to those who were at the Pie ton Pennzoil Rally, pieces if he could locate another Stutz engine. that Trevor May is now a very keen vinta ge Fortunately the engine that had powered the Ford man. He drove the very fine model 1914, Watts's Stutz had been lifted out of th e launch 22.4 h.p. Ford, entered by E. H. Lucas, Blen­ it had so faithfully served and given a valve heim. Trevor and the lat e John Reid were largely grind in a Havelock garage. Bill managed to resp on sible for th e way thi s vehicle was turned procure thi s engine and with Trevor May, his out. brother-in-law, set sa il to Havelock and after a The Stutz weighs over two tons, is fitted with lot of fun , owing to the engine's weight, arrived coloured lights on the running boards, cigar back in Blenheim . Trevor, who had been leading lighter, inspection light which is located under light fr om the mechanical point wh en first getting the dash , and can be taken to a ny part o f the the car in first class condition, set to work and car- this is worked by an automatic reel button: with Bill 's assistance, changed the motors over. also seven-da y clo ck and engine cooling thermo­ Except for the main bearing trouble, th ere meter. Extras include a compass, vacuum oper­ was pr actically no wear in the bore of the dis­ ated engine tester fitted on top of dashboard, mantled original engine. The kerosene undoubt­ thermometer , a nd a spare S.U. fuel pUI1)P edly ca used the bearing trouble. This engine mounted on engine bulkhead . Relays have been had completed appro ximately 66,000 miles when fitted to th e headlights. There are three dash­ removed from the car. It has been estimated light s, a very convenient light which lights up that the Watt's motor, which is still in the under the da shboard to show fr ont sea t pa ssen-

19 gel'S where to place th eir feet. T he rear sea t front and held rigidl y at the rear. passen gers have twin lights, blinds, as h tray and Rear Springs are underslung as th e axle IS ladies' mak e-up co mpact, the trap and co mpact mounted on top o f them. being recessed . When the ca r is pla ced in rev er se gear , the backing light auto matically co mes on . Lubrication Chassis: En gin e Spec ifications-Cylinde rs 8; cy lind er Mye rs Self Lubricat or system. Is co mprised o f bo re three and a qu arter inc hes; stroke fo ur and magazin es or oil reservoirs located adjacent to a qu arter inch es; pist on displacem ent 298.64 the wea ring surfaces. Oil is fed from these cubic inches; hor sepower N.A.C. C. 33.8 ; horse­ reservoi rs by ca pilla ry attracti on th rough felt power brake 92 at 3200 revolutions per minute. wicks, directl y to th e wearing su rfaces. Ope ra tion is by plunge r situa ted un der ' right han d side of Basicall y, the Stutz was built for endurance as bonnet, bolted to bu lkhead. well as speed ; nin e main bearings keep the crank­ sha ft true during the high est revs th e eng ine ca n A nineteen plat e ba ttery is used to turn the produce. (Single cha in driven over head cam­ eng ine ov er. Rad iat or holds seven ga llo ns o f shaft. Co nnecting rod s are very light, weighing wa ter. Su mp three ga llo ns of oil. Tyres 600 by I lb. 14 ozs. co mplete with bearing ca p bolt s, 20 inch. bearings, piston pin bushing, fo rged aluminiu m H ydrostatic br akes were ca lled " water brakes." allo y.) When the dri ver applied sa me for a stop. a mix­ DilIy: ture of wat er and alco hol was dri ven through the lines into lar ge rubber bags. The bags T o keep the centre of gr avit y low , the body had swelled with th e fluid, forcing th e brak e shoes to ride close to th e ground, so Stutz sacr ificed against the drums. Very smooth I am told but road clearance and used wo rm drive. not po werful eno ugh to handle th e Stut z a t Electrical: speed during an eme rgency sto p. Lat er models were soo n equipped with hydrauli cs, and to Twin co ils, twin co nde nsers. Distributor is of decr ease th e pedal pressure, a vacuum power lar ge d imensi on s, hou ses two sets of points. The boo ster added. A booster woul d be of great arms must op en and close a t the sa me time to advantage on my model. send spa rks to th e double ignition at th e same instant. Generator and Starter: Delco Rem y. Spark Control: Autom ati c, and hand contro l. Auto ma tic spark range is 20 degr ees. hand co ntrol 38 de gree s. Carburettor: Stutz Zenith Spec ial. cornprtsmg two one and a qu art er inch ca rbur etto rs. fed by one fuel chamber. Chassis: Main fr ame weighs approx ima tely 350 lbs. Seven cro ss members are used , five of which a re Photo b y R. Shond tubular . Fram e 27 inches wide at fr ont and 47 One ef the fine examples seen et the Traction Eng ine inches at rear. The side members are seve n and Rally held recently at Rangiora. three-quarter inches deep and two inc hes wide . T he firs t eve n t of its k. ind , th is ra lly with made of 5/32 inch hot rolled stee l. so me ten engi nes, competing in acce lera tion tests, Running Boards are of steel co nstru ction, bolted po ta to ra ces, e tc., was a joy to beh old. Unfortunatel y t ime nor spa ce do no t perm it 0 wr ite - up on the directl y to the fro nt rails and are in effect side Ra lly b ut suffice to say that t he organisers sho uld bumpers. be heartily ca ng ra t ula ted a nd we hop e th ey recei ve full support for fu t ur e even ts. (Ever tried a po tato Front Springs ar e semi -ellipt ic. shac kled at the race on a tra c tion e ngi ne ).

20 Book Reviews

It is not inopportune at the present time to go of high idea ls, sincere in their beliefs and fo rt h­ back to a publication that has been current fo r right in both man ner and speech. T he Cl ub ha s some time bu t a book tha t may not pe rhaps don e well to follo w them . T he sincere devotion be o n the shelves of those who have joi ned the and effo rt of Cl ub me mb ers, especially duri ng vintage fo ld within the last eightee n mon ths or . the difficult war years, makes a proud and inspi r­ so. T his IS by Miss Eliza beth Nagle (an ing story in an age so often typi fied by scep ticism Hon. Vice-President of the Club) and traces and disinterest. in very great detail the History of the Ve teran A bove all. Miss Nagle shows that Acc uracy, Car Clu b of G rea t Britain and is co mplete with Au the nticity, and D evoti on are the passwords of a gr eat wealth of ph ot ographs and fu ll specifica­ the Veteran faith. No tru e Veteran or Vintage tions of a wide selection of ca rs. Since the same follower ca n fail to delight in this mag nificent author is about to bring out a sequel to sto ry and its one hundred and one illustrati on s. "Vetera ns of the Road " the time is as well to Even if you are not an av id ' read er you will ensure that a copy of her orig ina l classic is on der ive in finite pleasure from browsing th rou gh your shelves and we un asha medl y quo te fro m the book and devouring the illustra tions!" the reviews we publ ish ed in our J une 1955 issue "Vetera ns of the Road ," Elizab eth Na gle. by Ro b Sha nd. Pu blishers, Arco Ltd ., Lo ndon. A ust ra lia n price, T he opening pages of the wo rk trace in pa in­ 29(9, plus 1/6 Postage. Ou r Co py fr om T echnica l staking detail the ea rly history of the Club, and Boo k and Ma gazine Co. , 295-299, Swa nsto n St., give read ers a very clear pictu re of the men who Melbo urne, Aus tral ia. banded togeth er in the ea rly nineteen th irties to become the founders of this un iqu e movem ent. T he wr iter has been fort unate in havin g ava ila ble the persons an d recor ds fro m wh ich to glea n her WANTED infor mati on while it can trul y be said that the Ve ter an movem ent has been fo rtun ate in having For publication in Beaded W heels a historian of the ca libre of Miss Nagle for the sto ry has lost nothing in the telling. As the pages the (ollowing articles turn she un folds in a simple, pleasing and acc ur­ ate style the steps by which the Club grew, 1. New Zealand's Motoring History. guided by me n determined to prese rve the relics 2. Restoration Technique. of a great new age, relics which wer e already (a) Painting, (b) Upholstery, becoming forgotte n. (c) Body Building, etc. T his is, however, no dull , factu al history book, for Miss Nagle is her self suc h a n integral part 3. Rare Cars which came to New Zea­ of the Clu b that she misses no oppo rtu nity to land, their past and their fate. interspe rse the story with delightfully hu man a necdotes of "searches" and finds, of me mbe rs By the way, ha ve Y OU bought and eve nts, and all the other ac tivit ies dear to the heart of the Vetera n enthusiast. She sho ws, a subscri ption to too, in plain un varnished man ner that the Club has grow n through its ow n efforts becau se it Beaded Wheels for Xmas. believed in its a ims a nd fo llowed them un swerv­ An Ideal Gift ingly. T he founder s o f the movem ent we re men

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22 Wellington Notes by Warick Johnston

Vintage Car Club of N .Z . (Inc.) Wellington Branch (in formation)

(/ t is with great pleasure we welco me to Beaded Wheels the follow ing report from the newly fo rmed W ellin gton Brancb of the V.C .C . of NZ. W e wish th em every success and assure them of any assistance they ma y require ill the [ut ure. Ho wever, we noti ce with a certain amount of gloo m that we have received no lIews from ou r other existing Branches and suggest to members, who wish to see their Branch lIews report ed in Bead ed Wh eels , that they ensu re that th eir Committees get off th eir tails and send I/S their reports by Closing D ate.­ We are, after all, a Club M ogazine.r-Ed.)

Things have rea lly bee n moving in the in full going order and at time of go ing to pre ss Ca pital Ci ty of late. From a co uple of sma ll many others are recei ving the ir share of atten­ inserts in the Public Not ices column of the local tion . Rex Porter has clocked up so me 400 hours dailies, and by word of mouth" enthus iasts on a 1907 de Dion and has it to the stage of an learned that the 9th Jul y Manthel Mot ors was opera tiona l whee ls-chassis-motor assembly. Roy to be the venue of the first meeting in this dis ­ Southward is progressing with a J9 12 Maudslay trict. There were already a few V.c.c. members as ano ther addition to that fa mily's already living in and aro und Wellin gton and these good impressive sta ble of motor ca rs. Chas. Maxwell folks fo rmed a solid nucleu s at the gathering to has a 1910 Au stin coming along and thi s ca r will wh ich 43 came along. Arrangement s had been prove to be a valua ble addition to the distri cts accelerated so mewhat to be ab le to take adva nt­ agg rega tion when completed. Your scrib e has age of the presence in town of Andy Anderson located what is repu ted to be a Model TFord, and after du e introduction s he gave us the low­ circa 1913, upside down in a silage pit. Heavily down on wha t kind of a club co uld be form ed ove rgrow n wtih bracken, und er a bout half a ton with all the pros and cons for joining in wit h of baling wire and the rema ins of wha t was the V.c.c. of N.Z. once a fence it is capped off with the skeleton of The upshot of this meeting was that 10 of a ca ttle-bea st long sinc e departed th is wo rld. T he those present agreed to act as a worki ng com­ much vaunted brass rad iator is alleged to have mittee to meet one week later at whic h time been int act when dumped but much de lving has so me further fu nction co uld be organised to failed to reveal it. A broad and cloying bog test the strength of interes t locally. As a result whic h further defends its abode o nly tends to matt ers were set in hand for a get-together even ­ increase the endeavours to wards its recovery. ing for 29th Jul y. Th is turned out to be a good Ivor Har vey has matt ers well in hand for the show in the best meaning of the term . Pr ior to restorati on of a rather rare Newton -Bennett of his leaving for Australia on a sho rt, sha rp busi­ about 1913. The Th orns are working on a 4-cyl. ness trip, Len Southward (truly one of the stal­ and a 6-cyl. An sadl o and also a T roja n tru ck wart s of the movement locally ) had arranged which once graced the streets of thi s city when with Firestone fo r so me topi cal films and pr o­ the pr ide of the fleet of Denhard's Bakery. The vided a so und-mo vie proj ector on which to show brothers Dr ay ar e th e proud owners of a them. Rex Porte r and Ivor Harvey ca me over recentl y acquired Model T , and fro m Roger the Rimutak as from Ca rterton and betw een them Man thel we learn of the rej uven at ion of a 1926 they showed some car efull y prepared colour Chevrolet prese ntly so mewha t moth eaten in the slides based on the Picton Rally of last Eas ter. bod y but co ming along nevertheless. R ex 's commentary help ed set the sea l of success Taking things by and lar ge, activity is brisk o n a thor oughl y enjoya ble eve ning. and enthusias m run s high , so by the time 'BW' goes to pr int next qu ar ter so me gra tifying pr o­ In the very near fut ure the first General Meet­ gress is assured. In order to kee p thing s moving ing will be held and we'll rea lly be on the way an interim Co mmittee of ten vol unteers were to playing a full part in district an d national appointed. T hey were Mess rs Parkinson, John­ turnouts. ston, Maxwell. Thorns. Poynt on , Jackson, Many membe rs hereab outs al rea dy have car s Nevi ns, R. Manthel, M. Thorn s and Southwa rd .

23 Canterbury Notes by A Wh iske r Vinta ge Ca r Club N.Z. (Inc. ), Canterbury Branch. Cha irman : Hugh Foster Hon . Sec.: R. J Cummins, 23 Randolph St., Chtistchurch

T he Bran ch' s seco nd Annual G eneral Meeting Balance Sheet (a very excellent one), was duly was held on the evening o f T hursday 24t h Ju ly read and accepted. at the Y.M .C.A., the Conce rt Hall being placed " Genera l Busine ss" co vering the event s of the at our disposal, and the stage being suita bly year, followed by a long discussion on o ur decorat ed, which I feel sure assisted in main­ clu broo m venture, progress made, and means o f tain ing an atmosphere o f 'good fellows hip." rai sing the necessar y fina nce br ought the meet­ Lots o f chai rs were vacant in spite of there ing to a close at nearly midnight. bein g quite a good attendance, next yea r let's On Sunday the 3rd August a tri al of a bo ut 60 hope all members will make an effort to be pr e­ miles was run and thoroughly en joyed by a good sent as it is a gra nd oppo rtu nity fo r one to air ent ry. In all cases requests were for more o f thi s ones views and criticise to ones hearts content," type of tri al, the only criticism being "Insuffic­ the ma nagement " po or o r o the rwise" of yo ur ient mud" (Canterbury weather has been exce ll­ co mmittee. ent) . The event of the year, Our Annual Veteran A shuffle occ ur red in the committee. Bob Rally is being held on the weekend o f November T urn bull our Cha irma n relinquishing his post 29th and 30th , once agai n it will be spo nso red by and taking on the ' strenuous job of Cl ub Ca p­ Pennzoil (NZ .) Ltd. and Sam Slyfield is full of tain, Rich ard Palm er, owing to pressure of wo rk, enthusiasm . T his years' eve nt will be held at the etc., did no t offer himself for re-election, perhaps Ca nterbu ry A. & P. Associat ion 's Sbow grounds the past yea r as Cl u b Captain, the duties of and will include both Vet er an and Vintage which he ca rried out so cap abl y, was too mu ch? vehicles from all ove r the country. Excellent T o fill the vacan cy we welcome Davi d Ka y. facil ities are ava ila ble fo r both staging the event, T he Co m mittee now is Cha irman, H ugh accommod ation and cooking etc. T he Branch Foster, Secretary-T reas urer. Jim Curnrn ins (a bly will be circu lat ing all members wit h fur ther assisted by M rs Curnrnins): Club Ca ptain, Bob de tails. T ur nb ull: and co mmittee of three, Allan Baker, We are confident that given the suppo rt from Warner Mauger and David Kay. members and good weather that this will excel The C ha irma n's report, foll owed by the even the Pict on Rall y. W. A. Clapham 29 SOUTHWARK STREET - CHRISTCHURCH Between Manchester and Madras Streets , Along side Cokers Hotel PHO NE 77 -4 7 1 Canterbury Service for

AUTO ELECTRICIAN Christchurch Distributors of A.B. Batteries 24 Waikato Notes

Veteran and Vintage Car Club (Waikato)

Chairman: E. A. Brown Secretary: Dave Hall, P.O. Box 924, Hamilton

These are the first Club No tes from the Wai ­ Being very inex perienced in these matters, this kat o, as th e club has been in exis tence on ly since caused a little head-scr at ching at first, but we Ma rch last. were fo rtunate in having co nsiderable help and An informal meeti ng of half a dozen enthusi­ advic e from Au ckl and , so that thi s ina ug ura l asts in Hamil ton resu lted in a pu blic meet ing eve nt went off very successfully. being ca lled. This ga the ring brought to light a Sma ll trophies were awa rded fo r the highest further 22 vintage and veteran fan s. marks gain ed in the vari ous games and compet i­ With this obviously keen suppo rt the club was tion s and our Au ckland visito rs clea red the board fo rmed and the foll owin g officers appointed : in this respect. The paddock used is right on the .. C hairma n and Secret ary: (as a bo ve); Clu b Ca p­ main north road , and the day's spo rt ca used tain : Garth Hughes; Committee: Sta n Nolan, quite a lot of interest on the part of the general Garth Hughes, Norm Steel, Norm Whit e, Dick public, who, intending to ride by for a Sunday Metcalfe. af ternoon's outing, called in on us instead . It was decided to hold monthly meet ings at In June, a Soc ia l Evening and film show was held . This was an occasion to assis t fo lks to get the bod y-trimming pr em ises of Sta n Nolan, III Hood Street, Ham ilton . to know eac h other, and muc h ca r " na tter" ensued. By ea rly Ap ril we had decided on subscrip­ tions, chosen a badge design, and the committee On Sunday. Jul y 6th, the committee had was beginning to get its pr ogramme orga nised. organised a Mys tery Run fo r us in Hamilton and distri ct. This was great fun. T he run co nsisted of The membership co ntin ues to grow. The secre­ tar y has supplied the writer with the lat est mem­ bership list. whic h now stands at 34, between whom there is a tot al of 39 cars. Not all of these vehicles are running, of co urse, but quite 11 MOTORAMA 11 a numb er are. So me fully restored, so me are off the roa d bein g restored. some are ru nning but as yet not too beautiful to beh old . It wo uld, per­ hap s, be useful to give a list of these car s so that other enthusiasts in other parts of' the Ne w Zealand's Only Three-Sport country co uld co rres po nd with the owners. if Motoring Magazine. they so wished, to exch ange information. Ford Model 'T's-1 909. 1919, 1926, 1914. Dodge-1914, 1918. 1823. Fo rd Model " A"s­ Motoring - Motor Cycling 1927, 1929. Au stin 7-1926. Buick-1915, 1916. 1924, 1926. Graham-I929 . Ca dillac- 1906 1924, 1931 (La Sa lle). Chev ro let--19l6. Essex---": Motor Boating .< 1923. Hillman -I925. Internati on al-1910. Benz - 1897. Jewett-I926. Lagonda-I927. Morris­ Available at All Ma in Booksellers Cowley- I926. Darracq-1 908. Daimler-I 927. Ren ault-1 927. Rolls-R oyce-1927. Sta nda rd­ 1925. Packard-1929. Sunbeam-I925. Stude ­ SPENS -LEA PUBLICATIONS baker-1 918. Stutz-I929. Wolseley-1902, 1912. Rover-I924. Box 1169 - Christchurch On Sunday, 20th Apr il the club held its first Mot or G ym khan a at T e Rap a, near Hamilt on.

25 observa tio n tests in and aro und the city, a dis­ In view of th e wea ther, G eo rge led us all back tan ce judging co ntes t at Fran kton, after whic h to his home where a la rge build ing attached to th e ro ute too k us past th e new L.D .5. T emple at his hou se was cleared like ligh ting, a nd we all T uikaramea a nd back to Ha milton Lake Dom ain lunch ed un der cover, fo r afternoon tea. T he 'old 'uns' lined up here We visi ted his Mu seum in th e af ternoon. we re in striking co ntrast to the strea ms of fa ncy where George en tertained us fo r a so lid 2t · hours. tinware goi ng th rou gh the D omain, an d many He has on ex hib itio n at th e moment: a pat er familias parked his 195- model to walk 1904 Darracq "Genevieve ," 1902 Pa nh ard- back a nd have a closer look . Levassor, another Darr acq of slightly lat er vin t­ T he high -light of th e cl ub's ac tivities so far, age, Albion 19 10 Governess Car. 1910 Inter­ however , was th e eve nt which took place last na tio na l (which look s exactly like a high- built Sunday, Aug ust 10th when th e cl ub was th e buggy witho ut shafts) , A.C. Sociable 3-wheeler guest o f M r Geo. G illtra p a t his Motor M useum (tiller steering) , 191 1 Dai mler Tourer (flywheel at Rot orua . about 20in. dia ., a nd a tick-over like a gas engine) , an Ame rican C ha ndler, 1916 Mode l T he day dawned blustery, with heavy rain in "T," 1908 Clern ent-Bayard (in which he has the offi ng, a nd it was noted th at on ly two hardy recently motored to Auck la nd fo r th e pr emiere so u ls pilo ted their o pen models across th e of the film " Aro und the World in 80 Days," a Marn akus to the T herma l Regi on, the rest tra vel­ 1906 Ca dillac single-cy l., a nd a fine co llec tion of ling ,i la modern. pe riod accessories and relics. It sta rted to rain in earnest as we dr ew up in We th en return ed to his hou se for afternoon Rot orua, whe re we were met by George , dri vin g tea- so for th e second time that da y M r and the Da rracq "Genev ieve"-of film fame-and Mr s G illtra p we re faced with th e invasio n of 20 accompa nied by a yo ung fri end dri vin g a bea uti­ to 30 men, women a nd childre n. full y re built versio n of the Rover 8, 1920. This And so, as we sta rted home in po uri ng rain, is a sma ll air-cooled flat -twin, and was very ended a most enjoyable ou ting . Ma ny tha n ks, po pular just before th e original Austin 7 swept Mr an d Mrs G. a nd it's to be hoped we didn 't all before it. do too m uch da mage! VINTAGE AND VETERAN BOOKS

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26 Hints for the Beginners in the Gentle Art of Motoring

This let/er , sent to us by Dennis King who ed. I fixed this and we proceeded, but about a knows the writer, needs no explanatory re­ mile and a half out of Port Chalmers, the tank marks save to say the machine was an I .H.C. ran dry. I told the boy in the garage to put in Buggy. two gallons, but he must have put in only one. 1umping aboard a passing milk cart I rode into Petone 24/3/12 Port, only to find that the man who sold petrol Dear Charlie, was away for his half holiday. After wandering I thought I would drop you a line giving you round a bit, I found an engineering shop, who, a history of my privations and trials with the after they had heard my pitiful tale , gave me a motor, as there are several things about it, gallon in a tin, and I trudged back to the car. which if fixed before you leave town, may save I felt I had had enough motoring for one day you trouble on your run back. I am back in so turned round and made for home. Things Petone again, and started work yesterday morn­ were all right for about a mile when she failed ing. It was a bit trying at first, but I will get used again. In desperation I took off my coat. rolled to it in a day or two. up my sleeves and got to work again. To add to my misery the tin at the back jammed. I got Mr Stedman was not at home when I arrived. underneath and pulled at the wood which broke but I gave the manager your note. They told me off, so I had to pull out the tin as best I could she was running all right, when one cylinder as it was getting late and I was worrying over began to miss and finally the engine stopped. I grandmother not getting home for tea. got out, the usual crowd gathered, and after pok­ ing about a bit I found that the pin at the head You can easily replace it by screwing out one of the rod operating the inlet valve had dropped of the runners. This happened about five, and I out and the front cylinder was getting no charge worked at it till seven when your mother, Maggie at all, and the plug in the rear cylinder was and Helen left to walk to Sawyer's Bay and shortening so I got a spare pin and fixed the caught a train to town. By this time a tremendous plug and got away again. I got to Maggie's aJl crowd had gathered, and at last some one brought right and being a lovely day we decided to run a mechanic from Cook Howlisons who lived down to Port, have dinner and see the Booths. in the neighbourhood, to the scene. At last we She went up the hill in great style, but no sooner located the trouble in the coil, where the plat­ got to the top when she stopped dead. Maggie inum points on the trembler were dirty, so we and your mother got out and went to a little cleaned them and there was also something the shop where they found an old friend of Mary's, matter with the commutator which was put who gave them afternoon tea. Meanwhile, I got right, and at last to my joy the thing went. At to work again and at last found the cause of this stage I noticed what I took to be a dirty the trouble. One of the valves in the front rag wound round one of the shafts. On pulling cylinder had gone right in, the thread on the stem it out, r found it to be my good overcoat, which having gone and a pin dropped out. I took the some one had pushed off the seat in the general valve seating right out and put a cotter pin in excitement. It was then 9.30, so I went to light which fixed it all right. You should have a steel up my generator, but it was empty, as also were pin screwed or riveted in here, otherwise it will the oil lamps. Some kind hearted samaritan in the almost be certain to give you trouble, and there crowd brought me a bottle of kerosene and a tin is danger of the valve dropping right into the of petrol and after patching about six holes in cylinder and sm ashing things up . You will be the gas tubing, I shook hands with the fellow ~ble to tell from this diagram where the trouble who had helped me and made a start. By this IS. time a crowd had gathered that would have de­ After fixing this, we went down the hill in lighted a political or Salvation Army orator. but great style, but at the foot the petrol feed block- I was glad to get on the road again. I got on

27 all right till within a mile of Ravensbourne when a jack from the navvies. I went down to ask them , the chain broke a nd dr opped off on the road . ] and they offered to come up and help me, so fixed it up and started again, but had not gone the four of them just took the car and lifted it far when it broke again. This happened twice, round into the right position and I backed it and by this time I was getting fed up with it, so down to the road aga in. I got a little more petrol decided to find some place to leave the car. from Mr Call on (the tank was empty again) and got on my way. She went splendidly till within So meo ne sugg ested taking it to a man's place 100 yar ds of Stedrnan's when the cha in broke called Ca llon, so as ] knew that he was a friend again and I started to push, but findin g it too of father's, when we were at Ravens bourne, I hard, I fixed the chain and a t last arrived to my decided to do so. The next trouble was to push great relief, at the garage . it up the steep slope to his shed, as I had only You should have a steel pin put in the chain one person to help me , so we waited till chaps or it is sure to give you bother. There was also passed and called out to them to give us a hand. a cap missing from onc of the wheel s, whether and at last with the assistance of a horse taken it happened on the way to town , while Stedman from a passing gig, we got it safely up and I was running it round. or when I had it, I cannot left for town by the eleven thirty train. The say. The bulb was also missing off the horn town was dark when I arrived and I was passing when L got the machine. I think the brake lever the Gardens when ] saw what I thought was a can be brazed again. It must have had a flaw dray a nd called out to the man for a ride as in it, as you can see the rusty mark half through he was going up the Valley. I had not ridden it. If this had happened on a hill, there might far when I discovered by various sounds and have been a tragedy, as the foo d brake would not aro mas that my con veyan ce was a night -cart. The hold the machine, and if you reversed it the chain man had been in Carr Str eet next to Maggie's would prob abl y jump off with the jerk. If there when his horse bolted and he was just returning are any damages to pay, you can send me the when I met him . I got to bed at half past twelve, amo unt of my share. I could not help laughing and got up next morning and went out to see when I thought it over it was such a chapter of what I could do. I found that the pin on the accidents, but fortunately the day was tine , so connecting link had broken off, so I filed it out, we had a good outing. If you fix these things got a nail and had a thread and nut put on it r have mentioned, there will be less chance of which fixed it up all right. Old Callon had a car trouble on your way home. himself so was able to help me. I had lunch Hoping that you ha ve a plea sant stay in there and he wanted me to come out next day Dunedin. and help him fix his car. My next trouble was remain, Your affect. nephew, to back down to the road again. To do this , I Will Duff. had to swing back and forward to get on the P.S. I had a look at a Flanders in Stedrnan's and right angle to get through the gate . While doing thought it was a great machine, Drop me a this, I got into such a position that I could not line and let me know how you get on on back for a fence and could not go forward up your trip . hill on account of slippery grass. It was then that another misfortune occurred. I went to pull Cleaning Mica Windows on the brake , when the lever sna pped off in my hand, so I got an old pipe and stuck it over the So man y hoods are now provided with mica stump, as the foot brake was not tight enough lights that owners may like to know that the best to hold the ca r. I tightened it up late r on. It was way to clean these lights is first to damp them then dinner time and I was thinking of going to carefully with vinegar, and then wash it off with town fo r assistance, when I thought of borrowing clean cold water.

28 To the Editor

Dear Mad am, every nut and bolt, co mplete ren ewing of the wiring a nd checking of th e electrical equ ipment, T he owne rship of a 6-!- litr e Bentley is a del ic­ .he building of nine teeth o n the flywheel ring­ ious thing. Even more so when it is unique, a gear, a nd th e installatio n, in co rrec t working luxury hard top sa loon. Marl borough now has orde r, o f a Smith five- jet ca rb ure ttor (info rma­ th e pride o f owni ng two o f the four rec orded tion on thi s please!). T hree Bentley whee ls have Bentley 6fs in th e co untry-a Speed Six, and a to be fo un d so mewhere to repl ace two 20 in. Sta nda rd Six. Bugatti type at pr esent on the back a nd to give Having pr eviously own ed a 1906 sports Talbot, a n add itio nal spa re. And, of co urse, tyre s. I had a soft spo t in my heart for old ca rs- but The bod y pr esents the gr eatest pr oblem . The thi s was more than nullified for a number of woodwork fo rwa rd of the rear doors is in good yea rs by the hard glint in my bank man ager's orde r, behind them it is rotten . It is intended to eye. Eventuall y a transfer to Blenheim got me take th e wh ole body off and renew it. Most of away from thi s Cyclops, and I was a ble to give the Morocco leather is in good order, but has to reign to my fan cy once more. be renewed round the doors. The mahogany Ea rn est sea rching seemed to reveal th at all the flash ings are perfect, though unclean . T he fabric good vintage machines had left th e Marlborough co vering is sho t and ne eds ren ewing. Dents have distri ct , but the usu al system rumour and ch ase, to be tak en o ut of tbe mudguards, and the hole ru mour a nd chase finall y paid di vidends. A glass in the bonnet filled in and o blitera ted. o f beer also help ed greatly in the final tracking In all. a fair amo unt of wo rk is invo lved, but down . represents a lab o ur of love. It is hoped to have I first sa w the machine of my heart on a most of the co mplete restorati on completed thi s Ja nu ary Saturda y afternoon. The back had yea r- depend ing, of co urse , o n the new ban k rotted away at th e mudgu ards and was almost man ager. off, a nd a hole had been cut in the bonnet to Y ours, etc.. accommo da te a down-draught 3-!- litre Super Ray Swing ler. Snipe ca rburettor. The rear sea t and flooring were covered in old sac king, stra w and all the bits and pieces of a racehorse owner. De ar Sir, In spite of thi s unprep ossessing sta rt, th e sight In the June issue of " Bea ded Wheels" there of th e Name, and of the engine , magnificent in its a ppea rs a road test of a 1908 10/ J2 Coventry pri stin e purity , was enough. H aggling and suffer­ Humber. which 1 found mo st int eresting, as 1 ing were my lot for a week before it became am restoring a 1905 Model (Ch assis No. 1182), mine. Incidentally, I found a more humane bank which was in even worse condition when found manager. than was Mr Foster's car. Having owned a Bentley for only a few What prompts me to write to you, however, is months, my kn owl edge of them is grossly incom­ the rem ark by the writer of the arti cle to the plete. Fetishi sts please forgive me for an y errors. effect that he did not kn ow when Humbers As far as 1 can asce rta in, the car was brought ch anged the direction o f rot ati on of their engines. .' o ut to New Zeal and by a Dr Bennett, of C hrist­ It happens that I have a 1909 two-cylinder church, was so ld to a Mid-Canterbury co ntra cto r Humber (Chassis No . 6253) and th e en gine of named Bowis in 1942, and in the earl y '50's was th is ca r rotates in th e normal clock-wise direc­ so ld to its last owner. Dunn, of C hristchurc h. tion . but yo u still turn th e starting handle the T he car is a 1927 mod el, engine number wrong wa y, as it enga ges with the shaft carryi ng K02112, a nd chassis number KD2107. It is a an idler gear between th e cra nkshaft a nd cam­ fo ur sea ter luxury sa loo n. shaft tim ing gears. The engine, fortunately, is in good orde r. The One can only conclu de th at Humbers were not pr inc iple work required on it is a check ing of prepared to make a sudden br eak with tradition.

29 or were worried abo ut the effect on their custo m­ visiting an acqu aint an ce III Hawke s Bay we were ers of having to learn the new technique of wind­ talking of vetera n cars and in particul ar, the ing. one I have saddled myself with. 1 mentioned that A con stant so urce of pleasure for the vetera n two hub-caps were missing. " Ho w wou ld thi s ca r owner lies in this starti ng-up busine ss. How one do?" my friend asked as he picked up a many times has some keen type offered to cran k brass cup which he had been usin g to hold her up fo r you , to save yo u getting down fro m so lde ring fix on his wor kshop bench. Emptied the car, but been un able to produce any result. out and turned over it pr oved to be a De Dion Then you dism ount, give one casual 'swing, and hub-cap with the brand deepl y engraved on it. away she goes-you have the knac k. In the case The other missing one turned up right in my o f the co ntra-windi ng Humber, this never misses. hom e town. I was discussing with a garage As the keen type struggles to engage the handle mech ani c posibl e ways of rep airing a ver y "si ck" and finally gives up , you are able to say " Perha ps crownwheel when a stra nger sta nding nearby yo u are turning it the wro ng way?" casually enquired what the old gear was out of. Yours faithfully, Told that it was from a 1907 De Dion Bout on . G. H. Bro ok s, he said, " Yo u know, 1 dug up in my garden a thin g that looks like a radi ator ca p with that Ck: En gineering & Water Supply Dept ., nam e on it. You can have it if it is any go od to Mount G arn bier, So uth Au strali a. yo u." "T hat's great news. I sur e would be glad of it." Next day it was brought in to me a nd it proved to be ano ther hub cap. Both fitted per­ Dear Madam. fectl y and the set is now co mplete. Ju st con sider ALog is something 1 th ink all Veteran and the fortuit ous cir cumstan ces involved in that Vintage vehicles sho uld carry. This need be o nly incide nt! a briefly written record of all kn own history, Kind regard s, so me details of restorat ion and perhaps a list of Rex Porter. events attended. Ju st co nsider wha t it will mean to the finder or buyer of a 1900 De D ion Bouton in the year 2000 when he discovers a som ewh at faded "l og" in the toolbox giving all the cars' earl y history and so me hint s on maintenanc e a nd ad justme nt. T he big thing is, do it now . Write it down while the facts are known. Seal the pa per RUSSELL'S RENTAL CARS up in a plastic bag and put it safely in the tool ­ box. All Club veh icles are now 30 to over 50 88 St Andrew Sheet years old, and we hop e, will still be mobile when DUNEDIN, C.l double that age. Wh en that tim e co mes , unless ac tio n is taken now, there will be very little hope of piecing together a reason abl y acc ura te and authentic account of a vehi cle's first decades. 1 Take pleasure in offering our do hop e mem ber s agree with th is idea and ac t readers the benefit of a change, and upon it. their worthy steeds a rest cure. by Yours, etc., having at your dispos al our fleet " Preserva tion." of modern large and small cars and (A n exce llent idea- something we can all do motor scooters. when Registrat ion runs out.-Ed.)

Dear Mad am, Phones Aga inst the man y frus tra tio ns ine vitabl e with BUSINESS 77 -719 the restor at ion of a Vetera n, found as usu al in a thoroughly decrepit condition , must be AFTER HOURS 39-762 bal anced the stro kes of luck sometimes met with . 1 ha ve had two suc h lucky break s. Whil e

30 Dear Madam. Perhap s th is will reas sure Ro b th at twenty That man Sha nds' letter is ac tio na ble. We have th ou sand mil es a yea r in the nast y B.M.C. pro­ a good mind to mak e a su it of it, on e of the ducts my employers as k me to drive is still nasty spiv kind with double brea sted lib els. Our co un terba la nce d in its agi ng effect by two C ross­ spec ial may hav e looked lik e a ho bby horse but leys and a Specia l. it didn 't beh a ve like o ne . You rs, etc., W. Easterbrook-Smi th. Rob is wrong on two co un ts. The con troversy P.O . Box 223, Lo wer Hutt, a rose wh en th e ca r firs t raced in 1948 a nd the car (Yo ur turn, Mr Sh and.- Ed.) was never entered in Vintage classificati on after th e Ford engine was install ed . Secondly. no ne of Cape Cart Hoods the bits a nd piec es that co mpo sed it were su ffic­ Those wh o fo r the firs t tim e dri ve a car fitted ient to start restoring int o a ca r. a nd the remain s with a Cape hoo d should bear in mind that it is of the engin e were eagerly seized up on by the co nsidera bly wider than the ca r, an d wh en passing o wner o f ano ther 20.9 h.p. Su n bea m as a so urce waggons with wide tilt s or box va ns this fa ct of sp a res so all was not lo st. At th e time too, should be remember ed . We have co me ac ross o ur vintage motoring was loo ked afte r by first several torn and damaged hoods wh ich hav e just a 12/50 and then a Silver Eagle as far as Geoff brushed over ve hicles, th ou gh their ow ne rs, by was co nc ern ed, a nd by a brace of Sun beams as looking a t th e fron t win gs as they d rov e, im agined fa r as I needed co ntact with honest mot or cars. th at the y had gi ven a m ple cleara nce . It is aiso I'm so rry Rob th inks I missed the point, whic h well to bear th is fac t in m ind when pa ssing on re-r eading the December Edito rial still seems waggonette load s of excursio nists, as th e Cape to me to be at w ha t stage do mod ificati o ns mak e hoods see m tempting to these people. a nd we a ve hicle in elligible for cla ssification . to whi ch heard o f one be ing damaged recently by a festi ve m y repl y is still th at a ny mod ificati on whi ch tr ipper, who, as th e ca r passed, put o ut a ho ok ed cou ld have been made a t th e period sho uld be wal king-st ick and ca ug ht it in the fold of the accepted, and whe the r to mod ify or not depends hood . which wa s thro wn ba ck at the time. T he up on the ow ners co nscience and the stat e of the result was an ugly tear in a co nspicuous spo t. car o bta ined . I also think the classification o f Veterans up to and including 1904, Edwardian's fro m 1905-191 8, a nd Vinta ge fro m 1919-1930 as in E ngla nd is fa r more meaning ful class ifica tio n 80 Years th an that rather curio us o ne used here. J agree with Rob a bo ut post Vintage th orough­ The New Singer is a product of the sk ill bred s but can find no mention of them in my a nd c ra ftsma ns h ip gained in the experi­ o riginal letter. I admit to a certa in am ount of ence of eighty progressive years. From coat-tra iling about the Vineg.ir in the Vintage, the sma lles t detail to its outstanding but wh at ha s that go t to do with th e Spo rts Ca rs? performance th e NEW SINGER offe rs This is a pr epost er ou s red herring fro m Rob positive p roof that in the long run ex­ While I ma y feel it is a pity that the Cl u b does perience counts. not mak e more pr ovision for those wh o wo uld like to see so me Vintage competition this has nothing wh at soe ver to do with th e fact that some Agent for Timaru and Surrounding ca rs whi ch fall within the Vintage cla ssificati on District are very nast y bit s of wo rk co mpletely lack ing in " individ uality, solid work and functional eleg­ a nce ," Pr eser vati on of these vin ta ge forerunner s JOHN DOWLING of the rot of the thirties contrib .ites nothing of 125 EVANS STREET - TIMARU aesthetic ple asure, technical interest, or historic moment, a nd perhap s lea ves the owne r say ing with Lad y M acb eth (Ac t 3, Sce ne ii) "Nough t's ALSO FOR THE FINEST AND MOST Had, all's spent, wh ere o ur desire is got without REASONA BLY PRICED USED CARS IN con tent ,'T is sa fer to be th at whi ch we destro y, THE DISTRICT th an, recon structing, dw ell in dou bt ful joy .

3 1 I FOR SALE : 191 4 F .N. 3-sea ter completely o rtg . Classified Advertisements D ating ce rtifica te N o . 26 8flO h .p. CLASSI FIED ADVERTISEMENTS 19[4, [915 a nd 1916 Triumph M otorcycl es in RATES good running order. 1. H . Wiliarnson, T a i Tapu, N o 2 R .D.,C hr istc hurch. CLUB MEMBERS: Free for first three lines (approx . 25 words); th ereafter 1/- per line (8 word s). F OR SALE: 7 10 x 90 tyres and tubes. tw o, new, NON·MEMBERS : 5 / - for first three lines o r less; there­ at cos t. Contact Cl u b Member, L. L. Jones. afte r 1/- per line . C ha pel Stret. Master ton. To be acc epted all ad vert isement s mu st be typed and be accompanied by th e nece ssary remittance and mu st F OR SALE : 1927 /28 Austin 12/4 (G lassho use ) be in the hands of the Edit or not later than th e 15th in perfect order. M otor just resleevecl. Complete day of the month before publication date. with spares. £70. Also o ne o n ly 32 x 4+ tyr e, Sp ecial display advertisements of cars for sale com­ new. Keedwell , 84 High Street, Carterton. plete with photos ma y be inserted at special and very reas on able ra tes. for det ails of wh ich service write to FOR SALE: Three sound 32 x 4 straight-side the Editor. tyr es, co m plete with rims. D . King, Clo A.A.. Nelson.

FOR SA LE: F iat 50 1 in good co nditio n. On 16 FOR SALE : 23 /60 Vauxhall , III good order. i n . wheels but o riginals av ail able. Plenty of sp are Needs new battery to mobilise. G . P. Laws. 56 parts a nd good battery. H ood folds back . Can be G ra fto n Road . Au ckland. seen a t 279 H erbert Street, lnvercargill. Price £50. WANTED: An y information to help with the restorat ion o f a Newton Bennett Tourer, circ a FOR SALE: 1929 Hudson Special Six T ouring 1913 . I. Ha rvey, 84 Hi gh Street. Carterton . Limousine. Very go od body, ex cellent mech ani­ ca l cond itio n. Consi de ra ble quantity of spa re WANTED TO SWAP: A bu gle type brass H orn. parts, some brand new. Good tyres, o rigina l in wo rking order but less bulb: for a Lucas paint. leather upholst ery. £ 100 or near o ffer. Model 60 straight-bulb H orn to suit Morris N. C. McMillan . 54 Methuen Road, Av oridale, Cow ley . N . E . Findlay, Maltby St reet, Meean ee, Auckl and . H.B.

FOR SALE OR SWAP: C ad illac M odel 63 7­ WANTED:G en . o n Richelieu Cars. The in for­ sea ter Sed an basically so und. £35 . mati on in Bentley's " A n tiq ue Automobiles" is 1924 Bui ck R oadster with centre lock wire known . Were there any examples in N .Z .? w he els 57 ,000 miles, £45 . Both in r unning ord er. Nevin s, 47 Parkvale R oad, Wellington, W.3. 1924 Ford T partly restored, £2 5. WANTED: Engine and R adiator for 1914 Cl e­ WANTED: Information about a nd parts o f 1923 ment T albot o r even co m p lete Car con sidered . Ki ssel Sp eedster. al so body parts a nd guards for A. V. lames. Le vers C rescent. Otumoetai , T au­ brass radiat or F ord. ranga. Has a nybod y else got a K issel K ar? Please co n­ tact Mic Robinson, Midway Car Pa inters. 331 WANTED: Two 820 x 120 B.E. Tyres, new or Gl adstone Road. Gisbo rne. Phone 8 154 . used o r equival ent sizes . P. Ru ssell , 193 Di xon Street, Masterton. FOR SALE : Essex Se dan o n perfect set of 525 x 21 tyres (2 equal new). £20 as is for value WANTED: Parts or information pertaining to a tyr es. Bod y rough bu t m ot or good . Bu yer co u ld 2-cyl. Buick circa 1905. Replys to Bill Clark, Box take wh at he requires and as sist to dump with [803 , C hris tc hurc h. the bala nce. M . A. Weir, 151 C ox Street. Ash­ WANTED TO BUY: Veter an C ar, a ny m ake burton. 'P ho ne 5502. up to 1910. Unrestored, but co m plete for perfer ­ cnce. Good pri ce offered. Write, D. Hall, Box FOR SA LE. [92 5 " New Beauty" Fo rd Coupe in 92 4. H amilton. first-class co nd itio n , both bodily and mechanic­ a lly . Ruxtell 2-speed diff. K .W. Timer and bags WA NTED: Back copies o f Beaded Wheels. of spares . O ffers to B. J. Ad arns, 73 O xford Replys to the Editor, 20 H ackthorne Road, Street, Richmond. Nelso n. C hristc hurc h.

32 ~ , " 8Y APPOI NTME NT ~ ~ TO HER MAJESTY THEQUEE N ~ ~ PURVEYORS Of MOlORlU6R1CANTS I I C. C.WAKEflHD & CO LTD. LO NDO N W.!. II THE II~ ~ I I q~ ~ ~ I',I '~ W ~ II"I"~T '-I Udlllt OF ~ W

is still supreme

despite attempts to equal it!

C. C. WAKEFIELD & c o . LTD. (incor porat ed in the United King dom) W ellington • Auckland • Chr istchurch Duned in

.. , . . . "- . . I 1905 BUICK MODEL 'C ' Powered by 0 two-cylinder verve- in­ head 22 h .p . engine located under the body and cranked f rom the side . Driv en by 0 cen t ra l ch a in from the eng in e to the rear axle. Water and petrol t anks m ounted under the hood. Plan etary t rans mission, two f orward an d one rev er se speeds. Cone cl u tch, sp ring t en sian ed . 85" whee lb ase, 56" tr ead, 30 " artillery socked wh eels . -r We ight 1,740 pounds.Price , wi th ex tras . 4 ,. ':1 1,200 do llars.

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1906 CADILLAC MODEL 'M' TOURING CAR The 1906 Cadillac ca ta logue cla imed : "No effort or expense ha s been spa red to ma ke the 190 6 Cadillac all that could be wished or in a light family ca r. It is capable of a speed of 25 to 30 m iles a n hour . .. The gen eral design is of surpassing bea uty a nd, with ou r 1909 OAKLAND MODEL '40' In troduced in 1909, when Oakland su per b fin ish, gives it a to ne of quie t richness which will not joine d t he Gen era l Motors Corporation. be excelled". Powered by 0 four-cylinder eng ine. developing 40 horsepower. The Th e 1906 Cadilla c Mode l 'M ' Tou ring Ca r had a one-cylinder cylinders of this eng ine were cos t In pairs, sim il ar to 0 f our-cyl in der motor engi ne, rated a t 9 .7 horse-power. This engine had been use d cycl e engine. With 0 112 in ch wheel­ by Cadilla c since its beginning, in 1902. The weight o f th e base , t he Oakland Mode l '40' wa s 0 fu ll five-seater. 34 " wheels, 4" tyres, Model 'M' was 1,578 pouds, and it ha d a wheel ba se of 76". ....eight 2000 pounds. The pr ice of th e Cadillac Model 'M ' was 9 50 dollars ... . 1,0 2 5 dollars wit h Cape Corte top and la mps wer e not included in e it he r pr ice. GENERAL MOTORS

Genera l Mot ors New Zealand Limited ,

Bouve rie Street , Pet on e, a nd a t Upper Hut! 1913 CHEVROLET 'BABY C>RAND' One of t he earlies t Chevrolets. The flat dash and angu la r cow l which Chevrolet, Vauxhall, Holden, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, characterised th e early Chevrqlet can be seen to advantage on th is model. Buick Cadillac Cars. Bedford and Chevralet It was powered by 0 four- cyl in der Trucks. Frigidaire Household Applionces. G.M . valve- in-head engi ne deve lopi ng 21 .7 h. p. A full fi v e- seater, it had 0 10 4" Diesel ....h eel bas e, we ighe d 2,375 pou nds and sold f or 875 dollars .

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