Volume 53 No 9 September 2016

Patron: Her Excellency the Honourable Kerry Sanderson AC Governor of Western Australia

Veteran Model T Fords outside the old Ford Assembly Plant in Leighton recently

Line up of some of the participants in the 2016 Perth to York Rally

September 18 Warren Blackwood Branch meeting Post Vintage third Sunday run Arms & Amour display at Cannington Collie Branch meeting Peel Branch meeting 20 Military Section meeting 21 Parts Shed open Wednesday Workshop Welshpool 22 Humber & Rootes Group section mtg VCC General Club Meeting 24/25 Collie Capers 24/26 Peel Branch visit to Collie Capers 24/25 Southern Cross car & bike show 25 Albany Branch event SPRING RALLY—entry form in this issue Busselton Branch Fennessy Rally 28 Parts Shed Open & Wed Workshop

October 3 Veteran Section meeting at Wireless Hill Studebaker Section meeting at Wattle Grove 4 York Branch meeting 5 Eastern Goldfields Branch meeting Part Shed open & Wed Workshop Welshpool 8 Karragullen expo display 9 Busselton Branch meeting Esperance Branch meeting Ford T Section run Rootes Roundup—entry form in this issue Studebaker & Daimler Show Kalamunda 10 Post Vintage section meeting at Wattle Gve 11 Vintage section meeting at Wattle Grove 12 Mid Week Run Part Shed open & Wed Workshop Welshpool 13 VCC Management committee meeting 16 Spring Autojumble Warren Blackwood Branch meeting Mustang Shelby breakfast run Post Vintage Third Sunday run Collie Branch meeting 18 Military Section meeting at Wattle Grove 19 Part Shed open & Wed Workshop Welshpool

22 French Car Day at Ozone Res. Langley Park 23 Albany Branch event Next Club Meeting 26 Part Shed open & Wed Workshop Welshpool 27 Humber & Rootes Group section meeting 8pm - 27th September VCC General Club Meeting Wattle Grove Roger Bell will display and talk about his Falcon Squire 29 Katanning Branch display Katanning Show currently under restoration. 29/30 British Auto Classic @ El Caballo Australian Light Horse display Claremont 30 Oct—4 Nov—National VCC run Tasmania

November (runs only) EARLY AUTO. 4-6 Military—Back to the Bush run Bruce Rock

All correspondence for the next issue to the editor:- 6 All Ford Day display Geoff Moor, 5 Heather Rd, Roleystone 6111 9 Mid week run Tel: (08) 9397 5515; Fax—not available 11/13 Veteran Albany Amble run E-mail: [email protected] 11/18 Ford T veteran run to South West 12 Kwinana Festival display at Calista Include words “EA” or “Early Auto” in subject line of your emails 13 Brockwell Memorial Run ALL adverts for Bits & Pieces in writing or email please! “Wanted” 20 Third Sunday run ads must clearly identify the advertisers membership of the VCCWA Chittering Branch car display 27 Albany Branch event DEADLINE FOR COPY - 1st of EACH MONTH (not the 10th or 11th) For details on Branch or Section events etc, refer to the Branch or Section as listed on the inside back cover of this newsletter. Diary Change of Mailing Address and non-delivery of updates for the Website to the Editor please. Check out the club Early Auto—contact: Aileen Stockdale 6 Oxley Place, website for information on or alterations to future events: www.veterancarclubofwa.asn.au Darlington WA 6070 ph: (08) 9252 1292 Email: [email protected] The Parts Shed at the Club Rooms, 265 Hale Rd, Wattle Grove is open on Wednesday Mornings until midday. Remember that parts are only available to members of the Veteran Car Club of WA (Inc)

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(Vice) PRESIDENT’S DIARY One of the great challenges we face as a historic vehicle movement is the retention of the immense skills President Peter is still out of the country so it is my pleas- we contain within the club, and provide ways to pass ure to provide the Pres column for this month. Also dur- these on the both new members and the next genera- ing Peter's absence I chaired the August meeting, and I tion. Any thoughts or great examples of this I would love would like to offer my sincere thanks and gratitude to to hear about them. By the time you are reading this we our intrepid Editor of this magnificent publication, Geoff will have had our club open day at the Forrestfield club who stepped in at the last minute (our scheduled rooms, one such example of proactive sharing - special speaker fell ill) and gave the assembled member a terrific thanks to Lyle Metcalf for presentation on the history of printing in WA. organising this important Management has also appointed Geoff as the event. Events coordinator - members are reminded that vehi- cles on concessional licence must only be used on club Keep those wheels rolling events, so it is vital that events are coordinated in a me- thodical fashion, so please ensure that you inform Geoff Tony....VP of any events as soon as you can.

VETERAN CAR CLUB OF WA (INC) Vintage section Auto Jumble 16th October 2016

Cannington Show Grounds, Cnr Albany Hwy and Station St, Cannington Gates open at 6.30 am.

Come and enjoy the new look Cannington show ground and be part of the first group to use the newly renovated grounds and the new large off-road car park approximately 250m from the entry gate on Station Street. Further Enquiries to Graham: ph. 0418910841

Busselton Branch Is Celebrating 50 Years WANTED: Busselton Branch is looking forward to celebrating 50 PARTICIPANTS FOR years of preserving and enjoying vintage cars, and making great friends along the way. For this we are or- ganising a full weekend in January. Come on down on EASTER RALLY 2017 Thursday 26th January 2017 (Australia Day). Then join us at the club rooms Friday morning to enjoy ESPERANCE .W.A. the heritage drive. We will arrive at Andy Sharp’s col- lection for morning tea, then on to the beautiful Won- nerup House for lunch. Finishing the drive at our local The Veteran Car Club of W.A. Esperance Busselton Museum, known as the Butter Factory. All Branch will be holding an Easter Rally in are great places of interest. Then time to dress for the Esperance from occasion for our Gala Dinner Dance that evening. A time to share a great night with our foundation mem- 14-4-2017 until 17-4-2017. bers. Serious stuff on Saturday with the Rally 2017 fol- Save this date there will be more lowed by a BBQ. Sunday morning a celebration cake, information coming. morning tea and trophy presentations. So come on down. Get your entries in early so we can get every- Contact Merle 0427444120 or Norm thing organised in good time. Rob Loof 0427444125 for more information

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Sunday September 18th, Karen Southall and An- thony Wood will hold their annual Gnome Run. Members are asked to meet at the clubrooms at 1.15pm for 1.30pm start. Standard $5 entry fee applies with afternoon tea sup- plied at the end of the run. Please contact Karen on 0488 014 534 for further information. Some members will be taking part in the Collie Capers event which is planned for the long weekend Sep- tember 24th to 26th. If anyone is interested in going they need to make their own arrangements for accommodation. The weather forecast for Sunday August 21 looked bleak Contact Jenny Sinclair for more information. however after a few phone calls it turned out to be a good Nothing planned for October at this stage so the call by organizers Simon Keast and Tony Erith to take the opportunity exists for some of the other members to have a risk and proceed with their event. Thirteen participants go. All ideas welcome. arrived at Due South at 9.30am on a morning of sunshine Even though there is a change in location and lay- for a briefing where the instructions were explained along out, we will be attending the Albany Show on November with an example of how the crossword would work and for 11th and 12th with vehicle displays on both days. Due to good measure the first clue was given out. The run was site constraints at the temporary venue for this year’s show, through areas that were scenic as well as having interesting the organizers have asked for an indication of how many clues to be solved. It included a couple of loops off the vehicles to allow for. If you have an intention of bringing Lower Denmark Road before arriving at Elleker for the your car along on either or both days, please can you let timed section to Young Siding. The run back to the club Jenny Sinclair know [98 412652]? For those involved with took in another two loops and a few more clues. Points the Veteran Section, we need to also have an idea of how were lost for wrong or blanks on the crossword and these many vehicles from that Section will be in attendance. were added to the results of the timed section to determine As you know, the Albany & Districts branch the winner. reaches the 50 year milestone in May 2017. To celebrate Some of the clues were straight forward while oth- this occasion, one suggestion on the table for consideration ers were a little more cryptic. An eye for detail was a defi- is to include additional activities over the Easter weekend nite advantage but that on its own didn’t guarantee success. rather than hold a separate event. This will provide some- No one got all of the right answers. An added bonus was thing extra for our visitors and capitalize on their presence the inclusion of a timed section to be completed at the to ensure a successful outcome. The weekend could start driver’s nominated speed. I must have missed hearing with an informal meet and greet gathering on the Friday which section this applied to so we conceded on that condi- evening followed by the usual Easter Rally activities on tion and pressed on with the crossword dilemma. At one Saturday and Sunday and then conclude with a breakfast at stage I was distracted pondering on possible answers in- the club rooms on the Monday morning before our visitors stead of concentrating on driving to the road conditions leave for home. We are open to suggestions so if you have ahead. Reality struck when I realized we didn’t have some other ideas, please get in touch with a management enough speed to make it up a hill. Coupled with a wrong committee member and share your thoughts. gear selection, all forward motion ceased. Rather than give the clutch a work out with a hill start, we rolled backwards That’s all for now. to the bottom of the hill and did the job properly second Graham Wright mailto:[email protected] time around – a bit more speed in the right gear. It was clear to see that Simon, John and Tony had put in a lot of effort and time to come up with this event which was interesting, different and enjoyable. Challenge enough to build a crossword from scratch let alone one that is specific to the local environment so well done for that achievement. Obviously Trevor and Barbara Southall un- derstood what it was all about and took out first prize with the loss of 13 points followed by Phill and Shirley Astill. Don and Lorraine Triplett also get a mention for their effort at the other end of the scale with the wooden spoon award. The many comments made afterwards showed members enjoyed themselves. All up, a good outing and everyone home before the heavens opened up and the rain set in late afternoon for the rest of the day.

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Collie Capers

A few squally showers forecast for the day discouraged most from bring- ing out their club cars for a drive to a fairly new establishment at Welling- ton Mills (east of Bunbury & west of Collie) for lunch, following our August monthly meeting. A restaurant in Roger Bell will display one of the old Wellington Mills mill settlement houses, and give a talk about his with a lovely wood fire burning was very welcoming on 1963 Falcon Squire at a cold winter day. With local wines and beer available the September meeting. and a varied menu of local produce, most of us turned it into a long lunch. I know that Editor Geoff prefers not to The Wheel Bearing print about what was on the menu on these runs, but I have boast about the wonderful marron pie. A good many years ago, friends of ours that lived in The new leaseholders have really tidied up the Mount Barker with a younger family and an old Ford place and improved the eight cottages, which can sleep Falcon car. The driver didn’t have a mechanical bone up to 8 people in three bedrooms. The Ferguson Val- in his body. ley, with wineries and Gnomesville are all in close prox- They had to make regular trips to Perth with a imity. (Free plug, I’m not on the payroll, sick child. Every time they came to visit us in Albany, www.wfccc.com.au). with a rear wheel bearing howling we would hear them By the time you read this in the Early Auto, Collie coming. Capers will be upon us and we can hopefully write I offered many times to help him replace the about how successful it has been in the November bearing, but they never worried about it. Early Auto. Many months later in the middle of winter I got a phone call to say the car had failed near Kojonup (approximately 2 hours away). Cars Wanted for Telethon Home Auction Display Our friends had hitched a ride back to Mount Barker. I then organised all the necessary tools, port- Date: Sunday 16th October 2016 able lights etc plus a new wheel bearing and planned Event Time: 9am- 12noon (vehicles would need to to head off after work (nearly dark) and picked up our arrive on site at 8am in order to be marshalled into posi- friend from Mount Barker on the way through (now tion. They would be able to leave very soon after 12pm) dark), heading to where the stranded car was, It was Address: Cnr Reflection & Marlinspike Blvd, Jin- still raining when we arrived in the farmers paddock to dalee (this is north of Joondalup) work on the poor Falcon. Sometime later with the wheel bearing changed Drawcards for the event so far include: and both of us all wet ,cold and miserable, we packed Mini auction- of goods donated by the local business as- up to go home. My friend started up his Falcon then sociation. This will happen prior to the auction of the yelled to me “It is still the same “. Feeling stunned I home itself. got out to investigate and sure enough the whole car Make Your Own Perfume Station- free to public was shaking. It turned out it had thrown a fan blade Second hand designer fashions for sale off. I removed the rest of the fan and we drove home. Fashion parades Upmarket Brunch vendors The wheel bearing was terrible and had ruined Barista Coffee- by gold coin donation the brake, but not enough to stop the driver. He never Live music 94.5FM street team ever worried about the lack of a fan either. Contact Geoff Moor [email protected] if you The moral of this is don’t jump to conclusions!!!!! would like to display your vehicle. They are trying to (Many thanks to Neil Bromilow for this story) make it an “up market event” and have asked for luxury vehicles to be displayed.

Bonjour Perth & French Car Festival

We would like to invite members of the Veteran Car Club, owners of Veteran , Vintage and Modern French vehicles to display their vehicle at this event

Saturday 22nd October From 9.30am at the Ozone Re- serve, off Plain St near Langley Park in Perth .

Details can be found on Bonjour Perth , web site . http://www.bonjourperth.com.au/

September 2016 Early Auto Page 5 perfect all day and the gleaming veterans caught the eye of passing motorists along Stirling Highway. Great fun. Ford T Notes The Ford Motor Company built the Factory, Offices and associated structures on a 7.5 acre site. They em- Even though we were unable to ployed the local Perth Architects Oldham Boas and Ednie- get to the T Ford run on August 14th it seems it was a Brown. It was completed in 1929. beautiful day weather wise. There were about 5 T ford cars The design is iconic and very similar to many other joining the visit to the site of the old Ford factory at Ford buildings around the world including Geelong in Victo- Leighton. I have been told it was a very enjoyable day. ria. I found some interesting figures of T Ford production Extensive use of "Curtain Glass Walling" (the use of and materials needed. glass without apparent structural supporter) gave a light- The first full year [1909] of T Ford production was ness to the building from both inside and out. This was a about 10,000 cars building up to a bit over a million by design from approximately 1911. Henry Ford used natural 1914. Here are some of the approximate amounts of vari- lighting at Highland Park, the so called "Crystal Palace" of ous materials needed when production was about 700,000 Dearborn. cars a year. I find it mind boggling. Prior to the completion of Ford's "new building" 4 rail car loads of spark plugs each month. Model T's were assembled in a Dalgety owned Wool shed 310464 tons of steel a year situated closer to the waterfront between the now rail track 1800 acres of tops material and Stirling Highway. 2,800,000 wheels and tyres 3,500,000 lamps The oldest surviving photo shows workers assem- 11 miles of Vanadium steel shafting bling what appears to be 1925 model vehicles and defi- 5.5miles of exhaust tubing791 acres of windshield glass nitely pre 1926 4375 tons steel for magnetos This building in North Fremantle was sold in 1987 24,791 miles of magneto wire 1,358 tons of solder shortly after Ford closed down all local working operations. 1414 acres of galv steel for fuel tanks Vehicles were never actually "manufactured" there 45,000 H.P.in the Ford power house but assembled only. Later it remained as a damage rectifi- needing22 tons of coal per hour cation / Distribution centre for vehicles arriving from the 22 million cu.ft. Of gas per day 1,5 miles of conveyors eastern states. Tractor assembly continued till the final 315 gallons lube oil per hour days in the mid 80's 35000 gallons fuel oil per day The current owners were talking about demolishing John Smith. the site and building residential apartments. With the cur- rent economic downturn this maybe on the back burner The Model T Section completed a short day run at the for- now Alan Long mer Ford factory on North Fremantle. The weather was

York Rally 2016 at some stage) to meet our guide and board a bus for an hour or so tour of historic and scenic York. Back then for Eighteen vehicles braved the wet and windy weather to take morning coffee at the Old Mill whilst some took the opportu- part in the Annual Perth to York Rally. Starting from the nity to visit the collector’s auction in the Town Hall. clubrooms with warming tea and toast, the route went back The York Rally is open to all club eligible vehicles and over some of the same roads as last year but wound up at it was great that past president Simone & hubby Harry could Illawarra Orchard out the back of Karragullen. once again take part in a club eligible vehicle. Tom Price, the orchard’s owner made us welcome (They sold their 1959 Sprite when they started their family and gave an interesting talk about the orchard founded by as 3 into 2 doesn’t go!) his grandfather in 1891. It is still a vibrant, working orchard Results of the rally are: that has adapted over the years to current modern require- Vintage Terry & Norma Sellner 1929 Case ments. Lots of photos to look at including a great map lay- 1930s Mark & Margaret Hatch 1937 Buick out in the old cool room. It pelted with rain whilst we were 1940s Ian & Margaret Baxter 1946 Buick there but started to clear up when we were leaving. 1950s John & Christine Howell 1950 Bedford On then via back roads to Chidlows for lunch at either 1960s Bert & Chris Lodewyke 1967 Daimler the pub or the great little cafe next door. After lunch it was a 1970s Frank & Wendy Hudson 1970 Austin 1800 straight run up to York where once again members of the 1980s Ian Bain 1986 Fairlane York Branch made us welcome with afternoon tea in the 1990s & outright winner Harry Cornelius & crew 1991 Hi park. The wind was gusting strongly and the hot tea went Luxe down a treat—many thanks York members. Best dressed couple David & Beverley Atttril 1962 Vauxhall That night dinner was at the Castle Hotel again but Navigator winners Alan & Jenni Griffiths 1964 Corona this year they managed to completely mix up the orders and Best Olympic hat—man—Malcolm Powell 1982 Mercedes it was a bit of a nightmare. Fortunately good company Best Olympic hat—lady—Judy Powell made up for it and the judging of the hilarious hats kept eve- Best Olympic theme hat—child—Aislinn Cornelius ryone laughing. Great to have Mark & Margaret Hatch make the trip down Next morning we assembled in the railway station from Geraldton and Bert & Chris Lodewyke join us from the parking area (wouldn’t be a York Rally if we didn’t get there Daimler & Lanchester Owners Club.

Page 6 Early Auto September 2016 A fine day for the Veteran T Models from the Model T Ford Section run to the old Ford Assembly Plant at Leighton

York Rally

Top two rows—the participating vehicles. Third row—Tom Price receiving a certificate of thanks and giving his talk. Morning tea in the packing shed and vintage cars outside. Fourth row—check point Dale; Geoff & Erica Ward check- ing in at the start; on the road. Left—winners in the Olym- pic theme hat competitions. Right—dinner Thanks to Dale Miller and to Jenni for the photos.

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Eastern Goldfields Branch run to Widgiemooltha Tavern

BUSSELTON BRANCH

Top Row: Top quality morning tea stop on the midweek run; Busselton Boys with their toys at the midweek run; The Joe Steddy Poker Run brought out all the cars; Bottom Row: The most looked at car at the Nannup Flower Festi- val; Busselton Rich Davies ready for all weather on the midweek run; Proud winners of the Joe Steddy Poker Run were Alan & Margaret Huckins standing with Rally organiser Ray Morgan

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Widgiemooltha Tavern Some of the other members were stopped on the side of Run the road closer to Coolgardie because an FJ Holden Ute had run out of fuel! Graham Duncan was a little embar- Members and Partners rassed, but we all thought it was a great because we got to gathered at the club rooms see a lot of the flora and fauna in the bush while we waited on Sunday June 26, 2016 with his lovely wife Leonie on the side of the road. Bert for Coffee/Tea and de- White and Graham travelled into Coolgardie for fuel and parted Kalgoorlie for a run returned in no time. Tea and Coffee was had by all at the to Widgiemooltha about Coolgardie Service Station this was supplied by Graham. 100 kms south of Kalgoorlie via Kambalda. This was a great day out that was organised by “The Kambalda Members were especially invited to take part American Tank Driver”(Stephen Dawson) with all of the and we all meet up at the Widgie Tavern around noon. events that Stephen has organised lately he should be due On arrival we all had lunch at the Widgie Tavern and for a medal! Well if we can’t afford a medal maybe a chest after we assembled for a photo shoot in front of the tavern. to pin it on!! Ha Ha… Thanks Steve. Then we had a look around the old Widgiemooltha Town Your Foreign Correspondent Paul Broadbent report- site that is located off the main Coolgardie Esperance ing for the Eastern Goldfields Branch. Highway. I was looking to take some photos of old cars or Photos opposite are of: trucks that had been abandoned in the bush but it appears Graham Duncan’s FJ Holden Ute they have been all removed. Then we departed for Kal- Stefan Karafilis 1973 VJ Valiant Ute goorlie and Kambalda. Eastern Goldfields Display outside the Widgiemooltha Tav- Some of us returned home via Coolgardie with some ern adventure! Gath and I stopped off at Spargoville to take Old International Truck abandoned at Spargoville. some photos of an old International Truck that had been Graham Duncan’s FJ Holden Ute (Out of Fuel) abandoned near an old Cottage on the side of the road.

the cars and their drivers were put to the test by running water over the road, then a low loader with part of a house, that covered the full width of the road. With muddy BUSSELTON drains on one side and forest on the other, the road traffic came to a stop until the trailer with load could find a gap BRIEFS in the trees to pull off into. The rest of the day, from then on was well received by all and good comments were heard of the food and brew at the new pit stop. On the 5 August a Memorial Service was held in Busselton for Clair Smith, much loved wife of Graeme st S unday 31 July we held the annual Joe Steddy Rally; and their family.The funeral was held in their hometown instead of a rally we had a poker run, followed by our of Dumbleyung on the 27 July. Thanks to all those mem- Xmas in July lunch. The poker run was set by Ray & Judy bers who were able to attend the Memorial Service. Morgan and Colin & Paula Morrison. It was doubtful Our Sunday 14, our normal August monthly whether the run would be held considering the gale force meeting was changed to the following Sunday, as our winds experience early hours of Sunday morning. Sur- access to the clubrooms would be interfered with due to a prisingly the weather cleared reasonably well with 16 Council approved Event. In turn this interfered with our cars, 8 modern & 8 “Oldies” with 33 people competing. A arrangements for visiting the Nannup Flower Festival. challenging cryptic quiz of WA towns was part of the run. Our run and exhibit of cars at the annual Nannup After a very scenic run we finished at the Golf Garden Festival was changed from 2 days to 1 day, club where 45 people attended for the lunch and the an- which was Saturday 20th. Despite uncertain weather it nouncement of the winners. was pleasing to see 5 cars leave from Busselton, one 1st place went to Alan & Margaret Huckins driving from Margaret River and 6 locally at Nannup. This year a 2011 Mercedes. The cryptic quiz was won by Val we had booked lunch at the Bridge Cafe, which really Moore. Graham Edwards donated a very interesting tro- improved a normally long day. nd phy, a white chamber pot that Ron Halden won for 2 place. Coming Events Thursday 4 August our Midweek Run was some- thing different, especially for the Nannup group, who were Thurs 1 September Midweek Run asked to travel to Busselton for their morning tea. The Sun 11 Sept General Meeting and run after, at the Club- weather looked very menacing when the 13 cars and 30 rooms members and visitors assembled for morning tea at a Sun 25 Sept the Fennessey Rally brand new Council picnic facility on the foreshore at the October 14/17 Rover National Rally on Signal Park Geographe Marina. However, no rain had stopped the November 5 and 9 return of the Cruise ships gathering and the group proceeded to head for Margaret Nov 19 display of cars at Cape Care village. river along the Jindong Treeton Road for lunch at a new brewery that the group had not been to. Along the way

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The Hans Glas company now wanted to get in with the A Short History of large manufacturers and commenced designing and build- ing a large V8 powered car, this was the downfall of the Goggomobil Cars company as demand for the small engine Goggo was de- By David Nobbs clining, only 3126 cars were built in 1969 and the Hans Glas company was forced to sell to BMW. The V8 engine In 1959 I was smitten by the newly released Goggomo- was taken up and powered a car with the BMW spinning bil cars and haunted the showroom of Buckle Motors propeller badge. in William Street Kings Cross. Regrettably because I In 1958 Bill Buckle of Buckle Motors based in Sydney had was classified as a junior in my work place I could not agencies for Citroen, Goliath, De Soto, Armstrong Sid- afford to buy one. It would take 45 years before I pur- deley, Lloyd-Hartnett and Buckle Sports. During a business chased a Goggomobil Dart. trip to Europe he was searching for a small economy car A friend told me he knew of one for sale at Noosa Queen- he could sell in Australia. Previously Bill had built the sland that needed to be restored. On contacting the owner, Buckle Sports based on Zephyr parts running gear with 2.6 I flew to Noosa the following weekend with Rob Walters, litre engine bored out to 3 litres then highly tuned. A fibre our factory Maintenance Manager who was also a first glass two seat body made it a very modern and sleek car. grade motor mechanic and already restored my 1927 It was very successful and won many prizes for hill climb- Chevrolet, 1959 BMW Isetta bubble car, 1959 Messer- ing and racing. Only 24 of these cars were made and sold. schmitt three wheeler and 1959 Heinkel Kabine bubble car. We had been advised it would need a restoration. It was In 1957 when in Europe, Bill purchased two metal bodied worse as it had been out in the open beneath a large tree Goggomobil sedans for evaluation in Australia. Only speak- for 15 years without a hood. It was so bad it would need a ing a little German and Hans Glas only a little English Bill body off restoration. The floor was rusted out, the body has managed to get the Goggomobil rights for Australia. At that many small cracks and imperfections caused by weather- period of time the Australian Government was very protec- ing, the engine was seized and there were many parts tive of its infant automotive industry, mainly Holden and missing or needed to be replaced and there were no seats. Ford. To protect the industry it placed import restrictions I decided to buy it as Darts were few and far between and I and high import duty on fully assembled cars. To overcome had been searching for a number of years. It was shipped this to become price competitive Bill decided to import the back to our Castle Hill workshop and took 17 months full Goggo Chassis, engines and running gear and manufac- time to restore it to concourse condition and 100% original ture the bodies at their factory in Bonds Road Punchbowl, the same as it left the factory in Bonds Road, Punchbowl in a suburb of Sydney. Making the bodies out of fibre glass Sydney. only needed moulds; these were taken off the two imported cars. If made in metal huge almost unbelievable costs The Goggomobil originated in the town of Dingolfing in would be encountered just making the metal dies for press- Bavaria, Germany. The company, Hans Glas was founded ing the parts out. Fibre glass had other advantages; it didn’t in 1890 and manufactured agricultural machinery, in 1951 rust, was easy to make with unskilled staff and did not dent with the demand for motor scooters Hans Glas designed easily. Buckles had an advertisement on TV (black and and marketed a 125cc two stroke model that had plenty of white in those days) of a man with a rubber mallet striking buyers in a country hungry for motorised personal trans- the roof and bonnet and speaking to the camera how only port. In 1954 Germany was still recovering from World War the Goggomobil would not dent or rust. 2 and the population now wanted a vehicle that would keep them warm in winter and transport a small family. The pro- Five different models of Goggomobil were manufactured in totype Goggomobil had a front opening door, similar to the Australia. BMW Isetta and Heinkel Kabine, however it was realised The Goggomobil sedan, powered by a 300 cc engine. that people wanted a vehicle which really did look like a Could hold two adults and two children on the back seat. normal car and so the shape was changed to what the buy- ers wanted. The Goggo was the most successful of all the The Goggomobil Dart. A small two seater sports car with microcars and 284,491 were built between 1954 and 1969 no doors, early models were powered by a 300cc engine comprising sedans, coupes and commercial vans, these and later 400cc when they became available from Ger- had engines from 250cc, 300cc and 400cc all twin cylinder many. Completely an Australian design and only made in 2 strokes. One of the keys to their marketing success was Australia. Today it is most sought after by collectors and you only needed a motorcycle or tractor license to be able restor- to drive one on the road, however they were not permitted ers. on the autobahns. Goggo In 1958, 3 larger cars were available; these were badged Engine, as, Isar 600, Isar 700 and Isar 700 station wagon. They Piston were entirely different to the Goggo, larger and powered by and twin cylinder, 4 stroke boxer engines of which 86,943 were Crank- produced, production ending in 1965. shaft.

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The Dart body has no doors that gives additional strength overall to the vehicle. To gain access into the car the seats The Goggo- mobil can be lifted and moved backwards in one movement due to the parallelogram fixture under both seats. The driver or Coupe. Powered by passenger can then step over the side of the car, be seated and lower the seat. a 400cc en- gine this The body consists of only two major parts, an upper part of was a beau- the body shell and a lower part, these were fibre glassed tiful looking car with a huge curved rear window giving ex- together and a black rubber decorative strip 50mm wide ceptional rear vision. It was released in 1957 in Germany hides the join. was one of the The windscreen is from a Renault Dauphine and there is a most elegant waterproof material folding hood that can be totally re- looking cars of moved from the car, removable side curtains are a stan- this period. dard fitting. The Goggomobil The little car has only two bad points, firstly ladies in tight coupe converti- skirts have difficulty climbing into the vehicle over the ble. Only 6 pro- sides, wearing jeans is much easier. Secondly if you are totypes made in inside the vehicle and it is raining and you wish to get out, Germany and the side window has to be removed, the hood unclipped never entered from the windscreen and rolled back, step over the side, production. Only 15 examples were made in Australia vary- lean back in to refasten the hood to the windscreen and ing slightly from the German model. A full convertible for refit the side window. By this time you are thoroughly two adults and two children (or small adults) in the rear drenched and wet through unless you are wearing water- seat. Powered proofs. by a 400 cc en- Dart chassis show- gine. ing complete floor replacement The Goggomobil Carryall Van. Perhaps the The Dart was an in- most sought af- stant best seller at ter Goggomobil $1370 (685 pounds). as only 11 to 15 Initially it was fitted were made of with a 300cc engine which 7 remain. but soon the 400cc Powered by a 400 cc engine. This was another design and engine became avail- entirely Australian. able from Germany. Top speed was 101 to 105 Kilometres per hour and around 4.9 litres per 100 kilometres When the Goggo sedan became available to the public it sold for $1244 (622 of our old pounds at the time). It was A Dart was air freighted to the German factory for ap- the cheapest car on the Australian market. The sedan was praisal for the European market but the powers to be in the powered by a 300cc twin cylinder two stroke mounted in Dingolfing factory decided not to put it into production, due the rear with 13 kw of power. It would happily rev up to to the difficulty with the hood when entering and exiting 5000 rpm giving a top speed of 85 to 90 kilometres per which was certainly not conducive to the severity of the hour along a flat road. This engine was designed and built European winters plus the fact the body would be difficult in the Goggo factory in Germany. to press into shape in metal and they did not wish to com- mence manufacturing in fibre glass. Next came the very attractive coupe with the more pow- erful the 400cc engine (jokingly referred to as “the big block A few Darts have doors, either two or one and some own- engine”), this increased the speed from 90 to100 kilome- ers have claimed they were factory fitted, however at the tres per hour and was priced at $1440 (720 of the old time there were quite a few fibreglass companies who did pounds). this aftermarket as there are many variations, size, posi- tioning, hinges used and lock types, also the quality of the Buckles realised there was an opportunity for a small and work. On discussing this point with Bill Buckle he had no inexpensive sports car. Bill drew up drawings and a proto- recall of factory fitting doors and in his words, “We were too type was made by Stan Brown, formerly of the famous Lo- busy fulfilling orders for Darts to be worrying about putting tus car company. The prototype was made in aluminium doors in”. During the two and a half years production run and from this were taken the moulds to make the fibre 700 Darts were manufactured out of a total 1750 Goggo- glass body. Fortunately the running gear, chassis and en- mobil. gine are common to the five different models made in Aus- tralia and this commonality made production a lot simpler The Goggomobil Carryall Van. Perhaps the most sought and easier. after Goggomobil as only 15 to 18 were made of which 7

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remain. Like the Dart the Carryall was entirely designed of the Blaster Group who market a large range of pene- and made in Australia. A van, the Transporter was made in trants, lubricants, silicons and a whole range of products Germany with an all metal body but the shape and design for the automotive industry. This collection of Goggo is rare is entirely different to the Carryall. as it is the only collection in Australia of the five different The roof of models that have been restored back to the exact condition as they left the Punchbowl factory between 1959 and 1962. the Carryall was taken If you would like to see these vehicles please phone from a Chris Nobbs at 0400 027 554 or David Nobbs at 0417 139 mould of a 911 for a suitable time for you to inspect them at our Castle Holden FC Hill warehouse. station PB Penetrating Catalyst The world famous PB Wagon and B’laster Penetrating Catalyst is more than just the wind- great. PB quickly breaks loose surface tension screen also rust and corrosion by creeping up, around and from a FC. into hard-to-reach cavities. It’s ideal for brake, The bottom exhaust and suspension system jobs. Plus, lubri- of the vehi- cating film remains on parts to help prevent fur- cle is that ther rusting. PB is not just another chemical; it’s a of a Dart and once again where the body panels join is hid- tool which eliminates the use of cheater bars and den by the same black rubber strip as on the Dart. The torches. Saves time and additional costly cargo roller door on the kerb side is also flexible fibre glass. repairs. There is no passenger’s door; their entrance would be through the roller door. The floor is waterproof marine Graphite Dry Lube Graphite Dry Lube spray grade plywood above the platform chassis. The passen- forms a quick-drying film that provides long- ger’s seat folds forward to give additional cargo space. The wearing lubrication and protection from extreme engine is contained in its own box shaped compartment at pressures and temperatures (-100°F to 850°F). the very rear and when driven is very noisy due to the re- The high-performance formula bonds to rubber, verberations from the non-sound proofed engine compart- metal, wood and plastic. It lubricates and protects ment. surfaces from extreme pressures and friction, and it reduces metal wear to ex-tend equipment life. The Carryall in the photos is sign written in the style of a Graphite Dry Lube can be used anywhere a dry lubricant is 1960 Goggomobil service and spare parts delivery van with essential - chains, locks, outdoor power equipment or auto- the old address and phone number of Buckle Motors Wil- motive engines. liam Street showroom. Industrial uses include plant machinery and handling equip- Our van was found in the Hunter Valley of New ment, winches, sprockets, die casting machines and pre- South Wales where it had been stored unused for 15 assembly lubrication of moving parts. years. The Carryall floor had severe rust due to the mois- ture in the dirt floor where it had been stored. Heavy arti- Blaster Group Pty Ltd Phone: 02 98947360 | Fax: 02 cles had been stored on its roof and being a large fibre 9894 7960 email: [email protected] | glass area, had distorted badly also the sides of the vehicle www.blastergroup.com.au were distorted causing considerable time and effort to re- store back to the normal. The most common remark heard when the Carryall is exhibited is “I didn’t know there was This article has been reprinted from The Automobile such a thing as a Goggomobil van”. Engineer with their kind permission and the permission of It seems everybody remembers the Yellow Pages author David Nobbs. TV advertisement where a Scotsman was phoning around for a part for his Goggomobil. That was back in 1991 and if you drive a Goggomobil today you will still hear that line, “G O G G O, No, No, not the Dart!” constantly directed at you MANJIMUP FESTIVAL and your car. It really made the little car famous. The demise of the Goggomobil is Australia was the I am getting in touch to invite you to Manjimup to be part of advent of the Morris Mini. Here was a car that held four the Manjimup Bluegrass & Old Time Music Weekend, September 30th - October 2nd. adults comfortably, a small luggage compartment, had a 4 stroke engine quite powerful with better performance when You will find out more about the event compared to the Goggomobil and was a “proper” car and at www.manjimupbluegrass.com was not much dearer than the Goggo. Other microcars also or register online suffered the Messerschmitt and the South Australian Zeta https://form.jotform.co/62231125921849 sedan/station wagon sales, died overnight. Goggomobils are still actively collected and displayed by enthusiasts in all states. The Goggomobil collection is part

Page 12 Early Auto September 2016 drive, fortunately all went well. We are getting a new member Midwest Chronicle who brought his old car (more details later) that is still having

The Midwest Branch has been fairly active over work done to it, however is licenced, and went perfectly. the past couple of months with working at the This time of the year there are the Agricultural shows shed, and outings. Our shed and grounds were in the Midwest, first being the Mullewa show, then Chapman in dire need of maintenance and cleaning up, so Valley, followed by Northampton.. rd early this month we spent Sunday morning On Saturday 3 September is the Chapman Valley Ag- burning off, mowing, general cleaning of the ricultural show that traditionally we as a club attend, and doing shed, also making a list of jobs needing done. so again this year. The forecast is for fine weather, so all’s good. This was followed with a BBQ lunch Last year it rained on the drive out and fined up during the The prime work needing to be done includes morning. My wipers picked a bad time to fail, needed to look gutter and drain pipe repairs or upgrading, also gravel supplied, between the raindrops. spread and compacted at the ramp into the shed to make the Discussions are underway to having a celebration for th job of backing up to collect our car trailer or return it easier, our branch’s 40 birthday (well, it’s 41 now, and may end up nd and out the back for our compressor shed where the ground being the 42 ). Can’t rush these things. A request has been put has been eroded by the wind, a good load of gravel there, too. in for our club shed to be painted before the event, so that has This is being organised now and hopefully completed soon. been measured up to calculate the paint needed. More later. The downpipes are in the process of being replaced or installed, My 1925 Dodge tourer was overhauled last in the 80’s and new gutters installed on several sections of the roof that in South Australia, and I don’t know if it was before or then that hasn’t had gutters before. Maybe finished for the final rain of the roof was done, and was not correct, narrowing to the front. the season. As a result the roof couldn’t be folded back into the rests. I Like a lot of the Midwest we have received good rain managed to get a set of the clamps for the roof to fold into, had this year, and the farmers are happy with the crops. The canola the hood irons repaired and new bows made and the fabric is a carpet of yellow, and one crop I saw recently, higher then replaced as it was rotting and coming apart. That was done mid the fence. Now is the time for us to have drives in the country, last year, and I have just had the side curtains replaced as the it’s the best time of the year, probably August to November. old ones wouldn’t fit with the roof repaired. When I went to A group of us met recently and drove to the pick it up the day was very cold so I rugged up in preparation Greenough Hamlet tea rooms for morning tea, a lovely day out for a windy drive home, but the new side curtains did their job, using back roads to keep off the highway. It was the first run for it was a lovely warm drive. I just need to drive it in the rain for my 1915 Ford T since the end of last year, having had a major the final test. overhaul. I took it for about 1km test run before the Sunday Till next time Take care on the roads Midwest Mike

STALE PETROL checked everything over and painted it and the tank was over half full and the engine hadn't run for over 60 years, I I have read how petrol changes lit the blow lamp to heat the hot bowl and it started straight in August EA. And I can relate to it I up. It has since run many times and I think it still has the have noticed how a car with old petrol same fuel in it. in the tank especially with hand crank vehicles won't start or go too well. You I asked a chap who sells fuel additives he said use can have an old car that normally starts some fuel additive and the old diesel will be OK to use the straight up but with old petrol the engine will fire up as old diesel but we never used the additive and it is OK. usual and will fire with each pull up but won’t pick up and run, it will go with a tow or other means of turning the en- John Smith, gine over quickly. Something not mentioned in the article that I have experienced with petrol evaporation is the carburettor it will dry up and gum can form and block or restrict the jets mak- ing the old vehicle do strange things when you come to start it. Very often after it has had a run for a while and been topped up with petrol everything gets back to normal. Because it fires so easily and fires with each crank a weak spark or mixture is blamed when it is most likely bad petrol. I like to keep my tanks low and put good petrol in when I start them. It is a trade off between bad petrol in the tank and condensation in the fuel. It is a personal choice all my old cars have a water trap within the strainer and fuel tap so I choose the empty tank way. Diesel is a different matter while it will get very dark when it gets old it will still work well, not that long ago I re- stored a 60 to 70 year old Lanz tractor for a friend I

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very obvious ones but surprising how many times these Rootes Rambles 2016 let us down on runs to events. This list could go on but I hope we are all at least giving some thought to preparing Hillman Humber Singer our steeds for the trips ahead. Don't forget the Humber Rootes new initiative and en- Sunbeam Commer Karrier sure that we all have a Day Night reflective vest in our cars when we attend any club runs or better still at "All Spring is in the Air so we hope Times". that all of the Rootes vehicles How many of us carry Fire Extinguishers? have been coaxed out of the Shed and given a Spring Hello to Alan and Sue wherever you are, by the posts on Clean and Service in readiness for the usual busy sea- Facebook it looks as if you are having a wonderful trip. son. Please don't forget that as there are no longer An- Apologies for not having the Rootes Roundup posted in nual Inspections it is a good idea to ensure that your ve- "Events" in Early Auto but it was and still is listed in hicles have been given an independent check at least Events on the VCC Website so another reason for all once a year. What tends to become the "Norm" for some members who have access to the website to regularly owners may result in expensive Breakdowns on club check. Maybe a disconnect that we will look at next outings. I don't claim to be the expert in this regard but time. By the time you read this we will have had our have been guilty in the past of Putting Off some repairs test run up Kalamunda Hill on the 3rd Sept to run a Sau- and then paying the price which is both expensive and sage Sizzle at Bunnings and hopefully add some funds embarrassing. Also a good idea to give some thought to to our ever dwindling bank account as well as attending what has or may have been deteriorating while our cars the VCC open day. on the 11th. have been stored away for winter. So Forthcoming events as follows. Tyres, remember the talk we had at a Club meeting re- garding life expectancy as well as the obvious problems Oct 2nd Rotary / Wesley College. of just standing still for long periods. Petrol, an excellent Oct 9th Rootes Roundup at Stirk Park Kalamunda. article in last months EA. Brake fluid, is very hydro- 16th Oct Spring Auto Jumble , 30th Oct British All Clas- scopic and absorbs water, when was it last changed? sic at El Cabalo. 13Th Nov Brockwell Run, 27th Nov Brake Hoses, an excellent reason to get the car in- Xmas party at Garvey Park. spected as they also deteriorate unseen. Most of our Rootes Roundup: Its time to get the Expression of Inter- cars have single circuit brakes, lose one line and lose all est Forms in to us so we can plan on numbers. brakes. Radiator Water , when was this last changed or treated? Any impurities that happen to land in the bottom Until Next Month “Keep the Lucas leads Dry and the of the engine block will collect and sludge up or even Rootes Boots Scooting." solidify over time so maybe consider flushing the block Deputy Darryl : 0478603424 as well as the radiator. Radiator Hoses and Fan Belts, email: [email protected]

NEW MEMBERS

Applications for membership have been received from the following people and will be presented to the September general meeting of the Club:

Mrs & Mrs Martinovich – Gin Gin 1967 Camaro SS 2 Door Fleur Johnson – Balga,1955 Austin A30 Sedan 2 Door, 1952 Austin A30 Sedan 4 Door Wayne & Michelle Mayo – Cloverdale, 1942 Bren Gun Carrier LP2A Otto Hilhorst & Carol Dowling – Mosman Park, 1926 Rover 9/20 Roadster Brod & Jan Brown – Wellard, 1972 Jaguar XJ6 Sedan, 1985 Jaguar XJ6 Sedan Michael & Beverley Taylor – Dianella, 1978 Holden Belmont Ute Nadine Brazil & James Tsanakas – Clarkson, 1966 Austin Healey Roadster Patrick Sayers & Sharon Zappelli – Kalgoorlie, 1954 FJ Holden Sedan Richard & Linda McNamee – Martin, 1968 Isuzu Bellett Sedan Sandra Tyler & Don O’Donnell – Dumbleyung, 1983 Holden Kingswood Ute, 1974 Holden Kingswood Ute Wayne & Mandy Johnson – Kalgoorlie, 1924 Fiat 501 Tourer, 1934 Rover 14 Saloon Maureen & Denis Casselton – Busselton, 1968 VW Sedan

Page 14 Early Auto September 2016 An Automobile Museum Tour of the USA Part 1

Recently Marg and I completed a 10,000 mile journey from San Francisco via Los Angeles, Phoenix Arizona, Flagstaff, Cortez Colorado, Bryce Canyon Utah, Las Vegas Nevada, Yosemite NP California via Death Valley, Reno NV, Mount Shasta, Crater Lake Oregon, Portland and then Seattle WA. From there we joined a cavalcade of Buicks and headed across to the East Coast via Yellowstone NP, Minneapolis MN, Indianapolis Indiana, finishing up in Allentown Pennsyl- vania which is approx. 80 miles from New York. The whole tour took us 73 days to complete and resulted in some 7500 photos being taken! In all we travelled through 19 States and visited numerous National Parks and vis- ited many outstanding Motor Museums. We picked up a rental in San Francisco and handed it back in Allentown. We were fortunate to get an upgrade to a Buick Enclave SUV which proved to be a good choice for the mountainous terrain we travelled through and fitted in nicely with our Buick cavalcade later on. It also helps to have a larger more powerful car to keep up with the road conditions as it is common for traffic to be trav- elling at least 10mph over the legal limit which is 80mph on many of the Motorways. It also helped to cope with the trucks which are like road trains on the motorways and don’t slow down for anybody! We were fortunate to get a few tips from our American places to visit and our first Auto Museum was at Danville not far from San Fran. The “Blackhawk“, is a privately owned Mu- seum open to the public located adjacent to a university. On two floors with the upper floor dedicated to the early settle- ment of the Americas and the various battles with the Red Indians. There is one huge diorama depicting the battlefields with miniature soldiers and Indians complete with tents and military paraphernalia. As usual the vehicles displayed were in immaculate condition and quite diverse better explained in the attached photos.

This Aston Martin… doesn’t look like it does it?, is actually a Bertone Spider, this being one of three roadsters built. A magnificent looking car built is 1954 for an American industrialist was displayed at the New York Motor show in the same year.

As a complete contrast the 1886 Benz Patent Motorcar is an immaculately constructed rep- lica. Sporting a one cylinder 954cc engine producing a whopping 0.75hp @ 400rpm, this was considered by Carl Benz to be a much simpler design than a 4 wheel configuration.

In Part 2 I will describe the collection at the Petersen Museum at Los Angeles.

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The Last Harrah...... Early start for Saturday and onto Ceduna. Filled up and no go! Checked known faults, Starter motor and Starter switch. Problem fixed with a new Well I didn't think it would happen. After going from 1 end to the other, battery terminal security switch. Continued on 300 KLM later, Bang. replacing Pinion bearings, clutch plate, brake pads, radiator overhauled front wheel bearing collapsed. cleaned, repacked and limped next 30 km etc there was always a delay. at 25 KPH into Wudinna to the local Garage at 450pm. Well discussed My plans, a return trip driving my 1927 Studebaker to Victoria to catch situation with David (Mechanic) Found digs for a few days, removed up with family and friends. bearing and cone for David to take to Port Augusta to try for another. Finally hit the road Tuesday 19th July, up early and on the road. Car ran Sunday decided to send out Emails to a few people, these were for- like a dream up Greenmount setting a good feeling for a long trip. Be- warded out to others. By Sunday Arvo I had Emails, phone calls and sides petrol stops, the trip was uneventful with beautiful scenery. messages responses from WA, SA, Vic & NSW as far as I know. Our first overnight stop being Coolgardie, with an enormous The amount of support and information forwarded to me was amazing. I 11 hour sleep, met Jeff and Chris Ellis, (Members of VCC). had a good found out the Front Wheel Bearings in my car (BOCK) were bought out yarn about cars, as you do, with a mention of his beautiful FJ Limo's that by Timken's in the late '20's. more importantly the part numbers re- I've seen and admired many a time. mained the same. No luck in Port Augusta. After missing a turn, went via Kalgoorlie, more dust n tumble- Monday came around, so, many phone calls later, with Tim- weed. ken's info given to David. By midafternoon bearing sourced in Mel- Met up with Jeff and Chris again at Balladonia for a relaxing cuppa and bourne at 220pm. Then the wait to see if physically the same. chat. A good break and distraction off the road. Then cruised with light Meanwhile I had to reassemble the car to shift because accommodation showers to Caiguna for the night. Stude running like a dream. Thursday, expecting bearing on Wednesday or Thursday. Phone call 1015 Tues- a beautiful sunny day, using 2.5 litres coolant, having the need to tighten day morning. Bearing in (Melbourne to Wudinna approx 300Klm east the water pump flanges. Ceduna less than 24 hours). I wish to thank all those that chased up Friday was the first day doing something other than driving. info, checked their spares etc for the effort. It was very comforting the Up early, beautiful and sunny. Eyre Highway runs within 30 meters of support from fellow enthusiast that something would get us out of the the Great Australian Bite. Took 3 different tracks to car parks and view- bind. ing areas. The scenery of the beaches and cliffs were absolutely stun- Car in, bearing replaced, service completed, packed up and on road by ning, well worth the time taken. Stayed at Nullarbor for night. 230. Cruised into Port Augusta for the night. car running like a dream. Saturday took more time out to visit "Head of the Bite" to see Wednesday easy drive to Adelaide where we stayed at the Great Southern Whales playing with their pups in our great ocean from Sands motel. I stayed there in early '70 playing junior sport. Besides a the cliff tops. whales were easy to see, unfortunately to quick for good coat of paint, decor still the same. very clean, tidy and welcoming. photos. Thursday spent sightseeing around Adelaide with a trip to the Had tail wind greater than 70kph (Hand out and wind at back Birdwood Motor Museum. A well worth visit, the presentation, quality of hand) followed by rain into Nundroo. The Nundroo road house was and variety of cars we represented. Separately a the display of motorcy- very rough on out side, but very clean and tidy inside. Beautiful meal cles was worth the view. Magnificent presentation. (Not a frozen reheated dinner like others). Met other travellers going on Friday on the road to Ararat and finally Melbourne on Saturday whale watching cruise on Saturday (Forecast Storms). with some sightseeing at Ballarat with the compulsory visit to Sovereign Hill. Car running like a dream, only loosing radiator fluid through water pump flange. Many thanks to John Muhleisen for the loan of his English Wheel Greetings From and Swagging Jenny. I must not forget a big thankyou to the ladies that bought along the cakes and bikkies we shared at morning tea. Peel Branch We had a sausage sizzle BBQ for lunch and from this we raise over Hello again from the Peel Branch. We are $100 for Les Simpson to pass onto the Pinjarra R.S.L. towards a still having a rather busy schedule going to new P.A. System. Thank you to everyone for supporting this gesture displays and Shed Fun Days for the menfolk that Les has taken on. and the ladies that want to get their hands I myself enjoy these “Sharing Days” and the next one is being dirty planned for down the track. Not sure what it’s going to be yet. We A group of us attended the Mundijong Fair and apart from the park- may have a demonstration in casting metal or lead wiping. Now all ing arrangements being invaded by non-eligible vehicles which left we have to do is find something for the ladies to enjoy us very cramped for our display it was a great day. We have at- By the time this is published Collie Capers will be almost on us and I tended this fair on several occasions now and it is getting bigger and am sure all of those that go will have a great time. The hospitality of better with lots more stalls and displays. God must love us lot too as the Collie branch is simply the best. Kerry and I will be in Queen- the weather was perfect for this event. We are looking forward to sland for the annual Dodge Brothers Rally so we are unable to at- attending again next year. tend but I will have lots of “Dodgy” stories to tell when I return home. On Sunday the 21st members gathered at my place for some tips Future Events 7th October Seniors Expo Contact David Munro on and tricks on metal work and panel beating. Morning tea was par- 0419946787 for details. taken and then the men headed for the shed and the ladies shared 9thOctober Vehicle Examinations at Ron West's Place. their craft skills in the house. John fetched along a mudguard off his 12th November Kwinana Fair Display. newly acquired Post vintage Toyota. Glen Hodda soon sorted out In last months E.A. I placed an inquiry about some windscreen pil- Johns dented guard and demonstrations were done on the English lars. If anyone knows where these came from or who donated them Wheel and the pneumatic plenishing machine. Mike had a rear to the spare parts shed could they please contact me on guard from his Renault 750 that needed some cosmetic work done 0417900617 Thank you Ron to it as well. The idea of the day was to share skills that we have.

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The Last Hurrah

Below: Peel Branch ladies enjoying their craft

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 Bob Beames and Anthony Naisbitt ad- miring the model cars Anthony makes.  Kim and Jeff the cooks for Xmas in July enjoying a well earned drink  The beautiful twilight cove (a sneak preview of what there is to see in Es- perance for the Easter rally 2017 Katanning & Districts Notes

Great day for a car run ,weather just perfect. Cars met at Wagin ram park for morning tea then off to Kojonup for lunch and meet up with cars from Katanning. Bad Luck of the day, went to one members car ,broke an accelerator cable in car park. Good news not far to run home, pick ute & car trailer. Lots of helpers all loaded for trip home. Regards Jeff

Esperance Branch

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Watts in the Jag MkII and Tony and Sandy in their Honda Prelude. On the Friday morning three groups set off one from Boyup Brook, one from Manjimup and Deb Weston and I from Albany where we had gone the day before to park our pooches with family. By dint of perfect planning and execution we all met up on route at Jerramungup for lunch before convoying in orderly fashion to Esperance where we had booked at a motel for the three days. Every one arrived in good condi- Where does the time go, another month almost done and tion and after a clean up we descended on the motel res- dusted and boy have we had some rain this winter. Looking taurant for dinner. back on the month as to what we have done. The weather in Esperance turned out to be better Last meeting we had special guests in Bob and Ros than we have become accustomed to lately and Saturday Beames who came to talk to our members about Rally morning was fine for a Trip out to explore Stonehenge, a West with a good response from our members. Merle and full sized replica of the original and worth the trip to see it. Norm played host for the weekend and took Bob and Ros Everyone was impressed with what we saw but when the on a tourist run, we had a lot to cram in before the meeting time came to sacrifice Gary on the Alter Stone we found but managed to fit in Cape Le Grand and the beautiful that John had forgotten to pack the sickle, so Gary was Lucky Bay/Hellfire Bay and then back to see Anthony’s allowed to live and will be able to tell the story of his lucky model cars he makes which are amazing. Following a suc- escape. Saturday afternoon was spent sightseeing in the cessful meeting some of us decided to go Chinese for tea area before dinner in the evening. Sunday morning was which 14 of us enjoyed. The following morning before Bob the open day of the Esperance Mechanical Restoration and Ros took the long journey back to Perth Norm took Bob Group and we spent time there looking at some of their to visit some of our members treasure chests. We had a fascinating projects and triumphs and talking to the dedi- great week end and enjoyed your company very much, cated restorers, very interesting. Hope we can do it again sometime. Following lunch in town we had organised to meet Our Sunday run at end of July was to Gibson soak with members of the Esperance branch of the VCC. On for lunch¸ a 20 minute run in pouring rain, it was very pleas- arrival we were greeted by Tim Bailey and a host of Esper- ing to see 38 members on the run, the weather was very ance members who had made the effort to come out and cold and wet but we did have an enjoyable meal. make us feel most welcome. After a guided tour of their This weekend we will have 12 members from around the impressive new facility they convoyed with us to visit John Manjimup area coming to visit us and take part in our Sun- Henderson's collection in his shed. Plenty there for every- day run, so hope I can have some pictures of their visit next one to marvel at including a massive Crossley 100 hp en- month. gine that was started up to demonstrate that things were Unfortunately the weather has been very cold and really far more interesting in the past. wet so not much activity at the club but hopefully when And then back to the Clubrooms for a great after- September comes and spring is in the air we will be out noon tea put on by the Esperance members. Everyone had there. a good time talking to one another until it was time to leave. Thank you again to all the Esperance members who went out of their way to make us feel extremely welcome and Warren Blackwood’s possibly a little overweight. Doings We all went to an enjoyable dinner at the Pier Ho- tel for the last evening, before getting ready for the trip The August meeting took place home on the Monday. in line with established tradition Monday morning lived up to our expectations and it at the Nannup Flower and Garden Festival. rained all the way back home, sometimes ferociously. Paul In a break with tradition it rained on us, heavily at saw his way home clear despite vacuum wipers, and a times. However, it was a pleasant day out and we suc- couple of river crossings east of Jerramungup that tested ceeded in holding our meeting before the rain set in. all of us, including the moderns. New members Tony Scott and Sandy Edwards attended in All in all, a great trip and John and Diane Jonker, their Honda Prelude to join the 18 members and after the Paul and Felicity Martin, Gary and June Watts, Mike formalities were done the bulk of the meeting was turned Askew, Justin Fallon, Tony Scott and Sandy Edwards, over to future events. Chris Marler and Deb Weston enjoyed themselves im- The main event in discussion was Warren Black- mensely. wood's long weekend trip to Esperance that was scheduled for the following weekend. Photos opposite show Twelve members committed themselves to the drive and Cars on show at the Nannup Flower Festival after all discussions the raffle was drawn on was won by Gary “the Sacrifice” Watts on the Alter Stone Felicity Martin. Gary Watts Jag and Paul Martins FX at Bandy Creek Boat The day dawned for the Esperance trip and the Harbour weather had not improved one jot. Consequently, most Bandy Creek Boat Harbour, the crew comparing notes opted to make the run in modern iron, with only the six stal- warts, Paul & Felicity Martin in their FX, Gary and June Regards Chris Marler

September 2016 Early Auto Page 19 Minutes of the General Meeting of the Veteran Car Club Treasurer’s Report: of WA (Inc) held at the Club Rooms, 265 Hale Rd, Wat- John Heydon presented the financial report, which was tle Grove on 25 August 2016 at 8pm displayed on the notice board at the meeting. John Apologised for not being able to attend the AGM and Guest Speaker: Mr Geoff Chantler was to speak on the June General Meeting and offered to answer any questions History of Steam, but unfortunately, Geoff took ill. Geoff re the accounts. Club is now operating with a new bank in Moor kindly stepped in and spoke on the colonial history of Bank of Queensland. printing in WA. Moved John Heydon/ seconded Geoff Moor that the report as displayed be received CARRIED Attendance: Vice President Tony Hume (Chair) and mem- bers as per the attendance book New Members: Apologies – as listed in the attendance book 1. Chris & Amanda Pierce – Leschenault; 1967 Ford Mus- tang Convertible, Confirmation of minutes for the July club general meeting 1967 Ford Country Squire Wagon as printed in the August issue of Early Auto. Moved Phil 2. Craig Loffler – Esperance; 1973 Holden Torana Sedan, Stockdale / seconded Lyle Metcalf CARRIED 1978 Holden Torana Sedan 3. Don & Cheryle McDermid – Wannanup; 1936 Interna- Business arising from the previous minutes - Nil tional C1 Tray Correspondence inwards and outwards 1965 Buick Riviera Coupe 1. Emails President/ Secretary/G Moor re email from Peel 4. Lloyd Eckersley – Ravenswood; 1971 Rover P6B Se- Branch re Branch metal badge designed as a fund- dan raiser. 5. Jeff & Monika O’Sullivan – Busselton; 1967 MGB 2. Email G Moor re Branch signage. Sports Roadster 3. Email and attached letter from Collie Branch re GST 6. Theo Politis – Pinjarra; 1964 Ford Galaxy Coupe rebate 7. Allan & Sue Laidler – South Yunderup; 1959 Wolseley 4. Albany Branch minutes to meeting dated 8th June 2016 15/60 Sedan 5. Email from John Heydon to Branches and Sections re 8. David & Natalie Burgis – Alexander Heights; 1963 Hol- GST refund and the need to refund monies to Treas- den EJ Wagon urer John Heydon (and the reasons why). 1979 Ford Cortina Sedan 6. Letter from Alex Kirkwood to Collie Branch Chairman 9. John & Betty Turner – South Yunderup; 1962 Stude- advising a successful submission to grant Hamish Pipe baker GT Coupe Life Membership of VCC 10. Roger & Hider Alter – Kalgoorlie; 1988 Chev Corvette 7. Email Geoff Moor re Cervantes car Show….should we 11. Colin & Verna Behsman – Esperance; No Vehicle yet participate 12. David and Vanessa Bartley – Pinjarra; 1968 Morris 8. Email Geoff Moor re display at Telethon Home Mini, 1972 Leyland Clubman, 1968 Morris Cooper Mk1 (Slatterley) ….should we participate and if so should Moved Phil Stockdale/ seconded Colin Salmon the persons we request a donation. listed be accepted as members. CARRIED 9. Letter from Department of Environment Regulation re Nevis Dowding introduced new members attending their Clearing Permit first meeting: 10. Letter re members at Donnybrook enquiring about  Daniel Jackson 1963 Chev Belair Branch formation  Rod Williams 1949 Studebaker pick-up and 1984 Peu- 11. Letter to Stefan Dumitro thanking Stefan for undertak- geot 505. ing the club Asset Register audit and report prepara-  Luke Sala Tenna 1960 Thames Trader truck that has tion. been in the family for 40 years. 12. Email from Kalamunda Shire re direct vesting  Les Jahn 1960 Mk2 Zephyr and BMW. 13. Email re Avon Valley Motor Museum Association pro-  Richard Laslett 1962 Wolseley 6/110 posal to bid for York Motor Museum.  Serge Doumergue has 47 vehicles with Citroens and 14. Letter and brochure “The Importance of Safe Driving” many other makes. brochure from VCC Victoria  James Bowyer 1975 Corolla Coupe. 15. Letter to VCC Victoria thanking them for brochures Vice President Tony welcomed each of these members to 16. Various accounts and membership renewals to the the club. Treasurer

17. Various returned newsletters to membership Reg- Section, Branch and Other Reports: istrar. Veteran: Nevis Dowding reported on the Albany veteran 18. Various advertisements and exchange newsletters rally being organised by Deidre and Harry Pyle together to the Editor and branches and sections where ap- with Bill Dixon (Albany). propriate. Vintage: Bob Beames advised of the Autojumble to be Correspondence inwards accepted and outwards endorsed held at Cannington on 16th October 2016. Moved John McLean/seconded Ian Baxter CARRIED Post Vintage: No report

Military: No report Business Arising from the Correspondence: Model T: Alex Kirkwood reported on the T Ford Signature 1. Matters passed to the Management Committee for atten- th th Tour to be held at Harvey on 16 to 18 September. tion

Page 20 Early Auto September 2016 Mustang & Shelby: Roger Bell reported that the Spring September 2016: Rally has been organised with an entry form in Early Auto. 3 Busy bee at clubrooms Several other runs organised..16th October Breakfast run, 4 Peel Father’s day display -Warnbro a social run to Bell home, New Norcia run, Ford day rally, 5 Studebaker section meeting and Xmas party 27th November. Veteran section meeting Humber Rootes Group: John Ley reported on the Military 6 day trek. Rootes round-up in October plus the initiative that each 6 York meeting section member will carry a high -vis vest in their car as a 7 Eastern Goldfields meeting safety policy. Parts shed open Studebaker Section: No report Military workshop Parts shed: Phil Stockdale advised that a Republic Truck 8 Vcc Management meeting rolling chassis had been donated to the club and is now in 10 Katmac in Katanning the parts shed. Steel bin delivered for disposal of scrap HCVC Bunnings O’Connor steel. Tyre changer repaired while Ford Fairlane sedan 11 Busselton Branch meeting still available. Esperance Branch meeting Vehicle Registrar: No report Mustang Shelby Castledare run Library: No report VCC Open Day Early Auto: Geoff Moor asked could anyone wishing to 12 Post Vintage Section meeting advertise items for sale to get the details to him before International drive your Studebaker day month end if possible. 13 Vintage Section meeting Regalia: Ian Baxter advised new members of the regalia 14 Parts shed open stock held by the club. Military workshop Events - Specific: 16-18 T Ford Signature Tour Harvey Busy Bee: Tom Saggers advised that a busy bee has 17-18 Military arms and Armour Cannington rd been arranged at the clubrooms on Saturday 3 Septem- 18 Warren Blackwood meeting ber starting at 8am. Post Vintage 3rd Sunday run VCC Open Day 11th Sept: Lyle Metcalf advised that Collie Branch meeting planning for the Open Day is well advanced with a broad Peel Branch meeting range of displays to be there on the day. Parking has 20 Military Section meeting been organised while a coffee vendor and sausage sizzle 21 Parts shed open will be available. Military workshop Club Christmas Function: Roger Bell outlined the role 22 Humber & Rootes Section meeting he will play in organising entertainment for the night. As Vcc general meeting well as the usual bouncy castle, a range of entertainment 24-25 Collie Capers will be available such as a magician, fancy hat competi- 25 Spring Rally tion, Christmas music, a secret word game while that plan Albany event is that Santa will arrive in an open vehicle. 25 Mustang Shelby run Rally West 2017: Bob Beames advised that entry forms 28 Parts shed open are now available. Each person who has submitted an Military workshop Expression of Interest will soon receive an entry form to- General Business: gether with accommodation details. Bob is promoting the 1. Custodians are being sought for the Club’s 1921 event with country Branches and has just returned from Overland and for the 1925 Flint motor cars. Esperance where there was strong interest in the event. 2. Asset register report prepared by Stefan Dumitro Events Coordinator: Geoff Moor has been appointed to considered by Management and approval granted the position of Events Coordinator by Management Com- to write off assets which could not be located. mittee. Geoff outlined his role to tie events together and Bits & Pieces: coordinate requests from third parties such as a request Jack Kuppens has a 1974 Mercedes for sale. Details on to provide vehicles for a display at the Telethon Home on board in Parts Shed. auction day. Geoff advised that Easter rallies would be Set of World Book Encyclopaedias available for free in the held at Esperance and Albany in 2017. The Albany event parts shed. th marks the 50 year of the Branch. Members need to be Nevis Dowding has a spark plus tyre inflator available for careful to register their event with the club/vehicle regis- sale (In good condition) trar to comply with concession licensing regulations. Frank Selley asked if anyone could help with a veteran Brockwell Run: John McLean reported that this year’s coil testing. event would leave from Wesley College in South Perth Merv Thompson has a 1950 Malvern star bike for sale… and not Fremantle. contact Geoff Moor. Events Calendar: The events calendar is on the Club website The raffle was won by Nick Rykers. August 2016: Meeting speakers: 25 VCC General Club Meeting September – Roger Bell on Falcon Squire currently 28 Albany Branch event under restoration. 28/29 Annual Perth to York Rally 31 Parts Shed Open Meeting closed at 9.35 pm

September 2016 Early Auto Page 21 Bits And Pieces FOR SALE See diagram attached: The horn is 12 volt and has been electri- cally tested and does work. 1909 REO 2 cylinder touring, needs full restoration, mechanically Process very complete except carbie and intake, need new body, $28,500 The Expression of Interest period will open on ono ph: Russell 0422219911 or [email protected] Friday 2nd September, 2016 and close on Friday (editor’s note – the vehicle is in NSW) 30th September, 2016. Those wishing to make an offer through the Ex- 1929 Chevrolet Roadster. pression of Interest process should do so on the Car is almost complete Missing is attached form and send to the Secretary Veteran the transmission and the rear mud- Car Club of Australia (Queensland) Inc. 1376 Old Cleveland Rd guards. For more details contact Carindale Qld 4152, in a sealed envelope, to reach the Secretary Ron on 0417900617 before the closing date of Friday 30th September, 2016. All Ex- pressions of Interest received by the closing date will be opened in front of a panel appointed by the Committee of Management of the Veteran Car Club of Australia (Queensland) Inc. on a proposed date after the closing date. The panel will review all Expressions of Interest and make their determination. There will be a reserve price set which will not be disclosed and the final decision will be made after all proposals have been con- sidered. The final price and conditions of purchase will not be dis- closed. The successful purchaser will be notified in writing and will pay the agreed price in full by cash, direct deposit or cleared cheque before taking delivery of the Horn. Contact: President, 9 650 X16 10 ply light truck Bob Burley on (07) 38860059 or email [email protected]. tyres. 4 with 70% tread, $500.00. 2 C1950s Malvern Start Auto Cycle. Needs restoring, plenty of with 90% tread, $350.00 spare parts available $750 ono. 1 with 80% Some early bicycle acetylene and kero lights are also for sale. tread,$130.00. 2 with Contact Merv 9450 2579

50% tread $100.00 B1928 Model A Ford Phaeton, going concern including lots of or the lot for spares. Plate DE 1928 Also licenced trailer. $18,000. Contact: R $850.00 Turpin, Ph: (08) 9841 3040 or 0427 448 889 for details 2 only 22 inch 1969 Fairlane 6 cyl manual. Sankey Beaded Edge Wheels NO Rust 5 ¼ Still with original owner,. inch centre hole $ 150 .00 138,000 miles $10,000 firm. I Registered enclosed car trailer suit small vet- Lay By avail. Ph 9881 5900 eran car $4200.00 Contact John 0417509255 WANTED

Veteran Car Club of Australia (Queensland) Inc. Sale by Expression of Interest For 1959 SL Bedford. Top section of grill with round emblem at 1915 Electric Klaxon Brass Horn top and Bedford letters about 65mm in size lower down, fixed to “Serious Horn with Serious Noise” 25mm square mesh. Also the cast iron r/h step surround at the Description rear of the cab. Two park light glasses for corner park lights (not 1915 Electric Klaxon Brass Horn Number front style under headlights as on R Model). One chrome handle 104146 manufactured by Lovell McConnell MFG Co of Newark NJ with wings and lock for radiator door hatch. One red or blue 1950s USA. Overall dimensions; The horn stands approximately 9 Transport Licence Plate. Also could Chris from Nornalup please inches high with a 6 inch diameter diaphragm housing and a 9 give me a call as I’ve lost your phone number. Contact: Jack Bar- inch trumpet with an oval mouth 8 inches high by 6 and a half rie Ph: 0447 990 447 inches wide. It can be left hand, right hand or vertically mounted.

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Veteran Car Club of W.A. (Inc), Meetings held on the 4th Thursday in each month (except December) in the Club P O Box 79, Bentley WA 6982 Rooms, 265 Hale Road (Cnr Tonkin Highway), Wattle Grove commencing at 8pm A.B.N. 16 234 602 729 Parts shed & library open most Wed mornings Web Site: www.veterancarclubofwa.asn.au Club room bookings - 9453 2728 CLUB CONTACTS: MUSTANG AND SHELBY SECTION PRESIDENT—Peter Carter, 39 Camfield Rd, Darlington Ph: 92521256 Chairman Roger Bell Ph: 9364 2474 [email protected] V/chair Michael White Ph: 0419 200 410 VICE PRESIDENT Tony Hume [email protected] Ph: 0457 678 898 Secretary Barry & Heather Leane Ph: 6262 0711 SECRETARY Alex Kirkwood Ph: (08) 9419 1654 Email: [email protected] Secretary’s email: [email protected] STUDEBAKER SECTION Mail to: 28 Concorde Drive, High Wycombe. 6057 (ALL mail to the Club Post Office Box as at top of this page PLEASE) Chairman Mark Trouchet 0431 515 991 [email protected] TREASURER Secretary Esther Robertson 0414 723 821 [email protected] John Heydon, 23 Melville Beach Rd, Applecross ph: 0409594885 Treasurer Leonie Wade 0419 969 783 [email protected] Treasurer’s email: [email protected] CONCESSIONAL LICENCE REGISTRAR David Reid 205 Bailey Road, Glen Forrest, 6071 ph: (08) 9298 9033 ALBANY BRANCH P.O. Box 307, Albany, 6330 MEMBERSHIP REGISTRAR Club rooms address:- Kitson Road, Gledhow Email [email protected] Aileen Stockdale, 6 Oxley Place, Darlington WA 6074 ph:(08) 9252 1292 Chairman Les Checketts ph: 0403 681 554 SPARE PARTS COORDINATOR Phillip Stockdale ph: (08) 9252 1292 Secretary Angela Rogers ph: 0428 411 150 BUILDING AND PREMISES CHAIR Tom Saggers ph: (08) 9293 1915 Treasurer Robert Hickling 220 Mercer Road , Albany 6330 ph: 9844 7476 MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE BUSSELTON BRANCH P.O. Box 428, Busselton, 6280 Lyle Metcalf ph: (08) 9498 2855 Club rooms address: Cnr Queen St and Marine Tce, Busselton Ian Baxter ph: (08) 9381 6808 Chairperson Rob Loof 22 Ryans Rd, Margaret River 6280 97573921 Esther Robertson ph: 0414 723 821 Email: [email protected] Geoff Moor Ph: (08) 9397 5515 Secretary Ian Ellson P O Box 430, Dunsborough 6281 ph9756 7978 SECTION REPRESENTATIVES ON MANAGEMENT Email: [email protected] VETERAN John Oldland ph: (08) 9291 6254 Treasurer Nola Angus 2/77 Harris Rd, Geographe, 6280 ph: 97522773 VINTAGE Bob Beames ph: (08) 9405 8808 POST VINTAGE/COMMERCIAL Trevor Hooper ph: (08) 9447 2629 CHITTERING BRANCH MILITARY Paul Andrews 0416070217 Chairman Don Gibson 9576 1090 [email protected] MUSTANG SHELBY Roger Bell ph: (08) 9364 2474 Secretary Di Broad 9576 0311 [email protected] T FORD Alex Kirkwood ph: (08) 9419 1654 Treasurer Marilyn Martin 9576 0818 [email protected] HUMBER ROOTES GROUP Wal Riley ph: (08) 9299 6685 STUDEBAKER Esther Robertson ph: 0414 723 821 COLLIE BRANCH P.O. Box 379 Collie W.A. 6225 CLUB MEETING HOST Barry Peterkin ph: (08) 9448 9156 Club rooms address: Medic Street, Collie EARLY AUTO EDITOR Geoff Moor (see inside front cover) ph: 9397 5515 Chairman John Piavanini, 0418 931 285 [email protected] LIBRARIAN Christine Howell Secretary Hamish Pipe 9734 2747 or 0497 156 755 AFFILIATED CLUBS email: [email protected] Vintage Motorcycle Club of WA Secretary - Elliott Montagu (08) 9295 4742 Treasurer Wayne Millman 9734 2236 E: [email protected] Buick Owners Club of Western Australia Inc. Bev Nicholson (08) 9405 7451 Daimler & Lanchester Owners Club of W.A. Tom Saggers (08) 92931915 EASTERN GOLDFIELDS BRANCH South West Veteran Car Club, PO Box 482, Bunbury Club Rooms address: 13 Whitlock Street Kalgoorlie DATING OFFICERS Chairman Bert White, 63 Millen Street Boulder 6432. ph 0427 540619 Veteran Ray Coyle, 19 Irwin St, Henley Brook ph: (08) 9296 1046 Alex Selley, 5 Tuckey Place, Golden Bay ph: (08) 9537 3409 Secretary Garth Irvin 84 Davis St, Boulder 6432 Vintage Philip Stockdale, 6 Oxley Pl, Darlington ph: (08) 9252 1292 Ph (08) 9093 2445 [email protected] Post Vintage John McLean 30 Addison Way, Warwick ph: (08) 9448 2120 Treasurer Geoff Paynter P O Box 870 Kalgoorlie 6430 ph: 9021 5712 Military Norm Chester 3 Myrtle Street Walliston ph: (08) 9291 6767 ESPERANCE BRANCH PO Box 2409, Esperance 6450 FIRST LICENCE VEHICLE EXAMINERS Branch Email Address: [email protected] Murray Lizatovich ph: (08) 9299 6774 Chairman Norm Hanks 0427444125 Rick Beazley ph: (08) 9419 3149 email: [email protected] David Reid ph: (08) 9298 9033 John McLean ph: (08) 9249 9457 Vice Chair Paul Russell 0417099473/ Tim Bailey 0428619798 Glenn Hodda ph: (08) 9537 7052 Secretary Merle Hanks 0427444120 Philip Stockdale ph: (08) 9252 1292 [email protected] VEHICLE SCRUTINEERS Treasurer Judy Shaw 0427715180 Albany Phil Astill ph: (08) 9844 7086 Newton Powell ph: (08) 9841 4430 Rodney Goater ph: (08) 9842 6554 KATANNING & DISTRICTS BRANCH COUNCIL MOTORING CLUBS REPRESENTATIVE Chairman Alex Stevenson 47 Adam St, Katanning 6317 Ph 9821 8573 Geoff Moor ph: (08) 9397 5515 Secretary Carol McDougall email: [email protected] CLUB ROOM BOOKING AGENT Treasurer Garry Griffiths Email: [email protected] Gary and Pamela McRostie Clubrooms, Wattle Grove ph: (08)9453 2728 WEBMASTER MIDWEST BRANCH P.O. Box 1900 Geraldton 6531 John Oldland [email protected] ph: (08) 9291 6254 Chairman Michael Marsh 264 David Rd North, Geraldton 6530 SECTION AND BRANCH CONTACTS: ph: (08) 9938 1150 VETERAN SECTION Section Rooms, Wireless Hill, Applecross email: [email protected] Chairman Peter Partridge [email protected] Ph: 9454 5582 Secretary/Treasurer Chris Cox, 13 Tamarisk Way, Woorree 6530 Secretary Bob Henley 6 Carob Tree Place, Lesmurdie, 6076 Ph: 9291 7272 ph 9921 2012 [email protected] Treasurer Nevis Dowding 40 Wandarrie Avenue, Yokine, 6060 Ph: 9275 8994 PEEL BRANCH P.O. Box 31, Mandurah, 6210 VINTAGE SECTION Chairman David Munro E. [email protected] 0419 946 787 Chairman Bob Beames mobile 0419 276 411, Ph: 9405 8808 Vice Chair Ray Petty E: [email protected] 9582 1346 Secretary Lesley Gibbs 21 Bellevue Tce, Fremantle Ph: 6420 2535, 0478 599 563 Secretary Ray Blyth E: [email protected] Ph: 9581 1632 Treasurer Richard Whitehead 9 Anglesea St, East Victoria Park Ph: 9361 1258 Treasurer Judy Barnes E: [email protected] Ph: 9586 9097 0402002469 POST VINTAGE SECTION WARREN/BLACKWOOD BRANCH P0 Box 21 Manjimup WA 6258 Chairman Geoff Ellis [email protected] Chairman David Savage email [email protected] phone 97772903 Secretary Greg Ricket 19 Gladstone Rd, Leeming Ph:0438 861 954 Secretary Deb Weston email [email protected] ph: 0428464043 Treasurer Chris Rogers 1/5 Haig St, Ashfield 6054 0407969402 Treasurer Gerald Richings 9761 1613 email: [email protected] MILITARY SECTION YORK BRANCH P O Box 326 York WA 6302 Chairman Bob Wise [email protected] Secretary Paul Andrews 0416 070217 [email protected] Chairperson Gary Byfield 9641 1741; 0414 885 338 e: [email protected] Secretary Regina Michel-Huessy 9643 1074 e: [email protected] Treasurer Margaret McRoberts 9330 9752 [email protected] Treasurer Leo Pendergrast 0439 331 246 e: [email protected] Management Mark Sloan [email protected] HUMBER & ROOTES GROUP SECTION Chairman Alan Wegner Ph: 93104432; Mob: 0400443152 Change of Mailing Address and email: [email protected] non-delivery of Early Auto—contact: Deputy Chairman Darryl Ferguson Ph: 9378 9260 [email protected] Secretary Nikola Case 0431 534 136 [email protected] Aileen Stockdale 6 Oxley Place, Darlington WA 6070 Treasurer Gary Slater 9641 2805 [email protected] ph: (08) 9252 1292 MODEL T FORD SECTION Chairman Alan Long [email protected] ph: 0407 773 358 Email: [email protected] Secretary John Oldland [email protected] ph: (08) 9291 6254 Treasurer: Richard Brisbane-Cohen 14 Trillo Rd, Subiaco 6008 Ph 9381 8279

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Display at Bunnings in Belmont for their Family Night event at the end of August

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"Rootes Roundup" Humber - Hillman - Sunbeam - Singer - Commer - Karrier

2016 Hosted by The Humber and Rootes Group Section of the VCC of WA

October 9th 2015 at Stirk Park Kalamunda

Free Entry: Please enter from Kalamunda Rd heading East (Uphill) Follow directions from marshals. Time: Park opens at 8am cars to be parked and on display by 10am to 3pm.

Note: Exemption can be made for Country Entrants as long as we are notified to allow for parking space to be kept clear.

Entrant:

Address:

Phone # Email

Year and Make of Vehicle Rego:

Year and Make of Vehicle Rego:

Entries to: Darryl Ferguson : 5 Reader Place Caversham WA 6055 Hp: 0478603424 email: [email protected]

ASSUMPTION OF RISK AND DECLARATION OF INDEMNITY

I understand that my participation in this rally event may expose me, my property, my reserve driver and passengers, if any, to risk of death, personal injury, loss or damage, which risks may or may not be foreseeable, and I hereby voluntarily assume all such risks as a condition of my application to participate.

I have read the Constitution and the Rally Rules of the Veteran Car Club of WA Inc. In consideration for my being al- lowed to participate in this rally event, I hereby agree to be bound by the said Constitution and Rally Rules, and I further agree to save harmless and keep indemnified the rally event organisers, promoters and all club members, along with their respective officials, servants, agents and representatives, from and against all actions, claims, costs, expenses and de- mands of any kind, in respect of death, personal injury, loss or damage to me, my property, my reserve driver or passen- gers, however caused, that arise or are alleged to arise out of or in connection with my entry or participation in the rally event, except insofar as such actions, claims, costs expenses and demands are covered by an Insurance Policy with the State Government Insurance Commission or some other insurance company.

I understand all monies shall be refunded should my application be denied.

I declare that my vehicle is currently licensed and roadworthy, and that I hold the appropriate driver’s licence.

Signed Date Busselton 50th Anniversary Celebrations And January Rally th th th 27 -28 -29 January 2017 (Public Holiday Thursday 26th)

ENTRY FORM

Entries close: Friday 13 January 2017 LATE ENTRIES ACCEPTED FOR RALLY ONLY NOT FOR MEALS

RALLY PROGRAMME Friday 27th January 8.30am -Clubrooms corner Marine Tce and Queen St Busselton for historic drive 930am - start (BYO Morning Tea) (Light lunch supplied) we will be visiting two venues. Venue fees $3 and $6 per head if you wish to enter. Friday 27th Evening 6.30pm- Anniversary Gala Dinner Dance. 3 course meal. Set Menu (Bar facilities available) Busselton Senior Citizens Centre 16 Peel Tce Busselton. (Dress to impress)

Saturday 28th 8.30am –Rally. Pick up Rally Number and Sheets – Briefing at 9.15am 9.30am Rally start (BYO Morning Tea) Catered BBQ late lunch supplied. No mobile phone navigation APPs or GPS to be used while participating in the Rally.

Sunday 29th 9.00am- Static display and Trophy presentations at Club Rooms 10.00am presentations Morning Cuppa and 50th Celebration Cake

Entries to be sent to: Ray Morgan, 20 Klaehn Cres, Busselton WA 6280 by mail (including payment). Cheques/Money Orders made payable to “V.C.C Of W.A. (Inc) Busselton Branch” REMEMBER TO BOOK YOUR OWN ACCOMODATION EARLY Rally enquiries: Ernie Hunter97521898 General enquiries: Lyn 0408376131 Rob0419963185

 Please cut off here and keep top half 

DRIVER: NAVIGATOR: (Please print) ADDRESS: POSTCODE: PHONE/MOBILE: EMAIL: I AM A FINANCIAL MEMBER OF:

MAKE & YEAR OF VEHICLE: REGISTRATION NO CLASS (Tick below)

VISITOR (not a member of the Busselton Branch)? WILL YOU BE ATTENDING HISTORIC DRIVE? VETERAN/VINTAGE to 1930 POST VINTAGE 1931 to 1960 POST VINTAGE 1961 to 1990 MOTOR CYCLE MODERN VEHICLE (May participate in Rally but cannot win)

PREFERRED SPEED (circle one only) 40 KPH 50KPH 60KPH NOTE: KILOMETRES PER HOUR Entry Fee: $10.00 per vehicle/m/cycle No: $ Friday Evening Meal: $40.00 per head No: $ For catered light Lunch and BBQ Lunch $15.00 per head No: $ TOTAL PAYMENT: $

ASSUMPTION OF RISK AND DECLARATION OF INDEMNITY I understand that my participation in this rally event may expose me, my property, my reserve driver and passengers, if any, to risk of death, personal injury, loss or dam- age, which risks may or may not be foreseeable, and I hereby voluntarily assume all such risks as a condition of my application to participate. I have read the Constitution and the Rally Rules of the Veteran Car Club of WA Inc. In consideration for my being allowed to participate in this rally event, I hereby agree to be bound by the said Constitution and Rally Rules, and I further agree to save harmless and keep indemnified the rally event organizers, promoters and all club members, along with their re- spective officials, servants, agents and representatives, from and against all actions, claims, costs, expenses and demands of any kind, in respect of death, personal injury, loss or damage to me, my property, my reserve driver of passengers, however caused, that arise or are alleged to arise out of or in connection with my entry or participation in the rally event, except insofar as such actions, claims, costs expenses and demands are covered by an Insurance Policy with the State Government Insurance Commis- sion or some other insurance company. I understand all monies shall be refunded should my application be denied. I declare that my vehicle is currently licensed and roadworthy, and that I hold the appropriate driver’s license.

Applicant’s Signature : Dated: / / SPRING RALLY 2016 SUNDAY 25th SEPTEMBER.

Suitable for Veterans to Moderns.

RUN BY THE MUSTANG & SHELBY SECTION OF THE VCC of WA inc.

Rally to start from VCC clubrooms.

ENTRY FEE $ 5.00. Send to; Roger Bell, 3 Armstrong Rd. APPLECROSS. 6153 Closing date Monday 19th September

Start time 9.30 from VCC Clubrooms. BYO Morning tea ..then an easy drive down to see a FLYIN by the Sport Aircraft Builders Club Serpentine Air field ,286 Yangedi Rd. Hopeland. Serpentine ……Food is available at the air field

PERSONAL DETAILS. PLEASE PRINT IN UPPER CASE

Entrants name …………………………………..……………… Phone No. ……………………

Address ………………………………………………………….…………………………………….

VEHICLE DETAILS.

Make and Model. …………………………………………………………………………………

Year. …………………… Vehicle registration. ……………………………

CLASS. Veteran Vintage Post Vintage Motor cycle Commercial Military.

AVERAGE SPEED. 20kph 30kph 40kph 60kph ( circle whichever appropriate )

DECLARATION AND INDEMNITY

I hereby agree to abide by the regulations and Constitution of the VCC of WA (Inc). In consideration of the acceptance of this application, I agree to save harmless and keep indemnified the Veteran Car Club, the promoters and organisers and all other Club members, their respective officials, servants, agents and representatives against all acts, claims, ex- penses and all demands in respect of death, injury, loss of or damage to, the person and property of myself or passengers, however caused, arising out of or in connection with this application, except insofar as same are covered by an insurance policy with the Motor Vehicle Insurance Trust or some other insurance company. I understand that all monies shall be refunded should my application be denied. I declare that my vehicle is currently licenced and roadworthy and that I hold the appropriate Drivers Licence.

………………………………………………………… …………………………… Signature of entrant. Date.