HETNR Qld Inc. February - March 2021

Roy Gillespie President 0427 922 661 Lesley Murphy Secretary/Treasurer 0417 617 205 Garry Murphy () Events Director 0407 209 160 Bob Ward Dating Officer 07 5465 3912 Peter Wilkinson Webmaster 07 3300 3668 Sandra Purnell Editor 07 4687 7596 Website: HETNR-QLD.COM.AU and also http://hetnr-qld.com.au/galleries/

HETNR Car Club Newsletter

February – March 2021 Edition

Disclaimer The views expressed in this Newsletter are not necessarily those of the Club’s Committee or its Editor. The information in this newsletter is published in good faith and for general information purpose only.

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Hudson Essex Terraplane Nash Rambler Car Club 1. Volume 5 of 2020-2021 Australia Day at Ormiston The Australia Day event organised by the Bayside Vehicle Restorers Club did proceed with reduced Covid restrictions. There was not the usual car runs and lunch at a nominated venue as no club was able to meet the Covid restrictions for the number of people that attended. The event started at 6.00am and finished around 11.00am. Despite the restrictions, 772 vehicles participated with some 1500 “car nuts” from approximately 90 car clubs from far and wide. Only three cars attended from within our family group, Mick Trevor in his Rebel attended with another fellow (unfortunately, didn’t get his name) also in a Rebel and my Matador (representing BVRC).

Below is an article published in the local newspaper. Quite a turnout considering Covid.

Thank you to Bob and Jocelyn for the above articles.

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HETNR Qld. Inc Mid-Year Rally to Central Queensland Proposed Dates 7th – 15th June 2021 I have prepared a quick plan (of our Rally/Tour) of some sites that I thought would be of interest and which I would like to visit again. Of course, it will be good for Helen and I to catch up with old friends in our CHMC club. I think you would enjoy the club CHMC rally as well. It usually consists of some competitions and tours to surrounding places of interest. All up, this tour is 8 days long and over 1500km but during the cooler months. Roy is prepared to do a "Planning Trip" beforehand if that is what you think is needed? There is no definite word that the CHMC Rally is a "goer" but I can check if there is sufficient interest. Participants would need to book their own accommodation but we would like to have everyone in the one motel at each town, if possible. We most likely would only go for the CHMC rally (if it is on!) if no one is interested in this tour.

Monday 7th June Leave home (for us Mt. Mee)/Gatton/Toowoomba (meet up with others)/Miles/ Possum Park. World War 2 ammunition bunkers. Cabin accommodation – Distance = 390km Tuesday 8th Possum Park/Taroom (Leichhardt Tree) /Moura mine (drive through mined area and Moura information centre - history)/Biloela. Overnight: Motel Biloela – Distance = 320km Wednesday 9th Biloela (Callide Mine/Dam and Power Station)/ Mount Morgan (view old mine site-no tours available at present, Connection with British Petroleum and Caboolture identity, Malcom Newman) (Visit info centre)/Rockhampton (History of the Archer brothers). Overnight: Rockhampton motel – Distance = 140km (Option – tour to Yeppoon/Emu Park add 104km). Thursday 10th Rockhampton/ Gladstone (view coal loading terminal) Overnight: Gladstone motel – Distance = 108km All towns seem to have both motels and caravan parks (with cabins) for accommodation with prices varying according to quality of accommodation. If you are interested in attending the rally a suggestion is that you check out the accommodation online. Due to COVID people are holidaying in Queensland and therefore good accommodation may prove difficult if we don’t get in early. Friday 11th Free Day in Gladstone. Saturday 12th CHMC (vintage/historic cars) Rally Sunday 13th CHMC Rally. Monday 14th Gladstone/Boyne Valley/Builyan/Many Peaks (old Gold Mine) – Lunch at Many Peaks Hotel/ Monto/ Mundubbera. Overnight: Mundubbera motel – Distance = 268kms Tuesday 15th Head for home.

A few things to take into consideration: • as a group, decide if you wish to do the option to Yeppoon before making an accommodation booking at Rockhampton. Yeppoon seems to have quite a lot of accommodation but it also seems to be quite popular; • you can join the rally from wherever suits you but let Roy know when and where you will be joining the event; • you don’t have to stay with the whole program you may only want to go until, for example, Friday at Gladstone and then head home – feel free to do so. Please contact Roy on 0427 922 661 as soon as possible so if any planning is required it can get underway.

Hudson Essex Terraplane Nash Rambler Car Club 3. Volume 5 of 2020-2021 Mosquito Wind Direction Indictor (something different – courtesy of Peter Wilkinson) I have rebuilt Dad’s Mosquito Wind Direction Indicator as the timber rotted at the top and the propeller had previously fallen off. I did some research into why Dad had used RF 775 for the serial number and found RF 775 was one of the Mosquitos in 211 Squadron. Dad & Paddy in 211 Squadron were disbanded in Siam (Thailand) in 1946 – photo attached. From the one-page copy of Dad’s flight log I have, I see he flew TA297 with Paddy (Flight Sgt Harold McNabb) as navigator from Melton Mowbray, UK to Poona, India in July – August 1945. I believe they flew onto Singapore from there. Need to find who has the log book to find out more.

211 Squadron before disbandment Siam 1946 photo – Dad just behind 6 & 7 from RHS with his F/Lt cap on - could not spot Paddy. Below is some information on Squadron 211, Mosquito RF 775, Dad’s Asia WW2 Service and Mosquito Planes. http://www.211squadron.org/de_havilland_mosquito.html “June to October 1945: Yelahanka and St Thomas Mount Following initial conversion lectures, flying training began on 11 June. Aircraft now known to have been on Squadron charge at this period may represent the entire complement of 18. • RR277 (a Mosquito III) • RF588, RF653 ‘D’, RF661, RF710, RF711 ‘A’, RF729 ‘M’ (of AB Wythe DFM), RF751 ‘B’, • RF756 ‘R’ (of Russell and Spooner), RF 765 ‘S’*, RF775, RF776, RF791 ‘G’, RF819 ‘K’, RF950 ‘C’ TA500. • *Flown frequently by F/Sgt T Taylor from September to November. The RF serialled FB VI aircraft were all part of a batch of 300 with Merlin 25 engines, built by Standard Motors between December 1944 and June 1945, while TA500 was built by de Havilland at Hatfield. November 1945—March 1946, Akyab to Don Muang The Squadron moved to Don Muang in Thailand, arriving on 27 November 1945 with 18 Mosquito aircraft. After further expert searching at the UK National Archives, the seemingly missing pages of the Squadron Operations Record Book for December 1945 to March 1946 were found in the right place after all and have shed much light on this rather testing period, as have the log books and photographs referred to above.

Hudson Essex Terraplane Nash Rambler Car Club 4. Volume 5 of 2020-2021 Of the Squadron aircraft at Akyab and Don Muang from November 1945 to January 1946 18 of the available aircraft are now known: • HR568 ‘H’, RF588, RF653 ‘D’*, RF661, RF710 ‘W’, RF711 ‘A’, RF733, RF750 ‘L’, RF751 ‘B’, RF765 ‘S’, RF775, RF776, RF791 ‘G’, RF819 ‘K’, RF950 ‘C’, • TA500, TE595 ‘V’, TE598 ‘V’** • *Earlier reference to RF630 ’D’ appears to be an error, that serial lying in a blackout block, while other equally good primary sources, before and after the date of the doubtful entry, have RF653 ‘D’. **Like the RFs, the TEs were Standard Motors built aircraft. At Don Muang, they suffered a number of accidents on landing or in the circuit, and sadly encountered more serious structural problems with their aircraft, one of which broke up in bad weather on a long flight to Singapore, causing the Squadron’s final losses of the Second World War.” http://www.211squadron.org/1946.html 20.2.46 Lectures: F/Lt Friend (practical dinghy and escape drill), W/O Williams (re-arming, bombing up, fusing etc). F/Lt Wilkinson led four aircraft to Seletar (Singapore) for a main spar check.* * - need Dad’s log book to confirm this was Dad This extract from the Senior News, 5th Mar 2017, helps tell the Asia story for Dad & Paddy. https://www.seniorsnews.com.au/news/second-world-war-veteran-had-a-quirky-sense-of-hum/3150109/ “A lifelong friendship was formed with his navigator Paddy (Harold) McNabb, who was a teacher from Belfast. With victory in Europe, the war was over but Ken and Paddy joined the No12 Ferry Unit at Melton Mowbray, where they tested aircrafts. On July 29, 1945, Ken and Paddy left for the 20th Squadron. They travelled to Poona, India via France, Malta, Cairo, Habanyia - Barhein, Nagpur to Poona. From March 1946, they started ferrying Mosquitoes and Sunderlands to Singapore and Penang as well as Dakotas to Changi. They were involved with Air Sea Rescue for planes, after which Ken was in charge of the Air Sea Rescue Officers shop in Raffles Square. Ken was demobbed in October 1946, after which he did a business course, then worked with Wallace Arnold Tours.” Another source of information on Mosquito Planes - http://www.mossie.org/Mosquito.html

Photo of Paddy LHS and Dad RHS in North Ireland in 2006 when we visited Paddy. Hudson Essex Terraplane Nash Rambler Car Club 5. Volume 5 of 2020-2021 Rambler Round Up 7th February 2021 The day started off great and only got better. Leaving home early (as usual) for a 6.45am depart from our meeting point to our breakfast destination of Porters Plainlands Hotel, we met up with many members who hadn’t been out cruising for a while.

So, with everyone fuelled up and ready to go (after I had to change the battery in our convertible (I always carry spares)), we headed off south along the Highway to our destination, a total of 8 cars starting this cruise. Such a great sight in the mirror to see so many happy Ramblers cruising with their owners.

After a nice little 1 hour cruise at good old 60mph we pulled into the car park of Porters Plainlands Hotel to meet up with other members who had travelled from different parts of the state to enjoy a fantastic breakfast. So with many conversations and catch-up done and a fantastic feed we all saddled up again and headed off to our respective houses. We took a lovely little country drive home to stay away from the highways and city to end with a fantast day of cruising and friendship.

Thank you to all who made this another fantastic run with a special thanks going to Ted Hanlon, Ed Hanlon & Mark Hall, all members that travelled up from NSW for the run. See you all on the next one.

Garry changing battery over All lined up ready to cruise Cruising on the Highway

A great view from the verandah All of our members enjoying some great conversation and amazing food

Helen & Roy - 1937 Hudson 8 sedan Mario - 1953 Hudson Superwasp Ben - 1957

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Lesley & Garry 1965 Classic Owner Kristy, Driver James 1965 Classic

Kara, Jason & Kingsley - 1967 Rebel Gary - 1967 American Mick & Keith - 1970 Rebel

Driver Mark with Ted & Ed - 1971 Rebel Craig - 1971 SC360 Hornet John & Ken - 1975 Hornet

Leisa & Nigel - 1976 Matador X What a line up Sue & Bob Noddy (Morris)

Phil - HR Holden By Garry Murphy

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NAVIGATOR’S CORNER

MANGO VANILLA SLICE

Ingredients: • 2 sheets of frozen puff pastry, thawed • flesh of 1 mango, chopped • 60g mango crisps, plus extra chopped to serve (available at supermarkets) • 3 cups (750ml) thickened cream • 60g caster sugar • 3 tsp vanilla bean paste • 31/2 sheets titanium-strength gelatine, soaked in water for 5 minutes • 1 cup icing sugar, sifted • 2 tsp butter, softened • juice of 1 lime

Method: 1. Preheat oven to 200°C. Place each pastry sheet on a baking tray lined with baking paper and cover with another sheet of baking paper. Top each with another tray and bake, turning trays halfway, for 35-40 minutes until golden brown. Cool completely. 2. Grease a 20cm square cake tin and line with baking paper, allowing paper to hang over sides. Trim pastry sheets with a serrated knife to fit snugly in the tin, then place pastry sheet in the base. Set aside. 3. Process mango and mango crisps in a blender until a smooth purée forms and pass through a sieve into a bowl. 4. Place cream, sugar and vanilla in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to barely a simmer, stirring regularly. Remove from heat. 5. Squeeze excess water from gelatine, then stir into the cream mixture until melted and combined. 6. Strain the mixture through a fine sieve into a bowl, then cover surface directly with plastic wrap and chill for at least 90 minutes to rm (to speed up the process, place the bowl over another bowl half filled with ice). 7. Transfer the filling to the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Whisk for a minute or until smooth and soft peaks form, being careful not to overwhisk. Fold in mango puree. 8. Spoon mixture over pastry sheet in prepared tin, ensuring it gets to the edges and smooth top. Press remaining pastry sheet on top. Refrigerate for 60 minutes or until set. 9. Whisk icing sugar, butter, lime juice and enough hot water (about 1 tbsp) in a bowl to form a thin smooth icing. Spread onto pastry. Refrigerate for 30 minutes to set. 10. Use overhanging paper to lift the slice from the tin. Cut with a large serrated knife and scatter with extra mango crisps. Best eaten within a day or two of making.

It is a little time consuming but is worth the effort.

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EVENTS

IF YOU WISH TO ADVERTISE A SWAP MEET OR INVITATIONAL EVENT PLEASE EMAIL [email protected] INVITATIONAL EVENTS Jun 9-13 Cooly Rocks On Festival: – contact Garry on 0407 209 160 for more details or visit www.coolyrockson.com – more information will be provided closer to the date. Oct 29-31 on the Murray: Celebrating 50 years of Valiant Charger - regarding COTM 2021, given current and likely future restrictions on public gatherings in Victoria the Club has decided to move COTM to a new date for 2021. The Club feels this is the safest option as entrants will be travelling from far and wide. The track day will be on the Friday prior to the show weekend, and we are planning a reveal for newly completed cars on the Friday night. This is the week which also includes Melbourne Cup day on Tuesday November 2nd and leads into two major local car events – the Bright Iconic Rod Run and Yarrawonga Rod Run the following weekend on November 6 & 7.

HETNR QLD Inc CLUB OUTINGS Every Friday from 4pm to 9pm there is a car cruise into Elizabeth Street Shopping Centre at Acacia Ridge, corner of Elizabeth Street and Beaudesert Road, Acacia Ridge. This is open to all club members who wish to attend this event. Any further information contact Garry Murphy on 0407 209 160.

Mar 21 Non-meeting Event: Expo 2021, Rocklea Showgrounds (entry via Goburra Street) – visit website www.chryslerownersclubqld.com for further information – contact Garry on 0407 209 160 if you will be attending. April 10 General Meeting: A tour of Jacobs Well and Calypso Bay – meet at 9.30 am, Lions Park, Jacobs Well (UBD Map 308 D9) – BYO morning tea and chairs. Lunch will be at Harrigan’s Irish Pub. Harry will need to know numbers by 3 April 2021, due to Covid restrictions and rules. Contact Harry on 07 5534 6160 or email him on [email protected]. Directions from North and South – take Exit 38 from M1 to Jacobs Well Road – leisurely 20 km drive to Jacobs Well and Lions Park. May Non-meeting Event: Donna is organising this event – around Sandgate Jun 26-27 General Meeting & AGM: Overnight trip - Summerland Camel Farm – meet at Summerland Camel Farm at 10.00 am for morning tea followed by a tour of the camel farm commencing at 11.00 am followed by lunch at the Royal Hotel, 1 Queen Street, Harrisville. Dinner can be of your own choosing – either go into Boonah or opt for pizza delivered to the motel and for dessert – let’s have apple pie and custard – more information closer to the date. Geoffrey and Sandra are organising this event – contact 4687 7596 or via email – [email protected]. Meetings will be held at the motel prior to dinner. Even if you don’t stay overnight come along for the day. ------

MORAL: Politics is when you can tell the same garbage in different ways to fool different audiences and allow you to look good in every way.

These are little “Thoughts for the Day” which appear in the Courier Mail each day – they always bring a smile to my face: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit, no use being a damn fool about it” WC Fields “Don’t confuse honours with achievement” Zadie Smith

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descriptions were given so hope you know what they are. See the website for more photos.

FOR SALE

For Sale: I would like to sell my 1946 Hudson suitable for parts - $900.00 or will part out, let me know what you are chasing. Car is located in Mount Isa, North For Sale: Nash parts for 52/54 Nash Airflye models. I West Queensland. Contact Brett Szabadics Tel: 0418 have a complete motor, 2 cylinder heads, a gearbox 431 924 or email [email protected]. There are with overdrive, rear diff, water pumps, a back bumper more photos on the website. and dash gauges etc. Also, 1953 to1955 Nash parts – motor, bumpers, hubcaps, misc – Contact Bill Harris, Gawler East South Aust 0412 236 272. For Sale: Essex parts 1916 to 1923 front axle, 1926 headlight and rear brake drums. Contact Barry Sweetman 0435 596 203 or ozhudsonatgmail.com

For Sale: I have sold my Rambler but I have personalized plates that I’m wanting to get rid of. The WANTED Plates are AMC 660. Contact: Ben Campbell on 0404 001 331 or [email protected].

For Sale: Mick Kelly’s wife Tita is selling the following parts. Mick has passed away. Her mobile is 0412 818 Wanted: I am looking to get in touch with any 322. The parts are located in Redbank Plains, Qld. members who may have some spare doors to suit a There are more photos on our website. 1927 Essex sedan. Contact: Adam 0434 536 731. Wanted: Nash Airflyte Ambassador “Bathtub” 1949 - 1951/1952 - 2 or 4 Doors. Running is preferred but not essential. Contact: Robert Brotchie 0434 110 114 or email [email protected] Wanted: I’m also looking for a ‘28 Hudson Flying Man radiator mascot. Contact: Peter Ransom on 07 3359 2671 or email [email protected]

For Sale: This 1955 Nash was almost ready for the Wanted: 1927 Hudson side parking light. I have the road when a repair guy accidently set fire to the glass and bezel. Just need the bucket. Please contact interior of the car while welding a small rust patch [email protected] or 0419 841 119. under the floor of the car. Work that had been done prior is, the brakes radiator new exhaust pipes made Wanted: For 1929 Hudson – but not fitted but with car motor gearbox and diff all • Radiator shell in good condition, ie: plating OK, no good. Please contact the owner direct if you are rust. Shutters and crank hole cover not necessary. interested on 0417 592 837 Graeme. He is asking • Wahl hydraulic shock absorbers $5000. Note this is an RHD car and is located near • Driver's door handle incorporating lock. Prefer rose Phillip Island. pattern but pine cone is OK • Cigarette lighter/ash tray for rear passenger • Garment rail support bracket, must be rose pattern • Lock device for spare demountable rim and tire • Stop light • Taillight and number plate mounting bracket Contact Peter Ransom on 07 3359 2671 or [email protected]

For Sale: Contact: Laurie O’Connell (Adelaide) on HETNR WEBSITE email address [email protected]. No other The address is: http://hetnr-qld.com.au information was supplied. He will be advertising it on Gumtree in two month’s time so I will only leave it in Please contact Peter Wilkinson on our magazine for the next two additions. Also, there [email protected] are quite a few more photos which I have sent to Peter so please check our website for all items for sale. No

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Nash Motors - Cars, 1916 to 1954 (partly based on an article by Curtis Redgap) Continuing our story on Nash Cars Charles Nash takes over Charles W. Nash had become president of 1910; the giant automaker had been assembled by William Crapo Durant, who almost ran it right into liquidation. DuPont and other stockholders put Nash in charge when they ejected Durant; but the resourceful Durant had linked up with racer Louis to build a new car that quickly swept across the market. Durant regained control of General Motors by merging it with Chevrolet, in the end of 1915, and Nash resigned; most likely, Nash found it hard to work with Durant's loose accounting and lack of care for day-to-day issues.

With fellow GM veterans James Storrow and Walter P. Chrysler, Nash then tried to take over , but the directors resisted, and Nash ended up buying the Thomas B. Company. Former GM engineer Nils Erik Wahlberg quickly got to work, creating new cars for the 1918 model year. Aimed at the middle of the market, they used an overhead-valve straight-six engine, marketed as the "valve in head" engine; the bodies used flow-through ventilation to keep the air fresh inside. By 1920, in an expanding market, Nash was selling double the Jeffery record of 1914, and started a new company, LaFayette, in Indianapolis, selling an expensive luxury car; the company failed, but Nash used its factory for a new Ajax line of cars starting in 1925. These were later re-absorbed as the Nash Light Six, which boosted their sales; Nash sold an aftermarket "conversion kit" including hubcaps, a new radiator badge, and other logo-and-name components that turned an Ajax into a Nash, helping its resale value. In 1928, a new 400 series had six cylinder engines with four-point engine mounts and two spark plugs per cylinder to improve efficiency; it was marketed as "Twin Ignition." Like all the Nash cars before it, these were a success. The dual-spark-plug configuration may sound familiar; it is used on the new Hemi. The stock market crash of October 1929 came at a bad time for many automakers; Nash had been working on the largest cars and engines of its history - Twin-Ignition eight-cylinder cars, using a 299-cubic inch straight-eight engine that produced a smooth hundred horsepower, with overhead valves and a nine-bearing crank. The cars rode on a longer wheelbase, had synchronized transmissions, included automatic centralized chassis lubrication, and had an adjustable ride set from the dashboard. They were designed to look like luxury cars, and perhaps that was part of the key to their popularity in the Depression; they provided high

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quality, durability, and the look of luxury at a relatively low price. The 1932 models added to the formula, with the 142-inch-wheelbase Ambassador series. The stock market crash of October 1929 came at a bad time for many automakers; Nash had been working on the largest cars and engines of its history - Twin-Ignition eight-cylinder cars, using a 299-cubic inch straight-eight engine that produced a smooth hundred horsepower, with overhead valves and a nine-bearing crank. The cars rode on a longer wheelbase, had synchronized transmissions, included automatic centralized chassis lubrication, and had an adjustable ride set from the dashboard. They were designed to look like luxury cars, and perhaps that was part of the key to their popularity in the Depression; they provided high quality, durability, and the look of luxury at a relatively low price. The 1932 models added to the formula, with the 142-inch-wheelbase Ambassador series.

RM Auctions sold this twin-ignition straight-eight Nash sold for $63,250 in 2012.

In 1936, Nash started selling "Bed-In-A-Car," so people could lower the rear seat and create a level surface allowing two people to sleep in their car, with their legs in the trunk. (In 1949, fully reclining fronts let people sleep within the cabin; and in 1950 they had intermediate positions, and were dubbed Airliner Reclining Seats.) In 1937, Charles W. Nash, after two decades of running the successful née Thomas B. Jeffery Company, turned it over to Kelvinator's George Mason. Mason's condition for taking the job was to make it a reverse merger: Nash, then, took over Kelvinator, maker of high-end refrigerators and kitchen appliances. Nash-Kelvinator would be the parent company until 1954. Mason caused some friction in the early years by effectively cutting salaries and bringing in anti-labor specialists, but these disputes were settled in time for World War II. Next instalment in next Issue

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