CE E OTORC R a Practical Way to Fabricate RACING MANIFOLDS, EXHAUST PIPES, TRAILERS, CANOPY FRAM ES, GATES, and Many Other Items
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N Zeala d' Price $1.40 CE E OTORC R A practical way to fabricate RACING MANIFOLDS, EXHAUST PIPES, TRAILERS, CANOPY FRAM ES, GATES, and many other items. ~ ~-= N.z. o CAR STANDS * ALL STEEL TUBULAR CONSTRUCTION *MAXIMUM LOAD 1000 Kg PER STAND *HEIGHT FROM 330mm to 445mm *7HEIGHT POSITIONS VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF N.Z. (INC.) NATIONAL EXECUTIVE President: N. A. Dewhur st (Auckland) Club Captain : A. D. Storer (Banks PeninsulaI VOL XXXI No. 155 Club Vice-Captain : M. K. Holland [Manawatu] Hon. Secretary: Robert Duns, Canterbury August-September 1985 Tel. 64-461 Christchurch. Club Registrar: Don Bennetts, 714 Hills Road , Christchurch. 31 ST YEAR OF PUBLICATION E::ecutive: Messrs B. J. Barnes [South Canterbury], W. M. Birch IWellmgton ), J. W. A. New ell Ilsanks Penin sula], N. C. Skevin gton [Canter bury]. IN THIS ISSUE CORRESPONDENCE Club correspondence, including members' CHANGES O F President's Message 2 ADDRES S, mu st be sent to Celebrating 100 years, Part 10 3 The Vintage Car Club of N.Z. fIne.} r.o. Box 2546, Pan Pacific Bulletin No.4 8 Christehureh. Dunedin Road Races 9 Telephone 64-461 Historic Trophy Revived 16 Members should state 6 figure number from Membership Card. Once in a Life Time 22 Intending members should wri te to this address. Branch Notes 24 All Beaded Wheels correspondence and subscribers change Classified Ads of address to P.O . Box 13140. 33 BEADED WHEELS EDITORIAL COMMITIEE Chairman : Spen cer Barnard. Committee: Ken Macefield , Bruce Pidgeon , Bob Scott, Paul Giesler, Bob Entwist le. CLOSING DATE OCT/NOV ISS UE Mat erial for publication is the responsibility of this committee and should be forwarded to P.O. Box 13140, Editorial Se pt 2nd Christchurch , typed or neatly pr inted , double spaced on one Advertisements Se pt 10th side of paper only. Reports of res torations, events, road tes ts, historical and tech nica l articles welcome. No payment made to contributors. COVER PHOTO .The opi nions expressed in letters or articles in Beaded Whee ls are the authors' own view s and do not necessa rily The leather riding coat and cloth ca p were typical of express the policy of the Vintage Car Club of N.Z. [Inc]. the exciting motorcycle age shown on this cover by Derek Marge l1 s . PRODUCTION & Beaded Wheels is the voice of 'he Vintage Car Beaded Wheels is published bi-monthly by Purse Willis movement in New Zealand and of the Clubs whose Aiken Ltd, Christchurch for the Vintage Car Club of N.Z. efforts are fostering and ever widen ing the Inlerest ot Inc., at its editorial office, P.O. Box 13140, Christchurch . this movement and form rallying points for that ever increasing band 0' enthus iasts. The fascination of age Mailed free to all members of Vintage Car Club. Itself or revuls ion from Ihe flash y med iocrity of Ihe present day is drawing an Increasing number of Subscribers onl y Annual Subscr iption (6 issues] $8.00. motorlsl s back to the Indiv iduality, solid worth , and Individual cop ies $1.40. functional elegance that was demanded by a more discriminating generation and It Is to Ihese that Ihls magazine Is dedicated. ADVERTISING Rate schedule available on request to Advertising Manager, Regist ered at Pos t Office Headquarters Wellington. P.O. Box 13140, Christchurch . Phone 67-346. as a magazine. meantime on behalf of the Club, Geoff, a very big thank-you . From the President How many of you realize that this wi ll be the last Beaded Wheels before entries close for the By the time this reaches you the Club, quite distinct and separate Pan Pacific Rally? The year has Annual Conference will be over from the Executive meetings. slipped by so quickly, alr eady the and we will have our new Next time the Conference is in a entry forms have been out for Executive elected for the coming venue convenient to you , why not some eight months, and now in a year. Warren Birch has regretfully register and participate fully ? very few short weeks th e closing decided not to stand this year du e Some members attend fairly date will be upon us. September to business commitments. Warren regu larly, just like other calendar the 15th, in fact, so if you intend has been of immense value to th e events. to be part of th e First Pan Pacific Club since he first started on the In the annual report for th is Rally , what about giving the Rally Executive and we will miss him year you will have seen mention Secretary a break and get your sorely . Thank-you Warren for of the great debt the Club owes to entry in now before the last your services, and welcome to Geoff Hockley, who has retired, minute rush. And if you haven't a your suc cessor. And to all those through ill health, from the Club vehicle but still wish to take who stood and thus ensured that Beaded Wh eels Editorial part, get your name in quick in members do have a choice, thank committee. As he is also well order to be one of th e many you everyone. known to our readers, it is only marshals etc . This applies to May I commend the Annual appropriate that mention of this members anywhere in the Conference, held each year in a should also be made here , and our country who may wish to take diff erent branch, to all those heartfelt thanks expressed for his annual holidays in Christchurch members who are in the area and contributions over many years. at that time . There is no difficulty who wish to see at first hand how Quite apart from his work on the with accommodation at that tim e the Club's management operates. committee , Geoff has personally of the year, and we want to see as It is certainly an enjoyable social written countless articles, series, many as possible participate in occasion, but it is also much more. historical notes, and humourous some way in this final event A lot of hard work is put in by anecdotes, including Beach celebrating the centennial of the members and delegates and I am Racing, Grass Racing , pen por motor car. The venue, Addington sure they rec eive a lot of traits of some of our pioneering Raceway, was incidentally the satisfaction from their motorcyclists, "Sheerluck scene of the first organised mo tor achievements. In addition, the Ohms", and many book reviews car race in New Zealand, and so A.G.M. portion of the Conference and short stories. We hope that makes a fitting venue for the Pan is your opportunity to have your Geoff may still be able to forward Pacific . personal say in the affairs of your further reminiscences, but in the NORMAN DEWHURST College FORD SPARES New Ford parts From 1928 On 195 NEW WINDSOR ROAD, AVONDALE PHONE 674-857 AUCKLAND - Postal enquires welcome! PAGE TWO Celebrating 100 Years of Motoring by Leith Newell Part Ten C.W. Wood The Facts and the Fiction Was he the first moto rist in motor cycle engine experiments looking forward to th e ar riva l of Timaru?Certa inly Dennison and wer e su ccessful, or that it was motor vehicles, and he int ends to Oat es had driven th rough Timaru actually fitt ed int o a bicycle und ertake the fitting up and repair but perhaps P.A. Elworthy of fra me. of th e new means of locomotion." Hol me Station , near Timaru had THE FACTS: Thi s shows Wood was at least his Simms Welb eck motor ca r In Feb. 1897 th e Timaru Her ald thin king about mot or cars. th er e before Wood 's first ca r was report ed that Wood had built a on the road. Th e claimed dat e of tandem - thi s was of course a Cecil Wood's first motor vehicle 1902 for Elworthy's ca r, ha s so far tandem bicycl e, but could have road tested 23 October 1902. The not been established. been the source of th e date later first car built in South Canterbury. Cecil Walkden Wood born in quoted for a motor vehicle. In the Photo courtesy The Canterbury Timaru 1874, son of a same report it states " Mr Wood is Museum hotelkeeper , went to primary scho ol in Lytt elton wher e he wa s Du x, and was apprenticed in the bicycl e trade to th e Tourist Cycl e Works in Christch urch. He we nt as br anch manager to Timaru about 1894 . Many early motor ists had myths surrounding th em and Wood is no exception ; super salesman , a tendency to exaggerat e or mayb e ju st a poor memory in old age, who kn ow s. At the ve ry least the da tes claimed ar e inaccurat e. Cecil Wood bicycle manu facturer of Timaru did build th e first motor car made in South Canterbury but by the tim e thi s three wheeled ve hicle was on the road in October 1902 it was well out of date. Various extrava gant claims for Wood have been made, start ed pe rhaps by the refere nce to Wood in Johannes Anders on 's Jubilee Hist or y of South Canterbury, published in 1915. How mu ch eas ier it would have been to verify the fac ts then ! Claims of 1897 for first moto r vehicle built in N.Z.