NEW ZEALAND’S FOREMOST HISTORICAL MOTORING MAGAZINE No. 309 April/May 2011 $6.95 2011 NAtional motorcycle rAlly Behind the Wheel of an Audi quAttro A2 9 418979 000012 Club news from around New Zealand Photographs and information supplied by Mark Gibson, Horowhenua Branch. This 1927 Buick was owned by William Charles Barnes of Argyle Street Dunedin. He owned the company W C Barnes & Co which traded as the Mazon Shirt Factory in Great King Street, Dunedin. This photograph is thought to have been taken in the Taieri Mouth area approximately 1928. The picture is taken by Barnes and shows from left, his wife Emily, Charlotte Covic (nee Partridge), Ray and Harold Barnes. In the driver’s seat is my mother-in-law Madge Partridge (nee Barnes) and her elder sister Eileen. The car was sold in 1935 in order that Barnes had sufficient money to ensure his staff were paid during the Depression. He never laid any of his 27 staff off and continued to employ them even when their hours were reduced. Monarch Neverslip Tractor – This photograph was taken on 21 September 1920. It shows a boiler being dragged into the Mangahao Valley behind Shannon to the Mangahao Hydro Electric Project. The boiler was to power the jig line which transported shingle for the construction of the No 2 Dam. It is pulled by two identical Monarch tractors. Monarch Tractors Limited of Watertown, Wisconsin produced crawler tractors from 1916 until 1928 when the company was purchased by Allis-Chalmers in February of that year. The name Monarch did however continue to be used as a model name by Allis- Chalmers. These two examples are believed to be the Neverslip model 30-18 N from 1918. This model was the largest of the early Monarch machines and was distinctive due to its rear mounted engine with the transmission between the engine and radiator. This model continued to be produced with modifications until 1924. 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COLUMNS Production Typesetting & design by RGBDesign 4 President’s Message Printed by Spectrum Print Ltd, Christchurch. Closing Date for June/July Issue 4 As We See It Editorial Copy 27 April 2010 National Motorcycle Rally, page 20. Advertisements 10 May 2010 5 VCC Events The Vintage Car Club of New Zealand (Inc.) 6 National Office News National Office Phone 03 366 4461 Fax 03 366 0273 7 Mailbag Email [email protected] Postal Address 9 Timelines PO Box 2546, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand. Address 10 The Way We Were 12 Aberdeen St, Christchurch, New Zealand. Website www.vcc.org.nz 34 Two Wheels and Other Things Beaded Wheels is the voice of The Vintage Car Club of New Zealand (Inc.) and its 35 branches 40 Brass Notes covering the length and breadth of the country. The efforts of our members continue fostering 45 VCC Rally 2012 and ever widening the interest in this segment of our country’s history. It is to these people, who Behind the Wheel of a Lancia Kappa, appreciate the fascination of age, the individuality page 38. 46 Obituary and the functional elegance of vehicles from a bygone era, that this magazine is dedicated. 47 Marketplace Beaded Wheels – A very apt and well-known title however readers may wonder at the origin of the name. By way of explanation beaded edge wheels 52 Swap Meets & Rallies use beaded edge tyres that are kept in place by reinforced rubber beads, which fit into the rolled edges of the wheel rim. This style of wheel was a 54 Idle Torque distinctive feature of early motoring being used on early bicycles, many pre-1924 cars and most motorcycles until 1927. The VCCNZ adopted the title Beaded Wheels for their quarterly club magazine in March 1955 which was the successor to the monthly Guff Sheet.