New Zealand Rolls-Royce & Bentley Club Inc Issue 11-6, 2011 NZRR&BC Issue 11-6 1 THE NEW ZEALAND ROLLS-ROYCE & BENTLEY CLUB (INC) The Bentley badge and Bentley name are registered trademarks of Bentley Motors Limited. The Rolls-Royce badge and Rolls-Royce name are registered trademarks of Rolls-Royce plc. NZRR&BC MAGAZINE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE Membership CHAIRMAN Michael Midgley MEMBERSHIP of the New Zealand Rolls-Royce & Bentley Club, Inc is open to anyone with an interest in these two RD 1, Culverden, Nth Canterbury 7391 distinguished marques, whether or not they are the owner of a Rolls-Royce or Bentley. Your Membership SUBSCRIPTION Phone 03 315 6445 or Mobile 0274 148 145 includes the Club Magazine (6 issues annually), the right to attend all Club events and activities, and to partake in Club Email [email protected] management. FEES: Registration Fee $ 10.00 (once only) IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN Richard Hadfield Membership Fee $115.00 (annual, reduced to $100 for prompt payment) 242 Sunnyside Road, R.D.3 Albany 0793 Family membership $ 5.00 (annual) Phone: 09 448 2248 CONTACT Membership Registrar NZ Rolls-Royce & Bentley Club, Inc Email [email protected] Rob Carthew, 85A Wharewaka Road ,Taupo SECRETARY Geoff Walls Phone: (07) 377 4117 Email: [email protected] or www.nzrrbc.co.nz , 4/3 Karitane Drive, Cashmere, Christchurch then APPLICATION FORM Phone 03 332 6387 or Mobile 021 786 652 Email [email protected] Club Shop TREASURER Philip Eilenberg 3B 21 George Street, Parnell, Auckland BOOKS Phone: 09 374 5901 or Mobile 021 928 041 From the Shadow’s Corner by Cal West, Product Support Manager, Rolls-Royce Motors Inc, USA. A compilation of Email [email protected] technical articles, specific to the Silver Shadow and its derivatives, reprinted fromThe Flying Lady. We include a set of MEMBERSHIP REGISTRAR Rob Carthew reprints of Know Your Silver Shadow from the Club magazine in recent years. $80 per copy including P & P. 85A Wharewaka Road, Taupo Silver Cloud/S Series Reprints 1955-1966: A compilation of technical articles from The Flying Lady specific to these Phone 07 377 4117 cars. $20 per copy including P & P. CHASSIS RECORDS Email [email protected] The Company’s Construction Records, which accompanied every Rolls-Royce and Bentley chassis (since 1931) TECHNICAL LIAISON OFFICER Post WW2 Roy Tilley through its production at Derby or Crewe, are a valuable resource for subsequent owners. They detail the original order, 204a Waiwhetu Road, Lower Hutt any special equipment, and the results of tests and inspections prior to dispatch. The records for all cars over 10 years Phone 04 566 0850 Fax 04 586 2937 Email [email protected] old are held by the RREC in the UK, and copies are available to members of that Club. The number of pages for early TECHNICAL LIAISON OFFICER Pre WW2 Eddie Riddle cars may be up to 20 or more. Records for a Silver Shadow can amount to even more pages and cost around $NZ150. 1 Wickliffe St, Mosgiel 9024 To obtain a copy of your car’s records, contact the Club’s Post WW2 Technical Liaison Officer, Roy Tilley, on 04 566 Phone 03 489 5774 Email [email protected] 0850 e-mail [email protected] MAGAZINE EDITOR Tom King ADVERTISING – pages 22 to 27 Classified advertisements pertaining to Rolls-Royce and Bentley are free to Financial Members who do not deal 191 Sparks Road, Christchurch 8025 regularly in Rolls-Royce or Bentley cars or services. All classified advertisements must be submitted to the Phone 03 339-8309 or Mobile 0275 880 767 Editor, Tom King, Phone 03 339 8309, e-mail [email protected] 191 Sparks Road, Christchurch 8025. Email [email protected] Commercial advertisements will be the subject of a charge to the advertiser. Colour advertisements are charged WEB MASTER Bob Barbour at $220 per half page and $300 for full page, payable to the NZRR&BC Inc. 27 O’Leary Road, R.D.1 Pokeno 2471 Phone 09 236 6556 or Mobile 027 280 7902 Sister Clubs Email [email protected] NATIONAL EVENTS CO-ORDINATOR Rob Carthew Many of us belong to several motoring clubs, ranging from the Automobile Association to perhaps the 85A Wharewaka Road, Taupo Zundapp Fanciers’ Club, and including along the way the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand; the oldest Phone 07 377 4117 established British clubs, The Veteran Car Club, The Vintage Sports Car Club, and The Bentley Drivers’ Email [email protected] Club; and our sister clubs, The Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club of Australia, The Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts’ NORTHERN REGION Club in Britain, and The Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club in America. CHAIRMAN Glynn Williams All these clubs produce excellent magazines, and your editor is lucky enough to receive our sister clubs’ 24 Franklin Road, Freemans Bay, Auckland 1011 publications on behalf of our Club on a quid pro quo basis. They are held in the bit of the library which Phone 09 378 7632 is at 191 Sparks Road, Christchurch 8025, and SAE will have copies speeding to anyone interested. Email [email protected] Otherwise, the current strength of our dollar might make membership of other clubs more practicable than SECRETARY Susie Williams usual, and membership of RREC is £87 annually, plus £30 one-off joining fee. 37 Maxwelton Drive, Mairangi Bay. The Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club in North America has made the following announcement, through Sabu Phone 09 478 3995 or Mobile 021 367 683 Advani, the editor of the RROC’s The Flying Lady. Email [email protected] “Digital Memberships - The Virtual Way to Go! Members outside of North America are NOW eligible CENTRAL REGION to join the Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club as an International Digital Member, at less than half of the cost of CHAIRMAN Roy Tilley traditional club members—just $US30. This eliminates two key obstacles for overseas recipients of the 204a Waiwhetu Road, Lower Hutt magazine: shipping cost and transit time. Phone 04 566 0850 “The exact details of this new programme are still being evaluated and may change once we have a better Email [email protected] idea of what people desire. Meanwhile, contact RROC HQ www.rroc.org to sign up—and do tell your SECRETARY Martin Taylor friends who might be interested in this new option but would have no way of learning about it unless you 24 Rangiora Avenue, Kaiwharawhara, Wellington Phone 04 470-7666 tell them. Email [email protected] “In addition to The Flying Lady as a PDF file you will receiveThe Event Lady and the Luxury Travel Guide SOUTHERN REGION by email, and you will have full access to the RROC’s www.rroc.org website including the Discussion CHAIRMAN Michael Midgley Forum which gives you instant, 24/7 access to advice and feedback from members worldwide on how RD 1, Culverden, Nth Canterbury 7391 to repair and restore your motorcar. Last but not least, this level of membership will also give you the Phone 03 315-6445 or Mobile 0274 148 145 opportunity to vote in RROC elections by email.” Email [email protected] From the Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club of Australia we have received “Overseas Subscription for Præclarvm: SECRETARY Tom King Præclarvm is pleased to announce that it is now able to accept subscriptions directly from Overseas Rolls- 191 Sparks Road, Christchurch 8025 Royce and Bentley enthusiasts. The cost is $A99 per annum worldwide (postage inclusive). Phone 03 339-8309 or Mobile 0275 880 767 All enquiries should be directed to: RROCA Præclarvm Overseas Subscription, the Treasurer, John Email [email protected] Hiscox, 74 Rose Avenue, Wheeler Heights, NSW, Australia, 2097 or email: [email protected] CLOSING DATE FOR NEXT MAGAZINE: Deadline for receipt of all material for Issue 12-1 is 22 January 2012. Front Cover: The Rolls-Royce 102EX Electric Car, seen at RREC Rockingham Castle event in June. Sabu Advani’s article appears on page 13 of this issue. NZRR&BC Issue 11-6 2 Mainland Comment Well, it has been an interesting year, and we look forward to 2012 peripheral to Rolls-Royce and Bentley history, but certainly in the hope that it will be better than 2011 has been. Most people relevant to the history of motoring sport in this country, and Bill are probably just as sick of hearing about earthquakes as the rest of Hamilton’s part in it. us have been in undergoing them, so let’s not dwell upon them. Work on the editor’s list in 11-5 of personalities we have known, The editorial team is very grateful to you, our readers, advertisers, and who need to be written about, is under way. Bill Hamilton’s and writers, for your encouragement during the year, and we Sunbeam passed into the care of Andrew Anderson, one of the look forward to publishing our usual mixture of Club events, founders of the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand in 1946, so personalities, technical articles, Company news, and history there is logic in Andrew and Mollie Anderson being our first during 2012. subjects in this issue. It is always surprising how much new material keeps emerging. There is some illness in our members’ ranks, and we wish our The publication of Jim Sawers’ article on C.W.F. Hamilton created regular contributors Clive Edmonds, David Neely, Eddie Riddle, interest both here and overseas, so that we have become immersed and Roy Tilley a full and fast recovery, as they are looked after in aspects of Sunbeam history we didn’t know existed.