New Zealand Rolls-Royce & Bentley Club Inc Issue 12-2, 2012 NZRR&BC Issue 12-2 1 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 cars. $20 per copy including P & P. Phone 07 377 4117 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] ADVERTISING – pages 17 to 23 MAGAZINE EDITOR Tom King 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 Editor, Phone 03 339-8309 or Mobile 0275 880 767 Tom King, Phone 03 3398 309, e-mail [email protected] 191 Sparks Road, Christchurch 8025. Commercial Email [email protected] advertisements will be the subject to a charge to the advertiser. Colour advertisements are charged at $220 per half WEB MASTER Bob Barbour 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 a 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 the 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 Keith Hunter Forum which gives you instant, 24/7 access to advice and feedback from members worldwide on how 1/12 Heywood Terrace, Richmond, Christchurch 7391 to repair and restore your motorcar. Last but not least, this level of membership will also give you the Phone 03 366 4484 or Mobile 0274 355 220 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 12-3 is 22 May 2012. Cover: Glynn Williams took this photograph of the only Derby Bentley to be delivered new to New Zealand, B193LE, when he and its new owner, Brian Cuthbert, paused outside “Braeburn” in Wanganui during their drive from Christchurch to Auckland in the late 1980s. NZRR&BC Issue 12-2 2 Mainland Comment Well, it’s that time of year again when we gather for our given freely. For such a small club to be able to produce a Annual General Meeting. This time the Central Region has the magazine such as ours is almost an indulgence, and here again our responsibility of organising it, and Feilding has been chosen as a thanks are due to Richard Hadfield, who proposed the 24-page, A4 congenial meeting point in a part of New Zealand accessible by all colour format. This size means that a great deal more content some fine roads. This magazine’s deadline means that there will can be included, and in turn makes the editor’s role much easier as be a bit of a scurry to get it into readers’ hands before Easter, but we try to avoid the “two minutes’ silence,” club magazine, for the here’s hoping…. digestion of, syndrome. Ian and Anne Scoggins have been members of our Southern Region It has been established during the last few years for the National for several years, as they enjoyed their life of endless summers Chairmanship to last for two years, to give some continuity and between Britain and New Zealand. We are sorry to report that also to not stagnate, while moving the Chairman’s base among the health concerns have constrained their activities this summer, and regions. For this concept your editor would like, once again, to thought that Ian’s letter to Rob Carthew should be published here.