BEA D IBBBLS NmZa VETERAN AND VINTAGE MOTORING SEPTEMBER, 1966 "HORSELESS CARRIAGE" In 1893 the first gasoline pow ered motorcar in the U nited States cruised down the main streets of Springfield, Mass., at a speed of five mil es an hour! This car was mad e by two brothers , Charles E. and J. Frank Duryea. In 1896 Henry Ford drove his first car out. of the machine shop in Detroit. Later, his system of machine-made, interchangeable parts, and assembly line production, put. motorcars within the price range of the man-in-the-street. By the beginning of the 20th century, 8,000 motorcars were re gistered in the United States. These were powered by stea m, gasoline or electricity, and even then they did not look much like the original "Horseless Carriage." Some of the laws passed in the early days of the motorcar make us chuckle today. For instance, one community rul ed that if a horse refused to pass a motorcar the driver of the car mu st "take the machine apart •.. and conceal the parts in the grass". In som e places motorcars were banned entirely, and angry farmers guarded their livestock with shotguns against these "contraptions of the devil." It is easy to se e that early motorists were indeed brave pion eers, often running risks that would be hard to imagine today, for they also had to contend with the discomfort of rough roads, open driving seats and temperamental engines. Times have changed and those first motoring enthusiasts would be the first to appreciate the advances made both in car and tyre design since th e exciting, stimulating days of the "Horseless Carriage." 1 } S 1 FIRESTONE Tyres, since the earliest days of motoring, have f set the standard of reliability, economy and safety. Today's motorist, f\ like his father and grandfather before him, looks to Firestone for EXTRA mileage and EXTRA reliability. rt F 51 Beaded Wheds is th e voice of th e Vinta ge Car M ov ement in N ew Z ealand and of th e Clubs whose efforts are fostering and eve r wide ning th e int erest in th is movement and form rallying points for that eve r increasing band of enthusiasts. The fascinat ion of ag e itself or rev ulsio n from th e flash y m ediocrit y of our present day is drawing an in creasing number of m otorists back to th e individuality, solid worth, and functional elegance that was demanded by a more discriminat ing gen eration and it is to th ese that we dedicate- BEADED WHEELS VOL. XI,No. 47 SEPTEMBER, 1966 " BEADED WHEELS" DIRECTORY OF Beaded Wheels is Published VINTAGE CAR CLUB'S OFFICERS Quarterly by the National Ex ecutive: Presid ent, A. A. Anderson (Christ­ churc h ); C lub Capta in, A. K. Wri ght (W anganui); VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF N .Z. INC. Vice C lub Captain and Ed itor " Beaded Wh eels" , M oll ie 20 HACK THORNE ROAD Andcrson (C hristchurch) ; Co mmittee, N.C . Ada ms CHRISTCHURCH, 2, NEW Z EALAND (Auckland ), R. Hasell (C hristehurch ), J. B. Lou ghnan Yearly Subscription 10/- post fre e. (C hristchurch), L. B. Southwa rd (We llington ). Individual copIes 2/6 each. Auckland Branch: Chairma n, H . Denton; Secr etary, H. D. Edit or: Mrs M . ]. ANDERSON. Kidd, P.O. Box 3382 . Assistant Edit ors: Bay of Plenty Bran ch: C hai rma n, ]. Hoven; Secr etary, G . B. WY CHERLEY & MPOYNTON. C apper , Triton Avenu e, Mt. M aunganui. Copy must be typed on one side of pap er Can terbury Branch: C hai rma n, T. D. C leme nts; Secr etary, and sen t to th e Editor, 20 Hackthome N . C . Skevington, Box 5, Belfast. Road, Christchurch . Hawke's Bay Branch: C ha irman, G .M. Howard ; Secret ary, W . R. Cas hme re, 4 C hilton Road, Napier. COpy DECEMBER ISSUE CLOSES Manawatu Branch: C ha irma n, D. Barker; Secretary, H. C. NOVEMBER 15th, 1966. B. Wycherl ey, Box 385, Palmerston No rth. MarIborough Branch: C ha irma n, C . Patch ctt ; Secr etary, ]. D. Fin llie, 114 Muller Road , Blcnhci m . IN THIS ISSUE Page Nelson Branch: C ha irman, D. King; Secret ar y, D. P. Picker­ Editorial 2 ing, 446 Main Road, Sto ke, N elson. Gen eral Notes 2 North Otago Branch: C ha irma n, W. J. M itchell ; Secretary, Obituary - Lawrence Pomeroy 3 R. E . Murray , T he R idges, 1 H .R.D., Oarna ru . Coincidence 3 Otago Branch: C hai rman, R. E. N. O akley; Secretary, H . J. Book R eview 3 W ilk inson , 70 Pacifi c Street, Roslyn, Duncdin. V. & V. M/Cycle Notes 5 Northland Branch: C ha irma n, L. K. Wright;Secretary, M rs 1929 Dodge 9 C. J. Dri ver , 10 Ca meron Street, Ka ikoh e. Post Vintage Notes 12 South Cantebury Branch: C hairma n, ]. M . Sullivan; Secr e­ Letter to Editor 15 tar y, E. R. Robins, Su therla nds R.D .,Pleasa nt Point , Camera Review 16 and 17 So uth Ca nterbu ry. Wiremu 20 Southland Branch: C ha irma n, A. D. Casey; Secreta ry, N. Branch Notes - M cMillan , 146 T anner Stree t, Invercargill. Hawke's Bay 21 Taranaki Branch: Chairman, J. Castle; Secretar y, D. M oor e, Otago 22 582 Carrington R oad , Ne w Plymouth. Southland 23 Waikato Branch: C ha irma n, T. Bear; Secretary, L. H . Death, Manawatu 24 P.O . Box 924, H am ilt on . Taranaki 25 Wanganui Branch: Chairman, A. P. T onks ; Sec retary, B. T. Canterbury 27 Deighton, Co llegc House, Purnell Street , Wan ganui. Waikato 27 Wellington Branch: Ch ai rman , J. Dransfield ; Secr eta ry, K. Wellington 28 G . Wilkinson, 45 Coc kay nc Road , Khandallah, We lling­ Marlborough 29 ton. Bay of Plenty 29 Whangarei Branch: C hai rman, T . G.' Royan ; Secretary, P. Classified Adv ertisements 31 J. Co lcma n, 28 T uhangi St ree t, Kam o, Wh a ngarei. All corrcsponden ce 10 th e Club Secretarv, E . A'. Bailey, COVER P.O . Box 2546, C hris tchurcil. Dermis King, 1930 Ford A and Malcolm Adverrising enquirie s to be addressed 10 th e Advc rtising Ma nager 20 Dicken's 1927 Sunbeam at Maunga­ H ackrhorn e Road , Cb ristch urch, 2. Publ ished by Vintage, Ca r t l~lb of ~ . Z . In corp ora ted a nd print ed by Simp son & \Villiams Ltd., 169 St. Asa ph Moana Rally - Taranaki. Street. C hri stc hu rc h. New Ze ala nd . R egistered a t t he c .p.a . Wellington (Pho to by Des Moor c ) . for transm ission as a ma gazine, e tc . PAGE TWO S EPT E~IB ER. 1966 EDITORIAL a nd th e C lub has received th e followin g letter from Mrs Gilltrap. Yet an other Annual Gen eral Meeting IS now behind us and th e season for event s is The P resident, looming up ag ain bef ore us. The forthcom­ Vintage C a r C lub of New Zealand Inc., ing year has a reall y first- class array of events r.o. Box 2546, for all kinds of tastes, but th e most hearten ­ C h ristc hurch, ing as pec t of th e discu ssion s a t th e A.G.M. N EW ZE ALAND. ove r th e Calendar, was th e fact that for the Dear Mr Bai ley, first time ever we have book ed N ati on al On behalf of th e Executors of my la te Rall y a nd North and South Island Rally hu sband, I would like to th ank you for you r fixtures up as far a head as 19 70, with only letter of 13th July last regarding th e placings one vacant position (S. 1. R ally ) to be filled. in th e 1965 Internation al R all y whi ch you r Also th e M otorcycle boys must hav e really C lub cond uc ted. stirred up some of th e branch es with enthu­ I ce rta inly appreciate th e wa y in whi ch siasm for their ca use and a N ation al M / c vou have handled wh at must hav e been a fixture for next yea r was much sought after ~'ath er difficult letter. - all this is very good a nd heartening a nd Your C lub members will kn ow that sho ws that there is real enthusiasm to use George would have wa nt ed to set th is matter an d drive our vehicles a nd to pr ovide eve ry stra ight a nd I would like to co ng ra tula te M r kind of event to ena ble thi s to be done. Findlay on his success, An other mileston e of p rogress at th e T o tak e part in the R ally was someth ing A.G.?,,!. was th e adop tion of a most sa tis­ we had wanted to do very much, and th e fact factory co mp ro m ise solution to th e accepta nce th at we were able to com ple te th e R ally proceedures of Post-Vintage ma chinery and a nd meet so many wonderful fellow en thu­ we hope to see th em as thrivin g soo n as are siasts was rew ard eno ugh to us both.