NQ629.2220994/5 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au Barry and Eddy on the Outback Car Trek. September 2018 IN THIS ISSUE: 2018 VW Spectacular Shannons Eastern Creek Split-window Kombi Cruise Outback Car Trek Half-mile Gunnedah racing Ash’s favourite VW 1970-71 Hardie-Ferodo 500s Plus lots more... Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au A member of the NSW Council of Motor Clubs. Also affiliated with CAMS. ZEITSCHRIFT - September 2018 - Page 1 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au Club VeeDub Sydney Club VeeDub membership. Membership of Club VeeDub Sydney is open to all Committee 2018-19. Volkswagen owners. The cost is $45 for 12 months. President: Steve Carter 0490 020 338 [email protected] Monthly meetings. Monthly Club VeeDub meetings are held at the Arena Vice President: David Birchall (02) 9534 4825 Sports Club Ltd (Greyhound Club), 140 Rookwood Rd, [email protected] Yagoona, on the third Thursday of each month, from 7:30 pm. All our members, friends and visitors are most welcome. Secretary and: Norm Elias 0421 303 544 Membership: [email protected] Correspondence. Treasurer: Martha Adams 0404 226 920 Club VeeDub Sydney [email protected] PO Box 324 Mortdale NSW 2223 Editor: Phil Matthews 0412 786 339 [email protected] Our magazine. Webmasters: Craig Adams 0404 184 893 Zeitschrift (German for ‘magazine’) is published monthly Aaron Hawker 0413 003 998 by Club VeeDub Sydney Inc. We welcome all letters and [email protected] contributions of general VW interest. These may be edited for reasons of space, clarity, spelling or grammar. Deadline for all contributions is the first Thursday of each month. Book and DVD Carl Moll 0417 471 137 Opinions expressed in Zeitschrift are those of the writers, Librarian: [email protected] and do not necessarily represent those of Club VeeDub Sydney. Club VeeDub Sydney, and its members and contributors, cannot Tool Librarian: Bob Hickman (02) 4655 5566 be held liable for any consequences arising from any information printed in the magazine. [email protected] Back issues (2007-on) are available at www.clubvw.org.au under the Media - Zeitschrift tag. Merchandising: Raymond Rosch (02) 9601 5657 Articles may be reproduced with an acknowledgment to [email protected] Zeitschrift, Club VeeDub Sydney. Assistant Merch: Kira and Bettina Rosch Raffle Officer: Christine Eaton (02) 9520 4914 We thank our VW Nationals sponsors: Vintage Registr: John Ladomatos 0449 236 076 [email protected] 30 years. Volkswagen Group Australia Stan Pobjoy Racing Engineering VW Nationals David Birchall (02) 9534 4825 Andrew Dodd Automotive Vintage Vee Dub Supplies Committee: Zelco Jurkovic, Eddie Fleita H&M Ferman Volksbahn Autos Pty Ltd Motorsport Rudi Frank 0418 442 953 Captain: [email protected] 25 years and over. 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ZEITSCHRIFT - September 2018 - Page 2 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au ZEITSCHRIFT - September 2018 - Page 3 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au ZEITSCHRIFT - September 2018 - Page 4 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au ZEITSCHRIFT - September 2018 - Page 5 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au ZEITSCHRIFT - September 2018 - Page 6 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au ZEITSCHRIFT - September 2018 - Page 7 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au ZEITSCHRIFT - September 2018 - Page 8 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au Even though we couldn’t afford colour printing then, Von dem Herrn you can still download full-colour PDF versions of all our older mags, right back to 2006, from our website. There are Präsident. many hours of reading pleasure there for newer members who Hi all, I believe we had a reasonable turnout for the might not have seen these older issues. And also for older CMC Shannon’s Classic at Sydney Motorsport Park last members who might have thrown out their old printed copies! month. I couldn’t make it as I was getting my car ready for a Go to www.clubvw.org.au/zeitschrift and click on the year race meeting. Also in August was the Split Window Cruise, you are interested in. reports and photos in this issue. Keep an eye on the Club Calendar and the flyers for Coming up is the Herbie Drive In movie night which coming events; springtime is a very busy time with lots of will be great fun, and the ACT German Auto day later in the events coming up, and details are added and changed month hosted by our Canberra Chapter. On the October long regularly. There lots of things weekend is the annual Drag Racing at VW Warwick, and on to do with your VW so come the 4th November is Boris’ Picnic Day. There are also a few along and enjoy your VW with other car shows we’ve been invited to, so check the calendar like minded people. and write them in your diary. See you soon with your We have been asked to supply a few parking marshals VW. for the Sydney German Autofest on 28th October, if anybody can help can you please let me know. Steve Carter Volkswagen Australia and their legal representatives have recently contacted many of the local aftermarket VW parts and service businesses, asking that for reasons of trademark infringement, the famous VW logo not be used. Kanberra Kapitel You might have noticed that a number of our business card ads have been altered to have the VW logo removed. Only report. genuine Volkswagen dealerships can use the VW logo in Greetings from Canberra, business activities. However, we are still allowed to use the Firstly I’d like to apologise for not getting a report VW logo for our club events and activities, so long as they do together for last month’s magazine. With a busy life, new job not relate to sales of Volkswagen vehicles, parts and services. and attendance to the VW Spectacular (aka McValla), time VW Australia takes this issue seriously. If organisers of simply got the better of me last month and I failed to get a such events have questions or concerns about the use of report drafted in time. Volkswagen intellectual property or imagery, Volkswagen Well, McValla, as many have now dubbed it, was just Group Australia may be prepared to confer with them on a fantastic. It was my first time and it definitely lived up to the case by case basis, provided the promotional event and any hype. Having not been before, I could not compare to the old related documents do not relate to sales of vehicles, parts or Valla Beach events and location; however I believe the services. VW Australia encourages those organisers to contact Macksville showgrounds proved to be an excellent venue for them directly, and have expressed gratitude for Club such an event. Huge congratulations to the Pell family and VeeDub’s continuing assistance in this regard. their huge number of helpers who pulled it all together. Our new Librarian Carl, with help from Phil, has Whilst “new” events will always have teething recently done a stocktake and reorganisation of the Club book problems and areas where improvements can be made, I and DVD library, which is open for members’ perusal and believe the small number of hiccups was handled well and am borrowings at each monthly meeting. Five new VW sure the organisers will review their processes, consider workshop manuals have been added this month, as well as lessons learnt and present us with a bigger and better event in four more DVDs and the ETKA electronic VW parts catalog. 2020 – I can’t wait. An article from my experience at this The library now has over 180 VW books. Members are great event can be found in this edition of the magazine. invited to borrow a book from the library – see Carl at the All our efforts here in Canberra are now focussed on meeting – and then return the book next month promptly so our largest event of the year, German Auto Day (GAD). that others can borrow them. Most of the planning has now occurred and the final polish on If you have any old VW books at home that you no some issues is being sorted out to ensure this will prove to be longer want or need, we will be grateful if you would another great event. Sunday 23 September is the date, so make consider donating them to Carl, and we can add them to the sure you keep that day free and do your best to come along.