NQ629.2220994/5 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au Merry Christmas to all our members! December 2014 IN THIS BUMPER CHRISTMAS ISSUE: Eastern Creek Marshals Marques in the Park Boris’ Picnic Day Snowy Mountains 1000 Pie In the Sky Run Eat St Parramatta 1956 Chicago Run Plus lots more... Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au A member of the NSW Council of Motor Clubs. Also affiliated with CAMS. ZEITSCHRIFT - December 2014 - 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 2014-15. 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 Vice President: Craig Adams 0404 184 893 Greyhound Social Club Ltd., 140 Rookwood Rd, Yagoona, on [email protected] 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. Assist. Secretary: David Birchall (02) 9534 4825 Club VeeDub Sydney [email protected] PO Box 1340 Camden NSW 2570 Treasurer: Martin Fox 0411 331 121 [email protected] Our magazine. Editor: Phil Matthews 0412 786 335 Zeitschrift (German for ‘magazine’) is published monthly [email protected] by Club VeeDub Sydney Inc. Members with email details receive Assistant Editor: Lily Matthews Zeitschrift as a full-colour PDF from our website. We welcome all letters and contributions of general VW interest. These may be edited for reasons of space, clarity, spelling Webmaster: Aaron Hawker 0413 003 998 or grammar. Deadline for all contributions is the first Thursday of [email protected] each month; late submissions will be held over. Opinions expressed in Zeitschrift are those of the writers, Book and DVD Joe Buttigieg 0449 291 642 and do not necessarily represent those of Club VeeDub Sydney. Club VeeDub Sydney, and its members and contributors, cannot Librarian: [email protected] be held liable for any consequences arising from any information printed in the magazine. Tool Librarian: Bob Hickman (02) 4655 5566 Back issues (2007-on) are available as full-colour PDFs [email protected] from the Webmaster at the monthly meeting - please bring your own USB stick. These are also available at www.clubvw.org.au Articles may be reproduced with an acknowledgment to Merchandising: Raymond Rosch (02) 9601 5657 Zeitschrift, Club VeeDub Sydney. [email protected] Assistant Merch: Kira and Bettina Rosch Raffle Officer: Christine Eaton (02) 9520 4914 We thank our VW Nationals sponsors: 27 years. Vintage Registr: John Ladomatos 0449 236 076 Volkswagen Group Australia Klaack Motors [email protected] Andrew Dodd Automotive Stan Pobjoy Racing Engineering C & S Automotive Vintage Vee Dub Supplies VW Nationals David Birchall (02) 9534 4825 H&M Ferman Volksbahn Autos Pty Ltd Committee: Aaron Hawker 0413 003 998 Mark Stevens, Bob Hickman, Craig Adams 20 years and over. Aust VW Performance Ctre Shannons Car Insurance Motorsport Rudi Frank 0418 442 953 Mick Motors Wolfsburg Motors Sydney Captain: [email protected] North Rocky & Import Parts VW Motorsport Committee: 15 years and over. John Ladomatos Craig & Martha Adams Brian Walker Harding Performance Reliable Automotive Services Andrew Corless Norm Robertson (JP) Indian Automotive Unicap Pty Ltd Mobile Model Cars Wayne Penrose VW Enginring General Committee: 10 years and over. Martha Adams Shirley Pleydon All Metal Bumpers Custom Vee Dub Leigh Harris Ken Davis BWA Auto Defender Safety Jeff Swords Sue Monaghan Black Needle Auto Upholstry Euro Automotive Eddie Fleita Atakhan Yilmaz Canberra VW Centre NRMA Insurance Classic Vee Dub Wolfsburg Auto Melbourne Canberra Committee. Cupid Wedding Cars Wurth Fasteners Australia Chair: Bruce Walker [email protected] 5 years and over. Vice-Chair: Rhiannon Walker [email protected] Antique Tyres Red Van Tyre Colouring Secretary: Mandy Conway [email protected] Artemi’s T-Shirts Rod Penrose Racing Treasurer: Rhiannon Walker [email protected] Camden GTI Performance Volkscare Melbourne Registrar: Iven Laufer (02) 6254 1142 Custom T-Shirts Volkshome Automotive Merchandise: Jay Pozzi [email protected] Expert Signs Volksmuller Gold Coast Vee Dub VW Classic Kirrawee Please have respect for the committee members and their families Nulon Australia VW Magazine Australia by only phoning at reasonable hours. Quik Strip Bankstown Westside Mufflers ZEITSCHRIFT - December 2014 - Page 2 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au ZEITSCHRIFT - December 2014 - Page 3 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au ZEITSCHRIFT - December 2014 - Page 4 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au ZEITSCHRIFT - December 2014 - Page 5 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au ZEITSCHRIFT - December 2014 - Page 6 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au view the World Record lights display in Civic. This is Von dem Herrn conveniently placed literally outside the door of the Club and should be a great event for the family. I've booked for Präsident. Tuesday 23 December, let me know please if you are coming Hi all, (and what numbers) so that I can confirm numbers at the Christmas is almost here, I hope Santa has a few Club. My email address is [email protected] presents for you. The only club event left in the year is the Members will remember our previous visits to the Christmas Party, held in conjunction with General Club Christmas lights in Forrest. The lights in Civic are run by the meeting. It’s on Thursday the 18th of December at the same group of people. Greyhound club. Don’t forget to bring along a wrapped We are working on some great events in the New Year, Christmas present to the value of $5.00 (marked boy or girl). such as a cruise to Gundaroo in February (including the This entitles you to a free drink tokens on the night. There’ll AGM), Wheels carshow in March, and an April cruise to be plenty of free nibbles and snacks. See you there! Googong Dam. We’ve had some very successful events in the past We'd like to support the VW Drive for Community day months, the always a crowd favourite Boris’ Picnic Day at on Sunday 29 March and ask for all club members to consider Dolls Point and it was blessed with exceptional weather and going along to this one. The charity is the Canberra Hospital was very well attended, so thanks to all those who helped run and it will be a huge VW cruise through Civic and a fun the day. afternoon in Mitchell. The event early this year had over 200 Two reasonably new members got together and ran Jeff Volkswagens in a convoy and this year they want more! There & Craig’s Pie in the Sky. The day was great success with about should be more details on their website soon including joining 25 cars attending. Well done guys I hope it can be an annual data. We would love to have lots of club members there, event. please ask if you have queries etc. Book the date in your The club was also invited to attend Eat Street in calendar and we hope to see you there! Parramatta. Despite very severe thunder storms we managed For the locals we will be in touch via the email, let us to get a lot of very nice cars to attend on the night. There was know if you don't see anything soon as we are trying to update a crowd of people around the VWs all night, and a senior our email list. I'm sure I have events manager saw how many people were looking at the taken more space than allowed cars and gave permission for us to stay until 10 pm! A group so I'll sign off. Happy of us then drove down to Harrys Cafe d'Wheels at Liverpool Christmas to everyone and I for a coffee. We have been invited back to Eat Street again in hope you all have a good the future, so keep an eye on the calendar in the magazine. holiday break with family. There are many great events coming up next year, including the Kombi show at Freshwater Beach on Saturday Bruce 10 Jan, the VW Watercooled Summer Cruise on Sunday 1 Feb, the Pizza and Pasta Restaurant Night on Saturday 7 Feb and the Sydney Showdown VW Drag Racing Saturday on Feb 21. Keep an eye on the calendar and the flyers in the Klub Kalender. magazine. Enjoy this *** All information correct at time of printing but bumper Christmas issue subject to change - events are sometimes altered or Phil and Lily have put cancelled without notice. Check www.clubvw.org.au together. for the latest information and any changes. Merry Christmas! See you soon, Steve Carter December. Thursday 18th:– CLUB VW MONTHLY MEETING at the Greyhound Social Club, 140 Rookwood Rd. Yagoona (right next to Potts Park). Get the latest VW news and views, plus Kanberra Kapitel VW socialising, drinks, raffles, trivia and plenty of prizes. Lots of fun, all welcome. This meeting is also the Club report. Veedub XMAS Party! Bring a wrapped present (~$5 value) to Happy December to you all! I can't believe the year is recieve free drink coupons. Warm nibblies and snacks basically over. provided. 8:00pm start. This month the club participated in the Marques In The Park car show, and there should be an event report and Monday 29th:- Canberra General Meeting at the Canberra pictures in the magazine. Thanks to Willie Nelson for running Labor Club, 16 Petrie Plaza, Civic, at 7:30pm.