STEEL TUBE U·BENDS A practical way to fabricate CARAVANS, TRAILERS, CANOPY FRAMES, GATES, GARDEN FURNITURE, EXHAUST PIPES, RACING MANIFOLDS and many other items. 1 Determine tube outside diameter (O.D.)of article to be made. 2 Ascertain centre line radius of bend required. This can be done by placing a circular object over the old bend, (if any), and measuring same as in Illustration A. U Bends are supplied in centre line diameter measurements as in illustration B. i.e, 203 mm C/l Diameter U Bend. 3 Cut U Bend to required angle using straight end where possible. but always cutting to radius centre line point. as in illustration C. , A cardboard Disc cut to inside diameter with angles and , "- centre marked is very useful to determine position to cut -vi U Bend. See Illustration D. Due to slight deformation caused by bending, it may be necessary to match ends before welding. 90. ), . Compound bends may be made by using different dia­ o' 110· meter U Bends, but always cut to Radius centre line. @ o U-Bends in Packs of Five. Available as follows: Tube Size U-Bend e n, Diameter Tube Size U·Bend e ll Diameter in mm inmm in mm in mm 25.40.0. 152 229 305 41.30.0. 203 305 28.60.0. 152 229 305 44 .50.0. 203 305 31.80.0. 102 152 229 305 47 .60.0. 203 305 Stocked• by 35 0 .0. 102 152 229 305 51 0 .0. 254 406 38 0 .0 . 152 229 305 57 0 .0. 254 406 GARAGES 63.50.0. 254 406 and 25.4mm Square Tube in 90° bends only AUTOMOTIVE 102mm Rad ius 152mm Radius 229mm Radius WHOLESALERS CO PY RIG HT • VOL. XXVI, No. 130 Vintage Car Club of N.Z. (Inc.) June-July 1981 NATIONAL EXECUTIVE 27th YEAR OF PUBLICATION President: L. J. D. Priest (Hawkes Bay) Club Captain: A. D. Storer (Banks Peninsula) Club Vice-Captain: Ken Macefield (Canterbury). IN THIS ISSUE Hon. Secretary: Clynt Inns, Phone 34-770, Christchurch, Club Registrar: Don Bennetts, President's Message 2 Executive: Messrs B. J. Bames (Southland), N. A. Dewhurst (Auckland), J. W. A. Newell (Banks The $25 Oldsmobile 3 Peninsula), and N. C. Skevington (Canterbury). Tasmanian Rally 6 1981 National Rally 10 CORRESPONDENCE Club correspondence, including members' CHANGES Deans Bush Rally 15 OF ADDRESS, must be sent to Letters to Editor 15 The Vintage Car Club of N.Z. (Inc.) r.o. Box 2546. The Club's Old Vehicles 16 Christchurch, Intending members should write to this address. Branch Notes 22 All Beaded Wheels correspondence and subscribers Book Review 32 change of address to p.a. Box 13140. Classified Ads 33 BEADED WHEELS EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Chairman : Spencer Barnard. Committee: Geoff Hockley, Bruce Pidgeon, Bob Scott, CLOSING DATE Paul Giesler. Closi ng date for Au g ust -Septem ber issu e J uly I Oth Material for publication is the responsibility of this committee and should be forwarded to p.a. Box 13140, Christchurch, typed or neatly printed, double spaced on one side of paper only. COVER PHOTO Reports of restorations, events, road tests, historical and technical articles welcome. No payment made to Errol Smith's 1915 Ford T, a part ic ipa nt in the Deans Bush Veteran Rally by Ban ks Peninsula Branch. contributors. The op inions expressed in letters or art icles in Headed Story on page 15. Photo Spence Barnard. Wheels are the authors' own views and do not necessarily express the policy of the Vintage Car Club of N.Z . (Inc.) PRODUCTION Beaded Wheels is published bi-monthly by Purse Willis & Aiken Ltd, Christchurch for the Vintage Car Club of N.Z. Inc. , at its editorial office, p.a. Box 13140. Christchurch. Mailed free to all members. Annual subscription $6.00. Individual copies and back numbers $1.00. ADVERTISING Registered et Post Office Heedquarters Wellington Rate schedule available on request to Advertising es ~ M~g~Jine . Manager, r.o. Box 13140. Christchurch. Phone 67-346. From the President planned at Palmerston North for Finally, just a reminder, that the Manawatu Branch; well you Whangarei are hosting the 1981 have got to take your hats off to Conference and Annual General these folks, as the building is Meeting of the Vintage Car Club. almost completed externally with They have a fine reputation for only the interior to finish, and the their hospitality and they would membership effort has been very make you very welcome. Do not enthusiastic, congratulations. leave it too late to make arrange­ ments. get in touch with their Congratulations must also go Secretary right away and get all to the-South Canterbury Branch the information. I'll see you all for attaining 25 years as a Club, there. an event which they celebrated by hosting the National Rally over LIONEL PRIEST Easter weekend. Excellent rally routes and a very well organised CORRECTION occasion planned by a devoted In the last issue there was l/ team of members. There were mix lip of some lines in Eileen many highlights of this weekend McMillan's lnvermay Hillcfimb but one which I will remember article 011 pages 8-9. The section for a while to come, was the nos­ concerned is reprinted correctly talgic "fly-past" by the beautifully below and we would apologise restored Harvard owned by 1im for 0111' error. Sullivan in partnership with one other. A truly great sight and .. .. Peter and a marvellous weekend, and a Jennifer Croft were taking turns special thanks to my hosts, Oerek in their 1933 12 M .G. , with 1ennifer perhaps benefitting and Eli zabeth Browne. from having four runs against Hello my fellow members, and If you happen to be one who Peter's two, reaching the better greetings for the winter months loves travel, then those that took time of 45.48 on her last run, of restoration. I trust you will all part in the tour recently to while Peter clocked 49.78. The be giving some attention to the Launceston and other places, bright little 12 of Wayne Marsh, probable vehicle which may be organised by Norm Skevington, a 1932 model with Brooklands exhaust, got down to 41.60, while your entry in the next Inter­ might be interested to know that Paul Mulholland's 1951 TO did national. You realise of course he is already planning another not quite equal this with 42.12. that it is only 3 years and 9 trip. This time it is to coincide As usual, the two Morgans of months away, and you should be with the 1983 International Rally Stuart Barclay and Peter Gendall aware that by now, the Steering in the U.S.A. If you wish to were locked in battle, and this Committee, elected to investigate know more about this trip con­ year Peter gained the upper hand all the possibilities, will be mak­ tact Norm at Christchurch and with 32.20 seconds (this being ing their recommendation to the he will keep you up to date with fastest car time of the day) while Annual General Meeting in progress. Stuart had to be content with Whangarei in August. If you 33.54 . Of strikingly similar per­ have any sound ideas for the formance were several mono formation of this exciting event, TELL CUR postos, which included Lin drop a line to the Secretary, ADVERTISERS Neilson's 952 Norton-engined Clynt Inns, r.o. Box 2546, Kieft. Cured of the battery Christchurch, and these will be YOU SAW IT problems which had plagued it passed on to the Rally Committee IN the previous weekend during the when it is elected in August. II Waimate "50" road race revival You may recall in the last IIBEADED WHEELS meeting, this car did a very quick issue I mentioned the project 3':Z.93 on its fourth run. PAGE TWO The $25 Oldsmobile I had virtually finished my Suter up to Mayfield where we time , finally starting restoration Triumph motorcycle restoration loaded the remains onto a trailer again after Christmas 1971. I in Timaru, and decided I would with the aid of a tractor, return­ pulled everything to pieces. As try to beg, borrow or somehow ing home without any problems most restorations follow similar buy a veteran car. As funds were (that is, not until my wife arrived patterns I will skip the usual limited because of setting up a home). clean chassis and sandblast etc. new house it had to be some­ As I was working at Auto and instead write of the not so thing unrestored and priced to Engineers at the time it was only common problems which I man­ suit my (empty) pocket. A casual natural I attacked the motor first aged to overcome. remark from Russell Cross of an dismantling and cleaning all I needed two 24 inch wooden old Oldsmobile lying behind the parts. After inspection, the crank­ fellow wheels but as the back Garage at Mayfield prompted me shaft big-ends were ground, bear- hubs are so large I could not to view the remains. What a find anything with enough wood mess, it was the remains of an in the centre to open out big old tourer. The body from the by John Henderson enough, so after a yarn to the front doors back had been late Pat Cutler who put me on crucified and long buried also the right track, I marked out a a winch was attached behind the ing shells white met alled and plan on plywood using a good temporary front seat, as this had machined, the camshaft was sent wooden fellow as a base.