Volume 54 No 8 August 2017 Chittering Branch Austins and their owners L-R Keith Donetta, Dave Baker and Jeff Gibbs at the Bullsbrook Museum. Patron Her Excellency the Honourable Kerry Sanderson AC Governor of Western Australia Rally West—here we come !! Kim and Janette from Esperance with their newly completed tear drop van are part of ten Esperance Branch members making the drive up—and six of them are towing tear drop caravans! Spare Parts Shed will be closed on Wednesday 13th September due to Rally West. August 23 Parts Shed Open 24 Humber & Rootes Group Section Meeting VCC General Club Meeting 26 Military Mid West Trek commences 26/27 Annual York Rally CANCELLED 27 Albany Branch event 30 Parts Shed Open September 2 Koorda Car and Motorbike Show 3 Fathers Day event Warnboro Church 4 Veteran Section Meeting—Wireless Hill Studebaker Section Meeting—Wattle Grove 5 York Branch meeting South Eastern Coffee Group run 6 Eastern Goldfields Branch meeting Military Wednesday Workshop Parts Shed open 8 International Drive Your Studebaker day Arms and Armour display Cannington-Military 10-16 Rally West 2017 National Rally Geraldton 10 Busselton Branch meeting Esperance Branch meeting Mustang Shelby Section breakfast run 11 Post Vintage Section meeting—Wattle Grove 12 Vintage Section meeting—Wattle Grove 13 PARTS SHED CLOSED today Military Wednesday Workshop Mid Week run 17 Warren Blackwood Branch meeting Post Vintage 3rd Sunday Run Collie Branch meeting Peel Branch meeting 19 South Eastern Group coffee run Military Section meeting at Wattle Grove 20 Military Wednesday Workshop Parts Shed Open as normal 22 Beaconsfield Run 24 Spring Rally Albany Branch event Vintage Machinery rally Waroona 24-30 National veteran vehicle rally Sth Aust Next Club Meeting 27 Parts Shed Open Military Wednesday Workshop Thursday 24 August at 8pm at Wattle Grove club rooms 28 Humber Rootes Group Section meeting VCC General Club Meeting Autopower paint specialists—information elsewhere in this issue of Early Auto October 1 Rotary Club South Perth Annual Display Vintage Section helpers lunch 22 Auto Jumble—Canning Vale EARLY AUTO. Ford Model T Experience—Whiteman Park All correspondence for the next issue to the editor:- See the club website for information on or altera- Geoff Moor, 5 Heather Rd, Roleystone 6111 tions on events: www.veterancarclubofwa.asn.au Tel: (08) 9397 5515; E-mail: [email protected] The Parts Shed at the Club, 265 Hale Road, Wattle Grove is open on Wednesday until midday. Parts are Include “EA” or “Early Auto” in subject line of emails only available to members of the Veteran Car Club. ALL adverts for Bits & Pieces in writing or email please! “Wanted” ads must clearly identify the advertisers membership of the Disclaimer: VCCWA The opinions expressed in Early Auto are those of our correspondents and the Editor, Committee and DEADLINE FOR COPY - 1st of EACH MONTH members of the Veteran Car Club of WA (Inc) do not Change of Mailing Address and non-delivery of necessarily agree with or endorse them. Early Auto—contact: Aileen Stockdale 6 Oxley Place, Dar- lington WA 6070 ph: (08) 9252 1292 Spare Parts Shed will be closed on th Email: [email protected] Wednesday 13 September due to Rally West. Page 2 Early Auto August 2017 mits, obtaining a substantial grant from Lotteries West, PRESIDENT’S REPORT negotiating contracts for the earthworks and building , ne- 2017 AGM gotiating with aboriginal interests and still overseeing the process as it is happening. Ian expects the shed to be erected in August as the concrete pad is now laid. Ian is a Our Veteran Car Club of W.A. (Inc.) has past president, a life member, a committee member, club now completed another successful year. insurances organiser and still giving the club his all. Membership is up, even with natural attri- Should it be called the Ian Baxter Restoration Shed? tion, there are now around 1500 mem- Rally West in Geraldton is coming up on September 10 bers spread through an active 12 has over 120 entrants. The event will be a credit to Bob branches and 8 sections. I mention Beames and his rally committee who have put in a tre- every year the contribution made to the mendous effort for two years to bring it to fruition. The club workings and finances by the dedi- rally programme is now been distributed and should be a cated Parts Shed Crew that has enabled lot of fun in an interesting region. I thank the team for their us to have an annual subscription unchanged now for at input. least 5 years. Their efforts are just not at the shed but all Lloyd Fife is recognised for quietly organising the time and kilometres done collecting donated old cars those mid week runs that consistently go to interesting from all over the countryside. A special mention to Trevor places and he has a dedicated following. Hooper, Phil Stockdale and Nevis Dowding for their con- We were able to join Collie Branch for a weekend stant input. Attached to the parts shed enterprise is the run last year when I had the pleasure of presenting a well Spoke Making Shop under the management and hard deserved Life Membership to Hamish Pipe. Hamish con- work of Graham McDonald that usually has a backlog of tinues to hold office in the branch with great support from orders and brings in a lot of funds for the club. I thank wife Dot. A great partnership. them all. Being in the position of President has enabled me A new branch was formed during the year at Don- to recognise the individual efforts put in by members on nybrook and their enthusiasm will be rewarded by the fun the Executive Committee of the club. With a membership they will have within the club. In January they invited of 1500, you can imagine the hours and hours put in on members of the Executive Committee down to explain the paper work by the two Registrars, Aileen Stockdale with workings of the club and introduce themselves to mem- membership and Dave Reid with vehicles. Alex Kirkwood bers. Donnybrook was very well represented at the annual as Secretary, John Heydon as Treasurer, Tom Saggers Country Branches meeting in April. working on the premises, Webmaster John Oldland al- When I was elected to the Presidency of the club ways improving our website, Lyle Metcalf forever taking three years ago, I stated that there were two things that I on one off tasks and now to be the chairman of the build- wanted to happen during my tenure. One was to overhaul ings and premises sub- committee, Roger Bell who and update the club constitution and the Policies and Pro- chases up late membership renewals and organises im- cedures Manual to present day values and to comply with proved club Christmas windups and of course stalwart the new Incorporations Act. Through the great efforts of Geoff Moor who puts out our beloved “Early Auto”. Many Vice President Tony Hume and input from committee of those above have been playing a role on committee for members we have completed the constitution to present decades and continue to serve the club. to this AGM. I failed to revise the policies manual but I will I am most grateful to them all for their help making volunteer to attend to it during the forthcoming year. With my job so easy for the last three years. the new constitution, you will have noted that all the mem- I also appreciate the acceptance of myself in the bers on the new Executive Committee will be elected position and the willingness of members to participate in members. As this new constitution will be put to the vote club activities and support in attending meetings. What a at this AGM and still has to be accepted by the Depart- great club! ment, it was deemed not possible nor practical to imple- Lastly, my thanks to “Herself, the Polisher”, my wife ment the membership of that committee now, as apart Edwina, who has been such a support in my role as Presi- from positions of President and Vice President, all the dent. other elected members are half way through their present Peter Carter term of two years. Therefore new members will be elected at the 2017/18 AGM. My second wish was for the club to have a restora- tion shed for members to bring their cars and work on them using club equipment and obtaining help and advice with tasks from members who are experienced profes- sionals. This is of a Men’s Shed concept and as many of our members find themselves “downsizing”, myself in- cluded, there is often less space available to work on their beloved vehicles. Our club is indebted to Ian Baxter for almost every facet of making the Restoration Shed a reality, largely by his own efforts. He has made incredible strides, not only in design but working with the shire on planning and per- August 2017 Early Auto Page 3 Scrap & Crap Day Date : 20th August Time : 10.00 am Place : Happyjacks, 655 Albany Hwy, BEDFORDALE Cost : $10 per person Come and check out Lyle 's sheds and Janice's quilts , BYO CONCESSIONAL LICENSE ANNUAL REPORT Morning Tea, (I will have the billy on ) Inspect all that is on show. Lunch will supplied (sausage Over the past twelve months there have been some up- sizzle + slice tea & Coffee. The funds raised from this grades with regards to the 404 concessional registrations event will go Ronald McDonald House on vehicles over 25 years of age.