January 2019 Crankhandle News The Official magazine of the GOLD COAST ANTIQUE AUTO CLUB Sunrise at Surfers Paradise 1st Jan 2019 Photo by Sohan Parekh Happy New Year Crankhandle News Position Name Phone Email President Colin Hayes 5525 3312 [email protected] 0409 825 913 Vice President Peter Amey 5525 0250 [email protected] 0407 374 196 Secretary Richard Brown 0417 704 726 [email protected] Treasurer David Mitchell 5577 1787 [email protected] Events John Talbot 0421 185 419 [email protected] Coordinator Dating Officer Bill Budd 5535 8882 [email protected] 0409 358 888 Publicity Officer Peter Jones 07 5574 8293 [email protected] Editor Karen Hayes 0403 506 635 [email protected] Spare Parts & Graham 5554 5659 [email protected] Property Tattersall Librarian/ Wayne Robson 5522 8000 [email protected] Historian 0409 610 229 Hall & Social Leonie Brown 07 5563 0559 [email protected] Officer Life Members: Graham Hetherington, Peter Harris, Margaret Hession, Graham Tattersall, Bob Simm, Peter Jones. Gold Coast Antique Auto club: PO Box 228, Mudgeeraba, Qld, 4213 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.gcaac.com.au Club meetings are held 2nd Monday of every month (except January) at 7.00pm for 7.30pm start. Visitors welcome Street Address: 238 Mudgeeraba Road, Mudgeeraba Q 4213 DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed within are not necessarily shared by the editor or officers of the GCAAC. Whilst all care is taken to ensure the technical information and advice offered in these pages is correct, the editor and officers of the GCAAC cannot be held responsible for any problems that may occur from acting on such advice and information. Crankhandle News PRESIDENTS’ REPORT Here we are, 2019, I trust you all had a pleasant Xmas and New Year and have used the break in our club activities to refresh and do all those pesky maintenance tasks on your cars to get them ready for all of the runs this year. We have a very busy year behind us and an even busier one ahead. We had a wonderful time at our 50th Anniversary celebration and finished the year with a festive Christmas Lunch. This year we are hosting the Queensland Historic Motoring Council (QHMC) Annual Rally in conjunction with our own Autorama; a full weekend is planned from Friday 3rd through to Sunday 5th May, a venue for the Saturday night dinner dance is yet to be finalised but a good weekend is guaranteed for all. Entry forms will be sent out once the venues have been selected; the numbers will be limited so make sure you get in before members of other clubs take up all the available spots. Of course we also have our annual Swap Meet in July, as usual we will need quite a lot of volunteers to assist with the setting up and running of the event. Without the income from this weekend the club wouldn’t run as it does so if you can help please do. Cars & Coffee meets are getting bigger and better, we get to see a myriad of different cars each month so it’s a good morning out. Our food-stall has proved to be a success allowing us to raise over $700.00 for the 50th function and this year all monies raised will go towards subsidising members meals at organised events. On a personal note, Karen and I are working hard to punch out the magazine, repair the car-trailer and make sure our club is running as it should be. It’s a pleasure for us to do what we do for you all; our club is not just about cars, it’s also about people and we have some wonderful folks involved in what we do as a group, so if you’ve not been active of late I would urge you to get out and enjoy your vehicle and the pleasure they give. Cheers Col Crankhandle News Editor’s Report Happy New Year everybody. I hope you all had a lovely safe and happy Christmas. We are now in our 50th year with the 50th Anniversary weekend in November being the kick-start. I hope to bring you some interesting stories from our members which will help you to get to know them better. This month will cover the Anniversary Dinner along with other tit bits. David King took some lovely pictures of couples at the dinner which were on our Facebook page. If you are wanting copies of the photos, contact David. Don’t forget to check out our Web-Site on gcaac.com.au for more events, stories and pictures. Also you can send stories and pictures to post on our web page to our Webmaster, Mark Neuendorf, on [email protected] who keeps our site up to date. For now, Happy Motoring Crankhandle News GCAAC EVENTS January 2019 Jan 12th/13th Evans Head Fly-in and Car display January 19th Cars N’ Coffee January 26th Australia Day lunch at the Clubhouse February 2019 February 6th Committee meeting - Clubhouse @ 7:00pm February 10h Sunday club run - lunch at Gem Hotel Alberton February 11th General Meeting and Supper—Clubhouse @ 7:30pm February 16th Cars N’ Coffee February 24th Sunday combined run with MG and Restorers Clubs—lunch at Pottsville Tavern March 2019 March 3rd Cramm’s Farm run, meet at Murwillumbah Railway station at 08:30 a.m. (QLD Time) March 6th Committee meeting - Clubhouse @ 7:00pm March 10th Sunday club run - Details TBA March 11th General Meeting and Supper—Clubhouse @ 7:30pm March 16th Cars N’ Coffee March 27th Crankhandle News John Wood It is with sadness that we say goodbye to one of our Life Members, John Wood. John passed away on the 9th November 2018, the night before our 50th Anniversary Dinner. He was a man who had a very colourful life, quite the entrepreneur and could spin a good story. Prior to John coming to Australia from England, he did National Service time in the RAF, owned a Butcher Shop, then a Country Club, a Bakery, then part owner of a villa/ restaurant complex in Spain, he then worked as a builder. Those are only a few of his exploits. John was also an avid soccer and cricket player and stated he met Keith Miller and Sir Donald Bradman in 1945. John had owned numerous models of cars over the years and found he enjoyed Car Rallying, in which one year he, with his co-driver, won the European Martini rally. John had travelled the world extensively and has had many stories of his and his late wife Wendy’s adventures which he has put into a book for his family to remember him by. John was very active in the club until his illness prevented him from participating any longer. He has had the role of President, assistant Rally Director to David Mitchell before taking on Rally organiser for many years before John Talbot succeeded him. You couldn’t have met a nicer man. He will be missed by all who knew him. Crankhandle News Canungra 100th year School Carnival 28th October 2018 We had a request from the Canungra State School for some cars to be on display for their 100th year carnival in conjunction with the Make Canungra Pink Day fund raiser for Cancer. Six cars rocked up in all, five in the morning with Peter Stoveld joining in just before midday. Our cars participated in the grand parade around the oval, with all the locals taking a keen interest in our cars. Lucky for us we had the gazebo as it turned out quite a hot day. Our President got into the spirit of the day at the hair colouring stall by getting his hair sprayed in the club colours. Those in attendance were - Col & Karen Hayes, David Mitchell, Richard & Leonie Brown, Peter Amey, Keith & Jean Bailey, Chris Orton and Peter Stoveld. Crankhandle News Mid Week Halloween Run 31/10/18 Well we started off with a good show of cars, with a pleasant run up to Tallowwood Park for morning tea, where Harry Darke won the draw for the free lunch. On the second part of our journey, in the Halloween Spirit, things began to unravel. Could it be goblins spirited some of the navigators into reading the wrong directions, as we had drivers go every which way. A few missed the Baileys Mountain Rd turn off, and others turned in the wrong direction on Stapylton- Jacobs Well Road, with us finally ending up at a boat ramp. Luckily Dennis had his Satnav which took us straight to the Wattle Hotel where four of the teams where already there. Then four more lost souls arrived thirsty for a drink. It made for good conversation on who took what route. All enjoyed the good tucker that the hotel provides. A group of MG’s followed John for a run on the way home, where others opted for the highway. As always, thanks for the run John, Hobgoblins and all. Crankhandle News Those who participated where: Peter Amey - Citroen Bruce Corr—MG Dennis Gow -Mercedes Peter & Laraine Ganderton—MGB Don MacTaggart - Daimler Keith & Jean Bailey—MGB Margaret Hession - Chrysler John Talbot—MGB Col & Karen Hayes – Cadillac Harry & Marie Dark—MGZT Crankhandle News The French Tracbar Dundee Tracbar Dundee stands for TRACBAR being the nickname of the vintage Citroen cars, and Dundee to pay tribute to Mick Dundee very famous in France. The 55 year old Frenchman Eric Massiet Du Biest has spent his entire life touring the world and allowing hundreds of families to live their adventure dreams.