AUGUST 2016 The Official magazine of the GOLD COAST ANTIQUE AUTO CLUB Mudgeeraba Show Crankhandle News Crankhandle News 2016 GCAAC COMMITTEE Position Name Phone Email President David Mitchell 5577 1787 [email protected] Vice President Peter Amey 5525 0250 0407 374 196 Secretary Karen Hayes 5525 3312 [email protected] 0403 506 635 Treasurer Colin Hayes 5525 3312 [email protected] 0409 825 913 Rally & Competitions Director Dating Officer Bill Budd 5535 8882 [email protected] 0409 358888 Publicity Officer John Talbot 5578 9972 [email protected] Editor Peter A. Jones 0413 379 410 [email protected] Spare parts & prop- Graham Tatter- 5554 5659 erty sall Librarian/Historian Barry Stalker 5537 6476 [email protected] Hall & Social Officer Pam Giles 0400 278 807 [email protected] 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 Life Members: Graham Hetherington, Peter Harris, Jim Hession, Margaret Hes- sion, John Wood, Graham Tattersall 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 2 PRESIDENTS REPORT WOW, what a tremendous SWAP meet we have just had. This year was without doubt the biggest and best yet. I know I have said this over the last few years but everything this year went so well and the weather was just about perfect, a cool morning followed by a sunny Gold Coast warm winter day. A lot of swappers set up on the Saturday afternoon and almost filled up the front section, it was great to see so many sellers who have been coming over the years return again this year, we must be doing something right. Without our happy 35 plus band of willing members who turn up each year to help on Friday, Saturday & Sunday, an event such as this would not happen. A sincere and grateful Thankyou to all our crew who manned the gates, organised car parking, organised the swappers and their sites, stayed overnight as security, cleaned up the rubbish and helped in lots of other ways. Pam`s cooked breakfast this year was ``just the best’’ with many members including myself going back for seconds. In 12 months’ time we can do it all again and judging by the great response we had from the public this year, it should be just as successful. Our Presentation Lunch on the 10th July at the Tugun Bowls Club was well attended by 40 + members. The day started with a delightful run organised by John & Peter through some areas behind Tallebudgera that I had never been before. This was followed by a lovely Christmas in July dinner and the annual Presentation of Trophies. I noticed that Col. our esteemed Treasurer had an armful of trophies to put on his shelf at home, well done. On Saturday the 16th July our club did the Sausage Sizzle at Bunnings Nerang. This had been organised some months ago by Col, it turned out to be a good fun day enjoyed by the members who helped and also it put a few dollars back into the kitty. Thanks to Col, who organised it all and spent a lot of time going shopping to get more supplies as we sold more than anticipated. It is with great sadness that we learnt of the passing of our lovely member Wendy Wood. John and Wendy have been members of our club for close on 30 years. They were a great team, John had been our rally organiser for at least 15 years and Wendy was always with him on all the club events. She was a rather private lady with a great sense of humour, a mother of 4 sons and 1 daughter, her presence at our events will be missed by us all. Her funeral on 21st of July was attended by many members from our club, our deepest sympathy goes to John and his wonderful family. Don`t forget our AGM club meeting is on Monday 8th August see you there. Crankhandle News 3 EDITORIAL Well here we are the last newsletter before the AGM, have you considered running of any positions this time. Our committee has been there a few years now and some new blood would be very good for our club. New blood means new ideas and possibly new adventures; we do need a new secretary this time. It’s not a hard big job, mainly recording inwards and outwards mail, recording the minutes at meetings and a few emails and letters out. As you read in Dave’s report we had a couple of good events in July, two of which have made a good increase to the clubs bank balance which helps keep fees down. The very sad news was the passing of Wendy Wood, this couple were very good friends of ours and we will miss her greatly and would like to pass on our personal wishes to John Wood. As I have said before I will run again for editor if you still want me to, but only for two terms at the most. Then its time out and for us it’s time to travel more around Australia and maybe OS, we will have to see. VALE WENDY WOOD It is with great sadness that we have to inform fellow club members of the recent passing of our lovely esteemed club member Wendy Wood. Wendy passed away on the 17th July and her funeral on the 21st July was attended by many of our club members, as well as family and friends. John and Wendy Wood had been married for 63 years, Wendy had 5 children, and they all lived mainly in the UK and also Spain for a short time. In later years John and Wendy moved to Australia living here on the Gold Coast, they have both been very enthusiastic members of our club for almost 30 years. Wendy was always there as the navigator with John on Rallies and events. Our deepest sympathy and condolences to John and family, we have been so lucky to have her as a member of our club and will all miss the friendly manner and happy smiles from this wonderful lady. gorffwys mewn heddwch Crankhandle News 4 GCAAC EVENTS August 2016 3 August Committee meeting - Clubhouse @ 7pm 8 August AGM @ General Meeting and Supper—Clubhouse @ 7.30pm 20 August Cars N Coffee - meet at club house at 8.00 am https://www.facebook.com/carsandcoffeegoldcoast/?ref=py_c 14 August Sunday run - meet at club house 9am for 9:30 start 31 August Mid-week run meet club house 9am for 9:30 start September 2016 7 September Committee meeting - Clubhouse @ 7pm 12 September General Meeting and Supper—Clubhouse @ 7.30pm 17 September Cars N Coffee - meet at club house at 8.00 am https://www.facebook.com/carsandcoffeegoldcoast/?ref=py_c 18 September Sunday run - meet at club house 9am for 9:30 start 28 September Mid-week run meet club house 9am for 9:30 start October 2016 5 October Committee meeting - Clubhouse @ 7pm 10 October General Meeting and Supper—Clubhouse @ 7.30pm 16 October Cars N Coffee - meet at club house at 8.00 am https://www.facebook.com/carsandcoffeegoldcoast/?ref=py_c 17 October Sunday run - meet at club house 9am for 9:30 start 26 October Mid-week run meet club house 9am for 9:30 start Club fees are now overdue and this will be your last newsletter unless you have paid If your vehicle is on historical rego, you needed to have paid before the 30th June 2016 to be legal Crankhandle News 5 Extra August event and cars are needed The Gold Coast Hinterland Heritage Museum is celebrating Seniors Week on Wednesday 17 August 2016.The museum will be open from 10am to 2pm. Seniors are admitted free for the day while adult admission is $5. As a feature for this day we will be journeying along memory lane with the many displays that depict the pioneering days of the Gold Coast Hinterland. We will have our “Singing Swagman” Col Boundy along to entertain us as well as a free Devonshire tea on our veranda to enjoy. The slab hut is a must to see how hard it was and how pioneers “invented” the ne- cessities of life. Displays are constantly being changed and updated. The Museum is located in the Mudgeeraba Heritage Centre, 238 Mudgeeraba Road Mudgeeraba. For further information contact, Anne Panitz on 5596 3165, email [email protected]. If you are able to attend please contact Colin from our committee.We need to find out how many cars will be there, so that we can let the museum know. Greatest music event ever August 1969 The Woodstock Music & Art Fair—informally, the Woodstock Festival or simply Woodstock—was a music festival attracting an audience of over 400,000 people, scheduled over three days on a dairy farm in New York state from August 15 to 17, 1969, but which ran over four days to August 18, 1969. Billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music", it was held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre (240 ha; 0.94 sq mi) dairy farm in the Catskills near the hamlet of White Lake in the town of Bethel.