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Index
In this issue… Page
Letter to the Editor 15
Notice of Annual General Meeting 18
Nomination Form 19
Bill Shears Memorial Trophy 20
Can you Identify 21
The Mad Irishwomen’s Rally 22-23
The Morgan World 24-25
Guttered Oil Market 27
Vero International Festival of Motoring 28
Regular Features
Chairman’s Report 4
Secretary’s Notes 4
Club Captain’s Report 5
Veteran Notes 6
Commercial Notes 7
Library Notes 8-9
Vintage Notes 10-11
Motorcycle Notes 12-13
Mid Week Tourers 14
Coming Events 16-17
For Sale 29
Your Committee 30
June Bulletin closing date Strictly 25 May 2020
Cover Designed by Melanie Ball
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Page 4 May 2020 Chairman’s Report Well what strange times we live in. First of all Lynda and I hope all of you are staying well and coping ok. If any of you are having problems of any sort and need any type of help please make contact with one of the Committee mem- bers and I'm sure we will make every effort to help you. Lynda and I haven't left our home in 5 weeks. We are lucky in that daughter Bea and husband Dan and our grandkids Riley and Isabella are in our bubble and they do our food shopping and we see them regularly. We have been do- ing work on the farm, repairing electric fences, burning scrub and loads of tree cutting. We also have spent a lot of time in the garage, where we had very little room to move about. We have been sorting boxes and boxes of our ‘stuff’ that were from when we moved to Pokeno 10 years ago and also Lynda's mums ‘stuff’ we inherited when she passed away. We have burnt quite a lot, sorted into sections for keeping, selling and for charities. We now have much more moving space. Regarding the Clubroom repairs, that is in limbo at the moment. Maybe the builder can start again in Level 3! Well that's all from me for now, so stay safe and well. Martin Spicer Secretary’s Notes Another Bulletin while we are in these strange times. You will see May events have been cancelled and while we may see Level 2 in June and have some events returning, the Committee have made the decision to postpone our An- nual General Meeting. We feel it is important to have a good turnout and by postponing it will allow many members more time to feel more confident about venturing back to the Clubrooms. This month we will be discussing procedures we will put in place to ensure we are minimising risk for visitors to the Clubrooms. We will confirm later this month the new date for the AGM and again I ask you to look back on one of my earlier reports and consider the future of the Branch and how you could contribute. Tracey Winterbottom
May 2020 Page 5
Club Captain’s Report
Well this has been a month to beat all previous months, unpresented times,
with us all experiencing some form of lockdown. Zero meetings, zero runs and
rallies.
Martin and I haven't left the property for 5 weeks but I can't say it has been
difficult. My occupation of being a Mortgage Adviser has seen me, especially
during the first couple of weeks kept busy, re-negotiating people’s loans and
mortgages so that they could weather the worst of the storm, at least for three
months. In between times I have been helping sorting out the garage. My, I
didn't realise we had that much “stuff”. It was also a bit of a trip down memory
lane as well. Martin is looking forward to him having a proper garage to work
in, rather than a storage unit, as it has been. I've also been busy with catching
up with some studying, as Mortgage Advisers move into a new era of Financial
Services and have to have more qualifications to carry on trading from next
year. Lockdown an ideal time to start. Martin has been busy with emailing the
Motorcycle Section members and quite a few of the car section members,
with interesting articles which I know have also been forwarded on to others. If
you would like to join our mailing list, then give Martin a call on 022 102 5954 or
(09)233 6382. He would only send out information that he thought you would
enjoy. It has also been mentioned that perhaps we look at ZOOM if the lock-
down continues. I already use it for business and can easily set it up for our
general use. This is an open video link which runs through your computer, i-
pad, or smart phone and you can opt to be seen or not. It is a good way of
having a “meeting of a kind” with as many people as want to join in the con-
versation at a set time. Let us have your thoughts on this. If you are experienc-
ing any difficulties during this time, please do reach out to any of the Commit-
tee. We did try to put in place a system where certain people stayed in touch
with others, i.e. John Campbell with the Commercial and Murray Firth with Vin-
tage members, etc. If you need food, don't go hungry, there are plenty of
agencies out there helping but more especially reach out to any of your Com-
mittee who will happily sort something out for you as a matter of urgency. As
we move into Level 3 it looks as if we are being very fortunate in comparison
with other countries, but please, stay within your bubble and keep safe and
well. Never be afraid to pick up the phone and give someone a call, the Com-
mittee or a neighbour, if you need to hear a friendly voice. As Jacinda says,
there are 5 million of us, working together. At this stage we have no idea when
we will return to “normal” or at least a form of normality, when we will be able
to enjoy our club events again, but we will keep you informed through the Bul-
letin or the email tree.
Kia Kaha
Lynda Spicer
Page 6 May 2020
Veteran Notes
Roy Sharman’s 1905 Unic—Made in Paris, France.
This twin cylinder 12HP car was the 379th car built in the first year of 7000 cars
manufactured. This Unic brand car was famous for being the first taxicabs trad-
ing on the London and Paris streets from 1906 to 1920.
The swing seat (allows rear seat entry) model was exhibited at the London
Olympia 1905 exhibition and priced at UK 250 pounds. The bodywork was built
by “Carrosrie—F Merville and G Garnier” Lenoir, Paris. The builder’s name
plates are still attached to the car. The wind protection panels and a side door
were added in NZ using local Kauri timber.
This car was first owned by Mr W D
Lysnar an MP in Gisborne and who
owned freezing works, farms and a re-
frigerated ship for trading directly with
UK.
Motor vehicle registrations in Gisborne
commenced in 1912 when this car was
already 5 years old. It was marked with
registration number G5. This car was
traded for a new Rudge motorcycle in
January 1913 and when re-sold in 1913
no further detail is known until it was
found in a collapsed farm barn in Matawai (between Gisborne and Opotiki) in
1958. The car was found in partially disman-
tled condition by a then medical student
Graeme Macdonald. The car was then reas-
sembled in Auckland using some donor parts
from another Unic twin cylinder car from a
Wanganui farm. The car was then registered
and used on the road in 1959-1960 only and
the 1959 plates and registration sticker and
WOF are still attached to the car. From 1960
the car was then stored for 52 years in a
Remuera garage until 2012.
The car still has most of the original 1905 upholstery, bodywork and hood bows
and still retains the original brass brake linings and mechanical components. In
1905 the makers claimed a 35mph speed in high gear.
As Roy says, you could write a book about the car and its recovery and resto-
ration. The farm’s owner J J Langer, who was of German descent, was very
bitter about his treatment in this country during World War II. Langer and his
family were reclusive and eccentric, unwelcome visitors were strongly advised
to leave. The car was used as a taxi at Rakaroa Railway Station and was driv-
en by Mrs Bryant. The Unic was sold to Graeme Macdonald in 1958 for ten
pounds and the deal included two 1914 Overland cars as well.
John Stokes
May 2020 Page 7
Commercial Notes
Due to the lockdown, I have resorted to on line re-
quests for news and am pleased to report that Hans
Dorbeck’s Hillman Husky, now in the care of son Mi-
chael, is finally in the panel shop after Hans was run
off the road last year. They have managed to lo-
cate a complete front end and grille. Still being
sought is a right front guard, which could come from
any early 50’s Hillman car, and a July completion
date is in the offing.
Murray Firth has removed the heavy Aus-
tralian hardwood framing from the chassis
of his ’31 Bedford to give it a complete
makeover. The timber is in excellent con-
dition, so Murray wants to prepare and
paint the underside, which wasn’t
achieved during the initial restoration. He
used two chain blocks to remove the
frame from the chassis.
If there is something good to have come from this en-
forced lockdown, then for me it has been the oppor-
tunity to transfer many thousands of feet of Standard 8
and Super 8 film to digital format and then burn it to
DVD’s. Of course these days video imaging is mostly
stored on USB flash drives, but I have spent enough
over the 55 years Pat and I have been involved with
amateur movie making, upgrading our gear etc., that
this DVD format will see me out. Most of the footage I
have transferred has been family stuff and in the
weeks ahead, I plan to do a lot more, including our
early forays into video tape cameras. Some of the
film had become coated with a mould which can be
washed away with a warm weak solution of dishwash-
ing liquid. The film was then draped over a line in our basement to dry over-
night.
Keep M Rolling
John Campbell
Page 8 May 2020
Library Notes
We certainly are missing our Thursday mornings at the Library and the signs are
that it will be a while yet before we will be back to our weekly sessions. It is espe-
cially frustrating that in this time when our members have more reading time
than ever, that the Library and its contents are not available. Never mind, its all
in a greater cause and while we are tucked away in our bubbles there has been
some good work being done remotely and ‘on-line’.
A case in point was the
recent request we re-
ceived from Ian
Goldingham regarding
information about some
not seen before photos of
the famous Stutz racer.
Yes, this was the car that
was shipped in 1924 from
San Francisco to its new
owner Selwyn Craig here in
Auckland. As is well rec-
orded, that car went on to
be raced so successfully
and especially at Muriwai
in the 1920’s. Ian’s plea was this: could we help in identifying where in Auckland
the photos were taken and was it perhaps Craig himself who was pushing the
car? He drew our attention to the cobbled streets and tram tracks and suggest-
ed maybe the location could be Albert St, or maybe Customs or Quay St.
Maybe it was due to the welcome break in the boredom of being in lockdown,
but whatever, several (usually) well-informed historic enthusiasts became en-
grossed in solving this puzzle and much detective work was done. All manner of
good ideas came forward, like the fact that it couldn’t be Albert St as the trams
never ran down there. Maybe it was in Lower Customs St, or maybe it was in
Dominion Rd where KFC is now? Barry Robert so wisely pointed out that the car
was wider than the tracks.
Auckland Tram tracks
were 4ft. 8 1/2in, so they
must be train tracks, (3ft. 6
in) which in Auckland only
ran down Quay St. Chris
Wood pointed out that
poor Selwyn Craig died of
cancer in 1924. He never
got to drive the car and it
would have been most
unlikely that he would feel
up to pushing the car as
energetically as shown in
the photo.
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Library Notes Contd...
As time passed the team were no closer to solving the case, the stress was get-
ting to them and some were reportedly even losing sleep.
Even a few more days passed with still no answer for Ian and the feeling in the
team was one of utter frustration. What a surprise then, when most unexpect-
edly, a message came through from Ian to say that he had found some other
photos taken at the same time and on the back of one was written, “Day of
shipping from San Francisco”.
Problem solved, but there is this nagging doubt—might Ian have been just test-
ing us?
On another subject, Barry Birchall continues his researching on the history of the
motor industry in NZ. In his work he has identified that we have some gaps in
our collection of books on the histories of Distributors and Dealers. In that re-
gard we are looking for a copy of “The University on the Hill”, which is the histo-
ry of Todd Motors and in addition we would like to get anything there might be
on Shorters, Schofields, Dominion Motors or Tappenden Motors. They were all
established in the 1920’s and have long histories. Still on the subject of historic
material, we are always looking for good quality photos depicting some inter-
esting aspect of motoring preferably from the era 1920-1940. Please send to:
cdwood@xtra.co.nz.
Chris Wood and the Library Team:—Owen Hayward, Colin Bott, Barry
Birchall, John Stokes & Barry Robert.
Page 10 May 2020 Vintage Notes Our April meeting of the Vintage Section has once again had to be cancelled. As I write, "Level 3" will be implemented this coming week, but this will not be much use to us. Even under "Level 2", I doubt the Committee will open the Clubrooms as the requirements are still very strict, but at least we won't be locked down. My own lockdown project - repainting the truck, is coming on well, but I am running low on paint and sandpaper etc. so am looking forward to replenishing supplies. We have done the hardest part, so keep your spirits up and your hands busy and be patient. This month's feature is Owen Hayward and his Paige. Enjoy. Murray Firth Our 1922 Paige Daytona—Paige Motors Detroit started in 1908 and their first car was powered by a 3 cylinder 2 stroke engine. They continued until being pur- chased by Graham Bros in 1927. In 1986 after a few years without a vintage car I decided to look for a vintage car for club activities and came across John Williams 1922 Paige. While the body was in great condition mechanically it need attention. I took the body off and started from the chassis. I had the 1992 Palmerston North Rally as my goal. The engine being 6 litre Continental 10A series motor and over a metre long needed complete rebuilding. That went to the engine re-conditioners and I had a set of aluminium pistons manufactured 40 thou. oversize by David Giles at Icon Engineering. With the engine completed and the rolling chassis mobile we tested up and down our driveway and taking off in top gear was no trouble until the engine warmed up then it was appeared something was too tight. With Geoff Thorpe’s help we removed the 6 pistons and removed the rings. It was Geoff who noticed 3 of the compression rings were deeper than the rest resulting in these 3 sitting slightly outside the piston resulting in being pushed by the expansion of the piston and tightening against the bore. We replaced these 3 rings and end of that problem. We completed the restoration and off to Palmerston North. All was great and we continued with no real problems, but it was obvious the engine was losing the power we started with and the car was far too low geared. Once home compressions showed things were not good so I took the head off expecting to find burnt valves but no the valves all looked good and seating well. A measure of the bore showed .0008 thou. wear not on the thrust side but round nearer the front. I sent the engine to Har- old Cannum in Rotorua. His findings were the line boring while straight was 27 thou. higher at the rear making the big end and gudgeon pin not parallel. That accounted for the wear being where it was, so a set of new pistons from America and a second rebuild. The engine was perfect when Harold had worked his magic and off we went on a club run. We hadn’t got to the start when the engine started to become very sluggish and when I turned it off it showed signs of piston seizing. We waited until the engine cooled down and it started and all seamed well. A little heat and away it went again so we came
May 2020 Page 11
Vintage Notes Contd...
home, took off the head and the bore was badly marked. Out came the en-
gine and the process started for the third time.
Harold Cannum told me he allowed .001 thou. clearance for the pistons (3.75
inch diameter solid skirt aluminium) and .003.3 of a thou. for the big end and
main bearings (2.25 inch diameter).
So we started all over again.
I had the block bored out and sleeved to .0020 oversize, took the block and the
original pistons to David Giles for it to be machined to fit the re-sleeved bore
at .004 clearance, took the con rods to Ivan Monkawits to have the bearings
released and with 2 rods requiring the big ends re-metaling with .003 or 3 thou.
clearance and reassembled the engine myself. We have enjoyed 27 years of
great motoring.
The transmission will be the next instalment.
Owen HaywardPage 12 May 2020 Motorcycle Report Lynda and I hope you all are safe and well and coping well with the lockdown. Well it's now time for the April Motorcycle Meeting report. Lynda and I didn't arrive at the Clubrooms on a sunny Saturday afternoon and we didn't set up the room ready for the meeting. There were no bikes in the car park, there were no visitors and the membership attendance was zero. There wasn't any reports on runs or rallies, the coming events are a bit vague. So now we go onto our guest speaker. It's been reported that he's world famous in his own circle? So let's have a big hand for Martin Spicer, following is one of his sto- ries. Once Upon A Time In England: It's 1971 and I had just been to Brixton, South Lon- don, to the famous or infamous motorcycle dealers Pride and Clarks, or as locals called them Pride and Sharks. I bought from them a new rear Dunlop TT 100 tyre for my Golden Flash. The tyre name came about because in the production class of the IOM TT of 1969 Malcolm Uphill won the race on a Triumph Thruxton Bonneville. This was the first time a production bike using road tyres had lapped the IOM TT at100 mph. Any way, off I went home to West Dulwich in South Lon- don and fitted the new tyre to the bike - this was on a Friday evening. Now we jump to the Sunday morning, Lynda and I set of from home on a sunny morning and headed north on the Flash. We had a good 110 mile ride up to the Mallory Park race track in Leicestershire. We were there for the legendary Race of the Year. This race was one of the best and biggest of the year and we were part of the massive 75,000 crowd. The entry list of riders was absolutely brilliant. Some of the riders world champions Mike Hailwood riding a 350 Yamaha, Giacomo Agos- tini 500 MV Augusta, Phil Read 350 Yamaha and future world champions Barry Sheen 500 Suzuki, Rod Gould, Jarno Saarinen and American Garry Nixon, Swede Kent Anderson, all on 350 Yamaha's. Other top names were Peter Williams 750 works Norton, John Cooper, Percy Tait, Ray Pickrell, Paul Smart, all on works Tri- umph and BSA triples and loads of the top UK's privateers. Nowadays at big race meetings you get 1 to 3 races, but at this 1971 meeting there were 17 races that went from 10am till 6pm. There were 127 competitors on solo's and 45 of the top sidecar racers. All the riders rode in at least 3 or 4 races. My hero was sidecar racer Chris Vincent who worked for BSA as a test rider and raced a BSA outfit, he won many British championships. Over the day’s racing all the top rid- ers won their races in qualifying. Now to the big race, that had a first place prize of the Trophy and 1000 guineas which seems very small by today's standards, 2nd got 500 pounds and 3rd 250. At other race meetings in the year, 1st would normally get around 25 pounds, so you can see why there was a big entry. The race was full of excitement with many of the fancied riders crashing or breaking down. Barry Sheen was in 3rd place at the beginning on his 500 Suzuki twin but crashed and Hailwood's Yamaha broke down. The race soon settled down to just 2 riders fighting it out, Ago on his MV Grand Prix 500 and the previous years race winner John Cooper BSA Rocket 3. They swapped places on every corner for the 30 laps. The big crowd went wild with cheering everytime Cooper went into the lead and then booed Ago when he went into the lead. We had sore throats by the end of the race. Cooper won the race by 3/5ths of a second from Ago, 3rd was Ray Pickrell BSA Rocket 3, 4th Paul Smart Triumph Trident, 5th
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Motorcycle Report Contd...
Percy Tait Triumph Trident, 6th Jarno Saarinen Yamaha, 7th Phil Read Yamaha,
The crowd went mad for Cooper, as this was his 3rd win in this race since 1965.
So it was all over till next year. Mallory Park circuit is way out in the countryside
and the roads were not much more than single lane roads, I'm sure it must be
better nowadays. I'm guessing there were around 20,000 bikes and 45,000 cars
all wanting to get out and go home. It took Lynda and I on the Flash around
one and half hour's to get out of the track and onto the A1 road to go back to
London. We were on a high after such a great day's racing. It now was dark
and there we were relying on the Prince of Darkness (Lucas) to show us the
way home, no the lights didn't let us down, but we were half way back to Lon-
don when we entered a small village, when the brand new rear tyre went flat,
“Bugger” we stopped outside a small cottage, needing help, we knocked on
the door a few times, when we heard some shout out “there's no one home”,
so went across the road to the phone box (no mobile phones then) to phone
Lynda's Mum and Dad to say we will be late getting home. Just then a man
knocked on the phone box door, we came out to see what he wanted. He
said he lived across the road in the small cottage and his wife and her mother
were in, but wouldn't open up to two helmeted “Hell's Angels”, while he was
walking his dog. We told him our problem and he said come over to the house
and we will have a go at fixing the puncture. So we got the wheel off and
took it into their kitchen, his wife gave us cups of tea and scones. We found
the reason why the tyre went down. The tyre had 2 big splits in it, so we fixed
the holes in the tube and put some cardboard inside the tyre to cover the
splits. We thanked them for their help and set off again, it was now 11pm. All
went well, but I was praying that the tyre would stay up. We made it to Lon-
don, crossed the Thames via Waterloo Bridge, passed through The Elephant
and Castle when the tyre went flat again. “Bugger” again. It was now 1:30am,
we were 7 miles from home. We stopped at the Shell petrol station, phoned
Lynda's Mum and Dad again and they came to rescue us. We left the bike at
the station. I removed the rear wheel and took it with us. Monday morning I
went back to Pride and Sharks, showed them the tyre, but they wouldn't give
me a replacement until they had sent the knackered one back to Dunlop for
investigation. This took 2 weeks. I was told it was a manufacturing flaw, so they
then gave me a new one. So another Spicer motorcycle story ends.
Hope you enjoyed my trip to the past. Let's all hope we will meet at the May
Motorcycle Meeting!
Martin SpicerPage 14 May 2020
Mid Week Tourers
No run last month (April), so no report. Future reports, well, we need someone to
co-ordinate these runs and report to the Bulletin Editor. What about it? There is
a good team willing to plot runs and there is even one who is thinking about
looking after the southern end. With the AGM coming up soon, that would be a
good time to offer your services. Meantime, the Dewdrops are signing off, God
Bless.
Future Events: NOW ALL POSTPONED UNTIL???
Kelvin has arranged a run to Kaukapakapa (a boutique chocolate factory and
shop) The Silverdale collection will still be on another day.
John has a run in mind, to be confirmed. It is expected to be a Southern (Drury
start) for a run that will include an optional lap or two on the Pukekohe Race-
way.
Jack has a couple of ideas for runs, wait and see when the lockdown is over.
The same goes for the Dewdrops. But someone is needed to tie it all together.
Go well, keep safe.
The Mid-Week Team
PAUL’S MAGNETOS
Testing, repairs, re-magnetizing, rewinding and
remedial-engineering of all types of magnetos.
Magnetos re-engineered to competition standards of
accuracy, with improved spark power.
Dynamo repairs, 6 to 12-volt conversion,
3 to 2 brush conversion, electronic regulators,
adjustment of mechanical regulators.
Recommended by Ken McIntosh, Hugh Anderson,
Ken Campbell, Steve Raffills and David Warren.
Contact Paul Greet on 021 771 090May 2020 Page 15
Letter to the Editor
I am having a job to find something to write on. Half an hour ago, I was sitting in
the sun and the phone was ringing and I couldn’t get up from the low chair, but
in the end I made it. A nice lady on the end of the phone, it was Shaaran from
the Vintage Car Club—I have often had a cup of tea that she has made. Her
husband Alan has handed me the sugar just half a spoon. Anyway, it is a great
day to get the pen going. Friday 3 April and the Fish & Chip shop is closed.
A friend rang me a few minutes ago and said it is lovely driving on the motor-
way and no traffic, wouldn’t it be lovely for our old cars! Getting back to our
Club, really it is the best one in NZ and what a perfect Library. All the books on
Veteran cars—our cars are getting a good rest! I have always said, one day
someone is going to push the wrong button and the world is going to finish. We
are only getting a taste of what is to come.
Away from old cars at the moment, I was talking to my sweet daughter Irene
who is living at Waiheke for a short time and now ladies I am going to tell you
something I don’t think you have ever done before. She had done all the
washing in the washing machine and put it in the dryer. Left it for an hour or so
and when she pulled it out it was all a bright orange colour. When she pulled all
her nice silk underwear out, she found about 20 eggs. What had happened,
she had left the door a bit open and the chickens had laid their eggs. Oh,
what a job she said, half a day cleaning up and scrambled eggs for a month.
She was not happy and I guess the chickens weren’t happy either! She has 45
of them running around, as well as some wild pigs and three cats.
A lady gave me a balloon on my 98th birthday, it goes flat at night and in the
day it goes big again, what do you make of that? I must put the oven on and
heat up my dinner of Steak & Kidney with savoury mince, they are my favourite
and choc bomb later goes down well too. I’m lucky, a good bed and three
meals a day from ‘Meals on Wheels’. My nurse gives me a dust over every cou-
ple of days. “Cabbage and water is the secret petrol in the car”.
Another good day for writing, Saturday 4 April. I have just got up from sitting in
a chair in the hot sun and believe it or not, I had a job getting out of the chair. I
have everything here, but no lady. A very good day for hopping in an old car
and going for a run, no traffic and we are not allowed out, only around the
house. I am okay, NZ is a lovely country. My car at the moment is a four wheel
push cart, it has solid tyres so no punctures!
I have just filled up my glass with cold water and an inch of brandy and potato
chips and roasted peanuts.
Well all, I have said enough, I must give my teeth a sharpen up ready for my
steak. Ice cream after to wash it down.
Love to you all from
Jimmie FrancisPage 16 May 2020
Coming Events
May
14 Thurs Bulletin via Website or email
16 Sat Motorcycle Rally (Northland Branch) CANCELLED
20 Wed Mid Week Tourers
Starts Drury Service Centre, Southern Motorway 10:00am
23 Sat Motorcycle Meeting—Clubrooms 2:30pm
24 Sun Club Run—Experts Rally POSTPONED
27 Wed Commercial Meeting & Charabanc Maintenance Night
Clubrooms 8:00pm
28 Thurs Club Night & New Members 8:00pm
30 Sat Vintage Section Meeting—Clubrooms 2:30pm
30-1 June Double Fifty (Waikato Branch) CANCELLED
June
2 Tues Committee Meeting 7:30pm
11 Thurs Bulletin Mailing 7:30pm
13 Sat Veteran Section Meeting—Clubrooms 2:30pm
17 Wed Mid Week Tourers
Starts The Warehouse Carpark, Westgate 10:00am
20 Sat Motorcycle Meeting—Clubrooms 2:30pm
24 Wed Commercial Meeting & Charabanc Maintenance Night
Clubrooms 8:00pm
25 Thurs Branch AGM—POSTPONED—Date to be confirmed 8:00pm
28 Sun Club Run—Combined with North Shore Branch,
this year hosted by North Shore Branch
30 Tues Committee Meeting (July) 7:30pm
July
4-5 Winter Woollies Wander (Wellsford/Warkworth Branch)
9 Thus Bulletin via Website or email
11 Sat Veteran Section Meeting—Clubrooms 2:30pm
12 Sun Central North Island Swapmeet (Rotorua Branch)
11-12 R’Oil Can Rally (Waitemata Branch)
15 Wed Mid Week Tourers
Starts Drury Service Centre, Southern Motorway 10:00am
18 Sat Motorcycle Meeting—Clubrooms 2:30pm
22 Wed Commercial Meeting & Charabanc Maintenance Night
Clubrooms 8:00pm
23 Thurs Club Night & New Members 8:00pm
26 Sun Club Run
Note: The clubrooms are open on the second and fourth Thursday evenings each month
from 7:30pm till 10:00pm
and every Saturday afternoon from 4:30pm till 6:30pm.May 2020 Page 17
Coming Events
Thursday 28 May
8:00 p.m.
Guest Speaker from St
John talking on First Aid
May Club Run
EXPERTS RALLY
Sunday 24 May
Starts: Cnr Coronation Rd &
Kiwi Esplanade, Mangere Bridge
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Finishing at the ClubroomsPage 18 May 2020
Notice of Annual General Meeting
Auckland Veteran & Vintage Car Club Inc.
NOTICE OF
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Thursday 25th June 2020
To be held in the Auckland Branch Clubrooms,
39 Fairfax Avenue, Penrose.
Meeting commences 8:00 p.m.
Agenda: Apologies
Minutes 2019 AGM
Annual Reports
Financial Statement
Election of Officers
Prize Giving
25 & 35 Year Presentation Awards
General Business
A light supper will be provided and the Bar will NOT be open.
Members are requested to show their membership cards to re-
ceive voting papers.
All nominations for office should be duly proposed, seconded
and accepted by Financial Members and delivered to the Secre-
tary, or maybe made from the floor at the AGM, if required.
T Winterbottom
Secretary AVVCCMay 2020 Page 19
Nomination Form
NOMINATION FORM for the 2020-21 COMMITTEE
Positions available are: Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary, Treasur-
er, Club Captain and six Committee Members.
Non Committee Positions are: Librarian, Beaded Wheels Scribe & Bul-
letin Editor
All positions are available for nomination so here is your opportunity to
put your name or someone else’s forward for a position.
I wish to nominate: ___________________________________(Print)
to the position of:__________________________________________
Proposer: ___________________________________________(Print)
Signature: ________________________________________________
Seconder: ___________________________________________(Print)
Signature: ________________________________________________
Nominee: ____________________________________________(Pint)
Signature: ________________________________________________
Robinson Instrument Ltd
Unit 3 31 Princes St, Onehunga, Auckland.
Ph: 09 636 5836 Fax:09 636 5838
Email: sales@robinsoninstruments.co.nz
Web: www.robinsoninstruments.co.nzPage 20 May 2020
Bill Shears Memorial Trophy
NOMINATION FORM
For the Bill Shears Memorial Trophy
Members of the Auckland Veteran & Vintage Car Club (Inc) are invited
to nominate a fellow Branch member for this Annual Award. The
nomination should be for any member that they regard as having
been involved in a significant event. It may be a particularly memora-
ble motoring journey, an important historical article or series of arti-
cles published or some special service to the Branch. This trophy will
be awarded at the Branch AGM in June.
I wish to nominate: ___________________________________(Print)
for the Bill Shears Memorial Trophy
Proposer: ___________________________________________(Print)
Signature: ________________________________________________
Seconder: ___________________________________________(Print)
Signature: ________________________________________________
Details of the accomplishment and supporting information: _________
_________________________________________________________
Please submit to the Secretary, Tracey Winterbottom by 30 June 2020
via email auckland@vcc.org.nz
or post P O Box 12 138 Penrose Auckland 1642May 2020 Page 21
Can you Identify
I have had an enquiry from a member regarding the date of a Gymnic at the
Clevedon Polo Grounds. Below are two photos—can you help with the year of
the Gymnic—was it December 1977 or 1978 and maybe something about the
Model T also in the photo. If you could let me know, it would be much appreci-
ated. The EditorPage 22 May 2020 The Mad Irishwoman’s Rally Trevor Appleby made such a great job last year of running the inaugural event, we had to be back to give support and to enjoy a weekend of Vintage Motor- ing “Irishman Style” during the weekend of 14-15 March. A few entrants started the event by attending a BBQ at Trevor’s place on Friday night and by the num- ber of stories told and camaraderie amongst those gathered we knew we were in for another great event. The weather played its part and we headed for breakfast at the Wharepapa South School who had arranged all catering for the weekend. A fantastic opportunity to put some money back into the local community and what a great job they did of catering breakfasts, lunches and Saturday dinner. The rally attracted 15 entrants from South Waikato, Waikato and Auckland. A mixture of cars, De Soto 8 cylinder, Dodge Six, Austin 12/4, 1924 Standard, Oak- land, Riley, Chev, Ford Model A’s and two Ford model T’s. First instruction was left from the school towards Otorohanga, then we wound through great rolling and steep country to enter Rangitoto Station and the Abandoned Farm. Marvelous lunch provided in the woolshed. The return trip was mostly narrow and winding to eventually return to Wharepapa South School. Saturday clocked up around 120 miles. The evening meal was a real feast served at Trevor’s daughter and son in law’s farm, the whole weekend a real family affair.
May 2020 Page 23
The Mad Irishwoman’s Rally Contd..
Sunday involved visits to five farms, tracks, fords and native bush. Finish was
early afternoon enabling most to return home before dark.
Another well-organized event and likely to become more popular for vintage
vehicles in the years to come.
Peter AlderdicePage 24 May 2020 The Morgan World This is copied from Vol 1 issue 6 of “The Morgan World” a magazine devoted to Morgan Enthusiasts. The article was written by Barry Davison to whom we are indebted. It relates to the Irish rally held in 1974. I was so taken with the descrip- tion of veteran motorcycle riding, I thought you may all also get some enjoy- ment from the article. Don Stringer and the Quadrant Don, Morgan Three-Wheeler Club member and also a Drop Head Coupe owner, was in those days’ accident prone. A keen motorcyclist without the luxury of a running Morgan at that time, Don went to the extraordinary lengths in his at- tempts to kill himself in Ireland. For a couple of years, he was a legend on the rally with his 1904 Quadrant motorised cycle. I will have to describe this wretched devise for you. Picture if you will, a very large turn of the century gentleman’s safety Bicycle. Now imagine it with industrial-strength tubing. Fill the void between the frame tubes and the saddle with a vertical slab tank which leaks petrol profusely from each and every seam. Couple this with the most ineffective and the heaviest single cylinder engine which you have ever seen, add a wick carburettor which would regularly backfire and set fire to the whole plot in spectacular style. An enormous set of pedals and Edwardian cow horn handlebars with more levers than a railway signal box completes the picture. Now Don was not a large or well-built man and this was probably why I chose him as my racing passenger for many years. But he was completely fearless (which may have been why he stayed my racing passenger for many years). He was wiry and he was also determined, very determined. Due to its weight the Quadrant could cope quite well with the downhill bits, alt- hough the lack of any worthwhile brakes frequently led to bloody scenes at the bottom of inclines.
May 2020 Page 25
The Morgan World Contd...
A former racing cyclist, Don was obsessed with the idea that although the motor
was not up to much, he could pedal the damnable thing around the place and
up all the hills and thus complete an Irish Rally on it. But the Quadrant was a truly
Satanic device which would bite him and set him on fire with monotonous regu-
larity.
He could be seen, arriving at check points long after darkness had descended,
knackered, bleeding and often still smoking from the countless petrol fires which
had destroyed much of his hair and clothing. He never gave up-ever! After five
days of torture, bloodied, bruised, swathed in bandages and badly scorched
around the crutch region. Don finally made it all the way to within 2 miles of the
finish of the 1973 rally.
Here the evil contraption spat him off one final time, caught fire again and
buckled its wheels beyond recognition. Did he give up? Did he wait for the Ba-
nana Wagon? Oh no, not super Don.
He carried the remains all the way to the finish and got his finishers plate and
also just about every other award they could think of. I took pity on Don the
next year and lent him my 2 speeder Morgan, so he toured around in compara-
tive luxury and all of the emergency services went on short-time.
Article sent by Peter AlderdicePage 26 May 2020
Volunteers Required
VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED
Volunteers are required to assist Dudley Kitson and
Bill Hulse in the Spares Department on
Thursday morning from 10:00 a.m. on.
Duties include assisting with sorting Spares
as they arrive.
Contact Robin Elliott or any Committee
member or just turn up on Thursday morn-
ing.
Established in 1993 we specialise in classic & Vintage Car Resto-
rations and Repair work
Classic Car Insurance Claims
Insurance and Private Work on all vehicles
WOF and Rust Repairs
Full Panel and Paint Service
New! - The Metal Room—Metal Shaping Classes
Contact Mark McAlpine—Ph: (09) 820 2299
Email: alpinepb@vodafone.co.nz www.alpinepanelbeaters.co.nz
Or call in and see us at 8/2 Lansford Crescent, AvondaleMay 2020 Page 27
Guttered Oil Market
The coronavirus pandemic is turning oil markets upside down.
While U.S. crude futures have shed half of their value this year, prices for actual
barrels of oil in some places have fallen even further. Storage around the
globe is rapidly filling and, in areas where crude is hard to transport, producers
could soon be forced to pay consumers to take it off their hands—effectively
pushing prices below zero. Part of the problem, traders say, is the industry’s
limited capacity to store excess oil. Efforts to curb the spread of the virus have
driven demand to record lows. Factories have shut. Cars and airplanes are
sitting immobile. So, refineries are slashing activity while stores of crude rapidly
accumulate.
U.S. crude inventories surged by a record 15.2 million barrels during the week
ended April 3, according to data from the Energy Information Administration.
Gasoline stockpiles also jumped, climbing by 10.5 million barrels, while refining
activity hit its lowest level since September 2008.
Crude comes in many varieties, used for a range of purposes, and different
grades are priced based on several factors, including their density, sulfur con-
tent and ease of transportation to trading hubs and refineries. Heavier, higher-
sulfur crudes generally trade at a discount to lighter, sweet crudes such as West
Texas Intermediate because they tend to require more processing. Crudes
that depend on pipeline transportation are trading at a discount right now be-
cause there is nowhere to put them and the pipelines that would normally take
them away are getting jammed up, analysts and traders say.
The price of some regional crudes recently dipped into single digits. The spot
price of Western Canadian Select at Hardisty—a heavy grade of Canadian
crude typically transported by pipeline or rail to the U.S. Gulf and Midwest for
refining—fell to just over $8 a barrel on April 1, according to an assessment from
S&P Global Platts. The spot price of West Texas Intermediate at Midland fell to
just above $10 a barrel on March 30, while West Texas Sour at Midland—its,
harder-to-refine counterpart—fell to around $7 a barrel. One commodities
trading house recently bid less than zero dollars for Wyoming Asphalt Sour
crude.
Saudi Arabia and Russia ended a production feud and joined the U.S. to lead
a coalition of 23 oil-producing countries to cut output by a collective 9.7 million
barrels a day. The feud began in March after Russia refused to participate in a
Saudi-backed plan to carry out coordinated cuts. Saudi Arabia then lowered
prices and raised production of its barrels, sending global prices into a down-
ward spiral.
Some analysts see a glimmer of hope coming from China, where there are
some signals of life returning to normal. Chinese consumers have cautiously
begun to travel again after hunkering down at home for two months. Others
aren’t as optimistic, noting that global oil demand is still falling by tens-of-
millions of barrels a day.
This article was sent in by Don Howarth, which has been summarised, from the
Wall Street JournalPage 28 May 2020
Vero International Festival of Motoring
Postponed till 2022
MOTOR TRIMMING
CLASSIC & VINTAGE CARS
LEATHER, HOODS, SIDECURTAINS
20 YEARS EXPERIENCE
Trained by Ken Keay
FABRIC BODIES A SPECIALITY
TOP QUALITY WORK
REASONABLE RATES
John McKechnie
66a Ladies Mile
Remuera
Phone: (09) 522 4418May 2020 Page 29
For Sale
1929 Ariel and Dusting side car—old restoration, looking for market value
1960 Velocette Venom Clubman—totally original
Side car wheel, stub axle and mudguard. 19 inch, wheel & axle both fully rebuilt
$100
Split rims, (5) 24 inch. Good condition. $100
Austin 7 parts, 1931 rolling chassis plus other bits, offers around $500
“Fun” Go kart, Kawasaki 2 stroke 125 cc engine and G/box, paid $400. Offers
Oxy-acetylene welding gauges, hoses and torches—what are they worth?
Ph: Norman Dewhurst (Member) (09) 232 0245 or email dewdrops@xtra.co.nz
……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
NZ Welder Repair Services Ltd.
Unit 4/5 Portage Road, New Lynn, Auckland
For personal service call Rod Rugg (Member)
Stick, MIG, TIG and Plasma cutters.
All welding machine types and
consumables for sale.
“Over 30 years experience”
Repairs to machines, new sales and used. Hire options available.
For home or work. Large or small. We deal with only good machines not rubbish.
Phone: 09 8261425, e-mail: rod.rugg@nzwrs.com
Postal address: P.O. Box 19272, Avondale, Auckland 1746Page 30 May 2020
Your Committee
Chairman/Motorcycle Rep/Delegate
Martin Spicer (Lynda) Email: spicerclan2017@gmail.com Ph: (09) 233 6382
or 0221 025 954
Vice Chairman/Clubrooms Booking/Name Badges
Don Green (Brenda) Email: greend@slingshot.co.nz Ph: 266 8836
or 021 073 2642
Secretary/Privacy Officer:
Tracey Winterbottom Email: vintagesunbeam@hotmail.co.nz
(Stephen) Ph: (09) 232 0246
or 021 732 209
Treasurer:
Ian Hubbard (Lesley) Email: ian@fhp.co.nz Ph: 575 8236
or 0274 426 748
Club Captain:
Lynda Spicer (Martin) Email: spicerclan2017@gmail.com Ph: (09) 233 6382
or 021 189 3120
Committee Members:
Warwick Darrow (Trisha) Building Maintenance
Email: waktrish@gmail.com Ph: 520 2882 or 021 203 4562
Robin Elliott Entertainment Officer/Spares
Email: robaleen@actrix.co.nz Ph: 0274 922 188
Alan Price (Shaaran) Building Maintenance
Email: birdwoodprices@gmail.com Ph: 833 8575
Shaaran Price (Alan) Social Convenor/New Membership Liaison Officer
Email: birdwoodprices@gmail.com Ph: 833 8575
John Stokes Veteran Rep/Spares/Trophy Steward
Email: jcstokes96a@xtra.co.nz Ph: (09) 236 4582
or 0272 772 108
Non-Committee Officers:
Librarian Bulletin Editor
Chris Wood (Diana) Val Ball (Rodger)
Ph: 524 9478 Ph: 298 6476 Email: rvball@xtra.co.nz
Beaded Wheels Reporter Commercial Rep
John Stokes John Campbell (Pat)
Continuous Membership Awards Steward Ph: 828 7850 or 0272 446 928
Glenn Morris (Marion) VIC Officer
Ph: 273 4975 or 021 136 5926 Michael O’Kane
Insurance: Ph: 813 4944
Vero Consumer Insurance Specialist 0800 505 905 or 356 4501
Agency Number: 0300126
Clubrooms Ph: 579 5625
Street Address: 39 Fairfax Ave, Penrose
Postal Address: P O Box 12 138, Penrose, Auckland 1642
Open: 2nd & 4th Thursday 7:30-10:00pm, Every Saturday 4:30-6:30 pm
Club Night: 4th Thursday of the month
Branch Email Address auckland@vcc.org.nz
Library Email Address libraryavvcc@gmail.com
Branch Website www.avvcc.org.nz
Branch Honorary Life Members: Barry Robert
Norm Dewhurst QSM
Alan RobertsMay 2020 Page 31
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