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EditorialThe Racing RileysTime Marches OnGlancing Back in " Bea ded

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As Others See Us 713th Annual Burma Rally ... 8Will the "Eights" Come Back? 9Special Australian Rally Feature 111970 Easter National Rally .......... 27

Beach Racing's Grand Old Man 29Letters to the Editor 32Report from Nationa! Executive 33Branch Notes 33Classified Advertisements 39

The Racing Rileys

The ex-works Brooklands Riley which won the 1949 Lady WigramTrophy and is now owned by Don Ransley.

By Doug Wood

Some 'interest was displayed inthe two Rileys shown in companywith the Thomas Special in thephotograph which was featuredin our last issue. The followingnotes have been compiled mainlyas a result of talks with Ron Roy­croft and Arthur Dexter. Beforewe trace the rather complicatedhistory of the cars in this country,a few notes on the developmentof the model will be in order.

Parry Thomas was so impressedby the possibilities of the 1098c.c. Riley Nine, that he decidedto produce for himself a racingversion of it in 1927, shortly afterits introduction, and the car wasnearly finished when he died .Reid Railton of Thomson andTaylors at Brooklands carried on,finished the car, entered in anouter circuit race and won easilyat over 91 m.p.h. A Brooklandsmodel was put into limited pro­duction in 1928 by the makers, ata time when the 1100 c.c. classwas dominated by Continentalcars and by its appearance, per­formance, and equipment, it wasa sweeping success, winningcountless races in the hands ofprivate owners, and later by fac­tory drivers. It was in productionfor four years.

From a mechanical aspect theBrooklands Riley differed fromits standard counterpart in havinga wheelbase of 8 feet 'instead of8ft. 10 inches, a final drive of 4.77as against 5.25 to 1, and all theusual mods to the engine. Thegearbox ratios were 11.78, 7.15,5.96 and 4.77; and as it had toconform with sports car racingrules, bolt-on wheels necessarilyhad to be kept until the saloonchanged to centre locks .

The Riley on the right of lastissue's picture, owned and driventhen by Arthur Dexter, is aBrooklands Riley originally 'im-

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ported by Harry Butcher, anddriven in competition for him bythe late George Smith at Hen­nings speedway in March 1931,when George collected the 100mile Flying Start 1100 c.c. recordat 70.74 m.p.h. It was bought bythe Dexters, the then Riley deal­ers in Auckland, and used withconsidera ble success by Arthurfor several years.

In an endeavour to get morespeed a most attractive offsetsingle-seater body was built. De­velopment over the years enabledArthur to collect the 1100 c.c.Flying mile record at 92.79 m.p.h.in 1938 at Muriwai. When dirttrack racing became not only allthe rage, but practically the onlyform of motor racing in thecountry, Arthur Dexter and Roy­croft senior built a midget usinga Brescia Bugatti chassis, and theengine, gearbox and radiatorfrom the Brooklands Riley . Thiswas a success and was raced formany years, and not only on thecinders.

After passing through the hands

of several owners it was boughtby Maurice Procter after the war,who at that time had the othercar in our photograph. GavinBain has the chassis of this olddirt track special, while the en­gine and other Riley parts areowned by Don Ransley of Christ­church.

Meanwhile, the original Brook­lands chassis and body, less anengine and radiator, were sold toa Mr Charteris, who fitted a twin ­carboengine from a Riley BiarritzNine and made up a smallerradiator from the same vehicle .It passed through several handsto Graham Wells, thence to Gor­don Murray in about 1946. Hemoved to Ruawai, where the carhas been until Dale Court boughtit recently, bringing it back toAuckland for restoration.

The centre car in the picturehas the owner, Bill Galpin, sittingin it. This car is a Works preparedand raced Riley, differing fromDexter's, and also faster. It hadpartaken in a Tourist Trophyrace, won at Brooklands, and won

More History of the ex WorksBrooklands Riley (V.C. 8302), by

Don Ransley.

The Riley Co. originally racedthi s as a team-car, dri ven by MrsEl sie Wisdom who was partneredby M iss Joan Richmond fr omAu str a lia. They won the JuniorCa r Club's 1000 m ile rac e in 1932a t an ave rage speed of 84.41m.p.h.

It was shipped to Au st ral iacomplete with its own racin g fue land works mech anics to win the1933 Au st ralian G .P. on the Phil ­lip Island circuit. The dri ver wasW. B. (Bill) Thompson with

fo r it and got it back aga in.After ano ther overhaul he used itin club events fo r some tim e, thensold it to the late Bill F order ,who raced it a bit but gen er allyused it as an everyday hack.

R oycr oft then bought it for thethird time , using it in club even ts,but sold it in poor co ndition toDes W ild of Christchurch. Bynow it was reall y rough, sufferingso badly fro m a broken clutchthrust race that it could not co m­plete the trip south.

Don Ransley bought the car inJanuar y 1950 a nd af ter recond i­tion ing it, competed at seve ra lmeet ings on the beach and atr ack rac e at Nel son. H e alsoraced this Riley in the first M aire­hau 100 mile road-race, finish ingupside down in a large dr ain, fo r­tun ately with little damage to theca r or him self. Don was a ble todr ive it home after the eve nt!

The Riley was later excha ngedfor a 3 litr e Bentl ey with Mr BillDouble who later sold it to Cha r­ley Black of Napier. After fur­ther work it was sold to GrahamWells, ra ced a t the first Gran dPrix at Ardmore where it shed awheel on a bend. Later modifica­tions included fitting of latermod el front and rear axles, an da bod y on Freddie Dixon lines.

The original body was put on aspec ial brewed up from a It litreR iley. T od ay, both the orig ina lca r and the special a re in the careof the Foster brother s a t Dru ry.

races in Au str alia . It was broughtover here by the factory repre­senta tive, D . S. Frazer, and wasexhibited a t a Motor Show heldon N orthern Wharf in Auckland,where Galpin bought it.

The ca r was not raced a grea tdeal in th ose day s and was finallyso ld to Maurice Proctor, whoco mpe ted regul arly with it, win­ning the first Lad y Wi gramTrophy race after the war,amo ngst othe r succe sses.

Age and the a rr ival of fas tercars put it in the shade in lateryea rs but today it is going wellin the hands of Don R an sley ,who m we have seen has at least aspare engi ne and radiator.

An int er esting note to add tothe con fu sion : When Arthur Dex­ter firs t sa w the carburettors onthe W or ks Ril ey, he decided toswa p them for his, which weresma ller and inferior. H e says theeas iest wa y to do this was toch ang e the cy linder head s, whichis what he did.

There is a third and slightlyolde r Brooklands Nine in ca ptiv­ity and in good order. This is a'28 or '29 model, thought to hav ehad a racing history in England ,which has rod operated brak esand five-stud wheels, and own edorig ina lly in this country by Cun­ni ngha rn Brothers of Putaruru.

Claude Ed wards, who raced aBrescia Bugatti , was then a ga r­age proprietor who did Cunning­ham's tuning. They also had aBentley (now owned by Tim Sec­co m be) a nd when they decided tosell the Riley, Edwards sold it fo rthem. After at least on e prang, itfinished up in Whangarei. RanR oycr oft bought it and gave it amuch- needed overhaul.

In 1939 he traded it to E dm ondM ot ors, wh ich Aucklanders willpossibl y rem ember as a firm thatbought out used ca rs from E ng­land, including a lot of desirablespor ts ca rs. They sold the Riley,and it passed through a lot ofhands to J ack M alcolm of Huntly,but it fe ll int o poor co ndi tionduring the war, after which Roycr oft swapped a dirt-track mid get

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W illiam Balgarnic as passenger.The tuning and pre paratio n was

ca rried out by the wo rks mech ­anics ass isted by an Au stral ian ,F red Pear se, who was em ploye dby Wi lliarns, Hill and Came ro n,Ril ey dealers of Sydney. Theen try was in the name of M r J .Ca me ro n.

La ter the Riley was shipped toN Z . where , after purch ase by MrBill Ga lpin, it was rac ed withsuccess in Australia and N .Z.

Morr ie Proctor bou ght it in1940, enjoying successful rac ingon the beach , road and track aswell as hill-clim bs throu gh outNZ. and culminat ing in winningthe La dy Wigram Troph y race a tW igram in 1949.

In 1962 I purchased the carand com pletely restored it. Theorig ina l 3Om.m. carbs and hea clhad been re placed by M orrie butlater my sons fitted a " Ra nsley­ised " head with bigger inletval ves. This invol ved welding inthe 18m .m. plug holes a nd mach ­ining to tak e 14m.m . plugs, a l­lowing them to build up the en­larg ed valve seats on the Lam eropr inc iple, follo wed by parting andpolishing. Hec. G reen regr ou ndthe camshafts to 75° overlap an dfitted two Weber 42 DC OEca rbs.

Th is done, the eng ine rega inedits sting and is capa ble of aro undlOOm.p.h. Since owning the ca rI ha ve wo n quite a few eve nts onthe beach and circ uits includinggrass, and ha ve fou nd it a thr illto dri ve.

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Time Marches. On(and the scene changes somewhat)

By Maurie Hockley

E aster, 1925, saw myself witha former Ne w Brighton Schoolfrien d, D ou glas Jar vis, decidingto have a few days holiday atAk aroa. D oug had just purchaseda 1916 W.D. cha in - cum - beltmodel Triumph, then more th aneight years old but in per fect co n­dit ion , with the finish "as new" .

M y hard-worked 1915 5h.p.Indian looked decidedly " ta tty "compar ed with th e Triumph , butit had always proved ver y relia bleand we had no doubts abou tmaking the trip successfully. Doughad just obta ined his dri vinglicence, and felt a bit worried ashe had never ridd en his bike onthe hill s, so he consulted Bill F it­chett , who ·in th ose days ra n thelocal ga rage, a s to the best pro­cedure. "Drive downhill in thesame gear you used uph ill," sa idBill- sound adv ice, alth ou gh myfri end was a confirme d top gearslogge r, which proved his down­fa ll on more tha n one occasion.

E arly on G ood F riday morning,with full tanks and a tin of car­bide for the lamps, we set out onwhat was to be a long day' s r ide.The r oads as far as Halswell wer efair enough, but a little furtheron we disc overed tha t shin gle sixinches deep was hard to negotiate

espe::: ially when cross ing from onewhee l trac k to ano ther. The fur­ther we went, the deeper th e loosemetal , until nea r Kaituna the"Trusty " went down after a hec­tic slide, much t o the amuse men tof the occupa nts of a ca r closebehind .

Up and aw ay again, and fro mthere to Little Ri ver we might aswell have been ridin g in a river­bed. This was a no tor iou s pieceof ro ad in tho se da ys, with milesof loo se shingle and clouds ofdu st which penetrated goggles andclo thing. R eaching Little Ri ver,we sa t down in the sha de of thera ilway sta tion to ea t our lunchand wash the du st down.

From the township, conditionswere a little bett er unt il the startof the climb to Hilltop. Droppingdown into seco nd gear , and withfee t dr agging m ost of the way,passing cars well and truly boil­ing, we mad e it to the top , withthe bikes also decidedly hot.F ro m then on it was a downhillrun to Barry's Bay - and theTriumph passed me in top gea r.go ing mu ch too fas t for safety!Per haps it was because I was" windy" that r kept in seco ndgea r and thu s fa red bett er thanmy fr iend, for about thr ee bendsin the ro ad further on, the Tri ­umph , its fro nt stir rup brake and

rear wedge brake pr oving quiteinad equat e for the speed a t whichit was trav elling, had left the road-mach ine and rider being almos thidden fr om sigh t in the br ack en.

Enlistin g the help of someyouths who had pulled up in abat tered old Dodge tourer, thebike was dr agged back on to theroad littl e the wor se fo r wear, a ndwe carried on a t a much mor emoder at e pace to ,the bottom . Allwen t well unt il the hairpin ben ddropping down int o Takamatua.This was a nasty bit of road yea rsago, with a steep gra de and loo sesurface, and too hard an a pplica­tion of the very efficient Indianrear brake sent me into a slid einto the bank, onl y to be r ammedwith con siderable fo rce by theTriumph, whose rider was alsoha ving some tr ouble with the roadsur face .

Af ter dust ing our selves oftstra ightening out the headlampand rear mudguard , and havinga few minutes spell, we proceededvery sedately downhill in seco ndgear. It was fortunate that wewere almost a t the bottom whenthe Trium ph 's gea r lever jumpedinto neutral- as it was, it wasmoving a t a pretty bri sk ga itwhen the flat was reached. H ow­ever , we reached Akaroa withoutfurth er incidents, having tak en

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about tw ice as long for the tr ip aswe had antic ipated.

Easter Saturday and Sunday we"padded the hoof" for a ch ange,filling in time fish ing off the roc ks,going fo r a launch cru ise to Aka­roa H eads , and loafing aro undgen erall y. These were the dayswhe n the sideca r com bina tionswere perhaps a t the peak of theirpopularity, and m any wer e theInd ian , Harley, Big X and othersidecar outfits parked along thewaterfront with owners and fami ­lies picnicking in the shade.

E arly on M onday morning wechecked over the bikes an d afterbreak fast rode round to the oneand only garage fo r petrol andoil, the former being suppl ied bythe a ttendant with neatness andde spat ch by the simple expedien tof punching a hole in a fo ur­gallon tin of "Big Tree" (everhear of this brand?) with the tangof a file. We were making anearly star t to dodge some of thedu st fro m the holid ay traffic, andfor a time we made good pro­gre ss, until we encountered a"traffic jam " on the steepes t partof Barry's Bay hill , caused by acar which had sta lled, pr eventingfoll ow ing cars, and ourselves,from passing.

In those da ys, the picturesqu epiece of road uphill out of Barry'sBay was bar ely a two-w ay road,and with the bush on either sidea lmost meet ing overhead it wasnearly always damp and slippery,and this co upled with the factthat we had been for ced to stopon a fairl y stee p pinch , made tak ­ing off from a standstill rathertr icky, but we eventually go tund er way and carried on to Hill­top , where ma chin es and rid ersstopped to cool down.

From then on, it was plainsa iling downhill for a few milesto the flat a t Littl e River- or.ra ther, it sho uld have been , butfor an un fortunate mishap to theTriumph, whose rider suddenlyreali sed that he was travellingmuch too fast to get round thesha rp bend at the bottom of thehill and mad e a lightening shif t toseco nd gear (in which he shouldhave been bef or e this) and simul­tan eously brak ed hard.

The ensu ing jerk was morethan rubber and canv as couldsta nd, and the belt - fastenerpromptly pulled out , leaving thebelt revol ving lazily a ro und therear whe el until it finall y flew offinto the gr ass on the roadside,wh ile the rider pursued a rather

un steady course downhill in " freeengine" before finall y com ing toa sto p.

After retrieving the belt andpr odu cing a belt punch fr om theTriumph tool-kit, we collabora tedin a spot of belt repairing- onl yto find that the finis hed job wastoo sho rt and that the mostHerculean effort s wouldn't fo rcethe belt over the pulle y. Furtherexpl oration of th e to ol-kit brou ghtto light a few inc hes of beltingand ano ther fastener, and withthese we succeeded in co bblingthin gs up , even though thi s timeth ings had gon e to the otherextrem e and the belt was nowdecid edl y sloppy. H ow ever , itga ve no more trouble and we dul yarrived home, tired and du sty , butpleased a t having been abl e to getaway fro m the daily grin d foreven a sho r t time.

Now, there was a sequel to thi slittl e story-almos t 45 years af terthe event s related a bo ve. I thou ghtthat it might be interest ing totak e ano ther trip to Akaroa permo torcycle just to observe thechanges which had taken placesince that Easter jaunt so longago.

So it came a bo ut that on themorning of Good Friday, 1969,an ab solutely identi cal 1915 Med­strom Indian (No. 247 in theV.c.c. register) piloted by myself,headed for Akaroa in the ea rlyhours of the morning . But what acontrast in condition s! Bowlingalong a t an effortl ess 40 m.p .h.over billiard-table-like surfaceswhere once slow progress wasmade with dragging feet thr oughruts and shingle, Ak ar oa seeme dto be reached in no time- a nd theto wn itse lf provided an equallydrastic contrast, but whether itwas as pleasant as the journeyhad been was , som eh ow , debat ­able.

There was hardly a parkingplace to be had in the entire town ,eve n though it was only the firstday of the Easter holidays, a ndthe onl y motorcycle we not icedwas a Japanese lightweight riddenby a some what scruffy-looking

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WILL STRIP AND CLEAN OLD PAINT ANDRUST TO THE METAL AND LEAVE AS

NEW

GLANCING BACK QUIZ

Name: (1) Wh ose Bentl ey (2)The occasion (3) The persons , leftto right.

tow ards the venue. The SouthIs landers made up the bulk of theentry, but 12 en thusiastic mem­ber s fr om the North Island alsoarr ived, including Rex Porter's"De nny" De Dion which coveredthe 55 miles from Carter ton toWell ington in und er four hours.

T he firs t person to reach Pictonwas Bernie Foley in the weeAu stin 7, well ahead of tim e andunder clearing skies. Arri val s grewfrom a trickle to a steady flow bydarkness. The only late a rrivalwas the break-down van, whi chin the words of the song ha d do nejust that.

The Rally was spo nso red byPennzoil (NZ.) Ltd. and beds,food, garages and workshop faci li­ties were found for the 300 bodi esby Sam Slyfield and helper s. T hecompetitors were billeted through­out Picton in various bu ild ingsand it was Sam's sense of dutywhich led him to do the roundsin the sma ll hours to see thateveryo ne was co mforta ble andthat eve ry th ing was in order forSaturday.

Upon visiting the Oddfellows'Hall in a side s tree t of Pict on,Sam flashed his torch over the seaof sleeping bodies a ro und the halland was just lea ving when a partlyclad figure hastily donning histrousers rushed past Sam into th edarkness apologising profusely forbeing late. Much to hi s relief hewas able to return fo r a few m or ehours of shut-eye.

Saturday morning saw 75 ca rsand 6,000 spec ta tors lining thestree ts to witness the ca rs putthr ough their paces in an "acceler­ation test" . Clar k a nd H ag gitt,

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step towards future developme ntof this now common activity. Asthe project was designed to en ­courage people and ca rs fr om allove r New Z ealand to co mpete, thetown of Picton was ch osen fo r thevenu e because of its locati on. T heevent was run over the thr ee dayperi od of Easter 1958. On theThursday and Friday the com­petitors were to s ta rt fro m pointsall over N ew Zealand and tra vel

track , had been so transformedin those intervening 45 yea rs thatit made the tr ip almost dull! T he53-m ile run was cover ed in a littlemore than an hour and a half,with the ve ne rable Redskin purr­ing along in effor tless style. As Idismounted in m y garage a t hom eI felt quite plea sed with m yself,though it occurred to me that theservice sta tion attendant mighthav e been right when he had re­marked on the hard sadd le-orwas it that 45 years had left theirmark on rider more than onmachine?(Readers unfamiliar with Banks'Peninsula and th e road to Ak aroawould find the journey not onlyone of th e mo st interesting runsfrom Christchurch but even tod ayqu ite a test for any mod ernvehicle. 11 is not uncommon toencounter cars stopped with over­heating troubles on thi s drive.­Ed.)

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STRIP OLD PAINT FROM CAR PARTS

HOW DO YOU

By Jane and Robert Shand

We hav e decided in this month's"Glancing Back" to recall the firs t,and as quoted by the " Ma rl­borough E xpress", "The biggestVintag e and Veter an Ca r Rally inthe Southern H em isphere". Inview of the Interna tiona l Rally inAu stralia we thought thi s top ical.

The eve nt of which we arereminiscing was perhap s a la rge

Glancing backin 'Beaded Wheels'

character. However, when I wentto fill up for the return journey Ifound that the old Ind ian a tt ra ct­ed quite an interested cro wd, notthe least cu riou s be ing the veryconsiderate pump atte nda nt, whorushed inside to get a funne l whenthe hose n ozzl e pr oved too larg eto go int o the diminutive fillerorifice on the Indian t ank,

Questions ca me f rom al ldirections-"How old is it?""What'll she do? " "W hat a skinnytank-how much does it hold?"etc. I an swered them to the bestof my ability, then kick ed overthe motor and turned the handle­bars in th e dir ecti on of hom eaft er bidd ing farewell to thefri endl y se rv ice sta tion man , wh oremarked as I departed , " Bet thatbon y-looking bike gives yo u asore back side, doesn 't it?"

On the homeward journey thetraffic was really thick, but theroad , once little better than a

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The 1914 Unic driven by Brenda Taylor in the New Plymouth andAshburton Rallies.

both on Bentl eys, provided mostof the excitement and rivalr y.Most senior of the two wheeledcomp etitors, Alister MacB eth ,demonstrat ed some frant ic pedalstarts on his 1904 Adl er.

T he afternoon brought an evengreater cr owd to the Waitoh iDomain where the car s were dis­played and co ncluded with Pota toraces and paired sprints andanother grand parade and masseddispla y.

Th e Sunday morning startedwith laun ch trips to some of thebeauty spo ts in the Sounds. Beforelunch the car s set out on the clubpicnic , wher e, secluded from thepublic , mem bers tinkered anddrov e cars to their heart's delight.In the course of "trading drives"some new experiences were gainedby a ll. On the return from thepicnic some of the car s paid avisit to the Picton Hospital

T hus concluded th e biggestevent attempted by the club; anevent designed princ ipally to showthat the club co uld functi on as atru ly national body by bringingto one spot at one t ime as man ycars and members as possible.T hat it was a successful precedentwas prov ed simply by the holdingof subsequent National Rallies,and ultimately in 1965, our firstInt ernational Rally.

Errata - April/May "GlancingBack". Th e dr iver of the 1914T .T. Sunbeam is not C. W. F.Hamilton Esq., but Trevor BarkerEsq.

Although the photo ca me fro mMiss Wills its origin is not known .Our thanks to Miss Wills for thecorrection, apol ogies to a ll con­cerned, and a very black mark tothe " Old Man " for supplying theinco rrect information.

In Memoriam

TOM SULMAN: Creato r ofthe "Sulman Singer ". Sometim emember of the V.C.C. of NZ.National Hill- Climb Champion ofNew Zealand, 1951 (Go vernorsBay Hill-V.C.C. event). "TheRacing Grandfather of Austral­asia".

After almos t 50 years of racing,T om, in his seve ntieth year, waskilled instantly in a racing acci­dent in Au stralia la te in March .All who remembered him willjoin with me in expressing deepregret at the loss o f a grandadversary, a true sportsman, apolished driv er a nd a sincerefriend.- R ob Shand,

see usMost of us find a complete and

wonderful pleasure, in the restor­ing and dri ving of our vehicles,and tend to look on specta tors asa necessar y but unavoidable partof publ ic displays. T he followingexcerpts from a letter received bythe wife of one of our Northernmembers-the lett er is from awoman who only recently be­came a resident of Dunedin­shows the joy that a light -heart edapproach to spectator s can pro­duce.

"I am sure your famil y wouldhave loved the outing we had to­da y, perhaps even more than Idid-and that would be say ingsomething. It was a Vintage CarRall y from Dun edin to Brighton,a very nice beach a bout 14 milessouth 'o f Dunedin. It is the "do"which tradi tionall y ope ns Dun e­din's Festiva l Week, which hasva rious ac tivities including Prom son Thursda y thr ough Sat urd aynight s.

"We left early and got a goodpositi on in the Octa gon to see thecars lined up ready for the takeoff at 10.30. After following themto Brighton , we got another goodpark, had a sumptuous lunch a ndthen spent an hour or so havinga really good look at the individ­ual models, which were of courseall fascinating-evcn to unmech­anically minded types like myself.

"Tests and trials took from 1.30to 3p.m.. when they started thereturn journey a t minute intervals.There were several amusing in­cidents . One of the entries wasan earl y model fire engine com­plete with crew who were very"j ovial" . In a way it really wasthe centre of a ttractio n, not thatit was the most int eresting entry,it certainly wasn't, but mostly be­cause the good natur ed crewallowed peopl e (includi ng a trem­endous proportion of young boys)

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to look a nd poke a t it as mu chas they wa nted to. They werepati en ce personifie d .

"At lun ch time th e en gine ca merushing across th e ground wi thits bell s r ingin g t o load so me ofthe boys a nd the ir T hermettes andtore off to the water suppl y. T hecrew provided a la ter int erlude byru shing over to put out the T he r­mette fires, the cre w ju mping offthe engine in a ll direction s, wrest­ling with la dders a nd long len gt hsof waterless hoses, w ith a gr ea tflourish . Altogether it was a firstcla ss o ut ing , a nd a n excellentin troduct ion to Dunedin . wh ichalready , I a m begi nni ng t o like."

Congrat ula tio ns Dunedin Br an ­ch . Never agai n will we th ink ofyo u as the bra nc h th a t got theo ra nge seq ue nce put into thetraffic light p la n so that yourmember s would know when torestart th eir ingines.

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13th AnnualBurma Rally

By Gerald Weekes

T he 13th annua l Burma" Monte" rall y, which was heldon th e Ann iversary week end ofJanuary 17th in con junc tio n withth e Wanganui AA , incorpor a teda sect ion o f the Well ington Safarirun.

On the Saturday the wea the rturned ou t fine a nd warm whi chher alded th e s ta rt of the "MonteCarlo" styled run, in whic h en­tr ants fr om Levin , Pa lme rs to nN orth, Hawera and R aet ih i meta t 12.30 p.m. an d sta rted off a tI p.m . heading on a time d runto Whanganui , covering approxi­m at elv a distan ce of 60 m iles.

Fa; the local members, a runwas a rra nge d th rough ou t this dis­trict so as to be able to ha ve acha nce to be in the win a nd beel igible for the $60 worth o fprizes wh ich had been do na ted bya num ber of local m ot or firms .

By 4 p.m. most of the en tra ntmem be rs had a rr ived safe ly at theW han ganu i clu brooms and af tera good natter and a we lco me"cuppa", most se t off to th eirrespective abo des for a qu ickc ha nge and car was h , e tc.

T he eve ni ng's en terta inme nt con­sis ted of a wine' ri'c heese ga the ri ngat a local Lod ge hall , whe re itwas noted th at the re was a mark­ed fa ncy for this pleas ing beveragewh ile passi ng com men ts on th e40 or so cars a nd m otor cycleswhic h had asse m bled fo r th e" Burm a".

Sunday morn ing pr o ved a bitove rcas t but fine a nd wa rm a nda ll en tra nts assem bled at theVicto ria Ave nue AA gro und s a t9.30 a .m . and afte r a good deal ofso rt ing out the sta rters from th elarge crowd of spec ta tors th e firs tcars wer e a way a t 10 a.m .

The morn ing sec tio n of the runwa s a p leasa nt drive th rough thecount rv via th e " Bird-Grove"road to Hunterville wh er e thelun ch s top was held a t the localspo r ts gro und a nd swimming poolwh ich pr oved a most successfulchance to cool off.

A fter lun ch the en to urage tour­ed back towards M arton a nd thenou t to Bull s fro m w here th eyhead ed back on the ma in high­way , a rrivi ng in Wanganu i to thefina l c heck at the clubro oms.

T he eve n ing a nd prize-givingwas held in the Sc o ttish H all a t7 p.rn. with dancing foll ow ed byan exce llent buffe t su ppe r with a llthe trim m ings and then th e win­ner s wer e anno unced.

Results:Sa turday sec tion: J . A. Li tt le,

1929 Singer , I ; G . S. W eek es, 1930C hev, 2; B. P. Ben ge, 1929 C h rys­ler , 3; a nd D . C . Hawley, 1928Ford A , 4.

Sunda y's class winner s: Vet eranclass, A . P. Tan ks, 1913 D a iml er.Vintage ca rs un der 1500 C.c. , J . A .Little , 1929 Singe r (Light CarTro phy) . O verall rall y w inn er,D. C. H awl ey, 1928 F ord A . H a rdLu ck T rophy, B. C la rk, 1911 K ingD ick moto rcycle .

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The "R iccy' was a very populartouring and sport ing m ount forsevera l years but the four- valvedesign s gra dually wer e oustedby the conventional two-valv eengi nes , wh ich , especia lly in thecase of o.h .c. valve ope rat ion,proved more tha n a match fo r theonce- formidable four-valves.

I t was not fo r ano the r 25 yea rsor mor e that the Japanese wereto as tound the racing world withthe phenomen al performanc es ofthe ir tin y four- val ves-per- cylinder

Sectional view of the 1920-24 Scout engine.fitted with detachable cy linder heads .

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The Rudge " st raight-off-th e­dr awing-boa rd " 1-2-3 victory inthe 1930 LO .M . Juni or T.T. ga vethe "radial" a sensat ional intro­duction to competition .

Another race - winning four ­valve was the 250 c.c. Exc elsior.dubbed the "mechani cal marvel"fo r its rem arkable rocker la yout ,which differed somewhat to thatused on the Rudge. The fam ou sRicardo Triumph used a mor eco nven tionel system with inclinedpar allel valv es.

By Geoff Hockley

On ce upon a time, eight-valvetwin s and four-valve singl es wereregarded with awe by the poorun fortunate track rid er wh o co uldonly as pire to a mach ine with onese t of en try -and-exit mean s.

Oscar Hedstr om, fam ed In dianfact or y engin eer of the ea r ly da ys,bu ilt the first eig ht-va lve back in1911 , which speed ily es ta blisheda reputation which is rem emberedto thi s da y. It s deadly rival ,Harley-D avid son , took the wrapsoff an eight-valve racer in 1916wh ich proved a very formidableoppon ent, featuring such inno­vat ion s as inclined va lves in apent-roof typ e of cylinder head .

T he fam ou s Swiss firm ofMA.G. also built a few eight ­valve twins , one of which com­peted success fully at Bro okl andsridden by O. M . Baldwin. TheBrit ish Anzan i co ncern also pro­duc ed one or two " eights" (o ne ofthese engines was seen on NZ.track s in the hands of A. T .Orch ard). H owever, the 500 c.c.single was the mainstay of theBri tish industry in those days, andat least three famous fac to riesturned out four-valve modelswhich soon es ta blished repu tationsin the competiti on world .

Perhaps the best-known wasthe Rudge, which performed onBro oklands and in the Isle ofM an in a manner wh ich moreth an vind iac ted its de sign er 's fa ithin the dual va lve layout. Later,the radial four-valv e cylinder headwas introduced by the Rudgeconce rn, which ena bled a hemi­spher ica l head to be used in whichthe fo ur va lves wer e disposedrad ially and ope ra ted by an in­geni ou s system of rocker s.

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factory specials. It seems asthough the dual valve system maybe on the way back , for a mildsensation has been caused by theintroduction of the Weslak e­Rickman eight -valve cylinder he adfor Triumph twins (the valves,incidentally, are almost vertical).

According to the authorativeBritish magazine " MotorcycleMechanics", tests show that theeight-valve head boo sts the pow eroutput of a standard " Bonneville"Triumph by something like anextra 20 b.h.p. There seem manyadv antages in the dual valvesystem- the reciprocating mass ofeach valve; and the necessaryope rating gear, can be madesmaller and lighter, and the small­er ports give bett er control overthe gas flow, among other bene­fits. So it would seem that thelegendary eight-valves may bestaging a sensationa l revival.

Indian Scouts

In the last issue of "B .W." willbe found some interesting infor­mation regarding one of the mostpopular machines in motorcyclehistory, the Indian Scout.

I read Mr Closey' s article withgreat interest because, firstly, it' sobvious that he has made anintensive study of the subject

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and, secondly, I unpacked andassembled the first Scout to arr ivein Christchurch and during thenext five or six year s becam e veryfamiliar with th ese machines,which in many details were great­ly in advance of the conventionalmotorcycl e of the period.

The trem end ous popul arity ofthe Scout and the efforts of themanufacturers to cope with thedem and result ed at times in a fewslip-ups in the factory inspectionsystem-at least, this has alwaysbeen my conviction, and it result­ed in some production run s vary­ing in quality.

Timing gear noise was excessivein a few specim ens and in oneinstanc e I was instructed to re­move the engine and pack it forreturning to the factory, after itproved tremendously "clattery" onbeing started for the first time.Excessive backlash in the ca m andidler pinions, caused by faultycutting of the teeth, and sloppyfits of the cam and idler pin ionshafts in their bushings , causedthe racket, which naturally didn'timpr ove with age.

However, the great majority ofthe enormous number of Scoutssold in New Zealand were sweet­running little jobs and with

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reasonable care remained so forlong per iods. In 1923 a gentl emanof my acqu aintance purchased anew Scout. It 's still in the originalowner's hands and must havecovered an astronomical mileage,but the engine has never been re­moved from the fr am e and whenI heard it running recently it wasexceptiona lly quiet.

I once assisted in an operationca rried out by a Scout owner whoswore he'd remedy his clatt erytiming gear or die in the attempt.Th e engin e was completely dis­mantled and the tim ing side half­crankcase and timing cover clean­ed up for attention . Eccentricbushings for the timing chest andcover were made up and fitted togive all the gear wheels a mini­mum of clearance between theteeth .

To enable the bush es to be line­reamed accura tely, the bush holesin the timing cover were drilledright thr ough and afterwardscapped. Rem oval of the two shim sunder the magneto was necessaryto get perfect meshing of themagneto pini on with the top idlergear. The opera tion resulted in analmost noiseless tim ing gear formany years. Mr Closey's plan ofadding extra bearings to the driveside mainshaft und oubtedly hasthe effect of giving the sha f t ex trasupport and rig idity.

I recall once or twice trying theeffect of one extra bearing in thecentre of the shaft, with a dis tancepiece on each side, but can 'tremember if the effects werestudied aft er considerable mileage.Certainly the results can' t be an y­thing else but beneficial.

Big-end bearing clearanc es mu st,as he says, be adequate, and it'sas well to err on the generousside if the machine is dr iven fair­ly briskl y over long distance s.Almost equally imp ortant issufficient conn ecting rod side playbetween the flywheels - frommemory, .015 to .020 is recom ­mended.

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qu e and Gordon Jelfs F ord Tin Au str ali a com­mented: "I had a wonderful old F ord once. It wouldtak e me an ywher e except int o soc iety."

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(c) Gymkhana Event s, (d) Sub-events. (e) TimedSections.

A plaque was to be present ed to eac h en tr ant com ­pleting the ent ire Sydn ey-M elb ourne route.

COM PET IT IO N AND ALLOCATION OFPOINTS:

(a) Concours D 'Etat , 15 per cent.(b) Conco urs D 'El egance, 15 per ce nt.(c) Gymkhan a Even ts, 15 per cent.(d) Sub-Event s, 15 per cent.(e) Timed Sections, 40 per cent.(f) Coneours judging will be car r ied out during

the Rally.(g) Gymkhan a E vents will be held a t the Hume

Race Circui t, Albury, on Sunday , April 12,1970.

(h) T imed Sect ions comprise keepin g to the rou teand to a time sch edule over sec tions of thethe route.

(i) Driving T est s will be held at var ious pointsalong the route.

( j) Penalties: (i) In timed trial sec tio ns, lat e orea rly a rr iva l at Contro l, I point per minute orpart ther eof. (ii) F ailure to pass through Pas­sage Co ntro l- 25 points. (iii) Failure to complywith a request from an official-200 points .(iv) Competitor in sight of Control mu st pr o­ceed dir ectl y into Contro l without stopping­25 points. (v) F ailure to comply with Traffi cRe gul ati on s-200 points.

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CLASSES: A class co nsis ts of six or more sta rte rs:1. Veter an ca rs ha ving I , 2, or 3 cy linders.2. Veter an ca rs having 4 cylind er s or more, und er

1500 C.c.3. Veter an cars having 4 cylinder s or more, 1500

c.c and und er 2500 c.c,4. Veteran ca rs havin g 4 cylind er s or more, 2500

c.c , and under 3500 C.c.5. Veteran ca rs having 4 cyli nder s or m or e, 3500

c.c. and over.6. Vint age cars under 1500 C.c.7. Vintage cars, 1500 c.c. and under 2500 C.c.8. Vin tage cars 2500 c.c. and under 4000 c .c.9. Vintage cars 4000 c.c. and over.

10. T hree-wheeler ca rs, Electric and Steam cars.11. Motor cycles, veter an.12. M ot or cycles, vin tage.13. Motor cycles, side-car combinati on .

AWARDS: Wh er e five or fewer entrants for anyone cla ss are received, the entrants to be gro upedwith the next appropriat e cla ss at the discr eti on ofthe Di rector.

The Pr em ier A ward will be the H err Sch oofMemorial Trophy of the Federation Internati onaleDes Voitures Anciennes awarde d to the entrant ga in­ing the highest aggregate points in classes I t o 10inclusive over the entire Rally. Classes 11 to 13 noteligible for Herr Sch oof Memor ial Trophy awa rds.

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Regulations

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StartersOverseas Veteran Vintage TotalW estern Au str a lia I 3 4E ngla nd 3 8 I ISou th Afr ica I 2 3U .S.A. 6 10 16New Ze ala nd 22 60 82

33 83 116

Vict or ia 68 63 131New So uth W ales 63 65 128Q uee nsla nd 17 7 24So uth Austral ia 20 17 37Tasma nia I 5 6

169 157 326

T OTAL C A RS 202 240 442

Motor Cycles:O ver seas 4 3 7A ustrali a 29 6 35

TOTAL M . C YCLES 33 9 42ACT UAL

E NTRA NT S 235 249 484

M ost fr eq uently en te red mak e in th e Veteran Carra nk s was Ford with 25, th en Bu ick 9, T al bot , D od ge,D e D ion Bouton, R en ault a ll with eigh t en tries , andsuc h unusu al mak es as A ries, A dams, "Coey" Bea r.D elage , Delaun ay Belleville, Faf' ne r, Hurtu , K.R.I.T. ,Merce r, M er cedes, Nazza ro , P ierce Arrow, R egal ,S py ke r, Thom as, Vin ot e t Degu ingand, Me ta llugiq ue .

In th e Vintage ran ks Ford scored wi th 22 ent ries ,ho tly pursued by Vauxh a ll 2 1, Roll s R oyce 17, Bent ­ley 16, C hrysle r 15, C hevro le t 11, Austin 10, Alvis 8.Au stro Daimler , Aust ra lian Six , Beardrn or e, Cour ier,Du esenburg, F lin t. In victa , M .G ., Pierce Arrow, Peer ­less, S ta nley Stea me r, S ta r Libra , Vebess, Zedcl , pr o ­vided rare glamou r in th is section .

Official resu ItsOut right Winner: Car 137, 1916 Ford T, F . D alli ­

mo re, Vic to ria .Class I : Ca r 38 , 1905 Reo , E . Simrns , Qu een sland.

55 points los t. Ca r 52 1, 1906 Cad iliac, B. Byer s,New Z ealan d , 8 I poin ts.

C lass 2: Car 48 7, 1914 Dela rge , W . Reed, New Zea ­la nd, 49 poi n ts. Car 100, 1913 La Bu ire, E. J .Co bb. 318 points.

C lass 3: Car 62, 1909 N .A .G ., Mrs 1. Fa rryman,Vi ct oria , 50 points. Car 456, 1921 M orris Oxford,B. C. Moore , Great Brita in , 5 1 poin ts.

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The!ma Wear (N.Z.) sight-seeing at " The Dog onthe Tucker Box" at Gundagai. Trusty Austin 16-6 inthe background.

C lass 4: Ca r 137, 1916 Ford T , F. Dall im o re, V ic­toria , 47 poi n ts. Car 443, 1913 Da im ler , A. P .Thon ks, G reat Br ita in , 54 points.

C lass 5: Car 155, O verl an d, F . R odwell , N .S.W ., 80po ints. Car 27, 1913 H o tch kiss, N. 1. G ibbs, V ic­tor ia, 86 point s.

C lass 6: C ar 259 , 1923 F ia t 50 1, P. H arr is, Q uee ns ­lan d, 154 p oint s. Ca r 510, L. Keys, 1928 Aust in7, New Z ealan d . 166 poi nts.

C lass 7: Ca r 376, 1925 Armstron g Siddeley , B. Li e­berman, Vict or ia, 104 poi n ts. Car 319, 1926 O ver­lan d, W . G . Tyson, N .S.W .• 13 1 points.

C lass 8: Car 470, I. F. ~p.nger , 1924 O verlan d , NewZ eal and, 87 poi n ts. Ca r 190 , P. K ane-W h ile, 1924R oll s, Victor ia, 97 po int s.

C lass 9: Car 197, 1921 H isp an o Su iza , 1. F lood , Vic­toria , 84 point s. Ca r 243, 1927 S tu tz, C. F . C ha t­wood , Qu een sland, 145 po ints.

Class I I : M /C 518, 1916 Read ing Standard, N . 1.Bird , N.s.W .. 73 po int s. M/C 5 16, 1929 Norto n ,H . D . Bennett, S .A .• 94 po ints.

C lass 12: M /C 252. 1929 H arley D a vidson. T. W elsh ,W.A. , 186 point s. M /C 566, 1925 B.S .A ., G . Mc ­Bryde, Qu een sland, 226 poi nts .

CONCOURS D'ETATVet er an : Ca r 94, 1912 R en aul t, W. A. Tro llope,

N .S.W . Car 448 , 1912 Buick, L. Southwa rd , N .Z .Vintage : Ca r 493 , 1930 Ch rysler, A . G . Taylor, N .Z.

Clf 504 , 1927 Vauxhall , A. 1. Bea tt ie , N.Z .M/cycle: Vet. 419, 1913 A .S .D . Prec ision, 1. Come r­

for d , V ict or ia. Vet. I 15, 1917 H arl ey D a vidson ,? Sheffie ld, Vic toria .

M /cycle : Vinta ge 566 , 1925 B.s.A., G. McBryde,Qu een sland . V in tag e 377. 1928 A .l.S .• G . H ol­stei n, N .Z.

CONCOURS D'ELEGANCEVet er an: C a r 3 1, 191 I F ord, R . T illy, S.A. Ca r 549.

1900 Da rracq, 1. Pi ck van ce, G reat Britain .Vin tage: C ar 182, 1927 Bentley , N . S. W eb b, S .A.

Car 299, 1923 R olls R oyce, 1. Jeffer y, N.s.W.

The Rolly, day by day

from notes suppl ied by Norm . Skevington

Sunday, March 29: Here we a re in Au stralia - an" invasion for ce" of m or e than 200 Ki wis a nd 86vehicles, co mpetito rs in the 1970 Au str alian Inter­nati on al R all y. Most of th ose tr avelling went ingro ups fro m Au ckl and , Well ing ton and Christchurch ,arid the first of the latt er party, whi ch was scheduled.o tak e off a t 4 p.m., d id not leave until 8.25 p.m. du eto a mechanical defect in the aircraft nece ssitatingthe laying on of a no the r plan e. Th e delay, plus aslower than usual flight due to meeting head windsof up to 105 m.p.h .• resulted in an extreme ly long dayand so me very tired ind ividuals disembarked inSydne y, to find to their relief that a ll the entrants'vehic les had been unl oad ed fro m the roll-on ferryMaheno. Sydney enthusiasts met thi s and all subse­qu ent flight s, a nd la id on transport to the city fo r thearr iva ls, a much a pprec ia ted gesture.

Monday, March 30: Rain ! A wetter morning forour first day he re would be hard to imagin e, a ndmost un prop itiou s for the Royal visit (the Queen

arr ives here today ). H owe ver , man y entrants bravedthe elements and attended the Royal Show, wh ichthe Queen visited lat er. Th is Show is recogn ised asbeing of world class, and the ma gnitude ancl standa rdof the exhibits must be seen to be appreciated . Afurth er group of 50 V.C.c. enthus ias ts a rrived today.In addition to newspaper covera ge of the Rall y,many a dve rtiseme nts ar e also seen on televi sion.

Tuesday, March 31. Another wet day! Most en­trants availed themselves of the opportunity of goingout to Se ven Hill s to insp ect th eir veh icles, sometravell ing by private car and so me by tra in. The carsand motorcycles were packed int o a large shed anda ll wer e in go od order. A much-appreciated gestur eby the Car Club was the arranging of the necessar yinsura nce and warranty formalities, el iminating thenecess ity of form-filling by entran ts. We hear thatone group, arriving at Central Station after returningto Sydney by train , adopted Alan Storer's sugges tionof travelling by the Underground to a sta tion near erthe R ally H .Q. in Philip Street, and to their surprise

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fo und themselves in a very short time travell ing overthe Harbour Brid ge, so they a lighted a t the next stop,Mission Point , and returned to their sta rting point­surely goo d value for five cents!

Wednesday, April 1: The weather has turned overa new leaf and most people took advantage of thefine day to go sightseeing , many go ing on the well­co nducted bus tours in and around Sydney, while agoodly number visited the famous Zoo. Expensivelate model cars are to be seen in fair ly large num ­bers, and we have noticed a few of the lar ge Mer­cedes with a price tag in the vicinity of $29,000. Weunderstand that on payment of a fee of $50 a regis­trat ion plate bear ing the initia ls of the purchaser canbe obtained, the plate remain ing in his permanen tpossess ion and being tra nsferrable to any future carhe may purchase,

Thursday, April 2: A no ther fine day, with mostentra nts taking the ir vehicles out to Liverp ool for thedisplay, In the evening an estimated 1500 attendedthe Rally briefing in the Ball room of the WentworthHotel. All informat ion was given to compe tito rs inan a ttracti ve en velope. A most un for tuna te incidentwas the acc ident involving Mr and Mrs T revo r Bear(Franklin) of the Waikato bra nch, who were involvedin a collis ion with a truck a t a co ntrolled intersection,the car being overturne d and M r and M rs Bear beingad mitted to the Liverpool Hospi tal. T revo r's injurieswere not serio us, and Jim Sullivan ar ra nged forflowers to be sent to M rs Bear fro m the V.e.e. ofNZ . The ca r was severely damaged, but fortu na telynot beyo nd repair.

Friday, April 3: Another beauti ful da y, with mostpeopl e doi ng more sight -seeing . "Paddy's Market"was a popula r spot, with its large range of merchan­dise - dresses a t about one-th ird of the N.Z. price,and grapes at 15c per pound, to mention only acouple of items. Woolworth 's underground ca r parkat Liver pool, where the ca rs were parked for a publicdisp lay, was a scene of grea t ac tivity. Some fa bulouscars were on view, including a pie-cart similar toBrian Moir's, although lack ing the superb finish ofthe M oir vehicle. Rolls R oyces were plentiful, withsome most unusual and fascinatin g body styles.

T he route fo llo wed from Sydney to Me lbo urne issteeped ill early A ustralian history and has liS its[o undation Captain Cook's landing ill Botany Bay onApril 29, / 770. Cook, then having continued his voyagenorth , took possession of the whole easter n coast ofAustralia (then kn ow n as "Ne w H olland ") ill th e nam eof Kin g Ge orge III and named it New South Wales onA ugust 22, 1770. H istoric details are inser ted at appr o­priat e places in the tour descript ion ,

SYDNEY was establish ed ill / 789. "initially as a penalsettlement" by Captain Arthur Phillip , who was pro­claimed Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief soo naf ter his arriva l in the first fleet lit Sy dney Cove Oil

Lanuu ry / 8, 1788, with 1I com pleme nt of 1,000 (abo ut740 of them convicts) .

Flowing in to Sydney Cove fro m its source barely onemi le away in the swamps of Brick field Hill, a fresh waterstream (to become kn own as the Tank Stream , as it

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flow ed throu gh rock tanks in the VIClll lty of Hu nterSt reet) provided the colony with its first Waler supply .

011 the western and eastern banks of th e str eam, linesof tents were pitched to hous e th e convicts and guardsand th e new Gov ern or and his staff resp ecti vely. Th etracks beaten out between th ese lin es 011 th e westernbonk were th e beginnings of present -day G eorge Street,Australia's oldest thoroughfare. T o provide sust enance.crops were first grown in the area of Farm Cov e, nowthe Botanical Gardens.

Saturday, April 4: The 1970 International Rally ison! All competito rs were requ ired to be at War wickFarm (abo ut 20 miles fro m Syd ney) at approxi mately8 a.m., necessita ting an early star t, and as ea rly as6 a.m. buses were picking up entrants and their cre wsfrom Sydney hotels. T hose co mpetitor s whose carswere garaged at Woolwor th' s in Liverpool had onlyto take them a bout one mile to War wick Fa rm.

Activity at the sta rt was tremendous. A lar ge num ­ber of the vehicles were of course co mpletely new tous. All co mpetitors got away in goo d time, the tim­ing being done with time-cloc ks, and our card wassta mped with the t ime at each co ntro l. Traffic washeavy an d it was pr act ically impossible, -in the earlystages , to keep to the average speeds allotted.

Lunc h stop for the vintage class was a t Albi onPark, where the vehicles were disp layed to the public.Veteran class dr ivers had lunch a t Picton a nd staye dfor the night a t Bowral, while the night sto p for"vi ntagents" was a t Go ulburn , a fter a day of bea ut i­ful weather and pleasant motoring for all.

One climb on the vintage class rou te was throughthe McQuarrie Pass, a fairly steep grade for a dis­tance of five miles, and many cars suffered boilingtroubles. Mobil, who sponsored , among other things,petrol and oil suppl ies, have their service stations wellposted , and a booklet naming the approved sta tionsand listing the faci lities available to each ent rant.

Du nlop have tyre repa ir vehicles avai lable and alist of points giving Rally news and gossip. Onar riving we were given a map of Go ulburn and alsoa lett er of welcom e fro m the Mayor was left in ourmotel.

BOWR A L: The first settleme nt of Bow ral, an abori­ginal word 'm eaning "high" , can be att ribut ed to Lieu­tenant John Oxley, then Surveyor-Ge neral, who hadgrazing cattle on land at Bargo ill 1815 before m ovingsome 500 head to his station at "Wingecarrib bee":

Oxley negotiated 10 bu y 5,000 acres of land in thearea on Jun e 30, 1823, at five shillings per acre, but onhis dea th on May 28. 1828, G overnor Darling convertedthe purchase to a free grant to his wid ow, Em ma Ox ley.

Settlement of any consequ ence first commenced ill/ 864 when floods and rust caused Cam den farmers tom ove to hig her country. Since there was no railway ,provisions had to be brough t from Picton by dray overwell-nigh impassable roads, it being com mo n for bullockwaggons to sink so deep ill mud that th e bed couldscarcely be seen.

GOULBURN: G oulburn's history inclu des th e days ofthe convict, the bus hranger, th e early sett ler and th e go ldrush .

In 1798 John Wilsoll's explorati on took Mm fr omSydney T own as far as M ount T owrang, just six milesto the east of the presen t city. Subsequently, in 1824,

The 1900 Darracq single-cylinder 6.5 h.p. enteredby Mr J . E. Pickvance of the U.K.

Hum e and H ovell, in opening up sou th-western NewSouth Wale s and Victo ria, and Sir T ho mas Mi tche ll'ssurv ey of the Gr eat South R oad, saw an earlier site ofth e IOwn fall int o disuse in fa vour of the present site.

Goulburn sits astride th e Great South R oad, nowcalled th e " Hume Highway" . T his road was built withcon vict lab our and nam ed in hon our of Hamilton H um ewho . in 1814 at the age o f 17 years, became the firstAustralian born explorer and first to discov er the trackfrom Syd ney T ow n thro ugh to th e sout h .

1t is no longer a frontier town but is th e focal pointfrom which comm unication by road and rail branches0 11/ to th e vast rich south and south-western districts ofthe State of N ew S outh Wales at 2,095 feet above sealevel, it is 131 miles from Sydney and has a populationof 21,000.

Sunday, April 5: Not such an ea rly sta rt today fo rvintage class dr iver s, altho ugh the "vets" left theirovernight stop a t ap proxi ma tely 9 a.m. and had allgone through G oulburn before noon . Good roadsand goo d wea the r a ga in today, and exce llent accom­modation overnight, with courtesy cars to pick upentrants and take them to the woo l store . T he firstca rs arrived in Ca nberra at a bout 2.30 p.m . and whata won der ful recept ion was accorded us! Both M ob ilservice sta tions ha d minstrel type bands playi ng andthe attendants were sim ilarly a-tt ired.

The public turned out in their th ousands to viewthe vehicles, a nd at a charge of 70c per pe rson and40c fo r a p rogramme it surely mu st have been amoney-spinner.

Jack Newall (Vauxha ll 30/98) was in disgrace, asthe Vau xhall had to be pushed th rou gh the ga tes ofthe pa rk . Lack of fuel pressure, a lthough Leith hadbeen pumping fur iously, was the trou ble. Ro binMundy (1907 De Di on) was tra iler ed in to the fina lcheckpoi nt a t Ca nberra.

CANBERR A : Canberra, the night stop and sightseeingcentre for three days of the rally , had its orig ins wellbef ore the time of Fede ration in 1901 which united allsix Stat es of A ustralia into one Common wealth. T hefirst whi te men to sett le in the Canberra dist rict cam ewith their flocks of sheep duri ng th e 1820.1', foll owingthe search for the M urrumbidgee Ri ver by the ex plo rer,Dr Charles T hrosb y .

Wi thin 20 yea rs of th e first settlement, a small com ­munity of far mers and graziers formed on the CanberraPlain. Later, a store and school, a blacksmith's sho p anda post office serve d th e village built around St Joh n'sChurch, which still stands today 0 ' 1 a hill not far fromCanberra's main sho pping bloc ks.

After Federation, th e search began for th e site of aNa tional Capital and in 1909 Canb erra was chosen . T hearea was still virtually uninh abit ed. T he early develop­ment o f Canberra was retarded by two world wars anda depression . M ost of its growth has occurred sinceWo rld W ar 11 .

A significant part of post-war Canb erra dev elopmentwas the creation of L ake Bur/ey Griffin . When this wascom pleted in 1964 it not only provided Canb erra with ahandsome water feature bu t also lin ked the northernand sou them sections of the city, previ ously separatedby the flood plain of the Molonglo Ri ver.

Canberra. as the Notiona l Capital of Australia, issituated in th e Australian Capital Te rrito ry and isapproximately 200 miles by road from Sydney in th eSou thern Tab lelands o f N ew So uth Wa les.

Monday, April 6: Today the veterans went to-lationa l Park in Canberra,a total day's run of 60

miles , and the vin tage rs to Ilan gar a, a dairy far ma bout 40 miles out. At both places ba rbec ue lunch eswere ava ila ble. T hose who did not tra vel on theseop tion al run s spent the day in and aro und Ca nbe rraseeing the sights of Au str ali a 's capita l.

Wid e, tree-l ined streets and man y fine new build­ings make th is a most a tt rac tive city, and as was thecase on the Haast Rall y, the publ ic ga ve us a mo stfri endly recept ion.

Robin Mundy is now back on the road after wheeland ignition pr oblems . Ned Suth erl and (1902 DeD ion) also had ign ition troubles and was escortedinto Ca nberra by the N.R .M .A. as darkn ess had setin. Te rry Wilson of T ima ru (1913 F iat) bro ke the oilpressure line to the ga uge and ca rried on after tem­porary repairs.

On e fea ture which we have noticed is how theAu stralian dr ivers hug the white cen tre line. Numer­ous co mments have been hea rd rega rdi ng the la rgenumber of NZ . entrants in the Ra lly.

Tuesday, April 7: ' Good weather agai n, and op­tional ru ns fo r vete ran and vintage classes - the fo r­mer to the Dair y Fa rm and the la tter to Nationa lPark . Ma ny took the opport unity of visiti ng the WarMuseum and vario us ot her inte resting attractions,

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including the National Library, Parliament Buildingsand others. Others spent their time ju st inspectingthe cars at Northbourne Oval. Many unfamiliarmakes were in evidence, such as N.A .G ., Aquila ,Aquatine, Benz, and Aus tralian Six , to mention buta few, a lso the Ford T pie-cart which we mentionedearlier,

Wednesday, April 8: A free day, which mo stdivided between sightseeing and preparing for the170-mile run to Wagga Wagga . This day we held thefirst exe cutive meeting outside N.Z. This was heldat the Canberra Rex Motel, with Mr J. M . Sullivanpresiding over an a tte ndance of Messrs L. South­ward , F. Gill, H. D. Kidd, R. J. Has ell, N . C. Skev­ington and L. Witte (observer). The meeting, afterdiscu ssing aspects of the Rally which it was felt N.Z.could improve upon , wa s adjourned to Albury onSaturday the I1 th.

C DDT A M U N D R A : F or some o f Cootamundra's6,000 inhabitants th e arrival of the Veteran cars will bea re-enactm rnt o f th e year 1906 wh en th e firs: mol ar cardr ove along ifs streets.

No t so many ye ars pre viou sly , ill 1884 , Coo tamundrahad been proclaimed a municipulity and 23 years earlierill 1861, had become a IOW/I.

III f our decades sin ce the end of W orld War I, Coota­mundra has developed fr om Cl small coun try IOWII servinga lar gely post oral and agri cult urul com m unity 10 ath rivin g busin ess hub ill wh ich primary industries 11011'operate side by side witli the 111'0 main seco ndary ill­dustri es , abottoirs and meal works and fl our mills.

GUNDAG A1 : Gundagai is otIC o f th e be SI-kIlOlVIIIOWIIS ill A ustralia, becoming a h ouseh old word throughfour songs - "The D og 011 th e Tuck erb ox'', " A long th eR oad 10 Gtindagai", " M y Mob cl WailS f or Me" , and" W hell a Boy from Alabama M eets a Girl [romGundagai",

Jack Moses' song, " T he Dog 011 th e Tu ck erb ox", hasinspired the creation by Frank RUSCOll e of a well-kn owntourist [cature 011 th e Hum e Hi ghway fiv e miles northo f Gundagai -s- th« br on :e statue o f a dog sitting Oil atuckerb ox, Th e monument is dedicat ed 10 the pion eerso f th e district /0 whom a [aitlijul dog was indispensable.

Gundagai derives its name fr om th e ab original , withvaryin g meanings - on e being " going u pstream" andthe oilier ass ociated with th e shape o f th e river bend.

W AGGA W A G G A : Early in D ecember, 1829, theeyes of the early colonists sigh led th e land on which th eflourishing Cit y of Wagga Wagga n ow stands . Th epers on s thus privileged con sisted of Captain CharlesS tu rt of the 391h R egiment, then stationed in S ydneyTOWII, Mr G eorge M ocl eay, and six o th ers.

This party passed o ver th e sit e o f th e future Wa ggaWag ga ill its course o f expedition down the Murrum­bidgee and Murray Rivers. S ettlement quickly f ollowedand station properties were es tablished in 1832 by R obertH olt Besl and C harles Th ompson on the south and northbanks respeclil'ely of Ihe MurTllmbidge e River.

Wagga Wagga was proclaimed a tOWII ill Ihe ye ar1849 and ill Ih e same ye ar Surveyor Th Omas Towllsh elldmarked 011/ Ihe IOWII. 1n the' 1860s Ihe populaliontOlalled approxim(l/ely 700 , bUI by 1881 it had illcreasedto 3,975. Two years earlier th e railway lille had beenex tellde d across Ihe ril ler to Wagga Wagga .

The //(/m e of Ihe cily is derived from Ihe aboriginallanguage o f Ihe Wiradjuri tribe, wh ich was the biggestab origillal trib e ill Ne w Sonth Wales, em bracilll? theRiverilla area .

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" W agga" , " W ahga" or "Wahgam" ill aboriginal dialectm eans "cro w" . T herepetition o f a word was the aborig­inal method of ex pressing th e plural or emphasis, thusWagga Wagga m eans "c ro ws" or " the plac e where cro wsassemble ill lar ge numbers",

The Murrumbidgee River, which runs through the cit yarea, also derived its name from th e aboriginal lan guageand means "plenty wal eI''' or "big 11'£111'1''' .

Thursday, April 9: An ea rly start in excellentweather - 7 a .m. for vintage and 7.30 fo r veterans.The route was through interesting count ry, the vin­tage competitors heading for W agga Wagga andveterans to Cootamundra. At Wagga a display wa sheld on the Sh ow G rounds Racecourse and attracteda large crowd.

Our receptions today reminded us of the HaastRally, with children waving to us as we passedthrough the various towns. We pa ssed through Gun­dagai, the town fam ed for the "dog on the tucker­box", and we all stopped to view the monument. Wehad a pun cture today, and the Dunlop assistants weremost helpful. The Flint of Dr Johnston of Aucklandsuffered bearing trouble and was towed in , as was theonly Citroen in the run , after suffering clutch trouble,Gavin Bain had the misfortune to break a mudguardstay.

A L B U R Y : This border cit y is situated on the RiverMurray which , fo r much o f its length, is th e boundarybetween Ne w South Wales and V ict oria. /1 also sitsacr oss th e Hum e Highway and its hist ory dal es ba ck 10explorers Hum e and H ovel/ who, ill 1824, dis cover edthe Murray Ileal' the sp ot 0 11 which A lbury 1/011' stands.

The explorers crossed the ri ver and continued theirov erland journey 10 Port Phi/lip, sill' of present-dayMelbourn e. A water-gum tre e inscribed by Hovel! standsali ve today ill Ho vel Tree Reser ve to bear witness 10 thispoint ill lime and 10 record th e co m ing o f th e first whilemen 10 th e area on N o vember 17, 1824 .

111 1838, the go vernment chose th e crossin g-place O il

th e Murray as a SPOI where a 1011'11 should be estoblished~m d the 1011'11 sil l' was surveyed and ap proved th e f ollow­III g ye ar.

AI/wry, due to its location, is an im por tant commer­cial and distribution centre for the rich agri cultural andpastoral regions o f the Ri verinu and north-east Vict oria,while its thriving industrial activi ties in clu de text ile mills,clothing [actory, flour mills, st eel fabricators and iron­works.

Popular am on g a lon g list of attraction s today are theWar Memorial and the Music Bowl, both 011 M onumentHill , a landmark offe ring splendid pan oramic views o fth e city and district . DwellS Cro ssing saw man y visito rsfr om 1837 0 11wards. The "Port Phillip Gazette", 011l£/I!uary 26, /843, anllounced th e establis hmen t of a postoffi ce at DwellS Cr ossing but this did 1101 officially be­come kllOWI1 as wangaratta ul1til 1853, ten y ears lat er .

Friday, April 10: Good weather again, and a 7.50a.m . star t, although once again all the competitorswere late in leaving. Vintage classes started fr om theRacecourse, where mo st of the vehicles had been leftovernight. The "Courtesy Car" driver who took usto our hotel last night call ed for us again at 7.20 a .m.These drivers and vehicl es provide an excellent ser­vice.

T oday we head for Albury, and the veterans toWagga Wagga, where very heavy rain and thunder­storms were experienced, affecting the attenda nce atthe display . We arrived at Albury a t 3.30 p.m. af terano ther puncture. Unfortunately Dunlop was unableto supply a tyre for us, bu t afte r making seve ra linquiries a new tyre was procur ed so we are r ightagain. An excellent lunch was available, a nd thismade up for the very mediocre one a t Gundagai .

Saturday, April 11: One co mmenda ble fea ture forwhich the orga nisers deserve praise is that co mpeti­tor s receive a list giving the locations of doctors anddenti sts at the various stop-a vers. This morning wewent out about a mile to see the veterans arrive.Wi th t he number of cars co mpet ing and vintage andveteran vehicles stopping at different places on someday s, it is difficult to see them all. However, I sawmost of the veterans today. Yesterday Gordon Jelfs(1915 Ford) had a broken front axle and this wasduly replaced. One Aston -Martin driver fr om Inver­cargill received a parking ticket, and in Canberra arecently restored Vauxhall was clocked at 51 m.p .h.by a traffic officer.

Sunday, April 12: The weather continues fine andwe set out for the gymkh ana at the Hume Rac eway,ab out 10 miles ou t. We got our events over early andcame back to the caravan . A "Courtesy Car " tookus to the Sh ow Grounds start in the morning. ThePost Office is in a specia l mobile van with all facili­ties availa ble including spec ial Ra lly envelopes. Atth e veterans sta rt at Wagga yesterd ay, a R olls R oyceca ught fire and was seriously dam aged , while a Va ux­ha ll fell off a trailer and was also badl y dama ged.

Monday, April 13: Many ent ra nts went to Beech­worth, a bout 40 miles from Albu ry, to see the placewhere the notorious bushranger , Ned Kelly, was cap­tur ed. Others stay ed in Albury, enj oying the sightsand do ing furt her shopping. In the evening we at­tend ed a briefing , as from now on offi cials fromVict ori a co ntrol the Rally. Th e start was scheduledfor 8 a.m., but at 8.25 a.m. an announcement wasmade instru cting all drivers to pick up their route

Jack Newall's 30/98 Vauxhall which we picturedlast issue still in chassis form only 12 days beforesailing for Australia.

instru ctions and it was more than I:l- hours befor ethe last of the 489 competitors received them. Onlook ing thro ugh the instruc tions I remarked that thelack of informat ion which had been critic ised inea rlier instr uctions ap peared to have been improved- but how wro ng I was! Immediately after distr ibu­tion we were asked to amend much of the informa­tion and were also told that the times allotted to dothe sectio ns were in man y cases incorrect , and thatwe wou ld be told of the amendmen ts at the start ofeach sect ion per med ium of a blackboard. One vin­tage sectio n schedu led for 40 m.p.h. was altered tothe pre vious 35 m.p.h ., so it can well be imaginedthat there were some problems. In reply to a ques­tion, one official replied that if check clocks were notsynchr oni sed all entra nts would be similarl y pena l­ised. He was appa rently helping to run his firsteven t! We have now got to the stage of treatingthe competitive sec tions as something of a fiasco .

W ANGARA1TA : W allgaralla was th e titl e G eorgeFuithiull had give n to his Oxl ey hom estead and in 1848th e naming of th e " W angaralla" hot el brou ght the nam ecloser to the crossing,

1t is sugges ted that this name is derived from tw ona tive words, " W allga" , a cormoran t, and " R atta", tosit; bill J. F. H . M itch ell, ill his "Vocabulary o f theW oradgery Dialect" , gives " Wonga" as m eaning a blackcormorant and " Barr atta" a white or black cormorant,A combination o] these two words is another possibility ,

W angarau a and distric t history uf bushranging ill­eluded Daniel M organ, Harry Po wer, Bogong Ja ck and,of course, the m ost not orious band of bushrangers, theKelly Ga ng.

SHEPPA RTON: 1t has been writ ten th at gold dis­co veries precipitated A ust ralia int o nationhood . Indeed ,gold played a vital role ill creating population cent resspr ead over a vas t area of the state oj Vic toria.

M ust became gho st towns when the gold petered ou t,and th ose millers who, ill the 1850s, saw rosie r prosp ect sill the OW£'llS Va lley fields th an th at in the Midlands,fo llowed an arduo us trail thr ou gh alm ost. l'i:gin countrs."dusty ill th e hot dry summer and a COIIIII l/W lg quugmtreill rain" that paused in the red gum f orests on the westside of th e G oulburn River (a fe w hundred yards fromwhere the She pparton Centre /l O W stan ds).

T he sm all and rick ett y punt which th en crossed therive r (too sm all /0 tak e th e h orses whi ch were swumover at a cost of two shillings and sixpence per head)brought th e weary travellers to the tiny village calle dMcthilres Punt.

Wh en, ill 1855, Survey or Wllm ot set th e farsight edpatt ern for the wide stree ts of th e city th at would gro w[rom this tin y crossing place,. the nam e ch~llged toSh eppart on , pr ob ably CIII adopti on of She ppard s T OWIl ,named for Sherbourne She ppard, then a 20-ye ar-oldEnglish squatter who se log cabin, 10 miles nortli of th epunt site, still remains . .

She ppurton rem ained 110 m ore than a crossing placeserve d by the Emu IIlIl and a Police S tation until th eVic torian Land Acts of 1868-72 broke th e power o fsquatoc racy and created hundreds of sizeab le f arm sfrom the un wieldy holdings. Th ese fa,,! ,S were spr~adover the flat and fertile G oul bu rn Plains surroun dingShe ppurton ,

ECHUCA: Ecltuca is essentially a river tOWII andmany of its old buildings, including the wharf, se~ve asCl reminder th at thi s was once a busy por t, cen tred III therive r boa t trade.

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For som e 50 years, paddle steamers carri ed goodsfrom the railhead at Echuca to cattle stations in the vastM urra y Ri ver netw ork tra versin g Eastern Australia,bringing by retu rn hug e loads of wool for despatch tothe seabo ard . This trade flourished betw een 1860 and1910 and in th e ye ar 1872, the " Port of Echuco" wasthe secon d largest port in Victoria in terms of goodslanded and transported.

About 240 boat s were cleared annually throu gh theport at that time. T he trade eventually waned when therailway was ex ten ded in to the inland areas fr om whichth e paddle steame rs received th eir cargoes.

So me of the romance of old Ech uca is reta ined byth e preserv ation of its early paddle steam ers, the P.S ."A delaide", built locally in 1866, and the original uniquewharf which tow ers 40 feet above the river and is con­structed with a number of levels to compensat e fo r th e30 feet river level variation betw een winter and sum me r.

To day, a vet eran paddle steam er still operates forpleasure along th e old river.

BEN D[G O: Famous for its gold produ cti on fr om bothalluvial and deep lead workings since 1851, Bendigo wasthen a lon ely part of the M ount Alexander TIIn . Th e fell'sheph erds were alwa ys alert for trouble from th e hostil eblacks, for the territ ory was disputed ground lyin gbet ween th e trib es of th e Loddon and of the Campaspe.

It was nev er clear wh o first found gold, but HenryFrenchman first rep ort ed th e presence of payable goldat Bendigo.

T ho usands flock ed to the new field and m ov ed ex­citedl y to each new strik e as gully af ter gully wasex plored. Place names still ill use today record thehistory of th e day : "Pegleg G ully" from a woo den-leggeddigger, "Happy Vall ey" fr om a successful strike, "TinPot Gully" from a worthless cleam , "Crusoe G ully "from the fur .cap of its first digger, " Quarry Hill" fromth e sandston e quarries th ere and so on .

Hundreds of shafts were sunk, the deepest reachin g4,613 feet . T he Co mm issioner's Camp, with its crudelock-up of logs, was on what is still called Cam p Hill .

Bendigo, which will celebrate 100 years as a city inJul y , 1971, has, with its adjacent urban areas, a popula­tion of 37,000.

MELBOURNE: T he first Eur op ean to see the coastof Victoria was Lieu tenant Hick s, an officer of CaptainCook's ship, " Endeavo ur", who sight ed Cape Everard in1770. Th e co astline was surveyed more th oroughly som e17 yea rs later by Mal/hell' Flinders and George Bass,who discovered th e strait between Tasmania and th em ainland.

In 1802, Lieutenant Murray sailed the sur vey ship,"Lady Nelson", in Port Philli p Bay, and th e report hesubmitted to th e Governo r of New South Wal es led toDovid Coli ins being sent to form a settlement th ere. H echose an unfortunate site, how ever, and the So rrentoSettlement was abandon ed in 1804.

T he Y'arra Ri ver had been discov ered by CharlesR obbins, a master's mate, in 1803, and it was at them outh of thi s riv er that Captain John Batman ancho redhis 30-ton scho oner, " Re becco", in 1835 and took a smallship's boat upstream .

Impressed with the fertil e vall ey he found, Batmannegotiated with th e Doutagall a aboriginal trib e andpurchased some 600,000 acres of land from them for OIl

annual tribute of goods. H e selected th e site on whichM elb ourne no w stands with the wor ds, "This will be th eplace for a village" .

The village was founded later in th e sam e year byJohn Pascoe Fawk ner, and in 1837 th e Governo r of N ewSouth Wales, Sir Richard Bou rke, arriv ed with a seniorm ember of the survey team, Robert Hoddle, to plan thejuture de velopment of th e town which the Go verno rnamed "Melbourn e" aft er th e Briti sh Prim e Minis/er.

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A fter landing and holding a lev ee, at whi ch th eprin cipal settlers were presented, Bourk e rod e ov er th eground adjacent to the huts and traced a gene ral outlineof a township up on a beautiful and con venien t sit e.H oddle was a man of foresight and determination andrefu sed to improvise a plan whi ch foll owed the bullocktracks and other paths, but kept to his layout of straightstr eets, alternately broad thoroughfares and narroweraccess lan es. His vision enabled M elb ourn e to gro w int oa spacious ye t com pact cit y.

In 1842, the city was incorp orat ed and the first May orand Counci llo rs app oint ed .

Vic toria wilS separated from N ew So uth W ales in1851 and shortly af terwards gold was disco vered inBall arat and the great gold rush began . ln eighteenm on ths th e population of V ictoria incr eased by alm ost80,000 and Melbourne develop ed rapidl y, polit ically,socially and econo mically.

M elbourne was the Federal Capital from 1901 untilthe opening of Parli am ent ill Canb erra in 1927 .

John Batman's "v illage" now has a population of2.25 million , is a thri ving busin ess centr e and is th esecond largest city in Australia.

Tuesday, April 14: A long day 's drive (204 mile s)with the vintage competitors travelling through Shep­part on to Bend igo. This is good country with man yorch ards. The day was very warm and mo st peopl ewere tired on arrival. Bendig o is an old gold-miningtown with some intersting old buildings. Many en­trants expr essed strong disapproval of doing a circuitof the town pr ior to the check point. This tookapproxima tely 12 minutes. The display wa s held atthe Show Grounds race track, and in the morning thecar s were filthy . Th e veteran drivers stayed the nightat Sheppa rton.

Wednesday, April 15: Vet erans to Bendi go andVint agers to Sheppart on today, a distanc e of 105miles, and pleasant travelling was had by all. Thesun is affecting many complexions and quit e a num­ber of drivers are wear ing small plastic " noseguards". The Mayor and Councillors of Sheppartonhad arranged a civic reception in the form of a wineand cheese tasting fun ction , and this was very popu ­lar. After checking in a t the Show Grounds ther ewas a half-hour bus tou r of the city before att end ingthe recept ion. The org anisation here was excellent,considering the accomm odation shorta ge. The Mayorpresented a trophy for the most appealing Veter anand Vintage vehicles, and these were won by H ar­rah 's Thomas and McRae' s Alvis (331) from Timaru.

Thursday, April 16: The final day, and everyoneset to make Melbourne. The weather has co ntinuedfine and conditions for travelling were pleasant alongthe lOO- odd mile rout e. On the out sk irts of the citywe were met by Traffic Department officers andescorted to ·the Exhibition Gr ounds near the centreof town. Many cars were placed on display in theExh ibiti on buildings. Many of us were put to someinconvenience in respect of accommodation at thePrince of Wale s hotel- there are five hotels of th isnam e.

Friday, April 17: A day full of ent ertainment. Abus trip was arranged by Bob Jane, a well-known

Austral ian race car driver , and we saw the sigh ts o fthe ci ty befor e arr iving at the Sandown Hotel forlunch. E verything one co uld wish fo r appea red onthe menu , including turkey, pork , ham and manyother i tems, all dressed most att ractively. All this wasprovided free of charge, and needless to say i t wasver y grea tly appreciat ed. In the afternoon we weretaken to nearby Sandown Park where the Bob Janeracing team put on a displ ay, a long with an oppo r­tunity for vintage sports ca rs to try out the co urse .So me of the spec tato rs were treated to some circui ts'of the track in Bob Jane.'s Holden Monaro, an ex­cellently prepared vehicle ca pable of ISOm.p.h . How­ever, prob ab ly in defer enc e to his passe nge rs, Bobkept his spee d down to a modest 110 m.p.h . on thestra ights. At 6 p.m . a cockt ail party was held in theTown Hall for a ll entrants, and this was a most en­joyabl e func tion. After lea ving, man y took the op­portun ity of visiting Luna Park and sa mpling itsnumerous sidesho ws and the " Big Dipper".

Saturday, April 18: A free day, with op por tunitiesfo r shopping, the sho ps being open on Saturdaymornings. There ·a re many motor accessory shops a tthe top end of Elizabeth St reet, and of particularintere st th e Vanguard Co. Pty. Ltd ., who ha ve alarge stock of spa res, and Hancock 's T yre Ser vice,who deal a lot in odd tyre sizes. The final dinnerwas held in the Royal Ballroom at the Exhibit ioncomplex, and with 1300 per son s seat ed was the larg­est sit -down dinner ever held in Melbourne. Fo r afunction of this size the ta ble service was excellent,and a 9-p iece band provided music for those wishingto dance. Naturall y there was a number of speeches'and these took qu ite some time. The prize list waslength y and the awa rds were ou tstanding, non e being'in the usual form of cups. Rad ios, silver trays, andtea services were amo ng the main pr izes. Jirn Sulli ­van spoke on behal f of the NZ. body and referredto the NZ. 1972 Rally, wh ich had also receivedattention fr om oth er speakers. In the o pening speechof the evening special reference was made to thosewho had ass isted the contro lling bod y, and Jim, MrsSullivan and Ma rie and 1 wer e kindly included inthese, presuma bly for correspondence prior to theRally. T he main results were obta ined and sent toNZ . per Alan White, who left on the plane a t 11.40p.m. One disappointment was the ap parent overl ook ­ing of M ari e at the presentati on to each of the ladydrivers - she was not menti oned .

Sunday, April 19: T oday saw the sta rt of theSo uth Au stralian Tour. Th e informat ion suppli edwas first-class. All sta rted in their own time, as thisis purely a tour with no competition. Ned Suther­land (De Dion) was away at daybreak in an endea v­our to co ver the 160 miles before darkn ess, the da ybeing overoast. Lunch was at Winchelsea, and thegoo d catering reminded us of that put on at Oam aru .In the eve ning a t Warnambool the local Lio ns Clubarranged co ver for the veh icles an d held a well-

a ttended public display. Stayed at T att s H otel ­ver y good ! There are about 150 vehicles making th istour.

Monday, April 20: OJ;! the way to Mount Gam­bier , with a midday sto p at Heywood . Many tookthe alternative ro ute via Portland a nd cove red somerough ro ads in parts. On one section a large art icu ­lated tru ck had capsized thr ough travellin g too closeto the edge of th e road . Man y of the sheep werekilled and the remainder took to the bush . In th eevening a buffet tea was arranged by the MountGarnbier Veteran a nd Vint age Ca r Club. There wasplenty to ea t, and everyone enjoye d them selves,though some comments were pass ed on the cost ofa jug of beer ($1). This appea rs to be the normalcha rge at functions.

Tuesday, April 21: Before leavi ng Mount G ambierwhere the vehicl es had been on displ ay the previou snight, a ttracting an attenda nce of 1200, we weregiven the opportunity of visiting the lar ge timberprocessing plant operat ed by Softwood H oldings Ltd.This is a very large co ncern , and in ad di tion totimb er sa les its markets par ticle and coreboard inmany different forms. M ost were on the ro ad by10 a .m. as some had a distance of over 200 miles totravel. An excellent ba rbecue lunch was availa ble a tthe Naracoor te cav es, which we had the opportunityof inspecting. These ca ves were disc overed ,in 1902and have been open to sightsee rs fro m 1909. Ju st asman y were leaving there was quite a thunderstorm,with torrent ial rain , which continued until we werea bout 20 miles on the journey , when we ran int osunshine aga in. On the morning run we struck highwinds. Geo rge Holste in followed in beh ind us fora bout 50 miles. A number of ca rs which ar e notInternation al competito rs ar e a ppearing, one inter est­ing vehi cle being a Lan cia with l. F .S. T on ight inKeith the local Lions Club is arran ging a publ icdisplay of the vehicles, although not all entrants arestay ing here, som e going on to town s further onbecaus e of accommo dation pro blems . We passedthr ough man y lar ge gra pe growing a reas. These are

A Murray River ferry between Adelaide and Sydney.

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The 1913 Prince Henry Vauxhall entered by Rallyorganiser George Green. (Photo: Gavin Bain).

grown commercially for wine-making, and were be­ing picked as we went through .

Wednesday, April 22: Coo ler weather today for thefinal leg to Adel aide . All got away to an ea rly start,the lunch stop being at T ailem Bend . Bernie Byerswas motoring again after having big-end and gearboxtrouble yesterd ay. The orga nisation has been ex­cellent and on arriving in the outskirts of Ad elaidewe were met by club members who escorted us toour motel s. Most NZ .ers are at the 277 Motel­ver y mod ern with a ll am enities. On arrival manytook the opp ortunity of washing th eir vehicles, asquite a lot of rain had been encountered ,in the lasttwo days. There's no doubt that these Rallies are themeans of meeting many fine people. One such wasIan Hunter, who dri ves a Chrysler 77. H e had arrivedat h is home in Ad elaide befo re us, and in our motelwe found a basket of fruit , together with a letter ofwelcom e and an Ad elaide street directory - a verythoughtful gesture.

Thursday, April 23: Another fine day, and all setfor the trip to the Barrossa Valley and the tourthr ough Seppelt's wine-making establi shm ent. Leavingat 9 a.m. we proce eded through the suburbs to Bar­rossa, approximately 50 miles away. Th e vines cover­ed acres and acres and we were shown the making ofwine, sherr y and brandy. We were wined extremelywell-plenty for all (and too much for some!) In fact ,after lunch many slept for a good deal of the wayback to town. The lunch was superb, with plenty ofbarbecued ch icken and salads followed by ice cre amand fru it sa lads, with mor e wine and sherry , andcoffee for those who wished . On leaving Seppelts wewent through more grape growing ar eas and passeda large number of winerie s, Altogether a first-clas sday's entertainment. On the trip we met John andClarkie Dillon, who had arrived here yesterday. Thiscouple were on the H.C. C.A. t our to NZ. in 1967and it was good to see them again. We had thepleasure of dining with them in the evening. Th eyare all set for our 1972 Int ernational.

Friday, April 24: T oday we had the opp ortunityof visiting Chrysler. About 50 persons, seven Chrys­lers , and one Dodge, were welcom ed by the Sale sPromotion Supervisor , who made availa ble fiveguide s to show us through this large manufacturingand assembly plant. We saw cars being made fromthe rolls of steel t o the finished product. I wasim­pressed by the testing and inspecti on which thevehicle s a re subjected to . We even saw the new 6cylinder motor which will be available from May I.After the inspection, which took 2{- hours, the vint­age Chryslers were photographed and televised. Inthe af terno on, a tour to a reserve where there is alarge number of kang er oos, koal as, etc., unfortunate ­ly had to be shortened because of ra-in. In theevening, another of the popular "wine tasting s" atthe clubrooms was att ended by a large number. Laterin the evening a dance band ca tered for th e dancers

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"Old Whitey", the Overland which lowered theMelbourne to Sydney record to 19hr. 38min. in 1918,restored to its record-breaking t rim.

(Photo: Gavin Bain).

The Replica Barker torpedo bodied Phantom I ofDon Shields a car which showed an incredible atten­tion to det;il finish. (Photo: Gavin Bain).

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in one part of the building, while in another partvintage motoring films were shown by an Americandriver.

Sa turday, April 25: Today, the 60-mile Rally runto Victor H arbour , through some hilly but interesti ngco untry, proved a worth-while trip. The luncheonpr ovided was of the usual high standar d which wehad been given in the past three weeks, today's menuincluding stea ks, chops , vegetables and apple pie. Onthe return journey we encou nte red heavy rain inparts. Many local cars turned out to the run , amongthem being some interesting vehicles including aBenz, a R olls Royce and a very fine Daimler.

Sunday , April 26: A picnic, at a venue about tenmiles from the city, was today's att raction, but asthe wea ther was not very pleasa nt, some left forMe lbou rne or Sydney instead of waiting unti l theMo nday. Most drivers en route to Sydney headed fo rMildura (246 miles) but ran into accommoda tionpro blems due t o a bowling tourna ment there. T hetrip passed thro ugh some fine count ry with largeareas devoted to wheat and grape growing. TheMurray river had to be crossed by ferry--quite anexpe rience fo r us. T he grape harvest yields from oneto one and a half tons to the acre and it was quite asight to see la rge quantities being tra nspo rted bytrucks and trailers.

Monday, April 27: The latter half of the trip fromMildrua to Hay was through flat, ra ther uninterest ingcou ntry with littl e gro wth, but afte r about 100 milesof this kind of go ing, we str uck more attractivecount ry ab out 30 miles f rom H ay.

Tuesday, April 28: We left H ay at 8.30 on the202 mile trip to Cootamund ra, a flour ishing town 273miles fro m Sydney. The run took us through largea reas of wheat grow ing co untry with man y silos. Itwould appear that some growers are having difficultyin disposing of their crops, judging by the number ofstacks. We arrived at Cootamun dra at 3.20 p.m. inquite chilly weather.

Wednesday, April 29: On to Katoomba today,passing th rough Bathurst and Lithgow, the routebeing very hilly in parts and qu ite an interestingco ntrast to what we have been expe riencing of lat e.

Thursday, April 30: T he last day! Onl y 70 miles toSydney. We leave the vehicles a t Egans Factory, percourtesy of Mr Phi llips. This is 20 miles fro mSydney, and suits us very well, as we shall not haveto drive into the city itself.

ON REFLECTIONThe 1970 Internat ional and the South Aus tralian

Invitation Tou r provided excellent motoring withdaily mileages that most vehicles co uld cove r with ­out difficulty .

Accommodation fo r entrants and cr ews was of agood standa rd with very few persons not havinga llotted the accommo da tion requested. Bearing inmind the magnitude of the task in providing 1400

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The 1912 K.R.I.T.• owned by S. Cox , of N.S.W.(Photo: Allan White).

Lauric Vinai's delightful 1898 Benz from Adelaide.(Photo: Gavin Bain).

The 1905/06 White Steamer of A. B. Mclnnes, Vic­toria. undaunted by broken crankshaft.

(Photo: Allan White).

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beds eac h night ther e were very few pr obl em s withbookings , and any organisa tion which can pro vide asaccurate ly mu st be co mme nded.

Mid -day lun ch es were of an exce llent sta nda rdwith adverse co mmen ts being heard on only one day .

The timed sections crea ted some pr obl em s anddissatisfaction . T his sho uld be ove rco me in NewZealand in 1972.

With an atten dance of ove r 1300, the final dinner

in Melbo urne was we ll arra nge d, the meal beingserved wit hin a reason able time.

To Dav id Lipscomb and his willing helper s ourtha nks for the manner in wh ich they co nduc ted theSo uth Au stralian T our, on which 150 entr ies wer etreated to excellent m otoring, entertai ning, and aga inwell or gani sed accommo da tion.

In all, three wonderful week s and an experie nceentra nts and crews will long rem ember .

As the two-wheelers saw itBy Alan Brehaut

If you missed thi s event you missed the rally of alifetime! C onditi ons were perfect for m otorcycl ing­warm , dr y wea ther, all types of terra in including aco uple of steep and twisty mounta in passes, an dabo ve all, a bun ch of 37 reall y wonde rf ul enthusias ts.

They say that blondes have t he most fun- andthis hold s good for mot orcycl ists, too, in the Austra­lian Na tion al Rall y anyway. The w ri ter ove rhea rdmany co nversa tio ns by ca r driv ers to th is effect.One can hav e nothing bu t admiration for the rid er sof the ver y ea rly "vetera ns"-the 1902 a nd 1903F .N.s, .the 1903 M ot osacoch e, and the 1904 M iner va-who gamely set out on a 1000-m ile trip with theodds aga inst them for ge tti ng to the finish. But withpock ets bulgin g with torch batteries to keep theirtrembler coil ignition sys tems go ing, off they went.

I think most of the K iwi rider s (there were six ofthem ) fo und the first day the most tr ying, as mu chof the ro ute was throu gh cr owd ed city stree ts. M ostof the motorcycle competitor s chose the vetera nroute, which was shor ter and less steep, but eightothers, includ ing the writ er, travelled the vintageroute. It wo uld have been mor e fun if a ll the motor ­cycl ists had covered the same route, as in many caseswe did not all meet unt il the finish of the ra lly. Wemad e up fo r thi s by all sitt ing a t the same ta ble forthe final dinner. (No pri ze fo r guess ing which was theno isiest tabl e!).

H owever-back to the eve nt itse lf. As I havementioned, the weather was idea l for mot orcycling,and wet -weather gear was har dly even thought ab outexcept on one occasion. It was pleasan t travellin gthrough the swee t-sme lling gum and euca lyptusfores ts which a bound in th is a rea. And talk aboutservice-can yo u beat this? Ern Parkes was runningalongs ide his 1903 M ot osacoche up a hill wh ich wastoo mu ch for his an cient steed, when a Dunlopserv ice van pulled up alongside the per spiring Ern an dthe dri ver enqui red , "Can I help you, mate?" "No,thanks," panted Ern-"all I need is a pair of runningshoes."

" We ll, we must get you the re on Dunlops," repl iedAshley Coope r, the Dunlop service-ma n-and sure

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eno ugh, at t he next sto p he produced a new pair ofDunlop sandshoes fo r Ern !

All the mot orcyclists a r rived a t Ca nber ra, the firs tmaj or sto p, and the three days stay there saw feverishacti vity in the way of dismantl ing mot ors and gea r­boxes, welding split mudgu ards, etc. M y 1921 A.B.C.had been running perfectl y, but seve n miles afterleaving Ca nberra (a t 6.30 in the morn ing) fo re ignnoises and a dr ast ic lack of power became evident,and inves tiga tion revealed a co lla psed piston andbrok en rings! Back to Ca nberra , where the 'pistonwas a lum inium welded , turned down , new rin ggrooves cu t and new rings fitted , gudge on bushesmade, the cylinder lightly hon ed and the eng ine re­assembled, and fina lly, a t 4.30 in the afternoon, wetook off for Wagga Wagga, a bo ut 70 m iles away.E ver try r iding on str ang e road s at night withoutlights?

At Al bur y the bikes wer e in their e leme nt on theHume ra cing circuit , and Cyril McLe od fro m Inver­ca rgi ll sho wed them how to ride as he cleaned upthe mot or cycle sec tion on his 1912 Triumph. F ro mAlbury onwa rds, though , t he distance sta r ted to tellon some of the elder ly veteran s and severa l wer e

Line-up in Canberra: Fred Bush's 1923 B.M.W. inforeground. Note drive shaft. transmission brake andtransverse h.o . engine ("Canberra Times" photo perAlan Brehaut).

seen being trailered in the late afternoon. TheMinerva's frame broke , also the engine mountingon the Motosacoche, and the G .C.S. had gudgeon­pin trouble.

Kiwi Ian Mallett had the misfortune to break histimin g gear only 50 miles fr om Melbourne and hehad to be trailered over the finish line. lan deservesa special medal for riding his 1930 Sunbeam minusgearbox for the entire rally.

There were some ver y interesting machines present,some with unfamiliar names such as the G.C.S. andthe E.W.B., both 1914 mod els using V-twin l.A.P.engines and assembled in Au stralia, while the 1910Speedwell turned out to be actually an AbingdonKing Dick "in disguise" .

Most interesting mechine, in my opinion, was the1923 B.M.W. owned by Fred Bush, which ran superb­ly and was in very original condition. One ratherunique feature for a motorcycle was a transmissionbrake. A 1914 Sunbeam enter ed by the son of theoriginal owner was another beautiful machine. Itwas a delight to ride behind R on Wait er s' 1912 Scott

sniffing the aro ma tic Castrol "R" perfume! Perhap sthe most admired bike was Jack Cock burn 's superbo.h .v. Douglas and torpedo sidecar from Invercargill.

T hrougho ut the rally the motorcyclists receivedexactly the sa me treatment as the car driver s. Wedidn 't tak e .too seri ou sly th e remark made by anofficial on the stage at the briefing at Albury. Askedhow the motorcycle riders wer e going to ea t apacked lun ch while riding, he repli ed , "If you 're madenough to r ide a mot orcycle, you 're mad eno ugh tofind a way!"

Our bet is t ha t in our 1972 NZ. "Internati on al"we are go ing to have a bumper motorcycle entry.Already, many Australians are making plan s tocome. Let's hope we make them as welcome as theymade us!

NZ. motorcycle entries were Trevor Barnes (1927Triumph), Cyril McLeod (1912 Triumph), GeorgeHolstein (1920 A.l.S. and s.c.), Alan Breh aut (1921A .B.C.) , lan H allett (1930 Sunbeam), lack Cockburn(1924 Dougl as and s.c.), Barry Barnes (1927 B.S.A.and s.c.)

Seen, heard and readNewspaper coverage of the event was not exten­

sive, although some int ere sting repo r ts appeared, in­cluding an excellent supplement in the "CanberraTimes".

The rally organisers produced a bright news-sheet" Re vs and Backfires", compiled and duplicated underdifficulties whilst on the run . This was eagerly soughtby the competitors as it was their main source ofrally news. In the first issue an a ppeal was made forinf ormation with the foll owing warning: "Don'tleave word of mouth messa ges plea se. Remember theblok e who wanted a fuel injection pump. By thetim e it was published he had du el infection of therump! "

Also reported in the rally paper was a n unusualmishap to Lou Albert's 1929 A .l.S. The engine wasbeh aving 'in a rare manner so Lou dismounted toinspect. He found a slim strap hanging from thecarbo intake. Further investig ati on tra ced it throughto the inlet valve where it was wrapped firmly aroundthe stem. This strap was found to be twelve incheslong!

Before the event started, the "Sydney MorningHer ald " carried the photo of Mr and Mrs H aroldC lisby and four-week old son in their 1902 Crest­mobile with the claim that he was the smallest per­so n riding in the smallest ca r on the run . Certa inlya veteran enthusiast in the making!

Attention was dr awn in " Re vs and Backfires" tothe regulation forbidding the ca rriage of fruit orsalad vege tables across the border int o Victoria . Oneyoung lad had his toffee appl e imp ounded on theway to a barbecue.

In the process of inspecting the gleaming vehicl esat one of the displays , one old lady was heard tomurmur: "How nice to see that they are makingthem look like that again. " lust what could she havemeant?

During the many var ied and sometimes lavi shsocial fun cti on s it was noticed that Veteran mot or­cycle rid er s preferred to stand rather than sit, andalso walk ed with an unu sual gait!

Hume Weir reservoir was the venue of veteranac tivity of an other kind . The N.Z. built fifth sca lereplica of Captain Cook 's " Endeavour" tempor arilyunder the "command" of Edward, Lord M ontagu ,looked magn ificent on the water under full sail. Atth is time the largest gathering of large sa iling shipswas assembling in Au stralian waters since the gr ain­race day s. A mighty sight.

Len Southward, N.Z.' s "King of exhaust systems " ,was ob serv ed working und er his car. Guess what!The exhaust box and tail-pipe needed attention.

FOUND: A set of false teeth snapping at thecheckpoint mar shall 's toes in the grass. Pat fromNZ. was m ight y relieved with their return. On enewspaper reported a t th is stage tha t there had beenonly seven dr op- outs - six ca rs and one set of teeth !

The mobile post office acco mpany ing the rally wasequ ipped with special rally sta m ping gear and specialcovers.

Overseas co mpe titors wer e apprecia tive of theguarantees to off-loa d their ca rs from the ships, strikeor not. The wh arfie s were not able to do anythingabout storage however , so the Au stralian club mern-

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bers worked thr ough to 3 a.rn., dr iving the ca rs 20miles to the garage area.

So me of the America n co nt ingent had disappoint­men ts altho ugh all seemed to ha ve mad e the best ofthings and had a tho roughly enjoya ble time . DeanSpencer had his Dodge accidenta lly delivered to theSolo mo ns. Appar ently it appea red in time for a latesta rt. T his ca r is to be shipped to N Z. for storag euntil the 1972 Int ern at ion al.

Clarence Kay of Ca lifo rnia had bought a Ply­mouth in Australia while on a H. C.e.A. VISIt aco uple of years back with the instruction that it berestored for him in time for this rally . Progress re­ports fr om time to time sho wed a fine job bein g doneand finally the day came for Clarence and Mr s K ayto take possession . T he Plymouth looked really finewith supe rb paint etc., the new owners proudly load­ing their gea r.

H owever they were soon plagued with a series ofexas perat ing minor pr obl ems. T he vacuum tankfa iled and a pet rol pump fitted , solenoid failure wastemporarily solved by making contact with a spa n­ner, sta r ter button disa ppea red thr ough the das h withensuing firewo rks, a nd af ter all was repaired Clar­ence's eager gr ip was sufficient to pull his driv er 'sdoor off as the result of a broken hinge. Af ter allthese teething troubles it was decided to motorstrai ght th rough without risking unn ecessary stops.

On the return jou rney a number of U.S. competi­tors and tour follow ers stopped off fo r a few days inNew Zea land, appropria tely ente rta ined by V.c.e.of N.Z. folk.

Ju st pr ior to going to pr int, Ne lson's Bernie Byershad rep orted his newl y resto red Ca dillac single gonemissing between Adelaide and Melbourne. I t waslast seen on a tra nsp orte r with eight new cars. En-

quir ies thr ough the truck ing firms and the R.A .C. ofVict ori a ha d not located it or the tra nspo rter!

Berni e continued with an xiou s enq uiries, possibl ysuspec ting modern -day bush-ra ngers un til it was fin­ally located in quite a differ ent localit y than plann ed.

D urin g the event some 400 copies of "BeadedWh eels" were di str ibut ed to co mpe tito rs free . GavinBain report ed he could have used several hundredmore to sa tisfy the dem and. We hope some overs eassubscriptions are forthcoming.

Pr eliminary leaflets publicising the 1972 NZ. Inter­nati onal R ally were also hand ed out and were re­ceived with much enthusias m by seemingly hundred sof potential entra nts.

* * *We are indebted to the man y mem bers and pub­

licat ions with out whose assistance the compiling ofthis supplemen ted issue would ha ve not been pos­sible. Special thank s to the followin g:No rm Skevingt on fo r his day-by-day reports .Alan Brehaut fo r "Two Wh eeling in Au str alia " .Alan White for clippings, photos, result s, etc.Gavin Bain for mak ing avai lable abou t 450 ph otos.V.C.c. of Australia bulletins, newsletters, pr ogramme

etc."Revs and Backfires" , the ra lly newspaper.Ca nterbury Branch Ca n-ho lder Account fo r financial

assistanc e.And finally to Geoff H ockl ey who spent many hours

sub-editing and typin g volumes of hand-writtencopy.

BRANCH NOTES: Scr ibes are urged to givebrief accou nts of their local co mpe titor's experi encesin the next issue. How about it, you Australiantouri sts?

Tom elements

Early Australian Constructors(W ith ack nowledgement to the 1970 Bicent en ary R ally

Pr ogramm e).

A 1919 Australian Six , owned by S. Kelleher (N.S.W.)

P AGE TW E N T Y-FOUR

Nearly 40 makes of motor- vehicles built in Au s­tralia between 1893 and 1930 have taken their placesin the annals of the nat ion 's moto ring hist ory. N otman y mot orists today have heard suc h brand nam esas R oo, Shea rer, Pioneer , Australis, E aton , Sutton,T ho rnpson, Tarrant, Ha ines and Grut, Jigg er, Sum­mit, Chic, Southern Cross .

These are but few of the sometimes weird mach­ines which often were highl y successful du ring thei rgener ally sho rt production life.

One of the first was the E aton m otor-cycle, asingle-cylinder machin e manu factured by Kn ightEaton of Bri sban e pri or to 1897. This year a lso sawthe app ear ance of the Pioneer , a four-s eater wagon­ette with a single-cyl inder kerosene engine. It wasbuilt by Grayson En gineering of F itzro y for theH or seless Car riage Syndi cate o f Melbourne .

Oth ers buil t before 1900 included the Sh ear er, asix-seater 20 h.p. stea m wagon, a Ziegler steam- car,

the Thompson steam phaeton, the Sutton two-seaterracing tandems and two-seater tricycles from Vic­toria.

Between 1900 and 1904 Sutton vehicles includedtwo cars, and 10 steam car s were built by Thompson.In 1901 the first Tarrant made its appearance. Theonly survivor of thi s make is owned by the grand­so ns of the maker, and is frequently en tered in clubevents. The Tarrant is depicted 'in the V.C .C. ofAustralia badge.

The years 1904 to 1906 saw 11 new m odels ofAustralian manufacture, including Swinnerton, Tres­co wthick, and Kinmont Phaetons whi ch a ppea red inMelbourne in 1904.

Most famous of all Au stralian built cars was theAustralian Six . Powered by a 23-4 h.p. six-cy linde rengine, th is advanced veh icle wa s produced in three,five, and seven passenger touring ca rs by AustralianMotors, Ltd. , at Ashfield and later a t F ive Dock,Sydney by H arkness and Hellier.

The first " A ustra lian" of 1909 was the bra inchildof F. H. Gordon, the great grandson of N.S.W. Gov­ern or Phillip King. He pr oduced a total of 60 fromhis fac tory at Rushcutters Bay, this pr oving a suc­cessful venture over a period of years . Fred Gordonformed a new company, Australian Motors Ltd.,with the backing of Mark F oy of dep artment storefame, William Arnott the prominent biscuit manu­facturer, Mr Penfold of the win e-producing firm, andtbe shipbuilders Hughes, Martin and Wa shington.

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T his all -Au str alian firm built what was then thelar gest bu ild ing in the country a t Parramatta Road,A shfield .

It is thought th at around 1000 Australian Sixeshad been built by the tim e the company failed in1926. T he six-cylindered, side-va lve mono block en­gine developed 45 h.p. at 2400 r.p.rn. Bore was 3tinches and stroke 5 inches, the drop-forged crank­shaft running on three main -be arings. The car 's ap­pearance was simila r to the Moon or Essex 4 of theper iod.

Shown in the bi-centenary pr ogramme was a lineof Australian Sixes bound fo r New Zeal and in 1921- who 's hiding one?

Several Weg e two -seaters, three and six-cy linderedwere bu ilt 1920-24 and the short -lived Southern-Sixappeared in Sydney in 1921.

Marks-Moir dev eloped the first chass is-less car , a15 h.p. integral plywood bodied tourer in 1923, thi sm ake developing int o the Southern Cross producedfrom 1931 to 1933.

Other ventures included Summit, Lincoln, TheC hic, during the peri od 1924-30 and the Olympia in1930.

Some of these designs sh owed origina lity, perhapsusing pr oprietary parts at times, but like sim ilarpioneering efforts th roughout the world, often fa iledto develop bey ond the first exper imenta l and proto­type pr oduction s ow ing to lack of capital and pro­duction difficulties.

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1970 EasterNational Rally

By Aileen Kitney

In Taranaki, we're as conc ern edwith the "give them a good time"aspect as the "who's going towin?" side of a rally. On thatbasis planning started two yearsago, stepped up over eighteenmonths and really began steamingduring the last six months.

The week before the Rally Idon't think any of the Rally Com­mittee slept too well, becausethere are some things you justcan't prepare for in advance. It'seasy enough to work out theexact time a car will take to gothrough a driving test , but howdo you work out how long itsdriver will take to get through agiven amount of bubbly? Andwhat do you do when one of yourConcours judges has to back outtwo days before Easter, or yourchosen entertainer ends up inhospital? Or a bus companyblithely forgets all about you andsends its buses sixty miles away,while your visitors wait patientlyon a windy racecourse? I cananswer that one. You borrow acity council bus, thank the mana­ger kindly, and hope that hispassengers weren 't left standingon a windy bus stop while yoursgot comfortably on with theircabaret!

Seriously though, we hope allthose who came felt that it wasworth it. Most of the 160 oddentrants arrived on Good Fridayafternoon up at rally head­quarters at the New PlymouthRacecourse and were issued withinformation sheets with times,places and people to look out foron them.

On the Friday night a few carstook part in a Cavalcade of Carsand Costumes in the floodlit Puke-

kura Park, where 2,500 peoplefilled the terraces around thesportsground to see a parade ofvehicles dating in decades fromthe horse and gig to the latest inJaguars. It was a lively night forthat time of the year, clear andwarm, and New Plymouth's Ed ­wardian Society helped the showalong by providing costumes andthe ladies to model them . Comicrelief was left to the heroic riderof a collapsible penny farthingbicycle (identity unknown, butusually to be seen at rallies riding,or pushing, a black and silverKing Dick) .

Next day the fun really started- you know the drill-Concoursjudging, driving tests and all thatin the morning, and in the after­noon a static display at PukekuraPark. The branch is very lucky inhaving the use of this park, re­nowned for its beautiful bush,lake and ferneries, and possessinga perfect sports ampitheatre forshows like this.

There was room for nearly allthe cars to be parked around theperimeter, nose into the bank sothat the public could get a perfectview from the encircling pathabove. According to official figures"the public" that day was wellover 3,000, and 99 per cent ofthem were thoroughly appreciativeof the work Involved restoring ourtreasures, treating the cars withadmiration and respect.

Once again the weather wasperfect, almost too hot if onejudged by the milling hordes thatthreatened the icecream van withimminent annihilation.

During the afternoon motor­cycle driving tests in the centre ofthe field kept up the .interest forthose who'd viewed all the cars,

and by late afternoon everyonelooked hot and sunburnt.

That evening the Rally Com­mittee had cunningly worked outa scheme for sorting out in ad­vance the next day 's men from theboys, and judging by the numberof late starters next morning, thescheme worked quite well.

The evening cabaret was intend­ed as some light-hearted fun, butfor one or two it might have beena little too wholehearted. Therewas an awful lot of black coffeeconsumed at next morning's teabreak!

Altogether though, the 450-oddguests sounded like they werehaving a roaring good time . Andin my book, this is the best partof a Rally weekend anyway.During the Rally itself you don'thave a show of meeting otherdrivers, arguing over your owncar's merits, or tracking downverbally the piece you 've beenafter for months. At the evening"do" there's time for all thesething s, plus the pleasure of re­meeting friends from all over thecountry.

Sunday, of course, was the bigday, with cars starting as soon asthey could be marshalled off theracecourse. The fast vintagesection set out through lovelybush country over Mt. Egmont'ssouthern ranges and down tomorning tea break on the otherside. Then on round Stratfordway to lunch, and back to theracecourse. There was a bit ofeverything in the 130 miles-e-tu lip.straight line, everything we couldthink of without making it toohard for the beginners.

R. J . Atley and his Gardnerwill go down In history on thisrun. He was just TOO fast-keptgetting to the checkpoints beforethey were set up. At the end ofthe day Rally Co -ordinator Des .Moore, who'd been out front inthe A.A . car, was seen lookingback over his shoulder and mut­tering, "Is that guy chasing me?"while the A.A. officer reckonshe's going to get a new car soon­a Gardner.

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The slow vintage and mo tor­cycle route took in eighty m ilesof some of the bett er NorthTa ra na ki scene ry, bu t missed outa highlight of the fast vintagero ute, a trip over the Mangor eistrea m by way of a ford.

All ca rs wer e fo llowe d up by atow-truc k in case of breakdown s,but the only breakd own thewreck er boys had to a ttend to wastheir own ! Club members them­selves , they 'd been in a hurry toge t a wa rra nt in time fo r the runand hadn 't bo ther ed ab out thefloorboards under the sea t. So itwasn 't sur prising that their batte ryfe ll out and swung precariou slyfrom its lead s. They didn't ca tchup until the lunch break !

The other bre akdowns on therun i tself were min or , oiled-upspa rk plugs and the like, and thecrews a ll man aged to fix th ingsthemselves.

There's no doubt that T au po'sDen is Am or and his Darracq hadthe biggest va r iety of hard luck .H e had clutch tro u ble, mag.trouble, his rear wheel studs ca me

loose, he dr opped his who leex ha ust sys tem on the way out toWaitara for the evening, and the nja mmed the sta rte r motor.

T hree o the r sad sto ries a rethose of the Ch ristchurc h boat ­ta iled Essex owned by S. Fa lcon­er, the Ma xwell ,tha t ca me, I be­lieve, all the way from Ashburton ,and George Elcock 's Douglasmot orcycle. T he Essex sta rtedfr-om hom e with a reconditionedmotor , ran a bearing north ofWellingt on, a sec ond one a t Stra t­fo rd on the same co nrod. and wastowed in by H ans van Lith in hisAshburton Nas h. The Maxwellgo t as close as hal f a mile awayfro m the racecourse befor e conk­ing out with magn et o trouble, andthe Duggie br oke its cranks ha f t.

We reall y fel t so rr y for the seblok es, as well as a ll the o therswho had trouble of one kind oran oth er. The brea kdown servicewas kep t fiat out on F riday andSa tur da y with a host of weldingjob s, leaking water pumps, fa npulle ys that needed re-bushin g,and other m inor repa irs, but we

were pleased that mo st of tho sewho needed help got it.

Sunday ended with the formaldinner an d pre sen tati on of aw ardsout a t Wa itar a, and a prett ywear y-looking bun ch of co mpeti­tors ca me to say go od bye bef or ethe long haul hom e.

D on 't worry, we wer e just asweary , an d a bit flat too oncethey 'd a ll go ne. We'd enjoyedthe ir co mpa ny very much , and ifwe can't men tion indi vidu al ca rs,it 's because we didn't see them .Not in deta il anyway . We'H ha veto leave th at to someone who hadtime to turn round.

But just fo r the record, we wer every pr oud to sho w our fe llowT aranak ian s what the clu b is ca p­abl e of. On Saturda y the generalpicture was dazzling, and jud gingfr om what was on sho w then ,New Zealand must have the m ostco mprehensive se lection of well­ca red fo r machines of a ny sm allcountry in the world.

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Alex Smith-BeachRacing's 'Grand Old Man'

Alex Smith and the Daytona Indian

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Alex Smi th , who passed awayrecently at his hom e in Picton ,occupied a un ique position in NewZealand motorcycl ing racing his­tory by being an ac tive co mpetitorin the once popul ar sport of beachrac ing for nearl y 25 yea rs.

As a schoolboy I rememberwat chin g Alex make his beachracing debut on Brighton beachin 1913 on a Levis two-str oke,thu s commencing a career whichspa nned nearly a q uarte r of acentury and included innumerabl ewins in both cham pion ship andhandicap events, rid ing such di­verse types of machin es as Le vis,lames, Indian and A.J.S.

It is for hi s associa tion withIndians that Alex will pe rha ps bebest rem embered, as from a bo ut1918 until the end of the 1920sthe name of "A . J . Smith (7/9Indian)" was rar ely if ever a bsen tfr om beach racing pr ogr ammes.

One of his ea rly Indi an s was aPowerplus engine tuned by him ­self and fitted in a light er modelIndian frame , and lat er he tookove r the very fast Daytona racerfrom the late George Lambert onthe latter 's ret irement fr om beachracing, a nd in a bout the mid-I920she 'gra dua ted to the fo rmida bleAlt oona, last of the fac tor y 1000cc. racing side -va lves.

Incidentally, it's gratifying toknow t ha t these la tter twomachines which carried Alex to somany victori es are being preservedfor posterity . T hey were in mypossession some year s ago buthave since passed out of myhands, the D ay ton a being nowown ed by Inv erc argill 's NormHayes , who has mad e a superbjob of restoring the fam ous oldmachine , wh ile the Alt oona wastaken over by Neil Sutton ofChristchurch a nd is in the pr ocess

of being rebuilt. In the latterstages of his racing care er Alexrod e a 500 c.c. over head-cams haf tA .l .S.

I little dreamed, on that day in1913 when I watched Alex push ­star t his little Levis in his firstbeach race, that I was destined inyears to come to eng age in manya battle ro yal with him on theold Brighton sands. Those old­timers who remember the fiercecompetition and bitter rivalr ywhich marked the racing scen e inthose days . will realise that nogreater tribute can be paid to Alexthan the fact that "the opposi­tion" never grudged him a win ,and I am sure that all who knewhim will join in mourning the lossof a fine ri der and a grand sports­man .

Masterton's TwoBig Days

Although I was unabl e to attendthe rally and old- timers' reunionfr om February 28 to March I(indeed, there seems to have beennot a single Southern er in theentry list-bad show) I am in­debted to orga niser G len Bull forthe gen on what must have beena really outstanding turnout.

Actual star ters numbered 38­down somewha t on Masterton's1967 fixture, which was of nation ­al sta tus. T he reunion mustered asplendid total of 80-odd old­timers, and 133 in all sa t down todinner on the Saturday evening.In the morning, timed runs forveter an and vint age machines, of

30 and 50 miles respectively, wereheld , and gymkhana event s filledin the afternoo n.

Most of Sunday was occupi edwith concours judging, lunch, andpresent ation of awards, the win ­ners being as follows:

Norge Cha llenge Trophy (bestoverall perf ormance)-R. Glenn y(1935 Velocette) .

K. L. Bull Memorial Shield(best 4-cylinder , 'or best Engli shtwin)-Bill Munro (1937 Ari elSq 4).

Well ington Points Cup (bestvintage field tests)-A. Lambess(1924 Rudge).

Laing Memorial Trophy (bestsidecar performance)-D. Clarke(1927 H arley-Davidson) .

Concours T rophies- Vetera n, J.Franci s (1916 James). Vintage, U.Nichol (1925 Indian). PV.V., R .Glenn y (1935 Velocette) .

An interesting feature was theturnout of P.V.V.s-seven ofthem! Prev iously, there haven 't

been enough to make up a class.Perhaps pro specti ve club membersin search of machines will infuture have to turn their att entionto P.V.V.s, as vetera n and vintagemachines seem to be getting in­creasingly difficult to locat e,though probably P.V.V .s ar e al­most as hard to find.

The V. & V. motorcycle move­mentis indeed ·in the picture whenit attracts our TV nab obs­WNTV was on hand to make adocumentary of the doings for the" Living in New Zealand" series.Like the legend ary cur ate's egg,WNTV's effort was good in partsbut it seemed disjoint ed and I feltthat the method of present ationleft a bit to be desired . Neverthe­less, it was a step in the rightdirect ion and i t was refresh ing tosee the bikes gett ing some pub ­licity for a change.

T here were a few quit e effectivesho ts of the gymkhana events.Len Southward on his 1928Brough sideca r outfit demonstrat ­ed that he hasn't lost the art of

turning a mean figur e 8 with athr ee-wheeler , and Jack Lucas dis­played some unsuspected athleticprowess in getting his Douglasgoing.

T he inter views with severa l old­timer s brought back memories ofbygone yea rs- it's more than 50yea rs since I saw Roy Cr awleyin action at the 1919 Ca nterburyPark grass track meetin g inChristchurch.

An encouraging feature of theweek-end gatherin g was the splen­did reception given to MaureenBull's book "Vintage Motor­cyclin g", an a uspicious launchingof New Ze aland's first book onthe subject and one with whichMaure en and her publ isher mustbe pleased.

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30 machines were the features ofthe first all-motorcycle rally or­ganised by Barry Williams andthe cycle members of the Auck­land Branch for New Year week­end, 1970. Entries from as farafield as Masterton and Welling­ton areas ensured as wide anddiverse a machine type list as onecould wish for. Seventeen makeswere represented with Harleys andIndians being the dominant makes.

All competitors who had notvisited, or were not familiar withAuckland, were met at Mercerand ferried through to their billets.In some cases this required roundtrips of 80 miles by the thoughtfulAuckland members.

One machine which attractedattention was the immaculaterestoration of a 1915 Overseasbelonging to Lee Brooks. At thefinish of the morning timed runof about 35 miles, the Overseaswas as oil tight and as immaculateas when it started. Also worthy of

note were the immaculate 1924350 c.c. A.J.S . belonging to RussellMeil (the eventual Vintage con­cours winner), the 1934 KSScammy Velocetteof John Harris­on (the P.V.V. concours winner)and a sight not very often seen­three excellent examples of theScott Marque.

In attendance at the after­noon act ivities were several otherinteresting machines , these beingan Indian Prince and an IndianPowerplus, both belonging to UriNichols . These examples are fairlyrare in the club and, both beingperfectly restored, attracted muchcomment. An unrestored exampleof a Brough Superior owned byFred Priestly also drew its fairshare of comment.

After lunch driving tests wereheld in the grounds of the rallyvenue, the Henderson ValleySchool. The large grounds wereexcellent for the tests as somedepended not so much on skill as

on sheer speed. In one of these,the head marshal, Barry Williams,in demonstrating his grass trackracing Harley also demonstratedhow easy it is to lose control.

The day's activities concludedwith a social evening and prize­giving where the overall winnerwas Peter Jenkins with his IndianScout. Other major award win­ners were: Veteran Concours andHard Luck, Bob Clarke ofHawera with his 1912 King Dick(a broken exhaust valve put Bobout early in the day, but franticwork resulted in the bike againmobile towards the end). TheRoad Trial resulted in wins forRay Closey and his Indian in thefast class, and Bill Munro and hisReading Standard sidecar in theslow class. Lady rider's awardwent to Maureen Bull on theAJS. The largest contingent ofoutside riders was from the Waira­rapa branch with six machines,and all these voted to return tothe next event. GLEN BULL.

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Sole N .Z. Distributo r:

Sir,

th e nex t " Beadedout th e 1970 Int e r­will be ove r an dfo r 1972 gai ni ng

Sir ,As I read through the note in our

loca l newsletter from the new chair­man of the P .V .V . section one refe r­ence raised m y hackl es and aftersevera l wee ks of debat e 1 have de ­cided to tak e up m y pen in a nger.

T he reference whic h ra ised m ybl ood pr essure is as fo llows: " T rueth er e is sti ll lo ts of talk a bo u t lists ,etc., but unless they co me in torea lity the present meth od (ad mi t­tedl y loose ) must be use d a nd Iwould appea l to a ll bran ch com­mittees to loo k cl osely a nd rati on ­a lly at each a pplica tio n for P .V.V .s."

T ha t ref er cnce to list s co ming in torea litv-I am ce rtai n th at no V.C .c.membe r is goin g ·to tell me wha tsort of mod ern car, bi ke or co m­mer cial [ ca n buy an d he certainlywon' t tell me which m ake of Vete ranor Vin tage machi ner y to buy, sowhy should any member o r the clu bas a whole limit m y choice ofP. P .V. mat e ria l?

Surely if I like a piece ofm ach iner y wh ich q ua lifies age-wisefor P .V .V . status a nd I am p re paredto spend tim e. energy and gold onit and bring it up to the requi redstanda rd then [ am fulfilling oneor mo re of th e club 's stated ai ms.

I sat on the sidel ines of a d is-

Sir.

T he sto ry of the Thomas Specialin the April- May issue made in­te resting reading but was not alwaysaccu rate. The reference to m e iscontrary to fact . m y connection wit hthe Thom as was of the slig htest. Id id no t take "the en gi ne in han dfor the owners a nd ma de it gore liably if slowly" , as sta ted byyo ur co nt ribu to r. I me rel y spen t twoor three eveni ngs to m ak e th e ca rgo a nd d rove it a co u ple of tim esso th at th e ow ne rs , R yan a nd G ubb,co u ld ge t rid of it. T hey had boug h ta pu p an d to ma ke matters worse, itwas a ve ry dead pup.

M y part of th e sto ry is sim ple :Paul had left the car in a n Au ckla ndga rage fo r sto rage-he too had givenit u p. Ryan and G ub b bought it.No ne of the mecha nic s at the biggarage whe re it had been sto redcou ld do be tter th an to prod ucesplutte rs an d lo ud ba ngs fro m it.

Bill Rya n ca me to me fo r he lp,possibly eve n thinking I might takea fancy to it an d ta ke it off thei rhands . A t this tim e I was very busyin m y office. but out of frie ndshi p[ agreed to he lp them m ake it goso they cou ld ge t rid of this dread­ful contrivance.

I spe nt two or three eve n ingswhich was all I could spare. In thistime . I d um ped the magne to a ndre p laced it with the al ternat ivebattc rv system.

I cxt to go were the two Schc ble rm o to rcycle caburettors fitted by

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cussion in A uckla nd recen tly a ndhea rd th at a ce rtai n ve hic le is nottechnicall y unus ual a nd should notbe an acce ptable P .V.V. (thank Godit d id become one!)

Well the dear old Morris 8 a ndthe Ford Y and the Singer (sewingmachine mode!!) and the long stand­ing Austin 7 to mention a few, fallinto this category a nd I agree thatthey are no t tec hnically unusual butI mai n tain ( possibly in m y ign o r­ance) that they d id more for mot or ­ing in the ir da y than d id a lot ofother vehicles that " list-minded"people I have spo ke n to would wel ­come wit h open a rms .

For this reason alone if forno ot he r the v dese rve as m uch ifnot m ore reco gni tio n tha n anywaggons built in the so -ca lled" classic trad it ion" which, to m ym ind , we re in th eir day o n ly ex­pensi ve pla ythi ngs I'or the id le richany way .

Ju st as foo d for th ou ght , has a ny­o ne mo ved tha t Vi nt age M od el T 'sbe ba nned fro m the club? Afte r a llthey, by the tim e the vi n tage eraa rrived, m ust su re ly have be co m etec hnically ve ry un int erest ing andrun of the mi ll.

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comes In the abi lity to navigat e ,time-kee p an d o bserve an d be a le r tto a nswer quest ions. T he big mi le­age as suc h is unnecessary,

I wou ld not like to be forced toignore the rou te instructions andcheck points as this spoils the rallybut to make the physical partstrenuous precludes certain membersfro m taking pa rt. This also spoilsthe rally as all members cannotpa rticipate.

F o r the record the combined agcof m v crew of two a nd ca r is 156yea rs-s-a nd the car is the youngest.

BRIA N H . WALTON.

M r W alton has raised a po int tha thas ha d to be decided on a basisof compromise.

The pr oble m of inc ludi ng as m uchof N ew Zea la nd as possibl e m akeslon g d istan ces inevi tab le . Slowe rschedules over these long di s­tan ces mean marc adm inis tra tio na nd less soc ia l ga the ring a t th era lly poi nt. Both m aximu m socialtim e a nd grea tes t possible cove r­age having been given to theorganisers as being to p prio rity.the rou tes and sc he dules laiddown have been adop ted.

M r W alt on shoul d have no worrieswith the touri ng section roadsche d ules which ge nerally ensuregood, easy-go ing co un try overwhich 200 mi les a da y in aHurlingh am shoul d be a "piece ofca ke " with a good quie t week inNelson to recuperate.

By thc tim eWheels" com esnati on al R a llyth e plann ingm omen tum.

As [ u nde rstand it the ty pe of cardicta tes mileage to be covered andno consi deration is given to theability or ca paci ty of its crew tokee p up. With o ur club get ting olderthe average age of me mbers isg rea te r a nd in m y ow n case it sohappens tha t the ·ty pe of ca r I havebring s it int o a class which it ispla nn ed wi ll be required to do 200mil es a da y f or five da ys wi th noa lte rna tive.

I am una b le to d o thi s as th e rall vwo uld bec om e an o rdea l instead o'fa joy. The scie nce of participat ion

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I was in tereste d to read in theA pril/ May issue of ' Bea ded Whee ls'a n ex cell ent a r ticle b y Mr Wo odo n Thomas Specia ls.

On pag e 10 Mr Wood men tio ns"Nanette" , th e Scrivcn Special, an dsays that this car existed as recen tlyas th e I 960s. I can offe r a slightclu e as to its possib le presen t where­a bouts, fo r in the sum me r/a utu m n1962 copy of th e V.S.c.c. Bullet ina ph ot ograph of " Na nct tc" appea rs.

The ca r is in ch as sis form, a ndthe rebuild is we ll ad vance d. Onpagc 38 a ppe a rs a lett er f ro m thcowne r, M r J. E. B. L ittle, 16 Dal­veen Avenue, O av yh ulme, Lan ca­sh ire, so I suggest that th is ge ntle­m a n wo uld be a b le to p ro vide somein for ma tio n on th e car in 1970 eveni ~ he no lon ge r is th e owne r.-A. T.KI N G .

PAGE T H IRTY· T WO

Report fromthe National Executive

Ever sin ce th e As hb urto n B ran chwas formed th ere has be en a dearthof ve te ra ns in o ur area . Bill M ille rwas the o nly rea l vet eran enthusiastin th e d ist ri ct with his 1906 R eo ,bu t th is veal' sho uld see sev eral newveteran s' m ak e thei r first pu bli cdebut. Once aga in Bill is in th e leadwith a two cy lin de r 1911 B uick .Thi s ca r is m ot orin g an d in a ve ryad van ced sta ge of restoration , andprovid ed Bill d oesn 't sp end toomuch tim e in t he United St at es a ndo n his overseas tour, his ne w vete ra nsho u ld be see n a t ralli es lat er in theyear,

An other in te res ting veteran beingrestored lo cally is C o lin Bearman 's1906 Cad illac. This car has been inthe Bearman fa mi ly all its li fe . Over40 years ago the car wa s co nve r te dto a m o bil e we ll- d igger an d did

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cha irman , to be ' assist ed by M cssrsP. F . Tem pero and Skeving to n .R egister and Dating : A ll ve hi cles fo rregi st e r ing a nd dating must be ro ad­able , b u t a ll ve h icles owned m ay beinclud ed in th e m embe rsh ip list.Historic Racing Cars: Further co n ­side ra tion is to be give n to accept­an ce fo llowi ng a letter from O tagoBranch . A co py o f thi s letter isbe in g fo rwarded to a ll b ra nch es a ndit is sugges ted tha t a ll th ose inte rest­ed in t his typ e of ve h ic le shou ldread it as the m atter is to be d is­cu ssed fu r ther a t th e next m eet ingwith th e id ea of reach in g so mefinalit y.p.v.v . Applicat ions: The fo llowi ngwere accepted : 1937 Vcl ocett c M /C ,B. R . Glenny; 1932 A riel M /C , F . B.Gillum ; 1937 Arie l M / C , B. \V .M unro; 1934 Sidd elcy, I. D. Mclean ;1935 Lagond a, B. Middlema ss ; 1936Paeka rd , B. D . C a tch po le ; 1938 S un ­beam M / C Hull ett ; 1950 D a iml e r,M. C. W a rn er.l ndemnity Fo rms: Discussion on in­demnity fo rm s res ulted in a m otionbeing passed th at the complet ion ofthese fo rms for every ev ent is bothnece ssar y a nd desirable and th atb ranc hes tak e ou t a public liab il it ycover. N. C. SK E V INGTON.

notesBranch

R ep ort of N ati on al Execu tivemeting held a t t he Russley H otel ,C hris tc h u rc h , o n Satur day, F e brua ry28, 1970.Li fe M em bersh ip: The alteratio n torules rega rd ing life m embe rship hasno w been ap p ro ved and in ad dit io nto previou s life m em bers M I' andMrs A. A nd erson and M r R. B.Sha nd h ave now b een gra n ted th iss ta tus." Beaded Wh eel s" : Mr T. D . C lern­ents re po rted on "Bead ed Wheels "finan ce an d p ublicati on. O tagoBr an ch pu t forward a sugges tio n fo ra mo n th ly publicati on b ut it wasco nsi de red that the pr esent c irc ula ­ti on was insufficient to war rant th is.T he Presid ent , Mr J. M. Sullivan.sugg ested th at th e p ositi on co uld berevie wed a t a later date.Stamp issu e: M I' L. W . So u th wardrep orted o n a n appl icat ion m ad e toth e P ost Office fo r a specia l s ta m pissu e in co njunc tio n wi th the 1972R all y. T he P ost Offi ce s ta te d th atth e re q ues t would be co ns idere dlat er thi s year.R esign ati on s: The m inutes of th reeem e rgen cy m eetings were co nfi rme d ,th e b usiness tr ansacted being th eresigna tio n of M r 1. B. Loug hnanfr om th e Executive, and th at of MrsBa ile y as Nat io na l Secret ary, thele asing of new p remis es, a nd th eap po in tme n t of Mrs R. And erson t oth e office p ositio n and M I' N. C.Skevingt on t o the Executive.Administr ati on Report: Mr J. S.P almer p res en ted th is rep ort, m a k ingre feren ce to th e new premises an dto revised accou n ting procedu re./ 972 R all y: M I' Anderson 's reportinc lude d refe re nce to the co mpre­hen sive adv c r tisng to be in clud ed inov e rseas m agaz ines, wi th the objec to r o b ta ining 200 to 300 oversease nt r ies . A 54-page b o okl et is be ingpr oduced detailing regulat ion s a n dform aliti es and this will be avai lablein M a y. A pamphlet is to bedis tributed to in tending A us t ra lia nen tra nts at th e 1970 R all y.1970 A.G.M .: Waikato Branch is tobe host to thi s ye a r's m eeting , thefirst to be held fo llowing the club'sdecision to h old th ese m eet in gs a tce n tres apa r t from C h ris tc h urc h a ndW ellingt on .Vi gilance Co m m ittee: F oll owi ng onf rom th e res ignat ion of Mr L ough­n an , M r H . D . Kidd was app ointe dDICK MESSE N G ER.

D ick A nd rews- the needles of th ead jus ta b le je ts h ad been twiddledarou nd a nd I h ad n o tim e to sorto u t th e correct a d jus tme nts. Thesewe re replaced b y th e or igin a lZe nit hs . o n ly to find th at so m e ofth e jet s had been pei ned ov e r toreduce the size. O ne carb o floodeda nd the other spa t ba ck a nd wecaugh t fire to add a littl e exci tem enta nd m o re delay .

[ n ow found th at th e ca msha f ttim ing had been m o ved , co ntra ry towha t [ had been to ld . I h ad notim ing di agram , so set it wh ere 1th ou ght it shoul d be a n d was re­warded b y a cle an ex ha us t sc ree chrig ht up to maximum r. p .m .

N ow I found th at th e clutchwo u ld not di sen gag e, du e to thepins for the p ressure p late jam b ingin th e holes th rough th e casing ­th ey h ad been m oved int o newb adl y divid ed h oles. T his was thetot al of the m eeh anical wor k. I n­cide ntly, the re is no m ystery o f th est roke o f the lon ger th r ow crank­sha ft- the bore a nd th e sw ep tvo lume a re known so th e st ro ke iseasy t o calculate.

N ext d ay it was t ried a t M ange reT rack . The b rakes were im p ossi bl ea nd wo u ld co me co m ple te ly offwhe n th e ear was steere d to ther ight. This w as di seove red wh en Iran into th e b ack of the to wingca r. T he m a ximum pe rm itte d RPM5400 ca me up so tha t was eno ug h.

[ I' t he ca r wen t slowly, as s ta te d,under my ca re, I can o n ly sa y itwen t as fast as it ever did , wh ichwas slowly anyway. Suc h vic to ri esas it ac h iev ed in New Zeala nd we reus ua lly th e result of a no ther's m is­fortune . Never theless, o n th e o neoccasio n 1 dro ve it a t Muriwai, Im an ag ed to slips tream th e M ille rfo r a w ho le lap, b u t lost h im whenth e un adjusted brak es loc ked up atth e So u th turn an d 1 m ad e threecom p le te revolutions spinn ing.

In cid ently [ kn ew th e M ille r h adbad brakes too , so it was sa feto drive b lind, close be hin d himun able to sec for cl ouds of sa n d .H owever, his b rak es we re p robabl ya p plied befo re mine, hence mespin ning when th e sa nd cleare d a ndI f ound m ysel f closing rap idly o nhi s tail.

I was surprised ,to read that thecar ran reliably in my hands-to thebest of my recollecti on it ne verfinis he d a ra ce. But the ob jec t hadbeen ac hieved: R yan a nd G ubb g otrid o f it.

T he Th omas was quite th e worstracing car I ever enco u ntere d . A nexcelle n t specifica tion, b u t th a t wasa ll. Ev ery owne r fou nd th is o ut andq uickly disposed o f it to an ot he rsuc ke r. F ortunately th e sup ply ofsuc ke rs never runs o u t.

yeoman service in this capacity,around the city of C hris tchurch.When dist ance became too great"Caddy" was towed to the drillingsite, then the rig fell into disusefollowed by disrepair. Now Colinhas resurrected the family treasureand rest or ati on is well under way.

All the running gear of the car isrestored and the car sitting on abeautiful set of wheels respoked andre- Ielloed by Colin himsel f. By thetime this goes to pre ss the engineshould be re-condit ioned and backin the chassis. Mudguards and bon­net are made and the body is und erway, but what is most imp ort antCo lin says tha t the Ca di llac will becompleted this yea r.

Ra y H osken , whose beautifullyrestored 1927 Buick is well kn own ,has obtained the bones of a rareBuick, ab out the 1916 era. The re­mains have not been brought toAshburton as yet, but the gatheringup and restoration is to start in thevery near future.

An other vetera n restorat ion thathas commenced is Ralph C rum's1913 M odel T . Ralph has just re­u.rned from the " National" wherehe saw some beautifully rest oredbrass radi at or Fords and this hasevidently spurred him to get crack­ing with his own veteran restoration.Ralph's son Mike has the Stutzcompleted and it is glorious-lookou t you concours types .

T alk ing of the Nat ional Rally,eight cars from Ashburton attended ,and all who went spea k mo st highl yof the o rganisa tion and hospitality .Four cars stayed in the North Islandafter the rally touring and sight­seeing and all who stayed said thekindness of the North Islanders wasterrific-their only complaint-theycouldn't sta y long enough.

It is hoped that the North Island­ers will go away with the sameimpression of the South 'aft er theInternation al Rally in 1972.

J . MORRISON.

* * *Th e members of the Ashburton

Branch of the Vint age Car Clubwho tra velled to the North Islandat Easter would like to express theirthanks to all who helped to maketheir trip so enjoyable.

To the Taranaki Branch, Mr andMr s Brown of Hamil ton , Mr andMr s Rankine of Palmerston N or th ,and the Napier branch (for thehosp itality shown to Mr Crum) wewould like to say an espe cial thank­you . Also to all thos e persons to onumerous to mention, whom we hadthe pleasure to meet and talk withon our travels throughout the N orthIsland , you all helped to make ourjourne y a happy and mem orableone. THANK-YOU. (Signed) : Ralphand Lexie C rum, Co lin and OliveBearman, Ray and J ocel yn Hoske n,Hans and Ria Van Lith, David andShon a Hight, M orrie and Bri anAllan, Jim Hamilton, Ian Moore.

AUCKLANDOur congra tu la tions go to Les

Keys for his atta ining second placein Class 6 in the Internati on al Rall y.He says the per form ance of his ca rwas onl y exceeded by the effor ts ofhis wife, who was his navigator.

They, like others we have sp okenwith , had a grand time and wouldn'thave missed the rally for worlds.Ron and Pat Jac ob from this bra nchtook the Ansald o on to Ad elaide,and by all reports the Annie wasgoing gr eat guns (crossed, ofcourse) .

Back on the home f ront we havehad our share of longer runs, thefirst being a most enjoyable Easterrun to New Plymouth, where thisbranch, with ove r 40 entrants , wasgood en ough to c ollec t the t eamprize. Quite a few fo lk had oddbothers with their ca rs on the waydown, not surprisingly after a longand busy summer , but while Pa fixedthe car, Ma gathered mushrooms ,and everybo dy made it. Thank youTaranaki, for a great week-end.

Early in April we put on a week-

end run to Russell, where 17 ca rsand three bikes enjoyed gl ori ousweather and a rather different locale .Roger Munro won the timed rungoing up , and Ron Close y won thebike section . Eba n M offatt andNorm Dewhurst won the Scaveng erHunt held on the Sund ay morning ,an d a leisurely run hom e in theaft ern oon completed an excellentweek-end. It is poss ible that moreruns of this type could be organisedif enthusiasm was evident.

Socially we have n ot gone shortof the good times either, the wineand cheese eve ning for the ladi esbeing a gre at success, with over 50navigarines (is there such a word ?)having a most pleasant time beingwaited on by a select and dutifulhandful of asten tious vintagen ts,

Eleven cars from the Auckl andbranch made the Tasman crossing,and a thumbnail sketch of each oneprovides an interesting cro ss secti onof local vintage motoring.

Starting with the small est , RoyHick's Aust in Seven 1925 C hummyis a well kno wn car, being a fre ­qu ent and successful competitor inprovinci al rallies. For the Inter­nat ional the car was fitted with aninch and a qu arter crackshaft.

Ron Jacobs took his 1922 AnsaldoTourer, the ba ck being loaded downwith lugga ge and cam ping gear. Wehope those beaded edge tyres wereabl e to transmit the urge fro m thewell tun ed Annie motor.

Sunb eam s were represented bytwo cars , a 1925 14/50 spo rts twoseater , bel onging to Dick Stanley,a rest orati on just finished in ameticulous manner, and Bill Barn­ard 's 1924 Fourteen Tourer, whichis always turn ed out in a conditionbey ond reproach . Sunbeam enthu­siasts will know that th ough thecar s look simil ar there ar e lots ofdifferen ces, and that they a re bo thrath er rare.

Har old Kidd took his NashSpeci al Six Roadster, a 1925 mod elwith attractive lines and altogethera most desirable car. H arold had

ASHBURTON-Ghairman : R. Cr urn . Secre tary: M rs J . P. H osken ,45 Alford Fores t Road, As hburto n .

AUCKLAND - Chairman: J . Lewis. Sec retary : C . Keenan , p,a.Box 3382.

BAY OF PLENTY - Chairman : W . R . Janes. Secr etary: H .Christian, 37 Hampton Ter race . Tauranga ,

CANTERBURY - C hairma n : L . W. Humm. Secretar y: P. F.Ternpero , P .D . Box 13160 . Armagh , C hr istchurch .

HAWKE'S BAY: - Cha irma n: R . Scarrott, Secretar y: G. Browne,R .D. 5, Dm ah u R oad. Ha stin gs.

MANAWATU - C ha irm an : G . Masernan . Secretary: I. B. Poole .p.a . Box 385, Palmerston North .

MARLBOROUGH - Ch airman : J . H . Soar. Sec retary: D , C .Kilputri ck , 25 D illons Point Road , Blenheim.

NELSON - C hairma n: G. Topliss, Secretary : D . Pickcring , 24aKingsl ey Place, Richmond, Nelson .

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NORTH OTAGO - Ch a irm an : K . Per ry . Secreta ry : T . E. Stephen s,5 D.R.D. Oarn aru .

OTAGO - Cha irm an: K . Oak enfull, Secretary : I. G . S. Sharpe,28 Michie Street . Du ned in.

SOUT H CANTERBURY - Chairma n: R. Mont gornery. Secreta ry :G . F. Brownie. 126 Pages Road, Timaru .

SOUTHLAND - Chairman : D . W . Jord an . Secret ar y: A. Mclntcsb ,Rakiura Avenue, Otatara , 9 R.D., In vercargill ,

TARANAKI - Chairman : J. Castle . Secretary: N. D . Leuthart ,519 Man gor ei Road . 1 R .D . New Plymouth .

TAUPO - Ch airm an : D . Am or. Secreta ry: R . Stew a rt , 9 T on gariroStreet . T aupo .

WAIKATO - Ch a irm an : B. Ca tch pol e . Secr e tary: M . Qu ayle ,r.o. Box 924 . Ham ilton .

WAlRARAPA - C ha irman: G . Bull . Secretary. P. J . Sm ith. 79Cameran Crescent. Masterton,

WANGANUI - Chairman : C . G . Th om as. Sec ret ar y: I. Kend all .P .D. Box 726, Wanga nu i.

WELLINGTON - Ch airman : M . W arne r. Secretary : K . Wilkinson .78 Coast Road . Wainuiornat a , Wellington.

WHANGAREI - Ch airman: E. Mu sic. Secretary : N. W . Ganley .p.a. Box 17, Whangarei,

given it a complete refit befor e goingon this rall y, and it would acquititself well on a long run.

Anoth er American roadst er wasen tered and dr iven by Dave Lane ,whose 1930 Stud ebaker President 8is a familiar sight. Or iginally im­ported as a left hand dr ive ca r, itwas ea rly converted to a r ight hand­er, but the original steering gearwent with the car as spares. Today,as a result of irrepar able wear onthe r.h.d. box, the original steeringgear has been refitted , so the car istrul y back to makers' specificat ion .

Ea rle G ill took his 1923 OD 23-60Vauxhall tourer, a car which he hasowned fo r some years , and on whichhe completed a rebuild just in timeto catch the boat. With its polishedalloy body and a new set of mud­wings, this is a most handsome car,and its performance is in keepingwith its looks.

Joe T idswell is another whose carhas only recently been fully restor­ed. This .a 1928 Buick Master Six,De Luxe Tourer, has not been seenin ac tion in club functions, but it isa most imposing car on the longwhee lbase with wire wheels. Youcan well bel ieve that Buick's sloganof the per iod was made in earn est.

Doct or Johnson was unlucky inthat he consulted ano ther medicabo ut his own condition ra ther thanabo ut the big 1925 Fl int T our er hehad entered , with the un fortunateresult tha t the owner ent ra nt wasscra tched. Ho wever , a relief dri verwas org anised, and we are pleas edto record that the owner is better.

Th e only saloon to go fro m thisbranch was Les Key's 1928 Austin16 Six, a car which came originallyfr om the Waikato and which per­fo rms admirab ly. Les has done wellin local runs with the car, which isan ideal car for long distanc e rally­ing.

Quit e the biggest car to go fromAuckland , if not from the wholecountry, was George Mih aljevich 's1924 9.1 litre Ren ault. Ge orgefinished this only a few days befor esailing date , and it is a fa bulousrestoration . The sheer size of every ­thing is staggering, and the originalworkmanship is of the highestorde r. The body style is a twoseater with dickey , and has beendubbed " the biggest Hurlingham inthe worl d" . Waist line height is chinhigh, the engine idles a t a whisper,and for all its garg an tuan dimen­sio ns, George says it is very lightto hand le.

If the enjoyment of the run wasin like pr oportion to the amount ofwor k done in pr epar ing the vario uscars, the crews would have had awhale of a time.

DOUG WOOD.

MOTORCYCLE NOTESNew members are coming fo r­

ward stead ily and at a recent meet­ing two new enthusia sts werewelcomed by Barry Williarns, our'cycle secretary-Richard Webb witha 1948 P.V. Vincent Twin , and MrShort, who arri ved at the meetingon his beautifully restored 1932 2­stroke Royal Enfield.

Jack Inch has add ed two moreearly push-rod Nort ons to his sta bleof two O.H. C. models, and is reall yserious abo ut restoring all four inthe fo rthcoming year.

Lee Broo kes has recovered yetanother B.S.A. Sloper, which is invery origina l order, and is eyeing it" restora tively" for "H unua" next.

Recent new member Ron Fellowesof Western Springs has alm ost com­pleted the restoration of his lovely1924 350 c.c. side valve AJ .S. andneeds only a horn ·and min or fittingsto finish it. Frank Payne, who hasin the last year lavished his a ttentionon an E.W. Douglas, has purchaseda 1924 side-valve long-stroke Sun­beam, and has the necessary partsand know-how to mak e it a finemach ine.

Successful entrants in the wellorganised National rally at Ne wPlymouth were Peter Jenk ins whowas overall cycle winner and claim­ed the Montagu e Cup on his 1929Indi an Scout , and Lee Bro okes whowon the veteran Concours with hisimmac ula te 1915 Overseas. OtherAuckland entrants who enjoyed theweekend were Ray Closey 1926Indi an Scout , M. La Haye 1927Model 9 Sunbeam, Barry Williarn s1918 H arle y and chair, Pat Wood1929 Harle y, John H olland 1928AJ.S., Tom Belch 1930 Douglas,an d Ure Nicol on his 1930 10/12Harle y.

HORNBLOWER .- - ~ -

BAY OF PLENTYBay of Plenty br anch members

pioneered a new route betweenTauranga and Rotorua when theywent on a rally which ended at theParadise Valley trout pools in lateApri l.

Th e br an ch obtained permissi on touse the Fletcher Timber Company'spriv ate logging road, which run sdire ct from Tauranga to Marnaku,and when drivers were able to lifttheir eyes from the rather poorsur face and some treacherouslynar row timber-bridged culver ts theysaw some magn ificent native bush.

The surface was too much fo rbranch chairman Bill Janes. He de­cided his ve teran Sunbeam-Roverroadster was tak ing too much of ahamm ering, and turned back . Butthe others plugged on through thedust and light ra in, which combined

in a messy mixture on windscreens,and the road gradu ally improved.

R oger Ward won the run , a com­binati on of time trial and questions ,in his 1927 Willys-Kn igh t sedan,Jim Webb ( 1929 Marquette) wassecond, and third pl ace was jointlyshared by M. No ttle (1935 MorrisEight), Dave Shand (1927 Austin12/4 tour er ) and Peter Dick ( 1929Rugb y) .

At Parad ise Valley there was agood turn- out of Rotoru a sub­branch and T aup o br anch membersand their cars to greet the tr avellers.Among the most interesting wasDeni s Arnor 's 1923 Darracq tourer,and among the most impressive wasLes Hayter 's 1929 Packard limou­sine, both from Taupo.

The Packard was almost, but notquite, outshone by visiting 1957Cadillac V8 fo rmer G overnmentTourist Bure au tour car withoccasi onal seats ,eno ugh r ~om toseat eight peopl e in comf ort andstill sufficient space for the occ~s ion ­al Austin Seven-tourer , of course.

The Rotorua sub-branch is thri v­ing, and already has 20 finan cialmemb ers, with another 10 abo ut tobe signed up. Among the ca rs underrestoration in the Sulphur City areBrian Rollo's 1926 Hum ber 9 h.p.tourer, Sid Hall iday's 1930 Aust in 7saloo n, Rex Forrester 's 1927 ModelA Ford, Harold Gray's 1926 Hup­mobile, Reg M unro' s 1929 Austin12/4 saloo n, Stan McCutcheon's1927 Indi an Scout de luxe motor­cycle (fo r which he needs pistons)Graham Dod 's 1929 Dodge sed an'Paul Robinson's Pack ard sedan'Dennis Whimp's Model A andMod~l T F ords , Roy Fleet 's 1929Aust in 7 Swallow, Graham Smith­son 's 1929 Wolseley saloon, BruceWarn er 's 1929 Austin 7 saloo n andthe Anglis Family 's Chrysler 70sedan and Vauxhall.

On the Taur ang a h ome front theWebb family is beginning to makesome good progress with the M odelA Ford rest orations . Th e seniormember, Jim Webb , is restoring acoupe and his son , Allan, is most ofthe way thr ough a road ster rest ora­tion . In the past the Webbs haveconcentrated on Buick Marquettesafter dabbling with a Willys Knight:and more modern Chevro lets andDaimlers , but the Ford bug seemsto have bitten deeply this time.

After lunch at Paradise Valley, toget back to the run , everyone wentoff to Rot?rua in convoy to inspectlan Mat thias' mot or museum , whichwas recentl y opened. Ian is a clubmem ber , and with the assistance ofclub memb er Roy Fl eet, who isengaged fulltime at the museum heis building up a creditable collectionof vehicles .

Some are owned by the museum,

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but man y a rc on loan from Bay ofPlenty, W aikato a nd fur the r afie ldclub m ember s. He has nearl y 30vehicles on d isplay, plu s vete ra na nd vintage accessories , odd ca r andsta tio na ry en gines and m od el s, a ndhas pl ans for ex tendi ng the mu seum.

M AX AVER Y.

HAWKE'S BAYDuring th e past two m onth s quite

a lot of p re parato ry work has go neo n wi th in th e bran ch. T om Ca ldwellwas get tin g read y for th e tr ip toAust ra lia fo r th e Intern at ional R all y,while Peter Ru ssell's f riend I anPe ra ta was fo r tuna te in recei ving acommission fro m an A us tra lianpaper to cover th e first half of theInternational R all y.

This was sufficie nt to spu r Peteron and ge t th e Fraser N as h fu llyr oad worthy so that he co uld gowith lan and cove r the R all v to­ge the r. W ith room bei ng a t suc h apremium in th e Fraser Nash, bothwere v irt ua lly lim ited to a cha nge o fclothes an d a tooth brush . T heywe re taking no hood jus t a type­wri te r and a few spa res., I am su reth at these two will have e njoy edth ei r trip immen sel y.

With nin e en tra nts tak ing part inth e N a tio na l R all y in cl uding th reefrom the G isborne sub-b ra nc h, so mehecti c wo r k took pl ace durin g th elast week or two bef o re Eas te r toget the cars ready, All the ve hicl eshad a go od run to New Plym outh ,and with suc h a go od represen tati onth e branch was a b le to enter twoteams in th e team eve nt. While n oo uts tanding results we rc attained a tth e rally , we were a ble to get thirdin the team even t which gave us alla g re a t deal of pleasure.

M ost wh o went to the r all y cover­ed abou t 700-odd mil es during thewee ke nd , with fine we athe r a ll th eway.

Visi tor s to th e Ba y included C hri sShc llc y f ro m H amilton wh o ca medown to tr y his lu ck at th e C ha rn­bcr s Rolls Ro yce , a nd dig o u t a nyA rm strong Siddl ey parts whi ch m a ybe lyin g around . C hris had a busycou ple of da ys, a nd ac tua lly t racedseve ra l Armstrongs in the d ist rict ,taki ng home a few choice bits.

Another to join us at th e L astNoggin and N atter wa s Mr R . C rumfrom Ash burto n who had tak en h is1928 M od el T -l- ton truck f or a tripro und the No rth Island a fter th eN ational R all y, meeting up wi th alocal membe r on ent e ring H a wk csBay, who p romptly invited him a­long to our monthly meeting.

In b rill ian tly fine wea ther 17 ca rslin ed up at C live o n A pri l 18 to ta kepart in the Win cry Run to T e MataVin eyards where we were sho wn

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a ro und this ve ry old es ta b lishme nt.T he winery wa s esta b lished in th e1860s by Mr Bern ard C ham be rs anold id entity of the H avelock Northdi stri ct , and in lat er years was pu r­chased by th e Toogood Br other swho own the bu sin ess today.

T he who le process was ve ry we llex p lai ned to all th e people who in­cluded more th an just a few chi ld ­r en. Of great int erest were the veryo ld ca sks whi ch wer e lined up inth e ce lla rs, som e dating ba ck to th eea rly days o f th e bu siness. N aturallyaf te r hav ing a good look round, wewe re invited to sa m ple the winesava ila b le . This hospi tality was en­joyed by all , rounding off a mostint er est ing afternoon.

It was pleasin g t o see the nu m berof tourers ou t o n t his occasio n , a llwith the ir hood s d own, and filledwith happy fam ilies en joy ing thewa rm a u tum n weathe r.

The a nnua l general meeting is du eto be held at th e Ma y Noggin andN atter whe n th e execut ive fo r th een suing year will be elected .

O ur " Mag" ed ito r, Rh ys Bartlea nd h is fam ily have so ld up the irbel on gings a nd taken to the road,firstl y to see New Zeala nd then headoff ove rseas. We shall mi ss Rhys inthe cl ub as he was an efficie n t editorof our " Mag" co ming on to thescene wh en things loo ked ve rygloomy indeed. We wish them " Bonvoyage".

Visit ing member s to H awkes Baym ay be interested to know th a tmembers o f the bra nc h gather atth e O ne ka wa H otel in Na pie r o nSat urda y af te rnoons . An yone passin gthrou gh ma y be sure of a welcomeat a ny of these ga th erings.

It is understood th at the 1912Cadi lla c which has lain in Gisbornefor a number of year s has at lastbe en so ld fo r q uite a princ el y sumin vi r tua lly chassis fo rm , a nd ha sgon e to R ot orua .

We wo uld lik e to cong ra tu la te theTarana ki Branch on the excellentjob they did in running such asuc cess ful rally at Eas te r. E ver yon een joyed the wa rm hosp ital it y sh o wnto a ll vis ito rs. e ven t he weather wasmad e to o rder. T hose wh o haveo rga nised such a rally will appre­cia te the toil th at o bv io usly wentint o m aking thi s th e su ccess it was.

G. VOG THERR.

Our even ts for the past thrcemonths hav e been m any so I shallendeavour to review but a few .

Camping week-end, F ebruary 7and 8 : The M angam aunu Cam p wasenjoyed by a party co ns isting of 34ad ults a nd 13 child ren who beddedd own in tents, cara v-ans an d sleep-

in g car s. Sa tur day pr od uced a be au­tiful m orning for th ose travell in gdown a nd so me very good motoringwas en joyed along one of thi sco un try 's most scenic coasts .

Satu rd a y afte rnoon b ro ugh t achange to so u the rly co nditio ns andwith n igh tfall a stead y ra in set in.Aft er a n en te rta ining even ing ofmusic, song and sto ry in the bigtent h ired fo r the occasio n we allcrept off to our bed s a nd spe n t anight accord ing to our eq ui pmen t.

Morni ng brought co lde r co ndi­tions a nd whe n the clo ud along th ehill s li ft ed th e re was an usunua lsight for F ebruary, sno w well down.The morning wa s spent packing upbe tween showers a nd in the earl yaf ternoon a sta r t was m ad e o n th ejo urney h om e, leavin g a ha il stormbehind. In spi te of the weathe r itwas vo ted b y a ll " A ve ry su cce ssfu lwee ke nd" .

Richmond Br ook Garde n Party.Februar y 28 : T his o u ting pr ovedtobe th e m ost en jo ya ble of th e seaso n.A good c ro wd , delightful su rround­ing s, excelle nt parking space for o urvi nta ge vehicles and th e af te rnoonte a! Bill y Bunter's hamper nevercon ta ined suc h a feast as th at sp readon th e tables fo r aftern oon tea. T hehighlight of the a fternoon for th echild re n was a loll y sc ra m ble . A nou ting e njoyed by yo ung a nd old .

E as te r M onda y, M arch 30 : A naft e rnoon r un was held to R ar angi.A number of v intage a nd m od erncars turned ou t and enj oyed a cupof tea a nd a p leasan t r un throu gha co un trys ide pleasantly green a fterth e recent d rought.

Popular Vot e Cu p, A p ri l 12 : Anenjo ya ble run up th e W airau Vall eyto thc W air au Valley sp orts gro undswhe re in the b rillian t suns h ine theca rs all spa rkled their best inv itingeach member to name it as th e bestrest or ed a nd cared for car.

The Pat ch elt Overland : T his haslef t the d istri ct af-ter a stay of n ineyears. Bernie Byers o f th e N elsonbranch is th e new own er so we willstill be ab le to have an occasio na lglimpse of thi s fine ve hicle whichattende d so man y of o ur ou tingsand was our o ldes t registered ca r.

D . C . KILPATRICK.

NELSONEven ts pl anned :June 14 to K ina Penin sul a ,

lea ving St ok e I 1.30.June 27 end of registration run :

a mystery run to the Mapu a d is­tri ct. L eave Stoke 11.30. Lunch a tRub y Bay.

Nothing has yet been planned fo rJuly, excep t th at th e A .a .M. sho u ldbe o n. som e-t im e.

After a magnifi cent summer, wuh

over 70 days of clea r blu e sky,sever al of our plann ed events werecancelled as t he rai nfa ll ave ragedecided to catch up with itself.H owever , a most successf ul dinnerparty was held , to fa rewe ll thosemembers going to Au stral ia .

T he static display put on to helpraise funds fo r the Isel M useu mresulted in a grand mu ster ofvehicles, 23 cars and 4 mot orcycles,and was the best a ttended eventeve r. A film eveni ng was , how­eve r, the exact opposi te, with only14 memb ers a tten ding.

Anzac D ay saw a good cro wd ona series of visits to seldom seenmembers and their ca rs, notabl y a12/4 Austin, 1902 Bro wn (reputedto be the only onc of its kind) ,1907 Dar racq , a magn ificen t Chrys­ler Imperial, a 1927 Oldsmob ile, anda DA D odge. All of these were atvarious stages of recon st ruct ion .

Of the thr ee Nelson membersat tending the Australi an rally , twohave been award ed cove tedpos itions , viz. Bern ie Byer s and his'07 Ca dillac, and Andy Beattie andhis 20/60 Vauxhall. No t bad goingfor sleepy holl ow, eh!

DE NIS PI CKERING.

Our annua l weekend excursion tothe high country at Oma rama went

off with a bang this yea r-particula r­ly when Wall y had a blowout onthe Rugby- over 30 enjoying therun up and back, plu s the usualfrien dly hospi tality -at th e Inn .

Even if a few min or mech ani caltroubles were encountered (such asslipped timing gea rs, tran smissionsickness, oil pump osci lla tions , etc .)eve ryon e looks forwa rd to anothe rsimi lar effort next year.

When we inserted a sma llannouncement in the last issue of"Beaded Wh eels" to the effect thatwe were anxious to part with aqu an tity of wooden spoked wheelswe were quite astonished a t theimmedia te and enthusiastic respo nsefrom pr ospective buye rs in ot he rbra nches all ove r New Zea land, andJ ohn O'B rien h as been busy answe r­ing requ ests ever since- con vincingproof of the effectiveness of "BW"Class ified Ads! (Ta, Ed .)

Anzac aft ernoon saw a good turn­ou t of vintage vehicles a t M urr ayBro thers Pukeur i est ate fo r thebra nc h' s annual field event s, t he daybeing fine and mild . Whil e thecom pet ition was kee n club capta inTai t was able, af ter some delibe ra ­tion , to sor t out some winnersamo ngst Joh n Mi ller, Alf G rah am ,Russell Goodsir and Rex Murray.

Everyo ne, includ ing the ladi es.sampled Rex's Austin Seven a ro undth e padd ock and enjoyed afte rnoontea and a natt er before termina ting

a successf ul outing .At our next meet ing we look

fo rward to Wi lson Spi te's acco untof som e of the things he did inAustralia-conneeted we und erstan dwith an Old Ca r Rally! Nei lWilli amson is so smitten th at hehas not yet re turned, therefore wecan not gua rantee that some of theinc iden ts attri buted to him aregenu ine.

BIL L MITCH ELL.

OTAGO .Ca rs are being resto red all ove r

the Otago area at the momen t.Nev ille Ma nn has got two on hisplate to restore; a very interesti ngTa lbot and a verv nice Bull NoseMorris. .

Go rdo n Shar pc's Bentley iscoming al ong ver y well; the bodybeing ver y near comp lete. T hebra nch spare parts secti on is nowund er full operat ion.

Some months ago we held anauction which wen t off very well.bu t we still remain wit h many anin tere sting pa rt on our shelves.

Our clu b roo ms are undergoingsome alte ra tion; we are gelling airvents filled to the roof to clea r awayhot air and sm oke .

WAIKATO

for the

SOUTHLAND VINTAGE CAR CLUB

invites you to

EASTER 1971

Having just ret urn ed fro m theNationa l Rall y at Ne w Pl ymouth ,held in glori ous wea the r an d pic ­turesqu e sur rou ndings I will en dea ­vo ur to give my impressions of it.

F irstly onc shou ld compliment theorga nisers. The number of peopl eto be catere d for at a nation alcontinues to gro w and mu st tax tothe fulles t tbe resources of mostbra nches organis ing them. I feel thatsome alterna tive must be looked intoin the not t oo fa r distant future .

Some 19 en tra nts ma de th e tripfrom this branch. Joe Marsden wasoverall winner in the field even ts,Mike Quay le was rally winner of theP.V.V . sect ion and ot her mem berswere well placed.

New ly resto red vehicles havingtheir first run wer e Ra lph Blyde'sRu gby To ure r and two acceptedP.V.V .s. Bruce Catc hpo le's 1936Packard 120 convertible and Coli nWiseman' s 1935 Mo rris 15 seda n.

T hree non - competiti ve en trieswhich created cons iderab le in terestwere C hris Shell ev's 1932 A rm­stro ng, George Coilins' 1937 Lin­col n Zephyr and Pet er M art in­Smith's 1932 Stu tz which has anowner custom bo dy an d is altogethe ra un ique an d inter esting cur.

La test news of our two represen­tat ives in A ustra lia is ra ther alarm­ing. Alan Lak e's Hi span o had the

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Entry forms out soonPLAN NOW

INVERCARGILL

SOUTH ISLAND RALLY

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rear bumper ripped off in transitand Trevor Bear had the misfortuneto be involved in an accident in theFranklin. I sincerely hope that TheFranklin can be got into satisfactoryshape to join the rally.

The past quarter has seen somewell attended club runs. Particularlysuccessful was the day organised atHangatiki by John Pinfold.

Fifteen vintage cars made the tripand it was a first time out for Ncv.Fursden in his 1917 Buick Roadster.Well done Nev. I've waited a longtime to see this one motoring.

Lyn Bowman of Putaruru hassnatched a very immaculate 1936Rolls Royce from the South Island.Strangely enough, this was originallya Te Awamutu car so you could sayit has come home to roost.

We are hoping for a large entryin our Waikato "Double Fifty"Queen's birthday weekend. We can'tguarantee the weather but can assureentrants of an excellent run and amemorable social event.

ALAN ORR.

WAIRARAPAComing events: Annual general

meeting, July 13.Annual winter wander, last week­

end before relicence, June 28.A splendid effort by club mem­

bers resulted in an excellent display

EXPERT PANEL BEATINGAND SPRAY PAINTINGSERVICE AT eARTHY'SPAINT & PANEL SHOP."Won over peoplego to earthy Motors".

C1"earthy motorsl.M.V. D.Pa int & Panel b eating Shop311 St . As aph Stre et .(N e a r Barbadoe s St reet ).

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of club vehicles in the Stadium overAnniversary Weekend.

This was a joint Lions Club­Vintage Car Club effort in an en­deavour to boost club funds and toassist our local lido scheme.

A few of our stalwart motor­cycle members attended the Auck­land rally and enjoyed a mostsuccessful event.

Our own North Island motor­cycle rally held in Masterton isnow behind us. Friday night consist­ed of a dinner and social for oldgrass and dirt track riders and whenthe opportunity was taken to presentMaureen Bull's book "VintageMotor Cycling" many well knownnames connected with motor cyclingwere in attendance. From commentsoverheard Maureen's book is anexcellent publication and one whichappears to be a "must" for anyenthusiast's bookcase.

It may be obtained from Hedley'sBookshop, Queen Street, Masterton,at a cost of $4.

Saturday's run was well attendedand from all reports appeared to bea success.

A recent tour of the South Islandby six of our members on vintagemotorcycles attracted both radionews comments in Nelson andWNTV I coverage, A full report ofthis adventure will be published at alater date in "Beaded Wheels".

Our two International Rally en­trants have returned from Australia,apparently acquitted themselves fair­ly well and had no mechanicalproblems with the cars.

One thing they did particularlynotice was the difficulty the organi­sers had in starting such a largenumber of cars off each morningand would suggest that the organi­sers of our own New Zealand inter­national rally in 1972 make specialnote of this point.

Recent acquisitions : Circa 1931Austin 7 sedan in very good con­dition by our secretary Peter Smith;circa 1918 Militaire motorcycle 4cylinder American, in good con­dition minus the front forks anda few other '12arts, by Glen Bull;post vintage single cylinder B.S.A.motorcycle in good condition byGraham Wilton . ALAN JONES.

WELLINGTONThe Club Captain's Safari on

Anniversary Weekend proved to bewell named and a great success forall entrants. The run on the Satur­day and Monday was through, ingeneral, easy rallying country. How­ever John Southward issued com­passes for finding one route andperhaps this could be done more inthe future.

Total milage covered was approx­imately 260 miles and all enteredand completed the "Burma Run" atWanganui which was an additional90-odd miles.

Successful entrants were: Gwenand Alastair Jones in a Bentley I,Peter Fry in an Austin 2. Bestwoman navigator: Gwen Jones.

Members who took part in therun were: R. Hall (1926 Indian),B. Benge (1929 Graham Paige),Brian McCarthy (1930 Model A),William Pine (1930 Model A),Martin Ferner (1937 Riley), Mich­ael Curry (1926 Alvis), AlastairJones (1926 Bentley), Merv Warner(1938 Lagonda), Jack Watson (1929Bentley), Peter Fry (Austin).

If any other members are thinkingof taking part in this three-dayrally next year, why not talk to oneof the above and ask how theyenjoyed it? Let's hope for 25 carsand motorcycles next time.

The entrants at Wanganui had a" ball" and Martin Ferner carriedaway the cup for winning the PostVintage section in his It litre Rileywhilst Royce Hall won the motor­cycle section. Bruce Benge won aprize for his successful effort fromPalrnerston North to Wanganui.

Bill Munro won the Veteransection of the Auckland Motor­cycle Rally on his trusty Reading­Standard.

Ten motorcycles from Wellingtonplus nine from the Mastertonbranch made up the bulk of thecompetitors 'at the "Castrol" NorthIsland Motorcycle Rally.

The day was a great success andthe weather was kind for the major­ity of the events but heavy rain fellduring the mid-afternoon.

The Upper Hutt A.M.P. Run,planned by Roger White for someeight cars, had an unusual result­·a tie . Tim Edney and Bill Pine:Chrysler and Model A Roadsterrespectively could not be separated.Congratulations, Tim and Bill.

A novelty teams ' race at theshowgrounds involving a potatoand spoon saw Tim Edney, JackElIworthy, Bill Pine and Ivan Bengewin over the team of Mike Curry,Ray Boswell , G. Harris and TedDaunt.

Congratulations to Ian and PamMcLean in winning the concoursfor the fast vintage and modernclass at the National Rally held atNew Plymouth.

Their "Siddley Special" is truly apicture.

"Know Your Wellington" Run:Martin Ferner had everyone guess­ing on this run, with his questionsdealing with the Royal Family. Con­sequently it has been referred to asthe " Royal Rally".

Results: John Southward, Holden,

1; Regie Hall, Indian, 2; PamMcLean , Siddley Special, 3.

ROYCE HALL.

WHANGAREIThe last six months have seen a

tremendous increase in both mem­bersand enthusiasm, so that for thefirst time in years, we had no diffi­culty in finding committee membersat our annual general meeting, 'whenthe following were elected as thecommittee for 1970/71 : Chairman,Elmer Music ; secretary/treasurer,lan King; club captain, Peter Cole ­man ; committee, Neil Ganley, LesJenkins, Clarke Lewis, RoyceHanna; newsletter editor and scribe,John McDonald; address remains,P.O. Box 17, Whangarei.

Northland is that part of NewZealand where, because of itsbenevolent climate, abundant rain­fall and high humidity, gardeningconsists of ·planting the seeds andstepping smartly to one side. It alsohas the world's finest collection ofbeaches and the poorest survivalrate of vintage cars; with the resultthat those that have survived aremostlv American and in most caseshave 'been trucked.

Restorations currently under wayinclude Eric McRae's 1921 Ford T;John McQueen's 1924 4 cylinderOverland; Peter Coleman's 25 T;Malcolm McQueen's 1927 Whippet:Vie Chapman's 1923 Chev. 4 andJohn McDonald's 24 Dodge roads­ter-all of which have been truckedand require body parts for com­pletion.

The restoration stakes look likebeing won by Mr and Mrs WallyBurgess with their 1928 Chev . 4 orpossibly the Urbain Seux Auburn­both of which are almost complete.Others, like Les Jenkins' Anniver­sary Model Buick, Bruce Sowry'sRolls, or George Tier's 501 Fiat andBullnose M.G ., still have some wayto go, though they are essentiallycomplete.

The motorcycle brigade should getstronger with their patron saint in­stalled as club captain and with suchdevotees as chairman Elmer "FordT" Music (Harley); secretary lan"Railton" King (Harley and Dotutility three wheeler): the Clarkebrothers Sunbeams, Harleys andRudne-s-now joined by Ivan Ace ona 1930 Harlev and a 52 Sunbeampurchased ex Auckland .

Visitors to Whangarei are wel­come to inquire at any local servicestation for the addresses of com­mittee members. We may lackvehicles , but we are still keen anddonations of restorable cars aregratefully acknowledged by returnmail. JOHN McDONALD.

Classified AdsADVERTISING RATES

Member of Vinlage Car Club Inc.50 cents per first 40 words or less.thereafter 10 cents for each 8 words.

Non-MembersS 1.00 for first 40 word s or less. there­after 10 cen ts for each 8 words.

Advertisements must be typed or printedin capital letters .

Cheque or Postal Note must be enclosedwith advertisement,Ad vertisements should be sent to the

Ad vert isin g Manager,p.a. Box 13140, Christehureh

not later than 10th of month beforepublication

Special display advertisements of cars forsa le can be inserted at schedu'ed rates.Writ e for details .

... --.---WANTED URGENTLY- (I) For1913 lames 4± h.p. single handlebarleavers, rear chain case and sidecarto suit above lames; (2) completehead and gearbox or parts for KAVelocette or suggestion to parts thatmay fit; (3) for above bikes andalso for 1938 Silver Streak A.J.S.,1938 Triumph 250 c.c. and 1928A .l.S. 500 c.c. Any photos, hand­books, or information would begratefully received. All lettersanswered. Norm Sisson, 113 MainRoad, Redcliffs, Christchurch, orphone 849-132 collect.

WANTED - Petrol tank for 1929B.S.A. Sloper. Also wanted for 1912Clyno V-twin motorcycle one pairof Druid forks , 55° V-twin mag­neto , any parts for two-speed chaintransmission. J. Toohey, RotherhamR.D ., North Canterbury.

FOR SALE-I929 Chevrolet In­ternational Tourer. Fully restoredand in excellent order. Offers tolan Stewart, 45 Nelson Street, Blen­heim . Phone 88-668.

WANTED - Mudguards, handle­bars, brake parts, piston, mag. drivegears or any other parts or informa­tion for 1920 (about) chain belt 2±h.p. two-stroke lames. Also wheels ,gearbox, forks for 1926 four-valve349 c.c. Rudge; 1913 Humber m/c.frame and wheels. Contact T Dal­gleish , 16 Kulim Avenue, Otumoe­tai, Tauranga.

FOR SALE: 1929 Dodge. Slightchassis disalignment but still suit­able for restoration. Completelyoriginal. Engine in perfect runningorder. Part sales also considered .575 x 19 tyres (3 excellent condi­tion , 2 retread able ) . Contact V.Caseley, 80 Surrey Road, Spring­vale , Wanganui. Phone 35-364.

REQUIRED for 1929 ChevroletRoadster, hood bows, completewith all fittings ; windscreen com­plete plus metalpiece underneath;two doors with handles. Also re­quired Chevrolet Roadster orTourer 1930-31 model restored orsuitable for restoration . Write toKeith M. Booth, 149 Rifle RangeRoad, Taupo.

WANTED-Model A Ford Roads­ter or Tourer body, rear mudguards,front bumper, 4 shock absorbersand one 19in. wheel. Contact GreyBatger, 29 Lochiel Road, Remuera,Auckland 5, or phone 52-485.

WANTED - Any body parts forChrysler Tourer, 4 or 6 cyl. willsuit, 1925 to 1928. Other parts alsoacceptable; also 450 x 18 tyres. LesAnglis, Oturoa Road, Ngongotaha,Rotorua. Phone Kaharoa 833.

WANTED - Patterns of woodworkfor 20/60 Vauxhall sedan about1926 model. Replies to D. N. Reg­ister, Homebush, Waikakaho R.D .3,Blenbeim.

FOR SAL E - 1928 Whippet 4Tourer. Original, complete, andpartly restored. $100 o.n.o . Wanted1936-38 Morris 8 convertible sports.Condition immaterial. Wanted for1929 Mod 612 Graham Paige, Itail light glass, 4 valance kick plates,4 running board kick plates. Forany of the above contact R. Ward,349 Cameron Road, Tauranga.

WANTED - For 1928 HubmobileA.6, 2 rear 19in. wheels and rims,Stromberg carburettor T2, radiatorsurround, I hubcap, any spares,owner's handbook-workshop man­ual, an information. Anyone wantspeedo cable, set of doors , steeringassembly for 1930 Hupmobile? H.F . Gray, 8 Reeme Street, Ngongo­taha.

WANTED-I928-29 or 1930 FordModel A Roadster body or wholecar, any condition. Informationavailable on 1927 Oldsmobile andChrysler 6 about '28-30. ContactHilary Cartmell, P.O. Box 3, Silver­dale.

WANTED - 1930 Model A Tourerparts, petrol and radiator caps,terminal box plus lid, inside andoutside door handles, tail light withglass and side wing window clamps.Write Russel McAlpine, 3 CarlisleAvenue, New Lynn, Auckland 7, orphone 871-252.

FOR SALE - 1936 and later Har­ley Davidson head gaskets 10/12.Part No . 1977 with 9 head holes .Two only. $6.50. B. Grant, 160Elizabeth Drive, Tokoroa.

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WA NT ED - A Vintag e o r Veter anca r; must be sm all , E uropean orAme rican , not English , rest ored orot herwise. N ot fo r exportin g . Con­tact A lbe rt Ro ycro ft, 43 MarauC resce nt. Auckla nd 5.

\VANTED - Br ass rad iator fo rF or d , any pa rts o r co m plet e ca r,a ny cond ition . H . Barncs, 275 High­stea d R03d . C h ris tc hurch 5. Ph on e597-966.

F OR SALE - Parts for 1928 C hev.4- cyl. e ngine, gearbox, rear end ingood o rde r, a lso radi at or a nd sun­dry parts. A lso Triumph 7 mot ora nd 3 gear boxes. Vict or y D odgegenerat or a nd driveshaft, cy l. head .Essex and Plym outh 4 woode nwhee ls and split r ims. Off ers, Pho ne5568 Porirua E as t, or write 1'. D .l anes, 15 Westmeath Street. P oriru aE ast.

WANTED - For 1939 A riel , centresta nd fo r sp ring f ra me model o nly.Max Olsson , 7 Banks Street, N ewPlymouth . Ph one 88-528.

FOR SALE - 1931 Triumph 7 h.p ,pa rts , I cyli nde r b loc k plus mostengine parts, 2 ge arb oxes ( 3-sp eed ) ,I radi at or co re, I rear ax le co m ple tewith whee ls and dri ve sh aft , I stee r­ing co lum n. Cont ac t L. Cog hla n,Hill R oad , M anurew a R.D. fo r a nyfu r the r inf orm at ion.

WA NTED - A us tin 16/6 mo to r,co m ple te o r o the rw ise, preferabl ysound bo ttom hal f : overhead val veA riel m otorcyc le o r parts ; 1930- 31Che vro let hu bcaps, 1929 same withba ck ing pl ate . Bruce Carra d, 45Laugh ton Street , Taupe. Phon e1488.

LAP EL BADG ES - $2.50 E xactreplicas o f rad ia to r em blems .C hro me on copper , hand painted .Al so m ot or meter cent re pl ates ordoor sill plates. M ade to sam plepattern o r drawing. Wanted G ra ha mPaige radiator badge, tail lights,handb ook or any information onm odel 6 12 twin side-mounted spa rewire wheel model. C. A. J ack , 3M eLellan Place, Ilam, C hrist­chu rch 4.

WANTED - Information and partsfo r 1930 Ne w Hudson , 1935 O.K .Supreme 350 o. h.c. a nd 192 3 Pm od el Triumph. For Sale : 4 onl y525 -550 x 21 tyres in good co ndi ­t ion. $8 each f.o .r, C ha s. Black , 8H iggi ns Street, Napie r.

WA 'T ED-O ve rl a nd 1924 M odel9 1 mudg ua rd s, st eerin g wh ee l, hubcaps, hood f ra me. In terested in an yo the r pa rts. Pl ease Ph on e 887 -590,Ke ith Retall ick , 9 Wimbo rn e C rcs .,C hristc hu rc h.

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WANT ED - In fo rm ation on th ewh ereab outs of a n engine, stee ring­bo x, wheels and fittin gs, in a ny con­diti o n, sui tab le for a Ci rca 1907Talbot 25. Ple ase co nt act RobertWyber, 384 St ua rt Stree t, Roslyn ,D unedin . Ph on e 65-72 1.

WANT ED - D aim ler 6 cyl. sl eeveva lve mot or co mplete with flywh eel ,clu tc h an d othe r accesso ries fo r m y1928 20/ 70 sedan. A t p resent it isfitted with a fo reign m ot or. P . N.D avey, 5 Bucknell Street, C hrist­c hu rch 4. Ph one 44-787 .

ANTIQUE a nd C LASSIC ca rswa n ted . Pre-1 939 co nver tib le m odel sof lu xury makes lik e Packard, Cad­illac, Lincoln , Roll s-R oyce, Dusen­be rg, Cord , Hi span o, Pierce , Stutz,Bugatt i, Mcrccdcs, Marmon, Mer­cer, La Sallc, F ranklin, Auburn andIsotta. Sam Sherman , 88-08 32ndAvenue, E. Elmhurst , N .Y . 11369.U.S .A .

FOR SALE -1928 Dodge. Veryfew genuine 1928 4-cyl. ava ila ble .The body is in very good conditi onwi th o rigi na l uph olster y st ill nearperfect. The engine is in excell entorde r and run s perfectly. There isplenty of tr ead on the tyres a nd shehas cu rren t regis trat ion an d w.o.I ,Some spa res avail able. P rice $500.Con tact A . Sh aw , 27a A ynsley T ee,C hristc hurch 2, o r phon e 31-069 .

WANTED - T wo Maxwell (ea rlym od el ) hubcap s ( 21in . di am eter, 9­sided, nickel-pl at ed o n brass, andin scr ibed with " Maxwcll") : D.Murray, 143 N o . 3 Lin e, W anganuiEast.

FOR SALE-Reluctantly offe red a1928 Series A Hupm obile sa loo n,V.C. C. Reg . N o. 1334. Very o rigi­nal conditi on , going o rd er (used aseveryday transport). Over $600spe n t, m ainly o n m ot or and runninggear. Numerous spa res , handbook,workshop manual and magazinearticles. Price $250 o r o ffe r. Allreasonable offers co ns idered . R . C.l acks, 179a Park Road, Palrncrst onNorth . Phone 71- 398 .

SWAP-1912 brass F ord radi atorcomplete for P . & H . acetylene lampse t for motorcycle a nd late m odelT Ford rad iat or surround . Also re­quire o ne pair o f early Fo rd typesidcla rnps, don't have to be ge nuineb rass Ford pa r t. Rod Sm ith, Box3050, Ohopc.

WANTED - Oil pump par ts a ndheadlamp fo r 1928 350ec Trium phmo torcycle. W an ted to bu y o r swa pabove fo r 1909 2-c yl. Renault pa rts .Pl ease write R . K. Bassett, 15 N orthStreet, Feilding .

FOR SALE - New vintage Hup­m obile diff. co m ple te. N ew F ord Acro wnwhee l a nd pinion, 4 new semi­fin ished a lloy Chcv, 4 pistons, 1928C hev. headl am p ri ms, Bo ycc m ot o r­me ter. Wa nt ed , I o nly 26 x 2{ B.E .tyr e. 2 o n lv 26 x 21 tubes, 1920Do uglas m o tor cycle seat, fro n t andrea r wheels B.E. fo r Veteran A .I .S.m o torcycle co mplete wi th ty re s a ndtubes. han d book m an ual fo r 1954G9 M atch less twi n. R od Smi th ,Box 3050 , O ho pe .

WA NTED - Vintag e ta il lig h t wi th'Chevr ol et ' sta m ped o n it. Sw apgood English mot ometer for Y ankone, Wanted o ne pa ir side lig h ts fo r1926 C he v. B W . Munro , 5 Rawhit iSt ., Sto kes Vall ey.

WANTED TO SWAP - Rear partof body fo r Buick T ourer, ab out1922 , I'or rear part of T ourer bodyfor 1926 Buick St andard Six m odel26.25 . 1'. Carre ll, 299 TramwayRoad , Invercargill.

FOR SALE - 1926 Cowle y Tourer.C hassis. m ot or ctc . rest or ed , bodyneed s a little atten tion. Plenty ofsp ares. Write A. C. Loomcs, 26Rathmore St reet , Ti rnaru, o r ph on e89-8 18.

WANTED-For 1929 Buick M od el44 121in . wheelbase, wheels,back ing pla tes and bra ke drum as­semblies , rad iat o r ca p, sidclarnps,horn, Mar vel ca rb u retto r ( Mode lD .1I1. ), stee ri ng co lu m n controls orwo uld co nside r co m ple te ca r. H aveso me parts ava ila b le fo r 1929 M od el25 Bui ck . Pl ease rep ly L. Jenkins,4 M ail' Avenue , Wh an ga rei. Phone87-567 .

FOR SALE- 1948 R over 75 inoriginal condition . Ideal post vin­tage. Sound body, excellent mech­an ical o rde r, spa re mot or and ge ar­box complete, and tyres . $550 . Onlygenuine replies to M . Walters , 805C hilders R oad , G isbornc, o r ph onc7727.

WANTED - Handbo ok or manualand a ny info rma tio n fo r 1922 Bui ck4 ; also wa n ted for same inlet m ani­fold . rad ius rod a nd truss rod. H avefor sa le ea rly mod el M axwel l par ts,appro x. 1912. R. A. Sm ith, P .O.Box 11, M artinb orough, Phone 38co llect.

WA NTED- To co m plet e rest ora­tion on 1925 T riu m ph M odel P .L ucas magn et o T ypc K .S.I 14993A­525 . o r a rma ture. pr im a ry ch aincove r. set of ca rb ide lamps. exh au sts ilen ce r. bu lb horn . A nv 'co nd itio n.M. St ok es, 68 Sincia ir St reet ,C hristchurch 7. Ph o ne 889-600.

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