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Vol. XVI No. 70 June -July, 1971

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Ne lson is with out a dou bt one of the most popular a nd picturesqu ea reas for the holidaym a ker and this is wha t the 1972 In tern a tion al is:a holid ay.

Rally H eadqu arters will be a t the R ichm ond Showgrounds , nin emi les from Nels on, and this gives easy access to the sta rt of man ypleasant trips .

After co mpleting the fo ur or five day rou te, m ost people will prob­ab ly fee l like a day to get se ttled in to thei r qua rte rs so no orga nisedact ivity is planned at this stage for Sunda y, Fe bru ary 20.

Monday, Tuesday, Wedn esda y, T hursday, F riday: Ou tings forvar ious one- ma ke grou ps possibly, and two-cylinde r vehic les, vetera n,vintage a nd P.V.V., split into sec tions when a gro up becom es toolar ge. The places to go are num erous, som e being Pelorus Brid ge,a delight ful picnic spot, Takaka , Co llingwood, Motueka , and Kaiter i­teri , one of the pr etti est beaches in our co unt ry. The time of theRally coi ncides with much seaso na l activity, particul arl y hops, apples,and tobacco. Opp ortunity will also be a vailable for those wishing toto visit local indu str y.

On part of one day , team captains will wish to brie f compet itorson the 24-hour Reliability event, no doubt giving detai ls of thestra tegy they wish to pu t into prac tice to win. Saturday and Sundaywill be ta ken up with th is run.

Co ntinued next pugc

Clo sing date for Allg/Sept issue July 5th COVER PHOTOGRAPH Alec Shadbolt's 1929 Hupmobile

IN THIS ISSUEEditorialBeach Racing DaysBirth of MuseumStarting Handles

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5.1. Easter Rally

Castrol Rally

Motor-cycle Rally

Castrol Rally Pictures

National Executive Report

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Auckland Rally .

Obituaries

Lette rs to Editor .

Branch Notes

Classified Advertising .

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(Part 4)Some more early beach racing stars - Indian and Harley-Davidson rivalry

Frustrations of a would-be beach racer - Desperate measures!

Beach racing events were helda t regul ar intervals during the1914-18 War. It seeme d remark­able that the great est co nflict inhistor y appeared to affect sportin th is country to only a limitedextent, and motor-cycl ing was nuexception, though of co urse thecessa tion of ho stiliti es ga ve a tre­mendous fillip to spo rt in gen er aland motor-cycling in par ticular.

From previous page

Monday will pr ob ably be a dayof rest , but here again there willorga nised run s avail abl e.

Tuesda y, of course, is the dayof the final dinner.

Competito rs are assured thatplenty of activity is being ar­rang ed , and participati on will keepthem fu lly occup ied. On e branchhopes to hold a "flea market, "a novelty in New Zealand. We arefortunate in having excellent facil­ities for this.

Another branch has sugges teda gymkhan a. Another suggestionis that there could be a reunionof all those who took part inthe 1970 Int ernational in Austra­lia , and any remarks on the form

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A detail ed list of events, results,and participants during the warand imm ediate post-war peri odwould reduc e these reminiscencesto the level of mere sta tistics, so Iwill just touch upon a few high­lights and m ention some of themore pr ominent perform ers dur­ing the peri od from 1914 to theea rly 1920's.

No list of these would be corn-

th is cou ld take would be welcom e.

A caterer will be a vaila ble atRally H eadquarters and for th osegoing on all da y run s packagedlunches will be avail able, pro­vided they are ordered in advance.

Arrangements ar e in hand tohave a dail y newsheet producedand this will give particulars ofall activities, circulation of thepublication being made to hotels,motels, m otor camp, and ofcourse, ad ditional copies will beavailable a t Rall y Headquarters.

Mail will be distributed fromRally H eadquarters, the posta iaddress for your correspondencebeing Box 3100, R ichmond.

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plete without menti on of RonKennett, the Christchurch jewel­ler whose hobby was motor-cycleracing and who during his entirecaree r never relinqui shed his pri­vate- own er status, riding hisbought-and -paid-for Harley 1915"square-tanker" and later a 1917model (incide nta lly, if anybo dyever co mes across a Harley en­gine N o. 17T777A , this is an ex­Kennett power unit which car­ried him to man y a victory). Foryears he was regarded even bytrade rid er s as one of the hardestmen to beat in the 1000 c.c. cla ss,and as late as 1921 he was stillfigurin g in the result s, winn inghis class in the cha mpionshipmeeting in March of that yearand also beating his arch-rivalGeorge Lambert after concedingthe Indian man 15 sec. in a 10­mile race.

With Kenn ett's retirement fromracing, his position as top man inthe big machin e cla ss was tak enover by Lambert, who mad e hisfirst beach appea rance , to the bestof my recollection, in 1917. Soonafter this he relinquished his pri­vate- own er sta tus when he jo inedthe staff of the Bell Motor Co.,wh ich had taken over the Indian

Where the "Daytona" got its name. At Daytona Beach, Florida, in April,1920, Gene Walker established many new speed marks for stock type

engines with the newly introduced side-valve racing Indian.

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distributorship afte r Ernie H ind sretired fro m the mot or -cycle busi­ness. Lambert became a co nsis­tent per former, but the side-valvePower plus engi ne he used couldnot ma tch the H arl eys of Kenn ett , ·.T ones , Nicoll and others.

H owever , the tabl es were turnedwith the advent of the rem arkabl e" D ayto na " side-v alve racing en ­gines. one of which was acquiredby the firm fo r Lambert 's use,with the resu lt tha t af ter severa lseasons of Harley dom inan ce thependulum commenced to swingthe othe r way, and Lambert be­came almos t invincibl e un til hisretirem ent in 1926. The D ayton awas then tak en over by AlexSmith, who had bee n racing vari­ous ma chines since 1913 and whowas to have perhap s the lon gestbeach rac ing ca ree r on record .

On e of the most popul ar ridersever see n on the Ch ristch urchmot or -cycling sce ne was H . D .Singleto n, a young English enthu­sias t who arrived in th is countryin 1921 a nd was dom iciled inC hristch urc h. "Si ngy" bro ughtwith him a 490 c.c . side-va lve Nor ­ton whic h had bee n "breathedon" by the fam ou s Br itish tun ingwizard , D. R. O'Donovan (hissigna ture was on the No rto n'scra nkcases in ind elibl e ink ) andwhic h soo n cau sed the loca ls tore vise their ideas of one -lungerperfo rma nce . Sing leto n wo n sev­era l eve nts on this mach ine, in­cluding making fas test 500 c.c.class tim e in the 1921 flying m ilecha mpionships with the ra ther re­markable figur e of 77.5 m.p.h .La ter , he imported a M at ch less1000 c.c. sports twin , and la teracq uire d a new supe r-spor t Acefo ur-cylinder. Thi s grand spor ts­man un fortunat ely susta ined seri­ous injuries whe n his mach ine hita deep wate r-filled pothole in thebeac h races of April , 1924, wh ichende d h is racin g ca ree r.

Another pri va te own er .vhosubsequently join ed the ranks ofthe trade r iders was Les Monk ­man, who becam e a pr ominent

per former on Harleys fo r severa lyea rs. H e mad e his debut in anS-mite stock mach ine handicap in1922, winn ing the race a fter re­moun ting after a spec tac ular sp ill.For so me seasons Les ba ttled val­iant ly with Lam bert, and la ter,Alex Smith, but co uld not quirehold the Dayton a Indian . WIththe int roduction of the "FH " Har ­ley racing t win, Indian dom inanc ewa ned, though the appearance ofthe Altoona, a later deve lopme ntof the D ayton a engine , evene dth ings up to a large t:xtent in theIndian -H arley feud.

A consistent pe rforme r fo rman y yea rs fr om 1914 onw ar dswas F ra nk Thom as, who afternumerou s successes in Dunedinbea ch and road events cam e toChristchurch in 1914 and im me­diately becam e a co mpe tito r tobe rec koned with on the localscene . F rank served overseas asa despat ch rider and upon hisreturn entere d into beac h racin g

with vim and vigour on variousmach ines, including T riumph,B.SA. and H arl ey-D avidson, plusthe rem arkable F. V.T. , co nstr ue ­ted almos t enti rely by himself. Adescr iption of thi s interest ingmod el, which incorpora ted man yideas ahea d of its time . ap pearedin a rece nt issue of " BeadedWh eels" .

La ter, Frank became associatedwith F red Haworth , ano the r well­known name on the Christc hurc hmo to rcyc ling scene, who was alsoa rider of no te on beach andtrack, and who was also respon­sible fo r the bu ilding of one ortwo interesting " ho me brew" j,'11Swh ich really "went" . I believe Iam correc t in crediting F red tobe the first to . break 40 secondsfor a m ile on Br ight on Beach .This was on the occa sion of theannua l flying mile cha mpio nshipsin May, 1923, when ridin g a 191 G­S-valve Harley he went throug h

the trap in 39 4(5 sec., or about91 m .p.h. Next year thi s was welland trul y skittled by Geor ge LUll '

ben with 37 3(5 sec. on the Day­ton a Indian.

In an officia lly timed specia la ttempt at the co nc lus ion of theday's events, he was cloc ked at36 2(5 sec., just fail ing to achievethe m agic "ton". It was not untilmor e than thr ee yea rs lat er that100 m.p.h. was exceeded on Brigh ­ton Beach, and I will refer to th isin due co urse.

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mind amo ng the scores of ent husi­as ts who revell ed in the beachracing spor t, but to nam e eve na frac tion of them wo uld requ iremore space th an tha t at my dis­posal. So I will as k the read er 'sind ulgence if I lap se into a ~e \"

per son al remin iscences of the rnc­ing ga me . The old adage wh ichsays that the loo ker- on sees mostof the ga me is, I have some timesthou ght, not entirely co rrect.T hese few anec do tes which I sha llrelat e might be termed , instead,"See n fro m. the sadd le." So her egoes!

At the time of which I write rhad succeeded in real ising my am­biti on to get into the m ot or-cyclebusiness a nd had been working a tthe C hris tchurch In dian distrihu­tors fo r a couple of years or more.I ha d been fortun ate in bei ngposted to the first -floor work shopwhen I firs t comme nce d wo rk . :IS

not only did thi s depa rtm entha nd le mor e varied and interest­ing types of wo rk than did thegro und floor - new mach ineasse m bly, preparing used mach­ines for re-sale , and general repa irjob s - but it also hou sed the" rac ing department", which co n­sisted of a few sq ua re ya rds offloor space a long the north wa llequipped with a bench and v!seand enclosed by a barricad e ofemp ty Indian packing-cases.

In th is holy of holies stoo dthe Daytona , whic h since its a rri­val a yea r or so bef ore had car ­r ied all bef or e it, ridden byG eorg e Lambert. All mainten anc ework on the machine was ca rriedout by Ernie, the fore ma n, whofortunat ely regarded with to ler­an ce m y burning enthusiasm foranything and every thing in thespeed line and even occas iona llyentrusted me with m inor jo bs onthe glamo rous machine.

A few bri ef not es on th is once­fam ou s model may be of interest.T he side -valve "Power plus' en ­gin e intr odu ced in 1916 was re­liable a nd a good work-ho rse. buteve n hopped-up fact or y version scou ld not foo t it with the very

fas t and rel iab le Har ley-D avid­sons which fro m 1915 onwa rdshad been mak ing clea n sweeps oflong-distan ce eve nts on the Am eri­ca n racing cal endar.

However, in 1920 an Ir ishma n,C ha rles B. Frankl in, was a ppo in­ted chief enginee r at the bigIndian fac tory in S pr ingfield,Massachu setts, an d th ings imm ed i­a tely began to happen . F ra nk lin,in add ition to be ing a mechan icaland elect r ica l engi nee ring gen ius,was a racing mo tor- cycl ist of re­pute, one of his ma jor fea ts bein gto r ide 300 miles in less than 300minutes a t Brookl an ds in 1912,on an Ind ian-the first time tha tthi s had bee n accomp lished.

He was a lso a prom inent per­for mer in the LO .M . Touris t Trophy races on Indians.

Frank lin revived the waningfortunes of Indian by redes ign­ing the Indian Scout , whic h wasan insta nta neo us success fro m :t;;in troducti on in 1920. and withthe Scout launch ed on its amaz­ing ca ree r he turned his atte ntio nto putting the nam e of In dianback on the racing map, and theDa yton a (so ca lled becau se ofseveral new stoc k ty pe mach inerecords, including a mile at bett erthan 105 m.p.h., wh ich the newengi ne set on Dayton a beac h inA pril , 1920) soon becam e kn ownas a ver y potent per former . Itwas based on the Powerplus, andretain ed the side -by-side va lvelayout with non -detach able headcylinder s, but with beefed -up tun­ing gea r. extra stro ng valvespr ings and larg e valves, Ly niteall oy pistons . and cylind er-headdesign whi ch I bel ieved anteda tedthe R icardo type . It also was :1

very reliable un it, and on the loca lscene it soon es tablished supre m­acy in the 1000 c.c. class, whichup to then had been almost theexc lusi ve sta mping-gro und of theHarley cla n.

It may be imagined that myambition to break into the beac hracin g ga me grew keener thaneve r - and becam e more andm ore frustra ted! My ra ther mea-

to go int o the matter just now.I'll let you kn ow. "

Exit from the grea t man's office,mor e frustrated than ever. Aft era dozen or so episodes of thi skind, I was a bo ut read y to throwin the towel - a nd whe n, so meweek s lat er , in a last despa ir ingeffort, I pleaded my case with the"Big Chief" sho rtly before his de­pa rture on a business trip to Aus­trali a and was told "see me whenI come back " , I deci ded tha tdr a stic measures were necessaryif I was ever to figure in the beachracin g "Hall of F am e."

Among the dozen or so second­han ds sc heduled for pre-salechec ko vers was a 1920 PowerplusIn dian which, to judge from ex­tern al a ppea rances any way, hadn 'texactly been pampered by theex-owne r, but whi ch look ed asth ou gh it might respond to trea t­men t, and, m ost im portant, was

t/'

DIRECTOR:MANAGING

ME: "Yes, Mr - --. I wo n­dered if you had thou ght anymore about what I approachedyou a bo ut a week or two ago ­letting me have a bik e to do upfor the beach races."

ME: " We ll, ac uta lly, Mr - -.I was hop ing that I might get thechance to get a bik e read y fo rthe start of the seaso n - it 'sonly a few weeks away."

M.D. : "H mm, yes, well, wesha ll have to look i nto th ings oneof these days, but I haven't tim e

" We ll, yo ung fellow, how a re youge tt ing on? You wanted to secme?"

M.D. " Ha, hmm, yes. well , wemu st look int o that so me time .See me so me other time and I'llgo int o the question."

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" Dow n Tools!" Workshop staff of the Bell Motor Co. in 1919. This picture was taken just after midday on aSaturday when staff had knocked off for the week-end . The 40 hour week was in the far distant future .

gre wages made a ny though t of. bu ying a rea son abl y modern

mach ine quite out of the q ues ­tion - in fact , fo r so me tim e Ihad descen ded once again to theranks of push-cyclists, my longsuffe r ing Matchless having d ism ­tegrat ed so completely th at J hadbeen glad to accep t a push-b ikeand £4 for the ruins. My onlyhope , therefor e, was that I m igh tpersuade the firm to sponsor meby loan ing me a secoridhun dmach ine - natu rall y. it woul dhave to be an In d ian - to putint o rac ing tr im in my own time.To this end, 1 had many int er­views with the firm's managingd irect or - all wi th the same re­suit. T his gent lema n had man ygood points, and on occasions heco uld be the most affa ble of mor­tal s, bu t as a bea te r-a bout-the ­bush to whom a stra igh t-o ut "y es"or "no" see me d imp ossible, Inever met his equal. A typica l in­ter view, as 1 recall it, ran so me­th ing like this:

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one of the first " big valve"models , with conside ra bly moreurge than the ea rlier "s ma ll valve'1916-19 jobs.

I decid ed on a "n othing ven­tur e, nothing win" ga m ble. How­ever, before taking the bull bythe horns and putting the mach­ine in racing trim, my native cau­tion asserte d itself. I was und erno illusion s as to wha t wouldpr ob abl y happen when the M.D.returned fro m his trip and calledfor an explana tion as to why oneof his used machines was in a

Some early'firsts'

Chevr olet' s first V-8 appear edin 1918, but was only on themarket for a short time. Theo.h.v. engine was 3t " bore and4" stroke. The compan y claimedthat the engine was " neve r-fa ilingin pow er". H owever, the car wasdiscontinued after a yea r or so.

*The first motor-car race everheld in Am erica was a 70-mileevent spo nso red by a Chicagonewspaper, in 1895. It is sur­prising that at this early datemore than 70 cars star ted. H ow­ever, only two finis hed the course,a n Am erican Duryea and a Ger­man Benz.

*Dodge claim ed to have beenthe first manufacturer to buildall-steel bodie s, in 1914. Ni neyears afterw ards they built thefirst all-steel closed car .

*Cadillac came out with the firstelectric starter in 1912. Prior tothis there had been a few carsusing comp ressed-air sta r ters, butthese were not very depend abl e.

*In 1924, balloon tyres becamestandard eq uipmen t, and untilfront-end "geometry" was adapt­ed to su it them , some cars werepr one to suffer fr om "shimmy" .

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state of dishabille instead ofstanding po lished in the sho w­room to ca tch the eye of a buyer.At the best, my po pular ity wo uldtake a very steer decline indeed- at the worst , espec ially if Iwas unlu ck y en ough to conf rontthe grea t man on one of the occa­sions when he was suffering fro ma touch of liver, I could easi lyfind myself out of a job.

W ith this cont ingency in view.therefore, I visited two or thr eeof the other local motor-cyclefirms to inqu ire as to the possi­bilities of employment if the worsthappened, and returned consider­ably light er of heart - I wasoffered a job there and then, ifI ca red to tak e it, or a t any time1 desired, with the rival esta b­lishm ent just across the road , be­tween which firm and my employ­ers existed a mutual dislik e onthe lines of a Te nnessee hill-b illyfeud, only more violent! Feelingmy fut ure to be reasonablvsecure, then, I wait ed until thechief had depart ed on his trip ,and next da y, a t the first blastof the noonday whistle, I draggedthe bike out of the line and(working con siderably fas terthan my normal pace) had theengine out and up on the benchin tim e to snatch a hasty IU '1chbefor e the one o' clock wli'stleblew.

"What's the big idea?" inqu iredthe fo reman as he stru ggled intoh is over alls. "Don 't tell me yougot round the boss to let you gobeach racing ! Well, it doesn ' t sur­pri se me - you must have justab out worn him out!"

I sm iled in a superior mann era nd made a non-committal reply .H e regarded me speculatively fo ra moment, hut fo rbore any fur ­ther inq uiries. And when the act­ing-ma nager stro lled through ourdepartment later that aftern oon .and didn 't eve n give my poten tialra ce-winner a second glan ce, I feltthat I was in business - eventhou gh living on the edge of avolcano which would erupt vio­lently when the boss return ed!

Anyth ing in the natur e of"foreigners" was frow ned upon ,la rut it mildl y, so I fo resaw tha tprepar ing the bike would haveto be done in my own time. !was well aw are what short shriftI would receive if I asked forthe keys of the workshop witha view of work ing in the even­ings. So all that rem ained wxsthe lunch hour , which wou ldn'tget me very fa r.

The only so lution, therefore,was to do the job at home, whe reI had a sm all workshop and afew tools, which, plus any requ ireed special items which I co uldbor row fr om the firm, wouldena ble me to put the engine intoshape during the week -ends. Thusit was that a few minutes aftermidday on the succeeding Sat ur ­day (no 40-hour week in tho sedaysl) I might hav e been seen(and prob ably was) pedallin gpainfully homeward in the teethof a howling eas terly on the firm 'smessage-boy's bicycle, in the wirebasket of which reposed a bout ahal f-hundred weight of India n en­gine, plu s sundr y tools and appli­ances.

Yes-looking back , I think Imu st hav e been reall y enthusias­tic in tho se days !

(To be continued)

LAST ISSU E'SSOLUTION

Birth of a museum

Several more vehicl es followedin qui ck success ion. A 1915 Ro verSunbeam war am bulance (a lreadywritten up in a previous issue)and the prid e of the fleet , a 1930Phantom II 40/50 Rolls Royce inmatching pa int to the Pack ard .

Th ere has been some specula­tion over the years regardinghydrau lic motors. We had one inthe Rolls. Well nearl y, let's say ahydrau licing motor. Each timethe No. 3 piston went down fo rthe return str oke and the exhaustvalve opened, it dumped a quan­tity of water in the pot. Eachcylinder has the capacity of aMorris 1100 motor so the situa ­tion could not be allowed to con­tinue , as not only could we notcarry enough water to feed themotor but I hav e heard of con­rods and crankshaft s being bentby this method.

T he puzzle was how to repa irthe corroded porti on of the alloyhead inside the valve port. T his ishow we solved it. I withdrew thepush rod tubes and bored a seriesof holes a pproxi ma tely 2t ins.squa re in the side of the head ,and removed this portion with ahacksaw blade. T he piers thro ughwhich pass the head studs werethen cut out. The welder built upthe co rroded section fro m inside,remade the head stud piers and

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1928 CHEVROLET 1 TON TRUCKV IRTUALLY ORIGINAL COND ITION

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Will 00 sold by PUBLIC AUCTION in Christchurch for theVendor at his country holding clearance sale approximately endof June . Prospective buyers please commun icate with the Auc­tioneers for further details and subsequent advice of sa le date .

By Len Elliott, Curator, Jackson's Museum of Light, Sound and Transport.T hought is the beginn ing of run by a fellow vintagent. T he ones, sho rt ones, bent and buckl ed

everything. F ro m the ideas, gro ws body length and rear access was ones. Th e light was shining anda tangible object, and a museum idea l for carpets. we saw and heard music. Recordsis no exception. Seven year s ago Religion then entered her life on paper, tin, wax, celluloid, brasswe purchased a 1926 model Hup- and once more the passengers sa t and wooden cylinders, fat discs,mobil e T ourer and the embryo of erect when taken for outings in thin discs, you name it we have it.Jackson 's Mu seum of Sound, the church bus. Lik e so man y Sounds made by pluck ing, strik-Light and Transport at Mt. Wel- vehicles of her body style she was ing, pick ing, scra tching, suckinglington , Auckland, was conceived. soo n pressed into service when and blowing. In boxes, cabin ets

The new bab y put on weight the surfing craze arr-ived, trans- and tins, that once belonged tovery quickly, with the addition of porting boards and bods to the fath ers, moth ers, uncles, cousins,a 2 ton 6 cwt 1930 Packard 8. beach . A group of Var sity sisters and brothers. (Apol ogiesJacqueline (Jacky to her friends) students transposed the upd rau ght to the Pied Piper of Hamlin , buthad had a hard life from when carbie to an ex-V8 down -draught when pen meets paper I getshe started work for Ponsonby one and the wiring was mainly carried away.)Taxis, transporting the cosmo- conduit house type wire. Time,politan populati on of the T hree the elements and lead -foot edLamps to weddin gs, parties, the drivers had taken their t oll.Glue Pot (an affectionate nam e T he sma rt middl e-aged ladygiven to the local pub) and per- that emerged some months af terforming all the other chores of our acquis ition was resplend enther profession . in her new frock of yellow and

After 12 years of hurrying fro m black. New shoe s, spa rklingone place to another the tempo chro me, new upholstery and ac-changed to a mor e seda te pace. cesso ries plus a new lease on lifeWeir and Co., the local und er - had been acquired. Wh at womantakers, purchased her and per- co uld resist a chance to show offformed a stre tch job. Wh en Jack y her refinements and Jack y was nocame home fro m the bod y shop, exception. The 1966 Nationalshe was 27 inches longer and had Rally a t Wellington was her de butacquired an extra door -in the although she could have donerear. Her look was unu sual to say with a hinge in the middl e of herthe least. H ave you seen a hearse 19 feet on some of the cornerswith five doors? during the Akatarawa section.

As 18 years rolled by, so did During th e search for parts wethe miles-740,000 of them and ca me ac ross all manner of things.ano ther owner was in the offing, Ir ons of all shapes and sizes,this time a carpet cleanin g firm, hanging lamps, table lamps, tall

replaced the square plate on theoutside. Before replacing the headon the motor , I plugged up all theholes with co rks and filled it withkerosine. Yo u should have seenthe look on my face when fro mthe N o. 5 exhaust port appeareda trickle of liquid. One of thechaps in the fact ory thought Jwas spea king in a foreignlan guage!

Back to square one. At leastthis time J had had some practice.I spent more than thr ee hour swith a big steam clean er, hookedpieces of wire and var ious scrap­ers to rem ove the accumula tionof sedimen t in the block , thr oughsome previous ow ner pouringradiat or cement and other pro­ducts into it in an attempt tostem the flow.

A fter a littl e bit of work onsome of the other parts shesettled down and now run s like aR olls should with a 20 cent piecebalanced on the radia tor shellwhile 7768 C.C.s tick over. As a

point of co mpa rison, a replace­ment rad iat or in 1930 cos t thesam e as a complete Bab y Au stin!

By now space was becomin g aproblem , an d the list of ca rs a ndthe variety of ar ticles was grow­mg. It is am azing how manydifferen t types of bottl es th ere are.Wooden stoppers, glass marblestoppe rs, ginger beers , ban anashaped ones, blue ones . T hereseemed to be no end to them, butstill they came. The second floo rwas packed and a c hange wastak ing place. M ore discreti on wasbeing exerc ised in the selection ofarticles.

The next acqui sition to themotor section was a 19J5 Humberin dismantl ed cond ition but virtu ­ally co mplete. As we acq uiredeach vehicle it was steam -clea nedan d spraye d with a rust inh ibitorbefore sto ring. Pur chased at thesame time, was a rar e D typeVau xhall 1920 on 34 x 3t rubberwith wire wheels. It was the Dtype that started out as a warstaff ca r a t the rate of eight a

week during World War I andca rr ied on with the E type 30/98when hostilities were over. Boththese cars were fitted with C.A .V.electrics. With a little bit of at­tent ion and tuning the Vau xhallwould be a runner.

Time, as all Vintagents know,is the main requ irement in therestorati on of a vehicl e and wha twith writing a rticles , a televisionpr ogramme, being a mu seum cur­ator, hu sband , father and a salesman ager with a 1/3 ac re sectionof lawns and garden, time issome thing I never seem to havemuch of. Still, you kno w the oldsay ing, a bout idle hands.

T here is one ca r no museumcou ld be with ou t-a M odel TFord. Like a lot of oth er mem­bers, I kept our ear to thegro und, ea ves-dropped, lookedover sho ulders and sent out ourspies, and it wasn' t long beforeone was located at Beachlands.Les K eys, the owner, had justacqu ired a sa loo n. Mum and thekids seem to ha ve an a version to

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Our '30 Baby Au stin T ourerhas a 1929 Au stin Swallow aspartner and a more unrelatedlooking pair you ha ve never seen.

An other Vauxhall jo ined us inthe form of a 1929 RichmondLimous ine with a Su per E xcellentmotor and in origina l conditi oneven to the floor ma ts.

The mu sic section had gro wnto form a maj or part of the col­lection with the vehi cles runninga clo se second. A couple of gigsand a Surrey with a fringe ontop plus numerous hor se-drawnadorn me nts helped boos t thetranspor t secti on and the 1899penny-fa rthing rounded it off.

Now, we could cover a birthwith the am bulance. death withthe Pack ard, bu t disaster had usbeat , until during an E aster rall ywe acquired a couple of D ermisfire engin es. P ity we hav en't roomfor a bomber and a warship.

tourers. 1 don't blame mum. Withthe pric e of hairdos today it cankn ock the house-k eeping m oneyfor six. Henrietta, as we call her,is a 1926 M odel T in wild ch erryand black.

By this tim e the bab y was out­growing its cot and constru ctionwas started on a new building tohouse a ll the exhibits und er oneroof. One of the spies broughtword of a collection being soldup in the north so Bry an hot­footed it up ther e. Back he ca mewith a 1926 Ess ex boat-tail (1need a crank handle with three

down the sma ll set screw at theend of the shaft do es not fit intothe recess in the timing casecover , with the result that thejoint is not sea led, a nd wet anddamp work in.

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South Island Easterat Invercargill

Rally

-Malcolm Lindsay photograph .

"The Teakettle". Alex Shadbolt's 1900 t.ocomoblle, a favourite with com­petitors and public alike.

by BARRY BARNESIn spite of a gloomy week

prior to the rally, including awintry Good Friday for all visi­tors to travel here, Easter Satur­day dawned cool but fine andafter the entries arrived at Wynd­ham by three different rou tes, theday became quite pleasant.

Nothing was required of the95 competitors here except to eattheir lunch and lodge their votesin the competitor-judged con·cours which more than 80 percent of competitors did .

On Saturday night a most suecessful motor show was held andsimultaneously a cabaret stylesocial was being run. Many com ­petitors were present and all seem­ed to enjoy themselves.

On Sunday morning it wasgreat to see a large turnout inbeautiful weather for a voluntaryrun to Kew Hospital to open aLion's Club project to raise fundsfor a $50,000 magnascanner forthe hospital.

In the afternoon some drivingtests were held in the A. & P.Showgrounds where competitorsentered into the spirit of the thingand had a lot of fun.

The Sunday evening functionwas perhaps the best bit of allwith a wine and cheese hour tostart the ball rolling, followed bythe formal dinner and prizegiving.These formalities over the floorwas cleared fer some dancing andsocialising which ended in the weehours of the morning.

Many were the sore heads to befound next day and one or twoseem to have learnt a personallesson about what a night's win­ing and dining is all about.

More than forty trophies andcertificates were presented. Lackof space precludes mentioning all

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those who received awards butthe first placings in each categorywere :

Concours (competitors' vote):­Veteran Trevor Witte (Canter­bury), 1910 Talbot; Vintage, Rus­sell Paul (South Canterbury), 1920Hupmobile; Motor-cycle, TomSmith (Canterbury), 1927 HarleyDavidson.

Road Section:-Veteran, DavIJMcIvor (Southland), 1908 DeDion Bouton; Vintage touring,Jack Toomey (Southland), 1924Dodge; Vintage fast touring,John Quinn (South Canterbury) ,1928 Renault; Motor-cycles, ColinWinter (Otago), 1912 A.J.S.

Field Tests:-Veteran, MervWinter and Frank Berten shaw(Otago), 1900 Wolseley; Vintage,Waiter McQuarrie (Southland),1924 Studebaker; Motorcycle,Bruce Winter (Otago), 1926 Tri­umph.

Overall:-Class 1, (Single andtwo cyl. Veterans)-Merv Winter,Frank Bertenshaw, 1900 Wolseley;Class 2, Veteran Cars-ColinPearce (Gore), 1911 Sunbeam;Class 3, Motorcycles-Colin Win­ter (Otago), 1912 A.J.S .; Class 4,Vintage Touring-WaIter Me­Quarrie, 1924 Studebaker; Class5, Vintage Fast Touring-PeterCroft (Gore), 1930 Model ATourer.

Age MiJeage:-Veteran, RussellCross (South Canterbury), 1911Ford; Vintage, A. Voss (Wanga­nui), 1930 Durant.

Special Austin Register Prizes:-Best performance: Bert Wil­liamson (Canterbury), 1930 Austin7; Best prepared, Howard Kings­ford-Smith (Southland), 1924Austin 12/4 van.

Happily the awards were wellspread around. Naturally therewere many fine vehicles we had

-Malco lm Lind say ph o tograph .

Wellington Representative Martiner Ferner's 1926 Alvis 12/90 at theSouth Island Rally .

not seen in the South before andthe concours winners were goodexamples, although we had seenTom Smith's bike in solo formbefore the beautiful sidecar wasfinished .

Others of note were the twoHup 20 roadsters of Alby Roun­tree and Syd Falconer and twoimmaculate black radiator vet­eran T s owned by Austin Hadlerand Peter C roft.

The motor-cycle class saw someexcellent examples of Harley­David son, Indian and Excelsiorwhile the vintage class had manynotables besides Russell Paul'svery fine Hupmobile. Particularlywor thy of no te was the 1928Model A Ford phaeton of M . G .Campbell, New Zealand's onlyRickenbacker, the very nice 1924Roadster of Mr Harry Sarchett,Martin Ferner's 12/50 Alvi stourer, all the way from Welling­ton , Noel Beecroft's excellently re­stored 1926 Chrysler 4 and manyothers too num erous to men tion .

Star of the show , however,

could only be Alec Shadbolt's1900 Locomobile steamer whichcompletely enchanted everybodyparticularly the large number ofbods who availed themselves ofAlec's generosity by going for aspin.

This rally was organised as a" oncer" but the response from en ­trants was so fantastic in bothco-operation and enjoyment ofthe occasion, we might do it againsometime.

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After many weeks of work,rally organiser Graham Suther­land and his secretary/wife Lynn,saw the entrants roll steadily intorally headquarters at the Show­grounds, Palmerston North, onGood Friday. On hand to wel­come them was chairman GrahamMasernann, club captain GraemeAx and his wife, together with anarmy of wives to provide refresh­ments.

Early in the day came newsthat Mr C. Liddell and 1930Ford A, of Auckland, would notmake it, the Ford having run a bigend at Ngaruawahia. Then camenews that Earl Gill's 23/60 Vaux­hall had done the same near Bulls.A spare con. rod was sent intoPalmerston North for machining,a shed was borrowed from afriendly native and the replace­ment subsequently carried out.Rod Welch borrowed a garageand a floor jack or two to re­move the rear axle of his 1914Ford T. However, all was well,he was just replacing some ofthe inner mysteries of the diff. Itseems that Fords T cannot betowed on an A frame withoutfirst removing part of the diff,or the transmission bands willdo strange things.

Having received a bulging en­velope with maps, instructions,tickets , etc ., entrants found theirway to their accommodation, andprepared for the noggin 'n natterand briefing in the evening. Afriendly atmosphere prevailed andwas made more friendly by thelarge quantities of punch and alewhich were consumed. The Mayorof Palmerston North (Mr Black)welcomed entrants to the city inits centennial year and Mr ColinMay, of Castrol, the rally spon­sors, also welcomed the entrants.

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Unfortunately the evening wasmarred towards the end by thenews that three girls from Roto­rua in a Ford A had been in­volved in a collision at one ofPalmerston North's less desirableintersections. One girl spent mostof the weekend in hospital witha damaged knee. The others werenot hurt. The A suffered the lossof a bumper, the loss of one headlight rim, damage to both frontmudguards, and a bent dumbiron. Ray Fleet with a hammerwas later, able to repair the dam­age sufficient for the car to bedriven home.

Saturday, as the entrants linedup for the start of the timedrun, was cold, windy and show­ery. Mr Black flagged the firstcars away on two routes, for theslow a total of about 70 milesand for the fast a total of about100 miles. At one intersectionat Colyton three control pointswere set up at one time, and onesuspects that Graeme Ax W110

planned the route was secretlyhoping for a little confusion, how­ever none seemed to result andall arrived as planned at the lunchstop at Totara Reserve in thePohangina Valley . All except the1902 Thomas motor-cycle ofGary Turner, of Blenheim, andBill Delaney in his well knownCrestmobile who both arrivedrather late. The Thomas, whichwas on its first rally, indulgedin some of that dreaded belt slipor something similar I believe,and the Crestrnobile needed somework on a driving chain whichcaused "tail end Charlie" BillOlson, to return to PalmerstonNorth for the necessary bits.

On Saturday evening a largecrowd turned out to partake ofdancing, more noggin 'n natter,

and a sumptious supper at thecabaret evening.

On Sunday morning theweather promised better althougha cold wind was still about. Carsentered the oval of the show ­grounds to park nose on to the

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The Manawatu Branch offer sapologies to Castrol Ltd , for theerror which crept into the branchreport published in the April-May1971 issue of "Beaded Wheels"where, by a clerical error, thename of a rival oil company wasmentioned in connection with therecently held North Island Rally.The wording should have beenCastrol North Island Rally.

The err or is the more regret­able because of the generoussponsorship of Castrol Ltd, andthe goodwill and co-operationwhich existed between the Man­awatu Branch and Castrol Ltd.

We take this opportunity, ifthe editor will permit a little ad­verti sing, to say that the rallywould not have been possible onthe scale it was without the gen­erosity of Castrol Ltd, or withoutit costing each entrant more forentry fees, and we trust that en­trants, in particular, will remem­ber tbis when purchasing theiroil needs.

Concours.-Veteran cars: J.Bowm an, 1913 F ord T ; Vintageca rs : Bill Shannon, 1927 T albo t;P.V.V. car s: Oordo n Vogtherr,1937 M .O. ; Veter an motor-cycles:Oarry T urner , 1902 T homas ;Vintage and P.V. m otor -cycles:R oss G lenny, 1936 Velocette.

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On Monday en tran ts m ovedout of the city and on the waysome call ed in to rally headqu ar­ters for a farewell and a cupof tea.

Well the rally was ove r , andpr oved to be the successful re­sult of much hard work by se v­era l local member s. Mi stak es we remade to be sure, but in the mainthey wer e taken good humouredl yby the en tran ts, and we hope th eywill remember this rally as a goodone.

A pleasing feature was theHumb er of ent ra n ts fr om as fa rafield as Christchurch and Ash ­burton , as well as some from Nel­so n and Blenheirri and fr omnearly eve ry branch in the N orthIsland.

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Results:

Road Section and Driving Tests.- Ve tera n cars: Rod Welch, 1914Ford T; Vintage cars: Brian Jack­son, 1930 Rolls Royce; P.V. Cars:O ordon Vogtherr, 1937 M.O. ;Veteran motor-cycles : BobC larke, 1911 King Di ck; Vintageand P.V. motor-cycles: Ross G len­ny, 1936 Velocette : Overall : G or ­don Vogtherr, 1937 M .G. ; H ardluck : G arry Turner , 1902 T ho masmotor -cycle .

fence, ther e to be viewed bu tnot tou ch ed by the pa ying pub­lic , to be judge d fo r concoursby Rex Porter , of Cartert on, andhis assistan ts, the mot or -cycl esby O len Bull, and in turn to moveou t to an aspha lted area to tryout fo ur dri ving tests.

T he tests were devised by O or­don R outled ge and provided eac hen tra n t with a vari ety to test hiscar's and his own capa bilities . T hefirst tested accelera tio n a nd br ak ­ing, th e second was a double ga r­aging test, the third a dozen cupshad to be co llec ted off poles a r­ranged in a "nou ghts and crosses"pattern. In spi te of their size ,so me of the larger ca rs, notabl yBri an Jack son 's hu ge 1930 RollsR oyce, recorded so me good timesin th is test by going a bo ut it theright way.

The fourth test was a slowspee d one and drive rs had towalk al ongside their ca rs. (Mo tor­cycles had to ride with out " foo t­ing") R od Welch in his 1914Ford T amazed the cro wd with atim e of nearl y tw o minu tes mor ethan the ave rage of a bout 40 or50 seconds. M eanwhile, OaryM oor e sur veyed the oval fro m aglass box a nd gave fac ts and fig­ur es to th e public. He kept up arunning co mmenta ry a ll clay andmu st have had a thirst a t the endof it. A few ca rs provided a lit tleun authori sed div er sion by tr vingou t the stoc k ca r track.

A large number atte nded thed inner and pr ize giving on Sun ­day night, in fact a la rger numberth an accounted fo r. T his had theca terers wor r ied for a wh ile but totheir cre dit they accepted the si t­uat ion with good humou r. Every ­bod y was eve ntua lly fed and 1don 't th ink a nyone went sho rt.While we wer e finish ing off thelast d rops of wine the speecheswere m ad e by our chairman an'.!by represe nta tives of Castro l,Palmerston Ci ty and the ce n ten­nial co m mittee . T hen the bigmom en t, who won ? Followingtha t, every en tran t ca me forwardand co llec ted an enve lope co n ­taining a bronze rally plaqu e, a

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SecondRally at

National Motor-cycleWanganui

a number of"struck-down"mishaps, one

- " \Vanganui Herald" photograph.

Ross Glenny (Wanganui) looks admiringly at Les Heath's 1947 Scott"Flying Squirrel" from Levin.

being Maureen Bull's 19[5 Tri­umph which broke a valve. AnLMC with a sump over-flowingwith oil (remarkably repaired onthe roadside) finished therun. My 1926 Harley-Davidson7/9 went out with broken valveguide troubles and a broken carbfloat. A 1912 Bradbury had re­versed oil pumping problems. KenMartin's beautifully newly re-

30 miles, to Kai Iwi and back;and the Vintage and P.V.V. ap­proximately over 60 miles, a veryrelaxed and enjoyable ride - forthe simple reason that no flap­ping papers were required withthe "follow the yellow arrows"route.

D nfortunately,machines werewith mechanical

ByG. WeekesAlthough the rally officially

started on Saturday, February 27,the Friday saw many of the en ­trants checking into the Wanga­nui clubrooms during the after­noon , and in the evening a "bike­boys" get-together was held at alocal hotel conference room. Thisevening was found by all who at­tended to be a grand chance tocatch up on news and renew oldfriendships-as well as enjoyinga. good "noggin".

Saturday morning dawned fineand clear and members assem­bled at the Wanganui Racecourse(inside the gates so that the pub­lic and spectators could view allmachines).

The selection of motor-cyclesattending was most impressive­approximately 45 in all - includ­ing a 1921 four-cylinder Aceowned by R . D. Cross (Tirnaru) ,who rode this bike up to the rally.Another crowd pleaser was LesHeath's (Levin) lovely 1947 Scott"Flying Squirrel" and GeorgeLight's (New Plymouth) 1937Brough Superior; also, a goodshow of H arley-Davidsons andIndians-two Indians particularlynoticed were a 1916 and a 1917Power Plus.

Another attraction set up bythe rally committee (headed byBarry Francis) was an excellentstatic display, which included avery early Scott, and a 1926 AJS"as found"-in a very completecondition. Cars, too, were linedup all spic and span for thos einterested in four-wheeled trans­port of the Vintage era, plus thecollected and interesting rem ainsof a 1912 Napier.

The morning run was in twosections-one for Veterans, over

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stored 1926 Douglas was heldup with a cam follower guidecoming loose in the crank-case onthe route. However K en repairedthe trouble and eventually madehome base okay.

Most members were back at therally headquarters by 1.30 andwith the concours judges makingtheir way around the bikes, mostentrants had lunch - either pro­vided and/or with fri ends. Afterthe lunch and discussion breakthe gymkhana got underway.

One major mishap during theafternoon happened to K eithStaples (Palmerston North) whenhis newly restored 1917 IndianPower Plus throttle jammed openand over he went, breaking thehandle bars and causing otherminor damage. An other to "bitethe dust" and also damage hishandle-bars was Tim Thomsonon his 1925 Harley 10/12 (Tim ,from the South Island, is up ourway teaching a t Mangamahu).

And so the afternoon passedwith the interesting and variedsounds- throbs, ban gs (and some­times smoke)-of these vari ousmachines as they competed andwere swapped for qu ick "sample"rides by the rallyists-with en­viou s looks being cas t by thepublic.

Rallying for the day endedabout 5.30 p.m. and most mem­bers hopped off to different abodesfor a "scrub and comb-up" andwere back at the Palm Loungefor the evening's "events". Cordia lcha tt ing before dinner was fol ­lowed by fre e flowing "bubbly"which complem ented the delight­fully served chicken dinn er.

For those wishing to kick uptheir heels, dancing followed ac­companied by a "with-it" bandand this continued until the prize­giving took place. Barry Francisand Dickie Lyth-who had beenfrantically working out the closeresults - then handed the prlze­giving over to Len Southwardand Rod Coleman. Len and Rod'ssparkling and witty addresses­to the enjoyme nt of all - and

the prize giving included arather "eyebrow-raising" andmuch cheered entrance by NigelPrice riding his 1922 BSA into thehall (wi th gas lights blazing) tocollect his first pri ze for vintageconcours.

A very pleas ing commemora­tive plaque was presented to allcompetitors, as well as a pointsscore card. T he plaque to ok theshape of a scroll with a tyre inthe centre with the appropriatecommemorative rally details writ­ten on the scroll secti ons.

With the bar re-opened , mostfolk were in fine form and anauction then took place of anum ber of cartoons, conce rn ingvintage and veteran m otor cycling(drawn by "Yours Truly"), andthese caus ed great hilarity andbidding was strong - especiallyfrom one Normanby member­Fred H emmingway (who, I hop e,will have the copies he purchasedgold framed in his workshop!).As prices were good, with especi­ally keen bidding from the T ara­naki fellows, the Wanganui club'scash tin rattled rather healthily.Dancing then continued and a hil­ar ious Paul Jones novelty dance­all the men having to adorn them ­selves with odd garments from abag passed around (and we mustsay how well some chaps lookedgeared up in odd panties, brasand girdles!).

Sunday morning there was atour for visiting members throughthe Wanganui Museum to see, aswell as the other outstanding ex­hibits, the Wanganui Branch VCCdisplay of an old "blacksmithshoppe" exhibiting facets ofmotor-car and cycle repairs. Whilethese members were visiting themus eum, their motor-cycles withothers, were on public display a ta local member's garage - andit was from her e lat er that far e­wells and many thanks were ex­changed. And so ended the SecondNational Motor -Cycle Rally ­an except ion ally interesting andvery enjoyable week end, madepossible by the eo -sponsorship ofShell (NZ.) Ltd. and Percy Co le-

man and Co. Ltd. and the ex­tensive planning of the rally com­m ittee and thos e members, ofcourse, wh o attended. We grate ­fully thank and acknowledge theirparticipation in help ing this rallyto be such an overall success,

Results :

Overall Winner and Winner ofMontagu Cup.-Alan Pear son,(H amilton branch), 1949 L. E.Veloc ette.

Time Trials-c-Overall Winner:Alan Lake (Cambridge), 1924Norton. Veteran Class 1: HarryAnderson (Napier), 1912 Endur­ance, 1; Veteran Class 2: Ge orgeHoward (Napier), 1916 Indian, 1;Vintage Class 3: Alan Lake (Cam­bridge), 1924 Norton, 1; Post ­Vintage Class 4: R oss Gl enny(Wanganui), 1936 Velocette, 1;Com binations Cla ss 5: Dave Cla rk(Wellington), 1927 H arley-David­son, 1.

Concours. - Overall Winner:Nigel Price (Christchurch), 1922B.S.A. ; Veteran: BOD C la rkc (TeAwamutu), 1911 King Di ck, 1;Vintage: Ni gel Price (Christ­church), 1922 B.S.A., 1; Po st Vin ­tage: R oss G lenny (Wanganu i),1936 Velocette, 1.

Gymkhana. - Veteran: K eithStaples (Palmerston North), 1917Indian , I; Vintage: Ray C losey(Auckland), 1926 Indian, 1; PostVint age: Mike Kendrick (Wanga­Dui), 1937 Sunbeam, 1; Combina­tion s: Dave Clarke (Wellington),1927 Harley-Davidson , 1.

BODIES BUILTVeteran, Vintage, P.V.V. builtto framework stage (wood­work only, no panelbeating) .Work can be done fromphotos etc . or to your design .New Work only . For furtherdetails enquire:

W. R. JANES,CABINETMAKER

37 Church Street, Gate Pa,Tauranga. 'Phone Tauranga84-803 (bus. hours) , 87-583(evenings) .

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The Costrol Rally •In pictures

1. Peter Russell rolls into RallyH.Q. in his 1930 Fraser Nash.

2. Bob Clark manoeuvres his 1911King Dick through a driving test.

3. Les Hayter in his 1930 Packardat Rally H.Q.

4. Roy Stewart's 1929 Chryslerat the Colyton control.

5. "Snow" Greave's 1924 Fiatpulls into the Colyton control.

6. Earl Gill in his 1923 23/60

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Vauxhall.

7. Denis Amor appropriately out­fitted in beret "garages" his rare1923 Darracq.

8. The 1928 Austin 7 of JoeWebber in the driving tests.

9. ~r J. Webb reaches for acup from the window of his 1930Ford A.

10. George Howard and his 1928Erskine still have a row of cups

to collect.11. ~arshal Stewart Dyke ques­

tions John and ~rs Bayley in their1930 Franklin.

12. Allan Pearson and passengerin 1932 ~.G .J.

13. Gary Turner. of Blenheim.assisted by his wife, prepares his1902 Thomas for its first rally.

14. ~r A. Webb and 1931 FordA collecting cups in one of thedriving tests.

National Executive report

J. H. SILVESTER

For Vintage Car UpholsteryExperience and Quality

(Jack and Graeme Silvester)

SS Kilmore St, ChristchurchPhone 6S-874

Resignation of Registrar: MrE. R. L. Gait, who has been theRegistrar for some time tenderedhis resignation. Eric has done atremendous amount of work withmuch attention to detail. Thosewho have seen the filing systemand have had correspondencewith him will appreciate this. MrI. E. Donaldson was appointedto the position.

Hawkes Bay Rally: The Presi­dent (Mr J. M. Sullivan), congrat­ulated the branch on the eventand also on their negotiationswith the "Daily Telegraph" withregard to prizes.

"Beaded Wheels": Manawatu,along with other branches wereconcerned about distribution, par­ticularly as the magazine wasavailable in some shop , prior tomembers receiving their copy.This matter had been discussedwith the publishers shortly beforethe meeting and an assurancegiven that this would riot occur infuture. Also arrangements havebeen made to stagger postingdates so that all members shouldreceive their copy on approxi­mately the same date. South Can­terbury suggested the dates ofissue be altered to tie in with thecalendar year; the first copy ofthe year to be dated January­February, with publication timesremaining the same. The proposalwas adopted. It was suggested bya Wellington branch member thatwhen a person advertises for parts,that an indication be given as towhether he was a V.C.C. mem­ber. It is suggested that whenmembers submit advertisementsthey place the words "MemberV.C.C." at the end of the adver­tisement. Advertising is still re­quired and members are askedto help in this direction.

International Rally: Consider­able discussion took place regard­ing sponsorship and production of

the rally programme. AucklandBranch felt they could obtain aproduction cost much lower thanthat received. Mr Dewhurst under­took to make further inquiries.Members will be well catered forin Nelson with sight-seeing trips,one-make trips and many otherforms of entertainment are beinginvestigated. A "flea market" isone and to keep entrants fully in­formed a daily news sheet willbe produced. The rally headquar­ters are to be at the RichmondShowgrounds, eight miles fromNelson and available there willbe camp sites and a caterer cansupply meals provided he is givena little prior notice. This willapply also for packaged lunchesfor all those on day runs. (Sorry,no green pea sandwiches). Don'tforget, entries close June 30.

Rally Rules and Interpretations:These were considered by theexecutive and will be forwardedto the annual general meeting inNelson.

Sub-Committce-Motor-Cycle:Mr G. Bull's resignation as chair­man of the motor-cycle sub-com­mittee was accepted with regret.Mr B. Williams was appointedto the vacancy.

P.V.V. Applications Accepted:M.G. 1932, A. Pearson, Waikato;Chrysler Windsor 1948, N. C.Skevington, Canterbury; VincentMIC 1951, G. M. Bain, Canter­bury; Sunbeam MIC 1937, M.

Kendrick, Wanganui; B.S.A. MIC1939, J. B. Francis . Wanganui;Austin 7 1937, W. J. Williamson,Canterbury.

It has been noted that a num­ber of vehicles which could beclassified as P.V.V.'s but not reg­istered in the club have been ac­cepted as entrants in rallies atmajor events. Only acceptedP.V.V.'s may compete and theregister number should be shownon the entry form.

Indemnity Forms: The Ashbur­ton Branch questioned the validityof Indemnity Forms, saying thatthe company which holds their in­surance cover had stated it ap­peared that the completion of anIndemnity Form had no validityin regard to their insurance policywhich indemnified the branchagainst all claims where theV.C.C. was mainly liable for acci­dents happening as a result ofactivities associated with andunder the authority of the club.

Mr J. M. Sullivan will againbe standing for president for thecoming year, but will not be avail­able for the following year. Hesuggested members give carefulthought to the selection of a suit­able successor.

Special General Meeting: Theremit put forward by the OtagoBranch was not passed. The three­fourths majority necessary notbeing obtained.

N. C. Skevington

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Auckland 24-hour rallyBy E. Nock

The second overnight rally, wasrun during the last weekend inMarch. The organisation wasgood, and the weather was kindly,fine throughout, with a nip in theair after sundown giving the firsthint of autumn. The sixteen en­trants started from WesternSprings, to travel around thesouthern shore of the ManakauHarbour up to the South Headand eventually back to Pukekohe,for refueling of the vehicles anddinner for the teams.

Not long after the start DennisWorley had retired with his ModelA making expensive noises in therear axle. At the refueling itlooked as though Tim Seccombe'sbig Bentley would need a newfan belt, but luckily finished with­out it, and this car with EarlGill's Vauxhall 23/60, shared thephotographer's flash lights. It wasinteresting to note that after sixhours most of the cars had aver­aged nearly 24 m.p.g., over roadswhich for a long way had notbeen straight or level. ColinKeenan's DeSoto appeared to bethe most economical, followed byBob Rankin's Chev Four. Thesleeve-valve Willys of John Pat­rick didn't use as much oil assome poppet valve engines, andBob Stanley's early Sunbeamsounded crisp.

After dinner, the teams wentSouth via some particularly grimlimestone country nearly to Rag­lan , thence 'across countryIo theHauraki Plains, where they even­tually had breakfast at Keripehi.All had gone well during thenight, our thoughts going out tothe two bike combination outfits,John Holland, with the Beeser,and Ray Clarke, on the earlyIndian. One team of marshals,who had lit a roadside fire forcompany, thawed out Mrs Clarke,who found navigation from asidecar a chilly experience. MikeQuayle, entering from the Wai ­kato club, knew his way aroundthis area, as did Barry Birchall,whose Whippet Tourer was freshfrom a 3000-mile tour of bothislands.

After breakfast, with Sherlock'sImperial 80 tourer suffering frompuncture trouble - but an even­tual finisher - the route laythrough the South Auckland areabringing the entrants back to theclub rooms around midday. Thetotal distance was 460 miles andwith the object of the run beingto make it as enjoyable as pos­sible, few people did any greatermileage.

Eban Moffat in his Essex, wasa clear winner, followed by Alan

Roberts in the Velie and BobPepperell in the Willys Knight.

Full marks to all concerned,especially to those folk who werein the background planning andorganising to make it all so en ­joyable.

DAIMLER, RSA, LANCHESTEROWNERS CLUB IN N .Z.

This newly formed club is toproduce a monthly newsletter _andexpects to hold regular meetmgs,rallies, etc. The secretary has ar­ranged for agents and dealers tosupply details of parts, etc., avail­able along with data and hand­books. Annual subscription $3.

Secretary: C. Gordon SomervilIe,Flat 1,22 Clare Road,Christchurch 1.

SIMILAR

"Did you ever hear anything soperfectly wonderful?" exclaimedthe daughter of the house, as thephonograph ground out the latestnotes of the latest thing in jazz.

"No," replied her father, "Ican't say I have, although I onceheard a collision between a truckload of empty milk cans anda freight car filled with livechickens."

McAlpine's Model A, Gill's Vauxhall, Moffat's Essex and Patrick's Willys-Knight.

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ObituariesMiss Amy More

On M arch 12 th is year, M issAmy M oreland More, a life mem­ber of th e Auckland branch, diedin her 91st year.

Amy bought a Standard TenTeignmouth Saloon in 1929 notonly because it looked a goodhard wearing car, but becauseit matched a new dr ess she wasthen wearing.

When Amy was a spry young­in-heart 75, she heard about theVintage car movement, joined up.and became the oldest and mostenthusiastic of club members.

No rally wa s complete withoutMiss More and her Standard, andshe and her car convinced manypeople that th ey should join theV.C.c.

When our club house was open­ed last ye a r, Mi ss More joinedin the ceremony and saw hername on th e commemorativeplaque.

Although in her last few yearsshe no longer felt sure in herdriving, Gertie, as she called the

The late Miss Amy More withDick Messenger at the openingof Auckland's new clubhouse.

car, was kept in regular service,and as clean as a new pin, still,she was proud to say, with theoriginal exhaust pipe.

And so on a brilliant summer'sday, Miss More went to her finalresting place followed by her be­loved and gleaming Standard, witha respectful and gratifying largeattendance of old cars and theirowners from the Vintage carmovem ent,

Mr Joe TidswellJ oe Tidswell, of Auckland, has

died at the age of 60, after along and painful illness, which hebore with extreme fortitude. H ewas managing director of AutoParts Ltd ., which he started moreth an 40 years ago, and as such hehad a wealth of experience withearly motor vehicles.

While he did not appear oftenin local rallies , Joe neverthelesstook a keen interest in Vintageevents, and could always be coun­ted upon to assist in tracing hard­to-get parts or elusive motor-cars,and not, be it said, to his materialgain .

He and his brother started re­storing the 1895 Ben z in 1928,and only recently Joe finishedhis beautifully restored 1927 Mas­tcr Six Buick in time to partici­pate in the Australian Interna­tional.

He will be missed by a lot ofpeople.

LETTERS TOTHE EDITOR

My letter to you in the February­March copy of " Beaded Wheel s"about a Perkins engine and its pes­sibility of having been fitted to aHarvard car nas brought a replyfrom Arthur Scnn, of Auckland . Iquote: " ... My brother and selfonce owned this car in pre-wardays but unfortunately I tore thediff. out of it broad-sliding around

in our front paddock. Owing toparts problems we ended up wreck­ing it, the motor going into a boatand the axles for trailers. Your de­scription of the motor fits in ex­actly with the car except you donot mention the starter. Ours hada starter-generator (large) with asilent chain drive to fly-wheel anda hand push button on the dash.The body work was very primitivebeing a two-seater with a dickeyseat and straight mud-guards andpanels similar to early Model Ts.It was painted a light grey colourand had black diamond pleated andbuttoned upholstery. From memoryI would think that the tyres wereapprox. 30 x H similar to theseon the 1924 short spring Chevs. butnot beaded edge. The radiator wassquare honeycomb type ".

Mr Senn is quite right about thestarter-generator, this item I did for­get to mention. It is missing on theengine but above where it fitted intothe bell-housing is a plate with oil­ing instructions.

One begins to wonder just howmuch in the way of Harvard partsremain. They were built only forN.Z. between 1915-1920. Th e "Ency­clopedia of Motoring" has a photo,perhaps thi s could be put into" Beaded Wheel s" to stimulate inter­est. I would be pleased to hear moreabout this make, and of any re­mains that may be in captivity. ANelson member has already remem­bered the afore-said engine, in achassis at Appelby, but this haslong since disappeared. My hopethat some person in desperate needof a Perkins engine would comeand take it from me has not eventu­ated. I'm still barking my shinsagainst it every time I pass it to getat the work-bench.

Dermis Pickering

Sir,In reply to Mr P. Andrews, of

Taupo, and his comments regardingthe recent auction held in our area .

Firstly, I feel the remarks werein poor taste, and did not warrantsuch rash nicknames as " ignoranttwit ", especially when a full apologyhad already been written to thecomplainant. If he so wished toexpress his feelings, then he shouldhave had the nerve to call me byname in your column, as his kind ofremark breed s suspicion on innocentpersops and thus hibernates dis­pleasure.

I would like to point out toyour readers, that when I had headof Mr Andrews' plight, I wrote afull explanation and apology whichI felt he was due , and which was

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L io ne l Priest,Hastings.

all I cou ld do un de r the circurn­s ta nces. Had I kn own of hi s int en ­tion to a tte nd SOLEL Y for theAl vis he refers to, then I would haveinfo rmed him o f the error oefo rcth e a uc tio n, which , incidentall y, wasdone to two ot he r kn own e nq uirers.I t ap pears that M I' A ndrews wasnot happy w ith suc h an apo tog v-e­then fo r th a t I am tru ly sorry, Iwonder if it had be e n a blind leadof a frie nd of a fri e nd , a nd theresul ts the sa me , wo ul d he ha vecomplained through the colum ns o fthi s magazine?

I truly sy m pathis e with h im whenhe qu o tes his di spl easu re covenngsuc h g reat mileage 0'.1 " a blinddate ", and pe rhaps I m Ight .ventureto suggest th a t in future with suchproblems, a m or e thoro ug h en quirywould be in or der - surel y in acase such as thi s th e branch secre ­tary co ncern ed would hav e first­hand informat ion fo r an yone whowas in terested ; a nd incide nta lly,contrary to what Mr A nd re ws ~n ~­

gests the m ista ke was a typographi­cal one a nd this he mi gh t ap pre­ciate if he was fa miliar wi th th emethod in selling up the catalogue .

M a y I just concl ude by thankingall vis itors who attende d the auc­tio n in my a bse nce, as we did appre­ciate yo ur support, an d k now th.a tseveral sa tisfied visi to rs left our di s­tr ict m uch th e better for thei r effor ts.T ha nk yo u.

Sir ,I have just fin ished read ing the

Fe b-March issue o f " BeadedWh eel s" wh ich I enjoyed so muchthat I have en cl osed a che q ue fo r6 issues. Coul d you please sta rtwit h the A p ril-M ay o ne if p ossible .

I have a ve ry dismantled 1919Scripps -Booths 6 here, wh ich I hop eto reassemble some day if I ge ta ny spare ti me , ~o I h OJ?e I mayge t so me useful in format ion o n Itfrom your magazine. W ou ld it bep ossible to get in !ouch with anyother owners of thi s m ake ?

Br yce Johnst o nW hita ker St , Te A roha

Sir,Wh e n arranging our origina l in ­

su ra nce cove r we ass ume d tha t we(Ashb u rto n br a nch) cou ld notafford to be w ithout pub lic riskins uranc e. A s it is impossible to geta ll members of the publ ic to s ignindemn ity fo rms we a rra nge d ou rcover accord ingly.

H a ving d on e this it a ppeare dillogi ca l to ask our me~llbe rs tosign an inde m nity fo rm whic h woulddeprive th em of th e benefit of theinsura nce cover whi ch they, throughth e ir subscrip tio ns, had pa id fo r.

PAGE ·1WENTY

The letter from our insurers dated26t h Ju nc , 1970 sets out q u ite clea rlyt he condit ions of our Cover, an da not he r lette r of 9th M ar ch , 1971ex pla ins thi s fu rt he r a nd states :-

" It would appear 10 us th at thecom pletion of an indem nity formhas no valid ity in regard IV ourinsurance policy:"

We enclose copies of t he releva ntle tte rs and wou ld suggest that a llbranches a rrange thei r insurance onsimila r line s a nd have d one w iththe ex pe nse o f printing these un­necessa ry ind emnit y forms on th e irpr ogr ammes a nd rel ieve themselvesof the ted ious ta sk of collectingthem before ral lies.

This wou ld a lso relieve them ofthe d ou bt wh ich is in ev ery organ­iser 's m ind as to whether, withchanges of d r ivers and passen gers,they are rea lly a ny pr otecti on toa b ran ch in the even t o f [ha t acc i­dent hap pening which we a ll hop ewe wi ll ne ve r see .

A lte rnative ly we wo uld suggestthat a blanket cover shou ld beta ken out in the na me of the Vin­ta ge Ca r Club of .Z . to cover allV.C .C . m em be rs over the whole ofN ew Zeala nd . T his cou ld be ar­ra nged q uite sim p ly a nd as a re ­sult of suc h large co ver would bec he a pe r than each branch ca rrvingits own insurance , Ou r present covercosts 35e pe r me m ber for $60,000cover for anyone claim.

A policy to cover a ll membersin N.Z. would cost less than 30c permember fo r a cover of $ 100,000 a ndwould cover all members, "for acci­dents hap pening a ny whe re in theD ominion of New Zeala nd whereclub ac tivities a re p erformed underthe aus p ices or in co nnect ion wit hthe clu b and under the c lu b 's a uthor­ity" .

We , the A shburton branch, arcq u ite p rep a red to arrange th is in ­surance either on a nation al basis orfor ind ivid ua l branches.

R. Crum

M r J. S. P. P almer, Se cr et ary ofthe V.C .C. of N .Z . replies as fol ­lows : Id emn ity fo rms hav e beenthe subjec t of discussion at exe cu ­tive a nd general mee t ings of thecl ub, an d it is suggested Ash burtonbranch bring the matter forwarda t the a nnua l genera l meeting inNelson next A ugust.

S ir,

I have bee n as ke d by a m emberof the Ba y of P lenty Vin tage a ndVe teran Ca r C lub 10 give a h istoryon the club molto "Fini s CoronatO pus" .

No, I'm afraid you will not findit wr itten into a ny rules, etc. ithappened thus :

In the mi d -fifties (a nd he re wem ust go ru ral for a whi le ) farmmachinery became a little m or ereadil y available th an it had bee n.

Fa rme rs we re bu yin g new gea rlike m ad a nd worn ou t a nd tiredgear was left in long rusting wind ­rows. It was a lso a t th is time th eBay of Plenty Vintage Ca r C lubwas fo rmed by a sma ll ba nd cl' e n­thusiasts.

D uring the months th at passedt he re were two rathe r u nscrupu lo usty pes go ing abou t.

On c was a scrappie w ho wasdoing the rounds of farms. H ewould load h is tru ck up a nd By10 the farmer that he would we ighit up " whe n he got back, a nd se ndl -irr. a cheq ue".

H is seven to nner would just m an ­age to stagger o ff w ith d isca rd edfarm equipme nt. T he fa rm er laterrece ivin g a cheq ue fo r "two tons ofcast sc ra p" .

T he othe r typ e was a fell ow cal­ling himself a Vin tage Car mem­ber.

He was given all sorts of stuffsaying he wou ld "pay next week" ,bu t he ne ve r di d .

It was at th is t ime tha t ge nuineclub members sta rted to fan ou tover th e countrys ide se a rc hi ng forth e ever e lusive rare find . Now a ndagain o ne would happe n to comeac ross o ne of these fa rmers nu rs­ing a genuine ha tred of so-called"s c rou nge rs" . The u nlucky enthusi­ast wo u ld be sent scurrying on hi sway afte r a few colourful and wellchose n p ithy rem a rk s by th e fa rmer.

Be ing a p rinter by trade I de cidedto make a me mber ship card , somembers co ul d be offic ia l at least.

I made a bl oc k to prin t the coverfrom a p iece of prespex, cut ou twith a fret sa w. I th e n loo ked UJlu book of Latin and French phrasesto see if I cou ld give the card anoffici a l look by affixing a nd pu tt inga motto . I fo u nd "Finis CoronatOpu s" , the E nd C row ns th e W ork-and loo ked no fu r the r, as th a:ph ra se sum med up, th e work ,go inginto th e rest orati on of Vintageveh icle ". I then pu t this scheme for ­ward to a comm ittee meet ing . Itwas passed with one o ther piece ofinformat ion to be pu t inside thecard . It was "T he ai ms and ob icctsof thi s C lub a re th e preservati o n a ndrestora t io n of v in ta ge a nd vet eranca rs and motor-cycles to thei r fe r­m er lustre" . T h is piece of in forma­tion was to show peopl e th a t wewe re ge nuine in our e nq u iries.

T he card itself was gr een on theouts ide cover WIth a ca pital v inrel ief on the front, a nd a ca ndle­side lamp in silho ue tte on th e backcover, with Fi n is Coronat O pus

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u nder it. T he othe r releva nt in fo rm ­a tio n was ins ide on the white lac­ing s - a lso was the E nglis h 'runs­lati on of the La tin mot to .

T he ca rd was a su ccess. we werenever shouted at ag ain. We m ayhave been asked to go politel y- ­but we were never shouted a t!

Ou r then sec reta ry, George C 'lP­per , sent a ca rd to t he nationalsec re tary, th e la te Bill Bai ley , te ll­ing h im of wh at we had done, P er­haps brother v in tagents in o therp art s of N ew Zea land wer e havingsimil ar tr ouble.

M r Bai ley replied and ord ered asu pp ly , asking that " Bay of P lenty"be de leted fr om th e ca rd and theword s " V intage Car Club of N .Z."be inserted.

We printed severa l bat ch es forthe na tional body.

And of cou rse , at rall ies , news ­pap ermen saw the m ott o a nd in­clude d it in articles - even th ea ims a nd objects were used.

H owever , at about th is time theI nte rn ation al Rall y, or H aast PassRall y as it became kn own , was com­ing up, a nd th e club need ed everypenny it co u ld lay its ha nds on.A s th e ca rd was two co lo ured a ndm ore expensive th a n a p lai n ca rdto print , th e ca rd w as printed else ­where in black a nd white . W e stillh ave the original block on ha ndin the es ta bli shment a t which I amem ployed .

T h is then is the hist o ry o f " F in isCoro nat O pus" - an d yo u have meto bl am e for a ny co nfu sion ex peri­enced .

Les Coupe

Sir ,P ossibl y yo u ' ll kn ow that the

A us t in Register was fou nd ed inE nglan d in 1958 by Bob W yatt ,auth or of a co uple of book s onAu stin. I used to be on th e co m ­mittee over the re . We had some500 members and a heck of a lotof work. F ro m letters it was clearthere would be su ppo r t fo r ab ranch in N .Z. so eighteen m on thsago I started one. Since th at timem embership has rise n to ove r 130,m ostl y in .the main cent re s but a lsosca tte red prett y eve nl y arou nd thecountry . T he ca rs , over 160 o fthem , a re ma inly Aust in Sevens a ndTwelve -fours but th ere's a goodnumber o f Six teen s and a sprinklingof Twenties a nd even Veteran s.

\Ve cha rge an annual subscrip­tion of $2 - a nd so fa r, manage onit. A lmost a ll ou r me mbers a rcfina ncial wit h the V.C.C ., so ob­vious ly peopl e d on 't mi nd partingwit h th e ex tra ev en in ·these days ofri sin g costs. I was co ncerned abo u tth is but ha ve made it clea r th at the

R egister is intended to co mpleme ntrat her th an ove rr ide 'the V.C. C .'sactivities.

T he po int of th is not e, th er efore,is to offer my serv ices wi th regardto any tec hn ica l or histor ica lqueries yo ur Au st in-mounted me m ­bers may put to yo u.

Pete r Fry,H on. Secretary,V intage A ustin Register N .Z .,Box 10073 , Well ingt on .

Branch Notes

This year brou ght 126 entr ies forour annual ra lly - a record . Allclasses att racted m ore sta rters.There were 3 V ete ran and 17 V in t­age motorcycles, 11 V ete ran cars, 6co mmercia l ve h icle s, 1 P .V .V. , a ndthe re mainde r were Vin tage ca rs.Du r ing F rid ay afte rnoon ve hiclessta r ted arrivin g in As hbu rto n andby 7 p.m , Sm allbones G ar age wasstac ked full for th e m otoram a. On ceaga in th is a ttra cted m any of thelocal pu blic a nd an added drawca rdwas A lex Shadbolt 's 1900 Loco­mob ile stea m car. Alex co ul d notmake th e railv on the Sa turdayhec ause of ot her com mitments inC hr istchurc h, but he brought th estea m ca r through to Ashburton onth e F rid ay even ing - a nd steame dit - to boost the a ttend a nce a t ourmotorama, th en returned to C hrist ­churc h with th e ca r lat e th atev ening. 'Ve have no doubt that itd id boost the a ttendance an d grate­ful to A lex for what he did for ourclu b.

F or the first t imc th e weathe rwas not kind to us and th e ve hiclesle ft .the Ashhurton D om ain onSa turday m orning in a fine warmd rizzle . but fortunately th e rain hadcle ared by the time eve ryone hadreached Mt Somers for the lunchbreak. At Mt Sorners a local com ­merc ial photogr ap her was in at ten d­a nce , not only to t ake pic tu res ofcars an d crews but also for tel e­v ision cov erage. a nd some of usfeatured on television d uring Sun­d ay evening.

On the return iourney a ll carswere routed throu gh th e g ro u nds ofTuaran gi H om e - our hom e fo rse nior cit izens - a nd I am surethat th ese eld erl y fo lk enjoyed see­ing so m any ca rs of thei r era . Thenursing staff seemed to enioy ourvisit a lso . Back at the As hb urtonD om ain it was a fte rnoon tea andtalk . A bou t 200 atte nde d th e soc iala t n igh t and it was voted t he be stever.

T he ra lly was no t wit ho ut itscasualt ies. George A itke n brok e anax le jus t before the sta rt whenhead ing off on an eme rge nc y tripto check so me of the a rra nge mentsfor the rall y, N eil Wilson hadclutch troubl e w ith h is 1923 12/4Austi n a nd d id no t m ake M tSo me rs - ha rd luck on h is firstever rally - and D. R. G oodma n,from D uned in , had an argu me ntw ith some steers whic h res ulted ina sp ill an d some dam age to his 1929Scott m otor-cycle and some bruisingto hi mself.

It wa s the first ra lly fo r sev erallocal members' cars. Two newVete ra ns completed the ra lly, name­ly Col in Bearrnan's 1906 Cadillac­a n eye-catcher thi s one - andJ.R.M .'s 1912 T Ford . T he fo llow­ing 8 Vintage ca rs had the ir firstrally run : Neil Wil son 's 1923 Austin12/4 , M rs Neil Wil son 's 1924 Aus tin7. Ray Co pelan d's 1924 Ru gb y, th eD avidson Br others' 1924 D od ge ,Merv. C ha pman's 1925 Ch evolctton truck, Kelvin Law's 1925 Bull­nose Morris. Mike Crum's 1927Stutz, and Warick P ro thc roc's 1928D od ge.

T his year we cha nge d our rallyplaqu e to a sm aller br on ze dupli­ca te of ou r ori gin al plaqu e and Ith ink th is was apprec ia ted.

N ext yea r there will not be anAshburton Rally because ou r da teis too close to the Interna tionalRally, bu t al rea dy there is talk of1973. how we ca n improve ourra lly, a nd will w e be ab le to at trac tm ore th an 126 entries.

J. R. MORRISON.

AUCKLAND .. , .

Our seco nd 24-h our run has beenwritten ab out elsewhere, bu t oneasp ect o f interest wh ich did not gounnoticed was the particip ati on onth is occasion by the fair sex. MrsPep erell helped her husband to gainth ird place , and finish ing stronglywe re R ay and M rs C la rke in anIn di an co m b ination . an d R. Me­A lpine who was accom pa nie d byhis siste r. Full m ar ks fo r th c ir elTor ts- 24 hours is a lon g time to bem ot oring, in an y ca r.

In o rde r to prove th at vintagerallying is not solely a m ale pre­serve ; a very pl easan t Ap ri l Su ndaya fte rnoon run was organ ised byMesdames Pam F re nc h. Eil ee nRob erts a nd And y W eb ster. T helad ies d id ev eryt hing from se ll ingthe cou rse to providing tea a t thefinis h. an d the large entry of mem­bers were m ost ap prec iat iveof th eirefforts. P articipating for ' ' the first

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time in this d istrict was MikeFeather, lately of Christchurch, ina very attractive '29 Sunbeam 16.John Hearne, who owns the onlyindigenous Hyper Leaf, has boughtthe little Lea Francis drop headcoupe, which he took on the run .He told me that he has enoughmaterial, and is about to restore the1928 14-40 Sports Leaf tourer, im­ported in the late thirties by oneEdmonds. Th is car always remind­ed me of a 12-50 Alvis. and withgood reason it appears, as John saysthat Cross and ElIis built bodies forboth cars,and many parts are inter­changeable.

The celebrations for the hundreJyears of the Auckland City Councilwere enhanced by a monster pro­cession, in which there was a goodturnout of our local members. Aquarter of a million people stood inthe rain to watch it all go past,including Angelique, the club'scharabanc, sans hood , but com­plete with a week-old TransportDepartment Certificate of Fitnessand all seats filled with those stal­warts who have made the old girlmob ile once more. The magnificentgift of $100,000 from the AucklandSavings Bank to the Museum ofTransport and Technology has beenmade at a most propitious time . Itis intended to use this for the erec­tion of a building large enoughto hou se as much as possible of thegood material currently either suf­fering from exposure to the elementsor overcrowding in the presentmakeshift accommodation. This giftwill be a great relief to the museumdirectors, who have been strugglingfor years to get some financial en­couragement to a venture which isof national attraction.

As we go to press, it has beenmooted that Brian Jackson 's vehiclesand exhibits should be transferredto Western Springs, as Brian is hav­ing difficulty in recouping his largeoutlay, in spite of all his effortsto interest people in his restorations.It is to be hoped that the two organ­isations can co-operate to arrive ata satisfactory solution.

Our A.G.M . will be held at theclub rooms on Thursday, June 10,at 8 p.m. There will be a dine anddance evening on June 11 at SOI­rento, please contact any commit­tee member for details , and if youare visiting us, please join us anyThursday evening after dinner, orany Saturday after 4 p.m. at 39Fairfax Ave, Penrose.

Motor-cycle NotesThe eight Auckland entries for

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10-12 Harley and chair and made anexcellent non-stop time of 7 hoursfor the tr ip. Barry Williams alsorode through on his newly acquiredP.V . 1959 500 Ariel. This machineis of particular interest as it is aspecial Scottish tr ials model , andBarry has a host of new spareswith it. Ray Clo sey on his Scoutwon the gymkhana event, and theroad-run, using the "arrow" system ,proved to be a very practical systemfor motor-cycles.

Two motor-cycle combinationsentered the Auckland 24-hour reli­ab ility trial, and had trouble freeruns. Ray Clarke, with his wifeBarbara as eo-driver, had excellentresults, and were placed 8th over­all on the Indian 101 Scout, andJohn Holland and Ray Closey were13th on the 1937 Empire Star B.S.A.

Charles Edwards, who has a col­lection of Vintage cars and is cur­rently restoring a 1914 Scott, hasacquired five of Bruce Anderson 'smachines, and ha s them on displayat his Parnell showroom. They area 1926 Harley single , 1924 roundtank B.S.A., 1911 B.S.A., 1926Matchless 250 c.c., and 1930 Doug­las 600. In addition to this, twofurther bikes retrieved from downsouth are a model 18 Norton, anda 1920 V Twin Enfield and chair.

Cheerio for now to IAN SUTH­ERLAND with his immaculate 1931twinport B.S.A. Sloper combination,who has been transferred to Wel­lington, and no doubt will be awelcome asset down there, with hiskeenness and good humour.

HORN BLOWER

GISBORNEAt the beginning of March our

club supported the Boys' HighSchool autumn fair with a staticdisplay, with 1928-29-31 Austin Ts,1928-29 Model As , 1924 Model T,1924 Fiat SOl, 1930 Hudson 8, twocommercial vehicles, 1927 Chev.and 1929 White, Premier motor­cycle , also two motor-bikes and a1925 Chrysler (unrestored) . TheCarlton car built by John North(Bill) Birch came out for an airingand created a good deal of inter­est.

The same day four of our vehicles.two Aust in Ts, Ford Model A anda Hudson 8 put on a half-hour fieldevents display for the national BoyScouts' Club Day held at the A.and P. Showgrounds.

Trevor Cook has all of his threewheel Morgan car home from theSouth Island now and is busilybuilding shed space for his Fiat andM organ cars.

Our chairman ran a verysucce ssful night trial at our

March club night. The trialtook us through named streetsof Gisborne from A to Z afternumerou s turn left s and rights,through three check points, the thirdbeing on a steep section of the roadthat proved a bit of an ordeal fortwo certain Austin 'ls, one stoppingwith his brakes smoking, the otherneeding all anchors plus the kerb­ing to eventually come to a halt.

An interesting all day trip toMotu was enjoyed by fourteen fam­ilies recently. Motoring Vintagevehicles were in the minority, buta good time was had by all.

There is keen restoration by RobinCameron, 1928 Whippet, GraemeCust, 1928 Dodge, Brian Butler , 1929De Soto, who are all aim ing toattend the 1972 International. Wai ­ters and Webbers have sent in theirentries for the International andTony Notting, Rod Clague and Tre­vor Cook also intend to participate.

Three entries from Gisborne wentto the North Island Rally at Pal­merston North. Rod Claguc's Mod elA. Joe Webber's Austin 7 and IvanEnglish's Austin 7 all had an enjoy­able time and finished in the middleof the field.

April club night was our A.G .M.with Rod Clague, Trevor Cook , IvanEnglish and Merle Web bel' beingreturned for another year as chair­man, secretary, treasurer and ed i­tor respectively . John Dwight waselected new club captain, whileRobin Cameron, Barry Hilton,Myles Waiters and Alan Wilsonwere elected to the committee. JoeWeb bel' and Tony N otting chose toretire from the executive, after bothgiving stalwart service since thesub-branch 's inception. John Turn­bull, the Hawke's Bay br anch clubcaptain, made a special trip up toattend the meeting and before hisreturn next morning managed to fitin viewing several Vintage restora­tions. The cup which was presentedby Mr and Mrs T. H . Waiters forannual points award was won byIvan English.

On Sund ay , March 21, nine carsassembled at 9.30 a.m. in the park­ing area adjacent to the Blenhcimfire station, to take part in the an­nual run for the Whimp Trophy.We were dispatched at suit able in­tervals with route cards down thesouth road, until we reached theDashwood station where we turnedup the Awatere Valley and con­tinued to the Bla irich picnic area,where a pleasant two -hour breakwas spent, sitt ing on running boards

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and having lunch. After lunch afurther run up the valley wasstaged and then the vehicles re­turned to the picnic area for after­noon tea .

A start was made for home whenwe had been refreshed and on theway a "starting on the hill " test wasconducted . Back at the fire stat ionparking area each contestant wasmet by a pair of local geographyquestions. The day had been fine,the only breakdown had been themisbehaviour of Ivan Mortimer'sRover's clutch. and the run hadbeen really enjoyed by all.

Dodge Brothers cars have beenused for many strange and varioususes; one even pulled the ploughused to drain the Pendine Sands , onone occasion to enable MalcolmCampbell to establish a record ina Bluebird, but on this outing anew use was found , that of travel­ling creche for some of the childrenof the marshals of the day.

What fun Deanne, Leandre, Jean­nette and I had looking for whitehorses, black dogs, red gates andopossum guards on power poles,everything I'm afraid except theWhimp Trophy! They were verywell behaved girls and I thoroughlyenjoyed their company.

'I he donor of tl :e Trophy _. . G ,H. Whimp - is at present touringoverseas with his wife and I reckon

some of the overseas restorations arehaving a pretty critical scrutiny byGeorge. He'll have a few tales 10

tell when he returns. By the waythe Dymond Ia.nily made its debuton this ou ting in the big Austin20/4 , formerly owned by Don Kil­patrick . She's been a reliable carand they should have some verypleasant motoring in her.

On Wednesday, March 31, themonthly meeting attracted a goodattendance. The proposed levellingof our area of Burleigh Park wasarranged and Mr Joe Robinson 'sgenerou s offer was accepted withgrateful thanks. Mr J. May gaveus the latest news on the 1972 Inter­national and displayed the progresson the model of the Hawkesburycircuit.

A very enjoyable barbeque washeld on the Register property inthe Waikakaho on April 3. The at­tendance was a little below average,but those who came enjoyed theirmeal in the open air. We had apreview of Gary Turner's 1902Thomas motor-cycle. A superb job,Gary. Magnificent in very detail.It had at that stage refused to motorbut I don't suppose that was un­usual in 1902! -No doubt Garywill learn to cope with its little tan­trurns!

Over Easter several of our mem­bers attended the rally at Palmer-

ston North, Gary Turner won theconcours in the Veteran motor-cyclecla ss. Tony Hansen was second inthe Vintage overall class and ourever popular Ron Osgood in hiswell known Austin 12/4 performedwith merit. Thank you, ManawatuBranch, for giving our contingentsuch an enjoyable time. We wererather afraid that some of themwere a little young to be away ontheir own, but once we knew thatUncle Leo Smith was to chaperon,then we realised all would be well!

Sunday, April 25, was one ofthose perfect Marlborough days andnine Vintage cars, one Veteranmotor-cycle and about six moderns,with a total of about 30 adults and12 children , made the journey toLangley Dale to see the old water­wheel. This was built about 80 yearsago to generate power for the home­stead and operate the flax mill. Itis an undershot wheel approx 13ftin diameter and must have been agrand sight operating in its hey-day,A cup of afternoon tea was brewedand a pleasant hour spent III thesu n. Many thanks to the Ad arnsfamil y for making this visit po ssible.

Congratulations to our motor­cyclist. Undoubtedly the motor­cycli sts of 1902 must have beeniron men. Forget about static dis­plays and concours de eleganceGary, at the rate you're going you

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should be fit enough to win thesprints, the marathon, the highjump, and the cycling events at the1974 Olympics at Munich . Yes, it IS

the sport for a young man with agood heart and a fine set of pipes!

JOHN FINNIE

NELSONKen Ivory, in his early 1928 grey

Model A Ford tourer. and Les Rob­erts, in his immaculate maroon

Vauxhall , went to the North IslandRally . Ken and family later touredas far north as N apier.

During the summer vacation BobHelm and family, along with Dodge2 cabriolet and trailer caravan, tra­velled through Canterbury, Otago,the Haast Pass, Westland and backto Nelson.

Travelling in a Vintage car is agreat idea . People who are interes­ted in cars stop and talk to you atfilling stations and at motor camps,in the streets of smaller towns in

fact where ever you go. This wayyou make new friends and sec alot of wonderful cars.

We are looking forward to theInternational Rally here next year,and this leads to the topic of res­torations, sales and purchases ofcars in this area. Cars being workedon includes Jack Warne 's ChryslcrImperial tourer, also a later sen esModel A Ford sedan. son Mich aclis working diligently on this one.Model A Fords are very popularhere. Ken Ivory has a number ofthem and Derm is King bas noughtan early tourer which is very com­plete, but needs the full treatment.

Ed White's 1915 Oakland has goneto Wellington for panel work. DaleConlon is preparing his Square FourAriel and side-car for the Interna­tional,

Ken Silke is making great pro­gress on his 1903 Brown.

A 1929 Hudson 139-inch wheel­base with 7-pass enger Biddle andSmart body is being restored by aprospective mem ber.

Bob Helm now has something toshow for the many hours he hasspent restoring a Dodge Victory 6de luxe tourer. This car has hadone owner since new, but alas hewas not kind to motor cars, usedit daily for forty years, never spentany time or money on it. not evena coat of paint. It was always wetand rusty and the leather and can­vas work were mouldy and rotten.That's enough of the sad side ofthe story. Now it is about to emerge:from the workshop with its shiningDodge Brothers blue lacquer andnew electro-plating, cream wirewheels and side mounts.

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R oger H a rdin g has bo ugh t aco u ntry place in a peaceful va lleyby a r ippl ing brook . about 30 acres .tha t's a goo d size Buick farm .

R on G a la tly ha s so ld his C h rys ­le r roads ter to a col lec tor in We l­lington .

JO!1n Hansen , wh o owns .1 cu telittl e Saxon, has bou ght a DodgeDA sedan.

A n ex tra lon g summer thi s yearhas ma de it possibl e fo r th e clubmembers to enjoy seve ra l outings.

In Fe bru ar y, fiftee n of th e club'sen thus iast ic members and th e ir fam­ilies d rove thro ugh the jungle towhere the John Stanleys have the ircrib, and spe nt a n e njoyab le day,sw immi ng, eati ng a nd pl aying go lf.E veryo ne was too shy though toen ter th e Vi nt age bath ing costumecell test. T he picni c was precededby th e Jack Cru inp M emoria l T r ia lov er a ll the du st iest roads in NorthOrago,

O n M a rch 12 seve n teen mem­bers of the O ta go clu b came upby bu s fo r a re tu rn \ isit. A n inter­es ting evening of film s, slides a ndmusic was had by all, and we hopethis will be an annu al event.

Ot ago A n niversa ry weeke nd sawa large gro up of loc al member s andthe ir fam ilies take to the hill s forthe annual Om arama R u n. This yearm ost of the ca rs went to LakeOh au for a visit, a n ice peacefulplace. Just as well, as a t nigh t theBagpipes, a gu ita r band and anacco rdia n group all playing differ­ent tunes at th e sa me time gave ourcar drum s a good bashing.

A nzac Day was a shor t trial uutto c lu b mem ber J ohn M iller's tu rrnfor field events. Inter esting to note

of th e th ree sec tions- V intage, post ­Vi ntage and Mod om.e-eV iutag c we refirst , seco nd and th ird in the overa llpo ints.

O nly new restored car to be see nin th is di strict th is season is And yWilki e 's Whippet Coupe, w hich hehas made a ve ry nice jo b 01 so fa r.Jirn Boaden has nearly finished re­sto ring his second vehic le , as w·:1Ias get ting married a nd buil dm g ahou se all in onc yea r - a m ightyctt ort.

J. T. O'B RIEN

ROTORUAWith the Natio na l Rall y at P al­

mer st on N or th and the MaungaM oan a at N ew Plymouth behindus I am wo ndering wh o su rv ivesthe best. th e ca rs or the d rivers . Inmy case J think th e ca r ca me olfbes t a nd it' s o lder th an I am . Mindyou th e three nigh ts prior to theEaster do wer e sp ent putt ing theengine back int o my so n Don'sT r iumph a fter ha ving it's so -ca lledSu per 7 " res u per ed ". T he Nat ionalwa s as u su al the year's highligh tand the ph o to of each memb er 'scar tak en on the run was pre scntedwith the resu .ts an d p la que at thedinner was really some thing.

H ow th ose T aranaki cha ps everexpect anyo ne to da nce afte r thesprea d they put on is beyond me .D on took m y C hrys le r down on th eF riday as he was on hol iday , andPat a nd I, with yo u ng V ivien ue,motored d own on th e Saturday inour mod ern. Our o the r R ot oruamembers spe nt a very pl easant daya t Tokoroa visiting our me m berJohn Cox w ho prefers the tr ip overthe Mamakus to th e one throu ghthe Ka ra piro G orge to be a t ourmeetings,

T hos e of us who m ot o red to th eNational fro m R ot oru a we re ve rypleased to see G lenn Hu mph ry a ndhe r friend Kaye A nde rso n join usa t Palmerst on N orth ill Glcnn'sM odel A. A slight acc ident put th emou t of the run , but it is good tosee tha t d ri ving funn y o ld cars is1I 0t confined to fu nny OLD p':c plc.

As most of you know by no w, Iu nMathi as has be en for ced to cl oseth e museum, it will be Rotoru a'slors, but you ca n 't run a bu sin essat a loss and it is I an's reg re t th athe had to close th e d oors.

Talk ab out cr ook na vigat ors (andwe all have a t som e time). Bri anR oll o left Wanganui w ith a 1920Hu mber on h is tr ail er head ing b ackf or Rotoru a, and m ade it - v iaNapier and Hast ings. H ow 's thatfo r navi gation. Not gu aranteed toget you first place in a rally, butwh en you hear of tha t elusive partw hat's a little deviati on matte r.T he part could have been tha t ea rb ,th a t Harold G ray has been looki ngfor.

A whisper h as been he ard of a191 1 Renaul t, or pa rt s the reof , beingacquired by a local cha p, a nd know­ing h im like I do so me cock ie isgoing to get his padd ocks ha rrow edfor free. Al so Kerr y H art has gothold of the bas ics of a 1914 T.D on A nglis has added a M axwellto h is collec tio n, and much to hisfat he r 's reli ef the se ller has let itstay wh ere it is until we have thegar age bu ilt. F ra nk Kersla ke ournew est member has added a 1928Pl ym outh to his 29 D e So to andnow has to co nsu lt with his fam ilywh ich one to get read y fo r the Inte r­nati on al.

Most of yo u will rem ember thosevery excell en t " noggi n 'n na tter"eveni ng s th a t Auckl and used to put

The 1922 Ford T owned by A. Graharn and C. Parker. 0 amaru, and the 1921 Dodge owned by W. Spite. Oarnaru.

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on in T aupo in mid-winter. Wewere sorr y thcy stopped and so wehere in Rotorua have dec ided 10 d oso me th ing about it a nd hav e ar­ranged the weekend of July 10-1 I[or th e n. and n. Same as it usedto be we hope, good get togetheron the Saturday night and eve ry ­body brings something [or the a uc­tion on the Sunday morning. Please ,ch ap s if you arc coming Ict yoursecretary know so he can let uskn ow and we can make arrange­ments for acc om m oda tion, et c.

LES ANGUS

SOUTHLANDDue no doubt to the advent of

the South Island Rally, RivertonRally was a little smaller than usualthis yea r, particularly in regard toentries from outside Southland.However, there was a pleasinglylarge number from our near neigh­bours in Gore. In all 63 entrieswere received .

Amongst the entries first time outa t Riverton were Alwyn Hoskin 's1930 M odel A Fordor, Ashley Bell's1929 Triumph ridden by local tri­umph agent Vern Russell, who ha sat last acquired a vintage Triumph

01' hi s own-a 1930 500 cc s ideva lve ,and your sc ribe's 1930 A.J .S. sloperex- GeolT Nye of Wairnate. not tomention Austra lian R ally e ntra ntsCyril McRae in the 1926 Al vis, J ackC ock burn with his Douglas and tor­pcd o sidecar. Barry Smith with his1932 10/12 Harley-Davidson , wa shaving h is second outing aftcr theNovember motor-cycle rally.

Behind the scenes fev eri sh ac tiv­ity is the order of the day a ndnight as the weeks relentlessly ru shby and the International Rally loomscl o c r.

Alan Sutton has been tr ying outhis Model A in chass is for m andwork is now proceeding on thebody which has been attended to byth e panel beater.

Jack Barnes has at last sta r tedto put some bits ba ck together onhis 1915 Humber and a well-knownChristchurch Humber owner ha shelped out with the motor re stora­tion by arranging the casting o fso me pistons.

Another one that is ne arly at them otoring chassis stage is H owardKingsford-Srnith 's 1929 Chev 6 ro ad­ster and this , has been to date amost thorough and painstaking job.

Neil McMillan, ably assisted by

wife , Pam, ha s completed a magn ifi­cent job of th e uph olstery of his191 I Vulcan . The d iam ond -pleatedsquabs are a re al w ork of a r t andno effort was spared to ach ieve aduplication of the o r igina l p attern.The Vulcan is now in bits againfor repainting and re assernhly andfinal finishing . Would you believethi s? Nei l has been working forabout 10 years on the car and hasresisted the urge to ge t it going be­fore final completion .

Gerry Cowley is working on his4-eylinder Hupmobilc ro ad ster andis at present on the hunt for su ita blepistons. Wayne Nicoll h as a rodand piston out of the ca r to checkagainst his st ock of old pistons andwhat a massive stroke these carshave - alloy rods, too.

One of our newest members, BrianMcConachie, is working on theModel T delivery van he boughtin partially restored form fr omAlan Suuon and by a ll ac­counts is doing a great job . Brianrecently reported the acquisition ofa good bulkhead of the right modelth at will be a big help in the bodyre storation.

Recent acquismons include : a1928 A.J.S. picked up by Nocl Sirn,a 1927 Ariel 500cc sidevalve found

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ir: \ irtu a lly going orde r It a bitseedy an d mi nus a few minor bits.and the very notabl e co llec tio n ofso me invaluable twin cyli nder Swiftparts circa. 1910 by Alastair Mcln­tosh. The donor in this instance \\ asLen So uthw a rd and this is a realstep forw ard in the process o f pu t­ting a rare vetera n on the road. Thebo dy for the car has been built andAlastair can now wo rk in ea rn eston the mecha niea ls.

Nev Dnw .on will soon have his1916 Overla nd M odel 75 Tourerfinishe d and this sho uld be a certainsta rte r fo r the l ntern at ion al Rally.It has bee n a reb ui ld from sc ra tchand will be a m ost we lco me addi ­tion to the ranks.

In a pr evious " Beaded Wh eels"was a n in teresting a rt icle on R oll inca rs. T hese ca rs were al so so ld inSouth land , the agents bein g J. E.Watson a nd Co. Ltd . Wh en the firmclosed d own its mot or gar age abo ut15 year s ago one of our clu b me m­bers ga thered up ma ny new partsbefore they went to th e tip. Hehas suc h things as a hub cap, wheelstuds, gea r clus te rs, a fro nt splashapron , ignition switch and ma nyother small items which wou ld beof great va lue if anyone ever tu rn su p a Rollin. Anyone who ever knewthe m spoke highly of their finish ,performa nce a nd robustness, Thereis no d ou bt one wo ul d be wellworth restoring.

As a matt er of interest the firmwas also agent for Riley cars a ndwhen clearing the premises an un ­used fabric body wa s removed fromsto rage in the roof. Unfortu na telyi( fell to the floo r a nd lite ra llysmashed to sm ithereens - the borerhad do ne a good job. No tearswere she d as it was goi ng to thetip anyway.

A few years earl ier, T appers Lt d .,the motor- cycle peop le, decide d to

cle ar their p remises of old mot or­bikes an d many nearl y com plete beltd rivers went over the edge of thetip.

For anyone envisaging salvage atthis late stage the approximate sitein the then rubbish tip is now cov­ered wit h a la rge wa rehouse bui ld­ing-much to d ifficult to shift. Ifonly one knew then what one knowsnow,

HAR RY BI\RNES

TAURANGAOur March run was a tte nded by

a good number of members, a ndRoger Wa rd set us an easy to followset of instruct ions. T he lun ch ! tophal f-way up the K a imais was idealfor eng ines to cool down be foremak ing the fina l asce nt. Bill l an esst ill wan ts to k now wh o dropped thatnai l righ t in the path of h is backwhee l, giving h im a punct ure . JimWebb experienced so me electricaltrou ble, but arr ived at the finish intime to jo in the res t of us lookingover the Clydesdale M useum , ju . toutside Matarnat a, T his M useu m isfull of interesting rel ics of the past ,inclu ding horse-drawn ve hicles , a re­bui lt authentic blacksmith's shopand even a n old Bean tru ck.

Follow ing this members were in­vited to look over a nearby studfarm owned by an American mil­lionaire. This proved a mo st inter­es ting experie nce for as well asviewing race ho rses (one of whichwas valued at $500,000), some un­usual ca ttle were seen.

Placings in the ru n were : W.la nes, Vauxha ll I ; A. Webb. FordModel A, 2; J. Webb. Ford Mo de lA. 3.

T he N .J. Rally at Easter was at­tended by four ca rs from Taura nga ,as well as five f ro m Rot oru a. All

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mem bers had a re latively trouble­free run th rough to Pal merstonNort h an d back. with on ly minorove r-h ea ting problem s. apa rt froma grea t thirst for oil experienced byo ne ear, which cons umed 36 pintson the trip down a lone! The who leweekend was ru n on the usua l linesfor this ty pe of a lly and all mem­bers ap peared to ha ve a very goodtime. Although no ma jor prizesca me the way o f the Bay club ,Alan Webb did very we ll in hisModel A to come th ird in the com­peti tive run .

Club nights have bcen atte ndedby so me new me mbers, as we ll asthc usual regulars. 1n March, wehad a slide evening including someloan ed by the Auck lan d M odelE ng inee ring C lub. So me fine workwas see n amo ng thc mo de l train s.A sho rt film showi ng these tr ainsin motion proved inter es ting.

Me mb ers had been invi ted tob ring alo ng quest ion s fo r th e Apri lmeeting fo r a "Q uestio n and A n. werSessi on" bu t as o nly one was as kedit must be ass ume d th at everyo neknows all the answers! However,Bo b Laming filled in some time wi threminisce nces of his pas t engineer­ing days and as is usual with Bob .everyone learnt something.

An additio n to the club fleet ofvehicles is a 1930 Model A ownedby Co lin an d Brian Gerring. whichshou ld be on the road very soon.Another couple of Model As be­lo ng ing to "Snow" Brown, of Kati ­kat i, should soon be seen swe llingour ranks.

Nelson Elliot. who moved toTauranga about six months ago,bought a 1927 C hrysler Mode l 53from Bill Mart in, who had ownedthis vehicle for seven or eigh t yea rs.This car came or iginally from Mata­rnata a nd belon ged to a farmer. Themileom eter shows jus t over 80,000an d thi s is know n to be the co rrec tm ileage.

ASHBURTON-C hairm an: Mr R. Crum, 32 Creek Road . Seere­tar y : Mrs J . P. Hosken, 45 Al fo rd Forest Road , As hbur­ton .

AUCKLAND-Chairman: J . Lew is . Secreta ry : C . Kee nan - P.D .Box 3382, A uck land .

BAY OF PLENTY : Cha ir man : M . R. Janes . Secretary : J . M . W ebb ,P.D. Bo x 660, Taur anga.

CA NTERBU RY-Cha irman : R. B . SCOll . Secr etary ; A. G . A in s­worth . P.O . Bo x 13160 Armagh. Christchurch .

GORE: Ch airman : N . W . McV icar, 48 W igan Street, Gore . Secre ­tary: I. Murray , 56 Broughton Street Gore .

HAWKES BAY-Chairman: B. Lay . Secretary : L. J . D . Priest,P.D . Box 1036, Hastings .

MANAWATU - Ch airman: G. Maseman . Secretarv : R. E. Blan·chet t . P.O . Box 385, Palmerston North .

MARLBOROUGH- Chair man : J . H. Soar. Secretary : D . C . Kil ·patrick, 25 Di l lons Poin t Road. Blenheim .

NELSON-Chai rman: G. Top l iss . Secre ta ry : D. Pickering . 244King sle y Place , Richmond, Nel son .

Branch OfficersIntend ing membersshould contact theirneare st branchSecretary.

NORTH OTAGO-Chairm an: K . Perr y . Secre tary : T . E. Stephe ns,5 D. R.D. Damaru.

OTAGO-Chai rm an: K . Daken!ull. Secrela ry : I . G. S . Sha rpe ,28 Michie Stree t, Duned in .

SOUTH CANTERBURY-Chairm an: E. J . Fll ssell . 6 Barnes St ree t ,T imaru. Secretary : G . F. Brow nie, 126 Pages Road .Timaru .

SOUTHLAND-C hairman: D . W . Jordon . 20 Mepal Cr esceru ,In ve rca rg i ll. Sec re ta ry : A . M cl n tosh. Rakiura Avenu e.Dtatara 9 R.D . Invercargi ll.

TARANAKI-Chairman: P. W . Cornwal l. Secretary : N . D . Leu ­t ha rt . 519 Mangorei Road. 1 R.D . New Plymouth .

TAUPO- Chair man: D . A mor. Sec retary : R. Stewart, 9 Tongar iroStreet, Tau po . ( P.O . Box 522.)

WAIKATO- Chairman: B. Catchpole . Secretary : M . Quayle,P.O . Box 924 . Hamilton .

WAIRARAPA-Chairman: L. L. Jones . Secretary : D . F. W adham,P.D . Box 139, Carte rton .

WANGANUI- Chairman: D. C. A . Hawley . Secretary : A . D .Dsman, P.D . Box 726. W angan ui .

WELLINGTON - Chairman: M . Ferner, 75 Nichol son Road . W el­li ng to n 4 . Secretary : J . G. W atson , 51 Chatsw orth,Silverstream, W el l ingt on 4.

WHANGAREI-Chairman: E. M us ic . Secr etary : I . K ing , P.D .Box 17, Whangarei .

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Bill had stripped down the carand the chassis was sandblasted andpainted when Nelson bought it.With practically no assistance fromanyone, Nelson has restored thiscar to a very high standard. T hebody panel-beating was done by atradesman . but the mudguards Nel ­son did himself. The other onlyhelp came from the auro -electrian,who was assisted by Nel son . Of thefour engines on hand, the one usedhad been re-bored and all that wa snecessary was renewal of the rings,as well as some general tidying-up .The best parts from six gear-boxeswere chosen to make up a goodgear-box. The four cylinder motoris fairly simply laid out and theonly problem was the carburettor.which had the lower part missing.However, a chance meeting with acha p who ha d a ca rburettor from aCh ev. 6 put tbat problem to rightsand now the car runs well.

The body of the Chrysler is theconventional shape and the glass isall original except the windscreen,which had to be renewed . The up­ho lste ry has bee n done by Ne lsonand is a really professional job .The material is grey Dutch velvetand this gives a very nice affect.All the doors can be locked andthe window and door catches arc

nickel. There is a holland blindfitted over the back window. Onthe dashboard the original distri­butors' plate can been seen- Bycroftand Cummack, Ltd ., Cambridge.The colour may not be to everyone'sliki ng but the yellow and blackcolour scheme, which has yet tohav e a narrow red line along theside of the car , certainly catchesthe eye, The painting was done by

Ielson and it is a near perfect job .There is very Iittlc to be done

on the car now-general tidyi ngup and to uching up of pa int , andcar pet for the floor has to be fitted .

This car is certa inly onc of thebest restored in the club and wesha ll be looking forward to seeingit at our runs in the very nearfuture. Nelson would like to tack lea Chrysler 4 Tourer next and Ican vouch that if anyone has oncunres tored that they would like tosell and see restored in record time,I know it would get done.

TERRY lANES

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WAIRARAPA " ' "

The last few months have beentaken up with working bees , nogginand natters, trials and club nights.

The working bees have been held

around the c1ubrooms doing generaltidying up .

A recent succe ssful run was heldto Riversdale Beach in beautifulweather. It was well attended by ourmotor-cyclists and car types. Thisinformal run to the beach wastimed, but a ll very cas ual.

The club captain's annual tr ialwas held in slightly wet weather\\ hich didn 't seem to dampen any­one's enthusiasm. This took the formof a novelty event incorporatingincomplete sentences and rhymesto travel in and around the Master­to n a rea .

Rece nt acq uisitions : G len Bullhas obtained a 71413 Arrnv Indianwhich is complete and In goodorder.

Dave \Vad ham is the proud ownerof a 1939 H urley-Davidson V-Twin750c.c, in good running order.

Terry McTntosh has a 1927O.H .V. new Hudson.

Dr Graham Cowie. has the ex­Barker 1921 Fiat 510 ' S 6 cylinder.

All our motor-cyclists seem to beworking frantica lly to pre pare theirbikes for coming ra llies in thefuture.

Our nex t rally is our annual endof registration run which is alwayswell organised and good fun .

ALAN lONES

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Len s and/or rim; H ead gask et(Pa ye n 542) . 1914/15 a cy l, Stude ­bak ers : Int ere sted in a ny thing. 1915B.S.A.: 4} hp , Kick start leve r. 1930A.J .S. Sloper : Instrument panelwith or with ou t instrument s. F itson petrol tank. Will purch ase a nyof these parts ou tright, bu t per hapswe ca n help with wha t yo u need .Jack and Barry Bar nes, 99 RussellStreet, In verca rgill. Ph on e 84-348.

WA NTED - For 1936 De Sot oModel S.G .. Aluminium Cyl inde rHead . Rear Qu arter Light Sur­rounds, As h T ray s to fit in Dash ­bo ard. an d Work sh op Manu al , Th i..m odel is the Air Flow M odel a ndis fitted with the Six Cylinde r Mot or.Detail s a nd price to , B. F . Scott,clo Cornwa ll St , School , M aste rton.

WANTED. Brass Radiator , a nd se tof good wheels, to com plete restor­a t ion of 1914 M odel T. Also W ind ­scree n Surround in any condition.Au stin 12/4 M otor in good co ndi ­tio n, lon g or shor t stroke. Ha nd­book an d M ot or spares for 1939M ode! W. Harley D avid so n. De­tail s a nd pric e to , D. F. W adharn ,r .o. Box 139, Ca rte rton .

WA NTED - Any parts or inf orma­tion requi red for the foll owingMot or Cycles. 1910 P & M 500 c.C.S.V. Single, & 1916 or ' 17 ModelH T riumph. M otor Cycle . Deta ilsa nd price to F. B. Gillum, 10Hobson Place, M astert on .

WA NT ED - F or 19 15 H umber :Ve rn ier co upling and magn eto fit­tin g (see diagram) ; C.A.V. Vo lt­meter; r ight a ngled d rive for Jonesspeed o. Clock to match (thi s m oun tsproud of da sh ) C.A.V. " Dr iversHelmet" right hand side elec trictail lamp ; Magn et o swit ch (Lucas"o n-off" would do ). bulb hornmounting clamp (Lucas). For 1925Studebaker Standa rd 6: H eadli ght

FO R SALE - 1954 ArmstrongSid dley Sapphi re parts. Mr TedG reen , Beach Road , Man ak a u. Ph.733 after 6.30 week nigh ts.

FO R SA LE - 1930 Model T Tow nSeda n. Tw in side m ounted sp ares.Fold ing ar mrest in rear. Reason abl eco ndi tion. Al so fr ont and rear sec­tion a nd 4 do ors late vetera n, ea rlyvintage D odge Tou rer. W. Birch ,146 Anzac P arad e, Wan ganui . Ph .36-002.

SELL - 1923 Hup. T oure r orswa p for a 1930 M od el A , or pa rtsotT. A la n Garrett , 78 Straven Road ,Ri ccarton , Ch ristchurch. P hon e41-775.

WANTED - 1939 B.S.A. Sco utFront wheel d rive. Mot or and gear­box togeth er with a ny ot her partsor informa t ion to a id restorat ion.W. Birch , 146 An zac Par ad e, Wanga ­nui. Ph on e coll ect 36-002.SELL - Buick 1938 Seda n. side­mounts. Excellent mot or a nd tyres,or swap fo r a coupe . roa ds ter. e tc.I. Hibberd, 784 North Rd . Belfast ,Christch u rch. Ph. Bel. 8769.ALLAR D - 1952 P I Saloon. Or ig­ina l co ndit ion, new uph olster y, re­conditioned gea r box, d iffe rent ial,new brak es. fo ur new ty res , newpaint, body is immacula te . wa rran­ted and registered. $750. G . J. Me ­Kerrow, 31 Cranston St. Dunedin .Ph on e 88-215 day, 45-004 nights.

WA NTED - Urgently to co mpleterestor ati on , 2 pressed steel runningboard s. a nd set o f hood bows. su it­a ble for 1931 M odel A F ord Road .ste r Utility. For Sale : Two 12 sp okewoode n 12" wheels and r ims. C.Venables. Dublin St, Brock vill e,Du ned in. Ph. 63-076.

WANT ED - P art s (ESP eng inea nd body parts) or co mplete en ginefo r 1934/5 Buick 8/40. Al so a nyinform at ion reparts sources. Writeto Mar k Da wbe r, 676 Mar shl andRd . C hristc hurch 5, or Ph one Bel.S137.WAN TED - For D .A. D odge 1929.Bumpers, radia tor. a nd surround.dash board. fr on t wh eel. chassis.s ide light s. · or co m plete ·car, an ycond ition . Ple ase wr ite, R. K . M or ­ga n. Rings Road , Coroma ndel,WANT ED - t pint Ame r ican en­gineer's oil ca n (s ha ped like Aladi n'sLamp ) , co ndi tio n not importa nt.A lso wanted new AC X BI oil filter.will swa p with new AC XA 5Xfilter. Les lie J. Rob erts, 8 Sali sburyRoad , Richm ond , Ne lso n.WANTED - for 1918 Buick . twowheels, one front , one rear and fiverim s to tak e 34 x 4 tyr es, also H oodbow s, ple ase wr ite H . G . Pet rie,12 Smi th Stre et, Greymouth . Ph one5495.

WANTED - D istribu tor for D od geVicto ry 6 or Sta nda rd 6, 1928,North East M od el T BU, Type 10846 A.B. Also headlight len ses a ndr ims, and tai l light complete. Have1926 Dod ge radi at or , good condi ­tion , to se ll or swap fo r 1928 Dodgeparts. Co ntact : John M oroney, 81Pora ngahau Road, Wa ipuku rau .WANTED - Four sea te r p re-1914tour er su ita b le for the Intern ation alRally in I972-buy , borrow, rent,or if permitted willing to stea l.Actually, would take mor e th anone if avai lable on an y of the a boveterm s. Please writ e ai r mail , deta ilsto C. B. She ldo n, Pill ow Hi ll, Sp ringG rove, Ill inois, U.S.A.WANTED - Ph aet on Bod y orP haeton or Road ster Cowl or a nybo dy parts fo r 1930 Chrysler 70or a ny P haet on bo dy that could beadap ted. Also requ ire spring shac klerubbers, ki ng pin s and tie rod ends.A ny info rmation that would helpin locat ing these item s wo u ld begreatly appreciat ed . F. A. Kn ight ,1I Owens Road , Waiuku.CA R WA NTED-For int ernationalra lly. I would p refe r a Chryslermade vint age a ro u nd 1929, a ltho ughwo uld co ns ider a ny make wit h amaximum price of $ 1100. A ll re pliesa nswered. Please s ta te condi tio n,erc., when repl ying. A m not inter ­este d in a large restora tion. WriteG . H aw kins, r .o. Box 229, Ham­i' to n,

WANTED - FOl'1930 Ford M od elA Road ster, I origina l tail lightlenses, 2 ou tside door handles, 2ins ide d oor handles, 2 road ste rdoors, I bo ot handle a nd lock , Ipetro l tank ca p, 2 wind wingframes, 4 shoc k absorbers " Houd ­a ille". I have I Bull N ose M orrisCowley motor to swa p or sell. W.J . F rew, No. 5, R.D., T ai ha pe .

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M ember o f Yln tage Car Club I ne,50 cen ts per first 40 words or less ,there a fter 10 cents for each M words.

Non-MembersS1. 00 for rirst 40 wo rds or less , the re­after 10 cen ts fo r each 8 wo rds.

Ad ve-u semcnts must be typed or printedin capital Idlers.Ch equ e o r Pos:nl N ote must be enclosedft'ith adveetivemem,Advc u .sern euts shou ld be sen t to the

Advertising Manager.p.a. Box 13140. C hr istchurch

not lat e r than 10th of month befo republica tio n

Sp ec .a l display ad vertiseme nts of cars forsale can be inse rted at schedued rates .Wrlte for detail s.

ADVERTISING RATES

Classified Ads

FOR SALE BY TENDERVeter an ca r. s inglc cylinde r 1912 A me rica n Brush , re cently importedIr orn U.S .A . Very rare model , water cooled , planetary gears, cha insto rea r wheel s. wooden fr ont ax le o n coil springs. fricti on shoc ke rs .a nti-clockwise ' c na ine rota tio n. T wo-seate r, new ho od , new paint ,ge ne ra l cond itio; go od . Requi res sma ll a~ount of mech.ani~ alt id ying up and new 30 x 3-} ty res and repairs to rnm or sh ipp ingdamage. Unforseen circ ums ta nces force ra lc .

View at Museum of T ra ns port a nd Technology, Auckla nd . Te nde rdocum ents from Sim pso n, Coats and C la psha w, Barr a nd So lic ito rs ,Box 5340 Au ckland .

T e nders close 30th M ay , 1971. highest or any tend er not neces­sa ri ly accepted.

THE IDEAL GIFTCuff Links, Tie Tac's. LapelPins. Exact replicas of Radia­tor Emblems. Bodv and nameplates. Club register badgesand pins. or anything similar.Nothing is a problem. Pleasewrite .

C. A. Jack, 3 McLellan Place,llam, Christchurch 4.

WA NT ED - Parts fo r 1929- 30Pontiac . O rig ina l ra d ia tor cap ; ra d i­at or c ra nk-ho le cover; Marvel ea r­buret o r P ontiac 200 o r Mode l AA3S.Writ e : R. S. W. Wallaee , 26 C arl­ton Av e nue . W an ganu i.SE LL - ESSEX 1925 Sedan , basic­a lly so und . M obile. good appear­a nce (s imi lar to onc in Mathi asMuseum, R ot orua ). $ 375 o.n.o. P h.662-448 A uckla nd .\VANT ED-Back issues of " Beade dWh eel s" , Se pt '65, Dec '65 , March'66 , June '66, Se pt '66, June '67 .Any ot he rs a lso , w ill pa y 50c acopy. Al so I want back issues o f" Ve te ra n a nd Vintag e M agaz ine " for1962 to 1965. H ave some copies toswa p, 1964-67. Grant H . T aylor,106 Lawre nce C resc e nt, M illp a rk ,M anurew a , A uck la nd . Phone Man .6'-698.WAN T ED - Parts for 191326 h.p ,Daimler , Ca r No. 11029 . P air o fbell sha pe d hea d la m ps, C .A .V. orsim ilar; Ign. coil and bat. vmag,ch an ge ove r sw itch ; Speedometer ,Smiths or sim ila r; Large C.A.V. gen­er ator. Bulb horn and vet er an elec ­tr ic Kl axon ; Under-slung wormdri ve d ifTerential ; four-sp eed gear­box. H ave man y parts to swa p, in­cl ud ing be vel drive diff . and m any38 h.p . part. Grant H. T ayl or , 106La wren ce C res ce nt, Millpark. Ma n­u rew a. Au ckl and . Ph . Man. 65- 698 .FOR SALE - 1934 Old sm ob ilcSed an , 6 cy l. Ve ry clean and abso­lutely co m ple te . P arts car and manyother spa res . $200. M ost of the carsoffered in April-M ay issue still av ail­able. G rant H. Taylo r. 106 Law­ren ce Cres ce nt. Millpark. Manu­rewa, Au ckl and . Ph. Man. 65-698.WANTED - Humberetre parts191 3-14 , wh eel s, steering box, twinma g., foot ped al s, petr ol tank. steer­ing colum n, o il pump, lights, o ra ny cyc le-ca r parts th at could bead apted . 1 have ch ass is and motoro nly. Swa p 1935 350c.c. R.E. and500 R .E . m ot or-cycle en gines, a lso1930 Rudge a nd Triumph mot or s;new H ucl: o n frame and gearbox1928. Will swa p for Humberetteparts menti oned above. All corres­pondence an swe red . contact : D.P almer, 206 George SI. Stokes Val­ley. Ph on e 8185.

WA NT ED- F or Intern ation al Ra llyNSU 2-sp eed en gine pulley w ith con­tr ol lever for 1910 Bradbury M ot o r­cyc le. H ave T r ium p h clutch hub asswa p. Write Ga rry Turner, 45 O ldRen wick Road , Blenheim. Ph . 6677 .

WA NT ED 1946- 48 HumberSuper Snipe. Must be im ma cul at e ,or else o rigina l, sound a nd res tor­a ble . Good offer awaits th e ri gh tcar. All letters answered. Send de ­sc riptio n a nd pr ice to 1. C. N or we ll,112 High St, Masterton. P h. 4 354.

\ VA NT ED TO BUY - For 1927D od ge 4, radiat or su rrou nd . in so u ndcond ition , ta il light , o r just a rimwou ld d o. 4 window winder ha ndlesa nd 4 good hubcaps, an y literature .Write R . F inuca ne, 276 Ri ver Road ,Kawe ra u,

FOR SA LE - Brand new head­gas ke t for 1929 Hudson Supe r-Six .W rite J. D . F inn ie, 114 MullerRoad , Blen he im .

SW A P - 1926 Ford Tourer bodyminus rea r section. also 1923 FordCowling and fan . Also 1914 Over­land 79T e ng ine a nd ra d ia to r. ForOverla nd 9 1, body a nd mudguard s.C. D yer. Oxford Ro ad. Rangior a .Ph . 6 130 Ran giora.

WA NT ED URGEN TLY - Lon gs tro ke International Norto n parts( 1913-4 500 cc Model) . Es pec ia llyco n-ro d , front wh eel with non ­det ach able brake d rum , pl at formm ounting, B.T.H. magn et o pa rt s,racing type Norton Girder F or ks.a nd a ny oth er parts for ab ove mach­ine. Also any photo ' . etc ., o f racingNorto ns. Swap: for Nort on parts1937 B.s.A. Model B26 motor, newpist o n, gea rbox. clutch . 19307 Lo ngStr oke 500cc New Imperial m ot or(ex posed val ve gear ) . K . Mcl ntosh ,16 Richard F a rrc ll Avc, Remuera 5,A uc kla nd .

WA NTED - C om plete twin ign i­ti on O.H .V . m otor for 1928-29 N as hCou pe or parts of- or would .co n­side r buying complete ca r. Ca nso me o ne please help. G . Ea strn ond .288 Qu een Street, Richm ond , N el­so n. Ph one RD 7580.

SWA P OR SELL - St ub axles a ndhubs including wheel bearings a ndo ne hub nut for 14/45 Ta lbot, wh eelrim s, four brand new 19" rims (70spo ke) ex-P.V. Talbot imported a tcost of $8 ea ch , Veteran Da iml errad iat or (A lu m in ium with tu be fin­ned core) . Veteran C ha lmers stee r­ing column con tro ls (b rass ) , LucasPIOO headlamps (p air ) ex 1948 2 1Litre J aguar. C om plete f ro nt a ndback axles with Bendi x brakes bu tno sp lines to fit ea rly m od el S.S. orS ta nda rd Avon. Head gas kets forRa ilt on or Hudson 8 a nd one o n lyM.G.D. or M typ e m idget. W olseleyH ornet Spe cia l - com p le te m ot or1932-19 34, complete chass is 1931­1934 in fair condi tion . Rad iat or.gr ill a nd louvre for 1931 m od el(radiator will fit m od el s up to1934). P lus man y o the r mi se . partsfor 1931-1934 models. G enu ine re ­plac ement headl amp glasse s to fitLuca s. CA V, Rotax 81Y glass on ly,plus othe r mi sc. he adl amp len s.rims. glasse. etc .. including LucasBi-Flex early Rotax , etc. (EnglishP .V. only). Wanted : 600 or~50 x19" ty res , preferably Olympic orn.T.R. Gilt edged o r good casesro r retreading, 440 o r 450 x 19in ,p refer abl y BTR Gilt edged- WIllsw a p for 400 or 500 x 19" if neces­sa ry . A ny parts for Sw ift cyclecarc irca 1913, pa rti cul arl y gearbox,crow n wheel and pin ion . hand brakea nd controls, front spri ngs , stu bax le , and an y body parts. a ny partsfor Meadows 4ed m ot or (I } lit re) ,o r gearbox to su it vintage Lea F ra n­cis car. Will buy o r swa p fo r anyparts listed above , phon e 492-341Auckland . or write J ohn Hea r ne .118 Nile Rd . Milford. Au ckl and 9.

FO R SALE - T a lbot 75, 1932,AM629. 9 fee t 6 inc hes wheel base.com plete chass is and running gear,m ost essential pa rts to cons truc tauthent ic tourer bod y - a rare o p­portu nit y to obtain a real th orough­bred ata reali sti c pr ice. For fu rt he rdeta ils contact Mike P oynt on , P .O .Box 319 , Wellington.

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I. 1911 ARROL 10HNSTON. (Sc ots) with be autiful brass dashradiato r. Seats m ade. Will take raceabout or boatail body,full set br ass lamps a nd horn. Motor a nd chassi s overh auled .

$ 1850

2. 1922 SUNBEAM R OADSTER. (U.K.) With dickey-seat , arare and fine looking model. . $ 1650

3. 1926 ESSEX SUPER 6 BOATAIL. (U.S.A .) 2-scater. A rarebody style . ....... .. $ 1550

4. 1926 A.C. A CEDES. (U.K. ) With spo rting body also d ickey­sca t. This is the only vintage A .C. in N ew Zealand as far aswe kn ow . A great make. and really fa st. $ 1650

5. 1929 VAUXHALL RICHMOND LIMOUSINE. (U.K.) Orig­inal leather uphol stery. This ca r was in the straightest overallconditi on of a ny we have purchased . A potential concours win­ner. Special super excellent motor. Beaut appea ra nce. $ 1950

To help keep our Museum open the above cars a re for sal e.AI:>o th e balance of our ca rs will be able to be displayed bette r.Each car has a file which will help in its re st o ration. Some havespa res , All cars are sold as is, but 2, 3, and 5 were running whenwe acquired them.

By world sta nd a rd s these prices are low. W e hope you will under­st and why we cann ot sell at gi veaway prices when we tell you th atthe estimated gross lo ss on our Mu seum project is about $ 100,000.(Ove r $50,000 of this has been lo st a lread y in the cost for storingour exhib its a lonc.)

BRYAN JA CKSON 'S CA R A VA N S AND MUSEUML.M .V.D.

228-232 M arua Road .Mt Wellingt on , Auckland.

Ph . 596-759 any time !

Wc will trade caravans and FINANCE ON +DEPOSIT.

FOR SALE : 1935 Ter ra p la ne deLu xe saloon. Motor recently ove r­hauled . Mechanical condition , bodywork, and tyres are a ll in very go odcondition . De ceased es ta te . Price$600. For Sale: Vel ocette motor­cycle-1939, 500cc. MSS modelwith gi rder front and rigid rear. H asbeen in daily use . Deceased esta te .Offers. 704 Tarn atca Street, Hastings.

WANTED - Perleese: Two ormore 25 inch wood sp o ke , woodfcll oc w hee ls for my 1917 DodgeHearse. Also tyres, tubes and rims,33 x 4 or 250 x 25 in reasonabl econdition . Write or phone 1. Mont­gomery, 15 Aubrey St, Whangarc i.Phone 83-864 .

WANTED - 1934-3 6 model U /ITriumph 250 OHV. Any parts o rpart-machine required fo r currentrestoration. Replies to Murray Me­G ill, 31 Balgay St , Christchurch 4.Phone 44-419.

SWAP - Model T F ord parts forAustin 12.4 Tourer body. L. C ra ne ,36 Grcy Street , Raetihi . Phone 356.

WANTED - C om plete differentialor hubs for 1933 V8 Cad iliac Scr­ies 355C, 7 passenger sedan. Anyo the r parts or information would bcappreciated. H. Richards, 34 Ro b­er ts Rd, East. G le nfie ld . Auck la nd10. Phone Auck. 484-171 collect(evcnings).

ALL ANTIQUE C A R NEEDS ­Spart parts, radiator badges, minia­ture badges (authentic replicas) ,U.S. rally plaques, literature, wallc ha r ts. Tf it has anything to do witha ntiq ue cars , we can su p ply it.Spec ia l ! Set of 8 quali ty prints,17in . x lOin. Bullnose M orris. AlfaRorneo 1750 . T F ord , Bugatti Type55 . 1934 A ston Martin, 1929 Bent­ley 4-} litre , 1907 Rolls Royce, 1934Lagonda M 45 R . $4. 20 per ret.plus postage . Antique Auto Sup­plies a nd Services, P.O. Box 56,Vic tor Harbour. South Au stralia,52 11.

WA NTED-For 1923 Willys Over­land Modcl 91. Headlight mount ingbar, oil breather ca p, radiato r cap.Please write R. C la rk, P. O. Box 75,Op otiki .

WANTED - Fo r 1928 7/9 h .p.Harlcy-Davidson; I pair of petrolta nks . Wri te R. Glenny, 20 MooreAve. Wanganui.

FOR SALE - New worsted plusuphol stery material. Any length sup­pied . G ood range of col ours, veryclose to that originally used onmany vintage vehicles, particularlyseda ns, Price . a nd samples suppl iedo n request. Write D . H . Ryde, No2 R .D. A shburton .

WANTED-For 1928 D odge Sedan.Radiat or, radiator cap , tail lamp, leftf1 o nt d oor. dashboard . d oor handles.etc. Al so hire or buy handb ook .Please write Peter Reid , c/o Wheat­shea f T a ve rn , R.D. I Lyttelton .

WANTED - I am gett ing prettyde sperate for a left-hand fr ont fen ­der for a 1926 Chev Superior. H avesome 1927-28 sp ares for swa p orsale. Bill Munro . St okes Valley.

FOR SALE - Rugby 4 and Dur­a nt 1927-30. M ost body a nd allmechanical spares , some new wouldlike to sell a s one lot if possible,C hev. 123, sbo rt spr ing truck ,some parts including doors. steer ingbox, gear-box, dilf. . et c. ; Almostnew pist on and rings, Dodge 3k"and T gudeon height; Bionchi 1923,type 18 only 5 left in the World.Some spec ifica t io ns: 4 cyJ. 72 x120. cc2000 cm 3, O.H.V. , pressurelubrication. gear-box 4 x RM .. etc.Offer over $500 , as this car is inex ce lle n t restorablc condition. WriteB. I. MackrelJ. 2 Rossiter Avenue,C h ristc hu rr h 5.

FO R SALE - Willys-Knight 1926 ,good cond ition, new' tyres , paint ,re -uph ol ste red , carpets. recondi­tioned mot or, etc. Ready to rally,plenty o f spa re s, m otors. wheels ,doors. etc. If inte rested contact : R.Ward, 26 Ninth Avenue. Tauranga.Ph. 85-421.

WANTED - Buy Vintage motor­c ycle , no bigger than 500 c.c . re­sto re d or unrestored. M ust be com­plete. please contact, J . Hoven , 201Da rragh's Road, Otumoetai, T au­range. Phone 66-222.

WANTED - Body, complete orback half on ly, to su it 1917 Dodgecar, a lso hood bows and rear guardsfor sa m e. H ave good Scrippe Boothpointed radiat ors to trade if re­quired . Body required urgently.Please wr ite : Don Long, 142 M ainRo ad. Bay View, Napier.TO SWAP - 1aeger clock, 4" dia.for 1aeger o r Smiths, clock or rev­counter, 3" Dia. Robin Black, 12Lynwood Ave. Dunedin.

WANTED - P arts for Panhard.Any post-war m odel (1946-1967 ;Dyna X8Z, Aerodyne. PCI7, CT 24),particularly gearbox. al so partsbooks. shop manuals. complete ca rs.Write or phone Tayl or , 1'.0. Box9217 . Phone 555-0 99 or 558 -991 ,Wellingt on.

FOR SALE 1923 C hevr oletT ourer in good order a nd runningcondition , but unregistered. Genuineenquiries o nly and an y arra nge me n tsfo r in specti on should be addressedto the Operations Manager, PaineMotors Limited . Telephon e - Ota­huhu 64-099.

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