18 September 2011. The weather Gods were kind to us today, well at least for a while. It was a very warm and sunny Sunday morning when sixteen members in nine Austin 7’s and a modern met at the Brighton-Le-Sands Amateur Fishermen’s Association car-park for the start of our Annual Austin 7 Display Day.
Madge & Allen Blythe
In attendance was Warren Gracie, Ken Rolley, Joanne & Mark Wellington, Maureen & Merv Boatwright, Amy & Paul Pui, Cliff Edwards, Ron Selig, Judith & Bob Riches, Faye & Robert Yarroll and Madge & Allen Blythe with their daughter Kerry and granddaughter and boyfriend Eliza and Guy. The Blythe’s were in their red Austin 7 and their family brought along two beautiful Buicks. After leaving our meeting place we continued on a leisurely drive along the Grand Parade passing Dolls Point and onto Scott Park Wetlands. And our cars looked great lined up beside the park. Naturally our little Austin’s were looking their best for our Display Continued on Page 6
Committee Name
Home Phone
Mobile Phone
President
Warren Gracie
(02) 9569 2108
0417 417 826
Vice President
Paul Pui
(02) 9958 1791
0413 621 078
Secretary / Public Officer
Maureen Boatwright
(02) 9822 8609
0413 017 263
Treasurer
Helen Lewis
(02) 9709 2344
0407 108 196
Spare Parts
Mervyn Boatwright
(02) 9822 8609
0412 940 001
Club Examiners
Warren Gracie Mervyn Boatwright
(02) 9569 2108 (02) 9822 8609
0417 417 826 0412 940 001
Membership / Registration
Faye Yarroll
(02) 9706 8007
0412 830 041
Editor / Webmaster
Robert Yarroll
(02) 9706 8007
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As a courtesy, please do not contact Committee Members after 9:00pm.
Club Meetings The Austin 7 Club NSW Inc meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 8:00pm in the NRMA Training Rooms, NRMA Building, George Street, North Strathfield. Parking is available in the NRMA car park opposite the building.
Magazine Deadline The deadline for all contributions to Baby Torque is the 2nd last Friday of each month. Contributions should be sent to The Editor, Baby Torque, 10 Lorraine Street, North Strathfield NSW 2137.
Banking Details Austin 7 Club NSW Inc
Austin 7 Club NSW Inc Spare Parts
Bank
Laboratories Credit Union
Bendigo Bank
BSB
802-841
633-000
0000009132
128875804
Account Page 2
Presidents Report Your Committee has recently discussed our Club’s declining financial situation over recent years, mainly due to various member freebies such as calendars and more recently this high class Baby Torque magazine.
will remain in its new format as it has been very well accepted by members; although our calendar will be discontinued.
On a lighter note, the upcoming President’s two-day weekend away promA review of Club income reveals ises to be an enjoyable event that will membership fees have not changed not affect our savings too much. over the past decade and must now Happy Sevening ... Warren Gracie increase (see page 10). Our magazine
Events Report The wind blew over Botany bay on a bright and sunny Sunday as our Club celebrated its thirty-second Annual Austin 7 Display Day. There was nine Austin 7’s and three other cars. In their Austin 7’s were Allen & Madge Blythe, Merv & Maureen Boatwright, Cliff Edwards, Warren Gracie, Paul & Amy Pui, Ken Rolley, Ron Selig, Faye & Robert Yarroll, Mark &
Joanne Wellington, Bob & Judith Riches in their modern and the Blythe’s family in two big old cars. It was great to see the Blythe’s again, especially as Allen is still experiencing knee problems. See you on the Scarborough Breakfast Run. Happy Austin 7 touring … Maureen Boatwright Page 3
Coming Events 2 October 2011 … Breakfast Run - Scarborough Hotel - Scarborough Departing NRMA car-park North Strathfield at 7:45am or Heathcote Railway carpark at 8:30am. Please contact the Events Team on 9822 8609 if you are interested in attending and advise your starting place. Our destination is the Scarborough Hotel, 383 Lawrence Hargraves Drive, Scarborough. 15 - 16 October 2011 … President’s Weekend - Southern Highlands Meet at the Liverpool Regional Museum, Cnr Hume Highway & Congressional Place, Liverpool to depart at 9:00am. For members with trailers, please contact Warren Gracie on 9569 2108 or Maureen Boatwright on 9822 8609 for further directions. Please bring a Thermos of hot water. Morning tea will be provided. If you want to make this a long-weekend and stay overnight Sunday too, then contact Warren or Maureen to arrange extended accommodation. 6 November 2011 … Breakfast Run to Hawkesbury River Marina - Brooklyn Departing NRMA car-park North Strathfield at 7:40am. Our Destination is the Hawkesbury River Marina, Dangar Road (Lot 501 McKell Park), Brooklyn. Please contact the Events Team on 9822 8609 if you are interested in attending. 12-13 November 2011 … Bendigo National Swap Meet - Bendigo Any members wanting to sell their second-hand car parts at this Swap Meet please give them to Kevin Harte at our October or November General Meeting. All parts must include a clearly marked price tag (see page 10). 27 November 2011 ... Christmas Function/Presentation Day Staring place TBA. Destination is Twin Creek Golf & Country Club at Luddenham. Buffet available at Adult $39.00 and Children $19.50. There is also a two course selection for the kids from the Dining Room for just $12.95. For further details please contact the Events Team on 9822 8609. Bookings are required by 30 September 2011. Your family and friends are very welcome. There will be golf clubs and buckets of golf balls available just for fun! Also, please don’t forget to bring along your shoe box full of goodies for our Christmas Auction. 11 December 2011 ... Ladies Day - Lunch at a Club Departing NRMA car-park at North Strathfield and visiting places along the way including Oatley Park. Lunch will be at a Club and bookings are essential. Please contact the Events Team on 9822 8609 if you are interested in attending. 15 January 2012 … Breakfast Run - Scarborough Hotel - Scarborough Departing NRMA car-park North Strathfield at 7:45am or Heathcote Railway carpark at 8:30am. Please contact the Events Team on 9822 8609 if you are interest-
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Coming Events ed in attending and advise your starting place. Our destination is the Scarborough Hotel, 383 Lawrence Hargraves Drive, Scarborough. March or April 2012 ... Sydney Vintage Car Restoration - Crookwell 23/3-25/3 or 30/3-1/4 will be a long-weekend based in Goulburn. Goulburn is a very popular place to stay and our motel booking must be secured ASAP. Please contact the Events Team on 9822 8609 if you are interested in attending. 1 - 5 October 2012 90th Anniversary National Austin 7 Hub Rally - Tanunda, S.A. There is immense interest in this Rally, so make sure you have booked your Barossa Valley accommodation. The renowned Bay to Birdwood Run is for vehicles produced before 1956 and will be held on the day prior to the Hub Rally (Sunday 30 September 2012). Since Austin 7’s will be the featured car of the Hub Rally it would be preferred if all participants could be in Adelaide for the Bay to Birdwood no later than the evening of Saturday 29 September 2012. This will be the largest single-day vintage and veteran vehicles event in the world. You could also consider arriving in Adelaide earlier to join some of the Motorfest events during the week leading up to the Bay to Birdwood Run. Those members who sent their Expressions of Interest to the Austin 7 Club SA should now have their June 2011 Update to read in detail. Please contact our Events Team on 9822 8609 if you require an Expressions of Interest form or any further information. Members staying at the Barossa Motor Lodge will need to leave between 5:30am6:00am on Sunday to drive to the Bay to Birdwood event.
Invitations Accepted 30 October 2011 ... Chevalier College Fete - 567 Moss Vale Rd, Burradoo Gates open at 7:00am at this Southern Highlands college. There will be handicrafts, cakes, sweets, hot food, an entertainment stage and more. Please contact the Events Team on 9822 8609 if you are interested in attending. 12 November 2011 ... Padstow North Public School Spring Fair Enjoy a great day out at Watson Road, Padstow. There will be stalls, rides, displays, entertainment, cakes and raffles, etc. Please contact the Events Team on 9822 8609 if you are interested in attending. 13 November 2011 ... Razorback Crankhandle Association 30th Annual Fisher’s Ghost Tour This will be approximately 100 kilometres of scenic touring. Please contact the Events Team on 9822 8609 if you are interested in attending. 4 February 2012 ... Leura’s Automobile Picnic in the Mall A great display of cars from the 1920’s. This event is part of a month long Festival of 1920’s nostalgia throughout the Blue Mountains. Please contact the Events Team on 9822 8609 if you are interested in attending. Page 5
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Day, and didn’t they get plenty of attention from passer-by's. At the Park we were joined by the Blythe’s daughter-in-law Lynn. Everyone unloaded chairs and rugs from their cars and made themselves comfortable in a grassy area under some trees, settling in for a very enjoyable day. Some of the more adventurous wandered over to Bado-Berong (Small Fish) Creek that flows through the park and feeds the wetlands and salt marsh, where there’s a large camouflaged viewing shed to observe the local bird life. However, it wasn’t long before our chairs and rugs were almost blown away by gusty winds coming off the water. One member was worried that his little Austin could become air-born; so a more sheltered part of the Park was located and everyone moved to the new site. The time came for members to vote for their favourite Club Car of the Year, and Cliff Edwards 1935 Austin 7 Ruby won the shield. Congratulations Cliff! The new site proved to be a much better spot to enjoy our lunch and was also on a pathway, so quite a few locals took time-out from their walk or bicycle ride to admire the colourful assembly of old cars. There was lots of photos snapped and a lot of smiles all round. As usual, the Quiz proved quite challenging and it’s amazing what Maureen Boatwright can do with a piece of string and a tape measure! The day wasn’t without it’s mishaps as Faye Yarroll was called upon to supervise Robert’s unexpected wheel change when a rear tyre was punctured by a rather long screw. Luckily for Robert, Faye knew exactly what to do and the little car was back on the road in no time at all! It was a treat to have our Display Day at a different location this year, however, we hope it will return to it’s traditional home of Centennial Park next time. Page 6
11 September 2011. The Bull & Bush Hotel at Baulkham Hills was the venue for the Annual Orange Blossom Festival Classic Car Display & Swap Meet. This day has traditionally attracted both exhibitors and the general public alike to see a fantastic display of veteran, vintage and classic cars and other special interest vehicles too. However, this years event was the first for it’s new organiser and proved to be just a shadow of it’s former self. Four Austin 7’s represented our Club, being those of Kevin & Barbara Fahey, Trevor Hails, Brian & Deirdre Haywood and Robert & Faye Yarroll. Our Vice President Paul Pui brought along his nephew to check out our little cars, and the Haywoods were joined by two of their children and families. Brian enjoyed showing his granddaughter Amber how to toot an Austin 7’s horn. And didn’t she love it. And everyone loved Amber too, she’s such a cutie. Brian and Deirdre were awarded a plaque by the judges for their Austin 7 Annie (see left). Page 7
Car of the Month ... Ross & Robyne Bell’s ‘29 Chummy It was a year Ross and Robyne will never forget. It was 2001 when a small red and black bundle of joy named Anna Bella entered their lives. The baby Austin was actually found in pieces in about 1984 at Manly by Basil Kein. Basil, the former owner of Antique Tyres at Canterbury Road Hurlstone Park, took her home to Yowie Bay where he painstakingly performed a total restoration. However, by the time Ross and Robyne become her new custodians she had been sitting in a shed for years and hadn’t been driven for ages. So yep … yet another total restoration was undertaken. This included a new camshaft, a bigger radiator, new paint and chrome, plus a new second gear and a full set of tyres. As well as being members of our Club, Ross and Robyne are also members of the Milton Uladulla Vintage and Classic Car Club. During his time as Events Director, the Club members greatly appreciated the huge effort Ross and Robyne put into planning and organising a very lively social calendar. Whenever possible, their bright red Anna Bella is driven to Club outings where it attracts a large number of followers; many of these fondly recall long ago days of their own experiences with an Austin 7. It seems that practically everyone started their motoring lives in Austins, including the great New Zealand Grand Prix driver Bruce McLaren and Australia’s Peter Brock.
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Anna Bella … and what a little beauty she is! Ross and Robyne married over thirty years ago and have three children and four grandchildren. For all his working life Ross had a close connection with Austral Bricks; for whom he was a cartage contractor from 1968 to 1998. His father worked for Austral bricks even longer than Ross, forty years from 1932 to 1972. The Bell connection goes back further as Ross’s grandfather’s sister married Ted Spackman who founded Austral Bricks in 1907. Ross and Robyne find it difficult to attend many of our Club events as they live at Milton in southern NSW, but when they do they have a great time. They really looked the part at the public display day at Austins Over Australia 2011 recently when they dressed in the era of their car. And don’t they look grand! Well, we mightn’t see Ross and Robyn very often but we’re certainly glad they’re part of our Club. We hope you can both join us again, with Anna Bella, for another fun touring experience! …the Editor
Information Sheet If you would like to see your Austin 7 featured in this magazine please complete and return the “Car of the Month - Information Sheet” available from the Editor. Page 9
Any Club member wanting their Spare Parts taken to the Bendigo National Swap Meet 12-13 November 2011 please contact Kevin Harte on (02) 9614 1512. Our Club has Site 307. There are 5,000 sites booked this year and over 30,000 people are expected to attend over the weekend. More than 52 car Clubs will be there too!
Austin 7 Club NSW Inc
Changed Membership Fees Single Membership Fee for 2012 ………… $50 Family Membership Fee for 2012 ………… $55 Joining Fee (effective immediately) …… $30 The Joining Fee applies to all new members and those who have not renewed their Membership by 31 January each year.
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Recent Happy Snaps
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These minutes of the Austin 7 Club NSW Inc are to be confirmed at the next General Meeting
Minutes of the September 2011 General Meeting Held on 14 September 2011 at NRMA Training Centre, George Street, North Strathfield. The meeting was opened at 8:04pm by Paul Pui who welcomed all members to the meeting. Minutes taker: Maureen Boatwright Attendees: 13 Apologies: Dennis & Helen Quartley, Warren Gracie, Cliff Edwards, Mark & Joanne Wellington, Brian & Deirdre Haywood, Helen Lewis, Carolyn Thompson, Paul Boatwright and Mervyn Boatwright. Visitors: Nil Moved: Barbara Fahey
Seconded: Robert Yarroll
Minutes of previous meeting read and accepted: Moved: Bob Riches
Seconded: Robert Yarroll
Business arising from minutes: NIL Correspondence: Inwards: Baby Torque (WA), Drive Chatter, The Depender, Veteran & Vintage Car Club of Goulburn, The Light Shaft (Vic). Letter from Wayne Styles (for editor) to place an advertisement. Invitations from Razorback-Crankhandle Assoc., Fishers Ghost (30th Run) 13/11, Padstow North Public School Spring Fair 12/11, Orange Blossom Festival 11/09/2011. Outwards: NIL Moved: Faye Yarroll
Seconded: Trevor Hails
Treasurer Report: Paul Pui read the Financial report for July & August. Moved: Amy Pui
Seconded: Robert Yarroll
Spare Parts: Paul Pui read the Spare Parts Report. Moved: Robert Yarroll
Seconded: Trevor Hails
Editor: Robert Yarroll commented on All British & Eastern Creek photos in magazine. Jim Dunn’s blue sports car won a prize at All British Day. Car of the month is interesting reading. Thanks for items in breadbox for auction at Christmas Party. Membership Officer: Faye Yarroll reported 77 financial members plus R.Lane. Page 12
Spike going well, 10 a day look at website. Supper roster - looking for members. Welfare: Sympathy card sent to Peter & Maree Maher with condolences from the Club members. Peter was a foundation member of this club and resigned a few years ago. Public Officer: Maureen Boatwright reported payment due for Insurance in September, increase in fee due to higher cover of Public Liability. Events Team: There will be an October Breakfast Run on Sunday 2/10/11 south to Scarborough Hotel. November breakfast run, north to Brooklyn. Interest required for Weekend in Goulburn including visit to Vehicle Restoration Shop & BBQ lunch in Crookwell. Bendigo Swap Meet is 12/13 November & K. Harte asked for banner for Bendigo. Committee would appreciate feed back & programme book & new site number for the club records. All parts to be sold at Bendigo should be bundled & priced and given to K.Harte at October or November general meetings. Sausage/steak sizzle at future runs, small cost & cans of drink for sale @ $1. Cost of Presidents run discussed. Moved: Robert Yarroll
Seconded: Amy Pui
General Business: Membership fees will be $55 family, $50 single. Joining fee of $30 applies immediately & Rejoining fee of $30 (become un-financial & rejoin). New prices for raffle tickets commences tonight. Suggestion by Kevin Fahey for membership cards saying members of club, committee to discuss. The meeting closed at 9.00pm. Door Prize - Won by Eric Bourne Raffle - Won by Faye Yarroll
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All Spare Parts correspondence should be addressed to: Mr Mervyn Boatwright, P.O. Box 366, Casula Mall. NSW 2170 Telephone: (02) 9822 8609
Email: m.boaty@bigpond.com
Spare Parts will NOT be brought to meetings unless requested beforehand due to the vast number of parts in stock nowadays. Please contact Merv by the Thursday evening prior to the meeting with details of the parts you need. All Members choosing to pay by cheque for parts should read the instructions at the bottom of their invoice. Please make all cheques for Spare Parts payable to Austin 7 Club NSW Inc Spare Parts.
Bottom Fan Pulley
$40 Page 14
Hub Puller
$40
Rear Shocker Coil Spring
$8
Bad Weather If bad weather conditions are looming, please contact Maureen Boatwright on Saturday evenings or from 6:30am on the Sunday of the run (H) 02 9822 8609 (M) 0413 017 263 or Warren Gracie (H) 02 9569 2108 (M) 0417 417 826. And please remember to always carry the following documents in your Austin 7:
Comprehensive Insurance Policy Clubs’ Certificate of Currency Baby Torque Magazine
Point Score Trophy Don’t forget the Austin 7 Club NSW “Point Score” program. Our aim is to see as many people as possible attending events and meetings (including monthly general meetings). Participation in an event or outing from the starting point to the finish will score you 2 points, while attending a general meeting will score you 1 point. These points are awarded whether you attend in your Austin 7 or modern car. The person with the highest points tally will receive a trophy at our Christmas Luncheon / Presentation Day. So come along and get involved.
Supper Roster 12 October 2011 9 November 2011 14 December 2011
Joanne & Mark Wellington Judith & Bob Riches Members to bring a plate
11 January 2012
Your Committee
8 February 2012
Faye & Robert Yarroll
14 March 2012
Maureen & Merv Boatwright Page 15
Member of The Council of Motor Clubs, Inc
Austin 7 Club NSW Inc "Dedicated to the preservation and enjoyment of all types of Austin Sevens" Postal Address: P.O. Box 6009 North Ryde NSW 2113 Email: info@austin7clubnsw.org.au Website: www.austin7clubnsw.org.au
The Austin 7 Club NSW Inc has been active for over 25 years and aims to bring together people with the common interest of restoring, preserving and driving Austin Sevens. We are an informal family club that regularly takes our "Babies" to the road for some fun social touring. Spare parts are available to Club Members through the Club Spares Division and our technical people will give advice, where possible, in regard to the restoration of these cars.
RTA Conditional Registration Any Member using a vehicle on RTA Historic Conditional Registration Scheme (HCRS) and attending a Secondary Club Run or any event listed under Invitations Accepted or Other Events of Interest MUST contact a Committee Member to advise your vehicles movements PRIOR to attending the event. The committee of the nominated primary club on your conditional registration must be aware, and approve of, all move-
ments of your vehicle. If you wish to attend invitational events outside Club runs, you MUST contact a Committee Member to log the trip, otherwise your registration and insurance is NOT valid. You should carry a copy of the Clubs’ Certificate of Insurance (Public Liability) in your Austin 7 at all times together with the most recent copy of this Baby Torque magazine.