Daffodil Day Co-ordinator 2024/5 Denis Knight 027 351 3190
Daffodil DayAssistant
Vehicle Identity Card
Signatories
Allan Mollison 027 748 2225
Evan Henderson
John Tremaine
John Parish (03) 208 6479
027 432 0197 (03) 208 5505
Chairman’s Report
AUCTION NIGHT: at our September Meeting it was decided to again hold our annual auction at our general meeting on October 8th starting the meeting at 7.30 pm, like we always do. So, bring along all of those goodies that have been gathering dust in the shed, or maybe some baking, preserves, jams or veggies. But please, leave behind the stuff that you know will just go to the refuse site. Come along and buy something and have a laugh.
It was nice to see all those who turned out on a not so good day for the Daffodil Day Rally. Thanks need to go to Paul & Lynne Herron for stepping up and taking over for Denis Knight when he had to pull out after suffering a fairly serious medical issue. Thank goodness he is now on the mend. Denis has to take it easy for a while now to let the body recover.
At the time of writing this, Beb Kennedy is in Southland Hospital and has been for a month. He is on the mend and hopefully will be up and about soon. He also will have to take things easy for a while.
Finally, congratulations to Tommy Nicholson, 80 years young a couple of weeks ago.
Murray Proctor
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Jokes from Gerry Kennedy
Apparently owls can’t mate when it’s raining. It’s too wet to woo.
When fish are in schools they sometimes take debates.
My grandfather invented the cold air balloon but it never took off
A mouse died of a heart attack on a supermarket shelf after seeing the price of cheese.
A lion would never play golf but a Tiger Wood.
Warning! Do not eat liquorice before bed, you dream about All Sorts.
I am considering buying an electric car but I don’t have a current licence.
Two peanuts were walking in the park, one was a salted.
From the Editor’s Keyboard
As those of you who were at the monthly meeting will know, Donna and I are now back after a sixweek holiday (mostly) in the UK, visiting familyand doing some “touristy” things. You may be “treated” to some of the highlights if there is space in coming issues of The Wiper. (In other words, if I don’t have enough material sent in to fill the pages!)
I’m pleased to say that this month’s issue has been (mostly)filledbyyourcontributionsbut Ihavefound spaceto includeapiece about ourvisit to theDrWho exhibition in Wellington. Paul Herron and Denis Knight have provided updates on the Daffodil Day Rally, while Allan & Diane Young report on the August Tuesday Ramble. Raewyn & Keith Dodds had an interesting time on the Opening Run and Alan Ritchie, Greg Elder & Stewart Quertier and Evan Henderson have provided photos from the Daffodil Day Rally, preparations for the DicksonAuction and the Opening Run, respectively.
As always, a huge “Thank you” to everybody who has sent me contributions, no matter how big or small, they are all very welcome!
David North
BRAINTEASER
Q: You walk into a room containing a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle, and a fireplace. What do you light first?
Answer next month
Answer to last month’s Brainteaser
Q. Which four letters can be written forward, backward, or upside down and still be read from left to right?
A. NOON!
Daffodil Rally 2024
Again, with the Cancer Society being the beneficiary of our fundraising, Denis Knight had organized most of the day’s run for Sunday the 25th August. However, Denis had a serious medical intervention and Marie Knight rang me to advise of the situation. Between Lynne and myself we agreed to see the Run completed on Denis and Marie’s behalf.
The weather on Sunday was somewhat disappointing with steady rain and cold. By11am the rain had stopped in time to welcome our 29 entrants with some new faces and even some from the South Otago region.
This year we had at the start Helen Stephens representing the Cancer Society and was also welcoming our hardy motorists.
Entrants at the Gore A&P showgrounds
Helen Stephens (L) talking to Mary Tremaine (in car), John Tremaine in baseball cap
With the raffle boards all sold, we left on the route the Knights had organized to Pukerau and through to the Mataura-Clinton back road, to Clinton, up to Balclutha and heading onto the coast via Kaka Point and to our end at Owaka.
At the Owaka Inn we had a barmaid draw our raffle boards with John and Katy Parish winning the first and Evan Henderson the second.
The bar was very busy, having the Catlins Gravel Sprint and the Catlins Boar Hunt patrons there along with some of our motorists. We had 16 of our own members and 13 visitors attending and raised $805.40 for the Southland Cancer Society.
It was great to see some of our entrants wearing the yellow theme and Greg Elder and John Tremaine even had their cars painted yellow for the theme. We were down on last year’s numbers and believe the cold day had a bearing on this.
Greg Elder arriving at the Showgrounds
Thanks to all who had donated and attended and to the Knights for their organizing.
Paul Herron
Hi David, a copy of the letter I sent to the local newspaper
Hi Judy, here is a report on the 2025 Daffodil Rally for you to do a story on in this week’s Ensign.
We had 33 entrants about the same as last few years. We believe numbers were down owing to a cold wet day but there is nothing we can do about that.
As I was unavailable on the day due to a health issue the running of the event was taken over by Paul & Lynne Herron with help from fellow Gore Vintage Car Club members for which I am very grateful. A big thank you also to all the people who entered the event and turned up in their many different variety of vehicles.
The Rally left Gore and wound its way to Owaka via Kaka Point It was a very busy day at Owaka with another car run turning up plus the Catlins Rally Sprint as well as the local Shooting Competition weigh-in but it all went well all the same.
We managed to raise over $800 for the Cancer Society which was a great effort. We have been informed by the community fund raising coordinator for the lower South Island that collectively the combined clubs have doubled last year’s total raised so well done to you all.
Raffles were won by Katie Parish and Evan Henderson.
A special thanks to Aurora Funeral Services Gore for their sponsorship printing posters, entry forms, maps and run sheets. We will be running the event again next year in October 2025 and look forward to another successful Rally.
Many Thanks
Denis Knight 2024 Daffodil Day Rally Coordinator
More Photos from the Daffodil Rally
Alan Ritchie
We gathered at the Gore Vintage Car Club Rooms car park and at 11am we set off on our trip.
The weather was fine and sunny, we headed through Waimumu on to the Glencoe Highway and then on to Winton for lunch at the Top Pub. Thirty three members and partners had a lovely lunch relaxing in the restaurant. Then it was on to Dipton to meet Dion King at Old Iron Garage.
Agreat afternoon ensued, inspecting Dion's collection which included unrestored 1930s to 1970s cars, (mostly, but not exclusively) old race cars, hot rods, tractors, car parts, signs, oil cans, automotive memorabilia and various motors being rebuilt.
Mid-afternoon we thanked Dion and headed home. Allan & Diane Young
In Welsh History This Month
12th October
The legend of Madog discovering America over 300 years before Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas on October 12th 1492. According to the story, Madog was a Prince of Gwynedd, who in 1170 sailed westward across the Atlantic and landed on the American shore. He returned to Gwynedd to recruit settlers and left, never to be seen again. The settlers supposedly travelled up the great rivers before settling down in the Midwest and intermarrying with a Native American tribe.
References to Madog’s discovery of America;
* A site on Rose Island, Kentucky, is claimed as once being home to a colony of Welsh-speaking Indians.
* The references to a seafaring Madog were used during the Elizabethan era to bolster British claims in America. The earliest surviving account to make the claim that Madog had come to America appears in Humphrey Llwyd's unpublished 1559 “Cronica Walliae". John Dee then used this manuscript when he submitted a treatise the "Title Royal" to Queen Elizabeth in 1580
* During the first English navigation of the James River in 1607, Welshman Peter Wynne, wrote that some of the pronunciation of the Monacan language resembled "Welch".
* Another encounter with a Welsh-speaking Indian was claimed by the Reverend Morgan Jones, who said that he had been captured in 1669 by a tribe of Tuscarora called the Deog, whose chief spared his life when he heard Jones speak Welsh, a language he understood.
* Francis Lewis, a signer of the American Declaration of Independence is said to have had a conversation with an Indian chief who spoke Welsh.
* Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States believed the "Madoc story" to be true.
* Llewellyn Harris, the missionary who visited the Zuni tribe in 1878, noted that they had many Welsh words in their language. Sent in by Donna North
Opening Run 2024
At the start
(L-R) The Austin 7, Allister Graeve’s Valiant, Greg Elder’s Ford Bonus (on its first Club run post-restoration) and the Brewster’s Triumph (obscured)
Saturday the 14th September could not have turned on any better weather. The sun shone, the wind did not blow and there was not even a threat of rain. Twenty-one vehicles, from right through the categories of Vintage Car Club, took part in the run organized by Murray and Marilyn Proctor.
We started with the proverbial two questions as we left the grounds. One about when thefirst moon landingwas andtheotherwas howmanycolours in the rainbow. Nothing to do with cars which should make it easier than remembering what you have read in the Beaded Wheels or The Wiper. But no.“Wherewerewewhen theylandedonthemoon??”Countingbackfrom now to then to work out our age, then the year??? The correct answers were 1969 for the moon landing and 7 for colours of the rainbow.
Allan & Diane Young in their Model A on its first Club Run
We had our lovely clear instructions for every turn required plus an instruction to count all signs that we had to follow not including the yellow suggested speeds for bends in roads etc. The interpretation of ‘not including’ was varied but made for an interesting trip along each road. Following instructions, checking for road signs and discussing the trip and said meaning of instructions. Thank goodness there were no weather stresses! Thirty-two signs was the required answer. An interesting request that opened up lots of banter when we all arrived safely back at the Clubrooms for afternoon tea.
The route took us out toward Dolamore Park, turning off at Lady Charlton Road, back down Waimumu Road then past the cemetery before turning onto the main road toward Mataura. Across the Mataura River then up Doctors Road. Here wemust say-formost vehicles.OurweeAustinSeven doesn’t do hills like that without a verybig run up! Great instructions made it easy for us to turn and pick up the instructions back at the Bridge.
A wee tiki tour around Mataura then back onto the main road and a quick left turn onto Glendhu Road. The next instruction was right turn onto Glendhu Road. ‘Which way do you want me to go? Make up your mind!’ was heard in one car that we heard of and no doubt in many others. But the instructions were correct. Glendhu Road does have a definite right turn at the top. Stunning views as we drove along looking for the “right turn”. We then came down through Waimumu and re-travelled the same road but this time all the wayinto town.Aquick deviation around some Gore streets and past NPD to check today’s specials then back to the Clubrooms for an amazing, over-catered, shared afternoon tea. And, of course, lots of chat. Thanks Murray and Marilyn for a great run to start our season. Best of luck for the Organisers of the rest of the runs to come. You have a lot to live up to, just getting the Weather Gods on your side for a start.
Raewyn and Keith Dodds
(Photos from Evan Henderson)
Preparing for the DicksonAuction
(Top to bottom) Loading up, loaded, at the Auction venue
Greg Elder
Run Saturday 5th October
10.45am: meet at Clubrooms
11.00am: first car away
Bring a picnic lunch and something to sit on
There is an optional $5 donation for use of the lunch venue and/or admission to an interesting local landmark (or you are welcome to picnic outdoors and make your own arrangements for the rest of the day)
Matt Cook 027 379 1131
GORE BRANCH
2024AUCTION NIGHT
OCTOBER 8th, 7.30 pm
START
Hi everyone, this is an invitation for you all to check out your sheds and look out a few treasures that could be auctioned off at October’s meeting.
I only ask that you do not bring along a bunch of stuff that is of no real value to anybody.
Please ensure it is something that will help raise funds for the running of our club. Items may be dropped off on the Wednesday prior to the auction or ring me.
We hope to get a few members from out of town attending so we really do need some items that may be of interest to them.
As usual baking, vegies, plants, jams etc. are very well sought after and very welcome items. Also bring along plenty of cash for purchasing said items.
Denis Knight,Auctioneer 0273513190
Gore Branch Events for the 2024-25 Season
Event Date Organiser(s)
Dunedin Classic Car
Club 50th Anniversary
P60 Run
Saturday 28th September
Saturday5th October Matt Cook
Auction Night Tuesday 8th October Denis Knight
Ladies Run
Josephville Hillclimb
Christmas Run
Sunday 11th November Pauline Price
Sunday 1st December Evan Henderson
Sunday 8th December Bruce & PaulinePrice 2025
Picnic Run January Rod Bell
National Model T Convention Friday/Saturday 14th & 15th February
Festival Rally Saturday 22nd February Katy Parish
Swap Meet Sunday 16th March Katherine Welsh
Diggers Run March Bruce & Pauline Price
FrankRobson & Clearwater Capers
Sunday 5th April Greg Elder
National Club Captain’s Tour (meal) 12th April Paul Herron
Night Trial
End of Season Run
Tuesday Ramble
Saturday 12th June Rod Bell
Last Tuesday of the month (except December) Co-ordinated by Gerry Kennedy
Editor's note to event organisers
If you want to see a report in The Wiper please provide one yourselves or organise somebody to do it for you.
(N.B. This works best if you ask them before the event!)
Other Events
2024
28th September Blossom Festival Rally, South Otago Branch
5th – 6th October 56th Dunvegan Rally, Otago Branch
11th – 13th October Canterbury Branch Swapmeet & Display
12th October Post Vintage & Post War Rally, Southland Branch
19th October DunedinAutospectacular
25th – 28th October 7th National Commercial Rally, Oamaru
2nd November Commercial Rally, Southland Branch
2nd November 52nd Taieri Tour, Otago Branch
9th November Clutha Rally, South Otago Branch
16th November North Otago VCC Swap Meet
22nd –24th November Hawke’s Bay VCC 65th Anniversary Rally
22nd –24th November South Canterbury Branch 3 Day Tour
2025
25th – 27th January National Motorcycle Rally, Manawatu Branch
5th – 7th February National Veteran Rally, Marlborough Branch
8th February Southland VCC 70th Anniversary Rally
23rd – 28th February 17th National Model AFord Rally, www.modelafordclub.co.nz
8th March Nelson Swap Meet Bazaar
11th March Race4Life, Teretonga Park
22nd – 24th March COVCC OtagoAnniversary Weekend Run
11th – 18th April South Island Club Captain’s Tour
18th – 20th April National South Island Easter Rally
18th – 20th April Wheels at Wanaka 2026
15th – 21st March Vero International Festival of Historic Motoring
Tuesday Ramble 29th October
10.30am: meet at Clubrooms
10.45am: depart for Mossburn Hotel
Noon: lunch at Hotel (order off the menu)
Trying to book somewhere to visit, if no luck then we will have an afternoon relaxing at the Hotel!
Numbers before 24th October
Contact Gerry 027 233 4634
Ladies Run Sunday 17th November
1.00pm: meet at Clubrooms
1.30pm: first car away
(The Run will be approx. 140kms in total, including 5km of good gravel)
Bring your thermos and afternoon tea
Pauline Price
027 454 1954
In New Zealand History This Month
Denny Hulme wins Formula One title
22 October 1967
In 1967 Denny Hulme became the first – and so far only –New Zealander to win the Formula One World Championship. In his 10 seasons in F1, Hulme won eight races and stood on the podium 33 times. He finished third in the overall standings in 1968 and 1972.
After winning a Driver-toEurope scholarship in 1960, Hulme became a protégé of the legendary Australian driver Jack Brabham, whose F1 team he joined in 1965.
The 1967 championship comprised 11 races. Hulme won at Monte Carlo and in Germany, and secured enough podium finishes elsewhere to claim the championship by five points from his boss. He also finished second in the Canadian-American Challenge Cup series and fourth in the Indianapolis 500. He was named New Zealand Sportsman of the Year.
In 1968 Hulme joined the team of fellow Kiwi Bruce McLaren (see 2 June). This time two victories were not enough for him to defend his title. He remained with McLaren until his retirement in 1974.
Hulme later turned to touring car racing and died from a heart attack during the 1992 Bathurst 1000 race in Australia.
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More Photos from the DicksonAuction Preparations
Transport arrangements
Organiser Paul Herron and some of the cars
These photos are shifting out of Robin Dickson’s shed, four truck and trailer loads!! Also some at the Auction site. Paul & Lynne Herron have done an amazing amount of work for the coming auction. Stewart Quertier
What We Did on Our Holidays
Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder Exhibition
by David North
The author and the TARDIS in the entrance lobby
Donna and I flew up to Wellington in June to go to this exhibition in the new Tākina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre. We both watch(ed) Dr Who, although our “Doctors” are different due to our ages. I remember the beginning, with William Hartnell in black & white in 1963, well beforeDonna’stime. Ithendippedin andout,not really“gelling”with any until David Tennant, Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi and Jodie Whittaker (2005-2022). Donna’s favourite was Tom Baker, with his long scarf, (1974 to 1981). The various companions didn’t appeal to her and it's probably best not to dwell too much on them, suffice to say that Rose Tyler, Martha Jones, River Song, Amy Pond and Clara Oswald made an impression!
In the foyer of the Centre, we were greeted by Daleks and a TARDIS.
The entrance to the exhibition itself was through an arch in the shape of the TARDIS’ door. The walls leading up to this entrance were adorned with a series of quotes from various of the Doctors, plus scientists and writers. Some of my favourites were these:
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Arthur C. Clarke
Thefirst areaincluded a recreationofthefirst TARDIS control console and the costume worn by the first Doctor (played by William Hartnell).
The Tardis console Mk1, the “original”
The exhibition was “Created in collaboration with BBC Studios, scientific themes such as artificial intelligence, DNA manipulation and cloning – all of which have featured in Doctor Who episodes – are explored and explained.”
As you went through the various areas, the exhibition combined artefacts from the television series with text, video, “talking heads” and interactive touchscreen displays delving further into different aspects of Dr Who, the making of the series and some anecdotes from people involved with it.
This was complemented by similar features discussing areas of “real” science, such as black holes, whether time travel is actually possible, and why the TARDIS is bigger on the inside.
Then into “The Monster Vault”, where “visitors will come face to face with many of the Doctor’s alien adversaries and learn about their connections with real science.” There was a warning at the entrance that “This room does not have a sofa to hide behind. Parents should be accompanied at all times by responsible children” (!). Oddly, the vault also included K9.
A Time Lord’s best friend, K9
The first monsters, predictablyenough, were two Daleks, one of which was open on one side for sitting in and having photos taken. Next to the other Dalek was the chilling sight of the ultimate mad scientist himself, Davros, next to a selection of Cybermen, followed by several of the Doctors’ other adversaries, mostly (I think) from the more recent series:
Sontaran
Weeping Angel (“Don’t Blink!”)
The Meep and, towards the end of the exhibition, The Lady Cassandra
From the exhibition website:
“Doctor Who is one of the longest-running action-adventure television series in the world spanning 60 years and winning over 100 awards. This quintessentially British show has a huge global following, with 9.6m fans across social platforms/channels and 100m video views on YouTube in the last year alone. It has been honoured by Guinness World Records as the longest-running science-fiction series in the world.”
We both thoroughly enjoyed the exhibition. The mix of “real” science and Sci-Fi worked very well and the scientific explanations were clear and easy to understand. We spent about four hours there and, after we left, I realised I’d forgotten to go back to one of the touchscreen “tables” to finish exploring some of the Dr Who elements, so it should have been longer!
For “Whovians” (and others) who didn’t know about it, or haven’t seen it, the exhibition is on until the end of October and, in my opinion, is wellworth making the trip to Wellington. (The Exhibition Centre is just across the road from Te Papa and there are many other museums and places of interest in Wellington, so there’s plenty to make a day, or a weekend, of it.)
Readers were asked to “identify the car (by make and model) and the location”.
The car is the Editorial 2017 Fiat 124 Spider Abarth andthelocationisthe corner of Timaru & Orari Streets in South Dunedin.
Much to my surprise, I only received two entries. The first correctlyidentifiedthecar(atgreatlength,thanks,Isuspect to Dr Google) but failed to give either the location or their contactdetails.(Failuretoreadthequestionthoroughly?!)The second correctly identified the car and the (exact) location (also offering “on the back of a truck” as an alternative location) and included their name & contact details.
First Prize therefore goes to Graham English and
Second Prize goes to Rod Bell
Both prize-winners have been notified and will receive their prizes the next time I see them at a meeting or Run.
My congratulations to both entrants!
The Editor
Joke
What does a clock do when it’s hungry? It goes back 4 seconds!
Sent in by Des Brewster
WANTED
New volunteers for meeting night suppers. The “old hands” keep putting their hands up but it would be great to see some new faces stepping up to ease the load. If we had 12 volunteers/teams each would only need to do it once a year. The House Convenor
Gore VCC Supper Roster
October Mary Tremaine
November To be advised
December To be advised
January To be advised
March To be advised
April To be advised
May To be advised
June To be advised
July To be advised
August To be advised
September To be advised
IF YOU ARE UNAVAILABLE ON YOUR ROSTERED NIGHT, PLEASE CONTACT ME OR SWAP WITH SOMEONE ELSE ON THE LIST.
THANKS, PAUL HERRON
Weneedtocater forabout 30to 40 members each night. The cuppaandservingofthesupper is to be arranged within the Social Committee.
If necessary, ingredients and/or small items can be bought at Gore New World and charged to the Gore VCC account.
FOR SALE
2/3
WANTED
FOUR MGB spoked wheels with knock off spinners, in good condition.
$500.00 for the lot.
Contact Starr McDougall: 03 208 6501 or 027 610 3357
Windscreen and rubbers for a 1949-51 Austin Atlantic (will consider anything).Also radiator grille & surround for a 1937 Dodge sedan.
Chris Scoles, phone 027 226 5967 – NOTE NEW PHONE NUMBER
3/3
Sent in by Donna North
Tailpiece
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