VCC MANAWATU TOURER AUGUST 2024 by Vintage Car Club of New Zealand

THE TOURER

BRANCH DETAILS

BRANCH INFORMATION

CLUBROOMS ‘The Grove’ - 684 Kelvin Grove Road, Palmerston North

POSTAL ADDRESS P.O. Box 385, Palmerston North 4440 EMAIL manawatu@vcc.org.nz

COMMITTEE MEETING

Second Wednesday of each month at ‘The Grove’.

CLUB NIGHT

Third Wednesday of each month (except for January when no meeting is held) - meet from 7.15pm at ‘The Grove’. Meetings start at 7.30pm.

LIBRARY

Open by arrangement - contact Gary Millar - (06) 354 8298 or gw.millar.pn@gmail.com

NOGGIN & NATTER

First Tuesday of each month (except January) at 7.00pm at Murray’s Irish Bar - Feilding.

PARTS SHED

Open from 2pm on the first Sunday of each month or by arrangement. - contact Gary Millar - (06) 354 8298 or gw.millar.pn@gmail.com

BOOKINGS FOR ‘THE GROVE’ VENUE

Can be made through Creative Catering, Awapuni Racecourse. Phone (06) 354 2780 or Email : info@creativecatering.co.nz

FRONT COVER PHOTOGRAPH: Meeting for the July Sunday Jaunt at the Feilding Coachhouse Museum.

PHOTOGRAPHS IN THIS ISSUE of the Tourer have been contributed by Bryan Abraham Cathy Clements and Alan Hardacre.

The opinions or statements expressed in letters, articles, trip reports etc. which appear in this magazine are the views of the author of that letter / article / report and are not necessarily those of the Committee or Members of the Manawatu Branch of the Vintage Car Club of NZ Inc. The Committee reserves the right to refuse material it does not consider suitable for publication.

THE TOURER : New Zealand Registered Magazine. The Official Newsletter of the Manawatu Branch of the Vintage Car Club of NZ Inc.

PAGE 4 Manawatu Branch Upcoming Events and Activities

9 Upcoming Events/Activities & Event Notices - for other VCC Branches, National Events and other Clubs etc.

10 Chairperson’s Chat - Esther Williams

11 Secretary’s Scribbles - Cathy Clements

Club Captain’s Ramble - Derek Haycock

13 Photographs from the July Sunday Jaunt - ‘Shed Raid’

18 1923 Austin Seven

20 It was a good day - until…

20 England’s Best Dead Car Companies - Allard

21 Photographs from the Night Trial Prize Giving

23 You might have driven one once - 1962 Austin A60 Cambridge or A/110

23 A welcome to New Members

24 Rare 1903 Mercedes sells for £8.6 million

25 From the July issue of Wheel Torque - Historic Vehicle WOF requirements

26 Bits & Pieces from Bygone Days - a snapshot from Jaguar History

28 Photographs from the Branch Mid-Year Winter Warmer Dinner

30 Glancing Back at Early Issues of the Beaded Wheels - 1999

38 Tourer Humour

40 Word Search

41 Manawatu Branch Notices and Information - including Vintage Car Club Vehicle Classifications

43 Tourer Trader

44 Manawatu Branch Vintage Only Rally - Entry Form

46 Manawatu Branch Motorcycle Rally - Entry Form

48 Notices for Upcoming Events - for other VCC Branches, National Events and other Clubs etc.

64 Branch Committee and Appointed Positions - 2024/2025

CLOSING DATE FOR THE NEXT ISSUE OF THE TOURER - 20TH AUGUST 2024

▪ Please send your contributions on rally reports, your motoring stories, restorations, technical reports, articles, photographs etc., to:

▪ The Editor - email : bryana@xtra.co.nz - or phone : (06) 358 4014

MANAWATU BRANCH UPCOMING EVENTS / ACTIVITIES

AUGUST 2024

3rd Sat Ladies Friendship Group Morning Tea - see page 6 of this Tourer

4th Sun Sunday Jaunt - a short run to a private collection - see page 5 of this Tourer

4th Sun Parts Shed will be open between 2pm and 5pm

6th Tue Noggin & Natter - 7.00pm at Murray’s Irish Pub Bar, Feilding

14th Wed Working Bee at the Clubrooms

21st Wed Club Night - 7.30pm at the Clubrooms

25th Sun * National VCC Daffodil Rally for Cancer - see page 7 of this Tourer

SEPTEMBER 2024

8th Sun RSVP date for confirming attendance at the Combined Meeting with CHB

18th Wed Club Night - Combined Meeting with CHB Branch - see page 8 of this Tourer

20th - 23rd Combined Branch Manawatu Meander - see pages 9 & 48 of this Tourer

23rd Mon RSVP date for confirming attendance at the Manawatu Vintage Only Rally

28th Sat * Manawatu Branch Vintage Only Rally - entry form on page 44 of this Tourer

30th Mon RSVP date for confirming attendance at the Manawatu Motorcycle Rally

OCTOBER 2024

5th Sat * Swap Meet

12th Sat * Manawatu Branch Motorcycle Rally - entry form on page 46 of this Tourer

26/27/28th Inter-Branch Camp Out - see page 9 of this Tourer

30th Wed Kapiti Mid-Week run to Greenhaugh Gardens, Napier Road, Palm North - Manawatu Branch members invited - see page 49 of this Tourer

31st Thu RSVP date for confirming attendance at the 29th National Motorcycle Rally

NOVEMBER 2024

23/24th Overnighter

DECEMBER 2024

1st Sun Manawatu Branch Christmas Party & Service Awards

JANUARY 2025

25th - 27th 29th VCC National Motorcycle Rally - see page 56 of this Tourer

* Denotes a National Calendar Event

Except for formal events bring vehicles that you are comfortable driving, although a historic vehicle is preferred.

SUNDAY JAUNT - 4TH AUGUST 2024 - 2.30 PM

Meet at the Coach House Museum carpark in Feilding at 2.30 pm for a drive to a private collection in Feilding. The day will finish at the clubrooms for a late afternoon tea, and if you wish, staying on for a BYO dinner and drink.

NextNoggin&Natter

WORKING BEE AT THE CLUBROOMS

2ND WEDNESDAYOFEACHMONTH 14TH AUGUST 2024 9.30 AM > 12 NOON

Weather permitting the tree trimming will continue. If you can, please bring along saws and chainsaws, and of course, trailers for free firewood.

If you are unable to help with the trees, there is ongoing tidying up and gardening needing attention. If fine, this working bee will be looking to clean up leaves etc as part of the ongoing tidying up and gardening. Please bring some gardening tools along.

If the weather is wet, work will continue indoors on recovering the chairs. Please bring a staple gun, staples & screwdrivers so that we can progress with that task.

And of course, there will be the morning tea break which allows time for some convivial socialising.

NEXT CLUB NIGHT

7.30PMWEDNESDAY 21ST AUGUST 2024

Manawatu Branch Upcoming Events : Continued

LOWER NORTH ISLAND INTER-BRANCH - UPCOMING EVENTS

In an effort to foster more Inter-Branch events, the following events have been organised.

“MANAWATU MEANDER” - organised by Wellington Branch (Phil & Coral Kidd)

Friday 20th Sept - Monday 23rd Sept 2024

Three nights away, based in Dannevirke, and travelling around some back roads covering around 100 miles on the Saturday and Sunday, followed by “COMPULSORY Happy Hour”

Arrive Friday afternoon - Leave Monday morning.

Book at the Destinations Motel in Dannevirke (Ph 0800 172 777) - Mention the Vintage Car Club booking.

Once you have done that, please email the Wellington Branch Secretary, Alistair McCarthy to confirm your entry (mccarthys@xtra.co.nz)

“INTER-BRANCH CAMP OUT” - organised by Manawatu Branch (Glyn & Cathy Clements)

Gymkhana organised by Rob & Linda O’Keefe (Club Captains - Whanganui Branch)

Labour Weekend - Saturday 26th Oct - Monday 28th Oct 2024 (2 nights)

Venue: Base Camp (north of Apiti)

Start with a Pub lunch at the Cheltenham Hotel from midday on Saturday, followed by a backroads run for a couple of hours, arriving at Base Camp late afternoon.

Sunday morning Gymkhana (equipment supplied by Whanganui Branch), after lunch, a guided drive through the Apiti Forest Road network.

Home Monday.

Go to the Base Camp website https://www.basecamprangi.com to check out the facilities - cabins, communal kitchen and lounge area plus outdoor BBQ areas. It is BYO Everything! - food, drinks and bedding (cost per head for the complex is yet to be advised). If you are interested, please email Glyn and Cathy (cbz1@xtra.co.nz) to go on the mailing list for further updates.

We look forward to seeing you!

GLYNCLEMENTS

NorthIslandClub Captain

UPCOMING EVENTS / ACTIVITIES

AUGUST 2024

31st Sat Sulphur City Rally - see page 59 of this Tourer

SEPTEMBER 2024

7th Sat Central Hawkes Bay 2nd Vintage Rally - see page 51 of this Tourer

21st Sat 47th Annual Rubber Duckie M/Cycle Rally - see page 57 of this Tourer

20th - 23rd Combined Branch Manawatu Meander - see pages 9 & 48 of this Tourer

OCTOBER 2024

18th - 19th Marlborough/Nelson Biennial Rally - see page 60 of this Tourer

25th - 28th 7th National Commercial Rally - see page 53 of this Tourer

26th - 28th Inter-Branch Camp Out - see page 9 of this Tourer

30th Wed Kapiti Mid-Week run to Greenhaugh Gardens, Napier Road, Palm North - Manawatu Branch members invited - see page 49 of this Tourer

JANUARY 2025

25th - 27th 29th VCC National Motorcycle Rally - see page 56 of this Tourer

CHAIRPERSON’S C

Hi everyone. It has been a great busy month. We started the month off with nearly 30 cars turning up for the Sunday run. I wish to thank Jillian and Maurice Wasley for having us all there at their place.

Jillian had a lovely afternoon tea for all of us. It was also great to see the work that Maurice has done on the truck. Thank you to Derek for showing the photos and talking about the Irishman Creek Rally. I am sorry I wasn’t there as I had Nana duties in Hamilton. It certainly has been a cold winter so far. So it was nice to have our winter warmer. We had a good number come to the Mid Year Winter Warmer on Saturday Night. A very big thank to Cathy for organizing everything and the lovely food we had.

As we have more and more events at the club rooms it would be nice if we could have a number of people to go on a roster to help with the kitchen. The more people we have on the roster the least time you will be in the kitchen.

Please don’t forget our Daffodil day on the 25th August in Feilding. It would be great to see a good number of cars to support The Cancer Society. I wish to thank Annette Foot for all her hard work she has done for this display and the run back to the club rooms.

On the 6th of July we had our 1st meeting for the ladies, we had a coffee morning get together. It was a good turnout for the first one. We would like to continue this once a month, so on the 1st Saturday of the month we will be holding something for the ladies of the club.

So, calling all ladies you are welcome on Saturday August 3rd We will be meeting at 116 Café in Milson at 10.30am, for coffee or brunch.

Happy Motoring Esther

Hello Everyone,

Spring is just around the corner! Well maybe in a few more weeks - officially 1st September I’m told! Who else is looking forward to warmer weather, blooming flowers, and longer days? Waking up to bird song, sunshine and warmth throughout Spring can be hugely uplifting, evoking happiness, optimism and positivity that many of us struggle with in Winter! We endeavoured to bring a bit of “warmth” into the Members Club Room on Saturday night with the Mid Year Winter Warmer Dinner. Many thanks to all those that turned out for a delicious spit roast meal/dessert, a few drinkies, and a great catch up with other members. Thank you to Committee Members for all your efforts in helping to make the evening a success.

LADIES FRIENDSHIP GROUP - MORNING TEA

Many thanks to Esther Williams (our Chairperson) for organising the first “Ladies Get Together for Manawatu Branch”! A very successful event indeed. A good turn out, commencing at 10.30 am at Cafe Boho in Palmy, and if my eyesight isn’t failing me just yet, I think it was close to 1 pm when the last few ladies left! Next get together is Saturday 3rd August - (advertisedelsewhereinthisissue). It was so lovely to have Pam Yeatman (Canterbury Member) join us. Glyn and I met Pam and her hubby Peter on the last South Island Club Captain’s Tour. Sadly Peter has passed away and Pam has relocated recently to the Manawatu to be closer to her family. It was great to catch up with her, and a surprise for Esther who didn’t know her long time friend would be joining us! So if you have nothing planned for 3 August, come along Ladies and join us - the more the merrier!

“INTER-BRANCH QUIZ NIGHT” Central Hawkes Bay VS Manawatu

Advertisedelsewhereinthisissue. The Trophy is polished and ready to go! - All we need now is a strong team of Quizzers from our Branch to bring it home! So put the date in your diary - Wednesday 18th September (our usual club night). Numbers required by 12th September. Please advise Esther if you are planning to come at e williams@xtra.co.nz Or give her a call on 0272437275. Carpooling is encouraged!

“INTER-BRANCH CAMP OUT”

- Labour Weekend - Sat 26th Oct - Mon 28th Oct (2nights)

Go to the Base Camp website to check out the venue https://www.basecamprangi.com The link for the Booking Portal for the accommodation will be available soon. If you are on the mailing list then you will receive an email shortly with the link. There’s still time to Register - If you are interested, please email Glyn and Cathy ( cbz1@xtra.co.nz ) to go on the mailing list for further updates.

Enjoy the rest of your month!

CLUB CAPTAIN’S RAMBLE - DEREK HAYCOCK

So the new Sunday Jaunt format turned out to be a huge success with 30 cars and 50 people turning up at the Wasley’s to have a look at the 1918 Walker Electric truck after tucking into a lovely afternoon tea put on by our hosts. A huge thank you Maurice and Jillian for all their efforts on the day.

Next month all going to plan we will be visiting a private collection in the middle of Feilding that has some very historical racing cars and memorabilia. (Not the Rush collection)

The Vintage rally in September will be going back to its original format of Vintage Only to encourage people to get their Vintage class vehicles out of the shed as this was the original idea of having this rally.

Planning is well under way for the 2025 Highland Fling with the updated logo design currently being worked on at Robert Embroidery as we speak and by the feedback I received while on Irishman there will be quite a few more South Islanders attending next year.

See you all at the Daffodil Day display on the 25th of August.

Happy Motoring

Derek

Ladies Friendship Group – Morning Tea at Café Boho – 6th July 2024

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‘SHED RAID’ TO MAURICE AND JILLIAN WASLEY’S TO SEE PROGRESS ON THE WALKER ELECTRIC TRUCK RESTORATION

▪ The February 2023 Tourer included an article on Walker Electric Trucks, their history, and a brief look at their use by the Rongotea Co-op Dairy Company.

▪ The May 2023 issue of the Tourer included a four-page article on the Walker Electric truck which Maurice and Jillian acquired a few years ago with a view to restoration.

That article described the vehicle, Jillian’s family connection to it, some of it’s specifications etc., and showed the project as it was in early 2023.

The truck as it was in April last year – in the process of being stripped down by Maurice.

If you did not keep copies of those two Tourers they are available online. The link to earlier issues is below - cut and paste it into your browser: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gTU-shJle-YE1OSIdMKqvu3joxGQ6HdS?usp=share_link

The Walker Electric Truck as it was when it was picked up by Maurice and Jillian.

The Sunday Jaunt began in the Feilding Coachhouse Museum carpark.

Approximately 30 cars turned up for the July Sunday Jaunt. A couple met at the venue but the remainder lined up at the Coachhouse Museum making a rather impressive display. Some of the public who saw the cars parked up ventured into the carpark to take a closer look.

Bottomright: Derek giving a briefing prior to departure.

At Maurice and Jillian’s, most cars needed to park up on the road – creating a show of vintage and classic cars that the residents had probably not seen on their front berms.

A very big thank you to Maurice and Jillian for providing a very nice afternoon tea before the focus of the afternoon turned to the sheds and the restoration.

Above and left: the chassis –sandblasted, repaired and primed.

Below: the electric motor housing and armature beneath it. The brakes are at each end of the motor casing.

Above top: one of the rear road wheels – Above left: the assembly which fits into the road wheel.

Above right: sketch showing the view of an assembled rear wheel with the outer steel disk removed.

Below: springs and other things – some of Maurice’s refurbished parts - all meticulously prepared by Maurice before the reassembly process begins.

1923 AUSTIN SEVEN

Sourced from ‘An Era of Motoring – The vehicles of a Past Age’. Based on the collection at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu.

Generations of British motorists cut their teeth on it. Who has forgotten the crude ‘spit-and-hope’ lubrication, the ineffectual uncoupled four-wheel brakes, the bouncy suspension, the infinitesimal travel of the clutch pedal (it felt like one-sixteenth of an inch), the distinct tinkle of the fixed starting handle, and the dashboard dominated by a long list of Sir Herbert Austin's patents? Then there were the Austin 7 specials created with the aid of three-ply, fibreglass and the Bowden brake conversion, fashionable until Chummies started to fetch £500 at specialty auctions, and became, so as to speak, protected birds.

The Austin 7, alas!, outgrew its strength, and when the last ones appeared in 1939 they were over bodied (13cwt for a saloon) and still under braked despite the Girling rods all round. A Morris or Standard 8 was a better buy. But in 1922 the Austin was a major achievement. Here was a big car in miniature with no cyclecar trappings (from the mechanical starter which soon gave way to a proper electric affair), capable of transporting two adults and two children in reasonable comfort at 45 miles per hour. A gallon of petrol sufficed for fifty miles, and the pram hood (as seen on this early example - right) added a charm lost in later years. It cost only £165 too. Sir Herbert was right: it was an effective replacement for the motorcycle and sidecar, which he termed ‘an unmechanical contraption’.

Many family motorcyclists did not agree. But the baby was soon selling 20,000 a year and it's descendants are multitude. From Morris’s answer, the ‘Minor’ came the M.G. ‘Midget’, Rosengart made Austin Sevens in France, and Dixi made them in Germany, where they developed into the advanced B.M.W’s of the 1930s. The American Austin Seven was a flop but in 1940 it's makers produced the prototype Jeep. When the parent firm finally discarded the Baby, the engine’s manufacturing rights went to Reliant of Tamworth, thus fathering another successful family. William Lyons’s first step away from sidecars was the smart little Austin Swallow of 1927, while Colin Chapman's backyard Austin specials evolved into the Lotus.

Add to this countless sports, racing, commercial, military and marine-engine adaptions of the 1920s and 1930s, and it has to be admitted that Sir Herbert started something July 1922.

▪ Number of cylinders: 4-cylinder sv

▪ Bore, stroke, capacity: 56 x 76 mm., 747 c.c.

▪ Ignition: High tension magneto.

▪ Gears: Three speed.

▪ Transmission: Shaft.

▪ Brakes: Foot on front wheels : hand on rear wheels.

▪ Suspension: Transverse: quarter-elliptic.

▪ Price when new: £165.

▪ Model current: 1923 to 1939

Sir Herbert Austin with his prototype in 1922

The Swallow Works in Coventry

An early Ausin 7 climbing Beggars’ Roost in the Lands End Trial

IT WAS A GOOD DAY - UNTIL ……

Source:AntiqueCarWrecks-fromOldCarsWeekly’s“WreckoftheWeek”photoalbum.

An almost new Model A Ford roadster ran into this seven – or eight-year-old American LaFrance fire engine on June 29, 1930 in New Jersey. Judging from damage caused to the truck, this Ford was probably a total loss.

ENGLAND’S BEST DEAD CAR COMPANIES

Allard

Sydney Allard built almost 2000 cars between 1946 and 1957, many of them fast American V8-engined sports cars, although there were plenty of saloons and even a woody wagon.

But despite an array of models, the marques’ top brass failed to assess the direction in which the automotive world had headed and thus the final model from the company - the two seater Palm Beach was said to have been a year behind its competitors for tech and driving dynamics. Allard went into administration in 1957.

FROM:AUTOCAR(UK)

Manawatu Branch Club Captain Derek Haycock awarding prizes for the Night Trial.

Verdon Heath (Horowhenua) joint winner with Bruce Pool (CHB, navigator) of the Night trial (1 minute time penalty)

Phil Robertson (Manawatu) joint winner, Night Trial (1 minute time penalty)

Selection of Photographs from the Night Trial

Rob O’Keefe (Wanganui) 3rd place for the Night Trial (2 minute time penalty)

Harry Jackson-Vile, (Manawatu) Hard Luck Prize - Night Trial (Bumper fell off the Chev truck …again)

From: The Daily Express Review of the 1962 Motor Show

A WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS

The Manawatu Branch of the Vintage Car Club is pleased to welcome two new members.

Steve Jones

Dianne Lambly 1952 Ford Prefect

Welcome to our branch and we look forward to seeing you both at our future club activities.

RARE 1903 MERCEDES DUBBED THE ‘WORLDS FIRST

SUPERCAR’ SELLS FOR £8.6MILLION

Its hammer price has made it the most expensive pre-1930s motor ever bought at auction. The 'supercar' could reach speeds of 80mph.

The car spent six decades on display at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, Hants.

The MercedesSimplex 60 HPwhich could reach 80mph and was then the fastest production car in the world - is one of only five left.

It was bought 121 years ago by newspaper magnate

Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe. The car later spent six decades on display at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, Hants.

It was sold in Florida by Gooding & Company. He said: “It was a real thrill to be there for such an iconic piece of motoring history.”

"The marquee was packed and the bidding started at $5 million (£3.9m), swiftly moving through the gears to $10 million (£7.8m).

"It then became a two-way battle which ended with the hammer falling at a breathtaking $11 million (£8.6m ) - yet another world record for Gooding and Company."

BITS AND PIECES FROM BYGONE DAYS

A Snapshot from Jaguar History

The photograph below shows Jaguar engines under test in 1956. At this time, engine production still took place at the Browns Lane site, although it would later be transferred to the former Daimler facility at Radford.

The engines in this photograph are XK units, each having been attached to its gearbox before being mounted on a Froude ‘water brake’ dynamometer. Here an exhaust extraction pipe was added as well as a fuel supply and an external oil pressure gauge, with the engine plumbed into an external radiator on the dynamometer, itself cooled by a fan shrouded in mesh. Curiously, some engines were run on petrol, but some were run on the town gas supply using a special carburettor.

Bits and Pieces from Bygone days :

Each engine was subject to a surprisingly rigorous test: having first set the idle speed and ignition timing, it was run for up to two hours at 2000rpm before having the sump removed and flushed out before refilling with fresh oil and checked again.

The full test took some four hours and engines recording a maximum power output below specification were rejected.

After a successful test, the engines were sprayed with a lanolin wax to protect the decorative cam covers during their onward transit to the final car assembly and then their first owner.

The test would later be reduced to around 40 minutes in the 1970s, by which time engine production had moved to the former Daimler site at Radford.

From ‘Jaguar World’ – January 2024 issue First published in the Coventry Telegraph

How is this for a ‘Safety’ car?

The fellow on the roof looks ‘really safe’ – not even appearing to be strapped to his seat! - and looking at the left rear wheel the car isn’t mucking around too much either!

PHOTOGRAPHS

- FROM THE BRANCH ‘MID YEAR WINTER WARMER’ DINNER

Selection of Photographs from the Mid Year Winter Dinner : Continued

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SNIPPETS FROM 1999 - MAGAZINE NUMBERS 235 > 240

From Beaded Wheels - Issue 237 April/May 1999.

This Beaded Wheels Restoration Feature is from Issue 236 - February/March 1999.

Having been published some 25 years ago, some members who have joined the branch in more recent years will probably have seen the Dodge, but not had the opportunity to read about its restoration.

In the Beaded Wheels magazine some of the article was printed double page width. In setting the article out in this issue of the Tourer it has been necessary to ‘re‘-format some pages to enable it to be viewed single page width.

Glancing Back at Early Issues of Beaded Wheels : Continued

Find the following hidden words in the grid below:

AORANGI CEDAR CHURCH CORNISH

DEWE EYRE FAIRVIEW HARRIS

GLASGOW KAIMERA MANCHESTER MAKINO

MARLBOROUGH MONTAGU OAKELEY RANUI

RIMU SHERWILL SUNRISE SOUTH

TINGEY TURNERS URSULA WELLINGTON

WEST

EARLIER ISSUES OF THE TOURER ARE ONLINE

An electronic resource has been set up making a large number of earlier issues of the Tourer easily available for reference. The link to those earlier issues is below. Cut and paste the link to your browser: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gTU-shJle-YE1OSIdMKqvu3joxGQ6HdS?usp=share_link

- AND THE CURRENT MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS FROM OTHER VCC BRANCHES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE

Use your smartphone, tablet or computer to see the current Newsletter from other VCC Branches online and to check out what activities are on in those branches. Go to www.vcc.org.nz then go to Branch Newsletters

BRANCH EMAILS

Have you been receiving notification emails from the branch ???

There is an ongoing effort to keep all members right up to date with happenings that they may be interested in - especially in the weeks between publication / release of the Tourer.

If you have not been receiving these email notifications it will be because we do not have your email address on file, or because you have chosen to keep your details confidential.

Either way, if you want to get on the list, then please advise your details to manawatu@vcc.co.org

Members can be assured of confidentiality as the emails are released using the Bcc field meaning that email addresses are suppressed from other recipients.

NAME BADGES

NEW MEMBERS should contact the branch Secretary, to organise to collect their free name badge.

EXISTING MEMBERS should contact the branch Secretary, to arrange a replacement for a lost or damaged badge - at cost.

VINTAGE CAR CLUB VEHICLE CLASSIFICATIONS

VETERAN: Motor Vehicles constructed prior to 31st December 1918.

VINTAGE: Motor Vehicles constructed between 1st January 1919 and 31st December 1931.

POST VINTAGE : Motor Vehicles constructed between 1st January 1932 and 31st December 1945.

POST WAR : Motor Vehicles constructed between 1st January 1946 and 31st December 1960.

POST 1960 : Motor Vehicles constructed between 1st January 1961 and 31st December 1980.

POST 1980 : Motor Vehicles constructed after 1st January 1981 provided that no vehicle is deemed eligible for this category until the day immediately following the 30th anniversary of its original date of construction as determined in accordance with Section 2 of the Club Vehicle Technical Code. (refer to the Club By-laws)

AUTHENTIC REPRODUCTION VEHICLES: Motor Vehicles newly constructed to the exact specification of an original factory production vehicle. (as described in the Club By-laws)

FACTORY BUILT & HISTORIC RACING VEHICLES : (as described in the Club By-laws).

PERIOD SPECIALS : (as described in the Club By-laws).

IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOUR VEHICLE DISPLAYED IN THE CLUBROOMS ?

If not, please have a talk to Robert Wilson at club night.

More photo frames have been purchased so things are all ready to go - we just need the photographs - whether it be of your vehicle in original, restored, or unrestored condition.

To get your vehicle displayed in the Clubrooms all Robert needs from you is a photograph of your vehicle in landscape layout.

The photograph needs to have a picture view area of 16cm wide x 11 cm highmeaning that the image of the vehicle needs to fit into that given size although the photograph size will be a little larger (i.e. 18cm x 13cm (5 x 7 inches)).

OLD MANAWATU BRANCH DOCUMENTS

A Friendly Reminder, if you have been on a previous Committee with the Branch and have any old Branch documents (e.g. old membership lists) stored away at home could you please return them to the Branch at the next Club Night or alternatively contact the Secretary, Cathy Clements to arrange a possible pick up. Even though they may be outdated documents, they still contain members/past members private contact details. It is imperative that we continue to keep this information confidential.

Thank You. TOURER TRADER - BUY, SELL & EXCHANGE

MANAWATU BRANCH

Vintage Only Rally

Starting from the Clubrooms

Saturday 28th September 2024

ENTRY FORM

MANAWATU BRANCH

Motorcycle Rally

Starting from the Clubrooms

Saturday 12th October 2024

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FOR UPCOMING EVENTS - OTHER VCC BRANCHES, NATIONAL EVENTS & OTHER CLUBS ETC.

Enquiries to : Bruce Poole ph 06 8589940 or email : brucepoole1930@gmail.com

Assemble at Russell Park Waipukurau at 10.45 am Briefing at 11am First car away approx. 11.10am

Contact either the Tourer Editor or the Manawatu Branch Secretary if you would like a copy of the ‘Rubber Duckie’ Entry Form emailed to you.

An Email received by the Branch from the Rotorua Branch of the VCC.

Hi all, the entry form for Rotorua branch's Sulphur City Rally 2024 is attached.

There is no formal dinner planned for this year's event, but we can arrange an informal dinner gathering on the Saturday night at short notice at Rotorua's "Eat Street".

The event will travel on country roads around the Bay Of Plenty and Waikato areas, with our usual high quality lunch option.

Regards, David Tomlinson

Rotorua Branch

Contact either the Tourer Editor or the Manawatu Branch Secretary if you would like a copy of the ‘Sulphur City’ Rally Entry Form emailed to you.