VCC OTAGO ROADRUNNER OCTOBER 2023

Rally

Private Collection of Vintage Originals

Men and Women

 1920’s - 1970’s era

 Accessories, hats, furs and much more

 Larger fittings are a speciality

 Personalised vintage fashion shows for events/occasions/functions presented by an experienced team of models

Phone: Sue – (Dunedin)

03 489 4033/021 146 4987

CLUBROOMS 125 Forbury Rd., Dunedin , 9012 Phone 455 0586

BRANCH EMAIL

COMMITTEE MEETS

Postal Address: 125 Forbury Road, Dunedin, 9012

otago@vcc.org.nz

2nd Monday of month 7.30pm

CLUB NIGHT Friday 7.30pm to 11.00pm

MOTORCYCLE NIGHT First Friday of the month

MONTHLY MEETING Last Friday of the month 8.30pm

PARTS SHED

Friday 7.30pm – 9.30 pm. Wednesday 09.00am – 12.00 noon

ARTICLES FOR NEWSLETTER Can be forwarded to your editor by the 3rd Wednesdayof the month please

VERO INSURANCE APPLICATIONS Please quote Otago “Agent No

H0300145 Inspector No 916”

LIBRARY ROSTER Library open 8.00 - 9.30 Friday night OCT

EMAILUS YOUR REPORTS

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If you have attended an event and feel moved to put pen to paper for a report – please do so and email it to our Editor.

eleanor.harrison@otago.ac.nz

It would be nice to read other people’s stories.

BRANCH EVENTS (listed in bold)

Please contact your branch secretary if you would like entry forms for other branch rallies / events

2023

OCT Fri 6th Motorcycle Group Meeting 7-8th Canterbury Swapmeet Sat 14th Autospectacular

21st -23rd OctAnnual Mount Cook Rally

Thurs 26th Midweek Run

Thurs 26th VIC Officers training 10.00 -12.00

20-23rd 6th Nat Commercial Rally Wanganui

Fri 27th Clubnight Speaker - Alzhiemers Society

NOV Fri 3rd Motorcycle Group Meeting

Sat 4th 51st Taieri Tour Sat 11th South Otago Annual Rally

TBA Commercial / Veteran Rally Sat 18th North Otago Swapmeet

Fri 24th Club night

Thur 30th Midweek Run

DEC Fri 1st Motorcycle Group Meeting

Sun 3rd Moped Rally Sat 2nd Windsor Rally – North Otago

Sun 10th Branch Christmas BBQ

Wed Last day for the year

2024

JAN Wed 17th Club rooms open

Sun 21st Jackson Rally 20th Kickstart Motorcycle Rally - Waimate

Fri 26-28th National Veteran Rally incorporating the 70th Dunedin

Brighton Run

Mon 29th – 31st Prince Henry Tour – for veteran vehicles

FEB tbc Vin/PV/ladies Run

5th National Vintage only Rally – Marlbourgh

10th Wallaby Rally - Waimate

MAR tbc Overnight Run 29th -1st April Nat SI Easter Rally &60th Ann - Nelson

APRIL tbc Garage Raid

MAY Restoration Rally

VCC NATIONAL EV ENTS

2024 January 26 -28th National Veteran Rally / Dunedin Brighton Run, Otago

March 2-11th North Island Club Captain’s Tour – Wanganui Branch

March 29 – April 1st South Island Easter Rally – Nelson - April 2-5 Post Rally Tour to Golden Bay

2025 Bid to hold National Motorcycle Rally – Wairarapa

2026 March/April Vero International Festival of Historic Motoring - Nelson

Please remember to WEAR YOUR NAME BADGES when you are attending club events – especially as we have a good number of new members attending our events – and it is a good way to identify people.

AUTOSPECTACULAR

Saturday 14th October

Veteran Vehicles wanted for club display ………………………………………………………..

Midweek Run - Lunch time run

Thursday 26TH October

Meet at the Clubrooms at 10.30 am.

Planning to travel to Oamaru for lunch at Scott’s Brewery

Numbers required -

Please let Kevin Mason or Marion McConachie know if you intend to come ………………………………………………………..

Last Friday of the Month Club Night

Friday 27th October - 8.00pm

Speaker fromAlzhiemers Society Otago –

Donation bucket will be available

Please bring a plate to share for supper afterwards ………………………………………………………..

Clubrooms are open every Wednesday

From 9.30 am until 11am

Acuppa is on offer for a gold coin donation

This is a good opportunity to meet other members and help out with a few chores that might need attended to.

Activities are increasing as the weather improves. The Rally for Cancer was very successful, as was the delivery of the daffodils to businesses and the University. The P60 P80 PWV rally was run through some of the steeper and twistier roads around the city then out to Dunback for lunch and awards.

Last Thursday's lunch was at Kaitangata where the attendance was good as was the meal. There are a number of events coming up as you will see in the Calendar of Events

Also coming up is a training day for those members that check our vehicles for a VIC application. This is open to all club members to attend and could be handy for those that are restoring cars etc. The date is October 25th at 10am for approx. two hours.

Happy motoring, Graeme

AUTOSPECTACULAR

Club

Saturday 14th of October

Display: Veteran Vehicles wanted

This event is a month later this year. Our branch has decided to promote the National Veteran Rally and 70th Dunedin Brighton Run this year.

We would like a good number of Veteran Vehicles from our local members for the display this year. Could you please contact your branch secretary with your offers? Details of the where when and how will then be forwarded to you.

The crew having lunch at Kaitangata

20 September 2023

Tēnā koe Vintage Car Club Otago Branch, I want to express my gratitude for your wonderful donation of $1,500.20, raised from your Vintage Car Club Rally on Daffodil Day.

Your donation will ensure Kiwis receive vital support and allow us to continue life-changing cancer research, impacting future generations.

Through our services we strive to alleviate the physical, emotional, and financial burden that families face during their cancer journey. Specifically, your support enables us to provide the following essential services to families through Otago and Southland:

Practical Support: We offer practical assistance, such as transportation to medical appointments, free accommodation for patients and their families who are travelling away from home for treatment and support to navigate the health system.

Emotional Support: We provide access to counselling services, support groups, and psychological resources to help families with the emotional challenges that often comes with a cancer diagnosis.

Information and Education: We offer comprehensive information resources, educational programs, and workshops to ensure families have the knowledge they need.

Once again, thank you for your generosity on Daffodil Day. We are honoured to have your support and work together to support families impacted by cancer.

Ngā mihi maioha, Nicola Coom Chief Executive Cancer Society of New Zealand, Otago & Southland Division Inc.

David Mills with his Austin on Daffodil Day at St Clair Esplanade

Helpers needed

- If you do not plan to participate in the rally – please consider giving a few hours of your time to help with Marshalling at the start or at the lunch stop, or with field tests. We need your help otherwise this event will not happen. Please get in touch with Marion McConachie 4530404, 0273387008

bmmcconachie@xtra.co.nz

COMMERCIAL & VETERAN RALLY

This event normally runs towards the end of November. It would be great if some of our members would be willing to put their hands up to organise this!

NATIONALVETERAN RALLY INCORPORATING THE 70TH DUNEDIN BRIGHTON RUN

FRIDAY 26TH – SUNDAY 28TH JANUARY 2024

This is being hosted by the Otago Branch of the Vintage Car Club at the end of January 2024.

The registration information and entry forms can be accessed simply by going to the VCC NZ website, clicking on 'National Events' and scrolling down to our event. The entry form is designed for completion online but if you want to print it off simply hit the option.

Please let myself or the Rally secretary Trevor Kempton know if you have any issues with this format.

VIC OfficersAwareness/training session on our club’s revamped/new format VIC application

This session is scheduled for Thursday 26th of October at Otago Branch Clubrooms at 10 am.

All interested members are encouraged to come along and learn more. The session should take approximately 2 hours and allowing for questions.

Correspondence:

Dear Branch Secretaries,

At the recent Annual General Meeting in Nelson I was appointed as the South Island Club Captain, which is a huge honour for me. I thought the best way to start communicating was to introduce myself. I have been a member of the Vintage Car Club since 1976 and have served on the Otago branch committee including stints as Club Captain, five terms as Chairman and also the Branch delegate on the National Executive.

My working career has been in the finance sector.

As the South Island Club Captain it is my role to assist the South Island Branches as and when required and to provide assistance / guidance when you are hosting either a National Rally or AGM and especially with the changes to the Incorporated Societies Act and how that affects you at branch level.

My preferred form of communication is email - I will endeavour to respond to you in a timely manner however please understand this may not always be possible. If the matter is urgent please do not hesitate to contact me via cell phone. My contact details are as below.

The management committee has a monthly Zoom call so should you have a matter that you think should be raised at one of these meetings please email me the details.

I look forward to working with the "mainland" branches and visiting you when I can.

Kind regards

Mark Wilkinson, South Island Club Captain

021 1686068

sicc@vcc.org.nz

Vero Insurance Scheme - Just a reminder, the VCC Vero insurance scheme is set up for those with current VCC membership. If you become unfinancial you will no longer receive discounted insurance premiums.

As we move into Spring and daylight savings, I am starting to get a good number of Entry Forms for events that other branches are holding over the coming months. These will be emailed to you all. Otherwise let me know if you need a copy. Also our own calendar is starting to fill up with various activities happening. The committee is needing some willing helpers to assist with many of these events. They can’t happen if we don’t have the helpers.

Thank you to all of you who have already indicated your assistance for the National Veteran Rally in January. Meetings will be arranged prior to the event to go into the planning of the duties that have been assigned.

Annual Membership Invoices for the subscription year 1

November 2023 - 31 October 2024 have now been emailed to all members with an email address and posted to the remainder of our members.

For those members who have had the invoices emailed to them, please remember to check your spam/folder as our National Office bulk emails tend to end up there. If you add the VCC bulk email address nationaloffice@vccnz.nz to your safe addresses list, then this should prevent this occurring again in the future. A number of invoice emails have bounced back as undeliverable, and National office is working their way through them. Some email clients have rejected their emails as they suspect them as spam due to recent tightening of their spam filters. For those members National office is resending the invoice from their admin@vcc.org.nz email address and they seem to be getting through. Where the invoice bounces back as undeliverable due to the email address not existing etc, then the invoice is being printed and posted. If you have any query about the subscription invoices, please don't hesitate to contact Linda at National Office.

Weekday group for the ladies of the branch

I have had a request or two from the ladies in our branch asking it there could perhaps be a monthly get-together at the clubrooms or wherever, for a cuppa, crafts, or whatever thoughts you ladies come up with. Let's talk about this and come up with a plan.

ALLBRANCH NEWSLETTERS

All branch newsletters are available on the Club Website. www.vcc.org.nz scroll to News from our Branches

Entry forms to individual branch events should be accessible and printable via this forum. Or there should be a copy in the clubrooms or contact me for a copy. Entries usually close within two weeks of the event.

NNB: Please if you are planning to enter a local event, and running late with entry forms, please contact the organizer by phone or email to let them know you are coming. They need to know numbers for printing the instructions, and catering purposes for some events.

Otago Branch - Name Badges - $10 each – order them from David Ross

Tech Talks – Last Friday of the Month Club Nights

We are always looking for additionalinteresting speakers. Please get in touch with a committee member if you have any contacts.

SPARE PARTS SHED: – Parts shed is usually open every Wednesday morning, and Friday evenings when the clubrooms are open. Reminder – see if you can effectively recycle your parts before scrapping them. NO TYREs by request.

LIBRARY NEWS - The library is available to members on Wednesday mornings. Just check that there is a committee member available to assist is needed.

Did you know that we get sent copies of ‘The Vintage Sports Car Club” of UK Newsletter on a monthly basis. These are kept in the library and are available for your perusal. Lots of interesting information in them including their events calendar, Sales, Library and information services. Etc. Classic Car Magazine is also available for your reading. But it must be returned to the library.

Library - we are looking for one or two members who might be able to assist with sorting a new data base for the Library. Please contact a committee member.

My Vintage - www.myvintage.co.nz is a new online marketplace devoted to all those people who are passionate and enthusiastic about Old Cars and other old vehicles.

AED DEFIBRILATER -There is one on the outside wall of the 4 Square shop on the corner of Bayview Road. Please make a point of familiarising yourself with its location – Never know when it might be needed.

The VCCNZ Facebook page at: www.facebook.co/vintagecarclubofnewzealand

If you want to add photos and short write-ups for insertion to Facebook please send to: comms@vcc.org.nz

VIC Applications / Authenticity Statements

Please Make sure of the following:

Please write clearly – capitals preferred: ensure that the application forms are completed fully, especially in regards to mileage, engine manufacturer, some history of the vehicle (even if it is only “purchased from Trade Me in April 1999”)

Get 3 identical photographs of the vehicle, correct size as indicated on application form

Photos of Chassis/frame number and/or engine numbers.

PLEASE CHECK THAT ALL PAPERWORK/(PHOTOS - CORRECT SIZE!!!) ARE PRESENT BEFORE FORWARDING TO YOUR BRANCH VEHICLE

REGISTRAR – It gets very time consuming when we need to contact you time and again to ensure everything is sorted.

THE VIC CARD BELONGS TO THE VCC AND MUST STAY WITH THE CAR!

CHANGED VEHICLE OWNERSHIP - SOLD OR SELLING YOUR VIC’D VCC VEHICLE

– YOU NEED TO ADVISE NATIONAL OFFICE!!!

ENSURE YOU SEND YOUR VIC CARD ALONG WITH CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP DETAILS TO NATIONAL OFFICE

– There is a form that needs to be completed for this (available from Branch Secretary or on the VCC website

VIC information is the property of the National Club – this is their way of keeping records of Vehicle ownership etc.

2023 PWV P60 P80 Rally Report

17th September started a rather miserable day, but thirteen willing drivers and their passengers arrived at the clubrooms for the PWV P60 P80 Run. After the briefing on the rally route, we departed at 11am heading to the Dunback Domain where, thanks to Gavin Meads, we had access to the NZ Motor Caravan clubrooms for our lunch, which was very much appreciated because of the weather. Thank you, Gavin.

After a few narrow roads around Dunedin we headed out to Waitati via Mt Cargill Road then onto SH1 to Palmerston and then to Dunback.

After lunch Mark Wilkinson gave the answers to the Quiz that he had prepared for the rally. The winners were presented with their certificates by our chairman: Graeme Duthie

PWV Kevin Fowler with his 1950 Jowett

P60 Kevin Casey with his 1968 Wolseley

P80 Stu and Lynn Neill with their 1989 Toyota Corolla

Thanks to all who took part in the Rally and to Mark for helping with organising the event.

Kevin Mason

Footnote: Rumor has it that another branch member, who was not on this particular event, was spotted in his Model T in Waikouaiti having ‘got lost’ en route to Macreas for lunch on the Sunday. He had left Danseys Pass with a group of others using a map to guide him along the intended route. Having navigated some gravel roads and a ‘ford’ in the rain and wind his paper map had begun to fall apart due to the rain getting in. He had had to resort to cable ties to help hold his hood and side curtains down. He had found the better track home via the coast as the rest of the group battled with high winds and eventually torrential rain motoring back to Dunedin via Middlemarch.

Lyn (and Stu) Neill, Winners P80 with their 1989 Toyota Corolla

Kevin Casey, Winner P60 with his 1968 Wolseley

Booking conditions - next page

Interislander Booking Conditions:

“VINTAGE STYLE” STOCK CLEARANCE

During November “Vintage Style” is having a huge Stock Clearance & is inviting VCC club members – from near and far – to pop in and participate in this rare opportunity to take advantage of the drastically reduced prices of original vintage / retro fashion - including modern pieces – to make way for exciting new stock:

WHEN: Mondays and Tuesdays during November 2023 Phone / email Sue for an appointment;

WHERE: At our home – 7A Carlyle Road, Mosgiel, Dunedin(parking on Carlyle Road, off Bush Road);

WHAT: Original & Unique Vintage / Retro 1920 – 1970 era Private Collection, top quality; Day Wear & Evening; Bargains galore, unique 1-off designs from USA, UK, Australia, NZ; (Ladies sizes: 6 – 30 / Mens’ sizes: S – 4XL)

BRING: CASH / PHONE BANKING – Bring a friend!

Enquiries: Sue Partel Phone: 021 146 4987

Email: thepartels@gmail.com

Email: otcl@es.co.nz

Postal: 406 Hillside Road, Dunedin

Phone 455 5029