VCC TARANAKI TORQUE MARCH 2023

TOPICAL TORQUE

MARCH - APRIL 2023

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On The Cover: At the start of the Waitara Mini Vin Rally, Waitara Town and Country Club, and the parking entrance to the Fossil Fuel Extravaganza, Hawera.

Taranaki Branch Committee

CHAIR - VACANT PAST CHAIR - COLIN JOHNSTON E: cajohnstoncollections@xtra.co.nz Ph: 06 754 6216 M: 021 131 6699 SECRETARY - ROB THOMSON(Acting) E: railmodelsl@xtra.co.nz Ph: 06 758 4881 CLUB CAPTAIN - VACANT TREASURER - ROB THOMSON E: railmodelsl@xtra.co.nz Ph: 06 758 4881 LIBRARIAN - ROSE COX EDITOR – JIM LOGAN E: logandj49@gmail.com Ph: 06 751 0316 COMMITTEE M: 027 604 4821 MARK MASTERS E: rmmasters@xtra.co.nz Ph: 06 765 7544 KEVIN FABISH E: kev.fabish@gmail.com Ph:06 756 7665 IAN WILLFORD Ph: 067533691 GRANT BISHOP Ph: 0272958492 HISTORIAN/CUSTODIAN – ROSE COX E: roselcox7@gmail.com Ph: 06 752 2525 M: 027 353 9968 NAME TAGS/BADGES – KEVIN FABISH E: kev.fabish@gmail.com Ph: 06 756 7665 BEADED WHEELS - Ph: 06 754 6216 GROUND & VEHICLE VIN’S/VIC’S - Ph: 06 755 2810 PARTS COMMITTEENEIL ROOK Ph: 06 758 6737 JOHN MUTER E: megandjohnny@xtra.co.nz Ph: 06 751 5554 PAT STIELLER Ph: 06 754 6096 CES BUDD Ph: 06 2410454 VEHICLE VIN’S/VIC’S - Ph: 06 765 4419 MID – WEEK COORDINATOR - BRYAN MORRIS Ph: 06 272 8027 COLIN JOHNSTON LES BOGNUDA MIKE WILLIAMS

Committee Chatter for Topical Torque

Hello Folks

We have had a busy month of February and it looks like it will be just as busy in March. The 50th Celebration Rally of the Waitara Mini Vin Tour was held on the 26th of February with a very good attendance of 45 entrants. The weather held fine and everyone rally enjoyed the activities that were put on for them. Congratulations to Greg and Denise Carter for winning the rally driving their 1936 Chevrolet car. This was pretty special for these new members as it was the first time they had participated in the Mini Vin tour.

All 96 of the entrants really enjoyed the train trip up to Lepperton and return between the Morning and Afternoon rally sections.

The club supported the Fossil Fuels farm machinery show in Hawera over the first weekend in March and a special thank you to all members who helped park all the cars over the two days of the event. It was a job well done and profitable for our club collecting the $2 parking donation.

Thank You Jim Logan for arranging our members to help. The event was well run and the displays were very well put together with the huge Black Beauty Traction Engine all stoked up and giving plenty of people a ride in the specially built trailer. The scones that were made on site cooked in an old coal range that was all fired up and operational was a real draw card. There were very good crowds on both days.

Another Maunga Moana Rally is getting very close now and we urge you to get your entry in as soon as you can cause the rally is on the 24/25th March. Planning is well underway. Get your entry to the rally Secretary Rob Thomson. If you do not want to rally but want to attend the social side of the rally you are most welcome to come on the Friday and Saturday social/dinner nights at the Plymouth Hotel, but you must send in payment to Rob and let him know you are coming. The more the merrier so please give this urgent consideration.

Our Noggin and Natter night in March will have Harry Duynhoven as our guest speaker who will be talking to us as the President for the Federation of Motoring Clubs about the anticipated 12 month Warrant of Fitness for our over 40-year-old vehicles. So, hope to see a good attendance.

Remember its Maunga Moana Month. Safe Motoring

EDITORS REPORT

Colin Johnston for the Committee

Well, been a busy few weeks, with the Mini Vin Rally now behind us and it was a great day out in Waitara, then a big thank you to members who turned up in Hawera last weekend for the Fossil Fuelled Extravaganza. Apart from an early morning downpour on Saturday, the rest of the weekend weather was splendid, ideal for haymaking displays and all the other outside activities that were on display there.

Treasurer Rob, reports that the club funds received a welcome injection from the car parking gate, which we ran for both days. Two weekends till our Maunga Moana, get your entry in by the 15th and help make it a memorable event.

That’s all, Jim

Logan

BRANCH NEWS

Thank You To all Entrants that attended the 50th Waitara Mini Vin Tour. What a great day we all had, and I hope you all enjoyed the program that was put together for you with a full day of activities with 45 entries motoring on two road rallies and in between having a train ride within walking distance of the venue followed by a BBQ lunch finishing with a afternoon tea.

Many thanks to all who brought afternoon tea and a very big special thank you to Rose Cox who made the beautiful 50th Celebration Fruit cake. It truly made the day for me to see everyone enjoying themselves.

Thank you to Rob Thomson for all your help and to Peter Croot who timed the event and produced the morning results on to the display TV at the Club and then the afternoon and final results with the placings shown.

Thank you to all my family members including my son Alexander who arranged the starting of the road rallies and sponsored a prize. And special thanks to Rhonda McFarlane who arranged the BBQ Lunch.

Congratulations to Greg and Denise Carter for winning this year’s event and to Willie Woods second placing and third Robert Tudor with Peter Hutton first motor cycle.

Many many Thanks Everyone. Let’s do number 51 next year.

Cheers

Colin Johnston Organiser/Sponsor the Waitara Mini Vin Tour Rally. Chairman Colin presenting prize and trophy to winners of the 50th Mini Vin – Greg and Denise Carter

Ranking 50th WAITARA MINI-VIN TOUR 2023 Entrants & Navigator Names Vehicle Total Points Lost 1 Greg and Denise Carter 1936 Chevrolet 87 2 William Wood (Willie) 1957 Morris Minor 103 3 Robert Tudor 1951 Citroen Light 15 176 4 Robert Gudopp 1961 Mirris Minor 198 5 Dennis Young and Bruce Davidson 1965 MGB GT 202 6 Grant Bishop 1924 Chrysler 211 7 Tom Macey 1925 Morris Oxford 215 8 Heather and Bill James 1966 MGB 244 9 Bob Butchart Modern 270 10 Brendhan Feek 1938 Ford V8 272 11 Danny and Sue Pattinson 1929 Essex 284 12 Shelia and Mark Masters 1952 Morris Minor series mm 285 13 Neil Herdson 1977 MGB-GT 288 14 Bill Durling 1972 Mercedes 350 290 15 Nigel and Michelle Fraser 1967 Austin Westminster 110 298 16 Rod McCallum and Vicky Cottam 1970 Holden Brougham 308 17 Dave and Jocelyn Crompton Citroen 15/Six 320 18 Geoff Blackbourn 1939 Plymouth 328 19 Glen and Deirdre Krutz 1966 Rambler 330 20 Ken Maul 1930 Reo Flying Cloud Sport 331 21 Albert and Maxine Gordge 1930 Ford Model A 348 22 Alan and Robyn Henery 1969 MGB GT 369 23 Danny and Sharryn Hurley 1937 Chevrolet Coupe XHGB 379 24 George and Sharron Jupp 1928 Studebaker President 8 385 25 Ben Clare 1972 Triumph Toledo 385 26 Les and Heather Bognuda 1937 MG 387 27 John Muter 1920 Dodge Brothers 393 28 Patrick Stieller 1938 Dodge Sedan 395 29 Michael and Raewynn Kruse 1961 Wolseley 1500 MKII 432 30 Jim Logan 1931 Ford Model A 497 31 Noel Thompson 1964 Ford Prefect 526

OTHER BRANCH EVENTS

Waikato/ APRIL 7th - 9th 1 – Mooloo Meander, Waikato/ 15 – Brian Parker Trophy, Far North/ 21-23 - Highland Fling, Bay of Plenty

WHEELS AT WANAKA: Australasia’s biggest all vehicle event. go to wheelsatwanaka.co.nz 18-25 March 2023 South Island Club Captains Tour 20-23 October National Commercial Rally

MARCH 11 – Country roads Rally Taupo/11-12 – Rex Porter Memorial Rally Wairarapa/12 – Ladies Rally Waikato/13-20 Vintage/Veteran Tour Wellington/18 - Swap Meet Horowhenua/19 – Vintage Venture

32 Graeme Asquith 1972 Mercedes 541 33 Kevin Fabish 1929 Essex 550 34 Bruce Wallis 1972 Rover P6B 556 35 Ron and Margaret Ingram 1929 Dodge Victory 6 622 36 Peter and Linda Hutton 1976 BMW R90/6 Motor Cycle 666 37 Andy Wilkie 1928 Whippet 726 38 Robert and Helen Stening 1957 Armstrong Siddley 752 39 George Gardener 1931 Essex Sedan 774 40 Brian Bolland and Neil Rook 1926 Willys Knight 1598 DNS Wayne Parker 1960 Morris Minor 10000 DNS Bryan Morris 1963 Austin A60 10000 DNS Mitch Minchington 1962 Morris Minor 10000 DNF Neil Carter 1930 Chevrolet Universal 10000 DNS Roy and Shirley Benton Yrais Hybrid (modern) 10000 DNS Doug Dawson 1951 Austin Healey 10000

Events Calendar

is our guest speaker

6 Committee meet at 7.30. 20 Club night meet at 7.30pm,

I'm looking at organising a meet up of Taranaki Triumph car owners, anyone interested can contact me on my mobile

0277883304 Ben Clare (mem)

Committee

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night meet at 7.30pm, Harry Duynhoven

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MARCH

APRIL

Taranaki Vintage Machinery Club event, “FOSSIL FUELED EXTRAVAGANZA”

HAWERA 4TH & 5TH MARCH 2023

What an event it was, and two sun drenched days added the ‘icing to the cake’. Vintage and classic cars, commercial vehicles older and new, tractors in all shapes and sizes old and young, big and small, farm implements of by-gone eras, a grand selection of stationary engines of all sizes, some actually driving farm machinery of similar age like a vertical draw saw actually cutting small logs, and the chaff cutter. To watch an old horizontal stationary engine with all its valve gear, governor mechanism and linkage, and its means of ignition, all working, exposed with liberal amounts of oil lubricating (and) preserving these power points of the past. My god, Work Safe would have had a field day in those times.

A Fair Ground organ on display and playing I found totally fascinating.

Amongst the display of vehicles was the Dennis Fire Engine previously owned by my late Aunt, Sue Matthews (an original founding committee member of the Taranaki Branch) in its now restored glory thanks to the Hawera Fire Brigade team who are now entrusted with the ‘beast’. My memory of taking it to a Piopio typical farming area gala day of the period, past member Jack Castle with me to do a share of driving, and ‘driving the siren’ all the way through the Awakino Gorge. Those were the days when the branch had its quota of ‘likely lads’. Sue and the Dennis partook of the 1966 Haast International Rally, crank handle start, and no such thing as power steering.

The Taranaki Machinery Club, who organised this fossil fuel event, gave our branch the opportunity to fund raise by organising and manning the parking of the general public to this event, suggesting we charge a gold coin for entry. We took up the challenge with Jim Logan organising the ‘manpower’ for the two days. The offers of help were not overly generous but suffice to say we managed, in fact, quite well.

Thanks to Jim who co-ordinated the team of Greg Carter, Brendhan Feek, Malcolm Harding, Mike Kruse, John Muter, Rob Gudopp, Colin Johnston, and myself over the two days. The result, over a grand banked.

To the Parking Team, thank you.

Rob Thomson, Secretary, Treasurer, and ‘Dogs Body’,

More scenes from the Vintage Machinery weekend at Hawera

FOR SALE

• Four crossply tyres, 550 x 20, with good tread,(could seller contact Jim, lost your details??)

• Roof rack, 3 cross bars in good condition - $60, Mazda ute tailgate - $50, two pairs of driving lights - $50 pair, one Universal sunroof - $30, contact spare parts.

• Five new DENMAN tyres (5.25x5.50x17)complete with tubes and flaps, $1,000, Ph Ces 06 2410454.

• Hillman Californian 1955, rego on hold, motor fully rebuilt, brake drums machined, brake cylinders rconditioned,only three owners, $9500 ono,.Holden Calais VL, 1987, 3 litre, very tidy Ph 0274188045(mem)

• Morris Minor 1000 engine, no carburettor, $200 ono, ph Steve, 067522149(mem)

• Austin 8 1940 rego on hold – phone Lynette 0212317385 or John 067655428

• 600x20 tyres, suitable for retreading - $50 + one 1970’s Landcruiser motor complete fan to clutch - $250 for any of above phone Neil 06 7586737. (mem)