VCC KING COUNTRY KING PIN APRIL 2023

VCC CLASSIFICATION

VETERAN Vehicles constructed prior to 31stDecember1918

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

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

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

POST 60 Vehicles constructed after 1st January1961 provided that no vehicle is accepted for this class untilJanuary1st of the year that is thirty years after its original year of construction.

FACTORY BUILT & HISTORIC RACING VEHICLES:

As described in the club By-laws.

PERIOD SPECIAL As described in the club By-laws

Insurance

When you insure through Vero the insurance company which supports the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand through the International Rally, you are financial assisting your branch,

Vero awards discount to the branches on a monthly basis. By ringing Vero on their 0800 658411 and quoting the Branch Number 300138

KINGPIN .

The official Publication of the King Country Branch of the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand Inc

BRANCH MEETINGS/ VISITS VERO INSURANCE

Last SUNDAY of Month Branch Number 30013 at 2 P.M. From: admin@vcc.org.nz

[mailto:admin@vcc.org.nz

C/o J. Sinclair TRAC Rooms, 923 Taringamotu Rd. Bell Road, Taumarunui 3994 Taumarunui.

VAUXHALL CRESTA

March 2023

KING COUNTRY BRANCH

THE VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF NEW ZEALAND.

OFFICERS 2022 -2023

The Taranaki Branch extends an invitation to all

Coming Events

(To share the load of organising our monthly trips/visit etc.Please get in touch with Brian Goodwin Club Captain (895 4755) if you are able to help)

October Journey through Time Rally

November Campbell Wright’s ??? Postponed due to weather.

December Christmas Parade 3rd December No meeting/ or Trip.

January (2023) No Meeting(Holidays)

February Campbell Wright’s

March Wayne & Julie

April Jackie & Dave

May 2023 Annual General Meeting

Mystery Trip this weekend

BRANCH POSTAL ADDRESS CLUBROOMS

C/o Secretary Jacki Sinclair TRAC Rooms, C/o J. Sinclair Bell Road 23 Taringamotu Rd. Taumarunui 3920

Taumarunui 3994

BRANCH MEETINGS/ VISITS VERO INSURANCE Last SUNDAY of Month Branch Number 30013 at 2 P.M. From: admin@vcc.org.nz [mailto:admin@vcc.org.n

I have just checked with Wayne, Norma, and we will meet at the Post Office Carpark as usual, on Sunday the 26th of March at 1pm and they need to bring $ or bank card for a coffee. We will arrange for near the end of the trip to be a stop at a coffee

• People who arrive late, are usuallly happier than the people who were waiting for them.

where we can have any sort of meeting we need to have.

• People who arrive late are usually happier than the people who were waiting for them. Very true !!!

THE VAUXHALL CRESTA

Autumn 1957 had a decidedly stratophereric feel The world’s biggest radio telescope went into Operation at Jodrell Bank, while Russia launched its first space satelite,shortly followed by Sputnik II contained Laika the first dog in orbit.Vauxhall‘s new big saloons, the basic Velox and upmarket Cresta seemed positively space- age themselves.Vauxhall Set-out in 1955 to encapsulate some American- style glamour for the duo, and the effect was modern. The new cars had sleek, elongated lines, fashionable fins topping off the rear wings, bold rear light clusters and gleaming chrome trim framing the low-set radiator grille and headlights. The remarkable windscreen wrapped around the sides of the car for a panoramic aspect,while at the back a three piece rear window provided outstanding allround visibility.With column-mounted gear change and full-width bench seats front and back,six adults were accommodated comfortably.The 2.2–litre six cylinder engine was familiar from previous Vauxhalls. This power unit, mated to a three-speed manual gearbox, meant the car hit 60mph in 16 seconds and had an unspectacular 89mph top speed.Still, steering and the was light and road holding acceptable,despite a tendecy to wallow in corners.These handsome vehicles bought colour and style to Britain’s dreary roadscape.There was a raft of striking two- tone paint jobs or you could

order a vivid single colour like salmon pink or apple green. The Cresta sported whitewall tyres and anodised hubcaps like its American Chevrolet cousins, with upholstery in two-tone leather herringbone-weave Nylon. In late1958, a Cresta cost 1000 and seventythree pounds. It was the kind of car you desperately hoped your Dad would get next.With a youthful Cliff Richard breaking into the charts and coffee bars springing up everywhere, these snazzy Vauxhalls were integral part of modern Britain as the 1960’s dawned.The wrapped around single-piece rear window to match the front one was new for 1960, along with an engine boost to 2.6 litres. And optional overdrive, giving 96mph top speed. The two-million Vauxhall, was built in February 1959 ,was actually a Cresta, just one of the173,604 PA made.Perhaps it was neverquite as gripping as the ‘space race’ but the PA Creata genuinely enlivened British motoring.

Types of Rallies.

• Visits to places of interest, Gardens,Workshops etc.

• Branch Outings/ Mystery Trips

• Straight Line Navigation usually set-out in small areas or villages,

• Silent checks

• Follow the leader trip usually in conjunction with Branch activites.(These can be dangerous as people are inclined to forget they should wait for the car behind and show them the way)

Silent Checks and Straight Line Navigation activities assist with the allotting of results for the competitve paticipants.

From the National President

North Island Floods. The Management Committee are aware that some of our club members have been badly affected by this weeks floods in the North Island, and some are battling to get things back to normal.Our thoughts are with the members affected in those areas, and we hope and pray that you are all OK. We know some members have been rescued from rooftops and their homes and vehicles have been flooded.Management Committee member Tony Bartlett has not been able to be contacted, as he lives and works in Gisborne, where the communications systems are still down, so we hope that he and his family are safe.National Office have received some information about cancelled events and are trying to get information to provide to members, as no doubt the local branches will also be doing.If you are the organiser of an event that has been cancelled, please let National Office know so that they can answer queries.We feel for the people of Napier, and the cancellation of the Art Deco and related club events must be a significant blow, coming on the heels of the Covid disruptions.We have been advised that the National Veteran Rally is on, as planned, in Auckland next weekend.The Management Committee are thinking of ways that the club can assist members affected by the disaster, and suggestions and offers of assistance are welcomed.

On behalf of the Management Committee and National Office,

Diane Quarrie President

The Vintage Car Club of New Zealand Incorporated

The Historic Vehicle Authority of New Zealand

We will need to have some practise with the reading of these charts in the coming months.

So please keep this chart ??