VCC WELLSFORD WARKSWORTH JUNE 2024

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COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2023-2024

Chairman Leon Salt 027 423 8122 brendda@xtra.co.nz

Secretary Jim Flewitt 09 601 6165 flewitt@@xtra.co.nz

Trea@urer Ray Spick 09 425 4175 rl@.rl@@xtra.co.nz

Club Captain Steve Paddi@on 09 422 6250 @teve.felicity@xtra.co.nz

Team Peter Sinton 021 637 772 pete@inton@townplanner.co.nz Jim Flewitt 09 601 6165 flewitt@@xtra.co.nz

Rep to ExCo Leon Salt 027 423 8122 brendda@xtra.co.nz

Ho@pitality Mervin & Vicki File 021 486 016 mervfile@gmail.com

Mid-week Neil & Lucy Cremer 09 425 4955 neilmtf@xtra.co.nz

Property George Lloyd 09 425 7622 york@andlanc@@gmail.com

Supervi@or@ Doug Hamilton 021 522 674 doug.hamil@xtra.co.nz

Health|Safe Brian Payne & 09 425 9262 banddpayne@xtra.co.nz & Cleaning Dawn Payne

Vehicle ID Jame@ Lawrie 09 425 9928 gloria-jame@-lawrie@xtra.co.nz

Nigel Hawke@ 09 423 8944 najhawke@@gmail.com

M/cycle Rep Dave Oliver 027 443 8046 ollie.d10@gmail.com

Librarian Jeanette Lloyd 09 425 7622 york@andlanc@@gmail.com

Edit | Report Chri@ Harvey 022 365 0171 chri@.harvey@we@tnet.com.au

Badge@ Dave Oliver 027 443 8046 ollie.d10@gmail.com

Additional Brendda Salt 027 423 8121 brendda@xtra.co.nz

Member@ Len Miller 021 140 3463 jacktar1399@hotmail.com

Anne Richard@on 021 277 9010 ricanne@gmail.com

John Downie 09 425 7321 geraldmou@e@protonmail.com

Branch address PO Box 547, Warkworth 0941 wellsfordwarkworth@vcc.org.nz

Bank account BNZ 02-0480-0047413-000

VERO agency No. 0300159 | freephone 0800 658 411

Visit our website at https://www.vcc-wellswark.org.nz

The deadline for contribution@ to the New@letter i@ the 23rd of the month. The view@ expre@@ed in thi@ new@letter are not nece@@arily the view@ of the Branch.

Wed 5 June 1i1:00 Meet at Charlie’@ Gelato on Sharp Rd to vi@it Evolution Sail@ located behind Charlie’@, followed by lunch at Omaha Golf Club

Thu 13 June 18:00 Club night - Dinner at Warkworth RSA

Sun 16 June 09:30 Meet at The Wharf for @hed raid then picnic at Campbell’@ Beach

Thu 27 June Entrie@ for Winter Woollie@ Wander clo@e

Sat 29 June “Bullru@h and Mudpie@” at Warkworth Town Hall

Wed 3 July Mid-week café run to Warkworth Bridge Hou@e

6-7 July Winter Woollie@ Wander @tart@ at Well@ford RSA, Mathe@on Rd, Well@ford

11 July 17:30 Club Night - Pot Luck dinner

Wed 17 July 10:00 Cleaning & Coffee

Thu 18 July 15:00 Club Committee meeting

W1920s and 1930s VEHICLES

e have received a reque@t from the Warkworth Primary School for 2-3 vintage car@ to ‘grace’ the entrance to the Warkworth Town Hall for the @howing of their hi@toric @chool documentary “Bullru@h and Mudpie@” which will be @howing on the 29th of June. There are two @howing@, one at 2pm and the @econd at 7pm. Vehicle@ would need to be parked up front from 1.30 pm and 6.30 pm. Maximum time required will be about one hour. 1920-1940 vehicle@ are preferred. Can you a@@i@t?

Plea@e contact Jim Flewitt at 027 293 9414

VINTAGE CAR FOR WEDDING

Coral Smith and her partner, both re@ident@ of Well@ford , are hoping to find a vintage or cla@@ic car for their wedding on 7th September in the Port Albert/Wha -rehine area. If you can help, plea@e contact Coral at coral@mith@hotmail.co.nz

CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

The Puhoi Pub i@ a popular venue for a mid-week lunch. We had a good turn-out of member@ there for the May mid-week run. On 5 June, our mid-week run will include a vi@it to Evolution Sail@, off Sharp Rd, before lunch at the Omaha Golf Club

Michelle McLean gave u@ an informative talk about her job a@ a Re@cue Helicopter paramedic during our well attended Club Night, explaining much more than many of u@ knew about the @ervice and tho@e involved. We learned why it i@ often nece@@ary for the chopper to hover @o high above a re@cue @cene, a@ the downwa@h from the blade@ i@ capable of breaking tree@ and @wamping boat@. Michelle al@o gave u@ a refre@her about the u@e of the defibrillator. Our next Club Night will be dinner at the RSA from around 6.00 p.m.

We had perhap@ our be@t turn-out ever of club member@ at the Kaipara Flat@ airfield Wing@ and Wheel@ @how. The weather wa@ excellent and around 50 plane@ flew in with a @imilar number of car@ al@o on di@play. We were quite @urpri@ed by the turn-out of the general public, a@ the event had not be given much local publicity. Be@ide@ the many vintage aircraft, there wa@ a great turn out of @maller plane@.

You will by now have received the minute@ of our AGM. We are grateful to Ray Spick who i@ taking over the rein@ a@ Trea@urer. Former Trea@urer, Dave Oliver ha@ been meticulou@ in hi@ record keeping and communication with the Committee regarding our financial performance. We are extremely grateful for the work Dave ha@ done in thi@ role.

Recently, at the reque@t of the Committee, Secretary Jim Flewitt emailed around branch member@ a li@t of our branch member@, their phone number@ and the car@ they have, according to record@ kept by National Office. Jim a@ked that the li@t not be @hared out@ide of the branch. We have @ince found that many of the detail@ in the member@hip li@t are no longer correct. It is important to note that it i@ the re@pon@ibility of member@ them@elve@ to notify National Office of any change@. Thi@ can be done by email to: admin@vcc.org.nz or through phoning 03 366 4461. Before Jim di@tributed thi@ li@t, he @ent an email to all member@ a@king that if they did not want their detail@ to be di@tributed in thi@ manner, to let him know. No one re@ponded and @o, a@ reque@ted by the Committee, Jim went ahead and di@tributed the li@t. Thi@ re@ulted in complaint@ to Jim and to National Office that privacy had been breached. How can thi@ be the ca@e when no one re@ponded to Jim’@ original email? I @ugge@t that tho@e who have complained need to take per@onal re@pon@ibility for their predicament. Everyone had the opportunity to a@k that their detail@ not be made public within the branch. We are e@@entially a group of people with a @hared intere@t in older motor vehicle@. It i@ of intere@t to u@ to know who in our local group have variou@ vehicle@ a@ we can contact one another to @eek help or advice or to @hare information. I make no apology for the manner in which thi@ wa@ handled. Perhap@ in a year’@ time, after everyone ha@ contacted National Office with their correction@, we will repeat the proce@@.

The Winter Woollie@ Wander i@ almo@t upon u@. Plea@e make @ure that your entry form i@ with Anne Richard@on, the Rally Secretary by 27 June. If you are mar@halling for the event and wi@h to attend the dinner or to purcha@e lunch, you mu@t complete tho@e part@ of the entry form and return it to the Rally Secretary by 27 June.

Happy motoring,

CLUB CAPTAIN’S REPORT

On Sunday 19th May, for the run to Kaipara Flat@ Airfield, we had the be@t turnout of Club Car@ and member@ that I have @een @ince becoming Club Captain. We had 20 Club vehicle@ and 5 modern. There wa@ a huge turnout of aircraft and they put on a very entertaining air @how. To view photo@ of the plane@ and car@ copy and pa@te www.vcc-wellswark.org.nz/wings-wheels-at-kaipara-flats-2024/ into your brow@er.

Wedne@day 5th June i@ our mid week run, we will be vi@iting Evolution Sail@ and then on to Omaha Golf Club for lunch.

Sunday 16th June we will have a @hed raid, meeting at Warkworth Wharf at 9:30am. After the @hed vi@it we will head to Campbell@ Beach for a picnic lunch (BYO). A hot cuppa will be available, compliment@ of one of our member@.

Don't forget to get your entrie@ in for the Winter Woollie@ Wander. Thi@ will be July'@ run.

ID CARD RENEWAL

The ID Card renewal proce@@ involve@ advi@ing National Office of the current mileage of the vehicle, and if there have been any change@ to the vehicle, @uch a@ colour, engine, cha@@i@, or other key mechanical component.

National Office al@o require photo@ of the engine no, cha@@i@ no, body no (if applicable), any other identification plate@, VIN (if applicable). The@e photo@ are required a@ part of our relation@hip with NZTA and the Club'@ recogni@ed @tatu@ a@ "The Hi@toric Vehicle Authority of New Zealand".

A photo i@ al@o required of the vehicle in it@ pre@ent form - for a car or commercial vehicle a 3/4 view with the licence plate clearly vi@ible and readable. For a motorcycle, a @ide view photo from either @ide. If there have been no change@ to the vehicle appearance and the exi@ting photo on the old ID Card conform@ to the required @pecification, then National Office can re-u@e that photo.

We do put in bold that we require ID photo@ on all renewal email@, (@ent two month@ in advance of expiry date) and it i@ very clearly @tated in bold and in red on the renewal form however thi@ @eem@ to be mi@@ed con@tantly.

IMPORTANT - PLEASE attach photographs of available identifying serial numbers of chassis/frame, engine, body, and VIN.

Could I a@k you all to make a note of thi@ requirement and en@ure any renewal@ you receive are @ent to National Office along with the required photo@.

Kind regard@, Karen Proctor, Committee Liai@on Officer, The Vintage Car Club of New Zealand Inc

MYSTERY MOTORS

What car i@ thi@ ?

La@t month’@ car wa@ a 1968 Willys Aero, a line of pa@@enger car@ manufactured in Toledo, Ohio by Willy@-Overland and later Willy@ Corporation from 1952 until 1955 ( the black car in the picture). Production in the USA ended in 1955 a@ Henry J. Kai@er decided to give up the Kai@er and Willy@ Aero line@ and concentrate @olely on Jeep@. The Aero could out-perform it@ Detroit rival@ thank@ to it@ lower weight giving it the be@t power to weight ratio in it@ @ector, and it could crui@e at 80-90 mph while al@o returning an average of 28 mpg on a 3,500 mile trip. After 1955, the model wa@ di@continued, although the tooling wa@ kept in ca@e it could be u@ed el@ewhere. Thi@ happened when production re@tarted in Brazil in 1960. The Brazilian government of the time wanted to encourage a dome@tic auto indu@try and @o imported car@ were banned. The Aero underwent a major facelift but the mechanical@ remained the @ame. The car wa@ produced until 1971 and 116,967 were made in Brazil, compared with 91,377 made in Toledo.

CLUB CAR OF THE MONTH

ROB’S 1964 ZEPHYR 6 MARK III

From what I can make out this car came from central North Island and was revinned in Tauranga in 2001 and ended up in Warkworth at a location just southoftownwhereIwasworking.Itwasmentioned thatitwasforsalebutit wasnotnagoingstateasithadbeensittinginashedfor18monthsorso.Withabitof meddlingandgettingthingsbacktohowtheyshouldbeitendedupatmyhousethen it went into Brendon Wooleys at Goodyear tyres ) where it was reshod and had a full check over. Now upand running. Nice!!!!

Rob

Winter Woollies

1. Open to all Vintage Car Club eligible vehicles

2. Entrants must be financial members of V.C.C.N.Z. or another V.C.C.recognised club or have received an official invitation.

3. Traffic regulations must be observed, driver’s licenses and current membership cards will be carried on the Rally.

4. Use of mobile phones only for emergencies.

5. The starters may refuse to start any vehicle that fails to meet the stated requirements.

6. Any complaints or disputes must be placed before the Committee on the day of the Wander.

7. A minimum of three entrants are needed to make a class.

8. 8. The club reserves the right to refuse any entrant whose conduct, in their opinion, is likely to bring discredit to the event or on the Branch and their ruling regarding any matters in respect of the running of the event will be final

YOUR COPY: FEES ENCLOSED: Entry Fee $25.00 ____________ Medallion No.______ @$15.00 ____________

PRIZEGIVING DINNER: Adults No. _____ @ $35.00 ____________ (under l2yrs) Children No. _____ @ $20.00 ____________

RALLY LUNCH: No. _____ @ $15 TOTAL PAYABLE: $___________

SUNDAY: BBQ LUNCH Attending Yes/No Number attending________

Please make payment by direct credit to the branch bank account.

Account Name: Wellsford/Warkworth Vintage Car Club Inc Bank: BNZ

Account No: 02-0480-0047413-00 Please give your surname as the reference.

Email entry to: ricanne@gmail.com

Or post entry to: Rally Secretary, Anne Richardson 7 Katene Place,, Snells Beach Warkworth 0920 ENTRIES CLOSE: Mid Day 27th.June 2024

ENTRY FORM

Please fill in both copies, keep the back page for your records and return this one to the Rally Secretary. You may enter the Rally only, or you may like to attend only the Prize-giving Dinner, or only participate in the Sunday activity and BBQ. Please fill in all relevant sections.

Entrant’@ Name: ____________________ Competitive/Non Competitive (circle one)

VCC Member No:_____________ VCC Branch: ____________________

Entrant’@ Addre@@:

Entrant’@ Mobile No:_______________Email________________________

Driver’@ Name: _______________________ Navigator:

Pa@@enger@’ Name@:

Vehicle: Make __________________________Year_____________

Model:_________________ Type_______________ (eg Sedan Tourer Road@ter etc)

FEES ENCLOSED: Entry Fee $25.00 Medallion No.______@ $15.00 __________

PRIZEGIVING DINNER: Adult@ No. _____ @ $35.00 (under l2yr@) Children No. _____ @ $20.00

RALLY LUNCH: No. _____ @ $15..00

TOTAL PAYABLE: $_________

SUNDAY: BBQ LUNCH Attending Ye@/No Number attending ________

SPECIAL DIETARY REQUIREMENTS: _______________________________

Please make payment by direct credit to the branch bank account

Account Name: Wellsford/Warkworth Vintage Car Club Inc Bank: BNZ

Account No: 02-0480-0047413-00 Please give your surname as the reference

Post or email entry to: Rally Secretary email: ricanne@gmail.com Anne Richardson 7 Katene Place

Snells Beach

RALLY PROGRAMME

The 2023 Winter Woollies will be held over both sealed and gravel roads and will cover approximately 100 miles. Entrants may choose a competitive or non-competitive touring route. There will be a petrol stop available during the day, but it is recommended that entrants start with a full tank.

RALLY STARTS AT : Wellsford Community Centre on the corner of SH1 and Matheson Rd. Cup of tea served from 8.30 a.m. Briefing 9.15 a.m. The event will be held as scheduled – wet or fine.

FIRST ENTRANT away at 9.30 a.m.

LUNCH: This will be a community school fundraiser.

PRIZEGIVING DINNER: This will be held at the Wellsford Memorial RSA. Matheson Rd Road.(Licensed premises) Open from 3.00 p.m.

Dinner numbers are limited so get your entry in early!

SUNDAY 2nd. JULY: Following the morning activity the Branch will provide a BBQ lunch at 11.30 a.m. in our Clubrooms on Satellite Station Rd.Coffee/tea available from 10.30 a.m.

ACCOMMODATION

Accommodation is the entrant's responsibility.

Salty Dog Inn – Snell@ BeachPh: (0800 844 112 www.saltydoginn.co.nz

Snell@ Beach Motel Ph: (09) 425 5021 www.snellsbeachmotel.co.nz

Beth@han Motel (Algie@ Bay) Ph: (09) 425 5774 www.bethshan.co.nz

Warkworth Lodge Ph: (09) 422 2500 www.wwlodge.co.nz

Walton Park Motel (Warkworth) Ph: (09) 425-8249 www.waltonpark.co.nz

Bridge Hou@e Lodge (Warkworth) Ph: (09) 425 8351 www.bridgehouse.co.nz

Matakana Motel Ph: (09) 422 7497 www.matakanamotel.co.nz

Ca@tle Court Motel (Well@ford) Ph: (09) 423-7705 www.castlecourtmotel.co.nz

Sun Valley Motor Lodge (Well@ford) Ph: (09) 423-8829 www.sunvalleymotel.co.nz

Tahi Lodge – Snell@ Beach Ph. 09 425 6655 www.tahilodge.com

Well@ford Inn Ph: 09 423 8045 www.wellsfordinn.co.nz

Woodhou@e Mountain Lodge Ph:09 425 9336 stay@woodhouselodge.nz

Annie’@ B&B Ph. 021 912 805

Sunri@e B&B -Snell@ Beach Ph: 029 7711 990 tomcatsnz@gmail.com

Warkworth Country Hou@e Ph: 021 728 107 admin@warkworthcounrtyhouse.co.nz

There are more option@ in the area including Air B&B or de lux for tho@e wi@hing to indulge. Mo@t can be booked through booking.com or @imilar.