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NUMBER 320
August 2022
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The Midgley 20/60 Sunbeam in its element following a T35 in the back roads.
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WAITEMATA BRANCH DIRECTORY CHAIRMAN: CLUB CAPTAIN: SECRETARY: TREASURER: BRANCH DELEGATE: EDITOR: SCRIBE PAST CHAIRMAN: COMMITTEE:
ROBERT CHAPMAN 021 038 3281 robman@orcon.net.nz STAN SMITH 0274 775 475 vintageaircraft@xtra.co.nz GRAEME BANKS 027 500 3806 grabannz@gmail.com JACQUI GOLDINGHAM 09 445 8811 goldienz@orcon.net.nz GRAEME BANKS 027 500 3806 grabannz@gmail.com 027 24 55 786 michael.john.greig@gmail.com MICHAEL GREIG 094456760 goldienz@orcon.net.nz IAN GOLDINGHAM 09 445 8811 BRENDAN LAMAIN 021 132 4557 brendanandterry@gmail.com MAX JAMIESON, MIKE HOPE-CROSS, HAMISH ANDREWS AND ROB SCOTT.
COMING EVENTS Looking Forward……… Month
August
September
October November
December
Waitemata
Other Events
Daffodil Run 21st
Of course, the Mid-week Auckland tours each month
Film Evening 4th Stan’s Run TBA Manunui Hillclimb 27th Xmas Club Night 8th, Mikes gymkhana and BBQ 31st
Icebreaker, Hampton Downs
Swap Meets
Targa South Island 14/15/16 Northland Branch Far North Tour
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See you at Club Night at the RSA Room, King George V Memorial Hall, Library Lane, Albany, 7.00 pm 4th August. VCC Targa South Island Time Trial: October 14/15/16VCC TARGA TIME TRIAL
The VCC Targa Time Trial, run in conjunction with the Vintage Car Club of NZ was introduced in 2018 for VCC members to drive the same iconic roads as the Targa Competition and Targa Tour. This is not a speed event, but rather an exercise in precise driving and time-keeping to maintain a set average speed through all closed stages.
Refer: www.targa.nz for details Contact: Rod Corbett rod.corbett88@gmail.com 027 433 8772 ------------------------------------------------------------------Regs and Manual Entry Form for HRC Icebreaker on SUNDAY 25th September 2022 at Hampton Downs. Contact the Hon. Sec. or the Editor.Dates for the next season are: •
ICEBREAKER – Hampton Downs, Sunday 25th September 2022 • • • •
WAIKATO CHALLENGE – Pukekohe (last chance to race there !!) Sunday 13th November 2022 TAUPO HISTORIC GRAND PRIX – Taupo, 21/22 January 2023 TAUPO CLASSIC – Taupo, Sunday 26th March 2023 ROYCROFT TROPHY RACES – Hampton Downs, Sunday 28th May 2023
Some exciting events and we need to get good numbers for Taupo Historic GP. The event celebrates JAGUAR, so as many Jags as we can get from both Islands, please. Also, let’s get all those Bucklers hiding in sheds out on the track! Waikato Challenge in November will probably be the last chance for many of our competitors to race at Pukekohe – so please get the word out . Tim Hill | Operations Manager | Historic Racing Club Inc | HRC Events Ltd 44 Stoddard Road (Rear of Building), Mt Roskill, Auckland Office: 09 629 4438 | Mob: 021 614600 | tim@hrcevents.co.nz | www.hrcevents.co.nz P a g e |3
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AUCKLAND BRANCH MID-WEEK RUNS
Wednesday 17th March. Starts 10.00am at Westgate carpark Good time to exercise the vehicle, share the trip with a friend, and take your own lunch. Jack Nazer 09 378 4580 Mike Loosemore 02102708848.
Daffodil Rally and Car Show Sunday 21st August Daffodil donation, $10,all donations to the Cancer Society. Please use the link https://daffodilday.org.nz/waitematanorthshorewellsfordwarkworthvintagecarclubs
Meet and register at the North Shore Airfield, Postmans Rd, Dairy Flat (enter Gate 9) from 9.30 a.m. Vehicles depart for lunch and a public display at Matakana. Full instructions given upon registration. Organised by: The Waitemata, North Shore and Wellsford/Warkworth branches of the Vintage Car Club of NZ. ____________________________
Come and support this event, even in your modern, a variety of vehicles from the three branches and other clubs.______________________
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The legendary Ryder’s movie evening on the 4th of September, orchestrated by Team Goldingham, will involve the usual start at the Albany site looking at a 15.30hrs start with the expected small tour to the site. The cost is $35 for film and dinner, or $39 for ice cream included. Support our loyal hospitality. Stan’s TBA Run in October involves the well-executed tour of some discovered and unknown roads starts at the Albany site and will lead to a place of wellprepared sustenance.
The longed for Hillclimb at Manunui on the 17th of November with a joint event with the Historic Racing Club is the time of testing man and machine. Please work furiously on the car to enter. Remember that the spirit that sparked Chelsea was to encourage the use of basic and standard cars of members. I note a lot of non-attending members are not seen at events and club nights, time to come clean and try this as exercise for the car.
Two activities for December, 8th is the club night with our BBQ/ Christmas function and the 31st for the Grass Gymkhana and spit roast at the Hacienda of Mike Hope-Cross in Taupaki. ‘’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’
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THE 2022 R’OIL CAN
Kevin Beesley Reports on the Rally…. It was a great event. The 2022 R’Oilcan Rally. Great roads. A route that took us from our start at Ararimu down through central Waikato to morning tea at Waiterimu, across to Morrinsville, on to lunch at Kiwitahi, then by devious means south towards Matamata, west towards Cambridge, then back eastwards again to finish at Okoroire. Uncluttered rural byways, sufficient metal, off road through the Maramarua forest, proving, again, you don’t need venture far from Auckland to find the roads less travelled. Great organisation. Clear instructions. No one AWOL en route. Kevin, Elizabeth, Hamish and the wider Andrew family had every base covered and did us proud. Surely, tackling a tree with a chain saw to clear our path, as Kevin did whilst we enjoyed morning tea, went above and beyond! Great weather. Apart from a solid shower on the motorway heading for the start and a shower or two in the mid-afternoon, the day held fair, if cloudy, and not cold. Great entry. Such a line-up of quality vintage machinery is rarely seen on N.Z. roads these days. With: - A shining of Sunbeams. That splendid ship of the highway, Oliver and Nicola Midgley’s 1925 20/60, which has responded well to Oliver’s sympathetic improvements. Edward and Mrs Simpson’s trusty 1927 20.9, not long returned P a g e |6
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from campaigning on the Irishman. David Adams, vigorous as always in his 1932 20, Ryan Winterbottom conducting. - A twosome of Talbots. The 1931 AM90 with Kevin and Mariette Beesley aboard and the 1930 AO70 Special conveying Tracy and Stephen Winterbottom. - A rabble of Rileys. Harold Booth’s immaculate 1930 9HP Tourer that performs so indecently well and the sleek 1936 15/6 Special of last year’s winners, Steve and Megan Cranch. Plus, our revered President Rob Chapman in his 1931 9hp Special, complete with hood. - A dash of Delage. Max and granddaughter Saskia Jamieson 1925 DI mounted. A proven team in a well proven vehicle. - A hint of Hotchkiss. Smooth and powerful, Vaughan Beesley’s 1930 AM80, with Dean Salter and Mike Greig in attendance. - A modicum of Model A’s. Tony Prebensen and Tom Davey all the way from Hawke’s Bay in Tony’s ’28 Tourer. The 1930 Roadster of Jim and Kaaren Smylie from Tauranga. And Les and Helen Duggan, also from Tauranga, in 1930 Roadster. - A dab of Daimler Dart. Keith and Di Humphrey’s in SP250. Always impeccably turned out. - An adequacy of Alvis. Pat Bren and Mike Stuart, from Napier in Pat’s 1926 12/50, running sweetly. A trustworthy performer. - A mix of MX. The delightfully original 1989 MX5 of Peter and Julie Benbrook. - A blush of Bugatti. Terry Roycroft and Patrick McMahon in the Roycroft 1925/48 Bugatti/Jaguar Type 35A. - A minimum of MG. Just one. Stan Smith and Scott Hunter in 1998 MGF - And not only but also Norm and Pat Dewhurst in classic Triumph Dolomite. The Skoda Felicia they had entered spent the weekend at home. Mentioned in despatches - Ryan McDonald and Graeme Brayshaw whose participation was curtailed by Covid. A great good time was had by all. Even Terry Roycroft, despite the fact he won. Great big Thanks to the Andrew Team, outstanding!
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The winner Terry Roycroft showing the direction that the next R’oil Can will take after being the recipient and presented with the R’oil Can from the fabulous organiser.
Delage with Max, granddaughter will drive the car next year. STD’s to the right and one of 3 A’ on the run.
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Two A’s and a 9.
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Start, out of the native bush and the Sunbeam 20.
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The Chairman’s Report. A big congratulations to Terry Roycroft for winning the 2022 edition of the R'oil Can. Well done to the Andrews family for a thoroughly enjoyable event. A couple of branch members had said they would have entered but for the fact the vintage was off the road and or sold. The committee has discussed this and though it is a vintage open top event and always will be there are occasions where circumstances have changed for members Taken on as a case-to- it is most likely that the odd entry will be looked at favourably, that is entered by a branch member as a courtesy. Dee has organised this month’s Daffodil run in conjunction with Wellsford, Warkworth and North Shore Branches. An event well worth supporting and selection of upmarket shops and restaurants. Rob Short statement from the Editor: Driving a Sportscar with hand controls come from kind permission from The Bulletin of the Vintage Sportscar Club. Many thanks to the photographers on the R’oil Can, Alastair Jones, Brian Pratt, Ian and Jacqui Goldingham, Keith Humphreys, Liz Andrew, Nicole Midgley, Pat Bren, Shelly Simpson, Steven Cranch and Tracey Winterbottom. To all of you, many, many thanks. Image on last page from Keith H. P a g e | 11
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Too good an image to not insert. Hampton Downs, Roycroft Trophy 2022
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Well known motorists in their element. Keith Humphries in the SP250 and Kevin Beesley in the Talbot 90.
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Rural Waikato, North Island, NZ in mid-winter, roads and countryside
marvellous.
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Model A being used properly. Alvis 12/50, Riley 9 and Talbot 90. True vintage and 30’s sporting legends.
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The roads flowed making the driving a pleasure, wide variety of countryside and weather was so pleasant after the period of heavy rain we suffered.
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Where we went, the blue line from top to bottom, worth revisiting. P a g e | 19
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The school put on nice sausages and coffee for morning tea. Support to rural communities is an important part of our events.
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Satanic possession taking place in the rear seat of the Hotchkiss.
Another lunch shot, cars as far as the eye can see.
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Obvious, above, and below a pine plantation from a 20.9 Sunbeam.
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Plenty of pictures, lunch and forestry roads.
Edward and Mrs. Simpson 20.9 Sunbeam.
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Above a Bug chases a Riley 15/6 and the traffic awaits to enter the forestry section. P a g e | 24
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Riley 15/6 and a Talbot AO70, good roads
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Riley 15/6 Spl and Hotchkiss AM80, editor needed extraction assistance from rear. P a g e | 26
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Team Midgley always well presented in the Sunbeam 20/60. The editor crewed in this car in the early 70’s to Irishman’s. They were the Viceroys choice in pre-war Burma for up country touring to the Shan States. The Chairmans Riley 9 Special with happy passenger.
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PHOENIX The OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER of THE WAITEMATA BRANCH of the VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF N.Z. INC.
CLUB NIGHT THURSDAY 4th August 7.00 pm at the RSA Room, King George V Memorial Hall, Library Lane, Albany. Take Exit 410 Oteha Valley Road. Travel west along Oteha Valley Road, ahead through 2 roundabouts and straight ahead at Traffic Lights into Albany Highway then almost immediately RIGHT into Library Lane then very soon go right again into the parking area. The RSA Room is at the rear.
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