The
Taieri Aerodrome 2016
Distributor
September 2017
The North Otago Branch of the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand Inc.
Exhaust Specialists Pipe Bending Radiator repairs 30 Ribble street, Oamaru Phone/Fax
434 8777
Get the newsletter quickly and in colour. Send me an email at the address below and I will send a copy to you each month by email. If you have email please put it on our mailing list as it is an excellent way of providing updates and information during the month between newsletters. So the options are: 1. Receive Email newsletter but no printed version (saves the club printing costs) 2. Receive Email newsletter and printed version 3. Just be on our email list for updates. I use a list that hides the emails so yours will not be visible to other recipients. Graeme
Items for the Newsletter can be posted or dropped off to 6 Waiareka lane, off Saleyards road Or emailed to gsimpson@es.co.nz Secretary Jerry Wing 439-5197 Branch Address PO Box 360, Oamaru 9444 Email:
northotago@vcc.org.nz
Newsletter submissions. Preferred formats are Open-office, Libreoffice or MS Word as an attached document. Plain emails create extra work. Please, no “enter� key at the end of every line. Contact me for advice if not sure. Thanks, Graeme
Wednesday 6th September Club Night 7.30pm. Speaker Murray Frew. His recent trip to South Australia.
NORTH OTAGO BRANCH OFFICE BEARERS
NORTH OTAGO BRANCH OFFICE BEARERS
2017-18
Patron Chairman
Gilbert Ellery
434-5289
Vice Chairman
Lee Orchard
432-4286
Immediate Past Chairman
Wayne Abernethy
439-5171
Club Captain/Joint
Kathleen Perry/ Rebecca George
434 7226 021 293 7714
Secretary
Jerry Wing (Margaret)
439-5197
Treasurer
Wanda Kent
434 7999
Committee
John Adamson (Wanda)
4347999
Les Gardner (Nola)
022 150 1955
Ralph Weir (Lois)
434-5103
Peter Fulton-Bevers
027 9320624
Clive Blunden
439 5207
Beaded Wheels Scribe
Clive Blunden
blunden@slingshot.co.nz
Custodian
John Adamson (Wanda)
434-7999
Librarian
Robert Hutton (Mandy)
437 0774
Archivist
Kathleen Perry
4347226
Newsletter Editor
Graeme Simpson (Wendy)
4348285
Newsletter Distribution
Lindsay Schaffer (Christine) (with Verna)
434 2223
Vehicle Verifier
Royston Shirreffs (Jackie)
4371667
Spare Parts
John Adamson (Wanda)
4347999
John R. Miller (Judith)
4348844
Royston Shirreffs (Jackie)
4371667
Bruce Watt (Barbara)
434-5306
Club email address northotago@vcc.org.nz rd Committee Meetings 3 Tuesday of the month., Club Nights 1st Wednesday of the month (details in The Distributor)
Club Captain’s Report We have spent some time planning events for the rest of 2017 but at this stage only the September events are finalized. The Santa Parade has been changed to 25th November so we do not need to cope with all the extra traffic on the day of Windsor Rally. Members will still have the opportunity of taking part in the Santa Parade, driving our vehicles (optional) ahead of the trucks as was originally planned for the Parade. Rebecca & Kathleen. Coming Events – North Otago Branch Sunday 3rd September
Opening Run & Tea Pot Rally
Combined with Waimate Branch. Meet at the Club Rooms for a 1pm start for our Opening Rally. We will meet Waimate Branch members at the Waitaki Bridge Hall at 2pm and return to our Clubrooms for afternoon tea and a short quiz. Please bring a plate for afternoon tea as we are hosting Waimate this year. Wednesday 6th September Club Night 7.30pm. Speaker Murray Frew. His recent trip to South Australia. Tuesday 12th September
Mid – Week Run. Lindsay & Christine Schaffer are organizing this run. Details elsewhere in The Distributor.
Coming Events – Other Branches. Saturday 2nd September Waimate Branch Swapmeet nd Saturday 2 September Banks Peninsula – Levels Race meeting rd Saturday 23 September Central Otago – Blossom Festival Rally. Sunday 24th September Central Otago – Wings & Wheels @ Alexandra Airport. th Saturday 30 September Otago Branch – Dunvegan Motorcycle Rally.
Beaded Wheels Scribe Thank you for your overwhelming response concerning my request for comments about whether we should keep the cups and trophies, instead of just giving out certificates. I have picked out the four that cover other possible options :1/ That we keep the cups and have them given out at the end of the event to the winners who have their pictures taken with the cup. Then the cup immediately goes back into the club display case. 2/ The cups and trophies should be kept as the decision to do away with them should have been done with a notice of motion. All club members should have had input. 3/ "Definitely the cups and trophies are the way to go. It's a challenge to have your name added to a trophy which has been continually contested and been around for years and therefore means so much more to the winners". 4/ Each event should have a shield and the winners name is engraved onto a small plate and placed on the shield. The winner is presented with the shield and photo taken; the shield is replaced on the wall of the club rooms, with the winners name now on it. In this way the wooden shield could last for years. Certificates would be awarded with all the above. My only advice to you all is to wait till next AGM, and then you can either change it back to the way it was or just keep the certificates. Thank you for your feedback. Clive Blunden, Club Scribe.
Wanted For Austin 12/4 light car Set of shock absorbers as pictured Front and rear required Contact Graeme Simpson 0272931059 gsimpson@es.co.nz
From the Committee After discussion at our meeting 22 Aug is was decide that any charging for the Distributor hard copy would be revisited before next year’s AGM where we could look at increasing the Branch levy that is the portion of the Sub that the branch receives back currently $20. And has not been changed for many years. Feedback from some members was that they thought that they were already paying for it, (a year’s hard copy posted is about the same as the levy per member) we only post out 24 and email out the rest. The levy is your share of running our local club a lot more expenses than just sending out a Magazine hard copy, so the more members that elect to get email delivery saves using the levy money for this purpose.
The Daffodil delivery yesterday. Clive Blunden and Grant Youckney from the Cancer Society
The Vintage Car Club of NZ Inc.
NELSON BRANCH – BIENNIAL RALLY 13-15 October 2017 Entries Close 2nd October 2017.
Nelson VCC Biennial Rally 2017. 4 Marchwood Grove, Richmond, Nelson 7020. Closes 2nd October 2017 Need any help contact; Jim Wareing Ph; (03) 544 9998. Mob; 027 544 9998. Email; jimnkyra@xtra.co.nz 45th Far North Tour 2017 In true Far North Tour fashion we have found some new roads to travel, with picturesque scenery and several places that have not been visited on a Far North Tour before. This year we will be holding a post Tour run to Cape Reinga. If you wish to join this run please indicate your interest on your entry form. Rally Organiser PO Box17 Whangarei 0140 Email: nvccrally@gmail.com 3rd - 6th November 2017
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For Sale/ Wanted ads Keep those ads coming. Remember these ads are read by members of other branches and car clubs. PARTS DEPARTMENT
Latest Listings : Cars - Rolling Cars Low Lite Morris Minor, Straight, looks rust free, complete, good for restoration. Austin A30 and 2 A35's 1954 Hillman Husky SV Austin Ruby bonnet and front guards in restored condition. Offers wanted Rare Spares: 1 Dort Block 1 Saxon Car Motor CITROEN motor spares STUDEBAKER COMMANDER blocks (2) 1926 Buick chassis and parts Chev blocks and heads, some crack tested NOS BMC parts some panels and bumpers 1954-55 Vauxhall diffs and suspension parts Ford 10 motors complete 1 100E 50's Chev doors and bonnets, chromes and spats Reconditioned crank shafts for Wolseley Austin 110 and Morris Oxford Van Large selection tail light lenses Assortment new tie rod ends Hub caps and speedos Parts shed open every Tuesday afternoon 1:30pm to 4:00pm or by appointment Contacts:
John Adamson John Miller Roy Shirreffs Bruce Watt
ph 434 7999 ph 434 8844 or judith.john.miller@xtra.co.nz ph 437 1667 ph 434 5306