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Volume 53 • Number 2 • July 2007

All the action from Heathcote • Type 3 • Tech Torque VW Electrics • and more...

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The Official Magazine of the Volkswagen Club of Victoria Inc.

The Heathcote

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Calendar of Events JULY

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July 17th Club Meeting - RACV Club. 501 Bourke Street, Melbourne. Entertainment: Bring and Brag Night, bring along your favourite VW related item and tell us all about it. DOTVW 2007 Presentation.

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VWCV Committee President Michael Cronin 0419 684 181 Vice-President Dean Holden 0412 500 588 Secretary Andrew Ermel 03 9369 1360 AndrewE@brimbank.vic.gov.au Treasurer John Farlow 0418 357 416 farlowj@internex.net.au Additional Committee Members John Stevens & Paul Kinsey Public Officer John Stevens john.stevens@justice.vic.gov.au Restorations & Tech Sessions Vince Zito 0418 137 855 Motorsports Co-ordinator Chris Antonello 0407 309 244 Social Secretary Kingsley Morrison 03 9484 8953 Membership Secretary Xavier Larkin 03 9836 7607 vwcvmembership@yahoo.com.au Points Score Officer Andrew Ermel 03 9369 1360 Technical Officer 1 Bill Malkoutzis 03 9439 5904 Technical Officer 2 Garry Collis Club Merchandise Dean Holden 0412 500 588 VW Cruises Anthony Surie 0414 344 331 Editor Tony Albers 0408 330 894 wagensville@hotmail.com Advertising Manager Dean Holden 0412 500 588

VWCV General Meetings

Features 2 The Heathcote Rubber Road. All the action, speed and noise from the VWCV Drag Racing Event at Heathcote.

AUGUST

6 Tech Torque When the lights go out or it just won’t start? Bill Malkoutzis talks about the electrics in your VW and how to avoid being left in the dark.

August 26th Queenscliff Train Trip. Cruise to Queenscliff and take the historic steam train to Drysdale and return to Queenscliff for lunch. See Ad on page 6 for details.

August 21st Club Meeting - Studley Park Boat House, Kew. See Ad on page 11 for details.

SEPTEMBER September 18th Club Meeting - RACV Club. 501 Bourke Street, Melbourne.

OCTOBER October 16th Club Meeting - South Yarra Volkswagen. See September issue for details.

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WVCV Annual Membership Fees • Full Membership $40 • Additional Family Membership $20 • Joining Fee $10 To join the Club, please complete the membership form inside this Magazine and forward together with cheque for payment to the Club’s postal address as quoted on the form.

VWCV Editor GPO Box 1215 Melbourne VIC 3001 Email wagensville@hotmail.com DEADLINE FOR NEXT ISSUE Monday 30th July 2007 PLEASE NOTE: Due to problems with the yahoo mail server, the VWCV Editor now has NEW email address. Please send all future correspondence, articles and items of news to:

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October 20th Oktoberfest. Join the VWCV for Oktoberfest celebrations at the Hofbrauhaus (specialising in German and Bavarian cuisine). 18 Market Lane Melbourne, from 7pm. See August issue for details.

MOTORSPORT EVENTS

Wagensville Deluxe is a quarterly Magazine of the Volkswagen Club of Victoria Inc. Correspondence, articles and items of news are invited and should be sent to:

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July 8th Autocross Geelong Motorsport Club/Western District Car Club. July 21st Autocross MADDC. August 5th Motorkhana Werribee. August 18th - 19th Hillclimb Broadford. August 26th Hillclimb Haunted Hills. September 16th Winton 6 hour. September 23rd Second round Interclub Hillclimb Rob Roy. Contact Chris Antonello for details. 0407 309 244

2 Presidents Report and all the action from Heathcote. 4 Type 3 History. 6 Tech Torque, When the lights go out or it just won’t start?. 8 Echuca Social Report. 9 Member Profile, Life Member Dave Evans.

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Melbourne Club meetings held every third Tuesday of the month at 8pm at the RACV Club (Henty Room), 501 Bourke Street, Melbourne, unless advised of an alternative venue in the Club Magazine.

July 22nd Christmas in July. St Andrews Hotel, St Andrews. See Ad on page 9 for details.

10 Motorsport, Rob Roy Hillclimb. 11 VWCV Classifieds. 12 VWCV Membership.

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DISCLAIMER All material in this magazine represents the opinions of the author(s) and does not carry any endorsement by the Editors of Committee unless otherwise stated. Any material advertised for sale does not carry any endorsement by the Club and the onus is on the purchaser to ensure the purchased goods meet their requirements. Each VWCV Committee Member is a volunteer, carrying out Club duties in their own leisure time. The Club has no paid officials, only enthusiasts dedicated in furthering the interests of the club and it’s members. Could members please bear this in mind when contacting Club Committee Members.

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President’s Report Michael Cronin, VWCV President

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rubber road Heathcote Drag Racing 9th June 2007 Welcome to another flash issue of the club magazine, this month its only a short report as I have been away. The main club event I was able to attend was the Drag day at Heathcote (Racing not clothing preferences). The hardest part of the day was not missing the turn off to the track apart from that a great day was had by all. Chris is to be congratulated for the organisation although I see Cheryl keeping a close eye on him. I think this was an appropriate event to start the revitalisation of the clubs motor sport (hint Chris when is the next one). An interesting day, normally you would expect to see beetles etc on a drag strip but the Kombi’s especially the campers added a touch of class. Evan even dressed for the part or maybe that was his normal weekend cloths. Some drivers had more luck than others with a few mechanical failures, some quick repairs and a spectacular roll over of the only true drag car at the event. Michael Clark’s daughter showed she could be following in his footsteps by nearly winning her class on her first event. Once again well done Chris, a great day and thanks to all those who came along and supported the day. Unfortunately I could not make it to Echuca as I was in the US on business, no I was not able to get loads of VW parts or in fact any. Except for a clapped out Karmenn the only other VWs I saw were in LA and then not many. There was hardly any VW stuff to buy and even Disney Land didn’t have any Herbie merchandise, a big disappointment.

The day started early. Thirty cars and about eighty methane fuel burning beetle. Nick, George and people attended the event. The morning consisted John ran their specially prepared turbo charged beetle. In all the excitement of seeing their beetle of everyone taking many practise runs to get launching off the line with its front wheels aloft, we them and their cars tuned in for the afternoon missed getting a time for the run. It was very fast! competition of dial in competition and grudge match racing. But more was to come as Mike took his car out for another run. What started off looking like a very Drama persisted all morning with various cars fast run turned into a spectacular accident as the having teething problems from gearbox problems car veered into the wall at about 100mph, and did and oil leaks. Quick trips to Heathcote to pick up supplies saw some earlier runners get back on the a rollover onto the roof, skidding through the 8th mile timing marker at 46mph. There is no stopping track for afternoon racing. The dial in competition saw various VW models run a VW even on its roof. It came to rest on three wheels on the other side of the track. against each other. Kombis versus Beetles, Type 3 station wagon versus heavily modified beetles to Herbie against standard aircooled beetles. The water cooled class was also represented with Golfs, Seat, Audi and a 968 Porsche. Between events Mike Kristen from Bus & Bug (NSW) and the boys from Vollkommen Art ran their specially setup drag cars. Mike ran a first quick 10 seconds pass in his twin supercharged nitro

Mike walked away uninjured. We cannot say the same for his car. We would like thank Mike and his crew for coming down for the day. The car will be fixed and planning to attend our next drag meeting. We also appreciated the crew from Heathcote Raceway who ran their jet car on a demo run for the club. It was very loud and fast’ all it needed

was a Hostess and set of wings! The dial in results saw some interesting match up with most of the heavily modified cars being defeated by the standard VWs. The final of dial in air cooled was between a standard 1967 Kombi and a standard 1963 beetle. The beetle won on the day by the slimiest of margins – 100th second. The trophies on the day were: Fastest VW Powered Car – Mike Kristan Closest Dial In et – Air Cooled – Justin Atkins Closest Dial In et – Water Cooled – Bill Malkoutzis Big thanks to all competitors, their pit crews, spectators and everyone that helped with the catering. Special thankyou to Joanne and Russell and all the staff at Heathcote Raceway. There will be definitely another drag race event later in the year. Watch the club magazine and website for details. Chris Antonello.

After a long absence of Motorsport in the VW club, the first event for the year was the inaugural VW only Drag Race Meeting in Victoria held at Heathcote Park Raceway.

Well as I said only a short one this month, don’t forget that the Annual General meeting is coming up soon so if you think you would like to join the team or just want to help the nominations, the nomination forms will be out soon. See you at the General meeting.

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Type 3 The range was originally launched in 1961 in two varieties, the Notchback with a notchback saloon body, and the Karmann Ghia 1500 (popularly known as the Type 34 Karmann Ghia) with a coupé body. The Variant (popularly known as the Squareback) with an estate body followed in 1962. The Fastback, a fastback coupé version, arrived in 1966. A convertible was announced with the original models, but did not enter production. The Type 3 was introduced to diversify Volkswagen’s product range beyond the Type 1 (Beetle), the Karmann Ghia, and the Type 2 (Bus). The Type 3 was designed to allow Volkswagen to make a more sophisticated car while maintaining much of the engineering from the Type 1. although available to much of the world, the Type 3 line was not exported to the United States through Volkswagen of America until the 1966 model year, when the Squareback and Fastback were added to their line-up. ENGINE AND DRIVETRAIN The Type 3 was initially equipped with a 1.5 L (1493 cc) engine based on the air-cooled flat-4 found in the Type 1. While the long block remained the same as the Type 1, the engine cooling was drastically changed to allow for a much lower engine profile. This resulted in increased area for cargo stowage with the so-called “Pancake” or “Suitcase” engine. This engine’s displacement would later increase to 1.6 L (1585 cc).

fuel injection as an option, making it one of the first mass production consumer cars with such a feature (the first was the Type 4 VW 411). Also introduced for 1968 was a fully automatic transmission.

its estate-bodied sibling, the Variant. The 3-door Variant was produced from 1969 to 1977 and then followed by an updated successor with squarer body, the Variant II which was produced from 1977 through to 1980.

One notable advance from the Type 1 to the Type 3 was the front suspension, although similar to the Type 1, it was the first Volkswagen system to incorporate transverse torsion bars, as opposed to the Type 1 torsion leaves. The Type 3 torsion bars are cross-mounted to which each individual torsion bar is connected to both front wheels.

GENERAL FEATURES Strengths Spacious body and luggage capacity; good braking; heating air thermostats; engine and gearbox parts common to Beetle; separate body and floorpan.

The Type 3 was also the worlds first volume produced car to feature electronic fuel injection pioneered by Bosch. This was offered as the VW 1600E version (E meaning “Einspritz” in German or injection).

Weaknesses Cylinder heads cracking, overheating, gearbox problems, twin-carb plugs inaccessible, rust traps are front wings, inner wings, rear lower seat-belt mounts, jacking-points, sills, spare wheel housing, later fresh-air boxes and bumper mounts.

RELATED MODELS 34 Karmann Ghia. Also known as the Grosse Ghia (with grosse being German for “large”), the Type 34 Karmann Ghia was a larger, more squared development of the Karmann Ghia, and was based on the Type 3 platform.

Specifications Wheelbase 94.5” Track f/r 51.6”/53.2” Overall length 170.9” Height 57.9” Width 63.2” (64.6” with side parking lamps).

Brazilian Type 3 (TL/Variant/Variant II). The notchback Type 3 was launched in Brazil in 1968 and met with little success, being nicknamed Zé do Caixão (after a popular Brazilian movie character) for its boxy shape. This model was exported to Mexico, where it was sold as the Brasilia.

Variant (Squareback) 2281 lbs/1035 kg(unladen) 3274 lbs/1485 kg (laden).

Weight Sedan 2227 lbs/1010 kg(unladen) 3109 lbs/1410 kg (laden).

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Trailer 1025 lbs (unbraked) 1433 lbs (braked) Luggage Front compartment 6.5 cubic feet (1969) 7.8 cubic feet (1970).

Rear compartment Notchback 7 cubic feet Originally a single or dual-carburetted 1.5 L engine, A fastback/hatchback version, the Volkswagen TL, Fastback 12 cubic feet. (1500 N, 45 hp or 1500S, 54 hp) the Type 3 fared somewhat better, being produced from 1970 Variant (Squareback) 24.7 cubic feet 42.4 cubic engine got a larger displacement (1.6l 1585 cc) for to 1976, originally as a 2-door and later as a 4feet (back seat folded). 1966 and modified for 1968 to include electronic door version. Neither enjoyed as much success as 4

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I read an interesting news item in the recent edition of RACV Royal Auto, where it was reported that people were driving around with the minimum number of lights on their car to try and minimise the green house gas their cars were generating? Wow!!!! I thought that is really digging deep to save the planet. Truth of the matter is, if they walked or rode their bicycle somewhere instead of using their car they could save all that greenhouse gas they are trying to save by not using their lights many times over. Anyhow, since I have your attention I thought it might be time to shed some light on the basic workings of your VW’s electrical system. This article will focus on the 6 and 12-volt generator versions and I intend following up with an alternator version later.

Tech Torque When the lights go out or it just won’t start? by Bill Malkoutzis

All cars that have been on the roads since the invention of the starter motor have had a battery of some sort. The function of that battery is to store a certain amount of energy (electricity) to allow the car to be started after it has been turned off. I.e. not have to hand crank to start. Now a battery can only do this so many times before the battery is run flat. So what is the magic that keeps the battery charged, in a Volkswagen? From the first VW till about around 1974 all VW used a “generator” to keep the battery fully charged and to operate all the electrical devices around the vehicle. A generator is basically a direct current motor (like the one that runs your windscreen wipers), that is run in reverse so instead of absorbing energy and making the motor run, it actually creates electricity, but slows the engine driving it. Now a generator will put out as much voltage and amperage that the engine driving it can put in. That is the more energy used to turn the generator the more electricity it puts out, however if it is not regulated in any way, it will generate voltages from zero to well over 48 volts and sap energy from the engine driving it (i.e. less horsepower to actually drive the car than to make electricity). Most electrical devices are designed to operate at a set voltage, i.e. 6V (not so much these days, 12V, 24V (trucks). Therefore there is a fine balancing act going on here. Hence a vehicle generator has to be regulated to a voltage and

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I had a 180 watt 6V generator, so when I was running with the wipers on I was draining the battery to the order of 202 Watts or 33.6 amps so the poor little generator could not keep up, hence why my battery was draining so quickly. I quickly learnt to turn of my hi beams when the driving lights were on to minimise the problem. In the end I moved to 12 volts, and was much more careful what I ran at any one time, or at least gave the

QueenscliffSunday Train Trip August 26th The cost per person will be approximately $15 Including the return fare and morning tea.

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Ignition system Wipers operating

The new stereo I bought running through a 12 Volt invertor 50 watts

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Following the train trip enjoy lunch at one of the many fine pubs or cafes in Queenscliff or bring your own picnic.

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The regulator on early Air Cooled VW’s is that little box on top of a Beetle generator, above the highest point of the fan belt. On other models i.e. later beetles, Type 3 and later Kombis this may be re located under the rear seat or next to the battery in some cases. In this little box is a series of switches / relays and resistors. These work together to regulate the voltage coming out of the regulator to the designed level. On a 6-volt version it might be 7.4 to 8.1 Volts, or 14 volts on a 12V vehicle. These vary from model and year so refer to your repair manual for details. Also they limit output, for example 180 Watts on 6V units (30 amps i.e. 6 Volts divided into 180 Watts equals 30 amps), 200 Watts on Kombi 1500 6 Volt (33.3 amps) or 360 Watts or 30 amps on 12V vehicles. This “wattage” limits just how many devices you can run on your vehicles. In my early VW days I always seemed to have a flat battery after night rallies, particularly if it was raining. What caused this were the big driving lights I was using. For Example I had the following devices operating on the car at he time. Hi beam headlights 2 x 55 watts 110 watts

Cruise to Queenscliff via Geelong for a scenic trip on the Bellarine Peninsula Railway. Arrive at Queenscliff around 10.45-11.00. Train departs at 11.15 and makes a leisurely trip to Drysdale and then returns to Queenscliff by 1pm. A private carriage has been reserved for the VWCV and a late morning tea will also be served on board.

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amperage that satisfies the vehicles needs while not sapping too much power from the engine.

battery a chance to recharge before turning off the engine. The moral to the story is, limit just how much load you place on your poor old generator. The wear and tear items in generators and their associated regulators usually result in the charging warning light to either come on or glow at various levels of intensity. The things that can go wrong are: The fan belt being loose or lost which means your generator is not receiving the level of energy required to generate the expected power. The carbon brushes that rub on the commutator, (its where the brushes contacts on the bit that is spinning inside the generator). The carbon brushes wear as they rub which allows the electricity to flow out of the generator. These brushes as with electric motors wear in time and will require replacement.

being driven in day light hours with a fully charged battery in good condition, and not stopping the motor, could go all day before flattening its battery. At night you may be lucky to get 1 to 2 hours of drive time if the headlights etc are on. So if the light starts glowing you should be looking for help before the car stops on you.

The regulator has mechanical contacts in them (like points) that open and close control the level of electric current flowing. Again over time these contacts “burn” and eventually fail, resulting in no current from the generator. The day you see your dash light for your generator start glowing ever so lightly, or for long periods after starting until you rev the engine or if it comes on as bright as can be, you should be planning a visit to your VW service person as your charging system is not working correctly. The chances are you may be left high and dry next time you go to start the car or you’ll will come to a unnerving halt some where out of the way once your battery is flat. If you do see your charging warning light comes on there are precautions you can take to get you home. The first is to check that your fan belt is in place and tight. If it’s not OK and you can’t do anything about it then the idea is to minimise the amount of electrical energy you are using. Turn off the stereo; don’t run on hi beam if you can avoid it. Any electrical device that you can do with out should be turned off. If you need to stop the car before heading home, park on a downhill decline and so allow you to roll start the car (avoid using the starter motor – very taxing). A pre 1974 beetle

Another thing generator based vehicle owners should avoid is using invertors in their car to drive 240V appliances such as computers and game toys. These invertors use a lot of current and so places a very high load on the generator, which is most likely over taxed during its operation and on the contact points in the regulator switching loads become so high that the points weld together so stopping the generator putting any power out resulting eventually in the dash light glowing followed by a flat battery and eventually your stranded if you don’t do anything about it. This scenario also applies to devices that draw a lot of power. Any time you over tax the generator the regulator contacts are the first thing to go. If you really need to use these devices in your early VW you may want to consider switching to 12V alternator, as they produce much more power and are regulated electronically with no contacts to burn or weld. Next article I will talk about alternator versions and the future of electrical power in an automobile.

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Life Member David Evans 1938 - 2007

We all enjoyed a nice morning tea at the Heathcote Bakery before continuing up the Northern Highway to Echuca, where we all checked into our accommodation. After spending the next few hours exploring the town, we then headed down to the historic wharf area to board the Emmylou paddle steamer for an afternoon tea cruise on the Murray. The water levels in the river certainly looked low. By this time the skies had cleared, but the temperature was still rather nippy.

too damp in the night air. Everybody retired to the restaurant and later the bar. The Moama Bowling Club is certainly still a popular venue - it was chockas full of patrons on the Saturday night. It was a freezing night - the temperature got down to minus 3 degrees at one point, as many members who stayed in the caravan park would testify. We stayed in a cabin, and the temperature inside the fridge seemed warmer. We awoke to cars covered in blankets of ice. Fortunately the 6-volt battery in my Beetle coped OK with the extreme cold and started first time. On Sunday morning it was time to visit the Moama Country Market, just adjacent to the river. Many members also enjoyed having breakfast in town before we headed off for our next destination of the weekend, the Great Aussie Beer shed. I’ve never seen such a range of beer cans, even including a couple of Volkswagen related ones. But it wasn’t just beer cans, there was a huge range of historic and collectible pharaphanalia on display. After a tour of the beer shed a roast lunch was put on and we all headed off home.

For dinner we were shuttled off to the Moama Bowling Club (taking full advantage of the Bowling Club’s free courtesy bus). Many VWCV members spent an hour or so playing some lawn bowls Thanks to all members who came along and (many thanks to all those who provided bowls for helped make it a terrific relaxing weekend, us to use). We eventually had to give it in as the particulary Fiona and Dennis who flew over from temperature plummeted and the greens became Tassie for the trip.

DAVE Evans was widely known to the international David Hill Evans was born in Brighton when motoring fraternity through magazine articles he his mother was 43, a rarity in those days. His wrote on Volkswagens and model cars. father died when Dave was two. His mother and He certainly knew what he was talking about when an aunt raised him as he developed a love of music, quizzes and facts and figures. His family it came to VWs. Dave was one of the founding considered him a walking, talking encyclopedia. members of the VW Club of Victoria, Australia’s first, where he became a life member. He joined in 1956 and for years was its historian. Dave belonged to many car clubs around the world. Altogether, he owned 13 VWs with models including Beetles, Audis, and Karmann Ghias, which he either crashed rolled or sold. Model cars littered all rooms of his home as well as his garage. Shelves were crammed with every book written on the VW Beetle and its cousins, car magazines and books, and manuals on model making. He was also a life member of the Australian Model Car Club, where he once was president, and a respected competition judge with a keen eye for detail. He enjoyed the monthly displays where model cars where judged. Points were awarded for a president’s trophy, which Dave won many times.

Above all, he was a hoarder or, as he preferred to call himself a collector. Dave attended local primary and technical schools, did his national service and then became a corporal in the Citizen’s Military Forces. His only job was with the Postmaster-General’s Department and later Telecom until he retired at 55 as a technical officer Grade 3. As a young man Dave rode motorbikes. He broke a leg when he crashed one of them, a Triumph Thunderbird, into a bus. Dave switched to driving cars but wrecked one of them too, a big Chevrolet, again after hitting a bus. He then discovered the VW Beetle and was hooked. Dave had been a childhood friend with two neighbouring motorcycle club members.

Frances Worth, a clerk, lived in the next street. In the era of Marlon Brando’s film The Wild One, she was fascinated with the teenagers’ motorbikes. She recalls having stalked Dave, although they were not married until February 21, 1966. They had two boys. Frances described Dave as loving, kind, patient and generous. With loads of patience of her own, Frances encouraged Dave’s passion for VWs and other cars, and never regretted a moment. Dave died at 68 at Cabrini Hospital, Malvern of a heart failure. Survivors include Frances, two children, a sister and a brother. The members of the Volkswagen club of Victoria regret the passing of our life member David. An Active member since 1956 and long held the position of Club Historian. David will be sadly missed by all in the VW fraternity.

Source: Herald Sun, June 2007

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St Andrews Hotel, St Andrews. Sunday July 22nd Come along and enjoy a scenic cruise followed by a traditional 3-course Christmas luncheon. A Cruise will meet at 10am for a 10.30am departure outside Safeway supermarket, Bundoora Square Shopping Centre, Plenty Road (Mel Ref 9 J11).

Confirm your booking fast with a $10 per person deposit on or before July 17. Reserved seating for 50 people. Complete the coupon with a cheque/money order to the Club address or see Kingsley at a Club event up until July 17.

Gifts from Santa! Door Prizes and Prize for the best decorated person and/or car on the day!

Name No. of people attending Enclosed $10 deposit per person. $ Enclosed Full payment $38 per person.

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On June 23-24 the VWCV headed to Echuca for the weekend. Leaving from the plane observation car park at Bulla the weather did not look at all encouraging - it was cold, windy and somewhat damp. Around 15 Volkswagens (and a Seat) embarked on the trip up to Heathcote via Romsey and Lancefield, where the cruise met up with a few other Club members. The scenery was certainly moody, with lots of ominous looking stone formations dotting the hills around Tooboruc.

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Motorsport PLEASE NOTE: All additions to this section MUST be accompanied by either registration number, chassis number or VIN number. Advertisements for vehicles without these details WILL NOT be published. Advertisements will be limited to a period of two months only. If you wish to continue your advertisement beyond the initial two month period or your Ad has been SOLD in the first month of Advertising, please contact the Editor(s) so the Advertising space can be updated for NEW Ads.

Rob Roy Hillclimb 17th June 2007

Send your for sales and wanted ads to the Editor: VWCV Editor GPO Box 1215 Melbourne VIC 3001 Email wagensville@hotmail.com

VW TRIVIALITIES The Snowdome and the Volkswagen have a subtle link in history. Originally invented by the French, the world’s first souvenir, the Snowdome was made for a 1889 Paris Exhibition and featured (you guessed it!) a small ceramic Eiffel Tower.

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The first run of the day was hampered by fouled spark plugs caused by a defective rev limiter and a rich mixture. During the first break this was rectified by changing the plugs and doing a quick tune. The rest of the day, race times improved from 35.91 seconds down to 31.88 seconds. The event was very well organised, with over 80 cars continually racing all day. Despite our earlier setback, the beetle ran respectable times and our club has earned points towards the Interclub challenge. We greatly appreciated the support of the club members who came to support on the day. It was a fun and exciting day of racing. We look forward to having more VWCV competitors and spectators at the next round of the Interclub hillclimb challenge on Sunday 23rd September. Chris Antonello.

Dates for next Motorsport Events July 8th Autocross Geelong Motorsport Club/Western District Car Club July 21st Autocross MADDC August 5th Motorkhana Werribee August 18th - 19th Hillclimb Broadford August 26th Hillclimb Haunted Hills September 16th Winton 6 hour September 23rd Second round Interclub Hillclimb Rob Roy For further details on these events contact Chris Antonello 0407 309 244

Rob Roy Hillclimb

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On a very cold morning Andrew, Cheryl and I travelled up to Christmas Hills to participate in the MC Car clubs interclub hillclimb challenge.

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Is your Membership renewal due? Don’t mess around with cheques or money orders, why not pay online? The Volkswagen Club of Victoria website now has an online payment facility to make renewing your membership even easier. Ensure your place in the club by paying with either Visa, MasterCard, or PayPal.

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Membership Stats VW Memberships

Memberships Renewals Reminder

Current total memberships of the Volkswagen Club of Victoria - 415

Reminder for the following members of your membership renewal.

Current Memberships Renewals

Ben Stuart, Everard Hoffman, John Price, Susan Price, Steve Adams, Ross Woolley, Mercedes Woolley, Franz Franken, Katie Bodle, Tamara Watt, Joshua Schuster, Geoff Toughill, Andrew Toughill, Denio O’Keefe, Adam Koniaras, Wayne Woods, Richard W Jordon, Andrew Donelly, Vaughan de Latour, Sam Knight, Sally Vickery, Eva Wawrowski, Iris Stewart, Ron Ramus, Nicole Tracy, Justin Atkins, Matt Brinsden, Sabine Bolick, David Coker, Carl Barnard, David Hill, Andrew Menhyel, Syd Walton and Matthew Gardiner.

Stuart Ermel, John Stewart, Colin Danby, Rina Danby, Laura Canis, Michael Fernando, Dean Holden, Megan Jones, Ian Godfrey, Geoff Nicholls, Andrew Ermel, David Simpson, Ashley Wiese, Bob Skinner, Stuart Crotty, Adam Crotty, Louella Morrison, David Baldet, Tim Clark, John Farley, Sean Beech, Peter Tippner, Rainer Rohrbach, Stephen Kapolitsas, Geoff Moed, Graeme Verhees, Jonathon Wright, Kate O’Brien and Mark Teunissen.

SHANNONS 321 Warrigal Road CHELTENHAM 13 46 46 Insurance for Motoring Enthusiasts.

ANTIQUE TYRES 134 McEwan Road WEST HEIDELBERG 03 9458 4433 Australia’s Largest Range of Veteran Vintage, Classic and Hot Rod Tyres.

10/25 Lusher Road CROYDON 03 9725 5366 Contact Mick for trade pricing typically 10% off retail on most parts and services (up to value of $100). Dyno tuning at $60 per hour.

VOLKWERKE Unit 1/171 Para Road GREENSBOROUGH 03 9435 1868 Specialists in Volkswagen, Audi, BMW, Mercedes.

VOLLKOMMEN ART Unit 2/2 Meriton Place CLAYTON SOUTH 03 9543 7804 Speed and Style.

Xavier Larkin, VWCV Membership Secretary

The following memberships are due in the month of July 2007

93 Commercial Road SOUTH YARRA 03 8866 6888 Proud Partner of the 2007 Day of the Volkswagen.

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VOLKSCARE 4 Macquarie Place BORONIA 03 9729 9281 Contact Michael Clark for 10% discount on parts (maximum discount $50). Does not include genuine or special orders.

VOLKSHOME AUTOMOTIVE 16 Commercial Drive THOMASTOWN 03 9464 0366 Contact John for club member prices.

WOLFSBURG AUTOMOTIVE Unit 2, 290 Old Geelong Road HOPPERS CROSSING 1300 370 310 Contact Gary for club member prices. Please note; If your membership renewal has been paid after the 2nd July 2007 please disregard the above reminder. Also if you have not received your renewal notice for some reason please fill out the application again and state ‘renewal’, or you can now renew ONLINE.

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