122 - Vintage Car Club of New Zealand

Number

122

Vol. XXV, No. 122

February-March 198026th YEAR OF PUBLICAT ION

IN THIS ISSUE

President's Message 2

Haere Mai 21st International 3

Pre War travel on the 'Coast' 9

Some pages from the past 11

Crossword No. 6 13

Ma rlborough Branch 21 st 14

Auckland Branch 25 Years 16

The Club's old Vehicles 18

George Roberts Scrapbook 21

Tiger Moths in N.Z. 28

More about Tiger Moths 31

The Centre Lock Wire Wheel 33

Classified Ads 43

CLOSING DATEClosin g date for Ap ril/May issue Mar ch 11 th .

COVER PHOTORoto ru a Bran ch new Clu b Room s ope ned 24 th

Nove mb er, 1979. Phot o su pp lied by Nola Bor st .

Vintage Car C lub of N.Z. [lnc.]

NAT10NAL EXECUTIVEPresid ent : L. J. D . Priest (Hawkes Bay)Club Captain: A. D . Storer (Banks Peninsula)Club Vice -Captain : M. H . Ferner (Wgtn)H all . Secreta ry: Clynt Inns (Banks Peninsu la)Cl ub Re gistra r: S. A. England, r .o. Box 4154,Chris tchurch.Executi ve: Messrs B. 1. Barnes (Southlan d), W. M. Birch(Wellington, N. A. Dewhurst (Auck land), 1. W. A.Newe ll (Banks Peninsula).

CORRESPONDENCEClub correspondence, includ ing members ' CHANGESOF AD DRESS, must be sent toThe Vintage Car Club of N.Z . (lIIC.)r .o. Box 2546.Christchurch,Inte ndi ng members should write to this address.All Beaded Wheels correspondence and subscriberschange of add ress to p.a . Box 13140.

BEADED WHEELS EDITORIAL COMMITTEEChairman: Spencer Barnard .Committee: Ga vin Bain, Geoff H ockley, Bruce Pidgeon,Bob Sco tt. Paul Gie sler.Material for publication is the responsibility of thiscommittee and should be forwarded to p.a. Box 13140,Christchurch, typed or neatly printed, double spaced onone side of paper only .Reports of resto ra tions, events, road tests, histo rica l andtechnica l art icles welcome. No payment made tocon tributors.The opin ions expressed in lette rs or ar tic les in Beade dWheels are the au thors' own views and do not necessa rilyexpress the po licy of the Vintage Car C lub of N.Z. (In c.)

Beaded Whee ls is the voice of the Vint age Car mo veme ntin New Zealand and of the Clubs wh ose effo rts arefostering and ever widening the inte restof;t his movementand for m rallying points for that ever increasing band ofenthusiasts . The fascin ation oragc iuelf or revulsion fromthe flashy medto ceiw of the pre sent day is drawin g anincreasing number of motorists back to the ind ividuality,solid worth, and functional elegance that was demandedby a more disc rim inating gene rati on and it is to these thatthis magazine is de dicated.

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From the PresidentGreetings to one and all, and

welcome to a new decad e. On ecannot help but wonder whatfor tunes will befall our organis a­tion as we move through the1980s. T he Middle Ea st crisishas surely put a cloud over ourfuture acti vities, in that we arenow facing galloping pri ce in­creases in a very essential co m­mo dity-petro l. With prices nowin excess of $2.00 per ga llo n, alot of our long distance mot or­ing mu st suffer. New Zeal andersare however , ren owned for the irefforts to com e lip with an alter­native under such a cri sis, and Iam sure we will be qui ck toimprovise in this case too. Itreall y rem ain s for liS to decidewhich alterna tive, perhaps a re­turn of the once famili ar gasproducers.

Hopefully we can look towardthe bright er side and tru st thatour recent representations to the

Accid ent Compensa tion Com­mission will at last br ing som erelief in the form of a reducedlevy. Wh atever the future holds,we ca n cer ta inly hold our headsproud with our sta rt to thisdecade. Our efforts in paradingone o f the largest ever groupsof vehicles, for an Internationalmotoring event, rate s high anden sure s a solid approach to thenext ten years. It mu st also meanwe intend to face these difficulttimes with a view to overcomingsuch problems in the best po s­sible way.

In recent months, many of ourBran ches hav e reached someform of milestone in their par­ticul ar history, with severalatt aining the "key to the future"hav ing put 2J year s behind themwhile others hav e gone a littlefarther and added a silver liningto record 25 yea rs of progress.Severa l well est ablished branches

have been bu sy securing them­selves and pr ocuring premises ofone kind or ano ther. to pr ovid ea permanent bom~ for th eirmembers and other assets. Onthe home front , we have 33vears behind us as an organisa­tion and tbis is going fro mstrength to stre ngth each year.Our younger members can reall ybe proud of the foresight of thefounders and the aims of theClub, to rest ore, preserve andmotor automobilia can be en­trusted to them for the fu ture.

F inally. may I wish all par­ticipants in the 21st Internati on alRall y, a ver y enj oyable occa sion ,with trouble free motoring andwhether you ar e attending forthe chance of a "gong" or justfor the enj oyment of the fellow­ship r tru st you will go awayhappy.

LIONEL PRIEST

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-This month we will ha ve the

pleas ure of witn essing one of thegreatest motor ca r spectacularsof all time - the 21st Int er­nat ional Vintage and Ve tera nVehicle Rally in Rot orua, thecentre of New Zealand thermalwond erland, from 24th Februaryto 8th March , 1980.

It is an hon our fo r a countryto receive permi ssion to stage a nIntern at ional eve nt. Th is mu stbe obtained fro m F ederationInt ern at ion ale D es Voit ures An­ciennes (F. LV.A.) which is thewor ld co ntrolling organisationfor veter an mo toring. Aust ra liaheld an Intern ation al in 1978.Ireland in 1979 an d Italy willstage the event in 1981. It isconsidered tha t the curren t eventwill be the lar gest th at has beenheld.

Tt will be a parti cu lar pleasureto welco me entra nts from over­seas . T hese will be co ming fromWest Germany. Japan , SouthAfrica, England, Ca nada, U.S.A.,H ong Kong. Cha nnel Island s a ndAustralia .

New Zealand is renowned fo rits standard of Internation alRallies and thi s is the third tobe held here. Th e first , the H aastRally in 1965, a ttra cted an entryof 300. the second the 13thIn tern at ion al based in N elson in1972 ha d 750 entries and for th iscurre nt event there are 1.060entries. On e hundred and th irty­nine makes are entered made upof 64 motorcycles. 962 cars and34 com merc ial vehicles. T heoldest veh icle is an 1897 Lu xcar entered by Mr L. B. South­ward of Wellington .

Some of the vehicles entere dare : Ajax , Ansaldo , Alvis, AJ.S..

Haere Mai21stInternationaI

Peter Shaskey's 1925 OM 4 cyl. 1500 cc , one ot the few cars which havebeen entered in all three International Rallies in NZ. His entry in this

rally is R65.

076 1910 Regal " 20", G. W. Piddington, South Canterbury. This car wasentered in the 1965 Haast International Rally and also the 1972

International.

P A GE THRE E

HOOD IRONS

Auburn. Calcott, Citroen , D e­so to, Davis, Duryea, E nfield .Ga rdner. Gwy nne , Hender son,Indian . Jewett, Lago nda, M ar­quet te, Mi nerva. Overla nd .Ponti ac. Paige, Reo. Star , Stutz,White. ZedeI.

In spite of the large numberof entries in this 2 1st Inte r­national there a re pr ob ab ly fewerthan a do zen wh o have enteredall three In tern a tiona l Ra llies inNew Zea land a nd certainly in thesa me vehicle . In thi s category wehave Bill Pidd ing to n fromTi rnaru in his 1910 Regal. H israll y numbers were 4 14 in the1965 Rally and 658 in the 1972Rall y. In thi s Rall y it is or ange76. Also in thi s categor y is PeterShaske y with his 1925 O.M.which had 506 in 1965 , 354 in1972 and in this Rall y carries thenumber red 65.

Entries have been receivedfrom man y personalities in theVeteran and Vin tage car move­men t. while others wi ll be a tte nd ­ing as " Rally Suppor ter s". So meare as follows: Mr P. Bolarn. apast pre sident of the Vintage CarClub of Can ada: Mr r. Gilmour,president of the Vintage AutoClub of Brisbane : Mr C. L.Wagener of Adelaide who hasbeen an entrant in the previoustwo New Zeal and Rallies andthi s time will be the FJ.V.A .Steward: Mr F. Smith of Eng­lan d. a me mber of F.LV.A.Comm ittee : Lord M ontagu , Eng­land : G . Vo n Raffray, WestG erman y: Mr N. Harada , Jap an:

Repaired ReplacedRe-built

Ame rican irons a specialty.Tapered tubes with lock

seam.

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HOOD IRON SPECIALTIES53 Mo rtlake Street,

Ch ristchu rch , 4 .

0108 1927 Dodge, R. R. Leet , Waikato.

886 1902 Rambler, Malcolm Wilmot, Timaru.P A G E FOUR

B89 1906 Darracq, E. R. Rob ins , South Canterbury. This vehicle wasalso in the 1965 International.

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G r. Mah y. Belgium : Mr 1. Sul­livan, T imaru , a past presidentof the Vintage Ca r Cl ub ofN.Z.: Mr C. Mcl.achl an , Ash­burton, a founder mem ber of theVintage Ca r Club of N .Z.

To one and al l. " BeadedWhees l' exte nds a warm wel­co me and best wishes for asuccessful rall y.

Meet the RallyCommittee

It will be obvious that tostage an event like the 2 1stIntern ati onal Rall y involves aneno rmo us amo unt of wor k andforeth ought. Here we int ro ­duce you to members of thecommittee who have stee red theevent through all the stages andnow br ing for your enjoy mentwha t may well be the grea testVintage ca r event of all time.

NORM SKEVINGTONRally Director

Norm has been a Cl ub Mem­ber fo r over 20 yea rs and hasserved on the Na tional Executive .He was Na tio nal Clu b Captainfor so me yea rs and Pr esident ofthe Vintage Ca r Clu b of N.Z.from 1972- 1977. Norm was as­sista nt Rall y D irector for the1972 Int ernat ion al. He ow ns a191 4 Overla nd, 1926 Buick. 1948C hrysle r Windso r and a 1937MA C Veloce tte motorcycle.Norm is a postm aster but at pr e­sent is on leave from thi spos ition to oversee the Rall y.

ALAN STORERAssistant Rally Director

Ha s also been in the Club fo rove r 20 yea rs a nd took a maj orpar t in the orga nisa tion of the1972 eve nt. Has been Club Ca p­ta in fo r eight yea rs an d is wellknown through ou t the co unt ryfor his kn owledge of veh icles andpar ts. Alan owns a 19/2 Cadillac .1928 Chrysler and a Ca diliacService Ca r am ongst a numberof other vehicles . Alan recen tlyret ired as a ga rage proprietorand motor ' mechani c.

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The Rally Director, Norm Skevington atAlan Storer. The vehicle is Alan 's 1923which was driven from Christchurch toneeded for the rally.

righ t with Assistant DirectorV8 Cad iliac 353 Service CarRotorua to transport material

Photo by Spence Barnard.

P A G E FIVE

G64 1928

LIONEL PRIESTPublic R elations Officer

In cha rge of ente rtai nmentduring the Rally. He has been amember of the National Execu­tive for many years and currentlyis the President of the V.C.C.of N.Z. Lionel owns a 1926Buick and in working life is alocal body ove rseer .

N ORM DEWHURSTChief M arshal

Has been responsible for theprepara tio n of the Rally route.Norm who has been a mem berof the V.c.c. fo r man y yearsand currently is a member of theExecutive, owns a 1925 Essexand is a motor vehicle inspectorby trade.

CLYNT IN NSSecretary for the Rally

Attends to all finan cial matt ersand bookings, in other words ahost of sma ll but all importantdetai ls. Clynt is a CharteredAcco untant and is currentlyNational Secretary of the V.C.C.of N.Z. He owns a 1926 Sun­beam.

This com mittee has beenworki ng together since 1973 andhave spent un told hours on theplan ning for the big event. Theyare of course the first to ack­nowledge the trem endous a mo untof help received fro m man yman y people who have so will­ingly worked towards the successo f the rally.

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W28 1920 HCS (Stutz), A. C. Evans, Wanganui.

W161 1929 Humber, J. F. Julian, Manawatu.

FIRESTONE AT 21stINTERNATIONAL

Firestone will be featuring at theInternational Rally this year in con ­junction with Rod Welch of Veteranand Vintage Cars Limited atRotorua Racecourse between 24February and 8 March. Firestonewi ll disp lay a full range of theirvintage tyres and will offer adviceand serv ice to the public. Firestonewill also be involved in the servic­ing of tyres during the rally attheir Firestone Tyre Services out­lets at Rotorua, Ngapuna, Taupo,Whakatane, Te Puke, Mt Maunga­nui, Tauranga and Tokoroa. Theseservice centres will have avai lablean exte nsive range of tyres andprovide tyre and tube se rvice andrepai rs for all the entrants for theRall y. Firestone are also suppor tingthe rally in the form of radio andnewsp aper adve rtisi ng to enco ur­age the publi c to parti cip ate onthe Open Days bei ng held atRotorua Racecourse.

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CALENDARSFOR 1980

A few ca lenda rs are sti llava ilab le.

The cars featured are:1904 DE DION BOUTON1900 BENZ192 9 DE SOTO190 3 HUMBERETTE190 1 DE DION BOUT ON1938 BUGATTI ATLA NTICin full colour each 13} x 10".

A brief description of each car isg iven .

Th ese are ideal for framing.

Send $2.25 with name and addressto P.O. Box 13 140 , Christchurch.

B90 1909 F.N., G. Huse , Australia.

R47 1927 Dodge, Doug Barnard, Banks Peninsula. This car was enteredby Spencer Barnard in 1965 Rally.

R69 1937 Brough Superior, P. W. Callender, Wellington.

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P AGE EIGHT

Pre-War travel on the 'Coast'T he pho tograph, fro m the

Westland Na tio nal Park Boardand suppl ied by the historian M rsO oro thy Fl etcher, take n in Sep ­tember 1936 by Ma rk Lyson s,sh ows the three main methods ofca rr ying passen gers, ma il, news­pa pe rs and sma lle r items offreig h t on the West Coast of theSouth Islan d in the 1930s. T heunique grouping of a ir, road andrai l vehicles was mad e possibleby the pr oximity of the co m­bined road / rail bri dge to the oldH ok itika aerodrome at So uth­side, see n in the ba ckground,which was replaced by the pre­sent airport in 1951.

Newrnan Br os. Ca dillac servicecars were well covered rece n tlyin these pa ges, and carried pas­sengers and goods as fa r so uthas We he ka (Fox Glacier) , theend of the road . T he ra ilcar wa sint ro du ced in 1936 mainly to

ca rr y "T he Press" to the Coastleavin g Chr istchurch a t 2. 15 a.m .It was based on a 95 h.p. L ey-

land T iger bu s chassis. Over alllen gth was 25 ft, whee lbase14 ft 6 in, and wit h its weigh t of7:1- ton s it co u ld travel at 50m.p.h ., cutting the time for thejourney to 5t hours. N everentire ly popul a r with passengersbecause of its "hunting " ch ar ac­teri st ics indu ced by the sho rtwheelb ase and four wheels, itwas kno wn vari ou sly as "TheT in H are" fo r its speed, or "TheF lying Fl ea " for its tendency tohop off the tra ck s. I t was super­seded in 1940 by the Vulca nser ies of railcars.

by John King

T he de H avilland OHS3 FoxMoth epitomises West Coast a ir­line serv ice until 1953. Air Trave l(N .Z .) Ltd sta rted flying a FoxMo th fr om its ba se a t H okiti kaa t the end of 1934, and itspo pularity and success wereentire ly du e to th e efforts of theai rl ine's fo unde r , managing

dir ector and ch ief eve ry thing,Bert Mercer, shown sta ndi ng infr on t of the ae roplane . OwenTempleton , Air Travel's groundenginee r , is s tand ing at the wing­tip.

ZK-AEK had a mostchequered career. It s firs t ownerwas HRH the Pr ince of Wales,later King Edward VII I and theDuke of Wi nd sor , who bou ghtthe F ox Moth ea rly in 1933. Itwas so ld lat er the same year toG uy Han sez. a Belgian whocovered grea t dist an ces in it , in­clud ing the 1933 Egyptian Inter­nat ion al Air Rall y and a fas treturn trip to the Belgian Co ngo .By June 1935 the O HS3 wasback in En gland, and wasshipped to N ew Zealand to be­co me Air T ravel's secon d ae ro­plane in Oct ober that year.

Apart from min or m ishap sca used by suc h thin gs as fue lsta rva tion, stray animals andgus ts of wind, ZK-AEK for afe w yea rs led a fa irl y normal

Three modes of transport seen beside Southside Aerodrome, Hokitika. D.H. 83 Fox Moth, Newman Bros. Cad iliacService Car and N.Z. Railways Leyland Tiger engined railcar which ran in regular service for many years

between Christchurch and the West Coast.PAGE NINE

sort of life, if such an expressioncould be used to describe anaer opl ane operating in strictly" bush" conditions, pioneering theair routes as far south as Jack­sons Bay, carrying people, mail,and all manner of strange goodsin a region entirely withoutroads. In October 1943, however,it mad e headlines when it force­land ed on the Franz JosefGl acier during a scenic flight.T he pilot , O. D . Openshaw, ledhis four nurse pa ssengers tosa fety across the ice, where the ywere reached by a rescue partythat night and walked out, un ­inj ure d, the next da y.

The Fox M oth was sa lvagedtwo weeks later in two stages .On e party dismantled the eng ine,wings and tail, and back-packedthem down to Waiho (Fra nzJosef) , while a second IS-manparty later retrieved the fuselageby tying it to a sledge andlab ori ou sly lowering the wholethin g down the glacier, throughcrevasses and all. The remainswere taken to the de H avill andfactor y at Rongotai fo r rebuild­ing, which was accomplished bymaking an entire set of jigs fora new fuselage stru cture , ret ain­ing as man y of the origi nal met alfitting s as possible.

Returned to H okitika in M ay

1944, ZK-AEK saw out the re­mainder of Air Travel 's servicesand was part of the asse tsacquired by NA C (now Air NewZealand) in 1947 when thecountry 's thr ee civil airl ines wereabsorbed int o the one Corpo ra ­tion. NAC continued to opera tethree Fox Moths from Hokitika,but with the lengthening of keyairfields in South Westland,ph ased them out in favo ur ofDH 89 Dominies by the end of1953. Before then , however ,ZK-AEK had been sold to Aer ialSowin g, the Canterbury topdress­ing firm, and saw thre e yea rs ofcarrying pa ssengers, supplies, andagr icultural materials from fenceposts to wool in sacks aro undCanterbury and Marlborough .Later it was privatel y ow ned andin 1957 this historic aeroplanewas taken to Fiji, but lack ofuse and sitting out side in thetropical climate played havocwith the wooden airfra me, andit was withdrawn fr om servicelate in October that year, beingleft outside to rot away atN au sori, Suva.

A pictorial history of NewZealand's eight de HavillandF ox Moths is being compiled,and anybody with photographsor personal recollections of the

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III the force d landing 0 11 theglacier referred to the pilo t lostalt itude and flyin g speed in adown drau ght and had to makea split seco nd decision to save hispassengers.

He lined up all ice pin nacle,swept int o it with eno ugh sidesw ipe to rem ove the wheels andbrush the starboard wing off. theresulting gro und spin also tookthe motor off as it pivo ted roundto the ice pinnacle. Th e rest ofthe plane stoppe d so slow ly thatthe two nurses who sat with theirbacks to the motor jus t leanedback against the diaphragm androlled out onto the ice unhurt.

Th e pilot was later kill ed whena D.H.86 of which he \Vas co­pilot crashed in A ustralia on tak eoff. - Editor.

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Some Pages from the Past PART I

One morning in 1943 I washanded a small parce l bearing aLondon postmark and sta mpswhich exc ited keen competiti onamong the younger members ofthe fa mily for the ir possession.At thi s peri od I was a t home ona few days leave a fter partingwith an a pparently useless itemof my anatomy, viz., my ap­pendix. and on this particularmorning I had taken a leisurelystr oll to the front gate to collectthe mail. T he contents of theparcel proved to be a sma ll stiff­covered noteb ook. which whenopened I am not as ha med tocon fess bro ugh t a lump to mythroat as I recognised the hand­writing of my mo st valuedfriend. who , alas, only a shorttime previously , had made thesupreme sacrifice when theR.A.F. bomber he was pilotinghad been shot down in a raid

so me where over Europe with theloss of all the crew . "T his is in­tended to record the highli ght sof my trip with regards tomotorc ycl ing" , he had written onthe inside of the front co ver."and in case of any untowardhappening. please post to . "(here followed my name andaddress) .

by Geoff Hockley

It is many a year since thislittle book ca me into my ha ndsand it still remains one of mymo st treasur ed possessions. Overthe year s I have had manyfriends , ent husiasts to whommo torcycling was almost thebe-all a nd end-all of thei r exist­ences. but I think that I maytru thfully assert that the com­piler o f this little volume simplylived for the sport. Man y motor-

cyclists of the 1930-40 era willremember the man I am re­ferr ing to- Bruce Wisely, who,riding a Ca lthorpe competitionjob and later a B.S.A. SilverStar. was one of the most suc­cessful pr ivate owner all-roundersin the period mentioned above.Many of his successes come tomind. in many different branchesof the sport- reliability tria ls.hillc lirnbs. beac h races (one ofhis major successes was theJO-mi le South Isla nd beachcha mpionship) an d other events.T ru ly, he was an exceptiona llyfine all-ro un der. Bru ce wasaccompan ied almost eve ryw hereby the charming litt le lady, lat erhis wife , whose intere st in thesport was almost as fervent ashis own .

H owever . the machinations ofa certain gentleman namedH itler, and the ad vent of World

IN HAPPIER DAYS . The SUbject of these notes puts his Calthorpe across the line to win a New Brighton beachrace in 1938. In 1939 he won the South Island Beach Championship riding a B.S.A. M23.

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THE "ROARER". Few Kiwis will have ever seen this "one-off" 1939experimental Velocette racer, which featured a super-charged o.h.c,vertical twin engine, shaft drive, swinging arm suspension and severalother ultra-modern features. Its makers recognised the fact however thatwhen compared with continental machines such as B.M.W. and Gilera,

particularly the latter, it was already obsolete (see text).

War Il, brought to an eod thepleasant hobby of motorcyclesport and numerous other thingsalso. The ranks of the motor­cyclists were depleted as moreand more left for overseas ser­vice in various branches of theForces, the R.N.Z .A.F. in par­ticular, and it was as a memberof the latter that Bruce left forEngland as a Sgt. Pilot. I wellrecall the day of his departure- not the most cheerful ofoccasions for his wife, relativesand friends-but as always, hisirrepressible humour perhapseased the wrench of parting tosome slight degree. "Well, folks,you seem to be sorry to see meleaving," I recall him saying."and I can assure you that thefeeling is mutual. But I mustpoint out that, apart fromwinning the war-a subject towhich I shall of course have todevote a certain amount ofattention-I shall have a uniqueopportunity of visiting Englishmotorcycle factories. and realis­ing an ambition which otherwisewould have remained a pipedream. Of course, it isn't themost propitious of times for suchvisits. but with letters of intro­duction from N.Z. motorcycledistributors, I should at least beable to sneak a peep or two. andI'll have lots to tell you when Iget back."

Well, of course, he was one ofthe thousands who never did getback. But re-reading some of hisletters. and the notebook towhich I have referred whichfinally ended up in my posses­sion, I feel that at least he didrealise his ambition to visit someof the larger motorcycle fac­tories, and he appears to havebeen made cordially welcome.Every spare minute of his leaveseems to have been devoted tothe project and sometimes heappears to have been accom­panied by another well-knownChristchurch motorcyclist, who. Iam happy to say, is still goingstrong as a V.C.c. motorcyclemember-Maurie Wear.

So. through the medium of the

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"little black book". let's followhis activities at his first port ofcall. the Velocette factory atHall Green.

"VELOCETTES SOMERANDOM NOTES. Bronzescraper rings in racing modelsto assist heat transfer. Thesemust be replaced very fre­quently. . . . 1939 250 C.c.MOV goes rapidly with 1937MSS 17/5 cams. . . . RacingKTTs deliver power between5400 and 7300 r.p.m. . . . Sawan MSS with spring frame go­ing up the road-it appearedto work very well indeed. . . .Velocette racing machineshave been using sodium-cooledexhaust valves for many years.. . . Before the war they wereproducing around 100 KTTs ayear. . . . I sat on the 1939Senior and Junior T .T. mounts- some thrill!"

"MORE V EL OCE TTENOTES. I saw the blown twin(the "Roarer".) Very imposing-but I was told it was ob­solete' It MUST be liquid­cooled to do any good infuture, they said. Top speedis around 135 m.p.h . Theyconsider B.M.W.s will do 135and Gileras J45, and they saythat the Gilera is the bike ofthe future. . . . Saw theirexperimental road twin-as in j'

the race job it has two crank­shafts geared together (axis

parallel to that of bike) . Iso.h.c. of course-has verylarge round crankcase, coil ormagneto ignition, and shaftdrive . Gears are arranged sothat machine may be started ingear. Rear guard is very largeand flattened for pillion seat,a serious attempt to providefor permanent pillion accom­modation . Has spring frame.with 4 positions for differentspring tensions for differentloads. Uses large springs andthe wheel fork is pivoted be­hind the gearbox. They havehad some trouble with shaftcouplings but this is nowremedied . Oil leaks - none!The whole construction is veryrugged. This model is to be a500 c.c. when it goes into pro­duction. but the experimentaljob is a 600 c.c. to overstressparts. Shrewd, eh?"

"IN VELO'S HOLY OFHOLIES. Was invited into thesacred portals of the "DinHouse". the Experimental De-

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CROSSWORD No. 6partment. Saw the actua lmounting used for testing th eblo wn twin by the la te H aroldW illis still insta lled on brak etest machine. I look ed en­viously at so me a lloy r imsha ngi ng on the wal l. They useth ese on the works jobs­mad e in Italy and uno btai n­able now, of co urse."

" G OSSIPIN G IN THE' DfN HOUSE'. Some of thebeh ind-the-scen es gossip Ihe ard was amusing. For in­sta nce, I was told th at theira bility to get cleaned up inthe Seni or TT. every yea r,and then come back fo r more,gained Velos as mu ch admira ­tion as a win would havedone! Compare d with Norton'sT. T . efforts, Velo 's were morelike an excursion! Joe Crai gused to really get down tobr ass tack s-he used to havethe a tmospher ic temper aturea nd den sity reported a t vari ou spo int s a ro und th e TT. co urseto assis t setti ng carburation !Stanl ey Wood s is the onl yman (it's sa id) ever to hood­win k the Craig-Norto n com ­binat ion, by no t sto pping onth e 6th lap of the 1935 Seni orto re-fuel his Guzzi, as evenhis ow n mech anics had ex­pected him to do. "Well , so ended m y oid fri end 's

firs t vis it to a British motorcyclefactory, and I think th at I canimagine the thrill it gave him.This was the commencement ofa ser ies of visits to Britishfactories and motorcycle per­sona lities which he managedto pay before fate stepped in.We will study the "little blackbook" for his description of thewelcome which he received a tthe B.S.A. factory, his meetingwith Graham Walk er, one of th emost fam ou s of old-time racingsta rs and a t th is period edito rof " M OT O R CYCLIN G", a ndother pleasant ep isodes of which,happily, he committed to paperat the time and wh ich I hop e"B.W ." readers will find asentertaining as I have.

(To be con tinued)

ACROSSI . Bees Liz destroyed in a French

car. (7)8. Reprime the first American car .

(7)9 . A goa t looks af ter the kids. (5)

10. Litt le sister. (3)11 . "Le Horn" makes a German

car sound like an aloof in­dividual. (6)

12. American car is a hot-ro d inreverse without the excla ma­tion. (4)

14. United Nation s. (2)16. Say "S" about Postcode 2582.

(4)18. Desire for Japanese currency.

(3 )19. Object of worship sounds like

a slow-running engine. (4)21 . Short court. (2)25. Muse about Australian birds.

(4)26. Small bin got destro yed. (3, 3)27. Beetle is 12 across before tea.

(3)29. Symbolic coin is a knock-out

reversed in the count. (5)30. A Swiss car cocktail. (7 )32. Rev main Belgian car. (7)

DOWNI . Belt yen around for an English

car. (7)2. English car made of ranch

steel. (10)3. Cold cot is bicycled arou nd

withou t 150. (3, 3)4. Fencing sword has peewee

mixed up without us. (4).'i. and 23. Do doubt in one

French car. (2, 4, 6)

6. Greek letter sounds like a lightmeal. (2)

7. Clean up with this Americancar. (5)

10. American car made out of abusted rake. ( 10)

13. Ore crushed to make anAmerican car. (3)

15. Negative number. (2)17. Curren t type English car . (2)20. Nag load upset by an English

car. (7)22. Aun t is knocked a bout by this

English car. (6)23. See 5 down.24. Crazy up in South Australia,

this English car belongs to thefirst person '! (5)

28. Neat upholstery could be partof a Ford wheel. (4)

31. Concerning the second note ofthe octave. (2)

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Marlborough Branch 21st

A scene at Brayshaw Park, Blenheim over Rally weekend.

Twenty-one years ago 16people met in a small army hutofficially designated as the Blen­heim Pigeon Club Rooms witha 'view to establishing a VintageCar Club in Marlborough . Be­tween these 16 and 5 who pu tin apologies the y could muster 4mobile cars of the vintage era.

Since then the movement hasgrown until today the Marl­borough Branch is nearl y 100str ong, with some 50 vehiclescapa ble of taking to the roadand approximately another 30under or awaiting restoration.

The Branch has its own motor­able vintage in the form of a1931 Model A truck , purchasedin 1977 and given a completerestoration as a club project in1979 with Bob Ashby andTornrny Mortimer doing themajor share of the work. Alongwith the Marlborough HistoricalSociety , Marlborough FarmMachinery Society, and theMarlborough Modellers, we haveplayed our part in turning aformer council rubbish tip intoa park now known as the Bray­shaw Museum Park . We willshortly be commencing theerection of a vintage motoringmu seum incorporating an indoorvehicle display area and a vint­age era service station.

Our Branch is well known forits friendliness and hospitality,and for a consistently good stan­dard of vehicle restorations. Un­fortunately Marlborough roadsdo not lend themselves to rally­ing as they are inclined to gofor miles up country valleys withno exits, which makes it hardto go in any direction withouthaving to come back over thesame road.

In spite of this Marlboroughha s over the years hosted severalSouth Island and National eventsand part of the 1972 Inter­national Rally with success .

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Assets, past successes, mem­ories, and the good spirit withinthe Branch did not come auto­matically. these were built withthe time , work and sweat ofmany mem bers over the last 21years. It is proba bly unfair tolist names. but where would webe today if such people as ColinPatchett, John May, Trevor May,John Finnie, Don Kilpatrick.Harold Neal, and many other

by Trevor Harris

early members had not been pre­pared to sacrifice hundreds ofhours over many years to thecause of vintage motoring. Avote of thanks is also due tosome members of neighbouringbranches, who have been ofimmense help to us over theyears. Sam Slyfield of Canter­bury was a real friend in theearly da ys, and heaven knowshow many Marlburians havesought parts, advice and the like

from Len Southward and GeoffHockley .

Unfortunately as a relativenewcomer (why was I asked towrite this an yway ?), my know­ledge of the earlier members andmotoring incidents which helpedto make up the "character" ofthe Branch has been obtainedonly by listening to the olderhands at Noggins and " Bull"sessions. People like Ron Osgood,a real life storybook vintageboffin, and the quick witted DaveMacDonald have now passed on ,but have left us with stories totell and laugh over. Like the timethe Marlborough Branch put ona pot roast lunch at an earlyrally . The lunch was a very largestew cooked in several very largepot s over a large open fire . DaveMacDonald. a big man himself.was working furiously dishingout the stew with his one arm(he lost the other serving withthe Maori Battalion). when henoticed a group of visiting ladies

Two Marlborough Branch twin T's out on their first rally.

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who was one of the original 16present in the Pigeon ClubRooms 21 years ago. The ModelT that Trevor drove in the rallywas entered by Ted Lucas whowas also one of the original 16,and the Model T was one of thefirst vehicles restored in theMarlborough Branch.

Pri ze list-Veteran : T. May,Marlborough, 1914 Ford T:Vintage: R. Copelang, 1925Rugby: P.V.V.: M. Combes, 1933Wolseley, Canterbury; P.W.v.:P. Clay, Nelson, Ford Prefect;Veteran Concours: R. Scott,Banks Peninsula, 1913 Metal­lurqique ; Vintage Concours: D.Bothwell, Nelson. 1927 Austin12/4 Tourer: P.W.V . Concours :G. & J. Pepper, Canterbury.1952 Austin Healy; MotorcycleConcours: L. Hubbard, Christ­church, 1930 Triumph motor­cycle; Hard Luck: R. Gardiner,Auckland , 19[6 Triumph motor­cycle .

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Racecourse for lunch. Manyentrants who managed to main­tain a clean score sheet over theeasy roads had their averagesknocked to pieces fairly smartlyin the afternoon when they triedtheir hands at skipper Mac­Donald's events course.

The pre sentation dinner anddance went off with the spiritand gaiety and friendlinesstypical of all such V.c.c. cele­brations.

The pri ze winners wereevenly scattered throughout thebranches, but perhaps it wasfitting that the veteran class waswon by a member of the Marl­borough Branch, Trevor May ,

looking rather apprehensively atthe whole set up . "Don't worryladies," hollered Dave, "we al­ways washed the pots aft er cook­ing the pakehas."

The three day safar i to Nelsonover anniversary weekend hasnow faded into history, but thememories and tales of thi sformer annual occasion linger on .Did Jack Soar scorn the use of atow rope and really reconditionthe lower end of his Model T ontop of the Wh ang amoa hill? DidTrevor May really motor all theway home with a hotel waitress'sgarter for a fan belt?

The successes and good timesof the last 21 years were cele­brated with a rally held over theweekend of November 9th-11th.The passing of 21 years can nowbe written into the Branch re­cords as another success.

In view of the petrol situationand its problems, it wa s felt anentry of about 100 would begood going, the final figuretherefore of 157 entrants wasflattering indeed. Gary Turner,John Bell, Dave Martin, ArthurBaker and the rest of theorganising team had the weekendteed up nicely .

The shortened routes kept theentrants moving on mainly flatroads, except for a short burstover the Redwood Pass forthose on the long route throughtypical Marlborough pastoralcountry ending up at Waterlea

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Auckland Branch- - 25 Years

The Founder-President's 1925 Sunbeam now owned by Frank Benson.

her faithful driver, Bill Payne,Doug Wood brought the ex Sea­brook Austin 12 up fromTauranga for the occasion. MervHardy was there too, now anoctogenarian and still wreckingcars in his small yard in Avon­dale . He has a remarkablememory of cars and people inthe business during the vintageera . Thanks to Merv the ex GillTalbot (known as the Weta in

Lile Member and Co-Iounder 01 the Auckland V.C.C. Dick Messengerdriving his 1920 Vauxhall D type Tourer.

by Barry Robert

Roy Tomlin made a rare appear­ance in Iiis 1920 Austin '20 .

The late Miss More's 1929Standard was there, thanks to

team s were present for the re­enactment. Jirn and Nan Franciswere there with their little 1910Deluge , a much tidier car thanit was on the inaugural run and

Auck landers were surprised tofind in the last Beaded Wheelsthat we were not the only onescelebrating a Silver Jubilee andthat Otago and SouthlandBranches were doing similarthings to mark the pa ssing of thefirst quarter of a century.

For us the occasion wasmarked bv a re-enactment of theClub's original run from Corn­wall Park in the city to RedwoodPark in the Western Suburbs. Itwas held on the 24th November- the date that the AucklandVeteran and Vintage Car ClubInc was formed in 1954 and tookthe same format with a non­competitive run and instructionsdesigned to get you there notlose you!

Several members had gone tosome trouble to contact foundermembers and others we had notseen for a long time so that theassembly area at Cornwall Parkwas the scene of many reunions.

Our photographer was able togather together six past Presi­dents and Chairmen-our leaderwas a President before we be­came a branch of the V.C.C. ofN.Z.-and we were pleased tohave our founder President, thelate Horace Robinson repre­sented by his daughter, MrsBarbara Goodman, Mayoress ofAuckland City. Mrs Goodmanwas delighted to be included inthe celebrations by riding in herfather 's old 1925 20/60 Sunbeamnow beautifully maintained byFrank Benson.

Our founder Secretary, ChetParker was there along withDick Messenger and his 1920 Dtype Vauxhall. Dick and theVauxhall have a long associationthat is worthy of a story on itsown but suffice to say that thetwo have been together since theVauxhall was new and they werethere on the club's first runtwenty-five years ago. Only twoother. same car, same owner,

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Past Chairmen of Auckland Branch, from left: Jim Lewis, Bernie McGinn,Norm Dewhurst, Ray Cope, Harold Denton and Wilbur Brown

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the '65 H aast Rally) was savedalong with a strange little carcalled the Twombly now in Gil­trap's Queensland museum.

Redwood Park once a popularpicnic spot open to the publicand situated near the end of theNorth Suburban train line haschanged a lot in the 25 yearsperiod. It 's now a private

Country C lub and caters forgolfers and their families and itwas quite a privilege for us tobe given the use of their groundsand clubrooms for afternoon tea .The run a ttracted 85 cars and werecorded that 16 of the ownershad been in the club for morethan 20 years . Added to theseold ies we had distinguished

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The Club's Old Vehicles

Typically American

T he firs t of man y vehicles Ihave lined up to look at fo r" Beaded Wh eels" is a 1930C hrys ler " 77" Road ster ownedby Mr Bruce Poole of Wai­pukurau . Th is particul ar ca r wa spicked up in a fairl y so rry sta tein Januar y 1965 near Pon garo ain southern H awkes Bay, and 4-}yea rs of work was put int o itsvery detailed rest or ati on .

This vehicle was o rgina llyowned by an unknown person inWellin gton . and the own er s after1936 were many and vari ed(sold iers going over sea s perhaps)in the Wellington area until 1948when a Mr s Pearl Ga nd i fromPon gar oa bought it. The car wasfirst retrieved by Mr D ickBassett and subsequently so ld toMr Lach lan Scott , who in turnso ld it to the present ow ner for£65. Restor ati on was begun im­med iat ely after the 1965 Int er­na tiona l Rall y a nd one. monthpr ior to th e 1970 Au str al ianInt erna tional Rall y was whee ledfrom its 20 ft x lOft shed.

The Chrys ler " 77" Road ster isa rare ca r in N ew Zealand andthis is beli eved to be one of sixwhich ca me int o thi s country in1929 and 1930. F ive still survive.the sixth having been wreckedin the Wanganui a rea , and partsfr om this wre ck were used onM r Poole 's car.

The car has been seen on theInt ernational Vintage Ca r Rallyin Australia in 1970, as well asseve ra l N ational N.Z. events. andnumerous Taranak i, Man awatuand Hawkes Bay rallie s.

Wh y own thi s ca r? Bru ce sa wReg Kilby's identical road stcr onralli es. decided th is was the ca rto ow n. and endeavoured to findone. not kn owing how rar e aveh icle it was.

The restor ati on of the car took41 yea rs . the last twelve monthsbeing fai r ly sol id. T he biggestpr oblems were findin g a nd fittin gbear ings. Wh eels were hard toP AGE EI G HTE EN

co me by. and ther e was lot s ofru st : the ca r was sa d but never ­theless complete.

Since res tora tio n there have

by Rod McKenzie

been no real pro blems wi th thecar and it is th oroughl y enjoyedand used as ofte n as possib le. At

times (when it is very cold ) aseda n of simila r model wo uldmake a nice sta ble -ma te.

I took the ca r out for a roadtest and was most impressed .The ow ne r's co mme nt th at ithandles and beh aves like a P.V.is qu ite acc ura te. The sea t isfixed wi th a n unusual spring ingset-up and is quite comfortabl e

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to travel in. The pedals areeasi ly reached with the lever scoming to hand qu ite read ily.The instruments, which are easyto read include fuel, oil , tem­perature. speedometer and trip­meter. I felt the car was a joyto dri ve and was reluctant togive it back. When motoring theno ises you hear are the vintageexh aust. the hum of the tyres ,and the wind in yo ur ha ir; andvery little else. For comfort , Ithought it felt very modern fo r1930 and the feel of the ca rwhe n drivi ng is a lso quitemo de rn -indee d Mrs P oole oftendrive s the car on ra llies. Withthe fas t-operati ng fo ur-speedgearbox I felt the car had bothplenty of spee d and power withits co mpara tive ly light road sterbody.

T o summa rise, thi s car is awell res tored and m aintainedvehicle. It is a large Americanroadste r. bu t is still easilyhan dled. In fact it' s the so rt ofcar that you feel yo u co uld driveall day quite comforta bly an dhappily. but wear a hat-I gota wind-burned scalp.

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E ngi ne :Cy linde rs: Six.Bor e : 31t".S tro ke: 5".

Paint :Ty pe : Ac ry lic lacquer by Don

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Colours : Body, red /black .W hee ls, ver mi llion. G ua rds.black. Ot her. stripe, ver­million.

Ind uctio n:Down d raught with air cle a ner.

Transmission:Ty pe : Slidi ng mesh , m ul ti­

range.C lu tch : 9t" single dry plate .Sp eeds : 4 forwa rd, I reverse.

Differe n tia l:Rati o : 3.58 to I.T ype : Sem i-floating.

Brak es :F oot : 4 whee l int ernal expa nd­

ing hydraul ic.Hand : 8" x 2" tran smi ssion.

C hassis a nd Bod y:Co ns tru ction : Fram e pressed

stee l 7" deep.St yle : Road ster.Weight : 3.435 lb .

Su spen sion : Sem i-elipt ic dry lea fwith shock a bso r bers .

Wheels a nd Tyres: 6.00 x 18spoked wheel.

F uel Consumption : Best 18. Av,17. Capaci ty 19-} gal.

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The George Roberts ScrapbookGeorge E. R oberts was born

in 1888 of pion eering stock , whoca me to A uckla nd in the 1850s,his fa ther being a cabinetmakerwho later star ted a cricket batfactory in Auckland. G eorgesta r ted his first job a t th e ageof 16 an d af te r seven yea rs in aclerical jo b in Auckland, pa ckedhis bags in 1911 a nd left forEn gland a nd then Americawhere he received f u ll trainingin ca r man ufacturing of the da y.Return ing to Ne w Zealand in1913 he became a sta r sale smanfor a couple o f years, but laterburied him sel f fo r seve n yearsin the back blocks a ro und Rua­tori a on the east coast o f theN orth Island. He returned toU.S.A . in 1921 to est ablish him­self as the used ca r tr ad er inCa dilla cs for the N ew Zealandservic e ca r ope ra tors. George isstill living in the U.S.A. a nd th elast we heard wa s ha il andhearty. F rom here he tell s hisow n story.Auckland to Wellington 1907

In January 1907 I decided totr y to ride my mot orbike fromAuc kland to Wellington a nd re­turn . The go ing was fa irly good ,ap art from bogging down in thehea vy pumice sand betweenRot orua a nd Taupo. I set outo ne day for T ar awera planningto have lunch a t a p lace markedR an gataike on the map bu t onarrival Rangit aike proved to beonl y a fork in the road with asignpost pointing on to T ar a­wer a . Rain set in a nd I a rr ivedat Tarawera very wet andhungry. This was only theseco nd time that the loc al s hadev er seen a mot orcycl e a nd withincessant rain for two moredays, the cla y road wa s quiteimpassable .

On the evening o f the secondday, tbe weekly horse coachfrom Taupo to N apier a rr ivedfor the overn ight sto p and thedriver finally agreed to carry the

bike on to Te Pohue , providedI dismantled the machine, lashedthe wheels a nd fra me on thero of o f the coach and I co uld situp in fro n t with the driver withth e engine between my feet.

The next da y was fine and Ihad a beautiful coach rid e overT aurangakuma then do wn to theMohaka bridge with th e horsesstra ining up Titiokura a nd onto Te Pohue fro m where therewas a reason able gra vel road toNapier.

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At T e Pohue there wa s achange of horses a nd while theother passengers had lunch, Igo t bu sy as sembling the enginea nd controls back into th e fr amea nd left an hour a fter the co ach.On the long downhill gr ad es Imade good time and pa ssed thecoach before it reached Napier,ge tt ing a rousin g cheer from thepassengers as I chugged by.

I ex per ienced go od weatherand no trouble from here on a ndlater returned from Wellingtonvia Palmerston N orth to Taihapewhere the roa d practicall y endedso I put the bike on the train toTe Kuiti and from there had agood ride home to Auckland.

In 1911 , a fter eight years o fs tudy , I quali fied as a registeredaccountant, but the regi strationhad been taken aw ay from theN ew Ze aland Ac countants' As­socia tion in 1910 a nd certifica teswere now being issued to book­keepers with little knowledge ofthe subject, particularly corpor­ate accountancy. M y full qu ali ­fications ca rried little weigh t a nathe fu tur e looked ble ak in thi sfield.

In February 1911 the DilworthTrust Board where I was em­ployed had their annual meet ingwhen sa la r ies wer e reviewed a ndI was quite dissati sfied with mymeagre rise.

I Go OverseasSo on afte r I decided to mak e

a ch an ge . I was keen to seeEngland a nd the U .S.A. a nd th atyear I could see the coronationo f Kin g G eorge V a nd attendthe Derby a nd also see the Isle ofMan T.T. race s. I drew m ysa vings from the bank a ndbooked a pa ssage for twomonths hence . On returning tothe office I wrote out my re sig­nati on a nd gave it to the Boardsecre tary who then sta ted hewould take up the su bject of mysala ry with the Board a nd feltsure some improvement wouldbe forthcoming. He was vervsurprised when r produced mystea mer tick et and said my planswere made. This ch ange foro verseas was the best th ing Iever did .

In England I sa w the Derbyrun , was close to the King andQueen on o ne occasion a nd a lsovisited th e Br ooklands tracksevera l times once having a trialrun round the circuit in a N apierracing car.

Viewing the Isle o f ManTourist Trophy race s was thehighl ight of the U .K. trip. With7 circuits o f a 22 mile courseover tortuous roads with sha rpcorner s man y hump backedbridges meant the rider took aflyin g leap off a bridge a nd hadhardly landed bef ore he took asha rp turn right. The speed trialsfoll owed next day on a longcurving beach.01( to America

In August 1911 I received aca ble sa ying my father had so ld?is cricket bat factory a nd goneinto partnership with Reim ersRobert s and Roch e as motor carimporters. They had the Over­land ag ency and were see king theChalrner s fr anch ise and I was togo to the Ch almer s plant inDetroit as a dealer tr ainee.

At the Chalrners plant I was

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The very popular 1930 Cadillac Model 353, one of the last of this typeexported by George Roberts to New Zealand. Owner J. McLachlan.

trained in engine, transmission,electrical, ignition, fuel adjust­ment and road testing, withoccasional sales promotion meet­ings. Every chassis was roadtested before the body was fitted.Sitting on a temporary seat, wetravelled 15 miles to a checkingstation where bearings werechecked for adjustment andheating and minor adjustmentsmade to carburettor and ignition.Then back to the factory at afast pace when brakes and steer­ing were further checked.

The Hudson factory was op­posite Chalmers and Hudson,Losier, Herreschoff and Everitt­Metzger-Everitt (EMF) all usedsimilar test areas nearby, so wemet many drivers and had somekeen rivalry . All of us said thatEMF stood for Every MorningFixit, strongly denied by theEMF boys. (Trade marks had ashort life in those days, Lozier,Herreshoff and EMF all havinggone by 1916).

Chalmers worked a 58 hourweek , 6 a.m, to 5 p.m. with halfan hour for breakfast and lunch.On Saturdays work finished at 3p.m. During training I received$15 per week in wages .

Chalmers made two sizes oftouring car, a Model 30 sellingfor $1,500 and Model 36 at$1,800. Our New Zealand com­pany advised me they wanted a

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cheaper car to replace the Over­land and I sent out details ofseveral makes.

The firm chose the Cuttingcar , a 4 cylinder 5 passengerpriced at $1,185. I took a weekoff from Chalmers to go downto the Cutting plant at Jackson,Michigan and arranged for 12cars to be shipped to our firmin Auckland .

After my regular course atChalmers, I moved to the ColeMotor Coy at Indianapoliswhere I worked for two monthsduring which time I tested theCole raceabout on the Indiana­polis circuit. All Cole raceaboutswere tested this way and acertificate issued with each carto prove it had achieved 80m.p.h . The first lndianapolis 500had been held only a year before,the winning speed averaging74.59 m .p.h. so 80 m.p.h. waspretty fast ! Cole were keen tocompete against Mercer, wholike themselves had started inbusiness only two years before.

During my stay in IndianapolisI shared a room with "wild" BobBurman, one of the greatest ofthe early race drivers and I hadmany interesting talks with him .For several years he had beenin charge of the Buick racingteam and his name occurs con­stantly in early racing records.Later he drove a Peugeot in the

Indianapolis 500 on May 31.1915, and the "Motor Age" re­ported " For the first time in hiscareer on these Hoosier bricks,Burman managed to completethe entire 500 miles withoutpounding his car to pieces orwrecking his mount by dare­devil driving." Later the sameyear he died from injuries at acourse at Corona, California.

Whilst with the Cole MotorCoy. group I went to the NewYork Motor Show in January1913 and on to the ChicagoShow. While waiting for a shipfor New Zealand I spent fourdays in San Francisco and fellunder the spell of this beautifulcity.

Back to New ZealandBy March 1913 I was back

in New Zealand with ourChalmers agency as their demon­strator and field representativeestablishing dealerships through­out the territory.

My duties also covered newcar service complaints, many ofthem trivial. On one occasion Imade a 300 mile trip to Gisbornewhere the differential was leak­ing oil over both rear wheels . Idiscovered that the diff plate hadbeen removed and replaced up­side down , the breather thenbeing It inches above the axleinstead of It inches below, thuscausing the differential to haveoil 3 inches too high.Out in the Sticks

In September 1914, the Wai­piro Trading Coy. at WaipiroBay on the North Island EastCoast agreed to purchase fournew Chalrners on condition that1 go down there for twelvemonths. set up a garage, andtrain their coach drivers in theoperation of motor vehicles.Little did I know when I left forWaipiro Bay that I would beburying myself for seven yearson the wild East Coast.

This is still isolated countrybut 60 years ago the road Northof Gisborne to Te Puia wasuseable all year round butbeyond to Tikitiki a few patches

were gravelled but mu ch wasimpassa ble to mot or traffic inwinte r mon ths. From Ti kitiki toTe Ara roa was a d ir t track a ndfro m ther e to Opo tik i was o nlya pack-horse trail. Any goodsNorth of Tokomaru Ba y had togo by coastal stea me r. a lighterlandi ng its ca rgo into horsewagon s in the su rf.

Besides trarru ng the coachdrivers to hand le mot or vehicles[ ra n the workshop a nd d rove"s pec ia ls". I was a lso exami ningoff icer fo r dr iving licen ces a ndtec hnica l expert in motor co ur tcases. Ot he r d ut ies included re­pai ri ng the P & T te lepho nesand a lso installing moti on pictureequipment in the village hall s. Inwinter when so me of the ca rrout es wer e tak en over by ho rsecoach. r tr a velled a 180 milec irc ui t o n ho rse ba ck serv icingthe Lister shear ing machin es usedexcl usive ly on the Coast.

A t the end of m y o ne yea rco ntract [ planned to return toAuckland but my good friend .Apira ma Nga ta . persuaded me" tha t the Coast needed me". Hetalked of the shear ing machines,the new electric power plant hehad ordered from E ng la nd toinstall at Tikitiki and offe red tobuild me a two ca r ga rage a tTiki tiki rent free a nd even pro­vide fina nce if I needed it. H ea lso supervised man y of thesheep sta tio ns in the a rea, somy accoun ts wo uld be pa idprom ptl y. He was a tru e frie ndwho became a n M .P . a nd re­ceive d a kni ghthood 111 lat eryea rs .

This a ll persua ded me to m oveto T ik iti ki whe re I sta rted wi thone C ha lrners ca r an d added asecond C ha lme rs in 1916. B y1920 m y se rvice fleet co ns istedof two Ca dillacs and a h ighclea rance Hupmobile whichproved very useful whe n theriver crossi ngs were deeper tha nusual. My cars were also usedfor a mb ulance wo rk, with theauxiliary seats folded down,three benzine cases levelled wit hthe rea r sea t and with a mattresson top made a comfortable bed .

North Shore Branch Chelsea Walsh H;lIclimb in November.Top: lan Hallell on his 1930 500 cc Sunbeam. Centre: John Vallings1924/27 3/4 112 litre Benlley. Bollom, Don White 1908 Sizaire-Naudin,

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I ran a regular service to Gis­borne twice a week, and twice aweek to Tokornaru Bay to meetthe passenger steamer Arahura.Then in 1918 Wilkinsons MotorServices took over the run fromGisborne to Tokornaru and Icarried their passengers on overmy route.

In 1919 an opposition com­pany started running with a 12cylinder Packard on the routefrom Gisborne to Tikitiki under­cutting Wilkinsori's and my rates.Their half caste driver ap­proached Para tine Ngata, theleading chief and asked him whyhe did not patronise the cheaperservice and save money. Hisreply was: -

"What kind of car you have?""Packard, the very best."

" What kind of car Wilkinsonuse?" "Cadiliac, not as good asPackard".

"What kind of car Robertsuse?" "Cadillac too ."

"How long your coy. been in

business?" "Two years, verygood company."

"How many years Wilkinsonbeen in business'!" "I don'tknow."

"I do . Eight maybe ten years,long time."

"How long Roberts been inbusiness?" "Five or six years."

"You say you charge sixdollars less than Roberts to goto Gisborne? People long timein business use Cadillac, younew people say Packard better.Maybe old time people knowbetter. Look when I travel onship I go first class, not steerage.I think you have the 'steeragecar' ."

"Steerage" became the stand­ing joke up the Coast and whenanyone travelled in the 12 cylin­der Packard, his friends shouted,"By corry Hori, you travel inthe steerage car" so competitionsoon finished.

Crossing rivers, the Cadillacmufflers were often submerged

and if the engine stalled, couldnot be started with this backpressure. so each driver carrieda speed wrench so they couldslacken off the exhaust manifoldsback them off half an inch andstart up, tightening up on reach­ing the far bank.

In early 1920 an influenzaepidemic swept New Zealandand early March I came downwith it. My doctor ordered me totry to drive to Gisborne 100miles away and go straight tohospital. r made Gisborne allright and met Peter McMahonon my way to hospital. Petertold me that Collett Motors, theCadillac agents, had just receiveda new 7 passenger touring carand I might like a little detourto have a look at it. In spite ofmy flu I was thrilled with it, aModel 57B late 1919, price£1,775. I drove it round a fewblocks and then woozy but stillable to bargain, made a deal at£1,675, £1,000 down and £225

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re near Auckland about 1914. No doubt someRoberts in the U.S.A. and exported to N.Z.Any readers comments on the photo will be

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each month for the next thr eemonths free of interest. I madean agreement that if I died ofthe flu in hospital my equitywould revert to my father. J wasthen whisked off to hospit alwhere J stayed for seve n days.1 was lucky as several of myfriends who contracted the fluthat week failed to recover.

T ha t car purchase came at theright time with the Prince ofWales visit due and with theMaori troops returning fromWorl d War 1, my car was incontinuo us demand and returnedmy full pa yment in 3 monthswith hir e char ges. In the winterJ sent the car through to Auck­land and a fter it had beenpo lished up my sister took itsho pp ing. On coming out of abig dep artment store, the crowdwas so thick she thought shemay have to call the polic e togai n possession. It was cert ainlya beautiful car.

Departure from the CoastAll during the war, the Br itish

Govern ment had been stockpilingwoo l fo r un iforms, blankets etc.Th e pr ice had been pegged atabou t 15 cents a pound, thegro wer receiv ing 5 cents on de­livery at co astal port, 5 centsmore when their wool wasloaded upon London boundfreighter and the balance of nettproceeds when it arrived in Eng­land . On April 1st 192\1 , theBritish G overnment decided thi swas surplus to requirements anddumped four million bales onthe mar ket.

Wool dropped imm ediat ely to8 cents a pound. N ew Zealandgro wers had already received anadva nce of 10 cents a pound andhad spent the money and therewere numerous foreclosures onthe coa st. My clients had nomoney for travel, shearin gmachine s or movies and I couldnot see any improvement forsome years . I was so worr iedthat I lost sleep and weight andmy do ctor recommended a monthor mor e of complete rest andcha nge and suggested Queens­land , but agreed a sea trip to

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Californ ia would be even better .My two older Cadillacs wereso ld and my nearly new Cadillacwent to my famil y in Auc klandand I caug ht the ship for SanFra ncisco. With a warm trip Iwas thoroughly rested and backto normal by the time I reachedmy journey's end.

A Start in the Used Car BusinessOn my previous visit to the

USA. in 1913 I took a sub­scr iption for the Sunday editi onof the "Sa n Franc isco Examiner" .Often pouring over the used carpri ces I had felt there was scopefor these used car s on the NewZealand market. H ere was mychance to try the mark et and soon this 1921 trip I purchased oneCadillac Model 57B (1918-19)and shipped it to New Zealand ,the results proving well worth­while.

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the New Zealand Cha mpio nsh ipCup with it in Ja nuary 1923. Ithen went round man y of myoidacquainta nces in the service carbusiness thr oughout New Zea­land an d arra nged with severa lto act as their buyer of car sand equipment in San F rancisco .

My Gisborne motor salesma n.Peter McMahon who was bythen established in Wellin gton(later McMahon Motor Supplies)shared my enthusiasm for im­portin g used ca rs a nd we workedtogeth er in thi s field until theoutbreak of World War II in1939. With Peter runn ing theNe w Zeal and selling ope ra tio nsand my bu ying in Ca liforn ia, wehad a very satisfac tory set up .

In 1923 Harry Cra wfor d. asurplus machinery dealer was ina Ca diliac showroom in SanFra ncisco buying a new Ca dillacand I was called in to purchasehis 1919 Ca dillac trade-in . Learn­ing I was in the export business,Crawford sho wed me an auctio nca talogue of surplus U.S. armymateri al. The onl y item of in-

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Canterbury Branch Commercial Run seen outside N.Z. Railways D Shed .Some of these vehicles no doubt were regular callers at the shed duringtheir working life. Photo by Spence Barnard.

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terest to me was severa l parcels(each of ten) of aeroplaneengines, Curtiss-Wright 8 cylinde rtype OX-5 (as used in WorldWar I Jennies) brand new,original cos t $1,850. Cra wfo rdsa id these would brin g about $75each and I asked him to buy mea parcel of ten a t around thatprice. Included in the parcel wasa large case of spa re parts. Iimme diately shipped five enginesplus the box of parts to mybroth er , AlIan, in Auckland. Atthat time the Auckland Showwas on and the local flyingschoo l had severa l of the sametype of engines, well used, sell­ing for £200 each as engines forfarm power. Now my account toAllan was $137.50 (£40) whichincluded commission and railageand the Cu stoms could not be­lieve that new engin es cost £40while used engines sold for £200and AlIan was on the mat forfa lse invoicing until I sent allthe dat a proving the cos t wascorrect.Purchase of the Stutz +7

Af ter World War I beachracing becam e the popular sportin Auckland and star ted with"souped up " standa rd cars drivenby ambitious mechanics.

In 1921 the Champion ship waswon by a Hudson driven byGe orge Smith. In 1922 thewinner was Selwyn Cr aig, drivinga 12 cylinder Packard. In 1923,Smith's sponsor was anxious towin again and bought m y 1919"flu " Cad iliac for the purpose,rem oving the body, raising thediff ratio and took th e Cup awayfr om Craig's Pack ard whichoverhea ted at sustain ed highspeed.

This upset Selwyn Craig, theson of one of Auckland'swealthiest famil ies and he cabl edme to buy him something special,which would guara n tee him towin back the Cup. I was havinglittle luck when I got a tip thatthere was so mething specialunder a sheet in a local garage.I was delighted to find Stutz + 7held in " dead storage" with alegal lien. I contac ted the lawyer

and fou nd tha t the car wasowned by two mechanics andmade a deal which was approvedbv the lawyer . I had itthor oughly checked over andtowe d out of town as its short4! inch exhaust would wake thedead . 1 was well pleased withits performance and had itboxed and sen t to Auck land forthe 1924 race. On the day of thebig race Cra ig, who was in­clined to show off, was car elesson the warm up spi n runningonto protuding rocks whichdam aged the crank case and puthim out of the race for the day.

La ter that year Cra ig died andthe car came into the hands ofthe Wilson famil y, owner s of"Ne w Zealand Her ald " and BobWilson dr ove it to victory in1925-6·7, to gain permanentpossession of the Cup.

It is worthy of note that inthe first eight yea rs that raceswere conduc ted at Muriwai, Iwas instru mental in furnishingfour of the winners.

1923 Cadi llac, 1925 Stu tz, 1926Stutz, 1927 Stutz.

The histor y of this fa mousStut z will interest readers.

In 1915, the Stutz Motor Coy.,Indianap olis, for adver tising pur­poses, built three car s, kn own as

"The Wh ite Squ adr on" to barn­stor m and clean up the UnitedStates rac ing circuit. They wer ethree iden tical racing cars de­signed by Harry C. Stutz, andbuilt purely for comp et ition .Th ey were never available to thepub lic and bore no resemblanc eto the la ter famo us " Bear Ca t" .The ir fac tor y iden tificat ion num­bers were + 3, + 5, +7.

Specificat ions were as follows:Engine Wisconsin four cyl, casten bloc, 3.8 in. bore and 6.5stro ke. Cra nkshaft mounted onthree big ball races with un­usuall y grea t offset of about+ in. to the centre line ofcylinders, overhea d camshaft, 16valves, twin Bosch rnags., doublespark plugs and single Strombergcarburettor. Pow er , I rec all was142 b.h.p. at 2,400 r.p .m., max,r.p .m. 2,800. Wheelbase 103 ins.Tyres 32 x 4 front, 33 x 4!- rear.Transmission 3 speed , open ex­haust outside on left 4-~· in. dia­meter. T hree rear axle ratios(rea dily inter changeable were witheach car for top speeds of 100,110, and 120 m.p.h. for mountainroads, level roads and trackwork . Weight 2,340 lbs.

All thr ee cars started in the1915 Indian apol is 500 finishing3rd , 4th, and 7th , a terrific per-

forrnance in a field of 28 sta r ters,where to finish in the first tentook a very good car. +5 aver­aged 87.6 m.p.h. for the 500miles. This car went on later inthe yea r to break all previou sU.5. long distance speed record scovering 350 m iles at an averagespeed of 102.6 m.p.h.-one ofthe other Stutz finishing seco ndat 102.19 m.p.h.

With the pa ssage of years +7eventually saw ac tion in Ca li­fornia , the last time racing atCo ta ti in Octob er 1922. I was atCotati th at day , ha ving no ideathat I would purchase it some

months later. So you can seewh y I was so exci ted when Ifound it under a sheet in thegarage.

Aft er winning the New Zea­land Cup three times it was nolonger eligible and passed outof the Wilson's hand s, the enginebe ing rem oved for farm work,while the rest of the ca r restedin a farm shed.

Years later , the " New ZealandWee kly News " in Sept ember1969, sta ted I had origina llyshipped this Stutz +7 to NewZealand and R. J . Roycroft hadlocated the engine and ch assis

and was restorin g it. Roycroft'sfa ther had been a friend of minein the ea rly 1920s and also atone time worked for my father,so when Roycroft wrote me forall po ssible data and photos, Iwas glad to be a ble to con­tact Ind ian apolis, Detroit andChicago a nd send him consider­a ble dat a and pictures to helphim in his restoration . I hope hehas completed his rebuild, as th iswill be a mighty car for thevintage movement.

(Refer also " Bea ded Wheels"No. 91 Derl Jan 1975. 511117.wouldn' t SlOP winninu .e-Fditorv

Tiger Moths • New ZealandIn A ug l Sept 1979 issue of

" Bea ded W hee ls" we reviewed abook called the " T iger M othSt ory" which created ({ 101 o fint erest amongst our read ers.Spence r Barnard of the Edito rialCom mittee wo rke d on T igerMo th assembly in New Ze alandduring the early wa r years an dhis notes with some official ph oto­graphs released at tlie lime willno doubt be of f ur the r int erest .- Editor.

T he D .H . Tiger Moth was thebasic trainer air craft used by theR.N .Z.A.F. during the war andmo st of the pilots who wentove rseas first took to the air inone of these now fam ou s air ­craf t.

An industry was established byDe Havilland assembling Tig erMoth s in what were once theexhibitio n buildings at Ron gotaiAir port. Wellington . T hese bu ild­ings now form part of the Wel­lington Airport Te rminal and ourpho tog rap hs cover some of thehistor y of the ir previou s use.

Tiger Moths wer e shippedfrom England, severa l sets offuselage in one case . engines inan other and wings in another.The prop ellors were bolted tothe lids, great care was necessar ywhen unpacking. Assembly of

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the ai rcr a ft wasn 't always carriedout according to the boo k. T hefirst fuselage to be producedfrom New Zealand made jigs waslined up by a hefty K iwi (laterto be killed in a D .H .86 in Aus­trali a) who jumped on onecorner while thr ee other chapswould put their weight on theopposite corner. It was one sure

by Spencer Barnard

way of getting the right toler­ance in the alignment of thefront an d back fuselage. Wecarried out this rather unortho­dox " heavy weight" treatmentwhen the inspectors were havingthei r break s!

We had our usu al complementof "cha racters" . One that comesto mind was a senior inspectorwith a hand full of Englishground-engineers licences. Heswung a Tiger out on the apron,the chocks were there all right ,but the thr ottle was too fa r opena nd old Fred had to jump backsmartly to avoid being choppedup as the T iger cam e over. Iused to have a coathanger madefrom one of the bit s o f the pr op.

Then there was the tough guynickn am ed Red, a member ofthe V.c.c. somewhere in the

North Island I believe, who wasa champion at swinging G ipsyMajor s. He just sto od in frontof them an d pulled themthrough. He was also the onlychap I saw pull over a Gipsy Sixin this mann er , unlike a certainengineer who worked later forN.A.C. and Air N.Z. who triedto star t a Do minie by swingingit back ward s. He wo ndered wh yit would not star t. until some­one gave him a spell, and turnedit t~e right way!

The Tiger Moth is a n interest­ing air craft, not the least bein gin threads used . There was a lotof metr ic in the Gipsy engine, inthe air frame there was only onethread of B.S. Whitworth, thiswould be the nut on the axles,nearly ever ything else was eitherB.S.F. in sizes o f }" or a bove orB.A. below 'V .

On pag es 117 and 118 of"Tige r Moth Story" th ere is anacco unt of a n acc ident whichsounds to have a similar causeto line at Harewocd during thisperi od. A R.N .Z.A.F. SergeantRigger told his L.A. C. to runmore thread on to a tie ro dfo und on inspect ion to be a littleslack. Un known to the Sergeantthat particul ar plane was one ofa batch of twenty sent int o ser-

General view 01 the De Havilland building.

Some of the earliest Tiger Moths to arrive in New Zea land. They were or iginally given R.A.F. reg istration asshown but were shipped to N.Z. before being flown . Photo The " Dominion" .

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Eric Pearce (right) checks measurements on the wing, and the authoron the left is checking landing wires. Photo "Evening Post".

vice with 5 / 16 B.S.F. tierodswhich was all duly noted in thelog books.

The fitter ran an 8 nun dieover a B.S.F. thread and cuttwo more threads then put backthe sa me nut as instructed . This

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was wrong as the thread shouldnot have been touched, the cor­rect procedure was to put a shimwasher behind the nut. In thecrash in the U.K . the planeclimbed to 4.000 ft and star tedaeroba tics, the wings pulled off

a nd the instructor a nd pupilcame down by parachute. I neverdid find out whether or not thecrew from the Harewood crashsurvived.

I trust the se meanderings intoTiger Moths in New Zealand willprove of interest. Though notvintage cars they certainly havea place in the history of vintagemachinery in New Zen land.

(From page 32)

reg ain their earlier and well de­served reputation, and a ft er somechanges of ownership, they foldedup. Half'ord, as is well known ,went from strength to strengthdesignwise, developing bigger andmore complex engines, but I amsure that he should be best re­membered as the person whore ally made it possible for "theman in the street" to get off theground.

The review actually agrees withyo ur corre ct statement that theCirrus developed; from half anA ir Disco but we apologise forthe typographical error which re­ferred to the Gipsy as "invented"instead of " inverted" .

Thank you for your letter­Editor.

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A general view of the factory with aircraft assembly in full swing.

More about Tiger Moths

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In the interesting review of the"Tiger Moth Story" in theAugust-September issue. it wasinferred that the Gipsy aircraftengine was a modification of theCirrus series. This was not so,and I would like to put therecord straight. The greatest con­nection between the two enginesis that they were both designedby Major F. B. HaIford, abrilliant engineer, who was the"H " in the W.W.r 200 h.p, B.H.P.aero engine. This was built inconjunction with Beardrnore'sand T. C. Pullinger. (onetimedesigner of Arrol-Johnson cars)and was a most successful engine,eventually becoming the 230 h.p.Siddeley Puma. of which we hadseveral examples in New Zealand.In the early twenties Halford alsodesigned the Airdisco. aircooled120 h.p. V8 using war surplus80 h.p . Renault cylinder as-

semblies (the Airdisco poweredthe production D.H. 51 shown atthe top of the "family tree ", andI believe there is still one air­worthy).

by Douglas Wood

At the time of the 1924 LightAeroplane Competitions in Eng­land , Captain Geoffrey de Havil­land was certain that the successof the aircraft would be ham­pered by the limit of the I 100 C.c.engine called for by the AirMinistry, so he did not enter intothe "Two Seater" event. Instead.he suggested to Halford that halfan Airdisco VS would make aworthwhile 60-S0 h.p. engine, andthis HaIford produced in nineweeks. The only major new com­ponent was the crankcase, andknown as the "Cirrus" it becamean immediate success, allowing de

Havilland a free hand to build,at the same time , a scaled downde Havilland 5 I. to become thefamous "Moth"; (de Havillandhimself was a keen lepidopterist,hence the later Gipsy, Pass,Hornet, Fox, Dragon and Leo­pard series).

By 1927. with a world wideboom in light aircraft, supplies ofparts for building Cirruses weredrying up, their prices wererising, and de Havilland decidedhe should have his own engines.Halford left Airdisco and joinedde Havilland and designed a new4 cylinder push rod o.h.v. air­cooled engine, like the Cirrus inoutline. but very different indetail. The latter, by its veryorigins. was a heavy unit-thecrankshaft for instance had beendesigned for eight cylinders: thevalve gear layout was antiquatedand required constant adjust-

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Spencer Barnard, the author 01 our previous article working on a TigerMoth in final stages of assembly. Photo "Dominion".

ment: the magnetos lay fore andaft, and checking the contactswas awkward (in fact in someinstallations the rear mag , wasagainst the firewall) and thebarrel-throttled Claudel Hobsoncarbo did not like icing condi­tions. Halford saw to it that noneof these objections could belevelled at his new design, whichwas called a "Gipsy" (neverthe­less the valve clearance adjust­ment on early engines had to bemodified) and as it developed 130

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h.p . a couple of racing low wingmonoplanes - confusingly calledTiger Moths - were built to beused as flying test beds , sub­sequently winning air speedrecords and general acclaim.One of these aircraft was laterdestroyed in a tragic fatal crashat Mascot, N .S.W. when prac­tising for a trans-Australia airrace , being flown by David Smith ,heir apparent to the giant Aus­tralian Glass Company.

De-rated to 80 h.p., the 5230

c.c. Gipsy went into productionand was an immediate and last­ing success, as we know. It wa slighter and more powerful thanthe 4940 c.c. Cirrus, featuringsome advanced ideas, such asV-alloy con-rods, K.E. 965 valvesand alloy heads with 12 mmspark plugs - ideas which Hal­ford , one-time Alvis exponenthad incorporated and proved inhis turbo-charged (later Rootsblown) Halford Special racingcar in 1924. The magnetos onthe Gipsy were athward-shipand thus easy to service, thecarb was a Zenith 48 RH withaltitude control and a good warmair system. and the lubricationlay-out was excellent. althoughuntil the advent of the Gipsy Iland Ill. we still had to grease thevalve rocker gear by hand every10 hours flying time. As a smallpoint, it rotated opposite to theCirrus; it was made under licenceby Wright Aeronautical inU.S.A.. and when supplies wereavailable, a variety of other air­craft makers worldwide usedGipsies.

Nevertheless the Cirrus seriescontinued in production. andwere justifiably popular withoperators. However, to keep pacewith the Gipsy, it was the formerwhich had to be "modified" tobecome the Cirrus Hermes ofl 10 h .p, This was a horrible con­traption, given to chronic over­heating and the disagreeable habitof consuming its pistons . NewZealanders. Piper and Kay werenot alone in having this problemin their 1930 Desoutter flightEngland to Australia-their air­craft was reassembled at Mangereafter trans-Tasman shipment, andwe modified the cowlings to tryto improve air cooling-I don'tthink we achieved much.

Just to round off these notes Imust record that Cirrus AeroEngines Ltd eventually producedthe Hermes Il, a really goodengine, behind some of which Ihad many happy hours. However,"give a dog a bad name", as theysay-Cirrus were not a ble to

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We have no details of this car other than it came from Wanganui. Any readers' comments will be published.Photograph from Tesla Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library.

A Wanganui car probably owned by a Mr Nisbet. The body was built in Invercargill. Photo from the F. J. DentonCollection, Alexander Turnbull Library.

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The Centre Lock Wire WheelCauses of damage and wear, and problems of renovation.

It was. I th ink. an Amer ica nwr iter who described the MG TCas "a coffin rid ing on fourharps". wire wheels of 19 inchdiam eter being then a somewha tunu sual sight in post-war U.S.A.They are with us still , thoughthe y have shru nk a good deal inthe past 20 yea rs, and man yenthusiasts den y the ver y nameof spo rts car to an y vehicle thatlack s the flashing spoke s andtwinkling hub caps of this curiousan achroni sm. So the harp-spec­ialist has also survived, th oughin dwindling numbers, and it isstill possible to have wire wheelsrep aired-in Britain, at least.possibl y because of childhoodexperience with bic ycles, the needto maint ain correct spo ke tensionis fairl y widel y appreciated. Wh atis equa lly widely misunderstood.however. is the all-impo rta nt b itin the middle of the wheel.

Since the Ru dge-Wh itworthpattern of locking hubs has beenin use for more than half a cen t­ur y. this is a littl e odd. On epossible explan at ion lies in thefact th at it is apparently simpleto the point of crudity. andtherefore frequentl y abusedthrou gh fa ilure to appreciate itsfiner point s. I confess my und er­standing came onl y recently, afterreading a very lucid descriptionin THE AUTOCAR HAND­BOOK of 1918. Another likel ycause of misunderstanding isquite simply, confused term­inology. You will find the centralporti on of the wheel referred toloosely as the hub. the ou ter hub,the inner hub. the wheel centre.or (in the trade ) as the "s hell" .The component on which thewheel is mounted is likewi seca lled the hub, the inner hub, a nd(by some stra nge reason ing) theouter hub. As for that han dsomepiece of chromium-pla ted har d­ware on the end, it is the locking

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ca p, locking ring, locknut, hub­cap. or even the "spinner". Le tus take a closer look at th isasse mbly referring to the centra lportion of the whee l as the" wheel centre" , which is fitted tothe hub and fixed in place witha " locking cap ". The first th ingto be appreciated is that thewheel centre doe s NOT comeinto contact with the brak e drum(Fi g. I); there is. in fact, a clear­ance of about tU when the wheelis fully home. It is the innertaper (F) of the wheel centrewhich comes int o cont act withthe back taper (C) of the hub.

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Not ice, too. the taper (D)which is formed on the ou tersurface of the wheel centre. Thisengag es with yet another taperedsurface (G) for med on the insideof the locking cap . When thewheel is fitted to the hub and thelocking cap screwed on , it isthere fore centralised and heldbetween the two pair s of tapers.The ONLY other contact bet­ween hub and wheel centre isprovided by the splines . wh ichca rry the dri ving and brakingforce s. The locking thread , onthe hub and cap, is right handedon the left (near) side of the car,and left handed on the right (off)side.

One of the endearing myster­ies of the wire wheel is that thespo kes are not-indeed. cannever be-in compression ; theweight of the sta tiona ry ca r issuspended fr om those spo keswhich are uppermost in thewheel. When the wheel and lock­ing cap are loosely fitted , there­fore. the upper portion of theouter tap er '0' is pulled firmlyinto contact with that of thelockin g cap taper (G) an d thelower portion of the lock ing cap

thread is in contact with th at ofthe hub (Fig . 2). A slight clea r­ance then exis ts betwee n thetapers at the bott om , and alsobetween the thread s at the top .As the car moves for ward, adifferent portion of the wheelrim takes the weight, and relativemovem ent occurs between wheelcentre, lock ing cap and hub. Theeffect of this is to tighten thelocking cap. and the lockingaction continues until there isfirm contact between the tapersall round, when it ceases (Fig . 3).The clearances involved are, ofcourse. minute, but the lockingaction is, ne vertheless, completelypositive and entirely auto ma tic.There ar e people who deny thevery ex istence of th is lockingaction, and pr esum abl y attr ibutethe left and right hand thread sto sheer cussedness on the partof the manufacturer. They are,no doubt, the peopl e who bashtheir lockin g cap s with heavyhammers (with wha t effect wesha ll shortly con sider) and some­time s refit dism antled hubs onthe wron g side of the car, even ifthey are ~orrectly mark ed in fourdifferent languages .

Some reserv ations are, perhap s.in order. The ea rliest instructionsthat I have been able to tracead vise leaving the locking capfinger-tight. and no more . A laterrecommendation is to hammerthe locking cap tight, checkfor slackness after 20 miles , andtighten again if nec essary; andslackness at this stage. it is em­ph asised , is due to bedding downof the assembly, or to dirt havinggot between the tapers when fit­ting the wheel. Some instructionbook s of the immediate pre-warperi od advise hammering the captight every two or three hundredmiles. I suspect that finger-tightwas perhaps tight enough in thedays when brakes acte d on the

FIG. 3: Locking cap tigh t. Tapers are in com plete contac t, whee lhas bee n centred on hub , and locking act ion ceases.

FIG. 2: Wheel and lock ing cap loosely fitted to hub . Weig ht ofcar causes wheel centre taper to con tac t locking cap taper only,at the upper port ion , and whee l is sl igh tl y eccentric to hub (allclearances much exaggerated in drawing) .

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FIG. 1: How the wheel ce nt re is held in place on the hub. A­Locking thread on hub (left or right hand thr ead) ; B-Driving spli neson hub; D-Outer taper on wheel cen tre; E-Driven sp lin es ofwhee l centre; C- Back taper on hub; F-Inner taper on wheelce ntre; G- Taper in groove of locking cap .

rear whee ls only, and not veryeffectively at tha t: wit h goodbrakes, it is ac tually possible tospin all fo ur locking ca ps cleanoff by braking very hard withina few yards of fitti ng the wheels." Ha mmer them tigh t" means theapplication of a lead, copper orhide mallet and a litt le co mmonsense, wit h the whee l jacked up- not a mu rderous attack wit h ablu nt instrument when the whe elis off the jack. The tape rs andsplines must be kept scr up ulouslyclea n. As for checking the tight­ness occasiona lly, this is obvious­ly a good idea. Most pre-warinstruc tion manu als advise pu t­ting so me oil in the groove ofthe lockin g cap : opinions differas to the advisa bility of oilingthe back tap er on the hub, butin my ex perience this gets oilyanyway if the sp lines are lubri­ca ted . And lubricat ed the sp linesmu st be. for if they rust, thewhee l ca n become quite literallyimm ovable, which is awfullyembarrassing when a punctureoccurs.

T he effec t of over-tightening?We have seen that the whee l isheld in place bet ween two pairsof tapers, an d does not touchthe brake-drum. E xcessive tight­ening of the locking ca p willtherefore force the whee l cent refart her on to the back taper (C,Fig. I) of the hu b, expanding itand thus maki ng it, eve ntual ly, asloppy fit o n the hub. T he outertaper (D) tend s to be co mpre ssed ,and the lockin g ca p itself willac tua lly ex pa nd to a sma lIex tent: th is may ca use the lock­ing ca p to contact the outerspokes or " bo tto m out" on thehub (i.e. po int X con tacts po intY), in eit her case preventi ngproper tightening. An inciden talcala mity is that the inn er spokestend to be slackened and theouter ones over-tensioned , thuspuIling the wheel rim out ofshape as well. A slo ppy wheelcentre soon starts to ' fret' on thehub . The splines wea r rapidly,even the back taper begi ns towear , and eventually the wholeassembly-wheel. hub and lock-

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ing cap-is fit for the scrapyard.In advanced cases, the wheelmay turn on the hub by half-a­spline, jamming behind the un­worn portion of the splines andbecoming impossible to remove.It follows, then, that no timeshould be lost in seekin g theca use of. pl ay between wheel andhub. Clicking or clanking onsharp accleration or decelerati on ,or even a curious squeaking(cau sed by fretting on the backtaper, if it is dry ) call s for in­vestigat ion. A locking cap that isvery close to the outer spo kesmay mean trouble: check forsigns of contact between X andY. With the wheel jacked up andthe locking cap tapped lightlyhome , there should be no exces­sive play aro und the hub when ,with brakes on , you attempt toturn the wheel around it. Swop­ping the wheels ab out from hubto hub- and the locking caps aswell- may help to reveal whetherthe fault lies in the wheel or inthe hub. but on an old car it ispr ob ably a combinati on of thetwo . Spline wear amounting toa few thousandths of an inch,and quite invisible to the eye,can cause considera ble play atthe rim of a 19in. wheel. Splinemarks on the back taper of thehub suggest that , a t some time,it ha s been fitted with an over­size wheel centre.

By far the commone st size ofRudge-type hub enc ountered,nowadays is the 42 mm. (M O ,Triumph, Austin-Henley etc ); theJaguar E-type uses a 52 mm hub,and vintage Bentley fanci ersmeet the now obsolete 72 mm ­These dimensions indicate thediam eter of bearing that wasonce (but is not necessarily now)fitted to that size of hub, whichmakes identification just a littl edifficult. The actual diametersover the hub splines are approxi­matel y 2-7/ 16", 2-7 / 8" and 31'''.Wheel centres to fit these hubscome in various lengths and anumber of different shapes.

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pr e-wa r car s can be fitted withmod ern wheels if the owner isnot too much of a purist. Th esha pe of the wheel centre maybe different, as may the spokingpattern , and one must be carefulnot to upset the steering char­acteristics by fitting wheels withrims offset to a different extent.Cha nging the centre alone is verylittle cheaper, the cost of respok ­ing, and repainting being addedto that of the wheel centre itself,but may be necessar y if replace­ment rims are un obt ainable. Allwheel spec ialists can supplyreplacement 42 mm centres, someof 52 mm centres of pre-war type ,but the 72 mm centre poses aspecial pr oblem. Th e splinedsectio n has to be cut o ut, a pieceof heavy-gaug e tube welded in,and then splined to suit. Withrespokin g and painting, the costo f reconditioning a set of fiveVint age Bentle y wheels in thisway will be around $ \00 if therims, too, are beyond redemption- so before you buy yourVintage car , look well at thewheels. Some specialists used todismantl e the wheel, shr ink thewheel centre and recut the splineswith a bro ach . but fr om lack ofdemand this practi ce now

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First calendar event for theseason , the Combined Motorcycle,Veteran and Commercial Rally washeld on December 2nd in conjunc­tion with a Homestead Run. Wewere indeed lucky to be offeredthe Studholme Homestead as avenue . This was built in 1857 bythe grandfa ther of the presen t

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owner. The gardens and remainingwing of the origin al homesteadhave been preserved in immaculatecondition.

It is with regret that we note thepassing away of one of our oldermembers, Cyril Protheroe. Cyrilwill be remembered best for hispartic ipation with the 1923 Dodgewhich he owned until recently.

Some of the vehicles newly re­stored for Rotorua are starting toemerge from behind workshopdoors. Ray Hosken's 1939 BuickAlan Lambie's Model A Roadster:the . 1918 Dodge Van restored byCol in Bearman for his daughterand son-in-law, Neville and ColleenDowie, and Mike Crum's 1927Stutz Sedan have all been outduring the past few weeks.

The annual outing to the Sal­vation Army's Children's Home atTemuka on December the 8th wasagain well supported. Twenty eightchildren were taken to the PleasantPoint Domain for a barbecuelunch .

Five local cars travelled toFairlie on New Year's Day to joinmembers of the South CanterburyBr~nch for the Fairlie Festival.This year the trophy for the bestcar was won by Ray Hosken withhis 1939 Bnick.

DIANE ROSS

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November Club Night broughtus several new faces-good to seeso many people transferred fromother Clubs to the Bay. A warmwelcome is always extended tomembers visiting Tauranga or whoare new to the district. Our meet­ings are pretty light-hearted affairsand we usually have something ofinterest for members after thebusiness is done with. Errol Huett'squiz must have been the hardestwe've had for ages but Doug Woodgot most right. Bill Janes broughtalong one of four models of a1925 Round Tank B.S.A. he hasjust built and described how hemade these collectors' pieces frombr ass with tyres cast from rubber.The plating is rhodium and un­tarn ishable. There are 1,060 piecesto every bike , all hand-made andperfect. Three of these bikes arefor sale.

Bay of Plenty was happy to hostthe Executive meeting in Novemberand 65 visitors were made welcome.This enabled several of our mem­bers to attend and discover whatmakes the club tick.

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Alex Shad bolts 1914 Unic seen on Canterbury Branch Opening Run.Photo by Spence Barnard.

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was well attended by our Club withno fewer than nine Bay car s. Wemet Ea stern Bay Club at Paengaroaand ever yone met up for morningtea at a sunny spo t in the hill s.We set off again for lunch at alay-by on the TaurangajRotoruamain highway. A couple of car sgot foxed by the continuation ofthe straight line navigation and setoff back towards Tauranga . How­ever, the y discovered their errorand were soon on course again. Atrick y set of in structions on thelas t lap home confused nearlyever yone but once we sorted our­selves out we were soon back atthe Clubhouse for the grand open­ing of this very smart building.

It was a beautiful day when wemet up with Rotorua and EasternBay of Plenty Club who wereweekending at Plumers Point.Several B.O.P. members wereen tertained to afternoon tea by thecampers and a good natter wasenjoyed.

The Webb's Trial Trophy inDecember was well attended andtook us over Rocky Cutting Road,which lived up to its name. Wehad afternoon tea a t Rotary Parkand a barbecue later with theenergetic ones pla ying softball toliven up the ir appetites.

December club night Fred Goverentertained us with some slides ofthe Haast International and theAustralian Rallies.

Maurie Nettle's Christmas Runwas simple, just the right lengthand fun , so was just what weneeded as our last run of the year.In hot sunshine we finished up a ta farm with a lovel y piece ofnat ive bu sh as our backdrop androlling hills in front of us. Aftertea Maurie go t us ready for "jolli­fication s" . "Throwing the Gum ­boot" proved more difficult thanit looked but we found championsin Betty Dick and Frank Ward.The "Tug-o-war" seemed to evokesome feat s of strength and BillJanes was accused of pushing in­stead of pulling! We trundled homehaving got a nice suntan.

TERRY JANES

CANTERBURYWith the festive season now be­

hind us it's back to club activities.Recent events ha ve been our

Chri stmas night trial and socialwhich proved to be up to the usualstandard. On Boxing Day the usualsocia l run was held, finishing atJake Cooper's Yaldhurst TransportMu seum , 34 vehicles taking part.New Year activities commencedwith the motorcycle section holdingan informal run to a member'sfarm at Killinchy. This event sawat least one new restoration takingpart , this being John Forbes' 1950A.J.P.

South Canterbury Branch's an ­nual Mid-Island Rally saw severalof our members taking part.

Other events of recen t times havebeen the Veteran Rally and theCommercial section's annual event.At this latter event Don Bennett's1928 In ternational was seen out forthe first time , th is vehicle will beseen at the forthcoming Inter­national Rally . Other knownrestorations proceeding are EarlPreston's veteran Overland, MarkBeanl and 's 1915 Maxwell Roadsterand Alan Well 's 500 single HarleyDavid son. The main coming even tin Canterbury is our ever-popularEaster Rally at which visitors arewelcome.

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Our year was wound up with amost successful 8th annual SafariRun .

The run left the clubrooms onSaturday, 24th November, twelvecars and one truck taking part. Weheaded over the Blackhills toWendon Valley where we had abrief look a t Mr MacCauley's pre1914 vint age 9 h.p. single cylinderLister engine. After lunch at Wa i­kaka River we travelled to Aw ateaStation to visit the Heartbreak andKing Solomon gold mine s. A briefstop at Waikaia before travellingto Gow's Creek our safari campsite and the usu al camp fire andsing-along.

Sunday morning we travelled toGlen ar y Station and viewed theten shearers working off Saturdaynight's hangover. The Ja gua r Clubfrom Invercargill called while wewere there.

Decem ber 16th we held theChristmas picnic at the club picnicarea adjacent to our clubrooms.After a short run, straight linenavigat ion, we had a visit fromSanta Claus who arrived in NeilMcVicar's Morris Cowley, Tile kidsreally appreciated this. The clubbarbecue was in full swing. withsau sages and chips supplied by oursocial club. This rounded off a most

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enj oyable day for both the big andnot so big kids.

On April 19th we ha ve a AutoJumble to be held in the southernca r park of the Gore Racecourse.The Committee organising thishave gone to great lengths to makethis a success. They have ap ­pro ached the local gar ages andhave had a great response. Oneespecially has a large selection ofVintage and P .V. pistons, valves,rings and parts galore.

The Committee have alsoarranged a chocolate wheel , merry­go-round and rides for the kids.plus a display of Vintage and HotRod car s.

GERALD KENNEDY

HAWKE'S BAYA small but enthusiastic entry in

the Veteran Rally. accompa nied bya number of Vintage car s, enjoyeda day's motoring following anintere sting course set out by PhilPeach and Ken R ieper. NormFindlay took the honours on thisrun in his 1913 Morris Oxford ,with Ch arlie Black driving the lateBill Sincl air's 1914 Ford T comingsecond . Reg and Olive Kilby werethi rd in the 1914 Alld ays andOnions, followed by Dudley Paynein Charlie Black's 1914 Overland.It is unfortunate that the Overlandand the Ford T are soon to leavethe branch.

Next day was the Annua l Home­stead Run org anised by GilbertLlo yd. This, by tradition, is asimple, non-competitive, plea santSunday drive to historical home­stead s of the Hawkes Bay districtand is a most popular family picnicrun. Th is year we went to twoPAGE FORTY

homes belonging to the Chambersfam ily of Havel ock North, the firstbeing "Kopanga" which was builtin 1914. Following this visit wecarried on to "Mokopeka", east ofHavelock North where we hadlunch and were then shown theirpriva te "H ydro Sta tion" wh ich isstill working and used. It was builtin 1892 from plan s sent to one ofthe early Chambers family byThomas Edison-quite a feat ofengineering and the oldest hydrostation in the southern hemisphere .

Ano ther fun-run is the kid'snicnic party pr ior to Chri stmas\vhere Santa comes and doe s hisstuff. The adu lts have good funtoo , with sack races, running races,a barbecue and endeavouring toquench the inevit able thirst.

These informal run s are verypopul ar, along with restorationruns and perhaps we'll see more ofthese in the 1980s if we can stilluse our car s.

ROD McKENZIE

With our Anniversary Rally athing of the past, all systems arego for the International with lastminute tuning of a ll vehicles goingnorth.

We had a good turn-out fo r ahalf-day run to Picton, calling ina t Tu a Marina school grounds toshow our paces to the CaravanClub's weekend camp there. Oncesettled on the foreshore and joinedby our Picton members, we hadthe difficul t ask of deciding whichvehicle we considered was worthy

of the Popular Vote Cup thisseason.

The New Year 's Day run toWhite 's Bay was patronised by aselect few and with an early startwe were lucky enough to get asha dy spo t for a beautiful da y ofsun and sea.

Work has started on the Club'smuseum /workshop complex atBrayshaw Park. A solid weekend'swork was put in by a good turn­out of members before Christmasand since then odd members haveput in several hours of hard slogto keep things going, and if theEr skine doesn 't beh ave herself a tthe International, she will be thefirst car on blocks in the museumpart of the building!

HELENA MACDONALD

Neither weather nor the increasedcosts involved in motoring haveprevented a reasonable attendanceat functions . The Waimate Festivaland procession became rather wet,as did our run to Waianakarua.while wind-burn and high pollencounts were the order of the dayfor Wind sor - all were enjoyableoutings.

The Leyland truck is waiting forbear ings and for more time to beava ilable. Bronze backed shells arealways a trouble-one wor se withpressure lubri cation as no gap isallowable. After Rotorua it will beeasier.

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Rotorua is getting closer and Ilook forward to renewing oldfriendships. The journey up is go­ing to pose some problems withcar-less days and petrol -less week­ends, and deadlines to meet but Ithink it will all work out.

Th is will be a differ ent Rall ywith a lot of motoring to get thereand back and probably less milesto do on the actual Rally.

WILSON SPITE

ROTORUABy the time you read this report ,

many of you will a lready be inRotorua or on your way for the" Internatio na l" .

Welcome to another year ofvint age mot oring and restoring:I980 should prove a very interest­ing year for Rotorua and all th osewho will visit us during the year.Already we have had the rel iefworkers out in full for ce, tidyingup the city for Rotorua' s Centen­nial year. Add to the Centenn ial a nInternation al Vintage and VeteranRall y, and then rea lise why somany of us choose to makeRotorua our home.

Another milestone has beenpassed with the official opening ofour own club house on Saturday,

24th Nov ember, 1979. (See coverphotograph). What a da y! After aweek of ra in Ro torua turned onon e of its hottest November dayson record . The day sta rted witha very good Miss Ain sworthMem or ial run on short but interest ­ing durat ion, over some veryplea sant country roads. The winne rsfo r the day were as fo llows: Vint­age section- lst Brian Rollo, 2ndRay F leet. 3rd Les Angl is. PostVinta ge-1 st D ave M ayhew , 2ndBill Clou ston, 3rd Bill N icholson.

After wiping the dust out of o ureyes and washing the rem ain s ofit down our throats with a wel­come cup of tea, we were readyfor the official opening of ourc lub hou se. This mo st im porta nttask was co nducted by the Mayoro f Rotorua, Mr J. E. Keaney.Other distinguished gue sts includedthe Hon. Mr H. Lapwood, ourPatron , Lio nel P riest, the NationalPre sident, and their ladies. M y, wehad so me nice things said abou tus that day ! All th is was foll owedwith a very good barbecue tea anddancing into the sma ll hours ofthe morn ing.

We would like to thank theNapier bran ch for allowi ng one ofour members to snea k a ver y re­storable 1925 Stud eb aker standardsix, out of their area. Well 'donePhil Monk .

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was well attended both in numbersand by the weather . Ru mour hasit that the old Nash Rambler a ndCad illac song has been revived butthis time it' s the "Ca ddy" (a cer­tain La Sa lie mo del), that pulled afa irly newl y acqu ired 1928 Nashhom e on the end of a rope! EvenFather Christmas didn't have any­thing in his stocking to help theNash do its dash .

Eig hteen car s turned out fo r ou rannua l New Year 's Eve Par ade,and claimed second prize for thenon-floral section . The theme wasa spa n of 80 yea rs of motoring.Some drivers and passengers wer edressed in per iod costumes.

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SOUTH OTAGOTh e big effort for 1979 was the

provision of our own meet ing placein John son Road , North Balelutha.Wo rking bees, a tten ded by thesolid core as in most clubs, ca rriedou t the wor k. Much of the materi alwas don ated and the local authorityassis ted by forming a parking areaa t the roadside.

Th irty one bikes turne d out forthe annual mot orcycle rall y at theend of March. After a 45-minuterun, all assembled a t the delight fulpicnic ground a t Mt Stewa rt notfar from Milton on the CentralOtago highway.

In August, a club run was heldto Mclenn an to on ce agai n inspectthe Chev restoration . Lunch wastaken on the return journey atLloyd Ho ok' s Owaka fa rm wherehis fleet of vin tage tractors pro­vided fun for all as they were putthrough their paces. Jack McG aw'sBuick collecti on was then inspectedas well as the Laytham family 's1928 Dodge which was nearing theend of a seven year rebuil d.

T he visit of our Nation al Presi­dent was a grea t morale booster.At times we feel far away fromthe centre of thing s and Lionel 'svisit reall y made us feel that weare part of a national mo vement.

T he Clutha Rall y in Novemberattracted thi r ty eight entries, on lythree of which were bikes. Severalnew restorat ions emerged for thisoccasion most of them bound indue course fo r Rotorua in 1980.Alt ogether, 1979 was a fair ly busyyear which demonstr ates the branchis in good heart.

OLLY LAYTHAM

SOUTH CANTY.November 24-25th saw yet an­

other successful Canterbury BranchSwap meet which was a ttended byman y South Canterbury members.Also our "ra ffle car " ('29 De-Soto)was there and this outing was agreat boost to the beginn ing ofthis fund raising venture. Ourthank s to Canterbury Branch forthe ir co-operati on in this.

The Windsor Rall y on Decemb erI st was ano ther boo st for us asour raffle car was able to bepresent. Man y thank s to the NorthOt ago Branch for their ass istance.

T hree of our sta lwart motorcycleriders ventured forth to compete inthe Ashbur ton Bran ch , CombinedVeteran. Motorcvcle and Commer­cia l Rally on December 2nd. Thisevent was combined with a Hom e­stead run to Cold stream Estate.Eme rging fr om this came Ro ss

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Anderson placed 2nd overall an dBruce Keen 3rd overa ll.

Decemb er 15th was a day a lotof South Canterbury members andkiddie s won 't forget for a whil e.Fo r 40 chi ldren and approximatel y30 adults. th is year 's Chris tmasPar ty rea lly was-a part y.

Our Club Captain Bill Piddingtonman aged the barbecue whi le JimSullivan alias Fa ther Christmastreated the little ones with sweets ,icecream and soft drinks.

The New Yea r was celebratedwith the trad itional Fa irlie Pro­cession on New Year's Da y, andonce agai n was well patr on ised bySouth Canterbury V.e.e. membersand their veh icles. In a ll 24 carsand 2 motorcycles took pa rt, 5 ofthese comi ng fro m Ash burto n.

BARRY SMITH

TARANAKISixteen entrants from T aranak i

are busy either finishing off restora­tion wor k or just tidying up theirvehicles fo r the big ra lly whichis getting very near. I am pleasedto report tha t Bob Duc kett 's 1927Buick is no w beaut ifull y restoredand all read y for the run . DesMoore has made exc iting progresson his 1938 Buick Tourer, theamount of work and ded icat ion hehas sho wn over the last six monthsis an abso lute credit to him an dwe are all just as pro ud as he is,to have this mighty Americanautomo bile on the ro ads in T ara­nak i.

Ju lie Roberts has brought twoB.S.A. Bant am motorcycles toswell our motorcycle fleet. Weho pe it is not too long before wesee one on the road.

John Muter has his 1923 DarracqTou rer motor car on the road no wan d the Ch ristmas party was itsfirst outi ng.

At the No vemb er N oggin andNatt er we had Mr Mike Shaw fro mMotor Spec's . He showed us aran ge of products suitable for usewith our restora tions and after-careof our vintage vehicles .

Ou r weeke nd at Te Wera Sta teForest was enjoyed by all. TheForestr y camp was well laid ou twith a good cook hou se, diningro om, recreat ion hall and about 15cabins . Ea ch ca bin was servic edby two heat points and an electricheate r. The camp is in a shelteredvalle y with hills a ll a round andabsolu tely peaceful with beautifulna tive bird s singing and the smellof the grea t outdoors. Bob Clark emade the trip from Wangan ui tobe with us fo r the weekend andhe has gone back with man ymemor ies of the T aran aki Bran chanti cs.

Don 't fo rget our an nua l Maunga­Moa na Rally being held a t Hawerain South Ta ra naki on 25th, 26th,27th April. A beaut rall y is plannedplus a motor show and swa p meet.

Jack Osborne of Stra tfo rd hasnow completed restorat ion on avery nice Ford Model T NewBeauty Roadster. Jack 's been work ­ing on this car for some years nowand he will be well rewarded withthe en joyment of dr iving it.

Ashley Smith is progressing verywell on his new restoration, aModel A raceab out. Ne w valance sare the late st pieces to be made .

Euan Saunders has pulled hislitt le Austin Seven completely topieces and is in the midst of arefit for the big rally. His is amost interesting car to restore withnot mu ch panel beat ing beingneeded as the body is fa bric.

CO LI N JOHNSTON

WELLINGTONOur N ovemb er Rally saw 39

vehicles entered, 7 being Veteransand 27 Vintage, the remaining 5 be­ing P.V.'s an d P.W.'s. Thanks mu stgo to the memb ers from "away"branches who att end ed, these beingEvan Deighton from Man gawek a,Peter G roves from the Wairarap a,the Blanchar ts from Man awatu andGeoff Quarrie from Hawkes Bay.T he 9.30 start was led in the usualtradition by Bill De laney in the1902 Crestmob ile, and he was fol­lowed a t minu te interva ls by therema ining competitors.

T he Veteran route wanderedthrough Petone, Lower Hutt andSilverstream to Upp er Hutt, pa ss­ing such places as the Wa inui cartun nel, the monu ment in Mi litar yRoa d to the Bou leott Farm Batt leof 1846. Silverstream H ospital ,Trentham Memorial Park , theBlockhouse an d Quinn's Po st ,T otara Park and man y more placesalong the way with the lunch stopat Tunnel G ully in Te Marua.

The route for the Vint age, PV 'sand PW's a lso wound up at T unnelGu lly for lunch, but not before adistance of around 80 miles ha dbeen covered. T he ru n wentth rou gh Lower Hut t, up H aywardsand on to Karehana Bay at Plim­merton, wher e a back road wastaken to meet the main highwa yaga in at the bottom of the hillleading up to Pukerau Bay. Fromthere past Paek ak ar iki and McK ay'sCro ssing into Raurn at i Sout h thento Para para umu. Here an other backroad was taken and this ca me ou thalf way between McKay's Cross­ing and the Raum ati turnoff, pass­ing the old Lynch Homestead. The

Paekakariki hill (once the mainroad) was climbed next and thisled back to Hayward s and onup to Silverstream. Th e time lostin climbing the steep Blue Moun ­tains Road at Pine haven was madeup along the Whiteman's Valleyand the last check at the end ofthe Plateau Road at Te Maruamarked the end of the competi tiveside of the rall y.

The line-up of cars a t lunch timewas quite impressive- Joh n South­ward 's Va uxhall with the pol isheda lumi nium body, Len Southward'svetera n Buick with the removablesilencer to give that "open roadroar" the big 7 seate r Austi n 20Tour~r belonging to the Grovesfrom Masterton, Roger White'sChrysler sporting a new coat ofpaint , Bob Suhr's 1~25 Sunbeamand those little Aust in 7 Specia lsof Pat Bren and Step hen Hain s­worth. One way or an other all thevehic les are worth y of menti onwhet her it be for their looks,motoring ability, rarity or char­acter.

Lunch over it was time to go onthe optional non-competitive after­noon run up to the Summit of theold Rimu taka Incline, some 9 milesfrom the main road at Kai toke.Despite the line's closure in 1955,the route the railway took up thevalley has not been left to becomeovergrown, and the vehic les \,":ereable to drive up to a spot Justshort of the Sum mit tunnel , whichwas not passab le by car . The trac ksare no longer down, but through­out the trip there were constantremi nde rs that a railway had beenthere in the past-narrow cuttings,bridges over creeks, gentle curvesand a slight gradient. Heavy ra inat the Summit prevented a goodfossick around at this historicplace, perhaps next year on a finerda y!

Recause the area is now soovergrown with bush and trees itis hard to imagine what it musthave been like when the line wasoperationa l- no rma l trains wentonly as far as the Summi t tunnel.then the famous Fell engines tookover for the jou rney up and downthe Featherston side of the hillfrom the Summit, past SiberiaPoint (where a train was blown offthe tracks in 1880) and on downto Cross Creek . After a look atthe tunnel it was time to driveback down to Kaitoke and offhome to get ready fo r the annua lDinner and Prize-giving which wasattended by 105 people. The Chal­lenge Trophy, presented for bestperformance during the past year,was won by Norm and MargaretPorter in their 1928 Model A Ford .

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FOR SALE- 1935-6 Austin Ten(Shearborne) Model. This raremode l is dismantled for restoration.Body is fair, but to keen ma.n couldbe made good . Restorat ion onchassis is almos t complete. Somespares including motor. $300 o.n .o.Contact AlIan Giltrap, 3 Forsa ithStreet. Phone 7227 Kawerau .

FOR SALE-New "Barnett Glass"tvre 440 x 23" on beaded rim. 'Phone 324-253 Chri stchurch .

1939 FORD V8 DELUXE 4 doorsedan . For sale in as is where iscondition . All original, straight rustfree body . (Three owners sincenew). Minus motor but most partsfor 1939 Deluxe and 1948 Merc ury24 stud motors. Many spares in­cluding gearbox, rear axle assembly ,ignit ion systems, carburettors etc.Also mint owners handbook. Grea trestoration poten tia l. $1,600 o.n .o.Pho ne 898-712 Christchurch ,

HILLMAN 14 parts for sale-Rearassembly, complete with springs,wheel s and tyres; front end ax leassembly, complete with springsand steering rods etc ; steering box ;bonnet, with "Hillman 14" emblem;radiator; front grille; petrol t~nk.C. R. Woo d, P.O. Box 3099, Rich ­mond, Nelson .

AIRPORTLODGE

MOTELS(formerly Kendal Lodge)

105 Roydvale Avenue,

ChristchurchPhone 585-119

Spacious fami ly un its,quiet sett ing, next doorto Russley Hotel andGolf Course .

Only 2km from Air­port .

Nearest motel complexto McLeans Island.

Special off-season ratesto V.c.c. Members.

Proprietors: Errol andKathryn Sm ith

Member V.c.c.

WANTED- 1939 Chevrolet Master85 Coupe parts, e.g. fro nt shocks,rear chassis mount for fro nt leafspring etc and one complete bodyshell in good condition. Contact D.Co le, 34 Cascades Road, Paku­rauga , Auckland. Phone 564-706.

FO R SALE-Buick 1938 Sedan,$800. Factory radio and heater.Needs resto ring but comp lete, somerus t, but a rust -free body is avai l­able in Auck land for $50. Also1954 Austin A40 Countryman. Allstee l body. very little rust, recondi­tioned motor, very original, hasextra rear sea t and an old typeradio, plenty of spares. Thi s vehicleis well wort h a look . Offers toPeter Lowe, 5 Fairview Terrace,Paeroa . Ph one 8012.

FOR SALE1928 Rolls Royce Phantom ITourer in very good order. Canbe seen at the InternationalRall y and available after. Pr icenegotiable . Henry Ga isford, N o.2 R.D., Marton. Rally No. RI05.

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ELECTROPLATINGB. O'OONNELL LTO

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Good Used Cars

NOELBEECROFT

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HOOD IRO N P ROBLEMS ? Writeto Hood Iron Speciali ties, 53 Mort­lake Street, Ch ristchureh , 4.

WANTED-Urgen tly to restore firedamaged 1930 Nash 8 Model 497:I.h. front door 36" wide; rear doors28" wide: da sh panel complete, o rsing le instru men ts; rear sea t sq ua bswith ce~ tre armrest ; in terio r fitt ing s:ins ide light: smokers se ts ; windowa nd do or hardware etc: hub caps(6t" dia . 3" thread ); radiator cap(turn and flip type with fish sca lede sign 4" dia .); one a lum in iumste p plate with Nash mon ogram.An y help with any of the abovewill be much appreciated and willhelp get thi s ca r back on the roadduring 1980. I can be contactedin Rotorua, 22nd February-9thM arch. Ca r No . R42 N ash 4. JimT aylor, Makarewa , No . 11 R.D .,Invercargi ll. Phone 35~-094 (M em ­ber).

WANTED-Urgentl y. Ca n anyonehelp with the followin g informa­tion '? I despera tely need a ppro x. 15metres o f woo l m oq ue tte or mohairve lvet up hol st ery ma teria l. anycolour, fo r 1930 Nash 8. A ny he lpin loca ting a bove or source ofsupp ly much appreciated . See o theradverti sement above, for N .!. con­tact. Jim Taylor, Makarewa, No. 11R .D. , Invercargill. Phone 358-094.

WANTED-Morris 8 S.I or S.2parts. An ything considered . Willcollec t. P hone Auckland 451-729,Peter Willmott, 74A Calliope Road .Devonport, Auckland. (M em ber) .

WANTED-Smiths 0-80 m .p.h.motorcycle speedometer la te 1940sand Lucas tail lamp, same period .Phone Auckland 451-729, PeterWillmott , 74A Calliope Road,Devonport , Auckland. ( Mem ber) .

WANTED TO BUYAriel 500 c.c. twin motorcycle,square four: Panther 600 /6 50 orB.S.A . A7 /A10. Please writeUni t 2. 34A Kelvin Road. Pap a­kura , Auckland .

$25 REWARDFor in fo rma tio n lead ing to therecovery of on e " T ho rn pso n­Bennett" magneto which wa sremoved from m y basementwithin the last 2 yea rs. Themagneto was in go od conditionand had brass s lip ring andfittin gs. It is an original com­ponent required to complete theresto ra tio n of my 1920 MorrisOxford. John Irvine, 29 BagleySt reet. Auckland 4 or Phone658 -876 collect.

FO R SALE - Norton flat-tankmotorcycle . Year o f manufac turerepu ted by experts to be-1 9 16,1918, 1920 or isn . This machineis in original condition and ingo ing o rder with wheels res toredand fitted with new tyres a nd tubes.R eal istic offe rs to Ron M on t­gorn ery, 221 Birkdale R oad , Birk en­head. A uc k la nd 10. P hone 436-675 .

VINTAGE UPHOLSTERYUpho lstery material. PackardBe ige . 100 % wool corded carupholstery material , 54" wide.$22.00 per metre plus freight. Avery well wear ing materia lspecially woven for vintagevehicles. An y enquiries mostwelcome. 25 % deposit requiredwith a ll o rders .

Contact M arilyn Surgenor, 15Dixon Aven ue. Hawera . P hone6725 . (V.C.C. Member),

FOR SALE-Brass radiator forModel T Ford . Only top tank use­ful. side panels there for pattern .Alum inium gearbox top for T .Complete se t hood bows about5 ft wide. Looks like Roadster.Folds up like a concertina, somewood a bit sad . Ralph Crurn, 36Creek Road, Ashburton. Phone7604 .

FOR SALE- I92 6 H a rley Dav idson7 /9. 95% complete, some resto ra ­tion work done including all n ickelplating. Numerous sp ares includ­ing gearboxes, frames an d c. 1916motor. Contact S. C. Lawry, p.a.Box 166, Brightwater, Nelson .

WANTED-SS I Lucas tail ligh tsimilar to 1935-36 D aim ler andprobably ot her Engl ish cars. Is ov aland has ' reverse and tail lightlen ses . Al so Lucas FT 57 spo t-fogligh ts or sim ilar. Any SSI parts.M ark Pothan , Post Office, Bluff.

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Electrop laters of: -Copper (Dull and Bright),Nickel, Chrome, Brass and Zinc.Sta inless Stee l Electropol ishing .Automot ive , Motorcycle, Marine and jobbingPlating.

p.a. Box 1836, 23 Bangor St., ChristchurchPhone 60-233

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Store open Sunday to Friday at 7/169 South Creek Road, Dee WhyWest. Hours: 9 a.m.> 5 p.m.Box 330, Narrabeen, 2101, Sydney, Australia.Phones: 02·982·9335, 02·982·9305.

East Coast Antique Auto Parts are suppliers of parts to suit allmodel Fords from 1909 to 1959. Our stocks are plentiful and yoursh ipment will be despatched the same day order is received. Westock Model T, Model A, '32-'48 V8 as well as '49· '59 Customsand Customlines (Australian versions). If you require parts for'57·'59 U.S. manufactured Fords, write and ask for details.The East Coast catalogue is just on 200 pages of items to suit mostpopular U.S. manufactured automobiles. The book section of thecatalogue covers cars of all types. Send $4.50 in Australian currencyor a "Money Order to Australia" for this amount. You will receivewith the catalogue a $5.00 refund voucher which is usable on yourfirst $50.00 order. Parts not in stock are back-ordered and shippedas soon as possible.We invite clients to take advantage of credit cards, we are nowaccepting American Express and Diners Club. Write for details.P.S .-Our catalogue has a comprehensive range of parts forChevrolet 192Q-48!

FOR SALE-Veteran Austin 1912.Unrestored, basically all there andnearly enough for two cars. Partsbook etc . Price $2,500. Phone SesEngland, Christchurch 34-414.

FOR SALE-Mercedes 300B 1954.This vehicle is mechanically verysound . The body and upholsteryoriginal and good condition. I thinkthis car was a diplomatic car andhas Bekker radio and self levellingdevice. Price $7,500. Phone SesEngland, Christchurch 34-414.

FORD PARTSSPECIALISTS

WANTEDFord Pickup 1940, V8, 15 cwt.Complete pickup or parts. Con ­tact Wayne Tierney, 104 Esplan­ade, Paremata, Wellington.

WANTED-JAP 350 c.c . or 500C.c. o.h .v. motor, gearbox, oil tank,wheels or hubs to complete 1929Zenith motorcycle. Ariel rear mud­guard and chainguard needed forrigid frame model. Have variousparts for swap. S. J. Prince, 88Domett Esp. , Cobden. Greyrnouth.

FOR SALE-Buick 1926, Std 6,Model 25. Partly dismantled, over­hauled motor, clutch and gearboxetc . Good set of hood bows, fullset of new tyres and tubes, tons ofspares. 1. R. Fowler, P.O. Box 174,Greymouth. (Member).

FOR SALE-1938 Dodge SedanDeluxe. Radio, heater, sun visor.Spares include full set of doors,grille. bonnet, sealed beam units,motor and bearbox. Must sell. Alloffers considered , R. Goodall, 817Tomatea Street, Ha stings.

SELL OR SWAP-Set of 3 7/1 6"pistons semi-finished, set of 3Vrings std., new 10" clutch plateChrysler, Dodge, De Soto ; for 9t"Dodge clutch plate, front guardchrome side flashes and genuineblinker switch for 1942 Dodge or aHolden 202 clutch plate. R .Goodall, 817 Torna tea Street, Hast­ings.COOPER mini parts wanted. 1275"S" type standard and competitionor S.T. Standard head, straight cut4 synchro gears, spider drive,standard cam. And SUNBEAMparts, veteran, 14/40 Dunlop typewheels, instruments, t and t elypticwood head springs It" and 2" wide.Literature and photos. Jim Maud,4 Mahana Place, Rotorua. Phone84-227.FOR SALE-I928 Austin 7 fabricsaloon . Coil ignition . Complete re ­build 6 yrs using all originalequipment incl. motor. Car to besold complete with large qty . ofnew and used spares. RegularV.e.e. competitor. $4,000. PhoneAuckland 534-5656. (Member).

BINDERSfor List of MembersCalendar of Events etc

The officia I club binders are againavailable. These are in blue rexineann gold blocked.

$ 1.85 each including packing andpostage.

Send payment with order toBinders Orders,P.O . Box 13140,Christchurch

WANTED - Vintage commercialvehicle for restoration. Any make,model or condition considered .Phone Auckland 451-729, PeterWillmott, 74A Calliope Road ,Devonport, Auckland . (Member).

FOR SALE-I 925 Dermis fireengine. Excellent condition. Ladder.plenty of equipment, ex MastertonFire Board . approx. 5.000 milessince new , good tyres. Chris Slater.Grey town . Phone 49-466, evenings.

WANTED-To complete restora­tion of my Bentall It b.h.p.s ta tionary engine : any parts. par­ticularly a carby, but would beinterested in complete motor anycondition . Write E. Collins, R.D.3. Kaitaia .

WANTED KNOWN - Anyonepossessing a 1950, 98 c.c. Bownmotorcvcle. 1 have one completelyrestored. and would like to hearfrom other owners. Write E.Collins, R.D. 3, Kaitaia.

WANTED-Ford V8 panel van,1935-36-37. Any condition. Alsoany body parts for the Ford pick upor panel van of those years . Buyor trade early V8 parts. 1932-36 .John Mulvay, 19 Percival Road .Paraparaumu Beach. Phone 88-621PRM.

B.S.A . PARTS needed for 1952 B33500 c.c. Front mudguard, exhaustsystem (even an old one goodenough to copy), cap for oil tank.air cleaner, centre stand. I have a1937-38 500 c.c. motor wouldconsider swapping. J . Fowler, 118Sinnott Ro ad , Greymouth.

FOR SALE - Riley 1934 44TKestrel completely reconditionedand restored . This 6 cylinder chassisformed the basis for the MPH andERA. A rare opportunity for anenthusiast. Phone Ellis , 796-717Wellington .

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CHRYSLER MOPAR ENTHUSIASTSAre you aware that there is a New Zealand based Club that catersfor North American origin products. Ownership of a vehicle is notnecessary and our Club can offer technical information and spareparts. For further information contact : The Chry sler Restorers' Clubof New Zealand (Inc.) , P.O. Box 673, Manurewa, Auckland.

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PRIVATEHOTEL

296 Thames Highway. Phone 71-493

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accommodation in refinedatmosphere and surround­ings.

Halve your journey witha night in Oamaru.

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Plenty off street parkingand comfortable guestlounqe with T.V.

10% Discount toV.C.C. members and theirfamilies.Your hosts:Val and Neville Morrison

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WANTED-Parts for 350 RoyalEnfield 1950 rigid frame: Tool box,spring seat , lamp, mag dyno(Luc as), air box etc. Also literature,manuals or contact other owners.Parts to swap 500 Bullet crank­case . cylinder bore. head etc . WriteA. J . Pullyn , P.O. Box 516, Taupo.

FOR SALE-I929 Austin 20/6.Ver y rare 6 seater Carltonlimousine. During last 4 yrs com­plete motor and chassis rebuild andmost of bodywork completed. Caris complete with new tyres andstill has current registration. Sparemotor. $2,500. Phone Auckland534-5656. (Member).

WANTED-Ford T 1926: Frontand rear springs, steering wheel,wheels and tyres, body and in­strument parts, Contact J. Smith ,47 Frankmoore Avenue. Johnson­ville, Wellington. Phone 787-873.

WANTED-For 1928 Chev 4: Oneset new alloy pistons, std., over­size or semi-finshed, also headgasket. For 1916 Buick: Oneradiator cap 2 3/1 6" thread dia. ,any 875 x 105 B.E. new tyres .Please contact Bruce Jones, 186Tay Street, Invercargill. Phone82-509 or 78-244, evenings.

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FOR SALE - 1928 HupmobileSedan Sleeper. Body by Stevens &Son , Christchurch . Restored about10 year s ago . Plea se Phone 81Dunsandel,INFORMATION required-Familyinquiry into possible whereaboutsof a 1924 Buick Roadster 4 cyl.,bench seat in front, dickey seat atrear. Owner from 1926-I957, T.Renwick, Cannongate, Dunedin.Purchased bv Fairfield resident in1957 (approx.), Colour maroon ,black guards. Any help to ourinquiry plea se reply to McArthur,83 Barr Street, Dunedin . Phone30-808.FOR SAL E-I925 Buick Master 6Tourer. Running order, no rust, nodent s, alwa ys housed, $750. 1932Morris Commercial truck engineand gearbox. Offers. C. 1. Slater," Hupenui" , Greytown. Phone49-466, evenings.

WANTED - For 1923 MaxwellSports Tourer: 23" disc wheels , ss.rims and tyres , 32" x 4}". Com­ponent parts of same welcome, ifnot complete units available. Alsoinstrument panel parts, plu s anyother items of this model con­sidered. Contact D. Murray, Box2I7, Feilding.

FOR SALE-Pair of acetylenelamps veter an Ford Model 66 E & Jtogether with heavy brass Rush­more gas generator all completeand in good condition, $350. Rimspreader, $10. 12v Dodge s/genera­tors, $25 pair. Good Dodge brasscarby, $10. Veteran Dodge allo yoil filler and breather, $5. Also2 good exh . manifolds, 510. Dodge6v generator with flexible coupling,$20. 2 folding seats , frames andfittings for 7 seater Tourer, $20. D.Lang, 62 Rutherford Road, Napier.FOR SALE-Side valve MorrisMinor Convert ible, 1951, HighLight. New tyres , new motor, newhood, new professional polar whitepaint by Vie Viggers. No rust inthis excellent economical littlebeauty. $1,800. D. Lang, 62 Ruther­ford Road, Napier.

FOR SALE-Austin 12/4 Saloon1929. Restoration started. Bodycomplete and origin al, plus sparecar (less body). Numerous parts.Offers. Enquiries to D. Rooke,P.O. Box 105, Lyttelton. Phone8268.

FOR SALE1928 National Chevrolet, 4 cyl .Tourer. Ex. order, fully restored,one previous owner, spare partsavailable, 55,000 o.n.o. Phone5762 Mosgiel, evenings or writeJ. M . Kydd , 23 Lorne Street,Mosgiel.

FOR SALE-Norton rear wheel,('52 Inter.) complete brake, sproc­ket, spindle, near new T & T, $40;Norton '48 rear wheel, brake, $20;Norton front wheel, brake, nospindle, worn tyre , $20; Nortons/a frame 1952. good un its, cradleneeds repairs, $20; Norton Manxgearbox, offers required; MatchlessF.W.H . f. wheel, brake and spindle,plating peeling, $20; Matchless rearwheel, with back plate only, $10;Matchless Iletrol tank '53, no dents.~tc less tool boxes (2), $20pr.: R.E. Bullet petrol tank , sidedents , S15; Rudge ('30 ?) petroltank, dent s, S15; early M.S .S. oiltank, $5: Triumph Twin oil tank,$5 and rear mudguard, $8;Triumph "P " gearbox, clutch , $40;late '20s Burman-Ariel gearbox,$20, cylinder head, $5; Prefix I1Velo . gearbox shell, $15; cylinderhead, B.S.A. Sloper, with spgs. andvalve s, $15; 1937 M .S.S. engine, nomag . or carb., needs attentionlower end, 530; M.A.C. Rigid '52Velo. , very tatty, easy starter, goodtyres , has home-grown sic fitted ,all very rough, $250; M.G.B.G.T.tow bar, new fan belt, Autobookmanual '55-68, $20 lot. All plu sfreight. Reply P.O. Box 43,Nuhaka, Hawkes Bay.

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FOR SALE-I929 De Solo sedan.Has always been kepI in runningorder. Present owner since 1969,previous owner since 1936. 67,400miles. Believed to be origin al. Hashad first repaint and upholsteryjob and all bright work. Must beworth $5,000. Roy Coles , 106Ballance Street, Gi sborne.

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FOR SALE1902/03 Brown Bros. Ltd., Lon­don , 8 h.p . shaft drive 2 cyl ,rear entrance Tonneau. Brasslights, gas generator, horn,tail lamp, bodyplates. Driveswell after extensive rebuild. Newdeep buttoned leather. Needsdetail prettying. Only known ex­ample in existence. Will con­sider realistic offers for thisunique Brighton type veteran.Ken Silke, [23 Milton Street,Nelson. Phone 80-753, evenings.(Member).

FOR SALE-Klaxon horn, goeswell, offers. M . J . Bowring, KopukuVillage, R.D. I, Pokeno. (Ne arMaramarua),SELL-Jaguar Mk V. Price $5,500.First regi stered at Duncdin 9thNov. 1950, second registration20/12 /50 (same owner, but changeto Ltd Company), third registra­tion 23/12 /55 , fourth registration312/58 to present owners andfamily . This car was reconditionedby Archibalds Garage Ltd, Christ­church , engine, gearbox etc, andserviced since by my motor en­gineer Russel Thomas Ltd. Thiscar has done no more than 3,000miles a year since reconditioning.Body good, upholstery original.Present owner is a member ofCivil Defence Corps and also amember of the Amateur RadioEmergency Corps. Contact addressowner, 18 Smith Street, Woolston,Christchurch 6. Phone 899-218.FOR SALE-1948 Wolseley 18 h.p.In very good original condition.These lovely old English cars arebecoming harder to obtain . Yoursfor $6.500 or reasonable offer. Con­tact Genevieve Raikes. 512 Lynd­hurst Road, Hastings . Phone 83-064.FOR SALE-1946 Nash Series 600Sedan. In good running order, $400.Kevin Pay ton, 208 Vanguard Street,Nelson. Phone 88-776 . (Member).STANDARD 9 h.p. 1931 for sale.Complete and original saloon body.Offers . Contact A. Bain, 23B Me­Kenzie Avenue, Christchurch 2.Phone 891-638 .FOR SALE-1942 Indian . Bike hasbeen sand blasted and painted red .Gearbox bearings replaced, motorrebored , new piston etc. 90 % re­stored. Reluctant sale, buyinghouse. Mu st sell. $1,200 . Phone73-563 , Nelson. (Member).

f1 WANT ED-C laUdel Hobson MZPcarburettor, any early English dash­board instruments circa 1910-1920,Sankev or wooden wheels 32 x 4J,-or 820 x 120, or ANY Sunbeamparts 1910 to 1920. Can you help?Contact David Manton, CrawfordRoad. Te Puna, Tauranga. Phone25-405, evenings or 62-522, dayscollect.FOR SALE-1934 Ford Y a nd1937 Opel Kadett. Paint and up­holstery required to complete re­storation of both cars. Loads ofgood spares for both. $700 o.n.o.each. Contact Ken Newman , 717Maitland Crescent, H astings. Phone67-196 or C l o Redwood Park,Rotorua during rally. (Member).

FOR SALE-Vintage touring androadster windscreen frame channel.Available March: Sedan , wind­screen frame channel suitable TA,B, 34 Model Fords. Can make upfr ames from sample. Satisfactionguaranteed. Bob Ballantyne, 24Valley View Road, Glenfield, Auck­land . Phone 44-44066 . MemberV.c.c.BUY jSWAP- T riumph TR3 parts;steering wheel for adjustablecolumn, scuttle vent control,speedometer, 'Triumph" wording,aero screens, other parts. SELLISWAP - Fuel tank, 10" Girlingdrum brakes, bonnet, disc wheelsetc . R. Bras sey , Box 1374, Welling­ton .

Model A Ford Exhaust AssembliesThese are exact replicas of the original. Mufflers of 18 gauge andpipes of 17 gauge steel. The complete assembly is welded togetherand is ready to be bolted on . Price $47.00 (collected), $52.00 (freightpaid). P . D . Keir, 16 Ardmore Place, Christchurch 5. Phone 525-968 .

are pleased to advise that they are now operating fromexciting new premises.An increased range of services is offered including aselection of veteran, vintage and classic cars for salein our showroom.Visit us at 148 Carlyle Street and see for yourself.

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If you are the owner of aTriumph T.R. sports car theRegister offers 5 magazines,social events, spares, technicaladvice and the pleasure ofsharing T.R . ownership withother owners. Enquiries - P .O.Box 4137, Auckland.

FOR SALE-1938 Panther Red­wing 100, 600 c.c. sloper withWatsonian Maxstoke Sidecar. Thisis a child adult model and both thebike and sidecar have been re­stored. $3,000 would buy. Also themakings of a 1926 Rugby roadster.Mo st of the mechanical work andwoodwork has been done. $1,500.Roy Coles, 106 Ballance Street,Gisboroe.

FOR SALE-I 927 Austin 12/4Tourer. Complete original condi­tion. Tool kit, grease gun, pumpetc . In motoring condition. Price$2,500 . Replies e t» IIIB Here­ford Street. Christchurch I.FOR SALE-I928 "Wasp" Sports750 Austin. Super condition.mechanical, paint, tyres, hood andupholstery. Painted cherry red andcream. Fitted with specia l highlydeveloped engine, imported by pre­sent owner. Original engine goeswith purchase. For full details writeto W. G . Sanderson, "Wainui",Terranora , N.S .W., 2485, Australia.

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Panel BeatingMaking New Guards and PanelsNew Wooden Body FramesWoodwork RepairsHood Bow Steam Bending, or LaminatingNew DashboardsFrench Polishing of Interior WoodworkFull Mechanical ServiceChassis RebuildingOne Off Parts Made UpBatches of Parts made for One Make GroupsSpare Parts Avai lableSecondhand Books and MagazinesBonnet Lacing etc avai lable

FOR SALE - Lea Francis 1947.1800 c.c, twin cam motor, alloycoach built body , sun roof, runningcond ition , $750 o.n.o. Plea se con­tact Roger White, Phone StokesValley 6236 or write 168 GeorgeStreet, Lower Hutt.

FOR SALE- 1948 Ford V8 Sedan ,min t or ig. cond., featured "CustomRoader" No . 22, $2,950, anyoffers. 1948 Austin 16 (Two), reas.cond., one for spares, $300. Phone685-912 or write J. Capper, 89 St.Andrews Ro ad, Epsom, Auckland 3.

WANTED-For Model T Ford :Head light lens, bonnet, radiator.running boards, tail light , and anyother part s for 1926 Road ster orPickup. S. R. Linin, R.D . I, Well s­ford . Phone Wfd 4501. (Member).

SELL -1936 Graham 110 chassisand instrument panel : 1935 Na shAdvanced 6 chassis, bonnet, bootlid, head light bodies; 1937 Grah amCrusader motors (2); 1935 and 1936La Fayette motors ; 1936 Nash 400grille, instruments, interior windowsurrounds; 1934-35 La Fayette hubca ps: 1942-47 Nash 600 s.f. conrod shells , .040 rings , front hubsan d suspension parts, 2 hub caps ;1936? Humber Snipe wheel ; 1951­52 Plymouth number plate light ;1937-38? International hub cap;1947-48 Plymouth hub cap , twohead light reflectors 6V across,two head light reflectors 71" across;1938-39 Will ys gearbox main drive(new); 1949-54 N ash steering wheeland bonnet emblems; 1936 Pontiacglove box lid emblem, single fila­ment head light bulbs, 16", 5 studwire wheel, 60 spokes. WANTED­1936 Nash Ambassador wheel s.hub caps, unbroken radiator grille.instruments, unbroken bonnet mas­cot , cable operated wiper motor;1934 Nash Advanced 8 hub caps,good grille , horns, head light s, 16"wire wheel s (5 stud, 40 spokes), any8 cylinder engine parts or com­plete motor, 8 cylinder twin igni­tion distributors, caps, rot ors. Alsointere sted in buying Nash andGraham literature. Reply JohnCope. 42 T ay Street , Mo sgiel.

AUTOMOBILTA WANTED. An y­thing connected with motoring andmotorcycling of interest. Earlyadvertising posters and enamelsigns , radiator mascots, car andcar club badges, earl y motoringand mot or racing trophies, certi fi­cate s etc. old tin plate and die casttoys, earl y ceramic ar ticles or castmetal items depicting motoringactivities. earl y licence plates, brasslamps and accessories etc. Full de­tails and price with first letterplease to Gavin Bain, "Wa itahuna",Gov ernors Bay, Lyttelton R.D.

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FOR SALE-Lea-Francis 2t Con ­vert ible 1952. In sound order.Thought to be only one in N.Z.$6,950. Wolseley 1911 16-20 h.p.Basic essent ials with lots of sparesand some work done . $3,000. Notfor export. D. Green, I R.D., Kati­kat i. Phone 212Z.

FOR SALE BY TENDER1926 Model T Ford TudorSedan. Completely restored 14year s ago . Travelled less than100 miles before being put onblock s in a shed where it hasremained unused since. This caris fitted with the Ruck stell twospeed rear axle . Tenders clo se31st March, 1980, with K. R.Godfrey, 57 Parore Street, Dar­gav ille . Phone 7714. Highest orany tender not necessaril yaccepted.

FOR SA LE-1 938 Chev Coupe.105,000 miles, immac ulate origina lcondition, reg. and warranted, newtyres, new battery. All enquiriesfor inspect ion to E. H. Clark,Rangiora , North Canterbury. Phone7177 Rangiora.

MOPAR HANDBOOKSThe Chryslers Restorers ' C lubof N.Z. will buy Handbooksand Manuals relat ing to NorthAmerican Mop ar products.Chr ysler , Plymou th . Dodge, DeSoto, Graham Bros. Thesebook s will help build a librarywhere fellow members can ben e­fit by the informat ion. Plea secont act the Secreta ry, ChryslerRestorers' Club of N.Z., P.O.Box 673, Manurewa, Auckland.

FOR SALE-A.C. fuel pumpmodel B. Ne ver used , offers. Con ­tact E. H . Clark. Phone 7177.Rangiora,WANTED-For 1928 Essex SuperSix Sedan . Rad iator cap , tail light(complete), also parabeam head­lamp lens. Contact E. H. Clark, 10Jcnnin gs Place. Ran giora . Phone7177. Rangiora.FOR SALE-Austin 8, 1947. Inreason abl e condition , 4 good tyres.Suit restoration or parts. Offerswanted . Contact Patricia Scott, 117Malcolm Avenue, Christchurch 2.Phone 33-085.

FOR SALE OR SWAP - 1935Austin Ascot Deluxe 12/4 (Lightmodel ). Motor. gearbox, diff andhub assy's 11 11 recond itioned . Bod yis the only thing along with up ­holstery that needs to be lookedat. Five new tyres plus spa re wheelsincluded. Offers over $600 or swapwith any acceptable roadworthywarranted car. Phone 427-44 8Christchurch or wr ite C. Botting.93 Newnham Street, Rangi ora.

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