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CVMCE NEWS

Classic and Vintage Motor Club of Eurobodalla Newsletter

Volume 14 No 4 July/August 2015

Peter Atkinson – Ojos Volcano, Chile

Chile

CVMCE NEWS Classic and Vintage Motor Club of Eurobodalla Newsletter

Volume 14 No. 4 July/August 2015

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Fish and Chips at Bermagui 26 July 2015

We had a good turnout for this run on a bright sunny morning, though it must be said that, Gordon Halliday

looked rather cold as he had travelled with John Merton in John’s Morgan. Paul and May Johnson also travelled

with the top down. Not quite the Bay to Bermagui of previous times!!

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THE CLASSIC AND VINTAGE MOTOR CLUB OF EUROBODALLA, Inc PO Box 684 MORUYA NSW 2537 www.cvmce.org.au

2009/10 Committee Other Appointments President: Marian Pearson Regalia: Bill and Colleen McCallum 0427 267 846 – [email protected] 4474 2397 Vice President: Peter Smith,(Sharon) Librarian: Trevor Moore (Georgie) 4474 2251 – [email protected] 4473 9891 Treasurer/Public Officer: Dave Gibson (Robyn) Life Member: Stewart Kendell 0468 424 610 – [email protected] Vehicle Inspectors: Secretary and acting Editor: Andrew Green (Bikes) - 4474 2886 Huw Owen-Jones(Barbara) Andrew Redwin (Bikes) - 4473 8062 4474 3237 – [email protected] Noel Hand (Older Vehicles) - 44742128 Events director: Guy Fluke Dean Price – 4474 2962 4474 4530 – [email protected] David Nettle – 4474 4293 Membership: May Johnson (Paul) Barry Apps – 4471 1294 4473 9431 – [email protected] Volker Oldenburg – 4472 9288 Committee: John Wiegold (Inge) Graham Symons – 4476 4827 4471 1714– [email protected] Rob Upton - 0413 000 643 Webmaster: Wendy Simes (Eric) – 4473 9696 [email protected] Bush Council Delegate Mark Beaver – 4474 3461 mcbeav@ozmail,com.au ____________________________________________________________________________________

OBJECTS OF THE CLUB: To bring together persons with a common interest in Historic, Veteran, Vintage and Classic motor vehicles and motorcycles. Principal Activities The use, maintenance, restoration and display of historic vehicles and conduct club meetings and Social Events.

________________________________________________________________________________- REGULAR EVENTS

General Meetings: First Monday of each month (except January and November) 7:30 pm at the Moruya

Bowling Club 38 Shore Street, Moruya. Saturday Runs for Coffee at: The Waterfront Hotel, Moruya, Dairy Shed or Bakery, Bodalla, Maloney’s

Beach Cafe or the Star at Milton. If your car has conditional registration please sign the run sheet at the relevant location or notify the Secretary ([email protected]) Wednesday Morning Runs: Meet in the car park behind the Adelaide Hotel (opposite Russ Martin Park) – 9:30 am for 10:00 am departure. All motor vehicles welcome. A run sheet will be passed around – all should sign, not just those with conditional registration so that numbers can be relayed to the coffee shop! Monthly Braidwood Runs: These are held on the fourth Sunday of the month, leaving from behind the

Adelaide Hotel at 10:00 am, meeting other members at Mogo opposite the nursery at approximately 10:15 -10:20, and at the 2nd roundabout on the Kings Highway at around 10:25 -10:30, for magnificent brunch at Braidwood. All manner of vehicles and their owners very welcome.

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Presidents Report for September

Well the year is almost done and what fun we have had messing around with old

vehicles

I do hope you all survived the deluge and your vehicles were tucked up nice and dry.

I managed to avoid the wet by remaining in Darwin till the rains passed

On a wonderful note Arthur Hurrell has reached the grad age of 90 congratulation

Arthur and hope you still have a few more left in you

Guy organised a day out to Ulladulla and a number of us travelled up (the weather

god’s shone on us) to view the old classics in the garage of Les Storey’s which was

very interesting we were treated to homemade cookies and brownines for morning tea

and a sausage sizzle I was lucky enough to ride in Jim Wilson’s New Yorker my what

a smooth ride that is thanks Jim

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Don’t forget the Show and Shine is on in October and lunch spots are limited to 150 so

get in and pay your money to reserve your seat see Peter Smith or Dave Gibson and

hand over your $5

Keep having fun and remember life is short so drink fine wine or beer and wear cute

shoes

Travel safe Marian P

PS I also took these pictures at Berry Heritage Day

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Vintage Dreams

With a spark of youthful vintage dreams

All that rusts is more than it seems

For what others call a rubbish-pile; deems

To another in their jeans it creams.

Seeing past weather-beaten fabric seams

With holes a plenty in framework beams

Damaged in the order of severest extremes

To a restorer it’s more than just daydreams.

So joining forces with alike minds in teams

They set in place restoration schemes

Rebuilding, repairing to perfection regimes

Sourcing all parts scribbled paper in reams.

Working long hours as bloods-sweat teems

In freezing cold and humidity it steams

Until the ‘Tunnels-End’ is alit by sunbeams

Then a joyous shout – “It’s finished” – out

screams!

Finally it’s done and out of the shed gleams

With tears of joy running down the face

streams

Showing it off to other peers and academes

To be held in honour of highest esteems.

Now on Club outings will follow in

slipstreams

Reliving the past of lost eras and themes

No longer part of today’s fast-pace

mainstreams

The fulfilment of youth has full-circled;

redeems.

Jeff Blackadder © 2015

Vintage Dreams

With a spark of youthful vintage dreams

All that rusts is more than it seems

For what others call a rubbish-pile; deems

To another in their jeans it creams.

Seeing past weather-beaten fabric seams

With holes a plenty in framework beams

Damaged in the order of severest extremes

To a restorer it’s more than just daydreams.

So joining forces with alike minds in teams

They set in place restoration schemes

Rebuilding, repairing to perfection regimes

Sourcing all parts scribbled paper in reams.

Working long hours as bloods-sweat teems

In freezing cold and humidity it steams

Until the ‘Tunnels-End’ is alit by sunbeams

Then a joyous shout – “It’s finished” – out screams!

Finally it’s done and out of the shed gleams

With tears of joy running down the face streams

Showing it off to other peers and academes

To be held in honour of highest esteems.

Now on Club outings will follow in slipstreams

Reliving the past of lost eras and themes

No longer part of today’s fast-pace mainstreams

The fulfilment of youth has full-circled; redeems.

Jeff Blackadder © 2015

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Model T Crankshaft Rob Patterson writes: I’ve included photos of a stock Model T crankshaft, affectionately known amongst T Ford folk as the “bent wire”. Along side it is the crank I’m replacing it with, a counterweighted, high tensile, chromoly, forged crankshaft, manufactured by “Scat Crankshafts” in Redondo Beach,California. Stock Model T cranks are notorious for breaking and when they break, they often take a large portion of the block with them. It is without doubt, the Achilles heel of any 1908-27 Model T engine. So far Sandy & I have been lucky with our ‘21 tourer which is still running its original crank, but for the Speedster project, where the engine will be producing more than double its original horsepower, I felt it needed a good strong heart to deal with it. Cheers, Rob

FOR SALE

You have all seen the Ads on T.V. that say

“and that’s not all” – Buy this and you’ll get….

It occurred to me that this could be used for

selling a car.

For sale, my MG, T.A. 1939,

A rare example of its kind,

Shakes a bit, but goes well

A real historic find

And that’s not all!

There’s a spare windscreen,

I’ll throw in for free.

Repair the crack with a bit of glue,

It will be as good as new.

And that’s not all!

There’s a wheel with spokes,

That needs some slight attention.

It can be used as a spare,

So it gets a special mention

And that’s not al!l

When the rain comes down,

The sidescreens let in the weather.

So I’ll throw in the towels,

That fit around and keep you dry for ever.

And that’s not all!,

For a touch of class,

I’ll throw in a spotlamp that still has its glass,

With a coat of chrome and a wire or two,

You can have it looking, just like new.

And that’s not al!.

One car bonnet leather strap,

A holed radiator with a tap,

A distributor only slightly worn,

Some oily rags and a plastic horn.

And that’s not all!

There’s a car radio, not going but can be fixed,

Nuts and bolts, quite a mix,

Car mats frayed but still OK,

They looked quite smart in their day.

All this is going very cheap,

A vintage buy that will not keep,

For only 30K it’s yours,

A sportcar can open many doors,

So don’t delay

Phone C,U Cumming Today

Tony Maynard

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LLOYD JONES - 1975 MOTO GUZZI T3 CALIFORNIA.

I bought my 75 Moto Guzzi T3 sight unseen off the internet in 2013. Always wanted one that looked like the

cop bikes they rode in Norwich in my UK days. They were a good bunch those cops, they helped out with

rider training on weekends for free and always gave us 17 yrs olds a fair crack of the whip. At the time

Triumph was falling into its inevitable pit of no return so the police forces needed a replacement bike to use

for police duties. Most went for BMWs, a wise but boring choice, but our cops being the guys they were had

more heart and decided on the Guzzi T3 California. They took their bikes home with them and kept them in

immaculate condition even when ridding in all kinds of filthy weather. A rare bike even now they looked to

cool for school and had our respect.

After looking for one on and off for 3 yrs I finally trailered aT3 home in aug ’13. It was a good basis for my

Cali project but it needed a lot of cleaning plus the brakes didn’t work and it had 2 flat tyres etc etc.. At first I

wanted it as close as possible to an original T3 Cali, you can after all buy all you need without too much

trouble if you have deep enough pockets. My pockets got shallow pretty fast so a rethink was in order. I

wanted it be my ride so I concentrated on the overall style of it and getting it to run well. The stories of how I

managed that will be for another time if you care to listen.

So when is a project finished? Ever? I thought mine was done till an unfortunate incident outside the

waterfront on a Saturday morning.

My bike electric starter failed to do its thing. Hitting it with a spanner got the bugger to work but it failed

again at the servo whilst filling up, Bugga! Off home to sort it out in the shed. After a bit of work checking

things, all was well, and so off I went to Gordy.s place for a bit of fettling. I’m chasing that last bit of

performance it should have and wanted to check the

compression. So he dug out his compression tester and we

had the pleasing result of 150 psi in both pots, just the job.

Whilst there Gordy was good enough to fashion me a bush

for the sloppy gear lever which has been bugging me since I

got the bike. I was then sufficiently motivated to order what

was needed to fix the rest of the linkage and an accurate

gear change is on the way .

But are we done? No.

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The starter refused to engage next time for a ride. Bugga. I couldn’t figure it out, full battery, no blown

fuses, all lights working, the relay clicking away like it should, continuity on all wires, even hitting it with a

hammer didn’t work, why didn’t the starter throw?

I decided to take it off and give it to someone who knew more about these things than a carpenter. Troy at

B&T Auto elec had a look and came back with the bad news, “Mate I have bench tested this thing 40 times

and I think your problem is elsewhere”. This news did not please me, as it indicated a dark and evil gremlin

was lurking within the gloomy electrical pit of a 40 year old Italian motor bike. However I decided to

press on . After getting the starter home I installed it. No go. I wrestled pushed and shoved the biggest, well

charged battery you have ever seen in a motorbike into a space hardly big enough for the job and pushed

the button. No Go. I tried all the checks I could think of. No Go. ..... I was out of tricks by this point and

couldn’t think of anything else to do. I had arrived at a total and disappointing dead end in my knowledge

and experience. I had to admit defeat and ask an auto electrician to fix a fault with my motorbike...........

This is bad. They hate working on bikes. Shit. I had to ask him. “Tried all the stuff you

said mate but its still dead, would you look at it? I’ll bring in on a trailer, stripped back? “ The relief coursed

through my veins when he said yes.

Luckily for me I had a wet day next morning and couldn’t work, so I called Troy to see if he could do the job.

“Yeah no probs bring it in “. I was there in a flash. Now, let it be said we all have our strengths in life and

things we can do well. Troy can’t pitch a roof and I can’t suss out auto electrics, he, on the other hand can,

and my issue fixed up for me in a blink. How these guys do these things is dark magic. Out he came with a

test light and a multi tester to kill for. The battery was OK so then he tested for continuity with the button on

and off, earths etc, all of this I could follow. It still wouldn’t throw the solenoid. He frowned and gazed off

into the middle distance and muttered a few trade terms to himself, something like “ If the grundle has

blonked then tweedle dinks must be short, so the wonkle do pin isn’t getting enough currant. “ He pulled a

connection from the relay, connected a wire from the positive terminal on the battery to it and said “ Try

that”. Rhu Rhu Rhu Rhu went the starter !!!!! I was gob smacked, “I wouldn’t have figured that out in a

million years !! “ I exclaimed. He replied “Well your good to go now, do want me to wire it up for you?”

“No”, I said with lips pursed “That’s something I can do, at least I’ll get some sense of achievement out of

all this!” He sold me the wire and a fuse i needed, and tested another battery I had brought along. It was

smaller than the one in the bike (Big as a car battery) but had come with the bike and had worked well up

till now. I was relieved to be told it was fine to go back in and, funnily enough, had as much cranking power

as the big one, Why So? Modern technology. The big one was lead acid and the smaller one a Deka brand

’absorbed mat’ its half the size& weight but after 2 yrs of intermittent use & of unknown age it still does the

job. Good result.

Off to the shed I went to finish it all off. 2 connections and some soldering later I have a tidy collection of

wires under the seat and a Guzz that goes!

Lloyd Jones.

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MY LIFE WITH CARS AND BIKES 1952 TO 2015

By Graeme Quinn

I think I have been very fortunate to have lived through a period when the purchase and use of an old but

interesting vehicle was possible, without the expenditure of the vast sums of money, that now seems to be

the case.

On reflection, I have had about 70 motor cars and a few bikes over the 65 years of my fascination with what

is now described as Vintage and Classic cars. In addition to the cars that I have been fortunate enough to

own, other cars have been offered, in some cases for extended periods, and they include Bugatti’s, Alfa

Romeos, Hispano Suizas. Aston Martin and Ferrari . I have also been fortunate enough to have two of my

sons who live in Australia also sharing cars that they own and go to form part of this story

Rather than trying to cover a vast collection of memories, and subject to your editors discretion, and of

course you members interest , I have proposed a series of articles on specific cars that have provided me

with great fun,

ALFA ROMEO FROM THE JANO DESIGNE D CARS, TO THE POST SECOND WORLD WAR SERIES

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The first Alfa Romeo car that I had was 8C 2300 long chassis no 2111047 fitted with a Castagna body DHC

.From the chassis no. this would have been one of the earliest customer long chassis road cars. The

engine was a work of art being a straight 8 twin overhead camshafts and feed via a wonderful elegant cast

aluminium ribbed inlet manifold through y a Rootes type supercharger. The 8C2300 was produced in three

series a total of 189 cars which covered touring, sporting and racing. My car was first registered in May

1933 in Italy and was brought to Australia by a Mr Luxton of Melbourne. I got the car in the early sixties and

used it for touring and early Historic Racing at Warwick Farm in Sydney as well as Mallala in South

Australia driving to both venues; racing and then driving back home to Melbourne. It was a fantastic car

equally at home on track or Hill Climb as well as a fast touring .It also won a Concours at an interstate rally

held at Mont Ganbier. Some years after I sold the car I was lent a racing version, the so called Monza. The

car had been entered into a Historic car race at Wanneroo in WA by its owner a Briton living in California

whose name was Peter Gidding,

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I had the use of the car on

the Road for a fortnight

attending a general rally

organised by the Alfa

Romeo Club before the

race meeting that the

owner was due to drive it.

When Peter arrived in

Perth for the race, I drove

the car to the circuit prior to

the actual event. That time

of driving what must be one

of the most successful

racing cars of the period on

the public roads, was the

high point of my driving

experiences.

Our second Jano era car was a 1500 Normale Alfa Romeo 1927 which was bought for my wife’s use. This

was the perfect car for her, good brakes, light steering, and very reliable. She used the car for about 20

years competing regularly in reliability trials, and touring events and capped by driving with a girl friend from

Melbourne to Perth for the Bi Centenary celebrations in 1988.

We had a succession of more modern Alfas all of the so called 105 series ranging from 1600, 1750 t0

2000cc in coupe, spider and Berlina form. All these cars had wonderful handling and a very useful high

revving engine and once again were utterly reliable. The most outstanding of these cars was a 2000 Coupe

that had been bought new by a chap I knew

who unfortunately died and I was able to get

his car which had only done 500 miles since

new. This car was a GTV Coupe 2 litre.

Incidentally I was able to get his late

mother’s car a very low mileage 1934

Packard 8. My wife did not like this car which

was a shame as it was very comfortable and

beautifully finished being a one owner car

from new.

Graeme Quinn

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100 Year Old Rolls Royce Peter Smith found this article

It was originally bought for £1,000 in 1912 (almost £93,000 in today’s money) but has now gone under the hammer for £4,705,500, making it the

most expensive Rolls-Royce ever sold at auction.

Unique: This 100-year-old Silver Ghost Rolls

Royce has sold for a world-record price of

£5million after a furious budding war at Bonhams.

Through the roof: The lengthy auction saw two enthusiasts duelling for the pristine car as the bidding went up in increments of £100,000,

smashing past the £2million estimate.

In great nick: The six-cylinder, 7.3-litre car comes with perfect provenance and is still purring

smoothly, doing about 15 miles to the gallon.

What it lacks in gadgetry, the British-made classic more than compensates for with an extraordinary level of luxury that leaves its modern-day counterparts looking a little unsophisticated.

Its gleaming interior fittings are made of silver and ivory, while the door panels are embroidered silk, with brocade tassels attached to silk window

shades for privacy.

The passenger footrest hides a full picnic set for four, a china tea service, complete with an alcohol-fuelled burner and kettle to heat the water, and a set of six decanters – three in

sterling silver and three in leather-wrapped glass.

The sale took place at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in West Sussex on Friday. Auctioneers had expected it to sell for around £2million and were astonished when the bidding between two

rival collectors topped £4million.

James Knight, from Bonhams auctioneers, said: ‘There were three bidders, then one of them dropped out at £2.3million and we thought it

would end there.

Travelling in style: The design chosen by its original owner echoed the luxurious 'Pullman' Railway carriages pioneered by American George

Pullman.

Luxurious: The elegant passenger compartment complete with 29 bevelled glass windows and the

stylish steering wheel.

‘But then another bidder entered and the bidders were duelling. It went up in increments of £50,000, and then £100,000, and then back down to £50,000.

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FOR SALE 1981 Toyota Celica RA 40 model Auto – Air Con. 72,000 km , Immaculate - Show Winner. Full History, 6 months full rego., Dust Cover, workshop manual $6,500 *Sir Stirling has viewed this car and confirms it’s condition. Contact him on 4474.4530 for referral to the Central Coast owner. Michael Gold’s Cars

I shall be relocating to the UK permanently (albeit reluctantly!! ) at the end of the year and, although I have the space to lay my cars up I would rather they went to good homes and were used and enjoyed by people who care, such as the members of our club. If anyone is interested please can they contact me on 44 740567 before mid November. The cars are: 1. 1966 Sunbeam Alpine Series 5 GT model with hardtop but no hood, fitted back seat. Forest Green with wire wheels.1725 engine with Weber conversion.Original twin Strombergs available with car.Excellent condition. 2.1969 Rover P5B Coupe 3.5 V8 Arden Green with silver birch roof.Reconditioned engine, otherwise completely original in great condition. 3.1977 Triumph Dolomite Sprint, Russet Brown, low mileage, engine totally rebuilt in last few months. 4. 1961 Humber Super Snipe Series 3, black with white roof, ex RAN car with flagstaff. New trim, huge amount already spent, only now requires fitting front and rear screen seals which are with car. All, except Humber sourced, selected and purchased in UK and shipped by me. For Sale

1978 Toyota Corona, Manual, 236,500 kms, KAJ823, one owner, Original Contacf 0432515014

Some dates to Remember Sunday 20 Sep. Run ending up at the Aero Club Friday 7 Oct. Citroen Club passing through –

Meet for tea/coffee Sunday 18 Oct – Show and Shine Sunday 1 Dec. – AGM + Xmas Party ____________________________________

Wednesday Runs

Sep 09 Buffers Kitchen – Tuross Shopping Sep 16

The Rivermouth - Sep 23 Courtyard Café-

Sep 30 Tuross Country

Oct 7 Maloneys Beach Café-French food

Oct 14 Bodalla

Oct 21 Café Nelligen Oct 28 Tern Inn-

Nov 04 East Lynn

Nov 11 Mossy Point

Nov 18 Tuross Boat

Nov 25 Candalagan Café-Broulee RENEWING YOUR CONDITIONAL REGISTRATION

Requirements for completion of an RMS Historic Vehicle Declaration form – they are now as follows:

The owner must be a financial member of CVMCE.

The vehicle must undergo a safety check. This can be

completed by a designated Club Vehicle Inspector, OR you can obtain a pink slip.

After this has been completed, the final part of the

process is to have an authorised Committee Club official* sign and stamp the Historic Vehicle Declaration form,

certifying both vehicle eligibility AND the member’s current financial status.

Having the safety inspection carried out by a designated

Club Vehicle Inspector will satisfy a Committee Club official that the vehicle is also eligible for historic

registration. In this case, the vehicle will not need to be

sighted by a committee Club official for Historic Vehicle Declaration certification.

HOWEVER, should you elect to obtain a pink slip for the

safety inspection, please note that the CVMCE has adopted a significant change to the process. A Club official must now sight the vehicle and determine its

eligibility for historic registration, prior to having the Historic Vehicle Declaration certified. Note that designated Club Vehicle Inspectors are also deemed to be Club

officials, and in most cases will determine vehicle eligibility.

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BARRY APPS’ SKETCHING AND PAINTING

There was a great article about Barry in the January/ February Newsletter, but it made no mention of his

abilities as an artist, so I asked him if he would write a bit about this interest and let me put a couple of his

paintings in the magazine. See facing page – Ed

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I have been asked to do a short segment to the club of my other interest; I have always enjoyed sketching

and painting, and loved the art classes at school and not to brag but came first in art whilst at school.

I would have been probably 13 when in an art class at school I painted a picture of the Titanic sinking to

which the headmaster framed and hung it in the school hall

That gave me a little more interest and confidence to carry on painting

But working and earning a living didn’t find me the time to go down this path.

My brother is a commercial artist and my nephews also are commercial artists although it is a very stressful

career and I just like painting as a hobby, I have tried all the mediums, pastel oil and acrylic and also water

colour,

I started painting water colour and will go back to it as it is a nice soft and not as messy medium.

At the moment I am painting in acrylic then highlighting over in oil, I don’t paint much in still life and prefer

all types of different subjects.

I started painting regularly when I came to Australia in 1973 as the colours and light made me want to put it

down on canvas or paper, so probably now have been painting for 40 odd years.

Also I have met some great friends in the art group, and always love to see how other artist see things

differently than I do, there are some great artists in the Shire

I would like to spend more time painting? And when I retire probably that’s when I will enjoy it a lot more.

Barry Apps

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Denhams Beach

Lancaster Bomber

Spitfire

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