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Crankhandle News

September 2019

The Official magazine of the GOLD COAST ANTIQUE AUTO CLUB

Crankhandle News

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Gold Coast Antique Auto club: PO Box 228, Mudgeeraba, Qld, 4213

Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.gcaac.com.au

Club meetings are held 2nd Monday of every month (except January)

at 7.00pm for 7.30pm start. Visitors welcome

Street Address: 238 Mudgeeraba Road, Mudgeeraba Q 4213

DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed within are not necessarily shared by the editor or

officers of the GCAAC. Whilst all care is taken to ensure the technical information and advice

offered in these pages is correct, the editor and officers of the GCAAC cannot be held

responsible for any problems that may occur from acting on such advice and information.

Position Name Phone Email

President Colin Hayes 5525 3312

0409 825 913

[email protected]

Vice President Peter Amey 5525 0250

0407 374 196

[email protected]

Secretary Richard

Brown

0417 704 726 [email protected]

Treasurer David Mitchell 5577 1787 [email protected]

Events

Coordinator

Bill Budd 0409358888 [email protected]

Dating Officer Bill Budd 5535 8882

0409 358 888

[email protected]

Publicity Officer Peter Jones 07 5574 8293 [email protected]

Editor Karen Hayes 0403 506 635 [email protected]

Spare Parts &

Property

Graham

Tattersall

5554 5659 [email protected]

Librarian/

Historian

Wayne

Robson

5522 8000

0409 610 229

[email protected]

Hall & Social

Officer

Leonie Brown 07 5563 0559 [email protected]

Life Members: Graham Hetherington, Peter Harris, Margaret Hession, Graham

Tattersall, Bob Simm, Peter Jones, Leo Janssen.

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PRESIDENTS’ REPORT

What a busy couple of months we’ve had since the

last issue of this fine Magazine, we held a very

successful Swap in July thanks to the efforts of many

of our more committed members, those who could

attend were rewarded with a delicious lunch at the Kampung Malay

restaurant in Mudgeeraba. We also visited several Retirement complexes

to put our cars on Display. A number of members made the trek to Lismore

to attend their annual two-day rally which was, as usual, very enjoyable.

Our monthly Cars N Coffee food stand is doing great helping to pay for the

Crankhandle printing costs. Many have taken advantage of some of the

interesting runs that have been organised by members, including a very

informative visit to an operating Fire Station. The two September Runs also

sound very interesting where those attending will visit a Military Tank

Museum and the Tugun Desalination Plant.

In August we held our Annual General Meeting during which your

Committee from last year all put their hands up to serve on your behalf for

another year, I’ve got to say you are very lucky to have people of this

calibre shaping the direction of the club, I’m very honoured to be leading

such a fantastic group of people. We do have a vacancy on the Committee

though and that is the position of Events Co-Ordinator. If you can walk and

chew gum at the same time you are perfect for the role; get in touch with

me if you would like to help.

Of course I must mention the nominations for the vacant Life membership

position, being Lyn Neuendorf, David Mitchell and Leo Janssen. During the

AGM those present decided Leo was the deserving member on this

occasion. If you read a little of Leo’s involvement in the club further on in

this issue you will see why he was successful. Congratulations to all

nominees, it’s a pity we didn’t have three vacancies!

Finally, and sadly, Vale to my friend Don MacTaggart who passed a few

days ago, I will miss him immensely. He was a unique man and a stalwart

of our club.

Cheers Col

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Editors’ Report

What a busy last two months we have had with interesting

runs including visits, the swap and swap lunch, visits to

other car clubs and Sohan’s Cars n’ Coffee meets.

Travelling home from Canungra after a day out with the

Cadillac Club, our Cadillac decided to come to a stop on the

Clagiraba Road just before the T intersection near the

Nerang end. Even though the warning light had not come on

we thought we had run out of fuel, seeing as the needle was

very close to empty. Luck being with us, not more than

3minutes after ending up there, a car did a “U” turn and out

pops a nice young Frenchman to the rescue with a container

of fuel on top of his car. He is on a holiday here working at

Toowoomba but decided to visit the coast for the weekend

and he was travelling back up to Toowoomba.

He saved us hours of being stuck on the side of the road. I

thanked him and wished his stay in Australia to be a lovely

one.

Since Sir Nibs and I will be away for three weeks in

September I would like to thank the volunteers in advance

who are helping cover the Car’s n’ Coffee breakfast tent, and

I hope I get some good stories from someone on the

midweek run and any other event that we may miss.

A big cheerio to our growing list of members who, due to

one thing or another, are unable to participate as they usually

do in the club events. You are in our thoughts. I hope you all

enjoy the stories we have for you in this

Issue.

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GCAAC EVENTS

SEPTEMBER

September 4th Committee Meeting— Clubhouse @ 7:30pm

September 8th Sunday club run - Observation Run to Canungra

September 9th General Meeting and Supper—Clubhouse @ 7:30pm

September 15th 2019 Presentation Lunch

September 21st Cars N” Coffee

September 25th Wednesday club run - Tugun Desalination Plant

OCTOBER

October 2nd Committee Meeting— Clubhouse @ 7:30pm

October 13th Sunday club run - Details TBA

October 14th General Meeting and Supper—Clubhouse @ 7:30pm

October 19th Cars N’ Coffee

October 30th Wednesday club run—Burringbar Cheese Factory

NOVEMBER

November 6th Committee Meeting— Clubhouse @ 7:00pm

November 9th Massive Garage Sale—Clubhouse @ 7.30 am

November 10th Sunday club run - Details TBA

November 11th General Meeting and Supper—Clubhouse @ 7:30pm

November 16th Cars N’ Coffee

November 27th Wednesday club run—Details TBA

DECEMBER 14 CHRISTMAS LUNCH NERANG RSL

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.Club Swap Meet.

This year we had a good turnout of volunteers who tirelessly

worked over the three-day weekend for our swap meet

which was a success. Thanks to Lyn Neuendorf for rounding

up everyone. It was the same weekend as the Cars n’ Coffee

on the Saturday morning, so our volunteers where split

between two functions.

It was a bit of a worry for our

campers at the Showground on

the Saturday night, as there was

a 21st Birthday Party being held

in the main Showground Hall; it was up to some of our

members patrolling the grounds until 1 a.m. then having to

rise again at 3 a.m. Sunday to start everything rolling. We

had a line-up of sellers on the road as usual by 4:30 so the

gates were opened early to let them in. There was a heavy

dew fall around 6 o’clock that yours truly caught a chill and

ended up with a head cold for the next week. Hopefully no

one else was affected. Thanks to Leonie and her helpers who

provided us with some breakfast to get us through the

morning. Everything started packing up at noon, but our

workers did not finish until 2pm. A big thank you goes out

to everyone who participated. The club held a Swap Helpers

Lunch at Kampung Malay restaurant on Saturday 3rd of

August; those who were able to attend enjoyed a lovely

meal. Hope to see the same great response next year.

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Mid Week Run 31st July

The MG Car Club was invited along to our run this month

which was organised by Peter Stovold. Poor Peter Amey had

a start when he arrived at the club house to be surrounded by

nine MG cars, he thought he must be there on the wrong run.

By nine o’clock, our members slowly started arriving on this

beautiful winter’s morning. In all there were 12 cars from

the MG Club, (two of which are also members of our club

but signed in under the MG banner), and 9 cars of our

members.

Today’s run was only a short run

but very interesting, as we started off having a lovely drive

through Latimer’s Crossing and Clagiraba, driving through

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Mt Nathan and ending up at Country Paradise Parklands for

morning tea. We had nearly an hour there so people could

have a good look at the Community Garden plot, the Men’s

Shed, where they were doing some wood turning, a group of

people doing paintings, plus the rescued horses. One poor

horse was blind in one eye. Unfortunately the Sheila’s Shack

was not open to see the various crafts they do.

From there we were

to go to visit the Fire

Station just down the

road at Nerang, but

due to unforseen cir-

cumstances they could not oblige us so instead had arranged

for us to visit the main Fire Station for the Gold Coast at

Southport.

We were greeted by a number of the Fire Fighters when we

arrived, with good parking facilities in their compound. The

first thing that was explained to us was that if the alarm bells

go, they have to respond straight away, and that we all would

be left to make our own way out of the compound as soon as

possible. Jon, the Fire

Station Officer gave us a

good talk on the facility

and the three types of fire

trucks, they opened up

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everything showing the equipment they carry and explained

the use of each piece of equipment. There was the everyday

Fire Fighting Truck equipped with gear to cover all types of

fire situations. Then there was the search and rescue truck,

which is for all types of rescue incidents that could arise.

This vehicle does not carry water so isn’t for putting out

fires, but they had nearly everything in there except the

kitchen sink to handle rescues from a cat up a tree to a

collapsed building or someone

falling off a cliff. The third vehicle

was a very large Breathing

Apparatus and Hazardous Materials

Response truck for dealing with

chemical and contamination out-

breaks, as well as clean up of spills

they provide assistance to those

who have been affected by the

contamination. There was a fourth

little truck being a hose-down truck, where if you had been

in a contaminated area you would go into the truck to have a

complete wash down. It was a very

interesting time and an eye-opener

regarding what i s actual ly

carried on those trucks and the

various jobs our fire fighters carry

out.

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From the Fire Station we ended up at Kampung Malay

restaurant at Mudgeeraba for a lovely lunch. I’d like to

thank the Southport Fire Fighters for a very interesting tour

and a big thank you to Peter Stovold for organising the

morning. It was enjoyed by all.

Club Merchandise

Club Shirts $25.00 (without pockets)

Club Shirts ($35.00 with pockets)

Club Jackets $25:00

Bumper Badges $20:00

Club Key Rings $5.00

Club Patches $5.00

Window Stickers $1:00

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Paradise Lakes Care Centre Visit 3 August 2019

In keeping with our community support agenda, twelve

members in ten vehicles made their way to the Paradise

Lakes Care Centre in Runaway Bay to put their cars on

display for the residents. As well as cars from our own club

there were many from a few clubs in the surrounding area.

The hosts put on a free sausage for us as well as some live

music. All in all a very pleasant way to spend a sunny

Sunday morning. To top it off two of ours cars were voted

by the residents as being amongst the best three on show.

Towards the end a Fire Service Rescue vehicle arrived and

extended its 44 metre cherry-picker to the delight of those

assembled.

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Cars N’ Coffee 20th July: Ah Winter! It sure was a chilly start to the July meet.

The sun lumbering up from its slumber was “warmly”

welcome by all. We had another exceptional event in spite of

the chill. The Car of the Meet went to a beautiful Ford GT40 in

striking Blue. This particular GT40 is owned by a gentleman

with some other very desirable vehicles’ e.g. a 351 Mach 1

Fastback.

The wonderful team from

Bentley GC and Maserati

GC were present with their

latest offerings in the form of a Continental GT, a Bentayga as

well as a Ghibli. They were absolutely stunning. An interesting

fact for Bentayga lovers, the very 1st Bentayga produced was

presented to Queen Elizabeth II.

Another bit of trivia, 2019 marks

the 100th anniversary of Bentley

Motors which was named and

founded by Walter Owen Bentley

and was often referred to as W O.

A very interesting car was the JWF

Milano GT which I understand was

an Australian Manufactured car

which saw much success in racing.

This example was ultra cool with a

rumbling V8 which made some very

thunderous sounds akin to a T-Rex looking for dinner. It was

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very low slung and had design cues from Ferrari 250GTO,

Jaguar D-Type and probably some other significant marques

of the era. Overall it was a real treat.

K cars as they are known, are

small sized cars from Japan

mainly for the domestic market

which makes them a unique oddity overseas, but there was a

group of 4 Suzuki Cappuccino’s present. These were in some

very bright colours and all parked together making them quite

a sight. They almost reminded me of MG Midgets due to their

size. They only have a 600cc engine but I understand they go

like stink due to the light weight construction.

17th August: A wonderful array of cars, great folks,

scrumptious tucker and glorious warm coffee. The coveted Car

of the Meet went to a stunning Candy Apple

Red EH Holden and won for himself a $100

detailing voucher. This particular EH was

painstakingly rejuvenated over many years

and is a breath-takingly beautiful example

of Australia’s Finest home grown marque.

As always we had a varied showing of different marques,

era’s and body styles. A notable vehicle was a Baby Blue

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ratrod. It was made from a 1926 Tudor,

chopped up, dropped, lengthened, cajoled,

and moulded into a cool contemporary

cruiser with a massive engine open for all to

see. 1960’s psychedelic print fabric covered the seats and with

burnt orange wheels, it was definitely unique.

A whole host of Porsche’s were also present from the original

356 to the modern itineration 718 Spyder and all in between.

There was also a modern take on a 550 spyder present in the

form of a 986 Boxster Backdate. The 996 Gemballa Turbo

was a real treat too. Beside this was another turbo, a Biturbo

in fact from Maserati. This particular

model was the Zagato Spyder. It was in

fact designed by Zagato on a Biturbo

Coupe platform. The coupe was then

delivered to Zagato where they took it all apart, shortened the

wheelbase to make it into a roadster which also reduced body

flex and roll now that they chopped the roof structure off too.

The Spyder was a rather low volume production vehicle with

only 1,049 units produced worldwide.

Another really cool car was the C7

Corvette. It looked so sinister in its all

gloss black garb. Now this is what you

call a Supercar killer, it had killer looks and a killer sound to

boot. Speaking of really cool, how can I forget about the

Suzuki Mighty Boy Ute. This was based on the already hyper

compact Suzuki 800 but made into a utility from the factory. It

was incredibly petite but boy was it big on character. This one

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even sported shiny chrome tray guards which reminded me of

the old El-Camino’s.

Overall it was an exciting meet and one which was enjoyed by

all. See you all again next month on the 21st of September for

another wonderful morning. To view all the cars, please visit

https://www.facebook.com/carsandcoffeegoldcoast

SJ Parekh

Many thanks go to our volunteer helpers in the breaky tent

over the last 2 months, David Mitchell, Phil & Carol Law, Fred

& Jan Schaap, Graham Tattersall

Volunteers Required

The club has a Bacon and Egg and

Sausage Sandwich stand at the monthly

Cars N Coffee meets to feed the hungry

entrants and to raise some money for various causes e.g.

printing of the magazine and subsidising events. To-date the

same people have been manning the tent but it’s about time we

had more volunteers to lighten the load. It’s a good day with lots

of interaction with fellow car enthusiasts and we usually sell out

of food by about 09:30 so it’s not a long day. If you wish to

assist contact Col on 0409 825 913, you may even get a free

breakfast!!

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Presidents Run Sunday Run 11th Aug.

Seventeen members braved the cold wind with nine classic

cars and one modern. The

sun was shining for a

lovely drive down through

the Gold Coast hinterland

to Currumbin Creek Rd, then to continue on to the coast

with the outlook of the surf,

following the coast road

down through Coolangatta

and onto Tweed before

heading inland on Kennedy Drive stopping at the Lions Park

where we met up with Margaret Hession, Mona Fleming and

Phil and Carol Law for morning tea. We

celebrated Mona’s birthday with a cake

Margaret had provided. It was a lovely spot on

the rivers edge watching the ferry come in and

disembarking its Chinese tourists. After

morning tea we travelled further inland

driving through Bilambil, then along Hogan’s

road veering onto Dulguigan Road following

the river along, then up over the

bridge and along the river to the other

side to have lunch at the Tumbulgum

Pub. Luckily we were there early and

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ordered our meals before the rush came with the line extend

out the door. A very pleasant day was had.

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Lifetime Membership

The AGM was held on the 12th August. No surprises

in finding last year’s Committee Members voted

back in for 2019/2020.

Upon a Life Membership position becoming vacant,

nominations were called for the position and a

number of nominations were received for three of our very worthy

members. After a secret ballot, Leo Janssen was chosen and he

accepted the Life Membership with grace and quite a bit of

emotion. Newer members would not be aware of the extent of Leo’s

contribution to the club, or the efforts he put in saving the club a

considerable amount of money and helping to restore the clubs

coffers.

Leo was born in the Netherlands in a town

called Venlo on the German border and

immigrated to Australia in 1950 living in

Sydney where he went to school for a couple of years and learnt our

language. He joined the building industry, met and married Pauline

in 1959 and had three sons, all of who became carpenters. His first

car was a 1929 DeSoto Ute then a 1936 Ford Coupe followed by an

Austin A40 Ute, and in 1958 a new Holden panel van. Leo’s boys

were very sporty and avid BMX Riders, then came the cars. By this

time the family had moved to the Gold Coast in 1979 and the boys

moved to cars with a show 1958 Chevy Drag car bought for $300,

so Leo had to join them buying a 1957 Chev 210, cutting the sides

and back out of it to make it a utility which they took to the

Nationals in Canberra, with Leo winning People’s Choice one year.

Leo then decided to join the GCAAC club.

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He was an enthusiastic member and, like most of

us, added to this vehicle a 1927 Chevrolet

Roadster, then a 1934 Nash Sedan and a 1970

Chevrolet Camaro Coupe, each of which he

restored and drove on the various club events, all of which he and

his wife, Pauline, attended until ill health took its toll on his

mobility.

Leo served as President in 2001, 2002 & 2003. This period saw the

greatest expansion of interest and participation in the club and the

greatest building projects instigated and completed since the initial

establishment of the GCAAC clubhouse on its present site, and Leo

was the mastermind behind it all. As a retired builder, Leo

envisaged, drew up plans, attended to all

Council requirements, submitted a quote to

build the extensions, with the assistance of his

two carpenter sons, when needed, for cost and

completed first of all the “stage” area, with its

office and library in 2003, and then later, in 2007, “the Barn”. Leo

saved the Club from losing a large section of its land leased from

the Gold Coast City Council, who intended to reduce the Club’s

lease to one metre beyond the boundary of its buildings when the

lease was renewed. In 2007 this reduction in the area of land leased

did occur, but after the extensions and “The Barn” were completed.

It was Leo who was the architect and coordinator of the current

format of our successful annual “Original Gold Coast Swap”. He

coordinated the running of the Swap from 2001 almost

continuously until 2012 The Swap at the Mudgeeraba

Showgrounds became so popular that Leo negotiated with the

Mudgeeraba Pony Club to use their oval for additional space in

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exchange for exclusive catering rights for the Pony Club.

During his twenty two years of membership,

Leo has worn many hats. Besides his terms

as President and his years as Swap

Coordinator, Leo held the Committee

positions of Vice President and also Property Officer. He also used

his wood-working skills to make the trophies for Autorama for

many years, saving the club a considerable amount of money.

No-one can deny Leo’s “outstanding services to the club and his

exceptional interest in the Association’s affairs”. Thank you Leo for

your foresight, practical advice and negotiating ability in helping

make this club what it is today.

NRVVCC Rally Lismore 16-18th Aug.

Thirteen members represented

our club at the NRVVCC Rally,

meeting up at Margaret

Hession’s home on the Friday

morning before travelling down

the Hwy to the turn off for Bangalow, stopping

at The Farm for morning tea with a salty

coffee. When we went to resume our journey,

Albert’s Chevy decided it didn’t want to go

yet. After 15 minutes of coaxing we were back

on track. Arriving in Lismore and booking into our Motel we had a

drive to the Hawkins residence at Wyrallah to register the cars for

the rally and afternoon tea. That evening some sixty six entrants and

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their partners attended the Welcome Dinner at the Lismore Workers

Club.

Saturday morning we were

assembled at the Greyhound

Track for morning tea before a run through scenic back roads

around Lismore, Bexhi l l and onto Alstonvil le

Showground where a lunch was provided for us. We had a free

afternoon before attending a buffet Dinner at the South Lismore

Bowls Club.

Sunday morning, as the boys attended the Swap at the Showground,

Joan and I went to the markets at the shopping centre finding some

good buys as usual. Then we all assembled in one of the city’s main

car parks for our briefing for the next run. We had a lovely

relaxing drive through the Lismore surrounding areas, stopping at

Rocky Creek Dam for morning tea then travelling on some very

windy roads to our lunch stop at the Clunes Coronation Hall.

After lunch prizes were awarded for

different categories, and the raffle prizes

drawn where some of our members did

very well. Then it was time to say our

goodbye’s and start our journey home. Just near the Cabarita Beach

turn off our Holden decided it had enough, with rattles and shakes

coming from the front of the car. Col pulled over into the

breakdown bay, thanks to Leonie & Richard Brown who gave me a

lift home, Col and the Holden came home on a

Hino. Overall, it was an enjoyable weekend, with a

lot of laughs and beautiful scenic driving.

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Seniors Day Gold Coast Heritage Museum

Sixteen of our members attended the

Seniors Week function up at the

Heritage Centre where a total of 14

Vintage and Classic cars were on

display representing countries from all

over the world. The Museum provided

a lovely morning tea, then our

President put on a Hamburger lunch for the members who

participated.

Midweek Run Wed 28th August.

Bill Budd put together a great run for us today where we

travelled from the clubhouse through Robina and up Bermuda

Street turning at Ashmore Road to go

to the Botanical Gardens where we

had half an hour to wonder and view

the lovely surroundings with our

morning tea. Marie Darke’s driver was

Granddaughter Sam who was lucky

enough to win the draw

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for the free lunch.

After leaving the Ashmore Gardens we travelled up

Currumburra Rd passing the Gold Coast Hospital before

turning off at Napper Road, then onto Captain Cook Dr ending

up at the Gold Coast Model Railway

Club on Kendor Street. There, hidden

away in a industrial area, was this big

building with multiple model railway

displays set up, running from one end of

the building to the other, through model

villages, countrysides and rail stations with

n u m e r o u s t r a i n l i n e s . T h e

workmanship was marvellous and there was at least 9 of their

club members there all working on a new layout. The President

gave us a talk and exhibition on how it all worked. It was a

well presented diorama of everyday life in miniature form and

you could see many years of work had

gone into the making of the scenery.

We left the Model Rail Club an hour

later and travelled along Brisbane

road before turning off onto Hollywell Rd, which took us to

Runaway Bay with the Rugby Leagues Club on the left where

we had our lunch. They had a good selection of meals and

most of our members enjoyed the tub of ice cream that you got

free with the Senior Meal. Great run Bill.

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SEPTEMBER

Beaudesert Swap Meet 14-15 Sept

Gympie Sap meet & Car Show 14th Sept

Gunnedah North West Swap Meet & Car Show 14th Sept

The Advancetown Hotel Big Boyz Toyzz Custom Car & Bike

Show 15th Sept.

Eliminator Hot Rod Car Show and Swap—Beenleigh 22nd Sept

Toowoomba All Holden Day 28th Sept

OCTOBER

Brisbane Southside Morris Minor Club Sun 20th Oct Ormiston

State School

Vodafone Gold Coast 600 25-27th Oct Surfers Paradise

NOVEMBER

Ipswich Classic & Muscle Car Show, Northern Suburbs

Leagues Club 10th Nov

Birkdale All Holden Day—Judy Holt Park 24th Nov.

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Vale Don MacTaggart

Regrettably, with great sadness we say

farewell to Donald MacTaggart who passed away

on Thursday 29th August. Don had been feeling

unwell for the last couple of months and unfortunately

was diagnosed with Leukaemia which quickly took a

strong hold.

Don was a member of the Tweed Valley Car Club and MG Car club

before joining GCAAC in 2014. Since Don and Wendy joined the club

they were very active members attending functions, rallies and helping

with the Swaps. Don also organised some of the overnight runs and was

the main driver and organiser, with the assistance of Margaret

Hession, Bernadette Amey, John Talbot and David Heaney for our 50th

Celebrations and Dinner.

One of Don’s interests was collecting model cars which he

displayed prominently in his study. He was the proud owner of his

beloved grey 1965 Daimler and an MGA still in restoration. On a few

of the earlier car runs in the Daimler he experienced a couple of

problems so Don’s mates ribbed him about the Daimler going home on

the back of a flatbed, in typical Don fashion he got a sticker attached

to the rear of the car which said “Home on a Hino”. But it was his pride

and joy.

May he rest in peace.

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***For Sale: Heaps of Model 96 Willey’s parts. Contact Barrie Heyen Email [email protected]

***For Sale***Pair of Lucas 12 volt wind horns , probably 1950 manufacture . Quick sale $135 the pair. Call Chris 0410082080.

* For Sale - Roof Rack 4 Wheel Drive, very good condition. $50 Leo Janssen

55305559

*** For Sale Holden Colorado Genuine Tonneau Cover suit RG (2012-2016) LTZ

with sports bars, Only 15 months old, removed from vehicle to fix lockable hard

cover, as new in perfect condition with all fittings and screws .

$120 contact Peter aJ on 0413 379 410

Wanted: Cathedrals for back mudguards of early Chev, Willy’s etc. They were a one-off market item. Email Barrie -

[email protected]

Wanted: Ignition / light switch for Austin A90 Westminster. Phone Richard 0417 704 726

Wanted: Wing Mirror for 1937 Morris 8.

Phone Philip 0415 219 520

Wanted: Door Handles for 1929 Chevrolet.

Phone Albert 5530 4627

**Wanted** Austin Water pump A30. D Cush 0413242997

GIVEAWAY—**FJ Holden Manual** anyone wanting it please ring Alison Bosse on o419652662 .

Please Let us know if you have sold your articles or found the items you have asked for. Editor.

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