VCC SOUTHLAND RUMOUR MARCH 2024

March 2024

9th April 2024

Probus

11th May 2024

Waimea Motorcycle Rally

18th May 2024

P60&P80 Rally

30th May 2024 AGM

12th October 2024

PV&PW Rally

2nd November 2024

Commercial Rally

9th November 2024

Arrowtown

Motorcycle Rally

Rumour

Southland Vintage Car Club

CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

It’s that time of year when you need to start thinking about how YOU could help with the running of OUR club. Are you happy with the way our club is being run?

The AGM is in May and nomination for club office bearers will be open soon. It’s always better to have a choice by voting for positions than people saying I will do the role because nobody else will. It would be good to have somebody on the executive committee that could step up and cover the Secretary and Treasurer positions when they are not there. They could also help with running the timing system for rallies and take some of the load off the committee. There are lots of other roles that need to be filled, from helping with rallies, running the bar and keeping the grounds tidy. These things don’t just happen, people MAKE them happen. For our club to run well we all need to help.

Veteran and Vintage Rally - Thanks to all who attended and helped on the day. The weather was kind and timing gear worked well.

I attended the National Executive meeting on 16 and 17 March in Christchurch. The main objective of the Executive meeting was to get a draft plan for the new constitution that would conform with the Incorporated Societies Act. The plan is to break New Zealand into 6 regions with 1 rep for each of the 6 regions to form the management committee plus the chairman, secretary ,etc. The AGM will still be attended by ALL the branch delegates (which we are hosting in 2025).These changes need to be ratified by 85% of the club membership that VOTES.

More details on page 4

Meeting:

Ariki Lodge

28th March

Other points of note:

When contacting VERO insurance use the contact details in the

Wednesday Run: 3rd April

back of Beaded Wheels. If emailing put VCC in the subject line.

NZTA have reinstated our ability to issue DOMAS declaration of manufacture authentic statement after fraudulent documents were used but proven not to be ours. From 2030 no more Diesel trucks will be made in Europe. After the Paris Accord carbon credits will cost NZ at least 3 billion dollars a year . NZ petrol currently has 25cent per litre carbon tax.

Sunday 25 August Daffodil Day - Branch insurance forms only need filled out if a NON member is participating on our Daffodil Day Run. Entry forms for rallies are not to mention needing current registration or WOF as we are not the police.

Only the branch Secretaries have the membership list due to our privacy policy.

Guest speaker Gareth Wishart from HWR Group spoke on the Hydrogen truck conversions, the same presentation that Kim Hill had presented.

Garry Jackson from FIVA spoke on the final result from the NZ Historic and Classic Vehicle survey that we all filled out.

FIVA objective’s are to:

 Broaden NZ understanding of our vehicle’s

 Advocate for our contribution to the NZ economy

 Promote Protect and Enhance our Heritage Vehicles

 Being an effective voice to government

 FIVA membership is 14,000. The Survey cost $55.000

 15,500 completed the Survey

 $16.5 Billion total spend including the cost of vehicles

 71% support who we are and what we do to protect heritage vehicles

 26% general public would own a heritage vehicle if circumstances allowed

 Chris Luxon’s dad owns a Riley

Wayne Nicoll - Birthday Party - 21st April

The Nicoll family would like to invite you to celebrate Wayne’s 80th. On Sunday the 21st April at the Vintage car club from 2-5pm for an afternoon tea. Please RSVP to Katelyn Nicoll on 02102760392 if you plan to attend as numbers needed for catering purposes. RSVP by the 12th April. Please no gifts.

Wednesday Run - 3rd April

The VCC Wednesday Run on 3rd April, 2024, will depart from the Racecourse at 10.30am Cost $25pp Menu choice: Blue Cod or 150g steak Ring Angus or Elaine on 29 - 30 or 31 March on 212 8956 or 0273104239

Wednesday Run - 6th March

On Wednesday 6th March, 28 people left the Racecourse and went out SH1 to Kennington, Mokotua, Rimu/Seaward Downs to Dacre, Morton Mains onto Woodlands/Edendale Highway where they turned onto Old Dunedin Road then Cross Road, Brydone, TeTipua School Road, then Glencoe Highway. At Mataura/Dunedin Highway they turned left to go to Mataura Falls for a magnificent lunch.

Bar Roster

30/03/2024

6/04/2024

13/04/2024

20/04/2024

27/04/2024

Russell Jenkins

Wayne Calderwood

Peter Pryde Waimea Run

Tony Warren

Ken Officer

Office Bearers 2023/2024

Patron Wayne Nicoll 215 7136

Chairman Donald Ward 027 294 7692

Secretary Carol McGarry 027 277 6878 southland@vcc.org.nz

Treasurer Sheryn Warren 021 712 198

Club Captain Gerry Pethick 0210 298 5620

Howard Kingsford-Smith 027 232 3464

Bulletin Editor Stuart Francis 03 213 0529…. stuartfrancis9@gmail.com

Welfare Officer Barry Hayman 03 216 3639

Southland VCC website sporty.co.nz/southlandvintagecar

VCC website www.vcc.org.nz

VCC forum www.trash.co.nz/vccbb

46 Ariki Avenue, Otatara, Postal: PO Box 1240, Invercargill 9840

Parts Shed

The parts shed will be open the afternoon of meeting nights between 1 & 4 p.m. The following people can be contacted at anytime if requiring parts or information on parts in our Parts Shed.

John Burke 217 8177 & 027 226 0067 or Ray McCulloch 03 217 9667

Library

The library will be open on general meeting nights between 7&9 p.m. Other times by appointment - phone 021 159 8319

Rumour Notices

Copyright of the contents of the “Rumour” magazine rests with the VCC of NZ (Southland Branch) unless otherwise stated. The Rumour is available by e-mail as a PDF file, contact the secretary if you wish to receive it this way. Pictures are usually in colour! It also comes earlier. Views and opinions expressed in the Rumour are those of the authors of the articles and are not necessarily those of the Southland Branch of the VCC of NZ, the Branch Executive or the Editor. Mistakes will be corrected if possible if they are pointed out to the Editor.

Forthcoming Events

Probus - 9th April

The Probus group will visit the Clubrooms & Parts shed on 9th April. We want to put on a wide spread of vehicles - if you are willing display a vehicle contact Gerry on 021 0298 5620.

Waimea Motorcycle Rally - 11th May

Leave The Crescent at 9.30 $10 entry fee Lunch at Balfour Pub at your cost! Donald Ward 0272947692

Post60 & Post80 Rally - 18th May 2024

Entry form attached

AGM - 30th May 2024

Please submit your nominations and proposals

Post Vintage & Post War - 12 October 2024

Commercial Rally 2024 - 2nd November

Date Change again- Arrowtown Motorcycle Rally – back to Saturday 9th November 2024

Editorial

During the Race4Life event motorcycles were allowed out for a few laps at Teretonga. I have been spectating at the track for some years and thought I knew the layout, however the first lap convinced me I had a lot to learn. Going anti-clockwise round the circuit means most of the turns were left handers, a bit of a struggle with a motorcycle and sidecar and no passenger. The long sweeping bend at the end of the main straight (the Loop) is particularly challenging on an outfit. The other bend that surprised me was the turn onto the main straight (GWD Elbow). It is a very sharp left hander and catches a lot of people out, I needed far more room than I thought.

My run came to an early end, half way up the main straight doing about 80mph there was a bang on my crash helmet followed by a fluttering, I thought I had hit a bird. Slowing down to pull off, my name tag and lanyard stopped flying about and self destructing! Looking forward to my next opportunity for few laps preferably on a solo.

Veteran and Vintage Combined Rally March 2024

The inaugural combined Veteran and Vintage Combined Rally attracted 18 cars (9 Veterans) and one motorcycle Ray McCulloch’s 1911 Abingdon King Dick . There were 5 entries from Gore.

Morning tea started everyone off on the right foot and the weather showing its potential with no clouds anywhere to be seen. This summer has been challenging for this seasons scheduled runs but no matter which shoulder I looked over there was just blue sky almost unheard of not even a whiff of a breeze forecast.

The 1907 Club Darracq* had anther outing having recently had been driven in the charity event Drive-A- Dream. A good run around the Southland roads to Branxholme turning east with a good mix of hills and turns. Geoff Timpany in the 1927 Chrysler taking out the Hard Luck Trophy from this stretch of road. The cars finished off the run at Andersons Park all assembling to be escorted across the road to Donovan Park to a designated park at the Invercargill A&P Show for the cars to be available for public viewing. The hot weather certainly assisted the numbers for the public attending the show and although there wasn’t a great number of people viewing the cars the conversations were varied and certainly interesting.

Prize giving was held followed by dinner prepared by Margaret Pethick and crew. The combined rally worked well with good numbers attending both the rally and meal.

*The restoration of the Darracq is a great story celebrating the clever people who have worked on it in the past and the clever volunteers who keep it on the road today. The history of the restoration can be found on the Southland Branch website. (From: Half A Century Of Vintage Motoring by N A McMillan)

Veteran and Vintage Combined Rally -

New Members

Southland Branch welcomes the following new member: Paul Hamilton - Paul has a 1966 MG Midget SP sports

We look forward to meeting you at club nights or at club events.

Race4Life - Teretonga

The Ride4Life event takes palliative care patients out for rides in racing cars, classic cars, helicopters, fire engines, trucks and motorcycles, along similar lines to Drive a Dream. In the morning guests were offered hot laps in racing cars around Teretonga circuit and drives out in the local roads in classic/vintage vehicles. The quests were treated to an excellent lunch served by local school children. In the afternoon classic/vintage vehicles took guests and careers for laps around the track. I was lucky enough to take out 3 patients, in the BMW and sidecar, on runs around Otatara. Other section members took part in the event and one of the patients was a member. Volunteers and carers were well looked after, with free food and coffee all day.

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For Sale

1937 Austin 10 parts for sale

Nos crown and pinion,4 rims, steering box, wind screen, 2 doors, 2 running boards

Please contact Peter Shanks 032165684

1973 Triumph Dolomite Reg on hold $3800 , 1956 Daimler for parts $300 Vanguard pickup welldeck panels not pretty but a start - Free to take away. Bruce Edginton ph 032140426

2 x 5.50/18 Firestone Tyres almost new condition $450, 2-5.50/18 Olympic Tyres one good one not so good $150, Howard 0272323464.

Surplus 1956 to 1960s Chev pickup parts, windscreen, brake parts, trim, etc. Some new some used. Howard 0272323464.

1972 Honda 350 cc very original low miles $9,500 - Colin Fleet 0274344428