Hawke’s Bay Branch Newsletter
THE MAG JULY 2017
Official publication of the Hawke’s Bay branch of the vintage car club of New Zealand (inc.)
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HAWKE’S BAY BRANCH CONTACTS// Chairman:
Ian Elmsly (Kay) p. 06 845 0577 c. 0274 790 682 e. ian.elmsly@xtra.co.nz
Past Chairman: Steve Donovan (Pam) p. 06 835 9956 c. 027 217 7730 e. stevedon@xtra co.nz Club Captain: Esther Smith (Graham) p. 06 843 9668 e. humber@xtra.co.nz Secretary:
Peter Ball p. 06 843 6979 e. jaxon.ball@gmail.com
Treasurer:
Trevor Charman (Lyn) p. 06 844 5140 c. 027 292 6068
e. trevlyncharm@actrix.co.nz
Committee:
Steve Trott (Jo) p. 06 835 2452 c. 021 460 159 e. stevetrott@xtra.co.nz
Club room Hire: Ana Brock-Jest p. 06 835 1722 c. 021 022 75635 e. abrockjest@aol.com Mag Printer: Liv Coleske p. 06 845 3276 e. themag.vcc@gmail.com Spares Manager: Brian Taylor (Margaret) p. 06 844 5982 c. 027 443 6009 Spare Crew: Dave Roberton 06 843 5151 Geoff Johnson 06 879 9700 Bruce Carrad 06 843 6717 Ian Workman 06 844 7162 Allan Twort 06 845 0438 Peter Crocker 06 876 4485 Derek Gordon 06 843 7587 Peter Ball 06 843 6979 Colin Sheriff John Dury
Malcolm Blair (Lesley) p. 06 843 7664 c. 021 576 360 e. malcolmblair52@gmail.com Derek Gordon (Catherine) Branch Custodian p. 06 843 7587 Librarian:
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Allan Twort p. 06 845 0438 e. ah_ha@xtra.co.nz Derek p. 06 843 7587
HB Branch Life Members Allan Harris life member Derek Gordon life member Trevor Charman life member
Volume 96 // Number 07 // July 2017
CONTENTS HB Branch Contacts 4 Chairman’s Report 6 Country Run 7 Winter Art Deco 8 Up & Coming Events 9 Club Events 10 Levin Safari 2017 11 Safari Registration 12 Your Branch Photos 14 Hooters 17 Iconic Jaguar Story continued 18 Annual Twilight rally Entry Form 20 Notice Board 22 Calendar of Events 24 Branch Events 25 For Sale/Wanted 26
BRANCH DETAILS POSTAL: PO Box 3406, Napier 4142 Clubrooms: 67 Sandy Rd, Meeanee, Napier Phone: (06) 835 1483 email: hawkesbay@vcc.org.nz
www.hbvcc.org.nz
Club night 2nd Wednesday of month 7.30pm at Clubrooms supper provided. Clubrooms, library & Spares DEPARTMENT OPEN Tuesday morning 9-11am. Morning Tea available. 5
CHAIRMAN’S REPORT// Firstly, my thanks to outgoing Chairman Steve Donovan for the unrelenting effort he has made over his years in the hot seat! When Kay & I joined the VCC in March 2012 and turned up to the club night at Awatoto Steve was in the Chair. He made a point of welcoming us on the night, thanking us for not owning a Model A, and made us feel welcome at the club. His efforts over the years have not gone un-noticed by both long serving and newer members and he has left an indelible mark on the club. Steve thanks for leaving the club in such good health, and rest assured our efforts will focus on not only retaining the position but adding value for members. Moving forward, I am thankful to the support you have shown me over the past three years as Club Captain and the confidence you have shown in electing me to represent you all as Chairman. The “management” group of the club has a bit of a new look and I welcome Esther Smith to the role of Club Captain and look forward to working with Esther in the coming year. We (myself in particular!) are also lucky to have a new Secretary in Peter Ball and Peter welcome to the team. The committee members are made up of Trevor Charman (Treasurer for the interim) before resuming the role of committee Member, Malcom Blair, Derek Gordon and Steve Trott, with of course Steve Donovan slotting in as Immediate Past Chairman. The new Treasurer will be announced in the coming month and will be very welcome into the Team. To the balance of willing helpers who have again stepped into the breach, and I won’t July 2017
list you all, but a very warm welcome for the coming year. It is greatly appreciated the efforts you all put into assuring your club operates the way it does. With both the newly elected Club Captain and Secretary away overseas, please take this as an all-encompassing report for those roles and bear-with us until we have our full crew back on deck. The AGM. Well its been and gone, it had a few interesting moments but was largely nothing to dwell on. You will be aware (or those who attended will be) that there have been some changes to the way Life Membership is handled and these changes will be notified once they are added into the rule book. Probably the most significant item out of the AGM is the Southward Family Award that has been added into the clubs “trophy” range, courtesy of John & Fran Southwards generosity. This will be an annual Award made by the committee for distinguished or exceptional service by an individual to the club. The first of such awards were made on the night honouring Steve Donovan for his exceptional and distinguished service as Branch Chairman over eight years. The second was presented to Mark Jenkinson for his services to the building committee for the Clubroom project. My first event in the role was the Club Run on Sunday 18th June, well organised and run by Barrie & Lyndsay Browne, and well attended on what was a lovely fine winter’s day. Refer the write up later in the MAG for further details.
COUNTRY RUN & TIME FOR BEER// By Phip Tait
» Lunch stop at Kereru School
» GodsOwn Brewery
Sunday 18 June - a beautiful sunny day for a car run in Godzone - made even better by Team NZ beating Oracle in both races for the America’s Cup. Eat your heart out Jimmy ‘Spittle’! And another two great wins on Monday 19th. Yeeha! Go Team NZ!!
Tour” looking for the rellies! We caught up with the rest of the convoy down the road sampling at GodsOwn Brewery!! Question time and prize giving was held at the Brewery.
We departed the Club rooms in a variety of free range “vintage” cars turning right into Sandy Road, via Brookfields Road, Gilligan Road, Allen Road, SH50 Expressway, Links Road, through Fernhill onto SH50 - noting many windmills amongst the vineyards. At Maraekakaho we turned right at the Monument into Kereru Road. There were lots of early lambs around and it was great to see the countryside green again not brown and parched.
Our thanks go to Barrie & Lyndsay Browne for organising this fun day. To Hans and Mercia - Jim and I are so pleased to see you both enjoying the 1926 Buick.
We stopped for a lunch break in the sun at Kereru School. After lunch we carried on down Kereru Road, into Salisbury Road and back onto SH50 again. Two cars followed Juliette & I into Tait Road when we did a “Tiki
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WINTER ART DECO SATURDAY 15TH JULY// TIME: Assemble 11.30am PLACE: Between the ANZ & ASB Banks top of Emerson Street & Masonic Hotel For display before parade. Entry is from Emporium end. Car rides from above from 12.30pm – 3.00pm NEEDED – CARS FOR DISPLAY AND RIDES – PROCEEDS TO COMMUNITY PATROL (TARGET $500) Also volunteers to manage ride ticket sales. Contact Malcolm Blair on home 06 8437664 or 021 576360 or email malcomblair52@gmail.com.
CLUB RUN - AUTORAMBLE SUNDAY 16TH JULY TIME: 12.00pm WHERE: Starting from Herschell/Bryon Street car park beside Creative Arts Napier Building on Bryon Street Napier. Register by Thrusday 13th July to Steve Donovan on 027 217 7730 or email stevedon@xtra.co.nz REGISTRATION IS ESSENTIAL. The run will finish at the hbvcc clubrooms for a cuppa & prize giving and will follow with an old time movie session. A fun town & around car run plus challenges to test your observation skills. Please support your club with these two events. July 2017
UP AND COMING CLUB EVENTS// WINTER ART DECO Saturday 15th July • Time: Assemble 11.30am • Where: Between the ANZ & ASB Banks top of Emerson Street & Masonic Hotel See page 8 for details.
NATIONAL DAFFODIL RALLY Sunday 27th August This will now be our clubs Sunday run for August. PLEASE SAVE THE DATE. Family & Friends are invited to come along. Full details will be in the Next Months Mag
LEVIN SAFARI 20th - 23rd October Details on page 11
JULY MID-WEEK RUN Wednesday 5th July • Time: Assemble 10.00am • Where: HBVCC clubrooms We will tour the outskirts of Hawke’s Bay and conclude with a visit to the Napier Operatic Society’s Tabard Theatre in Coronation St Ahuriri. We will be met there by Marc Collier who is immediate past president. Marc will take us on a tour of the theatre where we will visit the vast wardrobe, workshops set building, properties dept, stage, rehearsal areas, Tabard Theatre, Camelot Lounge, costume hire. At this time the Society is just two days away from opening night of Blood Brothers, this will be an interesting visit for all, after which we can enjoy our lunch and chin wag.
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MAY-JUNE CLUB EVENTS// LADIES RUN
NEW MEMBERS AFTERNOON
The weather was coolish but fine for those who gathered at the car park by the Rose & Shamrock for the start of the annual Ladies run.
Sadly it was disappointing that only half the number of new members that indicated attendance arrived however the weather did not help and some of the outside activities had to be abandoned. We hope that those that did come learnt a little more about the history and workings of the Club and enjoyed a hot cup of tea & coffee with some nice treats, together with good conversation.
SUNDAY 21ST MAY
Chris & Sue Truman were given the task to organise the troops as Helen & Peter Ball who won last year were away on Holiday. The run was just over an hour long travelling through Havelock North, Flaxmere, Hastings & Napier. With 14 questions to answer along the way, many relating to Names of streets with a few trick questions thrown in for good measure. When everyone arrived at the destination, the Greendale Rest home in Tait Drive Greenmeadows, Steph & Lance had organised the setting up of the dining room for us to have a cup of tea/coffee along with the lovely assortment of food that everyone had provided. The judging was done and with a ½ point difference Esther Smith driving their 1960 Humber Super Snipe with Lesley Bair & Kay Elmsly took out the prize.
SATURDAY 20TH MAY
The Committee appreciated you taking the time coming along and we hope to see you at club runs & events in the future.
JUNE MID WEEK RUN WEDNESDAY
12 cars assembled for our June mid-week run which took us through Raupare Road area of Hastings, ending up at Puketapu Park for lunch. It was a nice sunny day good company and a good run.
You will just have to come along for next year’s Ladies run to see what is in store! May be something a little different.
Please note: Due to the dates of these events, these club reports & photos were unable to be printed in the June Mag. July 2017
LEVIN SAFARI 2017 INCLUDING THE SOUTHWARD CAR MUSEUM// 20th - 23rd October 2017. SAFARI THIS YEAR WILL BE BASED IN LEVIN. We have pencilled three blocks of motels for the nights of, 20th, 21st, 22nd, of October. The motels are of equal quality and only a short distance apart. So that the majority of us are together we would prefer to book those units first. We only have until 31st of July to confirm bookings and numbers. PLEASE MAKE YOUR OWN BOOKINGS. When booking please quote the HB Vintage Car Club Safari Rally, and Trevor and Lyn Charman. BASSINGERS MOTOR LODGE Nine units available - $130 to $150. Phone 0800 276 820 - email bassingers@levin.pl.net Hosts Garry and Monica Clark. BENTONS MOTEL Nine units available - $105 to $165. Phone 0800 525 625 - email bentonsmotel@xtra.co.nz Hosts Ron and Ofelia Gouyette. WELCOME INN MOTEL Two Studio units - $110. Phone 0800 478 438 - email stay@welcomeinn.co.nz Hosts Ian and Tanya Moleta. Organisers Trevor and Lyn Charman 06 8445140. Please send us your registration ASAP, to HBVCC Safari, PO Box 3406 Napier.
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Safari Registration. Levin. Including Southward Car Museum. 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, October 2017. Name………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Postal address…………………………………………………………………………………………………... …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Navigator………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Passenger/s………………………………………………………………………………………………………. VCC Number……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Car make……………………………………….Model……………………………Year…………………… Phone number………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Mobile phone…………………………………………………………………………………………………… Email………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ENTRY FEE $30.00 [per car.] Payable to Hawkes Bay Vintage Car Club. Please post entry and payment to. HBVCC Safari. PO Box 3406, Napier. Organisers, Trevor and Lyn Charman. 06 8445140 Email. trevlyncharm@actrix.co.nz
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YOUR BRANCH PHOTOS// LADIES RUN //
» Enjoying afternoon tea. July 2017
» The winning team, driver Esther Smith.
SPECIAL AWARDS //
» Mark Jenkinson being presented The Southward Family Award by John Southward for special achievements for the HBVCC.
» Steve Donovan being presented The Southward Family Award by John Southward for distinguished service for the HBVCC.
» Southward Family Trophy’s. 15
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HOOTERS// Ana @ Hooters
Hi Folks, Well it’s been a busy old month considering we are ‘closed for winter’ The update on cars is that we have also sold the MGB, the Citroen Light 15 and one of the two Mokes. The MGB and Light 15 went to private homes and the Moke is heading to Gisborne to a catering company, husband and wife team becoming a mobile chef ’s kitchen for events. Apparently, hot plates in the back and they’ll be good to go. We look forward to seeing the results. Always great knowing they are headed off to good homes. Almost as soon as they were collected, our latest arrival made an appearance. A beautiful 1924 Hupmobile which takes the collection of ‘Hups’ in the fleet to a matching four. We had the car photo booth out again for the I-Site’s Local’s Fun Day and although a little chilly the Hawke’s Bay sun did it again and the event was enjoyed by all. A fantastic give back to the community from the Napier i-Site and a whole host of local suppliers chipping in to offer our locals some fantastic gifts, experiences and a fun family day out.
David is about to head to Europe for the winter and whilst on his travels he will be heading to the Goodwood Revival, Beaulieu and the BDC at Silverstone amongst others. In fact, it seems most of the Hooters team are off on their well deserved travels with Tere heading to Mexico, Ginny to the UK, Claudia to Germany! Nicely avoiding the winter but unfortunately also DIY Deco. Although there are still a few of us around to come out and play. DIY Deco certainly seems to be growing and this year we our friends the Steampunker’s back to enjoy some more events and have hired three our our old gals for a self drive experience on the Saturday so if you see them out and about do give them a Hoot and a wave. We love teaching people how to drive these beautiful cars and for those that have never driven a true vintage car it’s certainly a memorable experience and who knows we could be helping to create the next generation of vintage cars owners. Well that’s it for another month, be seeing you…
The complete restoration of the 1925 Studebaker is now well underway with the local guys at The Panel Surgery and Colourwood doing a fantastic job of getting the bare bones back together. Couple of pics showing the project below.
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» Story continued from last months mag
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NOTICE BOARD// If you want to add any notices to the notice board please contact the Editor.
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CLU B CAPTAINS AWARDS
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS// JULY
AUGUST
05 MID WEEK RUN COMMITTEE MEETING
02 MID WEEK RUN COMMITTEE MEETING
12 club MEETING
09 club night
14 winter art deco
25 DEREK’S KITCHEN
16 CLUB RUN
27 sunday club run national VCC daffodil day
30 DEREK’S KITCHEN
FUTURE EVENTS// 14-16 JULY WINTER ART DECO 7 OCTOBER 2017 AROHA CRUISE
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FEBRUARY 2016 TO JULY 2017 BRANCH EVENTS//
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FOR SALE WANTED// TRIUMPH MK 2 2.5. Parts and manuals. Phone Dave Roberton 06 843 5151. HUMBER SUPER SNIPE MK 11 and 1V parts and manuals. Phone Dave Roberton 06 843 5151. CLOTHING TAPE Mend your furs in time for Winter Art Deco Weekend 2017. $3.50 per metre. Phone Carolyn on 06 844 3324 or email carolyn@asian-seed.co.nz. ROVER 2000TC ENGINE/GEAR BOX Parts and manuals. Phone Dave Roberton 06 843 5151. BSA 7” SINGLE SIDED FRONT HUB ASSY for my ‘64 250cc scrambler project. It’s the QD one as fitted to many 50’s and 60’s models. If it has a good 19” rim so much the better. I’m also looking for mudguards, a headlight (5 3/4”) and brackets, but it’s the wheel thats slowing things up. David Gardiner djgmail@zoho.com 06 835 9492.
CLUB SPARE PARTS CORNER// Model A Brake drums
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Hillman Bonnet 1954
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Bedford Radiator 1934-39 $100.00 Mazda 323 Water Pump $50.00 Toyota Corolla water Pump $50.00 Morris 10 Brake Drums
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Phone Brian Taylor on 027 4436009 or contact the Club’s Spares Dept. on Tuesday mornings between 9am & 11am on 06 835 1483.
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