The past six weeks or so have really been quite busy for our Branch, having had the Festival Rally, Branch Run (in place of the Diggers Run), Swapmeet, Model T Convention, Frank Robson & Clearwater Capers, the South Island Club Captain’s Run Tea and the Tuesday Rambles. Having held all of these Runs and events, a big thank you has to go to anyone who has organised or assisted in any way with making each of these events the success that they were.
At our June meeting we will be having our AGM. Don’t be shy, come along and if you feel that you canhelp inanywaythenthis isagoldenopportunity to put your name forward. Remember, this is your club, and we do require a committee to operate it.
The Europa sign that has languished out in the workshop has been brought out, washed and is now attached to the mesh separating the workshop from the Parts Dept.Asmall Shell sign had to be moved along a wee bit to make some room. I think that now all the signs that we have are on display, and they look great.
Murray Proctor
Club Captain’s Report
Thanks to Greg for organising and running the Clearwater Capers and the Frank Robson Memorial Run, along with helper Hartley Hay. A great afternoon out. Thanks guys.
We decided not to run a Night Trial this year due to the lack of interest over the past couple of years. Last year, Matt Cook organised the run for the night onlyto have just three carsturnup. So, it was decided not to go ahead, which is disappointing for any organiser after mapping it out.
With no Night Trial the last Run for this year is the End of Season Run, organised by Rod Bell, on the 15th June, which is the Sunday following the Branch AGM.
Murray Proctor
From the Editor’s Keyboard
A big “Thank you” to all the willing contributors who have given you all plenty to read again this month: Jill Youngson for her excellent Festival Rally report, KatyParish for the results and for use of the “return route” information and Bill Sheddan and Katy for the photos;Allistar Graeve for his oil tip and interesting report on the Branch Run; Jean Smale for sharing her experience of the very worthwhile Race4Life event at Teretonga; Mary Tremaine for her Tuesday Ramble report; Jill Youngson (again!) for the “Citröens out & about” story, and, of course, it wouldn’t be The Wiper without some of Gerry Kennedy’s jokes!
On a different subject, with the Branch AGM coming up in June, now is probably a good time for me to say that I am very happy to continue as Bulletin Editor, if somebody would like to proposeme. I am also willing to serve as Branch Delegate, at least until the new Area Representative is in place and it is clear what the future role of the Branch Delegate looks like – again, if somebody wishes to propose me.
Happy reading!
David North
BRAINTEASER
Q: If a sundial has the fewest moving parts of any timepiece, what has the most?
Answer next month
Answer to last month’s Brainteaser
Q: If tomorrow I tell you that the day before yesterday was Saturday, what day is it today?
A. Sunday.
Out with the Old and in with the New
The Editor
Corrections to: Paul Katon’s “My First Car” story in last month’s issue
In my ignorance of local “jargon”, I mis-read Paul’s handwriting and put in “eye roll” for “Easy Roll” (apparently a contemporary local nickname for the Ford Prefect). The affected sections are:
About age 13 my father gave me a 1951 Ford Prefect (Easy Roll) minus engine and a few other things. Body was tidy, straight and had a dark green coat of paint (brush-painted) with gold pinstriping and gold painted wheels (very flash).
NowI was mobile witha few fast laps aroundthe block (well fast in Prefect terms) with my younger brother standing on the running board holding on to the drip rail with his fingertips seeing if she would go on two wheels round the corners. Just as well Mum never seen us! And I must say, in the many miles I done in her she kept her original door handles (“Easy Roll” haha!)
My apologies to Paul. The Editor
The BranchAGM
will be held during the June monthly meeting
All Committee and Officer positions are open for nominations
Nomination forms are included with this issue
As you will all be aware, the Branch has not had a Club Captain since last year’sAGM
The Beaded Wheels Reporter has indicated his intention to stand down
The Editor
Gore Festival Rally 2025
Twelve Gore members and 24 visiting vintage car enthusiasts & navigators gathered in the Gore VCC Clubrooms for morning tea before setting off on the 2025 Festival Rally.
At the Clubrooms (photos supplied by Katy Parish)
We (husband Ken, driving, and me, navigating) were the second car away, driving through town, then out to Kaiwera via Diamond Peak Road. The instructions took us through Pukerau, onto State Highway 1, Landslip Road, Young Road, before taking West Otago Road. We motored on some unfamiliar roads through the back of Pomahaka and along under the Blue Mountains into Tapanui. We continued driving under the “Blueys” till we crossed over State Highway 90 to Mill Road and Black Gully West Road before returning to State Highway 90. At Crookston we turned right and did a loop on Gorge and Sim Roads, then back onto State Highway 90, Raes Junction Road, untilwe turned left at Edievale and climbed the rolling hills by way of McHutchon and Switzers Roads.
It was a shame that there was a haze as the view from the top of the hills was amazing. We were able to look down over the farmland and forestry and see towards Heriot, Tapanui, the Blue Mountains, Gore and the Hokonuis. Shanks Road and a couple of other roads took us down the hills into Heriot for the lunch at the Heriot Community Centre.
Before we could have lunch, there were field tests to challenge the drivers and navigators. (This navigator did well in the fishing challenge.) Judging distance was more of a challenge.
From the sublime to the ridiculous at the lunch stop (photo by Bill Sheddan)
After lunch, participants had the option of taking an interesting journey around the Heriot area to learn about some of its early history and notable residents. Katy Parish had planned the route to take in the early home of the Todd family who started off with a fellmongery and wool scour then diversified into other businesses before acquiring a garage and then selling motor vehicles. The family went on to become one of New Zealand’s richest families with Todd Motors, and later the Todd Corporation.
Ardmore Homestead and Station was an early run taken up in 1858, Toropuke Homestead, Herbert’s Stables, the old Kelso Dairy factory, the Kelso Railway Station, Wooded Hill lookout and remnants of the old Tapanui flax mill were all on Katy’s itinerary. There was also the option of visiting the West Otago Vintage Machinery display at their premises. Thanks go to Katy for sharing her informative history of the Heriot, Tapanui area. [The information follows this article Ed.]
Back at the GoreVCC Clubrooms it was time for moresocialising and then dinner and prize-giving.
Ken and I had offered to assist Raewyn & Keith Dodds in the kitchen with serving the 60-odd meals and the clean-up. The meal was delicious with the salads and pavlovas all prepared by Raewyn. The only glitch was when Raewyn slid one of the pots across the induction stove top. This action turned the whole induction stove top off. There were a few anxious moments until the stovetop was reset and the potatoes returned to the boil.
Overall Winner, Keith Heinaman (L) Runner-up, Star McDougall (photo supplied by Katy Parish) (photo by Bill Sheddan)
The new dishwasher worked very well, with one person able to manage most of the dishwashing. It was a far cry from the days when it took a real team of helpers, a fish bin to rinse dishes in, extra hot water and lots of tea towels. There was no problem with a lack of hot water with the new gas system in the new kitchen.
Special thanks to Katy & John Parish for an interesting route on different roads.Thank you to Raewyn & Keith Dodds for the delicious meal. Thanks to everyone else who helped make the day successful. I’m sure everyone would have enjoyed the Rally.
Festival Rally Results [Repeated from last month’s issue. Ed.]
Supplied by Katy Parish
Jill Youngson
Gore VCC Festival Rally Return Route
Our return journey is going to beabit of a history lesson and we will showyou some sites of the local district.
Settlement - The Ardmore run was taken up by William Roberts in 1858 aftertheWasteLandsBoardallowedselectionofland in1857and squatters established the first grazing runs. The Ardmore run extended to the land bounded by the Spylaw Burn to the west and north, the Heriot burn to the east and the Pomahaka River in the south and included what is now Heriot township.
The land became moreaccessible from1861asthesiteofthepresent Heriot township, then known as Swift Creek, was on the route between the Gabriel's Gully goldfields, at Lawrence, and the Switzers goldfields, around Waikaia, after gold was discovered in these locations. A coach service began on this route in 1869 running once a week. In 1873 John Francis Herbert purchased Ardmore Station, at which time it comprised of 17,000 acres of leasehold and 5,000 acres of freehold land, with 23,900 sheep, 258 cattle and 9 horses, for 23,750 pounds. The land was then opened up for settlement with the 1872 Land Act and parts of the station were bought by different family members as well as new settlers over the next few years. The first house in Heriot was built in 1875 and a school established in 1879. The Heriot area produced a large quantity of oats in the earlydays, primarily for horse feed, but as themotor age developed and cars and tractors appeared the demand for oats dropped off dramatically. The name Heriot replaced the previous Swift Creek name when the railway was extended from Kelso in 1884 and the Heriot station built.
Todd Family - The previous home of New Zealand's richest family, the Todd familyofToddCorporation. CharlesToddcame to Heriot in 1884 and owned a fellmongery (building across the road) and woolscour. During the
next 31 years he diversified into auctioneering and storekeeping, building up a stock and station agency, a motor garage and acquired land holdings. He sold out to Dalgety & Co. in 1925 and established Todd Motors in Wellington, selling Grayand Chrysler cars. In 1929 he acquired the Rootes Motors dealership for Hillman, Humber and Commer vehicles.
Forestry - Dusky Forest was the first exotic forestry planting of a State forest in New Zealand in 1899 when 18,000 trees of various species were trialled. By 1905 some 800 acres had been planted. Tapanui Forest, along the Blue Mountains, also saw 2,400 acres planted in 1925.
Toropuke - Was split off from Ardmore Station about the turn of the century to settle James Herbert's third son, Alfred Squires Herbert. Toropuke means “small hill”. The homestead was built in 1908.
Herbert Stables - Half of the original former Ardmore woolshed was moved to this site. Further along you will be travelling past the Herbert Stables. This impressive building was used in World War 1 to assemble the horses of the Otago Mounted Rifles before they were sent to Egypt for the Palestine Campaign. Please be aware this is a working farm, so take care.
ArdmoreHomestead - thesecond ArdmoreHomestead, built in1898. The remaining half of the woolshed can be found here within the trees.
Kelso Dairy Factory - As you enter Wooded Hill Road you will observe the Old Kelso Dairy Factory on your right. James Herbert, James F Herbert's fourth son, established the Kelso Dairy in 1913 but he was killed in action in 1916 and it became a Co-op owned bythe locals. In1933 Kelso cheese wonthe Hansen & Bledisloe Colonial and New Zealand Cups at the British Farmers’Dairy Show in London. The dairy factory closed in 1945 and the building was used as a woolshed for some vears after.
Kelso - the Kelso Railway Station. More grain left Kelso than any single railway station in New Zealand in the early years from 1881, as many as 80,000 bags in a single season. You can read the history and demise of Kelso on the roadside plaques.
https://www.worldabandoned.com/kelso
Gold - Gold was found in the Pomahaka River and gold dredges operated here and in the Kelso Gorge in the first years of the 1900s until WW1.
New Zealand Land Speed Record - Laurence Brownlie, a racecar driver, was the proprietor of the Kelso Garage in its last years. His father had bought the garage in 1946. In May 1969 Brownlie, in the Begg 5.9 litre sports car, set a new New Zealand land speed record. The new record of 177.9 mph bettered Maurice Stanton’s previous recordbymore than5mph. http://www.yacck.co.nz/memories-yaccked/laurence-brownlie-andgeorge-begg-break-new-zealand-land-speed-record-1969
Lookout - Wooded Hill lookout offers spectacular views all around West Otago. The lookout in the trees at the top of the road was operated by the Forest Service for the early detection of fires and was manned when the risk was deemed high.
https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/21364
Flax Mill - The remains of the Tapanui Flax Mill, where native flax was dried, stripped and made into ropeetc. This was a large industryin the early years of the Southland region. In 1906 there were 74 flax mills operating in Southland.
[Editor’s note: the last remaining New Zealand flax mill operating on its original site is the Templeton Flax mill, just outside Riverton.]
White Chapel Gifts – A heritage-listed building. All Saint's Anglican Church was built in 1878 and designed by New Zealand's premier ecclesiastical architect, Benjamin Woolfield Mountfort.
Eastern Southland Gallery - Hokonui Drive, Gore, almost opposite the Z garage. The permanent collection includes the John Money Collection and works by RitaAngus and Ralph Hotere.
https://www.esgallery.co.nz/
[Text adapted from Katy Parish’s sheets and links added. The Editor]
Branch Run, Saturday 15th March
Thursday March 13th: fine sunny morning. There’s a run on Saturday, better check the old Studebaker will start and is primed up. Well it’s beena while since the Valiant and Mazda have runtoo, so open all the doors (as it’s an under-house garage) to let all the fumes out.
First the Valiant, no electric fuel pump, crank, crank, crank on the starter and eventually life. As always faithful. Mazda, about one turnover and life.
The Studebaker, much like the Valiant with a few coughs and splutters, but life. She hasn’t let me down yet.
Saturday: Studebaker life first pop and off to pick up navigator (Annmarie). Up State Highway 1 - Invercargill to Gore, stopping at Mobil Gore for a top up of fuel and up to the Clubrooms.
The Run
Usual familiar faces and cars arriving, I think 17 in all. In the process Pauline Price confronted me, “It’s your turn to do a report.” Thanks Pauline! But it has been a long time since I did one. Perhaps if I keep making this as boring as it is, it will be a long time till the next.
Some of the cars at the destination
Briefing from Bruce Price on Run and we hit the road. Straightforward instruction, out of town over the bridge heading north up State Highway 1. I was a little disappointed to be in amongst the main group of cars that was what is referred to as convoying up Highway 1. This is a No No in the eyes of the law and the National Body. Not a good image.
Anyway, onthroughWaipahi and turn left towardClydevale and a pleasant cruise through to Balclutha. The destination, the Clutha District War Memorial & Community Centre. Wow! What a fabulous facility.
The Centre
Is it the journey not the destination or vice versa? In this case it was the destination. For me I think the highlight was the folding seating in the auditorium. Must be one amazing jigsaw puzzle to build and set upto work properly. And the views out the large expanse of glass! A fabulous facility Clutha should be very proud of and hopefully it’s respected by all.
The folding seating
The view to the Balclutha River Bridge
Cup of tea / coffee, catered for by Bruce (he assured me he spread some butter) & Pauline etc. A big thank you for a great spread. All departed feeling quite content, I would say, to meander their ways home.
Big thank you to Bruce & Pauline, another good Run.
Also thanks to Bruce & Pauline’s daughter, Carmen, [pictured, left] for the guided tour.
Words by Allistar Graeve [Photos by the Editor]
In New Zealand History This Month
1 May 1955
RNZAF's first combat strike since Second World War
RNZAF Vampire jet at Ōhakea, 1951 (Alexander Turnbull Library)
Five Vampire fighter aircraft of No. 14 Squadron of the Royal NewZealand Air Force took off from Tengah airfield, Singapore, to conduct a strike mission against guerrillas in the Malayan jungle.
Led by Flight Lieutenant Stuart McIntyre, this was the RNZAF’s first combat strike since the Second World War. It was also the first time it had used jet aircraft in combat. The squadron was New Zealand’s strike contribution to the Commonwealth Strategic Reserve during the Malayan Emergency (1948-60), the military response to the Malayan Communist Party’s attempt to overthrow the British colonial administration.
The Vampires were soon replaced by much faster Venom FB1 fighterbombers that were described by McIntyre as ‘Vampires with a hairy chest’. Over the next three years No. 14 Squadron mounted 115 strike missions. In July 1958 it was replaced by No. 75 Squadron, which flew Canberra bombers.
If you want to see a report in The Wiper please provide one yourselves or organise somebody to do it for you. (N.B. This works best if you ask them before the event!)
Other Events 2025
Saturday 3rd May Swapmeet, Ashburton Branch
Sunday 4th May Back to Basics Swap Meet, Hawkes Bay Branch
Saturday 9th August VCC AGM, Ascot Park Hotel, Invercargill
Saturday 27th September Alexandra Blossom Festival Rally Central Otago Branch
Saturday 15th November MMXXV Rallye Automobile Ancienne Monte Carlo. Banks Peninsula Branch www.bpvcc.org.nz
2026
Sunday 15th to Saturday 21st March Vero International Festival of Historic Motoring https://www.historicmotoring.org.nz/
Tuesday Ramble 27
th May
10.30 am: meet at Clubrooms
11.00 am: depart for Wallacetown
12.30pm: lunch at the Wallacetown Tavern (Fish & chips and salads etc., always a good meal)
2.00 pm: visit Thornbury Vintage Club Museums Admission $10/adult, under 16 free (The farming history display is now fully-open)
This may be our last out-of-town visit before the winter
Numbers before 22nd May for catering
Contact Gerry 027 233 4634
End of Season Run
Sunday 15th June
1.00pm: meet at Clubrooms
1.15pm: cars away
Poker-type
Run
containedwithinthe urban boundaries ofGore Find the referenced site, find & note the card
Visit all sites & collect a poker hand
Draw or hold, prizes to be won!
Bring your afternoon tea and a seat foroutside, just incase the weather gods smile uponus
Rod Bell
Tel: 027 229 2191
23rd May
In Welsh History This Month
Born this day 1893 inYstradgynlais, SirTudor Thomas
an ophthalmic surgeon who, in 1934, restored the sight of a man who had been blind for 27 years using a pioneering corneal grafting technique. In 1955 he instigated the establishment of a national eye bank.
Adapted from https://www.facebook.com/TheHistoryOfWales/
Sent in by Donna North
Jokes from Gerry Kennedy
Did you know, the sun sets earlier every day? That’s because the sea level is rising.
I was going to cook an alligator for dinner, but I found out I only had a croc pot.
Did you hear about the little girl who screamed and screamed at her parents for three days saying she wanted a pony? How did she get on? Oh she got a little hoarse.
Did you hear about the chap that wanted to grow his own food but he couldn’t find bacon seed.
Tuesday 11th March was an early start for me as I was on my way to Teretonga to participate in the Race4Life event. It is an annual event put on so handicapped people can realize things they have not been able to do. Everything is donated, food, vehicles, and people’s time, lots of helpers, mainly teenagers from local schools.
My car – photo courtesy of the event photographer
A lot of vehicles arrived as the morning progressed, plenty like the latest 007 Aston Martin, Porsches, large Fords and Holdens. I took my MGB GT which would have been one of the older cars on the day. There were also halfadozenracecars, big noisyV8things, sixor seven large moderntrucks and one big green tractor. Last, but certainly not least, one helicopter.
The day got started with the firing of the Bar-B-Que and everyone got breakfast. At around 10.00am patients arrived and about 10.30am the race cars started picking up passengers and went on a circuit from the pavilion to the racetrack where they would do three or four laps. At the same time the helicopter would pick up four or five passengers and do a circuit out to the beach and then towards the smelter.
Unfortunately, the wind dropped, and the rain came in. To the credit of the drivers, they carried on circulating and the helicopter kept flying.
Again, the Bar-B-Que was cooking to give everyone lunch. After lunch the classic cars and trucks started picking up passengers for two or three laps. We were luckythe rain had stopped, and we had adrytrack, although there were a couple of spins and a couple of breakdowns.
The day finished about 3.30pm and people started cleaning up and heading home. I was home around 4.00pm and ready for a Nana nap!
Links provided by Viv James Race4Life General Manager (pictured, left, at the event)
Otago Daily Times article about the day: https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/track-day-chance-live-connect
Ona perfect autumn morning people gathered at the GoreVCC Clubrooms in readiness for a drive to the Beaumont Hotel for lunch, which, as usual, was very nice.
It was pleasing to see several new faces join in the run, which was cruisy –the sun shining and there was a clear blue sky. After lunch people were happy to sit around chatting to members, some opting to go to Lawrence for ice-creams etc.
Myself, I drove through the Manuka Gorge after visiting one of three cousins living in Waitahuna - an interesting drive with trees changing to autumn colours. All in all it was a good motoring day.
Not a lot to report with no place of interest to visit.
Mary Tremaine
This week's forecast calls for rane, hale, gails, drissle, thundre, litnin, tawnaydoes and frizzing colde.
Just a really bad spell of weather.
Seen on the internet
Citroëns in Eastern Southland
I don't know if any of you have noticed, but there are some more Citroëns getting around the streets and countryside in Eastern Southland.
Just before Christmas, Ken contacted all the Citroën owners we knew in Gore and arranged to go for a drive and meet up for lunch. Two 2CVs and three Light Fifteens left the Trout en route for Café Benger in Tapanui.
The line-up of five Citroëns in Tapanui was noticed by many locals and visitors to the area, including Bill Sheddan's daughter. Not the Gore Bill Sheddan with Sunbeams, but the Tapanui area Bill Sheddan, an avid Citroënenthusiast of manyyears. Anyway, Bill's daughter, who was having lunch in the café, saw all the Citroëns and knew her Dad would be interested in seeing the cars and talking with their drivers. She contacted her Dad. Bill promptly arrived at the café to join the group and talk Citroëns. The Citroën owners gathered were Cheryl Marshall, the Cattos, the Keys, the Youngs and the Youngsons.
At the conclusion of the lunch, we continued our outing, travelling via Kelso, Greenfield, then on to Waikaka where we stopped to quench our thirst, have another chinwag and try to right the world.
It was a pleasant outing with like-minded car enthusiasts.
Jill Youngson
Photos from the National Model T Rally in Gore on pages 36 & 37 of The Crankcase, the Nelson BranchNewsletter: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nYslXf-T5QbBlwuLVprMSb3bWDmSU72/view
The Editor
Oil Consumption Tip
Anyone with an older car using a lot of oil, try it on high zinc oil, made a big improvement in my Studebaker and Daimler 250 V8.
Allistar Graeve
Spotted During Editorial Peregrinations
(1) at theAyrburn Classic
One of the Editor’s favourite cars, a Ferrari 250 SWB...
...and an eye-catching Lamborghini Espada, both on the Auto Restorations stand
(2) at the George Begg Festival
Another of the Editor’s favourite cars, a Dino 246GTS (Ferrari Owners‘ Club display)...
...and a rare sight on the road, let alone a race track, an Alfa Romeo Montreal...
1973
...a
Yardley Mclaren M23 F1 car in the paddock...
...and Harley Hay’s Ford Cabriolet in the Show and Shine display
Greg Elder having a yarn and Ken Youngson (sizing up new wheels?) at Wheels at Wanaka
(3) two familiar cars on display at Wheels at Wanaka
...Greg
...and the Youngson’s Citröen (with Jill in attendance)
Elder’s Lexus...
Flash new toilet block at Athol
Online Bonuses
Te Pou O Mata-Au / Clutha District War Memorial & Community Centre: https://tpoma.nz/
De Havilland Vampire: https://airforcemuseum.co.nz/aircraft/de-havilland-d-h-100-vampire-f-b-mk-5/
De Havilland Venom: https://www.classicfighters.co.nz/venom
English Electric Canberra: https://airforcemuseum.co.nz/aircraft/english-electric-canberra-b-mk-20/
George Begg festival: https://www.georgebeggfestival.nz/
Wheels at Wanaka: https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/wanaka/world-record-caps-%E2%80%98bestever%E2%80%99-wheels
Good news about EV batteries: https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/12/existing-ev-batteries-may-lastup-to-40-longer-than-expected
Bobby Darin bought the most expensive car in the world: https://tork.buzz/classics/Bobby-Darins-most-expensive-classic-car-thatmade-him-the-envy-of-Hollywood-20250404-0004.html
A3-in-1 Tool you didn’t know you needed: https://youtu.be/Ux_lOiTGbN0?si=Ra2lAHTbFd4j-ol-
New Zealand Federation of Motoring Clubs Inc. (newsletter page): https://fomc.nz/newsletters/
FOR SALE & WANTED ADVERTISEMENTS ARE FREE to Club members. Advertisements will be published in three consecutive issues. Please contact the Editor.
The Branch receives commission if you insure your vehicle(s), boat(s), house(s), contents or travel with Vero Insurance and quote the Branch number (300135).
https://vcc.org.nz/vero-vcc-insurance-scheme/
Gore Branch VCC name badges: are available to order by contacting the Branch Chairman (cellphone 027 649 1377).
N.B. If you’re not wearing one at a meeting you will attract the Sheriff’s attention and are likely to be fined!
You are very welcome to come on Branch runs in your modern.
Join the VCC online at https://vcc.org.nz/how-to-join/
Both Bluebridge and Interislander Ferries offer discounts to VCC members: https://vcc.org.nz/membership-benefits/
To Let: the Gore Branch Clubrooms are available to VCC members for personal functions at very reasonable cost.
Newsletters from other Branches are posted on the VCC Website each month. Go to: https://vcc.org.nz/news-from-our-branches/
They are also sent to each Branch by email and can be obtained on request from the Secretary or the Editor.
GORE BRANCH BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER
The Branch bank account number is 03-0915-0246885-00
Please put your name and the reason for the payment in the details boxes. Thank you. The Treasurer
Thank you. The Treasurer
FOR SALE
16 inch diameter Plymouth rims & matching hubcaps
Have been sand-blasted and primed
Can be viewed by contacting Garry Mulqueen on 03 208 9232 1/3
FOR SALE
1952 Austin Sheerline
6-cylinder, 4-litre, manual gearbox, 4-door sedan. Current WOF & Rego. 125,000 miles. Interior: walnut dashboard & leather seating original. Restored in ex condition through 1996. Good history kept over the years of service. Many spare parts available. Located in Gore, Southland. $40,000 ono.
Contact Nancy: Tel. 027 310 9105 or email nancy.stronach@xtra.co.nz
1966 International AB130 4x4 truck
Contact: Julian, cellphone: 027 496 1153
Tailpiece
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