Well lets hope the new month is better than what we have left in August. Our sympathies are extended to Ron Hammer with the loss of Linley and to Issie Kyle with the loss of John. Several other members have lost family members, ie mother, brothers, sisters, sister in laws. Our heartfelt sympathy to you all. Colin and I attended the AGM in Nelson on your behalf. You will see in the Beaded Wheels we have several new members on the management committee, including a new South Island Club Captain, Mark Wilkinson. There was a lot of discussion on what the new requirements will be for the new constitution and the new rules and regulations regarding this. This is also about how many people should be on the executive committee, and how the meetings would be run in the future. The executive is made up of the member from each branch and they report to the management Committee. There will be further discussion on this at the next executive meeting in March. It is the intention to have a training session at our Clubrooms on 27th October for all those interested in learning what to do to get a Vehicle Identity Card ( VIC ) sorted out. If you are keen to learn more, or put your name forward as an inspector, then please contact me before Labour Weekend. Thanks.
Many thanks to all those who put their hand up for delivering of the daffodils this year. Very much appreciated by the Cancer Society. By the time you read this our Mystery Car Rally for Cancer will have been held, so a report on this will appear in our next Tri-Car. I hope a good many of you attended. I was very disappointed at the last Noggin, that when I asked for car parking assistance for this event, NOT ONE PERSON put their hand up. It is not a big job, and many hands make light work. This is OUR club, not the committee, and certainly not any individual persons responsibility. We should all be working together for the good of all. On brighter note, those who attended the Quiz night in Ashburton, Thank You. Pleased to say we took the trophy up to Ashburton and proud to say the team of John & Marion Foster, Shannon Stevenson and Lex Westoby take the honours of first place, and we brought the Trophy home for yet another year. Well done. 2nd place also went to the Timaru team of Ashley & Evelyn Milliken and Barry Smith. Roll on next year.
The opening run with Ashburton is on Sunday the 3rd. other information through the Tri-Car.
The Continental Run is on the 10th so those with Continental vehicles this is a day for you.
Kevin Mercer and helpers are running a Sporting Trial run thru the Vintage Car Club on 24th September. Entry fee is $10. Read more about this fun event throughout this Tri-Car.
Keep the wheels rolling and motor well. We have Club Rooms to be proud of, so be pleased you belong to such a well appointed Cub.
Cheers and happy motoring
Alistair Day
NOGGIN & NATTER,
Thursday September 7th
7.30 pm - Clubrooms, Redruth St Timaru.
SPEAKER :-
KITCHEN DUTY :- Gloria & Tony McGillen
BAR :- Sandy McMillan
FINALMID WEEK RUN –
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 14TH 2023
Meet at the Clubrooms for a 1.30 p.m. start.
Held wet or fine. All cars welcome old and modern.
Please bring your afternoon tea and a chair.
Organisers: Pat & Rodney Don
Entry forms for the Mt Cook Rally will be emailed/ posted soon
To be held 20 – 22 October
We are just finalising a few details
Enquiries to Michelle 021 1726168
S.C.V.C.C. PARTS DEPARTMENT
August Report.
With a little more space in our yard we can start to have a good cleanup of parts that are not required , or are far too 'gone ' to be of any use in our Parts Dept.
If any members think that they may need an item such as an old Mudguard, a Bonnet ,a Bumper Bar , Luggage Rack or a Back Axle with Diff. It would be advisable to come on down sooner than later to see if there is something for you.!
As part of our cleanup any items not required by us will end up with the Scrap Man!!
There are some Engine Blocks there as well and these will be assessed for salvage or for the Scrap .
If you are interested in anything and can not come down to our Parts Dept .on a Wednesday Morning, you can give me a ring anytime on 03 6847405 or 027 307 9631.
As always we are open on each Wednesday Morning from 9am to 12 noon.
Barry Smith, Parts Manager.SCVCC Website Updates www.southcanterburyvintagecarclub.co.nz
To access other club newsletters go to www.vcc.org.nz scroll to News from our Branches as hard copy newsletters are not mailed out now.
SCVCC Website - August 2023
- August newsletter placed up
- Continental Run information placed up
- Christchurch bus trip information placed up, subsequently removed upon the trip's cancellation
- Daffodil Rally for Cancer information placed up
- Behind the scenes word-press updates
Upcoming - More stories of various runs, online version of newsletter, information about upcoming events, members vehicles in gallery, Stories and photos from members are ENCOURAGED and can be sent through to website.scvcc@gmail.com
Calendar of Events 2023 for the South Canterbury Branch of the VCC
3rd September Opening Run (Ashburton organising)
14th September Mid-week Run
September 10th
September 24th
October 21/22/23
November 3/4/5
November 11th / 12th
Continental Run
Vintage Trial Event
Mount Cook Rally
Safari Weekend
All American
November 19th Veteran / Vintage / Commercial Run
December 2nd Christmas Party & 50 year Badge Presentations (Note change of Date)
If you own a 1933 or 1934 Ford, you’ll want to be a part of the Model 40 Convention to be held March 8-10 next year. Celebrating 90 years of this beautiful model Ford, the event is open to both original & modified examples, but is limited to 100 entries. Having hosted past vintage and hot rod events, including Deuce Days for the 1932 Fords, the venue at Solway Park at Masterton is perfect for this sort of event. Trust House & JRI Insurance have come on board as major sponsors, and registration is open now. For more information follow the event on the 1933/34 Ford New Zealand Facebook page. Expressions of interest and requests for registration form to magoos@xtra.co.nz.
Enquiries to the convenor; Lloyd Wilson 021-436-432
PS: Whether or not they can attend we would still be interested in hearing from owners, as we have established a register of 33/34 Fords in New Zealand. Also, we will be producing special anniversary plaques which will be available to Model 40 owners.
Who Is This Man? (Article supplied)
29 July at a car show to celebrate Henry Ford's birthday in Waimate, one of our intrepid members showed up wearing 2 different shoes. We were baffled as to how this could have happened; is he really that wealthy that he can afford to throw away 1 shoe of each pair; or is he a relation of Imelda Marcos; or did he just get dressed in the dark? This normally dapper dressed man had his sanity vouched for by another SCVCC member so he wasn't insane at the time. Perhaps he had been driving a Chev recently or perhaps he glanced at a
However, our members' misdemeanour was superseded by a gentleman who arrived at Menzshed with a bra hanging out the back of his jeans, he endured about 2 hours of ribbing before he was told of his extra item of clothing. I reckon he should not have been told in case he went shopping etc.
For Sale - 1931 Dodge DD sedan (Chrysler Canada built, Budd Body)housed in shed for 50 years, partially assembled, straight body, engine packed with oil would make a great restoration project.
2023 Ashburton Garage Raid – by Shannon Stevenson
On a frosty Saturday morning, over 90 members from across several central South Island branches descended upon the Ashburton clubrooms for the Annual Garage Raid, for a day's worth of shed hunting.
With a briefing had, it was a case of taking the passenger seats where available, for myself this was with Peter Cooke and two Ashburton branch members, Peter and Rod. To avoid overcrowding at the venues, different sheets were given to different drivers. For us in Ashburton Peter's blue 2007 Ford Falcon, the places encountered were the following.
Cullimore
Engineering
Located at the north of Ashburton, in the newly built industrial park, Cullimore Engineering is housed in not a garage, but a huge warehouse almost the size of a football field. Sam Cullimore, who is third generation in the business showed us the various projects on the go, with several staff working away in the background, and the CNC machines in full flight. Projects included a traction engine makeover, and two heavy duty tow trucks, intended for towing big rigs.
Massey
Ferguson and John Deere collection
With a view across to Ashburton Airport, were two neighbouring properties – Neil and Faye Hyde's one with a shed full of restored Massey Ferguson tractors and a Plymouth, Keith Howden's one with various John Deere tractors, a selection of mostly American cars, and a number of vintage projects 'yet to be restored'. We recognised this place as the previous home of Peter McQuarters – visited several years back by South Canterbury members.
Rob
and Diane Ross collection
Up a driveway east of Ashburton we were struck by a sight of a fair number of veteran cars, these all either complete or projects on the go, Rob's Chrysler holding pride of place in the garage alongside a curved dash Oldsmobile. It was certainly the most amount of veteran cars that I had seen anywhere outside of a museum, display or a rally. One that had a lot of interest was an American La-France roadster – built on a fire truck chassis. A further shed had several vintage cars, all in immaculate order.
Holden and Ford collection at Winslow
In rural Winslow, almost halfway to Hinds is a collection of farm outbuildings – however the livestock has long since moved out, instead a fair number of Holden projects with a couple of Fords for good measure are within, mostly focussing on HQ to HZ in varying stages of completion. An interesting aspect was the 'man cave', a converted woolshed with memorabilia covering the walls, and various Holden ute body shells on racks, awaiting their turn. Two others of note were a Ford Model T roadster, and a 2010 Chevrolet Corvette.
John Wells' motorcycle and car collection - Allenton
On a back street in west Ashburton, was John Wells' motorcycle collection, mostly housed in a garage which from most angles resembled a small house. There were a variety of bikes from different ages, notably Harley Davidson, Ariel and BSA – the BSA connection furthered with a late 30s sedan undergoing restoration, and a much later Daimler 2.5 V8.
Within a further shed was a 1956 Triumph bike in the process of restorative work – for the four of us this was the final stop, and with John's hospitality, we did not leave until later in the day.
Thanks to the Ashburton branch for putting on a great garage raid, the volunteers cooking up the pea-pie-and-pud over lunch, and for opening up the museum building.
Shannon Stevenson
August 2023 Garage Raid Photo’s Hosted by Ashburton VCC
Photo’s and Captions Grant Mehrtens 1916 American LaFrance Mostly BSA Motorbikes 3 wheel scooter for Billy Weir Late Model Indian Motorbike BSA Car under Restoration HZ Holden Restored which will soon be for sale 66 Caddy, Restored, fitted with Air SuspensionThis Brush car was at the Henry Ford birthday car show, the Waimate owner recently purchased it from a North Islander, who had imported the car from Texas. It has a wooden chassis & front & rear axles. Not sure how LTNZ would cope vinning these wooden items? The engine is one cylinder & the whole car rocks & bounces when getting started. Cruising speed is 30mph & if you wind it up plus wring it out, it will fly to 35mph.
The drive to the rear end is a bevel gear drive to a shaft out each side about 500mm in front of the rear axle, then a chain drive to each rear wheel hub. It has vertical coil spring suspension in each corner.
Pendine Museum of Speed Photo’s from Barry & Carla B 1909 Brush - Grant Mehrtens 1909 Brush –Wooden Rear AxleSouth Canterbury Branch to hold its first Vintage Trial. 24th September 2023
Members of the Vintage Car Club are invited to participate or come and watch the fun in our first Sporting Trial. The event follows the style of ‘Trials’ events which were very popular in the UK in the 1950s where drivers and their crews endeavour to get their cars as far as possible up steep and slippery farm tracks and through other difficult courses. A number of these courses will be set out and points are awarded for the distance attained. The cumulative score at the end of the event will determine the winners of the various classes. As the weather is outside our control some courses may be substituted with Grasskhana type events. The venue is at Bentley Downs at 221 Rolling Ridges Road, Levels Valley, South Canterbury.
Programme for the day is;
-8.30 AM Assemble at the venue (221 Rolling Ridges Rd) for vehicle inspection and briefing
-9.15 AM Driver’s Briefing. All drivers and passengers must attend.
-9.30 AM Competition begins
-12.30 PM Lunch
-1.15 PM Afternoon competition begins
-3.45 PM Competition finishes
-4.00 PM prize giving
PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN LUNCH & DRINKS
As the after match function is being held a private place, drinks are BYO.
Anyone requiring an entry for please email Kevin Mercer
khmercer@xtra.co.nz Phone 0272009474
You are invited to…..
The 2024 Founders Prince Henry Tour
With three days of Veteran motoring from Dunedin- Gore – Owaka – Dunedin. Starting on Monday 29th January 2024, following the National Veteran Rally in Dunedin. Returning Wednesday 31st January.
We will be travelling at a relaxed pace, with a backup trailer for peace of mind.
Mark these days on your calendar!
From the Treasurer.
Hi everyone.
For those of you who receive your Tri-Car by post, The year has rolled around again and the postage fee needs to be paid for you to continue receiving your Tri-Car in the Post. $30.00 for this year because of the increase in postage, If you could please deposit the payment into the SCVCC account at SBS Bank 03 1355 0647203 00 using your name as the reference please.
If this could be paid ASAP I would appreciate it. Many thanks.
For those who receive the Tri-Car by email but would like to change to post please let me know by email - nola,day@xtra,co,nz - or by text 027 2035007 and I will make the changes, you can get it by email as well if you want, but I understand some want to also receive it by post but I need to know so that we can get more magazines printed. Thanks for reading and don’t forget to make the payment ASAP.