VCC EASTERN BOP RUNNING BOARD MARCH 2022

The Eastern Bay of Plenty Branch of

The Vintage Car Club of New Zealand Po Box 2168, Kopeopeo, Whakatane 3159 Email: easternbayofplenty@vcc.org.nz

March 2022

Running Board

Ron & Kerry Elton’s 1934 Triumph Gloria (BOP Branch) at the start of the East Coast Rally

Club Night: Last Thursday of the Month (except December) at Whakatane Athletic Clubrooms, Short Street, Whakatane 7.00 pm Social get-together Branch Meeting starts at 7.30 pm Followed by Supper and a Natter

Chairman’s Report: Joy has pretty much got all the February Events covered in her report below, so I will leave it there.

Thanks for your input Joy, much appreciated.

I would like to thank Barry and Tessa and all their helpers who put on an excellent East Coast Rally, with all the problems encountered with Covid and many Rallies cancelled, lowish entries, negotiating with the caterers almost daily as meal numbers changed, it all turned out great on the day, thanks to all of those that made it happen.

On Club night we had a sort of video on the “New Proposed Logo”, a series of problems and unforeseen circumstances saw us looking at a computer screen rather than a TV screen, once again Covid had a hand in this.

Once we had viewed the video a serious discussion was had on whether or not we as a Branch would consider changing the old VCC Wings Logo for the new proposed stylised wheel Logo. Many Members remarked that the present proposed Logo is much improved on the last example, but there was ‘no mood for change just for change sake’. If the Logo must change it must be superior than our current Wings which has served us well for 75 years and is easily recognised as the VCC Logo.

There was discussion on other things that could be done to encourage new Members to join the Vintage Car Club. That will be a continuing discussion.

A vote was taken on whether to accept or decline the proposed New Logo. There was overwhelming support for the current Wings Logo. Our delegate Bevan is asked to vote in favour of the current Wings Logo on our Branch’s behalf at the Executive Meeting on March 12.

Thanks to all Members who came to the Club night to have their say and discuss the Logo, also to those Members who couldn’t attend the Meeting but phoned or emailed their thoughts on the proposed Logo.

Whatever the outcome of the vote, we must all get on with what we love, driving our old vehicles and engaging with like minded people.

Drive Safe Les

Joy’s Report: Rallies February has been a good month for rallies but unfortunately March doesn’t look the same with Taupo already cancelled.

Thanks Tessa and Barry for setting a good East Coast rally covering new sub-divisions, rural towns and out the back of Ruatoki but who counts the State Highways not us. The lunch and dinner were great.

The following weekend 5 of us ventured to Gisborne where we had a BBQ on the Friday night followed by one of Tony’s quiz which never fails to entertain us. The rally took us on back roads to Anaru Bay in beautiful weather, where we had a picnic lunch. The Prize Giving dinner was held at the RSA with a lovely meal.

Harry’s mid-week run saw 7 cars including 1 modern (always welcome) leave the metal pit but unfortunately Harry’s brakes seized on the first hill so had to call AA and Les to the rescue. The rest carried onto Rotorua to drive through a park and see lots of trees then on through Ngongotaha round to Hamurana for our picnic lunch in beautiful sunshine.

Thanks Joy for your report

East Coast Rally Sunday 6th February Car No. 1 Phil & Margaret Leaming 2 Graeme & Raewyn Fenn 3 withdrawn 4 David & Fleur Tomlinson 5 Alan & Lorraine Stock 6 Mike & Lesley Adams 7 John & Sharon Burton 8 Tony Frazer & Deidre Rennie 9 Bevan & Rebecca, Elliot & Charlie Lange 10 Les & Helen Duggan 11 Steve & Joy Growden 12 Tony & Judy Brierley 13 Harry & Gay Sutcliffe, Brian & Viv Guest 14 Paul & Carol Fussey 15 Les & Gail Costar 16 withdrawn 17 Mark & Karen Spackman 18 Pat Burr & Shona Wickham 19 Steve & Lesley McCann 20 Ron & Kerry Elton 21 Ivan & Alison Stevens

Entrants Branch EBOP BOP

Year 1930 1934

Vehicle Model A Graham

Rotorua EBOP Sth Waikato EBOP BOP EBOP BOP EBOP Waikato EBOP Waikato EBOP

1933 1980 1955 1974 1973 1985 1956 1976 1957 1963 1954 1928

Rolls Royce Datsun 280ZX Jaguar XK P6 Rover V8 MGB GT Holden Vacationer Mk1 Zephyr Triumph 2.5 TC Morris Oxford Wolseley Morris Minor Model A Roadster

EBOP Rotorua EBOP BOP King Country

1965 1981 1951 1934 1957

Rambler Marlin Mercedes 280 CE Landrover Series 1 Triumph Gloria Vauxhall Velox

Some of the cars lined up at the start of the Rally

More cars lined up for the start of the Rally

Graeme & Raewyn Fenn’s Graham Page (BOP Branch)

Please support our East Coast Rally Sponsors

REPCO Commerce Street Autos

Nicholson Autos Whakatane Printers

Rally Results 1st 2nd 3rd

Post 60 Post 60 Post 60

Brian & Viv Guest / Harry & Gay Sutcliffe Steve & Joy Growden Pat Burr & Shona Wickham

1963 Wolseley 1976 Triumph 2.5 TC 1982 Mercedes 280CE Ladies Team

1st 2nd

Post War Post War

Tony & Judy Brierley Ivan & Alison Stevens

1957 Morris Oxford 1957 Vauxhall Velox

1st 2nd

Pre 1940 Pre 1940

Phil & Margaret Leaming Graeme & Raewyn Fenn

1930 Model A 1934 Graham

1st 2nd

Overall Overall

Phil & Margaret Leaming Brian & Viv Guest / Harry & Gay Sutcliffe

Tom Gibbons Trophy

Phil & Margaret Leaming

1st Post 60 - Harry & Gay Sutcliffe and Brian & Viv Guest

2nd Post 60 - Steve & Joy Growden

3rd Post 60 - Pat Burr & Shona Wickham – Rotorua

1st Post War – Tony & Judy Brierley – Waikato

1st Pre 1940 – Phil & Margaret Leaming

2nd Post War – Ivan Stevens – King Country

2nd Pre 1940 – Graeme & Raewyn Fenn – BOP

Phil & Margaret Leaming 1st Overall

Members who travelled to Gisborne for the Three Rivers Rally 11 – 13 February Steve & Joy Growden Cortina Bruce & Lorraine Seddon Chev C10 Les & Gail Costar MGB Roadster Karen & Mark Spackman Rambler Marlin Harry & Gay Sutcliffe / Brian & Viv Guest Wolseley 6/99

Growden’s Cortina, Costars MG & Sutcliffes Wolseley with Gordon O’Neill’s Morris & Gavin & Deanne Bartlett’s Model A

Bruce & Lorraine’s Chev Truck and Steve & Joy’s Cortina

Mark & Karen’s Rambler Marlin with Phil & Liz Brown’s Daimler (Masterton)

Rambler, MG and Cortina at the Tolaga Bay Wharf Carpark

Locals jumping off the Tolaga Bay Wharf

Members who attended Harry & Gay’s Mid-week Run 16th February Harry & Gay Sutcliffe Wolseley 6/99 Alan & Lorraine Stock Datsun 280ZX Steve & Joy Growden Ford Cortina Trevor Marshall Sunbeam Peter & Rosalie Donovan Daimler Phil Leaming Ford Zephyr Barry & Marianne Spry Modern Ben & Marion Vermeulen Unfortunately the Wolseley’s brakes seized and Harry and Gay weren’t able to continue on the run.

Our Mid Month Run’s for 2022 Harry and Gay have set the dates for the Mid Month Runs for 2022

March 16 Picnic August 17 Cafe

April 13 Picnic Sept 14 Cafe Dec

May 11 Picnic Oct 12 Cafe TBA Santa Parade

June 15 Cafe Nov 16 Picnic

July 13 Cafe

Venue will be advised for each month via email as to the gathering location.

Picnics runs, bring chairs etc, hot water, pick up takeaway food or make up your own.

Some Cafe’s will be 2nd time round - Suggestions always welcome

JOWET, BRADFORD Model CC Utility

By John Couch

A brief history of how a group of over 60’s chaps meet on a Friday morning each week have a coffee put the world to rights, then have another coffee and do a bit of restoration on various old pieces of equipment belonging to the Waterwheel Historic trust. Anyway this short story is about an old Bradford, which was found by a young girl by the name of Eunice, who happens to be the daughter of the founder of the trust, it was in a hedge beside a bridge not far away. It was a bit of a wreck and suffered from the dreaded rust. It was brought back to the yard and given a coat of paint of various colours. Several years later the trust moved from its home in Thornton to a new home in Kawerau, over the years she moved to several sites until a workshop was set up at an old school that is now called the Life Konnect centre. By this time it had been dismantled and rust treated by various people, The Friday gang managed to collect most bits and started looking at what we had. After a lot of head scratching and coffee drinking the bits were put in an organised heap and put to one side, after about 6 months we moved again and the Friday gang ended up at Mal’s large garage in Edgecumbe and work and coffee drinking started in earnest. The first major job was to fit the cab which needed a bit of panel beating and knocking about to make it look something like we think it should. Then Stew started on the deck, after he found some wood he made the whole thing and stained it.

Next job was the engine - this had been seized, with all the bearings shot and the whole thing basically past its sell-by date, so we joined the Jowett club in Auckland who have a vast stock of spares, so we acquired a second hand engine and some other parts and a lot of technical help. When the engine got to the workshop it was stripped and checked over, all ok, we stripped the gearboxes and managed to make one gearbox out of two. The chassis was painted, the brakes stripped checked over and adjusted, the engine and gearbox with a lot of fiddling were fitted then Bill completely rewired the van as well as repairing switches and lights. The fuel tank was looked at and put to one side while we worked out we could stick the rust holes together so it didn’t look like a colander in the end Mal found a boat fuel tank so we made a frame behind the rear axle to mount it with a door to hide it.

The bodywork was now rubbed down, filled and painted - the doors were hung then adjusted so they shut, then adjusted again so they would open, and then taken off so we could fit the windows.

The wings were fitted along with the radiator and grill. We then thought it might be an idea to see if it would go, so the battery was fitted and Bill’s electrics worked well now to see if we could find some sparks, despite looking everywhere we couldn’t remember where we put them, In the end we managed to find some and the old girl started, after some adjustments and a lot more starting we

got it all sorted so we thought it would be good if we took her for a spin, so the next thing was to find a driver, have you noticed how people seem to have got larger over the last 80 odd years because the cab on the Bradford seems to be made for someone of a smaller stature. So Phil volunteered to drive it, the rest of us waited for him to come back, after half an hour I jumped in the Ute and went to look for him, he wasn’t far away but he had come upon a small technical problem, apparently there was a loud rattling and knocking sound and the engine stopped, the fan came off and apart from putting a large dent in the bonnet it also broke the distributor cap he stuck the cap together and we got back to the workshop, upon examination we found that the fan which is mounted on the dynamo someone had decided would work better if it was nearer to the radiator so they had the fan fitted on a block of wood on the pulley and it seems that the one wood screw was not strong enough to hold it on. Well that’s about it, after a couple of transfers on the door along with a ‘Eunice’ name, we have decided not to put her on the road, as going through all the bits and pieces to get a VIN (vehicle identification number) in order to register for the road, then a WOF ( MOT) every 6months.

While all this has been going on we have restored several tractors, a maize sheller, several stationary engines, etc, etc.

SOME OF THE COFFEE DRINKERS Thank you John for your contribution

Any photo’s or articles for the Running Board would be gratefully appreciated Email to me at gail.costar@slingshot.co.nz Thanks to John Couch and Joy Growden for their contributions to this months Magazine

To view other Branch’s Magazines/Newsletters go to www.vcc.org.nz on the home page scroll to Branch Newsletters Although I must add that unfortunately they are not being up-dated at the moment by Head Office Apparently due to workload

March 2022 Our Club Calendar of Events March Tuesday 8th

Parts Shed Working Bee. Starting from about 9.00am

Sunday 13th

Club Run Meet at Edgecumbe Riverslea Carpark off Rata Ave at 10.00am for a picnic run to Lake Okataina via back roads. Bring your picnic lunch, drinks and chairs etc.

Wednesday 16th

Mid Month Run To a picnic spot somewhere. Join in to find out.

More information later.

Thursday 31st

Club Night Club rooms in Short St. Doors open at 7.00pm and the meeting starts at 7.30pm

April Sunday 3rd

Classic Car Breakfast. From 8.00am at the Red Barn.

You will need a Covid Vaccination Passport and wear a mask until seated.

This will be followed by our April Club Run leaving the Red Barn at 10.30am Bring your picnic gear, food from home or buy at the Red Barn.

For Members not attending the Breakfast, roll up to the Red Barn by 10.30am Wednesday 13th

Mid Month Run to a Picnic spot

Thursday 28th

Club Night Club rooms in Short St. Doors open at 7.00pm and the meeting starts at 7.30pm

May Wednesday 18th Thursday 26th

Mid Month Run To a picnic spot or Café depending on the weather Club Night Club rooms in Short St. Doors open at 7.00pm and the meeting starts at 7.30pm May Club Night is our AGM so give some thought to how you may assist the running of the Club A reminder that at all EBOP VCC events participants need to be double vaxxed

If you don't have a vintage on the road, come along to Club Runs in your modern

Other Club Events March 2022 March Saturday 12th Saturday 12th Saturday 19th

Some events may not happen. Check before you travel Taupo Country Roads Rally CANCELLED Wairarapa Rex Porter Rally Horowhenua Swap Meet. At Levin Showgrounds CANCELLED

April Sunday 3rd

Classic Car Breakfast. From 8.00am at the Red Barn.

You will need a Covid Vaccination Passport and wear a mask until seated.

May Sunday 15th

Waikato Vintage Venture

THE VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF NZ Eastern Bay of Plenty Branch Postal Address: PO Box 2168, Kopeopeo, Whakatane 3159 Branch Officers: 2021/2022 Honorary Branch Member: Lorolei Pollard Chairman: Past Chairman: Vice Chairman: Secretary: Treasurer: Club Captain: Committee:

Les Costar Lytle Hall Bevan Lange Karen Spackman Joy Growden (position vacant) Steve Growden Lorraine Stock Alan Stock Mark Spackman Harry Sutcliffe John Burton Trevor Marshall James McCarthy

07 323 6406 027 703 4539 027 460 3466 07 315 8800 07 304 9777

les.gail.costar@slingshot.co.nz lytlehall.hall@gmail.com bevanlange@gmail.com karenspackman55@gmail.com growden@xtra.co.nz

07 304 9777 07 307 1965 07 307 1965 07 315 8800 07 323 6898 021 02501138 07 308 7957 027 365 4595

growden@xtra.co.nz alanlorraine.stock@gmail.com alanlorraine.stock@gmail.com karen2mark@xtra.co.nz thesuttys@xtra.co.nz wairakael@hotmail.com mrjamesfrancismccarthy@gmail.com

Running Board: Gail Costar Beaded Wheels Reporter: Bruce Seddon Almoner: Lorolei Pollard Name Badge Sales: Peter Donovan

07 323 6406

les.gail.costar@slingshot.co.nz

07 322 2137 07 307 0373 07 312 5848

bruce.seddon@xtra.co.nz

VIC Collators:

07 323 6406 07 315 8800

les.gail.costar@slingshot.co.nz karen2mark@xtra.co.nz

07 304 8415 07 304 9777 07 323 6406 07 307 1965 07 323 6406 027 703 4539 07 323 6406

phil.leaming@xtra.co.nz growden@xtra.co.nz les.gail.costar@slingshot.co.nz alanlorraine.stock@gmail.com les.gail.costar@slingshot.co.nz lytlehall.hall@gmail.com les.gail.costar@slingshot.co.nz

07 308 8204

bkeene201@gmail.com

Les Costar Mark Spackman

Parts Shed Supervisors: Phil Leaming Steve Growden Les Costar Raffles: Lorraine Stock Supper Supervisor: Gail Costar Community Liaison: Lytle Hall Archivist: Gail Costar Email Notices & Calendar of Events: Barry Keene

donovanz@xtra.co.nz

Saleable Items: Barry Spry 07 312 4737 basa.mi@xtra.co.nz EBOP Cloth Jacket Badges $7.50 EBOP Cloth Jacket Patches $10.00 EBOP Car Window Stickers $1.00 EBOP Car Bumper Badges $20.00 EBOP Lapel Badges $6.00 EBOP VCC Windscreen Stickers $2.00 EBOP Cloth Caps $15.00 Rally Number Holders s/s $15.00 NZVCC Winged Lapel Badges $7.50 VCC Cloth Winged Badges $13.00 (these will be available at Club Nights) EBOP Name Badges $15.00 (to be ordered) Please wear your name badge to VCC functions.

Club Night: Last Thursday of the month (except December) At: Whakatane Athletic Clubrooms, Short Street, Whakatane 7.00pm Social Get-together Branch Meeting starting at 7.30pm