VCC CLASSIFICATION VETERAN Vehicles constructed prior to 31stDecember1918 VINTAGE Vehicles constructed between 1st January 1919 and 31st December 1931. POST VINTAGE Vehicles constructed between 1st January 1932 and 31st December 1945. POST WAR Vehicles constructed between 1st January 1946 and 31st December 1960 POST 60 Vehicles constructed after 1st January1961 provided that no vehicle is accepted for this class untilJanuary1st of the year that is thirty years after its original year of construction. FACTORY BUILT & HISTORIC RACING VEHICLES: As described in the club By-laws. PERIOD SPECIAL As described in the club By-laws
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Insurance
When you insure through Vero the insurance company which supports the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand through the International Rally, you are financial assisting your branch Vero awards discount to the branches on a monthly basis. By ringing Vero on their 0800 658411 and quoting the Branch Number 300138
BRANCH MEETINGS/ VISITS VERO INSURANCE Last SUNDAY of Month Branch Number 30013 at 2 P.M. From: admin@vcc.org.nz [mailto:admin@vcc.org.nz
C/o J. Sinclair 923 Taringamotu Rd. Taumarunui 3994
TRAC Rooms, Bell Road, Taumarunui.
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August 2022
KING COUNTRY BRANCH THE VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF NEW ZEALAND. The Taranaki Branch extends an invitation to all
Coming Events (To share the load of organising our monthly trips/visit etc.Please get in touch with Brian Goodwin Club Captain (895 4765) if you are able to help) Otherwise,you will be allocated a month to organise a trip. June Display at the TRACT OPEN DAY in Bell Road on Saturday the 25th June July Ivan & Alison Stevens Short Run Sunday 31st of July August Sunday 28th Trip & a short meeting. National Day for the Vintage Car Clubs of New Zealand Sunday 21st of August 2022 (Daffodil Rally for Cancer)
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BRANCH OFFICERS 2022 -2023 PHONE NUMBER CHAIRPERSON CAMPBELL WRIGHT 896 6065 VICE- CHAIRPERSON DAVE CADDY 895 9310 SECRETARY JACKI SINCLAIR 027 7791166 TREASURER JULIE GILBERT 896 6942 CLUB CAPTAIN BRIAN GOODWIN 895 4765 KING PIN EDITOR NORMA DOUGHERTY 896 8777 VCC CERTIFIER Vacant LIBRARIAN WAYNE GILBERT 896 6942 CUSTODIANS STEVE MAUNDER 896 6828 ROB WHEELER 895 8633 SOCIAL CONVENERS ALISON STEVENS ? ? 896 8379 ROB WHEELER ?? 895 8633
BRANCH POSTAL ADDRESS CLUBROOMS C/o Secretary Jacki Sinclair TRAC Rooms, C/o J. Sinclair Bell Road 23 Taringamotu Rd. Taumarunui 3920 Taumarunui 3994 BRANCH MEETINGS/ VISITS VERO INSURANCE Last SUNDAY of Month Branch Number 30013 at 2 P.M. From: admin@vcc.org.nz [mailto:admin@vcc.org.nz
September Visit by North Island Club Captain’s Tour Group To Whangamonana etc Dinner at RSA October Journey through Time Rally November Campbell Wright’s ??? December Christmas Parade No meeting/ or Trip. January (2023) No Meeting(Holidays) February March April May 2023 Annual General Meeting
. A Trip to A Far Corner this Sunday 28thAugust Meet at the Carpark opposite the old Post Office at 1.30p.m.Please bring your own afternoon tea /coffee etc,and a chair, for a picnic afternoon tea.There are no coffee shops in this part of the country side.
Lesser Known Murphy’s Law. Light travels faster than sound.
This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. He who laughs last, thinks the slowest. Change is inevitable,except from a vending machine. If the shoe fits,get another one just like it. Nothing is foolproof, to a sufficiently talented fool. The things that come to those who wait, will be the
things left by those who got there first.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day
drinking beer.
The shin bone is a device for finding furniture in a dark
room.
A torch is a metal tube used to store dead batteries. When you go to Court you are putting vourself in the hands of two people who weren’t smart enough to get out of jury duty. Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don’t.
Editor’s Notes • We need to appoint some helpers to the Social Conveners positions, as the people in these positions were not in attendance at the AGM. • There also needs to be confirmation for the Journey Through Time Rally in October. • Also the cost of the meal for Club Captain’ tour Group on Thursday 22nd of September. Norma
The Ford Model Y If you ever wondered how Ford got to dominate Britain’s car market then meet the car that started it all. The Model Y That’s right: Henry Ford Model T is the subject of all the legends and the world wide acclaim.But from 1920,its British popularity took a pounding. The Draconian rules of the new Motor Car Act levied an annual tax of One pound on each RAC-rated horsepower ( as oppose to brake horsepower) Model T’s had large unstressed engines for covering vast American-style distances,and were rated by the RAC at 22hp. So the Model T utilitarian and cheap to buy, suddenly became costly to run. For the subsequent Model A Ford Came up with a rule-bending small –bore engine especially for Britain,cutting the tax from 22pounds a year to 15 pounds per year. But when the Depression hit in 1929,sales of this thristy and gutless Model A imploded anyway. Henry Ford hadhad 15 popular British small cars shipped to the USA in 1928 for his close examination, but he was relucant to build a car specifically to suit the United Kingdom. He finally relented but it wasn’t until October1931 that his Detroit staff began work on a proper rival, with the old boy himself helping to build the prototypes. Amazingly, just five months later the Model Y was unveiled in London. There was an all-new, and resolutely unadventurous, four cylinder engine of 933cc RAC- rated at 8hp, and all-new transverse-sprung chassis, and an elegant, practical four- seater saloon body. It looked good and drove well,thanks partly to being the first sub1-litre car with synchromesh gears. By August 1932 Model Ys were flowing down the production line at Ford’s newly erected Dagenham factory. The one hundred and twenty pound Model Y gave the Ford Motor Company instant dominance in the crucial 8hp market sector and alone saved the Essex-based enterprise from closure. It truly set
rated at 8hp, and all-new transverse-sprung chassis, and an elegant, practical four- seater saloon body. It looked good and drove well,thanks partly to being the first sub1-litre car with synchromesh gears. By August 1932 Model Ys were flowing down the production line at Ford’s newly erected Dagenham factory. The one hundred and twenty pound Model Y gave the Ford Motor Company instant dominance in the crucial 8hp market sector and alone saved the Essex-based enterprise from closure.It truly set the company on its unstoppable path to British market leadership.