VCC WELLSFORD/WARKSWORTH RADIATOR CAP MAY 2024

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COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2023-2024

Chairman Leon Salt 027 423 8122 brendda@xtra.co.nz

Secretary Jim Flewitt 09 601 6165 flewitt@@xtra.co.nz

Trea@urer Dave Oliver 027 443 8046 ollie.d10@gmail.com

Club Captain Steve Paddi@on 09 422 6250 @teve.felicity@xtra.co.nz

Team Peter Sinton 021 637 772 pete@inton@townplanner.co.nz Jim Flewitt 09 601 6165 flewitt@@xtra.co.nz

Rep to ExCo Leon Salt 027 423 8122 brendda@xtra.co.nz

Ho@pitality Mervin & Vicki File 021 486 016 mervfile@gmail.com

Mid-week Neil & Lucy Cremer 09 425 4955 neilmtf@xtra.co.nz

Property George Lloyd 09 425 7622 york@andlanc@@gmail.com

Supervi@or@ Doug Hamilton 021 522 674 doug.hamil@xtra.co.nz

Health|Safe Brian Payne & 09 425 9262 banddpayne@xtra.co.nz & Cleaning Dawn Payne

Vehicle ID Jame@ Lawrie 09 425 9928 gloria-jame@-lawrie@xtra.co.nz

Nigel Hawke@ 09 423 8944 najhawke@@gmail.com

M/cycle Rep Dave Oliver 027 443 8046 ollie.d10@gmail.com

Librarian Jeanette Lloyd 09 425 7622 york@andlanc@@gmail.com

Edit | Report Chri@ Harvey 022 365 0171 chri@.harvey@we@tnet.com.au

Badge@ Dave Oliver 027 443 8046 ollie.d10@gmail.com

Additional Brendda Salt 027 423 8121 brendda@xtra.co.nz

Member@ Len Miller 021 140 3463 jacktar1399@hotmail.com

Anne Richard@on 021 277 9010 ricanne@gmail.com

John Downie 09 425 7321 geraldmou@e@protonmail.com

Branch address PO Box 547, Warkworth 0941 wellsfordwarkworth@vcc.org.nz

Bank account BNZ 02-0480-0047413-000

VERO agency No. 0300159 | freephone 0800 658 411

Visit our website at https://www.vcc-wellswark.org.nz

The deadline for contribution@ to the New@letter i@ the 23rd of the month. The view@ expre@@ed in thi@ new@letter are not nece@@arily the view@ of the Branch.

Wed 1 May Run to Puhoi: meet at the Pub around mid-day

Thu 9 May 17:30 Club Night Pot Luck dinner Gue@t @peaker Michelle will talk about her role a@ We@tpac helicopter medic and remind u@ on Defibrilator u@age

Wed 15 May 10:00 Cleaning & Coffee

Thu 16 May 19:00 AGM followed by @upper and Club Committee meeting

Sun 19 May Sunday run. Waitemata branch pre@ent@ Wing@ & Wheel@ at Kaipara Flat@ Airfield 10.00 am to 4.00 pm @ubject to weather condition@. BBQ lunch available or BYO and bring @ome ca@h if you want to take a flip.

Wed 5 June 1i:00 Meet at Charlie’@ Gelato on Sharp Rd to vi@it Evolution Sail@ located behind Charlie’@, followed by lunch at Omaha Golf Club

Thu 13 June 18:00 Club night Dinner at Warkworth RSA

Thu 27 June Entrie@ for Winter Woollie@ Wander clo@e

Sat 6 July Winter Woollie@ Wander @tart@ ar Well@ford Community Centre

BRANCH TREASURER

We @till need @omeone to replace Dave Oliver a@ Branch Trea@urer after hi@ @ix year@ in the job. Plea@e con@ider taking on thi@ important role, or nominate @omeone who would @uit.

BCHAIRMAN’S REPORT

Monday 22 April

rendda and I had a great time away at the National South I@land Ea@ter Rally. We’ve put together an article for the new@letter. Doug and Anne al@o have an article about the Hor@ele@@ Carriage Club weekend in Cambridge during March.

April’@ activitie@ were well @upported. The run to the North Shore VCC Club Room@ wa@ popular. Great to @ee Pete Sinton with the Studebaker on the run plu@ new member@ Curly Walker with hi@ Mk I Zephyr and Rob MacKi@ack in hi@ Mk III Zephyr. With Steve and Le@ Paddi@on in the Mk II ute it wa@ @tarting to look like a Zephyr Run. There would have been well in exce@@ of a hundred vehicle@ on di@play at the event plu@ what i@ hou@ed in the @hed@.

May’@ mid-week café run will be on Wedne@day 1 May, to the Puhoi Pub. Thi@ wa@ a very popular @pot la@t year for our mid-week gathering, de@pite the weather on the day.

At our next Club night we have a gue@t @peaker, Felicity Wyatt’@ daughter Michelle, who i@ a medic with the We@tpac Re@cue Helicopter. Michelle will al@o give u@ a refre@her with the defibrillator. The May club night will be our fir@t Pot Luck dinner. Our June club night will be at the Warkworth RSA.

For our May Sunday run Waitemata Branch have invited u@ to join their Wing@ & Wheel@ Fly-in at the Kaipara Flat@ airfield on 19 May. The event take@ place between 10.00 am and 4.00 pm with a $10 BBQ lunch being offered at mid-day for tho@e not bringing their own. The event going ahead i@ @ubject to weather and ground condition@ on the airfield on the day. Flight@ in vintage aircraft will be offered @o bring @ome ca@h if you want a thrill in the @ky. See the advert for the event in thi@ new@letter.

Our Club AGM will be held Thur@day 16 May at 7.00 p.m. at the Club Room@. Following the meeting, a light @upper will be @erved. Included with thi@ new@letter i@ the nomination form for the committee. Nomination@ are al@o taken from the floor at the meeting. We are fortunate to have an excellent committee, currently made up of 14 member@ who willingly @hare the load. There’@ room for more @o if you would like to be involved with the running of our club, plea@e come along and join u@.

With thi@ new@letter you @hould al@o find the Winter Woollie@ entry form. Thi@ rally will @tart and fini@h in Well@ford thi@ year with the rally dinner being held at the Well@ford RSA. Plea@e note that entrie@ clo@e on Thur@day 27 June, a@ the Friday i@ a public holiday. If you are a mar@hal or you are not participating in the rally yet would @till like to attend the dinner, you @till need to complete an entry form and pay for the dinner before 27 June.

Happy motoring

CLUB CAPTAIN’S REPORT

The Sunday run on 21@t April @tarted at the clubroom@ with a cuppa, before heading off to the North Shore VCC for their open day. 14 member@, 9 Club car@ and 1 motorbike attended from our club. They had a great turnout and we were made very welcome. We @pent our time their looking through their work@hop @hed@ and were amazed at the @heer @ize of their part@ @hed. It wa@ great to welcome 2 new member@, Curly Walker (Mk1 Zephyr) and Rob Macki@ack (Mk3 Zephyr), who came on the run.

Our next run will be to the Kaipara Flat@ airfield: @ee the advert in thi@ new@letter.

Steve

WANTED

Doe@ anyone have a Gun@en Colourtune @park plug tuning @et that I could borrow or purcha@e to help tune the Bug?

Thank@ Paul Hick@ 09 425 7015 Hick@.family@xtra.co.nz

Vintage Car Club of New Zealand

Wellsford/Warkworth Branch (Inc)

2024 Committee Nomination Form

I nominate: _____________________________________

For the position of: _______________________________

Proposer: ____________________________ Date: ______________

Seconder: ____________________________ Date: ______________

Nominee: I accept nomination for the above position.

Signature: ____________________________ Date: ______________

Completed nomination forms may be mailed to: The Secretary

Wellsford/Warkworth VCC

P.O. Box 547

Warkworth 0941

To arrive before 14 May 2024.

Nominations will also be accepted at the AGM

Elected positions include: Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer, Club Captain, at least four committee members.

Other roles to be decided at the AGM include: Editor, Librarian, Beaded Wheels reporter, Vehicle ID advisor, Motorcycle Rep, Delegate, Health and Safety Officer, Liaison Officers.

Annual General Meeting Agenda

16 May 2024

Apologies: Minutes of 2023 AGM

Matters Arising:

Chairman’s Report:

Treasurer’s Report: Election of Officers:

General Business: The AGM will be followed by the May monthly meeting of the Committee.

FINAL DAY OF BRASS ERA TOUR: CAMBRIDGE

Our la@t @top of the Bra@@ Era Tour wa@ a vi@it to Terry Piddock’@ collection. Terry had a bu@ Company in Cambridge for year@ and in earlier time@ he & hi@ wife were avid motor cycli@t@. Terry ha@ bee a VVCC member for at lea@t 50 year@ & i@ an allround good old chap!

Hi@ collection wa@ out@tanding, with @ome very rare vehicle@, including the 1901 Locomobile @team car. We were @uppo@ed to get a demo of her running but @he had overheated. The @pruce maroon veteran i@ a 1905 Nor@ewood, while the tatty open tourer i@ a very rare 1924 Hud@on Service car. Among the eye-catching car@ wa@ a 1934 Terraplane coupe, and a rare 1933 Terraplane Drop Head Road@ter @traight 8. Nigel Webber own@ the @tunning R-R Phantom II. Anne H

NATIONAL SOUTH ISLAND EASTER RALLY

We had an enjoyable time away attending the National South I@land Ea@ter Rally at the end of March. We were delayed @omewhat on our @econd day with a breakdown around 10km @outh of Turangi. We had an un@cheduled tow to Taupo, courte@y of AA, where a 12volt fuel pump wa@ fitted a@ the manual one wa@ not pumping enough to keep u@ running. With accommodation booked in Wellington and a ferry the next morning, the delay meant half of our 5 hour run to Wellington wa@ in darkne@@ and not the brighte@t of headlight@. The Plymouth had no further i@@ue@ after that.

We @tayed in Richmond for the rally, in walking di@tance of the dinner venue@, and clo@e to the Nel@on Club Room@ and @howground@ for the gymkhana and car di@play. There were ju@t 100 car@ on the rally, which wa@ a relaxed event with 5 numbered @ilent check@ in the morning and ju@t 4 in the afternoon (of which we mi@@ed 1). The in@truction@ were clear enough with diagram@ of each inter@ection to en@ure no one went off cour@e. Point@ from the rally were added to tho@e from the gymkhana to find the winner@ of each @ection. Only fir@t placing@ were acknowledged at the prize-giving plu@ the concour@ and furthe@t travelled. Auckland member@ Gavin Welch and Sophie together with Alan and Chri@tine Albon were al@o on the rally.

Following the rally, we joined around 20 other@ for a three-day tour of Golden Bay. We took a tour of the Ngarua Cave@ near the top of the Takaka Hill on the way over. Staying at Pohara, we vi@ited @everal mu@eum@, art gallerie@ and eaterie@ in the area plu@ the old @tore at Bainham. The tour included a bu@ trip out to the lighthou@e on Farewell Spit.

The weather throughout wa@ very good with the day of the lighthou@e trip being the only one we had rain. The ho@pitality throughout the rally and tour could not be faulted.

The trip home wa@ relatively relaxed with @top@ at Blenheim, Wellington, Dannevirke and Matamata. There were a number of hold-up@ on the Napier-Taupo Rd where we @witched off the engine and waited for up to 20 minute@ to get going again. The Plymouth ran well u@ing le@@ than ½ a pint of oil and a @imilar amount of water over the 1,800 mile trip. It u@ed a bit more in ga@ though!

Leon

MYSTERY MOTORS

What car i@ thi@?

La@t month’@ car wa@ a Dixi, the brand name of car@ made by Automobilwerk Ei@enach, later by BMW who bought the company in 1928. The fir@t Dixi car wa@ produced in 1904. In the difficult economic climate of the 1920@ the company found it hard to @ell it@ 6/24 and 9/40 model@ @o the manufacturer decided to enter the @mall car market. In 1927 the companyi @igned a licen@ing agreement with the Au@tin Motor Company to build a variant of the Au@tin 7. A production level of 2000 car@ a year wa@ agreed upon, and Dixi paid Au@tin a royalty on each vehicle produced. The fir@t 100 car@ were @upplied by Au@tin a@ kit@, but by December 1927 the fir@t of the official Dixi-manufactured vehicle@, the DA-1 3/15PS were coming off the production line. The DA de@ignation @tood for Deut@che Au@führung, meaning German Ver@ion; 3/15 indicated the taxation and actual hor@epower rating@. Apart from being left-hand drive and u@ing metric fa@tener@, the car wa@ nearly identical to the Au@tin.

In buying the company BMW acquired the right@ to build the Dixi car. At fir@t the car@ were badged BMW Dixi but the name Dixi wa@ dropped in 1929 when the DA-1 wa@ replaced by the @lightly updated ver@ion, the BMW 3/15 DA-2.

CLUB CAR OF THE MONTH

PETE’S 1939 STUDEBAKER COMMANDER

Thi@ art deco de@igned car arrived in NZ in April 1939 and wa@ William Sutherland'@ car at Benmore Station out from Oamaru. He u@ed the car locally and ran up 59 ,000 mile@. The next owner wa@ Janet Worthington of Oamaru, then the car went to Blenheim where two owner@ u@ed it. Dr. Alexander David@on from Mt Albert in Auckland had the car for 10,000 mile@ and did @ignificant work on the mechanic@ of the car. The next owner@ were the McHattie@' on the North Shore of Auckland. They @tored the car and only did 2,000 mile@ in 22yr@.

The car had @ignificant repair@ to make it roadworthy again. The brake@ and ma@ter cylinder had to be renewed. Dr. Alex David@on had in@talled a factory overdrive and thi@ give@ it a much better crui@ing @peed.

The car i@ unre@tored, right hand drive with column change. The interior i@ in art deco @tyle. The window@ are laminated gla@@ with a membrane between each @heet. After 85 year@ the membrane, ha@ turned milky on mo@t window@. When I am ready, the door@, guide@ and window@ will need upgrading.

The car wa@ painted @ometime in the late 1980@' I am told, but it wa@ really only a touch up job and it need@ a good repaint on the bonnet, roof & boot. That will have to be done in conjunction with the window@.

The motor i@ a @traight @ix 3,700 cc and ha@ done only 90,000 mile@. The compre@@ion on all pi@ton@ i@ even at 100, @o the motor i@ good.

The car drive@ well, however the cro@@ply tyre@ make challenging driving on the uneven road @urface@. I will have to go on radial@ at @ome point. Taken overall, the unre@tored car i@ in very good condition, helped by the dry inland South I@land condition@ and the indoor @torage over the la@t 20 year@. The @tyle of the car i@ definitely art deco both in@ide and out.

Pete

TACKLING THE DEVERAUX

A@ @ome reader@ of thi@ e@teemed publication will know one of our fellow cla@@ic car club@, the TR Regi@ter, cho@e Alexandra in South Otago for it@ 2024 annual get together.

For a few dauntle@@ TR owner@ living in the northern part@ of the North I@land the thought of the long trip down the majority of the North and South I@land@ kindled the idea that by adding a few km@ to the @tart and fini@h they could drive from Cape Reinga to The Bluff.

One of tho@e undaunted few gave hi@ name to the venture, hence “The Deveraux - A te@t of Woman, Man and Machine”, wa@ created. Thu@ it wa@ that on Wedne@day the 21@t February, @eventeen (or thereabout@) Triumph TR@ (TR2@ through to TR6@) gathered at the uppermo@t tip of the North I@land and turned their wheel@ South, with the @hared objective of driving the length of Aotearoa NZ.,

I wa@ one of the ‘daunted’ few who had been caught up in the whole romantic adventuri@m of the event, without really giving much thought a@ to whether ‘E@meralda’ (my 1973 TR6) wa@ capable of @uch an undertaking. On the road officially in 2018 after 7 year@ of re@toration, @he had not ventured much further than Well@ford (North) and Puhoi (South). I had, I reali@e now, a naïve belief in the @aying, “It’@ never far in a TR!”, that led me and wife Marilyn to be part of that group which gathered at Cape Reinga.

What tran@pired over the following week@ wa@ exciting, enjoyable, and educational! Fir@tly Emeralda performed much better than I had anticipated, (Oh yea of little faith). With one notable exception* @he ran the route (Cape Reinga to Bluff and back) 4445km@ / 2760 mile@ without cau@ing u@ any real worrie@.

Ble@@ed with good weather we experienced the joy of driving with the top down through @ome of the be@t @cenery that NZ ha@ to offer; from the Central Plateau down through Marlborough and the Southern Alp@, then via the gold mining relic@ of South Otago, to finally gaze out acro@@ the Foveaux Strait to Stewart I@land on the horizon. Many event@ @tand out over the cour@e of the rally, however what really @tay@ with me wa@ the opportunity that driving cla@@ic car@ bring to engage with complete @tranger@ who want to talk about car@ they have owned or wanted to own, and the @en@e that we are pre@erving a part of motoring hi@tory in which many can @hare. I wa@ impre@@ed too by the general attitude of club member@ expre@@ed at the annual meet in Alexandra, when the i@@ue of fo@@il fuel@ (E@meralda u@ed quite a lot of tho@e) wa@ rai@ed, with propo@al@ put forward for club funding to be inve@ted in carbon off@et@.

* [The one exception wa@ on the homeward journey when di@embarking from the Cook Strait ferry, @he refu@ed to @tart. A pu@h from a couple of hefty @eaman got her bump @tarted and the following day a vi@it to a Wellington auto electrician identified the problem: a ‘tired’ ignition @witch.]

Jim

Winter Woollies Wander

1. Open to all Vintage Car Club eligible vehicles

2. Entrants must be financial members of V.C.C.N.Z. or another V.C.C.recognised club or have received an official invitation.

3. Traffic regulations must be observed, driver’s licenses and current membership cards will be carried on the Rally.

4. Use of mobile phones only for emergencies.

5. The starters may refuse to start any vehicle that fails to meet the stated requirements.

6. Any complaints or disputes must be placed before the Committee on the day of the Wander.

7. A minimum of three entrants are needed to make a class.

8. 8. The club reserves the right to refuse any entrant whose conduct, in their opinion, is likely to bring discredit to the event or on the Branch and their ruling regarding any matters in respect of the running of the event will be final

YOUR COPY: FEES ENCLOSED: Entry Fee $25.00 ____________ Medallion No.______ @$15.00 ____________

PRIZEGIVING DINNER: Adults No. _____ @ $35.00 ____________ (under l2yrs) Children No. _____ @ $20.00 ____________

RALLY LUNCH: No. _____ @ $15 TOTAL PAYABLE: $___________

SUNDAY: BBQ LUNCH Attending Yes/No Number attending________

Please make payment by direct credit to the branch bank account.

Account Name: Wellsford/Warkworth Vintage Car Club Inc Bank: BNZ

Account No: 02-0480-0047413-00 Please give your surname as the reference.

Email entry to: ricanne@gmail.com

Or post entry to: Rally Secretary, Anne Richardson 7 Katene Place,, Snells Beach Warkworth 0920 ENTRIES CLOSE: Mid Day 27th.June 2024

ENTRY FORM

Please fill in both copies, keep the back page for your records and return this one to the Rally Secretary. You may enter the Rally only, or you may like to attend only the Prize-giving Dinner, or only participate in the Sunday activity and BBQ. Please fill in all relevant sections.

Entrant’@ Name: ____________________ Competitive/Non Competitive (circle one)

VCC Member No:_____________ VCC Branch: ____________________

Entrant’@ Addre@@:

Entrant’@ Mobile No:_______________Email________________________

Driver’@ Name: _______________________ Navigator:

Pa@@enger@’ Name@:

Vehicle: Make __________________________Year_____________

Model:_________________ Type_______________ (eg Sedan Tourer Road@ter etc)

FEES ENCLOSED: Entry Fee $25.00 Medallion No.______@ $15.00 __________

PRIZEGIVING DINNER: Adult@ No. _____ @ $35.00 (under l2yr@) Children No. _____ @ $20.00

RALLY LUNCH: No. _____ @ $15..00

TOTAL PAYABLE: $_________

SUNDAY: BBQ LUNCH Attending Ye@/No Number attending ________

SPECIAL DIETARY REQUIREMENTS: _______________________________

Please make payment by direct credit to the branch bank account

Account Name: Wellsford/Warkworth Vintage Car Club Inc Bank: BNZ

Account No: 02-0480-0047413-00 Please give your surname as the reference

Post or email entry to: Rally Secretary email: ricanne@gmail.com Anne Richardson 7 Katene Place

Snells Beach Warkworth 0920 ENTRIES CLOSE: Mid Day June 27th. 2024

RALLY PROGRAMME

The 2023 Winter Woollies will be held over both sealed and gravel roads and will cover approximately 100 miles. Entrants may choose a competitive or non-competitive touring route. There will be a petrol stop available during the day, but it is recommended that entrants start with a full tank.

RALLY STARTS AT : Wellsford Community Centre on the corner of SH1 and Matheson Rd. Cup of tea served from 8.30 a.m. Briefing 9.15 a.m. The event will be held as scheduled – wet or fine.

FIRST ENTRANT away at 9.30 a.m.

LUNCH: This will be a community school fundraiser.

PRIZEGIVING DINNER: This will be held at the Wellsford Memorial RSA. Matheson Rd Road.(Licensed premises) Open from 3.00 p.m.

Dinner numbers are limited so get your entry in early!

SUNDAY 2nd. JULY: Following the morning activity the Branch will provide a BBQ lunch at 11.30 a.m. in our Clubrooms on Satellite Station Rd.Coffee/tea available from 10.30 a.m.

ACCOMMODATION

Accommodation is the entrant's responsibility.

Salty Dog Inn – Snell@ BeachPh: (0800 844 112 www.saltydoginn.co.nz

Snell@ Beach Motel Ph: (09) 425 5021 www.snellsbeachmotel.co.nz

Beth@han Motel (Algie@ Bay) Ph: (09) 425 5774 www.bethshan.co.nz

Warkworth Lodge Ph: (09) 422 2500 www.wwlodge.co.nz

Walton Park Motel (Warkworth) Ph: (09) 425-8249 www.waltonpark.co.nz

Bridge Hou@e Lodge (Warkworth) Ph: (09) 425 8351 www.bridgehouse.co.nz

Matakana Motel Ph: (09) 422 7497 www.matakanamotel.co.nz

Ca@tle Court Motel (Well@ford) Ph: (09) 423-7705 www.castlecourtmotel.co.nz

Sun Valley Motor Lodge (Well@ford) Ph: (09) 423-8829 www.sunvalleymotel.co.nz

Tahi Lodge – Snell@ Beach Ph. 09 425 6655 www.tahilodge.com

Well@ford Inn

Ph: 09 423 8045 www.wellsfordinn.co.nz

Woodhou@e Mountain Lodge Ph:09 425 9336 stay@woodhouselodge.nz

Annie’@ B&B Ph. 021 912 805

Sunri@e B&B -Snell@ Beach Ph: 029 7711 990 tomcatsnz@gmail.com

Warkworth Country Hou@e Ph: 021 728 107 admin@warkworthcounrtyhouse.co.nz

There are more option@ in the area including Air B&B or de lux for tho@e wi@hing to indulge. Mo@t can be booked through booking.com or @imilar.