VCC CENTRAL HAWKES BAY BLEAT MARCH 2023

Branch Editorjoycecalder@gmail.com

April 2023

CENTRAL HAWKE’

BRANCH of the VINTAGE CAR CLUB of NZ (Inc)

Lamb Country

Branch Email: centralhawkesbay@vcc.org.nz

Club Night

7.30pm

3rd Wednesday of every Month

Our Model A story and

Not long after Scarlett and I started to go out together in 1970, she introduced me to their family’s 1930 Ford Model A Tudor. This car had been bought some years before from an itinerant Takapau farm worker who had had a bit of bad luck in an accident losing some fingers and had received an insurance pay-out. He was the able to up-grade his transport and the Model A was sold. Scarlett and her siblings, and some of the neighbouring kids too, used it to motor from their farm down to the corner to catch the school bus [who says 15 year olds shouldn’t drive?], and later each had their turn taking “Ellawheeza” [don’t you just love the name?] to meet the bus and go to college. Once the family had all passed through college, the Model A was parked up in the garage and only occasionally used, but it was a faithful servant and was kept on the road registered and warranted. Her brother did get loose in it on occasion and found the opening front windscreen ideal for shooting possums, rabbits and hares along the road until her Dad had a bit to say about that.

“Ellawheeza” —By Rod McKenzie

Rod and Scarlett McKenzie's—1930 Ford Model A Town Sedan

By Rod McKenzie

One thing leads to another and after we got engaged, my intended in-laws wanted to know if I would be at all interested in tidying up “Ellawheeza” to use as a bridal car at our wedding. Does a chook have feathers? I was working for my Dad on his farm at the time, so I purloined the family garage pushing his 1963 Vauxhall PB Velox out into the rain and began the work. Each night after dinner I would spend time at the task. I knocked out dents, filled up rust holes with bog, put on a new canvas roof, sanded back the paint and later painted it yellow and black with Mum’s vacuum cleaner. My parents were very tolerant and the prospect of getting rid of me to a delightful young lady was all the encouragement they needed to co-operate fully with the project. New material was used to cover the very worn seats with Mum’s help on her sewing machine and after a time the car was presented in tip-top shape back to my fiancé’s family. It looked superb compared to what it had been and I had had a lot of fun doing the job and learning as I went along.

You could probably say that Scarlett only has herself to blame for me becoming interested in old cars, and I guess maybe you’d be pretty right at that. “Ellawheeza” was later sold by tender in the early 1980’s for a little over $2,000 and I later saw the old car completely stripped down and partly restored on Bill McNutt’s farm out of Waipukurau. Some years later, we found the Registration papers for the car among papers when we were tidying up my motherin-law’s estate. I put a note in “Beaded Wheels” to the fact we had them, and a bloke from Paraparaumu contacted me who had some of the car which he had restored as a roadster. The Tudor body went to another home in Taranaki and I can only imagine it has found a new life as a hot-rod or similar. It had originally been first registered in 1932 in Whangarei and had had many owners before arriving in Central Hawke’s Bay.

A few months after we were married I thought it would be great fun to have a Model A of our own for me to work on and enjoy as a vintage vehicle. I answered an advertisement in the Hawke’s Bay Herald-Tribune and subsequently we bought a 1930 Ford Model A Town Sedan, tired but complete, for $600.00 from people by the name of Currie in Hastings, taking delivery one Saturday in November 1972. Shortly afterwards, I joined the Vintage Car Club. We have owned it now for over 50 years, have had a lot of fun in it and done many thousands of miles. Since we bought it, the car was professionally painted in 1979 [Mum’s vacuum cleaner was completely stuffed from its earlier work so that was out of the question!]. When I sanded the body back to bare metal for the re-spray, I found that the original colour had been black with red and gold pin-stripes which is the colour we had the car repainted The black wheels looked very bland, so they were painted cream which sets the car off much nicer I think. We re-upholstered it ourselves in 1975 by putting covers over the horribly worn and torn original seats to make it presentable and which served well until we had it professionally re-upholstered in 2005. It was fortunate that the original cloth material and some carpet was still there to copy the style and colours of the original.

1930 Ford Model A Town Sedan

Our Model A story and “Ellawheeza” —

By Rod McKenzie

The original owner of our 1930 Ford was a chap by the name of William Devine who owned the Empire Hotel in Main St, Palmerston North where “Cobb and Co” is today. It was first registered on the 25th July, 1930 and is a very early example of the year’s model having been manufactured in March 1930. It must have been one of the very first shipped to New Zealand of the 1930’s “rust-less” radiator style. The car has a number of interesting features as an early production Canadian manufactured vehicle. It has the earlier bent-end bumpers, an oval speedometer, an early steering box as well as one or two other idiosycrancies. Being the Murray bodied De Luxe “Town Sedan” it has other features too, such as the cowl lights, pin-striping to the fuel tank, split rear seat and arm-rests, splash apron to the rear of the body, a robe rope, and nickeled door pulls. Ordinary “Fordors” do not normally have all these features, a bit like a Falcon compared with a Fairmont of a few years ago. William Devine passed away leaving it to a member of his family in May 1933. During the Second World War a gas converter was fitted to it and when the car was repainted in 1979 all the evidence of the bolts and holes of this fitment was discovered on the body work including four one and a half inch holes cut through the panels for the piping to go through.

We have never given the car a name, but a previous owner in Hastings met with me one time at a motor show, Trevor Stuart Thomas, and he said it was always known as “Emma”. I took him for a short drive in it and he still remembered how to drive it and was delighted to see it still cared for. I guess “Emma” must be its name, although I have been known to use other names for it over the past 50 odd years at times, many not printable in this family orientated magazine. The first registered number for the car was “87:693”. This number plate would have been the white over black series with a central colon [:], examples of which can be seen on all photographs of cars depicted at the time of the 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake. Number plates were issued every year until 1941 with varying colours and colons, commas, dots and stars in the centre, which is, however, another story. There is a board of registration plates at the Hawke’s Bay VCC rooms I presented to the Branch some years ago with all the examples shown if you’re interested.

Rod and Scarlett McKenzie in their 1913 Ford Model T Roadster

Our Model A story and “Ellawheeza” —

By Rod McKenzie

When we got the car it was registered with the heavy aluminum number plate of embossed aluminum over black issued to all cars in 1964 with the number BX 6072. We replaced the early plate with the personalized plate HA1930 in 1975 and more recently fitted the reflectorised and personalized plate, “AI93OA”.

The car came to Hawke’s Bay in December 1943 and was sold by a dealer, the only one to feature on the ownership papers, to Margaret Poynter of Napier who owned it for two years before selling it to L. J. Crabbe of Church Rd, Greenmeadows. He owned it until 1961. T. S. Thomas then owned it until 1970, after which the folk we bought from had it for two and a half years. Effectively, we are the 10th owners and have had it now for more than half our lives!

At present I am running a rather rare engine in the car which I removed from a “Claas” header harvester near Onga Onga in CHB some years ago. It looks very much the same as a regular Model A engine, but is quite a lot more powerful with a heavier bottom end and numerous other little tweaks. It was manufactured in Cologne, Germany in 1956 and fitted as an industrial application to the harvester. It usually creates a bit of interest from other Model A owners when the bonnet is opened as there are not very many of these around in the North Island. Non Ford owners are unkind enough to note that the Model A is pretty agricultural anyway, so the engine fits in real well.

It is rather sad that young people today are not able to, or perhaps not interested in, purchasing 30 years or older cars as we were able to do because the family fun we have had, the friends we have made, and places we have been through owning our Model A over the years is inestimable. And we reckon on having lots more fun yet sharing it with our grand-children before we shuffle off.

In 1978 we bought the wreck of a 1926 Model T Ford Roadster Pick-up to keep it company in the shed, so to speak. Now, 50 years and four Model T’s later, it is kept company by our 1913 Ford T Roadster and a low mileage 1987 Holden Commodore. I don’t think Scarlett regrets introducing me to their old 1930 Ford A Tudor, “Ellawheeza”, as she reckons I’d have caught the vintage car disease without her help in any case. But, ask her some time and get the real story!!!!

Rods 1987 Holden Commodore

Rod McKenzie with his 1913 Ford Model T Roadster

Women Auto Mechanics—by Robert Tate

This is a story about the history of women who were automotive pioneers and became mechanics in the early days. On a historical note, the first American woman to receive a drivers license was Anne Rainsford French Bush, on March 22nd 1900.

In 1909, Alice Ramsey (November 11th 1886 to September 10th 1983) made history by becoming the first woman to drive across the United States. She was 22 years of age and drove a Maxwell automobile for the all-female, cross-country road trip. Ramsey’s drive proved that a four-cylinder 1909 Maxwell DA automobile could take anyone all the way across America with two bench seats and that women were capable of handling their own minor road repairs as well. The trip was sponsored by the Maxwell and Briscoe automobile company. Alice Ramsey’s companions for the trip were Nettie Powell, Margaret Atwood and Hermine Jahns who all learned about the basics of car safety throughout their journey. Alice Ramsey did have to replace several tires and perform other minor repairs. As their journey continued, an outside mechanic was sometimes called when certain unavoidable problems took place.

In 1909, American roads were not yet developed to a quality level to sustain long-distance driving. Everyday was a challenge for Alice Ramsey, however, she was able to complete her journey and become a part of automotive history.

Many pictures of auto mechanics are often seen as a male-dominated career field. However for many years, women have participated in automotive repair and maintenance, especially during World War II.

Alice Ramsey

As Women’s History Month continues, this is a story about the automotive industry and how women consumers influenced product design and advertising. During the 1950s, women were beginning to invest more in the purchasing of a second vehicle for the family. Automakers observed that fashionable colour's and accessories were bringing more women into dealerships.

For example, in 1955, Dodge introduced the La Femme, based on their Custom Royal model, with colour options Heather Rose and Sapphire White. The model also came with accessories that would appeal to women, including a raincoat, umbrella, a tube of lipstick and more. Dodge’s advertising team titled their brochure for the car “By Appointment to Her Majesty, the American Woman.”

Today, many women are talented mechanics and great automotive repair instructors. Their success did not come without hard work. When drivers take their vehicle in for repair, they generally do not care about who the mechanic is, they just want their vehicle to be fixed properly.

Historically, being an auto mechanic has often been considered as an uncommon career choice for women, however, it can also be very rewarding for many women who have become involved in racing. The women that have been mentioned in this story are only a few examples of role models who can serve as examples for new generations of women mechanics.

Today, the Bureau of Labour Statistics reports that there are 19,236 female auto mechanics and a total of 130,174 women in automotive repair and maintenance, which translates to about 10 percent of all people in the field. All of these women have had the right training and credentials to repair automobiles. The process for becoming a good mechanic includes completing a skill test and completing hands on automotive experiences.

In conclusion, Trade School Future says that Audra Fordin was another very influential woman, who is the owner of Great Bear Auto Repair in New York State. She has been working in the field for 27 years and has dedicated her life and career to educating and empowering other women in the automotive industry.

To do this, she has founded ‘Women Auto Know’ and is teaching future women auto mechanics all over the country.” Today, women automotive repair and maintenance technicians will always be a part of our auto history and community.

Women Auto Mechanics—by Robert Tate

Audra Fordin auto mechanic instructor

Female auto mechanics 1913

Sunday 23

April—Run to a “David Brown” tractor Collection

Organised by Road and Scarlett McKenzie

• Assemble at Tavistock Place at 1:00pm. You will travel roughly 40km during the run.

• Following the inspection of this tractor collection, and the owners’ garden, we will travel to Ongaonga village for a look at the “Coles Factory” , an old joinery factory, which has recently had a huge amount of work done to it.

• Ice creams and coffee from the store could be welcome.

Sunday

Meeanee

7th May—HBVCC—Back to Basics—Swap Meeting

Speedway—67 Sandy Road—Meeanee

Wednesday 19th April 2023

Dinner and Meeting

To be held at the Waipawa Bowling Club, Harker Street, Waipawa

Meal at 6.30pm—Meeting at 7.30pm

Main & Dessert—$35.00 per person—Eftpos Available

Main: Roast Lamb and Roast Chicken with Gravy

Roast Medley of Vegetables

Cauliflower and Broccoli au-gratin

Minted Peas

Duchess Potatoes

Dessert: Apple and Rhubarb Crumble with custard and cream

Chocolate Brownie with chocolate sauce and ice-cream

Tea and Coffee

Numbers attending must be into Eva by the evening of Sunday 16th April 2023

Please contact Eva—06-858-9105-or-021 170 9978-or-nga-oki@xtra.co.nz

No late bookings please

If you have any dietary needs, please advise when you book your meal.

PLEASE NOTE: The CHBVCC branch will make payment for any late dinner cancellations or no shows, then an invoice will be sent to the member/members concerned.

Branch Chairman GaryWeaver

CHB

CHB VCC 2023

April Sat 1st

Events Calendar

Afternoon/Twilight Rally organisers Bruce Poole and Ken Lyons

Wed 19th Branch Dinner and Meeting

Fri 7th-Sat 8th-Sun 9th

Sun 23rd Club Run to visit a local tractor collection Sun 28th

May Wed 17th Branch Dinner and Meeting Venue TBA Sun 7th

Other District's Events

Wheels at Wanaka

June Wed 21st Branch Dinner and Meeting Venue TBA

Mangatainoka Motors American Car Day

Manawatu Branch Post-Era Rally

Sun 7th Meeanee Swap Meet

Sun 28th

Mangatainoka Motors Brits and Euro Car Day

Mangatainoka Motors V8 Day

July Wed 19th Branch Dinner and Meeting Venue TBA Sun 30th

Mangatainoka Motors Japanese Car Day

August Wed 16th Branch Dinner and Meeting Venue

Mangatainoka Motors Ford Vs Holden Day

September Wed 20th Branch Dinner and

October Wed 18th Branch Dinner and Meeting

Mangatainoka Motors Hot Rod Day

Mangatainoka Motors—Two wheel day

November Wed 15th Branch Dinner and Meeting Venue

Mangatainoka Motors Vintage Car day

Saturday 20th May 2023—NORTHLAND VINTAGE CAR CLUB—MOTORCYCLE RALLY Entry forms are available from the VCC Web-site

TO READ AII OTHER BRANCH MAGAZINES ONLINE go to www.vcc.org.nz then to Branch Newsletters. Also items of interest on https://www.facebook.com/vintagecarclubofnewzealand

Chairman's Report—April—2023

Day light saving has come to an end, clocks when back one hour. Time to check smoke alarms, clean chimneys, have electric blankets checked to keep you and your families safe. Lol sounds like a fire service message. Apart from flood clean ups not too much happened in March.

Wheels on Windsor was cancelled A car show is going to take place in Waipukurau on Saturday 8th April (Easter Weekend) at the A&P show grounds, Mitchell Street Waipukurau from 9am to 2pm. This is a Charity Car Show, all shiny cars are welcome Entry is by Donation.

Bruce Poole and Ken Lyons hosted an afternoon, twilight rally on the 1st of April.

I see the Railway-line structure in Waipawa is opening on Monday 3rd of April so be aware, train crossings will be operating, watch for trains.

At our March meeting at the Waipukurau Bowling Club, Committee Members Laurie and Gloria Malcomson hosted a bingo night, a bit of light hearted entertainment.

I had a call from Lindsay Weaver (no relation) about some Triumph parts for sale. Lindsay’s number is 06-858-4933

A short report this month

Gary Weaver CHB Branch Chairman

Club Captains Report—Laurie's Lot—April—2023

A fairly quiet four weeks since our cancelled February meeting. For those still affected by the cyclone I hope things have improved albeit a bit slow.

The main event for our branch was the Hoe Down Barn Dance this was was great fun to organise and as it turned out, a very successful fun night. Once again a big thank you to Janet, Jean, Gary and Keith for bringing it all together amid some trying times. A great night enjoyed by all those who attended.

On Sunday 5th March, Gloria and I went to the Ruahine Ramble put on by the Manawatu Branch. Gloria has written her version of the run.

At the March meeting Iain Gollan gave a report on the Gymkhana held at the Elsthorpe Domain in February.

Torque Heads are continuing on ,most recently meeting at the Tiko.

Twilight Rally was held on 1st April, will report on that event in the May Bleat.

Run to Tractor museum on Sunday 23rd April.

Mangatainoka's events have been listed in the Bleat Calandar .

Have a good month,

Laurie Malcolmson

Club Captain

March 5th 2023—Manawatu Ruahine Ramble—by Gloria Malcolmson

Laurie and I attended the Manawatu Ruahine Ramble. We arrived at their Club Rooms, where we had morning tea and received our Rally instructions. The first car headed off at 10.30 with the rest of us heading off at one minute intervals. We couldn't hear the instructions very clearly, so we started off going down the wrong road. We turned around and went back and onto the correct road.

We all meandered through back country roads, also keeping our eyes open for Silent Checks. We found some but didn't know what to write down because we were unsure. We kept on going around country roads until we ended up in Foxton for our lunch stop. We all had lunch behind the Windmill on a nice grassy area beside the loop, meeting people from different Branches and enjoying their company. After lunch we started back through different Country Roads, heading back to the Club Rooms again. There, we handed in our second sheet and had afternoon tea.

Annette, Ken and Glyn spoke about the Rally and gave out prizes for getting the most Silent Checks correct. They also had spot prizes, which Laurie got one, then they said there were 3 prizes for those who STUFFED things up.

Well because I didn't write the correct information down we got one. We had a lovely Barbecue dinner after an amazing day. Seeing people we already knew plus other branch members was as great.

Thank you to Ken and Annette for putting on such an amazing day. Thank you also to Glyn and Cathy for the morning and afternoon tea, and for catering for those who have dietary problems.

Glyn, Cathy, Ken and Annette a Huge Thank you for an amazing day.

by Pat Malcolm

Cheers, Jensen's, McCools & ourselves have just returned from the 16th National Model A Rally in Methven, Sth Canterbury. McCools made their own way to Methven but we others travelled down together enjoying a perfect crossing on the Ferry. Heather always flies after experiencing a shocking crossing many years ago.

We stayed in Blenheim the night before travelling down to Kaikoura and taking the Inland Kaikoura road. We have travelled this road before, but must be an age thing as it seemed longer & windier. Culverden was our destination, enjoying a nice meal in the local Hotel. Next day it was to Amberley then detouring off to take SH72, the inland scenic route, to Methven. Oxford was the lunch stop with a bit of ‘retail therapy’ in Cust at an interesting little Craft shop.

Methven’s population is about 2000 but overflows with skiers through the ski season. The locals were very happy to have us in their town, especially the Service Station, and were all very friendly. A lovely new Solar heated hot pool complex has recently been completed in the town.

With the Cheers, we stayed at the Mt Hutt Motels, Jensen's stayed at Ski Time and McCools had their motorhome and were in a Camping ground in the town centre. We had three nights free to dine in town and Ski Time’s Restaurant definitely rated highest. Heather introduced Suzanne & Judy to her favourite after dinner Italian liqueur, “Affogato” but the shot of hot espresso kept Suzanne awake all night!!

Sunday night a couple of hilarious skits were performed by the West Coast and Canterbury branches, and then we had the Hubley Racing, (Guess who forgot their cars!). These are 1/20th models that race down a 12m elevated track (this year a very upmarket carbon fibre electronically controlled track had been built by an Auckland Member), each car having 3 races with eliminations to find a winner. There were 43 cars entered and McCools and the Cheers performed very well getting into the finals.

CHB MEMBERS’ TRIP TO METHVEN, STH CANTERBURY—MODEL A RALLY

MARCH 2023—by Pat Malcolm

Our first visit on Monday was to Bruce McIlroy’s Bentley/ Rolls Royce Heritage Dealership near Ashburton and then to the beautiful gardens at Winchmore where we enjoyed some cold Beveridge's. “High Tea” and a leisurely stroll around the 1.8 hectares of established gardens with Woodlands that had been planted 170 years ago.

Tuesday was the Competitive run with lots of questions to answer while zig zagging over the very interesting Canterbury Plains, heading for Terrace Station, Hororata. This Homestead dates back to the 1850’s with old memorabilia in the many huts and sheds, and once again questions to be answered. The 20 stand woolshed was built in 1869 with timber milled at Little River, Akaroa, and floated across Lake Ellesmere then taken by bullock across the Canterbury Plains, taking 100 trips.

Wednesday was a free day, Peter and Suzanne enjoyed a thrilling jet boat ride up the Rakaia River getting a bonus 15 minutes extra. They returned in the afternoon to enter in the Gymkhana that had been rescheduled after the Open Day on the Sunday was rained out. The “3 Musketeers” headed to Ashburton and visited the Aviation Museum. Lake Hood (lunch stop), a manmade Lake with beautiful homes on canals in a marina style development. Then on to the Ashburton VCC Car Museum.

Thursday took us 50 miles south west of Methven visiting the Hakatere Conservation Park which covers over 60,000 hectares of rugged mountain country, beech forest and rivers and lakes. From there we travelled to the base of the Southern Alps and Lake Heron Station, which is 20,000 hectares and the only Station to have a Glacier on its North and South boundaries. We were privileged to return via their farm tracks right at the base of the Southern Alps and the scenery was spectacular. So lucky to experience this grandeur!!

Thursday night was prize-giving, and Friday morning breakfast concluded a thoroughly enjoyable Rally.

Down to a twosome now, Cheers and ourselves headed for Hanmer where we enjoyed a lovely soak in the hot pools and decided to take the Molesworth Rd home on Saturday morning. “Oh dear”, a real senior moment of navigating saw us on a road used by the Forestry Dept to maintain the power Pylons (not even shown on a Map).

A caring, concerned cyclist stopped us part way up to say he was lost and he thought we were on the wrong road. (We had wondered!!).

CHB MEMBERS’ TRIP TO METHVEN, STH CANTERBURY—MODEL A RALLY 4

MARCH 2023—by Pat Malcolm

He kindly offered to bike up a steep track to see what was around the corner, and alas, it was a no exit with a very small turning area. Graham got stuck on the way up and had to reverse back to get a run on (Heather bailed at this stage) but reached the top. It was very stressful but our confident drivers did an amazing job turning around, poor Graham had to do a 12 point turn Oh for power steering!!. We descended the 3 miles very, very slowly and alas, we saw the big sign to the Molesworth Station!,. That road was like a racetrack after our drive up Chatterton Rd. We took our time going through Molesworth – an amazing road – and arrived in Blenheim about 5.00pm with Paul and Judy arriving soon after, having spent time with their Grandchildren in Christchurch.

We’d had notification that our return ferry had been changed and was a later time (2.15pm) so Monday afternoon Graham, the Jensen's and ourselves boarded and enjoyed a nice sailing in the Sounds. However, when we hit Cook Strait the forecasted 100km winds hit us. It was a shocking crossing and one Judy won’t forget in a hurry.

We left Wellington at 6.30pm and headed for home following the Jensen's as Graham was staying at Heather’s sister in Waikanae. We reached Levin before dark at 7.50pm – the 4 lane highway from Wellington to Otaki is amazing and by then Judy was feeling like fish and chips!. (We were so pleased to see a bit of colour in your face Judy).

We all enjoyed a great Rally attended by 230 entrants with 115 Model A’s. We had travelled 1200 miles with no troubles and arrived home at 11.00pm amazing how these old cars perform.

CHB MEMBERS’ TRIP TO METHVEN—STH CANTERBURY—MODEL A

RALLY 4th — 10th MARCH 2023—by Pat

Malcolm

Scarlett and Rod McKenzie are once again arranging a mid week run/tour, once again in October 2023. We will be staying at the “Raceway Court Motel” on the outskirts of Feilding for two nights.

As it is a popular motel for truckies to stay at, you are strongly advised to get your booking done asap to avoid disappointment. They also have a restaurant on site which we will use on at least one evening.

We have spoken to the manager [Paul] who is aware we will be coming as a group.

More information as to what we plan on doing and places we intend visiting will be made available at a later date.

To add to my “Number Plate Collection” the following number plates. [Singles will be quite acceptable].

The black aluminium plates with the first letter “D” and the first letter “J”. Any reflectorized plates from “NA” to “ZZ”, and an example of the latest type plate with three letters starting with “P”.

I have several swaps including the pressed steel coloured plates issued prior to 1964. I am endeavouring to complete an alphabet for my garage wall.

Contact Rod McKenzie 06 858 9562 or 0274 467 198 or rod.mckenzie.wpk@xtra.co.nz

Mangatainoka Motors Show & Shine Days 2023

• Sunday 30 April American Car Day

• Sunday 28 May Brits & Euro Car Day

• Sunday 25 June V8 Sunday

• Sunday 30 July Japanese Car Day

• Sunday 27 August Ford Vs Holden Day

• Sunday 24 September Hot Rod Day

• Sunday 29 October Two Wheels Day

• Sunday 26 November Vintage Car Day

Theeventsrunasfollows:

• 9:30am Gates open for all cars and Tui shop, café and restaurant open.

• 10:00am Gates open for public.

• 10:45am All competing cars to be parked.

• 11:00am Registrations close, live music starts and judging begins.

• 11:30am Guided Brewery Tour starts (from $25 pp).

• 12:30pm Prizegiving (A $500 Tui voucher is up for grabs).

• Photo opportunity in front of the Tui Tower for all cars immediately after prizegiving.

• 5:00pm Brewery closes.

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WHEELS AT WANAKA

FRIDAY 7 — SATURDAY 8 — SUNDAY 9 — APRIL 2023

VENUE—THREE PARKS—WANAKA

EARTHMOVING PRACTICE DAY - FRIDAY 7 APRIL

IF IT HAS GOT WHEELS IT WILL BE ON DISPLAY

Wheels at Wanaka is an all vehicle, all machinery history-in-motion vintage fair, including steam engines, tractors and farming heritage, cars, motor-bikes, trucks, earthmovers and heavy machinery. Buzzing with energy. Wheels at Wanaka is huge! With over 50 acres of entertainment, tractor pulling and Enduro-X competitions, ATV and rally car demos, an earthmoving extravaganza and a non-stop parade ground program, a weekend is barely enough to see everything!

CHB Branch of the VCC — Positions for 2022—2023

Chairman Gary Weaver weave@xtra.co.nz

06-858-9908

Secretary Brian Connor Karinya@xtra.co.nz

06-855-6447

027-488-5019

Treasurer Kaye Carswell accounts@wpkmotors.co.nz

021-124-3620

Club Captain Laurie Malcolmson supagran14@yahoo.com.au

Vice Club Captain Keith Hopping keithhopping@gmail.com

Committee

Iain Gollan, Neil Malcolm, Gloria Malcolmson, Rod McKenzie, Bruce Poole

Joyce Calder, Bleat Editor.

Wanted 1954—3100 complete driveshaft universal joint which sits just behind the gear box. Photo for reference. Any help or information will be greatly appreciated. Contact: Brian Connor [karinya@xtra.co.nz]

FOR SALE—1990 Mitsubishi Galant GLX

1600cc, 5 speed manual

Although it has a higher mileage it starts easily and drives very well

Good paint (no peeling but one small supermarket dent)

Tidy upholstery & interior

Everything works (including the cassette tape deck), no leaks

Current Registration & WOF

Reasonable offer

Brian Connor

Waipukurau

027-488-5019

CHB Torque-Heads—Coffee Group—Meets Weekly

TheTorque-HeadsgrouprecentvisittoAscotHomesteadforCoffeeandaScone. AscotHomesteadis onhighway50,Takapau,CHB—PhotosbyHeatherCheer.

BruceTurneramemberoftheCHBBranchoftheVCC,hasinvitedmemberstomeeteveryThursdays forcoffeeandascone. Thisisaverygoodexcusetogetyourveryspecialvehicleoutoftheshedandgo foranicedrivetomeetlikemindedpeople. BrucewouldliketomakethisaregulareventinvitingeveryonetojustturnupeveryThursdaymorning,meetingaround10.00am.

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An authorised Travel Broker for Searle Travel Ltd.

Consultations are by appointment. Angela Annear Travel Broker

10 Brooker Place, Waipukurau 4200, Central Hawkes Bay

Email: angela@searletravel.co.nz

Webpage: www.Angelas-Travel.co.nz

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For more details: Email: angela@searletravel.co.nz

Phone: 06 858 9082 Cell: 027 281 1306

Website: www.angelas-travel.co.nz

Chatham Island Tours are available. Chatham Island tours are available. Going to the Chatham Islands is an Adventure holiday. The tour uses local farm-stays a great way to experience the Chatham's.

Pitt Island is a great addition too.

Our family lived on the Chatham's Islands from 1957 to 1965. A unique part of NZ.