Gore VCC November 2018

THE WIPER The Newsletter of the Gore Branch of the Vintage Car Club of NZ (Inc.)

November 2018 MEETINGS: SECOND TUESDAY of the month at the Clubrooms, Waimea Street, Gore

Next meeting: 13th November

Branch telephone number: 03 208 7424

2018-2019 Committee and Officers Branch Patrons Chairman Vice Chairman Secretary Treasurer Club Captain Assistant Club Captains

Neil McVicar, Ray Tressler Greg Elder Vacant Katy Parish Tim Walsh John Parish Ken Buchanan Ray Taylor Charlie Davis Bill Sheddan Greg Elder Keith Nunn Branch Recorder (Wiper Editor) David North Assistant Branch Recorder Position not filled at present House Convenor Des Brewster Assistant House Convenor Paul Corcoran Social Committee Beb Kennedy, David McDowell, Keith Nunn Beaded Wheels Reporter Jim McFadzien Festival Rally Organiser Denis Knight Assistant Rally Organiser Keith and Raewyn Dodds Bar Manager Chris Scoles Assistant Bar Manager Murray Proctor Maintenance Supervisor Keith Nunn Maintenance Assistants Bill Ainge, Keith Dodds, Ray Harvey, Barry Clearwater, Alec McLennan Swapmeet & Parts Paul Corcoran Swapmeet & Parts Assistants Barry Clearwater, Evan Henderson, Gerry Kennedy, Bryan Neilson Hill Climb Evan Henderson Hill Climb Assistant Alec McLennan Sheriff Denis Knight Librarian Stewart Quertier Raffles Starr McDougall National Delegate David North Privacy Officer Katy Parish Health & Safety Officer Murray Low Museum & HPV David McDowell Tuesday Ramble Co-ordinator Fay Graves Branch Daffodil Day Co-ordinator Bill Sheddan Vehicle Identity Card signatories Evan Henderson, Denis Knight, John Parish, John Tremaine

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Front cover picture: Is that a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? None of the Tuesday Ramblers were game to find out! (Photo by the Editor)

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Chairman's Report November 2018 The October monthly meeting was our Auction night which started early at 7.30 pm with a good attendance of members. A great night was had with Gerry Kennedy and Denis Knight auctioning off a range of goodies. Thanks to everybody who helped set up and run the night.

Pleased to hear from Ray Taylor that he has bought a Model A Ford Coupe from the North Island and Bill Sheddan has taken delivery of his Veteran Saxon from up North. Looking forward to seeing these cars out on club runs.

I have made a bit more space in my Workshop as I have sold the Iso Rivolta to Masterton where it will be restored for the road.

Club Members will be helping with the Targa NZ – VCC South Island Time Trial when it comes to Gore on the 23rd October.

See you all on the P60 Run and trust the racer members are tuning their cars for the Josephville Hillclimb on Sunday the 18th November.

Happy Motoring Greg Elder

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Club Captain’s Report November 2018 At the October meeting night Jim McFadzien raised an issue regarding Sunday events. Jim recalls that at a National AGM held in Gore some time ago it was stated that there was a rule that Sunday events should not start before 1.00pm to allow members, who wished to, to attend church services. I had not heard this before and am sure many other members were not aware of it either.

I have checked our Branch Constitution, the National Constitution and the National Manual and can find no reference to holding events on a Sunday and the timing of such events. I think it likely that any such reference has been subsequently removed.

I would however like to know what our branch members think so would appreciate any feedback. As it stands, this year, nine of the twelve events we have occur on Sundays and three involve morning starts. These are the P60 Run, the Hillclimb and the Swapmeet, all of which have been on a Sunday for quite some time and have involved early starts.

Next year we could move the P60 Run to a Saturday but the Hillclimb was designed to follow the Southland Branch Hillclimb, which is the preceding day, so that cars can do both events. I am not sure why the Swapmeet is on a Sunday but will ask the question. If you have any strong views on this then give me a call or come along to the next meeting and I will raise it there.

By the time this goes to print the P60 Run will have been and gone but I hope members got out and supported Ken and Keith’s efforts in organising this event.

The Hillclimb is coming up on the 18th of November and even if you don’t want to enter come along and watch it is well worth the trip.

John Parish

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From the Editor’s keyboard By the time you read this, Donna and I (and the Editorial Toyota) will be back from the Targa VCC Time Trial, hopefully all in one piece, and preparing for our next two trips. All being well, our “Targa” story will be in a forthcoming issue of The Wiper.

On that note, a big “Thank you” to this month’s contributors, most of whom were volunteers! This does not, however, excuse the rest of you from sending material. As I mentioned last month, the “cupboard” is now completely bare so I need you all to get writing otherwise………..

The months have certainly whizzed by since the AGM, it hardly seems possible that the next issue will be the Christmas one – where has the time gone? Don’t forget, Christmas comes on the 25th December this year – which seems to come as a great surprise to many people every year! Here in Riverton Christmas Eve is almost as big a day, since we have our Christmas Parade that evening – much more appropriate than holding it in November as some places seem to do.

Happy reading, David North

Correction Last month I incorrectly reported that Barry and Ann Newland’s Mercedes expired in a cloud of steam on the way to Clinton for an ice cream. I have been reliably informed that, in fact, it was on the way to Riversdale. My apologies for any embarrassment caused by the Chinese Whispers method of acquiring material for The Wiper. (“Send three and fourpence, we’re going to a dance.”)

The Editor

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Big Announcement As the family gathered for a big dinner together, the youngest son announced that he had just signed up at an army recruiter’s office.

There were audible gasps around the table, then some laughter, as his older brothers shared their disbelief that he could handle this new situation. “Oh, come on, quit joking,” snickered one. “You didn’t really do that, did you?”

“You would never get through basic training,” scoffed another.

The new recruit looked to his mother for help, but she was just gazing at him. When she finally spoke, she simply asked, “Do you really plan to make your own bed every morning?”

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Random Thoughts I don't have grey hair; I have "wisdom highlights." I'm just very wise.

Teach your daughter how to shoot, because a restraining order is just a piece of paper.

If God wanted me to touch my toes, He would've put them on my knees.

Last year I joined a support group for procrastinators. We haven't met yet.

Of course I talk to myself; sometimes I need expert advice.

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Central Otago VCC Blossom Festival Rally (1) Two Ford Mustangs (Prices and Staffords) and two Triumph 2.5s (Buchanans and Nunns) left Gore on 22nd September to go to the Rally.

(This year it started in Cromwell with morning tea then travelled to Alexandra for the Parade.)

Smoko at Roxburgh

We didn’t go to Cromwell so had a leisurely drive stopping at Roxburgh for coffee, and got to Alexandra before 11am. The streets were barricaded for the parade by then, but we managed to find our way into Bantry Street where we were to park. However just after we had had an early lunch and were going to walk a block to see the parade, we were told to shift our cars as all the trucks at the beginning of the parade were coming to park in this street!! So that was the end of seeing the parade there were no parks in the vicinity by then and there was nothing else for it but to start the Rally.

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The route took us to Galloway and then over the Crawford Hills and through Moa Creek and Poolburn to the Ida Valley. It was back onto gravel, through a ford and onto a ‘paper road’ with gates to open and close. We were back on tarseal again north of Becks, and the hotel was a welcome stop for refreshments and a look around at their rooms full of antiques, all available for sale.

Val Stafford admiring the views from the Crawford Hills. (Photos by David Stafford)

The route then took us into Ophir along Springvale Road to Clyde, and back to Cromwell where a social hour and prize-giving took place.

Questions were asked on our journey and the winners of the Rally ended up being Ken and Jill Youngson and passengers Brian and Jean Kirby.

Most then left and went to the Victoria Arms Hotel for a lovely buffet meal to complete the day. A successful Rally in beautiful sunshine, and we will long remember the stunning views as we crossed the hills into each valley.

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Alexandra Blossom Festival Rally (2) On a recent trip to our farm in Gore, we took the opportunity to participate in the annual Alexandra Blossom Festival Rally which is run by the Central Otago VCC. The Rally was on the 22nd of September and was preceded by the annual Alexandra Blossom Festival and Parade.

This event has been running since 1957 and celebrates the arrival of Spring. The parade features floats, historic cars, vintage tractors, pipe bands and in recent years large trucks. The Festival lasts for a week with all sorts of activities and music and is very popular with people from all around the south.

The four cars (and crews) at the Trout in Gore

Getting back to the Rally, we travelled up to Alex from Gore with three Gore VCC cars, two Triumphs and two Mustangs, ours included. The Rally started in Alex and we headed out through Galloway and up into the Crawford Hills through Moa Creek and Poolburn to the Ida Valley.

Then we crossed over into the Manuherikia Valley and Becks via a dirt road through private property only accessible to cars when dry, as it is most of the time. The drive to Becks afforded lots of magnificent views out over valleys to distant mountains with peaks still wrapped in blankets of snow.

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The historic Becks Hotel was a great place to stop for a refreshment and a chat with fellow Rallyers and to peruse or perhaps purchase an item from the second hand emporium in the hotel.

Becks Hotel

From Becks we headed back towards the Central Otago VCC rooms in Cromwell passing through Lauder and Omakau before stopping in the historic little town of Ophir. Ophir was the original main Central Otago town until it was bypassed by the Central Otago Railway (now the Central Otago Rail Trail) in favour of Omakau.

Like a lot of old towns along Route 66 in the USA that were bypassed by the interstate freeways, Ophir became a ghost town but in recent years it has undergone a renaissance. It has now become a popular place to live with an historic and quaint air to the town and several old original buildings including the original 1886 Post and Telegraph Office (still operating), the jail, courthouse and a lovely restored old store providing accommodation and meals. With a nice dry climate, if a little on the cool side at times (with a minus 21ยบC to its name), and visitors from the Rail Trail not far away, they are looking at developing a new sub division, as there is nothing available for purchase. Could spend more time there, but back on the road again and 1km out of town is the lovely old historic Ophir suspension bridge built in 1880.

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Then we passed through Chatto Creek and Clyde and finished the Rally in Cromwell. We checked into our shared motel then back to the club rooms for a cuppa and prize giving that we didn't manage to crack, leaving that to some friends from Gore.

Then it was down to the Victoria Arms Hotel in the historic part of Cromwell for a lovely dinner and interesting Quiz night. A most enjoyable rally with great scenery, roads and good company for the 35 cars that took part David and Val Stafford (This article was originally submitted to “Klaxon” (the Bay of Plenty Branch Newsletter) and published in the November issue. This slightly edited version is published with the kind permission of the “Klaxon” Editor and the authors. The Editor.)

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Newsletters from other branches Many Branch Newsletters are now posted on the VCC Website: www.vcc.org.nz/news-from-our-branches A very few branches are still sending us printed copies and these are displayed on the stand in the Library for three months. Others are received as pdf files or by email and can be forwarded to you, on request, by the Editor or the Secretary.

Costs of The Wiper As I have mentioned before, many Branches are grappling with the increased costs of postage and printing of Newsletters and some are taking radical steps to cut costs. For example, from January next year the Bay of Plenty Branch will be charging members $30 per annum for a printed copy of their newsletter while emailed copies will be free.

Similarly, from the 1st of April next year the Nelson Branch are implementing three options: 1. An emailed copy at no cost.

2. Collection of printed copies from the Clubrooms, cost $15 a year.

3. Printed copies posted to members’ addresses, cost $30 a year.

At the moment I do not see a pressing need for the Gore Branch to consider such drastic action but I am continuing to encourage members to switch to an emailed or online version of The Wiper as this does save the Branch some money. The advantages to members are that the electronic copies arrive earlier and the pictures are in colour. (See this month’s front cover to demonstrate how much better that is!)

However, the main cost saving is by distributing The Wiper at Tuesday Rambles and by a small and very dedicated band of Ramblers who hand deliver copies in Gore town and to some of the RD addresses. Even with stamps bought in bulk before the postage charge went up this saves the Branch something in the region of $50 to $60 each month.

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Gore Branch Events for the 2018-19 Season Event

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Organiser(s)

2018 Josephville Hill Climb

Sunday 18th November Evan Henderson, Alec McLennan

Christmas Run

Sunday 9th December

John Parish

2019 Overnighter (Provisional)

Saturday & Sunday 19th & 20th January

Festival Rally

Saturday 16th February Denis Knight

Diggers Run

Sunday 23rd February

Ken Buchanan

Clearwater Capers Run

Sunday 3rd March

Charlie Davis, Ray Taylor

Frank Robson Run Sunday 10th March

Keith Nunn

Greg Elder

Gore Swap Meet

Sunday 17th March

Paul Corcoran

Ladies Run

Sunday 7th April

Fay Graves

Night Trial

Saturday 11th May

Bill Sheddan

End of Season Run Saturday 8th June

Tuesday Ramble

Charlie Davis, Ray Taylor

Normally the last Co-ordinated by Tuesday of the month.

Fay Graves (Variable in December)

2020 South Island Veteran Rally

16th to 18th October

Paul Herron

Editor's note to event organisers: if you want to see a report in The Wiper please provide one yourselves or organise somebody to do it for you. (N.B. This usually works best if you ask them before the event!)

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Other Events 2018 3rd November

Taieri Tour, Otago Branch

4th November

Tuapeka Vintage Club – Heritage Day

10th November

Clutha Rally, South Otago Branch

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16 - 18 November

Motoring Mad, Mataura Scouts Fundraiser https://www.gorenz.com/events/motoring-mad

16th-18th November

Canterbury Branch Monte Carlo Rallye

16th - 18th November

National Veteran Rally (Nelson), preceded by the Prince Henry Tour

18th November

Commercial/Veteran Rally, Otago Branch

24th November

South Otago A & P Society Show Day

25th November

Hokonui Hill Climb Southland Branch. Contact Ferg McDowell (03) 235 8446 or 027 6149723 2019

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26 - 27 January Edendale Crank Up 26th - 27th January 65th Dunedin to Brighton Run, Otago Branch 15th - 17th February 26th National Motorcycle Rally – Blenheim 7th – 13th March

North Island Club Captain’s Tour. Kaaren Smylie Phone 07 576 4180, cell 021 664 341 or email: nicc@vcc.org.nz

19th - 21st April

National South Island Easter Rally (Ashburton)

25th August

National Day - Daffodil Rally for Cancer

2020 16th - 18th October South Island Veteran Rally, Gore Branch

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TUESDAY RAMBLE 27th November

Details at the November meeting night or from Fay Graves: phone (03) 208 1093 or email faygraves@kinect.co.nz 20

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Tuesday Ramble 25th September (1) About 12 cars and 20 people gathered at the Waikaka Hotel for a sandwiches, savouries and cake lunch. We then headed out on the Greenvale Road to the Greenvale Domain (site of the old Greenvale School). We turned right there and headed up a long climb on gravel about 4kms. At the T intersection we turned left and we were on Mocking Bird Hill Road. Another 2kms and we were at the end of the road, having climbed up to quite a height. From there you get a great view of West Otago (Tapanui and Heriot), Eastern Southland and, on a nice day, Stewart Island. It wasn’t a great day, cold, windy and overcast.

At the top of the road - with a rain spot on the camera lens!

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This area was farmed by the Gutschlag, Potter, Harrington and Duncan families who grew cocksfoot for seed. I worked for the Gutschlag family helping with the stooking (3 days), and the harvest (5 or 6 days). All those families paid us twice the going rate for labour. Say you were getting $1 an hour in the shearing shed; they paid us $2 an hour. All meals were carted to the paddocks where we were working- a big job for the women.

The Gutschlag family had 200 acres in cocksfoot and that was all those paddocks grew for the year. The price of the seed dropped slowly over the years and by the late 1970s the cocksfoot harvest was over.

How did Mocking Bird Hill get its name? Some of you may remember a song in the late 1950s, which was Top of the Pops at the time, had a line in it about the birds and the flowers on “Mocking Bird Hill”. So Eric Gutschlag, Mervyn’s father, decided to call their block of land up there Mocking Bird Hill. So the name stuck.

Noel Kelly

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Tuesday Ramble 25th September (2) When I left school I went to work for the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in the laboratory. The research station was at the end of Grasslands Road off Salford Street in South Gore. (Now the site of the Councils sewage ponds.) The station consisted of several buildings, as well as four houses for staff. Mr Harris was in charge and he lived in one of the houses as did Ken Brown and Mr Kiddey.

There were the scientific staff, an office girl, Dorothy Smith, ground workers and myself in the lab. My work consisted of counting, measuring, weighing seeds etc. Sometimes we went off site and one trip I can remember was going with Ken Brown out to Greenvale to the farm of Jim and Margaret Duncan. We worked in the cocksfoot paddocks and little did I realise then that cocksfoot would become another part of my life some years later.

Some years later and married, we went to work for Eric and Irma Gutschlag on their farm in Greenvale. This property comprised two lots of land. One was on the main road between Waikaka and Kelso and what we always referred to as the ‘top place’ i.e. Mocking Bird Hill. In the early days when hours and hours were spent breaking in the land the men called it Mount Misery.

This is where the cocksfoot was grown, a labour-intensive operation with the cutting of the cocksfoot by a tractor-driven binder, and then stooked. The binder cut the cocksfoot in sheaves and these had to be picked up and stooked in a certain way. Usually six sheaves to a stook, i.e. standing holding each other up so that the heads of seed would dry. A lot of local men and university students were employed at this time, usually in January. (Not work for women!) The stooks stood for about three weeks and, weather permitting, were then put through the tin mill.

Cocksfoot was grown by many farmers in the area and was very lucrative. The workers had to work hard but were paid well and fed well.

This is where I helped, with the food. Mrs Gutschlag was a great cook and knew what and how to feed men. I learnt a lot from her, especially 24

quantities and how to pack the food and take it five miles up a rough gravel road and into the paddock.

To get back to our Tuesday Ramble, after a wonderful lunch at the Royal Hotel in Waikaka it was a nostalgic trip to Mockingbird Hill. I’m not sure what the altitude would be but on a fine day you could see Stewart Island. However the day we were there it was anything but a fine day and it was windy!

And one more view from the top. (Photo by the Editor)

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More Speed Henry Ford also had the “speed bug” for a while, actually before the Blitzen Benz cars. In 1902 he built two monsters, one was coloured red and called the “999”, the second one was called the “yellow car”. The reason for the name “999” was that on the 10th of May 1893 an American train had done 112.5mph, the first man-made vehicle to have exceeded 100mph under its own propulsion. The train was called “999” so everything fast was a “999”.

Henry’s cars were unique; the chassis were wood, the front axle was sprung, the rear was solid. The engine was a 4-cylinder, 7¼” bore and a 7” stroke giving a capacity of 1,156 cubic inches or 18,900 cc. It had a 5-bearing crankshaft and no sump. The bearings, both main and big ends, were lubricated with a form of grease cups and these engines could run for several miles so the system worked. On top of the block were four drip oilers to lubricate the cylinders. Ignition was with twin spark plugs per cylinder fed from buzz box ignition.

The flywheel weighed 200lb with a simple clutch, no gearbox, and open bevel gears drove the rear axle with a 1:1 ratio. The engines did up to 700 rpm and were about 70 hp, depending on the article you read, some quote 100 hp. The inlet valves were atmospheric and they had a lot of carburettor trouble. The one seat was on the left of the drive train, one brake on the rear axle. Steering was on a crossbar like a bike with two vertical hand grips.

So on a frozen Lake St. Clair, Henry took off in the “999” slipping on the ice but went through the speed trap at 91.37mph on Jan 12th 1904.

Afterwards he told people that he had never been so scared in his life and would never take part in a speed event again and he never did. He contacted a man called Barney Oldfield who was a champion cyclist and although he had never driven a car before, with a few hours tuition he was away and game to try anything so he proceeded to race all comers.

At his most famous race at Grouse Point race track he beat Alex Winton who was the “Kingpin” of the racing fraternity and Henry Ford was famous at last.

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Barney Oldfield and Henry Ford’s “999” (photo sourced from the internet)

Oldfield at one stage owned one of the Blitzen cars but the authorities thought he was too rough on it and he was banned from all the race tracks for outlawed racing episodes.

He re-appeared about 1932 when he was employed by Harvey Firestone to demonstrate Firestone pneumatic tyres on modified Allis-Chalmers tractors. These tractors had special back end gearing and were driven all over the USA to demonstrations. Being capable of over 60mph, they were given speeding tickets and of course the Press gave plenty of publicity, all helping Firestone marketing.

In 1935 a factory-backed 1932 Allis Chalmers model U tractor put on a speed of 67.677mph on the salt flats at Bonneville driven by David Abbott “Ab” Jenkins. I have just found out that on June 17th 2016 this record was broken after 81 years by a modified Ford model 8N tractor at 101.1691mph. (The Ford 8N is the US version of the Ferguson TEA.) Jim McFadzien 27

Online Bonuses Related to Jim McFadzien’s article: Barney Oldfield: https://www.americanheritage.com/content/barney-oldfield https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_Oldfield Firestone tyres and tractors https://firestonefarms.org/the-farm-on-rubber/ Other stuff: 42-second engine change: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=115&v=te48ucoEvFI The perils of entry-level motorsport: https://whatsoninvers.nz/defeat-means-dishes-duty/ Only in Southland?: https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/cutestuff/107385876/famous-shearingfamily-give-sheep-a-mullet Bonneville Salt Flats: Automotive heaven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MQYX_ipoHs Kiwi Coupe Speed Week 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYBoCq6fbXE Mockin’ Bird Hill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXo3wTgsMB4 No Particular Place To Go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1nJC4CXsok

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Spotted!

David McDowell and his 1957 Ford Custom 300 are pictured and profiled in The Ensign of 24th September: http://www.theensign.co.nz/community/57-ford-custom-300still-a-favourite/ Ken and Jill Muir and their MG TF 1500 are pictured in a story about their participation in the Targa VCC Time Trial on page 5 of the 11th October edition of the Southland Express.

(The Editorial Toyota and its crew also received a passing mention!)

The Editorial Toyota Corolla Liftback is pictured in the November issue of New Zealand Classic Car magazine’s Targa Rally supplement, along with most of the other Targa, Targa Tour and VCC Time Trial cars.

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Gore VCC Supper Roster 2018/9 November December January February March April May June July

Gerry Kennedy Russell Newland To be advised To be advised To be advised To be advised To be advised To be advised To be advised To be advised

IF YOU ARE UNAVAILABLE ON YOUR ROSTERED NIGHT, PLEASE ARRANGE YOUR OWN SUBSTITUTE.

We need to cater for about 3040 members each night. The cuppa and serving of the supper is to be arranged within the Social Committee.

If necessary, small items can be bought at Gore New World and charged to the Gore VCC account.

August September To be advised To be advised October

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Reminders Non-commercial FOR SALE and WANTED advertisements are free to Club members. Each advertisement will be published in 3 consecutive issues of The Wiper. Please contact the Editor.

The vinyl “VCC Wings” badges (as featured on the front cover) are still available from the Treasurer, cost $2 each.

VCC name badges If you haven't got one, they are available from Van De Water Jewellers at a discounted cost of $18. The badges are black with white lettering and bear your name and Gore VCC. NB. Not wearing one at a meeting is likely to attract the Sheriff’s attention and result in a fine!

The Wiper is also available by email. It arrives earlier than the postal or hand-delivered ones, the pictures are in colour and there are (working) hyperlinks. There are two versions, a pdf file and an online one. Let me know if you would like to try this out.

The Editor

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COOKERY CORNER Cheese, Pistachio and Prune Cake Savoury cakes are very popular in France, and are most likely to appear at picnics.

Ingredients 250g plain flour 150g soft goat's cheese, cut into small pieces 100g prunes, roughly chopped 15g baking powder 80g pistachios, roughly chopped 4 free-range eggs 150 mls olive oil 100 mls milk 50g plain yoghurt 1 tsp salt Pinch freshly ground black pepper Directions Preheat the oven to 180ยบC and line an 18oz/500g loaf tin with baking paper In a bowl, mix together the flour, goat's cheese, prunes, pistachios and baking powder In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs until fluffy and pale in colour. Then gradually whisk in the oil, milk and yoghurt. Add the salt and black pepper. Fold the flour mixture into the whisked eggs. Try not to overbeat as this will make the end result tough (it's better to under-mix). Pour the batter into the prepared tin Bake until a metal skewer inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Leave to cool in the tin Donna North 32

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ADVERTISEMENTS FOR SALE Four 600 x 16 inch - 6 ply crossply tyres. Near new condition (less than a 1000kms). $350 ono.

Phone Greg Elder: cell 027 4318058 or home (03) 202 5710 1/3

WANTED Complete diff or higher-geared diff head to suit 1934-1935 Ford V8 pickup.

Phone Denis Knight: home (03) 208 5404 or cell 027 3513190 1/3

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Run reports, articles of interest, photos, technical tips, letters and feedback are always welcome.

Please send all contributions to David North

before the 21st of each month for inclusion in the next Wiper If you don't have a computer I can type up a hand-written article or put your notes or jottings into shape for The Wiper. If you prefer I can even take notes as you talk to me and write up the story for you - I am always ready to help so just let me know how! e-mail: northd14@gmail.com physical mail: 4 Trotter Street, Riverton 9822 telephone (mobile) 0211723281 Remember that insuring your vehicle(s), boat(s), house(s), contents or travel with Vero Insurance and quoting the branch number (300135) results in the branch receiving a commission payment Please support our advertisers so that they, in turn, can continue to support the Branch The opinions and statements in The Wiper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the policy or views of the Gore branch or of the VCC. The branch accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of any statements.

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