VCC Auckland Bulletin Aug 2025

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SEPTEMBER

Coming Events

All events are held at our clubrooms unless otherwise specified.

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

Note

The clubrooms are open on the second and fourth Thursday evenings of the month from 7:30pm until 10:00pm and EVERY Saturday afternoon from 4:30pm until 6:30pm. Our Spares Dept & Library are open during the clubrooms opening hours PLUS Thursday mornings from 9:00am ’til noon.

Chairman’s Report

Over the last month, the Charabanc Team have sanded and varnished the wooden tops of the doors and steering wheel on Angelique, getting her spick and span for her venture to Nelson for the Vero International Festival of Historical Motoring next March. This marks a milestone for the Charabanc, and also for John Stokes, as he was one of the Charabanc drivers when she attended the International Rally in Nelson in 1972.

I hear that the Thursday night dinner organised by Jodi was a great success. Good numbers attended the Motorcycle, Veteran, and Vintage Section Meetings. The Mid-Week run to Helensville was well supported. Thanks to Neil and Jo Bieleski for organising this outing.

As August begins, I see a busy month ahead. The outcome of the Constitution voting will be announced at the Vintage Car Club of NZ AGM to be held in Invercargill on the second weekend of this month. Jodi and I will be attending the meeting, and you will be getting a full report in due course. We, the Auckland Branch, will then draft our own Constitution in order to align with the requirements of the new Incorporated Societies Act.

The Vintage Car Club National Daffodil Rally fundraising for the Cancer Society, follows on 24th August. Our event will be a display at the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple, 16 Stancombe Rd. Flat Bush, we need your help to make this a great event. Eleven other Car Clubs are joining us on the day, and together with it being a Special Day on the Buddhist Calendar, we hope for a great turnout. We need to be at the Temple between 8.00 and 8.30 am. Watch the Week Ahead emails for further information as it comes to hand.

I look forward to seeing you out and about at the many events, both social and motoring, your Branch has to offer.

Happy, safe motoring to you all. Shaaran.

Ready for the mid-week run to start...

Our VCC Daffodil Rally Event

Club Captain’s Log

A big thanks to Norman and Ryan for organising Sunday's club run to Ngatea Water Gardens. An enjoyable day for all those who attended. See a full write-up elsewhere.

August is now here, and we are going to "paint the town yellow". Our National Daffodil Day event grows every year. Events will be held across the country, enabling us to raise the profile of our club, its purpose, and the diverse range of activities and resources we offer. At the same time, we raise money for a cause that I believe everyone can connect with. Again, this year, we have teamed up with the Buddhist community, who are very keen to grow this partnership and this event. It has certainly given us a platform where we can reach a large part of the public.

It is also great to see that Ford New Zealand are supporting us this year. We will have a display of the latest Fords on the market, thanks to South Auckland Motors. We are looking forward to working with them.

Jodi informs me that eleven other clubs are joining us, and we'll have not only the Charabanc providing rides but also the Chevrolet Enthusiasts Club's bus, which they've kindly offered for rides.

August 24th is also a significant day on the Buddhist calendar; it is Sangha Day. Courtesy of Google, here is what Sangha Day is about: It is an important Buddhist festival commemorating the spontaneous gathering of 1,250 enlightened monks (arahants) to hear the Buddha preach. It's a celebration of the spiritual community (Sangha) and a time for Buddhists to reaffirm their commitment to the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. The ceremony to celebrate the day starts at 9:00 am, meaning we need to assemble earlier. We’ll need to be at the temple between 8:00 am 8:30 am. See you there!

Looking further out, September sees the "Ladies Run", this year organised by Marion Morris and helpers. Starting from Barry Curtis Park, Flat Bush School Road, Flat Bush, Manukau.

Tracey

Daffodil Display Vehicles

We need a great selection of vehicles out promoting OUR club.

Library Notes

This month we would like to acknowledge receipt of a nice collection of motor cycle books from Roger Scholes, many of which were not in our library.

Last month a member was browsing the club’ s on-line library catalogue and up popped a publication about South Westland, apart from not being absolutely sure of where South Westland is located the question was asked what on earth is this book doing in our Club library - we were a bit surprised at first so we looked it up!

The book, The Haast by John Pascoe turned out to be a comprehensive history of what is now known as Highway 6 through the Haast Pass, connecting Otago with South Westland. Being the lowest pass to traverse the Southern Alps it was an obvious choice to convert the simple track used by Māori and later stockmen, to a modern highway. It was finally completed in 1965. As the VCC’s modern marketing tag line is “DRIVING OUR HISTORY” this book complements a growing collection of publications held by the library on the wide subject of the development of Motoring in New Zealand. So, what else is in the library?

The largest section is of course, the service and technical manuals relating to specific models of a marque and year of manufacture. Often original manuals tend to stay with the car so it’s impressive to see the collection that we have acquired over many years.

The rest of the books are catalogued according to type into 18 different categories. The largest of which is the History of the Marques: books by well-known motoring journalists who have researched the complete history of a manufacturer. If the book is about one specific model – The Austin Seven for example, and not a factory service manual, it will be found in the European or American Section depending on origin. There is a large section on Motor Cycles, and Motor Sport.

Books that are by New Zealand or Australian authors will be found in the ANZ section and will sometimes include general historical books related to motoring and transport in New Zealand. One such example is “AA Badges of New Zealand” which includes an excellent collection of pictures and facts about the evolution of the badges designed for the AA over the years. There is a section on Commercial Vehicles and Tractors as well as a comprehensive collection of Motoring Encyclopaediae with information on practically every vehicle manufactured commercially. Occasion-

Library Notes

ally we have collected books and information on New Zealand aviation, so these are held in their own Aviation section and include books on flight going back to Richard Pearse. This section includes publications regarding both early New Zealand civil and military aviation.

Biographies of well-known motoring and racing personalities are kept in their own section.

Other sections include Engineering, Automotive Electrical, Carburettors and Fuel Systems, General Restoration, Stationary Engines.

Valuable early publications, rare catalogues, limited editions, and fragile documents are kept in our Rare section. We look forward to seeing you sometime.

The Library Team

28th August— Dingbats Quiz Night

I’m not sure whether Dingbat is a label considered “PC” these days but it is the name of a boardgame which gets you thinking a little differently and provides a few laughs along the way. We have adapted it slightly so that we can run the game on a Thursday evening. Depending on numbers we will make up teams on the night.

The key is guessing the well known phrase or word when it is presented in a very literal sense. Here’s a couple of easy ones to get you started below. Answers on page 21.

Come along and have some fun, you might even win a small prize!

Thursday, 28th Aug, 7:30 pm

Veteran Section Notes

Attendance was down somewhat, we had apologies from Gavin Welch, Roy Sharman and David Oliver.

I mentioned a couple of things about a recent trip to Melbourne. I paid a visit to Stuckeys Tyre Service in Sydney Rd as it was close to where I was staying. They have recently started advertising in Beaded Wheels. They seem to have large stocks of vintage tyres including beaded edge and the expensive Blockley racing tyres. Their prices aren't cheap and they ship tyres to New Zealand individually at a cost of $AUD 100. Given the fact that some NZ suppliers are going out of business or retiring, Stuckeys may be an option.

I then went to the Gippsland Vehicle Collection at Maffra hoping to see some veteran and vintage stuff, unfortunately this had been moved out and replaced with a Ford vs. Holden display. They apparently change their displays regularly, which is a good idea for keeping up public interest, but it would probably pay to enquire first before making a trip. It's about three hours from Melbourne via the M1 highway.

Mention was made of RV Radiators in Henderson who are veteran and vintage knowledgeable and sympathetic people. There was also discussion of cleaning radiators with washing soda. Phil Henley was paid out on the stolen Mitsubishi.

For some strange reason, the meeting shifted from vehicles to wills, and concerns about the appearance of unknown or unexpected children and on that note it wound up.

John Stokes.

Vintage Section Notes

Richard Green has been helping Barry Birchall with the Kettering starter motor on the 1912 Cadillac. This model was the first car to be fitted with an electric starter motor – a revolution in the development history of the automobile. A huge, complicated and expensive device with many moving parts, it worked well but over a considerable length of time it became less reliable and many cars were eventually fitted with a more modern starter motor. Barry never took this route as the car always started easily on the crank, but as time goes on, cranking becomes rather less appealing, so a decision was made to fit a modern starter to the car. This did not go well as it involved desecrating some original parts. Not acceptable. So, an effort has been put into solving the problems with the original system. There is a little roller and cam type clutch in the mechanism which seemed to be slipping intermittently so was stripped and cleaned and appeared in perfect condition but still the problem persisted. Richard brought the little clutch along and explained where he thinks the problem lies. I am confident he is correct and am pleased that a very important piece of history will not be lost. It will make Barry’s car one of the last in the world to survive with it’s original starter motor.

In January, John Morrison brought along some of the remnants of his Briscoe’s starter motor – mostly a tangle of burnt-out wiring which I personally thought was beyond repair. As we noted, the Cadillac of 1912 was the first car to be produced with a starter, but others were working on the problem too. The Briscoe sported a starter that was also fitted to several other makes around 1915, notably the Maxwell. This device appears quite simple compared to the Kettering with few moving parts, but the complexity is in the electrical circuitry. With patience and skill and many hours of testing different configurations, Neville Holland has now managed to get it running on the bench. Neither the Kettering nor the Briscoe models lasted long however, as in 1914, Chevrolet fitted a Bendix starter. Cheap and effective, this system dominated the auto industry for over half a century.

Peter Wood had a couple of items from his Buick Marquette project. Getting the sharp definition between chrome and paint was challenging and he had a few suggestions made that may help.

Neil Bieleski’s show and tell was a set of genuine Michelin tyre levers.

John Towers made a good job of a sign for a display in the barn and finished it off with a clear coat. Something wasn’t compatible though because the paint wrinkled up – start again! To his delight he has located a supply of old totara fence posts for use as framing for his art works. Once very common, they are fast disappearing.

Due to a scheduling glitch the motorcycle section’s September meeting has been double booked and they have asked if we can accommodate them. So, our section meeting in September will be held up in the barn and then we will come down and join them for a superior afternoon tea.

Murray and Penny

Motorcycle Section Notes

We woke up to a foggy and icy morning in Pokeno, however by the time we had set off for the club rooms at 1pm the sun had come out. We arrived at the club rooms just after 1.30pm, the clubrooms were already open and ready to go. Lynda set to, getting the afternoon tea ready.

The members started arriving at 2pm, with the sun out we had a good collection of bikes parked out the back, there was 3 BMW’s, Triumph’s old and modern, a Norton Commando and a Norton ES2, a 1000cc Honda CBX 6, a 500 Velocette Venom, 350 Royal Enfield classic, BSA Lightning and a Suzuki 125.

As we opened the meeting at 2.30pm we had 40 members in attendance.

Martin welcomed everyone then let us know that our guest speaker would be here very soon. He had to get across town after closing the showroom, in order to speak to us. In the meanwhile Martin asked if any new members were present, Lawrence Tingle introduced himself, he has a 1960 BSA Golden Flash, but rode his very nice 1979 Honda CBX 6 to the meeting from Muriwai.

A couple of visitors were also present, Tony Hurst came on his new Triumph Speed 400 Scrambler, he also has 2 classic Bultaco trials bikes. Member Michael Watts brought along his neighbour Julie. She told us that she wants to sell her two motorcycles, a 1982 Honda FT500 and a 1998 Royal Enfield 500.

Par for the course Martin told us a joke that got a laugh.

We then heard a bike pull up outside, Martin went outside to help our guest speaker Martin Behnke bring in the new Royal Enfield, that he’d ridden over from the Experience Motorcycles showroom. They squeezed the bike through the front door and the audience.

REPORTS Martin told us about the recent motorcycle run to visit member Trevor and his amazing collection of motorcycles, model boats, model steam engines and his historic weapons, see the report later in the Bulletin.

Member Steve Heaney told us about his recent holiday to the UK, the highlight was his visit to the Triumph factory. On the tour they were shown the race department that builds and supplies all the engines for the Moto2 world championships. He said the factory was very impressive with all the design and development is done there. Triumph has 3 other factories overseas and if they have any short fall from these locations they can make up the difference from the UK factory.

COMING UP Martin told us about the Club Afternoon, the guest speaker will be

Motorcycle Section Notes

Ross McAllister who will show and tell us about his business that converts old vintage car radios to modern Bluetooth format. If you didn’t make it, check out the report on that too.

AUGUST the Motorcycle Meeting guest speaker fingers crossed will be Neville Mickelson, Neville will bring along the Jawa 350 California, that he restored from a rusty heap. It’s possible that his daughter Joanne will also come along with him, she was Neville’s sidecar passenger for many years on his Matchless outfit, she now races her own modern sidecar outfit.

On the 24th August we have the clubs National Daffodil Day event at the FGS Buddhist Temple in Flat Bush, we’d love to have a great motorcycle display there this year.

August 30th Club Afternoon. We have James Duncan the Tramway project manager from Auckland's MOTAT coming to talk all things Trams, come and hear the story of the arrival of the electric Trams back in the day.

SEPTEMBER Take note that the meeting will be a week earlier on the 13th, as the following weekend a large number of us will be away taking part in Taranaki’ s Rubber Duckie Rally.

On Sunday 14th we have the Annual Ladies Run, a short little run from Flat Bush to the clubrooms for afternoon tea, refer the coming events.

GUEST SPEAKER Martin Behnke from Experience Motorcycles. Experience are the retailer of Royal Enfield Motorcycles, based in Kingsland. Martin brought along the new Royal Enfield 650 Classic. He told us a brief history of Royal Enfield which started in 1901 and how the brand got to now.

There are currently 14 different models available in a very wide range of colours. There’s the Classic 650, Classic 350, Bear 650, Guerrilla 450, Shotgun 650, Himalayan 450, Interceptor 650, Continental GT 650, Super Meteor 650, Bullet 350, Hunter 350, Meteor 350.

Over the last year the company has sold over 1 million motorcycles. At the moment the Himalayan 450 is their best selling model. As well as selling Royal Enfields, Experience sell BMW & Benelli motorcycles. Martin answered questions from the floor on Enfields and about Experience Motorcycles.

As for Martin himself, his mother met a Canadian man, they got married and had thee children. Martin was born in Kamo in Northland, when he was three they went to live in Calgary Canada, where winter frequently has days of minus 40 degrees.

Motorcycle Section Notes

Martin was recruited from his university and joined a large petrol chemical company. In 1986 he turned 20, and decided he'd had enough of the cold weather. He’d met someone who told him what a great place NZ was to live and that it was a lot warmer than Canada. So he applied for a Canadian passport, only to be told he was a New Zealander. A complete surprise, he had never told this before!

So that year he arrived in Auckland to investigate the place and never went home. Martin ran through the jobs he had before he joined the staff of Experience Motorcycles in 2010. He is now the sales manager at that company. Martin talked with us for over an hour, with good humour while being informative.

Martin thanked Martin for joining us and telling us all about Royal Enfield and Experience Motorcycles plus his personal story.

Martin Spicer and Jack Clark.

Expert’s Rally 2025

Sixteen cars were entered in this year’s Annual Expert’s Rally which was held on Sunday, 27 July starting from Drury.

Participants left Drury heading straight out onto rural roads through Ramarama where the first on-course trap was set and all but two did this correctly. Onto Ararimu and then Hunua where the second on-course trap was set. Only one participant got Dipstick, the on-course check. The route then took participants onto Ponga Road where everyone missed the 3rd on-course check by not following the straight ahead rule. The route then headed towards Papakura. The first manned check was in Opaheke Rd where the timing section ended. Participants continued into Papakura where the fourth trap was laid, however only five participants did this correctly. Then across the Southern Motorway into a new housing development for the straight-line navigation. The route then went back across the motorway, through Papakura to Ardmore Airport. This was where the final trap was laid. Participants were instructed to keep right until following Harvard Lane and proceeding to the manned check. However, the over-riding instruction said that sign-posted private roads were not to be used, so by keeping right into the airport which was signposted “Private Roads”, participants went off-course. Five entrants did the last part of the rally correctly by keeping right until Mill Road, then right into Airfield Road before picking up a silent check and directional arrows into the airport and turning left to follow Harvard Lane to proceed to the manned check.

We were extremely pleased with the turnout and it was gratifying that most said that they thoroughly enjoyed the run, commenting particularly on the rural roads. Many also said how much they enjoyed the straight-line navigation. After the rally most went onto a café on the corner of Airfield and Mill road where refreshments were enjoyed and the rally discussed at length.

Results:

Congratulations to Russel and Jocelyn McAlpine in first place who now have the pleasure of plotting next year’s Experts Rally.

Special thanks to Rodger & Val Ball who checked the rally and went Tail-end Charlie on the day.

Colin & Pam Bell

Motorcycle Run to Trevor’s

Inclement weather gave way to a very pleasant Sunday morning with blue skies and sunshine. Malcolm and I arrived at the club rooms at 10am. There were a number of members already chatting outside in the sunshine. By 10.30am we had 12 bikes, 4 cars and 20 members waiting to head off.

We arrived at member Trevor's home just after 11am. We parked all the bikes in Trevor's driveway and the cars across the road in his neighbour’s driveway.

Trevor and his family welcomed us to their home. We wandered around the property looking at Trevor’s motorcycles, a Royal Enfield 500 Bullet, a 1933 New Imperial 250, and a 1939 BSA C10.

To add to that, a number of years ago Trevor bought a 1929 SUN bike that had been cut up and put in a large crayfish crate, its engine was a 300cc JAP side valve. Trevor has managed to re-weld the frame back together, the restoration looks like it’s three-quarters finished.

Trevor has a number of radio controlled model power boats that have diesel engines, one had a chainsaw engine. Trevor is building a launch that is around 30 inches long, it’s made from brass and tin sheet, its powered by a miniature steam engine. Trevor is into steam engines, he has made a number of miniature steam engines of varying designs. He also collects vintage money box’s, toys, Doctor Who and sci-fi memorabilia, and other interesting objects. Trevor is a Gun Smith (makes guns) he’s a very clever person.

He is a member of the NZ Antique Arms Association. He first got interested in weapons when he started shooting rabbits as a 15 year old. He now has a mind blowing collection of vintage and antique weaponry, dating from the 16th century through to the 20th century. We were shown one of his largest guns, a Wall Gun, used for shooting from the top of castles, and the world’s smallest which could be worn as earrings or a pendant.

Trevor showed us the Bulgarian Umbrella that was like the one used in 1978, supposedly by a KGB assassin, that fired a compressed air pellet from the tip of the umbrella that contained the deadly poison ricin, into the thigh of Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov, who died a few days later in London.

We were shown a splayed 4 barrel hand gun from the 1700’s, some original colts the most used gun of American cowboys, and a Dirty Harry Magnum. We saw examples of the progression of the machine gun from WW1.

Motorcycle Run to Trevor’s

Trevor also builds and fires replica vintage cannons. His workshop is packed with hundreds of vintage and old school tools.

In the corner of Trevor's garden sits a WW2 anti aircraft gun, that his grand kids love to play on. Trevor's wife Irene laid on a very nice lunch for all of us.

As I said the collection is massive, and we were amazed that wherever you looked there was always something that made you say “Oh my god, look at that”.

We thanked Trevor and Irene for this special treat, letting us view his brilliant collection of so many different things as well as supplying lunch.

We all then headed home, after one of the best motorcycle runs for a long time.

Clockwise from above:

 Brass and Tin Model Boat,

 American Money Boxes,

 17th Century Wall Gun,

 1929 SUN,

 Smallest firing gun in the world.

July Mid-week Run Review

After winding our way past Whenuapai Airbase and passing along the fringe of Rangitōpuni River, participants were left with a calm drive along Old North Road and State Highway 16 into the old Helensville Train Station. Decorated with memorabilia and a train themed menu the Ginger Crunch Café was a welcoming home for our lunch time chatter. Having only had one mishap with Lyndsey and Christine having a petrol leak midway through the run but still making in time for coffee, the overall consensus was that the run was a great success taking some people on roads they've never been on before.

Looking ahead to September, on Wednesday 24th we’ll be taking a run to the Awhitu Wind Farm, now that’s something to look forward to. The run will start at the BP Service Centre, Highway 1, Drury. Gather from 10:00 am for a 10:30 am start.

July Club Run to Ngatea Water Gardens

It’s not Spring yet, but a perfect Spring feel day was provided for the July run last weekend. The run was well supported by about twelve starters, all of whom finished safe and well.

Mainly Vintage and Post War, including one Commercial, (Colin Shoebridge and wife), but no two wheelers. This was a shame as we had special solo bike route instructions printed for them (double spaced, larger print, etc).

Ford A’s were predominant even though two of the “A” team were away on Waitemata’s R’Oil Can Rally.

It was good to see Frank Lester (North Shore) and Pat join us. Others ranged from Cedric Pegrum, who had brought Graeme Rothville along for a day out, to relative newcomers like Dean and Jane Perkins.

We (that is YOU) could give some thought to inviting members who no longer have a vehicle, to come for a ride with you.

The route went by sealed minor roads, with a couple of kilometres on Highway 2, from Drury to Waerenga. Here there was a choice; Either Left to continue on the sealed route, or Right to go by the optional route through Matahuru and Kaihere to Ngatea. Over half of the group chose the optional route and no-one regretted doing so. A pioneering road, yet so close to Auckland.

The destination, the Ngatea Water Gardens, is a delightful collection of well laid out gardens, paths, all mixed in with sometimes quirky water features and structures (like the Buried Village and the Castle entrance where no-one answers the door bell?), plus live animals and a children’s Play Area.

All in all, a great day out.

Norman & Ryan

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July Club Afternoon Review

Lynda and I left Pokeno at 1pm heading for the clubrooms. For a change the traffic up to Auckland was very light and we arrived at 1.45pm.

Our guest speaker for the afternoon, Ross McAllister, arrived shortly after. Lynda went up to the kitchen to get the afternoon tea ready. Ross set up his display of radio and speakers ready for his presentation.

The members started to arrive around 2:00 pm and the meeting started around 2.30 pm with 29 in attendance. I introduced Ross to the group.

Ross then told us briefly about himself, and then told us his business story. He’s been working in the electronics repair industry since 1983, and therefore understands car audio technology better than the common fly-by-night repair shops dotted around town, many of them are here today and gone tomorrow. In 35 years (20 as proprietor) Ross has built up a firm reputation as NZ’s most trustworthy and competent repairer of all things car audio. He has repaired around 100,000 radios, of many marques.

He travels to all the major car events including the Coromandel Beach Hop, Taranaki’s Americana, Christchurch’s Mc Leans Island Swap Meet, Kumeu Car show plus many others. He even does repairs and conversions for Australian customers. He is based in Glen Eden Auckland. Ross answered a number of questions from the floor.

I thanked Ross for his presentation, and Chairman Shaaran gave him a bottle of wine as a thank you for coming along. We then had afternoon tea to finish the afternoon.

If you want to know more about this Google: McAllister Radio Repairs or go this the Website: https://www.mcallisterradiorepairs.co.nz/

August Club Afternoon Info

For our next Club Afternoon we will be entertained by James Duncan, the Tramway Project Manager at MOTAT.

His talk will cover the story behind the arrival of electric trams in Auckland – the trials, tribulations, tragedies, battles, and successes of bringing what was then “ spaceage” technology to NZ’s largest city. The story is brought to life with a large number of digital images, many rare and not seen previously, of this revolutionary form of street transport – this large vehicle that could propel itself along as if by magic, without horses or a steam engine in front!”

Come along on Saturday, 30th August 2:30 pm.

Vehicle Identity Cards (VIC)

There is an application form on the National website, found here. Complete and email along with vehicles photos to one of our VIC signatories. They will check things over before sending to Head Office. Please appreciate that the process is run by volunteers (our system is regarded as the official validator by LTSA). Please allow 2 months from lodging the forms to receiving your card.

Renewals can now be done on-line.

Auckland Branch Signatories are:

John Stokes Phone No: 09 236 4582 )

Alan Price Phone No: 09 833 8575 ) Email: vic@avvcc.org.nz

Neil Stott Phone No: 027 494 9059 )

Model T, Trailer & Towing Car

(1) 1914 (Brass) Ford Model T Roadster. In very good condition, with a recent total motor and transmission rebuild. As-new hood and side curtains.

(2) Plus, purpose-built covered Trailer (incl., electric winch and motorised jockey wheel) and;

(3) Year 2000 silver S Type V8 Jaguar car – all with a current WOF.

Separately, a refurbished Ruckstell Axle is also available, at an asking price of $1500.

The reason for sale is that we have sold our home and are moving into a Retirement Village.

Price for 1914 Model T is $45,000; Trailer $12,000 and a negotiable price for the Jaguar when the three items are purchased as a package deal. Phone or Text David on 021 422 292.

Welcome to our New Members

A most sincere welcome is extended to the most recent new members. We hope to see you taking an active part in Branch activities whenever possible. Should you require any assistance or advice, please feel free to ask any Committee member?

Sarang Padey

Mt Eden

1984 Royal Enfield Bullet

Kenneth Cambie

St Heliers

1950 Austin Sheerline

1954 Alvis TC21-100

1955 Alvis TC21-100

1948 Alvis TA14

1949 Alvis TA14

1954 Riley RME

1952 Riley RMB

Ian Corbett

Westmere

1930 Harley-Davidson D

Richard Stuckey

Murrays Bay

1962 Lambretta TV175 Series 3

Colin Marshall

Manukau past member rejoining, looking for a car

Jay Hardie

Titirangi

1955 Peugeot 203C

1968 Peugeot 404

1969 Peugeot 404

1977 Peugeot 604 SL

1987 Peugeot 505 GR FE

1951 Velocette LE

Chairman

Your Committee & Officers

Shaaran Price (Alan) Email: chairman@avvcc.org.nz

Vice Chairman/Continuous Membership Awards Steward

Glenn Morris (Marion) Email: glenn-maze@xtra.co.nz

H: 09 833 8575

M: 0204 195 2476

M: 021 136 5926

Secretary / New Members & Privacy Offcr / Bulletin & Website Editor / Branch Delegate

Jodi Tomlin (Paul) Secretary Email: secretary@avvcc.org.nz

Editor Email: editor@avvcc.org.nz

Treasurer

Ian Hubbard (Lesley) Email: treasurer@avvcc.org.nz

Club Captain / Trophy Steward

Tracey Winterbottom Email: clubcaptain@avvcc.org.nz

M: 021 678 258

M: 0274 426 748

H: 09 232 0246 (Stephen)

Committee Members

Martin Spicer (Lynda) Motorcycle Section Rep/Entertainment

Email: motorcycle@avvcc.org.nz

Lynda Spicer (Martin) Social Convenor

Email: spicerclan2017@gmail.com

Jeremy Lambert (Michelle) Clubroom Bookings/ Health & Safety Officer

Email: bookings@avvcc.org.nz

Rory King (Louann) Building Maintenance

Email: roryking53@gmail.com

Neil Stott (Christine) Spares Liaison

Email: neilxstott@gmail.com

Non-Committee Positions

Library Team Leader

Richard Green (Lois)

Spares Team Leader

Bill Hulse (Sherrill)

M: 021 732 209

H: 09 233 6382

M: 022 102 5954

H: 09 233 6382

M: 021 189 3120

M: 027 576 7045

H: 09 579 6891

M: 021 530 302

M: 0274 949 059

VIC Officers

John Stokes Email: library@avvcc.org.nz

H: 09 489 2427

M: 021 818 334

Beaded Wheels Scribes

John Stokes

Jocelyn McAlpine

Peter Wood

Insurance

Email: spares@avvcc.org.nz

H: 09 579 0494

Veteran Section Rep

John Stokes

Email: jcstokes96a@xtra.co.nz

H: 09 236 4582 or

Alan Price

Neil Stott

Email: vic@avvcc.org.nz

Vintage Section Rep

Murray Firth (Penny)

E: pennyandmurray@xtra.co.nz

H: 09 818 6434 M: 0272 772 108

Vero Consumer Insurance Specialist F: 0800 505 905 or B: 09 356 4501 Agency Number: 0300126

Clubrooms Phone: 09 579 5625

Street & Postal Address: 39 Fairfax Avenue, Penrose, Auckland 1061

Club Afternoon: 4th Saturday of the month 2:30-4:30 pm

Clubrooms Open: 2nd & 4th Thursday 7:30-10:00 pm, Every Saturday 4:30-6:30 pm

Branch Honorary Life Members: Barry Robert

Norm Dewhurst QSM

Branch Website: www.avvcc.org.nz

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