VCC BOP Klaxon October 2025

KLAXON

The voice of the vintage car

The Bay Of Plenty Vintage Car Club Monthly Magazine

OCTOBER 2025 EDITION CHAIRMANS CHAT UPCOMING EVENTS MEMBER JOINING AND PASSING LANES EDITORS RAMBLINGS

FUTURE NATIONAL RALLIES

CHAIRMANS CHAT

Donn and 1978 Mazda 323 Tauranga 1980

As you may note: There are two events listed for the 6th December.

The Te Puke Christmas Parade is a morning event The Katikati Christmas Parade takes place later that afternoon with the events extending into

the early evening.

I recommend getting together, make an enjoyable day of it and participate in both.

Ed.

Joining Lane

The BOP VCC extend a warm welcome to the following new members Verne Burmester

verne.burm@gmail.com 1958 Austin A35

Mark Baker

bakeraongatete@gmail.com 1932 Ford Model A 195? Ford 1958 Jaguar 3.8 Mk2 S Morris Mini

David Jones

Deejaydeejay22@gmail.com 1937 Chevrolet Pick-Up 1/2 ton 1964 Rambler Classic

Ian Grant

is.grant@ieee.org

Graeme Collett

graemecollett5@gmail.com 1963 MGB GT

1952 MG TD 1975 MGB GT Shaun Jamieson

48 Miles Lane. Tauriko. Tauranga 1970 Mercedes 280 SE

To all members, if you have not received your free club membership badge, then please contact our Secretary Michael Thorman on club night ———————————————————————————————

Passing Lane With regret we acknowledge the passing of the following member Greg Bold We extend our deepest sympathy to the family —————————————————————————TO ALL MEMBERS Please note that the BOPVCC Members Booklet will be available only at club night.

Members are requested to sign for and collect their booklet at the finish of the meeting.

If you wish to collect a booklet for an absent member, then this must be signed for on their behalf.

OCTOBER EVENTS The club events are starting to line up on the horizon, beginning with club night and a much needed Health & Safety refresh by committee member Russell Hulbert, something we all need to be aware of.

The Mid Month shed run being organised by Doug Brown is going to be a beaut and a definite calendar marker. Doug will update us at the club night.

The End of Month brunch is being organised and an update will follow.

September Nog & Natter at the Tauranga Citz Club was an enjoyable get together with a number of members arriving for good food and company.

October N&N is at The Rain Bar, Papamoa. The menu is great with a Tuesday night special always available.

Come along and join us for an excellent evening. 6pm start time. Contact Lynn Howard 027 3106451.

September club room movie night showing ‘The Castle’ proved to be a humorous viewing and the complimentary ice cream intermission went down well. I was surprised (shocked) to see the movie being aired on TV the following night!

Octobers movie is ‘Open All Hours” series three, a nowadays politically incorrect and full of humour movie that will be well worth the watch. BYO dinner and refreshments starts 6pm. Movie 7pm with the usual intermission treats. Come along and enjoy yourselves.

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NOVEMBER SWAP MEET AND SHOW

Our next major event will be the swap meet and car show.

This event raises money for the club funds which contributes to our enjoyment and also promotes awareness of our club.

To make this event successful your help is required to assist in managing the morning on a roster basis.

Organiser Bruce Tait has a list of intending help for such duties but would certainly appreciate more names.

Please assist Bruce by confirming your attendance for the day and what duties you would like to perform. Bruce or any committee member will appreciate you contacting them.

Advertising for the show is well under way and we intend to make this our best show and swap meet ever.

Billboards are available at the clubroom for members to advertise this event.

At just a month away it’s time to sort your cars for not only the resto awards but for the morning display.

See you all there for this amazing spectacle.

CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY The December Christmas get-together is being organised as a run to the Okoroire Hot Springs Hotel.

The venue has offered us an exceptional Pre-Christmas Carvery Lunch Menu at a great price.

Chairman Donn is organising an alternative to the Kaimai SH29A route which will circumvent the “hill” This will be a fabulous get together which I am very much looking forward to.

What we urgently need is your early registration so that booking can commence.

Please indicate your intention at the October club night and join in the Christmas Festivities.

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EDS RAMBLINGS Lynn, Graham & Helen Meredith and myself jumped in the Dodge and had the pleasure of joining the September Mid Month “Katikati 150th Anniversary” run and although the weather was a ’little’ windy, we made it to the designated assembly area on time.

Included in a good turn-out of our members, a variety of veteran, vintage vehicles and tractors arrived for the parade and we were led off by Doug Brown in his Model ‘A’ on a route lined by happy waving and pic snapping people to the parking area alongside the Saturday market.

After lunch, we wandered into town to check out the numerous Op shops for period clothing and were met by their staff who were very inviting and appreciative of the parade.

There was a general consensus that we had definitely ‘clicked’ with the town.

The journey back to Tauranga was an adventure in itself with the main road closed from a large tree being blown down and taking a few large concrete power poles with it, blocking the road.

We were diverted along the back roads that were too minor for large trucks to navigate and it added an extra hour to the normal drive time home.

Many thanks to Doug for organising the clubs participation in this event.

The September end of month event involved joining the Distinguished Gentleman’s Drive to raise funds for prostrate cancer and men’s mental health and is part of the ‘movember’ initiative.

The drive idea is to dress ‘dapper’ in conjunction with the vehicle you drive.

Lynn and I dressed in our appropriate clothing, jumped in the Dodge and met up with a number of our club members and other participants at the Classic Flyers venue Tauranga with one couple in a classic Volkswagen that had driven from Auckland to take part in the event.

We had morning refreshments while photo’s were being taken of the vehicles and participants then we collected our route sheets and started on the rally.

The route took us through a busy down-town Mount Maunganui and out onto Marine Parade, heading towards Domain Road,

Papamoa where we all stopped to regroup.

From there we travelled onto Welcome Bay Road turning left onto SH2A and then turning right onto Cameron Road.

We continued on Cameron Road to finish at the Oaktree Restaurant for a very filling buffet lunch.

Presentations were made at the venue for most monies raised and I am pleased to say that the couple from Auckland won a prize.

For the event, On the day Tauranga had raised just under $5000 with the final total to be published soon.

We thoroughly enjoyed this drive and meeting up with our fellow VCC members and would recommend anyone to do this campaign next November.

I have received correspondence from a former BOPVCC member Max (mad) Allen, the late Ivan Allen’s brother, who although resides in the UK, is still a member of Far North VCC. My memory was jogged by Max who remembered that we worked together for the NZ Forest Service many years ago and when conversing with Ivan, I never twigged to the relationship.

Max still has a passion for cars and sent some photo’s from the shows that he visits in the UK. His interesting comment was that it cost an equivalent of NZD53 entry fee to get into these large shows which are disappearing each year as greater safety legislation, higher organisational costs and huge insurance requirements make them no longer profitable. The once global Great Dorset Steam Fair covering 1200 acres of exhibits stopped a couple of years ago, unlikely to ever reappear.

His last visit to the Goodwood Revival some years ago set him back $150, so no longer attends.

So far I feel we have been lucky not to have been affected by these sorts of restrictions and I sincerely hope that it doesn't come to that in New Zealand.

Max’s VCC qualified German, Cologne built Ford Scorpio Ultima.

Cosworth 2.9ltr engine with auto transmission.

A lineup of 21 Morgans

MG ZT. The last UK built Saloon model MG with 160hp V6

Max conversation continued

19 Lotus’s On a sunny day

1934 factory built Aston Martin Special, built to order

LHD ‘57 Buick 6ltr OHV V8

UP-COMING RALLIES AND ENTRY FORMS

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Items For Sale Pete McCabe has an Austin Seven engine and radiator that is looking for a new home.

Pete is open to offers for these gems. Please contact Pete m. 0276 243787 e. pimccabe@xtra.co.nz

PATRON BOP VCC —- ALASTAIR JONES BOP VCC COMMITTEE 2025-2026 CHAIRPERSON

DONN WHITE (CHRIS)

027 4764465

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRPERSON

N/A

SECRETARY

MICHAEL THORMAN (JANE)

07 5444291 0274 742625

TREASURER

KEITH PERKINS (JANE)

0275 781231

CLUB CAPTAIN

KAAREN SMYLIE

021 664341

COMMITTEE

ALASTAIR JONES (GWEN)

07 5761124

COMMITTEE

ELWYN PIRIE (PAULINE)

0274 914600

COMMITTEE

ALAN MACKENZIE

0275 647785

COMMITTEE

GEORGE HOWARD (LYNN)

0204 0427624

COMMITTEE

DOUG BROWN

021 668117

COMMITTEE

RUSSELL HULBERT (JULIE)

0274 784599

VALUED VOLUNTEERED POSITIONS HALL HIRE

KAAREN SMYLIE

07 5674180 021 664341

LIBRARIAN

PETER WITHERS

0220 173798

HONARARY SOLICITOR

PETER BUTLER (MARION)

021 423453

PARTS SHED

JACK ANDERSON (MERILYN)

07 5766346 0272 873989

PARTS SHED ASSISTANT

COLIN CAVANAGH

0272 629161

PROPERTY MANAGER

JACK ANDERSON (MERILYN)

07 5766346 0272 873989

NAME BADGES

MICHAEL THORMAN (JANE)

07 5444291 0274 742625

KLAXON EDITOR

GEORGE HOWARD (LYNN)

0204 0427624

FACEBOOK WEBSITE

DEIDRE RENNIE (TONY)

021 665875

WELFARE AND FIRST AID

MERILYN ANDERSON (JACK)

07 5766346

KITCHEN CO-ORDINATORS

ELWYN PIRIE

0274 914600

PAULINE PIRIE

027 6669494

HEALTH AND SAFETY

RUSSELL HULBERT (JULIE)

0274 784599

VIC/DOMAS CERTIFICATION

RON ELTON (KERRY)

07 5799621

GEORGE HOWARD (LYNN)

0204 0427624

ALASTAIR JONES (GWEN)

07 5761124

CLUBNIGHT RAFFLES

JANE THORMAN (MICHAEL)

07 5444291

APPAREL

ELWYN PIRIE (PAULINE)

0274 914600

VALUED VOLUNTEERED POSITIONS CONTINUED MEMBERSHIP BOOKLET PUBLICATION

KERRY ELTON (RON)

021 406906 kerryelton60@gmail.com

PROJECTIONIST

KEITH PERKINS (JANE)

0275 781231

GEORGE HOWARD (LYNN) 0204 0427624 BUZZ EDITOR

KAAREN SMYLIE

MOVIE NIGHT CO-ORDINATOR

GEORGE HOWARD (LYNN) 0204 0427624

CLUB CAPTAIN

KAAREN SMYLIE

NEW MEMBERS. MEET, GREET AND INTRODUCTIONS

07 5674180 021 664341

kaaren@smylie.co.nz

ALASTAIR JONES, KAAREN SMYLIE

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BOP VCC CONTACT INFORMATION KLAXON EMAIL

Klaxoninfo@gmail.com

CLUB WEBSITE

www.bayofplentyvintagecarclub.com

SECRETARY EMAIL

bayofplenty@vcc.org.nz

CLUB POSTAL ADDRESS

11 Ridgemount Terrace. Welcome Bay. Tauranga 3112

FACEBOOK PUBLIC PAGE

Bay of Plenty Vintage Car Club

CLUBROOMS ADDRESS

29 Cliff Road. Tauranga

For club room hire and other enquiries, please contact Kaaren Smylie 07 5764180 021 664341 ——————————————————————

BOP VCC MONTHLY OPERATIONAL INFORMATION CLUB NIGHT EXCEPT JANUARY

2nd Monday of the month @ 7.30pm

Please contact the secretary for your free club name badge Please wear your name badge to all meetings and events

Whichever month your birthday falls, please provide a plate for club night CLUBROOM COFFEE MORNINGS

EVERY MONDAY MORNING @ 10am EXCEPT JANUARY

PARTS SHED

OPENS 7pm CLUB NIGHTS AND MOST COFFEE MORNINGS

Please donate all your surplus parts, they may be just what a member is looking for MID MONTH RUN WEDNESDAY FOLLOWING CLUB NIGHT END OF MONTH RUN

LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH

COMMITTEE MEETINGS

LAST MONDAY OF THE MONTH

LIBRARY

THE LIBRARY IS ACCESSABLE DURING CLUB HOURS The library accepts good clean car service manuals or books that relate to Automotive history or travel

MONTHLY OPERATIONAL INFORMATION CONTINUED

NOG AND NATTER (Social get together at the listed restaurants) Held on the third Tuesday of February, April, June, August and October at 6pm at the Rain Bar Restaurant. 30 Gravatt Road. Papamoa (Off Fashion Island shopping centre) Contact Lynn Howard (George) 027 3106451 ——–Held on the third Tuesday of March, May, July, September and November at 6pm at The Tauranga Citizens Club. Corner of Cameron Road and 13th Avenue. Tauranga.

Contact Elwyn Pirie (Pauline) 0274 914600 —————————————————————————For instant updates you wish to be Buzzed, please contact Kaaren Smylie.

For material relevant to the club website, please contact Deidre Rennie.

For items/stories to be published in the Klaxon, please contact George Howard.

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Thought of the month Three ages of man: Youth, age and ‘Your looking wonderful’