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Vol XXI, No. 100

June-July 1976

22nd YEAR O F PUBLIC AT IO N

IN TH IS ISSUE

President's Message 2The Alan Woodman story 3

North Shore Hillclimb 7Early Motoring in Canterbury 8

Toatoa via Motu Road 135th National Motorcycle Rally 16

Over the Rainbow 17Book Review 19

A Vote of thanks 22The First 100 24Branch Notes 29

National Executive Report 33Letters to Editor 35

Classified Ads 36

CLOSING DATEClos ing da te for Aug./Sept . issue J u ly 8th

COVER PHOTO19 29 6 speed In te rn a t io na l Tr uck be long ing toCanterbu ry Bra nc h . Acqu ire d in 1968 and rest ored asa branch project . Used on commercial rall ies and as aba ck up truck on Motorcycl e rallies. Ph oto taken a tMona Va le Reserve, Ch rist ch u rc h. by Derek Stewar t .

Beaded Wheels is the voice of the Vintage Car movementin New Zealand and of the Clubs whose efforts arefostering and ever widening the interest of this movementand form rallyin g point s for that ever increasing band ofenthusiasts. The fascination of age itself or revulsion fromthe flashy mediocrity of the present day is drawing anincreasing number of motorists back to the individuality.solid wo rth. and function al elegance that was demandedby a more discriminating generation and it is to these thatthis magazine is dedicated.

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This is the 100th edition o f"B ead ed Wh eels" a nd I am sureyou will all join me in express ingour thanks to all those who havebr ou ght the maga zine to the finepuplicati on it is today and toour present Committee, E dito rand Publi shers, who maintain andimprove the sta ndard. Our maga­zine is one motoring magazinethat has stood the test of timeand it will be with us for manyyear s to come.

We now have another Branch,thi s being at Alexandra. This hasbeen for some time a very activesub-br anch a ttached to Otag oand this formati on will increasethe in terest in the loc ality.

Club Ca ptain Alan and Tattended the Ash burton BranchSwap M eet and th is turned outto be a most success ful vent ure.There is no doubt th is willbec ome an annua l eve nt with atleast two other Branches h oldingsimil ar func tions.

In April T visited the T okoroaBranch . stay ing one night withJohn and Jean Ba yly at Tirauand the fo llowi ng on e withBarrv and Lyn G rant at Toko­ro a . 'T his ne w Bran ch is growingstea dily and will be of muchass ista nce during the running ofthe 1980 International. While inT okoroa I visited the pap ermills. spent a pleasan t afternoonwith members at the home ofLy n and Jo an Bowm an , a tten de da socia l evening on the Sat urdayevening and on the Sun daymorning went on a gara ge run .foll owed b v the openin g of thec1ubro om s in the afte rnoon .

The US T our leaves fr omAu ckl and on June 3 and thegroup are being well look ed afterover ther e by vintag e ca ren thusiasts. D ean Spe nce r isarra nn inn billeting in Seattle.while fulI dav outings are bein ghosted in Sa n Di ego. Ren o andSan F rancisco.

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M I' M . Rob er ts, Austra lian 1978Internati on al Rall y Director herein Ma rch. Entry for ms for thi seve nt will be ava ilable in Sep ­tember but should you wish tore ceive one direct write to M rRo berts at 45 Regatta R oa d.F ive De ck . Sydney. Other ralli esin Au str al ia are the National atNambour , Brisba ne. follo wed byone at Ca irns . T hese a re in Se p­tember thi s year and Marie andI hope to a ttend as is the casewith Noel and Marj . Beecroftfro m Christchurch and Albertand Ruth Voss fr om Wa nga nu i.Co ntac t me if you would likefur ther information .

N ext mon th the In ternationa lR ally Steering Co mm ittee meetat R otru a and an y offers of helpfor the running of the even t willbe appreciated. in particul arass ista nce fo r the overall super­vision of a ralIy route.

Tt does not seem long sincewe had the 1975 Annual Ge nera lMeeting at Napier and I wouldre mind yo u tha t th is year we areto be hosted by the 'Sou th Ca n­terb ury Bnl n~h at Ti maru ,Re gistra tion forms are availablef ro m your Bran ch Secretary andI wo uld recommend that you

a tte nd wha t sho uld be a mo stenjoyable weekend .

Atte ndance a t the M ar chExec utive meeting was good butI wo uld like to see representati onfrom all Bra nches. T know it isd ifficult fo r some Branches toa ttend du e to travell ing a rrange ­ments but the se meetings are inthe interest of the Bran ch aswell as the Club. Our tha nks goto Jo hn Mc l.ach lan , Leon Witteand Gavin Ba in for havingExecutive member s at theirhom es on the Sunday a fter themeetin g to inspect their collec­tion s o f vehicles . Al so than ks toM rs McLac hlan for providingmorn ing tea.

Executive Me mbe r. LionelPriest and T a ttended the Tau poNog'n Na tte r and Au cti on inMa y. The Taupe Branch hasfirst class soc ial facilities andrepresentat ives fro m Rotorua.Tokoroa. Wai ka to . Whnka ta ne,Bay of Plenty and Hawke s Baya tte nded. T under stand the in­te ntion is to make th is an annualeve nt.

Tt is pleasing to see the interestbein g shown in Taupo and theBranch h ope la ter in the yea r tohold a weekend event. As mostknow T aupo is a delight ful spotwith all the fac ilities necessar yfor a successful eve nt. Bran chsecretaries and newsletter editorswill be ad vised in du e course ofdevelopmen ts.

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The Alan Woodman story PART 3

The South 's first major g rass track meeti ng - Wood man demonstrates his t rack skill in practice - he isforced to make a last-moment change of moun ts - he is the idol of the crowd on the big day - every

start but one goes t o "Woody!".

by Geoff Hockley

Som e years ago in these pages I dealt fa irl yextensivel y with the subjec t of motorcycle grasstrack racing in this country , and a t the risk of goingover the same ground in thi s and oth er instalmentsof th is narrati ve I'll have to as k the indulgence ofreaders a nd plead tha t it is the story of an individualrider and that the scenes and surroundings ar e inci ­dental. So with th is bri ef explanation I'll proceedwith my narrative .

At the time of which I wr ite the G rea t War hadbeen in progress for more than two years . Unl ikethe last conflict, during which most sport groundto a halt for the duratio n. the 1914- 18 afTair seemedto have little effect on many forms of recreation,for a good deal o f its durati on any way , and motor­cycle racing , among other spo rts, carried on as usual.When the Pioneer Motor Club of C hristchurchannounced the sta ging of a "G ra nd Patri otic MotorCarn iva l", the proceed s of which would go to theRed Cross funds, its success was assured. We were, ofcourse, thrilled to the eye-teeth a t the announcement,and eagerly devoured any and ever y item in thepapers pertaining to the big event, which wasschedu led for February 16. 1916. on the Canterbur yPark Trotting Club's fine one-mile course at Sock­burn, about five miles from the city . All the sport'smo st prominent figures from North and South wereexpected to take part, and when the entry listsclosed they rea d like a " Who's W ho " of the gr asstrack game. Amo ng them was our hero Alan Wood­man , who a few week s pre viou sly had put a fineshowing on a D ouglas at a meeti ng held on Wash­dyke racecourse by the enterprising T imaru Motor­cycle Club. This meeting, though not on a ver yla rge scale, was quite success ful and must have beenthe first of its kind held in the South Island . Alanssuccess at this event (after riding his mach ine fromChristchurch, in those da ys a trip of more than 105miles on shingle ro ad s) seemed to indicate th at hecould hold his own in any form of competition, andwe eagerly awa ited seeing him in action at Sock ­burn. He had entered on a Norton, but for reasonswh ich I' ll rela te. he was forc ed to make a changeof mounts, and shortl y prior to the big event it wasannounced he wou ld be ri d ing a Triumph .

A few weeks before the announcement of the bigSock burn race meeting, my friend and I, as wasour cu stom. paid a visit to the Ca nterbury Agr i­cultural and Pastoral Show, at wh ich , in addition to

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the ac res of ex hibits o f int er est to the far me rs ofthe pro vince, alm ost eve ry local ca r and motorcycledealer used to display his wares. And on the sta ndof one of the lat ter firms. Messrs Pitcher Bros., anold-establi shed cycle and mot orcycle con cern , was amachine whi ch made our youthful eyes fairl y popout-nothing less than a Brook lan ds Spec ia l Norto n,the first of its type the firm had imp orted . We ga zedenraptured at the sleek. lith e tho roughbred - single­geared , belt dr iven , and sho rn o f a ll but the absolutenecessities-and eve n risked the wrath of the atten ­dant by climbing a boa rd to sa mple the rid ingposition . We heard the sa lesman informing thegaping onlooke rs that the machine carried a 70mph gua ra ntee . and it cer ta inly loo ked ca pa ble o fit. We were soo n to enco unter the N orton aga in ,thou gh in ra the r unh appier circumsta nces .

A week prior to the big eve nt it was announcedthat a couple of eve nings had been allocated forprac tice on the track by the compet itors. T his, wethought, was a " must"- and I suppose th at it sa idsomething for ou r enthusiasm (thou gh th is was n' texactly the ter m used by our families) that on eT uesday aftern oon saw us ta king off on the ten mileride from Brighto n to Soc kburn on our bicycles.Plodd ing man full y into the head wind wh ich ita lways seemed our fat e to enco unter, we arrived atthe course at five. just as it was opened to the com­petitors , and we were soo n treat ed to our firstglimpse of " the grass" . Soon the riders were circlingthe course, and the ex perience of the Northerncompetitors was very evide nt-i-on the strange track,after one or two lap s a t moderate spee ds, they reallygot do wn to bu siness, roaring down the stra ights andhurtl ing int o the corners in spect acul a r style, whilethe local lads. most of who m had no experienceof thi s form of racing. und erstandably took thingsmore ca utiously. "Where 's Woody')" as ked myfriend. "I'll bet he hold s his own with these NorthIsland guys !" He had hardl y spoke n whe n we sawthe subject of his rem ark ride in th rou gh theentrance gat es on- yes ! the B.S. N or ton. Now, wethought; watch your step, you Nort herne rs! Aft er aplug change and one or two adjustments, he wasbeckoned on by the official at the tr ack ga te, and­the thr ill of a lifetime!-we actua lly pu shed ourhero , ast ride the machine, out on to the track andthen int o ac tion. I can still hear the boom of theNortons long op en ex ha us t pipe! We clamber ed up

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on to the tra ck fenc e and wat ched as he reeled offseveral circuits at ever-increasing speed, and then,just go ing into the back straight, he shot for wardlike an arrow fr om a bow . This, we thought, is it!In only a few seconds, it seemed, he appeared atthe entrance to the front stra ight, down whi ch hecame like a met eor, passing several competitors andgoing into the corner with out shutt ing off to co m­mence another lap at what seemed eve n grea terspeed. I heard a couple of Northerns, who wereperched on the fence viewing proceedin gs, comment­ing on Alari 's "form". "Loo ks like Rube 's going tohave some strenuous opposition," one rem ar ked(Rube Jones was a Palm erston North Rudge rid erand rec ognised as a hard man to beat in the "middle­weight" or up-to-600 c.c. events). But what hadhappened to Wo od y? Hal fway down the backstra ight he slowed, then cam e to a stop, whil e spec­tators ga thered ar ound him . As we watc he d, anofficial dr ove his sidecar outfit around the tr ack tothe stationary Norton , and a fter some time we sawWoody and his machine on the move aga in, buton the end of a tow-rope, and arr iving at the trac kgate he held a brief consultati on with the officials.It appear ed that whatever ailed his machine was n' tremediable on the spot , and a short time afterwardshe departed from the scene, still on the end of atop-rope. We were intensely disappointed at his mis­fortune , and started our lon g pu sh home hoping thatThursday evening' s practice would see him back onthe job aga in . It was obvi ous th at from wha t littlepractice he had been able to put in he was verymuch superior to any of the other local talent andwith any luck would provide the Northern contin­gent with some spirited opposit ion. Ho wever, Thurs­da y a ftern oon found us debating whe ther to set outon the journey in unpleasant weather conditions andwe reluctantly gave up the idea. We were un ableto glean any news of our favourite and co uld onlyfervently hope that he had surmounted any mech an­ical difficulties which might affect his chan ces ofsta r ting in Saturday's big eve nt. As it happened, ittr anspired th at the Norton had suffer ed pistontrouble, and a replacemen t being unobtain abl e Alanwas compelled at so mewhat sho rt notic e to loo kelsewhere for a mount. Needless to say, he didn 'tlack offer s, and finally turned out on the big dayastride a T.T. Triumph, which sho wed a clean reartyre to all the oppos ition machines o f similar enginesize (and to severa l exceeding it). But here 's wha thappened at the South Island 's first-ever big inter­island grass tr ack meeting.

Saturday, February J9, dawned fine and sunnyand soon after breakfast saw us en route to Sock­burn. It seemed that a large proportion of thepopulation had similar ideas, jud ging from thehordes of cycli sts, motorcyclists, car drivers andeven the humble pedestrians, whil e the ChristchurchTramway Board must ha ve reaped a handsomeharvest. to judge fr om the numbers of Sockburn-

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bound tram s whic h passe d us continuously jam­packed with passenger s. Arriving at the co urs e atabout 10.30 we joined the th rongs pressing throughthe turns tiles, and fo und the grounds, even at tha tcomparati vely ea rly hour , filled with crowds whichwere being swelled every minu te. We battled our wa yto one of the pr ogramme sellers and then man agedto squeeze our way to the track-side, finally co mingto res t, somew ha t bre a thless, agai nst the rails a t apoint nearly opposite the sta rt-finish line. T he firs trace was not du e to sta rt until noon, but time passe dquickly enough observing the mill ing crowds andthe occas iona l co mpet ito r circling the course tomake last-minu te adjus tments. With comme nda blepromptitude the competitors' stewa rds had therid er s on the sta rt ing line and ready to go so metime before the deadlin e. On the stroke of noonthe star ter sent the lim it men on thei r way, and thefirst event of the day, the first hea t of the up-to­600 c.c. han dicap , was under way, with fo ur teenrid er s in action by the time the entire field had beensent off', And right a t the back of the battle, ridin glike one possessed , scratchma n Alan Woodma nhurtled down the stra ights and into the dust­shrouded corn er s in hot purs uit of the res t of thefield. It was the first time tha t we, and pro ba blythe great major ity of the Chris tchurch public, hadwitnessed suc h a spectacle, and the exci tement wasintense. R ider after r ider overtaken and by thecommencement of the eighth and fina l lap our one­legged warri or had headed them all but four . Ami dscenes of the wildest enthus iasm he picked up a

CROWD-PLEASER. Every start but one was a win for"Woody" the one-legged wonder, here seen afte rwinning his heat and the final of the LightweightHandicap and (top left) bringing home the bacon in the

N.Z. Middleweig ht Champ.

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couple on the back str a igh t and passed an ot her onthe nor th bend . E ntering the fro nt stra ight he headedofT the leader a few ya rds from the finish line, an dthe roar which greeted his win mus t have bee naudible in Christchurch ! He received an eve ngreater ovat ion when he circle d the track afterfinishing and ch ugged leisu rely into the rider s' en­closu re. H is time was an no unced as 7. 44 3 /5 .

Next on the programme was the seco nd heatof the up-to-6OD c.c. handica p, with 13 starters, andtwo Palmer ston North cracks, Jon es (Rudge) andCo llinso n (Matchless) on the back marks . T hiswasn't as thrilling as the first eve nt , but it was n't byany mea ns du ll, and when an other local boy, Ceci lBonn ington, streaked across the finish line to takefirst place a few lengths ahead of Rube J ones, thewelk in ran g afresh . The meeting between Jones andWood y was kee nly an tic ipated , an d the spectatorsweren' t d isappo inted.

Seve ral more even ts were to be run , however,before the fina l, including a n " old crocks race"(which to-day wo uld no dou bt be ent itled a " veteranand vintage" even t) in which Mine rvas and F. N'spredomi nated, the Dominio n Ligh tweight Cham­pionship, (won by We llington 's Harry E dmonds ona fiery little 350 c.c. overhead -valve twin RoyalRuby-J .A.P.) and then what was perhaps the piece

de resistan ce of the day as far as the Wood ma nfa ns were co nce rned- the IO-mi le Domin ion Midd le­weight Championshi p (or up-to-6OD c.c , mach ines.T his brought out a field of sixtee n, and the cr owd 'sexcitement mo unted as the rider s were finall y ma r­sha lled into position to await the dr op of thestarter 's flag. " Read y?" he ca lled to the line ofstr ai ning-a t-the-leas h con testan ts. "Go!" An d a t thedrop of the flag a melee ensued for a few secondsuntil the riders so rted them selves out and star tedto stri ng out aro und the tra ck, with Rube Jones an dhis Rudge heading the roaring cavalcad e. Buthorr ors. Where was Alan? The "Trusty" seemedsu lky, and we held our breaths as we wa tche d thefrenzied efforts of his pus her-off to coax it int o life,un til fina lly, a last despai ring heave go t him underwa y. By this time the fas ter men had ga ined a fullha lf lap on our hero, and it seemed impossible togive such a start to such rider s as J ones and Co lli­son and be up with them at the finish. T he racewhich ensued had the crowd fairl y hoppin g withexc itement. Riding a t wha t must have been hisabsolute limit, and yet with superb judgem ent, Alanwent through the field in ins pired fas hion. It looked,however, as though Jones was go ing to be hard tocatch. It is difTicult to co nvey the fren zy of thecro wd as Alan picked ofT one ride r after a no the r

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and excitement rose to fever pitch as the Rudgerider came in to the straight on the final lap withour hero coming up through the du st like a meteorfifty yards or so in the rear to pass his rival a fewyards from the finish line in on e of the mo st excit­ing finishes I can remember. T he reception hereceived on his post-finish circuit mu st have beenone of the most remarkable on record.

Next event on the card was the IS-mi le Heav y­weight Cham pionship confined to over-600 c.c .machines which brought out a sma llish field ofExcelsiors, Ind ian and Harleys . Alan wasn't astarter in thi s race -in fact , I have no record ofhim ever ridin g a big twin in track events . Thetitle-holder, Percy Colernan, was fancied to retainit, but seemed to be lacking a few horses in hisnew big- valve Excelsio r. and it was Ray Crawleyon a somewhat elderl y-look ing "Ex" who uncorkeda surprisin g turn of speed which kep t him com­fortab ly ahead of his nearest riva l, J im Dawber .J im, famed for his performances on Douglases, andon thi s occasion astride a big machine for the firsttime in his career, earned many compliments forhis handling of his mettlesome Indian eight-val ve,and Colernans desperate efforts to beat him in tosecond place had the crowd on its toes .

There were tw o car events, which failed to arousem uch interest. and-of all th ings-the DominionHigh Bicycle Championship, in which thethree com­petitors wobbled wearily around one lap of thecourse on "penny-farthing bicycles. Events such asthe se didn 't figure on th e next year 's CanterburyPark programme, the promoters having learned bythen that wh at the public turned out to see wa s fastmotorc ycles- the faster the better. However, there

was one nove lty event on the programme I'm nowdescribing which wasn't ex pected to provide muchin the wa y of thrills but which ended up with thecrowd hopping with excit em ent a nd cheering therid er s to the echo. T his was the Ladies' Bracelet , afour-mile " lad ies only" event which brought out ahalf-do zen fair contestants on five screamingDouglase s and a solita ry Triumph two-stroke. TheBeck sisters from T irnaru, and Kath Coo k, anotherTimaruvian, occupied the scratch and lO-sec. marksrespectively, and their performances as they toreinto dusty corners in hot pursuit of the limi t lassiesat a pac e of whi ch none of the male competitorsneed have been as ha med of, earned them a grea treception from the crowd.

T he next race- a lO-mile han dicap for ove r­600 c.c. machines- saw Palrnerston North's SidMorrison bring his Hurley into first place fromthe 2S-sec . mark hotly pursued by J on es, Dawber,Crawley and Colernan . W ith thi s event over , a briefinterval ensued while preparati on s were being madefo r what promised to be so mething out of theord inary-a North v. South teams relay race, con­tested by the two fastest rid ers from each island inthe three cla sses. And it was in th is event thatAlan met his first and onl y misfortune of the da y­a broken magneto control, which compelled hisretirement when comfortabl y leading his Northernr ival. But his pit crew speed ily remedied thi s and itwas sighs o f re lief that we saw him line up with theother five finali sts in the up-to-600 c.c. final. Couldhe repeat h is heat -winn ing performance? Well, onceunder way he put up an even more breath-takingperformance than he had done in that race or thechampion ship event, and with a couple of laps to

W OM ENS' LIB., 1916 STYLE. T hes e d impled darl ings 0 n Douggies put in some lap t imes that t he mere maleswo uldn't have been ashamed of. Ladies ' Bracelet winner Miss F. Beck (Timaru) is second from left.

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go the issue didn 't seem in doubt. Rube Jones, offthe 20 sec. mark , rode a dogged race, but Alanhead ed him off in the final lap and went on towin to the plaudits of the cr owd , bringing his sco refor the af tern oo n up to no less than th ree firstplaces. But our hero wasn't finished yet! T hererema ined one eve nt to be ru n-the Class Ha ndicap,limited to the first and seco nd place men in theth ree champ ionship events, and to the inten sedel igh t of the cr owd Alan accounted for thi s a lso ,doin g the ten miles in 10 min . 9 sec. in sp ite of thetrack beginning to cut up badly , makin g the du ston so me parts of the course seem almos t im­pen et ra ble at times.

And so ended the So ut h's maiden effort a t ru n­nin g a maj or grass tra ck meeting. T ha t it was ahuge succe ss was beyond do u bt , and in the eyes ofthe somew ha t part isan Christchurc h crowds the fact

that a "l ocal boy" had more tha n he ld his OW I1

agai nst the Nort hern invad ers made it even more so ."The fea ture of the af tern oon's sport." sa id the localpap er in its repor t, " was the ma gni ficent riding ofAlan Woodma n, wh ose fearless and sk ilful ridin gma de him the idol of the crowd."

Howe ver, a yea r was to elapse before Canterb uryPark aga in reso unded to the crac kle o f exha usts andthe yells of exc ited spectators . I will descr ibe thiseve n bigger and more thrill ing meeting at so mefuture date. In the mean time, though, Alan Wood­man was to dem onstrate that his riding sk ill was notcon fined to track and beach . In our next issue I'lldescr ibe the long-since-outlawed ga me of poi nt- to­point ro ad record-breaking and how "Woody" mad ehis presence felt in the hazardou s Christchurch­Ha nrner-Chr istc hurch record a tte mpts.

(To Be Cont inued)

North Shore HillclimbT he Pinchgut Hillclirnb, North

Shore 's nati on al ca len dar even tin March dr ew litt le supportfrom other bra nches with RonRoycroft (Waikato) driving over100 miles in the 23 /60 Va ux ha lland Ru ssell Ellis en ter ing theD MSS De luge, being the on lyoutside entra nts.

T he climb received tremendoussup por t from within the branchhowever. with twent y-th reeentran ts ove ra ll. T his mu st sur elybe a vote of co nfidence in theway the branch is pr omotingspeed events as our mont hly rumare get ting no where near thisa tte ndance. T he orga nisat ion ofthese events is being mad eto ugher du e to non competingmember s preferr ing to spectaterather than marshal, an under­standable bu t fru str ating situa ­tion .

First run of the day got awaywith G ar th Bagnal l in thesupercharged M.G .1.2 putt ing upfas tes t time for a car with 58.52eventually get ting down to 56.00.Ernie Willi am s however on his500 A.J .S. put up 54.05 for thefirst run fina lly getti ng down toa stu nning 50.6 3, a time that four

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whee ls are going to be workingha rd to beat.

W hile this first run was under­way, myself and Ke ith Cutte n,the ow ner, des igne r and builde rof the Cu tte n J6 / 80 spo rts , wereworking like men possessed onfittin g a new camshaft to theI (}'2LJ A.L. eng ine . Th is sha ft hadbee n loca ted the eveni ng befor e.We eventua lly finished at I p .m.on the day , arr iving a t Pinchg utRoad in time to be the last ca rup the hi ll on the second run .

by A listair Robinson

This cause d quite a stir at thetop as mos t competi tor s hadgiven up hope of the Cutte na rr iving . T he time for that runwas my best for the day at 57. 35finish ing third beh ind the BagnallJ2. T he M.G .'s of Jury , Wa rd,wh ile the 750 c.c.' s of Mc NairsAust in N ippy pu t up an exce llentfight to finish a plac e in fro ntof the big D MSS De luge .

T he stee pness of this hill isillustrated when the results of thefirst hillcl imb at Marsha llsRoad a re co mpared with thetimes from Pinchgut. La rge rto uring cars suc h as the Ellis

De luge, while ac hieving secondplace a t Marsha ll's Road, aredown to seve nt h overa ll, thoughsti ll fastest vin tage ca r with67.3 1. L ighter cars with abetter power- weight rati o such asthe M.G .'s, the Cu tten and theAus tin Nippy with a time of66.78, all re ce ive the higherplaci ngs . Perh aps th is mea ns weshou ld be working out a handi­cap ping form ula!

T he pits proved a very interest ­ing spot fo r spec tators withma rques representi ng Bugatti,Ta lbo t, Vau xhall , Dclage, A.J .S..M.G. , Rol ls-Royce, Su nbeam,Vince nt, Lago nda, Kisse l, Fo rd.Velocett e, Aus tin, Riley, l amesan d the C uttcn, and afterwa rdswhile leaning on the m udgua rdso f these fam ous mak es, sippingof the a le. man y a gr izzle washeard over the somew ha t pre ­mature closing of the cl imbwhe n most of us only had threetimed runs to our credi t andther e was st ill a couple of hoursof ofTicia lly clo sed road.

St ill it was a most enjo ya bleday an d finishi ng that way lefttha t eleme nt of doubt as to,'Could I have don e bett er thanhe if I'd had on e more r un?'

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Early motoring • CanterburyThis is the first of several articles compiled by Andy Anderson and AlanEyles. Further ins talments will appear as space permits.

Th e very first year of Motor­ing in Christchurch, Ca nter bury,can sa fe ly be put as 1900-1901,by the end of which latter yearmany of the nam es that were tobe well known in motorin g circleswere well esta blished.

To the local con structor. Mr F.Dennison of Ch ristchurch belon gsthe honour of the first appear­ance in Christchurch in contro lof a 4 wheel ed motor car to bereported in the loca l newspaper(Lyt tleton Times, May 9th, 1900)a nd his story will lat er be told

in full. To him also belongs thehonour of making the first longd istance journey in Canterbury byMotor Ca r, when he attemp ted atrip to Oamaru and bac k, asreported on June 19th, 1900 inthe Ashburton paper, on whichdate he arrived in Ashburton,made some running rep airs andcarried on the next da y. Hemade the ou tward trip OK butthe car caught fire on the returnjourney and was damaged be­yond repai r.

1900 was of course the year

of the celebrati on s to mark theCa nterbury 50th anniversa ry. AMr Skeates of Skeates and Whiteof Auckland , who had beenappointed agents for the "S ta r"car of Wolverhampton , th rou ghtheir bicycle associations with theLisle brothers, bro ught a car toChristchurch. T he Star Engineer­ing company had been formed in1898 from the cycle concern andmad e the ir "S tar" ca rs as almostexact copies of BENZ machines.Mr Skeate s dul y gave a "Press"reporter a ride on N ov. 5th 1900

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Th is ca r, was the first to appear on the streets of Christchurch, made its debut in early May, 1900. It wasconstructed by Mr F. Dennison a cycle mechanic of Cathedral Square, (inset) and in its original form was a t ri car.

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~Guy Fawkes day appropriatelyeno ugh !) who it seems was suit­ably impressed.

On the day after th is partic­ular even t, M I' Skeates had h is carparked outside the ExhibitionBuildings, when according to areport of the time, "on e of thetyres bu rst with a loud explosionwhich rather startled a numberof the curialis who had gat heredaround". The report continueshowever that Mr Skeates "too kthe damaged ty re away an drepaired it in a very short time."Ty res were a pa ramount sourceof trouble to the early mo torist,and Mr Skeates was not alonein his diff iculties in this respect.

The distinction of having theon ly motor-d riven car on thestreets of Christchurch was loston November 9th, 1900, when aseco nd vehicle made its appear­ance. This was recorded in thefollowin g article :

" The m oto r-car im ported by M rN . Oates arrived in Christchurclifrom England yesterday in go odorder. A pu blic trial will be givenat the Pioneer Club's fireworksdisplay at Lancaster Park ton igh twhen M r S keates will also bepresent with his car. A proces­sion , headed by the W oolstonBand and the two motor-cars,will lea ve Cathedral square about7.45 o'cloc k for the park ."

T he advent of the second carevidently p roduced a seller' smarket , as about two weeks later,(Novembe r 2nd to be exac t), M rSkeates put his ca r on the ma rketfor what was the first motor-carsal e in N ew Zealan d. T he follow­ing verba tim accoun t of th isinteresting event will be of in­teres t today when motor tradinghas grown into a considerablebus iness :

"The first m ot or- car sale inNew Ze aland was effected onSaturday when M r Skeates'machine was offered at an au c­tion by Messrs Ta nks Nortonand Company. A group of in ­terested spectators wat ched the

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trials of the machine along Here­ford street where it turned at highspeed in title more than its o wnlength. Bidding was sp irited. Itstarted at £50 ran up in tens to£ 135, at whi ch price the m ot orlvas secured by Messrs WardellBros. and Company ."

T he advent of Nicky Oates'BENZ heralded the next ma jorjourney outside the confines ofthe City. Denn ison 's jou rney hadbeen in June 1900 and Oatesattempted the trip to Timaru onlysome two weeks after the arriva lof his car, for we read of anen thus iastic recept ion committeeeagerly awaiting his passagethrough Ashburton on the after­noon of November 26th, 1900.

One can imagine the eyessearching the road to the north,for the du st clou d wou ld haveannounced his a rr ival but thereception committee " was disa p­poin ted as the machine had notput in an appearance when theexpress lef t." Evidently the pas ­sengers for the south would havebeen hop ing to ca tch sight of thisnew wonder of the age , but caror no car, the express must leaveon time.

T he ca r, with its d river MrOa tes, and passenger Mr Carl,a rr ived in Ashburton at about7.30 p.m., so perhaps it wasjust as well that the exp ressdec ided not to wai t. Ashb ur tontownsfolk soon learn ed that thedelay had bee n caused by thecar coming to grief crossing awater race and tha t "part of thema chin e was broken. "

After a night's sleep, and nodo ubt a checking of damagedparts, the pair continued south ,a rr iving in T imaru at 8.30 p.m.We must remember tha t roa dswere appalling, bridges no t whatthey are today and repair facili­ities, nil.

Even a supp ly of petrol mus thave posed a p roblem. The fol ­low ing verbatim report fromTimaru gives some idea as towhat a st rugg le it must have been .

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" M essrs Oates and Car l arri veda! Ti maru a ll their m otor-car at8.30 p.m. on Wednesday . A ftereffec ting so me considerable re­pairs at Ashburton renderednecessary by breakage of mainframes by bu m ping into wat er­races , a good deal o f difficultywas ex perien ced in crossing theHinds river-bed.

" A t W inchester an ot her mishapwas met with, a creek whichproved deeper than expected,having to be [orded . The water

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flooded over the bottom of thecar, stopped the m ach inery andcooled every thing do wn . causi nga couple of hours' de lay. Yester­day Mr Dates ran the car abo utT lmaru gil'ing rid es to to wns­people. M essrs Dates an d Ca rlreturned to Christchurch withtheir car by the ex press last even ­ing."

Oates had a not her "fi rst"notched up to his credi t whe n, onMay the 1st 1901, he was charged,accord ing to " Press " report asfollows :

" he did drive a m otor-car with­in the city at a speed greaterthan f our miles an hour." Theincident was rep ort ed as [ollows:

"A groo m stated that he wasin charge of a carriage standingnear the hospital on the dat e inqu esti on . when a m ot or-car pas­sed at a high rate of speed in totown. Th e horses became veryfri ghten ed and witness had thegreatest di f fi culty in co ntrollingthem. Th e car passed so quickly

that he co uld not see ha ll' man yperson s we re within . Other wit­nesses said that the car passedat a speed of at least 10 miles anho ur and a ser ious accident hadbeen ave rted only by the prom pt­ness and skill of the groom incharge of the horses.

"Defendant gave evidence andsaid that his car was fitted withtwo gears, the maximum speedsobtained fro m which were 14 and6 miles an ho ur respect ive ly . fi ehad had the high -speed gea r onwhen com ing into tow n butchange d to the lo wer speed atthe co rner of Lin coln road andTttam stree t. Th e groo m of thecarria ge m ade no signal to stop .

"Seeing that the ho rses wererestless he put on a little m orespeed 0 /1 passing and puffed upat Antigua street . He was posit ivethat the maximum spee d he hadatta ined between the camel' ofTu am stree t and A nt igua stree twas not m ore than seve n miles anhou r. He adm itted trave lling

about 13 m .pli. alon g the Lincolnroad , an d was fin ed 20.1' andcosts."

T his is the first recorde d T raf­fic Ticket given to a motorist inNew Zea land.

It mu st be remembered tha twit h the forges, fo dder p roducer s,harness firms, coach-buildingfirms and operat ing firm s, thehorse represented the vested in­terest of the bul k of society andfor the moto rist, a lmos t certa inlya horse ow ne r hi mself, co -oper­atio n with horse-drawn trafficwas esse nt ial if the new motor­car was to be accepted.

T h is desire was clea rly d em on ­stra ted in a sta tem ent publishedon April 20, 1901, which indicatesthat severa l mot ori sts mu st haveput their heads togeth er to seewhat could be done abo ut thesitua tio n.

"The ow ne rs of motor-cars.which are now becoming fairlynumerous in the city and sub ur bs.wish to draw the attention of

Reputed to be the first official Motor Car Race to be held in New Ze aland was held at what is now known as theAddington Raceway on December 26th , 1905. Our photo shows the f inal of the very first event which was a racefor cars of 6 h.p or less. Cars from left are 5 hop. Oldsm obile, Mr R. H. Thompson, which won the first heat, a Roverbelonging to Mr T. Williamson, a De Dion (stripped of bo nne t) belonging to Dr Diamond and driven by a Mr Ho Box

and a 7 hop. Ford .

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those usin g horses to the customill vogue in other countries ofsignalling when having any rea­SO il to fear that their horses willnot pass motor-cars. If they willmerely hold lip their hands, thedrivers of the CGI:V will eitherslow down or will disconnecttheir engines so tha t they willmake no no ise."

Oates was the founder andsenior partner of Oates, Lowryand Co . later to be so le age ntsfor New Zea land for the " Ram­bler" and , in October 17th 1903,a la rge di sp lay advert isementadvises of a large shipment ofthese "High Class, silent running,motor-cars at a popular pr ice"(unadvertised ! ) Th e advertise­ment gives their p laces of bu sinessas Christchurch , Ashburton,Timaru, Wellington and Napierwhich branches had all beenestablished durin g the great cycle"boom".

Oates Lowry and Companywere founded in 1882, a productof the gre at cycling boom of the

1880s and 1900s and their Zea ­landia Cycle Works in Christ­church made them the largestmakers of bicycles in New Zea­land by 1900, as well as majorimporters of acce ssories andparts.

At the memorable Gasl ightGala race at Lancaster Park inNovember 1901, Lowry with a"M otor Quad " was a starter aswas Oates with the Benz . TheMinerva engined motorcycle withwhich R. H. Every won thiseve nt ca used a considerable stir.The "N ew Zealand Wh eelman ,.of November 13th 1901 gives usthe specification of It h.p. enginewith sprey carburetor and accum­ulator spark mounted on the foretube of the frame with directround section belt to rear wheel s.Tank slung from the top tubewith a compartment for thebatteries . The same issue advisedthat Oates-Lowry had a ship ­men t of simila r " motors" arr iv­ing. In December 11th issue ofthe same journal. Oates-Lowry

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Toatoa •via the old Motu Road

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enjoyed. A few more miles andthe cars all safely negotiated theriver fo rd in a cloud of sprayand travelled on to our ca mpingspot on Mr W. Christie's propertyat Toatoa.

The Nash got stuck in theswamp at the entrance, so a longtow rope was produced and allthe youngsters had a tug-of-war,but the Nash won whee ls down,then a Model A hitched on andstill the mud was superior tillFred Dagg yelled "get in behind "and with a bit of manpower theNash was mov ing. Canvas andnylon tents of all descriptionsand colours popped up like mush­rooms, camp fireplaces werebuilt, and the Nash taken backto the ford for a wash before theowner arrived. About 3.30 p.m.the Clague family in Model Aand Coopers in 'mod ' arrived andsettled in, befo re the ene rgetictypes took a walk up the ro adto inspect the old Toatoa PostOffice and a rea in general. Mealswere cooked about 6 o'clock andall was nicely organised whenMerl, Ida, Thea (always late

Anna fording the stream on Takaputahi Road.

was had before setting off acrossthe old wooden bridge and head­ing for the real outback country.Th is year the convoy was againled by 'Anna ', but instead of Joeat the wheel, teenage daughterLyn was the driver, with lrenealong-side to navigate and man­ipul ate the hand brake occasion­ally. or was it frequently.

After climbing up, up, up for3 or 4 miles on what seemed tobe a never ending hill, it waslevel going on a good surfaceroad along the ridge of the Mere­mere hills . Beautiful bush every­where with ferns along the road­side . Occasionally an open ingin the trees gave a view of bushclad hills and gullys , changingfrom green to blue and purplehues on the distant horizon . Somesteep drops and high banks oneither side made for real vintagedriv ing on the narrow scen icroute. Eventually the road beganto descend and there was a pano­ramic view of a green grassedvalley with a meandering stream.On the first available level stretchwith space to park, a picnic was

Old roads have an irresistibleattrac tion for some vintage carclub members and so it was thatthe Motu road to Toatoa Valleyqualified for a camp-out week­end. Or iginally Motu was themain route north to Opotikibefore the Wa ioeka Gorge roadwas opened in the 1930s. Nowit is a lonely road windin g its wayacross the hills with not a homein sight and the on ly habita tionbeing the birds and ani mals inthe beauti ful bush clad country­side. You can traverse this sectionwithout meeting another vehicle,maybe on a weekday you wouldcome upon a P. & T. gang main ­taining the toll lines wh ich followthe road, or at weekends, theoccasional hunter 's vehi cle awa it­ing the return of owner andquarry.

The ambition of some Gis ­borne members to drive theirvintages through the Old Moturoad was first achieved in 1975when crews of four vintages anda 'mod' enjoyed the weekend somuch it was decided to repeat itannually.

1976 Auckla nd Annive rsaryweekend attracted eight sta rtersand first arrivals a t Makarakaassembly point were Lyn andlrene Webber in Aust in 7 andJoe Webber driving Les Lucas'Nash with their fami ly on boardand Ivan Engli sh in Overlandwith his four youngsters. NextCarneron 's Whippet and HarrisModel A arrived and all motoredto Whatatutu turnoff where theother Webber family in theirModel A pickup were wa iting.

The convoy climb ed towa rdsMatawai where a refuelling stopwas made. 'Anna' topped up witha mere 4 litres after the 49 milejourney, but the others weren'tso easy on the pocket. Turningright from Highway 2 it was fivemiles to Motu where morning tea

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Mums) and Les Luc as arr ived inthe A60.

Af ter tea we were given anexhibition on wood cho pp ing byRod , Ivan a nd Keith . " Phew !Wh at a log ! It'll still be here forour gra ndchild ren to use for theircamp fires." Me anwhile lvan,Fred a nd sons went fishin g, butwe had no fish for suppe r. "Ohyes, we cau ght a big trout, butgave it to Christies for lettin g usstay on their proper ty." No onebelieved that fish sto ry.

Next morning we were woke nat 7 a.m , by Joe's cheery voice'It the ten ts, "Hotel Toa toa . Takemilk and sugar? " It was a love lycuppa too . Picn ic lun ches wereprepared a nd all the kid s decidedwhose vehicles they were travel­ling in, then six vintages se t offto explore one of the nearbyroads , Takaputah i. We mo tored12 miles in before a padl ockedgat e barred our way . Half wayback we stopped to let the littl eones and som e not so lit tle, havea swim. T hen anothe r chan geround of kid s and wives intodiffer ent cars to go back to ca mp.A cert a in Model A truck wasvery popular and never sho rt ofpa ssengers. A cuppa and awand er ar ound the propertyrevived most and a gam e of lon g­ball was organi sed . Dad s aga instthe kid s. Who won is anybody'sguess. The k ids say they did andthe Dads claim they did . Of the37 campers, hal f were child renwho had a marvellou s time, e ithe rwhittling away a t willow br anchesor enacting the third world waron the hillside adjacen t to camp .

Th e evening was spe nt aroundthe camp fire, with a dem on­stra t ion of how to mak e sco nesover an open fire as well as hot ,toasted bun s for supper. Mondaymorning it was Keiths che eryface that appeared at each ten twith the pot of hot tea . On e Dadwas heard to say , "We H AYE togo home today." When his wifeas ked why , she was told , " Itmu st be about my turn to makethe earl y morning cup of tea. "

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After bre akfast, everyone sta r­ted di sm antling tents for thejourney home via Opotiki. See­ing all the vintages packed up,one wondered where 3 or 4children could po ssibly fit in.Thought Keith and Avon had hada d iffe rence of opi nion a t onestage, but it was only the campstove tak ing up mo st of the frontseat between them ! Now that Leshad claimed his Na sh, Joe foundhe was only navigator in " Anna "as Lyn declared , " I' ve drivenover the worst part of thi s road ,so I'm defi nite ly driving the last21 miles to Opotik i also ." Cheersfor female courage.

All safe ly descended the fo urmile hill without meeting a log-

ging truck and drove through ap leasant river valle y before pa s­sing the fa rm ing area and join­ing the ma in East Coas t high ­way, when we enjoyed tarsealedroad s fo r the last 6 mile s toOpotiki. Stopped to refuel - anegg cup full for the Au stin 7,$5 worth for the Model A. Ivanand Robyn Harris had the billyboi ling half way through theWa ioeka Gorge where we hada nice lunch break, before thefinal hop home. An enforced stopfor a mob of cattle had all thecars steaming up Traffords H ill,but once over the other side therewas a queue of vintages on theside of the road while the menfolk se t off down the bank to

fill wat er flagons for tho se thirstyrad ia to rs.

A brief call at Matawa i an dthen down ove r the last majorhill, Otoko, whe n the Nashindicated she had had enough foro ne trip and just stopped ! Thetiming gear had lost I I teet h wefound la ter , so she went the restof the way on a tow rope, firstbehind the Zephyr then the A60.At Wh atatutu tu rnotf we fa re­welled the Webbers and Coopers,had another swap round ofdrivers and passengers and headedfor G isborne and home. It was afantastic weekend enjoyed byeveryone, young and old and isdefinitely a MUST for next yea r.

In February Waikato Vintage Car Club members combined with a private firm to run a Vintage Autorama. Itsmain purpose was to raise funds for Club Rooms. Appro x 50 ear s were displayed in the Waikato Winter ShowBuilding some of the most desirable being a 1936 "Cord", 1904 Ford , 1925 Rolls Royce Phantom and an S.S.Jaguar . Chris SeIIey exhibited 5 of his Armstrong Siddeleys, a terrific effort. Approx SI900 was taken . Photographshows part of the display area. GEO. HAWKINS

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Most members, we hope, willbe aware of this and planningto com e to Blenheim for 11, 12,13 Ma rch. As the MarlboroughBranch will be hosti ng the 5thNational Motor Cycle Rally , th isarti cle is to inform you of pro­gress. What we have done andwhat we intend to do .

T he committee at this stageconsists of six memb ers. Eachhas a task . T hey are: GarryT urner, rally organiser ; TrevorHarris, secretary ; Rae Fa ir­weather, rally routes; Joh nAnders, printings and pu blishing;Earl King and Roy Gardner, thehelping hands.

The ma in pro blem facing thecom mittee is the numbe r attend ­ing. Going on previous ra llies,the nu mbers are steadily increas­ing. We woul d hope an entryof 300 could be achieved, and,hopefull y, with wives wouldreach 600 plus.

Brayshaw Pa rk will be the startand finish of ou r ra lly- an ea rlyreplic a of Blenheim in the la te1800's, with the shops filled withmany interesting and valuableant iques . T he ea rly Bank of NewZea land will be our headquarters ,an ideal setting for our ra lly.

F ive hundred and fifty bedshave been pen cilled in. Accom­modat ion will be done in con­junctio n with the BlenheimPublic Relati ons Officer. Sleep ingbag alley will be also availabl e.

The Wellin gton Bran ch hasoffered to hou se cars, tra ilers andsuch like in Well ington , somembers can travel on the ferryat minim um cost. Any mem bercatching the late boa t will bemet by members and tra nsportedto Blenheim.

Wit h food being the mainingredie nt for everyone, a firstclass caterer has been engagedto supply Saturday night' s social,dance and supper. Su nday'slun ch and the prese ntat iondinner on Sunday night.

The lad ies have been cateredfor. A lau nch trip around theinner Sou nds ha s been organised ;this will leave Blenheirn around9.30 a.m. by bus for Picton,travel by launch to Anak iwa forlunch, then back to Blenheimto view Bra yshaw Park at theirleisure. By this time, the bikessho uld be arriving back at thepar k.

A rally plaque has been de­signed an d mad e by one of ourlocal members, G raeme Cress­well, and pr omises to be a veryeffective mem ent o of theoccasion. Special plaques havebeen designed for section win­ners, plus a very nice certi ficate.

A Motor Show is planned forFrida y, to be held in the Cen­tenn ial H all. We would hope thatmos t members will make the irbikes avai lable for this as itmeans sto rage overnight, but alsogives the public a chance to seethem all together. Th is will bethe on ly time competitors will

see the pu blic.Rally ro utes will be ove r 99 '1~

ta r sealed roads, the scene rybeing some of the best in NewZealand. The lunch stop will beat the Anak iwa Ou tward BoundSchool, with the local wivesputting on a coun try style lunch.The route mileages arelong dista nce, approximately 120miles; medi um , approximately 80miles; short, 60 miles.

For the Sunday a picnic dayhas been planned at a scenicreserve ap proximately 10 milesfrom Blenheim . H ere field testswill be held with picnic lunchand refreshm ent s. T ha t night willbe the final din ner a nd presenta ­tion of trophies. Entry forms arebeing pr inted no w, and will beavailable in early Septem berfrom your local secretar y. Ent riesclose end of Novembe r.

If you ha ve any queries, don'thesti tate to write to our secre ta ryTrevor Harris. P.O. Box 422.Blenheim.

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'Over the Rainbow'By Bert Williamso n

Fo r the past four yea rs thisenjoyable annual event kn own asT he Cl ub Ca ptains T our alter­na ting between the North andSo uth Islands. ha s attracted asprink ling of entrants fr om allover the country. F or th ose whocan spare the tim e in the monthsof Fe bruar y and March I wouldrecommend the y tr y it. To meat least the cha rm of th is eve ntis that there is no competition.time trial s. or rules. As far as Ican see there is only on e rule'Enjoy your self' and th is I amsure has been the experience ofa ll participants.

Asse mbly point was Blenh eimon 26 Februa ry . The Marl ­borough Bra nch extended theusual warm welcome with alively get-together in the CitvHotel where we met our fello~touri sts from the North Island .Next morning we assembled inBra ysha w Pa rk am idst a be­wildering array of old mach ineryof ever y conceivable kind. Nor ­man Bra yshaw ha s done a credit­able job not onl y in foster ing aninterest in the pr eser vati on of oldthin gs of eve ry kind bu t also inputting together a unique collec­tion of documentary andph otographic records of earlyMa rlborough and its ca pitalBlenh eim or Beaver town as itwas form erl y call ed .

T he day was fine and the driveto Nelson was exhilarating.Coming down onto the flat fromthe Whangamoa saddle we weregree ted hy a bunch of Ne lsonstal warts who fro m a ca ravanhad laid on tea. biscu its andapples for us. Aft er this pleasantinterlude we pushed on toMotueka where the field s ofripening hops and tob accoassured us tha t there would beno imm ed iate sho rtage of brownale and fragra nt weed

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enthusias ts vintage. (for the useof) .

Next day we enjoyed a de­lightful picnic outing to Kaiteri­teri Beach where we were join edby a number of local clubmembers. The car s were parkedin a lar ge circle facing in. Some­one rem arked it was a bit likethe old co vered wagon dayswhen an attack from war-likeIndi ans was expected. Howevernone appeared , not even anIndian motor cycle .

Next day we tackl ed the bighill over to Takaka . Th is is thelongest climb in New ZealandI am told , being nine miles tothe summit from the Motuekaside and seven miles down on theTakaka side. The surfa ce andgrades are good. Dri ving over ahill such as thi s in a vintagemodel car provides an exercise ingea r changing and drivingtechniques which to dri vers ofmy generation anyway is a de­lightfully refreshing experi enc e,taking us back to the days ofcrash gear boxes and fad ingbrakes. T h is no stalgic pleasure Iimagine is largely denied thedr iver s of high powered modernvehicles.

A free day in Takaka allowedus to see the sights like the tameeels and the Pupu Springs. In theaft ernoon we drove to Colling­wood and embarked on a smallfleet of Bedford Qu ad buseswhich took us to the lighthou seat the end of Farewell Spit. Thishuge sand bar extending for 16miles from Ca pe Farewell is oneo f New Zeal and 's unique geo­graphic features. The lighthou sewas first in operati on in 1870.Studying the long list of wrec kswhich the spit has cla imed overthe year s. I specula ted on thenumber the ligh t has saved since .Coming back to Nel son for atwo nigh t stop with a gra nd

ba rbecue sta ged in the impressiveT ra fa lga r Cen tre gave us theopportunity to renew oldacqua inta nces with Ne lson en­thusiasts.

4th Ma rch was the day someof us had been looking fo rwardto. Fifteen adventurers hadelected to dr ive their cars fromNelson to Hanrner Springs viaLake Rot oit i, the " Ra inbow" and" Moleswo rth Stations andJa ck's Pass. Lea ving RainbowSta tion we had before us approxi­mately 80 mi les of rather ruggedgoing through numerous roughcreek beds which for tu natelywere not carrying much water a tth is time. The scenery wasspectatcular with bald mountainstowering around us as we toi ledour way up the Wairau riverever climbing. This road ismainl y for the use of the NewZea la nd Electr icity Departmentand provides access to the hightension power lines. In manyplaces the road was scouredout leaving boulder strewncrossings which demanded stricta ttention to dr iving much of thetime in second and first gear.

Our con voy made steady pro­gress with no major hold ups.T he final climb to the top of thedivide which rises to somethinglike 4.600 ft proved the undoingof our two Austin Sevens. T helast hal f mile to the top rosesteep ly and was just too muchfor the br ave little Ba bys.Imagine the hilarity when thefirst one reached the summit ona tow rop e beh ind a 1923 Essexfour and the second behind a1924 30 /98 Vauxhall . These twogood sama ritans had drivenfr om Christchur ch to Nel sonespecially to make the journeythrou gh the Rainbow. On thesummit the two Austin Sevendriver s with arms about eac hoth er wep t bitterly at the ignom -

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my until comf orted by asyrnputhetic lady who said, " Itwas the rarefied at mosphere thatfaile d you." Yo u have greatund erstandin g Leith.

All 15 ca rs ro lled into Han merSp rings a bout 5 p.m. to begree ted by those who ha d optedfor the Lewis Pass rou te.

. Contd. by Barbara Anderson

After a repu ted 33 for ds bothwet a nd dry, a long with milesof du sty ro ad some of the moreenergetic ones first washed theircars , then the mse lves followed byinne r for tifica tion and for so mean early night. A remark washeard to come from one N orth[sla nder abou t the co ld (br aci ng)temper at ures o f Han mer afterthe warm weather of the North.

Next morning saw a leisurelydri ve through the Balmo ra l StateForest (which had bee n batteredby the big win d last August) andon to Christchurch where wewere farewelled by the AustinSeven s.

It was an early sta rt forT imaru the next day to enab leus to take pa rt in the MidIsland run leaving from theSou th Canterbur y Bra nch new

club ro oms (Beaded Wheelscove r Dec.rJa n.) at I p.m. pr o­ceeding through the G ar dens andHospital grounds then out ontothe ma in ro ad nor th for a co un­try dr ive con cluding with allVeteran and Vintage ro uteschecking into the last checkpoint before heading off throughTe rnuka to the ven ue fo r fieldtest etc.

A ver y re laxi ng day was en­joyed amongst a varied assor t­ment of animals a t Hadlowga me park on the Sunday.

Mo nday with the last few daysof the tour ahead of us we far e­welled sunn y T imaru an d crossed" the old Waitaki " and head edwest thro ugh Kurow and on toOmarama making a detour overthe Waitaki to Aviem ore andon to Benmore where we madesur e du ring a tour of the powerhou se that the North Island wasreceiving a goo d sha re of thepower being produ ced 'a t thatgiven point of time '.

At Omaram a. much to thedel ight of a party of touris ts,Alan Storer parked his 191 2Cadillac, (origina lly an early Mt.Cook bus) alongside its verymodern and larger sister or

sho uld say gra ndda ughter.Ca meras were busy and judgingby the conversa tion there will bea number of these photos beingshown in America , Ca nada a ndAust ralia.

Som e of our tour were bookedin at Omarama and Lake Ohauwit h the rest driving on to Mt.Coo k whe re we were boo ked intothe Chalets, a very reason abl ypriced mo tel type of acc om­modat ion . For the early risersnext morning Mt. Cook gave usa ra re opport unity. (so we weretold). to take a few photos beforethe mist desce nde d and thewea ther deteriorated .

On the way throu gh at Pu kak iwe were amazed at the changein the landscape in the last threeyears. Man made hills andmasses of lar ge mach iner y whereonce a township, hotel andcamping gro und used to be.T here was not a landmark to besee n apart fro m the old co ntro lgat es. T he old road which shortlywill be un der wa ter. could beseen below the new road wewere now travell ing over. Somuch for progress, perhaps thenext South Isla nd Tour will seethe job finished and mother

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Reviewnat ure (assi sted by the M.O.W.)doing her bit towards land­scaping the area.

Th ro ugh Tekap o with a visitto the Churc h a nd the sta tue ofMcKenzies dog, over Bur kesPass a nd down into F airl ie whe nwe had the only ra in of the to ur .T he wa rm th o f the As hburto nClu bs hospit al ity made up forwhat we lacked earl ier in theday. Young and old answe redthe call of 'All a board ' a t theold Cher tsey sta tion. now thepride and joy of the Plains Rail­way for the three mile r ide inwagon, Birdcage and carriage.Some one was heard to say 'IDminutes for refresh ments atPaekak'. We don't need to askwhere he came from. Th ose werethe day s.

With Brayshaw Park a t Blcn ­he im, McLea ns Island at Chr ist-churc h and the AshburtonDomain the South Islandbra nches have add ed to the listof musts when tour ing the SouthIsla nd. It is good to see so manypeople preserving our her itage.

Bert Williamson concludes

At the co nclusion of the toura barbec ue evening was arrangeda t Cutler Park, Christchurch, fo rthe tour par ticipants. T he dr iversof the Austin Sevens were gett inga good deal of ribbing abo u t thetow rope bit . One rem arked tothe o ther. " Well never mind .When we get old we can callour gra nd children aro und andsay , 'Come children, I will tellyou ab o ut the time I dr o ve aBaby Au stin through the Rain ­bow".' One of the small ones willprobably ask in wide eyedwonder. " Did you see the pot ofgo ld Grandad ?" Your repl y willbe, "Why child I was driving it!"

Thanks aga in Alan for amemorable trip.

For a good story on A ustin 7we wo uld draw readers' atten tionto an article by Ben Williamsonin the June 1967 issue of " BeadedWh eels" ,- Editor.

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Book

Here is a book which is full ofinterest to anyo ne involved withold vehicles, giving as it does adetailed histor y of the coach ,carriage, and wagon as theyevo lved in G t. Bri ta in. A por tio nof one ch apter is devoted to thede velop ment of coach servicesin N or th Amer ica but this is theonly d igress ion fro m the Englishscene.

Mr Spark es has covered hissu bject well an d ma de a fac tua la nd freque nt ly humorous record.All phases a re included, fr om thetime when the first coach wasintroduced to E ngland from thecon tinent in the mid sixteen thcentury, until the arrival of therailways and the horse dr awnomnibus. In add ition to thevehicles there are chapters onroading and its developme nt , inn sand posting staues, uoods andmai l. the people inv-olved (in­cluding highway men ), and thevar ious tr ials and tr ibula tio nsthat beset the tra veller. Manyhu morous anecd otes a re re la tedby the author, such as the ra the rstout gentleman fr om Edinburghwho always booked two sea ts toensure his comfort , but a rr ivedat the coach one day only to findhi s man servant had booked twoalr igh t, one inside an d one onthe top . An ot her he lpf ul hintwhich is appli cable to some oftod ay's ra llies co mes fro m theAylesbu ry Ne ws of January1837, " to a tta in the ma xim umcom fort which the cir cu msta ncesadm it, readers should drink atankard of good ale cold fromthe tap, and ru b their han ds,ea rs, and faces with snowimmedia tely be fore thev start.This will produce a mor~ lasting

a nd agreeab le glow tha n anvother a rticifial mean s is ca pa bleof producing."

In the cha pter on Passen ger s.Coachme n. and G uards - theaut ho r is pa rticula rly vivid andhis description s of co ac hinuscenes and occas ions reall ;makes the pr int come aliv e.en abling one to visua lise thehappe nings as though you wereperson all y present. The ge nera llyhard life of the hor ses is a lsomad e clea r, perhaps summed upby a Spa nish prov erb of the da y" England is a heaven for women,but a he ll for horses,"

[ found tha t some o f themoneta ry figures ment ioned seemha rd to belie ve but perhaps MrSpa rkes has al ready updatedthese tlgures to give an accu rateco mpa rison with 1975.

A glossa ry of definitions o f theterms used wo uld a lso have beenhel pf ul. not eve ryone will knowwhat a ' town cha r iot ' was orwhat were the resp on sib ilities ofa 'pos tillio n'. and the autho r do esnot always ex pla in. However Ifo und the book to be very read­a ble, well illustr ated , and cer­tainl y informa tive.

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CANTERBURY BRANCH ANNUAL RANNERDALE HOME RUNThis run organised by Club Captain Bruce Halligan takes the War Veterans from Rannerdale Home to Wigram

Aerodrome for afternoon tea.

A vote of thanksThe issue of No. 100 causes us

to reflect on a few thing s and notthe least of these is the loyaltyand · support received from ourmany advertising friend s over the2 1 years "Beaded Wheels" hasbeen published.

F rom a two line classified to afu ll page display every advertise­ment has helped to keep ourmagaz ine a viable proposition.With the stagg ering increases incosts which all magazines havefaced over recent times and whichhas caused the dem ise of manypub lications both in this countryand overseas the suppo rt of ouradv ertisers has been a major fac ­tor in oUI progress to this issuewhich is somewhat of a milestonewe feel.

A glance back a t our ea rlierissues shows tha t C. HU NTONLT D. of Christchurch first ad ver­tised with us in Issue No. 8December 1956 (the first fullypri nted issue) and they haveadvertised in every issue sinceThis mus t surely be some sort ofa record fo r one advertiser inone magazine . CA STROL appea r­ed in No. 9 Ma rch 1957 and wereto be seen in almos t every issueunt il D ecember 1972 whe n the

oil crisis brought about a changeof policy with the oil co mpa nies.T he sa me could be sa id ofSHELL who adv ertised con sist­ently for many yea rs. An o ther ofour old " Faithfuls" is SouthwardEn gineering of Lower Hutt who seproducts known as LESCO ha veappea red in every issue since No.12 Dece mber 1957. Ano ther regu­lar advertiser worthy of no te isFIRESTONE who first appea redwith a full page in Issue N o. 15Sept ember 1958 and stayed withus ever since. Their fu ll pageshave regularly graced our cover.Th eir earl ier advertisements usu­ally contained an interestin g storysuch as the tru ck which was blowninto the T hames du ring a wartim e bombing raid and was haul­ed up 20 years late r with the tyresstill infla ted- F irestone of course .

Apart from a gap of a fewissues GENERAL MOTORSLTD. hav e also been with us formany years. Their first advertise­ment appeared in Issue No. 9March 1957 under the caption"C ars tha t built G .M ." and ma rcrece ntly ha ve advertised their p ro­ducts A.C . PLUGS and x.c. OILFILTERS. And so we could goon to mention E. W . Pid geon Ltd .

advertis ing ACE products, R. J .HAMPTON for sandblast ing,APEX TYRES fo r those spec ialtyres and so on.

Among st our ea rlier regularad vertisers were W. A. CL AP ­H AM LTD., SCOTTS BREAK ­DOWN, HA.MPTON T YR ECO., DUNLOP and PENNZOILall of who m are still amongst ourfrie nds alt hough they do not nowadvertise with us.

Of recent years MOLYSLIPfor adding to your oil as doneat the Mo ntagu Mus eum anaTECHNICAL BOOKS for almostevery book on cars or anythingcon nected with them have beenseen as reg ular ad vertisers.CHAMPION PLUGS have beena grea t ass istance with their backcover advertisements as well asbeing on our envelope.

This review is not meant to bea record of all our advert isers­suc h wou ld require a special edi­tio n in itself- but rather a briefmention of some of the morepr ominent ones who have beenwith us for a very long tim e. Itis really to all our advertisers, oldas well as new, a vote of thanks .

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Congratulations to . . . Beaded Wheelson its lOOth edition. W e look forward to reading and advertising In asmany as possible of the next century.

O ur correspondence w ith rea de rs grows st eadily, and their p ro b le ms tax our resources tothe limit. We ca nno t ge t w ha t isn 't available, but these are some of the publishers whosemotor and motor cy cle titles we re gularly order, stock or d is trib u te .

HAYNES - FOULIS - CYCLSERV - TRACTOR AND MECHANICAL - SPEEDSPORT ­CLYMER - SCIENTIFIC - BRUCE MAIN-SMITH - LODGEMARK - CHILTON ­BROOKLANDS - CRESTLINE - NICHOLSON - BAGNALL - EVERGREEN - PETERSEN- DALTON WATSON - AUTOPRESS - HP BOOKS - POLYPRINTS - OLD MOTOR ­POST ERA - DUTTON - MOTORBOOKS INTERNATIONAL - LP.C. - THE RESTORER ­PHASE III - BILL CARROL - AUTOMOBILE QUARTERLY - PITMAN - PETER RUSSEK- MORRIS REGISTER - BUTTERWORTHS

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" Bea ded Wh eels" ha s co me ofage not only for th e 2 1 yea rs ofpublicati on co mpleted ea r lier th isyea r but with this issue we rea chcopy N o. 100. This is surely agreat achievement for the Vin­tage Ca r Club of New Zea landand perhaps we ma y be for givena little pride as we reflect on theway we ha ve come.

"Bead ed Wh eel s" was first pr o­duced in March 1955 a nd for thefirst two years was cyclo st yledbut fr om issue N o. 3 a pr int edcover was used which ca rri ed thefirst advertisements . T his co verwa s printed by A. E. Purse Ltd .at whose premises members ofthe club ga thered to vo lunta r ilycollate . sta ple and fold etc. thecyclo st yled pages int o the printedcove r . The owner of A. E. PurseLtd . was o f course the fath er ofDuncan Purse who was a foun­dation member o f the Cl ub anda man very mu ch a power be­hind "Beaded Wheels" both thenand now. We owe a lot toDuncan .

Issue N o. 8. December 1')56.sa w the first fully printed maga­zine . This was produced by A.E. Purse Ltd. with a newly de­signed front cov er whichremained until issue No. 58.J une 1969. The dedication of"B eaded Wheels" which hasremain ed to thi s day. firstappeared in thi s issue.

In December 1959 there wasa change of prin ter s to Simpso nand Williams Ltd. but in Se p­tember 1968 Duncan Purse wasagain app ointed as Printerthi s tim e as proprietor of PurseWilli s & Aiken Ltd . who havecontinued to produce our ma ga­zine right up to the present.

"B eaded Wheels" ca r ried onstro ngly through the yea rs andalmost every issue carri ed a roa dtest of a vehicle wh ich wa sshow n on the fron t cove r. a

The Firstpracti ce not possible to the sa meextent to day probabl y becau semembers are not so proud o ftheir vehicles o r else time iscatching up with us a ll when itcomes to writing a story.

In Mar ch 1969 Mr s M. J .(M cillie) Anderson relinquishedher position of Editor havingbeen thi s since the inception of"B eaded Wheels " and she mu stsurely go on record as the lon gestserv ing honorary club officer.Mo llie, who with her husband(And y), lat er National Pr esident.were a streng th to " BeadedWh eels" to which ju stice canno tbe done in thi s brief review butthe attenti on might well bedir ected to a tr ibute to themby Jim Sulli van then NationalPresident in issue No. 59. August1969.

by S. Barnard

M ollie Anderson was abl yass isted by assist ant editors wh ochanged from time to time andof these we must ment ion Mik ePoin ton. no t only as assistanteditor who wro te many a rticlesbut who also pr oduced th e"Supplements" for a time.

1969 was a year of grea tch an ge. In June an Edito ria lCommittee was se t up a nd tookove r the control of " BeadedWheels" and a paid Editor. MrBurry Idour. was appointed whowas later followed by M r HarlSteven s. The Editor ial Commit­tee con sisted of T om Clernen ts(Ch airman). Ga vin Bain . Geo fTHockl ev, Bruce Pid geon , BobSco tt ~ nd la ter Pau l Gi esler.With the exception of Tom wh oste pped down from the ch air­manship in March 1974 thi scommittee is still in office anddoin g a very worthwhile job.Also in 1969 the change wasmad e from a qu arterl y pr oduc-

tion to bi- month ly and with issueNo. 59 in A ugus t of tha t yea rano ther change was made to thefro nt cover with more colour andla rger ph ot ographs as well as aredesigned in teri or.

In June J972 Ke ith Lawr y tookove r the edit ing as well asove rsee ing pr oduction of "B eadedWheels" and a lthoug h he prefer sto wor k behind the sce nes hehas th e qu ality and improvemento f our magazine con stantl ybefore him. His efforts a re tire­less.

At issue No. 85. December1974. tha nks to our printer s, wewer e a ble to impro ve to a fullco lour cove r whi ch ha s ce rta inlyenha nced the appearance o f" Bead ed Wh eels" and puts itam on g th e better Vintage Carmagazines in the world .

At th is point we think ita ppro pr ia te to qu ot e from theEdito ria l in issue No . 8. Decem ­ber 1956.

Remem ber, m otoring m aga­zines have enjoyed neithe r alon g nor successful existence inthis co untrv and the [u ture ofour magazine is by no m ean sassured . This publication.though in its fina l f orm is onlyin its init ial stages and the reare a mu ltitude of rocks uponwhicl: it could easily founder.We must keep 'B eaded Wheels'on the road no t only for thesake of ou r pride but because itis worthwhile in itself as arecord and a literary m eetingpoint fo r both Veteran andVintage people throughoutNe w Z ealan d. T he [ut ure o fthe publication is unkno wn bu tgiven the same m easure ofsupport and enco uragementwhich it has so fa r enjoyed,tile poss ibilities o f further ex ­pan sion are good . We wan t'Beaded Wheels' to succeed; solet 11.1' witho ut f ur ther ado makeit su cceed ,

T ha t was wri tten 20 yea rs ago.We owe a great deal to the

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C LIM A X IN COVENTR YMy Li fe of Fi re Engines and Fast Cars by W alter Ha ssan, OBE. ,

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Reviewanyone is to be sing led out itwould wit ho ut a doubt be Geoll.Hock ley. For his many articlesand contr ibu tions in other waysto the furt herment o f " BeadedWhee ls" as a na tion al magazineGe off's effor ts must be unpara­lleled in the field of voluntarycontri bu tion s. Geoff will a lway sbe " Mr Motorcycle" in thi s club .

Although advertising is thesubject of another a rticle in th isissue, no re view of " Bea dedWheels " would be completewitho ut a tribute to the eff ortsof John Palmer who was the firstadvert ising man ager. There isno dou bt John 's ea rly efforts insecur ing adver tising co ntractslaid the fo unda tion for the con­tinu ed success o f "BeadedW hee ls" and for some time un derJoh n's d ire ction the income fromadvert ising was sufficient tocover all printing costs. G rea tpity it is al most impossible forsuc h idea ls to be reali sed today.

" Beaded Wh eels " is, as it hasalways been, yo ur magaz ine . Itis yo ur a rticles we look for tofill the pages and keep up theintere st. Remember thi s whe nyou nex t meet a member with aninterest ing vehicle and twist hisarm if necessa ry to wr ite anarticl e or a road test. If hebacks ou t ask him some qu es­tions, take some notes, and writ ethe ar ticle yourself. If you makeerrors som eone will take up themissed po int, the sto ry will befilled and interest thus mai n­ta ined

This is only a gloss ary of theprogress of our maga zine. If Thave omitted some point wh ichshould have been covered orforgo tten to men tio n people whoshould have been men tionedplease accept my apologies. Afterall T am just a member like youwho is tryi ng to help the Clubalon g.

Let 's hop e our next century of"Beaded Wheels " is as interestingand full as the first and don'tfor get, you the mem bers ca nplay a vit al part.

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Fe w books can be read , whichsus tai n the tota l a ttention to theextent that th is book achieves soeas ily. Here is the story o f aman who was ap prenticed to thegreat W . O. Bently, being number14 on the clock, and who at anea rl y age was dr awn into themotor ra cin g scen e and was notfar fro m these tracks fo r ma nyyears.

The Britis h ' Double-Twelve 'was an early par t of his invo lve­men t and he 'cut his teeth ' ashe says , when he was 17 yearsold at the Isle of Man in 1922 .Waiter Hassan was with thisracing team for 8 years . Pre pa r­at ion for racing was his traini nggro und for the work which sawhim as chief mec hanic in a shorttime.

Hassan was still wit h Bentlywhen the compan y went intoliqui da tion in 1931 and wastaken over by Rolls Royce . (W.O. joined Ro lls Royce as aneng ineering consultant for a timeuntil he took the post of Tech­nical Director at Lagonda). Atth is stage Hassan was offered ajob by Captain Bar nato andcarried on the racing preparat ionwor k on his Bently ca rs, thissoon led to the des ign and bu ild­ing of the Barna to Hassanspecial which in 1936 was astrong ch allen ger to Jo hn Co bbs27 litre Napier-Rai lto n. TheBarnato Hassa n was sold aquar ter of a century later for£25,000 and is still in existence.

La ter H assa n buil t cars forPa cey, the Pa cey/ Hassan specialsand also turned down a job a tRolls Ro yce, then worked forER A running the assembly shopwhere their racing cars were pro­duced . He assisted in the pro-

duction of the "Railton Speci a l"which took the world speedrecor d of 350 m.p.h. , and lost itto George Eyston in his Thun­derb ird the nex t day. An unusua lca r bu ilt was a Bugatti /Hassan /Wi lkins or BHW and th is car,la ter rac ed by Re g Parnell is sti llin ex istence and appears atVSCC meet ings .

His next assig nmen t was SSCa rs at Coventry, he deve lopedindependen t front suspensiondesigned by Bill Hey nes bu t thiswas not fitted to a prod uction ca runtil 1948. Hassa n wit h BillHe yries then wen t on to develop,through a ser ies of push rodoverhead types the engine whichwas to stay in pr oduction withSS for so long. the Jagua rXK 120.

Hassa n designe d and developedthe Count ry Climax enginewh ich has been world renownedanywhere cars race and yearsla ter he went back to Jag uar tolead the des ign team for the XJ 6and XJ 12 en gines and cars, de­laying his retireme nt a t thespecial request of Sir W illiamLyons. In 1971 he was honouredby the Qu een with the O.B .E.fo r his gre a t service to ind ustr y.

No doubt ma ny members haveread good books on car andengi ne des ign a nd build ing, butfew can sa y they ha ve re ad theeq ual of this, The book is a idedco nsiderably by the tou ch ofGraham R obson who adds atechn ica l descr ip tion of the carsan d en gin es a t the end of eachchapter and draws back the veilon the inherent m od esty ofWalter Hassa n. A must fer thebest libraries.

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The Auckland Regional Group of the Horseless Carriage Club extendsan invitation to members of the Vintage Car Club, with motorableveterans, to take part in the 14 day tour of the North.

Unfortunately, it is phys ically impossible to cater for more than 75 vehicles. soentries will be on a first in basis. Entries close on the 14th August . 1976.

Fo r further information write to : The Rally Secretary.40 Scott Avenue,Mangere,Auckl and.

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visible break forhope all returned

with the day's

nchnotesASHBURTONIt appears that March was one

of ou r bus iest , an d probably themost interest ing mont h of the sea­son and to start it off we had avisit one evening from memberson the South Island Tour. Ourfriend and neighbour the Railwayand Preservation Soc iety, kindlysteamed up their Dubbs locomotiveand took our visitors on the fas­cina ting run al ong the one and ahalf miles of track, someth ing en­joyed by young and old. A pleasantsocial evening followed providinga good opportunity for localmembers to ta lk with their NorthIsland counterpa rts who appea redto make up a la rge prop ortion ofthe tour.

A few members took time off toattend a vintage vehicle auction inChristchurch , but most ret urnedwith the same impression, tha tsom e people have slightly dis tortedideas regarding va lues when itcomes to 'o ld' cars.

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Th e Ch airman and Delegate andone local membe r atte nded theExec ut ive mee ting in Ch ristchu rch ,after which a visit to Au to Restor­ations took place to inspect thevehicles curren tly being worked onby that firm. T he following day,those who had attended the meet­ing and any others who cared tojoin in were ta ken on a tour ofthree vehicle collections. the firstbeing John McLachlan's Cadillacsat Leeston where practically everyshed on his farm housed somethingof interest, a truly fascinati ng col ­lection. Then ove r the hill to LeonWitte's at Teddi ngto n, where wesaw the exce llent job he wasmaki ng of rebuilding a 1934Monoposto Alfa Romeo, and thenfinally to view Gavin Bain's finear ray of automobiles and 'auto­mobilia' at Governor's Bay.

Our Club Night for March foundus at a firm of engi ne re-co nd ition­ers to let us see just how mu chis involved whe n one asks for acomplete overhaul.

The Swap Meet we held towardsthe end of the month was certa inlybigger and better than last yea r'swith peop le coming from as faras Invercargill. Blen heim andAuck lan d. Sell ing and swappingcontinued non sto p till late after-noon wit h nolunch and wehome satisfiedtrad ing.

T he month's ac tivities wererounded off wit h a sho rt mysteryrun. after whic h we pa id o urannu a l visit to the Mo de l Engineer­ing Club boys to join them insom e miniat ure tra in rides and abarbecue tea .

Early in April our clubroomswere used as a lunch stop for themem bers on a week end moto r­cycle tr ip from Ch ristc hurch andas we were starting off on a runwith the loca l Photographic Socie tyabout the same time, it gave us achance to look at the bikes andta lk with the owne rs. Our run tookus 10 Mr Jack Brand's att ractiveho mestead and grounds where wewere sho t fro m all angles, andlater we ho pe to a rrange an even ­ing to view the resu lts.

With the ai m of helpi ng anymembers with parts to scrape downor clean ready for painting, wehe ld the April meeti ng virtuall y onour knees. A large stack cover wasput on the floor to help keep itclean and groups of members gotto work on the whee ls and o therpieces which had been broughtalong. It was a highly successfulevening a llow ing every one a cha nceto do something for someone elseand talk at the same time .

Continued next page

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Four South tu rne d out to give rides at theIntellectua lly Han d icapped Soci ety's picn ic at Timaru . T his is one of thoseoccasions whe n one is a little proud to own suc h a car an d be able to givepleasure to other pe opl e . Front to Rear , Brian Goodman's 19 3 0 ChevroletRoadster; Clem Bros nan's 1926 Morr is Cowley ; John Qu inn's 1928 Renault

and Monica Small's 1929 Essex .

R R.

As the Ca nte rb urv Bra nch No teswere con sp icuous b'y thei r a bsencefrom the last ' Bead ed Whee ls' , Itho ught I wo uld try to catch upwith what has hap pened so far thisvea r.. Actua lly. it has 'a ll bee n ha pp en ­ing ' so far this yea r , with event s.runs a nd ra llies to suit a lmosteverybody. In Ja nua ry we had aP.V.V. run to Ha nmer as we ll asthe Hist oric Racing Ca rs invita tioneve nt a t Wigram . Fe brua ry saw, theAnnua l Mo tor Cycle Rally. a ver y

CANTERBURY .

The March meeting was he ld onthe 9t h an d Doug Wood gav e avery interesting tal k on the Auck­lan d Vete ra n Ra lly.

On 22nd Ma rch we held o urTroph y run to Awakeri HotSprings , Whakatane.

April 9th was our monthl ymeeting where films were shownby J im Webb of the ea r ly 1900'scars . Ove r Eas ter severa l memberstra velled to Rot orua fo r theirEas ter Rall y. 2nd May a fewmembers trave lled ove r the Ka irna icto meet the T ok or oa club and a lsome mbers fro m Rotorua and Ham il­ton branches. The Ra lly -::ame ' overthe Ka imais to T a ui a nga an dfinished at a beach in Te Puna forlun ch and afte rwa rds co nt inuedonto Rex Willia ms Fa rm MachineryM useum. BEV SM IT H

BAY OF PLENTYO ur mon th ly ru n was held on

n nd Fe br uary with quite a num be ro f cars par ticipa ting. We nt th ro ughthe outsk ir ts of town and finishedat Plurnrner Point Hot Poo lsOmoko roa . . ,

Dem eester* wh ich lay alongside aVintage Citroe n in Pa patoetoe forman y yea rs has moved to becomesta blemate wit h yet another F renchcar , the Peu geot of Les Key s. Ata recen t mo tor sho w pro mot ingRen ault in Auck land we were sur­prised to see th at Ca m pbell Motorshas acquired a 1925 six h.p.Peugeot which they litera lly tradedfor a new one in Christchurchrecentl y.

We regret losing G eoff andCaro lyn Q ua rrie and their Vetera nG .W.K. to Hast ings . Geoff hasbeen a kee n ra llyist in his Chev.and a Branch Committee me mberrecently-e-we wish them good luckin their new vent ure .

*For those who want to kn owwha t a Dem eester is the fo llowingis fro m Georgano's Encyclo pae dia- 'Man ufactured in Courbevoie.Seine . France , 1906·19 14. A lightcar made in two and four cylinderform and ent ered in voiturette race sdurin g 1908-9 using fo ur cylind ero .h.v . Sulta n engines . By 1912 onlvfour cy linde r engines were used of10. 12 and 16 h.p. '

Oll ie Hursts Ford B4 is pro­gre ssing well but cons umingCO pIOUS qu anti ties of gas, and re ­cent ly he and Dick Sear le. wh oseBuick sh ould have the bo dy skmon by now , spent a couple of da ysin the deep south diggin g 1932Fo rd VS bit s out of a dried updam of a ll place s-must have beendriven into the ground I guess!

KEN MA CL EOD

AUCKLANDMembers turne d out in fo rce to

suppo rt the Lion 's C lub 'Cornrn un­ity Acti on Day '. Fo rty ca rs join edwith --Q ther spo rts bodies to makea di splay a t th e Epso m Sho w­grounds a nd to even up the favoursthe Club Cha ra banc was a ble todo a sm al l job fo r the M t. Alb ertRotary grou p on the wav to theevent.

Only fourteen starters took onthe premier triali sts event of theyear. the Ex perts Run . organisedthi s year by Phil. Jones. T he runcovered approxim atel y 90 miles ofWe st a nd So uth Auckland roa ds.The fact that only hal f the entran tsfinished the tria l see ms to indi ca tea fa u lt with the 'Experts'-tria listsor plotters'?

We were honoured this year tohave Len So uthwood present a t ourannual 'Shinv Parts Auction '. Lenjust dr opped ' in but wa s no t lon gin join ing in. Hems are offer ed ona br ing and buy principle and theprofits go to the club coffer s- wecould not exi st without it!

Six Veteran and J5 vintageAuck lander s a ttended the NorthIsland Na tion al at Rotoru a andman aged to take home Jst and 2ndVintage pr izes and the T ea m pr ize.

Am on g the sta rters were two newrestorations-Mark Batemari 's 1929Durrant Seda n a fte r fo ur yearswork and Barrv Birch a ll' s 1912four cvl inder Ca d illac, the cl imaxof eight yea rs search and to il. Barrvstarted out with on ly an engine andchass is and with a lo t o f help fromthat we ll kn own Cadi llac owne r inChristchurch various parts wereassembled to make the completecar it is tod ay.

Auckland was a lso well repre­sented at Ta ran ak i's MaungaMoana Rallv a nd A lan Ro ber tsbrou ght home the Fi rst Prize- afittin g reward for ten con secutiveyear s a tte nda nce a t this even t.

There have been man v cha ngesof ownership latel y too . Th e Ph an ­tom II d- scribed in No . 97 'BeadedWheel s' has gone to Hec. Wa lkerand Ow en Sca rboro ughs 1925Minerva has gone to a So uth landhome.

The Veteran four cy linder

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pleasan t Homestead Run . and acombined Ra lly with the motorcyc le secti on and the Pione erMotor Cycle C lub . March was afairly busy month with the Ranner­dale Wa r Veterans Home run , theAnnual Veteran Rally, the SouthIsland Tour both passing throughand finishing here and, of course,the Executive Meeting. A repre­sent~tive group travelled thro ughLe\,.:ls. Pass to Murchison in Aprilto jo in with some of the NelsonBranch mem bers to take part inthe Centennial Celebrations. Otherevents run in April , were the J imToohey Memoria l Mo tor CycleTour which this yea r wen t toMet hve n and a mos t enjoyable h illclimb run in North Ca nte rbury,Just a hoot an d a ho ller fromAn dy Anderson's sp read . A ll ina ll, a busy sta rt to 1976.

Restorat ion s in the Ca nte rb uryBranch seem to be proceedinga pace . With some most in terestingv~e h i c les being given the trea tment.For a start, I tho ught we m ighthave a loo k at what the 'big three 'a re do ing. Nationa l President N ormis getting in to h is Veteran OverlandClub Capta in Ala n is working o~his Veteran Gram truck an d Secre­ta ry Cli nt is really burn ing them id-n ight oi l on the 1912 Rena ult.Amo.ng o ther vehicles be ing workedon m the Branch, are cars likeArthl~r A insworth's L type M.G .,Margie Thomas's Austin 7, AlecShadbolt 's veteran Unic and sonBruce Shad bolt's World War IBuick Ambulance. My ow n 1939Chevrolet Master Delu xe is show­ing signs of progress as is GavinRain 's 1908 Humber Landaulet,Ke n Macefield is maki ng marvel ­lous progress on his recentlvacqu ired 1916 B.S.A.

T hese a re just a ra ndo m selectio nof what is bei ng restored in Ca n­terbu ry at prese nt and I will ha vemore to tell yo u in the next issue.

On the weekend of the 9th April,five mem bers from Branch Com­m ittee , ma de a trip ac ross theSo uthe rn A lps to pay a visit ono ur Wes t Co ast member s. Somemay no t rea lise th at the who le ofthe Wes t Coast is pa rt o f theCa nterbu ry Branch and as we donot see as much of these member sas we would like it was decidedto make th is tr ip to try an d ind uce'some en thusiasm. Th e tr ip wasmost success ful from all acco unts,and a large number of the 'boys'over the 'h ill' were visited and theirrestorations inspected . The oppor­tunity was taken while over thereto start o rganising the Chairma n'stour which will head in that direc­tion later this yea r.

BRUCE HAL LIGA N

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MANAWATUAt the Annua l Genera l Meeti ng

of the club on the 17th Ma rch .two long standing members stooddown from being club officers afterlong and fait hful service 10 theclub. Ron Blanchett and AlanPratt ca n now return to enjoying!he c lub eve~ts by participatinginstead of hav ing the worrying jobof organising them . The club'sthanks goes to both these members.New club captain is Keith Mae­gaard with Murray Martin andAubry Ellen the new committeemembers. After the election ofofficers, there was a spir ited meet­ing with regard s the siting of thenew clubrooms a nd it appears asif the new executive will haveplen ty of work and investigat ionsto carry o ut this coming yea r. Theclub roo ms are of the ut most im ­por tance for the club, for thepresent fac ilities are not adequ atefor our presen t needs and mostdefinite ly not adequate for thefuture. A well attended rally washe ld by the Bulls Members of theclub. About 20 cars of vintage, postvintage and mo dern took part ona most enjoyable rall y which wascu lminated at Len Haycocks' wherea pleasant afternoon tea was puton and Neil Sim in his 1929Plymouth was declared the winner.

April club night brought ColinDick inson up from Wellington toexpound the theory of makingwooden wheels. In triguing wo uldbe the word to give Colin 's talk.for members were most interestedin the intricacy a nd det ail that gointo wooden wheel making andsteering wheel making.

BAR RY ROLLE

NELSONThe New Year started off well

with an im promptu run to Honey­mo on Bay, Kai teri teri on 2nd!aIllIa ry. Abo ut 30 peop le, includ ­mg two members and the ir fami liesfrom Christc hurch , enjoyed the dayand a bo ut seven old cars werelisted in the Club log book .

A goo d turnout of 19 ca rs and3 motorcycles plus " tin-cans"~no to re9 to Orinoco to view a veryinteres ting private museum. Specialthanks to Mr and Mrs Canton forshowing us a ll their treasures!

Eleven members and theirfami lies spent the New ZealandDay weekend camped a t Morno­rangi Bay a long with severa lMalborough members. John Stan­ley and Bill T urner came vintag e

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and camped under canvas. On theSaturday four motorcycles and sixcars came on a day run fromNe lson to visit the cam pers.Eve ryo ne see med to have a goo dtime desp ite the weather.

A mid-week barbecue tea at theMarsden Va llev Reserve was wellatt end ed with 1I ca rs and twomot or cycles tu rni ng out. Alt oget hera bou t 60 people present. T his eventsaw Don Carnpbe ll's D .O. DodgeSeda n out on its first ' offic ial runafter a year and 5 days for a fu llrestoration . A fine effort Do n an da great job .

Several local s with their oldca rs met the South Isla nd Tourcars at a "Welcome Booth" nearthe foot of the Whangamoa Hilland light refreshments were serve dto the tourists as they arrived fromBlenheim. He re we had a fine pre­view of the cars which were a mostimpressive sight be ing a ll parkedin a row.

Saturday was a beautifu l day fo rthe picnic run to Kaiteriteri. Atotal of 55 vintage vehicles parkedaround the picnic area making agra nd sight. Of these about 23 carsand three motorcycles were local.T he onl y drop- ou t was a loca l"McOodge " with two rapid ly de ­flati ng rear tyres. Sunday saw theto ur proceed to Taka ka . Severalloca l car s wen t alon g a lso, just fo rthe drive. Still grea t weather onMond ay fo r the trip out ont oFarewell Spi t in 4-W.D. bu ses. Noteveryone went but those who didenjoyed the ir visit to this un iquearea.

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Wednesday even ing at the T rafalgarCentre. About 250 visitor s andlocals were ca tered fo r an d a reallygood eve ning wound up with anoggin an d natte r. On Th ursda ymo rn ing the tour departed forHa nmer, some via the Rainbowroute which was by all accountsa fantast ic run .

A good turnout of locals go taway to a fine and early but ch illystart heading for M urchison and

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Rile y from Dale Court in return,while my Fiat is still fo r sa le withthe idea of getting somethingsma ller. Mike Rose has also hadanother of his cars arrive in thecountry, a 1942 Super Sport 2500Alia Rorneo , a most unusua lmachine.

Restorations in the branch areprogressing at a good pace, Ern ieWilliams fin ishing his RMF Riley ,Neil Barnard making a grand effortin getting his Indian to the MaungaMoana trial at New Plymouth, Therestoration to date must surely goto Dick Stanley, who after fiveyears of slave labour on his mag ­nificent 20/60 Sports Sun beamfinished the job in a grand finaleof evenings worked through to Ja .rn., then immediately drove southon a 2,500 mile tour. More of th iscar in next 'Beaded Wheels'.

Events this year have gone offextremely well with a tremendousgymkhana at Puhai . Good to seemembers like Fenton Hamlyn inthe Bugatti making the effort o fcom ing many miles from the northto take part. The hi llclimb wasalso a most enjoyable event (reportelsewhere) and a garage ra idorganised by Harold Kidd wen t offin grand fashion . Attendance at themonthly runs has been somewhaterratic with the Far North Tourplanned as a weekend's motoringfailing to get off the ground .

The Iri shman 's Creek rallyorganised by Ca nterbury has dra~'ma large number of entrants, Wi thsix cars plann ing on making thetrip. These include Johnstone'sVauxhall 30/98 , Harn lvn 's BresciaBugatti, Kidd's Kisse l, the tw o20 /60 Sunbeams of Stan ley ~ndHumphrev's and my own F Iat.Shou ld make quite a sigh t tr avell ingsouth .

ALISTAIR ROBINSON

Since our last appearance inthese pages the restorers andacquirers have con tin ued to beactiv e.

Perhaps the most welcome ap ­pearance wo uld be the 1909 Swiftof A listair Mclntosh after a lengt hyrestorat ion, This 'big' twin of some1500 c.c. now ha uls a five seaterbody of awesome heigh t with hooderect in most surprising fashion .The magnificient job of the reddiamond pleated upholstery sets offthe cream paintwork, fawn hoodand brasswork to perfection . Hope­fu lly we may be ab le to persuadethe owner to supply an art icle fo r'Beaded Wheels' on this rare andexcellen tly restored vehicle.

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A pick -up and brought back theDistance Trophy . Denny and MargKing are overseas for three months.We wish them good travelling.

GRAEME McCONNELL

Progress on the Dennis busproject has been quite remarkableto date. T he cha ssis has been com­pletely stripped of component parts,these going to individua l membersfor restoration . The condition ofmechanica l parts has been a greatsurprise as items such as the steer­ing box , king pins etc show abso­lutely no sign of wear at all,making the jo b more of a cleaningand paint ing process than a fullscale restorat ion .

Several cars have changed ownersrecently. Kei th Humphreys hasbought Warwick Dickens 20 /60Sunbeam bringing the number ofthese mas sive machines in thebranch to four This is a veryoriginal car with original paintworkand leather. John Hearne has soldth e 23 /60 Vauxhall to Aucklandside and has bought the Brooklands

their Centennial celebrat ions on3rd Apri l. About 35 cars and fivemotorcycles joined the grandparade along with bands, stagecoaches and floats etc. About sixcars from Blenheim and the sa menumber from Christch urch a lsomade the trip as did the Nimmosfrom Cobden . An en joyable daywas had by a ll-some overnightedand en joyed themselves so me more.It is rumoured that a certain AAMo del T was seen reversing upSpooners Range in the lat e ho urswith the passenge r wa lking ahead(or forwards behind) showing theway with a torch-something to dowith petrol not running uphill!

A mystery ru n attracted abouta dozen cars and one bike recently .The run followed Nelson's ScenicDrive. Nobody had ever been overthe complete drive from start tofinish before and all had fun , oneor two had ext ra fun on the steepparts.

Denis Pickering and family havebeen busy catching up on vintagemotoring since returning to Ne lsonfrom the Pacific Islands. DerekThomason attended the Commer­cia l Rally in Oarnaru in his Model

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On the motorc ycle fron t we haveseen the arriva l of a co uple ofYincents which seem to be themost desirabl e thing on two whee lsat the moment, especiall y a fte r therecen t visit of Mr Phil Irvin g,designer of the machin es who gavean amusing and edif ying address atour Club Rooms while in Inver­cargill. One of the se Vincents isown ed by No rm Hayes whoalready has a coll ection of rar e andfine 'cycles (Indian Ace , Daytona ,New Hudson , A rie l Red Hunter.Squ are fours etc) and the other isowned by new memb er Terry Ber­ridge. T his is a beauti ful 1950Rapide, a t one time owned by JohnSurtees.

A few other motorcycles havetak en to the roa d lately and the seinclude Neville Ridd 's 1936 NewImp erial , ano ther exce llent restor ­ation, brother Ia n's 1953 B.S.A.B3!. Ashley Bell 's 1914 RoyalEnfield with unu sual double cha intran smission , Neil McMill an hasbeen riding aro und his 1921 A.B.C.which has yet to make its ra llydebut. T his machine alon g withothers of its ilk, was owned byJosh Mewhinney of Dun ed in whokeen cyclists will recall featured inGeoff Hock ley's series on beachracing with his winn ing ride s onan Exce lsior.

Little A.B.C. ma chines a lso per­formed well in his hand s oftenbeating machines of twice theA.B.C. cap acity. Fo r sake ofvariety Neil ha s a lso been seenmounted on a 1950 A.J.S. 500single acquired off his eldest sonwho had investe d in a riceburningmachine. One hears stories of sonsgett ing Dad 's old mach ine but itseldom seems to go in reverse.

Malcolm McDonald has bu ilt asidecar for his 1920 Harley Dav id­son and is al so well on the waywith a T riumph 'Tiger' 80 or 90.Anoth er ca r owner to pro udlybring forth his handiwork would beBill Bevin whose 1929 Chev Int er­national seda n (Wentworth Chevto you) took co ncour s hon ours atthe Riverton Ra lly. As could beexpected of a motor engineer ifanything thi s car run s be tter tha nit look s. Maurie Ga it's rare 1929Old srnobil e sedan is anot he r excel­lentl y presented vehicle and par­ticul ar credit goes to Mrs Ga It whodid all the upholstery wor k.

There are still plenty of resto r­ations on the stocks and those tha tspring to mind are J im Taylor 1924Na sh 4 ro adster , Bill Henders on1926 Dodge seda n, N ev Dews on1923 Buick roadster, Keith Thorn­son 1912 R .C.H. roa dster , JackToomey 1930 N ash 8 seda n (an

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National Executive ReportReport of the National E xecuti ve Me eting held in the Autolodge

Mot el. C hr istch urch, on Sa turda y, 13th March , 1976.1980 IN T ERNATIONAL RALLY: A meeting had been held withthe Rotorua caterer and he will be able to handle whatever numberswe receive . It appears th at additional accom m odatio n could be req uireda t the race course for the final dinner. Prices will be availa ble twoyea rs in ad vance . Local motor camps have been visited and th ere willbe a mple accommodation of this typ e available. Other pl ans are con­tinuing .MEM BERSH IP LIST: A list of new members and resi gn ations willbe sent out with Beaded Wheels . One quarter of the membership willbe updated thi s year.1979 N ATIO N AL VETERAN R ALLY : The application for th is tobe held as th e Dunedin-Brighton Run was approved in principle.SPEED EVEN T R ULES: Suggestions for these were rec e ived fromthe convener Mr R . Hasell. H e was thanked for his work . The circularwill be sent to Branches with a request for their comments to bereturned to the National Ex ecu tive.1978 INTERNATIONAL RALLY-AUSTRALIA : Mr Max R obertsthe organ iser of thi s event spoke to the meeting and ga ve full detailsof route to be used, numbers to be limited to 400 cars and 50 motorcycles etc. E n try forms will be available in September fr om M r M .R o berts , 25 Regatta Road , Fi ve D ocks, N .S.W. 204 6.SUBSCR IPTIO NS 1976 /77 AND ALLOCATION : Resolved that theS ubscr ip tio n will be $ 12.00 reducible to $ 10.00 if paid by due dat e .All ocation to be :-

In suranceTravel AllocationBe ad ed Wheel sBranch AllocationNation al Office

$ 10.30

With the extra 30 cents to be taken from present fund s.POST VINTAG E A ND POST W AR VEHICLE APPLICATIONS :One Post Vintage motor cycle and three cars were presented andaccepted. Three Post War m otor cycles were presented and accepted .One historic racing car was presented and accepted .NOTICE OF MOTION : A notice of motion was received which wouldlimit office holders a nd executive members (other th an secre ta ry) termof office to four yea rs, if carried. It will go forward to the AnnualG ene ra l M eeting but the general feeling of the meeting was ag ainstthe proposed rule ch ange .NEWSLETTER POSTAGE : If branches registered th eir newsletters asmagazines the postage rate would be 3 cents up to 20 zs and between2 and up to 80 z, 4 cents. If they were not registered as newsletters fullpostage of at lea st 7 cents would have to be paid.UNFINANCIAL MEMBERS : Li st s of members unfinancial as a t 3 1stAugust will be sent to branches in September and again as at 1stDecember. In future unfinancial members at and a fter Ist Augu st willnot rece ive back copies of Beaded Wheels, when th e Subs cr ip tion islat er paid.

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immense vehicle this), Ray l.ind say1935 Singer I-} litre sports, HowardKingsf'ord -Smith 19 12 Flandersracv roa dster, Kit Black ley 1933wnivs 77, Ashley Bell 1912Renault, Derek Kinley Model Aroadster, Noel Sim 1928 TriumphSuper 7 and there are man y oth ers.

BARRY BAR NES

WELLINGTON

C A LEND A R OF E VENTS- LONG TERM : M r Priest to investigatethe possibilit y o f extend ing the present limi t of one year to e na blebetter planning of ma jor rall ies.T RAVE L FUND: It was re so lved th at in fut ur e a ny mem ber of theExec utive could use th e Trave l Fund .1977 NORTH ISLAND T O U R: Th is will be held under the directi ono f the C lub Ca p ta in .

W ARR E N BI RCH

Re-enactment 1917 Parliamentary Tour

Saturday, Februar y 28th mark edthe conclusion o f HUll Valle ySenior Citizens week, and local clubmembers had the opportunity ofprov iding tran spor t. Th e old folkwere collect ed and taken to theH.V. Schoo l assembl y hall wherean excellent Victor iana conce rt hadbeen organised, and to say theta lent of the arti sts was top classwould be an unde rstatement. Atthe conclusion, our passengers werereturned to their hom es.

Our hard worked club capt ain ,Martin Fahey thought he had it a llsewn up until a late phone ca ll onFr iday advised transport was re­quired for ab out eight y odd. Franticphone calls to a la te hour kepthim on his toes ensur ing sufficientvehicles were avail able . From thehumble model T to the illustr iousRo lls they cam e, many crewed inperiod costume.

Last month Well ingto n was thevenue of ano ther vint age carauct ion . For the benefit of thethree or four memb ers 1101 present ,I can say there must have been alot of kite flying going on . How­ever a few vehicles were so ld,notabl y, a 1924 Essex six tourer$4075. 1928'1 mode l A Sedan $2650,one G ig (one hor se power) $400.With an en trance fee of twentydollars per vehicle, it was obviousman y were mere ly testing themarket. T he vehicles quoted werenot the onlv ones sold , but areindicat ive of values in what issupposed to be a depressed market.

Th e festival of Wellington con ­cluded on Mar ch 28th. Next issuewill give more coverage of theevent, in the mea ntime suffice tosay there were one or two break ­downs , and more than one autopsywas seen being carried out. And yes,there was even the odd miracle .Our congratulatio ns to the topthree place getters, First Stan andNan cy Bellamore, second Bill andKathy Delany , third Roy and DeniseSouthward. A total of forty ninestarters faced the Club Captainwho sent them on their way atone minute interv als.

DICK G AD D

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O ne of the first a re as o f NewZe a la nd to be se ttle d by E uro ­peans last cen tur y was the NorthA ucklan d peninsula whi ch ex ­tends I'or a bout 250 m iles northfr om Auck la nd , As sett leme ntpr oceeded in the re st of thecountry accompanied by progressin tr av el and communicati on fac­ilit ies, the N orthla nd area wasforgotten .

T hus th e "Winterless North" oftemperate climate and a coastlineof spacio us harb ours a nd beauti­ful beaches bec ame kn own as th e" Po or Nort h" noted for notoriousroads wh ich daunted any prospec ­tive settler from its r ich fa rm ­lands . So it ca me a bo ut in 1917that a ch ampi on o f th e a re a ,Colo ne l AlIen Bell per suaded alarge grou p o f Parl iamentarians.local digni tari es, bu sin essm en a ndpr ess to undertak e o ne of th emarathon fea ts in th e coun tr y'shistory.

T h is Parl iamentary T our,wh ich in J9 17 was a m otoringendurance test of four wee kscover ing a bo ut 450 miles,travelled to the Far North via theeas t coa st and returned m a inl yby the west coast. A t Kaitaia , inthe Far N orth , the sum me rweather turned to heavy winterconditions turn ing roads in to agluey sea of mud over which thepr e-W orld W ar I m otor vehicleshad to be manhandl ed for mil ese very day.

Today , th e N orthland region isthe summer pl ayground o f N ewZeal and and m ost of th e ro ad sbear littl e resemblance in contouror surface to those of 19 I7.

In Fe brua ry, 1977 , the NewZea la nd region o f the Horseless

Ca rr iage Cl ub of A me r ica IS tore-en act th is historic tr ip . It isex pected tha t 300 people will takepar t in thi s 14 da y hist ori cal tourin vintage a nd veteran veh icles.

T hree day s will be spe nt inWh an garei, Nor th la nds only city.giv ing time fo r a wid e variety ofsce nic excurs ions . O ne will be bybu s to Opua in th e Bay of Islandsa nd crossing to the historic oldse ttleme nt o f R usse ll-origina llya trading a nd wha ling centre ofth e 18th century, developed tobecome th e " cradle" of New Zea­land's history.

T he tour proceeds throu gh themagni ficen t Bay of Islands ; thecharm ing citrus fru it growinga rea o f Kerikeri a nd site o f NewZea land 's first mission statio n,oldes t building (K ernp Home­staed, 1822) a nd historic stonesto re ( 1833) : o ne of th e wo rld'sfinest natural deep wa ter harboursa t W ha nga roa : a nd o n to Kai ­tai a .

A t Ka ita ia a two-da y sto pove rwill a llo w a da y tri p to CapeReinga lighthouse along N inetyM ile Beach-a trip not un der ­taken by the 1917 tour. Two da ysa t D argav ille a llows time forexcursions to th e not ed Wa ipouaor T ro u nso n ka uri fo res ts .

T he tour finish es back in A uck­land with a final Banquet andPri ze G iving on F rida y, Fe bru ­ary 25th , 1977 .

The Auck la nd Regional G ro upof th e Horseless Carr iage Clubextend a n invita tion to memberso f the V intage Ca r Clu b, withmotorable veterans , to ta ke partin the 14 da y tour o f the N orth .See adve rt iseme nt in thi s issue forfull det ail s.

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ObituaryWIN NI E SC A R ROTT

It was a sa d day whe n we readof th e sudde n passin g of WinnieScarr ott, th e wife of Rex, o neo f our foundati on members, andmoth er of Marge and All an - alldev oted members of the HawkesBay Branch . A wonderful motherto a ll her famil y-and a n equa llywo nde rf ul hostess to all memberswhe n the occa sion necessit ated­a hostess who had that rarequ ality o f making everyone feelgo od .

I am not exaggera ting when Isay that Win was the most u n­se lfish per son I ha ve ever known,for ther e was a lwa ys room forone more a t her table a nd alwaysroom fo r o ne more slee ping bago n her flo or . as man y a visitingmember kno ws.

They say you have to live orwork with a person before youkn ow them-well. we lived a ndworked with the Scarrott famil yout a t Hunters Farm when theHa wkes Ba y Branch of th eVintage Car C lu b held its An­nu al New Year Ca mp and Cray­fishing weekend-on a t least fouroccasions, and Win was alwayschee rfu l under an y condition, anda lways pulled her weight with thechores.

T hese were happy days for a llour member s, and so it is withhappy mem ories that we recalldear Win, and share the sorrowof Rex a nd hi s fam ily.

The Vintage Car C lub was we llrepresented a t a large funeral - afitti ng tribute to a member of afa mi ly who helped so willinglypion eer th e H awkes Ba y Branchof the V inta ge Car Club o f NewZealand.

Ol ive L. Kilbey

ALLAN LO U D E N

The H awkes Bay Br anch losto ne o f its oldes t members in th erec en t death o f Allan Louden.All an spe n t m ost of his workinglife around mot or cars a nd was

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a respected mem ber o f the Tradein Napier . He se rve d in th eR.N .Z .A. F. as a n en gine fitterfor a numbe r o f years and re­turned to Napier as a partnerin the business of Ca nning andLouden a fter th e War.

When the Hawkes Ba y Branchwas formed he was o ne o f theearliest members a nd was a wellknown figure with hi s 1923Austin 12. Allan had not enjoyedthe best of he alth for so me timea nd lived in semi ret irement. H ewill be mis sed by us a ll as hewas a vertita ble fund of know­led ge, not only the technical as­pects of motoring but al so ableto lo ok back over ha lf a century.He kn ew many of the pioneermotor ists in the province.

Chas G. Black

Lettersto theEditor

Sir.Pr ior to the Gre at Wa r. the firm

of J. W. Brooke & Co. Ltd. AdrianWorks, Lowestoft, Suffolk builtcomp lete car s and marine engines.

According to contemporary re­port s they carri ed on a con sidera bleexport trade to the "Dominions" . Iam endeavour ing to collect fact sand figures with a view to com ­pil ing a history of the firm,

I wondered if any details of thesecar s were known to you . any sur­viving examples of the marque orany detail s at all?

If you could give me any in­formatio n, however small. [ wouldbe most grateful.

D. WEAVERS3 Peak Hnll Road,

Tittleshall,Kingslynn ,

Norfolk.England.

December 19. 1975Sir.

The Queenstown Motor BadgeCollection Museum is appealing toClubs throughout New Zeal and , fo rtheir support for our unique ex­hibitions.

We would be grat eful to have ourappea l publ ished in your ClubNews Letter " Beaded Wheels". Weare anxious to contac t Clubs andperh aps collectors, with a view toexchanging Met al Club and Rally

Badge s. plaq ues, pho togra phs andany item pert ainin g to MotorSport. We would be pleased tofo rward South African Club andRal ly Badges in return . We havesome 3,000 Badges on display, ofwhich seven represent New Zea ­land Clubs. Your support for ourpro ject would be apprecia ted andif " Beaded Wheels" would likephot ograph s and an article on ourunique Museum for future publi ­cation we would be happ y toprovide same.

Best wishes to one and all fromSunny South Afr ica.

REX E. ABBOn, SecretaryC/o Ge nera l Post Office,

Queenstown 5320, South Africa .

Sir,As Presiden t of the "Chevrolet

Ent husiasts Club of N.Z . Inc." , andalso as New Zealand representativefor the "V intage Chevrolet Club ofAmerica". it is my lot to answera number of queries. In this in­stance J hope you may be a ble tohelp, via " Beaded Whee ls" .

A Register of 1923/24 Chevro letsis being com piled by Mr J. M.Mo oney, A.E.C. Inc., r .o. Box61145, Dall as j Fort Worth Airport,Texa s, 75261, U.S.A.

Mr Mooney reque sts name andaddress of owner and body style.year. and seria l number from theplate on the seat riser.

Mr Mooney is the technical ad­viser on 23/24 Chevro lets for the"Vintage Chevro let Club ofAmerica" . and will, I feel sure .answer a ll correspondence.

G . L. G REE N

Sir.Could you please help . Recently

my garage was broken into andparts from my 1934 Riley 9 Kestrelwere stolen. If any of your readerscould help in the recovery of thepart s listed below I would be mostgratefu l. A reward would be given.The parts sto len were :

The radiator, which is chromedand has a dent by the Riley dia­mond; two headlights, dirty bron zein colour with chromed rims:ap prox. six gasket sets (head), threeof them sea led, all in Payen wra p­ping.

David Vincent38 Rutherford Street, Dunedin .

Phone 48-558.

Sir,[ thorough ly enjoyed John Pin­

fold 's road test of the 1930 Frank­lin Coupe-who wouldn't ? Themore so as I drov e a Frankl inseda n about 1936 or 37. It wasparked across the street from whereI was boarding and when a groupof us assembled to adm ire it a

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car sa lesma n who would havemi serably failed a modern bre athtest came out to tell us all a boutit. When he had finished he sa idwe could take it for a drive."Hasn 't an yone got a car licence ')"I had , but as my hori zon wasbounded by motor cycles my cardriving had been barely enough toget a licence. However J could no tle t the bo ys down so in we allpiled and I drove it for a m ile ortwo , being very reli eved to get itback in one piece , but it wa s quitean experience.

The purpose of thi s letter how­ever is to query the list of F ra nk­lins in the last par agraph. Oneseems to hav e got aw ay , unless itgot away oversea s. About two orthree yea rs ago [ was in Johnson ­ville township on a Sunday morn­ing and [ saw a ca r trai ler parkedon the stree t with a Frank lin verysimi lar to the one on your cover,except that it wa s a fixed head one.It was pretty comp lete a lthough [think the headlamps we re mis sin g.The roof had rotted away and theupholstery too wa s thoroughlyrotten but as a restoration projectit wa s first cla ss. Someone sa id hethought it went out the Hutt Vall eybut it is not listed in the cars ofWellington Branch members. Nodoubt so me one ca n enligh ten .

C. G . G reen.Wellingt on Branch

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CA R·MAKERS EVALU ATER UN·FLAT TYRE

Ame rican car manu facturers ar eno w eva lua ting F irestone's Ad ­van ced Concept Tyre known in theindust ry as ACT. whi ch can bedri ven smoo thly and safely aftergoing flat for up to 50 mile s to aservice sta tion, eliminating the needfor ch anging a tyre along the ro ad .

Even when flat the tyre rolls sosmo o thly that the American-basedcompany ha s had to deve lop alo w-pressure warning sys tem whichwill bu zz and flash a warn ing sig­na l on the instrument pan el to te llthe dri ver that .orie of his tyresneeds a tten tion.

T he tyre is a stee l-belted radi a l,con structed in such a wa y thatshould a puncture occur the tyrese tt les stra ight down on the wheelrim .

The wheel then ride s on the re ­inforced shoulders of the tyre. Aconventional tyre would be ruinedif driven on ly a fraction of a m ilein a defla ted condition . A conven­tional tyre flops on the rim of thewhee l when a ir is lost. It is thi sflopp ing th a t causes steering diffi ­culty and damage to both the tyreand the whee l. T he ACf doe s notflop on the rim .

"The Advanced Concept T yrerun s so well when flat tha t we de ­velop ed a system for eac h wheelpo sition to warn the motorist thatair pre ssure is low," sa id Mr MarioA. DiFederico , executive vice-pre­sident of Firesto ne , recent ly.

lassified adsRATES FOR CLASSIFIEDS

Members of Vintage Car Club Inc.$ 1.50 fo r f irs t 40 wor d s o r less t her e ­a fte r 2 cents pe r word.

Non Member$2 .0 0 for fi rst 40 wo rd s o r le ss t her e ­af te r 2 cents pe r word .

BOX AD $3 .0 0 e x t ra to above ra t es.

PHOTO A D $8.00 e x t ra to ab ov e rates.Enc lose good blac k a nd wh ite p hot o.

Adve rti se rne n t s mus t be t yp ed or c lea r lyp ri n ted .

CHEQUE OR POSTAL NOTE MUST BEENCLOSED

Send t o : Th e Adve rtis ing Manager,P.O. Box 13140,CHRI STC H URCH.

not la ter th an 10 th of month precedi n gpub l ica t ion .

WANTED-To bu y or borrow fo rrefer ence. Pa yen , McCord . Fitzger­a id and Victor ga sket ca ta logues.G. H. Tay lor, 106 Lawrence C resManurewa , Auck land. Ph . Ma~ :(,5-698.

WANTED-1 9l('-22 Ford T cowlor top onl y. Also fron t mudguardsand turtle deck. A lso any parts for1913 Humberette. (Member). Ph .88-260. [van B. Harris, 141 StoutSt ., G isbo rn e.

ANNUAL CONFERENCETimaru, August 13-14-15

South C a n te rb ury Br anch is extendi ng an invitation to all membersto attend the conference and become invol ved in the aff airs of theClub.

A full programme both business a nd so cia l has been prepared.Hotel and Motel accommodat ion has been booked and beds will beallocated on a fir st in gets them basis. Accommodation close s on June26th .

Registration fee is $20.00 and covers everyth ing except accom­modation .

Registration forms and fu ll det ai ls o f the programme are availablefrom your local branch secretary .

Any further enquiries s ho u ld be made to C o n fe re nce Organiser.C le m Brosnan.

l8 9a M ountain Vi ew R oad,Timaru .

NOTE:The ve n ue for the Na tion al Executi ve meeting and the A .G.M. will

be C a ro line Bay H all and so c ia l func ti ons will be held a t " Seve n Oaks"Wa i-iti R oad.

This is a change from some information wh ich was distributedearlier.

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YOUR AD will have gre aterim pact in a border. Remit $3.00extra to norm al rate s and askfo r Box Ad .

WANTED-For 1915 Model TFord. Comp le te tourer body orpanels. hood bows, brass radiator.windscreen , steer ing column andspider, dated 1915 engine. taperedleaf front spring, bonnet fo rmer.a lso 192(, windscreen and posts. Iwil l buy or swap for the follow ing :Model T parts. 1926 roadster body.good cond.; steer ing wheel ; runninghoard ; rear spring; radiator sur­round ; ch assis. 1923 windscreenand po sts, go od cond.; firewall: 2se ts rear springs. 1917 radiatorsurround. 1912 steering col oumn.Also man y other T parts. Also Ise t Model A rear ra dius rods; 1923Dodge motor, less magneto; headlight shell: 4 Au stin door sill plates ,circa 1927. Jaeg ar speedo; 9" P ack­ard hubcap. John G ray, 428 T aieriRd , Dunedin . Phone 62-843. (Mem­ber) .

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NEW HEAD GASKETS

G rant H . Ta ylor. 106 Lawrence C res, Man urewa ,Auck land. Ph o ne M an . 65-6n .

$5 for 4 c vlinders. $6 for 6 cyl inders. $7 for 8 cylinders.

Ple a se write fo r det ail s a nd send pattern or Payen numbers ifpo ssible.

Delage 14 /40De soto 1929 /.30Dodge Fa st 4D odge Senior 6Essex 6 1924F ia t 501 a nd 509H illman 1920/5Hu pp. 4 192 4 / 8In tern a tio na l variou sMorris Minor S.V .Na sh 8 1931 /4

AUTO RESTORATIONSLIMITED

m echanical , body a nd pane l parts.Ren au lt D olphene, a ll parts. 1930­32 T r iumph radia tor sur ro und .V a u xha ll T , se t o f new piston s,r ing s and sleeves. standa rd . 1934F ord 'Y' whee ls. 'M at es rates' . ( B.H. Dawson ), A wa ro a Rive r Rd.Sherwood . Whangarei.

WA NTED TO BUY-I925 Master6 Buick ho od bows and fittings,mudguards. B. H . Dawson, A waro aRiv er Rd. , Sh erwo od. Ph one 60 -627 .Whan garei.

FOR SALE-Matched pair C. A .V .side ligh ts , type GS. Cond it io n verygood , b evelled len ses intact etc.o nly requ ire rep la ting. Wha t offers,o r will swap fo r sa me thing typeES fo r m y Austin 20 . ContactC hr is W ood . R .D . 3, H amilton o rP hone 62-077.

FOR SALE-Austin Hea ley 3000Mk Il I, 1967. One o f the la st ofthese cla ss ic spo rts cars reluctantl yo ffered for sa le. Fn ishe d in B.R .G.with bl ack leather interior. Run nin gon Shelby Cobra w ide wire wheels,wi th Pirrelli C N 36 radia ls. Prob ­abl y one of the be st or iginal bigHe aleys in NZ. Has covered 76 ,000miles, a nd ha s a good mechanicalhistory. C om p lete wi th a ssortedspa re par ts et c. Genuine enqui rie sto Bill C lo usto n . Bo x 102 60. TeRapa . Phone 7R-323, Hamil ton .

W A NTED - M orri s 8 Spor ts . C o m­plete. o r bod y to suit sa me. Wouldbe interested in an other m ake o fveh ic le sim ila r to M orri s 8 S portssuita b le for rest orin g. C h ris R a yn er,167 Howick Ro ad . Blen heim,Ph one 7763 (co llect). MemberM.V.C.

Oldsm obile 192H/30Overland variousPlymouth 4Reo 6 1927 / 9Rover 6 1928 /34Singer va riousStandard variousStudebaker variousPackard 8 192 9Willys 6 1930 /2Wolseley Hornet

FOR SAL E-I 92 R Fo rd. Mode lA A truck , I{ to n. M echanicallyre st ored a nd - in use, Bodywork.needs so me a tten t io n. chassis a ndrunning ge ar very so und. newmotor and rad iator, tip tr a y, du al ­high transmission . $ 1.000 o .n .o.M artyn Co o k. 6 Ha ines Tee, W e l­lin gton 5.

WANTED - Pack ard 4 cy linderengine and bolt up radiator: eithertruck o r car up 10 1922. Or anyinformation on whereabouts of onep lea se. Have many swaps or w illpa y ca sh. G . R. C ra w, An awhutaPackard Museum, Pi ha R.D. I ,Auckland . 7. Telephone Piha RO I.

rOR SAL E- 1934 (abo ut) Buickinterior door handles. and pressedsteel ca rr ier. 1935 Vauxh all '14 'wire whee ls. gearbox . doorhandles,etc. 1935 Austin ' 10 ' parts. 1936Vauxhall parts. 1936 Plymouthmotor complete. 1936 'V S' axles.194 R Standard 'R' a nd ' 14'

Arrol -John ston1925 /7

Au stin variousAuburn 19 25/6Bean 1924 / 8Buick variousC ha nd ler 1923 /9C ha lme rs 1920/4Con tinen ta l va r io usC h rys le r vari ousCitroen variousDurant and Rugby

variou s

Have"Be a ded Wheels"

posted regularly to afriend only $3.00 for6 issues (includespostage). Your mes­sage included withfirst issue. Write to

Subscription Dept.P"O. Box 13140,Christchurch.

C H R YSLER R ESTOR ERS CL UBo f Australia

An yone in terested in forming aNew ' Zea land branch of this c lu bw ith the aim of swapping informa ­tion a nd idea s, contac t D . Hu ggins,49 Ferguso n Street. M an urewa,Auckland.

WILL STRIP AND CLEAN OLD PAINT ANDRUST TO THE METAL & LEAVE AS NEW

We can now offer

CUSTOM TUBE BENDINGfo r exhaust systems on

ALL CA RS and

MOTOR CY CL ES

I "' to 2" 0 .0.

Enquiries to P .O. Box 22273,Ph one 69-988,

o r ca ll a t 63 SI. Asaph St reet,C H R ISTCHU RCH

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DUNEDIN , PHONE 43-4 10BOX 2093

PHONE 30 - 14 I

HOW DO YOUSTRIP OLD PAINT FROM CAR PARTS

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OTAGO MOTOR C YC LE CLUB30TH REUNION

To all fo rmer members of theOt ag o Mot or Cycle and Sp eed wa yClubs, the Reun ion will be held inDunedin on weekend of 24th -26thSept ember, 1976. To register, sendnam e and address with $2 reg istra ­tion fee to Mr K. A. Duncan,Secr etary , 57 Stev enson Road. Co n­co rd, Duned in .

FO R SAL E-Dod ge 1926 trucked.Ca b ori gin al car bod y. G ea rbox .differenti al motor very good. Offer sto L. Sim , p.a . Box 24, Lumsde n,South land.WANTED-To com plete a Wi llys­Knight (, (iB , 1930-head, side andtail lights. Ca n a nybod y he lpplease. Ron W inchester. ' Bloo m­field ,' No . 3 R.D ., Ashburton.FOR SALE- 1954 ArmstrongSiddeley Sapphire 3.4 litre Saloon .130,000 miles. Two owners sincenew . Owned by me for 9 year s inregu la r use. In or iginal tr im andprop er ly serviced since new. Motorreb uilt a t 100,00 miles . Body need sminor attention and o rig inal darkblue and grey lacquer is get tin gthin but an enthusiast could rest orethi s car to new condition in notime . So me spares. Nothin g mi ssin g.Fully eq uip ped wi th H.M .V. push­button radio . hea ter, sc ree nwashers, servo brakes. to w bar, e tc.Manual gea rbox. 52.000.

Al so 1952 T r ium ph Ma yflow ergent's razor-edge sa loo n. Usedda ily by me for last 6 years anda mor e faith ful hack wo uld behard to find . Mot or reb ui lt fai rlyrecentl y. Uses no oil a nd hardl yany petro l. Almost mint. Neverbeen raced . W ill go for ever. 5ROO.

Both of the se will a ppreciate invalue if cared fo r. and both arceligible for P .V. sta tus when tidiedup. Sole reason fo r sale is tosimplify an over -crowded sta ble.

Al so one pair Mk IX Jaguarhalf shaft s. As new $70 the pa ir.ax le case for same. $25. M ichae lHaggitt , 1(, Pitt Street. Dunedin .Telephone 78-690.

Pen and InkDRAWINGS

of your favouritecar or motorcycle

You supply a reason a blephotog ra ph. You will be de­light ed with the resul t. if no t,money refunded .

Size : 12" x 18". Cost 5 12.00.K. S. Henderson

River side No . 3 R.D.Win ton , Southland

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WANT ED - For 1925 Hud son. 2 1"split rims and wo rksho p manual.Al so for 1920 Stud eb ak er E.J.T ou rer , up to fo ur a luminium hub­caps and wo rksho p man ual. Pleaseco ntact John G airdn er, I EastonPark Pde. , G lenfie ld, Au ckland 10.Phone 448-587.

WANTED Any informatio n,plans or pict ures to ena ble me tomak e, or parts to restore. anauthen tic sidecar bod y for my 19237{9 Har ley-D avidson . G . H.Griff ith , 186 Vanguard St., Nelson.(Member).

WANTED Urgen tly - 1934 Pl y­mouth bum pers. windscreen fram e,tail lights and len s. and carr iermo unt , coupe type right side.Ste phen Sath erley , 37 Pin che s SI..Mt. Ro sk ill, Auckl and 4. Ph one674-RI7.

FOR SALE- 29 j3 0 Chev frontaxle, springs, wheel s, head light s.Model T , DA Dod ge, 29 De Sotoback end s. 29 De So to and ModelA front ax les. Mod el T I ton.wheel , 6.00 {650 x 19 tyre . C. N .McD owall. 122 Broughton Stre et,Gore. Phone 7239.

WANTED-Fiat 500 B and Cmodels. whole cars or parts. Wri teBarry Rel ph, I G raham Avenue.T e Atatu North, Au ckland, 8, orPhone HSN 45-556 hom e, G LE7 152 bus iness.

WANT ED- 1930 Pon tiac Sedanpa rts (mai n ly bod y pa rts andwheels). Al so 1928 model A Road­ster par ts wanted . Will swap or sellinumera ble Essex 4 and (, parts.Model T di fferen tia l and Hud sonSix radi at or surro und (ver tica llouv res). An y part s or inf ormat ionleading to par ts gra tef ully received .M ike Turner, 28A Fea therston SI..Levin . Phone 83-059, Levin.

ARIEL Squ are Four parts wantedincluding seat , speed o, exh au stpipes. muffler s. oil pre ssure ga uge.tank, motor parts, tool box etc ., .tosuit 2 piper a lloy model. Will bu yor have o ther Engl ish motorcycleparts to swa p. Ple ase contact D. S.Ma yberry , 6 Epsom Road, Christ­church 4.

ST OLEN 1934 Riley Kestralparts. R adi ator (chromed). head ­light s (un chromed), six head gas ke tsets (new). Substant ial rewa rd fo rinforma tion leadi ng to recovery. D.J . Vincent, 38 Ru therford St reet ,Dunedin . Phone 48-558.

A R IE L Squa re 4 wa nte d byenth usiast. restored or unrestored .An y model con sidered. wi ll insp ectan ywhere. All correspondenceanswe red. A. J. Mayberr y, r .o. Box1(,1(,7. Christchurch . Phon e 486-168.

AJS. 1939, 500 sing le, pa rts re-qu ired inclu ding : front forks.primary ch ain case cover. rea rsproc ket, seat , instrument s a ndpa ne l, ca rb ure ttor, speedometer, ex­hau st system a nd wo rks hopmanua l. Have Roya l Enfiel d andVilliers parts to swap if necessary.A. J . Mayberry , r.o . Box 16167.Ch ristchurch . Phone 486-168.WANT ED -Riley 2{- litre or Alv isTe2 1j 100, either restored orresto rabl e run ne r. De ta ils to Gar­rard, 8 G rand Vue Rd .. KawahaPoin t, Rot orua . •Ph one 84·8 55.WANT ED-To help res to rat ion of1936 Fo rd VR Delu xe Seda n:Chrome surroun d fo r crank handlehole . sun visor, interior doorhand les and chrome sur ro unds ,windscree n wiper a rms a nd ex ter io rlink arm, headlight glasses . rearwhee l hub pull er or ada pto r to fituniversal pull er , work shop manual.Please contact G . Pitt, 38 BalcairnStreet, Ch ristchurch 3.SE LL- If yo u missed o ut a t the25th Annua l Rall y at Chris tc hurchon obtaining yo ur souve nir pennant.some st ill avai la ble. F ive for $ 1.00pos t free . Send to Mrs B. J . Grose,449 Barring ton St. , Ch ristch urch 2.SE LL- Mo torcyc le restorer s, sendfor an up to date pr ice list of tanktra nsfers and ru bber s etc ., ava ila blefo r your bike . New mo de ls beingadded con stan tl y. Send to M rs B.J . G rose, 449 Barr ington St .,Christchurc h 2. N .Z.FO R SA LE-I928 Chev. (Capitol)radi a tor in goo d or der. I 1928cylind er head complete, I 192 8cra nkshaft complete with con rodsand piston s. I 1928 water pumpand fa n. I 1928 water o ut let elbow.A lso fo ur Va lley covers for VS.ot her co llect ion of vintage par ts,$75 lot. Mrs S. Slack , 38 McPheeSt., Da nnevi rke.FO R SA(E- 1936 Plvmouth (,Seda n. Low ow nersh ip, ver ystra ight and origina l condition.Owned two yea rs presen t owne r.Car in everyda y use. Pr ice $600.Apply McKen zie. 9 T orridge St. ,Oarnaru ,

FOR SAL E1924 Kissel G o ld Bug

An offer of large qua ntities ofNo rth Am er ican gold pr omp tsme to advertise thi s vehi cle fo rsa le in New Zea land. I am pre ­pa red to dr op a large qua ntityof mon ey fo r a New Zea lan dbu yer. Th e ca r run s very we llbu t requires some tidyi ng. Qu itea lo t of spares are ava ilabl e.Genui ne enqui ries o nly.

H aro ld KiddPh on e Auckland 493-093 (lJus)

499-722 (Home)(Member)

IOOTH SOUVENIR ISSUE

$25$18

pos tage

WANTE D -To complet e 1930(F30) Ol ds mo bile : headlight s, taillight, fo ur wi re w hee ls l S" x 5.25" ,two R H .doors, RH door pill ar(ce n tre), a ny body p iece s a ndfittings . Assistance to loca te partswi ll be a p pr ec ia ted a nd re cipro ­ca ted wh ere po ssibl e . Write De n isFe thers to n , 10 Porritt D rive .Ka we ra u o r Phone 756 (j.

W A NT ED-Fo r 1929 Chev ro let.Ca rter RJ H0 8 ca rb ure t to r o r parts.2 onl y ins ide do or ha nd les. tai llamp, com plete or g lass o n ly. K.J. Ph ilpo tt. U n it 2, 6 Pame la Place,N ew Lynn , Auck la nd .

SE LL - G ra n t Six T ourer, 1917.O n ly o ne in N.Z. in restored order.V.c.c. No . 90 . A lso a lmos t com ple teGran t in parts p lus ext ra m o to rwit h so me re storat ion work do ne ,m ust se ll as I am b u ild ing a [Jewhou se. H a ve had an overseaso'Ier, bu t wou ld prefer to ha ve carsta y in N .Z ., nea rest offcr tu$6.000 will be accep ted . WANTED- Co lum n change gearbox fo r 1939to 1954 Pon tiac o r O ldsmob ile.Ph o ne 6385 o r wr ite to J. Fu tter , 4Fa r is Crescen t, Wa in u io ma ta .

W A NT E D - O lds mobi le, c urveddash m od el. An y parts o r inf'orrna ­tio n or whereabout s to hel p inrestora t io n . Write to Ba rryMaxwe ll. P.O . Box 2505 5, St.Heli er s Bay. A uck land 5. Ph one584-373.

F O R SALE OR SWAP-Stude­ba ker, 1925 m od el E .R . A ll mech .pa rt s. Motors. gear box, ditIs, a llex. cond. d ist. an d ca rbs .. mani fo ldand heads. A lso Dup lex" Co lonia lhard top a ll co mple te . WANTED- par ts for O lds mob ile, cur vedd ash . O ne pair Di e tz o r simil a r o illamps. Write Barry M a xwell , P .O .Box 250 55, St. Helier s Bay. Auck­land 5. Pho ne 584-3 73 .

FOR SALE~1934 C he v: J un io r,s traight axle, a ll com p lete, e ng inesiezed , wood work bad . $ 175. 193hChev: C lub man , stra igh t ax le, co m ­p letely str ip ped . all bod y pa r ts. fewo ther parts miss ing. Sea ts newl yu ph ol st ered . Ma ny phot o s to aidresto ratio n. $300. 1940 Vauxhall 10.go ing, curren t W .O .F., se ll ing asis . $250 . Mr L Browell. 145 Moun tV iew Rd .. Wanga n ui . P ho ne 36 -790 .(Member).

W A NT E D-In form ati on o f w here­a bo uts of Indi an Mo torcyc le,pref er a bl y Arm y '42, o r ea r lier.Al so Harley David son wanted fo rrest ora t ion o r even a Hu rley withno work needed in resto ra t ion .Please wr ite, T . Ada mson , 67 Ke ithStreet, Wa nga n u i.

IOOTH SOUVENIR ISSUE

FOR SALE IOne recond itioned b lock a nd

shaft assem bly for a Nash. Be­lieved to be a 1938 mo de l.Engi ne No . HE 150 55, Bore 33I 8, St roke 4 3I 8. P lease getin tou ch with the Ma nager,

Engine Re builde rs LtdP .O . Box 122

W hakatane

WANTED-Triumph 3H o r T 80 orpa r ts. Can swap 1939 T IOO fra me.ta nk . motor. or vintage AJS partsinc lud ing 1924 350 b ig por t m o tor.1926 SIV m ot or, 192 8 500 b ig porthead, 1934 3-speed gearbox . fram esetc. B. E lde r, 12 Nay lor Street.Wai m a te.

W A N T E D- A pair of P IOO hea dla m ps, fly ing lady mascot. an d an ybody parts or guards suita ble fo r1930 PII Rolls Ro yce, especia llyhoo d fit tings fo r Seda n DropheadCoupe. o r has anyone hood fitt ingsth e y wo u ld a llow me to examineand m easure. D. Ha ll, 16 1 Ma inSt. , Huntly. Phone 879 or 1489 .

W A NT ED- For 1934 A ustin Seven.Generato r d istri buto r assemb ly,Tim ing cover cran k ha ndle coverca st ing . Man ual , new run nin gboard rubbers, or comp lete motor.A ll rep lies an swer ed . 55 Son gerStreet, Stoke. Nelson .

FOR SALE- 1946 Nash Super 6.4660, overdrive, good me cha n ica lly,good bodywork, ge n uine reasonfor se lling. R . T . Sa nders. 24 3Kawa i Street , Nelso n .

FO R SALE- I928 Chev . newfro n t guard s, $ 100 pai r. Good use dtyres, 550 x 17, $ 10 each.Wan ted - Sm all Notek spotligh t.will swa p with 2 large No tek spot­ligh ts. J im A nsell , 3 R .D .,C levedo n. Phone C levedon 628.

CO N N ECTIN G rod for 500 c.c.lo ngstro ke o .h.c . N orton. HaveKT.T. Ve lo parts to trade ifrequ ired. P . C la rkson , 74 Bo lla rdAv e .. Avonda le, A uc k lan d 7.

FOR SAL E-Singer 1500 . 1954mode l in firs t c lass o rder insid e a ndo ut , genuine mil ea ge, 65,000, twoow ners. App ly R. 1. M . Parish.Fores t Rd.. Gera ldine or Phone1113. Gera ld ine. P rice $350.

WANTED-Early cyc le-car frontax le a nd hubs, cha in dri ve rearend . A lso a ny m ot or spa res 1929M6 350 A .J .S. SW AP- Sq uare 4gearbox, good 1924-25 A .1.S.Motor. Dodge hand bo ok a ppro x.1919-2 1. Vi ntage e lectric ho rn. Bi llM un ro , 5 Rawh it i Street, StokesVa lle y, (M ember).

WANTED- I928 Essex rad ia to r,a lso sp las h pan s off side of engi ne.193 0 Hudson 8 rad ia tor she ll. 1927C hev sha ck le pi ns, oi l filte r an dmotor met er. Re p lies : W . 1. Frew,No. 5 R .D .. T aiha pe .

FOR SA LE-1 930 A us tin 16 / 6Saloon , co mp lete wi th spare m o toran d gearbox. Par tly restored , $400.WANTED- Hood bows fo r 19 17Mode l T Roadste r al so bon net, 23"wooden fell o w w heels , woo denstee r ing whee l a nd wind o w screen .Co ntac t G . W. McGregor. 109Reservoir Ro ad , Oamaru. P ho ne71- 124, (M ember).

'FO R SALE- 1930 P lymouthCoupe, near origin al a nd in ex ­ce llen t co ndition, 7 1,00 m iles . On lyfo ur ow ne rs, previo us ow ne r hadthis ca r for 33 years A dvert iserk no ws of on ly three ot her m od el sof this car in N .Z . R u nni ng co n­d it ion A I, wo u ld trave l a ny where,good tyres. $3 ,500 o.n.o. R eply toM. R. Loff hagen, 13 Cross St.,Timaru , Ph on e 8 1-3 13, T imar u .

ANAWHATA PACKARDMUSEUM

PARTSNew and used . fo r m o st m odel

Pack;lrd ca rs.BOOKS AND MANUALS

C urrent Packard books; orig-ina l and re pri n t man ua ls.S pecia lly recom mended :T he Packard 1942-fi2 by N . T.Dawes, $20.The Coachb u ilt Packa rd, byH ugo P fau . $16.

IN F O R M ATIO NOur M useum inc ludes 30

Packard cars in origina l cond i­t io n , represen ting m o st mo de lsfrom 1919 to end of p rod uct ionin 1958. We are p leased tosupply information , at no m ina lcharge, fo r resto rer s.

VETE RAN ACCESSO R IESCo ndor b rass reprod uc tio n bug le

ho rnsRe mo te bulb m od el $38Dash model $30

Brass navel watch casesThese are rea l cur ios a nd ju stthe thin g to mou nt o n th e flatdash of yo ur vet era n .

3 o n ly newUsedP lease include S I

with o rde r.Enqu iries to .. .

G rae rne R . C rawA nawhata Packar d M use um

P iha R.D. IA uck land 7

Ph one P iha 80 1

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VINTAGE CAR COLLECTIONStart your own collection of Veteran, Vintage, Po st Vintage, His­

toric Racing Cars, Champion Drivers etc by collecting colourfulStamp sets, Dozens to choose from depicting cars like Au stin , Vaux­hall, For.I T to Cadillac . Duesenberg, Bugatti, Rolls Royce to Mase­ratis and Larnborghinis. Write for your free catalogue,

ALADDIN STAMP TRADERS P,O. BOX 1070, HASTINGS(Prop. Harry Roucher, Member)

TAUPO COUNTY COUNCIL

SALE OF 1938 FIRE APPLIANCE

Phone, write or call

AUTO RESTORATIONS63 St Asaph Street

ChristchurchPhone 69-988

P.O. Box 22273

AUTORESTORATIONS LTD

L.MV.D.

New wooden body frames andrepairs

Panel work repairs.New panel work - guards. etc .Mechanical overhauls.Fabrication of replacement

parts.Spare parts.Vehicles bought , sold . sold

on behalf.

FOR SALE-1937 Diamond T , 3ton truck. Unrestored but basicallysound . Offers to : B. 1. Fodie, 56Eden St., Oamaru. Phone 36-288,Oamaru.SUNBEAM parts wanted . B.E .815 x 105, 820 x 120, that is 24.12"and 22.30-r-inside rim diameter. Amdesperate for rim s or completeveteran wire wheels. An y rims ofabout this size B.E ., well based orstra ight- sided that would be suit­able to spoke to hubs considered .21" Rudge Whitworth 52 mmspline required a lso . Require 14/40back axle body fittings andinstruments. 1912 12/16 and 16/20engine and running gear partsback axles , gas headlights, oil taillight. Have available prefer toswap, 1925 6 cylinder star enginegearbox, Morris steering column .box , 1928 Talbot radiator, vintageTriumph motorcycle engine. ModelA parts, see last issue adverts. JimMaud, 4 Mahana Place, Rotorua .Phone 84-227 .HUDSON, Essex, Terraplane Clubof New Zealand. Dedicated to pre­serving the great cars built byHudson . H .E .T. owners, join ourprogressive club and obtain manybenefits, monthly magazine, tech­nical tips , library . For furtherinformation contact MembershipSecretary, 55 Bennetts Road ,Rotorua.

J. W. BULL, County Engineer

SWAP-Veteran Big X 1917, Ariel500 1934, Ariel 350 1939, NortonES2 949, Panther 600 1934.Engines - B.S.A. 500 and 650650 Twin 1950. B.S.A. Sloper 500.New Hudson 500, Panther 350 and500, Triumph 500 S.V., Rudge 250and 500. Rudge heads, one bron zeand one radial. Gearboxes andwheels and rims B.E. and Modern .Velocette O.H .C. Engine parts.WANTED - Henderson 4 motorand gearbox 1917, Rudge frame24-27 and forks, B.S.A . 1000 V twinengine 1929. Jack Inch, 18 BurnleyTerrace, Mount Eden, Auckland.

WANTED-For 1926 T Tourer(New Beauty), top half windscreenwith glass , running boards, topbows, seat springs, bonnet, ignitionand light switch, horn button,Ruckstell diff. , apron belowradiator. For 1929 96A Whippet 4Sedan , cow l and windscreen posts,motor, gearbox. I have to swa pfor above, 1926 T rear part Tourerbody, gas tank, 2 cowls all good,roadster body and front guardsrough. Also for T, 2 windscreenhalves with glass, beaded edge de­tachable rim type wheel allexcellent, 1918 type cowl andwindscreen posts and diff. and driveshaft assembly, co lonial body ovalgas tank all good, radiator andsurrounds and early type flat topfront guards and running board, allrough . Also good Chrysler 4radiator and excellent drum head­light 8t in diameter and 4r' indepth. Tony Best, 6 McKerrowSt., Dunedin . Phone 44-509.

Tenders are invited for the purchase of the following surplusvehicle -

"1938 CHEVROLET FIRE APPLIANCE"Water Capacity-140 gallons

The appliance may be inspected at the County Depot, Spa Road.Taupo by arrangement with the Deputy County Engineer, Mr P.A. Sampson-Phone 10 11 (Bus), 1317 (Evenings).

Tenders in a sealed envelope endorsed 'Tender Fire Appliance"and accompanied by a deposit of 1O u~ of the tendered sum clo seat the County Office , Lake Terrace . Private Bag, Taupo at 4.30p.m. on 2nd Ju ly. 197(,. Highest or any tender not necessarilyaccepted.

HUDSON PARTS-Wanted for1928 Super Six Sedan. 19" wheelsund split rims : front and rear hubcaps: lubr ica tion oil "ups; tri ­angular hub cap spanner: radiatorcore and surround: instruments:throttle hand lever: light switch;horn button: bonnet, step ­plate : ashtray ; generator auto lightGAB4008; distributor autolightIGA40242H: headlights; dome-lights; stoplight switch : workshopmanua l; parts list. Other partsconsidered. PLYMOUTH PARTSALSO -wanted for 1928 Q Ply ­mouth Roadster. Dicky seat: hoodbows and hood or patterns; doors:instruments; dicky seat step-plate;worshop manual ; handbook. Otherparts considered . Swaps includerear body section for Roadster.Contact Steve Trott. 61 PorrittDrive, Kawerau. Phone 7314.WANTED-For 1923-24 ChevroletTourer : Windscreen frame or up­rights, hood bows, doors , speedo,tail light , carburettor and manifold,radiator, any other parts or liter­ature, For 1932 Chevrolet : 2 head­light lenses, 3 hubcaps. Have some1932 Chev. parts to swap. D.Clearwater, 10 Scutari Street,Wyndharn. Phone 54D .WANTED-For very early lightveteran car: Any steering, brakeclutch parts, bevel rear axle trackabout 3' 8" . All rep lies answered.C. Wright, 506 Lyndon Road West.Hastings.WANTED-Details of any Sun­beam . Talbot. Darracq cars forU.K. Register. Correspondencewelcome even if you do not wishto join . C. Wright, 506 LyndonRoad West , Hastings, N.Z. Secre­tary.WANTED-For 1912- 1922 12/16Sunbeam, Any parts for this modelof which I have engine, gearboxand chassis only. Also up to 5 sixstud San key wheels for 21" tyres.Correspondence welcome about thiscar. C. Wright, 506 Lyndon RoadWest. Hastings.

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o CAR STANDS*ALL STEEL TUBULAR CONSTRUCTION*MAXIMUM LOAD 1TON PER STAND

*HEIGHT FROM 11~"to 17~"

*7HEIGHT POSITIONS