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April 2019 Page 1
Index
APRIL 2019
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April 2019 Page 3
Index
In this issue… Page
Nomination Form—Bill Shears Memorial Trophy 6
2019 Annual Vintage Muster 15
26th National Motorcycle Rally 18-19
The Mad Irishwoman’s Rally 20-23
Old ‘Crocks’ on Parade 24-25
Bert Cuthbertson Memorial Rally 26
Garage Sale 27
Regular Features
Chairman’s Report 4
Club Captain’s Report 5-6
Secretary’s Notes 7
Motorcycle Notes 8-9
Entertainment Notes 10
Commercial Notes 11
Mid Week Tourers 12
Library Notes 13
Veteran Notes 14
Coming Events 16-17
For Sale/Wanted 28-29
Your Committee 30
May Bulletin closing date Strictly 25 April 2019
Cover Designed by Melanie Ball
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Page 4 April 2019 Chairman’s Report At the beginning of March we had the Bert Cuthbertson Motorcycle Rally which was won by Stuart Metge. Rodger Ball was the plotter for our Annual Vintage Muster, which attracted 20 entries. There were 32 members at the prize giving dinner. Alan, Shaaran and Zoe Price won the fast class and Tracey Winterbottom won the slow. Congratu- lations Alan & Shaaran who were the overall winner and next year’s plotter. My grandson Riley and I went along to the Auckland Brit and European Car Show held at Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga. We took along my BSA Bantam to add to the 25 motorcycles on display. This amazing show, which is free to the public, had well over 1000 cars on display. We had our Branch stand set up and handed out information sheets on our Branch. The crowd was estimated to be around 8000. The Mid Week Tourers had another good day out. John Stokes' Veteran section continues to have good meetings, so if you're into veteran vehicles pop along and join John and the others. John Campbell still has lively Commercial meet- ings so if you're thing is trucks and things, do go along and join them. The Motorcycle meeting had 65 members turn up to hear Linda Maddock and David Morley show and tell the story of Linda's 1952 250cc CZ racing bike. David restored the motorcycle to a very high standard. There is only one other model and that is in the USA at the Barber Motorcycle museum in Alabama. The March Club run went to the Awhitu Peninsula for a picnic day. Well that's all for this month, so keep those 2, 3 and 4 wheels turning safely. Martin Spicer
April 2019 Page 5
Club Captain’s Report
My goodness, already we are into April – where does time go?
Martin and our grandson Riley went along to represent our Club and Branch at
the Auckland Brit & European Car Show, held on the first Sunday in March, at
Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga. More than 1000 cars were on display. We had
25 motorcycles on our stand and 2 cars. However, a number of the car club
section members were displaying with the one make Clubs. Martin has subse-
quently had some people looking to join the Branch since this event where he
gave out some information pamphlets. Thank you Martin for your efforts.
The monthly Motorcycle Section meeting in March was attended by about 65
members where Martin welcomed Norm & Linda Maddock and David Morley
who brought along Linda’s 1952 CZ 250cc racing machine, only one of two left
in the world, which David and his son had restored. A lot of oohs and aahs
were heard.
John Stokes’ Veteran meetings continue with good support.
The Vintage Muster was held 10th March. A lovely rally route was plotted
around the South Auckland and Franklin countryside, having lunch at the Arari-
mu Hall. The day finished with a convivial evening prize-giving dinner at the
Clubrooms, attended by 32 people. Thank you to the plotters, Rodger and Val
Ball, marshals and lunchtime helpers. The section winners were Alan & Shaaran
Price and Tracy Winterbottom. The overall winner and next year’s plotter are
Alan & Shaaran Price. Congratulations to all the place getters.
The Motorcycle Section held their monthly Club Run, the Bert Cuthbertson Rally,
won by Stuart Metge. Thanks again to the plotter and helpers.
The Mid-Week Tourers had another successful run.
Club night was well attended and an interesting evening was had. It was a
show and tell night (photos of special events). It was enjoyable listening to
some couples exploits and seeing photos afterwards. We are always looking
for people of interest to come along on Club Night to give a talk and/or a film
show. If you know of someone who fits the bill then please get in touch with
Russel McAlpine.
The last run was the club run held on Sunday 31 March and this month I was
able to take a back seat, as Tracey Winterbottom had plotted it. We had 14
vehicles at the start which was pleasing to see. We had a lovely meander
through Franklin to the Awhitu Peninsula, making a stop to view the sand bar
where a steam boat had run ashore in 1863 (bringing supplies into NZ during
the Maori Wars) and then onto Awhitu Lighthouse. The last time I was there, it
was pouring with rain and cloud cover. What a contrast on 31 March, beauti-
ful blue skies and brilliant sunshine with a very warm wind.
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Club Captain’s Report Contd...
John Stokes, Norm & Pat Dewhurst joined us here and so did two Motorcycle
section members, Stephen Denze and Eric Drabble on their machines. The
views from the top of the lighthouse were breathtaking and so was some of the
scenery going out to the lighthouse. From there we took another route to finish
at Graham’s Beach for a picnic lunch. Everyone got their chairs and picnic
hampers out and formed a large circle, so the cross chatting was excellent. A
very pleasant way to end the monthly run. Martin and I had our grandchildren
with us and they enjoyed the lighthouse, never having been up in one before.
Isabella, only 22 months old, walked the whole way up to, and back down
from the lighthouse and we counted 73 stairs coming down. They also had a
lovely time at the finish in the small playground and then down on the beach.
I look forward to seeing you out and about.
Lynda Spicer
NOMINATION FORM
For the Bill Shears Memorial Trophy
Members of the Auckland Veteran & Vintage Car Club (Inc) are invited to
nominate a fellow Branch member for this Annual Award. The nomination
should be for any member that they regard as having been involved in a sig-
nificant event. It may be a particularly memorable motoring journey, an im-
portant historical article or series of articles published or some special service
to the Branch. This trophy will be awarded at the Branch AGM in June.
I wish to nominate: _________________________________________(Print)
for the Bill Shears Memorial Trophy
Proposer: _________________________________________________(Print)
Signature: ______________________________________________________
Seconder: _________________________________________________(Print)
Signature: ______________________________________________________
Details of the accomplishment and supporting information: _______________
_______________________________________________________________
Please submit to the Secretary, Tracey Winterbottom by 30 May 2019 via
email auckland@vcc.org.nz
or post P O Box 12 138 Penrose Auckland 1642
April 2019 Page 7
Secretary’s Notes
Martin Spicer and I attended the National Executive meeting in March, full re-
port next Bulletin but here are a couple of headlines:
There will be a National Motorcycle Rally in 2021 outside of the Vero Festival of
Motoring.
The Vero Festival of Motoring continues to move along with the organising
team in full swing with planning and a lot of things now really firmed up. Again,
watch your Bulletin for more updates on this and if you are thinking about go-
ing, register your interest on the website.
A note from Julie at head office, some people are making payments for rallies
into the head office account, easy done I guess if you have them set up as
payees and just called VCC. I don’t think we have had any instances but
watch out when making payments.
Beaded Wheels are always on the lookout for editorial for the magazine and
good quality photos to go along with it. So when you attend that rally, or
make a special trip or have an interesting restoration on the go, or have a real
expert technical advice to offer on anything, think about putting pen to paper.
Tracey Winterbottom
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Contact Paul Greet on 021 771 090
Page 8 April 2019 Motorcycle Notes It was a warm and sunny afternoon when I arrived at the Clubrooms for the March Motorcycle meeting. Don Green was next to arrive. We set up the room ready for the meeting, then our guest speakers arrived, Norm & Linda Maddock and David Morley. They had brought along Linda's newly restored, by David, a 1950's CZ 250cc race bike. There were 10 bikes parked out the back. However, considering the weather, I would have thought we should have double that! We had 60 plus members attending. Visitor: ex motorcycle racers Neville Wooderson, Billy Mitchell, and new member Les Cline. General: Leo Fowler has just had a new knee fitted - get fit soon Leo. Peter Al- derdice was away down in Cambridge taking part in a rally with his 1924 Oak- land car. Reports: Martin and Graeme Crawley reported on the recent National Motorcy- cle Rally held in Blenheim. Don Green reported on the Norton Rally held at Banks Peninsula which had 72 motorcycles. John Shennan told us about the BSA Rally held at Rangiriri with 45 bikes. Martin reported on the Burt Cuthbertson Rally and also the very successful Brits and European Car Show held in Pakuranga where we had 25 motorcycles on display. Overall the show had over 1000 cars as well, what a free treat for the estimated 8000 spectators. Rob Lauder reported on his recent trip to the Burt Munro. Warwick Darrow reported on the recent Velocette Rally at Raglan with 46 bikes. It has certainly been a very busy month for the motorcycle section members. Coming Up: 14 April Eddie Sim Run finishing at Malcolm Anderson's man cave/workshop/ home and great bikes. If you haven't been before, don't miss this great finishing venue, you won't be disappointed. 20 April Motorcycle Meeting—we will have the guys from Experience Motorcy- cles bringing along the new 650cc twin cylinder Royal Enfield. 11 May Motorcycle Meeting—we will have the Chairman of the NZ Land Speed Association John Secombe. John has been a bike drag racer for many years and at their recent meeting he clocked up a speed of over 200 mph on his Ka- wasaki, not bad for a 70 year old. Guest Speakers—Linda Maddock spoke about the CZ racer, which was import- ed into NZ in the early 1950's by Bill Russell. There were only around 10 of these bikes built. It is a 250cc single cylinder, over head cam, based on an Excelsior engine. It looks like a small Manx Norton. Peter Stone was the rider and raced it 35 times, winning 33 races and most of the wins were against larger 350cc bikes. When Peter stopped racing the CZ it was laid up in a barn for the next 50 years. Linda spoke to Peter just before he passed away and said she would take on the bike and restore it. It was in a very sorry state with rust and corrosion on all the alloy bits, frame and wheels. David Morley who has restored Norm and Linda's other famous race bikes took on the job. But it was David's son Phillip who did the majority of the work. The great looking alloy fuel and oil tanks were given to Steve Roberts to knock out the dents and polish to high standard. They sourced
April 2019 Page 9
Commercial Notes
some parts from Jawa in Czechoslovakia. The engine was rebuilt but hasn’t
been started yet. The CZ sits in Linda's lounge with the ex Graham Walker 1932
TT winning Rudge and the Matchless G50 racer. There is only one other 250 CZ
and that's in the famous Barber Museum in Birmingham, Alabama USA. Linda's
bike is in a more superior condition than the USA bike.
Martin thanked Norm, Linda and David for coming and telling this interesting
story.
Keep those 2,3 and 4 wheels turning safely.
Martin Spicer and Jack Clark
Norm & Linda Maddock, David Morley & Martin Spicer with CZ Racer
Page 10 April 2019
Entertainment Notes
March club night was planned to be a little different in that we wanted mem-
bers to share their stories of road trips, rallies, mishaps etc. of travelling. There
was a wide variety including Alan Robert’s contribution of a photo album on the
1972 International Rally put together by Brian Ogston - Pat Campbell did the
Dunedin Rally and John Campbell kept us amused with an old wind up gramo-
phone with records – Shaaran Price shared a road trip around Ireland to com-
plete her family tree – I shared some of the “A” Team’s favourite adventures
over The Nevis, Old Dunstan Rd Otago, Kiwi Rd Taranaki, Moturoa Rd Wanganui
District. Once you get started it prompts many good stories and we may hear
from some others on Irishmans or R’oil Cans etc., on another occasion.
Speaking of road trips, Jocelyn and I will be travelling down the South Island with
the Balls and Morrises next month to attend the National Model A Rally in Te
Anau so I will miss the April club night. Once again I have to thank John and Pat
for stepping up and organising this night. The lucky door prizes are still in action –
Pat Dewhurst was our March winner - so bring along a mate on Thursday 25th
and enjoy some entertainment and some great social chat.
The Campbells will screen some of their
hitherto unseen short films on the April
club night. Among them will be a re-
hashed 1965 film of the total eclipse of
the sun, filmed in Northland, and an
exercise that could easily have ended
in disaster for four of our members cars.
They are still working on transferring an-
other couple to DVD, but suggest you
won’t be bored.
See you in May.
Russel McAlpine
Below—Kiwi Rd, Taranaki
Above—Nevis Pass, OtagoApril 2019 Page 11
Commercial Notes
Our little section welcomed new member Greg Martin to its March meeting.
Greg, from New Windsor, (he’s almost a neighbour) has almost finished restor-
ing a 1942 Ford GPW Jeep.
By the time you read this, it will all be over. Saturday April the 6 th, (or therea-
bouts) marked 50 years since my Auckland Four Wheel Drive Club was formed.
I have been a member since 1975, an honour I share with one other, and I am
the sole life member. I have been asked to display my 1961 AMC Mighty Mite
and 1983 CJ8 Jeep. My family will also be displaying their 4x4’s. As a matter of
fact, it has been said more than once over the years that we were trying to
form our own four wheel drive club.
The picture shows the BRC
40, built by the American
Bantam Company, of But-
ler, in Pennsylvania. This
was the only one of the
three prototypes to be de-
livered within the 75 day
time frame, the U.S. Military
had called for. In July of
1940 invitations were sent
out to 135 U.S. vehicle man-
ufacturers for a prototype 4
x 4 vehicle no heavier than
2,160 lb. Just three compa-
nies responded, American Bantam, Willys/Overland Motors & Ford, (who had
been “persuaded” by the military to participate, as they were large enough to
produce in volume). Bantam were ready with theirs with 3 days to spare.
Eventually, Willys & Ford came to the party although they were penalised for
their lateness and each company was asked to produce 75 more vehicles for
trialling purposes. These were the only vehicles the Bantam Company ever
produced, the company was deemed too small to reach production require-
ments. They were instead, given the task of producing many thousands of the
famous Jeep trailer.
Keep M Rolling
John CampbellPage 12 April 2019
Mid Week Tourers
It’s only about two years since
we had a run to Lionel & Mary
Roger’s home and garage, we
don’t usually have repeats so
quickly. But there have been so
many members wanting to go
there again, that Jack was able
to organise a second run for last
month. His initiative was well
founded. There were over forty
starters, with several more join-
ing us at the finish. Lionel &
Mary are perfect hosts and we
were very well looked after. The sight of seven classics in the lower garage,
yes, I am including a Ford Model A in with the Ferrari’s and Bugatti’s, along with
two of Gary Boyce’s Mercedes Benz roadsters in the top garage, proved to be
well worth the drive through city traffic, which Jack had done a great job really
with his route plotting. Not to mention the view over Tamaki Drive and the Har-
bour. Starters at Drury included a number of first timers (members and or cars)
and a small group of senior Motorsport people, Alan Wolfe, Colin Waite and
Gary Boyce joined forces with Jack Nazer, Lionel was a starter as well as host at
the finish. Philip Pearce brought along visitors from the U.K. in a nice little Saab.
Also a Series 2 Morris 8 saloon first timer but we missed your name. Chrysler 77s
are generally considered to be one of Walter’s best and Ray Crombach had
his immaculate roadster out. Really a very representative turnout. Thank you
all for supporting the day and special thanks to Gary Boyce, Jack Nazer and
Lionel & Mary Rogers.
The proposed guided tour of the Chelsea Sugar works. See last months Bulletin.
At the moment this won’t happen, no one seems interested.
Coming Events:
Wednesday 17 April: Starts from the Warehouse Carpark, Westgate, 10:00 a.m.
for a 10:30 a.m. departure. It will be a ‘mystery run’. I don’t quite know yet
where we’ll finish, but come along. The proposed destination of the Toroa
Steam Ferry turned out to be unavailable on a Wednesday.. (That will now like-
ly be a Sunday Club run later in the year). BYO lunch, it’ll probably be a
shortish run, maybe finishing at a park!
Wednesday 15 May: Starts from the Drury Service Centre, Southern Motorway,
10:00 a.m. for a 10:30 a.m. departure. More details to follow, but it could be a
run to Thames. There are still some empty slots for the tour of A & G Price
Foundry.
Wednesday 19 June: Starts from the Warehouse Carpark, Westgate, 10:00 a.m.
for a 10:30 a.m. departure.
The Dewdrops & the Mid-Week Team
Ph: (09) 232 0245 or email dewdrops@xtra.co.nzApril 2019 Page 13
Library Notes
Last month we reported that we had purchased a Triumph Car book (which we
paid the high price of $47.50 for) and only a week later we found three Triumph
Stag Manuals for $54. Two of these are factory publications, one for parts so we
bought them and have had good reports from a Stag owner. We found anoth-
er book on the Burt Munro story titled Legend of Speed by Hanna and Larsen
and we bought ‘Car Marques Brands and Logos’ by Heptinstall. Automobilia
collector Bob Ballantyne has been advised to downsize and has donated a
collection of books to us including a set of Ford books put out for the 75 th Anni-
versary of the Ford Motor Co 1903 to 1978 edited by Lorin Sorensen, they in-
clude:
The Ford Road The Ford Factory
The Open Fords The Good Old Fords
The Commercial Fords The Ford Shows
The American Ford
Other Books and Manuals include:
Chevrolet Parts and Accessories 1929 to1955 and 1946 to 1957
G M Chev parts catalogue 1926 to1957
The Hot One Chev 1955 to1957 by Pat Chappell
Ford Customline Work Shop manual 1949 to 1951 and1952 to 1954.
Model T Ford Restoration handbook
Cassel book of the Ford Zephyr and Zodiac 1951-56
Ford Model A Car by Page
Motor Sports by Daniels
Gen on Veteran Cars by Cade
Auto Engines and Electrical Systems by Blanchard and Ritchen
From Pat Bren and Mike Stuart we received two cartons of books, one on Car
books and one on War ships which we have yet to find a home for. The Car
books include:
Allard The Inside Story by Lush
Jaguar A Biography by Lord Montague of Beaulieu
MG The Immortal T series by Harvey
The Racing Fifteen hundreds by Venables
Three Pointed Star The Story of Mercedes Benz by Scott Moncrieff
The T Series MG by Knudson
And two Videos on Bugatti's by Conway, two more on Aston Martins and Rac-
ing Mercedes parts 1,2,3. A big thankyou to the donors of these books and Vid-
eos.
Barry Robert and the Library Team—Barry Birchall, Colin Bott, Owen Hay-
ward, John Stokes & Chris Wood.Page 14 April 2019
Veteran Notes
There were lots of apologies for the March meeting due to a clash with the
HCCNZ's Spring Tour. I'll have to try and organise around this next year.
Royce Shears had given Barry Birchall an history of the Twombly Cycle Car which
was known in Auckland in the 1950's when owned by Merv Hardy. It was subse-
quently sold to Australia and restored there. Merv must have relayed some of
this to Bill Shears, who had written some of it down. There was some more discus-
sion about the article on Joe Tidswell that appeared in February’s Bulletin and
also about the late George Giltrap and his collection, that moved from Rotorua
to Queensland in the late nineteen fifties or early sixties.
I'm given to understand that Bob Ballantyne has sold the Model T van he owned
for many years and Steve Raffills has sold his 1906 Cadillac.
So it's short and sweet for this month.
John Stokes
Twombly Cycle CarApril 2019 Page 15
2019 Annual Vintage Muster
Thank you to the twenty entrants who took part in this year’s event. Also, very
many thanks to the marshals, in particular Ken & Annette Foot (as checkers and
start and trail vehicle), Alan & Eileen Roberts (checking in at the lunch break),
John Campbell (checking out at the lunch break) and Jo Bieleski & Anthony
(end of the straight line navigation). Special thanks to Pat Campbell who virtu-
ally sole handed looked after the lunch break cuppa. I would also like to
acknowledge Mike Loosemore and Bob & Dawn Pickering for offering to mar-
shal, but were not required this time. I shall keep you all in mind should we be
silly enough to win other events in the future.
Vehicles ranged in age from the 1922 Paige Daytona of Owen & Jane Hayward
to the 1988 Mazda Eunos of Alan & Christine Allbon.
The event of approximately 90 miles started later than usual, with the first vehi-
cle departing at 10:30a.m. from Ray Small car park Papakura and headed out
to Drury, Runciman, Bombay and Ararimu Hall for the lunch break. After lunch
entrants travelled through Ararimu, Hunua, Clevedon, Brookby, Whitford,
Beachlands, back to Whitford, Alfriston and then finished at the Ardmore Café
at the Ardmore Airport.
Having plotted several major rallies for the Auckland Branch, it is becoming
more and more difficult to find roads we haven’t used in the past. However
there is a new “lifestyle” subdivision in Bombay which hasn’t been used before
and the ever increasing Beachlands/Pine Harbour area was great to plot a fair-
ly busy straight line navigation section, (where time keeping ceased and the
entrants could drive at their own pace to the finish).
There were only three little traps during the event, which caught most of the
entrants somewhere along the way.
In the over-riding instructions it stated: Keep right at Wootten Rd (Bombay). If
this road was missed there was a “come-on” silent check and then a check
stating “delete the next instruction and change speed”. “No Exit roads” do not
exist except during straight line navigation and this was used, in particular,
where Cowan Rd (Hunua) became “No Exit”. By using the instruction “Right”
before it should’ve been used, some entrants came across a silent check fol-
lowed by a directional arrow pointing to the right. The third trap was: “Keep
left at NO 65-79”. This was on Whitford Park Rd. It didn’t matter whether these
traps were executed or not as these were used in helping sort out a “winner”.
Congratulations to all place getters.
Slow Class: Tracey Winterbottom & Leslie Dewhurst 1925 Essex
John & Dianne Poole 1929 Pontiac Cabriolet
John & Janice Gardner 1928 Ford Model A Tudor
Fast Class: Alan, Shaaran & Zoe Price 1930 Chevrolet Roadster
Glenn & Marion Morris 1928 Ford Model A Phaeton
Russel & Jocelyn McAlpine 1930 Ford Model A Phaeton
Overall: Alan, Shaaran & Zoe Price
Rodger Ball
Right—Rodger Ball, Alan & Shaaran Price & Martin SpicerPage 16 April 2019
Coming Events
April
13 Sat Veteran Section Meeting—Clubrooms 2:30pm
14 Sun Eddie Sim Motorcycle Rally
Starts Jolly Farmer, Drury 11:00am
17 Wed Mid Week Tourers
Starts Warehouse Carpark, Westgate 10:00am
20 Sat Motorcycle Meeting—Clubrooms 2:30pm
24 Wed Commercial Meeting & Charabanc Maintenance Night
Clubrooms 8:00pm
25 Thurs Club Night & New Members 8:00pm
26-27 Maunga Moana Rally (Taranaki Branch)
28 Sun No Club Run—Support Northern Raid
28 Sun Northern Raid (North Shore Branch)
28 Sun Swap Meet (Northland Branch)
30 Tue May Committee Meeting 7:30pm
May
4 Sat Veteran Section Meeting—Clubrooms 2:30pm
4-5 Pukekohe Swap Meet—Pukekohe Indian Community Centre
9 Thurs Bulletin via Website or email
11 Sat Motorcycle Meeting—Clubrooms 2:30pm
15 Wed Mid Week Tourers
Starts Drury Service Centre, Southern Motorway 10:00am
18 Sat Motorcycle Rally (Northland Branch)
22 Wed Commercial Meeting & Charabanc Maintenance Night
Clubrooms 8:00pm
23 Thurs Club Night—Shiny Parts Auction & New Members 8:00pm
26 Sun Club Run (Experts Rally)
June
2 Sun Double Fifty Rally (Waikato Branch)
4 Tues Committee Meeting 7:30pm
8 Sat Veteran Section Meeting—Clubrooms 2:30pm
13 Thurs Bulletin Mailing 7:30pm
15 Sat Motorcycle Meeting—Clubrooms 2:30pm
19 Wed Mid Week Tourers
Starts Warehouse Carpark, Westgate 10:00am
26 Wed Commercial Meeting & Charabanc Maintenance Night
Clubrooms 8:00pm
27 Thurs Branch AGM 8:00pm
30 Sun Club Run—Combined with North Shore Branch
Hosted by Auckland Branch
Note: The clubrooms are open on the second and fourth Thursday evenings
each month from 7:30pm till 10:00pm
and every Saturday afternoon from 4:30pm till 6:30pm.April 2019 Page 17
Coming Events
Thursday 25 April
8:00 p.m.
Short Films & DVD
hosted by John & Pat Campbell
NO Club Run
Sunday 28 April
Please support the Northern Raid (North Shore
Branch), as our neighbouring Branch
Meet at North Shore club rooms 10:00am for morning
tea. Heading off on morning section after tea. Back for
lunch (BYO) at 12:30pm. Afternoon section heads off at
1:30pm. Dinner provided with entry fee. Entry forms
available from North Shore club rooms or in the North
Shore magazine—Progress.Page 18 April 2019 26th National Motorcycle Rally Well for us, the Auckland Motorcycle Section, the planning for the Blenheim 26th National Motorcycle Rally began a year before with leader and “Camp Moth- er”, Peter Alderdice. Peter has done this job before, many times. He knows his stuff. Peter rented 2 airbnb houses in Blenheim and did the ferry bookings, along with other bookings for the trip down and back. We had 18 members going south and with us were an English couple Alan &Ann Burgis and German Jurgen Loges, also Cam Francis from Northland. We all met at the BP Service Centre on the Southern Motorway on Wednesday morning. Unfortunately one of our guys fell off his bike on the motorway on-ramp on a diesel spill and received a cut to his arm that needed stitches. After the visit to A & E, he bravely rode with the rest of the riders down to the first over night stop at Ohakune. Dave Mayhew and I trailered our motorcycles from Rotorua over to meet the rest at the Ohakune Ski Lodge. Thursday morning we set off for a lunch stop at Peter Thompson's Motorcycle Museum. After looking over the mu- seum we set off with Peter Thompson and wife Jennifer in their Harley sidecar. We all arrived at the Petone Top 10 campsite around 4pm. Dave Mayhew and I put the car and trailer into the secure lockup. We left at 6:30a.m. the next morn- ing for the Bluebridge Ferry. We had a smooth crossing to Picton, then made our way to our two houses in Blenheim. We all went to the Marlborough Convention Centre for a meet and greet. Saturday morning we assembled at the Rally Headquarters at Brayshaw Park ready for the rally. There were nearly 190 entries and a rally route of around 110 miles, passing many vineyards. There was a short 2 mile metal road section which most went on, but there was a more challenging section of 20 miles plus, which had some severe corrugations that really rattled some older bikes. Peter Thompson's 1927 Harley with wife Jennifer in the chair broke the sidecar wheel axle. Peter removed the sidecar and carried on solo, whilst Jennifer continued the rest of the rally and tour in the BSA sidecar of Michael O'Kane. That night we went to the Marlborough Convention Centre for dinner, after which we were entertained by NZ ex World Motorcycle Champion Graeme Crosby. Graeme told us his motorcycling story which was very interesting. For those who were there, who could forget Graeme's x-ray photo of his broken legs, also part of his anatomy that made you look twice? Sunday we left Rally Headquarters and rode the short distance to Omaka Heritage Centre. All the motorcycles were on display to the public while we did some field tests and a concourse event. While there we also visited the Peter Jackson’s WW1 and 2 exhibitions. There was also a car museum which had vehicles from 1950’s to 1990's. In the evening the prize giving dinner was held at the Events Centre, with the high point's for us being Dave Warren winning the concourse with his 1930 Indian 402 /4 and Don Green winning the P60 class on his 1968 Norton. Don also won the Twin cylinder class trophy and was 2nd overall. Well done you guys. Those who were going on the 4 days of touring assembled at Brayshaw Park on Monday morning before travelling to Nelson to visit two motorcycle collections with over 50 motorcycles on display and worth around two to three million dol- lars.
April 2019 Page 19
26th National Motorcycle Rally Contd...
Tuesday morning we rode to Seddon to visit Ron Hebberd's motorcycle collec-
tion. Ron was the first Yamaha dealer in the South Island and the collection is
mainly early off road Yamaha's. We then visited the Yealands Winery.
Wednesday morning Martyn Seay left for Greymouth where he is doing a steam
course to get his steam ticket. The days tour went to Picton where the riders
and their bikes went on a small barge across the Sounds to Torea Bay. They
then rode to the end of the peninsula before returning to Blenheim.
Thursday morning we set off from Brayshaw Park and headed south to Kaikoura,
but Brian King and Dave Warren left the tour to make their way back home.
They are still repairing the roads along the coast and when you look up to the
mountains and see how much had come down, you can really appreciate
how much work the roading guys have done. From Kaikoura we made our way
to Hanmer Springs where the tour ended.
Friday morning Don Green left the group for Christchurch for the Norton Rally.
The rest headed north in the rain, which continued until Hanmer Junction one
and a half hours later, before overnighting at St Arnaud in a great backpackers
lodge.
Saturday morning we all walked down to Lake Rotoiti to watch the power boat
racing. The boats ranged from the juniors up to massive V8s and one of them
had clocked up a speed of 190 mph. We then headed to Blenheim and Pic-
ton, staying the night at Marlin Motel. Overnight the weather changed and we
awoke at 6:00a.m. to pouring rain and arriving at the ferry at 7:00a.m. with the
rain going sideways. The ferry left at 8:15a.m. and the crossing wasn’t too bad.
Leaving Wellington around 12:30p.m., Dave Mayhew and I headed to the Top
10 in Petone to get the car and trailer before joining the others making their
way, with rain most of the way, to Whanganui and staying at the Grand Hotel.
She is a “Grand Old Lady”, having been built in 1927 and having 3 floors, with
plenty of parking underneath for motorcycles.
Monday morning we all left the Grand around 8:30a.m., with Dave and I going
to Rotorua, while the rest rode north to stay at the Awakino Hotel.
Tuesday morning I headed to Pokeno and the others to Auckland.
And so ended another successful National Motorcycle Rally, having had a
great time away with lots of memories.
Martin SpicerPage 20 April 2019 The Mad Irishwoman’s Rally Trevor Appleby bought a 1928 Ford Model A to do ‘The Irishman’s Rally’ but re- cently moved to a Waikato farm, from Kurow. He decided that a similar type run could be possible in his local area so he checked all the farms around the area and came up with 2 days of suitable tracks. One destination was on to Rangitoto Station to the Abandoned Farm which is looked after by Forest and Bird and locked up. They were receptive to what Trevor wanted to do, from the tar seal to the top of the range is 33 km, up through bush to the woolshed and house to the open country, on to the airstrip and then to the trig or communica- tion tower at the top which is at 1000 mtrs above sea level. Terrific views. The last 2km were steep and loose metal on 3 sharp corners which could be too much for pre-1931 vehicles. He couldn’t use the Irishman name, so called it ‘THE MAD IRISHWOMANS RALLY’, and Sunday the 17th was St Patrick's Day. The entry was ideal for the first run, six cars coming from Auckland, Waikato and South Waikato. A mixture of cars, De Soto 8 cylinder, Dodge Six, Austin 12/4, 1924 Standard, Oakland and one Model A. Cars and people arrived on Friday afternoon, we all got together, few drinks and a BBQ at Trevor’s place. Great start Day One—An 8:30a.m. start next morning at the Wharepapa South School Grounds, 3 back up vehicles with fuel, water and lunches, ropes etc. Plus a few locals who had not been to the Abandoned Farm had a briefing, gave out in- structions and we were away. There were 6 gates to go through, so all the gates were marked that the backup had to shut. We arrived at the Woolshed, water boiled, cuppa and lunch eaten. On up the Zig Zag to the Airstrip.
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Beautiful day, great views, back to the main track and on up to the trig. Allan
in the DeSoto was the first to tackle the steep bit to the top. Clutch slipping,
loss of oil pressure, many revs and shingle from the rear wheels he made the
top. The rest of us cheated and went up on the 4x4 vehicles.
Photos and retraced our steps. We were on a narrow track, so had to back
and forward many times to get turned around, did so and back to the wool-
shed and a different road back home to the Wharepapa South School, debrief
and round to Trevor’s daughter’s place, who had a roast meal made for us.
Much appreciated by all, thank you Vanessa. Back home to bed at 10:00pm.Page 22 April 2019 The Mad Irishwoman’s Rally Contd... Day Two—Sunday 17th. Met at the school at 8:30a.m. The Standard of Pieter Ebeling drove in and then refused to start, no fuel, fuel pump had packed up, him and Mrs. E jumped in the Austin of friend, Peter and were away. No instruc- tions today, follow Nathan in the lead vehicle 4x4, this worked well and nobody lost. Followed on and through another farm. Bush covering both sides of the vehi- cle, nice, out the other side the DeSoto stopped, traced to a wire off the igni- tion switch, probably shaken off due to the climb the day before. Away again, up and over the hill and down on to another farm and up to a hut for a morn- ing cuppa. No way of getting hot water and Peter Alderdice to the rescue. In the box in the back of Betsy he fished out a brand new Thermet. Great! We soon had boiling water. At this point behind the hut trying to hide in the Pongas we saw this rough look- ing woman ‘The Mad Irishwoman’. A pincer movement and we had her caught. She was a rough Lady Dog (can’t say bitch), got her tied up and back to our cuppa. She was not being watched and got out of her bonds and escaped. So, guess we can look out for her next year. The Mad Irishwoman is still out there, seen here kissing Peter Alderdice!!
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Right: The Mad Irishwoman kissing
Peter Alderdice!
Up to a viewing point and back to the main road, to then tackle a track which
is a Public Road, but is shut up. This road was cut out by prisoners through rock.
A few creek crossings, through more gates and back to the main road and
back to the Wharepapa South School at 2:00p.m. A challenging drive and
great scenery. A debrief and people headed back home.
Everybody seemed to enjoy the 2 days and will be back next year. Trevor al-
ready has more tracks to explore next year, but numbers will be limited.
Peter AlderdicePage 24 April 2019 Old ‘Crocks’ on Parade Some time ago Barry Robert was asked by the Auckland Council Library to assist them to identify some photos of old cars they had uncovered in their archives. We were able to identify some of the cars as some were to become well-known club cars, but we knew nothing of the event. We now know it was a gymkhana and run, organized by the Automobile Associ- ation, to raise money for the Mayor’s Auckland Crippled Children fund. The event was based on Western Springs Stadium and held on the 4th of April 1936. It was almost certainly the first run for old cars in New Zealand. There were prizes for the best dressed couple, oldest car, acceleration test, musical chairs, rope trick and a parade. The parade through the streets attracted quite bit of atten- tion but only a few paid the shilling to see the cars compete in the gymkhana at the stadium. Some of the cars arrived with prominent names on the side like ‘Home James’, ‘This Side Up’, ‘With Care’, ‘SOS’ ‘Galloping Gertie’. The ‘crocks’ required coax- ing and persuasion to start but showed remarkable speed on the road, often with dense clouds of smoke behind. Sometimes they had to push the vehicle to get it started. One old ‘crock’ arrived at the stadium towing another, which amused the crowd. To enter the event the car had to be twenty-five years old. The Automobile As- sociation received seventeen entries from the following people and their vehi- cles; Auto Parts Ltd Auckland—1895 Benz Motor Buggy; T.M. Sharp—1898 Schacht Motor Buggy, H V Johnston Great South Road—1905 Sizaire Naudin, Arthur Lewis Mt Eden—1909 Hupmobile, N. R .Tindal Papakura—1910 Princes, E J Goodhew Auckland—1910 Sunbeam, George Henning Remuera—1910 Daimler, Mr. Collins—1911 Daimler, M Schmitt Papakura—1912 Ford, J Charteris One Tree Hill—1912 Pierce Arrow 48hp, John Seabrook Auckland—1912 Austin, J Sander- son Papatoetoe—1912 Wolseley, Mrs. V Buchan Grey Lynn—1913 Studebaker, L. McEntee Papakura—1913 Ford, Mr. Bourne Glen Eden—Sunbeam truck and M C Hardie of Grey Lynn. Merv Hardie was a car wrecker and he probably had not made up his mind when he entered the event which car he was going to bring. Looking at the photos that have survived, some cars might not have not started, but they had late entries from Dick Messenger with the 1904 International Buggy and T Haslip with a 10 hp Zedel. Many thought their cars were older than they were. The International Buggy we now know was manufactured in 1909, the Schacht Buggy and Sizaire Naudin were both manufactured much later. The Princes was not built before 1914 and I suspect it was sold in 1915. Joe Tidswell had the year of the Benz sorted and he knew some of the history as he said the car had been in England for two years before it went to the Paris Exhibition where it was sold to someone from New Zealand. He thought the car was sold to someone in Christchurch. We now know it was imported by William McLean in Wellington, then went to Christchurch. Some of the car dealers were present with a small display of new cars. George Smith gave an exhibition in his supercharged Austin race car. They also orga- nized a slow race for the ladies and acceleration test for the new cars on dis- play. The trophy for oldest car went to Joe Tidswell with the 1895 Benz, Dick Messenger
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won the prize for having the most original vehicle. The Zedel was the fastest car
off the mark in the acceleration test, followed by the Pierce Arrow and the Stu-
debaker. They had given the higher horse power cars a handicap, which
helped the small Zedel. Mr. Anderson and Miss Sharpe in the Schacht won the
prize for the best dressed couple. In one competition they went round in a cir-
cle between some flags and when the music stopped the passenger had to
get out and run across to the centre of the circle and pick up a cushion against
a stop watch.
The 1895 Benz is now in the Southward Museum. The 1909 International Buggy is
presently in storage at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. The 1907 Schacht
Buggy is in the States, the 1908 Sizaire Naudin is in Australia and the 1912 Austin
is in Ireland. It was the first time I had seen reference to an early Pierce Arrow in
Auckland. The car must have arrived in Auckland as a second-hand car as it is
not recorded in the early registration records, or maybe as I suspect the car was
manufactured after 1914. One photo almost confirms this fact.
Before the formation of the Vintage Car Club, old cars were referred to by the
media as ‘old crocks’. I want to thank Barry Robert and Alan Meredith for pass-
ing on photos which were the basis of this article. It took me a few months to
uncover the event, but all the answers were in the Auckland Branch Library.
Dick Messenger went on to become the first life member of the Auckland
Branch.
Barry BirchallPage 26 April 2019
Bert Cuthbertson Memorial Rally
Sunday the 10th March, weather was warm and sunny. Keith Ballagh, last year’s
winner, had plotted a very good rally route on traffic free roads. The riders as-
sembled at the Jolly Farmer Drury for the 11:00am start. The bikes that lined up
were – Norton, Velocettes, Triumphs, Jack Clark stopped by on his Triumph to see
the guys off. Unfortunately Graeme Crawley on his Ariel arrived about five
minutes too late to join the others. The riders headed over that great motorcy-
cling road, Ponga Road then onto Hunua, Jones, Creightons, Tourist, Monument,
Sky High, White, then to Ararimu Road, Dunn, Totara, through Bombay to Nikau
Road to cross the motorway. It was then onto Beaver, Jericho, Harrisville, Puke-
kohe East, Runciman, Great South Road, then left onto Karaka Road and finally
right into Jesmond Road to finish at The Red Shed Palazzo Everyone enjoyed the
lunch and the chatting that followed. The winner of the Bert Cuthbertson was
Stuart Metge, who was riding his newly restored 1973 Norton Commando. Thank
you Keith for putting on this run.
Martin Spicer
Established in 1993 we specialise in classic & Vintage Car Resto-
rations and Repair work
Classic Car Insurance Claims
Insurance and Private Work on all vehicles
WOF and Rust Repairs
Full Panel and Paint Service
New! - The Metal Room—Metal Shaping Classes
Contact Mark McAlpine—Ph: (09) 820 2299
Email: alpinepb@vodafone.co.nz www.alpinepanelbeaters.co.nz
Or call in and see us at 8/2 Lansford Crescent, AvondaleApril 2019 Page 27
Garage Sale
The Great B.M.C. Clean Up Garage
Sale
On Site 10:00am to 2:00pm Sat / Sun 4th & 5th of
May at 45 Ngarahana Ave, Paremoremo
All the cars have gone, this is the one and only clear out of the large col-
lection of miscellaneous mechanical components, body parts and extra-
neous tools of the late Captain Ian Bradley’s estate. Some of you will re-
member that during the 1980s Ian used to run Devonport Motors Ltd. and
‘The Morris Minor Centre’. Also, on sale will be the bulk of his extensive Mo-
toring library.
With Ian’s fascination in most marques of Post War British Cars, there is likely
to be parts right across the range of BMC, Standard Triumph etc. All you
need to do is know what you are looking at! First in first served, no reasona-
ble offer refused, take it away on the day and cash is king! Happy Hunting.
Contact either Sarah Bradley Ph 021 413 910
or Ian Goldingham Ph (09) 445 8811
Robinson Instrument Ltd
Unit 3 31 Princes St, Onehunga, Auckland.
Ph: 09 636 5836 Fax:09 636 5838
Email: sales@robinsoninstruments.co.nz
Web: www.robinsoninstruments.co.nzPage 28 April 2019
Wanted
WANTED
Photographs of your vehicles for
display on the Clubroom walls.
Limited space. First in, first served.
Supply a landscape A4 size photo, along
with $10 and we will supply the frame.
See Alan Price at the clubrooms.
Phone (09) 833 8575
MOTOR TRIMMING
CLASSIC & VINTAGE CARS
LEATHER, HOODS, SIDECURTAINS
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Trained by Ken Keay
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66a Ladies Mile
Remuera
Phone: (09) 522 4418April 2019 Page 29
For Sale/Wanted
1927 Dodge Tourer—We have owned her for 55
years and have travelled as far north as Dargaville
and south to Christchurch. Never let us down. It's
time for someone else to enjoy her for the next 55
years. Comes with spares.
Phone Steve Borich (Member) 021 727 024 or
srborich@xtra.co.nz, for further details.
………………………………………………………………………………………………….….
Wanted—A genuine PBR VH44 brake booster, “I’m fed up with Chinese copies”.
Phone John Campbell (Member) (09) 828 7850 or email MightyMite@xtra.co.nz
……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
NZ Welder Repair Services Ltd.
Unit 4/5 Portage Road, New Lynn, Auckland
For personal service call Rod Rugg (Member)
Stick, MIG, TIG and Plasma cutters.
All welding machine types and
consumables for sale.
“Over 30 years experience”
Repairs to machines, new sales and used. Hire options available.
For home or work. Large or small. We deal with only good machines not rubbish.
Phone: 09 8261425, e-mail: rod.rugg@nzwrs.com
Postal address: P.O. Box 19272, Avondale, Auckland 1746Page 30 April 2019
Your Committee
Chairman/Motorcycle Rep:
Martin Spicer (Lynda) Email: spicerclan2017@gmail.com Ph: (09) 233 6382
or 0274 454 593
Vice Chairman/ Entertainment:
Russel McAlpine (Jocelyn) Email: rjmcalpine@xtra.co.nz Ph: 818 4285
or 0274 735 451
Secretary / Privacy Officer:
Tracey Winterbottom Email: vintagesunbeam@hotmail.co.nz
(Stephen) Ph: (09) 232 0246
or 021 732 209
Treasurer:
Ian Hubbard (Lesley) Email: ian@fhp.co.nz Ph: 575 8236
or 0274 426 748
Club Captain:
Lynda Spicer (Martin) Email: spicerclan2017@gmail.com Ph: (09) 233 6382
or 021 454 593
Committee Members:
Don Green (Brenda) Clubroom Bookings/Spares/Name Badges
Email: greend@slingshot.co.nz Ph: 266 8836
or 021 073 2642
Alan Price (Shaaran) Building Maintenance
Email: birdwoodprices@gmail.com Ph: 833 8575
Shaaran Price (Alan) Social Convenor/New Membership Liaison Officer
Email: birdwoodprices@gmail.com Ph: 833 8575
John Stokes Veteran Rep/Spares/Trophy Stewart
Email: jcstokes96a@xtra.co.nz Ph: (09) 236 4582
or 021 185 5915
Non-Committee Officers:
Librarian Bulletin Editor
Barry Robert (Elva) Val Ball (Rodger)
Ph: 627 9451 Ph: 298 6476 Email: rvball@xtra.co.nz
Beaded Wheels Reporter Commercial Rep
John Stokes John Campbell (Pat)
Continuous Membership Awards Steward Ph: 828 7850 or 0272 446 928
Glenn Morris (Marion)
Ph: 273 4975 or 021 136 5926
Insurance:
Vero Consumer Insurance Specialist 0800 505 905 or 356 4501
Agency Number: 0300126
Clubrooms Ph: 579 5625
Street Address: 39 Fairfax Ave, Penrose
Postal Address: P O Box 12 138, Penrose, Auckland 1642
Open: 2nd & 4th Thursday 7:30-10:00pm, Every Saturday 4:30-6:30 pm
Club Night: 4th Thursday of the month
Branch Email Address auckland@vcc.org.nz
Branch Website www.avvcc.org.nz
Branch Honorary Life Members: Barry Robert
Norm Dewhurst QSM
Alan RobertsApril 2019 Page 31
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