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The Vintage Car Club of Queensland Inc.
Queensland’s original and oldest historic motoring club. Founded 1955
Preserving Queensland's Motoring Heritage
Queensland Maritime Museum
American
cars at QMM General Meetings start at 7.30 in 2019
Eden
Gardens
Mtea
See what's to
come under
Events:
Presidential lunch at RQYS – Fort Lytton run
Issue no. 417 64 YEARS YOUNG
August 2019
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VCCQ CALENDAR OF EVENTS - AUGUST 2019
DATES CLUB & INVITATION EVENTS CEO
August 4 President's lunch at RQYS -
August 11 VCCQ/Riley/BRHCC run to Fort Lytton -
August 16 VCCQ AGM -
VCCQ CALENDAR OF EVENTS – 2019
CM – Committee meeting. GM – General meeting.
January CM - GM 18th Virgins brekkie 13th Allora Machinery Samford Museum
February CM 30th GM 15th Mtea R-R Little Corner Cafe, Wooloowin 6th-9.30am M2D Sat 23rd
March CM 27th GM 15th Veteran Club 25 year Anniversary 2nd GMGH Shed run 31st
April CM 3rd GM 19th Alvis Centenary 7-13 VCCQ mTea Bardon Shed 24th
May CM 1 st
GM 17 th
VCCQ Toowoomba Weekend run 4-5 Dayboro Boules Sat May 18th
June CM 6th GM 21st Petrie Steam 1-2 Angelhurst 2nd VCCQ Concours 23th
July CM 3 rd
GM 19 th
Jumpers n Jazz Warwick. American Day at QMM 21st Mtea Eden 24th
August CM 31st GM 16th Presidential lunch Sun 4th VCCQ/Riley Club/BRHCC 11th AGM 16th
Vets swap 17 th BVAC 50. 23-25 Classics at Peak X-ing 25th
September CM 4th GM 20th Mtea 4thToowong. All British Day 22 Mid week run, Fig Tree Pocket
October CM 2th GM 18th Ackland run 4-6 Samford run 20 th
November CM 30 th
GM 15 th
London to Brighton Q 3 rd
Mtea 6th Pub lunch
December CM 4 th
GM 20 th
Christmas Party 20 th
Boxing Day 26th
Please advise of all other relevant events and suggested changes
EVENTS FOR OTHER CLUBS
COFFEE AND CARS at Cooparoo and Jindalee – First and third Saturday of every month
Jan 2019 Australia Day Rally Ormiston SS Allora Machinery
February Art Deco Napier 14-18 Toowoomba Swap VVTE Esk run 10 th
March Phillip Island Historic races http://vhrr.com/wp/phillip-island/ Inverell Swap
April Highfields Vintage Fest Ipswich Honk Festival QHMC Rally Nth, Mackay 19-21
May NMHD Historic Winton 17-19 MacsBridge at Belmont R-R Federal Rally 1-7 Toowoomba
June Petrie Steam Angelhurst 2nd QHMC Rally Sth, Bundaberg Caboolture swap Goodwood FS
July RACQ Motorfest or Samford Show 14th Jumpers n Jazz Warwick Perkolilli July 12-17
August Vets Club swap 17 th
BVAC 50 23-25 Classics at Peak Crossing 25 Historic Wakefield 31-1
th th
September Goodwood R Historic Amaroo All British Day 22nd Gatton Trucks National
Collingrove Hillclimb. Brookfield Country Market
75th Anniversary VSCCA Rally 13-15 2019 National Veteran Rally Bundaberg 17-23
October T-Ford National Maryborough Sept 29 - Oct Custodian Rally, Maryborough Gympie GRF
Collingrove HC George Green rally Melbourne Motorclassica 11-13
November London to Brighton Q 3rd Bendigo swap R-R NSW Concours BVAC 50th 10th
December
2020 Virgins Breakfast 12th AHMF National Tour – Albury Wodonga March 28 to April 4
2021 Vero International Festival of Historic Motoring – New Plymouth 17-23 January
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EDITOR'S REPORT – Brian McMillan
2020 membership subs are over due. Do not drive unless you are financial.
It's OK to vote in club constitution changes when unfinancial, as the club gives 2 months
grace, unlike insurance companies which give you nothing you have not paid for.
VCCQ new email address vccq2020@gmail.com
Remember next year, 2020 will be our club's 65th year
From Rick McDonough, Canberra.
Thanks Brian, Another packed edition of “The Vintage Car” with much
interesting and varied content. Will forward to the rest of the crew shortly.
A couple of things...
May I plagiarise a paragraph from Editorial Grim - re being an office bearer should be an
honour? (with suitable attribution of course). With our AGM coming up it would be most
pertinent.
Interesting to see a Scottish contributor re my Clyde
article - (I'm assuming he realises we're talking the Aussie
version of the Clyde?). What I didn't say about that photo
of the Lorraine-Deitrich on the punt was that our holiday
home, had it been built in 1924, sits on the southern bank
of the Clyde and would just be obscured by the hood of
the L-D.
Ed. My daughter is staying in a unit on the banks of the
Clyde River in Scotland. They had dinner with “My Man in
Scotland” Roger Martin, on Friday July 12. Lies were told.
Following on from my last story on crossing the
Clyde River by punt, Ian Irwin sent me the following
wonderful photo. It’s full of great detail; note the 44
tied to the trucks front end for flotation and the
block and tackle to try and extract it from the river,
and also note the punt floats, almost suspiciously, just off to the right. The
original source of the photo told Ian it was; 1/ taken at Nelligen, 2/the truck
was a Lacre, and 3/ it belonged to prominent Braidwood resident, Mr Maddrell.
The Vintage Car August 2019 Page 4 Well as far as I was concerned, such an action packed photo just demanded a deeper investigation into what occurred and when it happened, and it turns out two of the three previously stated assumptions were wrong! See June Edwardian magazine for the full story. It was Nelligen, it was not a Lacre and it did not belong to Mr Maddrell. The Steampacket Hotel can be seen in the background. The truck is in fact an Albion, not a Lacre, and was owned, by equally well respected Braidwood residents, the Nomchong family. The Throbbing Stinking Car From the Public’s perspective: ..… the throbbing, stinking car ..… oozing grease on the gravel ..… month by month the roads smelt more strongly of petrol, and were more difficult to cross; human beings heard each other speak with greater difficulty, and breathed less of the air From the drivers perspective: ..… he turned around in his seat, and contemplated the cloud of dust that they had raised in their passage through the village. It was settling again, but not all onto the road from which he had taken it. Some of it had percolated through the open windows; some had whitened the roses and gooseberries of the wayside gardens; while a certain proportion had entered the lungs of the villagers From the motor car’s perspective, with a certain malevolent personality: ..… (they) are sitting in deck chairs, and their motor car is regarding them placidly from its garage across the lawn. These descriptions published in 1910 by E M Forster in Howards End, indicate a distaste for the new-fangled motor cars in the early years.
The Vintage Car August 2019 Page 5 ALEX GOW VOL 123 NOW OUT. Reply from John Stanley. Another nice collection! One topic covered happens to be one that I have been recently researching: the merger of Daimler and Benz in 1926. How many people know that before adopting the name Daimler Benz they were challenged. “You cannot call it Daimler Benz. It has to be Lousky Benz because I designed all your engines”. Who was Boris Loutsky? He invented the carburettor using a jet in a venturi, built a self-igniting engine maybe before, or just after, but certainly contemporary with and independent of Diesel. Boris Loutsky designed and built the first overhead cam, overhead valve engine in 1896 and he licensed this design to Daimler. He also worked for Stoewer in 1911/12 designing an aircraft engine. This engine powered the aeroplane that set the world airspeed record in February 1912. (Wikipedia record the French pilot’s name but makes no mention of who built the engine!). Why do we not know about Loutzky? He was a Russian and he was a Jew! In Germany, enough said. But to their credit, Daimler Benz do now acknowledge that the first Mercedes were built by Boris Loutsky. And the engines in those magnificent GP Mercedes racing cars look almost identical to the aircraft engine Loutzky designed for Stoewer. Cheers, John M Stanley FROM LES JOHNSON Can anybody let me know the model – photograph taken in 1922 in Gordon NSW, suburb of Sydney. Possible 1914 Chain Driven model 65 Overland Truck? Ed. From the lay of the land I would think that's taken on the Pacific Hwy. Park Av. on the right. Best reply from Kelvin Pepper -- Les I can identify the NSWFB vehicle. It is a 1914 Willys Utility. The same as the ones I have here. It is a model 65 . I say 1914 because the motor is the same as a model 79 motor except it has a governor fitted and cast iron inlet manifold and water pipes as well. The bungs in the top of the cylinders are also cast iron not brass as in all the car motors appear to be. The mudguards are the same as mine, no forward lip or extension as the cars have. The hub that is visible on the right hand wheel is a Jones mileage meter. Ed. Never heard of one? The radiator has the same number of tubes as the two I have. Regards Kelvin.
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AUTOMOBILE QUARTERLY
The committee has decided to put their
full set of Automobile Quarterlys out for
tender. They are in excellent condition.
Pictured are most of them in their
bookcase. Volumes 31 to 41 are with
Duncan at present. Over 200 magnificent
books covering motoring from 1962 to
2012. Includes Index 1-25 and executive
planner. We could put them in the library
but fear that they could very quickly
become an incomplete set.
Contact Jennie Ransom with your offer
before the AGM.
MAX STEPHENSON IS ON THE MOVE
AGAIN.
At the time of the VSCC 75th rally Julie
and I will be in Lhasa Tibet on our way to
London in Penny, our 1923 Vauxhall. We
are leaving Bangkok on the 27th of
August planning to arrive in London about
the 8th of November.
I will put pics in my blog.
DANISH VIKING SHIPS
Old boats don’t come much more classic than
these. Viking long ships are being re-created
according to authentic designs using period
materials, tools and techniques by a band of
skilled ship-wrights in Denmark at the Viking
Museum. Travelling through that country
recently with my son’s family, we spent a
happy afternoon looking at these wonders of
ancient craftsmanship. Even the ropes are
made of local grasses and reeds on site. All
the hand tools are made according to original
style by talented blacksmiths. The wood and
rigging is preserved with a black greasy stuff
that I believe is Stockholm tar.
One of these ships has recently completed a
voyage to Scotland and the Faroes, and
return. To do that in an open boat, with no
engine, rocks in the bilge for ballast and no
ability to sail against the wind is quite an
achievement. I raise my hat.
It was grand to see such a haven of sanity in
this crazy digital world, particularly as the day
before had been spent in Lego Land, to cater
for Grandson’s desires. Quite a contrast!
Peter Noakes back home in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
The Vintage Car August 2019 Page 7 PICTURE ENQUIRY. Can you send this pic to Alec Gow, or send me his email address? He might be able to identify the make of car. An old friend in Arizona took the photo on a wall display in the Jerome museum. It’s certainly not an Overland! 2019 MEL (Mercury, Edsel, Lincoln) GATHERING IN RUTHERFORD NSW. SEPT 4-12 See newsletter Review for details. You can view the newsletter there and download it if you wish. Full details of the rally are there as well as preview of next years 100th event in Stawell. Further details can be gained by phoning Graham Allum m: 0403 528 331 https://www.facebook.com/groups/914148472064571/
The Vintage Car August 2019 Page 8 HENRY SUTTON - AUSTRALIA’S GREAT INNOVATOR – Pedr Davis Thanks to Lorayne Branch, we now know the full story of the man who built one of Australia’s first cars and became one of our most prolific inventors. Lorayne is Henry Sutton’s granddaughter and she has written an authoritative biography, aptly entitled The Innovative Man. Lorayne says Henry Sutton was born in September 1856 in Ballarat, Victoria, the son of Richard and Mary Sutton who had gone to the Ballarat goldfield to seek their fortunes. One night, when playing his home-made concertina in his tent, Richard found his music was attracting plenty of attention, so he began making concertinas for friends. Then, realising there was a worthwhile demand, he bought a dray-load of musical instruments from a Melbourne supplier and sold out within a few days. The demand encouraged him to buy land in Plank Road, Ballarat, and here he built a music warehouse. Henry came from a family of six children who were educated mainly by their mother. In their younger years, the youngsters were expected to help in the family business except for Henry, who was too shy to speak to strangers. However, he had other talents, including great curiosity. From the age of 10 he would place insects in front of smoked glass to observe how they fluttered their wings and these observations led to his theory on how birds were able to fly. He outlined his conclusions in a paper read to the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain. It was published in 1878 in the society’s annual report, well before the dawn of aviation. Such was Henry’s interest in science and engineering that he had devoured all the scientific books in the Ballarat Mechanics' Institute by the time he was 14. Although he had little access to current literature - apart from engineering magazines - he managed to make several ingenious models of flying machines. These concepts revealed great talent and he went on to win a silver medal and thirty other prizes for his drawings from the Ballarat School of Design. When around 18 years of age, Sutton built a clockwork-powered ornithopter, the word used for a machine that could fly by flapping its wings. And his model certainly could fly, being able to zoom around a circle with a circumference of twelve feet. It could also shoot upwards at any desired angle. His early experiments with heavier-than-air machines that could fly may well have been the first of their kind in Australia. According to his friend W. B. Withers, Henry Sutton designed a continuous current dynamo with a practical ring armature as early as 1870. A similar device had been invented in 1860 by an Italian inventor named Antonio Pacinotti. Then, in 1871, the Belgian innovator Z. T. Gramme showed the French Academy of Sciences his own improved version, the Gramme Dynamo, which employed the same principles as Sutton's. In 1873, someone else discovered that the device was reversible and could also be used as an electric motor. Thus began the rapid development of the electric motor industry. In March 1876 - less than a year after Alexander Graham Bell had received his famous patent - Sutton devised and constructed more than twenty different telephone designs, sixteen of which were subsequently patented by others. It was reported that Bell visited Ballarat to see the complete telephone system that Sutton had installed in the family warehouse. Although Thomas Edison's carbon lamp was announced in December 1879, Sutton had been independently working along similar lines for some years. And, in January 1880, R. L. J. Ellery, the Victorian government astronomer, publicly acknowledged that Sutton’s lamp experiments had been very successful. Ellery also named Sutton as one of the best lecturers at the Ballarat School of Mines, where he taught electricity and applied magnetism from 1883 to 1887. On one occasion, Sutton declared that 'eight hours' work won't lift a man in this world' and he clearly practised what he preached. He toiled so tirelessly that one observer
The Vintage Car August 2019 Page 9 declared: 'daylight sometimes surprises him every morning for a week'. Sutton was invited to contribute papers to scientific societies in Australia and overseas and his topics were as diverse as electricity, colour photography and photographic engraving processes. One paper he wrote describing an electric storage battery he had developed was read to great acclaim before the Royal Society of London in December 1881. Sutton rarely applied for patents, partly because they were costly to obtain but also because he spurned material gain. He said he wanted his inventions ‘to benefit fellow workers in science'. According to the available records, only two patents were taken out in his name in Victoria. One, in 1886, was for 'Improvement in electric circuits for telephonic purposes'; another, a year later, was for 'an improved process of converting a photographic image on a gelatine surface into a relief or intaglio printing surface …' (Intaglio refers to a design sunk below the surface). Records lodged in New South Wales included a patent for ‘explosion engines’ and details of his mercury air pump were published in the English Mechanic and World of Science in July 1882. It was recommended for the manufacture of lamp bulbs and later successfully developed by others. His design for a vacuum pump operated by a water jet was presented to the Ballarat School of Mines for use in chemistry classes. In some respects Sutton’s most interesting work was in the field we now call television. In the late 1880s, he designed, but did not construct, an apparatus that would transmit images of the running of the Melbourne Cup race to Ballarat. This was nearly 40 years before the world’s first successful television signal was publicly demonstrated by John Beard in January 1926. Meanwhile, Sutton's father had died in 1876 and the family business was being run by his mother and brothers. One brother, Alfred, opened a music store in Elizabeth Street, Melbourne in 1884, and the firm became Sutton Bros. In 1894 the four brothers formed a private company, Suttons Pty Ltd. From then on, Henry concentrated on business, although he experimented with radio and built a portable transmitter with an operating range of 457 metres. He became interested in the new-fangled motor cars then appearing in magazines and designed and built two successful vehicles. Both were equipped with a carburettor of his own design. The first, built in 1900, was later claimed to be the first front- wheel-drive car ever, though in fact some crude attempts had preceded it.
The Vintage Car August 2019 Page 10 Sutton followed with a conventional car and, at a meeting of 55 motorists held at the Port Phillip Club in December 1903, Sutton moved the resolution that led to the founding of the Automobile Club of Victoria. When aged 25, Sutton married Elizabeth Ellen Wyatt at Ballarat and fathered a son. Some 20 years later, he married Annie May Patti at Malvern and they had three sons. Sutton died of heart failure and chronic nephritis in July 1912 and was buried in Brighton cemetery, survived by his second wife, and the four sons from his two marriages. Although Henry Sutton died intestate, he left property worth ten thousand pounds, then a very tidy fortune. At the very least, Sutton was an unusually gifted innovator. Despite the relative isolation of Ballarat from Europe, he developed a wide range of ideas. Here are some: In 1869, at the age of 14, Sutton constructed a continuous current dynamo. He went on to build a very early telephone and a lightbulb. He also designed a prototype helicopter. In 1881 Sutton developed and patented a new type of battery that was later used worldwide. Other designs included several vacuum pumps, a dynamo and a number of radio transmitters/receivers. He built what was probably the world's first portable radio; he also designed an early form of television and patented an improved process for converting a photographic image on a gelatine surface into a relief or intaglio printing surface. Remarkably, Sutton also devised a colour-printing process. As previously mentioned, Sutton built a clockwork-driven ornithopter and presented two papers on flight to the British Royal Aeronautical Society. He built Australia’s first telephones and installed them in the fire stations in Ballarat and Ballarat East. These devices allowed communication between the two brigades thus helping them locate fires more accurately from their watch towers. Two years before an official Australian telephone system existed, Henry wired up his family’s Music Stores and offices with a private telephone network. This led to Alexander Graham Bell coming to Ballarat to discuss their respective discoveries. After a cholera outbreak on a ship in Queensland, Sutton obtained a slide and managed to photograph the cholera bacteria. Sutton’s letter to this effect was published in The Argus on 28 December 1885. Sutton patented a process for converting photographs into a printing surface in 1887. He subsequently travelled to England and, in 1890, set up a company to market the process.
The Vintage Car August 2019 Page 11 In the 1880s Sutton devised a colour photography process and, although examples of this work still exist, he did not commercialise the process. In 1897 a tricycle fitted with a Sutton designed and built engine was driven from Melbourne to Ballarat. Despite atrocious road conditions, the trip was completed in eleven-and-a-half hours and it was greeted in Ballarat by a crowd of several thousand. Starting in 1898, Sutton was granted patents for several improvements in carburettors for combustion engines. By 1900, he had built and demonstrated the Sutton Autocar, one of Australia’s first motor vehicles. Built in Ballarat, it was later claimed to be the world’s first front-wheel-drive vehicle. The inaugural meeting of the Automobile Club of Victoria was held on December 10, 1903, and Sutton proposed "the objects of the club" which were unanimously accepted by all present. He built the world’s first portable radio. Henry Sutton died in July 1912, aged 56. Although such eminent inventors as Bell, Tesla, Preece and Lord Rayleigh mourned the loss of a great friend, no official accolades were bestowed on Henry Sutton. However, thanks to Lorayne Branch’s biography, he is now rightly acknowledged as one of Australia’s most prolific and successful inventors. Pedr Davis Ed. Sutton declared that 'eight hours' work won't lift a man in this world' Probably explains a few things. What an amazing story. Automobile Club of Victoria "that the objects of the club should be the promotion of a social organlsatlon and club, composed mainly of persons owning self-propelled vehicles or motor cycles; to afford a means of recording the experiences of members and others using motor cars and motor cycles; to promote investigation in their development; to co-operate in securing rational legislation and the formation of proper rules and regulations governing the use of motor cars and motor cycles in cities, towns and country districts; to maintain the lawful rights and privileges and protect the interests of owners and users of all forms of self-propelled vehicles whenever and wherever such interests, rights and privileges are menaced; to promote and encourage the improvement, construction and maintenance of roads and highways and the development generally in this State of motoring, and to maintain a club to be devoted to the interests and advancement of automobilism."[3] Ed. We could use this for the VCCQ though it's a bit modern for some of our lot.
The Vintage Car August 2019 Page 12 A CAUTIONARY TALE - Jak Recently I have been doing a bit of work on a “ Vintage” car, (well it could be after the July club meeting!). However the fuel tank was half full with quarter of a century old petrol. You know the stuff---it takes a week to get the unique pong out of your workshop, off your clothes & hands and as Mike Hawthorne always said “There is no fuel like an old fuel”. So----- after draining the tank in an appropriate environmentally friendly manner & removing it from the car, it was sent off to the EXPERT tank boilerouter. Yesterday I find out that the aforementioned boilerouter had done his thing in accidentally pressure testing the tank with an oxy torch!! The inbuilt tank automatic safety valves (tank ends) came into operation & departed the scene, leaving the oxy torch man with big round eyes & wishing he had worn his dark brown corduroy trousers & bicycle clips to work that day!! Fortunately no one was hurt! This reminded me of how as a Spotty Herbert with some MG owning mates way back in the dim dark ages helping repair a MGTC fuel tank by using a similar technique. Result--- a tank which then held an extra 3 gallons!!! It hung on the wall of the MG Car Club clubrooms wall for a couple of years as a lesson to others. Also a few years back I went to visit a prominent member of VCCQ in his workshop. He was working on a tank from The Mysterious Order of the Inverted Red Triangle, (that should narrow down who said member was), The flickering light of an oxy torch made me retreat rather quickly to a safe distance. Awaiting the inevitable BANG & quickly boning up on my CPR skills----- BUT nothing happened and slowly getting up the bottle to approach, I noticed that there was a hosepipe going into the filler neck of the tank with the other end fitted to the tailpipe of his Ford Falcon which was at a fast idle. Finally said member was finished & assured me that for the last 60 years or so (this should further narrow down said member’s identity) he had been using this method to weld fuel tanks. Any expert & uninjured VCCQ member care to comment? Meanwhile the “Vintage” car is getting a new tank. It’s an ill wind etc. CAN ANYONE HELP A SISTER CLUB MEMBER The Secretary, VCCQ Dear Committee, My Name is Virginia Butcher and my family are members of the VMC in NSW. My father John Lockeridge and my brother Ian Bradshaw are office bearers and life members. I am writing to see if you could please put me in touch with a car and driver who may be willing to take a bride from Cleveland to Alexander Hills on the afternoon of Saturday 21 st September 2019. I understand some of the insurance and seat belt issues with vintage motoring and the difficulty I may have in finding someone willing to drive for a non family member. It doesn’t even have to be a vintage motor car. I would be very grateful for any assistance you could afford me in my enquiries. Unfortunately I can’t get the family 21 Silver Ghost, the 28 Buick or either Sunbeams up to Brisbane for this occasion; my son’s wedding. Thank you. Kind regards Virginia Butcher. virginia-b@bigpond.com Ed. Is there a member available who can help Virginia. Someone in the area with a fully registered interesting car?
The Vintage Car August 2019 Page 13 MY DAUGHTER AT SILVERSTONE AND ECURIE BERTELLI IN ENGLAND Lyn and Michael spent Sunday, July 21, driving an Aston Martin around the track at Silverstone. Good times were had with Michael passing a Ferrari and topping 200kph down the straight. He's not driving my Aston again. They then drove north to Olney, staying at a B&B overnight before going on to Bertelli's on Monday morning. Robert Blakemore and his wife took time off to show them around their workshop and showroom. Below are some of the pics they took for us (me). They were very impressed. An Aladdin's Cave for a vintage Aston owner http://www.ecuriebertelli.com/
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PRESIDENT'S REPORT – Ronnie Brown
This month, my penultimate month as
your President, has been the
culmination of much work by the VCCQ
Management Committee. A process
which began, nearly a year ago, in
September 2018, when each member
of the Club was sent a copy of the
present Constitution and Rules, as well
as a copy of the original Constitution,
written by our Founding Fathers. You
were asked to respond with any
suggestions required to update our
current Constitution and several
members took time to reply.
Last Friday’s General meeting included
the Special Resolution meeting on
which members were asked to vote on the proposed changes put forward by the
Committee. These included the members’ responses, as well as a path forward on the
contentious issue of Eligible Cars, using the International standards of FIVA.
I am delighted to report that 50% of the members took part in the voting process ie. 50
votes out of 100 members resident in Australia (3 members from overseas did not
participate). This shows the members of VCCQ are engaged in the future direction of our
beloved Club. I think this shows great promise for the future enjoyment of driving our
cars, which is what our Club is all about. For those unable to attend but interested in the
outcome of the meeting I suggest you read the Minutes of Meeting No 758, at the end of
this magazine.
Our next General meeting in August includes our AGM and
Henry will send out enrolment forms for those of you dying to
participate in VCCQ affairs. Please complete and return 14
days before 16th August 2019; ie. Friday August 3rd is the
cutoff date for committee nominations.
American Day at the Maritime Museum was well attended by
our invited clubs, the Bayside Restorers Club and the VVTE
who brought along a range of delightful vehicles. It was also a
good opportunity to meet and greet and there was an enlightened view that there should
be more co-operation between Qld. based clubs. All clubs are finding their older members
can no longer drive long distances nor scramble under their cars for repairs. Greater
support is necessary as the desire to be part of the passion in which we are involved
does not diminish with age. Clubs must respond so that the delight the public show when
they see our vehicles out and about is not diminished but preserved so that the history
and evolution of the motor vehicle remains part of our valued heritage.
It has been an honour and a delight to have been part of the VCCQ Management
Committee and to serve as your President for the last two years. I feel that the values of
those few people who founded our club almost 65 years ago are still part of who we are
and will remain into the future. We have written them into the new Constitution, which
will be presented to the Dept. of Fair Trading, so that future VCCQ Committees will have
guidance in their deliberations.
Thank you for your support. Ronnie Brown – August 2019The Vintage Car August 2019 Page 15
EVENTS REPORT
PAST EVENTS
AMERICAN CAR DAY – July 21
The attendance was down on last time
but we did have some nice cars and
those who came enjoyed the day.
It was a good chance to meet
members from other clubs although I
was very hamstrung, being restrained
to a walking frame and chair.
Chevy Bob came along in the most
American American in the form of a
Ford T-bucket with a Chev 350 V8.
They don't come more American.
Martin Jansen brought along his
magnificent Silver Anniversary Buick.
Jak Guyomar had the 1928 Pierce Arrow.
https://maritimemuseum.com.au/
https://www.facebook.com/queenslandmaritimemuseum/
The boss at the museum was very happy with the results on the day having taken over
$2000 at the gate. He booked us for Sunday July 5 for next year. We have pencilled it in.The Vintage Car August 2019 Page 16
Certainly an interesting cross section of American vehicles including a chain drive Harley.
EDEN GARDENS – July 24
MORNING TEA AT THE DRAGONFLY
CAFÉ, CARSELDINE
Many of us can remember when this location
consisted mainly of the Strawberry Farm, the
landmark telling you the trip home from the
Sunshine Coast was nearly over. In those days
it seemed as though Gympie Rd was two lanes
all the way to Cairns. More recently the cafe
has been known for the water dragons that
wander amongst the tables, occasionally
frightening children and adults.
Only a single example of
Itellagama lesueurii was in
evidence today.
Nice cars were a bit thin on the
ground in the carpark – the Geoff
Kenward came in the Wolseley
Hornet Special, Henry H. and Prez
Ronnie arrived in the Wolseley
Hornet Coupe and Graham and
Ann Hesse had the roof down on
the Alfa Giulia Spider. All up we
numbered 13, including David
Fryer’s mate Peter Keyes - the
pictures will tell you who else
came along.
Invisible photographer PjRansom.The Vintage Car August 2019 Page 17 Geoff Kenward mentioned that a car club event on this date had special meaning for him – it was the sixth anniversary of Alison’s passing, a perfect reason to take a day off work and bring out the Wolseley. It was rather nice to reflect for a while on Alison, Howard and the too many other members we’ve lost over time. The surroundings were delightful and I gave top marks for the service, food and coffee. Conversation was non-stop. Gavin was telling wonderful stories about two of his veteran cars, Ray talked about low compression, I droned on about a water pump. David was passing around some nice little badges. And then, like a flock of migratory birds, we were gone. A great way to spend a morning. OTHER COMING EVENTS The committee would love to hear from anybody willing to organize a club event. We will listen to all ideas, crazy or otherwise. FUTURE EVENTS PRESIDENTIAL LUNCH – Sunday August 4 This will be held once again at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron PRESENTATION OF TROPHIES at 12.30 to 1pm in the Commodore's Room Lunch at 1pm in The Boardwalk Café Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron 578 Royal Esplanade Manly Qld. 4179 The Boardwalk café Lunch Menu is available for you to purchase your own choice of meal at the counter and drinks at the bar. Parking available for Club Cars only on the Rigging Lawn Parking for Everyday Vehicles either inside or in Council Carpark outside Please RSVP on or before Tuesday July 30st 2019 to Ronnie Brown 0419 702 329 or alvisronnie@gmail.com COMBINED CLUBS VISIT TO FORT LYTTON – August 8 Visit by VCCQ, Blackall Range Horseless Carriage club, Riley club (hosts) Time of arrival. 10.30 am. Guided tour of Fort. 11.30 am. Presentation of prize 1.30 pm.
The Vintage Car August 2019 Page 18 We have reserved a large shelter shed with some tables and seating. We recommend bringing folding chairs. We will supply two (2) bbqs & gas. Byo picnic lunch and drinks. The guided tour is a gold coin for each person. Hot & cold drinks are available at the shop. Each club is asked to supply a judge to decide the most interesting soft top car. The winner will receive two (2) bottles of vino. NB this is a light hearted prize. Vehicles arriving via the Gateway bridge should take the far left lane & exit onto Lytton Rd. Continue on Lytton Rd, passing Pritchard St & entering the national park at the corner of Lytton Rd & South St. There are signs along Lytton Rd indicating the direction to the Fort. At the entrance & at the Quarantine station we will place Riley signs for guidance. We will provide parking guidance. If arriving from Wynnum Rd, we suggest turn left onto Junction Rd at Morningside, then right into Lytton Rd & cross over the Gateway highway. Follow Lytton Rd & the instructions as above. We believe this is an opportunity to meet new faces & see their cars at an historic site. Any questions to Bill White. Phone 0404604459. Email. Thewhitehouse7@bigpond.com. AGM – August 16 Our next General meeting in August includes our AGM and Henry will send out enrolment forms for those of you dying to participate in VCCQ affairs. Please complete and return before Friday August 2nd. That's this coming Friday. Please think about taking on a position as some current members are standing down. We need YOU. VETS SWAP – Saturday August 17 The best swap in SE Qld for Vintage and Veteran parts. At the clubhouse. EARLY.
The Vintage Car August 2019 Page 19 CLASSICS AT PEAK CROSSING 25TH AUGUST
The Vintage Car August 2019 Page 20 OTHER CLUB'S EVENTS BVAC 50th Anniversary. Scheduled for 23rd, 24th and 25th August 2019. Old Petrie Town Historic Village will be the HQ. Contact: http://bvac.com.au/ A great event not to be missed. Put in your calendar !!! LAKE PERKOLILLI The Lake Perkolilli Red Dust Revival 2019 is on from 12-16 September. Graeme Cocks (on behalf of the organising team) www.motoringpast.com.au VSCCA 75TH ANNIVERSARY RALLY 13-17 SEPTEMBER 2019 WAGGA WAGGA. The VSCCA 75th Anniversary Rally is being organised by Tim Shellshear and will run from the 13-17 September. Meantime, read on to learn more about the Anniversary Rally. www.vscca.org.au Jeremy Morris President, VSCCA or Tim Shellshear 55 Ballast Point Road Birchgrove NSW 2041 m: 0418 666 952 h: 02 9555 2298 e:tim.shellshear@bigpond.com 2019 NATIONAL VETERAN RALLY BUNDABERG SEPTEMBER 17-23 Contact John on jken3849@gmail.com
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OTHER POSSIBLE VCCQ EVENTS FOR 2019
AMRA Qld. The Bardon Shed. Delaneys Creek.
History Alive June Fort Lytton. Taabinga Homestead. Manly YC. Beenleigh Historical
Museum. RQHS event. GH/GM Shed meander. Inverell. FG Tram Museum
Raby Bay Foreshore Park. Martin Ackland. Tank rides. Rathdowney Markets 3 rd Sunday,
Laidley Woodcrafters. R-R Museum. Mary Valley Rattler. Camel farm Rivermill, Mt
Gravatt Sports Club. Doug Heming shed. Victoria Barracks. Jetts Springfield Lakes.
More suggestions anyone please!
IN APPRECIATION – Editor.
Thanks again to all those who have sent me articles and pics. Pedr Davis, Ronnie Brown,
Doug Young, Russell McIvor, Henry Hancock, Peter Noakes, Peter Ransom, David Fryer,
Wolf Grodd, Roger Martin, and others. Many thanks. Keep it coming please.
Proof reading courtesy of Jennie Ransom.
MAGAZINE CONTRIBUTOR'S DEADLINE: The VCCQ general meeting is held on the
third Friday of every month. The VCCQ committee meeting is held notionally two weeks
before the general meeting but on the Wednesday of that week.
All contributions to the mag must be received several days before the end of the previous
month if the mag is to be emailed in the first week of the month.
Please send reports to vintagecarclubqld@gmail.com
MEETING SUPPER ROSTER.
Anyone (girls and boys) can do this and it’s always greatly appreciated by the members
at our meetings. We’re only asking you to do one or the other once a year. Please
nominate for the month that suits you best, but remember you can always swap with
someone else if your plans change.
The roster is published each month in the Club magazine.
Speak with Jennie if you wish to go on this roster or to buy the biscuits
SUPPER ROSTER 2019
DATE TEABAG CLEANUP
January 18 Tony Cicchiello – thanks Tony Sheila and other beautiful people
February 15 Clayton's biscuits
March 15 D.I.Y. DIY
April 19 Leigh Grodd
May 17 Sheila McMillan
June 21 Jennie Ransom
July 19 Ray McKenzie
August 16
September 20
October 18
November 15
December 20The Vintage Car August 2019 Page 22 SERVICES DIRECTORY On the VCCQ website (https://www.vccq.club/) under “about” the final heading is “Useful Products & Services”. At the end of this are hyperlinks to the services directories of two clubs. No point in re-inventing the wheel. Below are several contacts I have had recommended. I will keep this list to about half a page of the mag and as new ones are added the oldest will drop off. Peter may add them to the Vets site as he sees fit. I will put a date on all sites as they do quickly change. Please send any recommendations to VCCQ or VCCA(Q) MAGNETO REPAIR – April 2018 Contact Davin March, at 196 Marsden Road, Kallangur, Brisbane, Qld 4503. Phone 07 3385 0299 or Mobile 0424706359. davin.march@bigpond.com KOOL'S RADIATOR SERVICES – April 2018 22 Musgrave Rd Coopers Plains (07 3277 5122) GENERATOR, ALTERNATOR AND STARTER REPAIR – April 2018 Rapid Rewinding PTY Ltd., 32 Raynham St, Salisbury QLD 4107 (07) 3872 7222 WELDING – April 2018 Steel------Aluminium Alloy, even Titanium! Top quality Recommended by Jak Contact Rick, Unit 12/3 Industry Place Capalaba. Ph: 0429101696 RIGHT SPARES – April 2018 18 Gladstone St Moorooka. John 3275 2418 Old fashioned spare parts and Penrite oils. LUCAS STUFF – December 2018 The man who bought Kevin Baker's Lucas Parts business is Danny Lee in Melbourne. Email: dannyleepersonal@gmail.com His phone number is 0412 327 197 Apparently Kevin has moved to Melbourne and works with Danny one day a week. NUTS N BOLTS – November 2018 In Salisbury, Brisbane use “Bolts and Industrial” Excellent service. https://www.bolt.com.au/ ENGRAVING - Good/proper trophy engravers – Master Engraving, 17/93 Rivergate Pl, Murrarrie, 3393 9644. Wolf Grodd LINKS A model railway like no other. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BU53zRWeUHM The link to Early Auto is http://www.veterancarclubofwa.asn.au/early-auto-magazine/ Alco car https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W35hAMyJZ1M Take your family around Australia before you get too old. https://www.facebook.com/swagfamilyhughes/
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FOR SALE
Monty Schofield wishes to sell his close-to-completion Alldays & Onions project.
Margo Jones is looking to disposal of Jeff’s workshop equipment. Tony Cicchiello is liaising
with her.
Doug Heming wishes to sell an Alvis 12/50 tourer “project” car for about $20,000 AND
his immaculate 12/50 Ducksback.
WANTED
Henry Hancock is looking for the small Smiths and Lucas 2” or 1½” late-vintage petrol,
oil pressure and ammeter gauges for the 1932 Wolseley Hornet Special ex Kuranda
chook-shed restoration he’s started.
Hi Barry, Thank you for your time this morning. As discussed,
we are working on a 1927 Model T truck and are having trouble
sourcing front left and right perches for it. I have attached an
image that I hope is useful. Any assistance would be greatly
appreciated.
Kind regards, Jaan Fox www.finchrestorations.com.au
From our last visit to Fort Lytton.
QMM Lighthouse.
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Minutes of General Meeting No.758
Friday 19th July 2019
Venue: Veteran Car Club Clubrooms, Carindale.
Meeting Opened: 7.38
Present: Chairman – Ronnie Brown; Secretary - Henry Hancock; Treasurer – Jennie
Ransom: Members - Peter Baker, Tony Cicchiello, David Fletcher, Phil Fletcher, Angelo
Frangiosa, David Fryer, Wolf Grodd, Grantley Hart, Steve Hayes,
Ian Hayward, Doug Heming, Ray McKenzie, Justin McKeering, Duncan McPhee, Wendy
Muddell, Peter Ransom, Jon Voller, Doug Young.
Proxies: Proxy votes and associated instructions and comments were recorded by the
Secretary immediately following the opening of the meeting, refer Appendix 1.
Apologies: Brian McMillan, Bruce McPhail, Warren Webb, Graham Webb and Lyle Cooper.
Visitors (other than Partners): None
The President: The President noted that Angelo is well again and has joined us.
Minutes of Previous Meeting: The Chairman moved that the minutes of Meeting No
757 held on Friday 21st June 2019 be accepted as an accurate representation of the
matters discussed. Seconded: Peter Ransom Carried.
Post Meeting Presentation:
Tonight: David Fryer has put a 1932 Flip the Frog Annual on the front table as a
teaser - Vintage cartoons to follow. August: Sides from a member returned from
overseas.
Secretary’s Report:
Membership: Re-joined members Steve and Jenny Hayes.
Correspondence: Inwards:
Dept. of Fair Trading Assoc. annual registration form.
VSCCA (NSW) 2nd Quarter magazine. VSCC (Vic) July 2019 Newsletter.
Emailed proxies from members.
Outwards:
Emails & Post to all Members – Notification of proposals to update the Constitution
The Secretary moved that his report be accepted. Seconded: Peter Baker Carried
Treasurer’s Report:
Suncorp Bank balance as at 19/07/2019 $4264.98
St George Bank term deposit $20,000.00 invested at 2.45%, matures 08/08/2020
Income
Stock sales 55.00
Subscriptions 23 x $50.00 1150.00
TOTAL 1205.00
Expenses
Rent 1/07/2019 – 30/09/2019 445.00
The Treasurer moved that her report be accepted.
Seconded by: Wolf Grodd Carried
Events:
Refer to Magazine and Web Site for details
Jumpers n Jazz, Warwick 18 - 28th July: Ronnie has spoken to members Peter and
Evelyn Harris and we’re welcome as we’ve usually gone for a weekend, but have been
too busy this year.
American Car Day, Maritime Museum, 21st July – to celebrate 4th July: Arrive
9.30 – 10.15am. Looks good, responses received from several invited clubs. Bring your
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Morning Tea Wednesday 24th July at Eden Gardens Carsledine at 9.30 am: A
Northside event next Wednesday!
Presidential Presentation Event, Sunday 4th August, RQYS: The Club will pay for
the awards recipients and their partners to attend with drinks and canapes in the
Commodore’s Room.
All Members are invited to the own-cost lunch afterwards at the Boardwalk café.
There is a limit on the number in the Commodores Room, however if there’s space,
Members other than award winners are invited on a first-in best-dressed basis. If
you’re thinking about attending the lunch, please contact Ronnie Brown about also
attending the presentation.
Fort Lytton with Riley Club and BRHCC, 11th August: This is a joint event with
these two clubs and this year Riley are organizing. Take all food, Riley Club are
providing the barbecues. There will be a competition for the best soft-top car – Wolf
will be our judge (of 3).
Peak Crossing invitational event, 25th August, 10.30 am: Ronnie is liasing with
the E & F Type Register, about 5 VCCQ cars are expected.
The Secretary proposed that VCCQ Inc. donate $50 to the E & F Type Register for a
prize (as we did last year). Seconded Duncan McPhee Carried.
Invitation Events:
RACQ Motorfest and Samford Show, 14th July - Report: Trish Hanley and Bob
Collett took their cars to the RACQ Motorfest and Bob reports a most enjoyable day.
Magazine: No report.
Web Site: Peter thanks Wolf and Brian Carson for photographs.
Library: No report
Register: The list of Members cars (on and not-on the Club register) as identified by the
Committee ring-around is on the front table for viewing but is not for publication.
Queensland Historic Motoring Council (QHMC): Doug has given his apologies for
next Thursday’s meeting but has issued a report to Albert Budworth on discussions
with the Dept. of Transport on Impromptu Events which is presently confidential.
Special Resolution: The Chairman read the following procedure for the good order and
management of the Special Resolution:
“Following extensive consultation with members, the Management Committee has
proposed an updated text for the VCCQ Inc. Constitution and Rules. This has been
issued as 190703 Constitution update (2020) V1, together with a copy of the
existing Constitution and Rules on 3rd July 2019 to all members’ email or postal
address as listed in the Club records.
The Management Committee has explained the proposal in detail with Members
discussing it in the General Meetings of May and June.
This meeting being the third in which the matter has been discussed, the Chair will
accept short final submissions from members on specific elements of the proposal
from which minor corrections or amendment may be accepted by the Members
present.
For a Special Resolution to be accepted in accordance with the Associations
Incorporation Act 1981 it must be passed by ¾ of the Members present at the
meeting. ‘Members present’ includes proxy votes.
The Management Committee proposes that the Special Resolution be put to the
meeting with amendments as agreed in the meeting, generally as follows: ‘The
Vintage Car Club of Queensland Inc. adopts the text in 190703 Constitution update
(2020) V1, as may be amended in the meeting, as the Constitution and Rules of the
Club.’The Vintage Car August 2019 Page 26
Voting will be by a show of hands (proxies are counted) with the number ‘For’ and
‘Against’ being recorded in the minutes.
Proposed amendments from the floor may be resolved individually by a vote of the
Members present, prior to putting the principal motion.
The Secretary will identify proxy votes ‘for’, ‘against’, ‘in favour of’ and any
comments and qualifications prior to voting.
Process:
Discussion: …………………
Proposed amendments (if any): ……………………………………………
Principal Motion moved by: ……………? Seconded: ................?
Carried ……….? Number For ……? Number Against: …..?
Are there any comments or proposed amendments?”
The meeting:
Phil Fletcher requested that his objection to the procedure be noted and stated that
that there hadn’t been enough time for Members to properly consider the proposed
changes and that many Members objected to them. The Chairman referred him to the
several months of discussions and the requests to all members for submissions – the
Committee can only act upon submissions received and if concerned Members didn’t
bother to turn up at General Meetings or make submissions, the Committee could not
know what they’d like.
Peter Ransom moved that “The spelling of ‘Stan(d)ford’ be corrected, no ‘d’.”
Seconded Wendy Muddell. Carried [Against – nil].
Wendy Muddell moved that in clause 4. (15) “The words ‘or decline’ be added in
relation to ‘gift of property’ to the Association.” Seconded Peter Ransom. Carried
[Against – nil].
Wendy Muddell moved that in clause 16. (5) “The words ‘in which he is interested’
be amended to ‘in which he/she has an interest’.” Seconded Henry Hancock Carried
[Against – nil].
Wendy Muddell moved that in clause 28. (7) “The words ‘The amount to be spent by
the Management Committee without further approval at a General Meeting is to be
set at the Annual General Meeting.’ be added”. Seconded Angelo Frangiosa Carried
[Against – nil].
Henry Hancock moved that in clause 3. (i) (A) “the word ‘goals’ be changed to
‘objects’.” Seconded Jon Voller Carried [Against – nil]
Henry Hancock moved that “The Vintage Car Club of Queensland Inc. adopts the
text in 190703 Constitution update (2020) V1, as amended in the meeting, as the
Constitution and Rules of the Club.”
Seconded Peter Ransom
Carried [Votes For = 39; Votes against = 11]
The Secretary will now submit the appropriate documentation to the Department of
Fair Trading for approval.
General and New Business:
1. Encouragement Award: For the Club’s Encouragement Award, generally
presented for progress on the restoration of an eligible car, the Members selected
Monty Schofield.
2. Annual General Meeting: The President reminded everyone that August is the
AGM and the election of a new Management Committee. Nominations are required
for President, Secretary, Treasurer and, say, 4 committee members, but more
would be welcome! The Constitution asks for nominations to be proposed,The Vintage Car August 2019 Page 27
seconded, accepted by the nominee and be submitted to the Secretary two weeks
prior to the meeting. A reminder notice and nomination form will be issued by
email (only) to members.
3. Eligible Vehicle Register: Cars which are in-period but not on the Register – to
be dealt with by the next Committee.
4. Register of Early Club Members: On hold while constitutional matters are
resolved.
5. Automobile Quarterly Complete (David McPhee): Sale by tender.
6. Presidential Awards event: The Committee has agreed that for presentation of
the trophies, again at the RQYS, the Club will pay for the awards recipients and
their partners to attend with drinks and canapes. The room holds a limited
number. Lunch, later, at the Boardwalk Café, will be at individual cost. Also, if
members wish to attend the lunch, the number up to the capacity of the room
will be funded by the Club.
7. Marquee and additional presentation at events: To be dealt with by the next
Committee.
8. Supper coordinator: The Club is looking for a volunteer to organize the
members who bring supper.
9. Australian Historic Vehicle Interest Group (AHVIG): Doug advised that
AHVIG is to issue a petition regarding the application of LCT to historic vehicles.
This will be distributed through clubs so that all historic vehicle owners will have a
chance to participate. Also, AHMF has changed its position and will now adopt the
AHVIG position on asbestos in imported historic vehicles.
Cars, Parts and Services:
Monty Schofield wishes to sell his close-to-completion Alldays & Onions project.
Margo Jones is looking to disposal of Jeff’s workshop equipment. Tony Cicchiello is
liaising with her.
Doug Heming wishes to sell an Alvis 12/50 tourer “project” car for about $20,000 AND
his immaculate 12/50 Ducksback.
David Fletcher recommends Club member Gerry Smith’s white metal bearing work as
Gerry has just completed David’s Vauxhall AND David strongly recommends pulling the
plugs out of the crankshaft to clean it properly.
Henry Hancock is looking for the small Smiths and Lucas 2” or 1½” late-vintage
petrol, oil pressure and ammeter gauges for the 1932 Wolseley Hornet Special ex
Kuranda chook-shed restoration he’s started.
Presentation: Steamboat Willie 1928 (Disney) and Flip the Frog – The New Car 1931
(Ub Werks Studio) were shown during the supper break. For the latter seeThe Vintage Car August 2019 Page 28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huNkOR3eGR8 The cleverness and
characterization of this period are unmatched by the computer animations nowadays.
Thank you David Fryer.
Cars of Interest: The President thanked Tony - Fiat Balilla and Henry - Wolseley Hornet,
and admired Wolf’s Mercedes 230 SL.
Raffle winners: Doug Heming, Peter Ransom and Peter Baker.
Supper: Thanks to Ray McKenzie for supper.
Next Meeting - THE AGM: Friday 16th August 2019 at 7.30 PM.
Meeting closed: 9.30 pm
An American at the
Queensland Maritime
Museum
An Aussie at the Garden of
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THE VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF QUEENSLAND Inc.
Meetings
Meetings are held at 7.30pm on the third Friday of each month at the VCCAQ Clubrooms,
1376 Old Cleveland Rd., Carindale QLD 4152. The Club’s well-stocked Library is open
before and after the meeting and a pre-meeting BYO everything BBQ is usually enjoyed
by a number of our members.
OFFICE BEARERS 2018-2019
PRESIDENT
Ronnie Brown 0419 702 329 alvisronnie@gmail.com
SECRETARY
Henry Hancock 0414 311 564 thenryhan@gmail.com
TREASURER
Jennie Ransom 0428 592 828 jennieransom@westnet.com.au
COMMITTEE
Brian McMillan 0412 303 477 brianmcmillan@optusnet.com.au
Doug Young 0418 719 430 doug_young@iinet.net.au
David Fryer 0418 722 007 maximalist@bigpond.com
Wolf Grodd 0419 709 169 sleepingbeauties@bigpond.com.au
QUEENSLAND HISTORIC MOTORING COUNCIL
Doug Young 0418 719 430 doug_young@iinet.net.au
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Bruce McPhail 0411 223 147 margnbruce52@gmail.com
EDITOR
Brian McMillan 0412 303 477 brianmcmillan@optusnet.com.
LIBRARY
Duncan McPhee 3374 1404 Carrier Pigeon
REGISTRAR
WEBMASTER Peter Ransom All web issues press HERE
VEHICLE DATING - Contact the Secretary
CORRESPONDENCE
Unless otherwise requested, please address all written correspondence to:
The Secretary You can also email the club:
The Vintage Car Club of Queensland Inc.
1376 Old Cleveland Road vccq2020@gmail.com
Carindale QLD 4152
MAGAZINE FORMAT.
Single column format is used so that you don't have to scroll up and down. I expect that
most will read mag zoomed out. Pics are scaled, if possible, so that they are JUST not
pixelated at this width to keep file size to a minimum. Verdana font is used in the body of
the mag for easy reading.The Vintage Car August 2019 Page 35
SENDING MONEY TO THE CLUB
Suncorp Bank request that full name “Vintage Car Club of Queensland Inc.”, is
written on all cheques sent to club.
Please post to the Treasurer at the Club’s postal address (above), unless otherwise
requested.
Direct Deposit: Payments are easier and faster using Internet direct deposit.
Our Suncorp acc. details are:
Account Name: Vintage Car Club of Queensland Inc.
BSB: 484799 Account No: 001424831
It is MOST important that you include your surname and a brief description of the nature
of the payment (e.g. Smith subscription, or Jones Xmas lunch).
2020 Annual Membership subscription $50
2020 MEMBERSHIP LIST AVAILABLE
VCCQ ESSENTIAL INFORMATION. Here’s an update on things you should know about
the Club. We now have:
A proper Website - Access via www.vccq.club
An email address – vccq2020@gmail.com All committee members have access to the
mailbox.
A monthly magazine. In your e-mailbox by the first of that month. That's the plan.
A Facebook page – Get yourself on facebook and search Vintage Car Club Queensland
and ask for access as a member. Current financial members can also join the VCCQ
private member's page.
A gmail Calendar - The Calendar lists all interesting motoring events not just VCCQ
events. All committee members have access.
A list of all books in the Club Library. Send the Club an email requesting a copy of
this list. Members only.
A Members' Directory - Listing all financial Members as of August 31, 2018. See Secretary
for a copy.
A Members' Register is also maintained detailing members' vehicles. A copy is kept for
viewing in the Club Library. Lapel Name Badges. These are given free to all new members.
Existing members can get new ones from the Secretary at a cost of $13.
A Google Drive box – Up there in a cloud safe from a
collapse of my computer is lots of good stuff including all
the current Club mags for 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018
and also selected mags from other clubs placed in
monthly folders. Access has been given to all current
financial members and a few others. Thanks to Dave
Fletcher for setting it up. Hope it works for you.
The editor was enjoying a cup of black coffee and
conversing with a couple of wise men discussing
climate change. “I have decided to be buried instead of being cremated in the
interest of lowering carbon dioxide” said the editor.
“What a good idea said wise man 2. You could claim carbon credits. It may cover
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