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A Newsletter from the Bay of Plenty Vintage Car Club for Classic Vehicle Enthusiasts– August 2022

RUN REPORT TO ROSS BROTHERS MUSEUM, CAMBRIDGE

BY DAVID AND VAL STAFFORD and MODEL A MEMORIES – BY PETER BUTLER and THE FLOOR-MOUNTED STARTER BUTTON – A FIRE RISK?

Very pleased that we had a good response to our plea for articles last month. This Klaxon features interesting articles from Peter Butler, Graham Meredith, Matthew Beddall (UK)—and the usual collection of humour.

We need your contributions gentle people! BAY OF PLENTY VINTAGE CAR CLUB (INC) Email: bayofplenty@vcc.org.nz

WEB SITE: www.bayofplentyvintagecarclub.com

Chairman’s Chat August 2022 Maybe just a wee bit of a “Chide” as well as a Chat? I have a bit of a concern when we have an excellent speaker at Club-night like Tony Pahl (bees) and we don’t get 40 turn up. It would be disconcerting to be standing up front and talking to only a half full room; imagine what could be going through the guest speaker’s mind such as “am I such a turnoff”? The range and number of questions during and at the end indicated how entertaining he was, so it was a pity if you missed it. And the raffle only just broke even! Moving on to happier things leads me to the TV1 visit to look at EV Classic repowering MGBs with electric motors which the converter reckoned would allow owners to continue using their cars whatever the price of fuel rose to. I’m not knocking this electric car thing but a word of caution here. The British Federation of Classic Car Clubs has come down very firmly by stating classic cars with an electric motor conversion are no longer classics—Full stop, no argument and I think an MGB for example which doesn’t have that distinctive exhaust note has had its heart and soul ripped out. The very essence of our vehicles from all classes is the sound they make from the Veteran teuf, teuf, to the top end of our acceptable vehicles. At the risk of being branded a lobbyist against electric vehicles, maybe a little bit of a pause for a reality check wouldn’t go amiss. Some information in the latest Railton Owners Club news-letter caught my eye and you can take out of it what you like. An organisation called Emissions Analytics Ltd based near High Wycombe has hypothesised that as petrol engines have become so more cleaner and efficient , tyre wear particulates are a much greater threat, possibly as much as a factor of 1000 times. The much greater weight of an electric vehicle generates increased particulate pollution, ironically from synthetic rubber which is derived from crude oil. Check out the incredible Mazda SpCCI engine for some thought provoking with your petrol -head mates. I haven’t had one solitary message with any comments regarding whether the Committee is on the right track with events, so all we can do is carry on doing what we have been doing and getting what we have been getting. We hope to see a few more of you soon. Cheers, Alastair Jones

BOP VCC Coming Events 2022 AUGUST 2022 8

Club Night (members with birthdays please bring a plate)

11-12

VCC AGM

Mid Week Run – No run this month

End of Month Run BOP VCC Branch Daffodil Rally for Cancer Society

Cancer Society Daffodil Fresh Flower Run

Nog and Natter- Pap Tavern Papamoa

Sulphur City Rally

Movie Night at the club rooms. (Bring your tea from 6 pm then Movie at 7 pm)

(6 pm start, stay for tea)

Rotorua VCC Branch

Committee meeting

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Club night (members with birthdays bring a plate please)

Mid Week TBA

19-23

North Island Club Captains Tour

End of Month Run to Whangamata (Classic Car Garage visit)

Committee meeting

Nog and Natter Tauranga Citizens Club (6 pm)

Movie night All members should note that when attending Club functions or meetings MASKS ARE OPTIONAL and vaccination certificates are NOT required

Members if it is your birthday in the month of the Club night you are attending, please bring a plate for Supper. Thanks, Jill Whitcombe, Club Captain

FROM THE CLUB CAPTAIN! ——————————————————————

July Mid Week Lunch and Quizz Event

It was a miserable day even though we had no rain, ideal for an indoor social gathering at the VCC club rooms. Myself and Gwen Jones made up a heap of soup and Jane Thorman helped in the kitchen to get everything prepared for lunch. Yvonne Beck made a great carrot cake to finish off lunch a nice surprise, however it was a pity that more members did not come down to participate in the lunch provided and stay for the Quizz that was prepared and organised by John Whitcombe, for those that participated many thanks for your support. Maybe this sort of event is not what is wanted by you the members, I am very happy to listen to any ideas that you the members have that we can do for runs etc. Thank you to the ladies that helped with the lunch and cleaned up afterwards. The quizz was only held for 45 mins and the members for the winning team each received a cake of chocolate. Winning team members were as follows, Alistair and Gwen Jones and Paul and Yvonne Beck Only one point between two teams. End of Month Run We had a very successful run and Thank you to Merv Halsey for doing all the organising good to see members willing to participate in the club events and put their hand up to take on organising a run, without these members we would not have club runs and the social activities that goes with the run.

Coffee Mornings To try and get members using the club rooms more the committee is trying to get a coffee morning started on 2nd ,3rd and 4th Monday of the month For those that perhaps don’t go on runs or come to club meeting for various reasons but still belong to the club this is a good way to keep in touch with fellow members. Coffee, tea and biscuits provided So come along doors open at 9 am Thanks to the Team that are there on Mondays to open the parts shed and the library.

That’s about all folks Jill Whitcombe

We extend a warm welcome to the following new Member— Tim Langford Email— tim.langford@icloud.com

362, Maungatapu Road, Maungatapu, Tauranga, 3112 Mob 021 325 511 Tim has a 1983 VW Beetle.

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Please contact our Chairman if you have not received your name badge by our next meeting

HELP NEEDED/ADVICE OFFERED Lively lady with a passion for classic car motoring would love the opportunity to navigate on car club runs, or if no opportunities arise, just being able to ride in the "dickey seat" with wind in the hair to relive the good old days. A good conversationalist as well as the passion is another attribute. Phone Rae 0212071769 --please. Many thanks —————————————————————————————————Wanted: 1928-29 Model A top radiator tank in reasonable condition, or a complete radiator with a usable top tank, or any info on where to get one would be helpful. Selwyn Norman 5525431 —————————————————————————————————Hi Veteran and Vintage drivers. For your information, I recently discovered the new dippable

focused beam headlight bulb which i purchased and am very impressed with, These LED bulbs will effortlessly pass WOF inspections as they are a true dippable headlight as opposed to the older LED bulb which did not dip, but just cut out half of the LEDs and this causes issues with some WOF inspections as the headlight was still quite bright and did not dip.

There is no comparison with these LED bulbs and the old 32-50cp bulbs in the amount of light they produce and will fit 6 or 12volt negative or positive earth cars. These bulbs are a bit pricey but if you value being able to see where you are driving and being able to dip your lights for oncoming traffic then they may be of interest to you. For more information check the website. www.logolites.com - you can see a video demonstrating the fitting and operation of the bulbs . They can be ordered online or through any of the suppliers listed on the web site and possibly Veteran and Vintage Spares and Repairs. (Auckland) David Stafford

Model A Memories – by Peter Butler Back in 1974 New Zealand enjoyed (or suffered) depending on your point of view a very active Trade Union movement. Some people felt pushed around by it.

My 1930 Model A was once pushed around by several members of the Executive of the New Zealand Federation of Labour at the top of Molesworth Street in Wellington. My then wife was driving it with our three infant children in the back. The Model A was at that stage our only car and she had taken the children for their inoculations as we were about to go overseas. She was very grateful for the assistance despite having voted National all her life! The reason for the need for a push was my inexperience with the mysteries of setting points. I had not long owned the car and a friend of mine who knew more than I did told me that the points needed adjustment. So I had adjusted them and as a result the car was sometimes a little hard to start! Hence the welcome assistance of the Federation of Labour executive members! I must have had a innate liking for Model A’s. When I was around 7 years old we had a neighbour who was a local builder. His work truck was a Model A pickup. We also had a local farmer who delivered whole milk from his Model A pick up as well – this all happening in Wellington in the early 1950’s! I loved the sound of the engine and, like lots of others, the sound of the horn. I had no idea even of how many cylinders the motor had but I knew instinctively that they were very good reliable old trucks. Around 1952 the builder sold his Model A and bought a V8 Pilot ute as its replacement. The ute was quieter, but for me it had nowhere near the street appeal of the old truck. Fast forward about 20 years. By then I was married and had a young family. One night my father rang and said that a friend of my youngest sister had called round to see her. He was driving his brother’s Model A sedan. It was for sale. Was I interested? Is the Pope Catholic?? It turned out that the selling brother had tried to sell it in New Plymouth but had not had any luck. Who knows why? The next day after work I was walking towards the Wellington Railway Station when I saw the car for the first time - in the rush hour traffic. It stood out not only because of its shape but also because of my Dad’s description of it. It was painted black and orange! The roof and guards were black and the body panels were orange. International Rescue Orange! Years later I learned that the orange was an original Ford colour - for pin striping! I had the broadest pinstripes in the country! That sighting clinched the deal for me. It was karma! I was determined to buy it. So I arranged to meet the Wellington brother for a test drive. He lived in Porirua so we drove up to the 2YA radio masts at Titahi Bay. The car ran well and I said I’d pay the asking price of $1500.00. The car was registered and warranted. I was over the moon. The seller told me that the only other person interested was an English guy who would only buy it after an AA check had been done. My instinct was that the car had gone well. It had a warrant and Rego. It was old and would probably need some TLC at some stage. But the clincher was that it was a Model A! Why bother with an AA check? 6

Model A Memories – by Peter Butler When we went overseas in 1974 I put the car on blocks in my garage and as a precaution poured about a tablespoon of engine oil down each plug hole. When we returned 6 months later I charged the battery and the car started quite quickly with clouds of blue smoke! The blocks were courtesy of the Wellington City Council Electricity Department. They had replaced some old wooden power poles in our street. The wood was a hardwood and for some reason one of the poles had been cut into 3 foot lengths which were left where they had been cut. These lengths walked into my garage late one night and held the car up extremely well. None of the other poles were ever cut up and I don’t know whether it was because the timber was so hard or because cutting it made the wood walk. I had been offered a job in Mount Maunganui shortly after we returned to New Zealand and the Model A was still our only transport. So we made a couple of trips to the Bay of Plenty to see the in-laws and finalise the job arrangements. On one of the return trips from Tauranga to Wellington we went the long way round and picked up my mother from Hastings and brought her back to Wellington. All these trips made with only 4 nuts holding one of the rear wheels! (The stud had no thread left on it). The car has never let me down despite my elementary mechanical knowledge. On one of the trips to the Mount during our shift northwards, the points gave me some more grief so I took out the crank handle and reset them again. Unfortunately I forgot to remove the crank handle. As we were cruising into Levin there was a very loud bang under the car followed by an equally loud clank. I feared the worst! A piston? The crankshaft? The head? However there appeared to be no damage except that that the crank handle no longer had any right angles. It had bounced between the road and the car for the full length of the torque tube. So feeling very relieved we continued home with a few other stops (including the garage at Waiouru) for points assistance. Almost the minute that we stopped outside our rented house at the Mount the car stopped solid. Fortunately our landlord knew of a good mechanic (Garry Grant) who it turned out had been the chief mechanic at a Ford dealership in Auckland before setting up on his own account in the Mount. So the Model A got towed to Garry’s workshop where it turned out that in its bouncing under the car the crank handle had cracked the differential housing. Oil had seeped out all the way from Levin. The diff had seized solid but the Model A had got us home!

I cannot now remember where I got the new diff from, but I think it would have been from Rod Welch at Veteran and Vintage in Auckland (now owned by Errol McAlpine). I do remember that Garry Grant was amazed that the parts arrived more quickly and were cheaper than a Triumph 2000 diff he had ordered. In 1975 I joined the Bay of Plenty branch of the Vintage Car Club. I had been on one run with the Wellington Branch in 1974 and we had all enjoyed that so it was a natural progression to sign up with the BOP VCC. In those days there were many members about my age, many with young families. Nowadays only the first part is true. There are still many members around my age! The kids have gone. The Club was very welcoming and senior guys such as Gordon Hyslop and Jim Webb who also owned Model A’s were very helpful. 7

Model A Memories – by Peter Butler In 1978 we got the car repainted in its present colours of Chicle drab and Copra drab. Ivan Allen did a marvellous paint job for me. Our first outing in the new colours was to the Waihi Centenary celebrations.

Owen Goldsmith has done a lot of excellent maintenance for me over the years since Garry Grant retired. We have been on hundreds of rallies although we have not yet been north of Auckland city. Invercargill and Christchurch as well as the West Coast have been some of the highlights. The Far North is on our bucket list. On one Rally trip we were lucky to get home. After the rally we drove from Masterton to the Mount in one day - almost nonstop. There had been some unusual noises on the way (only some of which I heard, the rest Marion heard!) and I knew that the car was due to see Owen again. Owen found that we had come all the way home (at full speed) with a cracked front spring leaf, a very sick engine and a gear box whose bearings were nearing retirement. The universal joint was oval. I have kept it as a reminder of how durable the car is. To see the shape it was in made me wonder how the car kept going. All the repairs were overseen by Owen (including the reconditioning of the motor and gearbox) and the car feels renewed. My hope is to drive it beyond its centenary. It is a lovely steady car to drive and it holds so many memories. The engine sound still grabs me, and an Aoogah horn so typically signals a Model A! Thanks Peter, an interesting story. I must get some of those walking poles! Hopefully this story will encourage other Members to pass on their own memories! Editor Bryce 8

DRIVERS REQUIRED PLEASE FOR THE ANNUAL DAFFODIL CAMPAIGN EVENT – The delivery of flowers for the local Cancer Society. WHEN – Tuesday 23 August ARRIVAL TIME & WHERE – Please arrive at 9am to the Latter-Day Saints Church, Cameron Road (opposite the Tauranga Hospital) TIMEFRAMEOF DELIVERIES – 9am – noon PLEASE NOTE – There will be no deliveries in the Tauranga CBD or any rural deliveries, and if members require a Runner that can be arranged. ORGANISER – Kaaren Smylie If you can help, please contact Kaaren ASAP on 07 576 4180 or text 021 66 43 41

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CAFÉ CLIFFE”

WHERE: BOP VCC Clubrooms - 29 Cliff Road, Tauranga WHEN: Every Monday from 9.00am, except the first Monday of every month (Dutch Club have booked it) WHY TO VISIT: Browse through the Club’s Library’s excellent selection of books and be in to win at Club Night the ‘CHAIRMANS CHOICE!

TO QUALIFY: You must borrow a book to be in to win.

PARTS SHED: Stroll through our amazing Parts Shed for that elusive part, whether it is an old tool, or an accessory. Jack and Colin will be happy to assist you and point you in the right direction.

MORNING TEA ON OFFER: This is an opportunity to mix ‘Benzine

and Caffeine’ and meet with fellow Clubmates, and guess what— there is no cost, even the ‘bikkies’ are FREE.

FURTHER DETAILS: Please contact Chairman Alastair on 576 1124

For the 21st August Daffodil Day Run for Cancer Society The BOP VCC is putting on afternoon tea for after the run and we are kindly asking for

the donation of items for afternoon tea from the club members Need please cakes and or biscuits – savouries – and sandwiches. Please keep it simple and finger size

Can be bought down to the club rooms anytime after 9am Also need some extra hands to help out in the kitchen Please ring Jill on 027 552 4201 or 07 552 4201

Coffee Mornings Our new initiative to make more use of the club rooms Open from 9am on Monday mornings Tea, Coffee, Biscuits provided. Library and Parts shed open. Dates for the coffee morning. 9th, 16th, 23rd,30th August 2022

August birthday members—if coming to Club night please remember to bring a plate for supper.

TEST DRIVE MISADVENTURES!

By Graham and Helen Meredith

It all started when I was doing a service check on the Valiant Charger. This included me wanting to check the valve collette’s and spring retainers for wear. They didn't look good, I couldn't even

see the collette’s on no.1 exhaust until I looked vertically over the top. It was all about to go Bang!!!. As the engine was starting with a puff of blue smoke the decision was made to take the head off and check the valve guides. So off came the head and sure enough you could see the oil tracks into the ports from the valve

guides, and the valves were suitably wobbly. On my shelf of cylinder heads I picked the most suitable replacement and disassembled it taking note of the valve positions by putting each into its own container. I also had a bad oil leak from the gearbox which needed seeing to. I have found a website called

Southern Classics that could supply me with the parts we needed, so out came the gearbox and the parts were ordered. Once the parts arrived I took them to an Engineer, Steve Smyth, to fit. This included a new tail shaft sleeve to be fitted to the tail shaft extension housing on the gearbox for the front yoke of the prop shaft to fit into. Also included was a rebuild of the gearshift mechanism. Going back to the head we checked it with a straight edge and started lapping all the valves in as the guides were mint. On assembly we checked for valve spring binding using the cam lift and then applying the rocker arm ratio to the lift, and we had 80th clearance between all the coils - so we were good. The completed head went back on using some copper cote on the head gasket, and we torqued it down. With everything back we put a new clutch plate and release bearing in and then in went the gearbox. The shifters were much better and it was all looking good. So good we decided to rebuild the prop shaft. So I went to the local car parts supplier that's open in the weekend and got

some new universal joints. On getting home and comparing them to the old ones they were quite different. So I measured them up and they stacked up and I noticed putting the Circlips in they fitted very easily. I'd had a Hell of a job fitting the last lot in because you had to squeeze the bearing caps in tight to fit the clips. That was easy I thought. So the prop shaft went back in and I

gave it a good wiggle and I noticed a small amount of movement. A very small amoun,t so I gave it the benefit of the doubt. So off I went on a test run. The motor feels strong, the temperature was stable - that’s good. And the gearbox is shifting nicely again - sweet.

I was 30 odd kilometres into the run, and just starting to relax when I noticed a bit of a hum. I was doing 65mph, the motor was at 2700rpm, so in 4th at a 1:1 ratio the prop shaft would be at that same speed. I couldn't work out what the hum was. No noticeable vibration and it certainly wasn't the hum of the music I normally play.

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Then a landmine went off underneath the car BANG!!! with very loud metallic noises, and blue smoke everywhere with the smell of very hot oil – and a vibration, and a gearbox trying to come

up through the floor, trying its best to literally shake the car apart. Christ - hit the picks and pull over. Fortunately there was a good lay by area to pull into and came to a stop. Well the motor is running fine oil pressure and water temperature all fine. Then bugger - was the tolerances on the new sleeve we installed too tight? So I climbed out and had a

look underneath. Shit, the bearing caps on the front yoke were gone as well as the caps on the front of the prop shaft. However, the diff was still intact. I rang my partner in crime and asked for a tow home, and I removed the prop shaft so we could be towed. Helen turns up with our neighbors to tow me home.

On getting the car home and pushing it into the garage and up on the axle stands, we had a good look at the diff coupling end. The seals were basically non-existant, allowing a lot of play in the coupling. This appears to be what happened in the front coupling, allowing the prop shaft to knock out the circlips, and with centrifugal force spinning out the bearing caps. I was bloody lucky

the prop stayed in the yoke and didn't drop down! But this didn't explain all the oil under the car. So on the creeper I go underneath and the sump plug on the gearbox and the engine are both tight. What’s happened? Then my jaw dropped! The gearbox housing was literally split in half, only the top inspection plate was holding it all together. That's where the oil had come from. I was gutted. It had destroyed the gearbox! Not being one to dwell on things I turned to the back shelves where the spare gearboxes are, and there it is - a 3 speed VH Pacer gearbox with floor shifter complete with bellhousing.

So out came the 4 speed and in went all the 3 speed gearbox. I welded up the 4 speed hole in the floor, and cut and reinstated the original gear lever hole. A 3 speed prop shaft was taken to Advanced Steel Engineering to get rebuilt and balanced. They took the rubber seals out and turned up some bronze shims to take their place. The joints also

had good old grease nipples, so will be awesome for maintenance. So that’s all back in and our test run - Whaaa Hoooo - it's all good! So we'll see you out there. Happy motoring, Graham and Helen

WELLINGTON TRAIN TRIP 21ST -23RD NOVEMBER 2022 Well it is all go for the Wellington Train trip after a letdown last year. We have 36 booked and there is room for 4 more if anyone would like to come. The cost will be $580.00 per person this will include: The Bus trip to and from Hamilton,  Train Trip return Hamilton to Wellington,  2 night’s accommodation (twin share) at an inner city Wellington Hotel,  and taxi service, Train station to hotel return. This DOES NOT include food costs on the train, or in Wellington No need for any payment yet—you will contacted about Mid October for any payment to the VCC. There will be a form in the September Klaxon so we can collate names for the Trip etc All needed for the train passenger list and accommodation. All enquiries and correspondence to John and Jill Whitcombe Phone 027 552 4201 or johnandjill37@gmail.com

Cancer Society Fresh Flower Delivery Annual Event. The BOP VCC is again participating in this worthy cause and is looking for drivers to help deliver the Daffodils . It will be on Tuesday 23rd August, meeting at the Latter Day Saints Church, Cameron Road at 9am Runners can be provided if you don’t want to be getting in and out of the car. We will be only doing local no country deliveries. Please contact organiser Kaaren Smylie on 021 664 341

DAFFODIL RALLY FOR CANCER 2022 Many of you will be aware of this very charitable cause - and our Daffodil Rally for Cancer is all set to take place on Sunday August 21. Linda Downie has put a colossal amount of work into planning for this

years' event. I thought that I'd take the opportunity to thank her on behalf of our branch for all of that plus remind you all of some housekeeping aspects. Linda has a few requests to make as well - so here goes We have five other car clubs at the time of writing who are pitching in with us on the day - so people, cars and donations should be very much in evidence. If you have a buddy with a classic, vintage car or motor cycle and you think that they might be keen to come along - make it your task to bring them on the day. All non member participants need to complete an official entry form prior to the start of the rally. We will have plenty of forms at the club rooms. Entry is just $10.00 per car (people can donate more if they wish) and I'd like to point out to our existing members to wear their badges so as you

won't get pestered about the form filling All vehicles on show need to be parked in their groups (should their owners want that - with marque car clubs that will be a given) and the assembly of these vehicles will commence in the public car park adjacent to our club rooms at 9.15am. This task needs to be completed by 10.30am when the public hopefully will start arriving - so we don't want vehicles moving about for Health and Safety reasons after 10.30am. Linda tells us that she could do with some more parking wardens plus volunteers to collect the donations. If you can do this - a big 'thanks' in advance and please confirm your intentions with Linda on 021 02777931 You can bring your own food for lunch should you wish and there will be a Food Truck for us to fre-

quent on site - courtesy of Street Food and Expresso who also will be making a donation to the Cancer Society. They will be fully set up with their own generator. Talking about money - don't forget to bring cash with you for the day - it's very easy to overlook that aspect in these more cash less/eft pos times. The $10.00 per car entry will be collected for the Cancer Society as participants in the Rally leave the gate in Cliff Road during the lunch hour. As the route takes us over the Kaimai Range and into the Waikato - don't forget to have a full tank of gas. Upon our return to the VCC club rooms there will be afternoon tea available for just $5.00 per head. This will be collected from everybody as they enter the club rooms.

The Mustang Owners Club are getting right behind the day and their owners will be giving Child Cancer children rides around the immediate area. Unless the grounds are too wet to drive on, the rides in the Mustangs will leave from outside the club rooms. Plan B will see their cars leave from the sealed carpark. Fingers crossed for a fine day and don't forget to contact our hard working coordinator Linda Downey on 021 02777931 By Donn White

VCC Daffodil Rally for Cancer

(PHOTO COURTESY OF BEADED WHEELS)

BOP VCC COORDINATOR – Linda Downey 021 02777931 DATE – Sunday 21 August ENTRY FEE - $10.00 per vehicle NAME BADGES – Members please wear your name badges for this event

NON-MEMBERS ENTRY FORM – Non-members who will be participating in our daffodil rally will be asked to fill in a non-member declaration. DISPLAY PARKING – All vehicles on show will be parked in their groups ASSEMBLY TIME – 9.15am at the club rooms PUBLIC DISPLAY – Public viewing at 10.30am FOOD CHOICES - BYO FOOD & BEVERAGES, and as well a FOOD TRUCK WILL BE AVAILABLE ON SITE AFTERNOON TEA – A fantastic afternoon tea will be provided at a nominal fee of $5.00 per head. This will be collected from everyone as they enter the club rooms. OTHER MOTORING CLUB – At least five other clubs will be joining us and will have their vehicles displayed MUSTANG OWNERS CLUB & CHILD CANCER – The Mustang Owners Club are right behind our event and are getting involved. Their owners will be giving Child Cancer children rides around the immediate area on the day! HELP!! PARKING WARDENS WANTED

VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED TO COLLECT THE DONATIONS – If you can help, please contact Linda ASAP

This event is a wonderful opportunity to meet fellow enthusiasts and at the same time, raise money for this worthy cause, the VCC nominated charity.

Cancer Society New Zealand

An article from the Alvis Register Bulletin, kindly sent in by Clive Taylor THE FLOOR-MOUNTED STARTER BUTTON – A FIRE RISK? - By Matthew Beddall I recently joined the Register after acquiring a 12/60 TL Beetle-back and, having been impressed at the wealth of technical information on offer for newbie owners, thought I would offer up my own contribution. Since purchase, the floor starter on my car has been temperamental, meaning that running the car would always start with a brief game of ‘will-it-work roulette’. A small twist of the foot ‘button’ was normally enough to persuade it to work. I decided that this was a source of entertainment that I could live without, and so took it apart to try and understand the problem.

Almost as soon as I removed the switch, the 90 year-old insulation inside it crumbled into a pile of dust. The switch relied on an insulated cardboard material to separate the copper of the switch contacts from the metal body of the switch. I was alarmed to discover that this was all that was separating my main battery feed from shorting out on the chassis of the car. To my eyes the decaying insulation left the switch as a major fire risk, given that it had a metal housing that is indirectly attached to the battery, via negative earth. Since I had only recently purchased the car the prospect of it spontaneously bursting into flames did not seem appealing and so what follows is a description of how I repaired the original switch using modern materials. The photograph below shows the component parts of the switch, which includes what was left of the insulating material. The two large copper contacts bolt into the bottom of the switch housing, and a circuit is made when the twin circular copper rings are pushed against them as the switch is depressed. Its temperamental behaviour was caused by pieces of insulating material getting stuck in between the twin copper rings and operating the switch had just served to make them more stuck. I cleaned up the switch body and painted it in a spray-on insulating paint, branded Plastidip, that is specifically designed to act as an electrical insulator. I then machined a nylon disc to sit underneath the main contacts, to be doubly sure that they were not making contact with the metal housing. I made a second nylon disc for the back of the switch that included a protrusion to separate the two terminals that the battery and starter cables attach to. Finally, I made two small nylon bushes for the studs that replaced the original felt items, and allowed the terminal threads to pass through the metal housing without touching it. The pictures will probably make this clearer than words alone. The final stage of assembly was to clean the electrical contacts and ever so slightly adjust the twin rings of copper to ensure that they were making a decent contact with their fixed counterparts. Before connecting it back to the car, I did also use a multimeter to check that the insulation was doing its job. Although I used a lathe to machine the pieces of nylon, similar items could be made from an insulating material using hand tools alone. The new switch works perfectly now, and so it is the button, rather than me, that gets depressed!

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THE FLOOR-MOUNTED STARTER BUTTON – A FIRE RISK? - Continued I suspect many cars will, as suggested in TVAM, use the original switch together with a modern starter solenoid. I thought it was worth sharing my experience, both because of the potential fire risk and the solution for keeping the original set-up intact.

The final lesson that I will share is that when testing the newly installed starter switch it is worth checking that you haven’t recently unscrewed the front part of your headlamp. My unintentional experiment concluded that the vibration of starting the engine is enough for the headlamp to make a bid for freedom towards the garage floor. So I now have a car that reliably starts, but with one less headlamp glass than when I started. Oops!

Steve Loveridge writes: Thanks to Matthew for drawing attention to this hard working and frequently forgotten electrical bit. A comment, if I may. A solenoid is better for making the high current contact as it engages and releases with a positive and fast snap. In the case of early cars with the switch on the dashboard, it removes the need to string heavy battery cables up to the dashboard, and perilously close to the petrol tank. If adding a solenoid, check out the switch, as Matthew describes, first. Why? Well, a solenoid needs a low current to operate it and the loose copper dust in a neglected foot switch can suddenly short out and pass enough current to fire it up. This is not theory, it has been recorded by a 6 ½ litre Bentley owner that he was driving along and the starter suddenly (and doubtless frighteningly!) engaged. A solenoid had recently been fitted, copper dust was the problem. Finally, as a bonus, the starter motor circuit can be rendered inoperable by the simple process of fitting a toggle switch in series with the foot switch and hiding it behind the dashboard. This removes the risk of accidental operation.

VCC of NZ TARANAKI BRANCH 44th and 45th Annual “Rubber Duckie” Motor-Cycle Rally 17th September 2022 - “TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE” The Taranaki Branch invites you to enter their 44th and 45th Annual Motor-Cycle Rally. The rally routes will be over good surfaced roads, with no gravel, with instructions in large print. VENUE: NEW PLYMOUTH TOP TEN HOLIDAY PARK, 29 Princes Street, Fitzroy, New Plymouth will be Ral-

ly H.Q. for our Annual Motorcycle Rally. Dinner and Prize giving will be held at the Beach Street Hall, 80 metres north of Devon St East, approximately 800m from the Top Ten Holiday Park. PROGRAMME: Friday 16th 3.00 pm R.H.Q. opens

6.00 pm - Drinks, followed by evening meal and Noggin and Natter Saturday 17thRally Instructions available from 8.00 am. 8.30 am - Briefing 9.00 am - First bike away Lunch will be at our Club Rooms SH3A Mountain Rd 6.00 pm - Pre dinner drinks (Beach Street Hall) 7.30 pm - Informal smorgasbord dinner (Ticket holders only)

Prize giving FACILITIES: Accommodation - motels, tourist flats, tourist cabins, standard cabins, camper sites, tent sites, swimming pool, linen hire. All meals are available on site to ticket holders only. RALLY RULES 1 This event is open to financial members of the Vintage Car Club of NZ and invited guests. Invited guests are eligible to compete for prizes, but not VCC trophies. 2 Veteran, Vintage, Post Vintage, Post War, Post 60 and Post 80 machines are eligible. 3 The organisers reserve the right to disqualify any entrant whose conduct is in their opinion likely to bring discredit to the event or to the club and their ruling regarding any matters in respect of the running of the event will be final. CLASSES - Note: Start times may be allocated in order that entry is received within class. 1 Veteran (pre 1919) 6 Combination 2 Vintage (Jan 1919 – Dec 1931) 7 Morgan Trike 3 Post Vintage (Jan 1932 – Dec 1945) 4 Post War (Jan 1946 – Dec 1960)

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44th and 45th ANNUAL MOTORCYCLE RALLY RETURN COPY 17th September 2022 Name of Rider Address

_______________________________________________

Name of Pillion

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Phone No:

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Email address: (if applicable) ____________________________________________ Make, Model, & Year of Vehicle ___________________________________________ Registration No: ______________________ Class ____________________________ VCC Membership No: _________________ Expiry Date _______________________ The course will only be competitive to the lunch stop. Then a free ride with instructions afternoon section back to Top 10 and finish. The morning section will be divided into producing 2 results via 2 separate timed sections which will finalise a winner for 2021 and for 2022

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Average Speeds - Tick Option

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Saturday Lunch

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Sunday Breakfast

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TOTAL FEES $ 20

Total 30.00

NATIONAL VETERAN RALLY 2 Planning is now well under way for National Veteran Run based in Tuakau next February . We have found an excellent venue for rally headquarters at La Valla and old catholic school in great grounds on

a no exit road just two miles out of Tuakau. There is a massive secure carpark where we can leave trailers and park mobile homes. Quite important these days for veteran owners. On the other side of the buildings their great gardens, big trees and lawns that go on for ever and they have told us we can park up to sixty veteran vehicles on the lawns amongst the trees for the three days. There is accommodation on site, communal kitchen, lounge, a function centre with bar and a picture theatre which we will have full use of during the rally. La Valla really hums as the day we called they were cooking two meals for forty schools in South Auckland and that happens five days a week , St Johns had two hundred people there for a conference and there were two schools there using the gymnasiums. It is very popular venue in South Auckland for

weddings. There is even an airport on site. The accommodation is excellent, and their web site does not do the site justice. We will start and finish the runs from there each day after a cup of tea. The vehicles will park on the grass adjacent the new accommodation block and drive out through an avenue of trees. The runs each day will finish there with afternoon tea. The Dewhurst family first mentioned the venue and on our first visit they did not want us, but when I could not make anything else work in Tuakau, we went back there, and they agreed to host us and have been great to work with. The whole weekend will be based around the La Valla complex starting with breakfast there on Friday morning and finishing on Sunday night with the final dinner at La Valla. We could have a barbeque there one night and make use of the picture theatre. We might have a guest specker one night. On

Saturday afternoon there will be a concours and a gymkhana in the grounds for veteran owners on the run. There will be the choice of short and long runs each day and one day the runs will be competitive. There could be a period costume option. After I talked to someone in Hamilton one-night, veteran car owners started booking accommodation in Tuakau and they were coming from Gore, Christchurch, Hawkes Bay, Palmerston North, and Hamilton. We had to get something out in writing very quick and everybody here started to panic. The first thing we sent out in haste had a wrong date and that did not help. Within a few days all the accommodation had gone at La Valla, and we had bookings in Tuakau Hotel. I just hope the interest continues and we book out the twenty-eight rooms in that hotel at Tuakau. I would love to see fifty vehicles on a

veteran run in Auckland again and I believe it is possible. In planning stages, we could see we had to avoid the Ellerslie Concours and Art Deco but knew if we had the event a few days after the Art Deco we might get a few entrants from the South Island that were coming up to the Art Deco event and I am sure this is what is happening. Eight months out we have fourteen groups in accommodation at Tuakau and that is a great start. John Stokes is organising the three runs and I know when we made the trip to Port Waikato I through that would be a great run in a very primitive veteran. With the Auckland clubrooms closed it has not helped us access material, like email addresses and phone numbers but Christchurch have stepped up to help.

NATIONAL VETERAN RALLY 2 (Continued) We are hoping to have a public car display in Waiuku. I am also hoping at La Valla on the Saturday afternoon we can encourage some to come out with their veteran vehicle who might not be able to participate in the event because the vehicle not registered or does not have a vic. There is a huge number of veterans in Auckland we never now see, and it would great to see a few of these vehicles come out one afternoon. You will require a vehicle identity card to enter the runs. If you need a vehicle identity card in Auckland talk to John Stokes. It would be good to see a few motor bikes start and heavy commercial vehicles. We are going to put out the first newsletter shortly and if you want to receive the newsletters, please make contact.

Barry Birchall Phone No 09 818 8755 Email barrybirchall@xtra.co.nz

Please note important date changes from those previously advertised, to Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th October, with scrutineering, documentation and event briefing in Nelson on Friday 28th October.

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David Stafford sent in the following very old story! Many years ago I went out for a Chinese meal and got talking to the waiter. He told me lived in Japan during the war and was a kamikaze pilot and his Code Name was 'Chow Mein'. I said correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't kamikaze pilots sacrifice their own lives? To which he replied. "Yes but I was Chicken Chow Mein"

Diary Of An Englishman In Western Australia August 31 Just got transferred with work from Leeds UK to our new home in Karratha, Western Australia. Now this is a town that knows how to live! Beautiful, sunny days; and warm, balmy evenings. I watched the sunset from a deckchair by our pool yesterday. It was beautiful. I've finally found my new home. I love it here. September 13 Really heating up now. It got to 31 today. No problem though. Living in air-conditioned home, driving air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to see the sun every day like this. I'm turning into a sun-worshipper - no blasted rain like back in Leeds !! September 30 Had the back yard landscaped with tropical plants today. Lots of palms and rocks. No more mowing lawns for me! Another scorcher today, but I love it here. It's Paradise ! October 10 The temperature hasn't been below 35 all week. How do people get used to this kind of heat? At least today it's windy though. Keeps the flies off a bit. Acclimatizing is taking longer than we expected. October 15 Fell asleep by the pool yesterday. Got third degree burns over 60% of my body. Missed three days off work. What a dumb thing to do.. Got to respect the old sun in a climate like this! October 20 Didn't notice Kitty (our cat) sneaking into the car before I left for work this morning. By the time I got back to the car after work, Kitty had died and swollen up to the size of a shopping bag and stuck to the upholstery. The car now smells like Whiskettes and cat ****. I've learned my lesson though: no more pets in this heat. October 25 This wind is a bastard. It feels like a giant blow dryer. And it's hot as hell! The home air conditioner is on the blink and the repair man charged $200 just to drive over and tell me he needs to order parts from bloody Perth .....The wife & the kids are complaining. October 30 The temperature's up around 40 and the parts still haven't arrived for the air conditioner. House is an oven so we've all been sleeping outside by the pool for 3 nights now. Bloody $600,000 house and we can't even go inside. Why the hell did I ever come here? November 4 Finally got the crappy air-conditioner fixed. It cost $1,500 and gets the temperature down to around 25 degrees, but the humidity makes it feel about 35. Stupid repairman. Bastard. Thief. November 8 If one more smart bastard says 'Hot enough for you today?' I'm going to ****ing throttle him. ****ing heat! By the time I get to work, the car radiator is boiling over, my ****ing clothes are soaking ****ing wet and I smell like baked cat. ****ing place is the end of the Earth. November 9 Tried to run some errands after work, wore shorts, and sat on the black leather upholstery in my car. I thought my arse was on fire. I lost 2 layers of flesh, all the hair on the backs of my legs and off my ****ing arse. Now the car smells like burnt hair, fried arse and baked cat. ****. ****. ****. 25

Diary Of An Englishman In Western Australia November 10 The Weather report might as well be a ****ing recording. Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny, Hot and ****ing sunny. It never ****ing changes! It's been too hot to do anything for 2 ****ing months and the weatherman says it might really warm up next week. ****! November 15 Doesn't it ever rain in this damn ****ing place? Water restrictions will be next, so my $5,000 worth of palms might just dry up and blow into the ****ing pool. The only things that thrive in this ****ing hell-hole are the ****ing flies. You don't dare open your mouth for fear of swallowing half a dozen of the little bastards! November 20 Welcome to HELL! It got to 45 ****in' degrees today. Now the air conditioner has gone in my car. The repair man came to fix it and said, 'Hot enough for you today?' I wanted to shove the ****ing car up his ****ing arse. Anyway, had to spend the $2,500 mortgage payment to bail me out of jail for assaulting the stupid prick. ****ing Karratha! What kind of sick, demented ****ing idiot would want to live here! December 1 - WHAT!!!! The FIRST day of Summer!!!! You are ****ing kidding me! Sent in by Tony Fraser—thanks Tony!

RUN REPORT TO ROSS BROTHERS MUSEUM, CAMBRIDGE by David and Val Stafford On Sunday the 24th July we headed off on a rather cold grey day to meet up with fellow club members at McLarens Falls car park for a cuppa, before driving over the Kaimais to Ross Brothers Museum at Hautapu near Cambridge. Arriving at the Falls car park we found not many cars as some members had driven direct to the Museum and others had gone to the other carpark up by the Falls Café. After a bit of chat and refreshments we motored off to the museum where we

were the last to arrive I think, being in the oldest and slowest car a 1930 Ford Model A, the rest being mostly p60s and modern cars apart from a very early Holden model. It was a bit hard to get an accurate numbers count but there were approximately 40 who made the trip. Upon arriving at the museum we were met by Nelson Eves who is the caretaker of the muse-

um. Nelson then gave us a brief history of the museum telling us that the museum is owned by the 4 Ross brothers. Ross brothers own a large earth moving business ( C & R Developments ) with over 200 employees and over 60 yrs experience in the business having inherited the business from their father and expanding the operation. Along the way the brothers developed an interest in fast cars and being a rather competitive family this drove them to construct ever faster cars, eventually modifying cars to reach speeds of around 300kph on race tracks. The museum itself is mostly incorporated in two large climate controlled buildings set in the yards of the earth moving business. The yards hold a big range of the companies machinery ie. bulldozers, diggers, loaders etc. It also has a very large garage where the maintenance of the machinery is carried out. On to the museum itself. When you walk in you are met with a fabulous sight, their being so much to assail your senses, from the beautiful muscle cars of the 60s and 70s on the floor to one the best collections of memorabilia that I have seen on the walls and hanging from the ceiling including pictures of rock stars of the era. This building has a lovely ambience being nice and warm

and is devoted to the 60s/70s era with its cars and memorabilia and also has a very nice era diner / kitchen and open lounge area. There are also some motor bikes as well.

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RUN REPORT TO ROSS BROTHERS MUSEUM Continued

From this building you go through into another rather cool air conditioned building which houses some massive machines, amongst them a 175 ton Super Dozer/Ripper a 200 ton loader and a monster of a grader.

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RUN REPORT TO ROSS BROTHERS MUSEUM Continued Surrounding them are historical trucks, tractors, light trucks, cars, bulldozers all in various states of appearance from: abandonment in the bush, original and completely restored. Plus there are also earth-

moving scene dioramas to study. Just so much of interest to practically everyone and well worth a visit. The museum is open during the week to the public and to larger groups

by invitation or arrangement on the weekend. Just so much of interest to practically everyone and well worth a visit. The museum is open during the week to the public and to larger groups by invitation or arrangement on the weekend. A big thank you to Mervyn Halsey who organized the day for us.

P.S. No EVs were spotted or harmed apparently in the making of this museum! Photographs by David Stafford and Deidre Rennie

RUN REPORT TO ROSS BROTHERS MUSEUM Continued

Quite Interesting Facts about .....Spices Anise is a member of the carrot family. Caraway seeds are not seeds but fruits. Contact with wasabi is fatal to fire ants. Fresh vanilla beans have no taste or smell. Cloves were once worth their weight in gold. There are almost 2306 different chemicals in raw garlic. In ancient Egypt cumin was used for embalming mummies. Turmeric is more effective against Alzheimer’s than any drug.

A fatal dose of saffron may be as little as 10g. Taking fenugreek makes your sweat and urine smell like maple syrup. Cauliflower, cabbage, kale, broccoli and kolhrabi were all bred from wild mustard.

The maximum amount of filth permitted in ground cinnamon by the FDA in the US is 400 insect fragments and 11 rodent hairs per 50g (For more on QI, visit qi.com) Sent in by Peter Butler, published in “The Oldie “magazine (UK) in March 2022

David Stafford has just completed a back to bare metal Ford restoration!

STEVEN "WRIGHTISMS" Steven Wright is the famous Erudite (comic) scientist who once said: "I woke up one morning, and all of my stuff had been stolen and replaced by exact duplicates." His mind sees things differently than most of us do. Here are some of his gems: 1 - I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize. 2 - Borrow money from pessimists -- they don't expect it back. 3 - Half the people you know are below average. 4 - 99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name. 5 - 82.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot. 6 - A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good. 7 - A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. 8 - If you want the rainbow, you have got to put up with the rain. 9 - All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand.

10 - The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. 11 - I almost had a psychic girlfriend.. But she left me before we met. 12 - OK, so what's the speed of dark? 13 - How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink? 14 - If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something. 15 - Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm. 16 - When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. 17 - Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy. 18 - Hard work pays off in the future; laziness pays off now. 19 - I intend to live forever... So far, so good. 20 - If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends? 21 - Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines. 22 - What happens if you get scared half to death twice?

23 - My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder." 24 - Why do psychics have to ask you for your name. 25 - If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. 26 - A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking. 27 - Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. 28 - The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread. 29 - To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research. 30 - The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard. 31 - The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up. 32 - The colder the x-ray table, the more of your body is required to be on it. 33 - Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. 34 - If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you. And the all-time favorite: 35 - If your car could travel at the speed of light, would your headlights work?

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BOP VCC COMMITTEE 2022-2023 CHAIRMAN

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PAST CHAIRMAN

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SECRETARY

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KLAXON EMAIL: klaxoninfo@gmail.com CLUB WEBSITE: www.bayofplentyvintagecarclub.com SECRETARY EMAIL: bayofplenty@vcc.org.nz FACEBOOK bay of plenty vintage car club (Public page)

For Club enquiry's at anytime contact Kaaren Smylie (Club Captain) 07 576 4180 or 021-66-43-41

BOP VCC—Operational Information The Club Rooms are 29 Cliff Road. P O Box 660, Tauranga, 3144.

Key contacts are: Chairman– Alastair Jones 07 5761124 Email: gandajones@kinect.co.nz Secretary– Michael Thorman 07 5444291 Email: bayofplenty@vcc.org.nz Club Captain— Jill Whitcombe 07 5524201 Email: johnandjill37@gmail.com Monthly events—

Club night (except January) - 2nd Monday, start time 7.30pm Mid week run —

Wednesday following the club night

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Location Sequence of Noggin ‘n’ Natter 1, Tauranga- Tauranga Citizens Club, Cameron Road. Contact is Kaaren Smylie phone 021 664341 or 07 576 4180

2. Te Puke– The Anann restaurant. 4 Palmer Place. Contact is Paul McIndoe phone 5733328 3. Tauranga- Tauranga Citizens Club, Cameron Road. 4. Katikati- Forta Leza Café, SH 2, Katikati. Contact is Owen Smith, phone 07 570 2000 If your birthday falls in this month please remember it is your turn to provide a plate for supper. Thanks to last months birthday people for their food. Please remember to wear your name badges to all events. BADGES ARE FREE TO NEW MEMBERS. LIBRARY HOURS— The library is open on club nights from 7pm. Also on most Monday mornings Yvonne & Paul work in the library until midday. Members are welcome to call in to search for or return books. If making a special trip please phone them at home on 07 572 0163 or 027 6098510 beforehand to ensure that they will be there. We are accepting good clean car service manuals or books that relate to automobile history or travel for our club library PARTS SHED—Clean out your sheds and bring those surplus parts down. They may be just what

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