ANAWATU RANCH EWSLETTER
RANCH NFORMATION BRANCH DETAILS CLUBROOMS ‘The Grove’ - 684 Kelvin Grove Road, Palmerston North POSTAL ADDRESS P.O. Box 385, Palmerston North 4440 EMAIL manawatu@vcc.org.nz COMMITTEE MEETING Second Wednesday of each month - 7.00 pm at ‘The Grove’. CLUB NIGHT Third Wednesday of each month (except January) THE JULY 2020 CLUB NIGHT MEETING IS THE AGM WHICH STARTS AT 7.00PM
PARTS SHED Open from 2 pm on the first Sunday of each month or by arrangement. - contact Gary Millar. LIBRARY Open by arrangement - contact Gary Millar. SUNDAY TEA 1st Sunday of each month from 5.00 pm at the clubrooms. NOGGIN & NATTER 1st Tuesday of each month at Murray’s Irish Bar - Feilding. BOOKINGS FOR ‘THE GROVE’ VENUE Can be made through Creative Catering, Awapuni Racecourse. Phone (06) 354 2780 or Email : info@creativecatering.co.nz COVER PHOTOGRAPHS: Front : Manawatu VCC Branch Clubrooms - Kelvin Grove Road, Palm North. Back : 2020 Greyhound Racing Commentators Day - see page 23 for details. MANAWATU BRANCH LIFE MEMBER
Murray Martin
THE TOURER : New Zealand Registered Magazine. The Official Newsletter of the Manawatu Branch of the Vintage Car Club of NZ (Inc).
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– VOLUME 1814
Coming Events
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Chairman’s Chat
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Secretary’s Scribbles
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Club Captain’s Corner
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2020/21 Committee Nomination Form
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Founders of the Motor Industry - Walter Chrysler
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Bits and Pieces from Bygone Days
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Manawatu VCC Branch - Post Covid-19 Rally - Entry Form
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Photographs - A Glimpse from some of our Past Club Activities
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CHB VCC Branch - Annual Night/Twilight Rally - Entry Form
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A bit about Dynamos
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Condolences
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Tourer Trivia
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Notice Board and Messages to Members
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Tourer Trader
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Branch Committee and Appointed Positions - 2019/2020
Photographs in this issue of the Tourer have been contributed by Bryan Abraham.
MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS FROM ALL VCC BRANCHES ARE ONLINE To see the Newsletters online and in colour go to www.vcc.org.nz then go to News from our Branches.
CLOSING DATE FOR THE NEXT TOURER – 20TH JULY 2020 Please send your contributions on rally reports, your motoring stories, restorations, technical reports, articles, photos etc., to : The Editor – 81 Apollo Parade, Palmerston North 4414 Email : bryana@xtra.co.nz - or phone : (06) 358 4014 Page 3
OMING
VENTS
JUNE 28TH (Sun)
Sunday Run - meet at the Summerhill car park at 1.00 pm for a run to a Cafe
JULY 1ST
(Wed)
Working Bee at the clubrooms - 10am - bring your lunch and some tools
5TH
(Sun)
Sunday Tea at Clubrooms - from 5pm - bring your own drinks, nibbles & tea
7TH
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Noggin & Natter - 7.30 pm at Murray’s Irish Pub Bar, Feilding
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Annual General Meeting - starting 7.00 pm at the Branch Clubrooms
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25TH (Sat)
Afternoon run to the Wanganui Clubrooms for Neil Farrer’s birthday
– see details in the Club Captain’s Corner
AUGUST 8TH
(Sat)
Central Hawkes Bay Night/Twilight Rally - Entry Form p25 of this Tourer
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Manawatu Branch Post Covid-19 Rally - see details in the Club Captain’s
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Corner and the Entry Form on page 17 of this Tourer
OCTOBER 3RD (Sat)
The 2020 Swap Meet is going ahead and planning is now underway –
all enquiries to Sarah Howell: 021 08853483 or 06 3746645 or iansarahhowell@gmail.com
The Vintage Car Club of New Zealand
Wednesday 15th July 2020 - commencing at 7.00 pm To be held at the Branch Clubrooms ‘The Grove’ 684 Kelvin Grove Road, Palmerston North. Notices of Motion need to be lodged with the Secretary no later than the 8th July 2020 Nominations for committee positions need to be lodged with the Secretary by 5:00 pm on 8th July 2020. Peter Robinson, Secretary Information pages for the AGM have been forwarded to all members by email. Those attending the AGM should bring copies along as copies will not be provided on the night.
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HAIRMAN S
HAT
STAN GARMONSWAY
Hello fellow Branch members. This is my final “Chairman’s Chat” as I am not standing for re-election as the chairman for 2020, 2021. My time as chairman has been interesting having given me an insight into the issues facing the Branch. Now that the Covid restrictions have been reduced to level one, our Branch activities can resume as before. Our Annual General Meeting, postponed from May can now be held, and the date set is July Club night. Formal notice can be found elsewhere in this issue of “The Tourer” All committee positions are available, so if you feel you can move to a more organisational role, please give it serious consideration. Remember, it’s not what the Branch can do for you, it’s what you can do for the Branch. If you have skills in any particular area and are prepared to be involved, do not hesitate to contact the secretary for that postion’s job description. This morning “Beaded Wheels” issue 364 arrived into my letterbox. I was very pleased indeed to receive a printed copy as I do not enjoy reading a digital version on a computer screen. I also receive “Topdown”, the Mazda MX5 owners’ Club magazine. Although it is sent out in digital form, it is also sent out printed making it much easier to read. Last December I was in the throes of trying to find a Post 60 sports car to replace the Sunbeam Alpine I owned previously. Finally I gave up as what was on offer was either messed with by ignorant owners, too expensive or totally non-original. Finally I hit upon the idea of a Mazda MX5. The early ones are thirty years old now and are VCC acceptable. I ended up with a 1989 “NA” model which had been given an extensive refresh. Prior to owning the Alpine I had a Jaguar xj6. I found that these cars were entirely unsuited to gravel roads. There was no fun driving them on rough gravel roads frequented by logging and stock trucks, with the abuse of rocks and stones and corrugations meted out to low floors, suspensions and exhausts. Therefore the MX5 will remain a sealed road only car. My car is not a grader! I look forward to seeing you at the AGM. Cheers Stan
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ECRETARY S
CRIBBLES
PETER ROBINSON
Hi Everyone, no doubt you are all pleased to be back to some vestige of normality following the restrictions placed upon us by the Coronavirus pandemic. Unfortunately, I very much fear the worst is yet to come, and that will be the financial burden that will be placed upon the shoulders of the upcoming generations. As you will in no doubt be aware, this is my last column as Secretary. I shall pause briefly in order the cheers of joy be given time to subside. I find that my present work commitments along with other very time consuming personal pursuits do not afford me being able to totally fulfil the duties to the level I expect of myself. This role is a very important part of the Branch's functions, so we need a good keen person to step up. Rest assured, I will always be available with any advice and assistance required. Allowing for a successful nomination at the AGM, I will still remain as part of the committee as Treasurer in order to complete the changes that have been initiated over the past year. The Covid 19 epidemic and the challenges and threats it has exposed us all in the high risk category to leads one to reflect on our lives and our passions. Soon after I first transferred to the Manawatu Branch, the membership became embroiled in a very contentious issue – that of the future of the Club Rooms. After, at times, a bitter discussion, the vote was to retain the rooms. Whether you agree with that outcome or not, we have to accept that democratic decision until such time as it is democratically reversed. We are no doubt all aware that the building is now nearly 40 years old, and was constructed with volunteer labour by the members at the time, often using free and scrounged materials. But this means that maintenance issues will be rearing their heads more often in the future. As that previous volunteer labour force is now also 40 years older, such maintenance will of necessity have to be performed by outside personnel. Of course, this will require funding, and it is to this end that your committee, especially over the past term, have endeavoured to put the business of the Branch on a more business like footing. Our dealings with Creative Catering are working extremely well, so much so that our finances are heading in the right direction. We are building a healthy bank balance to cover our future expenses. It is with some personal sadness that in the five years since that crucial vote was taken, there has seemingly been a split in the membership of the Branch. The coronavirus threat to each and every one of us should be enough to make Page 6
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us realise how fleeting and vulnerable our lives can be. We are all members of the Vintage Car Club for one reason – our love and our passion for the automobile in all its wonderful and manifold guises. With our property becoming less of a burden due to the bettering of our financial position, it is my sincere wish that we now put aside any animosities, personal or otherwise we may have, and get back to what we are here for – to enjoy our hobby and each other. My very best to each and every one of you, Peter.
“We’re looking for a Treasurer for the Xmas fund”, said Paddy “Didn’t you take on a new one last month?” said Murphy “That’s the one we’re looking for”, Paddy replied. Soon after the Covid-19 lockdown ended, I decided to go shopping for the first time in weeks - seemed years! When I was ready to pay for my purchase, the cashier said “strip down, facing me”. I made a mental note to complain to the government about Coronavirus regulations going over the top. However, I did just as she had instructed. When the hysterical shrieking and alarms finally subsided I found out she was referring to how I should place my credit card in the card reader! As a senior citizen, I do not get flustered often, but this time it took me a while to get my pants back on. I've been asked to shop elsewhere in the future. They need to make their instructions to seniors a little more clear. I still don't think I looked that bad! I just need to wear underwear more often. Murphy had a rope hanging from a tree in his garden. Shamus asked him what it was for. “It’s me weather guide” said Murphy, “If it’s swinging back and forth, it’s windy and if it’s wet, it’s been raining”. Page 7
LUB
APTAIN S
ORNER
ESTHER WILLIAMS
Club Night of 15th July 2020 This will be our AGM for the Manawatu Branch. It would be great to see a lot of members come along to the AGM especially since we have all been locked down with Covid-19. We will be having a nice supper and time for socialising after the AGM. We have a few committee members retiring as they have done a quite a few years in helping the club. We are looking for new committee members to help grow the club and help with day to day running of the club. Sunday 28th June 2020 We will be having a run to a cafĂŠ. Meet at Summerhill Supermarket Car park on Aokautere Drive Palmerston North at 1.00pm. We will be having a lovely drive in the country. It will be great to see everyone to come along to our first run since March. Saturday 25th July 2020 We have all been invited to Neil Farrer 80th Birthday in Wanganui at the Club rooms. There will be afternoon tea provided. We will be meeting in Bulls on the opposite side of the road to the Rat Hole Hotel in Bridge Street SH3 at 1:30pm. For catering purposes, I am needing numbers of those that will be attending. Please Contact Esther by email or phone 06 3585155 or 027 2437275 e_williams@xtra.co.nz, by Monday 20/07/2020. Sunday 23rd August 2020 We are having a day run for all vehicles this is a one off run as we have missed out our Twilight Rally and PV, PWV Rally and National Easter Rally due to lock down. The run has been done by Trevor Hardy and Stan Garmonsway. There will be hot lunch that costs $12.00 per head and afternoon tea provided. The route has some unsealed sections. The entries close on 14th August 2020. Find the entry form on page 17 of this Tourer. Page 8
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FOUNDERS OF THE MOTOR INDUSTRY ALTER
ERCY
HRYSLER
FOUNDER OF THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION
Walter Percy Chrysler was an American engineer, automotive manufacturer and automotive industry executive. He was the founder of the Chrysler Corporation which is now a part of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. He was born in Wamego, Kansas, the son and third of four children of Henry Chrysler and Anna Maria (nÊe Breymann). He grew up in Ellis, Kansas, where today his boyhood home is a museum. His father was born in Chatham, Ontario in 1850 and immigrated to the United States after 1858. A Freemason, Walter began his career as a machinist and railroad mechanic in Ellis. He took correspondence courses from International Correspondence Schools in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Walter Percy Chrysler (1875 - 1940) earning a mechanical degree from the correspondence program. Walter Chrysler's father, Henry (Hank) Chrysler, was a Canadian-American of German and Dutch ancestry. He was an American Civil War veteran who was a locomotive engineer for the Kansas Pacific Railway and its successor, the Union Pacific Railroad. Walter's mother was born in Rocheport, Missouri, and was also of German ancestry. As a child Walter dreamed of following in his father’s footsteps in the railroad business and at the age of 17 years he apprenticed in the railroad shops at Ellis as a machinist and railroad mechanic with a reputation of being good at valve-setting jobs. This was in defiance of his father being adamant that he go to college. Walter then spent a period of years roaming the west, working for various railroads as a roundhouse mechanic with a reputation of being good at valve-setting jobs. He moved frequently, first to Wellington, KS in 1897, then to Denver, CO and finally Cheyenne, WY. Some of his moves were due to restlessness and a too-quick temper, but his roaming was also a way to become more well-rounded in his railroad knowledge. Walter spent 20 years working his way up through positions such as foreman, superintendent, division master mechanic, and general master mechanic.
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He developed a passion for machinery that lasted his entire life - and had a reputation for his creative mechanical mind and his tireless enthusiasm. In 1901, after being engaged for nearly five years, Walter married his childhood sweetheart, Della Forker, and they settled in Salt Lake City where he was at that time working for the Denver and Rio Grande Railway. The couple had four children. The family moved frequently as he accepted positions of increasing responsibility. From 1905–1906, Chrysler worked for the Fort Worth and Denver Railway in Childress in West Texas. He later lived and worked in Oelwein, Iowa, at the main shops of the Chicago Great Western where there is a small park dedicated to him. The pinnacle of his railroading career came at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he became works manager of the Allegheny locomotive erecting shops of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO). In 1908 Walter bought his first car, the Locomobile. He had fallen in love with the sleek vehicle when he saw it at the Chicago Auto Show, but it’s $5,000.00 price tag was way above his means. He had only $700.00 in savings and a family to support, and he did not know how to drive. But he was not able to get the car out of his mind and he borrowed $4,300.00 to make the purchase. He spent time studying its mechanical system, taking it apart and putting it back together again, until he knew it thorough and through. Walter's automotive career began in 1911 when he received a summons to meet with James Storrow, a banker who was a director of ALCO. Storrow asked him if he had given any thought to automobile manufacture. Chrysler had been an auto enthusiast for over five years by then, and was very interested. Storrow arranged a meeting with Charles Nash, then president of the Buick Motor Company, who was looking for a smart production chief. Chrysler, who had resigned from many railroading jobs over the years, made his final resignation from railroading to become works manager (in charge of production) at Buick in Flint, Michigan. He found many ways to reduce the costs of production, such as putting an end to finishing automobile undercarriages with the same luxurious quality of finish that the body warranted. He completely revolutionized Buick’s manufacturing system, introducing assembly line processes as pioneered by Henry Ford. He more than tripled production.
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In 1916, William C. Durant, who founded General Motors in 1908, had retaken GM from bankers who had taken over the company. Walter, who was closely tied to the bankers, submitted his resignation to Durant, then based in New York City. Durant took the first train to Flint to make an attempt to keep Chrysler at the helm of Buick. Durant made the then-unheard of salary offer of US$10,000.00 (US$230,000.00 in today's dollars) a month for three years, with a US$500,000.00 bonus at the end of each year, or US$500,000.00 in stock. Additionally, Walter would report directly to Durant and would have full run of Buick without interference from anyone. Apparently in shock, Walter asked Durant to repeat the offer, which he did. He immediately accepted. Walter ran Buick successfully for three more years. Not long after his threeyear contract was up, he resigned from his job as president of Buick in 1919. He did not agree with Durant's vision for the future of General Motors. Walter wanted to sign a contract with an outside company to supply Buick with its frames, at an estimated savings of close to $2 million a year. Durant had simultaneously announced plans to build a $6 million Buick frame plant in Flint. Walter was unable to stomach such wild expenditure and resigned from the company. Durant paid Walter US$10 million for his GM stock. Walter had started at Buick in 1911 for US$6,000.00 a year and he left one of the richest men in America. GM replaced Walter Chrysler with Harry Bassett a protégé who had risen through the ranks at the Weston-Mott axle manufacturing company, by then a subsidiary of Buick. Within a year of his resignation Walter Chrysler was hired to attempt a turnaround by bankers who foresaw the loss of their investment in the WillysOverland Motor Company in Toledo, Ohio. Walter demanded, and received, a salary of US$1 million a year for two years, an astonishing amount at that time. When Walter left Willys in 1921 after an unsuccessful attempt to wrestle control from John Willys, he acquired a controlling interest in the ailing Maxwell Motor Company. He set about reviving it, introducing the Chrysler Six in January 1924 during the New York Automotive Show. The genius of Chrysler’s new car was not only its advanced engine technology and its stylish appearance but its price (under $2,000.00) which was priced for average folk. Page 12
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Its seven bearing six cylinder engine with interchangeable bearings had a high compression Ricardo-type head, and the four wheel hydraulic brakes were an innovation on a popular priced car. The engine delivered “an authentic 68 hp” at 3000 rpm with the 50-55 octane fuel of the time, with a 4.7:1 compression ratio (the 1924 specs called for 70 hp at 3,500 rpm, but from 1925 to 1927, it was listed at 68 @ 3,000. The Maxwell Four, by contrast, was rated at 28 horsepower @ 2,000 rpm. The low-cost car was light in weight and capable of 70 mph. It was a hit with the public and some 32000 units were built and sold in a single year. The Chrysler brand was such a success that in 1925 he phased out Maxwell and absorbed it into his new firm, the Chrysler Corporation, in Detroit, Michigan. In addition to his namesake car company, lower priced Plymouth and DeSoto marques were created, and in 1928 Chrysler purchased Dodge Brothers and renamed it Dodge. In 1928 Walter also financed and supervised the construction of the Chrysler Building in New York City which was completed in 1930. This building, a skyscraper of 77 stories in height, was built in Art Deco style. At 1046 feet (319.9 metres), the structure was the world’s tallest building for 11 months until it was surpassed by the Empire State Building in 1931. It is the tallest brick building in the world with a steel framework. From 1930 until the mid-1950’s it served as the corporation’s headquarters. Although the Chrysler Building was built and designed specifically for the car manufacturer, the corporation did not pay for its construction and never owned it The Chrysler Building Walter Chrysler decided to pay for it himself so that his Page 13
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children could inherit it. Construction of the building proper began on January 21st 1929. The Carnegie Steel Company provided the steel beams, the first of which was installed on March 27th, and by April 9th the first upright beams had been set into place. The steel structure was ‘a few floors’ high by June 1929, 35 floors height by early August, and completed by September. Despite a frantic steelwork construction pace of about four floors a week, no workers died during the construction of the skyscraper’s steelwork. In total nearly 400,000 rivets were used and approximately 3,826,000 bricks were manually laid to create the non-loadbearing walls of the skyscraper. Walter Chrysler personally financed the construction with his income from his car company. In 1928 Chrysler was also named Time magazines ‘Man of the Year’. He was riding high that year as the Chrysler Corporation entered the top tier of American auto making alongside General Motors and the Ford Motor Company. Chrysler turned 61 in the spring of 1936 and decided to step down from an active role in the day-to-day business of the company. Two years later, Della died at the age of 58 and Walter, devastated at the loss of his childhood sweetheart, suffered a stroke. His previously robust health never recovered from The mausoleum of Walter Chrysler in the this, and two years later he suffered a second Sleepy Hollow Cemetery stroke and died at the age of 65. He was buried alongside his wife in the family mausoleum at the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Tarrytown, New York. Walter was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 1967.
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ITS
IECES FROM
YGONE
AYS
FROM THE POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE JUNE 1959
Early Bird Registration is open for the 15th National Model A Ford Rally 2021. This will be held from Sunday 28 March to Sunday 04 April 2021 (Easter Weekend) in Gisborne at the A & P Showgrounds and Events Centre. Come along and join other Model A enthusiasts for a relaxed but entertaining time in Gisborne. Enjoy the friendly people and experience the ‘Real New Zealand’ driving your Model A.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT PETER ROBINSON on 06 356 7404
START PLANNING AGAIN …..
THE VERO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF HISTORIC MOTORING - ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR JANUARY 2021 HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND THE NEW DATES ARE SUNDAY 16TH JANUARY TO FRIDAY 21ST JANUARY 2022 Page 16
Starting from the Clubrooms Sunday 23rd August 2020
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COPY OF ENTRY FORM FOR ENTRANT TO RETAIN
MANAWATU BRANCH Post Covid-19 Rally Sunday 23rd August 2020 Rally for any vehicles all are welcomed
Meet after 9.15 am at VCC Club rooms for a tea / coffee before the rally. The briefing will be at 9.45 am with the first car away at 10.00 am. The route does include some unsealed sections. Lunch will be a hot lunch of $12.00 per head. Need full tank of petrol as it is 194kms /120miles approx
ENTRANT : ........................................................................................................................................... ADDRESS : ………………………......................................................................................................... TELEPHONE : ( ..... ) .....................................
EMAIL : ..................................................................
NAVIGATOR : ....................................................................................................................................... VEHICLE MAKE & MODEL : ................................................................................................................. YEAR OF MANUFACTURE : ............................ RALLY ENTRY :
REG. PLATE No : ......................................
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NUMBER OF PEOPLE FOR LUNCH ……………………………….
DIETRY REQUIREMENTS ………………………………. PAYMENT FOR LUNCH OPTIONS : Internet Banking
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Cheque attached
Bank Account Number is 030718 0027253 00 / Cheques to be made payable to the ‘Manawatu Branch VCC’
RALLY ROUTE DONE BY Trevor Hardy & Stan Garmonsway
ENTRIES TO : ▪ Esther Williams, 12 Hollows Crescent, Palmerston North 4412 : Ph (06) 3585155 or 02724327275 ▪ Email e_williams @xtra.co.nz ENTRIES CLOSE: Friday 14th August 2020
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COPY TO DETACH AND FORWARD TO THE CLUB CAPTAIN
MANAWATU BRANCH Post Covid-19 Rally Sunday 23rd August 2020 Rally for any vehicles all are welcomed
Meet after 9.15 am at VCC Club rooms for a tea / coffee before the rally. The briefing will be at 9.45 am with the first car away at 10.00 am. The route does include some unsealed sections. Lunch will be a hot lunch of $12.00 per head. Need full tank of petrol as it is 194kms /120miles approx
ENTRANT : ........................................................................................................................................... ADDRESS : ………………………......................................................................................................... TELEPHONE : ( ..... ) .....................................
EMAIL : ..................................................................
NAVIGATOR : ....................................................................................................................................... VEHICLE MAKE & MODEL : ................................................................................................................. YEAR OF MANUFACTURE : ............................ RALLY ENTRY :
REG. PLATE No : ......................................
▪ NIL
NUMBER OF PEOPLE FOR LUNCH ……………………………….
DIETRY REQUIREMENTS ………………………………. PAYMENT FOR LUNCH OPTIONS : Internet Banking
▪
Cheque attached
Bank Account Number is 030718 0027253 00 / Cheques to be made payable to the ‘Manawatu Branch VCC’
RALLY ROUTE DONE BY Trevor Hardy & Stan Garmonsway
ENTRIES TO : ▪ Esther Williams, 12 Hollows Crescent, Palmerston North 4412 : Ph (06) 3585155 or 02724327275 ▪ Email e_williams @xtra.co.nz ENTRIES CLOSE: Friday 14th August 2020
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HOTOGRAPHS
- A GLIMPSE FROM PAST CLUB ACTIVITIES
Again, in the absence of events because of the Covid-19 restrictions, a few more photographs from the editor’s collection of past activities - however with club activities about to recommence we can look forward to returning to coverage of recent events in the August Tourer. 2019 – In March the Dannevirke to Marton section of the North Island Club Captain’s Tour was hosted by the Manawatu Branch. After picking the entrants up at Dannevirke the route took the group to the Tui Brewery for an afternoon tea stop, onto view a small private collection of vintage vehicles in Pahiatua (mainly Austins) then onto the clubrooms for tea. The next morning after stopping at the Woolshed just out of Sanson for morning tea the Tour participants were given the opportunity to do a few laps of the Harrisville Speedway track before continuing onto Marton. With rain the night before and that morning the track was unfortunately quite messy to drive on - especially for those who chose to ‘power’ their way around it.
2011 – The Beaconsfield Memorial Hall made for a sheltered spot enabling participants of the Ruahine Ramble to remain dry for the lunch stop.
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2013 – A lunch stop at Norsewood for the Ruahine Ramble.
2019 – Lined up and ready to tackle the 2019 Veteran Rally.
2012 – An afternoon run out to Ashhurst and onto the windfarm before heading back to the clubrooms for Christmas Dinner.
2015 – Lunch Stop at a farm on Coast Road near Akitio on the Post Vintage Rally.
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2018 – A ‘check out the cars’ day in December saw members inspecting cars and discussing them with their owners, and taking cars for a short spin around the club lawn. (Sarah Howell - left below & Ron Persson - right below)
2020 Commentators Day In March our branch was invited to provide vintage cars to transport passengers from the Airport to the Palmerston North Greyhound track in Pioneer Highway for the 2020 Commentators Day. The event was filmed and the video of the day has been made available for viewing. In June the Secretary forwarded the link to members to give them the opportunity to view the video. The VCC cars were given good coverage and are shown at the front of the video. The photographs on the back cover of this issue are some screen-prints from that video. If you did not receive the email which gave the link to view that video Type into your browser: https://pngreyhounds.kiwi/racedays/commentators-day/commentators-day-2020/
or if you want something a bit shorter to type into your browser and don’t mind following a few menus: Type in: https://pngreyhounds.kiwi/ - then from the menu select: Raceday Events / Commentators Day / Commentators Day 2020 Page 23
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Central Hawke’s Bay Branch [Inc] of the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand [Inc]
Annual Night/Twilight Rally Saturday 8th August, 2020
Rally Organiser: Bruce Poole Phone: 06 858 9940 Mobile 027 244 9090 E-mail: brucepoole1930@gmail.com
Entries close on 31st July,2020
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CHB Night Rally Waipukurau 8th August, 2020 Entry form [retain this piece] Entrant’s Name: _________________________________ Average speed for our vehicle: ______________ mph Entry Fee
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Meals: Soup and Toast $7.00 pp Main Meal includes dessert $28.00 pp
$5:00 ……….. ……….. $ ……….
Remittance for Bank details for internet payments: 020-780-0035502-00
Reference: Name in Particulars column and “Night Rally” in reference section please
Please make your remittance payable to CHB Vintage Car Club. The CHB VCC night Rally starts at 3:15pm at “Pioneer Corner” at Tavistock Place, Waipukurau with first car away at 3:30pm. There will be a visit to a club for soup and toast during the event, and the dinner will be at the end of the run at a licensed venue in rural Central Hawke’s Bay. You are advised to fuel up before the start.
LATE ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED!!
Regulations for the event: 1. Entrants must be current financial members of the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand or guests of a financial member of the VCC. 2. The event is open to all vehicles as recognized by the club, which must be up to the club’s accepted standards regarding cleanliness, general and mechanical condition. The organiser may refuse to start any vehicle, which in his opinion fails to meet that standard. Modern non-competitive vehicles will be accepted as entries. 3. The rally organiser reserves the right to disqualify any entrant whose conduct in his opinion is likely to bring discredit to the event or the club. The ruling regarding any matters in respect of the running of the event will be final and no correspondence will be entered into. 4. The New Zealand Road Code Rules must be obeyed at all times. 6. The organiser reserves the right to add supplementary regulations or instructions at any time during the running of the event.
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CHB Night Rally Waipukurau 4th May, 2019 Entry form [post this piece] Entrant’s Name: _________________________________ Driver/Entrant: ___________________________________ Navigator/partner/passenger : ________________________ Address:____________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Phone: [0 ] ____________________________ Mobile: [0
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E-mail: _______________________________@________________.nz Vehicle: ____________________________ Year: ______ Membership number: _________/_________ Average speed for our vehicle: ______________ mph Entry Fee
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$5:00
Meals: Soup and Toast $7.00 pp Main Meal includes dessert $28.00 pp
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Remittance for
$ ……….
Bank details for internet payments: 02-0780-0035502-00 Reference: Name in Particulars column and “Night Rally” in reference section please.
Please make your remittance payable to CHB Vintage Car Club. Post your entry to:
CHB Night Rally c/- Bruce Poole Central Hawke’s Bay Vintage Car Club, 18 Wilder St, Waipukurau 4200. Page 27
BIT ABOUT
YNAMOS
ALLAN HARDACRE
Some time ago I was having a bit of trouble with the dynamo, read generator, on the Matchless motorbike that I have and more recently with the startermotor generator on the 1915 Dodge. The Lucas generator on the Matchy would not release enough amps to charge the 6v battery while the North East device on the Dodge let some of the smoke get out of the wires connecting it to the electrical system. As we all know, electricity looks like smoke and is kept in the wires by a pressure called volts, the amount of smoke in the wires is called amps. In my experience, if some or all of the smoke gets out of the wires, the lights won’t come on. The original voltage regulator in the ‘15 Dodge was built into the starter generator unit and there was clear evidence that smoke had escaped from the unit sometime in the past. Consultation with Mike Murphy (that is, him telling me) identified the workings of the unit as pretty much the same as the venerable LUCAS RB106 that in a number of variants was fitted to almost every British car built, millions were made.
The Lucas RB106 outside and inside showing the regulator (left) and cut-out (right) relays
Mike obtained one of these and fitted it to the Dodge and VOILA! It worked perfectly for a couple of years until we parked up at the Coachhouse museum before going on up to the sculpture expo in Apiti last year. I left Suzanne in charge of the car and went to talk to the blokes when someone noticed the dreaded smoke leaking out. Suzanne was put on immediate notice for being so careless as to let the smoke out. However, on inspection it seemed that the voltage cut-out out on the regulator had fused shut and when I shut the engine off attempted to drive the dynamo part of the starter-gen as a motor, drawing 10s of amps through wiring designed to handle about 8 amps. For a short time, the said wiring functioned quite well as a heater, burning off the Page 28
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insulation and destroying the regulator before the entire circuit finally functioned as a slow blowing fuse. Given the effort John and I had put into restoring the car this was pretty sphincter tightening stuff. However, damage was confined to the regulator and wiring and only a little to wifely confidence, a narrow escape. I have now added a fuse into this circuit, the wife has one too and it also occasionally blows .. no fault of mine. Oh well back to Mike for some repairs ‌. But Mike is tied up and then there is lockdown. So between the Matchless and the Dodge I had to start digging and learning ‌. Now for the technical stuff: While generators are pretty simple things, the way they work and their design is deceptively smart.
Generator and regulator setup. In some vehicles the regulator is replaced by a 3rd brush setup that provides crude regulation of the dynamo output, but the cut-out relay is still required.
Taking the dynamo bit on the left of the diagram there are actually 3 connections there. The field (F) terminal, the dynamo output or D terminal and the earth which is the body of the dynamo and frame of the vehicle. In the beginning, a dynamo will not generate anything because the coil or armature, the central rotating component of the dynamo, is not rotating in a magnetic field. Here is where a smart bit comes in. The field pole pieces which number 4 in the Dodge, 2 as is shown in the diagram and 1 for the Matchless dynamo are made of an iron that will retain some magnetism once a voltage is briefly applied to terminal F. If you want negative earth flick the F terminal Page 29
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with the + terminal of the battery, vice versa for + earth. Don’t hold the terminal onto the F contact too long, otherwise some of the important smoke will get out. OK, the dynamo is now polarised and can be connected back into the wiring system but for the next bit we’ll connect terminals F and D together. Now, as the armature spins, the residual magnetism in the pole pieces will induce a voltage in the armature coils. This will induce current flow from the brush on the right at earth potential out through the brush on the left AND then through the field coil before the circuit is completed through the F-D link. A volt meter connected between ground and the D terminal will show a voltage that increases as the speed of the armature increases, going well over 20 volts for most dynamos. This is because the weak voltage generated by the armature rotating in the weak residual magnetism in the field poles is then fed through the field coils increasing the magnetic field in the poles which produces more voltage and so on. This is called bootstrapping because the dynamo sort of pulls itself up by the bootstraps as it gets going. However, this poses a couple of problems. The first is that if the F-D link is connected to the cars electrical system, and by implication to the non-earth side of the battery. The dynamo will try to act as a motor when the engine is stopped or is turning at very low RPM. The second is that at high engine speeds the voltage will be so high that the battery will eventually be cooked and most load devices such as the lights or in moderns, heaters and radios, will lose their smoke. This is where the next bits in the diagram come in. The cut-out relay will not connect the dynamo to the battery UNTIL the dynamo voltage reaches about 13 volts ‌ so problem 1 sorted, the battery is isolated from the dynamo until it can generate enough power to charge the battery. The second problem is trickier, how to regulate the voltage. Nowadays, with solid state (semiconductor) devices, it is easy peasy but back before the semiconductor era it was a bit more difficult. This is where the voltage control system comes into action. In our old stuff this is done by either a 3rd brush system or by a mechanical regulator similar to the Lucas RB106 shown above. Both systems work by limiting or controlling the voltage and hence current delivered to the field coil in the dynamo, so controlling the dynamo output to match the charged battery voltage, a nifty trick. The third brush system is somewhat crude and simply sets the maximum voltage delivered to the field by shifting the relative position of a third brush that contacts the commutator between the earth and output (D) brushes. Usually, this is moved to give a charge rate of 6 or so amps into the battery at a given engine RPM but it does not respond much to electrical load and overcharging can be a problem when Page 30
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the lights are off and when on the battery may be discharged. This simpler system is used on my 1923 Dodge, Austin 7’s and many other cars of the era. The mechanical regulator system is more sophisticated and uses a voltage regulator relay or in some cases voltage and current regulator relays. Considering the voltage only regulator; once the output from the dynamo has increased and the cut-out has cut the battery into the circuit, the voltage regulator comes into action. The contacts of the voltage regulator are normally closed, as the dynamo voltage rises, magnetism generated by current flowing through the voltage regulator coil pulls in the relay contacts, breaking the electrical supply to the field coils. Dynamo output drops and the voltage regulator relay closes and the field voltage rises again, this happens about 30 times a second and depending on the tension of the contact return spring, the system reliably delivers about 15 volts to the battery from the generator. As revs fall or electrical load increases, the open time of the relay decreases and the voltage output of the generator is maintained. Once these basic ideas are understood, it is worth reading some of the many excellent and more detailed technical articles available on the www. Hopefully, this will help you to understand some of the woes that can befall the aging electrical systems in our classics, help you to diagnose faults in the system and better still, keep the smoke in the wires and in the battery where it belongs. Allan Hardacre PS the problem with the matchless was a broken wire on one of the armature coils, a known problem as age and vibration embrittle to copper and the wire breaks.
ONDOLENCES RANKINE Donald Bernard (Don). The VCC Waikato Branch has advised of the recent passing of Don who has been a VCC member for over 50 years, having joined the club in May 1964. The Manawatu branch wishes to extend its sympathies to Dons brother Brian Rankine - who is a member of our branch. Page 31
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