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ANAWATU RANCH EWSLETTER

- JULY 2021

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 at ‘The Grove’. CLUB NIGHT There will be a Special General Meeting at ‘The Grove’ commencing at 7.30pm on Wednesday 21st July 2021. LIBRARY Open by arrangement - contact Gary Millar - ph (06) 354 8298. NOGGIN & NATTER 1st Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm at Murray’s Irish Bar - Feilding. PARTS SHED Open from 2 pm on the first Sunday of each month or by arrangement. - contact Gary Millar - (06) 354 8298 or email gw.millar@hotmail.com SUNDAY TEA Suspended until further notice. BOOKINGS FOR ‘THE GROVE’ VENUE Can be made through Creative Catering, Awapuni Racecourse. Phone (06) 354 2780 or Email : info@creativecatering.co.nz MANAWATU BRANCH LIFE MEMBERS:

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- Murray Martin - Gary Millar

Photographs in this issue of the Tourer have been contributed by Tony Haycock and Ken & Annette Foot. 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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HIS SSUE

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– VOLUME 1825

Notice of Special General Meeting

Coming Events

Agenda for the Special General Meeting

Report from the Acting Chair

2021/22 Committee Nomination Form

Explanation to the 2021 End of Year Accounts

Condolences

Letter to the Editor

Wanganui Annual Rally Report

The Motor Vehicle 1880 - 1900

Event Notices - other Clubs and VCC Branches

Tourer Trader

Branch Committee and Appointed Positions - 2021/2022

The Vintage Car Club of New Zealand

Wednesday 21st July 2021 - commencing at 7.30 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 Acting Chair no later than the 16th July 2021.  Nominations for committee positions need to be lodged with the Acting Chair by 5:00 pm on 16th July 2021. Brian Halcox, Acting Chair Page 3

ANAWATU

RANCH

OMING

VENTS

REGULAR MONTHLY CLUB ACTIVITIES

1ST Sunday

Parts Shed - open between 2.00pm and 5.00pm

1ST Tuesday

Noggin & Natter - 7.30pm at Murray’s Irish Pub Bar, Feilding

JULY 2021

There will be a Special General Meeting at ‘The Grove’ commencing at 7.30pm on Wednesday 21st July 2021.

OMING

VENTS : OTHER VCC BRANCHES & OTHER CLUBS ETC.

AUGUST 2021 13

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An invitation to attend the National AGM and Celebrate the Club’s 75th Anniversary in Christchurch - see page 19 of this Tourer

SEPTEMBER 2021 9

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Nth Island Club Captain’s Tour - Country Style - see pge 18 of this Tourer Entry Forms for this event will be available later in June.

OCTOBER 2021 25

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Targa VCC Time Trials - dates for 2021 - see page 18 of this Tourer The following information is available - contact the Tourer Editor to have a copy emailed to you :

Itinerary and Accommodation Suggestions for the Targa 2021 VCC 5 Day Time Trial

Itinerary and Accommodation Suggestions for the Targa 2021 VCC 2 Day Time Trial

Cook Strait Crossing Flyer Checklist Targa 2021 VCC Scrutineering and Documentation - Entrants.

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2021 National Veteran Rally - Central Otago - see page 18 of this Tourer Entry Forms for this event will be available end of June.

JANUARY 2022 16

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Vero International Festival of Historic Motoring Taranaki - see page 17 of this Tourer

CLOSING DATE FOR THE NEXT TOURER – 22ND JULY 2021 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 4

The Vintage Car Club of New Zealand (Inc) Manawatu Branch Special General Meeting 21st July 2021

AGENDA

Welcome Apologies Notice of meeting Financial Report Election of Officers Chairperson Club Captain Secretary

Vice Chairperson Vice Club Captain Treasurer

General Business (Should you have any items that you wish to add to the agenda please advise the Acting Chair)

Brian Halcox Acting Chair

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EPORT FROM THE

CTING

HAIRMAN

BRIAN HALCOX

As this is my last note as acting chairman it comes with mixed feelings. First an urgent request to fill the vacancies on the committee. These are the same as stated in the April and May editions in the Tourer and are as follows. Chairman Treasurer

Vice Chairman Club Captain

Secretary Vice Club Captain

There are nomination forms in this mag, and all nominations are to be received by me before 16th of July, at either my home address 5 Diamond Court Ashhurst or by email to dazaway5@gmail.com It is imperative for your club to have these positions filled as it cannot function WITHOUT having these positions being filled. Should no nominations be received there will be no option but to wind the branch up. The assets of the club that many of you put so much time and effort into over many years (in fact it is 59 years) and for what? Just to let it die? And what about those of you that just don’t like the existing format? Put your mind to it, fill these positions and change it so we can all get on and operate as it was intended, a car club! With regard to enquiries on the finances of the club. The acting treasurer and myself went to see a chartered accountant whom after an hour meeting, stated that there was only the one glitch. That, you members had observed. Apart from that all was in order. However she could not help us any further as it was and suggested that we contact an auditor for further clarification. Our treasurer did this only to be told that to do a full audit would be an unnecessary expense as apart from the obvious mistake all seemed to be in order. As to the layout of the end of year accounts, we are an INCORPORATED SOCIETY and as such this is a requirement to meet their criteria, hard to read or not. So with all of the above said, the current committee are calling a Special General meeting on the 21st July at 7.30pm to elect persons for the above positions. PLEASE DO NOT BRING OLD GRIEVANCES TO THIS MEETING. THEY WILL SERVE NO PURPOSE FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CLUB. Acting Chair Brian Halcox

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THIS PAGE HAS INTENTIONALLY BEEN LEFT BLANK (2021/22 Committee Nomination Form overleaf)

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ANAWATU

RANCH

XPLANATION TO

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LUB OF

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CCOUNTS Sarah Howell

Explanatory Note:

At the 2021 AGM queries were raised regarding the 2021 Financial Accounts. It was felt that the accounts are difficult to understand. It was moved that a Chartered Accountant look at them. These accounts were not approved by the AGM meeting. Brian Halcox and Sarah Howell met with Chartered Accountant Chloe Richardson of Bennett Currie, who couldn’t see anything obviously wrong with the accounts. She said that she couldn’t audit the accounts as only an auditor can perform this task. She suggested that the Branch approach Michael Smit to audit them. He had a look at the accounts and could only find one thing that needed to be fixed – viz that Manawatu Branch is not a registered charity and does not appear on the Charities Register as stated in the notes to the accounts. Michael felt that the format was correct for an Incorporated Society. He did quote for an audit but suggested that this would not solve the problem of members not understanding the accounts. He will not proceed with an audit unless directed so by the Branch Committee. Issues raised at the AGM are as follows: 1. The figure for R&M does not match the figure given in the breakdown of costs for the hall which was prepared separately by Sarah Howell (as Treasurer) 2. The depreciation is higher in 2021 than in 2020. It was felt that it should be lower. 3. The accounts are said in the notes to have been prepared on an accrual basis but appear to be a mixture of accrual and cash based. As caretaker Treasurer, in the following document, I will answer the above queries and move that the accounts be accepted. 1. R&M figures: As pointed out at the AGM, the treasurer splits R&M into those items which pertain to the hirage of the building and those items which are of a general matter. Previous Treasurer, Peter Robinson set up this system to enable the true costs of the hirage of the hall to be shown. Electricity is also split to show the base rate, when there are no hires, and the amount that is used when the hall is hired. These figures were produced at the AGM. Ask Away Accounting chose to include all of the R&M in one figure. The figure of $4971.15 shown in the accounts consists of: payment to Wright Page 9

Explanation to 2021 End of Year Accounts : Continued

Tanks, replacement keys, downpipe fitting, Tootill Electrical - repair to dishwasher, mowing of grounds when there was a hire and sanitary bins which come to $2132.40 all of which relates to the hires. The balance of $2838.75 consists of: installation of floodlights next to the members’ room, mowing of the grounds when there were no hires, and repairs to a water pipe which were not considered to be hire related costs. I did attempt to explain at the AGM this splitting of costs by explaining which costs were not included in the hall R&M figure but the questioner did not accept the explanation given. 2. Depreciation: I asked Ask Away Accounting why the depreciation was higher in 2021 than in 2020. The reply was that the photocopier, UV water filter and chiller condenser (total cost $6094.00) were purchased late in the 2020 financial year and were depreciated for only a few months in that financial year instead of the whole year. In 2021 they were depreciated for the whole year which raised the overall total. 3. Mixture of Accrual and Cash basis of accounting: Ask Away Accounting agree with Bruce Dyer that a mixture of accrual and cash based systems were used. 4. Registered Charity: I asked Ask Away Accounting about this and was told that they used a generic template and will amend it to better suit our situation. 5. Accounts not able to be understood: Chloe suggested that the Branch switch to Zero which is a programme that many accountants use. She suggested that we set up the categories that we want so that categories are not lumped together. She reiterated that the format given follows the presentation that is required for legal purposes for an Incorporated Society. I have checked the figures in the accounts against those that I gave to Ask Away Accounting and they all appear to be correct. Sarah Howell Caretaker Treasurer 9th June 2021 This letter was presented to the Branch Committee at the committee meeting on the 9th of June 2021 and it was decided by the committee, that, given that the AGM requested that the accounts be looked at by a Chartered Accountant and that this has been done with no obvious errors found, that an audit is not necessary. Page 10

ONDOLENCES It is with much sadness that the Manawatu Branch notes the passing of Gladys Haycock and Elizabeth Livingston. The branch extends its sympathies to their husbands and families at this time.

Gladys Eva HAYCOCK

Gladys passed away on 27th May 2021 aged 78 years. She was actively involved with the Vintage Car Club having joined the VCC as a member in 1981. She attended numerous club events with her husband Len, and also on many occasions with her children and grandchildren. We were invited to attend the private funeral service of Gladys Haycock at Beauchamp Funeral Chapel in Marton. With Gladys never wanting any fuss made of her she was laid to rest in a white painted casket. The service was conducted by Beauchamp’s Funeral director who spoke of Gladys’ life being part of a large family living at Nightcaps in Southland. From there she started working in her teens and ended up working at the Criterion Hotel in Bulls. Here Gladys and Len met, married and lived for the rest of their lives in Bulls. From the small group gathered eulogies were given and then the offer was made for anyone gathered to write a farewell message on the casket which was accepted by many. Len and Gladys’ Peugeot 504 Famille (Station Wagon) was used as the hearse to carry Gladys on her last ride to the Clifton Cemetery in Bulls. En-route from Marton to the cemetery Len and Tony played some of Gladys’ favourite music blaring from the car radio. A circuit of the milk tanker track was included on the trip. At the cemetery the music continued out the back of the hearse. Page 11

Condolences : Continued

Gladys was then taken to the grave site where the committal service was held and where she now rests. Rest in Peace. - Bruce and Annette Dear -

Memorial table at the ‘Grove’ tribute gathering

Elizabeth Helen LIVINGSTON

Liz was born on 29th April 1955 and passed away on 24th May 2021. She was married to David for over 45 years. David won her heart in 1972 and one of the things that wooed her was his flash car (plus his many other fine attributes)! They had two sons, Peter and Andrew. From early on, vintage cars were a big part of Liz and Dave’s life. She loved the International Rallies they attended and enjoyed visiting the interesting places that one would not normally have the chance to see during the many runs over the years. Their Austin 12/6 has been in the family for many years. David restored this when the kids were young so it is very much part of the family. Liz drove this car many times and even drove at a wedding or two for David! Also in their fleet is the 1927 Paige that is well known to club members, plus there were other cars over the years. Liz had an outstanding career at Woodlands where she worked for 26 years, until her recent retirement, starting in the kitchen and soon becoming a trained Diversional Therapist. She was greatly admired and loved by the hundreds of people she helped during that time. Early on in their marriage, it was clear to David that Liz had a wish to visit Scotland and this wish was able to become a reality for them just a couple of years ago while she enjoyed reasonably good health. Liz was a quiet, strong and very positive person. She was David’s rock as he was hers and will be greatly missed, not only by David, her sons Andrew and Peter, and other family members including her dad and sister, but by the many friends she had, far and wide. May she rest in peace.

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ETTER TO THE

DITOR

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

5% of US will not be around shortly. 10% of US will have Dementia shortly. 10% of US will live in the family home shortly and be supported by Family, Friends and Care Givers. 75% of US will be told by The Govt, Society and Family, you do not need your Million Dollar Home - time to move into a Retirement Village or Rest Home. Don’t believe me, do your homework and look around. How many under 70s do you see at The Club? On a personal level, I had to get in Paid Help to pull out some flaxes that we planted when we built our house down here in the Horowhenua just on six years ago. So what use am I to drive 45min to The Grove, try and do some physical work and drive home. It ain’t going to happen. I am less than four years away from the NZTA Dementia Test. Apply all these thoughts to the Future At The Grove. There must be a better future than what you last voted for - NOTHING Paul CP Robert

Pee on the electric fence they said … It will be fun they said …

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ANGANUI

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ALLY

EPORT

KEN & ANNETTE FOOT

Hello we are new members to the Manawatu branch but have been members of the Auckland branch for 13 years. We moved back to Feilding just over a month ago. I say back because we lived in Feilding before moving to Auckland 19 years ago. We are the proud owners of a 1958 Humber 80 which we have owned and rallied for 11 years. Queens birthday weekend we went to Wanganui for their annual rally. We enjoyed the rally very much. It was so good to travel over roads that were new to us. The weekend started with a wonderful dinner at the club rooms. The rally started at the Wanganui race course. I believe that there were 44 entrants in a wide range of vehicles - a very good turnout. After a run through the country side we arrived at the lunch stop at Otiwhiti Station. Following lunch more country driving back to the finish at the club rooms. A very pleasant and well run rally. The evening dinner and prize giving was at the grand hotel. It appeared as though most entrants attended the dinner. The meal was very good. Plenty of food for everyone. We were somewhat surprised to find out that we had won the post war class and even more surprised when we were announced as the overall winners. A very good weekend. Looking forward to next years. Ken and Annette Foot

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EHICLE

- A CONTINUATION OF THE ‘PRE-HISTORY’ OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE ARTICLE WHICH APPEARED IN THE SEPTEMBER 2020 TOURER

FROM THE ILLUSTRATED

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AUTOMOBILES

The internal combustion engine appeared early in the history of the motor vehicle, but took over three quarters of a century to be perfected to the level where it could be used in a vehicle capable of running on the roads – the 1805 powered cart of the Swiss Isaac de Rivaz was no more than an elaborate toy, only capable of crawling from one side of a room to another, and the 1863 car built in Paris by J-J Etienne Lenoir took three hours to cover six miles. It was not until the mid-1880s that the first successful petrol cars appeared, developed independently by two German engineers, Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz. Of the two vehicles, that of Benz was incontestably superior, for it was designed as an entity, using the new technology of the cycle industry, while Daimler’s carriage was no more than an adopted horse vehicle. Benz went into limited production of his threewheeled carriages in 1888; Daimler was more interested in selling his engines as a universal power source. Neither man found immediate success, but neither had the great geniuses of the The first petrol driven car conceived as an entity was steam vehicle who were their the 1885-86 Benz three-wheeler. contemporaries. The Bollèe family of Le Mans built some truly advanced steam carriages between 1873 and the mid-1880’s, vehicles which pioneered independent front suspension, while blacksmith’s son Lèon Serpollet conceived the ‘flash boiler’ for instantaneous generation of steam and held the first driving licence issued in Paris. And while Comte De Dion and his engineers Bouton and Trèpardoux built some excellent steam vehicles during the 1880s and early 1890s, they were to achieve their greatest fame as manufacturers of light petrol vehicles from 1895 on. The crucial event in the story of the motor car was the 1889 Paris World Exhibition, for it was there that the French engineers Panhard and Levassor saw the Daimler ‘Steelwheeler’ car powered by the Daimler vee-twin engine. Levassor’s lady friend, an astute widow named Louise Sarazin, held the French rights to the Daimler engine in succession to her late husband, and Panhard and Page 15

The Motor Vehicle : 1880 to 1900 : Continued

Levassor began manufacturing those power units in 1890. They could, however, see no future for the motorcar, and so granted the right to use Daimler engines in self-propelled vehicles to the ironmongery and cycle firm of Peugeot (who had decided to not go ahead with the planned production of Serpollet steamers). It was in France, too, that Benz enjoyed his first limited success, for his Paris agent, Emile Roger, manged to sell one or two Benz cars in Paris (and coincidentally, garaged his first Benz in Panhard and Levassor’s workshop). But Serpollet’s 1888 three wheeler. it was not until his first four-wheeler, the 1893 Viktoria, that Benz began series production. Peugeot were already established as motor manufacturers by that date, for in 1891 they had actually sold 5 cars, boosting production to a dizzy 29 the following year. The success of the Peugeot cars inspired Panhard and Levassor to reconsider their early opinion of the horseless carriage, and, after building a couple of crude dogcarts with the engine at the rear, Levassor devised the famous Système Panhard, with the engine at the front driving the rear wheels via a sliding pinion gearbox inspired by the mechanism of a lathe, a layout which, however ‘rough and brutal’ its inventor thought it to be, it has been used on the majority of motor cars built since. In America, the motor car was evolving along different lines from Europe and in January-February 1891, the New World’s first petrol vehicle, a friction-driven three-wheeler built by John W. Lambert of Ohio City, made its first tentative runs. In 1895, America’s first motor manufacturing company was founded by the Duryea brothers, Charles and Frank (whose prototype dated from 1893); the following year they exported a couple of vehicles to Britain. However, anti-motoring prejudice in that country was running high, and there was little encouragement for motor vehicles, either home-grown or imported. Even so, the company promotions of the so-called ‘father of the British motor industry’, H.J.Lawson, succeeded in parting a good many credulous investors from a large amount of cash. Lawson had influential friends and in 1896 succeeded in getting the ridiculous requirement for motor cars to be preceded by a man on foot (a legacy of the old Locomotive on Highways Acts of 1865 and 1878) to be repealed, and held a commemorative run to Brighton on November 14th 1896 to celebrate the raising Page 16

The Motor Vehicle : 1880 to 1900 : Continued

of the speed limit to 12mph. Some of the participating machines, though, covered the distance by train and were cosmetically muddied after they had been unloaded, and the first machine home, a Duryea, was not one of the marques under Lawson’s sponsorship (he had expensively purchased a great number of motor car patents in a forlorn effort to monopolize the budding British car industry). Demand for cars was growing steadily during the latter part of the 1990’s and by now the Benz had become the world’s most popular car, with the 2000th production vehicle being delivered in 1899. Motoring was still the sport of a few eccentrics, and many people had never seen a car. It was to remedy this defect that, in 1900, the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland held its famous 1000 Miles Trial, which took in most of the major cities of England and Scotland. A total of 65 cars, many English Daimler and MMC models build by Lawson’s empire, set out from Hyde Park Corner, London in April; the major part of this entry finished the run without major mishap, proving that the motor car had at last become a reliable – or relatively so – The 1899 Fiat 3½hp. touring vehicle after a century’s gestation.

VENT

OTICES : OTHER VCC BRANCHES, OTHER CLUBS ETC.

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Event Notices - Other VCC Branches / Clubs etc. : Continued

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Event Notices - Other VCC Branches / Clubs etc. : Continued

If interested, email the Editor to have the full three pages Invitation / Registration Form emailed to you

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OURER

RADER

BUY, SELL & EXCHANGE

FOR SALE : 1929 Chev Roadster – LC1929 A tidy used Vintage – registered with current WOF. It has just completed the Highland Fling with no problems. I have owned the Chev for the last 30 years. Asking price $25,000.00. Contact Bill Turner (06) 328 7867.

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ANAWATU

RANCH

IRECTORY

BRANCH COMMITTEE Chair POSITION VACANT

Immediate Past Vice Chair

Brian Halcox (Patricia) dazaway5@gmail.com 06 326 9654

Vice Chair

APPOINTED POSITIONS Custodian & Librarian

Gary Millar (Marion) gw.millar@hotmail.com 06 354 8298

Delegate POSITION VACANT

Editor (Tourer)

Bryan Abraham (Catherine) bryana@xtra.co.nz 06 358 4014

POSITION VACANT

ID Card Advisor

John Ireland (Anne) ireland.clan@inspire.net.nz 06 323 4170

POSITION VACANT

ID Card Advisor

Derek Haycock (Becky) derek.and.beck@inspire.net.nz 06 356 1056

Idle Torque

Bryan Abraham (Catherine) bryana@xtra.co.nz 06 358 4014

POSITION VACANT

Secretary

Treasurer

Club Captain POSITION VACANT

(Beaded Wheels)

Scribe

Vice Club Captain POSITION VACANT

Parts Shed

Gary Millar (Marion) gw.millar@hotmail.com 06 354 8298

Committee Member

Cliff Bennett (Jenny) cliffbennett@xtra.co.nz 06 356 3383 : 021 2837 088

Privacy Officer

Committee Member

Rob Eason r.eason@xtra.co.nz 06 355 4204

Swapmeet Coordinator

Committee Member

John Ireland (Anne) ireland.clan@inspire.net.nz 06 323 4170

Assistant Swapmeet Coordinator

POSITION VACANT

Committee Member

Brian Worboys (Merrel) bworvoys@slingshot.co.nz 06 328 7849

Welfare

Committee Members

POSITION VACANT

John Ireland (Anne) ireland.clan@inspire.net.nz 06 323 4170

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The opinions or statements expressed in letters, articles, trip reports etc. which appear in this magazine are the views of the author of that letter / article / report and are not necessarily those of the Committee or Members of the Manawatu Branch of the Vintage Car Club of NZ Inc. The Committee reserves the right to refuse material it does not consider suitable for publication.

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