Issue : February 2020
Heritage Day Rose Preston & her newly restored Oldsmobile Vintage Viewpoint is the official publication of the Marlborough Branch of the Vintage Car Club of NZ (Inc).
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What’s Inside: VINTAGE CAR CLUB : MARLBOROUGH BRANCH : PO BOX 422 : BLENHEIM E: Marlborough@vcc.org.nz
Branch Notices 2020 Hospice Vehicle Display Sunday 15th March
Bring your ‘toy’ to the park and display it for $5 the public will pay to view with a gold coin donation—funds to the Marlborough Hospice. Enquiries: Pat Pascoe P: 027 442 1786
Warrant of Fitness March 7th 1pm Natter & Noggin 28th Feb. Movie & Finger Food evening, $ 15 pp.. Names in by Wednesday 26th Feb.
CLOSE-OFF
for the Feb VINTAGE VIEWPOINT is
Friday 6th March
Chairman’s Report
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Club Captain’s Report
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Secretary’s Scribbling’s
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Update from the Kitchen Custodian
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Motorcycle Report
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Blokes in the Shed
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Waterlea Races Photos - Grant Simpson
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Heritage Day Photos - Linda Laing
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Motorcycle Report and What’s On
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Hertiage Day Photos Motorcycles—Linda Laing
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Event Posters
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Ferry Information
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Classified Advertising
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Marlborough Branch Office Holders Contact List
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Events Calendar
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Website: www.marlboroughvcc.com
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Chairman’s Report Well there’s another month gone already. Things and time are moving to fast for this old fart. The old saying “time waits for no man nor woman.” By the time you get this note we will have been to Ian and Pats Bach for a BBQ evening meal, thanks for making your spot available. Also we will have had our Heritage Day been and gone. Thanks all who made the effort to display their cars and helped with various duties the day demands i.e. judging, BBQ, gate, kitchen, parking and generally looking after the museum and our visitors. Another very good evening with our Friday night potluck tea, well done Girls and Guys, just love it. While I have pen to paper can I take this opportunity to thank those of us who made their cars available for the 100yr celebrations for the Trotting Club at Waterlea, 10 cars and an enjoyable day and no big money made or lost. Thanks to Don and Kaye for making their property available for holding our Events Trophy and the BBQ tea afterwards. Well done Barry and team for a good event, thank you. Keep your eyes on Jim’s coming events and keep up the good work and have fun while your doing it. Vintage Motoring, Kelly
Club Captain’s Report The month of January saw a couple of outings one to Don and Kaye Register ’s property in the Onamalutu Valley for a barbeque. We had twenty five vehicles and forty six people, all in all a good enjoyable turn out. This run saw our club Model T make the run out there where it did not miss a beat, good to see. Good on you Kevin. A couple of things, Barry organized a surprise field trial the results will be announced at our prize giving function in June. The other thing is a request to make sure you put your name down on the list if you intend going on these runs, this will help Dale with catering. It would be real serious if we did not have sufficient supplies. The Marlborough Racing Club has it’s centenary this year and our club was asked to supply some vintage and veteran vehicles for display and I believe ten or so turned up for the harness racing day on the 19 th January. There is another day for the gallops in April.
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As for the run into the upper Awatere planned for 28 th March planning is well advanced. It is envisaged to make it a historic event with speakers on the local history and high country farming in general. The centre of operations will now be at Middlehurst Station which makes it easier to organize accommodation and catering. The committee has now closed the list with twenty three persons as this is the max for overnight accommodation. Even though the list is now closed there is no problem if you want to make it a day trip and head back after the speakers have finished, just let me know so I can advise Middlehurst if catering is needed. For more information look up: Middlehurst.co.nz/visit us By the time you receive this newsletter the run to Anakiwa will have been and gone our thanks to Ian Barnes. February 6th Waitangi Day is the annual Brayshaw Park Heritage Day display, I am sure I do not need to say much more about this except that our usual good attendance will be appreciated. Arrive from 9am onwards. Jim McLean
Secretary’s Scribblings Well those of you who thought that summer wasn’t arriving in New Zealand this year just had to wait a few weeks and sure enough here it is. The farm is very dry at Linkwater and if there is no irrigation then everything is burnt off, even out here. We haven’t had any rain since New Year, but can expect a month or 6 weeks of dry about now. I hope you are not complaining about the heat too much, as in a few short weeks there will be comments about how cold it is getting, so make the most of it. Sharon and I are heading to Wellington tomorrow the 2 nd to look after a 2-yearold grandson while his parents wing their way to Dunedin to see Elton John. Then up to Taranaki to see Sharon’s son who is milking cows there. We will be away for 10 days and so we had our monthly Committee Meeting a week early. I hope you all enjoyed the run to Anakiwa to the Barnes Bach on Sunday. Jim has organised a great overnight run up to Middlehurst and The Muller Stations at the end of March. This will be a way of seeing this area and to hear from some of the knowledgeable old times about the history of the Upper Awatere.
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It has been noticed that there have been a few itinerant people around Brayshaw Park during the hours of darkness, so there will be a need for extra security cameras and the need for the gates to be locked. We haven’t had any damage done, but the Machinery boys have had, so if you are around the area, keep a lookout please. Dale and her helpers in the Kitchen have been feeling the heat lately, so it was decided to install an air conditioning unit in the kitchen in the near future. We have had a call from ADT Security who monitor the alarms in our rooms about changing the monitoring from Copper wires to cell technology. This will mean the installation of a Modem in the near future. If we don’t change then we have no monitoring done, so we must change. Of course, Heritage Day would have been done and dusted by the time you read this. I hope you all had another great day showing off your cars and bikes. On Saturday 21st March there has been a request for cars to transport members of Fire Brigades at a conference in Blenheim from our Club Rooms back into town. Please be forthcoming when the call goes out. We are once again looking at doing something to dampen down the noise in the Redman room. I visited the Emergency Management Centre, (Civil Defence) and they have some modern panels in their facility so we re waiting a visit about that. That’s all for this month, and as always have a great month of vintage motoring. Chris Bird - Secretary IF you are at the park and see people sleeping rough phone 0274742138 Armourguard Patrol and advise them or Ops Manager Chris on 027 700 0002. There has been a recent incident where moving them on has turned aggressive - leave this to the security patrols to deal with. If in doubt call the police.
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Update from Your
Kitchen Custodian Hello to you all for another year of fun, food and trips with the VCC. The first month of 2020 has passed us by and I was told once that when you retired, time passed by very quickly and I believe them. January was a reasonably quite month for the kitchen, we had the BBQ at Don & Kaye Registers, a very enjoyable afternoon. Also had an evening meal for the Brayshaw Park Admin. Committee. Natter & Noggin night on the 31st was a Pot Luck meal and as always was another good night. Natter & Noggin night for February is on Friday the 28th at 6pm and it is a " MOVIE and FINGER FOOD" evening at the VCC rooms. Names to be in by Wednesday 26th PLEASE.
Cheers, Dale
2020 Hospice Vehicle Display
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Blokes in The Shed Christmas and New Year are now a fading memory and the Blokes are all back into various projects, after enjoyable holiday breaks in motor homes and caravans. Also of course wonderful times with family in baches in the sounds. There is a lot to do and achieve in the months ahead. Shed's are being built, container storage to be set up. Yard tidying continues. But of course the volunteers and the T ambulance project have been doing great work, with start up day rapidly approaching. These blokes, led by Dennis have been toiling away steadily on this mission and it is really starting to look good. As well as all the above the interior of the electric shed is to be re designed, partitions removed to give more room. So roll on 2020. New, a slight adjustment in our admin side of things that you should know about. John Russell our tractor/forklift operator is now one of the "five" wise men. Thank you John. But also, I'm stepping back and Tris is now going to be Head Honcho and team leader. So no more addressing me as "your eminence" "oh great and illustrious one" etc. I'll still be one of the team, but just plain Major or hey you will suffice. Cheers The Major (Hey you)
Waterlea Racecourse 2020
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A great turn out, thanks everyone
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Heritage Day 2020
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Thanks to all who participated...
Heritage Day 2020
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MOTORCYCLE REPORT The ride to Havelock with a mystery visit attracted an excellent attendance of 19 club eligible motorcycles, one club eligible car, one modern car and the backup vehicle. There was some coming and going but if I did not get too confused 25 members were present at some stage of the day. Unfortunately, after months of trouble-free outing this one bit us on the bum right from the start. When it was time to leave Debs Bayerische Moteran Werke refused to start in spite of lengthy periods of kicking, pushing and being talked to in various ranges of stern language. After some delay Kim and Deb declined backup assistance and towed the errant machine home, Kim re -joining the run later. Near Okaramio the backup found not one but two machines parked on the roadside on a rather narrow uphill slope. Paul soon had the Ace restarted but Dave’s Gold Star proved more reluctant until it was pushed up the hill given a fresh spark plug and a push down the hill. The backup driver retrieved his vehicle from where it was bringing Havelock bound traffic to a stop, ignoring as best he could the rude suggestions from some of the drivers. By then he had been advised yet another member was awaiting the trailer. Peter’s battery on his Triumph had called it quits so Peter had the dubious honour of being the first to need the new trailer. The remainder of the ride was thankfully completed without incident apart from the rider of the BSA C10 failing to see the Kennington’s Road sign, the VCC sign or the first road left after the bridge. We have made an appointment for him at Specsavers. Fortunately, he was chased down by Steve on his Matchless otherwise he may be almost at Bluff by now. The collection of antique mechanical hole punching equipment we viewed was a real eye opener. Immaculately restored and displayed and a credit to those responsible. After looking at the collection we moved to the house for an afternoon tea which would not have been out of place at a Royal garden party. Our thanks to the collection owner and his extended family for hosting a visit which one of our group claimed to be the best outing we had ever organised. Maybe our organisers should retire while we are on top! Seventeen motorcycles were on display for Heritage day with some being seen for the first time, Zig had his newly acquired original condition 1956 Hydra glide Harley out and we were fortunate to have on display a 1904 Vindec Special which created a fair bit of
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interest, not only in the bike but also in how it was constructed, a decompression lever and rods with ten different pivot points before the valve actually lifted and the front fork suspension system that still has some of our more experienced restorers trying to figure out how it works. Again, we had a very good cross section of bikes with the two ACE’s Kelvins Trident, Georges TX650 and several Hondas, thanks to those that bought their bikes along. Trevor
Motorcycle Calendar Sunday February 16th Leave park at 11am for a ride out to Ward.
FOUND At park on Heritage Day,
2004 S.I. Easter Rally Plaque, now in VCC library.
Motorcycle Personnel Our condolences to Nev Guthrie and his family on the recent sad loss of Kathy. Our best wished to Phil and Carol and may Phil have a fast and good outcome from the treatment he is currently undergoing.
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NELSON SWAP MEET, BAZAAR 22nd FEBRUARY 2020 The Nelson Vintage Car Club will be holding its Annual Swap Meet at the Nelson Speedway grounds, Lower Queen Street, Richmond on Saturday 22nd February. This event is growing rapidly, with increased support from around New Zealand, so get your site organised, dig out the old car, bike, and truck parts, as someone may be looking for them and be happy to pay a good price. Other second-hand goods and memorabilia are acceptable. A 6m x 6m Sale Site is $15. Complete vehicles can be included for sale on the day at $10, for a car-sale site. Both these include one person admission. Free public car parking will be available on site, and public entry to the sales area will be $5 per person with accompanied children free. A range of food and drink stalls will keep you going throughout the day.
NELSON SWAPMEET - BAZAAR Saturday February 22nd 2020
Entry $5 Per Person Accompanied Children Free / Bouncy Castle on Site Site Bookings $15 (Including One Person Entry Only) Car For Sale Site $10 (Including One Person Entry Only) Held Rain or Shine. Starts 8am At Speedway Assn Grounds Lansdowne Road, Richmond Free Parking Entry Off Lansdowne Road Site
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The Historic Vehicle Authority of NZ The Vintage Car Club of NZ (INC.) The 2020 VCC code for discounts with Interislander are as follows:
Discount code: The below rates are based on prices to date, inclusive of GST and subject to availability.
Off Peak Fares:
Each Way
Adult $48.00 Children $26.00 Motorcycle $42.00 Car/Van/Trailer up to 5.5 metres $124.00 Trailer-Each half metre over 5.5 metres $22.00 Premium Plus Lounge $55.00 18yrs plus Off Peak Travel Dates 01 Mar – 8 Apr 20 & 15 Apr – 15 Dec 2020
Peak Fares: Each Way Adult $53.00 Children $26.00 Motorcycle $52.00 Car/Van/Trailer up to 5.5 metres $137.00 Trailer-Each half metre over 5.5 metres $24.00 Premium Plus Lounge $55.00 18yrs plus Peak Travel Dates 01-28 Feb 20 18-23 Apr 2020 Booking conditions and instructions for members are: • Each reservation must be made direct with Interislander online using the special link https://www.greatjourneysofnz.co.nz/ interislander/book/fares-and discounts/group -bookings/. • To access these rates members must insert the reference “WH5465” • Payment is required at the time of booking. • Space is subject to availability at the time of the booking request. • Refunds Once paid for fares are 90% refund able if cancelled prior to check-in and non-refundable if cancelled after check-in. • Fares valid for specified dates only Members are required to present their current NZ Vintage Car Club Membership credentials on check in or retail fares will be charged. No discount for travel between 16 Dec 19 & 31 Jan 20
The Historic Vehicle Authority of NZ The Vintage Car Club of NZ (INC.)
BLUEBRIDGE COOK STRAIT FERRY Discount code: ANTIQUECAR Valid Travel Dates: Between now and 30 June 2020 excluding peak season between 15 December & 15 January or during Easter Weekend. Discounted Fares: 10% off all available fares Promotion Terms & Conditions • Members must present a current Vintage Car Club of New Zealand membership card upon check-in as proof of eligibility to Bluebridge staff. Failure to do so will result in a fare difference being required to be paid prior to boarding. • Full payment is required at time of booking. • Transferring to a sailing outside of the discounted offer period will require an additional payment to match the available fares. Bookings can be made online at www.bluebridge.co.nz by entering the promo code above or by calling 0800-844-844 (8am to 8pm, 7 days), and quoting the promo code. Normal fare rules regarding refunds and cancellations apply. Full Bluebridge ticket terms conditions can be viewed www.bluebridge.co.nz
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Branch Books and Badges AA CENTENNIAL CAR BADGES $35 each David Bool P: 03 579 4716
AA CENTENNIAL BOOKS $25 each Trevor Harris P: 03 572 5323
GARAGES OF MARLBOROUGH $25 each Custom Copy Maxwell Road
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For Sale : Cars 1958 MkI Jaguar $30,000 This car is in excellent condition and has been restored with no expense spared by previous owner. Current owner has had new upholstery done, new woodwork, and has had power steering fitted. Contact: Lorraine P: 03 577 7818
1947 2 Door Morris 8.E $1,500 Body off Chassis restoration. Sand blast body chassis etc. All new brakes, shoes, cylinders, new rubbers on all windows. Body has been painted. Front and Back Guards need painting. New hood lining. Carpets back and front side panels. Seats back & front need upholstering. Good battery. Motor needs rebuilding, motor has been striped for inspection. Motor is back in car to keep parts together. Some spare parts. Contact Noel P: 03 572 8292.
In the Shed‌. Morris Minor 1000 motor and gearbox Complete and was running nicely when removed
1917/18 veteran Buick scuttle
dash in restorable condition. Fuel tank, guards, running boards good for patterns only.
Morris 1000 1962 Evidently the engine runs, the body is straight and tidy and upholstery is ok, registration is on hold. Enquires and offers to parts custodians please.
Boy have we got another deal for you!! Wood working machinery has come available to members: 1 Wood working lathe, excellent condition with a big bucket of cutting tools. $150 ono 2 Small handy 4" buzzer $75 ono 3 Aluminum bench table saw $75 ono 4 Nice little tilt table saw $100 ono 5 Complete electric welder with choke, on trolley. Nice unit $100 ono Ring one of the blokes or view Wednesday at the Shed.
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For Sale : Motorcycle 1986 Suzuki GSX750ESD 750cc Motor overhauled in 2008, very tidy example, can be viewed at Omaka Classic Cars, where it has been for the last 10 years, travelling only 260 260kms in that time.
Price $2600
Contact: Dexter P: 27 291 3984
Wanted A Webb Heavy Duty Girder Fork To fit a early 1930”s M100 Panther Contact: Ian Wilson 03 972 0250
Parts For Sale 1978 Honda Civic HL 4 wheel rims with trim 1 rear muffler 1 steering wheel Price negotiable Contact: Ian Wilson 03 972 0250
For sale
On Wednesdays the shed and parts members are on site well into the afternoon. Any parts advertised for sale from the Parts Shed are able to be inspected Wed mornings. If you are unable be at the shed or are from another NZ Branch and are interested in purchasing any of the listed parts please contact one of the “after hours" contacts; Tris Winstanley P: 03 578 3343
2651cc cylinder head + valves also - EIP/EIX parts new/unused steering ball joints x 4 & full set of 6 workshop manuals
Roger Millard P: 03 578 4464
contact Stan on 577 5509 or Consultech@xtra.co.nz
Earl Preston P: 03 577 7839
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PURCHASING PARTS from THE SPARES SHED
Tiger Lyons P: 578 9139
CLUB MERCHANDISE The following badges are produced and sold by the Branches as follows: Bumper Badges: Brass or Nickel plated Hawke's Bay Branch hawkesbay@vcc.org.nz PO Box 3406 Napier 4142 Jacket/Blazer Badges: Cloth Eastern Bay of Plenty Branch VCC of NZ Inc. easternbayofplenty@vcc.org.nz PO Box 2168 Kopeopeo Whakatane 3159 Lapel Badges: V.C.C. General Wellington Branch wellington@vcc.org.nz PO Box 38-418 Wellington 5045 Car Rally Number Holders Ashburton Branch ashburton@vcc.org.nz (Check branch for sizes) PO Box 382 Ashburton 7740 V.C.C. Motorcyclist Wairarapa Branch wairarapa@vcc.org.nz VCC of NZ Inc. PO Box 7 Masterton 5810 Number Plate Frames South Island Distributor North Otago Branch northotago@vcc.org.nz PO Box 360 Oamaru 9444 North Island Distributor Manawatu Branch manawatu@vcc.org.nz PO Box 385 Palmerston North 4440 VCC Winged Vehicle Stickers Central Otago VCC of NZ Inc. centralotago@vcc.org.nz 100 year vehicle badges Please refer to Section 40G for the appropriate application The Vintage Car Club of NZ admin@vcc.org.nz PO Box 2546 Christchurch 8140
NZ VCC Branch Newsletters Branches no longer post copies to other branches. We now receive these from Head Office VCC via email. These are printed along with our newsletter and a hard copy is at the clubrooms for your to read. If you would like to read these online go to www.vcc.org.nz then,
News from our Branches Each of the branches newsletters are available for download
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Marlborough BRANCH OFFICERS Patron Trevor Harris (Doreen) Chair Person Kelly Landon-Lane (Janice)
578 4142 578 9907
Club Captain - Mobile: 021 0257 3069 Jim McLean (Jean) 579 4983 Secretary - Mobile: 027 247 1089 Chris Bird (Sharon) 574 2318 Treasurer David Bool
579 4716
Committee Catherine Millar (Kevin) Don Register (Kaye) John Monson (Dot) Bill Nicholas (Dale) Robb Galloway (Adele) Dale Nicholas (Bill) Don Laing (Linda)
579 1147 572 5361 578 9044 578 4322 578 2395 578 4322 579 4865
Model ‘A’ & ‘T’ Custodian Kevin Millar (Catherine)
579 1147
Mini Custodian Bruce Rumble 1939 Morris 8 Custodian John Monson (Dot)
578 8211 578 9044
Motorcycle Section Rep Trevor Harris (Doreen) Glenn Harris (Paula)
578 4142 577 6453
Examiners Ron Hebberd (Shirley) Ray Fairweather (Lyn ) David Kemp (Debbie)
575 7196 578 6841 578 6270
Parts Custodians Tris Winstanley (Helen) Tiger Lyons (Eileen) Roger Millard (Lynn) John Russell (Rona) Earl Preston (Rose)
578 3343 578 9139 578 4464 577 5087 577 7839
Security Mike Gray (Karen)
578 1435
Website: www.marlboroughvcc.com
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Librarian Barry Wilson (Margie) Museum Custodians Mike Gray (Karen) Bill Nicholas (Dale) Wayne Frew (Carol) Denny Greer (Audrey) Ross Kennington (Rona) Don Laing (Linda) Colin Grant (Mariann) John Monson (Dot)
578 1587 578 1435 578 4322 579 4819 578 1895 578 1332 579 4865 578 7894 578 9044
Kitchen Custodian Dale Nicholas (Bill)
578 4322
Grounds Administrator John Monson (Dot) Catherine Millar
578 9044 579 1147
Beaded Wheels Scribe Carroll Wiblin (Graham) Photographer Linda Laing (Don) lindylaing@gmail.com
578 8418 579 4865
Newsletter Editor Chris de Wagt (Mac) 577 7238 E: chrisdewagt@xtra.co.nz 10 Houghton Cres Redwoodtown Newsletter Printer: Custom Copy
Newsletter Distribution Barry & Margie Wilson
578 1587
Health & Safety Officer Ed Matkin (Julie)
572 8008
Delegates to the Executive Kelly Landon-Lane (Janice) 578 9907 Chris Bird (Sharon) 574 2318 Brayshaw Park Admin Delegates Don Laing (Linda) 579 4865 Kelly Landon-Lane (Janice) 578 9907 Branch Spokesperson Kelly Landon-Lane (Janice) Clubrooms Phone :
578 9907 578 0616
COMING EVENTS CALENDAR This Month….
Feb 16th Motorcycles Leave park at 11am for a ride out to Ward. Feb 28th Natter & Noggin 6pm " MOVIE and FINGER FOOD" evening at the VCC rooms. Names to be in by Wednesday 26th Please.
Next Month…. Mar 7th 1300hrs warrant of fitness
Mar 28th & 29th Muller Station (names please)
Further down the road ….
Way, way down the road …. 17th-21st Jan 2021 Vero International Festival of Historic Motoring
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