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Vintage Viewpoint is the official publication of the Marlborough Branch of the Vintage Car Club of NZ (Inc).

VINTAGE CAR CLUB MARLBOROUGH BRANCH PO BOX 422 : BLENHEIM E: Marlborough@vcc.org.nz

What’s Inside:

EVENTS : This Month….

Chairman’s Report

Club Captains report

Sun 16 Jan - Motorcycles Leaving the park at 11am for a ride to the Linkwater Pub for lunch.

Photos from December events (Linda Laing)

Langley Dale

Secretary’s Scribblings

Update from the Kitchen Custodian

Motorcycle Report & Calendar

Therapy for the Disease

Rally Updates & Sponsors Advertising

Members Advertising

Marlborough Branch Office Holders List

Events Calendar

Tue 18 Jan Christmas Decorations at Shirley Hawtins. Meet /clubrooms 1.30 pm Gold coin donation.

Fri 28 Jan Natter & Noggin. Pot Luck. Sun 30 Jan BBQ Anakiwa (I & P Baynes property) - bring salad to share meet 10am at Clubrooms. A FULL EVENTS LIST IS ON THE LAST PAGE OF THIS NEWSLETTER AS USUAL

Branch Books & Badges AA CENTENNIAL CAR BADGES $35 each David Bool P: 03 579 4716 AA CENTENNIAL BOOKS $25 each Trevor Harris P: 03 572 5323

CLOSE-OFF for the VINTAGE VIEWPOINT is 7.30pm the First Friday of every Month 3

Chairman’s Report Happy New Year to all our Marlborough VCC team, I trust you all had a peaceful, restful and enjoyable Christmas and this has continued into the New Year. Let’s hope this New Year 2022 will give us the freedom to get out, mix and enjoy the old car motoring we have missed over the last year or two. Club captain Catherine is trying hard to find new and interesting outings for us, please think hard and make a suggestion if you know of somewhere interesting or a place we haven’t visited for a long time. The recent Langley Dale visit was a great place to visit, my memory says we last visited there in the late 80s and we all enjoyed another visit and the interesting history. I think we are all well and truly over the rules and frustrations of Covid and how / what to do “ the right thing” I’m still unsure. I attended an invited only funeral this morning numbers at the service were probably 50 and signed in, then a similar number of people at the graveside. Then to a family home / garden for lunch. Numbers there were 60 to 100,not a mask, vac certificate in sight and vac ’d and unvac’d all mixing. Who knows what was correct here and no one seemed to mind. The Covid system we have been following at the last two Wednesday meetings seems to be working fine so, thanks for abiding by the rules. Over the last six months we have had several of our members, or family of members pass away. I can think of 5, however I won’t names as there may be others I don’t know of. To all these families who have lost loved ones, the Marlborough VCC extends our sincere condolences to you. Many of these people have been longtime members who have put a lot of time and effort into the club in its earlier days, some 40/50 year members and have owned/motored some very nice vehicles as well. We have all gained from the friendship and knowledge of these people in our club. Thankyou to those members who have stood and spoken at little of their earlier life and an interesting / funny life story. The idea behind this was to get to know each other a little better and so far, this has had a great response. If I ask you to add your bit to the Wednesday morning tea, please don’t be shy, it’s not a difficult thing to do and we’ve all got a heap of humorous things that have happened to us through our lives or people / work stories. Also we are all interested and enjoy a laugh. Enjoy our summer, keep well ,and we will see you at the next VCC outing, Cheers Rob

Club Captain’s Report Welcome to January 2022. I trust you have all had a safe and happy festive period. Just prior to Christmas we had a run to Langley Dale which was very well attended. The weather wasn’t brilliant but I think everyone enjoyed having their lunch inside this lovely old house. An amazing place with all its period décor and outbuildings and even a cemetery high on the hill. An added bonus was the book – Wrens under the Radar, which no doubt many of you have been reading and features Langley Dale. The Author Colleen Shipley was on site autographing copies. Something New !!! Mid Week Lunch …….. I have been asked if we could have a mid week lunch somewhere in Blenheim every so often, so lets give it ago. First one – Tuesday 22nd February - Dodson Street . I will be needing numbers closer to the time but this is just to get the ball rolling. Anakiwa BBQ. Our New Year visit to Anakiwa (I & P Baynes property) is on again this year 30 th January. BBQ, Club will provide the meat, members please bring a salad to share. Numbers prior please. Christmas Display. Possibly more for the Ladies, but men most welcome. Visit to Shirley Hawtins display of Christmas decorations. This will be the last year Shirley will be displaying her many rooms of Christmas decorations and ornaments and a visit has been arranged for Tuesday 18 th January, meet at Clubrooms 1.30pm.

Cath Millar.

HOSPICE VEHICLE DISPLAY

March 20th 2022 at Waterlea Race course Gates open at 0930 Public at 1100 $5.00 entry for vehicles and Public a Gold coin donation This could be the your first chance of a display so please come and make it a good one, fingers crossed. Any details required Ph Patrick 0274421786 5

Xmas Luncheon for Volunteer's 16th Dec 2021

Langley Dale Picnic 12 Dec ‘21

The letter that follows was given to us when Club members visited Langley Dale homestead in December. It was written in 1927, from the memories of obviously a staff member who had worked there 68 years before in 1859. Her name was Sarah Mary. Who she was we don’t know. I said I would type this out to be read in the Vintage viewpoint as it was quite hard to read, but very nice writing. Interesting that the signature of Sarah on the letter was different to the person who wrote the letter so she was obviously a very elderly lady by that time and perhaps recited the letter to someone else. Provided by Chris Bird Renwicktown 10.9.27 Dear Mr Adams, It is 68 years this month since I came to Langley Dale. I might say here that there was not a road in the Wairau and very little fencing, so we went anywhere for a track. We crossed the river at Rock Ferry, the East end of the run. The first fence was a paddock, fenced with a Hawthorne hedge. How many acres were enclosed I do not know; and from there to the house was manuka, tussocks, fern &Irishman bushes. I cannot remember how many acres were fenced in round the house. This fence was made of posts and rails. There was a crop of oats in the east side of it. There was a piece with vegetables and then a large lawn, and in the centre of the lawn was a sun dial. From the lawn to the house was a path, ten or twelve feet wide. This was all on the East side of the house. From the lawn to the Hills was planted in an orchard. The trees were then beginning to bear. The house downstairs was divided into four compartments. the room East and South was the dining room. The front door faced east. The windows were on the South side, the door faced the East. The kitchen was on the north and east side of the house. A very small room was built on the north side. Which was used for a cellar. From the kitchen door, North and west were left open for a large verandah. Under this verandah was a meat safe, a large bench, a pump and wood box. The room facing South and West was a dairy. There were two large cheese presses on the West side and the windows were on the South side. There were shelves down the middle of the room for the milk pans. The back staircase was on the East side of the room, it ran North and South. Mrs Adams bedroom was on the left hand side of the top of the stairs. There was a

landing, part of which was partitioned off for my bedroom. The room looking west was the spare room. Going through Mrs Adams bedroom to the East side of the house was another landing. A piece was curtained off at the top of the stairs, where the two little boys slept. The front staircase descended from the north to the South and came into the dining room. Under the staircase was a cupboard. There was a double chimney in the dining room, which was used for dining room and kitchen fires. In the kitchen fire place there was a large fountain. There were two bars across the fireplace where we cooked in camp ovens. The floors were all bare, on account of being unable to purchase floor coverings in the country. There was a verandah on the East and South side of the house. On the South side there was a path about for or five feet wide. There was a plot with flowers, and in this plot were two gum trees. These were the only two gum trees on Langley Dale. The track known as the road led to a five acre paddock. This contained the stable. Outside this paddock going towards the back yard was a stock yard. In the corner of this stock yard was a building. The South side was used for cow sheds. The piece looking North was used for a workshop. Above the workshop was a storeroom. In the back yard were two whares of one room each. Mrs Davis cottage was by the creek, by the orchard. Crossing the creek looking up the valley was farm for a little was and then dense bush. Coming from the creek, when one mounted the Rock, all that could be seen was flax swamps with a drain in it. From the swamp to the river, was known as the Scrub, it was very rough. As far as I can remember, the Hills always looked beautiful to me. I did not travel far from the house because I was afraid of being lost, because I was once lost in the swamp. There was not a wool shed, because there were very few sheep on the place; there were a lot of cattle. They were milking 16 cows: the butter was put into casks to send away. I might say here that every Sunday morning Mr and Mrs Davis, the cowman, if he cared to come, and myself were invited into the dining room and the church service was read. The forementioned comprised the staff. There were only a few horses. One for Mr and Mrs Adams and one for the man. The only vehicles on the place was a bullock dray, wheelbarrow and a crude sledge. All the work was done with the bullocks. Your Grandmother and the two little boys, went in the bullock dray, driven by Mr Davis, to visit Captain and Mrs Baillie. After this, Mr and Mrs A P Seymour and family came to visit your Grandmother; their conveyance was also a bullock dray. I often think of the time when His Excellency, the Governor (Brown) came around Top House. There were no roads, and had to ford the rivers. How glad he must have been when he reached Langley Dale to have a rest. How your Grandmother entertained him and nine other gentlemen, in the small house and all the cooking to be done in the camp

oven. The more I think of it the greater the puzzle. It all passed without and confusion. After spending the weekend at Langley Dale, the whole company left on horseback to go to Waitohi, now Picton. The road between Picton and Blenheim was only being formed. He would be taken as far as the beach and then use a rowing boat and taken to a Steamer; there not being a wharf at Waitohi. Being Chairman of the Road Board it might interest you to know the first road to be formed in the Wairau Plain was from Jack Parsons corner to Blenheim, now known as the Old road. This was in 1864. If I keep on you will have the History of Marlborough.

With kind regards to Mrs Adams. Hoping yourselves and family are quite well. You will be pleased to know my Rheumatism is a great deal better. Yours Sincerely,

Sarah Mary.

Note: Chris sent this in beautiful Victorian script but unfortunately this was not easy to read when printed.

Secretary’s Scribblings Here we are at the start of the New Year and if 2022 goes as fast as 2021 it will be Christmas before we know it!! We had our first Committee meeting on Wednesday 5 th January. It is noted that Tony Pyne and Lyn Millard had passed away since our last meeting, and we offer our sincere condolences to both Lorraine and Roger and their families. We had a great run to the Langley Dale homestead in December and was given a letter written in 1859 by a staff member 68 years later. This is included in this Viewpoint. Remember the run to Barnes’s at Anikiwa on 30th January. Please bring a salad to share with the sausages which will be BBQed on the day. The wicker side chair on the motorbike in the museum was in a very sad state. It has now been strengthened and put back on the bike so thanks to those involved in this project. As you will have seen, the old retaining wall on the South side of the clubrooms has been removed. Your committee has decided that this will not be rebuilt, but the bank will be battered and shaped back, and the soil will be spread around areas on Patchetts Green where it is needed, and plants will be put on this area. You would have had notification about the Covid settings for the Redman Room. Your committee decided in December that members need a vaccination certificate for this room, so you need to be vaccinated to be able to enter that area of our facilities. Heritage Day is on again on Waitangi Day. We will be doing our famous Bacon and Egg Butties and the kitchen will be offering smokos and lunches. So, help is needed in these areas, along with baking to sell from the kitchen. Four people are also needed for an hour to man the barriers and to help with car parking. On 24th December those of you on email would have received an email from VCC National Office with a presentation about the revised proposed change of LOGO. If you haven’t watched it, please do so and send comments to me so that these can be presented at the Executive meeting in March. If you can’t find it, click on the link here. https://vcc.org.nz/brand/ We will look at showing this at a Smoko or Noggin and Natter. Our Branch will be organising the Biennial Rally in October where we combine with Nelson branch. Anyone with suggestions of routes or places to see please let us know your ideas. Good luck to those Branch members who are attending the Vero Rally in New Plymouth in a weeks’ time. I hope you all have a great time away.

NEW MEMBER. Robbie Hart. Welcome to the Branch and hope to see you out and about with your Dad Peter.

Have a great month of Heritage Motoring. Secretary - Chris Bird

RESULTS OF THE VINTAGE CAR CLUB CHRISTMAS RAFFLE HOSPICE DONATION Hello everyone, Your Committee discussed the issue of admittance to the Redman room at the Vintage Car Club at Brayshaw Park. After discussion it was decided that Vaccine Certificates will be required to enter the Redman Room from Monday 13th December. This means that if you are not vaccinated you cannot enter that part of the Clubrooms. Please be aware that you should also either sign in by using the App on your phone, or on the paper copy at the rooms. Please also wear a mask until you are seated with your cuppa. Please don’t take offence at this decision, as we are only abiding by the governments rules regarding this. Chris Bird Secretary Marlborough Branch VCC of NZ.

The Cape Cod Chair was donated by the Woodworkers for Daffodil Day which was cancelled. A separate donation by John Armiger of two framed embroidery pieces made by his late wife Denise was run in conjunction. It was decided to run a raffle for these items. All tickets(100) were sold resulting in a $500 donation for Hospice. Results of the raffle drawn 22nd December 2021. 1st Prize Cape Cod Chair (Ticket 48) Tessa Parker 2nd Prize Framed Embroidery (Ticket 12) Tony Smith 3rd Prize Framed Embroidery (Ticket 68) Ian Cameron Prize winners have been notified. Our sincere thanks to all who supported this donation.

Update from Your Kitchen

Custodian

Compliments of the season to you all and lets hope that 2022 is going to be a little better than 2021. Last year was certainly different with the lockdowns and levels that we went through, this proved challenging for many but we coped and survived. The kitchen had a very quite year with Heritage Day, and Daffodil day being cancelled lets hope 2022 will allow us to have some of these events, starting with Sunday 6th February Heritage Day which means we will again be looking for Donations of Baking. PLEASE. I will be at the club rooms Saturday (5th) afternoon from 1.30 to 3.30pm if anyone wishes to drop off their baking then. Also would like some volunteers to help in the kitchen on the Sunday, if you can spare an hour it would be greatly appreciated. Natter & Noggin is Friday the 28th January and its Pot Luck Cheers Dale.

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Motorcycle Report The sun shone at last for the ride to Havelock and in spite of conflicting events the turnout was so good a call had to be made to the tavern doubling our lunch booking from 12 to 27. We had seventeen club eligible bikes, including one lady rider, 2 modern bikes, Mindy and Geradine riding pillion and Paula driving the back up with 2 passengers to do the lifting if required and Mick (the dog) to offer support. There were some welcome additions to our group. John and Geradine were with us for the first time on their newly acquired 1972 Yamaha 500 TX and Norman on a Triumph Anniversary. Short of Okaramio the 1954 Aerial was parked up, some poking, prodding, cursing and a change of spark plug and he was on his way. Further on the 1929 AJS came to a stop, but he also managed to re start, only for a few miles before it stopped again and the decision was made to trailer it. At the tavern the AJS received the benefit of some combined wisdom and it was soon off the trailer and the happy owner headed for a late lunch. The motorcycles lined up outside the tavern made an impressive sight until a gust of wind blew one over creating a domino effect on the line up, some damage did occur and credit goes to the owners of the machines affected for showing admirable self-control. The heat during the lunch break caused some vaporising in fuel systems and several members resorted to push starts to get bikes started. This caused some amusement and cheering from some watching children. Cheeky sods. For the back up crew the journey homeward lasted less than a kilometre when the other AJS came to a stop and the rider walked back down the road head down like a bloodhound on a scent. His gear lever had fallen off and he was looking for the locking pin. Once found and in ten minutes he was on his way, so was the backup but not for long. Further down the road the first AJS had suffered a relapse of the earlier problem and it was back on the trailer again. Further down the road a stop was made at a farm where two members live. An old house, lots of old shed, lots of old cars, lots of old trucks and tractors, a historic black smith shop. The property has been in the family for over 100 years and not much had been discarded. A pickers paradise. Again, some more pushing was required to fire up reluctant motors but no more stoppages occurred, thankfully. Thanks to Paula for driving the backup, to Peter and Robbie who showed us around their property.

HERITAGE DAY Sunday 6th February is Heritage Day which is the one day we display our vehicles solely for our own financial benefit. In the past our motorcycles have always made up a popular part of the branch display and no doubt will do so again this year.

Happy New Year and safe riding in 2022.

Trev

Motorcycle Calendar Sunday 16th January Leaving the park at 11am for a ride to the Linkwater Pub for lunch.

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Advertising in the Vintage Viewpoint is free for members of the NZ VCC NZ. Our close-off is the 1st Friday, after the branch meeting of every month. To place an advert : Contact the Editor, Chris de Wagt P: 5777 238 For Commercial Advertising please contact the Secretary Chris Bird.

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PURCHASING PARTS from THE SPARES SHED Any parts advertised for sale from the Parts Shed are able to be inspected Wed mornings.

Contact: Tris Winstanley P: 03 578 3343

Therapy for the Disease Following on from catching the disease triage takes place Large expenditures of cash were obviously out of the question so I decided to remove the motor and put it in the garden shed for another day and concentrate on the frame, starting on the easy bits first. This became Plan A. The most obvious thing was to get rid of the paint as the total expense of this would be minimal. Accordingly Plan A was swung into action and the frame and wheels were completely dismantled. The Disease frame is of pressed sheet steel construction with large double skinned boxed sections from the rear suspension mounts to the frame centre and frame centre to the steering head. These are extremely heavy and were obviously constructed from offcuts from the Bismarck. Various single ply pieces such as the headlight, fuel tank, oil tank, air cleaner and rear mudguard extension are bolted to these. The two main sections are clamped together with four long studs which look flimsy but the bike hasn't broken in half yet. An enormous Roman Helmet styled sprung front mudguard completes the assembly and the bikes appearance when complete make one want to find another meaning to life somewhere else. But what you've got is what you've got. Sandpaper and scrapers along with paint stripper now entered the scene and the gruesome task of paint removal began. Then Fortune smiled on me. Enter fiend Don. You'll have noticed the use of the word “Fiend” and are thinking “typo he means

friend” but you would be wrong. Don was an absolute fiend on a motorbike and could make the things talk especially at extremely illegal speeds and amongst other things he taught me to ride a bike with reasonable competence on gravel for which I thank him. He also had an endearing habit of giving a little spit before he spoke to rid himself of the bit of baccy that was permanently stuck to his lip from the roll -your-own durry that was part of his normal daytime attire. Another acquaintance also told me recently that he wasn't averse to dragging one down to the Grove Tavern on a Saturday for thirty or forty eights but this never happened to me. Maybe it was something to do with Nurse Mariann’s steely eye. Don was an automotive machinist who worked at Andrews and Beaven, a fine little company that was swallowed up and consumed in the money pit that was Renouf Corporation. Thanks Sir Frank. Spit- “What are you doing?” said Don. I informed him I was removing paint and would be for some considerable time. Then he made the suggestion of a lifetime. Spit- “Bring it up to A & B on Saturday and we'll put it in the hot tank.” I duly turned up on Saturday morning and the whole conglomeration of parts, rims and all, were put in baskets and dunked in the huge tank. Spit- “Pick me up tomorrow and we'll get them out.” said Don. Sunday was a revelation. The baskets were hauled out and hosed down and tipped out. It was like a Nuremburg Rally, a vast expanse of grey-blue tinged German steel on display, ranked up and gleaming with a

wet shine in the sunlight. Not a speck of paint bog or other unspeakables remained and it was all accomplished effortlessly. All that remained was to get it back to the bedroom. Now that everything was stripped all the damaged parts were immediately obvious and put aside and I got out my trusty Wagner Airless Spray gun (did I see you cringe there?) and put a coat of Dulux Preparacoat on the rest to keep the rust at bay. I had bought the Wagner from Weymss and Crook against all advice to paint my Triumph Tigress and it had turned out quite presentably One just had just to be aware that the gun would shoot straight paint for an instant on trigger pull and once again on trigger release and to time your passes accordingly. The main frame part was undamaged so Plan A demanded I assemble this and hang the rest of the bits on it as they were finished. I had saved up a few shekels from my second job and I sent the rims off for rechroming and the spokes went to Safe Air for cad plating. These didn't take long and were soon back at home. I had polished up the full width hubs and with the aid of my homemade wooden wheel jig had assembled a set of shiny wheels, buckles and all Bodge jobs have never worried me. The inevitable fly in the ointment came when I went to fit the forks to the frame. The pivot bushes in the leading links had been made of Bakelite and the hot tank had turned them to the consistency of crumbling rubber. The swing arm bushes had suffered the same fate. Spit- “Not a problem” said Don and a Saturday morning later at A & B new bronze bushes had replaced the Bakelite and I was back in business. I

made a large tube spanner out of twoinch steam pipe and managed to extract the hydraulic units out of the forks for repair. Someone was still smiling on me as they turned out to be rebuildable. Two cheap oil seals later the units were filled and back in their places, wheels were rapidly fitted along with the main stand to the frame and Presto! (Not you Earl!) the bike was erect. Plan A now dictated that the damaged parts should be repaired and fitted to the frame. The remaining bits were all damaged, the worst being the tank. The tank badges had been fixed with screws to small tapped plates spot welded to the tank proper and the captain, having somehow lost the badges, had hammered in the mounting plates with a ball peen hammer to make large dents which he filled with bog to provide a smooth surface for his hand lettered badges. As the tank had been chromed this was not really a recommended procedure. With the bog now at the bottom of the hot tank a nightmare had been revealed and education for me to cope with it was required so I got a book from the library titled “How to Work Sheet Metal” which I naughtily copied. A visit to Weymss and Crook secured me a panel beating hammer and a universal dolly and after reading the book ten times I was ready to panel beat. With my newfound learning I decided the hammer and file method would be the thing required so I added a body file to my kit and with a little trepidation approached my subject. The location of the dents suggested lateral thinking was required and I laterally cut the tank

front to rear from top to bottom. I cut the sod in half. Now I had hammer and dolly access to both sides of the metal. From then on, I followed the book except the amount of metal the file removed made me nervous so I switched to a piece of board with sand paper glued on which removed little metal but still showed the high spots well. For a couple of months this occupied all of my spare time and the resultant tap tap tap drove the household mad. Eventually I reached a stage where I felt I could not improve on my work and decided enough was enough. Back to Don who joined the two halves of the tank together with a magnificent fusion weld right round the tank with little to no filling rod and no distortion. It was marvellous to watch a craftsman at work and I took him to the

Grove that afternoon to reward him for his efforts. Not quite forty eights though. The rest of the damaged parts had mainly sustained dents and cracks and presented no major problems. I cut and shut an old Triumph headlight rim to replace the captain’s effort and a few evenings at Bruce’s place got all the cracked pieces welded up and ready for my hammer and dolly. A speedometer rim and glass procured from a short-lived local motorcycle wrecker cosmetically improved the speedo even though the works were pulped underneath. A visit to the Suzuki Centre got me a couple of handlebar lever blades which I cut and shut to fit. As I have said I don't mind a bodge job. Things were now reaching the stage where a bit of paint would be nice.

Disease quietly festers in back yard. All the remaining bits got a coat of Dulux Preparacote and then it was down to Weymss and Crook for two litres of black Duco nitrocellulose lacquer and a little bit of gold for the tank pinstriping. The painting went well with only a few hiccups from the Wagner. These were easily repaired, the wonderful thing about lacquer. After cutting and polishing the parts were reassembled to the frame and to my uncritical eye looked really good. Painting ground to a halt here as I needed to get the chroming done to finish the job. As a new garage was to be built in the near future chroming didn't fit into the financial picture so I decided to tackle the missing battery box. Fibreglass seemed to be the obvious solution and the first job was to make wooden patterns for the body and the lid. I sawed out the body pattern from an offcut of 2 x 6 wood and the lid from a piece of pallet scrounged from work. The beading in the lid and shut line on the body I simulated with No 8 wire bent to shape and half buried in a groove cut into the wood then faired in with bog. It worked a treat, I love a good bodge job. With everything sanded down I painted them with a two pot marine paint then sanded and polished them to a glassy finish. The tricky bit now was to make a two piece mold for the body as a single piece one would have made the molded box irremovable without destoying the mold. This finished the molds were complete and manufacture could commence.

Two piece toolbox mould and wooden lid pattern

So who's a clever boy then Lots of little jobs filled in much time until at last funds were available to get some shiny bits on the naked frame to show off my lacquer job. Finally the time came and Nurse Mariann, baby, tank, and headlight rim were piled in the car and we motored off to Christchurch to see friends and more importantly, the Electroplater. It was with some trepidation that I walked into the electroplaters with my armful of bits, after all I had spent weeks working on the tank and its dents. I explained to him what I'd done and all he said was “that'll be good” and so I left

for home and waited for the job to be done. Three weeks later I made a day Saddle prepared trip to Christchurch, there was a rustle posterior of crispy notes changing hands and I went home with my trophies. And the tank was good. I got home and wasted no time getting the tank masked and primed and ready for the final coats. I sprayed gold paint around where the pinstripes were to go then laid out ¼ inch plastic tape in the required pattern. After masking the chrome I sprayed about six coats of black over everything else, waited about 15 minutes then lifted the masking paper and tape. I surprised myself and it still looks good forty years later. I hung the tank on the frame and I had a rolling shiny chassis. The only major part missing was somewhere to sit. The standard seat was a sprung rubber saddle which looked suitably germanic so I bought a rubber cover from a newly discovered acquaintance I had discovered in Wellington and my sister who was living in Germany got me a genuine parts book from the old NSU factory in Neckarsulm which now functions as the Audi Museum. Using the parts book for a guide I fabricated a saddle frame over several nights at Bruces gas plant and ended up with a good replica saddle which really looked the part. I made the suspension unit out of an old Triumph strut and it worked well, probably better than on the Triumph. Basically I now had everything major finished apart from the million and a half little things like brake cables, wiring, and all the little things I had forgotten to fix along the way and it was time to think of the Elephant In The Room, or more accurately that lump in the garden shed.

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selection of parts.

Hudson 1929

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Chevrolet radiator badge selection. Wolseley 1250cc Engine

complete with after market cast aluminium tappet cover.

Mark 1 Ford Cortina and Escort mechanical parts, engines, gearboxes, rear axles etc. etc.

Mopar s/v head selection includes Chrysler and DD Dodge.

Ford Escort n.o.s. water pump. P. O. A.

1930s Morris 10

or 12hp s/v engine P.O.A.

Dodge light truck s/v engine circa 1953/4.

Vintage era steel rear trunk complete with lid and corner fittings etc. Open to offers.

Morris Eight Morris eight, mid 30s four door model in dismantled state .

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Dodge car radiator surround, circa 1930/31, had a good badge.

Huppmobile An assorted selection of mid to late 20s Huppmobile mechanical parts, enquires to Parts Custodians please.

Morris minor starter motor. Unused since overhaul by Lucas NZ ltd. $50 Contact Earl 5777839

CLUB MERCHANDISE

The following badges are produced and sold by the Branches as follows: Bumper Badges: Brass or Nickel plated Hawke's Bay Branch E: hawkesbay@vcc.org.nz PO Box 3406 Napier 4142 Jacket/Blazer Badges: Cloth Eastern Bay of Plenty Branch VCC of NZ Inc. E: easternbayofplenty@vcc.org.nz PO Box 2168 Kopeopeo Whakatane 3159 Lapel Badges: V.C.C. General Wellington Branch E: wellington@vcc.org.nz PO Box 38-418 Wellington 5045

Car Rally Number Holders Ashburton Branch E: ashburton@vcc.org.nz (Check branch for sizes) PO Box 382 Ashburton 7740 V.C.C. Motorcyclist Wairarapa Branch VCC of NZ Inc. E: wairarapa@vcc.org.nz PO Box 7 Masterton 5810 Number Plate Frames South Island Distributor North Otago Branch E: northotago@vcc.org.nz PO Box 360 Oamaru 9444 North Island Distributor Manawatu Branch E: manawatu@vcc.org.nz PO Box 385 Palmerston North 4440 VCC Winged Vehicle Stickers Central Otago VCC of NZ Inc. E: centralotago@vcc.org.nz 100 year vehicle badges Please refer to Section 40G for the appropriate application The Vintage Car Club of NZ E: admin@vcc.org.nz PO Box 2546 Christchurch 8140

Marlborough BRANCH OFFICERS Patron Trevor Harris (Doreen) Chair Person Rob Galloway (Adele)

578 4142 578 2395

Vice Chairman Club Captain Cath Millar (Kevin)

579 1147

Secretary - Mobile: 027 247 1089 Chris Bird 574 2318 Treasurer David Bool

579 4716

Committee John Russell (Mary) 577 5087 Robb Galloway (Adele) 578 2395 Don Laing (Linda) 027 3156227 Dale Nicholas 578 4322 Bill Nicholas 578 4322 Roger Millard (Lynn) 027 7778112 Kelly Landon-Lane (Janice) 578 9907 Model ‘A’ & ‘T’ Custodian Kevin Millar (Catherine)

579 1147

Mini Custodian Rob Galloway (Adele) 1939 Morris 8 Custodian Roger Millard (Lynn)

027 7778112

Motorcycle Section Rep Trevor Harris (Doreen) Glenn Harris (Paula)

578 4142 577 6453

Examiners Ron Hebberd (Shirley) Ray Fairweather (Lyn ) David Kemp (Debbie) Pat Pascoe Parts Custodians Tris Winstanley (Helen) Tiger Lyons (Eileen) Roger Millard (Lynn) John Russell (Mary) Earl Preston (Rose)

578 2395

575 7196 578 6841 578 6270 573 8964 578 3343 578 9139 027 7778112 577 5087 577 7839

Security Mike Gray (Karen) Librarian Barry Wilson (Margie)

578 1435 578 1587

Museum Custodians Mike Gray (Karen) 578 1435 Bill Nicholas (Dale) 578 4322 Denny Greer (Audrey) 578 1895 Ross Kennington (Rona) 578 1332 Don Laing (Linda) 027 3156227 Gary Vercoe (Sue) 578 8570 John Monson (Dot) 578 9044 Rex Howard 578 4642 Kitchen Custodian Dale Nicholas (Bill) 578 4322 Grounds Administrator Cath Millar (Kevin) 579 1147 John Russell (Mary) 577 5087 Roger Millard (Lynn) 027 7778112 Beaded Wheels Scribe Carroll Wiblin 021 254 6850 Or Graham 022 198 2573 Photographer Linda Laing (Don) 021 09054895 lindylaing@gmail.com Newsletter Editor Chris de Wagt (Mac) 577 7238 E: chrisdewagt@xtra.co.nz 10 Houghton Cres. Redwoodtown Newsletter Distribution Barry & Margie Wilson

578 1587

Health & Safety Officer Roger Millard (Lynn)

027 7778112

Delegates to the Executive Chris Bird 574 2318 Brayshaw Park Admin Delegates Don Laing (Linda) 027 3156227 Branch Spokesperson Kelly Landon-Lane (Janice) Clubrooms Phone :

578 9907 578 0616

EVENTS : This Month…. Sun 16 Jan - Motorcycles Leaving the park at 11am for a ride to the Linkwater Pub for lunch.

Tue 18 Jan Christmas Decorations at Shirley Hawtins. Meet /clubrooms 1.30 pm Gold coin donation. Fri 28 Jan Natter & Noggin. Pot Luck. Sun 30 Jan BBQ Anakiwa (I & P Baynes property) - bring salad to share meet 10am at Clubrooms.

Next Month …. Sun 6 Feb Heritage Day at Brayshaw Park Tue 22 Feb Mid Week Lunch - Dodson Street meet there 12.00 mid-day.

Further down the road …. Sun 6 Mar Classic and Antique Boats - Lake Rotoiti Sun 20 Mar HOSPICE VEHICLE DISPLAY at Waterlea Race course Gates open at 0930 Public at 1100 $5.00 entry for vehicles and Public a Gold coin donation This could be the your first chance of a display so please come and make it a good one, fingers crossed. Any details required Ph Patrick 0274421786 31