2 minute read
From The Secretary
by Dennis Whimp
What a great day the Car Show was. We had a number of enquiries about joining the branch. They were all keen and I handed out membership forms along with copies of our December Side Curtains. A number of cars changed hands including some of our member’s ones. It is amazing how many times when you make complimentary comments about a vehicle and then ask the owner if their cars are for sale, they reply yes and the price asked is not exorbitant.
For those car owners who want a VCCNZ Vehicle Identity Card (VIC) /Authenticity Statement, the form was updated in Nov 2020. As well as the Photos of the vehicle, it is now required to provide photos for all identifying serial numbers- chassis/frame, engine, body and VIN. This has caused problems in the past as for 1930s Ford Model A and B cars, the chassis number is sometimes stamped on the top left hand rail before the body went on. To check it, you had to remove the body and valance. But Ford stated that the car number was the engine number, and only some chassis were stamped with the engine number. It was something to do with the high number of vehicle thefts in the USA at the time.
We have received from St John Ambulance Rotorua a certificate of appreciation for the donations from the January 2020 car show (last year’s show). Apparently the late
The Rotorua Tractor and Machinery Club are having their public working day at the corner of SH5 and Oturoa Road, Mamaku on Sunday February the 28th starting at 10 am. It is also a swap meet for all your tractor bits. Each year we provide 3 or 4 helpers to assist with parking. They have again requested assistance. In the past we have been there at 9am to around 11.30am. If you can help, please ring or text me on 021 731 678.
Annette Munro has donated to the club a number of scrap books from the early days of the 1970s plus various books. I will put them out for club night. We also have been given from a non-member an Autoserve Service Book that was rescued from a skip. It covers most of the makes of cars that were available in NZ during the period 1954 to 1958.
John Peters took this photo of an International Harvester Mogul 8-16Hp tractor at the “Farming Like Grandad” show in Kawerau, January
