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From The Secretary
by Dennis Whimp
A big thanks to Fleur for all the delicious baking she did for the prize giving afternoon tea and to Shelley for helping make the finger food and the set out. It sort of turned in to an early tea as there was so much food and no one keen to go home. The garage raids organised by Neville were well received by all and I had the pleasure of having to tidy my garage. Even then, I couldn’t fit in the 50 or so who turned up, but it was a beautiful fine day. I also found a few small Buick parts that I had misplaced many years ago. For those who missed the explanation on my 1930 Buick roadster that is nearing completion, here is a summary. The Buick arrived in Wellington in Dec. 1929 as a Sports coupe with wind up windows. The second owner around 1948 removed the body from the windscreen back and made it into a farm truck. The third owner salvaged it from under a tree in 1969 and spent 5 years restoring it, using a very strange roaster body. The original mechanicals were completely rebuilt. Over the next 25 years the car did only 20,000 miles. I purchased it in 1998 with the idea of building a replacement correct roadster body. A trip to the Ballarat swapmeet north of Melbourne resulted in me acquiring the correct roadster rear end body panels which we deconstructed and brought back as a flatpack luggage. All the sheetmetal parts including the mudguards went through Doug’s dipping baths. For various reasons, the restoration went on the backburner but I am now keen to get it completed. The upholstery went in late last year. For those who were wondering how the prize giving trophy points are allocated, it was explained that a point is given for each
Wednesday Branch night attended, plus a point for each Sunday rally attended. (but not the Wednesday midweekers). That is the reason for the attendance book being there beside the door for everyone to sign in. In this Covid age, it is also the register of attendance should we get a close contact at any of our meetings. So please sign in when you arrive. I see that the Hawkes Bay Branch have at their AGM voted to change their name from the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand, Hawkes Bay Branch Inc to the Hawkes Bay Vintage and Classic Car Club Inc. This name change needs the approval of the national organisation, as we are all branches of that group. National has rejected such name changes in the past so it will be interesting to watch that space. A reminder to wear your name badges to our branch events.
Below is the proposed new VCC logo that will be voted on at the August VCC national executive meeting. We will discuss this at the July club night meeting. If you are unable to attend the meeting and wish to pass comment on the logo please let Dennis Whimp or David Tomlinson know your thoughts before the end of July.
