“Dripfeed” NEWSLETTER OF THE BANKS PENINSULA BRANCH OF THE VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF New Zealand (INC) VOLUME 42, No 2 march 2019 Editor: Michael Williams 10 Selwyn Parade Lyttelton Ph 328 8043, email mimiandmichael@yahoo.co.nz
Chairman: Secretary:
Club Officers: Craig Keenan 322 1006 Ron Hasell 942 1105
Branch Address: 27 Showgate Ave, ChCh 8042 E-mail: bankspeninsula@vcc.org.nz Noggin & Natter: 2nd Thursday of the Month • •
Noggin 7.30 pm at the Papanui RSA. Upham Room – enter either from 55 Bellvue Ave or the first entrance on the left on Harewood Road (Papanui / Main North Road) Thursday 14th of March. We look forward to seeing you there. Supper is provided.
From the Editor: A quiet month from a motoring perspective, with little to report, unless you were part of the recent Talbot Rally which traversed the country. Craig and Elizabeth Keenan set off nervously in their magnificent Talbot 110, hoping that the many small problems of the previous months were but a distant memory, and so it proved to be. They joined the Talbots in Hawkes Bay for the Art Deco weekend, and then proceeded south via Taupo to Whanganui. Craig especially liked the road sign that warned of 64k of twisting roads, as they drove down the side of the Whanganui river via Jerusalem to a much needed rest for aching arms and shoulders. The tour continued to Wellington, Nelson, Haast, Queenstown, Dunedin, Oamaru, Terrace Station at Hororata, and back to Christchurch. About 4,000k was covered by the Keenans, with virtually no trouble, so long as water and oil were added in generous quantities at regular intervals, thanks to the miracle of internal and external lubrication that tends to be the hallmark of classic British engineering. Welcome to new members Colin and Norma Craig, with a 1972 MGB GT. The April edition of Dripfeed will be late by about ten days, because I will in the North Island for two weeks, celebrating the centennial of Citroen at a rally in Cambridge, followed by a North Island tour. As part of the centennial celebrations, I have put together a slim volume about the history of Citroen in New Zealand, and I have set aside copies for the innumerable Austin 7 owners who will be