“Dripfeed” NEWSLETTER OF THE BANKS PENINSULA BRANCH OF THE VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF New Zealand (INC) VOLUME 45, No 10 November 2022. 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 10th of November • We look forward to seeing you there. Supper is provided.
From the Editor: I’ve just returned from a great day out at the Hawkswood Sprint, some 20k north of Cheviot, and what a splendid day it was. About half of the field were VCC members, and a majority of them performed with great distinction. Dunedin members Paul Coghill, Triumph Vitesse, and David Hunter, MGBV8, had long felt that Hawkswood was on their bucket list, so these hardy southern men made the trek north in their British hotrods, and thoroughly enjoyed their day. David’s MGBV8, which he bought at a ridiculously low price after all the hard work had been done, has had some very effective development over the years, and is a very fast example. On his final run, David was about a third of a second slower than a McLaren, which given their relative values, is quite remarkable. In order to shave off that vital fraction of a second, David intends to undertake a rigorous fitness regime and thus shave off some equally vital kilos to lighten the load. William Noordanus in his much modified Mk 2 3.8 Jaguar won the Ray Archibald Trophy for the fastest Jag, beating Bert Govan’s E Type as well as four other Mk 2s and an XK 140. William, a solid specimen, is also thinking about a rigorous fitness regime in order to lose those vital kilos and thus stay ahead of the prowling pack. His support team included his father and his son, so having three generations involved is a lovely thing. The winner was a hot red Porsche, followed closely by Mark Scott in the ex Whittaker TVR, with Paul McCulla in his Peugeot 205 GTi rally car, another David and Goliath result. There was a suggestion at the prize giving that red cars be banned from winning, to stop those pesky Porsches, but Bert