“Dripfeed” NEWSLETTER OF THE BANKS PENINSULA BRANCH OF THE VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF New Zealand (INC) VOLUME 42, No 11 december, 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 12th of December. We look forward to seeing you there. Supper is provided.
From the Editor: This is the last edition of Dripfeed for 2019, and the next edition will come out in February. I’ve continued to enjoy the rôle of editor, and the surprisingly positive comments I continue to get from a wide variety of readers beyond our branch certainly makes it worthwhile. And what has made it even more worthwhile recently is the generous gift by Richard Foster of his full set of Dripfeeds, right from Volume 1 number 1. An absolute goldmine, and they will of course become the official club archives . As benefits a club that takes itself very seriously, these historical documents will be kept in a brown cardboard carton in my study. Amongst this motoring equivalent of the Dead Sea Scrolls is the original letter explaining why the Banks Peninsula Branch was to be formed, written by an interim committee of Ron Hasell, Julian Loughnan, Doug Barnard and Gavin Bain. And in the spirit of the American Declaration of Independence, it’s signed by fifty people, of whom twelve are still members. Bob Scott was the first chairman, Lindsay Wogan was the first editor, and the first Dripfeed came out in July 1978. After a few issues, certain themes were beginning to come through, and are well worth repeating. Indeed, in the very first issue, under the heading Quote of The Month, the following item came from the VSCC Bulletin. “and Barry Clarke used his Austin Ulster’s windscreen to help it stop by rubbing it on the ground. This displeased the organisers, who said that Barry had had an accident