“Dripfeed” NEWSLETTER OF THE BANKS PENINSULA BRANCH OF THE VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF New Zealand (INC) VOLUME 44, No 4 May 2021. 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 13th of May. A.G.M. • We look forward to seeing you there. Supper is provided.
From the Editor: Another slim edition this month, with nothing to report in terms of past events and thus very little gossip. The Autumn Run on the 18th of April, organised by Michael Pidgeon and Craig Keenan, attracted only two entrants, one of whom was a Canterbury branch member. Very discouraging for the organisers of course and a contrast to our other events thus far this year, which have been very well attended. It raises the perpetual question of what events members want to support, and as always your suggestions are welcome. The ideal forum for such suggestions is of course the A.G.M., which is on Thursday 13th of May, at the Papanui R.S.A. at 7.30pm. Supper is provided, as an extra inducement to attend. The usual gang of suspects have put their names forward again for high office, but we are always looking for new committee members who might bring new ideas and suggestions forward. So please come along and have your say. Pre Irishman fettling is increasing and it will be interesting to see if anyone dares trailer their car down to Alexandra for what will be a quite different Irishman. Searching through the previous editions of Dripfeed, I discovered the following Irishman gem from July 1979. “Once established at “Strathconan”, the lads of the BP branch managed to inflict a fair amount of damage on the property, what with Garry Moore shortening Grant Cowie’s A.C. Special on the corner of the house during the hillclimb, and Bob Beardsley scoring a double with the Bentley. First he took out several feet of fence with a hubcap on the same corner, and then later, demolished Rob Shand’s milk churn stand at the road entrance when the Bentley skidded on a patch of ice as it was turning into the drive. These