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SEPTEMBER 2019
NEWSLETTER OF THE WAITEMATA BRANCH VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF NEW ZEALAND
Waitemata Branch Daffodil Day Ladies – Diane Humphreys and Mariette Beesley
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WAITEMATA BRANCH DIRECTORY CHAIRMAN: CLUB CAPTAIN: SECRETARY: TREASURER: BRANCH DELEGATE: EDITOR: SCRIBE PAST CHAIRMAN: COMMITTEE:
ROBERT CHAPMAN 021 038 3281 robman@orcon.net.nz STAN SMITH 0274 775 475 vintageaircraft@xtra.co.nz HAMISH ANDREW 027 296 9665 h.andrew@orcon.net.nz JACQUI GOLDINGHAM 09 445 8811 goldienz@orcon.net.nz GRAEME BANKS 027 500 3806 grabannz@gmail.com kandmbeesley@outlook.com KEVIN BEESLEY 021 765 860 goldienz@orcon.net.nz IAN GOLDINGHAM 09 445 8811 BRENDAN LAMAIN 021 132 4557 brendanandterry@gmail.com DI HUMPHREYS, MAX JAMIESON, MIKE GREIG, MIKE HOPE-CROSS and ROB SCOTT.
COMING EVENTS Looking Forward……… Month SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER DECEMBER
JANUARY FEBRUARY
Waitemata
Ryders Drive, Dine & Movie 15
VCC Hooters race series Icebreaker Meeting Hampton Downs 29
Kairangi Hillclimb 6
AK Br. North Cape - Bluff Tour 24-9 National Veteran Rally Timaru 18-20
Stan’s Western Wander Drive & Dine 20 Dargaville Collection Visit 17 Club Night BBQ 5 New Year’s Eve Bash 31 Lochinver 18-19 Shed Raid with a Twist & Lunch 2
MARCH
N.S. Airfield Sprint and Gymkhana 22
APRIL
Monte Carlo tba
MAY
JUNE JULY
Other Events
Targa Time Trial 28 – 2 Nov. BOP Car Show Tauranga 3
Swap Meets
Canterbury Swap Meet 11-13
Waikato Swap Meet 17
Hooters Taupo Tasman Revival Series, BMMP 5 Ellerslie Concours 9 Napier Art Deco Weekend 19-20 Brit & Euro Classic Car Show 3 Hooters BMMP Great Lake Taupo 28 Highland Fling B.O.P. 24-26
Kaipara Airfield Wings & Wheels 10 Roycroft Trophy Races Hampton Downs 2 Branch AGM 4 The R’Oilcan 11
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Club Night - Thursday 5th SEPTEMBER Usual place, BUT REMEMBER, we gather at 7.30pm instead of 8.00pm. We’ll revert to 8.00pm in October with the start of daylight saving. See you at the RSA Room, King George V
Memorial Hall, Library Lane, Albany, at 7.30pm.
Then…
with a Drive to RYDERS of AVONDALE
Sunday September 15th 6 P.M. Dinner – 7 P.M. Movie We will meet at our Club Rooms in Albany for a 3.00 p.m. departure on an interesting run to our destination, 177 Riversdale Road, Avondale. As always, BYO Pre-dinner Nibbles, Tipple & drinking Vessel Price - reckon on $30pp Roast dinner Ice-cream $3pp. To be confirmed. P a g e |3
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No eftpos or visa. Bring Cash. And bring a friend – bring both your friends. We need the numbers and as you know, this is always a great evening out.
To book your dinner & movie seats, phone Ian & Jacqui Goldingham 09 445 8811 After that…
Waikato Branch Vintage Car Club Annual Kairangi Hillclimb Sunday 6th October. Waitemata & Waikato Branches are combining to share this great venue and event. An excellent Hill, plenty of runs for your bucks and share a great day with likeminded folk. The 30 Year Rule applies, so VCC eligible vehicles dated up to 1989, complete with VIC (Vehicle Identity Card), HRL (Historic Race License) and Logbook, will be accepted for entry. Entry Fee $75pp, second drivers $37.50: very reasonable for a great day of hillclimbing. You’ll need an eligible vehicle, Logbook, Historic Race license and/or a Vehicle Identity Card.
SEE ALSO THE MESSAGE BELOW.
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ATTENTION Kairangi Hillclimb Entrants All entrants are able to be scrutineered in Auckland within 7 days of the Waikato Branch Kairangi Hillclimb which is being held on October 6th. Please make contact with scrutineer Kevin Andrew and organise a time with him. Kevin Andrew: 09 6347020 (wk) 027 4989454 (mob) Note also: any participants who are competing in the Hooters Series at Hampton Downs on the Sunday prior to Kairangi Hillclimb can be scrutineered at Hampton Downs after the Hooters racing and the Scrutineer Sticker issued then will be valid for Kairangi Hillclimb. Folk prepared to Marshal at the hill climb would be appreciated. Don’t be backward in putting your name forward to Di H. ENTRY FORMS & Supplementary Regulations are available from Di Humphreys chicksmart73@gmail.com 02102575624 (mob)
Plus…
VCC Hooters race series Icebreaker Meeting. Sunday 29th September 2019. Hampton Downs. Entry forms and regs being sent out with this newsletter. See also further comments below. And then… Details yet to be announced but note…
STAN’S WESTERN WANDER DRIVE AND DINE scheduled for Sunday, 20 October. Reserve this date on your calendars. Coming Up… P a g e |5
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The Dargaville Collection Visit 17 November Being put on for us by Mike Greig. Full details awaited. Also… AUCKLAND BRANCH MID-WEEK RUN Wednesday 18th September Starts from the Drury Service Centre, Southern Motorway. 10-00am for a 10.30am departure. We should have more details closer to the day.
The Dewdrops tel. 09 232 0245 email dewdrops@xtra.co.nz
And…
Targa 2019 Time Trial When: Monday 28th October to Saturday 2nd Nov 2019. Where: Central & Lower/Mid North Island – Draft Event Programme available. What & Why: Outstanding opportunity for VCC members to drive iconic North Island roads as a time trial. This is not a race, but rather an exercise in safe, precise driving to maintain a set average speed over closed tarmac stages. (Similar to a regularity trial). It’s also a great opportunity for VCC branches to raise public awareness of the VCC & hopefully attract some new & younger members. Cost: Substantial 30% discount off standard entry fee for VCC members with VCC/VIC eligible cars = $4,790 reduced to $3,353 + Medical Levy & RallySafe. (All entry fees are + GST). Contact: Rod Corbett rod.corbett88@gmail 027 433 8772 for further details.
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Further Out… A message from Tim Hill – read, be informed and on notice! “We have some provisional dates for our VCC Hooters race series next season. Unfortunately, we cannot get a Pukekohe date as HRC only have one event there and it is oversubscribed already.
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Sunday 29th September 2019 Hampton Downs HRC Icebreaker Meeting Sunday 5th January 2020 BMMP Taupo Saturday 28th March 2020 BMMP Taupo nd Saturday 2 May 2020 Hampton Downs
Tasman Revival Series Great Lake Taupo Roycroft Trophy Races
Please can you indicate to me if you intend entering this year and which events you are likely to be at. We really need to increase numbers of competitors entering our races as at present the events are unsustainable and we will lose our VCC grids is we don’t support the series. Any ideas of how to boost our competitor numbers are also welcome Cheers, Tim Hill. Series Co-ordinator. tim@hrcevents.co.nz 021 614600”
Further Out Still…
2021 VERO International Festival of Historic Motoring 17-22 January 2021 Mark your diary now. Planning for the next VCC international rally in Taranaki is well underway. Come join the fun. ∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞
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PAST EVENTS Looking Back…. Auckland Branch Library Visit – 27 July An interesting and worthwhile interlude. Ian and Jacqui Goldingham, Dion Coleman, Laurence Poolman, Brendan Lamain and the writer attended on a Saturday afternoon at the Auckland Branch VCC clubrooms in Penrose, to be introduced to the mysteries of their extensive and very well organised library. This is an excellent resource and Auckland Branch are to be commended on both their presentation and custodianship of it. Be it American, British or continental, make or author, the layout and groupings are such as to make it easy to find what you are after. And it’s not only books. There are fascinating photographic collections of both local and foreign automobiles, virtually complete series of old motoring magazines, an extensive array of various owners’ and workshop manuals and many weighty textbooks covering just about every aspect of automotive related engineering you can think of. As happens with libraries, once in and browsing around it can be difficult to stop, but Auckland Branch attended to this by opening their parts department for us. The browsing here was subsequently put paid to by Branch members then putting on the kettle and laying out the biscuits. Thanks to Ian Goldingham for arranging this for us and a big thank you to Chris Wood, John Stokes, Barry Birchall and Barry Roberts of Auckland Branch for giving of their time and for their hospitality. For those who may be interested, Auckland Branch open their library and parts department each Saturday, 4.30 -6.30 p.m. You may find their bar open as well. Kevin Beesley
Run to the Craw Collection – 11 August As teenagers, we visited the Craw farm at Anawhata a few times to witness the amazing sight of machinery, aero engines cars etc., strewn around the paddock. Graham Craw was famous for his booming voice, Packard collection and primitive living conditions. Things improved considerably when he moved the collection to the Corbans winery site in the Waitakeres. Finally, it was relocated to the current site in an old dairy factory at Maungatapere, just south of Whangarei. Graham has since passed away and the Museum is run by his family which has formed a trust with Fenton Craw generally being the spokesperson and able to give a fascinating history on every vehicle in the collection. The weather reports looked forbidding and it was just as well that we invited two clubs as in fact we got only three cars from each, with the Beesleys arriving a little later and Max Belcher waiting for us on location. It was great to see David and Patrice Torbet in their SP250, John Crone (waiting for us at Wellsford) in the Jag i-Pace, the Beesley brothers in the Hotchkiss, Mike Greig’s Nissan 350Z with Rob Chapman as passenger plus Rob & Viv Scott arriving a bit later.
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We drove up Highway 16 in beautiful weather and it was only whilst we were touring the collection that the rain started. The collection is somewhat mind boggling and being a keen follower of the “American Pickers” program on TV, I am constantly amazed at how much “stuff” people can accumulate in a lifetime. The Craw collection would just about top any we have seen on “American Pickers”. Contained in four enormous sheds with Packards being the primary interest, there is much more; motorcycles, guns, British cars, trucks, earth moving machinery, military vehicles, aero engines, motor mowers, stationary engines, etc. (not forgetting an amazing collection of potato mashers! I kid you not.)
Packard Town Car – just the ticket for a night at the opera.
Fenton Craw told us that his father had paid a substantial amount to buy a car whilst his mother still did not have a kitchen. A very understanding woman, you have to say. Old mate Milton Sarson and Leyton Chan were on hand as Packard enthusiasts and Leyton being on the trust, to provide extra information where required. By 2:00 p.m. we had seen all that was to be seen, but unfortunately the adjacent café had had a run on food during the day and little was
Fenton and Leyton explaining…
left, so Max Belcher made the brave call for us to adjourn to their magnificent home overlooking Whangarei harbour where his wife Shirley miraculously created enough food for those who
had not brought any. It was mildly damp for the run home, but all told, a really good day. Keith Humphreys.
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(It’s officially called ‘The Packard Museum’ but Keith naming it as the ‘Craw Collection’ is more apt, given that it includes just about everything that may be remotely considered as ‘collectible’. Browsing around, I found myself wondering how the curators planned their day. “Hmm, shall I attend to the sewing machines this morning, or that old LeTourneau scraper rusting in the yard? Maybe sort out the 150 or so starter motors laying around the old shed? No, I think I’ll polish up that Winchester, you know, the one 6th from top in the 15th row on the right. Or perhaps I’ll just have a wee lie down…”. Ed.)
But wait, there’s more…
There is the sublime and then there is the other thing… Every collection should have at least one… Daimler engined Ferret Scout Car. 1957
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And more…
A touch of sanity. Vaughan’s Hotchkiss, Mike’s 35 oz Nissan, the Torbet SP250, Humphreys’ SP250 and Max & Shirley’s place.
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Daffodil Rally for Cancer – 25 August Auckland dawned in it's usual, of recent weeks, miserable way. Cold, windy and wet. My call for volunteers pulled forward an excellent number of Waitemata'ites and with their help our Branch did a sterling job at Caffeine & Classics of getting those who wanted to take part in the VCC Daffodil Day for Cancer Run parked in the right area and registered in time for the 11.15am Run start. Waitemata joins forces with Warkworth/Wellsford Branch and we each have specific parts to do to achieve a streamlined, well operated event. Caffeine & Classics, a 'show your prized machine' event is held at Smales Farm, Takapuna the last Sunday of every month and draws an eclectic selection of motors and, dare I say, an eclectic selection of owners! This Sunday, 25th August was no different except this time many more vintage vehicles lined up because of this annual vintage club event. The Registration Tent was set up for us by Colin, the man behind Caffeine & Classics and thankfully Paul from Warkworth/Wellsford Branch had the sense to bring some weights to hold down the paperwork, daffodils and most importantly the money!!! This is the first year it has just been the 3 W's Branches working together, previously we have had the North Shore Branch there too, and I must say the three W's worked extremely well together.
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Despite the weather, we had 115 vehicles register at $10 a vehicle for the run, four excellent bucket collectors did a fabulous job collecting from the eclectic folk and the official word from the Bank is that with the extra monies made from bucket collecting at Warkworth where the event finished, we made $2943.90 for the Cancer Society. Excellent!!! This made the standing around in the cold and wet early morning at Smales Farm very worthwhile. Di Humphreys.
Smales Farm line up. Beesley Riley, Smith Sunbeam.
The WWW Tent people at Smales Farm
Smales Farm line up. The Chapman, Booth and Pitches’ Rileys.
Warkworth finish
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Warkworth and Tony Bushell’s Bristol
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FROM THE THRONE Over 200,000 people attended the last Annual Festival of speed at Goodwood. Proving motor sport is as popular as ever. However, this year there was a difference. Instead of 12 litre aero engine monsters being headlined, it was Harley Davidsons “Live Wire”, an electric motor bike being show cased for the first time. ‘E’ cars from several manufactures made an appearance. Volkswagen and Ford announced they were combining forces on an autonomous electric car. Electric charging stations are springing up like parking meters along European inner-city streets. Whereas once before you would see eccentric looking cars plugged in, now there are rows of Volvos, Range Rovers and Jaguars. Television car adverts depict a room full of smoke due to every electrical appliance in that room being powered by a very small internal combustion engine. We have a full range of electric vehicles, they say, as the room clears of smoke, giving the impression that the battery powered car is clean energy. Well, not everywhere. Lime scooters and another couple of brands have been introduced to Copenhagen, Denmark in the last month. Every night these scooters are lined up in rows like solders on parade outside Railway Stations and public places. Come morning most are pushed over. Is it the wind? No. The Danes have a cycling culture and realise the battery is an environmental disaster, at manufacture and disposal. Where else in the world would you find the city waste processing plant with an innovative design and a ski slope on the roof in the centre of your capital? Our politicians are leading us on green energy. To what future no one knows. What I do know is we should have a voice in the change that is coming and continue to support the Federation of Motoring Clubs. Something that we all should think about. Again, the R’Oilcan was a great success. Congratulations to the winners Steve and Megan Cranch. With the arrival of spring around the corner, longer nights, everyone should be finishing those restorations and preparing their cars for the events over the warmer months. P a g e | 13
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As reported above the Daffodil Day run starting from Smales Farm was a great success and we did well with our Cancer Society fundraising. A Big thank you to all those Branch members who assisted, and to those who participated. Talking of Smales Farm, to my shame I never knew there is a Caffeine and Classics for 30-year-old vehicles on the last Sunday of the month. Something worth considering on a sunny Sunday - always interesting cars and people who talk to. Another thrilling movie and dinner hosted by the Branch silver screen aficionado Ian Goldingham is scheduled for 15th September. There is an interesting run to the venue, 177 Riversdale Drive. Seats are filling fast and he needs numbers for catering so email him now at the address provided in the ad. On the horizon is the Kairangi Hill Climb, Sunday 6th October. The club is still actively looking for a replacement for Chelsea. Population pressures in Auckland makes it difficult to find a road suitable. We may be able to use some private farmland in the same format as Peeble Brook, but it is early days. The Personnel Manager of a large car works in the Midlands received a questionnaire from the Department of Industry. One of the questions was "How many employees do you have, broken down by sex?" He replied: "With us, alcohol is more of a problem." Robert ∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞
FROM THE ED. It doesn’t seem long ago that there was much lamenting in V.C.C circles as to the decreasing participation of veteran vehicles in club activities. These days, this wringing of hands may be extended to lament the declining attendance of vintage cars (VV’s and PVV’s) at Vintage Car Club events. Post WW2 vehicles feature increasingly in ‘Beaded Wheels’, particularly in the Rally Snippets and Idle Torque sections and we all know members who eschew the use of their pre-war car(s) in favour of a post war ‘modern’ complete with heater, stereo, power this, power that and all manner of other mod cons. Various excuses are offered by those who choose to leave their proper car in the garage. Some of these are valid – health issues, for instance, in which case maybe it’s time to consider passing the vintage, and its spares, on for others to enjoy. Often though, ease of use and creature comfort feature large in the decision to take the modern. Sad, really. The very essence of vintage motoring is the challenge it offers, that it takes you out your comfort zone, away from the humdrum, the mediocre and predictable. It’s pleasing to note that Waitemata Branch continues to buck the ‘leave the vintage in the garage’ trend. We still regularly field a fine array of pre-war vehicles. As evidenced by the recent R’Oilcan and Daffodil Day outing, the number of Sunbeams and pre-war Rileys on our events render us the envy of the S.T.D and the Riley Register. Long may it remain so. Keep making the effort, good people, to get out and about in your vintage while you still can. It’s also pleasing to report here on three successful past events and thanks to Diane and Keith Humphreys, respectively, for their accounts of the Daffodil Day run and the Craw collection visit. The Coming Events calendar offers a wide and interesting selection of events – every excuse to get your proper car out, and there is more to come. Participate! Kevin Beesley. ∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ P a g e | 14
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OTHER NEWS…… A June 1929 edition of ‘All quiet on the Western Front’ has graced the family bookcase for as long as the Ed. can remember. It made a huge impression on him when he first read it in his early teens. So, what’s that got to do with the price of fish? Well, read on and find out. A big thank you to the Australian Lancia Register and Peter Renou, the editor of its magazine, for permission to reprint the following article. Ed.
A Dilambda in a Cave! By Griffith Borgeson It reads like a film script ... THE SCENE: A narrow, twisting road through the wildly beautiful SwissItalian Alps ... THE CHARACTERS: A famous author and his film star wife living in a mountain hideaway ... THE PLOT: The chance discovery of an Italian masterpiece ... THIS, I SWEAR, is exactly the way it happened. It was in September 1963; Jasmine and I had been living in Turin for three months and were on our way to Locarno, Switzerland. As our red Fiat Seicento (600) hummed across the Po Valley and along the western shore of Lago Maggiore we kept up our instinctive vigil for cars of character. There were few left in Europe. But as we tooled past Arona we saw something parked in front of a modest garage. It was a big, black Fiat 524 limousine of 1934 vintage and in very good condition. The owner turned out to be the proprietor of the garage, a small, wiry, salt-of-the-earth Piemontese in coveralls and beret, with a radiant personality and a passion for the fine machines of the past. After we had examined the Fiat we went up to his apartment over the garage for a splash of barbera. There we met his family and when we parted we did so as close friends, with a business card of Cavalier Tale tucked away for reference. As we continued north along the edge of the vast lake the country became more mountainous and wildly beautiful and the road more twisting and narrow, with almost sheer cliffs on the left and an abrupt drop to the water on the right. Then, just a few miles beyond the Swiss border, a gleaming, flame-red Lotus Elite pulling a flat trailer came straight at us. And on the trailer was the most pristine Jaguar SS100 we had ever seen. It had racing numbers painted on its bright yellow sides. Evidently a discriminating Swiss enthusiast on his way to a hill climb. At the same, precise instant, as my eyes were riveted on this spectacle, Jasmine cried "STOP"! with panic urgency. Standing on the brakes I warped onto the narrow shoulder and let the giant OM diesel that had been on our rear bumper thunder by with millimetres to spare. "Look!" Jabs said, pointing to an open cave hewn out of the cliff face. "What is it?" I couldn't identify the vintage machine from the rear, but she had been right – it was something very special. We got out and entered the door less cave-garage. The first glimpse from behind of the lines of the car's radiator proclaimed the close-coupled landau was a Lancia Dilambda. In Italy, where the Dilambda is known as Vincenzo Lancia's capolavoro, his masterpiece, only five of these cars were known to survive. This one, beneath the dust of years, had the finest lines of any specimen we had seen. Someone had carefully placed it on blocks a long time ago. Its big tyres were like new and only 41,000 km (25,500 miles) were registered on its odometer. It had been all of a year and a half since we had finished restoring a splendid old car. We looked at each other in a silence that said, "Should we?" Finally, we both nodded, resigned to what Fate was doing to us, and I said, "Wait here. I'll start looking". There are villas perched high on the cliff there and they are reached by hundreds of steps cut into the rock. When I climbed to the third house I found someone who knew who belonged to the old car. "Oh yes," said a lady in Italian. P a g e | 15
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"It's Signor Remarche, down there across the road, beside the lake." It had started to drizzle, and Jasmine sat in the Seicento while I pursued the warming trail. The villa was exquisite, surrounded by an acre or two of jungle-like garden. I knocked on the front door but, although there was sound within, there was no answer. I went around to the back of the house and mounted a broad veranda, where a wall of glass doors faced the lake. I knocked loudly, to be heard over the recorded voice of Caruso which rang through the serene air. The door was opened by a stern-looking, silver-haired man in his sixties. "Mi scuso," I said. "Ma cerco il Signor Remarche." "Sono io," he answered. "Cosa volete?" I explained I was interested in the old car, perhaps in acquiring it. "You can speak English," he said, with a very light accent. "Come in. I can give you just five minutes. I have a pressing engagement." The golden, open voice continued to flow from the sound system. My eyes made a quick sweep of the huge room we were in, noting its richness, its lack of any pretension, the books and ancient bronze sculptures everywhere, a huge rustic table stacked with manuscripts. I asked myself, what is his name, not pronounced in Italian? "Pardon me," I said. "Would your name be Erich Maria Remarque?" ''Yes," he said. "That is who I am." For the benefit of those who are not familiar with the name, Remarque was one of the great authors of this century. He died in 1970. His first book, All Quiet on the Western Front, was revolutionary in its literary style, as it was in its profoundly moving expression of the tragedy of war. It was the beginning of a long and brilliant literary career. Having been warned this encounter must be brief I hastened to the point: Would he consider giving up the Dilambda? "Many people have come here asking that question," Remarque said, "But I have resisted. Too many of them were obvious speculators. Tell me about yourself. What do you do?" I told him I was a motoring writer and defined my main spheres of interest. "Very interesting," he said. "Because that's how I began writing. I worked for the Continental Rubber Co in Germany as a technical writer. That was how I came to know the whole Mercedes racing team in the '20s. Caracciola was a close friend. It was he who taught me to handle a spur-cut gearbox properly and how to handle a good car at speed. In the Dilambda I used to love to take on big, supercharged Mercedes on any twisting course and leave them behind. The Lancia's independent front suspension and roadability were formidable things then." The five minutes stretched into 20, then 30, and the rain came down. Remarque asked if I had come alone and I told him my wife was waiting in the car. "Good heavens," he said. "Bring her in! My wife will be here at any moment. She's American too, you know. Her maiden name is Paulette Goddard." I fetched Jasmine, Erich broke out the Cognac and baccarat glasses so thin they were elastic to the touch. Paulette arrived and he said. "Mamma, these are the Borgesons, from the States and now living in Turin. We have a thing or two in common." La Goddard had just come in from having her hair set and had a scarf around the rollers. She was beautiful and as natural as any of the villagers. Jasmine didn't know who she was, but they fell to reminiscing about Southern California like old schoolmates. From time to time the conversation would drift back to cars and Paulette told us of an odd coincidence. As rare as Dilambdas always were, she had owned one when she was a bit player working for Republic Pictures for $35 a week. That was before she became a great actress. Her beau at the time was Crane Grantz, heir to a famous fortune, great automotive enthusiast, and founder of the Cragar racing equipment, which still exists as a division of Bell Auto Parts of Los Angeles. "Cranie" had made Paulette the splendid gift of a brand new Dilambda with a short chassis like this one, and with a close-coupled Weymann four-seater body. Driving it to Palm Springs one time she became confused at the junction, hit the signpost in the centre of the road fork, and under the impact the whole fabric body flew off,
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leaving her holding the wheel of a bare chassis. Back in Turin I had a photo of her car, taken when the Walter M. Murphy coachworks of Pasadena put it back together, and I brought it to Paulette on our next trip. After a couple of hours this session had to end. "Think about the Dilambda and I will too," Erich said. "Maybe we can work something out. There's no hurry. I don't plan to sell it to anyone else, but we do need the space." The car was in beautiful condition. It had been driven only once in the last 14 years, when Erich took Paulette to Venice on their honeymoon. Yes, we wanted the car, and, living in Turin, there never would be a problem finding replacement parts or having them made expertly – if they ever should be needed. The decision was probably much more difficult for Erich. He had told us a great deal about what the car meant to him. As a technical writer he had hardly been prosperous. He wrote his first novel, "All Quiet", at night and then traipsed from publisher to publisher in Germany, trying to sell it. The universal response was that the last thing that anyone wanted to buy at that time was another war book. Finally, Erich did find a publisher who took the trouble to read the script, thought he saw merit in it, and decided to take the risk. When the book appeared the first edition sold out almost overnight and the demand for it rose to legendary heights – until the task of keeping up with this demand had to be farmed out to some 80 different presses in Germany. Meanwhile, its success beyond those borders was equally fantastic and it was translated into nearly as many languages as the Bible. As a film, which lifted Lew Ayres to stardom it became one of the classics of all time. It had a profound influence on a whole generation of the human race. Erich, of course, found himself suddenly wealthy. He continued to live modestly but, with his first royalties in 1929 he indulged himself in the fulfilment of a dream: a Lancia Lambda roadster. Then in 1932, wanting a more powerful car he bought the Dilambda chassis from the Lancia agent in Berlin and commissioned the landau body to be built by the coachbuilding firm of Voll & Rohrbeck there. This car became very dear to him, particularly since he feels it saved his life twice. Erich found himself in a Spockian position in the Germany of the '30s: an enemy of the State because of his persuasive pacifism. He was subjected to constant harassment, which the establishment sought to justify by releasing the myth that he was a Jew named Kramer who was hiding under the name spelled backwards. One day an admirer of his with close party connections warned him of orders for his arrest within 24 hours. He loaded the Dilambda with all the essentials it would hold and fled over the Alps, to Antibes on the Cote d'Azur. That was his first escape. He remained in the South of France, writing, until well into World War II. Then one day he received a telephone call from another admirer, 'this time the late Joseph Kennedy, then US Ambassador to Britain. Kennedy told him he had positive assurance that the Germans would invade France within hours and that Erich should flee unless he wanted to be dealt with as a traitor to the Third Reich. Again, he hurriedly loaded the Dilambda, this time driving to Italian Switzerland. It was then he settled in his present villa. They were close comrades, he and the Dilambda. In a month Jabs and I returned to Lago Maggiore and it was agreed we should have the car. The next problem was putting it back in service sufficiently to drive it to Turin. This involved many weeks of commuting between the two points as each aspect was dealt with systematically. All went perfectly until I turned the crankshaft a few degrees, levering the flywheel ring gear. There was a brittle, snapping sound as a rocker arm fractured. Not surprisingly, ancient varnish had welded most of the valve stems in their guides. I removed the cylinder head and, on the way back to Turin, dropped it off with Cavalier Tale, about 40 miles down the lake. He would free the valves while I found another rocker arm. Knowing the Italian Government does not award Knighthoods without excellent reason, I asked him how he had acquired his title. With pride he showed me his membership card in the American Knights of Colombus which he had somehow managed to acquire. I got off an SOS to our soul-mate Ronald Barker in England, knowing that in the loft over the carriage house which holds his famous Napier and Dilambda are stored most of the world's stock of Dilambda parts. The rocker arm came back by return mail and we headed back across the Swiss border, picking up the reworked cylinder head on P a g e | 17
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the way. I torqued it down and, with a borrowed LandRover, had the Dilambda given a starting tow. After a few dozen yards in third gear the four-litre V8 burst into sonorous life, and after a couple of hours of shakedown promenade we were ready for the trip back to Turin. Mamma Remarque handed Jasmine a sweater she had knitted and Erich came up to the road to see us off. I drove the Dilambda, and it was a rich experience. It is one of those all-of-a-piece thoroughbreds that is all honesty, integrity and quality. After just a few trial shifts it became easy to go through the straight-cut four-speed gearbox without a nick. The steering was quick and precise, the huge brakes were powerful, the acceleration stimulating, and the ride was luxurious and at the same time rock-solid. Jasmine followed in the Seicento and at the border we faced the moment of truth with Italian Customs. Erich had last registered the Dilambda in Switzerland in 1954 and I, for tax reasons, had registered it in the States and had mounted the American licence plates. This meant saving astronomic quantities of lire for as long as we could get away with it. At this, the most crucial point of the exercise, we were lucky. Doganieri poured out to admire this glory of Italy's automotive past and the incident turned into a great benchracing session. There was one grouch who, probably under the influence of Ian Fleming's "Goldfinger", did his best to find ingots aboard. Back at the Seicento another officer said to Jasmine, "Oh, we know who you are, incognito and all. You're that writer and actress couple that lives up the road." We entered Italy through a portal of smiles and arrivedercis. It was pitch dark as we neared Stresa, two thirds of the way down the long lake. The Dilambda's engine began to run on fewer and fewer cylinders as the valve stems again began to lock up in their guides. I pulled up under the first streetlamp on the outskirts of the small city, to verify the nature of the trouble. Somehow Jasmine managed to flash past without either of us being aware of it. I waited for her momentary appearance, but the minutes dragged by. After half an hour I knew she was in trouble, perhaps had fallen into the lake, which is not hard to do. I hiked to the centre of Stresa, found a policeman directing traffic at the main intersection, and asked him if he had seen a red Seicento go by, with Stampa sticker and Turin plates. He had not, so l asked for directions to the police station and hiked there. It was a desperate move, because Jabs' driver's licence was about as legitimate as the Cavalier's title. I explained the situation to the officer on the desk. I was an American writer living in Turin, my wife and I were driving there in separate cars, and we had lost each other. Did they have any word of her? No. I did not want to move the Dilambda, wanted to leave it under the streetlamp where she surely would see it if she should come by. Could they take me back toward Switzerland in a police car to look for
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her? Or lend me a Lambretta? All this was too much for the desk officer, who said I had better tell my story to the commandant on duty. This officer began taking notes suspiciously, obviously wondering what I was really up to. Then he asked me what I was driving. I told him, naturally, a 1932 Lancia Dilambda, with American plates. He looked at me as though I were both raving mad and making a mockery of his office. He brought his fists down on his desk when, with the inkwell still in the air, there was a great commotion in the ante-room. Jasmine burst in, weeping for joy. Having lost sight of me she had assumed I had floor-boarded my way on to the Cavalier's. She drove the twenty miles there, found I had not been heard from, drove the twenty miles back, and was trapped by the officer at the intersection. He brought her to police headquarters, where our great reunion took place in an atmosphere of universal emotion. All the cops were happy we had found each other with the exception of the commandant, who probably still feels it was all a cheap publicity trick cooked up by crazy, inscrutable Americans. We suspect they may still remember that night in Stresa. We boomed south and routed the Cavalier out of bed. I told him how his valve job had worked out and he promised to correct it the first thing in the morning. Having had a full day, we collapsed in the handiest hotel. A few hours later I walked into the garage and found our lover of vintage machinery beating the Dilambda's rocker arms with a large hammer. "They should be fine now," he said and I agreed. Anything to stop the carnage. The car had come that far on three cylinders and might make it to Turin. It did. Aside from the essentially simple valve problem the thing wrong with the Dilambda's meccanica was its thoroughly rotted-out exhaust system. This meant driving with both windows down. This was quite acceptable since all the way across the Po Valley ice formed on the windshield as fast as my shivering hand could reach out and scratch a small hole in it for a clue as to where we were going. Home in Turin I dismounted the cylinder head once again and found that the Cavalier, the first time around, had taken the trouble to remove the rocker shafts. He had beaten directly on the valve stems; most of which were so mushroomed it took hours of filing before the ruined valve could be removed. I had a set of new ones made, blued them into the reground seats, and Barker winged in from London with a new Dilambda head gasket, neatly protected in his valise by clean shirts and shorts. The clearances of the pistons and lower-end bearings were minimal; I buttoned up the engine and it ran like a watch. Abarth, who does this work for Ferrari, among others, engineered a brand-new copy of the original dual exhaust system. Virgilio Conrero put the crowning touches on the engine's tune. Fellow Dilambda owner Dr Paulo Sanguinette made us a gift of a pair of Dilambda fender lights copies of the original accessories which he had just had hand-made by Fausto Carello, the firm which originally had made the Lancia-shield-shaped headlights which had distinguished all Dilambdas. The remaining task was restoration of the coachwork. The old paint was finished, most of the chrome required replating, and the wood of the trunk and left-hand door was rotten. Some of the best restoration work in the world is done by Carrozzeria Savio of Turin, to whom I took the car. Restoration is just a sentimental sideline for this busy house, but they agreed to take the job on if I had lots of time and would let them work at it in spare moments, which would permit them to make a very friendly price. They were good to their word and their expert artisans did a splendid job, with just one hitch. We had decided upon beige for the car's body, top, and trunk, and tan for fenders, running-board valences, and radiator shell. The top came last and I inspected Savio's stock of waterproof fabric. It was all black and it was only then I discovered it had been years since any other colour had been available on the Continent. I gave instructions to do nothing. I decided to track down properly matching material myself. A friend who works in the managerial echelon of a major French manufacturer discovered a few yards of rubberised cloth of the correct tint, tucked away in one of his firm's warehouses. Since there was no established procedure for disposing of such leftovers to the public, he just walked off with the cloth. He carried it to the Frankfurt Show where he turned it over to a mutual friend, a famous Torinese coachbuilder. He smuggled it home in the trunk of a show car and kindly delivered it to Savio, who installed it on the Dilambda. Then they wrote us, saying the car was ready for delivery at last. It had been a long time, by mutual consent. In the interim many things had changed and, while Turin always will remain our mother metropolis in Europe, we had retreated to a more rustic base of operations in southern France. On the way to Monza in September, '67 I P a g e | 19
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stopped at Savio's to see the finished car and to greet the firm's director, Dr Caracciolo, who had made the project his personal responsibility. This kind gentleman had succumbed to a long illness and, as if in subconscious mourning, the top material had been installed with the black side out. These things occur with no one being at fault. There is no denying the Dilambda would be nicer with a top which more closely matches its overall decor, but that concern is no longer ours. We made the decision between Turin's broad boulevards and the narrow streets of sunny Provence where only tiny cars are any pleasure to drive. It is sadly ironic that the Dilambda does not belong with us. Erich's eyes were not dry when we took his car away, and if it were Jasmine's style to weep, she would now. It was she who found the car and loved it. But, as things worked out, she never got to ride in it and will not twist the knife by riding in it now. The Dilambda rests in Turin, where it was born.
'A Dilambda in a Cave!' originally appeared in the May 1972 edition of Wheels.
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And now for something completely different… Guide dog boarder Tim Hill sent this in, commenting that: “We would love to see some Waitemata VCC Members there – it might give them some tips for the forthcoming VCC Racing season.”
THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN Fundraiser in aid of Blind Foundation Guide Dogs
Based on the best-selling novel by Garth Stein, THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN is a heartfelt tale narrated by a witty and philosophical dog named Enzo (voiced by Kevin Costner). Through his bond with his owner, Denny Swift (Milo Ventimiglia), an aspiring Formula One race car driver, Enzo has gained tremendous insight into the human condition and understands that the techniques needed on the racetrack can also be used to successfully navigate the journey of life. The film follows Denny and the loves of his life - his wife, Eve (Amanda Seyfried), their young daughter Zoe (Ryan Kiera Armstrong), and ultimately, his true best friend, Enzo.
Wednesday 16th October 2019, Events Cinemas Albany Doors open 6:15pm for a 6:30pm start Arrive from 5:45pm for spot prizes and raffles. Tickets cost $25.00 per person. Purchase tickets through Iticket.co.nz https://www.iticket.co.nz/events/2019/sep/the-art-of-racing-in-the-rain Or Phone Rebecca on 021 611 874
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THE SQUEAKY WHEEL… Now here’s a thought. (That collective groan I just heard was quite hurtful!) According to a recent newspaper article, the New Zealand Motor Caravan Association, with around 90,000 members, runs a system called ‘the motorhome friendly town programme’ whereby it certifies qualifying towns as motor home friendly and then promotes those towns to its members. Qualification depends on the town or community having a bylaw consistent with the Freedom Camping Act, a public sewage dump station, potable water availability, medical facilities and shopping. The community benefits from the patronage of the campers and the campers benefit from the facilities the town provides. The most important benefit, though, is public relations - the differentiation between Association members and problem freedom campers. Why doesn’t the N.Z.F.O.M.C set up and run something similar on behalf of we car enthusiasts? Afterall, with over 120 member clubs representing around 78,000 individuals the FOMC has the same sort of clout as the Motor Caravan Association. Obviously, the FOMC terms of qualification would be different to those of the Motor Caravan Association; perhaps we could look at fuel availability, car-friendly accommodation, wining and dining opportunities, community organisations prepared to assist, at a cost, with morning teas, lunches, local touring opportunities etc. Whangamata, with its Beach-Hop connection, would be a likely contender. However, a FOMC programme needn’t be town or community oriented. It could relate to motels – those offering suitable accommodation and capacity, easy vehicle access, off-street parking out of public view and/or security, with, or located within walking distance of, wining and dining facilities, etc. I wouldn’t suggest we should ask for or expect discounts. As with the Motor Caravan Association’s programme, the promotion, by the FOMC, of qualifying communities or accommodation would benefit both parties. The greatest benefit, however, would be the positive promotion of our cause and the generation of public goodwill towards the ‘classic’ motorist. Maybe the NZFOMC is running or planning such a programme. There is nothing on their website to indicate they are but, if so, please disregard all I have written above.
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➢ Errata. It’s a sad state of affairs when you don’t know your Borgwards from your Skodas! Despite what your Editor wrote last month, there was no Borgward on the R’Oilcan. What he meant was Norm Dewhurst’s Skoda. Apologies to Norm and navigator Ryan Winterbottom. ➢ Keith H sent in this picture, together with a caption (which is, I’d say, a rather quaint translation from the original French) reading: “In Black and white... in Montmartre, in 1921, the moobs, the mascot of Michelin promotes the brand of tires. It's that at the time, he would almost be scary and he doesn't look like the moobs of today, more breezy.” Scary? “Breezy”? What’s that supposed to mean? They look positively alien to me! The bystanders are an interesting group. Now for a bit of background: “The Michelin Man, the brand icon of Michelin Tires, was once an overweight, cigar-smoking beer drinker. The 115-year-old character is one of the world’s oldest trademarks, and also one of its most loved. But early photographs of Bibendum, as the Michelin Man is also called, are nothing short of terrifying. Bibendum was conceived by Edouard and André Michelin, the brothers who founded the company. Edouard noticed a stack of tires at an auto industry show in Lyon, France in 1894 and remarked André that it looked like a man without arms and legs, according to the corporate history. Several years later, André had an epiphany after stumbling on a rejected sketch by commercial artist Marius Rossillon, whose pen name was O’Galop. The sketch showed a man holding up a goblet and giving the Latin toast “Nunc est bibendum,” which translates to “Now let us drink.” He asked O’Galop to replace the character with the Michelin Man and to fill the goblet with broken glass and nails. The artist then added the words “C’est à dire: À votre santé. Le pneu Michelin boit l’obstacle.” Translated, the full depiction read, “Now is the time to drink. That is to say, to your health. The Michelin tire drinks up obstacles.”
➢ And whilst on things French, this from our fearless leader, Rob Chapman, who writes: “Kevin, Something that made me smile in France. This notice can now be found in all French churches: En entrant dans cette église, il est possible que vous entendiez l'appel de Dieu. Par contre, il n'est pas susceptible de vous contacter par téléphone. Merci d'avoir éteint votre téléphone. Si vous souhaitez parler à Dieu, entrez, choisissez un endroit tranquille et parle lui. Si vous souhaitez le voir, envoyez-lui un SMS en conduisant. Translation: P a g e | 24
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It is possible that on entering this church, you may hear the Call of God. On the other hand, it is not likely that he will contact you by phone. Thank you for turning off your phone. If you would like to talk to God, come in, choose a quiet place, and talk to him. If you would like to see him, send him a text while driving. ➢ Remember the Riley photo on the back page of last month’s ‘Phoenix’ and the comment from Keith that he knew the car but not the driver? Well, this in from Harold Booth:
“Hi Kevin, Re the photo of the Riley 9 on the back page of this month's Phoenix. The pic is of Allan's (Allan Booth. Ed.) March Special Replica long before he rebuilt it and altered its shape. In fact it is most likely before he even owned it, having purchased it in '88. I can't say for sure but the driver is likely to be John Courtney who built the car. I think in the early to mid ‘80's. Harold Booth.” ➢ Did you see Sarah Bradley on TVNZ News reporting on Webb's auction of the Sutherland’s car collection? The news bosses got the right person for the job!. ➢ R’Oilcan winner Stephen Cranch in his other guise – shown here involved with the restoration of the ‘Daring’, a 17-metre schooner, launched on 1 September 1863 in Mangawhai, that was wrecked twice, once in 1864 and again in 1865. Its wreck was excavated in December 2018 and removed from Murawai Beach after being exposed by shifting sands.
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PHOENIX The OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER of THE WAITEMATA BRANCH of the VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF N.Z. INC.
CLUB NIGHT THURSDAY 5 September 7.30 pm at the RSA Room, King George V Memorial Hall, Library Lane, Albany. Take Exit 410 Oteha Valley Road. Travel west along Oteha Valley Road, ahead through 2 roundabouts and straight ahead at Traffic Lights into Albany Highway then almost immediately RIGHT into Library Lane then very soon go right again into the parking area. The RSA Room is at the rear.
Branch event, 2001. Jacqui Goldingham enjoying the good life. Shirley Belcher looks on.
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V.C.C. (Waikato) Inc.
KAIRANGI HILL CLIMB Sponsored by;
Trampolines
Kairangi Road, via Roto-o-rangi near Cambridge Sunday 6th October 2019 Drivers Briefing at 9.00am Road Closure 9.30am to 3.30pm
New longer course!! 2.1 kms!! This popular event is open to all members of the VCC of NZ Inc. or MSNZ affiliates and caters for all classes of VCC qualifying vehicles. Course length is 2.1km, involving varying grades on a sealed surface, with both left and right hand bends. Entrants can expect to enjoy five or six attempts on the hill in addition to one compulsory practice run. Unsuitable weather will result in cancellation of the event. Entry;
A completed, signed ‘Vehicle Safety Statement’ and ‘VCC Indemnity Form’ Entry fee of $75 is to accompany each entry form. ‘Second driver’ to complete Entry and Indemnity Forms: fee $37.50 Entry closing date is Friday 20th September 2019. Scrutineering:
Sat 5th Oct. @ K.W. Auto’s, 6A Wordsworth St, Leamington - 11.00am to 2 pm. Or…Peter Lawn, Katikati. Phone (07) 549 4338 Or Auckland please contact Diane Humphreys 09 4460916 • Re-checks available at the venue on specific items only. •
In accordance with VCC of NZ rules, current membership, VIC, Log Book and Historic Racing Licence or a full set of MSNZ equivalent documents must be produced at Scrutineering. Kairangi Hall will be the Event Headquarters – hot drinks provided.
A complementary sausage sizzle will also be available at lunch break. Entries & Enquiries to: Kairangi Hillclimb Organisers,
Andy Hammond Phone: 07 823 5712 Email: atepushrods@gmail.com
Graham Boswell Phone: 07 846 4400 Email: grahamb@fosters.co.nz
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VETERAN & VINTAGE CAR CLUB (WAIKATO) INC. KAIRANGI HILL CLIMB – 6th Oct. 2019 ENTRY FORM Entrant Name ...................….................…...........Membership No. .................... Driver Name ….....................................................Membership No. .................... Historic Racing Licence No...........................…....Date of Expiry......................... Address (for correspondence).......................….................................................. ........................................................................…................................................ Telephone
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Year, Make & Model of Vehicle...............................................................…........ VIC or CoD: Number. ...............…....Categories........….........Dated............…... Scrutineering Location:
Cambridge Katikati or Auckland
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As well as the requirement for a self-declared and signed ‘Vehicle Safety Statement’, scrutineering checks are to be carried out on all vehicles entered. Listed ‘Safety Statement’ items will be audited and additional items (such as dual throttle return systems, covered drive shafts, etc.) relating to the safety of the vehicle in competitive motoring may be included at the discretion of the scrutineer. A current Warrant of Fitness does not ensure scrutineering approval. Items such as light taping, helmets, other personal safety or loose equipment may be re-checked at the start line. Where fitted, fire extinguishers must be firmly bolted to the vehicle.
I ........................................................................ being the entrant of the above described vehicle, do hereby declare that this vehicle complies with current VCC of NZ Inc. rules regarding eligibility and safety applying to VCC speed events. An appropriate ‘Vehicle Safety Statement’ and ‘VCC Indemnity Form’ have been completed in respect of this entry. A $75 entry fee (second driver $37.50) is enclosed. Signed by entrant.....................................................Date .............................. If paying online please pay into the Waikato V & VCC bank account; Westpac 031568-0015832-03 Did you pay online Y or N
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If paying by cheque make payable to: V&VCC (Waikato) Inc. and send entry to:
Organisers, Andy Hammond, 5 Sargeson Pl, Cambridge, 3432. (07) 823 5712 Graham Boswell, 41 Greenfield Dr, Hamilton, 021 290 4400 Official Use Only: Membership
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Indemnity Form
THE VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF NEW ZEALAND (INC). EVENT: KAIRANGI HILL CLIMB INDEMNITY FORM: IN CONSIDERATION of the acceptance of this entry and my being permitted to take part in this event I hereby agree to save harmless and keep indemnified THE VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF NZ INCORPORATED and its Branches and its associated organisations and their respective officials, servants, members, representatives, and agents from and against all actions, claims, costs, expenses, and demands, in respect of death or injury to any person including the person of myself, driver, and passenger and in respect of loss of or damage to property of any nature howsoever caused arising out of or in conjunction with this entry or my taking part in this event and NOTWITHSTANDING that the same may have been contributed to or occasioned by the negligence of the said club, Branches and associated organisations their officials, servants, members, representatives or agents AND I AGREE that both at the date of acceptance of this entry and at the date of the event, the competing vehicle does and will comply with the rules of the Vintage Car Club of NZ (Inc), the speed regulations and any supplementary regulations as notified with the entry form. I also consent to the collection of the details on this form by the Vintage Car Club of NZ (Inc) for the purposes of registration, administration and the publication of results. I acknowledge my right to access and correction of this information. This consent is given in accordance with the Privacy Act 1993
Name of Owner (print in full)
Signature of Owner
Name of Entrant (print in full)
Signature of Entrant
Name of Driver (print in full)
Signature of Driver
Dates; ……………/………………../2019 If any of the above persons is under the age of twenty (20) years the parent or guardian must print their own name in full and sign opposite the name of such minor. If any of the above persons is under the age of twenty (20) years parents or guardian must complete the following: IN CONSIDERATION of the acceptance of the entry of the Abovenamed, I of
the parent /guardian the above named minor HEREBY UNDERTAKE AND
AGREE TO the indemnity terms and conditions set out above.
DATED ________________________ SIGNATURE __________________________________________
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Waikato Branch THE VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF NEW ZEALAND (INC). OWNER/ENTRANT VEHICLE SAFETY STATEMENT EVENT; Kairangi Hill Climb
DATE:
ENTRANT/DRIVER:
ENTRY NO:
MAKE & MODEL:
YEAR:
VCC ID NUMBER: PLEASE DO NOT HAND THIS IN WITH YOUR ENTRY FORM—PLEASE FILL OUT AND TAKE TO SCRUTINEERING
PLEASE READ ALL OF THIS FORM BEFORE SIGNING Entrants bear full responsibility for the safety of their vehicle. You are required as a condition of entry to check each item below and to indicate that it is of sufficiently sound condition and operation to be safe for use in the event in which it is intended to participate. You must then sign this form to indicate that you accept full and total responsibility for the vehicle condition and operation and that you fully indemnify the organisers from any claim arising from the operation of the vehicle or from the failure of any part of the vehicle. The acceptance of or admission of any vehicle to any event shall in no way whatsoever indicate that the organisers consider the vehicle
WHEELS, spokes, rims, studs, nuts, bearings, wheel trims removed TYRES, condition SPRINGS, U/Bolts, suspension, axles, kingpins, shock absorbers etc STEERING, play, tight spots, ball joints etc BRAKES, operation, pedal travel, rods, cables, lines, hoses, fluid reservoirs, etc ENGINE, cover secure, throttle linkages and return spring, oil leaks, fuel lines etc BODYWORK, security seats, doors, fuel cap, rear vision, etc ELECTRICAL, battery secure, accessibility of ignition switch & marking, lamps secure taped or protected EXHAUST SYSTEM, secure and acceptable noise level GENERAL STANDARD, of vehicle and accessories SAFETY HELMET, and protecting clothing FIRE EXTINGUISHER, if fitted, must have either a pressure gauge showing a acceptable reading or an inspection label not more than 12 months old ROLL OVER PROTECTION, if applicable, must be to approved standard SEAT BELTS, seat belts, if applicable, must be to approved standards
VEHICLE IF USING METHANOL FUELS, methanol fuel labelling clearly visible as per speed event regulation. CRANKCASE BREATHER. Crankcase breathers fitted with suitable catch bottle COOLING SYSTEM. Non –sealed cooling systems fitted with overflow catch bottle The use of non-water coolant is strongly discouraged
SUMP PLUG. To be wired in place for all circuit events
I declare that I have checked the above vehicle and it complies with the requirements of the Vintage Car Club of NZ (Inc) Speed Regulations and I accept responsibility for its overall safety ENTRANT OR DRIVER’S SIGNATURE
RANDON AUDIT; Note any areas of unsatisfactory reporting
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