The Vintage Car Club of New Zealand From the Chair……. Greetings
would have been easier to keep and store as a sentimental item and attract less comUnprecedented in modern history nationally and inter- ment. Anyway, this was retrieved from the darkest cornationally, the events of the last month. We seem to ner of our current shed, and restoration undertaken. I have fared better than most. have had to reset the rowlock blocks in relation to the Business: rowing position, as my arms appear longer than at age 1) Annual General Meeting 12 May. This is postponed twelve. And I don’t remember the seat sagging, can to a future date when we are sure it can be conducted only assume the timber has weakened over the years . . safely. This is the only real option and agreed to by our . Come to think of it the nail punch and counter-sinking committee. We will advise you of a new date for the bit must have been on some sort of sabbatical leave as meeting as soon as practicable. much of the hardware is proud to say the least. I guess 2) Monthly club meeting 12 May. Cancelled for reayou don’t know everything when you are young. I’m sons given above. waiting for topcoat paint to ‘complete the project’. Glo3) Molloy Trophy Rally 27 June. No decision at this ria thoughtfully commented you would not want to rush point. We will advise you closer to the due date deit. pending on circumstances. I imagine you all have found new and old things to do Running on a short lead: Many of us will have delved during this period, and achieved great satisfaction from deep into our sheds and even the ‘too hard’ jobs have them. surfaced with careful application. At age twelve, with Look after yourselves, family and friends. We will get considerable help from my father, I built an 8ft pram through this. dinghy. For primarily sentimental reasons I have kept this dinghy stored in many sheds over the past 60 Murray years. In hindsight a matchbox toy or mouth organ th
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Fromm Margaret Deverell: We are in lockdown with long time buddies from school days - and like everyone else of their era, they can always find ‘toys’ to resurrect, repaint, restart, rebuild and play with ! This is a picture of Tom’s gnat getting the cobwebs blown away, it comes in handy for all sorts of missions! The Rover car must stay undercover in the meantime but gets regularly started, ready for the days ahead that hopefully won’t be too long coming. Living beside the Houhora harbour makes all those fantastic fishing days we have had during lockdown very stressful but that’s another project, getting the boat and trailer in tip top shape for the day when the go ahead comes. We are very blessed all the same with family close, unlike so many others. Stay safe everyone and we look forward to brighter times, meanwhile memories are magic .
A huge thank you to all of you who’ve sent messages for this Focus. It’s good to know there is so much positive stuff going on out there– not that I thought we’d all be sitting round feeling sorry for ourselves. Ruth and I have really enjoyed your stories coming in and I know others will love reading them. I’ve thought often of a friend who moved into the Switzer a week or two before lockdown, and celebrated her 90th birthday without any family or friends around. She said, “I’m fed and watered, and I’ve got a roof over my head, but I could do with a few hugs.” I guess we’ve all been counting our blessings. Peg
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