August 2021
CENTRAL HAWKE’S BAY BRANCH of the VINTAGE CAR CLUB of NZ (Inc) Lamb Country Branch Email: centralhawkesbay@vcc.org.nz
POSTAL ADDRESS
Club Nights—7.30pm
CHB Branch of the Vintage Car Club (Inc) c/-18 Wilder Street, Waipukurau. 4200
3rd Wednesday of every Month
1954 Cadillac Series 60 Special—Article by Rod McKenzie When CHB VCC Branch Chairman Bruce Poole first shifted to Waipukurau in the mid-1970’s he owned a 1954 Cadillac Fleetwood Limousine similar to this 1954 model shown below. It had been imported by the New Zealand Railways for use by Executives and Politicians of the time. It was a huge vehicle with 332 c.i. OHV engine and had a prodigious thirst. The car had a 12 volt electrical system, but with two six volt batteries mounted in front of the radiator, which Bruce converted to a single 12 volt battery. The fuel filler was under the left hand tail-light, with exhaust exiting through the rear bumper. Several cars of the time had their fuel fillers within the tail-lights being a number of GM products, and the Humber Super Snipe and Hawk from the 1960’s. A group of Bruce’s cobber's, including the present CHB Club Captain, travelled with him one time to a Cadillac Rally of some kind near Hastings and they attempted to drive up Te Mata Peak. Some of the corners were a trial as they were a bit sharp for this very long vehicle.
1954 Cadillac Series 60.
1954 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible