“Dripfeed” NEWSLETTER OF THE BANKS PENINSULA BRANCH OF THE VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF New Zealand (INC) VOLUME 42, No 4 may, 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 9th of May We look forward to seeing you there. Supper is provided.
From the Editor: An exceptionally brief offering this month, given that the April edition was only two weeks ago and nothing of any motoring significance has happened since. My normally reliable sources of slanderous gossip have had nothing to offer me, so the cupboard is bare. Mike Crehan, retired gent from Mapua, is one of those reliable sources, and he recently showed a rare display of taste and common sense. The latest Beaded Wheels had an ad for a Citroen Light 15, and young Mike actually rang me to see if I knew anything about it, as he was contemplating taking it for a test drive. Mike does have another French car, a Delage in fact, that supposedly won the 1933 Inter Village Baguette Relay or something, so he does have one redeeming grace, but it doesn’t go, so clearly he has realised that the innovation and flair inherent in every Traction is a desirable motoring commodity. And a car that goes is always an advantage. Talking of redeeming graces does not usually bring garrulous Gazza, aka Garry Moore to mind, but he often responds to Dripfeed which proves that he does actually read it. Editors are very susceptible to even the faintest of praise. In the April Dripfeed I mentioned that Garry, along with many other much more distinguished members would be receiving 50 and 60 year awards later in the year. I also mentioned that Garry had become a hard core cyclist with flabby thighs. This casual aside brought to the surface Garry’s barely suppressed vanity gene, and he has challenged me, and any others who