“Dripfeed” NEWSLETTER OF THE BANKS PENINSULA BRANCH OF THE VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF New Zealand (INC) VOLUME 41, No 7 August 2018 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 August. We look forward to seeing you there. Supper is provided.
From the Editor: In last month’s Dripfeed I wrote about the early Guff Sheets that I had read and said that they were first written in 1953. I received a gentle rebuke from Andrew Anderson, one of the founders of the VCC, or the VVA (Vintage Vehicles Association), as it was known in 1946. Andrew made the point that the late Dave Barker had written the first newsletters, that the club had gone briefly into recess, and that Andrew and others had re started it in 1953. Andrew invited me to his home so that he could give me a copy of “50 Years”, the VCC publication, and “talk bullshit about old machinery”, an invitation I accepted with alacrity. I had a marvellous afternoon with Andrew and Molly and learnt a great deal about the early years of the VCC. Upon reading “50 Years” I discovered the following quote about Andrew. “Absence, marriage, added responsibilities in business, none have curtailed the fiery zeal of our devoted secretary. He has stirred us from our apathy and with his genius for organisation, has in a very short time placed Club affairs on a sounder footing than ever before. To Andrew Anderson the Vintage movement in NZ owes much. Do not fail him!!” Stirring stuff, and all quite true..Andrew is 91and intends attending the AGM in Napier to give them the benefit of his years of experience! Another wonderful quote from “50 Years” was the first motto of the club, suggested by John Reeves’ suspect Latin: ”Facilis Descensus Averno”, translated loosely as “They run more easily down hill”.