“Dripfeed” NEWSLETTER OF THE BANKS PENINSULA BRANCH OF THE VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF New Zealand (INC) VOLUME 39, No 9 OCTOBER 2017 Editor: Michael Williams 10 Selwyn Parade Lyttelton Ph 328 8043, email mimiandmichael@yahoo.co.nz
Chairman: Secretary:
Club Officers: Craig Keenan 332 1066 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 12th of October. We look forward to seeing you there. Supper is provided.
From the Editor: At our recent committee meeting, future events were discussed, and the possibility of another Monte Carlo Rallye was mooted. This prestigious event was last held in 2014 and it is thought that we really ought to have another one next year. Ramon Farmer seems determined to wrest The Team Prize from the indomitable and thus far unbeatable Equipe Escargot, as he and Bruce McIlroy are still smarting from their humiliating defeat in 2014, when one of the team Rolls Royces had magneto trouble or electrical trouble or one of the myriad troubles that permanently afflict Rollers, and didn’t finish. So Equipe Escargot (Citroen, Peugeot, Sunbeam) won again and are happy to accept all future challenges from lesser marques. For those who don’t know, or can’t remember, the event is held over Show Weekend and involves driving very long distances, over obscure roads, at fairly high speeds. We’ve had five of them thus far so if you are interested in the 2018 one, please let us know. We really need about 25 cars to make it worthwhile. The individual winner last year was Michael Pidgeon in his Fiat 501, so French and Italian cars do seem to have achieved an understandable dominance. Is there no bark in the British Bulldog? Another event we discussed was the Pomeroy Trophy, which has also had a time lapse of about three years. Hiring Ruapuna is very expensive these days, but we do have a lot of money, so we should probably spend it on something useful. May next year seems a likely date, so start making