December 2018
CENTRAL HAWKE’S BAY BRANCH of the VINTAGE CAR CLUB of NZ (Inc) Lamb Country Branch Email: centralhawkesbay@vcc.org.nz
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7.30pm 3rd Wednesday of every Month
CHB Branch Annual Veteran Rally 2018 organised by Rod and Scarlett McKenzie
Postal Address C/-73 Porangahau Road Waipukurau, 4200 NOMINATED POSITIONS CHAIRMAN Lynn Cross secross@xtra.co.nz 06 858 9814 SECRETARY Ken Lyons Ken.lyons@xtra.co.nz 06 858 8093
TREASURER Kaye Carswell wpkmotors@gmail.com 06 856 9777 CLUB CAPTAIN Rod McKenzie rod.mckenzie.wpk@xtra.co.nz 06 858 9562 COMMITTEE John Foot Veteran Wanderings—Armistice Day 11th November—Three Wanganui Cars ven- V.I.C. (I.D. Card) Coordinator tured down to Woodville to assist Armistice Day commemorations. Ian Chamberlain jsfoot@xtra.co.nz Buick 1917, Neil Farrer Rover 1914, and Neville Gorrie UNIC 1914. Neville had previ- 06 858 8301 ously had the UNIC taken over to Woodville for some work but managed to join the Peter McCool gathering. We joined up with Allan Hardacre from Manawatu Dodge 1915, and other pandscool29@gmail.com 06 856 8087 cars. Stewart Barton at the controls of his 1908 Holsman
It was an impressive ceremony with an Army platoon in attendance from Linton. Af- Barry Smales barlyn.wpk@gmail.com terwards all of Woodville's over 70’s residents had been invited to a free lunch, we 06 858 9956 were included. CHB VCC Veteran Rally 17th and 18th November. Nine vehicles lined up at the start , plus other cars. On the way several vehicles developed problems and the drivers reverted to Moderns for the run. This was a serious rally.
Ruth Parker brparkrz@xtra.co.nz 06 858 5411
more miles on we visited a stately older home where we had morning tea and a look around the property including a series 1 Land rover. There rally entries picked up a packed lunch and continued a ramble around the district finally ending up at “Lunesdale” homestead, home of the Bibby family where we enjoyed our lunches sitting in the sun on the veranda. Continue to pg2
EDITOR Joyce Calder 022 166 1403 joycecalder@gmail.com
PUBLICITY OFFICER Sandra Cross Leaving at the start in Waipukurau for a short run to the first stop was a Jewellery secross@xtra.co.nz craft display plus a 1946? Commer truck that had been in the family since new. A few 06 858 9814