THE WIPER The Newsletter of the Gore Branch of the Vintage Car Club of NZ (Inc.)
July 2018 MEETINGS: SECOND TUESDAY of the month at the Clubrooms, Waimea Street, Gore th
Next meeting: 10 July
Branch telephone number: 03 208 7424
2018-2019 Committee and Officers Branch Patrons Chairman Vice Chairman Secretary Treasurer Club Captain Assistant Club Captains
Neil McVicar, Ray Tressler Greg Elder (03) 202 5710 Vacant Katy Parish (03) 208 5505 Tim Walsh (03) 208 3531 John Parish (03) 208 5505 Ken Buchanan (03) 208 6901 Ray Taylor 027 696 2965 Charlie Davis (03) 204 8848 Bill Sheddan (03) 208 1237 Greg Elder (03) 202 5710 Keith Nunn (03) 208 5403 Branch Recorder (Wiper Editor) David North 021 172 3281 Assistant Branch Recorder Position not filled at present House Convenor Des Brewster (03) 208 1960 Assistant House Convenor Paul Corcoran (03) 208 6862 Social Committee Beb Kennedy, David McDowell, Keith Nunn Beaded Wheels Reporter Jim McFadzien (03) 208 0121 Festival Rally Organiser Denis Knight (03) 208 5404 Assistant Rally Organiser Vacant Bar Manager Chris Scoles (03) 208 0052 Assistant Murray Proctor (03) 208 4768 Maintenance Supervisor Keith Nunn (03) 208 5403 Maintenance Assistants Bill Ainge, , Keith Dodds, Ray Harvey, Barry Clearwater, Alec McLennan Swapmeet & Parts Paul Corcoran (03) 208 6862 Swapmeet & Parts Assistants Barry Clearwater, Evan Henderson, Gerry Kennedy, Bryan Neilson Hill Climb Evan Henderson (03) 208 6479 Hill Climb Assistant Alec McLennan (03) 202 5868 Sheriff Denis Knight (03) 208 5404 Librarian Stewart Quertier (03) 208 7932 Raffles Starr McDougall (03) 208 5450 National Delegate David North 021 172 3281 Privacy Officer Katy Parish (03) 208 5505 Health & Safety Officer Vacant Museum & HPP David McDowell (03) 208 6791 Tuesday Ramble Co-ordinator Fay Graves (03) 208 1093 Branch Daffodil Day Co-ordinator Bill Sheddan 027 4342935 Vehicle Identity Card signatories Evan Henderson, Denis Knight, John Parish, John Tremaine Front cover picture: Greg Elder’s grandson, Oliver, in Greg’s 1925 Star Roadster on the Golden Times Rally
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Chairman's Report July 2018 Just home from the AGM where I was elected into the Chairman’s seat. David said I had to send him a monthly report so straight onto the computer while I remember! Thanks for the nomination and I trust I can follow on in the footsteps of the great job Murray has done over the past four years. As you may have heard our club is running the National Veteran Rally in October 2020 so it would be great if all our members could purchase a Veteran car and swell the entries !!!! LOL (You have just over 2 years.) The end of season run organised by Jim McFadzien was a great event and approx. 15 vehicles motored out via Hedgehope and Dacre where we viewed an amazing Ford Falcon GT collection and had afternoon tea. Remember to check your vehicles for antifreeze and if you just drain them for the winter, make sure the radiator and the block are drained and that the opened taps do not block with rust scale. See you all at the Annual Dinner and Trophy Night. Happy Motoring Greg Elder
Sayings By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere. - Billy Crystal And the cardiologist's diet: if it tastes good spit it out. Evan Henderson & Bill Sheddan 4
Club Captain’s Report July 2018 The branch AGM was held on the 12th of June and John Tremaine relinquished the role of Club Captain after two years of good service to the branch. Thank you to John for his and his team’s efforts over the last two years. The meeting stalled for some time as a replacement was sought and as it is six years since I was last in the role I decided to put my name forward. It is really a team effort with the rallies split between the Assistant Club Captains and the Club Captain co-ordinates and keeps records of who has won which trophies. We have a good team again this year and the branch events for the coming year are listed in this edition of The Wiper. There is not much on this month but please continue to support the Tuesday Rambles which Fay is co-ordinating and come along to the Annual Dinner & Trophy Night at the clubrooms on the 7th of July, contacts are Gerry and Des. We are hosting the Combined Rally on the 11th and 12th of August so please support this event, entries close 31st of July. Bill Sheddan is organising an event for the National Daffodil Rally day on the 26th of August so please support this as all proceeds go to cancer research. The new rally season is not far away so while it’s cold outside get your cars ready to rally. The branch members who organise these runs need your support. John Parish
Sayings I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury. - Groucho Marx Evan Henderson & Bill Sheddan 5
From the Editor’s keyboard The AGM is done and dusted for another year and I thank you for re-electing me as Editor. This means you can look forward to another year of me pestering you all for material. So, what better time to start than now? Donna and I are unable to attend the Annual Dinner and Trophy Night so I will not be able to take photos. Is there anybody who is going who would be prepared to take some photos to go with the write-up that the organisers will be doing/arranging? HINT: that means you, Gerry and Des, find someone to do a write-up for The Wiper or do it yourselves, otherwise there will be no report on the the branch’s big night! Following the AGM, and the publication of the branch accounts, I would like to thank all the Tuesday Ramblers for their assistance in collecting and hand delivering an average of 67 copies of The Wiper each month. This has saved the branch around $640 in postage over the year. In addition, each month between 11 and 12 members have received their copies electronically. This has saved about another $200 in printing and postage for the year. (A typical issue now costs 70c for paper & printing and, thanks to bulk buying before postage went up the last time, 80c in postage.) The total savings have therefore amounted to about $840! Finally, as previously mentioned, I am donating the Editor’s Trophy to be awarded to the most prolific contributor to The Wiper each year. The trophy will be presented to the branch at the July meeting and there are more details elsewhere in this issue. I look forward to receiving a positive flood of material as you all vie with each other to try to win this most prestigious award! (Oh dear, what is that flock of pigs I can see floating across the Riverton sky?!) Happy reading – and writing! David North
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Online Bonuses Humber Super Snipe 1962. A look around: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzvtdUemhpg The History of Scalextric Part One (1957-1970): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_rCI1P77cU Diesel Train Driver - Driving the Train (1959): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4NUfp3eneA Look at Life - What Price Safety? 1965: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkN2Rr1Ol7Y RAF Tornado GR1 - Recruitment Video - IX Squadron Training Flight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHjU0sdHRV8&app=desktop Beep Beep - The Little Nash Rambler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enqNl7tdLR4 9
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Central Otago Branch Golden Times Rally 2018 On the 21st April 2018 Daphne, Oliver (grandson) and I attended the Arrowtown rally in my 1925 Star Roadster. We stayed up at our crib in Frankton on Friday night ready for the 8.30am drive out to the rally start in the main street of Arrowtown. There were 72 vehicles on display. Morning tea was on offer to participants and a briefing was held about the rally route. John and Mary Tremaine were also there from our Gore Club in their Model A Coupe. They had motored up to Kingston on Friday and stayed the night there. First vehicle was away at 10am in cool overcast conditions with rain threatening. A huge crowd of locals and tourists lined the streets as we motored away from town. We drove out through back roads admiring all the beautiful autumn colours and joined back onto the main Queenstown –Wanaka highway. Then out over the new bridge and turned up towards Kelvin Heights where we had to stop and answer questions.
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Then the fun started as the rally organiser had got permission to allow us to drive up to the top of Deer Park Heights. Well what a climb. Gravel road with some corrugations which made the shock absorbers work. Luckily the weather had stayed fine with a cool wind which had my passengers wishing we had a hood and a heater.
To my surprise the little Star roadster handled the huge climb very well with just a little Steam!! escaping from the radiator. We passed several cars on the way up that had stopped to cool engines down and add water. As there were several cars in front of us and stopped on the last few corners to the top we decide to turn around and admire the amazing view. I added some water to the thermos-siphon radiator and then we very carefully motored down. With only rear brakes I was very cautious as one would be in serious trouble if the brakes over heated. Then it was around to the Kelvin Heights beach where we sat in the shade of the trees for lunch. From there we motored back to Arrowtown and lined up in a park down by the river. The Festival organiser had space for only 20 cars in the street parade at 2pm. We were lucky to be selected as one of the vehicles so Oliver and I lined up while Daphne 17
went and looked around the market stalls. The weather had now turned out lovely and warm with no wind. A huge crowd had gathered to watch and the number of cameras filming was amazing. Overall a great event but I will admit it’s rather stressful navigating around tourist drivers, and new roundabouts. This is the fourth Rally I have been to up there and it’s getting busier each year. Happy Motoring. Greg Elder
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TUESDAY RAMBLE 31st July
Pot Luck Lunch 12 noon at the Gore VCC Clubrooms To be followed by a fun and friendly afternoon of games and quizzes Bring friends! Numbers to Fay Graves (03) 208 1093
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Gore Branch Events for the 2018-19 Season Event
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Organiser(s)
2018 Annual Dinner & Trophy Night
Saturday 7th July
Gerry Kennedy, Des Brewster
Combined Rally
11th & 12th August
John Parish
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Daffodil Rally
Sunday 26 August
Bill Sheddan
Opening Run
Sunday 16th September
Keith Nunn
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P60 Run
Sunday 28 October
Ken Buchanan, Keith Nunn
Josephville Hill Climb
Sunday 18th November
Evan Henderson, Alec McLennan
Christmas Run
Sunday 9th December
John Parish
2019 Overnighter (Provisional)
Saturday & Sunday 19th & 20th January
Keith Nunn
Festival Rally
Saturday 16th February
Denis Knight
Clearwater Capers Run Sunday 3rd March Frank Robson Run
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Charlie Davis, Ray Taylor Greg Elder
Gore Swap Meet
Sunday 17 March
Paul Corcoran
Ladies Run
Sunday 7th April
Fay Graves
Night Trial
Saturday 11th May
Bill Sheddan
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End of Season Run
Saturday 8 June
Charlie Davis, Ray Taylor
Tuesday Ramble
Normally the last Tuesday Co-ordinated by of the month. (Variable in Fay Graves December)
Editor's note to event organisers: if you want to see a report in The Wiper please provide one yourselves or organise somebody to do it for you. (N.B. This usually works best if you ask them before the event!) 22
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VCC National AGM, Napier
22nd September
Blossom Festival Rally, Alexandra. Organised by the Central Otago Branch
12th – 14th October
Canterbury Branch Swap Meet
22nd - 27th October
Targa NZ - VCC South Island Time Trial. Rod Corbett 03 423 1551 or 027 433 8772
16th – 18th November
Canterbury Branch Monte Carlo Rallye
16th - 18th November
National Veteran Rally (Nelson), preceded by the Prince Henry Tour. National Rally contact Jim & Kyra Wareing, 03 544 9998 Prince Henry Tour : contact Ray & Glenis Miller, 03 314 4322 2021
17th – 23rd January Vero International Festival of Historic Motoring, New (Provisionally) Plymouth 2021
Newsletters from other branches Many Branch Newsletters are now posted on the VCC Website: www.vcc.org.nz/news-from-our-branches A very few branches are still sending us printed copies and these are displayed on the stand in the Library for three months. Others are received as pdf files or by email and can be forwarded to you, on request, by the Editor or the Secretary.
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May Meeting Night Talk For the May meeting night Fay Graves arranged for her brother, Andrew, and Derek Ayson to give an illustrated talk about their rallying exploits.
Andrew Graves (L) and Derek Ayson (and, on screen, Derek’s Ford Escort)
Derek has had many successes, including winning the Silver Fern and Catlins Rallies and the Targa Classic driving a variety of cars, including a hot Nissan-powered Escort that he has owned for many years. Andrew is a co-driver for one of the Penny Homes Holden Barina Team’s fourwheel-drive, 300hp cars. He also rallies his own Mitsubishi Evo to good effect, having once beaten Emma Gilmour in her “works” car! 24
Poster for the Penny Homes Holden Barina Team (Drivers Greg Murphy, Josh Marston; Co-drivers Mark Leonard, Andrew Graves)
After the talk we were able to examine examples of “loose surface” rally tyres. They have a very chunky tread and a life of 25 to 50 kms (yes, that’s right!) on rally stages. Andrew had brought along his fireproof overalls, racing boots, gloves and (carbon fibre) helmet. The helmet was incredibly light, carbon fibre is wonderful stuff – if you can afford it! Macey Scoles (left, photo by Philip Bewley) was lucky enough to be asked to model the gear and was quite reluctant to take it all off afterwards! There were also enough copies of the Holden Barina poster for all of those who wanted one for their shed wall. Thank you to both speakers (and Fay) for a fascinating and thoroughly enjoyable evening. David North 25
The Editor’s Trophy
The trophy will be awarded by the Editor each year to the most prolific contributor to The Wiper. The Editor will keep a record of the number of pages and lines of eligible contributions published in The Wiper from the June issue to the May issue the following year. To be eligible, material must be original (i.e. not copied or “borrowed” from elsewhere) and at least one page long (without photographs). Almost anything that is long enough will be eligible, for example, Run, Rally or event reports, stories about members’ vehicles, trips, hobbies, etc., but NOT the monthly officers’ reports, recipes, page fillers, jokes or, of course, anything written by the Editor. The trophy was made by Ocean Shell of Riverton from rimu with paua shell inlays. http://www.oceanshellnz.com/ David North 26
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Southland Branch Post War, Post 60, Post 80 Rally As Donna and I had not only enjoyed taking part in this Rally last year but also won the Post 80 class, I decided to have another go this year. Unfortunately, Donna was otherwise engaged so I was going to have to manage without a navigator. A 9.30am arrival time at the Southland branch clubrooms meant that Saturday 19th May started earlier than my usual getting up time. To make matters worse, it started out an overcast day in Riverton and rapidly turned into a drizzly day, then torrential rain followed by bright sunshine with a very prominent double rainbow, then more cloud and rain – and all this before I’d even got to the Southland branch clubrooms!
Some of the vehicles in the car park at the Southland branch clubrooms
A number of cars were already in the car park when I arrived, with more arriving as I made my way inside for the morning tea. Many familiar faces were to be seen and, eventually, there were three crews from the Gore branch – me, Jim McFadzien and David O’Hara in Jim’s BMW and Bill and Annette Ainge in their MGB. A very short briefing over, we were given our route instructions and an A4 sheet of (17) questions to be answered on the way. One helpful piece of information was that the first question was after the Winton sub-station since a number of entrants were joining the Rally there. As I was “flying solo” I decided it would be prudent to set off as soon as possible since I anticipated many stops to mark off the route instructions 28
and to get the answers to the questions. As one of the first to leave, it was lucky that the route initially took me back towards Riverton the way I had come as I knew that the first instruction (R out Clubrooms) should have been “L out Clubrooms”. That first hurdle out of the way, I headed for Wallacetown and then on towards Winton. I wasn’t sure where the sub-station was, but guessed I had arrived there when I saw a posse of VCC cars parked by the side of the road. Right, time to keep my eyes peeled for answers to questions, as well as route directions. I carried on somewhat cautiously, but still needed to turn back a few times to check I hadn’t missed a question or taken a wrong turning. I arrived in Mossburn without too much trouble but was becoming slightly concerned by the time I arrived at the destination, Duncan and Tina McGregor’s Fiordland Military Vehicle Museum. The second bridge after Mossburn seemed to be an awfully long way and no other cars on the Rally had passed me for quite some time so I was very relieved when I saw the VCC sign – and not the slightest bit surprised to find that I was the last one to arrive! Now it was time for lunch, closely followed by a look at the various exhibits, split between two large sheds.
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Then three more questions, only one of which I knew the answer to, and a 3-D puzzle to solve against the clock. More time to look round, chat to other entrants and also to Duncan and Tina who were kept busy with many questions about the museum. The vehicles were all in excellent condition, a testament to the untold hours of hard work that had gone into their restoration. Some were displayed as dioramas and with relevant film clips playing, all of which added to the interest. Eventually it was time to depart and I chose to follow the suggested route back which took me back to Invercargill over (mostly) different roads. The first part was via the Dipton-Mossburn Road where the instructions directed me to “Enjoy the amazing lime rock formations”. The weather had decided to turn into a lovely sunny afternoon so the rock formations were easy to see and were indeed amazing. (Pictures overleaf.) This certainly seemed to be “the road less travelled” as I had only seen two other cars by the time I got to the other side of Dipton.
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The rest of the route took me towards Nightcaps, along Riverside Road, Winton/Wreys Bush Road, Spar Bush/Winton Road and out onto the Lorneville-Riverton Highway. From there I made my way into Invercargill and then on to the clubrooms for the prize-giving and tea. 32
Wayne Lee won the Post 60 class in his 1963 MGB but for the other classes it was a repeat of 2017. Owen Davies was again the Overall Winner and winner of the Post War class in his 1947 Buick. Much to my surprise, I won the Post 80 class again, with Jim McFadzien and David O’Hara as runners-up, so Gore branch honour was well and truly upheld. (Best not mention the fact that there were only two Post 80 cars though!)
A few of the cars, including two of the eventual winners (foreground), before the “off”
After the prize-giving we were told the answers to the questions on the Rally and at the museum. Some turned out to be straightforward, some a bit “curly” and two (“What happened to the hotel at the Drummond turn off?” and “What was it called?”) required local knowledge going back a decade or two. It was an excellent day out, with plenty of participants, a great variety of cars and the weather improving as the day wore on, what more could anybody wish for?! Thank you to everybody involved in organising the Rally and to Duncan and Tina McGregor for providing such an interesting destination. David North
Sayings My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe. - Jimmy Durante Evan Henderson & Bill Sheddan 33
May Tuesday Ramble Beautiful clear sunny morning in Seaward Downs following the heaviest frost for winter so far. Tuesday Ramblers met at the Riversdale Hotel at noon. The view once we cleared Gore was thick fog that didn’t allow vision past the white line on the edge of the road, so time to talk to our passenger, Linda Best, amazing what you learn when held captive in the back of the Zephyr. Brian grew up and went to school with her late husband, a Wyndham boy. Crossing the road in Riversdale to our meeting place was tricky as the fog was like pea soup, one early bird who shall remain anonymous had left his lights on, long way to walk back to Riverton!! Fay gave us a warm welcome, those who wished could help themselves to coffee and tea or get something stronger from the bar while we socialised till the meal was served at 12.30. Generous helpings of hot savouries, crumbed chicken wings, cheese toasties, savoury muffins, sandwiches, and spring rolls totally satisfied the diners. Someone was heard to say she would love a cake to finish with, be careful what you wish for - as two big plates of lamingtons, each with a very generous dollop of cream, arrived. David enjoyed his special dietary requirements too, he would have needed a guard dog to keep all of that huge gluten free pizza to himself. When we set off after lunch we found the sun had won its battle and we headed to McMath Road, where a large number of ewes accompanied us along the last part to our destination. Morna and Morris Smith welcomed us to view their life-time hobby (obsession) for saving very important parts of our history, (it could almost be classed as a disease in the case of the Smiths, for which there is no known cure). There is no possible way to describe even a small portion of what these two passionate people have collected over many, many years. First we entered what is mainly Morna’s feminine side of the collection, but still Morris has managed to get a portion of this area for the male side of things. The warmth from the owners as well as the lovely heating on this rather chilly day was very welcome. 34
Everything is extremely well-displayed in different sections, much is displayed in cabinets and all sparkling clean and dust free. Fine china, jewellery, moustache cups and shaving mugs, yes at least 20 of each. A collection of Royal Doulton and Royal Winton like you have never seen, black kettles, Plunket scales, prams, many Elite dating back to 1890 and 1910, as well as doll’s prams (pictured below) and a beautiful cabinet of sophisticatedly-dressed dolls from their period also a one-off collection of Flemings Creamota porridge plates and spoons. This is only a small fraction of the collection, turn round and there’s toilet chains, a series of paintings, irons by the mile that grandma used to have on the coal range, cooking pots, pans, griddle and frying pans, you name it they have it. Several hours could be spent just in this area but we must move on.
Outside and around the corner was a small hut/room full of anything and everything to do with smoking. The next building used to be home to an elderly gentleman, and is now completely full of well-displayed bottles 35
and tins. The beautiful tiles lining the walls are his handy work. Moving on we came to a new 4-bay shed, here Morris hides his latest cars. One, his pride and joy, was a Ford GT Cobra (one of only 20 that came into the country), previously owned by none other than Sir Lockwood Smith. There was also a blue 1975 Ford Falcon GT along with many large wellpresented stationary engines. Now, what had been the covered yards in their other life, have been transformed into this huge (50 metre x 17metre, 1500-ewe capacity) fully-enclosed display area for Morris and his treasures. Talking of sheep I could safely say without a doubt that is the only thing that isn’t in that shed. If it wasn’t in the other collections you will find it in here, not only one, but drawers full of the same thing in the tool department, all clean and neatly arranged. The walls are lined with fuel signs from every company you can think of, gadgets galore, if it’s past its use-by-date, or has been superseded, you will more than likely find it in Morris’ haven. Three classy horse buggies fit for Camilla were down the back. His love of the history of his collection is evident, and important when it comes to his cars. Morris’ father, a Scotty, arrived in New Zealand in 1926 with five shillings to his name. In 1930 he purchased a Morris Cowley Roadster, which as a child Morris has fond memories of. The one Morris has in his collection is a 1924, 10 hp model with a top speed of 40 mph downhill with a back wind. (Pictured left.)
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A red 1957 Standard Ute is one of only two in New Zealand. The fastest car in the shed is the 1990 Godzilla GTR Nissan, this model won at Bathurst with a top speed of 155mph. The brown 1951 Sunbeam Talbot with a sun-roof is Morris’s original favourite, saved from the destocking of his collection in the farming downturn in the 80’s when many of his treasured possessions had to be sacrificed to keep on farming. There’s a 1924 Dodge Tourer with a Royal Doulton pofer (po for peeing in) under it, didn’t ask any more questions. My fave was the 2001 silver Jaguar Silverstone with the V8 supercharger motor of which only 50 hard tops and 50 soft tops were made. Morris assures me you need a fuel tanker close behind and the plastic card loaded on outings with his 6/8kid family Pontiac Parisienne, a stately beast. The Smith kids thought Morna should have this beautiful red Ford GTP, talk about sporty. On being stopped at a booze bus, she said putting the window down and being asked to blow the bag was priceless seeing the officer’s face when he saw a little mature lady behind the wheel, no boy racer here. Must not forget the Land Rovers, of which Morris has at least 10, plus enough bits to build more. One, a 1956 Station Wagon with a safari roof (left), another came out new in 1949 and is in permanent 4wheel drive unless reversing, and he will gladly give you the life history of all the others. This is not really a place you visit once, we’ve been three, maybe four times, and still find something we didn’t see before. Get talking to the owners and they have a passion and a story to tell for every treasure. I have only scratched the surface and there are no apparent EQ problems! Finally, Morna provided a lovely afternoon tea to round off our day. Thank you so much to Fay, Morna and Morris for a great day. Jean Kirby 37
End of Season Run, 9th June 2018 At 1.30 pm after a briefing and then answering three questions from organiser Jim McFadzien approx. 15 cars left the club rooms. On a nice clear winter’s day we drove out past the golf course and continued on great tar seal roads to Hedgehope where we turned south and made our way back out to State Highway 1 at Dacre. From there we ended up at Roger Whyte’s yard where he has set up a display of Ford Falcon GTs. We were met by Roger’s daughter Rebecca (Roger was overseas) and given a talk on how the complete set of Ford Falcon GTs had been gathered up over the past 15 years. The collection is now displayed in a rebuilt woolshed with new roof, lined walls, concrete floor and a dust extraction fan to keep all the vehicles clean and dry.
Jim McFadzien and Rebecca
A mannequin welcome!
The first GT and the start of the collection was the XR model from1967. This car was once owned by our club member Ray Taylor. There were also XY, XT, XW, XA, XB, XC, XE ESP, EB, BA, BF2, GTF - all GTs. They are all in top condition other than a barn-find XAGT Coupe which has only travelled 39,000miles. Roger has yet to decide whether to restore it or leave as is. Also on display was a XC Panel van along with a XC Cobra coupe plus a very nice Mk2 Ford Escort Sport. 38
The Mad Max replica
Tui gnome collection
A replica of the Mad Max movie car called the Interceptor is Roger’s latest project and this was on display in the middle of the shed.
Club cars at the venue, with Greg’s GT in the foreground. (All photos by the Editor.)
I had a suspicion that we might be going to this collection from the way Jim had described the run in The Wiper so I thought it appropriate to take my XAGT Falcon on the run. I was interested to see another one the same in the collection that was sold new in Invercargill about the same time as mine. It was driven by Ron Webb who was a car salesman from Macaulay Motors and he used it at Teretonga for the start car. Happy Motoring Greg Elder 39
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Reminders Non-commercial FOR SALE and WANTED advertisements are free to Club members. Each advertisement will be published in 3 consecutive issues of The Wiper. Please contact the Editor. The vinyl “VCC Wings” badges (as featured on the front cover) are still available from the Treasurer, cost $2 each. VCC name badges If you haven't got one, they are available from Van De Water Jewellers at a discounted cost of $18. The badges are black with white lettering and bear your name and Gore VCC. NB. Not wearing one at a meeting is likely to attract the Sheriff’s attention and result in a fine! The Wiper is also available by email. It arrives earlier than the postal or hand-delivered ones, the pictures are in colour and there are (working) hyperlinks. There are two versions, a pdf file and an online one. Let me know if you would like to try this out. The Editor 40
COOKERY CORNER Apricot Fudge Crush 2 packets of Super Wine biscuits Chop 250gm dried apricots In a pot Melt 8oz butter, 1 tin condensed milk and 1 cup brown sugar Add dry ingredients and mix well Press into lined tin Lemon Icing Soften 100gm butter Add 1½ cups icing sugar, the rind and juice from a medium lemon and 1-2 tablespoons of hot water Mix well Spread over slice and put in the fridge to set Frances Neilson
New Guy at Work The foreman on a large work site noticed a new labourer one day and barked at him, "What's your name?" "John", the new guy replied. The foreman scowled, "Look, I don't know what kind of wishy-washy worksite you were on before, but I don't call anyone by their first name. It's weak and wastes time. I call my employees by their last name only Smith, Jones, Baker - that's all. If I want a job done, I yell, ‘Baker, get this or Jones, do that!’ Now that we have that straight, what's your last name?" The new bloke sighed, "Darling. My name is John Darling." The foreman paused briefly for a couple of seconds, then said quietly, "Ok John, the first thing I want you to do is..." Evan Henderson 41
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Run reports, articles of interest, photos, technical tips, letters and feedback are always welcome. Please send all contributions to David North
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