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CLUB TORQUE
All American Car Club of Cairns Newsletter
Inside this edition: President’s report Coming events Quiz Contributors: Rob Healey, Gertie
All American Car Club Of Cairns(Inc.) PO Box 13N
North Cairns QLD 4870
Ph: 0431 704 929
Issue # 2 February 2016
http://www.americancarclubcairns.com
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Objects of the Club To promote ownership and appreciation of American motor vehicles.
To promote and provide owners and admirers with car shows, car rally’s and social events.
Hi Members.
It is not the best time of year to be doing car things whether it is working on them or using them. Hopefully the heat will not last long and we will be able to enjoy plenty of activities coming up.
Our next big cruise will be the Power Memorial Poker Run which will again be on the tableland but this year our destination will be the Tolga Hotel which has great food and facilities. This event is open to all members of the public and other clubs so get the word out to your mates and invite them to attend. It will be on Sunday March 20th.
Coming up in June will be the Kurrimine Beach Hop which will be held on the weekend of the 4th and 5th. I expect some of our members will make Kurrimine an extra-long weekend stretching from Friday to Monday. The theme for the Saturday night fun and games will be “Circus”. Get in now and book your accommodation. The following weekend will be the Charters Towers Swap and Show.
It was a big turnout for Cars & Coffee on Feb 14th and I am sure all participants appreciated the move back to our old meeting spot. I noticed an improved level of service and did not hear of any complaints of any nature. It was good to see a lot of new young people join in with their Jap/import type cars. I hope they were made feel welcome. It was also great to see such a variety of vehicles there. Saw a novel way to beat the heat on the black Skyline, a functioning air scoop in the roof.
Do not forget any member can organise an event for all members to participate in, just let the events co-ordinators know what you are up to.
Safe cruising and see you all at the meeting on 28th Feb.
Bruce
Please address correspondence to:
The Secretary
All American Car Club of Cairns (Inc.)
PO Box 13N
North Cairns. QLD 4870
Club meetings are held at Yorkeys
Knob Community Hall, Wattle
Street, on the last Sunday of every
month, commencing at 10.00am.
Membership Fees: $45.00
(due each September)
President
Bruce Nancarrow
0431 704 929
Vice President
James Fullerton
0417 451 676
Secretary
Mike Bowman
0409 502 754
Treasurer
Paula Partington
4055 3152 / 0417 730 878
Events Co-ordinator
James Fullerton
0417 451 676
Property Officer
Bob Aller
Newsletter Editor
Kristie Partington
Webmaster
Rob Healey
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All American Car Club of Cairns – Meeting Minutes 31 January 2016 Meeting Opened: 10:20 am Attendees: Per attendance register Apologies: John & Paula, Rob Koch Visitors: James (57 Chevy), Noel (76 Corvette) Acceptance of Minutes from previous meeting: Moved by Gordon
Seconded by James
Business arising from last meeting: Nil
Incoming correspondence: Suncorp Bank statements x 2; Australia Post changes to mail frequency; Letter from Starcars seeking to hire vehicles for movies and TV shows; request from BJ for chrome stripping for 53 Customline; Bathurst City Council – Matters of the Mount.
Outgoing Correspondence: Nil
Treasurers Report:
Monies Incoming: Raffle & Memberships.
Monies Outgoing: Nil; Balance of Account $3900+.
Newsletter Editors Report: New printer going ok; question as to whether there were any problems with the quality of the Newsletter given it is being produced in-house; Contributions on articles always welcome from members. If you are happy to receive an electronic copy of the Newsletter only, please email [email protected], so that she can delete your details from the hardcopy mailing list now that postage is $1 each. Events Co-ordinators Report: Lunch after today's meeting is at the Mountain View Hotel at Little Mulgrave. Refer to later in Newsletter for other upcoming events. Acceptance of Reports: Mover: Bob
Seconder: Russell General Business: Cars & Coffee – agreed to change venue to Coffee Haven which is at the Mulgrave Road entrance to DFO. Facebook Access – discussion on who can add events to the site etc. Mt. Garnet Races in May – The Club has been asked whether any owners would like to attend this event and put their cars on display – Bruce to reply that we are unable to participate. Registration Sticker & Renewal Advice – refer to details elsewhere in the Newsletter. Club Shirts – following on from the November meeting, further research has been carried out and an “off the shelf” shirt has been proposed – shirt cost is approx. $21.00 with embroidery an additional $6 to $9 (no set up costs for artwork involved). A show of hands agreed that the shirt would be mainly red in colour, with white & blue panels/sleeves. Jeff agreed to pay for the cost of one shirt which he would wear to the February meeting for all to see. A motion was passed on the proposal from the November meeting “...to include price of shirt (nomination fee) in initial membership fee, with subsequent years membership fees reverting to current levels...” was endorsed, as was the inclusion of the option of buying new shirts when renewing membership.
Next Meeting: 28 February 2016 Lotto - see Helen T-Shirts & Caps: See Bob Aller. Raffle: 50/50 lucky number board. Meeting Closed: 11:05 am
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All About Automobiles….
Q: What was the first official White House car? A: A 1909 White Steamer, ordered by President Taft.
Q: Who opened the first drive-in gas station? A: Gulf opened up the first station in Pittsburgh in 1913.
Q: What city was the first to use parking meters? A: Oklahoma City , on July 16, 1935.
Q: Where was the first drive-in restaurant? A: Royce Hailey's Pig Stand opened in Dallas in 1921.
Q: True or False? The 1953 Corvette came in white, red and black. A: False. The 1953 'Vett's were available in one color, Polo White.
Q: What was Ford's answer to the Chevy Corvette, and other legal street racers of the 1960's? A: Carroll Shelby's Mustang GT350.
Q: What was the first car fitted with an alternator, rather than a direct current dynamo? A: The 1960 Plymouth Valiant
Q: What was the first car fitted with a replaceable cartridge oil filter? A: The 1924 Chrysler.
Q: What was the first car to be offered with a "perpetual guarantee"? A: The 1904 Acme, from Reading , PA. Perpetuity was disturbing in this case, as Acme closed down in 1911.
Q: What American luxury automaker began by making cages for birds and squirrels? A: The George N. Pierce Co. of Buffalo, who made the Pierce Arrow, also made iceboxes.
Q: What car first referred to itself as a convertible? A: The 1904 Thomas Flyer, which had a removable hard top.
Q: What car was the first to have it's radio antenna embedded in the windshield? A: The 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix.
Q: What car used the first successful series-production hydraulic valve lifters? A: The 1930 Cadillac 452, the first production V16
Q: Where was the World's first three-color traffic lights installed? A: Detroit , Michigan in 1919. Two years later they experimented with synchronized lights.
Q: What type of car had the distinction of being GM's 100 millionth car built in the U.S. ? A: March 16, 1966 saw an Olds Toronado roll out of Lansing , Michigan with that honor.
Q: Where was the first drive-in movie theater opened, and when? A: Camden , NJ in 1933
Q: What autos were the first to use a standardized production key-start system? A: The 1949 Chryslers
Q: What did the Olds designation 4-4-2 stand for? A: 4 barrel carburetor, 4 speed transmission, and dual exhaust.
Q: What car was the first to place the horn button in the center of the steering wheel? A: The 1915 Scripps-Booth Model C. The car also was the first with electric door latches.
Q: What U.S. production car has the quickest 0-60 mph time? A: The 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS 409. Did it in 4.0 seconds.
Q: What's the only car to appear simultaneously on the covers of Time and Newsweek? A: The Mustang
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Q: What was the lowest priced mass produced American car? A: The 1925 Ford Model T Runabout. Cost $260, $5 less than 1924.
Q: What is the fastest internal-combustion American production car? A: The 1998 Dodge Viper GETS-R, tested by Motor Trend magazine at 192.6 mph.
Q: What automaker's first logo incorporated the Star of David? A: The Dodge Brothers.
Q: Who wrote to Henry Ford, "I have drove fords exclusively when I could get away with one It has got every other car skinned, and even if my business hasn't been strictly legal it don't hurt anything to tell you what a fine car you got in the V-8"? A: Clyde Barrow (of Bonnie and Clyde ) in 1934.
Q: What car was the first production V12, as well as the first production car with aluminum pistons? A: The 1915 Packard Twin-Six. Used during WWI in Italy, these motors inspired Enzi Ferrari to adopt the V12 himself in 1948.
Q: What was the first car to use power operated seats? A: They were first used on the 1947 Packard line.
Q: Which of the Chrysler "letter cars" sold the fewest amount? A: Only 400, 1963, 300J's were sold (they skipped" "I" because it looked like a number 1)
Q: What car company was originally known as Swallow Sidecars (aka SS)? A: Jaguar, which was an SS model first in 1935, and ultimately the whole company by 1945.
Q: What car delivered the first production V12 engine? A: The cylinder wars were kicked off in 1915 after Packard's chief engineer, Col. Jesse Vincent, introduced its Twin-Six.
Q: When were seat belts first fitted to a motor vehicle? A: In 1902, in a Baker Electric streamliner racer which crashed at 100 mph. on Staten Island !
Q: In January 1930, Cadillac debuted it's V16 in a car named for a theatrical version of a 1920's film seen by Harley Earl while designing the body, What's that name? A: The "Madam X", a custom coach designed by Earland built by Fleetwood. The sedan featured a retractable landau top above the rear seat.
Q: Which car company started out German, yet became French after WWI? A: Bugatti, founded in Molsheim in 1909, became French when Alsace returned to French rule.
Q: In what model year did Cadillac introduce the first electric sunroof? A: 1969
Q: What U.S. production car had the largest 4 cylinder engine? A: The 1907 Thomas sported a 571 cu. in. (9.2liter) engine.
Q: What car was reportedly designed on the back of a Northwest Airlines airsickness bag and released on April Fool's Day, 1970? A: 1970 Gremlin, (AMC)
Q: What is the Spirit of Ecstasy? A: The official name of the mascot of Rolls Royce, she is the lady on top of their radiators.
Q: What was the inspiration for MG's famed octagon-shaped badge? A: The shape of founder Cecil Kimber's dining table. MG stands for Morris Garages.
Q: In what year did the "double-R" Rolls Royce badge change from red to black? A: 1933
Trivia...Ford, who made the first pick-up trucks, shipped them to dealers in crates that the new owners had to assemble using the crates as the beds of the trucks. The new owners had to go to the dealers to get them, thus they had to "pick-up" the trucks.
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Giggling Gertie’s Gut-Busting Jokes
Orstraylian
The following are results from an OZ-words Competition where entrants were asked to take an
Australian word,alter it by one letter only, and supply a witty definition.Clearly, you need to be
an Aussie to understand.
Billabonk: to make passionate love beside a waterhole.
Bludgie: a partner who doesn't work, but is kept as a pet.
Dodgeridoo: a fake indigenous artefact.
Fair drinkum: good-quality Aussie wine.
Flatypus: a cat that has been run over by a vehicle.
Mateshit: all your flat mate's belongings, lying strewn around the floor.
Yabble: the unintelligible language of Australian freshwater crustaceans.
Bushwanker: a pretentious drongo, who reckons he's above average when it comes to handling
himself in the scrub.
Crackie-daks: 'hipster' tracksuit pants.
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Sitting at the bar
There I was sitting at the bar staring at my drink when a large,trouble-making biker
steps up next to me, grabs my drink and gulps it downin one swig.
"Well, whatcha' gonna do about it?" he says, menacingly, as tears welled inmy eyes.
"Come on, man," the biker says, "I didn't think you'd CRY. I can't stand tosee a man
tearing up."
"This is the worst day of my life," I say. "I'm a complete failure. I waslate to a meeting
and my boss fired me. When I went to the parking lot, Ifound my car had been stolen.
When I finally arrived home I found my wifewith another man. And then my dog bit
me."
So . . . I came to this bar to work up the courage to put an end to it all. I buy a drink, I
drop a capsule in and sit here watching the poisondissolve. Then you show up and
drink the whole thing!
But Hell,....... enough about me, how are you doing?
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EVENTS SUN FEB 28TH: MONTHLY MEETING TO BE HELD AT COMMUNITY HALL YORKEYS KNOB, CNR WATTLE & CUNNINGHAM STs AT 10:00am. RUN TO SPEEWAH COUNTRY TAVERN FOR LUNCH. FRI 4TH MAR: MONTHLY FRIDAY NIGHT KROOZE ORGANISED BY TOP OF THE STATE. MEET AT McDONALDS GORDONVALE AT 5.30pm TO KROOZE TO ATHERTON MENS SHED. SUN MAR 13TH: CARS & COFFEE, CAFFEINE & GASOLINE AT COFFEE HAVEN AT THE HUNGRY JACKS END (WHERE WE USED TO HAVE IT) SUN 20th MAR: PADDY POWER’S MEMORIAL CRUISE & POKER RUN. MEET AT THE BUNNINGS PARK CARPARK SMITHFIELD FROM 9.40AM TO LEAVE AROUND 10AM. FINISHING AT THE TOLGA PUB.
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DATE CLAIMERS MARCH 19TH 2017– PADDY POWER MEMORIAL CRUISE MAY 2ND & 3RD (?) 2016 – TOWNSVILLE ALL HOLDEN AND GM SHOW & SHINE AND SWAP MEET @ TOWNSVILLE SHOWGROUNDS. MAY 22ND 2016 (?) – BENT RODS CAR SHOW AT INGHAM JUNE 3RD – 5TH 2016 - KURRIMINE BCH WEEKEND WITH TOWNSVILLE JUNE 10TH – 13TH (?) 2016 CHARTERS TOWERS CAR SHOW AND SWAP MEET JUNE 11TH 2016 (?) – CAR & BIKE SWAP MEET & SHOW. ATHERTON HIGH SCHOOL JUNE 26TH 2016 SPORTS DAY – LASTSUNDAY IN JUNE. JULY 4th- AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CRUISE AUGUST 14th 2016 - CAIRNS SWAP MEET & CAR, BIKE & TRUCK SHOW AUGUST 20TH – 21ST 2016 – CAIRNS AUTO SPECTACULAR OCTOBER 2016 INNISFAIL CAR SHOW NOVEMBER 27TH 2016 CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY DECEMBER 18TH 2016 CHRISTMAS LIGHTS CRUISE AT ANY STAGE ON THE DAY OF A RUN IF THE WEATHER LOOKS DOUBTFUL PLEASE CONTACT EITHER JAMES ON 0417451676 OR AMANDA ON 0409349103.
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2015 Gleam Machine: Murray & Marj Nix - 1966 Mustang Fastback and 1969 Mach 1.
If undeliverable please return to PO BOX 13N Nth Cairns.