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AUGUST 2018

Newsletter

of Cootamundra Antique Motor Club

Publicity for the SWAP MEET

SUNDAY 2 SEPT. is the date this year.

Get ready for the SWAP MEET.

COOTAMUNDRA ANTIQUE MOTOR CLUB

P.O. Box 27 Cootamundra NSW 2590

Email: camccootamundra@gmail.com Website: www.cootamundraantiquemotorclub.org

Past 5 years of newsletters are available on Website for downloading.

Dedicated to the Restoration and Preservation of Heritage Vehicles

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Club Colours: Green & Gold

OFFICE BEARERS - 2018 FOUNDER OF THE CLUB: MICHAEL LIVINGSTONE

President Hugh McMinn 6942 7495 0409 835 515 hugh@armsid.com

Vice President Paul Andreatta 6942 3957 0421 497189

Secretary John Collins 6942 1496 0428 421496 colljj@hotmail.com

Treasurer Sue McCarthy 63863365

Events Co-ordinator Paul Ballard 6942 4694 0419 973822 westkinloch@gmail.com

Plates Register Alan Thompson 6942 1181 0400 128016

Club Captain John Simpfendorfer 6942 2658 0409 328566

Librarian John Collins 6942 1496 0428 421496

Keeper of Club Album Gwen Livingstone 6942 1039 0428 421039

Editor John Collins 6942 1496 0428 421496 colljj@hotmail.com

Photographer Barry Gavin 6942 1282 0488 421976

Membership Officer John Collins 6942 1496 0428 421496

Public Officer Joan Collins 6942 1496 0428 421496

Swap Meet Co-ordinator Lynn Gavin 6942 1282 0488 421 282 Lynng1961@yahoo.com.au

Web Master John Milnes 6942 4140 0432 606293 jmilnes@live.com.au

Registration Inspectors Malcom Chaplin 6942 4406 Ray Douglas 6942 1508

Alan Thompson 6942 1181 Graeme Snape 6942 1940

Mark (Zeke) Loiterton 6942 1836 Ken Harrison 6942 2309

Graeme Ducksbury 6386 5341

Movement Book Alan Thompson 6942 1181 Ken McKay 6386 3526

PHONE in to record in the Movement Book – clearly state

who, what run & what car! LOG BOOKS must be completed prior to setting out.

Membership Fee $40 for 2018 -- 1 December to 30 November

CLUB MERCHANDISE FOR SALE - Contact Paul Andreatta

Windscreen Banners $10.00 Metal Bumper Badge $40

CAMC Coffee Mugs $6.00 each or Two for $10 Lapel Badge $5

Windscreen/Bumper Stickers - Free

AUGUST BIRTHDAYS AUGUST ANNIVERARIES 7

th Robyn Snape

11th

Robyn Absolon

12th

Lauryn Angel

12th

Alex Joss

15th

Stephen Woodhead

20th

John Hambrook

20th Eden Mackenzie

21st Ken Harrison

22nd

Joan Strachan

26th

Graeme Snape

30th

Jamie Hulbert

30th

Sylvia Milnes

2nd

Lynn & Barry Gavin

9th

Colin & Trish Stewart

18th

Peter & Sue McCarthy

COOTA HOOTA BY EMAIL Receive the Coota Hoota

electronically earlier than receiving a

hard copy by mail.

You will also receive links to other

clubs newsletters.

Contact the editor

DEADLINE FOR

SUBMISSIONS

Submissions to the HOOTA are

required by the 15th of the

month to make it into the

upcoming newsletter.

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Webmaster John Milnes.

Another great location for sharing

pictures & stories.

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PRESIDENT’S RAMBLE The recent Club Run to the Beehive Hotel in

Coolac was very well attended by Cootamundra

and Harden members, with 15 people and nine cars:

Ken and Betsy Harrison (Plymouth), Graeme and

Robyn Snape (Alfa Giulia Sprint), Ken and Daina

Trethewey (XK120 Jag), Alan and Jill Thompson

(Studebaker Lark Convertible), Me (Toyota

Cressida), John and Joan Collins (VW Beetle), Tim

O’Keeffe (Hillman Imp GT), Peter McCarthy

(Ford Telstar) and Doug Wright (Ford Fairlane)

with passenger Len Dopson.

The day started cool and overcast (very cool at the

Collins and McMinn residences as we had a

scheduled power outage), but during the pleasant

run to Coolac (ably led by the Plymouth) the Sun

started to appear, and by the time we arrived it was

a nice sunny day. We could (almost) have eaten

‘al fresco’.

The menu offered a surprising number of choices

for a small place, with many opting for various

types of burger or fish and chips. I know at least

Tim and I chose one of the (smaller) steak options

and certainly enjoyed them.

After plenty of chatter, we all made our various

ways home in the brilliant sunshine. Thanks, Betsy,

for an ideal weekday run.

Don’t forget the following events will soon be

upon us, and volunteer/join-in if you can:

14th

August - Run to Lyndhurst;

18th

August - Deb Ball;

25th

August - Wattle Time Parade.

TAFE Workshop will be back Wednesday 6 p.m.

25 July by the time you read this, so thanks again

to Alan Thompson and his various assistants for

making this great facility available to us.

As always, safe and happy motoring to all.

Hugh COOLAC HOTEL - Monday 9 July, 2018

Tim O’Keeffe and Peter McCarthy at Coolac Beehive Hotel

THIS MONTH:Monday 13 August 7.30 p.m.

You are welcome to a Meeting at Barry &

Lynn Gavin’s - 7 Warren St. - to finalise

plans for SWAP MEET.

[We need to organise the workers for the

SWAP MEET. Remember -- the money

from the SWAP MEET helps the running

of the club and local charities, .]

Phone Lynn now on 0488 421 282 to

offer your help with the Swap Meet.

THIS MONTH: Saturday 18 Aug. Deb Ball

Chauffeur Duties. I hope these cars are available?

Asking -- We need 10 cars

Absolon – Falcon Andreatta - Falcon

Harrison – Plymouth McMinn – A-Siddeley

Philpott - Statesman J Rickett - Riley

Thompson – Studebaker L Rickett - Falcon

Wright - Fairlane Trethewey – Jaguar

McCarthy – Triumph Bickford – Wolseley

O’Keeffe - Triumph Webb – Mustang

Speechley – Statesman Blundell - Statesman

Pick up Debutante 4 p.m. Drive around for 20 minutes to

Town Hall 4.20 p.m. where photographer will take photos of

each couple with their car. -- Then you can go home.

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THIS MONTH: Saturday 25 August

Cootamundra

Wattle-Time - Shannon’s Show & Shine -

9 a.m. Fisher Park opposite Swimming Pool

and STREET PARADE - Cootamundra 12 noon - Exit together as car club out of Fisher Park.

Follow the Parade down Parker Street then returning to

Fisher Park for Shannon’s Award Presentation.

The theme for The Parade is – “All Things Wattle ”

TRACTOR TREK: Our club has been invited to display at

the Start and Finish of The Trek, Saturday 22 September,

at Garry and Janice Ward’s property, Moppity Road,

YOUNG. 10.30 - 12 noon. (Garry was Member Number

234 of C.A.M.C.) Garry has a shed full of interesting

Heritage machinery to show us while we wait for the tractors

to return.

Approximately how many members are interested?

Numbers will be asked for at the August Meeting. And

September before the event.

The event is not open to the public - only clubs. Morning tea

is supplied. Take own lunch.

The tractors depart 9.30 a.m. and are expected to return to

base before lunchtime.

For this event, Saturday 22 September, our club would depart

9.30 a.m. Cootamundra Apex Park, drive to the wombat at

Wombat, meet there with members from Harden, 10 a.m.;

and on to Young.

This year is the 7th

National TRACTOR TREK.

It is hosted by:

Cherry City Collectors Club

Cootamundra District Machinery Restoration Society

and Grenfell Historic Machinery Club

VETERAN CARS: The National Rally for Veteran Cars is

at Forbes -- 23 to 28 September. Expect about 60 Veteran

cars.

Here are the 5 clubs that offer Concessional club plates in

Cootamundra: !

Cootamundra Antique Motor Club Inc.

Classic & Historic Motor Club of S.W. Slopes Inc.

Cootamundra Restorers Car Club Inc.

Country P76 Club.

Cootamundra & District Machinery Restoration

Club Inc.

Heard on ABC radio, Australia all Over – Sunday 1 July --

today, 40 V & Vs from the Model T Ford clubs and Model A

Ford clubs – will converge on Tibooburra. They are on a

camping trip. They will drive to Cameron Corner on

S.A./QLD/NSW border on Tuesday.

Colin and Bobbie Macaulay of Junee, ( who joined our club

in 2004), had their T there – the one which advertises Junee

Licorice Factory.

Last year they resigned from our club to concentrate on

driving their T Fords on expeditions in the outback.

Sunday 12 August -- C.M.C. Shannons Sydney Classic --

at Motor Sports Park

This is a day for all the motor clubs affiliated in the Council

of Motor Clubs to display in an allocated site at Eastern

Creek Raceway.

I used to state in this newsletter that the biggest antique

vehicle event in Australia is Adelaide’s annual BAY TO

BIRDWOOD. (Usually about 1700 vehicles parade 60 kms

to Birdwood Museum.) Adelaide hosts the BAY TO

BIRDWOOD each year in the last weekend in September.

The BAY TO BIRDWOOD grew to become Australia’s

biggest Parade for Heritage Vehicles. Many clubs throughout

Australia organise tours to Adelaide to participate in The

BAY TO BIRDWOOD.

Now, reading through other clubs newsletters, I find that the

annual Shannons Sydney Classic in August gets more than

1700 entrants, (--Including double-decker buses). So, it’s the

biggest Display. The BAY TO BIRDWOOD is the biggest

Parade.

Talking about double-decker buses, there are some double-

decker buses housed in Junee Railway Roundhouse Museum.

They belong to “The Omnibus Preservation Society

Wagga”.

For train spotters --

Vintage Train Excursion

Steam locomotive BEYER-GARRATT 6029, hauling

passenger carriages, is planned to pass through Harden and

Cootamundra – Thursday 30 August. About 1 p.m. through

Cootamundra.

On the return trip to Sydney -- The steam train is planned to

pass through Cootamundra and Harden - Monday 3 Sept.

About 10 a.m. through Cootamundra.

Therefore . . . on the day AFTER our SWAP

MEET -- Monday 3 September - 9.30 a.m.

John Collins will motor in his Volkswagen to

the Lookout which is below the Bethungra

Railway Spiral, and – park and watch through

the windscreen - to see the train circle around the

spiral. You don’t even have to get out of your car.

(The Lookout Parking Area is on the Olympic

Hwy downhill run near Bethungra.) Be there!

This Vintage Train Excursion - (30 August to 3 Sept.) is a

rare, most extraordinary holiday trip. Departs Sydney, bound

for Melbourne. At the Seymour Railway Heritage Centre,

Victorian steam locomotives take over for more planned trips.

A ticket on this holiday trip from Sydney costs $2200.

www.cruiseexpress.com.au/Southern-Rail-Spectacular

Scrounged from the newsletter of the Post Vintage Car Club

of Tasmania – a story about a PLYMOUTH:

The atom bomb developed during the 2nd

World War was

tested in a desert in New Mexico. The nuclear cone of the

bomb was transported to the site - not on a special

transporter – but, on the back seat of a regular family

sedan – a PLYMOUTH to be precise.

Yes, you read correctly – on the back seat. Why was the

Plymouth chosen? This was simply an army staff car. The

Plymouth was probably the nearest car to hand.

A replica of this historic vehicle is in the U.S. National

Museum of Nuclear Science and History, on display.

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A 1960 NEWSPAPER REPORT - - - READ ALL ABOUT -- our Ken Harrison . . . . . ( in 1960!)

The Illawarra Vintage Car Club held a Sports Day

at the Bargo Airstrip and provided plenty of

interesting racing and lots of fun for members.

Events included acceleration tests and races of

three, six and – finally - forty laps. But dust was

the big hazard.

Star performer of the day was I.V.C.C. President,

Ken Harrison, who in his Harrison-built “Monza-

Vauxhall” Special won all but one of the events.

Early in the day he was handicapped by gearbox

trouble and he competed using second gear only.

Runner-up was Club Captain, Laurie Carter, whose

ex-Harrison Ford A Special ran close behind the

“Monza-Vauxhall” in most events.

Ron Thorp filled third place, thanks to the efforts

of his Ford V8 and Triumph Gloria sedans.

The Fiat-Norton Special of the Cavanagh twins ran

well until gearbox trouble forced its retirement.

New member Brian Spence in his 1936 BUICK

showed great promise with the engine firing on all

eight cylinders.

Neil Pember arrived in a speedily converted Ford

Custom ute, which proved a delightful match for

the Buick 8, but failed to keep up with Ron Thorp’s

Ford V8.

Club secretary Ian Fenton introduced his Sunbeam-

Talbot coupe, and was the only competitor who

experienced a trouble-free day. The Sunbeam was

always ahead of Ron Thorp’s Triumph.

Only two cars completed the 40 lap grand prix,

which was the dustiest on record. Ken Harrison’s

Monza Vauxhall finished half a lap ahead of Ron

Thorp’s Ford V8 which was interchanged

periodically with the Triumph Gloria.

Laurie Carter’s Ford A Special withdrew after 26

laps in a spectacular cloud of smoke and steam.

Other competitors dropped out or were lost in an

immense cloud of dust which enveloped the whole

circuit.

It was apparent a lot of work would have to be

done on the vehicles before the next Sports Day.

It is rumoured the next major event will be a night

trial.

C.A.M.C. member, Brian Ridge, submits the following excerpts

from a manuscript written by his father’s ex-army mate.

They were P.O.W.s in Singapore and ended up on the Burma

Railway. A MEMOIR - Between Two World Wars.

The writer of these memoirs, Ken Darwin 8 Div. A.I.F. reveals he

was a petrol head, so is of interest to us.

( He lost his motorbike licence in 1997 because of failing eyesight.)

By the May school holidays of 1935 I was sick of the bus! I was

over 14 years of age, and a legal licence to ride a motorcycle was

available for 5/-. My family had already bought a Morris and an

Austin 12 tourer from Gotte Bros. of Adelaide and now Gotte Bros

had two motorbikes for sale. One was a 1926 B.S.A. @ 12 pounds

10 shillings and the other a 1928 DOUGLAS 350 flat twin for

5 pounds. I settled for the Douglas.

I spent the next 3 months pulling it to pieces, painted it light and

dark blue as I was an ardent Sturt barracker. With advice from Dad

I ground the valves, fitted rings, and got the monster ready to ride.

Learning was performed in bottom gear because 2nd gear in loose

gravel at a corner resulted in me having to repair damage and

scratches.

Mum gave me bus fares of 3d each way to High School. But if I

rode the push-bike - I had money for the motorbike. Petrol cost 1/5

a gallon Standard, and 1/8 for Super, so I used Standard. Petrol

brands were – Shell, Plume (now Mobil), Golden Fleece, Texaco

(now Caltex) and COR, (now BP). Petrol was sold at hand-operated

pumps in multiples of half-gallon.

Our bikes lacked speedos. To check your speed, you selected 2

mileposts, passing the first at full speed and reading the time it took

to reach the next one. The DOUG would cover a mile a minute, 60

m.p.h. And 60 miles to a gallon.

I was an enterprising and energetic teenager. To earn money for

petrol I took on growing tomatoes among Dad’s almond trees,

picked peas for Mr Dodd @ 10d for a 4 gallon bucket, planted

strawberries, sold them @ 1/- a punnet by the road on Sunday

mornings. In school holidays I managed to get paid work every day

– all to run THE DOUGLAS. Which brought me new

acquaintances, (with better bikes), to go riding with :

George Bryant worked for Richards Motor Body Works, Keswick –

had a brand new EXCELSIOR with a 148 cc 2-stroke Villiers engine.

It cost him 39 pounds 10/-. Gordon Parnell had a 350 cc O.H.V.

CHATER LEA with an oil-cooled Blackburne engine. Gordon

Renfrey had a 250 LEVIS 2-stroke. Frank Elton had a 1926 250 cc

B.S.A. Don Parnell had a 350 A.J.S.

Peter Dawson had a 1929 500 cc “Slopey” B.S.A. with a Goulding

sidecar – which he gave me a magnificent ride in!

All these people earned regular money!

Frank Elton! Each day he rode a HARLEY DAVIDSON and

delivery box, for MacPhersons, and got paid for it! Ron Brown?

He had two motorbikes, a 1928 350 s.v. A.J.S., which he rode to

school! And a 148 cc Villiers-engined REX ACME which he raced

at Sellicks Beach when beach racing was allowed for cars and bikes

as a fully organised sport!

That REX ACME had an unusual attribute. Ron could make it kick

backwards and run in reverse. Reverse was only on a few sidecar

jobs, not little 2-strokes. I mention that his father’s and uncle’s

business, the Motor Credit Co. in Gawler Place had to be sold after

a dissatisfied customer walked into the office and shot Ron’s uncle

dead. The building became Sven J Kallin’s motorcycle business. A

showroom and service department to visit and drool over

motorcycles.

The DOUGLAS had an acetylene gas generator for head and tail

lights which had to be lit with a match. Carbide was put in the lower

part of a container and water was put in the upper part. When lights

were needed the water was turned on and dripped onto the carbide,

which generated gas. This gas was piped through rubber hose to the

lamps. At anything over 25 m.p.h. the wind blew the light out!

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A trick we could do with Carbide was to put some in a bottle,

throw it into a fish pond, wait for the explosion and the stunned fish

would float to the surface, to be harvested.

My first motorcycle accident was when the bike slipped on a wet

road and I was almost run over by a 1934 TERRAPLANE car which

skidded to avoid me. I was clad in leather and didn’t draw blood but

had a few sore spots. The Doug. had broken pedals, bent handlebar

and paint ground off. I had two other crashes over a period of 60

years of motor-cycling on 37 motorbikes.

The DOUGLAS cost me 22 pounds in repairs. It broke a

crankshaft . . . twice. By 1937 it was ready to break another

crankshaft. I drooled over an ARIEL Red Hunter but @127 pounds

I couldn’t afford that! I drooled after MATCHLESS , and B.S.A.

Blue Stars, CALTHORPE, NORTON, EXCELSIOR Manxman,

LEVIS, the ANZANI, COTTON, A.J.S., and the ROYAL ENFIELD

Bullet, as well as PANTHERS, SCOTTS and B.M.W.s. I’d love an

ARIEL Square Four. The S.A. Police rode ARIELS with Dusting

sidecars! What better recommendation than that?

I settled for the ROYAL ENFIELD @ 67 pounds 10/-. For an

additional 3 pounds 10 shillings I got a speedo. I contacted my

mates. After tea we three went down to the Bay for a swim, and

waited until after dark so I could use the electric headlamp for the

return trip.

My Physics and Chemistry teacher became my friend because he

had a 1936 FORD 10 and a RUDGE-WHITWORTH which had,

(the first I heard of), 4 valves per head. He held the unofficial speed

record between Adelaide and Mount Gambier, through the Coorong.

I let him test out my brand new “Bullet”, and when he returned, the

speedo revealed he had done more miles than I had!

COULD BE CONTINUED

Here’s a DOUGLAS! (And John Simp.)

Notice the gas headlight.

MINUTES of Monthly MEETING held at

Harden- Monday 2 JULY, 2018.

Meeting opened at

8.04 p.m. by President Hugh McMinn

VISITORS: MEMBERS PRESENT: Hugh McMinn, John

and Joan Collins, Peter & Sue McCarthy, Barry

Gavin, Doug Wright, Mike Bickford, Alan

Thompson, George Bland, Len Dopson, Tim

and Ting O’Keeffe, Graeme Snape, Allan and

Margaret Schutz, John Simpfendorfer, Ken

Tanson, Kevin White, Ken Trethewey,

Malcolm and Linley Chaplin, Gary and Denise

Webb, Graeme Ducksbury.

APOLOGIES: John and Sylvia Milnes, Lynn Gavin and Ethan

and Kaitlyn, Ken and Betsy Harrison, John

Rickett, Robyn Snape, Geoff and Barbara

Armour, Kevin Cross, John Speechley, Paul and

Janet Ballard, Gwen Livingstone, Paul Andreatta.

MOVED, Doug Wright, SECONDED: Peter

McCarthy, That, the Minutes of the June Meeting

published in the Coota Hoota be confirmed as a

true record. CARRIED. Secretary John Collins announced the month’s INWARDS CORRESPONDENCE : 1. Newsletters from other clubs – tabled, but some are Emailed.

2. Request from Young Heritage Motor Club for the number of our members who are attending their Mid-Year Lunch at Stockinbingal Bowling Club – Sunday 15 July. A show of 7 hands.

3. Sent to our Website - a photo of a box-trailer - in Germany. (?) On the trailer is a C.A.M.C. sticker . (!) And in the trailer is a 1913 DOUGLAS motorbike. Photo sent to us,thanking the Simpfendorfers, Chaplins and Snapes for their hospitality when Holger Krueger and Baerbel Dahms visited our club last year. 4. Invitation to the Canobolas Country Rally - hosted by Orange District Antique Motor Club – October Longweekend. Entry Form available.

5. Invitation to the Narooma Motors 5th annual Car &

Bike Show - 26 January, 2019. 6. $638 Account from Coota Signs for 40 Backing Plates for H Plates. (That’s $16 each.) ($638 !!) Moved John Collins, Seconded Ken Trethewey: That the account be paid; and the backing plates be available no charge if needed on a club car. CARRIED.

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OUTWARDS CORRESPONDENCE:

1. A letter to Ken and Arlyn Tanson advising of

their successful Application for Membership.

2. A copy of a 1960s rear-window sticker of

Cootamundra Ford Dealer – Les Deal’s Ford -

sent to requester.

3. I sent 30 letters containing Swap Meet flyers to

30 surrounding car and machinery clubs – to be

tabled at their July and August Meetings . . .

leading up to our September Swap Meet. Moved: That Inwards Correspondence be accepted and Outwards endorsed. Moved, John Collins, Seconded – Doug Wright . CARRIED

TREASURER’S REPORT: A report of the Income and

Expenditure for the month of June was circulated.

Moved: Sue McCarthy, Seconded: Len Dopson -- That the

Report be accepted, and accounts paid – i.e. $50 for 500

envelopes and $132 for printing 100 Coota Hootas.

CARRIED

SWAP MEET REPORT: Barry announced Saturday 7

July is a working bee at Showground. If it rains – Sat 14.

More than 200 sites are already booked.

Hugh suggested collecting site fees at the gate, instead of

collecting site fees at the sites. Barry pointed out that

collecting at the gate is so slow that traffic banks up in the

street.

PLATES REGISTRAR’S REPORT: Alan displayed the new C.A.M.C. Backing Plates for number plates.

Alan Thompson signs your Conditional Registration forms –

(Form 1259). When signing Form 1259, Alan determines whether the C.A.M.C. Backing Plates are warranted for your vehicle. Alan recommends Wednesday nights at TAFE Workshop. The next semester starting 25 July costs $100 for the 18 weeks. And he asked our treasurer for a $1200 cheque to pay the Workshop rent for the semester.

EVENTS CO-ORDINATOR’S REPORT: Paul Ballard is away. Refer to Coming Events in the Coota Hoota..

CLUB CAPTAIN’s REPORT: John Simpfendorfer presented George Bland with his name badge. He awarded The Club Mug to Tim O’Keeffe for housing in his shed Mike Bickford’s Wolseley for repairs. The Bugger-up was awarded to Paul Ballard ( absent) for planning a Mid-Week run along backroads to Coolamon – where there was a R.M.S. speed check, set up. (Did someone get caught over the speed limit?)

GENERAL BUSINESS Voting for Allan Goodchild’s acceptance of

membership – resulted in the affirmative.

Alan Thompson reported on the Coffee Run 30

June – to Olympic Hotel, attended by him and Jill,

Peter and Sue and Tim and Ting, and found Geoff

and Barbara, and Trish, already settled in, there.

Malcolm Chaplin reported that he trailered home his 1950

COMMER one and 1/4 ton truck, for repairs.

Tim O’Keeffe has his CHARGER pulled apart, for repairs.

Kevin White pointed out confusing wording, on the purple

Certificate of Approved Operations that we keep in the

glovebox of club cars with H Plates.

The form always said “Use only in authorised club events”,

but now has added “Use for 60 days subject to Log Book

conditions”.

Chairman said, yes that’s right - the purple form says both –

You can use the vehicle for club events, and also, use it for

60 days of general use, outside of club authorised events, if

needed.

(Keep the purple form in the glovebox. And don’t forget to

put the date in your Log Book before starting out. (The fine

is more than $400.)

And closed the Meeting at 8.47 p.m.

John Rickett’s surprise: This is a spanner. It was left on a nut, behind a panel

in the boot of John Rickett’s Riley. John removed the

panel to service the tail-light. There was the spanner!

left there by a mechanic, years ago.

And the upholsterer didn’t see it there, either. He

fitted the panel; and the spanner was hidden forever.

Last year, Geoff Armour found a spanner which was

hidden for years on top of his Volkswagen’s engine

- left there by a mechanic!

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COMING EVENTS

July

Sat 28 Coffee Run – Meet at Apex Park 10am and decide on where to go for Morning Tea.

Sat 28 VSCC Sprints, Cootamundra Aerodrome. (Vintage Sports Car Club)

August

Mon 06 Monthly Meeting – 8pm at Cootamundra Library. Bring a plate for Supper.

Tue 14

Weekday Run – BYO or Lunch at LYNDHURST Café - with some members of the Orange District Antique Motor Club. Then to Age of Fishes Museum at Canowindra (it is only a 30km detour). Meet Apex Park 9:45 for 10:00. If intending to purchase Lunch at Lyndhurst Café, please advise Paul Ballard on 0419 973 822 a few days prior.

Sat 18 Coffee Run – Meet at Apex Park 10am and decide on where to go for Morning Tea.

Sat 18 Cootamundra Wattle Time Deb Ball – Need 10 Cars to transport Young Ladies and their Partners. Please phone John Collins before he has to phone you.

Sat 25 Cootamundra Wattle Time Fair – 9 a.m.Show ‘n Shine and Street Parade – 12 noon. (Page 4)

August/September

Fri 31/8 to Sun 02/9

Friday Mark out the sites. Saturday Set-up SUNDAY -- 6 a.m. Gate Duty THE ANNUAL CAMC FATHERS’ DAY SWAP MEET, COOTA SHOWGROUND.

September

Mon 03 Monthly Meeting – 8pm at Cootamundra Library. Bring a plate for Supper.

07 & 08 Harden Show.

Sun 09 Shepparton Swap

Wed 12 Weekday Run – To Harden Oil Factory. Meet Apex Park 10:45 for 11:00; or locals be at Oil

Factory well before 11:00. Closed shoes Compulsory. Further details closer to then.

Sat 15 Coffee Run – Meet at Apex Park 10am and decide on where to go for Morning Tea.

Sat 22 Young Collectors’ Club – Morning Tea, Tractor Trekkers and Gary Ward’s Collection.

Sun 23 All British Day – King’s School, Sydney

Sun 30 Running of the Sheep, Boorowa. Also Forbes Motorshow.

October

Thur 11 Weekday Run – Perhaps to Junee? Suggestions?

12 & 13 Warbirds Downunder, Temora

Sat 13 Harden Kite Festival

Sat 20 Cootamundra Show

November

02 to 04 Millthorpe Garden Ramble – Travelling via Crookwell & Staying two nights at Blayney.

Sat 03 CLASSIC YASS

Sun 04 Junee Swap Meet and Show & Shine - at Junee Showground

Canberra Swap Meet -- at Canberra Showground

December

To Be Decided

Club Christmas Party and/or Other Activities.

Members who volunteer at Local Museums, including the Temora Aviation Museum and Junee

Roundhouse Museum, may travel in their Historic Vehicle as Club Sanctioned Runs.

Attendances at Wednesday Night TAFE Sessions are also Club Sanctioned Events.