official newsletter of - w.w.v.v.m.c. inc · 2016. 9. 10. · reflection—september 2016 wagga...

REFLECTION—SEPTEMBER 2016

WAGGAWAGGAVETERAN&VINTAGEMOTORCLUBINC–THEFAMILYCLUB

OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF

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in the south!

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NSW Inc, & the NSW

Southern Motoring Association Inc.

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“THE FAMILY CLUB” PO BOX 598

WAGGA WAGGA NSW 2650

ESTABLISHED 1967



PRESIDENT Rob Le Lievre 0269 711 829 [email protected] VICE PRESIDENT Bob Maslin 0269 214 147 [email protected] SECRETARY Janelle Clout 0418 253 010 [email protected] TREASURER Brian Hanson 0269 223 316 [email protected] MAGAZINE EDITOR Sue Kelly 0428 616 921 [email protected] SOCIAL EVENTS DIRECTOR Ian Holgate 0269 219 772 [email protected] REGISTRATION OFFICER Gerald Rainbird 0269 202 379 [email protected] RALLY DIRECTOR Ray Harrison 0407 145 525 [email protected] PROPERTY & LIBRARY OFFICER David Campbell 0428 691 438 [email protected] PUBLICITY OFFICER Julie Rockliff 0269 264 947 [email protected] CLUB GROUNDS OFFICER John Rockliff 0269 264 947 [email protected]

SUB - COMMITTEES

SOCIAL EVENTS CLUB GROUNDS REGISTRATION MAGAZINE JUNE RALLY Ian Holgate John Rockliff Gerald Rainbird Sue Kelly Ray Harrison Bob Maslin Ian Holgate Peter Billingham Stuart Le Lievre Brian Hanson Craig Kelly Peter FitzPatrick Ian Holgate Rob Le Lievre Sue Kelly David Campbell Rodney Bredin Wayne Clout Chris Billingham Peter FitzPatrick Wayne Clout John Rockliff Brian Hanson David Campbell Ian Condon Craig Kelly Stuart Le Lievre

MEETINGS Monthly meetings are held at 7.30 pm on the first Friday of each month at the clubrooms, corner of Docker and Morgan Streets, Wagga Wagga. All members, guests and visitors are welcome.

CLUB EVENTS Club events are held on various days during the year. Please check the "Coming Events" section of this newsletter for details. For vehicles on “Club Plates”, a copy of the club magazine with the ‘Events calendar’ showing the sanctioned events must be in the member’s vehicle when on these specific events.

STATEMENT OF OBJECTS The Club's Statement of Objects is as follows: For the association of persons interested in Veteran, Vintage, Classic and Post Classic motor vehicles.

To encourage the restoration, preservation, use and display of these vehicles and associated literature, films, photographs, tape recordings and video tapes.

To demonstrate the capabilities of these vehicles by engaging in competitions including economy trials, regularity runs, observation events, motorkhanas, concourse competitions and vehicle rallies.

To encourage goodwill, friendship, and communication between members of this Club, and between members of this Club and all other persons, clubs and associations having like Objectives.

REFLECTION

NEWSLETTER OF THE WAGGA WAGGA VETERAN

AND VINTAGE MOTOR CLUB INCORPORATED

ESTABLISHED 1967 INCORPORATED 1987 OFFICE BEARERS



INTRODUCING THE NEW EDITOR Hello to all the members and friends of WWVVMC. I am your new editor for the next little while.

My name is Sue Kelly, and Craig, my husband and I, are relatively new members in the club, this being our third year here. So, I feel that I will need a bit of help with gathering information and finding appropriate things for the magazine. I don’t have a car background and I am not mechanically minded so if you have something that you want to share with everyone, please don’t hesitate to email me something – [email protected], or give me a call on 0428 616 921.

Stuart Le Lievre, who is the past editor, has done a great job in filling the pages with interesting, useful and funny articles and I hope I am able to keep things rolling along. I don’t know all the members in the club so please make yourself known to me. Stu will be contributing a page every month to help make sure that we still have lots of things to interest many of our members, and help me out when material is light on.

The Editor I understand is supposed to proof read and collate the content, so please, please, please give me lots of things to put in. I will struggle for a little while so if you have any suggestions please let me know.

Rather than having a separate Ladies Page I might incorporate anything that I find interesting into the general magazine. I would like some feedback if this doesn’t suit.

The software that I am using to produce the magazine is slightly different to what has been used in the past because my machine won’t run the software, so things might look a little different. I will do my best to keep the feel of the magazine as it has been and I apologise in advance if it’s not quite as you expect.

Wish me luck and I look forward to keeping up the tradition of producing a magazine that you look forward to receiving each month.

PS The information given to me this month has been outstanding and I have had to hold over many jokes and funny’s until a later magazine. Thanks so much.

Regards

Sue Kelly

Reminder

FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN’T PAID, CLUB MEMBERSHIP SUBS ARE NOW

DUE

Subscription fee = $60 Please pay by either cash or cheque to the

Treasurer (Cheques may be posted to PO Box 598 Wagga

Wagga 2650)

Alternatively, you may pay by EFT Bank: Commonwealth Bank BSB: 062600 A/C No: 00900546

Please include your name in the Payment Reference

Rego Day 2016 Don’t forget rego day this year! Sunday 23rd October, 8.30am. In case of wet weather alternate arrangements have been made to go to Robs shed, and details will be published in the October magazine.

Please make sure your RMS log book is in your vehicle (used or not). Log books must always be in your vehicle. No excuses!! Printed copies of the club run log book will be available on this day. Or they are available to download from the club web site.

See article on page 6

This morning I was sitting on a bench next to a homeless man, I asked him how he ended up this way. He said: “Up until last week, I still had it all! I had a roof over my head, a cook, my clothes were washed and pressed, I had TV, I had Internet, I went to the gym, the pool, the library, school if I wanted to…”. I asked him, “What happened? Drugs? Alcohol? Divorce??? “Oh no, nothing like that” he said. No, no … I got out of prison.”



MID WEEK RUN At our Mid Week Run on Wednesday 17 August, we presented our donation from gate takings at the 2016 Rally, to the Volunteer Rescue Association.

This donation recognises the valuable work the VRA does for the public during emergences, and its help with car parking at our June Rally on Sunday.

Bob and Julie on behalf of our Club presented the cheque. Ray Willett and Tim Lidden from the VRA gratefully received the donation.

The donated funds will go towards fitting out one of their emergency trucks.

After the presentation of the June Rally charity money to the VRA we went for a drive up to Mitchelmore St to visit the orchid and garden display of Mr John Daws. John also had a large collection of historic spark plugs and motor cycles. It was a very interesting visit some of the orchids were of very pretty colours and in good bloom. I would like to have seen some of the vehicles that the spark plugs would have fitted, that would have been interesting too.

After the visit we proceeded down to the South Wagga Bakery for the usual afternoon tea and chit chat. I apologise to those who attended because I didn’t get the list of names but thank you very much for attending. Until next time Regards Ray T

Next Midweek Run 21 September 2016

p.s. I will be absent from the next MW Run. R T

Donald Trump goes on a fact-finding visit to Israel. While he is on a tour of Jerusalem he suffers a heart attack and dies.

The undertaker tells the American diplomats accompanying him, 'You can have him shipped home for $50,000, or you can bury him here, in the Holy Land for just $100.'

The American diplomats go into a corner to discuss for a few minutes. They return with their answer to the undertaker and tell him they want Donald Trump shipped home.

The undertaker is puzzled and asks, 'Why would you spend $50,000 to ship him home, when it would be wonderful to be buried here and you would spend only $100?

The American diplomats reply, 'Long ago a man died here, was buried here, and three days later he rose from the dead.

We just can't take the risk. Contributed



VISIT TO TARCUTTA On Sunday 21st August we headed off for a nice drive out to the Tarcutta pub for lunch. We had an informal morning tea before driving out along the highway and down Mates Gully Road. We were a bit early for lunch so headed off to the Men’s shed to see what the local men and women are building and the AW6 engine in the process of being restored.

David Campbell allowed us into his shed where we had a look at his restorations in progress – a really nice day out. Thanks to all who participated.

CLUB RUN LOG BOOK ON THE WEB SITE Most members have opted for a log book under the RMS two year trial arrangements. This means that at any time, your log book can be scrutinised by the RMS or Police and hefty fines apply for failure to comply with requirements.

Number plate recognition technology now allows vehicle use to be monitored and resulting data bases can be compared with log books.

It therefore follows that a driver needs to be able to distinguish between a club run and a log book run for a greater period of time than we are accustomed to. For club runs, drivers are currently expected to carry a current club magazine so as to be able to prove that a vehicle is on an approved run at that time of being pulled over. The use of a Club Log Book is not intended to replace carrying the Club magazine.

At Southern Motoring Association meetings, the RMS favoured the use of a diary so that an extended record of club runs was documented.

The September general meeting favoured the use of a Club Run Log Book, being a single page with same format as the RMS Log Book. This document is now available from the Club’s website, Members section, or by hard copy at the

clubrooms. Use is optional, but it was considered that if you use one or the other at all times, you are less likely to forget to fill out the RMS log book.

The above arrangement is possibly overkill. To the author’s knowledge, no member has ever been pulled over by the Police or RMS in NSW for the purpose of validating a run. However, in the event of an accident, circumstances could be different. How would a smart lawyer or coroner act? The stories we do hear tend to come from Victoria, but we also like to cross the border, don’t we.

The September meeting also considered the maintenance run which has always been undertaken under the conditional registration scheme. The RMS has indicated a preference for maintenance runs to be completed as a log book entry. This seems reasonable as we have been granted 60 days for free (but free for how long?). The alternative is to contact the Events Director and log a maintenance run with him.

Contributed by XEd.

These Club Run log book sheets will be available on Registration day.



GANMAIN SHOW The 2016 Ganmain Show attracted its usual large number of visitors like it seems to do every year. It was quite wet under foot but that did not deter a contingent from WWVVMC from travelling out to display their cars and enjoy the great day at the show.

Maureen and Selbys Standard and Ian & Chris Holgate's Oldsmobile (Hanson's EJ ute and Bredins 39 Chev in background)

The Olds, EJ, and Chev

Alan and Kay Cains eh Holden, Ray and Pam Tarlinton's Mercedes

and Bruce Pike's EK Holden Apologies to Merv Halbisch and Peter Murphy who were also in attendance, but missed out on a photo.

Mick Bakers 29 Chev Truck

MOWING ROSTER

24 September Brian Hanson* Laurie Taylor

* Denotes key holder. The date indicated is the weekend you must mow. If you cannot make it, please contact the key holder to make other arrangements or change places with somebody from another weekend. Phil Hoey mows the main lawns and you only have to do around the gardens, the edges and clean the toilets. The full 2016 mowing roster is in the Member Section of the website.

8 October Ray Harrison* Wayne Clout 22 October Peter Fitzpatrick* Craig Kelly 5 November John Rockliff* Chris Mooney 19 November Rob Le Lievre* David Sides

Contributed by Ray Harrison



THE PERFECT HUSBAND Several men are in the locker room of the golf club.

A cellular phone on a bench rings and a man engages the hands-free speaker function and begins to talk.

Everyone else in the room stops to listen.

MAN: "Hello"

WOMAN: "Hi Honey, it's me. Are you at the club?"

MAN: "Yes."

WOMAN: "I'm at the shops now and found this beautiful leather coat.

It's only $2,000. Is it OK if I buy it?"

MAN: "Sure, go ahead if you like it that much."

WOMAN: "I also stopped by the Lexus dealership and saw the new models.

I saw one I really liked."

MAN: "How much?"

WOMAN: "$90,000."

MAN: "OK, but for that price I want it with all the options."

WOMAN: "Great! Oh, and one more thing... I was just talking to Janie and found out that the house I wanted last year is back on the market. They're asking $980,000 for it."

MAN: "Well, then go ahead and make an offer of $900,000. They'll probably take it. If not, we can go the extra eighty-thousand if it's what you really want."

WOMAN: "OK. I'll see you later! I love you so much!"

MAN: "Bye! I love you, too." The man hangs up. The other men in the locker room are staring at him in astonishment, mouths wide open.

He turns and asks, "Anyone know who's phone this is?"

CELEBRATIONS PLANNED FOR OUR 50TH YEAR 2017

At the August General Meeting it was decided to form a sub committee to help organise our 50th Year Anniversary celebrations. David Bredin, Peter Fitzpatrick, Phil Hoey and Janelle Clout volunteered to be part of this committee.

We welcome ALL members to contribute ideas and participate in this committee so please feel free to put forward your ideas at the October General meeting. We are looking forward to a special 2017.

REMEMBER THESE?

VEHICLE PHOTOS FOR THE CLUBROOMS Members are encouraged to display photos of their club vehicles in the clubrooms. For consistency, the following standards apply. The label layout is:

Owner/s Name

Year and Vehicle Model

The label will be positioned at the bottom left hand corner of the frame.

You need to provide an A4 sized photo of your vehicle for display.

Place your order with David Campbell— 0428 691 438

Pay $10 for the frame and the label.

Labels will be ordered twice a year, once in conjunction with the June Rally and again around Christmas



ROB’S SOCIAL DAY This was a monster social day.

The group started off at the Riverina Regional Archives to do a bit of investigating in the old Daily Advertisers, searching for early WWVVMC meeting dates and information. Some got a bit side tracked with the old adds and articles of the late 60’s…

But some relevant information was found and photographed before heading off to the Coffee Niche for a coffee. The Archives is a very interesting place and is open to the public from 9am – 5pm, Monday to Friday, College Avenue, Turvey Park.

It was then time to head off to Rob’s where he was promising a “reveal” which had been 28 years in the making!!!!

Craig then did a brief demo on buffing a car, with Stu’s Fairlane as the demonstration model. Hopefully members who want to have a go at buffing their own cars may be able to do it at one of the up and coming social days at Robs.

Talk to Craig at the next meeting to see what you need to bring.

Sudoku 009 Solution

Sudoku 010 (Easy)

Opening What have we here? Admirers of the T Model Ford



Alldays & Onions Shamelessly stolen from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Alldays & Onions was an English automobile maker which manufactured cars from 1898 to 1918. The cars were sold under the Alldays name. The company also built an early British built tractor, the Alldays General Purpose Tractor.

History

The Alldays & Onions Pneumatic Engineering Co. of Birmingham, was a company founded in 1889 by the merger of the long established Onions (formed by John Onions in 1650) and William Allday & Co. (formed by William Allday in 1720) engineering companies. They became known for their engineering and blacksmithing equipment. Like many such companies at the time they turned to bicycle manufacture and sold a range under the Alldays name. They also started making motorcycles in 1903 under the Alldays-Matchless name; these had no connection with the London-based Matchless company, and in 1915 presumably following representations from them, the name was changed to Allon. Manufacture of these continued until 1927.

In 1898, the company produced its first car, the Traveller, a quadricycle made in private and commercial forms, steered by a wheel. It had an unsprung rear end, power generated by a

7 hp model. Larger commercial vehicles of up to 5 tons were also made in the years preceding the first World War and saw service during the conflict.

The company hit commercial success with the 1.6-litre, vertical-twin side-valve 10/12, which was made from 1905 to 1913. It was popular with commercial drivers and did well in period formula events and hill-

Alldays 7HP Swing-seat tonneau 1904

climbs. A 16 hp 4-cylinder joined the lineup in 1906, and in 1908, the Enfield Autocar Co. was acquired. Shortly afterward, the range was rationalized, with most models being sold under both brand-names. The Alldays Alldays & Onions 1905

contribution to the equation was the well-established twin- and four-cylinders that put out 14 and 20 hp, always shaft-driven. A 30/35 hp six-cylinder was listed from 1911 to 1914, compressed-air starters being optional in 1911. In 1913, the 990 cc V-twin Midget cyclecar was introduced, featuring air cooling and shaft drive, selling at ₤138.10s. An 1100 cc 4-cylinder version with a bullnose radiator appeared in 1914, popular at the price of ₤175. Pair-cast side-valve four-cylinders rated at 12/14, 16/20, and 25/30 hp filled out the immediate pre-war offerings.

In 1908 Alldays & Onions merged with the short lived Enfield Autocar Company which had been formed to take over the car making interests of the Enfield Cycle Company. They produced cars called Enfield-Allday until 1925.[1]

Contributed by XEd.



GETITOUT&GETITGOING Coming Events – Events Calendar

POINTSSCORE

BONUSPOINTS

WOULD MEMBERS WHO ARE INTENDING TO ATTEND AN EVENT PLEASE NOTIFY THE SOCIAL EVENTS DIRECTOR BY EITHER PHONE, EMAIL OR LOG ONTO THE CLUB WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN ADD YOUR NAME TO THE ATTENDANCE LIST, HOPING YOUR NAME MAY ENTICE OTHER MEMBERS TO ATTEND THE EVENT.

Saturday 17th September 2016

Ian Holgate 0269 219 772

ROLLS-ROYCE DAWN PATROL Our club has been invited to join the RR Members for a Bistro Dinner at the RSL Club on the Sat evening at 6.30pm (5.30pm for drinks) . Dinner will cost $35.00 per head. If interested, contact me so I can let the event organiser know numbers before the 1st Sept

1 1

Wednesday 21st September 2016

Ray Tarlinton 0269 223 751 0429 966 684

MID WEEK RUN Leave the clubrooms at 1.30 pm and have arvo tea somewhere.

1 1


Ian Holgate 0269 219 772 0428 219 772

RIVERINA TRUCK SHOW & KIDS CONVOY Convoy to start lining up at the Bomen Saleyards by 10.30am and leave by 11.30 am Drive your old vehicle out to the Holgate’s on Byrnes Rd. Be there no later than 11.00am or you will have trouble turning across the traffic coming down Byrnes Rd. Bring morning tea, thermos and a chair, then sit on the side of the road and watch the Convoy come down Byrnes Rd. It’s a spectacular sight Vehicles on display at Apex Park from 1.00pm to 7.45 pm (www.riverinatruckshowandkidsconvoy.com)

2 2

Tuesday 27th September 2016

Rob Le Lievre 0269 711 829 0419 445 625

ROB’S SOCIAL DAY Robs shed start at 9.30am

1 1

Saturday 2nd October 2016

COUNTRY HOPE CAMP AT BORAMBOLA VEHICLE DISPLAY Country hope have ask our Club if we could take some of our old vehicles out to the Borambola for the children and their carers to have a look at between 2 and 4pm COULD I GET NAMES FOR THIS ONE PLEASE

2 2

Friday 7th October 2016 GENERAL MEETING Clubrooms at 7.30pm. Please bring a plate for supper.

2 2

Sunday 9th October 2016 Ian Holgate 0269 219 772

DAMPER DAY TAKE 2 NAKED RADIATOR RUN Meet at the Holgate’s at 1.30pm What to bring chair, camp oven, secret ingredients for your damper and your cooking skills if you don’t know how to use a camp oven we will teach you

2 4

Wednesday 19th October 2016

Ray Tarlinton 0269 223 751 0429 966 684

MID WEEK RUN Leave the clubrooms at 1.30 pm and arvo tea somewhere.

1 1

Sunday 23rd October 2016

REGO DAY AT THE CLUB ROOMS If your vehicle/s fall due for rego at the end of November, be at the clubrooms from 8.30am with your old vehicles for inspection and don’t forget your logbook. Your logbook will be checked against attendance for the point score records (See notice on page 4)

Tuesday 25th October 2016

Rob Le Lievre 6971 1829

0419 445 625

ROB’S SOCIAL DAY Robs shed start at 9.30am

1 1

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Friday 4th November 2016 GENERAL MEETING Clubrooms at 7.30pm. Please bring a plate for supper.

2 2

Sunday 6th November 2016

SECOND REGO DAY If you missed the first one in October you had better make this one

Wednesday 16th November 2016

Ray Tarlinton 6922 3751

0429 966 684

MID WEEK RUN Leave the clubrooms at 1.30 pm and arvo tea somewhere.

1 1

Saturday 17th December 2016

Ian Holgate (02) 6921 9772

CHRISTMAS PARTY AT CLUBROOMS 6.30 pm for a 7.00pm Dinner

2 2

EVENTS FROM OTHER CLUBS AND SPECIAL INTEREST 9th & 12th September 2016 Martin Ziermann

(03) 5727 6090 WANGARATTA 46th SPRING TIME RALLY

21st to 26th September 2016

HUPMOBILE RALLY Being held in Singleton NSW The Rainbirds are going


Les Buckley 0417296865 TEMORA SHOW Free entry to driver and passenger be in the grounds by 10am

24th September to 2nd October 2016

T FORD RALLY Being held in Warragul in VIC Max Cowie is going

Sunday 25th September 2016

CHEV FOUR TOUR STARTS

Saturday Sunday 1st & 2nd October 2016

BARELLAN WORKING CLYDESDALES & HEAVY HORSES WEEKEND Barellan Showground

Sunday 2nd October 2016 MOTORING LIFE MUSEUM OPEN DAY Special guest will be the Veteran Car Club starting at 9.30am and finish at 2.30pm They are expecting 10 to 12 veteran cars as well as many other older vehicles $10.00 entry fee 9.30am to 2.30pm

Saturday 5th November 2016

CLASSIC YASS Vehicles line up in Banjo Patterson Park and River Bank Park .Up 200 vehicles on display and a Billy Cart Derby

19th and 20th November 2016

0413 447 855 BIG THREE CAR SHOW SATURDAY GM ,FORD, and CHRYSLER SUNDAY AMERICAN CAR NATIONALS

18th to 22nd May 2017 ANTIQUE CAR CLUB ALBURY WODONGA WILL BE HOSTING CHMC annual Rally also the National Heritage Motoring Day as well as celebrating their 50th year This could be a good run as a group for the 5 days

SWAP MEETINGS Saturday 15th October 2016

0427 002 741 Brian 0412 162 089

GUNDAGAI SWAP This is a first time up swap being held behind The Dog On The Tucker Box

Sunday 16th October 2016 JINDERA SWAP Twin City Club

FRI SAT SUN 11th 12th 13th November 2016

BENDIGO SWAP

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