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REFLECTION—FEBRUARY 2017

WAGGAWAGGAVETERAN&VINTAGEMOTORCLUBINC–THEFAMILYCLUB

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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



MINUTES OF THE MONTHLY MEETING 3rd February 2017

Held at the Clubrooms, Docker & Morgan Sts. Wagga Wagga

Meeting opened by President R. LeLievre at 7.40pm

PRESENT 30 APOLOGIES: 9 VISITORS: 6 Rob welcomed our visitors

MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING It was moved by J. Clout seconded C. Kelly that the minutes from the Monthly Meeting held on the 6th January and as read at the February 2017 Meeting be accepted. Carried

BUSINESS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MINUTES *Vehicle Register: Janelle handed out sheets for members to fill in if they so wish. This is not compulsory to do.

CORRESPONDENCE IN *Application for membership for William & Jennifer Bowen *Flyer for Chryslers on the Murray 17-19 March in Albury *Info for Resto Parts *Entry form for Orange pre1931 Autumn Tour 5-7 May *Dates for Wangaratta Rally 22-24 Sept *Electricity & Sewerage accounts Vehicles *Application for membership from James Clay CORRESPONDENCE OUT Nil BUSINESS FROM CORRESPONDENCE *Ian has entry forms for Orange * Membership applications from W & J Bowen and James Clay were accepted *Information about Resto Parts is pinned to the notice board TREASURERS REPORT B. Hanson moved 2nd Julie Rockliff that the report as tabled be accepted carried GENERAL BUSINESS *CV Scheme: This was discussed, with the recommendation from the committee that the club stay on the H plate scheme for now.

Please see report in newsletter

*There has been no word from council re the grounds

*50th. Please be aware that our club is celebrating our 50th Rally as well as our 50th Anniversary as both started in 1967

*Laurie & Annie bought the Buick out for it’s first official outing

*JACKETS: Chris has lost the list from Dec meeting for members wanting club jackets. Please contact her if you require a jacket

*The MX5 club will be in Wagga Sat 25th March at our clubrooms, please bring along your vehicle and join them for Afternoon tea.

*Annie is looking for volunteers to do some skits at the rally, contact Annie

*Bob reported the High Wheeler is back on the road

RALLY: Ray has sent out invitations, also available on our website. Runs have been sorted. Looking for sponsors

PAST EVENTS

Members attended

Breakfast run

Ian reported on coming events

Meeting closed at 8.55pm Janelle Clout Secretary

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Why didn’t the chicken cross the road? Because it got run over half way. A girl asks a boy. “Peter how much do you love me? The boy looks her in the eyes, “Look up at the stars, that’s how much I love you.” The girl is confused, “But it’s morning, there are no stars.” Boy nods. “Exactly” What is the difference between roast beef and pea soup? You can roast beef but you can’t pee soup. A couple was having a discussion about family finances. Finally the husband exploded, “ If it weren’t for my money, the house wouldn’t be here.” The wife replied, “ If it weren’t for your money, I wouldn’t be here”



JANUARY BREAKFAST RUN There was an amazing roll up for the first run of the year. Approximately 50 members and friends went for a drive around the new housing estates of Estella Rise and Barooma to see the incredible new development, with some insight and commentary from Stu LeLievre who has been working on those two sub-divisions. Many of us Wagga locals were totally unaware of the number of new houses being built in the area. The morning started very early as it was predicted to be a hot one – and it was.

After our drive we headed off to Collins park to sit in the shade of the beautiful big trees and have our bacon and eggs cooked by our trusty cooks – well done boys. It was a very relaxing morning and everyone was having such a great time that we lingered around chatting for quite a while. The park was just beautiful for breakfast on a hot day Malcolm Nixon had driven his 1912 Daimler bus to the park and it took those passengers that wanted, for a memorable drive around the block. I think this might have been the buses first official club drive. Thank you to everyone who contributed and attended. ***** A police recruit was asked during his exam, “What would you do if you had to arrest your own mother?” He answered, “Call for backup.” *****



Members sitting in the shade at Collins Park having a beautiful breakfast.

REMINDER Both the Mid Week Run and Robs Workshop Day start back this month. Midweek Run - Wednesday 15th February, leaving clubrooms at 1.30pm Robs Workshop Day – Tuesday 28th February starting at 9.30am

Check events pages for more details Some interesting wood art



SOUTHERN MOTORING ASSOCIATION (SMA) ROADSHOW UPDATE On the 14th January 2017 several of our club members attended the SMA Roadshow for updates on the Classic Vehicle Scheme(CVS), meeting held in Wagga. The CVS was activated by RMS on the 19th December 2016 allowing for all vehicles greater than 30 years of age and under 3.5 tonne including modified, scheme includes 60-day log book. The main interest for our club is the tightening up of the existing H plate rego to reflect vehicles being: - 1 Authentic and original (as possible) to manufactures specifications. 2 Where improvements and safety modifications are made, these alterations comply with the relevant policies of RMS in particular Vehicle Standards Information No 6 (VSI No6). A grace period for vehicles to move from H plate to CVS is being implemented then there may be some auditing of club’s H plate registered vehicles. Grace period probably until end of logbook trial being 1st Oct 2017. Our club committee feels that all our H plate registered vehicles comply and there is no need to move any over to CVS at this time. Being affiliated with the SMA we automatically as a club are registered for CVS if needed in the future. Many clubs are opting for CVS however some are not, our committee feels it best for us to remain as is and in doing so we offer something different from what may be the norm. In addition, this decision promotes the unified group we have for preserving automotive history. In summary our club at this time only accepts H Plate for conditional Registration. Any queries please contact me. Rob LeLievre

CLUB JACKETS Chris Billingham is double checking her list for club jacket orders

The following members have placed an order for jackets:-

BILLINGHAM 2 CLOUT 2 DEACON 2 HALBISCH 1 HARRISON 1 HOEY 1 HOLGATE 2 KELLY 2 LE LIEVRE R 2 MASLIN 1 OLIVER 1 RAINBIRD 2 ROCKLIFF 2 SMITH 2 TARLINTON 1 If anyone has been missed, please contact Chris on [email protected] or give her a call 0438 224 675



FORD AUSTRALIA, THE END OF AN ERA Part 3 – Continued from January Reflection

Performance Vehicles

Ford Australia in addition, sells highly tuned limited-production Falcon sedans and utes through its performance car division, Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV).

The roots of FPV can be traced back to 1991 when the English automotive engineering company Tickford began a collaboration with Ford Australia to produce high performance variants of the Falcon range.

The partnership saw the introduction of the Falcon S-XR6 and the Falcon S-XR8 models.

This was followed in 1999 by the launch of the Ford Tickford Experience (FTE) dealer network and the FTE T-Series range based on Ford’s AU Falcon and Fairlane models.

In 2002, Prodrive purchased Tickford and the name Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV) was created to replace FTE. A restructured range was developed based on the BA Falcon, seeing the return of the GT nameplate to a Falcon based product and as a regular production model since the XB Falcon GT.

Over the years the FPV expanded the range to include a High Performance version of the Ford Territory as well as a number of special editions and anniversary models. Prodrive also founded Ford Performance Racing in 2003, entering the V8 Supercar series in Australia.

In August 2012, Ford Australia announced its purchase of FPV assets to continue the engineering, manufacturing and marketing of the brand in Australia. In preparation for Ford Australia’s manufacturing shutdown, the FPV brand and its range were discontinued in 2014, after 12 years of production and marketing.

Future As Australia is on of Ford’s five product development centres globally, they will continue to design and develop cars and trucks for the Asia/Pacific region.

Ford Australia’s world renowned Proving Ground in the You Yang mountains near Lara, Victoria recently turned 50 and the company used the milestone to remind us that research, development and design of global vehicles would continue here long term.

The You Yangs Proving Ground (YYPG) was opened in 1965 and is one of several fully equipped Ford proving grounds in the world. One of the first true tests of the fledgling facility was a 112,600km endurance run for the 1965 Falcon XP sedan, which set 49 Australian endurance records during the event.

The YYPG played a major role in developing the global Ranger and Everest, the Indian-market Figo hatch, the China-market Escort sedan and every iteration of the Falcon and Territory.

There are four primary buildings at the YYPG – The Operations Building, Vehicle Refinement and Dynamics Centre (VRDC), Emission Laboratory and Powertrain Development buildings.

Post 2017, Ford in Australia will be the largest automotive employer in the country with about 1,500+ highly skilled employees including the country’s only design and engineering team developing vehicles for the globe.

While the last Falcon Ute marked the end for many production line workers, Ford confirmed up to 160 of its 800 manufacturing employees will be redeployed to its engineering division.



Bitter-sweetly, they will work on the next generation of vehicles such as the Ford Ranger ute, designed and engineered locally but made in Thailand where manufacturing labour costs are one fifth the rate in Australia.

“Ford Australia invented the ute, perfected it with the Falcon ute and is building on that heritage with the Ranger, which our local team will continue to develop as we become the country’s largest auto employer,” said Ford boss, Mr Whickman.

Ford excluded media from capturing the last ute’s historic moment because it wanted production line workers to commemorate the occasion in private.

“We thank our loyal customers and the Ford team, with special thanks to our manufacturing employees, for making the Falcon ute a local legend and one of the longest running vehicles in the world,” Mr Whickman said.

The final examples to come off production line will be kept by Ford as museum pieces. Source: “The Automotive Engineer”, Journal of the Institute of Automotive and Mechanical Engineers, Nov/Dec 2016

The “Universal Car” – Wintertime Conversions for Henry Ford’s Model “T” 1918



MOWING ROSTER Saturdays

18 February 2017 John Rockliff* Wayne Clout

* 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 2017 mowing roster is on the Member Section of the website.

4 March 2017 Rob LeLievre* David Sides 18 March 2017 Ian Holgate* Craig Kelly 1st April 2017 Stuart LeLievre* Peter Billingham 15th April 2017 Bob Maslin* Chris Mooney

VISIT TO KILDARE CATHOLIC COLLEGE On a very hot Thursday 9th February some of the club cars were on display at Kildare to help the students with a project.

Laurie Taylor looking very proud in his very recently registered Buik

Getting those all important measurements

Very attentive students

Getting the angle of those wooden spokes

How much torque in this motor? Thanks to the members who went to the college to help out. They were rewarded with a nice morning out and a very nice morning tea.



GETITOUT&GETITGOING

Coming Events – Events Calendar

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WOULD MEMBERS WHO ARE INTENDING TO ATTEND AN EVENT PLEASE NOTIFY THE SOCIAL EVENTS DIRECTOR BY EITHER PHONE OR EMAIL. HOPING YOUR NAME MAY ENTICE OTHER MEMBERS TO ATTEND THE EVENT.

Monday 13th February 2017 Ray Harrison 0407145525

JUNE RALLY MEETING Start at 7.30pm at clubrooms

Wednesday 15th February 2017

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MID WEEK RUN Leave clubrooms at 1.30pm and have arvo tea somewhere first one for 2017

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Friday 24th February Last Friday of the Month

WAGGAS MONTHLY MEET Riverina Playhouse Car park off Cross Street from 7pm

Saturday 25th February 2017 Jim Morton 0408441495 TRACTOR PULL AND SWAP MEET GUNDAGI SHOWGROUND Gates open 6am for stall holders and 7am for lookers

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Tuesday 28th February 2017 Rob LeLievre 0419445625

ROB’S WORK SHOP DAY Starting at 9.30am at 10 Willowtree Place

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Friday 3rd March 2017 GENERAL MEETING Clubrooms at 7.30pm Please bring a plate to share for supper

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Saturday 4th March 2017 Peter Smith 0269206246 NATIONAL HISTORIC TRUCK & COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SHOW Lockhart Showground from 10.30 to 3.30 Leave clubrooms at 8.45 am SEE ADD Page 7

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Saturday 11th Sunday 12th March 2017

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JUNEE RHYTHM AND RAIL FESTIVAL Saturday11th Street parade marshalling will start at 9.00am on Peel St drive over rail line and down to the Ex services Club then drive back to Peel St for the Vehicle Show and Shine Members that want to go in the street parade MUST let me know so I can put you name forward with some information on your vehicle I have to fill in some paper work before the 8th March Sunday 12th Bush Poets Breakfast on at the museum early Sunday morning at 8 am this is a good event usually get a good laugh

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Wednesday 15th March 2017 Ray Tarlinton 0429966684

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

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Sunday 18th March 2017 Keith Wheaton 69226864

PEDAL POWER DISPLAY AT THE CLUB ROOMS The organisers of the display in the club rooms have asked if we could take some of our old vehicles down and put on a display between 9 am and 3 pm

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Saturday 25th March 2017 Annie Taylor is hosting a meeting of the Mazda MX5 Club at our clubrooms on the 25th March and has asked if those people that are going to Coolamon to play Bare Foot Bowls if they could come to the clubrooms by 3 pm and show our club vehicles to the MX5 members and then leave to travel to Coolamon at 4.30 pm

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EVENING DRIVE TO COOLAMON Leave the Club rooms at 4.30 pm travel to Coolamon and have a go at playing BARE FOOT BOWLS then have a Chinese Meal at the Club and return home -

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Tuesday 28th March 2017 Rob LeLievre 0419445625

ROB’S WORK SHOP DAY Starting at 9.30am at 10 Willow Tree Place

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Friday 31st March WAGGAS MONTHLY MEET Riverina Playhouse Car park off Cross Street from 7pm

Friday 7th April 2017 GENERAL MEETING Clubrooms at 7.30pm Please bring a plate to share for supper

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Tuesday 18th April 2017 Ray Harrison 0407145525


EVENTS FROM OTHER CLUBS AND SPECIAL INTEREST Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th February 2017

BERRIMA DISTRICT HISTORIC VEHICLE CLUB RALLY

Friday Saturday Sunday 3rd to 6th March 2017

KALIMNA RALLY COROWA Taylor’s, Hanson’s, Halbisch and Tarlinton’s are all going

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LEETON SHOW & SHINE Being held at 18 Brobenah Rd Leeton

17-18-19th March 2017 CHRYSLERS ON THE MURRAY 5th to 7th May 2017 ORANGE DISTRIC ANTIQUE MOTOR CLUB AUTUM TOUR

Starts on Friday with afternoon drive and finishes on Sunday with Breakfast at their Clubrooms. Clout’s Rockie’s Holgate’s Taylor’s Fitzpatrick’s and Rainbird’s are starters that I know about. Leave from the Holgate’s at 9.00am on Thursday 4th May

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 Sunday 19th February 2017 0410447927 SYDNEY SUPER SWAP AT HAWKESBURY SHOWGROUND CLARENDON

Friday 24th Saturday 25th February 2017

BALLARAT SWAP 7am to 6pm at Ballarat Airport

Sunday 12th March 2017 0428723118 AH WEST WYALONG SWAP Showground

Sunday 30th April 2017 SWAP MEET AT MOTORING LIFE MUSEUM Pre 1950 only

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