The Grille Newsletter of the

Grafton Vintage Motor Vehicle Club Inc.

www.graftonvintagecars.com

PO Box 523 Grafton NSW 2460

AUGUST 2017

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OFFICE BEARERS

PRESIDENT

Doug Clark 0427 665 200 email: dr.jm.clark@bigpond.com

VICE PRESIDENT

Kim Dahl 0418 660 347

SECRETARY

Peter Arnull 6643 4683

TREASURER

Laurie Fitzpatrick 6645 4657

COMMITTEE

Malcolm Larkin 6643 5335 Graham Benn 6642 1868 Kim Dahl 0418 660 347 Peter & Robyn Nixon 6643 1959 Dick and Ena Parmeter 6644 9037

WELFARE OFFICER

Margaret Fitzpatrick 66 454 657

BULLETIN EDITOR

Peter & Robyn Nixon 6643 1959 0419 431 959

email: gvmvci@gmail.com

EVENTS COMMITTEE

Kim Dahl 0418 660 347 Tom Raven 0419 888 902 Ken Norton 0403 521 468

VEHICLE EXAMINERS

John Snape (cars) 6645 2377 Tom Hay (cars) 0407 785 724 Ken Norton (cars) 6642 6817

WEB MASTERS

Peter Arnull 6643 4683 Peter Nixon 0419 211 991

PUBLICITY OFFICER

Ena Parmenter 6644 9037

CLUB CUSTODIAN

Spencer Orr 6647 6265

MONTHLY MEETINGS

Held at Jabour Park club rooms on the first Sunday of each month. (except January). See times in club event calendar, page 3. For enquiries or directions ring the President Doug Clark 0427 665 200 All meetings are designated Club authorised runs. You may drive your historic vehicles to and from meetings.

Deadline for contributions for The GRILLE COB 28th of each month

EDITORS’ COMMENT

Welcome to the August edition of the Grille. This may be our last as newsletter editors as we have a prospective replacement and we are considering moving onto the events committee. This will be easier for all concerned as I am expecting a 3 month absence at some stage involving PA hospital and a transplanted kidney. My specialist has advised me that I am close to receiving this gift. This is a opportune time to mention organ transplants an organ donation as last week was “DonateLife week.”

Robyn and I will miss the Wings and Wheels this year as it clashes with the Leyburn Sprints weekend. We will again make the trek to Leyburn for the annual street races. Unfortunately my beloved Wolseley is still not up to the task. The engine and Gearbox are in and running but there is a vibration in the rear end. Being English this may indicate an imminent differential failure, damaged drive shaft, or worse! The vibration is there with the car raised and wheels removed. Any one got a suggestion? More investigations to come. Oh the joys of old cars!!! Regards

Peter & Robyn

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

The coffee run to Botero Coffee Shop in Maclean was well attended. It included a tour of the process of baking of beans obtained from various countries around the world.

Sixty members & guests attended the Christmas in July held at our Club Rooms at Jabour Park. A three course meal was provided followed by Kim Dahl’s Trivia Prizes. Congratulations to Lyn & Kim Dahl first time grandparents to little Ivy.

August 20th Wings & Wheels is on the same weekend as the Evans Head Run. Members can participate in their own choice but our Club generally supports the Wings & Wheels event.

The Annual General Meeting is on August 6th 2017, at 3 pm Club Rooms Jabour Park. This will follow on from the Grafton Sporting Car Club Swap & Show at the Showground.

Please note we need to have entries for the Motorfest received ASAP. Entry forms are printed in the Grille or can be obtained by contacting Bill Cowper or Kim Dahl. Regards

Doug Clark

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CLUB EVENT CALENDAR 2017

August Sunday 6 3.00pm Jabour Park AGM, followed by Monthly Meeting Doug Clark 0427665200

Sunday 6 7.00am Grafton Show Ground

Grafton Sporting Car Club Swap Meet and car show

Ken Norton 0403521468

Thursday 10 9.30am Jabour Park Coffee Run, Schaeffer House Grafton for morning tea and inspection

Kim Dahl 0418660347

Sunday 20 9.00am Jabour Park Club run to Evans Head, lunch at venue to be advised, Morning tea at Broadwater Church

Ken Norton 0403521468

Sunday 20 10am - 2pm South Grafton Aero Club

Wings and Wheels Kim Dahl 0418660347

25/8 to 10/9 The Murray Snowy Run Check Newsletter for full details Cheryl Benn 0429702264

September Sunday 3 3.00pm Jabour Park Monthly Meeting Doug Clark 0427665200

Thursday 14 9.30am Jabour Park Coffee Run to Sandon River, BYO lunch to follow at Brooms Head

Kim Dahl 0418660347

Saturday 16 and Sunday 17

Jabour Park Grafton Motorfest (Retro theme). See advertisement in this issue. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED VEHICLES NEEDED

Kim Dahl 0418660347 Doug_Clark 0427665200

Saturday 23 Curry Fest Woolgoolga Kim Dahl 0418660347

Sunday 24 Maclean Showground Swap Meet Bob Gray 0266452950 (H) 0417190860 (M)

October Sunday 1 4.00pm Jabour Park Monthly Meeting Doug Clark 0427665200

Thursday12 9.15am Jabour Park Coffee run to Idle Inn Coramba Ken Norton 0403521468

Sunday 15 10.00am Jabour Park Club run for lunch at the Golden Dog Glenreagh, then run to Red Rock for byo afternoon tea or purchase from the store

Kim Dahl 0418660347 Ken_Norton 0403521468

November Saturday 4 & Sunday 5

TBA Jacaranda Rally

Thursday 9 9.30am Jabour Park Coffee Run to Turf Street Coffee Shop Ken Norton 0403521468

Sunday12 (NB: this meeting is 2nd Sunday this month)

4.00pm Jabour Park Monthly Meeting Doug Clark 0427665200

Sunday 19th TBA Club Run TBA TBA

December Sunday 3 4.00pm Jabour Park Monthly Meeting Doug Clark 0427665 200

Thursday 9 9:30 Jabour Park Coffee Run to Pillar Valley Bill Cowper

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UPCOMING EVENTS.

EVERY WEDNESDAY…..HUSBAND MINDING Send your man along to Jabour Park every Wednesday for secret men’s business and men’s shed activities. Peer based training provided in washing up, cleaning, putting away, lawn mowing and any number of household duties.

Minutes of the Monthly Meeting held on 2 July 2017 at Jabour Park South Grafton

The Meeting Opened: 3.07pm Chairman: Doug Clark Apologies: Robyn Nixon, Ena Parmenter, Maureen McLennan, Danny and Michelle Thorton. m/s K. Dahl, R. Parmenter they be received. Attendance: 48 New Members: Peter Lowder, George Rolls, Jane Taylor, Kevin Wheeler, Allan Redeger, Kevin Johnson, m/s R. Parmenter, R.Purnell they be accepted. Guest and Visitors: Nil

Items for Agenda: Nil

Minutes: Minutes as per the magazine. m/s K. Dahl, R. Purnell, they be accepted.

Business Arising: Thanks from the two Sprite Clubs.

Correspondence: In: Magazines from: Summerland SCCC New England Wheels Coffs Harbour Veteran & Vintage, Tweed Valley Vehicle restorers Club, Ballina District Vehicle Restorers Club, Port Macquarie Heritage Car Club, Port Macquarie Antique and Classic Car Club. Classic & Specialist Car Club of Northern NSW, Austin Motor Vehicle Club of NSW. Letters of resignation from: John Cassidy and Mal Cochran m/s , K. Norton, K Dahl that correspondence be received.

Treasurer’s Report: Bank balance at 30/05/2017 - $XX,X07.71 m/s L. Fitzpatrick, R. Parmenter the report be received Accounts for payment: Jabor Park $813.76, Merchandize $392.00, Affiliations $40.00, Trailer Rego. 65.00 m/S L. Fitzpatrick, K Dahl they be paid.

Editors Report: Closing date for magazine 28th of each month. More articles are required. New printer on lease.

Events: See Magazine and website Past Events: Coffee Run – 6 cars, Ballina Manor – 13 Cars Future Events: Murray Tour – 11starters, 20/08 Wings and Wheel, 16/7 Christmas in July

General Business: Armidale Club has a 100km limit on members. Further enquires to be made. m/s T. Raven, P. Nixon that the club purchase a defibrillator and organise training- carried. Progress of primitive camping area. Application with Crown Lands – possible signing this week.

Meeting closed: 3.57 pm Next meeting: (AGM) 5/08/2017 – 3.00 pm EST

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MEMBERS’ PAGE

Members’ vehicles can be displayed on the club web site. To have your pride and joy displayed send photos to:

parnull1@bigpond.com or phone Peter Arnull 0266 434683

INSPECTION FEE

All club inspections of vehicles carried out by the vehicle examiners will be at a cost of $20 per vehicle.

OTHER CLUB’S EVENTS

We have official visitors rights with the Summerland Sports and Classic Car Club, meaning our members are eligible to attend their events, and also theirs to ours. To aid with this our magazine is distributed electronically to their members and their magazine will be distributed electronically to you.

CALLING ALL BIKE OWNERS

I would like to put together a list of bike owners within the club with

the purpose of getting the old bikes out and putting on “bike

friendly” runs for bikes and other vehicles within the club.

Could all those interested contact Peter Arnull on

0428 415 805 or parnull1@bigpond.com.

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Defibrillator

President Doug invited Trevor Green to attend our last meeting with a defibrillator to demonstrate its functions and inform us of its importance in saving lives in the community. Defibrillators can now be found to be installed in most public places, such as Hotels, Shopping Centres, Clubs etc . Two lives have been saved at the Grafton Golf Club in recent times.

At the meeting a motion was passed that our club purchase one to be on standby at our functions. A quotation has been provided for around $3000.00. A grant will become available in October, for which we can apply.

In the past we have donated various sums of money from major events to Hospitals, so it’s time to channel this money into this life saving device, which may be YOURS. There will be a training schedule put in place at a later date, interested persons can contact Doug Clark 0427665200 or Tom Raven 0419888902.

We’d like to thank the Grafton Ambulance Service and particularly Trevor Green, for providing this demonstration and giving us the opportunity to train some of our members. Tom Raven

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TOURING INTERNATIONAL TART

The first week in June 2002, I spent as an entrant in the Rallye des Princesses. A predominately all female classic rally from Paris to Juan les Pins (on the coast of France between Nice and Cannes). The rally had been a topic of conversation in our household for three years and there had been many scenarios to get me there. The final plan saw me jetting off from Sydney Australia to London England to meet up with an “old” school friend who now lives in England, then the pair of us heading over to France. My dear friend, Suzane, had absolutely no experience or indeed interest in motorsport. I must have done a great sell job, as she agreed to navigate for me.

The navigation was easy, a road book full of tulips (diagrams of intersections at measured distances that tell you which road to take). Each day there were Michelin maps in the foyer of the hotels with the days’ route marked. We traced the route onto our copies of the maps and then put them in the boot out of harms way. These maps, when unfolded, were as big as a double bed.

I’m getting a little ahead of myself. Procuring a car was a feat in itself. My husband and I looked at so many classic car ads from UK magazines. Cars had to be manufactured between 1924 – 1974, the years that the original rally ran. All the eligible cars we phoned about were already sold or not as good as they were advertised. Although there was a sporty Austin 7 that really took my eye. With six weeks to go, the organisers had to know what car I would be competing in for press release material. So, Viviane the rally co-ordinator, put me in contact with a classic rally car hire company in France. This option was only slightly more expensive than sending “Esme” Sprite, my usual competition car, over by sea. I opted for a 1969 Lancia Fulvia HF, the Volvo just wasn’t me and the Ferrari’s were out of my budget.

Life was about to get very interesting. The car was delivered to us at Place Vendome, in front of the Ritz Hotel, the rally’s Paris base on Sunday morning. I had never driven a left hand drive car, or driven on the right hand side of the road. The car hire boss gave me a quick run down of the car like where everything was lights, horn, wipers etc. I took him for lap around the block and then he gave me his mobile number and said if you have any worries give me a call and that was it.

Deep breathe Wen. Ok, the rally starts Monday morning. Logically, there was no way that the rally organisers would have a field of 58 cars driving through the heart of Paris traffic. Suz and I laid a Michelin map out on the boot of the Lancia and made a caluclated guess on the most direct route out of Paris, not using Place de la Concorde and heading in the right direction of lunch at Reims. Off we set for me to come to grips with driving with all the above handicaps.

On our return to Place Vendome, the Parc Ferme for rallye cars was set up and covered the entire Place Vendome except for the road way through the middle. We checked the car in and parked. Our spot was all but opposite the Ritz entrance. There were paparazzi hanging around outside the front door. When we realised they weren’t waiting for us to make an entrance we figured some other celebrity must be at the Ritz. I was busy fussing over the car when Richard Gere appeared from the Ritz and was whisked away by chauffeur driven limo. So close….!!!!!

We then had to check ourselves in and pick up all our goodies like road book, tshirt, hat, name tag in the Ritz. Well, okay competitors had to use the side entrance, but it sounds good. Suz and I had had an unintentional late night the previous night (but that’s another tourist story) and decided to wander back to our motel in a side street off a side street near Place Vendome for a rest. The rally opening night (Sunday) was a soiree back at the Ritz. Lesson 1 – don’t turn up early ‘cause they won’t let you in. When the French say 8pm they mean start thinking about going at 8pm not on the door step at 8pm. We enjoyed canape and

champagne for as long as we could, before retiring to our modest abode and no Richard Gere.

Back at our hotel we discovered that the organisers did in fact have the entire field driving through Place de la Concorde within the first five minutes of the start of the rally. Place de la Concorde is a huge roundabout. It has about six roads feeding it and is about twelve lanes wide (yep, 24 lanes all up across the diameter). Fortunately, Suz’s hysteria had died down little by the next morning. We cheered with the excitement of making it to the correct exit from Place de la Concorde, in the pouring rain I might add, and headed out of Paris in a tunnel.

The first section was a transport section. After an hour and a bit of driving out of Paris we were in the French countryside – beautiful. When we had arranged to hire the Lancia, we asked for an accurate odometer reading over a set distance. Over 10km’s the Lancia read 10.6km. As this rally‘s competitive stages were all average speed, 50km/hour, Ian (hubby) made a suitable “cheat sheet” for us to use. This sheet listed how many kilometers we should have covered at specific times i.e. At 1 minute into the timed section I should have an odometer reading of .88kms. The timed control points were in secret locations, so you had to be consistent. We were working quite well. Suz would call times and odo readings and we were pretty spot on.

The countryside was fairly flat at this point, but around a corner, out of the forest into a clearing there was a hill with a definite zig zag road. I just knew that the control would be just around the corner at the top of that hill. So I went for it. To keep the average speed up while cornering and ascending means driving a little harder. In the timed sections of the rally, your times/penalties are measured to the second. We only lost 2 points. Great start! In the second timed section before lunch we lost another 2 points. Whilst driving about we spotted the Concorde (plane not obscene roundabout) doing training maneuvours at an airforce base.

Lunch was at Mumm Champagne cellars in Reims. Cave No. 1 to be exact. The food and champagne flowed freely. Was this for real? Serving alcohol to competitors in the middle of a days competition! Yep, and it seemed quite natural to our French counterparts.

The afternoon sessions didn’t go too well for us. We knew we had blown our times, but hey this was only day one and drinks on the terrace awaited at the Holiday Inn at Troyes….well almost, refer to Lesson 1. Being the only non French speaking crew in the rally, it was difficult at first to assimilate. So at dinner on the first night, Suz and I grabbed a whole table to ourselves. Another couple joined us who were competing in a 1934 Fiat, nice car and nice people. That left four spare chairs. One of the organising committee who spoke some English joined us, then Jean Ragnotti, Renault World Rally Champion, and the local Renault dealer and his wife also joined us.

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I had done some homework before leaving Aus, to find out who this guy was and found a friend who described Jean as the Colin McCrae of world rallying in his day. I tried to make conversation with him through an interpreter but my sense of humour got lost in the translations. Dijon racing circuit was a special stage the following day. I thought that the joke of asking what the lap record was, was a world wide gag. Obviously not.

Tuesday started much the same with a long transport section followed by a brief timed section then another transport section to Dijon. Upon our arrival the the circuit, we were breifed as to the number of laps we were to do and then sent out onto the track at one minute intervals. This procedure blew me away. At home in Australia, when there is a special stage at a circuit, the car must be emptied of all loose gear including the navigator (I’m not suggesting that Suz is loose). At home you must also be covered from ankle to wrist in non flammable clothing. Here in France, home of motorsport, we were let out onto the circuit as we arrived, hand luggage on the back seat, extinguisher wedged in the spare wheel in the boot and navigator sweating streams. I was dressed in shorts and a t shirt (no helmet either), I guess not wearing stillettos was a bonus. One of the entrants was competing with her pet dog in the footwell of her Ferrari.

Just before we were let out onto the track, TV Luxemburg, stuck a microphone and a camera my window to do an interview. The first lap was a Look and See lap, the second lap was the first timed lap, the third and fourth laps had to be timed the same as the second lap. Variances scored penalty points. The fifth lap was a wind down lap. Keep in mind that Suz had no motorsport experience because I didn’t. Off like a rocket. Had a “moment” on the Looking Lap, where the circuit divides but nothing too serious or unrecoverable.

The second lap, I let the Lancia wind up across the start finish line, Suz started the stopwatch, and into the first corner at about 140km/hr, then still on the noise through a dog leg where the photographers were stationed – one with a still camera and one with a video camera. The lap was just about clear of any other traffic and we crossed the line for a 2:30. Suz was still in control enough to stop one watch and start the other.

On the third lap, we encountered slow traffic. In the few words of wisdom passed to us before heading out onto the circuit there was no mention of overtaking or no overtaking, so I overtook what felt like half the field. They could penalise me later but I was going to have some fun now. We crossed the line 2 seconds too fast. Suz was in panic mode by lap three and didn’t start the watch. We were discussing the number of laps completed and the fact that Suz had small children waiting at home for her and a mad video camerman running at us for a speed shot mid way through a fast corner when we realised that we didn’t have a time for this lap. Oh dear! Oh well, we’ll take what we get. The Lancia flew across the line 2 seconds slower than the first lap. Sheer fluke or pure skill? I’d like to believe a little of both.

The afternoon was a bit of a blur, I was so hyper. At pre dinner drinks that night the still photographer came over to us and congratulated me on having the best lines. I can’t tell you how thrilled I was. Alas the euphoria didn’t last long. When the days results were posted, we had scored maximum penalty points. Wendy was not a happy camper. I jumped to my feet to sort out the chief timekeeper. He said that we had probably done one too many or one too few laps and thus scored maximum penalty points. I insisted that we had done the correct number of laps. It wasn’t until breakfast the next day that we were informed that there had been an error and that we were correct. Fastest all female crew and third outright.

Day three was supposed to be the prelude to the drive through the alps on day four. However, as it turned out this was the hardest driving day. The roads were particulary skinny, slippery and spectacular. We lost one competitor to a slope and a tree. Storm damage to the roads in the area also meant that some of the roads were closed and we had to divert. This got very tricky as no-one at the checkpoints spoke English and we still didn’t speak French. We thought we had the general gist of what was being said and carried on, however our average speed was blown out the window. Feeling a little shattered by the driving and frustrated by the language we were overwhelmed to be met in Aix le Bain by streets lined with well wishers greeting the competitors as they came into town – just like the movies. Quite a special feeling really.

To prove, mainly to ourselves that we weren’t taking it all too seriously, we started World Series Koala Tossing. I had bought a heap of those clip on koalas. We started handing them out to the officials as we came to them, but when they all had one and bribery obviously wasn’t working, Suz began to hurl them out the car window to school kids and townsfolk who took time to stand along the route to cheer and point us in the right direction. A handful of koalas and two women calling out Australie, Australie! must have been a bit queer, but we enjoyed it.

From Aix le Bain, the rally headed for Serre Chevalier the French ski resort. This was supposed to be summer and there was still plenty of snow in them thar ‘ills. The scenery was like something from Herbie goes to Monte Carlo. Alpine roads without guard rails, a snake of classic cars negotiating the twisty narrow roads and the sun shining at last.

Upon our arrival at, wait for it, Club Med Serre Chevalier, we lugged our hand luggage up the small incline to the entrance from the Parc Ferme to be met by 30 smiling, cheery, Hawaiian shirt clad young people bopping to a booming disco beat. It was refreshing for tired bodies and minds. This night had an international theme. Apart from a couple of guys who wore Hawaiian shirts and Suz and I with everything Austalian we owned on, clip on koalas, kangaroo keyrings as earings etc, no-one else bothered.

Each night during dinner, there was a presentation of results and general housekeeping, none of which we understood so we would just clap when everyone else did. This night was no different. We were clapping because everyone else was clapping when people around us started looking at us and smiling. The next thing we knew, there was a camera in our faces and our French/American friends were saying “It’s You, Go, Go”. So up on stage Suz and I ventured to be presented with a bottle of the sponsors product (Mumm Champagne). We still have no idea why. From then on everyone was really nice to us, but my bottle of champagne made it home to Aus unopened.

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The last day was hard work after disco’ing into the small hours of the morning. There had been four average speed sections per day but as a parting gesture the organisers had put seven into the last day – three in the morning and four in the afternoon. The morning sessions were joined together and up some serious hills. When we reached the last check point, Suz handed the road card in and opened the door asking the officials if she could get a ride back with them in the truck. She’d had enough “average speeding”.

At lunch on the last day we were still in mountainous country and we thought we’d never see the sea. After the fourth average speed section in the afternoon I backed the pace right off and we cruised into Juan Les Pins at about 6.30pm – absolutely wrecked. At least we were by the sea and the sun was shining for us.

We had our photos taken again, a softdrink and checked into the Le Garden Beach Meridan hotel. Both of us feeling that we never wanted to face another hair pin bend again. Our room overlooked the sea with a view to Cannes on the next point, very soothing. Drinks again were served on the terrace but this time they were on time and we were late. Had time to catch up with one of the Princesses (from Tunisia). Dinner and the results were later. We partied until about 2am, swapped addresses with some friends we’d made along the way and retired.

An absolutely marvellous adventure! Would I do it again? You bet ya! It’s taken me two weeks to get over it but yeah I’d do it again. Hubby and I are going back to win it next year. Suz a complete novice and me with some 20 years motor sport experience finished, 17th and had the time of our lives.

There’s nothing like coming back to earth with a thud. One day I was sipping fine french champagne and eating caviar, rubbing shoulders with princesses and the Parisienne set and staying in flash hotels the next I was sleeping stretched out across four seats in the transit lounge of Kansai, Osaka airport after a $4.50 bowl of Soba noodles. Cheers, Wendy Gibbs

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MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS 2017-2018 OVERDUE

As of 2/07/2017 there are 100 membership renewals not received. Your H registered vehicle cannot be considered registered if you are not a financial member of an RMS recognised club. Please make Laurie’s life a little easier and less stressful by sending in your renewals promptly!

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CATHOLICS Each Friday night after work, Ollie would fire up his barbeque on the shore of Arthur's Lake and cook a venison steak. All of Ollie's neighbours were Catholic... and since it was Lent, they were forbidden from eating meat on a Friday. The delicious aroma from the grilled venison steaks wafted over the neighbourhood and was causing such a problem for the Catholic faithful that they finally talked to their priest. The Priest came to visit Ollie, and suggested that he become a Catholic. After several classes and much study, Ollie attended Mass and as the priest sprinkled holy water over him, he said, "You were born a Lutheran and raised a Lutheran but now you are a Catholic." Ollie's neighbours were relieved, until Friday night arrived and the wonderful aroma of grilled venison filled the neighbourhood. The Priest was called immediately by the neighbours and he rushed over to Ollie's place clutching a rosary and prepared to scold him. He stopped and watched in amazement. There stood Ollie, clutching a small bottle of holy water which he carefully sprinkled over the grilling meat and chanted: "You vuz born a deer, you vuz raised a deer, but now you is a rainbow trout."

CHRISTMAS IN JULY

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SWAP MEET Maclean, Northern NSW

Sunday 24th September 2017 Venue: Maclean Showground, Cameron Street

Gates open 6.00am

Sites available Cost $8.00

Camping available Saturday night

Catering Saturday night and from 6.00am Sunday

BUY SWAP OR SELL

Organised by Grafton Vintage Motor Vehicle Club Inc.

Contact Bob Gray for further information on:

02 6645 2950 (H) 0417 190 860 (M)

The Club does not accept responsibility for any accident,

loss or damage whilst attending this event

Grafton Vintage Motor Vehicle Club Register of interested members to allow vehicles to be utilised at special events

We have previously discussed at our monthly meetings and at committee meetings, the opportunity to commence a register of members who would participate at special events, Weddings, School Formals etc., with their cars. If you are interested, please contact me with details of car, and email address with mobile contact.

I will compile a list of members, and should any requests be received, I would then contact those on the list for volunteers. I appreciate that some members do not want to be involved, but some members have already indicated they would partici-pate, depending on dates and times etc.

I also understand that we are not allowed to hire our vehicles, but mine has been used on numerous occasions, and I simple tell the parties involved, that the car is free, they are just paying me to drive at their function, and I turn up in an old Holden with a ribbon on it. It is then up to me to account for any income received, in the appropriate manner. Laurie Fitzpatrick. fitzymaclean@bigpond.com

FOR SALE MKII CORTINA $2,500 Engine runs and drives (won’t stop no brakes) No Rust in floors Little rust elsewhere Contact Dick 0448150162

Free to a good home 1971 Valiant 245 Hemi motor with 3 speed auto attached. Originally from a herse with 60,000 miles on clock. Motor was in full working condition when removed. Must collect. Contact Darrell Harper Ashby 0418 812 547

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SPONSORS OF GRAFTON VINTAGE MOTOR VEHICLE CLUB

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If undelivered return to G.V.M.V.C P.O. Box 523 Grafton. N.S.W 2460

CLUB SHOP @ JABOUR PARK

SEW ON PATCHES $8.00 VALUE FOR MONEY

DRESS SHIRTS $45.00 FOR THOSE SPECIAL OCCASIONS

POLO SHIRTS $40.00 MORE CASUAL STYLE

PEAK BUCKET HATS $15.00 FOR SUNNY DAYS

NUMBER PLATE FRAMES $ 25.00

GRILLE BADGES $25

DISCLAIMER The information in this magazine is supplied as a service to the Club members. Articles and other topics of interest are always welcome and encouraged. The opinions expressed in the newsletters are those of the authors alone, neither the Club nor any of it’s officers accepts any responsibilities for the accuracy of the statements expressed.