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15TH. 1959

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" A class ic 'f ace' "- Stan Surnp son ' s 1929Series 626 Pack ard Coupe tested in th isissue, Photo by S. So rnoson

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The rec ent amendment to the Tran sport Regul ati on s,J956 , pr oviding a new fo rm of warrant of fitne ss whichis to he a ttached to th e windshi eld of motor vehicl espresents a further enc roach men t up on tha t o nce cle arpiec e of gla ss, th e winds hield .

II is int er esting th at over the yea rs the windshi eldhas gr adually become cluttered with va rious ins ignia ,stickers , labels a nd o ther o hstruc tio ns to clear visio n,the lat est add itio n being th e new form wa rra nt of fitness .For man y yea rs , it has bee n the pr actice for a uto mo bi leassocia tions to supply to their member s large transfe rsdenoting membership and which are u su ally affixed toth e windshi eld o f member s' ca rs ; th en there is th e we llkn own lubrication tick et c usto ma rily a ffixed to th ewindshi eld by th e garag e responsibl e for se rvicing th ecar. In addition to thi s, members of th e med ical pr o­fessio n usu ally have som e su ita ble identification stickeron their windshield. The next embelli shment wa s th ewa rra nt o f fitne ss reminder tag , which was stuck o n th ewindshield .

The first offic ia l enc roac hmen t up on th e windshieldwas to be fixed to wind shi eld s in an effo rt to av oid th eissue of licen sing label s a nd the annu al farce of repl acingregistration plates, Obviou sly, officialdom ha s beenspur red to gr eat er efforts by the success o f th is measureass isted by the appalling a pa thy of th e motoring publicin not making greater and more in sistent demands fora less wasteful sys tem o f issuing regi stration plat essuch as is foll owed in G rea t Brit ain , Now, latest of a llem bellishments is to be a warrant of fitness,

It is appa ren tly far fro m the winds of the ing eni ou s" bo ffins" wh o contrive th ese schemes th at the prima ryand , in fa ct , essentia l purpose o f a windshi eld is to pro­vid e protecti on a nd visio n fo r the motori st and not in a nycirc ums ta nces to provid e a suita ble reposit ory for sticker s,lab els and wha tno ts, Co u ld it be that so me o f the ingen­iou s gentlem en cannot a nd do not drive a motor car andth er efore have no practical kn owledge o f th e incrediblylarge amount of vision which can be o bstruc ted by avery sm all a rticle affixed to a windshield '!

It is incredible that in th ese times o f " apparen t" pr o­gr ess people who should kno w better ca n so easil y lose

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EditorialReliability in 1907A Cautionary TaleA Lament. Road Test No. 16I Wonder ..Restoration TechniqueBook Review ..Camera ReviewWanganui NotesWaikato NotesWellington NotesCanterbury NotesSouth Canterbury NotesOtago NotesSouthland NotesPhoto Quiz ..Scrutineering RegulationsWe Hear ThatClassified Adds.

sight o f firs t pri nc ip les . T he people wh o sho uldknow better a re firs t ly. th e person s w ho co n­tr ive these sc he mes of p u tt ing licen sing label s a ndwa rra n ts o f fitness o n wi nds hields an d , secondly,a ll th e o the r mo to ring o rgani sati ons and a lliedbod ies whic h provide moto rists with th ese s tic kyembellishme nts fo r th ei r winds hields . A t a timewhen th er e are road sa fe ty co u nc ils and co rn­rn itt ee s a nd w he n there is a n incessant hue a ndcry abo ut grea te r road safety it leaves yo u r lead erwr iter amazed th at no- on e has ra ised th is ve ryim po rta n t ma tter. In th e ea rly d ays th er e were nowi ndshie lds a nd th e p rovi sion of th ese a ids wasa ma rked advance both for th e prot ect ion a nd

safety of th e driver and his passengers a nd , in ­d irectl y. for th e safety of all o ther road users. Itis felt th at th e time has n ow a rrived wh en mo tor­ists sho uld take s tock o f the si tua tion andrem ember th a t wi ndshields ex ist for two p urposeso nly, one, protect ion , tw o. vision.

Sufficient th ou gh t a nd a tten tio n to th e pro b­lem s in hand cou ld easily pro vide sa tisfacto ryalterna tives fo r every sticker or la bel th at is a tpr esen t fixed o n moto r car windshie lds .

It is no t diffic ult to imagi ne th e cla y whenso me ingenious so ul will in vent a special d rive r'speriscope for use whe n th e wi ndshield is fina llyo bliterated .

Rei iabi Iity In 1907

In th e recen t series of articles on " Pa nhardsin Can te rb u ry," con sid er abl e m ention was madeof th e var iou s tou gh tria ls orga nised by th eCan terbury A uto mobile Associa tio n .

T he d escr ipti on be low of o ne of these even tsis based o n not es fro m the co ntem po rary WeeklyPr ess and gives a typi cal o ne -day tr ial route ofth e per io d.

T he o ne- day rel iability co n tes t p romot ed byth e CA.A . was inau gu rat ed o n A pri l 18th, 1907,eig htee n large a nd ten sma ll ca rs ta king par t.T he sta r ting po int, sti ll a fa m ilia r land mark inCh ris tc hurc h, was the Carlto n H otel , o n the co r­ner of Beale y Avenue . an d th e ro ute took thecars thro ug h Bel fa st and K a ia poi , via Woodendto Ra ngi o ra, ac ross th e Ashley tr a ffic br idg e toOk uku br idge. via M t. T homas Sta tio n to G len­tui, to th e sou th end o f th e As hley Gorge tr a fficbridge, w here the re was a br eak of o ne hour fo rlu nch . T he return journey too k th e cars th rou ghEast Oxford , fo llowed the main road to Benn ettsJun ct io n, th en ce to R an giora , turn ing o ff a t thePost Office, th ro ug h So uth bro o k to K aiapoi,Bel fast a nd back to th e starting point a t th eCarl ton H ot e l- a di st an ce of 92-!- m iles .

T he avera ge speed of th e la rge ca rs was fixedat 18 rn.p .h . a nd of the small cars 14 m iles.Racing for med no pa rt of th e prog;;,am me, po in tsin fact bein g lost fo r arrivals ah ead of schedu le,th e so le object of the co n test bein g to ascer ta inthe most rel ia ble cars for touring p urposes. E achcar ca rr ied a n observer, who re presented the

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Associa tio n, his d ut y being to see th at the co n­di tions were obeyed, to repo rt on ca uses of sto p­pages, a nd sec ure tha t no repairs, ad jus tme n ts, orre plenishing were do ne . T he no tes do no t sta tethe type of rep len ishi ng, but we can assume tha tthe observers were to ugh .

The firs t car le ft th e sta rt at 9 a .m ., the ot he rsfo llowing a t half-min ut e int erval s, th e first of thela rge cars getti ng away at 10.8 a.m, The m axi­m um nu mber of ma rks for th e day's run wasfixed a t 100, de duct ions m ade at the ra te of on emark for every m inu te (o r fraction) du ri ng w hic hth e car was a t rest. excep t as au tho rised by th eru les ; fo r each 15 m inutes (or frac tion) up to o nehour, for any tyre trou bles; for each 5 minu tes(or fract ion) fo r a ny tyr e troubles in exc ess ofo ne hour ; for each one minute (o r frac tio n)when a rrivi ng earlier tha n 30 min utes before th e

"At the starting pest . Th e ten small cars."

Th e e ighteen large cars pr epar ing to stort .

se t time or finishing point ; fo r eac h une mi nute(o r fract ion ) when arri vin g la ter th an the se ttim e a t th e finishing p oin t.

T he trial was a great success. a large pro­portion of the ca rs com ing thr ou gh wit hout mis­hap of any kind an d o f those less for tuna te. tyrespr oved th e mai n prob lem. In fact. so well hadsome drivers mapp ed ou t the ru n. that one ortwo ca rs ar rived exactly on time. while otherswere only second s out. A mo st cred itable per -

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form an ce on the part o f a ll co mpe titors whenone stops to co ns ider the co nditions of theseNorth Ca nter bury roads in 1907, so me of thesmaller ones being mere tracks.

At va rious points en ro ute the loca l co n­stab ulary was sta tioned to ensure that th erequi rements of the by-laws of the various loca lbod ies in refere nce to speed were fulfilled, butas fa r as co uld be ascer tai ned th ere were notra nsgressio ns in th is respect.

By 3.30 in the afternoo n th e firs t o f the com­pe titors ar rived bac k a t the start, and for fu llyan hour ca rs a ppea red a t brief interva ls; a llhaving thor ou ghl y enjoyed their 92-}-mile tour.in perfect wea ther. over anything but perfectroads . driving cars obvious ly in the pink of co n­d ition .

Fo r the benefi t of those in te res ted in tracingsome o f these ear ly vehicles. the fo llowing isa list of the ca rs and ent rants:

Sma ll Ca rs.-G. B. Brown, Ta lbot ; A. Norten .Wolseley: Geo . Go uld , Ad am s-H ewiu : A . E .Preece, Reo : D . Cro zie r. Ca d illac; P. Soa rnes,Stuart ; A. W. Smith. Rover : W. Mu rray, Gre­go ire; F. N. Ada rns, Swift: D . Co llins, Ca dillac .

La rge Cars.- W . K. Macdon a ld , Da rracq. l.Me Rae Peacock. Stua rt: D r. T hacker, Sm art: R.O. Di xon , Hum ber ; R. N. Macdo na ld , Da r racq;W. E. Mills. Ta lbo t; D. Wood. Derm is: A . E .Smit h. Darracq; D. Cro zier . Ca dillac; F. N .Ada rns, Talbo t; E. Bockeart. Darracq : W. Mc RaePeacock, Stua rt ; D. Mc l.ca n, Talbot; E . H .l ames, Stua rt: W. Thornpson , Ford; P. L. H allen ­stein. Darracq : H . T. Ad arn s, T albo t; T. Belcher,Talbot.

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Edis on. H urv ey S, Fireston e Jnr .. John Burrou gh s. Henry Ford a nd Harvey S.

Firesto ne. Founder of the F ires tone Ti re and Rubber Co m pa ny .

The F ires to ne T ire & Rubber Co mpa ny was fo unded o n A ug ust 3rd . 1900 with

asset s of 20.000 dollars to se ll so lid rubber tyres for use on horse-drawn carriages

a nd th e few electric. steam and pet rol -powered auto mo biles then in ex iste nce .

F irestone has grow n with th e mot or industry. Today F ires to ne mak es tyr es In

va riou s parts of th e United States. and in Ca na da. Engla nd . India . Ven ezuela.

Ne w Zealand. South Africa . Ge rmany . Argentine. Brazil. Switzerl an d . Swed en

and Spain. The world over - it' s FIR ESTONE.

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A Cautionary Tale-or Wire Wheels R. Jacob,

I was nea rin g the end of a reconditioning jo bon the An sald o and had th e bon e pointed a t meby fr iends regardin g the thi ckn ess of paint onthe wide-spoked wh eels, so, taking th e adv ice o fthe a bove menti on ed fri end s, ob tained a qu ot efrom a firm spec ialisi ng in sa nd bla stin g. Result:25s per wheel. To ta l. £6 Ss. T he quote, however ,was rejected owi ng to an aus terity year beingimposed on the fam ily.

Inn er reflect ion bro ught to mind the use ofca ustic soda . T H IS WAS IT - quick, easy, andecon omi cal.. A 44-gallon drum was the firstthou ght , but measurement proved the wheel tobe one inch la rger in diameter than sa id drum .

Whil st a t the Local , I rem emb ered a goodfri end , sympa thetic to the Vint age cau se andalso th e owner of a vineya rd and cellar. Leswas sure to have a suita ble va t I co uld useF our sherr ies a nd three-qu a rter s of an hour lat era t the cella r I brought up the subjec t of thevat Les was mo st en thusiastic, but the onl y suit­able vat , a half-barrel, had been converted int oa temporary pond for the go ldfish. Making acloser )inspection of the a bove mention ed, rremar ked that a washing-mac hine bowl would bemore suita ble, having in mind a clea n swap. Leswas keen , so r left in sea rc h of a bowl , whi chproved to be diff icult as unbekn own tu me th eso urce o f wa shing-machine bowl s had dried up .

C ha tt ing to th e next door neigh bour br oughtto light the fact that he had just the job . . . ex ­home brew , but now being used to con vey th ewash ing from hou se to line, and vice versa . Apiece of swift mental a r ithme tic to ld me I wo uldstill be in pock et on the or igina l quute if Ibought a wicker basket in exch an ge for the bowl.

D own to the near est hardwar e sho p and onewick er basket, 37s 6d. Back home, a swiftreverse pass over th e back fence and I was theproud and tempor ary possessor of onc washingma chine bowl Straight to the ce lla r and an int er ­esting hal f-h our ensued in franticall y graspingvery sma ll fish in a large wooden va t. T hankhea vens fo r the local br and of re freshments.

With the transfer completed , I a t last mad ehome co mplete with va t, to be greeted withche er s fro m my so uth-side neighbour, Pete, whovisua lised la rge a nd fro thy qu ant ities of homebrew, only to be sad ly disillu sion ed .

Fifteen gallons o f water was required to

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cover th e whe els (one a t a tim e) and as th emixture pr escribed was o ne pound of ca us tic sod ato a gallon and a half u f wat er , ten pounds of thesoda went in . At the rat e o f 2s per pound forth e soda, my pocket was further lighten ed to thesum of £ I.

Each whe el was soaked for 12 hours, wellhosed , and scrubbed . Result : enamel underlayersof paint , untou ch ed by the soda solution . Bless­ings were heap ed upon the head s of previousowners wh o had appli ed layer up on layer ofpaint , and of well-meaning friends who had sug­ges ted the use of caustic soda . Application of awir e brush proved reason ably successf ul, so itwas decided to further the movement with anelectric drill and a set of decarbonising br ushe s.Pri ce: 19s 6d, well spent. Perfect ion was thea im !

Well int o the night and on the th ird wheel.di saster struck in the form of a burnt out drill . . .

One week lat er the dr ill- and a bill-was re­turn ed to me . T he drill worked perfectl y, the billwas .£2 IOs. Back to the fray a nd a t long last(Ha llelujah, who said I was dumb) here werefive fine examples of wir e-spoked wheels

On the cred it side: Fiv e cleaned wheels, onewood en vat , one set of well used wire bru shes,sherry ... and a headache.

On the debit side : Caus tic soda £1, va t £1 17s6d , wire brushes 19s 6d, elec trician's bill £2 7s 6d .To ta l, £6 4s 6d .

A gra nd sa ve of Gd. Ther e must be a moralso mewhere, but , a las , I ha ve failed to find it.

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Billy." "The steam waggon1910." (See September issue

A Lament ROAD TEST No. 16M. H endry.

(T he recent (III/W II I/c ell/ I'n l of the demise of the Pack aril Co . lends particu lar poin t to th is appreciat i o n of StanSampsons exam ple of the lII ar ij lle. -Ed.)

refitt ed , a nd has given tr ouble-free ope ra tion eversince.

The Bijur chassis lubricat or was pu t back intoworking orde r, and var iou s o ther details a ttendedto.

Stan is the fourth owne r, the original beinga doctor in Hanmer.

The ca r sta rted immediately, although havingstoo d outside in the stree t unused for severalweeks, and id led reliabl y. After a dri ve roundto warm up , Mr Sarnpson handed over.

I found the sea ting position quite co mfor ta ble,and the thi ck IS" four-spok ed vulc anite whee la ltho ugh rak ed a t rather a flat angle, soo n feltfamiliar. (Actu ally the rak e is adjustable). Thedr iver sits fairl y high and has good visibility overthe six-foo t bonnet and cla ssic Packard ra dia to r.and naturall y both mudguards were seen,a lthough the thic k screen pill ar formed the usualblind spot. A full set of properly ca libra tedinstruments is mounted on the walnut venee r in­strument pan el ; speedome ter with sep arat e odo­meter and trip recorder. amme ter, fu el gu age, oilpressure, water thermometer and eight-day clock.How ever, the speedo dial was mounted on theleft and all the figure s on it hard to rea d, par­ticularl y on that abominati on, the drum-typespeedo meter.

The hand brake lever is on the right, but for­ward of the door, thus being no ob stacle whenentering, and the central gea r lever a ver y shortdr op from the wheel. A massive piano throttlepedal hangs between the wide clutch and brakepedals, with a two-posit ion alloy footrest cas t in­tegral with the a lloy toe " boa rd. " The clut ch andbrake pedals a re well apart. giving plenty of roomFo r the right foot.

The six-finge r clutch take s up extreme lysmo othly and the sam e goes for the drive tothe rear wheels. There was no transmission jerkor judder, no springiness in the throttle linkage,and although the engine is rigidly mo unt ed, itsreputation as one of the srnoo thes t ever producedis fully deserved. I let the ca r rid e down to5 m.p.h. in top , a t the Foot of the Blenheim Road

" Beadedwe werethe man

scrutiny ofgranted, an dgo an d "ask

'T he supe rb straight-eight Packard . .. a con­noisseur 's ca r . . . one of the finest ca rs th atmoney ca n buy . . . a reall y splendid car. "

T hese quo ta tions may so und like a Packardadve rtiseme nt. Actually they are ta ken fro m thebook "T he Vintage Ca r." by C lutton and Stan­ford , and , therefore, rep resent a highl y critica lviewpoint.

However , the ruthl essWh eels" tak es nothing fo rco m manded by A.A.A. towho owns one ,"

Sta n Sarnp son owns a 1929 Series 626 coupein ver y goo d order. The ca r was found out on aT ernpleton farm standing in the open withouttyr es and docks gro wing up through the floor-aproper cas e of an Old Gentlema n in ReducedCirc umstances - so me three years and 20,000mile s ago.

The original intention was to cut the ca r downint o a truck, but on clos er inspe ction Stan was soimpressed with the superb qua lity that he decid edthe only right thing to do was to rest ore the carto origina lity.

The resurr ecti on took a bo ut six months andinvolved a ver y complete mechanical chec koverand repaint job. The bor es were fo und to bepitt ed through , having stoo d for so long, and areb ore being decided on, the job was done pro­perly and the bottom hal f done as well.

T he kingpins were rem oved with a pr ess (owingto the special de sign it is impossible to hammerthem out), a nd new kingpins and ball s fitted.The shock-a bso rbers were overha uled, the rearones being repl aced by a pair of Andre lignumvite dampers requiring no a tte ntion . The origina lHoudailles remain on the fro nt, however, and stillwork well. T he origina l Pa ckard carburett or hada broken float cha m ber and was discard ed , bein greplaced by a Stro m berg, which is not , however,entirely sat isfactory and gives a fairly fas t idlewhen adjusted for best performance. As the fuelpump which had been fitted in place of theoriginal vacuum tank sta rved the carburettor athigh speeds, the vacuum tank was overhauled and

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Torque and B.M .E.P. Figures

T he B.M .E.P. co mpa rison with Rolls Roycesho ws similar views on low speed torque wereheld by the two En gin eering department s.

and th e car is easy to handl e in spite of its 40cw t. a nd I27t" whee lbase . Wh en ma noeuvri ngth e car a t wa lk ing pace, ] was quite surp rised a tthe lightness of th e steering (a nd I normall y usea VS). Only when swinging Iu ll lock whil esta tiona ry is hard work required, yet the stee ringis not low- geared at 21- turns lock to lock.

T he ride was excellent, as may be exp ectedfr om hydraulic dampers a ll round, 3S" fro n tsprings, a long wheelbas e with the passen gers a tthe cen tre , an d a high p roportion of spru ngweight. There is, howe ver, some end to end pit ch ­ing on wav y surfaces, the old gentlema n acknow ­ledging them with a nod of his rad iat or-per­ha ps they remind him of roads back home inMic higan!

T here was no harshness in th e suspension andver y little nosed ive when braking. T he triple-sh oeself servo mecha nica l br ak es were quite effecti vewitho ut any tend ency to swerve, th an ks to a well­engineered equa lizer sys tem.

I did not tr y the ca r in loose stuff', but the ow nersa ys th at it pa ys to be careful , as the rear wheelssp in re adily owing to the pow er ful low -spe edtorque, and once a ca r o f thi s weight sta rts a rea r

overbridge and then drov e over the bridge st ill intop , with out pr ot est fro m either the Pack ard orits owner.

Despit e th c massive stra ight-cu t gear s, th eshifts a re easy and dead smooth wh en madeproperly, particularly th e change into top , wh erethe lack of syncro was hardl y noticed . Due to mybeing pamper ed with syncro I cla shed seco nd onseve ral occas ions . (Contempo ra ry Ca di llacs fea­tured sync ro -rnesh, incid entall y).

T he accelera tion th rough the gears is strictly" tour ing" and there is no p oint in prolongingsecond beyond 30 m .p.h . as th e best part of thetorque curve lies bet ween 500 - ISOO r.p .m ., witha pea k of 2051b ft. at 1200. This gives the ca rvery good top -gear perform an ce bet ween 10 - 50rn.p.h. but th e urg e fall s off qu ickl y in the lowergears as th e revs mount , a very comm on faultwith vint age luxury car s.

T he axle rati o is not kn own , but ass uming thehighest op tion, 4.07, was used for the co upe,the m.p.h .jl OOO r.p .m. wo uld be 24, o r 77 m .p.h .a t 3200 r.p.m . If the 4.3S axle is used thi sbecomes 22 m.p.h. pe r 1000 (71 m .p .h. a t pea k) .

The ca r will cru ise a t 55 - 60, but fuel cos tskeep the normal speed down to 45 or so , a twhich th e ca r has don e IS m.p .g. on a lon g tripwith two occ upa nts and gea r , a nd inclu din g tow ­ing ano ther ca r for 60 mil es.

The eng ine has no vibrati on period even whenrun well up on the low er gea rs . The stee r ing isof tru e vintage qualit y.

With the 200,000 mile mark onl y 260 milesaway whe n thi s test was mad e, th e steer ing mes had justme nt is still on the o rigina l factory se tting.There is no noticeable backlash at the whe el,which tr an sm its just th e righ t amou nt of feelwithout ser ious kick, eve n fro m potholes or mul ­tiple rail way crossings . T his ca n be a tt ribu ted tothe pat ent ed kick sh ackl e mounting a t th e rea rof the right fro nt spring, whi ch all ow s the axleslight for e and aft mo vem en t. Introduced on the1925 Series 626 , thi s pr inciple was lat er ado ptedon so me othe r makes, not ably Mercedes Benzwith their I.F. S. touring a nd racing cars.

The P ackard tracks beaut ifull y down th e road ,and the d irectional stabilit y is excellent. A verystrong cross wind wa s blowing as we cam e downYaldhurst Road , and ] took my hands off th ewheel at 50 and let the Pack ard roll on fo r aqu arter-mil e or so with no qualms whatever.Some elfo r t is required to d ivert the ca r fr oma straight lin e, but onc e th e initial alt erati on incourse is ma de the steerin g becomes quite light

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of which M r Sarnpsons is an example. The 626is simply a sm all bore, sho rt wheelbase versionof the larger Eight series.

The senio r Eights of 1923-24-25 had a boreand strok e of 3f in x Sin , a compression ratio of4.54 and 84 b.h.p. a t 3000 R.P .M. In 1926 theirbor e was increased to 3! in and the compressionrati o to 4.73, the b.h .p. being 108.5 at 3200 from6.3 litrcs. T hese cars had two wheelbase sizes136in and 143in .

The Sarnpson model has a 127-} in wheelbaseand 3.3/ 16in bo re. givi ng 5.25 litres. and 90 b.h .p.at 3200.

Between these models came the 733 series withthe 3.3fl6in bore but a 134! in whee lba se. OnlyEights were made at th is time.

The Sa rn pson car is wel l-ba lanced and quited istin cti ve in a ppearance . elega nt. unmistak abl y aPackar d , and fin ished in light grey with blacktop and boot lid . T he coupe body is descri bedas a 2-4 sea ter, the dickey origina lly being up­ho lstered and ca rpeted thro ughout. T he lid ca nonly be opened fro m inside the cab. and is sp ringloaded, with an automa tic courtesy ligh t. Thereis a compartment under the rea r window ledgefor odd a r ticles a nd below it a golf ba g lockerwith Yale locked door opening outside on theright.

T he windscreen opens and the rear windowwinds down into a well. Stan has replaced thefloor sta rte r switch with a dip-switch and a solen­o id switch is now mounted on the dashboard.The cigar lighter has been converted to a light.and the original pre ssure-operated fuel ga uged iscarded.

Twin rear-mo unted spares are carried and theorigi na l stop an d backi ng lights st ill work . T heo rigi nal lead lined mu ffler was replaced last year.

A luggage ca rr ier has increased the o rigi na lbum per -to-bumper lengt h of 15ft 1I in to 16ft 4inove ra ll. The height is 7 1in and widt h 69i n. Roadcleara nce is Sti n and tir e size 600 x 20.

T he engi ne is a sideva lve stra ight-e ight, withseparate cast iro n block and a luminiu m crank­case. The detachable cas t-iron head ha s squish­type combustion cham ber s with the plug over thevalves. The su mp is a luminium and holds 2 U.S .gallons.

T he forged and machined crankshaft runs in'-) main bea rings and ha s bal ance weights dowelledand riveted on in eight positions. The shaft is ofthe "s plit-fo ur" type as opposed to the Bugatti" fo ur-fo ur" type, the former giving better balance.Packurd were one of the pioneers of thi s design .

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Leona rd W .- GA TSON I DES RALLIES AND RACES 23 / 9

Hovs R.- T H E VANI SHING LITRES 29/0

Nicholos I.-M OTORI N G ENTENTE 42 /0

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end slide it takes so me stopping .There is a fair amount of carburettor hiss, par ­

ticularly when co ld , the usual whine of st raigh tcut gea rs in 1st and 2nd , and a little transmissionrumble in top due to a worn mainshaft bearing.There was little tappet noise.

The most impressive features a re the smoo th­ness of the engine and the excellence of the steer­ing. and the willing co -operation of Mr Sa mpsonmade the who le enco un ter a very pleasan t one .

T his pa rticular Packard is the junior of thePackar d line of 1929, three di fferent size Eightsbeing in production a t the time.

In 19 15, Packa rd had placed the famous TwinSix in produc tion, des igned by Jesse G urneyVince nt, who ran ks as one of America 's grea testauto-enginee rs , an d had a large part in the des ignof the Libe r ty aero-engine. He a lso design ed thePacka rd marine eng ines made famo us by Ga rWood's racers, and was -respons ib le for some not­ab le aero-e ngines, T he Twi n Six was the firstsuccessful V-12 car and featured alu miniumpisto ns. It rem ain ed on the market until 1923,when Vince nt, fo llowing the post -war trend setby Duesenberg and lsotta-Fraschini. brought outa completely new straight eight model. From1921 Packard also marketed a Single Six modeluntil In8 wh en it was replaced by the 626 Eig ht

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The journals are 2iin in diameter, the front andcentre mains are 1.9/16in wid e and the rear2.5/16in; while number s 3 and 7 ar e 1.3/16in wide,and the rest lin. Th e crankpins a re 2.3jl 6in indiameter. I sec tion for ged steel rod s carry thefull y floating piston pin s, mounted low on thesteel strutted, slott ed skirt, 4 ring aluminiumalloy pistons. A silent timing cha in drives thegenerator and cam shaft a nd a vibra tion damperis fitted between this spro cke t and the fan pulley.The camshaft als o run s in 9 bearings and opensthe valves via roller-ended cam fo llo wers, hingedto avo id side thrust. T he inlet valve s are t~in dia.and exhaust 1.7/l 6in . Ca rburetion is updraft.

A gear pump provides pr essure lubrication tothe drilled crankshaft and via the drilled rods toth e gudgeons; and via the holl ow ca msha ft to theca mshaft bearings and timing case. Besides thecylinder wall s receiving jet lubricati on from thecon rod s, oil is al so pumped directl y onto theskir t of each piston every tim e the cho ke is used,thanks to a separate o il manifold running alongthe left side of the blo ck. with an oil by pass valvelinked to the ch oke. T he pr essure run s from24-40 pounds normall y and 12 with choke inac tion. A replaceable eleme nt oil filter is fitted,Packard having used this from 1925. A ribbontype radiator is used with therm ostatic radiator

sh utte rs (ha nd operated at present ) and pumpcoo ling . Ignition is by co il, 6 vo lt, du al br eakerarms and 140 amp-hour battery mounted in leftfend er well.

The gearbox is mounted in unit with the engine ,with a dry plat e clutch. The primar y shaft has aminimum diam eter o f H·in a nd th e main shaft isl1in over the splines. There is an automa tic back­ing light switch and a tyre pump can be fitted tothe gear box. (Th e bigger models had fo ur -spee dboxes). An open dri ve shaft is used , with a hypoidrear ax le (introduced by Packard in 1926), withstrad d le-mo unted pinion bearings. The 5/32inch ann el sec tion frame members are Sin deep andhave three cha nne l cross members and two tubu ­lar ditto , with the engine contributing to framest iffness with a very rigid four bolt vert ical flan gemounting either side of the flywheel hou sing. Thesprings are under slung front and rea r.

T he brak es, with 17in drums, a re ope ra ted byca bles a t the fro nt and rods at th e rear , with twoequ ali zer sha fts mounted below the driving sea t.

The ease of steering can be acc ounted fo r bythe well designed worm and sector stee ring box .with the worm mounted on Timken bearings andthe massive secto r and shaft carried in a wid eeccentr ic bushing and two rows of ball bearings,as well as th e mounting of the kingpins on ball

VINTAGE AND VETERAN BOOKSA RACING HISTORY OF THE BENTLEY. Full resul t s of a l l

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THOSE BENTLEY DAYS. The h istory o f th e compan y, ph o to s.Excell ent 2 8 /9

WHEELS TO FORTUNE. The sto ry of Morris Garages. Pho tos.12 /6

TEN YEARS OF MOTORS & MOTOR RACING. 1896-1906.By Ja rr ott . Pho t os. 34 /-

EDWARDIAN CARS , Motoring 189 8-1915 . Append ix o f 3.000Edwardian ca rs. Photos 34 /-

THE KINGS OF THE ROAD. The Ken Purdy classic. 60photos, 011 f amous vin tage 16/-

TECHNICAL FACTS OF THE VINTAGE BENTLEY. Bentl eyDri ver ' s Clu b manua l, 011 models SO/-

THE VINTAGE MOTOR CAR . By Clu r ton. 89 ph o tos anddrawings, 0 11 good v in tage makes """,, . 30 /9

THE MAGIC OF A NAME. The sto ry o f Ro l ls Royce Ltd .By N ock ol ds, 6 co lou r p la tes 34 /-

MERCEDES BENZ . Rac ing his to ry, by Sa m my Dav is. Up to1956 . Mos t compreh ensiv e . __ ,, ,,__ ,, . 20 /-

THE ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE. By St. J. Ni xon . H ist or y, w i thph otos, to 1904 26 /6

THE RACING CAR . Dev elop men t and Design , By Clutton.W i th 105 i l lustr a t ion s 30 /-

MOTOR RACING' WITH MERCEDES BENZ. 19 34 - 39 in sidete a ms s to ry, e xcl usi ve pho tos 2 8 /9

THE SPORTS CAR . Devel opm ent a nd Design , 101 illustr a-t ions, 0 won der ful boo k 30 /9

MOTOR RACING SKETCH BOOK, f rom 1894 to 195 6, 128pag es o f ske tches , 10" x 8" 24 /-

VETERAN & EDWARDIAN MOTOR CARS . T o 1914. 136illust ra t ions. By 5co t t Moncr ie f f ---- ,__ . 30 /9

THE RESTORATION OF VINTAGE & THOROUGHBRED CARS .T h e m ost compreh en siv e work ev er publi sh ed on t h esubjec t . A mp ly i l lust ra t ed . A M UST for t he en t hus ias t.

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PHOTOS. A w ide and large ra nge, ve te ran an d vin tage o re in now. 10 " x 8". Glossy - 6 /6

LISTS FREE. RARE - VINTAGE & VETERAN - RACING - MAINTENANCE - MANUALS

THE VINTAGE & VETERAN MAGAZINE - M on th ly , Engl i sh - 30 /- yearly - Samples 2/6

ALL PRICES ARE IN NEW ZEALAND CURRENCY AND INCLUDE POST AND PACKING - INSURED FREEI suggest paymen t by Bank Draft o r Ch eq ue or Money Order . In case o f di fficulty contac t m e.

VIEW ROAD, MOUNTAUSTRALIA

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mani fol ding a nd du al carbure ttor, developed 145B.H .P. o n a 6.3 co mp ression rati o , a nd gave th ephaeto n a top gea r range of 5 - 100 m .p.h . (seeRoad and Track for Marc h 1958) in ex tre mesmoothness a nd silence .

At least the sma ller Packa rds had bet ter po werto weight rat ios tha n the pa the tically overloadedsma ll Roll s-R o yce mod els. As to va lue for mon ey,th anks to co mpara tively lar ge sca le productionand sa les, Packar d , while maintai n ing th e h igh eststanda rds in co ns truc tion , wer e still a ble to marketa t a co nsidera bly low er price th a n Europeanluxury ca rs . Fo r instan ce, in "Three Poin ted Sta r"a histo ry o f Me rcedes Ben z by D avid Sco tt ­Monc rieff, well-k nown English Mercedes enthus­ias t, in co lla bora tio n with C. St l ohn N ixo n a ndC1arence Paget , it is ad mi tted that the P orsch e­design ed eigh t cy linder Merced es ex hi bi ted a tOlympia in 1928, a lt hough £300 dear er, wa s sti lla n inferior buy to the P ack ard a t th e sa me sho w.

To close wit h a q uota tio n fro m S. C. H. Da visin th e "Autocar" nearl y thi rt y years ago:

"The Pack a rd . . . a ma gnifice nt machi ne whichwill sta nd compa rison with the fines t car s pro­d uce d in an y coun try."

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a nd roll er bear ings, adj us tab le by a nut o n thetop of the stee ring knuckle. Rot ating the eccentr icbu shing gives the mesh adj us tmen t (if it eve rbecomes necessa ry ')

T he en gine and ch assis are beautifull y clea nin design a nd neatl y laid o u t, in complete co n trastto the untid y Rolls-Royce of the period . (T hechassis ph ot ogr aph in the o ld D yke E ncyclopedi ais a good indica tio n). A tte ntio n to detail is ev i­dent throu gh out, fo r instan ce the tripl e filteredch assis lu brication system , or the neat littl e floatopera ted sump level indi cat or that av oids wipi ngo f dirty di psti ck s. As a n insta nce o f the wo rkman­ship, the ma in bearing cap studs we re a ll drilledto ta ke the split pin s after th e nu ts had beentightened down , co nse quen tly it was necessar y toreplace th e nuts on thei r pa rticula r studs du ringthe over ha ul. C hro me plat ed helmet nuts (a lsoused elsew he re eve n on the number pla tes) a ndbrigh t ena me l were used as finishing tou ch es tothe han dsom e engine .

Every nut, bolt and screw on the car was eitherchro me d if visibl e, o r else cad mi um plat ed, asSta n fou nd to his as to n ishment, and penetratingo il was unnecessa ry o n a ny of th em . E ver y splitpin was ex pa nde d wi th a specia l tool , th e jobbeing so neatl y don e th at a t first glance th e nutsdo not appea r to have bee n pinned at a ll.

T he red hexagon , incide n ta lly, was the markused by Pa cka rd fac tory inspectors as a sym bo lth at cars had pa ssed th ei r tests and we re read y fordeli very, while the coa t of ar ms on the radi at oris the ge nuine cr es t of th e Packard fa mi ly, brou ghtto Ame rica by Sa m ue l Packa rd in 1638. It wasado pted on the ca rs in 1928 as a ma rk of res pec tto l am es Ward Pack a rd a nd Willi am DowdPack a rd , bro ther founder s o f the company, oneof whom di ed in 1923 a nd the seco nd in 1928.

T he critic ism is ofte n mad e that America nluxury vintage ca rs lack high performan ce due toth e thro tt ling of th ei r manifo lds, but exactly thesam e cr itic ism ap plies to the lu xury Europeantouring cars . The D.H. P./ litre figur es for com­par ison s are : Packar d 17.1; Napi er 13.2; Lan­chester 14.5 - 16.4 ; Roll s Royce 13 - 15.5; IsottaFraschi ni 16.3. As these ca rs a ll ha ve overhea dva lves a nd two of them eve n a .H .C., it is o bviousth ey mu st have been even more thro tt led thanth e Packard, which has side valves.

T his co ncen tra tion on the lo wer pa rt of thetorqu e c urve was don e de libe ra te ly, to ca ter forthe lu xury-bu yin g pu blic of the time. W ha t theengine could do was shown in 1930 with the 734model. Tt used th e 6.3 litr e engine with modified

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This is all I need to know about engines!Pennzoil. That's all this fact-moving salesmanneeds to know to get along famously with hisumpteen horsepower travelling companion.

For thi s remarka ble motor oil has a perman entl yac tive ingredient (ca lled Z-7) that stops loss ofhorsepow er.

Penn zoil imp roves perform an ce. End s pre­ign ition knock. Does wonders for your gas mile ­age. And your peace of mind . It shrugs off heatand piston pressure that would sap the strengthof oth er motor oi ls. And it will not bre ak down

betw een regular oil cha nges.

Pennzoil is the cream of pu re Pennsylvani aoil left af ter special refinement. As a matter offact , it is registered by the United Sta tes Pat entOrrice as The Tough-Film Motor Oil.

Perin zoil with Z-7 is a lso avail able as a mul­tiple- viscosity (IOW-30) oil, the finest yet de­veloped . If you do not see Pennzoil di splayedwhen you go to your favourite dealer for yourregular oil change , ask him to get it for you .You 'll like what it does fo r your ca r.

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Wonder • Trevor C. Mitchell

My purse being in the seemingly usual state ofthe keen vintage type , [ was not so long ago look­ing for a cheap way to have my vehicles painted,when [ thought to myself-l wonder if I coulddo it myself? What would I need ? There are someold fridge compressors up in my garage, left thereby the last ten ant, some three years ago . Wouldthey make a compressor-c-l wonder? Let 's have alook in that gar age. Ah, here it is. Hrnm, twin­cylinder? That's an odd arrangement for a fridgeunit. And what a bout this piston? Yes , that's partof it. Could this be the "crankcase" - this spiderylooking cast iron framework? It is, the cylinderblock fits just her e, look? What's thi s-doubleacting? [ have never heard of an ord ina ry fridgehaving a twin cylinder, double acting unit in it.Then what have we got ? Light began to dawn ,and dust began to fly! At last we found what Ihad hoped we should find-a nameplate. And onit the magic, wonderful name of a steamer thatlived and died thirty years before my time­LOCOMOBILE!

Yes, my "fridge unit" was none other than theengine from a Locornobile steam car, cir ca J900 .Had J nearly turned it into something so common­place and commonly utilitarian? What utterblasphemy! I shudder to think of it.

I now aim to build up a whole car from thesefew parts. To be sur e, all [ have is the engine,and even that is woefully incomplete. J am lack­ing for it: one whole valve and rods, all ball races,and reversing gear. If anyone can lend or sell meeither plans or close up pictures from which [ canwork I should be very grateful.

The Locornobile (bear with me yet a wee while

longer, please Madam Editor. I've been readingup all [ can get on Loco 's, precious little thoughit be, and I have to tell some-one ') is actually avery clo se relation to the Stanley steamers. Therewere twin brothers Stanley, who were knownsimply as F .E. and F.O, They had developed andmarketed a remarkably sound little 10 h.p.steamer, which became very popular by 1898. Acompany, calling themselves Locornobile, wasformed this year to buy up the Stanley patents,which they did, and to market the car under theirname. In the agreement the Stanleys agreed notto make any more cars for a certain time.

Both brothers were still employed by the firm .Internal disagreements arose within the Loco­mobile company, however, and they split into twodistinct firms-Locomobile and Mobile . F.E. wentwith the one firm and his brother, F.O., went withthe other. By 1903 the Mobile outfit had foldedup, and Locomobile had gone over to the manu­facture of petrol cars, having seen the writing onthe wall.

The Lo cornobile of the 1900's had a 10 h.p .twin-cylinder, double-acting slide-va lve, all ball­bearing engine, using steam a t J80 p .s.i. from afire-tube boiler burning petrol. This engine wascapable of a smooth 2000 revs at full throttle .There was no fly-wheel, and the drive was takenfrom a 2in cycle rear-sprocket set in the middleof the crankshaft , direct by chain to larger (8in or9in) sprocket on the rear axle .

The last " I wonder" . . . Was this the samemodel, or even the same engine, as that men­tioned by Rex Porter in his ar ticle "Steaming in1906" in the September " Beaded Wheels"?

Restoration TechniqueTo set the ball rolling, here is the [irst of what we hope may prov e 10 he a regular and welcome [eoturc

ill Beaded Wheels :

RUSTY RIMS. One method of elimina ting thewickedly sharp edge on an old bead-edge rim, isto fuse it with the welding torch . A small weldingtip, say number 3, or a large panel-tip aboutNo. 5, is used and the torch is held at a low anglewith flame parallel to the edge. Movement shouldbe slow and steady along the edge, just fastenough to fuse the metal. Generally, there is noneed to add any " rod" . The r.esult should be a

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rim which will not damage a tyre, and this methodis less tedious than filing and produces a blunteredge than grinding. Brush the rim with "Fish­oline" oil diluted with equal amo unt of petrol ,wipe oft' lightly, and leave for a day or so beforeputting tyre on. There should be no more rustor cut tyre-beads.

PAINTING OVER RUST. Some club membershave had trouble with painting; thi s sor t of thing :

"Fisholine" (or similar) rust-killer is appl ied, thenthe paint, and later it peels oft Or this: A greatdeal of care and effort is put into cleaning offrust, then "Seachrorne ' primer, or similar cor­rosion-resistant primer paint is applied. Someweeks later an undercoating is applied only tofind that it will not "take" properly or else willreadily rub off even when qu ite dry. (Amplereason (or spending the rest of the day at the"boozer ") . If " F isho line' is used it must beallowed to dry. The method is: apply with brush,wipe off all surplus one hour later, leave to setfor at least a day, then apply undercoating("Preparacoat") , followed by filler, or "knifingcompound ", rub down with wet-sanding paperusing plenty of water, dry and wipe quite clean,put on finishing coat. The foregoing is for arough job . A more careful method is along theselines: Scrape surface, chip off any rust flakes,brush hard with wire brush , or best of all haveit sand-blasted ; wipe over with Fi sholine oil diluted50/50 with petrol (or turps) ; wipe off surplus; aday or two later wipe over with clean rag dampedwith mineral turps and apply "Seachrorne Primer"with a brush; as soon as properly dry (next daybut NOT weeks later), apply the first undercoat­ing (Dulux Preparacoat grey). This will set in afew hours and can then be wet-rubbed downuntil the orange primer begins to show. Next, fillhollows with " K nifing Compound" (available inconvenient tubes, and spread on with an old tableknife) . This also sets quickly and can be rubbed­down after an hour or two. Then apply anotherundercoating and wet-rub this down to a surfacewhich is really nice to the touch. This is theimportant stage and the final result will dependupon the surface obtained. If there are still littlehollows where the rubbing-down has not touchedthe surface, another undercoat is indicated. Whensatisfied, the final colour can be applied. A singlecoat put on by brush will be OX. and it is pos­sible to get a result equally as good as by spray.One works quickly, covering only a small area ata time. There must be no dust blowing about, andif the surface is horizon tal there is less risk ofgetting "festoons" and "runs" if too much paint isput on. If in doubt of one's ability here, it is bestto have the colour put on professionally. Thisshould not be too expensive if all the preparationis a lread y done.

The pitfalls are these: If Fisholine rust-killer oilis not allowed to dry out first, the paint will notadhere properly to the metal; if "Seachrorne"primer is allowed to dry for too long it forms

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such a tough glossy skin that undercoat will not"bite" or adhere, and it is difficult to sand theprimer evenly all over to get a surface to wh ichthe undercoat will take: undercoat is porous andthe water used in rubbing-down will penetrate, sounless the metal has first been protected with rust­killer oil or a true primer, it is possible for rustto start again . If the surface of the metal is reallygood , and it is decided to dispense with the pr imerand use undercoats only, then use a d ifferentcolour for the first coat. usually red oxide. Don'tdrive the vehicle about with only an undercoatingas the metal will not be rustproof'ed until thefinishing colour-coats are on. Another point tokeep in mind is that the final undercoat should bea lighter colour than the finished job. These hintsare not intended to be the "last word" in paintprocedure, but are the result of one member 'sexperience, over a number of years, using" Dulux "products with highly satisfactory results .

The delightful old paint "lining" need presentno great hurdle to the average Restorer with areasonable amount of manual dexterity . The useof a modern Wheel Lining Tool makes all thedifference and it is very quick and easy to use.

Rust RemovedIn a Flash

You can save many a weary hour toilingwith emery paper on those Veteran CarParts .

We can restore any old metal to itsformer beauty, and if you wish, we willtreat it with cold galvanized paint to pro­tect it from future deterioration.

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Book ReviewSiza ire­and thebro ught

the N .Z . scene asde l'Aut o Delage,befo re misfortu ne

such old fri ends toNaud ins, the Co upe"Fla tiron" T ho masthe m to these sho res .

Publisher : Mo to r Racin g Publicat ion s, Ltd.,Londo n. Austra lian price 31s 6d and 2s postage.

Our copy fro m T echnica l Book and Mag azineCo mpa ny, 295-297-299 Swa nsto n Stree t, Mel­bourne.

Wh ilst dealing with th ings Edwa rd ian, so me o four read ers ma y not have in their possession"Edwardian Cars," by E. F. Ca rter. T he sub-titleof thi s book, " A Reveri e of Adventurou s Motor­ing," gives a clu e to wha t ca n be fo und withinits pages, for thi s is trul y a reverie, a personalrem iniscence of one with obviously a very goodmem ory and a wide acquainta nce with Ed war dianmac hine ry in their heyde y, It is cer ta inly no t atext book and sho uld not be too stead fas tly reliedon fo r datin g or for dat a on any me ntioned makeor mod el since there are a number of ob vio usmistak es. It is rather a very am using and read ­ab le co llec tion of anecdo tes on Ed wardi an mot or­ing- car s, accesso ries, road s, clo thes, etc.

Pu blisher: G . T. Fou lis and Co., Ltd., Lo n­don. Austra lian pr ice 41s 6d and 2s postage.

Our co py fro m Technica l Book and MagazineCo. , 295-297-299 Swa ns ton Stree t, Melb ourne.

We are extrem ely pleased to hear that publicdem and ha s brou ght for ward a reprint of KentKarslak e's cla ssic, " Rac ing Voiturett es," which , inour op inion, is amo ngs t the finest histories writtenof our Spo rt. It is doubly intriguing to theVe teran and Vinta ge type with histori cal lean­ings in th at the author goe s to co ns ide ra ble trou bleto tr ace not only the racing origins of his co n­testants, both car s and men , but a lso their manu­fac tur ing histor y.

Fro m its pages one ca n clea rly see th at theances to r of the Gra nd Prix machinery of the1920's, the very apo theosis of Vint ag e design , areto be fo und not in the " Blood and T hunde r" o fthe Edwardian G ra ndes Epreu ves, but amo ngs t theVoiturett es-the nu rsery of the Vintage cult is theCoupe de I'Auto, not the Grand Pri x.

If fo r no other reason than to show the Vin­tage type the origins of his machines, the bookis a mu st , but ther e is a lso the more compell ingreason still, that of Karslakes style an d pr e­sent ati on . T his is an ab sorbing book , accu ratel yyet exc itingly written a nd illu strat ed with num er­ous rare photographs.

An y members of the Club who missed thefirst copies of th is book sho uld not miss thi sch an ce, and ind eed within its pages one meets

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"A Bird's Eye View of Wangcnui 's Motorama."-See Notes .

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Th e Brice 20/25 Rolls in a tranquil setting on Cashmere Road during the timed run-Canterbury Rally.

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Pho to by E. Sa rgi nson

A study in co ntrasts. Shaskey's O.M. corner ing during the Modern versus Veteran and Vintag e at the Can­

t erbury Rally .

Phot o by S. Sa m pson

"The Sampson Packard in its usual garage ." (Se e " A. Lament". )

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Wanganui Notes Bob Hall.

Vintage Car Club of N.Z. Inc., Wanganui Branch

Chairman: P. R. Williamson. Secretary R. P. Lee , 34 Mt. View Rd., Wanganlli.

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might y sn ort . However , th e final result showedthat the said ca lcula tio ns wer e o f so me ava il.Everyone in turn passed th e Darracq, a blypiloted and na vigated in brilliant su ns hi ne byRo y Southward-an interesting co n tras t to lastyea r 's comparable ca r, the De D ion , whi ch wa sfo rced to lower th e hood in o rder to m ak e pro­gress against gal e force winds and heavy rain.

On a rriva l a t lnglewood , we met Roy T ornlin,who had dri ven hi s 1923 20 h.p. A ustin downfrom Au ckland , not without a cer ta in amounto f tyre trouble.

In the ma in stree t. lin ed by 1000 or so spe c­tators. a shor t series of acc elera tion tests werestaged . Ca rs were handicapped accord ing totheir age. In o rde r to avoi d undue stra in onthe transmi ssion s o f ve te ra ns , slo w ro lling sta r tswere used successfu lly. H on ours went to the1905 D arracq, with th e 1923 Alvi s seco nd . Them ost exciting test wa s th at between th e Morganand th e Al vis, th e lighter three-wheeler justgetting a head ne ar th e end of the run .

Foll ow ed the usual procession into the Sho w­ground and the " G rea tes t Show o n Ea rth" pro­gramme began.

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On the m orn in g of Sa tur day , l l th O ctober ,seve n Vintage and Veteran ca rs assembled a tthe A.A. Wanganu i prepared for wh at hasbecome th e a nnua l pilgrimage to Inglewood , 90miles away . They were a 1913 D aimler, two1914 Buicks, a 1916 Overla nd . 192 3 C itroen andA nsa ldo and a 1927 Talbo l.

Preci sely at 6.15 (as arran ged ) th e no ise o fmechan ical horses at work invaded the quietco ol air and th e co nvo y was on its way. AtMaxwell , so me 15 m iles out, we s truck a sho r thea vy shower, fortunately the on ly one on theoutward tr ip. The temperature, however.became d ecid edl y co o ler as we progressed north­wards. F irst sto p a t Waverley found the littleCitro en thirst y for oil, only a quarter-in ch sho w­in g on th e dipsti ck . While we contemplatedwhi ch ga rage proprietor we would arouse, athro at y roar announced the a rriv al o f KenWri gh t' s 1923 Al vis. M uttering something abo ut" Pe n nzo il," the owner produced a ca n of thenecessary a nd C itro en was sa tisfied . A t Wav­erley too we were passed by Len So uthward's1905 Darracq bein g tr ailered to H awer a .

Thanks to so me excellent gr oundwork byM aurice Wadey, we were a ble to take tempor­a ry shelter and warmth in th e largest buildingat Kakaramea (43 miles), re ached at 8 a .m.While so jo urn ing, th e With er s Morgan flash edby a nd was und er standably not aga in sighteduntil H awera .

At H aw era. we wer e ca pa bly tak en in handby the T aran aki Car Club, wh o , as usual , o rga n­ised our tim e tr ial run to Inglewcod . All wehad to do wa s nominate th e a verage speed wehop ed to ma inta in throughout the journey of 30miles.

The D arracq having spec ified 20 m.p.h . wasfirst away. To p avera ge wa s se t by the Morgan(35), wh ose driver must have suffered so mefrust rati on s when it was bo ggled by slow mov­ing tr affic on wind ing highway. The An saldowas seen to be uncertain of its position , espec­ially in th e early stag es wh en it passed , slowed ,repassed , slo wed agai n to delve int o a btruse ca l­cul ations. a nd finall y passed the Talbot with a

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In spite o f th is being the Club's fo ur th visitto ln glewood and some of th e cars having beeneve ry yea r, publ ic int erest in th em remain ed ashigh as ever. Alrea dy we have bee n invi ted toa tte nd again ne xt year.

La te in th e afte rnoon co mpetito rs took part ina car "rock a nd roll " d isplay. O bjec t was todrive up a ra mp which had a sem i-ci rcular baseand sto p the ca r a t wha t the d river hoped , a fte rthe ramp stopped rock ing, wo uld be the pointof balance. T he device was eq uipped with apointer which indicat ed exac tly how near eachca r was to dead centre. T his event was won bythe 1914 Buick , dr iven by Messrs Wadey andHooper.

After the eve ning show, a da nce was held ,fo llow ed by entertain ment fo r th e " workers."T hose of the V.c.c. who had no t tumbled int otheir sacks by th is time had them selves classifiedas "workers" and ap plied th eir bes t endeavoursto the ref reshment s o lfering .

T he firs t batch ret urn ing to the " Inglcwo od"in the earl y hours of the morning fou nd th efro n t door shut, figured ther e was no back door.so effect ed an entry via fire escape and (hope­fully, no doubt) an anon ymo us bedroom win­do w. The last of the stop-o urs were hear d laterma king a noi se remin iscent of seve ra l bodiesbeing rolled downstair s. T hey afterwardsadmi tted that all but one were doing th eirbes t to ro ll up stair s ca r ryi ng th e ine rt figure oftha t one.

A fter a good breakfast, mor e o r less normalhealth returned and ca rs were prepared forth e return jo urney . Ign or ance of the mod usope ra nd i of the inv incible Talbo t's dip- st ickcum-drai n plug cost the dri ver an extra qua r t ofoi l. which went str aight throu gh the su mp andleft an embarrassing mess alo ngside the servicesta tion pumps.

Once on the move, the homeward journeywas rel ati vely plea sant, thou gh co ld and windyuntil we reach ed Patea at abou t 2.30 p .m . Atthi s stage ra in sq ua lls were becoming frequentand the stro ng, co ld so utherly was takin g itsto ll. T he Overland 's fro nt windsc ree n crackedund er the pr essure while th e occ upa n ts of theWad ey Buick sto pped to erec t side -cur ta insunde r the envi ou s eyes of those who hadn 't any.

U neventfully onwards unt il th e Caseley Buicksp lutte red to a stop just ou t of Wait ot ar a. T hetrou ble was diagnosed as the inl et man ifoldwhich had worked loo se and was waving aboutalongside the block. No soo ner was thi s fixed

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th an the Ta lbo t gave a ll the sym pto ms of afuel bloc kage. It wasn 't until the ca rbure tto r,autovac a nd priming pump had bee n run dryth a t the trouble was fo und to be lack o f petrolfro m the tank , T he main supply was ex ha us ted,but a rese rve of four ga llons ca n be tapped byth e simple expedie nt of un scr ewing the filte rca p a few turns. T his ope ra tion releases aneedle wh ose nor mal fun cti on is to block offthe rese rve supply fro m the out let pipe. Aftera certa in amo unt of blowing and suc king, toth e accompaniment of biting wind and rain ,the co nvoy was mo bile again. It a rr ived inWan ganui a t 5 p. m. without fur ther inc ide n t.

N APIER

Friday, October 31st, da wn ed clear a nd wa rmin Wa nga nui fo llow ing severa l days of showerywea ther. E ight o'clock starte rs were a littl esurp rised to see two vintage and three vete rancars pa rke d opposi te the town bridge, hoodsdown and prepared fo r a lon g journey. At8.30 th ey were off, enviously farewell ed by afe w club sta lwa r ts un abl e to make th e tr ip tothe opening of H awke's Bay Centennial cele­bration s being held at N apier.

Fo u rteen miles on, a t T ura kina, the co nvoywas au gm ent ed by the well kn own St ir ling Over­land and the not so well kn own Clous to n 40h.p. La nchester. T his luxury land liner of by­go ne days ca me in fo r mu ch incredulou s scrutinyand adm ira tio n. A t times, even the fam ou sTonks Daiml er played second fidd le.

Pr oceed ing in leisu rely fas hion, the seve n ca rswere jo ined a t Bull s by th e Watkinson Perr y,nicel y balan ced on a trailer a lmost as immacu ­late as its cargo.

Ser ene mo to ring br ought the cortege throughFe ilding and Ashhurst-unscheduled but we l­com e hiatus here-to D annevirk e for lun ch .

Pr essing on rep lenished, with only th e Case­ley Buick pr ot esting occasionally from loss ofwa ter, the goa l was finall y reached a t 6.30 p.m .

In N ap ier, members fell int o th e capablehands of the Haw ke's Bay Ca r Clu b, whosemembers had mounts and drivers hou sed indouble quick tim e.

T he Keed well Stude ba ke r had a good trouble­free run fr om Ca rter ton, but sa w nothing of theothers until asse m bling a t sta r ting point for theprocession. Pr ecisely a t thi s moment, the Stude­baker decid ed to go a ll geo the rma l with deep­seated rum blings and clo uds of stea m. T hecause was fo und to be a br oken fan belt. Faced

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pr ocession at Oha kune held to commemo ra tethe dri ving of th e la st spike in the Au ckl and ­Wellington main trunk line 50 years ago .

The mu ch tr av elled T onks D aiml er d ro vefrom Wa nga nui accom pa nied by the WatkinsonPerry a nd th e Wright Alvis. T he Ze del a ndCleme nt T albot were tru cked and tr ail eredrespect ively both way s, but may ha ve madebetter time had they tra velled under th eir o wnpow er. Brian Walker was dogged by bad luckwith his truck both ways. H e had a blow-outo n the way up and th en ran o u t of wat er on adesolat e part o f the road . A no ther punctureo n th e return journey co mpleted a mo st unfor­tunate day for Bri an.

Whil e in Ohakune, a certa in member of th eclu b was offered a certain belt driven mot or­cyc le by a cer ta in schoo lbo y. H oweve r, result­ing fro m some abtruse ca lcula tion, the purch aserwo uld very definit ely be required to pa y 48s fo rthe ma chine.

tu res, Then John stopped a t th e first wa ysidegarag e wh ich sho wed symptoms of co -o pera tiona nd tried to get a spar e tyre rep air ed in readi­ness for the next f1attie. Sev era l hours of to illat er they were agai n on the ro ad , but sti llwitho ut a usable spa re tyre . H ow ever , byke eping thei r fingers cro ssed, th e hundred milesto hom e was mad e in fine sty le with no moretroubles.

with a n hour o f low-gear processi on driving,John quickl y impro vised a belt from a luggag estrap, co m ple te with metal bu ck le. From thenon eve ryone was certa in the Stude had run abig-end.

At T ownshend Mot ors o n a beaut iful Sa tur ­da y morning, th e sce ne was o ne of ac tivity asnearl y 40 veh icles wer e prep ared to pla y theirpart in th e mon ster H.B. pr ocession . Amongth e many ca rs new to Wanganui eyes werethe magnificent 1927 Ph antom I Roll s fro mT auran ga , th e Au ckland 1919 D aimler, a uniqueK issell f ro m G isbo rne and en ough firs t-cla ssloc al ex hibits to form th e em bryo of a branchin Hawkc's Ba y which mu st sure ly come soo n.

At midda y, ca rs wer e d riven on to the Mar­ine Parade a nd th er e ass em bled in ch ronol ogicalorder for inclusion in th e main proc ession .Approximat ely th e old est car was a 1905 Roverowned a nd piloted by C ha rl ic Black , o f N apier.

A t last th e cava lca de was read y. At 1.30 p.m.so me 185 floa ts left Mari ne Par ad e on theirtortuou s o ne- ho ur journey to McLea n Park .Overheated engines were co mmo n, of course,especia lly among the " no fan" scho ol. Reacti on sfrom the vast cro wd linin g the route werenormal. Sta lled engines, whi ch had to becra nked, never fa iled to provoke laughter,especia lly th e Wad ey Bui ck, which d ied tem­pora rily whil e passing the official stand at thepark .

About 4 0 'clock , a t the conclusion of thea ftern oo n's open ing cer emony, ligh t rain fell a ndco nt inued until 7 o'cloc k, which caused so meco nf us ion ov er the holding of drivin g testssched uled to beg in a bo ut that tim e.

On th e Sunday morning, in beautiful wea the r,ca rs were ag ain assem bled at Townshend Mot or sa nd di spat ch ed o n a slo w five- mile tour ofNapier C ity . The o bject o f the run was appar­en tly two-fold : to give th e visit or s a look a tN api er and Napier folk wh o missed the pr e­vious day's ac tivities a cha nce to see th e car s.

At the co nclus io n of th e run, ve hicles di s­per sed , the mai n Wanganui contingent leavingab o ut I I a .m . Ap art from a torrential down­pour a t Waipukurau , th e journey wa s une vent­ful. It was notabl e, however , if onl y for the factthat the homeward journey was acco mplishedtwo hours faster th an the outward o ne.

Not so fortunate was th e so le Wairaraparep resenta tive, who had a lot of dela ys andrea ched home near midnight. In the firs t 15mil es, th e Stucle devel op ed a tot al o f five punc-

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BURMA ROAD

T he Burm a T rial, Wa nganui's Vintage Clas ­sic, is schedu led for the week-e nd of Janu ar y17th . 1t had been mooted tha t it be a two-d ayfunctio n th is yea r, but it has finall y bee n decidedto ru n it on the Su nd ay onl y and ove r a cou rsepracti call y the same as last yea r (witho ut thehor ro r sectio n, it is hop ed). Weather permit­ting , it is in tended to hold a picnic run onthe Mo nday. All who took part last year willbe lookin g forwa rd to ano ther ru n ove r thismo st interesting route. Th e one h undr ed mil esof the Bur ma include bits of every type of roadand much glorio us scenery .

MOTOR AMA

T here was a t least one disappoint ed customer ,an elde rly lady, who asked, "And where is theT in Lizzie?"

Wh en the So uthwa rd Mod el "T " was point edout, she ret orted : 'Tha t' s not a Tin Lizzie, ithasn 't go t a ca nvas hood , an d I ought to know,I learnt to drive one in 1914. It 's not a Showwithout a Tin Lizzie!"

However , there was plenty to please all tastesa t Mo tor am a, New Zealand 's first static displayof mot or ing development , stage d in a big woo lsto re in Wa nga nui, and open to the public fo rfour da ys and thr ee even ings, 10th to 13thSeptem ber last.

Admittedly there have been Mo to r Shows andClub Rall ies, Conco urs d 'El egance, and therecent trem end ously success ful Nat ion al "Perm ­zoil' Rall y a t Picton , but Mo to ra ma was ad isplay of a qua lity and scope not previ ou slya tta ined . Ever y on e of the 35 veh icles was ofthe type aro und which a crow d always gathers.

As a means of ra ising clu b fun ds, it wouldhave proved a gold mine. Although the club'so nly ga in was in prestige, a few pro mises of"spare parts" and clues to the whereabouts ofyet more "old he ap s," it was all in aid of awo rthy ca use. Mo to ra ma was, in fac t, the club 'scontr ibution to " Remem bra nce," a big fund-ra is­ing effor t to fina nce the buildin g of Wangan ui'sWa r Me morial Hall.

Att endanc e on the Sa turday aft ern oon alonewas record ed at 639. T hroughou t the disp laythe Show was co ntinuo usly patro lled by clu bmembers who kept a watchfu l eye fo r the over­inquisiti ve sma ll boy and an swered the endlessenquiries about the exhibits. All exh ibits werearranged behind sturdy wooden rail ings an dthere were well de fined pathways for the publi c.

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Thus it was a simple matt er to kee p co ntro land no pr oud ow ner had any grounds for co m­plaint a bout his "treasure" being interfe red with.

The exhibits were selected to sho w motorin gdevelopmen t and covered as wide a range oftypes as po ssible. T he H olsman motor buggytypified the America n "P rairie Schoo ner" trendin the early days, while the Chrys ler Ai rflowof 1934 showe d an ea rly tren d towards pr esent­day streamlining. T he Whi te Steam er , minusbod y, provided a splendid exam ple of the appar­ent complexi ty of stea m, with its maze of" plum bing" pa inted in di fferent colours to indi­cate the courses of wa ter, live stea m, exh au ststeam, kero sene, petrol and air. T he mot or­cycles were fine exa mples of the ea rly two­wheelers, and pr e-war sports ca rs were repr e­sented by the elegan t littl e As ton Ma rtin, thesleek S.S., and the big Brou gh Su per ior. T helatt er very rar e mach ine , wh ile having everyappearance of the trad ition al En glish sports ca r,is powered by a massive Hudson motor. T heRegal was not abl e fo r its und er-slun g chass isand the belt-driven Du o typified the cycle -ca rs asthey were first develop ed , wit h the Mo rga nind ica ting the ultim ate in th is class . T he Ferra ri,Largo Ta lbo t and Ja gua rs wer e splendidexamples of mod ern racers all p resent ed inimmac ulate co ndi tion. (Wha t mechanical pe r­fection there is und er those sleekly strea mlinedpanels!)

A cti ng as a foil for a ll the gleaming pai ntand polished metal , the old Orel was presentedin its "as found" condi tion . T his very rare oldbus has a fr ont -mounted V twin eng ine withautoma tic inlets. By show ing wha t the clu b willundertake to restor e to a ro adworthy and attrac­tive Veteran vehicle, it was the perfect o bjectlesson for the public.

The items dis playe d (ow ners names in brac­kets) were as fo llows:-

Group of Engines Only: Peugeot one-cyclin­der, 1902 (K . Wri gh t): D elage fo ur-cylinde r.1913 (R. Nebesky); Humberette V-twin , 1914 (R.Lee) .

Veteran Cars: De Dion voi turette, 1900 (R.Porter). Or el light ca r, 1903 (l. T onks); Dar­racq two-seat er , 1905 (L. Southwa rd) ; Holsmanmo tor-buggy, 1908 (L. Southward); Cle me nt­Talbot co lonia l thre e-seater, 1909 (K. Wri ght ):Regal road ster, 1910 (1. H. Alde rto n): W hitesteam ca r, 1910 (L. So uthwa rd) ; Zedel tourer .1912 (B. Wal ker); Du o cycle-car, 1912 (P. Wil­liam son ); Daimler tourer, 1913 (A . P. T anks) ;

Ferra ri VI2 (R. Roycroft); Largo T albot (A. Free­man).

Veteran Motor-cycles: Bro wn , 191I ; LM C19 I2; T ri umph, 19 13; and Milit aire four-cylinder,1916 (all A. T homson) .

Buick tourer, J9 14 (V . Caseley); Overlandtourer, 1916 (T . Stirling); Pe rr y run ab out, 1916(W. Watkinson ).

Vintage Vehicles: Dennis fire-engine, 1921 (H. .Gibbs); Rolls Royce tourer, 1922 (H . McMee­kin ); Alvis sp orts tourer , 192 3 (K. Wright):An sald o sports tourer , 1923 (B. Walker); Va ux- Those working on the d ispla y were rewa rdedhall 30/98, 1923 (B. Wych erl ey) ; Arms tro ng with a tou ch of humour when And y Thom sonSiddeley , 1926 (Hounse ll); Ford 'T "' sedan, 1926 cam e on the sce ne ridin g the remarkable old(L. Southward); Au st in seven-sea t tourer, 1926 Milita ire backwards in reverse gear with th e(T. Hudson); Morgan three-wheeler , 1927 (F . side wheels low ered . This ra re machine is pow-Withers) . ered with an engi ne simil a r to the ea rly Hen-

Post-Vintage Sports Cars and Racers: "SS", cler son, but there ends an y sem blance to a1935 (S. Brewer); A ston Martin, 1935 (S. Gib- con vention al mot or- cycle. It has a chassisbons); Brough Superi o r, 1935 (c. Webb) ; Chrysler inst ead of a fra me , wooden artillery whee ls, aAirflow sedan, 1934 (G. Forsythe); Jagu a r XK I20, pair of sma ll side -wheels wh ich can be rai sed o r1952 (G. Forsysth e) : Jagu a r typ e "D" (Hyslop); lowered, and a re verse gear.

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Waikato Notes L. H. F. Death.

Chairman: E. H. Brown.

Veteran and Vintage Car Club (Waikato)

Secretary: D. Hall , P.O. Box 924, Hamilton.

Since the last not es the Cl ub has held severa lruns, on whi cb members have met th eir colleaguesfrom the more distant parts of th is large area .Indeed, one of tbe di fficulti es here in the Waikatois that members a re spread over a very largearea, so that it is not really possible to hold acomplete meeting her e in H amilton, though thiscity is the centre of th e a rea .

Our first Spring outing was to Ngaruawahia.A ver y good turnout on a sunny aftern oon. MrGarth Hughes' veteran Benz, 1897, and NII'M .Close's 1914 Model T were kept bu sy giving theman y child ren trips a ro und th e paddock .

The club has been fortunat e in rece iving muchhelp and ad vice from fr iends in the H amilton Ca rClub, and we were pleased to be invited to a tte nda lecture given to th at club by Mrs Alma Mac­millan and Miss Barba ra Baigent on their recentattempt in the Mobilgas Round Au st rali a Trial.This trial is clearly a mo st strenuo us undertaking·- few of us in the aud ience reali sed how badthe roads are in out-back A ustra lia until we sawMis s Baigent's colour slides, and heard of theladies' experiences first-hand.

The latest run was to Op al Sp rings, Matamata ,where we met a number of th e Taurang a dist rictvintagents. Two ca rs stood out a bove the otherso n this occas ion. Mr Roy Hi cks's (Morrinsville)Austin 7 1926 had been restored to virtua llynew condition , and its black radi at or and darkgreen paint is exactly as th e writ er has seen the m

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fres h out of Birm ingh am 32 years ago . Mr M.Close's 1914 Ford T was the second ca r whi chwas the cen tre of a tten tion . An " all brass"mod el, th is, it had travelled from Rangi riri th atmorn ing and was du e to join the H amilton" Auto ra ma " the fo llow ing morning .

Bob Blackwoo d dr ove his 1924 Dodge up fro mKawhi a , and Barry Corn wall brought his 1929Stutz along wi th the Hamilton contingent. Amonster strai gh t-eigh t of 5+ litres, the Stutz hasstill so me wor k to be done, but "as is," it is noslugga rd. For so me part of the jo urney it wasnot iced to be cr uising co mforta bly and effo rtless lyat very near the ope n road speed limi t.

Our Patron , Mr Geo rge Gilltrap , of Rotorua ,had his Mot or Muse um o n exhibition in th e

"Stut:z:, Cadillac Model A's , and Buick-part of thegathering of Woikato Club members at Matamata."

line of each ca r's h istory .Cars ex hibited by H a milton m embers we re:

Ben z (Buggy), 1897, M r Gar th H ug hes; Wolse­ley, 1902, par tly res to red th e ch assis a nd tra ns ­m ission now co m ple te bu t as yet without body,M r S. T. Nolan ; Ford T, 1909, M r S. T. Nolan;F .N ., 191 3, M r L. Mclnty re, Rot orua ; Ford T,1914, Mr M. Close, Ran gi riri ; Ford T (Beauty),1926 , Mr W . M . Jelaca , H u ntly.

The clu b badges ha ve now arrived a nd arebeing dis tr ibu ted . T he des ign chosen is ra therdifferent to other vintage badges seen in theNorth Is la nd a nd will be easily recogn isa ble.

Bledi sloe Hall , H amilton , where, jo ine d by six o fo ur o wn ca rs , a n Autoram a was held in aid ofthe Ha m ilto n J uni or C ha m ber of Com merceCo m m uni ty Week. Wit h so me sup por t fro m themot or trade in th e wa y o f a good re p rese nta tivese lec tio n of 1958 models , a most int ere st ing di s­pla y of co n trasts was th ere to be see n .

George br ou gh t nin e ca rs, as fo llo ws: "Gene­vieve ," 1904 D arracq ; O lds rno bi le , curved d ashmod el (a bou t 1904 ): Hu prn obil e. 1910 ; Fo rd T ,1914 ; C lernent-Bayard , 1908; Panhard-Levassor,1901 ; Cad iliac, 1907 ; Al bion , 1902 ; Rover 1920,flat twin. Each ev ening th e cars we re demon­stra ted in the hall while George gave a sho rt ou t-

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Wellington Notes by Warick Johnston

WELLINGTON RALLY ­

Saturday, No vember 22nd

T he first even t orga nised by th e W ellingt onBra nch , held on Sa turday, N ovember 22, a tt rac-

Vintage Car Club of N.Z. (Inc.) Wellington Branch

Mrs V. Southward, 14 Ma ssey Cres., Lower HuttSecretaries: Mrs Ma xwell , 7 Tawa St., Lower Hutt

As socia tio n to stage a ra lly on Saturda y, 24thJ anuary, 1959 to be hel d in con junct ion w ith aMa rd i Gras th ey a re holding from 17th to 28 t hJanuary-this too is env isaged as an a nn ual eve n t.Wanganui member s h ave ind ica ted th eir wi lling ­ness to enter th ei r cars in both th ese turnou ts.T he Eastbo urne Rall y cou ld we ll be a n occasio nfor bra nch es fur ther afi eld to pa y us a visit, so ge tin touch wi th us if yo u a re interested a nd we' llgive yo u all th e gen.

The co llec tion o f cars co n tinues to grow. M rN oel M anthel has the ]li0 5 O lds rno bile previou slyheld by Genera l Moto rs , Len Southwa rd has a1905 D a rr ac q a nd a Model T fire engi ne whic h isin grand co ndition. T he D ominion Museum hasapplied fo r, a nd was read ily gra n ted , instit uti on almembership in respect of a 1902 Peu geot ov erwhich th ey have cus todia nsh ip. Frank Unsworthnow has a Sun beam, origi na lly ow ned by theHarcourt fam ily , a nd m ore recentl y M ike Poyn­lon . Mo to rcycle enthusiasts will be interes ted tolea rn that Hugh Webley has re sto red a pre-I 920B.S.A. co m plete with wicker sidecar.

With th e gra nd spi rit bein g shown by a ll mem­bers ther e is eve ry indi catio n th at th e affa irs o f th eBra nch will co ntin ue to pr o sp er and tha t mu chenj oy me nt a nd en te rta inme nt will be th e rewardof a ll.

Chairman : W. Johnston

We pro m ised th at by th e tim e " B.W ." aga inmade print we would have so me reall y so lid pr o­gress to rep ort . True to fo r m, th ere have beendoings a -plenty in and a ro und th e Capital Ci ty .Every thing wa s m ad e official at th e first Genera lMe eting held (ra ther aptly) a t th e F ounder 'sSo ciety R ooms o n 9th Septe m be r 1958 whe n th efollo win g were elec ted as Branch Officers fo r thefirst year's operati ons : C ha irma n, Warwick J o hn­ston; C lub Captai n, M ike Poyn ton ; Sec re ta ries,W ynn Maxwell a nd Vera So u thwa rd; Com mittee,C harles Maxwell, T revo r Parkinson , Len So u th ­wa rd , M ichael T ho rns, H ugh We bley.

The Bra nch is growing to o . So fa r the re a re 65financ ia l members o n th e bra nch ro ll, whi ch is amost enco ura ging sta r t.

The first occasio n th at Cl u b members had anoppo rtuni ty to visit togeth er was o n 13th Sep tem ­ber a t th e exc ell ently staged Motor ama at Wanga­nui o rga nis ed by th e energe tic member s of th eWa nga n ui Bran ch . An improm ptu jo int committeemeetin g was held during th e a f te rnoon wh en wehad the oppor tuni ty to ge t so me p rac tica l poi nt erson effic ien t c lu b management a nd a n invit ati onwas exte nded to the W anganui Comm ittee tocome down to help us organise a Veter an R all y.T he m eet ing took place at Le n South ward 's homeo n Sa tu rday, 18th Octo be r a nd proved m ost use­ful. The broad ou tline was laid down of wha t weh op e will beco me the a nnua l Hutt Ve tera n CarRall y to be held thi s year o n Sa turday 22ndN ovember. At th e sa me time we accep ted a nin vit ati on from th e E ast bourne Businessm en 's

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ted some 19 Vetera n and Vin tag e co mpetito rs ,who appa re ntly one and a ll. th oroughl y enj oyedthi s ina ug ural Run of 17 miles from Upper HUll ,th rough Lowe r Hull to Pe tone Esplan ade an dback to Low er HUll, as mu ch as th ose dozens ofspecta to rs lini ng the route enj oyed the spectacleand feasted up on a cavalca de o f immaculateveteran an d vintage vehicles .

A t Lower HUll a ser ies of drivin g tes ts wereheld . These pr oved a lot o f fun fo r dri ver s, andenter tain ing fo r the cash cus tomers . The succ essa t thi s stage was grea tly contributed to by theco mmenta ry ove r th e P.A. sys tem by Clu b Cap­tain M ike P oynt on .

T he only brea kdo wn on the tri al run was theCresto mobile which had tyre tr ouble only a mileor two from the sta rt. A repl acem ent was obta inedand he finished lat er , but in tim e for a ll th e testswhich he pr omptl y won.

T he Carterto n Studeba ker d rove over th e Rimu­takas while the De Dion for once was treated toan ign ominious trailer rid e . F ro m Wan ganui ca meseven co mpe tito rs under the ir ow n power, accom­panied by the Perry on a trailer and jo ined atLevin by the F ia t and Aus tin.

Co mpetitors were L. So uthward. 1908 H olsm an ;

R . Porter , 1900 De D ion ; A . Ol ive r, 1926 F ord ;L. So uthward, 1926 Ford (D riv er, A. Kn ight) ;V. Caseley, 1914 Buick; W. Wat kin son , 1916Perry ; A . Wr ight , 1909 Clement T al bot; Je anWr ight, 1923 Al vis; R . lames, 1923 Fi at ; A.Tonks, 1913 D aimler ; Ve ra Southward , 1925Swift; B. Wal ker, ] 912 Zedel ; J . Keed well , 1923Studebaker ; D . Murray, 1924 M inerva ; R . Sou th­ward, 1905 Darracq ; A. Dray, 1926 Ford ; Sy bilWa lker, 1923 Ansa ldo ; T. Hudson , 1925 A us tin ;L. So uthward. 1924 Fo rd Fi re E ng ine (D river,B. Sulliva n ).

R esults-Smith Trophy (aggregate). R. Port er,De Dion ; Vet era n Co nco urs , W . Watkinson ,Perr y: Best T ime Trial (Vetera n), R . P orter, D eDion : Driving T est (Ve teran) , E . Delan y, C rest­mobile: Co nco urs (V intage), L. Southward , FordT; T ime Trial (V in tage), D . Murray, Mi nerva;Driving T est (Vint ag e). R. Jones, Fiat; Slowmoti on contest, Rex Port er, De Dion. (T his ca r­ried no points fo r aggrega te, but was the causeof mu ch me rriment. the winner being presen tedwit h a hul a hoop and m ad e to demon str at e onth e spo t! ')

(Co ngratulation s Wellington on who t must havebeen all exceptionully well organised and happye ven t fo r yo u allc--Etl.)

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Canterbury NotesVintage Car Club of N.Z. (Inc.) Canterbury Branch

Chairman: H. S. Foster Hon. Secretary: R. J. Cummins, 23 Raudolph St. , Christchurch

Q uite a host of sm a ll a nd so me large eve ntshave ta ken place in Cante r bury since A ug ust. OnSa tu rday, Se p tem be r 20th, the Organiser of theRiccart on Qu een Ca rn iva l ce lebra tio ns in vit ed arepresentative selec tio n of Vintage and Veter anca rs to join in a pr ocession of T ransp ort a nd asa prelude to th e o pe ning o f th eir Fete, th e pro­ceeds o f sa me go ing to th e Riccarton R .s.A..Plun ket Society a nd Boy Scou ts. Wh ere possibleca rs were paired with thei r mo de rn counterpa rt sa nd th e six ty to sev enty ve h icles being led by ateam of rather small Marchi ng G irls.

M a nufacturers o f earl y m od els were appa rentlynot co nversan t with " Ma rc hing Girl Speed " aslow gea r in a num ber of ca rs was not nearl y loweno ug h a nd clutch es were ca lled upon to under­tak e duties they were ne ver design ed for, particu ­larly co ne clutch es. One consol ati on however , wasyour scr ibe leading a new an d spa rkling Humber80 whi ch occasion all y em erged fro m a cloud o fblu e smoke (Good o il, Pennzoil !) Apparently the"drippers' had been drippin g whilst sta nd ingdu ring the lon g winter months.

On Friday, 26th September, twelve or moreCa nte r bur y Branch ca rs a nd mot orcycles left onth ei r long trip of approx . 280 mil es to a tte nd theNelso n C ity Ce n ten nia l celebrati on s (David K ayha s rep o rted elsewhere in thi s issue an acco un t ofthi s en joya ble eve n t), menti on however, must bemad e o f the enterpri se of Bill C la rk and 1ac kWilkins wh o wer e su ita bly farewelled at noon o nth e Frida y o n th eir 1912 Sin ge r motorcycle andhad a blowout ju st round th e co rner. It was sug­gested that Bill sho uld get his tyres ch eck ed atsom e rep uta ble a nd rel iabl e service stati on beforeth e next event. Nevertheless th ey motored o n a nda rr ived sa fely.

On the following Sa turday a ftern oon we ass istedto ente rta in th e public a t th e Belfast Scho o l1ubilee Flower Show with a few dri ving tests,pot at o race a nd wiggle-waggle. etc .• and fo r o urefforts were pr esented with a m ost accep ta bled on ati on towards o ur Clubroom funds.

T he Annual Bank s Peninsul a R all y a nd HillCl im b took place o n Satur day a nd Sunday, 11 thand 12th October at Du vau chelles, fort y-fiveVint age enth usias ts enjoying the weekend in spiteof cloudy and slightly dri zzling weather , there

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was a larger entry th an ever bef ore, All an Wrightdriving a Ford Model A gained fastest time ofth e day .

NELSON CENTENARY

So me six months ago, a n inv ita tio n was sen to ut to Vet er an owners to tak e part in the Cen­tennial Cele bra tio ns of the C ity of N elson .

And so it wa s, on the a fte rn o on of Saturda y.Sep tem ber 27th , in brilli ant sunshine, so typicalo f thi s del ightful city, 23 ve te ra n ve hicles tookpart in a procession to mark thi s most a us p icio usoccasio n . The p rocession , whi ch included bands,marching girl s, a nd float s depic ting progr ess overthe yea rs, in industr y a nd tr an sport in Nelson,passed al ong cro wd- packed T rafalgar Street , f ro mC hurch Hill , to Trafalgar Park . At the park , thevehicles and float s were dr awn up in front o f thegr an dstand for inspection by th e pu blic. Lat er thefloats moved off and a fter so me enterta iningeve nts, su ch as wo od -chopping had been per­formed , ea ch vet er an vehicle made a circ uit ofth e a rena, while D ennis K ing gave a descriptionand sho rt history of each veh icle over the public­address system .

T he vehicles a nd drivers which to ok part , andth eir hom e towns, a re as foll ow s :

Ca rs : 1910 Silver Ghost R oll s Royce , driven by1. A . McEwen , lnvercargill; 1901 Northern , A.Sha d bolt, C h ristch urch : J903 Weston, S. Sa rnp­so n, Christchu rch : 1904 Orient Buckboard , D.Musgrove, Christchurch: 1907 Reo , G . Mehrten s,C hr istchu rc h : 1907 Ca d iliac, D . Bowman, Ch rist­ch urc h : 1911 F.N .. 1. P. Palmer, C hristchur ch :1913 Calthorpe, A . Bak er, C hristchurc h; 1915Fo rd , G. B. 1elfs. Chri stchurch ; 1915 Oakland ,K. Sreffenson, C hristch urc h; 1910 Wol seley, 1.Newell, Rangi ora : 1914 Wolseley, R . Palmer,Rangiora ; 1914 For d , E. H . Lu ca s, Blenheim ; 1902C res tmo bile, E. M. Del any, Wellington : 1905Darracq, L. So uthwa rd, Wellington : 1915 Ford,D. A. King. Nelson ; 1916 Saxo n, L. Mathias,Nelson : 19J 8 Buick, T. 1arvis. Nel son: 1918Dodge, 1. Bryce, Nelson : 1918 Scripps Booth . C.Sch olfield , N elson .

Motor Cy cles: 1912 Sin ger , ridden by 1. Wilkinswith D . Ka y in th e sidecha ir, Ch risteh urc h ; 1912Over sea s, G . Allport , Nelson : 1915 D ouglas, 1.King, Nelson.

When th e ve hicles lat er left the a rena, theywe re ush ered into a roped o lf a rea where th eyco uld be look ed up on by th e pu bli c.

In th e even ing, th ere was a searc hlight tat tooa t Trafalgar Pa r k a t which three veteran carscam e und er the spo tligh t. T his time , th ey werepro vidin g tr an sp ort for mannequ ins suita blya tti red in th e fashions of tbe period mat ch ing th eca rs. When thi s was co nclu de d , so me of the vet­era n driver s a nd c rews we re en terta ined a t a socia la rra nged by the N elson C a r C lub , while o the rsa tte nd ed a pr emier film screen ing , a nd dances ,

de.it may be wo rth y to not e here, th at of th e cars

t ha t motored to a nd from N elson fr om as fa ra field as Christc hurc h, fo r th e occasio n, th ey didnot enco u nte r a ny tr ou ble wha tsoever eitherm echanical o r otherwise.

Bill Clark a nd Jac k Wil kins, o n th e Singer M jCand sidec ha ir, di d however su ffer a blo wo u t a ndsho rn belt du rin g th e ir journey bet ween C hr ist­churc h a nd C hevio t. A t thi s po int however , th eSinger was load ed o nto a tr ail e r and it s occu­pants su bm itte d to a little more com fort in aheated Brad ford Sta tio n Wa gon to co ntinue therest of th e journey to Nelson .

Specia l men tion mu st of course go to theln ve rcargill Si lve r G host Roll s R oyce . With J . A .M cEwan a t the whee l, thi s vete ra n was dri venno n-sto p to N elson cov erin g th e dist an ce of ne arl y700 miles in 20 hours 15 minutes, a nd a t th e costof 45 gallo ns o f petro l. A cre d ita ble perfo rm anceo n th e part o f man a nd m achine.

On th e Sunday morning, most so uthern carsand crews ba de a very reluctant farewell to th eirhost s before se tti ng co urse for home afte r wh atwas ac cla ime d by all as a m ost enjoyable week­end.

VETERAN AND VINTAGE RALLY,NOVEMBER 29th.

The usu al Ca n te r bury ve tera n rall y was re­placed thi s yea r by a bigge r a nd brighter eve nt,co mbi ning veteran a nd vintage a nd inclu d inga di spl ay o f so me 30 1958 models.

The Rall y, spo nsored o nce aga in by P erin zo il,was sta ged at the C h ris tch urch A . and P. Sh owgr ounds and a tt rac ted, from In vercargill to N el­so n. a n entry o f 66 ve h icles, a ll o f whi ch we rewo r thy of close inspec tio n . T he vintag e entrieswe re particul arl y pleasin g ; turnou t a nd condi­tion being exce llen t and o n the who le a ttrac t­ing as man y in terested and ad m iring glan ces asth eir Vet eran co u nterpa rts .

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entir e da y. th e m ornin g d evot ed to timed run saround th e city a nd th e a fte rnoon to dr ivin gtest s, gr and pa rade, etc.. at th e Sho w G rou nds .

It was interesting to notc that the drivin gtests we re o rga nised chiefly fr om a n " a m use thepu bl ic" a ng le, th e committee wisel y departingfro m th e usu al form o f seda te "dr ive r skill"blindfold etc. , w hich a ltho ug h bei ng of inte res tto co mpe titors are not enthra lling f ro m the spec­tat or's view point. A combinati on of drivin gskill, exc iteme n t a nd humour was o bvious lym ost refreshing a nd th oro ughl y appreciated bythe public. When vintage and ve teran weremat ch ed agai ns t modern in a n acceleratio n"wiggle wog gle" no one co u ld doubt th at th ecrowd was ge tti ng its m oney' s worth. The O .M .co rnering in a cloud of du st whi le its modernoppo nen t th e Llo yd to o k to two wh eel s ; a ne wDod ge putt ing all its power int o a sic ke ning rollin a vai n a ttem pt to defeat th e speed a nd so lidi tyof a 4t, were bu t two incidents which br oughteve ryo ne to th eir feet.

"Mus ica l C ha irs" while be ing fu n for th espec ta to r must h av e been exh au sting for naviga­to rs who pounded o n wea ry feet to re tri eve abo x in o rde r to keep dri ver a nd ca r in the ev ent.The wea ther d id not lend to suc h expendi ng ofene rg ies while head s a nd limbs mu st ha ve ac he dfro m th e man y e nco u nte rs in the effo r ts mad eto sta y in " the picture." It was noti cea ble toth e o bservan t onlooker th at there we re few . ifa ny "gentlemen" navigat ors.

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The final event o f the day. a relay race for all windo w o f the Hampton Tyre Co.. Oxford Tee.•co mpetito rs. took so me time to assembl e and Christchurch, and copi es may be o btained byseemed to finish all too qui ck ly. However . the enquiring with in .publ ic were then rewarded with a clos e view RALLY CLASS WINNERSof the ca rs. so mething they had been att mpting Veteransall day, only to be blasted by the P.A. Class I-Motor Cycles, Motor Tricycle s, etc.Incidents 1914 Douglas M/C, B. Dill on, In ver-

Does one have to ca rry a hydr aul ic jack purely ca rgill.for unexpected tests when one ow ns a Dennis Class II- Car s with hori zontal engines or eng ineson so lid wheels. o ther than in front : 190 I Northern. T.

The Ra y Lind say Ford was seen making a A. Shad bolt , Chr istchurc h.stro ng atte mpt to get a "l itt le of its own back " Class Ill-All other cars with one. two or threeby running over its proud ow ner. Fo rtuna tely cylinders: 1908 De Di on Bout on. H .Ray is very nimble. Williarnson, Christchurch.

A great pity Dennis King did not man age to Class IV-Cars with 4 or more cylinders underarrive complete with Ford . However, we believe 12 h.p. R.A .C : 1913 Calthorpe Minor.that invin cible Carter man produced spare con- A. A. Baker. Christchurch.rod s aga in and we hope Derm is managed to Class V-Cars with 4 or more cylinders overmake home with the car. 12 h.p. R.A .C : 191 5 Oak land, K. Stef-

We believe the Fiat ably piloted by Wendy Ienscn , Christchurch .Mauger matched the speed o f the 4+ of C1ark Vintagefrom the Bridle Path to the Cas hmere Hospital Mot or Cycles- I925 Indian M/C. D . A. Camp-during the morning timed run . T alking of the bell. C hristchurch.Fiat it was a pleasing sight to see a n a ll woman Vint age Ca rs under 12 h.p. R.A. C -I924 O.M..crew competing so successfully. Warner obvi- P. 1. Shaske y, C hristchurc h.ously has his fa mi ly well trained . Vint age Ca rs over 12 h.p . R.A.C -1 930 Ford

All photos of the Rally may be seen in the Model A. E. H. Lucas, BJenh eim .--- - - - - ---

South Canterbury Notes H. W . Mercer

A very pleasant evening was spent by all mem­bers at a soc ial and dan ce in the local hall , andit is interest ing to note that most of the mu sic

The seco nd stage of the first day took thecar s through Albury and over Mt. Nessing CoalPit Hill and then through the McK enzie Pass andthen on to the main road o nce aga in a t H aldonCorn er. The car s all a rrived at The Pukaki Innin ample time for dinner that night.

Vintage Car Club of N.Z. (Inc.) South Canterbury BranchChairman: H. Mercer Secretary: D. Nicholson, Flat I, Fire Station, Timaru

On Saturday o f Labour Weekend the third was supplied by members of the Vintage ca rAnnual Rally to Mt. Co ok was commenced, the part y.star ting place th is yea r was Ca roline Bay , Timaru, On the seco nd day the weather was not quiteT he first ca r was flagged awa y by Mr s Hilton , so promi sing and before the car s were half-wayDeputy Mayor. to the Hermitage the rain was quite heav y. The

The route o n the first day was certainly dif- ca rs were parked in front o f the Hermitage in aferent from other years, and proved tricky o ver special place set aside and all members werethe first stage. invit ed int o the Hostel where we all had lunch.

The course to the south of Tirn aru and after The journey back to Pukaki was covered with-pa ssing Holrne Station was via Gordorr's Valley out any bother although the road was coveredand then over Mt Nimrod . Back Line Road and with water in man y places. After clocking in atfinall y reaching the Main Fairlie road at Ma Wara Puk aki the Rally was officially over and after

a Special Rall y Dinner a t the Puk aki Inn thewhere we had lunch.winn ers wer e announced and pri zes were pre-sented .

Th e winn er o f the Vintage Ca r sec tion was C.Westob y (Alvis) and the Vet eran sectio n was wonby H. W. Mercer (Ford T ). Miss P. Dw an wona pri ze for best navigator.

The ca rs all returned home on Monday.Chatter

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hav e two ne w me m be rs from Gera ldi ne , M r r.Blac k with a very nice Singe r D rop-head Coupewhich perfo rmed ver y well o n the Mt. Cook rall y,a nd Mr G ra ha m Rae with a Fo rd Bea uty touringca r whi ch was purchased new by his grandfather.T his ca r has a lways bee n in the Rae fa mily a ndhas never been in a stat e o f d is-r epa ir. It is q uite

refre shing to see these o ld cars tha t ha ve beenhand ed do wn .

T he two new local mem ber s J . Bunting a ndR . Cross, ha ve cert ainly mad e a n excellen t rest or­a tio n of the 4 cylinde r Star, a nd we are lookingfo rwa rd to see ing it in a rall y soon .

It is a very good thin g th at Jo hn Hogg has go this R ambler go ing O.K. a t las t, as he wouldn 'thav e much time no w to spare wo rk ing o n it , hehas just been ma rr ied , and we in Sou th Can ter ­bury offer o ur co ng ra tula tio ns to Joh n an d Ph yllisa nd wish them all the bes t for the future . T heyhave both do ne a lot for thi s branch , a nd welook forwa rd to see ing th em just th e sa me a t theo u tings.

It was reported th at o ur local Sec re ta ry wassee n going th rough tow n last week with a pi ece ofmachiner y with a 6tin hole in it, an d up on in vest i­gat ion we were told th at it was o nly one of six,wh ich belo nge d to an eng ine which he was go ingto fit in his Mcr ced es, so if yo u see a wh ite fla shgo ing past , you will kn o w wha t it is, up till no whe has bee n d rivi ng a car in th e ralli es wi th onecylinder a bo u t Sin bore, now he hop es to win a llacce lerat ion tests with a six cylinder 6J in bore.

H ugh Mercer 's Ro ver is a t long last ou t andabo ut, it shou ld not be ha rd to find as it is 6f t 2inhigh , and sh ould be qu ite use ful to co nvey a ny­o ne who ins ists o n wearing a top ha t.

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Otago Notes Charlie Brown

Vintage Car Club of N .Z. (Inc.) Otago Branch

Chairma n: R. E. N. Oakley Secretary: B. Mooney, 34 Kilgour St. , Roslyn, Dunediu.

A scavenge r hunt held o n Jul y 5th was wella tte nde d, with th e foll o win g results : D . Mence,Riley, 258 points, 1st ; C. MacM urray , Au stin12/4, 232 po in ts, 2nd: G . Sha rpe, Pa ck a rd , 2 19po in ts, 3rd .

A da y-tri al organised by Moo ney an d Sh ar peo n Septem be r 7th sta rted fr om the clu bro oms inglor ious weather, eight ca rs being on the sta rt­ing lin e. T his tri al was to pr ov e "somewha t diffi­cult". C heckboards re placed marshals, a nd thestrictes t ad here nce to a ll instructi on s was de­mand ed . Every co m pe tito r fell do wn in so mesec tions du e to seve ra l facto rs, ina bilit y to findcheckboa rds, inability to foll ow instructi on s, orjust plain illit er acy. H o wever it was a nice da yfo r mot oring. The win ners, or rather those wholost least points wer e: B. G r iffin, Delage, 1st ; T.T irnm s, C hrysler, 2nd ; J. K enned y, Au stin , 3rd.

T ria l, N ovember 9th. T he G ou ghs had a nex tra go od trial orga nised fo r thi s da te an d only

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four ca rs tu rn ed up . That is not good eno ug h.T he re will be no more tri al s held until memberssta rt ap pearing int er est ed.

T he monthl y noggin a nd natter sess ion a tte nd­a nces have been falling off . We hope it is be­cause cars are bein g prepar ed fo r futu re eve nts .

T he Christ mas party is o n Sa tur day eve ning ,Decem ber 13th. We hope to see the Ce n tra lOt ago member s the re .

T here is quite a lot of work still to be do nein the c1ubr ooms- so how abo ut a N ew Yea rsresolution to a ttend a wo rkin g bee every Sundaymorning if possibl e .

O n Wedn esda y, 8th Octo ber , clu b memberswe re invited to the M usselburgh Pumping Sta­tion to see the Di esel en gin es there be fore theywe re broken up . T he world 's first commerci aldiesel was built in 1897 a nd th ese o nes dat e backto 1904 a nd ha ve been in trou ble-free serviceever since. They are the o ldes t in the So u the rn

Hem isph ere, hu ge and quite historic. One wasrunning and one dis ma ntled . Mem bers were in­vite d to help themselves to pa r ts fro m the d is­mantled eng ine. One va lve measurin g 4in. acrosswith an 18in . stem, is to be po lished and pu t inthe clu broo rns. Unfor tuna te ly as the engi nesthemse lves weigh 5 tons eac h, they co uld notbe acco mmoda ted.

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T he Ot ago Bra nch, th rough the good officesof Will is Brown has o btai ned th e use of theIn vereargill mot or rac e track a t Tereto nga Pa rk.fo r Sa turday , March 14th , 1959.

It is pro pos ed to turn on re liab ility and regu ­larity trials fo r a ll classes of vete ra n, vintage andP.V.T . vehic les . No pr ogram me has been drawnup ye t, and this will not be don e unt il so meind ica tion of th e number and type of en tra ntsis received .

Entry fo rm s will be d istributed throu gh Bran chNews lette rs .

Fifty years ago, in Decem ber 1908, a groupof pioneer mo to rists gather ed in the old "AliensHall" and th ere fo rmed th e So uthland Mot orAssocia tion.

Th is organisa tio n continu ed to ex pa nd fromthe n on, until the outbreak of th e G rea t War,when they went into recession for several yearsand after the wa r, for reason s o bscure, theyopera ted for only ano ther co uple of years.

The A uto mo bile Associati on (Southl an d) waslat er fo rmed an d tod ay thi s o rga nisa tio n stillca rr ies on the goo d wo rk.

The old S.M .A. d id far mor e than hold eve nts,fo r member s weilde d shovels and picks to makethe In verc ar gill-Blu ff Road u sabl e to mot or tra f­fic. On e imagin es that th e horses eve n o bjec tedto walk ing this road. Ne vert hel ess these earlymot o rists had advantages that we today a re de­pr ived of, with regul at ion s fo rbidd ing us th emany thin gs they did. T he re are few of us, how­eve r, who wo uld like to mend 10 or 15 pun ctureson a days ru n, but then no outing was co mpletewith out a punctu re or a blowout.

We in Southlan d sa lute our pion eer mot ori stsand to co mme mora te the first run orga nized bythe So uthland M otor Associ ati on (ju st one monthafte r its fo rmation) we, of the So uthland Vint­age Ca r Cl ub , have held our Annual Rivert onCo mme mo ra tive Rall ies.

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AFTER HOU RS 39 -76 2

R. Carter

On Fe br ua ry th e 14th next the Golde n JubileeRally will be held. It will be ope n to a ll Vintageand Ve tera n veh icles which pass the scru tinee rs.By the tim e th e Rally is held members of theS.V.c.c. will have ama lga ma ted wi th theN.Z.V .C.c. and we ar e ho ping we wi ll ha ve thesuppo rt o f a ll Vintage and Ve teran own ers.

The Rall y will consist o f a tim ed Run fr omInverear gil l to Rivert on and re tu rn . a total of56 miles o n virtua lly flat tar sea led road s. Lunchbrea k will be a t Ru gby Par k, in the cen tre ofInvercar gill, and the driving events will be heldthe re also.

We hope to be in a position to fully reim­burse a ll co mpe tito rs fo r their petrol but th iswill be depend en t on ga te taki ngs . T his GoldenJub ilee Rall y is being organ ised in conjunctionwith th e A.A. who will be res po nsi ble fo r th edri ving tests. T hey will also p resen t a certi ficat e,sui ta bly inscr ibed , to celebra te the eve nt togetherwith a hand som e po rcela in plaque in four co lours.

T he first Run in Janu ary 1909, left the PostOffice and the lead ing ca rs had as passeng er sthe Mayo r and Co uncillors of In vercargill . T heca rs were given an hour and a qu ar ter to re achRiverton, a distance of 26 mile s. They .had toab ide by th e rul es whi ch sta ted, no passi ng, nospeed ing, th e dust ap parentl y bein g a d isti ncthazar d .

The Mayor and Co unc illo rs were, acco rdingto a report in the local pr ess. tak en on a tourof the town 's main stree ts en route and it wasappa ren t that th ey were full y co nve rsa nt withthe ro ug h sta te of T ay Stree t and the effec t th eco rro ga tions had o n ea rly mot or ca rs afte r th eirtr ip if th ey were ign or ant of th e fac t earlier th atday.

Unfortunatel y th e pr ess repo rts give no indi ca­tion of the makes of vehicles that took pa rt , butwe do kno w that a "couple of dozen " ca rsand severa l motor cycl es successfully com pletedth e journey.

We have given due con siderati on to the factthat Bright on will precede o ur Rall y by a wee ko r two and we tru st that man y of yo u fr omthe North will continue to In vercargill and sup­port our biggest effo rt since ou r ince ption fo uryea rs ago . You will be ass ured of rea l So uthernhospital it y and we hop e to make yo u fee l be ttertha n you do at hom e.

Pr ospectu s and entry fo rms will be ou t sho rt lyand these will be posted to bra nc h Secretariesbu t if yo u wa nt any o ther info rma tio n contac tour Sec re tary, Mr Ray Lindsay , p.a. Box 567 ,Inver cargill, o r mysel f.

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it was!What ance was a t the Brighton tleach races 111 I'}j j

whe re the very high gear rat ios pro ved quitehopeless in the he avy sand , the car ac hievingno gre ater speed th an 55 m.p.h .

Sa d to relate we have no co rrect answer to Sold in disgust we next hear of the Delagethi s. Surprising as it may ap pea r thi s ca r was in the ea rly 1920's having been bought by Mrpu blished once befor e in Beaded Wh eels- Rutherford of Leslie H ills near Culve rden. OurMar ch. 1956, only the print there depict s the ph ot o sho ws the ca r when owned by Mr Ruther-ca r facing the o the r way. For th e benefi t o f those fo rd , the only va ria tio n fro m origina l co nd itionread ers who ha ve not a cop y of the back issue being th e addition of lamps, scree n and step .we reprint a few brief det a ils a bo ut thi s most In 1945 or 1946 we heard rumo urs of " a funn yin te res ting machine. o ld F rench heap " in Waipu ku rau and investiga -

The ca r-a 191 I "Coupe de l'Au to " Del age tion s revealed that th e ca r ha d bee n co mpletely- was brought out to New Zealand by J. S. burne d out. identifica tion bein g mad e possibl eHawkes of Christchureh. Tts firs t public appea r- by th e melted remain s of the radi at or.

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What is it?

The late st ca r qu iz for Bead ed Wheels Readers,see if you ca n identify th e ca r in this photoand post yo ur guess to the Edito r, 20 H ackthorneRoad, Christchurch. The names of the know­ledgeable together with other interesting det ail sof the machine will appea r in the next issue.

As mu ch detail as possible ple ase!

Scrutineering Regu lationsThe followin g are the Regul at ion s of the

V.e.e. of NZ. (In c .) to spec ify minimum sta nd­a rds of maintenance and turn out for members'car s whether in co mpe titio ns o r o ther wise.

I. T here sha ll be a chief Scrut ineer a ppoi ntedby the Nati on a l Executi ve.

2. Each Bran ch sha ll appoi n t a sc ru tineer ing

pan el of three comprisi ng of th e Bran ch Clu bCa ptai n as cha irma n and a ny two membersof th e Branch appo inted by the Bran ch Com­mi ttee.

3. Branch Scru tinee ring Pan els sha ll be respon­sible to the Chief Scr ut ineer whose decisionin a ll matters sha ll be fina l as be twee n Bran chS.P.'s and him sel f.

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4. Any me m ber aggrieved by th e decision of aBranch S.P. may give not ice in writ ing within24 ho urs of th e decision o f a Branch S.P .bein g made kn own to him to the Chie f Sc ru­tineer of his prot est agai nst th e decision a ndrequ esting for a review by the Chief Scru tin­eer.

5. Sta nda rds o f Mainten an ce and Co ndition :­(a) A ca r mu st be clean .(b) A ca r mu st be in safe mec ha nica l co ndi­

tion for road use and mu st comply withth e requirement s of the T ra nspo r t Regs.regard ing Warrant s of Fitness.

(c) A ca r mu st not carry any adve rtisingma tte r, num bers on bod ywork o r be ot he r­wise painted or dec o ra ted as to presen tan undigni fied appea ra nce . (Pro mo ters ofeve nts may be permitted to pro vide forso me adve rtising matter to be ca rried dur­ing the eve nt onl y bu t subject to thea ppro val of th e Scrutineering Pan el) .

(d) A ca r sha ll ca rry not less than th e body ­wo rk a ppro pria te to the type and periodof manufacture.

We hear that

(e) The fo llo wing items shall be deemedoptional equipmen t which m ay or maynot be carried but if ca rried mu st agai nbe a ppro pr iate to the type and periodof manufactu re .I. H ood . 11. Tonnea u or hood bag . Ill.Spare wheel. IV . Win dscreen . V. La mpsand lighting equi pment. V I. Ex te rnal horns.

(0 Bodywork mu st be stru ctura lly so und , ingood repai r and finished to a minimu mstand ard co mmensura te with a workman­like jo b su bjec t to fai r wea r and tearfrom reason ab le use.

(g) Ca rs whi ch otherwise co mply wi th th esepr ovision s but the int erior tr im of wh ichis incomplet e sha ll not be penal ised pro­vided th at such port ion s of th e interior aresuita bly covered .

(h) T he ma jor mech ani cal co mpone nts of acar sha ll not di ffer from those providedby th e manufacturers in any except minordet a ils.

(i) Whee l an d tyre sizes sha ll be ke pt as nearas pr act icable to origina l d iam eter s.

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A ba nd of en thus ia sts is gather ing togethe rin the Bay of Plent y with th e ultimate a im ofbecoming a Club. We wish them the best of luck.

David Na tha n of Speed 6 fame is wisely stay ­ing in British Co lumbia unti l our pet rol pricesdrop.

The Ma rlborough (in fo rmati on ) Bran cha ppea r to ha ve a lready a very strong foll owing.

A P orter on the N.Z. Rail ways South Islandis appar ently suffe ring from seve re back stra inafte r helping Darcy N icho lson lift his three suit­cases-all filled with Mercedes Mo to r parts,ob tai ned in the N orth Island.

Our Pr esident has acqui red a vast 7-seat erCa dillac saloon-it jus t keeps on co mi ng on.

A Club member keeps advertising his ca rsfor sa le in Ame rica n newspa pers. A pit y non ehav e bee n offered to member s through Bead edWh eels.

N ext yea r the V.e.e. o f N .Z . en ters its 13thyear.

The car imported from Eng land by Sa rn G ib­bon s of Wanganu i has turned out to be a 1935Aston Martin.

Percy Ru ssell 's 191 1 Argyll (Maste rton) is be-

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lieved to have been the firs t car in N. Z. withfour-wheel br ak es and is cer ta inly the onl yArgy ll here with un iqu e sing le-sleeve va lves. T heo ther two ea r ly Argy lls have popp et va lves .

T he old est d river at th e London-Br ighton thi syea r was 79 yea r old Percy Kidner of Lutondr iving the Va ux ha ll he firs t drove 54 yea rs ago .Our friend Mr Every o f Ca r terto n, met M rKidn er a t a H ill Cl imb eve nt in En glan d between1904 and J906 . Kidn ers great skill in maki ngquick and silen t gear cha nges mad e a firm im­pression on a ll. Appa re ntly thi s was qu ite a fea tin those days. Mr Eve ry te lls us th at Kidnerssecret was the use of an engine rev. indicator,used , he th inks, in conjuncti on with a speed­ome ter as he remembers seei ng th e rev. indica­tor on the dash of the Va ux ha ll wh en exa miningthe ca r after th e eve nt. T his of course is not theonly reason M r Kidner is of specia l inte res t toN ew Ze alanders, we do in fact feel th at we havevery close associations with him, in view of thefac t that th e Va ux ha ll in whic h he wo n th e2000 mile Tria l is be ing res to red in Ca nte rburyby Ja ck Newell and G ordon Jelf s o f Ran gior a.

Sou thland members have discovered a mean sof rai sing mon ey-they ma ke " Dodgems" fo r

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the Fa mi ly Fair. Appar ently a great a ttrac tionfor the child ren and a n exce llen t way of ex tract­ing the fina nce from the par ents. T he ca rs weremad e by members who now have a t the ir finge rtips an asset fo r fu ture fund raising ventures.

A prominent Wa irar ap a m em ber, whilst a tNapier 's Ce ntennia l ce lebra tions, was caught III

the sp o t light-bro ad mi nd ed city. N ap ier 'A us tra lian me m ber Rob G unne ll is the lat est

entry for th e "ma trimonia l rall y" . We tru st tha tRob and "Srnokey" will surv ive the ordeal. Weunder stand his partner in cr ime ac ted as his navi­ga tor in one of the few New Zealand Rallie she was a ble to attend , which so un ds a suitablea ugury fo r the future .

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CLUB MEM BERS : Free for first three lines(approx . 25 words); thereafter J / - per line (8words).

NON-ME MBERS : 5 /- for first three lines or less;thereafter 1/- per line.

To be accepted all advertiseme nts must be typedand be acco mpanied by the necessary remittanceand must be in the hands of the Editor not laterthan the 15th day of the month before pub licationdate.

Special display advertisements of cars for salecomp lete with photos may be inserted at special andvery reaso nable rates. for details of which servicewrite to the Editor .

WANTED : T wo 2 l in. wi re wheels for Alvis12/50. Also informa tion o r pictures to ass ist re­buildi ng of Hotchkiss AM80 drophead bodycirca 1928. P. Slocornbe, 1,16 Khandall ah Road ,Wellington .WANT E D : Authe n tic ca rbure tto r, di stri but or,mudguard s, radi a tor ba dge and ca p. also in­fo rma tio n, for a 1924 Ov erl and Mode l 91. I.Ben ge, Main Road , T e Mama, Upper Hut t.WA NT ED : Informati on fo r restor at ion ofLag onda 2-seater Circa 1924 . T. P ark inson , Cj­Shell, r.o. Box 209 1, Well ingt on .WANT ED : Veteran A merica n mot o rcycles,1910-1920 per iod . Indian, H arl ey D avidson , Ex­ce lsior , T ho r, F lying Merkel, Read ing-Standard ,Yale, D ayton, Pope, Henderson , etc . Can bero ug h but prefer abl y co mp le te o r nea r-complete,except fo r tyres. P rices and particul ar s to G . W.Hockl ey, 308 Ke yes Road , Ne w Bright on , Chr ist­church.WANTED: Pa ir Smiths headlamps for 3 litreBentley, also side curta ins for Au stin 7. Jo hnKenned y, 46 Asco t Street. Dunedin .

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WAN T ED: Vin tage-Thoroughbred, not A me ri­ca n, capable 20 m.p.g. with performance. PreferRoll s-R oyce 20 h.p. , Bent ley 3 L. Willing to re­store to Min t cond ition so original and workinga t reason a ble pr ice please. Also wa nt R-R 29 per ­fo rma nce data. Ne vins, 47 P arkvale R oad , Wel ­lington , W .3.WA NT ED to bu y, beg or stea l one Stepney rimand fittings, 760 x 90. Hugh Foste r. 52 Ki lmar­nock Stree t, Chr istchurch .WANT ED: Back part or back doors and hoodbows or roads te r body for 1917-25 style Mo de lT T ourer. Pleas e ring 599 R co llect, Mo untMa ungan ui.WANTED : Bac k co pies Bead ed Wh eels. Co ntac tEdi to r, 20 Hackthorne Rd. , Chris tchurc h.

WANTED : Moto r Cycle ace tylene head lam p andgenera tor. Lam p diame ter approx. 51in. (Hall andSo ns pr eferred.) M us t be good co nd itio n. Willingto swa p 19 J7 Buick 6 Part s Book. 146 Tanne r St..G rass mere, Inver cargil l.FO R SALE: Chrysler Imperial 80 coupe. Bod yby Le Bar on. N ew tyres and hood . £ 125 o.n.o.T revor T imms, 182 Su rr ey St., St Clai r. Dunedi n.FOR SA LE : 1929 Morris Isis 6 in o rigina l order ,bo dy and uphol stery in excellent co ndi tio n.Mo to r etc . just bee n ove rha uled, £120 o.n.o .Appl y p.a . Box 26. or Phone 17K. G. G. West­ereng, Mossburn .FO R SALE: T wo 4.50 - 4.75 x 2 1 tyres an d tu bes," F irestone" . Have don e less than 500 mil es on alight tra iler. Also two sp lit rims. H . J. D od gshun,C]- Wri ght Siephenson an d Co . Ltd. , D un edi n .FO R SALE: Ca brio let dr oph ead 3-sea ter body byMa ythorne, Scuttle bac k, very good co ndi tio n.glass, doo rs, leather uph olstery etc. a ll perfect. Off4t litre Bentl ey which is und ergoin g a com pletere bui ld, bo dy no long er requ ired. Enquir ies andoffe rs to A. Ande rso n, 20 Hackthorne Road. Cash­mere, Chri s tchurch.

FO R SALE: 1924 Su nbea m 14/40 tourer. So undres to ra ble con di tion. Presently dismantled andstored . £30. 1916 cir ca C hevro let 4 - 90, chassisonly, with bonnet, sc uttle, whee ls. no tyres, giftto d ub member genuine ly intenti on ed . Co ntac t J.Chapple, I Princes St., Devonport , Auck land .FOR SAL E: Talbo t 14-45, 1929, in goo d ordermec ha nically, no ru st, pa intwork rou gh. E nqu ir iesto F. U nswo rth, 5 H art Avenue, Lo wer HUll ,Ph on e 68-231.FO R SA LE . 1923 Riley, I1 h.p .. a ll co mplete andrunning order. Two bran d new tyres. Furthe rpar ticul a rs from J . B. Lou ghn an , 24 Crey ke Rd.,Chr istchur ch.

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1909 OAKLAND MODEL ' 40 'In troduced in 190 9. whe n Oak lo ndjoined t he General M otors Corpo ra t io nPowered by a f our-c y l in der eng ine ,developing 40 horsepow er . Thecylind ers of this engine were cast inpai rs, simila r to a four- cylin der mo torcycle engine. W i t h a 112 inch wheel­base, the Oak land M ad el '40' wa s afu ll f ive -sea te r. 34" wheels, 4" tyres,weig h t 2000 pou nd s.

190; BUICK MODEL ' C'

Power ed by a tw a-c y l inder val ve -I n ­head 22 h .p . engine loca te d under thebody and cranked f rom the side.Dr iven by a central chain f rom theengine to the rear ax le . Water an dpe t rol ta nk s moun ted under the hood .Plan eta ry tra nsmission, two forwar dand one reverse speeds. Cone clutch ,spring tensioned. 85 /1 wheelba se, 56 /1t read, 30" a r ti ll ery spoke d whee ls.Weigh t 1,740 pounds. Pr ice, w i th ex tra s1,200 do l la rs .

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1913 CHEVROLET 'BABY "RAND'One of th e eo . Iiesr Chevral e ts. Th ef lat d ash and angu la r cowl whi ch: har ac ter ised the ea rly Chevrq le t canbe see n to advantag e o n this mode l.I t wa s powe red by a f ou r- cyl in derva lve -i n- he ad engine develo pi ng 21 .7" .D. A full f ive- seater, i t had a 104"Nhe elb ase, we ighed 2,3 75 pou nds andso ld for 87 5 do llars.

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1906 CADILLAC MODEL 'M' TOURING CARThe 190 6 Cadillac catalagu e claimed: "No effa rt or expensehas been spar ed to make the 1906 Cad illac a ll that couldbe wished or in a light fa m ily cor. It is ca pab le of a speedof 25 ta 30 miles a n hour . ..The genera l design is of surpass ing bea u ty and , with ou rsuperb finish, g ives it a tone of quie t richness which will norbe exce lled" .The 19 0 6 Cad illac Mode l ' M' Ta uring Car had a one-cy lindereng ine , rated a t 9. 7 ho rse -power . This eng ine ha d been usedby Ca di llac since its beg inn ing, in 1902 . The weight of th eModel ' M' was 1,57 8 pou ds, and it had a whee lba se of 76".Th e pric e of th e Cadi lla c Mode l 'M' was 9 50 dolla rs ... .1,02 5 dollars with Ca pe Car te top a nd lamps were notinc luded in ei ther price.

Ad vertising e nquirie s to be addres sed to th e Ad vert ising Mon:Jg.~r, 20 Hackfhorne Road, Christchurch, S.2 . Publi shed by

Vintage Car Club of N.Z . Incorparated and printed by A. E. Pu rse Limited, 233 Manchester Street , Christchurch, New

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