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WES,TLAKES AUTOMOBILE CLUB - P oOo Box ·.f3;-· TO~ONTO NoSoWo 2283 · /\

Executive

President

COMMITTEE 1 97 3-.1 91L; ·. ·, . .

•. Dave McCaig, ' .. 36 _ RoseL~Ei f:>: ·'··Row, · Rathmines \

Vice Presidents John Herbert, · s7 . Albert Sto, Warners Bay

Dennis Trigg, 53 Excelsior Pde., Carey Bay

Secretary Geoff Smallman, 11+ Ashley St o, Blackalls Park

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Asso ·Secretary Elizabeth Smallman·, ·1lt- Ashley St~·, Blackalis. Park

Treasurer Kerry Anders or~, Lot 54 BaEgalla St·.; Belmont· ·~orth

Ass. Treasurer Bill Gore, 39 Ridge Rdo, Kilaben Bay

Officers

Public Retations

Editor

Prop ~rty

Rec or.ds & Points

Event Co-Ordinators

Motorkhana

Rallie s

Novelty

Catering .

Social

Auditor

John Herb ert

I•'~rst. Year. $6

Renewal f~5 .

1\1c:Lya Nil.sen, Urban Lane, Vvarners · Bay

John .. Herbert, 87 Alb ert St.,, Warners Bay .

Chris Cameron, 23 · Bl.ackalls·.· Ave·o, ·Blackalls :Park

Kathy Anderson; Lot 5L:- Bangalla St., Belmont North ·

Kathy Anderson

Bill Gore

Pet er . Smallman

_.t\J.ison Trigg

Elizaoeth SrriallmarL ·

MEMBERSHIP

Dav e McCaig

Harry Smi.d er

Maya N il·s en

:'Lady Associate Member . ~~2

Full Lady ·Member · $5 :!Vtf.trried Couple ~~8

Fee include~ car ·window sticker, . Club lic ense, monthly ma gazine and

C oAoMoS o membership affiliation - 1VIetai Ce.r Badges available fnom Secretar-y.

·MEETINGS

' Meetings are held on the last Th"UB.SDAY of each month ·at 8o00 pm . at the

. V'l estlakes YoMoC·~·A .. Hall TORONTO~ .

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Th~s b e ing _ th~ first magazine of : our neW year~ its off to an·

excellent stert ~si th a br.end new cover - . . ..... .. ·

Il8VE:; r·1cCf:- ig hos his n ew special mobile. It pE::rfor .. Jsd extremely

well at out last Motorkhena, ·just a bit of ·sorting out to b~ done.

Four ~ h b~ l s teering is co mb ined with front ~hE:; ·el drive ~,and ·-Mini

power to provide the bsst of bbth . ~ orlds~

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Spe~d EvE:;nt ~ans bEtt~r stsrt prEparing- Ssptem~E~ _ sh~uld

see our first lap sprint and ! assure you it Jill be a good one.

Rally Pr oven Henault I6TS - A truly grea~ . to~ring car,

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Whi_te ·with b.J.-ack U;pholst~ry ,._.-f\e:td io fi. ttE.. .. d, . I:lEct;ric .. _w&shE::rs .•. ~-. . ·- . . ·... . . . . . . . . , ,.. .

plus all the usual stand~rd R~nault e~uipm~nt.

BxGnford conversion on cylinder he~d . ~ · ro:5 --·~·P (D~N) plu~ runs ~1 moothly ' . ,_ · ((:1~me ' r::u s:oension noi sE).

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·R EL.IA B IL f·T Y. ·· BIG OR S.t·!lA ~LL

·Whilst undoubtedly the phraE;e "No substitute for c. c' s"

rings .true in the search f?r pow~r - how d6es it rate when appli~d

. ~o the reliability facto~ .

Sell if one . took notice of another :popular phr2se which I

-: haye .Often heard "Petrol is the cheapest item you can put into ·a

car, you ~ sav.e on repaii costs wtth _a large engine as opposed to a

small one'', one would eventually become conVinced that the· well

\-' orn pprase BS mentioned in the ._ first paragraph would alsO become

•rtheres no : f~ ub:?ti tute for c ~c. ' .s v;here _reliabili-ty and longevity

aretconcerried. - Well does i~ apply for powe~ only as ·an added

virtue.?· If we examine the variovs ma~es available we find nb de£inite

answer - if we believe the makers advertisements we find they· all· last, th~re being ~a· such ~east as . . an unreliBble motor6ar- big · or

~mall. As is o£ten . the case we find engine size governed by

environment - I.urope . has the small eng ined cars, the U.S.A • . the

big .. ones·. -· F·rom ' this· stems \Vhat V'OUld appear a ·good argument for

both sides - .smaller .cars . don 't tend to be at home in the U. s·.A: whilst the Americans huge tanks just don 't sell iri L~rope. The

VW, the ~iggest . selling _ J:.upopean . car in the ·States puts up ·. good

a-rgument for the little ones . VW's up until recently only had . I . . . ,

and·engine of under I.5 litres, but who would question th~ir . .

reli~~ility and longevity whic~ has really become a · 1eg~nd of its ovvrt.

These VW features are not achieved by sheer luck of course

but ~y design and gearing arid here we hage the criterion w4ich is

overlooked by . mo~t. The. vw··gatns its longeyi~y from the desigri,.

v.;hich . included good quality compon~nts,. low stress together •.:vi th ·a lov.j·.pqwer out·put ·v::hich of c·~rse . . e . .ntails low revs. This co-upled . ·

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with gearihg wfuich doesn't allow it a chance ~ore~ hard . fd~· any . . .

length ~ ~f ti~e are·.the answers . These same features are · the

yardstick of American motors and the· ·r~-aj or~Lty .·of large · engines . .

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Quality is another feature that ster~·~ fro\n K ·· c] ·~-s~l-~ri .. ,~ -- 'Ne .. ftri'd :

~firms such as Mercedes, , B . . ~-!l. W . . , __ :Por,sehe, who for years have made

small eng ines that·, -· ·-pe·rfO'::f'rri ···fss well as their American counterparts . . '· . . . . . . ... -·

because -bf their high poier ou~puts in r~latiort tb th~ir size, but

being \Pell e-ngineered and employin? ·excell'e:rit · \~uali ty compune:rits _

to achieve - long life~ These motors are noted -more for their hign

revs than thei~ · low · r~vs · Elso.

As Volvo · e-dverti·se·s ·', .· t :he; .be:a·ring · a:r;ea _:of · their hu-mble ·and ·iumpy

four -cylinder is la._rger thc:·n many VB' r3 ·- of rnucih_.·larger capa.ci t-y: .. ·

~eug~ot i~ another whib~ rnan~ges to ~ - ~d with a iela~iv~li small

engine, but wbo would -question· their reliability~ I , , • • , , , , • • • •

·r-. will >c 'oricede how.'eye:r~ -tha-t to maintain: thiS' rel~a~ili ty an'd

long life and · performance,. the s rn.aller e-n ~qines', particilila.rly - the

high output ones, B. ~ . W . Porsche, _ require strict attention · and - . -

servic~ ~ tune _tips may b~ · rnor~ fr~¢uent · than the · ii~~t h~ge VB lumps~

Ad_va..ntages . . :for · botp big and small EntQ; ine~ ; sho~.r up ·mostly .-: wheh ·

each . i ?- o,n ·-.i -ts _ .ov.;n ·. horne {.£r~ ound - strangly enough· the ·typicall .: ·

Amerlican VB i -s not at all content · oruisi'ng · do'Nn the autobahn~ -o-f

German~ ~ith some ~ h~g e ~~rman lead foot run~ing it full bore.

(T~ey say_ that this habit -_stems from the £act -that the Gerilians fi~st

real taste . of .mo·tori-ng was the VW a-nd .the only way to ·keep thep1 ~4· •

· mobil~_ was ~y driving flat oui ~ll the · tim~ - they · jri~t n~ver got

out of the _habit ). The Merc~des ·or ~ B. M . W . however . wi~l - t~ke thi~ . . ' ' .

punishn ent. The -German subsidiary 6f . General· Mot6rs~ Op~l ma~~et : a larg·e ._ .sedan, ._ the . DiplotnB.t (s ·omewh13t · like a - Bf·ougham,) which was ·

povv~red. by a 327 VB Chevmotor, this· m-otor large as it is required '

s~~er~l modifications befor~ it could endure punishment of the ·

typical German .driver.

Cost, the_bug _bear of ~ost - manufactuter~ is· a vital point,

disre__g: ~rq. co_st and a rel'ia.bl.e :erie:-'ine ._vv-111 usual'iy e·ventuate,

reg~rdless - of __ ~ize. _ Porsche 1 .s~~ings · immediately to mind here,

. ·. _thei __ r ' engines< comprising ve:ry high qi.ia-11. ty · co'mponerits .. throughout

and thei-r en_gi~·es ere no larger than ·3-f litre's ;iet they are in the .

same pe_rf_ormance league as much large-r---·engined machines. · .A 2. 7 litre

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Porsche Carrera recently vvori · a·utri~ght. the 24 hour Daytona race

- against sport~ racing cars with engines_ twice its size~ Long-

Di stan~e racing h&s. ·alvvays be:en ··the forte of Po·rsche albeit v;i th

smal·l engines.

After last years Bathurst 500 the most noticeable outcome . . .

must have been · the fact : that a good lit~le~~n h~~ beiten ~big ~~e.

Actually if we ·th:lnk' b2.Ck over the · racing h"iston.iy_ of a certain . '

large VB~ it · has never beert ~tteriy ~elia~le~ -- ~6 more so than a

certain straight six - of much · ~mall~r siie.

:E:arlier I mentioned geari.ng lri ·regard to V\V. Gearing does of

co~rse heip out ·cuite ·a ·deal·- if we h~ve ~ ~ - jewel of ~rt engirte

built withstand hi.gh revs then we c·an use ' i'"0.w g ·earing' but with

a huge. powerplant. that · v;,·o11' t ··rev ·high' high gearing is the ansiNer.

Imag:i.:ne., p_ huge .V8 wi t'h . the · gea:i·ing· of a Mini :.:. I don "t think it

would withstand h~gh speed dr~ising fo~ lorig·, no do~bi it would

have: fantastic : acce~er8. ti :o~. · Thus _ge aring. is :n~ strict indication

of longevity - a well ·designed erigine wit& high gearing would of

course be .superior tO a poorly de·sig.Iied . engine of · t.he same size

w~th the : same high . gearing.

·'I' he con.el usi ort - ·simpie - ·eng ine s ize ·a:rl'd .. g earing are no

definite .indication of a mo to rs _ pot~nti~i r~~i~bil~ty ·oi lo~gevity so I ' ll s t i c k t o "c . c . ' s for p o vv e r not · r e 1 i 8 b i lit y o t long l i g e •

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Public Opinion)

~Ihe ·starte-rs flag was ra.i sed .-- :Qut, :Do ·.* a prQt.est had been

re·cieved. · 'l'he '_No 6 ·:·car., t .~e .. Hen+~y.:;· ·s!.llit~ -- - Toyota, w·as. __ al~ege. ci ·to ·

have to·o. tnany _, -,ie_xtra~ 11 insta __ lled •. :T-he start was delayed·10 · :f:he ·

scrutin.eers emerged E:nd. s~~!a_rmed . Over the . ce.r ~- · .· A sho:rt ·-time later

the excitement machine \r;as vJhe~led _: off the . grid. All . "ext; as"

· were _prov_eri _ to pe; ' f?t~nq:ard_ ~ouit:? ~n e-ni; b_ut- 'the radio had beert found

tun~d to a ~atiO~al s~ation~ . -.

· ·Th·e starters flag was rai~ed· s.gE;_in· ·- the g round· ·shook - the

sound WBS deafening - tension was at a peak. The flag fell, but

the star't er' got dowp ~nd picked ~- it - ~p a.g_ain· - the -ground shook .­

tht sound was· deafe~ing . - _ t~nsion was at : a · peak~ - Th~ · flag dropped . . . . . ..,· ...

. . - :thi-s t:lm.E. for real. !

As th~ m~ ~ ~ive . ~6~er and torque of the flying ·redheads Va liant ' was ·applied t~ the wheels the tyres screamed -and the car ~as

eng ulfed in blue s moke. '.rhe :B'o.rd Pi end found ·traction first an·d

charg ed off the · mark. The £r6nt -row machine wa~ ·· just builditig rev~

. up ,to_ ·one grand ·. ! . ! _ .. _

-F~tthe~ - b~rik in the field Ha rry wh a t's his name, go~ all his

Valiants . poviie-r to ground 8.nd out dragg ed e_v e ry9Jody. The Rodent in

his TS (TS = Terriblj sl~w) thanked his lucky stars for the

v ehicles ? vv ind tunn el lirt.es • . H2.rry' s ovE:·rtaking meant · he went

over (not 8.round) th2t Henault -a:o.d ct~·me ::t9 --:$_ ~s-t\l dd~n· 'h ~-1, t -'' when the next :B' rench thing wes found not·. ·t .o ...... h~.ve · -~;~l ind t-~ilnel ·deBtgn(cancel

one V&liant and bne Reno). Who, in 2 403 was h eard to snigger 11 1'11 beat her this time".

·The rest of the pc:lc~ . were b:u _~.Y . sqrt.~·-p.g thems elves out 'iVi th the polydirectional th;i-n:g ~' ~omehovv -~b_ ue~e,~i'i-~g · through impossible spaces

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to put Glow and Tricky Trigg into second amd third spots . respec~ively

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The li1iend waR first into the ··hairpin with Glow: ai).d·. TT

~nap n ing at his h~els. Barefo6t was fourth with Prince Charming

next to keep the ~DT .in & sbund position. ·~he remaining Toyota

still iust had its no~~ in front of s~m~thing sorta white trying

to take it . .on the outside. It was hard to distinguish from where

I stood as most of what .I could see was a rock-beaten floor, but

spmeho~ . it kept.~ts. feet. Team. ~ark of the eigfuh 6nd ninth placed

JJratsuns .. w·a.s . obvious · as they' s~ ... ung :;Lnto tqe hairpin side by side

preveniing any passing ~ove by Frauds No 2 car. ~he Pugs had

.eventually built up enough revsto move off ·the mark and . hence he~d

down 13th and · 14th. positions. A terrible buzzing sound th~n filled

the air ?.S the · lawniTtO~ver tE:&rn moved past with thr Foxy .Mr Horsepower

lurkingb$c¥ .. to play the waitirig game - &fter 2ll wh8t other ~ game

~. could he p~ay - .tiddly winks anyone ? Last but not least the~e wcis still a large cloud of blue smoke

s till . s~tting in the pole starting position

-To be .bontinued

( Oh, no - not . fo1~ another month . ! . )

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By __ J:i'.unny C2rs. I mean .thE: type-· that perform thos,e incredi})~e cuarter mi~e .sprints in .ar6und. 6 seconds with terminal speBds of

n~arl~_230 mph. Just look over the ~b~cificatibn~~ ~f the . so-call~d exotic cars - . Ferrari~ Mas~rati, Lamborghi~i and yoti will nbtice

. that ~one ·a~hi·eve th_at _ magi·c~l -200 ·rn.ark.- Ifs quite- surprising·' just .

how much mqre pov;fr a La.mborghini w.o~ld · n.eed to lift · its top · speed

from say ISO . mph to . . 200 mph. 'l'I:ies·e drag racing ·inspired Punn:y Cers can - ~each _anything up to a stagi~~~~g - 230.mph~ Its · ~arii~ula~l~ noticer.1ble also that thi.s p~: r:form.2nce is achi·c:ved vvi th no regard

fo~ ~er6dynamics~ bbn 't try going around corners though - susp~nsion

is unheard of.

Haws this incr~dibl~ performanbe achieved ~ biute power - of the

magnitude not normally associated with more normal roadable dars:

Basically these bea~ts · ere a reg~nizable fibreglass replica of

a pop0lar U.S. pony car - a Mustang, Barracridi or C&maro. Our

eouivelent would be a Fc.lcon hardtop., Monaro or Chsrgcr. This body

is mounted over _a simple spice frame ·chassis of large diameter

chrome moly tubirtg - just lik~ the no~mal dfa~ster or rail.

The body hinges at ~he re~r ·just like a huge bonnet to offer E:xtrsme ease of rnainte:rlance. A short ened erid\ modiiied rear a.X:le

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carriE:s the usual me:: ssi 1le slicks vrhil st. the :f.r:on t (/rrd usui::llly

consists of a simp~e tubular beam type axle ,with a se~ of average

size mag wheels which don't sp8nd too m~ch of their time on the

ground once the clut~~ i~ popped. Whee_l-bases rangE from _ Ii-5_ · t6 .I.I7 .inches and the massive

p(n;ierplant, usually a ChryslE:r Hcmi ( the . 'I8 var~);.~: ty that is, not

Australias Chrysler Hemi six) ~s ~ounted ~~nut·55 inches ahead of the rear axle . All this machin~ry is ·allowed a minimun wtight of

1800 ·lbs.

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The huge 426 cubic inch Hemis are - taken to about 480 ~ubes and

compl~te with modified G.M. ~uperchargers, constant flow manifold fu~l injection and ail ~he usual hot rod bits and piec~s they

manage · t.o turn out an estimated IBOO BHP !' Ni tromethane. and . .

alcohol· is ·thE:;ir brt-v~.

All. this power· is fed to the rear axle through a two speed

transmissicin plus reverse -with a slipper clutch- that is it

engage_s fully at a pre s ·et revs and the driver _then simply "drops it at .the; : st·art :.

The modified rear axles- mostly -Ford untis ( don~t ask why) 2. r e g·o o d for about--- 4 0 :r.u n s o ·r · I 0 m i 1 e s •

Dra g ra6ing: is more scientific than you · probably imagine- its

just not a· matter ·of ha-v.;.ing a super tuned engine and reeling. off a . . . . . . .

number · Glf · C1 UC":1.rter mile sprints. Diff erent trecks snd _slicks have .

differirtg ir~ct{on uaii2nc~s and this is ta~en . into account when

se_tting th e- pr e . se:t re-vs for the slip per _ clutch. T'h e ni -t;;r.o in t __ ~e . . .

fuel orew, J. the :s up s rcharger driv e ratio and hence · the boost . supp1ied, . . . . . . . , . .

2rs all·fi~dled with b~twe ~n runs a md bett er times strive d for

co ~1stantly. , ... ...

Sign writers must hEt V E had a resurgence in their in .their art . . . .

s ince the · c:~ dvent of the Funny Ca r - their :Il&nks being_ completel'y . covere d w~th . the 0~u~l pr~ duct ~d~ e rts, ~ an~ the . mi~~ine~ u~ti~iiy~ . carry an unusual n &me. . ...

. Th e spectetors nre really g:j_ven a treat wh~n two of theSe

beasts - all 3600 BH.P ! ! is unlea shed in a huge bi_llowing cloud

of _ tyre sm6ke and ·6.37 seconds later they cross th e_ QUarter . mile · line · at 228. mpho

POR SJU~E

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(We -stla~es .Y.V...h .E- el.$pin· ·-:- _-July ·; _. 1973) . - '

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:M. Ch$ppell (16 o~)

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' . . · NUMBER ON1 OE' A . NEW SlJ(IF.:S Page ro· ·.

BEGINNINGS DATSUN

In vei w of the imp~ct ,up.Qn the ·· Australian mc..rke.t . the Jspant:,$e

have made tpey. are first up in · thi-s .. series.

Da.tsun .is _ proba:bly ths most 'popular and : th.cir large c:u1d v·aried

·.ra.nge· froni the sinall 1.200 through to thE- E . t .ype inspired .·.2402 ~re now ma~ufa6tured b~ the Nissan ~otor.Co Lt~- . . . .

·Dfi't 's .1lrts . hfstor.y commences in I9I2 'when an experi'menta1; car was . . . .

const-ruc·tEd by the Kwaishinsha· Motor qar·· Yvorks.· IJ'h,e fir_s.t model was

marketed ·;iri 'tgrs:: ·uh'der the ~a'irle oi DA1' ~ - :the. ' :l~t tchals . of. the' three . . . : . ~· . ::· . . .

partn.ert ' -in thE firm. · Their cars a.nd t·rucks conti.n:qe_a . in . ~ '.

producti·on ·.· ~ntii 1926 ·whEn ·- t -he compa::py ,.merg -~d ·with Ji tsuyo

Jidos:ha Seizn to fo-rm · DAT Automobi·le M&nufacturing Co of OscikE-1.. . . . . .

Me.nufacture. of . ali ~ DAT .. c·&rs vVas then · gi ve_n up and only trucks .. . .

. produced . up until . I930. In I93~ the model 9I was introq1Jc€·d with

the name Datsan or 8on-of- Dat. ~h€ namE was change d ih !932 to

:DATSUN to take advc::ntage of the national rising ·sun erriblsm ... ·

The Osaka plant was disposed of in 1933 and a new f~rm

est~blished in Yokohama whe!e in 1934 th~Y were t?ke~ · 6ver by the

Nissari ~otor · co ·Ltd. · A more. exp~msive rang~ wos then offered,

sedans, coupes .·and roadst~rs. ·All large ly bas~~ on t~e · British .

Austin Seven. ·.

MbSt Australians pr·ob8bly .think of D2tsun more· as the produc~r

of th~ popular Aus~in A46 & A50 under licenielfr6~ I953 to I960 . . . . . . . . . .

but this was 6nly really a fragment of .Datsuns histo~ycovering

their recovery after the period embracing the 2nd World .War. During

this period they .f3U.ppliE:d military .equipment to. the Japanese Army.

_. · The ~ svolution . of :D c:·tsun . can thuf~ be trat·:ed'! -.right back to .I9I5

~nd the model 3I_, foliowed by · the ~ model 4I in : 1~16, a 5 · s~ater 17 HP 4 cylinder water cooled d~dan with a top ~P~~d of 30 mph; . . . . . . - . . · ;

Their models · through the -ensuing years showing. styling· ID.n.fluences

from various countribs ~ and it wasn't until they expended into a

much more largei compl~x that _originality beg~h to show.

Today they ate one · of the worlds largest car producers un~er

the Nissan Motor Co banner.

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