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"HORSELESSCARRIAGE"

In 1893 the first gasoline pow ered motorcar in the U nited States cruised downthe main stree ts of Springfield, Mass., at a speed of five mil es an hour! This carwas mad e by two brothers , Charles E. and J. Frank Duryea.

In 1896 Henry Ford drove hi s first car out. of the machine shop in Detroit.

Later, his system of machine-made, interchangeable parts, and assembly line

production, put. motorcars within the price range of the man-in-the-street.

By the beginning of the 20th century, 8,000 motorcars were re gistered in

the United States. These were powered by stea m, gasoline or electricity, and

even then they did not look much like the original "Horseless Carriage."

Some of the laws passed in the early day s of the motorcar make us chuckle

today. For instance, one community rul ed that if a horse refused to pass a

motorcar the driver of the car mu st "take the machine apart •.. and conceal the

parts in the grass". In som e places motorcars were banned entirely, and angryfarmers guarded their livestock with shotguns against these "contraptions of the

devil."

It is easy to se e that early motorists were indeed brave pion eers, often

running risks that would be hard to imagine today, for they also had to contend

with the discomfort of rough roads, open driving seats and temperamental

engines. Times have changed and those first motoring enthusiasts would be the

first to apprecia te the advances made both in car and tyre design since th e

exciting, stimulating days of the "Horseless Carriage."

FIRESTONE Tyres, since the earliest days of motoring, haveset the standard of reliability, economy and safety. Today's motorist,like his father and grandfather before him, looks to Firestone forEXTRA mileage and EXTRA reliability.

Beaded Wheds is th e voice of th e Vinta ge Car M ov ement in N ew Z ealand and of th e Clubs whose effortsare fost ering and eve r w ide ning th e int erest in th is movement and form rallying points for that eve rincreasing band of enthusiasts. The fascinat ion of ag e itself or rev ulsio n from th e flash y m ediocrit y of ourpresent day is drawing an in creasing number of m otorists back to th e individuality, solid w orth, andfunctional elegance that was demand ed by a more discrim inat ing gen eration and it is to th ese that w ededicate-

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South Cantebury Branch: C hairma n, ]. M . Su llivan ; Secr e­tar y, E. R . Robins, Su the rla nds R .D ., Pleasa nt Poi nt ,So uth Ca nterbu ry.

Southland Branch: C ha irma n, A. D. Casey; Secreta ry, N.M cMill an , 146 T anner St ree t, Invercargill.

Taranaki Branch: Chairman, J. Castl e; Secretar y, D. M oor e,582 Carrington R oad , Ne w Plymouth.

Waikato Branch: C ha irma n, T. Bear ; Secretary, L. H . Death,P.O . Box 924, H am ilt on .

Wanganui Branch: Chairman , A. P . T onks ; Sec re tary, B. T.Deighton , Co llegc House, Purnell Street , Wan ganui .

Wellington Branch: Ch ai rman , J. Dransfield ; Secr eta ry, K.G . Wilkinson, 45 Coc kay nc Road , Khandallah, We lling­ton.

Whangarei Branch: C hai rman, T . G.' Royan ; Secreta ry, P.J. Co lcma n, 28 T uhang i St ree t, Kam o, Wh a ngarei.

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VOL. XI , No. 47

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Dermis King, 1930 Ford A and MalcolmDicken's 1927 Sunbeam at Maunga­Moana Rally - Taranaki.

(Pho to by Des Moor c ) .

All corrcsponden ce 10 th e Club Secre tarv, E . A'. Bailey,P.O . Box 2546, C hris tchurcil.

Adverrising enqu irie s to be addressed 10 th e Advc rtising Ma nager 20H ackrhorn e Road , Cb ristch urch , 2. Publ ished by Vinta ge, Ca r tl~lb of~ .Z . In corp ora ted a nd pr int ed by Simp son & \Villiams Ltd ., 169 St. Asa phStree t. C hri stc hu rc h. New Ze ala nd . R egistered a t t he c .p.a . Wellingtonfo r transm ission as a ma gazine , e tc .

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EDITORIALYet an other Annua l G en er al Meeting IS

no w behind us and th e season for event s islooming up ag a in bef ore us. The forthcom­ing year has a reall y fi rst- class array of even tsfor all kinds of tastes, but th e most hearten ­ing as pec t of th e discu ssion s a t th e A.G.M.ove r th e Calendar, was th e fact that for thefirst time ever we have book ed N ati on alR all y a nd North and South Island Rallyfixtures up as far a head as 19 70 , with onlyone vacant position (S. 1. R ally ) to be filled.Also th e M otorcycle boys must hav e reallyst irred up some of th e branch es with en thu­siasm for their ca use and a N ation a l M / cfixture for next yea r was much sough t after- a ll this is very good a nd heartening a ndsho ws that there is rea l en thus iasm to usean d drive our vehicles a nd to pr ovide eve rykind of even t to ena ble thi s to be done.

An other mileston e of p rogress at th eA.G.?,,!. was th e adop tion of a most sa tis­factory co m p ro m ise solut ion to th e accep ta nceproceedures of Post-Vintage ma chinery andwe hope to see th em as thrivin g soo n as areth e M otor Cycle fratern ity ! ! !

In short th e 1966 / 67 year a ugers we llfor th e C lub in every way a nd good luck toa ll our readers during it!

GENERAL NOTESAt the Weli ington A.G .M . it was decid ed

to raise th e Club subsc ript ion as from th esta rt of nex t financial yea r, 1967/1968. Yoursubsc rip t ion dem ands for M a y, 1967 , willbe for £ 3/ 10/- o r $7 reducible to £2-10-0 or$5 if paid by 3 1st Au gust. The branch per­ce n tag es remain as bef ore, viz ., 50 per cen t,so you r branch will now ge t 25/- instead of15 / - .

International Haast R esults: Followingon legal discu ssion in volvin g th e judges' deci­sion on the results of th e R all y th e C lu b an­no unces th e following changes in th e resultsof C lass 11:-

I st.-N. Fi nd la y ( M orris ) , previou slyplaced 2nd .

2nd.-T he Late Georgc G illt ra p ( D a r­ra cq " Gc nev ievc" }, previou sly pla c­ed 1st.

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a nd th e C lub has received th e followin g letterfrom Mrs Gilltrap .

The P resident,Vintage C a r C lub of New Zealand Inc. ,r.o . Box 2546,C h ristc hurch,N EW ZE ALAND.

Dear Mr Bai ley,

On behalf of th e Execu tors of m y la tehu sband, I would like to th ank you for you rlette r of 13th July last regard ing th e placingsin th e 1965 Internation al R all y whi ch you rC lub cond uc ted.

I ce r ta in ly appreciate th e wa y in whi chvou have handled wh at must hav e been a~'ath er difficult let ter.

Your C lub members will kn ow thatG eorge would have wa nt ed to set th is ma t terst ra ight a nd I would like to co ng ra tu la te M rFindlay on his success ,

T o tak e part in the R ally was someth ingwe had wanted to do very much, and th e fa ctth at we were able to com ple te th e R allya nd meet so many wonderful fellow en thu­siasts was rew ard eno ugh to us both .

Yours sinc erely,

K athleen Gillt rap ( M rs )Execut rix.

AUST R ALI AN RALLY

The big Rally in M elbourne sche d uledfor April 1967, has already sparked off a lotof interest here in New Zealand - whilst itis not a recognised Internation al fixture it isa n excellen t chanc e to me et old H aast fr iendsaga in , a nd as such it is very good to hear ofsome six ca rs from Wellin gt on pl anning to goa nd Mr Di ckson from Tauranga wi th hisH a rley has a lso plans to go. S pec ia l transportrates hav e been negotiat ed by th e Club 'soff icia l office r for th e eve n t as decided at theA.G.M ., so, if you 'd like to go too ge t intou ch with J on athan Dran sficld , p.a . Box622 1, T e Aro, W ellington .

" Old Cars The World Over "The Secreta ry has five co pies only. If youhave no t already obtaine d yo ur copy of thi sen lighte ning book , send 25 / -, plus 1/ - post­age, now , to p.a . Box 25 46, C hristc hurch .

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OBITUARYIt was with grea t regret th at I hea rd of

th e recent death of Laur en ce Pomeroy whopassed a way a t his desk whil e working on ane w book.

H e was the son of th e famou s design erof some of th e ea rly V auxhall ca rs, no ta blyth e Prince H en ry, an exa m ple of whic h 'Po m'drove with en thusiasm regul arl y in BritishVintage and V eteran events.

Surrounded as he was by an a tmos phe reof mot ors and motoring it was inevitable thathe should become closely assoc ia ted with themotor industry, as well as being one of th eforemost author ities on mot oring hist ory.

During th e 1930 's, Pom design ed, inassociation with M . A. M cE voy, th e Zollersupe rcha rger tha t enjoye d co nside rable suc­cess fitt ed to va rious marques including M .G .and Lagonda. Following this peri od Pornc­roy became T echnical Editor of the M ot or,a nd his writing help ed to bring very technicalmatters to th e layman in sim ple terms.

Perhaps his best kn own books a re thetwo volumes de aling with the development ofth e Grand Prix ca r from 1908 to 195 1 andthe subsequent on e writt en in collabora tionwith Stirling M oss abo ut th e post-war GrandPrix ca rs.

Lately, Pom had been ac ting in a con­sulting ca pacity to the motor industry, includ­ing B.M.C. and wrot e the Mini Story, a fin ebook covering the design and developmentof these ca rs.

One of the most colou rful figures in themotoring world, he will be sadly missed. Oursympathies go to his wid ow and dau ghter.

- G. M . Bain.

A CASE OF COINCIDENCE- M . ] . Poynton .

Several months ago when I visitedCh ristchurch on a bu siness tr ip , I was drivingdown Ferry' Road and noticed a rather un ­usual looking Am eri can ca r in one of th enumer ou s ca r sa les ya rds in th at a rea . M ycuriosity bein g a ro used, I turned back andparked alongs ide thi s ca r an d discover edthat it was a large R eo Royale. The ca r sa les­man , apparently co nsidering me as a possiblebu yer , went to great lengths to expla in thatit was a 1934 M od el and had au tomatic trans ­mission and was in exceed ingly goo d condi-

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tion . H e had apparently ju st tr ad ed it in andwa s very keen to get rid of it again. H e tookme for a sho rt run and I wa s qu ite amazed a tth e general feel and perf orm an ce of this ca r.I ts la rge side va lve L ycoming engine produc­ed plenty of low end torque and th e 2-speedsemi-automatic tr an sm ission worked veryefficien tly indeed .

I had by th is time dat ed th e ca r a ta round abo u t" 1931 or 1932, and felt th atapart from 16in. wh eels bein g added and afew other extern a l a ltera t ions bein g made tobumper bars, etc., that the car was veryorig inal and certainly warranted rest oratio~on its rarity value alon e.

I had com pletely fo rgott en abo ut theincident until a short time ago, when I casual­ly mention ed to my father that I had seenthis particu lar ca r in Ch ristchurch and com­mented on its mod ernistic bod y style andtransmission . M y fat her th en p roduced aph otograph tak en a t the Wellin gt on W int erSh ow in 193 1 which sho ws thi s very mot orca r on displ ay th ere. It was a ppa rently th eonly one of its kind to ever come to New Zea­land and was q uite advanced for its time.

The ph otograph sho ws the Reo men­tion ed on th e left -h and side, and Roy Poyn­ton sta nding closest to the Coupe. T he chapstanding a lon gside th e R eo Royale is one,D ou g H all . (See Centre Sprea d ).

I wonder if any en thusiast in Can ter ­bury saw and bou ght this unusual and hand­some motor ca r?

BOOK REVI EW -"Maste r of Precision"Th e L ife of H enry M . L eland

by M rs Wilfred C . Le/and with MinnieDubbs lvl ilbrook .

For ward by Alan N eoi ns and Frank E . /-lill.Wayn e Sta te Universitv Press

296 pages, '35 illustration s $7 .50It is inter esting to reflect th at a sub­

sta n tia l a mount of automobile history hasbeen made b y fou r auto mobi le engineers withth e nam e " Henrv" - H en rv Lela nd H cnrvFord, H en ry Royce and Er~st Henr~" Th~first two epit omised Ame rica n predomina ncein a utomo b ile prod uction a t eac h end of toeprice ran ge, th e th ird sym bo lized Englishdevoti on to th e handbuilt car, and th e fou rthrepresented Eu ropean supremacy in G randPrix ra cin g. .

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Literature on Ford is voluminous. Atleast 15 books on him have been written ;countless magazine articles, and va rious othertreatments of his work. There is also a fa iram ount of doc umenta tion on H enry Royce.However, the other two have been neglected,with poor Ernst H enry getting very littlelimel ight at all. Until recentl y Henry Leland,although often mentioned, was not mu chbett er off, for references to him were alw aysbrief. Now there has appea red this magn i­ficent biography, as au thentic as it is possibleto imagine. It is wr itten from unimpeac h­able sources - the unpublished memoirs ofth e elder Leland him self, preserved by hisson and expa nded by him up to the time ofhis death in 1958, other personal and fam ilyrecords, an account by F. S. Bennett, recol­lections of old tim e Cadillac and Lin colnengineers and other employees, com ments byHenry Sharpe, Jnr. (o f Brown and Sharpe )and from his records, and a wealth of sup­portin g material from contemporary news­papers and automobile journals (both Ameri­can and British ) of the period .

The book was written by Henry M . Le­Land's daughter- in-law, M rs O tt ilie Leland,widow of his son Wilfred . She was assistedby Mrs Minnie D. Millbrook, a specialist ingenealogy and history, and Frank Ernest Hill(co-a uthor with Pulitzer prize-winner AlanNevins, of the ma ssive industria l history of theFord Motor Company authorized by th e com­pan y and published in three volumes ). Theresult is a work of first-class historical acc ur­acy and perspective.

It is always fascinating to follow theca reer of a man who atta ins th e highest excel­lence in any particular line . H en ry M. Le­land gave th e automotive world both theCa diliac and the Lin coln, th e principle ofinterchangeable parts, the elect ric self sta rterand the high speed high efficiency V8 engine.Interchangeable parts have had their int ro­du ction credited to F . W. Lanchester, H enryFord and even, recentl y to H enry Ro yce, butin actual fact Leland was alread y working tothe world 's highest sta ndards of precisionmanufacture before any of these men wereborn. In 186 I , he bu ilt a Blan chard typelathe, used for mak ing interchangeable gun­stocks to a rm the Federal troops, and a deli­ca te piece of pre cision machinery. (Ford and

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Royce were not born until 1863, and La n­chester in 1869 ). As a matter of fact , Le­lan d's son Wilfred, was contemporary withthese men , and there is an interesting acco untof the son 's entry into the house of Brown an dSharpe in the 1880 's (the firm already hadan internat ional reputati on for its verni erca lipers, micrometers and machin e tools ) .Sta tes the account :

"Wilfred was able to cover in a yearmost of the opera tions whi ch the usua lappre ntice did in three years. When he hadfin ished the young man made by himself asta nda rd one-inch plug and a one inch stan­dard ring. When these pieces were com ­pleted , the foreman put them thro ugh th erequired tests in the presence of Mr Viall( the B. and S. gen eral superintendent ) andpronoun ced th em to be within th e req uiredlimits of acc uracy of one/one hundr ed­thousandth of an inch. The plug an d ringwere then given to Wilfred as symbols of hiscompeta nce in the mechanical field and hiscertifica te of his grad uat ion from the course" .

The whole of the elder Leland's careeris covered, from his boyhood on his father'sVerm ont farm to his death nearl y ninetyyears lat er as the grand old man of Det roit.Although writt en by a member of the family,it is factual and not fulsom e, and even con­ta ins some criticism by the author as wellas a few comments by other a uthorities alongsimilar lines. These criticisms do not affecthis historical stature, but they do lend a con­vincing air to the book.

The early days of the American mach inetool industry, and Leland 's part in them, arecovered, frequently in fascinating detail, thenca me th e founding of Ca dilia c and th e t ri­umphs of the Dewar Trophy awards by theRoyal Au tomobile Club ( the first for thedemonstrat ion of interchangeable parts, thesecond for pione erin g battery sta rting, light­ing and ign ition ) . T o the English Ca d iliacagent F. S. Benn ett goes th e credit for theinstiga tion of these famous demonstra tions.

The orig in and development of theCa dillac V8, one of the most importa nt carsin history, are given in det ail, with Wilf redLeland emerging as the chief driving forcehere . D ue credit is given to De Dion , andthere is an interesting story rega rd ing theclearances in the Cadillac V8's big ends. O ne

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of the draugh tsmen on the design staff wasD. M cCall White, formerly of the NapierCompan y. White spec ified a big end clear­an ce of nin e thousandth of an inch , whichhorrifi ed Leland immediately, and he in­structed Charlie Martens, the CadiIlac ch ieftester , to make a quiet room test on the engineand determine th e minimum clearance com­patible with efficiency and silence . The pro­du ction clearan ce was set at one and halfthousandths of an inch .

A few years later, the D.S .A. ente red theWorld War, and after a heated argumentwith \V. C. Durant, the Lelands resign ed andwith a number of ex-C adiliac sta ff formedthe Lin coln Co mpany to build Lib erty areo­engines, and afte r the war , the Lin coln ca r,lat er taken over by H en ry Fo rd . The Lelandslost control of their firm in the enco unterwith Ford, bu t they emerge in history withtheir integrity unimpaired which is unfortun­ately not true of H enry Fo rd, to put it mildl y.

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There are very few errors in the bookthat the reviewer could detect, and of these,the only serious one is the sta teme nt on page169 that he was president of the Society ofAu tom otive Engineers from 1909 to 1914.Actually he was president in 1914 only, forafter the retirement of Andrew L. Rik er(Locomobile chief engin eer and first presi­dent of th e S.A.E. from 1905-07 ) th e Societymad e it a rul e that a man could be presidentfor one year only. Leland may have beena vice-president during 1909-191 3.

Other members of the Leland fam ilyhave told thi s reviewer th at th e closing chap­ter appears to give a pessimistic picture ofLeland's final years, a nd recall that in actu alfact , these were for them good times, withLeland occupied in various interesting pr o­jects, ac tive and chee rful until a month 's ill­ness whi ch result ed in his death.

The book is fully documented and man yof the illustrati ons are of great int erest.

- M .D .H .

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VINTAGE & VETERAN MOTORCYCLE NOTES by Geoff Hockley.

The National Rally Is On!

Biggest news for man y a da y for vintageand veteran motorcycle enthusiasts is th at th elong-talked of Nati on al Motorcycle Rally isdef initely coming up; February 25, 1967being th e tentati ve date, we understand . Theelevating of the mot orcycle movement toNat ional sta tus should be a source of satis­fact ion to those many enthusiasts who haveseen th e hobby grow from modest beginningsto its present-day popularity. Only a fewyears ago, a National motorcycle rally existedonly as the pip e-dream of a few super-enthu­siasts, but it's safe to say that even they nevervisualised the spec tacle of North and SouthIslan d rep resen tatives vieing for the pri vilegeof orga nising suc h an event. Yet this is wh athappened at the Annual General M eeting inWellington on Satur day, August 13, whenboth parties pu t forward their claims withvigour, and, as the au ction sales reports haveit , " bidding was spirited" . Spearheading theNo rthern attack was Masterton 's Glen Bull ,whi le Ivan T aylor put the case for Canter­bury, and after a spirited discussion the claims

of both pa rties a ppea red to be of suc h equa lmerit that the matter was fin ally settled byC ha irm an Andy Anderson tossing a coin, theverdi ct going to Glen and his mer ry men , towh om we extend our cong rtula tions. Althoughthe Southerne rs were naturally disappointedwe have no fears th at they won 't turn up inforce to help make the first National M otor­cycle Rally an outstand ing success.

Tracking the "''''hiting'' to its Lair:Thanks to severa l good people who have

been kind enough to write us with news ofrestoration activities in their own particulardistricts, we have, with the minimum of per­sona l effort, ga rnered severa l int eresting itemswhich we hasten to pass on to our reade rs.Cha rlie Scholfield of Nelson (everyone knowsCheerful C ha rIie and his shiny littl e Ralei gh )followin g in th e footsteps of Alan Breh au t,Dick Gadd, J ack Lu cas and othe r vintagemotorcycle enthusiasts, recently visited Aus­tralia, and wh ile in Melbourne took theopportunity of paying a ca ll (a brief one,unf ortunately ) on NII' J ack Nelson , the ownerof the unique "Whiting" V-4 to whi ch we

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We may play aroundwith old cars In ourspare time ! !But when we makesomething , we like itto be modern andup to date , like the

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have previously referred in th ese pages. Inth e sho rt tim e at his disposal C ha rlie wasable to have a close exa mina tio n of thisfabulous bit of ma chinery, whi ch he describesas "a real gem". A picture of th e " W hiting"appea red in " B.v" ." som e time ago and man ywill no doubt recall th e salient features ofthis rem arkable machine, built in 191 6 ­its V-typc 4-cylinde r side -va lve eng ine, duplexignition system, four-speed gearbox , anduniq uc rear springing system consisting of along half-elliptic spring on eac h side of therear wh eel. The front fork spring ing appearsmor e or less conventional, with a centra l coilspring enclosed in a telescopi c casing. MrNelson has promised Cha rlie all det ails andthe histor y of th e "Whiting" , so we're lookingforward to ge tting th e inside dope on thi sremarkable job. In addition to th e " Whit­ing" , NII' Nelson also owns severa l Douglases,a 2-speed Enfield and othe r miscellan eousmotorcycles, plus three Bentley ca rs in va r­ious stages of restor ati on ( incidentally, the;unl oading of ten cases of spa res for th e latterveh icles was one of th e reaso ns why C ha rliesvisit had to be cu t a litt le sho rt ) .

36 Years After:

In the yea r 1930 th e effects of th e grea tworld depression had sta rted to make th em­selves felt in this country, a nd th e motorcyclebusiness, in commo n with all others, wasbeginning to feel the draught. Sal es becam eharder and harder to make and new model sstood for long periods on sho wroo m floorsawa iting bu yers. It was, th erefore, an occa­sion for qui et jubilati on wh en , afte r strollinginto a certa in long-defunct motor cycle estab­lishm ent " just for a look around" , a younggentleman succ umbed to the blandishmentsof th e salesman (no prize for identifyinghim l ) and rode proudly aw ay on a brandnew " K N" Velocett e " cammy" . (After allthese years, it will do no harm if we confessthat wc omitte d to mention ed to th e purchaserth at th e bike had been sta nd ing on th e sho pfloor for so long that the rear sta nd had wornholes in the lino ) . H owever , th e bu yer inqu estion went on his wa y rejoi cing and be­ca me another more or less sa tisfied custome r,using th e velo for a couple of yea rs or so andthen trading it in on a new H arl cy, if ourmemory serves us correc tly. In th e subse­qu ent yea rs, both the Velo and its origina l

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pu rchaser drift ed out of our ken , th ough westi ll ran ac ross the latter occasionally. Now,thi rty-six years and thi rty-one owners lat er,the venerable velo has turned up in Du nedin ,and is now owned by Dave Goodman . Well,we'd say it couldn' t spend its declining yearsin a bett er home. In a couple of int erestin glett ers conta ining details of his find and gossipabout Dunedin vintage motorcycle doings ingene ra l, Dave mentioned that he had ob tain­ed the or igina l owners hip pap ers for the oldbike, showing that th e or igina l purchaser wasone R. Pen well, of Kaiapoi. The penny drop­ped imm ediat ely. Dave informs us th at JimBisslan d is coopera ting with him on the res­torati on job , so we should see something reallyattracti ve when th e job is completed. Speci­mens of thi s fam ous make seem few and farbetw een in vint age motorcycle circles andDave's acquisition is a welcom e add ition tothe ranks. Dave also menti oned th at he nowhas his E.W . Douglas motoring very well, an dtha t he has also give n his little " R" model are-pai nt (sounds like gilding the lily to us l) :More Dunedin act ivit ies inclu de a brace ofTriumphs being worked on by Merv Winterand Stewa rt J ohn son , Phil Han cock's " roundtank" B.S.A. project, and Grah am Dalt ori's1918 Henderson restoration job . By the tim ethis appears in print, three other projectsshould be completed - Des Ruddle's IndianScout, Bill In gle's "camrny" Ajay (anothermodel fa r from common in the vintagemotorcycle world ) and Colin Win ter 's veter­an 19 12 A.J. S. "2%" . Last bu t not least,Jim Bissland has a M K 7 KTT Velo which isgett ing the " treatment". A very interestingmuster indeed !

Taranaki Tattle:

An alternat ive title to th is item couldbe " Putting New Plymouth in the Picture" ,because un til M ax Olsson was good eno ughto write us a letter full of interesting newsof wha t's doing in vintage motorcycle circlesin and aro und the district, we must confessthat we were unaware of the amount of ac ti­vit y go ing on up there. Ne w Plymouth, ofcourse, would be fam ous if only for beingth e hom e town of our old friend BernieByran , well-known as being the owner of suchint erestin g models as a pair of O.S.v. Doug­lases an d a couple of imp osing big twins -

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a Cove ntry Eagle " Flying 8" and an S.S.80Brough Superior, to mention only four in th eBryan sta ble. However, Bernie has plentyof fr iendl y rivals - take, for instan ce, Geo rgeLight, who we had th e pleasure of meetin gwhen he was down here some time ago.George has a most imp osing line-up whichinclud es Rudges, B.S.A.'s, O .K. Supre mes, avery nice-looking M odel 18 Norton, and amost interesting example of a P.V.T. type inthe sha pe of a 1938 light solo sports Sunbeam.Two more nice spec imens of P.V . models arethose owned by M ax himself - a 1934"cammy" Norton an d a 1937 S.S.80 Brough ,on which he was wor king at the tim e hewrote us. M ax also owns a pair of Panthero.h.v. "slopers" of 1927 and 1929 vintageand intends to make one complete restorationjob out of the two. An ex-Christchurch mannow domiciled in New Plymouth is J ackBradford , whose "4~ h.p." 1915 B.S.A. ac­companied him up th ere. Anot her B.S.A. isIan Howcll's belt-d rive s.v , 500 c.c. model.J im Sorensen has a T rium ph 500 C.c. s.v.,T revor Kearn s owns two Douglases ( 1924and 19 19 ) and an interesting veteran in theshape of a 500 c.c. V-twin J am es of 1915vintage (a very sweet- runnin g litt le job inits day, but we seem to remember that theconnec ting-rods were a tr ifle fragile ) . Stillanothe r B.S.A. is the 1925 250 owned by BobFougere, and Raleighs are represented byRoyce Ki tney's littl e 250 c.c, s.v, And nomen tion of veterans, bo th of the hu man andthe mechanical variety, wou ld be completewithout reference to M r Bill Bransgrove, whostill retai ns man y souve nirs of his long con­nection with the motorcycle business in thegood old days and has his collection housedin wh at was described to us bv someo ne whowas fortunate enough to inspect it as "averita ble Aladdin's cave " . Well, one of th esedays we hope to see all this interesting mach­inery ourselves, but in the meantime, a heartyvote of tha nks and apprec iation to Max forhis interest ing letter.

Interesting Import:

Those two Wellington inseparable s, J ackLu cas and Dick Gadd, recently paid a flyingvisit to Australia with the idea of lookingover the antique motorcycle situa tion, andalso, if tim e permitted , of seeing the sights.

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Steadfastly spurning such dubious delightsand garish attractions as offered by King'sCross, etc., etc., and concentra ting with dog­ged determination on the main object inview, i.e., the pursuit and capture of antiquemotorcycles, th eir trip proved both interest­ing and profitable, and while they didn 'tactually return home loaded with rare mach­inery, some time afterwards, as a result ofdiscoveries and negotiations in the course oftheir tour, there was deposited on a Welling­ton wharf from the hold of the good ship" W aikare" one of the most interesting veteranmotorcycles we've heard of for a long tim e.This machine, a 1914 Ariel twin, may be the

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only specimen of its kind in the country, andwe congratula te Dick on his enterprise inacquiring it. (Any import licenc es to spare,Dick?). We've been promised photos andfull details for next issue of "B .W .", and theyshould make an interesting item. In passingwe are sorry to record that genial Jack Lucaspaid a protracted visit to hospital recently,but we ar e pleased to hear that the restora­tion job was a complete success and that Jackhas been turned out with a new guarantee,subject to careful running-in. "Ve are surethat all members of the V. & V. fraternitvjoin us in wishing Jack a trouble-free run fo'ra long time to come.

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Road tests on early model cars are ofgreat interest and with the kind permission of"T he Autocar" the road test of the fairlywell-known Dodge DA is presented here. '

Over a period of yea rs I have driven anumber of Dodge Sixes. I owned one fortwelve yea rs and covered over 100,000 mileswith it and I am sure that Dodge own erspast and present will agr ee that "The Auto­car" has made a very accurate assessm ent ofthis car.

Onc of the most int eresting features ofthis model is that the chassis frame and theall steel body has been designed as a unit.The frame is a perimeter frame with very deepside rails (8 inches ), the side view photoshows this very clearly. Instead of sheetmetal between th e bod y and th e runningboard there is the frame side rail which givessupport wh ere it is needed most and keepsthe centre of gravity down low .

No doubt the designer never imaginedthe pleasure in store for the restorer whenhe finds heavy pressed steel free from dentsand rust holes whi ch is usually the case withvallances and apron pieces. The photo­graphs in this issue are of T ed Newrnan' svery immaculate Dodge D A which ran inthe 1965 Internat ional Rally.

-Bob Helm

THE AUTOCAR ROAD TESTDODGE 6

June 14th, 1929It is always int eresting to ren ew

acquaintance with a given make of car andto discover that in the interim so mu ch hasbeen alt ered or improved that beyond ashadow of doubt the latest type is the bestcar that has carr ied the name in question.Thus it is with the Dodge Broth ers 'New Six'or 27 .3 h .p. model.

This car possesses just tho se charac te r­istics which appeal exceedingly to a verylarge number of drivers today. Its eng ine issmooth right through its ran ge and veryquiet. Indeed, with the exception of car­burettor hiss whi ch accompanies accel erationthe engine does no t becom e noticeable untilnearing the limit of its abilities. Above all,the top gear performance is worth having.After moving off in first or in second on thelevel, top can be engaged almost as soon asthe wheels start to turn and then the car willget under wa y without judder or hesitation.With th e clutch home it will run on top at3-4 m.p.h. on the flat without snatch.

Subsequently only bringin g the ca r com­pletely to rest on a gradient really necessitatesa change of gear on the average main road.A long and well-known North Downs hillwith a maximum gradien t of approximately1 in 9 whi ch it is impossible to approach at

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more th an about twenty-five miles an hour,can be climbed in top with th ree people in th ecar, the machine actu ally accelera ting andcrossing the summit at thirty miles per hour.

Hill s of the main roa d type need neverbe rushed; even if the bottom is reac hed a tquite a low speed the car will acce lera te th ewhole way up and give no impression that itis working hard. Further, if it has to slowfor other traffic and come dow n as low as10 m. p.h. on grad ients of I in IQ to 1 in 15,it will still hold top without th e slightest dif­ficulty and acc elerate when opportunity per­mit s. This freedom from the necessity offrequent gea r changing is an imm ense asset tovery many dri vers. At the same time theca r feels pleasant and its eng ine is no t overla rge judging by Am erican sta ndards. Secondgear can deal with the majority of st iffergradie nts me t on by-ways and in notoriouslyhiIly distr icts. On this gea r a long rough hill ,at worst 1 in 51'2 ca n be climbed at 15-20m.p.h. with power in reserve.

An oth er point whi ch in any case is good ,but is extremely so for the ave rage driv er, isthat th e clu tch is extremely light to operate,the engagement being typically progressive

an d devoid of judder. It is in fact , about aswell behaved as a clutch can be. Again , thesteering is very light ind eed . This is a boonin tr affic and when manoeu vring, for althoughnaturallv th e wheel has to be used Ia irlvbusily 0~1 sha rp corne rs and turning a round,the movement from lock to lock is free fromany sugges t ion of effor t being required . T hereis a slight tendency to kick-back in the steer­ing an d th is increases at speeds over 45 m.p.h.but never beco mes really unpleasant or sopron ounced as to give any feeling of lesseningof control. A comfor ta ble cru ising speed isbetween 35 and 45 m.p.h .

As a whole the ca r rides well. Thespr ings prevent shoc k reaching even the backsea t occupa nts, altho ugh of course, move­ment is no ticed over roug her road s. T he re issome roll and a certain amount of swav athigher speeds . In this con nec tion dO\;ble­ac ting shoc k abso rbers an d caster ac tion in thestee ring with conseq uen t sense of di rection ,wo uld undoubtedl y help .

The nature of th e performance makes agood average easy, with out going within tenmiles an hour of the maximum. 'Wha t is more,th e Dodge is an interestin g car to dri ve, since

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hill climbing is fast yet effortl ess, and acce lera­tion is brisk. Over a tim ed mile against thewatch on th e flat the car averaged 62,5 m.p.h.

The hydraul ically operated internal ex­panding brakes are very light to apply, aredecisive, and prom ote a feeling of confidencein the ca r. The hand-brake lever could be alittle better placed ; th is bra ke is jerky inac tion but powerful. The gear lever is con­ven ient as usual, the steer ing wheel is of con­sidera ble diam eter, thin- rimmed and ca rriesthe lighting and dimm ing control. T ypicallycomplete eq uipment is provided , includinglowerin g mechanism for a ll six windows,means of securing the four doors, and neat ,panelled instruments clea rly lighted frombehind. No water temperature indi cator isfitted, but there is a fuel tank contents ga ugeon th e instrument board. The one-piecescreen opens and has a vacuum wiper whichis set in motion very easily. As long as it isdurable th e chromium plating is a valu ablepoint.

The light s are effective and the flat-top­ped beam s show up the edges of the road well.Everywhere there is plen ty of leg room forthe tallest dr iver and passengers. The sea ting

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is comfo rta ble and the dri ving position good,though the seat is not adjustabl e. The fron tseat is 3ft 5 in wide and the back sea t is 3ft8in between the arm rests so th at five personscan be ca rried as a norma l load, or six in anemergency.

As to convenience, the brake ad just­ments are on the drums themselves, and areaccessible enough at the front, but not soeasy to reach at the back. The engine oilfilter and dipstick are close togeth er. A sma llbut useful point is th at th e lubricator for theclutch thrust mechanism - often a difficultpoint to reach - is extended forw ard in theform of a flexible tube with a greaser at itsextremity, so th at it can easily be attend edto when the near side of the bonnet is lifted.The spa rking plugs and coil igniti on distri­butor are accessible on top of the cylinde rblock.

Flexibilit y on top gear, comfort andsilence combined with th e ability to maint aina high average with out effort ar e the out­sta nding cha rac teristics of this car.

- Print ed by permissionof "Autocar' ,

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SECTION THR O UG H ENGINE

The Dodge 6 cylinder engine, 1927-29 typical of 'Std, 6 victory 6 and D.A.

A cceleration

( 10-30 m .p .h.)6 1/ 5 sec .9 3/5 sec.

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Data for the Driver273 h.p. 6 cylinder 85,7 x 98,4 m.m. (3 ,410

C,C, ) ,

Tax £28,Wheel base 9ft 4in Track 4ft 8in.Overall length 14ft I in, width 5ft 6in, height

5ft 7in .Tires 29 x 5.5 0 wood wheel dcm ountable

rims.En gin e - rear axle.Gea r rat ios }\1ax

( m ·I)·h .)14.72 21

7.9 9 404.72 64

Turning circl e 40ft.Tank capacity 10 ga ls. Fuel consu mption

20 m.p .g.6 volt lighting set cuts in at 11 m.p .h., 12

amp. a t 20 m.p.h.Wei ght 26 cwt. 2 qu. 7 lb.Price sedan £ 4 19.Stopping distan ce 26ft from 25 m .p.h.

POST - VINTAGE NOTES- [oh.n. H earne.

'V eil, judgin g from the flow of lett ersI have received sinc e my notes in th e lastissue, it is without doubt that the interest inPost-Vintage V ehicles amongst Club mem­bers is increasing swiftly. In my mind this ismost encourag ing and is certa inly bringingman y int eresting ca rs into the Club whichwould otherwise surely perish . It is most evid­ent from th ese letters that there are a largenumber of " old Hands" so to spe ak who havehad an active int erest in com petitive event sof earlier years and are now showing int er estin the pres ervation of th e cars th ey have hador still now own. One of these is GordonVogtherr of th e Hawke's Bay Bran ch whorem embers many of the cars mentioned in ih cprevious article such as the ex-Clinkard AlvisSp eed 20 ag ai nst which he competed at the1948 Pa ekakariki Hillclimb with his Morgan4/4 Drophead . To that same meeting hetook the 1938 Big Four Blue Streak RilcvK estrel which is now owned by Alan W ellsin Foxton . At that stage the ca r had doneonly 3,800 mile s. An other com petitor at thissame event wa s K en Hernus with th e 30/98

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Vauxhall now in the proud possession of Bri anWycherley, Gordon now has, and is current­ly restoring, a 1938 M .G. VA tourer ( I Y2litre ) . There were only three of these im­ported ; Gordon has traced two and wouldbe keen to trace the third as he is requiringbody parts. Any members who can helpwould be welc omed to con tact me at P.O.Box 33 82, Au ckland.

Colin Dray has recently shifted fromWellington to Ne w Pl ym outh and will bedoing a fa irly extensive job on his 3 Y2 litreRolls Bentley. D avid C urrcy from StokesValley, Lower Hutt , is cur ren tly rebuild ingan Alvis Sp eed 25 Charlesworth saloon verysim ila r to T ara na ki member Geoff Power'sca r. There are some fine Alvis in this coun­try of post vintage years, one of th e best Ihave seen to date belon gin g to Allan Douglasof Mastert on , This is a 193 5 Charles Fol evSpeed 20 tourer in absolutely impeccable con­dition . Ta ranaki Bran ch member GaryF ind erup ha s a 14 h .p. Lea Francis andurgently requi res anothe r for spares. If any­one can help him out, please contact him a tp.a. Box 641 , Ne w Plymouth . Also ofT aranaki, George Bognuda is progr essing wellwith a truly magnificent restoration of his1935 Brough Superior 8 tourer, a rare andfero cious beast from th e sa me stable as th e" Rolls Royce of mot or- cycles".

On th e local Au ckland scene, we ha vehad severa l new members boosting the rankswith most intriguing machiner y. D ave Rcidha s recently com pleted a maj or rebuild of avery smart 1934 Alvis Sp eed 20 with Vanden Plas 2-seater coac hwo rk, and looks likea future enthusiastic rallvist . Geoff Barkerha s a ver'y pretty 1934 Singer Le Mans R ep­lica 2-seater on ce owned bv our Hon. Audi­tor, Marsdcn Robinson. I 'have watched thi sca r over the last 18 months or so wander fromhere to Thames, th en to Waihi , Rotorua, andnow back to Auckland, luckily litt le th e worsefor wear. Mi chael Hope-Cross recently re­turned to Auckland from Te Aroha with amost attractive and unusual "swept-wing"M.G. J2 of 1934 vin tage. New member MikeTempleman brought with him from the U.K.an H.R.G ., a most int eresting exam ple of abreed which has in recent weeks onlv becomeano the r lost cause. Michael Rose 'has pur­chased this mach ine and has a wh ole yea r

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FIRST NATIONAL VETERAN ANDVINTAGE MOTOR CYCLE RALLY

Organised by the Wellington Branch of theVintage Car Club of New Zealand

*M A S T E R TON25 February, 1967

Veteran and Vintage Solos SidecarsPost Vintage Thoroughbreds up to 1939

Time Trial : Quarter Mile Sprint : GymkhanaConcours d ' Elegance Dinner & Social Evening

*Shell Sponsored Rally Secretary:

Glen Bull ,

18 King Edward Street,

MASTERTON .

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up his sleeve for refurbishin g purposes beforethe ca r can qu alify as a P.V .V.

''''e also have two young gentlemen whobetw een them have a fantastic array of mac­hin es, particularly M.G.'s. Laurie Poolm anhas a 1934 Lagonda R api er 4-seat er toureron which he has been executing a faultlessrestoration for the past six years and is nownearing completion. This ca r has an 1100c.c. twin o.h.c. 4-cylinder engine whichdevelops 46 b.h.p., has B.T .H . magn eto igni ­tion, twin SUo ca rbs, E .N .V. preseleeto r gea r­box with r.h . selector, E.N.V. differential,Rudge Whitworth k.o. wh eels and 13in. Girl­ing rod brakes. Also in his sta ble is a 1931" C" type Montlhery Mi dget M .G. withS.O.c. 746 C.C . motor (originally supercha rgedwith a No. 7 Powerplus ) , single S.U . ca r­buration , 2-bearing cranksha ft, dr y sumplubrication , 0-8000 tach and all manner ofracing features. Other M.G. 's inclu de a 1935PB and a 1931 F type 6-cylinder, 4-seatertourer. His fr iend, and fellow new member,Ga rth Bagnall, is making a most credita blerestoration job of a 1932 M .G. Midget J 2 ofth e cycle guard va riety wh ich is very origina land came out from the U .K. in about 1940.Garth already has his next restora tion joblined up in th e shape of a 1934 PA Midget.It is ind eed enco urag ing to see these two newmembers who, between th em , are doing agrea t job of preserving th e M.G. breed. It isalso int erestin g to note that , in the AucklandBran ch alone, we can prod uce amongst pre­sent and prospective members the followin gtypes of M .G. - 18/ 80 , M , C, J1 , J 2, PA,PB, F, L, NA , and SA. I was also pleasedto hear recentlv th at Len Southward hasadded to his collection a 1934 R type Mi dgetwhich has all-r ound independe nt suspension .In Papakura, Dermis Milne is rebuilding aPA, .while in Puk ekohe, we hope to see an­other very fine Riley 12/4 Kestrel belongin gto vetera n Riley restorer J ack Oswin in ourrank s.

One of our older members, Alan Wallaceof Papatoetoe, who is known for his collect ionof Veterans and bits, is at present samplinga car of the later period and was recentl yseen nipping th rough the traffic in pan am ahat and 1934 Singer Le M ans, After a recentexcursion to the North Island Noggin andNa tter at T aup o in John Sta nley's well-

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known Dolomite, Riley Kestrel owner DonWilliam s has been bitten by the Triumphantbug and purchased for hims elf a straight14/ 60 model Dolomite which has been well­kept by an elderly gent for man y years. RileyLynx Sprite own er Dick Stan ley has boughtM ichae l Rose's 1937 triple carb A.C . d .h.c.and is commencing work. Fellow North Shoreenthusiast Stephen Ward has also started witha bang on his 12/ 6 Kestrel. We ha ve heardin the last few weeks of a Lagond a V 12 inthe Remuera area but are not sure of itsfat e. There are rumours th at Len Southwardhas purchased a similar car in the U .K .

I am also pleased to report that ourPost-Vintage members in Auckland have gothot on the trail of some very fine Hi storicRacing Cars, a type which is fast disappea r­ing through butchery and export. The writ erhas obtained a 1936 M aserati 6C ( 1Y2 litresupercharged) which was brought int o th ecountry by Fred Zambucka , an d last rac edat Puk ekohe in 1962 powered by a J agu arengine. Before that it had an Ardun V8 in­stalled but has surv ived almost int act , th eorigina l motor being abo ut to go into a boat.Other cars being dickered over include anH .W .M.-Alta and a Co nna ught, also Alta­engined. Whil e on the subject of MonopostoRa cing cars, Jack Inwood , Production Mana­ger of the "Motorrn an " ma gazine, wouldbe delight ed to hear from owners of suchma chin es as he is currently makin g up a listfor the Monop osto Register of New Zealandexamples. His address is P.O . Box 9323,Auckland.

T wo further points ; recepti on to th e ideaof a National P.V.V. R ally has been mostenthusiastic and encouragi ng and should en­sure a good a ttenda nce and a high sta ndard.Details will be formulat ed during the nextyear. Secondly, I am thinking of putting outa monthly newslett er to P.V.V. owners asa clea ring-house of information on cars andparts for sale and wanted etc. Probabl y itwould conta in news for the owners of i~d i­vidua l marques as well. Members int erestedin th is suggestion should contac t me at P.O.Box 3382, Auckland .

In closing, I am pleased to rep ort thatth e Annual Gen eral M eetin g on 13 Augustat Wellington , ad opted an am endment to theClu b Rules regarding Post Vintage vehicles

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also run into trouble . In the case of th eNational R ally recently, I enco untered aform of ca lcula ting tim es I had never struckbefore and when I approached one of the"host" members for help I was curtly askedif I wanted them to supply all th e answers.This was the only black mark I had againstwhat was in all othe r respects a wonderfulrally.

M y suggestion is th at you run a featuremon th by month with a contribution suppliedby eac h bran ch in turn expla ining how theyplan and calc ulate their run s. This willserve two main purposes :

( 1) Train an d enco urage new mem­bers.

(2 ) Supply a source of new ideas forbranch club ca pta ins.

T he ideas on restoration would be veryuseful to those who have p roblems an d thoseth at have solved theirs wo uld share theirexperi ence. M any of us have wr estled forhou rs or mon ths with some thing or haveeven ruin ed some costly or rare part andcould by sharing the ideas help othe rs.

T hese ideas to th e older and more ex­perienced members a re "old hat" but to thenew ones are vital.

Letters to the Editor

in the form of the remit reco mme nded bythe Nati on al Executive. This change meansthat each Bran ch will ado pt its own methodof choos ing its P.V .V.'s a nd this is subject tothe overriding control of the Nationa l Execu­tive. Time alone will tell what principlesthe Nati on al Execu tive will evolve in makin gits decisions, but I think it ca n, and shouldproperly, be left to that sage and hardhead edbody of gentlemen .

The Editor ,"Beaded \\Theels" Ch ristchurc h.

Dear Madam,I have ofte n felt that we do not assist

our new members sufficiently and would liketo suggest two ways in whi ch we could fosterthem in the early days of their membersh ip.

The first is in th e manner in whi ch run sa re planned and tim ed and the second inideas on restorat ion and trackin g faults.

As rega rds th e first , those in most casesarrive at the meth od by hi t or miss and inthe case of "m iss" suffer mu ch frustrati on .Those that take part in rallies in other centres.----------------------------------':

- WHAT'S ON NEXT EASTER -ANOTHER

SOUTH ISLAND RALLY at BLENHEIMShowgrounds Saturday - Dinner at Night - Picnic Sunday

Entry forms will be mailed in November.

Book your Accommodati on now. See circular sent to Branches.

MARLBOROUGH is the smallest branch of the V.e.e. in New Zealand .

We need your support to help make us bigger.

*J. D. FINNIE,

Secreta ry,

114 Muller Road ,

BLENHEIM. Telephone 2241 .

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Camera Review

The Motoring Department of Lauri<I cyl, twin Overhead Ca ms ha ftRapier 4-seater Tou rer,

Poolman'sLagonda

Taranaki Member George Bog-nuda 's newlyrestored Straight '8' Brough S uperior.

( Pho to P ( ' J" courtesy Tara naki " Daily ;";CWS" ) .

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(Pho to b)" J oh n H ea rn c}.

(See "A Case of Coincidence", page 3.)

Bruce Catchpole's 1980 Packard up in th e Mountains, Carriugton Road,Third l\launga-:Uoana Rall y - Taranaki.

(Pho to by Des Moorc }.

The Engine Room of John S ta nley's Park Ward­bodied 6-cylinder 8-carbUl'ettor Triumph Dolomite.

(Photo by John l l ea rnc) :

Post Vintag-e line-up at Auckland Branch 'sJuly Rally. Foreground: Michael Rose' s H.R.G.Left to right: Don Williams' 14/60 TriumphDolomite. John Stanley's 6 cyl. Triumph Dolo­mite. Dick S tanl ey's Ril ey Lynx Sprite. DaveReid with his Vanden Plas-bodied Al vis S peed'20' Tourer wa s al so in attendance.

( P ho to hy Mike Ro:''l' ) .

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I suggest that as you are often aftercopy, the first idea could fill two pages forat least two yea rs.

T o sta rt the ball rollin g I attac h a separ­ate note with three ideas for the second fea­ture .

Yours sincerely,Brian H. W alt on.

( Y ou r suggestions have m u ch m eri t. Per­haps th ese vi ews on organising could be m orefully aired and Bran ch 's selec t a co n trib u to rto cov er ih e.r problems an d su ccesses inorganising minor and major even ts . I n th epast we ran a " H its on R est orat ion " column,w hic h somehow ran sho rt of new m at erial.W e wo uld be de lig h ted to see this colum nresu rrected as, young or old , othe r people'sexperie nces are in valuable. -Ed. ) .

( T he [olloiolng is an extract from alett er received by M iss E . Martin of Otaio,R .D ., T im aru. For m any years Miss i\ ;Jart inha s been closely interested in our hob by an dthrough " Beade d W heels" keeps in touchwith our activit ies. A fte r sen ding a copy ofour International Issu e to M r W hite, she re­ceived th ese reminis cences w hi ch she th oughtwe m ay care to read . We are delighted toprint th ese an d hope th at as w ell as AIr Whit e,many othe r pio neer m ot orists rece iv ed asmuch pleasu re f rom reading abo u t our R all y .I t is indeed com forting to know that th e oldergene ratio n is wi th us in sp irit and that we, byindul gin g in ou r hobby ca n give th em so m an yhap/)'y hours. Perhaps some m em bers couldspare th e time to writ e to i\ifr W hi te . I amsure th at I speak fo r all of lIS w he n I say :" T hank yo u Mr Whit e, if we had ach ievednothin g else fr om ou r R all y but th e stirringof ha/Jpy m em ories for you and many othe rslik e you, th en it w ould ha ve been we ll worthit. " - Ed. ) .

Mr H. E. White, aged 89 years.Box 6583,Los Angeles,Ca liforn ia, D .S.A.

In 1906-07-08 th ere was what they ca lledth e Por tola Road R ace. It sta rted in SanFrancisco, went down around the end ofthe bay and up to O akland , across th e bayfrom San Francisco, turned around and wentba ck to San Fra nc isco, tot al d ista nce 119miles, right in the raini est part of the rainy

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season, February, and all mud roa ds, no pave­ment.

I drove the Winton ca r th e first twoyears, 28 cars sta rte d. I finish ed th ird, howthat happened , was, only three ca rs fini shed.The T ho mas Flyer 1st, Pierce Arrow 2nd,and th e Winton 3rd , th is was in 1906 .

In 190 7 I aga in dr ove th e Winton , 3 1ca rs sta rted, thr ee finished, and I as usual,was third . T his tim e the Franklin 1st ,Thom as Flyer 2nd, Winton 3rd. T he winn ermade the round trip in seventeen hours, andI in th e Winton mad e it in twen ty-one hours.

Then in 1908 I broke th e world 's recordfrom Sa n Fr an cisco to Los Angeles, d riv ingthe Winton - 485 mi les in eleven and halfdavs, No one else ever did it a nv slower. andJ had but one nigh t' s sleep in ' eleven 'days.This wasn't a race, it was just my stubbo rndeterminat ion to drive fr om th ere to herebecau se (again in th e rain ) I was told Jcouldn't get th rough.

In 1918 ten years lat er , I d id it in 10hours 35 min utes.

In 1908 no pavement at all, 1915 ab out175 miles of pavement.

Our old tim e race d river idol, Ba rn cyO ldfield, drove the De D ion Bouton for acouple of years in th e Ascot Park dirt trackracecourse here, along here in th e ea rly1920's.

O the r ca rs wh ich bring back memoriesare : Delage, Peugeot , Hudson , M ercedes,Darracq , Lan cia , Bugatti , Hispano Suiza andDuesenberg.

What mem ories your New Zealand old­time auto fest ival rally brings back to me.

L eller received fr om Mr. H. E . W hi te ,U .S .A ., w ho cor respon ds with Miss E. M ar­tin. O taio, N o. 1 R.D ., Tim aru:

Editor,"Beaded '''Theels''.

Dear NIl's Anderson,After speaking to some members at th e

recent national rally, it has just occure d tome th at I may be of some help to membersby introducing them to a ca r enthusiast whooperates a small spec ialist tuning and recon­ditioning business, and is prepared to u n der­take work on good class vin ta ge an d P .V .cars.

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I can th oroughly recommend him to anymember wh o has th e problem of getting afirm to take the ca re and attention , and dothe work , that a lot of our ca rs deserve.

I have no connection with th e firm re­commended , exce pt that I received a perf ectand th orough job, at a vel)' reason able price,for the rebuild of my AJfa Rorneo motor.His name and add ress :

Mr Ray Stone,Alfriston Road,M anurewa.

Yours faithfully,Dave H all.

"Old Timbers" ,"Vestfield Avenue,H ayling Island.

16th February, 196 6.Dear Sir,

For a few months now, I have beenreceiving your ma gazin e "B ead ed ''''heels''.

I would like to say how mu ch I enjoyreceiving it, a nd I keep each one along withthe othe r ma gazines I receive.

A whil e back I had a lett er from oneof your members wh o is rest oring a 1924Standard Warwick and I believe I am re­ceiving th e magazine through his kindness.I have unfortunately mislaid his a dd ress.

In case you may be interested I willlist th e cars I am restoring.

1. 1920 Daimler 5 )12 litr e Knightengine - very original except th at it has beenconverted into a doctor 's coupe - eng ine andall me chanics are very good .

2. 1922 Fiat 50 1. Origin al and full yrestored , having don e 34,000 righ t from new.Green with black win gs.

3. 1924 3-litre Bentley Gurney NuttingSaloon with red lablc eng ine . Almost fullyrestored and in my possession since 1952.

4. 1924 Sta nda rd '-'ITarwick tou rer.Almost completely restored . Cream with blackwll1gs.

5 . 1926 Buick Special Six tourer ,41 ,000 miles from new - needs hood andtrimmings.

6. 1928 L an cia convertib le with 1925engine - eng ine at present being rebuilt,otherwise perf ect.

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7. 1928 Fiat 520 with dicky, Italianred, bla ck wings - sound order, in goodcondition.

8. 1929 Star 12/40 - fair condition,needs respray.

9 . 1927 Daimler 3 1.4 h.p. in veryoriginal condition indeed and latest concours- for sale.

10. 1934 1)12 lit re sho rt chassis 2/4seater Aston M artin - com pletely restored111 every way.

I would be plea sed to corres pond withan yon e who may hav e sim ila r cars.

Thank you again for th e magazine.You rs faithfull y,

L. G . Goundry, M.B. , B.S.

P.S.-I have just brought a 1923 Doug­las motorcycle.

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CAST ROL CL A IM S M AJORBR EAK T H R OUGH

.NEW O ILS BASED ON " LIQUIDT UNGSTEN ))

An other great ad vance in automo tivelubrication has been achi eved by CastrolLimited of London who a re abo ut to releaseth eir new formula Castrol with " liq uid tung­sten" . The first company in th e world touse chemica l additives on a commerc ial scalein a mo tor oil, Castrol have develop ed thepractical applica tion of an entirely new con­cept in add itive technology.

In the past few years the pattern ofmotoring has changed to a degr ee not gen­erally realised . There a rc two main factorsinvolved . Firstly, engines and othe r com­ponents are mu ch more highl y stressed todaythan ten yea rs ago . The typi cal family carof 1966 is producing more brake horsepowerfrom th e same sized engin e th an did itscounterp art of 1955-6.

These advances have been ac hieved bymaking th e eng ine work ha rder thus increas­ing stresses, engine speeds and opera tingtemperatures. Improvements in stee ring,braking and tyre performance, coupled withthe introduction of motorway systems havemade possible stea d ily increasing roa d speeds.

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This is recognised in the exte nsion of speedlimits from 50 to 55 m.p.h . in New Zealand.Secondly, mod ern ca rs require far less routinemainte na nce . This fact mak es increased de­man ds on automo tive oils. Not only doesth e mod ern oil have to meet th e requirem entsof more and more high speed running but th esum p of th e ave rage family car tod ay holdonly half as mu ch oil a" it did 20 years ag o.Oil changes too are now mad e very mu ch lessfreq uently th an form erl y.

Fo r some time past scient ists hav e beensea rch ing for means by wh ich oils could bemad e to withstand high er stresses and loadsby low ering friction , thus reducin g wear. Wearocc ur s in an engine wh en th e oil film , whi chis intended to keep the moving surfaces apart,becom es unduly thin or bre aks down underextreme stress. Castrol resea rch showed th atcerta in spec ial types of metallic compoundwould provide pow erful localised protecti onprecisely wh ere and wh en it was need ed. Forth e first tim e a rea ction was taking place, bydesign , entirely within th e oil itself involvingadd it ives whi ch were themselves wholly oil­soluble.

Castrol found th e a nswe r in T ungsten .In th eir new formula oil, th e Tungsten is aliquid in th at it is com pletely oil-soluble.This gene ra tes from within th e oil itself ,wherever the stress a t a ny point becomessevere, th e protecti on which reduces frictionto a rem arkable ext ent and prevents wear.

Two grades of th e new formula oil havebeen dev eloped : Castrolit e, cove ring the vis­cosity range IOW-20-30, recommended formost new engines, winter and summer, andCast rol XL (30-40) recommended by somemanufacturers for both winter and summe ruse and is especially recommended for engineswith high m ileage an d mi nimising oil con­sumption.

Both th ese new formula oils are cla imedto give eas ier cold sta rt ing, low er fuel con­sumption, gre atl y reduced eng ine wear, lessnecessity for ca m and tappet ad justment an da grea te r margin of eng ine safety.

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These factors have been exha ustivelytested on all types of roads , in extremes oftemperature cond iitons and in the laboratory.

A B.M.C. Mini was tested ove r 10,000miles of day-in day-out running in Lo ndo ntraffic. When the R .A.C. stripped th e eng inethe wear was hardly measurabl e.

P rolon ged cold weather tests were con­du cted on these cars wh ich were left in theopen in Norway's coldest winter for 100 yea rs.Approximately 1,500 starts were mad e witheac h ca r with 60 minutes between starts andfive minutes running under load. Every timethe ice cold eng ine burst int o inst ant life onnew formula Castrol. Again eng ine wear wasnegligible.

Probably the tou ghest test of a ll wasove r a 12,000 mile figure-of-eight cour sewhich crossed central Au strali a twi ce. TheB.M .C . ca rs used for thi s test were an 1800and a Mini whi ch were given a running-intr ip from Syd ney to Brisbane and back be­fore th e test began. Pri or to th e tri al th ecylinder bores were acc urately measured bythe Dep artment of M ech anical Eng ineeringat th e U niversi ty of New South W ales. Atth e concl usion of th e test th e Universit y me a­sure me nts were repea ted an d having regard tothe gruelling nature of th e trial engi ne wearwas found to be very light whil e cleanlinesswas first class.

These new Castro l oils with " liq uidtungsten" are now ava ilable from servicestations and ga rages throu gh out New Zealand.

M olyslip may be used to advantage with

new formula Castrol.

WIREMUby Geo. Wo odward

Not lon g after th e successful launchingof th e " Harley Four" I was fortunat e en ou ghto acq uire a Sco tt, a famous Briti sh makewith a lon g history of service to motor- cycl­mg.

I showed it pr oudly to ' Vi and he 'ap­peared duly impressed . Whether for th e Sco ttor in deference to me I was not so su re. Igo t th e idea he thought it was small change

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compared with the 2400 c.c. H arle y he soproudly piloted round the coun tryside.

When I had checked over the Scottand done th e repairs and adjustments neces­sa ry, I lent it to Wi for a test and report.

H e duly sta rted one morning and did aquiet lap round the block to warm up beforesetting forth on the test. After this lap Isaw him acce lerate violentl y away from thesta rt line and off into the distance with a"vowl' , the Scott Owners' Club would haveb~en proud to own.

When he returned I detected a look ofwell-hidden dissatisfaction on his face. O verth e couple of yea rs I had known Wi I hadcome to know his evel) ' look and nuance, andI could see he didn 't ....·ant to tell me my idolhad feet of day.

H e said, "She lovely to rid e, Boss, butaccelera tion not like the old H arley",

I knew the H arl ey 4 was his pride andjoy and also that it had a 2Y2 litre engineand I was not mu ch worried about his opin­ion on th at score.

When we had chatted over the Sco ttfor a few minutes he suddenly said ,

"Py Korry, Boss, th ere the t rouble. T hebees got in ,"

And he pointed to the rad iat or with thehoneycomb core.

HAWKE'S BAY NOTES- L ionel Priest.

Firstly I mu st ap ologise for there beingno notes last issue. This was due to a case ofmistaken respon sibility on my part, so I willendeavour to put right, my " Blue", by sum­marising the past six months in this issue.

First to mind comes the wonderfulmemories of Wellingt on 's Nationa l Rally.Some 10 or 11 members took pa rt withvehicles and a few others went as 'observers' .All spea k highl y of 'Wellington's hospitalitywhi ch no doubt you have alrea dy heard fromother branch es, but I canno t help addingour branch 's endo rsement of the friendl inessbestow ed on the members. I have been toldthat we will have to set an extremely highstandard, a t our North Island Rally, 196 7,

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if we wish to eq ua l, let alone bett er , the effortsof Wellingt on. Co ng ra tula tions boys, and Ihop e you don 't mind us takin g a leaf out ofyour book.

The most important event of our ca len­dar is undoubtedly the Bran ch A.G .M . Thisyear a record atte~ dance of members showedthat their interest in club matters had notwan ed and Chairman C eorge H oward not edth is in his report. George also gave thank sto the past com mittee for their undyingeffor ts in club matters over the twelve-m onthper iod. "A lot has been ac hieved and thiswould not have been possible witho ut team­work" , he said. Club Captain , Bill Sin clair,outlined th e successful year of outings andevents, and emphasised th at these could onlyincrease as successes, if members continuedto restore vehicl es and tak e part in these out ­ings. The elect ion of officers for the nextyear saw only one change, th at of Secretary.Warwick Cash more took office in this ca pac ­ity, and yours truly stepped down to takeoffice as Rallv Seeretarv to the No rth IslandEaster Rally, ' 1967. '

The Committee therefore is Cha irma n,George Howard ; Club Captain , Bill Sinclair;Secretary, W arwick Cash more ; Rally Secre­tary , Lionel Pri est; Committeemen , RexScarrott , Denzil Dassler, Don Sloa n ; Editorof Magazine, H arry R oucher.

July, saw us try, once again, the novelidea of holding an a uction evening for ourNoggin and Natter. This proved to be, aspreviou sly, most successful, with members keento secure some things. Sundry items of vint­age machinery were auctioned under thehammer of Rex Scarrott, and good to fairprices were atta ined . High est pri ce paid , orshou ld I say, the most extravagant pri ce paid ,was 11/ - for a Y2 1b. box of fresh picked cul­tured mu sh rooms ; a second box sold for10/ 6. Philip Peach , the grower, claims th eprice was bett er th an that he receives on theAuckland M a rkets.

August is here, and by now we will havehad our Noggin an d Nat te r a t whi ch BrianWhittingt on would show us a second instal­ment of slides of his Eu rop ean trip. Brianspent a couple of yea rs selling vehicles forthe Daimler-Benz combine in Germany, andhis slides never fail to give us an env ious ac­count of his expe riences.

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Restorations in the area are somewhatslow at present, but one which you will n?doubt wish to hear about is Chas Blacks191 3 Overland . Chas has spent many nn­tiring hours in thi s remarkable and creditableeffor t, and has shown just what ca n be ach iev­ed by setting your mind to th e job. Anotherrestoration to appear shortly is th at of LauricHarding's, Ford 'A' roadster. All Lauric'sspa re time has gone into th is job, and it toosho u ld be an achievement to be proud of.Motorcvcle history in th e district is fairlydorman't on the surface, but you nev er knowjust what th ese boys a re ap t to unveil a t sho rtnoti ce. I did hear a bunch of them wenton a reasonably success ful sca venger, recently.

Enthusiasm is building up to a pit ch a tthe moment, with the 2nd Gentle-AnnieSafa ri ju st around the co rner. Sponsorsh iphas been a rra nge d for thi s event a nd by nowvou r Secretaries should have entry forms .T he Safa ri has been design ed to en able visit orsfrom as far as W ellington and New Plym outhtime eno ug h to get to Hastings before th esta rt . The seco nd day is a sm all day 'motor­wise', and by fini shing in Palmerston North,puts all visit ors nearer to home. We lookforward to being your hosts next LabourWe ekend and I would like to extend ourbr anch appreciation to th e Manawatu Branchfor their coo pe ra tion with us in this eve nt.

'T ill next qu arter , happy motoring.

OTAGO NOTESby Geo T.

Before telling you about th e recent doingsof the Otag o Bran ch , I feel impelled to replyto th e com ments made by th e T aranakiBranch in th e last issu e. While th eir a ttem p tto rid th emselves of thei r surplus natural gasis underst andable ( if not perhaps soc ia llyac cepta b le) ; I am surprised th at th ey sho uldthink I a m exiled here. I find livin g in thecultu ra l ca p ita l of New Zealand quite ple as­a nt, actuall y, besides which th ey seem to haveforgotten that th e Mainland produces co p iousquantities of very fin e coal. Let us ne verforget th e testimon y of H .M.S. Calli ope in1889.

In May th e Club Captain ra n a daytri al from Dunedin to Waipori a nd back.Unfortunately few turned up , but tho se who

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did had a very fine day. T he chief excite­m ent was provided by local truck-drivers whoobvio usly aren 't used to othe r tr affi c on theroad. Les N ye's Austin Seven ga ve a goo ddem onstration of its a bility to clim b muddyhills impassable to m odems.

June brings us to our A.G.M . Thistime we used a new system whereby aspir ingco m m ittee members stood for spec ific posi­tions. As a result, we are now in th e happyposition of knowing exactl y wh o to blamewh en something goes wron g.

Those elected were as follows:Chairman: R. E. N. O akley.Sec re ta ry-T reasur er : H. J. Wilkinson .Club Captain : K. W . O a kenfull.Assistant to Club Captain: S. M. John-

son .H ou se Convener : 1. G. S. Sharpe.Brighton Liaison Officer: D . P . Hill.Recorder: G . J. T ofield.In fact the re sho uld be little ca use to

worrv about th e aff airs of the Branch thisyea r ' as all but one of thi s com m itt ee hav eserved in th e p ast.

The rest of the A.G.M. was taken upwith discussing th e various remits to com ebefore th e Natio nal A.G .M. in Au gust . Asusual most of th e sound a nd fury developedaround the subject of P .V.V.'s. I doubtwhether any system ca n be found to suitevery bo dy, th e owne rs of P .V.V. 's least ofa ll. One ca n only hope th at by th e time youread thi s something worthwhile will havebeen hammer ed out a t th e N ational meeting.Incid entally, isn 't Post Vintage Vehicle a nugly mouthful, a nd P.V.V . is ce rta inly anabom ina tion we co uld av oid.

The first event run by th e new co m m it­tee was a n eve ning tour of th e newly ope nedPoly technical In stitution . This proved tobe very in te resting as we saw much of th eeq uipme nt used in training apprentice mech­a nics. A dyn amometer provided a naturalfocu s of a tte n tion for those of the Branch whoown sport ing cars. I understand that one ,)1'

two members intend to cult iva te their newfound ac q ua in tances, p robably with morethan a vague hope of seeing th eir eng ine sbe ne fit from expert technical assista nce. H ow­ever, we shall see. Aft erwards th ose presentadjo urned to the clubrooms for th e usu al F ri..day night session .

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As usual , work progr esses in th e club­rooms. Recently th e club ac q uired a largebook ca se and our librarians, Eileen M cRaea nd Bruce Coughlan, hav e begun the mam­moth job of cataloguing all th e books whichhav e been given or loaned to th e bran ch overth e veal's. Until now Bru ce has had to putup \~ith a stac k of books cove ring half a roo min his' home. M any of th ese books a re ra reas well as bein g very useful so th ey will makea welcome addition to th e facilities of thebranch. At th e present tim e we a re alsobeginning a permament ph otographic displ ayof th e ca rs a nd motorcycles we own. Thesewill be co llec ted in large fram es and m ountedon th e walls of th e low er floor. As the year sgo by this should become a pictori al historyof th e branch as well as a n inter esting decor a­tion.

Recentlv K en O ak enfull ceased to be aLagonda owner when Gavin Bain 's broth erbou ght the 11.9. Our sec reta ry J ack Wilk­inson has just found himself a goo d sta ble­m ate for h is Bradbury in th e form of a RudgeU lste r. This machine is in very good orde ra nd I believe it may we ll m ak e a n a ppeara ncea t Inverrnay next yea r. T he O akl ey R egal ,which failed to m ak e Invermay thi s year be­ca use I wa s clumsy eno ug h to break it on theway to th e Riverton Run, is now fixed a ndback in Dunedin. The trip to Invercargiilto pick it up proved quite costly as we decid edto make use of th e smooth power of a ce rta inV1 2 to tow it back. T oo late we found th atth e smooth power was obtaine d at eigh t milesper ga llon !

W ell , that is about all for now . R em em­ber, if you a re in Dunedin any Friday night ,come along to 40 Park St reet any tim e after8.30 p .rn .

SOUTHLAND NOTESBy Barry Barnes.

M ost notable C lub activ ity of late hasbeen the considera ble pr ogress m ade on ourC lub Ro oms. Aft er some deliberation it wa sdecided to renovate th e exist ing cottage asan interim measure and by th e time th esenotes are printed op ening night sho uld bea thing of th e p ast.

However, we have also had a co up le ofwell attended runs and a sta tic displ ay a t th elocal Museum.

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T he Gore members are now getting ona n organised basis a nd have a local committeeto en courage membership in the area by hold ­ing regular meetings and small events.

The 1912 Brasier recently advertised inBEADED WHE ELS for disposal has found anew hom e in th e hands of tw o well-knownand com pe ten t en th usias ts, Willis Bro wn a ndK en M acM illan . K en is a t present overseasa nd plans to visit a sim ila r car kn own to sur­vive in F ra nce with a view to gathering in­formation for th e rebuild . W e certainly lookforward to see ing thi s fine machine in act ion .

J ohn D ale has sta rted removing theeng ine from his 16/ 50 Humber for an OVCI­

h aul a nd proposes to perform a bit more res­toration work at th e sa me time.

Jim T aylor's ea rly vintage Nash is nowIII th e midst of a th orou gh restoration. M ostof th e mech anical work has been don e and

At the mu seum display, 1926. Arrol-Johnston,

th e chass is is sitt ing on its wh eels. Jim w illreally have some wo rk to do whe n he sta rtson th e bod y, which , altho ug h co m plete is ina very sad sta te. J im has been scou ring th ecountry-side looking for p arts but has not hada grea t deal of luck so far.

A few club members decid ed at Q uee n 'sBirthday weekend, to head for Arrowtown,M erv Co utts in th e Hup. a nd Ray Eunson inth e M axwell with th eir families decided .ohead up th e Ar row riverbed to Macetow n,but after a fairly deep crossing decided th atth e best way to enjoy th e trip was on foot.

Frank Robson has had th e en gine run­nin g in his 1912 T which is at present incom pleted chass is form minus wheels. Ne igh­bour, Oordon Boult, was a ll for shoving rhcwheels on a nd taking it for a burn around th eblock . H ow ever, Frank managed to resist

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the temptati on and has resolved not to putthe wheels on until th ey are ready to stay on.

At Riversdalc, Alec M cLennan has donea lot of work on his 1923 Rugb y and as wellas chasing up clues to veteran cars all aroundthe count ry-side, he has picked up a M odelA roadster which he expects to have in pre­sentable sha pe sho rtly.

By the way where have all the M odelA's gone ? There used to be literally dozensaround only a few yea rs ago but afte r the endof each licensing yea r they disappear some­tim es for months, often for good . Now thatthe open models an yway are bein g soughtafter the y seem to have vani shed from theface of th e ea rth.

MANAWATU BRANCH NOTES- H. C. B. Wycherley.

Writing this on the eve of the Nati on alA.G.M , one looks for ward to an interest ingca lendar for the 66 /67 seaso n. In this Bran chwe ar e fortun at e in being able to participat e

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in events at all points of the compass but mostof us ha ve diverse interests and limited re­sources and a re obliged to select venues whi chwill fit in with person al and domestic ties.The geog raphica l advantage of being ableto support event s elsewh ere leaves littl e tim efor local runs so there is nothing to rep ortsince th e Ruahine Ramble except for somewell attended Club nigh ts with man y welco menew faces to make up for the retu rn to W an­ga nui of such stalwarts as Reg. Lee and BryanDeighton, Humberett e and Austin 16 res­pectively,

H owever , the winter months have seensteady work put in on restora tions and re­builds such as Ron Anderson 's Ansald o wh ichnow boasts some intelligent oleo-ducting toskew gears and over head mechanism whi chmight well have been inco rpo ra ted in theorigina l design especially in a motor whi chhas such eye-ap pea l. What a contrast to the1901 O ldsmobile recentl y acqu ired by BrianRankine, as if owning a Stutz 8 coupe were

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Weld ing, cu tti ng a ndallied processes havecome to be an int eg­ral pa rt of our coun­trys indust rial life.U ntil the advent ofweldi ng such met hodsas riveting and bolt­ing had been th eprincipal means ofjoi ning one metal toanot her.Pioneering thi s fieldIndustr ial Gases hav ebeen keep ab rea st ofall pr acti cal andscientific develop­ments overse as givinga sound bas is for theconsistently h ighqua lity equipmentth ey supp ly.

From ahumble beginningA. Complete Welding Service from One Source of Supply

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not eno ugh, but that is where th e fun come"in; contrasts. Just try coaxing an elderly andindi sposed Austin 7 as dail y transport for amonth or so and th en sa mple a hairy lon g­stroke 4Yf litre job, man, th at is real. Brian isready to go int o a rebuild of th e Olds andhas loaned me a ph otostat copy of th e origi­nal handbook, as nai ve a document as so farencountered and from whi ch I quo ~e :­

" Every mixer is tested at th e factory and if itdoes not work properly it is because some­thing has happened to it". So mu ch for th eca rburetto r. Browsing in a city sto re recent­ly I was delighted to see th at an im aginativemanufacturer has produced a combinationtool whi ch he calls 'the one-armed paper­hanger' . Mr Rankine would do well to popone of th ese in th e tool box of the Olds forthe opera ting instructions read: - "Take theright-hand side of the seat and see that th econtrolling lever is thrown ba ck clear up tothe ba ck-up gear. See that the needle valveis open to the brass tack or more if very cold.M ove th e sparking and switch levers awayforw ard: this gives lat e spa rk and connec tsone set of batteri es; the switch handle can bemoved backw ards to use th e other set of bat­teries. Pl ace th e heel on the relief lever th enth e motor is ready to start . By turning th ehandle cra nk over two or three tim es quick­ly ... . " and so on but personally I hav erun out of arms, legs, heels, so let' s fra cturea flicker and go get C ha rlie Ch aplin to do itfor us.

There are two facets of our nation alcharac ter whi ch hit ove rseas guests right be­twe en th e eyes, to wit, obsession with sporta nd th e segregation of th e sexes at socialfun ctions, the latter carried a stage further atall male vintage 'do's ' by the formation ofcote ries worshipping at th e shrines of H enry1' , Watler P, W .O., Pom eroy and so on. Thismakes it dead easy at a "natter" to loca tea n)' given member by spott ing his group,bargin g in and then to gain attention orra the r, br eak the spell, just drop a clan gerlike 'skew gea rs' into a \V.O . circle or if it isa '1" party, mention th e word 'ba nds' andthen you may be abl e to get a word in edge ­ways. The mysti c rites of th e mic cult Iwouldn 't know how to cope with but admitto pan gs of jealousy towards their devotion ,enthusiasm and th eir etern ally youthful hard-

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mess. Albeit , to each his own , and collective­ly in this Branch as no doubt in all others,there is stea dy en thusiasm, end less discussionand the feeling so wonderfully expressed byRobert Louis Stevenson in his Eldorado, " TTIS BETTER TO TRAV EL HOPEFULLYTHAN TO ARRIVE" . This I sha ll ha veinscribed on th e flywh eel of my Austin 7 as asort of mech anis ed prayer wh eel and wouldlay a wager that some ente rprising monk inT ibe t will have beat me to th e punch byriggin g a Ford T motor for the same purpose.

Since th e A.G .M . ha s by now been andgone, here is one for th e Register and D atingComm ittee . Would th e aforesa id monk been titled to full or associate membership ?

TARANAKI BRANCH NOTESBy D es Moore.

In creased activity II1 the T aran akiBran ch in th e way of mor e Bran ch Runs isbringin g its reward with more cars.

lan Ludeman has th e ex Roy Hi cks 1927Austin 7 T ourer, Club Ca pta in Roy ce Kit­ney ha s purchased a 1929 Erskine Cabriolet ,and Treasurer , Rob Thomson now has a 1929Chev rolet 6 Tourer .

The resto ra tion of George Bogunda's8 cyl. Brou gh Superior DH Co upe is nearl ycompleted, only th e upholstery remaining tobe finish ed .

Da ve Bowman has purchased th e 612Litre Bentley from Bernarcl M cGinn of Au ck­land and his 3 Litre is now in the hands ofits new owner Bob Beardsley.

\Ve had th e pleasure to welcom e \VeI­lingtonians Co lin and H eather Dray to Ta ra­naki recently, bringin g yet an other ca r in th eO akl and .

New members have also brought withth em extra ca rs. Bob Clark now has th e1925 Chcvrolet T oure r th at has been aroundNew Plymouth for some littl e tim e now . J. E.Cox of Stratford brought with him two FordT T ourers and a 1925 Hudson. Sclwyn T aitlost no tim e af ter joining th e Club and isnow bus)' restoring th e 1929 Auburn 8 Ro ad­ster he brought back fromw Dunedin. BillSouthgate has acquired a 1938 Riley Kestrelfrom Rotorua.

M otor cycle members M ax Ol sson andGeorge Light have also made recent acq uisi-

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tions. Max acq uired not one but two 600 c.c.Panthers Circa, 1926-19 29 and George a1928 AJS .

The two Branch Runs held since theMaunga-M oana Rally both started fromStratford in th e type of inclement weatherthat is typi cal of the Mountain T own. Thefirst orga nised by Des Cornwall and EricHodges consisted of a two hour tri al that in­corporated some real vintage motoring COUll­

trv in th e back of Eltham. The Run finishedat' the Co rn wall's farm where some eats wereturned on by them, afte r whi ch those presenttook part in an au toc ross, even the wivesinsistin g on having a go .

The Second Run organised recently byColin Pavn e and Des Cornwall was an allday event, taking in more vintage motoringcountry in the back of Stratf ord and In gle­wood, ' includ ing saddles, tunnels and bush­frin ged metal roads, Of the excellent musterof mem bers taking part there were nine Vint­age or P .V .V . Cars ,

The fact that we now have sufficientVintage Vchicks turning up to our Bran chRuns that th ev now look like a V. C.C. Rallvmu st surely be a mileston e in this Bran chHistory,

WAIKATO NOTES- Les Death.

The winter months have been fairl yqu iet in veteran and vintage matters in th eWaikat o, though the re ha ve bee n the usualmonthly runs and Wednesday evening meet­ings, held in the Woodstock Schoo l H all, Fair­field Road on the second W edn esday in eac hmonth.

Runs have been held to T ira u, where wemet th e Bav of Plcntv club members in afriendly softball match , and admired thesevera l vintage vehicles they had br aved theclimb over th e K aimais in, cold day thoughit was. Our Waikato members had not beenso br ave that day, and moderns seemed to bethe order!

In July we had a M ystery run , startingfrom M orrinsville whi ch after tr aversing themany byways in this rich farming area reach­ed Opal Springs, Matamata, and the ed ito rialMorris-Cowley performed as well as ever,

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though there wer e signs of incipient clutch­slip by the end of the day, so this must beattended to before the summer vintage sea­son really commences in earnest.

At the monthly meetings the Club hadinvited guest speakers from the various sec­tions of th e motor trade, and we hav e visitedan eng ine reconditioners, a wheel bal an cin gspecia list and have learned all there is toknow abo ut painting and the techniques ofspray-guns. The July meeting was a filmevening, where Shell Oil Co mpa ny films wereshown and also two from Ferodo on thedevelopment of friction eng ineeri ng genera lly,

The Club is now lookin g forward to abusv sum mer season, and a few weeks af terthe~e notes are written we are taking part ina very large Road Saf ety Rally, organised byth e W aikat o Pu blic R elati ons Office todem onstrate road safetv over a 100 mile routeall around the ,'" aikato region . There willbe a large team of veteran and vintage ca rsin this event.

O ur 1967 Annual R ally, whi ch we hopewill be held in M ar ch will revisit Taurnara­nui , th e venue of the Lord M ontagu R allyof 1964 , and wc look forw ard to the hospi­tality of our hosts Ph yl and Dick M etcalf.

M embership continues to rise and nownumbers over 160 with, between them , about200 cars and some motorcycles.

The Club extends a welcome to all in­terested in the vintage movement to join atthe monthly meetin gs, and also to any visil­ing members from other br an ches wh o arcin our a rea , just ring the H on . Secretary,69-346, Hamilton , or 67-022 during businesshours.

CANTERBURY NOTESBy Gavin Bain.

The Annual Genera l M eeting brou ghtthe club yea r, 1965 / 66 to a close, and it is ayear that we can look back on with a feelingof achieveme nt and satisfaction.

Our Annu al Rally was a most enjoyableevent as usual , and the V eteran Rally runbv the bran ch for the first tim e this vea l'was perh aps the most pleasant event on ' theclub ca lenda r.

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This run I feel , typifi es th e ideal rall y.A goo d ga the ring of in teresting veh icles a ndth eir en th usiast ic owne rs, a leisurely runthrough in teresting coun tryside and finallya few enjoyable tests on a su itable domain,plus plenty of time to talk old ca rs, d rive oneanother's m ach ine s and cr awl all ove r andunder th em, co mbined to m ak e thi s ventu rea real su ccess.

Visitors to ou r fa ir city ca me from asfar away as Timaru a nd C lin to n in So uth­land for th e day, and to Colin a nd MrsPierce we ca n only say " it was nice to seeyou - how abo ut making th e t rip again nextyear?"

T h is seas on must sure ly have seen moreC an te rbury members co m pe ting in eve nts runby other Branch es th an eve r befo re.

The N at iona l R ally in W ellington attract­ed a large entry a nd ha d th e co m pe tition notbeen so fantasti call y tou gh we a re sure wewould hav e ret ained th e t rophy for in ter­b ra nch competit ion .

W anganui a lso saw an inv asion of Can­terbury 'bads' and seve ra l well-known Fiats,Bentleys and othe rs m ade th e trip up for theBurma Run.

So uthern events a re a lways very populara nd our Branch was represented in .:;oodnumbers a t th e Windsor Run in Oamaru , th eDunedin to Brighton V ete ran eve nt, th eRi vcrton Rall y in So uthla nd, Mid-IslandR all y in Timaru a nel last but not leas t a strongteam attended th e hill- climb a t Invermay,Dunedin.

T he M cL achl an Age-Mileage T rophypresented to th e vete ra n ve hicle th at tr avelsthe grea test d istance on formula went thi svea l' to the 191 5 O akl and owned by KeithSteffenso n . This t rophy is accompan ied byth e most beautiful plaque which will surelybecome a much sough t after trophy in yea rsto co me.

It was decided at th e Branch A.G.~tI .

th at we ap ply to th e Nationa l M eeting inW ellingt on for th e go-ahe ad to run th e firstever National M otorcvcle Rallv h ere in C hrist­ch urch next Fe brua n :. The Can te rburv a reahas lon g been a stro ngho ld of motor- cyclin gan d ou r bran ch was in fact th e first to run arall y solely for m otorcycles and since its in­ception some yea rs ago it has maintained its

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populari ty and proved to be a well suppo rtedevent. W e have had th e ple asure of th e com ­pany of members from all over the SouthIsland a nd even on e or tw o from the north ,a nd it is hoped that every motorcyclist in th ecountry will do his best to a ttend this ratherawsome venture.

T he Canterbury Branch O fficia ls forth e new year a re as fo llows :

Chairman : Tom D . Cl ernents.

Sec re ta ry : Norm T . Skevington.

T reas u re r : E ric R. L. Gait.

Club Capta in, I van D . Taylo r.Comm ittee: T on y Ai rs, Bob Beardsley,

Gavin Bain , Les Humm, D ave Man­hart , N eil Sutton .

WELLINGTON BRANCH NOTES- Ken Wilkinson.

At our May M eeting which was ourA.G.M ., J on athan Dransfield became ournew . C hairman . O ur Secreta ry, J ack El­worthy, who has do ne yeoman service to th eclub, de clin ed nomin ati on th is year and K enWilkinson has taken over. R ay Boswell con ­tinues as Treasurer and our Com m ittee isRa y So uth ward, Ted D aunt , Peter Tucker,M artin Fe rne r, M en' . W arner.

Our C lub Captain for a no ther yea r is M ikePoynton.

O n th e 19th June th e Annu al Riverdale­Pauatahanui Run was held in ve ry pleasantweather. The trophy for th e best restoredvehicle was won by D ave Palmer with his1930 'Match less' 'A' m otorcycle. A welldeserved award .

The W airarapa Winter W ander, a n eve n trun by th e W airarapa members of th e branchwas helel on Sunday , 26th June.

While th e weather was changeable, avery ple asant afte rnoo n was spe nt by a goo dnumber of co mpe tito rs, driving through th elovely peaceful W airarapa country-side sur e­ly one of th e best regions in New Zeal and forst ill being able to en joy mot oring.

T he tim e trial was won by Merv W ar-ner.

On 24th July M erv W arner orga niseda Sunday Aft ernoon run throu gh parts of

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Wellington. This onl y proved how littlepeople know of th eir own districts. Onceagain we had very ple asant weather and a bigturn-out made the event very successful. MrJ. Emmerson and Mike Taylor won prizes .Merv. and his wife entertained all competitorsto afternoon tea.

Club nights have been very well attend­ed and our membership is expanding. Atour Club nights we have had topics dealt withby Merv. Warner, " Brakes" and CharlieMaxwell , "Piston R ings". Other topi cs willbe dealt with. This is to comply with mem­bers ' requests for more technical help .

BAY OF PLENTY NOTES- Jack Hoven.

Since our last notes, one of our mainevents has been the A.G.M ., chaired as usualby Bob Laming, who was at first faced witha lack of candidates but in th e end managedto get one nominee for every position and asa result, most officers were elected unopposed.

At our July meeting, Bob Laming gaveus a very interesting talk on Bugatti. He didnot elaborate on the technical points verymu ch but gave us a very good picture ofEtorre Bugatti as a person, and until lastmonth, not many of us realised what a talen­ted and versatile genius M I' Bugatti was.Thanks onc e more Bob.

In June we went to Tirau to meet theH amilton boys and play a game of softballwhi ch was enjoyed by all in spite of the rain.

July saw us in Te Puk e from where anafternoon run was organised and altho ughsome of us got lost, we all finall y ended up atRay Hamilton's farm just in time for after­noon tea.

Attendan ces at our night meetings havebeen very good especially when we considerthe distances which most of our members haveto travel to a ttend .

At our monthly meeting in August, somemovies of our own club activities were shownand it was good fun to see some of our ownmembers and cars in acti on . Aft er supper, asilent movie called "Thundering Taxis" was

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shown and provided some real vintage slap­stick entertainment whi ch was enjoyed at firstbut became rather boring towards the end,proving that what was regarded as funny inth e olden da ys, is not necessaril y funn y today.

Well, th at is ab out my bit for this edi­tion , next time I hope to rep ort on restora­tions, some of which are slowly taking place,in spite of television . So long then.

MARLBOROUGH NOTESBy Rusty Machinery.

At our annual general meeting in June,the same officers were returned. President,Secretary and Club Captain . One of ourpast presidents, Mr Gifford , was elected chiefmarshall for the coming rally here next Easter.

We have alread y started booking accom­modation for the South Island Rally at Blen­heim next Easter. Entry forms will be postedout in November.

At this time of the year th ere is verylittle news. There are a few more cars com­ing on. AIan Webby has got a model T Fordnearly read y for the road. Our president hasgot an Austin 7 tourer coming up and isalready working on it. Wc now have in ourclub onc each of Austin 7, Austin 12/4 andan Austin 20. Ran Osgood has got his Austinback on th e road after the smash at Strat ­ford. Repairs cost £ 5 /11 /4 plus a week's hardlabour and two mudguards, front axle ,springs, wheels and steering gear left over.

Marlborough has "l1ad its share " ,ofcatast rophies lately what with earthquakes,railway disasters and floods . Two of ourmembers' cars were caught in the floods. Oneof these was the Chrysler , that won the con­eour s at th e Intern ational Rally. These ca rswere in about five feet of water , also thewater was all th rou gh the hous e making theplace in an unholy mess and will keep thembusy for a long time. An other member hadhis busin ess premises flooded out, there wasa mess to clean up here also.

We are all looking forward to the sum­mer weather when we hope to have moreoutings, also most of us will be busy preparingfor the rally to be held here at Easter, 1967.

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'A faint susurrus of steam • • •,

Chassis of the Whtte S team Car, showi ng the boil er mounted directly under the fro nt seat , and theengi ne in the com·entiOnal r. 0sition. The 'radiator ' is in [act a tub ular condenser which allo ws thecondens ed water 10 be usec agai n and aga in.

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sur vived , but s tea m cars were with­dr awn from futur e co mpeti tion.By 1912 Steam Cars were receivingsca nt popul arity.Although Stan ley continued to buildthem unt il 1925, public preferenceturned to the vas tly imp ro ved petro lcars .. . ending an era which , tothis day, is still the subject of man yheated debates.Whereas once the stea m eng ine wasthe criterion of smooth, silen t, swiftacce lerat ion, now these, plus theadded benefits of susta ined power forhills and cruising, ca n be yo urs inany petrol engine, with Su pers hellwith Meth yl Ben zine.Supers hell con ta ins more than a pintper gallcn of Shell's dynam ic powercompo nent, Meth yl Benzine. Shell'sexclusive ignitio n co nt ro l addi tiveCresyl Diphenyl Phosphate, a ndspecia l rust preventi ve a lso co mbineto give today's motorist top power ,smooth run ning and engine pro­tection. No oth er petro l offers somany advan tages. Ge t Supe rshellwith Meth yl Benzine for yo ur car,today.

IT HAS TO BE GOOD TO BE SHELL

More than a pint in every gallon of

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runner- up, a petrol car. In the sameyea r, Fred Marriou , in a spec ially­st rea mlined Stan ley Stea mer, record ­ed 121.57 m.p.h. ove r the flyingkilome tre and 127.66 rn.p.h, over theflying mile at O rmon d Beach. Thefollowing year , Ma rr iott wasestima ted to have reached 190 rn.p .h,when the ca r becam e a irborne , over­turned an d disintegrated. Marriot t

153.5

A ~O h.p, White S team Car (1905-1907). Thesecame in a variety of body types, bo th open andclosed.

'NO MORE W AS HEARD TH AN THE

whirr of the cha in an d a faintsusurrus of stea m. Even at full poweron a hill the noise did not rise abovea faint Ta-pocketa Ta-pocketa­and the smoothness was not to besur passed by petr ol ca rs for man yyears .'This was the 'Silence of Steam ' - anera which lasted a lmos t 20 yea rs,and which many maintain co uld stillexist today, if sufficient research anddevelopment had been carried on.America n manufacturers first real isedthe potent ial of the Steam-ca r, andin 1898 the twin bro thers F. O. andF. E. Stanle y were producing aremarkable series of light steam-cars,which when handled with ca re, wereca pa ble of long-d istance journeys .However, water consu mp tio n, almos t.I gallon a mile, a nd light co nst ructio nwere the two dr a wback s early stea m­cars had to contend with, a nd by1903 Sta nley, and thei r well-knownrival, White, moved into the heavierclass of car.Wh itc claimed a rad ius of seventymiles or more witho ut a water-sto pfor their model.With a ll steam ca rs, maximum speedco uld not be ma intained for verylon g, but in accelera tion the steamca r coul d, in those days, sho w a veryclean pair of heels to the pet rolmodel. In 1906, at the Shclsley Walsh11illclimb (E ngland), a White steamer'inished 24! seconds a head of the

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WANTED : Radia tor moun ted th e rm omete r a ndhandbook s fo r Austin J2/ 4 a nd Essex +. A lso M ag­ne to fo r Aust in 12/4. W. R. Shan ks, 68+ T we edS tree t, Jn vcrca rg ill.WANTE D : Indian 7 h.p. Twi n E ngi ne , inl et overexha ust H edst ro m type, 19J 5 or ea rl ie r, or 3Y2h .p. sing le H ed strom eng ine. H ockley, 155 H astingsS tree t, W a ltham , C h r istc hurch .FREE: O ne Indi a n tw in m otor, mi nus ca rbo a ndmag. Ap pea rs to be be tw een 1908 a nd 1911 H ed­stro m on cra nkca se. I o ffer thi s m o tor free to a nygenui ne rest orer, J. Di ckson, 30 C h urc h ill St ree t,Wh ak ata ne .WANT ED: O ld ca r Em blem s - espec ia lly thosehav ing been used on ca rs m ade in the Sou th Pa ci fic.So ut he rn Cross, R en own, Palm , Su m m it, Aust ra lia nS ix, H old en , e tc. H a rry Pulfcr, P .O . Box 526" LaC rescen ta , Ca lifo rn ia , U .S .A.FOR SAL E : 1926 Essex Se d a n 2-dool- full y rest oredpl en ty o f spa re parts. £220 or nea rest o ffer. A lso1928 Ponti a e m ot or a nd ge a r bo x £ 5 . Ph on e 393s,D. S ta ncliffc, T e Pukc,SWA P: New rear half o f 19 26 M odel ''I'' Fordroadst er bod y for bod y parts o f 1926 ''1'' Fo rdCou pe . M ainly rear half pa rts wanted.FOR SA LE : Austin 7 eng ine, prac ti call y com p le te .A pp ro x. 1930. ( H eavy cra nksha ft m od el ) . £5 . JanH enderson , 1'.0 . Box 344, Rot oru a,W ANTED : A ny pa rt s, in fo rm a tio n, or ph o tos, for1914 M atchl ess 8 h .p . twi n m / c. N eed 3-spe edcountc rsha ft gea rbo x ( M a tch less m ad e ) ; " Bra rn p­io n" ty pe fron t forks , gua rds, handl eb ars. J. R um­m cry, 33 M t. Sma rt R oa d , R oyal O a k, Auc kla nd .WA NTED : For 70 spo ke kn ock on wi re wheels.R im s, tyres, tu bes, 820 x 120 mm . bead ed edge.Fred R yan, 17 Rreckon Ave nue, H amil ton . Ph on e79-669.FOR SA LE : 192 7 L ea F ra nc is ca r in exce lle n to rd er, speed o rea d s 5 , 195 rn ilcs, 2 owne rs, ca r riescurren t warrant o f fi tn ess. O n lv on e o the r o f th ismod el bel ieved to be in N ew Z~a la nd . Pri ce £ 225.Ap ply: M an ager, Andrews M ot ors Li mited , p.a .Box 236 , Palmerston Nort h .WA NTED T O BUY: Fo ro M od el A Se da n . Mustbe in good co nd ition. A p p ly: R . A . Ivi n, 60 Ba n­nister Aven ue, J ohnson vill e , W elling ton .W ANTED : Bod y Mudgu ards, switches et c . for1915 Bui ck +. Writ e : D. Palrn e r, 8 N elso n Stree t,Blenheim.

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EXCHANG E : Am erican Ace -l-cy iinde r air cooledmic eng ine, be lieve d to be o f ea rl y 1920 originin goo d m ech ani cal o rder, less ma gneto and car­buret to r fo r co m ple te resto ra ble V in tage D ougl astwi n or V Twin m / c. A lso wanted tw o 26 x 3bea ded edge ty res a nd tubes, new or used . VI. D.W ilcock, M ou n t M aunganui , Ba y of Pl en ty.W AN T E D TO S WAP: Ford A P haeton T ourer ,one ow ner, J93 0, low m ileage. O rig ina l co nd itionfo r Ford A T udor o r Four- d oo r in sa m e cond it ion.A pply : R . Iv in , G6 Ba nn ister Avenue, J ohnson vill e,W elli ng to n. Ph on e 75-279 .FOUN D : Hali na-P refcct ca m era a t Ca nte rburyC ourt foll ow ing H aast R all y. 1'. C le rn en ts, 135C ondell Avenu e, C hr istc hurcl ;.FO R SA LE : Furt he r sup p lies rep lica " S he ll M otorSpir it " ca n holder ki tsc ts. Ea sily fini shed w ith fil ea nd hacksaw. 25 / - po sted . V .C .C . ( C a nte rbu ry ) ,Box 5, Belfast, C h ristc hu rc h .WAN T ED : For 1926 C hcv-S up crio r K . H ead a ndpa rk ligh t rim s, fron t hood bow, front left gua rd ,ra d ia ror ca p with tem perature ga ug e, a lso hand­book.WA NT ED for 1924 N ash. Fou r C yl inde r O .H .V.Roadsi er, a ny m ech ani cal pa rt s a nd mudguards o rcomplet e ca rs a nywher e in New Z ea lan d . An y 4 cyl.Na sh parts will fit. A lso for d isposal 1925 O verl a nd2-doo r coa ch co nverte d to t ruck , cou ld be res­tored . Pl en ty o f spares a nd tyres. Believed to beone o f few rem ain ing coac h bodies in N ew Zea ­land . .J. M . Ta vlor, 3i K ak ap o S tr eet , Inverca rgill.Ph on e 82-773, Collec t.FOR SA LE : 192 8 Min crva 12 h.p . 6 cyl. Sa loo n .M ainl y rebuilt bu t req uires co m p le tion. Cons ider­a ble a mou nt o f spa res a nd o rig ina l handbook avai l­a ble. Offers want ed as is wh ere is. A. .J. Ai rs, 65T c Awa Kura Terrace, C hristchu rch, 8 . T e lephone6 1-254 pri vat e.WANT ED: T o heg o r hu v M.L. o r BTI-I fou r cvlin­d el' M agn et o to fit Aust (n 7 eng ine . R epl ies t() D ."' righ t, 20 New port T errace , Sea to u n, W ell ing ton.WA NTED: C urve d Dash O ld sm ohi le parts, 1904 .Singl e cylind er transm ission, O ldsrnobi lc co il, m agibatt ery switc h. Any in forma tion o r h isto ry . 1'. .J.C utle r, 161 Wairak ei R oad , C h ris tch u rc h, 5 .FO R SA LE: llupm o bile pa rt s (ex R oyds H ow ard )191 2, 1930. All new . P. .J. C u t le r, 161 W a ir ak ciR oad , C h ris tchurc h, 5.WANT ED : F or 1923 Dodge , 2 sea te r, boot door orba ck- end of bod y, two hood bow cla m ps, c ra nk­handl e ho le bung. Will excha nge D odge 4 parts( va riou s m od els ) a p proxim a tell' 1930 Gra ha mPai ge 6 part s, M od el ''1'' m ech a ni cal par ts. Pho neCo lle ct 202S , Otoroha nga , o r writ e J M . Wh ite,1'.0 . I-I a uga tik i.FOR SA L E : '~-45 0-4 75-2 1 tyr es in exc e lle n t o rd er.£3 eac h, a lso 2-:)2-4 Y2 stra ig h t side, go od order.Writ e : C . Black , R I-1iggins St ree t, Na pi er.WA N T E D T O BUY : Body o r p a rt s fo r S tea msKnights, E . Aust in, 33 H ocy St ree t, Kamo, Whan­ga rci.W ANTED : Any sp a re parts fo r 1928 Willys Kn ightSe da n, pa rti cul arl y radi a tor she ll, d oo r ha ndles,P. J Aitken , Fla t 2, 246 Ori en ta l Parad e, W ell ing­ton . Ph one 50 -845 .

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W ANT ED: Any pa rts fo r tw in cy linder De D ion ,sing le pa rt s wil l fit. H a rt for d shock ab sorb ers orpl at es with sett ing posit ions. Amme ter wi th lightswit ch worki ng on bezel, complete or o therwise.Pear sha ped head lights for 3 litre Bent ley. Bestpri ces p aid . G avin M . Ba in , 12 Beverl ey Stre et,C hri stchurch, 1.FOR SA LE : Overland M od el 9 1, parts M od el 92,1925 Packa rd 6, truck form. Ap ply: D . Pa lrner,8 Nelson Street, Blenh eim.WANTED : 19 26 Aub urn 6/ 66 parts especially bod y,a lso 1926 Ford T R oadstcr, co upe, or w/ s tra ytru ck bod y parts, running boards, a ny cond it io n, J.H enl ey, 20 Crescent R oad , C.+, Au ck lan d . Phone22-196.NOT FOR SA LE: Ru t would excha nge my 1930Ford Mod el A Co upe in genuine origina l order, in­clud ing paint , 44 ,000 m iles, 4 new tyres, ex H aastca r, for a n ope n ca r in simi la r cond it ion. RonM oses, 18 R acecourse Parade, Avondal c, Auckla nd .

FOR SALE : Th e owne r of th is lovely 1923 RollsRoyce tourer has left th e country a nd wants a nurgen t sale. Thi s ca r has been fu lly restor ed a nda ll parts used are genuine RR parts mu st he goo dva lue a t £900. Appl y: H. Corneldo n, 4 Mi ssionStreet, Tau ranga .

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FOR SALE: 191 0 Hum be r M otorcycle. O ffers arcinvited for this a u thent ic, im macula te an d ve ryrare mach ine. Com pletely rebu ilt a nd in full work­ing co nd ition. Register ed a nd full w.o .r. Si nglecylinde r, 4.2 h.p ., fixed eng ine machine, ca pable o fve ry goo d performance a nd ideal for touring.Dating cert ifica te No. 6 1. Co ntac t: Gavin Bain, 12Bevcrl ey Street , Ch ristchur ch, I .

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WANTED : San key 18in. well base wheel in goodco nd ition. Repl y to Eric Ga it, 63 H oon H ay Road ,C hri stchurch , 2.U RG ENT SA LE : 1927 Packard seda n, tid y, rece ipt sfor £ 300, recond . motor and elec trics, new tyr es,many spa res; sell for £1 25. Da vidson, 178 PortageRoad , Pap at oetoe. Photo sent on requ est .RI L EY PATHF IN DER, 1956, ge nuine 4-cylinder2~ lit re, 110 b.h .p . twin ca m Ril ey m otor, valvesju st ground . Rust free body, goo d tyres, woodwo rkrepol ished . £500 or £250 d eposit. M cM illa n, Box15 7, Rotorua .WANTE D T O SWA P OR EXCHANGE: M od el l'M ot or No. B95 . Made in U .S .A., Detroit , tr a ns­mission erc., and Rover M otorcycle engine, beltdri ve. For Buick Mod el 14 ( twin cylinder) par tsor R eo Single cyl inde r parts. W . H. M ill er , 7Walnut Avenu e, Ashburto n.FOR SA LE : 1928 R en au lt " V ivas ix" sa loon; 6cylinder, 3 100 e.c ., Servo brak es. Id eal famil y tou r­ing ca r. Last model to have rear mounted radi ators.Spare eng ine , starter/ gen er ator, radiat ors.WANTED: Pa ir of headl amps ( moun t by wi nd­sc reen ) for 1927 Aust in 7. M rs R . W ilson , 25 K ingStreet, T irnaru .I H AV E, O R K NOW TH E WH ER EABO UTSof pa rts for th e follo wi ng: Packard, W illys Kn ight,Essex +, Stude ba kc r, Dod ge (e ac h ea rly ' 20's);M o rris Oxford , H up mobile, Chrysler, Nash, Po n tiac(each lat e '20 's ) ; Bui ck 1929; Triu m ph, Stude. Spec­ial 6; Fo rd A, C hev . (both 1929 wit h good motors ) .WANT ED: Pa rt s for 1924 Buick 4, T ourer.WANT ED: One, or pa ir, head lam p lens for 1938Lin co ln Zephyr. R . T . H ewit t, M ercury Garage,Levin.WANTED: For 1935 3 Litre 105 Ta lbo t. 4-spee dcrash or silen t 3rd gearbox with clutch. Wou ld con­side r prcselec t type. Have othe r Ta lbo t parts toswap. T . J. Ch ick, Box 1803, C hristchu rch.FOR SA L E: Sunbeam Deluxe Se da n, 16 h.p ., 1929.Very good ori gina l cond itio n. R estora tion sta rt ed(new scu tt le ete. ) but lack of tim e th e tro ub le. T woowners . S tored last 10 yea rs. R egister ed w.o.I. P rice£225 . Contact: C . Co ckburn, 62 To\\" n Belt , Lin­co ln. Phon e 37 , Lincoln .FOR SALE: O nc 19 24 C hev rolet T ourer VintageCa r. N umerous spa res. A. R . Rob ert son. Ph on e30 M Hinds, P.O . Box ·l 6.FOR SA LE : 1928 Oldsm obi lc, m ech ani call y sound.Siuart , 64 Kuripun i Stree t, M astcrt on , Ph on e 3334.O ffers.FOR SA LE : 1930 Morris Isis. In reason able order.£5 0 o r nearest o ffer.WANT ED : An y 8 h .p. sing le cylind er R over 1904­10 parts, especia lly mo tor a nd ba ck-end . Pl ease con­tact D . Bru ce, Taeha lls R oad , Wa rd , M arlbo rou gh.FOR SA LE: Buick 4 Roadster, 1923, m ec han ica llysound, body resto red a nd pai nted . Price £200.D. Bru ce, Tacha lls Road , Ward, M a rl borou gh .\VANT ED: For 1927 Austi n 7. M agneto a nd gen ­erato r, side curta ins, sa loo n body and gua rds . I.Ludcrna n, 16 Konin i Street , Inglewood.FOR SA LE: 1928 Hu pmobil e, spa re pa rts. 71 Cyg­ne t S t ree t, C hris rchurc h, Pho ne 884-6 13.

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This FIAT "Mephistopheles" driven by E. The history of motoring is the history ofA. D. Eldridge, regained the world 's land ~ Castral. From the days when only cars ofSpeed Record for England with a speed of ~ fantastic engine size were successful to146.01 rn.p.h . in July 1924. It made its I~ today 's outright wins of the Austin-Minifirst appearance at Brooklands on Whit in the "Monte" and "T u lip" rallies andMonday 1908, and in 1923 set up a lap Castro the Ford Cortina in the "Safari" Castrolrecord of 124.33 m.p .h. " has been associated with more recordsNow owned by C. E. Naylor, who has ",oToR 0 than any other oil. ~II. B,riti~h car mak.ersrestored it with the or iginal 21.714 litre ~ approve . Castrol, Britain s biggest sellingFiat aero engine, it appeared at Silver- ~ motor oil .stone and Prescott in 1962. Always ask for Castrol by name .