www.adelaideantiqueauto.org.au March 2017 No 372

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The articles and views expressed in this newsletter are not nec-

essarily those of the editor, the committee of the AAAC or the

contributor

OTHER APPOINTMENTS NON COMMITTEE

Hi All,

Oh boy this weather has been

washing out more than a few car

shows lately! Some have been

lucky.

The club would like to wish all

those on the sick list a speedy

recovery and hope to see you at

our next get together.

Regards

Gary

Editor CLUB DIRECTORY

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Verification Officer Arthur Doecke 8261 0356

Alistair Buckley 8370 5560

Assistant Historic Brian Davey 8265 1358 / 0400 826 969

Vehicle Registrar Unit 9/20 Amber Rd, Hope Valley 5098

Alistair Buckley

Ric Ottaway 8431 4054

CCC Rep Brian & Cynthia Davey

Federation Rep Brian Davey

Assistant Federation Rep Arthur Doecke

Newsletter Production John & Robyn Sommers

Swap meet Reports Neil Perrin

Webmaster /name badges Steve Thiselton

President Reg Courteney 83378117

Vice President Bob Lumsden 83826080

12 Sunglow Cr Hackham West 5163

Secretary Charlie Mifsud 0417 878 857

19 Austral Tce Malvern 5061

Treasurer Russell Hermann

11/387 Halifax St Adelaide 5000

Club Captain Vacant

Committee Members Arthur Doecke 8261 0356

15 Patricia St Hillcrest 5086

Shane Conry 82895585

11 Quality Crt Wynn Vale 5127

Ian Matthews 8326 0236

4 Hermatige Ave Morphett Vale 5126

Membership Sec. & Steve Thiselton 8431 4326

Public Officer 30 Moules Road Magill 5072

Editor Gary, Morden

38special@adam.com.au

Historic Vehicle Brian Collins 8381 4484

Registrar 51 Horndale Drive Happy Valley 5159

Basil Rowe 83251907

Front cover

1960 Corvette C1

AAA WEBBSITE www.adelaideantiqueauto.org.au Have a look its in colour, if you would prefer an electronic

copy please contact the club Webb Master, Steve Thiselton,

he will add you to his mailing list. Show your friends on their

computer ! They are also welcome to our club.

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March

Sunday 12th Campbelltown Swap Meet Campbelltown Oval LWR North East Road Campbelltown Sunday 12th Moonta Show & Shine Milne Tce Moonta all cars welcome Sunday 19th Historic Motor Vehicle Gathering Pre 1931 Vehicles, Classics welcome Park 23 Anzac H/way , Bus stop No 1A Sunday 19th Clare Swap meet Clare Show grounds 24th /26th Adelaide Chrysler Festival Sunday show & shine Urrbrae College Cross Roads details at www.cccsa.net.au/acf

April

Sunday 2nd McLaren Vale Vintage & Classic Details www.vintageandclassic.com.au

Sunday 2nd 32nd GM Day Show & Shine Princes Park Nixon Tce Gawler

Sunday 9th Gawler to Barossa Veteran & Vintage Run vehicles up to 1930 cars, bikes and commercials Details Geoff 0437 689 973 www.gawlercarclub.com

May

Sunday 21st Kapunda swap meet Kapunda Trotting Track Hancock Road Saturday 13th Port August Motor Show Wharflands Plaza Port Augusta Sunday 28th Coast to Coast Hart’s Mill Port Adelaide to Wigley Reserve Glenelg Entry/ collectable cars up to 1960 ,details TBA

General Events Calendar

for more swap meet info www.bevenyoung.com.au

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Meetings, third Friday of each month

March 17th 8.00 pm

(except December )

Combined Car Club Rooms

Committee Meeting

Monday March 20th 2017

Have an idea for a run?

Why not help organize a club run

(it does not take a lot of work) - contact

the Club Committee and help be part of

your club

If the temperature is 35 degrees or above, there will be no organised club run. However, if you wish to participate on any run it

will be voluntary, your choice. This does not apply to the Christmas run. As broadcast on Channel 7 TV news, on the Saturday

evening prior to a run.

Club Event Sunday 19th March - invitational event. RE The Historic Motor Vehicle Gathering at

Park 23 Anzac Highway bus stop A1, free entry.

Meet at the club rooms at 9.00am departing by 9.30am or see you there, BYO. It is a pre 1931 event but

classic’s are more that welcome. This is an interesting event and I would like to see as many club mem-

bers as possible participate, help show our support for this event and make this event bigger in 2017

ADVANCE NOTICE The Treasurer will not be at the May Club Meeting to collect Subs for 2018 Membership. You will be able to pay at

the March, April and June Meetings. Please have the correct money - $40.00.

Members Name _______________________________________

Club Calendar

Hot Weather Rule

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AAAC at the All British day

We had a great day out in Echunga with weather that was kind on the British cars (not too hot). Dick Johnson did a sterling job of marshalling the 14 AAAC member cars to our spot on the Echunga oval, and Basil Rowe volunteered to marshal for the event helping us all get into the oval in an orderly fash-ion.

The club had a wide array of vehicles on display:- Standard, Austin, Ford, Morris, Triumph, MGB, Vaux-hall & a Bedford truck. Didn't see any Rovers this year though. Its a great day out for British car enthu-siasts, with so many cars of the different marques on show that I thoroughly recommend coming up to see for yourself.

I find that seeing cars working gets me enthused to fix up my own Brit car collection. For instance I talked to a guy in the Rover Club about ROVER P5 fuel reserve tanks and troublesome SU fuel pumps to help with my P5 laid up project in my backyard. Maybe next year! This was the second year that I took my Dolomite Sprint up to Echunga, I just made it last year as the car was struggling to run, but this year performed much better after much work on the radiator, the ignition and the carbies!

Steve Thiselton

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The All British day

Participants

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Bits and Pieces

CLUB CAR

BADGES

Now Available

$20.00 each

el presidente AKA Reg cutting the cake at

AAAC ’s birthday night—33 years young

Bits and Pieces

Notice to Advertisers All Vehicles offered for sale should quote

their registration number or engine number if

not registered Advert will appear for 3 months from first publish

FEDERATION WEBSITE

www.fhmcsa.org.au Post your thoughts on the Federation or Conditional

Registration, let people know of events of interest,

seek technical help or buy, sell or swap.

For Sale Mitsubishi Scorpion 1984 GL model registered till 24/12/2016

Engine 2.6l 4 cyl auto, power steer, aircon, tow bar

This my Dad's car, selling as he has upgraded to a newer car. Genuine low kms 124,000. He is the 2nd owner.

I drove it for a couple weeks including August club run to Gawler, so you may have seen me in it.

It is in good mechanical order. UXG-121 $2300 ono

Steve Thiselton MOB 0447 097 882

For sale 1927 Chrysler 60 Roadster Owned 50 years and restored by me a panel beater by trade Lawrie Kalisch Waikerie Email lgkalisch@bigpond.com MOB 0885 412 608 P.O.A

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Corvettes at the Bay

The sun was doing its best to shine as the Corvettes

muscled their way onto Wigley reserve for another

pow wow. Sixty odd Corvettes of all vintages, from a

1953 C1 to the current C7. Hold onto to your wig

with 460 hp on tap; who needs a licence, just out

run the cops! I'm sure there is a garage space at

Yatala.

A Beautifully restored 1953 C1 Corvette grabbed a

lot of attention (top pic). Harley Earl, the designer

for General Motors at the time, convinced GM they

needed to build a sports car for the American public,

as the GI’s were returning home after WW2, bring-

ing home MGs, Jaguars and Alfa Romeos with them.

A projects crew was assembled and the EX–122 pro-

totype Corvette was shown to the public in 1953.

Production started six months later.

The engine chosen was a 235 cu in inline six, with

higher compression ratio, high lift cam, mechanical

lifters and triple carter carbies with a HP rating of

150. No body rust issues as they are made out surf

board material!

Another sought after Corvette on display was a black

1963 stingray split window coupe (pic 3). The term

split window was derived from the fact that the

1963 model had major restyling and the rear win-

dow is two piece glass (spilt) and only produced for

one year (1963), which makes them quite unique.

With production numbers 21,513 approx @ 50%,

coupes/roadsters are increasing in value. There

were also an abundance off C3 Corvettes built be-

tween 1968 to 1982 on display.

The early steel bumper bar cars are the pick of the

bunch. The 1973 the Corvette received a plastic

front facia as steel bumpers were becoming outdat-

ed. the 1974 model received front and rear plastic

facia, The later plastic cars are not a popular choice

with the collector but are enjoyed by the enthusiast.

If you want a cheap 80s muscle car, Corvettes are

good value as they can be bought for under 25k.

USA Websites have them priced at around 5/9k for

good drivers, as they were hugely popular with

350,000 odd built between 1984/1996 and like all

good things American the next model is always big-

ger and better, pushing the price downwards on all

Corvettes plastic.

Gary Morden

1953 – 1962 C 1

1968 – 1982 C 3

1963 – 1967 C 2

1960 C1

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Man Cave Balinese style

During our last holiday in Bali, we came across this gem in a old warehouse named the Man

Shed, with some old classic Plymouth's, Holden's and Chev's and also a great collection of bikes.

Who would have thought you would find EJ & EK's Holden's in great condition over there; obvi-

ously when people moved to the island paradise they took their favourite vehicle with them. So,

anyone going over to Bali, this is a great place to visit!

Malcolm & Dianne Larner

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All Japan day

With the newly proposed changes to the conditional registration scheme due to start (?), here is one motoring category for

which will benefit. There were a lot of late model cars on display as the Japanese manufactures make cars bullet proof and are

choice drift cars. I had to search for the collectable, with most owners from a younger generation, and a good percentage had

some sort of modification. Even the very early models, which are scarce in numbers—unloved when they grew to old in their

hey day, throw in some cancer and their numbers soon diminished. There are some cheap pickings in amongst the Japanese

models, perhaps future collectables, if you would like a low entry classic. I was a bit surprised at some of the low prices for

low production numbered cars, and with a steady supply of grey imports keeping the prices at bay on some models, the Nissan

R 33 with production numbers for the standard version at 40,000 odd it’s not hard to see why they are relatively cheap; they

are well built and still very popular. Then you have the rare early Mazda RX models and the prices go from one extreme to

another, as the early Mazda R100 pictured top right, range in price from 55k – 85k if you can find one. On offer was an early

Isuzu Bellet a complete car solid body but needed TLC the owner was asking 3,800 K having no bites he was prepared to let it

go for 2,500K. Good buying; not many survivors around. Gary Morden

1965 Datsun Fair lady 1969 Mazda R100 Coupe

1969 Datsun 1600 1970 Datsun 240Z

1974 Mazda RX4 Coupe 1967 Isuzu Bellet Coupe

Just for a Laugh

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Joe King

A Scotsman living in Adelaide phones his Aussie dentist to enquire about the cost for a tooth

extraction. $220.- for an extraction, mate!" $220.-?”, the man replies. “Huv ye no'got anythin' cheaper?" "That's the normal charge, mate" replies the dentist. "Whit aboot if ye didnae use any anaesthetic?" "That's unusual, mate, but I could do it and knock $20.- off." "Whit aboot if ye used one of your dentist trainees and still withoot an anaesthetic?" "I can't guarantee their professionalism and it'll be painful. But the price could drop to $180.-" "How aboot if ye make it a trainin' session, 'ave yer student do the extraction with the other stu-

dents watchin' and learnin'?" "It'll be good for the students" mulled the dentist. "I'll charge you fifty bucks. But it will be trau-

matic, mate." "Och, now yer talkin' laddie! It's a deal," said the Scotsman. "Can ye confirm an appointment

for the wife next Tuesday then?

Barry and his wife are dining at a table in a fancy restaurant, and the husband keeps staring at

a drunken lady swigging her drink as she sits alone at a nearby table. The wife asks, "Do you

know her?" "Yes," sighs the husband, "She's my ex-girlfriend. I understand she took to drinking right after

we split up seven years ago, and I hear she hasn't been sober since." "My God!" says the wife, "Who would think a person could go on celebrating that long?"

Teacher: "If I gave you 2 cats and another 2 cats and another 2, how many would you have?" Johnny: "Seven." Teacher: "No, listen carefully... If I gave you two cats, and another two cats and another two,

how many would you have?" Johnny: "Seven." Teacher: "Let me put it to you differently. If I gave you two apples, and another two apples and

another two, how many would you have?" Johnny: "Six." Teacher: "Good. Now if I gave you two cats, and another two cats and another two, how many

would you have?" Johnny: "Seven!" Teacher: "Johnny, where in the hell do you get seven from?!" Johnny: "Because I've already have a dam cat!" -

Just for a Laugh

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General Information Internet Sites of Interest

Austin 7 Club of SA www.austin7clubsa.com.au

Bordertown Vehicles Restorers Club www.bvrc.com.au

Chrysler restorers Club www.chrysler-restorers-sa.org.au

Federation of Historic Motoring Clubs of SA www.fhmcsa.org.au

Gawler Car Club www.gawlercarclub.onoz.net

Hillman car Club of SA www.sa.hillman.org.au

Maitland Auto Preservation Society www.maps-yp.org

Buicks of Adelaide

Adelaideweddingcarhire.com.au

0415 038 038

AAAC General Meeting Minutes

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Minutes of the AAAC General Meeting held on the 17th February 2017 at CCC Clubrooms Meeting opened - 8.00 pm; Meeting chaired by President R. Courteney. Present approx. – 42 members. Visitors – Two. Peter and Carol-Anne Williams. Apologies - As per apologies book Sick List – Bob. Lumsden, Arthur. Doecke, Malcom and Carly Goldsworthy. Best Wishes to you all, get well soon. Minutes of previous meeting as printed in the Magazine - Moved – Trevor Goodwin. Seconded – Phil Franklin. Carried. Business arising from minutes - Nil. Correspondence In – F.H.M.C – Nov 2016 Minutes, 2017 Directory of Member Clubs. Letters - Police Credit Union. Reply from the Minister of Transport to AAAC response to proposed changes to Con-ditional Registration. Magazines – Auto Torque; Crank Talk; Klaxon News; Rover Drive; Steering Column; The “Con-Rod”. Up-coming Events – 19 Feb 2017 All American Day. 19th Feb.2017 Sellicks Beach Vintage and Veteran Motorcycle Racing. 10th to 12th March 2017 Southern Triples Rally #5. 19th to 21st May 2017 Kernewek Lowender Cornish Fes-tival. 24th to 30th September 2017 National Veteran Vehicle Rally at Clair S.A. Correspondence Out – Nil Business arising from the Correspondence – Nil Membership Report - 98 members plus 1pending. Editor: - Please Email any Show and Shine, Gatherings or Special Events information direct to him. Would somebody do a report on the All British Run please. He also commented on the fact that a lot of the Club’s events are clashing with that of other clubs. Historic Vehicle Registrar – All going well. Club Captain - No Club Run this month as we still do not have a Club Captain. Please understand for this Club to continue as a Club, Committee positions must be filled. It cannot be left up to a few to do all the work. All possible help will be given to whoever fills this position. Federation Report – Brian Davey said that there was not much happening. He did mention that the Federation is to make basic changes to the Constitution. Also there are Committee Positions to be filled. CCC Report – Brian Davey spoke of the up-coming run events organised by the CCC. The Park 23 All Club Run on Anzac Highway, Also the great exposure the CCC Club had during The Tour Down Under as it travelled through Birdwood with the Clubs Vehicle display at the Mill. Swap Meets – Hahndorf Swap Meet had good weather and was worth a visit. 19th Feb - Murray Bridge Swap Meet is on. General Business – Brian Davey mentioned that after the use of the Club rooms vacuum cleaner, it must be cleaned, if this is not done, it would not work properly as other members had expressed. Brian Collins also mentioned the club did not have a run organised for March, hence the need for a Club Captain. Reg Courteney invited all members to please stay after the meeting to celebrate the clubs anniversary and enjoy a piece of birthday cake. Meeting Closed at 8.23p.m After the meeting the President cut the AAACs 33nd Birthday Cake (Brought in by Ed). Cake was enjoyed by all those present.

General meetings: 8 pm, 3rd Friday (excl. December), Combined Car Clubs Room, Clark Ave., Glandore.

Membership Fees: Nominations $10. Annual $40 (half fee for new applicants after 1st January).

Subscription renewal: Due 1st July, if unpaid, lapses 31st July.

Vehicle Eligibility: All cars, commercials and motorcycles of historic interest or other vehicles as

approved by the committee.

Club Sales: Cloth, Lapel & Car Badges – see Steve Thiselton.

Advertising: For Sale and Wanted adverts appear free for a maximum of 3 months.

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