Blower Bentleys love dirt roads - Shannons · 1376 Old Cleveland Rd., Carindale QLD 4152. The Club’s well-stocked Library is open before and after the meeting and a pre-meeting

The Vintage Car Club of Queensland Inc.Queensland’s original and oldest historic motoring club. Founded 1955

Preserving Queensland's Motoring Heritage

Issue no. 390 May 2017

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THE VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF QUEENSLAND Inc.MeetingsMeetings are held at 8pm on the third Friday of each month at the VCCAQ Clubrooms,1376 Old Cleveland Rd., Carindale QLD 4152. The Club’s well-stocked Library is openbefore and after the meeting and a pre-meeting BYO everything BBQ is usually enjoyedby a number of our members.

OFFICE BEARERS 2016-2017

PRESIDENTBruce McPhail 0411 223 147 [email protected] Hancock 0414 311 564 hlaevt@aanet .com.au TREASURERAnne Corbett 3511 0818 [email protected] COMMITTEE Sheila McMillan 0429 341 620 [email protected] Ronnie Brown 0419 702 329 [email protected] Jon Voller 0400 194 347 jon.voller@yahoo. com Brian McMillan 0412 303 477 [email protected] Doug Young 0418 719 430 [email protected] David Fryer 0418 722 007 [email protected] EVENTSVacant 041 au QUEENSLAND HISTORIC MOTORING COUNCILVacant

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENTDoug Young 0418 719 430 [email protected]

EDITORBrian McMillan 0412 303 477 [email protected].

LIBRARYDuncan McPhee 3374 1404 Carrier Pigeon

REGISTRARRob Gabb 3286 4417 [email protected]

VEHICLE DATINGContact the Secretary

CORRESPONDENCEUnless otherwise requested, please address all written correspondence to:

The SecretaryThe Vintage Car Club of Queensland Inc. 1376 Old Cleveland Road Carindale QLD 4152

You can also email the club:

[email protected]

2018 MEMBERSHIP FEES DUE

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SENDING MONEY TO THE CLUBCheques should be made out to The Vintage Car Club of Queensland Inc., and posted tothe Treasurer at the Club’s postal address (above), unless otherwise requested. Direct Deposit: Payments are easier and faster using Internet direct deposit.

Our Suncorp acc. details are:Account Name: Vintage Car Club of Queensland Inc.BSB: 484-799 Account No: 001424831

It is MOST important that you include your surname and a brief description of the natureof the payment (e.g. Smith subscription, or Jones Xmas lunch).

Annual Membership subscription $60

VCCQ ESSENTIAL INFORMATION. Here’s an update on things you shouldknow about the Club. We now have:

A Website - Access via https:www.shannons.com.au // /club/carclubs/ w vintage-car-club-of-queensland-vccq/ or Shannons/Car Clubs/VCCQ/ An email address - vintagecarclubqld a @gmil.com All committee members have accessto the mailbox.A monthly magazine.A facebook page – Get yourself on facebook and search Vintage Car Club Queensland and ask Brian Carson for access as a member.A gmail Calendar - The Calendar lists all interesting motoring events not just VCCQ events. All committee members have full access. A list of all books in the Club Library - Send the Club an email requesting a copy of this list. - Members only.

A Members' Directory - Listing all financial Members as of August 31, 2016. See Secretaryfor a copy. A Members' Register is also maintained detailing members' vehicles. A copy is kept for viewing in the Club Library. Lapel Name Badges - These are given free to all new members. Existing members can get new ones from the Secretary at a cost of $10.

A Google Drive box – Up there in a cloud safe from a collapse of my computer is lots of good stuff including all the current Club mags for 2015 and 2016 and also selected mags fromother clubs placed in monthly folders. Access has been given to all current financial members and a few others. Thanks to Dave Fletcher for setting it up. Hope it works for you.

COVER PIC.John Wagstaff in theBlower Bentley taking partin the Grand Parade atHighfields HistoricalVillage Easter Festival.It was not the last he wasto see of dirt roads thatparticular day and night.

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VCCQ CALENDAR OF EVENTS – APRIL 2017DATES CLUB & INVITATION EVENTSMay 7-13 Alvis National Tour RB & Co.

VCCQ CALENDAR OF EVENTS – 2017CM – Committee meeting. GM – General meeting.

January CM GM 20th Virgin's brekkie 15th

February CM 1st GM 17th BYO brekki with the Vets at Suttons Beach 6am start. 12th

March CM 1st GM 17th Theme Dinner night 17th VCCQ Family day outing. 12th

April CM 5th GM 21st Cambooya 15-16

May CM 3rd GM 19th Alvis National 7-13

June CM 31st GM 16th Yulgilbar 2-5 VCCQ Concours 25th

July CM 5th GM 21st Fig Tree Pocket lunch Wed. 12th

August CM 2nd GM 18th Presentation Event Sat. 12th AGM and Dinner Meeting Frid. 18th Classics at Peak Crossing 27th

September CM 30th GM 15th Mapleton with BRHCC 9-10?

October CM 4th GM 20th Wolston House visit Wed. 11th

November CM 1st GM 17th Boonah lunch Sun 26

December CM 11th GM 15th Christmas Party 15th Boxing Day 26th

2017 programme preliminary only. Please advise of all other relevant events and suggestedchanges

EVENTS FOR OTHER CLUBS

January

February Art Deco Napier 15-19 Toowoomba Swap 4-5

March Phillip Island Historic races http://vhrr.com/wp/phillip-island/ 17-19

April QHMC Mephisto 12th A7 Nat. 8-13 Highfields Vintage Fest 15-17 Allora autumn Old Car Festival 28-30

May Alvis National 7-13 Honk parade Ipswich 6th evening 6-9.30 David Hack Classic and Lockyer Swap meeting 7th Wolston House 14th NMHD 21st Historic Winton 27-28

June QHMC Rally – Beaudesert 9-11 Goodwood FS 22-25

July RACQ Motorfest 9th Jumpers n Jazz Warwick 20-30

August Vets Club swap 19th Classics at Peak Crossing 27th Watts Bridge 26-29

September Goodwood R Historic Amaroo All British Day Gatton Trucks

October Cane fields Rally–Bundaberg Gympie Gold Rush Festival George GreenMelbourne Motorclassica 21-22 St Laurence Jazz Festival 21st

November Bendigo swap 12-13

December

You will note that I have split the calendar in two. Them and us. Easier to follow.

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Minutes of General Meeting No.731Friday 21st April 2017

Venue: Veteran Car Club Clubrooms, Carindale.Meeting Opened: 8.05. pm Present: Chairman – Bruce McPhail; Secretary - Henry Hancock; Treasurer – Anne

Corbett; 26 members as per the attendance book. Apologies: None Visitors: Oscar Neilsen, Alexander NeilsenMinutes of Previous Meeting:

The Chairman requested that minutes of Meeting No 729 held on Friday 17th February 2017 and Meeting No 730 held on Friday 17th March 2017, be accepted as a correct orsubstantially correct record of the matters discussed.Moved: Duncan McPhee Seconded: Rob Gabb Carried.

Post Meeting Presentation:Tonight: None May: TBA June: TBA

Membership: New Members: No new members Membership Application: No new applications or approvals.Correspondence: Inwards Mail (Post)

VCCA(Q) – Signed Clubroom Tenancy Agreement VCCA(Q) – Clubroom Tenants Newsletter Newsletters from: Veteran Car Club of Aust (Qld.) (March & April); VSCCA

NSW; VSCC of SA (Feb & Mar); VSCC of Vic (March & April). Available for viewing at the front table.

Inwards Mail (e-mail)o Highfields Pioneer Village – Invitation and Entry Form for 15th – 17th Aprilo Michelle Prendergast (via Mike Hawthorne) – Request for VCCQ to attend St

Laurence’s College Jazz Event 5pm 21st October 2017o Peter Noakes (Canada) – Querying Des Donnan’s address.o Kevin Edwards (Kalgoorlie) – Comments on illustrations in Magazine.o QHMC – March meeting Minuteso Gosford Classic Car Museum – Murray Nettheim – Invitation to visit the

Museumo QHMC – RACQ 2017 Southern Queensland Rally 9th – 11th June 2017o QHMC – National Motoring Heritage Day, Queens Park, Ipswich 21st Mayo Newsletters from Various Car Clubs. Available for viewing on the Club’s Google

Drive account.Outwards Mail (Post):

1. Lyle Cooper, Bob Collett, Peter Baker and Mike Hawthorne – Letters confirmingmembership of the VCCQ and identifying car.

2. David & Robyn Hughes – VCCQ Members BadgesOutwards Mail (e-mail):

3. David Flurey – Order for Hughes membership badges4. Kevin Edwards (Kalgoorlie) - Thank you for his email5. Gosford Classic Car Museum – Acknowledgement of email

The Secretary moved that the inwards correspondence be accepted and the outwards correspondence be endorsed.Seconded: Brian McMillan Carried


Post meeting note: The Secretary will be away for the May meeting and Brian has volunteered to take the minutes.

Treasurer’s Report:The Treasurer reported a current account balance of $813.74 taking into account outstanding cheques.

Term Deposit invested at 2.4%Quarterly rent payment will be put in VCCA(Q) pigeon hole.Club funds are progressively reducing; Subscription increase to be discussed in New Business.

Members requiring details of the current account balance or term deposit please email the Treasurer at [email protected] The Treasurer moved that her report be accepted and the inwards accounts be

approved and the outwards accounts be endorsed. Seconded: Angelo Frangiosa Carried.Events:

NEW EVENTS COORDINATOR REQUIRED: The Chairman pointed out the importance of an events coordinator and that he or she will be helped by previous organizers. French Food Night: The Chairman proposed a vote of thanks to Jennie, Sheila, Margaret, Ronnie, Lyn - Brian’s daughter and Jon and Lyndal.The night made a $300.00 donation to the Club.Vote of thanks carried by acclamation.Cambooya Easter weekend 15th, 16th April: Ronnie reported on the success of the Cambooya and Highfields Weekend with acres of rural machinery which the Club was asked to join, the dinner at the Bull and Barley and the visit to Col Schiller’s place.Alvis National Tour 2017: 7th – 13th May: Ronnie reported that everything is going well.Yulgilbar Weekend 2nd – 5th June: Visit to the Castle, Grafton, McLean and then stayat Yamba.

Invitation Events:Austin 7 National Tour 9th April: Peter Baker reported on the 130 Austin 7s assembled at the Cobb and Co Museum and on the 6 day tour at Toowoomba and noted that the 1931 100mph record holding car, one of the Rubber Ducks was there and it had been sold to England for over $200,000.MTOQ Allora Old Car Festival 28th – 30th April: Noted that this is close to the Alvis Tour and nobody advised that they would be attending.St Laurence’s Jazz Event 5pm 21st October 2017: A request for VCCQ cars to attend. Brian will include in invitation events in the Magazine.

Magazine:Brian reported that another brilliant mag is in the pipeline for May.

Library: Duncan McPhee said how a coverless book in the library Workshop Practice reminded

him of a book of his he’d not been able to find, but which had alerted him to the use ofpet-cocks to assist in cranking his veteran Renault.He also advised that the Brookfield Church would be a suitable place for a Concours as we’d been there previously.

Register:Rob Gabb advised nothing to report

Queensland Historic Motoring Council (QHMC):No report.

Regalia: Sheila McMillan reminded people of ½ price apparel as reported in the Magazine with shirts at $16 and jackets at $25 - see her after the meeting. Ed. Record sales made.



General Business:1. Rights and roles of spouses and partners: Doug Young explained the legal and

financial position regarding spouses and partners.o The Club Constitution restricts the Committee to Club members.o Insurance costs and QHMC capitation cost are on a per member basis,

with a basic member cost approaching $10 p.a. and this would have to beapplied to each spouse or partner if they were to be given a membership category.

o Given the necessity for State Government approval for any change to the Constitution and the problems that Katrina had last time, the Committee is not keen to change the Constitution.

Doug explained the manner in which the Club has been run with general votes being taken to assess the mood of the meeting, being all parties present, but with structural Club matters being decided by the vote of members only.Doug advised the Committee’s position is that spouses and partners are welcome to assist on the Committee as “Committee Helpers”. The Club’s insurance for thoserunning a club is not confined to members so any “helpers” to the committee involved in running the club are also protected for things they do in that capacity. It was proposed from the floor that the Club pay for membership for those who the Club wished to nominate as formal officers of the Committee.Secretary’s Post Meeting Note: The manner in which this can be done will be discussed prior to the AGM.Phil Fletcher moved that the present system continue with all parties being treatedwith respect. Seconded: Brian McMillan Carried

2. Clubroom upgrade by VCCA(Q: Problems with noise in the PA system were noted.The Secretary advised that from the last VCCA(Q) Tenants Newsletter it appears that the only remaining work to the Clubroom is the enclosure for the audio equipment and vacuum cleaner beneath the screen, with no further upgrade of thePA system.

3. VCCQ Presentation Equipment: The secretary noted that with the apparent completion of the Clubroom equipment upgrade, the Committee will look at additional presentation equipment for the mobile screen.

4. Concours d’Elegance 2017 25th June, venue: The Concours is at Ormiston House

5. Concours d’Elegance 2017 25th June, advertising poster: David Fryer is preparing a poster design.

6. Wine Fund Raising: A red and white wine have been bought as recommended by Grant Hart. David Fryer has worked with Peter Andersen to update the last label design. A mass labelling by members will be held.Monty and others recalled with laughter previous bottling events (from a barrel) where payment was “in kind”.

7. Subscription increase: The Treasurer has reported a slow decline in the Club’s financial position over the last few years despite various fund-raising enterprises.Monty and several others pointed out that membership is very cheap compared to other clubs from which members received far less value. Nobody could recall when fees were last raised. Angelo suggested regular CPI increases.A motion that the subscription be raised to $60.00p.a. was moved by Lyle Cooper. Seconded: Jon Voller Carried (Against: None)

8. Luxury Car Tax on Vintage and Classic Vehicles: Doug discussed the article inthe Magazine on his progress with a submission to the Commonwealth Government and many appreciative comments were received from the floor.


New Business:Display Window: Wolf Grodd advised that Jeff Jones won the last competition by correctly identifying that the Blue Train Bentley did not run in the Mille Miglia.Wolf has set up a new window display with a Pebble Beach Concours theme. This has been held every year since 1950 on the third Sunday in August. While the display for Best-of-Show includes roughly 50/50 pre / post war cars, on only a fewoccasions have post-war cars won.Most of the cars in his display have been Best-of-Show and the competition this time is “Which car can’t possibly be there?”

Cars, Parts and Services:1. Rob Gabb is seeking a Clayton

Dewandre vacuum brake servo formechanical brakes to suit his 3.5litre Alvis. They were fitted asstandard to all 4.3 litre Alvises andthe last series Speed 25 Alvises,the SC model. Phil Fletcher hasone supposedly for trucks, andsays that that model is suitable forcars.

2. Ray McKenzie said that Alan Hilldoes fine work on old car electrics.His details are:Alan Hill (07) 3277 9377Electrical Rebuilders51 McCarthy Rd, Salisbury, Qld 4107

Supper: Many thanks to Jo Lord and Peter BakerRaffle:

Won by Bruce McPhailNext Meeting: Friday 19th May 2017 Meeting closed: 9.30 pm.


VISION: It's all about good news and proper machinery.Now here is some proper machinery. The jack on the right is labeled “Manly”Can anyone tell us about it. Obviously pre-hydraulicand probably American. The ones below were at Highfields Pioneer Village.

Behind the scenes activity has been hectic for the last fewmonths with most of the committee involved inorganising, with Heather Goldsmith, the impending AlvisNational event.The attention to detail has been extraordinary. I believethose who attend will have a very pleasant andmemorable experience. Entries have now closed with theCoachman's Motel packed to the rafters with Alvista.

ALVIS 2017 NATIONAL TOURWarwick – Queensland.

Sunday May 7 to Saturday May 13

Ronnie Brown is to be congratulated for her organisational efforts in pulling it all together.I am looking forward to a relaxing and busy week once I get my Tuesday responsibility over successfully.We have each taken a day to control so that everyone knows whom to speak with on thatday. Doug Young is doing Monday so by Wednesday we will be off the leash and out of control.Doug and Ronnie will both be off the hook after the Rally but the VCCQ will roll on nicely with our new President, Bruce McPhail in control. Bruce is also attending the rally in the Riley 9.

EDITOR'S REPORT – Brian McMillan


THIS CAR WAS THE MYSTERY CAR IN THE MARCH VMC - NSW MAGAZINE.I sent it to Wolf Grodd but he did not reply so when the April mag arrived and it had not been identified I sent it again to Wolf. The April mag went into details of the car and Wolf was able to expand the story to which Jenny replied. See below.

Hi Jenny,Brian Mc Millan sent me this article on the Mercedes 33/180. Yes, there were a number of cars like the one in the story in Australia in the 60/70s. I dida lot of research atthat time, as I waslooking for one ofthese, in anycondition. Comingfrom Germany longago, born with aprejudice for metriccars, I managed toacquire two cars,well, a chassis anda complete car witha Humber body. Ifinally put the latterone back on theroad and enjoyedmany years of fastpowerful motoring. The chassis waslater rebuilt as an SSK re-creation and I was very lucky to rally and race that car for years, from Lakeside to Adelaide GP and even Albert Park. Great stuff.


It finally ended up inHamburg, Germany tomake room for an 8 cylsupercharged Mercedes(that ended up on thepodium at Pebble).Back to the car owned byyour Mr Burkitt, it had theproper original factory bodyfitted (rare and precious). Inever came across hisname at the time ofsearching, so it could beone of the cars I bought,but not likely. I have notever seen that originaltourer body. I believe that all of the supercharges K and SS 6 cyl cars (engine designed by Dr Porsche) have left Australia for Europe, including mine. Pity. And with our idiotic Australian Luxury Car Tax on classic cars, they are not likely to ever return.PS the 33/180 had only a single carby.Regards,Wolf Grodd Hi Wolf, from Jenny Fawbert.Thank you for adding to the Burkitt car history. I suspected from what I had read and comparing some of the period photos of other K and S Mercedes that it could have been a factory body, but none of the local contemporary sources gave details of where and when the car had been purchased by Lebbeus Hordern so tracking its origins before it landed in Sydney in 1928 has proved impossible for me. I even looked to see if Lebbeus had traveled overseas in the 12 months prior but that yielded nothing, a car matching the description was imported in 1927 into Melbourne by a dealer – could it be the same car???The Hordern family is now very extensive and tracking who in the family has what of the details of the cars they owned has eluded many before me, but perhaps I should give it ago. Quite a few cars over the years have been attributed as pre-WW2 Hordern cars – Rolls, Buick, Studebaker among them, only two though have I ever seen documentation to prove – and of course there’s the magnificent Hordern Rolls Royce 1913 Silver Ghost –also now residing overseas!I can only imagine what driving one of those Mercedes would be like – I do envy you having had those cars, and yes as someone passionate about Australian automotive heritage it is very sad not one of the few that came here remains on Australia, and the return of any unlikely in the current legislative environment. However should all of ShaneSimpson’s changes to the Protection of Moveable Cultural Heritage Act come to pass, andone of the Merc.s be shown to have heritage significance and to have been shipped out without an appropriate export license then none of the overseas auction houses and dealers would touch the sale of it as it could be considered contraband under Australian law and therefore not something they’d want to be associated with. While the Government naturally would not pay for the repatriation of vehicles that fall into this category their overseas value would be tainted enough to make their sale at a reasonableprice to an Australian collector a possibility. Lots of if’s but another door that might, just might enable cars to return to Australia.Burkitt’s Mercedes – the twin carbys was mentioned in one of the newspaper reports of the car in 1929, so not actually a reliable source. The car caused quite a stir in motoring


circles in Sydney but the RACA events really didn’t suit it and Burkitt’s mechanic and driving companion Bill Thompson was really deep into Bugattis at the time (he had the local agency) so I feel the Mercedes didn’t really get a good showing – the canceled Prospect speedway races in 1928 may well have been the opportunity for it to make its mark locally, we’ll never know.As an automotive historian the top of my “Whatever happened to?” list is the Burkitt Mercedes, I have looked at that photo of it on the beach at Gerringong for more than 30 years and wondered about that car.RegardsJenny

Ed. To which I replied.What about the Tooth brewery Mercedes. I had a friend who had actually been in it whenowned by them. He described it as a very large saloon. Unfortunately Doug is long gone and was in his late 80s then.

And from Wolf, That was one of my cars. I will find an old photo.

Ed. I also had a friend in Sydney, Tony Proudford, who owned a Nurnberg Mercedes about 1928. A straight 8 side valve. I wonder where that has gone. Hard to crank.

AND FROM KALGOORLIE.The Vintage Car, Feb 2017. Henry. - from Kevin Edwards.Hello. Please accept my information because of my keen interest in all things.I am a member of the Veteran Car Club Goldfields in Kalgoorlie WA.I get a copy ofyour magazine viaour secretaryGarth and at timesread most of it.Thank you for agood mag andarticles, keep themcoming.

I have 2 cars, a1967 ford falconfairmont 200Super pursuit anda 1918 Studebakerlight 4 tourer.I was reading Thevintage Car Feb 2017 and the article about Leonora was read with interest. At page 12 with the 1919 Mille's Wedding Day photo.----- I noticed in the background, top middle -- The rectangular structure. It is not a slime dump but what is known as the --- Buttress Water Tank.The structure is made of stone which has been mortared together as in brickwork. The buttress name comes from the structure having stone work around the outside to support it. The structure is still there but I believe not in use.I agree that the town in summer is very hot and dusty.


WHY I KNOW.I worked for the Water Supply in Kalgoorlie for 45 years from 1969 and Leonora was in my area in which I carried out engineering surveys. I retired in 2014.Keep up the good work.Regards,Kevin.Ed. Love the story – thanks Kevin. You should read ALL the mag, not just most of it.

FROM THE JAK MEMORY BANK.Good evening Monty,The photo of THE 23/60 stimulated some memories of the Geoff Taylor Vauxhall.I helped Geoff do some restoration work on the car MANY years ago in the Gumdale workshop.We stripped it down by removing the major elements. The body was lifted off by just Geoff & Jak using the muscle power of two----one tall & thin (Geoff) & one squat and fat.The engine removal was achieved by conning some VCCQ members to visit for a few drinks & introducing them to an 8 foot length of 3 by 3 eucalypt and some dubious hemp rope.There were Clive Chatters, Warwick Barnett, Allan McClintock and a couple of other supervisors whom I cannot recall thru the drunken haze & straining humanity. BUT I well remember the groans & moans as the engine reached the limit of lift at the elbows ---------The 3 by 3 bent markedly, provoking the need to put arms up to head height!! Bythe time the Straining Four (Well almost four------The length of the Eucalyptus bit could only accommodate 3½) realised the latter it was too late to lower the engine back into the sub frame. The threats of barbed wire whips inspired Herculean efforts & the engine sump was to the right height to clear the chassis then it was realised that walking was now involved!Amazingly the alloy sump survived, which was more than could be said of the lifters. The aluminium mudguards only received "slight" dents. Mainly from elbows trying to achieve leverage! Shins were barked on the 80mm RW knock-ons.Ah the power combination of youth & booze!

Eventually the chassis frame was laid bare on 4 Besser blocks. SAFETY??? WOT SAFETY??? The result of this was almost amputation of one of Geoff's toes by the angle iron sub frame. Work stopped for a few weeks until the bandages were off & Jak's laughter was forgiven.I seem to remember that the GENUINE Vauxhall sub frame was a piece of 4" by 3"angle iron with the brand of the English steelworks rolled into it. Obviously a special Vauxhall item?? When I had to reproduce a similar sub frame for my 30/98 I used GENUINE BHP angle iron with their lettering rolled into it. How authentic was that?Looking at the photo in the Mag --Note the headlight brackets--------------I still have bitsof them somewhere in the Gumdale heap! Some of the tubing came in handy for using on other restorations. We made replica low light ones to replace them.Around a year later the same VCCQ members memories were tested for the re installation of the engine. We accessed a LONGER & stronger piece of wood so all survived to retell the tale.Cheers---Jak. Ed. Wot a memory.

REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR MOTORFEST 2017!MotorFest returns to Eagle Farm Racecourse on Sunday 9 July and it promises to be another great day out.


You should have received your MotorFest registration form in the post but if not, you can register online or download a registration form.Find out more information by visiting our website.

The unveiling date for the bronze statue of the sailor at South Brisbane is May 27 at 10am. The million dollar plinth is now in place. FROM MY MAN IN MANAPOURI.Partly the result of rulebookchanges, partly the result of BurtMunro’s sheer determination andresourcefulness, and maybe partlythe result of the respect hecommanded, Munro’s much-heralded land-speed recordestablishing his motorcycle as theworld’s fastest Indian remainsunbroken nearly 50 years afterMunro set it.Munro, who died in 1978, was inducted into the AMAMotorcycle Hall of Fame in 2006.Both his Scout and Velocette remainin New Zealand as part of the E Hayes Motorworks Collection.

Brian, This may give you some idea of the growth and colour of plant life in NZ'swonderful climate. YMIM. PS. This is on my son's school property in Timaru where he is Headmaster.

It's animita miscarea (sic) - fly agaric - magic mushroom but no one around here seems to have noticed!!Ed. This NZ garden agriculture might explain some of our neighbour's behaviour

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Greg Berkman loaned me a copy of “The SHED”, an excellent Auckland NZ publication full of good stuff. It contains a 10 page article of the E Hayes collection and a history of its gathering.

THE KEITH HUMPHREY'S A-FORD SPECIAL IN AUCKLAND.Hi Brian, In response to our question about my Ford.The Ford had very noisy timing gears despite fitting a matched pair with bronze camshaftgear. It also had a bad vibration period, all of which was ruining our pleasure of driving it.I fitted a purpose made harmonic balancer pulley which miraculously immediately stopped the timing gear rattle and eliminated the vibration period.It now cruises effortlessly at 62mph and thunderS up hills in the 42% overdrive with the occasional need to drop down to top gear for tight bends and really steep inclines.It's finally the car that I'd hoped it would be.All the best, KeithEd. Sure you don't mean 22% overdrive. Never heard of much higher than that.

Peter Ransom comments on the April mag.The Sunbeam on page 17 is a 1913 12-16 H.P. If it was a 1914 you’d be able to see the brake drums. I’ve passed this on to Alex.A few comments:· This appears to be a factory-bodied car that came to Australia without mudguards (wings in 1913), lights, windscreen or hood. All those items on the car pictured are non-factory.· The lights look like they’re electric but the acetylene generator on the running board tells a different story. · Mounting brackets are there for sidelights but they’ve not been fitted. · 10-spoke artillery wheels are exceedingly rare on Sunbeams of the era. I’m only aware of one other example.· The valance panel between running board and chassis appears to be metal. It was called a side shield by Sunbeam, and made of leather.FWIW, I was in Kalgoorlie in 1965, working with National Cash Register, installing an accounting machine in one of the big shops in Hannan St. Wearing collar and tie, as we did in those days, myself and a colleague went into one of the pubs for a beer after work.There were a few rough-looking blokes in the bar and they’d had a glass or two. They were eyeballing us and when one of them starting over towards us we thought there might be a problem! But instead this bloke – who was pretty tanked – started confessing to having stolen somebody’s gear at a ganger’s camp out on the Nullarbor. He thought we were cops! We soon got rid of theties…Cheers... PjR

ANIMAL RALLY SA. - Nick ProferesBrian, here are a few more photos fromtoday's final run, Unfortunately someentrants wimped out with the rain theday before. But not Doug and Ant, theycleaned out the spark plug wells andplugs and got going again today. And Iscored a ride in the 57C thanks to Ant.

What started as an Amilcar rally inAdelaide ended up as a French carrally. Member Doug Young flew down to


take part in his 57C Bug.Nick Proferes sent in a few pics. Check out our Facebook page for more.

NICK'S PICS IN ADELAIDE.

Hi Brian,- Bruce Smeaton.We have just returned from the Tour de Fleurieu, arally for pre-Second World War French cars.Actually, one of the Bugattis is owned by aQueenslander, Doug Nichol, or some name likethat. Nice bloke. (Ed. Don't know anyone fittingthat description)If you want a piece about the rally and photos justask. Our little Animalcar has never run better, theweather was kind and the scenery spectacular. Alot of interesting marques although two of themost interesting ones were unable to make it. ie. astraight-eight Amilcar and a 1920s Harry Ricardodesigned Le Zebre.Thanks for the newsletter. After I complete all mychores and answer around 130 emails I will read itproperly.


LUXURY CAR TAX feedback.Thanks for the April magazine!That luxury car tax is something I havebeen concerned about. It seems thegoverning bodies of our hobby have donenothing. I have heard that the issue hasbeen discussed over the years but noprogress has been made as theperception is that if you can afford toimport a car valued over the luxury cartax threshold then you are rich and thewhole thing is elitist and not worthy ofdiscussion. I have thought aboutapproaching my local Federal MP who isan independent along the lines of being a local small business and employer. I may use the article in your newsletter to explain the situation if that is alright with you and the author? Regards, John Kent. Thanks Brian, - Jenny Fawbert.Interesting reading as usual. Do you think Doug Young would mind if I copied his LCT article and distributed to my fellow committee members of the Council of Heritage Motor Clubs NSW? We have the wretched new Classic Vehicle Scheme (conditional rego for those who have to molest nice old cars) underway now and hopefully can concentrate a bit on the LCT - CVS took much of our time last 12 months but we had to do it to assist our affiliated clubs.Cheers, Jenny

Brian,Great magazine as usual.Congratulations to Doug Young for his excellent article on LCT. This is a ridiculous anomaly which has just meandered along. We should all back a review of it, particularly as we don't have a local manufacturing industry to "protect" any more !Well done, Frank Moore.

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WHAT YOU MISSED.Cambooya chaos – Wendy Wagstaff.I have been asked by Brian to recount our extra adventures of the Easter weekend, which was to be an uncomplicated run to Toowoomba and environs, dining and overnighting at the Bull and Barley Pub in Cambooya.All went smoothly and we enjoyed Billy Tea and damper at the Highfields Pioneer Village Easter Festival followed by and amazing procession of vintage farm vehicles and machinery, all maintained by volunteers.We then followed the Aston Martin to just south of Cambooya and once again, were delighted by the Morris and MG collection of member Col Schiller.

EVENTS REPORT MARCH –


John and I had, as usual, been late in deciding to join the weekend wander, and so had been unable to get a room at the Bull and Barley Pub.I had been able to book, via Airbnb, and a lot of frustration, and a lot of assistance from a more competent person, what appeared to be a room in a lovely old house at Ramsay, supposedly just 9 km East of Cambooya. Looked delightful!As we were unsure of the exact location, we departed from Col’s early and set off.I had dutifully done my navigator’s homework and was quite confident.Firstly we found that Ramsay related to quite and extensive area East of the New England Hwy, and Wilson Rd is a long, unmade road, which we entered at the wrong end,where the house was numbered 471, whereas we were looking for No. 90.Almost as soon as we entered Wilson Rd we were confronted with an extremely steep and quite long hill.We cheerily waved to a group of families and children who were obviously enjoying pleasant Saturday afternoon in No. 471’s garden. We were later informed they had taken bets as to whether we would manage THE hill.We didn’t, due John tells me, to some strange arrangement whereby the Blower’s fuel tank is at the back and fuel does not flow uphill very efficiently.... so John expertly rolled back down THE hill and one of the previously mentioned party approached us to offer advice/assistance.It was decided that we would return to the highway, and approach Wilson Rd from the other end, via several different roads, which would all hopefully connect.We needed a push start from 3 members of the aforementioned party, which they did and off we sallied.After a short while the Blower indicated that she was not happy and started a series of strong and very ominous explosions, and ground to a halt in another dip.The sun was getting very low at this stage, when were greeted by a ‘modern’ car and it’s cheery occupants, stubbies in hand, who agreed to take John back to the highway to buy a battery at the local Service station.....quick and simple solution! I was left as custodian of our friend the Blower, in the road dip.I had no phone reception and so decided to climb up to the rise.Edith and her 2 King George Spaniel/Poodles appeared on their evening walk so we walked together to the top of the rise, where the gate of a property was wide open and from where I could see there was life in the house.I did have reception at that point so sent a cheery message to Ronnie, and also to our 3 daughters, who were enjoying Easter in Melb and Noosa.I let our daughters know that I had been abandoned, with the car, whilst John went in search with total strangers, of a battery, and had realized that I may never see him again.I was consoled by the fact that I did have some food, although no water, plus, warm clothes in case it was a long wait!At that point Lee arrived on his quad bike to close the gates of his property, and Edith reappeared with the dogs, so that made 3 of us and 2 dogs.Amazingly, it wasn’t too long before John reappeared with the 2 trusty strangers, but with no battery, so then there were 5 of us, plus the dogs.The next move was that the strangers, thought they could rustle up a battery from somewhere, and so headed off, at which stage we were joined by Lee’s wife, Debbie and their 2 delightful little boys,Sam and James who I correctly guessed to be 7y and 5y, so then we were 4, plus Edith, plus 2 little boys and 2 dogs.The strangers reappeared, with a battery, and an extra who was supplying the battery, sothen there were 8, plus 2 little boys and 2 dogs, and darkness, which didn’t really worry anyone as the strangers had not only brought a friend with a battery, but liquid refreshments as well.


Battery was fitted to the Blower and we set off, with 2 little boys in my seat having a wonderful time!It was decided that the blower should be housed in Lee’s shed overnight as it was proving itself to be extremely unreliable.Debbie then ferried John and myselfback to the party at the Cambooyapub, where we unloaded ourluggage, and wondered just wherewe would be spending the night.Dinner and drinks were had and Coland his wife Jacki and daughterChristina offered us a spare roomand bed in their house and so off weheaded to a very welcome night’ssleep.Breakfast was coffee and scrambledeggs cooked by Jacki, after whichCol ferried John and myself back toLee’s shed, to decide the next move.The proclaimed Mayor of Ramsay,and his wife visited the scene of theaction, so then there were 6 plus 2 delightful little boys, the eldest of whom, Sam, aged 7 had, the previous night, when I was thanking his parents for all their attention, proclaimed to me, that it was he who should be thanking us, because without the Blower’s breakdown, he and his little brother would never had experienced such a ‘ride ofa lifetime!’It must be the air, or the 2 roomed school, or his wonderful parents Debbie and Lee, as I am now convinced that Ramsay is a truly wonderful place!Decision was to tow, so with Col very ably doing the towing and John anxiously being towed, we headed back to Col’s place.At 2pm it was decided after the inevitable lengthy adjusting, that the Blower was a right off for the time being as more problems had emerged, and would need to be attended to by David Ford down the road in Stanthorpe, per compliments of a tilt tray, so John and I headed back to Brisbane in Col’s very smart Mazda Ute with a flashing light on the roof, which unfortunately, I was instructed against using.Col, Jacki and Christina head off to Singapore for a week for Col to head to Malaysia for work, on Tues.The Blower is resting peacefully, under a tarp in Col’s shed, getting a few hints from the surrounding Morris and MGs contingents.I guess this story will end happily in due course, but in the meantime we have been absolutely overwhelmed by the generosity and assistance in so many ways, by the residents of Ramsay and Cambooya, and have them to thank for a speedy and extremelyefficient and enjoyable rescue.Lee, Debbie and their boys proclaimed that it had ‘made their Easter,’ and it certainly has provided us with an Easter, ‘never to be forgotten.’

ps. John and I have debated on the number of people at any one time in the dip, in the dark, but I think I have been pretty accurate, and it is really not of crucial importance, but there was quite and amount of waxing and waning of numbers of inhabitants of Ramsay there in the dip assisting with the rescue, at any one time, and I found it all to be decidedly amusing. Regards. Wendy


What those on the CAMBOOYA WEEKEND did - Ronnie Brown.The Bull & Barley Pub in Cambooya is one of my favourite places to stay, not that I have a lot of experience staying at Australian Pubs, unlike some of our Committee members. Fortunately it is not one of those that “burnt down” after a certain person visited!Set in the middle of the small rural town of Cambooya, out in Whoop Whoop past Toowoomba, an eclectic range of VCCQ vehicles set off from Blacksoil on Easter Saturday,final destination the Bull & Barley. Up the range to Highfields Village, where we visited a few years ago, when we were the fewvisitors present. This time there wasa cast of thousands. As our Veteran,Vintage & Classic Cars arrived we hadto negotiate an obstacle course ofpeople, wire fences, gates & roughtracks to display alongside thepermanent vehicles on site. Thesewere mostly farm machinery of alltypes which looked as though theyhad been allowed to rust where theystood in a large paddock. Not thecase – during a display, after adamper & tea lunch, low & beholdone after another they trundled pastthe MC’s tower, above the, by now,quite rutted & muddy track.Our MC was well informed about the farm vehicles passing him, for example, what use it had in the on the farm- even the name of the driver or the mechanic who had lovingly restored this rusty heap into a functioning vehicle. However, he was gobsmacked when the final vehicle in the parade appeared “Isn’t that a lovely old car?!” he said, as John Wagstaff carefully manoeuvred his Blower Bentley around the rutted, muddy track!!Driving across some magnificent country, zig zaging our way behind Brian’s Aston, the sky clear & bright, it was a feeling of sheer joy to be driving my Alvis TC 21/100 dhc withthe hood down – no other vehicles on these by-roads. We passed through Cambooya en route to Col Schiller’s place the far side of town. Some of our group tried to make a quickgetaway to the Bull & Barley, but they were rounded up by our new President, Bruce, in his bright red Mustang. What a suitable vehicle for rounding up Brown’s Cows! Little did they know what a wonderful collection of MGs & Wolseleys, were on display in Col’s shed.I now believe his wife, Jacqueline whenshe says he built the shed before thehouse. His car collection of these marquesmust be the best in the country. Myfavourite is the Art Deco MG Airline Coupe,a rounded hard top in black & gold, suchstyle! The 1960’s MGs, on display,reminded me of the times my girlfriend & Iused to drive our cars around Kingston,Jamaica – Margaret had a white MG B & Ihad a bright blue Morgan Plus 4 . Wethought we were the bees knees with thehoods down!!As usual, all the Schiller family made usmost welcome, tea & lovely nibbles on theverandah as the sun lowered in the sky over their paddocks, some now green after recent heavy rains.


Col, Jacqueline & Christina joined us for dinner that night, a crowd of thousands as not all could be accommodated in the Pub, people came from far & wide. I had just come outof the shower when I found amessage on my mobile fromJohn Wagstaff to say theyhad broken down withelectrical problems out inWhoop Whoop & could I sendsomeone in a modern to pickthem up! Whoop Whoop outthere is quite a large place –fortunately we had theSchiller’s local knowledge soa search party set off to findthem. Luckily as you will findout in Wendy’s account oftheir adventures that thelocals took great care ofthem and their car but I shallleave the rest of this accountto Wendy!! Ronnie Brown, April 2017

Ed. Yes, it was an excellent weekend, the weather splendid and my little car whistled along without fault.Jak Guyomar and the beautiful wife Ginny put in an appearance for dinner at the pub. They were on an alternate rally going in the opposite direction in the Lambda so it was nice to see them.Graham Allum also put in an appearance in the mighty Lincoln and Lyle and Margaret Cooper were in the X-Collett Wolseley saloon. Berkers came in the 12/50 and the Mk.1Doug was also Mk.1 mounted.This pub is the best in Queensland. It is beautifully maintained and managed and the dinner first class. We lunched at “The BARN” on the way home on Sunday. Hoss Cartwright could not have eaten his way through the Bonanza Burger I ordered.

A7 NATIONAL TOOWOOMBA – JOE WILSON2017 is the 95th anniversary of theAustin 7 and Queensland is hostingthe celebrations in Toowoomba.Tours of the attractions of theDowns are planned but the staticdisplay on the lawns adjacent to theCobb & Co Museum was whatappealed to us as our car isincomplete.

Long term restorations by VCCQmembers Peter Baker and MikeHawthorne made it and foundingmember of the Austin 7 Register,Greg Riddel, unearthed his littlebrown Roadster which we haven’tseen for many years.


There were about 140 cars of very shape, size and colour assembled on the lawns in autumn sunshine and members like Trish HanleyHanley, in period dress, were seen catching up with old friends.The “Rubber Duck” hadbeen trailed up fromVictoria and it was the lastchance to see this famouscar as it has been sold toEngland and leaves withindays. It was the first 750cccar to do 100mph inEngland!!. $200,000+A Swallow saloon wasstunningly presented andan Ulster replica, completewith blower, dual ignitionand a 29 stud head stoodout. “Chocolate Monty’, exMike Hawthorne and MontySchofield’s little roadsterwas a bit shabby butupright, the van Peter Bakerused for work appeared, the ex-Gabb“Alfred” was seen and Justin McKeeringhad his Chummy there.Doug Clark and Ron Toy were seenadmiring the show.

The Austin 7 Register is a small group but it is a credit to the team that such a professional show could be produced. All hands to the wheel is the answer. Well done A7!!

9th FLYING SCOTSMAN RALLY to Gleneagles.It over, and our man Max Stephenson took his 1932 Aston Martin to second in Class 2 and 12th overall out of over 100 starters.

TASSIE GHOST – Graham Singer.The Tasmanian Ghost in the April mag is 1923 chassis no. 88LK and has a roadster body by Roger Fry in Perth and it belongs to Keith and Robyn Drew of Sandy Bay Tasmania.


WHAT'S TO COME. ALVIS NATIONAL RALLY. MAY 7-13.Looking forward to this big time. It will be great.

Yulgilbar Castle, Yamba weekend. JUNE 2-5. The plan is to meet at Jubilee Park Beaudesert on Friday morning, 2 June, about 11am (to avoid Brisbane traffic) and all drive together if possible south to arrive in Casino for the night stop https://goo.gl/maps/HDVofpsH3w at the Clydesdale Motel. 143 Johnson Street, Casino, NSW, 2470, AustraliaTelephone Number (02) 6662 5982 Email [email protected] leave Casino Saturday morning about 8.30am to arrive at Tabulam about 9.30am. ASSEMBLE at CT cafe Tabulam. (down Clarence Rd) - ckcatering.org/Some members may wish to travel down on Friday and stay overnight at the local B&B www.chauvelpark.com/ or just drive there early on Saturday. Plan to leave Tabulam about 9.30am.Head west on Bruxner Hwy from Tabulam and after 3km turn left onto Plains Station Road. It's then on to Yulgilbar Castle arriving by 11am at the very latest. About 50km.It's a guided tour of the castle with no pics to be taken of the castle followed by a BYO picnic in the grounds. The gate will beclosed behind us as we go in at 11.00am.Don't be late. It is top security and youdon't see anything from the gate.Entry fee is $25. They will take about 25people.After the visit and lunch we follow theClarence River, crossing on the ferry atLawrence, to Yamba where we staySaturday and Sunday night. Or you canjust return home whenever. Book atYamba Aston Motel or elsewhere nearby.Please make a booking asap. You cancancel free of charge but we need toreserve rooms for the nights you wish tostay. Make your booking. Graham –0266462199When booking both places please say youare with the VCCQ. Clydesdale quoted me $105 and Aston $120 for double and twin. There are very limited tickets to get into the castle so book early. Over 20 already.Book now and let me know you will be there and what you are doing. If I don't get the 20 starters I will cancel. Only Jon and Bruce had booked when I booked. We need more.Breakfast at Yamba Golf Club.Sunday live music cruise 11am – 3pm.https://www.clarenceriverferries.com.au/cruisesDrinks at the Surf Club 4pm. Dinner at the pub.

STARTERS:Brian, Sheila Joe, Bev Jon, Lyndal Bruce, MargaretWolf, Leigh Gavin, Loretta John. Wendy Diana, LeonRonnie Phil Greg

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That's 19. almost enough. Please book and confirm with me that you are coming and when. Brian McMillan 0412303477

SUNDAY LIVE MUSIC CRUISEEnjoy live music while cruising the beautiful Clarence River

Ferry departs every SundayDeparts YAMBA 11.00am and returns 3.00pm

Cost: $30 returnPens. $25.00 / Children 1/2 Price

VCCQ Annual Concours.JUNE 25

Turns out that theCarrington Rocks BoatClub do not have controlof the park but only anarea around theclubhouse which is notenough for our cars, soit's Ormiston House asusual.More details in the Junemag.

Two months plus into the job and what does one report?It is good to see that the effort put into the club by the committee members is obviously in tune with the membership with the highlights being, the acceptance that after many a long year the fees have been put up by $10 per annum to help prevent the slow but continuous erosion of the club capital, the decision to have a final push at “Sale” prices ofthe remaining memorabilia and the recognition of the tireless efforts by Doug being put into sorting out the luxury car tax currently being applied to vintage and other old vehicles.On the events front we are in desperate need of an events co-ordinator. This position does not necessarily mean the organising of every event personally (although that optionis there!!!) but as per days of old coercing other members into having an input into an event and ensuring that the calendar is full. Someone out there must be at least a little bit interested – please. You will not be left alone to fly solo, the committee will be giving full support.Once again, many thanks to Ronnie (Events Co-ordinator, Retired) for the efforts you have put in over the years.This last month has been an interesting affair with a good turnout of both members and cars for historical and gastronomical delights of the annual Cambooya run. A thanks to Colin for opening his ever expanding collection of pre-war Morris & MG cars to the club members.

EL PRESIDENTO'S REPORT


The monthly meeting being the first full length one I have chaired was thankfully a mundane affair. Upcoming events include the Alvis National Rally in Warwick from the 7th to 13th of May for which huge efforts have been put in by several of our club members. I for one will be on this rally and would highly recommend a day trip to Warwick, on the Monday, to feast ones eyes over the 40 plus vehicles coming from as far as South Australia.The Club Run for June is to Yulgilbar which I have no doubt will be another extraordinary experience.And let us not forget what to an outsider appears to be a one man event, the Wine Fundraiser. Please all support Doug and his “samplers” in this great boost to the finances.All in all the Riley will be having a reasonable workout.Even if you can’t make it to any of the events please come along to the next monthly meeting. Whilst the formal part of the meeting is good, the pre-meeting BBQ and post meeting suppers are an absolute delight in catching up with people, solving old car problems and of course expanding the reality of the “good old days”. Safe and happy motoring to allBruce

MY AFFAIR WITH "CONNIE" – Reg Darwell.Brian McMillan has asked me to put a presentation together regarding my association with the Lockheed Super Constellation aircraft.I was a teenager hanging out on the North Shore with the McMillans and other testosterone muddled kids doing what teenagers do in the late 1950s. Cars were the weapon of choice in those days, old ones in particular eg. Morris Cowleys, Ford V8 Mercurys and Vauxhall30/98s. An MG A was thething to have whilstthose of more limitedmeans could buy a newMini Minor to impress theladies. I, fortunately as itturned out, had done a"Faust" and sold my soulto the devil known asAviation. All the money Icould rake together as anoffice boy with Qantasand working shovellingdangerous chemicals in achemical factory went onflying lessons, so mytransport was an old andpretty battered Renault750. But it was pink!Captain Reg at thecontrols of “Connie” on approach to the old Kai Tak runway at Hong Kong.In the Qantas office and mail room I was required to run messages for the Qantas founder, Sir Hudson Fysh. He knew damned well what us "Junior executive trainees" wereup to and it wasn't preparing for a life in Head Office! Occasionally, he would invite us in to his office to ask how our flying was going and to reminisce on his early flying days.I managed to get accepted in to an Airline Pilot Training Scheme which was a two year course graduating with a Commercial Pilot Licence, Instrument rating and the theory exams for a Flight Navigator Licence. The cost was two thousand pounds that I had to


pay over a four year period. Hopefully, if I was employed I would be able to meet these payments. I don't want to think about what would have happened if I bombed out.My first trip as a trainee navigator was Sydney - Manila on a Super Constellation in 1961.That's when the "affair" began. In those days navigation was done mostly by the stars using a periscopic sextant that poked up through a hole in the roof and lots of mathematical calculations. It was very exciting stuff for this young "space cadet" as the old wartime hands called me. Sometimes they would even let me have a fly!

The engines in the Constellation were very unreliable compared with today's jets. It was not without cause that the Connie was described as the best three engined aircraft that Lockheed ever produced. In my 1000 hours on Connies I experienced seven engine failures, two resulting in in-flight fires. In the subsequent 23,000 hours on jets - only three failures! I told you it was exciting! One of my mates, who was on his first trip, was on the Connie that crashed after failing to stop after an engine failure prior to the commitspeed on take-off at Mauritius. Due to the excellent training of the crew and the leadership of Chief Steward Pat McGann during the evacuation, the only injury was a sprained ankle to the Flight Hostess. The aircraft was destroyed by fire.Oil consumption on these big 52 litre engines was a factor that at about 40 litres per hour (total) could sometimes limit the range of the Connie. As with most man-made vehicles, there is never enough power even with 145 octane fuel that was available then. Qantas pushed them pretty hard to give a cruise speed of 240-250 knots. The superchargers were a two speed affair. At about 15,000 ft. on the climb two symmetrical engines would be throttled back and the gear drive changed to "high blower" to compensate for the lower density air. Metallurgy was pushed to the limit of the times as the turbine would spin at about 23.000 rpm and sometimes fly apart. The engines would then be pushed up to climb power and the procedure repeated for the other two engines up to a ceiling of about 25,000 ft. This was a fascinating business performed by the two Flight Engineers. It really was a Flight Engineer's aircraft. The pilots called for the power settings and the engineers gave them what they could, a bit like a ship. The only time


the pilots touch the throttles is crossing the runway threshold on landing and then only toclose them slowly.During the 1961-62 period the B707 was taking over from the Connie with twice its speed and greater reliability so the Connies were traded in to Lockheed for Electra to be used on the minor routes. This took a bit of time so the remaining Connies did the South Africa route and odd jobs like Migrant charters. How good was this for a young bloke? Five days in Madrid or Malta waiting to fill it up with New Australian hopefuls,- mostly a lot of young girls looking towards the guys working on the Snowy Mountains Project. They would wash their knickers on the last leg to Sydney and hang them up to dry on clotheslines they rigged up in the cabin. Quite a sight!Gold charters to Zurich fromDjakarta. These were thefreighter Connies that lookedempty except for all theseblack boxes strapped to thefloor and the aircraft at itsmax. take-off weight.Someone had to sign for itand as the most junior formof animal life on the crew ithad to be me. Two millionquid's worth!Monkey charters from NewDelhi to Melbourne. In thosedays, the Salk anti-poliovaccine was made from thefat around the kidneys of theRhesus monkey. Hundreds of these poor little fellas were loaded in cages in the freighter in Delhi. If there was a problem with the aircraft (quite usual) we had to get the aircraft in to a hangar, otherwise they could catch cold and die. On one such occasion in Calcutta some of them escaped and made themselves at home in the roof structure of the hangar.The descendants of those monkeys are swinging their way through the roof to this day. The smell was something else, butafter about 20 hours exposure onegot used to it. I had the top deck ofthe East Lindfield bus to myself onthe way home for some reason!By the very nature of the Connieoperation at that time, long periodsof time were spent in slip ports.Karachi was one such place whereB.O.A.C (now British Airways) hada hotel called Speedbird House forcrew accommodation. A volatilemixture of BOAC and Qantas crewsensured that a good time was hadby all! - Better get off this subject!

Connie flying with the Roulettes off Newcastle.My Connie affair ended when I was put on to the new B707s. Over the next 38 years I struggled my way up the promotion and seniority ladder to fly all the Qantas types of thetime and retire at the compulsory age of 60 in Oct. 2000 which I was not very happy about.


However, I have rekindled my affair with Connie.I have included a hand out regarding the acquisition and restoration of the HARS Super Constellation. Ed. I have but not included. I have been a member of HARS for some 20 years and due to the hard work by the members and the tenacity of the President, Bob De La Hunty I now have the privilege of flying one of only two airworthy Connies in the world. The other is in Switzerland.I recommend a visit to the HARSMuseum at Albion Park, just Southof Wollongong. Even a club run?Connie is not the only aircraft ondisplay. Check the HARS websitefor details.All the work done on the HARSaircraft is by volunteers, many ofwhom bring a vast amount ofindustry and military experience. Itwould not happen without them.Funding is generally by donation,museum admission andsponsorships. Nobody gets paid.Due to the cost involved mostly forfuel and oil, we can't afford to fly itwhenever we want so we arelimited to air shows and special events. It gets pretty competitive to get your hands on it as you can imagine.What's it like to fly?Compared to a modern aircraft like a B747. The controls are very heavy even though they are hydraulically boosted. The performance is pretty "glacial" by comparison. Control wise, we liken it to "wrestling a crocodile!"I suppose that one day sadly, this affair will have to end. But it has been: "An affair to remember." Captain Reg Darwell

Ed. A wonderful interesting story – thanks Capitan Reg. Funny how all the airline pilots I know crashed their cars at an early age. Most drove into the backs of cars driving home from the airport. They pulled back on the steering wheel. Reg however managed to roll his VW Beetle on Arterial Rd. Gordon. The dangerous chemical was mercury fulminate if Iremember correctly. It is used in the caps for shells and bullets. Serious stuff. Hi Brian, Paul Gordon, Fastphase Classics As discussed on the phone, Castrol Classic Oils (UK) are supplying the Classic Car marketwith Oils specifically designed for older motor vehicles and packaged in the retro style Tincans as they were originally many years ago. They are also offering memorabilia items such as Oil squirter cans, retro style pouring cans, T shirts, drinking mugs etc etc, all manufactured with the retro style logo’s and designs.Fastphase Classics are the only supplier of these products within Australia I have attached a flyer for your review, which details the product advantages for owners of Classic motor vehicles. Ed. I have the flyer if anyone wants a copy or email Paul direct.Regards, Paul Gordon, Fastphase Classics 6/48 Prindiville Drive, Wangara, WA 6065Ph : 0407 216 660 Email : [email protected]



HIGH-TECH VETERAN GAINS HIGH-TECH HEART

by Pedr Davis April 5, 2017If you like vintage cars, you would have been fascinated by the recent television story of an Australian-owned 1914 Delage that gained a new lease of life thanks to very clever technology. The high-tech approachenabled a new engine block to becloned at a fraction of the cost, in afraction of the time and with greateraccuracy than a similar processusing traditional methods.

The technology involved 3Dprinting, an extraordinary processthat involves ‘printing’ layer-upon-layer of suitable material until therequired shape has been created.The technique has been used for atleast 20 years. Chris Martin, Motorlife’s newsletter editor, was involved in 3D printing during its formative years. Whenworking in the R&D department atthe UK’s Stewart Grand Prixorganisation (subsequently renamedJaguar Racing), he designedexperimental parts in the CADsystem using an early 3D printer.This allowed the team to make testcomponents within hours ratherthan days or even weeks.

3D printing has come a long waysince then and now plays anincreasingly valuable role in therestoration business. For example,in what may have been a worldfirst, it helped extend the working life of a very special car, a 1914 Delage Type S. Apart from its age, the Type S is remarkable for the unusually advanced specifications for the vintage era. Unexpected features include twin overhead camshafts, four valves per cylinder, desmodromic valve action, four-wheel brakes and a five-speed gearbox. The four-cylinder, 4.5-litre engine was rated at 21 HP but produced a remarkable 110 bhp at 2750 rpm despite being designed for the low octane fuels available at the time. For over 40 years, the Delage Type S has been owned by Stuart Murdoch, a retired Melbourne barrister and judge. A couple of years ago, Stuart noticed water coming from the exhaust pipe and, not unexpectedly, the culprit proved to be a crack in the engine block. Stuart consulted Grant Cowie’s workshop in Castlemaine, Victoria, and Grant agreed that the 100-year old cylinder block had to be replaced. However, he cautioned, creating a complicated 16-valve replacement block using traditional casting method would be very difficult and expensive. Grant looked at alternative methods and decided to try cloning the original cylinder block using digital technology.

The process proved a great deal more difficult than it may sound and a small team was assembled to tackle the project. The team comprised Phillip Guilfoyle (Industrial Designer


and project manager), Grant Cowie (vintage car engineering and restoration services), CSIRO Lab22 (Advanced Manufacturing Services), WYSIWYG3D (advanced 3D scanning and modelling), Voxeljet AG, (manufacturer of 3D printers) and Keech Australia (specialist foundry and metallurgical engineers). Project manager Guilfoyle soon realised that, while many car components have been successfully 3D printed, to his knowledge nothing of this type had been attempted using 3D printed moulds. Furthermore, owner Stuart Murdoch was determined that any repairs done should remain true to the original so, when the 3D solution was put to him, he replied: ‘Boldness, be my friend’.

Using lasers, the block was scanned inside and out, saving countless hours compared to the traditional method. Thescan data was then used todigitally reproduce and repair acomputer image of the entireengine block. The next step wasto create a suitable sand mouldusing a Voxeljet VX1000 3Dsand printer based in theCSIRO Lab 22 in Melbourne.The Keech specialist foundrycast the new block in iron usingthe 3D-printed mould. Thecasting was then finished withtraditional manual machining,so the job became a happymarriage between highly skilled craftsmen and modern manufacturing techniques.

To the delight of the team, the finished engine was first run in December 2016, just twelve monthsafter the firstscans of the blockhad started. ‘The process wasthis,’ said PhilGuilfoyle. ‘We haddissembled thedefective engineand used scanningand CAD modellingto reconstruct thefailed casting.With reverseengineering, wewere able togenerate all therequired 3D datasets in a shorttime period. There-manufacture of such an exotic racing engine would not be practical without digital measurement, CAD modelling and 3D printing technology.’Stuart Murdoch was of course delighted that his team had taken a risky leap into the unknown - and triumphed. H e told an ABC television rep o r ter :

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-27/saving-the-last-delage-type-s-grand-prix-car/8310958




“I had faith in them and I wasn’t disappointed. It is a considerable achievement for all those involved and, might I say, quite an achievement for Australian engineering.”His comments rather understated the size of the task because the Delage cylinder block was extraordinarily complicated for its day. It had been designed for racing and the original manufacturing cost was probably unimportant. The 4.5-litre engine produced 110bhp and this was enough to provide a maximum speed of 170 km/h when the car was new. This speed was not however a proud maker’s boast. One Delage Type S was officially timed at 106 mph (170 km/h) when competing at the Sheepshead Bay Speedway in Brooklyn, New York, and it could probably have gone faster in a straight line. The same Delage Type S also broke the ten-mile speed record there. From Delage’s point of view, speed was very important. The Type S racing car was designed by Arthur Léon Michelat and four cars were built by Louis Delage to compete in the Grand Prix de l’ Automobile Club de France (aka the French Grand Prix) at Lyon in July 1914. One car was a test mule, the others were driven by factory drivers Paul Bablot, Albert Guyot and Arthur Duray but, it seems, Duray was the only one of the trio to finish the race and he came eighth. A month later, World War One broke out, and grand prix racing shuddered to a halt.

Stuart Murdoch’s son Neill later tracked the history of the Type S cars. In July 1915, one was sold to a Chicago merchant named David Joyce via Delage team member and 1914 Indianapolis winner Rene Thomas. Wanting it to be raced, Joyce handed it to Barney Oldfield, he of ‘Blitzen’ Benz fame.It happens that about the same time an American millionaire named Harry Harkness decided he’d like to go racing so he sent his chauffeur, Carl Limberg, to Europe with instructions to bring back suitable equipment to start a racing team. Because of the war, the chauffeur was able to snap up three Delages at an agreeable price and ship them back to the USA around the beginning of 1916.The Harkness cars competed for the first time in the USA at Sheepshead Bay on May 13, 1916. One crashed with fatal results for driver Carl Limberg and mechanic Roxy Palotti, and the car was probably destroyed. Two weeks later, Harkness entered two cars at Indianapolis Speedway and Oldfield entered the third Delage. Oldfield drove well and finished fifth after lapping the circuit at 94.36 mph (151 km/h) but the Harkness Delageswere unsuccessful. One broke down during qualifying and its stablemate – driven by JackLe Cain – crashed during the race.Nevertheless, Harkness campaigned his two cars on and off until the end of the 1917 season, when the USA entered World war One. It was not until the 1921-22 season that the Delages reappeared on the track. One had a Duesenberg engine and was called the White Special but the other probably had its original engine. Little more is known about the surviving Delages until one complete car was brought to Melbourne by Peter White onbehalf of George McCarey, manager of Aspendale Speedway, Victoria. McCarey raced it there once or twice during 1925 then, in December that year, took it to Sydney for the inaugural Maroubra Speedway meeting in Sydney. He won his heat, then blitzed the final of the ‘open’ class, beating two powerful Vauxhalls driven by Hope Bartlett and FA Parle.The Delage was then put to auction but it failed to sell. However, in early 1926, it passed to Jack Burton, a well-known record-breaker. He kept the Delage until 1939 when Ken Hume came across it on a used car lot. During the 1940s, Hume was able to compete in several events, including Rob Roy hill climbs. Around 1947, the Delage was acquired by the late, great Australian driver Lex Davison who never actually drove it. The Delage stood untouched for 28 years as a bare chassis with some components becoming increasingly frozen with age. In 1975, ten years after Lex’s death, his widow Diane commissioned Jack Nelson of Romsey, Victoria, to restore the historic Delage. Using photos of the original cars, Jack built a new body keeping


every detail as authentic as possible, down to the leather-clad glovebox where, presumably, the drivers once stored their goggles.

Jack Nelson was busily restoring the Delage when I visited Romsey in the late 1970s and he kindly allowed me to photograph it for my book Veteran and Vintage Cars (published in 1980). In the middleof the four-yearrestoration, the Delagewas acquired by StuartMurdoch who alreadyowned an impressivecollection of excitingcars. Stuart instructedJack Nelson to completethe restoration andmake the Delagesuitable for vintage hillclimbs and sprints. Thishe did and the carmotored cheerfully foranother 35 years untildisaster struck in theform of the water leak.At other times, a crack in the complicated cylinder block would have meant the end of its days as a driveable machine but thanks to 3D printing and other smart technology, the Delage Type S has now gained a completely new lease of life.

Well done, Phil Guilfoyle, Grant Cowie and all the team. And here’s to another century of Delage delight.

And thanks to Pedr Davis for the proper story on a remarkable build.

IT’S ALL ACTION AFTER A KEROSENE OVERHAUL. REGARDS, HANDLES.The smoke coming from Bundaberg today was John and Peter Handley starting the 1911 Flanders barn find.With minimal fettling she was started as is! Likely thefirst time running in at least 60-70 years!Well done "Team Handley”! Perhaps a guest appearanceat our Mary Poppins Rally.


Extract from Queensland Government Department of Transportand Main Roads web site

Special Interest Vehicle Scheme GuideConditions and restrictions

You and anyone driving your special interest vehicle must only use the vehicle for:a participating in rallies organised by incorporated vehicle clubs—a rally is a social event whereby

a parade of special interest vehicles travel together for competition or to meet at an agreed location. Rallies are usually listed in a incorporated club newsletter or on the incorporated club’s website or social media page.

b participating in processions for which a Special Events Permit has been issued under the Transport Operations (Road Use Management –Accreditation and Other Provisions) Regulation 2015

c exhibiting the vehicle in displays, fetes or similar functions conducted for religious, charitable or educational purposes

d ceremonial purposes (such as weddings, formals, funerals) involving immediate and de facto family members, or as part of a sanctioned incorporated club event, provided this is not done for fee orreward. Immediate and de facto family means parents, grandparents, sons, daughters, grandchildren, adopted children and adopted grandchildren, but not extended family members such as aunts, uncles,nephews and nieces

e events sanctioned by the Australian Street Rod Federation (ASRF)—street rods and hot rods only

f preparing for, proceeding to, and returning from the above activitiesg direct travel to and from an approved inspection station to get a safety certificate or certificate of

inspection before offering the vehicle for saleh travel in order to have the vehicle repaired. There is no distance restriction, however such travel

must be reasonable and justifiable by the vehicle operatori road testing within a 15km radius from the place where the vehicle is garaged or is being

repaired. The purpose of the travel must be to road test the vehicle following repair or restoration, or for general vehicle maintenance and not for any other purpose. This does not include use as an everyday means of transport. A passenger may travel in your vehicle to assist with road testing—only if your vehicle can legally carry passengers.

Buses are permitted to carry nonfare paying passengers for journeys (joyrides) from an event (for example, a fete) and return provided the length of the journey does not exceed 5km. Payment of any kind cannot be received for these journeys.

Heavy vehicles over 4.5t GVM are permitted to carry a load provided the loaded GVM or gross combination mass (GCM) does not exceed 50% of the maximum permitted mass for the vehicle configuration. This mass is based on the lesser of:

Individual axle ratings Tyre manufacturer's limits Manufacturer's GVM or GCM Regulation mass limits.


If your special interest vehicle does not have permanent lighting, you must carry a removable lighting system with the vehicle at all times and use that system whenever lighting would normally be required.Carbide lights are acceptable where that type of light was originally fitted.

What to carry in your vehicle

We recommend you carry paperwork that supports your reason for travel. This could include:

club newslettero club calendar of events.

If your vehicle is being used and displayed for a funeral event, we understand there may not be enough time to include this as an event on an official club newsletter or calendar of events. In this instance, a funeral notice or an order of service would be suitable to support your reason for travel.

Henry Hancock April 2017

https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/registration/fees/concession/specialinterest/index.html

SILVIA, THE BRISTOL 403 WHICH CONQUERED Peking to Paris 2016.

Ed. Max Stephenson was miles ahead at this stage.Brian,Saw this car in the flesh in Hobart. Thought you might like to include in the mag. David


POP GOES THE WEA... HEAD GASKETSo our story left off in last September's magazine with the radiator getting a good seeingto. With that done what else was there to do but put the radiator back on and take Betty the 14/40 Vauxhall for a run to see if the water stayed were it should. Bit hard to start, then down the hill, round the corner, down the hill and up... Cough cough splutter... Barely up the hill and back home. Plugs out - you guessed it: water. No worries I have a spare head gasket I'll just whip the head off and replace the gasket which must have suffered when the radiator leaked. Skipping the boring bit, I found thehead well and truly seized in place.After a chat with Rob Gabb I madesome wedges from an old industrialhack saw blade and a few hourslater the head was off and the plotthickened. What became quicklyobvious was that a decompressionplate of aluminium had been put onthe block. So cast iron block, thenaluminium plate, then head gasket,then head. What the hell? You cansee in the picture the head gasketand plate side by side. In thisphoto you can see the corrosion quite clearly and some blowby. On the other side there was very distinct blowby between cylinders. The head gasket doesn't look great in the photo but the damage is largely due to me putting the wedges through it between its twocopper sheets. The culprit then is the decompression plate with its significant corrosion around the water jacket and compression leaks between the outer pairs of cylinders not any additional heat as a result of a leaky radiator.

It may not be obvious to everyone but onedoes not put a decompression plate on anengine without a gasket on each side of itso it seals properly. So why is there adecompression plate on there at all? Thenext thing that stuck out like theproverbial was... the pistons. What!? Muchdiscussion and pointing at things with Keesand it was clear the engine had to comeout. Mutter mutter unemployed - plenty oftime but no money - mutter. Round toMike and borrow engine Crane - sorry MikeI'll have it back soon I promise. Engine out- valves corroded like I never would havebelieved, cylinder bore corroded toomaybe it can be honed out (not so lucky).Valve seats heavily worn and deeplyrecessed. Block off the crank case. What!?Where did they come from? Four CNCmachined aluminium 4 bolt con rods. Nowthere is a pleasant surprise in all the mess. Number 4 big end has had it though. More pointing and discussing with Kees, checking of rod lengths, piston size and block heights.All clear still no sign of why the Pistons stuck out the top. Kees researched in his documentation and dug in his collection of parts to find out what was going on. I dug out


the history of receipts and found that Peter Brady had worked on the car and since he has made a couple of cranks for me in the past, for the Austin 7 and the Frazer Nash. I thought I would call him up and see what he knew about the car.Turns out he had done an enginerebuild on the car in the 70swhen he owned a garage, beforehe went into crankshaftmanufacture. At the time theowner, Kelso Moore, had ownedthe car and been active in the SAVintage club since probably thelate 50s. He sold the car in thelate 90s to Peter Altree and hewas unlucky enough to have theengine throw a rod. You can seethe damage and subsequentwelding of the crank case andsump in the photos below. Don'tjump to the conclusion thoughthat they skimmed the crankcasedown by an 1/8 inch afterwelding though they did give it a touch.

Back to Kees and his finding after a few weeks was that between the crankcase and the block should be a very thick hard gasket that was apparently common practice at the time for isolating the heat of theblock from the crankcase. Anyway hewas kind enough to make one for mewhile making one for his own car. As for the sump, it has not fared sowell and has a thick lump of epoxybased filler along the top of one sidethat has been rudely filed andnowhere near flat. There was also an1/8 inch aluminium spacer attachedto the top with excessive amounts ofblack silicon. In fact so much siliconhad been applied that it completelyfilled the oil thrower groves.Further on stripping the engine anadditional issue surfaced in that theengine had 3 broken valve springs.Lastly I found a fat piece of swarf lodged in the oil pressure reliefvalve. Hard to believe how well the engine had been running. Can'twait to see how it goes when it's freshly back together. Thanks to MikeHawthorne for his expertise and probably half a bottle of gas in gettingthe studs out of the block so it could go to the machine shop, as wellas the loan of his crane. To be continued…

Ed. Thinks. New No. 4 big end bearing shot. Crankcase holed byprobably old No. 4 rod. Do 14/40s have a problem with oil to No. 4?Has anyone experienced such problems? Answers please.


Ford was the first vehicle manufacturer to introduce windscreen safety glass?

FROM MWIUK – Thanks GeorginaThis potentially life-saving feature made its debut 90 years ago on the Ford Model A which replaced the Model T.During a 5 year production run which lasted from 1927 to 1932, almost 5 million Ford Model As were manufactured at 16 facilities in eight countries.Chic and sporty, the Ford Model A came with a three-speed, sliding-gear transmission, four-wheel brake system, and hydraulic shock absorbers.This photo from the archives shows Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd U.S. President, in a Ford Model A convertible.

FROM JOE WILSON Saw this Phantom 2 Chassis with an 8cyl. RR industrial engine and a monsterblower at a body shop on a farm in themiddle of Victoria. Superb work.

The finished shape can be seen on the wall behind.


IN APPRECIATION – Editor.Thanks again to all those who have sent me articles and pics. Pedr Davis, Wendy Wagstaff, David Fletcher, Reg Darwell, Bruce Smeaton, Wolf Grodd, Jenny Fawbert, Doug Young, Bruce McPhail, Ronnie Brown, Kevin Edwards, Jak Guyomar, Joe Wilson, Peter Ransom, David Fryer, MMIM, Georgina. Many thanks. Keep it coming please. Proof reading courtesy of STAND IN GREG BERKMAN for Jennie Ransom on stress leave. MAGAZINE CONTRIBUTOR'S DEADLINE: The VCCQ general meeting is held on the third Friday of every month. The VCCQ committee meeting is held notionally two weeks before the general meeting but on the Wednesday of that week.All contributions to the mag must be received several days before the end of the previousmonth if the mag is to be emailed in the first week of the month.Please send reports to [email protected]

2017 MEETING SUPPER ROSTER. Anyone (girls and boys) can do this and it’s always greatly appreciated by the members at our meetings. We’re only asking you to do one or the other once a year. Please nominate for the month that suits you best, but remember you can always swap with someone else if your plans change.

The roster is published each month in the Club magazine.

DATE TEABAG CLEANUP

January 20 Tony, Jeff, Carl Tony, Jeff, Carl

February 17 Jennie Peter

March 17 SFN Dinner Dinner

April 21 Jo Lord Peter

May 19 Leigh Wolf

June 16 David and Lesley David and Lesley

July 21

August 18 AGM and special food night Ian Hayward

September 15

October 20

November 17

December 15 Christmas dinner. Volunteers to set up and take down

LINKSFROM DAVID FRYER.Joff Summerfield used to build engines for Formula One cars. Then he got bored, built a penny farthing and cycled around the world. Here he is in Death Valley, California:

https://www.facebook.com/BBCOutlook/videos/10154961298042902/

The Delage video; H e told an ABC television rep o r ter :




https://www.facebook.com/BBCOutlook/videos/10154961298042902/



Doug Young, “Mr Nice guy' of the VCCQhas been working on his Alvis inpreparation for this year's NationalRally in Warwick Queensland.Fortunately he now has plenty of sparetime since retiring as President of theclub.The Speed 25 looks almost ready to gobut first he has to fit the new wiringloom and a few other minor jobs.Life wasn't meant to be easy.Grant is looking forward to a trip in aLUXURY CAR.

ELECTRICAL REBUILDERS GROUP.Ray McKenzie said that Alan Hill does fine work on old car electrics. His details are:

Alan Hill (07) 3277 9377Electrical RebuildersUnit 6, 51 McCarthy Rd, Salisbury, Qld 410724/7 Technical support.Ebay Store: http://stores.ebay.com.au/electrical-rebuilders-group

Lyle and Margaret Cooper testing the coffee at “Chocolate Cottage” on the way toHighfields Pioneer Village. It passed the test. Hot chocolate excellent also.

http://stores.ebay.com.au/electrical-rebuilders-group


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Blower Bentleys love dirt roads - Shannons · 1376 Old Cleveland Rd., Carindale QLD 4152. The Club’s well-stocked Library is open before and after the meeting and a pre-meeting